Centaur Man

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	“	Drop dead into the dimensions!	„
		~ Centaur Man

Background

Centaur Man is a Robot Master from Mega Man 6 that originally worked as a tour guide in an old archeology museum, though he was later modified for combat. His Special Weapon is the Centaur Flash - a unique system that grants Centaur Man space distortion abilities, allowing him to temporarily halt time. Whilst a powerful weapon, the main drawback is that Centaur Man has to consume a large amount of his energy to use it.

In order to compliment his attacking abilities, he is also equipped with the ability to teleport over short distances, and a specially designed buster on his right arm whose shots spread on impact. He later gains the ability to fire arrow-shaped bursts of energy in multiple directions for an attack known as the Centaur Arrow.

Centaur Man is a uniquely designed Robot Master in how he walks on four legs rather than the biped designs usually employed by Dr. Wily's other creations, resembling the mythical creature his name references. This design gives him great resilience, speed and agility compared to his colleagues, but he lacks the ability to jump.

This dropdown contains the synopsis of Centaur Man’s story. Read at your own risk as you may be spoiled otherwise!

Mega Man 6 When Centaur Man heard about the First Annual Robot Tournament, he entered the competition to restore the museum he worked on with the prize money. However, he was reprogrammed by Mr. X alongside seven other robots in the competition to help him conquer the world, and Mega Man has no choice but to fight them. In combat, Centaur Man attacks by shooting a projectile that splits onto seven and spread out when it comes on contact with a wall. The player has to avoid it by finding an opening through the bullets and going through it. After that, he has two attacks: he may run into Mega Man to tackle him, which is avoided by jumping over him, or disappear, then reappear where Mega Man was when he disappeared and attack. He also activates the Centaur Flash to stop time sufficient enough to shoot a bullet to the wall and make the spread out bullets hit Mega Man. He is weak to Knight Man's Knight Crusher, which defeats him in seven hits. Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters Centaur Man is one of the six bosses in the "Search for Wily!" course. He uses the Centaur Arrow, an energy arrow shot diagonally up or down from his arm cannon. He also uses a shield for defense, a naginata, and has the help of Heli Metalls. He is weak to Gyro Man's Gyro Attack. His legs can be dashed under at certain times.

General Information

Name: Centaur Man, DWN-042

Origin: Mega Man 6

First Appearance: Mega Man 6

Company: Capcom

Creator: Tokuro Fujiwara

Gender: Male

Assigned Gender: None (Centaur Man is a robot and is not biological)

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: Unknown

Classification: Robot Master

Species: Robot

Occupation: Archeology Museum Tour Guide

Status: Alive, Unknown in the X Series (Takes place many years in the future where the fate of prior classic series characters are unknown, with it being implied their data still exists as Cut Man's data exists still)

Alignment: Lawful Good (Initially worked as a tour guide in an old archeology museum and will follow the laws of robotics), Lawful Evil when reprogrammed by Dr. Wily (Reprogrammed by Dr. Wily disguised as Mr. X to help him take over the world and destroy Mega Man)

Codex Statistics

Grade: A

Tier: At most High 6-A, Higher with Rage Power

Cardinality: Finite

Dimensionality: 3-D

Power Source: Solar Energy (Robot Masters are built in with usages of solar energy to charge their bodies and use their weapons essentially limitlessly)

Attack Potency: At most Multi-Continent level (Potency) (Fought against and harmed Mega Man, who was able to fight on par with beings such as Duo, whose fight with Evil Robot caused a cloud explosion on Jupiter which was at this level), Higher with Rage Power (When Robot Masters are damaged to about half their health, they become invulnerable for a few seconds and perform more powerful attacks)

Durability: At most Multi-Continent level (Can take hits from Mega Man)

Striking Strength: At most Multi-Continent Class (Potency), Higher with Rage Power

Lifting Strength: Class G (The Robot Masters are normally made to be on par or superior to Mega Man, who was able to hold up Dr. Wily's fortress at end of Mega Man 5, with Robot Masters such as Guts Man being superior in strength and Robot Masters such as Splash Woman having comparable feats such as lifting entire ships from the ocean)

Travel Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can move this fast compared to Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo, who can travel around the earth destroying evil energy around this timeframe), Faster Than Light with Teleporters (Robot Masters teleporters should scale to Mega Man and Proto Man’s teleportation, where they are able to travel planets and solar systems in a short time frame, reaching this levels of speed)

