Viper
Viper was the flight leader of Bone Arrow Squadron. He was well-respected among his allies and was recognized worldwide as a veteran mercenary ace. His personal emblem was a snake with its tail making an infinity mark, signifying "he's shot down so many bandits, he can't even keep count anymore."[1]
Biography
Viper was born in Australia in 1970. After the Ulysses Disaster, Viper made a name for himself as a mercenary pilot working for Arrows Air Defense and Security alongside Omega and their commanding officer, Goodfellow. He witnessed a rookie member of Bone Arrow Squadron being killed in an unknown operation and blames Goodfellow for pushing the rookie "too hard".[1] When Reaper joins the squadron, Viper takes him under his tutelage and helps him become an ace pilot during the Sons of Troia insurgency.[3]
Viper's first-known deployment during the insurgency was part of Operation Bird Hunt, an effort to shoot down terrorist transport aircraft and escorts over the Comona Base.[1]
Trivia
- Viper's personal emblem—a snake with its tail making an infinity mark—alludes to the ouroboros, an ancient symbol of a snake eating its own tail. Both the symbol and name were used by a terrorist organization in Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere. The infinity mark was also used on Mobius Squadron's emblem, and it acts as a meta reference to Ace Combat Infinity itself.
- Viper's personality resembles that of Jack Bartlett from Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War, even going so far as to call Reaper "kid".
- Viper's callsign, like Omega's, refers to a recurring squadron in Ace Combat.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Mission 02: "Great Migration", Ace Combat Infinity.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mission 05: "Far Eastern Front", Ace Combat Infinity.
- ↑ Mission 03: "Rescue", Ace Combat Infinity.