Sector 7 slums

The Sector 7 slums, also known as the Sector 7 undercity, is a town in the Final Fantasy VII series. It is visited in Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Remake, including in "Episode INTERmission", and has in On the Way to a Smile, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, and Final Fantasy VII Remake Trace of Two Pasts. It was one of the sectors of Midgar's undercity, located beneath the Sector 7 plate.
The Sector 7 undercity was largely a home for immigrants who came to the city after it was built, and was one of the more relatively safe and stable sectors in Midgar's slums. It was notable as the home Seventh Heaven, a bar owned and run by Tifa Lockhart that was both a popular attraction for the residents and the hideout and source of income for the Avalanche cell led by Barret Wallace. Its members, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie Rasberry also resided in the slums, and while under their employ, Cloud Strife also took residence. The sector was also home to the train graveyard, an abandoned switchyard.
The Sector 7 slums are the first town that the player visits in both Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII Remake.
==History==
===Before Final Fantasy VII===
The first construction in the area that would become the Sector 7 undercity was the switchyard in the area built between around 1974-75 to facilitate travel between the surface and upper parts of Midgar. The Sector 7 slums is one of the newer towns of the slums, and lodgings for Midgar's construction workers begun building around the Sector 7 undercity around 1976 when Mako Reactor 8 was complete.
In 1976, when the city's construction was complete, the lodgings in Midgar's undercity were opened to low-income citizens due to the number of people emigrating, and piles of waste began to accumulate around the slums. At this time, the switchyard was also shut down, and the place became the train graveyard. The Sector 7 slums were largely inhabited first by immigrants who came to Midgar from around the world, with specific goals and aspirations in mind. The town once had its own name, but as with the other sectors of Midgar, none of its residents remember it, and only refer to it by its designated sector number. At some point, Shinra constructed the Shinra Underground Test Site beneath the undercity.
The original Seventh Heaven bar was built around the events of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- and named so by Zack Fair. The bar was owned by Monty, and was initially successful until its bartender quit. Avalanche's Sector 7 Slums Division operated around 0004, with members including Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie Rasberry, and many planetology screenings were held in secret in the slums.
In May 0005, Tifa came to the Sector 7 slums and met up with Marle, owner of Stargazer Heights, who then introduced her to the Seventh Heaven bar and Monty. The two worked for Monty he fell ill and two new regulars, Barret and Marlene Wallace, began to scare away customers. Marle and Monty arranged to allow Barret to sleep in the bar's basement, and had him working for the bar. When Monty passed, the builder required a 200,000 gil payment, of which Monty's estate covered 40,000, and Tifa covered the remaining 160,000 gil with her savings, becoming the proprietor.
When Barret became a leader in Avalanche representing the Sector 7 Slums Division, he used Seventh Heaven's secret basement as his group's base of operations, and eventually had the pinball machine installed. Eventually, Barret cut ties with the rest of Avalanche after an argument, and the Sector 7 Slums Division operated separate from Barret's splinter cell, on the belief that the people could be saved from Shinra without causing damage to bystanders. Meanwhile, the Seventh Heaven bar became famous among residents for Tifa's food and drinks. When Barret's team went to destroy Mako Reactor 1 in December of 0007, Tifa remained behind in the bar with Marlene.
Later that year, Tifa found a delirious Cloud, her childhood friend from Nibelheim, in the Sector 7 Undercity Station, and was startled. Recognizing Tifa, Cloud snapped out of his stupor. Though the reunion of the childhood friends is joyous, Tifa noted a strangeness in him, as Cloud claimed they last saw each other five years ago, where Tifa knew it to be longer than that. To keep an eye on him and to discover the reason behind Cloud's inconsistent memories, Tifa convinced Cloud to stay with the Avalanche cell.
