STH Space Colony Ark

Japanese Sub (2001)                        English Dub    (2002)
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Space Colony Ark Saga also known as the (Project Shadow Saga) is the Twelfth story arc in the Sonic the Hedgehog anime. Loosely based on the Sonic Adventure 2 video game. This is the first saga to feature 2 new characters such as Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat. It follows after the Perfect Chaos saga.

### Plot

#### Project Shadow

Taking place from when Dr. Eggman was trying to hack in G.U.N.'s database, he uncovers his grandfather's Gerald Robotnik's secret diary. Inside it remained documents from long ago when he was still alive. One of the documents that interest him is a weapon named Project Shadow hidden somewhere deep within the vaults of Prison Island. Dr.Eggman and Snively both break into Prison Island and recover the vault his grandfather's top secret weapon was in. Once entering the password Maria, Eggman's cousin, and a Chaos Emerald inside the machine, a capsule containing a Black and Red hedgehog appears out of the capsule. After being mistaken for Sonic by Eggman, the hedgehog reveals himself to be his grandfather's weapon Shadow the Hedgehog. Shadow showcases his abilities by destroying G.U.N.'s TOP DOG a flying arsenal machine. Shadow then advises Eggman that if he wants to control the world, he must look for the remaining Chaos Emeralds and meet him on a place called the Space Colony Ark. During the meantime Shadow steals a Chaos Emerald from a bank in Central City.

#### Sonic on the Loose

After Shadow steals a Chaos Emerald from the bank, the news mistakens his actions on Sonic which leads to him being apprehended by the military. As they transport him for questioning, Sonic escapes from a G.U.N. helicopter and goes into hiding. Somewhere on Angel Island, Knuckles notices that the island fell back into the ocean. While investigating, he spots a bat girl named Rouge leaving with the Master Emerald. The two engage in a altercation when it is interrupted by Eggman who tries to steal the Master Emerald. To prevent Eggman from keeping it, Knuckles leaps into the air and smashes the Emerald into pieces. Knuckles begins his search for the Master Emerald shards. Later on the Freedom Fighters get word of Sonic escaping custody and begin a plan to rescue him. Somewhere deep in the city, Sonic fights off a Government mech when he discovers Shadow for the first time. Realizing that he was framed for his crime, Sonic charges Shadow. But Shadow uses a technique with the Chaos Emerald he stole to warp time and space called Chaos Control. Before the battle can start Shadow hears the Military coming their way and disappears before they arrive as they arrest Sonic. Dr.Eggman collects 2 Emeralds and teleports him and Snively to the Space Colony. Rouge the Bat is revealed to be a spy for G.U.N. which she's on a mission to find out what Dr.Eggman is up to. She follows them. On the Space Colony Ark, Shadow reveals the secret weapon Eggman's grandfather built called the Eclipse Cannon capable of destroying entire planets with the power of the Chaos Emeralds. Rouge the Bat overhears this and decides to work with Eggman as she knows exactly where 3 Chaos Emeralds are located on Prison Island.

#### Assault on Prison Island

The next morning, Snively Shadow and Rouge decide to infiltrate Prison Island with Shadow blowing up the island once Rouge gains access to the Chaos Emeralds. As the 3 make their way to the Entrance, Amy arrives and mistakens Shadow for Sonic. As Snively tries to attack Amy, The Tornado arrives which had Tails Chris and Sally riding inside. Tails and Snively engage in a mech battle until Snively escapes. The group then proceeds to enter the prison searching for Sonic. Rouge enters the vault and captures 3 Chaos Emeralds. As she tries to escape she's then locked inside the vault. Shadow reaches towards the end of the Island and detonates a bomb for 15 minutes. Once realizing Rouge is locked inside with the Emeralds he heads for them. The Freedom Fighters find Sonic and break him out of his cell. As they begin to leave,Sonic spots Shadow in heading for the Jungle and goes after him. The 2 hedgehog engage in combat until Eggman reveals the Island is gonna explode in a few minutes. Sonic makes his daring escape searching for the others. Shadow uses Chaos Control to warp Rouge's location, Chris spots Shadow and follows him just in time for them to warp to Rouge's location. Shadow grows angry at the fact Chris followed him but once he notices a resemblance to Maria Robotnik, Professor Gerald's granddaughter, he decides to take him back on the Space Colony. Sonic realizing that Chris isn't with the others the, crew escapes off the exploding Island.

