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In the far reaches of deep space, far beyond the reaches of humanity's tainted reach, lied a small cluster of black and red oblong objects, stationary and patient; waiting for an unsuspecting ship to cross their path or line of sight. 'Good things come to those who wait' was certainly true of this flotilla of pirate ships, their crew hungry for whatever loot they could find on the ships they jumped. But they weren't just any old, swashbuckling pirate from the old days of Earth.

They were Venom. A ruthless, tyrannical faction under an exiled, mentally-insane scientist named Andross, seeking to overthrow the current governing body of the Lylat System and replace it with their own iron-fisted rule.

General Sarzod, the self-appointed leader of what remained of Venom's forces, commanded his flagship, the Bloodied Fist of Vengeance, which was the largest ship in the Venomian fleet before Andross and Andrew's untimely demise. It was also the only 'true Venomian' ship, originating from the acidic planet. The other ships, four in total alongside the Vengeance, were either converted luxury ships or old CDF ships almost literally stitched back together with parts from other stricken vessels. Despite this, however, Sarzod and his small fleet were still a force to be reckoned with.

Then, a massive, but unknown, vessel suddenly appeared out of nowhere and drifted towards the flotilla of five Venomian ships. Sarzod prepared his crew to attack, but he noticed something...off about the alien ship. The engines were off, according to his diagnostics officer when they ran a scan on the craft, and there were no signs of life forms. This unnerved the monitor lizard, something that was very rare, considering he was viewed as having as much emotion as a statue did. His demeanor was almost stone-like. When the wave of unsettlement swept over him, those on the bridge who looked at him for further orders, noticed the uneasy feeling he was experiencing, and that made them unsettled as well.

Sooner or later, the alien ship had drifted close enough to the flotilla to properly survey it with the naked eye. It looked like a tuning fork, with the two prongs at the front and sporting large, heavy, bulkhead-type doors that Sarzod silently guessed was a hangar bay of some sort. In the middle of the ship, was a blocky structure with a radar dish on top of it, and was littered with clear, plexiglass windows. The bridge, no doubt, Sarzod once again thought to himself. As the ship continued to drift close and closer, eventually passing over the small fleet as it rolled on its axis ever so slowly, Sarzod contemplated on what to do about this discovery. He didn't have to think on it any longer as two CDF Dreadnoughts and the Great Fox showed up. He cursed and fled, jumping back to Venom. He knew how to pick his fights, and with those two Dreadnoughts, along with the Great Fox, showing up in this part of the system, he made the decision to retreat. He would rather not risk the remainder of Venom's forces, and he fled much to the chagrin of his commanders and the soldiers.

Soon, when he can someway, somehow, convince those who left Andross's army to return and resume the conquest of the Lylat, Sarzod would sweep across the system, from planet to planet, until he reached Corneria. Then, he would watch it burn, with Star Fox and General Pepper groveling at his feet, begging for mercy. But he wouldn't grant that to them. No, he would give them a fate much worse than death. He chuckled, no, cackled at the thought. "Soon," he said, loud enough for the entire bridge to hear. "All of the Lylat will come to know and fear the name of General Sarzod, and we'll rule with an iron fist. The citizens of Corneria and the Lylat will bow down to the will of Venom!" Cheers and roars of approval echoed all across the Vengeance as it slowly cruised back towards home, where several large, elongated structures lay unfinished and under construction in Venom's orbit; relics from Andross's blueprints and plans just before his death.

The fate of the Lylat now hangs in the balance. And unbeknownst to everyone, it lied in the hands of two individuals, whose bond and relationship will shake the Lylat to its core.