Project Wingman Frontline 59 | FINAL MISSION and Ending

[@CodyDBuni]

"The Federation shall be horrified by the number of lives we will take." "Don't you see, Driver? Ten million Cascadians will be saved, at the cost of a mere million Feds!" "Driver... He lacks the drive. Imagine you're just about to be killed by the Federation. "Why am I going to be killed?", you ask. Because they wanted to steal from you, to torment you, to burn you, to cut you apart! It was for your sins, your actions, and your vengeance! There has to be a reason! Driver has none of that. I do!" "Oh, don't you see?! One million... ONE MILLION FEDS!!!"

[@flapflapflapflap]

*maniac laughter before getting deep fried in cordium*

[@dchousoseiso]

"Driver... He lacks the drive." 💀💀💀

[@Mr.WhiteCat_YT]

​@@dchousoseiso *NAH* 💀💀💀

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

You win the pinned comment 😂

[@Salvenangriff]

​@@dchousoseisoNAH 💀💀💀💀

[@RookFox]

>Be Cascadia >Have highly maneuverable airship with lasers and mpbm flak >Give it to female Torres and lose it

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I was not prepared for the mpbm flak 🤣

[@古明地恋-s9c]

Imagine they gave it to Monarch, and it might be only a day of effort or even a few hours before the victory.

[@caav56]

​@@古明地恋-s9cImagine Monarch and Prez using _Roosevelt_ during the duel with Crimson 1. Hell, I kinda wonder, if HPBCs of _Roosevelt_ could be used for interception of cordium missiles...

[@matthewtwitter5172]

​@@caav56ah like stonehenge or the atmos ring meson cannons with MBSRs

[@michaelcross9720]

In Ace Combat, whether the protagonist is a regular military pilot, a mercenary, or a convict, in the end, they sole reason to fight is to save the world/achieving world peace. Meanwhile in Project Wingman: Driver: I just wanna go home!!!! Monarch: Hello! I like money!!

[@motorsporttj1689]

I feel like Driver is more like this Driver: WOOOOOOOOOOOO (gets a Speeding Ticket and Flying) Meanwhile Eye-Tee is probably crying in the backseat.

[@seantaggart7382]

Crimson 1: HELLO I LIKE MURDER!

[@Adumbshiba]

didn't galaxy adress the money thing during stepping stone, like asking them why they still do this even after they made and lost their money so many times ?-I'm pretty sure its just the thrill of a dogfight for him

[@aguywhodoesntexist]

@@seantaggart7382he’s more like the guy who can’t see he will never beat the ace combat player despite being the best in his world

[@seantaggart7382]

@@aguywhodoesntexist yeah

[@SolitarySpade_Davon]

You got "Torres's wild ride", now get ready for "Faust's Caramelldansen Rave"

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I love everything about this 🤣

[@alexidragonov3676]

We need to ship Torres and Faust together

[@Juno7900]

I mean, they did have Peacekeeping Squadron Tanager

[@seantaggart7382]

Faust Heh She doesn't deserve our goddess's name

[@jdreyes3745]

I think my favorite side character from this story has to be the Slavic Provisional Magadane officer. Guy was clearly passionate, not to mention him straight up manning one of his post's guns after its original gunner's been wounded.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

He gives me Sgt. Reznov vibes from COD World at War and Black Ops 1

[@argadega115]

And can't forget his over the top speech. That man is really passionate about it

[@HorizonSniper__]

​@@TITANxRaven_Gaming STEP 8 REZNOV! FREEDOM!

[@joshmccalip6053]

@@HorizonSniper__ "For you, Mason! Not for me!"

[@blackman7166]

@@joshmccalip6053REEEEZZZNNOOOOVVVV!!--

[@delmoinx]

If you havent noticed, when faust is giving her final speech before exploding, you can hear the dialogue between the peacekeeper commander and the cordium warheads operator. Yes, the consequences of power dialogue before calamity 2.0 Blaze, readback

[@alcho5544]

Oh Damn, i just realized those glowing things in the sky starting at 18:25 isn't stars... Those are the cordium missiles!

[@delmoinx]

@@alcho5544 correct

[@Motleydoll123]

The whole set up does point to the members of drivers squadron being unconcerned with the future issues, as long as they get to go home. And already at the end, you see the telltale glitching that communicates that they have no idea how wrong they are ultimately. The actions of the federation to try and win the cascadian war damn them all to a molten orange hellscape. Because after cascadia gets cordium nuked, and the federation loses... the world rises up against the federation... meaning driver and the crew are likely to be forced into sortie after sortie, forced to kill as they realise the federation is dying. And maybe their words and thoughts come back to haunt them. But hindsight is always a lot clearer than the foresight.

