Project Wingman: Frontline 59 | Mission 6: Faust

[@OFFICIALSOLARMY]

I just realized you can see the Cordium Crusie-Missiles in the sky above the battlefield, the same ones that leveled Prospero. Christ.

[@tianrongchen6916]

You can even hear dialogue from the main games prospero during fausts monolog

[@unwoundsteak17]

in the background of faust's death speech, you can also hear the blaze authentication

[@rns_nickitoloko_psn5775]

Blaze...May god have mercy......

[@darkhawk2463]

You can hear the “blaze, may god have mercy” behind Fausts last words. Great touch to link it back in to the main story one more time, and honestly kinda terrifying. Also more development of the mystery “Deal” given to Hitman is great.

[@bonjourdy]

Also the missiles coming on the sky, and the cordium chain reaction below also starting to shows up

[@RedShocktrooperRST]

Pay attention to the OST you can even hear Consequence of Power.

[@ariffetorlase9783]

I love how they have all the background foreshadowing right up to Calamity, and then, nothing.

[@jblockman_59nunyabidnis68]

Well it's fitting, your squadron is deactivated and sent home, you probably see the defeat of the federation on the news, Even if they tasked K-9A and his WSO to cascadia immediately, it would have taken weeks, potentially months with the ensuing fallout making insertion into cascadia impossible, by the time everything would be set and ready the federation had already lost presidia. There was nothing they could do.

[@OldToothbrush0210]

The White Fleet is nice amalgamation of Ace Combat bosses. Aigaion? yes. Scinfaxi? you got it. Atmos Ring? lasers x999.

[@NikkOcello17]

Cough cough Alicorn cough cough

[@dy031101]

Also a reference to the Great White Fleet of the pre-WWI US, albeit with the role reversed- the real-life Great White Fleet were warships on a diplomatic tour.

[@SleepyPopups.Unedited]

​@@NikkOcello17it's an Alicorn with Scinfaxi and Atmos Ring's weapons and some powerful Alicorn weaponry like RGS

[@tianrongchen6916]

PW now has their own version of Torres now we need Faust VS Torres

[@ItMeT0ken]

SALVATION (and the COLA) vs VOLUNTEERS!

[@ardantop132na6]

1 MILLION LIVES vs BURN DOWN THE FEDERATION!

[@strider117aldo9]

Or a ship (fic shipping) Ya know, lmaao

[@OkuuTheEngineer]

Saying she's PW Torres is almost an insult. She is far more grounded and realistic than he was.

[@strider117aldo9]

@@OkuuTheEngineer successful too

[@marrqi7wini54]

Hull 4 Man Faust was not treating you kindly.

[@leogazebo5290]

Eye-Tee roast Faust harder than the ships explosion lol. I hope the devs manage to fix the bug in mercenary ending epilogue.

[@ardantop132na6]

Tho her last line did age like a sour milk considering what happens there... **Angry Cascadian, nuclear enthusiast noises**

[@RookFox]

This fight can be quite challenging on the F-14 if you don't use bombs against the airship, but you managed. Great flying :)

[@acfnugget]

Definitely challenging, succeed on the 8th try!

[@cwp24]

@@acfnuggetI just beat the frontline 59 campaign myself, without taking any damage. VX-23 is definitely the best option. With AOA especially. It definitely wasn’t easy but not as hard as some made it out to be. Those big ships chasing you constantly do provide a significant collision hazard though.

[@LaserLief]

Does Faust say > if you get shot down? @@acfnugget

[@josephhelgersonjoseph6115]

18:39 Some real “Burn Osea to the ground” energy right there.

[@silvertrimhill9844]

Belkan cope at it’s finest

[@TheDelta14]

At 6:12 Eye-Tee faintly says in the background: "At 12 Angles, are those cruise missiles?", hinting at the concurrent Battle of Prospero and the visible cruise missiles in the distance.

[@whatwhat3825]

Good ears! Nicely spotted!

[@StickWithTrigger]

Faust had her joker arc

[@john.darksoul]

I expected something like what happened in the ending, but it was just . . . wow. Thanks for uploading this!

[@mrmoose8252]

Gotta give you praise for always taking your RIO !! Can't have an epic story without a wifu

[@mrmoose8252]

Also glad to see/ hear from u . .. you might not know it but u are an inspiration to a lot of us!! Keep flying high!! Ace!!

[@rns_nickitoloko_psn5775]

wait. In the end after you blow up the airship, in the sky....are those Cordium cruise missiles trailing at high altitude?? like the ones used in Prospero!?!?

[@midodan1254]

Yes, you can also hear the Federation ATC asking permission to launch those missiles when Faust is talking at the end

[@wherewiiwentwrong]

This mission takes places right as the Prospero Mission is going on, and you can see the radar/HUD glitch out before the credits roll.

[@rns_nickitoloko_psn5775]

@@wherewiiwentwrong damn...that's a great way of connecting the plots, not even Ace Combat managed it with the DLCs. But hey ain't the cordium warheads supposed to hit prospero? Why is the screen glitching way up in Magadan?

[@rns_nickitoloko_psn5775]

@@midodan1254 speaking about Faust's monologue at the end. What did they found in Oceania that mercenaries call holy, or sacred? I didn't get that point

[@TychoHoward]

@@rns_nickitoloko_psn5775 Likely the Project Wingman plane. Considering what happened in Kings...yeah.

