After the Team finished on Fichina, they detoured to the Sector Y combat zone where the Corneria main fleet was having serious difficulty with Andross' forces. Upon arrival, this was revealed to be due to a fundamental incompatibility of forces. The Cornerian fleet was made up of large battleships with heavy weapons and unmanned drones. Andross' forces, on the other hand, were composed of a few large carriers filled with drone ships and three manned mech fighters designed to tear battleships apart from the inside out after ripping into the hull. Thankfully, the arrival of Team Star Fox evened things enough to rout Andross' forces, not requiring any intervention from the Great Fox beyond dispensing of supplies.
As they watched, Krystal asked a question that had been niggling at her mind ever since they reached the zone. "Why is it called Sector Y?" she asked Rob curiously.
Rob turned to stare at her for a time. Upon realizing she was serious, he pointed to a prominent nebula in the zone, bright green and in the shape of a letter Y. "It is named for the nebula."
"Wait...that's a natural phenomenon?" Krystal gasped in surprise.
"As natural as it can be assumed," Rob allowed. "What else would it be?"
"I thought someone had named it 'Y sector' and reshaped the nebula as some sort of joke!" Krystal countered incredulously.
"Negative," Rob countered, not wanting to think about someone who could reshape a nebula so permanently for a whim. "There are three such nebula in the Lylat System. This one, and the ones in Sectors X and Z respectively. They are actually useful, as their positions at the edges of the System make them natural reference points for plotting coordinates within the system, since the lines drawn from them intersect at Solar, a rather noticeable red dwarf star." He hesitated. "At least, it is assumed to be a star. No one's ever bothered to investigate it before."
Krystal nodded thoughtfully, inwardly glad of the distraction as Rob set course for Aquas. Sunset had shown a little too much interest at the mention of 'reshaping a nebula' for her comfort.
Aquas was, appropriately enough, an aquatic world with a single ocean that covered almost the entire surface of the planet. Reports showed that Andross had some sort of bio-weapon based in the oceans, and Team Star Fox had to eliminate it. Unfortunately, the Ar-Wings - despite being designed for all environments - were of limited use in deep ocean. As such, the Great Fox was lowered to rest on the ocean's surface so Fox - alone - could deploy in the Blue Marine, the Team's submarine.
Unfortunately for everyone left aboard the Great Fox, the Blue Marine's communication rig could only work so well in the ocean's depths. Rather than the continuous stream of data they'd received from the Ar-Wings, they only received occasional bursts of data - including position, hazards, hull integrity, fuel consumption, and the like - from the Blue Marine, leaving Krystal to pace worriedly as Sunset huddled in Peppy's lap.
What information they received didn't help much, as it showed how much both ocean and wildlife had altered due to Andross' interference, making nearly everything hostile from the fish to the very plants. Peppy, Slippy, and Falco sent back any bits of information or advice they could think of to help, but there was no way to tell if Fox even heard...especially after the last burst of information they received was Fox calling out he'd found the bio-weapon, and that the Blue Marine was hit.
For the next half hour, everyone aboard the ship fretted and worried as Rob scanned the oceans as best he could...which did not show promising results as all he was able to pick up was a large explosion at Fox's last known coordinates. Krystal did her best to keep Sunset from crying, both to protect her from what might have happened and to avoid a surge that overpowered the ship's ACSU system. It was a huge relief to all when the Blue Marine slowly puttered into sight along the surface, the only damage to its engines, its comm rig, and its transponder.
Fox stepped out of the sub once it was docked, a smile on his face. "Bio-weapon eliminated," he offered happily. "The oceans should return to-oomph!"
His exhalation was due to Krystal having rushed up and pulled him into a fierce embrace. Only when she heard Falco snickering did she pull back, blushing slightly.
As Sunset flew up, Fox chuckled. "Maybe I should take the Blue Marine out more often-OW!" Sunset, apparently, had strong opinions about that as she slammed bodily into his gut before crawling up to hug his face. "I guess not..."
"Given how she's been about you two getting close, be glad she didn't aim lower!" Falco called out jokingly. He then leapt into the air with a 'Yipe!' as Sunset fired a beam of magic at him dangerously close to the implied target. This spawned more laughter from everyone, though it had a tinge of hysterical relief.
With the Blue Marine under repair, Rob sent the Great Fox back into orbit before setting course for planet Katina.
Katina had a climate and environment much like Corneria, though with much less surface water as it had only a few large inland seas rather than oceans, making it an oddity as far as planets in the Lylat system. The focus of the battle on Katina was yet another military base, though this one was still being defended.
As Team Star Fox flew into the fight, they received a communication marked as a friendly frequency. The image displayed a bull dog in an Academy graduate flight suit. "Fox!" he called out happily. "You made it!"
"Bill?" Fox gasped in surprise. "Is that you? I can't believe it!"
"As much as I'd love to take the time for an emotional reunion right now, we are in the middle of a war," Bill pointed out playfully. "But once it ends - or I'm off duty - just tell me where to swing by. For now, help me deal with these fighters before the Mother Ship gets here!"
"Got it Bill!" Fox responded immediately. "Let's go!"
There was a bit of a problem at first for Team Star Fox as the enemy fighters had been painted to match Bill's Bulldog and Husky squadrons, but quickly engaging their Advanced Targeting Computers let them track friend from foe via transponder signal.
"Mothership incoming!" Bill called out as a large flying saucer shaped ship slowly approached the base.
"I will assist!" Rob declared as he shifted the Great Fox into position. "Sunset is not the only one with new tricks. Target locked on. Safe zone clear. Firing main mana cannon."
"Wait, what-" Krystal began in shock.
From the front of the Great Fox a beam of pure, concentrated magical energy shot down, punching straight through the Mothership before creating a massive explosion that billowed out in a sphere, incinerating the entire ship and all unfriendly targets within the sphere...and decimating a good chunk of landscape.