[@yobob591]

listen carefully after the speech, you can hear the consequences of power motif in the music

[@mattstorm360]

K-9: "We get to go home now! Right?" Blaze.. my god have mercy K-9: "We get to go home, right?"

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

F in the chat for K-9

[@Asian_Boi_242]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming And for his WSO Eye-Tee

[@flapflapflapflap]

*2nd Calamity occurs in Prospero* K9: We aren't going home, are we

[@flandrescarlet8967]

If Monarch and Co. can survive being ground fucking Zero, then K-9 can live too

[@mrhbombman]

I’ll believe that they and the other troops sent out to stop Faust make it back to safety. Though it looks things are going to be very busy on the home front.

[@idkwhatcoolnametouse8987]

Seeing the cruise missiles that would cause the beginning of the second Calamity as Faust and the Roosevelt burns up in the skies with the motifs of Consequence of Power playing really is quite the experience after seeing what happens on both ends.

[@Asian_Boi_242]

"You know I have Cascadians that work for me in my Shop?! *Do you know what you've Taken from them?!* " Hearing it from the Enemy when you are in Dogfight with them after he literally burned down his homeland's Capital is one thing But hearing it from your Wingman who is just an ordinary joe, who are possibly friends with the "Enemy" in his regular job really makes you beg the question

[@ardantop132na6]

That's the thing. There are many perspectives in the event. As Monarch, we're mostly seen on the perspective of a mercenary (presumably also Cascadian) that were paid to help with nationalists that wanted to be independent of Federation. And this ally you're with is what I would call *Conservative nationalists* as their desire is to just liberate Cascadia, not in a way of Faust's 'we against the world' (which is why in second last mission, they agree to ceasefire since they're basically win the war thus liberated Cascadia). In a perspective of Oceania reserve pilot, Faust and her volunteers of marines are the *Zealous Nationalists* that have pitch their mentality of Cascadia against the whole Federation even if some of these Federation countries are neutral to them. They're willing to kill them just because they're helping Federation not because they help everyone including Cascadia. Because of this, they make Cascadia independence appear as a malevolent intent instead of a noble goal. Which in a long run would discourage other countries from gaining independence and villainfy Cascadia. Especially when Federation propaganda still propagates Cascadia as a threat to the world.

[@nopenope6150]

@@ardantop132na6 Exactly, no nation is a monolith. And with how utterly chaotic the Cascadian conflict is, it's no surprise that there will be some harsh disagreements and conflicts on what is ostensibly the same side.

[@jtho8937]

@ardantop132na6 Not so different from AC4 and 7. You have Eruseans who want to make peace, and then there are the ones who want to use Megalith/Arsenal Bird/the drones to burn it all.

[@TrizzlyYT]

😊😊​@@ardantop132na6

[@TheCol111]

I mean, at the end of the day the Cascadian war of independence was also a civil war, and with Magadan having close cultural ties to Cascadia, it stands to reason that many Cascadians living in Magadan might feel cut off or betrayed by their home

[@leschroder7773]

"Blaze..... may god have mercy." So lore wise, monarch dipped the fuck out of there considering you can hear the cordium tipped missles. Man theres really a consequences when it comes to power

[@Fatalinfection6]

18:38 As Faust is giving her monologue before dying you can hear the Federation Commander saying the lines from Mission 15 in the main game. “Authenticate, Blaze, Read Back” Also you can see the Cordium missile trails above. Love the details

[@snazzydazzy]

So this happens between Missions 9 to 15, which is scary because that's when everything goes to shit.

[@Adumbshiba]

@@snazzydazzy mission 11 (cold war) to mission 15, your squadron is called in after basically the entire air force is destroyed over the bering strait

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

I had a feeling those weren't jets

[@lukalaa1764]

Also the cordium neutralizing agent being dumped into the tanks also foreshadows what happens in Prospero, the local cordium vein might be safe, but it spikes pressure everywhere else, I.E the biggest cordium supplier in the pacific, Cascadia.

[@warwolf3005]

Hold on.. the potential lore here is giant Roosevelt is stated to be the last of the forefathers. We know from Mission 20 of the main campaign that Cascadia still takes cultural influence from USA from before of the the first Calamity. Could it be that we are getting a hint as to what happened during the first calamity? Cordium bombs project replaced Manhattan project and its usage lead to a chain reaction which triggered the first Calamity?

[@argadega115]

It could be. I mean, Japan is located on the Ring of Fire, and if not that, then it could be from operation Crossroad (The operation where the US blows a bunch of ships using a nuke). Whatever happened, the epicenter is at the Pacific.

