Difference between revisions of "Blue-Marine"

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

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]] that only appears in ''[[Star Fox 64]]'' and its remake, ''[[Star Fox 64 3D]]''. The vehicle 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 [[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.

In ''[[Star Fox Command]]'', the [[Star Fox (team)|Star Fox]] team use Arwings to travel underwater to Aquas rather than the Blue Marine.  

**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>