@@solowing9544 Steel 1 is the leader of the peacekeeping squadron over Ulaanbaatar. (Around modern Mongolia) Magadan is in the most eastern part of modern Siberia. And in the second mission of the DLC, he makes a note on how Magadan "needs new peacekeepers". It isn't stated why but it's theorized they fell over the Bering Strait. Especially when Cobb stated in the very same mission that they sent half the Magadan air force to get shot down over that furball. (Probably before Sicario showed up.)
Hitman-1 "Monarch": Mute psychopath who is really good at his job, emphasis on "really good at his job". K9-A "Driver": Mute psychopath who is really good at his job, emphasis on "psychopath".
Spoiler alert: in the last mission, what happen when you let a genderbend more religious torres takes a dakka full 205 airship that drains 50% of Cascadia budge.t
@@Bruh-td7exYet the only thing she accomplished is Federation finally gone full maniac once their cordium were touched (sounds like America meme) at the price of 500,000 marines and presumably 500 mercenaries and the loss of White Fleet (which can help liberation of Presidia a lot faster than Kaiser gone recruiting everyone).
@@ardantop132na6 I'm pretty sure she only sent 50.000 marines, a more realistic number than 50.000. But the fact that Faust says that it's only "a few men" means that the Cascadian military must've been gigantic if 50.000 infantries is only "a few". No wonder the Feds didn't spare a second to attack every single Cascadian military unit the moment Cascadia declares independence, the Feds probably knew they couldn't win a war against the entire Cascadian war machine so they destroyed as much as possible before their engines fired up.
@@Bruh-td7exspoiler alert again: that 205 is so goddamn old it doesn't even use cordium engines but 6 jet thrusts idk how to call em. It doesn't even have an official name (except 205-class name ofc. )but the CDV Roosevelt
@@shohn757 what's bad made Federation in this mission? Captain Woodward didn't wanted to surrender, he wanted to retreat back to Cascadia and fight against Federation on other continent. That's a why Crystal Kingdom denies this request and made order to eliminate all remaining Cascadian rebels.
"Why is the music building up?" Federation | RTO: Crystal Kingdom denies the request. Proceed with hostilities. "Ah, I see..." *NO ONE INVADES THE FEDERATION*
The fact over 6 Peacekeeper squadrons were on standby until engaging must’ve been terrifying for the Eminent Domain. Fighting one PK squadron is one thing, but 6?? If it wasn’t for time paradox, Captain Woodward would’ve gone done with the ship
Captain Woodward is just too pure for this world, despite of been an absolute Madlad and a maniac, he does have a code of honor and always tries to appeal for a peaceful outcome whatever he can, he did here by requesting a cease fire so the Cascadian Forces could retreat, and he also did in mission "Red Sea" before engaging against the Federation's Blockade, both petitions ended up been rejected unfortunally.
This also recontextualizes his frustrations during Presidia when talking about the escaping fed troops from the sea prior to the ceasefire. My man has stayed consistent throughout this bloody conflict.
I really wish this would’ve been a full campaign and not just 6 missions. I’ve not played it myself bc no PS5(only youtube) but just being able to fully experience like 15 or so missions as a Federation pilot would’ve been even more awesome.
According to jose pavli, the organ is usually attached to crimson team, considering steel squadron is here and crimson team are only mentioned in this mission, I'd say the organ has expanded to instead be the instrument attached to the federation peacekeepers
@@harbour2118 Uhh, i thought the organs are exclusively related to death itself So yes, hearing organs in a mission means there's going to be a lot of deaths soon
While the normal Peacekeeper themes haven't really been very hopeful, this sounds downright bloodthirsty at times. At this point, both sides of the war wanted each other's heads, and it reflects in the emotion of the music. Very nice work, Pavli.
Agreed. this just shows how Cascadia was willing to do to ensure their independence from the Federation. To me this game showed outside the mercenary perspective of what the Feds had to really deal with.. Suicide charges from the Cascadian Forces as Faust's influence made it clear they were out for blood and wanted to kill as many Feds or die trying. Makes me think of how the ending in Project Wingman went.
Good to see someone else caught that critical flaw whith his request. Surrender or internment in a neutral country might have made Crystal Kingdom accept it, but well, he didn't give them those options, and look what happened.
The Marines and Cascadian soldiers there are more loyal to the cause (Faust) than they are to the chain of command, if Woodward painted it AS a tactical retreat, rather than a surrender the Marines might have accepted it, he was hoping that the Feds saw this.
@@Edo_Ginting I think it's more along the lines of "this is an irrelevant sideshow, we're about to win over in Cascadia and you know it" just needing to take Prospero and then move on to Presidia. Of course, Crystal Kingdom knew other things, so they denied it.
@@AdmiralTailsyou're right, but damn is that a bunch of garbage. "Please let us go so we can-" "So you can what? Kill more of our people? K-9, do what needs to be done." Lol
Definitely has peacekeeper feelings. Though this time, it has nothing to do with Crimson. I'll dedicate this one to Steel Squadron. Featuring Squadrons Black, Jade, Ivory, Tanager, and Onyx.
@@mill2712 The fact it has nothing to do with crimson makes it even better, this title shows that the federation is still plenty to be feared even without crimson at their disposal.
Oh, man. What I'd give to make Monarch repeat Crimson 1's last words as his own for what he made the Federation do to Cascadia, and all the lives he slaughtered for money! Here's to a Federation-aligned PW2 if they make one! Pax Federation!
And then driver just becomes the same monster because he can´t learn from people´s last words like Monarch. Or he goes back to driving taxis around in Magadan or whatever.
Two F14s merging head on **CAUTION** SICARIO TEAM HITMAN ONE MONARCH/PREZ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **CAUTION** FEDERATION PEACEKEEPERS MAGADON K9-A DRIVER / EYE-TEE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I like how up until now, as you begin to see the Pacific Federation and Cascadian Republic in different lights, this mission and music remind you: "your former allies may not be as saintly as you thought, but your current allies still are not either." Sill though, if only Captain Woodward had included in his truce request a promise to keep those forces out of the Cascadian war itself...
Given that Wild Boar had eliminated a large Federation unit that was retreating earlier on in the war and that the Black Eagles were about to redeploy to Cascadia if they got away, it's not really that hard to understand why Crystal Kingdom shot down Woodward's surrender and decided to press their advantage. No one's a saint in the war, but this is just plain karma for the Cascadians. The Feds were just collecting what they were owed in *blood* .
I mean, why accept a ceasefire with a force that will just redeploy against you in another theatre, while you have the advantage and capability to take them out *now*. Surrender's pretty much the only protected option the Cascadians had and they didn't take it.
@@gnw_AstA You kind of left out the part where the Federation forces started massive forest fires just to cover their retreat and killed civilian firefighters trying to contain the fires.
@@Winters004 And? Not like the Cascadians were any different especially with what General Faust and her ragtag team of defectors were gonna do to the Feds had they succeeded. Like the earlier comments said, none of them are saints.
@@abelesperanz4196 true - if not for Monarch, Being Strait would've been a Cascadian crushing defeat (if it had come to that at all and mercs weren't steamrolled upon entering Cascadian airspace).
@Comic and Diplomat are definitely top aces in their own right, but they wouldn’t be war winners in a situation as bad as Cascadia without Monarch The reverse goes for K9s members other than Driver, they’re all definitely naturals at flying and probably aces or close by the end of the DLC, but the only one who won the frontline alone among them is Driver
@@adsfasdf4047 in other word, the wingmans are overshadowed by the MC's (Driver and Monarch), specially hitman side (dip and comic) they are exceptional ace too compare to other "normal" aces.
Crystal Kingdom when being asked for a ceasefire would be like; We just remembered the part where our transpot planes got shot down on the strait, Magadan is currently being schorched earth, and the raid of Sawaiiki that led the kingdom refuse to make full cooperation. We're not going to allow a fully armed Cascadian forces back and obviously reinforce the siege at Prospero and then Presidia.
