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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.]] | ||
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]]. | ||
At first, it operates the same way that the Gates do, depositing the travelers at the same physical location in different eras in time. This limits its use as a spatial transport. As shown in a cutscene, the Epoch possesses engines that cause it to hover in mid-air. The ship creates a time distortion directly in front of it, and the massive rockets at the rear of the ship propel it into the distortion. This has the effect of propelling the ship and its passengers forward, although they do not move in space at all. When the Epoch arrives at its destination in time, the lift engines shut down, lowering the Epoch to the ground in the same physical location. | At first, it operates the same way that the Gates do, depositing the travelers at the same physical location in different eras in time. This limits its use as a spatial transport. As shown in a cutscene, the Epoch possesses engines that cause it to hover in mid-air. The ship creates a time distortion directly in front of it, and the massive rockets at the rear of the ship propel it into the distortion. This has the effect of propelling the ship and its passengers forward, although they do not move in space at all. When the Epoch arrives at its destination in time, the lift engines shut down, lowering the Epoch to the ground in the same physical location. | ||