Gracemeria

Gracemeria
- The Capital city of Emmeria -

- Gracemeria Image A - Night sky photo of Gracemeria - Gracemeria under attack by Nimbus Missiles -

Geography:
Gracemeria city is a modern, bustling city. The city is similar in size to Oured and acts as Emmeria's capital city. It is based around an inlet of the ocean, which is crossed in several places by bridges. Gracemeria is basically made up with two main administrative areas. The "New Town" is shown with groups of modern infrastructures, buildings, skyscrapers, and towers. The "Old Town" is situated with spread row of old town buildings and small villages, and most likely that there's also an old castle.

The area around the Capital city is on a coastal plains of southern Anea. To one side of the city, is a large bay for naval and commercial ships to load and unload their cargo. One of the characteristics to the city is the large island that connects, via Kings Bridge, to the rest of the city. The large bridge that crosses Kings Bay and connects all of Gracemeria is known as King's Bridge. There is also one rivering flow through the city and out into the Fuscum Sea.

Ulysses Crisis:
With the discovery of the Ulysses XF04 1994 Ulysses Asteroid, a mass migration of people began world wide. Refugees from many nations, wanting to distance themselves from the Ulysses, began to seek shelter in countries around the world. Gracemeria was one of many cities which took in refugees (200, 000 refugees) before the Ulysses impacts. In 1999 the asteroid 'Ulysses' 1994XF04 asteroid made planet-fall over the Usean and Anean Continents. Usea received most of the larger fragments from the planet-fall. Anea recieved mostly smaller fragments from the Tragic event. Though, Emmeria was unphased by this global event, as it recieved no direct damage from the Ulysses, unlike it's neighbor, Estovakia.

- Gracemeria, during the 1999 Ulysses asteriod fall -

The EE War - Siege of Gracemeria:
On August 30th, 2015, the Estovakian Air Force launched a surprise assault on the capital city. During the assault, Esovakian aircraft destroyed a section of King's Bridge. This caused the people of Gracemeria to panic to escape frantically to from the capital city. The Gracemeria Defense Force Squadrons put up fierce resistance to Estovakian aircrafts, but near the end Air Command order a general retreat from Gracemeria air space to regroup further inland. This was the official beginning of the Emmeria-Estovakian War or Anean Continental War.

- An aerial view of Gracemeria under siege by Estovakian forces -

The EE War - Counter Operations:
Regrouped Emmerian Forces launched six operations to retake Gracemeria, under the code names "King" and "Balloon". These operations were unsuccessful in breaking the Estovakian hold on Gracemeria because of a unified defense of the Estovakian Aerial Fleet, the Strigon Team, the Estovakian South Sea Fleet and aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 03. Once Gracemeria was secure, Estovakian Supreme Commander Dvornik made Gracemeria the headquarter for all Estovakian occupational operations and took command of all Estovakian Forces from Gracemeria.

The EE War - Liberation of Gracemeria:
On March 31, 2016, the Emmerian Military launched Operation "Free Gracemeria" and commenced a reclamation operation of their capital city. The Estovakian Defenses included the Estovakian South Sea Fleet and masses of ground and air forces scattered throughout the city. With a combined Aerial, Naval and Ground Force, the Emmerian Military retook the capital city and its nearby Naval and Air Port(s). Before the city was fully recaptured, Ilya Pasternak of the Strigon Team arrived over Gracemeria and engaged all Emmerian forces within Gracemeria. Pasternak specifically engaged the Emmerian Garuda Team. Ilya Pasternak successfully allowed the Strigon Team, Supreme Commander Dvornik and other Estovakian Forces to escape back to Estovakia. Pasternak would never return to Estovakia and died during his engagement with the Garuda Team. Ilya Pasternak's valiant efforts gained him the identity of a national hero in Estovakia; with his death, Gracemeria was finally retaken.

The EE War - City Lights:
After the reclamation of Gracemeria, the Emmerian Air Force ran routine patrols to monitor Gracemeria's Air Space. This would last until a treaty of surrender was given by Estovakia. However, Gracemeria was suddenly thrown back into a state of war as it witnessed the arrival of several cruise missiles. The missiles were launched from the Chandelier in northern Estovakia. Working with air defense forces, the Emmerian Air Force intercepted the missiles, but were quickly disrupted by Estovakian attacker aircraft. The Estovakian aircraft and missiles were destroyed before Gracemeria was wiped out. Following this operation, with the discovery of the Chandelier's exact location, an operation to destroy it was immediately launched.

Source(s):
Famitsu
OXM
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation - In-Game Data
Official Ace Combat 06 Website

ACCREDITATION:
Ayre: Additional information

*Original Article by Ribbon-Yellow*