Transcript:Fetid Air
This page contains a transcript of "Fetid Air", the fifth cutscene in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. This cutscene immediately plays before starting "444" during a campaign run.
Transcript
Avril Mead (narrating): Bad news for us here at the prison. The enemy fell for our decoy base. With all the fake planes and trucks we had out, it must've looked to them like the Osean Air Force was about to go on the attack. Day after day, after day, after day, they bombed us. Osea didn't give a damn. We weren't soldiers to them, so go ahead. Bomb us! In their eyes, we were expendable. Worth less than the fake planes in the bunkers. No biggie. While I made fake planes, they had me put together some working ones. Then, some genius at HQ decided we should send it up, so the base looked legit. Thankfully, we had people to crew 'em. It didn't matter what we were locked up here for anymore. Top brass needed pilots and criminals were all they had. A crook, a gambler, an anarchist... just your typical lowlifes. They threw each one of 'em in a cockpit and sent them up to intercept the enemy's planes. But in the end... it was all just for show. So, up they went. Day, after day, after day... Today they tossed someone new into the mix. Wonder what he did to get sent here... My dad died flying for the Osean Air Force. When your allies are surrounded, one of the most dangerous missions is giving them cover to retreat. Whoever signed up for that was a real hero. But even more dangerous than that, was being the one who had to cover the rear guard's retreat. That was my dad's job and one time... ...he called it off. Said it was too late for 'em. Said, "anyone else would've done the same." I found out from a war buddy of his, when he came to tell me how my dad died. The next time a retreat happened, my dad volunteered to be IN the rear guard. Dumbass. He died all right. No one came to help. The news nearly broke me. Of all the ways to get killed, that's gotta be the most pathetic one ever. Am I right? There's a rumor going around about another inmate. A guy they brought here a little while ago. Get this... Talk in the cellblock says he was sent here 'cuz he killed Harling. The President of Osea during the last war, remember? He's the one that sent my dad on that suicide mission.[note 1] He's the reason I had to go live with my grandpa. And why me and Gramps started building a supersonic jet. He's the reason I ended up here. Maybe I should give that guy a thank-you note for killing him... Nah. God, I hate the smell of this place. It's all fake and lies and bullshit. It reeks.
Footnotes
- ↑ Avril's claim does not appear to line up with the events of the Circum-Pacific War as seen in Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. Aside from the bombing of St. Hewlett, any instances of Osean forces being surrounded and ordered to retreat would have been in the Yuktobanian mainland, but Harling was captured by the 8492nd Squadron before Osea invaded Yuktobania. He did not give any direct orders after that until the battle of Sudentor at the end of the war, where he made his capture public knowledge.