User:Koveras Alvane/List of missions in Ace Combat 5

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Following is the list of Campaign Mode missions in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War.

Missions

# Title / Operation Date Location
Shorebirds Cape Landers
An attack by unknown aircraft during a training session wipes out most of Captain Jack Bartlett's Wardog Squadron stationed on Sand Island. However, when an unidentifed spy plane is detected off Cape Landers, Bartlett, Edge (the sole Wardog trainee survivor), Chopper, and Blaze (two "nuggets", i.e. pilots in training) are sent to investigate. The spy plane ignores their demands to land and calls for escort fighters, who attack the Wardog. In violation of Thunderhead's orders, Bartlett gives permission to fire back. Wardog wins the fight but the spy plane escapes. All data on this engagement is classified.
Open War Sand Island
A spy vessel is detected near Sand Island, launching reconnaissance UAVs, and the Wardog is ordered to shoot them down but not damage the vessel itself. After shooting down the UAVs, the Wardog is attacked by unidentified fighters, and Bartlett orders weapons free, again in violation of Thunderhead's demands. Although the Wardog is again victorious, the spy vessel unexpectedly fires a homing missile at Nagase. Bartlett intercedes and draws the missile away but is hit by it instead. He bails out into the sea, as Wardog is recalled back to base. A rescue helicopter is sent to pick Bartlett up but cannot locate him.
Narrow Margin Port St. Hewlett
Yuktobania has declared war on Osea and launches a surprise attack on Osean Port St. Hewlett, where the OFS Kestrel and many other ships are stationed. Wardog is the only squadron that can assist Kestrel's own Shorebirds Squadron under Captain Marcus Snow's command. Nagase is temporarily promoted to Wardog Leader but declines and delegates the leadership role to Blaze. Wardog and Shorebirds defend the Osean fleet from Yuktobanian aircraft, then from the naval task force, once Kestrel escapes into the ocean.
First Flight Sand Island
The morning after the St. Hewlett raid, the Sand Island airbase is attacked by Yuktobanian bombers. Blaze, Nagase, and Chopper perform an emergency scramble and defend the island. In the middle of the air raid, another trainee, Hans Grimm, launches with Bartlett's spare plane to help the Wardog. Lt.Col. Ford, who is supposed to replace the MIA Bartlett, attempts an emergency landing while the attack is still on-going and is shot down. As a result, Blaze is permanently promoted to Wardog Leader, while Grimm joins the squadron as Wardog Four.
Rendezvous Eaglin Straits
The Wardog Squadron escorts OFS Kestrel and two other carriers from Osean 3rd Naval Fleet, OFS Buzzard and OFS Vulture, as they relocate into the inland Bannion Sea. Shortly before the end of the mission, they are attacked by the Yuktobanian air force but fend them off. Then, however, two burst missiles launched from Yuktobanian submarine carrier Scinfaxi wipe out most of the Shorebirds squadron and sink Buzzard and Vulture. Wardog manages to climb to safe altitude in time and survives. With two carriers gone, Wardog is temporarily transferred to Heierlark Air Base for repairs and refueling and is tasked with escorting all available nuggets from Heierlark base back to Sand Island with them.
White Bird (Part I) Basset Space Center
In response to Yuktobanians using the Scinfaxi, the Osean government sanctions the use of the space station Arkbird as orbital weapons platform for the war. For this purpose, a chemical laser module is sent from Basset Space Center mass driver to Arkbird. When Yuktobanians discover this, they attack the Center but the Wardog Squadron takes a detour on their way from Heierlark base to Sand Island and stops them. The launch succeeds smoothly.
Front Line Sand Island
Yuktobania recognizes the danger of the Sand Island base and launches a massive naval and aerial attack on it, reinforced by Scinfaxi. All Sand Island planes, including the Wardog Squadron and the newly-arrived nuggets, are sent to intercept. Scinfaxi begins firing burst missiles, but the first two are shot down by Arkbird's new laser. The next ones, however, obliterate all of the nuggets before the Arkbird and the Wardog Squadron manage to sink the submarine.
Handful of Hope Akerson Hill
Wardog Squadron is sent in pairs to patrol a heavily AA-guarded area near Akerson Hill. En route, Blaze and Nagase discover a damaged C-5 plane carrying Osean President Vincent Harling, who is on his way to North Point for top secret peace negotiations with the Yuktobanians. The Wardogs guide the C-5 through the air defenses, then defend it against Yuktobanian fighters as it makes an emergency landing. Osean 8492nd Squadron then secures the President, while Wardog returns to its patrol.
Lit Fuse Bastok Peninsula
After an explosive device hidden in a cargo shipment to the Arkbird renders it inoperable, the Osean Army prepares an amphibious landing operation on Yuktobanian mainland near Bastok Peninsula. The peninsula is heavily fortified and the Wardog Squadron is called upon to provide close air support, as the Oseans capture the fortress. Hans Grimm's older brother takes part in this operation as member of the Osean 1st Airborne Division.
Blind Spot Dresdene
Following their defeat at Bastok Peninsula, the Yuktobanian forces pull back inland. Wardog Squadron is sent to intercept the escaping transport planes over Dresdene. Despite the enemy's use of E-767 jammers, the Wardog succeeds. Simultaneously, however, the 8492nd Squadron launches an terrorist attack on Yuktobanian Engineering College near Wardog's area of operations, killing many civilians. The attack is blamed on the Wardog Squadron because no "8492nd Squadron" officially exists in the Osean military.
Chain Reaction Apito International Airport
This mission is played only if the player answered "Yes" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 10.

