Junon Junon is a major city and military installation in " Final Fantasy VII " . It used to be a peaceful fishing village before Shinra Electric Power Company built the new city right beside it . The city ' s elevated airfield was built directly above the old village , blocking out the sun and polluting the surrounding seas . As a result , the once - thriving fishing industry has died out , but the economically deprived village soldiers on , dominated by its larger neighbor . The new city of Junon became the secondary headquarters for the Shinra Corporation and the central office for the Vice President , Rufus Shinra . Junon is heavily defended by retractable artillery batteries and its sizable Shinra garrison , as well as being the initial home of Shinra ' s major defense project , the Mako Cannon , a large long - range cannon powered by Huge Materia . As well as being Shinra ' s primary airbase , Junon is also a major port , having a submarine dock in the underwater Mako Reactor and being one of the ports of call for the cargo ship . There is also a B1 - Alpha Helicopter that can carry the party to the different parts of the city , or even completely out of it to the world map . Story . " Before Crisis - Final Fantasy VII - " . Junon is the setting of Episodes 2 and 3 . Veld , the leader of the Turks , orders Reno and the player Turk to Junon to protect President Shinra from the insurgents known as AVALANCHE . The enemy is lead by Fuhito , and their plan is to kill President Shinra while taking control of the Mako Cannon and use it destroy Midgar , the metropolis that is Shinra ' s base of operations . The player Turk defends the president , but Fuhito breaks in far enough to shoot Shinra . Desperate for the situation to be resolved , President Shinra calls in Sephiroth , Shinra ' s legendary SOLDIER First class . The player Turk makes his or her way to the cannon , fighting Shinra ' s robots that have been programmed to target everything , because the security alert has been placed on its highest . When the Turk reaches the cannon to stop AVALANCHE , their leader , Elfé , appears . She is incredibly strong due to a mysterious energy , and easily beats the Turk . Sephiroth arrives , and Elfé blocks his attack . Before the battle can be finished , AVALANCHE retreats . In Episode 9 , AVALANCHE launches another assault into the city , hoping to take the airfield . The Turks are sent to defend the town , but are lead by the arrogant and incompetent Heidegger , who relies on the army and is willing to destroy the city to defeat the AVALANCHE invaders . Veld retakes command , and leads the Turks to defeat AVALANCHE . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Junon first appears in a flashback during Zack Fair ' s first mission with Sephiroth . In the Training Room on the 49th Floor of the Shinra Building , Sephiroth and his friends , Angeal Hewley and Genesis Rhapsodos , sneak in and fight each other during their off time on a Virtual Reality System of the recently - completed Mako Cannon . Sephiroth and Genesis start a friendly duel , but it escalates to a deadly confrontation and the cannon is sliced to pieces during the battle . The fight is stopped by Angeal and the simulation program shuts down . Later , Zack is required to go on a mission to Junon with a good number of troops , and a number of Turks lead by Tseng . Dr . Hollander is being held in a prison in the upper city of Junon for interrogation , when Genesis and the Genesis Copies invade . Zack is dispatched to retrieve Hollander and when he escapes , Zack chases after him across the city . If Zack finds the Turk Cissnei during this time by taking a lift up from the side of a main street , Zack discovers he has a fan club . Hollander ends up escaping from the Junon airport with the help of several winged Genesis Copies . Zack meets up with Sephiroth who gives him permission to return to Midgar , despite the continued chaos , to protect Aerith Gainsborough from the mounting monster attacks in the city . After everyone leaves Genesis stands atop the Mako Cannon , quoting LOVELESS , his degradation even more severe . " Final Fantasy VII " . Five years later Cloud Strife and his party cross through Junon . They save a girl named Priscilla from the Bottomswell and she lets Cloud use her dolphin to get to the upper city . The new President of Shinra , Rufus , uses his former headquarters , Junon , to celebrate his inauguration as the world ' s " de facto " leader . The party hides in Shinra uniforms to avoid detection , and leave on Rufus ' s cargo ship . The next time Junon is visited , Sephiroth has summoned Meteor , and the Planet has called upon the Weapons to defend itself . Two members of Cloud ' s party , Tifa Lockhart and Barret Wallace , are imprisoned by Shinra in Junon to be executed as scapegoats for the crisis , and the Shinra executive Scarlet personally oversees its worldwide broadcast . Tifa is sent into the gas chamber to be executed first . Cait Sith , disguised as part of the broadcast team , disrupts the execution and saves Barret , but Tifa is stuck inside the chamber . Scarlet activates the chamber even after the broadcast is stopped . The scene is interrupted by Sapphire Weapon ' s attack which breaches the gas chamber , saving Tifa from the fumes . She escapes onto the Mako Cannon . Scarlet reaches her , but after a brief cat fight , Tifa jumps off the cannon and into the " Highwind " airship piloted by her friends . Rufus sends out troops to attack the Weapon , but to no avail . Shinra fires the Mako Cannon at point - blank range on the monster and destroys it . According to the citizens , many were killed in the Weapon attack and cannons ' crossfire . The economy is destroyed as some store and bar owners tell the party , due to the lack of customers . Cloud and his party later return to Junon to make their way to the Junon Underwater Reactor . At one point , Cloud stops , having a feeling that something ' s missing . It turns out that , following Shinra ' s failed attempt to use Huge Materia to destroy Meteor , the cannon is rendered useless due to the loss of its primary power source . Scarlet has the cannon transferred to Midgar and converts it to run on Mako energy from the Mako Reactor s so it can be used against Sephiroth . " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . There had been a mass disappearance in Junon . While traveling through the Midgar Wasteland to Edge , Reeve Tuesti tells Vincent Valentine that , contrary