When the starfox team and the rest made it to Corneria, Lithra and the remaining Turric that retreated arrived on the planet Fichina. In her veiw is the Turrics home base, an incredibly large structure surrounded by icey fog. Lithra proceeds to land her ship on one of the outer LZ's, when she gets out of her ship; she is greeted by a female leopard name Kyru. As Lithra walks towards her, Kyru takes her hoodie off and leans against the support beams; putting on a smug face.
"Commin back from a job well done huh~?" She says, "The last thing I want to hear right now is your attempts at being funny.." Lithra says as she walks past Kyru without giving her a single glance. Kyru then catches up to walk beside her, "Oh nononooo I'm being serious, I mean the CDF may have potentially got information they weren't supposed to; but..atleast you got to play with Aydral's toys without-" she says before Lithra grabs her neck, forcing her up againts a wall near the main entrance.
"Lithra!" A voice shouts, Lithra turns to her left to see Gandriv at the front entrance. "Strauss wants to see you, believe me when I say it's in your best interest not to make him wait.." he says. Lithra looks at Kiru smile, she then aggressively let's her go and heads inside. Inside the building are thousands of Turric soilders doing various things, from testing weapons training new soilders; to repairing/building a variety of vehicles.
Lithra reaches an elevator and proceeds to take it up, she looks down at the ground floor to see Kiru watching her and waving before the elevator window turns pitch black. When she makes it to the top floor, she goes to a large door at the end of the hallway. As the door opens automatically, she sees Adryal Strauss; a middle aged tiger wearing dictator like attire.
As he observes a large hologram of the lylat system, Lithra walks in to address herself. "Sir...I believe you wanted to see me?" She says, "...yes, I'm sure you can agree that time is currently of the upmost importance; so I expect a brief explanation..what exactly happened in Titania?" Aydral says before he turns around, giving her an intimidating look. "The CDF got through our defenses with the help of the Fleet43rd, we managed to eliminate one ship but..two of them were able to get on planet" Lithra says.
Aydral turns back to look at the hologram, "And yet, I was told my troopshad a tight grip on the perimeter.." he says in a calm tone. "I-..I'm not sure how they were able to break through so easily.." Lithra responds. "..Is that so..." Aydral says, he then proceeds to turn around and walk towards Lithra slowly. Even though Lithra feels more nervous with each step he takes, she tries to maintain her composure as best as she can.
"Let me get this straight...not only do you not know how a bunch of insolent thugs breached the perimeter, you also weren't able to hold your own; causing the CDF to take control of our base of operations on Titania. Then, your next course of action was to use artillery meant for warships on the small taskforce; potentially killing the one person I specifically want alive..am I correct?" Aydral says as he stops next to her, facing the opposite direction.
Lithra struggles to speak, but is shortly able to get the words out. "Y-yes..sir, I am fully responsible but I-" she says before Aydral cuts her off, "Save it, there's a task that must be done on Planet Venom. If you want to prove to me why I shouldn't have you walk Fichina's icey plains till you die of starvation..you will start there, dismissed" Adryal says. Lithra turns around and heads to the door she came in from, only to be stopped half way by Aydral getting her attention. "Oh, and Lithra..attempt any further actions that could result in Mcclouds death; and you'll be begging for a firing squad after I get my hands on you" Aydral says in a cold tone.
Moving to present day, the operation to find Solomon Yovick is in full swing. In the more unpleasant side of corneria, where drugs, violence, and prostitution is vibrant 24/7; Falco sits on top of an apartment building while he watches CDF troops move all over the area. He then proceeds to contact Peppy through his ear piece, "What's the deal old man? It's almost midnight and these pricks are still swarmin' around here" Falco says. "Pepper said he was gonna pull em out long before now, I guess he changed his mind; your just gonna have to work around em falco" Peppy responds.
Falco let's out an annoyed sigh as he gets up and slides down a ladder on the side of the building, he then puts his hood on and proceeds to walk across the street. He keeps walking until he eventually gets to the more busier part of the area, where the rowdiness of the locals and the sub bass bleeding from a nearby nightclub nearly drowns out any natural sound. When Falco gets closer to the nightclub, a tan and grey cat in skimpy clothing calls out to him.
"There's no need to be all dark mysterious handsome~, everyone's got a need for-" she says before cutting herself off, seeing Falco's face when he looks at her. She then gasps and walks to him, "Holy shit. Falco!? I haven't seen you since you ran plugs with Aldo Vincenzo!" She says. "Hey hey keep your voice down, this ain't no high school reunion...now I'm gonna need your help" Falco says as he shows her a unit chip in his hand while looking around.
"Shiiit falco..for that much units, I'll give you all the help you need~" the cat says. As she attempts to softly grab Falco's member, he grabs her arm and holds it up. "Information is what I'm referring to, ever heard of a stronzo named Solomon Yovick?" he says as he let's her arm go, "Oh I could never forget Sol~, especially how he was when we were kids. Hes kinda like you except...less of a dick" the cat responds. "A sex worker and a comedian huh.. look do you know where he's hanginor not?" Falco asks.
"That depends, what exactly do you want with sol?" The cat says as she crosses her arms, "Oh my bad excuse me, I keep forgetting the "mind your damn business" fee.." Falco sarcastically says as he goes back in his jacket pocket to show the cat two unit chips. The cat raises her eyebrows and looks at Falco with a half smile, she then rolls her eyes and lightly snatches the unit chips from his hand.
"He was on Vulkin street near the market strip last time I saw him, that's all I know.." the cat says, Falco says nothing and walks past her and into an alleyway. The cat turns around to look at Falco, uncertain of what his intentions are; she becomes slighty worried. However, seeing how she knows Falco mostly means well; she shakes off the feeling and proceeds to walk away.