[@toptiergaming6900]

The only reason I have to doubt this the existence of the EUFB (even if not in campaign mode) but I wouldn't be surprised if it was true

[@CaptPatrick01]

18:08 My lore senses aren't tingling... *_THEY ARE SCREAMING_*

[@Кустарус]

Now I'm 100% sure that Project Wingman will definitely be about Oceania War and there will be 2 campaigns since we have 2 aces that referred as "like the ones in Oceania" and there will be showed what the hell is this Deal

[@potato88872]

Probably something related to cordium and calamity If the feds can start it, by mystake. Immagine if you can do it at will.

[@outwithjohn7038]

Imagine if this campaign came out first. The cliffhanger would've been crazy.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

For real, that would've been a crazy cliff hanger!

[@Dr.Pootis]

I imagine the "maximum suspense" route for a new player would go something like this: Main campaign levels through Cold War, then the f59 levels with main campaign levels 12/13/14 mixed in, then Consequence of Power and the rest of the main campaign.

[@benthomas2232]

15:40 “You know I have Cascadians working for me in my shop.” That just made me question the entire campaign, the Independence Force, Everything.

[@flapflapflapflap]

Imagine if those mercs got this warning "Division K-9: Federation Air Force Reservists" followed by a "Engagement not advived" warning cause of how a bunch of reservists can change the tide of war in Federation's favor

[@ardantop132na6]

I think the mercs aren't aware of the K9 reputation. And there's no warning since they might sortie out without AWACS. (And Galaxy is back in Cascadia).

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

@@ardantop132na6 Faust mentions being hounded by reservists, so it's possible they would know who these guys are. And given how much firepower is stacked on that airship, I don't think it having some AWACS gear is all that hard to believe.

[@veeyoooh]

Imagine if driver is somehow harder to beat than crimson

[@Stinger522]

If Ace Combat is the King of the flying game genre, Project Wingman is shaping up to be the Queen.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

The fact that it almost immediately rose up to that spot with such a small dev team is a testament to the quality and hard work they did in making this come to life. I love seeing PW succeed and the devs get their recognition (Sony wanting to get this as a PS is big-time recognition, it sucks for other platforms yes, but the devs are getting that bread and at the end of the day we are all just trying to get that bread)

[@tuttuti123]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming and frankly I don't think anybody gave a crap about FL59 being a PS exclusive, the fact that PW is getting the recognition it needed is a win for every single one of us. More money means more that can be done to this franchise. Just more hope for another funny orange plane game.

[@ThisIsAHandleOrSomething]

Loved the Federation POV throughout this dlc(?) showing that both sides are neither good or bad. Federation just want peace, Cascadia just want freedom and both sides had unhinged chess pieces.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Everyone loses in war.

[@mammothmk3355]

More like normal soldier in Federation are indoctrinated to see the Fed as the good guys. That's normal, it's to ensure loyalty, as military are the guardian of the regime.

[@SenorBigDong69]

Umm, I feel like the side that used weapons of mass destruction was the bad side

[@manwiththemachinegun]

Yeah, the Federation, "just wants peace" at the barrel of a gun.

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

War is bad but planes are rad

[@joshmccalip6053]

22:22 Holy Shit! Kira Buckland?! They got frickin 2B herself to voice Faust?!

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

She killed it!

[@Kagekatsu1]

She’s been collaborating with Jose Pavli on Dawn: Aerowar as well.

[@joshmccalip6053]

@@Kagekatsu1 Oh yeah! I forgot about her contribution to Dawn: Aerowar.

[@ardantop132na6]

Sounds like a evil 2B to me.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

Wait, Kira Buckland??? OHHHHH NOOO!!!

[@kingsnakke6888]

What an awesome DLC. Got excited with all the callbacks and tensed up at the stuff we _knew_ never went well, especially the radio messages and last shot of the final mission... What seem to be distant cordium cruise missiles heading towards Cascadia as the screen glitches in an horribly familiar way.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Yeah once you realize that this is taking place alongside the Prospero Incident, you just know it's coming

[@lucasodelta2591]

wonder if driver even got to land before the ring of fire detonated

[@Skyteam_8492]

@@lucasodelta2591imagine he tries to land after the ring explodes only to tussle with Cascadian Bounty Hunters

[@elliotfischer7391]

The fact that in the credits. The cordium nukes are heading to Prospero just ties thus whole DLC together. Sadly I don't have a PS5 so I can't play Frontline 59. Really interesting nonetheless.

[@Metaretru]

I like that after the demise of Faust, the HUD literally start flickering as if signaling that the cordium network is instable and soon gonna be calamity caused by cordium warhead.

