Black Planet

**Black Planet** is the mother planet for the dangerous species Battura in another dimension. In Conquest mode, the Black Planet appears as a boss in both Star Luster and Star Ixiom.

In Star ixiom, in order to destroy Black Planet, destroy all the Disruptors and the Big Disruptors that're in Black Planet's orbit.

You can find it on the radar after you collect all the keys in a planet (alongside the warning text that says after you collect all the keys *"BATTURA'S BOSS FOUND"*; meaning that Black Planet has been spotted on your radar). You better get to Black Planet before it's going to disappear.

In Star Luster during Adventure mode, you can dock with any planet (besides Earth) to collect their keys. Each planet has a different color of the rainbow, and they keys are identified by the first letter of the color, so the entire set of keys is ROYGBIV. These letters will appear above your damage indicator as you collect each key. You'll never know which planet you are warping to until you've visited it once. Along the way, you are likely to stumble upon planet Earth. If you're not sure if it's Earth or not, when you dock with Earth, and the reconnaissance craft comes flying towards you, it will simply say "HELLO" instead of giving you a key (assuming you are entitled to a key. If you're not, all of the planets will say "HELLO.") Once you have all seven keys, you want to return to Earth. As soon as you dock with Earth, pay very close attention to the radar. As soon as it appears, a flashing dot on the radar will flash, indicating the position of Black Planet. Now you must warp to that exact location if you wish to fight against Battura.

Note that before you warp to Black Planet, it's a good idea to visit each of the remaining bases to receive the full benefit of the power-ups that they can provide you with. You'll need it for the final fight. Remember not to destroy *every* enemy squadron, or the game will immediately end before you have the chance to visit the Black Planet. Leave the least threatening squad on the map alive.

If you successfully warp to the Black Planet, the space will turn blue, indicating that you warped into the right place. At that time, you'll enter Combat mode and purple Battura forces will launch their attack upon you. Even if you manage to defeat 10 such enemies, they'll simply continue to send Disruptors at you continuously. Once you are encountering nothing but 2 Disruptors repeatedly, you are ready to find Black Planet.

While fighting against the Disruptors and dodging deadly shots that they fire at you, proceed to locate the Black Planet with the same method that you use to locate bases and normal planets. The difference is that in addition to the yellow dot indicating the planet, there will be two other yellow dots for Disruptors. The dot will be easy to identify, however, since it's motionless. It'll only move around the LRS in relationship to the movements of your ship. Once you get the planet within range, prepare yourself for a dangerous fight.

By now, you may have noticed that slow enemies pose a greater threat to you than fast enemies. Fast enemies forces you to change your orientation constantly in order to destroy them. Slower enemies make you move less when you want to destroy them, which actually makes it easier for them to fire at you. Black Planet doesn't move at all, so your only defense against the weaponry is to move constantly, taking shots at the planet as you slide the crosshair around the screen. Destroy Black Planet with 50 shots, and you will be triumphant against the Battura forces.