IT BEGINS

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>>26317220
Now, we're at a bit of a crossroads. Do you want to keep following Jager as he tries to figure out how to stop Excalibur from being carried away by the HRESVELGR airship, or do you want to see his squadmates' desperate battles for survival?

>Follow Jager
>Follow Sam
>Follow Heloise
>Follow Alek
>Other

>>26317220
Are you bad enough to take over a doomsday carrying airship?

>>26317287
Follow Jager

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>>26317287
>Follow Alek
I like seeing motherfuckers dropped with high caliber munitions.

>>26317287
>Follow Sam
Time to fight Schmee.

>>26317287
>Follow Jager

lets take this thing down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrND6RC60OE

>>26317287
>>Follow Heloise

>>26317287
Follow Heloise
I wants to see this play out

Gotta get the soundtrack ready.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjY6awCr2_c

>>26317287
jager

>>26317287

>Follow Heloise

COMEON GIRL, WE'RE GETTIn' YE LAID

>>26317287
>Follow Jager
Activate the radio beacon and bring the HRESVELGR back down to earth

>>26317287
>Follow Heloise

Let there be a happy ending.

>>26317287
>Follow Jager


KILL THE AIRSHIP!

>>26317287
>Alek

>>26317393
"Screw this... I'm getting laid" - Zoe, Serenity movie

"Look at them down there. Squabbling in the dirt like ants. Don't they realize that war as they know it has been forever changed? No longer shall a thousand soldiers die for a few meager inches of land! With this mighty weapon, I, Karla Hohernzollern, am invincible! Excalibur, the perfect offense, and Hresvelgr, the perfect defense! No army can stand in my way! Not the Federation, not the Empire! Belka will have independence once more, and those that contest my claim will be... Does anybody else hear buzzing?"

Ten seconds later...

"OH GOD WHAT WAS I THINKING WHY DID I PUT IT ON A BLIMP LITERALLY ANYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IT HAS A WEAKPOINT THE SIZE OF A BUILDING OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD"

>>26317490
I'm down for Helloise, btw

> Ramirez! Cut that electrical wire with our teeth!

>>26317287
>Follow Sam
Time for that climactic fight with Schnee.

>>26317507
and we are riding on the buzzbomb

>>26317287
>>Follow Alek

>>26317507
"Why did I forget that opening the roof allows a buzzbomb to come in? Especially if they had a radio beacon?"

>>26317507
Hindenberg effect?

>>26317287
>Follow Alek

Time for ATR.

Actually Merc, it would be interesting to follow every group that split off in their own turn. That's a lot of work for you, but I'm just raising the possibility.

>>26317287
>Follow Alek

>>26317287
>Follow Sam

We will fight Schnee, even if its actually our girlfriend doing the fighting. It must be done.

>>26317287
>Follow Alek

>>26317624
yeah, go Alek!

>>26317287
>Looks like we're sticking with Jager for now!

You stare up blankly at the giant airship as it begins powering up its engines, lifting the massive Excalibur weapon into the sky, where such a thing shouldn't belong. You know that if Hresvelgr managed to gain altitude and reach the open sky, there was no stopping it.

"Okay, we need some ideas!" You yell. "How are we gonna stop this thing?"

"W-well, sir." Arthur points downwards. "See those cables?"

You look down and see a number of massive mooring cables attaching Hresvelgr to the ground, no doubt to keep the airship from floating away or moving too much. You see that one by one, explosive bolts puff as the mooring cables are disengaged.

"If I can reach one of those cables, I can keep it from detonating." Arthur says, his stammer gone now that he was in the thick of battle. "If my guess is right and the Belkans follow proper safety procedures, each one of those mooring cables alone would be enough to keep that airship tethered."

>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!
>We'll have to split up. You go for the cables and I'll board that airship.
>Other

Heloise happy ending plz

>>26317687
>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!
And then we plant down a radio beacon on the ship.

>>26317687
>>We'll have to split up. You go for the cables and I'll board that airship.

>>26317687
>>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!

>>26317687
>We'll have to split up. You go for the cables and I'll board that airship.
also, MC, will we have a chance to see everyone before the final battle finishes up?

>>26317687
>Other
Activate the radio beacon, call in the buzzbomb

>>26317687
>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables, then!
This bitch is going DOWN.
Also, did my bit of writing from yesterday warrant a reroll? (Again, I'm ScribeAnon, just found a better name)

>>26317687
>>We'll have to split up. You go for the cables and I'll board that airship.

Did anyone in the VC universe invent parachutes yet? I don't want to see what happens when the ship suffers catastrophic damage and crash land.

>>26317716
Yes, but you just won't really be actually PLAYING them.

>Split up

Looks like we're going to be climbing.

The rest of the squad can keep up.

