Starfox RP

[EvolutionSFox]

Another good RP, thanks to the site in my sig for this. You just create a character, we'll worry about the Starfox and Starwolf characters later. NO ONE CAN RP THE STARFOX OR STARWOLF CHARACTERS, FOR NOW.

CHARACTER DISCRIPTIONS

Name:

Weight:

Height:

Age:

Species:

Gender:

Skeletal foundation(Small, medium or large):

Phobias:

Personal interests:

His/her soulmate:

Eye color:

Fur color:

Nickname:

Homeworld:

Current location:

Muscle tone(How much muscle your character has):

Cloth style/appearance:

Weapon of choice:

Items:

Personality:

Biography:

Storyline side(Venomian alliance or Cornerian):

Other:

STORY LINE

Many Years have passed since Star Fox last entered Venom to fight Andross. Good had seemingly defeated evil and the heroes once again rode off into the sunset to seek out new lands and right the wrongs that have been done. Although the Lylat system might look like its at peace from the out side, horrible turmoil is not to far from the surface.

Cornerian Peace keeping troops have been deployed to Venom in large numbers. The idea is to make sure to never have them rise up again. Small resistant movements have started up in remote regions but The planets will to fight back is broken. Corneria is enjoying a wonderful, peaceful, golden age, while all the planets that had helped Andross fight against them are being demanded to pay large fines to help pay for damages done. Head officials that had once been loyal to Andross are executed. Tons of soldiers that fought against Corneria are being shipped off to far off planets to work in mines. Many people on the planets that were once loyal to Andross now feel enslaved and that they will never be free from this Cornerian Imperialism.

On the other side of the solar system many people loyal to the Cornerian Government feel as if cruel Treatment is necessary. The people that are now on bottom were once fighting to take over the world, and now there is a reasonable peace. They should not be given back complete control of their planets because then they would just start building up a military again to threaten the safety of the good people on Corneria. Rapid Advancements in Cornerian Science have pushed them ahead of any previous standards. Living conditions, economy, and Military Power are at its greatest for Corneria. The Planets that were loyal to them during Androsss fight are now prosperous as well.

Unfortunately a series of events will change the balance of power. In recent Months Venom born Scientists had begun to speculate at a new source of Power. They found that a obscure element, Lylatizon, found on most rocky planets in the solar system, could be super heated and give off an incredible amount of energy. Large amount of Venom citizens were out of work, and large areas are with out power. While Cornerian peace keeping troops have made some progress in rebuilding the infrastructure, Creating plant for the new source of power would help the planets greatly. Cornerian officials quickly found rebels with information of these new plant and source of energy and quickly deemed all research on it illegal. They believed they could use it for a power Missile or advanced war ships. The power of a Lylatizon enhanced bomb could devastate large regions of a planet. An increased amount of rebel activity caused harsher treatment. Rebel leaders believe that Corneria is now developing a Lylatizon enhanced bomb to use against regions of Venom. Propaganda springs up and calls for all citizens that were once loyal to Andross to rise up and fight the Cornerians. At first things are still relatively peaceful, but an assassination attempt on a high council member of Corneria called for Corneria to strike back. The popular opinion was that they were being very hospitable to their prisoners. Although Leaders on Macbeth, Titania, Zoness, and Venom claimed that many of their people were being treated unfairly. These leaders began to secretly meet and discuss plans to restore glory to their planets. Weeks later an important Venom Official died of mysterious causes. The leaders of the planets once loyal to Andross see this as their chance to drive the Cornerians away from their side of the solar System and regain their old Glory. Corneria realizes the threat but makes no response other than sending some ships to investigate and analyze the situation. Large numbers of Dog soldiers on Venom are brutally killed and tortured. Many Cornerias fear for their lives and are sure that if those planets regain any ground they will be sure to try to take over the solar system once again.

The Planets Zoness, Macbeth, Titania, and Venom declare them selves the Venom Alliance and declare war on Corneria and her allies. In response Corneria mobilizes her Forces to defend any attacks. Leaders of the Venom Alliance quickly realize they have no real army and begin to fire up the old manufacturing planets on Macbeth and other planets. Remnants of Andross last fleet are gathered in Area 6, located just next to Venom. They are seen as the only current attacking force and are brought back into commission. All of Venom is determind to restore their former glory under Andross. Venom sees that Corneria holds the upper hand, but they hope to mine enough Lylatizon to stock pile their arsenal with new devastating weapons. This is crucial to their victory. Problem is, spy information shows that Corneria is already ahead of them for the race for the first Lylatizon Bomb.

The Venom Alliance War Plan:

1. Recreate their Army

2. Capture Strategic bases on planets, First objective, Katina.

3. Mine Lylatizon to build bomb.

4. Launch massive invasion on all Cornerian Planets to seek revenge.

The Cornerian War Plan:

1. Mobilize armadas in defensive positions around Peaceful planets

2. Develop Lylatizon Bomb for use.

3. Strike hard enough to crumble resistance

4. Maintain peace and a balance of power to make sure no one tries to take over the solar system again.

[Dr. Wilopolis]

Interesting. I'll join and try to keep up. Ehehe... ;;;

Name: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION

Weight: 195 lbs.

Height: 6' 5"

Age: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION (Apparently 20 years old)

Gender: Male

Skeletal foundation: Medium

Phobia(s): Claustrophobic

Personal interests: Reading, martial arts, and sketching.

Soulmate: Unknown (Only he knows, hehe...)

Eye color: Grey

Fur color: Silvery grey

Nickname: Miasma

Homeworld: CLASSIFIED INFORMATION (Some say Corneria, others say Zoness)

Currently: In the area of Corneria

Muscle tone: Slightly muscular

Appearence: Slender, and tall. He is a lupine who normally wears a black trenchcoat, red scarf, black shirt, black jeans and grey metal boots.

Weaponry: In melee range, he wields dual laser katars. For long distance, he is known to use an AK-47.

Items: Dog tags that contain his actual name, age, and home planet. Has a special variation of a Wolfen space fighter.

Persona: Quiet, secretive, charismatic when he actually talks.

Bio: A true enigma. Very little is known of him other than his call-sign being Miasma. His true identity is not known, and all that is truely known of him is he's an assasin and fighter pilot. He has a high success rate, and normally charges 50,000 for one kill.

Side: Cornerian

Other: Ship: Serpent. (Wolfen Alternate with greater firepower, but less maneuverability.)

[brotheroffalco]

Name: Edgar Lombardi

Weight: 140

Height: 6'3"

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Skeletal foundation(Small, medium or large): medium

Phobias: death of his soulmate

Personal interests: Martial Arts, starfighers, Piloting, games, darkness

His/her soulmate: Katt Monroe

Eye color: Blue

Fur color: (feathers) red and black

Nickname: Shadow

Homeworld: Zoness

Current location: Airspace around Zoness

Muscle tone(How much muscle your character has): 7.5 out of 10

Cloth style/appearance: always wearing a hooded black cloak so only his

head can be seen

Weapon of choice: beam sword or magic staff similar to Krystal's

Items: anything and everything

Personality: Is very considerate around women ( a real gentleman), but Is ruthless in battle and very protective of the few friends he has

Biography: Mysterious past not a whole lot is known other than he grew up near Katt on Zoness and has a soft spot for her. the only other information known about him is that he briefly attended the Cornerian Pilot Academy around the same time Koriani did

Storyline side(Venomian alliance or Cornerian): neither (for now)

Other: His ship is the Eagle Eye (an almost carbon copy of Katt's ship only black), He also has telekinesis and is a user of chaos powers

[EvolutionSFox]

Name: Snowe Biden

Weight: 190

Height: 5'11

Age: 24

Species: Golden Vulpine

Gender: Male

Skeletal foundation: Medium

Phobias: Spider Phobia

Personal interests: Body building, arwing flying

His/her soulmate: none

Eye color: Blue

Fur color: Gold

Nickname: Snowe

Homeworld: Corneria

Current location: Corneria

Muscle tone: Slightly over average

Cloth style/appearance: Black shades, Black pants, Grey shirt with grey vest, black driver gloves, white band around his right hand, black boots

Weapon of choice: Blaster and Sniper Rifle

Items: Ammo for blaster and Sniper Rifle

Personality: Aggresive when pushed to the limits but mostly a calm tactician.

