Proto Merkabah

Not to be confused with Merkava, or Merkabah, a battleship in Xenogears and an area in Xenosaga Episode III - Also Sprach Zarathustra respectively.

Proto Merkabah
Manufacturer	Joachim Mizrahi
Purpose	Factory Weapon "Discover the true form of the universe"
Main Engine	Unknown
Length	Unknown
Weight	Unknown
Weaponry	Unknown
Crew Members	N/A
Affiliation	U-TIC Organization

Proto Merkabah is a facility in Xenosaga Episode I - Der Wille zur Macht. It was created by Joachim Mizrahi with the intent of creating MOMO Mizrahi. Albedo Piazzolla later takes control of it and uses it as a weapon. According to Juli Mizrahi, Proto Merkabah was meant to be used to "discover the true form of the universe".

Story

Proto Merkabah is a large industrial plant built by Joachim Mizrahi. As a prototype for the Merkabah, its intended purpose was to serve as the mothership for Proto Ω alongside the Song of Nephilim. It can absorb Gnosis and convert them into a power source to be used as a weapon. It is also the birthplace of MOMO. After the Miltian Conflict, the Galaxy Federation dropped Proto Merkabah into the Abyss, but Albedo is able to revive it in the Miltian Star System. The Contact Subcommittee were outraged by the fact that Proto Merkabah has returned, believing it was destroyed after disposing of it in the Abyss. He uses it to absorb the nearby Gnosis then fire upon the Federation Fleet, destroying it before deciding to target Second Miltia with it. Shion and the others make their way into Proto Merkabah in order to stop him. They confront him in the reactor room. After defeating him, Albedo departs, forcing the party to battle Sophie Peithos, a large Gnosis that is fused with the reactor. Afterwards, Proto Merkabah begins to crash into Second Miltia's atmosphere. the party departs from Proto Merkabah, determining that they need to detach its sub components so it doesn't damage Second Miltia. KOS-MOS voluntarily stayed behind to detach Proto Merkabah's sub components and barely makes it back to the Elsa.

As an area

Main articles: Proto Merkabah (area), Proto Merkabah (XS1&2)

Proto Merkabah is the final area of Xenosaga Episode I. It also appears as the penultimate area of the Episode I half of Xenosaga I & II.

Database

Episode I

Proto Merkabah

An immense industrial plant built under the supervision of Joachim Mizrahi.

Although its purpose is unknown, it has the power to absorb Gnosis and convert them into a power source.

It is also the birthplace of MOMO.

Episode III

Proto Merkabah

A giant research plant created by Joachim Mizrahi.

A giant research plant created by Joachim Mizrahi where research was conducted on 100-Series Observational Unit prototypes and the Hilbert Effect, as well as on specialized types of Realians.

Originally, it was planned to serve as the mothership of Proto Omega alongside the Song of Nephilim; after losing Sakura, however, Joachim used it as a plant to create MOMO.

After the Miltian Conflict, it was taken over by the Federation government and was sealed inside the Abyss, from which it was resurrected by Albedo Piazolla.

It can take in Gnosis, convert them to energy, and use that energy as a weapon. If it were ever actually used, it has enough power to wipe out a combined fleet instantly.

Joachim actually used this ability not as a weapon, but to resurrect his daughter's consciousness within MOMO.

Xenosaga I & II

天の車

ヨアキム・ミズラヒによって製作された巨大研究プラントで、百式観測器のプロトタイプやヒルベルトエフェクト等の研究が行われていた。

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天の車　その２

本来の使用目的は定かでないが、サクラを失ったヨアキムが、M.O.M.O.を生み出す為のプラントとして使用していた。
グノーシスを取り込み、エネルギーに変換し、それを兵器として転用することが可能で、実際に使用すれば、連合艦隊を瞬時に消し去るほどの威力を持っている。
KOS-MOSの操作により、第二ミルチアに降下中、ほぼ全てがデタッチされ、燃え尽きた。

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天の車　その３

ミルチア紛争後にネピリムの歌声と共に連邦政府に接収され、公には二重ブラックホールの特異点（アビス）に封印されたとされる。
しかし、実はオルムスによって隠匿されており、アルベド・ピアソラによってその姿を現したのだった。

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