>>26317687
>>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!

>>26317708
>>26317713
>>26317715
>>26317716
>>26317730
>>26317732
>>26317740
>>26317758
Dude, guys this is the perfect opportunity to use the buzzbomb!

>>26317687
buzzbomb
>>26317737
and that's fine, I just want to see what they're up to

>>26317687
>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!
Arthur doesn't strike me as the type to go balls deep in combat

>>26317774
anti-climatic.

>>26317774
On a moving target? The buzzbomb is only good against land targets and requires compensation for moving aerial targets.

>>26317794
indeed...

>>26317795
We have a radio beacon and we need to activate it now before it gains too much altitude.

>>26317794
I doubt it would destroy the entire thing, but we need to cripple it to prevent it from leaving. Also, what's more climatic that using our super weapon against theirs?

>>26317852
Well until we keep it stuck to the ground, Jager can prepare the radio beacon then get off via sliding down the cable.

>>26317890
Theirs don't fire back, making it not a fight.

>>26317921
Ok well I guess that's your opinion. I just really want to use the buzzbomb here.

>>26317687
>Okay, we'll head straight for the cables then!

>>26317962
Its not really an opinion. A fight is two people attacking, not just one side firing on the other who doesn't do anything. You wanting to use the buzz bomb, fair enough.

>>26317687
split up
save the buzzbomb for when other people start getting overwhelmed

Can we loot Excalibur and convert it into our getaway ride?

>>26317999
Excalibur is the weapon. Hresvelgr is the airship.

>>26317552

I'm guessing that they still haven't figured out that you can use not-as-flammable helium instead of hydrogen yet. So yes, Hindenberg effect.

In fact, we only probably really need to pop a few tracers into that thing and it'll go up like rice paper mixed with white phosphorus.

>>26318019
...
Can't we at least loot the airship?

Fuck yeah, time for VMQ!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wiskH1UE4c
>Sapinish guitar intensifies
>>26317687
>We'll have to split up. You go for the cables and I'll board that airship.

>>26318032

Why not just commandeer the airship? Boom: instead of mercs, now we're Sky Pirates.

>>26317687
split up so we can clear out the airship Sokka style, detonate Excalibur, and fly home in style

>>26317687
"We'll have to split up." You say. " You guys handle the cable. I'll board the airship."

"Alone?" Tarin blinks.

"If my guess is right, there's a certain person on that ship that wouldn't have it any other way." You say grimly. "Secure that cable."

"Can't we just, you know, buzzbomb it?" Brillant asks.

We're still inside the mountain. Radio signals can't get in or out. We can't use the beacon, and even if we can, we can't radio out to Qyburn to launch one anyways." You look up. "The only way is to physically plant the beacon on the ship itself."

"But how are you going to get on?" Tarin asks.

"Well, I got a way, but you're not going to like it." The Stig says.

>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
>Maybe something less...risky?
>Other

>>26318071
>>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.

>>26318071
>>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.

>>26318071
>>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.

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>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.

Trust in The Stig.

>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
I have the terrible feeling I know EXACTLY what he's planning.

>>26318071

>>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.

STIG.

DRIVE UP THAT TEATHER WITH YOUR GROWLER ON ONLY ONE WHEEL

>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
Actually, I think I'm going to like this...

>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4f2A6RrtkE

>>26318100
one wheel? the Stig'll do it between a wheel and the track

>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
Some say that he makes halftracks fly, and that his favorite dish is Belkans. All we know, is he's the stig

Behold, gentlemen. We have become a hivemind in our desire to have the Stig get us up to the Hresvelgr.

No... we are a DRIVEMIND.

>>26318071
>I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list.
Trust your comrades

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>>26318071
"I don't like a lot of things, Stig. I think I can add one more to the list."

"Then get your ass on the backseat and hold on tight." The driver says.

The Stig guns the engine on the Growler the moment you take a seat in the rear compartment. The Growler roars as its engines are pushed near, no, well past its limits. You peek out of the top and see the Stig driving through the scaffolding, zeroing in on an incomplete section that's angled slightly up...

Well shit, he was right in you not liking this.

However, a stray lance rockets slams in the scaffold behind you, and you see a trio of lancers trying to get a bead on you.

"Some cover would be nice." The Stig says.

Nodding, you run up and an the pintle mounted .30.

>roll 3d20

Rolled 14, 13, 2 = 29

>>26318305

Rolled 3, 6, 2 = 11

>>26318305

DRIVING ONTO WHITEBASE

Rolled 7, 15, 20 = 42

>>26318305
Here we go.

Rolled 3, 7, 2 = 12

>>26318305

>>26318305
>Nodding, you run up and an the pintle mounted .30.
I thought it was a .50?

