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| - At some point before Sonic the Hedgehog's visit to ancient history, the ancient echidnas had developed advanced technology in the form of pilotable robots. At this stage, they were only shown to be under the control of skilled pilots and there was no indication that these robots could ever survive on their own. Thousands of years after the Great War, one of these machines was found by Knuckles the Echidna. It appeared to be searching for another echidna, Doctor Zachary, and fought with Knuckles on his way to completing his mission. Despite Guardian Robots previously being allies to the echidnas, this particular one managed to smash Knuckles through a wall, before absorbing the power of the Master Emerald. It turned out that it was being controlled by the software of Zachary, part of his desire to avenge something. Piloting the robot away from the island, Knuckles managed to wake up and tear the robot's wing just in time, rendering it unable to fly. A minor tremor ripped through the island soon after, causing both robot and Zachary to fall to Mobius below. Luckily for him, Zachary managed to manually fly the robot as he descended, but the damaged wing meant Zachary was practically dead upon landing. The head of this robot remained on the Floating Island (since Knuckles punched it off), still fully charged with the Chaos energy from the Master Emerald. Knuckles realised that he could use this as a temporary Master Emerald and hooked the robot head to the Emerald Chamber. Sure enough, the island returned to the skies. Shortly after Knuckles' visit to the Kohenyu Graveyard, Knuckles tried to take the energy from the robot head and place it into the new Emerald. Fearing he would soon die, the robot reactivated itself and attempted to destroy Knuckles. The echidna soon realised what was happening and allowed the robot to live on minimum energy, hoping to access its memory banks for clues on his race's whereabouts. He never did this, on-panel at least. During Knuckles' time away from the island, the head sat in a small alcove, accidentally surprising Sonic on his visit to see Porker Lewis. The robot didn't seem to understand that Sonic was about to turn into the monstrous Super Sonic and was ordered to keep quiet by the terrified pig. With Knuckles still being away, Zachary returned to the island with Doctor Robotnik and reprogrammed more Guardian Robots with his own software. It'd seem that Zachary knew more about the island's secrets than Knuckles and knew where the robots were being kept. Come Issue 100, the electromagnetic pulse failed to disable the robots but it did knock out Zachary's hardware, rendering them useless. When they eventually did activate, the Emerald Hill folk misinterpreted them as a geniune threat and attacked the robots, with said robots retaliating. The skirmish ended when Knuckles talked the Folk out of attacking. Their last real appearance was to help Knuckles when the Floating Island seemed to be in the middle of a takeover. They first apprehended D.R.A.T. crooks, then attempted to follow the real villains, until their chameleon circuits 'blinded' them. They eventually did manage to stop their nefarious scheme, but only thanks to the lead of Porker, who was manually piloting one.
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