History PlayingWith / AirstrikeImpossible

* '''Straight''': When the Wikistani {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a WeaponizedLandmark in the Tropeland Capital of Tropein, said WeaponizedLandmark being the Statue of [[FounderOfTheKingdom King]] [[Tropers/FastEddie Edward the Fast]]. The entrance to the statue of Edward the Fast is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death. On top of that, Omega 1 was revealed to be NotQuiteDead in spite of him being labeled KIA a few missions ago and is perfectly willing to engage in an OldSchoolDogfight with you in his personal AceCustom ''while still navigating the WeaponizedLandmark's tunnels''.

** The ''Thumphammer'' is located in a ''PlanetSpaceship'' dedicated to Edward the Fast that's millions of miles above the surface of the earth, and Reaper 1 has to navigate ''an entire labyrinth'' of weird, winding, and terrifyingly tight tunnels with multiple dead ends, and not to mention, he has to do this while dogfighting with Omega Squadron within said labyrinth. And there are ''HUNDREDS'' of Omega Squadron pilots, each of them bearing their own personal AceCustom.

** Reaper 1 has to enter the Statue of Edward the Fast to destroy ''Thumphammer''... And in the process, he has to fly through the densely populated city of Tropein in order to do so, which means that there are definitely going to be mass civilian casualties ''by the millions'' on Reaper 1's way to ''Thumphammer''. One of the "Impossible" tasks of the mission is ''not'' accidentally killing any civilians beyond a hundred thousand.

* '''Straight''': When the Wikistani {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a WeaponizedLandmark in the Tropeland Capital of Tropein, said WeaponizedLandmark being the Statue of [[FounderOfTheKingdom King Edward the Fast]]. The entrance to the statue of Edward the Fast is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death. On top of that, Omega 1 was revealed to be NotQuiteDead in spite of him being labeled KIA a few missions ago and is perfectly willing to engage in an OldSchoolDogfight with you in his personal AceCustom ''while still navigating the WeaponizedLandmark's tunnels''.

* '''Straight''': When the Wikistani {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a WeaponizedLandmark in the Tropeland Capital of Tropein, said WeaponizedLandmark being the Statue of Edward the Fast. The entrance to the statue of Edward the Fast is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death. On top of that, Omega 1 was revealed to be NotQuiteDead in spite of him being labeled KIA a few missions ago and is perfectly willing to engage in an OldSchoolDogfight with you in his personal AceCustom ''while still navigating the WeaponizedLandmark's tunnels''.

** Reaper 1 has to enter the Statue of Edward the Fast to destroy ''Thumphammer''... And in the process, he has to fly through the densely populated city of Tropein in order to do so, which means that there are definitely going to be mass civilian casualties ''by the millions'' on Reaper 1's way to ''Thumphammer''.

** Reaper 1 has some {{wingm|an}}en from Alpha Squadron backing him up in a fairly wide yet still claustrophobic tunnel run towards GeneralRipper's bunker.

* '''Enforced''': RuleOfCool, RuleOfDrama.

* '''Played for Laughs''': Reaper 1 has to go through the exaggerated variant... With the task being to deliver a pizza to the local PlanetSpaceship. [[ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree The 30 minute rule applies]], and after Omega Squadron had made that order, the Wikistani Pizzeria in charge of making said pizza had added it into a cargo plane that Reaper 1 will be piloting. Miraculously, all of this happens within the span of ''29 minutes and 30 seconds'' and it's only ''now'' that Reaper 1 has arrived, so to say that time's running out would be an {{understatement}}.

** Not only that, but once Reaper 1 starts even ''trying'' to fly towards the PlanetSpaceship, said PlanetSpaceship gets sucked away into an UnrealisticBlackHole, and there are hundreds of {{Asteroid Thicket}}s to maneuver around. On top of all of that, it's a TimedMission!
** And once Reaper 1 destroys the ''Thumphammer'', he has to escape the CollapsingLair with only a few minutes to get the hell out of ''the blast zone'' (yes, ''BLAST ZONE'', not the PlanetSpaceship itself), which is a good few miles away.

** "Reaper 1, this mission would have been a risky one, so allow Alpha Squadron to help you out." Cue Alpha Squadron essentially ''widening'' the tunnel with a MacrossMissileMassacre, and promptly swooping in to take care of Omega Squadron to help you get to ''Thumphammer'' as fast and easily as possible..

