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Ace Combat 2 Missions and Aircraft FAQ
Version 0.93
Saturday, December 02, 2000
by Carlos Miranda
<gabe_logan@edsamail.com.ph>

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PART 1 About this FAQ
PART 2 Update notes
PART 3 The FAQ
PART 4 IMPORTANT INFO
PART 5 Credits
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PART 1: About this FAQ
Anyway, I'd like to tell you this first:
This is my first FAQ. Since I am a beginner as an author, I may look as 
inexperienced as anybody who has not written such a thing. GameFAQ's and 
other FAQ authors have encouraged me to make one. In fact, I e-mail 
almost EVERY author of every FAQ that I read. I have been waiting for a 
month now. I haven't been creating one, because I dont know how to 
submit one. Then I saw the "Author's Guide", where you learn how to 
create an FAQ, what you need, etc.

Since I found out how to make an FAQ on GameFAQ's, I started on this. I 
want the world to know what I know. GameFAQ's had some requirements. 
Finding out that I have all that is needed, I started on making this 
FAQ.

I have carefully chosen a game for this FAQ. I searched all my games and 
gaming sites for a game with only a few FAQ's, I did want to make one 
for Final Fantasy 8, but that game is long and authors made FAQ's for 
the game like the game was played to death. Anyway...
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PART 2: Update notes
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Version 0.93 Saturday, December 02, 2000
Seems to me that I update every minor change to this FAQ. Well, do you 
think that this is the most frequently updated FAQ in the site?

Version 0.92 Monday, November 27, 2000
Al Amaloo posted this FAQ at http://www.gameadvice.com
Big thanks to him!
Added some things, updated the skilled pilots, added the different 
endings, stealth fighter info. First major update.

Version 0.9a Sunday, November 26, 2000
Corrected some spellings here. Didn't notice the typing errors. That was 
fast!
Hehehe...

Version 0.9 Friday, November 24, 2000
This is where it all started...

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PART 3: The FAQ
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Missions list
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Mission Name (Code Name)                                  Description
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Gambit                                  Interception of invasion unit
Easy Money                              Pursuit of reconiassance unit
City On Fire                        Surprise attack on the supply bay
Tin Castle                                   Attack on the front base
Opera House                 The destruction of the offshore oil field
Greased Lightning                  The breaktrough at the ravine base
Midnight Assassin                            Night time pursuit plane
Bear Tracks                                        Attack on the mine
Sledgehammer                           Escorting our attack operation
Rising High                                       High altitude chase
Cuckoo's Nest                  Interrupt the enemy's supply operation
Swordsmith                 Taking over the enemy arms production base
Toy Box                       Destroying the enemy's prototype bomber 
Seagull                                   Assault of the mobile fleet
One Night Stand              Breaking into the enemy's submarine base
Power Play                      Taking over the hydraulic power plant
El Dorado                Destruction of the enemy's missile silo base
Electric Dreams         Attack on the enemy's elementary particle lab
St. Elmo's Fire         Escorting the break-through-channel operation
Dark Star                 Pursuit on the enemy's transport plane unit
Dead End                       Low altitude surprise attack operation
Visiting Hours                Breaking into the geothermal plant base
Juggernaut                      Attack on the enemy's assembled fleet
Cavalry                          Rescue operation of the downed plane
Sentinel                          Destroying the coast radar facility
Final Countdown           Breaking into the enemy's last defense line
Jewel Box                         Attack on the enemy controlled city
Kingpin                            Attack on the enemy's headquarters
Last Resort                            Pursuit of the giant submarine
Fighter's Honor           Attack on the enemy's headquarters-fortress
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Aircraft list
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Normal                                                          Extra
A-4                                                               A-4
F-4                                                            MiG-21
KF-C7                                                            X-29
A-6                                                               A-6
F-16                                                             F-16
X-29                                                            SF-35
A-10                                                            Su-25
MiG-29                                                         MiG-29
F-14                                                           TND-F3
F-117A*                                                       *F-117A
R-M01                                                          MiG-31
EF-2000                                                         SF-39
F/A-18E                                                       EF-2000
Su-35                                                           F-15S
YF-23A*                                                       *YF-23A
F-22*                                                         *XFA-27

*Stealth Fighters
Stealth fighters are fighters which disappear from radar when it gets a 
certain distance away from you. I noticed this when I was shooting the 
XB10 and I saw a B2, but it wasn't on radar! I went past by it, and 
spent five whole minutes looking for it! Maybe it also works the same if 
you use a stealth fighter on an enemy. If you are really good at doging 
missiles, however, you dont need stealth fighters.
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Missions
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Gambit
Mission difficulty: easy
This level is very easy. You have two B1's and two B52's as targets. 
Ignore them first and destroy your secondary targets first. This will 
improve your rank. After you destroy all white targets head for the red 
targets (the B1's and B52's). Mission Accomplished!
TIP: use the A4 so that repairs wont be so expensive if you get damaged.

