Chapter 5: Dogfight in Katina
{This is a great chapter. Star Fox for the N64 was one of my favorite games. It was a rather long one also. So this is dedicated in anticipation of future Star Fox games. Now on with the explosions and fire and death.}
In the Lylatt system laid a small planet called Katina. This planet has been subject to attacks before, but not one of immense proportion such as this. A swarm of arwings filled the sky blocking out most of the sunlight. One arwing in particular stood out in the crowd. Bill, leader of the Katina air force, attacked with a large force of arwings, approximately over a hundred. The enemy forces numbered nearly 250 and Bill's men were falling fast. "This isn't good. Scatter and attack." Lasers flew across the sky. A nearby ship at Bill's side was hit from the side and exploded in a fury of flames and smoke. Bill looked over to see an enemy fighter locking onto his ship. Bill hastily began to shift into a hyper boost, "Oh crap!" The laser skimmed the tail of the ship as Bill boosted out of there. He made a quick u-turn and returned fire, "Eat lasers, scum bucket!" A few lasers took out the engine and one hit the gasoline tank. Bill flew right through the flames, "Yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about."
"General Bill, "We're hitting the enemy hard, but we're fighting a losing battle, sir." Bill's second in command flew along his left side.
Bill knew he could not win this battle, "I wish we had some backup." An enemy grouping of eight arwings began a formation to strike at the two ships. Bill's eyes opened as wide as they could, "So it's over, we've lost."
A sound of a bomb came rushing toward the grouping. Before the enemy arwings could disburse, the bomb exploded taking them all out. A familiar voice came over the arwing radio waves, "It's not over yet, Bill. The cavalry has arrived."
Bill looked into the distance and saw four arwings in formation take the field and began to fight back against the enemy forces, "Fox! Didn't expect you to bail me out of the fire again."
Another voice came over the radio waves, "Peppy Hare reporting for duty. Glad to see you again, Bill."
"Happy to be of assistance, Bill. I'm so excited to be back fighting for you." More voices filled the radio transmission.
"Don't get too excited, Slippy. Be on your guard guys, looks like we're out numbered."
"But we're not out skilled, Falco. Looking good guys," Fox kept his small group in line, focused, and relaxed. They weren't much to add to the forces, but they were strong and had lots of experience in fights.
"Thanks you guys. I really need to repay you for your favors one day. But first, let's finish off these goons. Ships regroup and prepare to assault." Bills forces regrouped and for the most part, there were a hundred men, but Fox and his crew were like a small army in itself.
"All ships report," Fox wanted to make sure his crew was fine.
"Everything's a ok," Peppy flew slightly behind and to the left of Fox.
"Looks like we got our work cut out for us, Fox," Falco, fearless and true looked out over his commander and flew closely to his right side.
"I'm right behind you guys!" The enthusiastic Slippy stayed behind the group, but was a very important part of the crew. His skills as a pilot still needed work, but his knowledge and analysis helped the group overcome every obstacle. "Their hulls look strong, but I think they're pretty vulnerable at the wingtips."
Fox gave the signal for attack, "Things are about to get ugly." Bills forces closely behind. Foxes group broke out of a diamond formation and covered as much ground as they could. Fox too the initiative by being the first to fire and take out an enemy arwing.
Slippy flew around being trailed by a group of three enemy arwings. He barrel rolled to the right and turned around getting a target lock on the center person, "Gotcha!" A few charged up shots took out that grouping.
Peppy flew in search of the leader, only to come face to face with an enemy arwing. A laser blast hit Peppy's arwing damaging the shields. Peppy speed boosted his way behind the enemy arwing and fired a bombardment of laser blasts. One hit the tail and the enemy arwing crashed into the ground, "I'm getting too old for this."
Falco weaved his way through the enemy ships to find a nice little grouping of enemy arwings. Falco target locked the center and flipped up the switch to activate the bombs, "It's been nice knowing ya." The bomb took out the grouping as pieces from their hulls were scattered all over the place.
