MegaMan-MegaMan 8 - 1980-2017

MegaMan X-MegaMan X3 - 2039-2119

MegaMan X4-MegaMan X6 - 2125-2134

2039 A.D.

Zero remains buried in the rubble of Skull Fortress; Blues and Roll have long since disappeared. A major earthquake strikes New York, causing severe damage to Manhattan, Brooklyn, Westchester, Rochester, and several other cities. Dr. Light's laboratory is reduced to rubble, though X's capsule remains intact.

2047 A.D.

The thirty years required for the automated test of X's internal systems comes and goes; X remains buried and undiscovered.

2063 A.D.

The amount of pollution in Earth's atmosphere is reaching critical levels; it's becoming more and more difficult for it to support human life. Underground cities are being constructed at this point, though some larger cities on the surface are being equipped with massive atmosphere domes. Robots are still widely used for construction work and other, more dangerous tasks, but none anywhere near as advanced as Dr. Light's HRAs have been built since his death.

2071 A.D.

The United Earth Government is formed after decades of conferences, negotiations, and treaties. Given the dire condition of the planet, the vast majority of humanity is willing to accept the fact that without unity, the human race is doomed to perish. The greatest scientific minds from around the globe put their heads together in order to come up with a solution for their dying world. With national security and defense no longer a concern for any civilization on the face of the planet, weapons of large scale warfare are quickly abolished and disposed of. In the case of nuclear weaponry, what materials can't be used in power plants or atmosphere containment domes are launched harmlessly into the sun. Stockpiles of nuclear waste are slated for disposal via the same method over time.

2084 A.D.

A large percentage of Earth's population now inhabits the underground cities. Work has begun to restore the atmosphere, but it's proceeding slowly. Massive terraforming stations are being constructed at strategic locations around the world. Recycling technologies are in development that will ease the strain on Earth's dangerously-slim natural resources.

2100 A.D.

Sixteen years has seen a fairly significant improvement in Earth's condition; the surface still isn't exactly the most livable place, but at the very least humans can breathe when venturing outside unprotected. Meanwhile, at an archeological site in New York, X is finally uncovered after eighty-three years by an ameteur roboticist named Rupert Cain. Though primarilly a botanist, Cain considers himself a student of all sciences and takes it upon himself to study X's design. Upon activation, X has a very innocent, child-like personality; within six months he's matured to the level of a human teenager, doing an excellent job of proving that Dr. Light and Dr. Wily's designs were a complete success.

2104 A.D.

By this point in time X's personality has fully matured and Dr. Cain feels that he's studied the robot's circuitry well enough to use it as a template of sorts for designing his own robots. X agrees to become Dr. Cain's lab assistant and production of Cain's aptly-named 'reploids' begins mid-year. After initial testing of the first new-type HRAs is successful, a reploid factory is constructed, soon to be followed by many more.

2109 A.D.

Much to Dr. Cain's horror, a number of his reploids have begun to turn uncontrollably aggressive, and some have even started attacking people. After the deactivation and subsequent capture of one of the rogue androids, Dr. Cain sets about studying it and discovers the problem--a dormant instability in the reploid neural matrix design. When triggered, this instability causes anything from slight aggressive tendencies to full-blown insanity in reploids. Cain is unable to find what causes this instability to trigger but it's a potentially disasterous discovery, considering that hundreds upon hundreds of reploids have been created, far too many to recall and repair by this point. Cain roots the problem out of his newest reploid models, but reports of his creations going berserk continue to come to him.

2110 A.D.

In response to his wayward creations--which have been designated Mavericks--Dr. Cain reluctantly creates a series of combat androids that would become known as Maverick Hunters. The leader of these Maverick Hunters, a reploid named Sigma, is one of the most powerful robots ever created, and considered to possibly be Dr. Cain's ultimate creation. Sigma soon becomes known for his efficiency, strength, and compassion towards his fellow Maverick Hunters.

2113 A.D.

Sigma has thus far achieved a perfect operating record, and is well-liked by every non-Maverick reploid he encounters. Meanwhile, Dr. Cain has made noteworthy progress in HRA realism; they've practically become full artificial humans by this point, as not only are parts of their bodies semi-organic, but they can also experience hunger and fatigue. Like a human, the organic parts of their bodies require nourishment and rest.

2114 A.D.

A team of archaeologists begin excavation of what they presume to be a buried lab facility in the southwest United States. Unbeknownst to them, however--due to lack of official records--the facility is Dr. Wily's fortress. Within days of starting to excavate the interior of the complex, they inadvertently reactivate Zero. Her neural matrix has become unstable to the point where her first choice of action above all else is to mercilessly slaughter anyone within her reach. Several of the archaeologists escape the building and are quick to call in a team of Maverick Hunters, but they prove to be no match for the now-psychotic Zero; of the two units that are dispatched, one unit is wiped out entirely. Most members of the second unit are severely damaged, leaving only two able-bodied Hunters to stand guard outside the complex as they wait for Sigma.

