# Iron Wings Under the Red Flag — They Shall Not Fade
Iron wings under the red flag should never fade into oblivion.

I know the world is harsh and cruel, yet a flicker of hope still burns in my heart:

Such iron wings ought not vanish from the skies.
There was an era when industry and an almost obsessive ideal forged a skyward shield — an era of pure devotion, not for profit, but for guarding the homeland.

Endless cold, frozen earth, vast wilderness, the boundless expanse of Siberia;
Cold steel, exposed pipelines, rugged yet dependable machinery;
Rust, the smell of engine oil, roaring engines, thunder piercing blizzards;
A fading red flag, unfulfilled dreams, the wreckage of a mighty empire;
Long-wave radio stations, silent radar, lonely outposts, the shadow of a nuclear winter.

In this unforgiving world, iron wings still rise defiantly.

At the edge of the world, something must keep burning forever.

P.S. Character design? Simple. All I wish is for UAC to keep burning, to bring strength to the vast northern permafrost. May it live up to its former glory, and pay tribute to the older generations.

They are:
Tupolev Design Bureau (Туполев / Tu)
Sukhoi Design Bureau (Сухой / Su)
Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau (МиГ / MiG)
Ilyushin Design Bureau (Ильюшин / Il)
Yakovlev Design Bureau (Яковлев / Yak)
Antonov Design Bureau (Антонов / An)
Lavochkin Design Bureau (Лавочкин / La)
Beriev Design Bureau (Бериев / Be)
Myasishchev Design Bureau (Мясищев / Mya)
Mil Design Bureau (Миль / Mi)
Kamov Design Bureau (Камов / Ka)

BGM: *The Pride of Dreams* — aesttc
梦之骄子——aesttc