>>26318325
Can I get a 'hell yes'?

>>26318338
To Sir Yellingbird,

HELL YES!

Sincerely,
Anonymous

P.S. HELL YES!

>>26318336
typo. It is a .50

>>26318325
You spray the lancer team, literally ripping them to shreds with a storm of .50 caliber rounds. However, one of them manages to get a shot off and the lance rocket slams into the ground right in front of the Growler. The vehicle is still in one piece, but you see smoke rising from the engine and a trail of fluids behind the vehicle. The engine's sputtering isn't very helpful either.

"Are you sure we can make it?" You ask nervously.

"I've driven worse." The Stig says, not even phased. You're not sure if he's telling the truth, or just hast he best pokerface in Europa. Either way, you're past the point of now return. The Growler hits the ramp and Stig gives the vehicle everything he's got. With a bestial roar, the Growler gives on last extra burst of speed.

>roll 1d20

Rolled 17

>>26318435

Rolled 4

>>26318435

Rolled 15

>>26318435

Rolled 6

>>26318435

Rolled 19

>>26318435
We can do it stig!

>>26318449
>>26318456
>>26318458
Nice, ATC.

>>26318449
Them Duke boys are at it again.

>>26318435
>You're not sure if he's telling the truth, or just hast he best pokerface in Europa.
He's wearing a helmet. Of course he has a good pokerface.

>>26318477
If this horn isn't blaring an Emmerian version of Dixie i will be very displeased

>>26318449
Well done, ATC!

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>>26318449
To be honest, you were expecting the Stig to give a big whoop, or some sort of musical cue to play while you were in the air, but alas, nothing of the sort happened. However, it was still a breathtaking sight, as long as you ignored the absolutely lethal circumstances you were in.

The Growler then lands on the side of one the airship's crew pods, and then to your horror, starts to slide. The Stig guns the engine again, the wheels and track grinding against the metal.

"Well, what are you waiting for, you stupid bastard? JUMP!" The Stig yells.

You instinctively leap from the Growler onto the airship. You turn back to see the Stig give you a salute from inside the vehicle right when friction loses gravity, and tips over the side.

"STIG!" You yell, but the draft being generated from the airship's engines threatens to blow you off, forcing you to find shelter. You find a maintenance hatch and pop it open.

No sooner are you inside when the entire airship suddenly rumbles, nearly toppling you off your feet. Looking out the observation window, you see one of the mooring cables still stubbornly clinging to the airship. Looks like Arthur did his job.

"Captain, Captain, can you hear me?" You hear Alek's voice buzz through your radio.

"Alek?"

"Sir, I got a line of sight on the airship's engines. I can start popping the ones on your side, if you want."

>Go for it.
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.
>Other

>>26318721
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

Rolled 18

>>26318721
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

>>26318721
>>Go for it.
Make sure that the Airship can't move so we can use a precision Buzzbomb.

>>26318721
>>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

>>26318721
>>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

>>26318721
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.


I want my skybattle and a duel in the heavens

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>>26318721

by the way, Drawanon, are you there?

>>26318721
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

>>26318721
;_;7


>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

>>26318721
>No, the others probably need your help more than me.

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Well, it seems I must be off. On the off-chance that this is the grand finale, I'd just like to say this.
Merc Command, this has been one HELL of a ride, and I'm proud I had the chance to participate.
Cheers, mates.

>>26319049
Hear, hear!

>>26318721
"No Alek, the others probably need you help more than I do." You say grimly.

"Roger that, sir." Alek says reluctantly. "Good luck."

Already, you can hear the cable straining as it keeps the airship tethered to the ground. You're not sure what will fail first, the cable to the ship. Reaching into your pack, you pull out the radio beacon Qyburn had given you. Looking up, you figure that if you reach the upper decks of the airship, it should be high enough to start sending out its signal.

>Plant it on Excalibur.
>Plant it on the bridge.
>Plant it on the engine room.
>Other

>>26319297
>>Plant it on Excalibur.

>>26319297

>Plaint it on the engine room

Let's send this entire thing burning into the ground. Burn it down! Burn it all down!

>>26319297
>Plant it on Excalibur.

>>26319297
>Plant it on the engine room.
If we cripple it we can take it down at our leisure.

>>26319297
>Plant it on the engine room.

>>26319297
>Plant it on the engine room.
BRING IT DOWN!

>>26319297
> plant it on Excalibur

>>26319297
>>Plant it on the engine room.
Then the weapon won't be able to go anywhere.

>>26319297
>>Plant it on Excalibur.

The superweapon goes down, and then it all becomes moot.

>>26319297
>Plant it on the engine room.

>>26319297
>>Plant it on Excalibur.

NO CHANCES.

