Moebius Factory

The Moebius Factory (刻の輪製作所) is large industrial complex located in the city of Ciela Gate. They have been a major partner of the Archia Think Tank during several centuries, and have recently developed several important technological breakthroughs, such as the Industrial Power Absorption Disc and the DFP. They also serve as the major power provider for both the Archia Corporarchy and the entirety of the Great Fang.

Backstory
The Moebius Factory is as old as Ciela Gate itself, as it was founded at the same time as the city. They were initially an small power company, but after the Archia Think Tank tasked them with the construction of a power source independent from the Reyvateils, called at the time the Great Symphonic Power Disc, they became suddenly very successful, and branched out in developing all sorts of technologies.

Several years later, they finally managed to complete the project, and from it, they managed to establish a solid and fast power network throughout the Great Fang, thanks to the discovery of the liquefied Grathnode and its enhanced energy conductivity. This allowed the factory and all of the cities in the Great Fang to attain a high level of prosperity. However, this didn't last long: the Factory programmed the Great Symphonic Power Disc to increase its energy absorption levels steadily with the passage of time, until year 3700 AD came, and the increase in the energy absorption level rose to the point in which it triggered an Antibody eruption. This caused Clustania to invade Ciela Gate and order the Factory to halt all of their activities, or receive Cleansing otherwise. Thankfully, like in several past ocassions, the Archia Think Tank stepped in to protect both the city and the Factory, sparing them from further disasters.

Several decades later, the Archia Think Tank had divided into two factions thanks to the discovery of the Hymn Crystal Cosmoflips at the Tower of Origin, and because of the research the Think Tank's researchers managed to perform in the Rinkernator. These two factions were called the Ancient Faction and the Neo Atlas Faction. The Ancient Faction sought to revive the long-forgotten Planet Regeneration Project, for which they would need large amounts of Symphonic Power, and this was why its members began establishing good relationships with the Moebius Factory: at the time, they had begun developing a device that could emit a large pulse of D-Waves (concentrated Symphonic Power) called the DFP, and the Ancient members event took their time to help the factory workers with its creation whenever they weren't busy performing research on the Planet Regeneration Project.

These relationships continued even after Raphael assumed the position of Chairman at the Think Tank and essentially expelled all the members of the Ancient Faction from it. The first members of said faction to quit working at the Think Tank were Aoto's parents, Subaru and Juju, who then changed their names to Leo and Linnelle, and began working in the Moebius Factory. The factory chief heard their reasons for leaving Archia, and agreeing with their sentiments, he allowed them to work at the place. This was also helped because Raphael also cut-off all the relationships between the Factory and the Think Tank after centuries working together, which was all the more the reason for him to help the members of the Ancient Faction.

This wouldn't last much time, however. After Saki was born in the Think Tank and Kiraha took her away, Raphael believed he would most likely hide in the Moebius Factory, and conducted several terrorist attacks against the factory in order to draw him out, which ended killing several of the employees who worked there, Aoto's parents included.

Current Events
After getting word on Saki being kidnapped by the Clustanians and taken away to this place, Aoto and his friends infiltrated into Ciela Gate, which was under martial law at that moment, and used a secret entrance located in the city's walls to reach the inside of the factory. Once there, and after they had rescued Saki, they saw some Clustanian soldiers trying to force Katene to come out from the room in which he was hiding, prompting Aoto and the others to run to his rescue.

After they dispatched the Clustanian soldiers, Katene recognized Hikari Gojo's voice, and got out of the room to greet him. However, there wasn't much time to reminisce about their old times, as an alarm began sounding throughout the place, which made them run in search of a safe place, which they found inside an storage room. Inside that place, Katene explained the party about the DFP, and how it could be the only way they would have to liberate Ciela Gate from the Clustanians. He then asked Saki to Download the Hymn for activating the DFP, EXEC_EP=NOVA/., into herself. Aoto initially had his doubts about this, but after listening to Saki's willingness to help, he decided to let her do it, and witnessed the Download Ceremony conducted between her and Katene. He then installed a silencer patch on Saki so the DFP wouldn't cause any harm to her.

