Easy Money (Legacy)

For the original mission from Ace Combat 2, see Easy Money (AC2).

Easy Money
Campaign Mission 02 Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy
Other Names	Easy Monkey
Mission Order
Previous	Gambit
Next	City On Fire
Mission Details
Focus	Air-to-Air
Objectives	Destroy the reconnaissance aircraft.
Time Limit	20 minutes
Character	Phoenix
Focus	Air-to-Air
Objectives	Destroy Lancer Squadron.
Time Limit	20 minutes
Character	Phoenix

Easy Money (erroneously named Easy Monkey in the non-Plus release) is the second campaign mission in Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy.

Briefing

"Now for your briefing. We've received reports from our radar facility in the Lambert Mountains that a Rebel reconnaissance squadron is approaching. They must be planning to track our movements after that last battle. Head for the Lambert Mountains and attack the enemy recon squad. Additionally, numerous Allied aircraft have been shot down in that vicinity over the past few days. We may be dealing with a Rebel Ace squadron out there. Stay sharp."

Objectives

The mission serves as the tutorial for the basics of Action Maneuvers, both Attack Maneuver and Escape Maneuver. The player begins behind two F-4Es. The first F-4E will stay on course, but the other one and the rest of the enemies in the game will now actively turn to evade the player. After both aircraft are shot down, two more F-4Es will appear. After the two Phantoms are destroyed, an F-4E and an F-16C will appear far in the front. The F-16C will fire a long range missile at the player to begin the Escape Maneuver tutorial. Behind the two fighters is the target E-767. The ace Cosmic may be found near the E-767 at lower altitude. After the E-767 is shot down, the first phase ends.

The second phase is a battle against the game's first ace squadron, Lancer Squadron. The squadron consists of four F-14D Super Tomcats. Their strategy is to line up from the distance and charge at the player with missiles and machine gun fire. Shooting down the Squadron Leader (marked with a star, with more health) will stop their charge attacks permanently and leave the whole squadron disorganized, making it easier for the player to shoot down the squadron. After all enemies are shot down, the mission ends.

Enemy List

Standard Units

Section		Unit	Count
Initial		F-4E	6
		F-16C	2
		E-767	1
Mission Update		F-14D "Lancer"	4

Debriefing

"Recon and Ace squadrons have both been eliminated. The Lancer Squadron were tough opponents, but you took them out well. Good work, Phoenix. We can safely say we've regained control of the continent's western region. The Allied Forces plans on continuing to take back key military points. We're counting on you for the next battle."

S Rank

Complete the mission within 3 minutes and 30 seconds.

Named Enemies

• B-2A Cosmic: Appears to the northwest if all non-TGT enemies are shot down within 2 minutes before mission update. The player must have completed the campaign for Cosmic to appear.

Trivia

• In the game, Ulrich Olsen calls the E-767 target a "transporter" in the opening of the mission, and later comments that its loss should "cut off the enemy's supply". It would be unlikely for such an aircraft to be used for transport duties.

Enemy units marked as TGT usually must be destroyed to advance the mission. The TGT text is always in red, except if the player changes this in Ace Combat 7.