>>26319297
Pretty sure everything will get blown to hell, but plant it on Excalibur as a matter of principle

>>26319358
We can't guarentee it will destroy it. However, if we cripple the ship we get a Mobility kill, which in this situation is more effective than the unknown possibility of a full kill.

>>26319297
>>Plant it on Excalibur.

>>26319379
Seconding

>>26319297
>Plant it on Excalibur.

>>26319297
>Plant it on Karla

>>26319297
>Plant it on Excalibur.
if it doesn't get destroyed, they can always make another airship

>>26319297
>>Plant it on Excalibur.

Plant it On the engine room, Excalibur might be heavily guarded if anything we can delay the airship for the army to catch up

>>26319297
>Plant it on Excalibur.
GLORY

>>26319451
How lewd!

>>26319451
I like your style

>>26319297
>Plant it on Excalibur.

>>26319451
>not wanting a swordfight with our ex-fiancee atop an airshp falling from the sky while Sam boxes Eric on a flaming tank
anon, I am disappoint

>>26319451
>Plant it IN Karla.
FTFY

>>26319529
the very thought of this puts hair on your chest

We need to plant it on excabliur so we can parley with Karla and take our sweet time while the bomb comes.

>>26319738
>not wanting to get off the ship to raise a brood of Sturmfuhrers
if it comes to that it comes to that, but let's try and stay alive...even if it goes against Jager's lookalike's view on combat

>>26319738
u w0t m8?

Shoot the cheeky cunt and make a parachute out of burning zeppelin fabric as we leap off the side of the exploding superweapon airsip. That way we can land with a flaming cape, take Sam into our arms, and give her over the arm action hero kiss with the exploding super weapon crashing to the ground in the background with our entire intact, unwounded and alive company watching and cheering with glorious victory music playing.

it's not going to end like that is it....

Hey, Drawanon, I think you're going to have to draw a wedding picture of Jager bridal carrying Sam soon.

>>26319451

How audacious. She'll never see it coming.

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>>26319297
You decide to plant the beacon on Excalibur itself. The weapon was the main objective after all, so you might as well guarantee that it gets destroyed.

Oddly enough, the entire airship is devoid of life. There are no guards, no engineers, nobody. Besides the rumbling of the engines, the ship was eerily quiet. You can't help but feel a sense of unease. You encounter no resistance as you make your way to the bottom of the airship, where Excalibur is mounted. Looking down, you kind of regret your decision. There were no handrails or anything, and it was treacherously windy. Not exactly an ideal place to fight.

You leap down, carefully picking your way through the ancient valkrur stonework, fighting the biting wind until you find it. That crack in its protective superstructure. Inside, you can see the exposed ragnite core that powered the weapon, just asking to be exploded. Grabbing the beacon, you flip the switch to activate. A little green light blinks on and off to signify its activation. According to Qyburn, once activated, the missile would take several minutes to reach the target.

"Jager." You hear a very familiar voice behind you.

"Karla." You say as you turn around. Sure enough, your childhood friend and ex-fiancee is standing there, hear sword pointed at you.

"So it comes to this."

"I guess it has."

"Don't expect this matter to be solved with words." Karla continues. "A Belkan's pride can only be broken by the sword."

"I know." You nod.

"Any last words then?"

>Well? What do you say?

Well obviously i'm planning to live through this. Ask for a parley, as the terms of surrender, all of my men leave the leave through the front door to the frederation lines. We talk aand catch up, then reveal we won 20 minutes ago. Jump off ship.

>>26319948
Spaghetti.

>>26319948
Are you happy?

>>26319799

>>Shooting Karla.

That is ungentlemanly. The proper way to kill a lady is in an honorable duel.

>>26319948
No last words, plant the beacon and draw our blade.
There is nothing left to be said anymore.

>>26319948
''Are you happy with how things turned out?''

>>26319948
Yes, I've moved on from the past that I wanted. Have you?

>>26319948

"What was your plan Karla? Where you going to disobey orders and destroy the empire and the federation? Where you going to the deliver the weapon like you were asked to? Or where you going to destroy is like I'm about to right now?"

Rolled 2, 12 = 14

>>26319948

It's not time for our final words yet, let's just fight already.

>>26319995
I like this

Are you happy?

Or

Has this what you truely wanted?

>>26319948
"Whatever happened to protecting the innocent and punishing evil, Karla? How is this," gesturing to indicate Excalibur, "supposed to do either of those?"

I believe we both have outgrown such childish toys as swords. Let's talk. It's been a while. We can still kill each other afterwards.

>>26319995
(con't)
How many more people have to die to make you feel satisfied. A thousand? A million?! How many lives do you have to ruin just so you can "defend the weak" by killing everyone?

