Mega Man X

Mega Man X (or simply X) is the main protagonist of the Mega Man X Chronicles and the Mega Man X video game series, and Dr. Thomas Light's greatest creation. X is a B-Class Maverick Hunter who fought alongside his partners Zero and the X-Hunters in order to maintain peace and stability in the world and protect humans and Reploids alike from Maverick attacks. X was the first robot to possess free will, sentience, and independent thought; no longer requiring restrictive programming or rules to dictate his behavior; based on technology pioneered by Dr. Light. Dr. Cain, the scientist who found him, was never able to fully analyze X's internal systems and system code. Despite this, Cain was able to replicate X's general architecture, making X the precursor to each and every Reploid brought into production.

Appearance
X looks like a fifteen-year-old teenager. Without upgrades, his armor is predominantly blue and cyan, but the armor also gets white and golden after receiving upgrades from Dr. Light. His upper torso is covered by a segmented chest plate with shoulder pads. His helmet has cyan ridges atop it and above the visor, and a red lens sits on his forehead. The ears of his helmet and barrel of his buster are black around the edges with red lenses within.

Personality
X was designed by Dr. Light to be a robot who could think and make his own decisions without programming limitations. Unlike the many Reploids based on his design, X is unique in that his consciousness was tested by diagnostics for over 30 years before he was released into the world. This gave him a reinforced sense of justice and mercy, and ensured that he would never think of willingly harming a human or going Maverick, despite having the unlimited choice to. Apparently he can, however, pretend to go Maverick, most likely to trick foes that he considers far too dangerous.

True to his destiny, X is a hot-blooded, committed, and strong-willed robot who has little tolerance for injustice. Though X fights with all his might against Sigma and his Mavericks, he is a pacifist at heart, possibly echoing the wishes of Dr. Light. X would like nothing more than for as few beings (humans or Reploids) to die as possible, and for humans and Reploids to coexist peacefully next to each other, like his creator had always wished. He cares deeply for the victims of the war and for his friends who've fought so long with him, especially Zero, whom he regards as his best friend. X is easily frustrated when things go awry. In regards of Mavericks, he sees them all as Dr. Wily's victims, and is willing to give them a second chance once defeated, since most of them become repentant.

Pre-Rise of Sigma
X's creation by the hands of Thomas Light took place during the latter's late days. Unlike most robots of his time, X was created with a unique system akin to that of a conscience, that allowed him to think, feel and act completely on his own, and highly advanced technology that far surpassed anything of the current day. The purpose of X's construction and birth was in the sake of Light's dream, of one day giving robots the ability and freedom grow in the exact fashion of all living beings.

However, Light was not without foresight and fears for his ultimate project. Though X was now akin to that of a living, sentient being with their own free will, but with a physique of a strong and powerful machine, Light feared he could grow instead to be a potential threat to the world. In addition to X's immaturity stemming from his inexperience that could lead to misunderstanding or even catastrophe in a world unprepared for his existence, Light was nearing the end of his life with no successor to continue his work, concerned with how the people of the future would ever properly receive X, and that X faced an unknown future filled with such possible dangers and hardships that Light would not be able to console and guide him through it.

To test the reliability of his learning and morality, Light prepared a stasis capsule that would perform system tests on X's circuits and AI to prove his maturity, that would take approximately 30 years to complete. With nothing but his love and compassion long put into his work throughout his life, left to be carried on by future generations, Light addressed his final words, of his hopes, wishes, fears, and dreams, for X to bring peace, and to fight for the people of the future. On September 18, 20XX, readying all last preparations, Mega Man X was sealed away.

The sleeping robot eventually passed all tests the capsule had prepared for him and he was found in the year 21XX (100 years after X was sealed by Dr. Light) by scientist Dr. Cain. Cain, not being an expert in robotics, was baffled by the design specifications Light had included on the computer as even a century later they were ahead of anything the world had ever seen. From these specifications and with the help of X, Cain began developing his own version of next-generation robots, which came to be known as Reploids. However, the Reploids never received the same ethical testing as X. Possibly because of this oversight, malfunctions, short circuits, and other possible causes, over time more and more Reploids began to act strange and, eventually, become violent against humans and even other Reploids. These Reploids were deemed "Maverick", and as incidents of Reploids going Maverick increased, the human government decided to found a department which was tasked with dealing with these new Mavericks, known as the Maverick Hunters.

Rise of Sigma
There is a theory that the Mega Man X game series is a possible future to the classic Mega Man series. While it is unlikely that the events that led to X's creation and awakening, the creation of the Reploids and Sigma going Maverick have an alternative, it is likely that depending on X's actions, the events of the game series can be changed. The Mega Man X Chronicles are a possible outcome, most likely to the Archie variant of the classic Mega Man series.

