The Plasma Spark is an artificial sun made by the human ancestors of the Residents of the Land of Light to keep the Land of Light alive. The Plasma Spark is an item of pure energy, and is responsible for the appearance of the Ultras.
History
World of the Land of Light
The Plasma Spark was built long ago when the people of the Land of Light were more like regular humans. Their Sun had died out, and the Plasma Spark was built as a replacement, being held in the Plasma Spark Tower, which currently illuminates and heats the entire planet. However, it had an unforeseen secondary effect: the Differator Rays released from the Plasma Spark had changed their bodies. They became giant, silver beings with amazing powers. Other beings from nearby planets such as the humanlike citizens of L77 were affected by it, changing their appearances as well.
Following the creation of the Plasma Spark, it was found that the artificial sun's compact size meant its gravitational pull was insufficient to keep the Land of Light in orbit. To rectify this, the Ultra Key was constructed, and served as a device that not only kept the Land of Light's orbit stable, but could serve as a powerful superweapon to be used in situations where the planet was threatened by scenarios such as collisions with incoming asteroids or rogue planets.
The Plasma Spark seems to be mystical to a point, as Father of Ultra predicted the escape of Belial from the Space Prison from watching fluctuations from the artificial star and Ultraman Belial himself used its power in combination with that of the Giga Battlenizer to revive a hundred monsters in the Monster Graveyard at once. The Plasma Spark also seemed to have some level of consciousness as it defended itself from misuse as seen when Ultraman Belial tried to take it for the first time, and was left in agonizing pain, however after he was merged with Alien Reiblood, he wasn't affected anymore by the Plasma Spark's energy. It was also mentioned by Ultraman that the Plasma Spark chose Zero when he used its power to acquire the Zero Twin Sword to defeat Belial.
Ultraman Story 0
The Plasma Sun
In the Ultraman Story 0 manga, the Plasma Spark is known as the Plasma Sun/Solar. It was described as a Plasma Plant Satellite. It was a plasma fusion device that would generate an artificial sun. It was not created by the human like ancestors of the modern Ultras, at the time of its creation all of the Ultras, including those that make up the Ultra Brothers were humanoids, in fact Ultraman himself worked on the project as a scientist. The Plasma Sun was created for the same reason as the Plasma Spark, the planet's sun had died and the people needed a replacement light source. Moments before its activation, aliens known as the Cicada Men, added a material that was unknown to the Plasma Sun's creators. Upon activation the rays of the Plasma Sun, which were meant to be clean energy, transported the mutagenic material deep into the cells of everything touched by the light. The end result was the appearance of the Baltans in their more recognizable forms, the birth of the Ultramen and the various monsters they fought. The Plasma Sun rays, also spread across the universe, and this called for the creation of a small coalition of Ultras to go out and search the cosmos, to find the alterations caused by the Plasma Sun and fight them if necessary, eventually creating the Inter Galactic Defense Force.
Later on, during the second invasion of the Land of Light, Alien Babarue gained access to the Ultra Key and used its planet shattering power to destroy the Plasma Sun. it would be replaced by sphere of energy, crafted from the congealed light of will of the various inhabitants of the universe, whom Zoffy had helped and interacted with across his journy among the stars. This event bestowed upon Zoffy his Star Marks, and restored the powers of the other Ultras, before finally allowing him to defeat the evil alien and his monster army. The remaining energy would go on to be a replacement for plasma sun.
Besides the name there are other differences between the Plasma Spark and the Plasma Sun.
- Form: The Plasma Spark was a torch like object of intense light. The Plasma Sun was a sphere shaped machine.
- Towers: The Plasma Sun was not housed in a tower, instead it had Control towers that serve to control its output.
- Time: The Plasma Spark was activated approximately 270,000 years before the first Ultraman series, before all known Showa Ultras (save for King) were born. The Plasma Sun was activated only 10,000 years before the first Ultraman series, when several of the Ultras were alive and adults. In fact Ultraman himself was on the committee of scientists that launched the device.
Ultraman Dual
In the novel Ultraman Dual, a technique mimicking the effects of the Plasma Spark's light on the first Ultras is shown and used on humans and other humanoids, to forcibly evolve them into Ultras. This technique or process, is called Ultra Operation. The novel, and the effects of the device implies that the first Ultras in this universe were all silver, and the red markings only appearing on those with fighting talent. The greater the red markings, the greater their talent. The first known example of this, is Ultraman Dual. It should be noted that the Ultras of this continuity have similarities to the Ultra People in that they maintain their natural human forms.
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