Biography: Graduated school and went in the military just as his father did. His father was taken when Andross hit Corneria. His mother couldn't take the guilt and pressure from his family about her lost husband and took her own life. He then quit the military at the age of 19. He then lived on his own prowling the streets as a gang member. He lived this life until age of 22 when a sudden accident killed his whole gang and left him homeless. He then redeemed himself by going back into the military and swearing to kill any andross follower he could find.

Storyline side: Corneria

Other: None

EDIT: We'll start as soon as we get 5-6 people.

[XG Fox]

One RP that I may be able to keep up with... here we go.

Name: Koriani Fox

Weight: 140 lbs.

Height: 6'0"

Age: 16

Species: Vulpine

Gender: Male

Skeletal foundation(Small, medium or large): Medium

Phobias: spiders, big bugs, deep water

Personal interests: Starfigher piloting, Alexandria, Plasma Scythe/Autorifle combat

His/her soulmate: Alexandria Coraos

Eye color: Bright Green

Fur color: Blue/White

Nickname: K-Fox

Homeworld: Cerinia

Current location: Corneria

Muscle tone(How much muscle your character has): average

Cloth style/appearance: white T-shirt with blue Pulsar Foxes logo, tan jacket with sleeves rolled up, reinforced blue nylon pants with kneepads, communications link clipped in hair on left side behind ear, wrist computer on left arm, plasma scythe clipped to left side of pants... just look at the picture.

Weapon of choice: Plasma Autorifle, followed by Plasma Scythe

Starfighter of Choice: Wolfen Eagle

Items: Plasma Autorifle, Plasma Scythe,

Personality: Hes normally calm and laid back, but when he is needed to get something done, he completes the task by any means possible.

Biography: Hailing from Cerinia, Koriani narrowly escaped the destruction of his home planet. Soon after he found his way to Corneria. He met Alexandria Coraos in his first year of high school on Corneria, and the two have been watching each other ever since. The two were separated a year later when Koriani was kidnapped. Nobody heard anything from or about him for a long time. One year later he was found barely alive after an explosion in downtown Corneria City at a research lab. Koriani and Alexandria were reunited in the hospital soon after, as Alexandria had heard what had happened. Koriani went to the Cornerian Air Academy later on to finish training as a starfighter pilot. Up until then he had been only an average pilot in the Academy, but now he was blowing the competition away. He was by FAR the best pilot in the Academy, but nobody knew how he improved. He led the Academy in every statistic possible, he is a legendary fighter pilot, extraordinarily better than the last super pilot to leave the Academy, Fox McCloud. He currently resides in Corneria City.

Storyline side(Venomian alliance or Cornerian): Cornerian

Other: Seems to have some sort of a "radar sense," he can sense where objects are around him in any direction. Also has undergone heavy training with the plasma scythe.

Wolfen Eagle technical specifications:

Type: Machaon class starfighter

Machaon class - identified as any starfighter meeting or exceeding the atmospherical speed requirement of Mach 10, having four or more laser cannons, ranging weapons, hyperdrive generator

Pilot: Koriani Fox

Wingspan (upper): 55'

Wingspan (lower): 75'

Length: 50' 6"

Height (wings unfolded): 35'

Top Speed (in atmosphere): Greater then Mach 10 (7200+ mph)

Engine: Osheira Falcon customized Wolfen II engine with G-Diffuser II system

Hyperdrive Generator: Osheira Falcon customized Cornerian Fleet Systems XLIII hyperdrive generator

Shield Generator: Osheira Falcon customized Wolfen II shield generator

Armament:

Main weapon: (4x) XG-AgX II Assault type servokinetic laser cannons

Secondary weapon: (1x) Kraft and Wentner model-63 heavy assault railgun*

Group Assault weapon: (2x) Autotrac chain gatling cannons

Ranging Weapon: (50x) Salaris XG fusion matter detecting homing missiles**

Bombs: (9x) Nova Bombs; (6x) Flash Bombs*** (3x) Cluster Bombs

*Railgun specs: High-powered thermal blaster; causes terrific damage to all in it's path. A devastating weapon designed to penetrate even the toughest shields or armor, the railgun is the Wolfen Eagle's table turner for one sided battles. The railgun takes a moment to charge up, accelerating an electrodynamic flywheel, to generate a high frequency laser that is fired from the gun barrel to superheat the air in the projectile's path. Simultaneously, the 5mm solid xenon core in the round chamber is superheated to white hot plasma. The solid xenon round is contained in a shell of silicon carbide infused alloy, which rapidly vaporizes on firing, releasing the superheated xenon plasma. The plasma has little time to dissipate before it hits its target, causing maximum devastation.

**Salaris XG fusion matter detecting homing missiles specs: The Salaris XG missiles home in on plasma emissions from an opposing craft's engine. At launch, the Salaris XGs are 'cold-fired' by a compressed gas system, then the rocket motors ignite a safe distance away from the Wolfen Eagle. As the solid rocket motor ignites, the steering fins on the missile deploy. The fins allow for swift and tight maneuvering as the missile tracks the target's plasma emission signature.

***Flash Bomb specs: Blind-fired from the rear of the Wolfen Eagle, after a few seconds the Flash Bomb deploys a series of twelve, coaxially mounted submunitions that detonate at a preset distance from the parent munition. This causes a "flash-cloud" of thorium-magnesium flares that cause mass visual distortion.

Wolfen Eagle bio:

The Wolfen Eagle is a balance between extreme speed, maneuverability, and moderate firepower. It has a decent amount of shields, but it doesn't need much because of Koriani's awesome flying capabilities. The quad servokinetic lasers supply the Eagle with unsurpassed firepower, while its 9 Nova Bombs and 3 Cluster Bombs clear out large groups of enemy fighters. Flash Bombs round out the Wolfen Eagle's armament as a diversion tactic, first dropping one to blind the enemy then turning around and attacking is a good strategy. The railgun is the Wolfen Eagle's table turner, it is capable of piercing the strongest of shields. Its only downside is that it takes a while to charge, and it takes a fair amount of energy, normally taken from the other weapons, maintaining the shields' tenacity. The 50 Salaris XG fusion matter detecting homing missiles can home in on a target's engine plume from up to a distance of 1000 miles. Meant for close combat strategy, the missiles can be shot behind to track a pursuing enemy, or in salvos of three to track multiple enemies in a group. The Eagle also has one more trick up its sleeve when it comes to big battles. The two autotrac chain gatling cannons extend from the sides of the Eagle, and when in use, automatically track the nearest hostile unit when firing with deadly accuracy. Osheira Falcon has also perfected the reverse plasma drive engine by modifying a Wolfen II engine, giving the Eagle the awesome capability of strafing while flying backward. Those who see the Wolfen Eagle turn to face them don't see much else afterward.

