Starfox: Arwing Fighter | Ship Breakdown

[@Spacedock]

Alasdair wrote this one as well as doing the narration and editing, so credit to him for some top notch work. :D

[@craigmcleod4002]

I miss the snes now

[@Jonnyg325]

Brilliant work

[@jaredstultz944]

How about the landmaster tank from star fox 🦊

[@DarkLyo]

I suggested this a few times so I like this thing it was because of me this video got made

[@mcintoshpc]

Spacedock where did he get all that amazing footage?

[@crashstudi0s]

If you pay attention, you can hear Alasdair almost losing it when saying the barrel roll thing

[@bobmartin9918]

Yeah I heard that, sounds like he was stifling giggles.

[@commiedeer]

I laughed so hard when I picked up that pause.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

No joke, probably one of my favorite star fighters of all time.

[@allnamesaretakenful]

I played the first StarFox game, but I had no idea the Arwing was that amazing of a ship. I wonder how it would do in the Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, or Star Wars Universes.

[@mitwhitgaming7722]

@@allnamesaretakenful This is pure speculation, but I would say it would probably outclass most fighters and maybe some capital ships in Star Wars and Galactica, but Star Trek is harder to say. It seem about on par with the few Star Trek fighters we have seen.

[@marrqi7wini54]

@@mitwhitgaming7722 The Arwing in my view outclasses basically almost any star fighter from nearly any space property you can think of. Even taking Fox McCloud out the equation, it's still a really deadly machine. I'm unsure if Warhammer has a counter to it. Capital ships are a bit of a different story however. None of these properties warships have grossly overt weak points like in Star Fox. Even a star destroyer seems smartly made in comparison. Star Trek's warships basically make the Arwing irrelevant target practice. Star Wars capital ship shielding puts anything Star Fox has to complete shame. They might not be able to break through a star destroyer's shielding. (Though that star destroyer ain't hitting that arwing.) Battlestars are tricky to me. (Hadn't seen much of the series. But I do know that Battlestars have no energy shields. But do make up for it for heavy armor. And have a really impressive flak screen. If you played Star Fox 64 in sector Y or Area 6, you know that flak mines are quite dangerous if not shot down as you can't barrel roll an explosion like that. It wouldn't be impossible but quite difficult. Also this may be a blessing or curse but battlestars use kinetic weaponry not energy weapons unlike Star Wars or Star Trek. This may be a wild card. But these are speculations of mine. Anyone is welcome to debate and add to the conversation if they so wish.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

@@marrqi7wini54 I'll just mention that the original Battlestar Galactica series used energy weapons and all that.

[@CD-ek3iq]

Cool vid, but won’t lie, the music in the bg gets all the feels.

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Great work but You missed this line “The Arwing also has a small cargo bay, perfect for the transportation of tiny annoying Triceratopses”

[@yagamijubei28]

Thats like the version 3 arwing that loses its antigravity landing skids for the favour of manual skids to conserve energy for weapons, life support and propulsion

[@VestedUTuber]

Yeah, that was specifically the Adventures Arwing, which was expected to be used on much longer duration missions due to the fact that its carrier was in disrepair.

[@EmeralBookwise]

​@@yagamijubei28: It couldn't be a version 3. There are canonically only two models of Arwing and the 2nd wasn't introduced until _StarFox:Command,_ which is after _Adventures_ in the time line, as evident by Krystal's inclusion. Rather the Arwing as seen in _Adventures_ is a downgraded retrofit of the original model due to the team being short on funds and unable to afford maintaining their ships at peek performance level.

[@yagamijubei28]

@@EmeralBookwise there is canonically 4 arwings. The one from the super nintendo, straight wings and one engine, the N64 version had variable wing states, and they were bent. The third is the redux, from adventures, which loses its G-diffuser and the last is the assault version and its 4 G-diffusers and single engine.