[@fazzy8682]

This DLC is the perfect after party for PW. Seeing what’s happening in the federation after Cold War up until Consequences of Power adds so much to the world of PW and shows how much the devs have grown since launch. From level design, to new enemy types and formations, more great story beats, all with awesome music from Jose Pavli. Now I only hope it can make its way to PC soon. 😢

[@halo129830]

You do know there are more missions planned right?

[@Oclur]

I don't know. Honestly, I don't like how the game has to chip health away from you with sniper aa guns and other gimmicks to create a sense of "difficulty"

[@fazzy8682]

@@Oclur that’s simply a get good from me tbh, your missles can outrange AA from higher altitudes

[@Oclur]

@@fazzy8682 Except I literally finished the game on mercenary. The only times Faust killed me it's because she rammed into me I stand by my opinion: boss design in this game is not that good. Aside from that, it's a fun game

[@7C9557]

Have a theory driver must be a oceanic war ace veteran who just in reserves

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Monarchs long lost evil brother

[@7C9557]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming actually they might have fought each before in monarch pilot entrys it talks about their previous deployments one called "hunt for the maester" just before the events of pw could be driver could be the reason why hes hiding out in reserves but its prolly me thinkin to hard

[@darmansbar7900]

Him and Monarch definitely fought there

[@motorsporttj1689]

I agree with this theory. Especially since some Dialogues from Merc Pilots recognized Drivers Flying Style. Since Monarch had operations before the events I’m thinking they definitely fought each other before. Im thinking one of Monarchs Operations before Wingman was just like Showdown between the Mercenary Cabal and the Feds. Driver was also there. Driver and Monarch are both single-handedly slaughtering their Enemy Air forces. Then Driver and Monarch fought with some survivors of the Battle in awe as they are probably pulling inhuman maneuvers trying to one up the other. The Battle ends in a Stalemate with both Monarch and Drivers Planes out of ammo and Heavily Damaged.

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

Across the water, a new start - war still beating in his heart And the legend does go on... Starting out as a reserve - will be soon promoted, well deserved Black Eagle enemy number one

[@timur5219]

Now THIS is an air battleship Take notes, 205 engineers That aside, I'm now looking forward to a confrontation between Hitman and K-9 for some reason

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I was wondering the same thing too, like what if they met???

[@Asian_Boi_242]

Oceania here we come!

[@mechzilla569]

battleship with how many cannons that thing has its a dreadnaught with wings

[@timur5219]

@@mechzilla569 he-he-he

[@Four_Shadowing]

YOU

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

"This ship is named after the last Forefather! "We shall not fail them!" No wonder why the OST is called "Descendants".

[@carallon8589]

It raises questions! The ship's name is the Roosevelt! Does that mean that the first calamity occurred during one of Roosevelt's presidential terms? The white fleet is a reference to the white fleet of the US navy at the beginning of 1900 on the orders of Theodore Roosevelt....But the second Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it was during his term of office that the atomic bomb was created... and what if, in this universe, the atomic bomb was responsible for the first calamity?

[@badasstasticusbadass4908]

@@carallon8589 Not really, the Calamity was such a catastrophic event that the entire human race was nearly wiped out, so much so, that Humanity in PW no longer uses the same way that we use to measure years, because it is unknown how much time passed after the Calamity before civilations could raise again, the events of the game happens around AC 432 (432 years after the Calamity). The Last Forefather was named Roosevelt, and apperently, it was the last founding ruler of Cascadia before it became part of the Federation, the White Fleet is a reference of the real world, but nothing more really.

[@SANESX]

More about Magadanians are actually Cascadian descendants who fled from the first calamity. Frontline 59 is ethnic Cascadians kill each others.

[@meyers0781]

Probably that thing Faust mentioned is Monarch. Basically Faust taunts the Federation if they keep fighting, The Federation's enemies will keep fighting. And they'll bring Monarch (and probably the entire Hitman flight group) together. The ending straight up teases a continuation for Project Wingman, possibly in form of DLC.

[@henryhamilton4087]

No She said that it is found in Oceania Monarch is a Cascadian, so no. Instead it's likely what's given to Hitman in the deal after Mission 16. The song that plays in the ending speech is also called A Distant Deal which references this.

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

It's The Deal

[@Betrix5060]

Nah it's whatever "jesus christ" mcguffin Stardust showed Kaiser.

[@HmmHmm-ve7ou]

It's only teasing about the Deal. The event after mission is what happening directly before Consequence of Power

[@darmansbar7900]

No, is the thing the Cascadians used to convice Sicario to stay in Cascadia after the Second Calamity She is referring to the Deal, as said by one of your wingmans "we are too little to this Deal" and the name of the track that plays at that moment "A distant Deal"

[@andrewrogers3067]

Everyone talking about Faust being female Torres, nobody mentions best boy Brick

[@Ghosttanker]

Brick and E-6 are my favorite characters from F59

[@Juno7900]

Every Ace Combat/Project Wingman expansion or DLC should be required to hinge around a slightly insane person with a stolen superweapon who wants to >

[@AiRPasternak]

I guess now we know what touhou feels like from a 3D perspective with all those lasers and flaks.