Bill was tracking down one enemy arwing that seemed to out maneuver him, "This guy is fast, but I can take him." He managed to pick up on the ship's signal and target locked it, "No where to run now," he fired three laser blasts at the main thrusters and they exploded.
Five ships are tailing Fox. Fox is trying to shake them, but has no success. They begin to fire a barrage of lasers at Fox. Fox outmaneuvered them, dodging the last few shots with a barrel roll, reflecting the laser attacks. Fox then performed a flip and destroyed three of them with a bomb. The other two ships still tailed fox with no damage. They began another round of laser blasts as Fox performed a barrel roll. A stray laser hit Fox's right wing, almost knocking it off. Another laser took it out and Fox spun out of control. Fox's ship crash-landed on the planet's surface. The wreckage was flaming.
"Nnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!" Slippy cried out.
"Fox, do you copy." Peppy was trying to contact Fox via the radio waves.
Falco was rather calm, "He's ok, Peppy. Take another look." Fox came out of the flaming wreckage. "Fox, Rob will be here shortly with the landmaster. In the meantime, I'm sending down a bazooka." Falco dropped a large metallic box with a lock on it around the wreckage. Fox ran up to the box and pulled out his laser to shoot the lock off. He pulled out the bazooka and readied the blasts.
Rob's voice came in through on Fox's earpiece, "Fox, I've picked up on your signal. Estimated time of arrival: 5 minutes."
Fox was on the run with his bazooka, aiming his bazooka at enemy ships. He let out a few blasts, taking out an enemy wing and damaging a friendly ship. Slippy, Falco, and Peppy kept on firing at enemy ships, using target lock to avoid hitting friendly crafts. Rob's voice came on Fox's set, "I'm dropping off the landmaster right now. Good luck!"
Fox rushed toward the landmaster's landing site, "Thanks, Rob." The hull of the craft opened up and Fox jumped in. The landmaster became online and fully operational. Fox's voice came over the radio waves, "Fox here. Let's finish them off." Fox fired a few blasts taking out an enemy craft. Peppy, Falco, and Slippy followed the landmaster. They broke formation and began another assault on the enemy ships. Bill's fleet had been shot down to 75 ships, but they still were fighting, helping anyway they can. The enemy numbers were slowly thinning. As the enemy groups began to form up, Fox tailed them. "One bomb left.this should finish the job," proclaimed Fox as he announced the end of the battle in his favor. A quick target lock on the center enemy craft and the bomb made a direct hit. Some crash- landed onto the planets surface, and others were taken out from the explosion. It was a great victory for team StarFox.
Near a range of mountains docked four ships and one tank. Fox was shaking the hand of Bill, "Thank you once again, Fox. You have saved this planet from certain doom. If you ever need any help, just let us know." Bill boarded his ship and flew into the distance. Fox, Peppy, Falco, and Slippy stood near their ships waiting for the Great Fox's arrival.
Peppy was the first to speak after Bill had left, "That was some great shootin', Fox."
"You were amazing: So accurate and so agile," Slippy said very impressed.
Falco was the least impressed, "You let your guard down, Fox, but nice recovery."
"I couldn't of done it without you guys," said Fox to his crew.
Near the ships, the sky began to rip open and out came a vortex. From the vortex came the ultimate party crashers. The Master Hand recognized Fox right away. He shouted to the Crazy Hand, "That's the one. Right over there." Fox looked up to see a large hand smack down upon him. Fox was now in the clutches of the Master Hand.
The crazy hand gazed over the other three people, "Let's have a little fun, shall we?" He began to walk like a spider, and with demonic speed towards Falco, Peppy, and Slippy. He ran over them all, sending them flying, smoking with purple flames. The two hands headed toward the portal.
Falco straggled to his feet, "Oh no you don't." He began to dash for them, so quickly, you could barely see an outline of where he was. The portal closed before Peppy and Slippy could get up. They slowly made there way to their feet. The Great Fox was in the distance heading toward them.
Peppy looked around, "Where the heck is Falco?"
