I mean I think their plan worked the best, I believe that a combination of that defensive plan with Stonhenge would have been much better, less places to defend and all, try to defend cities, stonhenge and the shelters.
@@TheMrPeteChannel Could missiles even intercept the meteor fragments though? I'm no expert but I think that's the reason for the super rail guns of "Stonehenge", being the only weapon that combined with the super computers being feed data by I imagine any satellites or observation devices not hit by the fragments could shoot projectiles fast enough to intercept them while being able to pack enough punch to destroy the rocks.
"I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies. But I remember how they built a cannon to destroy them. And in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. War was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on TV. As a child, I only saw it as something that happened in a far away land... Until that final day of summer.."
@@dcnats92 AC4 was my first game in the series. I think I probably got it when I was about 8 or 9, but as soon as I saw that cutscene I knew I was going to be in for a ride. It did give me a bit of existential dread when I actually made the connection between Stonehenge and an asteroid impact, I was about 8 and not completely focused on the story yet. 4 will probably always be my favorite of the series for the nostalgia but 5 and Zero are absolutely fantastic.
I'm pretty sure that it's no coincidence that the gun used in AC7 to destroy the Arsenal bird is the one that got its power supply hit. It would make sense as it wouldn't have been targetted during AC4 as it was offline and not a threat. That's why there are so many power-supplying trucks outside of it and why it only had one shot.
And people wonder why I prefer countries like Belka and Erusea over places like the Useans. I hope one day we get to play for one of these 'aggressor' nations in Ace Combat, if only to see their perspective of the entire conflict.
None Of your Business I 100% agree. I definitely would love to see a Belkan who is not overly nationalist perspective during the Belkan War. What did he think why the war started and how did he feel after the bombs feel on his own nation? We know that there were Belkans who intercepted and attacked their own fighters in order to stop the bombs from dropping.
JoeZfisher yeah, none of their business when their nation territory was being taken away by it's neighbor countries and it's economy was crippling due to the lack of natural resources due to he fact they didn't have Ustio.
Oh boy, what an oversight. Stonehenge wasn't programmed as a high priority defense objective - the computers considered Stonehenge the same priority as empty countryside...
@@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131 normally I'd say "they had about four years" but at the same time, they were in a semi rush for like, 2 of them, then they had to hurry with the guns, and then the ammo, the power...things that take time to install...I'm surprised they finished in time
That part with Stonehenge firing is amazing... But I wished Stonehenge offensive was playing when it was opening fire, it felt fitting. But seriously that presentation is amazing!
Just a Average Human thank you for your feedback :) the reason why I ultimately choose Release over Stonehenge Offensive for Ulysses Day was because I felt that Release fit better with an event that was suspenseful, dramatic, and scary (the choir adds a lot to that feeling of suspense). I am happy that the firing scene turned out well overall and will consider adding in some sound effects for future videos if I can :)
We still need a in game representation of the event. i'd love to see the full fury of stonehenge unleashed upon the greatest meteor storm the planet has ever seen.
Yeah, “Horizon” was the superior choice here. It’s so strange that the song is comparatively simplistic when listened to out of context, yet is totally awesome during its mission and, especially, this video!
10:22 Oh God... The teddy bear on the memorial wall, holding a picture of a little girl with that same teddy bear (and the parents weeping before it)... Rest in peace little angel... ;_;
and it could've been a hell alot worse in AC7, when we find out later that Kei Nagase led the *"Pilgrim One"* mission in the Asteroid belt and destroy a rogue asteroid that bound to hit the Earth, triggering a Ulysses 2.0. Thanks to her, we wouldn't live another Catastrophe like that.
It’s weird to think about the chances of Stonehenge taking a direct hit, and specifically turret 3 while it was seconds away from intercepting the fragment heading on course to Farbanti is also unbelievably unlikely, yet here we are
@@paisuk6566 The computers were programmed to target fragments headed towards population-dense areas like cities. Stonehenge was built waaay out in the desert where the sonic shocks of its guns firing wouldn't damage civilian infrastructure. It's a stupid, stupid oversight, but I can absolutely see some sleep-deprived coder frantically working on the largest air defense system in human history, knowing that basically all civilization on the continent depended on him, just forgetting to account for one particular patch of otherwise empty desert. Even then, hitting that one particular power generator, just as it was about to discharge, is a one-in-a-million catastrophe. Murphey's law still holds: If something CAN go wrong, it WILL go wrong and probably at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way.
I've got a theory: Stonehenge reloads from the back of the gun and the feeding mechanism is on the back of the cannon in the round disc on which the cannon stands. That's why we see the gun pointing straight up so often, because it needs to move to vertical position to reload.
The memorial part hit me hard... 😥 Even though it's merely an illustration, one can't help but feel for those poor souls... 😔 Erusea's actions, while condemnable and terrible, is absolutely understood. "Lest We Forget"
more like Usea’s actions were condemnable and Erusea was just trying to survive. They literally couldn’t take care of any more refugees and instead of relocating them to a less affected country or seeking an overseas country to take them, Usea decided to try and starve them into capitulation. Usea deserved to be conquered and Mobius 1 should be ashamed of himself.
