Alright, time to get serious. I know people have been waiting for this chapter for a while now, and for those that wasn't, well, this chapter will be one to enjoy. I have improved since last chapter, and now I got tons of ideas to add for this story. Also, I have been writing other stories that takes place within the Genesis series, which leads to a change of plans for the story. One is referencing to future stories in the Genesis Series, putting in events, races, and other things from other games, movies, etc. that will be remade within this series. People will notice these things within this chapter. Two, is that I am going to steer away from Dinosaur's Planet original story, remaking locations to fit things and adding my own twists and turns. I will still be keeping close to the game in some way, but once the story gets to where the game would end, things will take an entirely different turn.
Without further due, here is the second chapter to Genesis: Dinosaur Planet.
"Blah" – English
'Blah' – Thinking
"Blah" - Saurian
What defines humanity? It is not our color, our ideas, or species; it is our will. The will to survive, the will to help others, the will to bring peace to the universe…that is what defines humanity. Humanity is the right to bring good in our universe, the right to stop people from suffering. Long have we fought for this right, for everyone's humanity. We are not controlled by the Corruption, we control ourselves.
…And with that said, I would call our allies, the Mantrins, Akrenians, all races who fight alongside Genesis against the Corruption, against war in all its forms, human.
-6th Supreme Terra Lord, 2625
RECEIVING GENESIS HIGH PRIORITY TRANSMISSION 05194Z-13
ENCRYPTION: ORANGE
FROM: Captain Jonathan A. Ryon, GEN Hammer of Orion
TO: Genesis Central Command on Eden
SUBJECT: Operation New Dawn
/start file/
Technology levels have been increasing since the beginning of the operation, more specifically with the SharpClaw Tribe. Reports have indicated knowledge of air transportation and explosives, despite weapons being low-tech; could be getting help from off-planet. Threat level has increased to level 3 due to this knowledge. Attached is an audio document containing information about the cause of the planetary destruction. Request for additional support.
/end file/
…
SENDING TRANSMISSION 078253N-16
ENCRYPTION: ORANGE
FROM: Eve, Genesis Central Command, Eden
To: Captain Jonathan A. Ryon, GEN Hammer of Orion
SUBJECT: Operation New Dawn
/start file/
While the audio document confirms our fear, we need more information on these SharpClaw before we can officially take action. We did send out a transmission to the nearby Lylat System to assist in the recovery of the Krazoa Spirits, expect a ship to come by. They didn't say who they will send, but they did say that the ship has a history in the Lylat System and the crew is the best they have. Wait for further orders in the meantime.
/end file/
May 24th, 3033
The GreatFox
Lylat System
Each and every army has their own heroes in war. For Genesis, there were heroes such as the Master Chief, Sergeant Major Avery Junior Johnson, and Commander John Shepard, just to name a few. For the Cornerian Army however, they have StarFox, a legendary team of mercenaries who single handedly defeat the evil Andross and ended the Lylat Wars. StarFox is lead by Fox McCloud, a Cornerian Red Fox who is the son of the team's former deceased leader, James McCloud. Aided by Peppy Hare, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi, the team actively participated in multiple missions until Falco left the team and Peppy retired from active pilot duty. This left only Fox and Slippy as the team's pilots, with the later preferring creating new weapons and technology for the team over being a pilot.
For now, the team was off-duty for a while, waiting around for a mission that would earn them the credits needed to repair or replace the GreatFox and most of the outdated technology on it. Most of the team was hanging out on the ship's bridge, with Slippy was fixing up the ship's robotic operator as he listened to loud rock music, while Peppy tried his best to ignore the music and finish working on his navigational maps. Unfortunately for Peppy, that task would be nearly impossible with the music blaring throughout the bridge.
