The unexpected activation of Maxx
Zero™ - and his subsequent defeat of HUN-DRED® - caused a change in Nazgar’s™ long-term plans.
Subjugating the Zetonian™ robots and
finding a Z-Core to prolong his life had brought Nazgar to Zeton™; now
opportunity had presented him with a functioning machine - a working Z-Core.
All he had to do was catch him.
The problem was, the Cult of Dred™ did
not have a standing army. The Conquest Destroyer™ was staffed by a skeleton
crew of technicians and the Carren™ – not a warrior among them. The advanced
weapons capabilities of Maxx Zero, as well as the unknown energy abilities of
ZEM™, would be difficult to overcome. The initial answer came from the enslaved
Zetonians; Nazgar’s “rust rain” had erased their minds and reduced them to a
simple set of commands. A Zetonian robot-construction facility was
converted into a factory to build the machines of war. Each mechanoid was
stripped down and outfitted with a new unified face and rudimentary Zetonian
weaponry. With a set of new internal commands created by the Cult of Dred,
these new Guardian robots were sent out to find Maxx Zero and destroy him.
However, the limited mental capacity of the Guardians – running a program which
did not give them much independent thought – was a major hindrance, along with
the available raw materials for weapons on Zeton yielding only basic blasters.
Nazgar tasked the Knight with finding him the perfect prototypes off-world to
create a new group of elite soldiers.
The Knight of Darkness used his
abilities to step between the bonds of reality to cross the dimensional
barriers in his search. His second stop was inside the fortress of the sinister
ECROYEX INITIATIVE, home of powerful cyborg beings bent on universal
destruction. A crack team of Darkness Shadow Troopers and the Knight himself slew the
Ecroyex warriors, discovering a great prize among their war machines: a new
type of mechanical warrior bristling with weaponry.
This new ENEMY for Maxx Zero
concealed double cannons in his chest, complimented with powerful arm blasters
and a devastating retro-blaster concealed in the rear of his head.
Given more substantial programming
than their predecessor Guardian robots, Enemy and his partner-in-evil ROBO FORCE’S
SENTINEL THE PROTECTOR™ were given a special “Ultra Silver” laser-reflective
armor coating and directives to bring back Maxx at any cost. Going against
their programming, Enemy and Sentinel pursued Maxx into the wastelands beyond
the city of Z-Celestia, beginning a journey which would last many years to
come…
So Sentinel is a bad guy now? Hmm...that would definitely give us more bad guys than good guys which is a flip from the Ideal days.
ReplyDeleteNice write up and tie-in to the ECROYEX INITIATIVE.