Galerians: ASH
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Written By Edward Chong
Copyright 2003 Edward Chong
Version 1.0.0 (Final)

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Platform: PS2
Genre: Action Adventure/Survival Horror
Warning: This walkthrough contains excessive use of  drugs and many violent
scenes.
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Disclaimer: The author retains full copyright of this walkthrough. You may
distribute this walkthrough freely as long as it is not modified and not done
for commercial purposes. This walkthrough is unofficial and  has nothing to do
with the developers of Galerians: ASH. This is my first walkthrough effort so
please excuse any mistakes I might have made. For comments or  questions, I can
be reached at [email protected].



Contents
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1.0 Cast
2.0 Story
3.0 Controls
4.0 Drugs and PPECs
5.0 Walkthrough
6.0 Others
7.0 Credits



1.0 Cast
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       You should know that Galerians: ASH is a second installment of the series. The
first game, Galerians, was released for the PlayStation system in a few years
ago. I have included all the characters from the first game and the second game
in this section. You should be properly introduced to the characters concerned
in the beginning of the game, but I will give you a more thorough introduction
to each character, especially those from the first game. This might help
players who have not played the first game.



1.1 Rion Steiner
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       Protagonist of both games. In the first game, Rion started out searching for
his own identity. Realizing he has special psychic powers and a constant voice
in his head begging for help, he sets out on an adventure to find the truth
about himself, and the world he lives in. The answer that he found blew his
mind away, literally. In the second episode, Rion, brought back from the dead,
is again asked to help defend mankind from being exterminated by the Galerians,
since he possess the only power that can stop them, for he himself, is also a
Galerian.



1.2 Lilia Pascalle
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       Daughter of a famous professor who created the supercomputer Dorothy. She has
in her mind a program that can destroy Dorothy. In the first game, she was
hunted and was desperately seeking Rion’s help by using her telepathic powers.
In the end, with Rion’s help, she was able to defeat Dorothy, but had to watch
Rion die, and the world changed. She survived the extermination brought on by
The Last Galerians and finally succeeded in resurrecting Rion, after six years.
Being a brilliant scientist like her father, she helps Rion as Rion helps her
to protect humanity.



1.3 Dorothy/Mother
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       A supercomputer created by Dr. Steiner and Dr. Pascalle. She was made to be a
computer that runs Michelangelo City. A hindsight of the professors, they gave
Dorothy a sentient mind, and as she began to question her own destiny, Dr.
Steiner taught her about the concept of God. She learnt that she must serve her
creator. As time goes by, she realized her power is greater than that of her
creator, and she herself can become God. She began the Family Program and used
chemical therapy (drugs) and genetic engineering to create artificial life
forms, known as Galerians. Since she is the creator of the Galerians, she has
become God, and in order to stay that way, she has to kill her creators. A
classic example of artificial intelligence gone mad. Power without a heart is
always evil.



1.4 Spider
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       One of the four Last Galerians. He is mild-mannered and have spiders as his
pet. In the game, he will crosses path with Rion more than once, and his impact
on Rion is quite profound. In battle, he is slow and uses his spider minions to
attack most of the time.



1.5 Parano
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       One of the four Last Galerians. Twisted, creepy, crazy, ugly, and fast are the
five words that can be used to associate with Parano. He likes killing
tremendously and he uses his blades to prove his points. He is very limber and
he sets Rion as his target from day one. An all around annoying guy, you will
be happy to kick his butt over and over again. Before a battle, he always sends
his robot minions to weaken Rion first. Not sportsman-like at all, his
intention is just to kill Rion and even considers himself more powerful than
the rest of the Last Galerians.



1.6 Nitro
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       One of the four Last Galerians. She is obsessed with pain and despair. She
denies the existence of a real world and she will do anything to stop Rion from
believing in one. A master of pyrokinesis, she is a formidable foe, although
not nearly as deadly as Parano.



1.7 ASH
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       One of the four Last Galerians and Mother’s most precious creation. He was
created by Mother and activated on her death so that he can exterminate mankind
and bring her back to life. ASH seldom appears and in certain ways, he is very
similar to Rion.



1.8 Cain
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       One of the four Galerians from the first game. A clone of the real Rion
Steiner, just like Rion the protagonist. However, unlike Rion, Cain is evil and
heartless. He holds a grudge towards Rion because Mother didn’t pick him for
the job. His appearance was brief in the first game and the only important
point he made was Rion’s secret identity. The battle with Cain in the first
game was memorable, since it was a sick idea for one to be battling oneself, in
physical reality, not philosophically.



1.9 Birdman
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       One of the four Galerians from the first game. Birdman possess the power of
teleportation. He was a creepy guy who tried to kill Rion in the first game,
when Rion was trying to find out his identity in his own house. A brief
appearance but has a life of sad stories. His death was saddening.



1.10 RainHeart
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       One of the four Galerians from the first game. RainHeart has pyrokinesis as
his weapon, but he often prefers to use his bare hands. A little overweight by
creation, RainHeart seems very solemn, mostly because of his upbringing in the
hospital that Mother had put him in, which happened to be the same hospital
that Rion woke up in during the beginning of the game. His death offers a sad
and sickening reflection his life thus far, and how Mother treats her
‘children’. Also, RainHeart was the murderer of Dr. Steiner and Dr. Pascalle.



1.11 Rita
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       One of the four Galerians from the first game. She possesses very strong
tactile-telekinesis and was bent on killing Rion and Lilia when she found her.
The battle was long and tiring, but her death was a beautiful requiem, as she
asks Rion to put her out of her misery.



1.12 Dr. Steiner
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       Father of Rion Steiner and co-creator of Dorothy. He taught Dorothy the
concept of God and was killed by RainHeart in his own home, crushed to death by
the boxes in a small storeroom without windows. However, before his untimely
death, he had created a virus program that can kill Dorothy, and had embedded
into his son’s brain. However, in order for the virus program to work, it needs
another activation program. Dr. Steiner’s wife, Rion mother, was also killed in
the same house, in the washroom, strangled by RainHeart.


1.13 Dr. Pascalle
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       Father of Lilia Pascalle and co-creator of Dorothy. Killed by RainHeart in the
Steiner’s mansion, he was drowned in his own car in the swimming pool when he
was trying to make his getaway. Knowing Dorothy’s madness, he had created an
activation program that will download the virus program from Rion’s brain into
Dorothy’s system. In order to hide this activation program from Dorothy and her
Galerians, he had embedded it into his daughter Lilia’s brain and sent her away
to hide from the Galerians.




2.0 Story
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2.1 Galerians
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       In the future, Michelangelo City was run by a supercomputer known as Dorothy,
created by professors Dr. Steiner and Dr. Pascalle. In a hospital within the
city, a teenager is undergoing some experiments involving drugs, when a girl’s
voice began to seep into the mind of this teenager known as Rion. This voice
pleaded for help from Rion, who at the moment was strapped to an operation
table. Somehow, the screws to the metal straps holding him down began to loosen
and Rion freed himself without knowing how. In fact, he didn’t even know who he
was, just that his name is Rion, according to the voice inside his head.
       Rion’s release was not authorized, in fact, it was considered an escape. In
the room he woke up in, he found out that he can open doors with only the power
of his mind, and as soon as he exited the room, guards began to approach him
with weapons in hand. Somehow, by concentrating his consciousness, Rion
realized that he could use his psychic projections as attacks. As he begins his
escape from the hospital (influenced by the voice in his head), he also
realized that his psychic powers are based on the drugs that he takes. Except
for his telepathic ability, any other psychic abilities that is used as weapons
depends on the various drugs that he found in the hospital. He could use
telekinesis and pyrokinesis to some extend. However, as he fights his way out
of the hospital, more and more guards (as well as some other ‘experiments’)
made it clear that his escape is not permitted. After using his abilities too
much, Rion could go into shock, a condition known as Short, which can only be
treated by using the drug Delmetor. Left untreated, Short will kill the victim
and all surrounding life forms.
       In his escape from the hospital, Rion found out that his full name is Rion
Steiner. He is the son of the co-creator of Dorothy, Dr. Steiner. In a
newspaper he found in a restroom, Rion learns that his father is dead, and he
has been missing for some time. He also learned that he is not the only person
who is being treated with drugs and other weird experiments in this hospital.
All test subjects are known as Rabbits, hence he is one himself. The director
of the hospital kept appearing on TV screens, telling Rion to go back and not
try to escape. As Rion learns more of what is going on, the truth behind the
hospital’s function begins to sink in.
       It seems that Dorothy has betrayed her creator and began to play god. She
created an army of ‘humans’ with psychic abilities, called the Galerians.
However, these humans are genetically engineered, and in order for a normal
human to gain these psychic abilities, they must use the drugs known as PPECs
(Psychic Power Enhancement Chemicals) just like Rion does. In his attempt to
escape the hospital, Rion also learnt about the Family Program, Dorothy’s plan
in creating the few most powerful Galerians to help her conquer the world and
wipe out humanity. Before Rion could exit the hospital, he came face to face
with the director, and had to defeat him twice, because after burning out his
skin, Rion saw that the director is really an android underneath.
       In an attempt to search for more clues of his past and what is going on, Rion
traveled back to the house where he grew up in. It was no doubt infested with
Dorothy’s minions but Rion dispatched them without a problem. In this house,
Rion’s psychic ability enabled him to see actually happened. Dorothy was
created to be a supercomputer solely used to run the city. However, a module
that gave Dorothy a sentient mind enabled her to think and began to ask of her
purpose in existence. Dr. Steiner taught Dorothy the concept of God, where the
creation only has to do what their creator asks of them, and nothing else. For
a moment, Dorothy seemed to be satisfy with the answer, but soon, she began to
ask the reason as to why she has to serve those who are inferior to her, since
she has the power to run an entire city and her creators were merely humans.
She hatched a plan to kill her creators and became a God herself, hence the
Galerians and the Family Program.
Rion also learnt that his father and Dr. Pascalle knew about Dorothy’s betrayal
and have created a virus program to kill Dorothy. However, in order to hide the
program from Dorothy, they embedded the program into the brain of Dr. Steiner’s
son, Rion. Further, for the virus program to launch, an activation program must
be executed beforehand. This activation program was embedded into the brain of
Dr. Pascalle’s daughter, Lilia. She is the one Rion hears in his mind. She is
the one in danger. In the same house, Rion saw how his father died in a
storeroom, crushed to death by junk. He also saw his mother’s death, strangled
from behind in a washroom. Dr. Pascalle also died within the vicinity of the
house, drowned in the pool inside his car when he was trying to make his
getaway.
In order to find Lilia, Rion had to go to a hotel in the city, but his progress
was halted by the appearance of the first Galerian from the Family Program.
Birdman. Possessing the power of teleportation, Rion had a hard time defeating
him. In the end, Birdman was left to die at the playground of Rion’s house.
       Arriving in the city, Rion found the hotel but it looked like someone beat him
to the chase. The blood on the front desk told him that. As Rion searched
through the hotel, he met some pretty unusual tenants and some very disturbed
people. He also met with RainHeart, the second Galerian from the Family
Program, and the assassin of his parents as well as Dr. Pascalle. RainHeart was
a fire user and they had a heated brawl in one of the rooms in the hotel.
Defeating RainHeart, Rion was ‘rewarded’ with the vision of RainHeart’s past,
how he was treated in the hospital with all the experiments and drugs. The poor
soul was merely a scared and reluctant slave to Dorothy’s scheme.
       Lilia’s voice was getting louder but at the same time more desperate. Finding
an underway, Rion made it pass the generator room and into an abandon and
hidden room, where Lilia has been hiding for so long. Before they could be
properly introduced, the third Galerian from the Family Program barged in. Rita
is a telekinesis specialist, and she made Rion’s head spin with all the tables
and chairs flying around. Rion beat her time and again, which made her mad. She
injected more and more drugs into her body in order to defeat Rion, but she
only defeated herself as the drugs overdosed her system. Before her death, Rion
got a glimpse into her life filled with Dorothy’s forced commands and dirty
works. She wanted to perish just like the white snow in her dreams, and begged
Rion to kill her. Despite Lilia’s pleading, Rion fulfilled Rita’s wish.
       Too many have suffered and more have died in Dorothy’s insane rise to power.
It is up to Rion and Lilia to stop her. They infiltrated the Mushroom Tower
where Dorothy resides, killing all those who stands in their way. However, a
surprise came when they arrived at the Family Program Room. A person who looks
exactly like Rion appeared. He declared himself as Cain, the fourth but not the
last Galerian in Dorothy’s Family Program. He is a clone of Rion, just like
Rion himself. The shocking news brought by Cain was that Rion is one of the
Galerians in Dorothy’s Family Program, just a clone of the real Rion Steiner
who had died years ago when he was kidnapped and admitted to the hospital. Both
he and Cain was created to masquerade as the real Rion and brings Lilia to
Dorothy. Rion realized he was a puppet in Dorothy’s scheme, and Cain is furious
at their mother’s decision of not choosing him to masquerade the real Rion.
Unable to accept the truth that he is a clone and that he is a Galerian
himself, Rion killed Cain who didn’t seem to have any remorse of who or what he
was. Regardless of the truth, Rion and Lilia went on to face Dorothy.
       Dorothy greeted Rion as her son, therefore Cain was telling the truth. She
ordered Rion to kill Lilia, but he refused. Dorothy was left with no choice but
to kill them both herself. She ended up begging Rion not to kill her, his own
mother. Rion put it into perspective for her. She killed her creator, now she
is going to be killed by her own creation. Using Lilia’s activation program,
Rion downloaded the virus program in his brain right into Dorothy’s mainframe,
thus killing her. However, in doing so, the download caused Rion to go into
Short condition, only this time it cannot be cured even by using a Delmetor.
Lilia held the dying Rion in her arms as the Mushroom Tower exploded.


