#ace combat 4

[dorianne-draws]

the star and bird entwined - part one

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STORY EXPLANATION

art by me | writing by @eschnak1472

[aegagrusscholarship]

AWACS Jester << ALCON! Popup two groups, twelve wide; east group of eight bullseye zero-seven-two- wait just a moment. AWACS Jester to incoming AWACS, identify yourself. >>

AWACS Private Eye << This is AWACS Private Eye reporting in with all that backup you wanted. Nice to see we haven't missed the main event. >>

AWACS Jester << Oh thank god it's you, you're here, we've got hostiles coming straight for us! >>

AWACS Private Eye << Well, you heard 'em! Anyone who just arrived with the cavalry, cover Jester, if you may. I'll be taking control 'till they're back in business, then we'll negotiate from there. >>

14th Bomber Squadron | Pathos 2-5 << Uhh- bearing one-six-zero, looks like they just got a batch of reinforcements. Don't think we'll make it out of here before they arrive. >>

14th Bomber Squadron | Pathos 1-7 << Just keep flying. We've got the Peacekeepers covering for us, just keep flying and we'll make it! >>

------------------------------------------ coughs. AND SO TO TOP IT ALL OFF. MY HUBRIS.

EIGHTY ONE AIRCRAFT. FIFTY SIX HOURS. TWO WEEKS. AND TWO INSTANCES OF IBISPAINT CRASHING.

FULL IMAGE OF THE FURBALL HERE. IT'S 17000px LONG

bonus materials under the cut (factions, lore, extra designs)

generic faction based liveries, insignia, and associated support aircraft (as well as full designs for two characters who are not originally aircraft)

the factions shown are based off this year's teams. i did not come up with proper names for any of them, but i would assume they have actual names.

comedy is a fairly large country enroaching on tragedy (similarly large nation)'s borders. mystery is a relatively small state providing support and state-sanctioned mercenary forces to aid comedy.

tragedy is affiliated with the project wingman pacific federation (this is solely because of PK tyrian being in tragedy); all related characters were thus thrown there.

the exact situation here is a bomber intercept from the comedy faction gone wrong due to every single federation peacekeeper squadron being on station leading into a call for reinforcements and the entire situation spiralling into the Obligatory Mid-Game Ace Combat Furball Mission

characters were assigned first according to what'd make sense for the character's lore, and then if it could go either way they were then sorted according to the artist's team. not all characters are depicted with roundels, though, but where they were placed and in what situation were informed by the team they'd been assigned to :]

also yes both mobius-1s and both nemos were explicitly pitted against each other because i thought it'd be funny.

------------------------------------------- attack onsite ++ thumbnails below

left to right top to bottom; squadrons are listed according to first instance of a character:

tempo - @godhex bandit - Takeuchi firebrand - me AWACS jester - me tanya - NoHayTroblemo thal vyr'solen - hymn honba - @pokemoncha geist - @enshattersound gist beke'nev - hymn viper - @royalsnowbirds coke - Staarr conrad- NoHayTroblemo teresa - NoHayTroblemo chayton - snoovytaco baron - Redbaronwolf cosmos squadron - @royalsnowbirds mobius-1 (su-47) - @mobius1s viggen - SAAB mobius-1 (f-4 feral) - SINNPLE orca squadron - @royalsnowbirds XSU-45 - the_salty_animator CAF-58 - WolfLover617 cirrus - Asteroidfrog jetlag - WiFous vex - @lindblut lucia - LenLen nemo (su-37) - SINNPLE razewing - @wendigos-shenanigans nemo (mig-35) - HindProto hound-1 - @kockatriceking jet-4 - @kockatriceking sue - @t-rexdescendant felix/102 - Takeuchi admiral sukhoi - AGuyCalledHypoYT tyrian squadron - @royalsnowbirds blondie - @lindblut roulette - @lindblut havoc - Vox_Ab_Omnibus DJSS - Djevojkasasela sheepdog - me mako - Deej_Mako rev - SAAB lars - MEDI0CRE magpie squadron - Renna orange-1 - me judas - @tomc4t valentin - Valyx_DRG

all generic background fighter aircraft, as well as the models for the liveries, are the_salty_animator's fictional aircraft

[lushlake0871]

Just realized I can post these lol

>Trigger jumping his trainer Mobius 1

>Cipher (lore accurate)

>Count and Trigger being stupid together

>more depictions of average Mobius and Trigger interactions

>Pixy

>Tasha

>Mobius ballin/dunking Quang's head

>ACI anniv art

>AC3 turns 27 today btw

[162folh]

[redteapanda]

HELLO I RETURN WITH MORE PLANE ART. I, in my infinite wisdom[none] and time management[also none] made 4 new illustrations for the ace combat series before CarrierCon 2026. This time I wanted to feature our lovely FACELESS PROTAGONISTS, because wow I always love the concept of a protagonist with no discernible features, FUELED ONLY THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS IN THE STORY. AND BY EXTENSION, YOUR OWN ACTIONS. So good aaaaaaaaaaa

[sil-vester]

想起了自己的账号密码

[kvstik1111]

enseignant et élève // учитель и ученик

[baba-is-blog]

ACECOMBAT4 IS FUN

F-14 AND A-10 IS FAVORITE

FURBALL IS AWESOME