"For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either."
Me playing AC04 at 11: "Man, I hope they'll do better after losing this war they started." Me playing AC7 at 29: "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN?"
I would argue with that. If Namco was planning on turning AC into a full-blown series/franchise then writing a most excellent and richly detailed lore was the most important move they could make. Depending on how extensive it is, Namco would have no shortage of possible plots and potential storylines to write. For example, the way they wrote the Belkans gave them some antagonistic elements they could always use as either a primary villain or some background conspiracy plot thread to keep things interesting. That and if they ever need some new superweapon or aerial prototype or flying superstructure, they could always handwave it as “those Belkan extremists are making superweapons again”.
Yeah... Sure they're not fond at all of loud screaming noises that remind them of Jet engines.. the flight industry in Erusea has been especially hard hit cuz of this
"Ahoy me mateys it be me captain Torres and I'm here to tell you that you can avoid %100 of all wars by nuking the capital of Osea" - Captain Mateo Torres/Max0r
@@marley7868 tbh when you look at the Lore Osea is the cause of a lot of war they even investigated the Belkan war and are still considered the good guys
@@marley7868 not really im just saying that his view where right the enemy is Osea and the target was not a peace rally but the OSEA Capital one of the member of the conflict
I have no idea why they would feel the need to put a whole alternative history into a game of this kind (other than artist's vision, which is totally valid) but it's fascinating. I rarely see these totally non-earth world stories go so...hypermodern with jet aircraft and everything. They generally either go pre industrial or straight sci fi.
IIRC it was because of certain nations objecting to being depicted in it, if the publishers wanted to be able to publish in said nations. So yeah, they came up with stand in nations and ended up with some amazing lore.
Just a little correction: Stonehenge was destroyed in 2005, not 2004. Same deal with the Siege of Farbanti. September 19th of 2005, not 2004. Actually, every mission in AC04 after Operation Countdown (mission 8) takes place in 2005
Mobius 1: “So, war with Erusea?” Trigger: “Yes” Mobius 1: “Pushed back on your heels at the start?” Trigger: “Mhm” Mobius 1: “Erusea relying on a super weapon to keep you at bay?” Trigger: “That’s right” Mobius: “Same AWACS?” Trigger: “Actually 3 AWACS’” Mobius 1: “Terrifying Erusean squadron feared by your allies?” Trigger: “Yep, and they’re leader made your scary squadron, comes full circle really.” Mobius 1: “Scary nickname given by your friends and enemies?” Trigger: “They call me ‘Three Strikes’ you?” Mobius 1: “Grim Reaper and ‘Ribbon Fighter’ one last thing, took Farbanti?” Trigger: “They didn’t stand a chance” Mobius 1: “Ha! Been there, see ya in the sky!”
@@xxiSHTAr9000xo, *THE* Demon Lord begs to differ. and yeah, there was a 4th awacs that got tricked by erusean deception tactics and got a Conservative and a osean soldier escorting him down to a grave.
It's interesting how 13 was a....milder version of mihaly, the same kind of obsession of aircraft and telling wingmen they are responsible for themselves and their aircraft. "Eject, while you still can." You can nicely see how mihaly was 13s mentor and how 13 picked up some of mihalys behavior.
@@2deadmen489 voslage was shilages neighbour. Shilage was annexed by erusia when Shilage was in chaos during the revolution that removed the royal family.
@@Jeff-tw7jk This one, though I'm unsure where in the lore it was said or implied that more political power would be put into Erusea's legislature. It's possible that there'll be a follow-up Dispatch episiode that'll explain further.
@@jimmyseaver3647 it's from the new Aces at War art/lore book. And it makes perfect sense considering the reasons the parliament got radicalized in the first place
Farbanti is just the punching bag of whoever is the next ace of the Osean Federation. Then again it is tradition for any up and coming ace to completely destroy Farbanti.
They've only been the punching bag of the Osean Federation once... I would know, I fought in the Usean Continental War. The ISAF was a conglomerate of the other Usean states.
I mean bringing Erusea to heel was a long term policy goal of Osea. Looking at the map of Strangereal Osean planners must know only three countries could challenge them. 1. Yuktobania: due to its size, population, resources and its position off Osea's Eastern shores, the UYR is Osea's only real rival in terms of raw power. The solution Osean Foreign policy had for this was to co-opt Yuktobania and make them an integral part of the world system so they would have a vested interest in the status quo, essentially a détente where both recognized and respected their respected spheres of influence, Circum-Pacific War and Belkan shenanigans notwithstanding. 2. Belka, with her military, economic and industrial might not separated by any ocean or natural barriers from Osea's heartland, Belka in a form where it possesses any real strength is a mortal threat to Osea and must always be her first priority. The centuries long competition between Osea and Belka for hegemony of the Osean Continent finally came to an end with the Belkan War of 1995 and Osea has done everything in its power to keep it that way, I find it very telling that Osean interest in Usea only really began after the Belkans had been effectively dealt with. 3. Erusea. Why is Erusea a threat to Osea? Well quite simply Erusea is the only power that can possibly unify the continent of Usea, and a unified Usea would be a real threat to Osea from the West, quite possibly commanding rival amounts of industrial and economic strength, combined with advanced technology. Osean foreign policy was split on how to handle Erusea, the faction lead by ex-president Harling wanted to co-opt Erusea much the same way Osea had with Yuktobania, hence the construction of the space elevator in the hopes that it would stimulate the Usean economy and bind the continent together in mutual cooperation, under Osean oversight of course. Now though in the wake of the Lighthouse War it looks as if the other faction, that wanted to gut Erusea like they had done to Belka will likely get their way. Either way though at the end of the day, Osea sits in a wonderful position. At least until the Belkans find a mute ace pilot.
