Post by Vize Viper on Jul 14, 2008 3:22:11 GMT -5
Name:
Zero Wily
Game of Origin:
Mega Man X
Nicknames:
Zero, Z, Big Red, Blondie, Goldilocks, pretty boy, SIR
Age:
58, to be exact, but most just assume 60, or older. He won't say.
Species:
Android, usually called a Reploid, and he doesn't bother correcting people
Gender:
Male
Alignment:
Good goals, with neutral motivations
Type:
Medium
Stats:
HP- 90
PP- 7
LP- 6
Residence:
None currently
Personal Relationships: (optional)
X, Axl, Layer
Occupation:
Maverick Hunter, general ass-kicker
Moveset:
(R)Up- Hyouryuushou - Zero takes off skyward, spinning his Saber like a propeller above his head. When used on the ground, Zero travels straight up, but in midair, he moves forward at a slight angle. If struck, an enemy is frozen for one turn, or until hit.
Standard- Youdantotsu - In effect, his version of Marth's Shield Breaker, and is, in fact, identical in usage. Zero draws his saber back, and "charges" gaining power until he reaches max at three turns. When done charging, the Zero stabs forward, his saber getting a green energy "spike" at the tip. When used at full power, the attack cannot be stopped by reflectors, shields, or Super Armor, it can only be dodged.
(R)Side- Raikousen - When Zero calls on this attack he dashes forward, he vanishing for a brief moment, and thrusts with an electrical thrust, creating a line of electricity along his path, shocking all opponents that get caught in it. This move can also be done in midair.
Down- Enkoujin - This attack is a fiery downward stab. When used on the ground, it looks similar to Ike's Eruption, as Zero raises his sword over his head, then stabs it into the ground, except on impact, the attack creates a diagonal fire burst in front of him. When used in the air, Zero comes crashing down, flaming sword first, but without creating a fireburst.
Zero fights solely with a Beam Sabre, not to be mistaken for the item called the Beam Sword. This weapon doesn't extend with greater force applied behind it, but he does perform a five hit combo. At close range, Zero is well night unstoppable by normal opponents, and his double jump is nothing to laught at either, it nearly matches the height of his normal jump. He can also dash in midair, rather than use his second jump, giving him impressive aerial recovery abilties. He can also grab onto vertical surfaces, and "climb" up them with a series of sharp hops.
Final Smash:
Tenshouha! - Zero gathers energy into one fist, which he slams into the ground, calling down a trio of massive blue beams of energy that cause him no harm. The first beam comes down on Zero himself, while the other two come down the next round, to either side of where the first beam came down.
Weaknesses:
Zero possesses NO projectile attacks, putting him at a distinct disadvantage in a ranged battle, unless he can close the distance. Therein lies the problem. While in midair Zero is impressively fast, on the ground, unless he dashes, he's actually rather slow compared to other medium weight fighters.
Personality:
Zero tends to come off as aloof around those he's never met before, with the exception of X and Axl. In fact, he tends to act like nothing so much as a big kid around them, even managing to drag X into his antics now and then.
He's very confident in his abilities, but he's no fool. He's died MORE than once, and would rather not repeat the process, so in battle, he may be tossing one-liners at you, but he's leave you no openings, nor will he waste effort in his actions.
Likes:
The color red, his beam saber, his hair, keeping himself trained, trainers other people, pulling pranks on his friends, X, Axl, Layer(?)
Dislikes:
Sigma, having to stay put when fighting's going on, getting killed, or worse, incapacitated (He'd RATHER be dead, at least then he wouldn't be bored out of his mind.)
Appearance:
History: (Due to extensive length of history, this was copied from the MMKB, a Mega Man Wiki)
Zero was created by the late Dr. Albert Wily somewhen in the 21st century. His first appearance (of sorts), was after Wily's second "Power Fighters" incident, when, after being confronted by Bass, was described by Wily as his greatest masterpiece of work. Learning from his past mistakes, including the accidental creation of Bassnium and Bass, Wily constructed a new robot, far more advanced than anything he had ever built before with a power level far superior to that of Bass or Mega Man. Though Wily would take time to complete Zero, the world would definitely be his due to Zero's surpremancy.
However, for reasons unknown, Zero was not released by his creator but instead sealed away in a capsule, initially believed to engage Dr. Light's masterpiece creation, Mega Man X, in battle in the future. Decades later, he was awakened by a group of Reploids prior to the first Mega Man X game.