"It appears the mana cannons have some issue with collateral damage," Rob observed idly.
"Big badda boom!" Sunset squealed happily, clapping her hands.
"Slippy, what the hell was that?" Bill gasped out in fear.
"I'll...be sure to look into it once we're back on the ship," Slippy allowed nervously.
Team Star Fox now pretty much having their own UBER sized BF(M)G 9000 attached to their ship.
The Katina mission here was kind of underwhelming. So many missed oppprtunities. The beam could have been saved for Weapon X on that lava planet mission. However, I can see why it would be used here. The mothership was the only other option aside from Weapon X to introduce the 'Firin' mah laz0r!' cannon.
Guess Sunset learned how to fire a low intensity beam.
Sunset Shimmer MultiPass?
Thank you for the late night entertainment!
Why did I think of F.L.I.S.S. from RvB when I read that?
All of my yes! The Great Fox has its own vector cannon!
8312519 Nah, nah. The BFG fires bursts of energy, as i understand.
The good news is we destroyed the enemy...the bad news is we're now guilty of mass genocide....I'll be careful of the surroundings the next time we fire it.
Well THAT isn't at all suspiciously convenient...
Never played a Star Fox game so I don't know if Bill is like Seft from your Coco story, but I do have a feeling he will play an important role in at least this ark of the story. Hopefully he becomes a staple in Sunset's life afterwards, I can just see her in my head watching in awe as Fox tells her about all the stuff he and her "Uncle Bill" got up to when they were kids.
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He's not an original character. He's from the series.
Here's my mental image of what the MMC looks like, sort of (start from 2:45):
Wow. Please tell me she didn't help design that.
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No, he's from the game.
Rob: [Firing Orbital Friendship Cannon.]
Well damn, wish they had this in star fox 64, woulda made the game a lot cooler
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I thought of the original version first, but it is the Wave Motion Gun without a doubt!
Maybe Falco should watch is mouth from now on.
Nice.
I'm with Sunset on this one, Big Badda Boom.
Also it appears Slippy isn't the only one who has been upgraded to useful in this fic.
Wonder if Krystal will suddenly start pulling her weight on the field as well. (Considering that I've always been suspicious of Pigma's infection by apperiods during assault and wondered if he may have been infected for longer that anyone realizes, I've gotta feeling krystal's telepathy may just make all of the difference.)
It would appear I predicted what would happen in this story several chapters down the road...
Ah the Independence Day mission, that was always a fun one.
I remember Bill being quite the dude to Fox.
I much prefer THIS Orbital Friendship CANNON!
Two things before I begin reading this.
1: How in Luna's name am I only NOW finding this?!
2:Can I find that cover art image on Derpibooru or Deviant Art, or is it only on that blog?
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Shoop Da Whoop for the win!
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Future plans include Celestia being raised by Picard, imagine mana boosted phasers.
that cannon........... jest how much heat is that thing packing???
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I always feel like this. Now that I see your picture, do you know a few more interessting Twilight clone stories?, not sure how the one with the "anti-Twilight" look was called again.
8312519 Too bad they don't have their own Bass Cannons.
Upon reading this story and getting up to this chapter i have to say DAMN this is GOOOOD!"
Also I noticed the Fifth Element Reference.
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I am Unsure whatcha mean by Twilight Clone stories. Do you mean where someone winds up in Equestria looking like Twi?
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I see. I guess I was wrong. Truth is, the base doesn't look anywhere close to the climate control center, but that could be because of the design.
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I kinda hope she did. Also who here loves thre new orbital friendship cannon.
Ow sunset the amount of exterminatus you could do with that is amazing. Purge the sectorum.
Man no one going to get this reference but honestly don't care
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THis my friend is amazing
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Actually bills from the star fox games. He's ussaly a dude pilot you can find I know for a fact he's in 64 not sure of the others.
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Okay THAT would be awesome. Hope Tatsurou knows that after the series "ended", that its final season was all the movies that came out after that ending with Star Trek Nemesis. At least as far as I know.
hands?
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After seeing it referenced in MEGAS XLR, I'm happy to finally see the source material.
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Uh, yes. It's been established several times that she's an anthro unicorn. Hands and hooves.
A mana cannon... I imagine the firing was rather similar to the mana cannon in 'Skies of Arcadia', which makes it all the more beautiful.
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I love the game Okami! I have if on my PS3.
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Please for the love of all that is good in the word make an orbital friendship cannon joke.
Reminds me of the Normandy SR-2's upgraded main cannon from Mass Effect 2.
I'm curious what you'll end up doing with Katt in Zoness and the Ambush in Sector Z.
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Ohh. the Thanix Cannons, Similar concept, just not in delivery. Those are a scaled down version of a high impact kinetic accelerator.
More along the lines of what Twilight did in The Immortal Game.
Still, thanks to his team, Shepard got all the really cool toys. Garrus giving them to him for just a few thousand easily-acquired resources is nice.
Garrus is a bad-ass.
Anyway, the only difference is is this one uses a beam of concentrated mana. Ouch!!
See There is an updates barely looked at the title of the update just downloaded to have my auto reader read it when I first looked at it I thought it said "first flight" when I finally got to the end I'm like oh "first fright" slight difference there but still a good chapter
What the f does that mean?!
8314201 You and me both.
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More or less yes, I think she was named...Twivine?
As usually one awesome storie like that died because the author got bored or something.
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Try this one https://www.fimfiction.net/story/283983/twilights-twinlight
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thank you I try it out, I mean apparently I already saw the first eight chapter, but probably stoped reading a lot of his stories because he looked like he wasn't able to keep up with them all, no matter if he wanted to admit it or not.
However I see if it is still good.