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|image=[[Image:Great_fox.jpg{{!}}275px]]

|name=''Great Fox''

|height=85.3 ft

|width=79.5 ft

|depth=

|power=[[Gravity Diffusion]]

|shield gen=[[Gravity Diffusion]]

|hull=

|countermeasures=

|armament=Dual [[Laser]] cannon<br />

|crew=Mother load (entire crew and vehicles)

|capacity=1 ton (2000 lbs.)

|appearances=''[[Star Fox 64]]'', ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'', ''[[Star Fox: Assault]]'', ''[[Star Fox Command]]''

The '''Great Fox''' is the space aircraft carrier/battleship that serves as mobile headquarters, launching platform, tactical support and residence of the elite [[Star Fox Team]] squadron, who travel across space defending the peace and innocent lives from other-worldly threats

===Construction===

The original Great Fox, a Dreadnought-Class space battleship, was constructed on the order of [[James McCloud]] by [[Space Dynamics]]. The ship was so expensive, James had to take out an 80-year loan. James never used it, disappearing and presumably perishing on [[Venom]] while on a mission with the Star Fox Team, before the ship was completed.

===First Missions===

[[Image:InsideGF2.jpg|left|thumbnail|Fox, Inside the Great Fox.]]

The Great Fox was still relatively new when James' only son [[Fox McCloud]], having re-formed the Star Fox Team following his father's apparent death, took ownership of the ship. The Great Fox was originally used as a carrier & repair facility for the team's [[Arwing]]s, as well as acting in a logistical capacity by transferring supplies to the combat zone when needed. In terms of combat, the Great Fox used it's powerful weapon systems (in the form of 2 powerful laser cannons) to aid the squadron's progression during missions, blowing apart asteroids and causing serious damage to massive battleships (such as the Venomian battleships that guard the [[Area 6]] access corridor to [[Venom]]). The ship's own defenses allow it to survive in a variety of environments, allowing it to be able to enter a planetary atmosphere, and land on planet-side spaceports, as well as having a limited aquatic capability (e.g. on [[Aquas]], where it half-submrged itself to deploy it's [[Blue Marine]] submarines).

The ships' major assignment was first breaking the invasion of Corneria by [[Andross]]' [[Venomian Army]], and then re-capturing the occupied territories of the [[Lylat System]], and ultimately invading Venom itself, where Andross was defeated by Fox.

===Degradation===

In the years following the defeat of Andross, the Great Fox, due to lack of funds (with freelance work becoming harder to come by) to keep up maintenance, and soon fell into a state of disrepair, its exterior armor beginning to deteriorate and it's engine power decreasing considerably, to the point the ship is only able to drift with its boosters. The weapon systems ceased working, as such Fox was unable to count on space support while chasing down and battling the resurrected Andross out in space above [[Sauria]], where the Great Fox was orbiting.

===Final Battles===

With the money received by General Pepper for successfully saving Sauria from destruction and the Lylat system from devastation, the team were able to overhaul the Great Fox. It now appeared as a much sleeker & cleaner looking ship, inside and out, and also added new equipment. This included a long-range transfer system that can send Arwings and [[Landmaster]]s to a planet's surface when needed.

The ship served the team well, allowing Star Fox to appear where needed throughout Lylat during the [[Aparoid Invasion]]. Eventually, the Great Fox led a fleet of [[Cornerian Defense Force]] warships to the [[Aparoid Homeworld]], where in the conclusion of the battle, a large swarm of [[Aparoids]] attacked the Great Fox out in space, while the team was trying to gain access to the planet's core. Its systems compromised and, due to the lack of proper weaponry on exposed areas of the ships' hull, it soon fell prey and was infected by the machine-assimilating aliens. Before it could be compromised, Peppy and ROB, despite knowing it would mean their deaths, heroically sacrificed the ship by deliberately ramming it into the [[Anti-Laser Shield]] blocking the main entrance to the core. Peppy and ROB escaped at the last moment, escaping in the ship's bridge, which could also serve in an escape pod function. The pod, rejoining the team following the destruction of the planet, flew back to Corneria.

[[Image:InsideGF.png|left|thumbnail|Fox and ROB inside the Great Fox II.]]

[[Image:Greatfoxcommand.JPG|right|thumb|The ''Great Fox II'']]

Faced with the loss of their mothership during their invasion of the Aparoid Homeworld, the Star Fox Team have to purchase a new one.

The new ship, christened the "Great Fox II", was a decommissioned [[Cornerian]] Assault Carrier, which, as a result, had all of its weapons and military grade pulled, leaving just a basic hull. As a result, the ship is taxed in terms of defense, and is significantly weaker than the original Great Fox, to the point it can't withstand an assault by even the weakest of enemies for a prolonged period of time. However, this makes it more cost-effective and much less expensive than its predecessors. The ship was restored, somewhat, upon purchase, as it was able to use missile attackers on clusters of attacking enemies, which proved useful as by attacking and defeating enemies from afar rather than attack them directly with a pilot was far safer.

The new ship looks completely different from the past models of the Great Fox, resembling more of a space-faring aircraft carrier than a battle-cruiser.

==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 greatly reduced to a smaller, unrealistic size(however if the game mode is "Tiny Melee", where all characters are smaller the characters are roughly to scale to the ship). It is featured on two stages; In the Corneria level, the Great Fox acts as a platform as in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' (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 places' introductions, in ''Melee'' shown along with the Captain Falcon's Blue Falcon and Samus Aran's starship while in ''SSB'', it is shown very briefly before the camera zooms into the bridge to show Fox. In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'',  the trailer revealed at the Nintendo World Tour on November 3rd, 2006 revealed a new ''Star Fox'' stage, with the fighting taking place atop an new space craft called the Pleiades which flies through the atmosphere of Corneria, through an asteroid belt and a space battle, along with the original Great Fox flying in the background with Arwings. The Corneria stage (including the Great Fox) from ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' will be returning to ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

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| align=center | '''Great Fox'''

|''The mother ship of Team Star Fox. Its oversized plasma engines let it warp during interplanetary voyages. It carries the team's Arwings and Landmaster in its cargo hold, kept unlocked in case of emergency, and is equipped for emergency Arwing landings. Its two laser cannons can be used to blast asteroids. It's piloted by the robot ROB 64, who also issues directions to the team.

| align=center | '''Great Fox (Assault)'''

|''The Great Fox as it appears in Star Fox: Assault, looking more streamlined than in previous appearances. It takes a horrible amount of damage at the hands of the parasitic Aparoid army, and in a last, desperate attack, Peppy crashes it into the Aparoid home world. In the nick of time, Peppy and ROB 64 are whisked to safety.

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==Image Gallery==

* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fox Spanish Wikipedia: Great Fox]

[[Category:Carriers]]