One of the biggest upgrades Slippy had given both to the Great Fox and to the Ar-Wings was switching out fuel tanks for mana batteries. By making the ships run directly on magic as opposed to standard fuel sources, fuel and engine efficiency increased drastically. This improvement meant that instead of taking one direct path to confront Andross and hope that shut down his invading forces, Team Star Fox could afford - both in time and money - to clear every planetary region as they moved to the edge of the Lylat System and the Planet Venom.
The first region the Team tackled was the asteroid belt between Corneria and the rest of the system, what was normally the civilized planet's last line of natural defense against invasion. The Great Fox took the lead, clearing some of the larger asteroids out with ship lasers while the Ar-Wings flew in close, resting within the Great Fox's magical field to replenish their mana batteries. Once the asteroids became too small and thick to penetrate directly with the Great Fox, the Ar-Wings moved forward to hunt down any of Andross's forces infesting the belt. This proved relatively easy for them, as the asteroid belt had been their preferred training ground once the Ar-Wings had become operational after Sunset's arrival. They knew the twists and turns well, and Falco claimed he knew each rock by name.
Confident that nothing bad would happen in the belt, Krystal turned her attention to Sunset, who had slumped in on herself somewhat after they'd left Corneria. Krystal didn't know what caused that, but she could guess. Lifting her into her arms, she cradeled her gently.
"What is wrong with her?" Rob asked worriedly.
"I can only theorize," Krystal began carefully, "but even using an external magical storage unit as a focus drains the caster somewhat. Using the entire ship like that was impressive, but the feedback from controlling that much magic must have hit her really hard. Cutting the ship was simple enough, as that was just extending a cutting spell a great distance, only manipulating a small amount of space-time at a time as she cut through the ship. But the crushing meant seizing the entire ship in magic at once." She shook her head. "Even with her natural talent, I'm surprised she was able to command that much magic at that range unaided, even if it was available."
"It wasn't unaided," Rob spoke up. "Diagnostics indicate that her actions on Corneria made use of the Great Fox's targeting computer. This was not apparent at the time as there does not yet exist a command prompt for the activity of magical energy within the ship. I will discuss with Slippy about fixing that when this mission ends."
"And until then, I'll try and keep her from doing too much," Krystal murmured softly. "I'd hate to see her burn herself out."
"Agreed," Rob offered as he changed course. "Occupying force has been neutralized. Now setting course for Fichina."
The mission on Fichina took the four fighters into the atmosphere to clear out occupation of a defense post, focusing only on the defense post and taking out all enemy drone ships. With a limited space to work with, the Team was able to handle things easily while the Great Fox stayed in geosynchronous orbit around the planet, directly above the base. Krystal and Sunset watched, though Krystal kept Sunset away from the screen since she was still a little woozy.
As they cleared out the drones, Rob detected something that was most concerning. "A bomb has been planted at the base!" he called out to everyone.
"Geeze!" Fox called out in shock. "Can anyone take care of it?"
At that moment, four new fighter craft similar to Ar-Wings but with far more menacing designs flew into the area. A new com signal broke into communications. The first image to appear was a silver furred wolf, identified as 'Wolf' by the Great Fox's computer. "I can't let you do that, Star Fox," he declared in a playfully vicious tone.
The next image was a green-skinned chameleon identified as 'Leon'. "Andross has ordered us to take you down," he declared in a surprisingly urbane, civilized voice.
The third image was a pink-skinned pig identified as 'Pigma'. "Peppy!" he greeted warmly, his voice holding a vicious, taunting barb. "Long time no see!"
The fourth image was a brown-skinned monkey in war armor, identified as 'Andrew'. "Andross' enemy is my enemy," he declared simply, his voice showing a strong sense of duty.
"Just what I need to see," Fox growled irritably as the Ar-Wings changed course to deal with the new threat. "Star Wolf. Let's take care of these guys first."
As the two teams split into four distinct one-on-one dogfights, Krystal turned to Rob. "Star Wolf?" she asked in surprise.
"It was in the report on enemy forces General Pepper provided," Rob explained. "Since Team Star Fox under James McCloud - Fox's father - was so effective at dealing with Andross' forces, it appears he's assembled an anti-Star Fox team, Star Wolf."
Krystal watched the fight for a time. Before she could speak up, however, Peppy cut through the comms. "Pigma! You're going to pay for what you did!"
"Why is he so intense on that one?" Krystal asked in surprise, having never expected such intensity from the gentle old rabbit.
"Pigma was a member of Star Fox under James, alongside Peppy," Rob explained. "He betrayed them to Andross, which led to James being lost, presumed dead."
