Fichina
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 Cornerian Defense Post | |
| Class: | I |
|---|---|
| Radius: | 3,277 skm |
| Albedo: | 0.55 |
| Gravity: | 0.367 |
| Escape Velocity: | 4.99 skm/s |
| Equilibrium Temperature: | 220 Kelvin (-53.15 Celsius) |
| Atmosphere: | 67% N2 + 23% O2 |
| Hydrographics: | 53% |
| Biomass: | 270 Quads |
Fichina is an icy world of the Lylat System and the location of at least one Cornerian Army outpost, as well as a weather generator. It was the site of a number of battles during the Lylat Wars and later conflicts.
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[edit] Overview
The cold, snow-swept world of Fichina is completely devoid of vegetation. Despite this, Cornerian scientists believe the planet is an ideal candidate for terra-forming because of the large amounts of frozen water. There are hopes it could become a garden world much like Corneria, although this would take much time, and as of Starfox Assault only a weather generator had been built.
As of the Lylat Wars, there was only a small number of soldiers and a team of scientists working at Fichina. The base complex was heavily shielded, stores top secret documents for the Cornerian Army, and ringed by a network of radar antennas. The antennas are part of an early warning system and serve a secondary role of managing local space traffic control.
[edit] History
[edit] Lylat Wars
Perhaps because of its relatively small garrison, a Fichina base was quickly captured at the onset of Andross' invasion during the Lylat Wars. The Star Fox Team was sent to recapture the base and prevent its classified information from falling into Andross' hands. The Venomian garrison, piloting Invader I Fighters, were easily outclassed by Star Fox team and their Arwing star fighters.
Only the arrival of the Star Wolf team in their Wolfen fighters gave the Venomians time to activate the base's self-destruction mechanism; if they couldn't have the base, no one would. Despite a fierce air battle, the Star Fox team was victorious and succeeded in stopping the device in time to save the base from destruction.
[edit] Aparoid invasion.
The Starfox Team, pursuing Pigma in an attempt to take back a stolen core memory, traveled to Fichina, on a hint from Panther Caroso. When they arrived, they found that Pigma had turned off the climate controlling device, forcing Starfox to fight in the midst of a blizzard. The surface of Fichina was swarming with Aparoids, but despite their attempts to stop him, Fox McCloud single-handedly managed to destroy the shield protecting the climate center and reactivate it. With the help of Falco, he then destroyed most of the Aparoids, and fought off a giant mechanical Aparoid (one created from the core of the Climate Control center, which nearly caused the Climate Control Center to undergo a meltdown). Pigma escaped in the chaos.
The ending revealed that, due to the invasion and Pigma's machinations, the Climate Control Center was severely damaged, and needed repairs and improvements to all systems. Also, the warning system and the ancillary equipment was in dire need of reevaluation (presumably because of what happened to Fox when he tried to reactivate the climate control center.). The Destruction Level of Fortuna was a C, and the Aparoids were Expunged.
[edit] Trivia
- Fichina was mistakenly called Fortuna in the English translation of Star Fox 64. In Star Fox: Assault, the planet's name is translated as Fichina, and it is correctly identified as a separate planet from Fortuna.
- The theme from Star Fox Assault's Fichina appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
[edit] References
NINTENDO POWER Starfox 64: Official Nintendo Player's Guide. Redmond, WA, Nintendo of America. 1997.
