Rocket Town

Rocket Town (ロケット村) is where the party meets up with Cid Highwind in Final Fantasy VII.

Storyline
Several years before the beginning of the game the city was bustling with scientists due to the world's first rocket launch to outer space that was to take place in town, on the rocket Shinra No. 26; however, after Shera noticed a leak in one of the oxygen tanks, she stayed behind to fix it, while the rocket was about to launch. This forced Cid to abort the launch, crashing and damaging the rocket. Due to the embarrassment Shinra Electric Power Company abandoned the space project. Cid would blame the failure of his dreams on Shera and so treats her poorly.

Episode 15 of Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- changes events to claim AVALANCHE sabotaged the rocket's engines. It also reveals Rufus Shinra was the one who recommended the Space Program's cancellation, with the support of the entire Shinra Executive Staff.

Years later, Cloud Strife and his party come to Rocket Town in search of Sephiroth. They meet with Cid and learn President Rufus Shinra has come to Rocket Town. This fills Cid with hope the space program will be restarted, but Rufus only wants Cid's airplane, the Tiny Bronco. Cid betrays Shinra and fights his boss Palmer along with Cloud and the party. They use the Tiny Bronco to escape, but it is damaged, and after crashing down in the sea can only be used as a crude boat.

Once Sephiroth has unleashed the Meteor onto the Planet the party fights with Shinra over the Huge Materia Shinra plans to launch with Cid's rocket into space, right into the Meteor in hopes of destroying it. Cloud and his party, meanwhile, want the Huge Materia to fight against Sephiroth. They fight through the Turk Rude and enter the rocket's control room. Palmer gleefully tells them over radio the rocket is sent to automatic launch, and goes on to launch the party into outer space with the rocket.

Luckily there is an escape pod, which allows the party to flee. Before the party can leave, the last Huge Materia can be rescued. To get it, a code must be punched in. During this part Cid will give hints to the player to help decipher the code. The right combination is:

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Whether or not the Materia is rescued, the rocket still crashes into Meteor and creates a blinding explosion massive enough to be seen around the entire Planet, but the Meteor is unaffected.

Items Found
First Visit:
 * Yoshiyuki - (from the old man)
 * Power Source
 * Drill Arm

Second Visit:
 * Huge Materia (holds Bahamut ZERO)
 * Venus Gospel - (from the old man after talking to him three times)
 * Fourth Bracelet

Disc 1
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Item Shop

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Weapon Shop

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Discs 2/3
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Weapon Shop

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Outside Rocket

 * Rude x1, Attack Squad x2

Inside Rocket

 * Senior Grunt x1

Grass

 * Nibel Wolf x3
 * Velcher Task x2
 * Nibel Wolf x2, Velcher Task x1
 * Nibel Wolf x2, Velcher Task x1 [Ambush]

Forest

 * Kyuvilduns x4
 * Valron x3
 * Velcher Task x2
 * Velcher Task x2 [Back Attack]

Beach

 * Crown Lance x2
 * Crown Lance x3
 * Crown Lance x1
 * Crown Lance x2 [Ambush]

Musical Themes
The background music that plays in Rocket Town is "The Oppressed" (虐げられた民衆 Shiitagerareta Minshū).

Trivia
It is possible to see a Thompson Submachine Gun and a lot of AK-47/Kalashnikov in the Weapon Shop. Another AK-47 can also be found in Cid's House.