Space Dynamics

Space Dynamics
Biographical Information
Leader(s)
Member(s)
Historical Properties
Homeworld(s)	Corneria
Established Base(s)	Orbital Gate
Air Force(s)
Ground Force(s)
Aquatic Force(s)
Artillery
Chronological / Political Information
Affiliation	Star Fox team Cornerian Army Cornerian Defense Force
Appearance(s)
Main Game(s)	Supplement materials (cameo)

“Lylat Datalink; Great Fox, pg 105
Developed by Arspace Dynamics Co., Ltd., manufacturer of the Arwing fighter, Great Fox was custom built under the direction of James McCloud. Featuring 3 NTD-FX9 plasma engines, Great Fox is light-speed capable and has a real-space cruising speed that nearly matches the Arwing's. Power for its 2 T&B-H9 hyper laser cannons is routed directly from the plasma engines, giving the ship the ability to punch through even a Zeram-class Cruiser's shields. ROB 64 was developed in conjunction with Great Fox and is hard-wired to the ship's primary computer. James McCloud took out a low interest, 80-year mortgage to purchase Great Fox, a debt that his son is doing his best to repay.”

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Space Dynamics Co., Ltd., also known as Arspace Dynamics Co., Ltd., is a company that is known to create spacecraft and weapons. While Slippy already specialized in engineering at the Cornerian Academy, he also learned a lot from his father Beltino Toad, who is the Director of Engineering at Space Dynamics Co. Ltd and together the father and son have designed several products. Beltino works closely with the tanuki president Yaru de Pon.

The late James McCloud contracted Space Dynamics Co., Ltd., to build the Great Fox, and took out an 80-year loan to pay for its construction. The Star Fox team is still using the prize money from their mercenary missions to repay this loan. ROB 64, the robotic pilot of Great Fox, was also created by the company in conjunction with the mothership.

Known products

Arwing

“Comments: Developed by Arspace Dynamics Co., Ltd. under exclusive contract. Because of the complexity of its components, most notably the G-diffuser system, the Arwing is not yet slated for full production. Four prototypes have been made available to the Star Fox team for flight and combat testing.”

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The schematics for the original Arwing from Star Fox.

The Arwing starfighter is the primary battle vehicle of the Star Fox Team, and is the almost the symbol of their team. Developed by Space Dynamics Co., Ltd., the Arwing is equipped with the revolutionary G-Diffuser system, an anti-gravity device which allows the pilot to accelerate or decelerate instantaneously and perform a wide variety of high performance combat maneuvers. By executing a barrel roll, the Arwing can also generate a electromagnetic shield which will deflect most optically based weapons, such as laser beams. The Arwings used by the Star Fox Team are much different from any production versions as they have been extensively modified with improved armor and advanced weapon systems, such as Hyper Laser Homing Bolts and Smart Bombs.

Landmaster

The Landmaster tank was originally being developed by Space Dynamics Co., Ltd. as an armored exploration vehicle. However, when the Star Fox Team required a land based combat vehicle, it was converted by adding stronger battle armor and weapons systems. The only prototype is now part of the Star Fox Team's arsenal. The Landmaster tank shares many hull pieces with the Arwing, so it's not surprising that they look much alike. More important, however, are similarities that they share beneath their armoured skins. The Landmaster uses many of the same propulsion and weapon components as the Arwing (including the G-diffusser unit), adapted for use in a ground based vehicle.

Blue-Marine

Blueprints of the Blue Marine.

Slippy, with some help from his father Beltino have adapted the Arwing's components for use in an aquatic vehicle. The impressive result is the Blue-Marine attack sub. The Blue-Marine has not yet been approved for mass production, but while there is only the one prototype in existence, it will be made available for your use in the coming battle.

Great Fox and ROB 64

Under the exclusive order of James McCloud, the Great Fox (along with ROB 64 as the main operations pilot and essentially ship "voice") was developed and constructed by Arspace Dynamics. The Great Fox was originally to serve the Star Fox team as a carrier & repair facility for the team's Arwings, as well as acting in a logistical capacity by transferring supplies to the combat zones when needed. The customised specifications and technical capabilities of the mothership made it so expensive, James had to take out an 80-year low interest mortgage to ensure the ship was properly built to it's maximum potential. Since James never managed to use this mothership himself, due to disappearing and presumably perishing on Venom before the ship was completed, the Great Fox was still relatively new when James' only son Fox took ownership of the ship to re-form the Star Fox Team following his father's apparent death, and taking ownership of the ship debts too.

Homing Launcher

The Homing Launcher is a large, shoulder mounted cannon that fires homing rockets on targets. It has the Space Dynamics company seal imprinted on the barrel, indicating they are the weapons manufacturer.

Trivia

• Although Space Dynamics is largely unseen in the games, the company logo has made small appearances in "Assault" on the Homing Launcher, and Beltino is proven to still work for them, even at his job as the Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Force, as his in-game model reveals he wears the Space Dynamics logo on his lab coat and sent his message to Slippy about the Core Memory via their channel.
• Another Space Dynamics exists in the F-Zero series, whom produced James McCloud's Little Wyvern.
• Arspace Dynamics is misspelled as "Arpace Dynamics" in pg 15 of the Nintendo Power guide.
• Slippy's biography on the Japanese site reveals that the bizarre tanuki trainer is an actual character named Yaru de Pon, who is the president of the Space Dynamics company. The site also states that Slippy thinks he shouldn't say it out loud, but Beltino knows that Mr DePon is a scheming tanuki who trades weapons in the darkness, meaning that Space Dynamics is profiting on both sides of the Lylat Wars by dealing under the table.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name
Japanese	(スペースダイナミクス社)

References

• NINTENDO POWER: Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA, Nintendo of America. 1997.
• .com
• http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n01/n64/software/nus_p_nfxj/member/index2.html