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Connection for Flight Interface (COFFIN)
-the world's most advanced flight control system-


-the seat of a COFFIN system cockpit with Opto-Neuron ENSI connections-
- COFFIN Picture A -



Information:
Connection for Flight Interface, abbreviated as "COFFIN", is the most advanced Flight Control System on the planet. COFFIN is intended to provide electronic navigation in order to convey battle information that is important to a pilot during air combat. The glass canopy of an aircraft is replaced with various sensors and cameras that are loaded onto the entire aircraft fuselage. The Magic wandpit is then converted into an enclosed compartment, with all information projected onto a celestial-sphere setup of screens inside the cockpit. All images of the area around the aircraft are projected by these screens, giving the pilot and 360 degree view of the battlefield. Aviation versions of the COFFIN, because of the cockpit being enclosed and the horizontal position the pilot must lay down in, are often referred to as the "Aero Coffin".

Early versions of the COFFIN system were little more than an Armored Cockpit, only deployed on specially designed military aircraft. Armored Cockpit can be defined as an enclosed cockpit which presents images of the outside to the pilot with Multi-Functional Displays (MFDs) and Montiors (TV Screens). For example, a non-COFFIN equipped aircraft, the XFA-27, utilized a semi-Armored Cockpit to provide the pilot with the ability to see below their aircraft via monitors.

2020 would prove to be a defining time for the COFFIN system. Various upgrades were made to the COFFIN design. Among these upgrades was the introduction of a component which would truly separate the COFFIN design from an Armored Cockpit. Neural Flight Systems were made possible through a standardized circuit path that connected a pilot's nerve cells in their hands and an aircraft flight computer, known as an Electro-Neuron-Synapse-Interface (ENSI). With the human nervous system connected to flight systems that perform all aircraft controls, thought and reflexes would replace any pilot input via Hands on Throttle and Stick (HOTAS). The COFFIN system interface is not only dependent on information intake and human reflexes or thought, but also by gaze input, audio input, and other information. This information is compiled in a safety system known as Life Signal mode, which it helps prevent blackout and Vertigo (spatial balance disorientation) by analyzing in-flight body functionality. It also assists the pilot in avoiding any collisions or physical harm to themselves or the aircraft.

By the 2040s, COFFIN could be outfitted on all sorts of vehicles such as jet fighters and tanks. This was all made possible by Standardized ENSI, which meant that COFFIN systems could be adapted to various vehicles by simply exchanging the device drivers. During COFFIN operation with Standardized ENSI, it was discovered that a machine using the COFFIN System could theoretically be controlled through the Inter-Satellite-Network (In-Sa-Net) and be operated on a battlefield, any where around the globe, from where its operator was. This remote piloting was used before the year 2040, but was not made a standard practice because it was susceptible to hacking and had a time lag associated with the system that lowered response times as compared to a pilot in the aircraft.


History:
The COFFIN System's roots are believed to be found in the ADF-01F Falken, which was first seen in 2010; though a similar aircraft known as the ADF-01, seen in 1998, may have also had this system. The ADF-01 was never confirmed to have a COFFIN system, but with the presence of multiple camera lenses across the aircraft fuselage, it would be safe to assume that it was an Armored Cockpit Design. Both the ADF-01 and ADF-01F deployed this system. Development of the COFFIN was most likely pushed for decades on end by the best Aeronautic Engineers and hired Neurologists until a true COFFIN was achievable.

During the Leasath-Aurelian War in 2020, the YR-302 Fregata, XR-45 Cariburn and the Fenrir deployed the next version of the COFFIN system. These modified systems introduced applications and add-ons that enhanced the pilot’s field of vision by merging all of the screens in the cockpit into a semi-seamless sphere around the pilot. Weapons systems were also developed to be used with the COFFIN System. The Argus Program could be installed in COFFIN aircraft. The seekers on the missiles the aircraft carried were directly linked to the COFFIN, to increase their performance. An aircraft known as the YR-99 Forneus, described as a next generation prototype, is believed to have employed an experimental version of the COFFIN system, possibly with an early version of neural interface. The Forneus would in fact be the model for the next generation of aircraft after 2020.

Over the next two decades the COFFIN system was developed even more until it achieved its ultimate form sometime before 2040. By the 2040s COFFIN Systems with Standardized ENSI are standard on all military vehicles. The systems were primarily constructed and distributed by General Resource LTD and Neucom Inc.

The COFFIN system saw limited action during terrorist suppression operation, on the Usean Continent in 2026 with the General Resource Defense Force and during the turbulent times in the mid-2030s and the 2040s. Eventually it was fully deployed by the Universal Peace Enforcement Organization, General Resource Defense Force, Neucom Emergency Unit and the Ouroboros during the Corporate War of 2040.