A cliché
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       The virus program was embedded into Rion’s brain. The real Rion died shortly
after being admitted into the hospital. Dorothy recreated Rion by making a
clone of him, thus replicating the virus program in Rion’s brain as well. If
Dorothy hadn’t cloned Rion, the virus program would have disappeared together
with the real Rion Steiner. It seems that fate has a cruel sense of irony.



2.2 Galerians: ASH
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       Six years into the future, Lilia survived the explosion in the Mushroom Tower.
However, contrary to their believes, Michelangelo City did not prosper after
Dorothy’s destruction. Instead, it perished with her. At the moment of her
death, Dorothy launched one last program: The Last Galerians. Aside from the
Family Program, Dorothy actually have another batch of Galerians created and
ready to strike out at humanity at the moment of her death. The Last Galerians
were to annihilate all human and revive Dorothy. Lilia has been working on
bringing Rion back to life after that fateful encounter with Dorothy at the
Mushroom Tower. Rion’s consciousness is lost in the vast space of Dorothy’s
backup data storage. Lilia must find a way to bring Rion’s consciousness back
into his cryogenically frozen body.




3.0 Controls
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       The controls differ depending on which button configurations you choose in the
Option screen. However, the usage of the controls (not the buttons) are as
below:

3.1 Check/Confirm
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       Used to sense for psychic residues and look for items as well as opening
doors. In the menu screen, it is used to navigate and select options.


3.2 Cancel
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       Used to cancel actions.


3.3 Movement
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       Used to move Rion around.


3.4 Lock-On
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       Used to lock onto an enemy so that the enemy is always in sight. Limited
movement is still permitted while locked onto an enemy.


3.5 Shield
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       Used to invoke Rion’s ability to generate a psychic around himself. The shield
is impenetrable, protecting Rion from enemy attacks.


3.6 Personal View
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       Enable Rion to look around in first-person mode. Movement is not allowed when
in Personal View.


3.7 Others
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       There are other controls like tilting of the camera angle and activating the
menu.



4.0 Drugs and PPECs
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       Drugs are used primarily for recovery or some status change in Rion’s body.
PPECs (Psychic Power Enhancement Chemicals) are used to endow Rion with psychic
abilities that can be used to attack enemies.


4.1 Drugs
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4.1.1 Recovery Capsule
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       Used to recover Rion’s HP gauge by about 50%. Rion will die when his HP (Hit
Point/Strength) gauge is empty.


4.1.2 Recovery Plus
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       Used to fully recover Rion’s HP gauge.


4.1.3 Delmetor
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       Used to empty Rion’s AP gauge. If his AP (Addiction Point) gauge is filled, he
will go into a condition known as Short.


4.1.4 Appolinar
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       Used to max out Rion’s AP gauge on purpose so that he go into Short condition.
Do not use without Delmetor at hand.


4.1.5 Skip
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       Used to raise the level of Rion’s psychic ability by 1. All of Rion’s ability
can go to a maximum level of 3, but all psychic abilities has to be at the same
level before any of them can go to the next level.



4.2 (PPECs)
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4.2.1 Nalcon
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       Green in colour, Nalcon endows Rion with the power of telekinesis. Rion can
concentrate shockwaves of psychic blasts and lets them loose on an enemy.


4.2.2 Red
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       Red in colour, Red endows Rion with the power of pyrokinesis. Rion can project
a wall of fire from his mind that burns anything caught within the blast
radius.


4.2.3 D-Felon
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       Blue in colour, D-Felon endows Rion with the power of anti-gravity. He will be
able to lift reasonably sized objects off the floor and then slams them down
again where it hurts the most.


4.2.4 Melantropin
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       A drug that is abundant within Rion’s body. Endows Rion with the psychic
abilities of telepathy (communication with the mind)    and Shield.


4.2.5 Bustanor
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       Yellow in colour, Bustanor is a new drug created by the scientists working for
Dr. Lilia. It enables Rion to throw out a number of projectile shockwaves that
will home-in on the nearest enemy. Concentration time is very brief for
Bustanor.


4.2.6 Breakaron
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       Purple in colour, Breakaron is a new drug created by the scientists working
for Dr. Lilia. It enables Rion to discharge the static trapped in the air,
creating thunders all around him. Very powerful but the ingredients used to
make Breakaron are very rare.



5.0 Walkthrough
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5.1 The End of the Beginning
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       You begin at the final level of the previous  game. Take some time to get used
to the controls, since  they are evidently very different from the last game
(for those who played it).
       Run around the room and you will notice that  clouds with different colours
appear now and then.  These clouds are items. Unlike other games in this  genre
where you have to search for items, hidden or  otherwise, Galerians: ASH makes
it easy for you. As  long as you are in the vicinity, a cloud will appear  and
all you have to do is run into the cloud to get the  item. These items will
normally be drugs (PPECs,  Recovery Capsule, etc). For important items (like
keys,  files, etc), they don't appear in this way, therefore  you will still
have to search for them. Collect all  five items from this room and Check the
big tanks if  you wish (you will have to Check each tank twice to see  first
the name of the clone, then the face of that  clone, which turned out to be
Birdman, RainHeart, Rita,  Cain, and of course, Rion), but the only requirement
to  continue is to check the body lying on the floor.  That's Cain, another
clone of Rion who actually knows  he is a Galerian, which was defeated in the
first game.  You get some Rion/Cain Type files which are actually  instructions
that tells you how to play the game. I  suggest you read them even if you have
played the first  game before. There are some distinct changes in this
installment. I noted them down in the previous section  in this walkthrough.
       Once the door is open (unlocked when you Check  Cain's body), go to the door
and press Check to open  and enter. Go up a flight of stairs and you will come
to a big dome. After a cut scene, you are back in  control. Start running
because there are Rabbits all  over the place trying to slice you into tiny
pieces.  Run around for items. You can kill the Rabbits, but  they will keep
coming and coming. Notice that when an  enemy is near, a target appears around
it. If you press  the Check button, a number appears on top of the enemy.  This
number is the amount of HP that enemy has.  Whenever you have an enemy in
target, you can charge up  your psychic power and blast it to oblivion. Each
blast  will generate a number on top of the enemy. This is the  amount of
damage that the enemy has received from your  attack. Some of your psychic
powers, like Red, is  capable of damaging more than one enemy at a time, if
the enemies are closed together. That will save you  some PPECs. Alternatively,
you can Lock On to an enemy.  Once you do that, the target will change from
green to  red and Rion will not let the enemy out of his side.  You can still
move around, but only by walking. This is  not recommended when you are faced
with many enemies  around you. If you are surrounded, try to use the  Shield
button. This will generate a psychic shield that  absorbs damages. However,
since this shield is enabled  by the Melantropin in Rion's blood, your AP gauge
will  fill up as you are using the shield. It is always  better to lure the
enemies so that they are following  you. When you have some distance, turn
around, charge  up, and let your psychic power loose. Once you kill an  enemy,
it will turn into an item cloud. The items could  be PPECs, drugs, or a status
boost (HP + 7, AP + 23,  Nalcon + 10, etc). A status boost will make your gauge
longer (although you cannot see it) so that your HP,  AP, and PPECs can lasts
longer.
       In this huge dome room, your objective is to  find an open door. Just run
around and find that door.  Once you found it, go in. In the next area, there
is a  Save Terminal to the left. There are also a few items  to grab so run
around a little. Go into the middle  hallway last, because once you are in
there, a cut scene  will take place and once that is over, two robots will
appear. Use Nalcon on these robots because Red don't do  a thing to them. Run
around, wait for them to start  shooting, quickly dodge out of the line of
fire, face  one of them, and then let loose a blast of Nalcon. If  you hit them
while they are not shooting, there is a  possibility that your blast will be
blocked by the  metal shield that they are carrying. Take them out, go  back
into the middle hallway for another cut scene. When  the cut scene is over, go
into the elevator straight  ahead.
       Again you find yourself inside a dome. To your  left is a big terminal while
to your right is a giant  face. Directly in front of you is a door and at least
three Rabbits charging at you. You will have to take  them out even though
they will appear again. Keep  killing the Rabbits until they don't appear
anymore. If  you don't, it won't be easy to solve this next puzzle.  See the
pink cloud in the middle of the room? If you  walk into the cloud, it will
disappear and reappear  somewhere else. If you leave it for too long, it goes
back to the center of the room. The idea is to follow  the pink cloud. Move
into it to make it disappear and  reappear somewhere else, follow it and make
it  disappear again. The pink cloud reappears almost always  behind you,
further and further every time. It gets  harder and harder to catch up with it
in time. If you  don't get to it in time, the pink cloud will go back to  the
center of the room and you will have to do it all  over again. To help you run
faster, press the Forward  Roll button. This will make Rion roll forward,
gaining  a little more distance than just running alone. This  move is also
critical while fighting with enemies. If  you are surrounded or targeted, use
this move to  quickly get out of the situation you are in.
       Once you are done chasing the pink cloud, the  terminal will be powered up. Go
there, just Check it,  and a cut scene will follow. After the cut scene, go to
the door opposite the one where you came in. Forget  about the giant face.
There's nothing there. Exiting  the door will land you in the Bridge with some
really  tall and red monsters that spits yellow gas. If you are  in another
survival horror game, you would most  probably get poisoned, but in Galerians:
ASH, Rion  doesn't get poisoned, so it is relatively safe to fight  these lanky
creatures. However, don't get too  comfortable because they still pack a punch.
Take them  out if you want, otherwise just run to the other end of  the bridge
and press Check at the darkened door. There  is also a Save Terminal here. I
have to say that this  game is very generous in providing Save Terminals,
unlike the first game.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Dorothy
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       In this next room, you face Dorothy a.k.a  Mother. After some cut scene, the
battle begin. Unlike  the battle with Dorothy in the first game, this time
around, she is much tougher. She has three long-range  attacks. If you are in
the circular platform, she will  either use an electrical attack that shoots
all over  the place, or the dual laser beams from her eyes, or a  flamethrower.
If you retreat back to the door, she will  only use the flamethrower, which is
almost impossible  to avoid. In the circular platform, you should check  the
panel where you can upload your virus into Dorothy,  but don't stay too long,
because she will also  occasionally hit you with her hands.
       Your best bet against her is Nalcon, unlike the  first game (which was Red
where it burns all of her  three eyeballs), since her eyeballs only come out
after  a while. You should have enough Recovery Capsules to  spare, so just
stand in front of her and keep on  letting loose some Nalcon, blast after
blast. You will  not see any numbers on her head, but as long as she  shows
some flicker, you will know that your blasts  connect. Keep doing this until
she falls.

       A long cut scene follows. This is actually the  ending to the first game. When
the cut scene is done,  you will be saying the same thing as Rion. Déjà vu. You
are back where you began. It's the same room where you  first found Cain. You
must be saying 'no' by now. Yes,  you have to go through everything all over
again. This  time around, be sure to grab all the items in this  room. You will
need it. Check Cain's body to open the  door and go up the steps to the
gigantic dome.
       Similarly as the first time, run around to find  the open door that leads you
into the room with a Save  Terminal. Search the area for items and go into the
middle hallway for another cut scene. Take the elevator  up to enter the room
with the gigantic face and the  moving pink cloud, only this time around, the
pink  cloud is gone and is replaced by a Galerian by the name  of Spider.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Spider
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                       !!!!!!!!
                       Spoilers
                       !!!!!!!!
       As the story has it, Rion is currently nothing  but data inside the backup
storage of the Mushroom  Tower. Lilia is trying to revive Rion by bringing his
consciousness out of this mass of backup data. It seems  that when Rion and
Lilia killed Dorothy, she was able  to execute one final program: The Last
Galerians (this  was actually the working title for this game, before it  was
changed to Galerians: ASH). This program creates  the four Galerians you will
be facing in this game.  Parano, Spider, Nitro, and ASH. They are the last
Galerians that will wipe out mankind and bring Dorothy  back to life.
                       !!!!!!!!
                       Spoilers
                       !!!!!!!!

       Your first meeting with the Last Galerians  happen to be Spider. He talked
about how he would be  better off without Rion interfering into their work and
so now he must kill Rion. The fight begins with a  really techno music and
green cobwebs all over the  place, with particles that looks like snow falling
from  the ceiling.
       Two things you should look out for: Spider, and  spiders. If you see Spider,
just blast him with either  Nalcon or Red and he will retreat to the ceiling.
Once  he does that, run around the place burning the cobwebs  down. Little
spiders will try to crawl up Rion and suck  the life out of him. Use Red on
them. Make Spider come  down form the ceiling and when he does, blast him with
Rion's psychic powers. Spider's attacks are nothing to  be concerned about.
They are easy to dodge and doesn't  do heavy damage. This should be an easy
fight, although  it could take some time, waiting for Spider to show up.  You
can look for him using the Personal View right  analog stick, but know that
once you go into Personal  View, you are standing still and sitting duck.