Krystal's face fell. "Fox..."
Sunset's eyes narrowed angrily.
After a time, Krystal found her voice again. "They seem...rather evenly matched," she murmured as she watched each of the dogfights split back and forth, moving quite fluidly as the two groups struggled to destroy each other.
"Fix that..." Sunset growled irritably, her eyes and horn starting to glow.
Rob turned to the controls as circuits started to glow. "Moving Great Fox into lower atmosphere to reduce distance strain," he declared quickly.
As the ship entered the lower atmosphere, it blazed with light as it released a large surge of magic under Sunset's direction, supercharging the Ar-Wings by drastically replenishing their systems. With all four Ar-Wings now moving far faster than the other ships - identified by the computer as Wolfen models - were quickly outmatched and forced to withdraw, much to their pilots frustrations.
"You haven't heard the last of this, Fox!" Wolf roared over the comms as the Wolfens withdrew. "I don't know what you're using to supercharge your Ar-Wings...but I'll find out! And then you'll be sorry!"
With the bomb defused, the group made their way back to the Great Fox, setting course for Sector Y. "Whatever Sunset just did, don't let her do it again when Star Wolf is around," Fox instructed. "I don't want them getting any ideas there."
"Agreed," Krystal spoke up firmly.
"Orders received and accepted," Rob confirmed.
Thats asuming they can stop her.
Why can I imagine Falco annoying Fox with a lame perverted joke when fighting against the mothership?
Bill: The hatches are open!
Falco: That's what she said!
Fox: Stop it
*second time the hatches open*
Bill: The hatches are open!
Falco: So get to pounding Fox!
Fox: Falco, I swear...
*third time the hatches open*
Bill: The hatches are open!
Fox: Falco, if you make one mo-
Falco: Bet you wish it was Krystal's hatches instead
Fox: I WILL END YOU!
Peppy: *sighs* Kids these days...
perhaps "Krystal had a guess about what caused that" would be better phrasing?
cradled
try to
...So the biggest problem they have with Sunset helping with normal missions is the strain it puts her under...
Would a second amplifier help with that or am I thinking too flat? Like... an analogy would be adding a second ring to a circle of power. The first ring gives the character the power while the second ring allows the character to focus that power in the way they wish... Am I making sense?
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The problem is all the power still has to be focused through her. The ship holds the magic and acts as a cushion for the strain (since the ship's slowly gaining an 'awareness' connected to Rob), but she's still the driving force to make the magic work.
Think of it as trying to shift a large rock so it'll roll down the hill. The ship is a lever letting her apply the force in an easier way, and the magic stores within means she doesn't have to push the rock up the hill in the first place, but the initial force to get the rock moving back down still has to come from her.
I had forgotten Star Fox 64 was a reboot of Star Fox… I was wondering why this particular mission as being told in the first story arc.
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Okay... I believe I get it, it's not a matter of power it's a matter of her being too young... (...Strain... Wow I feel dense right now.)
Would Krystal be able to help with that, or is this simply just a "it gets easier with time" situation?
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It's a "it gets easier with time and discipline" situation.
So we're ignoring the giant all range mode robot fight still on Corneria... I guess the Cornerian forces handle what Starfox doesn't. It shouldn't be too hard for Cornerian pilots to shoot the large battery pack.
Fox's team is like one big ball of distraction, they attack certain points and Andross's forces have to be pulled from other places to stop their advance. Fox and his friends do tend to leave a trails of destruction in their wake.
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I know I'm replying to these way late but yes they do :) my memory of how the game went was fuzzy, I knew there were multiple paths and such. I simply couldn't remember whom came to help you out during certain missions. So anyway thank you very much for the help!
So we're clearing out the whole Lylat System? That's gonna be pretty cool. I wonder if they're gonna be like "WHY THE FRIG ARE WE FLYING INTO A SUN!?"
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It worked for White Base and the Earth Federation in Mobile Suit Gundam.
Guess the Anti-Fox team tried to Wolf down more than they can chew.
I really hope Andross doesn't get any ideas by the end of this.
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if wolf dose try anything he will meet a papa-wolf and mama-bear in fox skin
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I wonder how Sunset's going to feel about that.
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"Cewestia! Where Cewestia!?"
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Unleash the power of the Sun(set)!!!
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Eh I saw what you did there nice.
Hu I wonder have to wonder how wolf was able to how o donnel was able to get fianance everything along with getting people to form a team, he's always seemed like a LOAN wolf to me.
