Colony 9 (XC1)

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Colony 9
	; A Homs settlement located on the lower leg of the Bionis. Often suffers from falling debris.
Location	Bionis
Weather	Clear; Raid (special)
Affinity group	Colony 9
Connects to	Tephra Cave
Music	Colony 9; Colony 9 (Night); Hometown; Hometown (Night)

For other articles titled "Colony 9", see Colony 9 (disambiguation).

Colony 9 (コロニー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. Its ruins is an area in Future Redeemed.

Geography[edit]

Colony 9 is located on the lower right leg of the Bionis. Surrounded on all sides by high cliffs, the Colony 9 area is blocked off from the ocean underneath and the lake is disconnected from it. The area mainly consists of a large lake above which the colony is built. The colony itself is split into three main areas. To the west is the, Commercial District, a large center of business and industry near the colony's main entrance. To the south is the the Residential District, a housing area built on a large structure near the third Anti-Air Battery and connects to the surrounding area with a secondary entrance. To the north is the Military District, a large fort where the colony's Defence Force is based. The Central Plaza connects all three districts 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 area's low geographical position makes it susceptible to falling debris from higher-up regions.

The colony is connected to the rest of the Bionis via Tephra Cave, accessible through Tephra Hill. The cave's Mag Mell Ruins link back into the colony's Cylinder Hangar, which is located on a cliffside overlooking the colony and is a remnant from the ancient High Entia civilization. To the south of the colony's entrances is Outlook Park a small park built at the top of a nearby cliffside, which can be accessed by a set of stairs.

After the battle with Zanza and the creation of the new universe, the Colony 9 area is open to the surrounding ocean, no longer surrounded by cliffs. The remains of the Bionis' head can be seen in the distance. While the Commercial and Residential districts, as well as some surrounding areas such as Tephra Hill and Outlook Park, are largely intact, other areas, including the Anti-Air Batteries and the Military District, are gone. The bridge that once led to the Military District is instead used as a makeshift pier where Junks is docked.

Story[edit]

Xenoblade Chronicles[edit]

Colony 9 is one of the two remaining Homs colonies, the other being Colony 6. After a mobile artillery crashes in the Residential District, Reyn is tasked with gathering 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 can leave the hangar, an army of Mechon suddenly invades the colony.

They hurry back, and Fiora returns home to check on Dunban, 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 Central Plaza, they get attacked by a group of Mechon and split up: Fiora heads for the artillery while Shulk and Reyn hold them off. Just as Fiora is able to get away, 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 Main Entrance, 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.

Following the attack, 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.

Future Connected[edit]

Colony 9 is first seen in a flashback, when Shulk tells Melia about Alcamoth and the Bionis' Shoulder. While the colony's reconstruction is still ongoing one year after Zanza's defeat, Shulk is able to convince Melia to take Junks and investigate.

Once the Fog King is defeated and Junks is repaired, Shulk, Kino, and Nene return to Colony 9 with a group of residents of the Bionis' Shoulder and enlist the colony's aid in restoring Alcamoth.

Future Redeemed[edit]

Main article: Colony 9 (FR)

The ruins of the original Colony 9 are situated in Yesterdale in the Cent-Omnia Region of Aionios, serving as the base of the Liberators. The colony, along with the rest of the Cent-Omnia Region, is ultimately destroyed when Origin is sent crashing into the ground after Alpha is defeated.

The colony as it existed in the world of Bionis is also briefly shown in a flashback of Shulk discovering the Ontos core along the shore.

Locations[edit]

Landmarks[edit]

NPCs[edit]

Shops[edit]

Colony 9 Shop

Enemies[edit]