#### Eclipse Cannon

Back on the Ark, Shadow has a flashback of a memory of him and Maria wondering what it's like on Mobius. The flashback is then interrupted by Rouge and Chris who thanks him for saving both of them. With 6 Emeralds in their possession Eggman decides to showcase what the Eclipse Cannon can do on a live broadcast all over Mobius. This resulted in half of the moon being blown up. The Freedom Fighters decide to figure out where Eggman is hiding. Eggman then sends Rouge to retrieve the last emerald from Tails who happens to have it. Back in the city labeled as fugitives, Sonic and Tails find out the President has intercepted a call with Dr.Eggman who commands the President to give up to the Eggman Empire or the cannon will result in the deaths of millions. Sonic and Tails arrive and find out Eggman was speaking at a Hidden Base in the Mobian Desert. The crew along with Knuckles arrive to Eggman's Hidden Base which they would need a key to unlock the doors for the space shuttle. Once Knuckles finds the key, to the Shuttle Bay, Eggman arrives and tries to attack the crew with his Egg Golem which is defeated by Sonic. The group heads for the Ship and takes off for the Space Colony.

#### Battle on the Space Colony Ark

The crew are just about to enter inside the Ark when they crash into meteorite. The hangar of the ship releases the Master Emerald shards on the ark which results in Knuckles trying to gain them back. He heads straight for them until he is encountered by Rouge. The 2 battle for the Emerald up until Rouge nearly falls off a platform. Knuckles saves her last minute and regains the Master Emerald again. Back inside the ark Tails reveals he's created a counterfeit Chaos Emerald which can mess up the structure of the Eclipse Cannon destroying it if fired. Sonic heads for the control room until he's notified by Eggman that he's captured Amy and will kill her if he doesn't bring him the Chaos Emerald. Sonic arrives in the central control room with the fake emerald. But Eggman traps Sonic inside a capsule revealing that he knew all along that they had a fake emerald. He then sends Sonic hurdling in space. Due to the small amounts of Chaos energy inside the fake emerald Sonic uses Chaos Control before the capsule he was inside exploded. Believing Sonic to be dead Tails battles against to avenge Sonic. After his defeat he steals Tails Chaos Emerald and heads for the Control Room. Sonic however is spotted by Chris and Knuckles which he heads for the Control room. Meanwhile Rouge searches through Professor Geralds diary upon noticing that there are 2 ultimate lifeforms. Before she can do more research she is confronted by Shadow who scolds her for being a double agent for the Government. Eggman notifies Shadow that Sonic is heading for the Eclipse Cannon which Shadow leaves in pursuit for Sonic. The 2 engage in combat outside the Ark. Dr.Eggman with all the Chaos Emeralds fires the cannon which is shut down upon activation. As Eggman wonders why the controls are bugged a video of Professor Gerald comes on revealing that once the Ark's activated, it will hurl towards the planet and make impact with it. Professor Gerald programed the Ark to hurl into Mobius due to the Government shutting down his project and killing his granddaughter Maria wanting revenge on Humanity. Sonic, The Freedom Fighters along with Knuckles, Snively and Eggman devise of a plan to use to Master Emerald to stop the Chaos Energy that is making the Ark head towards Mobius. Meanwhile Amy convinces Shadow to help the others but he refuses as he states that Maria would want him to carry out revenge on the planet. Amy then states that Maria would've wanted Shadow to save Mobius rather than destroy it. Realizing she's right he has a change of heart and heads for the Center of the Space Colony. Sonic, Knuckles and Sally are confronted by the 1st ultimate Lifeform the Biolizard which Shadow takes on by himself. Once Knuckles stops the Emeralds from hurling towards Mobius. The Biolizard then uses Chaos Control to attach itself to the Space Colony to hurl towards Mobius.

#### Final Hazard

Sonic and Shadow transform into their super forms with the Chaos Emeralds to stop the Final Hazard from colliding into the planet. Once it is close to reaching impact Sonic and Shadow use Chaos Control to send the Ark back into orbit. Upon doing this Shadow exhausted from the Chaos Energy falls towards the planet. Sonic searches for him but only finds Shadow's inhibitor ring. Back in the Central Control room Sonic reveals the news of Shadow being presumed dead. The crew decides to head back to Mobius. Sonic however says his final goodbye to Shadow as he leaves the Space Colony Ark.

### Characters

#### Major Characters

Sonic the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog

Dr.Eggman

Miles Tails Prower

Knuckles the Echidna

Rouge the Bat

Amy Rose

Chris Robotnik

Sally Acorn

#### Supporting Characters

Professor Gerald Robotnik

Maria Robotnik

President

President's Secretary

G.U.N.

Rotor Walrus

Bunnie Rabbot

Nicole the Hollo-Lynx

Antoine D'Collete

### Battles Featured

Shadow vs Hot Shot

Sonic vs Bigfoot

Tails vs Snively

Rouge vs Flying Dog

Sonic vs Shadow 1

Knuckles vs King Boom Boo

Sonic and Eggman vs Egg Golem

Knuckles vs Rouge

Tails vs Eggman

Sonic vs Shadow 2

Shadow vs Biolizard

Super Sonic and Super Shadow vs The Final Hazard

### Episode List

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