{Chapter six is just around the corner, so show your moves. Don't forget to tell me what you think and post a review}
{This is a great chapter. Star Fox for the N64 was one of my favorite games. It was a rather long one also. So this is dedicated in anticipation of future Star Fox games. Now on with the explosions and fire and death.}
In the Lylatt system laid a small planet called Katina. This planet has been subject to attacks before, but not one of immense proportion such as this. A swarm of arwings filled the sky blocking out most of the sunlight. One arwing in particular stood out in the crowd. Bill, leader of the Katina air force, attacked with a large force of arwings, approximately over a hundred. The enemy forces numbered nearly 250 and Bill's men were falling fast. "This isn't good. Scatter and attack." Lasers flew across the sky. A nearby ship at Bill's side was hit from the side and exploded in a fury of flames and smoke. Bill looked over to see an enemy fighter locking onto his ship. Bill hastily began to shift into a hyper boost, "Oh crap!" The laser skimmed the tail of the ship as Bill boosted out of there. He made a quick u-turn and returned fire, "Eat lasers, scum bucket!" A few lasers took out the engine and one hit the gasoline tank. Bill flew right through the flames, "Yeah! Now that's what I'm talking about."
"General Bill, "We're hitting the enemy hard, but we're fighting a losing battle, sir." Bill's second in command flew along his left side.
Bill knew he could not win this battle, "I wish we had some backup." An enemy grouping of eight arwings began a formation to strike at the two ships. Bill's eyes opened as wide as they could, "So it's over, we've lost."
A sound of a bomb came rushing toward the grouping. Before the enemy arwings could disburse, the bomb exploded taking them all out. A familiar voice came over the arwing radio waves, "It's not over yet, Bill. The cavalry has arrived."
Bill looked into the distance and saw four arwings in formation take the field and began to fight back against the enemy forces, "Fox! Didn't expect you to bail me out of the fire again."
Another voice came over the radio waves, "Peppy Hare reporting for duty. Glad to see you again, Bill."
"Happy to be of assistance, Bill. I'm so excited to be back fighting for you." More voices filled the radio transmission.
"Don't get too excited, Slippy. Be on your guard guys, looks like we're out numbered."
"But we're not out skilled, Falco. Looking good guys," Fox kept his small group in line, focused, and relaxed. They weren't much to add to the forces, but they were strong and had lots of experience in fights.
"Thanks you guys. I really need to repay you for your favors one day. But first, let's finish off these goons. Ships regroup and prepare to assault." Bills forces regrouped and for the most part, there were a hundred men, but Fox and his crew were like a small army in itself.
"All ships report," Fox wanted to make sure his crew was fine.
"Everything's a ok," Peppy flew slightly behind and to the left of Fox.
"Looks like we got our work cut out for us, Fox," Falco, fearless and true looked out over his commander and flew closely to his right side.
"I'm right behind you guys!" The enthusiastic Slippy stayed behind the group, but was a very important part of the crew. His skills as a pilot still needed work, but his knowledge and analysis helped the group overcome every obstacle. "Their hulls look strong, but I think they're pretty vulnerable at the wingtips."
Fox gave the signal for attack, "Things are about to get ugly." Bills forces closely behind. Foxes group broke out of a diamond formation and covered as much ground as they could. Fox too the initiative by being the first to fire and take out an enemy arwing.
Slippy flew around being trailed by a group of three enemy arwings. He barrel rolled to the right and turned around getting a target lock on the center person, "Gotcha!" A few charged up shots took out that grouping.
Peppy flew in search of the leader, only to come face to face with an enemy arwing. A laser blast hit Peppy's arwing damaging the shields. Peppy speed boosted his way behind the enemy arwing and fired a bombardment of laser blasts. One hit the tail and the enemy arwing crashed into the ground, "I'm getting too old for this."
Falco weaved his way through the enemy ships to find a nice little grouping of enemy arwings. Falco target locked the center and flipped up the switch to activate the bombs, "It's been nice knowing ya." The bomb took out the grouping as pieces from their hulls were scattered all over the place.