Dude, the intensity that starts from 1:55 is actually menacing. As if like the entire peacekeeping group is on to you, about that i heard the peacekeeper "tune*?" From like I and II, even people are calling it Peacekeeper III. Damn i love this
Tbh, K-9 is a squadron on the level of a Peacekeeper, if not--- no, Driver is Wingman's Mobius 1 [Monarch is Wingman's Cipher], definitely beyond them. It's a "You're the Peacekeepers now" moment. What's really funny is after this "I was with the Crown when we hit the Apodock. There's no Peacekeepers to save you this time" on the next mission. Oh no, you poor bastards, there's far *worse* than Peacekeepers this time- a pilot that matches, or maybe even exceeds Monarch himself. Driver is definitely the fed's best pilot, a veteran of Oceania, and well, given his status as Player, an even match for Monarch. Crimson was nothing.
@@Edo_Ginting Monarch might be. We don't know. Driver IS. The thing is though, Monarch's a merc in it for money. He's the Cipher of this story. Driver is an actual Fed, a weekend warrior living out his reservist time after active duty. He fought [and won] in Oceania. And he's an actual match for Monarch. [Only a PC can match a PC, and there's no real point in saying who's better than who among PCs, because it's "who are you currently"] Crimson is just some showboy Airshow pilot [he fucking fights you in Airshow livery] with a complex. He's nothing and Driver can outfly him just as hard as Monarch does.
@@AirshipCanon2 Crimson 1 is directly mentioned as being one of the primary shitwreckers from the Oceania conflict, so he's not just a poster boy, and he's likely a better pilot than any of the non-player characters. Driver's better, but not as outright bloodthirsty or fanatical, which somewhat masked an outright terrifying level of talent. It was only when the mercenaries dared to push into Magadan airspace that Driver really cut loose, because this time shit was going down in his own back yard, and he wasn't having _any_ of it.
2:43 "Faust! This is _your fault,_ goddammit!" "Stop right there Woodward." *"She wouldn't listen!"* "We didn't have a choice!" *"She turned them, **_into killers!"_*
Meanwhile K-9A: ZA RODINU! SLAVA MAGADAN! SLAVA FEDERATSIA! (Magadan is Russian territory, as is most of the Federation on the Pacific side, hence Russian battle cries).
Absolute fucking banger dude. I've listen to this for (no joke) at least 3-4 hours on loop and I'm still vibing and headbanging like crazy. What an absolute eargasm
@thegeneral4943 Jerusalem. If I were to guess, though I could be wrong, that was the original name of the battleship before it was called the Eminent Domain.
If they ever make Project Wingman 2, I would be rushing to buy it. Congratulations on bringing this wonderful game to PSVR2! Keep up the phenomenal work!
One of the airmen in Mission 6 commenting on how Driver resembled a Fed pilot in the Last War, along with this theme, made me think that maybe Driver’s as good as he is BECAUSE he flew during the war with Oceania. It’s a real possibility that he was alongside Crimson Squadron and other Peacekeepers during the whole thing. Perhaps he even was one. Who else could fly in a fucking tunnel unscathed, or take down an entire fleet of airships in an F/D-14?
I haven't checked RB's Twitter in ages, I wasn't even aware we were getting more PW content other than the 5th gen swingwing he promised on Discord once. Neat.
the only unfortunate part is that Frontline 59 is most likely gonna be a playstation exclusive. although, I'm still holding out hope that it'll be on PC although It's available to wishlist on PS, but not PC, so I think my hopes are dead
@@unwoundsteak17 It's sad as fvck because from what I've seen on youtube it's just straigh up a better and more refined campaign with way more mission variety than the base game, the guys really learned from the original game and improved where they could within the constraints of it being an expansion pack. Hope it ends like other sony exclusive ventures and we see it on pc in a few months from today.
The build up to what sounds like Project Wingman's version of Giuseppe Verdi's Dies irae amidst the familiar leitmotif that almost felt like it's struggling to rise was chilling. The presence of numerous Peacekeeper Squadrons, K9, the Federation Forces and RTO certainly heralded the Day of Wrath to the Cascadian Marines, Woodward, and any merc that remained. Good work!
at this point, K9 might as well be a Peacekeeper squadron. Hell, even Steel-1 admitted to them being PK material for Magadan. It felt great to hear Steel rolling back in though in the very same field you first fought alongside them and seeing they still hold you in pretty high regard
In my opinion this track sounds like something from Payday series 0:00 - 0:50 - Stealth 0:50 - 1:35 - Control 1:35 - 1:55 - Anticipation 1:55 - 5:02 - Assault with the loop to the Control Bravo, Jose!
The moment the song cut out when tensions were high and then came back in when the Federation denied their request was one of the best gaming moments I have had this year. No one knows just how good Air Combat games work in this medium.
GALAXY: hitman team, are you seeing what I'm seeing? DIP: affirmative Galaxy, the one with the car I.D.? COMIC: yeah, he's slippery. PREZ: this ones different...
By The Way, This wasnt a War Crime by the Federation. Attacking Fleeing Soldiers is allowed according to the Geneva Convention. If you wish not to be harmed you would Surrender (Which Woodward Didnt, he just asked to withdraw the forces) . Its Allowed to follow up and engage unless they surrender, then it would be a war crime. Lets be honest too, After the Massive Loss at Bearing Strait this was a welcome Opportunity to deal the Cascadians a Major Blow in terms of Naval and Ground Forces which the Federation happily took. (It makes Tactically also sense to destroy the fleet thats probably going to be in your way when you transport your forces over) In the End this is to Blame on General Faust who gave up the Command and allowed the Federation Units to move up so close to the Cascadian units that surrender would have been the Only Option. But Woodward made the Mistake to misjudge this Situation and thought the Federation would still allow it. (afaik he didnt knew Faust blew up all the Cordium Infrastructure and what else she did there) Cascadians should have just surrenderd to be honest. As Bookie said " It Always ends up like this, someone wins and someone loses." Still Insanely Good Soundtrack for the situation. Knowing The Cascadians arent allowed to escape and they wont surrender... its Just bloodshed and Death now.
Not only that; Captain Woodward didn't even offer a surrender; he offered for a momentary ceasefire. No document pertaining to the Laws and Customs of War dictates that those must be accepted.
To be pedantic, I need to confirm. Federation Command basically issued a no quarter order here. From what little I read, no quarter is considered a warcrime. Though I would assume no quarter is only on the event that the enemy surrenders, which Cascadia didn't. Just needed to confirm this.
Jose, are you sure you weren't reserving this track for an audition at Square Enix for the next Final Fantasy? Great use of quotation and development on those iconic themes from the PW! Really helps unify the whole OST. Great job!
I just have to make another comment about this track after listening to it multiple times. I don't think Ace Combat will ever have music like this in their games. While there is dark elements in Ace Combat games, this is like a mix of Dark Souls and Armored Core. It's such a unique sound that if listened to with no context, people would never guess it's for an aircombat game. The base game had these elements to but this one fully leans into it's darker elements and I love it. When this comes to Spotify, this will be the first track I get.
I mean, of course, this game shows a more darker outcome. You could say that project wingman soundtrack leans more to assault horizon, tho I hope someday ace combat will drop a similar narrative
@@readytopay6969 So do i, ace combats black and white narrative has been kinda growing stale on me for a decent while, i hope for some more "morally" questionable events to unfold.
@@derekjohn7535 Which is why Zero is such a masterpiece - there are moments where you truly ask yourself "Are we the baddies?" Turns out the answer is "ma boi you're a merc ofc you're not one of the good guys". Turns out having the protagonist be a Merc makes it easier to depict both factions with a negative light.
@@JudgeAnnibal The second the briefing for the Glatistant mission mentioned searching for WMDs, I fucking _knew_ shit was gonna get ugly. That's the Iraq War all over again, except this time against an enemy that's notoriously skilled, proud, and tenacious. It was always going to devolve into a mess of borderline war crimes, and someone was going to reach for the nuke button at some point or another.