to the public report , which states twenty to thirty people have gone missing , the truth is that a total of 1 , 200 people suddenly vanished without a trace . Despite the World Regenesis Organization ' s efforts , their search turned up nothing . This was only the beginning of what would become a series of attacks by Deepground . Locations . Junon is located to the West on Gaia ' s Eastern continent . Junon is divided into two halves , Upper Junon and Lower Junon . The former may be better translated as " L - Junon " , while the latter is closer to " Al - Junon " ( hence why some areas are known as " Aljunon " in the menu in the English versions ) although it is likely intended to resemble " R - Junon " . " L " and " R " representing " left " and " right " , the two halves either side of the cannon . To support the notion that it is referencing " L " and " R " , the game files are named " junonl * " and " junonr * " for the respective areas . Outside Junon Branch on right side are the letters " SRJ - R 80e " , while on the left side are the letters " SRJ - L 59e " ( here " SR " likely standing for Shin - Ra , and " J " for Junon ) . In addition to being unfaithful , the names " Upper Junon " and " Lower Junon " are also misleading . Junon is a city of multiple levels , and therefore it would be reasonable to assume that Lower Junon is the lower layer , while Upper Junon is a layer above it . This idea also seems to be supported with Upper Junon having the airport , while Lower Junon has the dock , however this is either coincidental or the reason the translators made the choice . The center of Junon includes the Junon Branch , the cannon , and a path down beneath Junon to the submarine dock and the Underwater Reactor . At the foot of Junon ' s right side is a settlement called " Under Junon " . Junon Path . Submarine Dock . Not to be confused with the underwater reactor ' s submarine dock . Quests . CPR . After felling the Bottomswell the player must perform CPR on Priscilla . It is impossible to lose this minigame , but taking five full lungfuls is enough to resuscitate her . Junon parade . During the parade the player disguises as a Shinra MP and takes part in the celebrations . Depending on the player ' s success , they are rewarded with items . During the marching minigame the player must march in - tune with the other soldiers and raise their weapon during live television broadcast . The viewer ratings determine the player ' s success . To get a high score the player must run immediately downwards , straight through the line of soldiers , and take the empty spot , rather than by following the example of the soldiers that go before Cloud . Walking to the left while staying in line and mashing the on controller or [ OK ] button on PC makes the ratings shoot up . The controller setup must be set to " normal " to gain points in the marching game . The minigame uses field buttons , rather than a separate setup , and thus or [ OK ] is not available to use to bob the weapon in a Config > Controller > Custom configuration . During the posing minigame the commander gives the soldiers orders , and the player must follow by correctly pressing the buttons and staying in line with the other soldiers . The player earns 10 points for every correct move , except for turning . Cloud must face the same direction as the others in order to score points . Performing the victory pose earns 30 points . Many players consider the HP Plus the superior reward to a new sword for Cloud , and intentionally avoid getting the best score . Freeing Tifa from the gas chamber . To free Tifa from the gas chamber after Shinra decides to execute her and Barret as scapegoats for the peril the Planet is in , the player must perform specific actions to retrieve the key from the floor and use it to free her from the seat she is bound in . The or [ CANCEL ] button controls her legs , the or [ SWITCH ] button controls her right arm , the or [ OK ] control her left arm while the or [ MENU ] control her head . The player must first control the legs to grab the key , and then move both the head and legs for her to grab the key with her teeth . Moving the head and right arm will then allow her to unlock her right arm , then finally moving her right arm allows her to escape . The player can also unlock the left arm first if they choose . Tifa and Scarlet slap fight . After escaping the gas chamber Tifa runs to the end of the Mako Cannon where Scarlet catches up with her and the two begin slapping one another . When Tifa and Scarlet exchange slaps whoever receives five slaps first loses . The player must time their slaps by using the button . Normally , whether the player wins or loses , Scarlet will say " Take her away " afterwards . An error in the programming prevents the player from seeing the Tifa - win - version of Scarlet ' s line , as the requirement for Scarlet ' s unused line is that she be slapped six times and this is impossible because the minigame ends at five slaps . If Tifa wins the fight Scarlet was meant to say " God ! I can ' t stand it ! " . Shop s . " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " . Shops in " Crisis Core - Final Fantasy VII - " can only be visited from the menu . Junon Souvenirs opens after finding the shop info from a treasure in Mission 2 - 4 - 1 . Enemies . Junon - Outside Elevador . On Disc 1 , the random battles are available by pressing the alarm ( after getting Buggy ) . From Disc 2 on , the random battles are available by pressing the alarm and normally ( after Cloud returns from Mideel ) . Musical themes . The music that plays in the town of Junon in " Final Fantasy VII " is " Ahead On Our Way " . During the first visit to Junon ' s military base , the music that plays is " Rufus ' Welcoming Ceremony " , a fanfare played for Rufus ' s inauguration . " Turks ' Theme " plays during the return to Junon , specifically before Sapphire Weapon attacks . After the Weapon attack the music changes to " Hurry Up ! " . The music changes to " Attack of the Weapon " after the first shot is fired at the Weapon . Finally , when Tifa attempts to escape the gas chamber , the music changes once more to " Who . . . Am I ? " . Later on , after the Weapon ' s demise , the music changes to " Shinra ' s Full - Scale Assault " . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Cloud ' s team follows Sephiroth , passing through the Mythril Mine to the port in Junon . Etymology . Junon is the French name of the ancient Roman goddess .