===Original continuity===
In December of 0007, Barret's Avalanche cell, along with their newly hired mercenary Cloud, bomb Mako Reactor 1, and retreated to the Sector 7 slums in "At the Hideout in the Slums", to avoid capture by Shinra. After an argument with Barret, Cloud was prepared to leave, though he and Tifa reminisced about the promise Cloud made to her before he left their hometown. Tifa convinced him to fight alongside Avalanche for the bombing of Mako Reactor 5.
Through Don Corneo's assistance, Shinra found the location of Avalanche's base, and decided to crush the terrorists by dropping the plate upon Sector 7. In "Prevent the Fall of the Plate" Avalanche fought for the pillar that sustains the plate, but were unable to save Sector 7. The town was destroyed, killing some population of both parts of the sector, including the Avalanche members Biggs and Jessie, while Cloud, Tifa, and Barret escape.
Three years later in 0010, Vincent Valentine went through the ruins of the Sector 7 slums during the Battle of Midgar.
Sector 7 ruins.png|Sector 7 in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete.
Sector7.jpg|Sector 7 in the news in On the Way to a Smile -Episode: Denzel- Final Fantasy VII.
===Remake continuity===
After bombing Mako Reactor 1, Barret's Avalanche cell, along with Cloud, returned to their hideout in the undercity. In "Home Sweet Slum", Cloud met with Tifa, who had secured him a home in room 202 at the Stargazer Heights. Tifa was only able to fund a quarter of his payment, promising to pay him after collecting money from filters the following day. That night, Cloud was awoken by a Sephiroth clone named Marco, and after a brief confrontation, Tifa stopped him and he returned to sleep.
Cloud agreed to help sell filters to the residents, most of whom were happy customers aside from the weapon store owner at the Beginner's Hall. At her suggestion, Cloud and Tifa helped the residents in order to make a name for Cloud, starting with the Neighborhood Watch as they cleared out monsters in Scrap Boulevard. Tifa introduced Cloud to Wymer, who gave them pointers, and Cloud and Tifa helped residents in various odd jobs while waiting for Barret to gather the rest of Cloud's payment. They later rescued the undercity resident Johnny from Shinra, to prevent him from revealing more about Avalanche. Cloud then intimidated Johnny, and Johnny agreed to leave Sector 7 for good so he would not spill anything.
After returning to the hideout, Barret called a meeting with his Avalanche cell to discuss bombing Mako Reactor 5. Despite Jessie lobbying for Cloud's involvement, Barret opposed rehiring Cloud for fear of the group becoming too reliant on him. Tifa was opposed to the bombing, and the group planned to bomb the reactor with Barret, Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie. After this, the group had a celebration, and Cloud left to return home. On the way, he ran into henchmen sent by Don Corneo to look for Barret, and after they spoke to him, he refused to share more and fought them off.
Later that night, in "Mad Dash", Cloud, Jessie, Biggs, and Wedge traveled to the upper plate for a quick mission with Jessie, and parachuted to the surface. The next morning, the undercity was attacked by Whispers, and Jessie's ankle was hurt. Barret then hired Cloud as her replacement, agreeing to give him a raise, for the next mission.
As depicted in "Wutai's Finest", Tifa and Barret returned from the next mission without Cloud. Biggs informed them upon return that Don Corneo had been looking for Barret; Barret was entirely uninterested, while Tifa left the sector to interrogate Don Corneo. Meanwhile, in "Wutai's Finest", Yuffie Kisaragi and Sonon Kusakabe worked with the sector's Avalanche cell that was still linked to Avalanche HQ, led by Nayo, to try to steal materia for Shinra. As well as searching for Barret, Corneo's goons also looked for bridal candidates, taking an interest in Nayo, until Yuffie and Sonon fought them off, and they found Tifa as a candidate.
President Shinra made plans to drop the Sector 7 plate, killing the slums. Though Reeve Tuesti objected, Heidegger was enthusiastic about the plan. In doing so, Shinra sent the Turks to attack the pillar that supported the sector above the slums. As Shinra hoped to wipe out Avalanche completely, no evacuation order was issued.