The X Chronicles start with X finding a woman named Jessica in agony because of the Mavericks. Jessica then dies in X's hands, traumatizing X. X then starts dealing with Maverick activity along the Central Highway, part of Arcadia City. As he goes about fighting off hordes of Mechaniloids, he meets Vile, who has apparently gone Maverick, and confronts X in his special Ride Armor.

X battles Vile, but ultimately is defeated, and taken captive. X is saved by Zero, who blasts the Ride Armor's arm off with a single charged shot. After Vile retreats, Zero starts scolding X for going head-on in a battle. X tells Zero that he's serious about fighting to ensure no more lives are lost, prompting Zero into telling him that he still has much potential to be unlocked.

X then faces the eight 'leaders' of Sigma's Maverick armies. One by one, he battles them, defeats them, and obtains their special weapons and personality drives. The order of the Mavericks' defeats is as follows: Storm Eagle, Flame Mammoth, Chill Penguin, Spark Mandrill, Armored Armadillo, Launch Octopus, Boomer Kuwanger and Sting Chameleon. After defeating the first four of them, Flame Mammoth comes with the idea of them coming back undercover in order to destroy the cause of Reploids going Maverick: a virus. The ex-Mavericks then became the X-Hunters.

Notably, while confronting Chill Penguin, X saved Alia's life, starting a relationship between the two. Also, before facing Spark Mandrill, X collected some upgrades left behind by Dr. Light, X looking for an upgrade located at the Snow Mountain zone before going after Storm Eagle, and a body armor upgrade being located in the Forest zone. Furthermore, X saved a Navigator named Dex from Boomer Kuwanger.

Once all the eight Mavericks are defeated, Sigma attacks. While most hunters attacked the castle, X and Zero infiltrate the castle. Shortly afterwards, X reaches a small hallway where he sees that Vile has successfully defeated Zero, and must battle the war-machine once more to rescue him. At first, he is once again overwhelmed by Vile's powerful Ride Armor, but it is at this point where Zero gets his second wind, leaps on the machine from behind, and destroys the ride armor in a desperate attack. This utterly destroys the Ride Armor, although leaving Vile unharmed. However, seeing Zero dying, after Jessica dying in his hands, Flame Mammoth torturing Reploids in the Factory zone, Mammoth dying in agony and Alia nearly dying because of Chill Penguin causes X to snap and completely kill Vile. With much regret, X marches onward to fight Sigma, being faced by clones of the eight bosses and defeating each one of them.

X finally reaches the boss chamber where Sigma resides. They have a brief exchange, and Sigma congratulates him for "making it this far", but then comments that he will put X to a little test before engaging the Hunter himself. X is then forced to fight Sigma's dog, Velguarder. After destroying the guard dog, Sigma throws off his cloak and fights X head-on with his beam saber. X eventually defeats Sigma, but as his body exploded, Sigma's head attaches itself to a much larger body, which lights up and reveals a menacing wolf themed battle-body that attacks X, nearly taking up the entire room. X fights Sigma and defeats him again, causing the fortress to collapse. X manages to get out in time, with Sigma's personality chip.

Later, X becomes a full-time B-Class Maverick Hunter. However, he has a weight on his shoulders, in the form of Alia not knowing about the X-Hunters. As the leader of the X-Hunters, X thought at the time it would be better for Alia to not know the truth.

Lazarus Zero
Picking up where Rise of Sigma left off, the Hunters have tracked down the remaining Mavericks. The Counter Hunters (referred to as "Viral X-Hunters"), a group of remaining followers of Sigma (including none other than Dr. Wily) who wish to defeat the Maverick Hunters by also rebuilding Zero as a Maverick, further using him as bait to lure X to his destruction. X destroys the Counter Hunters and gathers Zero's parts.

While at it, X also faced several Mavericks, who joined the X-Hunters after being defeated, in the following order: Wire Sponge (Tripwire), Wheel Gator (Spikesaw), Overdrive Ostrich (Turbo), Bubble Crab (Snapvice), Flame Stag (Pyrostrike), Morph Moth (Blast Squirrel), Magna Centipede (Mapteron) and Crystal Snail (Warp Turtle). Alia, however, tried to face Flame Stag by herself, and was badly injured, making Alia's knowledge (actually, lack thereof) get on a personal level to X. After Alia learns the truth, she joins the X-Hunters.

