The Story Begins...

X believed if the reploids and human sympathizers were removed from the equation, the war would simply die out like a fire without fuel. The prospect of a new home was tantalizing, but it wasn't in Zero's nature to turn his back on a fight, and Ciel couldn't imagine ever leaving her home behind her, but they offered their fondest wishes and an ardent desire for the success of his new mission.

With deep regrets, the mission went on, even though leaving many behind, faces they would never see again. On wings of the deepest blue, the Icarus flew into the night, with a quarter million human and reploids souls committed to the stars, with only ancient satellite telemetry guiding it towards what they desperately hoped was a green world. What they found was a paradise. They named their new Garden of Eden for the words of a child, 'New Horizon'. The Icarus' wings were dismantled as planned to build new homes. Like it's namesake, it would never fly again.

It took years for the terrans to settle down, spreading out through all the continents of New Horizon. On the largest continent a city was build, made on a secure plateau of rock, and declared New Horizon's first capital: Elysium.

However, a scant few years thereafter a disaster struck the capital. The number of irregular reploids had increased dramatically and in 2440, war swept through New Horizon. The strongest of the peacekeepers suddenly turned against the populace and suddenly the Maverick threat was greater than ever before.

Hubart, a scientist of great repute, approached the Cyber Elf Ghost of Mega Man X and informed him of the dire threat they all faced. In light of this, X agreed to help fight the new menace. A new powerful reploid body was summarily designed for the legendary hero, and with the help of a cyber-elf expert named Dolly , X's soul DNA was reintegrated into the new physical body.

Even though the hour was dark and the circumstances desperate, Mega Man X was back amongst the living, willing to fulfil the promise of a better tomorrow.

Intro Cinema

History

This game represents an alternate sequence of events, and is not to be confused with an official product of the Mega Man series.

This game was originally planned out to start around the same time as Mega Man Zero 2 ended and Mega Man Zero 3 begun, (approximately at the end of 23XX according to Earth's calendar). At this point of time Zero is still alive and X was making his final appearance. New Horizon has a different calendar than the one which is used on Earth. The New Horizon history starts with the year 2325, while Earth's calendar is closer to 24XX during the same time period.

Late in the late 23XX, the fight against the Neo Arcadian regime still went strong. Within the fight for freedom the reploid waged, the legendary hero Zero also uncovered a plot made by the century old Doctor Wiel that would have had drastically changed life as we knew it on Earth. In the aftermath, fight had been fought and won, but even with their own new power source, a rift still remained between synthetics and humankind.

However, an alternate solution to stave away more conflict and heartache was offered by the Cyber Elf Ghost of Mega Man X (his body being lost in the Dark Elf crisis). He advocated that if reploids were to grow without striking fear in the hearts of humans (for reploids, in general, no longer applied to the wishful 3 laws of robotic), perhaps the time was for them to leave to find their own home. In the shadow of Earth's moon a massive colony ship had been built. It was christened the "Icarus", a wondrous spacecraft whom pioneered one of the first star drives, which would allow for faster-than-light travel. The course charted for the Icarus would lead a 45-year exodus to the third planet of the Epsilon Indri III star system. In orbit of the third planet, a gas giant, the second moon appeared to be able to support life and seemed the ideal place to resettle.

X believed that if the reploids and human sympathizers were removed from the equation, the war would simply die out like a fire without fuel, but some members of the reploid Resistance and their human sympathizers had truly hoped that humans and reploids could eventually learn to live in peace. One of the strongest opponent to X's proposal was Zero, whom was adamantly against "running away" after fighting so hard for their freedoms. Ciel, holding Zero's side, couldn't imagine ever leaving her home behind, but she offered her fondest wishes and an ardent desire for the success of his new mission. With deep regrets, the mission went on, even though leaving many behind, faces they would never see again. Meanwhile, Zero and Ciel would continue to fight against Neo Arcadia - so that eventually, the reploid colonists might regain their right to live on Earth without fear.

On wings of the deepest blue, the Icarus flew into the night, with a quarter million human and reploids souls committed to the stars, with only ancient satellite telemetry guiding it towards what they desperately hoped was a green world. The year was 2325 according to the New Horizon calendar when they finally found what could only be described as paradise. They named their new Garden of Eden for the words of a child, 'New Horizon.' The Icarus's wings were dismantled as planned to build new homes. Like it's namesake, it would never fly again.

