Star Fox: The Next Generation Chapter 1

[Tiberius]

As soon as Tiberius woke up, he checked the roster again to see that Odin was back. He sighed with relief, and decided to let him wait to give his report, thinking he may need a little rest. He walked into the lounge, and started making some breakfast. It was at least 7:30 AM. And he was hungry. "Hm... Field rations.. Field rations.. Ah-ha! The good stuff!" he opened up a closet full of different refrigerators and other closets which had food in them. Real food. Not just protein nibs.

[Kursed]

"alright Odin would you like to give me a reason why though?"Serena asked as the data was trasfured To Odin's Laptop as requested.

Alex woke up a second later and had followed Tiberius. "You know you could have asked Serena  for the location of the 'good' Food. she spoke up.

Krystal and Kari soon walked into the kitchen waiting for Ti to cook something. "You think Odin will let me fly his WOlfen mom?"

"Your going to have to ask him Kari I'm not going to let you steal it for a joy ride." Krystal replied, speaking with Truth she knew how a wolfen flew she had the chance to fly one and still prefured her starchaser.

[Tiberius]

"For goodness sake. Can't I do anything without help? You're talking about her like he Microsoft Paperclip." said Tiberius. "What are you all feeling up to today?"

[Kursed]

"For goodness sake. Can't I do anything without help? You're talking about her like he Microsoft Paperclip." said Tiberius. "What are you all feeling up to today?"

"anything you make." Alex replied

[Guest Julius Quasar]

(Sorry to hear that. With your birthday not to far away, I do have something in store for you that I hope will cheer you up a bit tough. )

Freya sent Silver a friendly grimace as she saw him. Her hanging ears and tail sort of hinted how the mission had gone. "Hi there Silver. Got much left to do before she is ready to fly again?" Almost everything that could postpone the inevitable pep talk from her father was most welcome.

(Thanks!)

Cliff and Attila, along with the Sargasso Ruffians, started having Barrel-Racing contests with the explosive canisters spit out by the machines placed at the top of the stairs to keep intruders off the stairs.

They stood and ran on top of those canisters, making them spin, as they raced across the hangar with them.  The canisters were disarmed so they won't explode upon impact.

[Asper Sarnoff]

"alright Odin would you like to give me a reason why though?"Serena asked as the data was trasfured To Odin's Laptop as requested.

"It's a long story, I'll tell you and Tiberius later. But thanks for the help. Much appreciated." Moments later, the hologram of Serena flickered and disappeared, leaving him alone to take a look trough the data she had gathered.

He was a bit disapointed by how small the file was, but that was only to be expected really. He figured Wolf wasn't the type of guy to post pictures and info of his daughter on SnoutBook( ).

There was a birth certificate, proving she was indeed the daughter of Wolf O'Donnell, and some random shewolf wich he couldn't find anything of in his searchs. Definatively a cover name.

What more? Well there was her name on a medical attest which told him she had taken all the common vaccines, and had her tonsils removed at the age of nine because of an infection.

To round it all up, there was a handfull of pictures Serena had found trought her facial recognition sofware, a pair of them high resolution satelite images. How the heck had she managed to break the encryption and get access to the database of a planetary security agency? She was more resorcefull than he had anticipated. There was also a wanted poster from a local crime lord on Katina. Probably wanted the bragging rights of having Wolf O'Donnells daughter as his personal slave and toy.

A smile flickered over Odins lips as the memories of the previous evening came back at full strength. "Carefull buddy, you might get more than what you paid for." He sent his toughts to the stupid crime lord as he clapped the screen down and turned off the laptop. He might as well find Tiberius and report of last nights events. He hoped they would have an actual mission soon. He was litteraly burning to let his fighter see some action.

[Showtime 1-1]

Freya sent Silver a friendly grimace as she saw him. Her hanging ears and tail sort of hinted how the mission had gone. "Hi there Silver. Got much left to do before she is ready to fly again?" Almost everything that could postpone the inevitable pep talk from her father was most welcome.