@@lgmmrm To be fair, given that all Ace's start off as new pilots or newly hired mercs.....Did Mobius 1 even know? Hell we know NOTHING about any player Ace's origins. Mobius could have been Erusean and joined ISAF cuz he was a refugee somewhere else in Usea when the Continental war started and kept quiet because he knew what would happen if people found out he was from the 'aggressor' nation. Blaze could have had family/was a immigrant from Yuktobania, Cipher could have been Belkan or maybe was even from Ustio and took part in the independance uprising against Belka backed by Osea. We will never know cuz the only Ace who has ever talked in Phoenix and he didn't say much and the only Ace who's origin we know is Nemo who is an AI.
AC04 was my first introduction into Strangereal. I’ve spent years trying to digest the intricate histories of each nation and their role we played in the games. Your dedication and effort has clarified SO MUCH in the wikia. Please keep up your AMAZING work. I hope that one day we get a visual documentary from Project Aces. Don’t get me wrong. Flying is amazing. But the world they created EASILY surpasses what what done so far in gameplay. 🙌🙌
This. Is. Absolutely. Stunning. Thank you for making this. Absolutely amazing. Unbelievable how much you can get out of paint... Time to play AC04 and AC6 again now...
9:42 Small correction: Saint Ark was hit by an asteroid fragment that erased its air base from the face of Usea and crippled both the city's defense capabilities and the main roads' viability. The impact was recorded as "the most devastating of all the Ulysses fragments to strike urban areas".
These two videos really helped me understand these events. I started with Ace combat 4 so I never knew anything about the meteor fall other than it happened. Playing the games you see signs of it in craters here or there and of course in 4 you take on Stonehenge but I never had any clue about the other super weapons, the panic before the fall, or the absolute destruction of an entire nation and many major cities. I always thought Stonehenge did a bang up job of protecting the whole world and a only a few fragments got through.
This was so powerful, despite the art and jokes. I honestly teared up a little when you were describing the crisis Erusea was coming to terms with. Excellently done, video :'D
I like how simple, yet very informative these videos are. I'm a fairly new comer to the series, only playing Ace Combat 7 for the first time a bit over a year ago. Since then, I bought every Ace Combat game for every console I own, and beat all of them at least twice each. But I still think my knowledge on the history of Strangereal is lacking. This series will help me rectify that.
The biggest problem with stone henge is it's power supply normally backup power plant should be there so if the main generator is disable the back up generator should keep the guns firing.
@@justh3r338 Bella was repulsed and the countries affected regained their lost territory, effectively ending the war. But the Allies (Mostly Osea) wanted to invade Belka itself under the pretense of removing “weapons of mass destruction.” This was an excuse to gain access to Bella’s natural resources. Belka was already crippled by their failed campaign earlier. They were out of time and out of lube. Belka knew that the Allies were going to run a train on them and take everything so they nuked themselves to stop the invasion. It killed over 10,000 people, but it may have save many more lives in the process. Before the Belka War, Osea did a lot to screw over Belka; so much so other countries called them out for it. It’s not all black and white. There’s a lot of grey too.
@@santacatarinaball7091 and the Ustio separation and independence too was heavily implied in the lore was funded and backed by Osea. fk me I dont like Osea but after knowing that I was totally converted to the "Belka did nothing wrong" team
It's weird to think that Stonehenge didn't have any localized defense systems to protect itself like Megalith did. Also, I feel like a lot of damage could've been mitigated if Belka hadn't wasted Excalibur during the War.
I've always appreciated the ace combat series. I started with Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, but was always interested in the lore/history of Strangereal, even though I hadn't played the previous games. Thank you for the amazing videos! Keep up the great work!
That was Spine tingling, think I just found my new StrangeReal history teacher. My last teacher was great but his accent would prevent me from hearing some key moments.
TBF, he said that after Erusea had pushed up all the way to North Point and the ISAF had to fight tooth-and-nail just to get to a point where they could launch Operation Stone Crusher. Especially after how many losses they incurred thanks to both Stonehenge and the Yellows. This is also considering he started the mission with, "Stonehenge has taken the lives of many Aces. We're in need of new heroes." Erusea had taken something that had saved their continent from total annihilation and turned it into a weapon of mass destruction.
@@Mobius_118 Stonehenge was an air-defense weapon. Even tuned to hit planes rather than asteroid fragments, it was NOT a weapon of mass destruction, by its very nature. It was never used to target population centers or _any_ ground targets and was in fact, incapable of doing so.
@@Archris17 Weird hill to die on my guy. A weapon of mass destruction is defined as a weapon that *can* cause harm to a great number of people, doesn't matter whether or not it *does*, just having the potential can classify it as one. Erusea using Stonehenge to maintain air supremacy across over half of the Usean continent by destroying a high number of ISAF aircraft (to the point where the ISAF got pushed back all the way to North Point) with airburst shots would place it firmly in that category. It's like saying the V2 wasn't a weapon of mass destruction because it never killed anyone.