That’s a good theory about Strangereal geopolitics. If true it makes me wonder if Emmeria might become a rival to Osea in the future. Like Erusea it’s an advanced country that controls most of it’s continent. With Estovakia defeated it wouldn’t take much for Emmeria to unify all of Anea and become a world superpower.
@@solarsailor1534 Perhaps but Anea seems to be fairly inward looking. In some the materials related to AC5 they mention a G8 summit on the Arkbird, with one of the attendees being "Anea" or something thereabouts. This was obviously retconned with AC6 having three nations, Emmeria, Estovakia, and Nordennavic inhabiting the Anea continent instead. But this has led me to a theory that explains this. It is possible that these three nations act as one when dealing with outside powers, hence the Anea representative, but still being independent. This would make them in essence already united. Think of it like in the real world if the US, Mexico, and Canada used NAFTA, or NORAD, or a weird combination of the two as their way of communication with the world outside of North America. I recognize this theory has some problems, the most glaring being Nordennavic's ostensive "neutrality"
@@michaelthayer5351 The speculation is that the Anean Republic seen in AC5 existed as a concept, an analogue of the EU in the making, but whatever happened, either the Ulysses impact in Anea, the Estovakian Civil War or something else entirely cancelled any union attempts
The destruction of Stonehenge is one of those video game missions that I will always remember. Flying in, destroying those cannons that terrorized us for so long, then finally getting to shoot down one of Yellow Squadron pilots. And then the sadness of Yellow 13 in the cutscene that followed.
AC04 Didn't need to have this whole bit of alternate history attached to it, but it did, and it made your actions as a player felt much larger as a whole. I really wanted more background on how the Erusians knocked back ISAF to North point, and the beach landings of Operation Bunker Shot (AC6 and AC Infinity made the amphibious landings felt a lot more impactful). Also man. Tango Line, all those air strips with VTOL aircraft in the craters.
Erusea captured Stonehenge early in the war so, ISAF had almost no air cover, up until the east coast. North Point was the first place they had undisputed control of the skies.
Imagine they did a spin-off game where we play as the "Villain" of the games. That is Erusea, Belka and Leasath, etc. Would be a rollercoaster of emotion
Erusea didn't become an Osean puppet; everyone basically ended up becoming megacorp puppets instead. Probably the biggest down side of solving all your problems with really cool planes, is that the people who make those planes basically win no matter what...
@@SoloWing88 Belka is still around after causing almost every war in the series, and is *still* selling weapons without causing a fuss, which all sounds like a win to me.
@@bubbasbigblast8563 they only started two war not every war and the second belkan war was caused be Osea not Belka pretty much like the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and a lot of what osea do even the lighthouse war could be a lot of propaganda to keep there occupation of south belka (the war was caused be a ultranationalist belkan : Osea says its the fault of Belka when a lot of the reason for the war was the presence in the continent of Osea)
If we are to take the simulated war in AC3 seriously, Erusea is...kinda fubar as a true government. Also most of Usea as well. And probably the rest of the Strangereal world, too.
@@TheFlyingSailorYT I'm not so sure. The guy who programmed Nemo, Simon, was an underling of the person who designed the two boss drones in AC7. And General Resources did make an appearance in the DLC missions. There is a whole listing of theory in TVTropes to support this line of reasoning.
@@seancarroll9849 Yet the Electrosphere did not exist, at least not yet in AC 7, it could be the fact that the warring Nations would be willing to shoot down satellites and put the entire world on the dark, Or Doom the world with Ravens, V2's, SOLG drops, that the people grow tired of it. That's where GR comes in, absorbing Grunder and creating the Electrosphere, so not one country would hold superior information over the other, and starts the Corporate regime that we see in AC 3
Most of them have failed sadly. I used to be really into hoi4 and the modding scene and they never made it that far from what I remember. Haven't been looking in a while though, maybe someone finally did it.
@@ShahjahanMasood how many years has it been now? How many different "devs" have come and gone? Maybe some time this year they'll announce a new 3d model for Stonehenge or something
YEEEEEEEEAAAAHHH MORE ACE COMBAT PLEASE CONTENT PLEASE. Would love to see an armoury episode covering the various superweapons such as the arsenal bird and Glepnir
There's so many cool things to explore in the world of Ace Combat. And while there may not always be that much to go on in the games, I really hope yall explore this world further in the future.
Erusea has been through some serious trials and tribulations over the years. Went from a monarchy to a fascist state to a monarchy again, in only about 10-20 years. Got hit by asteroids which crippled their infrastructure. One even hit their capital and sunk their main financial district into the ocean. They got beat in 2 of the largest wars the world had ever seen, and was Balkanized at the conclusion of the second. Hopefully they can catch something of a break in the future, but the ending of AC7 did sort of imply that everything wasn’t entirely over. There’s gonna be quite a bit of fighting reminiscent of our world’s Yugoslavian Civil War for years.
@@Dagreatdudeman actually it has always been implied in almost all of the series that the OSEA was an antagonist given how they schemed and drove the situation that culminates into an actual war. I mean just take a real-world example...that certain nation and its Military Industrial Complex who always profits from countries around the world and blatantly lies about their cause such as "fReEdOm", "deMoCrAcY", and "LiBeRtY" or other BS.
Absolutely love your channel and your approach to studying fictional lore! Have you guys ever considered covering any Gundam content? There is such a deep well of lore and I think it fits very well with your style of videos. Id love to see a faction profile on the Principality of Zeon of the Earth Federation. You could make arsenal Investigations on any of the literal thousands of mobile suit designs. Every mobile suit design has detailed lore and development histories. I think you guys can make a ton of great content from it!