"Slippy, can you turn the music down?" Peppy asked the engineer, trying his best to not raise his voice. When he received no answer, he tried again in a louder tone. "Can you turn the music down?" No answer from the frog. Growing annoyed, Peppy finally turned to the only person who could easily hear him. "Fox, think you can get Slippy to turn the music down? I am trying to work on my charts!"
Fox McCloud wasn't really paying attention to the music, as he was more focused on checking the Cornerian Network for any news of interest. Hearing Peppy, Fox turned his head away from the chair mounted laptop to the rabbit and smirked. This wasn't the first time Slippy's music gotten on his nerves, and it probably wouldn't be the last. "Alright old-timer." He turned his gaze to Slippy, seeing the young frog working on another project while the robot, ROB 64, returned to operating the ship. "Slippy, think you can turn the music down?"
It was apparent that Slippy could hear Peppy, as he could hear Fox easily despite the music. The reason why he didn't answer would be because he was ignoring Peppy, but upon hearing Fox asking to turn the music down, the frog rolled his eyes. Slippy mumbled something, mocking Peppy, before he carelessly tossed his wrench at the jukebox. The wrench hit its target, the jukebox stuttering before completely turning off.
Fox's eyes widened, his face twisting into annoyance. "Hey!" He sat forward in his chair, looking between the jukebox and the frog. The jukebox was something that Fox bartered off the internet, getting it from a Genesis colony for low price. It was literally a relic of the past, how it still worked, he didn't know. But seeing as how Slippy carelessly turned it off some other way, he guessed it would take a fortune just to get it fixed.
Before Fox could even get to berating Slippy over the value of the jukebox, the holo-display in the middle of the bridge lit up, a hologram of an old Cornerian hound fully adorned in a red navel uniform standing in the middle of it. Fox recognized the hound right away, having been briefed by the hound for many years for each mission. General Pepper, commander of the Cornerian Navy and mission briefer for StarFox.
"General Pepper here." The hound introduced himself. Not wasting time, he got straight to the point. "Fox, I got a mission for you. It's a high priority mission that deserves as much attention as it sounds, a mission that could possibly affect the Lylat System if failed."
Fox immediately stood up, trying his best to hide the smile that was forming on his face. This was the kind of mission he was waiting for, and if he was right, high priority means high pay; enough credits to fix and update everything on the GreatFox. "Alright General, what do you have for us?"
"We received a transmission straight from Genesis Central Command on Eden, a request for assistance in one of their latest operations." Pepper's face shown signs of concern. "Fox, you remember what happened to Terra, how its destruction affected the Sol System and everything in it?"
Fox was surprised that General Pepper would ask such a question; it completely got him off guard. "Well, ya, I remember. Who wouldn't forget the Drej's siege on Terra." He answered, arching a brow soon after. "Why do you ask?"
"Because the mission involves a similar scenario." Pepper sighed. "Three days ago, a patrolling Genesis fleet received a distress beacon from an unknown planet within our system. What they found was not just a planet, but a planet that was being torn apart from an unknown force. Immediately, the ship sent a transmission to Eden relaying the information, where they received specific orders to find the source of the planet's destruction and find a way to stop it. This operation is known as Operation New Dawn."
"Operation New Dawn…" Fox repeated to himself, before realizing something. "But wait, if the planet is being destroyed, that means…!"
"It means that it will be Terra all over again." The hound finished for him. "The debris would spread all throughout the system, crashing into other planets in the process. This is why the mission is high priority, and why we are requesting your help."
Fox looked unsure about the mission at hand. True he was a hero and all, but stopping a planet from destroying itself? Even he couldn't do that. "Alright, but how are we supposed to do this? Even if we all participate in the mission, how are we supposed to revert something that is possibly natural?"
"It is not natural." Pepper assured him. "I'm forwarding the transmission from Eden to you, including the audio file that was sent. Review it while you are heading to the planet, as it contains key information about the mission." It was at that time that Pepper decided to bring some good news to Fox. "By the way, your fee has been approved. If the mission is completed, the credits will be forwarded to you immediately. Pepper out!"
