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{{Infobox CT Character | {{Infobox CT Character | ||
|image = [[Image:Epoch.jpg| | |image = [[Image:Epoch.jpg|280px]] | ||
|caption= Wings of Time: Epoch. | |caption= Wings of Time: Epoch. | ||
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The ''' | The {{nihongo|'''{{PAGENAME}}'''|シルバード|shirubādo|"Sill Bird"/"Silver Bird"}}, also known as the {{nihongo|'''Wings of Time'''|時の翼|toki no tsubasa}}, is a time-traveling vehicle from {{CT}}. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Using the knowledge of time travel given to him by [[Gaspar]], the Guru of Time, he began constructing a vehicle that could return him to his own time. He spent the rest of his life building it, but died just prior to its completion. He left the rest up to his robotic assistant, upon whom he had imprinted his personality, to complete the vehicle's construction. | Using the knowledge of time travel given to him by [[Gaspar]], the Guru of Time, he began constructing a vehicle that could return him to his own time. He spent the rest of his life building it, but died just prior to its completion. He left the rest up to his robotic assistant, upon whom he had imprinted his personality, to complete the vehicle's construction. | ||
[[File:Epoch_FMV.jpg|thumb|left|Epoch in the FMV of the [[PlayStation]] release.]] In 2300 AD, [[Crono]] and his companions arrive. They were sealed out of the [[Antiquity]] time period by [[Schala]], who cast a barrier spell upon the [[Gate]] there. With the princess' powerful magic blocking the only Gate to the era, the party's only way to return is by using the "Wings of Time," told to them by Gaspar. Belthasar, no longer having a use for the vehicle as his life had ended, gives them the Epoch, at which point Crono gives it its new moniker. The ship does not rely on pre-existing Gates to travel, and thus they are able to return and break the seal. | [[File:Epoch_FMV.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Epoch in the [[FMV]] of the [[PlayStation]] release.]] In 2300 AD, [[Crono]] and his companions arrive. They were sealed out of the [[Antiquity]] time period by [[Schala]], who cast a barrier spell upon the [[Gate]] there. With the princess' powerful magic blocking the only Gate to the era, the party's only way to return is by using the "Wings of Time," told to them by Gaspar. Belthasar, no longer having a use for the vehicle as his life had ended, gives them the Epoch, at which point Crono gives it its new moniker. The ship does not rely on pre-existing Gates to travel, and thus they are able to return and break the seal. | ||
The group uses the ship to return to the [[Antiquity]], confronting [[Queen Zeal]]. After the awakening of Lavos and the fall of the Kingdom of Zeal, Crono's companions awaken in the last human village on Earth, Crono having died saving the rest of them from Lavos. The Elder of the village remarks that their ship also arrived on the shores of the village, as though it had followed them, surviving the massive tidal wave caused by Zeal's fall. | The group uses the ship to return to the [[Antiquity]], confronting [[Queen Zeal]]. After the awakening of Lavos and the fall of the Kingdom of Zeal, Crono's companions awaken in the last human village on Earth, Crono having died saving the rest of them from Lavos. The Elder of the village remarks that their ship also arrived on the shores of the village, as though it had followed them, surviving the massive tidal wave caused by Zeal's fall. | ||
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== Gameplay == | == Gameplay == | ||
The Epoch can access any of the key time eras in ''Chrono Trigger''. The party initially seeks it after being sealed out of the Antiquity time period by Schala, following the advice of Gaspar. It does not rely on pre-existing Gates to operate. [[File:Epoch_Controls.png|thumb|right| First ride on the Epoch.]] | The Epoch can access any of the key time eras in ''Chrono Trigger''. The party initially seeks it after being sealed out of the Antiquity time period by Schala, following the advice of Gaspar. It does not rely on pre-existing Gates to operate. | ||
