Order Sector
Can you help us get it done?
The Order Sector[1] is a mysterious world within the Memverse built of its own rules.[2] It is a prototype VR simulation created by Marina and contains a colorless version of Inkopolis Square featuring the Spire of Order; Agent 8 wakes up within it during the events of Side Order.
It is inhabited by various sea creatures.
Description
The Order Sector resembles an off-white Inkopolis Square drained of color in a state of disrepair, covered in bleached coral. Various embellishments decorate this empty Square: Matrix-style code rain cascades in single lines, gray snake-shaped lines and greebled cubes suddenly appear then disappear suspended in air and white specs can be seen falling towards the ground, coating it. The sky seen in the Order Sector is coral pink, and in place of Deca Tower is the Spire of Order.
A locker from which Agent 8 can access different Palettes can be found within the Order Sector.
Cipher's Siftings can also be found in the Order Sector, where Agent 8 can purchase collectables for Prlz.[3]
The snow-like substance falling from the sky is actually ash emitted from the the Spire of Order, as the Spire functions as a factory where memory cubes are generated, decolored, and ultimately incinerated[4].
Inhabitants
Various creatures resembling jellyfish, shrimp, sea angels and other sea creatures wearing textured white clothing inhabit the Order Sector. They appear to not be interested in much[5] but are capable of building complicated, colossal structures.[1]
The inhabitants of the Order Sector bear some similarities to the denizens of the deep from Octo Expansion. Almost all inhabitants of the Order Sector wear at least one metal ring somewhere on their body.
A notable inhabitant of the Order Sector is Cipher, a lucifer prawn that runs Cipher's Siftings. It is one of few residents of the Order Sector with communication capabilities and is interested in Agent 8.[3]
Quotes
English
- Introduction:
- After determining player settings:
be with me.
your head to clear.
the right is Marina!
Marina's usually around to help with that.
what to do!
- Before saving Marina (after the above cutscene):
But how'd it get like this?
- After approaching the Spire of Order:
- After saving Marina:
magic and BAM! I'm back, bay-bee!
Orderland module that stuck you in drone form. And...
did all other stuff too.
a virtual reality that I made.
in a fake place this whole time?!
are our minds.
me and caused the whole Memverse to go haywire.
the Memverse. Their minds are all in here now.
roped into my mess.
the situation we're in.
about Order.
do whatever they're told, day in, day out.
changeless world a reality.
I thought the Memverse isn't real?
cares? The real world stays the real world, right?
"Grayscaling" to neutralize the will of everyone
that's trapped here.
Memverse... it has an effect on the real person.
That about sum it up?
start to lose their will in actual reality too.
people into the Memverse.
their wills. Life as we know it will be over!
the Memverse.
sorry it ever tried!
- Overworld dialogue after the above cutscene:
Italian
- After saving Marina:
Otto! Otto! Dimmi che stai bene!
- (Eight! Eight! Tell me you're okay!)
- Oh, per fortuna. Alga! Otto ha ripreso i sensi!
- (Oh, thank goodness. Pearl! Eight has regained their senses!)
- Otto! Grazie per avermi liberata!
- (Eight! Thanks for freeing me!)
Non ti aspettavi di vedermi in carne ed ossa? Nori ha fatto una delle sue magie e BAM! Rieccomi qui!
- (You didn't expect to see me in the flesh? Marina did some of her magic and BAM! Here I am again!)
- Mi dispiace davvero. Era colpa del mio modulo "Panico nella terra dell'Ordine" se eri bloccata in forma di drone... e se è accaduto anche tutto il resto.
- (I'm really sorry. It was my "Dramatic Days in Orderland" module's fault that you were stuck in drone form... and everything else happened too.)
- Che cosa? "Panico" dove...?
- (What? "Dramatic Days" where...?)
- Ehm, giusto. Ti faccio un riassunto.
- (Um, right. I'll give you a summary.)
- Qui siamo nel Noriverse. Si tratta di un prototipo di VR... cioè, una realtà virtuale creata da me.
- (Here we're in the Memverse. This is a prototype of VR... that is, a virtual reality created by me.)
- La tua realtà virtuale? Un momento! Vuoi dire che siamo in un mondo immaginario?!
- (Your virtual reality? Wait! You mean we're in an imaginary world?!)
- Proprio così. Le uniche cose "reali" nel Noriverse sono le nostre menti.
- (That's right. The only "real" things in the Memverse are our minds.)
- Quella specie di nebbia che abbiamo incontrato era Ordine, il programma che ha preso il controllo su di me e sull'intero Noriverse.
- (That kind of fog we encountered was Order, the program that took control of me and the entire Memverse.)
- Ha trascinato nel Noriverse chissà quante persone. Le loro menti sono tutte qui, ora.
- (He dragged who knows how many people into the Memverse. Their minds are all here now.)
Lo stesso è successo a me, immagino.
- (The same happened to me, I guess.)
- Acht... mi dispiace tanto. Non volevo coinvolgerti nei miei pasticci.
- (Acht... I'm so sorry. I didn't want to involve you in my mess.)
- Non ti preoccupare. Abbiamo problemi più grossi da risolvere. Come questa situazione, ad esempio.
- (Don't worry. We have bigger problems to solve. Like this situation, for example.)
- Hai ragione! Dobbiamo fermare Ordine.