I would LOVE to see the Templin institute cover Gundam. I know anime usually isn’t their thing, but Gundam lore is every bit as expansive and detailed as Star Trek and Star Wars, only more grounded in reality.
Would love them cover Cosmic Era. It has a global pandemic besides the global war that restructures Earth's borders and a Cold War sort of situation between Atlantic Federation (the USA of CE) and Eurasian Federation (the USSR of CE). Not sure if the pandemic in our world will usher the rise of genetic modifications to make us more resilient to diseases and faster, smarter and stronger and might cause a discrimination mankind hasn't seen in all of its history of existence.
@@Joshua_N-A That's another great aspect of Gundam, there are multiple universes to explore with so much awesome lore! I really feel its a perfect match for the Templin Institute.
The fact Erusea went from Federal Republic to Constitutional Monarchy in a Contemporary period and pulled it off convincingly absolutely fascinates me. It's such a fantastic story element more typical of something you'd see in, like... idk, Game of Thrones or something, yet it's presented in a (reasonably) grounded and real geopolitical setting _without_ being a joke or minor element. It's probably why I became a monarchist in the first place.
I think 'Yellow Squadron' and 'Sol Squadron' is one of the most memorable Ace in the Ace Combat lore. Despite those characters like Yellow13 and Mihaly were have such good background between them.
Starting with the 'Usean Continental War' with two campaigns (Erusea and ISAF) and side stories from occupations would be mint in an age of tasteless monetized games. Combine BF1 immersion, and BF3 fun (but in the late 90's to early 2000's) in the multiplayer. Open the campaign shooting down asteroids as the Spaceguard Turret Network to make the damage that occurs feel like your fault for the tragic post planetfall events occurring. Erusean main story ends with you being cycled back into San Salvacion actually meeting the Yellow Squadron at the iconic bar. ISAF ends with you at megalith, which then unlocks the Erusean defensive battles from their side and Free Erusea campaign parts for both. If that succeeds, then comes The Belkan War. 'The Inferno' has to be one the of the most horrifying immersive experiences to tell in an FPS. Rated M borderline AO game for sure. Tons of bodies (probably people the MC knows), heartbreak, and arson. Lead in for A World with No Boundaries (expansion missions) and Grey Men introduction for the Circum Pacific War. An 'Avanti Savoia!' ending indeed for these "losers" campaigns. If they can keep with the mood of their classic aesthetic of the times and cutscenes, it will sell. I have been denied my Osean scalp collection accolades and JPEG Dog tags for too long.
Templin Institute: "Erusea has known triumph and tragedy, first as a Kingdom, then as a Federal Republic, and now again as a Kingdom restored." AC Vets: "Tragedy... it's just tragedy.."
I want to play as either Erusean or Belkan fighting against Useans at least. Hopefully in AC8 or 9. And they don't even need to be in the right, I wouldn't mind being a bad guy winning for once.
Erusea is one of my most favorite countries in the AC world. They're like that world's Germany.. but with a constitutional monarchy and they're orange.
@@mill2712 With a Russian foreign policy. Complete with _insisting_ that those countries that broke off from it have no right to actually, you know, choose their own path in the world, and invading them over bullshit slights.
It was always fun when Erusea was the villains. (Played Ace Combat 4, skipped all the other Ace games over the years, then got a ps4 and jumped into Ace Combat 7) Like the same war just part 2, from my perspective. (Very surprised, then happy to fight the old frenemy, then got ptsd from the first war)
Would you guys ever think of covering the new factions of the project wingman game? The Cascadian Independent Federation, the Pacific Federation, and the mercenary company Sicario?
how about no? im getting sick of every moron on this side of the internet "thirsting" for that self-titled "king's" co-pilot BROAD. same applies to Comic and that Oceanian mercenary turncoat.
Given that Strangereal's future after 2020 already exists to some extent (Ace Combat 3 is set in 2040), there's at least one or two wars left there, methinks, before we hit the Usean Corporate Wars.
With each new game, the world of Strangereal gets closer to the futuristic world of Ace Combat 3. Anyway, I've been expecting this video for some time. Now all we need are some HiCom videos on the Usean Continental War and the Lighthouse War.
Why can’t a country with advanced military technology win for once in ace combat stories? I can watch the beginning plot and immediately guess the result for almost every ace combat series by now.
@@2deadmen489 AC protagonists are just built differently. Or in the case of AC5, EVERYONE involved had superweapons. Or in AC6 it's just that the marigold is just too busted.
Valkyria Chronicles - alternate history WWII game by SEGA. Ace Combat(Strangereal) - alternate universe modern warfare by Namco. Both have no correlation but the implementation of the "anime esthetic" gave both games great world building.
Game: here, that's the conservative faction, they are you're friends. Players: aight, cool. *1 mission later* Players:.....jesus christ....you guys are somehow even worse than the radicals!!
*Radio static* "O azure' skies and emerald plains where freedom and justice prevail! With courage and strength we will fight to end for our liberty and our land!" "YEEEEHAWWWW!!!"
In Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, the spelling for the people of Erusea is "Erusian" however it was retconned to "Erusean" in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
"The flames of hatred scorch the skies... Igniting Gaia's funeral pyre."
Plz do Iron Sky ships/government. Also love your content
🎵Have so far to go🎵
"For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either."
@@ryanrhoden1842 I knew there was another strange real quote to reply in response, and you found it :D
Been years since I played AC04
Amidst the blue skies, a link from past to future. The sheltering wings of the protector...
