Authors Note: I typed this up after watching Watchmen again and then realizing that it works almost perfectly as a Star Fox intro as well. The point is to read it while the intro scene of Watchmen plays in the background. this can be accomplished by opening a new window, going to youtube, searching "Watchmen intro", and clicking on it. Let it load fully to avoid hiccups. Hit play, switch tabs, and read away. It's written to match up fairly well at most parts, I had to change some to make it work but some of the effects, ie. the fighters flying overhead, should match up if you read at, what I think is, an average pace.
It essentially just covers the events of the Star Fox universe roughly up to the point that the first chapter kicks in, that being said this is essentially optional. You can skip it if you really want, but there are some small details covered in it that are my own assumption on uncovered Star Fox events.
Disclaimer : I don't own Star Fox, someone else does, take it up with him, nor do I own Watchmen, but don't take it up with those guys 'cause David Hayter was involved, and he'll put the hurt on you for real!
Please enjoy!
The scene fades in to reveal hero of the Lylat system, James McCloud, punching the face of a notorious Pirate boss on the planet Macbeth.
While his crew watches, the pirate's blaster discharges a bolt harmlessly into the ceiling of the building the fight is taking place in.
*Fade*
Peppy Hare of Star Fox stands with Cornerian Defense Force troopers on the steps of the Cornerian Capitol Building.
On the electronic banner behind them the sentence "Star Fox and CDF bust local Drug ring" scrolls by.
*Fade*
Pigma stands and chews on a cigar while holding a recently caught interplanetary bank robber in his large arms.
The large pig's muscles bulge as the robber tries in vain to escape his meaty hands.
*Fade*
The three members of the original Star Fox Team stand in front of a white banner emblazoned with the team logo of a winged fox.
Pigma fusses with his boots and Peppy awkwardly attempts to make sure his flight jacket is hanging straight.
James adopts his cocky, signature smile as the other members stand and smile for the picture being taken.
*Fade*
A massive holo-screen in a Cornerian plaza reports news to the citizens lounging outside.
The news covered the recent finalization of a project by Dr. Andross to create a new, clean, and renewable energy.
"The future is here!" the ticker on the bottom of the screen exclaimed.
*Fade*
Hundreds of Cornerians throw confetti and streamers in joy as another holo-screen reports that Star Fox had successfully cleared the Sargasso Region of all known pirates.
Shipping lanes in the Cornerian Republic of Planets are now clear of nearly all obstacles thanks to Star Fox. The citizens of Corneria gratefully show their support.
*Fade*
James and a beautiful vixen sit in a Cornerian park.
The woman's name is Vixy and she is clearly several months pregnant. James's eyes, although covered by sunglasses, are clearly locked on Vixy's extended stomach, small smiles grace their faces.
*Fade*
The Star Fox crew as well as personal friends occupy the McCloud dining room.
Vixy cradles a young fox cub. He resembles his father and James exudes a sense of pride. The guest of the baby shower congratulate the young couple. A camera flashes from the back of the room
*Fade*
A once sporty sky car sits burning in the McCloud driveway, it is nothing more than a twisted, flaming wreck.
Not twenty feet from the car, a CDF officer tries to console a distraught young cub who, as he played in the yard, watched his mother enter the car, only to vaporize seconds later.
*Fade*
A courtroom full of people glare with contempt at a man they all once respected as a hero in his own right.
Dr. Andross, once a great scientist who promoted Cornerian prosperity through his research, is sentenced to exile to the planet Venom.
An experiment of his had exploded, leveling an entire sector of the Cornerian capitol.
*Fade*
A man sits on a bench in a narrow hallway, his holo-pad displays a news story stating that Andross had claimed Venom as his own personal planet and the birthplace of a new empire.
An angry looking wolf pup stood glaring at him from the other side of the hallway. The door opens, a man steps out, and a scantily clad wolfess beckons the man on the bench to her bedroom.
The man who just exited the room tries to rub the young wolf's head as he walks by, only to have his finger nearly taken off by the pup's sharp teeth.
*Fade*
The president of the Republic of Corneria stands outside of the presidential mansion in the act of shaking hands with a short, plump frog.
