# THE LAGOON SHEARS

F4U Corsair silhouette · track the sweep.

Character · Fictional · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-ace-7` · Revision 1 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-ace-7/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-ace-7/record.json)

## At a glance

- The Lagoon Shears moves as if cutting a new channel through the paper. Its sweep invites you to follow too far. The page’s lesson is to keep a route back instead of copying every enemy movement.

- Fictional NPC · not a historical pilot, commander or combat record.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Which parts of this entry are historical, and which belong to the game? The F4U Corsair is a historical aircraft design. This named ace, its page assignment and its two-phase attack pattern are fictional.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Portrait

![A blue-ink F4U Corsair viewed from above, labelled THE LAGOON SHEARS.](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-boss-models-margin-aces-ace-7-card-v1-1200.webp)

Native F4U Corsair sprite assigned to THE LAGOON SHEARS, Page 7. THE LAGOON SHEARS is a fictional game opponent.

[Download original](/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-boss-models-margin-aces-ace-7-card-v1.png) · [Margin Aces native aircraft sprite](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) · v1 · SHA-256: `a0c3d1375945b09b01726cba124cee91f9bd0e412f23d2ec6e3e67415d8f4ed0`