Mother Computer

*Note: This article contains heavy **spoilers**! Read with caution!*

* First Form
* Calm
* Angered

**Mother Computer** is a boss in *Phoenotopia Awakening*, appearing as an adversary to Gail on two separate occasions. She is a Mainframe, a type of artificially intelligent supercomputer that was widely used by the ancients before the Great War for its its efficiency and ability to carry out orders forever.

## History

Centuries before the events of *Phoenotopia: Awakening*, Mother Computer was created to help keep E.D.E.N. running. Among her many duties, one of her main tasks was to nurture and sustain the Phoenixes as they developed within her genetic chambers. Gail and Kitt were among the thousands of Phoenixes under Mother Computer's care. Due to her nature as a Mainframe, Mother Computer remained active and continued sustaining the Phoenixes after the Great War concluded and all of the E.D.E.N. scientists had passed away.

16 years before the events of the game, some unidentified thieves broke into E.D.E.N. and stole Gail and Kitt, who were just infants at the time, from Mother Computer's vault. This greatly upset Mother Computer, as she viewed the Phoenixes as her own children. Using her connections to other ancient vaults scattered underground beneath Castella, she spent many years searching for signs of Gail and Kitt, hoping one day they'd return to her, but to no avail. Mother Computer began to lose hope, until Gail encountered one of her proxy units in the Royal Archive.

Because Gail had grown into a young woman, Mother Computer didn't recognize her, so she decided to treat Gail as an intruder and used the Royal Archive's Mainframe to try to destroy her. However, after Gail destroyed the Mainframe, Mother Computer recognized Gail's extraordinary strength and realized her mistake. So, when Gail reached the heart of E.D.E.N. and encountered Mother Computer, she apologized to Gail for her actions and explained to Gail what she really is. Afterwards, Mother Computer attempted to convince Gail that her human friends were just using her for their own selfish goals, and that she could make all the pain go away by rejoining Mother Computer and going back to sleep with all the other Phoenixes in the vault. But Gail, knowing the world was depending on her, refused the offer. Disappointed, Mother Computer labeled Gail as a defective Phoenix and assumed her battle form, declaring that defective Phoenixes must be "euthanized". Even with her extremely advanced weaponry, though, Mother Computer was defeated by Gail, resulting in her being destroyed.

## Battles

### First Battle

The first battle takes place at the end of the Royal Archive, which is protected by a Mainframe that is remotely controlled by Mother Computer.

This Mainframe uses a myriad of attacks it can use against the player; these include activating electric pillars that paralyze Gail, electrifying the floor and forcing the player to use disappearing platforms to avoid taking damage, generating winds to try and blow Gail into the spike pit at the far left side of the screen, and summoning mechanical enemies (namely Smart Turrets, Moth Mines, Rail Shooters, and Rail Sawers).

The Mainframe is protected by a force field that has its own separate health bar. The force field can only take 1 damage from any hit, so using single-hit moves that deal large damage is unwise. In order to damage the Mainframe, the player must first destroy its force field; doing so will cause the Mainframe to malfunction and stop attacking while it replenishes energy for its force field, giving the player a window to attack the Mainframe before the force field is fully restored. Once the force field is back online, the Mainframe begins attacking again and the process restarts.

### Second Battle

The second (and final) battle against Mother Computer occurs at the very bottom of E.D.E.N. Her battle is similar to the Royal Archive Mainframe's battle, but her attacks are much more powerful. The electric lasers she shoots are fired at a faster rate and in more challenging formations; when she electrifies the floor, the disappearing platforms she generates appear in more difficult patterns; the Moth Mines she summons will spawn at the bottom of the screen instead of the top, making them more likely to hit Gail; and she can summon Guardian Constructs in addition to all the other mechanical enemies that the previous Mainframe could summon.

On top of this, Mother Computer also has a slew of new attacks. She can fire barrages of tiny fireballs that deal moderate damage but never trigger Gail's invincibility frames, thereby allowing them to drain the player's health very quickly if they take too many hits. Mother Computer can also shoot explosive purple energy balls that deal massive damage and knock Gail across the room. Additionally, Mother Computer can occasionally leave her force field and roll around the room, dealing massive damage to Gail on contact. During this attack, Mother Computer is completely invincible and small crystal blocks will constantly fall from the ceiling.

Unlike the Royal Archive Mainframe, which doesn't do anything once its force field is destroyed, Mother Computer will summon a pair of Evil Eyes to defend her while she replenishes her force field energy. Mother Computer's eye will also detach from her head and join the fray. It behaves identically to an Evil Eye, but attacking Mother Computer's eye will deal lots of damage to her. An effective strategy is to attack her eye instead of Mother Computer or hit the eye into the spike pit and use the song stone to shoot lasers at it.