In "Fight for Survival", Barret, Jessie, Wedge, Biggs, and other locals defended the support pillar, but one by one they fell until Barret was the last one standing. Having learned of the plans from Corneo, Cloud and Tifa, with their new friend Aerith, raced back to the Sector 7 slums, but were hindered by the Whispers on the way. The group and arrived at the foot of the pillar just as Wedge fell off it, his landing was cushioned by a grappling gun, allowing him to survive. While Cloud traveled up the pillar, Tifa and Aerith stayed with Wedge. Wedge later took Aerith deeper into the slums and rescue Barret's daughter, Marlene, at Tifa's request, while Tifa followed Cloud up the plate.
Wedge, inspired by Aerith, helped evacuate the slums, with Marle managing the crowds. The Public Security at first was not about to let the slum dwellers leave, but the rookie soldier disobeyed his superior's orders and opened the gate. Aerith, meanwhile, found Marlene in Seventh Heaven, but was herself found by Tseng, the leader of the Turks. Aerith gave herself up in exchange for Marlene's safety, as Marlene was taken to Aerith's house in the Sector 5 slums while Aerith was taken to the Shinra Building.
Along the way up the plate, Cloud fought Shinra forces and found a severely injured Biggs. He was then pinned down by gunfire from Reno and Rude's helicopter, but as Tifa ran up to join him, Rude steered the helicopter away, creating a safe path for them both. The two then fought their way to the top and found a fatally wounded Jessie, before finally reaching the top. After rejoining Barret at the top, the trio fought Reno and Rude, and tried to stop the plate fall on the plate's control terminal. Tseng sent a video call to the trio informing them that there was nothing they could do, and Aerith interrupted the call to let them know Marlene survived. The trio then barely escaped the falling sector by zipfire. Wedge was slowed down by the Whispers as he tries to get away, and went missing.
The death toll of the plate crash was over 50,000, as almost the entire population of the slums was killed, including many whom Aerith had tried to evacuate. In "A Broken World", the survivors, having lost their homes, took refuge in Sector 6, and within Wall Market. After visiting Aerith's house to find Marlene safe and sound asleep there, Barret, Cloud, and Tifa return to the Sector 7 slums ruins to look for survivors. Led by one of Wedge's cats to a cave-in in the ground, they found an injured Wedge, as well as the Shinra Underground Test Site, a secret underground testing facility underneath the slums.
The survivors of Sector 7 rebuilt and cleared the wreckage after Cloud, Tifa, Barret, and Aerith left Midgar.
==Geography==
===Overview===
The slums, home to over 50,000 residents, comprise run-down buildings mostly made of metal plates and occasionally wood, across dirt floors in between crags. It is very cluttered in comparison to the Sector 8 slums, but its buildings, are better cared for than other parts of the slums. The majority of the buildings in the Sector 7 slums are made using scrap materials from Midgar's construction, while some are built from brick and wood. Little vegetation grows in the Sector 7 slums, little light reaches them, and abandoned construction material is littered throughout.
The concrete Undercity Station is located west of the train graveyard, and east of the plaza connected to the Pillar. Further west of this is the vast residential area. The main attraction of Sector 7 is Seventh Heaven, a bar and restaurant owned by Tifa Lockhart, which also houses one Avalanche cell's secret headquarters. The bar is located in the north of the residential area, a town with many shanty homes and a large gathering of people.
In Final Fantasy VII Remake, other than Seventh Heaven, the residential area houses the Stargazer Heights apartment block owned by Marle where Tifa lives, the Beginner's Hall that is home to the Neighborhood Watch and a weapons store, and a shelter for cats. Further west of the slums is Scrap Boulevard, where several monsters attack the town, and in the northwest of the Pillar plaza is an abandoned Talagger factory.
===Train graveyard===
The train graveyard is east of the Sector 7 Undercity Station, and is an abandoned switchyard connecting the undercity with the plate. Known by residents as haunted, people are warned not to go there as it is said they may never return.
