Robotnik Empire

Tails the Fox (formerly)

People of Station Square

“The air? It’s nigh unbreathable, but that’s how it is everywhere! The laws? Pretty lax as far as other places go. I heard in the Iron Dominion, you get shot dead just for uttering the great name of Robotnik! Also, the water is *supposed* to be that color. Don’t you know it’s part of a preserve?” - People of Station Square (from Tails' perspective), Sonic Runaways: WANTED

The Robotnik Empire is a totalitarian country on the planet Erius. It is currently led by Lord Ivo Julian Robotnik, who seized the land from the Acorn royal family long before the events of Sonic Runaways: WANTED. Law enforcement is mostly handled by a mysterious automated program known as the Algorithm. Ruined with pollution and Robotnik's influence, it is commonly regarded as one of the worst places on Erius.

## History

### Creation

The Robotnik Empire was built from the ruins of the Kingdom of Acorn, 35 years before Sonic Runaways: WANTED by an (at the time) young and greedy entrepeneur named Ivo Julian Robotnik.

### Colonization of Lost Hex

21 years before Sonic Runaways: WANTED, the Robotnik Empire colonized the sacred orbiting planetoid Lost Hex in secret. The native Hexi's battle to protect their home was short-lived, silenced, and ended in the Robotnik Empire completely conquering every inch of the Lost Hex in an effort to transform it into a tectonic weapon capable of shattering Erius. The Hexi people were enslaved, and going forward, the Lost Hex was considered by Robotnik to be part of his country.

### Robotnik's Adoption of Sonic

Only two years after the Lost Hex was colonized, a human cop known as Tom Wachowski guided a guardianless two-year old Sonic the Hedgehog to a homeless shelter in the big city of Robotropolis. Shortly after, Lord Robotnik himself was looking for child prodigies to work for his new military branch, the Suppression Squad. When a now three-year old Sonic applied, he was selected and adopted by Robotnik because of his great yet uncontrollable power. This event was broadcasted on Satellite TV to the whole country.

## Locations

The following is a list of towns, bases, and Zones in or owned by the Robotnik Empire

### Station Square

Station Square is an overpopulated beachside metropolitan area with architecture mixing in elements from real-life American cities and Tokyo. Due to Robotnik's enablement of pollution, the skies are yellow and the surrounding sea is a bizarre green. It is mostly populated by humans, and animal people are a minority. Tails used to live there in his palace, which was in truth just an apartment complex emptied and remodeled to suit his needs.

#### Emerald Coast Zone

Emerald Coast Zone is a tropical beach in Station Square. Its name is unwittingly literal, but even despite the questionable hues of the sea, it is still a popular attraction for visitors and residents alike.

##### Emerald Coast Gift Shop

The Emerald Coast Gift Shop was a shop trying to capitalize on the amount of foot traffic in Emerald Coast. However, due to poor sales, it shut down. It was later blown up by one of Penumbra the Spider's rocket legs during the events of Sonic Runaways: WANTED.

### Auto Archipelago

Previously named "Acorn Archipelago" after the royal family that once ruled over the land the Robotnik Empire was built on, Auto Archipelago houses both South and Westside Island and is connected to the Robotnik Empire mainland by the Mecha Ruins. There are some ancient texts that also list Angel Island as being part of the archipelago at some point in ancient times, but the only logical conclusion that supports this is that Angel Island somehow split and drifted far away into the ocean. Likely as a result of a Chaos-related calamity in the distant past.

#### South Island

South Island is an island that loops around from the Mecha Ruins all the way to Star Light Zone. It is dotted with ancient ruins from the alien Babylonians. It is technically governed by the Robotnik Empire, but they haven't actually done too much with it besides bombing Green Hill Zone and turning into a prison camp. Thus, most of its mystic structures and undocumented cities remain relatively undisturbed.

##### Prison Hill Zone

Prison Hill Zone is a coastal prison camp where people who have tried to flee or otherwise betray the Robotnik Empire are forced to mine for gemstones, especially Energy Crystals due to Robotnik's fascination with their power. Robotnik heard tales of an ancient race of trolls who harnessed the power of Energy Crystals for great power. Though the search has remained fruitless for decades, Robotnik never lets the prisoners rest and rarely lets them eat. Prison Hill, before being bombed by Robotnik in search of Sonic's power, used to be Faded Hill, a remote desert that had been drained of all life by Robotnik's first, forgotten and only industrialization of the island. Before that, it was known as Green Hill. A lush tropical mountainous region decorated with ancient Babylonian structures such as totem poles and villages. Despite everything that has struck the Zone, the checkerboarded dirt and stone haven't lost their pattern.