@@JosePavli Hey sir, I've wondered: Personally, I've been calling this song as "Warmonger I" as in like the direct opposite of "Peacekeeper I" Since it has some of the same motifs as peacekeeper 1 and 2, but at the same time, it's from the fed's perspective this time around
CIFS Eminent Domain Eminent Domain on Whiskey Station Captain Woodward How the hell did we lose the front in less than one month CIFS Eminent Domain Respectfully Captain, I think we know how much a good pilot matters here Captain Woodward Don't I know it. Standby for orders.
2:20 this song starts playing, single plane with no special markers on it comes screaming through the clouds mid mission and starts pulling 20G yet no boss bar appears
Ight, when will we see K9 turned into a Magadan Peacekeeping Squadron? This soundtrack, mission, and the amount of *warcrimes* done warrants their ascension.
Chances are, after all of things happened in Magadan they're reservists. Only needed when the situation is dire. The only time we ever see them again if Monarch decided to soar to the Cascadian's Rubicon known as Oceania.
@@kuhljager2429i kinda want to see more somekind of an Ace superboss like Mobius 1 from The Gauntlet, like Monarch in a unobatinable mobility spec of ACG-01 as a secret superboss fight would be cool tbh.
There actually were no war crimes committed during this mission. Captain Woodward requested a momentary ceasefire, not a surrender. The former is not required by any law and custom of war to be accepted. Not only that, but if the Federation did accept it, those forces would've been redeployed to Cascadia to further assail the Federation.
Another PHENOMENAL piece! Really captures the emotion of the mission, especially in the second half of the mission. You’re playing as the Federation and this song reminded me of that Oh yeah, this one’s getting added to the workout mix 💪
The Feds did nothing wrong here, if the Cascadians surrendered then they'd have accepted. Asking "please let us leave unharmed so we can rejoin the main war effort against you depsite your obvious advantage in this battle and there being no benefit to accepting this request"
They had basically next to no ability to fight back. This isn’t combat. This isn’t fighting an enemy that’s actively trying to kill you. It’s a massacre plain and simple. The Feds did do something wrong here. And that thing was massacring people who had next to no ability to fight back. Nor the will to. They just wanted to leave and go home. And the Feds instead decided to go full Makarov mode and “No Russian” them. Hell what they did was most certainly a war crime and probably violating the Geneva Convention. Those troops were battered, injured, and were next to if not fully combat ineffective. It’s like going into a field hospital and executing all of the wounded soldiers inside. Like the Imperial Japanese did. They have no ability to fight back. If the UN and the ICC still existed in their timeline the Feds would have hell to pay. And post war many soldiers of their army and their leadership would be rotting in a prison cell for war crimes. You have to realize that most if not all of those troops weren’t unharmed and were probably severely injured, maimed, and had no will to fight. Again they just wanted to go home back to their families or whoever they had waiting for them… It’s probably likely that most of that force wouldn’t be in a shape to fight on the front lines ever again. Some may have to be in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives or have permanent damage to their bodies or permanent disabilities. There is benefit to accepting their request. The benefit is maintaining your morality and a clear conscience. And also not going to prison post war for what you did here. This is my counter to your statement. I understand not wanting to potentially give the enemy back manpower to continue the war with but this isn’t right. It’s too far. What happened here is an example of going too far. It’s no longer destroying the enemy’s resources, it’s a massacre. You can hear it in the soundtrack! What it conveys is “What you’re doing here isn’t right, it’s horrifyingly wrong.” But of course, good soldiers ALWAYS have to follow orders right? Even when what you’re doing is immoral and wrong… right? It makes you think “Are you really the good guy?” “Is what you’re doing really necessary?” (At least that’s how I see it.) This mission makes you realize that the Feds aren’t the good guys at all. And it gets nailed in even harder in the final mission. That’s all I have to say. This part of the mission made me almost cry. Woodward tried his hardest to get those that survived back home to their families but all the Feds gave him is what amounted to “No Russian” and killed the survivors to a man. Not a single ounce of mercy given. Yes they’re the enemy. But they’re still human beings! They didn’t deserve this. This was merciless butchery. Not war. They didn’t have to die. If I remember correctly by that point in the mission it was only trucks left. They had no ability to fight back. Yet the Feds went and decided, “Hmm, nah. Kill them all. >:)” Oh how much I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle the Fed that made that decision after that. In fact I wished to bathe their entire nation in holy nuclear hellfire more than I ever did beforehand for them causing a second calamity.
Exactly. Too bad so many people don't see that because of their blind obedience to Cascadia. But fret not! There are those of us who do realize the Federation's innocence here! Besides, refusing a ceasefire is not a war crime.
@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 honestly? I saw both sides during the war ...and neither of you are in the right Both of you did terrible things But in the end? War is terrible Its why my doctrine is about striking with mass power to end it early
Woodward is a well-intentioned but misguided leader. The game wants this to be a "Warcrime Level", but it honestly isn't at all. If the Cascadians are perfectly okay with shooting down retreating solders so they can't redeploy elsewhere, the Federation is _required_ to respond in kind. To do otherwise would be to waste the lives of your own troops. Real warcrimes are pretty basic though. Bombing that Mosque in Pipeline Destruction actually is a warcrime, but most people who play through AC7 don't even know it exists. On second consideration; I don't think that the Cascadians would ever surrender after this point. Many of the Cascadians would be facing warcrime charges for the purposeful targeting and destruction of civilian infrastructure if they did. Some dialogue in an earlier level also suggests that the Cascadians were preventing any refugees from evacuating the towns along the seized beachhead (or possibly worse).
@@joya8292I'd be surprised if that was programmed in. Transports and helicopters have literally no AI other than waypoint navigation, and only fighters, cruise missiles, and airships have any amount of dynamic AI due to the scope of the development team.
Oké that name fits like a fucking glove and would make me want to dip out instantly with how bloodthirsty driver is you know your going to die If you don't dip out And Even then he will still kill you like the hell hound he is
@@overlort193 I can see it now. In any future content you are Cascadian pilot after the event of the main game and dlc. You and your squad are tasked with dealing with Federation remnants, completely removing the feds from the earth. In the last few missions you begin to receive radio chatter about a lone peacekeeping pilot tearing through forces like a hellhound going for its next soul to claim. In the third final mission after dealing with a simple federation outpost your AWACS gets a singular federation pilot approaching at high speeds. One of your teammates you’ve grown close to thinks nothing of it and starts to speed towards the target. Then to you and your teammates horror your ally gets outmaneuvered and shot down like a dog. On your HUD this pops up “WARNING WARNING DO NOT ENGAGE!!! HIGH VALUE PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND HAS ENTERED THE AO!!! FULL RETREAT IS ORDERED!!!” Sure you can fight him, but once you do it seems like nothing you do has little effect, but is still an impressive feat. And yet to It is boring but child’s play so you have no choice, but to retreat. In the final mission you and your allies, the cascadian military are done with this and are out for fed blood. All that remains is the capital of the Federation. The assault begins. fire, ash, and lead rains from the sky falling onto the hell which is now the ground. Even to anyone that managed to survive presidia this is worse than they could imagine. As the final push is almost over in the distance a single blip of a plane pops up on everyone’s radar. You begin to hear on the cascadian panic and fear as this pilot begins to maneuver around the battlefield seemingly changing the tide of the battle. Shooting down Fighters, Bombers, and Airships. The AA in the sky and ground can’t seem to hit him and when they have a lock they are immediately targeted by the aircraft. The only that may have a chance of taking down this pilot is you, since you were able to hit him before. The true final battle begins as the health pops on your screen and his name “PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND, SAVIOR OF THE FEDERATION”
In the final mission you and your allies, are done with this hell of a war and are out for fed blood. All that remains is the capital of the Federation. The assault begins. fire, ash, and lead rains from the sky falling onto the hell which is now the ground. Even to anyone that managed to survive presidia or prospero this is worse than the hell they’ve experienced . As the final push is almost over in the distance a single blip of a plane pops up on everyone’s radar. You begin to hear on the cascadian panic and fear as this pilot begins to maneuver around the battlefield seemingly changing the tide of the battle. Shooting down Fighters, Bombers, and Airships. The AA in the sky and ground can’t seem to hit him and when they have a lock they are immediately targeted by the aircraft. The only person Cascadia has that may have a chance of taking down this pilot is you, and ending this war, since you were able to challenge him before and survive. The true final battle begins as the health pops on your screen and “Its” name “PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND. SAVIOR OF THE FEDERATION”
Did you know that the federation officer captain flowers was the same officer that got murdered by the cascadian peacekeeper officer in mission 15 from the main campaign
Peacekeeper III is not real it cannot hurt you.
