Galactic Space Federation

This article is about the Main Universe Galactic Space Federation. For its Anime counterpart, see Galactic Space Federation (Anime).

The Galactic Space Federation is the leading authority in F-Zero's Main Universe. Their goal is to maintain peace and order, among the seven galaxies they have control of.

## Allies and Enemies

Affiliates of the Galactic Space Federation include the Galactic Space Forces, an organization that supports the Federation.

However, known enemies of the Galactic Space Federation include the inhabitants of the planet Takora (such as Octoman), interlocked in a long conflict (sometime before F-Zero X) that has actually placed the Takorans into an economic crisis (by F-Zero GX). As part of the Federation's main objectives, they have also intended to arrest the likes of Black Shadow, Blood Falcon, and Pico.

## Known Members

* Jody Summer
* John Tanaka

Two of the most prominent members of the Galactic Space Federation are a fighter pilot named Jody Summer, and her accompanying mechanic, John Tanaka. The two Federation members are part of the same unit, but are also F-Zero pilots as of the F-Zero X Grand Prix.

## Contributions As Machine Designers

* White Cat
* Wonder Wasp (Technically, only because John Tanaka designed it, and he is a member of the Federation)

The Galactic Space Federation's Warplane Research & Development Unit designed Jody's machine, the White Cat, utilizing data from a wide variety of conditions on several planets. They also plan to implement stealth technology into the machine in the future, and if this succeeds, it will turn the White Cat into an unbeatable machine.

However, prior to the White Cat's creation, the Federation had experimented on another F-Zero machine, and later planned to scrap it. That was, until John Tanaka bought the machine and decided to turn it into his hobby project. The machine became known as the Wonder Wasp, with its designer credited as John Tanaka himself.

## Trivia

* Though the official name is "Galactic Space Federation" in English, the Federation has been seemingly mistakenly called other names, due to how the Japanese words "銀河宇宙連邦" were translated into English.
	+ The Galactic Space Federation was referred to as the "Milky Way Federation" in the F-Zero X US manual. Strangely, "Milky Way Federation" seeped its way into Octoman's GX in-game Pilot Profile, despite that the "Galactic Space Federation" name was used in various contexts in F-Zero GX (Ex. Jody Summer and John Tanaka's GX Pilot Profiles, several pilots' interviews.)
	+ While referring to the Galactic Space Federation as the "Milky Way Federation" is technically not wrong, it sounds odd in the context of Black Shadow stating in his interview that "The Federation's control of the seven galaxies ends tonight!", considering that the actual Milky Way in real life is just one galaxy out of many.
	+ Additionally, there is actually another odd case revolving around the Federation's name. In Antonio Guster's F-Zero GX Pilot Profile, it states "Goroh betrayed him into the hands of the Galactic Space Allies."
		- Upon going through the JP GX Pilot Profile for Antonio Guster, one will find the exact Japanese words "銀河宇宙連邦" used in the placements of where the "Galactic Space Federation" would be in English. Therefore, this "Galactic Space Allies" may have been a matter of localization or overlooked translation, as it is actually supposed to be "Galactic Space Federation." Antonio even states in one of his interviews that it had been the "Federation [who] put a price on [his] head."
* In one of John Tanaka's F-Zero GX interviews, he states that the Galactic Space Federation is taking in recruits.
* The Galactic Space Federation of the F-Zero series is not connected in any way with the Galactic Federation of the Metroid series.

## References

1. ↑ F-Zero GX, Jody Summer's Interview line "Helping the Federation maintain order in the galaxy."
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 F-Zero GX, Black Shadow's Interview line "The Federation's control of the seven galaxies ends tonight!" in response to being warned about the Federation.
3. ↑ F-Zero GX, Lily Flyer's Interview line "We support the efforts of the Galactic Space Federation." (Lily is a member of the Galactic Space Forces.)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Various F-Zero GX US in-game Pilot Profiles
5. ↑ F-Zero GX, Blood Falcon's Interview line "Keep count of how many of them I kill." in response to being warned about the Federation.
6. ↑ F-Zero GX, Pico's Interview line "Me against the Galactic Space Federation? Now the game gets interesting!" in response to being warned about the Federation.