[[File:Epoch_Controls.png|thumb|right| First ride on the Epoch.]] | |||
Upon getting the Epoch, the player is given the opportunity to change its name and then enter it. Once aboard the Epoch, the player can access the Time Gauge. This gauge dominates the console of the Epoch, and allows the pilot to select a destination time period. While the Epoch is theoretically able to travel anywhere in time, the Time Gauge is locked onto those time periods also accessible via Gates: [[Prehistory]], the [[Antiquity]], the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Present]], the [[Apocalypse]], the [[Future]], and the [[End of Time]]. | Upon getting the Epoch, the player is given the opportunity to change its name and then enter it. Once aboard the Epoch, the player can access the Time Gauge. This gauge dominates the console of the Epoch, and allows the pilot to select a destination time period. While the Epoch is theoretically able to travel anywhere in time, the Time Gauge is locked onto those time periods also accessible via Gates: [[Prehistory]], the [[Antiquity]], the [[Middle Ages]], the [[Present]], the [[Apocalypse]], the [[Future]], and the [[End of Time]]. | ||
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==Chrono Cross== | ==Chrono Cross== | ||
In [[Chrono Cross]], one can still find the Epoch in the [[Dead Sea]], dismantled and destroyed. Additionally, a ruined flying vessel is found in the secret chamber beneath [[Belthasar|Belthasar's]] desk in [[Viper Manor]], with a [[BeachBum]] guarding it. Not only is Belthasar the creator and keeper of the Wings of Time, but a Nu guards it prior to his death. Startling similarities have been drawn between Nu and BeachBum. | [[File:Porre's Furnace Location.jpg|thumb|right|The Epoch as it appears in [[Chrono Cross]] in the hidden room underneath [[Belthasar]]'s desk. The [[BeachBum]] resembles the [[Nu]].]] | ||
In [[Chrono Cross]], one can still find the Epoch in the [[Dead Sea]], dismantled and destroyed. Additionally, a ruined flying vessel is found in the secret chamber beneath [[Belthasar|Belthasar's]] desk in [[Viper Manor]], with a [[BeachBum]] guarding it. Not only is Belthasar the creator and keeper of the Wings of Time, but a Nu guards it prior to his death. Startling similarities have been drawn between Nu and BeachBum. | |||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
''{{w|Epoch (reference date)|Epoch}}'' is a reference date of an instant in time, chosen as the origin of a particular era. In cosmology, Epoch was a date proceeding the theorized {{w|Epoch (cosmology)|Big Bang}}, which allegedly created the universe. It ended after the first emergence of life in solar systems. | *''{{w|Epoch (reference date)|Epoch}}'' is a reference date of an instant in time, chosen as the origin of a particular era. In cosmology, Epoch was a date proceeding the theorized {{w|Epoch (cosmology)|Big Bang}}, which allegedly created the universe. It ended after the first emergence of life in solar systems. | ||
*The Japanese name {{nihongo|"Sill Bird"|シルバード|shirubādo}} is most likely a simple portmanteau of the English words "silver" (pronounced シルバー ''shirubā'' in Japanese) and "bird" (pronounced バード ''bādo'' in Japanese). | |||
== Trivia == | |||
* Unused sprites that can be found in the game’s files, as well as unused functionality in a prerelease version of the game, suggest that, before the Epoch got its wings, it was going to act as a hovercraft. Its coding in the Prerelease is not very refined, however; this version of the Epoch could not travel over mountains, forests, or bridges, and if it warped to another era in a location where those were present, the screen would fade back to its original era. The warp animation of this Epoch was simply a fade to white. | |||
* In a prerelease version of the game, there was an unused trigger in the Millennial Fair which would summon the Epoch. It was likely simply a debug feature. | |||
{{Chrono Trigger}} | {{Chrono Trigger}} | ||
[[Category:Chrono Trigger]] | [[Category:Chrono Trigger]] | ||
[[Category:Vehicles]] | [[Category:Vehicles]] | ||