@@Mobius_118 No, a weapon of mass destruction has a _very specific_ meaning and a weapon that is incapable of firing at civilian targets does NOT fall under that category. Just because a weapon can kill more than a couple of people at once does NOT make it a WMD. According to the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, a WMD is specifically a nuclear, radiological, chemical or biological weapon with destructive power comparable to an atomic bomb. Airbursting anti-air munitions are very explicitly NOT WMDs and again, could not be used to target civilian targets. By your logic, your everyday artillery shell would count as a WMD because it can kill a hundred or so men at once!
Wasn't Stonehenge's range limited by the horizon and planet curvature? I would think range extension wasn't physically possible without building additional geographically separated facilities.
So the number 3 turret was the one that was non operational at the time of Ace Combat 4 when ISAF sent Mobius 1 and other squadrons to destroy Stonehenge. Therefore that turret survived the attack and would later be repaired prior to Ace Combat 7, where it fires one last shot in order to shoot down one of the Arsenal Birds before collapsing.
@Gen. JFH the Emmerian were meant the supplies to the government, didn't know it was either relegated or sabotaged by another party. Weird that they haven't notified about it
I'm very late to the party but this whole series, narration, and goddam amazing Paint.exe drawings is mind-blowing. Thank you so much for putting this whole thing together. The amount of work and love you out into this definitely shows. I subbed right away!
This video is fantastic! All of us here probably played the AC games over and over again but your presentation about this old tale actually got me a little emotional. You and these videos that you make are one of the reasons why Ace Combat is still alive today! Definitely liking and subbing
Man if Namco funds more money into Project Aces, they can expand the series from different points of views. One from pilots (Ace Combat) and another one from soldiers (FPS title). FPS in Strangereal would be an interesting concept.
I just found your channel and I’m so incredibly impressed. You put so much work into these animations and it really shows. Thank you for creating content man, you deserve way more subs
This guy is really good at telling a story... I'M SO GLAD I WENT LOOKING FOR ACE COMBAT LORE & HISTORY VIDEOS, & it recommended your channel.. this is the first video I watch on your channel but I'm going to subscribe after this because this was a real treat 👍 keep doing stuff like that I'll keep watching......
Zamn that shot at 0:49 goes hard. Wow you are a great story teller, you have some great artistic skills aswell, might not be super detailed but it certainly gets the job done.
6:10: I see what you did there, and I appreciate it very much. The illustrations are very pleasing and charming as well. This brings back a memory though. As a younger kid (6-7 years old) I didn't understand the nuances of the game, and I never destroyed the jammer in the middle of Stonehenge during the offensive in AC4. You better believe I took a rocket launcher and handled the turrets regardless, only to be trounced by Yellow Squadron every. Single. Time.
Your videos have helped me understand the strange real world. Ace Combat 5 and 7 are the only two that I've played. I hope you can do more in the future.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix I like to head cannon it as the annexation and subsequent breakaway of various countries or nations as time goes on and the larger powers begin to decline. Yeah I know doesn't make much sense but still...
With Osea being so willing to partner with Usea in the past you think they would offer to take in some refugees. Screw Osea lol, would love to fight them one of these games. Love your videos btw.
As someone who grew up on AC4 and has just recently been looking deeper into Ace Combat lore, this is sick! I love the illustrations, I've been progressing through the story recently and I was wondering why a large portion of Farbanti was sunken, well I knew about Ulysses but not that part of Stonehenge had failed, thus leaving that asteroid to strike, so that's pretty tragic.. anyways, great video! I hope to get some other Ace Combat games eventually, preferably Zero and 5 of course
Basically it was the other counties in the usea continent trying to take the easy way out forcing all the displaced people on them. Which made no sense when plenty of foreign nations where willing to help
Why didn’t Estovakia either A. Ask other countries for help in completing the Chandelier OR B. Do what Emmeria did and act defensively against the Ulysses asteroid?
8:39 i was just a child when the stars fell from the skies. but i remember how they build a cannon to destroy them. and in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. war was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on tv. as a child i only was it as something that happened in some far away land... until that final day in the summer... one day while on my way to school, looked up into the skies. it sounded like distant thunder... in the blue skies far above me, contrails drew dizzying circles around in a crazy walts. a battle in the beautiful skies far away... i could not tear my gaze away from them water noises su-37 fly by and then a sharp silhouettes appeared, as if to graze the hills and streaked past me the fighters played a cat or the mouse in turned (1 circle battle) as they climbed swiftly into the sky. onle fleeing plane fell out of the skies, spiraling and spewing orange flames to crash by the cape. the same cape where my family lived.* more water noises* now they only live in my memories of the days past. the victor circled around to confirm the kill. and on his craft..... there was a large number 13 emblazoned in yellow. i will never forget this.
