I think I got this ask a while ago when I was in a weird state of major hiatus (currently downgraded to semi-haitus lol), so I sincerely apologize for how long it has taken me to answer. Especially since it’s such a nice comment - thank you! I hope the blog has been & continues to be enjoyable for you for as long as I keep running it.

Lara hated standing on ceremony. Despite being an commissioned officer, she’d never had all that much interest in being referred to as m’am. Even Dr felt too cold and clinical, especially within the 141 when there small, albeit elite group felt more like a family than anything else. 

It’s for this reason that she immediately smiles at the young sergeant, her face as friendly as she can muster despite the sleep deprivation headache currently raging in her skull. She stands from her desk, extending out a hand for the man to shake. 

Honestly? If Goobisoft decided to make a series with this, they will make the big bucks! Everyone will love it. Like you said, the amount of details this short had, is more than the last one and the one previous had. Improvements everywhere.

Good luck and godspeed.

(Yup yup!)

Someone's made a texture mod for AC7 (PC) inspired by your fanfic! It's called the "Ace Combat 7 Three Strikes Conversion Set 1" on NexusMods, and while most of the skins are small edits to add Naomi's name under the canopy, it does have her F-15C!

Thought you'd appreciate seeing this if you hadn't already!

I actually have them downloaded! The creator of the mods is actually a good friend of mine! He reached out to me over a year ago I think after a mutual friend of ours told me he’d made them and asked my consent to publish them and we never really stopped talking after that!

The very first thing I did when I finally got AC7 on my PC was download the mods he sent me so I could play through the campaign with the aircraft path in Three Strikes lol. Let me tell you most of my playthrough has been me fangirling over being able to see my fic come to life. I would recommend checking out his other mods as well! He does really nice work!

[Okay so. This is a tough one, but we talked and figured it out. To be honest, it comes down to the respect she had to earn and just random muse chemistry (that is to say, they just /work/ together). When they met, Shade was a downright asshole, he dismissed her and raised concerns left and right. But he never actively tried to make her look or feel bad. He never tried to prove she couldn’t, just challenged her to prove that she could. (After being assured that she was staying and if he disapproved so much he could leave, but still.) 

I feel like with the others they either gave in immediately, which she appreciates, but this is Dash we’re talking about, she relishes the challenge of proving, or they tried to shut down the idea, tripped her up at whatever turn until she proved she could more than keep up. With Shade, all he really asked was that she prove she could keep up, no more no less. He didn’t hold her to a higher standard than himself. He might’ve been an asshole, but he showed her a respect she was desperate for from the very beginning. He even gave her tips when she showed her lacking in course clearing. Shade made the respect that much more gratifying to earn, because she never had to earn it, but she still had to prove she could.

And that’s probably a bigger answer than you were looking for lol, but here’s Shade’s response to what Shade sees in Dash:

“I think for Shade, it’s because she’s a hard working and dedicated individual who isn’t afraid to fight for what she wants. Someone who can match and exceed his own pace. As well as understand and accept what he does as a profession, because she does the same thing. I can’t see him settling down with a civi, that’s for sure.”