E-123 Omega


 * Omega redirects here. If you are searching for the care unit made by Dr. Ivo Kintobor, see Omega Care Unit. You may also be searching for E-102 Gamma.

E-123 Omega, or technically E-123 Ω, is an incredibly powerful and dangerous battle robot created by Dr. Eggman in 3236 as the 123rd and final unit of the E-100 Series line. Although kept in storage for over a year, Omega was finally released in the year 3237 with a mission to destroy the rogue robot E-102 Gamma. Although successful in his mission, Gamma managed to reprogram Omega to grant him free will before being destroyed. Following this and a conversation with Shadow, (who had been sent to recruit Gamma by G.U.N.), Omega decided to follow in his "brother's" footsteps and fight the Eggman Empire as an agent of the Guardian Units of the Nation.

Creation
Omega was built in 3236 and designed as the one hundred and twenty third and final model of Eggman's E-100 Series robots, specifically made for combat against Eggman's greatest enemy, Sonic the Hedgehog. But he wasn't activated until a year later and had been left in storage for all that time. (SU: #3)

First Mission
After reactivating the war machine in the Eggdome in the ruins of New Megaopolis, Eggman gave Omega his first mission to hunt down and destroy E-102 Gamma. At first Omega refused as Eggman had left him in storage for over a year and he was built to destroy Sonic the Hedgehog, but his mission was to destroy something else. Eggman informed Omega that he alone would kill Sonic and that if threatened to put him back in storage for a decade if Omega did not follow orders. Omega then left to begin his mission as Eggman and Snively watched him leave from the landing bay of the Eggdome. (SU: #3)

After locating E-102 Gamma in the remote mountains hours later, Omega was forced to battle the rogue robot as well as G.U.N. agent Shadow the Hedgehog. Delighted to fight an opponent stronger than Sonic, Omega focused on Shadow until Gamma fired at him and Omega realized that his mission objective was there too. Shadow then attacked Omega and told Gamma to get to the extraction point while he distracted Omega. Intent on completing his mission, Omega temporarily disposed of Shadow by using his arm cannon to capture and blast him away. Omega then chased after Gamma and exchanged monologues via radio. While Omega stated how he was superior to Gamma in every way, Gamma pointed out that Omega's superiority had downsides that could be used to his advantage, and that his own downsides that Omega pointed out were advantages for him as well. Eventually, Gamma admitted he was outdated, just as Omega said and that the resistance forces would need something more than him to fight the Eggman Empire. Accepting this as surrender, Omega prepared to give Gamma a "glorious destruction" by unleashing all his weapons on him at once out of respect. Telling Omega his soul will remain even if he is destroyed, Gamma uploaded some of his programming into Omega before his robotic body was destroyed by Omega's barrage. A brown Flicky then flew away from what remained of Gamma afterwards, while Omega became overwhelmed by his new programming and free will. (SU: #3)

Gaining Free Will and Joining G.U.N.
After Shadow arrived back on the scene, "Gamma" spoke through Omega, informing him that he uploaded his coding into Omega. The coding integrated into Omega and the two entities became one. With a new feeling of purpose, Omega was convinced by Shadow to join G.U.N. and fight against the Eggman Empire like Gamma would have, and to also get his revenge on Eggman for keeping him in storage and wasting his potential. After Omega created a grave marker made out of rocks for Gamma, he and Shadow were picked up by a G.U.N. helicopter and brought back to G.U.N. headquarters where Omega met Commander Abraham Tower, who considered Omega as an excellent "replacement" for Gamma. Then Omega was examined by Hope Kintobor, who was amazed to find out that half of Omega's body weight was in ammunition, jokingly calling him a "monster" when she discussed the examination with Shadow and Rouge in the recreation room later on. (SU: #3)

Abilities
Omega is described as being a "walking arsenal" due to being equipped with over three dozen forms of weaponry mainly concealed in his arms, (somewhat similar to that of Grounder), including rapid-fire machine guns, flamethrowers, missile launchers, cannons and many more weapons, giving him "more firepower than all of the old Badnik horde combined." He has also displayed considerable physical strength, capable of destroying thick trees by either smashing them with his metal fists or using his claws to slash through them. (SU: #3)

He is equipped with remarkably strong armour that can withstand powerful laser blasts by elite fighter robots such as Gamma, and strong fast blows from powerful opponents such as Shadow. Omega can utilize jet boosters built in his back to help accelerate and fly long distances, making him somewhat fast. (SU: #3)

He can use radio waves to talk with other Eggman robots. Some of his weapons seem to be specifically made for combat with Sonic, such as his arm cannon that was able to capture and launch Shadow when he performed a spin-dash, one of Sonic's signature moves. Omega seems to be made to go across different terrains as well since he was able to get around the snow laden mountains with ease. (SU: #3)

Weapons

 * Machine Guns: Powerful automatic weapons capable of turning any enemy into swiss cheese upon firing them.
 * Missile Launchers: These powerful weapons can fire heavy projectiles at enemies and cause small explosions upon impact.
 * Flamethrowers: Omega's flamethrowers can make powerful infernos as soon as activated, potentially turning an enemy to charcoal.


 * Chest Cannons: Four powerful cannons hidden behind Omega's chest-plate that are capable of unleashing great damage.
 * Arm Cannons: These weapons seems to be specifically made for combat with Sonic the Hedgehog, as they were able to capture and launch Shadow the Hedgehog when he performed a spin-dash, one of Sonic's signature moves.
 * Claws: Excellent melee weapons for close-quarters combat where projectile weaponry is too risky to use for all involved. Also good backup/default weapons in case Omega breaks something or runs out of ammo.