In retaliation for the "Osean" terrorist attack in Dresdene, the Yuktobanians simultaneously launch an air raid on the civilian Apito International Airport and a chemical attack on Bana City. The Wardog Squadron, grounded in Oured for hearing, is sent to Apito. After shooting down the attacking jets, they have to deal with the Yuktobanian tanks hidden in transport planes (marked as Osean military) that landed in the airport earlier. The attackers are destroyed in time and the civilian damage is minimized.

Reprisal Bana City
This mission is played only if the player answered "No" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 10.

In retaliation for the "Osean" terrorist attack in Dresdene, the Yuktobanians simultaneously launch an air raid on the civilian Apito International Airport and a chemical attack on Bana City. The Wardog Squadron, grounded in Oured for hearing, is sent to Bana. They receive four modified Mirage 2000Ds armed with just the 30mm guns and loaded with chemical neutralizer agent and proceed to neutralize the gas across the city. Afterwards, they assist the police in apprehending the terrorists by shooting down the helicopters they attempt to escape on.

Powder Keg Duga, Yuktobania
This mission is played only if the player answered "Yes" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 10.

To clear their name, the Wardog Squadron is sent to destroy a heavily defended, underground Yuktobanian munitions storage facility in Duga. Despite heavy resistance, the Wardog manages to destroy most of the facility by detonating the munitions stored there and deals a severe blow to the Yuktobanian army supply chain.

Four Horsemen Sonza, Yuktobania
This mission is played only if the player answered "No" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 10.

To clear their name, the Wardog Squadron is sent to destroy a large Yuktobanian munitions factory in Sonza. Since the factory is protected by four defensive lines, each consisting of four radars, the Wardog splits up and destroys all radars in each line simultaneously to avoid detection. They then proceed to demolish the factory, dealing a severe blow to the Yuktobanian army supply chain.

Demons of Razgriz Razgriz Straits
Osean intelligence discovers the second Yuktobanian Scinfaxi-class submarine, Hrimfaxi, and sends Wardog to destroy it as the Osean Army makes a decisive push for the Yuktobanian inland. Despite the lack of support from the Arkbird, the Wardog manages to sink the submarine before it deals too much damage to the Osean Army. This feat earns them the fearful title "Razgriz", a mythological demon after whom the site of their battle against Hrimfaxi was named.
Ice Cage Glubina
The Wardog Squadron assists the extraction of Osean prisoners from the Yuktobanian POW camp in Glubina. Nagase, believing that Captain Bartlett may be among the inmates and distraught by feelings of guilt over him saving her earlier, is shot down when the operation is almost complete. She bails out but the helicopter sent immediately after her crashes because of the snow storm and she has to wait until the next morning for pickup.
White Noise Glubina
The next morning, Blaze, Chopper, and Grimm lead the search-and-rescue mission for Nagase. They locate her distress beacon just before the Yuktobanian search parties find her, and escort an H-9 helicopter to her position. Upon her discovery, Nagase is revealed to have saved the crew of the helicopter that crashed searching for her earlier and taken some Yuktobanian soldiers prisoner by holding them at the gunpoint.
Desert Arrow Jilachi Desert
This mission is played only if the player answered "Yes" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 15.

