Line #1 DarthWiki/Wings


1	Wings (not to be confused with ''VideoGame/WingsOfDawn'', is a GameMod for ''VideoGame/FreeSpace2'' set in a completely different universe, a TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture scenario centered around [[WorldWarWhatever a fourth World War]] in the year 2145. The world's nations have coalesced into a handful of [[SpaceFillingEmpire massive superpowers]] after the devastating events of WorldWarIII a century earlier. In Russia an [[PatrioticFervor aggressive nationalist party]] has come to power and seeks to regain Eastern European states that were once part of UsefulNotes/TsaristRussia and [[UsefulNotes/SovietRussiaUkraineAndSoOn the Soviet Union]]. The problem is, these territories are now part of the [[UnitedEurope European Union]], which controls the most powerful military in the world and has the United States as its ally. The Russians enlist the help of the [[MiddleEasternCoalition Pan-Arab Coalition]] with the promise of giving them Palestine (which has existed under an uneasy peace as a European Union member for the past 50 years or so). While the Russians and PAC set out to take a bite out of the European Union, Earth's various space colonies have decided they've had enough of meddling Earthers telling them what to do and have formed [[LaResistance the Spacer Commonwealth]]. The nations of Earth are rather displeased about this, and you just know it will get ugly.
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3	Wings is notable for its extremely fast-paced dogfighting (speeds of over 500 m/s are not uncommon) and emphasis on atmospheric combat with futuristic fighter jets. The player assumes the role of a rookie American pilot with the callsign Spectre, assigned to the [[ISOStandardHumanSpaceship USS]] ''[[ISOStandardHumanSpaceship Virginia]]'' to assist the European Union in the war. The campaign stretches over 20 missions and puts the player in combat at various points against the Russians, PAC, and Spacers, in both the air and space.
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7	!!This mod includes examples of:
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9	* AceCustom: Natasha Degarova's custom Su-97, painted black with black widow spider markings.
10	* AcePilot: The player, plus numerous enemy aces that appear throughout the campaign.
11	* AirborneAircraftCarrier: These ships also double as TheBattlestar as they can operate in both atmosphere and space.
12	* AmazonBrigade: Colonel Degarova's Black Widow Squadron.
13	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Many kinds. [[BellisariosMaxim Don't ask how it works.]]
14	** AntiGravity and ArtificialGravity: For capital ships. They don't need massive engine power or aerodynamic lift to stay in the air because they can just cancel gravity altogether.
15	** InertialDampening
16	** {{Unobtainium}}: The exotic matter that allows gravity manipulation. It has to be made in space, which means that the Spacers control almost the entire supply of it.
17	* BattleshipRaid: Several.
18	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Allies are designated on radar in blue. Enemies are red.
19	* CoolPlane: Of course.
20	* CripplingOverSpecialization: The Su-100 "Broadsword" bomber. It goes fast. Really fast. And that's about it.
21	* TheDreaded: The player, after a few missions.
22	* EnemyDetectingRadar
23	* EnergyWeapon: Exotic, temperamental models that play second fiddle to kinetic weapons.
24	* FasterThanLightTravel: Averted. All of the action takes place within the solar system due to the lack of FTL.
25	* FighterLaunchingSequence
26	* FlunkyBoss: Colonel Yuri Chelenkov and his Death's Head squadron, composed of Elite Mooks who, while tough, are not nearly as difficult as the Black Widow Squadron and fly the rather lackluster Su-93 Ferret fighter.
27	* FromNobodyToNightmare: You go from being just another rookie pilot to having Russia's most elite fighter squadron hunting specifically for you.
28	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Most of the Russian military, when the nationalist government is deposed. In the final mission Russian forces help NATO destroy [=ICBMs=] headed for the United States. There are still some holdouts, though.]]
29	* HighSpeedMissileDodge: Quite easy due to the G-forces Wings fighters can pull.
30	* HyperspaceArsenal: Fighters are given more ammunition and missiles in-game than they can realistically hold for gameplay reasons.
31	* JackOfAllStats: The F-116 Peregrine, the first fighter that the player flies. It is reasonably good at everything and excels at nothing.
32	* LightningBruiser: The elite fighters F-122 Tigershark, Eurofighter Njord, and Su-97 Fuller
33	* MacrossMissileMassacre: Capital ship cruise missile salvoes.
34	* MagneticWeapons: The Spacer artillery mass drivers.
35	* MakeTheBearAngryAgain: The nationalists gaining power in Russia. At the end of the campaign [[spoiler:they're about to be thrown out in a coup and launch hundreds of nukes at the United States. The player has to help shoot them down in the final mission, Operation Guardian Angel]].
36	* MasterOfNone: The Al-Hafiz P22, by far the weakest fighter in the game.
37	* MiddleEasternCoalition: The Pan-Arab Coalition.
38	* MightyGlacier: Strike fighters, especially the S-1 Shrike.
39	* MoreDakka: The preferred armament of just about everything.
40	* MyCountryRightOrWrong: The attitude of Colonel Degarova and her Black Widows.
41	* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: The Earth nations avoid using nukes if at all possible because they like having an Earth to live on. Some of their conventional munitions carry the power of small nuclear devices but without the radiation and nasty political implications. The Spacers are [[NukeEm much more liberal]] with nuke use.
42	* OldSchoolDogfight: Hypersonic ammunition and anti-G-force phlebotinum allowing the HighSpeedMissileDodge to become ubiquitous have restored guns to primacy in aerial combat. Missiles still have their place though, especially at long range.
43	* PunkPunk: Jet Punk.
44	* ProtectionMission: The final mission, where [[spoiler: you shoot down Russian [=ICBMs=] before they can release their [=MIRVs=] and hit the United States]].
45	* ShoutOut
46	** The player is named [[VideoGame/MechWarrior Spectre]] and leads Spectre Team.
47	** One of the Russian fighters has the reporting name [[VideoGame/MechWarrior Flashman]], and another one is nicknamed [[VideoGame/WingCommander Ferret]], and there's a bomber designated [[VideoGame/WingCommander Broadsword]].
48	** The American heat-seeking missile is called the [[VideoGame/RaptorCallOfTheShadows AIM-31 Mauler]] and the European one is the [[TomClancysHAWX Joint Strike Missile]].
49	** The Spacer S-1 Shrike fighter has the ReportingName "[[Music/GammaRay Fangface]]".
50	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: The Spacer Commonwealth engages in terrorism frequently, including nuking Miami just as a "fuck you" to the United States.
51	* ReportingNames: For non-NATO aircraft.
52	* SpaceFillingEmpire
53	* SpacePlane: ''Ohhhhh yes.'' Not single-stage-to-orbit though; they need either a rocket booster or a capital ship to carry them into space.
54	* StandardSciFiFleet
55	* StealthInSpace: Averted. In fact, advanced sensor technology has eliminated stealth altogether.
56	* TheWarOfEarthlyAggression
57	* UnitedEurope
58	* WaveMotionGun: The SCS ''Independence'' has a devastating beam cannon for a main gun.
59	* WolfpackBoss: Black Widow Squadron.

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