The cool air is hitting me as I look around a military convention, looking everything over it's basically the same stuff I have already seen, from the abrams tank to the small arms and aircraft. A sigh escapes my lips as I am honestly thinking of just leaving, suddenly I hear over the loud speaker that they are about to show off a prototype, a grin forms on my face as I get all excited. I follow a small crowd to an airstrip and there is this large black curtain being suspended by this frail overhang, standing in front of it is a marine in full uniform which baring a rank of first sergeant while a pair of military police stands on either side of him.







The marine looks at the crowd "Ladies and gentlemen of the United States, today we unveil the newest addition to the arsenal of our nation, with help from the people at Bungie, I present to you our newest troop transport and special operations vehicle... the Expresser."







The curtain moves and reveals a decently-sized vessel, it vaguely resembles a pelican transport from Halo but about three times the size with these pods on either side of the craft.







The marines states with pride "With this we can deploy six men via drop pods behind enemy lines and along with this we have created the same odst suits used in the Halo video games that is fully functional as a combat suit and is rated for space use."







The crowd cheers, though I am pretty skeptical at all of this as it seems pretty outlandish as they even go into a drive system being part of the crafts design. They start to go into how it's so easy that even someone with little to no training can fly the thing, the entire crowd raises their hands as they all want to fly it, I throw caution to the wind and raise my right hand as I give a slight smirk.







The marine chooses me, I go on up and introduce myself as they begin to get the odst suit on me...







"And now Adam will enter the craft and take it not just to the air but to the orbit of the planet itself."







I gulp under my helm but decide to just go along with it, amazingly no one boards the vessel with me... yeah that isn't a dead give away at all...







Anyway after getting strapped in I begin to follow the instructions over the crafts communications, before I know it I am up in space, looking over Earth below, seeing the stars and the moon nearby.







"How are you holding up out there?"







I look around "Doing great, the view up here is really something."







"Excellent, just enjoy the sight for a little while while we collect data from the feed."







I look to my left and I see the control panel for the drive system, my curiosity gets the better of me and I give it a quick scan, the panel kind of reminds me of a target data computer on a u-boat from what I have seen in books... I start to flip some switches and work some dials... is it a bad idea, yeah but what's the worse that can happen? I doubt this whole drive thing even works and is just snake oil. After I get it set up, I find a button with a plastic cover, surrounded by hazard stripes with the label "Engauge", I flip the plastic cover and press the red button as I give a smirk.







As soon as I press the button spark erupt all across the dropship as this weird whirr sound begins to rev throughout it's hull.







"Is everything okay up there? The craft just spiked!"







I gulp and before I can say anything this flash of light happens as I feel the craft shove me into the pilot seat, sparks continue to explode here and there as alarms blare. The flashes in front of me begin to flash different colors and I start to feel strange as I feel my body tense up and I lose my breath, I feel as though something is both tearing me apart and yet being crushed at the same time.







I'm not sure how much time passes as I keep blacking out, but eventually I come out of this hyperspace or whatever it is and I am in the midst of a battle taking place. I am just stunned at the two forces fighting in front of me, to my left is a fleet baring white and blue hulls while to my right the ships are crimson.







A voice sounds from my comms "This is General Pepper! Unknown vessel, identify yourself!"







"This is Adam, this vessel is not meant for fighting and is a transport! My vessel is damaged and I need help!"







"I'm sending aid, just hang in there!"







I look over and I see what I think is a frigate come my way, I inform Pepper and he tells me that if I have any weapons to hold them off. I find a few weapons to help me out, two m1911a1 pistols, an 870 shotgun, an m4a1 assault rifle and a few m67 grenades. Thinking back to what I have seen in videos I do my best to prep the weapons as the frigate gets closer, soon I see what looks like a dropship or boarding craft come my way, I find an arc welder and try to put up some added cover here and there.







To be fair I don't even know if my weapons will even effect them... but I have to try... then again I haven't held a gun, much less fired one, the closest thing is an air-soft gun which was along time ago.