When he was first activated, he awoke as a Maverick and destroyed all intruders who had dared to enter Wily's lair and was later cornered by Garma's Maverick Hunter unit inside an unknown facility, however at the cost of a total loss of said unit. Not wanting to get anymore comrades endangered by the powerful enigmatic Maverick, then-Hunter Commander Sigma himself challenged Zero in a one-on-one battle.
Even though Zero gained the upper hand during the battle, Sigma was able to defeat the red Maverick after the gem on Zero's head began to glow and a 'W' symbol appeared. Sigma punched this crystal which shattered it, defeating Zero (and subsequently passing on the maverick virus). He was then brought to Dr. Cain, who analyzed him. After that, Zero recovered from his battle with Sigma and was placed under Sigma's watch, Zero did not show any signs of Maverick behaviour and was enlisted into the Maverick Hunters' 17th Elite Unit.
As part of the 17th Elite Unit, Zero became an excellent Maverick Hunter and was soon ranked SA-Class, the highest rank the Maverick Hunters had to offer at that point of time. It was during that time in which he met X for the first time who was also part of the 17th Unit, even though he was only ranked B-Class due to his hesitation on the battlefield. The two became friends and partners and worked together whenever they could. Zero soon became a somewhat mentor to X.
Soon afterwards, a series of Mechaniloids going berserk occurred in Abel City, the city in which the Hunter Base at that point was located. During the course of the investigation, it was Zero who eventually uncovered the identity of the person responsible for the attacks, which was none other than Sigma himself. Zero realized this after analyzing various locations which were seemly connected to the attacks, and by looking over the bodies of defeated Reploids, which were all taken down with a single blow directed at a weak spot. There had been only a very few number of Reploids with such perfect skills, including Sigma. Also, the damage the defeated Reploids had taken was caused by a beam saber, and not by range-weapons, which ruled out the previously suspected Vile.
Even though Zero managed to block Sigma's first attack, he was soon overwhelmed by Sigma and was used to pressure X into surrendering. To get Zero out of his way, he was struck by Sigma's beam saber and later abandoned while Sigma held X captive and launched a missile attack on Abel City. Some time later, Zero regained conscious and found X all alone in the facility, heavily damaged. He then brought him back to the Hunter HQ.
After Sigma's declaration of Reploid Independence on July 4th 21XX, dubbed "The Day of Σ", Zero, who at that point, was the highest ranked member of the Hunter organization, became the new leader, and he and a repaired X fought together against Sigma's uprising rebellion. Zero saved X during a Maverick attack at the Central Highway from Vile. After that, the two split up, with X's task to slow down the Maverick activities in nearby areas while Zero himself was on recon duty at Sigma's fortress.
They eventually met there and together invaded the fortress. Here, they encountered Vile for a second time. Zero was captured by Vile and imprisoned in a cage. When X was also defeated by Vile, Zero managed to break free and destroyed Vile's armor by firing a charge shot from point-blank range, which was a successful, yet fatal action. Afterwards, Zero encouraged X to continue to fight before ultimately dying in his arms.
After Sigma had been defeated, the Hunters tried to salvage whatever remained of Zero from the sunken fortress and found Zero's Control Chip (which serves as Zero's "brain" and consciousness) which had miraculously survived the destruction of the body. However, the Hunters were incapable of creating a new body for Zero because they were unable to analyze Zero's unique body structure.
Six months later, a group of three Mavericks, calling themselves the "X-Hunters", contacted the Maverick Hunters and claimed to be in possession of all parts of Zero. The X-Hunters challenged X to a battle in order to win Zero's remains. It was Serges who repaired the parts and upgraded the body with the specs Zero was originally intended to have, including reinforced shoulder plates and Z-Saber.
X, who didn't want his friend to be in the hands of Mavericks, accepted and eventually recovered Zero's head, body and foot parts. Eventually, Zero was reconstructed by Dr. Cain (now completed with his signature Z-Saber and enforced shoulder plates) and assisted X in destroying the base of the resurrected Sigma. Trying to fool X however, Sigma had constructed a doppelgänger of Zero with Black Armor which he claimed to be Zero, however this copy was destroyed by the real Zero.
Zero only played a minor role during the Doppler incident. He and X defended the Maverick Hunter Base from Dr. Doppler's Maverick forces and saved X from the traitor Mac. Zero would here and there be of help for X as he could summon him once a mission, using his Z-Buster and his Z-Saber. While trespassing Doppler's secret lab, he saved X from a spike room booby-trap with Rex-2000.