[@EmeralBookwise]

@@yagamijubei28: _Starfox 64_ is a remake of the SNES original, so the Arwings featured in each of those two games are canonically the exact same model, with any differences being due to the over all improved graphics and expanded game mechanics. As previously mentions the Arwing in _Adventure_ is a downgraded retrofit that has had many of it's advanced comments stripped out and replaced with cheaper ones, but is otherwise still the same original model. Conversely, by the time of _Assault,_ the team has come upon better fortunes, and upgraded their Arwings with new state of the art equipment, but likewise it is still overall suposed to be the same type 1 Arwing. Officially It isn't until _Command_ when Fox finally pilots ship that is actually designated a type II Arwing.

[@dangerbeans9639]

That moment when you realize that “Space Meters” are a thing.

[@shinyagumon7015]

The Space Metric System is actually super easy, just add space when you multiply!

[@HitodamaKyrie]

@@shinyagumon7015 But wait, how much space are we talking here?

[@shinyagumon7015]

@@HitodamaKyrie Alot of Space!

[@salixalba6536]

@@shinyagumon7015 dont forget the galactic @#$%-ton is also a part of the space metric system

[@quazar5017]

Single-Space-Meters and Multi-Space-Meters are the terminals you can pay parking lots on.

[@anarchyandempires5452]

The game: Funny Fussy Cuddly Forest Critters Go on a fun space adventure!!. The Lore: It was the darkest hour for the cornerian military, With 95% of the fleet Shattered and Wreaked in the Void of space and casualties on the high millions all seems lost, All but one planet have been lost and even this last planet is soon to fall, Peepy Looks at the screen on his admiral's quarters, he looks as the last wing of starfighters and and the last Armoured they were protecting fail to push back the enemy from the capital.....this is it all is lost there is nothing left, he has failed his people and as the fire bombing of the city starts he is overwhelmed by sadness and dispair, he takes his service blaster and puts the mussle to his temple he breaths in deep and pulls the trigger.....No thing happens he looks at the weapon in confusion, it's his old L-9n3g-18 a weapon just as old as him, it had saved his life many times in the Polani wars back when he was but a Young conscript it had never failed before so why now, a bip takes his attention back to the screen, it's a comms request by....By Fox and his team, Perhaps just perhaps they could win this!!! Perhaps his old weapon had just saved his life so he could save his country again.

[@1234kalmar]

THE EMPROR PROTECTS!!! Wait, wrong franchise. OR IS IT??

[@sprites4ever482]

I've always loved how StarFox is Nintendo's most political and dramatic series. Shame that it's not receiving any more love after the disaster that was StarFox ZERO.

[@dragonstormx]

1234kalmar Yes it is.

[@secondbeta9563]

As far as I know(wich is not a whole lot in these sort of things), this game is the only game that does a great lore using furry characters without going either full cuteness/fun stuff or cringe. My favorite game with furries so far.

[@sprites4ever482]

@@secondbeta9563 Correct.

[@Vanessinha91Pucca]

Funny how low poly from the SNES era created such iconic designs. The ArWing, Corneria first boss. Even Andross face as the final boss

[@the_mighty_bearcat]

Perfect opening quote: “Do a barrel roll!” lol

[@silentdrew7636]

Was wondering where I'd find this quote.

[@CaptPatrick01]

R.I.P. Rick May

[@alphabladelm2011]

Perfect ending quote too.

[@danielboatright8887]

Nintendo is serioisly slacking in not further devolping the starfox series.

[@marrqi7wini54]

They lack in the sci-fi department period. Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, Fire Emblem, and Kirby seem to be the only ones getting constant lore on the world at large. Metroid gets some but it's more creature, enemy, and planetside than the galaxy at large. The core Mario series despite it being number one video game franchise on earth doesn't really world build much. And when it does, it's usually confined to that game and doesn't build on. (Not counting Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, or Mario & Luigi.) That's probably a reason why Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Galaxy are so well liked.

[@FrogworfKnight]

They need the people who did the Atlas game to just do a full on Star Fox game.