===Sector 7 Undercity Station===
The Sector 7 Undercity Station is used for trains leaving from and arriving in Sector 7. It is a concrete area with several railway platforms lit by street lamps. To the right is the Train Graveyard, an abandoned part of the slums with damaged trains. To the left is the path to the residential area.
Several food stalls line the area selling local 'slum food' that attracts even plate-dwellers. 
===Shipping facility===
Seen in "Episode INTERmission" of Final Fantasy VII Remake, the shipping facility is located adjacent to the Undercity Station and the train graveyard. It is an expansive facility of machinery, including conveyer belts and rails, transporting construction materials held in large containers. The facility is used for pillar maintenance and waste disposal.
The facility extends all the way to a maintenance center for the Central Pillar. 
===Pillar plaza===
The plaza connecting the Support Pillar of Sector 7 in the north, the Slums in the west, the train station in the east, as well as the route to Sector 6 in the south. A pair of Shinra Security Guards keep the gate to the Sector 6 roads closed. Surrounding the roads at the plaza are piles of metal beams and shanty homes. To the north is a fence outside the Support Pillar, as well as a sewage pipe on the left.
===Pillar===
The Support Pillar is located behind a fence in the pillar plaza, and holds up the Sector 7 plate above the slums. Adjacent to the stone pillar is a tubular metal tower with a large staircase leading up to a console area at the top.
 
===Abandoned Talagger factory===
The Talagger factory appears only in Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Episode INTERmission". Locked behind barricades from the Pillar plaza, the abandoned Talagger factory is a maze-like area comprised of abandoned warehouses and towers. Abandoned red vehicles and construction material are seen nearby, along with the usual rusting pipes, and some cut power cables. Many of the warehouse walls are damaged, and some have worn away graffiti, while one warehouse is missing its roof entirely. Numerous monsters make their way into the factory, leading the Neighborhood Watch to warn any civilians wanting to enter it. 
===Residential area===
The residential area is a large plaza surrounded by metal structures and rocks, comprised of shanty houses and stores. It is the location of Seventh Heaven, Johnny's home, the Item Store, and the Beginner's Hall. 
The area is bounded by several tall concrete walls, houses in the residential area are mostly wooden and brick shanty houses, often with a single story. Some citizens have even repurposed large concrete pipes to use as homes. The area has minimal vegetation, and the ground is mostly made of dirt. Around the buildings are littered debris, including broken tires and pipes. Signposts are seen around the slums pointing to its landmarks, and the area is illuminated by green neon lights. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, along with houses are many stores, some in buildings while some are outside on stalls selling clothing, as well as a few cafes. The area is also home to a cat shelter in the south, and cats are found roaming the shelter. Though few vehicles are parked, some are converted into stalls. Jessie's house, the Etoile Boarding House that she shares with other aspiring actresses, which has a strict no-men policy. Wedge's houses are located in the southeast areas that he uses to double as a cat shelter. 
Culvert Street is a covered elevated path that goes behind Seventh Heaven. It has a shady reputation amongst the residents, and has a number of merchants selling repurposed scrap. It is rumored that some of these merchants act as fronts for Avalanche to generate income. Also behind Seventh Heaven is a man selling music discs. 
An elementary school in the residential area is seen in Final Fantasy VII Remake, close to the left of Beginner's Hall. Teachers also volunteer and teach children, including teaching stories of Stamp finding bread to feed moogles.
Also in Remake, to the right of Beginners' Hall is the headquarters of the Neighborhood Watch, the local militia that try to ward off monsters that enter the slums. They keep a monthly tally of fiends slain in front of the building, and are led by Wymer. 
The Sector 7 slums used to have a giant TV monitor as seen in the Sector 5 slums, but Barret shot it up when President Shinra was on. In Final Fantasy VII, the remains of the shot-up TV monitor can still be seen behind Seventh Heaven.
