∑, Sigma.

Sigma has been the more fascinating Villain the franchise has offered yet. His technical aspects and his 'reasons' are something not fully developed upon during game story. So I'd like to do a Sigma character Recap.



Sigma was Cain's most advanced Reploid to date. The only Reploid with such complex circuitry (suggests he took a different approach with the Suffering Circuit and instead compensated with added programs and circuits to attain a similar effect). Afterward, he went on to become the Maverick Hunter Leader.



With what we know, Sigma had a fight with Zero, the Red Maverick. And after getting ruined, he was able to win by a KO blow to Zero's Forehead Crystal. Thus marking the initial sequence of his infection.

This harmed his pride as a General, and altered his perspective.

Later, we know he orchestrated the events of "The Day of ∑".

Damaging large scales of the City, and even launching Missiles into it, to mark his Insurrection. Several months had passed since the Red Maverick Incident, and the Day of ∑. Enough time for the Virus to manifest within Sigma, and hie revelation to become clear for his purpose.

Later, X forced to confront Sigma, after his turn or perspective, his rebellion to Humanity.



X1, marks the death of the Reploid, the Hunter Sigma. The original reploid infected by the Virus. His personality was absorbed into the Virus, allowing it to masquerade as Sigma from then on.



X2, the Sigma Virus is assisted by the Reploid known as Serges. Who is the first of the Wily Reploid Bodies known of (not technically specified, but strongly implied). With the communication of the Virus being part of Wily's consciousness, this would further imply that Sigma and Serges had some form of communication, and thus Serges was the one responsible for constructing Sigma's X2 Body.

Upon the destruction of this Body, the Virus freshly concentrate, further took on Sigma's appearance and began to fight with X. The Virus working off of the Network, ahd yet powerful enough to manifest material together to trigger physical phenomena. This was also effected by Physical attacks, which led to the destruction of that first manifestation of the Virus. X2 was the first development of Sigma's insight to Zero's Past/history, and his true form of a Virus. Of course, being stated at the end of X1.

X3, the Doppler War. After the death of Serges, the Virus was drawn to Doppler, who was the one responsible for founding Doppler City, and for developing an Anti-Virus. Placebo of course. And the Virus manipulated Doppler to build two new bodies for Sigma. By the conclusion, Doppler was encountered, and freed from the Virus control yet still infected. Doppler recoded the placebo Anti-Virus into an acting agent, and this was used as Doppler sacrificed himself willingly to the freed Sigma Virus strand. Doppler dies, and that variant of the Virus is deleted.



Some time has passed since the Doppler incident before the Repliforce Cue. THe Virus having infected a Replifirce agent, and leading to yet another body. Of Repliforce Design. This also was met with his conversation with the General, and forcing the Cue directly. That sparked a conflict that he knew X would get involved with. And thus his Lust for X's destruction was further initiated. This ended with the Final Weapon, Sigma's final Body. being that of Repliforce Orbital Weapon. The destruction of the Weapon sprang the Virus into sub-space. Stagnant.

Taking a second approach to the Final Weapon destruction, with the Virus inhabiting the entire Station, it is possible that the Virus was also within the Shuttle X/Zero used to return to Earth, and thus the Virus consciousness has returned to the Rampant Virus to recover strength.



X5 takes an assault type turn when Sigma masquerading consciousness encounters the full Wily consciousness of the Virus. Leading to an unknown Wily Reploid Body (or possibly Isoc) building the Sigma Head and the Sigma bodies. At this point, Sigma took the initiative, and attacked the hunters directly. After mass concentrate Virus was together, he attacked, unleashed a Strand on Eurasia to cultivate and hired Dynamo for further distraction.

The Colony Crashes, that Virus code mixes with the Virus concentrate on Earth, and forms the Zero Virus. The one closest to what Zero initially had before it was carried to Sigma during their initial conflict.

This ruined much of the Earth, and ultimately destroyed X and Zero.

With that Potency of the Virus, it was capable of manifesting materially, and causing radioactive damage to Biological Components, and damage to Technological Components. This was the most aggressive variant of the Virus.

