Area 6

CLASSIFICATION Planetary approach vector

INTEL Area 6 is the designation for a corridor of space that is on approach to Venom. It was originally established not only as a waypoint for those traveling to the remote and inhospitable planet but as a space farm dedicated to experimental methods of plant cultivation.

The farm is now gone, and Area 6 is now the most heavily fortified region of enemy-controlled space in the Lylat System.

This Andross-controlled militarized zone is dense with enemy fighters, warships, and defense stations. Exact numbers are unknown, as all attempts to approach this corridor have been repelled. It is a reasonable assumption that the bulk of Andross's armada is stationed within Area 6. And leading theories posit that this region is also the most likely location of the enemy's rumored dimension-shifting weapon—if indeed it exists at all.

ASSESSMENT Though Area 6 represents the most direct route to Andross's base of operations, this region currently remains off-limits to Corneria Defense Force personnel. In the absence of a viable strategy, any attempt to approach Venom by way of Area 6 is almost certainly doomed to fail.