[@fadillah6014]

Need more bullet

[@ardantop132na6]

Kings. Nuff said.

[@The_Hanged-Man]

Yup

[@AiRPasternak]

​@@ardantop132na6Crimson was hardcore Macross.

[@maxydapurp11210]

reimu better start taking notes the moment she steps 1 foot to the outside world

[@nathanbolinger7918]

Love at 18:00 in the background you hear the same call for the launch of the Cordium missles in prospero

[@andrewrogers3067]

This entire campaign really drives home just how terrible both sides are in this war, and the ones fighting it are average joes and genuinely good people like Brick and K9 as a whole.

[@ZKP314]

Holy shit-Cascadian Torres

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Bro you're right, Faust is basically Torres!

[@joshmccalip6053]

14:50 The music during this dialogue between Faust and Vita. Amazing.

[@Stars_51]

19:47 you can see the ground start to glow showing that the ring of fire is cooking off

[@outwithjohn7038]

So it's possible that K9 did not make home right?

[@dariusti974]

Nah you can see it at the start of the mission - it’s the cordium facility

[@mill2712]

​@@dariusti974 Mission 6 had a fissure just like it.

[@KentLavisMW]

Impressive gameplay, and impressive DLC! And that charged FLAK attacks is beautiful

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Those charged Flak caught me off guard 😂

[@the_director_vinsanity]

After this DLC, going back to playing Monarch gives me major "Kaiser? Are we the baddies?" Energy

[@aptspire]

Technically, there are no good guys here

[@HailNeatoBurrito]

You absolutely aren't. The Federation citizens believe they are the good guys, and the soldiers and individuals are not evil, but the Federation is absolutely evil. I think the entire events of the main game prove that

[@malaizze]

No, the Federation is pretty clearly evil. They’re a hegemonic fascist cartel that control the world’s energy supply and enforce their rule on any nation they see fit. Remember: People like Crimson aren’t just destined to be evil, if he was never equipped with the power and status and authority the Federation gave him he would’ve just been an abnormally radical PacFed nationalist. Because Crimson’s brutal beliefs all fell in line with the Federation’s ideology perfectly, they gave him the capability to enact that ideology. He never really betrayed the Federation, he kept fighting for exactly what their war was for: absolute domination. The Federation betrayed its own ideals due to the practical reality it had to contend with, and so he went against orders to carry those ideals out regardless. Monarch is very much the good guy (though I wouldn’t classify the Cascadians he works with as wholly good). He’s not fighting for power or money - if he did he’d have followed Frost and turned to the Federation when his talents were recognized. It’s generally recognized that what Monarch is fighting for is the romantic ideal of Mercenary life: complete freedom. That’s the whole reason his rivalry with Crimson works so well.

[@tuttuti123]

@@HailNeatoBurrito Feds: Hey Cascadia Cascadia: waddup Feds: Join the feds or face annihilation Cascadia: bruh what the hell do you want Feds: I didn't hear a yes *nukes the damned place*

[@seantaggart7382]

​@@tuttuti123also Cascadia: INVADES A REGION THAT WAS NOT EVEN INVOLVED DIRECTLY IN FIGHTING! *except for the missiles*

[@HailNeatoBurrito]

>Cruise missiles flying >Consequences of Power playing

[@GearHead36]

Monarch: > Driver: > Monarch: > > Driver: >

[@arayashikishirayuki]

Meanwhile Prez & Eye-Tee be like *Confused & incoherent WSO noises*

[@GearHead36]

@@arayashikishirayuki 🤣

[@null8036]

@@arayashikishirayuki Prez,Galaxy, Eye-Tee, Vita, and the rest of sicario: "HOLY SHIT, MONARCH/DRIVER IS TALKING"

[@vKER]

​@@null8036 "You know, the quite kids are the most dangerous ones when they began to talk or do something... And just, look at them, they are NOW talking! We're done for!" -Galaxy, probably.