Attack Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Reaction Speed: Massively Hypersonic Can keep up with Mega Man, who can keep up with Duo in combat who uses attacks that involve his travel speed)

Stamina: Mimics Limitless Stamina (As long as they are powered by solar energy. All Robot Masters bodies are powered by solar energy, effectively giving them limitless stamina and ammo)

Range: Standard Melee, Hundreds of Meters with attacks, Interplanetary with Teleporters (All robot masters naturally display teleportation through teleporters interplanetary distances), Information Manipulation & Conceptual Manipulation (Can take hits from characters that can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". All data resides in the deep log of each game's data and information of the Mega Man Franchise and many other Capcom franchises, with it being stated that data makes up the characters' personality, memories are data pieces that can be used to materialize hunter programs and also have the feelings of the characters, their data is even what determines their own canonicity in reality, with all characters being considered data alongside all universes being made of data. With data further being explored through here), Plot Manipulation (As data determines one's canonicity in reality and all universes are made of data, one would need to fully change one's data in order to change their narrative. With data further being explored through here), Universal with Centaur Flash (Centaur Flash distorts space in an effort to freeze time)

Intelligence: Average Intelligence

Knowledge: Expert level (Can keep up with Mega Man in combat)

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Powers and Techniques

Innate Robot Master Data AbilitiesUnique Abilities

• Superhuman Physical Characteristics
  • Superhuman Strength
  • Superhuman Durability
  • Superhuman Speed
  • Superhuman Reaction
  • Superhuman Lifting
  • Superhuman Energy Efficiency
• Self-Sustenance
  • Respiratory Self-Sustenance: All Robot Masters can breathe in space just fine, with an entire game revolving around traveling through space.
  • Nutritional Self-Sustenance & Restful Self-Sustenance: Robots do not require food, sleep or sustenance.
• Inorganic Physiology
  • Non-Living Objects: Robot Masters are highly developed robots in the fields of robotics. Robot Masters have a "consciousness" though it is different from the standard humans consciousness as it's at the level of a "cognitive circuit" embedded inside each one of them.
• Emotional Empowerment (When Robot Masters are damaged to about half their health, they become invulnerable for a few seconds and perform more powerful attacks)
• Invincibility Frames (When robots in Mega Man are hit, they have periods of invulnerability where they cannot take damage for a few seconds)
  • Barrier Creation (This is shown to exist in verse as there are chips that amplify this ability such as Double Barrier and Extend)
• Absorption (Robot Masters are built in with usages of solar energy to charge their bodies and use their weapons essentially limitlessly)
• Teleportation (Pseudo; All robot masters naturally display teleportation through teleporters interplanetary distances, they do this through)
  • Transformation & Light Manipulation (Robot Masters teleport through transforming into a beam of light)
  • Intangibility (Phasing/Elemental; They can use this in the middle of combat to turn intangible and phase through attacks)
  • Transmutation (Transformative Arsenal) & Battlefield Removal (Application Based; They can also transform others into a beam of light and send them to other places with the teleporter, essentially removing them from the battlefield)
• Consciousness Transferral (Robot Masters can transfer their consciousness into other bodies and machines, with characters like Doc Robots having the Robot Masters programs and data directly installed with them, essentially acting as a more powerful body)
• Divine Protection (After defeating ViA■ and destroying the Robot Destroy Program within him, The Player was able to fully correct the Deep Log in its entirety. However, Via says The Player's story isn't over and RiCO repeats this and says that there will be future program errors in the Deep Log for them to correct and it would be insecure for her alone to manage it alone. Therefore to solve this problem that can happen in the future, RiCO will summon The Player in order to correct any irregular data in the Deep Log as she did in the start of the game)
• Supernatural Resilience (Robot Masters can survive wounds such as being cut in half, with ones such as Proto Man calling it merely "just a scratch", being able to come back just fine after teleporting away to be repaired)
• Immortality
  • Immortal Metaphysical Aspect: All robots "true existences" exist in their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". With data further being explored through here.
• Impact Resistance (Standard Impact Resistance; Can recover from being crushed/flattened by Mad Grinder. Should be comparable to all the other Robot Masters who all recover after being crushed/flattened in Mega Man Powered Up)
• Regeneration (Mid-Godly as their Data Forms; In Rockman & Forte: Mirai Kara no Chōsensha, Rockman Shadow's data comes out of his deceased body and regenerates a new body at the very end post-credits of the game. In Mega Man Xtreme, Sigma was trying to reproduce the past data of several mavericks in the mother computer to bring havoc to the world's peace and the only way the past data of previously defeated Mavericks from X1 and X2 could be stopped is if X goes inside as his data form. Inside the Mother Computer, X defeats Vile's data form along with the data forms of a bunch of mavericks he has previously defeated. However, despite defeating their data form, their data is still are able to come back for the rematches at the end of the game along with Vile being back in the hard mode's post game story. Despite destroying Vile's data twice, he was still able to come back and better than ever in Mega Man X8. In Mega Man ZX, Omega's soul data along with flashes of the past battle in Zero 3 are trapped in area O and even after defeat, he can come back without limit even after obtaining Model OX which contains his soul data. With data further being explored through here)
• Resurrection (Repeated Resurrection, Resurrection of the Deceased; Robots that are fought and defeated are able to be brought back as long as they still have their data, with this also extending to reploids being able to come back for rematches. With data further being explored through here)
• Non-Standard Interaction (Abstract Interaction; Can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". All data resides in the deep log of each game's data and information of the Mega Man Franchise and many other Capcom franchises, with it being stated that data makes up the characters' personality, memories are data pieces that can be used to materialize hunter programs and also have the feelings of the characters, their data is even what determines their own canonicity in reality, with all characters being considered data alongside all universes being made of data. With data further being explored through here).

