E-102 Gamma

E-102 Gamma is the second robot of the E-100 Series line created by Dr. Eggman. Although Gamma was created by and made to work under Dr. Eggman, he ended up abandoning his programming in search of something more, due in part to an encounter with Amy Rose and her Flicky friend.

Creation and Early Assignments
Upon awakening for the first time, Gamma began exploring the base he was in, observing two robotic duplicates of Sonic the Hedgehog. Soon afterwards, Dr. Eggman arrived and wanted to examine Gamma's weapon skills, sending him into a training area where he was to destroy dummies of Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. Due to his resounding success, Dr. Eggman took an early liking to Gamma. (StH: #82)



Following this, Gamma was sent to collect a group of emerald shards to help empower the water beast Chaos. Upon his return from completing this task, Gamma was put into competition with his sibling E-100 robots, which were ordered to retrieve a frog who had absorbed Chaos' tail. Gamma proceeded to locate Froggy at Big the Cat's hut, knocking Big over and capturing Froggy. When he returned, Eggman was delighted to see Gamma's success, while the other E-100's had all failed and brought back regular frogs. With Gamma as the victor, Eggman disposed of the other E-100's and assigned Gamma to his next mission. (StH: #80, #81, #82)

Encounter with Amy Rose
Gamma's next assignment was to retrieve the Flicky sitting in a prison cell along with Amy Rose on board the Egg Carrier. Although Gamma demanded she hand over the bird, Amy refused. The tone of Amy's voice by contrast to Dr. Eggman's harsh orders causes Gamma to remember the fate of his own people and recalls the roboticization process that befell them. This causes Gamma to have a revelation, thus he freed Amy and the Flicky. (StH: #82)

Gamma had little time to deduce what he'd done before he was called up to the deck to dispose of the trespassing Sonic and Tails. A grueling battle ensued, but Gamma was ultimately defeated by Sonic. Before he could be destroyed however, Amy got between the two and informed Sonic that Gamma had helped her escape. Hearing this, Sonic left the robot alone, and Sonic, Amy and Tails all fled the descending Egg Carrier, leaving Gamma's fate unknown. (SSS: #13)

Personality
Like most of Eggman's robots, Gamma has a free will and personality, though unlike over-ambitious models such as Metal Sonic, Gamma's leave of duty is usually out of a compassion or remorse for his actions against Sonic and his friends.

Gamma is renowned for gaining his sentience and more or less being the first to portray the thoughts of an average Eggman robot. However, given his mindless actions as Eggman's slave, it is unknown if he gained sentience or had it all along but simply disregarded it at first. Even under evil alignment however, he holds a sensible and rational manner towards his enemies. However he becomes somewhat uncomfortable to vivid human emotions, to the point that the emotional conflict of his loyalty pains him, leading to his eventual leave of duty.

It should be noted that even when gaining a free will, Gamma still holds a rather regemented attitude and devotion to his mission. He considers his life less important than his friends' and is shown to fight selflessly for them to the brink of sacrificing himself, much like the other heroes of Mobius, the only difference being that Gamma was actually given such an opportunity.

Abilities
As one of Eggman's destructive gunner robots, E-102 is built for battle.

His main weapon is a machine gun that can lock-on with help from a laser targeting device on his head. Due to the targeting device, Gamma's shots are almost always accurate, and allows for pinpoint accuracy to find an enemy's weakspot.

Gamma is also equipped with a jet booster that allows him to hover for some time and cross longer distances in the air.

Background information
Additionally, the Alpha series mechanoid known as Isaac appears to be a gold-colored (later silver-colored) re-colour of Gamma, right down to the 102 on the side. Despite the color difference, Tails thought that maybe "Dr. Eggman rebuilt him." Regardless, there is no known relation between the two units, as Issac is believed to be at least 10000 years older. Possibly making Isaac a design inspiration for Gamma and the E-100 Series.

According to writer Ian Flynn, unlike his game counterpart, Gamma remains alive but unseen. Flynn has also hinted at him reappering in Sonic Universe.