[@topjos12]

I like to think they are just > the whole time and just talking to each other telepathically

[@ryanc00p3r3]

While the K9 Squadron fighting the Rouge Commander of the Cascadian Independent Forces. within the Battle of Prosporo there's a Federation Radio chatter happening between two Federation Officer. Federation Officer > Federation Peacekeeping Commander > Federation Officer

[@maxydapurp11210]

first degree murder

[@Кустарус]

That was the commander of the Peacekeepers in Cascadia, not the Crimson squadron leader, there is a difference

[@Jamie_Holiday]

Looks like Torres has a soulmate in an alternate universe

[@Fighterpilot555]

18:21 Ignore Faust's soapboxing and listen carefully to the background radio

[@lopertyl6534]

*”They're in the net, Command, send it, authenticate Solutions 0-8-1-6.”*

[@unwoundsteak17]

14:06 that voiceline suggests there was an ace just like Monarch and Driver in the Oceania war. this means a prequel is possible

[@Fluffy_Monarch]

Or maybe it's Crimson 1 before being a Peacekeeper

[@lucasodelta2591]

Blaze.. may god have mercy

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Blaze

[@hendrihendri3939]

That Airship is quite literally *Love Spark, but without the Spellcard limit* Holy fucc, Faust

[@maxydapurp11210]

MISS FAUST STOP STEALING OUR PRECIOUS RESOURCES

[@Joaquin-wh7zc]

I love that around 18 when the cordium missiles are launching the soundtrack has a little piece of consequence of power which i think was amazing Amazing job by Jose Pavli once again!

[@seantaggart7382]

19:35 "we get to go home" *the interference Of the radar starts RIGHT THERE*

[@alexanderthegreat6682]

The Roosevelt has found its Salvation in the Dust Mother...

[@Ddetication]

Nah this is insane. They really up themselves in creating more insane boss fight

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

For real, I was not prepared for everything this mission threw at me. The flak mpbms caught me way off guard lmao

[@7C9557]

Man this dlc goes pretty hard i like wish there were more missions tho

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Yeah me too, I was getting invested in this side campaign. Now I gotta replay the main campaign lol

[@Reymaster61]

The end of this mission…. Consequence of Power…. MISSI….

[@AetherCarl]

I really wish the 205s in the main game were this formidable, it would be really cool to see

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Yeah I was surprised to see how much easier the airships in the main game were to shoot down, these ships are tanky asf in comparison

[@marrqi7wini54]

That's probably because these airships are bosses/boss escorts rather than elite enemies. I think that 205s are meant to be a newer yet are capable of mass production. While these are more one-of-a-kind. Though isn't it a bit funny that these Cascadian non-military retrofits are stronger than Federation production craft.

[@huyphamle159]

Imagine Faust assisting the Cascadians in Presidia with that amount of firepowers,she may have a chance to even survive that nuke too,plus Crimson 1

[@georgeleon1263]

Ideally a sequel to this campaign should be set in the aftermath of Presidia's destruction, as K9 now a fully fledge Peacekeeper Squadron is tasked with putting down the uprisings while defending the greatly weakened Federation against the vindictive Cascadian Foreign Legions and their mercenary armies, the main villain of the story could be Kaiser.

[@notfernandoalonso]

damn this DLC is awesome. that lightshow in the end is madness

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Right, this was a visually amazing fight

[@notfernandoalonso]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming the story too. knowing how it ends makes it all the more impactful. thanks for the speedy upload!

[@someguy120100]

13:47 The imagery of this is horrific. How crazy this situation is getting, how worse it will get.

[@diapason89]

So, in the end, it's the Mercenaries who the world needs to worry about. And somehow, the fact that it makes sense gives me the chills. After all, war is business to those guys.

[@potato88872]

Yeah but even them don't go "cordium bomb go BRRRRRRR"

[@TraxOferta]

E-6 my beloved, K-9 became legends in the air, E-6 became a hero on the ground Now to go grab a drink with the boys, since the war in Cascadia will soon be won with nothing bad happening whatsoever right guys? Oh wait

[@seantaggart7382]

19:39 *[WARNING NUKE INTERCEPTOR PROTOCOL ACTIVE! ATTEMPTING TO INTERCEPT NUCLEAR MISSILES]* *[WARNING INTERCEPT FAILURE]* *_[BRACE FOR IMPACT!]_*

[@HorizonSniper__]

You thought Torres was bad? Here, have him, but with women's unpredictability and flying.

[@thomascoburn5481]

That line at like 16 25 where Faust is saying Burn down the Federation this is the cry of your Cascadia earth, gives me Call of Duty Finest Hour Vibes when you're doing the battle of stalingrad mission

[@codyh0886]

I noticed you can hear consequence of power dialogue in the background and those streaks of orange across the sky are the cordium warheads heading for prospero and cascadia, bruh.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Great attention to detail for sure!

[@josevictorionunez9312]

The end choir music while seeing Cordium Nukes in the sky...

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

*chefs kiss*

[@user-xq4gd8nc8k]

OH MY GOD THE CREDITS. THOSE ORANGE THINGS IN THE SKIES OF THE BACKGROUND OF THE CREDITS. ARE THOSE THE CORDIUM MISSILES? JESUS

[@felswinter7938]

You can actually see the cordium missiles during the fight itself. Shits chilling.