>>26319948
Karla, during the course of this war I've been betrayed, shot, beaten, stabbed, and nearly broken. But I've somehow managed to come out with some semblance of happiness. What about you? Has your pride ever made you truly happy? Because I haven't seen you smile in a long time

>>26319948
Ill second these
>>26319995
>>26320003

>>26319987
I'm in favor of this, it shows we've moved on.

>>26319995
Eh, I rather not rub it in her face, so let's ask her if she this is everything she wanted.

>>26319948
FUCK. YOU. CRAZY. ASS. BITCH.

>>26319987
I like this the best. flowery speeches just don't seem appropriate.

Rolled 11, 13 = 24

>>26319987

I like this too

As much as I want to talk to Karla, it may not be a good idea to stall other then a few exchanges.

But I'll second this

>>26320064
>>26320053
>>26320031
>>26319995

Combine these.

From here on, I see two possible resolutions to Karla. We kill her, or we wound her and then rescue her when the ship goes down. Either would be a good resolution (though I'm leaning more towards heroics over tragedy).

>>26320142
agree

>>26320111
It doesn't have to be a flowery speech, it's just a question.

>>26319987
Go with this. We genre-saavy now.

>>26320142
I'd like to just knowk her out
then place her at Schnee's feet, turn around, and walk away as the buzzbomb comes in

>>26319948
Honestly Karla, I already won. Why don't we set this airship down and settle this like adults.

>>26319987
We can draw swords later, I want dialogue!

>>26319948
I'm sorry.
Then we draw our blade.

>>26320142
this

I'd also prefer not to kill her (even as a Samfag)...but I don't know if that's possible.

>>26320180

Though we clearly outmatch her at this point (in my mind), she's still a skilled fencer and not taking her seriously could get us killed. But we're Jaeger, and we'd probably take the risk for Karla.

Not to make an awful pun, but by the end of this wild ride, all of Jager's Demons would have been settled.

>>26320142
I like to delay as long as possible, and jump ship as the buzzing comes. Whether or not Karla jumps as well is her decision.

(Or we can just force both of us off the ship)

>>26320236
Sadly, I think I'm going to have to go to bed soon...but it has been one hell of a ride. For once, I don't want to get off

>>26320236
I throught that was alwatys the pun in the name?

>>26320276
Nope.
The name was a shameless Ace Combat reference chosen by the players.

>>26320276
IIRC it was a nod to the Demons of Randgriz from Ace Combat?

>>26320315
*Razgriz

>>26320301
BTW, should I play the Ace Combat games and which ones?

>>26320236

To be honest, I was just alluding to Jager's inner demons being.

>>26320330
4, 5, and Zero are all solid choices. 6 is also good, but the story is god awful.

GO DANCE WITH THE ANGELS

>>26320330

Assault Horizon is pretty good I hea-

*ss shot*

Maybe a bit premature, but I wonder where this would've gone if we hadn't gotten together with Sam?

>>26320395

We could probably solved this with words and love and luck. But this was all predetermined

>>26320395
the Ball would've been a really weird experience. I can't decide if Jager'd just drop spaghetti everywhere, start yelling and shooting our sidearm in to the ceiling, or the most aggressive hatefucking of all time

>>26320423
>[D] All of the above.

>>26320423
or all of the above

>>26320330
>should I play the Ace Combat games
Yes.
>which ones?
4, 5, and 0 are generally considered the height of the series.
6 is okay, but doesn't live up to expectations established by 4, 5, and 0.
Assault Horizon is not really a bad game, it's just not a very good Ace Combat game, and the whole DFM thing was ass retarded.
3 was also amazing in the original Japanese, but the English-language release stripped it down to a mere shell of what it should have been, so unless you speak Moon it's not really worth it.
>>26320423
IF Karla's going full A World With No Boundaries, she'd probably have tried to recruit us for her plan.

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>>26319948
"Yes, I've moved on from the past that I wanted. Have you?" You say. "Karla, during the course of this war I've been betrayed, shot, beaten, stabbed, and nearly broken. But I've somehow managed to come out with some semblance of happiness. What about you? Has your pride ever made you truly happy? Because I haven't seen you smile in a long time"

"You're right, it hasn't." Karla smiles sadly. "You're not the only person to lose everything the day I attacked your castle. I threw away our future together for what, a nation? What a silly thing."

"You're not doing this for Belkan independence?" You ask, narrowing your eyes.

"That's such a short sighted way to view things!" Karla gives a mirthful laugh. "You could say, my objective is less 'Belkan independence', and more to abolish the idea of the nation itself."

"...what?" You blink.

