Chute

A Chute was a pipe of liquid protodermis held together by a magnetic field. They were used to transport Matoran, cargo, and Rahi. They were also used by Chute Lurkers to hunt.

Occasionally the fields would fold in on themselves and form a deadly sphere that would travel through the system until it eventually imploded, killing everything caught in it. This was known as a force sphere.

There were two methods to boarding a chute. The recommended way was a chute station. These stations were located all over Metru Nui. Here the chute flow would slow down enough to where boarding is safe.

The other method "Chute Jumping" is illegal although it was still done by some of the more daring Matoran. Chute Jumping involved leaping onto a chute during the split seconds that the magnetic energy wavers, so that you passed right through the outer layer of force and into the chute itself. There are two reasons why this is risky: First, if the jump is not timed right, the jumper can smack into the outer layer hard and possibly fall off the Chute and plunge to the ground. Second, there are chances you'll get hit by cargo.

The Le-Matoran who ran the system feared that reversing the flow could cause the entire city wide system to destabilise. Nidhiki once forced Kongu to do just that but it had little, if any, negative effects on the system.