-SKIES UNKNOWN, 2019-

"You and I are opposites of the same coin. When we face eachother, we can finally face our true selves. There may be a resemblance, but we'd never face the same direction."

68th Experimental Squadron, "Sol Squadron"

The Lighthouse War / The Second Continental War

-Part of the Ace Combat series of characters-

THE LIGHTHOUSE WAR, 2019

It is May 2019. The world is engulfed in the Lighthouse War, a massive continental conflict sparked by years of escalating geopolitical tension. In the early 2010s, the Osean Federation spearheaded the construction of the International Space Elevator (ISEV) in the Usean region of Gunther Bay. Osea claimed the massive structure was built to supply limitless solar energy to a continent still devastated by the 1994 Ulysses asteroid disaster. However, to protect the ISEV, Osea permanently stationed heavily armed military forces and two massive, drone-carrying aerial warships, the Arsenal Birds, in Usean airspace.

To the fiercely proud Kingdom of Erusea, this was not foreign aid; it was a soft-power invasion and an unacceptable expansion of Osean imperialism. Radical Erusean officers successfully convinced the Royal Family, including Princess Rosa Cossette D'Elise, that Osea intended to choke Usean sovereignty.

On May 15, 2019, Erusea retaliated. They executed a flawless, synchronized surprise attack, using civilian cargo ships to deploy swarms of MQ-99 drones that annihilated Osean aircraft carriers while they were still in port. Simultaneously, Erusean forces seized the Space Elevator, nicknamed the "Lighthouse" and took control of the Arsenal Birds. The Osean military is now reeling, launching desperate, uncoordinated counter-attacks that are routinely slaughtered by Erusean air defenses. Erusea holds absolute air superiority.

THE KINGDOM OF ERUSEA

Erusea is a nation defined by its fierce independence, resilience, and aeronautical mastery. Located on the western coast of the Usean continent, the country suffered catastrophic damage from the Ulysses 1994XF04 asteroid impact and subsequent defeats in prior continental conflicts. However, Erusea possesses a terrifying capacity for rapid industrial mobilization. Now a restored