Tau

**Tau** is the thirteenth episode of the spinoff series, The Gamma Files.

## Characters

* Amy Rose
* Cream the Rabbit
* Brandon Mutt
* Blake Prisma
* Daisy the Flicky
* Lily the Flicky
* Brian the Flicky
* Tiger
* Otter
* Phoenix
* Deer
* Condor
* Unicorn (First appearance)
* Dragon (First mentioned)
* Chao (Mentioned)
* Various military troops
* Doctor Eggman (Mentioned, seen on fading screen)
* E-100 Alpha/ZERO (Mentioned)
* E-101 Beta (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-102 Gamma
* E-103 Delta (Mentioned)
* E-104 Epsilon (Mentioned)
* E-105 Zeta (Mentioned)
* E-106 Eta (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-107 Theta (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-108 Iota (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-109 Kappa (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-110 Lambda (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-111 Mu (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-112 Nu (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-113 Xi (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-114 Omicron (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-115 Pi (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-116 Rho (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-117 Sigma (Mentioned)
* E-118 Tau (Only physical appearance)
* E-119 Upsilon (Mentioned)
* E-120 Phi (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-121 Chi (Indirectly mentioned)
* E-122 Psi (Indirectly mentioned)

## Plot

This episode starts one week after Sigma’s defeat as Gamma and Daisy land in Roswell, New Mexico. Gamma believes that their next target is close by, which is only fueled further when Daisy mentions that an unidentified flying object that landed in a ranch not far from where they are now. Daisy however dampens this idea by mentioning it was in 1947, long before any of the Mobius inhabitants were on Earth, and it was actually a weather balloon. That being said, some humans still believe it to be a cover story, when even the likes of a five-year-old human child can identify a balloon. The two decide to keep searching.

In the middle of town, the next target, E-118 Tau, is effortlessly fighting the human military and destroying their tanks with his lasers, deeming their struggles useless. Gamma manages to get some shots onto Tau which actually do some damage and the two E-100-Series robots launch into battle. Unfortunately, Tau manages to paralyze Gamma by neutralizing every one of his motors and starts to avenge all the E-100-Series robots Gamma had taken down until this point. Gamma starts to worry Daisy could potentially get hurt in this battle, though, she reminds him he’s the one taking damage, yet, Gamma reminds her that she’s still part of him. Finally reaching Sigma, Tau rips Gamma’s arms off and he’s very dented. Tau tosses Gamma’s arms on the ground as the humans pick up Gamma’s damaged arms.

The General transports Gamma back to the military base to rest and ask him some questions. The humans learn that the robot is called Gamma, that Tau is his brother and they have several others, and Gamma is against Tau’s ways of life. Gamma also explains that he and Daisy are trying to free the E-100-Series from Eggman’s grasp and he tells the humans that Daisy is a Mobini, which are the general fauna of Mobius. The humans also learn that Mobinis power the E-100-Series and certain Badniks like batteries, but the exception to the rule is E-100 himself, who is named either Alpha or ZERO, and his destruction wasn’t Gamma’s doing. Gamma also tells the humans he has a conscience circuit and his submission circuit was disabled with a program. After Tau, there’s four more robots left, and Gamma then asks for his arms to be brought to him. He initiates Recovery Mode and the humans decide to lend a hand. While Tau’s technology is undoubtedly strong, Gamma did recognize Tau’s ego as a weakness and an EMP can stop Tau. Daisy starts to worry Gamma may get affected, too, but, the humans don’t hear her. Despite this, they decide to proceed with the attack and not judge Gamma.

Down in the desert, Tau is about ready to do more damage to New Mexico, when Gamma and the military creep up on him. Gamma then gets Tau’s attention, much to his shock. Gamma explains the paralyzer effects eventually wore off and once he could move once more, he healed himself. The two robots break into battle and the military gets ready with their part of the plan. Once Tau was in line of fire, they shot the EMP weapon at him and he was paralyzed just as Gamma got out of the way. The reformed E-Series robot moved close to Tau and reprogramed him. This freed a Mobini Unicorn, which whinnied gratefully before galloping away. As the military saluted Gamma for his help, the robot took off with Daisy in search of their next target: E-119 Upsilon.

Back at the Mobini Ranch, Amy and Cream were tending to the Mobinis when the unicorn appeared from the warp. Cream comments on it’s cuteness and Amy comments they can help raise a Chao’s run stat as well as telling Cream it’s a girl unicorn. Amy wishes they had a Mobini Dragon to complete the set of mystical Mobinis, though after a moment, the pink hedgehog turns sad. Cream asks her what’s wrong but Amy tells her not to worry as the episode ends.

## Trivia

* The beginning of the episode has a fourth wall break with Brandon and Blake, revealing the episode to be one week after Sigma’s defeat, it’s in New Mexico, and Brandon is reading the original One-Piece manga before being cut off mid-sentence.
* Cream’s “I love her mane” comment might be a nod to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic episode, Lesson Zero, where Sweetie Belle was struggling to compliment Twilight’s Smarty Pants doll. Unlike in that episode, Cream genuinely thinks the unicorn’s mane is cute.