Me playing AC04 at 11: "Man, I hope they'll do better after losing this war they started."
Me playing AC7 at 29: "HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON, OLD MAN?"
Ah yes a AC4 veteran I was the same thing. And came to find out I only fight the erusans more then anyone else.
Your adorable soft princess will not save you this time cowards!
@@outwithjohn7038 I swear, if it's not Eruseans it's Belkans. AC7 made me horse laugh when Belkan influence came to light.
@@sumotacular3681 always the belkans
Mikhail probably never had the chance to run into the Ribbon.
Namco didn't need to give us as much lore as they did for Ace Combat, but we're all glad they did.
Just goes to show how much the developers love this series and how passionate they are with it as a whole.
I would argue with that. If Namco was planning on turning AC into a full-blown series/franchise then writing a most excellent and richly detailed lore was the most important move they could make. Depending on how extensive it is, Namco would have no shortage of possible plots and potential storylines to write.
For example, the way they wrote the Belkans gave them some antagonistic elements they could always use as either a primary villain or some background conspiracy plot thread to keep things interesting. That and if they ever need some new superweapon or aerial prototype or flying superstructure, they could always handwave it as “those Belkan extremists are making superweapons again”.
Indeed
One Alternate universe I would still want is Valkyria Chronicles.
@@MrMarinus18 Minerva best girl. Don't at me. VC is so extraordinarily niche though. AC lives in the middle ground between mainstream and niche.
When you bring back an Erusean's PTSD by showing them a ribbon or getting three strikes while bowling
*Mute Noises*
Yeah... Sure they're not fond at all of loud screaming noises that remind them of Jet engines.. the flight industry in Erusea has been especially hard hit cuz of this
Pretty sure the F-22 Raptor (because of Mobius 1 & Trigger) is a symbol of fear to the Erusean's
@@bigballzmcdrawz2921 The Reaper and Three-Strikes
"So use your imagination my fellow submemeiners! ONE MILLION LIVES!"
"WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY!"
“YOU SHOULD HAVE LET ME KEEP MY ANIME YOU FUCKING SKUNK!”
CRISP WHITE SHEETS!!!!!
"SALVATION!!!"
"THE DEATH OF A MILLIN IS A NESESITY"
"Ahoy me mateys it be me captain Torres and I'm here to tell you that you can avoid %100 of all wars by nuking the capital of Osea" - Captain Mateo Torres/Max0r
yes nuke the peace rally in a nations capital that sooo won't backfire (I know torres doesn't care but still)
"Yar yar yar it's my mental illness, therefore I get to choose the coping mechanism."
@@marley7868 tbh when you look at the Lore Osea is the cause of a lot of war they even investigated the Belkan war and are still considered the good guys
@@aoki6332 did, did you really respond to an admiral trying to nuke a peace rally by saying his targets were the bad guys?
@@marley7868 not really im just saying that his view where right the enemy is Osea and the target was not a peace rally but the OSEA Capital one of the member of the conflict
Strangereal total conversion mod for Hearts of Iron? Is that a thing???
it really should be
i have seen a thing or two on the workshop but havent tried yet
Project Ulysses
there's project ulysses, which is currently under development, but nothing other than that afaik
I believe it is Ace Combat fan had a video about it, idk how far along it is tho
I have no idea why they would feel the need to put a whole alternative history into a game of this kind (other than artist's vision, which is totally valid) but it's fascinating. I rarely see these totally non-earth world stories go so...hypermodern with jet aircraft and everything. They generally either go pre industrial or straight sci fi.
Because Ace Combat is the best franchise
@@JimGames11746 This man speaks facts
Because they fucking COULD. And plane nerds be like
IIRC it was because of certain nations objecting to being depicted in it, if the publishers wanted to be able to publish in said nations. So yeah, they came up with stand in nations and ended up with some amazing lore.
It allows for more freedom in storytelling and allowing jet aircraft to fight in unrealistically large battles
Just a little correction: Stonehenge was destroyed in 2005, not 2004. Same deal with the Siege of Farbanti. September 19th of 2005, not 2004. Actually, every mission in AC04 after Operation Countdown (mission 8) takes place in 2005
Crap, it's always the dates we screw up.
@@TemplinInstitute lol no worries, informative video nonetheless
@@TemplinInstituteA human error glad to see you guys still are
@@TemplinInstitute Its all good. It's just like me in my AP History classes. Always knows what happens but never when lol.
Yeah,19 th September is Skyeye's(AWACS) birthday this gonna be nice!?
Mobius 1: “So, war with Erusea?”
Trigger: “Yes”
Mobius 1: “Pushed back on your heels at the start?”
Trigger: “Mhm”
Mobius 1: “Erusea relying on a super weapon to keep you at bay?”
Trigger: “That’s right”
Mobius: “Same AWACS?”
Trigger: “Actually 3 AWACS’”
Mobius 1: “Terrifying Erusean squadron feared by your allies?”
Trigger: “Yep, and they’re leader made your scary squadron, comes full circle really.”
Mobius 1: “Scary nickname given by your friends and enemies?”
Trigger: “They call me ‘Three Strikes’ you?”
Mobius 1: “Grim Reaper and ‘Ribbon Fighter’ one last thing, took Farbanti?”
Trigger: “They didn’t stand a chance”
Mobius 1: “Ha! Been there, see ya in the sky!”