"Well, since you asked, the hydraulic pressure in the right engine was a bit low, but I think I sorted that out." He started walking alongside Freya as she began walking away. She was obviously preoccupied with something else, and she wasn't heading for Atilla and Cliff's hardstands. "So, I take it the mission didn't go well."

"You could say that." Freya replied coldly.

"Don't want to talk about it, huh?"

She didn't reply, and kept on walking. Silver felt guilty.

"I'm sorry I stayed behind. Even if it was a simple mission, I should have been there."

She kept walking.

"Listen, Freya!" he grabbed her tail to stop her.

Freya spun around and threw a punch. Her right jab caught Silver square in the face.

"OOF!"

He stood fast for a second, surprised by the strike. Freya looked even more surprised by her outburst then Silver was. He took advantage of her attention to get his point across.

"Freya, you can't do everything alone. You've got a team now."

[Tiberius]

"No. Really. Any preferences?" said Tiberius. "Dont make me start serving rations." he joked.

[Kursed]

"not realy as long as it's not rations."Alex replied.

[Tiberius]

"Steak and eggs then unless someone wants me to put veggies in theirs." he said, getting to food out of the closet.

[Asper Sarnoff]

(Nice work there Showtime. Great portrayal of her.)

In the blink of an eye, Freyas expression changed from anger to regret, and she let her tightly clenched right fist fall down by her side. "I'm sorry Silver. You're right. But if a team is to be able to depend on each other and work together, it requires that none of the members messes up as badly as I just did." She started to rub the drowzyness out of her eyes with her hand, an excuse for not having to look the more experienced mercenary in the eyes. "It's a long story, but we practially had everything done, what was left was childs play, and I got sloppy and blew it all. The guy we were supposed to recruit absolutely humiliated me, and escaped. Now, he's flying for our rivals."

She sat down on the first step on the stairs up to the upper floors, pulling her legs to her chest and holding her arms around them, resting her head on her knees. Silver sat silently down by her side. He knew all to well how it was to blow a mission, no one could be expected to win every time. However, it seemed there was more to it than that. He caught himself wondering what was so special about this guy that had affected Freya so much.

Meanwhile on Fichinia, Odin had left his quarters and had now entered the lounge, where Tiberius and Alex were preparing a meal. Something which suited him perfectly. It had been a long time since he had eaten now. As he helped them prepare the food, he outlined for Tiberius the events that had taken place yesterday, taking care to speak loud enough for Serena's sensors to catch it as well.

"Where is the new guy, Logan, by the way? He probably won't mind something to eat either." He said as he flipped the bacon around in the frying pan and drissled a little salt on the fry eggs.

[Tiberius]

"Give him a few minutes. He'll wake up. But Im surprised that Wolf had a daughter.. I wonder how she's able to handle his harsh attitude. Must be a strong willed one." he said. He was chopping the steak in thin enough to chew but thick enough for taste slices. He went to the side and started making some coffee. "Did you get a glimps of their tech? I sure hope our home engineering still beats them. With Slippy not around..."

[Asper Sarnoff]

"Hmm? Oh yeah, yes she were definatively a tough one." He said, a little absent minded. "I didn't get to see their transportation or any of their gear. But my father took a few blood samples of me when I was unconcious. The drug they put in me is called Trygonatrid. Tasteless, efective and doesn't get old. Best stuff on the blackmarket, and the most expensive. The dose they put in me probably cost the same as a state of the art battle cruiser. Make no mistake, Wolf O'Donnell probably have the financial backbone to finance an own private army. It's given that his daughter and their wingmates have the best equipment money can buy." He finished the eggs and the bacon and put the pan on a base on the dinner table.

[Kursed]

"What I've heard from you mom Tiberius is Wolf is really a soft guy hidden under a tough gritty shell."Alex noted. "I'd imagine he really cares for her and thus he may push her a little more ,because of it."

"You Forget though Odin we have the Cerinians backing us."Krystal noted as she walked into the kitchen."They may have the state of the art Lylat technology ,but we have state of the art Cerinian tech should be more than a match for them ,but I've been away from lylat for so long  I may be wrong."

