Shinra No . 26 The Shinra No . 26 is the rocket piloted by Cid Highwind in " Final Fantasy VII " . It was one of the successful rockets developed by Shinra ' s Space Exploration Department . Because of a mishap that occurred inside the rocket during the day of the launch , it was aborted . The site of the aborted launch served as a landmark years later for Rocket Town . The text on the side of the rocket is " Shin - Ra Type 26 " written in English . This remains in the model shown in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . The " Final Fantasy VII Ultimania Omega " lists its name as " SHINRA No . 26 " however . Story . Cid was assigned as Shinra No . 26 ' s pilot . When the launch time arrived , his assistant Shera noticed a leak in one of the oxygen tanks and stayed behind to fix it . The events unfold slightly differently in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " where the rocket ' s sabotage was caused by the eco - terrorist group AVALANCHE , who sabotaged the rocket engines . In any case , Shera ' s presence in the rocket during launch caused Cid to abort it , crashing and damaging the rocket . Shinra abandoned the space project and Cid would blame the failure of his dreams on Shera and so treat her poorly . Revealed in " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " , Rufus Shinra was the one who recommended the Space Program ' s cancellation , which was supported by the Shinra executives . Later in " Final Fantasy VII " , Shinra plans to launch the Huge Materia with the Shinra No . 26 into space , right into Meteor . They hope the explosion to be great enough to destroy the Meteor to save the Planet . Cloud and his party fight through the Turk Rude and take control of the rocket . Palmer , the Shinra executive in charge of the Space Department , gleefully tells them the rocket is set to automatically launch , and launches them into outer space within the rocket . Before the party can escape , the oxygen tank that failed Shera ' s inspection all those years ago explodes , pinning Cid under its debris . With Shera ' s help , the party frees Cid . The party flees in an escape pod . Before the party can leave , the last Huge Materia can be rescued from the rocket . Whether or not the Materia is rescued , the rocket crashes into Meteor and creates a blinding explosion massive enough to be seen around the entire Planet . However , the Meteor is unaffected . Locations . Cockpit Hallway . The exit at the top leads to the cockpit . The ladder at the bottom leads to the duct that leads to the engine room . When the rocket is at its launch pad in Rocket Town , the exit on the left leads to the rocket ' s access platform . Cockpit . The exit on the right leads to the duct that leads to Materia room . The exit at the bottom leads to a hallway . Materia Room Duct . The ladder leads up to the cockpit , the exit at the bottom leads to the Materia Room . Engine Room Duct . The ladder leads up to the cockpit hallway , the exit at the bottom leads to the Engine Room . Engine Room . The ladder at the end leads up to the engine room duct , the exit at the bottom leads to the hallway to the escape pod . Escape Pod Hallway . Behind the door at the top is the escape pod . The exit at the bottom leads to the engine room . Escape Pod . The escape pod is found in the rocket , and is used to depart back to Gaia . Quests . Code to the Huge Materia . To get the Huge Materia from the container , a code must be punched in . Cid will give hints as Cloud attempts to crack the code . If the player takes note of the hints the code can be solved before the timer expires . The actual code is :