Wolfen Eagle visual data:

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Pulsar Foxes strike team

Mothership: Pulsar Blade

Ships: Wolfen Eagle series (see above picture), modified Assault version Landmaster

Members

Koriani Fox - bluefurred vulpine, team leader

Quartz Fox - bluefurred vulpine, Koriani's younger brother

Arteka Lorusari - arctic fox, Quartz's friend

Radius Avilarice - arctic fox, Koriani's close friend

Osheira Falcon - falcon (coloration mostly black), Koriani's close friend

Positions

Koriani Fox: Leader, ace pilot

Quartz Fox: Ground soldier, tied for second best pilot

Arteka Lorusari: Ground soldier, third best pilot

Radius Avilarice: Landmaster pilot, team sniper, tied for third best pilot

Osheira Falcon: Mechanic, inventor, second best pilot in team

[EvolutionSFox]

Okay now, start the RP off!

A golden fox appears in a bed... twitchs a moment then he gets up, then heads for his bathroom. He was veteran in his local flight academy, a full fledged pilot. He was there to teach local rookies.

"Another day, another dollar."

He left his room after getting in his cloths to the mess room for his daily breakfast. When he got to the door of the mess hall, there was a calendar and menu of the food.

"What's for today... Hot cakes, excellent."

He hastefully went into the the mess hall and got in line. There were already numerous people in line, also waiting for food.

[Dr. Wilopolis]

-In the area of space around Corneria-

A lupine was sleeping in the cockpit of a modified Wolfen. An alarm went off and he woke up, yawning. He reached into a small box positioned above his head, and pulled out a small tinfoil wrapped object, obviously food. He opened the wrapper, and it was revealed to be beef jerky. He took a bite, and wrapped it up again and tuned his signal receiver.

Hopefully today will bring a mission... Haven't had that many lately...

He was a rogue... An assasin. He apparently never heard of the words 'mercy' or 'kindness'. He was much feared by those in power.

His Wolfen, the Serpent, jetted off into the distance...

[brotheroffalco]

*near a secret safehouse on Zoness a black caped Avian is seen leaving in his starfighter, leaving only a note on the Kitchen counter of his wearabouts and the note read*

My dearest Katt,

I have left early today to return to the Cornerian Flight Academy where I once flew, I have been asked to help teach the new pilots in the academy. I will return In a week. I hope that you will continue to recover from your sickness until I return.

Yours sincerly,

Edgar Lombardi

P.S. your medication is on the top shelf in the pantry.

* My ship flys up into space*

" Another day, Another job, At least this one pays well. Computer set hyperspace cordinates for Corneria." "Coordinates set" "Thank you Computer." * he presses one of the two buttons on the control panel and he hypers into cornerian Air Space* well It looks as though I've finally arrived.

[EvolutionSFox]

Snowe soon got irritated, he slouched over.

"Oh c'mon guys! Gawd, you're talking for ever!"

A huge Huskie then turned around to Snowe, and flexed. Snowe, saw this and backed down.

"Kiddin' big man, kiddin'!"

The huge Huskie looked at him, his name was Kevin Hunt. He patted Snowe's shoulder, and said with his spanish accent.

"Just joking Snowe, I wouldn't hurt you man. You're an ace, a veteran unlike these rookies in front of us!"

Numerous rookies looked back at the big huskie and hesitated. Some left the line and soon the line shortened and Kevin and Snowe were in front. They both got their food and Kevin offered Snowe to sit him and the other guy, veterans and elites. Snowe declined the offer and went back to his room. When he got there, he finished eating and went to the hangar where he saw his arwing, where he last put it.

"Flying sounds good for the day.

[XG Fox]

{Pulsar Blade, Pulsar Foxes HQ, in orbit around Fichina}

"Alright... checkmate."

"Darn it Osheira, that's the seventh time in a row."

Koriani got up from the table and walked away from a now-beaming Osheira Falcon. He may have gotten beaten in chess, but in a starfighter, there wasn't a soul in the universe who could match up to his skill. Koriani walked over to the refrigerator to find something to drink.

"Hey, Radius... is there anything to drink at all? The fridge here's about empty."

Radius Avilarice turned around from the holoscreen in the Pulsar Blade's lounge room.

"Eh, well you see... we're kinda short on money here."

This isn't the first time. NOW what can we do?

"Well, go run us down a money tree, dude."

"And mess up my baby? I don't think so!"

Great, now he's bringing the Landmaster into this.

"Well, what can we do? We need money here... any ideas, guys?"

Koriani watched the back of Quartz Fox and Arteka Lorusari's heads shake a no from the other side of the couch. Osheira and Radius just gave him a blank stare.

"Great. Just great. So what are we gonna have to-..."

{beepbeepbeepbeepbeep}

The Pulsar Blade's AI came over the intercom.

"Incoming comlink transmission from General Pepper."

Koriani's eyes widened.

"Onscreen!"

General Pepper's hologram appeared on the holoscreen, and suddenly there was a loud "HEY! We were watching that!" from Quartz and Arteka.

"What's up, General?"

General Pepper turned to face Koriani.

"Well, Pulsar Foxes, something's happened."

"What happened?"

"A high Venomian official died yesterday, and now today everyone's saying that he was killed by the Cornerians. To state the truth, we don't KNOW how he died."

"Uh oh. I smell revolt."

"Exactly. And it's being headed by the Venomians. They've mobilized their forces and appear to be amassing them on Venom. This has turned into a civil war! Just today Zoness, Titania, Macbeth, and Venom formed the Venomian Alliance! Katina, Fichina, and Fortuna have sided with Corneria, and we have formed the Cornerian Alliance. The thing is, we need to have some tricks up our sleeves. You would be the best backup an army could have. And now I ask you, will you hel-..."

Koriani cut him off.

"Yes. We're on our way to Corneria. Pulsar Blade, make final hyperspace preparations. What next?"

General Pepper seemed amazed at Koriani's quick response.

"Whoa, that was fast... uh... why so quick?"

Koriani grinned.

"Certain reasons."

"The money, I'm assuming."

"Mmmhmm."

"Well then... come to Corneria, we're staging the coalition force there."

Koriani motioned to the rest of the team, they took of and started readying things for the warp to Corneria.

"We're on our way, General."

[Guest Satoshi]

Name: Drei

Weight: 145 lbs

Height: 5'9"

Age: 14

Species: Arctic Fox

Gender: Male

Skeletal foundation(Small, medium or large): Small (relatively thin)

Phobias: Heights, death

Personal interests: None

His/her soulmate: None

Eye color: Aquatic Blue

Fur color: White

Nickname: Drei

Homeworld: MacBeth

Current location: MacBeth

Muscle tone(How much muscle your character has): Not much

Cloth style/appearance: Loose khaki pants and a green t-shirt

Weapon of choice: Laser rifle

Items: Silver watch

Personality: Relatively quiet, and suprisingly shy

Biography: Captured by Venomian army and forced to fight for them, not else is known.

Storyline side(Venomian alliance or Cornerian): Venomian

Other: Doesn't know much about the war.