"Gee, thanks." Fox muttered sarcastically as the transmission ended. "ROB, did you receive the files yet?"
"Affirmative." The robot replied.
"Good. Upload them to my laptop right away. As soon as you're done with that, warpjump to the planets coordinates as soon as possible." Fox sat back down. "We can't waste anytime getting there."
"You're taking this seriously." Peppy commented. "Haven't seen you act like this since the Lylat Wars."
"The Drej attacked and destroyed two planets, one being close to Lylat." The leader of the team brought up the transmission on his laptop, keeping his focus on the rabbit. "Genesis is trying their best not to let such destruction happen again, and although we aren't officially fighting alongside them against the Drej, despite being allies, you know we can't let our guard down for even a second."
"The Drej don't even care about who they attack!" said Slippy. "They may be focused on Genesis, but if there is a race that is similar to them, they would attack anyway."
"Such the case with Cerinia. They weren't even allied with Genesis yet, but the Drej attacked anyway once they heard about a possible alliiance." Peppy muttered.
"I don't know how we are going to save this planet, but if Genesis is trying to, then there must be a way." Fox turned his chair so that he is facing ROB. "Is the coordinates set?"
"Coordinates set." ROB answered. "Waiting on your mark."
"Good." Fox turned to face the forward window. "Warpjump on my mark." He looked down his wrist communicator, the current time being displayed on it. The moment the second hand hit the 12, he said the command.
"Mark."
1 Hour Later
"Captain Ryon here, have you found the distress signal?" Fox reviewed the audio file multiple times so far while on route to the planet. It was a radio communication between the Ragnorak's captain and someone who was sent to the planet, a woman named Krystal. This was the 4th time he listened to the file so far, but he wanted to be sure on the mission.
A second voice was heard seconds after on the audio file, that of Krystal. "I found it, and found out what is going on. General Scales and his army attacked a place called Krazoa Palace in hopes of stealing what they call Krazoa Spirits. From what the survivors told me, the Krazoa keep the planet alive." She paused. "Scales would have got the Krazoa, if the forces defending the Palace didn't scatter them across the planet."
Fox paused the audio file, going through the mission in his head. He had set the file to be heard throughout the ship so that Peppy and Slippy could hear it as well. "Krazoa…no matter how many times I played through the message, it seems a little far-fetched." He muttered.
"Some things in the universe are still a mystery to us." Peppy commented to Fox. "No one would have believed there was such a race as the Drej, nor would they believe that a scientist could somehow make his head grow twice its size and live with only a head and hands."
Fox rolled his eyes, since he knew that Cornerian research teams were still trying to figure out how the hell Andross did that. Sure, he was a normal anthromorphic monkey at first, but after being banished, he somehow returned as a floating head with floating hands. "Guess your right. Genesis doesn't know much about the mysterious Creators, but they keep finding evidence in Forerunner and Prothean ruins and artifacts…make a person think." He resumed listening to the file.
"Just as we've feared. The planet has more of a connection with the Creators than we thought." Fox couldn't help but smirk, since he just mentioned the Creators just a minute ago. "Since the spirits are scattered all across the planet, then the urgency to the mission has changed…" Ryon paused. "Krystal, you have a new mission: Find the Krazoa spirits and return them to their point of origin. We'll send a message to Eden to request for additional forces to assist in the search." Fox heard a disoriented sigh come from the captain's end. "If General Scales is indeed trying to harvest the Krazoa's power, it would mean he is planning on something big. I doubt it involves just the planet if he is willing to destroy it for power. Find out more information if you can. Ryon out."
The file ended once again, leaving Fox to add things up. "This General Scales sounds to be a force to be reckoned with." He concluded.
"The transmission mentioned something about a tribe called the SharpClaw. They seem to be General Scale's main army, having a large influence over the planet and its inhabitants. The other tribes seem to fear them, especially if the Krazoa Palace could easily be attacked." Peppy folded his arms. "And if General Scales has access to weapons and vehicles, it would mean the SharpClaw has access as well."
