Starfox: Of Wolves and Foxes
Chapter 2: Briefing
Disclaimer: Parts of the story are taken from StarFox 64, but im not novelizing it, believe me. I dont own anything that appears here but most of the plot.
Pepper lead them into what was called the "strategics room". It really was never meant to be more that the officer's mess hall, but various re-decorations and renovations eventually and inexplicably lead to the room the five of them stood in now. It was sparsely furnished, with the most interesting piece being the holographic imager in the center of the room. It was as near a to-scale map of the Lylat system as it was possible to get without going planet-size. Everyone always underestimats the distances between planets in solar systems. They are, in fact, beyond imagining, so a scale model is simply out of the question. The image also showed the latest layout of Cornerian, Katinian, and Venomian forces. The image was drastically in favor of the Venomians, as it appeared that they had at least 6-to-1 on numbers. Not to mention the most powerful battleships in existence. The situation certainly did not look promising. Pepper was somber.
"As you can see, the layout of the formations in this hologram are extremely in favor of Andross' forces." Ignoring the chorus of "no shit" and similar phrases that erupted from the four, Pepper continued. "However, we believe that what Andross is using is a pure offensive. We believe that he has little to nothing held back for defense, and is trying to crush us before we can act. As you all ready know if you watch the news, he has all ready taken Macbeth and Zeras. We didnt exactly put up a great fight over Zeras, it is a toxic hell-hole now, but still a loss."
"So what your trying to say is, 'we are screwed', right?" Quipped Falco. Falco was leaning on a wall, spinning a pistol on his finger. Pepper eyed him, annoyed.
"No, what I am trying to say is that an all out offensive will be the last thing he expects. If we break through his fleets and attack Venom directly, he will have no choice but to back his forces to Venom. It wont win the war, but it will definitely give us some time." Fox was pretty sure he got the gist of the plan.
"So, we are going to go, us, four arwings against an army, we are going to break through an enormous fleet of ships big enough to give planets a serious dent if they decided to fire on them, and straight into Venom, where Andross most likely has all manner of nastiness waiting for us." Fox scowled after saying this. he was just about ready to gear up and leave. Pepper saw Fox's distress, and produced a sheet of paper.
"A few days ago, Andross released an official list of all of his soldiers, which of course means that he is both confident and willing to intimidate us however he can. We checked through this list and a certain name popped out at us. Pigma..."
Fox's eyes narrowed. He remembered Pigma. The way Pigma had betrayed James, Fox's father, and lead him to a horrible death. Worse, Pigma was a coward. He had not even taken James on himself, he couldn't have won if he had. James had been the best, the very best. No fighter pilot had ever bested him. The old StarFox team, which included James, Pigma, and Peppy, could face off against an army and leave without a scratch. They had even used Fighters that pre-dated the G-diffuser and Nova-bomb systems. The four fighters that remained after James' was destroyed were upgraded again and again until they were the most powerful fighters in the Lylat system. This had, of course, costed a fortune. Fox was now so far in debt that he literally had people threatening to break his legs.
Pepper knew how to deal with mercenaries, a personal vandetta always brought them into the fight. The four of them were now actually somewhat willing to fight.
"When do we go?" Fox asked coldly.
"They will attack us tomorrow, we need your aid in defense, All you have to do is travel straight through Corneria city and destroy any enemy units you come across. Assuming we beat back the Venomian forces, you will then proceed to Katina, to aid them against a second impending attack"
"We're going to be really busy, arent we." It was not a question.
As Fox took in the rest of the battle plan, he had one of those strange, inexplicable thoughts, that come for no reason and cannot be forced out. 'Yin and Yang' He wondered a moment later why this thought would occur to him, but it was just there.
Yin and Yang
Chapter 2: Briefing
Disclaimer: Parts of the story are taken from StarFox 64, but im not novelizing it, believe me. I dont own anything that appears here but most of the plot.
Pepper lead them into what was called the "strategics room". It really was never meant to be more that the officer's mess hall, but various re-decorations and renovations eventually and inexplicably lead to the room the five of them stood in now. It was sparsely furnished, with the most interesting piece being the holographic imager in the center of the room. It was as near a to-scale map of the Lylat system as it was possible to get without going planet-size. Everyone always underestimats the distances between planets in solar systems. They are, in fact, beyond imagining, so a scale model is simply out of the question. The image also showed the latest layout of Cornerian, Katinian, and Venomian forces. The image was drastically in favor of the Venomians, as it appeared that they had at least 6-to-1 on numbers. Not to mention the most powerful battleships in existence. The situation certainly did not look promising. Pepper was somber.
"As you can see, the layout of the formations in this hologram are extremely in favor of Andross' forces." Ignoring the chorus of "no shit" and similar phrases that erupted from the four, Pepper continued. "However, we believe that what Andross is using is a pure offensive. We believe that he has little to nothing held back for defense, and is trying to crush us before we can act. As you all ready know if you watch the news, he has all ready taken Macbeth and Zeras. We didnt exactly put up a great fight over Zeras, it is a toxic hell-hole now, but still a loss."
"So what your trying to say is, 'we are screwed', right?" Quipped Falco. Falco was leaning on a wall, spinning a pistol on his finger. Pepper eyed him, annoyed.
"No, what I am trying to say is that an all out offensive will be the last thing he expects. If we break through his fleets and attack Venom directly, he will have no choice but to back his forces to Venom. It wont win the war, but it will definitely give us some time." Fox was pretty sure he got the gist of the plan.
"So, we are going to go, us, four arwings against an army, we are going to break through an enormous fleet of ships big enough to give planets a serious dent if they decided to fire on them, and straight into Venom, where Andross most likely has all manner of nastiness waiting for us." Fox scowled after saying this. he was just about ready to gear up and leave. Pepper saw Fox's distress, and produced a sheet of paper.
"A few days ago, Andross released an official list of all of his soldiers, which of course means that he is both confident and willing to intimidate us however he can. We checked through this list and a certain name popped out at us. Pigma..."
Fox's eyes narrowed. He remembered Pigma. The way Pigma had betrayed James, Fox's father, and lead him to a horrible death. Worse, Pigma was a coward. He had not even taken James on himself, he couldn't have won if he had. James had been the best, the very best. No fighter pilot had ever bested him. The old StarFox team, which included James, Pigma, and Peppy, could face off against an army and leave without a scratch. They had even used Fighters that pre-dated the G-diffuser and Nova-bomb systems. The four fighters that remained after James' was destroyed were upgraded again and again until they were the most powerful fighters in the Lylat system. This had, of course, costed a fortune. Fox was now so far in debt that he literally had people threatening to break his legs.
Pepper knew how to deal with mercenaries, a personal vandetta always brought them into the fight. The four of them were now actually somewhat willing to fight.
"When do we go?" Fox asked coldly.
"They will attack us tomorrow, we need your aid in defense, All you have to do is travel straight through Corneria city and destroy any enemy units you come across. Assuming we beat back the Venomian forces, you will then proceed to Katina, to aid them against a second impending attack"
"We're going to be really busy, arent we." It was not a question.
As Fox took in the rest of the battle plan, he had one of those strange, inexplicable thoughts, that come for no reason and cannot be forced out. 'Yin and Yang' He wondered a moment later why this thought would occur to him, but it was just there.
Yin and Yang