[@tanatos5]

@@FrogworfKnight Yeah, I like the Starfox franchise so much that I first bought Atlas on PS4, then bought it once more for the Switch (to fly the Arwing). To be honest; an open world Arwing experience (seamlessly flying through space to the atmosphere of various planets) etcetera as quite worth it. So, I do agree with you. The people behind Atlas need to continue leasing/using the franchise to make a full Starfox game. That'd be awesome!

[@piranhaplantX]

@@FrogworfKnight eh, that game was ok. But I didn't quite care for the content. Most of it was the typical repetitive fluff you expect from Ubisoft open world games. Which means you spend a LOT of time doing the same thing again and again, or you blow through the main story fairly quick.

[@FrogworfKnight]

@@piranhaplantX I know, but the combat and controls were good. I wasn't thinking they just repeat what they did 100%, but if they take the basic system and add something more substantial to it...

[@StarFoxHeroSJ]

Me: (Mentions doing the Arwing in the comments of the Space Battles video) Spacedock: (Does a video on the Arwing) Me: (That foaming at the mouth guy from Avatar: The Last Airbender)

[@eldrenofthemist2492]

lol. XD

[@fould13]

I started thinking about Starfox and the Arwings just after their last episode as well! I wonder why...

[@eldrenofthemist2492]

@@fould13 Maybe Because it was about. How to wright a Space battle. and Star Fox had some Glorious Space battles that you could play in. :3

[@fould13]

@@eldrenofthemist2492 Yeah, I was thinking that might be why, and that might have been the reason Spacedock decided to make a new video about Starfox.

[@alexboehm3919]

Same here, I was really wanting a video on a vehicle from starfox!

[@Aberrant17]

I am SO stoked to finally see Star Fox being covered on this channel! :D This just made my whole day!

[@marrqi7wini54]

It's a huge surprise to me as well. Since the creators aren't really too technical with any of the ships in the property other than the Arwing, I thought it would be ignored for a while. But do not expect other ships from the franchise.

[@alexboehm3919]

YES! YES! DUDE! I WAS SERIOUSLY WANTING YOU TO DO A BREAKDOWN OF A SHIP FROM STARFOX! HELL YEAH!

[@MadamLava094]

Everyone: Noooo you cant just force a 2D console to run polygonal 3D, noooo! Argonaut Games: *haha lowpoly arwing go brrrrrr*

[@DFX2KX]

fun fact, the SFX chip was ready before the OG superfamicom was released. Nintendo *almost* integrated the hardware into the system, but chose not to for cost concerns

[@MadamLava094]

@@DFX2KX i mean, it makes sense, they didnt really intend for 3D to be a primary feature, and since so few would bother at the time, it makes sense to just make it an add in chip

[@tailgunner2]

@@MadamLava094 The SNES underpowered CPU was a sore point against the Genesis at the time. But at the time, RPGs were best sellers in Japan, which did not require high processing power. Unlike how popular sports, shooter, and high action games were in western markets. Look no further than FX Trax, the other FX game. The SNES did not do any favors bogging that game down.

[@sirlorddoctormajorphd3016]

Argonaut had an MVP team but too bad they got into red tape.

[@sprites4ever482]

If you remember Argonaut Games,you deserve a Veteran's Discount.

[@Gurren813]

It's very interesting how they balanced the issue of Mach 4.2 speed and extreme manouverability with an organic pilot by using anti-gravity to cancel out the G-forces the pilot would endure. That alone would make it an excellent fighter.

[@yagamijubei28]

The G diffuser in the arwing makes the craft manouverable, because there is literally no atmo for aerofoils to catch in space. In interceptor mode, which is the standard mode we all know, is used for atmospheric intervention and the engine exhaust burns red, meaning its a hybrid fuel or a higher output propulsion system as in space, where the G diffuser is more used, it glows blue and the craft is more used in pursuit mode, not needing much energy for the lower to almost nil atmo to go forward, the energy is directed to manouverability in the form of electromagnetic shields and anti gravity retros. Thats just the G diffuser alone on the arwing. The pilot also has a G diffuser on their belt, that allows them to counteract the G forces as they fly. This theory actually makes sense as in the fanfic " sunrise over lylat" the G diffuser was advanced further to make the arwing Seraph, an arwing that can do omnidirectional movement.

