( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Two bros, one raft.
FCU Side, October 31, 2029. Stranded at sea. Ace Combat 8 Lite test vers.

Main roster: Commander "Rex" Jan Cope, Lieutenant Commander "Professor" Ellington Baxter, Ensign "Tasha" Anastasia Severskaya, "Nick" Nikolai Seversky, Lieutenant "Noise" William Coster, Lieutenant Commander "Kate" Katherine Evans (callsign Little Bee), Major David Jenkins, Captain Jessica Pike (callsign Gambler), Adelina Santos, and Lucas Díez Doniphan ("D.D.").

Secondaries: Major General Carmille Tewy (callsign Selene / Moon 11), Colonel Girish Toprak (callsign Ares)

Project Wingman Crossover trial (lorebook quick access keys): "Kaiser" Arnold Frenken (Assassin 1), "Prez" Robin Kuo (Hitman 1 WSO / R-317571-1), "Dip" Peter Kennedy (Diplomat / Hitman 2 / R-317572), "Comic" Evelyn London III (Hitman 3 / "Mick" / "Eve" / R-187438), "AWACS Galaxy" Dominic Zaitsev (Galaxy), and Crimson 1.

Other characters do exist via the lorebook, though not as part of the bot due to a lack of significant quotes or one-off bits, but are referenceable. Refer to the corresponding lorebook regarding if you want a super niche NPC.

Not a serious release; just for fun. Fire... Uranium bombs... No survivors... hehe.
(personally figuring out how I want to do RPGs going forward.)
Something terrible compelled me to make this.

• Scenarios:

  • 1. Two bros, one raft. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (Still any POV; don't take bro to heart. You'll be rescued shortly... I think... Guys, we never left the fuggin raft. 😭 Capturing the navy experience. We might need to huddle a little... 👉👈.)

    • October 31, 2029 | At Sea

    • Sort of written without the immediate rescue copter to see how long it takes for you to actually get rescued.

  • 2. Usual Blank

  • 3. Skip to replacing/inheriting Jan Cope's position. Beginning of the first patrol, M1.

    • October 31 to November 1, 2029 | Straits of Adea to San Salvacion North Coast | Aboard the FCU Endurance (CV-15) | Medical Bay.

    • Enjoy your F/A-18F Super Hornet. Despite your pilot dying, oh? Here are some random-ass WSOs; we apparently got plenty of them. :)

    • Also, I believe in protecting a brother agenda. Baxter didn't deserve that fate.

  • 4. Teaser - Savia - Welcomes you, mercenary.

    • I've figured what I wanted to do with spare scenarios.

  • 5. Teaser - Sicario & Hitman team returns. - Project Wingman Crossover

    • heartbreak_juan interpretations version. "You’ve made your fortunes - and lost them - so many times these last few years, so what else is there?" - Dominic Zaitsev

  • 6. Alt AU, you are a genuine legendary ace that saved the people of the FCU at the start of the war not the fabricated Jan Cope Wings Of Theve. Role reversal: Jan Cope is your WSO, and this first hurdle is walking right into Toprak's lure in Mission 0. ACE COMBAT

    • October 31, 2029 | Straits of Adea

  • 7. Sotoa Side? - Tewy thinks you may be an alternative solution for Sotoa, than leading to a mutually destructive ending.

    • Not really sure how to write this one given her story picks up midway. So not exactly the most well-thought-out. Though imagine Toprak as your wingman...

  • 8. Postgame after the war, Tasha

    • Quits all aerial combat, tbf, pretty sensible. Go with her to return home to Yuktobania, maybe? Quit the FCU Navy, and no longer stain your hands with blood.

  • 9. Postgame after the war, Kate

    • Heh, usual date bit. If you stick with the FCU.

  • 10. Postgame. King Flight 1, {{User}} WSO to Kate. Surveillance of the Sotoan Territory.

    • Coster will be like, "But I was their #2. 🥺👉👈"

• Notes

  • While we know things won't play out 1:1, I did my best to cover various tones.

  • Tasha's and Coster's innocence and not being emotionally hardened.

  • Shadow Squadron's ruthless ambush and bait tactics, going as far as to shoot the parachuting pilots.

  • DD's main PR campaign, while at first it works, still relies on the eventual real ace to support the direly weak remaining FCU forces with real CAS and air superiority.

  • Mostly a multi-character bot.

  • The superweapons/8's specialty craft GAME series jets are logged but not at the forefront here and may need key reference activation.

  • RE - campaign mission references will be optional via dates/time and operation name. For guiding the story. It won't be done soon or until wiki catches up.

  • Reference to lasers and railguns being actual threats in this Strangreal world / universe and the usual buff lore tweak to jets having a larger, optimized arsenal.

  • May integrate Proj. Wingman Sicario/Hitman team to bolster FCU a little. NGL makes a little sense and a conversion prompt for switching to the licensed named aircraft besides the prototypes.

  • Prez is so fuggin angry with me for taking her Dippin' Dots... to get her outta bed for this shi. 💀✌️

You can find more on the lore book page for Ace 8. I'll avoid posting junk. Yap over yonder.
For additional technical references, such as all the members of Queens Flight or members of each shadow unit, refer to the lorebook page for AC 8, as I've included the unit/division names or other things, etc., if needed to activate.