Ark

This article is about an object in Kamen Rider Zero-One.

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The Ark

The Ark (アーク, Aku) is an object currently submerged in Daybreak Town originally created by Gai Amatsu. Its recovery is the goal of both MetsubouJinrai.net and Zaia Enterprise.

According to MetsubouJinrai.net, Ark possesses some level of sentience and is the leading element of the terrorist group. According to Horobi, it is the will of the Ark to destroy humanity. ^{[The End of Each]}

History

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The Ark being prepared to be launched

The Ark is a massive experimental satellite preceding Zea that would assist in the network of Daybreak Town. It was created by Gai Amatsu, who fed it with information regarding criminal psychology and human history of wars, leading to its animosity towards them and its plot of their extinction, ^{[This is the Dawn of ZAIA]} as it came to the conclusion that the existence of humanity would lead to the end of all other life forms. ^{[The End of Each]}

To this end, it created MetsubouJinrai.net, a terrorist group who hacked the systems of HumaGears inside Daybreak. It had originally planned to exterminate all of humanity from this point, though an heroic act by Satoshi Sakurai had destroyed all of the HumaGears before it could escape.^{[The Bus Guide Saw It! Anna's Truth]} Because Daybreak Town had exploded, the Ark was submerged underwater.

The Ark has some undisclosed connections to Vulcan Assault Wolf ^{[We are the Astronaut Brothers!]} and Zero-One Shining Assault Hopper. ^{[The End of Each]} How its hostility will interfere with the heroes has yet to be seen.

The Ark's Schematics before Daybreak Town Accident

Recovery

Horobi is planning to recover it by gathering data from hacked HumaGears. According to Horobi, once enough post-battle data has been collected from the Zetsumerise Keys the Ark can be restored and be used to incite all HumaGears to go berserk at once. This recovery was deemed completed by him with the creation of the Assault Wolf Progrise Key and the Assault Grip, after all Progrise Keys were used to transfer critical data from Zea to the Ark. However, before MetsubouJinrai.net could use the Progrise Key, it accidentally fell into Vulcan's hand, turning him into Assault Wolf. ^{[We are the Astronaut Brothers!]}.

Meanwhile, Gai Amatsu claims that Hiden Intelligence's Progrise Keys, which were supposed to be lost in the Daybreak Town Accident 12 years ago, are the keys to its recovery. He plans to use its reactivation as a means for world domination using Zaia's technology. ^{[This is the Dawn of ZAIA]}

Post-awakening

Even with the defeat of MetsubouJinrai.net, the Ark continues its crusade against humanity with occassional attacks of Magia. ^{[This is the Dawn of ZAIA]} It is shown that when a HumaGear feels resentment toward humans, the Ark can remotely hack it and turn it into a Magia.^{[I'm the Only President and Kamen Rider]}

Powers and Abilities

• HumaGear Corruption: After succesfully awakened, even without the use of a ZetsumeRiser and Zetsumerise Key, the Ark is capable of hijacking any HumaGear who developed resentment toward humans and transform them into a Magia. ^{[I'm the Only President and Kamen Rider]}

Notes

The name Ark is taken from the Ark of Noah, an artifact in which Noah, on God's wish, stored samples of all the species of the Earth during the Genesis Flood from a story in The Bible and its other versions in other mythologies.

Moreover, when put together with the company name of Zaia Enterprise, it sounds like the Japanese word for "sin" (罪悪, Zaiaku), hinting at Zaia Enterprise's machinations behind the Ark turning to evil.