The Team Galactic Eterna Building (Japanese: ギンガハクタイビルGingaHakutai Building), abbreviated T.G. Eterna Bldg as a met location, is one of Team Galactic's bases of operations located in the northwest of Eterna City. As part of the plot of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the player must rescue Pokémon the villainous team has kidnapped. Before players can enter, the Forest Badge must be obtained, so that HM01 (Cut) may be used outside of battle and the trees at the front of the building can be cut down.
The Galactic Eterna Building has four floors; each contains members of Team Galactic that must be defeated to progress.
Team Galactic Eterna Building
We Want Your Pokémon!
The Galactic Eterna Building as it appears in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
The player enters the Team Galactic Eterna Building to save Rad Rickshaw's Clefairy, and other Pokémon that Team Galactic have stolen from the residents of Eterna City. It is a compulsory part of the game; defeating the henchmen and Commander Jupiter in battle will rescue Rad's Clefairy, and he will give the player a Bicycle as thanks.
The player will then be able to cycle down Route 206's Cycling Road.
In Platinum, a player with the Secret Key in their possession can unlock a hidden room containing five appliances that can change Rotom's current form. The room is located on the ground floor, to the left of the television.
It also contains a notebook with all of the details about changing Rotom's form and when it will revert automatically back to the normal form. The notebook appears to have been written by Charon.
The Team Galactic Eterna Building first appeared in its Diamond and Pearl design in Ring Around the Roserade II. While Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum were training for Platinum's Gym battle against Gardenia outside the building, the trio encountered Cynthia, who demonstrated her Spiritomb's Psychic by capturing their starters' attacks from mid-air. After the training was over and the Pokédex holder trio headed to the Eterna Gym, Cynthia was revealed to be investigating the disappearance of the local Bike Shop owner, Rad Rickshaw, who was being held captive by Team Galactic at the building. Using the attacks captured by Spiritomb, Cynthia was able to drive away the Galactic Grunts guarding Rad Rickshaw and cut his ropes, freeing him. As he left the building, he found a grain of rice on one of the Razor Leaves that had cut his ropes. Recognizing it as a brand of rice grown in Twinleaf Town, he incorrectly deduced that the Pokédex holders had been the ones who had saved him, and gave each of them a Bicycle as thanks.
In Winning Over Wingull, Pearl witnessed a couple helicopters taking off from the heliport atop of the Team Galactic Eterna Building from a distance.
Team Galactic Eterna Building's second design in Pokémon Adventures
In Unplugging Rotom (Heat, Wash, Mow, Fan, Frost), Diamond and Pearl followed the Rotom from the Old Chateau into the Team Galactic Eterna Building, which had been renovated to its Platinum design. They saw Rotom passing through a door labeled "Secret Room", which they unlocked using the Secret Key they had found at the Old Chateau, revealing a room filled with appliances for Rotom to inhabit. While they were unable to get a hit on it due to it constantly switching from appliance to another, Diamond soon befriended the Rotom when he realized it was just trying to show off its many forms. Having taken a liking to Diamond, Rotom then expressed willingness to join the two, which they happily accepted.
In the TCG
The following is a list of cards mentioning or featuring the Team Galactic Eterna Building in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Eterna Building Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.