Red Star
"The red star had hovered above the island of Mata Nui in the days when Kopaka and his allies first arrived. Much later, he and the others learned that the star was in fact some kind of booster rocket system used by the Mata Nui robot to break free of a planet’s gravitational pull. It was not a true star, but an engine."
— Narrator, The Powers That Be
Red Star | |
Vehicle | |
Users | Kestora, Mata Nui, Teridax |
Function | Help Mata Nui robot break free from gravitational pull of planets, replenish resources of the robot |
Status | Orbiting Spherus Magna |
The Red Star is an object that assists the Mata Nui robot in taking off from planets, manned by the Kestora.
In addition, beings who died inside the Matoran Universe, were transported to the Red Star where they would be placed in a new body and sent back, in order to conserve the finite resources that the Great Spirit Robot possessed.
History
The Red Star was created by the Great Beings on Spherus Magna, shortly after the creation of the Mata Nui robot. The Great Beings later placed several Kestora inside of the star. The Red Star followed Mata Nui throughout the universe as he observed planets, orbiting around each new world.
The Red Star also received the deceased beings from the Matoran Universe. However, the Star malfunctioned, and the beings were unable to be returned to the Matoran Universe, frustrating the Kestora.
After Mata Nui crashed into Aqua Magna, the star slowly moved into orbit around the planet. The population of Matoran from Metru Nui, after arriving on the island that Mata Nui uses to disguise himself, began observing the star, basing prophecies off of the constellations it formed.
When Jaller, Hahli, Kongu, Nuparu, Matoro, and Hewkii were escaping from Karzahni's realm in Toa Canisters, a failsafe caused lightning from the Red Star to strike the canisters and transform the six Matoran into the Toa Inika, Toa charged with a lightning energy. The Toa Inika then combined their powers to unintentionally create six Spirit Stars, which went into orbit around the Red Star.
Gali was tasked with looking at the Red Star through the Great Telescope as instructed by a scroll left by the Great Beings. She was meant to record its position, but while looking at it she used her Akaku Nuva to zoom in to the star. She was able to see inside of it, and she discovered the beings that are living inside the Red Star.
Teridax, in the body of the Great Spirit, used the Red Star to depart from Aqua Magna.
When Spherus Magna was reformed, the Red Star began to orbit that new planet. A former inhabitant of the Star and altered Matoran, Gaardus, later encountered Toa Nuva Kopaka and Pohatu, and was convinced to take them to the Red Star. Upon arriving, they met some of the Kestora, who threatened to kill them. After disarming them and a brief discussion, Kopaka froze the Kestora solid and he and Pohatu started looking for a way to get back to Spherus Magna since Gaardus had teleported away. The Toa quickly became surrounded by creatures aboard the star, but were rescued due to the appearance of the Onu-Matoran, Mavrah.
Features
The Red Star, like the Matoran Universe, is made of Protodermis. It houses a population of Kestora, as well as the formerly dead inhabitants of the Matoran Universe. The Red Star uses a power source comparable to Mata Nui's, and contains Energized Protodermis.
While in space, the Red Star is attached to Mata Nui's upper back. When the Great Spirit descends to a planet, the Red Star remains in orbit above him. Once Mata Nui is prepared to leave the planet, the Red Star provides him with extra power to lift off. By the time Mata Nui is in space, the Red Star has re-attached. Additionally, the Red Star has its own self-contained power source, separate from that of the Matoran Universe.
The Red Star was also meant to keep the population of the Matoran Universe stable. Beings who died in the Matoran Universe were intended to be transported to the Red Star, where they would be placed in a new body, and then be returned back to the robot in order to continue working. (This system did not work with all beings. Beings whose bodies were destroyed beyond repair or were not composed of Protodermis, like the Makuta, could not be revived on the Red Star.) However, the return function did not work as planned, and newly-revived beings were consequently trapped on the Red Star, unable to be teleported back.
The Red Star is also capable of creating new Toa from Matoran outside the Matoran Universe, as a failsafe.
Trivia
- While searching through ruins outside the Arena Magna on Bara Magna, the Agori Tarduk discovered part of a map depicting the Red Star and the facility where it was built on the planet before Mata Nui left. His interest piqued, he gathered fellow Agori Crotesius and Kirbold and set out on a journey, albeit an unsuccessful one, to discover its meaning.
- Beings composed of Antidermis cannot be revived on the Red Star.
Appearances
- Mata Nui Online Game
- BIONICLE Legends 2: Dark Destiny
- Comic 2: Vengeance of Axonn
- Toa Nuva Blog
- Reign of Shadows (Mentioned Only)
- Riddle of the Great Beings (Mentioned Only)
- The Powers That Be
- BIONICLE: Encyclopedia (Mentioned Only)
- BIONICLE: Encyclopedia Updated (Mentioned Only)
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Solis Magna | Spherus Magna (Aqua Magna | Bara Magna | Bota Magna) | Red Star | |
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Metru Nui (Maze of Shadows) | Karzahni | Zakaz | Xia (The Mountain) | Northern Continent (Tren Krom Peninsula) | Artakha | Stelt | Odina | Southern Continent (Voya Nui, Mahri Nui) | Karda Nui | The Pit | Destral | Nynrah | Tren Krom's Island | Visorak | Daxia | Southern Islands (Artidax) | |
Alternate Locations |
Pocket Dimensions |
Zone of Darkness | City of Silver |
Alternate Universes |
The Melding | Spherus Magna | Toa Empire | The Kingdom | |
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