Zero's first appearance as fully controlable character with his own story also marked his most tragic point in life. At the beginning of the game, Zero encountered his creator within his dreams who ordered him to finally obey his orders and fulfill his destiny by destroying his nemesis' greatest creation. When he awakened of the nightmare, he was immediately dispatched to the Sky Lagoon colony which had been attacked by Mavericks. Repliforce was also confronted at the scene, claiming to assist the Hunters in evacuading the city, however both factions didn't trust each other for a moment and as a request for interrogation was declined, the Great Repliforce War broke out.
When the Repliforce was labelled Maverick after the Sky Lagoon incident, both X and Zero were assigned different missions to gather information about Repliforce's coup and to cut off their support lines. Iris, who was by now Zero's girlfriend, assisted Zero on his missions as being his operator, like during the Erasure incident. However, Iris herself was part of Repliforce while her brother, Colonel, was Repliforce's second-in-command and therefore an imminent target for the Maverick Hunters. Iris didn't want the two of them to fight, ravished between her love for Zero and her love for her own brother. When the two of them battled in the Ceremony Hall of Repliforce's command center, it was Iris who stopped the two Reploids from terminating each other by begging her own brother to stop since Zero had previously saved her life after the Sky Lagoon had crashed down. Colonel, who had always regarded Zero as a friendly rival, backed off. Zero on the other site however stated that someone had to stop Repliforce at all costs, much to the grief of Iris.
When Repliforce's coup began, Zero rushed to the space port to stop the ascension of the military troops to the newly constructed space station of Repliforce, Final Weapon. There, he battled Colonel, this time not holding anything back, just like his former friend with Zero being the victor of the fight. After that, he traveled to Final Weapon where he was, much to his surprise and horror, encountered by Iris, who was blinded by her grief of the loss of her brother and anger for her own lover killing him. She had salvaged Colonel's Control Chip from his remains, fusing it with her own programing, thus resulting her body to transform into a massive Ride Armor like combat form which Zero was forced to battle. Even though he didn't mean to, Zero damaged the exterior power core of the structure, resulting in the destruction of the armor. He hurried to Iris' body, however, it was too late to save her. Whispering to Zero that she did all this because she wanted to live in a world for Reploids only together with him, she died in his arms and Zero, who was totally overthrown by the pain, began questioning his own reasons for fighting and the means of his own existence.
Filled with anger, he confronted General the leader of Repliforce, defeating him in battle. Upon the end of the fight, General realized that someone had taken over the control over Final Weapon, aiming it at Earth. Zero went to the control facility, only to find Sigma there, who revealed their both's past to him when Sigma was still a Maverick Hunter and Zero was first seen as a Maverick.
After Zero had destroyed Sigma and the General had sacrificed his life to make the Final Weapon self-destruct, Zero escaped the destruction in a small spacecraft, thinking about what he had done. He hadn't been able to save anyone he cared about. He had killed his own friend Colonel, the General who in the end had only been manipulated by Sigma and his own lover Iris. Questioning whether or not Reploids would be supposed to be Mavericks afterall, he returned to Earth.
The space colony "Eurasia" was set to impact the Earth, recently being coated in a large breakout of the Maverick virus, which would cause catastrophes of unimaginable proportions. In the meantime, X and Zero faced Sigma on Earth and easily defeated him, however, Sigma lost on purpose to spread the Sigma Virus around the world. Due to this, thousands of Maverick Hunters turned Maverick, yet, the fall of the colony posed to be a bigger threat. In order to stop the impact of the Eurasia, X and Zero both would gather several enhancement parts to power up an old energy cannon, known as "Enigma" (Enigma is German for mystery, an odd name for gun) to destroy the colony before it could devastate the planet. While doing so, Zero noticed his strange reaction towards the Sigma Virus. While others, like X, got hurt by being surrounded by the virus, he himself actually felt energy growing inside himself, multiple infections of Sigma Virus ananomalies even turned him invincible for brief period in time. Behind the scenes, Lifesaver informed Hunter General Signas about his concerns regarding Zero, but also that there might have been a chance to develop antibodies from his DNA to cure the Maverick/Sigma Virus. Yet, the accomplishment of the Enigma was rendered priority one.
