Kniehar Signal Station

The Kniehar Signal Station (ニェハル信号所) is a facility located in the Tower of Harvestasha halfway between the Garvelt Bridge and the Lymph Ducts, and it serves as the point that controls the trafiic for the Tower's vertical railroad system: the Granvert Gauge. Due to the severe measures implemented by Clustania, this is the highest point to which the humans can access, as the entrance to the Lymph Ducts is sealed away with a Hymmnos Spell, and any Archians trying to sneak through the Granvert Gauge are forced to disembark here.

History
During the course of Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel's events, Aoto and his friends infiltrated in this place, assisting Gengai and Luphan in searching for way to deactivate the Prome Wall to invade Clustania. However, as soon as they arrived, an alarm began sounding, and the party had to deactivate the force field that protected the entrance to the control while Luphan kept the Clustanians off their backs.

Once they arrived at the control room, they saw a Reyvateil being attacked by a robot. Katene told them to go on, as he would take care of the robot by himself. After the others went away, he drew a gun and shot it at the robot's eye, leaving it temporarily disabled. The Reyvateil thanked him, while Katene asked her if she was from the higher areas of the Tower, and upon being told "yes", he got all excited and asked her to take him there.

As for the rest of the party, they met Jack and Krusche, who were apparently extracting information from the computers, and fled as soon as they were discovered. However, before Aoto and the others had any chance to go after them, the robot that Katene had disabled suddenly reactivated, and they had to fight against it. After its defeat, they noticed that Katene wasn't around anymore, but they didn't have any time to worry about him, and returned to the Garvelt Bridge to go after Jack and Krusche.

Layout
In comparison to previous dungeons, the Kniehar Signal Station is extremely simple, as it's only a large symmetrical room. However, in order to access the treasure chests and gain access to the control room, it's necessary to press the switches that are located almost at the extremes of each side.

Treasures
Number of Treasure Chests in this Area: 5
 * ?For Fiesta?
 * V-Style: Winter Issue
 * Big Book of Soma
 * Platinum Material
 * ?Rich Sack?

Enemies
Number of Random Encounters in this Area: 5
 * Thunderbird
 * Type 1: Failure
 * K-01
 * S-01 (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Horror Head (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Furia Model I (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Advanced RT B

Encounter Probability: Middle

Talk Topics

 * You're Way Too Rough (after beating the K-11G miniboss)

Trivia

 * Although it was said that it would be possible to deactivate the Prome Wall from here, that was merely false information that Ayatane gave the Great Fang Militia to dispose of them.