Also am pretty sure that was a Howling experience for star wolf. I mean it seemed like wolf was a bit lost at the end to bad he not a Wherewolf. Cause now am interested in howl he is handeling the loss.
Say you think you can have them build a Ar-Wing for Sunset where she won't need to amputate her legs for her to fly it, with her using her magic on it she could protect herself from the G-forces when flying, also it would be cool to see her work with Fox when they go to Crystals home Planet to save it.
Are you going to take every area, or just a single route?
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Star Fox couldn't let them do that now could they
The fights against Star Wolf are some of my favorite missions in the game. Normally, I gun down Leon, Pigma, and Andrew as fast as I can, then I just toy with Wolf for a bit before point-blanking a bomb into his cockpit to finish him off.
Should be 'Corneria'
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Probably the route with the most unique missions. I'm guessing Slippy's crash will be involved.
Sunset ex Machina. *ding*
I do like how still casts magic despite being woozy from... The last chapter Drag an entire ship into the atmposhere and then steroid up the Arwings. I must say, my suspension of disbelief is running thin. And this is a My Little Pony / Starfox crossover fanfiction!
I don't get why I can look past this in any other of the PWNYverse stories I've read without question, but here I have the same issue two chapters in a row. Eh, probably just me, judging by the replies I got last time...
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Sunset didn't drag the ship. Rob moved the ship to make it easier on her.
I'm guessing even if they manage to get a hold of Sunset Wolf and Leon won't try to hurt her so they can get her to help them. Piggy will probably try to sell her and get grievously harmed by the former two... and Andrew might get converted to good though I won't hold my breath over that.
8306186 True, and probably end up an honorary uncle after Sunset saves his life or vise versa.
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Just the one? Having an off day huh
Huh, and here i was wondering what you were going to do about the mission pathways in the game.
Now I wonderif Slippy will still crash land in Tatania.
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Nah, not that familiar with the source material so I have less to work with. Same for the rest of the chapters here sans the one where Sunset was trying to convince the others to get her an Ar-Wing.
you should make Sunset to sit out a fight, maybe when she get's cocky and starts to think Fox can only win with her help, then show her how good Fox really is.
Do you plan on playing out ALL the battles in the story, or going on a set path like in the video game? I would suggest the former so it makes things more entertaining, and if that is what you plan on, I could tell you how to go from Corneria to Venom with all Battle Stages introduced. All I require is a picture map of the Lylat System with the names, because I can't remember all the names since it's been years since I played SF64.
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You made a pun without meaning to, you're fine.
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I am already going through all battles, using a youtube playlist that has already arranged them in a logical path.
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I see.
Actually, one planet I do remember with the bomb and Star Wolf is called Fortuna. Fichina wasn't introduced until Star Fox Assault.
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Yes.
But comparing the designs of planets and names shows that Fortuna is a completely different planet.
And in Star Fox 64 3D remake, it's Fichina.
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...What? Thats a completely fucking stupid move on their end, changing the names of the planet! I can understand remaking the game for better graphics and whatnot, but they should NEVER change the names, because shit like that can ruin the originality of the games we love!
What other changes did they make in the 3D Remake?
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Just changing the name because originally calling it Fortuna was a mistranslation, as far as I know.
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On the contrary, if you remembered on Assault, Fortuna was the first mission's planet of the story, as is available as a Multiplayer map. Fichina may have been a similar planet, but it was introduced on the fourth mission, and was never introduced in original 64. There are no mistakes.
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I looked up the wiki.
Fortuna is a completely different planet type than the planet by that name in Star Fox 64.
http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Fichina
http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Fortuna
I thought Sunset was going to vaporize Pigma.
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Just wait...it's coming.
Or, you know, the invaders could attack from an angle where there's no asteroids, since asteroid belts are not a total sphere like the Oort Cloud in real life
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Or just fly through the massive, huge, astronomical gaps between asteroids - the asteroid belt is not at all crowded in real life. If you're standing on the surface of one asteroid, you might - might - be able to see one or two other asteroids as anything more than points of light. Flying blind through the asteroid belt, you've got about as much chance of hitting an asteroid of any significant size, as of bailing out of an aeroplane somewhere over Rhode Island and landing on a particular football field at random.
If you have a fiction-style asteroid belt, then it can still be significantly better to navigate through it rather than flying around it because getting significantly out of the ecliptic costs a lot of delta-vee - and even more to get back into the ecliptic at your destination if you're looking to stop there and maneuver rather than just impact it...
Nice to see how you ae balancing things.
“Annoying Sunset! I am the great Leon!”
Should I be afraid of Sunset's rage towards Pigma?