The Star Fox Team are a group of mercenaries who were first led by James McCloud and his team mates, Pigma Dengar and Peppy Hare who are mostly hired by the Cornerian Army to aid them against ongoing threats the Lylat System. The current Star Fox Team members are James McCloud's son Fox McCloud, Falco Lombardi, Peppy Hare, the only Star Fox Veteran remaining and Slippy Toad, son of head Research Director, Beltino Toad.

The History of Star Fox

Pre- Lylat Wars

In a galaxy far beyond the reaches of space lies the system of Lylat. Corneria, the fourth planet in the Lylat system, was locked in a fierce battle with the mad scientist Andross, who was determined to turn the once thriving system into a wasteland of near extinction. Despite the turmoil caused by Andross' plans, Commander-in-Chief of the Cornerian Defence Force, General Pepper, was successful in defeating and banishing the mad scientist to the barren, deserted planet, Venom.

It was believed that the name "Andross" would never arouse feelings of terror again. His exile to the planet Venom was absolute, leaving him to waste away in the barren landscape which was unfit for any living thing. However, five years later General Pepper noticed strange activity coming from the planet, which baffled Cornerian scientists and demanded immediate investigation.

With the Cornerian Defence Force occupied with patrolling and securing the peace throughout Lylat, Pepper called in James McCloud, ex-member of the Cornerian Defence Force's ace fighter pilot squadron who now served as the lead pilot and founder of the mercenary group known as Star Fox. James' team consisted of his lifelong friend, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar. Upon their arrival, James's trusted friend Pigma defected and turned over James and Peppy to Andross. However, Peppy and James were able to fight their way out of Andross' clutches. Unfortunately, only one pilot would return - James would sacrifice himself to allow Peppy the chance to escape.

Peppy, now the last remaining member of Star Fox, managed to flee back towards his homeworld. On top of the grief caused by losing his dear friend and partner, Peppy was also obliged to inform James' only son, Fox, about his father's fate. Without a leader, the Star Fox team would have to disband, leaving no hope against Andross' ever-growing army, which had already overwhelmed the Cornerian forces. However, out of the ashes of the former Star Fox team, a new band of mercenaries would arise to reclaim the lost name and honor of "Star Fox." The new Star Fox team was lead by Fox McCloud, who was aided by his friends Peppy Hare, Falco Lombardi, and Slippy Toad. General Pepper immediately dispatched this new team in order to deal a preemptive blow to Andross' forces.

The Lylat Wars

A few years have passed since Andross first began his assault on the Lylat System. With Corneria's army dwindling, General Pepper realized that Corneria would be unable to win the war without outside assistance. Fox, Falco, Peppy and Slippy of the new Star Fox team were called in to save Corneria, and free the Lylat system from Andross, just as Fox's father had done years ago.

Through many battles with Andross' forces and bioweapons which were scattered throughout Lylat, The Star Fox team made it to Andross' stronghold, Venom. Seeking for revenge over his father's death, Fox went in alone to fight Andross in a hair trigger standoff in Venom's deep base. Only a hair away from being killed, Fox managed to kill Andross, and the Lylat wars ended.

The Saurian Incident

After being saviors of Lylat after the defeat of Andross, the war was subsided leaving the Cornerian army to do the rest of the mop up work. Eight years Star Fox was left on the side lines doing endless patrols across the Lylat system barley making the wages to support themselves by Corneria's funding. The team began to fall apart after loosing Falco Lombardi not knowing where or what he was doing, leaving the team to go through their separate ways doing whatever to keep the management of their Great Fox, Fox's father's attack carrier afloat with no real money to keep the ship in full running condition was hard to come by.

By coincidence the team found their way at a dying planet known as Sauria or by most people "Dinosaur Planet," a planet in existence that thrives various races of dinosaurs. Getting a surprise message by General Pepper they were offered a mission to save the planet from further destruction to prevent a cataclismic threat to the surrounding planets within reach of the Lylat system. Having no objections seeing this was their only shot getting back on their feet, Fox McCloud was sent to the planet for further instructions.