And led to the destruction of the Sigma Virus Core that was responsible for destroying the Hunters. Thus, the Virus was dead. After spreading and losing such strength, it was ultimately lost after the destruction of the Core.



X6, Gate. The only other un-analyzable Reploid finds Zero's DNA. After study, the DNA signature leads him to the Zero Virus, and ultimately to the Sigma Virus. This en-captivated him and forced his lust. He located remnants of the Virus strand and resurrected the Sigma Virus. As well as design the Nightmare Virus. Which in a sense, behaves like the Sigma Virus, just without a consciousness. A Rampant version to say. Gate infused his Zero based Encoding into himself to alter his DNA into a fighting form. Hence his similarity to Zero. But being the one who resurrected Sigma Virus, the Virus was mostly instinct. Being half conscious, the Virus attacked the recognized enemy as instinct. Only to be defeated. But the body lsted long enough to spread the Virus and cause the 2nd Sigma Virus Outbreak.



X7, Red Alert. Axl. This is sketchy currently. But continuing on...

X8, the re-concentrate Virus, also being specific to Copy Chips. This was the Original Sigma Code that was part of the Chip. But with the image used for the Copy, the Original Data was damaged due to the infection. And a Patch was applied to that data in order to make it usable to Reploids. This was also something the Virus could respond to. Of course, the New Gens were immune, till they had that degree of Sigma within them, which made them lust for the same desires that Sigma did while alive; his revelation.

Later to be shown, the Virus was of course alive, and yet present on the Moon as to initiate his insurrection to leave Earth and live on with others that feel the same. The Reploid 'Golden Age'.

This strand was defeated, and upon the defeat of the initial form (mostly composite of the Virus Core and body remains to grant effect of Material Manipulation.) was backstabbed by Lumine, and was absorbed into Lumine's body. Lumine stepped onto Sigma's remains, and was granted a Power Boost, which led to the Seraphium Form. This very well could have been the secondary form of the Sigma Virus if it hadn't been backstabbed. But thus led to Lumine's lust and ultimate destruction.

This triggers 3 possibilities:

1: The Virus was left on the Moon, stagnant.

2: The Virus was reformed and part of the Gel that sprang from Lumine's body and impacted Axl (Forehead Crystal, the same as Zero to Sigma several years earlier), and thus the Virus lives on in Axl. Awaiting the next opportunity of Action.

3: The Virus would have been able to connect with Lifts between the Moon and the Jakob Project Orbital Elevator Control Shaft. Or would have been able to infect neighboring Satellites. And thus would have the option to Project itself into anything able to receive information from Satellites.

Forcing the hunters to act in an alternative way.



Either way, this triggers the Elpiz Project; Mother Elf.

Zero going into Sealment, and researchers able to study his body, Virus qualities and such. leading them to the Virus foundation. Enough to led them to the Sigma Virus, which they used within the Project. Mother Elf is based of off the Sigma Virus, and in a sense is the Ultimate Rendition of the Virus. Purposed for assisting ability.



Come in Weil, who was a Reploid Scientist who learned of the Mother Elf, studied her and was able to interact with the Virus coding, which he later was able to 'Curse', or simply put, he restrained the curative ability of the Elfn in order to unleash the Virus ability's.



With that Said, Sigma has had a major impact of the Direction of the Reploid Age History. His involvement indirectly triggered the advancement of Reploids and led the World into the Darkest Technological Age it ever saw.

X and Light Armor Capsules.

With the lack of info regarding X and Light Armor Capsules, I'd like to introduce another plausible theory: that the Armor having always been contained within X. Merely needing unlocked.

With that said, I shall start the Theory.

During X's design and completion, Light had a revelation: that his life is coming to it's end, and his plans for X haven't been completed yet. Once X was fully constructed, Light built a Capsule in order to maintain and finish X's mind. For his realization. Now, according to the Day of Sigma OVA, Light and X have conversed, this applies with the theory. Light was able to finish X's mind to a degree, but was unable to complete it. This is where the initial Capsule comes from.