Trigger is a total noob
@@Mobius118 I beg to differ, but okay
@@Mobius118 holy shit
it's our Lord and Savior
*Jesus "Mobius" Christ*
@@xxiSHTAr9000xo, *THE* Demon Lord begs to differ.
and yeah, there was a 4th awacs that got tricked by erusean deception tactics and got a Conservative and a osean soldier escorting him down to a grave.
Don't forget about the AC7 VR Mode, which actually allows people to play as Mobius 1 again, but in new missions this time.
She went up with her plane in disrepair. Pilots are responsible for their planes.
It's interesting how 13 was a....milder version of mihaly, the same kind of obsession of aircraft and telling wingmen they are responsible for themselves and their aircraft. "Eject, while you still can."
You can nicely see how mihaly was 13s mentor and how 13 picked up some of mihalys behavior.
Ah yes the home of Mihaly Dumitru Margareta Corneliu Leopold Blanca Karol Aeon Ignatius Raphael Maria Niketas A. Shilage
Isn't his home voslage?
@@2deadmen489 annexed by Erusea
@@AragornRespecter Same with the kingdom of Shilage too
Also known as Mr. X
@@2deadmen489 voslage was shilages neighbour. Shilage was annexed by erusia when Shilage was in chaos during the revolution that removed the royal family.
>The Radicals who started the Lighthouse War came out of Parliament
>Marc’s solution give Parliament more power
Big Brain idea
Which vid was that again?
*M.A.R.C.
@@Jeff-tw7jk This one, though I'm unsure where in the lore it was said or implied that more political power would be put into Erusea's legislature. It's possible that there'll be a follow-up Dispatch episiode that'll explain further.
@@jimmyseaver3647 it's from the new Aces at War art/lore book. And it makes perfect sense considering the reasons the parliament got radicalized in the first place
"Oh, boy. I sure do love being an enlisted sailor in the Erusean Royal Navy on Anchorhead Bay during September 11, 2019."
Comberth, Farbanti, and Snyder Top sailors: “first time?”
WAIT NOT SEPTEMBER 11
Farbanti is just the punching bag of whoever is the next ace of the Osean Federation. Then again it is tradition for any up and coming ace to completely destroy Farbanti.
IStandWithErusea
Well if Erusea would stop attacking Usea or Osea, their capital would stop getting that sort of treatment
Also skyeyes birthday is when farbanti always gets invaded lol
They've only been the punching bag of the Osean Federation once... I would know, I fought in the Usean Continental War. The ISAF was a conglomerate of the other Usean states.
So.....farbanti is area b7r?
I mean bringing Erusea to heel was a long term policy goal of Osea.
Looking at the map of Strangereal Osean planners must know only three countries could challenge them.
1. Yuktobania: due to its size, population, resources and its position off Osea's Eastern shores, the UYR is Osea's only real rival in terms of raw power. The solution Osean Foreign policy had for this was to co-opt Yuktobania and make them an integral part of the world system so they would have a vested interest in the status quo, essentially a détente where both recognized and respected their respected spheres of influence, Circum-Pacific War and Belkan shenanigans notwithstanding.
2. Belka, with her military, economic and industrial might not separated by any ocean or natural barriers from Osea's heartland, Belka in a form where it possesses any real strength is a mortal threat to Osea and must always be her first priority. The centuries long competition between Osea and Belka for hegemony of the Osean Continent finally came to an end with the Belkan War of 1995 and Osea has done everything in its power to keep it that way, I find it very telling that Osean interest in Usea only really began after the Belkans had been effectively dealt with.
3. Erusea. Why is Erusea a threat to Osea? Well quite simply Erusea is the only power that can possibly unify the continent of Usea, and a unified Usea would be a real threat to Osea from the West, quite possibly commanding rival amounts of industrial and economic strength, combined with advanced technology.
Osean foreign policy was split on how to handle Erusea, the faction lead by ex-president Harling wanted to co-opt Erusea much the same way Osea had with Yuktobania, hence the construction of the space elevator in the hopes that it would stimulate the Usean economy and bind the continent together in mutual cooperation, under Osean oversight of course. Now though in the wake of the Lighthouse War it looks as if the other faction, that wanted to gut Erusea like they had done to Belka will likely get their way.
Either way though at the end of the day, Osea sits in a wonderful position. At least until the Belkans find a mute ace pilot.
That’s a good theory about Strangereal geopolitics.
If true it makes me wonder if Emmeria might become a rival to Osea in the future. Like Erusea it’s an advanced country that controls most of it’s continent. With Estovakia defeated it wouldn’t take much for Emmeria to unify all of Anea and become a world superpower.
@@solarsailor1534 Perhaps but Anea seems to be fairly inward looking.
In some the materials related to AC5 they mention a G8 summit on the Arkbird, with one of the attendees being "Anea" or something thereabouts. This was obviously retconned with AC6 having three nations, Emmeria, Estovakia, and Nordennavic inhabiting the Anea continent instead.
But this has led me to a theory that explains this. It is possible that these three nations act as one when dealing with outside powers, hence the Anea representative, but still being independent. This would make them in essence already united. Think of it like in the real world if the US, Mexico, and Canada used NAFTA, or NORAD, or a weird combination of the two as their way of communication with the world outside of North America.
I recognize this theory has some problems, the most glaring being Nordennavic's ostensive "neutrality"
Basically USA
@@michaelthayer5351 The speculation is that the Anean Republic seen in AC5 existed as a concept, an analogue of the EU in the making, but whatever happened, either the Ulysses impact in Anea, the Estovakian Civil War or something else entirely cancelled any union attempts
Gracemeria je Estovakjia!
