Sector Carina

Sector Carina is the third area or sector that the Red Sprite's crew investigate inside the Schwartzwelt.

Appearance

 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Profile
Sector Carina is the sector of the Schwarzwelt intended to reflect human greed and wish for lavishness and luxury, resembling a massive shopping mall stocked with all sorts of products. It is in this sector that Sanctums are introduced- different parts of time/space, accesible through shifts in special locations. Upon arrival, the crew detect faint pulses of radio communications, leading them to believe the Elve is located somewhere within Carina. Arthur indicates that though Zelenin's story makes the survival of other crewmen unlikely, it is possible the damaged ship still holds valuable parts, particularly the graviton radio used to communicate with Earth, therefore posting a mission for its retrieval.

In one of Carina's initial rooms, the Protagonist again finds Mastema, who offers his aid on killing Carina's demon ruler. Soon after, he descends to Carina's basement and finds the demon himself, Horkos, partially fused with the Elve and protected by its plasma armor. Jimenez, rushing in, inadvertently forced his demon, Bugaboo to dive in and be absorbed by the plasma armor. Shocked by this, he swore revenge.

Seeking a way to pierce Horkos' protection, he returns to Mastema, who offers to take a Megami and a Wilder demon and fuse them into a sacred crystal capable of damaging Horkos, the Shibboleth, but indicating it would need technological enhancements. Taking said crystal to the Red Sprite's lab resulted in the creation of the Horkos Buster, an energy gun designed to separate Horkos from the plasma armor.

After several confrontations, Horkos is forced to leave the damaged Elve and flee; Bugaboo's demon source and the graviton radio are located and removed. Using the radio (which is very hard to charge and use), the Red Sprite communicated with Earth and informs of the situation; while the Schwarzwelt Joint Project has no other options to help, they offer to keep transmitting to the Red Sprite to ease their escape.

A little time later, Horkos attacks the Red Sprite to compensate for the loss of the Elve; while the ship's plasma amor drives him off, it's clear he will not relent and will continue to attack. Given this, Arthur posts a mission for his extermination. While in hot pursuit, Horkos vanishes using the Sanctum System, but dropping a rare forma allowing Irving, the Red Sprite's lab engineer, to duplicate the feat with the Demonica, allowing chase into Carina's depths.

Upon being found, Horkos battles the Protagonist, furious at being denied his meals with such ferocity. After his death, he drops Carina's Rosetta and a piece of rare forma.

Later on, Carina is found to have housed the Lightning, the prototype for the creation of the Red Sprite, the Elve, and the Gigantic. The first contact with Jack's Squad is made in Carina.