Silk River Lane (stage)


 * This article is about the stage. For the song it was named after, see Silk River Lane.

Silk River Lane (シルクリバーレーン) is the sixth stage of Chuhou Joutai: The Middle States of War. It is part of the recruit's mission to find and destroy the SPASDOT base in Kozankyo.

Stage context
The stage begins with Driller and Kagami boarding the Victorian Princess riverboat to the tip of Ahoge Peninsula where the stronghold is generally located. After arriving, Konata tells the duo who their target of attack is, that being Lee Gyu-ri. After meeting up with her, Gyu-ri determines by the guilt on Driller's face, that they are headed into the stronghold to defeat Fred Fawkes. Gyu-ri reveals she is a North Korean who defected to Kozan to join SPASDOT, followed by her changing into her regular outfit, that being a short yukata over a chima skirt, generally worn with hanbok. After the duel with Gyu-ri, Driller and Kagami begin to enter the stronghold, but Konata goes up to the duo, wishing them good luck.

Background
This stage now takes place on the Victorian Princess as it ferries the duo to the end of Ahoge Peninsula. The boss fight takes place at the front of the SPASDOT stronghold.

Recurring enemies

 * Ember

New enemies

 * Lemonie

Opponents

 * Tatsuro Hozoshima (midboss)
 * Lee Gyu-ri (boss)

Behind the Scenes

 * The order given by Konata where Gyu-ri is their "target of attack" and asking them if they're ready is a reference to the line spoken by the narrator before each boss fight in the 1997 arcade game , which likely served as the inspiration for Chuhou Joutai ' s gameplay.
 * The joke of "escaping from Donkey Jong-il's land" is actually a portmanteau of Nintendo's  and former North Korean leader . Because Chuhou Joutai is set in 2004, Kim Jong-il was the Supreme Leader of North Korea at that time.
 * In the initial build before the game released, the game would randomly crash at the start of this stage while playing in multiplayer mode. This bug was fixed in the version 1.0.1 patch.