E-123 Omega

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E-123 Omega (オメガ, Omega?), or, technically, E-123 Ω, is a fictional robot from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game universe, first appearing as a playable character in the multiplatform game Sonic Heroes, which was first released in Japan on December 30th, 2003. His character designer is either Yuji Uekawa or Takashi Iizuka. He bears a strong resemblance to another character in the series, E-102 Gamma, who is part of the same robotics production line. In the games, he was created by Doctor Eggman, and is out to destroy him due to lack of respect and want for revenge. Omega is 150 cm tall (4' 11") and weighs 1,230.512 kg (2712.77 lbs). He has the capital Omega symbol (Ω) painted on his shoulders, in contrast to all the other E-100s, which had the lowercase Greek letter (ω), possibly representing that he is the most powerful of Eggman's E-Series.

1 Game appearances
2 Personality
3 Abilities
4 Voice acting
5 Associated songs
6 Links

[edit] Game appearances

Omega in Sonic the Hedgehog 2006.

Omega is the last of Dr. Eggman's E-100 series robots, debuting in Sonic Heroes. Omega was designed to prevent the release of Shadow the Hedgehog, and in case he failed to control Shadow when he is freed. To accomplish this Eggman sealed him in an abandoned base with Shadow. It is unknown if the real Eggman did this, or if Metal Sonic did it after taking over Eggman's mechanical empire to prevent himself from being defeated. However it is more likely the real Eggman locked him away because if Metal Sonic knew Shadow was in an abandoned base he would not have wasted time sneaking up on Shadow to copy his data.

When Rouge the Bat went looking for Eggman's secret treasure in his base, she accidentally reactivated E-123 Omega when she released Shadow from a stasis pod. Following his programming, Omega attempted to take out the hedgehog with the rest of the base. However, Rouge breaks up the fighting long enough to hear both their stories.

It turns out that Omega is infuriated at Eggman for tossing him in the abandoned base. Omega wants revenge for his being sealed and thusly abandons his original programming. He also wants to prove that he's the strongest of Eggman's creations and therefore decides to destroy all of Eggman's other machines. Teaming up with Rouge and Shadow, he becomes the power member of Team Dark.

After several adventures, Omega and his team finally defeat Metal Sonic disguised as Eggman. Omega then sets about destroying Eggman's Shadow Androids. Rouge tells Omega that Shadow, the one they know, is a copy, and then turns to leave. Omega says, with a rare display of compassion, that in order for there to be copies, the original must still exist. This means that the Shadow that accompanied Team Dark throughout the storyline was a robot (although it was revealed in Shadow the Hedgehog (game) that that Shadow actually was the original Shadow)

Later, Omega teams up with the other teams against Metal Overlord. Omega is last seen during that event with Shadow next to him and Metal Sonic's deactivated body in his arms.

Omega made an appearance in Shadow the Hedgehog (2005), still with the sole intention of getting revenge on Eggman. He assists Shadow in the Hero missions of the "Iron Jungle" and "Lava Shelter" stages by teaming up to destroy Eggman's robots, and helps him battle the "Egg Breaker" and "Egg Dealer" bosses following those stages. In Expert Mode, he talks to Shadow on the "Mad Matrix" and "Lava Shelter" levels, also being some kind of comic relief on the latter, along with Rouge. It is unknown whether he is considered the hero helper because he is merely less evil than Eggman, or if he has actually reformed to a heroic Eggman-foiling mechanical partner. In the missions that he appears in, the player must either destroy the Egg balloon (Iron Jungle) or head to the center of Eggman's base ("Lava Shelter") to complete the hero mission. Strangely, whether the player completes the hero or dark mission for "Lava Shelter", Omega will help Shadow fight the Egg Dealer, despite the dark mission being helping Eggman (due to Eggman accusing them of destroying too much of his base.) Omega is the only ally character that neither appears during the introductory trailer nor in the Last Story.

Most recently, Omega appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006). Omega has a prominent role in Shadow's story. Upon being sent to the future by Mephiles the Dark, Shadow and Rouge notice Omega in stand-by mode in the "Crisis City" stage. Rouge later goes back to the present alone, where she programs Omega to help Shadow out in the future, in which he goes into stand-by mode until the point in the future when Shadow is. Omega then wakes up in the future and helps Shadow in a fight against Mephiles, and Shadow and Omega go back to the present. Later on in the game, Mephiles teases Omega by saying that Omega was clearly made to capture Shadow. Angered by this, Omega proceeded to unload his launchers on Mephiles, temporarily defeating him in the process. Omega then reveals somewhat sadly, that he is the one who captured Shadow in the future due to humanity's fear of him. However, it is currently unknown if the erasing of Iblis from history canceled this future event, as it was Shadow whom the world used as a scapegoat for Iblis' destruction.