The Wardog Squadron escorts an Osean armored regiment and a bomber squadron, as they attack a Yuktobanian field HQ and an air field in Jilachi Desert. Despite fierce aerial resistance, the HQ is destroyed and the airfield, captured. The Wardog then destroys Yuktobanian refueling planes and an AWACS that attempt to aid the local air force. Hans' brother takes part in this operation, as well.

Desert Lightning Jilachi Desert
This mission is played only if the player answered "No" to Chopper's question about the song "Face of the Coin" in mission 15.

The Wardog Squadron escorts two Osean armored regiments, as they simultaneously take over another Yuktobanian airfield and an oil refinery in Jilachi Desert. The operation is successful, even though Yuktobanians deploy a battleship to bombard the Osean forces from afar. The vessel is promptly sunk by the Wardog. Hans' brother takes part in this operation, as well.

Journey Home November City
The Wardog Squadron is given the honor of performing a ceremonial flyby over the November City, where the Osean Vice President is to give an anti-war speech at the stadium. Although the speech turns out to be pro-war instead, the civilian audience starts singing an anti-war song. At this moment, Yuktobanian planes attack the city, and Wardog alone can hold them off while the civilians are being evacuated. The reinforcements are scrambled to assist them but called off by the 8492nd Squadron, causing a confusion. Chopper's plane takes heavy damage but because he waits until the last civilians are evacuated from the stadium, his ejection seat malfunctions and he cannot bail out, crashing into the now-empty stadium. The rest of the Squadron, audibly shaken by his death, holds off the enemy until the reinforcements finally arrive.
Fortress Cruik Fortress
The Osean Army's assault on the Yuktobanian capital Cinigrad has been stalled by the impregnable Cruik Fortress for five days. With multiple heavy fire support bunkers, control towers, and an aircraft runway, the fortress has repelled two attempts to break through. Despite the Wardog's weakened state, they are sent to provide close air support and guidance, and the fortress falls to the Oseans in half a day.
8492 Vladimir Mountains,
east of Cruik Fortress
This mission is takes place immediately after mission 18.

On their way back from Cruik Fortress, the Wardog rendezvous with an allied escort, which turns out to be the 8492nd and opens fire on them. The Wardog barely manages to escape to the east.

Final Option North of Sand Island
Back on Sand Island, the Wardog discovers that its vice commander Allen C. Hamilton is a traitor, when he tries to kill them and, failing that, labels them and their mechanic Wolfgang Buchner as traitors instead. Blaze, Nagase, Grimm, Buchner, journalist Albert Gennette, and Chopper's dog Kirk escape Sand Island on four Hawk T.1s, pursued by the 8492nd. Buchner, revealed to be a former Belkan ace, leads the Wardog planes through a series of underground tunnels on nearby islands to shake off the pursuers. They eventually escape into the open sea and run into the OFS Kestrel's Marcus Snow. Snow signals them to trust him and bail out, which they do. He then shoots down their planes and declares the Wardog dead, while a helicopter from Kestrel secretly picks them up.
Ancient Walls Stier Castle
On Kestrel, the ex-Wardog pilots are introduced to her captain, Nicholas A. Anderson, who has discovered that the entire Circum-Pacific War was orchestrated by the Grey Men, a powerful conspiracy of rich Belkan nationalists. The Grey Men plan to take revenge on Osea and Yuktobania for their defeat in the Belkan War of 1995 and then restore Belka to its former glory. For this purpose, they have kidnapped the peace-inclined leaders of Osea and Yuktobania, Vincent Harling and Seryozha Viktorovich Nikanor, and conspired with their governments to prolong the war.

The squadron, flying under the Wardog colors for the final time, is sent to Stier Castle in Northern Belka where President Harling has been held for six weeks. Marcus Snow joins the squadron, replacing Chopper, since his own squad has been destroyed in the meantime. Despite the Belkans' resistance, Harling is brought aboard Kestrel and the Wardog Squadron henceforth becomes known as the Ghosts of Razgriz.