However, it didn't matter how much the cannon was powered up, a complete destruction of the Eurasia was impossible and only delayed the impact. (In the game it's possible to destroy Eurasia with only the cannon, but story-wise it didn't work). As a last resort action, a Space Shuttle was readied to be launched and be directed right into the colony to have have it self-destruct right at the Eurasia's core. The shuttle would be operated by Zero and the operation succeeded, however debris would still rain down on Earth. Zero was later rescued by the Hunters but the peace only lasted for a short time as a new threat arose from the debris of Eurasia.
A new virus, merged from the virus inside the colony and the Sigma Virus, called the "Zero Virus" by Alia, had begun to effect the impact area. The area flooded by the new virus was strangely deformed and was filled with Zero Virus anomalies that even resembled Zero. Also, strange Mavericks were found in the area, bosses that actually resembled earlier bosses such as the Shadow Devil and Rangda Bangda. The closer X and Zero got to the source of the virus, the higher Zero's viral infection level rose, yet not showing any Maverick behavior. Not wanting Zero to become a Maverick, X fought his friend in order to have him being brought back to Hunter Base. Eventually, the battle ended in a draw. Upon seeing X and Zero both being completely exhausted after their battle, Sigma revealed himself to destroy them. However, Zero managed to prevent this, protecting X and himself and forcing Sigma to retreat.
Sigma, once Zero chased him down, revealed to him that he let the colony fall on Earth solely to purify Zero's body with the virus to clear his mind and awaken his true self. Upon defeating his first form, Sigma also revealed to Zero that he met an "Old Man" which knew a lot about Zero and his past, caring for him like a father and that it was that man's suggestion to flood Zero's body with the Virus to awaken him. After defeating his large battle body form, Sigma then tried to take X, who was still left unconscious at the scene of his battle with Zero, down with him. Zero took most of the hit, majorly damaging him. The remains of Sigma attacked Zero and X one final time, impaling both of them in the chest area but was then completely destroyed by Zero who gained consciousness briefly and fired a charge shot at him from his buster.
Exhausted and damaged from the battle, Zero finally realized that he was going to die and while in a state between life and death, he began recalling memories of his creator and his true purpose of existence. Yet, his memory circuits began to seize function. After recalling is memories of Iris and apologizing to her, Zero asked X to live for him, bringing peace to the world. After X was saved and repaired by the spirit of Thomas Light, X searched for Zero, but found nothing but his Z-Saber, which he kept in order to honor his fallen friend.
Three weeks later, the mad scientist Gate began tampering with Zero's data. By studying a piece of Zero's body found in the debris, Gate created the new Nightmare Virus, a discolored clone of Zero (called "Zero Nightmare"), and the near-invulnerable Reploid, High Max. X, taking the assault on Zero's reputation personally, set out to investigate. Upon destroying the Zero Nightmare, X is reunited with his friend, mysteriously repaired and carrying a brand new Z-Saber. Together, X and Zero set out to defeat Gate and the imperfectly resurrected Sigma. Who exactly repaired Zero was never directly stated. Dr. Light, who repaired X at the end of the Fifth Maverick War, denied knowing who repaired Zero. Some believe it is Gate's ally, Isoc, as he is the only Reploid who claimed to have seen Zero before X found him, and he demonstrates an odd obsession with Zero, even laughing joyously when Zero defeats Gate's own men, however, he seemed as surprised by Zero's continued functioning as Dr. Light had been.
Up until the Seventh Maverick War, Zero is responsible for the bulk of the Maverick Hunter workload due to the fact that X has recently refused to battle for any reason, due to his doubts about the Hunters' violent methods. Zero captures a mysterious Reploid, Axl, who has just recently abandoned the vigilante group Red Alert. Axl assists Zero in stopping Red Alert's rampages, and eventually X rejoins them. After the battles, Zero has nightmares of X attacking him, out of obsession for eliminating Mavericks.
Zero continues to work with X and Axl, who is now working with the Maverick Hunters, in dealing with new threats during the Eighth Maverick war. One of the new navigators, a purple-haired girl named Layer, has shown a romantic interest in him; Zero has not returned the emotion however, simply keeping the relationship professional. Zero's memories of the Eurasia Incident continue to haunt him, fueling his hatred towards Sigma. Upon confronting him, Sigma confirms that Zero is the original carrier of the Maverick Virus, which was transferred to Sigma prior to the first Maverick Uprising.
Anything else? (Optional)
Zero was built by Dr. Wily, a fact he's now aware of, but is usually reluctant to share.