       Once the battle with Spider is over, he will  disappear. You get a Skip and a
chance to upgrade your  psychic powers. Skip is a drug that will boost your
psychic powers one level. Currently there are four  psychic powers that you can
choose to upgrade: Shield,  Nalcon, Red, and D-Felon. You may choose to use the
Skip later, but it doesn't really matter anyway. I  suggest you use it on
Shield, because a level 2 Shield  is going to be a saviour in the next stage.
       When you are done deciding, go to the terminal  to get the bridge set, get out
of the room. Go pass the  bridge (killing the monsters if you wish). Again, you
arrive at Dorothy's chamber.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Dorothy - Déjà vu
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
       This fight is exactly the same as the previous  fight. Just blast her with
Nalcon and try to avoid as  many of her attacks as possible. You should kill
her  within three minutes.

       After taking out Dorothy, instead of uploading  the virus program into Dorothy
(which was already done  because Dorothy is already dead, Rion is a data in the
backup storage, remember?), Rion used the panel to  transport himself out of
the backup storage, and back  into his body.



5.2 Six Years into the Future
-----------------------------

       In a very long cut scene, Rion wakes up from his  cryogenic sleep inside the
Hyper-Sleep Room. Lilia  brings him up to date (that's six years into the
future) and gave him some new clothes. As the cut scene  ends, you are suppose
to go out the door to the Control  Room, but why not take a look around first?
There is a  cloud of circling particles in the room. This is what I  call a
Healing Cloud. You step into it, press Check,  and your HP gauge will be
instantly refilled to the  max, while your AP gauge is instantly emptied. Other
things in the room includes the cryogenic chamber where  Rion slept, a control
panel, and a large cylindrical  thing in the middle of the room. Nothing
important  except the Healing Cloud. In this stage, you may want  to return
here to get yourself healed instead of using  Recover Capsules. Those things
are hard to come by.


$$$$$$$$$$$$
My Two Cents
$$$$$$$$$$$$
       A little note I would like to make about Rion's  new look. Since six years has
passed, he does seems to  be taller and more matured, especially with the tight
leather pants and T-shirt. His collar is different from  the original game. It
looks more 'hip', while the  original looked like a dog collar. His hair sticks
to  his head with a really spiky look. He hunches when he  is standing and his
two shoulders looks like they are  out of place. All in all, I still prefer the
original  look. As far as cryogenic technology goes, a subject  don't grow or
decompose when they are frozen in  sub-zero temperature. That's the idea of
cryogenic  freezing!
       On the other hand, Lilia looks even more  matured, with a strong scientist
feel to her. Her  outfit is tight and almost sexy. Ultimately, she fairs  much
better than Rion in the outlook department.


       In the Control Room (there is only one exit  from the Hyper-Sleep Room), go to
the place where  everybody gathers to meet Major Romero. You may not  like him
at first, but you will definitely hate him  later. Listen to them talk about
how the humans can  handle the Last Galerians when an intrusion was  detected
and everybody was put on alert. It seems that  one of the Last Galerians,
Parano, has invaded Hangar  No. 3. Major Romero dispatches his soldiers to the
scene, while leaving you pretty much free to do  anything you want. Run around
the Control Room for some  items and then take the stairs to the 3rd floor.
There  are a total of 5 floors in this area. The Hyper-Sleep  Room, the Control
Room, 3rd floor, 2nd floor, and  Entrance Lobby. This does not include the
hangars and  sewer which you will have to roam later.
       On the 3rd floor, the first thing you should do  is find Lab No. 1 where Lilia
has been taken to.  Getting off the staircase, it should be the last room  in
the hallway to Rion's right. Talk to Lilia and she  will give you a Map Device.
This enables the Map option  in the Menu, and adds a map to the top left corner
of  your screen. I don't suppose I need to tell you how  important the map is.
Yellows are unlocked doors, red  are locked doors, red triangles are enemies.
Rion is  the big blue arrow, the only thing on the map that  moves. Lilia will
also give you a communicator that is  only used in cut scenes. Check around the
lab for some  items. Try to meet the main computer that controls this  shelter,
Elaine. You may be thinking 'they dare to rely  on a computer again, after what
happened to Dorothy?'.  Well, one of the scientists will tell you that Elaine
is not installed with an artificial intelligence  module, therefore, she cannot
operate without human  controls. Now that's a load of my mind. Also, talk to a
scientist on the raised platform to learn about their  research of a new PPEC.
       Next up, there is only one thing to do.  Explore. You have three floors to
explore. The 3rd  floor is a little small, consisting only of the  Tactical
Operation Room (there's a Save Terminal here),  Lab No. 1, and a Sick Bay. Note
however there are two  stairwells to the 2nd floor, one guarded while the
other locked. You can reached the 2nd floor via the  guarded stairwell.
       The 2nd floor is much bigger. There is an  Armory, a Emergency Generator Room,
Warehouse No. 2, a  Save Terminal, and Lab No. 2 (inaccessible). All you  can
do here for now is run around, visit all rooms so  that you know your way
around, and note key items that  you cannot pick up just yet (power cable in
Warehouse  No. 2). Then, go down one more floor to reach the  Entrance Lobby.
       This place is huge, but there are nothing much  to be seen or to get here. The
three main areas that  you have to visit is the Flight Control Room to your
left (you can see the door from where you stand), the  General Office to your
right (also visible), and the  R&D Room way back behind Rion. There is also a
locked  door behind Rion. Visit all rooms to get some items.
       Go to Flight Control Room first. There are two  doors here, both leads back to
the Entrance Lobby. The  lock door I mentioned is on the same block as the
Flight Control Room.
       Next, look for the R&D Room, but before you go  in, take a walk around the
bend. You will see a long  hallway with a dead end. Search the boxes to find a
key  that you cannot get just yet. Note the location and  then go into the R&D
Room. There's nothing interesting  in the R&D Room but there is another door at
the back,  that leads to the General Office. Walk around to find  two doors
facing each other. One to the Armory (locked)  while another leads to Hangar
No. 3, which is where you  need to go right now. Open and enter the door. You
will  appear on a stairway. Just find the door that opens  into West-Side
Underpass.
       A cut scene quickly ensues, depicting how the  humans are losing against the
Galerians. Rion showed up  and save the day. After meeting Cas, a tough female
soldier, you get control of Rion. Follow the  straightforward sewer to the
other side, taking some  time to first save at the Save Terminal (there are two
items next to it) and getting another item from the  dead end platform before
heading towards the door.
       A cut scene is triggered as you near the door.  Some of the dead soldier begin
to rise, and Rion's  Sense shows how Parano turn them into zombie soldiers
after he killed them. They say that of all the Last  Galerians, Parano is the
most cruel. He took out one  eye from the corpses and replaces them with a
control  device, making the dead rise to serve his cause. Sick,  huh? Rion
agrees.
       As soon as you come back from the cut scene, use  Red to immediately fry the
three zombie soldiers. If  you hesitate, they will throw a bomb at you. You
absolutely don't want to get wounded now because Parano  is just behind the
door. Kill the zombie soldiers, grab  the items they turn into, enter the door
and walk a  little for another cut scene.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Parano
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
       During the cut scene, you will notice that Rion  was attacked by four robot
(also made from human,  yuck!) and one of the metal rings that they shot at
Rion connected on his left arm. This device helps the  enemies track Rion with
their electrical attacks. Once  the battle starts, take out the four robots by
using  Nalcon as quickly as possible. Four of them combined,  with Parano, you
don't have a chance.
       You have to dodge their electricity by  constantly moving. Once you see the
purple lines  getting close, move! Do not use Lock On because that  will limit
your mobility. Once you take out all four  robots, turn your attention to
Parano. Quickly switch  to Red because Parano can block most of your Nalcon
attacks.
       Parano can perform four attacks. One  long-range, two medium-range, and one
short-range. He  will normally opt for the medium range thunder strike.  You
can avoid this attack by using Forward Roll as soon  as the lights shines on
you. However, this attack has a  weakness. When he does the thunder strike, he
needs  some time to concentrate. Use your Red to blast him now  and he will
suffer quite an amount of damage. However,  if you try to repeat this, he will
back flip and your  pyrokinesis will miss. Then he will follow with his  second
medium range attack, jump-slash. Run sideways to  avoid this attack. Do not
Lock On to him. If you do,  you can only walk. Although you will be able to
avoid  his jump-slash, he will immediately follow up with his  short-range
slash attack.
       When fighting Parano, always keep a distance  because this guy is fast. Also,
keep your feet moving.
Do not stand stationary at one place. When you have  damaged him to a certain
level, he will unleash his  devastating long-range attack, the familiar
spinning  slash. His entire body will be covered in electricity  as he spins
(flies) horizontally towards Rion. Any  psychic powers unleashed at this moment
will be  deflected. If you let Rion stand there and take this  attack, he will
suffer as much as 75% decrease in his  HP gauge. Even the Shield isn't going to
help much. The  best way is to get out of the way and walk with tiny  steps in
the same place, as Parano will circle Rion for  a while before stopping. Once
he stops, this is you  best chance to burn him. Repeat this process a few more
times and Parano will retreat. This battle can be as  easy as five minutes, or
it can cost Rion his life. Just  remember that speed is not your advantage, so
try to  calm down and be precise.

       Once the fight is over, you get a Skip. Again,  you have the option to use it
right there and then or  save it for later. You may want to boost the same
psychic power to level 3, but will realise that you  cannot do this. You can
only go to level 3 when you  have all abilities at level 2. I suggest either
Nalcon  or Red. One thing you have to understand about boosting  the level of
your psychic ability is that although they  are more powerful, they also
consume a little more of  your PPEC gauge. More noticeable is that when using
level 2 psychic abilities, your AP gauge fills up  faster than you can say
'Mamamia!'.

       A cut scene ensues and you are called back to  the Control Room. Make your way
back there and let the  cut scene takes place. A triple invasion has been
detected by Elaine and the entire army has been  dispatched to counter the
invasion, including Major  Romero himself. When you are back in control, check
the  giant monitor to find out that the invasions take place  at the General
Office, R&D Room, and Flight Control  Room. When you leave the platform, an
item will appear.  Grab that and take this opportunity to go up the
Hyper-Sleep Room to heal Rion.
       Go down to Lab No. 1 on the 3rd floor and talk  to the scientist who is
developing a new PPEC. He will  tell you that the development is near
completion. Go  down to the 2nd floor, and ask the soldier guarding the  door
to open the stairs for you. He will tell you that  the door will be closed once
you reach the Entrance  Lobby, therefore if you have not save your game yet
after fighting Parano, I suggest you do so before  stepping through that door.
       The Entrance Lobby is now infested with  Galerians. At least five robots are
roaming the place.  As soon as you get control of Rion, run! Don't attempt  to
fight them. You will get seriously injured or even  killed if you are
surrounded by them. Dodge into the  Flight Control Room to find Major Romero
there, sending  his men to their deaths. At the first sign of imminent  danger,
he splits, leaving Rion and his men behind. Use  Red to kill all the zombie
soldiers and find the door  (where the zombie soldiers came in) locked. Your
only  choice is to go back into the Lobby, but then the  stairs are closed. How
are you going to get back to the  2nd floor?
       Once you get into the Lobby, dodge the fires  from the robots and head into
the General Office. Don't  bother going into the R&D Room because the five
Rabbits  waiting for you there is even more deadly then risking  these robots.
Inside the General Office, a few zombie  soldiers are walking around and
throwing what looks  like Molotov cocktails at you. Kill them for items if  you
want. The door that connects the General Office to  the R&D Room is now locked.
Leave it and look for  another way out. The door to the West-Side Underpass is
damaged but the door leading to the Armory is open! Run  up to the Armory and
you are safe for now.

       With nothing you can do right now, head back to  the Control Room to watch
Major Romero still acting  brave. When he is done, bring Rion to Lab No. 1 and
talk  to Lilia. A cut scene will take place where Cas (the  female soldier)
comes in to offer assistance to get  Rion to the Uranium Plant where ASH
resides. Lilia will  unlock the doors to Lab No. 2 and Warehouse 1. From
there, Rion can get to Hangar 2 where an airship (the  Air Beagle) is waiting.
Cas will assign a pilot to  bring Rion to the Uranium Plant. When the cut scene
is  done, talk to the scientist developing the new PPEC to  learn that he has
finally succeeded in creating a new  PPEC. He gives you a sample to try.
       Called Bustanor, this new PPEC give Rion the  ability to unleash three homing
shockwaves that does  moderate damage to a single enemy. If you haven't
realised it yet, the main advantage to this new psychic  ability is the homing
factor. You need not face the  enemy directly and yet the three shockwaves will
hit  the enemy. Another good point to this ability is the  decrement in
concentration time. You just have to  charge for a while and it will be at full
bar ready for  you to unleash. However, Bustanor is very hard to come  by so
used them sparingly.