The vessel shakes as I hear clamps being put on towards the rear, I get to cover and ready the shotgun, being a dumbfire weapon that requires little aim it seems like the best choice. The ramp explodes, these guys in red suits of armor plate come my way with what I can tell somewhat resemble machine guns or something similar, I open fire, the 12 gauge booms and smashes into one of my attackers helmets, sending crimson and sparks everywhere, with a quick pump I retake aim and fire again but now my attackers are blazing the inside with weapons fire and now I know what they are using, machine guns, blasters and for one or two a shotgun, most of the enemy is firing from their shuttle with a few forcing their way in, the panels taking a beating as I keep to my cover.







The shotgun runs out and I switch to the carbine, I do my best to try to fire in burst my with my adrenaline it's hard for me to do just that as I feel my body tense and shiver... I bring down another two but I am almost out of ammunition as I fire the last of 5.56mm rounds. ditch the rifle and prepare the two pistols, I slip into a corner as the gunfire slowly fades... I'm just shivering.... I'm just scared of how this is playing out... that I can actually die here.







As I hear foot steps I take a deep breath, I leap out and open fire with both sidearms, the .45 acp rounds make short work of the guy in front of me and I quickly dive back to cover as they resume their fire, I look over and I have one magazine left.... there is no way I am making it out of this... I get an idea....







I run over to the comms "Pepper! If you can hear me I am leaving in a pod!"







I fire my last seven rounds at my attackers, ditch the side arm and toss the arc welder their way along with all three grenades, I get in the closest pod and after hitting a few buttons it launches, I look up and see small explosions cascade on both vessels before both explode into flaming wrecks.







My heart is beating in my chest as I take some pretty deep breathes, I'm shaking in the confined space as I try to regain myself, this craft zooms by, it's body white with parts of it blue whips around me, shooting down a fighter that was coming my way, the craft looks a little light... so I guess it's an interceptor of some kind. A big ship comes into view, the front is dark gray and gray, I can see a red bridge and black and red wings with two of these openings on the front with one of them closed, my pod enters the opened port and crashes onto the floor.







I don't care if the air is breathable or not, I've had enough of being in this pod! I hit the pods release which forces it to open, I stumble out and I get my helmet off, coughing from feeling the stress hitting me as my adrenaline finally fades and I collapse to the floor on my knees.







I hear some footsteps running towards me but I don't look up as I am more focused on trying to relax as I take some deep breaths. A pair of what looks to be blue high heels that are part of some kind of body suit come into my sight, followed by my shoulder being touched...







A woman's voice hits my ears "Are you alright?" the voice reminding me of a british accent.







I glance to my shoulder to see a hand covered in blue fur, blink a couple times as now my curiosity really spikes, I look to the person in front of me, it's a sight I wasn't expecting... the person is an anthro vixen, her fur is blue and white, her hair is blue, eyes of azure and she has a long blue tail that is white towards the tip, her outfit is blue and black body suit with a silver belt, a silver ring is on her tail and a silver tiara is on her forehead with a jewel that matches her eyes.







We both become stunned at this, though she keeps her hand on my shoulder as she blinks my way and I do in hers. Her eyes scan me a little from head to toe and then she looks to be scanning my face, to be fair I keep glancing her over as well... first contact... I never thought I would have such an honor.







I finally decide to break the awkward silence "Uh, I am Adam, a human from Earth. What is your name madam?" trying to be a little proper and trying to be a little friendly in how I look with a light, bashful grin.







The blue puts on a more warm expression "I am Krystal, telepath and a pilot of the Star Fox Team." as she helps me up, which take a little as I am still trying to recover from earlier.







Krystal informs me that the commander of the team wants to see me along with General Pepper and she begins to escort me to the bridge, as she does she explains that the vessel we are on is called the Great Fox which is a Cornerian assault carrier brought back into full working order. I look around the hanger and see a total of six aircraft, all with the same white and blue coloration of the craft I saw circling around me, speaking of which that craft soon enters the hanger and lands.







'Seven craft? For a carrier I think it falls a little short.'







"I agree."







