Colony 9 (XC1)

Colony 9 (, Colony 9) is an area in Xenoblade Chronicles located on the right foot of the Bionis. It connects to Tephra Cave. Aside from the prologue in Sword Valley, this is the first area in the game. It is the hometown of Shulk, Reyn, Fiora, and Dunban. It is seen briefly in a flashback scene in Future Connected.

Geography
Colony 9 is located on the lower right leg of the Bionis. The area mainly consists of a big lake above which the colony is built. It is split into three main parts: The, the and the Military District. The connects all three regions with bridges. The Central Plaza's tower as well as the three Anti-Air Batteries reach far into the sky and are the region's landmarks. The Colony 9 area is blocked off from the ocean and the lake is disconnected from it.

Story
Colony 9 is one of the two remaining Homs colonies, the other being Colony 6. After a mobile artillery crashed into a house in the Residential District, Reyn is told to gather ether cylinders from Tephra Cave. Shulk and Fiora join him, but when they reach the Cylinder Hangar, two Ancient Machines attack them. They defeat them, but wonder what has caused the machines to appear. Before they get to leave the hangar, an army of Mechon invades the colony.

They hurry back and look for Dunban in his house, but he is not there. They conclude that he went to the Weapon Development Lab to take the Monado and defend the colony. The party reaches the military district and find Colonel Vangarre and other Defence Force soldiers fighting a strange Mechon with a face. However, they don't stand a chance against it, and the Mechon throws a pod at Vangarre, resulting in an explosion and blocking the entrance to the lab. The party decides to use the mobile artillery in the Residential District to blast their way in. When they reach the, they get attacked by a group of Mechon and split up: Fiora heads for the artillery while Shulk and Reyn remain there to open up a path. The tip of the Central Plaza's tower falls doen and blocks the way to the residential district. Dunban appears with the Monado in hand and the three of them take a detour through the commercial district to meet up with Fiora. At the, Dunban once again loses control of the Monado. Instead, Shulk takes it and sees visions that he can use to his advantage. They reach the residential district where they find Metal Face, the Mechon with the face they first saw in the military district. Even with the Monado, they are unable to harm it. Fiora arrives in the mobile artillery and Shulk sees a vision of her getting stabbed by the Mechon. He tells her to escape, but she ignores his call. Shulk's vision becomes reality: Fiora is unable to harm the Mechon and gets stabbed by Metal Face. The Mechon retreat not long after.

Shulk and Reyn decide to take revenge on the Mechon and head out for Colony 6.

Colony 9 is shown again in the epilogue six months after the battle against Zanza, as well as in flashbacks in Future Connected. It has become a place inhabited not only by Homs and Nopon, but also the High Entia and Machina near the remains of the Bionis.

Locations

 * Agora Shore
 * Anti-Air Battery 1
 * Anti-Air Battery 2
 * Anti-Air Battery 3
 * Cliff Lake
 * Dunban's House
 * Hazzai Cape
 * Military District
 * Tephra Hill
 * Weapon Development Lab
 * Tephra Hill
 * Weapon Development Lab

Landmarks

 * Cylinder Hangar
 * Fortress Entrance
 * Gem Man's Stall
 * Main Entrance
 * Mechon Wreckage Site
 * Outlook Park
 * Tephra Cave Entrance
 * Tranquil Square
 * Tephra Cave Entrance
 * Tranquil Square

NPCs

 * Andreas
 * Arnaut
 * Cheryl
 * Dean
 * Désirée
 * Dionysis
 * Dulland (After Battling Brutes)
 * Emmy Leater
 * Erik
 * Françoise
 * Giorgio
 * Jackson
 * Jan
 * Jiroque
 * Jolele
 * Kantz
 * Kenny Rohan
 * King Squeeze
 * Leopold
 * Liliana
 * Lukas
 * Marcia
 * Mefimefi
 * Miller
 * Minnie
 * Monica
 * Moritz
 * Narine
 * Nic
 * Niranira
 * Oleksiy
 * Paola
 * Peppino
 * Perrine
 * Raoul
 * Rocco
 * Rosemary
 * Sesame
 * Shura
 * Sonia
 * Suzanna
 * Sylviane
 * Werner
 * Zukazu
 * Werner
 * Zukazu

Shops

 * Colony 9 Shop

Heart-To-Hearts

 * A Heropon's Perspective
 * Ancient Wreckage
 * Enduring Friendship
 * Fiora's Cooking
 * Overlooking the Colony
 * Sunrise in the Park
 * Watching Over Them

Gallery
Colonia 9