       From 3rd floor, find a staircase which was  previously closed and go down to
reach Lab No. 2, which  will connect you to Warehouse 1. Upon checking the door
to the hangar, you realise that the power is down and  therefore it won't
open. In order to get the power back  on, you need to activate the backup
generator you saw  on the 2nd floor. You can backtrack to the 2nd floor  and
check the backup generator now, or you can search  Warehouse 1 for another
exit.
       There is another door on the opposite so check  it. To open this door, check
the control panel next to  the door and the shutter will be released. Exit this
door to find yourself back at the Lobby.
       The robots are still abundant in the lobby so  try to avoid them as much as
possible. Head for the R&D  Room but don't go in unless you want to be attacked
by  a bunch of Rabbits for no reasons at all. Instead, go  pass the robot
guarding the hallway and then head for  the dead end where you first found the
key, which is  now guarded by two robots. Kill them to retrieve the  Backup
Generator Key. Make your way back to Warehouse  1.
       As you enter Warehouse 1 you will notice that  it has been infested by those
zombie soldiers. Get pass  them to go back to Lab No. 2 and subsequently back
to  3rd floor.
       From 3rd floor, you should go down to the 2nd  floor and enter the Emergency
Generator Room. Upon  investigating the room, you will notice that the key
alone will not be enough to operate the backup  generator. You need to fix the
power cable that  channels electricity to Warehouse 1. If you remember,  we saw
some power cable back at Warehouse 2. Since you  are on the same floor, just
find that room, get the  Power Cable and bring it back to the Backup Generator
Room. Fix the cable (stand next to the cable panel and  enter Menu, then select
Item, then choose to use the  Power Cable), and then use the Backup Generator
Key on  the console next to the cable panel. The backup  generator will come to
life and you can finally open  the door to the hangar.
       You would assume to use the same road as you  took to Warehouse 1,
backtracking to the 3rd floor to  reach Lab No. 2. However, Major Romero is
waiting for  you at the staircase that leads to Lab No. 2. He won't  let you
pass. So what do you do? The only alternate  route you can take in order to
reach Warehouse 1 would  be through the robot infested Lobby. Make your way
there, asking the soldier guarding the staircase from  the 1st floor to the
Entrance Lobby to open the door  for you. Once you are in the Lobby, run for
your life!  Head for the door that connects you to Warehouse 1,  which is again
infested with zombie soldiers. Take them  out, open the door to the hangar
(using the control  panel next to the door), but instead of stepping into
Hangar No. 2, you will find yourself in East-Side  Underpass. There are three
zombie soldiers here. Take  them out if you wish, but you will have to get to
the  other side of the underpass. Don't even bother checking  the first door on
your right that you come to. It's  lock. There's also a save point here. Exit
East-Side  Underpass to get into Hangar No. 2.
       There is nothing much to do in the Hangar No.  2. You can run around to find a
Delmetor at one of the  upper platforms (I suggest you do because you are
definitely going to need it in the next stage). When  you are done sightseeing,
head to the back of the  airship you see standing in the middle of the hangar,
and enter the airship. Here you will meet Pat, the  pilot Cas talked about, who
will bring you to the  Uranium plant. Pat turns out to be a kid that talks a
lot. After a brief conversation, you will watch the Air  Beagle take off and
you will find yourself touching  down at the Uranium Plant.



5.3 ASH of the Uranium Refinery
-------------------------------

       You begin this stage inside the Air Beagle.  Notice the healing cloud in the
ship similar to the one  you saw in the Hyper-Sleep Room. This is where you
should base your operation upon, since the Uranium  Plant has a very high
radioactive level that will cause  your AP gauge to fill up really fast. Be
sure you have  a lot of Delmetor on hand when exploring this place,  otherwise,
you will have to backtrack to the Air Beagle  constantly.
       Stepping out of the Air Beagle you will find  yourself on a huge
flight/landing platform, with two  very gigantic monster charging at you from
your left.  Start running! These monsters are tough. They have a  long range
sonic attack, and up-close, they are deadly  with their double-barreled punch.
You can either run  straight for the plant entrance on your right, or you  can
choose to defeat the two monsters to get yourself  an Appolinar. It's found at
the place they were  guarding (and you thought that was where the entrance  was
located). To defeat these two giants, try to make  sure that only one of them
is following you. Run until  it launches its sonic attack. Dodge it, turn
around,  and use your pyrokinesis (Red) on it. Three blasts and  it should go
down. You should not go back into the Air  Beagle to heal yourself after
defeating them, because  they will appear again the next time you exit the Air
Beagle. What a nuisance!
       Once you made your way to the entrance of the  plant, you will see a Save
Terminal. Better save your  game because the plant is not going to be a walk in
the  park. Entering the plant, you will get onto an  elevator, bringing you to
the Security Floor. This  floor is circular, with four doors, and five
flamethrowers guarding the doors. Initially, two of the  doors are closed while
another two are opened. You have  to find one that is open.
       It is advisable that the first door you enter  should lead you to the Control
Office. Once you step  into this area, you should be pummeled by some strange
blue bubbles. Two plant-like monsters are shooting  bubbles at you. Although
they look poisonous, Rion will  not get a poison status (unlike *that* other
survival  horror game). Kill them with Red and then go up the  platform on your
right to get the Solar System Memo.  Read the memo carefully and notice that
there are more  than one page in this memo. On the other side of the  platform,
you will see a Save Terminal and if you run  around a bit, you should find
yourself a Delmetor. One  end of the room is a lock door with a map of the
solar  system, with the word Jupiter written in Latin. On the  other end of the
room is another door that will open  into the Control Computer Room.
       Directly in front of you should be a Card  Terminal. Upon checking it, you
will realise that you  need a card key to open the locked doors and you will
have to use the card key here (remember the card key  from the first
installment?). On the other end of the  room there is another locked door with
the picture of  the solar system painted on it, this time with the word  Earth
written in Latin. When you are done exploring,  check the big security monitor
(do this last) to  trigger a cut scene. This is where you first meet ASH.
After a somewhat warm greeting, three red robots will  appear out of nowhere. I
advise you get the hell out of  there as soon as possible, because these
suckers are  tough as steel and fast as a bullet. If you get  cornered by them,
you are in hot soup. Get out of the  room and go back to the Security Floor.
Find the other  open door.
       General Sick Bay is your next destination. You  will notice in this area there
are an abundant of  Rabbits scouring the place. Try to dodge them all while
noticing a lock door with the picture of the solar  system, with the word
Saturn written in Latin. There is  also another door leading to the Enriched
Uranium  Storage area, which is locked. Around here you should  get a Delmetor
and a Bustanor. Don't miss them. On one  of the examination tables (near the
darkened inner  wall) is an Unassigned Card Key. Make sure you grab  that. Head
back to the Control Office once you have  that card key.
       You have to go back into the Control Computer  Room. You need to use the
Unassigned Card Key on the  Card Terminal inside the Control Computer Room. If
you  wish to get in and out unharmed, you should be ready to  do some pretty
quick maneuvers. Enter the Control  Computer Room, run to the Card Terminal
(which is  directly in front of you) and go into the Menu screen.  Choose Item
and choose to use the Unassigned Card Key.  The next screen you go into is sort
of like a puzzle.  You will be presented with a series of randomly placed
letters. Under each letter is a double arrow sign that  if pressed (select and
press Check) will swap the  positions of the two neighboring letters. Your goal
is  to rearranged the letters to form the password that  will be assigned into
the card that will in turn open  the corresponding door. If you want to figure
it out by  yourself, the hint given to you is inside the Solar  System Memo.
You just have to read it. If you wish to  save yourself some time (and
thinking), the password is  'Saturnus'. Once the password is verified, you will
get  the Saturnus Card Key. Once you are back in control of  Rion, run!
       From here on in, it is a wild goose chase that  doesn't even contribute to the
story. You'll see what I  mean. With the Saturnus Card Key in hand, you should
find the Saturn door, which is in the General Sick Bay  if you recall. Go there
and dodging the Rabbits, use  the card key on the slot next to the door.
Entering the  door you will find yourself in the Reprocessing  Facility.
       The Reprocessing Facility has only two  interesting things. The Card Key
Terminal and the  little enemies. Kill them if you want but they will  keep
coming back for more. Run to the other side of the  room to find the Card Key
Terminal and use your card  key. You will notice that you will be given the
same  puzzle as before, with the only difference being the  password. Again,
the clue is inside the Solar System  Memo, and again, if you are too lazy to
figure it out,  the password is Jupiter. Grab the Jupiter Card Key, and  get
out of the Reprocessing Facility. Now to find the  Jupiter door, which is in
the (surprise!) Control  Office.
       Make your way back to the Control Office, go to  the door, use the Jupiter
Card Key on the panel next to  the door, and once the door is open, enter into
Refining Line Area. Explore the left side first,  because on the upper
platforms there are two drugs that  you may need. On the platform to the right
of the  entrance, there is another drug to get. when you step  in between all
the red tanks, a cut scene will take  place. Spider greets you with some
arachnid  infestation! This mini-boss fight is easy. Just use Red  to get rid
of the spiders before they jump on you and  you should be ok. Take out the big
spider web and the  battle should be over before it even began. Don't  attempt
to use the Save Terminal because it can only be  used when the boss fight is
over. A short cut scene will  take place and the next thing you should do is to
find  the Card Key Terminal hidden on the darker side behind  the red tanks.
Here, the password should be easy to  guess, Mars.
       Now, where is the Mars door? If you have  explored the Security Floor, then
you should know that  one of the two locked doors is the Mars door. Make your
way there and use the card key on the panel next to the  door. Enter into the
System Control Room. Two  plant-like monsters you encountered in the Control
Office is determined to stop you here. Kill them for  some status boost if you
wish. They reappear again but  after you kill them for the second time, they
won't  appear again. Check the big door with the big painting  of the solar
system. The word Venus is written in  Latin. We are more interested in the door
to the left  right now.
       This door leads to the Enriched Uranium Storage  area. The red robots are
back! However, there are only  three of them and once you kill them, there
won't be  anymore. My advice is that you lure them into the big  circular
platform, and take them out one by one using  Bustanor. Once you get them out
of the way, you can  choose to unlock the door to the General Sick Bay, but
what we are looking for is the Card Key Terminal. Use  your card key here to
get the password to the next  door. Only two doors left - Earth and Venus. But
the  letters given to you in this puzzle resembles neither  of the two. Upon
inspection of the Solar System Memo,  you will find that the correct password
is 'Tellus',  which I guess must be Latin for 'Earth'.
       Now that we have the Tellus Card Key, and  knowing that 'Tellus' most probably
means 'Earth', we  should know where we are heading. Yes, The Control  Computer
Room. Make your way there and use your card  key on the panel next to the door,
while being very  aware of the red robots.
       Once you get the door open, you will go into  the Management Office. There are
about three Rabbits  that will appear again, once, after you have killed  them,
which means there are six of them in total. I  suggest you kill them all just
for the boosts to your  stats. Run around the room to find a Red and a Card Key
Terminal. Use it like the previous ones to change the  password to Venus. When
you are done, you will have to   head to the Venus door.
       However, you don't have to backtrack. Running  to the other end of the room
(after a particularly long  hallway), you will notice the door that leads up to
the  Security Floor, which was previously locked from this  side. Unlock it and
go up to the Security Floor, dodge  the flamethrowers to the Mars door. Go in
and kill the  two plant creatures. The one nearer to where you came  in will
appear again, but the one guarding the Venus  door will reappear twice. The
third plant creature you  kill will turn into a Recovery Capsule, which is
something that you will definitely need. Open the Venus  door with the card
key.
       You will find yourself in the Storage Area  Elevator, which houses a Nalcon
and a D-Felon. Grab  them before going to the center of the room. A blinking
red light on the elevator panel attracts your attention  so flick the switch to
make the elevator starts moving.  During the ride down, a giant monster appear.
This is  the same monster you encountered at the airstrip when  you landed. Run
around it, burn it, and once dead, the  elevator ride stops, and it turns into
a Skip.
       Use the Skip you just got to boost up your  Bustanor psychic ability. Trust me
on this. Bustanor is  the only logical weapon you have against your upcoming
enemy. In this room where the elevator stopped, run  around to get a Delmetor,
a Recovery Capsule, and a  Recovery Plus. Note the Save Terminal, then make use
of  it. When you are done preparing yourself, enter the big  door.
       This is the Waste Uranium Storage, therefore  the radioactivity is almost off
the chart. Try not to  linger too long and start moving. A cut scene will take
place but it seems meaningless. Open the other door and  enter into the dome
size Waste Uranium Storage You can  run around as much as you want but the
items are  located on the top platform, so make your way up there.
       You will see three things that look like a  statue or something, and near each
of them is an item.  Grab the Nalcon, Red, Recovery Plus. There is also one
Bustanor on this platform so find it. Whenever you are  at one of these
statues, Check to activate it. Once all  three are activated, a cut scene takes
place. Go down to  the center of the Dome to meet ASH.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : ASH
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       During the cut scene, you will see that ASH  feeds on Uranium for his powers.
The cut scene isn't  particularly long, so be prepare for the fight.

       To fight ASH, I recommend that you use  Bustanor. Red is out because you have
to be very near  the target. D-Felon, well, D-Felon hasn't been exactly  useful
in the entire game, so it won't be useful now  either. Nalcon has good range,
but you still have to  aim. With Bustanor at level 2, you will have about five
homing shockwaves, with minimal concentration time.  Definitely the only
choice. Once the battle begins,  give ASH a couple of Bustanor hits. You can at
least  lay two or three shots at him before he starts to act.
       You absolutely need to stay AWAY from ASH in  this battle. Get as far away
from him as you can and  use Bustanor. In the long range, ASH can perform two
attacks. First, he will shoot a lot of lasers that will  cover the entire room.
However, these lasers are spread  out so if you are far enough, you should be
able to  dodge them in time. However, if you get one shot, you  will probably
get a couple more before you can get back  on your feet. Each laser deals light
damage to Rion.
       The next attack ASH performs can kill you in  one shot if you are not careful.
From his body, he  generates an explosion that will grow to the size of  the
dorm room you are in. The damage is time-based,  meaning as long as you stay in
the explosion, your HP  gauge will continue to drop. If you stay next to ASH
when the explosion starts, you would probably be dead  before the explosion is
over, or have at least 75 - 90  percent of your HP gauge emptied, even with
Shield! The  trick is to get as far away from ASH as possible and as  near the
edge of the battle ground as possible. Once  the explosion comes, Shield
yourself. If you do that,  you should only suffer about 10 - 20 percent of
damage  to Rion, which is manageable.
       Keep shooting Bustanor at ASH and keep running  around him, keeping as much
distance as possible. If  you are good enough, you can end the battle without
using a single Recovery Capsule. Of course, keep an eye  on your AP gauge and
use Delmetor as soon as you need  it. Once the battle is over, a cut scene
takes place.

