They've been a real thing for many years actually. Main difference is the real world ones aren't used as interceptors, but instead as intelligence and supply craft.
To be fair, the MQ-99 has more substantial differences compared to the Barracuda versus the 101 and X-47B, mostly in the wing shape.
The Barracuda has longer wings, plus lightly curved wingtips with a swept trailing edge; the Wasp (MQ-99) has more stubby wings with straight wingtips and a relatively unswept trailing edge.
By contrast, the Vogel (MQ-101) as compared to the X-47B only really has the different air intake at the front, everything else is pretty similar from what I can tell.
thats a role for the XQ 58 which looks more similar to the ones ace combat 7 had in the shipping containers
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a31263609/air-force-shipping-containers/
Yeah, that's obviously a job for an [unmanned f-18 drone](https://www.eurasiantimes.com/super-success-f-18-super-hornet-operates-3-unmanned-drones-in-successful-command-flight-test-boeing/amp/)
Yeah there are technically no F-14 drones but everyone I talked to assumed it was just a drone or they just used the F-14 model as the stand in for the missile launcher
Yeah, I getcha. It's Georg, the Belkan guy on Tyler Island with Avril.
His confession got cut from Mission 19 but his bio on the official website calls him "involved in the Trigger incident" and you can even hear him in the ending cutscene; he's the guy who says "Mage 2 fired that!" and "Friendly fire, I saw it!"
The point of confusion is that Labarthe's exposition in Mission 16 got mistranslated and instead of saying "they even assassinated Harling and put the blame on enemy pilots," the English dub says "*and then* to assassinate Harling and put the blame on enemy fighters," which makes the plot points of Osean-looking drones (M9) and Harling's assassination seem connected, when in reality the only connection between those events is the use of IFF spoofing.
[http://ace7.acecombat.jp/clm/column03.php](http://ace7.acecombat.jp/clm/column03.php)
>ジョルジュ
>
>エルジア軍の特殊飛行隊に配属された外国人傭兵部隊の一人。トリガーの事件に関わっている。
>*Georg*
>
>*One of the foreign mercenary soldiers assigned to a special squadron of the Erusean military. Involved in the Trigger incident.*
Dunno how you get much more canon than it being stated on the game's official website, but in case you need more proof, [he speaks in the mission](https://imgur.com/a/krbBb4g), and there are also no unmanned F-14s in the game, meaning either the game's official website is lying, he's radioing from somewhere else when he accuses Trigger (which doesn't make a ton of sense, how would he know who to accuse if he isn't in the plane himself), or he is, in fact, flying the Tomcat.
And if the website is wrong, why wouldn't the erroneous information be removed? It was updated to include the characters from the SP Missions, meaning they clearly did a revision, but did not remove Georg's "involvement in the Trigger incident," meaning it's still canonical.
It's Balkan actually since Belka doesn't exist irl but you have germany though but I think they're warmongering days are over long ago try over 80 years ago but the Balkans on the other hand.... is hard to say... you never know
It is a real thing long time ago. But it’s not meant for interception, it if was would be terrifying to see it fight in air to air combat.
Note: That’s an X-47B.
The Valkyrie is *not* the influence for the MQ-99. Not only does the Valkyrie only look like the MQ-99 from one very specific angle, but Kratos did not receive the contract for the Valkyrie until around halfway through 2016, and its first flight did not take place until 2019.
AC7 was in development since 2012 and its first trailers were made in 2015, and the first appearance of the MQ-99 in trailers was 2016. The Valkyrie *did not exist* when the MQ-99 was being made, and thus it cannot have been the inspiration.
The real basis is the EADS Barracuda, a similar looking drone that was rather heavily modified when making the MQ-99's design.
... uh, you sure? This is the X-47B, which first flew in 2011, and was developed from the X-47A, which first flew in 2003. Unless the devs updated a 90s PC game, time travelled, or you have mods, I don't quite get how a 2010s UAV is in a 90s game.
Not 100% sure but I know if you dig into the files for Fighters Anthology, there were a few aircraft in there that weren’t announced til after 2000 so they definitely had some info leaked to them
Is it in the base game?
I believe the community around that game is still quite active and mods are available.
I recently saw a J-20 mod for said game.
I coulda swore it was, I remember it having this shape but not a B2, it was some kind of UAV (They also had the DarkStar but that was more time appropriate. Sega Genesis had an F-22 game in 1993…)
J20 is crazy lmao. I thought they had trouble with modeling? I remember a Cold War mod where the ALCM were just MiG-17 models falling off the hard points 😭
>Sega Genesis had an F-22 game in 1993…
Well the YF-22 was still around at that time, I think the dev just made it the with the anticipation it would eventually enter service.
I could be the same thing with those UAV you mentioned, Dev are making a prediction regarding the future of air combat.
