The First Main In Space
When the team arrives at Rocket Town, they find Shinra busy at work repairing the rocket and preparing for launch. After forcing your way past the guards, you'll meet up with Rude again.
Note:
If Cid isn't in your party, you're forced to take him along at this time. Make sure you equip him adequately for the next battle.
Boss Fight: Rude and Attack Squad
Start the battle by getting rid of the Attack Squad guys, or they will try to put your team to sleep. Rude isn't too tough - he uses Bolt 2 and his normal attack causes about 300 to 500 points of damage. His Guard Spark attack can cause about 1000 points of damage and Rude can use it as many as three times in a row. An MBarrier will cut the damage down to 250 - 500 points.
When Rude's health begins to get low, he starts casting Cure 2 on himself. If you have Reflect, cast it on him and the Cure spell with heal your team instead.
Note:
It't not a bad iead to equip everyone with armor that protects or absorbs lightning, but its't not essential to winning the battle.
Upon entering the cockpit, the team finds that the rocket is nearly ready to launch. This seems to quickly change Cid's mind about Shinra's plains to blow up Metero. He decides that he should pilot the rocket into space - and no one'e going to convince him otherwise.
The rocket launches without a hitch and the crash course with Metero is locked in. Cid returns to his senses and points you toward the Huge Materia chamber.
The Huge Materia is locked into the rocket's core. You can decipher the lock, but the team only has three minutes to do so. Listen to Cid's clues and you can figure it out. When you succeed, you can take the Huge Materia with you. If not, it remains locked in the ship's belly with no chance of getting it back.
Note:
If you fail, you may want to return to a saved game and try the combination again.
Tip:
If you give up or you don't want to risk losing the Materia, the lock's combination is: O, [ ] , [X], [X].
With or without the Huge Materia, it's time to bail out. Head down to the engine room where to escape pod is waiting.
The team escapes, but not without incident. Cid has renewed respect for Shera's work, thanks to a faulty oxygen tank. From the excape pod, the team witnesses the collision between teh rocket and Metero. It's damaged, but Meteor quickly begins to pull itself together. This is not good.