The Doom Laser was originally a large telescope in an observatory left in the ruins of New Megaopolis, but it was converted into a laser capable of destroying the Knothole Freedom Fighters's force field, the camp inside it, and half of the Eggdome by Eggman. Shadow the Hedgehog and Rouge the Bat were assigned by Chief Commander Abraham Tower to disable the laser. In order to do so, they acquired the assistance of Sonic the Hedgehog who was sleeping outside the Eggdome with the Freedom Fighters and Chaotix for their final battle with Eggman. The trio crashed into the observatory and Sonic and Shadow distracted the laser security system while Rouge tried to hack into the laser just as it was moving into position, but she accidentally activated a self-destruct on the control console, forcing