[Snail]

Remember Bosch is part of the Lost Generation as per his monologue, and he's old enough to have served in the Great War I believe

He said he lived his youth fighting the rebels of the Great War (the GTI), leading to speculation that he was the Alpha 1 of Silent Threat...

...Will this point be expanded or explored?

[eliex]

Ok, I'm going to deliberately commit suicide whenever I'm playing Silent Threat.

I'm playing as Bosch? 

However, just because he was fighting against the GTI could just mean he's just another wingmate of the real Alpha 1 . . . Gamma 4 perhaps.

The FS1 and FS2 Alpha 1's are hardly mentioned again, (well for FS2 could be in FS3, not like its going to happen anyway) so the ST Alpha might just join the trend.

[Mongoose]

There was never any definitive evidence that Bosch was the actual Silent Threat Alpha 1, but it seems pretty clear that he was intended to be one of the pilots who served in that campaign.

[Galemp]

He said he lived his youth fighting the rebels of the Great War (the GTI), leading to speculation that he was the Alpha 1 of Silent Threat...

However, just because he was fighting against the GTI could just mean he's just another wingmate of the real Alpha 1 . . . Gamma 4 perhaps.

The thing is, when playing through the campaign, it's entirely possible for all of your wingmen to be killed except you.

I leave you to draw your own conclusions.

[Aardwolf]

Are we seriously supposed to believe that every single mission the GTA launched against the GTI was flown in by the player?

That's ridiculous. There must have been some missions with fighters or bombers going on in the meantime.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Aardwolf has a point there. If the GTI were smart enough to mole the GTA, then they must also be smart enough to create diversions and stuff.

[Aardwolf]

Well yes, but I was thinking about it from the other side... that the GTA would launch offensives elsewhere if it could.

But yeah, GTI forces could've gone on attacks too

[Droid803]

Well, isn't it more fun to think of yourself as the future leader of a great rebellion?

[Aardwolf]

no not rly

[Trivial Psychic]

I'm hoping that Bosch in fact makes an appearance in ST:R, though not as the player and not necessarily present throughout the entire campaign.

[GTSVA]

Perhaps making a cameo or some type of statement hinting on Neo-Terra. O.o

[Aardwolf]

 No, that would be too hackneyed. Fighter pilots don't really introduce themselves in FS, and without identifying himself it would take too much yammering to get across that he was indeed Bosch.

(Though the Lt. Ash exception comes to mind)

Question: is it ever stated that Bosch was a pilot and not somebody stationed on a warship?

[Grizzly]

Question: is it ever stated that Bosch was a pilot and not somebody stationed on a warship?

No, but Bosch being a blob turret gunner does just not sound cool.

[GTSVA]

So does this bring us back to the question if Alpha 1 is Bosch in the regular Silent Threat campaign? (Possibility yes?)

[Vidmaster]

I'm hoping that Bosch in fact makes an appearance in ST:R, though not as the player and not necessarily present throughout the entire campaign.

Yeah, just a small appperance, like Commander Snipes in FS2.

[Colonol Dekker]

I'm content to just wait to play it

[Goober5000]

Question: is it ever stated that Bosch was a pilot and not somebody stationed on a warship?

"As a young pilot, I battled against the rebels of the Great War, the Galactic Terran Intelligence..."

So, yeah.  Though this doesn't exclude him being stationed on a warship, especially as he became an admiral later on.

I added an Easter egg on this subject in Ross 128.

[Stormkeeper]

Technically piloting a support ship can count as 'battling' ...

But yea. It doesn't exclude him from captaining a warship ... he could even have captained the Orff.

[Mars]

If he was the Captain of the Orff, that would totally rock.

[Colonol Dekker]

Didn't the Orff go boom in ST?

* Colonol Dekker can't remember that far back. as he hasn't played it since before the great fall.