

Peppy soon managed to barely escape captivity on his own, and flew his damaged Arwing back to Corneria.

The Star Wolf leader Wolf O'Donnell was also suspected to have been involved in James' disappearance as well. 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. 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.


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. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!įive years after the disgraced Dr. This dropdown contains the synopsis of James McCloud’s story. 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. 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. Only James's wingman, Peppy Hare, managed to limp home in his badly damaged starfighter. 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. 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. After his apparent and supposed death, James was later succeeded as leader of Star Fox by his only son, Fox McCloud. He was well known for holding an unwavering loyalty to his friends. James was talented in terms of fighting, piloting, and adventuring. 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.
