Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command
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| Developer(s) | Binary Planets |
| Publisher(s) | Green Man Gaming Publishing |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
| Released | May 2020 |
| Genre(s) | Simultaneous Turn-Based Strategy |
Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command was a 2020 turn-based strategy PC game by Binary Planets. It allows users to command a squadron of Imperial or Ork aircraft in a number of pre-written scenarios from the Invasion of Rynn's World. Players can also embark on a longer campaign of randomly-generated missions as the Imperial Navy.[1]
Scenarios
Each scenario may be played as either the Imperial Navy or the Ork Air Waaagh!. Scenarios are available in single-player (vs. AI) and multi-player (online) modes.[1]
- Bandits Over the Hellblades: Ork Fightas intercept a Thunderbolt training flight from 'Vanquish' Squadron of the 301st Fighter Wing over the Hellblade Mountains[3a]
- The Straggler: Orks attempt to intercept a damaged Marauder Bomber[3a]
- Behind Enemy Lines: Imperial Valkyries attempt to extract Guard ground forces after a reconnaissance mission in the Arclan Basin[3a]
- Clash of Aces: Patrols led by Aces Richter Dagor-Jarni and Da Black Barun duel in the skies above the Great Scarp[3a]
- Hunkered Down: Ork aircraft attempt to annihilate the crew of a crashed Marauder south of Mirror Lake[3a]
- Bladefoot: Dakka Da Slugga's bomma skwadron launches an attack against the 'Bladefoot' supply base in the Hellblade Mountains[3a]
- Battle for Arcalan Basin: the Orks pursue a retreating Imperial armoured column across the Arcalan Basin by land and air[3a]
- Killision: Ork fighta-bommers carrying deadly grot bomms intercept Marauders of the 879th Bomber Wing during Operation Fading Light, an attempt to bombard the massed Ork forces east of the Anshar Mountains[3a]
- Surgakill Strike: Ork aircraft transport an elite group of [Nobz] to assault an Imperial air base supporting ground operations in the Arcalan Basin [3a]
- A Hill to Die On: the Imperials launch Operation Light's Dawn to land the Arvus Lighters of the Stygian Skulls on Hill 112-16, escorted by Thunderbolts from the 103rd Fighter Wing[3a] (added in the Skulls Pack DLC)[2]
Campaign
The game's campaign mode sees the player vie for air superiority over Rynn's World through a string of randomly-generated missions. Over the course of the campaign, players may level up Navy pilots as they gain experience. The campaign feature is available only for the Imperial Navy.[1]
Characters and Forces
Imperial:
- Flight Commander Richter Dagor-Jarni: Imperial Navy Ace, pilot of the Thunderbolt Fighter 'Executioner'[3a]
- 672nd Fighter Wing: Dagor-Jarni's unit[3a]
- Stygian Skulls: an elite unit of the Imperial Guard[2]
Ork:
- Da Black Barun: Ork Ace, pilot of the Fighta 'Vulture'[3a]
Vehicles
Imperial:
Ork:
DLC
- Skulls Pack — introduced the scenario A Hill to Die On[2]
Trivia and Notes
- The game's highest difficulty setting, 'Apostle,' is probably a reference to the elite fighter unit of that name featured in the novel Double Eagle.
- On February 8th 2023, the game was removed from sale on Steam by the developer.[4]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command homepage (saved archive page, dated 2 December 2021, last accessed 17 December 2021)
- 2: Skulls Pack DLC product description (saved archive page, dated 5 August 2020, last accessed 18 December 2021)
- 3: Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command
- 3a: Scenario selection menu
- 4: Steam News Post - Aeronautica Imperialis: Flight Command to be removed from sale (last accessed 26 October 2025)