Crisis Core Complete Guide Keyword Collection

Space Development Department

The department in charge of Shinra’s space development. Its manager is Palmer, and Cid, who is famed as a legendary pilot, also belongs to this department. In the era of this game, the launch of the rocket
“Shinra 26” is drawing near, and the department is seeing its golden age. However, as told in “FFVII” and “BC” after the rocket launch ends in failure, the department is downsized. Following this, it remained out of the spotlight until the Jenova War when the rocket is used as a counter-measure against Meteor.

Tseng was given the assignment to secure Aerith, the last surviving Ancient in the world, and for many years has continued to request her assistance for Shinra. However, Aerith despised Shinra for the lose of her parents at their hands, and refused all of his requests. But undeterred, Tseng continued to try to persuade her without resorting to force.

Incidentally, their relationship is also shown in “FFVII” and “BC”. According to rumours among the Turks, Tseng seems to harbour special feelings for Aerith, but whether those are love or not isn’t certain. On the other hand, Tseng also seems to be somewhat special to Aerith, and in “FFVII” she says: “…Tseng’s with our enemy, the Turks, but I’ve known him since we were little… There’s not a lot of people I can say that about. In fact, there are probably only a handful of people in the world who really know me.”

The scene from this game where Zack falls from the sector 5 mako reactor down to the slum church and meets Aerith is basically the same situation in which Cloud and Aerith meet in “FFVII”. According to Mr. Nojima from the development staff, this was made as a scene to intentionally connect them, and in the same way Zack’s “one date” line connects to Aerith’s “one date” line to Cloud in “FFVII.”

Crescent Unit [aka: Engetsu Corps]

A special unit with the Wutai Army. An elite group, said to “appease the wrath of Leviathan and smite the enemies of Wutai,” and skilled not only in combat but also in espionage. Like other Wutai soldiers,
they are armed with gun-lances. For their uniforms, the privates wear uniforms with a grey base and trousers embroidered with a chakram*, and the commanders uniforms with a black base and trousers embroidered
with a dragon, and wear a mask. It is a custom for each member to be given a name related to the moon. The Five Saints of Wutai also belong to this unit, and after the end of the Wutai war they gathered
together the remnants of the Wutai army. They hate Zack for dealing the fatal blow to the Wutai Army in the attack on Fort Tamblin.

[NB: ‘Engetsurin’ means ‘chakram’, and has appeared in past FF games
as a weapon or item (named Razor Ring, Pinwheel, Moonring, etc. in the
English versions). In the Japanese version, the members were named
“[s/t]-moon”, which was replaced in the English version by the Latin
word for the first part of the Japanese names.]