                       !!!!!!!
                       Warning
                       !!!!!!!

       This cut scene contains a little gay scene where  ASH actually kissed Rion!
Why he did that, I have no  idea.



       When the cut scene is over, you will find Rion  lying on the first compartment
of the Waste Uranium  Storage. Get the Skip you find and use them on  whichever
ability that you like and go all the way back  to the Air Beagle. A cut scene
will follow revealing the  plots to revive Dorothy at the Mushroom Tower.



5.4 Back to Airport Terminal
----------------------------

       The cut scene will bring you back to the Airport  Terminal, which is now
infested with monsters. As you  get off the Air Beagle onto Hangar No. 2, about
five  Rabbits will come slashing at you. I hope you healed  yourself after your
battle with ASH because Pat locked  the Air Beagle door and there is no way to
get back  inside to use the Healing Cloud! You will have to use  the hit and
run technique with these Rabbits. Kill them  all and try to exit the hangar.
This will trigger a  cut scene that unlocked the door to the hangar. Your
objective is to head to the 3rd floor so go through the  East-Side Underpass
(killing the red creatures if you  wish) and go into Warehouse 1. There are
about three  Rabbits here that will appear for a couple of times.  Kill them to
get many goodies. Warehouse 1 itself has a  few items to grab, including the
much needed Recovery  Capsule.
       If you are thinking about using the door to Lab  No. 2 then directly to the
3rd floor, then you are out  of luck. The door is locked. Try the door to the
lobby.  It's locked too, but a quick Check to the panel will  trigger a cut
scene where Lilia will open the doors for  Rion. Going into the Entrance Lobby
you can try to kill  all these red creatures, since they are less tough than
the robots that used to dominate this place. However,  we are talking about
being surrounded by about five to  six of these things, so the better strategy
is still to  run your way to the stairwell.
       Get your fingers ready because the robots has  invaded the 2nd floor and they
are waiting for you!  Once you step into the 2nd floor, a robot is standing
right next to you waiting to unload a barrage of  bullets into Rion. You can
run around here if you want.  Some new items has been added since the last time
you  were here. Otherwise, just run up to the 3rd floor,  which is still save
for now, and talk to Cas. Then head  to Lab No. 1 and look for Lilia. Save at
the Tactical  Operation Room beforehand and grab the Recovery Capsule  and
Delmetor in there while you are at it. After a  brief conversation with Lilia,
run around the room to  get a Red and a Bustanor. Talk to the scientist nearest
to the door to learn of another new PPEC is currently  under development. If
you read the files, you would  have guessed that the PPEC is Breakaron.
       Anyway, head to the Hyper-Sleep Room. Of  course, you will have to first
through the Control  Room, where Major Romero is waiting for you. Just  ignore
his taunts and go to the Hyper-Sleep Room. Use  the Heal Cloud, talk to Lilia,
and then step into the  transporter (that thing in the middle of the room). A
brief cut scene will tell you that you are going back  into the data world. Now
where have I seen this before?  Traveling between the data world and the real
world,  and if you die in the data world, you die in the real  world. Hmm,
maybe later in the year I will be reminded,  twice.



5.5 Re-entering the Dream World
-------------------------------

       Rion is back in the data world. He sees Dorothy  being ripped apart, a sign
that says her data is being  transferred out of the backup storage. Now he has
to  find ASH to stop him from continuing his plan. In  Dorothy's Room, there
are two panels. One is in front  of Rion, where you came in from (and will go
out at).  The other is to his left. Activate the Bridge unlocking  mechanism
here before going out the door. The Bridge is  inhabited by three Rabbits. They
shouldn't post a  problem for you. Save at the Save Terminal next to the  door
before you run over to the other side of the  Bridge.
       Opening the door you will enter Galerians R&D  Area III. There are two giant
purple monsters (the same  ones you encountered back at the Uranium Refinery).
Kill them if you wish to. There is only one door that  you can enter from here,
and it leads to the Corridor  Block 3. A few Rabbits are on the prowl. The
other side  of the corridor will bring you into the General System  Area Alpha.
DO NOT RUN INTO THE ROOM! As you take your  first few steps, you will notice a
blue wall of light  begins to emanate from the ground and it follows you.  If
you touch the wall, your HP gauge will deplete  faster than you can say 'Holy
mother of Galerians!'. Be  careful that you do not run into the blue walls.
       Notice that the blue walls, although follows  you wherever you go, is only
there to annoy you.  Running along the blue walls you will find that there  is
a path that will get you to the two important places  in the room. First, you
will arrive at the Floor  Rotation Terminal. Activate that and see a cut scene
of  the floors changing. Once you have done that, go run  along the blue walls
to arrive at the main structure in  the middle of the room, the Main Terminal.
Check it and  it will trigger a cut scene where Rion will send the  data back
to Lilia in the real world. Once you have  done that, you have to backtrack out
of the room.  However, you may want to carefully run around parts of  the room
that seems to lead to nowhere, because an  Appolinar and a Nalcon are hidden
somewhere in the  room. Just be careful not to run into the blue walls.
       After you have exited the General System Area  Alpha, run out the corridor,
back into the Galerians  R&D Area III, you will notice that the door to the
Bridge that brings you to Dorothy's Room is locked,  while the other one is
opened. Go into that and the  elevator will bring you down to Security Floor S.
This  room is illuminated by a purple light. There is a Floor  Rotation
Terminal and a Save Terminal. I suggest you  save before heading out that door
that leads you to the  Dome Area. Why? Because that is where you will have
your maiden encounter with Nitro, that's why!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Nitro
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       A long cut scene introduces Nitro to Rion and  the players. She is a fire
specialty Galerian, just  like RainHeart was (for those who played the first
game). She has three types of attacks. She may turn  into a blaze of fire and
charges at you (light damage  per each contact) or she may throw a wall of fire
rolling towards you (medium damage per contact,  continues as long as you stay
in the wall of fire).  However, it is her third attack that you should worry
about. She will levitate herself to the ceiling and  then throws balls of fire
down at Rion. These fireballs  are very difficult to avoid because you don't
know  where they are coming from. Just run around as much as  you can.
       The strategy to beat Nitro is simple. You  should have guessed that since she
plays with fire, you  cannot go near her. And Red is out. Fighting fire with
fire doesn't always work. And since you have to run  around a lot, the obvious
choice is Bustanor. Run,  concentrate, hit her with Bustanor (should be at
level  2 now), run, concentrate, hit her with Bustanor. She  has a considerably
higher HP than all the bosses you  have faced so far, so this may take a while,
especially  when she is in midair. But the best thing about  Bustanor is that
it can hit the target even when she is  in midair!

       Once you have defeated Nitro, a cut scene will  ensue and you will get a Skip.
Use it on whatever you  have left, and then look around the Dome Area for
another door that is not locked. There are four doors  in the Dome Area, each
illuminated by a different  light. Two of the are opened (one leads to Security
Floor S while another leads to Security Floor N).  Another two are locked, for
now. Your destination is  Security Floor N. Find the door, go in, and save at
the  Save Terminal. Get the Recovery Capsule lying around  somewhere. There is
a Floor Rotation Terminal that you  should activate, but as you try to reach
the elevator,  a security mechanism will be activated. It seems that  Rion's
security access privilege has been revoked.  Now, how can you get through the
security mechanism?
       You can run around all you want, even try to  hack into the system but it just
won't do. You can try  to figure it out yourself, but if you run around
enough, you will eventually find the answer, which is  in the Family Program
Room. Anyway, here's the  solution: exit Security Floor N into the Dome Area
(now  filled with Rabbits and a few items), and look for the  stairwell that
leads down to the Family Program Room.  Remember this is where you began the
game? Déjà vu.  There are no items here this time, and just by looking  around
you will never find the answer to this puzzle.  Let's try to think about it.
Rion cannot use his  identity to get through the security mechanism. Could  he
use someone else's identity? Someone who looks  exactly like him but is not
around? For those who did  not play the first game and for those who didn't pay
attention at the opening movie, you should be thrilled  to know that Cain is a
clone just like Rion, who are  clones of the original Rion Steiner who died
even  before the first game. Cain died in the opening movie  of this game. So,
the idea is to look for Cain's  breeding capsule in the Family Program Room,
and Check  it. A cut scene will show Rion scanning Cain's breeding  capsule to
get his Retina ID. Once that is done, you  will notice that Rion's eyes are
flashing with faint  blue lights and there is a heartbeat sound to the
background music. Leave the Family Program Room, get  through the Dome Area to
go back to Security Floor N.  Walk to the security device that blocked Rion's
passage  and it will scan Rion's ID as Cain. By doing this, Rion  will gain
access to the elevator. Nifty, huh?
       Go through the next few area to arrive back at  Dorothy's Room. Use the panel
directly in front of  Dorothy to bring Rion back into the real world.