The destruction of Stonehenge is one of those video game missions that I will always remember. Flying in, destroying those cannons that terrorized us for so long, then finally getting to shoot down one of Yellow Squadron pilots. And then the sadness of Yellow 13 in the cutscene that followed.
AC04 Didn't need to have this whole bit of alternate history attached to it, but it did, and it made your actions as a player felt much larger as a whole.
I really wanted more background on how the Erusians knocked back ISAF to North point, and the beach landings of Operation Bunker Shot (AC6 and AC Infinity made the amphibious landings felt a lot more impactful).
Also man. Tango Line, all those air strips with VTOL aircraft in the craters.
Erusea captured Stonehenge early in the war so, ISAF had almost no air cover, up until the east coast. North Point was the first place they had undisputed control of the skies.
Imagine they did a spin-off game where we play as the "Villain" of the games.
That is Erusea, Belka and Leasath, etc.
Would be a rollercoaster of emotion
Namco already did that back since AC3, so there was an opportunity already to develop Strangereal.
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Erusea didn't become an Osean puppet; everyone basically ended up becoming megacorp puppets instead.
Probably the biggest down side of solving all your problems with really cool planes, is that the people who make those planes basically win no matter what...
Then why is belka a soldering husk?
@@SoloWing88 Belka is still around after causing almost every war in the series, and is *still* selling weapons without causing a fuss, which all sounds like a win to me.
I mean Grey Men kinda proved Osea was already a megacorp puppet
@@bubbasbigblast8563 *Without causing a fuss in public
iirc even the lighthouse war is tied to Belkan entrepreneurs
@@bubbasbigblast8563 they only started two war not every war and the second belkan war was caused be Osea not Belka pretty much like the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 and a lot of what osea do even the lighthouse war could be a lot of propaganda to keep there occupation of south belka (the war was caused be a ultranationalist belkan : Osea says its the fault of Belka when a lot of the reason for the war was the presence in the continent of Osea)
Finally more Ace Combat content 😩
Come to Ace Combat for the sick aircraft. Stay in Strangereal for the lore.
If we are to take the simulated war in AC3 seriously, Erusea is...kinda fubar as a true government. Also most of Usea as well. And probably the rest of the Strangereal world, too.
IT was a simulation designed to train an AI to assassinate a cucked software developer.
I think the simulation timeline can be ignored.
@@TheFlyingSailorYT INB4 Ace Combat 9 is AC 3 but for real this time
@@TheFlyingSailorYT
I'm not so sure. The guy who programmed Nemo, Simon, was an underling of the person who designed the two boss drones in AC7. And General Resources did make an appearance in the DLC missions.
There is a whole listing of theory in TVTropes to support this line of reasoning.
Usea is already under GR and Neucom by the time the simulation started
@@seancarroll9849 Yet the Electrosphere did not exist, at least not yet in AC 7, it could be the fact that the warring Nations would be willing to shoot down satellites and put the entire world on the dark, Or Doom the world with Ravens, V2's, SOLG drops, that the people grow tired of it.
That's where GR comes in, absorbing Grunder and creating the Electrosphere, so not one country would hold superior information over the other, and starts the Corporate regime that we see in AC 3
The time has come… Execute Order *MISSILE MISSILE MISSLE!*
So what you're trying to say, is that
Damn, I kinda want a Strangereal total conversion for HOI4
Most of them have failed sadly. I used to be really into hoi4 and the modding scene and they never made it that far from what I remember. Haven't been looking in a while though, maybe someone finally did it.
There's a mod called Project Ulysses which is basically HOI4 but in AC, it's still in the works but you should check it out if you're interested.
Thanks dude I just joined the Discord
Project Ulysess is still bieng worked on. Don't lose hope.
@@ShahjahanMasood how many years has it been now? How many different "devs" have come and gone? Maybe some time this year they'll announce a new 3d model for Stonehenge or something
I really hope we get an ‘aggressor’ Ace Combat one day, where the mute, godlike fighter pilot is on the side of the quote ‘bad guys’
AC7 is one of my favourite games of recent times, and the AC series in general, and that is mostly because of the soundtrack and the background story.
YEEEEEEEEAAAAHHH MORE ACE COMBAT PLEASE CONTENT PLEASE.
Would love to see an armoury episode covering the various superweapons such as the arsenal bird and Glepnir
There's so many cool things to explore in the world of Ace Combat. And while there may not always be that much to go on in the games, I really hope yall explore this world further in the future.
Now you have to do Emmeria - Estovakia war, especially now how it reflects our world current events.
GO DANCE WITH THE ANGELS!!!!
@@kuyagab4444 no no no its May the Golden King smile upon us
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Erusea has been through some serious trials and tribulations over the years.
Went from a monarchy to a fascist state to a monarchy again, in only about 10-20 years. Got hit by asteroids which crippled their infrastructure. One even hit their capital and sunk their main financial district into the ocean. They got beat in 2 of the largest wars the world had ever seen, and was Balkanized at the conclusion of the second.
Hopefully they can catch something of a break in the future, but the ending of AC7 did sort of imply that everything wasn’t entirely over. There’s gonna be quite a bit of fighting reminiscent of our world’s Yugoslavian Civil War for years.
Americans when the trees start speaking Vietnamese
Russians when the snow starts speaking Finnish
Eruseans when the sky starts singing in Latin:
Technically that’s EVERYONE on Strangereal
We'll see if in Ace Combat 8 whether the Osean Federation will finally become the antagonist.
Burn Osea to the ground.
Cue a Trump/Biden/both expy. Or even better, Not!Senator Armstrong with a Belkan equivalent of nanomachines. "Non Critical AReas son!"
It wasn’t in AC7?
