Note: following comments I received I will now try to proofread my new chapters. Oh and a side note these events take place several months before Dinosaur Planet/Star Fox for Gamecube. Another note, I am owning Dan that is mentioned here (the raptor, not the otter).
Sector X: Wolf O'Donell was pacing his office while talking to Leon on the vidcom. Leon was still in orbit of Titania.
"Let me get this straight. They escaped. Again?! Leon I gave you orders to destroy them and they've evaded you twice already. I expected better of you," said Wolf surprisingly calm.
"Sorry Wolf," replied Leon.
"No matter they will come to us soon enough. In the meantime we need you on escort duty. A supply fleet will be leaving Venom as we speak with the final components for our taking of the Lylat System. Protect it and you will evade my wrath another day. Fail and you will face more torture than the Starfox team," said Wolf hitting the end display button on his control panel. Wolf then walked over to a secret medicine cabinet and pulled out a bottle of pills labeled antidepressants. He popped a few into his mouth as he relaxed in his chair. He turned around to look out the window at his fleet of Venom units that were poised for battle.
"Soon we will complete Andross's dream of taking over the Lylat System once and for all," he thought. "And Pepper has no idea how. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!"
Sector Z: James, Kat, Bill, and Jake flew in carefully amongst the wreckage so as not to disturb anything.
"Where are your contacts?" asked Kat.
"They'll be here," Jake replied.
"Whoa, piece of wreckage at twelve o'clock!" yelled Bill. The ships scattered to avoid a large chunk of machinery flying right at them, but Kat didn't move fast enough as the machinery came right at here, suddenly James fired his lasers at the machinery as it exploded into a million pieces.
"Thanks," said Kat. As the dust cleared a large freighter appeared surrounded by six fighters.
"Attention freighter, you are in direct violation of code 7 of the Cornerian treaty. No ship is allowed within fifty parsecs of this wreckage," said Jake.
"Oh shutup Jake," came the reply.
"Hee, hee. Just joking. Folks my contact," said Jake. Instantly an image appeared showing a velociraptor (hence as to why I talked about Dino Planet/Star Fox)
"What are you?" asked James.
"A raptor," came the response.
"Who are you?" asked Bill.
"Names Dan. I smuggle goods throughout this system but I suppose you already knew that or else you wouldn't be talking to me," he said.
"You have what we want?" asked Jake.
"It's in the ship," he said.
"How can we trust you," said Katt.
"I don't try to loose customers. Besides Jake has saved my hide a few times and if you're fine by him then you're the same with me," Dan replied.
"Okay but let's make this quick we have to continue our search for the Starfox team," said Bill.
"What did you say?" asked Dan.
"The Starfox team. Have you never heard of them?" asked Bill.
"Not until just recently. We found a ship with Starfox on it. The ship was empty so we assumed it was very old," said Dan.
"Show us," said Katt. The large freighter moved showing behind it the Great Fox.
"Where did you find this?" demanded James.
"Here, on a recent flyby," responded Dan.
"I hate to say this but you have to give up that ship. It belongs to the Cornerian Army," said Bill.
"Oh well. I guess that explains why no one would buy it," said Dan shrugging his shoulders.
"Are you coming or not," he continued as his fighter flew overhead.
"Let's go," Jake said. All of the fighters headed towards the freighter.
Militay Base. Sector X. "Wolf, the convoy should arrive within the next sixteen hours," said Pigma over the intercom.
"Very well. See that our technicians are ready," said Wolf. He then left headed towards the main hanger. Inside the hanger were multiple fighters all being refitted for intense combat. When the pilots noticed that StarWolf was there they all saluted him. Wolf returned their salutes as he walked over to his fighter, an advanced "Wolfen" class fighter designed specifically to withstand intensive poundings. He ran his hand along the outside feeling to make sure the ship was fine from stem to stern. He then sighed.
"Soon we will crush the Cornerian Army," he said to his ship before walking off back to his office.
Sector Z: Dan's freighter "So that's why you're searching for them," Dan said sipping a cup of coffee.
"Yep," responded Jake. Behind them through a glass window it showed their ships being refitted by Dan's technicians. Bill and Katt were looking at the scans off the Great Fox on a nearby terminal.