However, the Capsule and Light had another plan in motion. A means to control X's power development. Since Light feared what X could become had he opted to become destructive.

So Light had encrypted data within X. To limit his power. This is the foundation of X's potential. Light having encrypted X with data locks in order to maintain X at a level of stability. But after his realization, and becoming a Hunter, he has faced enemies that need more power to defeat. To keep true to his promise to Light: Fighting for Justice. And when these times happen, X can stumble across a Capsule from Light. Be it the very same or different Capsules, I won't evaluate.

But upon locating these Capsules, X is reminded of Light. His promise and the 'gift' granted by Light for X to enforce. This is Light's link to X's data pool. Once X has established a connection with the Capsule, the data transfer unlocks a certain degree of ability within specific areas of X's body. This enhances his ability, and increases his potential.

However, the data unlocking is not permanent. The data seems to only be fully manifest within a temporary Memory drive within X. Which is why he doesn't keep his Armor intact. Some abilities remain, as in X's Dash function. It remains, because X has a constant use for it. his buster changes the first few interactions as well. Since he is always fighting. So such abilities remain due to constant use. This may be reasonable to interpreting them being ported to X's main memory.

Boss DNA based weapons fall under the temporary Memory as well.

After the Armor retracts back within X, the threat has been subsided. And the Capsule(s) hide once again for the next time needed.

X5 and X6 are different cases for the Memory. Since Alia copies the data for the Armor and reworks the code to have it remain longer. Which is why X keeps the Fourth (Force) and Falcon Armors. That is thanks to Alia.

And as for the Program Data used in X5 and X6. For Virus Security Protocol, the Armor data is obtained from X. Reworked into a recognizable coded program and is reinstalled into X. So Alia can assemble the Coded program and cause the Armor to manifest. But the Armor will always retract. Since X only needs it when forced by an enemy.

So, in short, X has the armor. Light Capsules is key to get to the Armor. The Armor isn't permanent and varies due to nature and severity of the conflict.

Mother Elf Birth?

This is a speculation revolving around Axl, the Prototype, His injury from Lumine. And his absence in the Zero series. So remember that when reading.

Cataloging the events in X8. The 'Final Battle' on the Moon. Sigma was the first main opponent And upon defeat, was in a sense cast aside for Lumine. Who ended up 'Crushing' some remnant of Sigma's body. And immediately afterward, was 'powered' with something. This could have been his body absorbing the Virus and increasing his power output. Also explaining his 'transformation'.

This being the prime source of the speculation. After defeat, Lumine's body shatters, and a 'Gel' type substance strikes Axl in his forehead crystal. Immediately Zero cuts the gel. Now this could have been a final attempt for Lumine to forge himself within Axl. But with the cut from Zero, that transfer was halted. Only a small amount of something was within Axl's forehead. And taking into account the flashback within X4, how Sigma defeated Zero with this same move, was the instance of Sigma being infected.

Now, at this part there can be 2 speculations. With Lumine's defeat (had he absorbed Sigma's Virus) that gel could have had a small amount of Virus. And with it being incomplete could reforge using Axl's Prototype based DNA. Or, after that desperation attack, rendering Axl unconsciousness, any floating Sigma Virus sentience would have the means to enter within Axl's body. So either way, Axl would have something to do with Sigma from then on.

After these events, we know that Axl is fine in regards to him in Command Mission. But after that, the Force Metal Incident.

There would be small traces of Sigma Virus on Earth, since it is not all gone at this point. It is just minimal thanks to the Copy Chip, and the New Generations. But the Virus would still be rampant regardless.

After those events, the timeline takes us to Zero's sealing. This being the process to research his body, research the Virus in him, and th 'Purge' it.
Remembering MegaMan X5. The Sigma Virus, the Colony Virus and the Zero Virus... They all tie to Sigma. So with the research on Zero, would ultimately lead them to Sigma Virus. However, with regards to Axl, with the 2 possibilities that happen to him, he would be the updated carrier of the Virus. The New Gen Virus you could say. Which would have led to some conflict between Axl and X (remembering Zero 1's X statement: "Having fought this war for nearly a hundred years alone").