Via Sigma (now Signas), X knows that the virus (now having taken Sigma's persona) was still around even after Sigma's original defeat, and is behind all this. Dr. Cain says he still has Zero's "Control Chip" and can rebuild him, but it will take some time. Before reaching Sigma's lair, X is confronted by a Zero clone. The real Zero arrives in time and destroys the fake with a powerful combination attack. X then proceeds to defeat Sigma while Zero destroys the Central Computer base.

The fact that Reploids were going Maverick was caused by a virus was spread across the world, causing panic across humanity. Scientists then tried creating an anti-virus.

Doppler Effect
There has been a period of peace after a Reploid scientist named Dr. Doppler created a supposed cure for the Maverick Virus. This cure turns out to be an ineffectual placebo, however, and the Maverick Hunters find themselves overwhelmed with a massive Maverick uprising. X, Zero, the X-Hunters and the newly-built Colonel enter the fray, and Zero and Colonel discover that the virus and Sigma are one and the same, explaining why Sigma keeps coming back. X defeats the Mavericks (who refused returning undercover due to humanity now knowing about the virus), successfully turns a clone of Neon Tiger on his side (clone who would become Slash Beast) and destroys Sigma's new battle body (built by Doppler, who had been infected with the virus). After the situation has been resolved and Doppler was freed from the infection, Doppler quitted researching for a cure for the Maverick Virus, joining a local medical practice, but X was demoted to Navigator duty and, in the panic, humans created the Repliforce, which had many recruits among the Maverick Hunters, including Colonel and Slash Beast.

Rise of Repliforce
Since Repliforce members were retrofitted with a deadly antivirus which allowed humanity to destroy Reploids with the press of a button, X promises the Repliforce's General to give his soldiers safety (keeping his identity secret to General). When General agreed, X sabotaged the antivirus. However, Sigma had himself a meeting with General after X sabotaged the antivirus, causing General to realize that Repliforce has an enemy that they don't know much about.

When Sky Lagoon starts falling, X, knowing that its destruction would cause millions of deaths, goes and uses himself to keep the city afloat for long enough so the X-Hunters could evacuate both Sky Lagoon and the area where Sky Lagoon was going to crash. However, Repliforce was accused by humanity for the incident and branded as Mavericks. X, realizing that, thanks to him sabotaging the antivirus, humanity would use the Maverick Hunters to dispose of Repliforce, convinced the Arcadia Council to put him back on active duty. When he returned on active duty, he ensured no one from the Repliforce was killed.

However, X also had suspicions that Arcadia's Council was trying to make the job of saving Repliforce from themselves harder using a mole named Double. To ensure Double wasn't in his way, he ordered Double to stay away from any weapons. After an incident in which Cadis was nearly killed, X gave Double a transmitter, ordering Double to keep it with him at all times.

X did a better job with Repliforce than the first three Maverick uprisings, as all Repliforce commanders were captured alive, and not killed. However, we still have to see if he can do the same to Colonel and save Iris for Zero...

Specifications
X's specifications.

Height: 160 cm (5 ft. 3 in.)

Weight: 57 kg (125.7 lbs)


 * "(He’s lighter than Rockman due to scientific progress)"

A.I. age: 14–15 years old (To Note: Only at the time of his awakening. X matures as time passes, like all Reploids.)


 * "In humans terms, he’s about 14-15 years old."

Armor part:


 * Interior Skeleton: Reactive Super-flexible Armored Skeleton which reduces 93 percent of damage.
 * Body Skin: Lightweight "Titanium-X" alloy.
 * "It’s very light and it’s a metal resistant against heat and shots; the strongest metal in the world."

Head part:


 * Broad-range Eye Camera: X's optical input device. His "eyes." "Broad-range" may imply being able to see spectrum of light beyond human eyes.
 * "He can see way more things than a normal human would be able to."
 * Ears X's ears are his auditory input device, which are able to hear things the average human cannot.
 * "He can hear ultrasonic sounds which normal people cannot hear."
 * Ultra-sensitive Voice Recognition System: X's voice recognition system. "Ultra-Sensitive" may refer to acute voice recognition in low volume/clarity situations.
 * Voice Generation Device: Made by HAYATOM Inc. X's voice is synthesized from this system.

Body part:


 * Accumulative Energy Generation Device: Stores solar energy. This primary power supply generates both the necessary energy to fuel all of X's systems.
 * Ultra-Compact Fuel Tank: A large quantity of (Micro-Fusion) fuel is stored in an ultra-compact tank, in order for X to be active when in dark places where renewing solar energy is impossible- such as underground or underwater. This becomes his power source if his accumulated solar energy runs out.
 * Central Joint Controlling System: X's motor control system for his whole body.
 * "X’s secondary brain that accurately controls all of his movements."

