Subway Ruins

Subway Ruins
Stage Information
Boss	Pantheon Core ("Destroy Train") Sage Harpuia ("Rescue Colbor")
Theme Music
"EXPRESS UG"

The Subway Ruins (地下鉄跡, Chikatetsu Ato) is an area in Mega Man Zero. It is the ruins of a Neo Arcadian subway system that is no longer in use. Its tunnels and rails run deep into the earth, reminders of a more prosperous time.

Description and History

The Subway Ruins are the decaying remnants of a once-functional Neo Arcadian underground transit system. A Neo Arcadian transport train stopped at an old platform loading cargo near the Abandoned Factory, and Ciel asks Zero to destroy it to disrupt their supplies. Zero destroyed the train's engine chamber and the explosion damaged the trails, cutting the supply route. Zero also rescued a Cyber-elf that was stolen from the Resistance. Later, Zero rescues Colbor from Sage Harpuia here.

Layout

Mission - Destroy Train

Mission Brief

"We want to destroy the enemy transport train in order to disrupt their supply. Based on the report from our scout unit... The enemy train is at the old platform loading cargo... The time to attack is now. Please help us destroy that train."

— Ciel

Comm. (In The Mission)

"The transport train is lying deep within an underground passage. Keep your guard up."

— Ciel

The path leading to the underground tunnel is lined with pitfalls, dangling wires, and Gil-Eyes inbetween, requiring Zero to cut ropes and navigate through the tunnels. The next room is guarded by a Metarook in the middle of the room, armed with a flail that swings in wide arcs, and a cannon located in its center. Beyond the room is the enemy train that is harbouring the Cyber-elf.

Zero boards the train halfway there, where he has to beat the clock to get to the engine core in 3 minutes. The train cars require fast reflexes and precise movement because of their narrow hallways and certain hazards like Crush Rollers that stop Zero from moving forward. When navigating shifting platforms, Zero comes face-to-face against the Pantheon Core, a security system protecting the train's engine, in the mission's boss fight.

Mission - Rescue Colbor

Mission Brief

"One of our comrades named Colbor said he was very sorry that we couldn't help but rely on you. He seems to have found a way into their base through the subway area, but we have lost contact with the Colbor team... I just hope that he is alright... If you don't mind, will you go and look for him?"

— Ciel

Comm. (In The Mission)

"Enemy activities are increasing in intensity! Colbor's unit may have been discovered and taken hostage. Good luck, Zero!"

— Ciel

Near the tracks along the Destroy Train objective, the outer region is concentrated over a dilapidated industrial zone. The stage starts with a leftward march over shattered terrain, full of unstable platforms, vertical shafts, and hostile patrols. Zero must avoid ladders and make his way across falling platforms while avoiding Pantheon Hunters and flying Pantheon Flyers. Players come across unstable ledges and destructible boxes with concealed Cyber-Elves, frequently hidden behind walls or beneath platforms, as the pattern moves upward. The environment gets increasingly dangerous halfway through, with Top Gabyoalls rolling over raised platforms and Battle Tutle Bros. defending tight passageways. Exploration and fast thinking are rewarded by a vertical climb that leads to more elf crates and Ravens that can fire missiles.

A battle with Harpuia, one of the Four Guardians, takes place at the end of the quest on a lofty platform encircled by wind turbines and shifting landscape.

Enemies

Destroy Train mission

Image	Name
	Pantheon Core (boss)
	Metarook (mid-boss)
	Gli-Eye
	Kerberos
	Seal Cannon
	Pantheon Warrior
	Pantheon Flyer
	Raven
	Crush Roller

Rescue Colbor mission

Image	Name
	Sage Harpuia (boss)
	Pantheon Hunter
	Pantheon Flyer
	Battle Tutle Bros.
	Top Gabyoall
	Raven

Standard

Image	Name
	Gli-Eye
	Kerberos
	Seal Cannon
	Raven (after Rescue Colbor mission)

Cyber-elves

Image	Name	Location
	Hapitan	Use Triple Rod to borrow an enemy to jump onto the second ceiling passage, a small area in the wall with an Item Box.
	Itemon	Destroy 5 Kerberos in the Destroy Train mission.
	Bireff	Item Box in the ceiling area before the door that Metarook appears in Destroy the Train mission.
	Beesus	Destroy Metarook in the Destroy Train mission.
	Buffer	Destroy 5 Pantheon Warriors in the Destroy Train mission.
	Birdian	Destroy 5 Ravens in the Destroy Train mission.
	Hafmargo	Destroy 3 Crush Rollers in the Destroy Train mission.
	Totten	Destroy the Pantheon Core.
	Dereff	Inside an Item Box in the door of the Subway.
	Sireff	Below a platform near the beginning of the area with falling platforms. Near Morick's location.
	Morick	Below a platform with a ladder above it near the beginning of the area with falling platforms. Near Sireff's location.
	Birtross	Destroy 3 Pantheon Flyers in the Rescue Colbor mission.
	Beedle	Defeat Sage Harpuia.