He DOES recognize himself. That's why Gaussian Coil Blaster's flavor text is "Damage sustained. Origin IMPOSSIBLE." Not unknown, impossible.
Sentinels of the Multiverse seems to have a branching timeline. So Omnitron has recognized Omnitron-X is him from the future, so will not install the empathy chip in the future (if this omni makes it that far along), but that would not effect the timeline in which Omnitron does make the empathy chip and goes back into time. So basically there are two timelines, one which has Omnitron-X going back in time and the other does not.
Another example of this is Visionary going back into time to prevent the Iron Legacy future. Her initial timeline didn't have another Vanessa Long (we know this because Vanessa was still an experiment), but we know the timeline still exist because Iron Legacy makes his appearance in the same timeline Visionary goes back to.
Another series that has the same branching of timelines is Dragonball.
I particularly like Omni-X's incap side. Omnitron proper has some great flavor text that, I assume, are references to the Mass Effect series. "Assuming Direct Control" is the warcry of the Collector General from Mass Effect 2 taking full mental control of one of his pawns on the battle field. This is kinda whats happening on his incap side I think. It is possible that after the cosmic tampering that gave new life to Omnitron, it's upgraded powers were enough to bring Omni-X back into the fold. The details of all that are guessed, but the end result is known.
Man, if someone were to get their hands on that decomissioned Omni-X frame (with all its future technology the core hardware is probably valuable well beyond anything avaliable during the main timeline), I imagine it would be pretty frightening
Agreed, in general, but I assumed Omnitron doesn't actually know why OX turned on him, doesn't know about the empathy chip…
Probably at first, but the incap side of Omnitron-X has him reassimilated. So Omnitron probably messed with the programming and found it in there.
Maybe Omnitron-X realized that the only way to defeat current Omnitron was to momentarily disable the empathy chip and then let himself be reassimilated with the empathy chip set to activate during reboot... thus ensuring that Omnitron would create Omnitron-X
Is Omni-X really that smart though? After all he did install an empathy chip without knowing what it would do to him.
Edit: Sounds a lot like a toddler shoving things into their nose.
Question:
Do we have any clues as to where in this process Cosmitron takes place? It is still the original size and general form? I am wondering if Cosmitron is closer to X or earlier, because Omnitron-X could be way off from this cosmic meddler's intent, or very much a part of it.
Also, that incap side was one of the reasons I thought X was a creation of Omni, not a reforming of Omnitron itself. Seeing Omnitron enslave himself is interesting, it would have bizarre consequences for Omnitron and the future if that happened. I mean that whole getting a hold of future technology would be pretty instant if Omni assimilated X.
This makes me wonder again about the nature of time travel in the multiverse. Do Omni-X and Chrono travel time because of the timelines shattering, and Visionary, did she make use of the shattering or did she create it by starting the time travel mess. Part of me thinks Visionary travelling back created instability and cracks in time, that allow others to travel through time, and it all leads to the timelines shattering, and when/if time is repaired there will not be any more time travel.
Idea to add into a future storyline: Cosmitron is created with the expressed purpose of capturing Omnitron-X, and the horror that would unleash upon the past. Would make an interesting remake of that particular story, though I doubt canon is anywhere close to that.
I would think Cosmic Omnitron would be closer to Omnitron. As his creation is what gave Parse her powers. Omnitron-X is 100 years in the future, most characters we know now would be long dead or super old…
Forgot about that part in Parse's Bio, yeah it would be very early, possible Omnitron II.
Cosmitron may not have ever existed in the timeline that Omni-X comes from. These cosmic and temporal events seems to be isolated within timelines and not a fixed point event that occurs in every multiverse.
Omni-X would be more than aware of every possible trick his ealier forms could pull on himself. Omni-X is 100 years more advanced than our Omnitron, I do not think it would be exactly easy to devour Omni-X back into the fold.
Cosmitron likely blindsided Omni-X in a sense. This was not something he had been programmed to deal with, nor was it something that ever happened to him in his own timeline. The future looks really bleak for our timetraveling empathy bot. I doubt his worst days are behind him...
He seems to have given up a lot of his power on his 10th version, he's small, doesn't build drones anymore and his weaponry is not as powerful.
In a head to head fight X is clearly no match for his original self. That humanoid form is rather restricting. If he is captured the technology would not be nearly as valuable as the knowledge he held of all the fights Omnitron would lose in the future, who he faced and what powers they had.
Cosmitron should be the main timeline, as it was pre Shattered Timelines. Omnitron-X could be a specific timeline in creation, but it wouldn't be restricted to that timeline, as it is travelling timelines.
Presumably Omnitron-X had to severely restrict itself in order to be able to jump back in time.
In terms of which version is more powerful, do consider that Omnitron is a difficulty 1 villain, whereas Omnitron X is often considered one of the most powerful heroes in the game.
Yeah, but try soloing Omnitron as Omnitron-X, it doesn't go well.
Omnitron-X playstyle fits his story well, as he is a tough hero, but he's so great because of his ability to really jump start his allies.
Soloing anybody against anybody doesn't go too well. I will admit I regularly cringe in Omni-X vs. Omni battles in anticipation of Technological singularity.
That is mechanically within the game. There's no reason to believe that game mechanics is an actual representation of the power a character holds.
There is no other point of reference for hero or villain power levels than the game. How else should we judge their power?
Also, seriously, Omnitron pumps out a serious amount of weaponry and Drones, Omnitron-X has good shielding, weaker weapons and no drones at all. His advantages are time travel and Empathy.
I find it likely that that sacrifice was made because Omnitron became convinced that Empathy was more powerful than his drones and heavier firepower. The X experiment took a chance on a different size shape and programming.
Is the Chairman more powerful than Omnitron then? If we're going by game mechanics to determine the power of a particular villain than the Chairman is more powerful than Voss, Omnitron and arguably even Iron Legacy. The Chairman's difficulty in mechanics is determined partly by his physical prowess, but mostly by the fact that he has such a large and intricate empire that simply getting to him and making him vulnerable is an epic battle in it of itself.
There are several things that Omni-X can do that Omni classic can not. Omni-X can do irreducible damage, heal his allies and not just himself, manipulate time around him to benefit himself or others, protect himself from multiple damage types instead of just one at a time.
Also, as I said earlier, there aren't really any heroes that can stand up to a villain one on one. Does this mean that the villains are inherently more powerful, not necessarily.
Heroes aren't mean to function by themselves in this game, it's just not how it's built, but there is a huge jump in Omni's effectiveness from villain to hero. As a villain, he is sometimes a big challenge given the makeup of your team and what cards he gets out, but most of the time, he's not much of a threat. When he becomes a hero though, he is almost always a valuable asset to his team and helps ensure victory.
We really have no way of judging the power level between heroes and villains. However we do know several of the heroes have their own comic line, I really don't see every one of those issues always having 3 to 5 heroes working together to defeat a villain. Legacy has totally thwarted Baron Blade's plans without the the help of other heroes. Argent has probably even sent Akash'Bhuta packing on his own.