Terra, known as Earth (アース, Āsu) in Japan, is the main antagonist of Mega Man V. He is the cunning leader of the Stardroids, who come to conquer the Earth. He was originally an ancient alien robot constructed in the far past, but was reawakened and reprogrammed by Dr. Wily alongside the other Stardroids in an attempt to conquer the world. Terra is a tall robot with blue and white armor. His left arm has unique red armor, and appears to be how he fires his Spark Chaser weapon. His most notable trait is his head of fluffy green hair. His color scheme may be derived from the colors of planet Earth: blue for water, green for vegetation, white for clouds, and red for soil or sand. Terra is an arrogant and battle-hungry warrior who believes he is the strongest. He wanted robots to rule the world, though he was also secretly subservient to Dr. Wily, who had modified him and the Stardroids.[1] He sees other robots as dirty and prefers long-range combat to avoid contact.[2] This fighting style is meant to make his opponents look like fools.[3] He is also noted to like shampoo and dislike hats or helmets, likely meaning he takes pride in his long head of hair.[4] Terra first appears in the opening cutscene, landing in front of Mega Man and Roll to attack them, promptly scaring Roll away. Mega Man tries to fight him, but not even a Charge Shot from his Super Mega Buster can not damage Terra due to his body being composed of a special extraterrestrial material. Terra defeats Mega Man, but does not finish him as Dr. Light brings him back to his laboratory. Mega Man is given the Mega Arm to counter this disadvantage against Terra. He appears in the Middle Stage cutscene after the defeat of the first four Stardroids, where he is surprised with Mega Man's progress. Regardless, he sends Dark Moon to attack Mega Man and retreats to space, where he prepares an attack against Earth with the help of the second four Stardroids. Terra appears one more time, after the defeat of the second four Stardroids. He is encountered on an unknown planet (it likely could be one of nearby planets' moons). He gets angry that Mega Man had ruined his plans, and fights against Mega Man to redeem himself from his master (who is later revealed to be Dr. Wily), but was defeated, allowing Mega Man to take his Spark Chaser weapon. Attack pattern Terra's arena floor starts out with an entire row of Deep Digger blocks, but underneath is regular flat floor. Terra only has a few attacks and spends most of the fight being stationary. His main attack is to shoot out a Spark Chaser, a laser that moves in the direction of Mega Man. However, it is rather slow and only moves three times in Mega Man's direction within 1.5-second intervals; thus Mega Man can take advantage of this to evade the Spark Chaser easily. Terra's second attack is to create a circular beam made out of 3 spiraling orbs, which expands its diameter to be taller than Mega Man before rushing forward in a similar manner to Scorch Wheel. If Mega Man gets hit by the circular beam, he will be paralyzed in place, allowing Terra to get a free hit on him with the Spark Chaser. If Mega Man gets close to Terra, the latter will jump away to the corner, then jump up high to teleport out of sight. A few seconds later, Terra will reappear on the side of arena that Mega Man isn't on, to keep his distance. Weaknesses Terra is weak to Deep Digger, which defeats him in 5 hits. As the arena is built out of Deep Digger blocks, it gives Mega Man a lot of chances to hit Terra, a target who is not hard to miss. However, pulling out more blocks will continuously affect the terrain and make it more uneven for both Mega Man and Terra. Terra also has a secondary weakness to Salt Water, and takes 2 damage from it. As with most bosses, Terra takes 3 damage from the Mega Arm. As his body is made from the extraterrestrial materials, general weapons don't hurt him. "I'm just a simple man." Good Point: Hard-nose Bad Point: Nervousness Like: Shampoo Dislike: Hat, Helmet Terra: So, you are the famous MegaMan! I am Terra - and you will soon be my slave! Terra: It's been a long time, MegaMan! I didn't expect to see you in one piece again. But that is of little consequence now. I will destroy you as I did before and avenge my fallen comrades. Dark Moon, attack! Terra: You fool MegaMan! You have mettled with my plan for the last time. We could have created a new world for all robots! How can I face my master now? I must redeem myself by blowing you to pieces! Provided the fancy struck him, Terra could accurately shoot the eyes out of his enemies’ heads even if they stood on the other side of a planet. He can also use that unseen energy thread in a nonlethal fashion; by shooting it at a living being, he can connect, if imperfectly, to their thoughts and emotions, and even interfere to a degree. Terra was able to communicate with people all across the planet. Terra also appears in Shadow Man's flashback in Issue 42, where he informs the Kuiper Droids (including the one who would eventually become Shadow Man) that they need to get Ra Moon away from the Star Marshals while the Stardroids hold them off. The flashback also suggests that Terra was at least 20,000 years old by the time of the present-day events. He later appeared in Issue 55 in a vision of the future of Mega Man's world. He tends to see Dr Wily as a welcomed annoyance, intending to use him as a tool up until his usefulness has run out. Keeps a strict hair routine and wears an open-scalp helmet to not mess it up. His subordinates sometimes can tell how Terra is feeling by his own weapon, the spark chaser since it is his sensory organ and based how erratic it is, like a cat's tail. So far, no one told him about that yet.