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The Great Fox is a fictional space aircraft carrier / gunship used in the Star Fox series of video games as the mothership of the Star Fox team. It was officially introduced in Star Fox 64 as the base of operations of the team when in space. The ship has two large fixed forward-mounted laser cannons to give it limited combat abilities, though it is reliant on its Arwing squadron to defend from attacks to its sides. An expansive launch bay at the bottom holds four Arwings, a single Landmaster, and the Blue Marine submarine, and it uses three large plasma engines for propulsion.

According to the Star Fox 64 Player's guide, James McCloud placed the order to Space Dynamics to build the Great Fox, which is described as a Dreadnought-Class space battleship. The ship was not cheap, as James had to take out an eighty-year loan. Unfortunately, James was captured before completion.

History

Mothership in Star Fox 2

The idea of Star Fox having a mothership was started in the never released Star Fox 2. The mothership, though nameless, slightly resembled the Great Fox, though there are glaringly obvious differences such as the side-mounted docking bays. It is most likely that this Mothership Design was inspired by the Pegasus-Class Assault Carrier from Mobile Suit Gundam.

Great Fox in Star Fox 64

The Great Fox is relatively new at the time of its official debut in Star Fox 64. The primary purpose of the ship is that of a carrier and repair facility for the team’s Arwings. In addition, it also acts in a logistical capacity when needed to transfer supplies to the combat zone. The ship also possesses weapon systems in the form of two powerful laser cannons that can fire in a limited arc ahead of it, and are powerful enough to blow apart asteriods and seriously damage the massive Venomian battleships that guard the Area 6 access corridor to Venom.

In addition, the vessel can survive in a variety of environments. The Great Fox is able to enter a planetary atmosphere and even land at a planetside spaceport. Furthermore, it has a limited aquatic capability as shown during the mission to Aquas where it lands on the surface of the ocean to deploy the Blue Marine.

Despite its tendency to stay on the sidelines and support the team when it can, the Great Fox has come under direct attack. During the battle in Sector Z, the ship comes under threat from a volley of Venomian Copperhead Anti-Ship Missiles. An Arwing could be piloted into the great fox and come out fully repaired. If the team fails to save the Great Fox from the missiles, the result is the destruction of one of its four wings.

Great Fox Schematics ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}

• Length: 890 sm
• Height: 375 sm
• Maximum speed: Mach 1.4 (in atmosphere)
• Engine: NTD-FX9 Plasma Engines (3)
• Armaments: T&B-H9 Hyper Laser Guns (2)

Great Fox in Star Fox Adventures

In Star Fox Adventures, the Great Fox is mostly seen from the inside, serving as somewhat of a home for the team members. It has fallen into disrepair over the past years due to insufficient funds, and its exterior armor has begun to deteriorate.

Great Fox in Star Fox: Assault

In , the team used the money received from the Sauria mission to overhaul the Great Fox into a much sleeker looking ship, inside and out. It is now equipped with a long-range transfer system that can send down Arwings and Landmasters when needed. However, during the final battle over the Aparoid Homeworld, the Great Fox becomes infected by the Aparoids. It is soon destroyed when Peppy Hare heroically sacrifices the ship (and nearly himself in the process) to destroy the anti-laser shield blocking the main entrance to the Homeworld Core. It is then shown that the cockpit is intact, as it seemingly has an escape pod function. The Great Fox is also one of the multiplayer stages, only allowing players to fly outside it for air battles.

Appearance in other games

The ship was also featured in the Super Smash Bros. series as an arena. In Super Smash Bros., the Star Fox 64 stage Sector Z is featured as a stage where the Great Fox acts as the platform on which the players fight each other. The players can only traverse the ship length-wise. In Super Smash Bros. Melee, the Great Fox is featured on two stages; In the Corneria level, the Great Fox acts as a platform as in Super Smash Bros. (while it flies over the planet Corneria from Star Fox 64), while in the Venom level, the player traverses the ship width-wise as it flies over the planet Venom from Star Fox 64. It also briefly appears in both's introductions, in Melee shown along with the Blue Falcon and Samus Aran's Starship while in SSB, it is shown very briefly before the camera zooms into the cockpit to show Fox.

References

• Star Fox 64 Players Guide

 

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