Taking that into account, something happened between them. Which would have led to Axl being killed, or rendered unconscious again for study. Either way, his body would be in another sentience control. And during that research, the ties of Virus and everything, they would have enough info to create the True Anti-Sigma-Virus program. Project Elpis. Or Mother Elf.

With Axl dead or alive, his body is condemned to research. And being a Prototype, his DNA base would already be slightly different. And after conversations (taking him being alive approach), he could have chosen to be the Anti-Virus carrier Per se. Once the Program was completed, they would remove Axl's DNA Soul from his body, maintaining his consciousness. Just encrypting him with the Anti-Virus program. This would result in a DNA base change which would remake up His persona. The change forged Mother Elf. The True Ant-Sigma-Virus.

Had he been dead, they could have either used his body to 'contact' or lure his DNA soul back around his body for the process to work. Or, if he was dead, and something took over his body, then that would have led to them using the Anti-Virus on his body. Which would have destroyed that Virus, and forged with his DNA remnant data to create Mother Elf. Just got to remember, that Axl's Copy Chip was also a Prototype. It didn't contain Sigma DNA. So this could mean that the lack of Sigma DNA may have either a defensive purpose against the Virus. Or the lack of defensive properties meaning him becoming the 'Child of Sigma' is a possibility.

Don't forget, the Anti-Sigma-Virus is only encrypted to Axl's DNA Soul. This union isn't permanent. It in a sense gives birth to the unified program, the Mother Elf.

Which would be the dawn of the Cyber Elf, either approach taken. Since the technology used for Mother Elf, would have led them down the discovery path to Cyber Elfs.

It is long shots, but they do make sense.

BioMetal Origins.

Taking into account what the BioMetal is within the ZX series, the question is "How did it come to be?". Well, it spans much further prior than the Ragnarok incident. This being speculation, so don't forget that during the read. And is the Basis for BioMetal.

Centuries ago (between 2 and 300 years), the man named Weil, was a scientist within Reploid technology. having been prone to sinister acts, and crimes against humanity (possibly Reploid), and was sentenced to eternity of banishment. Without being consulted by X, Weil was subdued and was taken to an isolated arena where his mind and consciousness was pooled into a robotic type body. The only one known to exist. This being of a subjected material highly primitive but may have been a milestone for further thresholds. But this technology accepting his mind and consciousness, and capable of responding to his mentality as if it here his body (wounds heal faster since the flesh is synthetic).

Once the process was completed, Weil was finally banished into the outskirts of the land, to suffer eternity of nothingness... And never being questioned about surviving. That technology was left underdeveloped at that time (that we know of till centuries post), and no one knows of what happened to his human body (frozen Beef Theory initiation?).

However, Weil survived, spending all his years pondering what he will do, what he could use to manifest his plans, etc. And once he managed to return to life areas, began work for revenge against those who damned him to such a life.

This led to the 8 Judges, and Ragnarok. However, Omega's shuttle may have been influenced by Weil to crash back to Earth... However, utilizing the specs of his body, the technology he pondered and the technology currently present, ultimately led to the conception of Ragnarok, and the Core, Laevatein. Which obviously was compatible with Weil's body. In the way that it can manifest over Weil in a form of suit. And part of of Weil in the form of the Final Weil encounter.

Once Weil was fused with Laevatein, in that sense, the entire station connected to Laevatein was altered just the same. It all was processing in and from Weil. The station became Weil. That Union is the first representation of consciousness merging with machinery, the first Basis for BioMetal. And upon his defeat, the station crashed into the Atmosphere and exploded. Raining debris all over the world. Fragmenting the soon-to-be BioMetal into Cores.

With that said, every part of Laevatein was still active, just needing awareness. This was granted through the suffering and anguish of many people/reploids. And absorption of Cyber Elfs.

