Gate (ゲイト Geito) is a Reploid scientist and the main antagonist of Mega Man X6. He used to be a colleague of Alia. His goal is the creation of the ultimate Reploid and a new world order for only supreme Reploids. He is completely devoted to his work and will do whatever it takes in order to achieve what he desires most. Gate is the creator of the eight Nightmare Investigators, the Zero Nightmare, High Max, and the Nightmare Virus itself, and is even partially responsible for the resurrection of Sigma.
Appearance[]
Gate is a tall male Reploid in purple armor. His clear face is recognizable for his sharp purple eyes and a confident expression. Facially, Gate appears to be slightly older than X and Zero. His helmet is distinguished by a pair of metallic blades running across the sides and a diamond shaped blue gem. Another blue gem with the shape of a pentagon is located on the center of his chestplate. He is more defined however by his white lab coat featuring gold accents and cuffs. He wears a long white labcoat, adorned by golden bands around the collar and the wrists.
In combat, Gate changes to a golden armor with white details and blue gems, and his labcoat becomes a cape, which he implies after the battle was the result of his research into the Zero Virus.
Personality[]
Gate is a devoted researcher with a cold and sarcastic attitude, a large ego and an irreverent personality. In order to achieve his goals, he's willing to do everything necessary to get what he wants. During his time with a research team responsible for developing new Reploids, unlike Alia, he broke research protocols by making his creations unanalyzable, causing him to become a social outcast. He became bitter and filled with hatred when his creations were destroyed by his very own colleagues, especially because Alia was part of the conspiracy. Like many of the villains in the series, Gate desires a Reploid government under his leadership, and will gain it by any means necessary.
Gate aimed to make the strongest Reploids, believing that the best Reploids are completely unanalyzable, which is why he is so fascinated by X and Zero, and why he values the sample of Zero's DNA that he obtained so highly. Being a genius in Reploid engineering and not afraid of showing it, he advanced to the point of being able to develop highly advanced Reploids that no one else could analyze. However, due to him not following orders and not using his abilities properly, nobody gave him proper recognition and instead disposed of his creations due to fearing them. Gate could not understand as he considered them excellent Reploids and the heroes X and Zero also could not be analyzed and were not treated in the same way. Gate grew resentful of those who did not acknowledge his talent, and isolated himself.
Despite this, Gate appears to have some concern for the world, as he laments the damage caused by Eurasia. Alia also mentions in the ending of Mega Man X6 that she and Gate longed to create a program resistant to all viruses. However, any compassion Gate might have had is completely lost when he is infected by the virus in Zero's DNA; although he realizes that he is losing his sanity, he finds the sensation "liberating" and begins to dedicate himself solely to getting revenge on those who scorned him by creating a nation for high-end Reploids only, using the Nightmare as its foundation.
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