Year 2325 // Landfall:

Once arrived at its destination, the Icarus initiated it's landing sequence and set down on the second moon's smallest continent. The long trip over, the Icarus, much like it's namesake, shed it's "wings" as the newly arrived colonists dismantled key areas of their ship to build their first colony site. The continent had been originally chosen because it's it's ore-rich mountain formations, but it was dubbed Neo Titania by Professor Taggert Perianth because the vegetation and fauna there looked like "something wondrous, just out of fairy tales".

Indeed, he wasn't too far off the mark. As the reploids and human colonists began to explore their new world to gather the resources they would need to thrive, the differences they were faced with were plain to see. The vegetation, the fauna, the weather... even the night sky offered sights like no one had ever seen: the planet was both familiar and alien at the same time, offering an amazingly different setting to begin anew. The time came when the colonists where ready to leave the cradle of the Icarus to explore their new world - whom, on a hopeful note, they decided to name "New Horizon".

Year 2390 // Dream made reality:

The answer to the colony's economical problem could be solved through the continued exploration and settling of the Youzem continent. It was determined by the colonial administratives that a central hubs for their transport, government and economics needed to be created if they were to administer overall colonial resources adequately. The Icarus served as main administrative structure, but it stood too far apart of the other city-states to allow for proper administration.

So, it was decided that New Horizon needed a capital to centralize the administration of political, economical and transitional matters. It took six years to build 'Elysium'. Elysium was made on a secure plateau of rock over the Azuremar plains, the city's architecture and layout already planned and organized from the beginning to include a spaceport, brand new Trans Server facilities (which were quickly linked to other cities), central facilities for the government and the military as well as a large amount of space reserved for residential, commercial and industrial areas.

The transition to government control to Elysium went much more smoothly than expected. It's planet wide computer network was supported by new orbital communication satellites launched before the city's christening and the massive network operation were successfully micro-managed adequately by new interactive software called OPERAS.

Setting Elysium as the central capitol also forced the city-states to adopt an equivalent currency unit. After much debate about how their resources held up and were really worth to the colony's whole welfare (to which Lagoon Fjord's economic was ably repressed and adjusted) the Zenny common currency unit was created and distributed.

Year 2425 // The turn of a century:

The New Horizon Colony's 100th anniversary. Within the span of one century, the Terran settlers had swept through their new world, made new homes and were now thriving. Each city-state operated independently, but under the benevolent rule of the Elysium government, some truly believed a golden age had come.

Maverick activity was restrained to a few isolated areas such as the forbidding Vertigo Mountains, but proved to be only a minor annoyance.

Year 2435 // The Roar of the Beast:

While New Horizon was fraught with dangers coming from the alien environment or the exotic creatures inhabiting it, the colonists were fairly certain that they had tamed their new home.

A devastating earthquake, which struck across the Perianth peninsula, proved them wrong. Through a nightmarish evening, the earth shook, completely ruining the Icarus settlement and leaving the colony ship itself battered. Thousands died and those whom survived were left to eke about their the rubble.

Several of the reploid survivors lost it, many mysteriously turning maverick and attacking their fellow reploids. Elysium engaged rescue operations, but the refugees would have been long wiped out by the Mavericks if it hadn't been from the intervention of the Oracles. The Oracles, following a mandate of "Protecting the colony, even from itself" quelled the Maverick outbreak.

The Neo Titanian refugees were ferried back to Elysium and given proper housing and funding so that they could go on with their lives. Unfortunately, there was no way their former homes could be reclaimed. Everything was now but ruins except for the Icarus, whom now stood lonely amidst the skeleton of it's former glory.

Year 2439 // The Eye of the Beast:

A sudden loss of communication from Ziridia caught the attention of the Oracles, whom had noticed increased Maverick activity around the city-state. Not many of the Oracles had any fears, as communication hardware was known to fail from time to time - why worry anyhow? Wasn't Ziridia the strongest city-state in all of New Horizon?

Two of the Oracles left for Ziridia: the White Oracle Hubart - an hero of the recent catastrophe in the Earthquake incident; and the Black Oracle Selaya - one of his close friends. An odd pair, but each had a role to play that completed the other.