World on Fire:
Peacekeeper, but it's *your* boss theme this time
Turns out you were Peacekeeper 3 all along.
I like to believe that, after the game, magadan peacekeeping squadron was created, and Driver is part of it
@@LunaNocturna522 isn't it PK squadron steel that station on magadan? I mean it is stated on M2
@@solowing9544
Steel 1 is the leader of the peacekeeping squadron over Ulaanbaatar. (Around modern Mongolia)
Magadan is in the most eastern part of modern Siberia. And in the second mission of the DLC, he makes a note on how Magadan "needs new peacekeepers". It isn't stated why but it's theorized they fell over the Bering Strait. Especially when Cobb stated in the very same mission that they sent half the Magadan air force to get shot down over that furball.
(Probably before Sicario showed up.)
"...why's the music coming back? AWACS, WHY IS THE MUSIC COMING BACK?"
@dustyink.c
Woodward: Please let us leave
Crystal Kingdom: Lol. Lmao. Kill them all pretty please
K-9A: Yes, sir. Glory to the Federation, sir.
*Federation | Ground Force Officer*
“K-9, Do what needs to be done.”
*K-9*
R O G E R
Crystal Kingdom: "After all you did to Magadan? So you can continue harassing us in another theatre? Yeah, no."
That was Flowers@@DiogenesTheCynic.
For the glory of our country.
Crystal Kingdom: After getting our transport shots on the strait and now asking us to let you go fully armed back to Cascadia?
Hitman-1 "Monarch": Mute psychopath who is really good at his job, emphasis on "really good at his job".
K9-A "Driver": Mute psychopath who is really good at his job, emphasis on "psychopath".
Can confirm, Driver even has speeding tickets. What a psycho.
Not sure if he's Ryan Gosling in Drive or Robert Deniro in Taxi driver
Eye-tees dialogue in mission 4 really shows drivers psychopathy
@@harbour2118 "WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE?!"
@@davesthrowawayacc1162I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE THAT HOUGHT HE COULD POSSIBLY BE RYAN GOSLING
3:45 *_"Crystal Kingdom denies the request. Proceed with hostilities."_*
Idk if it'a just me but I could practically *hear* the radio operator's wicked smile as he delivers that line.
I have a feeling... they didn't actually request to begin with.
@@silvertalon007 or they were just that quick to drop the “lol lmao”
Lol no. More missiles!
[Hostilities intensify]
Federation Ground Forces Officer: "Engage until enemy is no-factor. *No one* invades the Federation."
Cascadia post Presidia: "I'm going to make the calamity look like a tremor"
Now everyone gets to invade the Federation after the nuking of Presidia.
Yes Sir ! Pax Federation !
Cascadia | CIFS Eminent Domain
Sir, we're reporting casualties on all decks! The Peacekeepers!
@@marrqi7wini54
Cascadia | Captain Woodward
"All batteries fire as they bear! I hope Faust got what she wanted! DAMN THEM! DAMN THEM ALL!!!!!!"
“I hope Faust got what she want! Damn her! Damn them all!” - Captain Woodward
Spoiler alert: in the last mission, what happen when you let a genderbend more religious torres takes a dakka full 205 airship that drains 50% of Cascadia budge.t
@@Bruh-td7exYet the only thing she accomplished is Federation finally gone full maniac once their cordium were touched (sounds like America meme) at the price of 500,000 marines and presumably 500 mercenaries and the loss of White Fleet (which can help liberation of Presidia a lot faster than Kaiser gone recruiting everyone).
@@ardantop132na6 I'm pretty sure she only sent 50.000 marines, a more realistic number than 50.000. But the fact that Faust says that it's only "a few men" means that the Cascadian military must've been gigantic if 50.000 infantries is only "a few". No wonder the Feds didn't spare a second to attack every single Cascadian military unit the moment Cascadia declares independence, the Feds probably knew they couldn't win a war against the entire Cascadian war machine so they destroyed as much as possible before their engines fired up.
@@Bruh-td7exspoiler alert again: that 205 is so goddamn old it doesn't even use cordium engines but 6 jet thrusts idk how to call em. It doesn't even have an official name (except 205-class name ofc. )but the CDV Roosevelt
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Copy. Making the inquiry.
Standby.
Standby.
Standby...
Understood. Relaying.
*CRYSTAL KINGDOM DENIES THE REQUEST*
Yeah. For a second you thought you were the good guys. Then that line happens, lol!
Like a wise man once said, "there's no mercy in war".
@@SyndieKat A pixy quote in a arcade flight game. Predictable.
@@SyndieKat
@@shohn757 what's bad made Federation in this mission? Captain Woodward didn't wanted to surrender, he wanted to retreat back to Cascadia and fight against Federation on other continent. That's a why Crystal Kingdom denies this request and made order to eliminate all remaining Cascadian rebels.
"Why is the music building up?"
Federation | RTO: Crystal Kingdom denies the request. Proceed with hostilities.
"Ah, I see..."
*NO ONE INVADES THE FEDERATION*
The fact over 6 Peacekeeper squadrons were on standby until engaging must’ve been terrifying for the Eminent Domain. Fighting one PK squadron is one thing, but 6?? If it wasn’t for time paradox, Captain Woodward would’ve gone done with the ship
Captain Woodward is just too pure for this world, despite of been an absolute Madlad and a maniac, he does have a code of honor and always tries to appeal for a peaceful outcome whatever he can, he did here by requesting a cease fire so the Cascadian Forces could retreat, and he also did in mission "Red Sea" before engaging against the Federation's Blockade, both petitions ended up been rejected unfortunally.
And all because crystal kingdom couldn’t be non-entitled idiots
Also during mission 11 Eminent Domain did SaR duty for all downed pilots, not just Cascadians.
This also recontextualizes his frustrations during Presidia when talking about the escaping fed troops from the sea prior to the ceasefire.
My man has stayed consistent throughout this bloody conflict.
@@DiogenesTheCynic.truly worthy of the name chad
Not to mention in cut dialogue in this mission he actually even offered the ED back if they'd accept the ceasefire
This is the track that really drives home the fact that *you are part of the federation now*
sir yes sir glory to the federation
Friendship ended with Cascadia
Now the Pacific Federation is my best friend
All Hail the Federation!
>
I really wish this would’ve been a full campaign and not just 6 missions. I’ve not played it myself bc no PS5(only youtube) but just being able to fully experience like 15 or so missions as a Federation pilot would’ve been even more awesome.
Crystal Kingdom denies the request is as cold of a line as Execute Order 66
Colder, to be honest. One of my favorite moments in gaming I don’t think I’ll ever forget.
@@originalSPECTERgives me chills everytime.
But unlike Order 66, this one was not authorized out of cruelty, but pragmatism.
"Get away from him! He's holding a grenade!"
From dust I came, to dust I return.
PREACH BROTHER
By the Dust.
