Recap / Mega Man X: Command Mission

This is the recap page for Mega Man X: Command Mission. Spoilers are unmarked. You have been warned.

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Chapter 1: Infiltrate Giga City!

• The Maverick Hunters X, Zero, and Shadow run through the dark, rainy outskirts of Giga City. They recall their briefing by Colonel Redips: infiltrate the occupied Giga City and put a stop to the activities of the Rebellion Army led by Epsilon. Another team was sent before them, but destroyed; if this new mission fails, the Federation will have no other option besides all-out war. An energy reading was found within the Lagrano Ruins, making it the new team's first target in the search for the Rebellion hideout.
• Upon entering the Lagrano Ruins, X is separated from Zero and Shadow by a mysterious explosion that causes the room to collapse. They part ways, planning to rendezvous at the top. During the investigation, the trio discovers a total of twelve Reploid-development pods - eight combat units and four high-performance units. One of the high-performance units was apparently Epsilon.
• X and Zero meet at the top - Shadow was apparently separated from Zero - where they are attacked by Hippopressor. They defeat it before moving on to find Shadow.
• X and Zero find Shadow face-to-face with Epsilon himself. They move to arrest Epsilon, but Shadow reveals his true affiliation with the Rebellion Army, having led the two Hunters into an ambush. Zero is knocked off the ruins by the combined efforts of the Rebellion cadre, and X leaps off into an abyss to escape them. Epsilon knows they will both return.

Chapter 2: Recapture Central Tower!

• X awakens, having been knocked out by the fall, in a place called New Hope. A Reploid explains that he's in the Resistance hideout - the Resistance being a small movement fighting the Rebellion Army's control. X learns that the building above them, Central Tower, is now occupied by the Rebellion, and that the Resistance's leader, Chief R, is being held hostage.
• X leaves New Hope to Air City, where he sees the extent of the Rebellion Army occupation. He calls Colonel Redips, informing him that he was separated from Zero and that Shadow betrayed them; the connection then cuts out due to jamming. X also learns that the Rebellion is searching for him.
• X continues towards Central Tower, but is stopped by a rowdy Reploid who reports him to the Rebellion and attempts to arrest him. However, the Reploid is quickly destroyed by Spider, a bounty hunter who plans to win the bounty on X's head. X and Spider's fight is interrupted by an alarm going off as guards move to find X. Both combatants flee.
• X enters Central Tower and meets Aile, a member of the Resistance. X agrees to help rescue Chief R, and Aile gives him his ID lens to allow entry to the Governor's Precinct. Rebellion forces then arrive, and Aile sacrifices himself in an explosion to let X escape. X resolves to honor Aile's sacrifice.
• Wild Jango watches as X enters the main area of Central Tower. He is approached by Spider, who makes a deal with him to defeat X for a blank check from the Rebellion.
• X is ambushed by Spider, who catches him by surprise and has him at his mercy. Spider notices that X dropped Aile's ID and goes to pick it up, but when X explains who it's from, Spider suddenly relents. He then runs off to fight some Rebellion guards, urging X to save Chief R.
• X finds and rescues Chief R. Wild Jango then contacts Chief R, who continues to refuse to cooperate. However, Jango reveals that he has defeated Spider, and threatens to bring the entire Central Tower to the ground with a bomb. X rushes to the Command Room, where he defeats some guards and deactivates Jango's time bomb. He then pursues Jango to the helipad.
• X confronts Wild Jango on the helipad. Jango knocks him down, making X again drop Aile's ID; Jango then moves to inspect it, but is suddenly hit with a card from Spider. X and Spider team up to defeat Wild Jango together, successfully destroying him. Spider explains that he is a former friend of Aile's, and that he couldn't help but aid the Resistance upon learning his friend gave his life for it.

