The world was… different, back when I was born. Come to think about it, it's gone downhill since then, you see… I was born the year Andross was sent away. The year he went that little bit too far with his experiments, when one too many of his bio-weapons got beyond him. The Federation Senate was more than patient with him. I suppose he got what he deserved, being exiled to Venom, but he didn't see it like that. I can't shake the knowledge that I and my team-mates probably wouldn't be here without him, he wasn't always bad. Like I said, that was the year I was born, do you think that was an omen?

I had a kinda sweet childhood, even if it was cut a little short. I guess I never realised how lucky I was, but come on, I was a kid, most kids on the better side of society don't appreciate all they have. Everyone complains life isn't fair. In truth, I didn't want for anything, maybe I was spoilt. Yeah, I was, now that I think about it. I'm almost ashamed to admit-private school, a mother who didn't have to work, a father who was a mercenary. Ah, that's where you frown, right? Yeah, most people do. He was away a lot, I missed him, even as a child I always had that niggling worry that he wouldn't come home to us, me and my mum. I suppose it was inevitable one day those fears would be realised.

I was eight in the first Andross War. I was aware of the destruction around me. I was living on Corneria, I would have had to have been blind not to. I lost school friends... I walked down ruined streets, played in the rubble where the local shop used to be. At the time I thought it was just one big game. Though all the while that quiet voice in the back of my mind whispered that dad had been gone a really long time. A child, at least not one like me, doesn't notice the world dissolving around him. I've never seen so many adults crying.

My father just didn't come back with Peppy after one mission. That day is etched in my memory… I guess it's one of those things that will stay with me forever, one of the things that will haunt me on my deathbed, if I don't go down in a ball of smoke and flame. I felt so betrayed, so abandoned; on that day life wasn't fair, not for me, nor the millions of others standing in identical shoes. I was too young to understand, I had yet to be moulded by the world's cruel realities, at eight years old I was luckier than some, I was still young.

My mother went next. She'd been in hospital a lot while dad was away fighting Andross… To this day I don't really know what was wrong with her. I'm told it was fatal, and her end would have been slow and painful. She saved me from having to witness that, now, I don't resent her for it. At the time I was angry, but then I was just told she'd died… It wasn't until much later that I found out the truth.

That left me and Peppy alone together, maybe he was a little young to have me, but he'd made a promise, and he kept it. That promise saved more than just me, I guess he thought I needed a couple of playmates! Not all the orphans of the Federation were made by the war. There's a lot I don't know.

As you can imagine I have a lot of reasons to want to see the end of Andross. He destroyed my family. His legacy will live on in the screams and tears of a generation. I don't hate many people, not with real genuine hatred, but him… For him I can make an exception.

Falco asked me to write this. I don't usually do what he asks, hey, I'm supposed to be in charge! …but something in his voice made me agree. He's not sincere very often, not with me anyway. I guess maybe he's afraid, this'll be our first real mission, the first time it's ever mattered. There's more than just our lives riding on this. The Star Fox team is flying once again, and the burden on our silver wings is heavy. We'll win. I'm determined; I'll kick Andross and all his evil schemes to the other side of the Federation!

Or get blown into little tiny pieces, one or the other.

Falco also asked me what my priorities are. I honestly don't know. I can only guess at his. He keeps a lot of secrets. But that's his choice. My priorities… I want revenge, I know that much. I'm not afraid of anything; nothing will stand in my way. My name will become as famous as my father's. I'll surpass him, it'll be my name in lights, I'll be the one to finally finish Andross. I'll be a hero, like my father, only better.

The world was different, back when I was born. But now, I'll lead it back towards what it used to be. Our silver wings will bring peace back to the Lylat Federation…