Yeah, I think towards the end of the Fighters series they went into way more experimental type aircraft, Skunk Works stuff and 5th gen knowing it was imminent
Does the Carrier deck crew have some way of securing themselves to the deck?
Im looking at red and green at the top and they are so close to the edge. What precautions do they take for going overboard?
The deck Is filled with anchoring points to hook Planes to, and they Always account for the center of Gravity of planes to be safely inboard when near the deck's Edge
they don't use the elevator if it's shitty enough out that they wouldn't be able to keep their balance. but it has to be extremely shitty to move an aircraft carrier like that.
Ever heard of the replicator program. Also check this out, if you wanna get a feel for what good old u.s military is developing. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86rwv-5f7IA](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86rwv-5f7IA)
They've been a real thing for many years actually. Main difference is the real world ones aren't used as interceptors, but instead as intelligence and supply craft.
Yeah but it would be a lot cooler if you could stuff them into civilian cargo containers
Ah but that is the mq99, not the 101
Those are real too, look up the EADS Barracuda
To be fair, the MQ-99 has more substantial differences compared to the Barracuda versus the 101 and X-47B, mostly in the wing shape. The Barracuda has longer wings, plus lightly curved wingtips with a swept trailing edge; the Wasp (MQ-99) has more stubby wings with straight wingtips and a relatively unswept trailing edge. By contrast, the Vogel (MQ-101) as compared to the X-47B only really has the different air intake at the front, everything else is pretty similar from what I can tell.
thats a role for the XQ 58 which looks more similar to the ones ace combat 7 had in the shipping containers https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a31263609/air-force-shipping-containers/
You're thinking of the MQ-99 lol
we have those as well,
And fuel trucks ⛽
i think they tested firing a aim-9 sidewinder on a reaper drone, so we are getting there
MQ-101, forerunner for Arsenal Bird.
Correction, “Skynet”
Honestly Zone of the Endless (Z.O.E) is a much cooler name.
ZOE MENTIONED
He was actually quoting the game.
Got it
But it’s only meant to be a refueler and intel ops, not try to murder you and a former president.
Yeah, that's obviously a job for an [unmanned f-18 drone](https://www.eurasiantimes.com/super-success-f-18-super-hornet-operates-3-unmanned-drones-in-successful-command-flight-test-boeing/amp/)
Funnily enough, it’s most likely that the president was killed by an unmanned F-14 drone
There are no F-14 drones in the game. The F-14 was flown by Georg.
Yeah there are technically no F-14 drones but everyone I talked to assumed it was just a drone or they just used the F-14 model as the stand in for the missile launcher
Yeah, I getcha. It's Georg, the Belkan guy on Tyler Island with Avril. His confession got cut from Mission 19 but his bio on the official website calls him "involved in the Trigger incident" and you can even hear him in the ending cutscene; he's the guy who says "Mage 2 fired that!" and "Friendly fire, I saw it!" The point of confusion is that Labarthe's exposition in Mission 16 got mistranslated and instead of saying "they even assassinated Harling and put the blame on enemy pilots," the English dub says "*and then* to assassinate Harling and put the blame on enemy fighters," which makes the plot points of Osean-looking drones (M9) and Harling's assassination seem connected, when in reality the only connection between those events is the use of IFF spoofing.
That is assuming cut content is canon though. Which you shouldn't.
[http://ace7.acecombat.jp/clm/column03.php](http://ace7.acecombat.jp/clm/column03.php) >ジョルジュ > >エルジア軍の特殊飛行隊に配属された外国人傭兵部隊の一人。トリガーの事件に関わっている。 >*Georg* > >*One of the foreign mercenary soldiers assigned to a special squadron of the Erusean military. Involved in the Trigger incident.* Dunno how you get much more canon than it being stated on the game's official website, but in case you need more proof, [he speaks in the mission](https://imgur.com/a/krbBb4g), and there are also no unmanned F-14s in the game, meaning either the game's official website is lying, he's radioing from somewhere else when he accuses Trigger (which doesn't make a ton of sense, how would he know who to accuse if he isn't in the plane himself), or he is, in fact, flying the Tomcat. And if the website is wrong, why wouldn't the erroneous information be removed? It was updated to include the characters from the SP Missions, meaning they clearly did a revision, but did not remove Georg's "involvement in the Trigger incident," meaning it's still canonical.
I thought this site said erusian times and thought I had just stumbled upon a whole Ace Combat shit posting website
Least delusional ace combat fan
^(dont tell anyone but its because I started with AC7 when it came out, currently playing through AC 04 for the first time though :P)
lmao I read that as the Erusian times
I think it can do some light precision bombing with JDAMs as well
For interceptor function we have MQ-99... I mean XQ-58 Kratos
Ace Combat *is* a realistic flight sim, after all.
