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Team Flare Secret HQ
フレア団秘密基地 Team Flare Secret Base
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The base of Team Flare's operations, built in secret to activate the ultimate weapon.
TheTeam Flare Secret HQ (Japanese:フレア団秘密基地Team Flare Secret Base) is a facility located underneathGeosenge Town, serving as the main base of operations and headquarters forTeam Flare.
The facility is constructed around and inside theultimate weapon from ancientKalos. The secret entrance to the base can be found at the northwest corner of Geosenge Town when theplayer first visits the town. However, it cannot be identified as such, initially, and thus cannot used to access the facility until the ultimate weapon has been remotely activated fromLysandre Labs. AfterLysandre is defeated for the final time, the base is destroyed, rendering it inaccessible.
AXerneasX/YveltalY appears here as part of the story. If defeated or run from, it respawns immediately without leaving the area. It is coded to never beShiny. This battle does not awardexperience points.
The Team Flare Secret HQ appeared inThe Beauty Eternal, whereLysandre was shown accessing it fromGeosenge Town, having heard news about the progress inTeam Flare's plans in using theultimate weapon. They were shown to have already capturedYveltal and were holding it inside the HQ in its cocoon form.
The Team Flare Secret HQ appeared inThe Visionary, whereLysandre battledCalem there in order to retrieveXerneas from him, but was quickly defeated. Afterwards, the Team Flare Boss fired theultimate weapon with its last remaining energy in an attempt to force himself, Calem, andCalem'sfriends to live eternally. Calem and his friends managed to escape the HQ in time before the ultimate weapon's blast struck it.
Team Flare Secret HQ made its debut inThe Aegislash Agenda, whereAliana,Bryony, andMable were seen discussing withXerosic aboutX'sMegaKangaskhan andMega Ring. Since then, it made frequent appearances as Team Flare's base of operations. InFast-Thinking Froakie, it was revealed that Team Flare was keeping the citizens ofVaniville Town imprisoned in cells in the HQ in order to prevent the truth about Vaniville Town's destruction from spreading out. WithCelosia'sAegislash's mind controlling powers, the imprisoned people were later forced to help uproot and transport the dormantXerneas fromRoute 8 to the HQ to be used as theultimate weapon's power source.
InDancing Vivillon, it was revealed that Team Flare had takenClemont hostage at their HQ after his disappearance nearCamphrier Town. After Clemont regained consciousness, Xerosic forced him to start building a machine for Team Flare. With the help of a wildKlefki, Clemont was able to inform X and his friends of Team Flare's base's location in Geosenge Town. InGyarados Changes, X entered the base withEmma, soon after followed by his friends, while the KalosGym Leaders worked above the ground to prevent the ultimate weapon from opening. Through awarp panel, X was accidentally transferred to the ultimate weapon's control room, where he came face to face with Lysandre. While X and Lysandre started battling, Emma came acrossAZ, imprisoned in a cell, which he was later freed from by X's friends.
Using theKey Stone that Celosia had previously stolen fromKorrina, Lysandre was able to Mega Evolve hisGyarados. Although X fought hard, he was eventually defeated by the Team Flare Boss. During the battle, however, Xerneas woke up, taking back most of its energy absorbed by the ultimate weapon. Despite this, Lysandre still decided to fire the weapon. Although the weapon was successfully fired, X and his friends' interference weakened its blast enough so that no innocent lives were taken. With their big plan foiled, Team Flare subsequently abandoned their HQ and went to hiding in thePokémon Village.
Trivia
BecauseXerneasX/YveltalY must be captured in order to progress the plot, the 31st Box in thePokémon Storage System will not become available until then. This is so that they are caught even if at that point, the player has a full party, reached the normal limit of 30 Boxes, and filled each one with Pokémon.
Much like the events ofPokémon Black and White, if the player's party is full, the caught Legendary Pokémon can be immediately added to the party from thePC by sending another party member to the PC.
The first room of 1F contains a window to the Legendary Room whereXerneasX/YveltalY is found.
If the player returns to 1F after catchingXerneasX/YveltalY, the view from this window will look different, indicating thatXerneasX/YveltalY is no longer there. Lysandre will also not be standing in front of this window, as he is in the Legendary Room instead.
This can happen only if the playerblacks out against Lysandre in his third and final battle against the player. The player is not given a chance to leave between catching the Legendary Pokémon and battling Lysandre, and after Lysandre is defeated, the building is permanently inaccessible.
