Copperhead Missile
- “Six missiles coming from the left! Missile one is heading for Great Fox!”
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Copperhead Missiles, also known simply as Copperheads, are heavy anti-capital ship missiles, manufactured in the weapons labs on Macbeth and employed by Andross's Empire during the Lylat Wars.
Origin and Design[]
- “General Pepper's Flight Log, pg 76
Macbeth is the industrial key to Andross's military machine. If you liberate this planet, Fox, you will cripple his ability to produce weaponry. This is also the main launching point for the interplanetary cruise missiles Andross has been using to assault Corneria. Resistance fighters on Macbeth have information on a train that transports minerals and weapons from the mines and factories to Andross's main base and launching area. Although its route is well defended, derailing the train and stopping its shipment will be a crippling blow to Andross's plans.” - —
Originating from the industrial planet of Macbeth in the weapons labs, where they were being used by the forces of Andross to be launched at Corneria from the large supply depot and launching point, Copperheads were heavily ray-shielded and warp-capable weapons that could heavily damage large warships. The Copperheads were designed to penetrate the outer skin of a ship, using their rotating warhead to burrow in and then explode. Andross had dispatched these key specialised war machines of great power to bombard strategic locations throughout the Lylat System and were always accompanied by fleets of support craft.
Gallery[]
The first of six Copperheads directed at Great Fox.
A missile approaching Great Fox at distance 50.
Two Copperheads approach Great Fox.
Katt brings down a Copperhead for Fox.
Note[]
- Sometimes, a Copperhead flies through the background of the Sector Z stage in Super Smash Bros.
- The Copperhead's in-game model in the N64 version of "Star Fox 64" has "MC:III" painted on the tip and the barrel, not only proving the weapons factory on Macbeth as the manufacturing origin, but also reconfirms Macbeth's planetary designation as the Lylat System's third planet from the original 1993 "Star Fox".
Name origin[]
- The name "Copperhead" refers to a type of venomous snake.
- Its Japanese name, Man Drill, is a pun on a simian species known as a "mandrill", of which baboons are part.
Etymology []
The etymology of "copper" is the Latin word "cuprum", from the Greek word "kyprios", referring to the island of Cyprus, where many copper mines were located.
Comparable[]
Names in Other Languages[]
| Japan | (マン・ドリル, Man Drill) (惑星間巡航ミサイル Interplanetary Cruise Missile) |
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