Easy Money
Mission difficulty: easy
Now, practice shooting guns. The E767's do not maneuver well so you can 
destroy ther with guns.

SKILLED PILOT: F4 Superfly

City On Fire
Mission difficulty: easy
Destroy as many A4'a and F16's as you can before you approach the 
targets. The targets are easy to destroy. This will improve your rank 
while giving you lots of cash.

Tin Castle
Mission difficulty: normal
In this level you have to focus on ground attacks. Oil containers and 
other ground targets are all over.

SKILLED PILOT: MiG29 Ricochet

Opera House
Mission difficulty: normal
TIP: in destroying your targets, hold square and follow the line, this 
leads you to the next target.

SKILLED PILOT: Two Su25 D.Cowboys
NOTE: You must destroy both to get a D.Cowboy medal.

Greased Lightning
Mission difficulty: slightly easy
I recommend the A4 because in case you crash because of the walls or 
anti-aircraft, you will waste less money for repairs.

Midnight Assassin
Mission difficulty: medium hard
The thing with this mission is the radar are JAMMED! To overcome this, 
destroy the E767 planes first because they have jamming devices.

SKILLED PILOT: Two F117A Razorbacks
NOTE: You must destroy both to get a Razorback medal.

Bear Tracks
Mission difficulty: medium hard
Again, concentrate on ground attacks. Take out those white targets 
first.

SKILLED PILOT: Two F117A Razorbacks
NOTE: You must destroy both to get a Razorback medal.

Sledgehammer
Mission difficulty: hard
In this mission, I recommend that you have support and ask him to 
"Escort attack operation". Destroy most of the targets first before 
destroying the white ones.

SKILLED PILOT: F14 Z.O.E

Rising High
Mission difficulty: medium hard
This mission is so frustrating! Unless you use the R1 button to speed 
up, you will stall and miss the target. I recommend the X29 because it 
can fly to altitudes of 14000 at the speed of 864.

Cuckoo's Nest
Mission difficulty: medium hard
Here, practice using your guns. You wont be able to lock on the targets.

Swordsmith
Mission difficulty: medium hard
Your targets here are not quite easy to reach. Watch out for the yellow 
targets!

SKILLED PILOT: F16 Tallman
               F16 M.Sphere
NOTE: You must destroy both to get a Tallman and Metal Sphere medal.

Toy Box
Mission difficulty: medium
In this mission you shouldn't mind wasting a few missiles. Targeting 
those hangars searching for the XB10 prototype will waste a few 
missiles, unless you're lucky enough to get one in the first try.

SKILLED PILOT: MiG-31 Stalker.

Seagull
Mission difficulty: hard
Those ships are pretty maddening, especially if you get near them. If 
you do that, you will get shot by the guns. Make sure you lock on the 
ships, shoot the missiles and leave!
TIP: Just lock on the "WARSHIP" or "CARRIER". If you shoot them, the 
whole ship including missile launchers and anti-aircraft guns will be 
destroyed.

SKILLED PILOT: Two RM01 Stalkers
               F/A18E Z.O.E
NOTE: You must destroy both Stalkers to get a Stalker medal.

One Night Stand
Mission difficulty: hard
This mission is like Greased Lightning. Watch out, super accurate and 
powerful anti-aircrafts are there too! While this level is like Greased 
Lightning, this is much more difficult because of the complex cliffs and 
Mil24's that lock on you easily. Notice anything? if you decelerate, you 
will not stall. Instead, your speed will stop going down once it reaches 
328. Cool, huh?

Power Play
Mission difficulty: hard
Now in this mission, you have to destroy the defenses of the power 
plants. DONT destroy the power plants marked NON.TGT since destroying 
these will lower your rank and deduct your cash.

SKILLED PILOT: F22 Z.O.E.

El Dorado
Mission difficulty: hard
I HATE THIS! You have to go to low altitude to destroy targets! The silo 
targets can only be accessed if you go low, level to the silo.

SKILLED PILOT: TNDF3 Max
               TNDF3 Goose
NOTE: You must destroy both to get a Max and Goose medal.

Electric Dreams
Mission difficulty: medium
Now this stage is fairly easy. You may think this is hard because of the 
missiles, but the missiles barely move out of a straight line.
Watch out for the missiles of the enemy fighters!

St. Elmo's Fire
Mission difficulty: hard
Now, like the Sledgehammer level, you need support. This is practically 
the same with Sledgehammer, only you're protecting aircraft carriers.

Skilled Pilot: F15E Xiao
               F15E Dao
               F15E Jian
NOTE: You must destroy all to get a Dao, Jian and Xiao medal.

Dark Star
Mission difficulty: medium hard
Here, you need to destroy the transport. WHAT? Radar is jammed again? 
I'm afraid therre is no jamming device that you can destroy. But wait! 
If you need to find targets go above clouds. Radar should be clear 
there. However, going down will jamm those radars again.

SKILLED PILOT: Three EF2000 DR2000's
NOTE: You must destroy all to get a Death Rave 2000 medal.

