Beltino Toad

Beltino Toad is a Cornerian engineer, Research Director for the Cornerian Defense Force, Director of Engineering at Space Dynamics, father of Slippy, and younger brother of Grippy. Growing up in Corneria, Beltino was a childhood friend of James McCloud and Peppy Hare. While he was never interested in becoming a fighter pilot like his friends, his work at Space Dynamics provided the Cornerian Military and Team Star Fox with spacecrafts and weapons including the Arwing, the Landmaster, and the Great Fox.

Following the Lylat Wars, Beltino became the Research Director of the Cornerian Defense Force, a role that was vital during the Aparoid Invasion. He was a key figure in researching the biomechanics of the aparoids as well as discovering the solution to their eradication. He and his team of scientists created both a warp gate for the Cornerian fleet to target the Aparoid Homeworld and the Self-Destruct program to deliver a fatal blow to the Homeworld, the latter invention in which he provided to Star Fox. After the destruction of the aparoids, Beltino was rewarded by the Cornerian Government with the Medal of Freedom and the Orbital Gate was renamed the Beltino Orbital Gate in his honor.