Changes: Shane Hale

Revision as of 17:50, 21 August 2016

"The Black Wolf, Fenrir, hunted in the skies of war. In its wake it brought death, destruction, and calamity. It inspired both fear and awe in equal measure to those who witnessed its magnificent hunt. By the war's end, it returned to the shadows, disappearing just as quickly as it had appeared... I've heard this story many times now, repeated almost verbatim by many veterans of the Anean Uprising. But despite telling the tale of a terrifying creature of death, they always seemed to be in high spirits when talking about it. For all their talk, they know as well as I do that there was a man behind the beast the entire time. A man with a heart. A man with a soul. A man who fought for what he believed in to the very end."

—Unknown reporter - c. 2028

Shane Hale is a mercenary ace who turned the tide of the Anean Uprising, flying for the Osean Federation under the mercenary group Calamity Haven. He is the main protagonist of Ace Combat: Blue Skies.

History

Not much is known about Shane's history. However, he is apparently one of the best pilots on record to come out of the Osean Air Force Academy. Some time after graduating and becoming a pilot for the Osean Air Defense Force, he left to become a mercenary pilot for Calamity Haven.

Personality

Inside the cockpit of a fighter, Shane is a determined, focused and relentless pilot. He is calm and collected in almost all situations, and he has shown a remarkable ability to operate efficiently under extreme stress. He is somewhat of a loner, and prefers to do things is own way. As such, he is oftentimes at odds with his squadron or command, as he has shown a habit of disobeying orders during missions, and can sometimes be difficult to rally back into line. He has a tendency to feel more at peace when in the sky, stemming from his love of flying since an early age. He feels that the sky is here "[he] really belongs", and he hates being kept on the ground for too long. When unable to fly, he can get restless, and is always eager to get back in the cockpit for anything ranging from dangerous missions to training flights.

Abilities

Shane's abilities in the air are unmatched by almost all other pilots on record. He has been compared to the mercenary ace pilot Cipher of The Belkan War, due to them both possessing unmatched combat ability and being mercenary pilots. Shane possesses almost inhuman perception and coordination, able to multitask to an abnormal degree while still keeping a high situational awareness level, allowing him to operate the Flight Integrated Support System on the ASX-123 Arondight. Shane's reflexes are also abnormally high, allowing him to quickly assess a situation and react in the correct way instinctively. His combat style in the air is said to be akin to an focused and agile hunter, earning him the nickname, Black Wolf.

A signature maneuver of his involves making his aircraft "drift" in the air, a maneuver now known as the Sigma Air Drift. This is achieved through pulling back on the throttle hard and pushing the nose to the side, before quickly straightening out the aircraft into a diagonal slide. This allows Shane to effectively slide into turns, as well as to aim directly at targets to either side of him without changing his forward movement too much. This is easier done in certain aircraft, such as the F-22A and especially the ASX-123, but was first performed in an F-15C. Other maneuvers that he specializes with are extreme low flying, as low as under 20 feet off the ground, weaving in between obstacles, and straight nosedives. He is also experienced in more advanced maneuvers, such as the Herbst maneuver and Kulbit, and has been known to throw his own spin on such maneuvers, such as firing missiles or guns backwards mid-Kulbit, or spinning his aircraft during a Pugachev's Cobra.

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 | equipment    = F-16C Fighting Falcon<br>
 F-15C Eagle<br>
-F-35A Lightning II<br>
+F-22A Raptor<br>
 [[ASX-123 Arondight]]
 | affiliations = [[Calamity Haven]]<br>
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 Shane's abilities in the air are unmatched by almost all other pilots on record. He has been compared to the mercenary ace pilot Cipher of The Belkan War, due to them both possessing unmatched combat ability and being mercenary pilots. Shane possesses almost inhuman perception and coordination, able to multitask to an abnormal degree while still keeping a high situational awareness level, allowing him to operate the [[Flight Integrated Support]] System on the [[ASX-123 Arondight]]. Shane's reflexes are also abnormally high, allowing him to quickly assess a situation and react in the correct way instinctively. His combat style in the air is said to be akin to an focused and agile hunter, earning him the nickname, Black Wolf.
-A signature maneuver of his involves making his aircraft "drift" in the air, a maneuver now known as the Sigma Air Drift. This is achieved through pulling back on the throttle hard and pushing the nose to the side, before quickly straightening out the aircraft into a diagonal slide. This allows Shane to effectively slide into turns, as well as to aim directly at targets to either side of him without changing his forward movement too much. This is easier done in certain aircraft, such as the F-35A and especially the ASX-123, but was first performed in an F-15C. Other maneuvers that he specializes with are extreme low flying, as low as under 20 feet off the ground, weaving in between obstacles, and straight nosedives. He is also experienced in more advanced maneuvers, such as the Herbst maneuver and Kulbit, and has been known to throw his own spin on such maneuvers, such as firing missiles or guns backwards mid-Kulbit, or spinning his aircraft during a Pugachev's Cobra.
+A signature maneuver of his involves making his aircraft "drift" in the air, a maneuver now known as the Sigma Air Drift. This is achieved through pulling back on the throttle hard and pushing the nose to the side, before quickly straightening out the aircraft into a diagonal slide. This allows Shane to effectively slide into turns, as well as to aim directly at targets to either side of him without changing his forward movement too much. This is easier done in certain aircraft, such as the F-22A and especially the ASX-123, but was first performed in an F-15C. Other maneuvers that he specializes with are extreme low flying, as low as under 20 feet off the ground, weaving in between obstacles, and straight nosedives. He is also experienced in more advanced maneuvers, such as the Herbst maneuver and Kulbit, and has been known to throw his own spin on such maneuvers, such as firing missiles or guns backwards mid-Kulbit, or spinning his aircraft during a Pugachev's Cobra.
 [[Category:Individuals]]
 [[Category:Pilots]]