Some time after the dual wedding of X, Alia, Zero, and Iris, Gate stood before the World Reploid Science Committee to announce the culmination of his findings, a meeting organized specifically because he had sent forth his message that his research was finally completed and proven. Given that his message had been into RDNA and the nature of his 'side discoveries', the idea that it was complete had stirred a great deal of interest. And now he stood in his lab armor, waiting for silence so he could begin.
"People of Earth," he began, causing quite a stir for choosing that form of address rather than the more expected 'humans and Reploids'. "People of Earth," he repeated once silence returned, "I have called you here to see the culmination of the dreams of Dr. Light, upon whose work our society has been rebuilt. I know it is much to claim this, given that Dr. Light and most of his records have been long lost to our world, but I have studied everything he left behind, and two different sources of information that survived The End have confirmed my conclusions. Allow me first to explain the birth of Dr. Light's dreams."
A holo-display activated, showing a flat image of a red armored humanoid robot. "The first robot Dr. Light created with his long time friend and colleague, Dr. Wily, was known as LWN-000 Protoman, created to be the first artificial man. Much to the surprise of both scientists, Protoman quickly demonstrated that he was far beyond anything they expected and intended, and it gave Dr. Light an interesting thought: did a semblance of human form somehow allow the formation of a semblance of a human soul?"
The image changed, this time showing a set of eight humanoid robots. "Dr. Light and Dr. Wily had another project to work on, eight Robot Masters meant to help bring the world of his age towards a brighter, safer future. Following the idea Protoman's existence instilled in him, Dr. Light made the Robot Masters more personable, allowing their personalities to create themselves. And then even more unexpected things occurred.
"When six of the Robot Masters were used in a world takeover attempt, LWN-001 Rock, created to be a lab assistant, showed just how much a robot could catch its creator off guard, begging Dr. Light to redesign him to fight his brothers to protect humanity." Gate frowned. "I'm afraid information on the conflict itself is incomplete, some perhaps deliberately withheld. However, I do know that Dr. Light granted his creations request, upgrading him to become DLN-001...or as his world came to know him, the super fighting robot Mega Man.
"As Mega Man continued the struggle, Dr. Light saw the true depth of emotion and desires that even the robots of that age could achieve...and he found doubts in his heart. He felt it was wrong that a being with so much heart and soul be bound in default slavery by the Three Laws that bound all robots." Gate lowered his gaze. "Again, information is incomplete here. However, we do know now that this was the initial motivation behind his creation of DLN-002, the one we know as Mega Man X. A robot not bound by those laws, capable of making his own decisions from the moment of activation, of true free will...he became the basis for our world in this era.
"And yet still, Dr. Light's dream has not been fully realized. His dream was for robotic life to be equal to humans, that the organic and synthetic life of this world would embrace each other as brothers, that we would live as one people." A shocked murmur raced through the throng, along with a couple of outraged protests. "Yes, an amazing idea, one those in his era - and even some of ours - would find heretical. I looked into why, and discovered the one thing that those who are most vocal in opposing such equality bring up most often, their strongest point. That point being that because Reploids have no natural way to reproduce ourselves - that we can only be created in a factory - that we should be seen as second-class citizens at best, government or personal property at worst. After all, if we can't even meet the basic laws of life forms - the ability to reproduce ourselves - why should we be treated as living things?" Gate's voice showed his disdain at such an argument, and a great deal of fervor in the audience echoed that sentiment.
"And that was my purpose in studying the science of RDNA," Gate continued. "To unlock the full potential of the Reploid Genome, and find a way for Reploids to reproduce themselves without a factory. And I have succeeded!"
At that point, the entire gathered throng erupted in noise, as those of every viewpoint on the issue tried to voice their opinions all at once. It looked like the entire meeting would descend into anarchy, but one voice broke the sound. "SILENCE!"
General of Repliforce - a massive Reploid who was built to be as much tank as leader, his golden armor shimmering over a four story tall body - clapped his hands together over the echoes of his own shout, the titanic sound deafening all others. "Let us hear what he has to say!" he continued.
"Thank you, General," Gate continued. He then turned to the throng once more. "As I said, I have created a way for Reploids to reproduce themselves, modeled after the human reproductive system." The holo-screen shifted, showing an image representation of the system and all the pertinent scientific details. "Installed in any female Reploid, it will allow the creation of new RDNA code patterns to manufacture a new Reploid, utilizing the RDNA codes of the female Reploid and any male - Reploid or human - to craft the new code, using advanced science to analyze organic DNA to synthesize the proper finished construct code. As well, any female born from this process will have the system pre-built inside them. But of course, it's not enough to simply proclaim I can do this. A proof of concept is required."
As he spoke, the sound of footsteps approaching echoed from the tunnel behind him. "Allow me to introduce the one I dare to call my Masterpiece...and my daughter. The one I dare to dub LGN-003...Armatige."