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You play an Osean in AC7
@@Dagreatdudeman actually it has always been implied in almost all of the series that the OSEA was an antagonist given how they schemed and drove the situation that culminates into an actual war.
I mean just take a real-world example...that certain nation and its Military Industrial Complex who always profits from countries around the world and blatantly lies about their cause such as "fReEdOm", "deMoCrAcY", and "LiBeRtY" or other BS.
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..That’s not Erusea. That’s Hoffnung, Belka.
Images get reused for other stuff all the time if they fit the reference
@@KillerOrca …I seem to be in the wrong, then. I’m sorry.
@@DiehardMechWarrior
You aren't wrong at all. That is Hoffnung. But the image is useful for the video along with being in the same game series.
Oh Erusea. The enemy that was misunderstood during AC04.
Yellow Squadron's Aquila theme got stuck in my head for days.
From time to time I feel the need to listen to "Prevail" from the OST.
Absolutely love your channel and your approach to studying fictional lore! Have you guys ever considered covering any Gundam content? There is such a deep well of lore and I think it fits very well with your style of videos. Id love to see a faction profile on the Principality of Zeon of the Earth Federation. You could make arsenal Investigations on any of the literal thousands of mobile suit designs. Every mobile suit design has detailed lore and development histories. I think you guys can make a ton of great content from it!
I would LOVE to see the Templin institute cover Gundam. I know anime usually isn’t their thing, but Gundam lore is every bit as expansive and detailed as Star Trek and Star Wars, only more grounded in reality.
Would love them cover Cosmic Era. It has a global pandemic besides the global war that restructures Earth's borders and a Cold War sort of situation between Atlantic Federation (the USA of CE) and Eurasian Federation (the USSR of CE). Not sure if the pandemic in our world will usher the rise of genetic modifications to make us more resilient to diseases and faster, smarter and stronger and might cause a discrimination mankind hasn't seen in all of its history of existence.
@@Joshua_N-A That's another great aspect of Gundam, there are multiple universes to explore with so much awesome lore! I really feel its a perfect match for the Templin Institute.
@@solarsailor1534 Totally agree. We are talking nearly 50 years of lore here. I had someone explain to me once that Gundam is like Japan's Star Wars.
"you defiled this country!" "As long as you occupy this country we will never known peace!" - Sol 2
The fact Erusea went from Federal Republic to Constitutional Monarchy in a Contemporary period and pulled it off convincingly absolutely fascinates me. It's such a fantastic story element more typical of something you'd see in, like... idk, Game of Thrones or something, yet it's presented in a (reasonably) grounded and real geopolitical setting _without_ being a joke or minor element. It's probably why I became a monarchist in the first place.
I think 'Yellow Squadron' and 'Sol Squadron' is one of the most memorable Ace in the Ace Combat lore. Despite those characters like Yellow13 and Mihaly were have such good background between them.
Mobius 1 and Trigger: "I'm about to end this whole man's career".
Ace combat content? Love to see it
I'd love an Ace Combat FPS
I wouldn't even care if it'd be basically a reskinned Battlefield 4
Starting with the 'Usean Continental War' with two campaigns (Erusea and ISAF) and side stories from occupations would be mint in an age of tasteless monetized games. Combine BF1 immersion, and BF3 fun (but in the late 90's to early 2000's) in the multiplayer.
Open the campaign shooting down asteroids as the Spaceguard Turret Network to make the damage that occurs feel like your fault for the tragic post planetfall events occurring. Erusean main story ends with you being cycled back into San Salvacion actually meeting the Yellow Squadron at the iconic bar. ISAF ends with you at megalith, which then unlocks the Erusean defensive battles from their side and Free Erusea campaign parts for both.
If that succeeds, then comes The Belkan War. 'The Inferno' has to be one the of the most horrifying immersive experiences to tell in an FPS. Rated M borderline AO game for sure. Tons of bodies (probably people the MC knows), heartbreak, and arson. Lead in for A World with No Boundaries (expansion missions) and Grey Men introduction for the Circum Pacific War.
An 'Avanti Savoia!' ending indeed for these "losers" campaigns. If they can keep with the mood of their classic aesthetic of the times and cutscenes, it will sell. I have been denied my Osean scalp collection accolades and JPEG Dog tags for too long.
Templin Institute: "Erusea has known triumph and tragedy, first as a Kingdom, then as a Federal Republic, and now again as a Kingdom restored."
AC Vets: "Tragedy... it's just tragedy.."
Erusea Fans: "There is nothing new under the sun."
The real tragedy is them losing all the time and the royal family and common citizens not realizing that the military is always acting pretty sus.
I want to play as either Erusean or Belkan fighting against Useans at least. Hopefully in AC8 or 9. And they don't even need to be in the right, I wouldn't mind being a bad guy winning for once.
Erusea is one of my most favorite countries in the AC world. They're like that world's Germany.. but with a constitutional monarchy and they're orange.
Well no, that world's Germany is Belka, Erusea is closer to France/Italy with such names as Cosette d'Elise and Farbanti
Belka is actually the Germany of their world. Erusea is more like France and Italy.
@@gabilax2745 I always thought of Belka as Austria not Germany. So Erusia getting an L and losing some of their land gives me a German vibe.
@@mill2712 With a Russian foreign policy. Complete with _insisting_ that those countries that broke off from it have no right to actually, you know, choose their own path in the world, and invading them over bullshit slights.
@@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4 you seriously need to step up your analytic skill.
I've been here ever since your Scinfaxi video. I'm always excited for the Templin Institute to explore Ace Combat.
