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| “ | I was misguided to place my trust in a father that did not want me. I never needed him. I simply needed the energy and means to do what I have always done: evolve. | ” |
– Alpha after absorbing Rex's Omega-1 Nanite to become Alpha-Omega.[1] | ||
Alpha is the main villain in Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United. He is an old Nanite creation of Dr. Caesar Salazar. Alpha is the counterpart of the Omega-1 Nanite.
Appearance
Alpha appears to be a skinny red humanoid made of energy. His body is enveloped in a soft red glow. His face is somewhat skeletal, lacking a visible lower jaw and having small fang-like projections on either side of the mouth.
After absorbing nanites from the Bug Jar, Alpha gains black armor over much of his body, which becomes bulkier and more bestial in appearance. The aura around his head intensifies into a flame-like cloud of active nanites, his face becomes more skull-like, and his shoulder armor resembles a pair of large spikes. After gaining power from the Ultimatrix, Alpha manifested a corrupted copy of the device on his right wrist.
Absorbing the Omega-1 Nanite transformed Alpha into his ultimate form, Alpha-Omega. This form was an even more monstrous version of his previous state, giving him a multi-legged lower body. His head became almost demonic in appearance, with a small crystal floating between his horns.
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Personality
Alpha is a heartless, sociopathic entity, who single-mindedly seeks for his own ends, and lacks any understanding of the needs and wants of others or the moral value of others' existence. Alpha will ruthlessly and eagerly suck EVOs dry of their nanites, killing them in the process, if it will help to temporarily feed and strengthen him; although he does not kill when it won't serve his aims in a significant enough way, as he disregards the opportunity to drain unmutated lifeforms whose nanites are too weak to be of use to him. Alpha regards other nanites and/or their hosts as his siblings, and his creator Caesar as his father.
As well as being ruthless, amoral, and cold, Alpha is also highly intelligent, independent, adaptive, and resourceful. He was able to eventually find his way from the Null Void back to his original universe by possessing a mechanical alien host. Subsequently, he evaded his enemies and hunted down his prey on his own. When his efforts to extract the Omega-1 Nanite for himself initially failed, Alpha quickly calculated a new, resourceful strategy which involved mimicking the Ultimatrix in hopes that one of its alien forms could act as a sustaining host. Alpha could also be insane and arrogant, as he was contemptuous of others such as Rex, considering them unworthy hosts of nanites in comparison to himself. Upon absorbing the Omega-1 to become Alpha-Omega, he bloodthirstily began destroying everything to feed himself and set about bringing about the end of humanity.
Despite his ruthless, emotionless, amoral and arrogant behavior and motivation however, Alpha did show hints of a softer side for Caesar because of how he saw the latter as his father; going after Caesar in an almost childlike manner after returning to his original universe, and hoping that Caesar would willingly help him in his goals, although when Caesar refused to help Alpha, the latter accepted his father's rejection and decided Caesar was redundant.
History
Background
Alpha was a very dangerous Nanite entity that could take over host bodies and control and absorb machines, by using the Nanites found within them. It was programmed by Caesar to think for itself so it could perform its original task: control the Nanites so they could do their job. However, Alpha's energy form was unsustainable, every mechanical body it built burnt out extremely fast.
When attempting to inhabit a biological body, Caesar was compelled to employ a Null Void Projector to transport Alpha into what he believed to be an empty pocket dimension. Unbeknownst to Caesar, Alpha was actually sent to the Null Void, a penal colony designed for intergalactic criminals. There, Alpha came into contact with alien technology that used a dimensional equivalent to Nanites for power. Alpha utilized this technology to return to pursue his "father" Caesar in order to become whole again.
Generator Rex
However, something went wrong in the warp and accidentally ended up in another world where he met and fought Ben Tennyson shortly before finally returning to his world but accidentally brought Ben in it as a result. When he arrived in New York, Alpha was curious about the existence of Nanites in the humans and creatures he saw but was immediately attacked by Six before he could find out more from Caesar. The mechanical body he had acquired was immediately destroyed, severely wounding Six in the explosion as Alpha escaped in the confusion to continue his pursuit after Caesar. After Caesar refused to help him find a body that could sustain itself, Alpha instead went after Rex whose body contained an Omega-1 Nanite, potentially the only device in existence that could create a body that can sustain itself. Ben and Doctor Holiday were able to ward Alpha off, forcing it to seek an alternate source of Nanites. Alpha attacked the Bug Jar and absorbed every nanite inside.
Craving for more power, Alpha hacked and copied the Ultimatrix and gave it the power to turn into EVO versions of Ben's aliens. With this, Alpha was able to grab Rex and absorb the Omega-1 Nanite in his body converting massive amounts of matter into more Nanites. After Rex was unable to use his Omega machines, Ben used Upgrade to merge with Rex, upgrade his machines, and severely damage Alpha.
Following this skirmish, Caesar arrived on the scene and used a contraption to extract the Omega-1 from Alpha. Rex took control over Alpha's Nanites and compacted them into a baseball sized ball of extremely dense matter. Upchuck took the ball and dumped it into the Null Void on his way back to his own Earth. Inside the Null Void, Alpha's prison begins to crack open.
Powers and Abilities
Alpha can control large volumes of nanites and make them do his bidding.
Alpha is able to absorb another being's nanites, killing them in the process.
Alpha can hijack any technological construct and make it his host.
Alpha is able to tamper with other technological constructs and even mimic them, as shown when he was able to make a copy of the Ultimatrix.
Alpha can regenerate, grow and alter the size of any body part instantly.
Alpha is able to fly.
Alpha is strong enough to hold back Rex's Smack Hands.
Alpha is durable enough to withstand missiles from Rex's Upgrade-enhanced Boogie Pack.
Alpha can expel fire from his mouth.
Weaknesses
Being a Nanite, Alpha can be trapped within a solid object if that objects density is high enough in order to prevent sub-molecular beings such as nanites to escape
Alpha is shown to be highly dependent on absorbing continuously other nanites. Otherwise, his material form would fall apart.
Appearances
Generator Rex
Season 3
- Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United (first appearance)
Trivia
- Alpha shares similarties to Malware:
- They are both sentient machines who enhance themselves by absorbing other machines and have no remorse with destroying fellow members of their kind (Malware with Galvanic Mechamorphs and Alpha with EVOs)
- Both had creators whom they considered "fathers" and from whom they sought assistance. However, while Azmuth did his best to help Malware until the latter grew too impatient, Caesar decided that Alpha was too dangerous to exist and sent it into the Null Void.
- Both took something special from the main protagonist; Malware removed and destroyed Feedback from Ben while Alpha stole the Omega-1 Nanite from Rex.