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| - Prior to launching the second Genesis Wave with Dr. Eggman, Dr. Wily had created a number of Robot Masters that served as his minions. These Robot Masters joined him the Skull Egg Zone to help construct the Wily Egg, from which the Genesis Wave was launched. Almost immediately upon his home reality being altered, Wily became aware of a multitude of other Robot Masters he had employed in the altered timeline and eagerly began making plans to recreate them as part of a Robot Master Army. However, he and Eggman first developed a new team of robots combining Robot Master technology with Eggman's Roboticization process: the Roboticized Masters. In order to gather subjects, Wily deployed one of his Robot Masters-the powerful Bass-alongside Eggman's Metal Sonic v3.0. (MM: #24) Yet another Robot Master, Copy Mega Man, was deployed by the Doctors in order to capture the Chaotix for Roboticization. He also joined Metal Sonic in tricking Mega Man and Sonic into battling one another. When the heroes and their allies entered the Skull Egg Zone, Copybot met them with the Genesis Unit-yet another trio of Masters-backing him up. The Robot Master Shadow Man also teamed up with his Roboticized Master namesake to challenge the heroes. Despite their victories in these battles, however, the heroes had yet to meet the full brunt of Wily's Robot Masters: the army sent out as the first line of defense for the Wily Egg. (SU: #51, #52, #53) The vast majority of Wily's Robot Masters participated in the battle outside the Wily Egg, though Copybot was curiously absent. The Mega Man Killers and Bass waited for the heroes inside the Wily Egg, the latter assisted by Metal Sonic and Treble. The interior forces were defeated, but the army outside nearly succeeded in destroying the heroes until the Light Robot Masters arrived to back them up. When the Super Genesis Wave washed over the battlefield, all combatants disappeared, and Super Mega Man subsequently returned all the Robot Masters-Wily's included-to their proper places in space and time. (StH: #250, #251, MM: #27, SU: #54)
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