After saving Prince Tricky, son of a leader of a vast race of dinosaurs called "Earth Walkers", he and Fox teamed up to bring the planet together which was constantly being torn apart by magic. Fox knew the only way to save the planet was to gather the Krazoa Spirits and take them to the Krazoa Palace, where encountered a female vixen, Krystal who was imprisoned in (ironically enough) a giant crystal. Who was also in need of the Krazoa Spirits to stay alive so long as Fox continued the mission.

What caused the Krazoa Spirits to protect the flow of magic was the missing of four SpellStones which were supposed to hold the magic from destroying the planet, were taken and scattered to different parts of the broken up planet. This act of chaos was General Scales, a pirate leader of a group of dinosaur warriors who were known to create terror and fear which they'd use to keep the Saurian planet under their control.

Eventually through the obstacles, and mileage, Fox McCloud managed to put the Spell Stones together and gathered all the spirits of the Krazoa releasing Krystal. When all was thought to be over the Krazoa spirits were being used to revive Andross using Krystal who was forced against her will to channel that power bringing him back to life. Eventually Fox was able to destroy Andross with the help from the return of Falco.

With the return of Falco Lombardi, and the addition of their new member, Krystal, the only survivor of her planet Cerinia, a new Star Fox Team was born.

The Aparoid Invasion

One years passed after the Star Fox team had its deal with the Saurian incident with Andross behind the plot being quickly dealt with shortly after. The team brought with them another person, Krystal, the only surviving female vixen of her home world Cerinia. With having nowhere else to run and being severely shortened out of ways to support herself, she joined Star Fox and learned to fly an Arwing, Corneria's best made fighter in the Lylat system.

However the Lylat System was short of its peace between their enemies as Andrew Oikonny, former member of Team Star Wolf, inherited his uncle Andross' army after the Lylat Wars nine years ago. Using his inheritance, he had advanced an attack on Fortuna, a once close stronghold controlled by the Cornerian army. With Corneria's army struggling to regaining control of the planet from a fierce space battle, Star Fox was sent into the fray to take down Andrew and rid of the once powerful Venomian Army once and for all. However, when all seemed won with the defeat of Andrew on the Fortuna's surface, a new threat appeared, something that the Lylat System was completely unprepared for: the Aparoids, which had though would never had to be spoken about again ten years from its last appearance, had returned, this time they had come in a swarm. Their ultimate goal was to infect the Lylat System.

With Star Fox knowing full well what they must do, their only hope was to find their homeworld and destroy the Aparoid Queen with the Core Memory they found on the planet Katina; Pigma had unfortunately stolen it from them under pretenses it was worth money. Eventually, after traveling across the system and encountering Star Wolf, Star Fox was able to retrieve the Core Memory. But all was too late; the damage had already made it Corneria, with General Pepper injured from being the host of an Aparoid. Their only civic duty left was to make it to the home world by going through the Zyhper Gate and deliver the core memory in the queen which would render her and the rest of her army to self destruct with exploitation of the cellular weakness Apoptosis.

After the struggle getting through the Aparoids heavily guarded base and the loss of Star Fox's Great Fox, they had finally encountered the Aparoid Queen and destroyed her. With the termination of the Aparoid menace, the system begun its road to recovery once again.

The Angualar Directorate

A few years after the Aparoid invasion, the Star Fox team went their separate ways, Peppy Hare, the last veteran of the first Star Fox team took under privilege as the new General for the Cornerian army to replace General Pepper who had been bedridden after nearly being a host of the Aparoids. Slippy Toad went back into Research and development and had fallen in love with a female wart, named Amanda. After a long absence of work, Falco Lombardi once again vanished without being heard by anyone as a lone mercenary. Lastly Krystal who had been at Fox's side had shown her love with her leader, Fox replied with the same amount of love they had with each other, however, Fox's relationship with Krystal drove him off the edge and was worried that if something were to happen to the one he loved he may never recover. Fox disbands Krystal from the team. Fox now alone is the only one left of the Star Fox team.

A new war arises from the toxic planet Venom, which had never been set foot on after the Lylat Wars. A force known as the Angulars, rose from their toxicity waters and began an invasion with the Cornerian forces.