During such, Ceil managed to locate Zero and the others, after giving up hope of looking around Earth, and started searching the Cyber Network. Upon locating them, Ceil shed her tears, but vowed to bring them back. And after discovering Model W and being part of the Research group investigating it, she learned enough of the Laevatein fusion/Weil remains in order to either reproduce that material, or utilized parts of it. To which later became the Ceil 6. After the consciousness of the 6 were integrated within the material. BioMetal was thus being born.

Albert took his approach from creating the Model W fragment, and utilized that knowledge to create Model A. Being the 7th known BioMetal...

But this raises the possibility that Prairie may have been interested in following her "Sis's" footsteps. Suggesting that she may get involved with BioMetal research. Flueve doesn't help this since he was the one to analyze the date from the Ceil 6... So that leads to at least 1 possibility for a sequel setting.

Completely excluding Model O, the 'Naturally occurring' BioStone. To which I will cover later.

PS: This can also lead to the development of synthetic biomechanical technology present within the ZX series that only gets enhanced and more refined within the Millennial gap between ZX and Legends. The eventual birth of the Carbons... But that is another topic for another time.

Wily Virus. Speculation MK I.

Ignoring the more popular approach to the 'Virus' concept. With that being a Malicious Program merging with a less that full capacity Suffering Circuit... I wish to take an alternative approach that would make almost just as much sense.

This takes chance with my 'Origin Virus' theory. And I can offer at least 1 piece of evidence that the program was initially a Virus. From technical aspects, a program cannot leak to another hardware based system, unless it is sent and accepted. Otherwise it is a Virus, a Spread program. Be it either a Worm, a Trojan, or a simple 'Crash' type Virus.

Either that, or it was a program that behaves like a Virus... But that is not the point.

Back in the era 20XX, Wily stumbled across a crash site with the remains of an alien robot... Scavenging through the wreckage, he discovers the 'Evil Energy'. This is the entire basis. As we know, Dur arrived at the same time, and after being 'repaired' went on to destroy the Evil Energy as he located it. But at the end, he states that he leaves the remains to MegaMan. Feeling like his 'Justice Energy' will overpower the Evil and bring peace...

But continuing on, Wily remained to have some left over, and with his mind, grew the Energy to utilize within his 'Experiments'. This Energy having an interaction on a mental level, gave Wily the idea for a form of 'Mind Control'. With the Energy tapping into ones mind, this gave Wily a means to focus on the energy and in a way, capture his will. However crude, but primitive as it was, seemed to work. Example is King in MegaMan & Bass. The machine for Mind Control. And then King's purple alteration.

With that in mind, Wily went on to further his development of that particular invention. Constantly developing methods to utilize the energy in alternative means. Till finally, it dawned on him. The Energy can communicate to machinery. On a digital level. And since the Energy is linked to his mind, that gave Wily a means to ultimately 'download' his mentality into a data form. The means can be speculated that he copied his mentality over a long peroid of time, then set his computer system network to initiate programs after his Death. This being done in the way that he sensed his time was up, and hooked himself up to the appropriet connections, and once he died, the computer downloaded his 'soul'. In a sense. This capable of merging with the recorded mentality, the Will would become a form of consciousness not bound to flesh. And following network order, would be collected within the Capsule containing Zero, and slowly integrating that Will into Zero's mind.

This being the 'Will' that forces Zero into a blood lust state. And also is the same Virus that integrates to Sigma. From that fateful punch to Zero's forehead crystal during the Virus interruption. Contacting Zero directly, which causes Zero pain. He fights against it since it is abnormal. Once Sigma struck and broke the Crystal, and during the Virus communication, it spread to Sigma. The victor over the Masterpiece of the original being for the 'Will'.

This is why Sigma didn't turn Maverick very quickly. Sigma was constantly having an internal struggle with another entity. Which ultimately led to Sigma's 'Revelation' for Reploid kind. And his interest in X. Also explains why Zero looses his malicious nature after the fight.

Once the Virus spread to Sigma, knowing that Zero failed in his mission for the first time. The Virus had an alternative use as well. Spreading to other reploids causing Mavericks. In a blitzkreg type tactic. Hoping that one of them could defeat his rival's Legacy.

Pure speculation, but it does make sense in the intended alternative way.