At first glance, the figure that stepped out could easily be mistaken for human, so accurate was the simulation of biology and the fact that she wore clothes rather than armor. The blond haired, blue eyed female walked calmly out to stand beside the platform, smiling at everyone.
"Of course," Gate continued, "claiming this to be so isn't enough to prove it. So, allow me to introduce her family. Her husband Prometheus, formerly known as Protoman...and their three sons, Thomas, Albert, and Mikhail."
Prometheus stepped out of the halls to walk up beside Armatige, taking her hand in his as he handed over the tiny infant in his arms, which she promptly began to nurse since he began to make a fuss. Two small boys - the elder white haired, the younger with brown hair - walked sedately beside him, glancing around at their surroundings nervously.
"I am of course aware you won't just take my word for it," Gate continued. "As such, I have available for scientific review footage of each child's conception, gestation, and delivery, as well as records of their growth, made available for such purposes by Prometheus and Armatige." Gate's eyes narrowed as he noticed certain less-than-scientific gazes being directed towards Armatige. "I repeat, this material is available only for scientific review. I would also like to state that the specific upgrade module discussed today was gifted to Alia and Iris as their wedding presents from me...and now, all that is left is determining where and how it can be distributed to any and all other female Reploids who are interested in such an upgrade.
"And I now open the floor for questions."
With that, Gate sat back, knowing he'd just opened Pandora's Box, but certain that this time, the change it would bring to the world would be good.
I see what you did there. The children are named after the three doctors of the Classic Megaman series, and maybe a reference of Megaman ZX.
...-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLT... anyways, so this is a thing.
Hold on, I think there's a thing from South Park that perfectly explains why that's a bullshit argument. (Props to not defaulting to the Bible)
Ah, that show never gets old...
Anyone else find it ironic that a concept in Futurama that's more of an afterthought than anything else is a huge leap in innovation here? Then again, there's about a 9 centuries difference between the two, so... anyways, see you.
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As well as the reference to the Armitage series!
7525452 I would be surprised if the ZX series were canon, seeing as 'Tavi basically prevented the Zero series from happening.
I sang the theme song the moment I read 'Super fighting robot'
Freaking prejudice in the crowd because of the Reploids' desire to upgrade their status in society...
Hmm... If I recall my Grecian mythology correctly, the only thing that stayed in the box the first time was hope. So, only time will tell if Gate unleashed more horrors and death, or hope with this.
Oh you clever author you...and you make me feel so old since I remember watching the Armitage movies.
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Huh? I never heard of it.
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That's okay, the main thing to know is that Mars needed women. Women from Earth were not immigrating. Project was enacted to make gynoids capable of reproduction. Earth government found out and told Mars to stop it. Then plot happens!
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Nevermind, I checked in the link you gave me. It's about a bad*ss robot girl.
Well, they're halfway there to Reploids and Humans living as one. Female Reploids can have children with Organic Males, what about the other way around? Organic Females with Reploid Males? Seems like a potential setup for a society spurning the Organic Females. Hope that doesn't become a source of contention.
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The male children of robotic females can do that.
7525491
...I have spent YEARS trying to remember the name of that series. I owe Tatsurou a cookie for this reference.
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Can we assume that the children of a human woman and a "born" male reploid would result in a human child?
In the famous words of Johnny Test: "Whoa! Didn't see that coming!"
So how will zero or X react to protoman being alive.
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Not quite.
Or, shall we say, as human as the "born" male reploid would be if his father was human. But then again, that's the entire point of it.
So wait what was Roll's designation then? She didn't count?
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LWN-002.
All the first eight were LWNs.
Huh... Thinking about it more closely, is this a way of explaining how the world of Legends started to come about?
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Her designation in Canon is DLN-002, with Rock as DLN-001 and the six masters as 003-008. As this setting has Rock as LWN-001, with his upgrade being DLN-001, it would be implied that Roll and the Masters are using the LWN designation, with Roll being LWN-002.
Edit: Ninjaed by Tatsurou himself.
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So, hybridization effectively creating a third "Race", with no one realizing it happening until much later. Interesting. That could go any number of ways.
7525817 Two words:
Uncle Prometheus!
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Technically, the Zero~ZX series already bridged that gap, turning a spinoff series into part of the main continuity. Makes one wonder, if Capcom hadn't gotten their heads stuck up their out ports, perhaps the Trigger/Legends series could have connected to the EXE/Battle Network~Star Force series as well.
Reploid babies... how will Octavia enjoy being a big sister??? I can just see her singing to her eventual younger siblings... and having to deal with toddlers pulling at her tail and mane. Cici will also get to revise her jungle gym forms.
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*Long slow blink* Cici is an Elder God in the body of a Reploid. Her Beau is a human who has now ascended to Elder God status. If she makes a Reploid body for him and they procreate, can you even imagine what their children would look like?