5.6 Elaine and the Password
---------------------------

       Back in the Hyper-Sleep Room, Lilia mentioned  that the data sent back by Rion
is some kind of  password that can only be decrypted in time if they  have the
Reserve Computer online. Rion must now go to  the Lobby to power the Reserve
Computer. However, one  of the Last Galerian is also there to destroy the
Reserve Computer. Seems like they know what you know.  It's a matter of who
gets there first. Heal yourself  and head down to the 3rd floor. Go to Lab No.
1 to talk  to the scientist on the PPEC development platform. He  will give you
the last PPEC/psychic ability in the  game, Breakaron. This powerful psychic
ability will  cause the release of lightning from above the enemies,  and they
strike more than one enemies at a time, if  they are close together. However,
since the ingredients  to make Breakaron are rare, you won't find this PPEC as
much as D-Felon or Bustanor. Also, your AP gauge will  rise like no tomorrow
every time you use Breakaron.
       Going to the Lobby is not as simple as it  sounds because of the monsters
running around and all  the doors locked. Save often, and do not use the route
that leads you to the Lobby. The door to the System R&D  Center is locked so
you cannot get in from there.  Instead, you should go to the 2nd floor, and
look for  the Armory. Remember the Armory has a door that leads  to the General
Office, which connects to the System R&D  Center? So your first destination is
the Armory. Be  careful when you are in the Armory because there are  about
five Rabbits eager to slash you into tiny pieces  to be served to ASH. D-Felon
works great here, if not  for the rapid rise in your AP gauge. The door that
leads down to the General Office seems broken. Checking  on it will cause Rion
to use his Scan ability to open  up the door so you can get down to the General
Office.
       A few red monsters inhabit the General Office.  You can kill them if you want
to, but unlock the door  to the Lobby before you attempt to go into the System
R&D Center. This will come in handy later. Inside the  System R&D Center, there
are three plant monsters but  you only have to take out the one nearest to the
door  you came in from. To your right is a terminal that  shows the log of
personnel who used the Reserve  Computer Key last. You see, in order to power
up the  Reserve Computer, you need a key and in order to get  the key, you have
to get it from the guy who used it  last, which according to the log, is an Air
Beagle  pilot. Now, you can leave the room now or go on to kill  the two other
plant monsters and get a couple of items  (Recovery Plus and Nalcon). I suggest
you get the items  now.
       Your next task is then to find that Air Beagle  pilot. How many Air Beagle
pilot do you know? Pat is  probably the only one you knew. However, if you have
been paying attention and talking to people, you will  remember that there is
also an Air Beagle pilot in the  3rd floor Sick Bay that always brag about how
he had to  escape from Hangar No. 1. He is the guy we are looking  for, not
Pat. Go to the 3rd floor (use the Armory route  because the Rabbits are no
longer there, if you killed  them all in the first place). In the Sick Bay,
talk to  the Air Beagle pilot and he will tell you that he left  the key inside
the cockpit of his Air Beagle (No. 39).  Rion will want to go and get it, but
the door to Hangar  No. 1 is locked. In order to get in, the Air Beagle  pilot
will give Rion the key to Hangar No. 1.
       Head down to the Entrance Lobby again, and go  into Warehouse No. 1. Dodge all
the three Rabbits if  you don't want to kill them and open the door to
East-Side Underpass by using the panel next to the  door. Three red monsters
inhabit the East-Side  Underpass now. You only have to kill one to get to the
locked door of Hangar No. 1. Use the key the Air Beagle  pilot gave you, and
enter Hangar No. 1. There are three  plant monsters inside Hangar No. 1 and
there is one  Nalcon on the top platform to the right of the door.  Unless you
want to kill all the plant monsters, you can  go through the hangar unharmed by
using the top  platforms. The entrance to the cockpit is on the other  side of
the hangar. Getting into the cockpit should be  no problem, but you will notice
that the cockpit  belongs to an Air Beagle numbered 67, not 39. There is  no
key in the cockpit. What do you do?
       Get out of the Air Beagle, use the upper  platform to get to the other side of
the Air Beagle  (where there are two plant monsters) and look for a  control
panel situated on the vacant space next to the  two plant monsters. Don't
worry. They cannot harm you  from where they are standing and plant monsters
don't  move, so you can work on the control panel without the  need to kill the
plant monsters first. A cut scene will  show that the Air Beagle No. 67 being
moved to another  hangar while the Air Beagle No. 39 is moved into Hangar  No.
1. Use the upper platforms to get back into the  cockpit of Air Beagle No. 39
and you will find the  Reserve Computer Key on one of the seats. Exit Hangar
No. 1 when you are done.
       Before you go back to Warehouse 1, you may want  to visit Hangar No. 2 to find
Pat still hiding and a  Breakaron (woo hoo!). Of course, you would have to kill
all the red monsters prowling around the East-Side  Underpass, but some of
them do give good items. Save at  the Save Terminal of East-Side Underpass
before you go  up to Warehouse 1. Trust me. You may not see anything  but
Rabbits in Warehouse 1, but as soon as you exit the  place, a cut scene will
take place and a boss fight will  be imminent. If you didn't save, good luck.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mini Boss Fight : Red Robots
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Remember these robots? They may have changed in  colours, but they were the
robots that attacked you  during your first fight with Parano. Rion got another
circlet on the arm again this time, but once the battle  begins, you will
notice that the robots are not using  electricity anymore, but fire. They will
launch a  fireball at Rion every once in a while. You can tell  because before
they launch, they have to kneel down on  one leg first. Also, the blue lines
that surrounds the  battle area will deal a little damage to Rion if he
touches them. Red, D-Felon, and Bustanor is practically  useless against the
robots. You can try Nalcon, but you  will be standing still for them to hit you
when you are  unleashing you torrents of Nalcon shockwave. Yes, it is  time to
try Breakaron.
       Run around the four corners of the battle area  to get the four items, dodging
the fireballs as you do  so. Once the four robots has unleashed their
fireballs,  stand next to one of them and concentrate, then unleash  your
Breakaron. If you are lucky, one blast will take  out one red robot, otherwise,
two blasts will surely  kill it. Try to kill them one by one because you would
want to grab the items they leave behind before the  cut scene kicks in. When
you have killed them all, get  the item(s) as soon as possible before the cut
scene  initiates. Well, well, looks who's back. It's Parano!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight : Parano (Round Two)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Parano is still as ugly and as annoying as  ever. Rion taunted him about the
robots he sent over  before he himself makes an appearance, and that seems  to
agitate Parano. However, this time he is more  dangerous than the last time you
met him. His attacks  are the same, lightning shockwave, jumping slash, close
proximity slash, and that spinning slash. The only  different that you will
notice this time is the  spinning slash. He used to spin around Rion until he
stops. This time around, he will occasionally change  direction to hit Rion
while he spins around him, making  his moves almost impossible to anticipate
and avoid. As  with last time, Nalcon and D-Felon is useless against  him.
Bustanor is also useless as he will block it. Since  he is using electric
attacks, Breakaron isn't really  the best idea either. His weakness is the same
as last  time: Red.
       To fight Parano, make sure you have lots of  Delmetors and Recovery Capsules.
Run around and wait  for Parano to use his lightning attacks. Once the light
falls on Rion, do a forward roll and face Parano,  concentrate, and unleashes a
torrent of fire towards  him. Do this right and he will burn. Do this too near
too slow and Rion will be hit by Parano's slashes  before he can unleash his
Red. Therefore, keep a  distance between Rion and Parano and only try to attack
him when you have the distance and time. Parano's  slashes comes in succession
and they can be very  devastating (heavy damage every time). Also, do not try
to use Red on Parano twice, as he will back flip to  avoid the second attack,
just like the first time you  met him. Once you have burnt him, run around and
wait  for another lightning attack from him.
       Once you have damaged him enough, he will start  to use the spinning attack.
This is where you have to  be careful. After being introduced with this attack
once, you will notice that it is extremely dangerous  and it can cut your HP
gauge empty. The worst thing is  you cannot anticipate where he will strike
next. If you  have your Lock On activated, it will limit Rion's  ability to
run, which will be even worse. Immediately  release the Lock On once it is
activated. The trick to  beat Parano in his spinning game is to use your
Shield.  Once he starts to spin, Shield Rion and wait for Parano  to stop
spinning. Anticipate this and quickly face him,  concentrate, and burn him.
Remember that Parano is very  fast so if you fail to face him when he stops
spinning,  or you are a little slow in concentrating, immediately  Shield Rion
again before Parano slashes him. Your AP  gauge will fill up at least twice
during the battle  (without the use of Appolinar) if you follow my  strategy.
Shielding Rion eats up a lot of the AP gauge  but it is the only thing that can
save you from  Parano's spinning attack. After a degree of burning to  Parano,
he should fall and disappears.

       Get the Skip and boost your Breakaron to level  2. The next time you get a
Skip, you will be able to  boost your ability to level 3. After the battle, you
will have to go to the System R&D Center. The door from  the Lobby is still
locked and going in from the Armory is far. Remember I asked you to unlock the
door that  connects the Lobby to the General Office? This is the  reason why.
After the battle with Parano you should be  standing very near to this door.
Get in before the red  monsters get Rion. Go pass the General Office into the
System R&D Center and kill the plant monsters. Look for  the terminal (at the
other end from where you came in)  where you can slot your Reserve Computer Key
in. A  cut scene will ensue showing Lilia flooding the System  R&D Center to
avoid future invasions to the room.
       Rion finds himself at the General Office  needing to get his way back to the
Hyper-Sleep Room. Save (preferably in the Tactical Operation Room, which now
houses a few new items). In the Hyper-Sleep Room,  Rion will be transported
back to the Data World via the  transporter. A cut scene will show us how
Parano is capped by ASH. I am so glad that guy is dead, although  I suspect he
will still come back, since the cut scene really didn't say that he died.



5.7 The Dream World Again
-------------------------

       In the Data World, Rion begins in Dorothy's  Room again. Unlock the Bridge
like last time. Kill the  4 Rabbits if you wish, then go into the Last
Galerians  R&D Area III to find the two purple giant monsters  waiting for you.
Optional kill, go into the door that  leads to Corridor III Block and many
Rabbits. This time  around they don't seem to stop coming. Just avoid them  if
possible, because your goal is the other side of the  corridor. In General
System Area Alpha, go to the main terminal just like the last time you were
here. Just be careful with the blue walls. Arriving at the main terminal in the
room, all you have to do is Check it to initiate a cut scene. Here' Rion learns
something about ASH. During the cut scene, you will also notice that the door
with the green lights at the Dome Area is now open. When you are back in
control, you can run around the room as much as you wish, because the annoying
blue walls are gone! Go to the Floor Rotation Terminal and activate it, then go
back to Corridor III Block, Last Galerians R&D Area III, and down the elevator
to Security Area S.
       You can take out the 3 plant monsters in Security Area S if you wish, but you
only have to absolutely take out two of them. The one guarding the Floor
Rotation Terminal has to go. You need to activate this terminal to get Security
Area W lined up with Area II (the green box). If you have trouble getting that,
choose to rotate to the right. Do it here instead of at Security Area W, trust
me. The Floor Rotation Terminal there is a mess to use and there are 3 red
monsters that seems to keep regenerating until you have killed them for the
tenth time. Why waste ammo and HP? Save here in Security Area S if you wish,
then take out the plant monster blocking the door to get out. Actually, you can
run by the plant monster without harm because it will be busy covering itself
up when Rion is near.
       When you are at the Dome Area, look for the door with blinking green lights.
That door is now opened and you can go into Security Area W. The three red
monsters like to hang around the Floor Rotation Terminal, which makes the Save
Terminal free to use. If you have not saved so far, you might really want to do
it now or regret it later. There is also a Recovery Capsule around here that
you should grab before going into the elevator. Arriving at Last Galerians R&D
Area II, a cut scene will ensue before you can walk more than ten steps.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: Spider (Round Two)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       At the beginning of the battle, there will be a Red for you to grab, which
should give you a pretty good idea on what to use in this battle. Although
Bustanor can probably seek and destroy, Spider, it is too precious to be wasted
on him. Breakaron is even rarer, so don’t bother. As usual, D-Felon is useless.
You best bet is Red, although Nalcon is still useful. Spider will have three
attacks. In close-range, he will jump on Rion and literally suck the blood out
of him. He will also asks his spider minions to attack Rion. Finally, Spider
can haul himself up to the ceiling and drop flaming spiders on you.
       Start the battle by running around and burning some of the cobwebs away. If
Spider’s spider minions come at you, just burn them like in the Uranium
Refinery. Once you have Spider on your side, burn him. He likes to do side
rolls so you may have to take some time to aim but Red should cover a good deal
of range horizontally. If you get bitten by Spider, Rion will be stunned for a
few seconds. Do not be afraid though, because during this recovery time, Spider
will be too busy laughing at Rion than attacking him. Once Rion recovers and
Spider is still laughing, burn him. However, do not try to burn him twice in a
row or you will be wasting Red. Like Parano, Spider will back flip and your
second Red assault will definitely miss. Instead, run and burn.
       If Spider escapes up to the ceiling, keep running or the flaming spiders will
drop on Rion. Burn out the cobweb because Spider relies on them to be on the
ceiling. This battle should not be too difficult if you keep running and
burning. It has no difference than the first time you fight him.

       When the battle is over, a touching cut scene will show Spider dying and
telling Rion the secret to defeating ASH. He did this to repay Rion who spared
the life of his pet spider (the red one) back in the Uranium Refinery. When
Spider finally dies, the red spider will leave his side. Damn, it was almost
sad to see him go. In actual fact, Spider was never really a bad guy anyway.
From all those cut scenes that you see you should know that Spider is very mild
mannered and doesn’t hurt people, and definitely not as screw loose as Parano
or as emotionally unstable as Nitro. I was beginning to like him.
       Get the Skip floating around in front of Rion and I suggest that you use it on
Rion’s Shield ability. The next thing that you should do is turn around and
Check the device next to Rion that’s blowing out white smoke (the one shown in
the cut scene after Spider died). Rion will receive a Crested Key. Now you have
the chance to explore the area, which only has two interesting things really.
There is a Floor Rotation Terminal at one end and a giant green door at the
other. Forget about the Floor Rotation Terminal for the moment and go to the
door. There is a Delmetor that you can get a little distance to the left from
the door. Checking on the big yellow door knob will tell you that the key to
open the door is something with a geometrical shape. Does the Crested Key sound
like the perfect item? Try it and you will notice that the answer is ‘no’. The
Crested Key is similar in shape as the key needed to open the door, but it is
inverted, like a mirror image. How are you suppose to change the shape of the
key so that it inverts to the shape required by the door?
       You can think about all the solutions that you want, like turning the Dome
Area around so that the door faces the other way, look for another door, use
Rion’s power and everything but the answer again lies within the Family Program
Room. You can get there by using the elevator that leads you to Security Area
W, or you can use the Floor Rotation Terminal to bring you to the Bridge (which
houses a Recovery Capsule), then to Dorothy’s Room, then to Last Galerians R&D
Area III, then to General System Area Alpha, then to Security Area S before you
can reach the Dome Area. Anyway, the idea is to get to the Family Program Room.
Remember that thing in the middle of the room that lets out steam and doesn’t
seem to do anything else? Check it and you will notice that it looks like a
mirror and is probably connected to another place. If you use the Crested Key
here, Rion will throw the key into the steam and a new key will emerged. This
is the Inverted Key that Rion will need to open the big green door in Last
Galerian R&D Area II. Bring it there.

$$$$$$$$$$$$
My Two Cents
$$$$$$$$$$$$

       I have to say that this puzzle is absolutely ridiculous. I couldn’t figure it
out by myself so thanks to Ron "Pscion" Newcomb for his guide. I mean, think
about it logically. If you have a key item, would you throw it (!) into an
unknown place? And how is it exactly possible for the key to be inverted and
then thrown back to Rion? I don’t get it at all. But then again, this is only a
game and it is not like Galerians really exists or something like that so I
should probably not go too deep into a silly puzzle like that but throwing a
key into smoke?! Do you have any idea how many hours I spent running around the
Data World?

       Back in Last Galerians R&D Area II, use the Mirror/Inverted Key on the knob on
the giant green door and it will open. Enter and Rion will find himself in
General System Area Beta. This place is dangerous. There are no monsters, but
the blue walls are back, and this time they move! The blue walls are no longer
just walls. This time, they emerge from one end of the room and moves rapidly
towards the entrance, where Rion is standing. You will notice a lot of crates
scattered around the room so the trick is to hide behind a crate when the blue
walls passes you by. Move from one crate to another and you should get to the
main terminal of the room unharmed, right? Wrong! This room is equipped with
infrared motion sensor and guided laser beams. As Rion moves through the room,
the infrared motion sensors will pick up his movement and begin to target him.
Once the target is locked (the faint infrared light becomes solid red), it’s
time for Rion to move. A beam of laser (glowing red light) will be shot to the
position where the infrared light has locked on. Therefore, Rion has to move
from one crate to another quickly, avoiding the blue walls, and at the same
time not staying in one place long enough for the infrared sensors to lock on
to him. The lasers isn’t as terrifying as it sound though. Rion can probably
just avoid it by side stepping a little. As long as you are out of the lasers’
line of fire, you should be fine. But if Rion is locked on by more than one
laser, then it’s dangerous.
       Once you have succeeded in getting Rion to the main terminal of the room,
Check on it and watch the cut scene. It seems that the Airport Terminal is
under dire attacks and Rion has to return as soon as possible. Run out of the
room following the blue walls (forget about going from crate to crate),
activate the Floor Rotation Terminal at the other end of Last Galerians R&D
Area II (if you hadn’t already done it earlier), take the Bridge to Dorothy’s
room, and use the panel there to being Rion back to the Real World.



