One Small Step

One Small Step is the thirty-eighth level in Metal Arms. After successfully boarding the haul of Dr. Exavolt's rocket as a stowaway, Glitch arrives on the Mil Space Station and must fight his away through the launch area and delve deeper into the Station.

Trivia
• The name of this level is an obvious reference to Neil Armstrong's famous quote: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." As such, this may also be the first steps a Droid has taken beyond Iron Star's atmosphere.

• This level can be bypassed very quickly from the very beginning. Once Glitch spawns into the level, he can jump up the top fin of Exavolt's shuttle and work his way around the upper levels of the hanger, and drop down to the corner of the shuttle bay (the side with the shield Titan patrolling), where he must work around the wall and platform his way past a group of Mil Snerqs. Upon jumping through the opening, the level is complete.

• This level features the last appearance of the blue Mining Laser Grunt. The Mil Mining Laser appears later on, however, but they're strung to cutscene and static models.

• Because of how the Mil Space Station is depicted, one has to wonder if the Iron Star moon is (or was) actually real. Seeing as the dish is intentionally designed to mimick a moon, it is possible that Iron doesn't have a moon at all or Exavolt figured out a way to change it without anyone's knowledge. Another moon isn't shown during the events on the Space Station. Considering the cutscene introduces Glitch to the Space Station in such a dramatic way, it seems to indicate that it wasn't an expected discovery. The aspect of Iron Star's moon is a mystery.