* '''Played for Laughs''': Reaper 1 has to go through this... With the task being to deliver a pizza to the local PlanetSpaceship. ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree, and Omega Squadron ordered a lot of pizza ''twenty-five minutes ago''.

* '''Straight''': When the {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a remote WeaponizedLandmark. The entrance to the WeaponizedLandmark is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death. On top of that, Omega 1 was revealed to be NotQuiteDead in spite of him being labeled KIA a few missions ago and is perfectly willing to engage in an OldSchoolDogfight with you in his personal AceCustom ''while still navigating the WeaponizedLandmark's tunnels''.

** The ''Thumphammer'' is located in a ''PlanetSpaceship'' that's millions of miles above the surface of the earth, and Reaper 1 has to navigate ''an entire labyrinth'' of weird, winding, and terrifyingly tight tunnels with multiple dead ends, and not to mention, he has to do this while dogfighting with Omega Squadron within said labyrinth. And there are ''HUNDREDS'' of Omega Squadron pilots, each of them bearing their own personal AceCustom.

** As per invoked, a rogue designer has secretly added a tunnel that's big enough for a plane to fly into but small enough to go unnoticed by their superiors. Cue the above mission briefing.

** Reaper 1 has to ''defend'' the ''Thumphammer'' that his allies had just acquired, and he has to defend against it from Omega Squadron within a tiny crawlspace.

* '''Invoked''': A rogue designer of ''Thumphammer'' made it so that there's a tiny flight hole that's big enough for at most an A-10 Thunderbolt to fit through but just small enough to be unnoticed. Bonus points if it's in the very barrel of ''Thumphammer''.

** The overseer of ''Thumphammer'' ensures that there are ''no'' tunnels (and the overseer is ''very'' thorough about this) being designed so that any plane could swoop in and destroy it. Anyone who tries to invoke this can expect to be executed with extreme prejudice as a result.

** Reaper 1 has to enter the WeaponizedLandmark to destroy ''Thumphammer''... And in the process, he has to fly through a densely populated city in order to do so, which means that there are definitely going to be mass civilian casualties ''by the millions'' on Reaper 1's way to ''Thumphammer''.
** Reaper 1 is the ClosestThingWeGot to ending the war, and losing Reaper 1 to the destruction of ''Thumphammer'' might as well be considered [[PyrrhicVictory a "barely won the war but lost pretty much everything" at the very best]], if not an outright mutual draw. Alpha Squadron and Omega Squadron have been ''tearing each other apart'' and the feud ended with a MutualKill between the last pilots of the Squadron (and those last pilots were both rookie officers who have barely just got out of completing training!), so to say the stakes are high on both Reaper 1 destroying ''Thumphammer'' before it activates and the people trying to activate ''Thumphammer'' as quickly as possible to destroy us would be a complete and utter {{understatement}}.

* '''Deconstructed''': The fact that they need a ''SuperSoldier AcePilot'' to do the deed shows just how deep in dire straits Reaper 1's country is in. ''EVERY POSSIBLE STAKE'' is put on Reaper 1's shoulders, which pretty much turns him into a NervousWreck.
* '''Reconstructed''': But before he can go out there and possibly screw up the mission due to making a mistake out of fright, Reaper 1 is soothed and given a massive confidence boost by being informed of the fact that if he takes out ''Thumphammer'', then whatever dire straits the country is in is swiftly going to vanish and the war would be over with the country being the definitive, unanimous winner. And with this confidence boost, Reaper 1 swoops in and does the job ''perfectly''.

* '''Straight''': When the {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a remote WeaponizedLandmark. The entrance to the WeaponizedLandmark is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death. On top of that, Omega 1 was revealed to be NotQuiteDead in the previous missions and is perfectly willing to engage in an OldSchoolDogfight with you in his personal AceCustom ''while still navigating the WeaponizedLandmark's tunnels''.

* '''Double Subverted'''
** : ...But then Alpha Squadron is taken down and Reaper 1 is the only one capable of taking down ''Thumphammer''.

** ''Thumphammer'' is swiftly taken care of by a bomb carrying UAV (essentially a much more complex and personally guided Air to Surface missile).

