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Rocket Town (ロケット村, Roketto-mura^?) is a town north of Nibelheim in Final Fantasy VII built around the launch site of the Shinra No. 26 rocket, part of Shinra Electric Power Company's space program. Cid Highwind lives and works here.

StorylineEdit

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Several years before the beginning of the game the city was bustling with scientists due to the world's first rocket launch to outer space that was to take place in town, on the rocket Shinra No. 26; however, after Shera noticed a leak in one of the oxygen tanks, she stayed behind to fix it, while the rocket was about to launch. This forced Cid to abort the launch, crashing and damaging the rocket. Due to the embarrassment Shinra abandoned the space project. Cid would blame the failure of his dreams on Shera and so treats her poorly.

Episode 15 of Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- changes events to claim AVALANCHE sabotaged the rocket's engines. It also reveals Rufus Shinra was the one who recommended the Space Program's cancellation, with the support of the entire Shinra Executive Staff.

Years later, Cloud Strife and his party come to Rocket Town in search of Sephiroth. They meet with Cid and learn President Rufus Shinra has come to Rocket Town. This fills Cid with hope the space program will be restarted, but Rufus only wants Cid's airplane, the Tiny Bronco. Cid betrays Shinra and fights his boss Palmer along with Cloud and the party. They use the Tiny Bronco to escape, but it is damaged, and after crashing down in the sea can only be used as a crude boat.

Once Sephiroth has unleashed the Meteor onto the Planet the party fights with Shinra over the Huge Materia Shinra plans to launch with Cid's rocket into space, right into the Meteor in hopes of destroying it. Cloud and his party, meanwhile, want the Huge Materia to fight against Sephiroth. They fight through the Turk Rude and enter the rocket's control room. Palmer gleefully tells them over radio the rocket is sent to automatic launch, and goes on to launch the party into outer space with the rocket.

Luckily there is an escape pod, which allows the party to flee. Before the party can leave, the last Huge Materia can be rescued. To get it, a code must be punched in. During this part Cid will give hints to the player to help decipher the code.

The right combination is:

PlayStation
PC	[OK] [SWITCH] [CANCEL] [CANCEL]

Whether or not the Materia is rescued, the rocket still crashes into Meteor and creates a blinding explosion massive enough to be seen around the entire Planet, but the Meteor is unaffected.

Spoilers end here.

LocationEdit

Rocket Town is located to the North-West on Gaia's Western continent.

Items FoundEdit

First Visit:

Yoshiyuki (from the old man)
Power Source
Drill Arm

Second Visit:

Huge Materia (from the rocket)
Venus Gospel (from the old man after talking to him three times after the rocket has taken off)
Fourth Bracelet (weapon shop)
Guard Source (item shop)

ShopsEdit

Disc 1Edit

Item ShopEdit

Name	Cost
Potion	50 gil
Hi-Potion	300 gil
Ether	1,500 gil
Phoenix Down	300 gil
Antidote	80 gil
Eye drop	50 gil
Hyper	100 gil
Tranquilizer	100 gil
Tent	500 gil
Barrier	10,000 gil
Exit	10,000 gil
Time	6,000 gil

Weapon ShopEdit

Name	Cost
Shotgun	3,100 gil
Gold Armlet	2,000 gil
Power Wrist	7,500 gil
Protect Vest	3,500 gil
Earring	7,500 gil

Discs 2/3Edit

Item ShopEdit

Name	Cost
Hi-Potion	300 gil
Phoenix Down	300 gil
Ether	1,500 gil
Tent	500 gil
Barrier	10,000 gil
Exit	10,000 gil
Time	6,000 gil
Throw	10,000 gil
Deathblow	10,000 gil
Manipulate	10,000 gil

Weapon ShopEdit

Name	Cost
S-Mine	1,000 gil
Gold Armlet	2,000 gil
Edincoat	8,000 gil
Power Wrist	7,500 gil
Protect Vest	3,500 gil
Earring	7,500 gil
Talisman	4,000 gil
Peace Ring	7,500 gil
Safety Bit	7,500 gil

Enemy formationsEdit

In TownEdit

Outside RocketEdit

Rude x1, Attack Squad x2

Inside RocketEdit

Senior Grunt x1

World MapEdit

GrassEdit

Nibel Wolf x3
Velcher Task x2
Nibel Wolf x2, Velcher Task x1
Nibel Wolf x2, Velcher Task x1 [Ambush]

ForestEdit

Kyuvilduns x4
Valron x3
Velcher Task x2
Velcher Task x2 [Back Attack]

BeachEdit

Crown Lance x2
Crown Lance x3
Crown Lance x1
Crown Lance x2 [Ambush]

Musical ThemesEdit

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"The Oppressed" from Final Fantasy VII

Trouble with the audio sample?

The background music that plays in Rocket Town is "The Oppressed" (虐げられた民衆, Shiitagerareta Minshū^?).

When visited on Disc 2 after Meteor is summoned, "On The Edge of Despair" plays.

TriviaEdit

It is possible to see a Thompson Sub-machine Gun and a lot of AK-47/Kalashnikov in the Weapon Shop. Another AK-47 can also be found in Cid's House.
If Cid is not in the party when approaching the Shinra No. 26, he will forcibly enter it.
If the player enters the rocket code correctly on the first try, Cid will remark that they probably cheated.