"I've had a lot of time to think about this, Jager." Karla begins to pace back and forth casually, as if the wind didn't even bother her. "Every war, every tragedy, every global incident stems from this ridiculous idea of the 'nation' and 'borders'. Belka, The Federation, the Empire, Emmeria, even Gallia. They're all guilty of it! With the power of Excalibur, we can shatter the old ideals, and drag the world screaming into a brand new era! No nations, no borders, just one world!"

Karla then smiles as she paces closer to you. "Just think about it, Jager. No more wars. No more conflict. No more couples torn apart by petty politics. Lasting peace is in our grasp! I won't ask you to restart our relationship, but won't you join me? To make a world a better place?"

>You're crazy!
>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.
>You have a point...
>Other

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>>26320395

This story would've ended around the time of the ball.

>>26320541
>Boss...

>>26320330
All of them are good, but I think AC5 is the best one by far. It's story is massive in scope, and despite some rather laughable dialogue showing up at times, it can get pretty damn emotional. Music's fucking orgasmic, too, as is expected of all Ace Combat games.

So yeah. AC5 is one of the very few games I ever played that felt like a true war epic. Go with that one above all else.

>>26320541
>You could say, my objective is less 'Belkan independence', and more to abolish the idea of the nation itself."
Somebody pick up that phone because I FUCKING CALLED IT! A World With No Boundaries, bitches!
>>26320541
>You have a point...
"But I simply can't condone your methods. How many innocents would have to die for this perfect world of yours? I'm sorry Karla, but I guess that in the end it has to be this way."

>>26320541
>>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.

"If we forget our heritage, our origin, then we won't know how far we've come, Karla. I... wouldn't know how far I've come ever since you raided the estate."

>>26320541
>>You have a point...

>>26320541
>You have a point

>>26320541
>>You have a point...
we gonna call it Outer Heaven?

>>26320541
>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.
"Also, that is one batshit insane idea. Like, worse than what I come up with."

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>how do we bring about a new age of global cooperation and peace, unfettered by the notion of nationalism
>we shoot it
>with a really big gun

>>26320541

You have a point, but I can't let you hold the world at gunpoint, that's not real peace.

>>26320541
>You have a point...

>>26320541
>>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.

It might be flawed but her idea would be worse. Not stopping the Karla fags from trying.

>>26320541
"You can't just force change on a whole world like you're some kind of God. It either does it itself or it doesn't at all."

>>26320541
>You have a point...

"But with the birth of a new generation our stories of how terrible nations were would disappear. They would eventually be replaced by something else, something new. Karla, nations have existed for the beginning of human civilization. Yet the Darceans which have no true nation are hated and hunted down by others not because of nationalities. The problem with humans is we hate things different than us, If you got rid of nations eventually the masses would go form something else."

>>26320541
>Other
Personally, I don't really care. I fight for peace and my own gratification. If that peace happens over your broken dreams, bonus.

But I don't feel like killing any more people than I have to. Besides, you already lost, you just don't know it.

>>26320603
>>26320627
Wrong franchise.
http://acecombat.wikia.com/wiki/A_World_With_No_Boundaries

>>26320609
>You have a point...
>"But I simply can't condone your methods. How many innocents would have to die for this perfect world of yours? I'm sorry Karla, but I guess that in the end it has to be this way."
"While I see what you're getting at, peace at the end of a magical spear is barely better than no peace at all. I'm sorry Karla. Please...let me end this. We can't go back to the way we were before, but we can at least both walk out of here alive, to our own futures"

Rolled 1, 8, 19, 13, 6, 10, 3, 2 = 62

>>26320541
>>Other
You can make a world without borders, that is true, but human nature is always discriminatory, destructive, greedy, hateful and selfish. So what that you get rid of the walls? That never stopped people from hopping over to do harm to others. People will naturally form walls, group themselves around the like-minded and there will still be death and conflict. The only thing we can do is be vigilant and hope that we're fighting for the right side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLCuD4sqfqs

>>26320541
>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.

>>26320667
Seconding.

>>26320541
Outer heaven?

Still, I think we should mention that by forgetting our beginnings, we won't know how far we changed.

>>26320541
Pain and death is not how we unite the world, Karla, its how we tear it. Excalibur needs to be destroyed, and the peace talks need to succeed. Its going to be a long, slow journey, and we probably won't live to see it. But this generation's children, or its children's children, will see a difference. That's how I'm going to change the world once this war is done. So will you join me, and stop the bloodshed?

>>26320541
>I'm sorry, but I sort of like the world the way it is.

>>26320688
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXkgn3QUA2w

>>26320541
>You're crazy!
FUCK. YOU. CRAZY. ASS. BITCH.

>>26320541
Tell me you have plans and stuff cause you gotta explain to me a system of checks and balances with the authorization to use this weapon. what if some crazy terrorist hijack this? Your perfect world would burn!

