Operation: Clean Sweep

<img data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22image-placeholder%22%2C%22params%22%3A%7B%22width%22%3A300%2C%22height%22%3A300%2C%22caption%22%3A%22%22%2C%22align%22%3A%22right%22%2C%22isAlign%22%3A2%2C%22isThumb%22%3A0%7D%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BFile%3APlaceholder%7Cright%7C300px%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="3989-11356535674edd682398fd9" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIABAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAQAICTAEAOw%3D%3D" class="media-placeholder image-placeholder thumb alignRight" type="image-placeholder" height="300" width="300" /> Operation: Clean Sweep was a plot by Dr. Eggman to roboticize Mobius completely by use of his Death Egg Mark II. (STH #225). This resulted in the creation of the alternate reality of the Genesis arc (STH #226-#229) and the roboticization of Princess Sally Acorn. 









The Embodiment of Chaos While in the Detention Facility of New Mobotropolis after his defeat in New Megaopolis (STH #200, #210), Dr. Eggman theorized that Sonic was the embodiment of Chaos, the uknown factor. No matter how ingenius his plans were, or how far he calculated and planned, Sonic would stop Dr. Eggman at the last minute in every single scenario. Essentially, as long as Robotnik was in Mobius Prime, Sonic would always win. After Snively broke Dr. Eggman out of the Detention Facility during the Iron Dominium's occupation of New Mobotropolis, he began to formulate Operation: Clean Sweep. Modifications to the EggDome In the Northern Tundra, the local Dark Egg Legion of whales supported and ran a mind control "totem" that Dr. Eggman used to hypnotize the walrus population to work for him. Though the totem was destroyed by the combined effort of Sonic, the Northern Tundra Freedom Fighters, Rotor, and Silver the Hedgehog, it remained a mystery to the heroes for what the totem's purpose was for. In Sand Blast City, the local Dark Egg Legion of former Robians ran a refinery for oil to fuel something. When Sonic and Bunnie went to investigate, it was revealed that the refinery would serve as a refueling station for something "bigger than he (Eggman)'s ever flown before."(STH #217) Dr. Eggman's dome-shaped base in New Megaopolis was modified to become part of Operation: Clean Sweep. He and Snively obtained a Chaos Emerald from the Special Zone to provide power for his new weapon, the Death Egg Mark II, which was, essentially, an airborne EggDome. The Death Egg Mark II was manned by the doctor himself, Snively, and the New Megaopolis chapter of the Dark Egg Legion. It was launched the day of Ixis Naugus and Geoffrey St. John's arrival in New Mobotropolis. While Sonic and Ixis Naugus were engaged in combat at Castle Acorn, the Death Egg Mark II appeared over the city. The Death Egg Mark II The Freedom Fighters, Geoffrey St. John, and Ixis Naugus traveled into the sky to waylay Dr. Eggman and stop what he intended to do with the Death Egg. Sonic and Sally entered the Death Egg through the hole Sonic used to enter the EggDome during the Freedom Fighters' and Chaotix's invasion of New Megaopolis. In the Death Egg, Sonic and Sally tried to locate Dr. Eggman before he could utilize the Death Egg, but they were stopped by a new and improved Silver Sonic. Instead of ignoring Silver Sonic, Sonic tried to have fun by defeating it, completely disregarding the mission at hand. Sally decided to go ahead and find Eggman alone while Sonic fought Silver Sonic as Eggman announced on the PA system of the Death Egg that he would momentarily fire the weapon. However, Sally was abruptly stopped by a two-barreled gun, and shot at, supposedly killing her as Sonic watched in disbelief. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As Eggman pressed the button at the Death Egg's bridge to fire the weapon, a flash of white light emanated from the Death Egg, washing the entire planet in white. As everything faded away, a horrified Sonic noticed that Sally had fallen. Mobius Prime Reset <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Using the Death Egg's weapon, Dr. Eggman managed to alter reality, erasing all of the Freedom Fighter's progress for the past 225 issues, even before Sonic and Sally met. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As Sonic was running in the Green Hill Zone, he felt as though he had blanked out for a second, which was the sudden disruption in reality. He saved the captured animals of the zone from an enraged Snively, freeing Sally, Boomer, and Antoine, whom he had not met before. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">The four heroes joined forces and began to find the source of the animal kidnappings, as well as the weird tremors that were occuring. After encountering Robotnik in the Marble Zone, and the Scrap Brain Zone, the Freedom Fighters supposedly defeated Robotnik. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Sonic introduced the Freedom Fighters to his sidekick Tails, who joined the group in taking down all of Robotnik's support, leaving him powerless. However, as the group slowly made progress in the Oil Ocean Zone, Sonic realized that their plan would take forever. He and Tails decided to leave the group to take on Robotnik head on while Sally, Boomer, and Antoine stayed to take down Robotnik's support. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">After encountering Robotnik in the Metropolis Zone, Sonic began to remember memories from another past. Robotnik stated that Sonic was beginning to remember the "other reality." With that, Robotnik escaped to his shuttle, which would take him to the Death Egg. Sonic escaped the Metropolis Zone as well, and Tails flew Sonic up to Robotnik's escape shuttle in his Tornado just in time for Sonic to travel to the Death Egg with Robotnik. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">On the Death Egg, Sonic notes the condition of the Earth, as it appears to be very stormy and disastrous. Robotnik, in his battle armor, explains that Mobius's true reality was fighting back to restore itself, and to get rid of the reality that Robotnik created. On the true Mobius Prime, Dr. Eggman realized that in that reality, Sonic would always stop him. If he changed reality, then the Chaos factor would be eliminated, and Sonic would not always stop him. However, Sonic did manage to confront Robotnik after the dimensional change, proving Robotnik's plan worthless. He planned to roboticize Mobius, solidifying the altered reality forever. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Sonic, regaining the memories of the true Mobius, begins to fight Robotnik, but loses. However, because the Death Egg was powered by the seven Chaos Emeralds, Sonic grabbed a power wire, absorbed its power, and turned into Super Sonic. Super Sonic easily defeats Dr. Robotnik in his battle armor, absorbs as much Chaos Energy as possibly from the wire, and performs Chaos Control, restoring reality. The white washing effect occurred once again as the alternate Mobius diminished. The World Roboticizer <p data-rte-fromparser="true">With reality restored, the temporal transition allowed time on the true Mobius Prime to go back 10 seconds, allowing Sonic to rescue Sally before the gun could kill her. Sonic defeated Silver Sonic, and rushed to confront Dr. Eggman before he could fire the roboticizer. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">When Sonic and Sally find Eggman, he explains that the Death Egg II's weapon was a world roboticizer that would roboticize all life. All things that were machinery, including Overland forces and weapons, and his Dark Legionnaires would be destroyed. Sonic pointed out that because the alien race, the Bem, deroboticized everyone who ever was and made sure no one would get roboticized ever again, the roboticization of the world would not succeed. However, Eggman explained that because he reset reality, the spell the Bem placed on all Mobians was gone, and now, Eggman would successfully roboticize everything. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As Sonic battles a heavily damaged Silver Sonic, and a new Metal Sonic, Sally sneaks off to disable the roboticizer. When Sally reaches the weapon's chamber, NICOLE reveals that the only way to prevent the world's roboticization in the little time they had would be to invert the beam, causing only Sally to be roboticized, in turn destroying the weapon. Sally agrees to do this, allowing NICOLE to corrupt and reprogram the weapon just in time. As Eggman fires the weapon, the roboticizer destroys itself. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Sonic begins to laugh at Eggman, at how he failed to roboticize the world, even after he changed reality, but then, a metal hand arose from the wreckage. Mecha Sally emerged, and began to attack a distraught Sonic. <p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">As Sonic was released from the Death Egg Mark II by Mecha Sally, Eggman sent to Mobotropolis a gigantic Titan Metal Sonic, along with an unknown weapon he codenamed "Deadly Cuddles." After releasing the two distractions, the Death Egg II retreated in a somewhat victorious defeat.