Chapter 3: The Paper Hero

• In order to bolster the ranks of the Resistance, Chief R orders X and Spider to infiltrate a nearby Force Metal mine that the Rebellion has converted into a POW camp. There they can rescue some Resistance soldiers, especially the skilled navigator Nana.
• X and Spider are deployed to Tianna Camp. Upon their arrival, Spider voices his frustration that he has to do the dirty work while Chief R gets to sit back at base. He also implies that he has his own goals.
• X and Spider then stumble upon the supposed Steel Massimo. Spider recognizes him as a great hero who is fighting the Rebellion Army, and he joins their team to help free the POWs.
• Elsewhere, Silver Horn sadistically taunts Nana, who is hooked up to a machine.
• X, Spider, and Massimo free a number of POWs. They also come across Nana and rescue her from the machine. She thanks them and explains that she helped their infiltration by disabling any alarms. Massimo asks her about any record of a "Steel Massimo" being at the camp, and she reveals that one was registered ten days ago and had recently been executed. Spider assumes it was a mistake in the system.
• After continuing through the camp for a while, X notices Massimo is absent. Nana calls and explains that he is likely not the real Steel Massimo. Elsewhere, Massimo is shown meeting with the real Massimo, who is chained to a wall and heavily mutilated. He explains that he gave Massimo his armor and identity because he trusted him, and urges him to be strong, before passing away.
• X and Spider meet back up with Massimo deeper into the camp. However, before they can talk to him about his identity, they suddenly hear Nana's scream down a nearby hall, and rush to find her.
• The party finds Nana at the mercy of Silver Horn, who is punishing her for her defiance. Silver Horn notices Massimo and begins describing how he mutilated the old Massimo in excruciating detail. The new Massimo is infuriated by his remarks and punches him to the ground, initiating a battle. After the trio defeats Silver Horn, Massimo tries to reveal his true identity, but X and Spider forgive him for the deception and encourage him to join the Resistance with them.

Chapter 4: Gaudile Laboratory

• Chief R and Nana explain that they require the aid of a scientist called Prof. Gaudile. However, Gaudile has holed himself up in a heavily-fortified laboratory and will not be easy to convince. They decide to infiltrate the lab in order to get to him before the Rebellion does.
• X, Spider, and Massimo immediately find themselves under attack by Prof. Gaudile's guards. They defeat them and enter the lab - however, with the guards now gone, another intruder named Marino sneaks in too.
• The trio continues into the laboratory until they stumble upon Dr. Psyche, who has come to recruit Gaudile to the Rebellion. Dr. Psyche sends some soldiers after them while he escapes deeper into the lab.
• Marino breaks into a room where she finds a girl named Cinnamon. She asks Cinnamon where the "Force Metal Generator" is, planning to steal the device, and Cinnamon naively agrees to show her.
• Meanwhile, Gaudile continues to refuse to join Dr. Psyche despite their history as colleagues. Psyche threatens to steal the Force Metal Generator if he does not cooperate, opening up a camera feed to Cinnamon's room. Upon seeing Marino, however, he begins to panic that someone else got to her first. Cinnamon reveals the Force Metal Generator hidden in her body to Marino, who explains that she is going to steal her.
• The trio of heroes find Prof. Gaudile, who explains that Dr. Psyche plans to kidnap Cinnamon. He also clarifies that he does not plan to join the Resistance nor the Rebellion, wanting to stay neutral instead. They head to Cinnamon's room, but find it empty.
• Marino is violently defeated by Dr. Psyche and his guards, shocking Cinnamon. She rushes to Marino's side and begins to use the Force Metal Generator to heal her, which impresses Psyche. He then takes her away.
• X and the others make their way through the Eternal Forest and find Marino. They wake her up and tell her they're going after Psyche, which is all she needs to hear to get her to join them.
• With Marino now on their side, the party finally confronts Dr. Psyche. He fights them himself, even taking on an advanced form called Mad Nautilus, but is ultimately defeated. Prof. Gaudile thanks X for saving Cinnamon and still refuses to help the Resistance. However, Cinnamon expresses her desire to join the Resistance and use her Force Metal Generator for good, which convinces Gaudile to join after all. Marino is also reluctant to pledge allegiance to the Resistance, but joins after encouragement from her new friends.