5.8 Triumph or Lies?
-------------------

       A cut scene ensues as soon as Rion arrives in the Real World. It seems that
Cas was able to defeat the enemies and drove them back. The 3rd floor is safe.
Lilia says that she needs some time to break the password and suggests Rion to
rest for a while. Heal Rion using the Heal Cloud in the Hyper-Sleep Room and
run around talking to people. Morale seemed to have sky-rocketed and talking to
Major Romero in the Tactical Operation Room, he admitted his mistakes and
requested for Rion’s help. Now that’s a strange thing, but every man deserves a
second chance. There is also a Recovery Capsule in here, next to the Save
Terminal. You will want to go congratulate Cas in the Sick Bay (perhaps she was
injured?) and she will tell Rion that although they have succeeded in driving
the enemies back, they have used up almost all of their ammunitions. Rion
offered to help get them from the Armory so that is where you should go. One
other strange thing is that the stairwell leading to Lab No. 2 is opened.
Guarded, of course.
       2nd floor remains much the same and the Armory is still infested by Rabbits.
Take them out using D-Felon and you will notice that they do not appear again.
Strange. On the right near the entrance of the Armory is the ammo that Cas is
talking about, but you should notice that it looks like one magazine of
bullets, which will hardly be enough to wage a battle. There is also a Delmetor
in the room. Get back to 3rd floor Sick Bay and give the ammo to Cas, who will
agree with you that the ammo is hardly enough. There are more ammunitions in
Hangar No. 3, but the last time we checked the door to the West-Side Underpass
had been horribly damaged and there is no way to go down there. Oh well, this
is not the first strange thing that you encountered since your arrival back in
the Real World.
       Take to the Armory and use the back door to get down to the General Office.
The three red monsters are still there, so you may want to kill them before you
attempt to pry open the damaged shutter to West… wait a minute. The shutter is
gone! You can get down to West-Side Underpass without any problems. Rion agrees
with you that this is strange, even smells like a trap, but like all heroes,
you will still have to bravely step into it. The West-Side Underpass has a
Recovery Capsule. Save and then enter Hangar No. 3. The door locks behind Rion
and the cut scene of four mechanically enhanced Rabbits staring at Rion proves
everybody right. This IS a trap.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mini Boss Fight: Rabbits (4)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Run around the room. Blasts them with Nalcon. Run, hit run, hit, run, hit. If
you are brave, run towards them with D-Felon on hand, quickly charge up and
unleashes your D-Felon. Do it again and that should end the battle. They are
not that much different from your average Rabbits.

       When the battle is over, Lilia intercoms Rion and asked him to go boot-up the
Reserve Computer (huh?) and the key is at Lab No. 2. Grab the ammo Cas asked
you to get from Hangar No. 3 and pass West-Side Underpass right up to General
Office. Take the stairs to the Armory and then go to Lab No. 2 from the 2nd
floor corridor. The door to Lab No. 2 is now opened. Or you can go back up to
the 3rd floor and use the other stairwell, or get there to Lab No. 2 from
Warehouse 1 in the Lobby. It’s all your choice. In Lab No. 2, there are three
robots patrolling the place where the Reserve Computer Key is located. You can
take them out but it would probably be better to just run pass them, grab the
key, and get out. However, there are two other items in Lab No. 2 that you want
to get. A Bustanor and a Nalcon is placed in Lab No. 2. Grab them and then go
to the System R&D Center at the Lobby. You can take the path via Warehouse 1,
since that is the quickest.
       Entering System R&D Center, Rion will ask the same question as you. Isn’t this
place flooded? You booted-up the Reserve Computer and Lilia flooded the place
to prevent further intrusion. Who took out the key? A check at the Reserve Key
User Log will reveal ‘Traitor’. So, we have a traitor among us. We have to
hurry before this traitor does any more damage. Activate the Reserve Computer
using the key and leave the System R&D Center. The first thing that you will
notice is that the red dots on your map are all gone. This is getting stranger
and stranger. All enemies are gone and if you take tour around, you will notice
that all your allies have disappeared as well. Something is very wrong.
       If you want to, you can take this chance to run around and pick up any items
that you might have missed. If you are following this guide, then you would
want to get the Recovery Capsule at the Save Terminal on the 2nd floor. There
is also another Recovery Capsule at the East-Side Underpass (incidentally, the
monsters here are still around), next to the Save Terminal. The plant monsters
in Hangar No. 1 is still there, but there are now two instead of three and they
don’t regenerate that much. The place that you absolutely have to visit,
however, is the Armory. A few steps into the Armory, Rion will get a dream
about Cas. This cut scene shows Cas’ heroic sacrifice.
If you go to Lilia before you get to the Armory, then Lilia will tell Rion that
she still needs some time to break the password, and Rion will ask her to send
him back to the Data World. In the Data World, you can return at any time.
       However, if you go into the Armory and get the dream about Cas before you see
Lilia, when you arrive at the Hyper-Sleep Room, Lilia will be standing there
waiting for you, instead of standing behind the terminal and working on the
computer. This is where you should anticipate that all ‘something’s wrong’
answers will be revealed, so heal Rion before you go talk to Lilia, and I hoped
you saved beforehand. A long cut scene will ensue and you will be thrilled to
know that Lilia is not Lilia at all, but Nitro! What the hell is going on?! It
seems that Rion is still in the Data World! Cas’ dream was sent to Rion by
Lilia from the Real World. When talking didn’t register anything to Rion and
Nitro, they decided to move on to a more aggressive type of conversation, using
psychic powers!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: Nitro (Round Two)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Nitro is the same as the first, only this time she has a lot more HP. Bustanor
is the way to go, but emptying a bar of Bustanor won’t even kill her. Red,
D-Felon, and Breakaron is useless cause if you get too close, she’ll teleport
herself. And she has another attack when Rion is closed to her. She will spin
around and throws fireballs all around the room. Her three standard attacks are
still the same. A trail of fire that does more damage and seems to have a
better ‘Rion homing device’ than the first time around, the firewall, and the
fireballs from the sky. Do not stay put and do not get too close to Nitro.
       When you have emptied your full bar of Bustanor (at level 2), you should have
another Bustanor left. Now you have to decide whether to save it for ASH later,
or use it on her. For me, I switched to Nalcon and get in range before I blasts
her to oblivion. When she teleports, she often leave behind an item and one of
it will restore your PPEC gauge to maximum. Keep hitting her and running
around. Use Rion’s Shield if necessary and keep hitting her with Bustanor or
Nalcon as much as you can. Nitro will go down eventually.

       Once Nitro is defeated, a cut scene will show that it is Lilia that Rion has
hurt. Nitro emerged from behind Rion and talked, but Rion, pissed off as he is,
flung Nitro to the wall and strangled her to death. Before Nitro died, she
talked about the Real World and changed into Lilia. The cut scene ended with
Rion still strangling Lilia and everything go to white, then got sucked into
nothingness. Rion woke up in Dorothy’s Room. So it seems that just when Rion
was trying to go back to the Real World, Nitro has ‘mind-jacked’ him. Anyway,
you have to return to the Real World. Get the Skip and use it on Nalcon. I
would want to use it on Bustanor, but since it is running out I would rather
bet on my most well-supplied psychic ability.
       Take the panel in front of Dorothy and return to the Real World. As soon as
you arrive in the Hyper-Sleep Room, Lilia will announce to you Cas’ death. It
seems that just when Rion was trying to come back to the Real World, ASH was
able to hacked into Elaine and that was how Nitro was able to ‘mind-jacked’
Rion. They lost contact with Rion, the Airport Terminal has almost completely
been invaded, and there is a traitor among them, since Elaine cannot be
accessed without a DNA match. Listening to this, Rion is more pissed off than
ever and asked Lilia to inject the password into him, and sent him back to the
Data World to kill ASH.



5.9 The Truth About ASH
------------------------

       Your first destination back in the Data World is General System Area Beta, the
one with the advancing blue walls and infrared guided lasers. In Dorothy’s
Room, connect the Bridge, skip past the two giant purple Rion eater in Last
Galerians R&D Area III, run through Corridor III Block, activate the Floor
Rotation Terminal in General System Area Alpha, go all the way back to Last
Galerians R&D Area III and take the elevator down to Security Area S. Kill the
plant monsters and use the Floor Rotation Terminal to aligned Security Floor W
with Last Galerians R&D Area II. Exit Security Area S and go through the Dome
Area to reach the door with blinking green lights, that’s Security Area W. Save
and go up the elevator and then go through the empty room to the opened door
and enter General System Area Beta. You will have to go through the traps
again. Check on the main terminal in the room and you will see a cut scene of
ASH’s past. The door to Security Area E will be opened. He traps in the room
will also be deactivated. Now is a good time to pick up those items in this
room that were too dangerous to get before. There’s a Bustanor and Appolinar
near the main terminal and one of the crates.
       Now go back to Security Area W. I don’t know about the last few times that you
were here but this time, you have to kill the red monsters in order to get to
the Floor Rotation Terminal. You have to align Security Area E with Last
Galerians R&D Area I. When you have that done, save and head out to the Dome
Area. The door to Security Area E is directly opposite, the one with the
blinking white lights. Once you enter the door, you should be prepare to fight,
or be prepare to run. There will be about five Rabbits charging at you. You can
kill them all with D-Felon for drugs and status boosts, but you should know
that they will not stop coming. Yes, they will keep spawning and appearing.
Therefore, the best way is to kill them once, grab the items they left behind,
and run. There are three items in the room near the corridor to the elevator,
that’s an Appolinar, Red, and Delmetor. A Floor Rotation Terminal is placed
here but it’s practically useless. You will also noticed that there is no Save
Terminal so now you know why I asked you to save in Security Area W.
       When you are done with the items and Rabbits (a great way to kill and grab
their items is to use Short. Use an Appolinar or just Shield until Rion’s AP
gauge maxes out and then just stand there and let the Rabbits come, but do not
do this if you do not have Delmetor and Recovery Capsules to spare), go up the
elevator to Last Galerians R&D Area I. Once you enter the room a cut scene will
take place. A main terminal (like those you have seen in General System Area
Alpha and Beta) will rise form the floor. Check on it and a cut scene will
ensue with Rion transferring the data back to Lilia for analysis and almost
immediately Lilia will send back the password. I didn’t get the last two
passwords (let’s face it, the dubbing is not top-notch) during the cut scenes
of the Alpha and Beta main terminals, but this one is pretty clearly said.
H.A.T.E.
       Cut scene will show the door with the giant face parts. Once the cut scene is
over, be ready to run. Why? Once you regain control, you will notice a lot (and
I mean a lot) of red dots on the map. A look around you will notice a lot of
little creepy robots running around and towards Rion shooting laser pulses.
Creepy aside, their double laser pulses is deadly. If you get hit, you’ll get
hit by both the pulses, and the damage is thus doubled. It depletes about 20%
of Rion’s HP gauge. If you remember, you saw these little critters before. They
appeared in the Refining Line Area back in the Uranium Refinery. Quickly dodge
your way into the opened face.
       You arrive at Corridor I Block that is guarded by three plant monsters. Be
very careful if you plan to kill them, because they will re-spawn. If you kill
one and then move on to the next, you may find yourself surrounded when the one
you killed re-spawn behind you. Cross this corridor and you will arrive at LG
Programming Room. There’s no enemies here and there’s no boss fight. Sorry to
disappoint you. However, as you run up the platform, there will be a lot of
items to get. D-Felon, Breakaron, Appolinar, Recovery Plus are up for grabs,
literally. At the end of the platform, Check the machine and a long cut scene
will ensue, breaking the secrets about the whole game.

!!!!!!!!
Spoilers
!!!!!!!!
       There is one very interesting twist here. The game started out by telling you
that The Last Galerians were created by Dorothy a.k.a. Mother to resurrect her
and wipe out humanity. After seeing ASH’s past, we should anticipate some
betrayal, and truly so. ASH turns out to have reprogrammed himself and have
broke free of Dorothy’s control. In addition, he can freely control Dorothy’s
system, but in order to do that, he will still have to resurrect Dorothy. ASH
plan was to use the system and still be in control, therefore he created a
container and resurrected Dorothy in that container, trapping her as she had
trapped him.
       If we compare this to the original game, the twist is almost the same. Dr.
Steiner and Dr. Pascalle (Rion’s and Lilia’s fathers) created Dorothy, and
Dorothy betrayed and killed them. Dorothy created Rion as a clone of the
original Rion who had died in the hospital, which in turn Dorothy was killed by
Rion. Now Dorothy creates ASH and again ASH betrays her. Only this time, ASH
didn’t kill her, but trapped her inside a container. Cruel. Dorothy must have
done something very bad to deserve this. Oh right, she killed her creators. The
moral of the story is, what goes around, comes around.
       Also, it seems that ASH is nothing but data just like Rion was. Unlike Rion,
ASH does not have a physical body, so he is not exactly a Galerian. He is just
a program in the Data World. And he laughs at those who fear him without even
seeing his real person. What a bummer, huh? In order to destroy ASH, Rion has
to find the computer that houses ASH (his program). Since he cannot just
destroy the computer (it is not ASH’s physical body and ASH can travel through
the network of computers anyway), Rion will have to go into ASH’s world and
destroy him there, by injecting the virus program directly into ASH.
!!!!!!!!!
Spoilers
!!!!!!!!

