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====Early history====

In ''Star Fox 64''{{'}}s ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' guide, it is said that [[James McCloud]] placed the order to [[Space Dynamics]] to build the Great Fox. He had to take out an eighty-year loan due to the high cost of production. James disappeared at [[Venom]] before the Great Fox was finished.

====''Star Fox 64''====

In ''Star Fox 64'', the Great Fox serves as a carrier and a repair facility for the Arwings. It also acts in a logistical capacity when ROB 64 decides to send a [[Supply Crate]] to the stage.

The Great Fox has a weapon system in the form of two powerful laser cannons that can fire in a limited arc ahead of it. These are powerful enough to blow apart asteroids and heavily damage the massive battleships guarding [[Area 6]]. The Great Fox can endure various environments, and is able to enter a planetary atmosphere and land at a planet-side spaceport. Furthermore, the Great Fox has a limited aquatic capability as shown in [[Aquas]], where it drifting partially submerged in the ocean to deploy the [[Blue-Marine]] from its hangar. In an opening cutscene for [[Meteo]], the Great Fox is hit by an asteroid but is otherwise unaffected by it.

In [[Sector Z]], the Great Fox plays a larger role. It is under attack from various missile fired out from Venom. Because the Great Fox cannot hit the incoming missiles from the side, [[Fox McCloud|Fox]] is required to destroy them instead. In this mission, if Fox aligns his Arwing with the rear docking bay of the Great Fox, his Arwing flies in then out of the frontal, lower docking bay, with both wings and shields fully repaired. If Fox fails to destroy a missile, the Great Fox has one of its four wings destroyed, crippling it and rendering it unable to provide cover-fire in the following stage, which is either [[Bolse]] or Area 6 (depending on the route taken).

====''Star Fox Adventures''====

In ''[[Star Fox Adventures]]'', the Great Fox has a smaller role, as it mainly appears in the opening and ending cutscenes. The Great Fox is shown to be in a state of repair because the Star Fox team cannot afford to maintain it. The power of the engines have also decreased considerably, and the ship is only able to drift, producing a ring of flames from its boosters as it does so. The command bridge is used mostly for the Star Fox crew to lounge around, with only a small part being dedicated to operating the Great Fox.

====''Star Fox: Assault''====

In ''[[Star Fox: Assault]]'', the Great Fox has a different appearance than in ''Star Fox 64'' and ''Star Fox Adventures''. It was made to resemble a frigate, with its body being more pointed and its head being elongated. The Great Fox now has a long-range transfer system that can send down Arwings and Landmasters immediately. The command bridge is used specifically for mission briefings, and is not used for leisure like in ''Star Fox Adventures''.

During the final battle over the [[Aparoid Homeworld]], the Great Fox becomes infected by the [[Aparoid]]s, and it is unable to fight off the Aparoids due to only having a laser cannon in front. This allowed the Aparoids to cling on other parts of the ship. The Great Fox 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 core of the Aparoid Homeworld. The bridge is shown to still be intact due to seemingly having an escape pod function.

In [[Versus Mode]], the Great Fox is featured as one of the multiplayer stages, although the characters can only fly outside it for air battles.

====''Star Fox Command''====

In ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', the two ''Star Fox'' stages are [[Corneria (stage)|Corneria]] and [[Venom (stage)|Venom]], which feature the fighters fighting on the Great Fox as it travels through [[Corneria]] and [[Venom]] respectively. The Great Fox is also briefly shown in the opening cinematic, where it is shown alongside the [[Blue Falcon]] and [[Gunship]]. There is also a [[Trophy (Super Smash Bros. series)|trophy]] of the Great Fox, which incorrectly lists its debut appearance as ''[[Star Fox (game)|Star Fox]]'' instead of ''Star Fox 64''.