Ace Combat 8 Mission 27 Titan’s Fall medal: hit the Megafloat pillars first

Why destroying fuel tanks may not award the medal

Additional-Piccolo-6 identifies the reward as Titan’s Fall and reports that its collected description requires a direct hit on a Megafloat column. The original poster tried fuel targets, simultaneous explosions and pillar destruction in mixed runs without receiving it. Their successful revision focuses exclusively on pillars first.

The checked discussion does not establish an exact hidden enemy count, required difficulty or a special-weapon requirement. A reply speculating about LASM/LAGM is not the confirmed route. Likewise, a recent farming discussion calls collateral collapse the medal method in broad terms; use the more specific successful medal report when preparing this attempt.

Run the confirmed pillar-first sequence

1. Enter Mission 27 with usable standard missiles and guns. Save your exact difficulty and loadout for the result comparison.
2. Keep wingmen from attacking other structures first. DinoRider420 uses Cover; the original poster reports success without giving attack orders.
3. Select support pillars directly and use standard missiles or guns. Leave fuel tanks, tankers and unrelated enemies alone during this opening sequence.
4. Work down one side of the supports until the section collapses, then repeat on the remaining sections.
5. After the pillar-collapse sequence, clear surviving threats and complete the rest of the mission.
6. Check the medal/result screen for Titan’s Fall. A destroyed fortress by itself is not the reward confirmation.

TheSlyfwor confirms their own success after following the pillar-only approach; RainbowDragonI later confirms it worked. Watch for cranes during pillar strafing, as Additional-Piccolo-6 warns.

Separate the medal attempt from a fast farming clear

Farming reports favor SFFS or SOD and exploit large collateral collapses to avoid prolonged dogfights. Those routes can destroy fuel targets and other enemies during the opening, so they are not interchangeable with the controlled standard-missile medal attempt.

BioHazard4Live’s creator video shows F-15E and Su-34 runs beginning at 8:30 and 18:55, and a later core/tunnel phase. Use the footage to recognize the mission flow, not as an asserted Titan’s Fall result. If the medal is still missing, retain the result screen and compare direct pillar hits, wingman orders and premature target destruction. No patch-specific guarantee or exact score threshold is established.

For repeated currency runs, use the MRP farming comparison. For bomb aiming, see ground-target bombs.