Upon his arrival, Sigma orders the other Hunters to hold their positions outside and goes to face Zero by himself, unwilling to sacrifice anymore of his people. The ensuing fight is fairly even for several minutes, but once Zero gains the upper hand, Sigma is nearly destroyed. His right arm and half of his face are torn to shreds before Zero is inexplicably incapacitated; the robot merely falls to her knees screaming as a 'W' appears in the jewel adorning the front of her helmet. Sigma is quick to take advantage of this and uses what little strength he has left to deliver a final attack that leaves Zero in a state of deactivation. Once he exits the complex he orders the other Hunters to take Zero to the repair center for study by Dr. Cain; the Hunters take note of his sudden frightening change in personality, but refrain from bringing it up with him.

2115 A.D.

Sigma has contracted the computer virus meant for X, but this fact isn't discovered before he goes berserk and vanishes from Hunter HQ. Fearing the worst, Dr. Cain quickly repairs Zero and reprograms her as a Maverick Hunter. Her personality is easilly considered abrasive (though she seems to have taken a liking to X) and she relies largely on brute force to get her job done, but she quickly becomes one of the most efficient Hunters to date, possibly even more so than Sigma himself. Dr. Cain's fears eventually manifest late in the year, as Sigma has been rounding up fellow Mavericks to start a massive coup, declaring war on humankind. At this point, X decides he can't simply sit around and watch anymore, and joins the Maverick Hunters. His training is short lived, as Dr. Cain is forced to pair him up with Zero and send the two of them to thwart a direct attack on New York City by one of Sigma's lieutenants, Vava--a former Maverick Hunter. They get seperated on the way to intercept him; X arrives first, and though he makes a valiant effort to destroy Vava, he ultimately fails. Zero arrives just in time to save him from an untimely death, and after reassuring him that he's doing fine all things considered, tells him that she's going to scout ahead at Sigma's stronghold while he and the other Hunters clean up the Maverick commanders taking root in various different areas of the planet.

En route to one of his targets, X discovers a stasis capsule with a holographic simulation of Dr. Light contained within. The capsule he was found in contains no such hologram, and he's quick to establish a dialogue with his late creator. Dr. Light hesitates to tell him everything, but before X leaves he's given blueprints to a suit of armor that will 'complete' him. X calls in a recovery team to take the capsule--along with the blueprints--back to Hunter Base as he continues his mission. After eight Maverick commanders are dealt with, X makes a rendevous with Zero outside of Sigma's fortress, now equipped with the armor Dr. Light designed for him. Zero rushes on ahead, and before X can catch up she's captured and detained by Vava to use as bait. X falls for the trap and is ambushed, but before Vava can carry out the planned execution, Zero breaks loose and sacrifices herself--via overloading her power core--to weaken Vava enough for X to defeat him. X is emotionally devestated by the loss of his friend, but his rage is utilized well against Sigma, leading to the Maverick's destruction.

2116 A.D.

Sigma is thought destroyed, but his followers are still running loose. X fights to put an end to the war, quickly working his way up the ranks of the Hunters in the process. However, a group of Mavericks calling themselves the X Hunters have appeared and are making things difficult. X eventually learns the hard way that they've retrieved Zero's remains and reconstructed her (coincidentally arming her with a saber much like the one she was designed with, though its intent was to be symbolic of Sigma). Her primary programming is now the destruction of X, and she sets about hunting him down in short order. X barely survives the encounter, but manages to deactivate Zero and take her back to Dr. Cain for repair. Once she's restored however, their reunion is cut short by her--as it turns out, Sigma has also been resurrected, and she was privy to his location before X retrieved her. The two of them confront him and destroy him.

2119 A.D.

By this point, a second war has sprung up and been stopped by the Maverick Hunters, this time triggered by a reploid scientist-gone-Maverick named Dr. Doppler. Through the course of stopping him, X and Zero discover that Sigma himself has become a computer virus, and exposure to him is causing reploids to go Maverick. They manage to help Doppler regain his sanity and he designs an anti-virus program intended to destroy Sigma; though it evidently works, the Hunters remain uncertain and on edge. Mid-year, they begin to receive reports of X-series reploids going Maverick, but the reports are sketchy and none of the reploids seem to be registered.

Zero is sent to intercept one such reploid, a female with red armor, as she haphazardly attacks a busy freeway. Zero notes her suspicious declination towards directly killing people, but doesn't manage to call her on it as shortly into their fight Zero drops to her knees clutching her head in agony, a 'W' appearing in her helmet gem much like when she first fought Sigma. The red Maverick escapes, disappearing completely and leaving Zero deactivated on the highway. The Hunters later learn that the Mavericks they've been fighting are cybernetically altered humans, and their descriptions match those of recent teenaged kidnapping victims identified by the International Bureau of Investigation. Also revealed by the IBI was the purpose of the kidnappings--an overzealous group boycotting the continued existence of reploids had planned to use the 'Maverick attacks' as a ploy to further their cause. Zero inquires as to the identity of her target, but learns only that she was a girl from Germany named Kristina Levin.