[@alexanderwells4516]

Everyone's talking about 18:00, but no one mentions the dialogue at 3:00 - 3:10 which gives insight as to why Cascadia suffered the most from the 2nd Calamity.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I forgot about the briefing, sorry! Here is the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHKchoGwo6ites0si=X7wc-UUsnxtp71dj

[@gamernist3050]

Oh maaaan the ICBMs and the lagging HUD at the end gave me goose bumps!!! And I love the voice lines from consequences of power while faust talks. "authenticate: blaze. read back" is so recognizable awesome mini campaign, i wish I would get to play it on PC at some point

[@Juno7900]

I thought I i recognized that guitar... that's Vincent Morreto, he did all the Ace Combat OST covers!

[@ArkaSaurusRex218]

"So you fly into the city to relieve the siege, and what do you know, PROSPERO FREAKING BURNS!!! Cordium nukes on cruises missles start flying in by the dozens, and pretty soon, the pacific federation has put the Cadia in Cascadia! And by the pacific federation, i mean one man..." -Rimmy Downunder

[@SlavaUkraini345]

That ending hmmm, maybe that was crimson doing the funny in Prospero. Wish there was a little bit more so we could see some reactions.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

It was, you can hear some dialog behind the main one that's the same as Mission 15 in the main campaign

[@SlavaUkraini345]

​@@TITANxRaven_GamingI hear it. That is insanely clever hiding it behind fausts speech.

[@The_Hanged-Man]

Holy hell, now PW is officially a bullet hell game!

[@maxydapurp11210]

???: ...

[@The_Hanged-Man]

@@maxydapurp11210 Now that i think about it, it WAS already, when fighting crimson. But THIS is one step further.

[@maxydapurp11210]

@@The_Hanged-Man *reimu is watching*

[@The_Hanged-Man]

@@maxydapurp11210 Well, if you put something like "Flowering nights", it actually fits the battle, too.

[@thefreewils1163]

Touhou fans, ARISE!!

[@Jellie2874]

Faust is like crimson 1 laughs like a maniac then dies in a explosion

[@CruelestChris]

"So our general's name is Faust?" "Yes." "Are we the baddies?"

[@thefreewils1163]

13:46 *They weren't joking about throwing the dead out...*

[@Noname-cm2yy]

I feel like i monarch and driver meet it will be the equivalent of immovable object vs unstoppable force

[@raihanrusli2720]

So the K-9 could be dead by now. What a sad end. I love how they put aussie and russian english a lot in here, its something that is quite rare in video games

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

Doubtful. Hitman team and AWACS Galaxy were at the epicenter of the disaster and they survived. Coupled with the Base Station Zero personnel blatantly dumping a neutralizer agent into the Ring of Fire there, I'm pretty sure all of them made it back safely. And perhaps Magadan sustained little to no damage thanks to the neutralizer agent.

[@sensha5470]

@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942Monarch and co are also all top of the top OF THE TOP pilots, even the AWACS, and knew it was coming so they had a moment to brace. In significantly better planes too since F59 you're canonically using "whatever crap the federation could spare" Amateur pilots suddenly facing the worlds worst turbulence in mediocre jets, and the protagonist powers are turned off. I don't like their chances.

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

@@sensha5470 Last I checked, mAd sKilLeZ don't negate the effects of a *nationwide natural disaster that you are caught within GROUND ZERO of.* The only reason Hitman survived (and only Monarch has "skillz," btw) when plot convenience.

[@sensha5470]

@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 only monarch is godmode but all of sicario are aces of aces. What actually would happen to the planes in this event? I'd expect extreme turbulence, and I suspect an EMP. Meaning what's needed to survive would be the ability to quickly restart the plane then recover from whatever bad spin they got put in. Without plot armor, I don't like K-9's chances of doing that. But even without plot armor, I think there is a believable chance Hitman could pull that off.

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

@@sensha5470 K-9 is thankfully definitely in the clear, skilled or not. Earlier dialogue has the Base Station Zero personnel make preparations to dump a neutralizer agent into the cordium deposits as K-9 begins to fend off the first wave. They're definitely ok. Hitman had no excuse surviving the epicenter. Not when literally everyone else in the AO was killed. "Skilled" or not.

[@matchc0635]

The amount of ONE MILLION LIVE radiated from this is uncanny

[@davesthrowawayacc1162]

Why do I hear the leitmotif to conesquence of power? What's causing this electronic inteference? Oh no....

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

The Funni

[@jerbear3915]

Finally defeats final boss…. *boss music plays* It’s monarch and prez

[@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942]

Isn't Faust someone who made a deal with a devil or something like that?