The man is Beltino Toad, who had just accepted the prestigious position as the head of the CDF's R&D department. Beltino would now be the man responsible for the Cornerian Army's killing power.
*Fade*
James McCloud dies a slow and painful death at the hands of Andross after a failed recon mission to Venom by Star Fox.
Pigma had turned his teammates over for a large sum of gold. Fortunately James had met a young Wolf in the employment of Andross, who grew up admiring the adventures of Star Fox. The night before his death James informed the young wolf that if he had any respect left for Star Fox or James himself, he'd help Peppy escape and go back to his family.
The young wolf, although bitter, smirked and nodded.
*Fade*
Several apes sit burning to death, calmly, in front of the Cornerian Congressional Hall.
They sat down and ignited their fur together in a graphic protest over the speciest laws of the Cornerian Republic. The laws do not explicitly grant apes the same rights as non-apes and are often exploited for grave injustices.
*Fade*
A congressional front-runner in his district and his aide lay dead in the campaign office of the hopeful politician.
The ram had run in his conservative, merchant-heavy, district on a platform of continuing the speciest laws currently in effect. Both men hat been brutalized by a very sharp set of claws. The deep wounds forensically match wolf claws and all apes are ruled out as suspects.
No Leads are discovered by the CDF.
*Fade*
Emperor Andross stands on a platform with his top military brass overlooking a military parade in Venoms honor.
Tanks and other heavy military vehicles roll by as the troops salute their emperor. Andross turns his orange eyes skyward as a wing of fighters make a flyby over the parade.
*Fade*
Two massive capitol ships trade fire with each other, one is Cornerian, the other, Venomian.
The Lylat Wars are in full swing as both Star Fox and Star Wolf try to leave their respective marks on the war.
*Fade*
The fame of Star Fox has returned following their victories in the Lylat wars.
Andross is dead and the Venomian Empire has mostly disbanded. Star Fox's fame is near the levels of James McCloud's prime.
*Fade*
Aparoids individually fall apart by their cells as they are in the middle of their invasion.
Star Fox and Star Wolf had just cooperated to deliver a devastating strike on the Aparoid queen. With that, the second threat to Corneria of Fox's life is over.
*Fade*
Members of both the Star Fox and Star Wolf teams sit in the Great Fox's lounge.
The two teams had again teamed up to rid the galaxy of the Anglars, fish people from Venom's toxic lakes. Despite obvious tension, the two teams are getting along fairly well. Fox and Wolf enjoy cigars in the corner as the rest of their team members play cards at the lounge table.
*Fade*
After the Anglars, being the third major threat to Corneria in Fox's short life, the galaxy seems like a very dangerous place for a fighter pilot.
Fox, although having good intentions, loses his temper with his blue-furred lover, Krystal, over her future as a pilot. Fox fires her from Star Fox in a fit of stress induced fury and a heartbroken Krystal leaves the Great Fox II with her belongings when the ship docks at Corneria.
*Fade*
A pile of Star Fox merchandise burns in a Cornerian park.
Protestors around the bonfire of t-shirts, posters, and toys are rallying against the obvious reliance of the Cornerian Military on small, private groups such as Star Fox. The citizens are worried that the army, which they pay for, has become incapable of performing its own duties.
*Fade*
In the near abandoned bridge of the Great Fox II, a lonely Fox McCloud sits in the captains chair and watches the Holo-screen in front of him.
The only other occupant of the bridge and, in fact , the whole ship is ROB, Star Fox's robot.
Across the bottom of the news program on the screen, the ticker kicks out "Star Fox disbands, all members have left the group except for team leader, Fox McCloud. This ends the once great group for a second time."
The video feed shows more anti-mercenary protesters causing mayhem and havoc in the Cornerian capitol. A man in a hooded shirt proceeds to throw a crude fire bomb at the CDF riot troops who are attempting to keep the peace.
*Fade*
I do hope you played along and enjoyed this thing I did.
Oh, and I try to read through this stuff carefully a few times before I go about posting it but 1: I miss stuff and 2: My Advanced Composition class was over a year ago now and all that it has taught me has seeped into my pilows. So if you notice a recurring mistake in my writing, please feel free to drop me a message and scold me for not paying more attention in class.