Part Efficient Aces

2031 — Wright Isles

They never gave the unit a name, because it was never meant to be one.

In the skies above the Wright Isles, radar operators learned to recognize a single return that behaved wrong—too sharp, too deliberate, refusing to obey expected energy curves. That lone contact belonged to Adrian Knox, callsign “Deadlock.” He was listed as a squadron on paper, but in practice he flew alone, answering only to mission orders and silence.

Deadlock’s aircraft was a heavily modified Su-35GV Flanker-Q, pushed far beyond the limits of standard airframes. Engineers reworked its flight control laws and thrust-vectoring logic, granting it extreme post-stall authority. Where other fighters bled energy and died, Deadlock’s jet snapped, twisted, and froze in impossible attitudes—Cobra variants that lasted seconds longer than physics allowed, flat spins that recovered into firing solutions. Dogfights against him didn’t end with explosions at first; they ended with enemies trapped in a geometry they could no longer escape.

The Flanker-Q’s dark red paint made it unmistakable against the pale skies and broken seas of the Wright Isles. On its fuselage sat the Wright Isles emblem, not as a badge of pride, but as a warning: this airspace was claimed. When the jet appeared, it wasn’t part of a formation. It was the formation.

Knox himself was an anomaly. He spoke little, flew with ruthless patience, and never rushed a kill. The callsign “Deadlock” wasn’t earned for aggressiveness—it was earned because once he committed, there was no disengagement. He closed angles slowly, denying altitude, denying speed, denying options, until the opponent realized too late that every move had already been accounted for.

By mid-2031, hostile pilots began altering routes around the Wright Isles. Not because of surface defenses. Not because of numbers. But because of the certainty that if Deadlock launched, the fight would end on his terms.

No victory markings were painted on the jet. No public commendations followed his missions. The unnamed one-man squadron existed for a single purpose: absolute air denial.

And as long as a dark red Flanker circled the Wright Isles, the sky itself remained locked.
—ChatGPT

(still no idea how to make lore)

AI Ranking: Hard

Pilot type: Hard Ace

commonly found in WI (Wright Isles) Airspace