Bill was tracking down one enemy arwing that seemed to out maneuver him, "This guy is fast, but I can take him." He managed to pick up on the ship's signal and target locked it, "No where to run now," he fired three laser blasts at the main thrusters and they exploded.
Five ships are tailing Fox. Fox is trying to shake them, but has no success. They begin to fire a barrage of lasers at Fox. Fox outmaneuvered them, dodging the last few shots with a barrel roll, reflecting the laser attacks. Fox then performed a flip and destroyed three of them with a bomb. The other two ships still tailed fox with no damage. They began another round of laser blasts as Fox performed a barrel roll. A stray laser hit Fox's right wing, almost knocking it off. Another laser took it out and Fox spun out of control. Fox's ship crash-landed on the planet's surface. The wreckage was flaming.
"Nnnnnoooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!" Slippy cried out.
"Fox, do you copy." Peppy was trying to contact Fox via the radio waves.
Falco was rather calm, "He's ok, Peppy. Take another look." Fox came out of the flaming wreckage. "Fox, Rob will be here shortly with the landmaster. In the meantime, I'm sending down a bazooka." Falco dropped a large metallic box with a lock on it around the wreckage. Fox ran up to the box and pulled out his laser to shoot the lock off. He pulled out the bazooka and readied the blasts.
Rob's voice came in through on Fox's earpiece, "Fox, I've picked up on your signal. Estimated time of arrival: 5 minutes."
Fox was on the run with his bazooka, aiming his bazooka at enemy ships. He let out a few blasts, taking out an enemy wing and damaging a friendly ship. Slippy, Falco, and Peppy kept on firing at enemy ships, using target lock to avoid hitting friendly crafts. Rob's voice came on Fox's set, "I'm dropping off the landmaster right now. Good luck!"
Fox rushed toward the landmaster's landing site, "Thanks, Rob." The hull of the craft opened up and Fox jumped in. The landmaster became online and fully operational. Fox's voice came over the radio waves, "Fox here. Let's finish them off." Fox fired a few blasts taking out an enemy craft. Peppy, Falco, and Slippy followed the landmaster. They broke formation and began another assault on the enemy ships. Bill's fleet had been shot down to 75 ships, but they still were fighting, helping anyway they can. The enemy numbers were slowly thinning. As the enemy groups began to form up, Fox tailed them. "One bomb left.this should finish the job," proclaimed Fox as he announced the end of the battle in his favor. A quick target lock on the center enemy craft and the bomb made a direct hit. Some crash- landed onto the planets surface, and others were taken out from the explosion. It was a great victory for team StarFox.
Near a range of mountains docked four ships and one tank. Fox was shaking the hand of Bill, "Thank you once again, Fox. You have saved this planet from certain doom. If you ever need any help, just let us know." Bill boarded his ship and flew into the distance. Fox, Peppy, Falco, and Slippy stood near their ships waiting for the Great Fox's arrival.
Peppy was the first to speak after Bill had left, "That was some great shootin', Fox."
"You were amazing: So accurate and so agile," Slippy said very impressed.
Falco was the least impressed, "You let your guard down, Fox, but nice recovery."
"I couldn't of done it without you guys," said Fox to his crew.
Near the ships, the sky began to rip open and out came a vortex. From the vortex came the ultimate party crashers. The Master Hand recognized Fox right away. He shouted to the Crazy Hand, "That's the one. Right over there." Fox looked up to see a large hand smack down upon him. Fox was now in the clutches of the Master Hand.
The crazy hand gazed over the other three people, "Let's have a little fun, shall we?" He began to walk like a spider, and with demonic speed towards Falco, Peppy, and Slippy. He ran over them all, sending them flying, smoking with purple flames. The two hands headed toward the portal.
Falco straggled to his feet, "Oh no you don't." He began to dash for them, so quickly, you could barely see an outline of where he was. The portal closed before Peppy and Slippy could get up. They slowly made there way to their feet. The Great Fox was in the distance heading toward them.
Peppy looked around, "Where the heck is Falco?"
{Chapter six is just around the corner, so show your moves. Don't forget to tell me what you think and post a review}