[@ISAFSoldier]

You can do pretty much everything when you don't have to worry about G forces. In seriousness, Excellent doesnt begins to describe this monster of an Exoatmosphereic Superiority Fighter. Soooo many kills back on Starfox 64 xD

[@mill2712]

@@ISAFSoldier As an ISAF soldier, imagine seeing this thing in your skys? I wonder how everyone would react to it?

[@falconwind00]

When found in the hands of space pirates, it becomes an _ARRRRRR-wing._

[@resetti3488]

Lol

[@hubertfarnsworth6824]

Nice

[@storm_shadow-2107]

Booo! Get off the stage.

[@HawkShark]

Where is the video footage from? Is there a StarFox anime out there?!

[@delta7890]

Star Fox Zero for the Wii U received an animated short titled "The Battle Begins", which is what most of the footage here is taken from. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXKVXmOkid2Ufck

[@chrismbf8160]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bInOmYOOjceDjrs

[@josephn8325]

First my favorite ship, ( the Yamato ) and now a space fighter that is dear to my heart... I like the direction this channel is going. Could you please do something else from Space Battleship Yamato? I’d love to see you cover the Andromeda or Dessler’s various flagships.

[@bryant3825]

Awesome coverage of the Arwing, i have always loved the Arwing design and the way it maneuvers in Planets with Atmosphere and in Space. I am a College Student going for Aeronautics/ Astronautics Major and i can say its very interesting to see that in the N64 Star Fox game, the Arwing changes wing configuration in Mid-Flight and different colored Jet Flare for example while in Space the Thrusters flare is Blue while in a Planet its Reddish Orange. Also while in Space the Arwing doesn't activate the Alierons which makes since since in Space there is no Atmosphere, it uses the G-Diffuser system which i think are the Flight Control Surfaces or system of the Arwing. But in the Planets where there is Atmosphere it uses the Alierons and FCS to be able to control the Arwing. And the All range mode when the Arwing expands its wings are incredible too it has a Variable wing structure where it can be used to be able to fly more freely or to fly more faster which in actual aircrafts do with that kind of wind structures. Please forgive me of the long discussion but i find it fascinating and i have to say i do love that you give the specs, capacity, capabilities, and more of the Aircrafts and Spacecrafts, even though these are fictional they seem very grounded like believable. Anyways amazing channel!!!!!

[@monarchsub8884]

such a beautiful star fighter this and the X-wing r litteraly tied as my all time fave's

[@JackofNothingess]

Daba daba daba daba daba daba! *SNES Translation* All pilots, report in!

[@MilkT0ast]

Mgggoooooddd ruuuuckkkk

[@JackofNothingess]

@@MilkT0ast dibbit dibbit! dibbit dibbit! *SNES Translation* Look! Look! Did you see me?

[@mrandmrsduquette1904]

"Falco here. I'm fine."

[@rafaela.s1163]

All systems go!

[@TheSourceSlantedRoom]

I'm trying to build a starfox inspired ship on Starfield and this helped a lot!

[@natzo89]

What is the conversion from Space meters to space imperial units?

[@jimmyseaver3647]

Something, something, Space Americans...

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

The traditional space imperical unit has a conversion of 3.257-1 space meter, although the empirical space imperical unit is slightly different, at 3.472-1 space meter, presumably to make ships seem fractionally bigger than they actually are.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

@@jimmyseaver3647 The Space Metric system hasn't put a space critter on the space moon yet.

[@tba113]

1:1. But then, Space Pi is exactly 3.

[@quillmaurer6563]

Converting space meters to Earth imperial units: Depends on if we assume the characters are human size or the size of those animals in reality. Relative to them the Arwing is a tiny fighter, compared with any real-life human fighter. If they're human size, then I would estimate the Arwing to be about 20-25 feet long, they give a length of 28 space meters, so that would give a conversion factor of around 1.2 space meters = 1 foot. If we assume the characters are animal-size, then the Arwing might be around 5-8 feet long, which would give somewhere around 3.5-5.6 space meters per foot.