(Edit: Looking at everybody else's introductions makes me feel bad I haven't developed any characters very much XD)

[Guest Satoshi]

He sat in the cockpit of his arwing, arms limp at his sides. He was being given orders through a set of cheap headphones.

"Get in the air! Now! We didn't train you for nothin'!"

He swallowed nervously, it would be his first time in the air. "Y..yes sir."

Oh man, I'm gonna crash & burn..

He pressed the ignition switch and the back of the aircraft let out a huge red flame, and his aircraft rocketed out, up the ramp, and into the air. His grip stayed firm on the steering shaft, pulling it back towards him as he soared higher, his fear starting to loosen..

[Dr. Wilopolis]

As if to reply to the hopes of the lupine, General Pepper's face appeared on his com-screen. "Well, well, been a while, General." was the lupine's first reaction.

General Pepper replied by saying "I know, I know... Well, we have a problem arising. I'll tell you more if you meet me in my office at the Academy."

The lupine grinned. "A mission, eh? You realize the... Expenses, right?"

Pepper frowned. "Yeah, yeah... I need you on Corneria ASAP, so I can brief you on the mission."

The lupine nodded, grinning slightly. "I will come, if I think your mission is fun. Why not brief me now? So you can save time from your 'busy' schedule?"

Pepper sighed. "Fine, fine, (Ahem) I believe you've heard news of the dead Venomian official?"

The lupine chuckled. "Lemme guess, everyone thinks it's you?"

Pepper nodded. "Yes, Miasma."

Miasma frowned. "Well, cruelly treating people isn't exactly the greatest thing to do."

Pepper didn't say anything in return.

Miasma sighed and said "I'll head out to Corneria to discuss... Financial issues." As he said the two words 'Financial issues' a slow grin creeped across Miasma's face.

The Serpent now jetted off into the distance, it's destination being Corneria.

[Ranger One]

Okay, i'm begining to regret the fact that i didn't check SF-O right after i got back from camp. (heh, i didn't even go near my PC till last tuesday to tell the truth, and i got back on saturday last week...)

Well, better late than never:

Name: Jod Naritus

Weight: 200 lbs

Height: 6' 8"

Age: Cornerian: Aproximatly 24

Biological: Unknown, belived to be around 20-24

Serina years: 28.6 (Home systems years are shorter than cornerian years)

Species: Vulpine

Gender: Male

Skeletal Foundation: Aproximatly medium

Phobias: Death of a team-mate.

Personal Interests: Unknown

Soulmate: Rueby [Pronounced like Ruby] (Wingmate, Flight designation Ranger 7)

Eye Color: Blue/Sky Blue

Fur Color: Redish-brown, with White as a secondary color (IE: chest, muzzle, and tip of tail are white.)

Nickname: Ranger 1 (one)

Homeworld: Unknown, raised in the Serina system, but not born there.

Current Location: Edge of the Lylat system, on board the Wanderer, a heavily modified SEC CR90-5 Corvett Class spacecraft.

Muscle tone: Slightly Muscular.

Clothing: Brown short-sleve shirt, brown pants with metalic-grey rectangular knee-guards, a black flak jacket, grey boots, a black belt with a metalic grey buckle and a Red cresent-shaped emblem on it, grey gloves, and a gun-holster on his left hip with a blaster pistol in it.

Items: Weapons:DE-20 blaster pistol, AGC Needler carbine, LD-2 Sniper Rifle, EK-4 Assault Rifle, 6 "A" grade thermal detonators, 3 "A" grade explosive detonators. and a lightsaber (blue blade).

Gadgets: Wrist Com-link, Laser-knife (for slicing locks and security systems), "hack-pack" (slicing tool), stun baton/bayonet, Grade A det-packs (only carried when mission warants use.), Personal scaner-jammer and EMC devices, personal radar (limited range of 100m).

Standard issue gear: Medpack (standard issue), glow-rod (AKA: a rod that acts like a flashlight), hand-held Com-link, stun knife (concealed, emergency sidearm.)

Peronality: Kind, careing, a bit on the quite side, and even a bit silly at times, but has a no-nonsense attitude when its time to get down to buisness. Jod also has a habit of watching the positions of all his wingmates during a battle, and watches out for his team-mates, which has proven to be rather handy at times. Surprisingly, this doens't affect his own preformance in combat at all: he can still be a formidable opponent in battle, both in the cockpit of his T-65, behind the controlls of one of his teams 3 RL-12 Assault tanks, or on foot with a blaster, his trusty lightsaber, or even in unarmed melee combat.

Biography:

