Falco Lombardi is a member of an avian race and the ace pilot of the Star Fox team. Although exact details on Falco's past are unknown, he himself was once the leader of a gang of space runaways. He had been a longtime friend and friendly rival to Fox McCloud, and was specially hired by him to be an expert member of his mercenaries-for-hire team, and flown in almost every mission they have made, usually retaining his brash, cool, and collected attitude.