CORE

CORE The CORE is one of the variations of the Training Bot, that was built by CCORP and it is one of the most significant in ACT III in which it and PEN controlled the entirety of Pine Island, but the majority of control in the Dead Zone.

It is located under Mount Uroruh and can be accessed via the CORE Entrance, which later became abandoned in the 90s due to the 1990 Incident.

Information
The CORE, designed by Crimson, activated posthumously after the 1990 Incident in the Deep Sea Base which killed him in the process. It is what reinforced the Dead Zone around Cape Dun in the Gamma Timeline and strengthened the robot armies. In the game, Jason, Edward, and PC accessed the CORE via the abandoned CORE Entrance on the western side of Mount Uroruh to take control of it before The Great Leader could.

Appearance
In the CORE room itself, it has a very futuristic appearance with a blue circuit board look on the floor and ceiling. PEN is in the center of the room along with the CORE near the back end with the Turret locker. The CORE/Training Bot head, is held up/supported by black columns that also keep it at an ideal height to use its lasers against anyone who tries to destroy PEN. Outside the CORE room, there is a desk with a computer on it, which is surrounded by dead Time Agents who were left to die right after the 1990 Incident and the CORE had to pick a new administrator.

Story
After the group of 3 comes through the CORE Entrance and enters the CORE from the Outer Tunnels of the Uroruh Time Machine, they look at the CORE room from a window and see P.E.N. on the ceiling and ridicule it realizing that it is a legitimate pencil suggested by its name. After, Edward glances toward the Training Bot head in the room and is shocked to realize that PC hadn't destroyed the 33 A.D. robot and that CCORP must've used it.

The group heads down to the main entrance area and notices the dead bodies of past agents. They find a sealed door that requires a passcode to get in that inputted by a nearby computer. PC is sent figure out the passcode and by using the computer on the desk, he figures out that the passcode is contained in another computer in the northern wing and he opens the door with the passcode, 'sudo321e'.

When the group enters, they access another segment of the CORE room with another door ahead of them. Edward tells the player to enter and confront the CORE and destroy P.E.N.. In order to defend its administrator, the CORE shoots its laser beams from its eyes. The CORE however stops shooting its lasers for short windows of time so that the player can punch open the casing for the administrator. Once the administrator is exposed, the player can take it and snap it in half.

Once P.E.N. is destroyed and isn't in control of the island anymore. Edward comes rushing in and starts a conversation with the Training Bot head. The Training Bot tells him how he thought he was dead from the explosion during the 1990 Incident. All of a sudden, the Weather Machine outside is destroyed and deactivates the comm systems for Jason to communicate with Michael in Pine Lake.

Computer logs
On the computers outside the CORE room are logs of the 1990 Incident on December 31st, 1989 in the perspective of the agents as everything went down and became disaster. The first of the records contain information of the Uroruh Time Machine being activated and under stable maintenance. The agent writing it also mentions that the CORE said that Crimson has died at the Deep Sea Base after an intruder entered.

The 2nd log in the computer describes the CORE choosing P.E.N. as its new administrator after Crimson's death and that the agents became trapped in the room. The logs also mention the passcode for the computer inside the Control Room of the Uroruh Time Machine which is, 'abc12'.

Control room computer
The computer in the Control Room contained the passcode to open the CORE door which was used by the player to get inside the CORE room to shut it down by breaking P.E.N.. The computer also had the passcode to activate the magnetic accelerator as one of the steps of activating the Uroruh Time Machine.

Trivia

 * The CORE is apparently based an old game on the Dreamcast called Fighting Force 2, as Erathor posted this video asking where the core came from, https://youtu.be/34xArJEeiSM