I think the most terrifying thing about this is the fact how easily this could be us. If anything this history could become us down the line since we have almost no known way of dealing with foreign objects entering our atmo. We have even had a few close calls if I am remembering right, but still, its scary to think about what could happen to our planet in this kind of situation.
nah we never got a truly close call the closet of these "close call" was like double the distance of earth and the moon its just that people love sensationalism and saying ASTEROID IN A CLOSE TRAJECTORY TO EARTH sell more than Asteroid passing at 700000Kmh of earth
who needs real history, this is so much better. hoping for a part 3 and more as i have a friend i got to get ace combat and since 7 is his first game, i want him to be able to get all the refrences
Usea: Lets make a super advance railgun system that can accurately destroy asteroids.
Emmeria: *hole*
I mean I think their plan worked the best, I believe that a combination of that defensive plan with Stonhenge would have been much better, less places to defend and all, try to defend cities, stonhenge and the shelters.
Context removed is absolute nightmare
If the satellite laser system & backup missile base were active less damage would of happened.
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Could missiles even intercept the meteor fragments though? I'm no expert but I think that's the reason for the super rail guns of "Stonehenge", being the only weapon that combined with the super computers being feed data by I imagine any satellites or observation devices not hit by the fragments could shoot projectiles fast enough to intercept them while being able to pack enough punch to destroy the rocks.
@@navilluscire2567 You would have to time a missile perfectly. A laser is much easier since it operates at 99.9% lightspeed.
I feel like I’m watching Simple History Ace Combat Edition.
*extra*
Ikr
Or Extra History/Extra Credits.
It feels more like Extra History to me than Simple History.
"I was just a child when the stars fell from the skies. But I remember how they built a cannon to destroy them. And in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. War was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on TV. As a child, I only saw it as something that happened in a far away land... Until that final day of summer.."
Mobius 1, Five aircraft are closing in at high speed. It’s the Yellow Squadron!
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What a hook, right? The cutscene story from 04 was a masterpiece.
@@dcnats92 AC4 was my first game in the series. I think I probably got it when I was about 8 or 9, but as soon as I saw that cutscene I knew I was going to be in for a ride. It did give me a bit of existential dread when I actually made the connection between Stonehenge and an asteroid impact, I was about 8 and not completely focused on the story yet. 4 will probably always be my favorite of the series for the nostalgia but 5 and Zero are absolutely fantastic.
I think Emmeria might be one of few genuinely GOOD nations of Strangereal, along with the Aurelians
That damned smile...
The Aurelians in particular were even nice enough to assist Leasath during hard times.
Until Navarro fucked it all up.
Yeah, until they danced with the Angels xD
And belka
Aurelia and Emmeria, the nations that helped their soon to be enemies
I'm pretty sure that it's no coincidence that the gun used in AC7 to destroy the Arsenal bird is the one that got its power supply hit. It would make sense as it wouldn't have been targetted during AC4 as it was offline and not a threat. That's why there are so many power-supplying trucks outside of it and why it only had one shot.
Also, it was 30+ years old and hadn't had any maintenance done since before it was hit
I believe that turret broke down when it fired at the arsenal bird
Kinda crazy to think that the same round that was meant to save Farbanti could have struck down Erusea’s Arsenal Bird two decades later
@@nobod-e9692 yeppity yup
Love how these games keep their continuity consistent. Events from three games ago are still being felt.
So the end of this video is literally
*Mobius 1 has joined the game.*
**Mobius 1, Engage**
And people wonder why I prefer countries like Belka and Erusea over places like the Useans.
I hope one day we get to play for one of these 'aggressor' nations in Ace Combat, if only to see their perspective of the entire conflict.
None Of your Business I 100% agree. I definitely would love to see a Belkan who is not overly nationalist perspective during the Belkan War. What did he think why the war started and how did he feel after the bombs feel on his own nation? We know that there were Belkans who intercepted and attacked their own fighters in order to stop the bombs from dropping.
#Belkadidnothingwrong
The Antiaircraft belka started a war over something hypothetical and wasn’t any of their business to begin with
JoeZfisher yeah, none of their business when their nation territory was being taken away by it's neighbor countries and it's economy was crippling due to the lack of natural resources due to he fact they didn't have Ustio.
@Gen. JFH they need money fast and at that point they sill had the great Lakes region
Oh boy, what an oversight. Stonehenge wasn't programmed as a high priority defense objective - the computers considered Stonehenge the same priority as empty countryside...
Bruh it should have been a higher priority than anywhere else
@@grantt1589 yeah, but these are things people tend to overlook when they're pressed for time.
@@wormwoodbecomedelphinus4131 normally I'd say "they had about four years" but at the same time, they were in a semi rush for like, 2 of them, then they had to hurry with the guns, and then the ammo, the power...things that take time to install...I'm surprised they finished in time
I honestly love this detail. It just FEELS like the real kind of programming oversights you get in the real world.
That moment you realize the rest of Usea flooding Erusea with refugees caused the war in Ace Combat 04.
I know right.
Hey SkyEye... Are we the baddies?
Planetfall basically triggered events in AC4 and AC6
No it didn't: Erusea was in a treaty to fill refugee quotas like the rest of the continent's countries, but they renegaded.
@@NikoChristianWallenberg exactly so - so people are just confused.
That part with Stonehenge firing is amazing... But I wished Stonehenge offensive was playing when it was opening fire, it felt fitting.
But seriously that presentation is amazing!