To this day, Jod still doesn't know his true origins. Raised in the Seris system by foster parents, Jod has been through a lot. At the age of 5, the first signs of a conflict that would change the system he called home forever appeared. Several had begun to raid the freighters of the Serina Trade Union, the largest trade corporation in the system. Rather than turining to the law for aid, the STU proceeded to arm itself, first with mercenaries and increased security forces. The pirates then attacked with greater strength, and these corporations proceded to back up their flesh-and-blood secuirty forces with secuirty robots. The pirates countered by acquireing war-bots to comprise the front of their boarding parties. By the time Jod was 13, the conflict had escalated to the point of nearly being open warfare: Both the STU and one of the larger pirate groups, the Black Nova, had armed themselves to the point where they both practicly had armies of war-bots at their disposal. By the time the Serinan Counsel, the governing body of the Serinan Alliance, learned of the STU's actions, the crisis was ready to explode. And explode it did: A new figure had risen to a position of Power in the Black Nova organization. Calling himself Thatanos, this shadowy figure re-organized the Black Nova from a simple band of pirates into a formidable force. Before the Alliance could respond to this new threat, though, the Black Nova forces disapeared without a trace. For the next 2 years, the Alliance attempted to Track down Thatanos and his forces, but to no avail. Then, 2 years after mysteriously vanishing, Thatanos and his forces re-apeared: but instead of a large band of pirates, the Black Nova had been transformed into a efficient fighting force. With a force of thousands of war-bots and a seemingly infinent supply of soldiers, Thatanos launched a surprise attack against the Serinan Alliance. This sudden attack caught the Alliance off guard, and Thatanos's forces succeded in conquering a sizeable portion of the system before the Alliance could regroup to counterattack. For the next 6 years, the system would be plunged into one of the bloodiest conflicts it'd ever seen. Jod enlisted during the 2nd year of the war, and showed uncanny skill behind the controls of the Alliances Z-42 fighters, as well as amazing skill at land based combat situations. Assigned to an eliet response team, Jod first saw combat duty over Serina's moon: Thatanos's forces had launched another wave of attacks, this time hopeing to overwhelme the Alliance and take Serina itself. After two days of almost constant battle, both in the space above and on the surface of Serina itself, the Black Nova's attack was repulsed: one of the first true victories for the Alliance during the war. From here, the war tilted back and forth over the next 3 years. The fighting was fierce: for every inch of ground gained or lost, both sides paied heavily in lives and machinery. By the 5th year of the war, Jod was one of the few remaining pilots to have enlisted within the first 2 years of fighting. During this time, Alliance Command decided to organize a new squadron. Jod, who had recently been promoted to Commander, was placed in charge of the new squad. Only 7 pilots met the requierments Command had set aside from Jod: Ace, the best pilot on the team (possibly even better than Jod.); Chubbs, the teams techknowlogy expert; Gauge, the teams demolitions expert; Wrench, the teams mechanic; Vallo, a human who had joined the Alliance forces during the war; and Rueby, an expert at melee combat. The squadron was assigned the first 7 T-65 fighters, an experimental prototype developed by Vallo with SEC to replace the older Z-42 fighters of the Alliance. The fighter never saw full production, however, but another design, the J-77, which proved to be much easier to mass produce for a space superiority fighter, did. For the next year and a half, the team, which was dubed Ranger Squadron, saw more combat duty than any other unit in the Alliance, both behind enemy lines and at the front. Then, finnaly, after nearly 6 years of fighting, the Alliance finnaly saw a golden opportunity to end the war once and for all: A large station had been found at the edge of the system, and intelligence reports also indicated that Thatanos was on board as well. There were no signs of additional defenses: apparently the Black Nova hadn't expected the Alliance to find the Station! Mustering a large task force, comprised of nearly half the Alliance fleet, Command launched a massive attack against the station, hopeing to kill Thatanos and the leadership of the Black Nova in one stroke. Unfortunatly, this is exactly what Thatanos had hoped for: The station was a trap. Useing new cloaking techknowlogy, Thatanos had more than two-thirds of his forces mustered in the surounding sectors: as soon as the Alliance fleet re-entered normal space, the Black-Nova fleet jumped into the system behind them: cutting off any chance of escape. Also, Thatanos proved that the station was more than just a HQ: upgraded considerably, the station also had a massive energy cannon, which proved capable of destroying anything smaller than a light cruiser in one shot. Unable to fight this new weapon, and unable to flee, the Alliance forces desperatly attacked the Black Nova fleet, and engaged at point-blank range. Due to the sheer number of Black Nova ships, the Alliance vessles were able to manuver right through their lines and fire without regardes as to what lay beyond their targets, while the Black Nova fleet had to watch their fire or risk hitting each other! Meanwhile, 4 squads of fighters, along with Ranger squadron, were dispatched to launch a strike at the stations reactor: with Thatanos dead, it was hoped that the Black Nova fleet would scater, rather than stay and fight the Alliance forces. Only 4 fighters from Ranger squadron acctualy made a strike at the stations reactor core: Ranger 1 (Jod), Ranger 2 (Ace), Ranger 6 (Vallo), and Ranger 7 (Rueby). The other 3 Ranger's hung back to help the remaining fighter squadrons with holding off Thatanos's eliet fighter guard. The plan worked: The station was destroyed, and Thatanos was believed killed in the resulting explosion. The remaining Black Nova forces scattered, and the majority fleed to distant corners of the Serina system. From here, they would continue to pose a threat to the Alliance, but the Black Nova was now only a shadow of its former self. The survivors of the Alliance force were welcomed home as heros. However, 1 year after the war, Jod and his wingmates resigned their commision, and left the Serina system. To the Surprise of Alliance Command, the 7 T-65's vanished some time afterwards, along with a prototype ship, the Wanderer. Although Command never found out, it was General Elrix who was responsible for the disapearance of this Alliance hardware: and he was also responsible for turning it over to Ranger squadron. The general and Ranger squadron had learned something that Command had not: Thatanos had survived the destruction of the Black Nova Base. As the source of the Black Nova's forces had never been found, General Elrix assumed that Thatanos planned to rebuild his forces and attack the Alliance once more. However, no one else in Command had belived him, and the Alliance was too busy mopping up the remaining Black Nova forces and repairing the damage caused by the war. When Jod and his team had learned of this as well, they'd vowed to hunt Thatanos down and finish him, once and for all. Elrix, realizing that Ranger squadron might be all that remained between Thatanos and the Serina system, saw to it that the T-65's and the Wanderer were mislabled as "surplus" and sold to Jod and his team.... and thus Ranger teams new mission began...

...However, now passing by the Lylat system, Ranger squadron is about to become caught up in another conflict...

Storyline side: NONE! (currently neutral)

Other Notes: Jod has several unusual abilities, including abilities that are best describied as telekenisis and telepathy. However, these abilites are something else that Jod is still trying to understand. Strangely, Vallo seems to know a lot about these abilities, mabey more than he lets on...

T-65 specs:

Class: Space Superiority Fighter

Size: 12.5 m long.

Top Speed: 280MGLT, or 3,625 km/h in atmosphere. (Not recomended)

MAX Recomended flight speed(travel): 120MGLT, or 1,575 km/h in atmosphere

Recomended flight speed(combat): 80MGLT, or 1,050 km/h in atmosphere

Capacity: 1 pilot, 1 astromech for navigation.

Weapons: 4 laser cannons, 2 warhead launchers (normaly loaded with proton torpedos.), 2 auto-cannons.

Shields: Modified Era-tech SPG-100 shield generators

Shield (SU) Rateing: Moderate fighter shields.

Hull (RU) Rateing: Moderate-heavy hull armor.

FLT Hyperdrive rateing: .7 hyperdrive

Cargo Capacity: no specefication, genneraly personal gear.

OOC: Sorry bout the freaking-huge post. I'll make another post later starting things up with my character later, i figured both the bio and the RP post together would be too much.

[EvolutionSFox]

He quickly slid into his arwing, preping to go... He clicked on all the gagets to self-propel and auto-pilot add-ons.

"I'll just fly around Corneria, that's all."

He took off in his arwing, passing numerous flying vehicles and other arwings.

"Damn, it's busy up here... I wonder why."

He then looked at a video board on one of the huge skyscrapers... he gasped.

"WHAT!? Katina's been taken!?"

General Pepper was on the board, informing all the Cornerians Venomians had taken Katina last-night and they just now got word from the Venomian captain.

"Damnit... that's not good, not good one bit."

He just hovered by Corneria's highest building pondering what to do.

[brotheroffalco]

*the cockpit of Edgar's ship soon lit up with the image of General Pepper*

GP: Hello Edgar.

EL: Mister Pepper good to see you.

GP: I would only hope to be as cheerful as you

EL: what's the sitch'

GP: It would be hard to explain through this communication so I would appreciate it if you would come down to my office in the Cornerian Defence Academy immediately.

EL: will do General *communication is closed and Edgar flys off towards the Academy*

[Guest Satoshi]

Drei pulled against the steering shaft as he started to gain more and more altitude, leveling out in the troposphere, the ground barely visible. More orders came in.

That same scratchy voice flowed through the headphones. "We've plotted coordinates into your map -- follow them."

Just as the man said that, a red crosshair appeared into the minimap display.

He hit the boosters, and flew through the atmosphere and into space. Next stop, Venomian base Katina..

[XG Fox]

{Pulsar Blade, Cornerian airspace} WARNING: EXTREMELY LONG, TURNS INTO DOUBLE POST

"Koriani, how long do you think it'll take for them to get everyone together, we may be losing valuable time here."

"I dunno, Arteka, but there's nothing we can do until-"

General Pepper's hologram suddenly appeared on the holoscreen, startling the crew of the Pulsar Blade.

"Pulsar Foxes, Katina's been taken!"

Koriani's jaw dropped.

"WHAT???? IMPOSSIBLE!!!!"

"It's true, the Venomians took it yesterday, and we just NOW got word! You're being sent to Katina to drive out the Venomians!"

"Heh, that'll be a piece of cake. Guys, ready the Eagles. Pulsar Blade, set hyperspace coordinates for low orbital Katinan airspace."

{Roger, setting coordinates.}

"You've got to win this one, Koriani. This is WAY too early for us to be taken over!"

"Don't worry. They're going down. HARD."

"Be careful."