[@ToonamiT0M]

That was great. My personal favorite version of the Arwing is from StarFox Assault. The ship designs in that game were gorgeous.

[@shi11tenshi]

One of the best starfox of videos on youtube

[@Sm00k]

First Yamato, now Arwing. Next year, Macross?

[@kimarykorlumiose7728]

and the year after that, Core Fighters from Gundam.

[@fl00fydragon]

@@kimarykorlumiose7728 and the Choginga tengen toppa Gurren Lagann (ship form)

[@zerox8413]

@@fl00fydragon and then any Getter robo planes especially Fucking Getter Emperor kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4KYY4ifqbiSd7c

[@danielloh4483]

Mazinger's Plider!

[@genericnamehere7602]

The famous VF-1 Valkyrie.

[@ZeroM80]

RIP Rick May the VA of Peppy Hare and Andross in the Star Fox 64.

[@ajzebadua]

I'm so glad to see the Arwing covered since after all, we can't leave Slippy hanging......or can we?

[@gorvarhadgarson5227]

We should. We really should. The slippery green bastard...

[@pendraco2000]

@@gorvarhadgarson5227 *Slippy gets shot down*: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Although I have not played the games before but I think this is one hell of a fighter.

[@cipherzero1115]

OMG THAT WAS AWESOME!!! thank you! Star Fox 64 was my 1st video game ever. Its beyond sentimental. I have so many happy memories as a kid and teen playing Star Fox. Lol in 5th grade it's about all me and my friends talked about at school. Spacedock, you all are to be praised. 🤘🤘

[@OniLink147]

The Arwing is my favorite fighter in fiction. I am so glad you guys covered it.

[@Starman_Dx]

This is single handedly the greatest ship you've covered. I haven't even watched yet.

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

The Arwing could outspeed snub fighters in atmosphere by a factor of anywhere from 3-4 times. I could imagine at that speed, Fox wouldn't have much issue attacking the Death Star in far less than half an hour.

[@yagamijubei28]

Its faster than human technology.

[@mill2712]

Which franchises are you talking about? Because if you're talking about star wars you're probably right. Though in Stargate, the human made F-301 can reach up to mach 6 in atmosphere.

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

@@mill2712 Star Wars, mainly

[@mill2712]

@@moblinmajorgeneral Figures.

[@spiritofthewolf15x]

The Star Fox theme always gets me pumped.

[@SnazzySoundwave]

I just realized the Arwing is a futuristic F-14 Tomcat.

[@genericnamehere7602]

If they decided to further upgrade the F-14, they would get the Hellcat II, an homage to an incredible fighter of old.

[@tcav3556]

I can't believe my request was listened to. Or at least was deemed inevitable considering the channel's nature. The vid was a delight to watch

[@JustAnotherDayToday]

Now I have to go play Starlink: Battle for Atlas.

[@ChocoHearts]

I bought that on the Switch just to have a Star Fox game. It's surprising great. I just wish I could have found the accessories on clearance before they disappeared :(

[@Sandata64RD]

Its not that bad but i sware im controlung a hovercraft most of the time. Get it cheap, dlc is the first line of toys and there is a second, no phsyical, set of ships, pilots and weapons. Its sn akward situation but im glad it came out.

[@luckysix1015]

Wow, I didn’t think there was enough info to cover for a space dock episode but I’m glad to see this iconic fighter get the spot light.

[@JediAcolyte94]

So happy to see someone cover the Arwing or anything Star Fox related for that matter. It is one of the most underrated ip's .

[@mohawkgarry]

MAJOR nostalgia feels right here, love the Starfox series

[@DeadSpaceWing]

Other space militaries may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.

[@andresmaldonado8587]

Now we need a great fox, wolfen, and landmaster analysis

[@marrqi7wini54]

Unfortunately Nintendo never made stats as detailed for those ships as it did for the arwing.

