Note: This part of the story is a little gruesome so it
may not be for the weak of heart. In
this story, there is a reference to a warlord named Hammer. Hammer is a hammerhead shark who can breathe
air and exist in the water, he also can hover above the planet's surface so he
can move. I may write a story about
him, I may not. If a reader wants to,
go ahead I don't really care just as long he's in something appropriate (not NC-17,
R maybe but no NC-17 story). Anyway,
here's my story of Andross' experiments.
Oh yeah, I don't do any of this stuff to anything so don't think this is
based on any real life experiment, it's just insight into Andross' beginnings. Additional note, when some of you talked
about how Space Dynamics Co., Ltd., didn't give the ships for free, I realized
this also, and I rewrote that section to incorporate the idea of the 80 year
loan that was taken out to pay for the ship.
Thank for helping me keep the facts straight
Elevated Highway leading through Corneria City(the one you
fly parallel to on the first level). After being telepathically bombarded by the squid, Andross was
driving at the best possible speed back towards his workplace with the manta
ray secure in the trunk. Andross was
cutting off people and driving recklessly causing other cars to swerve and narrowly
avoid other drivers and the end of the roadway. Andross just looked back and laughed at the driver's misery. He still kept driving and eventually turned
off towards the building he worked at.
He drove into the garage at breakneck speeds before slamming on the
breaks and stopping directly in front of a nearby wall. He then walked out and slammed the door
shut. He walked around and took out the
tank with the manta ray. He then
entered the elevator and headed towards sublevel-2. He then walked out of the elevator and slammed the tank into a
scanning machine and activated it.
"Scanning,"
said the computer. Andross then walked
over to a large cabinet and opened the doors.
He looked inside and saw jars labeled 'Growth Hormones', 'Brain
Enhancer', 'Laser Eyes', and many more biological enhancers with biohazard
symbols on all of them. Andross looked
at the manta ray.
"You need
a name. I know Mantia which mourns in
Cornerian 'The Scourge of the Skies'," said Andross. Then the boss emerged from the elevator.
"Sir,"
said Andross dropping the 'get out of my way or else' attitude and instantly
lightened up.
"How's it
going?" asked the boss.
"Fine
sir, I have our specimen but I should experiment on other creatures first so
this one will be perfect," said Andross.
The boss nodded his head.
On the
surface: Air raid sirens went off as dozens of enemy fighters emerged from
light speed above Corneria. They
instantly began firing on the Cornerian fleet that was waiting for them. Several fighters fell on both sides as they
continued fighting against each other.
In command of the Cornerian Fighters was Lt. Pepper (who would soon be
Gen. Pepper) who was jerking left and right in his fighter while attacking the
enemy.
"Attention
Cornerian battlefleet. This is Warlord
Hammer and as you know I've come to conquer Corneria so you might as well
surrender to my wrath," said Hammer.
"I don't
think so," said Jame McCloud as the StarFox team as they raced in firing at the
enemy vessels. (Note: they don't have
Arwings yet, they only fly ships similar to what Bill flies). Then a large cannon emerged from Hammer's
battlecruiser and fired into the midst of the battle shorting out several of
the Cornerian fighters including Pigma Dengar's craft. The tide was turning against the Cornerian
fleet.
"Peppy! What was that!" exclaimed James.
"Just as
I feared an EMP blast," said Peppy.
"Are
ships aren't shielded against them?" asked James.
"The art of war is changing. I knew this would happen but I didn't want
to bring it up but since this has happened I have to tell you this. We need new ships," said Peppy. Another large EMP blast went off.
"Now's
not the time. We'll get around to new
ships after the attack," said James.
"If we
get through," said Peppy. Several Hammer
fighters flew towards the planet.
"Main
base, you'd better deploy the ground units because you have incoming," said
Pepper.
Coastal
City (the name of the city, not it's location even thought it's on the coast):
several enemy vessels zoomed down firing at boats out in the water sinking
several of them. Then they flew into
the heart of the city while destroying several buildings including a
divisionary building of the company Andross worked for (Pacific Weapons and
Pharmaceuticals). The fighters relentlessly
attacked the city and it's citizens.