>>26320541
"that really sounds like a great idea, it truely is but it is also very naive. As long as two people will disagree with each other their will always be conflict borders or not. That's the way the world works and you even believing that a weapon of mass destruction would be a step towards making the world a better place will only backfire either escalating the conflict or causing the world to fall into true tyranny, I'm sorry Karla but such a plan will only end in more tears, blood, and tragedy."

Let's not call her crazy but Jaeger will not accept such a plan.

>>26320762
Simple, we destroy the weapon when we don't need it anymore

>>26320805
"And when will that be? As long there was man, there has been war."

>>26320667

Agreed. We're simply not evolved enough to not be exclusive. You can abolish the state, but you will never abolish human irrationality, at least not in humanities current state.

>>26320805
which will be never...or at least not for a couple hundred years. Peace enforced by a superweapon might...maintain itself, but it won't do anything to break down national/ethnic/racial/religious boundaries

>>26320541
>You have a point...

>>26320541
"Karla...how can you be so naive? Do you really think that erasing all borders, if it is even possible, would result in a better world? Through force, no less? That won't accomplish anything! All it will do is make *everyone* fear you, and you know what fear gives into? Hatred. It's a vicious cycle, Karla. It would only create a new world of chaos, one that's even worse than the one we live in now. Your new world order would collapse within seconds. Face it, Karla; your plan was doomed from the start."

>>26320541
>>You have a point...

>>26320541
>You have a point...
But how do we guarentee this power won't corrupt or be abused? Now and for generatiosn to come?

>>26320942
Because the demons with be the peacekeepers of this new world

>>26320541
You have point but there are so many flaws in this plan I don't even know where to begin.

>>26320541

Did we break Karla?

>>26320979
I think she broke quite a while ago.
Poor girl.

>>26320979

She broke a long time ago...

>>26320979
Oh yeah. More than we realized.

>>26320972
oh god no
can you imagine Headcase with access to the Excalibur? or Ramirez?

>>26320979
If by break you mean 'get her to want the same thing as us' then yes

>>26320979
I wish Jager can just give her a hug if it weren't for the fact we're in the middle of a battle.

If so, when did that happen? When we caught her burning our home, sending her threats, or showing her our girlfriend.

I think it was when she forced her hand and grudging her ties to her nation.

>>26321007
It's glorious, isn't it?
A world at our fingertips

>>26320541
Frankly my dear, I love the idea of world peace, but I don't like doing it over a pile of dead bodies.

>>26320826

From a meta perspective, we're kinda stumbling towards this. Economic globalization and nukes mostly force a state of peace between the Great Powers. Consider that for maybe the first time in history, conquering others isn't seen as glorious, but something that is looked down upon in much of the world (hegemony and soft power however...). The only real threats to peace are ideologues and charismatic narcissist/psychopaths.I don't imagine wars being common place at all 200 years down the line.

>>26321023
who says we can't?

>>26321044
didn't we just make a pile of dead bodies?

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>>26321007

Look at it this way: our mercenary company will have become a military without borders, living in a fortress that's outside heaven.

All that Jaeger needs to do now is lose an eye, live to a ripe old age where his head grows silver, and start smoking cigars.

>>26320979
The Empire broke her. They forced her to do something so abhorrent to her, that she just broke under the strain of her guilt.
And now we have a reason to kill the Emperor with our own fucking hands.

>>26321055
Actually this seems to be a really good idea, changing my vote to hugs!

>>26321023
So do I armchair so do I

>>26321067

A lot of people don't realize that war is about making bodies. Every time a life is taken it affects somebody farther down a chain.

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>>26321083
So what'll stop the Feds being just as bad?
Look what they tried to do to Gallia

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>>26321068
Sam needs to turn out to be a spy for some third-party nation, as well.

>>26321067
Ok, I meant a much larger pile of bodies on an unprecedented scale. What kind of weapon do you think Excalibur is?

>>26321135
Well her father is top brass in gallia...

>>26321097

The empire and the federation would conquer the others lands if the other didn't exist. Gallia is in danger if either area is destroyed. even then there is the other continent waiting for both empire and federation to destroy each other.

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>>26321141
well, if it's a valkyrur weapon, probably some sort of energy beam, i guess?

>>26321054
I don't have much faith. Wars are endemic to humanity. The only reason why there hasn't been war between the "great powers" these days is we have the capability to mutually fuck each other up 27 ways to Sunday and back.
>>26321084
I'm a lot more okay with this than I should be...she'd probably just shiv us or something though.
>>26321094
This is true, but to un-sarcastically quote Kanye: "no one man should have all that power" and to quote...someone else: "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". Much as I like Jager and Karla, I don't think that deciding to be the world's new overlords is a good decision (or, at least, in character for Jager)

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>>26321166
Isn't it the same type of whatever it was from the original VC? Giant fucking laser beam

>>26320541
>>You have a point...