Just a Average Human thank you for your feedback :) the reason why I ultimately choose Release over Stonehenge Offensive for Ulysses Day was because I felt that Release fit better with an event that was suspenseful, dramatic, and scary (the choir adds a lot to that feeling of suspense). I am happy that the firing scene turned out well overall and will consider adding in some sound effects for future videos if I can :)
We still need a in game representation of the event. i'd love to see the full fury of stonehenge unleashed upon the greatest meteor storm the planet has ever seen.
Yeah, “Horizon” was the superior choice here. It’s so strange that the song is comparatively simplistic when listened to out of context, yet is totally awesome during its mission and, especially, this video!
10:22 Oh God... The teddy bear on the memorial wall, holding a picture of a little girl with that same teddy bear (and the parents weeping before it)... Rest in peace little angel... ;_;
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Holy cow, i never clearly understood the lore behind the Ulysses, but this is just crazy.... Damn...
and it could've been a hell alot worse in AC7, when we find out later that Kei Nagase led the *"Pilgrim One"* mission in the Asteroid belt and destroy a rogue asteroid that bound to hit the Earth, triggering a Ulysses 2.0. Thanks to her, we wouldn't live another Catastrophe like that.
One has to wonder how the course of Strangereal history would change if turret #3 was never hit. Especially after AC7 was released.
It’s weird to think about the chances of Stonehenge taking a direct hit, and specifically turret 3 while it was seconds away from intercepting the fragment heading on course to Farbanti is also unbelievably unlikely, yet here we are
@@thiccchungo1041 true because how they didn't detect the fragment that headed towards them?
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@@paisuk6566 The computers were programmed to target fragments headed towards population-dense areas like cities. Stonehenge was built waaay out in the desert where the sonic shocks of its guns firing wouldn't damage civilian infrastructure. It's a stupid, stupid oversight, but I can absolutely see some sleep-deprived coder frantically working on the largest air defense system in human history, knowing that basically all civilization on the continent depended on him, just forgetting to account for one particular patch of otherwise empty desert.
Even then, hitting that one particular power generator, just as it was about to discharge, is a one-in-a-million catastrophe. Murphey's law still holds: If something CAN go wrong, it WILL go wrong and probably at the worst possible time, in the worst possible way.
I've got a theory: Stonehenge reloads from the back of the gun and the feeding mechanism is on the back of the cannon in the round disc on which the cannon stands. That's why we see the gun pointing straight up so often, because it needs to move to vertical position to reload.
The memorial part hit me hard... 😥 Even though it's merely an illustration, one can't help but feel for those poor souls... 😔
Erusea's actions, while condemnable and terrible, is absolutely understood.
"Lest We Forget"
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more like Usea’s actions were condemnable and Erusea was just trying to survive. They literally couldn’t take care of any more refugees and instead of relocating them to a less affected country or seeking an overseas country to take them, Usea decided to try and starve them into capitulation.
Usea deserved to be conquered and Mobius 1 should be ashamed of himself.
I shed a tear at that scene too.
"Gone but not forgotten."
@@lgmmrm lol no
@@lgmmrm To be fair, given that all Ace's start off as new pilots or newly hired mercs.....Did Mobius 1 even know? Hell we know NOTHING about any player Ace's origins. Mobius could have been Erusean and joined ISAF cuz he was a refugee somewhere else in Usea when the Continental war started and kept quiet because he knew what would happen if people found out he was from the 'aggressor' nation. Blaze could have had family/was a immigrant from Yuktobania, Cipher could have been Belkan or maybe was even from Ustio and took part in the independance uprising against Belka backed by Osea. We will never know cuz the only Ace who has ever talked in Phoenix and he didn't say much and the only Ace who's origin we know is Nemo who is an AI.
AC04 was my first introduction into Strangereal. I’ve spent years trying to digest the intricate histories of each nation and their role we played in the games.
Your dedication and effort has clarified SO MUCH in the wikia. Please keep up your AMAZING work. I hope that one day we get a visual documentary from Project Aces.
Don’t get me wrong. Flying is amazing. But the world they created EASILY surpasses what what done so far in gameplay. 🙌🙌
This. Is. Absolutely. Stunning. Thank you for making this. Absolutely amazing. Unbelievable how much you can get out of paint... Time to play AC04 and AC6 again now...
The LPN05FAN you’re welcome :) and thank you! I’m glad it’s turning out well. Good luck and have fun with AC 04 and 6!
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9:42 Small correction: Saint Ark was hit by an asteroid fragment that erased its air base from the face of Usea and crippled both the city's defense capabilities and the main roads' viability. The impact was recorded as "the most devastating of all the Ulysses fragments to strike urban areas".
These two videos really helped me understand these events.
I started with Ace combat 4 so I never knew anything about the meteor fall other than it happened. Playing the games you see signs of it in craters here or there and of course in 4 you take on Stonehenge but I never had any clue about the other super weapons, the panic before the fall, or the absolute destruction of an entire nation and many major cities. I always thought Stonehenge did a bang up job of protecting the whole world and a only a few fragments got through.