Weaknesses
While Omega doesn't have any physical weaknesses, his superior traits such as speed, strength, weaponry, and armour thickness come with downsides. His armour is thick and heavy, but so is he and it makes him less agile. His speed is great, but he is unwieldy. His jets are strong, but he is also very loud, enabling enemies to detect him easily. His weaponry is powerful and enables him to cause great destruction, but he is not very precise like his assassin "brothers". He can also be brought down easily by less powerful laser weapons than his if hit in the right spots at the right time. (SU: #3)

Personality
Like many of Eggman's other robots, Omega was programmed with a limited personality, but thanks to Gamma's upload, it expanded a considerable amount and gave him free will. At first, Omega was only a rather rebellious character, immediately refusing his first mission from Eggman out of anger as he believes it to be beneath him as he was made to destroy Eggman's greatest foe, not a defective robot. He, like many other of Eggman's robots, seemed to also fear his creator when he threatened to shut him back down for a decade after not wanting to carry out his orders. His trait of rebellion later developed immensely thanks to Gamma, where Omega all out betrayed Eggman and went to work for GUN to fight the Eggman Empire, ending his fear of his creator. (SU: #3)

Omega is somewhat arrogant and prideful, making him think other Eggman robots, (especially older models), and his enemies are inferior to him, that he is the most powerful and will jump at any chance to prove so. Currently, Omega's only goals in life are to take revenge on Eggman for disabling him and carry on Gamma's mission. His pride of being a destructive war machine is a major part of him, and even threatened to turn Shadow into "linked sausage" if he told anybody at G.U.N. he showed himself to be weaker than usual by building a grave marker and whining about not knowing his purpose in life. (SU: #3)

Due to being programmed to "Crush, maim and destroy" the world and cover it in "glorious fire and doom", Omega has become a rather eradication loving character and believes that "all forms of destruction are delightful." His favourite/prefered weapon is his flamethrower. 

In respect to Omega's relationships, he has few, but the most significant was with Gamma, whom he showed respect for even before his greater personality came to be. Omega's other relationships with Shadow and Rouge are unusual ones, as he merely relates to Shadow as he is "also a weapon of incredible power meant to protect the delicate and flammable things of this world." He relates to Rouge in that she is "highly resourceful." It is a different situation with mechanical prodigy, Hope Kintobor, however, as she is very nice to Omega and he finds it easy to "have meaningful verbal discourse with her."

Background Information

 * The previous writers of the comic did once have Omega as a possible character to be introduced in the issues following Sonic the Hedgehog: #134, but the idea was scrapped. Current writer, Ian Flynn, also planned on using Omega in the milestone Sonic the Hedgehog: #175, but SEGA asked that they not use him on both those occasions. But Archie finally managed to convince SEGA to let them use Omega. As Flynn said: you "Can't have Team Dark without the big guy." Why they didn't want Omega released into the comic earlier is unknown.
 * Omega's design seems to be mainly based off his appearance in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) with minor changes. Omega's design from Sonic 2006 is his most realistic compared to his others, which is probably why it was chosen.
 * Omega's speech bubbles were originally red and rather square, (as can be seen in some of the above images), but after Gamma gives Omeag free will, it changes to white and is round like all the other characters. This is to show that Omega has now become sentient and is not like all the other robots.
 * Omega and Nack the Weasel are perhaps the only game characters to have four fingers instead of five.

Design Differences

 * Omega is significantly taller than his game counterpart, reaching a size over that of Eggman and Gamma, but in the games he is but an inch below five feet, making him much shorter than the 6ft 1in Eggman and the 7ft 1in Gamma, although Gamma seems much shorter in the comics. It should be noted that Omega seemed remarkably larger than Gamma in one specific panel while in all the others they seem to be about the same size. This may have just been the artist's way of making the scene appear to be more dramatic and make Omega seem more intimidating towards Gamma, though.
 * Unlike his game counterpart, Omega has no visible jet engines on his back, but they are there.
 * Unlike his game counterpart, all of Omega's weapons were in his arms, while in the comics, he was shown to have various weapons all over his upper body.
 * Unlike his game counterpart, the pipe around Omega's waist does not encircle it entirely and instead ends in two exhaust pipes.
 * The yellow metal around Omega's optical sensors (eyes) appears to be durable as it can be seen moving upwards and downwards to depict the emotion Omega is going through, much like how a human's current emotion, (such as anger or suprise), can be seen by their eyebrows going up or down.
 * Although not really a design difference, Omega was shown to speak in a much more human manner in his first appearance than that of his game counterpart, who spoke like that of a stereotypical robot by using words such as "affirmative" or "negative" instead of simply saying yes or no.

Other Uses in the Comic

 * Omega's design was used for Dr. Ivo Kintobor's Omega Care Unit in issues following StH: #193 with minor changes. These changes included colouring differences, the Omega symbol being replaced by the dove and olive branch peace sign, and changing the armaments to non-lethal weaponry. Although the early prototype designs for the care unit looked more like E-102 Gamma than Omega. The design was changed to be like Omega's over the years because "it seemed to lend itself better to housing a mobian, and it seemed much more apt for her  [ Buns' ]  character." According to Ian Flynn.
 * Buns, who is the user of the Omega Care Unit, also made a reference to Omega as an in-universe joke. This joke was made while she was fighting Rosy the Rascal in StH: #194. She complains that the Omega Unit's weapons aren't very powerful and says "Ah wish ah'd been outfitted with somethin' a bit more proactive...like a missile launcher or somethin'." An obvious reference to Omega who has a missile launcher.