ok so have had some hours on the road to think about it, so I have 2 things to announce, basic story idea, and the balancing system for ships.
so to start, the system I have come up with is a type of tier system for the fighters, in order to add more variety and challenge to androinian ships by seperating them into catergories of: fighter, bomber, interceptor and fighter-bomber, then seperater those into tiers, which then determine for the coder, how their abilities will compare to one another(the tier level is determined by thier appearance in their respective game, and of course there will be variance between the SF1+2 ships, and the SF64 ships, as they are determined seperately, they both share the comparitive baseline of the arwing of course though.
So the base of the story then, so for the simplicity of keeping track of the story I will refer to the SF1+2 versions as ''(prime), and sf64 as themselves. also, a reminder one of the minor differences between the 2 timelines is that as far as it was known in the original timeline Team Fox was an advanced commando strike force for the conerian army, not a mercany group.
(2 months after the events of SF2) Andross is believed to be vanqished, but his Threat to the galaxy is not over. General Pepper(Prime): StarFox I know you want to find out what happened to your father, but our scientists have discovered that the blackhole which appeared shortly before andross's first invasion has grown in strength, and might have been his last contingency, as it appears to be a hole in the very fabric of time and space, and it has strentghened since the destruction of astroplis. Fox(prime): I know that general, but this is my only chance to find my father and my team stands behind me, our arwings, and the mothership have been modified to survive the bizarre conditions of the black hole. (interruption) Pepper (prime ): FOX there is a large fleet heading towards the black hole, it looks like planet devastators, and we are reciving random transmissions out of the black hoels, from.... The ARMADA!! but you destroyed that. Fox you are only hope, go into that black hole and figure out how to destroy it, we wait upon your safe return. Fox(prime): you've got it general, team fox out. (they head out into the black hole)
[Meanwhile on the other side out the black hole in the lylat 64 system 4 months after the lylat wars} General Pepper: Fox, The remmants of andross's army have positioned themselves around 2 bizarre anomalies, one near lylat itself, and another stronger one in the meteo asteroid belt, we have managed to get sensors near both without being detected, wait, we are getting readings, wait a moment, Fox they have turned into black holes, a massive space fortress has emerged near lylat, and has started drawing on its thermal energy, and wait we are getting a peculiar energy reading, wait its.... ANDROSS!!? but you destroyed him, wait, there are two readings, one organic, one is a computer, both are in large satelites, one looks like a simple face with a fighter launcher, and a mask with dual energy beams, this is bizarre, oh no.... Fox: general? Gen Pepper: Fox, several large armadas have appeared out of a black hole in the meteo aesteroid belt, including several large carriers with massive lasers caable of destroying the surface of a planet! and several shipyards have appeared around venom, along with several bases around the system, good thing our new defense grid is online, and a large defensive laser has appeared in orbit, and responds to some of our old defensive code, and luckily arspaces shipyard and production moon are active with a defensive grid, but their locations may have been compromised, and these new fleets are heading for key spots around the system, with some simple but powerful craft, and we are detecting 2 team wolf signatures! Fox another anomaly has appeared near your location at Katina, you and bill(in a prototype fighter) head over there, and find out whats happening. Fox: You can count on us general. [they arive at the anomaly and to their surprise] Fox: Team, those 2 look like Arwing prototypes, but all of those are deactivated, and these look like production models, but they look like they are fluxing in appearance, between a simple polygonal form, and a true form, how peculiar(note, ingame, for first couple of missions only the polygonal prototype is available, but a realistic one will be avaible later, and a hybrid simple/complex version may be made), and those look like the prototyp arwing interceptors, and defenders, and a combat version of the Mothership transport but these look like they have seen some action, the last I heard, the only new model arwing they had finished was the stealth arwing for their prototype lead Fara Pheonix, who will be taking it on a test run in a short while. Team fox contacting arwing prototypes, please respond.(in com pic it wavers, then shows the mugshot from SF2) Fox(prime): this is team fox, we just exited the black hole searching for James mcloud, when we detected a massive fleet entering from the lylat system, somehow in multiple time periods, we believe Andross is behind this, though he was believed destroyed after our second encounter. Fox: but thats impossible, we just destroyed his huge android several months ago, and how can you be us?
the conservation continues, then they realize the threat, and heads out to face the new massive threat to the lylat system, when another group of ships exits the anomaly, which then closes, Conerian pilot: Team Fox, Pepper semt us through to help you, we have a couple of frigates, and a squadron of interceptors(SF2 fighter), and fighters(SF1 intro). General Pepper: Team fox's WE need your help, androsses forces have managed to conquer several planets already, including some that were at a different part of orbit during the last conflict, like papetoon, and fortuna, and several starbases have been launched, though our new space bases, and the fleets at fichina, katina, coneria and sector Y have managed to hold, they will need back up eventualy, as the factories at venom are still cranking out full force. Fox+Fox(prime): General you can count on us. [ they then warp out]
also couple small notes, Peppy prime will be brown furred like in SF2, and miyu and fay will be part of the team that comes through the anomaly, they act as scouts for the team in their more agile interceptors, an addition that was needed during SF2, and may get a special mission or two as well, and yes my stealth/advanced arwing will be avaible for play, (you will technicly be fara pheonix), and it will proably get a special mission as well.
also, if scourge is up to it, I would love mini-campaigns/single missions that recreate some SF+SF2+SF64 levels
ok hope you enjoy the story I came up with, though it is still a beginning
and thanks JGZinv that video was interesting.... hmmm maybe we could try and contact the guy and see if we could possibly use some of his assets, that would be awesome, say scourge, do you have a youtube account?