• Resistance to
  • Extreme Heats, Extreme Colds, & Weather Manipulation (Robot Masters are made to withstand extreme terrains and weather conditions)
  • Cosmic Radiations (All Robot Masters can breathe and survive in space just fine, with an entire game revolving around traveling through space)
  • Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation (Despite how active Robot Masters are they do not actually possess the feeling to think, feel, and make decisions of their own as this level of technology wasn't realized until the reploids of the X era. Along with Reploids having something closer to a human soul then any robot Robot Master has. Robot Masters have a "consciousness" though it is different from the standard humans consciousness as it's at the level of a "cognitive circuit" embedded inside each one of them)
  • Information Manipulation & Conceptual Manipulation (Can take hits from characters that can directly interact with, harm, and destroy a robots data, which all robots "true existences" rely on their data, thus as long as their data is stored they can be remade or come back if their data is specifically "SAVED". All data resides in the deep log of each game's data and information of the Mega Man Franchise and many other Capcom franchises, with it being stated that data makes up the characters' personality, memories are data pieces that can be used to materialize hunter programs and also have the feelings of the characters, their data is even what determines their own canonicity in reality, with all characters being considered data alongside all universes being made of data. With data further being explored through here)
  • Plot Manipulation (As data determines one's canonicity in reality and all universes are made of data, one would need to fully change one's data in order to change their narrative. With data further being explored through here)
  • Electricity Manipulation (At least 10,000,000 Watts; Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from electricity-based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it, with Robot Masters like Bright Man, unleashing 10 million watts)
  • Heat Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (7000-8000 degrees Farenheit (?); Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from heat and fire-based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it and survive the intense heats, with Robot Masters like Fire Man, having heat that reaches 7000 to 8000 degrees)
  • Magma Manipulation (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from magma based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it)
  • Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (0 K; Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from ice based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it, even with ice as cold as absolute zero)
  • Gravity Manipulation (3-D; Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from gravity based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it)
  • Black Holes (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from black hole based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it)
  • Petrification (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from petrification based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it, with the petrification being potent enough to effect black holes)
  • Acid Manipulation & Corrosion Inducement (Robot Masters are able to tank and survive attacks from acid & corrosive based Robot Masters attacks, even those with a weakness can survive hits from it)
  • Transmutation (Robot Masters and others are unaffected by the effects of the the mystery tank, which turns all weak enemies on screen into extra lives)
  • Space-Time Manipulation (3+1-D) & Battlefield Removal (Dimensional Removal (3+1-D); Robot masters are able to tank and survive attacks from the likes of Centaur Flash, which creates a dimensional distortion where he warps space and sends an opponent into a black hole, with even Robot Masters that have a weakness to it surviving its hits and not being sent into a black hole. Robot Masters can also take hits from Cut Man who can cut through space itself and leave dimensional tears that he can jump in)

