LogFAQs > #976270302

ViewtifulJoe posted...

So what, Colonel was a maverick. Iris unwittingly turns herself maverick by taking Colonel's core. And then either Iris decides to attack Zero or Zero recognises what's happened and starts attacking her?

Iris and Colonel were unstable as one Reploid, which is why they separated them. Iris is programmed with pacifists values, and Colonel is a militant protector.

When they merged, she once again became unstable, but was fighting with the intent in her mind "for a world where only Reploids exist. Together with Zero.".

The Colonel, and most of Repliforce are arguably not Maverick's. This is the first point in the series where it's open to interpretation that Reploid rights are being violated by calling them "Maverick's" ala "terrorists.

Sigma is manipulating the Colonel from the shadows, but no one is infected with the Sigma Virus. Everyone is just acting out of ulterior motives and chasing ideals. It's actually a really deep game and the last X game really worth a damn.

It's also implied that Zero is "Patient Zero" of the Sigma virus and is responsible for infecting Sigma, who was previously a law abiding Reploid.