Arms part:


 * X-Buster (Mega Buster Mark 17): X's main weapon. Converts solar energy into a high powered burst. When not in use, the X-buster reverts to the default arm/hand configuration.
 * "X’s strongest weapon. Turns solar energy into a high output beam and shoots it out." (The X-Buster is "X's strongest weapon" only in his default form since it is also his only weapon to start with. The X-Buster also does not fire a beam, as that would imply a continuous stream of energy. Instead it fires separated bursts of energy, like the solar bullets the original Mega Man used.)
 * Energy Amplification Device: Amplifies stored energy to release a more powerful charge shot.
 * Variable Weapon System: Can use weapons or systems copied from other robots or Reploids through some unknown process. In some media, this is shown to be X either copying a Reploid's DNA data or taking a chip from their remains.
 * "By adding in the special weapon chips taken from the bosses, he can use a wide variety of weapons."
 * Either one of X's arms may take on the form of an X-Buster. With upgrades, X can even use two X-Busters simultaneously for double charged shots.
 * In the Day of Sigma OVA continuity, his arms can be detached at will, as demonstrated by X late into the film.

Legs part:


 * Full Auto Balancer (Gyroscopic Stabilization System): Assists X with balance, stability, and presumably allows him to perform amazing feats of agility as seen during gameplay.
 * "He can land properly from any state he’s in."
 * Emergency Acceleration System: Accelerate in a blink of an eye, can dash with a sudden burst of speed. Originally an upgrade available through an armor piece, X seems to have internalized this upgrade to be used at any time.
 * "Accelerates in the blink of an eye, and allows him to run at amazing speeds." (It should be noted that X does not run when using this system, but lowers himself into a dashing position.)

Powers and abilities
Being a robot, X possesses strength, speed, endurance and other abilities well above the normal human capacity, although his physical limits are never revealed in the games. He can performs various specially defaulted actions like Dash, Wall Kick and Air Dash. He also has upgrades in which completed set are armors. The true scope of X's abilities are constantly under speculation by many of the characters in the series. X seems to constantly change and evolve. In many instances he seems to draw on some unknown power within himself. Both Dr. Cain who examined X as well as Sigma who is obsessed with X and Zero's capabilities don't understand a large portion of how both Hunters' internal systems work. What is known is that these hidden abilities make X immune to the Maverick Virus and let him match any opponent. It is also likely that the armor that Dr. Light left him may be tools that allow X to slightly tap into his "limitless potential". It can then be assumed that X's true power is capable of release only on his standard frame.


 * X-Buster: An upgrade of the Mega Buster. The X-Buster can fire powerful bullets, and it can focus energy to fire a Charge Shot that causes more damage.


 * Variable Weapon System: Like the original Mega Man before him, X has the ability to obtain and use Special Weapons from powerful Reploids that he has defeated. These weapons come in many varieties, often providing additional mobility as well as offense. Each Maverick is weak to a different Maverick's weapon, in a rock-paper-scrissors-like manner with a cycle of eight (since X has to face eight Mavericks at a time before fighting Sigma).


 * Upgrades: X can take on various upgrades like Armor Parts, which significantly increase his power/mobility. Certain armors even come equipped with special, high powered attacks such as the Giga Crush, Giga Attack, and Nova Strike. Some armors, like his third armor, can be augmented with chips.

Trivia

 * Although X and Zero aren't technically Reploids (as the term was possibly coined several years after their creation), they are known as such because the term Reploid is used as a blanket-term all robots with human-like artificial intelligence.
 * X and Alia have feelings for each other. Furthermore, Alia can be considered to be X's personal Navigator.
 * Similarly, Zero and Iris have feelings for each other, and Iris can be considered to be Zero's personal Navigator.
 * Furthermore, X even played matchmaker with Zero and Iris at the end of Doppler Effect. One can consider X to be Zero and Iris' guardian angel.
 * A large part of the game series' fanbase also likes seeing Zero and Iris together. Currently, they're hoping that, since X managed to spare the lives of Repliforce's commanders, X can also manage to prevent Iris' death.
 * Since, in X Chronicles, X brought back from the dead the Mavericks that he killed and spared the lives of Repliforce's commanders, X Chronicles can be a possible future to Archie Mega Man.
 * According to Dr. Cain, X is in control of the Maverick Hunters, similarly to how the virus is in control of the Mavericks.
 * A woman named Jessica died in X's arms, traumatizing X. A similar trauma was suffered in the games by Zero, as, in Mega Man X4, Iris died in Zero's hands.
 * Zero, however, took it worse, as he had feelings for Iris.