"Time for Chapter 10, in which I attempt to explain how somersaults would work in outer space.
"I don't care how many times you tell me to try a somersault, Peppy. If there's no air, and there's no propulsion system on the bottom of my Arwing, it just ain't possible."
- B McC, Physics Major
Star Fox : Re-Genesis
Chapter 10 – Battle!
"I can't believe this!" exclaimed Falco as he and Fox raced to their Arwings. "I knew Wolf was insane, but I didn't think he was stupid! What kinda moron decides to catch somebody by letting them ambush him?!"
"Save it for later! Right now we have to focus on getting rid of the pirates!"
The two hopped into their Arwings and closed the cockpits. I really wish I had one of the newer Arwings, thought Fox, but I guess this will have to do…
"ROB! We're ready! Launching in 3… 2… 1…"
The two members of Star Fox blasted out of the Great Fox and toward the fray, where Wolf and his team had already engaged the pirates.
"Oi, look!" shouted one of the pirates over the open channel. "O'Donnell brought some friends!"
"We are not friends," Fox growled darkly.
"It's about time!" shouted Wolf. "Your Arwings are faster than our ships, so-"
"You ain't givin' the orders here, fuzzball!" Falco shouted back. "Yo! Pirates! Looks like it's five-on-five, so how about we split up the fun?"
"A laughable suggestion," crooned one of the pirates. "Men, don't break formation. We're taking them out one by one."
"I'd like to see you try!" Fox shot a bomb into the center of the pirates' formation, forcing them to split apart before it took them out. "Falco! You take the one that went right! I've got the one that headed up!"
"Roger that!"
"Leon, you take the bottom one. Pat and Wally, you go left. I'll get the last one," Wolf ordered. "Let's take 'em out!"
…
"Not too shabby! I'm surprised you can keep up with me in that piece of junk!" Fox hit his target with a series of lasers, which barely damaged the ship's armor. "But let's see you handle this!" Almost instantly, the ship reversed direction and headed straight for Fox's Arwing.
"Crap!" exclaimed Fox as he swerved out of the pirate's path. That armor is something else… if he crashes into me, he'll be the only one to survive. And what's up with that acceleration?
"Too slow!" Having reversed direction once again, the pirate fired several lasers at Fox. "I've got the quickest ship in Lylat, pal! You're toast!"
"Just shut up already!" yelled Fox as his Arwing barrel-rolled, deflecting the attacks. "Falco, how's it going on your end?"
"Could be better," replied the avian. "But it's nothin' I can't handle. This guy's only a bit better than Slippy was."
"Focus on your own fight, dammit!" Fox's opponent tried to clip his wing by running straight into it, but Fox dodged in the nick of time.
It's too open out here – the pirate pulled another 180 and came straight for Fox – He's got me beat on maneuverability, so I just need to change the playing field. Fox dodged a flurry of lasers, but scraped the bottom of his Arwing against the pirate's ship.
"Almost gotcha that time!" laughed the pirate. Fox ignored him and flew toward the Great Fox. "Hey! No runnin' away, ya bastard!"
But Fox didn't hear him. Fox didn't hear anything except his pulse, as it beat more and more rapidly. Adrenaline surged through his veins. As he tightened his grip on the yoke and steered toward the Great Fox's head, Fox felt the flow of time nearly come to a complete halt…
This feeling… I missed this.
Fox flipped his Arwing around so that he could look up through his cockpit and see the top of the Great Fox's Command Center. His enemy followed close behind. Pulling up on the yoke, Fox activated a rocket on the Arwing's belly that supplied just enough centrifugal force to somersault the fighter around its own mothership. At the same time, he pushed down on the trigger button to charge a laser. And when he had completed a full 360-degree loop, the enemy pirate was directly in front of him.
Fox smirked and released the trigger. "See ya."
And the pirate disappeared in a blinding green flash.