Pepper's hologram disappeared from the holoscreen, and Koriani jumped up and began running toward the hangar. He felt the floor shake a little, and he stumbled, but he knew that the Blade had gone to hyperspace. They were en route to Katina. Koriani ran into the main hangar and began shouting orders.

"Osheira, flight checks are done?"

"Done, Koriani."

"Quartz, weapon checks?"

"Done."

"Radius, Landmaster ready?"

"All systems go."

"Arteka, how's our ground weapons looking?"

"Better then they'll ever be. Let's go!"

"To your ships, everyone! We got some Venomian ass to kick."

Koriani found his Wolfen Eagle, the center one in the ring of 4 lift locks in the main hangar. He ran down the catwalk and vaulted the side of the cockpit, landing neatly in the seat. Three glowing electric blue hexagons floated above the console in front of him in a horizontal row, and he pressed them in order, left to right.

{Verifying pilot identification complete.

Loading pilot profile

Pilot: Koriani Fox

Loading operations program

Wolfen Eagle enhanced flight operations program loaded. Loading combat console}

A green crosshairs appeared on the cockpit glass and the shield and damage display also popped up.

{Combat console initialization complete. G-Diffuser II system online. Engine reactor starting}

A faint hum filled the cockpit and Koriani watched as the engine power output meter gradually rose, finally topping out after a few seconds.

{Checking control surfaces complete}

{Wolfen Eagle startup program complete. Setting engine to takeoff power.}

Bump.

Koriani felt the Pulsar Blade come out of hyperspace, he was still in the lift lock. He watched the Eagle's cockpit canopy drop closed, and a second after the main hangar door slowly opened, revealing the planet Katina.

"Everyone ready?"

Four other lights blinked on on Koriani's console, signaling that his other four teammates were ready.

"Blade, launch all ships."

{Lauching all ships in 3, 2, 1...}

Koriani's ship accelerated with such speed that it threw him back into his seat, the G-Diffuser II wasn't active yet. Once clearly outside, Koriani snaprolled the Eagle, unfolding the wings. Looking left, he saw the other four Wolfen Eagles form up off his right and left wings.

"Alright, guys... here's the deal. We hit this set of targets sent to us by Cornerian Intelligence. Transferring to your Eagles now."

Koriani pressed a button and the data was transferred to each team member's Wolfen Eagle. After the data was sent, he began briefing the team on their mission, still screaming headlong toward Katina.

"First target is a Venomian freighter landing site. According to surveillance, there should be about 10 of them. We're to trash 'em, shouldn't be hard. Second target, a Venomian fuel freighter. It's a big target, someone's gonna Nova Bomb it. That'll make it quick and easy. And the last and final string of targets, we're gonna split up. We have to hit them ALL."

Koriani paused for a second and looked out the window. Now they were entering Katina's atmosphere.

"That last string of targets... are Lylatizon transports. There's supposed to be about 100 of them. And since Lylatizon is fairly lightweight, we're gonna have to assume they can MOVE when they need to. But we're faster, and we're armed. Take them ALL down. Not ONE should be left flying. Are we clear?"

One loud "CLEAR!" came through Koriani's headset.

"Alright. Pulsar Foxes, be ready for resistance. LET'S GO!!!"

Koriani's Wolfen Eagle pierced through the clouds and screamed toward target one. The other four Eagles followed close off his wings.

"One last thing before we do anything, SAVE YOUR SALARIS MISSILES."

Everyone said in unison, "Got it."

"There's the landing site! Take 'em down!"

Koriani watched as small arms fire flew from the ground towards them. He rolled once, deflecting all of the shots. Koriani launched one Nova Bomb into the center of the group of freighters, decimating the 3 or so that were in the immediate vicinity. He spun the Eagle around into reverse flight and watched as hyper laser fire from his teammates rained down on the group of freighters. When the smoke cleared from the numerous explosions, none were left even REMOTELY intact.

"Good job, time for target two! Northwest of here!"

The five Wolfen Eagles streaked off across the Katinan sky toward the next target. On the ground, Venomian fuel tanks detonating due to shockwaves produced by the high-speed Eagles at low level.

"I can see the fuel freighter! Geez, it's HUGE!"

"Alright, you wanna take this one, Radius?"

"My pleasure... WHOA!"

Radius snaprolled his Eagle up fast enough to avoid getting nailed by a high speed ground based missile. He had checked his radar, and lucky for him that he had enough time to react. The missile screamed harmlessly past and was soon downed by Osheira's twin autotrac chain gatling cannons. Koriani nervously checked his radar as well and radioed Radius.

"Radius, we'll cover you! Take that freighter!"

"Got it, consider this one gone. Adios dudes." {click}

A lone red streak left Radius' Wolfen Eagle and shot toward the massive ship parked on the ground. Koriani shouted a quick order, and everyone instantly knew why.

"Evasive maneuvers! Get out of there!"

The five Eagles fired their boosters and peeled out of there just in time. An absolutely massive explosion followed, and nearby HAD been a Venomian encampment. It was no longer there, along with whatever happened to be close by.

"Extra points, Radius. Say, 20?"

"Oh, be quiet. Next target."

"Here's the tough one, guys. Ready your autotrac chain gatling cannons. You'll need 'em."

Koriani looked right and saw Quartz's Wolfen Eagle. He watched as a panel on the side opened and a gatling cannon extended out on a universal joint, able to fire in any direction. Koriani knew that there was one on the other side of his brother's Eagle too, that way it could automatically track up to two enemies at once.

"Alright, there should be a large field nearby, and we should see a lot of transports. There also may be a loading dock nearby, see if someone can hit that too, if there is one. We're closing in here, we're 20 miles out. 15 miles. 10 miles. 5 miles- WHAT IS THAT???"

Koriani slowed the Eagle quite a distance away from the target area, but there WAS no target area. There was a MASSIVE Lylatizon complex sitting just below him. This was no unloading zone, this was a MANUFACTURING zone! It was originally a Katinan Lylatizon manufacturing complex, but it was in Venomian hands. Until today.

Quartz came over Koriani's radio.

"The transports must be coming into here, this isn't a landing site! Here come three now!"

Koriani thought for a second.

It's bad if we don't have access to it, but it's even worse if THEY have access to it... but if we destroy it, we've got more Lylatizon plants. They won't ever have access to this one again, and this is the only one on this sector of Katina. We still have hold of Frontline and Frontier bases, and the remaining two plants are right next to those bases, they're still in our control.

"Alright, here's what we're gonna do, everyone. Osheira and I will fly air support and take down any incoming or departing transports. The rest of you... I don't have any idea how to say this and make it any easier to understand, but SCRAP THE PLACE!!!"

As Koriani said this, three Eagles took off and started lauching Nova Bombs and Cluster Bombs everywhere. Explosion after explosion rocked the area, destroying everything in the vicinity. Koriani checked his radar for transports, and found six within range, about 2 miles out at a low altitude.

"Osheira, there's six transports! Let's get 'em!"

"Roger that."

Koriani fired the Eagle's engine and shot toward the six ships, Osheira following close on Koriani's right wing.

"Ready... FIRE!"

Koriani squeezed the trigger on the joystick and chain gatling fire shredded four transports almost instantaneously. Osheira's chain gatling picked up the last two. In the distance, more explosions.

"Heh, sounds like they've got it under control."

"Sounds like it, Osheira. Let's get back over there and help."