"It's never easy." Fox smirked.
"Exiting warpjump in T-minus 10 seconds." ROB announced.
Fox braced himself for the exit. While entering warpjump was easy, minus the acceleration part, exiting was always a problem to people who weren't ready for it. The GreatFox started to shake as is decelerated, one of the reasons why it was necessary to hold on to something. It may be advance technology, but since the ship was old, it still was a rocky exit. Thankfully the ship didn't fall apart while in warpjump.
A series of flashes flickered a distance away from the planet just seconds before the GreatFox sped out of warpjump, coming to a complete stop just outside the planet's orbit. (AN: For those wanting a visiual, look up Starcraft 2 Warpjump on youtube. Its pretty cool.) Fox would have been sent out of his chair if he wasn't holding onto the chair's armrest, though that was the least of his worries. What startled him was the sight before him.
"Woah." Was the only word that left Fox's mouth as he looked at the planet that was just outside the GreatFox, a site of beauty and destruction. Multiple chunks of the planet was ripped off, the planet's molten core visible where the chunks used to be. He could barely make out a blue hue on some of the chunks, as well as some clouds above them. "They have their own atmosphere." He muttered.
"Looks that way." Peppy looked over a holodisplay, looking at the statistics for the planet. "Oxygen, carbon dioxide, all the basic elements needed to maintain an atmosphere is on each chunk. There are also some structures on them, as well as some life. It must be a failsafe just in case the Krazoa are gone."
"I think I can see the other ship." Slippy was looking out the window like a child, looking at the planet while also trying to look for other things. "Yup! I can see it."
"Incoming transmission from the Hammer of Orion." ROB announced.
"Patch them through ROB." Fox ordered.
The holodisplay activated, showing a male human in his 50s wearing a white naval uniform, hundreds of medals adorned on it. Fox could recognize some medals such as the Purple Heart; this guy experienced battle before. Fox stood up and saluted right away, even though he was not in the same military, the man was still of higher rank.
"They said the Cornerian Navy would send someone." The captain commented. "Though I didn't expect they would send a hero."
"Team StarFox reporting for duty." Fox introduced, ending the salute. "You must be Captain Ryon, we received a copy of your audio files just before we came here."
"Then you know the situation at hand?" Fox nodded to the captain. "Good. As you already know, we have a scout on the planet who has already encountered the threat to our operation. Just after I sent the transmission to Eden, she already managed to return one spirit to the temple and is now in the area known as ThornTail Hollow. It's large enough for a dropship to land, so I would recommend for you to land your arwing there."
"Getting straight to the mission, I like that." Fox smirked. "ROB, get my arwing ready for launch." He called out to the robot.
"I would say that your team mates can come with you, but we are already taking enough risks. I recommend someone standing on station to transmit transmissions to you whenever needed and to coordinate the mission with us."
Peppy stepped forward. "I will try to get an open connection to General Pepper if I can, he would like to know about the status of the mission. I will also be relaying information based on any discoveries you find, so keep in touch and contact me whenever you find anything of interest."
Slippy was next to step forward. "If you don't mind, I will try to work on translating the inhabitant's language and seeing if I can get it added to an omni tool I have. I know that you don't use those things a lot Fox, but you will need it for this mission. I will send it too you once it's done."
"Omni tool huh?" Fox shrugged. "Alright, guessing I will be using one a lot if I am to work with Genesis."
"You will need that omni tool for more than just translation. If you see anything of suspicion, any technology that doesn't belong there, use the omni tool to record a video of it. Central Command needs evidence before we can send soldiers in to help against Scales, so any bit helps."
"Will do sir." Fox nodded.
"Good. You know your mission. I recommend that you rendezvous with our scout as soon as possible. She shouldn't be far. Ryon out."