7526086 s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/9e/3e/cc/9e3ecca816568e251fbf299e1da22cd9.jpg I'd say like that.
That reminds me: what happened to Axl?
7526017 No, that could never happen. BN/SF was explicitly confirmed and stated to be an alternate timeline, the major branching point being that Dr. Light/Hikari decided to study and develop network technology rather than robotics, which is what Wily stuck with.
Oh ho! i didn't expect that! For that, this story gets another bonus point!
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Heh. Also remember that there was some hullabaloo with an ancient advanced civilization that destroyed itself. If the Trigger/Legends era transitions into that civilization, then the Hikari/Wily situation would simply be history repeating itself with the... err... what was the name for the artificial "humans" from the Trigger/Legends series? The ones that were going to get wiped out with the reseeding of baseline "Humanity" in the second game? Meh. You get what I mean. The point is that if they can make the MMT/MML series part of the main timeline, there is nothing stopping all of it from being in the same timeline. The only issue I can find is Duo.EXE, and even that can be worked around.
All i can say is armitage the third
7526385 And after all this discussion, now I just want to see Tats do a Battle Network crossover... I know he was interested in doing it at one point, but could never work out a character to use with it.
7526443 How about Button Mash?
7527049 Nope, doesn't fit his criteria. The character has to fit a few things first. One is that they have to have a major speaking role in at least 1 episode. I forget what the second was, but his last criteria is simply that he enjoys their character. That last one is why he's not doing a Starlight Glimmer story, he just doesn't care for her as any more than a side or supporting character.
7527106 Point, how about Lyra and/or Bon Bon?
7527109 I suggested that to him before. He doesn't feel we got a good enough view of their characters in their one speaking episode. Honestly? I can agree with him. We really didn't see enough of them to get a good read on who they are and what their really like.
7527120 Derpy perhaps?
7527259 Already slotted for another story. As are Celestia, Sunset Shimmer, Gilda, Bic Macintosh, Sombra, Discord, and Moondancer.
The crossovers are:
Derpy in Dirty Pair Flash
Celestia in Star Trek: The Next Generation
Gilda in Portal (raised by GLaDOS!!!)
Sombra in Final Fantasy IV
Sunset Shimmer in Star Fox
Discord in The Elder Scrolls series
Moondancer in the Mother/Earthbound series (Raised by GIYGAS! Starts after Earthbound Beginnings, includes fangame Cognitive Dissonance)
And finally, Big Macintosh in DBZ Abridged!
7527281 All I'm gonna say is, if this doesn't happen I'll unfollow him.
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7526443 Button Mash?
7528035 I've had this conversation multiple times now and I'm beginning to regret posting that comment in the first place. Once again, I'd like to point out that I have never played Command Mission, and in fact the entirety of my exposure to the franchise as a whole has been the MMZ series, ZX+Advent, and the Battle Network series. Someone else already spoiled his role in Command Mission for me in an earlier comment. Sorry for venting at you, but you're the third person so far to tell me that.
7527729 I refer you to the thread of responses to my comment that will answer all your questions for you.
Oh god... The next arc is gonna be a crusade against female Reploids from Human extremists, isn't it?
Umm, I'd hate to be the critic, but unless X was also previously female (and blonde to boot), DLN-002 would be the designation for Roll, not X.
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As stated in the chapter and throughout "Wily's Wittle Wub", in this continuity the first eight robot masters were all LWNs. Even Rock didn't become DLN-001 until he was upgraded into Mega Man.
Holy crap. Given the recent effort put into reincarnating certain destroyed robots, I'm really wondering.
It's spelled "Armitage." Also, considering that it can technically be installed into any reploid, it makes "female" rather redundant to even specify anymore.
Um.. isn't Gate you know... Evil?
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No, actually, he isn't...and even when he was the primary antagonist of X6, he wasn't.
He's a scientist. Admittedly, a mad scientist, but so was Dr. Light. In canon, his work was feared, reviled, and sabotaged, and he was disgraced. This is what led him down his dark canon path. In this timeline, his work was accepted and praised, and he was allowed to continue his research to its fruition...making him one of the greatest assets to the world.
Hold on... Humans and female Reploids...
That's a can of worms waiting to happen.
7609142 it's funny that futurama never figured out how to make robots do this...or nearly as advanced in general...I havnt even seen a cyborg in the show...I mean...a delivery company has a engine on their space ship that moves SPACE rather than the ship....it's like a few smart people in a world full of....oh...right.I forget their military leader is Zaff Branigan.of course 99.99999% of species in futurama are morons.
Fun question:Futurama vs Megaman X....who would win?lol Also,bonus question. Why has no one mixed futurama with Rick and Morty?
Oh well... Twilight Rick Tagteam,everyone else loses.