Red Alert (レッドアラート Reddo Arāto) is a syndicate of vigilante Reploids who appear in Mega Man X7.[1] Similar to the Maverick Hunters, they hunted down Mavericks, stepping in where they felt the Hunters slacked, but their practices were oftentimes outside the law, thus causing them to be labeled as Mavericks themselves. Their leader, Red, challenged the Maverick Hunters to a worldwide Maverick-hunting battle. In actuality, they were manipulated by Sigma, under the alias of "the Professor".
History
Following the multiple battles amongst Reploids and with the world starting to recover from previous disasters thanks to Reploids, X chose to step out of battle growing doubtful of the Maverick Hunters' forceful methods. This crippled the performance of the Hunters, creating a power vacuum which Red took advantage of as an unsanctioned vigilante. His efforts drew in other vigilantes, which led to the formation of Red Alert as a secondary, albeit illegal, force of Hunters. Much like the Maverick Hunters, Red Alert would focus on targeting Mavericks and eliminate them for a price. Although their actions could be seen as noble, they were unlawful in nature and were a persistent problem to the real Maverick Hunters. A Reploid boy known as Axl was amongst its members. Things would, however, change for the worse.
Sigma, at some point, realized the potential in Axl's shapeshifting ability, and decided to infiltrate Red Alert under the alias of "the Professor". He teaches Red how to use the DNA data from Axl's transformations to power up his army. Sooner or later, this power ends up corrupting the generals of Red Alert, turning them into Mavericks. Through Sigma's interference, Red Alert became much more ruthless and indiscriminate in its methods, going so far as to attack innocent Reploids in order to help increase their own powers.
Axl realizes his friends have changed for the worse and feels he must leave Red Alert immediately. This causes controversy when Axl comes across Maverick Hunter Zero and gets involved with not only causing a war between the Maverick Hunters and Red Alert, who issued a challenge in order to get Axl to come back, but also having to take down the people he once held close to him.
It is shown that Red saw through Sigma's evil ways and tried to break ties with him, but it was too late: with Axl already gone and his generals corrupt, he has no option but to fight to win Axl back and bring peace back to his army. Sadly, this doesn't happen. Besides Red, the only generals who were aware of the corruption of their group were Tornado Tonion and Soldier Stonekong, although their specific views on the matter varied: Tonion begged for Axl and the Hunters to retire him to prevent him from causing any more destruction, while Stonekong, due to his warrior mentality, was ultimately unconcerned.
Each one of Red Alert's generals are retired by Zero, Axl and, when he realized the severity of the situation, X. Red battles the Hunters and Axl but loses and ends up dying in a collapsing building part of the Crimson Palace. Red's death marked the end of the Red Alert syndicate, as all current members were retired.
Known Members
Red Alert has no hierarchy of leadership. Red formed the organization and leads its affairs, but there are no divisions or units.[2]
| Red is the founder and leader of Red Alert. Rumored to be a veteran of Repliforce, he is an undeniably skilled and charismatic vigilante. He challenges the Maverick Hunters from the Crimson Palace. | |
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Soldier Stonekong is a gorilla Reploid who hides within a mechanical forest. |
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Wind Crowrang is a crow Reploid who pilots a giant airship over the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Snipe Anteator is an anteater Reploid who dwells within a cyberspace maze. |
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Ride Boarski is a wild boar Reploid who lays bombs on a highway circuit. |
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Flame Hyenard is a hyena Reploid who takes over a geothermal power plant. |
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Vanishing Gungaroo is a kangaroo Reploid who takes over an underground military base. |
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Tornado Tonion is an onion Reploid who takes over a radio broadcast tower. |
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Splash Warfly is a flying fish Reploid who occupies the Pacific Ocean in a battleship fleet. |
| Axl is a prototype New Generation Reploid whom Red took under his wing. His Copy Shot lets him extract the DNA from Reploids. Once he felt he was just being used by Red Alert, he defected. | |
References
- ↑ Game manual, Mega Man X7.
- ↑ Rockman X7 Original Soundtrack booklet
| Mega Man X7 | |
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| Red Alert | |
| Tornado Tonion • Splash Warfly • Flame Hyenard • Ride Boarski • Snipe Anteator Wind Crowrang • Vanishing Gungaroo • Soldier Stonekong | |
| Other Bosses | |
| Mega Scorpio • Mole Bore • Red • Sigma | |
| X and Axl's Special Weapons | |
| Volt Tornado • Splash Laser • Circle Blaze • Moving Wheel • Sniper Missile • Wind Cutter • Explosion • Gaea Shield | |
| Zero's Special Techniques | |
| Raijinshou • Suiretsusen • Bakuenjin • Zankourin • Hieijin • Souenbu • Hadangeki • Gokumonken | |
| Other | |
| - X - Glide Armor - Zero - D Glaive • V Hanger - Axl - Copy Shot • Double Bullet • G-Launcher • Ray Gun | |
| Stages | |
| Crimson Fortress • Highway • Radio Tower • Battleship • Lava Factory • Central Circuit • Cyber Field • Air Forces • Tunnel Base • Deep Forest • Palace Road • Crimson Palace | |