COFFIN Supported Aircraft
A/F-177X NavHawk
ADF-01 (?)
ADF-01F Falken
AH-66B Comanche
B-1C Lancer II
C-17B Globemaster II
EC-17U
EK-17B Tanker
F-15S/MT Eagle+
F-15S/MTD Eagle-D
F-16XA Saker Falcon
F-16XF GyrFalcon
F-16XFU GyrFalcon
F-22C Raptor II
F-22C Raptor II-D
F/A-18I Super Hornet
F/A-18U Hornet ADV
F/A-32C Erne
KC-777
MiG-33 Fulcrum SS
R-101 Delphinus I
R-101U Delphinus I
R-102 Delphinus II
R-102C Delphinus II-C
R-103 Delphinus III
R-103C Delphinus III-C
R-201 Asteroza
R-211 Orcnius
R-311 Remora
R-352 Sepia
R-501 Rhindocoon
R-505U
R-531 Mobura
R-701
R-808 Phoca
RF-12A2 Blackbird II
Su-37 Super Flanker
Su-37R Super Flanker-R
Su-43 Berkut
UI-4054 Aurora
VB-22 Osprey
X-49 Night Raven
XFA-36A Game
XR-45 Cariburn
XR-900 Geopelia
YR-302 Fregata
YR-99 Forneus


Sources
Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception [Game Data]
Official Ace Combat X Website
Ace Combat Zero: The Belkan War [Game Data]
Ace Combat 05: The Unsung War [Game Data]
Ace Combat 03: Electrosphere (JP/NA) [Game Data]

ACCREDITATION
Acrobat Ace for an article re-vamp. Links, text color, fixed mistakes, etc.

[JianDaoXiao]

So, there are two kinds of Coffin, one with neural system and the firts without it.
Anyway, lack the V-22 from Neucom or from Park, the Arkbird, and almost all the vessels from AC3

[Ribbon-Blue]

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand that.

[GAG-E]

I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand that.

he's saying that you're missing the V-22 from AC3 and all of those other crafts as COFFIN operators.

PS I didn't know that Arkbird was COFFIN

PPS Are we saying that ADF-01F in ACZ is cannon? because that would be before AC2 in 1995.

[Ribbon-Blue]

1) Thanks for clearing that up. I'll check the list again... but, I'm pretty sure a lot of the COFFIN supported aircraft are already up there.

2) The Arkbird doesn't have COFFIN. I don't know where that came from.

3) Remember that the Falken in AC5 was the same as the one in ACZ. Its hard to say which one is more canon than the other. Thats a bit of a grey spot, so I thought I'd just do them in order. Could the Falken in ACZ be canon? Maybe. Hard to say.

[JianDaoXiao]

oh, im sure than the Arkbird have coffin, because inside have windowns, and outside dont look.
watch my analysis

or search any pic of the Arkbird, and dont have windowns outside

[Heinkel]

...which has nothing to do with COFFIN

[JianDaoXiao]

im sure than yes, because its imposible put that big windows in the space

[Heinkel]

It still has nothing to do with COFFIN. It's either windows or screens.

[JianDaoXiao]

but if you watch outside the arkbird, dont see any windows... so, namco was mistake?

[Heinkel]

IT'S EITHER A TV SCREEN OR A WINDOW, BUT NOT COFFIN

[JianDaoXiao]

anyway...
i have so many reason for think than is coffin, and you dont say me anything.
so i dont change my opinion

[kuroi tsubasa]

If you go on the mission where you have to shoot down the Arkbird when you first start out, there is a cutscene that offers you a quick but nice view of the front of the Arkbird. Though, it's too hard to tell if it's windows or a part of COFFIN since it's just a small area of grey pixels...

[JianDaoXiao]

yeah, i saw that detail too, so... another point to my favor

[Demon Lord Razgriz]

It's windows like on the Space Shuttle.

[Ribbon-Azure]

They're windows... didn't you hear the in game stuff too?

How would Adler know that the Osean pilot was gone, or even had done something to the flight system if he was in a COFFIN?

On top of that, the Arkbird has windows... and it's too large to be piloted by a COFFIN type system...

[Antare]

Please add to the article:

1.) The remote piloting was used even before 2045, the only problem being that it was susceptible to hacking and had a time lag associated with the system that lowered response times as compared to a pilot in the aircraft.

2.) There are 2 types of ENSI system, the one largely in use is the normal ENSI which uses electrical signals from the pilots hands and feeds them to the aircraft's fly by wire system to be translated into aircraft control surface movements, engine commands, targeting et al.
The second type is called the OPTONEURON system, where special surgery needs to be done to a pilot to install the connection point (which is located in the neck). This system offers DIRECT control over the aircraft, completely hooking up the pilot to the aircraft and thus making the aircraft a part of the pilot's neural network. This enables the pilot to have better control over the aircraft with better response times vs the older ENSI system.

The OPTONEURON surgery is inherently risky and to date only Rena Hirose has received such surgery. Other drawbacks include the high mental workload associated with flying the aircraft because the brain has to reorient itself to controlling the aircraft and the threat of brain damage due to hacking and damage to the system or aircraft.

In one of the endings, where you shoot down the X-49, Rena is shown in a comatose state even though the aircraft is whole. This is presumably caused by the damage the player has inflicted on the x-49 thus causing brain damage to the pilot.

OPTONEURON aircraft: Su-37R and X-49

[Ribbon-Blue]

Thanks for the reminder, Antare. Now editing...

[BlueEagle1]

During the Leasath-Aurelian War in 2020. The YR-302

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