Carthage, also known as
Sector 5, is the hub of Lyoko
and is spherical in shape, connected to the four sectors by
data-tunnels. It seems to house much crucial data relating to Lyoko, the
supercomputer's functions, and XANA. It was named after the
Project Carthage.
The walls of Carthage are a light blue and covered in a moving
binary code. Whenever
Team Lyoko comes to Carthage, the blue blocks
the sector is made of automatically arranges itself into a random,
maze-like layout. Every new layout is never the same as any previous
one, and usually is still arranging itself while Team Lyoko is inside.
Upon entering Carthage, they can either take the elevator which carries
them up to an interface panel on Carthage's surface or to their
Virtual
Ship. The interface panel has a direct link to the
supercomputer, thus allowing
Aelita to help
Jeremy recover information from it.
Carthage, like any sector, has
Towers.
Only one has been seen to date however.
It is also implied that this is
no normal tower, as Jeremie had no idea of it's existence beforehand.
Other features of the sector include booby traps and security lasers,
all of which either take away a lot of life points or
devirtualize
anybody. The
Digital Void is not present
here, instead, falling into the celestrial dome in the outer rim of the
sector ensures ultimate
deletion.
Carthage is, like any other sector, inhabited by
monsters.
Creepers
and
Mantas
can be found all over, but the sector's most infamous denizen is the
Scyphozoa.
The Creepers are the only beings which do not (or cannot) leave the
sector.
In
William Returns,
Jeremie and
Aelita use data transferred to them by
Franz
Hopper to recreate Carthage, in this recreation they made it so
that there was no longer a key, except for one that is used to access
the
Core of Lyoko, so there was no more countdown and it seems as though
there is no more interface as the data within would no longer be
XANA's. The elevator seems to be moving more slowly now, and when
someone needs to get on it, the elevator now stops to allow our heroes
to board it. In
William Returns William opens a tunnel and takes Aelita to the
place where the desert sector stood before (now recreated in
Double
Take), the outer shell of the celestial dome now has a gray craggy
appearance with cracked holes that showed the exits of the tunnels.
Before Carthage was destroyed by William, the outer shell shined with a
bright light.
Parts of Carthage
Carthage is divided into five unique parts:
- The Arena: This is the spot where the Transport Orb used to drop off Aelita and the other Lyoko warriors. Now the group can
simply be virtualized directly into Carthage. The group must stand still
for a few seconds so that the wall will open.
- The Core Zone: The most recognizable area of Carthage. Before
Carthage was rebuilt, a 3 minute countdown started for the group to find
the Key. Pushing the Key would cause a corridor leading to the Elevator
to open. If the Key was not found in time, the group would be trapped
in Carthage until someone else entered. The Core Zone is different
everytime somebody enters.
- The Elevator: The
elevator runs all the way around the Core Zone. It can move up, down,
and sideways. It only stops at the Celestial Dome. It is unknown whether
Jeremie and Aelita created a separate elevator to access the
Skidbladnir Hangar.
- The Celestial Dome: The exit point of Carthage. It has an
interface that gives access to XANA's own data, but it is unknown if this could
be used anymore. When a Lyoko Warrior enters, Mantas usually come out
of the outer sphere. It is usually full of Manta eggs.
- Lyoko's Core: This is the most important part of Lyoko.
The core contains all of the data within the supercomputer. The room
where the core is located can be accessed through the south pole of
Carthage. In Final Round a possessed William managed to
destroy the core, thus destroying Lyoko. The core was recreated in William Returns and made its first reappearance in I'd Rather Not Talk About It
when William launched an attack on it.
- The Interface: It gives access to XANA's memory. It was only
used by Aelita. After Carthage was rebuilt, it is unknown if the
interface can be accessed again.
- The Tunnels. There are 4 tunnels leading to the other 4
sectors. These are used to get the warriors out of Sector 5 without
devirtualizing them.
- The Key: It is used by hitting it. It prevents the countdown
reaching to zero. If it does end up reaching to 0, the warriors must run back to the Arena. Yumi
was the first to discover some of this information.
