HELLO EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THIS CROSSOVER OF WARFRAME AND STARFOX! MY GOAL BY THE END OF THIS CHAPTER IS GET YOU TO KNOW TWO OF THE FOURTEEN OTHER CHARACTERS AT LEAST THAT WILL BE MAIN PLAYERS! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME, TAKING ON THAT MANY CHARACTERS AT ONCE? ANYWAYS, THOSE FAMILIAR WITH WARFRAME, THERE ARE TWO MINOR DETAILS THAT I THREW IN BECAUSE I CAN, AND YOU WILL KNOW THOSE ONCE THEY ARE INTRODUCE RELATIVELY EARLY ON. DON'T EXPECT STARFOX TO BE INTRODUCED FORMALLY UNTIL CHAPTER 3! UNTIL THEN, ENJOY THIS CHAPTER!

Chapter 1: Blades of the Purge's Maverick Hunters

"So an elite Sentient force has been spotted on Earth? But not just any force, one of Natah's and Hunhow's handpicked ones? Yeah, we can take this job. Who are we working with?" a woman of 21 responded. Aside from the sympathizers, she was the oldest Tenno that was in the Maverick Hunters' ranks. Hell, she was the leader of the Maverick Hunters, an independent part of the Blades of the Purge alliance. This meant she could conduct business with other clans and alliances on her own terms. But as of now, the Maverick Hunters were on the reserves, as most alliances left a few clans behind to recruit more people to join them on the front lines, and alliance-less clans stayed back, save for a few.

"You will be working with the Sapphire branch of the Gilded Phoenix. It is quite a large and powerful Sentient force," the other Tenno said, the woman Tenno nodding.

"Alright. We can be wheels up in an hour. All Zodiac and Prometheus squads are out. This is also considering any sympathizers who are out there as well," she said, the other Tenno raising an eyebrow. "We are the only clan to recruit non-Tenno personnel."

"I'll let the branch know." The transmission ended, and the woman sighed, her palms catching her head.

"Why?" She asked no one, groaning. She started to gently run her temples, feeling an oncoming headache. She sent an immediate return notice to all squads that were out, making sure they knew the severity of the situation. She then tapped a key of her holo-keyboard. "Attention all staff. We have a Class 5 emergency. Everyone man your posts an prepare for the return of all Prometheus and Zodiac squads. We are wheels up in one hour. I repeat, we have a Class 5 emergency, and we are wheels up in one hour."

She was wearing her "casual" clothes, which consisted of the umbra hooded scarf, Haztech cuirass, Vahd pauldrons, and Smelter greaves. She had cheasnut colored hair with lavendar hihighlights and pink tipa to match her eyes. They were a deep purple to pink, but one eye of hers was actually bionic, serving as a target marker for her in her Tenno gear. And under that was a simple skin tight flight suit, going up to her neck. She disrobed to the flight suit, which was a matte black. She walked over to her Warframe suits, something that many did with at least one or two Warframes.

She turned all of her, with the exception of Titania, Inaros, and Nidus into these wearable Warframes. The main ones she always wore, before the Lotus's turn to Natah and to the Sentients, were Chroma Prime, Nova Prime, Zephyr Prime, and Mesa Prime. She looked into her mirror, and saw a pale and almost sick woman. She had to hide it from everyone. She couldn't show weakness. She was a strong leader, and refused to appear weak. She decided on her customized Chroma Prime, which had the Dynasty skin, and Prime helmet. With the colors of white, brown, blue and yellow, with it radiating purple in energy focused points, it was her standard electric Chroma coloration. As for the weapons, she carried usually carries the Baza, Zylok, and Hirudo on her Chroma Prime. She was nimble and agile, which helped greatly in maneuvering the Warframe armor. She suited up, hearing a knock at her door. The only manual door in the dojo, not including restrooms for obvious reasons.

"Come in," she said, the door opening to reveal the Assassin Scarlet.

"Oh my god, are you okay Commander?" Scarlet asked, the blood colored Garuda asked, rushing to her side.

"Yeah. I've not gotten any sleep since, you know. I've been tracking leads, heading up resource allocation, and taking point on the trainees' missions, and not to mention keeping the secret from the kids," she answered sounding tired. She put the helmet on, locking it on and calibrating the sensors.

"What is the next action for us Reapers then?" Scarlet asked.

"Taking care of new recruits. This is going to be me taking the lead along with the Sapphire branch of the Gilded Phoenix," she answered.

"Wait, we are working with a branch of an alliance? You rarely do that," Scarlet pointed out.

"And I wouldn't if it weren't dire enough for me to act like this. I can't do this alone. No one can," she said, shocking Scarlet.

"But why?" Scarlet asked, wondering why her beloved commander would do such an act.

"Rule 28: if you need help, ask for it," she answered.

"Those rules again. I still see why you stick with them. Smart choices. Do you ever get tired of them? Or feel sorry?" Scarlet asked.

"Honestly, they are more like guidelines," she said, taking off the helmet, Scarlet doing the same.

"Guidelines? For you? Surely you are joking," Scarlet smiled, seeing the commander look off to the stars.

"Look at the stars. Tell me what you see," she said. "And you can drop formalities right now."

Scarlet looked to the stars and moved closer to the window. "I see life. A still, moving life around us. I see, tranquility. Peace."

"And that is why I stayed back. So I can remember what we are fighting for. This is the system Sentients need to reach out elsewhere and take over. Do you know why?" She joined Scarlet next to the window, the reflection blocking very little.