DUST MOTHER HEAR YOU BROTHER
SAWAIIKI SNACKBAR
Jose Pavli - providing my D&D villains recurring motfis housed in badass themes since 2020
AYEE SAME
same here. stockpiling this wonderful piece
im interested in the lore for each villain and how the chosen theme reflected their character
You know shit hits the fan when you've hearing ORGAN in a flight game.
And that organ is playing in YOUR favor.
“So that’s what it feels like”
Everybody gangsta until the sky starts speaking ominous Latin chanting and organs
According to jose pavli, the organ is usually attached to crimson team, considering steel squadron is here and crimson team are only mentioned in this mission, I'd say the organ has expanded to instead be the instrument attached to the federation peacekeepers
@@harbour2118 Uhh, i thought the organs are exclusively related to death itself
So yes, hearing organs in a mission means there's going to be a lot of deaths soon
Hitman 1 Monarch: *The Kings of Mercenaries*
K-9A Driver: *The Phantom of Oceania*
K-9A: THE ANGEL of MAGADAN
K-9A: The Ghost of Highway 1
K-9A: THE MAD DOG OF MAGADAN
*MONARCH | HITMAN 1: THE DRAGON OF SICARIO*
As SOG Ronin would call monarch "King of Hell"
"Yeah it's just a fighter sim. No need to get too wild on the soundtrack."
Jose Pavil: 🔥🎵🔥🎶🔥🎵🔥🎶🔥
This joke doesn't implie here as this game was inspired by ace combat.. So no way there's a place for "fighter Sim"
@@readytopay6969 It's a great successor to "Jesus with Jet Fuel" and "Flamenco with Fox 2s"
Calling PW a fighter combat sim is like calling COD a tactical shooter.
While the normal Peacekeeper themes haven't really been very hopeful, this sounds downright bloodthirsty at times.
At this point, both sides of the war wanted each other's heads, and it reflects in the emotion of the music. Very nice work, Pavli.
Agreed. this just shows how Cascadia was willing to do to ensure their independence from the Federation. To me this game showed outside the mercenary perspective of what the Feds had to really deal with.. Suicide charges from the Cascadian Forces as Faust's influence made it clear they were out for blood and wanted to kill as many Feds or die trying. Makes me think of how the ending in Project Wingman went.
NO ONE INVADES THE FEDERATION
Captain Woodward was noble, but kind of foolish.
"You have my word we will return to Cascadia."
Yeah, mate, that's kind of the problem...
Good to see someone else caught that critical flaw whith his request. Surrender or internment in a neutral country might have made Crystal Kingdom accept it, but well, he didn't give them those options, and look what happened.
The Marines and Cascadian soldiers there are more loyal to the cause (Faust) than they are to the chain of command, if Woodward painted it AS a tactical retreat, rather than a surrender the Marines might have accepted it, he was hoping that the Feds saw this.
@@Edo_Ginting I think it's more along the lines of "this is an irrelevant sideshow, we're about to win over in Cascadia and you know it" just needing to take Prospero and then move on to Presidia.
Of course, Crystal Kingdom knew other things, so they denied it.
@@AdmiralTailsyou're right, but damn is that a bunch of garbage.
"Please let us go so we can-"
"So you can what? Kill more of our people? K-9, do what needs to be done."
Lol
Loving all of the peacekeeper themes in this one, definitely one of the best
Definitely has peacekeeper feelings. Though this time, it has nothing to do with Crimson.
I'll dedicate this one to Steel Squadron. Featuring Squadrons Black, Jade, Ivory, Tanager, and Onyx.
@@mill2712 The fact it has nothing to do with crimson makes it even better, this title shows that the federation is still plenty to be feared even without crimson at their disposal.
1:55 “Brock to all Brock elements. ROE has remained the same. Terminate with extreme prejudice”
Engage until enemy is no factor.
𝙉𝙊 𝙊𝙉𝙀 𝙄𝙉𝙑𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙎 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙀𝘿𝙀𝙍𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 !!!
1:55
“It’s just a dumb plane game, the music can’t be *that* goo-“
"Driver, when you hear the thunder, when the storm comes for you, remember me"
Monarch in Project Wingman 2, probably
Oh, man. What I'd give to make Monarch repeat Crimson 1's last words as his own for what he made the Federation do to Cascadia, and all the lives he slaughtered for money! Here's to a Federation-aligned PW2 if they make one! Pax Federation!
And then driver just becomes the same monster because he can´t learn from people´s last words like Monarch.
Or he goes back to driving taxis around in Magadan or whatever.
@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 Driver vs Monarch would destroy the universe. Immovable object vs unstoppable force.
Two F14s merging head on
**CAUTION**
SICARIO TEAM HITMAN ONE
MONARCH/PREZ
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**CAUTION**
FEDERATION PEACEKEEPERS MAGADON K9-A
DRIVER / EYE-TEE
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Two F14's flying head on
// *DATA RECIEVED* \\
SICARIO MERCENARY CORPS : HITMAN 1 MONARCH / PREZ
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*CAUTION*
FEDERATION PEACEKEEPERS MAGADAN : K9-A DRIVER / EYE-TEE
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I like how up until now, as you begin to see the Pacific Federation and Cascadian Republic in different lights, this mission and music remind you: "your former allies may not be as saintly as you thought, but your current allies still are not either." Sill though, if only Captain Woodward had included in his truce request a promise to keep those forces out of the Cascadian war itself...
Not sure it would’ve worked. Maybe a mass surrender but Crystal Kingdom can be pretty bloodthirsty, as seen by their actions not a week later.
Given that Wild Boar had eliminated a large Federation unit that was retreating earlier on in the war and that the Black Eagles were about to redeploy to Cascadia if they got away, it's not really that hard to understand why Crystal Kingdom shot down Woodward's surrender and decided to press their advantage. No one's a saint in the war, but this is just plain karma for the Cascadians. The Feds were just collecting what they were owed in *blood* .
I mean, why accept a ceasefire with a force that will just redeploy against you in another theatre, while you have the advantage and capability to take them out *now*. Surrender's pretty much the only protected option the Cascadians had and they didn't take it.
@@gnw_AstA You kind of left out the part where the Federation forces started massive forest fires just to cover their retreat and killed civilian firefighters trying to contain the fires.
@@Winters004 And? Not like the Cascadians were any different especially with what General Faust and her ragtag team of defectors were gonna do to the Feds had they succeeded. Like the earlier comments said, none of them are saints.
When the reservists are scarier than even Crimson Squadron
the only thing scary in K-9 is driver, same can be said with sicario and their Crown
@@abelesperanz4196 true - if not for Monarch, Being Strait would've been a Cascadian crushing defeat (if it had come to that at all and mercs weren't steamrolled upon entering Cascadian airspace).
@@evilbabai7083I mean Crimson was probably deployed in the first place because of Hitman
@Comic and Diplomat are definitely top aces in their own right, but they wouldn’t be war winners in a situation as bad as Cascadia without Monarch
The reverse goes for K9s members other than Driver, they’re all definitely naturals at flying and probably aces or close by the end of the DLC, but the only one who won the frontline alone among them is Driver
@@adsfasdf4047 in other word, the wingmans are overshadowed by the MC's (Driver and Monarch), specially hitman side (dip and comic) they are exceptional ace too compare to other "normal" aces.
Just played consequence of power (mission) again but with this, and hoooooo my god the vibes are quite real with this, with the faster tempo
I gotta try that now
@@Skyteam_8492same
WE LOVE THE FEDERATION WE LOVE THE FEDERATION WE LOVE THE FEDERATION WE LOVE THE FEDERATION
PAX FEDERATION !!!
PAX FEDERATION!!! *PAX FEDERALIS!!!*
*GLORY TO THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM*
*PAX FEDERATION!*
Магадан часть Федерации! *ЗНАЧИТ МЫ БУДЕМ СРАЖАТЬСЯ ЗА КАЖДЫЙ МЕТР ЭТОЙ ЗЕМЛИ*
Crystal Kingdom when being asked for a ceasefire would be like; We just remembered the part where our transpot planes got shot down on the strait, Magadan is currently being schorched earth, and the raid of Sawaiiki that led the kingdom refuse to make full cooperation. We're not going to allow a fully armed Cascadian forces back and obviously reinforce the siege at Prospero and then Presidia.
