History / Showa Universe
Untold millennia ago, the Ultras were like regular humans. One day, the Sun that gave light to their world died. The people of the Land of Light, using their wisdom and technological mastery, managed to create an artificial substitute for their sun, that currently illuminates the entire Planet Ultra. However, it had an unforeseen secondary effect: the light of the plasma sun and its close proximity to the people of Planet Ultra, changed the people as they gained an unknown power.
Description
- User(s) : The human ancestors of the Ultras, People of the Land of Light
- Nature : Artificial Sun
- Powers : Turn certain humanoids into Ultras. Light the Land of Light
- First Appearance : Ultra Galaxy Legend : Mega Monster Battle
- Status : Active
The Plasma Spark however doesn't only function in the Land of Light, it can also work in any other places. The artificial sun 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 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 Twin Zero Sword to defeat Belial.
Story 0 Manga
In the Ultraman Story 0 Manga the Plasma Spark is known as the Plasma 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, infact Ultraman 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 an material that was unknown to the Plasma Sun's creators.
Upon activation the rays of the Plasma Sun, which were meant to be clean, 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, this called for the creation of a small coalition of Ultras to go out and search the cosmos, to access the alterations caused by the Plasma Sun and fight them if necassary eventually creating the Space Garrison. Besides the name there are other differences between the Plasma Spark and the Plasma Sun.
- Form : The Plasma Spark appears to be a torch like object of intense light. The Plasma Sun was a sphere 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 apx 260,000 years before the first Ultraman Series, before all known Showa Ultas (Save 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
