At an intersection in the Cosmic Interstate, Zonic the Zone Cop introduces himself and heads into a Zone 1000 years ahead of Sonic's time -- the year 4235, in an alternate future where Mobius has become nearly uninhabitable. A spaceship crash lands on the planet's surface and a shadowy figure watches it from afar. This zone's version of Sonic stumbles out of his ship, glad that his black suit guards him from the planet's toxic atmosphere, when he's suddenly attacked by a fox that resembles Tails. Sonic, using his suit's ability to convert his speed into psychokinetic energy, blasts his attacker and explains his situation. In the year 3235, Dr. Robotnik launched him into space. He was saved by a race of wandering beings known as the Pearlmen, who gave him his suit and sent him in stasis bac