Shadow Ace SquadronSAS // THE DECK
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Multiplayer

Where we fly

PvP on Strike Package Studios' Contention, where the other side shoots back, and PvE on the squadron's own Shadow Aces dynamic server. Live numbers, comms cards and how to get from the DCS main menu to a cockpit.

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Server list

Our servers

PvPPersistent dynamic campaign

Contention

Run by Strike Package Studios, and where the wing flies most nights. Two servers: the SARH / Modern campaign and the Cold War campaign, red against blue, with the war carrying on between sessions.

Host
Strike Package Studios
Search for
[SPS] Contention
Servers
SARH / Modern · Cold War
Comms
SRS + Discord
Strike Package Studios
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Shadow Aces dynamic server

The squadron's own server, run by the wing. A cooperative dynamic sandbox built on the Scorched Earth framework: CSAR, convoy hunts, ISR for light helicopters and QRA intercepts where you identify unknown contacts under ROE, with dynamic weather, tankers on station and 18 achievements to earn.

Mode
PvE · blue only
Running now
Caucasus · Dynamic Sandbox
Also built
Syria · Dynamic Modern
Slots
24 players · pure client
Comms
SRS + Discord
Search for
Shadow Aces
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Live from Contention

The wing on the scoreboard

Every pilot flying under the [SAS] tag on Strike Package Studios' Contention, pulled from SPS's public statistics and refreshed every 15 minutes.

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SAS pilots on Contention
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When Contention's busy

PILOTS ONLINE · LAST 7 DAYS

Line this up with the muster board: the best night is the one where the wing and the server are both busy.

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Kneeboard

Cards for our own server

Comms and tankers straight off the SAS PvE server's kneeboard pages, plus how a package works the threat rings.

Kneeboard cards · LIGHTING switches day / night

SAS-KB-09Comms card · SAS PvE server
Radio frequencies on the SAS PvE serverA comms card listing the server frequencies: ATC 130.0 AM, AWACS Overlord 251.0 AM, AWACS Darkstar 259.0 AM, rotary wing 30.0 FM, carrier CVN-74 Stennis 225.5 AM and LHA-1 Tarawa 126.5 AM. ATC130.0MHzAMAWACS · OVERLORD251.0MHzAMAWACS · DARKSTAR259.0MHzAMROTARY WING30.0MHzFMCVN-74 STENNIS225.5MHzAMLHA-1 TARAWA126.5MHzAMSHADOW ACES PVE SERVER · ATC · AWACS · ROTARY · BOATSET BEFORE YOU STEP; CHECK IN WITH AWACS ON PUSHFROM THE SERVER KNEEBOARD (#kneeboard, AUG 2026)
  • Preset ATC, both AWACS and the boat before you step.
  • Rotary wing is the only FM net.
  • Check in with Overlord or Darkstar on push.
  • The server's own kneeboard pages carry the full threat guide.

SIM TECHNIQUE · DCS WORLD · NOT FOR REAL-WORLD USE

SAS-KB-10Tanker card · SAS PvE server
Tankers on the SAS PvE serverA tanker card: Texaco, KC-135 boom, 19,000 feet, 270 knots, 255.0 AM, TACAN 41Y; Arco, KC-135 boom, 19,000 feet, 270 knots, 257.0 AM, TACAN 39Y; Shell, A-6E basket, 15,000 feet, 270 knots, 256.0 AM, TACAN 40Y. ALT FTSPEEDRADIOTACANTEXACOKC-135 · BOOM19,000270 KTS255.0 AM41YARCOKC-135 · BOOM19,000270 KTS257.0 AM39YSHELLA-6E · BASKET15,000270 KTS256.0 AM40YSHADOW ACES PVE SERVER · TANKER PLANVIPERS AND EAGLES ON THE BOOM; HORNETS ON THE BASKET
  • Texaco and Arco fly the boom at 19,000 ft, 270 knots.
  • Shell is the basket tanker, lower at 15,000 ft (an A-6E since the 10 Sep update).
  • Set the TACAN in air-to-air (Y) to find your tanker.
  • Join on the left, one on the boom at a time (card 05).

SIM TECHNIQUE · DCS WORLD · NOT FOR REAL-WORLD USE

SAS-KB-07Strike package · threat rings
Strike package against layered SAM threat ringsA notional map of SAM threat rings with a SEAD flight leading from the initial point, a strike flight following to the target, a CAP orbit above, and an egress route outside the rings. SA-10 · LONG RANGESA-11SA-15IPTGT♠ SPADES · SEAD♣ CLUBS · STRIKE♥ HEARTS · CAPEGRESSNOTIONAL · NOT A REAL ORDER OF BATTLESEAD LEADS, STRIKE FOLLOWS, CAP ON TOP
  • Hearts sets the CAP first so nobody gets jumped on the way in.
  • Spades push from the IP ahead of the strikers and keep the radars quiet.
  • Clubs run in behind the SEAD, hit the target and turn for home.
  • Everyone egresses outside the rings; the debrief finds out who didn't.

SIM TECHNIQUE · DCS WORLD · NOT FOR REAL-WORLD USE

An F-16C pulling up in front of an explosion

Plate 04 · Defending

Mud spike.Defending.

Contention runs live threats and live people. Fly the package, stay outside the rings you can't kill, and keep moving when one lights you up.

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How to get in

How to connect

  1. STEP 01

    Open DCS World

    Launch DCS and open the Multiplayer tab from the main menu.

  2. STEP 02

    Search the list

    Search the server browser for [SPS] Contention or Shadow Aces.

  3. STEP 03

    Check the details

    Passwords, mods and the current mission live on Discord. Ask in the server and someone will sort you out.

  4. STEP 04

    Pick a slot

    Grab your squadron's slot, check the flight board for step time, and get on comms.

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