This was so powerful, despite the art and jokes. I honestly teared up a little when you were describing the crisis Erusea was coming to terms with. Excellently done, video :'D
I loved that use of Assault Horizon's music as Ulysses started raining down
I like how simple, yet very informative these videos are. I'm a fairly new comer to the series, only playing Ace Combat 7 for the first time a bit over a year ago. Since then, I bought every Ace Combat game for every console I own, and beat all of them at least twice each. But I still think my knowledge on the history of Strangereal is lacking. This series will help me rectify that.
The biggest problem with stone henge is it's power supply normally backup power plant should be there so if the main generator is disable the back up generator should keep the guns firing.
it was thrown together as quickly as possible..
They were pressed for time. Personally they should have put the power stations under cover of some kind
The part during the fragment fall was epic,like a movie! i hope that you'll keep do these lore videos,they're amazing! :D
Well done and for the Crater you can see it in Mission 15 Ace combat 7. Turret 3 is what was used in Mission 12 Ace combat 7
The more I learn the lore, the more I knew how complex it is. Project aces is nuts! Thank you for the explanation
12:35 and thats when the best ace combat game starts.
2:09 "Belka did nothing wrong"
lol so true
They nuked themselves 7 times tho
@@justh3r338 Bella was repulsed and the countries affected regained their lost territory, effectively ending the war. But the Allies (Mostly Osea) wanted to invade Belka itself under the pretense of removing “weapons of mass destruction.” This was an excuse to gain access to Bella’s natural resources.
Belka was already crippled by their failed campaign earlier. They were out of time and out of lube. Belka knew that the Allies were going to run a train on them and take everything so they nuked themselves to stop the invasion. It killed over 10,000 people, but it may have save many more lives in the process.
Before the Belka War, Osea did a lot to screw over Belka; so much so other countries called them out for it.
It’s not all black and white. There’s a lot of grey too.
@@cashwat210 grey you’d say? Like the Grey Men?
@@thiccchungo1041 OSEA did steal alot of land from Belka and made the Belkan economy worst by lying about the resources
@@santacatarinaball7091 and the Ustio separation and independence too was heavily implied in the lore was funded and backed by Osea. fk me I dont like Osea but after knowing that I was totally converted to the "Belka did nothing wrong" team
It's weird to think that Stonehenge didn't have any localized defense systems to protect itself like Megalith did.
Also, I feel like a lot of damage could've been mitigated if Belka hadn't wasted Excalibur during the War.
I've always appreciated the ace combat series. I started with Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, but was always interested in the lore/history of Strangereal, even though I hadn't played the previous games. Thank you for the amazing videos! Keep up the great work!
That was Spine tingling, think I just found my new StrangeReal history teacher. My last teacher was great but his accent would prevent me from hearing some key moments.
When the sky fell, a new era began. Great lore video Sol👍
I like how all the bad things in Strangereal could be traced back to both the Belkan war and the Ulysses asteroid
I knew something felt off when SkyEye said “That’s a complete victory for the good guys” after we destroyed Stonehenge and shot down Yellow Four
TBF, he said that after Erusea had pushed up all the way to North Point and the ISAF had to fight tooth-and-nail just to get to a point where they could launch Operation Stone Crusher. Especially after how many losses they incurred thanks to both Stonehenge and the Yellows.
This is also considering he started the mission with, "Stonehenge has taken the lives of many Aces. We're in need of new heroes." Erusea had taken something that had saved their continent from total annihilation and turned it into a weapon of mass destruction.
@@Mobius_118 Not to mention Erusea was under military rule by the time of AC4.
@@Mobius_118 Stonehenge was an air-defense weapon. Even tuned to hit planes rather than asteroid fragments, it was NOT a weapon of mass destruction, by its very nature. It was never used to target population centers or _any_ ground targets and was in fact, incapable of doing so.
@@Archris17 Weird hill to die on my guy. A weapon of mass destruction is defined as a weapon that *can* cause harm to a great number of people, doesn't matter whether or not it *does*, just having the potential can classify it as one. Erusea using Stonehenge to maintain air supremacy across over half of the Usean continent by destroying a high number of ISAF aircraft (to the point where the ISAF got pushed back all the way to North Point) with airburst shots would place it firmly in that category.
It's like saying the V2 wasn't a weapon of mass destruction because it never killed anyone.
@@Mobius_118 No, a weapon of mass destruction has a _very specific_ meaning and a weapon that is incapable of firing at civilian targets does NOT fall under that category. Just because a weapon can kill more than a couple of people at once does NOT make it a WMD.
According to the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, a WMD is specifically a nuclear, radiological, chemical or biological weapon with destructive power comparable to an atomic bomb. Airbursting anti-air munitions are very explicitly NOT WMDs and again, could not be used to target civilian targets. By your logic, your everyday artillery shell would count as a WMD because it can kill a hundred or so men at once!
Wasn't Stonehenge's range limited by the horizon and planet curvature? I would think range extension wasn't physically possible without building additional geographically separated facilities.
Satellites....
