Laser Institute Stage

"Fortress lab infiltration!"

- Stage tagline

Laser Institute Stage (トレーニング) is Shining Firefly's stage in Mega Man X5. It is Shining Firefly's laser research lab, located near the Kuril Islands.

Description
The stage starts outside the laboratory, which resembles an old European castle. Upon entering the castle, there are falling spiked traps for a long portion of the stage. After clearing them and destroying a door, the player is transported to the second segment - a spiral staircase similar to the one found in Split Mushroom's Bio Laboratory with the Prism Guardian sub-boss at the top. After teleporting out of the staircase, there is a section with auto-defense systems that fire rolling plasma balls. Climbing through them all grants access to Shining Firefly's boss arena.

Enemies

 * Sub-boss: Prism Guardian
 * Death Press D
 * Hotarion
 * Metall T
 * Prism Generator
 * Sigma Virus

Items

 * Life Up: At the beginning of the stage, use the Gaea Armor to walk along the spikes under the bridge to find the Life Up.
 * EX Item: Early on during the falling spike traps, two wooden blocks in the ceiling can be burned with Ground Fire, dropping the EX Item.
 * Falcon Armor's Buster Program: Near the start of the area with auto-defense systems, there is a hole in the roof above one of the purple energy barriers. Jump up the wall on the right to find one of the large cannons to the left, blocking an opening. Destroy it with Crescent Shot or Mikazukizan to find the capsule.