Name	Type	Level		Time				Weather
Name	Type	Min	Max	Mrn.	Day	Eve.	Ngt.	Clear	Raid	Clear
Baby Armu (Anti-Air Battery 1)	Normal enemy	8	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Baby Armu (Agora Shore)	Normal enemy	31	31	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Beach Krabble	Normal enemy	1	5	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Chordy Skeeter	Normal enemy	34	35	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Clinger Antol	Normal enemy	35	38	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Colony Krabble	Normal enemy	8	10	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Colony Piranhax	Normal enemy	5	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Common Caterpile	Normal enemy	1	2	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Cute Brog	Normal enemy	5	6	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Hand Bunnit	Normal enemy	1	4	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Heavy Brog	Normal enemy	38	39	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Junk Bunnit	Normal enemy	7	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Knuckle Bunnit	Normal enemy	3	4	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Lake Flamii	Normal enemy	6	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Light Skeeter	Normal enemy	7	9	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Little Bunnit	Normal enemy	1	3	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Little Skeeter	Normal enemy	1	3	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Little Vang	Normal enemy	4	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Marble Krabble	Normal enemy	7	12	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M31	Normal enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M63	Normal enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M69	Normal enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M72	Normal enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M82	Normal enemy	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Opulent Flamii	Normal enemy	68	72	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Pawn Piranhax	Normal enemy	2	2	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Plain Armu	Normal enemy	35	38	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Praying Caterpile	Normal enemy	3	4	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Resplendent Flamii	Normal enemy	69	74	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Ridge Antol	Normal enemy	4	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Shadow Vang	Normal enemy	35	38	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Solid Krabble	Normal enemy	33	35	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Stone Krabble	Normal enemy	5	9	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Throne Sardi	Normal enemy	70	72	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Wood Bunnit	Normal enemy	3	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Fiendish Bunnit	Quest-exclusive enemy	13	13	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Vicious Rhana	Quest-exclusive enemy	73	73	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Colony Krabble	Story-exclusive enemy	1	1	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Common Caterpile	Story-exclusive enemy	1	1	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M31	Story-exclusive enemy	4	4	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M42	Story-exclusive enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M51	Story-exclusive enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M63	Story-exclusive enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M69	Story-exclusive enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M72 (Central Plaza)	Story-exclusive enemy	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M72 (Main Entrance)	Story-exclusive enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M82 (Central Plaza)	Story-exclusive enemy	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Mechon M82 (Main Entrance)	Story-exclusive enemy	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Dark Murakmor	Unique monster	18	18	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Enchanting Grune	Unique monster	13	13	◯	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯
Evil Rhangrot	Unique monster	6	6	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Flailing Bracken	Unique monster	73	73	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Gentle Mother Armu	Unique monster	37	37	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Gentle Rodriguez	Unique monster	40	40	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Impenetrable Redrob	Unique monster	38	38	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Itinerant Dorothea	Unique monster	6	6	◯	◯	◯	╳	◯	◯	◯
Lake Magdalena	Unique monster	6	6	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Roguish Frengel	Unique monster	39	39	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Shadeless Matrix	Unique monster	44	44	╳	╳	╳	◯	◯	◯	◯
Speedy Ramshyde	Unique monster	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Verdant Bluchal	Unique monster	5	5	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Lakebed Orthlus	Quest-exclusive Unique monster	40	40	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Ancient Machine (right)	Boss	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Ancient Machine (left)	Boss	8	8	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Metal Face (part 1)	Boss	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯
Metal Face (part 2)	Boss	10	10	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯	◯

Collectables[edit]

Veg	Sweet Wasabi	Cool Potato	Red Lettuce	Chewy Radish	Quick Step III (10%)
Fruit	Dance Apple	Black Kiwi			Agility Up II (10)
Flower	Strong Dandelion	Moon Flower	Dawn Hydrangea		Poison Defence III (10%)
Bug	Prairie Dragonfly	Giant Hornet	White Beetle	Sorrow Beetle	Regnas Gauntlets
Parts	Blue Chain	Rabbit Diode			Ether Up II (15)
Strange	Plate Snow	Rainbow Zirconia			Strength Up II (15)
Complete					Carbon Driver

Heart-To-Hearts[edit]

Quests[edit]

Main article: Quest (XC1)#Colony 9

In other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Colony 9	—
Japanese	コロニー9	Colony 9
French	Colonie 9	Colony 9
German	Kolonie 9	Colony 9
Spanish	Colonia 9	Colony 9
Italian	Colonia 9	Colony 9
Dutch	Kolonie 9	Colony 9
Portuguese	Colónia 9	Colony 9
Russian	Колонии № 9	Colony No. 9
Chinese (simplified)	９号殖民地
Chinese (traditional)	9號殖民地
Korean	콜로니 9