Then a wave of Cornerian battletanks attacked the fighters destroying a
few of them while even more fighters approached. Then a series of attackboats also joined the battle against the
Hammer units.
Pacific Companies
HQ: Andross watched with interest at the events that were unfolding in Coastal
City as he watched on the T.V. He then
watched as a large landing craft touched down in the center of the city and
several genetically modified soldiers emerged and started throwing the tanks
around the city. This especially
interested Andross as he knew it could help him in his research. He then saw a tank fire on one of the
landing craft causing it to fly off into the desert before crashing. Andross got up out of his chair and ran to
the garage knowing he had to get to that craft and it's secrets before the
government confiscated it and destroyed the ship. He zoomed out onto the highway leading out of the city in the
X-7.
Outer
space: The Star Fox team bravely fought on despite the odds.
"Give up,
you have no hope against me!" yelled Hammer over the intercom.
"Peppy I
can't stand this guy. Do you have any
idea how to stop him?" James asked.
"The key
to his power is his EMP cannon. Without
it we should be able to take him out," said Peppy.
"How? I barely managed to activate my craft and
even now it's not a peak efficiency," said Pigma who had rejoined the fight.
"We need
to plug his barrel," said Peppy.
"Would an
asteroid do it?" asked Pepper.
"Yeah I
suppose," said Peppy.
"Meteo
has plenty of them," said Pepper.
"How to lure him there," thought
James. Pepper flew by Hammer's
battlecruiser firing at it. One of his
bombs hit and destroyed a portion of his battlecrest on the front of his ship.
"Oh look,
you have no honor with no crest," said Pepper flying off towards Meteo.
"Why that
insignificant pest! Pursuit course!"
yelled Hammer. The large battlecruiser
chased after him.
"Well it
works," said Pigma. They flew after
Hammer and Pepper towards Meteo.
Hammer's ship kept firing at Pepper trying to take him out.
Northern
Desert: Andross' car screeched to a halt nearby the flaming wreck of one of
Hammer's landing craft. In the
background the battle for Coastal City raged on as the Cornerian tanks downed
even more fighters, however this hardly bothered Andross. All he cared about was the landing
craft. He yanked open an entry door and
saw several destroyed chambers where the genetically engineered soldiers were
housed.
"Come on,
one of you has to be alive," said Andross vainly. However, every one of the soldiers was dead.
"Nooo!"
yelled Andross. He then picked up a
piece of metal and flung it towards the wall.
It hit with a clunk and then a voice said.
"Computer
Activated." Andross looked up and saw
a computer screen flicker to life. On
the screen it read: 'Genetic information for the soldiers to heal themselves.'
"Excellent,"
said Andross. He ran back to the X-7
and yanked out a diskette. He ran back
into the craft and inserted it into a slot near the computer. He then typed on the keyboard the download
option and started to download everything the ship had to offer.
"Warning
download of information, self-destruct in 1 min. 30 sec.," said the
computer. Andross looked at the
download time left and then ran out to the car. He then turned it on and ran back into the craft.
"Come
one, come on," said Andross. Then the
disk popped out and the computer read: 'Download complete.' Andross looked quickly at the self-destruct
timer, which read fifteen seconds. He
ran out of the craft and into the car.
He gunned the accelerator and zoomed away just as the craft
exploded. The shockwave flung the car
up high into the air and then it slammed into the ground crumpling the front of
it. Andross just shook his head a few
times, slammed on the gas, and zoomed away.
He then looked at his hard earned information carried on the
diskette. Andross took off back to
Corneria City as even more fighters plunged to the ground as more than half of
Coastal City was being destroyed.
Meteo:
Pepper started swerving between the asteroids as Hammer's ship kept firing at
him destroying several of the asteroids.
A fighter emerged from the ship as Hammer flew after Pepper firing at
him. Hammer fired a tractor beam at a
nearby asteroid and flung it at Pepper who barely managed to avoid it. The battlecruiser meanwhile was under fire
from the Star Fox team. The guns on the
ship through were designed to fire on a large fleet and not individual ships so
all of the shots it fired at the team missed.
James swung his ship around the battlecruiser and saw Hammer flinging
asteroids at Pepper.