Around thirteen minutes later, Falco arrives at the market strip. With how populated it is, he feels it would be the perfect place to blend In. Falco walks through the crowd and looks around to see if Solomon is anywhere near, "YOU! WE TOLD YOU TO STOP!" A voice shouts; followed by multiple people running. Before Falco can turn around fully, a couple of CDF officers runs past him; bumping him out of their way. He looks ahead to see the officers apprehend someone from a food stand, making a small crowd circle around them.
As Falco gets agitated, he double takes to his left to see a glimpse of someone in a green jacket look behind them before going in an alleyway. Immediately after, Falco moves through the crowd to head through the same one. He walks further into it until he stops at a closed door, the moment he tries to see if it opens; he feels the barrel of a blaster press into the back of his head. "Lombardi, im guessin?" a voice says behind him, Falco then puts his hands up halfway.
"Well ain't it the man of the hour, I was startin to think the CDF had you runnin scared.." Falco says, "Growin up here, law enforcements the last thing you'd be scared of...Turn around" the voice says as he eases the blaster off of Falco's head. Falco then turns around to see Solomon pointing the gun at him, "What are you doing here?" Solomon asks.
"Im here to do what those CDF idiots back there are trying to do, only difference is...I'm much more efficient; so how's about your backstabbin ass make this easy on the both of us huh?" Falco says as he smiles, "You heard wrong Lombardi, I didn't betray anybody. One of the people from my unit Pinned the blame on me, and hes working for the Turric as we speak...hard to believe I even called thatslimy fuck a friend.." Solomon says angrily.
"You say that, yet here you are hiding...care to explain that chief?" Falco asks, "I just got falsely accused of treason, now the military is out here lookin for me 24/7 off of a capture or kill order...excuse me if I'm feeling less extroverted" Solomon sarcastically responds. "Well..unfortunately for you, my sympathetic tank is all tapped out; I got my orders...so if you dont mind I'd like to get this over with" Falco says, the moment he takes a few steps; Solomon further readies his gun; making Falco stop.
"You're leanin on giving me no choice Lombardi..if your not gonna help me clear my name, the next option for you is pissing off.." Solomon says, keeping his gun aimed at Falco. Falco then chuckles a bit and looks away, "Huh, guess she was right..we are alike" Falco says. Immediately after, Falco kicks a worn out alcohol crate near him. Solomon blocks it with his arm, but doesn't have time to react to Falco's shoulder takedown; which causes Solomon to drop his gun.
Falco gets two good hits to Solomon's face before he's able to counter the third, punching Falco then kicking him off over quickly after. As Falco recovers instantly, Solomon runs to pick up his gun and proceeds to shoot behind him while bashing through the door Falco tried to go through. Falco proceeds to run after him, he goes through the same door and maneuvers his way around people as well as obstacles in a kitchen area.
He runs out another door which leads him back to the market strip, he sees Solomon across from him running into an apartment complex and continues to give chase. When Falco runs through the front door, he looks to his left to see a resident look up a flight of stairs confused; which makes him assume is where Solomon headed. When he runs up there himself, he sees a large hallway with multiple doors and one window at the end.
Falco then takes his blaster out of his holster and walks slowly threw the hall, "You know..I'm kinda disappointed, with all I heard about you; I didn't take you for someone that would hide from anybody.." he says as he turns around and walks backwards. Falco then continues, "I was willing to settle our business right there in the alley..yet here you are, hiding like a frightened little-" Falco says but cuts himself off due to hearing the slight creek of a door behind him.
He turns around quickly and aims his gun, only to see an elderly resident peak though a door. "Do you know how late it is!? Go be a dope fiend somewhere else!" They say angerly. "Will you mind your damn business you old geezer!? I almost shot you for christ sake!" Falco says. The elderly resident then goes on a rant to themself while slamming the door behind them. Falco scoffs and puts his gun down slightly, he then turns around only to get shoulder charged by Solomon through the window behind him.
As Falco falls onto a tarp before rolling onto the ground, Solomon grabs a pipe to slide down from the window. "Fine, you wanna fight so bad...I'll give you what you want" Solomon says as he takes his gun and tosses it on the ground, falco slowly gets up and smiles as he wipes the blood from the side of his mouth. "Atta boy..." Falco says as he cracks his neck gets into a fighting stance.
The two circle eachother seconds before charging at one another, they both proceed to strike eachother repeatedly; some hits landing but most being blocked. However, Falco stars to get the upper hand on Solomon. Even though both were equally well trained in CQC, Falco is naturally faster. As he starts to read Solomon's movements progressively easier, more of his strikes start to connect; causing Solomon to stumble back and get on one knee.
"Cmoon, I can get thrown out of a window be fine but you cant take a few love taps? You sure you grew up here?" Falco mockingly says. Solomon gets angry and proceeds to rush at falco again, he attempts to strike him but gets countered immediately and brought down to one knee yet again with a well placed kick from Falco. Falco then puts Solomon's arm behind his back while forcing him down on the ground.
"Unless you want me to beat the shit out you for an additional thirty minutes, I suggest you call it quits now asshole!" Falco says, Solomon then looks up to see a silhouette of a person holding a rifle on top of a building. "T-this is gonna hurt.." Solomon says as he struggles to move, "You're godamn right It-" Falco says before a stun round of a rifle Is shot, hitting him in the back. His entire body jolts as he gets electrocuted for a few seconds before passing out.
Solomon quickly gets up and looks at Falco completely unconscious, he then looks up at the same building where he saw the silhouette. As an Advertising ship flies by, the brief light it emits show that it was the cat that Falco bribed for information. Before Solomon could say or do anything, he hears a couple of CDF officers nearby to investigate the noise; causing him to run the opposite direction and get out of sight once again.