History WMG / ProjectWingman

There's a lot of meaning packed into Crimson 1's insignia (and Crimson Team's insignia for that matter). The red crown is an obvious foil to Monarch's own crown insignia. However, Monarch's crown can double as a butterfly, with the "body" shaped in a way that suggests at least two joined segments. Crimson's however resembles something else. The body in noticeably tinier and is almost just a straight line segment. Each "wing" also contains four red segments that seem to ''emanate'' from that line. Considering what happens mid-way through the campaign and the finale? One way to interpret this symbol would actually be a [[spoiler:''cordium explosion'' on impact]].

[[WMG: The final boss was [[YouAreAlreadyDead already dying]] throughout phase 4]]

[[WMG: The deal between Sicario and Cascadia involved [[EmptyQuiver stolen cordium weapons,]] or the plans to make them.]]

[[WMG: No, like he really is one of those [[spoiler:Kennedys]]]]

[[WMG: Prez dies if she's with you in the final mission]]

[[WMG: The object that the Federation [[spoiler:found in Oceania, referenced by Faust, is a nuclear weapon]]]]

[[WMG: Driver is actually an experienced pilot who was transferred into the reserve force]]

Listen carefully to some of [[spoiler:Crimson 1's]] taunting in the latter missions, claiming to having heard that Monarch was offered a deal by the Cascadian Independence Force and presuming it had something to do with holding power in Cascadia. Where would the Federation possibly hear that? From someone who heard Kaiser's offer from Cascadia when he went roaming after Prospero. Either a spy, Federation loyalist, or an ex-mercenary who decided to throw in with Feds much like Frost. [[spoiler:When Crimson 1, who is also from Cascadia, heard this, he became furious that a mercenary was earning more respect from his homeland than he was. This and probably formal reprimands for his repeated failures to shoot down Monarch when he had the advantage at the Cordium extraction facility caused him to snap.]]

* Jossed. Grunder Industries was shut down in the 2020s.

** Further supported by looking at Driver's [[FreezeFrameBonus reservist credentials.]] His rank is censored, but shows seven hashes for one word, and if the Federation took after the US Air Force, that one-word rank would spell either [[TheCaptain Captain]] or [[ColonelBadass Colonel]], so he's pretty high up for a reservist.

** Further supported by looking at Driver's [[FreezeFrameBonus reservist credentials.]] His rank is censored, but shows seven hashes for one word, and if the Federation took after the US Air Force, that one word rank would spell either [[TheCaptain Captain]] or [[ColonelBadass Colonel]], so he's pretty high up for a reservist.

[[WMG:The Federation learned about parts of "The Deal" when Kaiser was on his recruiting push and led to the events at the end of the game]]

[[WMG:The Federation's military will likely spin off into "Freikorps" style units post-war.]]

If Crimson 1, who is effectively a Federal Globalist in spite being a Cascadian, can go down with this, chances are there are a lot more furious soon-to-be-ex-Federation troops who are going to level the blame at the wrong group and won't work with the Federation government postwar, either becoming mercenaries themselves or paramilitaries within the Federation.
[[WMG: Prez dies if she's with you in the final mission.]]

[[WMG: The object that the Federation [[spoiler:found in Oceania, referenced by Faust, is a nuclear weapon.]]]]

[[spoiler:Think, Australia of our world holds half the world's uranium supply, meaning they could have the resources to construct weapons of any kind. And ''Project Wingman'' takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth that was similar to our own world before the Calamity. Since Australia is a US ally, it could be possible that American nukes could have ended up in Oceania from any surviving US forces trying to escape or maybe even pre-placed nukes. And nuclear weapons could help explain why the Federation invaded Oceania; mercenaries with modern equipment? Bad. Mercenaries with modern equipment and nuclear weapons? Very bad.]]

[[spoiler:It could also explain where the Federation could build cordium weapons if they're akin to nuclear warheads. 15 years could be enough time to go from nuclear theory to cordium warheads.]]

[[WMG: Driver is actually an experienced pilot who was transferred into the reserve force.]]

[[spoiler:Think, Australia of our world hold half the world's uranium supply, meaning they could have the resources to construct weapons of any kind. And ''Project Wingman'' takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth that was similar to our own world before the Calamity. Since Australia is a US ally, it could be possible that American nukes could have ended up in Oceania from any surviving US forces trying to escape or maybe even pre-placed nukes. And nuclear weapons could help explain why the Federation invaded Oceania; mercenaries with modern equipment? Bad. Mercenaries with modern equipment and nuclear weapons? Very bad.]]

If Crimson 1, who is effectively a Federal Globalist in spite being a Cascadian, can go down with this, chances are there are a lot more furious soon-to-be-ex-Federation troops who are going to level the blame at the wrong group and won't work with the Federation government post war, either becoming mercenaries themselves or paramilitaries within the Federation.

Thus, components of the Pacific Federation's military deliberately hid their actual plans to either try to terrify the Cascadians into backing off again by demonstrating a willingness to keep using such weapons, or outright deny Cascadia any useful territory (thus enforcing 'victory at what cost'). Crimson 1, for various reasons happened to belong to this, but even without him present they might well have stabbed their own government and troops not in on the plan in the back to try and win the war. Naturally, this could fairly easily be spun into an ultranationalist "the civilian government backstabbed the military" direction ala Germany post-[=WW1=] - a stubborn refusal to acknowledge defeat, or blaming that defeat on someone else. If Crimson 1, who is effectively a Federal Globalist in spite being a Cascadian, can go down with this, chances are there are a lot more furious soon-to-be-ex-Federation troops who are going to level the blame at the wrong group and won't work with the Federation government post war, either becoming mercenaries themselves or paramilitaries within the Federation.

* Before her death, [[spoiler:General Faust mentions that the Federation discovered an object that all mercenaries hold as holy. It's something of importance that even Faust is concerned about it. And she states that it's something the mercs could use if the war is prolonged. So what could be considered so horrible? The idea is simple: Nuclear weapons of some kind.]]

[[spoiler:Think, Australia of our world hold half the world's uranium supply, meaning they could have the resources to construct weapons of any kind. And ''Project Wingman'' takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth that was similar to our own world before the Calamity. Since Australia is a US ally, it could be possible that American nukes could have ended up in Oceania from any surviving US forces trying to escape or maybe even pre-placed nukes. And nuclear weapons could help explain why the Federation invaded Oceania; mercenaries with modern equipment? Bad. Mercenaries with modern equipment and nuclear weapons? Very bad. It could also explain where the Federation could build cordium weapons if they're akin to nuclear warheads. 15 years could be enough time to go from nuclear theory to cordium warheads.]]