Andrew Huang <alhuang@hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
I don't mind an occasional story idea post, if it's well
thought
out and has some detail behind it, and you're really not thinking of
ever
How 'bout...
OK, here's an idea I don't think I'll ever get around to writing,
but I think it's cool if one takes the time to learn a bit more
about jet fighters, geography, politics, etc. There are plenty of
plot devices which need to be disguised better, and anyway, this
is just so rough and messy it's almost pointless to comment on
it. I had a lot of fun writing it, actually, but I'm
waaaaaaaaaaaaay too busy to do anything about it within the next
2 years, if ever. If anyone wants it, be my guest, but I'd like
to at least pre-read. Otherwise, who knows? Perhaps someday I'll
get around to it...
Oh, and you'll probably have to be Canajian, eh? :)
Commander Saburo Kimura has just been transferred to the 801's
airbase, where our heroes -- Isuguri, Mitaka, Haneda, Yoko,
Mitsuru et al -- are trying, as usual, to obtain for the Airbat
squadron the recognition it deserves. Kimura is an odd person, a
top-notch aviator (as good as Mitaka?!?) who nonetheless is
different from the usual cocky Tom Cruise stereotype: he's a
strange, silent fellow, the type of guy who's obviously hiding
something. Unbeknownst to all, Kimura is a man with a plan, a
dark, evil plan. Kimura, you see, belongs to the "Aum Shinrikyo"
sect, recently decimated by the Japanese police after the
nefarious sarin attack in a Tokyo subway. Needless to say, Kimura
wants revenge (or something along those lines).
In the meantime, curiosity has finally caught up with Isurugi. It
turns out there's a mysterious hangar (#18), which is off-limits
to everyone, and has been, until recently, often visited by a
civilian under utmost secrecy. These visits, however, suddenly
stopped, and Isurugi's curiosity has only increased since
then. One night he makes up his mind, and decides to sneak into
hangar 18. Once inside, he makes the discovery of a lifetime...
Back in the late 50's a visionary physicist funded a small
electronics company. This man was brilliant, and as such
recognized brilliant engineering. He was also an enthusiast of
flight, and hence disappointment is a gross understatement when
describing the frustation he felt when one of the most exciting
projects of the century was cancelled and scraped in haste. He
decided to do something about it, and secretly arranged to
salvage as much as possible. He spent his entire savings, and
risked prosecution in at least two countries by smuggling the
pieces of the object of his desire into Japan. He set out to
rebuild it in secret, a difficult thing to do at first, but he
finally achieved his goal. The man died recently, but his
company survives: to this day Sony keeps producing technological
marvels under the spirit of its founder.
Isurugi could only stare in awe, not daring even to touch the
impeccable white paint, gasping at the sight of the last two
Iroquois engines on the planet. He stood there, in reverie of the
greatest fighter plane ever made, the only one of its kind: the
Avro Arrow.
In the following days Isurugi tunes and maintains the plane,
which is in prime condition, its machine guns fully loaded. He
even secretly fuels the plane to test the engines, but he is not
sure what to do with the bird. Little does he know that the
decision will be made for him.
The day comes when Isurugi feels he must share his secret, and
visits the plane by himself for the last time. Suddenly, a series
of explosions rock the base.
Isurugi runs out the hangar, and stares unbelievingly at the
destruction. All the other hangars (and the planes within) have
been destroyed. Isurugi cannot believe his eyes as the JASDF
F-14D Super Tomcat uses its last two missiles to blast the
control tower into oblivion. Saginomiya and Haneda have been
injured, the situation is desperate.
The pilot of the plane, as you might have guessed, is Kimura, who
needs no missiles to complete the last part of his mission: 23
tons of metal and plastic at 2000 kph are enough for a kamikaze
to cause massive damage, particularly if it means ramming into
the 1100MW Higashi-doori 1 nuclear reactor, provoking the worst
nuclear disaster in Japan since WWII.
Kimura has planned his attack well, there is no other airbase
sufficiently close to be able to send intercepting fighters, and
he has eliminated any possible interference from the base whose
attack squadrons he has just destroyed.
It is up to Mitaka and her co-pilot Isurugi to go after Kimura
and stop him at any and all cost. The Iroquois engines again come
to life, the Avro majestically takes off. As the plane approaches
Mach 2 the Super Tomcat appears in the distance. The ultimate
dogfight is about to begin...
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