"Why don't you just let us leave to fight another day?"
"Crystal Kingdom says NO"
Dude, the intensity that starts from 1:55 is actually menacing. As if like the entire peacekeeping group is on to you, about that i heard the peacekeeper "tune*?" From like I and II, even people are calling it Peacekeeper III. Damn i love this
Tbh, K-9 is a squadron on the level of a Peacekeeper, if not--- no, Driver is Wingman's Mobius 1 [Monarch is Wingman's Cipher], definitely beyond them. It's a "You're the Peacekeepers now" moment.
What's really funny is after this "I was with the Crown when we hit the Apodock. There's no Peacekeepers to save you this time" on the next mission. Oh no, you poor bastards, there's far *worse* than Peacekeepers this time- a pilot that matches, or maybe even exceeds Monarch himself.
Driver is definitely the fed's best pilot, a veteran of Oceania, and well, given his status as Player, an even match for Monarch. Crimson was nothing.
@@AirshipCanon2Considering we still lack the 3 files of Monarch's old shenanigans, I'd wager they're both Oceanian vets?
@@Edo_Ginting Monarch might be. We don't know. Driver IS. The thing is though, Monarch's a merc in it for money. He's the Cipher of this story.
Driver is an actual Fed, a weekend warrior living out his reservist time after active duty. He fought [and won] in Oceania. And he's an actual match for Monarch. [Only a PC can match a PC, and there's no real point in saying who's better than who among PCs, because it's "who are you currently"]
Crimson is just some showboy Airshow pilot [he fucking fights you in Airshow livery] with a complex.
He's nothing and Driver can outfly him just as hard as Monarch does.
@@AirshipCanon2 Crimson 1 is directly mentioned as being one of the primary shitwreckers from the Oceania conflict, so he's not just a poster boy, and he's likely a better pilot than any of the non-player characters. Driver's better, but not as outright bloodthirsty or fanatical, which somewhat masked an outright terrifying level of talent. It was only when the mercenaries dared to push into Magadan airspace that Driver really cut loose, because this time shit was going down in his own back yard, and he wasn't having _any_ of it.
@@griffinfaulkner3514what If Driver was one of the mercenaries that fought for the federation in the war of Oceania?
Peacekeeper III
*Crystal Kingdom denying intensifies*
2:43
"Faust! This is _your fault,_ goddammit!"
"Stop right there Woodward."
*"She wouldn't listen!"*
"We didn't have a choice!"
*"She turned them, **_into killers!"_*
Meanwhile K-9A: ZA RODINU! SLAVA MAGADAN! SLAVA FEDERATSIA!
(Magadan is Russian territory, as is most of the Federation on the Pacific side, hence Russian battle cries).
@@NuclearFalcon146 huh. Ну поехали! Зарплата сама себя не заработает! Держитесь K-9 и вы справитесь!
Absolute fucking banger dude. I've listen to this for (no joke) at least 3-4 hours on loop and I'm still vibing and headbanging like crazy. What an absolute eargasm
_Crystal Kingdom denies the request_
*Proceed with hostilities.*
Hello war crimes!!!
Federation Ground Forces Officer: "Very well. Continue the engagement. Cut this channel to the rebels. Strike all codes from the Jerusalem."
@thegeneral4943
Jerusalem. If I were to guess, though I could be wrong, that was the original name of the battleship before it was called the Eminent Domain.
@@marrqi7wini54 no. It's one of the ships in the Cascadian fleet that came with Eminent Domain during the Magadan invasion
This song is like:
F*ck it. I'll be the villain now...
And I'll enjoy every second of it.
If they ever make Project Wingman 2, I would be rushing to buy it. Congratulations on bringing this wonderful game to PSVR2! Keep up the phenomenal work!
They decided to only bring 6 missions to PSVR support instead of the whole game, like how PCVR has. Bullshit tbh
One of the airmen in Mission 6 commenting on how Driver resembled a Fed pilot in the Last War, along with this theme, made me think that maybe Driver’s as good as he is BECAUSE he flew during the war with Oceania. It’s a real possibility that he was alongside Crimson Squadron and other Peacekeepers during the whole thing. Perhaps he even was one. Who else could fly in a fucking tunnel unscathed, or take down an entire fleet of airships in an F/D-14?
I haven't checked RB's Twitter in ages, I wasn't even aware we were getting more PW content other than the 5th gen swingwing he promised on Discord once. Neat.
the only unfortunate part is that Frontline 59 is most likely gonna be a playstation exclusive. although, I'm still holding out hope that it'll be on PC
although It's available to wishlist on PS, but not PC, so I think my hopes are dead
@@unwoundsteak17 most likely up to negotiations with the sony overlords, so the chances of that are pretty slim
@@unwoundsteak17 It's sad as fvck because from what I've seen on youtube it's just straigh up a better and more refined campaign with way more mission variety than the base game, the guys really learned from the original game and improved where they could within the constraints of it being an expansion pack.
Hope it ends like other sony exclusive ventures and we see it on pc in a few months from today.
@@unwoundsteak17 it is out on PC now!
ITS OUT ON STEAM !!!!!!@unwoundsteak17
1:54 3:50 those are the moments my loyalty to Cascadia left my body. Pax Federation
You're not alone here! Those like us will ensure the Pacific Federation's survival! Pax Federation!
The build up to what sounds like Project Wingman's version of Giuseppe Verdi's Dies irae amidst the familiar leitmotif that almost felt like it's struggling to rise was chilling. The presence of numerous Peacekeeper Squadrons, K9, the Federation Forces and RTO certainly heralded the Day of Wrath to the Cascadian Marines, Woodward, and any merc that remained.
Good work!
The RTO's just the radio officer.
at this point, K9 might as well be a Peacekeeper squadron. Hell, even Steel-1 admitted to them being PK material for Magadan.
It felt great to hear Steel rolling back in though in the very same field you first fought alongside them and seeing they still hold you in pretty high regard
“K-9… Are we the baddies?”
What if you
Wanted to go to heaven
But the Federal commanding officer said
'Crystal Kingdom denies the request.'
I never expected that this is how i would find out about new Project Wingman content??? Im listening to this and i already love it.
You play as the feds in this game from what i gathered in the main trailer. Unfortunately it seems like its PS VR only ☹️
@@datderpygamer4646 Just gonna hope it gets ported to PC sooner or later. I Find it hard to believe they'd just have it only on Playstation.
@@luviam0001Yeah i really hope it gets a port soon, id love to play as the feds
Same, I see Jose drop new Project Wingman stuff and immediately go searching if it was DLC and jumped right into the game lol
In my opinion this track sounds like something from Payday series
0:00 - 0:50 - Stealth
0:50 - 1:35 - Control
1:35 - 1:55 - Anticipation
1:55 - 5:02 - Assault with the loop to the Control
Bravo, Jose!
way too soft to be a proper payday track
@@MADOYSthere are soft payday tracks too. Don't forget that
The moment the song cut out when tensions were high and then came back in when the Federation denied their request was one of the best gaming moments I have had this year.
No one knows just how good Air Combat games work in this medium.
*>*
I feel radicalized after this mission and this track.
*PROCEED WITH HOSTILITIES, GLORY TO THE FEDERATION!*
Oh this...THIS is just beautiful, no idea what the context in game is, but I love the return of the peacekeeper theme!
you can already get the context. There are already gameplay videos on yt. If I'm correct it's mission 4 or 5 so check if interested
let's just say this plays while cascadian forces got massacred
This song goes harder than diamonds what the fuck
Jose's delivering the goods. Toujours un plaisir d'écouter ce que tu fais 👍
So this is where all the feds gather around.
GALAXY: hitman team, are you seeing what I'm seeing?