Fox nodded as the transmission ended. "ROB, get my ship ready. I am heading down there." He said as he got up. 'Well, here we go.' He thought to himself as he left the bridge. This mission, will be a long one. He can tell.
The sun rose from the horizon as morning came to ThornTail Hollow, its inhabitants waking up for the new day. There was a storm last night, but it cleared up sometime after midnight, just before Krystal returned to spend the night there. There wasn't much danger in the hollow since the SharpClaw didn't really have much interest in the lower ThornTail tribe, which was a blessing for Krystal and Kyte since they needed a peaceful sleep. The blue vixen was sound asleep next to a rock while Kyte slept on her lap, the two being ignored by the ThornTails that roamed around here.
Krystal was the first to wake up, the sun shining on her face. At first she tried to ignore the sun and sleep a little longer, but the sun wouldn't allow her to. She was still tired even after her sleep, wishing she would have gotten that 8 hours of sleep that she is supposed to get. 'Maybe next time I should sleep in the shade.' She thought to herself as she got up, carefully moving Kyte so she doesn't wake up.
Something caught her attention, the sound of engines faintly heard over the forest canopy. 'A ship, here?' she thought as a blue and grey ship appeared over the canopy. She could tell it was a fighter, recognizing the design as an arwing. It was from the Lylat System alright, but she didn't know if the pilot was friend or foe. Krystal quickly hid behind the rock as the ship landed nearby, not worrying about Kyte since she was out of view anyway.
Fox McCloud got out of his arwing once he landed in ThornTail Hollow. From what he saw from the air, there were a few locations nearby ThornTail Hollow within walking distance. Besides the locations he saw, he knew he would have to check out ones he didn't see while entering the planet, and he knew he would have to check out the parts that are floating in space as well. But for now, he had to find a woman named Krystal.
His wrist communicator beeped a few times, signaling that a transmission was coming through. Activating it, a hologram of General Pepper appeared. It seems as though Peppy succeeded in setting up a FTL link to Corneria.
"Good work on the flying Fox, though I should have expected it."
"Thanks General." Fox nodded.
"Peppy told me what you must do for this mission, nothing you shouldn't handle. But I am suspicious about this General Scales, especially when I heard about his vicious attack on the Krazoa Palace. You should be careful Fox, he could already know that you are here."
Krystal listened closely to the conversation. 'They know about what happened to the Krazoa Palace…' She thought to herself. 'Is this the help that Ryon asked for?'
"I'm aware General, though it would be easier if I had my blaster or some sort of ranged weapon with me…" Fox tried his best not to groan. He always had his blaster with him at all times; not having it was like not having an arm or leg.
"Blasters and other projectile weapons are currently not allowed to the planet, even though it would help with the mission. Genesis didn't want to cause a widespread panic, but now they fear about the SharpClaw getting hands on such weapons and figuring out how to make them." Peppy reminded him. "Until Genesis changes the threat level to 6 or higher, you must use close quarters weapons."
"CQC weapons...I'm guessing swords or something in that range, right?" Fox walked back over to the arwing.
"Correct. You still have the sword your father gave to you for your birthday?"
Fox nodded as he opened up a small compartment on the side of the arwing, taking out a gold hilted sword. His father gave him the sword as an early graduation gift when he was still in the Academy, something he would have used when in uniform. Though it was supposed to be used only in ceremonies, it is going to be used in battle during this mission. "Still have it…I keep as a good luck charm, something to remind me of my father." He put the sword in a sling and put it around his back.
"It will do. Keep your eyes open and always stay on guard. This planet is unknown to both us and Genesis, and because of that our enemy may have the advantage. Expect the unexpected."
"Will do General. StarFox out." He deactivated his communicator. "Now, to find the scout…if I were a woman, where would I be?"
"How about right behind you?"