- (You are right! We must stop Order.)
- Il suo scopo ultimo è creare un mondo di ordine senza colori.
- (Its ultimate goal is to create a world of order without colors.)
- Un luogo in cui nessuno ha volontà propria, e tutti fanno ciò che gli viene chiesto. Ogni singolo giorno.
- (A place where no one has a will of their own, and everyone does what is asked of them. Every single day.)
- Ordine sta usando il Noriverse per rendere quel mondo immutabile una realtà.
- (Order is using the Memverse to make that immutable world a reality.)
- Che problemi ha col cambiamento? Ma poi, scusa... pensavo che il Noriverse non fosse reale!
- (What problems do you have with the change? But then, sorry... I thought the Memverse wasn't real!)
- Anche se ottiene quello che vuole nel Noriverse... che ci importa? Il mondo reale resta com'è, no?
- (Even if it gets what he wants in the Memverse... what do we care? The real world remains as it is, right?)
- Ecco, in realtà... Ordine sta usando un processo chiamato "decolorazione" per neutralizzare la volontà di tutti quelli intrappolpati qui.
- (Well, actually... Order is using a process called "Grayscaling" to neutralize the will of all those trapped here.)
- Quindi, chiunque subisca la decolorazione qui nel Noriverse... patisce lo stesso effetto anche nel mondo reale. Giusto?
- (So, anyone who suffers Grayscaling here in the Memverse... suffers the same effect in the real world as well. Right?)
- Sì. Tutti quelli che subiscono la decolorazione perderanno lentamente la volontà anche nella realtà.
- (Yes. Everyone who undergoes Grayscaling will slowly lose the will even in reality.)
- E Ordine ha appena cominciato. Vuole continuare a trascinare le sue vittime nel Noriverse.
- (And Order has just begun. It wants to continue dragging his victims into the Memverse.)
- Se non lo fermiamo, tutti nel mondo perderanno la volontà. La vita non sarà più la stessa!
- (If we don't stop it, everyone in the world will lose their will. Life will never be the same again!)
- Ugh, preferivo non saperlo. Dobbiamo fermare Ordine!
- (Ugh, I'd rather not know it. We must stop Order!)
- Non so come chiedervi scusa. È tutta colpa mia...
- (I don't know how to apologize to you. It's all my fault...)
- Ma no! Avevi le tue ragioni per creare il Noriverse.
- (No! You had your reasons for creating the Memverse.)
- Quel furfante di Ordine ha sgraffignato la tua opera... ma se ne pentirà amaramente!
- (That scoundrel Order stole your work... but he will bitterly regret it!)
- Lo prenderemo a calci nei chip!
- (We'll kick him in the electronic chips!)
- Oh, Alga! Sei la migliore!
- (Oh, Pearl! You're the best!)
- Overworld dialogue after the above cutscene:
- Oplà!
- (Hup!)
Forte. Non ti preoccupare, Otto. Ci penso io a guardarti le spalle.
- (Awesome. Don't worry, Eight. I'll watch your back.)
- Apriamo le danze!
- (Let's start the dance!)
Gallery
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Agent 8 standing in the Order Sector as seen in the February 2023 Side Order teaser trailer
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Alernate angle of Agent 8 in the Order Sector as seen in the February 2023 Side Order teaser trailer
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The Order Sector as seen in the September 2023 Side Order trailer
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The Order Sector as seen in Side Order's key art (vertical)
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Pearl Drone and Agent 8 in conversation within the Order Sector
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The Spire of Order within the Order Sector
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Jellyfish-like creatures within the Order Sector
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Shrimp-like creatures within the Order Sector
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An unknown creature within the Order Sector alongside a pallet
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An amphipod-like creature within the Order Sector
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Project Memverse screen showing the Order Sector
Videos
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Agent 8 observing various Order Sector inhabitants (link to file)
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Agent 8 observing various Order Sector inhabitants (Japanese) (link to file)
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Agent 8 approaching a locker leading to a weapon equip screen in the Order Sector (link to file)
Trivia
- The completely white appearance of the Order Sector (and especially the coral scattered throughout) appears to be an intentional reference to the real-world phenomenon of coral bleaching.
- The inhabitants of the Order Sector resemble zooxanthellae, a type of single-celled organism that enter a coral host to form a mutualistic symbiosis, therefore giving the coral a colorful appearance. Coral bleaching occurs when zooxanthellae are expelled from the host coral due to stress, which may explain the appearance of the Order Sector itself.
- The Order Sector more closely resembles Inkopolis Square as it appears in Splatoon 2, with more, smaller posters on the walls of the news studio and no train station in the back.
Etymology
Order refers to Team Order, the Splatfest team led by Marina that lost the Final Fest in Splatoon 2. A sector is a designated section of a larger whole; in computer science a disk sector refers to a portion of a disk.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
秩序の街 chitsujo no machi |
City of order |
 Dutch |
Ordesector | Order sector |
 French (NOE) |
Place de l'Ordre | Order Plaza |
 German |
Sektor Ordnung | Sector Order |
 Italian |
Settore dell'Ordine | Sector of the Order |
 Russian |
Площадь Порядка Ploshchad' Poryadka |
Square of Order |
 Spanish |
Distrito del Orden | District of Order |
 Chinese (Simplified) |
秩序之城 Zhìxù zhī chéng |
City of order |
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