Weapon Mastery (Able to use a naginata deftly, produce shields to defend himself and shoot Centaur Arrows deftly in combat), Energy Projection & Curtain Fire (Shoots out an energy projectile, that spreads into seven energy projectiles and spread out upon hitting a wall), Teleportation (Displays the ability to teleport around to confuse his foe), Space-Time Manipulation (3+1-D), Dimension Manipulation (3+1-D) & Battlefield Removal (Dimensional Removal; With Centaur Flash, distorts space in an effort to freeze time, along with creates a dimensional distortion where he warps space and sends an opponent into a black hole, it can actually be used to damage and strike all enemies on the screen, also hitting destroyable projectiles and ignoring the defenses of enemies like Shield Attacker GTR and Ben K, noted in the Mega Man & Bass CD that the Centaur Flash can bend the dimensions), Weapon Creation (With Centaur Arrow, creates an energy arrow that he can shoot at the opponent. Can create a shield to defend himself from attacks), Summoning (Can summon the Heli Metalls to aid him in battle).

Resistance to Heat Manipulation & Fire Manipulation (Takes virtually no damage from flame blast), Ice Manipulation & Absolute Zero (Takes virtually no damage from blizzard attack, Plant Manipulation (Is completely immune to plant barrier), Space-Time Manipulation (3+1-D) & Battlefield Removal (Dimensional Removal; Is completely immune to Centaur Flash)

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Equipment

• Naginata: Wields a naginata during his fight in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, which he deftly uses in combat.
• Shield: A shield he creates for provided defense, he can instantly pull it up to block attacks.
• Arrows: Energy arrows created from his arm cannon, he shoots them diagonally up or down.

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Notable Techniques

• Centaur Flash: Centaur Flash, known as Kentauros Flash in Japan, is Centaur Man's Special Weapon from Mega Man 6. When used by Centaur Man, he creates a dimensional distortion in a flash of light that freezes Mega Man in place, much like Time Stopper and Flash Stopper from previous games. It can actually be used to damage and strike all enemies on the screen, also hitting destroyable projectiles and ignoring the defenses of enemies like Shield Attacker GTR and Ben K. One Centaur Flash uses 4 units of the weapon energy, and it can be used 7 times with a full weapon energy gauge. Caution must be taken when using Centaur Flash as it briefly freezes Mega Man in place, which could be deadly if used while jumping over pits.

• Centaur Arrow: Centaur Arrow is Centaur Man's Special Weapon in the "Find Wily!" mission in Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, taking the place of Centaur Flash. This weapon is slightly unwieldy, as it randomly shoots straight forward or diagonally up. Up to two arrows can be shot in a row. When used by Centaur Man, it only fires in diagonal angles.

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Other

Standard Tactics: Has a weakness to Knight Man's knight crusher and Gyro Man's gyro attack. Will teleport around while using centaur flash, producing shields to block attacks and use his naginata and centaur arrows for swift attacks or his energy projectiles.

Weaknesses: If his data is corrupted, he will be incapable of coming back.

Trivia

• In Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, Centaur Man's theme is a remix of Junk Man's theme.
• In the Mega Man & Bass CD data, Centaur Man's upper body's color is blue instead of green.
• Centaur Man is assumed by Mega Man to be a woman based on his revealed physical features in the Rockman 6 manga. This gender complex is specific to the manga and is assumed by most to not carry over to any other continuities.
• Centaur Man's aquatic-themed stage may be a reference to the lost city of Atlantis, which is believed to have been near Greece.
• Centaur Man is the only Robot Master in Mega Man 6 that does not have a Mega Man Battle Network series counterpart.
• Centaur Man is one of the few Robot Masters to give Mega Man two different weapons in different games. The others are Pharaoh Man, Tengu Man, and Astro Man.
• Centaur Man's second weapon, Centaur Arrow, may be a reference to the constellation of Sagittarius, which is depicted as both a centaur and an archer. One of the Rockman Strategy bosses is actually named Sagittarius, and he resembles Centaur Man in being a centaur-like robot that fires arrows. However, Sagittarius has wings and fires arrows from a bow as opposed to a buster.
• In terms of timeline, Centaur Man is the first Robot Master to be based on a mythical hybrid, followed later by Sagittarius and Splash Woman.
• Centaur Man is the first quadrupedal Robot Master, the only other one known being Sagittarius. He is not, however, the first to have something other than feet, as Mega Man 5's Napalm Man had tank treads.
• Centaur Man is the third Robot Master who can manipulate time, after Time Man and Flash Man.

Explanations

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