"Huh?" Fox turned around to see who was behind him, only to be knocked down by something. Expect the unexpected was right. Looking up from the ground, he found himself looking at a beautiful blue fox, wearing some garments that look ancient to him. In her hands was a staff, blue energy pulsing through the pole and into the tips.
"Fox McCloud, I presume?" She bent down, offering to help Fox up.
"You presume right. And you must be Krystal." He took her hand and got up from the floor. "I thought you were a human or something female that was a part of the Genesis Empire."
"Just because I help Genesis doesn't mean I am a Mantrin or Quarian." She chuckled. "You should know yourself, being called here to help."
Fox scratched his head; it was embarrassing that he actually thought that, not considering the alternatives. "Well, I just assumed…"
Before Fox could even continue, Kyte suddenly flew over to them, flittering around Fox with curiosity. Of course she never saw Fox before, and since she was a child, she had a lot of questions on her mind. "Who is he? He looks likes you, is he related to you?"
Fox was completely dumbfounded as he could not understand a single thing the dinosaur was saying. "What? What is it saying?"He asked.
"It's okay. Fox, meet Kyte." Krystal introduced Kyte. "She is a CloudRunner who I found on General Scale's galleon, held prisoner until I rescued her." She explained to Fox before looking back to Kyte as she landed on Krystal's right shoulder. "This is Fox McCloud, and no we're not related. He comes from someplace else, not where I come from."
"Wait, you can speak their language?" Fox asked, still confused.
"It's a natural gift, allowing me to understand and speak their language. In fact I know about every alien language within the Genesis Empire, as well as other languages." Krystal raised a brow. "Guessing you need someone to translate?"
"For now. I have someone working on translating the language and adding it to an omni tool, but it will take some time."
"An omni tool? Nearly every race within the Genesis Empire has one, as well as the Citadel races. It's useful for nearly every form of communication, including translating alien languages to the basic language within Genesis." Krystal shrugged. "I guess you would need it if you don't want me to constantly translate everything here."
Fox nodded. He had no idea that Krystal knew how to speak this language; if he did he would have had her help Slippy with the translator or something. "I also was ordered by your captain to record evidence that the SharpClaw has access to technology."
Krystal sighed as she retracted her staff and slinged it over her back. "We were told that this planet was low-tech, meaning that they races here only had access to primitive technology. Once I found out that the SharpClaw was more advanced than the rest of the races, the priority of the mission changed from low to medium." She paused. "Besides that galleon, I found fuel barrels lying around the Krazoa Palace. I don't know why they were using fuel barrels, but they were supposed to be used for something."
"Guessing we will found out sooner or later…" Fox muttered. "Alright, were should we start first?"
"There are a few things I want to check out. First, there is a closed door to the east of ThornTail Hallow, a switch just above it. I was going to check it out before you arrived."
"Sounds like a plan." Fox smiled. "Alright, lead the way."
"Gee, thanks." Krystal joked as she walked away from the arwing and to a field of flowers, a structure jutting out of the nearby cliff. True to Krystal's words, there was a door leading inside the structure, a button with an orange gem above the door near the top of the structure.
"Hard to believe that dinosaurs built this…" Fox muttered, looking at the carvings along the architecture.
Krystal took her staff out again and aimed the tip to the switch before she fired at it. The shot hit the switch right in the middle, pushing the switch in. Seconds later the door started to open, slowly opening up to reveal a cavern behind it…and two humanoid reptiles wearing armor and brandishing swords. And they weren't happy at all.
"Guessing those are the SharpClaw." Fox muttered as he took his sword out and got into a battle stance.
"Looks like Scales isn't the only humanoid on the planet." Krystal got into stance as the two SharpClaw got closer, Kyte flying off to avoid the battle until it was over. "I'll take the one on the left, you take the right."
"Don't have to tell me twice."