[@hallowedbeyourdays]

A Faustian bargain/contract is one that is a deal made with the devil, yes. Origin of the term is Dr. Faustus, a who sold his soul for adding magic and alchemy to his repetoire.

[@somedudethatripsplanetinha4221]

And so the blazing fire soars overhead, soon engulfing the world in a profaned flame once more.

[@theonlymann1485]

18:20 Some static on the background, cant seem to hear it clear

[@Attaxalotl]

"RELOAD EWERYTHING HERE COMES THE BIG ONE!"

[@NKV_Yurion]

Blaze… May God Have Mercy.

[@LNgKhoi]

Moral of the DLC: Cascadians and mercs are monsters, but the Federation is the great demon. Alternatively: Faust tried to self-insert as a great villain character, and Crystal Kingdom took that personally.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

18:08:Adler:"Damn you Razgriz!" or in this case..... Faust:"Damn you, K-9!!!"

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

White Bird part 2 would go well with this mission lowkey lol

[@DonnaHinds]

when i heard the jingle and the missles in the backround, i knew this ended at the begining of mission 15

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

You can also hear the dialogue from Consequence of Power in there behind Faust death speech

[@Кустарус]

More than that, you can actually see the missiles heading to Prospero in the sky

[@ghost321000]

This has left me far more curious as to what Stardust offered to Sicario. It cant be something as simple as a weapon, or a plane. Because if it's something Mercenaries would regard as holy it would have to be something that money cant get them.

[@Chimjjl]

My personal theory: What the Federation found in Oceania that Mercs regard as holy isn't something physical, but rather the legitimacy that trying to make Oceania into a de-facto mercenary state almost gave them. The idea that mercenaries can become not just guns for hire for this or that faction, but a political force that other nations have to recognize and treat as an equal to themselves. So what Stardust and Cascadia might have offered Sicario was the chance to make Cascadia into a 2nd Oceania. Allow the mercenaries that form the Cascadian Foreign Legion to have a major, maybe even controlling say in national policy. That would help explain things like why Prez admits she doesn't think mercs should have that kind of power. Cascadia would be allowing the mercenaries like Sicario the ability to have the open and unconditional backing of a nation, and even after the repeated punches Cascadia has taken, it still have a lot of potential to be immensely wealthy and power if it can get back on its feet. Plus just the precedent of a nation hiring armies of mercenaries not with money, but with shares in governmental authority has...dangerous implications.

[@js1081]

Man, these new content, remind me of metal gear rising jestream Sam And Blade wolf DLC, both of them show a different perspective, through the game.

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

That's a really good comparison, yeah! Though technically speaking we would've needed to play as Crismon, but hey that's a DLC idea isn't it? 👀

[@js1081]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming well that could be served, as "alternate story" what happen if crimson 1 really shot down monarch or if he was never intended to use the cordium in the first place.

[@monarch33]

At 9:10 those are the cordium cruise missiles flying into Prospero, right?

[@potato88872]

Yep

[@avi8aviate]

CORDIUM FLAK.

[@holidep2898]

14:09 i think i heard him scream "ITS HIM"

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

It's actually "He lives!!!". Idk who he is referring to tho lmao

[@M.F.Hafizhan]

Btw, isn't this the first time we see lasers being used in PW?

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I believe so, yeah

[@vertigoray5]

Well, this campaign was blast from start to finish. I hope it will not stay just on PS5, though.

[@arran4285]

It will likely be ported to PC by fans if it stay on PS5

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Hopefully it's just a timed exclusive but if not I'm sure people will figure out how to port it so PC players can experience it too

[@arran4285]

@@TITANxRaven_Gaming People are already working on porting it to PC

[@LNgKhoi]

Do those orange nuke missiles actually move during the mission I wonder

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

I think they do actually

[@imthethriller]

Base Station Zero Obvious reference to Ice Station Zebra Noice

[@theraiden9631]

So many British accent in this DLC.

[@jdreyes3745]

Pretty sure Vita's an Aussie given that Faust specifically calls him out near the end.

[@ardantop132na6]

I mean we're in Oceania aka Australia.

[@marrqi7wini54]

​@@ardantop132na6 No you're in Magadan or Siberia. (Near Alaska) Vita is from Australia though.

[@sensha5470]

90% of the one liners in this game are cheesy but bookie's line at 4:00 actually went hard

[@TITANxRaven_Gaming]

Bro was spitting straight facts

[@tgtterrorizor3407]

The DLC is now on Steam! Rejoice! For the Mother of Dust!

[@mastonepaws]

i managed to play project wingman mission 15 and watching frontline 59 mission 6 with second monitor at the same time and it was epic