James McCloud

James McCloud

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Zero Continuity

F-Zero

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Background

James McCloud was a legendary and astonishing pilot who became the founder and leader of the legendary Star Fox Team, a mercenary-for-hire squadron in the Lylat System. James was talented in terms of fighting, piloting, and adventuring. He was well known for holding an unwavering loyalty to his friends. After his apparent and supposed death, James was later succeeded as leader of Star Fox by his only son, Fox McCloud. Fox McCloud was a cadet at the Cornerian Defense Army Academy when he heard the news that his father, James McCloud, had met a violent end at the hands of the twisted genius, Andross. The senior McCloud had been betrayed by his own wingman, Pigma Dengar, and delivered into a deadly trap from which there was seemingly no escape. Only James's wingman, Peppy Hare, managed to limp home in his badly damaged starfighter. As the only survivor of the original Star Fox Team, Peppy insisted that the young Fox take on the leadership of the group and form a new team of pilots. Thrust into the leadership role that he wasn't prepared for, Fox recruited the hot-tempered Falco Lombardi and the mechanical genius Slippy Toad to make up the new Star Fox Team in his father's honor.

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Five years after the disgraced Dr. Andross was excommunicated from Corneria, the scientists from the observation station informed General Pepper about reports of strange bio-weaponry activity detected on Venom - a barren, inhospitable, and desolate planet on the far edge of the Lylat System. These reports worried General Pepper as he knew Venom was where the evil mad scientist Andross had been exiled to for treason it just a few years before, so for the safety of the entire Lylat System, he hired the now legendary Star Fox team to go on a vital scouting mission to Venom and determine the cause of the strange activity. Upon their arrival, the Arwing crew learned too late that Andross's forces were lying in wait for them all along, as Pigma was actually a double agent all along and had been bribed him with the promise of immense riches by his new master Andross, leading James and Peppy into a deadly trap and were immediately captured by Andross without any chance of escaping to tell the tale. The Star Wolf leader Wolf O'Donnell was also suspected to have been involved in James' disappearance as well. Peppy soon managed to barely escape captivity on his own, and flew his damaged Arwing back to Corneria. When he returned, he informed General Pepper and James' son, Fox, of what happened to James, Pigma, and himself during the failed scouting mission. While it is unknown what exactly happened to the missing James, he was declared dead. Upon hearing this, Fox couldn't bring himself to believe that his father was truly gone, but nevertheless vowed to get revenge on Andross for murdering his father and bring the traitorous Pigma to justice. After Peppy returned and delivered the news of James' fate to Fox and General Pepper, Fox decided to follow in his father's footsteps and resume leadership of Star Fox. Even though Peppy was older than all the other Star Fox Team members, he declined the leadership role and insisted that the younger Fox McCloud take over the team after Fox's father was slain by Andross. Using both the Great Fox and ROB 64, a robotic pilot purchased by James for the team but never given the chance to be utilized, Fox recruited Peppy, Slippy Toad, and Falco Lombardi to fight together and defend peace wherever it was threatened, thus creating a new Star Fox Team to be formed. General Pepper, still feeling guilty of sending his old friend James to his doom, decided to take responsibility of his son Fox's career. Pigma Dengar succeeded at his mission, got paid a huge sum of money, and instead joined Star Wolf, a rival mercenary-for-hire group. However, he was kicked out due to his incredible greed and distrustful nature after the Lylat Wars. He was later assimilated by the Aparoids and was apparently destroyed by Fox. The Aparoid Queen later used James McCloud's likeness to attempt to trick Fox into surrendering. However, it ironically exposed her deception due to "James" telling Fox to effectively give up, something Fox knew full well his father would never tell him to do. The legacy that James McCloud left behind is one that the citizens of the Lylat System are indebted to, but the ultimate fate of James was never revealed. Most believe that he was executed at the hands of Andross, imprisoned, or even brainwashed.