"Pepper I
have an idea," said James. He told
Pepper the idea and Pepper agreed with it.
"Hey
battlecruiser, use your EMP wave on us if you dare," said Pigma. The large cannon emerged from the ship. Meanwhile Hammer's ship had grabbed a hold
on another asteroid and was prepared to fling it at Pepper. Pepper maneuvered his ship in front of the
battlecruiser's cannon and Hammer flung the rock at him. Pepper maneuvered out of the way and the
rock plugged the barrel of the cannon.
The cannon went off but couldn't escape the tube causing it and the ship
to explode.
"My
ship!" exclaimed Hammer. Pigma fired on
Hammer's ship causing his shields to go down and his ship to loose power.
"As a
member of the Cornerian Army, you're under arrest," said Pepper. A large Cornerian battlecruiser emerged from
warp.
"Bring
him in," said Pepper. The ship
tractored in Hammer's ship and then took off to a penal colony in Sector Y.
"We've
got to go back, Corneria is still under attack," said Pepper. The four ships flew back towards Corneria.
Pacific
Companies garage: Andross zoomed to a stop once again and walked out.
"Fix it
up," said Andross to the puzzled mechanics.
He went inside the elevator.
"Boss'
office," said Andross. The lift zoomed
upwards.
Coastal
City: Three more genetically engineered soldiers fought on along with five
Hammer fighters. However, the battle
was greatly against them since most of the fleet had fled after hearing of
Hammer's capture. The Star Fox team and
Pepper flew in firing at the fighters causing them to scatter.
"Attention
this is Lt. Pepper. If you surrender
now we'll let you off easy," said Pepper.
The fighters still kept on as well as the mutants. A tank then ran over one of the mutants and
blasted the other two. Then the other
fighters cut their losses and slammed into the government building causing it
to crumble to the ground.
"Oh no,"
said Pigma.
"I guess
we'll have to build a new one," said Peppy.
"Yep,"
said James.
"Well,
back to Corneria City," said Pepper.
Boss'
Office: "Ah, Andross. You have
something to report," said the boss.
"Yeah. I do.
Did you see the genetically engineered soldiers?" Andross asked.
"Yes I
did," said the boss.
"Well,
you might not know about how one of the landing crafts crash landed in the
northern desert. I drove out there and
accessed the computer and then downloaded all of the information on the
genetically engineered soldiers. The
information is promising," said Andross.
"Agreed
but why did you have to come to me," said the boss. Andross took out a pocketpal and flicked on a switch. It showed a series of hills and one with a
large area carved out of it (just see the drawing they showed in the movie This
Island Earth or the Mystery Science Theater 3000 movie, when they showed the
drawing they had discovered for what it looks like).
"Ah yes,
our research and development lab. I
take it you plan to use it," said the boss.
"Yes I
do," responded Andross.
"There is
no one there, are you sure you'll be alright alone. I can send people to work with you," said the boss.
"No, I'll
be alright alone. I only request the
X-7 and the transportation of the equipment in Sublevel-2 to the site," said
Andross.
"Sure. So you've taken a fancy to the sports
car. It's a beauty, fast too. Okay, it's a deal. Just get me something to market," said the boss. Andross nodded his head and left the
room. The boss sighed knowing this was
a mistake but hoping that it wasn't.
Cornerian
Army's HQ: "Lt. Pepper, for your outstanding work in stopping the forces of the
evil warlord Hammer, you are to be promoted to the rank general," said the
president.
"Thank
you sir," said the new General Pepper.
"Now as
for the Star Fox team, for your outstanding cooperation in defending Corneria,
we will let you use our facilities at Space Dynamics Co., Ltd., for building of
your new ships and new home base spaceship.
You will be some of the first civilians to use this company for
non-government purposes. While we can't
give you the ships you design for free, we will allow you to take out an 80
year loan to repay us since you saved Corneria," said the president.
"Thanks a
lot," said James. The team left for
Macbeth and their new ships. They took
off leaving the HQ.
"Let's
make one last pass," said Pigma. The
three ships flew above the highway and above a certain X-7 driving along the
highway. Then they flew off towards
Macbeth.