Their arrival to Ziridia confirmed their fears. A large number of Mavericks had invaded the place, though Selaya confirmed that it actually seemed like a new virus outbreak. The Ziridian spaceport had been taken over and all communications to the outside world had been severed. The heavily fortified city saw it's strong defenses turned against itself and things were obviously going downhill.

Hubart, a good fighter in his own right, proceeded to shape up the battered Ziridian military and led a counter-attack while Selaya was to investigate the virus outbreak and try to counteract it's effects. Hubart held off the Mavericks well enough and proceeded to try regaining control of the communication facilities so they could send out a message for help. Selaya, on her side, mingled discreetly with the Mavericks and tried to understand their motivations. Her proficiency in controlling electronics helped her considerably track down the source.

Selaya rejoined Hubart and explained that the virus was unlike any other they had faced before - that it actually showed traces of sentience and that it could carry itself by it's own volition. Understanding that the city's forces were almost overwhelmed, he rallied his troops and made a final push for the communication facilities.

However, everything went wrong. Hubart's forces turned on itself. Ziridian soldiers were infected one after another and he was left to fend for himself. While he should have won, he realized that Selaya had betrayed him, having become infected herself. While Hubart tried to face his fellow Oracle, trying to free her, the virus' control was absolute and he was forced to use his Personal Trans Server to escape before being infected himself.

With the Black Oracle leading them, the Mavericks completely overran Ziridia. Knowing that they somehow had to be stopped, the last of the Ziridian military used a nuclear bomb to destroy their own city. The blast destroyed thousands of Mavericks and not only did it wipe out the city, but also heavily irradiated the surrounding land.

Selaya survived. She had the foresight to prepare several vessels in the spaceport to escape the city before the nuke was lit. Hubart quickly learned of his partner's survival and feared the worst - Selaya, being an Oracle and his friend, was about the last person he wanted as an enemy. He reported to the leader of his organization, the Gray Oracle, and then was sent to Elysium to warn the government of the coming menace.

The Mavericks no longer were just a mere irritant after all. The "Great War" had begun.

Year 2440 // The Rise of the Beast:

Selaya landed her vessels by the Vertigo Mountains and enlisted the Mavericks there to her cause. She quickly assembled her forces and led an offensive into the Azuremar plains, destroying several Maverick Hunter watch posts and making her way steadily to Elysium.

Hubart had since then warned the Elysian government. Measures had been taken to assembled the best warriors Elysium, Aquilon and Lagoon Fjord had and to crush the Mavericks once and for all, now that they were acting openly. Since Hubart was the most familiar with the enemy leader and was also a renowned hero, he was put in charge of the army.

The combined army took position at Fort Glamish and proceeded to drive away the Maverick forces. The battles were long and extremely brutal, leaving high loses on both sides. While Hubart had veteran warriors like Harpuia, Fefnir and Sonic Dolphin serving as his lieutenants and it looked as if they'd actually win... their luck ran out as Selaya herself showed up on the battlefield.

She seemed to be the center of the viral infection. Her appearance on the battlefield revealed her as the Maverick messiah. With a wave of her hand she could kill Hubart's soldiers. With a wink and a smile, she could infect them, turning them over to her side. Within the span of one week, the month long engagement turned against their favor, Selaya taking control of the strongest Maverick Hunters she could find.

They had tried to stop her. All they did was strengthen her. Hubart led his army into a hasty retreat, abandonning Fort Glamish to Selaya's forces.

Desperate, Hubart had Harpuia and Fefnir hold position midway across the Azuremar plains and entrench themselves in the frontline encampment, which was codenamed "Warhead". The area was heavily fortified and they would have to hold off the Mavericks for as long as possible.

Hubart retreated to Elysium, trying to consolidate his forces. Realizing that morale was low and that the odds of Elysium's survival were slim, he went to the Elysium's computer mainframe and sought Megaman X. Informing the legendary hero of the plight of the colonists, he begged him to help them. X had misgivings about fighting again, but Hubart's eloquent arguments eventually won him over.

The White Oracle enlisted the help of Dolly, a timid reploid whom had a great affinity in working with cyber-elves. With her help, he managed to transfer X's cyber-elf persona into a newly built reploid body.

With Megaman X back, Hubart yielded control over to him and appraised him of the situation - living up to his role as an advisor - while Dolly helped him upgrade X as much as they could. However, X did not have the luxury of getting used to his new body as Selaya managed to get a token force through the frontline and attack Elysium itself.

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