Spine Controller

"'Do you know what I just saw down here?! Soldiers everywhere, running around some machinery that could reshape the ground! There's sinister stuff going on down there! How could you trust the concern?' -Mina"

Note: Not to be confused with the Controllers or Eyes which are often attached to them

Spine Controllers are incredibly powerful ancient tools that pre-date the arrival of the Ancestral Vessels. They are the main pieces of machinery running the Planet. When possessed by Eyes or a Controller, they can be a weapon or manipulate the Planet Spines which in turn control the Planet's Abstract Cubes, causing the geography of the Planet to change. Spine Controllers are small versions of the Omega Controller. Both are controlled by mysterious glyphs not fully understood by any civilization on the Planet. Because of this, the One Concern's Controllers grant them limited control over them. The Concern uses Spine Controllers to destroy buildings, either to deliver Penance or clear the Ferrier Shockwood to prevent Settlers from finding out about the Tower. These possessed machines also appear twice as bosses and as common enemies in the Impact Zone.

Spine Controllers are named by a ChemiCo Chemist in the basement of The Tower. The chemist says that the Concern has stopped researching how to use them. A note in Dark Cave calls them "frames".

=Boss Fights=

Phase 1
Robin encounters a Spine Controller possessed by a Controller after falling into the remains of Blockrock House 03. It appears on one side, with the Planet Spines forming a 45 degree slope. The Controller bounces down the slope. It disappears into the spines, bursts up from the middle of area, vanishing above screen for a second, and falls where player was when it vanished. It cycles through this until its health is low. At low health, it appears at one side, briefly hesitates, and rolls to the other side.

Strategy
Learn the timing for jumping and moving to evade; spam the Stun-Gun all the while.

For the fastest way to beat this boss, spam the Stun-Gun and use a charged shot when the Spine Controller is about to dig.

Phase 2: 1 Heart
Mina encounters the second Spine Controller boss after falling into the ground when the Ferrier Shockwood House 01 is destroyed by Penance. Not only does this boss have a different moveset than the first, it must be fought as Mina, not Robin.