[@helltbrother2]

I really appreciate that you guys over at Space Dock are making videos on craft that while may be a stable or iconic in sci-fi video games, are almost never talked about. I mean the Arwing has almost no documentation on it, so it's super cool that you are making videos that go into what lore there is.

[@benlaskowski357]

Hey! Starfox! Killer! I played this ride on N64!

[@its-amemegatron.9521]

The Arwing, ADFX-01 Morgan and ADF-01 Raven are among the best looking fictional aircraft in my opinion.

[@mrandrossguy9871]

It's-a me Megatron. N-1 Naboo

[@genericnamehere7602]

Now place Cypher, Blaze, Trigger and Mobuis 1 in Arwings. A team that is truly invincible.

[@DjigitDaniel]

God, yes! 🙌🙌🙌 Got instantly pumped at the sound of the Corneria theme.

[@Starfleet8555]

The Ar-wing is awesome I love the fighter. Great job guys. About time you guys do a breakdown on something from Starfox.

[@MerakBashee]

There was a moment when he was speaking of the 'barrel roll' that I swear I heard the hint of a chuckle which was barely contained.

[@OneSocaJumbie]

I heard it too, lol i was looking for someone to make a comment on it here, so thanks! XD

[@johngolden3714]

Oh, man, the nostalgia is really hitting me! Do one on the craft used by the Star Wolf team!! Please!!

[@endlessequinox4070]

I really love the concept of your channel. We can see the passion through your explanations. You deserves more likes. 🤘

[@Raikoga]

The whole "Do a barrel roll" meme is never going to feel quite the same now that Rick May passed away. Apparently, pressing Z or R twice doesn't deflect the Coronavirus.

[@yagamijubei28]

Yeah man. Rest in peace Rick May, and well hes also gonna "be waiting for you"

[@memecalculator8350]

Do a barrel roll for Rick may

[@Okiedog1]

I'd like to see a crossover between Fox McCloud vs Wedge Antilles in his X-Wing. Epic starfighter battle!

[@marrqi7wini54]

It needs to be done in space however since there, the X-wing's abilities are much closer to the arwing's there.

[@loweexpectations3222]

The polygons are strong with this one

[@SwiftGundam]

Wow. This was a nice surprise from left field. Thank you, Alasdair.

[@neovoltron25]

Star Fox needs to make a comeback, especially this is its 30th anniversary.

[@ectogambit]

Love that music

[@HammyOtter]

Should do a follow up on the Great Fox. For me that is one of my personal favourite carrier ships. Dang this carries Arwings, Tanks and submarines.

[@mcintoshpc]

FINALLY I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE THAT ONE PODCAST

[@Senrab3123]

I honestly unironically love this ship.

[@1977Yakko]

I didn't know how much I needed this till just now. Thanks!

[@dekuscrublord3737]

I love starfox. If you guys do videos on every ship they have data on, I would unironically watch each and every one.

[@TheKing_1986]

I’ve been waiting for this one, thanks for sharing!

[@azean84]

Hey, good to hear you again Alasdair! hope the pair of you are keeping safe during these times.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Symbolic importance of fighters is interesting, a good example is the Supermarine Spitfire, commonly depicted as the Mk 2 in commemorative art despite having been developed significantly further over the course of the war.

[@CopperVulpine]

I’m starting to see more Starfox content and I’m all for it!

[@startreker20]

"My Man." -Peppy Hare

[@williamalfonso1373]

Wow!!!!! great editing and narrative. I have been a fan since Starfox 64 and thus REALLY enjoyed this one .

[@mediocreman6323]

This is what I love about those old games: They had ships which were basically just a bunch of polygons with a few pieces of moreless weird game mechanics, and still those things look cool when redrawn in high res. They really made every pixel and every corner of every polygon count.

[@ethancarlson1973]

Very cool.