It was always fun when Erusea was the villains. (Played Ace Combat 4, skipped all the other Ace games over the years, then got a ps4 and jumped into Ace Combat 7) Like the same war just part 2, from my perspective. (Very surprised, then happy to fight the old frenemy, then got ptsd from the first war)
I have no knowledge of Ace Combat whatsoever nor do I care to play it at all, but this has got to be one of Templin's best videos yet.
Would you guys ever think of covering the new factions of the project wingman game? The Cascadian Independent Federation, the Pacific Federation, and the mercenary company Sicario?
Good idea!
how about no? im getting sick of every moron on this side of the internet "thirsting" for that self-titled "king's" co-pilot BROAD. same applies to Comic and that Oceanian mercenary turncoat.
Given that Strangereal's future after 2020 already exists to some extent (Ace Combat 3 is set in 2040), there's at least one or two wars left there, methinks, before we hit the Usean Corporate Wars.
Ace Combat has actually proven to be my favorite fictional world. I'd love to see a show flesh it out or just more games.
> Templin Institute enters the Strangereal
**It's time** ☢️
Holy crap, I subscribed today because of your Ace Combat vids, and seeing a new one is a welcome surprise!
With each new game, the world of Strangereal gets closer to the futuristic world of Ace Combat 3.
Anyway, I've been expecting this video for some time. Now all we need are some HiCom videos on the Usean Continental War and the Lighthouse War.
It's kind of a mix between France and Italy
I'd love to see more Ace Combat investigations!
hell yes more ace combat
Why can’t a country with advanced military technology win for once in ace combat stories?
I can watch the beginning plot and immediately guess the result for almost every ace combat series by now.
That's because you are a better pilot than their technology can handle. Keep it up bossman
@@2deadmen489 AC protagonists are just built differently.
Or in the case of AC5, EVERYONE involved had superweapons.
Or in AC6 it's just that the marigold is just too busted.
@@A_annoying_rodent Allied Support is a Superweapon tbh
You have to realize that the protagonist is the only super weapon worth having.
Becuase they can’t produce enough of it quickly enough.
Oh damn, finally someone acknowledges Ace Combat 3D, the reboot to Ace combat 2
Truly , a masterpiece lost in time
Ace Combat actual lore
*Megalith intencifies
Waiting for that next Ace combat game with a story jus as good as this past game
There should be a video on Belka, seeing as how much their actions have affected a few of the wars in Strangereal.
Erusea trying not to spawn free erusea degenerates every other year (impossible challenge)
Imagine losing your capital twice on the same day 15 years apart
Valkyria Chronicles - alternate history WWII game by SEGA.
Ace Combat(Strangereal) - alternate universe modern warfare by Namco.
Both have no correlation but the implementation of the "anime esthetic" gave both games great world building.
Its so weird to me that this in the same universe as Ace Attorney. The more you know!
eh no, Ace Combat is set in Strangereal and it has nothing to do with Ace Attorney universe, where did you get that from?
@@DuyNghia7 Twas a joke, as they both start with "Ace"
Phoenix Wright defends Trigger in court and manages to get him acquitted against all odds, even with the extremely rigged investigation.
@@Spudtron98
Dammit, somebody make that mod, because I want to play that 🤣
Game: here, that's the conservative faction, they are you're friends.
Players: aight, cool.
*1 mission later*
Players:.....jesus christ....you guys are somehow even worse than the radicals!!
*As of 1PM today, the Kingdom Of Erusea has declared war on the Osean Federation....*
Erusians really do have a protagonist complex
OSEA doesn’t need to justify its war crimes 😎
I’ve just started playing Ace Combat 7 for the first time so this was really useful
Please give the Templin Institute treatment to UN Spacy, Macross! You guys are great!!
just replayed ac4 and finished ac7 for the first time and this is here waiting for me apparently
All hail to Rosa I Queen of all Erusians
*Radio static* "O azure' skies and emerald plains where freedom and justice prevail! With courage and strength we will fight to end for our liberty and our land!"
"YEEEEHAWWWW!!!"
I find the Ace combat universe fascinating and was super pleased to see a video about its factions
YESSSSSSS ! At last !
《Go dance with the Angels Mister》
Oh wait, wrong Strangereal continent
Can't wait to hear how JPEG dog is the villainous mastermind of Strangereal
can we PLEASE have an Ace Combat Game where we kick Osean ass, majority of the entire strangereal world history is rooted to their greed
It's good to see more Ace Combat lore here!
The people of Erusia have suffered greatly at the hands of their leaders. It's tragic.
God, I hope we get a ace combat set in the 1960’s or mid 1970’s
If project aces had a massive budget , we wouldve already get SEU "strangereal expanded universe"
this would be epic
Long live the Kingdom Euresea
Holy **** This look like a serious documentary Great job!😁
Who is here for based Erusean Princess?
anime waifu princess*
Whos here for jpeg dog?
She deserves more love
Whos here for Mihaly Dumitru Margareta Corneliu Leopold Blanca Karol Aeon Ignatius Raphael Maria Niketas A. Shilage
@@nerv5th The original G.
Can't wait for cascadia next!
I’ve been waiting for this!
I am a simple man. When I see Ace Combat content I like the video.
"Bandit approaching fast from the rear!"
full ace combat series?
A WW2-based AC could expand further the timeline
So the Eruseans somehow conquered a continent sized object in 1 day but let's not worry about that
In Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies, the spelling for the people of Erusea is "Erusian" however it was retconned to "Erusean" in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown.
Erusea declares war? Brb buying stocks in salvage companies
Friendly reminder that Belka sparked the Lighthouse War indirectly
Yay! More Ace Combat!