[@oculuswalker6612]

Well... Looks like Federation really had a good reason to activate "Orange box" protocol.

[@zchen27]

I wonder if the threat of Faust crashing the Roosevelt into the Coral veins is the final straw for the Feds to launch. It's either having those warheads exploding in Magadan or exploding in Cascadia. Part of me wonder if that's actually deliberate. Either Magadan or Cascadia cooking off in a Second Calamity seems to be Faust's goal of spreading the war so far that the mercs can never organize again. Not to mention Faust's cordium burn spree forced Magadan to suppress all cordium reaction, which is leading to heightened cordium activity in Cascadia.

[@caav56]

@@zchen27 >Coral And now I'm thinking of CDS _Roosevelt_ as an aerial Arms Fort.

[@cwp24]

I’ve beaten missions 1-5 without taking damage, this mission is going to be a nightmare to beat without taking damage. CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Update: I’ve finished Frontline 59 without taking any damage, that final fight wasn’t as hard as I thought, that being said it was nerve wracking to have those large ships constantly chase me making for a significant collision hazard.

[@exequielpomilio8558]

How you make tho avoid AAA fire? I ps2 ace combat was easy but in the last games is imposible to me avoid the bullet hit in this game and even in ace combat 7

[@cwp24]

@@exequielpomilio8558 by attacking from a distance/high altitude using MLAGs, MLAAs and ASMs. With some evasive maneuvering when dealing with enemy aircraft. Ground targets such as rail guns, lasers, AA guns and FLAK attack from the maximum lock on distance of the MLAGs and maintain a high altitude while doing so. For Air targets like fighters, don’t attack them fully head on, fire your missiles then maneuver out of the way to avoid getting hit by their guns. For naval ships attack from a distance using MLAGs and ASMs. For Air ships attack from a distance above or below depending on your position and pepper it using MLAAs. For FAUST same strategy except once the charged flak comes out, stay at a high altitude and pepper with MLAAs, VX-23 is the best choice for FAUST, same with the lasers. Like Vita said, it’s not impossible. I’ve done Ace Combat 7 no damage 3 times over the course of 4 years, did project wingman on hard and mercenary without taking damage and Ace Combat 6. Update I’ve found ASMs to be very inconsistent when used from a distance as there’s a chance they’ll miss. Get close then launch the ASM, it’ll hit every single time without fail.

[@Glamrock993]

@@exequielpomilio8558I think the trick is to stay low to the ground, here.

[@Renigen]

4:40 WOW! The timing of that is absolutely perfect!

[@SylphonicAcid]

Dear lord, it's Torres mixed with Adler.

[@notsoinsanepyro]

Barely passed the mission with 1 HP, all of my sanity removed and a newly acquired fear of Missile tones with an AOA Limiter Can't wait to do it again!

[@Eboreg2]

23:38 - "A good soldier kills not because he hates what's in front of him but because he loves what's behind him. You should look behind you Driver and see what you went to so much effort to protect."

[@Kioley123]

Eye-tee is worth it.

[@BackwardsPancake]

15:07 Interesting that Faust says the Roosevelt "...is named after the last forefather". Did the PW timeline diverge around the beginning of the 20th century, then?

[@BackwardsPancake]

(Or the midpoint - Not sure which Roosevelt they're talking about here)

[@FlameQwert]

beginning; the White Fleet in here is a reference to Teddy's White Fleet too.

[@tomj217]

5:58 "Maintain 340!" *airship starts flying in circles*

[@5555petros]

Aka how to stop a flying armada of simps and probably get deep-fried in the end.

[@strider117aldo9]

No Peacekeeper eval, then

[@JackofNothingess]

Faust! Faust! FAAAAAAAAUST!

[@LyleMizuhara]

25:13 Hang on... So Project Wingman Frontline 59 is a prelude to the main story of Project Wingman?

[@Nico_6967]

No, it happens in between Showdown and Prospero. Frontline 59 starts as you being deployed in response to Showdown. Also, you can hear the “blaze order” as Fraust says her last words and the screen going blurry is probably Prospero going boom. Also, at the end, you can see the cruise missiles flying high overhead

[@capthowitzer]

Not just that, but if you listen to the dialogue earlier in the mission, we even get some hints as to why the attack on Prospero seemed to surprise even the Federation with its intensity - the crew at the cordium facility you're protecting in this mission caused a massive pressure increase in the Ring of Fire when they dumped some kind of neutralizing agent into the deposit that Faust was attacking.

[@Astreious]

“In a world without gold we would’ve been hero’s”

[@nikoladedic6623]

Shame more of the lore wasn't triggered by Faust, including the part where Cascadia would rule the world.

[@naja2674]

The final boss is straight up Shmup boss

[@ItMeT0ken]

Oh ok forget what my comment was on the 1st video. That missile overhead destoyed my timeline thoery.

[@tgtterrorizor3407]

I dare someone to do this mission with all Modifiers turned on in Mercenary difficulty.

[@khanhquoc6732]

That faust she know about vietnam

[@OrionRing]

wait wtf how did they get 2b and seele in PW????

[@jwkwkwkwmenenen70]

wait how i can play this missions ??? when i played this gamemode was only collecting troops and kill more enemies than my pc can handle