After their successful victory on Corneria, Sora, Kairi, Pikachu, and Angel boarded the Great Fox along with the Star Fox Team.
"I gotta hand to you youngsters. You held your own better than I thought," Peppy said.
"Thanks, Peppy. And you may be an old man, but you still got some fight left in you," Sora said.
They got to the command center of the ship as the Great Fox has received from Corneria.
"Attention! Transmission received!" ROB said.
"Put it through," Fox said. ROB does so, and General Pepper is on the screen once again.
"Star Fox, I'd hate to ask for your help again, but we believe that a handful of Andross's forces are hiding in the asteroid field," General Pepper said.
"We'll look into it, general," Fox said.
"Looks like it's back to work," Slippy said.
"Looks like it," Falco said.
"Alright, everyone. To the Arwings!" Fox said.
"Right behind you, Fox," Kairi said.
Sora, Kairi, Star Fox, Pikachu, and Angel boarded the Arwings and flew out to the asteroid field to engage the enemy supposedly hiding in the asteroid field. The Great Fox fired at the asteroids as the Arwings flew towards them.
"Things are starting to heat up," Slippy said.
"Quit dinkin' around, Slip!" Peppy said.
"You don't really think they would actually hide in there, do you?" Kairi asked.
"At this point, anything's possible. We're heading in," Fox said.
"This is where the fun begins," Sora said.
They rode their Arwings through the asteroid field and they saw no signs of Andross's army or the Heartless. Peppy was bothered by how it was so easy.
"It's quiet... Too quiet," Peppy said.
"Where are they?" Sora asked.
"Pi?" Pikachu asked. Pikachu's ears perked up and he looked to the right. He saw several of Andross's fighters and robots coming right at them. "Pika!"
"What's wrong, Pikachu?" Sora asked. He looked to the right and he knew that spelled trouble. "Crap! Guys, it's an ambush!"
Several fighters flew in and fired right at them. The robots attempts to ram into them. Kairi shot one down as another omes gunning for her, but Fox saved her by blasting him. A robot gets behind Sora and starts shooting at him.
"You're not getting me!" Sora said as he skids backwards and he shot at the robot, destroying it. The asteroids were closing in on them as they get through.
"If this keeps up, we'll be blown into bits!" Kairi said.
"Vee!" Angel said.
"Use the boost!" Peppy said. And they do so to get through. They managed to get through, but the enemy forces launched their attack again. Many of them gangs up on Peppy. "They're on me! I can't shake 'em!"
"I'm coming, Peppy!" Kairi said, coming to the old rabbit's rescue. Kairi blasted the enemy, taking them out.
"Thanks a lot for the save," Peppy said.
"Man, these guys are spreading like wildfire," Sora said.
"Use your bombs wisely! We're severely limited!" Peppy said.
"Got it!" Sora said. One of the fighters came up behind Sora and started to fire at him. "They're all over me! I can't shake him!"
"I'll help you out, Sora!" Fox said. He fired right at the fighter chasing him, and blasted the enemy before he did the same to Sora.
"That was close. Thanks for the save, Fox," Sora said.
"Anything for a teammate, Sora," Fox said.
The Arwings kept on firing at the enemy fighters when suddenly, a new kind of Heartless appeared and attacked.
It has the appearance of a mechanical Heartless with a smooth, brown main body with a gold engine on its back. Its short arms are yellow, gold, and navy blue with light blue highlights and attach to conical hands. Both of its hands are yellow and gold and end in large, blue-grey and light blue drills. Its black head and glowing yellow eyes are encased in a small, translucent dome on the top of its body, and it has a curled, black antenna on the top of the dome. There are two red crests on its body, one on either side of its head, and the Heartless emblem is on its chest. This is a Gummi Heartless known as the Driller. The charges right at the Arwings.
"We got something coming right at us!" Falco exclaimed.
"It's a Heartless!" Sora exclaimed.
"You didn't tell us that Heartless can survive in space!" Slippy said.
"We didn't know they can," Sora said.
"Don't relax yet, because it's coming back!" Falco said. The Driller turns around and makes another attack, aiming at Slippy.
"It's coming right at me!" Slippy cried. The Driller attempts to ram into the young frog. "Guys, help!"
"Hold on, Slip! I got you!" Fox said. He shoots at the Gummi Heartless, dealing some damage on it. Sora and Kairi shoots at it, too, dealing some damage on it. After sustaining some damage, the Driller explodes, leaving behind nothing behind. "That takes care of that thing."
"Thanks for the save, guys. I thought I was a goner," Slippy said.
"I got your back, Slippy, and I always will," Fox said.
"I hate to interrupt your touching conversation, but in case you forgot, we're in the middle of a battle here!" Falco said.
"Right. Peppy, Slippy, you guys take the left! Sora, Kairi, Falco, you three are with me on the right," Fox said.
"Lead the way, Fox," Kairi said.
Slippy and Peppy's Arwings flies to the left as Sora, Kairi, Fox, and Falco's Arwings takes the right, blasting the enemy. Andross forces kept on firing at them. Star Fox has blasted them right out.
"You wanna piece of me?" Slippy asked as he blasted one. "Take that!"
They kept on firing at the enemy until they were near the end of the asteroid field and they received a transmission from the enemy.
It was an anthropomorphic monkey wearing a green uniform. Judging by how he was dressed, he's a high-ranking officer.
"I cannot allow you to go any further," the monkey officer said.
"Yeah? And how are you gonna stop us, banana breath?" Sora asked. Sora got his answer when a large ship was hovering above them. The ship has a cluster of four cannons on either end of its structures. It has a wheel-like shield in front. "That's one way to stop us."
"Let's just shoot at it!" Falco suggested.
"I was gonna just say that anyway! Let's go!" Fox said. Sora, Kairi, and Star Fox fired at the shield, but they were absorbing their laser fire.
"It's no use! That shield's just absorbing the laser fire!" Peppy said.
"Slippy, what's that thing's weakness?" Kairi asked.
"Bringing it up now," Slippy said, analyzing the machine. "If we destroy the core when that shield moves, we can bring it down!" Slippy said.
"Alright, everyone! Concentrate all fire on the cores!" Fox said.
"Ready, aim, fire!" Sora said.
"Pika!" Pikachu said.
The Arwings concentrated their firepower on the cores when the shield has begun to move
Once the shield was brought down, the middle core is revealed.
"You're even more cunning than I thought. How about this?" The monkey officer asked as the cannons fired a bluish green lazer at the Arwings barely dodged the assault. They destroyed the center core as the cannons fired again. The cannons have ceased firing when he made contact again. "I'm no match for you. I admit defeat."
"You gonna listen to that monkey?" Falco asked.
"Come on, you gotta think of something clever than that," Sora said. The monkey officer laughed evilly.
"You're not as stupid as you look!" The monkey officer taunted.
The large ship turned around and fired a pink laser from each of the cannons on the front. They kept on firing at the cores of the ship, taking it out.
"Sorry, but no bananas for you!" Kairi said.
"Eevee, vee!" Angel added.
"I can't believe I lost to this scum!" The monkey officer yelled before the ship explodes.
"That's one more of Andross's junk ships that bit the space dust," Sora said.
"Don't get comfy, because we still have a jib to do," Fox said.