"So how's life been treating you?" asked Dan.
"Great, until several Venomian units destroyed my freighter," said Jake.
"It must have been hard on you," said Dan.
"Yeah but I'll get over it…. I hope," responded Jake. Dan laughed.
"A ship is like your first love. You never want to let go but it's gone before you know it," he said. Bill suddenly looked up from the terminal.
"Veteron particles," he said.
"What?" asked Dan.
"The ship was covered with veteron particles," Bill responded.
"So?" asked Jake.
"There's only one thing that would produce veteron particles of that magnitude, an artificial wormhole. Oh my. They're going to use the wormhole to get to Corneria. Why didn't I think of this before," said Bill.
"How? The only wormhole I know is located in the asteroid belt," said Katt.
"Yeah that's what the public was told but it was known to only a select few in the Cornerian Army that Andross was working on making an artificial wormhole," responded Bill.
"Are you sure," said Dan.
"Yeah and that explains how they captured the Starfox team," said Bill.
"It does?" asked Jake.
"Yeah. The wormhole's path lies along this path," said Bill. He picked up a map of the Cornerian system and laid it down on the table so everyone could see. He put a point on Sector X and drew a line to Sector Z. The line passed very close to Macbeth.
"See here. The Venomian units used the warp to capture the Starfox team by causing the wormhole to open right in front of them. When the team was captured they realized that they had no need for the ship so to get rid of it they put it in the wormhole and it was deposited at the end of it's path. Sector Z," said Bill pointing at it on the map. (Visit Starfox64.com and look at their missions section, it shows a map of the Lylat System for reference)
"Great but that still doesn't explain how they're going to get to Corneria. What good is Sector Z?" asked Dan.
"I don't know," admitted Bill. They all looked at the map when Katt noticed how close the line passed to Solar.
"Could it be possible to change the wormhole's path?" she asked.
"Yeah but not by a lot. You could only move it so far before it would shake apart and be destroyed," said Bill.
"Well what if they got it to pass within the gravitational pull of Solar. Wouldn't that affect the course more severely?" she asked.
"Yeah but to get it there, they would need a massive amount of neutron particles," said Jake.
"I've heard rumors that large transports have been leaving the southern hemisphere of Venom. Everyone knows you can't get more neutron particles in one place than from there. So that explains how they'd alter the trajectory," said Dan.
"Yeah it would. Hold on let me make a few calculations. Okay, put the wormhole distance, calculate the angle of trajectory due to Solar's gravity, add in the coordinates of Sector X and the wormhole would be deposited right about here," said Jake holding a calculator. He looked at the spatial coordinates and then pointed to the spot. His finger rested firmly on Corneria.
"Oh my," he said.
"My word. They're preparing an invasion!" yelled Bill.
"Quick I need contact with Gen. Pepper right away," said Bill.
Corneria: Gen. Pepper raced to his office and hit the accept button his transmitter station. Instantly Bill popped up.
"Hello Bill. Any luck finding the team?" he asked.
"I'm afraid I have more distressing news. Venomian units are planning to invade Corneria. Here let me show you our findings," said Bill. Instantly a map came up showing the wormhole and the trajectory.
"My word," said Pepper.
"You have to get every Cornerian fighter to Corneria right away," said Bill.
"Agreed but what about you," asked Pepper.
"We'll try to stop the fleet from entering the wormhole," said Bill.
"Good luck," said Pepper.
"You too General," said Bill signing off. Pepper immediately hit a button on his panel.
"This is General Pepper to all ships. Corneria is about to be invaded. This is not a drill. I need all ships here pronto and all defense systems operational within the next 30 minutes. We are at code red," he said. Instantly the whole building was bathed in red light.
Lylat system: Cornerian ships from everywhere took off and headed towards Corneria.
Sector X: "Wolf the freighters have arrived. Also, we detect a large buildup of Cornerian fighters around Corneria," said Pigma.
"No Matter. They will be trampled beneath us. See that the particles are flooded into the wormhole," said Wolf. Laughing maniacally while looking at an image of Corneria and the fighters approaching it. He instantly punched the image smashing the viewscreen to pieces.
"Nothing can stop us now!" he yelled.
NEXT CHAPTER: THE INVASION OF CORNERIA BEGINS!
