Star Fox: G-Wing - Call to Arms

Disclaimer: I do not own Star Fox. Fox McCloud, Krystal, the Star Fox Team, and any and all places and characters associated with Star Fox are property of Nintendo. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. The characters Shield, Saber, Ghost, Kyra Hawthorne, Tobey Williams and other characters and places not mentioned in the Star Fox-games are property of SF Ghost, aka. Jakob Meerwald Jensen, circa 2004-2006. I do not intend to profit from this story.

Hello again, everyone, and welcome one and all to the second installment in the G-Wing series! I've learned quite a bit from the wonderful reviewres who dropped by and gave me some words of wisdom during the time of my last contribution, the original G-Wing, and as such, I hope I have improved. Well, I guess we'll just have to see how the chapters evolve, won't we?

Oh, and speaking of chapters, don't expect as rapid an update rate as the 4-7 day margin during G-Wing. This time, I intend to make the gap between updates approximately two weeks long, both for my convenience and also in order for you to "digest" the new chapter properly. So, in conclusion, expect an update every two weeks, in case you're wondering about that.

Now, after all this has been cleared up, the only thing left for me to do is to get this show on the road. Enjoy!

Team G-Wing Dossiers, ver. 2,0: Welcome Back to the Lylat System

Sergeant Mikki (Shield):

When one's home is the battlefield in the company of one's friends, and one gets separated from this very home for a month, even the toughest soldier can crack after such a time of idle inactivity. And sergeant Mikki – or Shield as he has rightfully become known in Lylat – is definitely not any exception. The month he has spent on his home planet Earth until now has been largely used to play different video games, all the while trying to reminisce his time in Lylat. But still, when the need for him is dire, Shield stands ready to act with his signature Lylatian plasma Gatling-gun and bazooka, putting his friends and the honour and dignity of the Lylat System above everything else, even his own life. This feeling of duty is the primary reason for his rank of sergeant, although – when taking the various heroic and utterly self-sacrificing actions he has performed into consideration – he could easily advance to something higher, which he has obstinately refused himself. He likes to be given orders, thus feeling he serves a higher purpose in his attempts to save as many lives as he can under the capable guidance of a superior. The month on Earth has done nothing to diminish the valorous nature of the sergeant; on the contrary, it has just lain dormant, but when the need arises, it will awaken anew and with full power.

Lieutenant John (Saber):

His reasons to fight may be gone, but his impulses are still there. John – or Saber as he is known in Lylat – is truly a courageous guy when someone gets to know him properly, and a pretty skilled judge of character to boot. However, these qualities are largely hidden behind the forceful impulses and actions that he performs every now and then, at home on Earth as well as on the Lylatian battlefield. Seen conversely, these untraditional and impulsive actions have helped turn the tides of many a battle, in cooperation with the lieutenant's trusty custom blaster and his mystic demonic katana, Ragetooth. John masters his weapons of choice with a hitherto unseen expertise, an astonishing blend of uncanny skill and accuracy, be it in a fierce blaster skirmish, a whirling sword duel or a combat involving both weapons at the same time. Ragetooth, with its strange glowing runes and even stranger demonic powers, enabling it to cut through even the sturdiest of materials while also possessing an eerie "sixth sense" or obscure intelligence of its own, which helps guide the wielder's hand for the perfect strike, is a mystery even to Saber, who claims himself the righteous wielder of this extraordinary blade after taking it from a fallen enemy. The sword does give him an edge in Lylat, where most weapons are long-range particle weapons, and the melee-arms have almost disappeared. It is safe to say that without John's slightly joking and devil-may-care nature, which also helped make him a lieutenant, the Star Fox Team and the Cornerian Army would never have learned the third important aspect of battle besides honour and skill: The aspect of taking things as they come and adapting to deal with the situation. A trait, which Saber masters excellently.

Commander Jakob (Ghost):

The month away from Lylat has made the already intensively contemplative and brooding commander Jakob – also known as Ghost in Lylat – even more contemplative and brooding than before. To some individuals, this may be seen as a good sign, and indeed, his strength shall not be found as much in his arm as it shall in his incisive, physics-oriented and philosophy-driven mind. He has studied these subjects back on Earth for the sake of his amateur interest in them, and he has used his knowledge about physics and philosophy in his work in Lylat as well to help solve a number of problems, since he is rather a stickler for detail. Always said with a touch of characteristic eloquence, his theories and arguments are oftentimes widely recognized, be it those he formulates either for logical or scientific meaning, or merely for comfort to his friends. This incisiveness is an attribute, which gained him the rank of commander in the Cornerian Army and which also earns him the utmost respect, admiration and – in some cases – deep feeling of friendship from other individuals, be it human or Lylatian. This feeling of friendship is – when excluding the natural, strong bonds between him and his earthly, long-time friends, Mikki and John – also found residing deep in the heart of one particular Lylatian or, to be exact, Cerinian: Krystal, Fox McCloud's one and only love, the cerulean vixen by whom Ghost has been accompanied during his hazardous campaigns in the field, the reason for this partnership being his slightly damaged eyesight. Between these two beings with widely different interstellar points of origin, the connection of friendship has grown over time with their various risky endeavours together to be exceptionally strong, creating a seemingly unbreakable bond of friendship, loyalty and trust connecting these two souls. Should the need arise, however, the commander is as competent a martial arts expert as any of his fellow soldiers, and is also capable of utilizing his dual-wielded trademark laser-blasters and laser-SMGs in combat, fighting with fierce valour and discipline, driven by inner feelings to uphold his ideals. When this happens, his mind and body collaborate in flawless unison, creating a perfect equilibrium.