>>26321135

Does she ride a bitching motorcycle and turn into a smoking cougar?

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>>26320541
>You have a point...
move to hug
then headbut her into unconsciousness, plant the beacon, and GTFO

>>26321175
Better than letting the dying Empire and Federation drag the world down with them

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>>26321166
You're right on the money.

>>26321175
Mankind isn't ready for the valkiur's legacy and neither were the Valkiur. Instead of managing their technology correctly they built giant weapons and subjugated them populaces. Now the same thing is slowly happening again, truthfully I don't believe that stone hedge was properly destroyed.

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>>26321225
Even better. I love you /tg/, changing my vote yet again.

>>26321097
Nothing will stop them in future.
But The Emperor destroyed someone we cared for, once. He took EVERYTHING from us.
Jager: "Offer me money."
Emperor: "Yes!"
Jager: "Power, too, promise me that."
Emperor: "All that I have and more. Please..."
Jager: "Offer me anything I ask for."
Emperor: "Anything you want..."
Jager: "I want my loved ones back you son of a bitch."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6m7NR6iYjg

>>26321245
So we join Karla and finish the job then

>>26321227
wasn't the whole purpose of icing the Valk weapons to make them make peace? The war is mostly stalemated isn't it? Both sides were betting on their superweapons...if we take them both out, I don't think they want to get into EW1-electric boogaloo

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Come on Jaeger, you know it's the right thing to do.

>>26321225
>>26321256
Oh, and be sure to drag her with us off the ship. Look on her face when she wakes up will be priceless.

>>26321227

with the dissolution of the empire and federation massive arnacy will emerge. Generals and others from the military will no longer need to obey orders. Sure there will be a giant super weapon in the sky but who cares when its chasing somebody else.

>>26321283
She'd probably try to tear our eyes out

>>26321280
damn right it is

>>26320541
>>You have a point...
Wow just in time

>>26321291
Exactly, a world without nations, where every man is free to fight his own war

>>26321294
>She'd probably try to tear our eyes out
At first. But with time, her scars will fade, and she may eventually thank us for stopping her from doing this.

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Are you happy feasting on these tears Merc?!

>>26321313
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-muclihWo

Just want to say I hate each and everyone of you that are trying to shoehorn MSF into this.

>>26321313
Also, would it end Darcsen racism? Make a better life for them?

Hell, the Valkyrur HAD a world with no borders. They WERE the only nation, they had such control that history itself was theirs to mold!

And new they're just dust.

>>26321347
dude, Merc gave us the idea first

>>26321270

As much As I want to agree, the problem with the empire is it has been run by dickheads(counter productive to my argument I know) that want more lands now.

The federation lacked the vision of peace form the new president and the actions he will begin to undertake.

Removing the empire from the equation will cause the federation to EXPAND into former empire lands which will begin another age of conflict. Emeria might then decide to attack or aid partisans from the former imperials.

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>>26320541
"You may have a point." You concede. "The world does suck, with all the world wars and Europan wars and everything in between. But the fact is, Karla, your method won't work either."

Karla stops in her tracks, and you instinctively take a couple steps back and continue. "You won't change the world by putting a gun to its head, Karla. All you'll do is trade one bad situation with another. Let's say you do succeed. What then? Where will it stop? Even if you can play the benevolent ruler, what about your successors?"

"It looks like there's no convincing you then." Karla draws her sword. "It looks like fighting must be the only way to settle this."

"Yeah, looks like it." You sigh.

"I have an extra saber, if you'd like." Karla offers.

>Thanks, I could use one.
>Nah, I'm comfortable with Var mk2 here.
>Other

>>26321347
leave then

>>26321335
I don't think Jager can get back with her or forgive her, but deep down I do think he might want to keep her alive

>>26321335
... or she'll off herself

>>26321371
>>Thanks, I could use one.

>>26321371
>JoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoinJoin

>>26321371
>>Thanks, I could use one.
Dual-wield?

>>26321371
>Nah, I'm comfortable with Var mk2 here.

>>26321371
>Thanks, I could use one.

>>26321371
FISTS

>>26321371

>Thanks, I could use one.

"For all is worth, I'm glad you were trying to make the world a better place."

>>26321371
>>Nah, I'm comfortable with Var mk2 here.
>>26321394
We missed that boat anon

>>26321371
>Nah, I'm comfortable with Var mk2 here.
We fight until we hear the buzzing sound!

Defensive fighting style ho!

>>26321371
>Thanks, I could use one.
The Var is awesome, but it is not a fencing weapon. Please try and go non-lethal Jager

>>26321371
>>Nah, I'm comfortable with Var mk2 here.

We can totally take her with the Var!