Serena appeared in the Kitchen. "mmm smells good if only I was still organic and could enjoy the plesure of Taste."

the smell also brought Kari into the kitchen, she sat down at a table and waited paitiently.

[Asper Sarnoff]

(I'm making Wolf a lot grittier and evil than in the other RP's here, just for your information.)

Odin shrugged. "Maybe, but if that is the case, it didn't seem any of the softness dripped down to the next generation." He grabbed a plate and sat down, shoveling food on it like there was no tomorrow.

[Kursed]

"You Forget though Odin we have the Cerinians backing us."Krystal noted as she walked into the kitchen."They may have the state of the art Lylat technology ,but we have state of the art Cerinian tech should be more than a match for them ,but I've been away from lylat for so long  I may be wrong."

Serena appeared in the Kitchen. "mmm smells good if only I was still organic and could enjoy the plesure of Taste."

the smell also brought Kari into the kitchen, she sat down at a table and waited paitiently.

"Perhaps she hides it as well as her father."Alex said in reply to Odin.

[Asper Sarnoff]

"Maybe." Odin mumbled with his mouth full of egg and bacon. The thing was that he most certainly didn't want anyone of those around this table to know he had developed a slight interest in this Freya. He made sure to keep those toughts from overshadowing his others, as not to give Krystal or Kari a chance to read his mind.

"But there is something else I have on my mind." He started after he had swallowed down a moutfull. "What now? We aren't earning anything sitting on our buts here. Do we have a job in the horizon?"

[Kursed]

"Maybe." Odin mumbled with his mouth full of egg and bacon. The thing was that he most certainly didn't want anyone of those around this table to know he had developed a slight interest in this Freya. He made sure to keep those toughts from overshadowing his others, as not to give Krystal or Kari a chance to read his mind.

"But there is something else I have on my mind." He started after he had swallowed down a moutfull. "What now? We aren't earning anything sitting on our buts here. Do we have a job in the horizon?"

"I honestly don't know Odin, that's now Tiberius' job  or Fox's whichever comes up with a Idea first." Krystal replied, she sensed he had something else on his mind, she decieded to not pry into his mind as  it would probably reveal itself later through telepathy or his actions, or so her experiance had taught her.

[Tiberius]

"Actually, we do. A team of Guerilla operatives are hiering us for a job. They've seen the new infantry Malon has. They want tech support and elite training for their resistance members. That's where we come in. Serena, bring up the contract and paycheck files." he said. "Alex, didn't you say you were interested in engineering?"

[Kursed]

"Actually, we do. A team of Guerilla operatives are hiering us for a job. They've seen the new infantry Malon has. They want tech support and elite training for their resistance members. That's where we come in. Serena, bring up the contract and paycheck files." he said. "Alex, didn't you say you were interested in engineering?"

"yeah I was why?"Alex asked

Serena borught up the fileson a monitor hovering in the air.

[Asper Sarnoff]

"Interesting." Odin noted as he caught a quick glance at the contract. It would be an easy job, with a nice paycheck to booth. It was very tempting, but last nights events had made him a little more carefull than he had been before. "How do we know it isn't a trap Malon has laid out for us?"

[Tiberius]

"Because they're on a remote planet. Solar." he said. "And Alex, one of the team members is one of the engineers that built our Arwings. You can learn from him. To support claims more, it's former captain Bill Grey who's the leader." 

[Kursed]

"So Alex has beenn taking engineering classes?"Krystal asked Tiberius.

"yeah ,but at least let me check out your moms fighter Tiberius that Cerinian tech will greatly improve our chances specailly if  i can use it to our advantage."Alex repleid to Tiberius not hearing krystal

[Tiberius]

"Well, Id like it if we could start engineering our own tech."

[Asper Sarnoff]

Odin snorted in reply. "How do you think a small team like us can make something remotely compareable to what the big coorporations can churn out? I know my way with a spanner, and my father can increase the output of any engine dramaticaly, but only by compromising reability and cost."