"Because of us?" Scarlet asked.

"Because of us," she confirmed.

"Why though? They could just expand without worry, as they are a hive mind, controlled by Hunhow and Natah," Scarlet questioned.

"Because as long as even one of us lives, they are in danger. They are cornered once more, but they are more in number. And they know it. They are desperate. I know, because of the bastard Balis. A cross between Orokin and Sentient. As a last act of defiance before he was inevitably turned to a Sentient, he gave me the key to beating them. And with analysis, I've passed the key onto others. The great sword, the Paraesis. They know that we are the only ones that can defeat them, and to prevent another defeat, this time a permanent defeat, they want us dead first. They learn. Adapt," she explained, Scarlet looking at her reflection the whole time.

"So we do this, to let others live. Protect the innocent," Scarlet clarified, seeing her commander walk over to their helmets, grabbing both.

"You are my most trusted agent Scarlet. You've shown loyalty, concern, and above all, despite us wanting to hurt each other on the Zariman that gave us our name, you've shown that you care. You care more than anyone else. I'm not blind to how you feel but I don't see you that way. But you are definitely the only one I would ever tell anything personal to." She smiled, handing Scarlet her helmet. "You might want to use this to hide those tears. I can't have my favorite person crying in front of her division, now can I?"

"You knew?" Scarlet asked, clearly embarrassed.

"Yes. But again, the rules. Twelve and one this time," she smiled.

"Don't get personally involved and don't screw your partner," Scarlet smiled, before putting on the helmet. "How long have you known Luna?"

"Since I first helped you and even recruited you. I could sense your admiration, which turned to love. Trust me, I would love for everything to be over, so we can finally rest. Get some damn sleep. Which reminds me, wake me up in forty minutes. I desperately need to sleep." Luna collapsed at her desk, falling asleep instantly.

"You deserve to sleep longer than that. I could take over for a few extra minutes to allow you a full rest. But you'd make up something to move me even more. Still, you are a great commander. Thank you, Scarlet said, sitting next to her commander and love. "Maybe one day, when it is all over, you'd return these feelings of mine."

45 Minutes Later

"I told you forty minutes, not forty-one," Luna complained to Scarlet.

"You wouldn't budge ten minutes before when I tried. I know what you meant, and you refused to wake up. I was thinking about letting you get eight hours at least, so be lucky I got you up before then," Scarlet snapped back.

"God, I'm wondering how no one else has seen your feelings, since you constantly argue like we are married," Luna shot back, hitting Scarlet right in the feels.

"Hey, don't tease me," Scarlet joked, Luna rolling her eyes under her Chroma Prime helmet.

"Anyways, time to make a speech. Inform everyone what is going on," Luna said, opening the door to the meeting hall. It was huge, and the only clan to actually put time into making one for large scale missions, or whole clan meetings.

Walking up to the center, everyone grew quiet. Luna looked around, seeing everyone looking at her, some of the Tenno and children looking worried.

"We have a tip on a Sentient force on earth. It comes from the Gilded Phoenix, Sapphire branch. We are taking point. Because of this, I am having our lieutenants teamed up for this. And each group is responsible for capturing one Sentient and taking them to containment. This is a Code 5 Bag and Snatch. We've done this many times. Aries, Taurus, Gemini and Cancer, you will be Lance Squadron. Leo, Virgo, Libra and Scorpio, you are working together as Vulture Squadron, The rest of the Zodiac Lieutenants, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces, will form Wyvern Squadron. Coeus, Cronos, Mnemosyne, and Phone, you will be together as Dreadnought Squadron. Crius, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus will be Interceptor Squadron. All other Prometheus Lieutenants, Rhea, Theia, Themis, Tethys, will be Renegade Squadron.

"Remember, we are working alongside them. If need be, if they stop us from containing a total of seven total to get information, do not hesitate to engage. Myself, Scarlet of the Reaper division, Quinn of Raptor division, and Conner of the Ignition division will be with me as Wolf Squadron." Everyone went berserk at those three names. Each heading up an assassination contracting group in the clan, they were highly lethal, and rarely saw action. They have been in charge of taking entire Galleons and Obelisks, but other than that, they were mostly inactive unless training their divisions to perform better.

"Everyone quiet!" Luna boomed, scaring everyone speechless. "This is a highly dangerous mission. We are going to be transporting live Sentients to this location! We need all hands-on deck, and all combatants in the field or waiting here! We can get information from them, and if we aren't careful, be killed by them! This choice is final! Zyzzyva will be coordinating our resources and forces to the correct points. Everyone go to your stations and prepare for a gate jump to Earth!"

Everyone, despite the previous protests, made their way to their positions, each and everyone one checking weapons, bio-suits, or preparing for the gate jump, knowing that things were going to be very terrifying now that the Commander was going back into the field after two years.

SO, I KNOW MESA PRIME ISN'T RELEASED JUST YET, BUT WILL ONLY BE A FEW DAYS AWAY, AND I PLAN ON GETTING HER, BECAUSE GOD MESA IS AMAZING AND IS A GO-TO FRAME OF MINE. ANYWAYS, FOR THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH TITANS AND PROMETHEUS, THE SECOND SET OF THREE GROUPS ARE THE FIRST TITANS TO BE BORN, AND PROMETHEUS WASN'T UNTIL LATER, I KNOW. UNTIL NEXT TIME, ENJOY!