Ace
Ace is an NPC in Arknights. He is a supporting character in Prologue and Episode 01.
Background
Ace Is a former member from Babel and one of Rhodes Island's elite combatants alongside Blaze, Rosmontis, and Scout, with whom he shared a strong camaraderie.[1] He is also Blaze's senior when she first joined R.I. and helped her in combat training together with Mechanist.[2]
Story
Prologue
After escaping from the Sarcophagus' premises amidst R.I.'s mission to recover the Doctor from Chernobog, the extraction team meets up with Ace. Initially, he is unaware that the Doctor is suffering from amnesia until Amiya informed Ace; nevertheless, he remains loyal to them.[3]
As the R.I. forces shoot their way through the Reunion fighters led by Crownslayer and Mephisto all over Chernobog, they end up being surrounded and pinned down until Nearl saved them. When Nearl is overwhelmed by Faust's sniper fire, Ace manages to pinpoint his position and orders R.I. snipers to fire on him.[4]
Episode 01
As the situation grows desperate, which culminated in a Catastrophe that lays waste to much of Chernobog and Talulah personally confronting the R.I. forces, Ace chooses to make his stand alongside Guard and a number of R.I. soldiers to allow Amiya, the Doctor, and the remainder of the R.I. forces to escape. He believes that despite the Doctor's past, they will have to face the path ahead of R.I. together, and tells the Doctor to cherish Amiya.[5]
In the resulting clash, only Ace and Guard survive, but it comes with the cost of losing one arm. After giving some medical aid to Guard, Ace decides to confront Talulah for one last time on his own. In the end, he is slain by Talulah after holding out long enough for the rescue operation to succeed.[6]
Vigilo
Prior to the Doctor's amnesia and during his day in Babel, Ace made a bet with Scout and them on the purpose of an old, red machine, received it from a slum. He felt that it was nothing but some industrial garbage, but Scout believed that there was something worthful that caused the slum inhabitants to live around it. Together, they promised that they would find out the mystery after the civil war was over.
The two will never fulfill their promise. By the time the amnesiac Doctor returns, they figure out that the machine is a vending machine with a bottle of beer, Spontaneously, they leave the beer beside Ace's shield as a commemoration.[7]
Legacy
Ace's sacrifice ensures the safety of the rest of R.I. forces as well as the survival of Amiya and the Doctor so that they could escape from Chernobog and return to the Rhodes Island landship. Amiya, Dobermann, Nearl, and Medic are all affected by Ace's demise, but choose to move on, knowing that his sacrifice is not in vain.[8]