The Morolian Base is a location in the first Space Channel 5. It is a secret base located somewhere in the Asteroid Belt. The shell is an enormous meteorite that is covered in a purple organic material that seems to be of Morolian origin.[1]
History[]
Space Channel 5[]
In the cutscene prior to Report 3, it is leaked that the Morolian's Base is located somewhere in the Asteroid Belt. In Report 3, Ulala and other reporters race against each other to find the base first.
Ulala eventually finds it along with Jaguar and the Space Pirates, who get in her way and try to stop her. A shooting segment in front of the Morolian Base will happen, where Jaguar will place the Space Pirates around himself by shouting command and they will try to shoot at Ulala. In order to protect herself, Ulala will need to memorize and copy the directions given by Jaguar to shoot at the Space Pirates first. Due to this shooting segment, Pudding manages reach Ulala and Jaguar, and as the latter two are fighting against each other, Pudding enters the Morolian Base first and wins the race.
Ulala goes inside the base shortly after Pudding. The next parts of the report take place inside the Morolian Base.
Base Passage 1[]
The first part of the base is a weird empty pink corridor with yellow and pink striped lights and pillars. This part of the base is guarded by two Morolian Leaders, who capture Pudding off screen and fight against Ulala in a dance battle.
Security Corridor[]
After passing through the guards, Ulala reaches the security corridor, a small corridor with purple and yellow stripes which is filled with holes hiding Morolian machines called "Minions". At the end of the corridor, there are yellow lasers blocking the path to the head office.
In this area, there is a shooting segment where the Minions will pop out of the corridors holes and try to attack Ulala. In order to protect herself and destroy the Minions, Ulala will need to memorize and copy the directions the robots give to her. Once all of the Minions are destroyed, the yellow lasers blocking the path to the Morolian Base's head office will disappear.
The Head Office[]
The Head Office is a large room with pink, yellow and red floor, giant yellow pillars and a giant TV which is responsible for brainwashing the Morolians. In this location, Ulala will find Morolian Monroe, and she will need to defeat the robot in order to proceed in the level.
Eventually the twin robots become too much for Ulala to handle on her own. It is then that Jaguar reappear and offer his assistance to her. Together they take down Morolian Monroe.
Base Passage 2[]
After Morolian Monroe is defeated and the TV is destroyed, the base starts combusting and falling apart. Ulala must escape the base and save the newly freed Morolians, including Brack. When escaping, the base is travelled in reverse, and large billowing flames are everywhere. After Ulala escapes, the base is shown to explode, or at least the inside.
Space Channel 5: Part 2[]
Some areas of the Morolian Base, such as the Head Office, make a small cameo appearance during the game's opening sequence.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The game implies that the base's location was discovered by the Space Pirates, as in the cutscene prior Report 3, Hoorg says "We've been followed" (most likely referring to the Space Pirates following their ship prior the Morolina's battle) then "and it seems they've discovered the location of our secret base!!".
- Because of the bright and rapidly changing colors when entering the base and escaping the base, the game gives an epilepsy warning to the player.
- The Japanese version of the game reveals that the Green Morolian Gromb was responsible for tunneling the paths in the Morolian's base.[2]
Reference[]
- ↑ Space Channel 5 Gyun Gyun Book p. 82
- ↑ Space Channel 5 Gyun Gyun Book p. 114