Solitaire Mount Schirm
An encrypted transmission from an unknown source, picked up by the intelligence vessel Andromeda, points toward a supposedly abandoned Belkan military facility at Mount Schirm. Since the facility stored nuclear weapons during the Belkan War, Blaze is sent there on a covert reconnaissance mission. Unarmed, he flies through the dense anti-air defense zone, photographs the Belkan planes bearing the markings of both Osea and Yuktobania, and escapes before they can catch up with him.
Closure Mount Schirm
It is decided that the Belkan facility at Mt. Schirm must be sealed for good to prevent any chance of nuclear weapons being smuggled out of it. The Ghosts of Razgriz raid the facility and seal it by collapsing the mountain side it is dug in onto it. Unbeknownst to them, however, the Belkans have already transported two nuclear bombs out of it.
Ghosts of Razgriz Payavlenie Ravine
Another encrypted message points towards Payavlenie Ravine in Yuktobania. There, the Razgriz Squadron discovers a Yuktobanian anti-war resistance cell, led by certain Alyosha, trying to dismantle one of Belkan nuclear bombs. Alyosha requires the Razgriz to take out the Yuktobanian military searching for them. The situation is worsened by Yuktobanian anti-air defense grid that limits the Razgriz to flying inside the canyon. After they destroy the enemy search parties, they are confronted by the Ofnir Squadron, Yuktobanian counterpart to the Osean 8492nd (alias "Grabacr Squadron"), and shoot them down. The nuke is successfully dismantled and sunk into the Ceres Ocean. En route, Alyosha forwards another message from their mysterious benefactor to the Ghosts, which hints that Captain Bartlett is still alive.
White Bird (Part II) Ceres Ocean
Yet another encrypted message informs the Kestrel crew that the Belkans are going to use the hijacked Arkbird to drop the other nuclear bomb they recovered on the Yuktobanian city of Okchabursk. Razgriz is sent to shoot down the Arkbird the moment it descends for the drop-off. They are aided by an unknown Osean astronaut who sabotages the Arkbird before fleeing in an escape capsule, preventing the spaceship from ascending again. The Ghosts of Razgriz deal critical damage to the Arkbird, sinking it to the Ceres Ocean. Meanwhile, news of Harling's rescue are labeled as enemy propaganda by the Osean government, so he has to travel to Oured in person with a troop of loyal marines.
Heartbreak One Pobeda Peninsula, Yuktobania
The mysterious benefactor who sent encrypted messages to the Kestrel is revealed to be Captain Bartlett, who escaped from POW camp and joined the Yuktobanian resistance. This time, he needs the Razgriz to cover his escape from Yuktobania with the freed Prime Minister Nikanor. The squadron travels to the Pobeda Peninsula and clears the way for Bartlett, before confronting and shooting down the Grabacr Squadron. Aboard Kestrel, the former nuggets meet their ex-captain and his old flame Nastasya, who brought with her data concerning the orbital weapon SOLG.
Sea of Chaos Ceres Ocean
A Yuktobanian fleet attacks the Kestrel and the Osean 3rd Naval Fleet in the Ceres Ocean. Nikanor manages to convince four Yuktobanian captains to join the Kestrel, but the rest open fire. On Andersen's advice, the Prime Minister leaves for Oured to meet up with President Harling. The Razgriz Squadron launches to protect the Kestrel and their new allies, sinking first the attacking Yuktobanian fleet, then the Osean fleet that has been sent after the "renegade" carrier.
ACES Sudentor
The data on the SOLG reveals that it will be used to launch the V2, a MIRV mass retaliation weapon that can obliterate half of either Osean or Yuktobanian cities. The Kestrel is sunk by a submarine attack but not before Razgriz takes off. The four planes make their way to Sudentor in Southern Belka, where the SOLG control center is hidden. Harling and Nikanor hold a peace press conference and many Osean and Yuktobanian units join Razgriz in Sudentor. After wiping out the defenses, the Razgriz flies into the huge tunnel where the SOLG controls are located, pursued by Hamilton. Simultaneously, Bartlett enters the tunnel from the other side to destroy the backup controls. They barely avoid collision inside but escape unharmed, while Hamilton is caught in the ensuing explosion.
The Unsung War Oured
With the SOLG nonoperational, the Belkans attempt one final move: drop the SOLG onto Oured itself, wiping out the entire city. The Ghosts of Razgriz are sent on their final mission to intercept and destroy the SOLG in the air. First, however, they have to defeat the Ofnir Squadron and the Grabacr Squadron escorting the station. As the dawn of December 31 is breaking, the Razgriz Squadron fractures the SOLG and its fragments either burn up or fall into the Oured Bay.

In the epilogue, it is revealed that the truth about the Ghosts of Razgriz was not made public until 2020, while the Wardog Squadron was presumed KIA since December 7, 2010. In a cutscene, a young woman, whose face isn't revealed, reads A Blue Dove for the Princess to a little girl in a park. Another shows the Sand Island base closed down, now inhabited by Pops and Kirk, who howls soundlessly at the sky in the final shots.

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