The Enemy Base

Location from The Battle Cats by PONOS Corporation

The opposing command center that the cats must destroy in every battle — the destruction of the Enemy Base ends the stage.

The Enemy Base is the objective of every battle in the game — destroy it, and the stage ends. It has its own health pool, its own base cannon (in many stages), and often triggers special boss spawns when damaged below certain health thresholds. Reaching it requires pushing through every enemy the stage can generate. In storytelling terms, the Enemy Base is simultaneously a tactical target and a symbol: the thing the Commander and the cats are always moving toward, whatever form it takes. Its destruction is the definition of victory. What lies beyond it — in the next stage, the next chapter — is always more enemy bases, an infinite horizon of objectives the cats will never stop charging toward.

Appearance

Variable in form depending on the campaign and stage: sometimes a crude wooden fortress, sometimes an alien crystal structure, sometimes a bizarre contraption that defies architectural logic. Always on the far right of the battlefield. Always generating enemies from its gates. Always looking somehow smug.

Also known as: Enemy Base, Dog Base, Doge Base, Alien Mothership

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