First Star I See Tonight
The next course the group set took them to the central point of the Lylat system, Solaar. While not somewhere they would have gone normally, scans indicated Andross' armada was engaging in some sort of activity there, and that was enough for them to investigate it. As they approached, Rob read off what data was known about Solaar for Krystal's benefit. "Solaar is at the center of the Lylat System, but not its primary star. Oddly enough, what gravity can be perceived of the location is not congruent with a Red Dwarf Star, nor any other natural celestial formation. In point of fact, Solaar defies long distance scans, as any data collected from probes returns garbled and illegible due to the energy and radiation of the area. While said energy and radiation has been determined to be non-harmful to sapient life of the system, Solaar puts out enough heat to drastically raise the temperature of the space around it for a good distance despite the vacuum. As such, our heat shields will be straining long before we reach an orbit, and the Ar-Wings' systems will have to be rebalanced to prioritize heat shielding over other systems, meaning a drop in speed, maneuverability, and weapon strength."
"So how soon is that going to be a concern?" Krystal asked worriedly as they approached Solaar. "Are we going to have to worry about overheating in here?"
"I will stop the Great Fox before we reach danger levels," Rob assured her. He pointed to a display reading the ship's internal temperature and the status of the heat shields. "We should start noticing fluctuations soon."
Krystal stared at the display...and at how neither temperature nor heat shields showed a moment's variation. "So...how close can we get before we start seeing an effect?" she asked Rob curiously.
"We should be already," Rob observed in confusion as the Great Fox continued its approach. "But the only thing sensors are indicating is a strengthening of the magic inside the Great Fox...and in Sunset Shimmer."
"Wait, what?" Krystal gasped, spinning to face Sunset. The little filly sat staring at Solaar as it slowly grew larger on the screen. The marks on her flanks were glowing brightly, and her entire body was wreathed in flames that did not seem to bother her. Carefully, Krystal extended her hand towards Sunset...and felt only gentle warmth as her hand entered the flames. "Elemental affinity," she breathed in amazement.
"Elaborate?" Rob inquired intensely.
"Another theory regarding exceptionally strong magical fields in individuals," Krystal explained. "The magic can develop affinities, which can cause the individual to become stronger - physically and magically - in close proximity to the source of their affinity. It seems Sunset's affinity is fire. That would explain why her magic is spiking without pain or buildup as we approach Solaar..."
"And why the Great Fox is showing no strain from the approach," Rob deduced. "Sunset's magic inside the Great Fox and the Ar-Wings grants them a fire affinity as well. Solaar's heat will not affect us so long as the magic lasts...and the ship will be gathering more magic from Sunset as Solaar's proximity drastically increases her magical production."
"So how long until you rename this ship Dragon Fox?" Krystal asked teasingly.
"Never."
Sunset giggled happily, both at the feeling of flames surging through her body and the discussion.
Before long, Fox and the others moved close enough to Solaar to send back information...and the information was quite surprising. "This is no star!" Falco called out in surprise. "We're flying over lava!"
"What?" Krystal gasped in shock. "How can a planet have such a strong gravitational field? Or give off so much heat?"
"I think I have an answer!" Slippy called out. "I think Solaar was originally going to be another planet in the Lylat System...but it got caught in the gravitational anomalies caused by the intersection of the energies from Sectors X, Y, and Z. As a result, the planet was bombarded by so much stellar energies that it never moved past the molten stage of planetary formation, creating a planet of magma-yipe!" On the screen, all four Ar-Wings could be seen diving out of the way of creatures that erupted out of the magma to attack. "And one with life adapted to these extreme conditions! Bouncing bog bumps, this place is incredible!"
The creatures were about the size of the Ar-Wings, and seemed more territorial than hostile as they only attacked if the fighters flew too close, and otherwise ignored them. Eventually, however, a massive creature that seemed to be a golem made of living magma erupted out of the molten sea, roaring as it lunged for the Ar-Wings.
"Is it a bio-weapon?" Peppy gasped in shock.