Zero Wily
Game of Origin:
Mega Man X
Nicknames:
Zero, Z, Big Red, Blondie, Goldilocks, pretty boy, SIR
Age:
58, to be exact, but most just assume 60, or older. He won't say.
Species:
Android, usually called a Reploid, and he doesn't bother correcting people
Gender:
Male
Alignment:
Good goals, with neutral motivations
Type:
Medium
Stats:
HP- 90
PP- 7
LP- 6
Residence:
None currently
Personal Relationships: (optional)
X, Axl, Layer
Occupation:
Maverick Hunter, general ass-kicker
Moveset:
(R)Up- Hyouryuushou - Zero takes off skyward, spinning his Saber like a propeller above his head. When used on the ground, Zero travels straight up, but in midair, he moves forward at a slight angle. If struck, an enemy is frozen for one turn, or until hit.
Standard- Youdantotsu - In effect, his version of Marth's Shield Breaker, and is, in fact, identical in usage. Zero draws his saber back, and "charges" gaining power until he reaches max at three turns. When done charging, the Zero stabs forward, his saber getting a green energy "spike" at the tip. When used at full power, the attack cannot be stopped by reflectors, shields, or Super Armor, it can only be dodged.
(R)Side- Raikousen - When Zero calls on this attack he dashes forward, he vanishing for a brief moment, and thrusts with an electrical thrust, creating a line of electricity along his path, shocking all opponents that get caught in it. This move can also be done in midair.
Down- Enkoujin - This attack is a fiery downward stab. When used on the ground, it looks similar to Ike's Eruption, as Zero raises his sword over his head, then stabs it into the ground, except on impact, the attack creates a diagonal fire burst in front of him. When used in the air, Zero comes crashing down, flaming sword first, but without creating a fireburst.
Zero fights solely with a Beam Sabre, not to be mistaken for the item called the Beam Sword. This weapon doesn't extend with greater force applied behind it, but he does perform a five hit combo. At close range, Zero is well night unstoppable by normal opponents, and his double jump is nothing to laught at either, it nearly matches the height of his normal jump. He can also dash in midair, rather than use his second jump, giving him impressive aerial recovery abilties. He can also grab onto vertical surfaces, and "climb" up them with a series of sharp hops.
Final Smash:
Tenshouha! - Zero gathers energy into one fist, which he slams into the ground, calling down a trio of massive blue beams of energy that cause him no harm. The first beam comes down on Zero himself, while the other two come down the next round, to either side of where the first beam came down.
Weaknesses:
Zero possesses NO projectile attacks, putting him at a distinct disadvantage in a ranged battle, unless he can close the distance. Therein lies the problem. While in midair Zero is impressively fast, on the ground, unless he dashes, he's actually rather slow compared to other medium weight fighters.
Personality:
Zero tends to come off as aloof around those he's never met before, with the exception of X and Axl. In fact, he tends to act like nothing so much as a big kid around them, even managing to drag X into his antics now and then.
He's very confident in his abilities, but he's no fool. He's died MORE than once, and would rather not repeat the process, so in battle, he may be tossing one-liners at you, but he's leave you no openings, nor will he waste effort in his actions.
Likes:
The color red, his beam saber, his hair, keeping himself trained, trainers other people, pulling pranks on his friends, X, Axl, Layer(?)
Dislikes:
Sigma, having to stay put when fighting's going on, getting killed, or worse, incapacitated (He'd RATHER be dead, at least then he wouldn't be bored out of his mind.)
Appearance:
History: (Due to extensive length of history, this was copied from the MMKB, a Mega Man Wiki)
Zero was created by the late Dr. Albert Wily somewhen in the 21st century. His first appearance (of sorts), was after Wily's second "Power Fighters" incident, when, after being confronted by Bass, was described by Wily as his greatest masterpiece of work. Learning from his past mistakes, including the accidental creation of Bassnium and Bass, Wily constructed a new robot, far more advanced than anything he had ever built before with a power level far superior to that of Bass or Mega Man. Though Wily would take time to complete Zero, the world would definitely be his due to Zero's surpremancy.
However, for reasons unknown, Zero was not released by his creator but instead sealed away in a capsule, initially believed to engage Dr. Light's masterpiece creation, Mega Man X, in battle in the future. Decades later, he was awakened by a group of Reploids prior to the first Mega Man X game.
