Disclaimer: I own nothing related to StarFox, except my works, a cartridge, and a wee disk. EEEARG! It has come to my attention that Ev, another respected writer, had also come up with the idea to make a timeline about StarFox. Even though my timeline is different by hers (or is it his) by 2870 years in the Common Era. I swear on my life that I had the intention of doing this long before she put hers up.
Introduction: This timeline (and article) will eventually build into a story, so bear with me. Most of the places and people are based on the two games, but some parts (such as Papetoon) are from the Nintendo Power comic books. The basic year is made up, and people with unknown ages, I made up for them, same with a few unknown surnames. I know the last name for Katt is a little, er, off, but some people call her that. Or was it just a picture I saw somewhere?
Highlights of the Times in Darkness (article from the Cornerian Library, written by Matthew Jacobs)
2735 CE: Birth of Peppy Hare on Papetoon.
2737 CE: Birth of James McCloud on Papetoon.
2738 CE: Birth of Vixy Reinard on Corneria.
2768 CE: Deaths of Oliver and Tania McCloud due to a fatal ship bombing. Deaths connected to Titanian terrorists.
2770 CE: Wedding of James McCloud and Vixy McCloud.
2772 CE: Birth of Falco Lombardi on Zoness.
2772 CE: Birth of Katt Monroe on Zoness.
2773 CE: Birth of Fox McCloud on Papetoon.
2773 CE: Birth of Krystal, Rainer line, on Cerinia.
2774 CE: Birth of Slippy Toad on Papetoon.
2777 CE: Cerinia explodes. Cause is currently unknown. Two survivors were rumoured to be found around the Lylat, but both disappeared a few months after.
2786 CE: Death of Vixy McCloud due to a car bombing. Death connected to Wolf O'Donnell.
2786 CE: Death of James McCloud. Death caused by Dr. Andross during a faulty mission to Venom.
2786 CE: First Corneria-Venom war begun, shortly after the deaths of the adult McClouds.
2790 CE: Formation of the second StarFox mercenary unit, made up of Fox McCloud (first lieutenant), Falco Lombardi (corporal), Peppy Hare (second lieutenant), and Slippy Toad (corporal).
2791 CE: Death of Dr. Andross. Death caused by the StarFox team during an assassination mission to Venom.
2791 CE: War over: Victory to Corneria.
2792 CE: Falco Lombardi disappears.
2795 CE: Peppy Hare retires, becomes map maker for the StarFox unit.
2796 CE: Slippy Toad retires, becomes mechanic for the StarFox unit.
2796 CE: Rob the Robot successfully reprogrammed to pilot the Great Fox.
2799 CE, November 19 to December 23: StarFox mercenary unit called to Dinosaur Planet. During mission, Fox McCloud rescues Krystal of Cerinia. Also during mission, Falco Lombardi returns and rejoins the StarFox team.
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I read over the timeline a couple of times, and wondered why the rescuing of Dinosaur Planet was included in the highlights of dark times. The timeline also seemed to be a lot more centred on the StarFox team.
"Odd," I murmured as I picked up my cup of coffee and took a sip. I immediately spat it out in a fine mist: The coffee had cooled during my reading and tasted like bitter beans blended with rotten eggs and strained through a well-used pantyhose.
The librarian gave me a scowl, and I obediently cleaned up the stain of the dark liquid on the white tiled floor. I had to use three tissues to properly clean up the mess.
Turning back to the computer, I rapidly clicked a few buttons on my keyboard for the next subject my boss wanted me to find. It was about the system of Sibalt (pronounced seh-ball), and why the main planet had blown up. The radiation shockwave apparently caused a major government satellite to collide with the capitol of Zoness. It took the waves long enough to reach the Lylat; twenty-three years, almost.
The long-wave rays apparently disrupted a lot of things, other than that little chunk of flying metal. Space debris from the entire way from the Sibalt System to the Lylat (which was nearly a hundred light years, not that far, if you think about it) were thrown off course. Most of them decided to run through the Cornerian Offensive Army's ships and cut down six destroyers. Amazingly, no one died.
Snorting, I rolled by eyes at the results. There was only one article about Cerinia. Not many people travel there, after what had happened over a thousand years ago, or as they say on Cerinia. A deadly plague caught all around the Sibalt System, killing millions before the inhabitants suddenly developed immunities. Many people say that the virus was still on Cerinia, or what's left of it.
My frown grew deeper with every word I read in the document. Turns out, it wasn't a document at all. Well, not a full one, actually.
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Cerinia (article from the Cornerian Library, written by Tyson Sentry)
(Original document's disk burned during the invasion of Corneria by Dr. Andross. Parts of what remain and can be read are rescued as best as they can be.)
(Page 27)
...the buildings are ones of amazing architect. Whoever designed such...are geniuses. The palaces and the homes of nobles are carved out of magnificent marble and...in such an order that the lines that separate...are hardly visible...
(Page 34)
...follows by a royal system. There are kings, queens, princesses, and princes. They find dictators among the fairest of peasants when a line runs out, and democratic advisors...elected every two years. Dukes and duchesses govern the smaller details of faraway lands, but in all, the kings and queens hold the most power...
(Page 49)
...not to be reckoned with. Their armies swear by an oath so complex it would take a person of high IQ to understand all the requirements. The soldiers are all hard-trained and determined. During my time at Cerinia...found that the soldiers train from very early childhood to gain status and rank. The ones that train the hardest and endure the most physical...the Royal Guard. Most are descendants of nobles, willing to prove themselves to the king and...
(Page 63, last page in document)
...are easy to understand...people, but there is one tradition that they have that does not fit right inside my mind. The female, when time to wed a male, must present their future mates with the three most important teachings...culture. They are: Honour, including rank and reputation; Discipline, including honesty and loyalty; and Strength, including character and physical strength. The female is to present the male with her badges and attire symbolizing rank, her willingness to serve him by completing one task (the male must choose the most difficult one he could think of), and her weapon. If the male accepts, she may have these items back, but if he refuses, the female is...dishonoured and will be stripped of these above items...
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"Odd, indeed," I muttered again, my frown to such a depth that my eyebrows were in danger of merging with my eyes. People who write can be so confusing.
I sighed and hit the print button on the computer. A machine buzzed to life nearby as it burnt the words onto the glossed piece of thin plastic.
Being an astronomer wasn't easy.
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A/N: Oi, my head hurts, partly because I had to use so much creativity on this one. The math was really easy, though. If you want to do a timeline like this, please make sure not to plagerize me. (I know math is really hard for some of the knuckleheads out there, but at least try. If you can't try, e-mail me if you want to stick this pathetic piece of crud on publicly viewable areas.) The article was a bit more confusing for me, too.
Mmm! By the way, I am fully aware (and any good SF fan should, too) that in the original Dinosaur Planet (it was cancelled) starring Sabre and Krystal, Krystal was orphaned at that age of six, and the game made no reference whatsoever to her planet being blown up, and neither does SFA. Oh, and if you've seen any pictures of Dinosaur Planet, Krystal has no hair (odd) and her loincloth is about five times bigger. I, personally, think that our SFA Krystal is a lot cuter. Bear with me, as of again, because I plan on basing this on SFA. Maybe I'll consider doing one on the original Dinosaur Planet. It shall be interesting, I tell you.
Oh, and the weird burnt disk part: Most disks run on little lines, making it go whir as it goes around and around, making the computer read from something like a record disk. If it was burnt, I'd imagine that only parts of it were burnt, and those specific pages happened to be on the same side of the disk (the unburnt part).