Dead End
Mission difficulty: hard
It'd be pretty time consuming, but by going below 300 feet , once you 
get on the enemy base the A10's and B2's are only about to take off. 
If you spike, all the enemies will take off before you get there ready 
to shoot you down.

SKILLED PILOT: Four YF23A F.F.F.'s
NOTE: You must destroy all to get a Fox Force Four medal.

Visiting Hours
Mission difficulty: hard
See the timer? Once it gets to 1800 hours the door to the power plant 
will open. Since it takes two minutes to open, you have enough time to 
destroy the fighters first. Dont go too far, the door will close after 
some time and you will get a mission failed.

Juggernaut
Mission difficulty: hard
It's just like Seagull, just approach the fleet. When you get a lock on, 
shoot and run away, it's that simple.

Cavalry
Mission difficulty: hard
GREAT! Were in another "protect friends" mission. Get support, head for 
most of the targets before the others, if the enemy gets to the E767 you 
get a mission failed.

Sentinel
Mission difficulty: hard
Here we go again! Those dishes can't be locked on. Whhat makes it more 
difficult is that those cliffs! Watch out! If you're a little bored, 
shoot the annoying F22's instead!

Final Countdown
Mission difficulty: hard
Wowee! Look at the XB10! It is about 5-10 times larger than your 
fighter! Well, it takes 7 missiles to destroy. If you wanna have fun, 
use guns to destroy it instead.

Jewel Box
Mission difficulty: hard
Hmm... notice something? Press square. The map looks just like a 
diamond! no wonder it's called Jewel Box.

Kingpin
Mission difficulty: EXTRA HARD!
I DO MEAN HARD! There are guns all over the place! If you want to target 
the HQ, destroy the guns first. This level has the most number of 
enemies, giving it the EXTRA HARD difficulty. It is even harder than 
Fighter's Honor.

SKILLED PILOT: F15S Z.O.E.
NOTE: "SPOILER" I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DONT READ IT!
If you destroy this fighter, you will get to the next mission. This way, 
you could get the "bad ending" and "extra ending". The "bad ending" will 
appear if you don't destroy the missile. The "extra ending" will appear 
if you destroy the fortress. If you don't destroy it, only the "plain 
ending" will appear.

Last Resort
Mission difficulty: hard
After you destroy the submarine, keep shooting the missile (you can't 
lock on it). If you fail to do so, you will see the bad ending.

Fighter's Honor
Mission difficulty: hard
SUPER SPOILER! I RECOMMEND THAT YOU DON'T READ IT!
How do you destroy the fortress?
Once you destroy the targets, a "Cleared to engage" message will be 
displayed. Follow the arrow on the radar and go low, there will be an 
opening. Enter, and when you see the SLBM, shoot! CONGRATULATIONS! You 
have beaten the game!

Ever get the feeling that the F15S's are infinite? Well, if you 
destroy one, new ones will take off from the base.

Did you notice that there are INDESTRUCTIBLE missile launchers? The 
missiles seem to come out of nowhere!

I also noticed that if the difficulty was on hard, the power plants 
which used to be "TGT"'s are now "NON.TGT"'s, and targets are now tanks.

SKILLED PILOT: ADF01 Z.O.E. Notice? The ADF01 can fire missiles 
BACKWARDS! I was followin it while a "radar lock" message was being 
displayed. Who's there? Only my XFA27 and the ADF01. A minute later, it 
just fire a misile at me! WHAT THE? Anyway, you cant use it yourself and 
there isn't another aircraft that can fire backwards. But you can use 
the XFA27 which has two advantages over the ADF01.
1. It is a stealth fighter.
2. It has more armor (five missiles are needed to destroy it).

Skilled pilot info: desroying these will give advantages:
1. You will get a higher rank
2. MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3. A cool medal
Getting all the medals will unlock a model dispay in the options menu. 
You can't do this by beating the game just once, and you cant do it in 
the free mission. To do this, you must destroy all the skilled pilots by 
beating the game at least twice. Remember to see your "personal data" 
for the medals that you have.
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PART 4 IMPORTANT INFO
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PART 5 CREDITS
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Thanks to all these people:
GameFAQ's and FAQ authors for encouraging me to make my first FAQ.

ROliveira <renatohm99@yahoo.com> for encouraging me to play this old 
game. See his FAQ on Ace Combat 2 at http://www.gamefaqs.com

Cecil-X <cecilx@hotmail.com> for the skilled enemy pilot's locations and 
the endings.

John Alejar for the SUPER SPOILER and ADF01 backward firing missiles.
He doesn't have an e-mail address, I will update it in this FAQ in case 
he get's one.

CJayC for being the first to post my FAQ, and for the recognition page. 
This is where it all started. See his site at http://www.gamefaqs.com

Al Amaloo <vgstrategies.guide@about.com> for posting my FAQ in his site. 
See it at http://www.gameadvice.com

YOU for reading my FAQ
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THANK YOU FOR READING!!!!!!!!
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(c) Copyright 2000 by Carlos Miranda