Chapter 5: Maverick Hunters Join Forces

• Prof. Gaudile helps reconfigure the Central Tower's transmitter, allowing X to make contact with Colonel Redips again. Redips tells X that they found Zero's signal at Point A6 before the message cuts out again. Nana pinpoints the location as a Reploid factory, and Chief R orders the team to find Zero so he can join.
• The party arrives at Ulfat Factory, and Marino advises the team that security will be tight due to the presence of another intruder: likely Zero.
• After searching the factory for a while, a mysterious Reploid calls out X's name. He reveals himself to be Axl in disguise, impressing Spider with his copy ability. Axl explains that he came to Giga City looking for clues about his past, having heard that similar Reploids originated from the island. He agrees to help X find Zero.
• As the party moves through the factory, they find guards with slash marks. They deduce it to be Zero's doing.
• Meanwhile, Zero breaks into a control room, confronting the Rebellion member Mach Jentra. Zero announces he is conducting a one-man war against the Rebellion, and Jentra gets ready for a fight.
• X's party continues to follow the trail of destruction, eventually finding Zero being overpowered by Mach Jentra. X and Axl rush to Zero's aid, forcing Jentra to retreat. X and Zero then share a heartfelt reunion. However, soon after, an alert goes off announcing the activation of something called Duboar.
• The group finds Mach Jentra in front of a large structure. Jentra reveals that it is Duboar, a machine built for mass-production of Reploids and Mechaniloids for the Rebellion. He then attacks the heroes alongside Duboar's many creations, but is defeated.
• Before his death, Jentra reveals that Duboar will go berserk without his control, and it begins constantly spewing dangerous Rebellion soldiers. After fighting waves of soldiers, Axl eventually gets the idea to copy Mach Jentra's form and use it to order Duboar to stop. Axl's plan succeeds, allowing X and Zero to destroy the machine for good. Zero is excited that the Maverick Hunter dream-team of himself, X, and Axl is reunited. However, he is irked when X offers to take them back to Central Tower and introduce them to the Resistance.

Chapter 6: The Meaning of Friendship

• Zero is not impressed with the Resistance, deeming them "the dregs of Giga City." Still raw over Shadow's betrayal, Zero refuses to trust them and storms out of Central Tower to work alone.
• Colonel Redips contacts X, delivering a photograph taken of a secret Rebellion research facility. Nana begins to decode the image Redips sent, but says it will take some time before she can pinpoint its location.
• As X steps out of the Command Room, he notices a strange light around the corner. He turns the corner to find Spider, who tries to make casual conversation with him.
• Nana finishes decoding the image, discerning its location is in Gimialla Mine found in the Aires Valley. The party teleports to Gimialla Mine to investigate the Rebellion's research projects - however, Shadow is seen watching from the darkness.
• The party continues through the mine, and eventually comes across Shadow. He assumes they came to steal the Rebellion's Supra-Force Metal, which he explains is a rare kind of Force Metal with amazing power. Shadow then attacks them using a fragment of Supra-Force Metal, surprising them with his strength. He moves to finish X, but is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Zero, who fights alongside X and his friends to defeat Shadow.
• With Shadow beaten, Zero turns to speak with X. However, Shadow fires one last-ditch attack at Zero from behind - surprisingly, Spider jumps in the way of the blast, before counter-attacking and destroying Shadow for good. Zero is touched by his selfless act and says he's gained his respect. X tells Spider to wait behind due to his injury, but Spider insists on coming with them to find out more about Supra-Force Metal.
• X's party enters a control room, where they find the Rebellion member Incentas. He is surprised but not disappointed that they managed to destroy Shadow. He then tells them they've fallen right into his trap, as he locks the room and explains there is no more Supra-Force Metal left in the mine. A battle breaks out, but Incentas is defeated by the heroes.
• Unwilling to accept defeat, Incentas sets the room to self-destruct to take the party with him. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Spider tackles Incentas and drags him in front of the locked door, deciding to detonate himself along with Incentas to blow open an escape. His sacrifice pays off, and the group manages to escape to safety. X and the others are touched by Spider's sacrifice, especially Zero, who pleads for forgiveness and asks to join the Resistance.