       Back in the LG Programming Room, you should know that you need to return to
Lilia and tell her all about this. Get out of the LG Programming Room and
unlock the Bridge from the terminal (there’s a Nalcon here) in the Last
Galerians R&D Area I (you can use the Short trick here if you have a Delmetor
to spare since killing the little robots will get you some valuable items like
Bustanor and Breakaron, and you don’t even have to use a Recovery Capsule
because you will soon be going back to the Hyper-Sleep Room, though I have to
warn you that the little robots won’t stop coming). Go through the empty
Bridge, save, and enter Dorothy’s Room to get back to Lilia via the control
panel.



5.10 The Fall of Mankind
-----------------------------

       Back in the Real World, Lilia is missing and there’s radioactivity in the
Hyper-Sleep Room. What kind of chaos has happened here? Run around to grab the
Nalcon and Delmetor and heal Rion before going out the door. A cut scene will
stop you from going out the door. Pat intercoms Rion to tell him that Lilia is
missing (duh!). Rion will go out the door after the cut scene and arrives at
the Control Room, or what used to be the Control Room. The place is burnt,
wrecked, and dead soldiers zombies are everywhere with radioactivity abundant.
What kind of horror has happened here? You can kill the zombies if you wish,
but you don’t have to. Going down to the 3rd floor you will get a cut scene
with Major Romero, desperately seeking your help in the Flight Control Office.
       Although you may want to look around everywhere, every room is filled with
monsters so it is not advisable to do it. Very risky. The corridors of each
floor instead does not have too many guards. A plant monster on the 3rd floor
and a robot on the 2nd. You may want to save at the 2nd floor corridor Save
Terminal and grab the Recovery Capsule there as well. Make your way to the
Lobby and you will be chased by two giant purple monsters. How the hell did
they get in? Go to the Flight Control Office and before you can get in Pat will
radio Rion and tells him that Romero is the traitor (like we haven’t figured
that out yet) and is heading towards Hangar No. 2.
       Take to Warehouse 1 outrunning the giant purple beasts. There is only one
Rabbit in Warehouse 1 and it does not re-spawn. Go down to East-Side Underpass.
Killing the two plant monsters there may get you a Recovery Capsule, and there
is another Recovery Capsule near the Save Terminal. As you reach the door to
Hangar No. 2, there is also a Delmetor for you to get. There’s some Rabbits (2
but they appear again) in Hangar No. 2. Kill them if you can for some status
boosts, but you definitely have to go to the upper platform to the left of the
entrance. There are seven items (yes, you heard right, SEVEN!) here. Recovery
Capsule, Recovery Plus, D-Felon, Nalcon, Red, Bustanor, and Breakaron. Now you
are stocked for the final part of the game.
       Go into the Air Beagle and talk to Pat who will tell you about Romero
kidnapping Lilia and took off in an Air Beagle. There is only one place he can
go, that is straight to ASH. A cut scene will bring Rion and Pat to the Uranium
Refinery once again.
       Before going out to battle ASH, Rion had a few words with Pat that sounded
like a person’s last words. One way or another, Rion intends to end it here and
now.



5.11 The End Of Mankind
---------------------------

       Rion steps out into the Uranium Refinery airport, but you may want to get him
back into the ship for healing. Run towards the door, save, and go down to the
Security Floor. Now if you remember, the Security Floor has four doors, so
which one should you choose? Let me give you a hint: of all the four doors, one
is a special door, the Mars door, and you step out right in front of it. Go
down the Mars door and you will come to the System Control Room. As you
approach the Venus door, a cut scene will reacquaint you with Romero and he is
holding Lilia hostage! Like all losers, they run. They always run. Why do they
always have to run?
Chase Romero up to the Security Floor and you will see another cut scene.
Follow him into the door to find yourself in the Control Office. Follow him
into the Saturnus door and then to the Refining Line Area. Rion has to approach
the dark corner where the Card Key Terminal is located (where you fought
Spider’s pet Tarantula) for the cut scene where Romero throws a grenade at Rion
and takes off. Go back up to the Control Office and then dodging the plant
monsters go into the Control Computer Room. Remember the red robots here? It’s
time for some payback. Blast them to hell with Breakaron. Trust me, you won’t
be needing much of Breakaron from here on in. Enter the Tellus (Earth) door to
the Management Office and get another grenade. Follow Romero back up to the
Security Floor and enter the door that leads you to the General Sick Bay.
Another grenade and dodge all the Rabbits to get to the door that leads you to
the Enriched Uranium Storage. A cut scene shows Romero has already escaped the
area on the other side, so follow him. Kick some red robot butts if you wish.
You should have more than enough Breakaron left. You appear back in the System
Control Room. Take the Venus door and go to the control panel on the elevator
in the Storage Area Elevator. Once you are down there, save, and enter the
Waste Uranium Storage. When you are in, walk towards the center of the dome to
get a cut scene.
       This is the part where Romero tells you why he switched side. After a
butt-load of selfish reasons, you finally have the chance to rough him up. I
have hated this guy’s gut ever since I met him and this, this is a really
welcomed invitation.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: Romero
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Romero holds a machine gun and he is not afraid to use it. Dodge the bullets
(which will be in a straight line) and use Bustanor on him. Just keep your
distance (if you are too close he will throw a grenade at you) and the battle
should be over before it even began.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: Romero (The Ugly Side Of Me)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Romero’s second form is the robot that he has been made into. He will also
have two floating objects next to him that will shoot lasers at Rion. Bustanor
is useable, but I suggest you save it for someone else. Instead, get near him
and either use Red or Nalcon. Killing the floating objects will get you some
items and one of them will boost your Red PPEC gauge to max so I suppose that
is what you should use. However, I like my good old Nalcon blasts. It gives me
more satisfaction as I blast Romero into oblivion. The battle lasted shorter
than I expected. I mean, I know he is a loser, but I never thought he would be
such a bad loser.

       When Romero is nothing but a head, he will reveal (SPOILER!) all the plan of
ASH preserving Lilia’s DNA (thus the human DNA) and by foiling this plan Rion
has indeed killed Lilia and mankind. After Rion crushed Romero’s head, a
touching cut scene will show Lilia’s affection towards Rion and how she would
rather die than end up being a robot like Romero. And then she went out. No,
not dead, just passed out. She had a lot of radioactivity but she is still
breathing. Rion radioed Pat and asked him to come get them, as a hidden door on
the ground appears, beckoning Rion to go meet his destiny, ASH.



5.12 The Final Showdown
------------------------

       Grab the Skip that Romero left behind and use it on Bustanor, but make sure
your Nalcon is at level 3, otherwise, use it on Nalcon. In the next battles,
Nalcon, Bustanor, and Shield are your only friends. Go down the stairs and you
will be asked whether or not you want to save. I suggest you do. A cut scene
will introduce Rion and you to the DT-type Fusion Reactor. This is where ASH
lives. The long way down contains nothing but you will notice that your AP
gauge climbs fast (this area has a radioactivity level of maximum), and once
you are at the bottom, Check on the reactor and Rion will use his psychic
ability to transport himself into ASH’s world, leaving his own physical body
behind.
       A long cut scene will have ASH telling Rion how foolish he is. Since Rion did
not put his physical body in any devices, there will be no way for Rion to go
back into his body, which will eventually rot because of the radioactivity of
the place. After a little more chat, it’s time to brawl.

!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: ASH (His Real Self)
!!!!!!!!!!!!

       This battle is not as tough as it sounds. ASH has a few attacks. A launch of
many red spinning shuriken-like things that will slash Rion with minimum
damage, a running firewall that will hurt Rion quite bad, and a white laser
beam that will probably kill Rion (50% damage).
       The trick is easy. Keep your distance from ASH, keep moving, and use Bustanor
on him whenever you have the chance. If your Bustanor is at level 3, two gauges
should bring ASH down. This battle will not be very long.

       Another cut scene will ensue after you have defeated ASH. Rion will come to
learn that the Last Galerians (Spider, Parano, Nitro, and ASH) are actually
ASH. His insecurities has created multiple personalities in ASH. His fears for
failure created the twisted Parano. His lost and despair created Nitro, and his
suppressed good side created Spider. You will see ASH battle with his own
demons and then he will try to commit suicide by using that gun on himself, but
instead, he becomes even stronger than before, and he claims to be able to read
Rion’s every move. Now things are getting interesting.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boss Fight: ASH (The Death Of All)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       ASH has turned ugly. There is a bright aura emanating from his body and he
floats up and down. This adds another dimension to his movement and since Rion
can only aim on his own level, you will only be able to hurt ASH when he is on
floor level. Whenever he floats up or down, your attacks will miss. This makes
Bustanor totally useless. You can home in on him, but it might not hit at the
right time when ASH is on ground level. In addition to his earlier attack, ASH
also has a lot more attacks. The red shuriken-like attacks are now supplemented
by a barrage of almost invisible blue spheres that does light damage. Then ASH
can shoot four white laser beams (light damage) at a time. Sometimes this beams
will burn Rion once in contact. He can also shoot a large pulse of laser to
Rion that will take off 50% of his HP gauge. His most feared attacks must be
the angled blasts, and his physical attacks. The angled blasts comes randomly
and there is no way to dodge them cause everywhere you go, there it comes
(proves that ASH can really read Rion’s move). Each contact with these blasts
will take about 10% off the HP gauge and they come about five times
consecutively. ASH’s physical attack is the most threatening of all. He will
come near Rion, and starts to punch and kick him. His final landing kick will
cause Rion’s HP gauge to deplete to about 5%. Sometimes, ASH will also cause
the battle ground to turn into negative-like colours.
       The only thing you can do to defeat ASH is to run around and never stop
running. I know losers run, but you have to if you don’t want to get Rion
killed. Whenever ASH uses the physical attack or the angled blasts, Shield Rion
until it is over. Do not be afraid to use your collection of Delmetor, Recovery
Capsules, and Recovery Pluses. This is the final battle. Run and Shield and
once your AP gauge fills up, use a Delmetor immediately. Always keep Rion’s HP
gauge above 60% and you should be fine.
       As for attacks, Bustanor, Breakaron, and D-Felon are useless. Red is too risky
cause you have to be near ASH and it might not hit at the time ASH is on floor
level. Nalcon is your best bet. Back to basics. Your Nalcon must be at level 3
because this will give Rion a chance to unleash about fifteen times of
shockwaves in one concentration. If you time it correctly (unleash your Nalcon
just when ASH is about to reach the floor level), you will get at least five
shots in. Furthermore, while Rion is unleashing his Nalcon, any attacks from
the front will be blocked. Keep on repeating this and avoid being too close to
ASH. Also, ASH can sometimes teleport himself behind Rion, so be aware of that
when you are unleashing Nalcon. You don’t want to be still unleashing your
Nalcon attacks when ASH teleports behind Rion and uses his physical attacks.
Keep pummeling ASH with Nalcon and protecting Rion with Shield and you should
eventually win the battle.


       The ending will see Rion and ASH both near their ends. Rion brings ASH close
and (gay alert!) kisses ASH to transfer the virus program into him. Albeit
abrupt, we can deduce that Rion and ASH perished together inside that world.
There is no telling of what happened to Lilia or Pat.




6.0 Others
**********

6.1 Short Version
-------------------
       Finish the game once with good ranking to unlock the ‘Short’ version of the
game. This version gives Rion better movement while in the Short condition.


6.2 Evaluation
---------------
       Let’s face it. The graphics for this game is nothing to shout about, given
what we have seen the power of PS2 can offer.
The dubbing is bad as well. Very often, you can see the characters talking or
making some gestures but there will be no dialogue audible. It is definitely
not a good translation from the Japanese version on the dubbing department.
Gameplay wise is ok, but it would be better (in my humble opinion) if we can
somehow unleash a less powerful attack if the concentration level did not reach
to a maximum, just like in the first game. Waiting for the Psychic Power Gauge
to fill can sometimes means life or death.
The story seems unnecessary, but the cliché of ASH betraying Mother is almost
as good as the first game when Rion killed her.
Level design is quite good, but it seems like the player roams the same place
over and over again, which can get quite tiring (and boring). The linearity of
the venues as in the first game should have been preserved.
Replay value is low, since there are really not much incentives given to
players who have beaten the game.


6.3 My Last Two Cents
-------------------------
       Although I like the first game better, Galerians: ASH is still not a bad game
by a long shot. I especially like the way Rion and ASH were pitted against each
other, but at the same time, some chemistry are detected between them.
Technically, they are brothers, and they have to kill one another. In the end,
both of them perished together. I think it is cruel, as the two of them could
have been, well, you know what I want to say, under different circumstances.
The ending is abrupt, just like the first one. It almost seems like they are
thinking about a third installment.




7.0 Credits
***********

Thanks to Sammy, Enterbrain, and Polygon Magic for bringing us this game.

Thanks to Ron "Pscion" Newcomb for his guide on this game.




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