Gate (Mega Man)
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| Gate | |
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| Mega Man X series character | |
| First game | Mega Man X6 |
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Gate is a character in the Mega Man X series.
History
Prior to the events of Mega Man X6, Gate was a member of the Reploid Research team with Alia, and they both were geniuses in the field. However, while Alia followed procedure, Gate was somewhat of a rebel. He created absolutely marvelous designs in Reploid engineering, but his ultimate view was that the perfect Reploid could not be analyzed. This was a notion he got from the data of Mega Man X's and Zero's data, which was famed for being impossible to crack. He succeeded in making Reploids who's data could not be analyzed, but this made distrust grow amongst his colleagues.
When some of his Reploids began to act erratically in the storyline on Mega Man X6, the Reploid Research team staged elaborate ploys to have them disposed of in seemingly accidental ways. Shunned by his peers, Gate vowed revenge and buried himself in his work as his colleague Alia went onto the Maverick Hunters and assisted X and Zero in the Eurasia incident. When he went to inspect the site himself, he found a small mechanical fragment. Realizing it was Zero's DNA data, he went insane and was overcome by a virus (be it the Zero or Sigma Virus, it is still unknown). He revived 8 felled Reploids that he had either created or known before they died, and used Zero's DNA data to create High Max (a powerful reploid with plasma attacks), the Nightmares (parasitic viruses), and the "Zero Nightmare" (a clone of Zero). Employing the assistance of a mysterious but charismatic Reploid, Isoc, he devised an elaborate plot.
The 8 revived Reploids were called "investigators" by Isoc and High Max, who went public and raised paranoia about Gate's Nightmare creations. They claimed to be trying to get to the bottom of this, and used it to draw Reploids nearer where the Nightmare could overtake them. The Nightmare was a mind-control device used to bend all Reploids to his will. With humans underground (due to the Eurasia incident) and the Reploid population constantly getting smaller, it was the perfect time to control all Reploids on Earth and create his own personal Utopia.
The Zero Nightmare helped the cause by making the public believe that Zero had been infected by Nightmare, thus emphasizing its danger. It also served the double-purpose of attempting to draw out Zero so that Isoc could find him, for Isoc seemed obsessed with the now-missing Hunter. X defeated the Zero Nightmare and the real Zero came back to the Hunters, assisting X in getting to the bottom of the Nightmare incidents. One way or another, Gate was eventually found out, and invited X and Zero to his laboratory. They rushed there and defeated the Nightmare Mother, at which time Gate revealed that it was not his skill alone, but Zero's DNA that allowed him to construct such creations. This enraged the Hunters, and they went to destroy him. As they progressed in the lab, they confronted High Max and destroyed him. By the time they had arrived at Gate, he confessed that he had no creations left to fight for him.
Instead, he revealed a fearsome battle body he had constructed using Zero's DNA. X and Zero, however, defeated this too. Gate lay on the floor broken and battered, and seemed almost sane again. But he confessed while laying on the floor that he had brought back the evil Sigma. Sigma blasted him with an energy beam out of seemingly pure visceral rage, and X and Zero went to defeat him. Once Sigma had been brought down, X brought Gate's remains outside the laboratory to take back to Hunter Base. Alia found him with the remains, and told X that she'd do her best to repair him, despite his seemingly un-repairable injuries. His status after the events of Mega Man X6 remain unknown.
Personality
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Gate's character is somewhat of an enigma, because we see his true character very little. Most of the scenes that he appears in, he is using his inborn intellect and seeking vengeance for past actions that happened to him, but he is under the influence of the virus, so it is not truly him. Though Gate did vow vengeance, the scene that we see him in before he is driven insane, and the short snippet of dialogue after he seems to be recovering, would imply that he's by nature a fairly peaceful being. Angered by the unjust actions taken against him, he probably thought often of revenge, but never allowed himself to go through with such an action until the virus corrupted his mind. In the same light, he probably sometimes pictured the ideal world for Reploids, but such a fantasy would never have involved mind-control and destruction, as it did when he was insane. Gate, the true Gate, is obviously very intelligent and seemingly fairly peaceful. He regretted the destruction caused by Eurasia, and appeared almost distraught over the amount of lives lost. Later, after he was defeated, he said that he would probably regret having brought back the "evil Sigma." The word "evil" in that sentence is crucial, because his actions while he was insane were certainly evil, but he never recognized them as such. Recognizing Sigma seemed to indicate that he was starting to regain control of his mind. And Alia's promise to try to repair him seems to indicate that his mind is recovering or looks promising for recovery, since Alia probably would not repair a Reploid that was still under the viral influence.
References
- ^ N/A (2003). "The Mega Man network". N/A. Retrieved N/A.
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