They then climbed the stairs that were located in front of the Industrial Power Absorption Disc, and at the end, they found the DFP. Finnel mentioned how uneasy this made her, but when Saki was about to begin singing, Mute appeared, desiring revenge for all the humiliation the party had caused her. Still, she couldn't do anything, and Saki began singing EP Nova, much to the shock and dismay of everyone present due to how her idea of the song ended out to be. Mute took the song as an insult, and attacked the party, prompting Katene to ask the party to protect Saki until the DFP was ready to be fired.

After Mute's defeat, Katene told the party that the DFP was ready to be fired, and to brace themselves for the wave pulse. At that time, Akane arrived on the scene, but was unable to do anything beside standing in shock in front of the device as it fired its large stream of Symphonic Power, which left incapacitated all of the Reyvateils that weren't protected from it, and made all of the Clustanian airships around the city fall into the Sea of Death.

Akane didn't suffer any effects from it because her pet Kukuro protected her. However, this led to a cold and bitter reunion between her and Finnel. Akane couldn't believe that Finnel was fighting on the enemy's side, and told her to reconsider her decisions, as she wouldn't hesitate to kill her if they encountered each other again. After this, the party took the lift back to the lobby of the factory. Once left alone, Katene remarked that the DFP worked jusr as he had expected, but also remarked that there still was a long way to go to complete his research. At that moment, Mute woke up from her unconsciousness, and after briefly recognizing Katene, she ran away in embarrassment.

In the lobby, the party was greeted by Archian soldiers, who supposedly were seeking to claim credit for the liberation of the city from the Clustanians. Then, they were awkwardly introduced to Richaryosha, the second-in-command of the Archia Think Tank, who was madly in love with Hikari Gojo. However, she still recognized the party's efforts in saving the city, and offered them a lift to the Archia Corporarchy, located in the lower zones of the Third Tower. As Aoto's main objective was taking Saki back to Ogai, which was located in the city of Archia, he accepted her offer, and thus, they departed to Archia.

Layout
This is the largest dungeon found at this point in the game, even longer than the Old Eternus Galleries. However, despite its sheer length, it's pretty straightforward, and it shouldn't be much problem to reach its end. Also make sure to explore carefully, as the third and final normal skills for your vanguards can be found here. This place also has the characteristic of having some of the best monsters for training among its Phase 4 encounters, although they are extremely rare, and may require a lot of battling before being even encountered.

Treasures
Number of Treasure Chests in this Area: 17
 * Anatomy of the Heart
 * ?High-Tech Medkit?
 * ?Dragon Mouth?
 * ?Pro V-Board?
 * ?Hyper Work Tool?
 * ?Magic Stick?
 * ?Rotary Fan?
 * Speed Needle
 * R1 Solvent
 * Criticoil
 * Iron Material
 * ?Frozen Can?
 * ?Industrial Armor?
 * Insane Video
 * ?Fishy Oil?
 * V-Style: Fall Issue

Enemies
Number of Random Battles in this Area: 10
 * Pom (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Pom Leader (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Snow Stalker (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Wolf Leader (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Roc (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Falcon Hawk Leader (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Alraune (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Treant Leader (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Type 1 (until Phase 3)
 * H-01 (until Phase 3)
 * Furia Model III (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Doll Model HBL (from Phase 4 onwards)
 * Advanced RT A (until Phase 3)
 * Advanced RT B (until Phase 3)
 * Advanced RT C (until Phase 3)
 * Light RT B (only after rescuing Katene and before defeating Mute)

Encounter Probability: High

Bosses

 * Mute

Talk Topics

 * Do You Understand? (in front of the Industrial Power Absorption Disc)
 * I Want to Use It (in the DFP's room)