ITEMS TO GET: VIT Drive, ETH Drive, E Circuit, [JessieCannon]

   Go west into the computer room and examine the computer. Citan will show a bunch of records of Zeboim, then you mysteriously appear in the hallway just to the south of the room where you were. It's where you want to be, though; head south a bit more into the room you saw in the flashbacks. Walk around behind the cylinder and examine it. Just as you free the girl, Stone's men show up and take her captive. He then sics the two other members of the Elements, Tolone and Seraphita, on you.

   This isn't too tough a battle; it's more just warmup for what comes later. Seraphita will cast fire spells that do about 150-200 damage to the party, but you should be protected with the Fire Rings. She'll also sap your EP, which can be annoying. As for Tolone, she uses Positron Beam (about 30 damage to one character), and a physical attack (80-90 damage to one character), and some other attack (can't read my writing, sorry ;_;) that does about 40 damage to everyone. Citan should just attack with his best Deathblow, as should Bart (but have Bart cast Red Cologne first to boost his attack power). Billy should heal, and attack when he has the chance -- but don't use his Ether guns, they'll heal the enemy. Seraphita has less HP (around 1500), so concentrate on taking out her first. Once she's down (she'll sit down), go after Tolone and her 2500 HP.

   You'll receive VIT and ETH Drives when you win the battle. Seraphita and Tolone then flee. Make your way back through the dungeon (argh). You'll now fight Hammerheads as well, which have an attack that steals 10 EP (their attack only does about 50 HP damage, though). Don't worry about the EP loss right now, just keep going 'til you get back to the long black room with the Memory Cube. Be sure to save here, and use a SurvivalTent to replenish all your lost EP. Then continue south, and when you get to the bridge, Id (the guy who trashed the Yggdrasil) will make his first appearance in person. Yes, it's fight time.

   Id is the toughest on-foot boss in the game; he's fast and his attacks can do up to 400 HP damage. I don't recommend trying to heal (he hits you faster than you can heal), just attack him as fast as possible to try to defeat him before he returns the favor. Don't even bother with spells to boost your attack; they're not worth it. There's a lot of luck involved here -- sometimes Id will use his combo all the time, while other times he'll waste a lot of turns casting Radiance (which never does more than 100 damage). He has 3000 HP.

   Wiseman will fly down and stop Id, allowing you to escape back to the Yggdrasil. Go down below deck and you'll see everyone looking for Fei. The first order of business, however, is to go to the Gear shop and make some important adjustments. First, upgrade Renmazuo's parts (engine, armor, etc.), and buy some M686 ammo. Then equip it with the G-M686 Gun (you already have it in your inventory). Also equip the Seal Ar on Renmazuo, and the Deathblower 1 (if you have it). Go save your game, then return to the Gear dock. Weltall has mysteriously returned; approach it and you'll find Fei. There's no time to talk however, as Stone is attacking in his Alkanshel. You have to form a new party with Billy; I recommend using Elly (for her Ethers) and Rico.

   You'll probably notice right away that you can't hurt Alkanshel. There's nothing you can do about this, so don't waste any EP. After a few rounds, Jessie will show up, and there will be some scenes in which the Alkanshel's barrier is destroyed, and then the fight really begins. The Alkanshel will mostly use a Seal attack, which is why you equipped the Seal Ar. It will also occasionally use Mass Limit, which halves everyone's HP. Basically, you'll want to have Rico attack normally, and Elly use her Ethers. If you equipped the Deathblower on Renmazuo, have it use one X attack to build up to Attack Level 1, then use the special Deathblower attack (Triangle, X), which only costs 20 Fuel but does over 1,000 damage. If not, you'll have to fight normally. This is a pretty tough battle; you'll definitely have to use your Frame HPs to heal, and you'll probably run out of fuel. You'll probably even lose a character or two; the important thing is just to keep Renmazuo alive, since it's doing most of the damage. Be warned, once you actually defeat the Alkanshel, it will explode and do about 400 damage to the party. It has about 14,000 HP.

   You'll receive an E Circuit (big whoop) for winning, and in the scenes that follow, the Renmazuo will get a (useless) Gear Option, the Jessie Cannon. Fei then finally rejoins! Woohoo!