====Beginner's Hall====
The Weapon Shop is the tallest building in Sector 7, located at the southern end of the residential area. It contains a weapon shop on its first floor, a Beginner's Hall, on its second, and a bedroom on the top floor inside a cubicle. which the player can use as an inn. It is a large, multi-story building made largely from metal beams connecting concrete roofs, with outside ladders and stairs used to climb its floors, curtains surrounding the outside, metal-plated walls around each room, and two flags hanging from the third roof. On the top is the metal cubicle containing the bedroom.
The ground floor of the Beginner's Hall is the weapon shop itself, where merchants work at a counter. In this room, several deadly weapons, and robot parts, are displayed around the walls, along with a shooting range and boxes of ammunition. At the back is a ladder leading up to the second floor on the outside.
On the second floor, the Neighborhood Watch room of the Beginner's Hall can be reached. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, Avalanche can be found here, though in Final Fantasy VII several boxes and characters appear for to provide the player tutorials. In Final Fantasy VII, the building has a ladder to a third floor, which itself has a set of stairs up into a small bedroom of three beds, each decorated with a few posters, implying they are lived in by the owners who simply rent the room to visitors.
====Sector 7 Clinic====
Seen in "Episode INTERmission" of Final Fantasy VII Remake, the Sector 7 Clinic is a building within the residential area, near the Beginner's Hall the Sector 7 Clinic is an unassuming building marked with a moogle doll outside. The building is a cover for the headquarters of an Avalanche group affiliated with Avalanche HQ (not connected to Barret's cell) that is located in the basement.
====Item Store====
Marked by a neon sign reading "Item Store", the store is a small building situated on the southwestern end of the slums, and is made of navy blue metal plates. Inside, the building comprises a single room with a counter, a few items in the form of boxes and bottles on display, and what appears to be a furnace. A record player is on the desk playing "Prelude", which can be purchased from the vendor. 
====Johnny's home====
Johnny's home is located in the northeast of the slums. The house's interior is depicted only in the original Final Fantasy VII, in which it contains a living room with a TV and table comprising most of the space, with a bathroom and bedroom both sectioned off. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, Johnny is seen taken from his house and his parents can be talked to on the doorstep, but the house is never entered.
====Seventh Heaven====
Seventh Heaven is a tall wooden building located on the western end of the Slums, built in the style of a Texan bar. The bar and restaurant is located in the upper floor, while Avalanche's hideout is located underground, reached through a secret elevator disguised as a pinball machine. Inside, the bar has tables, bar stools, a counter where drinks are served, and a TV screen. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, it also has a darts board and a jukebox.
Alcoholic drinks, pizza, eggs, and chips are served here. 
====Stargazer Heights====
The Stargazer Heights appears only in Final Fantasy VII Remake. It is a two-story stone apartment complex with a wooden roof and balcony on its upper floor, that has one room per resident. The rooms have a single bed, a desk, a sink, and a bathroom. Each room has an air conditioning unit outside, suggesting the sector can get warm.
Marle, the owner, stays in the room on the bottom floor on the right end, while Tifa stays in 201, the room on the top-left, a resident named Marco stays in room 203, and Cloud is given a room in between in 202. In Tifa's room, she keeps a handbag hanging up as well as a pair of boots, a poster for "AIR Music Gallery for music lovers", and on her desk are music CDs and books. Marle took on a dog with the intention that it would scare off unwanted men snooping around the building. 
====Municipal storage area====
Seen only in Final Fantasy VII Remake, the municipal storage area is located northeast of Seventh Heaven. A barricade, with a caution site in front of it has been written over in Japanese writing, blocks the way towards it, and after this is a winding path with wooden barricades either side of the path. Metal stone walls surround the storage area itself, which has several metal warehouses and abandoned construction material.
===Scrap Boulevard===
Seen only in Final Fantasy VII Remake, Scrap Boulevard is a site that attracts monsters, located west of the town behind barricades used to keep the monsters out, and just adjacent to a stone wall that walls in the residential area. The area has dirt paths in between its crags, used to navigate the area. At the northwest end, a barricade blocks exit out onto another rocky path.