Several
Hours Later: Andross skidded to a halt in the repaired X-7. Already there were the moving trucks with
the workers having just about installed all of the equipment. Andross entered through the open hanger
doors. He saw the movers plugging in
the T.V.
"How's it
going?" Andross asked.
"Fine. This is the last piece of equipment," said
one of the movers. They finished
installing the T.V. and left. Andross
walked back out and drove the X-7 inside.
Then he shut the hanger bay doors.
He took out the Manta Ray fish tank and put it in the center of the
area.
"You are
about to become the greatest experiment every conceived. You will be large, able to fly, and
extremely destructive. The best part is
that you work for me. I would work on
you right away but you would die so I'll experiment on other helpless animals"
said Andross laughing.
A few
weeks later: "Experiment number one.
Growth hormones," said Andross.
He added a few drops of an unknown liquid to a creature in a cage. The creature grew and grew until the skin
burst flinging pieces of it everywhere.
Andross picked a piece of
intestine out of his hair.
"Weakling
creature," said Andross. He didn't
bother to clean up the remains of the creature from the room, he just left it
there.
Macbeth:
The Star Fox team finally decided on what their new ships would look like. As they sent off the plans, they then
started designing their new base of operations.
3 months
later: "Experiment 6. I believe that
I'm getting somewhere. The last
creature just about took the abuse until it died. I'll tweak the pain receptors in my next experiment. Now, I'm working on the flying trait," said
Andross into a tape recorder. He then
looked up at the creature of which he had just genetically modified. The creature took off flying but then rammed
it's head into a wall killing it.
Andross nodded his head with success.
He then pushed one of the dead experiment's eyeball away to get to his
computer. He typed in the information
he had recorded onto his computer.
Macbeth:
The Star Fox team were trying out their new ships the Arwings with
interest. Their cruiser was now being
constructed to Peppy's specific instructions.
3 years
later: After dozens of experiments and many failures, Andross had finally
perfected his research. He had begun
applying the modified traits to the manta ray six months earlier. The creature would soon reach it's potential
within a few hours.
Back at
the Pacific Industries HQ: The boss had been looking on at what Andross had
been doing for the last few months. He
had finally had enough and took off towards the base to stop Andross. He had made a taped call to the Cornerian
Army and was to be played a few minutes after he left.
Great Fox
in route to Corneria: The team was returning to have a talk with General Pepper
about what they were going to do in the terms of future business. Then an urgent message came from Corneria. Rob64 then processed it to the main comm.
terminal. James accessed it and Pepper
came up.
"General. What's up?" James asked.
"I just
received a message from the head of Pacific Industries. One of their scientists went rogue and has
been developing a bio-weapon," said Pepper.
"Surely
not," said James.
"We've
sent units to intercept the scientist but his weapon will have been released by
then. We need your help," said
Pepper. James nodded his head.
"Consider
it free of charge," said James. Pepper
nodded and signed off.
"Rob
we're now at alert status. Start
preparing the ships," said James.
Secret
Research base: "It's done!" yelled Andross.
The large Manta Ray was floated above the ground inside the hanger
bay. The creature spanned the entire
bay and was snarling and snapping.
"Andross
what have you done!" yelled the boss bursting in through a side door.
"Here's
your new marketing weapon: Mantia!" yelled Andross cackling with laughter.
"This
isn't what I wanted! I wanted something
domestic," said the boss.
"Well too
bad. I'm going to rule the world. Unfortunately, that doesn't include you,"
said Andross. Yanking out a laser
pistol he shot his boss who dropped to the floor. Andross walked over to him.
"Why?"
asked the boss dying.
"It had
to be done," responded Andross as the boss died. Then several marines burst into the building and started
firing. Andross quickly hit the hanger
bay door button and the doors opened.
Then the creature took to the sky headed towards Coastal City. A marine put his gun to Andross' head.
"Don't
move!" yelled the soldier. General
Pepper watched the creature flying off.
"What
have you done!" demanded Pepper.
Andross looked at him.
"I have
brought forth into this world a creature of unlimited power! Bow down before my wrath!" yelled
Andross. Pepper just stared in
disbelief as air-raid sirens went off in Coastal City.
"Welcome
Mantia!" yelled Andross.