"I'm picking up some sort of tech bonded to the creature!" Slippy called out. "It's been modified and-Sunset! What are you doing?"
Krystal gasped as she saw Sunset, wrapped in the flame aura, shooting straight for the creature. Turning to where she'd last seen Sunset, she found...Sunset, slumped over as though napping, her aura missing as her marks seemed to flash rhythmically like a beacon. "...well, that's not fair at all," she grumbled irritably.
"Explain," Rob inquired curiously.
"Astral projection is incredibly difficult due to needing to divert a certain amount of your magic into maintaining the link to your body so you know how to find your way back," she explained somewhat petulantly. "But apparently, Sunset's species have a biological spirit beacon to call their soul back from projection, making it that much easier for them to do so since as long as they don't stray too far they can feel their bodies."
"Okay, so she's not physically here," Fox deduced as he watched Sunset fly up to the golem creature. "So what is she-holy shit!"
The reason for his exclamation became apparent as Sunset flew into the creature, causing it to flare even brighter as what had looked like humanoid armor plates burst explosively off its body. The creature promptly lost its bipedal shape, taking on a more insectoid appearance complete with a semi-solid stone carapace and extra eyes. Sunset then floated out of the creature and began to scratch its head, cooing. The creature seemed to appreciate the attention.
At that moment, several of Andross' ships came in, plainly a resource gathering unit. "So that's what they're doing!" Slippy deduced. "The molten nature of the planet makes it a gold mine of mineral resources! We need to stop-"
The giant lava-bug turned and ate the resource ships at Sunset's directive.
"...or not," Slippy allowed as they made their way to dock with the Great Fox before seeking their next destination.
As they moved away from Solaar, Sunset returned to her body and woke up. She then turned her most adorable pleading expression Krystal's way. "Mama-"
"You may absolutely not keep it," Krystal responded firmly. "Even if we could get it off Solaar without killing it, there's no way you're old enough to housebreak a pet that size."
Sunset pouted.
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Oh boy. Sunset is really making things easy on the team, and at the same time not.
that was a funny chapter!
This chapter really turned up the heat.
Inb4 the other sans
funny enough, in a a way this was one of my favourite planets, as a kid the one where you have to rescure slippy (the dessert one), was a little nightmare for me, that and I couldn't handle the stronger andros. I think I wasn't affraid, but I got seriously nervous about maybe loosing and that caused me to mess up in the progress
I loved that last line of Krystal's.
Not the Firefox, Fox Fire, or Great Kitsune? Why bring dragons into this?
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Main Mana Cannon.
That is best argument against having a pet
Loving this story can't wait for the next chapter
8321391
Pretty sure these puns would be some hot commodity.
Seems everyone was really bugged out at what that golem actually was.
Let's just hope no one starts a flame war with Team Fox.
oh i love baby sunset in this she's so young so pure so increadably dangerus
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I can't believe he dodged the joke, either.
Unless he is planning...
8321476 Well Fox McCloud was based on the kitsune from lore...guess they should rename the ship the Firefox.
Although...does Mozilla's copyright extend to intergalatic law? Just checking...
that was AWESOME
The game was hard enough, this is just stupid. Sunset’s magic needs to be toned down.
That's a really clever way to use that!
marks
A... built in anchor, i guess?
Sunset is making team Fox a little too OP.
Star Fox still works as a name. Sunset's Magic Butt Tattoo is of a sun. And what is a sun? A STAR. So her affinity may actually be star related. Heat and flame are produced by stars. Especially Sunset's 'sun'.
Man I hated that fight why couldent it have been like this in the games.
This reminds me of early Sparkle in his Eye, when Twilight just annihilated everything.
Just thinking... Now that Team Star Fox knows that they can more or less safely explore the world they could probably make a fortune escorting Science Teams to study it once the crisis is over. Not that they need the money with everything else, but hey, new Ar-Wings are probably expensive and Slippy upgrading the ones they have or no, he could probably do even more with some newer models and a R&D team to back him up.
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Dude you are awesome 👏
Anyone else seeing sunset dragging James back to the great fox after the andross fight?