I look to see Krystal glancing to me with an amused grin... I give anervous chcukle as I rub my head... I already forgot, she's a telepath. I find myself just looking at all the cool tech just laying around with the engines of the craft having this faint green glow coming off the back... I can already feel the gears in my brain grinding as I wonder how they are constructed, what powers them, how well they move... I have so many questions as I just want to learn what this part of the universe has to offer... heck.... am I even still in the universe or even galaxy I knew?







I hear a light giggle escape the vixen "Such a curious mind."







Again... telepath....







I do take another look at the fighters and a lot of them of different, the first one looks like a standard fighter of some form, but the others greatly vary, the second craft has a longer body with long wings going in a slight undersweep, the third is pretty bulky with stubby wings, the fourth vaguey ressembles the shape of what I think is a dinosaur, the fighter that just flown in shares it's design with another and the last craft is pink and kind of round.







As we make our way through the ship, I just get more curious as to how this will play out given how it has gone so far, we soon make it to the bridge to quite a sight, the bridge is massive with a full holographic map, various stations and equipment.







Next comes the crew itself, the first is this fox in an armored space suit that's mostly green, the boots baring this kind of ceramic plate, the next is a tall blue bird, his uniform is mostly the same but instead of green it's red. The third is a short and stocky toad with his uniform mostly being blue, the fourth is not an anthro being but a robot made of golden plate-work with a red visor and a green glowing space in the chest. The next person is a canine that I think is a poodle with a slightly different uniform that is a very light blue, a red bow is on her head, her boots being metallic, the last one is a pink feline with these potent blue eyes and an earring on her left ear. Another is this hefty rabbit and he looks a little late in his years, the door opens behind us and this female lynx circles around me, her uniform similar to the poodle's and she looks to be casually scanning me, though she has a casual grin as she does so.







The fox types a few keys and the holomap changes to a hologram of an old hound in a sharp red uniform, his features showing wear and tear from war. I am not sure how I look to them... but I can see from a few, particularly the two older guys that they are very suspicious.







The fox looks to the hound "General Pepper, we recovered our unknown contact."







The hound looks to him "Excellent work Fox...", he looks to me, his hardened gaze focuses on me "Hmm... interesting... not a Venom... but not Cornerian either..."







The rabbit rubs his chin "Yeah, he doesn't look like much of an ape."







I blink at their words, I want to speak up... but I don't think I would get far...







Fox takes a few steps towards me "Who and what are you?" with a raised brow and folding his arms.







'Here goes nothing...', I straighten myself a little more "I am Adam, a human from the planet known as Earth. Also to clarify, we humans are a form of primate, we are somewhat similar to apes but we are our own genus."







The room just goes quite, so quite you can hear a pin drop, though I can tell I have got their full attention. They bring up that Earth isn't in their system which they refer to as the Lylat System and what scans of my craft they were able to get do show how primitive it really is compared to the technology they are use to. When they ask me to explain how I arrived in system... I am not sure how their reaction will be, but then again it can't hurt, plus they'll likely ask Krystal if I am telling the truth or not.







I tell them about the convention and how I was selected test the prototype and that how I ended up here... was just me being a curious fool messing around with the crafts controls for it's experimental drive system and that I wasn't expecting it to do anything at all. Everyone blinks at me before turning their gaze to the blue vixen who confirms I am telling the truth, now they know I am a civilian chosen at random to test something out and I just got trapped by my own curiosity.







Krystal looks to everyone "He has no hostile thoughts, he's curious but he is more frightened then anything else."







The lynx makes her way over, her gaze goes to the others "Come on, let's give the guy a break." she puts a hand on my shoulder as she looks my way "Besides, I think he can use a little rest and relaxation after being attacked by the Venom's and handled it well."







The poodle nods "I'm with Miyu..." being all bubbly but she quickly puts on a sheepish grin "Buuuut to be fair... because of that, the Venom's will be gunning for him."







Pepper puts on a thinking expression, he looks to Fox "There's a change of plans, bring Adam to Corneria at once. The third fleet can handle the Venom forces given how decimated they already are, I have a plan to give Adam a hand in the Lylat System given he can't return to his world."







