When you're ready to fight a friend, you assemble a warrior and program a "battle sequence."
A limited amount of voice acting was added only for the battle sequences.
At one point, the script had a battle sequence with 10,000 soldiers, which was "not what the book is about".
The battle sequence at the school is shorter in the Taiwanese version.
The battle sequences will be much shorter on stage, for example.
The battle sequence is based upon the commands entered in the strategy menu.
However, the original film did not feature any battle sequences.
Moore called the battle sequence "remarkable", even though the series had already included several space battles.
This helped give the illusion of realism to the battle sequences.
The bulk of the visual effects work was in the battle sequence.