When he was first activated, he awoke as a Maverick and destroyed all intruders who had dared to enter Wily's lair and was later cornered by Garma's Maverick Hunter unit inside an unknown facility, however at the cost of a total loss of said unit. Not wanting to get anymore comrades endangered by the powerful enigmatic Maverick, then-Hunter Commander Sigma himself challenged Zero in a one-on-one battle.
Even though Zero gained the upper hand during the battle, Sigma was able to defeat the red Maverick after the gem on Zero's head began to glow and a 'W' symbol appeared. Sigma punched this crystal which shattered it, defeating Zero (and subsequently passing on the maverick virus). He was then brought to Dr. Cain, who analyzed him. After that, Zero recovered from his battle with Sigma and was placed under Sigma's watch, Zero did not show any signs of Maverick behaviour and was enlisted into the Maverick Hunters' 17th Elite Unit.
As part of the 17th Elite Unit, Zero became an excellent Maverick Hunter and was soon ranked SA-Class, the highest rank the Maverick Hunters had to offer at that point of time. It was during that time in which he met X for the first time who was also part of the 17th Unit, even though he was only ranked B-Class due to his hesitation on the battlefield. The two became friends and partners and worked together whenever they could. Zero soon became a somewhat mentor to X.
Soon afterwards, a series of Mechaniloids going berserk occurred in Abel City, the city in which the Hunter Base at that point was located. During the course of the investigation, it was Zero who eventually uncovered the identity of the person responsible for the attacks, which was none other than Sigma himself. Zero realized this after analyzing various locations which were seemly connected to the attacks, and by looking over the bodies of defeated Reploids, which were all taken down with a single blow directed at a weak spot. There had been only a very few number of Reploids with such perfect skills, including Sigma. Also, the damage the defeated Reploids had taken was caused by a beam saber, and not by range-weapons, which ruled out the previously suspected Vile.
Even though Zero managed to block Sigma's first attack, he was soon overwhelmed by Sigma and was used to pressure X into surrendering. To get Zero out of his way, he was struck by Sigma's beam saber and later abandoned while Sigma held X captive and launched a missile attack on Abel City. Some time later, Zero regained conscious and found X all alone in the facility, heavily damaged. He then brought him back to the Hunter HQ.
After Sigma's declaration of Reploid Independence on July 4th 21XX, dubbed "The Day of Σ", Zero, who at that point, was the highest ranked member of the Hunter organization, became the new leader, and he and a repaired X fought together against Sigma's uprising rebellion. Zero saved X during a Maverick attack at the Central Highway from Vile. After that, the two split up, with X's task to slow down the Maverick activities in nearby areas while Zero himself was on recon duty at Sigma's fortress.
They eventually met there and together invaded the fortress. Here, they encountered Vile for a second time. Zero was captured by Vile and imprisoned in a cage. When X was also defeated by Vile, Zero managed to break free and destroyed Vile's armor by firing a charge shot from point-blank range, which was a successful, yet fatal action. Afterwards, Zero encouraged X to continue to fight before ultimately dying in his arms.
After Sigma had been defeated, the Hunters tried to salvage whatever remained of Zero from the sunken fortress and found Zero's Control Chip (which serves as Zero's "brain" and consciousness) which had miraculously survived the destruction of the body. However, the Hunters were incapable of creating a new body for Zero because they were unable to analyze Zero's unique body structure.
Six months later, a group of three Mavericks, calling themselves the "X-Hunters", contacted the Maverick Hunters and claimed to be in possession of all parts of Zero. The X-Hunters challenged X to a battle in order to win Zero's remains. It was Serges who repaired the parts and upgraded the body with the specs Zero was originally intended to have, including reinforced shoulder plates and Z-Saber.
X, who didn't want his friend to be in the hands of Mavericks, accepted and eventually recovered Zero's head, body and foot parts. Eventually, Zero was reconstructed by Dr. Cain (now completed with his signature Z-Saber and enforced shoulder plates) and assisted X in destroying the base of the resurrected Sigma. Trying to fool X however, Sigma had constructed a doppelgänger of Zero with Black Armor which he claimed to be Zero, however this copy was destroyed by the real Zero.
Zero only played a minor role during the Doppler incident. He and X defended the Maverick Hunter Base from Dr. Doppler's Maverick forces and saved X from the traitor Mac. Zero would here and there be of help for X as he could summon him once a mission, using his Z-Buster and his Z-Saber. While trespassing Doppler's secret lab, he saved X from a spike room booby-trap with Rex-2000.
