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The space colony ARK, as depicted in Shadow the Hedgehog.

This article is about the Bernal space colony as a whole. For the Shadow the Hedgehog stage, see The ARK (Shadow the Hedgehog)

The Space Colony ARK is a Bernal space colony in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe.

History

The design and construction of the ARK - the first "Bernal space colony" - was overseen by Professor Gerald Robotnik. A giant, hemispherical orbital habitat, the ARK hosted a number of researchers and military personnel - amongst them children, like Maria Robotnik and the young GUN Commander. While obviously a fantastic orbital engineer, Gerald was later contracted by the President of the United Federation to deploy his biomedical expertise as the leader a medical research project within the ARK, investigating the prospects of clinical immortality. Project Shadow, as it was known, produced a plethora of wonderous results, as did Gerald's other projects on the space station, including his cryptoarchaelogical work on the ancient robot Emerl, and his energy weapon designs for the Eclipse Cannon.

In spite of the research's auspicious beginnings, a series of scientific accidents on the ARK began to erode the confidence of the planetside military - the Guardian Units of Nations - in the advisability of continuing such boundary-shattering science. The Artificial Chaos rebelled, witnessed by Shadow in The Doom; Emerl ended up devastating sections of the facility after being introduced to military-grade weaponry; and Biolizard proved almost uncontrollably ferocious. These alarming developments eventually culminated in the GUN shutting down all activity on the station - violently. Using the cover story of a biotoxic spill, GUN evacuated the ARK's civilian population, murdered many of the Project Shadow researchers (and Maria Robotnik), sealed Biolizard in the core, and set Gerald up as a scapegoat, imprisoning and eventually executing him.

Sonic Adventure 2

Shadow the Hedgehog, Dr. Eggman and Rouge the Bat plan to use the ARK to destroy Earth in Sonic Adventure 2; Eggman as a threat, Rouge was merely their assistant and Shadow wanted revenge. They almost succeeded, but the Eclipse Cannon was damaged and instead, the Chaos Emeralds activated an embedded sequence Gerald had put into the colony where the ARK would destroy Earth and shatter it to pieces to kill all those who had brought pain to his life. Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Eggman and Rouge all work together to stop ARK, Tails and Eggman go first and weaken ARK's defenses. Rouge drains the water from the Eclipse Cannon (making it less of a threat), Knuckles opens the door, and Sonic and Knuckles get inside the Eclipse Cannon. However, doing those requirements awakens the guardian of the ARK, Biolizard. Luckily, Shadow managed to distract Biolizard long enough for Sonic and Knuckles to get to the Master Emerald shrine. Knuckles speaks the spell to control the Chaos Emeralds and stops them from pulling ARK to the Earth. Biolizard doesn't give up yet and uses Chaos Control to merge with the colony and become Finalhazard. Sonic and Shadow use the Chaos Emeralds and transform into Super Sonic and Super Shadow. Shadow kills the Finalhazard, and the two perform an immense Chaos Control to teleport ARK back into orbit.

Levels

Shadow the Hedgehog

In Shadow the Hedgehog, in the Pure Evil storyline, Shadow and Black Doom use the Eclipse Cannon to destroy Central City. After destroying the guard robot Diablon in GUN Fortress and injuring Sonic, Shadow declares "I'm going to destroy this damn planet!" It is possible that in that non-canon storyline, Shadow went back to ARK and destroyed Earth. In the Hero storyline, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Rouge and Shadow go to ARK to drive out the Black Arms. Also there are Espio the Chameleon, Charmy Bee and Vector the Crocodile. In the Action Stage Cosmic Fall, you have a choice of getting to shelter or helping Vector find the computer room, which will deactivate ARK's sequence of falling apart. There are also two Action Stages in the past set on the ARK, The Doom and Lost Impact. Lost Impact is Shadow remembering when he destroyed the Artificial Chaos, and The Doom is the classic sequence of Shadow helping Maria evacuate from the GUN raid.

The ARK

Main Article: The ARK

A stage along the Final Chase area of ARK. Shadow must either take down the defenses or fight his way in on his own. This stage is played mostly on a Black Volt

The Doom

Main Article: The Doom

One of two flashback levels. Either take out the G.U.N. troops, save the researchers, or help Maria escape.

Space Gadget Missions

Hero: Race Sonic to the Chaos Emerald and win.
Neutral: Race Sonic to the Chaos Emerald and lose.
Dark: Black Doom: Destroy all six of the ARK's defense units.

Cosmic Fall Missions

Hero: Vector the Crocodile: Find the computer room.
Dark: Black Doom: Get to some shelter.

Lost Impact

Main article: Lost Impact

One of two flashback stages. Either help Maria clear out the Artificial Chaos, or simply check on Professor Gerald.

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 The '''Space Colony ARK''' is a Bernal space colony in the ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' universe.
-== Creation Stages ==
+== History ==
-The ARK was created as the very first Bernal space colony, and was built by [[Gerald Robotnik|Professor Gerald Robotnik]]. Gerald and some researchers boarded the ARK and started creating experiments to make Planet Earth a better place. Also on board the ARK was Gerald's granddaughter, [[Maria Robotnik|Maria]]. The danger of the Artificial Chaos experiments and the Biolizard experiment caused [[G.U.N.|GUN]] to board the ARK and go on a mission to shut it down. They were met with opposition in the form of the prototype ultimate life, the [[Biolizard]]. The creature was locked away however, and the military arrested Gerald for creating it. [[Black Doom]] was on the ARK and used his blood to bring [[Shadow the Hedgehog]] to life. Shadow managed to destroy the Artificial Chaos, and he helped Maria evacuate, but she was killed by the GUN soldiers as she released Shadow to the earth. An angered Shadow destroyed GUN's attack craft Heavy Dog. Shadow was sent to Earth and never seen for 50 years.
+The design and construction of the ARK - the first "Bernal space colony" - was overseen by [[Professor Gerald Robotnik]]. A giant, hemispherical orbital habitat, the ARK hosted a number of researchers and military personnel - amongst them children, like [[Maria Robotnik]] and the young [[GUN Commander]]. While obviously a fantastic orbital engineer, Gerald was later contracted by the [[President of the United Federation|President of the]] [[United Federation]] to deploy his biomedical expertise as the leader a medical research project within the ARK, investigating the prospects of clinical immortality. [[Project Shadow]], as it was known, produced a plethora of wonderous results, as did Gerald's other projects on the space station, including his cryptoarchaelogical work on the ancient robot [[Emerl]], and his energy weapon designs for the [[Eclipse Cannon]].
+In spite of the research's auspicious beginnings, a series of scientific accidents on the ARK began to erode the confidence of the planetside military - the [[Guardian Units of Nations]] - in the advisability of continuing such boundary-shattering science. The [[Artificial Chaos]] rebelled, witnessed by [[Shadow]] in [[The Doom]]; Emerl ended up devastating sections of the facility after being introduced to military-grade weaponry; and [[Biolizard]] proved almost uncontrollably ferocious. These alarming developments eventually culminated in the GUN shutting down all activity on the station - violently. Using the cover story of a biotoxic spill, GUN evacuated the ARK's civilian population, murdered many of the Project Shadow researchers (and [[Maria Robotnik]]), sealed Biolizard in the core, and set Gerald up as a scapegoat, imprisoning and eventually executing him.
 == ''Sonic Adventure 2'' ==