The boulevard is filled with abandoned scrap. This comes in the form of damaged, rusting cars, and abandoned construction material likely left behind from the factory. Between its crags are large metal pipes between its crags, and a few rusting lamps dotted around, suggesting the site is at least partially man-made.
Close to the boulevard's entrance, a large Shinra structure in the shape of a rocket jet is buried within the ground. In the north end of the boulevard, close to its entrance, is a cave, dimly lit by a few lamps, connecting two parts of the boulevard.
===Outskirts===
Seen in "Episode INTERmission", the Sector 7 slums outskirts are an expanse of undeveloped land and scrapyards that connect to Scrap Boulevard. A number of unfinished abandoned warehouses and construction sites, possibly used in the construction of Midgar, are found here. Monsters are also known to nest the outskirts before coming to attack the town. The area is between a set of canyons with bridges or unfinished construction connecting them.
The outskirts appear to fall within Midgar's waste zone seen near the perimeter of the city. This is a zone where proximity to the mako reactors makes the area unsuitable as a residential district, and thus becomes a dumping ground for waste materials and filled with abandoned waste management facilities, as well as being overrun by monsters.
==Society==
The Sector 7 undercity is a symbol of strength and resilience in the face of hardship, having a strong sense of community and independence among its people. The undercity is home to supportive communities that have sprung up around locations like bars and the Beginner's Hall, and residents have banded together to form voluntary neighbor watch groups to protect the community. The Neighborhood Watch acts as a militia that deals with issues that Shinra Security refuses to, particularly in fighting off monsters that make their homes in the slums. The watch is led by Wymer. Members of Avalanche have infiltrated the Neighborhood Watch, such as Biggs, Wedge, and Barret, both out of a sense of civic duty to the local community, and to because it serves as a good cover. As Avalanche discovered Shinra's plan to collapse the Sector 7 Plate, both Avalanche and the Neighborhood Watch attempted to defend the pillar and mount a last-second evacuation. 
With a large population of immigrants who came to Midgar with goals and aspirations, it is home to both white-collar workers who commute to the plate, blue-collar workers with jobs in construction and manufacturing, and unemployed people who join gangs. A notable example of a white-collar commuter is the Shinra Middle Manager, and notable examples of immigrants with aspirations are the women who live with Jessie in the Etoile Boarding House with aspirations to become actresses.
Due to both the neighborhood watch and the stationed presence of Shinra's Public Security Division (rare for the slums), the Sector 7 undercity is safe relative to other sectors in Midgar's slums.
Typical diet in the Sector 7 undercity comprises junk food and processed foods. In contrast to other sectors in the slums, many residents consume meals for enjoyment, as seen by simple food stalls, and restaurants in kitchens (a rarity for the slums) that can be found in the area. The local food culture manages to attract even plate dwellers who are sometimes seen visiting the stalls by the train station.
The area is described as having an obnoxious rotten egg stench, which locals have grown used to. This may be tied to the water supply, citizens using locally made filters to 'almost' get rid of the smell. 
==Gameplay==
===Final Fantasy VII===
The Sector 7 Slums appears in the following chapters:
*At the Hideout in the Slums
*To the No. 5 Reactor
*Prevent the Fall of the Plate
It is the first town visited by the player, during "At the Hideout in the Slums." During this chapter, the player meets Tifa, who joins the party. Cloud can then interact with residents briefly, most notably in the Beginner's Hall, where tutorials for the game's mechanics can be found, before using the train for "To the No. 5 Reactor."
The slums are later returned to in "Prevent the Fall of the Plate," when Cloud and Tifa rise through the support pillar fighting Shinra enemies such as the Aero Combatants, before joining up with Barret to face Turks:Reno.
The Sector 7 Slums map is very limited compared to its later appearance. Aside from its train station and pillar, only four buildings are found in the slums area: the Seventh Heaven (known as "7th Heaven"), the Weapon's Shop with the Beginner's Hall in the top floor, the Item Store, and Johnny's home.