Fox nods and gives a salute "Orders received and understood."







Pepper's hologram fades, the canine looks to Rob and tells him to make best possible pace to Corneria, to which the machine confirms the order and heads over to the helm controls.







Falco looks to Fox "So what? We are babysitters now?"







Fox looks to him "We have run missions like this before Falco, Adam won't be much of a hassle.", he makes his way over to me "That I can tell.", he stops just in front of me "You'll be given full quarters, but please keep in mind that this is a warship and our home."







The toad puts on an amused grin "Amanda and Lucy are going to flip over this."







After spending some time meeting everyone, Krystal leads me to my quarters with Miyu close in toe and the poodle who's name is Fay quickly follows suite. I feel a lot more relaxed then I did when I crashed onto the deck a little while ago, though I am still a little tense given that this is a first contact situation, as we pass through the halls that are somewhat unmarked aside from signs to tell you where to go I am taken aback by it all, seeing all of the advanced features and my mind runs wild at just what this ship has in store.







Fay comes around and pecks Miyu on the cheek "You knocked them around pretty good out there."







Miyu gives the canine a kiss "Hmm, sure we had to cut the fun a little short, but there's always next time."







Krystal gives a shrug "Easy ladies, I'm sure we'll see a lot more action as time goes on."







We reach one of the quarters with Krystal entering a code, the door slides open, we enter and it's a full on bedroom with a full bath and even what I think is a washer and dryer. Krystal tells me that they have several of these rooms in case they need to do diplomatic missions or transporting some important figures, I thanks them for showing me to my room... I also ask if they can help me get this suit off as I have no idea how it comes off while I gently put my helmet on my new bed.







The ladies look over my suit and they figure out how the suit is put on and put in place, we manage to get the suit off and put it off to the side, the ladies look over the armor with Miyu in particular really eyeing it.







"It seems to be on par with our armored space suits.", the lynx puts the part she is holding onto a desk, she comes over to me "Don't let it get ya down, the Great Fox is probably the safest place to be.", her eyes scan me "I am also going to guess that you don't have any spare clothes?" which earns a bashful head shake from me.







Krystal's azure eyes look to my hands, face and neck "You don't really have any fur outside of your hair, you humans must be cold all the time."







"We don't have the luxury of having a coat, we do have some body hair but not much. Our warmth comes from our clothing and whatever else we can use."







The vixen looks to me "Is it okay of I can feel your hand?"







Miyu and Fay ask me the same thing, I nod and hold my hands out, Krystal feels my left hand while Miyu and Fay feel my right, as they feel my hands I am also feeling their soft fur that is warm to the touch. I take in just how tall the ladies are compared to me a few inchest taller and for a guy I am pretty light.







Fay blinks "So smooth.", followed by Miyu "Hmm, it's definitely different."







Krystal looks to me "How do we feel to you?"







"Soft and warm." being the best way I can describe it.







The ladies stop feeling my hands after a few more seconds and they show me how the appliances work, from the washer and dryer which is actually an advanced unit that uses energy waves to clean the clothes and how the shower works along with the tv in the room. Given I don't have anything to actually clean up with, Fay dashes off and brings me some shampoo, body wash and deodorant, after which the ladies decide to give me some time to settle in and that they'll check on me in a little while.







I throw my one set of clothes in the cleaning machine and by the time I hop out of the shower they are completely cleaned... dang if only Earth had something like this! I get all dressed, toss the towel and wash cloth into the cleaner and crash onto the bed, I decide to keep the tv off as I let out a yawn and I slowly fall asleep.







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The members of Star Fox are mostly going about their routine with Slippy looking over the pod the human arrived in, it's basically just a pod meant to hold one person and their gear, Slippy did inquire if the shuttle craft Adam came in could be recovered, but at the moment it is missing.







Fox moves a little closer to the pod "A single pod used for deployment... not unique but it is a sound concept.", he looks to Krystal "What is your impression of him?"