In this game his design has changed slightly, he has a taller head and bigger shoulders, along with various small details such as less smooth fingers, giving him a more humanoid appearance. Omega's frontal black stripe has been replaced with a white/silver stripe, so he resemble Gamma more. He walks and moves in a slower, more cumbersome manner like an old fashioned robot, compared to his wild, sometimes erratic, human-like movements in previous games. These changes could be because this game has a more realistic style than previous games.

[edit] Personality

Like E-102 Gamma, Omega has a free will and a personality. It is very unlikely that he has an animal for a power source, as the animal would have died in the 200 years Omega was dormant in the 2006 Sonic the Hedgehog game. From his quotes, one can see that he thinks other robots are inferior to him, especially the E-2000 model, which Eggman began working on shortly after shutting Omega down.

It also seems that he lacks any sort of negativity towards Sonic and his friends, and didn't even recognize them during their first meeting in Sonic Heroes, as can be heard when the player finishes the Team Battle using Omega ("Group of Shadow-like beings destroyed!").

Omega's only goals in life are to take revenge on Eggman for disabling him, and destroy the doctor's other robots to prove himself superior. In certain endings of Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow decides to take over the world, but Omega seems unconcerned, and also makes occasional remarks about world domination himself ("I will destroy you, and reign supreme!").

Omega rarely shows other feelings than cold hatred, very different from Gamma's calm and obedient personality, but there are a few occasions where he seems to care about other people. This is shown at the end of Sonic Heroes, in which Omega comforts an upset Rouge - albeit in a distant, matter-of-fact manner. Also in Shadow the Hedgehog, Omega does not attempt to stop or destroy Shadow when Eggman claims that Shadow is an android that he created, despite Omega's hatred of other Eggman robots (perhaps because Shadow also intends to overthrow and kill Eggman). In Sonic the Hedgehog, Omega gets angry at Mephiles' hinting of Omega's betrayal towards Shadow, and proceeds to attack him. Omega then shows sadness while revealing that his mission in the future was to capture Shadow. Even though he is cold hearted and hatefully in most games it's shown he has a rather close relationship with Shadow making most fans believe his best friend is in fact Shadow

[edit] Abilities

Omega has a huge array of extremely destructive weapons concealed in his arms, including two rapid-fire machine guns, two flamethrowers, two missile launchers and energy cannons similar to those used by the E-2000 robots in Sonic Heroes and likely many more. However, unlike E-102 Gamma, Omega is somewhat inaccurate, most notably when he is firing many shots in every direction (which is shown when he and Shadow fought after they first laid eyes upon each other,) with expectations that some of them will hit (in Sonic Heroes). He can also retract his hands in order to attach a spinning Shadow and Rouge in their place, either using the two as melee weapons or firing them as fireballs. It has been confirmed that Omega carries gun magazines, as shown in Sonic the Hedgehog.

Like most Sonic characters, but unlike most robots, Omega can jump and turn in a ball, known as the "spinball jump" or "spin attack". Omega is also somewhat fast due to a pair of jet engines located on his back, that apparently can be used for floating (which he does along with Shadow and Rouge, calling it the Triangle Dive). He has also displayed considerable physical strength, capable of destroying thick doors and giant blocks of stone with his metal fists.

In Sonic Heroes, Omega is able to use his team's Team Blast, "Chaos Inferno", with Rouge and Shadow, which involves Rouge holding up Omega while he blasts everything around him with large purple energy beams and Shadow stops time with Chaos Control.

His built-in arm weapons are somewhat changed in Sonic the Hedgehog. He can now fold out machine guns all around his wrists instead of just replacing his hands with them`(It's a possibility that Omega has had this ability for a while because in Shadow the Hedgehog in one of the possible endings in lava shelter, after you defeat the Egg Dealer after completing the hero mission you can see Omega preparing to fire at Eggman without retracting his hands.)He can instead replace his hands with two powerful black cannons.

[edit] Voice acting

Video games - Taiten Kusunoki (Japan)
Sonic Heroes - Jon St. John (US)
Shadow the Hedgehog - Andrew Rannells (US). Rannells also voiced Gamma in Sonic X, though his voice of Omega was different from Gamma's higher pitched Sonic X voice.
Sonic the Hedgehog - Maddie Blaustein (US).