Project Shadow

Project: Shadow was a project put forward by the Republic of Station Square to make immortality possible. The project was held on the Space Colony ARK and the leading scientist behind it was Professor Gerald Robotnik, who wished to use the project as a means help cure his granddaughter, Maria, of her Neuro-Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. In order to break some barriers in his research, Gerald asked the leader of the Black Arm race, Black Doom, to assist him in return for making Project: Shadow into a weapon as well for the alien to use, but Gerald turned the project into a champion for Mobius to protect from Black Doom and his race when he returned in fifty years to collect his prize. Gerald eventually managed to create an immortal life form known as Shadow the Hedgehog, who had Black Doom's skills in Chaos Control. When Station Square's military became aware of Project: Shadow's success, they decided to use Shadow for themselves as a weapon. But when they sent soldiers up to take hold of Project: Shadow, Maria caught sight of them and informed her grandfather about it. Gerald told her to take Shadow to the escape pods. She did this successfully, but was shot in the back when she tried escape. Gerald was then brought back down to Mobius, where the military informed him of his granddaughter's death and ordered him to create a new Project: Shadow on Prison Island. Although Gerald complied and attempted to make a new Shadow, the military couldn't tell if he was trying to "pull a fast one" due to Shadow being so advanced and had Gerald executed. (StH: #98, #157, #171)