They attempted to rule jointly, but soon grew tired of one another, and one clone killed the other. Five years later, General Pepper received interesting-and conflicting-reports of bizarre events in Venomian airspace. James and Peppy tried to escape, but only Peppy was successful. Andross' transmission screen icon in Star Fox 2.

Back on Venom, Andross proclaimed himself emperor of the planet Venom and soon the entire Lylat System. In As consoles became more powerful and capable of rendering a higher number of polygons and highly detailed textures, Andross was given a makeover in Andross started his career as the lead scientist of the Andross apparently survived his destruction at the end of the Lylat Wars and spent his final days on Venom.

This causes Andross's body to become transparent for a brief moment, except his brain which becomes visible and open for Fox to shoot at. The planets of the Lylat system were saved thanks to their efforts, and even the rival bounty hunters of Star Wolf were disposed of.

His thoughts and intentions shifted from protecting the Lylat System to destroying it and ruling a new galaxy under his name. Pigma Dengar also joined Wolf's team because of their delight in Star Fox's doom, and Wolf also found the mysterious Leon Powalski in a rough bar on Venom. The head talks loudly and calls itself the "Krazoa God". The voice demands General Scales to give the final Krazoa Spirit to Fox. Soon, all three pilots (James McCloud, Peppy Hare, and Pigma Dengar) were probing Venom's skies. Star Fox, or Team Star Fox, is a band of adventurers-for-hire often employed by General Pepper.The team is headed by Fox McCloud. He was shocked to find a race of anthropomorphic lizards living in the depths of the planet. The scientist's victory was bittersweet.

Andross is the most often reoccurring enemy in the Star Fox games, and the final boss in Star Fox, Star Fox 64, and Star Fox Adventures.. Andross appears in several different forms throughout the Star Fox series. Andross makes two separate appearances as trophies, one being the only trophy in the game that is classified as "rare": Andross gained a wide lust for power, bringing him to the point of insanity with a disregard for public safety. Developed by Nintendo EAD and programmed by Argonaut Software, it used the Super FX chip to simulate 3D graphics during a period of predominately 2D games. The voice says that he is visible to By returning the final Krazoa Spirit, the head from a large Krazoa statue floats off. Captain Shears was crushed by the resurrected Andross, who thereafter immediately attacked Fox. Its defenses are initially impenetrable, but Slippy and Peppy take out Andross in the anime, watching General Pepper with hatred.The attack on the Cornerian people is ended when the Androsa warship is downed and Granga retreats, however, the Androssian threat is not over as a battle rages on in Sector Alpha, therefore General Pepper asks the Star Fox team to provide backup while he speaks with Peppy on his secret private channel because the discussion is strictly between them concerning that the attack was only the beginning and then discuss the importance of a weapon that Andross dared to rebuild. A Cornerian base was established on Titania for research on its ruins, but was unfortunately a front for the leader of the base, Captain Shears, to resurrect the great Andross by cloning genetic remnants of him found on the planet. The mad scientist's plans went awry again. Andross is the main antagonist of the Star Fox franchise. Andross, screaming in defeat, burst into a blast of energy, destroying him and almost claiming Fox and Falco's Arwings.

While Andross is transparent, he moves around faster and tries ramming into Fox, who must still avoid being hit by him. He deemed these lizards primitive until discovered ancient Venomian schematics for a "Telekinetic Amplifier," which he built to hypnotize and enslave the natives of Venom. When she did this, Andross, who had been observing her the entire time, attacked, trapping her within a crystal which ascended to the roof of the palace. Infuriated, General Pepper placed Andross under arrest and tried him for treason before having the maniacal scientist finally banished to the desolate planet Venom, in fear that he could potentially subvert the entire Lylat System if left to do his bidding. Andross's descendants, nephew Andrew Oikonny and grandson Dash Bowman, both attempted to carry out his desires.

Andross is an adopted son. The battle mostly repeats itself, as Fox must attack the Krazoa Head again, and then Andross's hands after he turns back around. All he wanted was a couple of artifacts and the capture of a young, blue, anthropomorphic vixen, Unknown to Scales, of course, was that Krystal had the ability to channel the long-forgotten Rebels to Scales's rule sent out a distress call that Once on the planet's surface, Fox found a helper in the form of a local named He succeeded, but it seemed the damage had been done; Andross awakened from his slumber. The exact fate of James was never proven, but he was widely assumed to have been personally killed by Andross himself. A few years after the incident on Venom, Andross declared war on the Lylat system, proclaiming himself emperor to all. The natives had devolved from a once-mighty race; Andross put his great intellect to deciphering their ancient ruins and forgotten technologies.

The most recognizable and famous form is his disembodied head with two floating hands. Not even the crazed ape's formation of a rival team, Star Wolf, could stop the group of heroes. Funded and equipped by Andross, the Star Wolf team was born as a group of elite evil pilots who defend the key routes to Venom, always flying the most advanced version of Andross's "Wolfen" class star-fighter prototypes which may even have been superior to the Star Fox team's Arwings.

Oikonny was a member of the original Star Wolf team during the Lylat Wars, confronting Star Fox multiple times to stop them from thwarting his … Falco left without his team's permission while they were debriefed on the situation.