* '''Straight''': When the {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a remote WeaponizedLandmark. The entrance to the WeaponizedLandmark is a tight crawlspace, which makes even the slightest of wrong moves result in certain death.

** The ''Thumphammer'' is located in a ''PlanetSpaceship'' that's millions of miles above the surface of the earth, and Reaper 1 has to navigate ''an entire labyrinth'' of weird, winding, and terrifyingly tight tunnels with multiple dead ends, and not to mention, he has to do this while dogfighting with Omega Squadron. And there are ''HUNDREDS'' of Omega Squadron pilots.

* '''Downplayed''': Reaper 1 just has to go through a quick canyon run to take out GeneralRipper within his canyon based bunker.
* '''Justified''': As the local [[SuperSoldier genetically modified and completely bloodless (meaning he can withstand pulling multiple consecutive plane tricks without even feeling dizzy once)]] AcePilot with some ''serious'' ImprobablePilotingSkills that absolutely nobody else is capable of matching, and that ''Thumphammer'' is most likely going to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt within ''hours'', Reaper 1 is ''the'' guy for the job. ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself, as nobody else would be crazy, skilled, or tough enough to withstand having to fly into a crawlspace and dogfight a bunch of enemy aces within there.

* '''Subverted''': Reaper 1 is informed that Alpha Squadron will be taking care of the situation...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But then Alpha Squadron is taken down and Reaper 1 is the only one capable of taking down ''Thumphammer''.
* '''Parodied''': ???

* '''Averted''': ''Thumphammer'' is in a wide open space.

* '''Exploited''': Due to having such a tiny crawlspace, Reaper 1 could easily shake off any Omega Aces off him.

** "Reaper 1, this mission would have been a risky one, so allow us to help you out." Cue Alpha Squadron essentially ''widening'' the tunnel with a MacrossMissileMassacre.
* '''Discussed''': "You have to enter ''Thumphammer'' by flying into this tiny crawlspace. It's a tough flight, but I'm sure you can pull it off."

* '''Implied''': Reaper 1 is an accomplished AcePilot and RetiredBadass, though his later aircraft shows damage that could only be done through the environment. Considering that Reaper 1 is stated to have never been shot down or even ''hit'' in the entirety of his career, it implies he's had to have gone through this because there's no way he'd be stupid enough to scratch his wings against a mountain, but there's definitely some plausibility of those wings getting scratched while in a tiny crawlspace.

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* '''Straight''': When the {{One Man|Army}} [[AcePilot Squadron]] [[TheGrimReaper Reaper 1]] has taken down all of the enemy aces of Omega Squadron, who are guarding the WeaponOfMassDestruction ''[[JustForFun/TropeTan Thumphammer]]'', which is secured in a remote WeaponizedLandmark.
* '''Exaggerated''': The ''Thumphammer'' is located in a ''PlanetSpaceship'' that's millions of miles above the surface of the earth, and Reaper 1 has to navigate ''an entire labyrinth'' of weird, winding, and terrifyingly tight tunnels with multiple dead ends, and not to mention, he has to do this while dogfighting with Omega Squadron. And there are ''HUNDREDS'' of Omega Squadron pilots.
* '''Downplayed''': Reaper 1 just has to go through a quick canyon run to take out GeneralRipper.
* '''Justified''': As the local [[SuperSoldier genetically modified and completely bloodless]] AcePilot with some ''serious'' ImprobablePilotingSkills and an [[MadeOfIron inability to be affected by G-Forces]], and that ''Thumphammer'' is most likely going to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt within ''hours'', Reaper 1 is ''the'' guy for the job.
* '''Inverted''': ???
* '''Subverted''': Reaper 1 is informed that there are other pilots who are taking care of the situation...
* '''Double Subverted''': ...But those pilots die and Reaper 1 is the only one capable of taking down ''Thumphammer''.

* '''Zig-Zagged''': The area in which ''Thumphammer'' resides in tends to have... AlienGeometries, so to speak. It tends to narrow down and widen up ''a lot''.

* '''Defied''': The overseer of ''Thumphammer'' ensures that there are ''no'' tunnels (and the overseer is ''very'' thorough about this) being designed so that any plane could swoop in and destroy it. Anyone who tries to invoke this can expect to be executed with extreme prejudice as a result.

%% * '''Implied''': ???