===Final Fantasy VII Remake===
The Sector 7 Slums appears in the following chapters:
*Home Sweet Slum
*Mad Dash
*Fight for Survival
The underground of the slums appears in:
*A Broken World
The slums have a similar role to the original game, though the initial visit is greatly expanded. In "Home Sweet Slum", after meeting Tifa, Cloud goes on several quests with her around the slums helping the locals, in order to raise funds for Avalanche to properly pay him. The two then complete more mercenary Odd Jobs for the residents at Tifa's suggestion to build up his reputation as a merc. These quests are vital for the player's affection mechanics score with Tifa, and also to choose her dress.
The slums are briefly seen at the end of "Mad Dash" for short interactive quests and a combat quest once again involving Tifa, but its bigger gameplay role is during "Fight for Survival," a gameplay portion similar to "Prevent the Fall of the Plate" from the original. Much like the original game, Cloud and Tifa rise up the support pillar, fighting helitroopers and other Shinra enemies, before regrouping with Barret, as he joins the party for a battle against Reno and Rude. In an added segment during the chapter, Aerith is controlled by the player in a few quests in which she helps evacuate the slums, including Marlene.
The Sector 7 Slums has a similar map layout compared to the original game, with some notable expansions rather than layout overhauls. In the plaza connecting the station with the support pillar, the road south to the Sector 6 Slums, and the residential area on the west, a route to the abandoned factory was added. The residential area is greatly expanded, with many more buildings added (of which the Stargazer Heights is the most notable addition), dozens of non-player characters making the area feel more lived in, and the scrap boulevard added west of the slums.
The remnants of the Sector 7 slums are explored as the Sector 7 Collapsed Plate Area in chapter 13, "A Broken World", and briefly in chapter 14, "In Search of Hope". This area comprises only a tunnel, a few ruined houses, as well as a path to the Underground Test Site located beneath the undercity.
==Musical themes==
"Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII" plays in the Sector 7 undercity in Final Fantasy VII Remake as the location was intended to serve as a central hub and to feel like home, and would be visited by the player offer. Though Final Fantasy VII Remake takes place solely in Midgar, the developers did not want to limit its soundtrack to themes originally only heard within the city in the original game.Romano 2020
==Other appearances==
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Sector 7's Support Pillar is the setting for the Collector's Event Countdown to Destruction.
==Behind the scenes==
The Sector 7 slums was designed to feel comparatively warm and friendly with a strong sense of community, because it would be the first slums the player would visit in the game. It was also designed to have a "Wild West" feel to it.
The Sector 7 slums in Final Fantasy VII contain a lot of dummied dialogue that can only be accessed by hacking into the game data. One of these scenes between Cloud and Tifa, a longer version of their dialogue in the final game, featured in a pre-release screenshot.
The Sector 7 undercity has numerous stray cats. Co-director Motomu Toriyama has explained that their numbers can be attributed to Wedge who loves cats so much he can't help but bring any stray he finds back home with him. The other co-director Naoki Hamaguchi (game design / programming) had his own cat rendered in-game. Toriyama meanwhile wanted to make sure dog people were not left out, and added some more dogs to Midgar, which is why Marle—the landlord of Stargazer Heights—has one.
The Beginner's Hall in Final Fantasy VII is three stories tall and Cloud does not have a place of his own, but the player can sleep at the top of the Beginner's Hall building by paying a boy 10 gil to use it as an inn. In Final Fantasy VII Remake, a boy based on this same NPC is seen near the weapon shop in Chapter 4, "Mad Dash", when returning from the mission topside, whose incidental dialogue is to "take a load off" at his place in exchange for a small fee, though the player can only sleep in Cloud's room in this version. This was included as the developers had wanted the Beginner's Hall in Final Fantasy VII Remake to also be three stories tall and to include the same inn, but had to cut it due to many factors.
Sector7-train-station-prerelease.jpg|Pre-release shot of the station with no train for Final Fantasy VII.
Sector 7 Slums artwork for Final Fantasy VII Remake.png|Slums artwork for Final Fantasy VII Remake.
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