Xylem, the Floating City

Xylem, the Floating City
General information
Japanese name	ザイレム
Classification	Colony ship
Manufacturer	Rubicon Research Institute
Affiliation	Overseer
Conflicts present	Coral War
Real world information
Appearances	ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON

Xylem, the Floating City is a city built by the Rubicon Research Institute on the planet Rubicon 3. Once a physical representation of the prosperous future that the substance Coral could bring to humanity, the city was abandoned following the Fires of Ibis, and by the time of the Coral War, it floats uninhabited in the Alean Ocean.

History

Shortly after the Planetary Closure Administration's entry into the Coral War, the broker Handler Walter sends the independent mercenary C4-621 to survey the area while the major factions are preoccupied.

The Xylem rising from the Alean Ocean as a colony ship

Late into the conflict, the organization Overseer commandeers the Xylem for use against the Arquebus Corporation. In the Xylem's true form as a flight-capable colony ship, Overseer attempts to ram it into Arquebus' growing Vascular Plant to eradicate the accumulated Coral. Multiple factions converge on the Xylem in response for various agendas.

Gameplay

In ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON, the Xylem is a stage in the following missions (arranged according to in-game Replay Mission order):

• "Survey the Uninhabited Floating City"
• "Take the Uninhabited Floating City"
• "Intercept the Corporate Forces"
• "Breach the Kármán Line"
• "Eliminate 'Cinder' Carla"
• "Destroy the Drive Block"
• "Bring Down the Xylem"
• "Regain Control of the Xylem"

Gallery

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON OFFICIAL ART WORKS: Concept art - "The Colony Ship Xylem"

ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON OFFICIAL ART WORKS: Concept art - "Mesosphere - Xylem Upper Districts"

Control block

Drive Block unit

Xylem floating in the Alean Ocean under a Coral-filled sky

Flooded streets and a thick fog

Upper Districts while in Rubicon 3's troposphere

Upper Districts while in Rubicon 3's mesosphere

Upper Districts while in Rubicon 3's exosphere

Nest Map select icon

The Arquebus AS07: HEAVY WARSHIP fleet attacking the Xylem

Laser fire from the Xylem destroying one of the warships

The Xylem engaged by the fleet

Trivia

• The Xylem colony ship's city landscape resembles the SDF Megaroad-01 colony ship from Macross Flashback 2012, or less so the city section of the New Macross Class. Even the purpose of the colony ship is as same as New Macross Class, to emigrate humanity toward unknown planet.