@@ninovalenzuela1019 explain
@@ninovalenzuela1019 it's not a laser like Excalibur, I don't see how satellites would help
@@nonymouswisp8176 and Terminal Guidance.
@@ninovalenzuela1019 Stonehenge is a railgun system launching unguided rounds, sattelites would not help outside of detecting fragments
Awesome! Please make more of these!
Spaceflight Potato > :)
So the number 3 turret was the one that was non operational at the time of Ace Combat 4 when ISAF sent Mobius 1 and other squadrons to destroy Stonehenge. Therefore that turret survived the attack and would later be repaired prior to Ace Combat 7, where it fires one last shot in order to shoot down one of the Arsenal Birds before collapsing.
Before watching this video I always wondered that why only one rail gun was operational I thought Mobius 1 destroyed them all
Hold it.
It said on acepedia the it was railgun 4 that was almost hit not 3.
Wooh! Lol, onward from 8:50 is how Estovakia were getting Salty to Emmeria
Dive Colosio the Estovakian salt was very strong! ;)
@Gen. JFH the Emmerian were meant the supplies to the government, didn't know it was either relegated or sabotaged by another party.
Weird that they haven't notified about it
I wish there was a movie about planetfall, even if it didn't focus on the Ace Combat side of the lore
I'm very late to the party but this whole series, narration, and goddam amazing Paint.exe drawings is mind-blowing. Thank you so much for putting this whole thing together. The amount of work and love you out into this definitely shows. I subbed right away!
Later on in 2019, as Max0r once said.
"What once killed asteroids *Now kills assholes!* "
This video is fantastic! All of us here probably played the AC games over and over again but your presentation about this old tale actually got me a little emotional. You and these videos that you make are one of the reasons why Ace Combat is still alive today! Definitely liking and subbing
Man if Namco funds more money into Project Aces, they can expand the series from different points of views. One from pilots (Ace Combat) and another one from soldiers (FPS title). FPS in Strangereal would be an interesting concept.
An FPS game would be pretty reliant on air support, considering how many missions we got ingame that had to do with supporting ground mission
I dont even play ace combat but this video got me shook on my seat
I don't care what you say, your drawings (especially Stonehenge) are AMAZING! Good work!
I just found your channel and I’m so incredibly impressed. You put so much work into these animations and it really shows. Thank you for creating content man, you deserve way more subs
This guy is really good at telling a story... I'M SO GLAD I WENT LOOKING FOR ACE COMBAT LORE & HISTORY VIDEOS, & it recommended your channel.. this is the first video I watch on your channel but I'm going to subscribe after this because this was a real treat 👍 keep doing stuff like that I'll keep watching......
you know what?
you got a new subscriber.
and I like these history stories.
Great Video Series! As someone who currently replaying Ace Combat 4 I now have more Sympathy for Eurasia.
Wait... so you're saying that ISAF was full of assholes trying to make Erusea take one for the team? wow can we get a game where we play as Yellow 13?
I think they were planing that.
Wow these videos are so cool. I never realized how close in the timeline the Ulysses incident was to the plot of the games.
The soundtrack on Ulysses day and editing is awesome
I appreciate the amount of work put into this, good job.
UnidentifiedTurian thank you! :) I always strive to give 110% effort.
Zamn that shot at 0:49 goes hard. Wow you are a great story teller, you have some great artistic skills aswell, might not be super detailed but it certainly gets the job done.
6:10: I see what you did there, and I appreciate it very much. The illustrations are very pleasing and charming as well.
This brings back a memory though. As a younger kid (6-7 years old) I didn't understand the nuances of the game, and I never destroyed the jammer in the middle of Stonehenge during the offensive in AC4. You better believe I took a rocket launcher and handled the turrets regardless, only to be trounced by Yellow Squadron every. Single. Time.
Man I've been a fan since the first game, and this video gave the feels and everything. Fantastic video, I hope you keep making content dude!!!
ive played sence ace combat 4 but played the first few later
Stonehenge firing on the fragments would make an awesome arcade game...
This is cool. I like this! Keep up the good work man. The art is also charming too lol
Thank you Hurricane! :) I will!
Excellent content friend!
How have not seen this channel yet?
Love me some Ace Combat Lore!
This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for ace combat series and the world of strangereal
Your videos have helped me understand the strange real world. Ace Combat 5 and 7 are the only two that I've played.
I hope you can do more in the future.
Ace Combat 04 is the BEEESST
If this means your back, I am so subscribing!
Hey man only just found your channel and I absolutely love it
So hown many nations make up Urusea. It seems like there's loads of small nations we know nothing about
They change it in each game. Emmeria and Estovakia were a single nation in AC5 and then in AC6 Anea was divided in 3.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix
I like to head cannon it as the annexation and subsequent breakaway of various countries or nations as time goes on and the larger powers begin to decline. Yeah I know doesn't make much sense but still...
With Osea being so willing to partner with Usea in the past you think they would offer to take in some refugees. Screw Osea lol, would love to fight them one of these games.
Love your videos btw.
That was i wanted for AC7
Osea did take in refugees. Apparently, the only city that took in more refugees than Gracemeria was Osea's capital, Oured.
