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Sonic the Hedgehog, Team Sonic Racing

The Final Fortress (ファイナルフォートレス Fainaru Fōtoresu?) is an object that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a battleship created by Dr. Eggman and the heart of his Egg Fleet. Though the original version was brought down at the climax of the Neo Metal Sonic incident, the Final Fortress has resurfaced in later incidents.

Description[]

Appearance[]

The Final Fortress is a warship that is vaguely shaped like a whale. Its outside is largely gray in color, with several red turrets along. At the front, it has a horizontal line of visible circuity running along the middle, and a black half-circle with a white outline on each side that vaguely look like grumpy eyes. On the sides of the craft are two large wings with red tips. Over the top half of the Final Fortress is a long series of weapons and other dangerous objects that include fans, turrets, and floating platforms. At the back of the battleship is a massive tower with a gray dome at the top that looks like Dr. Eggman's face. Being an Eggman base, it is also filled to the brim with decorative Eggman Empire insignias.

While the exact dimensions of the Final Fortress are not known, it is easily gargantuan; it can easily make individuals like Sonic look minuscule in comparison, and is easily the largest ship in the Egg Fleet.

The inside of the Final Fortress consists of several decks bristling with steel and having large windows with a view of the sky outside. Colossal turbines and at least one green holographic projection of Dr. Eggman's face are inside. Perhaps the most striking object of this area is a giant, fiery sphere that floats along two hoops and serves as the power source of the entire Final Fortress. Another area is a massive arsenal where Eggman mass-produces some of his most feared creations, including Death Egg Robots, bombs, and Egg Hammers. This arsenal is surrounded by dark gray walls and celling, making it look rather creepy.

Features and defenses[]

Being an aircraft, the Final Fortress is capable of flight. It is equipped with a massive plethora of defense mechanisms and is as well guarded by some of the most powerful Badniks Eggman has created, including E-2000s and Heavy-Egg Hammers. The battleship is as well filled with hazardous weapons such as turrets and destructive laser cannons, as well as laser fields and unstable, floating platforms that fall off when stepped on. Curiously, there are also a few switches planted along the Final Fortress that cause areas of it to self-destruct when activated, possibly as another security measure.

History[]

Sonic Heroes[]

In Sonic Heroes, the Final Fortress was created by Dr. Eggman, who wanted to use it and the rest of the Egg Fleet for his own gain. However, when Neo Metal Sonic took over the Eggman Empire, the fleet fell under his rule and began to be used for the treacherous robot's plan to establish a robot kingdom encompassing the entire world.

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Team Chaotix onboard the Final Fortress, from Sonic Heroes.

The Final Fortress and the rest of the Egg Fleet would be launched by Neo Metal Sonic, who was masquerading as Eggman, when he distracted Team Sonic by making them think that he had set another trap for them. After escaping the Hang Castle, Teams Sonic, Dark, Rose and Chaotix would make their way through Final Fortress, where they confronted "Eggman" in the Egg Emperor.

After defeating the robot in disguise, Team Sonic managed to create a chain reaction that destroyed the majority of the Egg Fleet, thus foiling Neo Metal Sonic's plans with it. Shortly afterwards, however, Neo Metal Sonic destroyed a large portion of the Final Fortress in his attempt to transform into Metal Madness and fused to the flagship. He later detached from the warship as Metal Overlord.

Sonic Generations[]

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Modern Sonic confronting the Egg Emperor onboard the restored Final Fortress, from the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations.

In the Nintendo 3DS version of Sonic Generations, an incarnation of the Final Fortress from the Neo Metal Sonic incident was where Modern Sonic faced against Dr. Eggman in the Egg Emperor mech. Despite being all on his own this time, the hedgehog managed to defeat his nemesis just like before.

After the Time Eater was destroyed, the Final Fortress was presumably restored to its proper state in the timeline.

Team Sonic Racing[]

In Team Sonic Racing, the Final Fortress was relaunched during Dr. Eggman's attempt to use Dodon Pa's Ultimate Energy Engine to his advantage, and would serve as his personal headquarters.

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Team Sonic racing against Team Eggman onboard the Final Fortress' Thunder Deck, from Team Sonic Racing.

After Eggman learned that Dodon Pa was about to finish the Ultimate Energy Engine, he kidnapped him and brought him onboard the Final Fortress where he had him work on completing the engine. Sonic and his friends eventually arrived on the battleship and faced the doctor and his henchmen several times in order to save the tanuki, not knowing that they were inadvertently helping complete the engine. After the engine was finally complete, the villain stole it and used it to power his Death Egg racecar. However, this new robot soon went haywire and destroyed the energy core onboard the Final Fortress. While Eggman and his henchmen fled the airship, Sonic and his friends saved Dodon Pa. With the destruction of ship however, the cars that Dodon Pa donated to the heroes were destroyed as well, but as thanks to them for saving his life, the tanuki promised that he would prepare new cars for them all.

Other game appearances[]

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing[]

In Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, the Final Fortress is one of the many areas that represent the Sonic the Hedgehog series, along with Seaside Hill and Casino Park. All three of its tracks would reappear in Team Sonic Racing.

Points of interest[]

In other media[]

Books and comics[]

IDW Publishing[]

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Sonic fighting the Egg Emperor onboard the Final Fortress, from Sonic the Hedgehog #1.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing, the Final Fortress once served as the flagship of the Egg Fleet. When Neo Metal Sonic rebelled against Dr. Eggman to conquer the world for himself, he took control of all of the Eggman Empire's forces, including the Final Fortress.[1] Later on, onboard the vessel, Neo fought against Sonic and his friends using the Egg Emperor, but was defeated.[2]

Trivia[]

References[]

  1. Sonic the Hedgehog #7, "Meet the New Boss"
  2. Sonic the Hedgehog #1, "Fallout, Part 1"
  3. Sumo Digital (21 May 2019). Team Sonic Racing. PlayStation 4. Sega. Area/level: Thunder Deck. "Knuckles: This place smells like dirty clothes."

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