Chapter 7: Block Transmissions!

• X attempts to report to Colonel Redips about the existence of Supra-Force Metal, but finds their signals are still being jammed. Nana finds a way to eliminate the Rebellion's interference - by going to the Vanallia Desert and manually disabling the jamming equipment. The area is incredibly dangerous, but they have little choice.
• X's party heads to the Vanallia Desert. They find several radio towers and follow the wires between them to find the main unit in the sandstorm. However, they are intercepted by the Rebellion cadre member Ferham, who knocks X into a patch of quicksand to stop them. Zero grabs onto X and Massimo, stopping them from sinking, and is whipped by Ferham. X urges Zero to let go and to fight Ferham, but he refuses to abandon them, and they are all pulled into the quicksand.
• Luckily, the group hits solid ground below and is able to find their way into an underground Rebellion facility. They begin to explore the caverns, searching for a way to disable the jamming equipment above.
• Another part of the Rebellion cadre, Botos, notices X is in the facility. He is then contacted by Scarface, who orders him to finish off X's team where Ferham failed. Botos voices his distaste for both of them.
• X and the team find the controls to the jamming device, successfully disabling it. In response, Botos issues them a challenge to meet him in battle, which they accept.
• X's party confronts Botos, who shows them his fragment of Supra-Force Metal and uses it to attack. Despite his power-up, the team is still able to defeat him, and he drops his Supra-Force Metal as a result. Botos then flees, allowing X to retrieve the fragment of Supra-Force Metal.

Chapter 8: The Ultimate Weapon

• Prof. Gaudile analyzes the Supra-Force Metal, discovering that it is 10,000 times more potent than regular Force Metal. He also deduces that it was made by combining many pieces of Force Metal, and the one place with that much Force Metal available is the Melda Ore Plant. The team decides to head there next.
• Scarface and Ferham are seen in the Melda Ore Plant, discussing Ferham's failed attempt to kill X and his team in Vanallia Desert. He offers to fight them for her, but she insists that she'll do it right this time.
• X finds a large, incomplete structure of some kind within the plant, but can't tell what it is due to how small the window leading to it is. Gaudile tells them to take some pictures from different angles to parse together what it is. After doing so, Gaudile comes to the conclusion that it must be a giant Supra-Force Metal-powered warhead. He claims that its explosion could spread interference so potent it would drive all Reploids in the northern hemisphere Maverick.
• As the party explores the plant, they run into Botos again. He explains that the warhead's Supra-Force Metal payload is locked, and that only the Rebellion cadre are allowed to carry the two keys to it. They fight Botos for his key, but he flees into the next room before they can beat him. As they continue to pursue him, he summons illusory clones of himself to throw them off his trail, and eventually just resorts to locking himself in a room. Unable to follow him any further, X decides to go look for the other key instead.
• X's group comes across Ferham in the missile silo, who challenges them to a real battle. They defeat her, but she falls down to the bottom of the silo, forcing the team to run down several floors to get the key.
• While Ferham lays defeated at the bottom, she is suddenly approached by Botos. He lies, telling her he has orders from Epsilon to take the missile's Supra-Force Metal, and steals her key before leaving her to die.
• X finds Ferham badly damaged, and she explains that Botos stole her key. They decide to go find Botos.
• Botos has already made it to the top of the warhead to steal the Supra-Force Metal for himself, laughing maniacally. However, he is ambushed by a mysterious individual who appears to be Spider.
• X's party returns to the top of the silo, where they find Botos dead and the Supra-Force Metal missing from the warhead. Confused, the team heads back to base empty-handed.