[@republiccommando6104]

So the Arwing is fast? *Laughs in Taiidan Multi-Gun Corvette Squad*

[@shayminthedoctor9663]

Laughs in Human Destroyer with plasma engines (N:TJI)

[@marrqi7wini54]

Tell me the statistics on it so I can understand why you're laughing.

[@republiccommando6104]

@@marrqi7wini54 Sure. The Taiidan Multi-Gun Corvette are corvettes armed with six fast-tracking medium mass drivers meant to destroy swarms of strikecraft. So a squad of Multi-Gun Corvettes (3 corvettes or more) can reduce the Star Fox Arwings to scrap.

[@VestedUTuber]

@@republiccommando6104 You're forgetting that Arwings are capable of taking hits from planet-destroying superweapons (Area 6 boss from SF64). Not very well, but that _is_ a feat they're capable of. Honestly, I don't really like the idea of trying to compare tech from different franchises. You run into weirdness, such as small fighters from one setting being able to solo capital ships from another, or weapons that have been demonstrated as being capable of destroying planetary bodies effectively being pea-shooters elsewhere.

[@Pappy7179]

It's one of the most badass fictional fighter... Second only to a space-ready f14 tomcat

[@kingzilla9859]

So bloody awesome 😃👍🏻❤️.

[@genericnamehere7602]

Star Fox Team vs an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer. Their speed would make them exceedingly difficult targets and if they figure out they can fly THROUGH the Ray Shields, the SD is pretty screwed.

[@mill2712]

I believe in space the Arwing has a similar combat speed as other comparable fighters though it does have more maneuverability in the XY direction than any other fighter in the entire star wars franchise. The main issue the star fox team would have isn't being shot down. (Let's face it, even though the defenses on the star destroyer are far superior to Andross' forces, they're still not that great and star destroyers do have issues with snub fighters.) No, the main issue is the sheer size and shielding on a star destroyer. Not only is a star destroyer absolutely much bigger and more massive than anything in the Lylat system, it is shielded quite well and there are no glowing spots to say "Hey shoot me here!" That isn't to say it can't be figured out with little difficulty but outright destruction of an ISD is just not in the cards. Maybe they can temporary disable it but I just don't see them destroying it.

[@VestedUTuber]

@@mill2712 We've seen Arwings go up against similar ships before, most notably the Cannon Betrayer dreadnoughts from Star Fox 2 and the Salvadora Super-Dreadnought from Star Fox Zero. You're kinda correct in that in a straight-up pound-for-pound firefight the Arwing probably wouldn't be able to do much, but part of the thing with Arwings is that their incredible maneuverability means they easily can execute precision strikes against any craft they can't outright destroy with shear force - which is exactly how you're supposed to take out Cannon Betrayers and the Salvadora in their respective boss fights. Basically, to fight the cannon betrayers, you actually have to pull a Phantom Menace and fly straight through the ship interiors to then attack the reactor directly. Same thing with Salvadora's Sector Alpha appearance, although in the gaiden mission where Peppy launches a preemptive strike you actually target the various weapon emplacements instead, which eventually causes a chain reaction. Against an ISD, the main targets would be the shield generators above the bridge, the bridge itself, the ventral reactor bulge and the primary thrusters, with the turret emplacements being the secondary targets. Even the hangar would be a valid target simply due to the fact that the Arwing could just pop in, hit its brakes hard, fire off a smart bomb or a few charge shots, and then dive out. The reason why that tactic isn't used in Star Wars is because none of their fighters can basically arrest their momentum instantly like that, the G-Diffusor is what enables such an insane maneuver.

[@mill2712]

@@VestedUTuber Ok the tactic of going in the bottom hanger and setting of some nova bombs would actually be a great idea. Especially if you have Star Fox Zero Arwings that have a walker function. Though my main concern is the ISD's durability. If you attack a number of bosses in places that aren't its weak points, you won't do any damage. ISDs seem to have some pretty strong armor and shielding. So I'm unsure just how much damage can be done with Star Fox weapons. Bombs are the best bet in my opinion to be honest. And I do also believe the main shield generators are likely the biggest weakness. But I do agree that if their weapons are effective, then all the strategies you typed out are more than valid. But if not then only a few spots would be under major threat of an arwing attack with its based weapons. (But if Statlink and Slippy's genius are anything to go by, then it's quite likely a few modifications can be made to help assist with those issues.)

