Corneria, fourth planet of the Lylat System several years
before the Lylat Wars: (the events in StarFox64) A young scientist currently
working for a major developing firm is the cream of the crop of the new wave of
scientists. He had been a child genius
and was very good at making things. He
had joined this company in the hopes of making his dreams come true. While he had made several advances in the
field of weapons and ships, his life wasn't complete. He then decided to go radical and develop a laser reflecting
forcefield that could be generated by a fighter doing barrel rolls. While that had succeeded he still felt empty
inside. Well eventually his day came. He was in his office with nothing to do when
he decided to take out a videogame, a game that he rarely played called
'Conquer the Solar System' he started playing and within ½ an hour he had
conquered half of the system. He was
about to conquer another planet when the lift opened and out walked the head of
the building. He quickly stopped the console,
yanked out the game, and threw it in his desk before standing up and
alert. The boss walked up to him.
"How's it
going Andross?" asked the boss.
"Fine
sir," replied Andross.
"Andross,
would you accompany me for a talk," said the boss.
"Yes sir,"
said Andross gulping hard. He went with
the boss to the elevator and was prepared to go to the office when the boss
said something different.
"Sublevel-B,"
said the boss. The elevator plummeted
to the lowest level of the complex.
"Sir?"
asked Andross.
"You'll
find out momentarily," said the boss.
The elevator finally stopped moving and the doors whooshed open. Andross and the boss walked out into a dark
room. The boss flicked on a switched
and several lights came on revealing a bio-technology lab.
"What is
this? I thought this stuff was banned
several years ago," said Andross.
"Yeah but
the company has always had this place down here since before the law was
passed. We kept it in case we were
about to be conquered by a rival company.
We never thought we would need it but Space Dynamics Co., Ltd. (They
built the Great Fox). that the
government contracted has been developing new battlecruisers that could destroy
our company. We need something to bring
us back to life and I've chosen you to do it.
I know the technology is outdated but it works and if you need anything
you'll get it. We want you to develop a
new creature that will boost our marketing profits. I don't care what you make, just make it monumental. I am giving you complete freedom and your
choice of any of our vehicles for help in your research. You also will have no monetary obligations;
we'll pay for everything. Do we have
your full support?" asked the boss.
Andross smiled feeling that this was his opportunity to shine.
"My total
and unequivocal support," said Andross.
The boss nodded his head.
"Excellent,"
he responded.
"When do
I start?" Andross asked.
"As soon
as you're ready," said the boss. He
walked off to the elevator and entered it.
"Have
fun," he said to Andross as the doors closed in front of him. Andross shrugged and walked over to a
terminal. Andross keyed in his password
and accessed the data stored inside. He
then scanned the archives and noted a couple of points of interest. He then looked over and saw a cobweb covered
T.V. He flicked it on and it showed a
newscast.
"And
according to scientists, a new race of squid has been found to have telepathic
abilities. This is an exciting
development, as the creature will be studied carefully. Who knows what one might learn when
examining these wonderful creatures.
They may reveal interesting insight into Corneria. Reporting from the Eastern Sea…," said the
reporter before Andross shut off the T.V.
He grinned knowing what this could mean. He immediately decided to take off towards the ocean. He entered the elevator and headed towards
the ground floor. As he was leaving the
building, a pair of guards immediately stopped him.
"Where do
you think you're going," said one of the guards.
"Research,"
said Andross.
"Let me
okay that with the boss," said one of the guards. He walked off to okay it while Andross shrugged his
shoulders. The guard walked back
amazed.
"Boss
says that you can go and use the X-7," said one of the guards.
"Off
course," said Andross. He then walked
out the door and towards the garage. A
moment later he drove out and along the highway leading out of the city in the
most sporty vehicle out there the X-7.
Andross activated the X-7's autodrive sat back in his seat. He looked out the window and saw Corneria
City and all of the people living there.
He saw people playing and having fun as well as doing fun things that
everybody does. Andross sighed knowing
that he would never be this way and that the outside had shunned him. He remembered that fateful day when his
parents, for bringing home a bad grade, had punished him. He also knew the pain he felt by all of the
bully's out there. However, he kept
these feelings inside of him for decades in the fear that he would become that
which he hated. But, Andross knew that
one day, his day would come.
1 hr.
later: Andross had arrived at the company's harbor. He took a boat and zoomed out to a local drilling platform. He then walked onto the platform and was
greeted by the head of the rig.
"Mr.
Andross sir, the boss told me to expect you," the man (really an animal) said.
"Are the
telepathic jellyfish nearby?" Andross asked.
"Yeah,
they swim by everyday. They should be
here any moment," said the man. Then a
white splotch was seen near one of the support beams.
"There
they are," said the man. Andross then
ran down to a platform just above sea level.
He thrust his hand in and grabbed one of the squid.
"Now I've
got you," he said. Then he looked at
the rest of the squid in the water and they just stared right back. Then large psychokinetic pulses bombarded
him as the squids mentally entered his mind.
Andross could hear their thoughts inside his head.
"Destroy
them all," said the voices.
"No! I won't," said Andross.
"You
must," said the voices. Instantly all
of the images entered his head of the pain and the torture that he had endured
throughout his life causing Andross to loose his sense of morals and all of his
mental safeguards.
"Conquer
the Lylat System," they said. Then Andross
was snapped back to reality. His eyes
were filled with rage and that he must one day conquer the Lylat System, which
he realized was what he wanted to do all along. That would give him complete satisfaction in life.
"Dude,
are you okay?" asked the rig owner.
Andross looked at him and then looked down at the ocean. The squid were gone but there was a harmless
Manta Ray floating near the surface of the water. Andross grabbed it and threw it in the tank of water he had
originally reserved for the squid.
"I'm
fine, you can go now," said Andross.
The man walked back up the stairs.
"You will
be my finest experiment, you will help me learn about bio-technology and it's
limits," said Andross to the Manta Ray as he too walked up the stairs and back
to the bio-tech lab back in Corneria City.
