When Sonic the Hedgehog (along with his friends Tails, Knuckles, and Amy) tried to intervene, Eggman stole the seventh Chaos Emerald from them. When six of the seven emeralds were connected to the power supply, Eggman demonstrated the power of the Cannon by blowing up half of the moon and threatened to do the same to Earth in 24 hours unless the people on the planet followed his demands. They planned to activate the Eclipse Cannon, a powerful weapon of mass destruction that, when powered by Chaos Emeralds, could destroy a planet. They then apparently sealed the 'face' part of the ARK with a rock-like half-sphere, making the colony look like an asteroid, possibly to conceal its existence for years to come, though the actual reason is not known.ĭuring Sonic Adventure 2, a reawakened Shadow the Hedgehog led Doctor Eggman (Gerald's grandson), and Rouge the Bat to the ARK as part of his own plans to get vengeance for the death of Maria. They took everyone else down to Earth, explaining that there had been an accident aboard the ARK that had rendered it uninhabitable. The Biolizard remained aboard ARK, having nearly decimated the invaders, and Shadow the Hedgehog was shot down to Earth in a stasis tube.Īfter sealing the Biolizard, GUN killed or imprisoned everyone that knew about Project Shadow. He plotted revenge against the entire planet.

Maria was killed during the raid, and the news of her death sent her grandfather into despair.

Thus, GUN invaded the space station to end the program by force. When Project Shadow was shut down, Robotnik refused to end his work before he had found the cure he sought. The government decided that what was going on with Gerald in the ARK was completely dangerous and shut down Project Shadow. The Gizoid ended up destroying a large portion of the ARK after absorbing a large amount of weaponry. He started up 'Project Gizoid' and established a 'Link' with the Gizoid, but in order to buy more time to finish Project Shadow, he gave up the Gizoid to the government. Thus, the ARK was the 'birthplace' of both the Biolizard and Shadow the Hedgehog, two results of the project.Īlso on the ARK, Gerald worked with the newly discovered Gizoid, an ancient robot. It was aboard Space Colony ARK that Professor Gerald Robotnik worked on 'Project Shadow' in an attempt to create the 'Ultimate life form' as the first step towards discovering the secret of immortality (he did this in order to find a cure for his terminally ill granddaughter, Maria Robotnik).

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