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@@mill2712 Honestly, I think it would be the same case with the ISD. The Arwing has options to attack certain areas of the ship, but if it just shoots at bare hull it won't do anything. The Arwing's laser cannons do still seem to have more punch than the ones equipped on a typical fighter in Star Wars since they can take turrets and other external components clean off of enemy capital ships, so I'd assume they can at least punch some small, shallow holes into the ISD's armored hull (and probably do the same to the various bosses as well), but unless those hit somewhere critical they won't do much more than maybe breach some outer compartments.

[@The31stcenturyfox]

Starfox = Instant Like.

[@solice55]

I clicked on this as soon as I saw it in my feed. "Aileron roll." I was not disappointed.

[@KnightofRome01]

Love this episode, got major feels and going down memory lane with this episode. Keep up the great work.

[@Tarnfalk]

Fantastic video on one my favorite spacecraft of all time.

[@AlexDaBigBaum]

Proud to say I can officially say I have done barrel roll and aileron roll. Pretty fun maneuvers

[@Volgrand]

Hell. I just went back to my childhood! GO STARFOX!!!

[@bl8danjil]

More star fox please.

[@KMCA779]

This is more an ingame history than a breakdown of a craft.

[@crgkevin6542]

Nice to hear from Alasdair again!

[@racer927]

Neat stuff, I like it when Spacedock does episodes on lesser sci-fi series. I wouldn't mind a Spacedock Planetside series on various BattleMechs and OmniMechs.

[@MrCaptnrex]

hey spacedock you ever thought about doing a video for the older game, conquest: frontier wars? I think you might enjoy their ships looks :)

[@St34mPunkPrivateer]

I love this channel, you makes videos about Starships I never knew I needed

[@thesinfultictac5704]

RIP Rick May

[@Straswa]

Great vid Spacedock! The Arwings are awesome, the Assault Arwing is my favorite.

[@bdetert82]

Oh man blast from the past i remember playing this on SNES

[@pudlordtynan919]

"Use the boost the to get through"

[@IceSpoon]

"You're becoming more like your father"

[@AllknowingUnknown]

"It's quiet... too quiet..."

[@astupidmidge]

Starfleet HQ Noob-TubeR yeah, cuz we’re in space,Einstein

[@dr.velious5411]

I'm afraid I can't let you do that Star Fox.

[@yagamijubei28]

"THOSE TIN CANS ARE NO MATCH FOR ME!!"

[@Davef2912]

FINALLY!! Have been waiting for this for a long time! Vic Viper next, please!

[@CAIR011]

Best part is @ 2:28 when the narrator chuckles a bit explaining the absurdity that a barrel rolls create an electromagnetic shield

[@user-eg1ye7cj7j]

Okay but you didn't mention that that baby can take temperatures of up to 9,000 degrees!

[@justicetaylor2695]

This is perfect right from the starting quote.

[@fgfhjfhjfbhfghf5771]

I wish more sci-fi channels covered star fox. Thank you for your contribution

[@marrqi7wini54]

Unfortunately there aren't enough games to do so and the lore and world building isn't as detailed or expansive as other sci-fi properties.

[@judgedrift]

Been waiting for this forever, thank you!

[@maybetoby]

Do a video on the Arwing vs. the X-Wing

[@The_Zilli]

Quick Spacedock, do a barrel roll! (such a classic, keep up the good work)

[@nicklima]

Using the SNES Stage 1 theme as background music for this video was the best decision ever.

[@astaroth7188]

"spacemeters" :D :D :D

[@technologic21]

My favorite fighter of all time after the X-Wing.

[@eugenebrown5827]

I hope Robotech is on your radar. Plenty of ships to analyze. I'd love to hear you explain the SDF1.