"Uh...Lord Andros? You know how you said to tell you when the Star Fox team got here? Well...Not only did they just pop into existance near Venom, they just brought Solaar with them."
"...The planet. They found a way to transport a planet. Why?"
"Our attempts to hack into their communications have given us some, albeit fractured, insight into this move...There's a hyper powerful kid on board and a big-fuck off bug on Solaar is her pet."
"....I wish I still had my liver so I could drink myself into oblivion..."
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Just like Flurry Heart but as a Unicorn instead of an Alicorn, I can't wait to see what happens next to Sunset.
8322099 Yes. It'd be like Twilight making causality her bitch
I tried... i really did. It's explicitly clear that I cannot suspend my disbelief enough for this story to be entertaining for me personally. Enjoy the rest of this, other readers, and my apologies to Tats for being so critical towards this story in particular on my short time here.
I realize now that this issue is a personal one and not one associated with the fic itself. I gave it my best shot, however. Have a nice day and sorry for my previous comments. They were made when I thought the issue was with the fic, and not my personal bias/suspension of disbelief not being quite there. Can't please everyone all the time, but I will keep an open mind in future.
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The name of the ship is Great Fox.
8322964
not everyone will like everything, and to say an author can do no can do no wrong and makes no mistakes is pure folly,
not everyone is the same not every point of view is the same.
i personally like this story. but there are story that i have to role my eye at or just walk away from.
so let us see where the winds take us
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*Facepalm*
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In story, Krystal was talking about renaming the Great Fox, not the team.
So will Sunset keep visiting her new fire bug friend???? I can see the Great Fox making regular stops at Solaar, both to get some resources and so Sunset can see her friend.
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For some reason I thought the ship's name was Star Fox. That's why I facepalmed.
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Not to worry, there are those who think Fox McCloud is named Star Fox.
Okay, big fan of Star Fox here so I'm gonna be super nitpicky and ask; why are you misspelling Arwing as Ar-Wing? Every time I look at that it just shocks me out of the story and make me go "How could you get the name of the team's iconic ship wrong?"
There's also Solar misspelled as Solaar in the latest chapter. That was... a bit cringy to read.
8326640
Because that's the spelling given on the official Wiki, in both cases. Not misspellings.
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I have no idea what wiki you're reading, but everywhere else including in-game and official material spells it as Arwing and Solar.
8326695
Not in Star Fox 64, which is what I'm using for the first story game segment.
8326703
64? For real? *loads up game* Hmmm, NA version for both the 64 and the DS spells it as I've said. Other countries spell them differently from what I remember, though. What version do you have?
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I don't. I'm watching a playthrough.
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Hmm, that's confusing. Assuming you're watching the English version, it should be spelled Arwing and such. Even checked The Lylat Wars version and it's still the same. Not sure what's going on there.
Sorry for being so nitpicky about all this, but nothing breaks me out of a good read than a misspelled word.
8326744
Perhaps you could consider it an alternative spelling rather than a misspelling?
Well then. That certainly was enjoyable. It's nice to see sunset developing her powers
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8326746
I hate to burst your bubble, Tats, but Dantallion is correct. It is spelled Solar and Arwing, and the proof is in the links below.
http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Arwing
http://starfox.wikia.com/wiki/Solar
I'll let the Fichina part slide since you're right about that one, but if you're going to be misspelling names either on purpose or as an attempt to be witty, you'll be in for disappointment because no fan appreciates such a thing nor do they find it funny, even in fanfiction. 😒
And on an unrelated note, Solaar is actually related to something, but didn't bother knowing what it is anyway.
Awww! Let her keep it! Sure it might melt the ship, burn some flesh, and kill her dad-
Oh; there are no positives.
Was that Wind Waker!Ghoma??
Well stars are gas planets are rock, you could argue that a rocky planet the size of jupiter could have a comparable gravity to our sun due to rocky materials being denser.
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And maybe is magic.
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Oh, that would be hilarious. I want that to be part of the story...