Disclaimer: I do not own Star Fox, I also do not own Phantom dust (parts of this fic is influenced by it).
Note: Hey what's up I went to a friend's house and played the game Phantom Dust and thought it was really cool so I decided to try to write a Star Fox twist with it. Since I only played for a few moments I'm not really sure what you can do with the various abilities so if I mess any of them up I'm sorry.
Fox walked down the long gray corridor as his footsteps gave off a metallic echo. He wondered what assignment that Pepper had for him this time. He sighed to himself as he reached the end of the hallway and he felt the room give a slight shutter. Great guess I've already accepted the job then he thought as the room seemed to twist in on itself as the ship hurled through slip-space, oh well. Fox waited while the ship righted itself and everything warped back to it original shape. Fox entered his pass code and waited as the door slid open. As he walked inside he saw Pepper sitting at the end of a long wood conference table as drumming his paws on a small data pad.
"General," Fox said as he walked the length of the table, "You wanted to talk to me about a mission."
Pepper jumped and seemed to come out of a daze, he looked at Fox like he had never seen him before, his confusion lasted only a moment before he organized himself and began to explain Fox mission.
"Fox," he began, "there is a planet on the edge of our system that is currently under going a major political upheaval."
"Why does this concern me general," Fox muttered as he turned to leave the room.
"Wait, Fox, and listen to what I have to say," when Fox didn't stop Pepper shouted, "I'll pay you four hundred thousand credits."
Fox paused at the door and turned back around, "You can continue."
"Thank you, anyway the planet's going through a revolution and I want you to stop it."
"Why do you want the revolution stopped"? Fox asked puzzled.
"Because one of Andross's old generals is the one causing the revolution." Fox's ears perked up and Pepper continued, "He has convinced many of the younger populous that their only hope lies in the stars. Our advisors believe that this is just a plan for him to build an empire like Andross tried to do."
"What other information can you give me General"?
"We landed a probe on the planet a few days ago this is what it recorded." Pepper slid the data-pad over to Fox and he powered up its video file. The video wobbled and stuttered before it flared to life and what Fox saw brought a felling Fox wasn't used to, fear. The first few images were of the entry and didn't interest Fox, but when the probe landed and its camera began to scan the bleak surroundings Fox wondered what could even live there. The land and sky were a dirty shade of brown and the buildings that once could have shown prosperity had fallen into shambles and disrepair. Fox watched as dust clouds blew and coated the probe with a thin layer of grit and grim as it wiped and swirled around. A small cloaked figure creped out of a small crevice and crawled over to the probe. It scrambled around the probe and tried to move it several times without success. Finally it appeared to give up as it crawled to the camera's front and Fox saw that the creature was more or less a fox with a mask of some sort covering its face. Fox watched as the fox stood up with a look of pure terror covering his face before he turned and broke into a run. A flash of light blinded the camera and made Fox squint. When the camera cleared the fox's skeleton was laid across a stone a few feet away. A second figure walked over to the probe and crouched down in front of it. The new figure was a lizard of some sort and it felt around the probe for a moment before giving up. It backed away from the probe and turned around. It held out one scalded hand and a red light swirled around it then it lanced out and struck the probe. The recording cut out after that.
"What the hell was that General"?
"I'm not sure. From what our scientists could gather before the probe was destroyed the surface is uninhabitable and the main populous lives underground. The population is a mix of mammals and reptiles with a few humans here and there."
"Human"? Fox asked.
"Yes," Pepper replied, "but that is another matter entirely. So will you take the mission"?
"Sure, when do I leave."
The room gave a quick jolt and the world twisted on itself again as Pepper stood. "Right now."
Fox nodded as Pepper stood and lead him out of the room. Fox followed Pepper through the ship as they continued to discuss the mission.
"You'll be undercover Fox so try to stay discreet."
Fox sighed, "Yes General."
"Also we're not sure who you should trust on the planet but you have to get close to Andross's old general."
"What's his name General"? Fox asked and Pepper stiffened slightly.
"We are unsure."
"What"! Fox yelled as he grabbed Pepper and spun him around, "You're sending me after a guy and I don't even know his name."
"Calm down Fox, calm down. He is well known on the planet and it shouldn't be hard to find out who he is."
"What ever," Fox said sarcastically as he released Pepper and they continued to the docking bay. When they reached the docking bay Pepper supplied Fox with a basic tunic and an old cloak.
"This is what most of the inhabitants wear these. Also here," Pepper tossed Fox a mask like the fox on the video had worn, "That mask will keep you safe from the planets atmosphere."
"Right anything else," Fox muttered as he donned his new attire.
"Yes you have to give up your blaster."
"What," Fox started but he knew it was no use and handed over his blaster. "So how am I supposed to protect myself anyways," Fox asked as he climbed inside a small one-man fighter.
"Improvise." Pepper said confidently, "Good luck and God speed."
Fox gave a small shrug as he launched the fighter into the void of space. Well here I go again he thought as he headed toward the worn out brown planet on his scanners.
Authors notes: Sorry short beginning. I got bored in my computer class and wrote this while I was in there. I promise it will get more interesting as time goes on. This is just a side project so it won't get quite as many updates as the unknown, unless you actually like it and want more updates. So hope it's ok and review if you want to.