History FanFic / MuvLuvComet

** A [=TSF=] Battalion Commander, [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker sporting a beard, eyepatch, and cigar]], with the callsign "[[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4 Old Snake]]".

The United States Space Force focuses on {{Drop Pod}}ding [=TSF=]s from space into enemy lines and [[UsefulNotes/WildWeasel hunting down]] Laser-class BETA to allow their allies an easier time to fight the BETA. Enter [[LightNovel/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse Yuuya Bridges]]. Having been selected to join the USSF after trouble with his old unit, Yuuya goes from rookie to veteran after his first mission in Europe. Assigned to the newly formed Comet Squadron of the 114th Orbital Regiment, Yuuya and his fellow pilots continue fighting BETA around the world. Meanwhile, other forces are secretly ensuring the US will stay active in their fight in the BETA and stop those who threaten it, no matter what.

* MaleGaze: The first thing Yuuya notices about Tarisa is that ShesGotLegs.

** An [[LyricalNanoha Admiral Harlaown]] is Director of the Pentagon's J5 Plans & Policy Directorate.

* YanksWithTanks: Various arms of the US Military are seen throughout the fic, from the [=TSF=] pilots of the Space Force, to the [[SemperFi USMC Force Recon TSF squadrons]], to tankers and normal soldiers.

** The [[AceCombat5TheUnsungWar 9482nd TSF squadron]] appears to escort Air Force One. [[spoiler: Just like their original incarnation, the 8492nd, they betray the President]].
** Anderson quotes TheGodfather to Yuuko: "Try the veal, it's the best in the city."
** The Comets assist a [[AceCombatAssaultHorizon French squadron, callsign Lion, in North Africa]].

* OperationBlank: Operation Crucible, the largest deployment of US forces since WW2, [[spoiler: aimed at destroying the Maryland Hive.]]

The United States Space Force focuses on [[DropPod Drop Podding]] [=TSF=]s from space into enemy lines and [[UsefulNotes/WildWeasel hunting down]] Laser-class BETA to allow their allies an easier time to fight the BETA. Enter [[LightNovel/MuvLuvAlternativeTotalEclipse Yuuya Bridges]]. Having been selected to join the USSF after trouble with his old unit, Yuuya goes from rookie to veteran after his first mission in Europe. Assigned to the newly formed Comet Squadron of the 114th Orbital Regiment, Yuuya and his fellow pilots continue fighting BETA around the world. Meanwhile, other forces are secretly ensuring the US will stay active in their fight in the BETA and stop those who threaten it, no matter what.

* AnyoneCanDie: As expected of a MuvLuv story; in Yuuya's first combat mission, he and his wingman end up being the only survivors of their squadron.

NeedsMoreLove.

* TheStationsOfCanon: Toyed with in Chapter 8. For the most part, it follows canon, though there are some twists here and there - for instance, Ibrahim and Yuuya have both heard of each other, and are mutual admirers.

* As in canon, [[FriendlySnipe Stella]] saves Yuuya's bacon just before Tarisa cooks his goose.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Max Grey stays behind to detonate the [=C7MD=] charges, killing the BETA and himself.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The general Space Force's opinion of the Black Widow II. While it is an awesome, it lacks combat endurance and the logistics issues make it unappealing as a replacement for the Strike Eagle, especially since costs mean that the Space Force can't afford to do a one for one replacement.

** [[spoiler: The UN plans to drop a nuke on the Maryland Hive before the BETA deploy Laser-class. They're eventually talked out of it by the US, which mounts a Hive assault, though the Comets note that if the assault fails, the ''US'' will probably nuke the hive.]]

* RankUp: Yuuya starts as a 2nd Lt., before being promoted to 1st Lt. in the prologue. [[spoiler: Later, after the Battle of Maryland and Operation Crucible, he's promoted to Captain.]]

* [[ReassignedToAntarcticaToAntartica Reassigned to Alaska]]: Inverted; this time around, Yuuya is being explicitly requested for by the XFJ Plan. Unlike in Total Eclipse, where the assignment was treated as a punishment, it's instead explicitly portrayed as a necessary evil. It helps that they're asking for a decorated war hero instead of a cocky punk.

* [[ReassignmentToAntartica reassignment to Alaska]]: Inverted; this time around, Yuuya is being explicitly requested for by the XFJ Plan. Unlike in Total Eclipse, where the assignment was treated as a punishment, it's instead explicitly portrayed as a necessary evil. It helps that they're asking for a decorated war hero instead of a cocky punk.

** A lot of characters from Franchise/MassEffect appear. [[VideoGame/MassEffect1 David Anderson]] is the Secretary of Defense, while [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 Jack Harper]] is Director of the CIA. Also, Commander [[MarkMeer Mark]] Shepard testified before Congress on the idiocy of the Army and Pentagon's plans, and was Yuuya's instructor in the Space Force. Like his original counterpart [[spoiler: Jack Harper, aka The Illusive Man, is head of the secretive Cerberus organization.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The general Space Force's opinion of the Black Widow II. While it is an awesome, it lacks combat endurace and the logistics issues make it unappealing as a replacement for the Strike Eagle, especially since costs mean that the Space Force can't afford to do a one for one replacement.

* GenreSavvy: [[spoiler: General O'Neil realizes the DC Hive landing was allowed to happen after noticing how conveniently the local forces were nearby hours before the landing and including all the necessary equipment needed to help them.]]

* StrangeBedfellows: Anderson and Harper share a well-known mutual dislike of each other. That they actually agree on the proposed new anti-BETA strategy is one of the things that convinces President Ashford to support their proposal.