Zero's first appearance as fully controlable character with his own story also marked his most tragic point in life. At the beginning of the game, Zero encountered his creator within his dreams who ordered him to finally obey his orders and fulfill his destiny by destroying his nemesis' greatest creation. When he awakened of the nightmare, he was immediately dispatched to the Sky Lagoon colony which had been attacked by Mavericks. Repliforce was also confronted at the scene, claiming to assist the Hunters in evacuading the city, however both factions didn't trust each other for a moment and as a request for interrogation was declined, the Great Repliforce War broke out.
When the Repliforce was labelled Maverick after the Sky Lagoon incident, both X and Zero were assigned different missions to gather information about Repliforce's coup and to cut off their support lines. Iris, who was by now Zero's girlfriend, assisted Zero on his missions as being his operator, like during the Erasure incident. However, Iris herself was part of Repliforce while her brother, Colonel, was Repliforce's second-in-command and therefore an imminent target for the Maverick Hunters. Iris didn't want the two of them to fight, ravished between her love for Zero and her love for her own brother. When the two of them battled in the Ceremony Hall of Repliforce's command center, it was Iris who stopped the two Reploids from terminating each other by begging her own brother to stop since Zero had previously saved her life after the Sky Lagoon had crashed down. Colonel, who had always regarded Zero as a friendly rival, backed off. Zero on the other site however stated that someone had to stop Repliforce at all costs, much to the grief of Iris.
When Repliforce's coup began, Zero rushed to the space port to stop the ascension of the military troops to the newly constructed space station of Repliforce, Final Weapon. There, he battled Colonel, this time not holding anything back, just like his former friend with Zero being the victor of the fight. After that, he traveled to Final Weapon where he was, much to his surprise and horror, encountered by Iris, who was blinded by her grief of the loss of her brother and anger for her own lover killing him. She had salvaged Colonel's Control Chip from his remains, fusing it with her own programing, thus resulting her body to transform into a massive Ride Armor like combat form which Zero was forced to battle. Even though he didn't mean to, Zero damaged the exterior power core of the structure, resulting in the destruction of the armor. He hurried to Iris' body, however, it was too late to save her. Whispering to Zero that she did all this because she wanted to live in a world for Reploids only together with him, she died in his arms and Zero, who was totally overthrown by the pain, began questioning his own reasons for fighting and the means of his own existence.
Filled with anger, he confronted General the leader of Repliforce, defeating him in battle. Upon the end of the fight, General realized that someone had taken over the control over Final Weapon, aiming it at Earth. Zero went to the control facility, only to find Sigma there, who revealed their both's past to him when Sigma was still a Maverick Hunter and Zero was first seen as a Maverick.
After Zero had destroyed Sigma and the General had sacrificed his life to make the Final Weapon self-destruct, Zero escaped the destruction in a small spacecraft, thinking about what he had done. He hadn't been able to save anyone he cared about. He had killed his own friend Colonel, the General who in the end had only been manipulated by Sigma and his own lover Iris. Questioning whether or not Reploids would be supposed to be Mavericks afterall, he returned to Earth.
The space colony "Eurasia" was set to impact the Earth, recently being coated in a large breakout of the Maverick virus, which would cause catastrophes of unimaginable proportions. In the meantime, X and Zero faced Sigma on Earth and easily defeated him, however, Sigma lost on purpose to spread the Sigma Virus around the world. Due to this, thousands of Maverick Hunters turned Maverick, yet, the fall of the colony posed to be a bigger threat. In order to stop the impact of the Eurasia, X and Zero both would gather several enhancement parts to power up an old energy cannon, known as "Enigma" (Enigma is German for mystery, an odd name for gun) to destroy the colony before it could devastate the planet. While doing so, Zero noticed his strange reaction towards the Sigma Virus. While others, like X, got hurt by being surrounded by the virus, he himself actually felt energy growing inside himself, multiple infections of Sigma Virus ananomalies even turned him invincible for brief period in time. Behind the scenes, Lifesaver informed Hunter General Signas about his concerns regarding Zero, but also that there might have been a chance to develop antibodies from his DNA to cure the Maverick/Sigma Virus. Yet, the accomplishment of the Enigma was rendered priority one.