Koriani led Osheira back toward the complex, where they met up with Quartz, Radius, and Arteka.

"How's it looking, guys?"

Koriani watched Radius roll his eyes.

"Not too good, obviously. We kinda trashed the place..."

"You know what I meant."

"Heh, yeah. Looks good! Where were all the transports?"

Koriani looked at Osheira.

"We got six... we didn't see any others. How many were in the complex?

Radius checked his console.

"About 20..."

"TWENTY??? Damnit, where are the others? Osheira, can you check your wider radar scan? See if they're still near here."

Osheira checked his scan.

"Nothing here, dude."

"Dang it... well, at least they've got 26 less Lylatizon transports."

Osheira's voice chimed back in.

"Radar signatures popped up everywhere! There's a massive unit movement! The Venomians are leaving!"

Hah. They couldn't take Frontline or Frontier. Those were the last two places on Katina that Corneria held control. The last two Lylatizon plants are under heavy cover because they're so close to each of the bases, too heavy even for them. When we destroyed this complex, they didn't have any other reason to be here. It wouldn't have done them any good. This was their only reason, because they could easily take this plant. It was so far from the bases. THAT'S why they're leaving.

"Alright, who has any bombs left? Anyone?"

Radius - "I got one Cluster."

Quartz - "All gone here."

Arteka - "One Nova."

"How about you, Osheira?"

"Full 9 Nova, full 3 Cluster."

Koriani just grinned from ear to ear.

"Same here, except one less Nova. Wanna freak some Venomians out?"

"Hell yeah!"

"Let's go everybody! All bombs first, then hyper lasers. Save the Salaris."

Koriani snaprolled left and hit the booster, flying off toward the radar signature of the Venomian craft, his teammates trailing.

Quartz checked his radar.

"Daaaaang, how many IS there? That's a LOT!"

Koriani answered Quartz's question with a simple reply.

"There won't be many left when we're done."

"Good point."

Osheira's voice came back over the radio a minute later.

"There's the rest of the transports! All 74 of them are within range!"

[XG Fox]

^ (continued from above)

Koriani didn't need to say a word, all the others knew that the transports were the prime targets. Those were taken down no matter what, FIRST.

"Alright, remember me saying to save those Salaris XG missiles, everyone? Take those transports down with those!"

Koriani flipped his current weapon over to the Salaris XG missiles and two weapon racks spun out from the bottom sides of his Wolfen Eagle. Radar locks popped up all over the HUD and Koriani clicked the trigger faster then anything else. Salaris XG missiles fired everywhere, but not just from his Eagle, from the other four as well. Missiles streaked left, right, up, down, everywhere, but hit their transport targets with deadly accuracy. After the salvos had ended, there were no transports left. Though the Venomian units had now noticed the five Wolfen Eagles, the radar stealthiness of the Eagle's design couldn't help here. The Venomians had a visual of them now. Laserfire erupted from the Venomian lines, but none came close to hitting their targets, the Eagles were just FAR too fast to be hit.

"And, now the bombs."

Koriani launched all of his bombs one after the other, spreading them out over a wide area, Osheira did the same. Explosions shattered every unit within its range. Radius and Arteka flew by and launched their one remaining bomb each. More explosions. The aftermath showed approximately 12 Venomian units left in the air, out of what had been a group of about 600.

"Osheira, hack their communication systems."

"Got it, they're coming onscreen now."

A Venomian soldier appeared on Koriani's screen.

"Wha- what do you want? We'll do anything, just don't kill us!"

"Just for your information, we weren't even TRYING when we destroyed your group. I want you to tell your leader we're not screwing around here. Tell him he's next."

Koriani ended the conversation by turning off his screen.

"Alright guys, let's get back to the Blade, then to Corneria. The General's gonna flip when he hears this one."

Koriani led the Pulsar Foxes back through the atmosphere to the Pulsar Blade, where they flew in the back hangar and docked their Wolfen Eagles. Koriani led them all into the control room, where he set the final hyperspace coordinates for the ride back to Corneria.

[Dr. Wilopolis]

Miasma had just finished a rather long argument with Pepper over the price of his mission. Miasma was grinning slightly as he left the office in the Academy. People seemed to take time out of their schedule to just get out of Miasma's way. He was used to it. Only one person so far seemed to truly not fear him. But, she vanished long ago. Even General Pepper can't look Miasma in the face.

He walked outside, where he was told to wait for some of the other recruits for the mission. He stood there, gazing at the sky, and sighed boredly.

[Guest Satoshi]

Drei had only made it half way to Sector X, the first checkpoint, before the mysterious voice ordered him yet again.

"Get back to MacBeth!"

"Why?"

"The Cornerians have put Katina back in rubble. We're getting every last wing we can back to safe territory, regrouping, and launching a full scale attack!"

"Wait.. what are Cornerians? And why are we fighting 'em?"

".. You ask too many questions. Follow instructions or we'll destroy your arwing."

"Ah.. um.. yes sir."

Drei pulled a sharp U-turn, plotting course back to MacBeth.

[brotheroffalco]

*jumps out of cockpit and is about to enter the academy when he get's a call on his comm device*

" This is General Dramos of Zoness glad I made it through to you Lombardi" stated the General in a monotone voice.

" Hello General I thought I'd here from you, spare me the details and tell me exactally what you want"

"touchy as usuall I see" said the General with a chuckle " Well I know we haven't been exactly the nicest military group when it came to you *edgar snorted at this* , but we need your help. you have no doubt heard about the war that is taking place."

Edgar Interupted "and you want me to fly for you "

"well if you would"

" the answer's no"

"Please Edgar, It's for your home planet"

" some home you've been"

"If you did it I could arrange for the release of all charges brought against you and Katt" Edgar pondered this for a while...

"I don't know..."

"just think about it Edgar"

"whatever Edgar out"

Huh well that was weird, better go see what general Pepper wants

*walks into pepper's office*

"hello, General"

"Edgar, what took you so long"

" I had some...bussiness I had to attend to, so what's a General like you doing interested in a bounty hunter like me."

"well, have you heard of the war that has been going on"

"As a matter of fact I have"

"well, I would like you to join the Cornerian Alliance as one of our fighter pilots, I was looking through the records and I noticed that you had joined the flight academy at one point and passed all tests with flying colors in just one year."

"I Know I once lived here, but fight against my own planet"

"What kind of home planet treats you like scum before you were even born.

" I'll think about it General"

" good If you decide to join, you know where to find me"

*Edgar left the room* now what am I going to do

[EvolutionSFox]

Snowe hesitated then sped back to the academy.

"Damnit, that means most of the Cornerian forces are gonna be sent to Katina."

He hurried and landed in the hangar, jumping out of his arwing.

"I hope Katina's citizens got refuge."

[Dr. Wilopolis]

Miasma was flying towards Katina. He was just flat out instructed to by General Pepper. He was silent as he made his way to the planet...

[Ranger One]

(Location: Near the edge of the lylat system....)