DIP: affirmative Galaxy, the one with the car I.D.?
COMIC: yeah, he's slippery.
PREZ: this ones different...
MONARCH: Perhaps. Stay focused.
Driver: *shoots one of hitman team within an inch of falling out of the sky*
Monarch: Hmm? All pilots disengage.
@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942Monarch: All pilots disengage, he’s mine
@@benthomas2232 *Driver shoots down Monarch.*
@ I would like to see it though, the dogfight between both player characters, both with FD-14s and flares, both with backseaters
By The Way, This wasnt a War Crime by the Federation.
Attacking Fleeing Soldiers is allowed according to the Geneva Convention.
If you wish not to be harmed you would Surrender (Which Woodward Didnt, he just asked to withdraw the forces) .
Its Allowed to follow up and engage unless they surrender, then it would be a war crime.
Lets be honest too, After the Massive Loss at Bearing Strait this was a welcome Opportunity to deal the Cascadians a Major Blow in terms of Naval and Ground Forces which the Federation happily took. (It makes Tactically also sense to destroy the fleet thats probably going to be in your way when you transport your forces over)
In the End this is to Blame on General Faust who gave up the Command and allowed the Federation Units to move up so close to the Cascadian units that surrender would have been the Only Option. But Woodward made the Mistake to misjudge this Situation and thought the Federation would still allow it. (afaik he didnt knew Faust blew up all the Cordium Infrastructure and what else she did there)
Cascadians should have just surrenderd to be honest.
As Bookie said " It Always ends up like this, someone wins and someone loses."
Still Insanely Good Soundtrack for the situation.
Knowing The Cascadians arent allowed to escape and they wont surrender... its Just bloodshed and Death now.
Not only that; Captain Woodward didn't even offer a surrender; he offered for a momentary ceasefire. No document pertaining to the Laws and Customs of War dictates that those must be accepted.
To be pedantic, I need to confirm. Federation Command basically issued a no quarter order here.
From what little I read, no quarter is considered a warcrime. Though I would assume no quarter is only on the event that the enemy surrenders, which Cascadia didn't.
Just needed to confirm this.
Jose, are you sure you weren't reserving this track for an audition at Square Enix for the next Final Fantasy? Great use of quotation and development on those iconic themes from the PW! Really helps unify the whole OST. Great job!
This is what I imagine Crimson 1 was listening to in mission 21
No matter what you can always trust Jose Pavli to make a soundtrack that slaps.
Imagine a bossfight between either Hitman team or K9 in future installment. I'd piss myself just by reading the squadron intro
This mission really made you FEEL like the bad guys and I loved every bit of it
I just realized that not only Jose Pavli use Halloween music as a banger, but also releasing it in Halloween month as well.
YAAAS MORE MUSIC
Nothing beats a catchy base line.
Going from Redline to this is such severe tonal whiplash
This feels like it could be the Federation’s anthem
I just have to make another comment about this track after listening to it multiple times. I don't think Ace Combat will ever have music like this in their games. While there is dark elements in Ace Combat games, this is like a mix of Dark Souls and Armored Core. It's such a unique sound that if listened to with no context, people would never guess it's for an aircombat game. The base game had these elements to but this one fully leans into it's darker elements and I love it. When this comes to Spotify, this will be the first track I get.
I mean, of course, this game shows a more darker outcome. You could say that project wingman soundtrack leans more to assault horizon, tho I hope someday ace combat will drop a similar narrative
@@readytopay6969 So do i, ace combats black and white narrative has been kinda growing stale on me for a decent while, i hope for some more "morally" questionable events to unfold.
@@derekjohn7535 Which is why Zero is such a masterpiece - there are moments where you truly ask yourself "Are we the baddies?"
Turns out the answer is "ma boi you're a merc ofc you're not one of the good guys". Turns out having the protagonist be a Merc makes it easier to depict both factions with a negative light.
@@JudgeAnnibal The second the briefing for the Glatistant mission mentioned searching for WMDs, I fucking _knew_ shit was gonna get ugly. That's the Iraq War all over again, except this time against an enemy that's notoriously skilled, proud, and tenacious. It was always going to devolve into a mess of borderline war crimes, and someone was going to reach for the nuke button at some point or another.
I am going to be real, Jose Pavil, you are a genius.
2:44 K-9's leitmotif
🙃
@@JosePavli
Hey sir, I've wondered:
Personally, I've been calling this song as "Warmonger I" as in like the direct opposite of "Peacekeeper I"
Since it has some of the same motifs as peacekeeper 1 and 2, but at the same time, it's from the fed's perspective this time around
CIFS Eminent Domain
Eminent Domain on Whiskey Station
Captain Woodward
How the hell did we lose the front in less than one month
CIFS Eminent Domain
Respectfully Captain, I think we know how much a good pilot matters here
Captain Woodward
Don't I know it. Standby for orders.
Can't help but to feel some Bloodthirst vibes from this too. Pretty nifty!
Трек шедеврален. Надеюсь фронтлайн 59 мы увидим не только на Ps5. Жду её как длс к оригинальной игре.
2:20
this song starts playing, single plane with no special markers on it comes screaming through the clouds mid mission and starts pulling 20G yet no boss bar appears
Jose Pavli, i love you.
🫶🏻
Kings Adjacent
Ight, when will we see K9 turned into a Magadan Peacekeeping Squadron?
This soundtrack, mission, and the amount of *warcrimes* done warrants their ascension.
Wonder what PK color name would be given to them if they ever do jump at the opportunity.
Naw, I want to see them defect to hitman squardron. Be a co-op option for some missions. P1 is monarch, P2 is driver.
Chances are, after all of things happened in Magadan they're reservists. Only needed when the situation is dire. The only time we ever see them again if Monarch decided to soar to the Cascadian's Rubicon known as Oceania.
@@kuhljager2429i kinda want to see more somekind of an Ace superboss like Mobius 1 from The Gauntlet, like Monarch in a unobatinable mobility spec of ACG-01 as a secret superboss fight would be cool tbh.
There actually were no war crimes committed during this mission. Captain Woodward requested a momentary ceasefire, not a surrender. The former is not required by any law and custom of war to be accepted. Not only that, but if the Federation did accept it, those forces would've been redeployed to Cascadia to further assail the Federation.
Really hope to hear it ingame one day this a godlike track
It gives me footsteps of doom vibes from AOT. Loving it.
Yo. My body is ready.
"This plane is my body..."
Me and the boys abouts to commit order 66 but the fun guy asks for the aux cord
Humble games: "Jose Palvi"
Jose Palvi: "?"
Humble games: "Project Wingman"
Jose Palvi:
1:37 The hi-hat cymbals in the background coupled with the choir during this buildup is INSANE
>fuck it am joining revolution on the side of loyalists
Based and Crystal Kingdom-pilled
PAX FEDERATION
Love thia track, my favorite from the new missions. Keep up the good work! 💪💙
Mine, too!
I thought Kings would always stay my favorite track of Jose's, boy did he prove me wrong.
Another PHENOMENAL piece! Really captures the emotion of the mission, especially in the second half of the mission. You’re playing as the Federation and this song reminded me of that
Oh yeah, this one’s getting added to the workout mix 💪
Glad to see the DLC make it's way to PC finally so I can experience the music with the full package of the battles it plays in, always good stuff here
Imagine asking for mercy from the side you're showing no mercy towards.
The Feds did nothing wrong here, if the Cascadians surrendered then they'd have accepted. Asking "please let us leave unharmed so we can rejoin the main war effort against you depsite your obvious advantage in this battle and there being no benefit to accepting this request"
They had basically next to no ability to fight back. This isn’t combat. This isn’t fighting an enemy that’s actively trying to kill you. It’s a massacre plain and simple.
The Feds did do something wrong here. And that thing was massacring people who had next to no ability to fight back. Nor the will to. They just wanted to leave and go home. And the Feds instead decided to go full Makarov mode and “No Russian” them. Hell what they did was most certainly a war crime and probably violating the Geneva Convention.