However, it didn't matter how much the cannon was powered up, a complete destruction of the Eurasia was impossible and only delayed the impact. (In the game it's possible to destroy Eurasia with only the cannon, but story-wise it didn't work). As a last resort action, a Space Shuttle was readied to be launched and be directed right into the colony to have have it self-destruct right at the Eurasia's core. The shuttle would be operated by Zero and the operation succeeded, however debris would still rain down on Earth. Zero was later rescued by the Hunters but the peace only lasted for a short time as a new threat arose from the debris of Eurasia.
A new virus, merged from the virus inside the colony and the Sigma Virus, called the "Zero Virus" by Alia, had begun to effect the impact area. The area flooded by the new virus was strangely deformed and was filled with Zero Virus anomalies that even resembled Zero. Also, strange Mavericks were found in the area, bosses that actually resembled earlier bosses such as the Shadow Devil and Rangda Bangda. The closer X and Zero got to the source of the virus, the higher Zero's viral infection level rose, yet not showing any Maverick behavior. Not wanting Zero to become a Maverick, X fought his friend in order to have him being brought back to Hunter Base. Eventually, the battle ended in a draw. Upon seeing X and Zero both being completely exhausted after their battle, Sigma revealed himself to destroy them. However, Zero managed to prevent this, protecting X and himself and forcing Sigma to retreat.
Sigma, once Zero chased him down, revealed to him that he let the colony fall on Earth solely to purify Zero's body with the virus to clear his mind and awaken his true self. Upon defeating his first form, Sigma also revealed to Zero that he met an "Old Man" which knew a lot about Zero and his past, caring for him like a father and that it was that man's suggestion to flood Zero's body with the Virus to awaken him. After defeating his large battle body form, Sigma then tried to take X, who was still left unconscious at the scene of his battle with Zero, down with him. Zero took most of the hit, majorly damaging him. The remains of Sigma attacked Zero and X one final time, impaling both of them in the chest area but was then completely destroyed by Zero who gained consciousness briefly and fired a charge shot at him from his buster.
Exhausted and damaged from the battle, Zero finally realized that he was going to die and while in a state between life and death, he began recalling memories of his creator and his true purpose of existence. Yet, his memory circuits began to seize function. After recalling is memories of Iris and apologizing to her, Zero asked X to live for him, bringing peace to the world. After X was saved and repaired by the spirit of Thomas Light, X searched for Zero, but found nothing but his Z-Saber, which he kept in order to honor his fallen friend.
Three weeks later, the mad scientist Gate began tampering with Zero's data. By studying a piece of Zero's body found in the debris, Gate created the new Nightmare Virus, a discolored clone of Zero (called "Zero Nightmare"), and the near-invulnerable Reploid, High Max. X, taking the assault on Zero's reputation personally, set out to investigate. Upon destroying the Zero Nightmare, X is reunited with his friend, mysteriously repaired and carrying a brand new Z-Saber. Together, X and Zero set out to defeat Gate and the imperfectly resurrected Sigma. Who exactly repaired Zero was never directly stated. Dr. Light, who repaired X at the end of the Fifth Maverick War, denied knowing who repaired Zero. Some believe it is Gate's ally, Isoc, as he is the only Reploid who claimed to have seen Zero before X found him, and he demonstrates an odd obsession with Zero, even laughing joyously when Zero defeats Gate's own men, however, he seemed as surprised by Zero's continued functioning as Dr. Light had been.
Up until the Seventh Maverick War, Zero is responsible for the bulk of the Maverick Hunter workload due to the fact that X has recently refused to battle for any reason, due to his doubts about the Hunters' violent methods. Zero captures a mysterious Reploid, Axl, who has just recently abandoned the vigilante group Red Alert. Axl assists Zero in stopping Red Alert's rampages, and eventually X rejoins them. After the battles, Zero has nightmares of X attacking him, out of obsession for eliminating Mavericks.
Zero continues to work with X and Axl, who is now working with the Maverick Hunters, in dealing with new threats during the Eighth Maverick war. One of the new navigators, a purple-haired girl named Layer, has shown a romantic interest in him; Zero has not returned the emotion however, simply keeping the relationship professional. Zero's memories of the Eurasia Incident continue to haunt him, fueling his hatred towards Sigma. Upon confronting him, Sigma confirms that Zero is the original carrier of the Maverick Virus, which was transferred to Sigma prior to the first Maverick Uprising.
Anything else? (Optional)
Zero was built by Dr. Wily, a fact he's now aware of, but is usually reluctant to share.