The rightmost SharpClaw charged at Fox before it leapt at him, trying to cut him in half from top to bottom if Fox hadn't jumped back in time. It snarled at him as Fox kept his distance, waiting for the reptile to make another move against him. Fox had some training with this sword when his father was still around, so he knew how to fight. The SharpClaw rushed at him again, swinging its sword in a horizontal motion before Fox succeeded in parrying the reptile and knocked its weapon away. Even without a weapon though, the SharpClaw tried to keep fighting but was quickly killed when Fox slashed it in the chest.
Meanwhile, Krystal was doing better against her combatant, having easily dodged the dinosaur multiple times. It was starting to get angry now, roaring at her before charging at her with all its strength. But it didn't expect Krystal to vault forward using the staff, kicking the Sharpclaw square in the nose and knocking it to the ground. It growled in pain while attempting to get up, before Krystal rammed her staff into its back, knocking it out.
"Damn…seems as though these SharpClaw don't care if they are going to die." Fox muttered as he looked down at the corpse of the dinosaur he killed.
"They follow General Scales with loyalty, even if it means death." Krystal sighed. "They probably don't even know the meaning to the word peace."
"Ya…" Fox looked to the door. "They seemed to be guarding something, but what?"
"One way to find out…" She walked forward, before she remembered Kyte. "Kyte, you can come out now."
The small CloudRunner peaked her head out from behind a rock, looking to see if it's clear. When she that the battle was over, she flew back and landed on Krystal's shoulders. "Those SharpClaw are just as mean as the evil general. I don't like them."
"Don't worry Kyte, I will protect you." Krystal petted Kyte's head a little. "Let's go."
The two foxes and the CloudRunner made their way into the cavern, dimly lighted by the outside light. As they went deeper in, they started to hear the sound of breathing. Someone else was in here, someone of high value if the SharpClaw were here as guards. As Fox, Krystal, and Kyte reached the end of the cavern, the found that someone, an old EarthWalker lying on the floor, heavily breathing.
Krystal knew who this was. Queen Earthwalker…and she was sick.
Chapter 2 is done. This thing was done for a while now, just was hesitating on if I should add more and such. Curse my desire to make it lengthy!
Now, as you noticed, there are some references to other game characters and races throughout the chapter. Since I am doing the series out of order, things are a bit confusing, so let me clear things up.
For starters, the entire story takes place in a universe where the events of many other stories occurred differently and are interconnected. We have the events of Halo occurring around 2542-2560 (Somewhere around there); the Genesis-Covenant War, the discovery of the Halo stations, the Flood, and ending with the Master Chief floating in space with Cortana. Sergeant Johnson possibly survives, since he is awesome. A few years after that, the Elites/Sangheli and the Grunts/Unggoy join the Genesis Empire, followed closely by the remainder races of the now obliterated Covenant. 60 years later, we have the discovery of the Mass Relays from Mass Effect/Mass Effect 2, leading up to the First Contact War with the Turians. This leads to first contact with the Council, and Genesis's arrival at the Citadel space station. We discover the Quarians, and, after hearing their story, offer the Quarians sanctuary on Terra and Eden, where months later they join the Genesis Empire since they are more generous than the Council, after understanding that our AIs won't turn on them. Time after that we have the Geth attack on Eden Prime, and the Reaper War. 400 years later, the Drej attacks and destroys Terra, similar to the event in Titan A.E, with Project A.E(Titan A.E) being launched into deep space. This occurs 3 years after the Lylat Wars in the Lylat System. Five years later, we have the Saurian Crisis, which is what you are reading now.
It's a complicated series, trying to make everything fit, but rest assured readers, you will understand things. Like I mentioned, I am working on other stories in this series, the Mass Effect and Halo portions. Also, I am working on one that takes place after this, though I am going to release that later on.
Oh yeah, before I forget. I am looking for beta readers who are willing to aid in helping out with this series. I may be good at coming up with plots, but I am not that good at grammar and such, as some may know. A beta reader would be helpful in that area.
Until next time.