Those troops were battered, injured, and were next to if not fully combat ineffective. It’s like going into a field hospital and executing all of the wounded soldiers inside. Like the Imperial Japanese did. They have no ability to fight back. If the UN and the ICC still existed in their timeline the Feds would have hell to pay. And post war many soldiers of their army and their leadership would be rotting in a prison cell for war crimes. You have to realize that most if not all of those troops weren’t unharmed and were probably severely injured, maimed, and had no will to fight.
Again they just wanted to go home back to their families or whoever they had waiting for them… It’s probably likely that most of that force wouldn’t be in a shape to fight on the front lines ever again. Some may have to be in wheelchairs for the rest of their lives or have permanent damage to their bodies or permanent disabilities.
There is benefit to accepting their request.
The benefit is maintaining your morality and a clear conscience. And also not going to prison post war for what you did here. This is my counter to your statement. I understand not wanting to potentially give the enemy back manpower to continue the war with but this isn’t right. It’s too far. What happened here is an example of going too far. It’s no longer destroying the enemy’s resources, it’s a massacre.
You can hear it in the soundtrack! What it conveys is “What you’re doing here isn’t right, it’s horrifyingly wrong.” But of course, good soldiers ALWAYS have to follow orders right? Even when what you’re doing is immoral and wrong… right? It makes you think “Are you really the good guy?” “Is what you’re doing really necessary?” (At least that’s how I see it.) This mission makes you realize that the Feds aren’t the good guys at all. And it gets nailed in even harder in the final mission. That’s all I have to say.
This part of the mission made me almost cry. Woodward tried his hardest to get those that survived back home to their families but all the Feds gave him is what amounted to “No Russian” and killed the survivors to a man. Not a single ounce of mercy given. Yes they’re the enemy. But they’re still human beings! They didn’t deserve this. This was merciless butchery. Not war. They didn’t have to die. If I remember correctly by that point in the mission it was only trucks left. They had no ability to fight back. Yet the Feds went and decided, “Hmm, nah. Kill them all. >:)”
Oh how much I wanted to reach through the screen and strangle the Fed that made that decision after that.
In fact I wished to bathe their entire nation in holy nuclear hellfire more than I ever did beforehand for them causing a second calamity.
Exactly. Too bad so many people don't see that because of their blind obedience to Cascadia. But fret not! There are those of us who do realize the Federation's innocence here! Besides, refusing a ceasefire is not a war crime.
@@albernard8751 You filthy, Cascadian sempothizer scum...
@@CrystalKingdomGeneral4942 honestly? I saw both sides during the war
...and neither of you are in the right
Both of you did terrible things
But in the end?
War is terrible
Its why my doctrine is about striking with mass power to end it early
@@seantaggart7382mind if I am asking, are you perhaps a fan of a certain naval war hero turned into a captain of a gigantic submarine 👽
This is Peacekeeper 3
y'all ever wondered why Captain Woodward was so suicidal in the last few missions
well now you know!
Woodward is a well-intentioned but misguided leader. The game wants this to be a "Warcrime Level", but it honestly isn't at all. If the Cascadians are perfectly okay with shooting down retreating solders so they can't redeploy elsewhere, the Federation is _required_ to respond in kind. To do otherwise would be to waste the lives of your own troops.
Real warcrimes are pretty basic though. Bombing that Mosque in Pipeline Destruction actually is a warcrime, but most people who play through AC7 don't even know it exists.
On second consideration; I don't think that the Cascadians would ever surrender after this point. Many of the Cascadians would be facing warcrime charges for the purposeful targeting and destruction of civilian infrastructure if they did. Some dialogue in an earlier level also suggests that the Cascadians were preventing any refugees from evacuating the towns along the seized beachhead (or possibly worse).
Can someone test to see if the enemy AI is programmed to stop shooting at you until you fire upon them?
@@joya8292I'd be surprised if that was programmed in. Transports and helicopters have literally no AI other than waypoint navigation, and only fighters, cruise missiles, and airships have any amount of dynamic AI due to the scope of the development team.
@@ka-50withsaams36Hit the nail on the head. Pax Federation!
Fighting the bad guys, only to be reminded you're the worse guys.
Alright we are are just gonna repelling the rebels, nothing too fancy-
The cello guys: * oh you bet *
MAGADAN PEACEKEEPER SQUADRON
HELLHOUND
Oké that name fits like a fucking glove and would make me want to dip out instantly with how bloodthirsty driver is you know your going to die If you don't dip out
And Even then he will still kill you like the hell hound he is
I LOVE IT, WE NEED NORE SQUADS IN THIS GAME
@@overlort193 I can see it now. In any future content you are Cascadian pilot after the event of the main game and dlc. You and your squad are tasked with dealing with Federation remnants, completely removing the feds from the earth. In the last few missions you begin to receive radio chatter about a lone peacekeeping pilot tearing through forces like a hellhound going for its next soul to claim. In the third final mission after dealing with a simple federation outpost your AWACS gets a singular federation pilot approaching at high speeds. One of your teammates you’ve grown close to thinks nothing of it and starts to speed towards the target. Then to you and your teammates horror your ally gets outmaneuvered and shot down like a dog. On your HUD this pops up “WARNING WARNING DO NOT ENGAGE!!! HIGH VALUE PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND HAS ENTERED THE AO!!! FULL RETREAT IS ORDERED!!!” Sure you can fight him, but once you do it seems like nothing you do has little effect, but is still an impressive feat. And yet to It is boring but child’s play so you have no choice, but to retreat.
In the final mission you and your allies, the cascadian military are done with this and are out for fed blood. All that remains is the capital of the Federation. The assault begins. fire, ash, and lead rains from the sky falling onto the hell which is now the ground. Even to anyone that managed to survive presidia this is worse than they could imagine. As the final push is almost over in the distance a single blip of a plane pops up on everyone’s radar. You begin to hear on the cascadian panic and fear as this pilot begins to maneuver around the battlefield seemingly changing the tide of the battle. Shooting down Fighters, Bombers, and Airships. The AA in the sky and ground can’t seem to hit him and when they have a lock they are immediately targeted by the aircraft. The only that may have a chance of taking down this pilot is you, since you were able to hit him before. The true final battle begins as the health pops on your screen and his name “PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND, SAVIOR OF THE FEDERATION”
In the final mission you and your allies, are done with this hell of a war and are out for fed blood. All that remains is the capital of the Federation. The assault begins. fire, ash, and lead rains from the sky falling onto the hell which is now the ground. Even to anyone that managed to survive presidia or prospero this is worse than the hell they’ve experienced . As the final push is almost over in the distance a single blip of a plane pops up on everyone’s radar. You begin to hear on the cascadian panic and fear as this pilot begins to maneuver around the battlefield seemingly changing the tide of the battle. Shooting down Fighters, Bombers, and Airships. The AA in the sky and ground can’t seem to hit him and when they have a lock they are immediately targeted by the aircraft. The only person Cascadia has that may have a chance of taking down this pilot is you, and ending this war, since you were able to challenge him before and survive. The true final battle begins as the health pops on your screen and “Its” name “PEACEKEEPER HELLHOUND. SAVIOR OF THE FEDERATION”
@@CombatdestoyerX nah, the title should read Hellhound 1: Wrath of Razgriz. and Monarch's should read as Razgriz Risen
Did you know that the federation officer captain flowers was the same officer that got murdered by the cascadian peacekeeper officer in mission 15 from the main campaign
instead of monarch being coronated as a king
we got driver being initiated as a federation peacekeeper
Got a job for you, K-9A. My world's on fire. How about yours?
Hank: _Walt..._
Peak cinema
Driver: That’s the way I like it and I never get bored
Hey Jose... If one buys the soundtrack, are they able to use the music in videos and such? Of course, there will be credit given.
If it’s not for monetized content you should be fine if credits are given indeed!