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E-100 Alpha was the very first prototype of Dr. Eggman's E-100 series robots. An early and experimental model, Alpha had design features that made it unique to all of it's successor "brothers." It's form completely lacked any legs employed in E-102 Gamma and the other E-100 units and instead relied on some kind of repulsor lift to allow it to move around. It's basic shape seemed more like a large box, removing almost any semblance to a human template as well. In addition, Alpha had absolutely no projectile weapon systems built into it (unlike E-123 Omega, who uses practically nothing but guns and missles), and instead had to rely on nothing but a pair of arms with fist-like manipulators, making suitable only for melee combat or dealing with weaker enemies. These features made the Alpha units ideal for the job assigned to them by Dr. Eggman of capturing a harmless Flicky bird for unspecified reasons. It was then that the Alphas chased the Flicky into the Hidden City of the Ancients during their pursuit and encountered Amy Rose who attempted to fend them off with her newly-obtained Piko-Piko Hammer. Unfortunately the Alphas recovered quickly and managed to capture Amy and proceeded to take her back to the Egg Carrier. As a result of this, the Flicky gave chase out of concern for Amy and was subsequently captured too. It is likely that every Alpha unit (along with all the other E-100 series droids) were reassigned to outposts in different territories in the Eggman Empire afterwards until they were destroyed by Gamma after his rebellion. (StH: #81, SU: #3)