(A lone starship slowly cruises through the depths of space, unaware of the conflict that has begun nearby. The starship is a corvett class vessle, having been dubed a "blockade runner" by some pirate groups and military forces in the galaxy. The ship class more than earns the nickname, being such an inconspicuous looking design that most law enforcment forces don't notice them half the time during patrols of shipping lanes. The ships appearance can best be described as that of a hammer or mallet: with a large hammer-head like section located at the fore of the ship, housing the bridge, and a large array of engines near the back, the CR90 Corvett class is a verstaile design. This vessel deviates from the normal design, however, by having a hangar module mounted in its midsection. Also, instead of having the standard 2 Turbolaser turrets and 4 fixed turbolaser guns most CR90s have, this vessel also sports two heavy turbolaser turrets on the sides of the bridge section of the vessel, as well as 4 missile racks. Also, a long rod can be seen running along the underside of the vessel, cutting through the turret mount for the botton turbolaser, which is extended a bit lower than normal on most CR90s. The rod ends with a cannon aray just below the bridge: Somehow, in some way, some engineer came up with a design to mount a working heavy Ion cannon on the underside of this vessel. Although it only sports a 5th of the power a planetary bassed cannon could provide, it adds a formidable punch to the vessel, turning it from a light combat vessel into a ship that can (and, judging from teh carbon scorring on large sections of its hull, has) fight one-on-one with most large warships. Etched in Gold under the front viewports on the bridge is the ships name: The S.S Wanderer...)

(Location: Hangar of the S.S. Wanderer...)

"Hey, Commander!"

*BANG* "Yeowch!!! Son of a..."

(The oath trailed off into a mutter as the young vulpine extracted himself from a open maintenance hatch on a large light transports docked inside the Wanderer's hangar. The Transport, the Explorer, was one of 2 such transports currently on board, of the YT build. Located on the other end of the hangar were 7 T-65's, 3 of which were sitting on their landing struts on the hangar floor, some of their components currently removed and undergoing maintenace by some of the ships repair bots, while the other 4 were docked in a launch rack that faced the main hangar doors. Also docked in the Hangar were 3 BLT-S3 bombers, located on a rack above the T-65s, their long engines trailing out behind the fuselauge, combined with the cockpit mounted fore of it, giving them a distinct "Y" shape. Located behind both transports was a small, heavily modified one man fighter craft, refered too as a J-77 because of its engines, which took up most of the craft, and accounted for a good majority of its mass (which wasn't much to begin with!). Cargo containers filled much of the remaining hangar space.)

(The young vulpine finnaly succedes in extracting himself, and turned to face the other fox who had just called him.)

"Dang it, Ace, how many times do I have to tell you not to do that!"

Ace: "Whoops, sorry sir."

"You said that the last 5 times too, Ace..."

Ace: "Hey, woah, lay off Jod! If i'd known you were in there, I wouldn't have yelled for ya!"

Jod: *Sigh* "I'm sorry, Ace... guess I've been kinda edgey lately..."

Ace: "You're not the only one, Jod. I think we've all been kinda tense lately."

Jod: "Meh, you're right. I shouldn't have taken it out on you though..."

Ace: "Hey, look, Jod, just forget it, alright? I know how you're feeling right now... Hell, we're all a bit tense right now, and who can blame us? We've been cooped up here in the Wanderer for almost 3 months now, and we haven't had a decent lead on Thatanos's wearabouts in almost twice as long!"

Jod: *Sigh* "I know... i'm begining to worry we may have lost him... but i'm sure you didn't scare the daylights out of me just to talk about this."

Ace: "Oh, yeah... Vallo wants you on the bridge ASAP, something about him wanting you to hear whats going on on the local comm channels... he made it sound pretty important too..."

Jod: "I take it that ASAP doesn't give me time to clean up a bit, does it?"

Ace: "Er... probably not..."

Jod: *Sigh* Well, if Vallo wants us up there that badly, then he must have a good reason... just give me a min to put a few of these tools away, and I'll join you and Vallo on the bridge."

Ace: "Got it, I'll make sure to let Vallo know you're comming..."

(Ace leaves the Hangar, while Jod remains behind to put away the tools he'd been useing...)

Wonder what Vallo's found thats so important? It must be something, if he felt he had to stay up on the bridge to keep an eye on whatever it is and send Ace to find me. Mabey... could he have finnaly found us a lead? I hope so, we've been stumbleing around in the dark for too long now, we need to try and pick up his trail again soon, or we'll lose him.... no, don't think like that, we're not going to let him get away, not after we've come this far, and definently not after all he's done, that son of a...

(Jod returns the toolkit to its cabinent along the side of the hangar.)

Well, the sooner i get to the bridge, the sooner i'll learn whats going on...

(Jod leaves the hangar and heads for the bridge.)

Technical notes: Yes, more technical notes, this time on the new vessels that i introduced. That way you know what each vessel is capable of:

Heavily Modified CR90 Corvett: S.S Wanderer

Size: 150 m long

Speed: 60MGLT, or 950 KM/H at normal sublight speeds, capable of up to 80MGLT, or 1050 KM/H in atmosphere.

Armament: 2 Turbolaser turrets: One mounted on the top of the vessel behind the bridge section (on the neck connecting the bridge to the main hull sections), the other mounted underneath on the neck.

4 turbolasers (fixed): Mounted on the main hull section, 2 on each side, along the top of the hull, while escape pods are located underneath. each gun is capable of functioning as an armed escape pod as well.

2 heavy turbolaser guns: mounted on each side of the bridge section, these guns have a 90 degree arc they can fire in ahead of the vessel.

4 Missile launcher racks, capable of launching 6 missles at a time.

1 Light Planetary Ion Cannon: Not a true Planetary based Ion Cannon, the designation given is the only one that comes close to describing the weapon mounted underneath the Wanderer. Drawing power from the main reactor, the Wanderer must slow to aproximatly 40MGLT to fire and still have enough power to spare for the engines and shields. All other weapons are temporarily offline upon fireing for aproximatley 30 seconds, but extra power is shunted to the shields to provide additional protection during this time. The Ion Cannon is cabable of disableing even most large starships in one or two shots, regardless of where they hit the target vessel.

Shields: Light starship class shields.

Hull: Medium starship class hull.

Special notes: A large hangar module has replaced the standard hull section located in between the bridge and docking ports located just in front of the main engines.

BLT-S3 Specs: Attack Fighter/Bomber

Size: 16 m long.

Speed: 70MGLT

Capacity: 1 pilot, one astromech.

Weapons: 2 laser cannons, 1 twin ion cannon, 2 torpedo launchers, 1 proton bomb bay.

Shields: Heavy shields

Hull: Heavy armor

J-77 Specs

Size: 9.6m long.

Speed: 560MGLT top speed, or 7,250 KM/H in atmosphere (Unadvisable)

120MGLT, or 1300 KM/H recomended for combat speeds.

Capacity: 1 pilot and 40kg of cargo

Weapons: 2 laser cannons mounted on swivle mounts to grant a 360 degree arc above, below, and behind the fighter as well as in front. 2 Dymek HM-6 concussion missile launchers.

Shields: Light fighter shields

Hull: Titanium reinforced alloy hull, light hull rateing.

YT Transports.

Size: aproximatley 25m long (rough estimate).

Speed: 150MGLT at full thrust, normaly runs at 80-90 MGLT.

Capacity: 1 pilot, 1 co-pilot, 2 aditional crew, 8 passengers or aproximatley 200-300 kg of cargo (if hold is filled to max capacity)

Weapons: 1 foward fixed laser cannon.

2 quad laser cannon turrets, mounted above and below on the saucer-portion of the craft.

4 concusion missile ports, each with 6 missles. Missiles fire 2 at a time, providing dual firepower with each volley

Shields: Heavy fighter/moderate transport shields

Hull: Super-heavy fighter/heavy transport armor