consequences of power [Project Wingman]

[@Paragon._.]

Honestly, the geothermal stations transmitting their messages from different parts of the world really makes this scene more intense and distressing. While you and your team attempt the impossible task of shooting down the cruise missiles to prevent extreme damages, Magadan’s geothermal plants poured so much coolant into their cordium supplies so there wouldn’t be an eruption which ballooned in Prospero, causing more eruptions, except in Magadan, to occur around the Ring of Fire. All while K-9 were taking down Faust, the cruise missiles were already heading towards Magadan and blowing up Prospero and Crimson 1 begun his insanity by directing it to the world because his aim is ass

[@strikershadow4428]

Man, hats off to the game writer for cooking this hard, the details in 2 games made so much sense that each of the actions from either side was correlated to the other to create a disaster so insane it's out of bounds.

[@intergalacticvoid2056]

I loved the final speech of Faust, when you can hear "authenticate blaze readback"

[@Jamie_Holiday]

Ahhh, sentient WMD cruise missiles; the horrors that can only be created through the collective imaginative minds of humans

[@Haka-f3k-u]

"We fly and we explode!"

[@puntodeguardado]

i blame belka

[@boombang0418]

@@puntodeguardadoI second that motion.

[@John-qv5ux]

With the power of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon (the real life Grunder Industries) anything is possible!

[@bigburd875]

Sentient?

[@texan_nerd8168]

I like how much Galaxy freaks the fuck out with just how many cruise missiles are coming. He lets everyone (ALCON) know both fighters and airships and even the ground forces both enemy and ally. Really makes you concerned about what's going to happen.

[@mill2712]

When you think about it, Sicario as a mercenary company is the embodiment of the phrase "Professionals have standards".

[@boombang0418]

⁠@@mill2712That’s a good way of describing Sicario’s mentality.

[@shoulderpyro]

Wait does that mean Galaxy sends the IFF info to the surviving Federation fighters as well? ..lad's got a good heart.

[@Tyrarl]

​@@shoulderpyro ALCON is short for "All Concerned". The incoming ordinance is also a concern for the Feddies, and Galaxy does not strike me as the bloodthirsty type to just let people die like that.

[@xylven5918]

@@mill2712

[@bambblamb3734]

Belka: Nukes themselves to prevent the enemy from invading any further. The federation: Nukes themselves causing a butterfly effect of a second calamity.

[@Rexmandell]

play on words, BUDDY.

[@setharcher2339]

This hits even harder after frontline 59

[@boombang0418]

I remember the dread I felt when I heard Galaxy shout ALCON three times, and the sheer panic in his voice. And the music just added to the dread. I remember chasing a missile, and just as my missile was about to hit it, my screen went orange, and I saw a crater form, just as the music changed. That’s when I realized what was happening, and I desperately tried to stop every missile I could. But when I heard the guy talking about seeing the ground forces turn to dust, and the geological monitoring stations from BOTH sides talking about what was happening, I gave up. I couldn’t stop enough of the missiles and I knew it. What I love about Project Wingman is that NONE of the major events happen in a cutscene, which would make you detached from what is going on. It happens as you are in the battle, and it doesn’t pull any punches. Plus the music always makes it fun, even when I am doing poorly. love this game and its music.

[@runningoutofnames3CS]

Fr bro at first I was like “oh just shoot these missiles down? I got this” but then the first bomb hit and my screen went orange nearly costing me and that’s when I had an “oh shit” moment and actually took the situation seriously for once

[@lavos333]

Can you imagine just how Galaxy had to feel at that moment? The battle almost won, him probably doing a kill recount for Hitman and coming up with a few jokes about how Monarch is carrying or something. And then, in one of his screens. In just one instant. Death. The coming of the Apocalypse. He was the one that saw the proverbial four (thousand) horsemen, bringing about the final days. He realized in a moment what he was seeing and what it meant. He must have felt like an oracle watching the end of the world in a vision. He KNEW it wouldn't help, but he still would do anything in order to fight back against said vision. Friendlies, enemy, military, mercenary or civilian. Whoever or whatever can help, do it. Now. NOW. Or else the entire world is doomed.

[@thekingzhaul5914]

What makes consequences of power so shocking and impactful is that Monarch/Player was hyped up as "unbeatable" and is at this point where not even the best planes or skills can stop whats incoming. This is Project Wingman's _Canon event,_ and theres nothing Monarch can do to stop it. Can you imagine how he, as a character, must have felt after he saw the missiles hit and then the volcano blow up? His dread for his friends and sicario, his shock at the desperation of the federation, his guilt for not being good enough to stop them and among dozens other emotions running wild on his head as he process what just happend? Man, good thing he still has Prez, Galaxy, Mic and Dip with him, because I'm sure he would had gone mad like Crimson 1 in his grief.

[@toastergaming7783]

**Monarch shoots down all cruise missiles**

[@Rexmandell]

@@toastergaming7783 Nah, Imma do my own thing

[@SagittariusAyy]

And then you realize that even if you cheat to make shooting down all the missiles possible…The game is coded to trigger the cordium explosion and subsequent Calamity anyway, as that seems to be tied to a story trigger at about the end of the mission. (When Galaxy says to brace) *It IS a canon event.*

[@dudupintarolas5214]

@@SagittariusAyy i think what happens in that cenario is the side thats sending the missiles sees what you are doing and says fuck it and blows one of them up on the spot without you being able to intercept it.