@@MyNamesFurii Knew I saw that somewhere
Oh, and we’re just gonna let Yuktobania off the hook now are we?
Paul Gibson ?
Really glad I found your channel, these videos are great ! Keep up the good work ! :)
Thank you RubikPanda! :)
As someone who grew up on AC4 and has just recently been looking deeper into Ace Combat lore, this is sick! I love the illustrations, I've been progressing through the story recently and I was wondering why a large portion of Farbanti was sunken, well I knew about Ulysses but not that part of Stonehenge had failed, thus leaving that asteroid to strike, so that's pretty tragic.. anyways, great video! I hope to get some other Ace Combat games eventually, preferably Zero and 5 of course
Amazing and entertaining work. Really appreciate this!
Thank you!
7:45 So that’s why that turret wasn’t a target in AC4.
So all this war happened because Erusea was told to do something they couldn’t do?
Basically it was the other counties in the usea continent trying to take the easy way out forcing all the displaced people on them. Which made no sense when plenty of foreign nations where willing to help
@@LunaPPK so you can’t really blame Erusea then
@@jetengnexd4348 both sides in the end are at fault because they all let a bunch of people die at the boarders.
@@LunaPPK People can't die at the borders if there are no borders
@@129aslamnurfikrir4 That's what V2 is for.
Even though these are hand drawn, they are stunning in detail. Congrats Solutus Eversol!
Why didn’t Estovakia either A. Ask other countries for help in completing the Chandelier OR B. Do what Emmeria did and act defensively against the Ulysses asteroid?
People say "Belka did nothing wrong", but after playing AC04, the correct answer is *ERUSEA DID NOTHING WRONG*
We need a TV series about this Ace Combat History stuff.
8:39 i was just a child when the stars fell from the skies. but i remember how they build a cannon to destroy them. and in turn how that cannon brought war upon us. war was an abstract idea, nothing more than a show on tv. as a child i only was it as something that happened in some far away land... until that final day in the summer... one day while on my way to school, looked up into the skies. it sounded like distant thunder... in the blue skies far above me, contrails drew dizzying circles around in a crazy walts. a battle in the beautiful skies far away... i could not tear my gaze away from them water noises su-37 fly by and then a sharp silhouettes appeared, as if to graze the hills and streaked past me the fighters played a cat or the mouse in turned (1 circle battle) as they climbed swiftly into the sky. onle fleeing plane fell out of the skies, spiraling and spewing orange flames to crash by the cape. the same cape where my family lived.* more water noises* now they only live in my memories of the days past. the victor circled around to confirm the kill. and on his craft..... there was a large number 13 emblazoned in yellow. i will never forget this.
I think the most terrifying thing about this is the fact how easily this could be us. If anything this history could become us down the line since we have almost no known way of dealing with foreign objects entering our atmo. We have even had a few close calls if I am remembering right, but still, its scary to think about what could happen to our planet in this kind of situation.
nah we never got a truly close call the closet of these "close call" was like double the distance of earth and the moon its just that people love sensationalism and saying ASTEROID IN A CLOSE TRAJECTORY TO EARTH sell more than Asteroid passing at 700000Kmh of earth
"they were sitting ducks" I loled*
Absolutely Amazing video man. I love Ace combat and its history. Its so similar to are own..yet different. 👍
man, your channel is underrated. I learned things which I never heard from other channels
Outstanding video
So thats why the city in Battle for Farbanti is underwater, AC is so magical
Damn bro, this is tragic, even if it's fake.
Stonehenge 2 online!
Stonehenge 3 through 7 online!
Stonehenge 8 on-offline!
Preparations complete, ready f-ooooooh, nooooo.
Estovokia limping from economic depression and civil war
Estovokian government: let’s make a 6th-gen jet without foreign help!
They probs borrowed money from Belka
well that was amazing
I was very confused in ace combat 7 why half of Eurasian’s capital was half sunk, it all makes sense now
Man...
With how they handled "Shin Godzilla" the story of Ulysses Day would fit right up their alley.
I really appreciate the effort you put into this video! Must be hard doing it all in MS Paint! Good job 👍!
Belo vídeo, obrigado por contar a história de um dos eventos mais importantes da saga Ace Combat, daria um bom anime.
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Which means I will use all my kittens to flood every comment section with your channels name
This is amazing more please so cool
Why didn’t Usea send the Refugees to Osea and/or Yuktobania instead of Erusia?
I just play Ace Combat for the actions, and finally see this, man that was sad
love this style of presentation!
keep up the good work
SofoFalchion thank you SofoFalchion! :)
who needs real history, this is so much better. hoping for a part 3 and more as i have a friend i got to get ace combat and since 7 is his first game, i want him to be able to get all the refrences
That cannon really had it out for Erusea. First it failed to defend Farbanti, then it proved pivotal to halt their invasion of the continent.
And then 20 years later her final gun was used by the Oseans to shoot down the Osean super weapon stolen by the Eruseans
5:30 Who knew that, with a little music, hand drawn cartoons could be SO dramatic?
You getting a sub! ⚓