The vixen glances to him "He's a little reserved and being a little shy, but he's perfectly fine."







Miyu and Fay approach him and say the same thing, like Krystal they can tell he wants to explore as they saw his eyes light up in praise as he looked at their technology. Fox takes their words in, just like them he doesn't see any threat radiating off of him, he's just being cautious given Adam is a species that hasn't been encountered before, though he knows how curious the public will be once they find out about him.







Given the limited options and that it'll take a little while before they reach Corneria, thinking about what Fay said earlier, Adam will likely be targeted for what he did once they find out... the Venom's are known for their vengeful nature about as much as their tenacity and their forces. He thinks about it for a few moments, thankfully since they are a group of mercenaries that aren't direct affiliated with the Cornerian government or military at all so it does give him some leg room in how to handle the situation.







Fox thinks back to how the human handled the situation from how he explained it, fending off the boarding Venom's could have easily costed him his life, if he's trained he can not only defend himself but it would help open up a few roads for him as well. Krystal gives an approving nod which earns a smirk from Miyu and Fay...







Fox takes a breath "Alright, after he rests a little we'll extend an offer to him, I'm not sure what Pepper has planned, but I think he'll feel better if he has some coverage."







Falco moves over to him "We don't even know this guy and you are already making offers?" with a cheeky grin "We like to take risks, but this is crazy."







Katt comes around the corner "What's wrong Falco, afraid he'll beat you in the pilot seat?" her face in a gleeful smug.







The bird shakes his head as he leans against his Sky Claw "Please, who said I was afraid?" looking all nonchalant.







Krystal decides to reach out with her telepathy, she finds Adam's mind, it's relaxed and she can tell he's asleep with how his brain activity is. She decides to hold off on waking him up for now, he's had quite a day, between ending up in the Lylat System and first contact with so many, it's only a fact that he's drained.







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Meanwhile, far away from what was once a clash of the Cornerian and Venom fleets, a roughed up carrier is doing it's best to remain in silent running. In it's hanger is what's left of the shuttle human came in, three sets of eyes have been looking it over, seeing a flag of red and white stripes and a field of blue with stars, the inside is burnt out and ruined as electric sparks are still alive, however most of the damage is focused towards the rear.







The first of the three is a wolf, over his left eye is an advanced visor, his uniform consisting of black combat boots and pants, his top half covered by a blue protective jacket and his arms are covered in the same black material as his lower half. The second is a green chameleon wearing an armored space suit of purple and the last is a panther, his suit having some decent armor that radiates some gold and silver with portions of purple. These three make up Star Fox's polar opposites... team Star Wolf.... and behind them are three mighty-looking craft that consist of red and black portions with the members being Wolf, Leon and Panther respectively.







Wolf moves around the craft, his eye scanning it "Oikonny is going to want to see this, it appears we have something more to deal with." as he rubs his chin.







Leon cackles "More prey as far as I am concerned."







The feline that is Panther looks into the ruined machine "Hmm, I wonder if this but a vanguard."







The canine glances to his comrade "We can't jump to any real conclusions just yet, we don't know full extent of these new arrivals yet.", he looks back to the unknown machine "Besides, by the looks of it only one got away and it is at the mercy of the Star Fox team and by extension the Cornerian government."







Panther looks at the recovered weapons, parts of them are melted and burnt, they are basically far more primitive compared to the tools they are use to... though from the casualties they are still effective with clear evidence of explosives, likely grenades.







Wolf begins to look throughout the vessel, his eye taking in information from all over the craft, whatever was powering this thing is dead... but even a wreck contains something useful... he can't really pick up much of anything given the circuitry that is barely clinging to life, so the craft will have to be carefully dismantled and examined.







Leon finds the overall machine to be really unremarkable, a standard transport with very little use outside it's intended use, no weapons and practically no armor, it's a sitting duck with no real options.







They are unsure how all of this will turn out, but either way, Oikonny has already declared a hit on whatever was in that pod for what occurred... all with a nice large price on it's head, so high it likely won't be just them gunning for him.







To be continued...