[@erebo._.sapien]

I guess he gets points for trying, though, literally.

[@johnprice6271]

"Amidst the blue skies, a link from past to future. The sheltering wings of the protector..." *Are Broken.*

[@maggintons]

I love how at a certain point in this sequence, the radio comm's completely forget your still in the sky as there's way bigger problems in the world now.

[@SundanceMLD]

I feel Galaxy would’ve been the most helpless in this mission, given that he’s up in there only being able to watch. That’s why he’s so frantic about the missiles, from what I understand.

[@baselessfuckshit7057]

Poor bastards probably riddled with PTSD after seeing that, knowing he's able to do absolutely nothing to assist other than scream for help to friendlies that are probably already fried to dust

[@Starlight_Collective]

i played this game through start to finish over like 3 days, it was insane seeing how quickly things spiraled out of control, just watching it all fall apart piece by piece, watching people moving onto the next most destructive thing, then the next, then the next, until it all came to this. it was insane.

[@A_ghost_leviathan]

Honestly, cordium warheads are probably one of the most terrifying weapons in all of fiction.

[@Trentofredwall]

lol lmao

[@thekingzhaul5914]

This entire sequence is such a sudden twist that if placed in a graph it would look like a stake

[@gamerfan1135]

Talk about a situation going wildly out of hand.

[@cheesyfromindonesia9969]

10 MILLION LIVES!

[@somedudethatripsplanetinha4221]

war is fucking orange

[@GrummanCatenjoyer]

I still wonder what exactly that would’ve felt like on the ground And about the calamity in the first place I think I know what it was It was a geological traps situation A field of lava rupturing out of the ground coating the world in greenhouse gases and then an fallup freeze over that would be the “Great cold” they mention in the files It probably killed up to 90-98% of all species on earth

[@azazel166]

And here I thought the Belkans were crazy.

[@adlibbed2138]

0:45 the TDU Solar Crown launch experience

[@dudupintarolas5214]

"If there is a god out there i hope he closes his eyes for i do not whant him to see what we brought apon ourselfs"

[@katboi7140]

This is how I think monarch fly his plane. Like, no hud at all. He just uses his eyes to lock on target

[@noone6677]

ORANGE LAND

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

Remember, Cascadia brought this upon itself by invading and laying waste to Magadan. They asked for this.

[@TrizzlyYT]

Yup, Prospero was the last straw, no way in hell are we going to give that up just like the FNS Jerusalem.

[@masoncarothers6515]

At the end of the day, you have to remember, the Federation itself didn’t launch these warheads. Crimson 1 took out every commander that said no until one said yes. The destruction of Prospero is SOLEY because of him. Once those warheads hit, all the Federation could do was continue fighting, until their total loss at Presidia. Which then Crimson 1 nuked, violating the ceasefire. And because Crimson 1 was shot down at the end of Kings, the Federation can’t hide behind the excuse that “Crimson 1 was acting on his own interests.” While he was still flying Federation military insignia and using Federation comms. In the end, Crimson 1 is responsible for the downfall of the Federation.

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

@@masoncarothers6515 Um, no. Crimson 1's CO launched those missiles. Federation Officer: Federation Peacekeeper:

[@TrizzlyYT]

@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 basically, the 'cads did it to themselves lol But then the rest of the feds gets the blame? What a joke...

[@masoncarothers6515]

@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 Fair point, but my point still stands that Crystal Kingdom or even Federation High Command did not authorize the nuclear devastation of Prospero. If they did, what would be the point of surrendering at Presidia and signing a ceasefire? At that point, Cascadia can utterly ruin the Federation politically, even IF Crimson one doesn’t nuke Presidia in his projective crusade against Monarch. And if you wanted to bring Faust and her actions against Magadan up, keep in mind, she went AWOL on live military channels. At that point, Cascadia was retreating from Magadan as it was a losing fight. But I will add this here as an addendum that the Federation pretty much declared No Quarter on the Cascadian landing force. To summarize, Crimson Squadron (Including their CO) and Faust were AWOL. The difference being, the Federation likely looked the other way, thinking they could find someway to win the war and maybe, just maybe sweep the thing under the rug and charge Crimson Squadron for their likely numerous war crimes as a way to save face. But they lost miserably, and faced with outright defeat at Presidia, they draw up a ceasefire. But then Crimson 1 goes full on psycho, going AWOL with the experimental aircraft frame PW.MK1 and destroying Presidia, all to kill one mute mercenary and his anime girl WSO, in the biggest projection of blame you could ever feasibly imagine.

[@Nordaritan]

Remember you solely are responsible for this after invading fed territory

[@oscarlamuela4344]

Crimson 1 approves this comment

[@paulsd9255]

Wonder if you can do this with the ending of F59 now

[@FallenArchangel]

The situation escalated so we're going to escalate it beyond anything else

[@conradshtock3039]

Worse; they were losing, so they decided to throw a tantrum about it…effectively.

[@The-Enemy-Medic]

I was laughing at this a year ago, now I look at world politics and yeah. NATO really thinks escalation is somehow the best way to solve conflicts and we are at the brink of nuclear war with Iran and Russia lmao