Chapter 9: When Giants Duel

• X contacts Colonel Redips, having come to the conclusion that the Rebellion must have relocated the missile's Supra-Force Metal somewhere. Redips offers to lead a unit into Giga City himself to help find it, but his message is interrupted by an intruder alarm going off.
• The party heads outside to find Scarface, who has brazenly come to their front door to challenge them to a duel, believing that they stole the warhead's Supra-Force Metal. They defeat Scarface, who discusses the Rebellion's ideals with X before retreating.
• Upon returning to the Command Room, X learns that Nana managed to trace Scarface's escape route. By doing this, she uncovered the location of the Rebellion Army's hideout, situated in the Grave Ruins Base. The team teleports after Scarface to finish the civil war once and for all.
• After traversing the harsh security protocols, X and the others confront Epsilon in his throne room. Epsilon reveals that he still has Supra-Force Metal within his own body. X fires a shot at Epsilon, but Scarface leaps in the way. Scarface tries to convince Epsilon to flee and let the Rebellion live another day, taking on the party himself. However, he is defeated and destroyed.
• Epsilon admires Scarface's sacrifice, but refuses to run away, claiming that a fight is inevitable one way or another. Epsilon then battles X and his party, but he too is defeated. Epsilon attempts to get one last attack in, but X destroys him with a well-placed charge shot.
• As if on cue, Colonel Redips enters the room to congratulate them. X gives him the Supra-Force Metal from Epsilon's body, and Redips orders the Maverick Hunters to return to Central Tower to be picked up by aircraft.

Final Chapter: In the Name of JUSTICE

• The Resistance heads to the Central Tower helipad, where they see a Federation aircraft coming to retrieve the Maverick Hunters. Chief R waves to the craft, but is suddenly gunned down by its turret. Drones begin to rain down, opening fire on the rest of the Resistance who have no choice but to fight back.
• Meanwhile, Colonel Redips makes a broadcast about the mission in Giga City. He claims that X and the Resistance conspired with the Rebellion Army to gain Supra-Force Metal, and have been swiftly dealt with to ensure peace.
• X and the team make it to Far East HQ, where Redips is stationed. They are confused and hurt by this sudden betrayal, and resolve to personally confront him on the matter by infiltrating the headquarters.
• Upon entering the headquarters, the party encounters what appears to be Wild Jango. They defeat him, and Axl deduces that Jango was actually another Reploid using a copy ability. Meanwhile, Redips is informed of X's intrusion and orders his soldiers to destroy them.
• The party fights their way through the headquarters, battling copied Rebellion members and Federation troops alike. As a final challenge, they are confronted with Depth Dragoon, a loyal Maverick Hunter eager to test X, Zero, and Axl's "Class S" status. They defeat him and move on.
• Finally, X and the others encounter Colonel Redips in his office. He reveals his intention to rule the world and engages them in battle. After his defeat, Redips reveals that he possesses a copy ability like Axl's, and that he had secretly been with the group for a large portion of the game as Spider. Redips also reveals that he intends to merge with the Supra-Force Metal he's gathered - the piece stolen from the warhead and the piece taken from Epsilon. He then retreats to the Orbital Elevator Babel to begin the fusion.
• X's party pursues Redips, and find him hooked up to a large machine with the two Supra-Force Metal pieces. He uses the machine to transform, becoming a massive monster called Great Redips. He easily overpowers the heroes and appears to be undefeatable - however, Ferham suddenly appears and baits him into attacking his own Supra-Force Metal, knocking one of the pieces loose. With Great Redips weakened, X's party is able to finally defeat him.
• Redips reverts to his original form. He berates the heroes for their unwillingness to evolve using Supra-Force Metal before dying. Ferham appears holding the Supra-Force Metal and apologizes to X for all the trouble she caused before leaping off the elevator, planning to self-destruct. The elevator then begins to crumble, forcing them to get inside to survive the fall back to Earth.
• Nana watches from the Earth as Ferham destroys the Supra-Force Metal, creating a shower of aurora as it hits the atmosphere. Meanwhile, the heroes exit the fallen elevator, having landed in the middle of the ocean.

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