Unit

*"Soon, Unit will master the poetic form and the world will cower. You will be the first to fall before this unit's superior prose, red mean thing."*
―Unit to Knuckles the Echidna[src]
**Unit** is a Flying Egg Badnik desired to conquer the world, ultimately obeying his creator Doctor Eggman. Needing to upgrade, it searched for parts at the Green Hills Junkyard, and was confronted by Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails and Knuckles the Echidna. After putting up a fight, he revealed his true passion after being questioned by Sonic, and altered his ways. With Tails begging for Sonic to keep it, Unit became the pet robot of Tails.

## Biography

### Creation

*"Dr. Robotnik programmed Unit to think for itself."*
―Unit[src]
At some point, Unit was part of the many Flying Eggs created by Doctor Eggman. It is unlike other Badniks, however, adapting a more advanced A.I. and thus receiving a voice. It has been upgrading itself as of then.

### Battle at the Green Hills Junkyard

*"You're okay! Sonic, can we keep him?"
"Mmm, I don't know."
"He's not bad anymore."
"He'd be your responsibility, Tails. You gotta clean up after him and change his batteries."*
―Tails to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
One day, Unit was searching for parts to upgrade itself, but was then caught by Team Sonic. Unit would battle them until he was spoken to by Sonic the Hedgehog, who would make Unit reveals it's non-evil side by allowing it to read poetry. Unit did so until it was attacked again by Knuckles the Echidna, who was unbeknownst to Unit's change of alignment. Tails dug up it's remains and asked Sonic to keep it, which was allowed.

## Personality

*"Truthfully, Unit's passion is... poetry."*
―Unit to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
Unlike the typical Badnik drone, Unit is able to speak and is programmed to be both self-aware and capable of independent thoughts. While capable of remarkably life-like behavior though, Unit is still somewhat stiff in behavior and slightly less flexible than the average person.

Originally, Unit was fully dedicated to his objective, which was to conquer the world, and would show hostility towards biological entities. Also, whenever experiencing something new in particular, Unit would be most interested in it. However, his worldview got shifted when Sonic would ask him a question, something Unit had never experienced before. As it was then brought to his attention that trying to conquer the world was what Dr. Robotnik would want and not himself, Unit's mind was opened to many more possibilities, although his newfound ways are still subtly guided by his directive to conquer the world.

One of Unit's own preferences, and his personal passion, is poetry. However, he was shy about admitting it, having noted that it was too personal for him. However, thanks to encouragement from Sonic and Tails, Unit found the courage to fully embrace his passion and be open about it. Additionally, he is not too sensitive of an artist, as he welcomes constructive criticism of his poetry. He has since made it his goal to master poetry and make the world cower with it.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

*"Your speed is no match for this unit's processing power."*
―Unit to Sonic the Hedgehog[src]
* **Flight**: As a Flying Egg, Unit can hover above the ground, and can, in larger extent, fly.
* **Durability**: As stated by Unit, it's battery is estimated to last one billion years.

#### Former Powers

* **Laser Shooting**: Unit could fire lasers out of a traffic light he used to upgrade itself.

### Abilities

*"Need to upgrade. Unit must upgrade and conquer the world."*
―Unit[src]
* **Sentience**: Unlike most Badniks, Unit has a mind of it's own.
	+ **Speech**: Unit can roughly talk, speaking in third person. With his ability to talk, he is able to recite poetry.
	+ **Upgradation**: Unit has the ability to upgrade itself, having done this to help complete Doctor Eggman's achievement of world domination.
* **Master Reciter**: Unit's passion is to read and recite poems, a quality it is good at performing.

## Equipment

### Former Equipment

* **Tom's Car**: In his upgraded form, Unit used Tom's former car to navigate himself.

## Facilities

* **Green Hills Junkyard**: Scouring for upgrades, Unit fought Team Sonic at a scrapyard in Green Hills, later befriending the group.

## Relationships

	+ Sonic the Hedgehog
	+ Tails - Owner and Friend
	+ Knuckles the Echidna

## Trivia

* Unit's base when it was upgraded was Tom's former truck.
* In the credits of *Sonic Drone Home*, Unit is referred to as '**Drone**'.

## Behind the Scenes

* In *Sonic Drone Home*'s concept art, Unit is referred to as **Goodnik**.

## References

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2. ↑ Sonic Drone Home concept art (9).webp