Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, dogs and cats, dragons of all ages. This is my first fanfic. The inspiration for it came while playing Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII. It's basically Star Fox based in WWII. There may be some historical references but nothing to major. So kids, that means this story can't be used for any WWII essays or projects.
I do not own Star Fox WWII, or anything else that appears in this fanfic. Now,on with the reading.
Star Fox: WWII
In 1914 the First World War on Lylat began. The evil Dr. Andross led his army of Venom soldiers in an attack on the rest of the countries. This was the first time a war had become this large, and engulfed the entire world of Lylat.
It was also the first war where combat was taken off the ground, and into the skies. Planes were just starting to be used in warfare, but they were already proving their worth. Many teams of pilots were sent into the skies to fight against each other, but only one stood out from the rest. The Star Fox Team.
Consisting of Pigma Dengar, Peppy Hare, and led by James McCloud, the Star Fox team shot down every opponent Andross threw at them. It was at the end of the war that Star Fox was sent to attack Andross' main base. During the fight Pigma betrayed Star Fox and attacked Peppy forcing him to retreat. James tried to shoot down the traitor, but Pigma escaped. James then turned to fight Andross and his War Blimp. James shot down the blimp, but before he could escaped Andross hooked his plane with a harpoon, holding him under the blimp as it crashed down on top of him.
Peppy made it back to base and waited for James to return. When he didn't Peppy began to fear for his friend's life. His fear was confirmed a few hours later when Cornerian forces found the remains of James and his plane. Peppy then returned home, to tell James' wife what had happened. When he returned though he was met with more tragic news. James' wife had gotten into a severe car crash, she died on impact, leaving her and James' newborn son, Fox, orphaned. Peppy took in Fox and raised him as his own son.
At the age of eighteen Fox, his friends Falco and Slippy, and Peppy then reformed the Star Fox Team. They quickly became the best pilots in the world, rivaled only by the notorious Star Wolf. Now armed with new Arwing planes, and their own aircraft carrier, the Great Fox, they're ready to take on any challenge.
- Macbeth 1939 -
A small family of farmers were working out in the fields. Their farm was positioned right next to the Fichina-Venom border. They hear a rumbling noise in the distance and look up to see a convoy of tanks coming out of Venom and down the road. All of the tanks had the Andross symbol painted onto them. One tank veered off and headed straight for the family's farm. About halfway down the road it stopped, it waited for a few seconds before firing and blowing up the farmers home, then the barn. The tank then turned around and rejoined the convoy as they headed for the country's capital city.
The family got up from their crouched down position and watch as the tanks went by. Only the older members of the family knew what this meant.
Andross has returned.
- Cornerian capital -
"Sir reports are coming in of Venomian forces invading Fichina, Titania, and Fortuna."
"Aquas says they've spotted Venom forces on their borders."
General Pepper sat in his command chair as the reports came in. It had been a month since the reports of the return of Andross came in. Andross had sent out a worldwide broadcast proclaiming his new reign as Emperor of Venom. He had already begun his invasion of Macbeth. The countries of Zoness and Eladard had changed allegiances and sided with Andross and the Venom army. The country of Aquas had all but fallen to the Venomian forces. They still resisted, but they were being pushed back. The rest of the world had been shocked by Andross' return, and were unprepared for his second campaign to conquer the world.
Corneria was still gathering their forces for the main assault to drive Andross back. Corneria had been having problems of their own after the first war and had been struggling to recover, as were the other nations. Their armies were scattered, the countries were disorganized, and they were greatly outgunned as well. Andross had not been simply hiding in the shadows, he had been building weapons to help turn the tide in his favor. With the countries of Lylat in distress and Andross gaining more ground each day, there was only one thing to do.
General Pepper picked up his phone, "Clara. Contact Star Fox ASAP!"
- The Papetoon Islands -
The Great Fox was sitting off the beach of one of the islands of Papetoon. Gilligan Island to be exact, named after the man who found it, First Mate Gilligan of the S.S. Minnow. The Star Fox team had recently completed a high paying job of escorting a corporate billionaire's daughter down to the islands. The billionaire had paid quite handsomely for his daughter's safety. That and since they were already there, they decided to take a vacation.
Fox was sitting on the wing of his plane out on the deck of the ship when Engineer Robert Oliver Burns, or Rob as everyone called him, came running up to him. Fox looked down as Rob came up to him.
"Sir, we've got an urgent message coming over the wire from General Pepper." Rob called out.
Fox didn't waste a second in jumping down from the wing he had been perched on and dashed to the communications room. After passing down several hallways, accidentally hitting his head on the doorway once (he really hoped that ships would get bigger hallways in the future) and passing by several of the Great Fox's crew, he turned into the communications room. As he entered the telegraph technician, Radar, started sending something over the wire. Mostly likely telling Pepper that Fox was present. As soon as the message had been sent, a new one from the General came through. The Telegraph tech wrote down the message while Fox read it over his shoulder.
::Andross return. Invading Fichina Titania Fortuna. Zoness & Eldard sided with Venom. Aquas & Macbeth falllen. Help us Star Fox. You're our only hope.::
As Fox finished the message he took in what it meant. Andross had returned, the entire Planet was in peril, just like it was over twenty years ago. Before he was even born. The peril his father had sacrificed his own life to finish. And now it had returned.
"Corporal, send this over. ::You can count on us General. Just like you did my dad.::"
The message was sent and not two seconds later another came back. This one was shorter. ::I know you'll make your father proud Fox.::
With that Fox turned to the Rob who had come followed Fox from the flight deck. "Get everyone to their stations and cast off. I want this ship underway as soon as possible."
"Where are we going sir?" Rob asked.
"To war."
~ Notes for the story ~
Planet to country reference:
Corneria = America
Aquas = France
Venom = Germany
Fichina = Russia
Sauria = England
Papetoon = The Caribbean Islands
Eladard = Hungary
Macbeth = Poland
Zoness = Italy
Titania = Africa
Fortuna = Belgium
Katina = The Netherlands
Character ages as of 1939:
Fox, 21
Falco, 22
Slippy, 18
Peppy, 50
General Pepper, 53
Rob, 17
Wolf, 23
Leon, 23
Pigma, 51
Oikonny, 19
Bill Grey, 21
Katt Monroe, 20
Andross, unknown(but old, REALLY old)
Panther Caroso, 22
Tricky, 14
Krystal, 20
Planes:
Arwing I: Similar in design to the P-51 Mustang.
Wolfen I: Based off of the Spitfire Mk XIV, the main difference is that it has two sets of wings, one above the other.
So, that's it for the prologue. There will probably be long periods of time between updates. This is due to other stories I'll be posting, as well as something called life, which does get in the way.