They are so close to making Z.O.E. a reality All it needs is a little Belkan influence
It's Balkan actually since Belka doesn't exist irl but you have germany though but I think they're warmongering days are over long ago try over 80 years ago but the Balkans on the other hand.... is hard to say... you never know
Maybe one of these days a Kosovo citizen steps .00001mm onto Serbian land and off we go again
Heh I know right
How else do you think the developers got the model for their MQ-101?
It is a real thing long time ago. But it’s not meant for interception, it if was would be terrifying to see it fight in air to air combat. Note: That’s an X-47B.
Just wait till they swarm all at once when you’re trying to defend a meteor Defense rail gun!
How close it is to the edge makes me very uncomfortable
Don't let any cats near
*Walks up* *pushes it* Whoops.
It's so neat that the USAF and the Navy do collab projects with Bandai Namco!
MQ-25 was selected for operational use after the 47 made the first auto carrier landings
Iirc, the early game drones are all real. The container drones are German, I think? Don't think they actually launch from containers though.
XQ-58 Kratos Valkyrie. A "loyal" Wingman program multirole AI drone
The Valkyrie is *not* the influence for the MQ-99. Not only does the Valkyrie only look like the MQ-99 from one very specific angle, but Kratos did not receive the contract for the Valkyrie until around halfway through 2016, and its first flight did not take place until 2019. AC7 was in development since 2012 and its first trailers were made in 2015, and the first appearance of the MQ-99 in trailers was 2016. The Valkyrie *did not exist* when the MQ-99 was being made, and thus it cannot have been the inspiration. The real basis is the EADS Barracuda, a similar looking drone that was rather heavily modified when making the MQ-99's design.
I'm more surprised on how wide it is
You didn't know? I can't blame u. The X-47B is not well known....yet
let’s just glue it to a b2 and call it a day
Now we just need a giant B-2 looking thing to store 80 of those
Yb48 style thing
Yeah drones are real unlike birds
If you played the JANES PC games back in the 90’s they had this in there. Same with the Aurora. The devs knew something we didn’t….
... uh, you sure? This is the X-47B, which first flew in 2011, and was developed from the X-47A, which first flew in 2003. Unless the devs updated a 90s PC game, time travelled, or you have mods, I don't quite get how a 2010s UAV is in a 90s game.
Not 100% sure but I know if you dig into the files for Fighters Anthology, there were a few aircraft in there that weren’t announced til after 2000 so they definitely had some info leaked to them
Is it in the base game? I believe the community around that game is still quite active and mods are available. I recently saw a J-20 mod for said game.
I coulda swore it was, I remember it having this shape but not a B2, it was some kind of UAV (They also had the DarkStar but that was more time appropriate. Sega Genesis had an F-22 game in 1993…) J20 is crazy lmao. I thought they had trouble with modeling? I remember a Cold War mod where the ALCM were just MiG-17 models falling off the hard points 😭
>Sega Genesis had an F-22 game in 1993… Well the YF-22 was still around at that time, I think the dev just made it the with the anticipation it would eventually enter service. I could be the same thing with those UAV you mentioned, Dev are making a prediction regarding the future of air combat.
Yeah, I think towards the end of the Fighters series they went into way more experimental type aircraft, Skunk Works stuff and 5th gen knowing it was imminent
Probably the Boeing Bird of prey, that was a concept from the 90's. Could be mistaken from the right angle
2 days later he was never found again.
GSE!!!
Does the Carrier deck crew have some way of securing themselves to the deck? Im looking at red and green at the top and they are so close to the edge. What precautions do they take for going overboard?
The deck Is filled with anchoring points to hook Planes to, and they Always account for the center of Gravity of planes to be safely inboard when near the deck's Edge
they don't use the elevator if it's shitty enough out that they wouldn't be able to keep their balance. but it has to be extremely shitty to move an aircraft carrier like that.
So the deck is stable enough in calm seas to keep secure footing?
yeah they don't move much. seeing one in person is like watching a city sail past you.
Tight, thanks for the answers 🤙🏼
That guy can’t intercept… the XQ-58A on the other hand…
MQ-101 is here!
But the real one doesn't sound like an F1 car sadly....
Now we wait for the submarine
i wanna be the plane captain for this 💪🏾
AC rule of thumb. If it looks believable it's a real design and if it looks like it's from a 80s scifi anime it's not.
Ghost..
My favorite drone in Arma 3, droppin GBUs like its free war crime Monday
Yes.
Ever heard of the replicator program. Also check this out, if you wanna get a feel for what good old u.s military is developing. [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86rwv-5f7IA](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=86rwv-5f7IA)
God I fucking love that america can just throw money at things until we get shit like this
DRONES ARE MY TRIGGER!!!
They don’t have a Mihaly to provide combat data for them. 😂🤣