Cerberus

Cerberus
Boss	Cerberus
BGM	His Behavior Inspired Us With Distrust
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Cerberus (ケルベロス, Keruberosu^?) is the name of the first commissioned ORN Battleship that appeared in Thunder Force III, acting as both the 6th stage and boss of the game. It is a large, heavily fortified battle cruiser that acts as the messenger for the ORN Empire.

Details

The Fire LEO-03 "Styx" is sent to track down and destroy five cloaking devices located on five unique planets. After succeeding in accomplishing this task, the Styx travels to the ORN battle cruiser Cerberus, where it engages in a fierce battle against a menagerie of weapons located around the circumference of the whole exterior. Among the many weapons it uses to fight off the Styx is a variety of turrets, ORN fighters, a missile-launching bridge, and even its two large engines exhausting powerful blasts of fire.

Eventually, the tiny starfighter locates and destroys a launcher that releases ORN fighters, and from there, it begins traveling through the narrow interior of the cruiser. Finally, it locates a heavily-armed motherboard and destroys it, which then allows the Styx to be able to find the location of the ORN base, where Khaos lies.

Thunder Spirits

Main article: Original Battleship

Thunder Force IV/VI

Main article: Cerberus II

In both Thunder Force VI and Thunder Force IV a new, improved version of Cerberus named Cerberus II appears, replacing the old model from III. This new version serves not only as a battle cruiser but also as a carrier.

Trivia

• Cerberus is named after Cerberus, a monstrous three-headed dog from Greek mythology that guards the gates of the Underworld to prevent the souls of the dead from escaping. It is tamed by Hercules as part of his twelve labors.

• The theme for the cruiser, "His Behavior Inspired Us With Distrust", was recycled and used once more when confronting the ORN Faust in Thunder Force VI. "KIN3-CERB" only plays when the player is using either the Rynex-R or the Syrinx.