Difference between revisions of "Blue-Marine"

| caption = Artwork of the Blue Marine from ''Star Fox 64 3D''

| weapons = [[Laser]]s, [[Light Torpedo]]es

The '''Blue Marine''', also formatted '''Blue-Marine''',<ref name="np">''Star Fox 64'' Nintendo Player's Guide, page 18.</ref> is is a small, experimental, and unpredictable assault submersible designed by [[Slippy Toad|Slippy]] and [[Beltino Toad]] during ''[[Star Fox 64]]'' and the [[Star Fox 64 3D|3DS remake]]. It was developed for recreational use by Slippy although he modified it for battle when [[Fox McCloud|Fox]] told him they would need it for a mission on [[Aquas]]. It was only used on Aquas, where it fought the bioweapon, [[Bacoon]].

The Blue Marine's defense systems are similar to the [[Arwing]]'s in that it features the same [[Laser]]-firing and [[barrel roll]] capabilities. Its lasers were designed to fire underwater, that can be upgraded to Twin or Hyper, an unlimited torpedo launcher with a built in [[Targeting Computer]] to allow for homing torpedoes, as well as light shields and heavy armor. The Blue Marine was not designed for deep sea missions, so Fox was forced to use [[Light Torpedo]]es to temporarily give him sight in the dark oceans of Aquas. The propulsion system uses components originally developed for the [[Arwing]], and can synthesize its own hydrogen fuel for the plasma engines, giving it a much greater operational range than normally possible.

The current status of the Blue Marine is unknown as the Star Fox team would likely keep it in their mothership, the [[Great Fox]], which was destroyed during the invasion of the [[Aparoid Homeworld]]. Though, in ''[[Star Fox Command]]'', all air fighters were able to successfully maneuver in the missions on Aquas, possibly rendering the Blue Marine obsolete even if it had survived, although the events in Command fall into questionable canonity.

**Homing Torpedo launcher<ref name=np/>

The defunct ''Star Fox 64'' listed slightly different statistics than the Nintendo Player's Guide. The Blue Marine has a different length, its armament has a slightly different description, and it provides a count of how many crew members it has.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19981205155219/http://www.starfox64.com/blmarine.html Starfox64.com]</ref>