Powers and Stats

Tier: 9-B physically, 6-B in his Arwing

Name: James McCloud

Origin: Star Fox

Sex: Male

Age: Unknown

Classification: Star Pilot, Red Fox, Leader of the Original Star Fox team

Attack Potency: Wall level physically (Should be comparable to his son), Country level in his Arwing (His Arwing should be comparable to Fox's Arwing, Arwings can shoot asteroids in two which is calculated at this level)

Dimensionality: 3-D

Travel Speed: Athletic Human, up to FTL in his Arwing with warp speed (Can travel to alternate sectors and planets in the lylat system in a short timeframe)

Combat Speed: Supersonic

Reaction Speed: Supersonic (Should be comparable to Fox in reactions)

Lifting Strength: Class 5 (Should be comparable to his son)

Striking Strength: Wall Class

Durability: Wall level physically, Country level with Arwing’s shields

Stamina: Unknown

Range: Standard Melee Range, Dozens of Meters with Nova Bomb (Can affect all enemies on the screen), Hundreds of Meters with Blaster fire (The lasers go far outward into space only stopping once colliding with an enemy)

Powers and Abilities:

Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Human Achievements (Was a skilled pilot just like his son), Vehicular Mastery (Master pilot, can effortlessly fly around the arwing, which is a newely developed prototype)

Can move underwater unhindered, Flight & Spaceflight (The arwing is easily capable of space travel), Energy Manipulation (Can fire lasers), Homing Attack (The charged lasers have homing properties), Statistics Amplification (His rocket can accelerate temporarily with a speed boost), Explosion Manipulation (Can fire off smart bombs), Limited Attack Reflection & Electromagnetism Manipulation (By executing a barrel roll, the Arwing can also generate a electromagnetic shield which will deflect most optically based weapons, such as laser beams), Magnetism Manipulation (When rolling the Arwing creates a localized magnetic field which can be used to attract other objects), Velocity Manipulation (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), Forcefield Creation (The Arwing's revolutionary G-diffuser system generates a force field that protects the ship from enemy fire and from the stresses of high speed aerobatics), Regeneration (Mid-Low. After a stage is complete the Arwing will automatically repair a broken wing), Extrasensory Perception (The Arwing is equipped with a holographic mapping system allowing it to switch between two external views and an in-cockpit view while in flight), Plasma Manipulation (In Star Fox Command Slippy adds a plasma shot to the Arwing), Plasma Manipulation (In Star Fox Command Slippy adds a plasma shot to the Arwing), Resistance to Gravity Manipulation (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)

Standard Equipment:

• Arwing: The Arwing is the personal super-high performance combat spacecraft used by members of the Star Fox 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 an aileron or barrel roll, the Arwing can also generate an 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. Despite numerous revisions and redesigns over the course of the team's history, the many models of Arwings have maintained the balance of speed, power and performance that they are credited for. The Arwing starfighter is the primary battle vehicle of the Star Fox Team, and is almost the symbol of their team.

• • Weapon Systems: Advanced propulsion systems and spaceframe design give the Arwing superior atmospheric and space flight capabilities in combat. The Arwing's weaponry represents the cutting edge in Cornerian military technology, giving this formidable fighter the equivalent firepower of a front-line space cruiser.

• • Blaster: The Arwing's fires a single laser cannon, but once one or more Laser Upgrade is collected it’s power increases.

• • Twin Blaster: By collecting the Twin Blaster item, the arwing can fire two laser beam Blasters simultaneously, one from each wing. When one or both of its wings are destroyed, it will revert back to a single Blaster firing out of the ship's nose.

• • Smart Bomb: This will drop a bomb that damages all the enemies that are within range of the explosion.

Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Held in high regards as a famous hero, was the one that trained Fox)

Standard Tactics: James will always fight in his Arwing where he will fire various lasers and nova bombs, along with using a barrel roll to reflect attacks. In his transdimensional form he cannot interact with his main reality but travel as an unperceivable whale-looking being.

Weaknesses: Can lose the twin lasers if too much damage is taken and can lose to the power shield if it collides with too many objects. Cannot enter his dimension.

Notable Attacks/Techniques:

• Blaster: The Arwing's fires a single laser cannon, but once one or more Laser Upgrade is collected it’s power increases.

• Twin Blaster: By collecting the Twin Blaster item, the arwing can fire two laser beam Blasters simultaneously, one from each wing. When one or both of its wings are destroyed, it will revert back to a single Blaster firing out of the ship's nose.

• Smart Bomb: This will drop a bomb that damages all the enemies that are within range of the explosion.

Note: This is James McCloud of Star Fox 64. The previous games are before the continuity reboot and Zero is another continuity reboot.

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