Alternate Dimension

The Alternate Dimension is an area in MegaMan Star Force 2. It is accessible after the player obtains the Alt Future item and attempts to travel to the Sky Wave. It is an area where no humans exist, since it is a post-apocalyptic world, beginning in the alternate future of Echo Ridge. The alternative dimension is always gray and is said to be the result of what would have become had MegaMan not defeated Le Mu. In this world, Le Mu has an offspring named Apollo Flame.

Plot

After beating the game, an unknown person will mail MegaMan to go to Vega's hideout. Once there, MegaMan discovers a dark spherical object that looks like another world. The next time MegaMan returns to Echo Ridge and tries to go to the Sky Wave, he will discover a new portal leading to the Alternate Future.

Once he enters the portal, a Hertz will aproach to him for help, then a Taurus Fire look-a-like will appear, Geo thinks it´s Bud, but Mega discovers he is not. He will identify himself as Taurus Fire IF, and fights MegaMan, but loses and it´s destroyed.

After looking to the sky by Mega´s suggestion, he´ll notice he is not in Echo Ridge anymore. Geo will ask to the Hertz what happened, he will tell that Echo Ridge was destroyed a few months ago, by "the weapon of Mu", Geo recalls that voice he heard when the portal appeared and realizes this is not his world, but an alternate one where he failed to preserve Link Power, thus unable to prevent the "Precursor to Ruin". The Hertz states Apollo Flame to be responsible, he is sleeping somewhere to recharge his power, also tells about the wavehole that connects to Apollo Flame. Mega suggests to take him down while recharging, then the screen shakes. Mega orders the Hertz to hide somewhere, but before he leaves he asks the name of the one who saved him, Geo says: "I´m MegaMan".

After finding the wavehole, the duo encounters Dark Phantom IF, who will reveal himself as the one who mailed Geo, tells them about Apollo´s plan to take over Geo´s world, also thanks them for "bringing the key to open dimensions", then engages in battle, but is defeated. His last words revealed the wavehole behind him to transport them to Apollo Flame, but it has been sealed by the "Seven Warriors" (later revealed to be the IF versions of all the EM Beings and UMAs they have faced, including Harp Note, Cancer Bubble and Gemini Spark). He laughs, then explodes. After unsealing the wavehole and warping through it, they find Apollo´s right hand, General Auriga, fight him and defeat him, saying he will wait for Apollo on the "other side". They continue and find the IF versions of Kung Foo Kid and Hollow, with the latter after being defeated stating that he has "done his duty". After collecting all Standard Battle Cards, they finally meet Apollo Flame, when asking why he tries to destroy the other world, he simply says that there is no reason, "Whoever my mother was programmed me to do that, no other reason", then they battle him. After being defeated, he implied that his power came from Link Power "a thing the humans who used to live in here possesed". He also asks you to collect "the Six Badges", then explodes. After that, the OOPart spirit appears, implying "you averted a world of destruction", Geo swears to preserve Llink Power and gets the Tribe Badge as a result.

IF EM Beings
The Alternate Dimension is filled with nothing but EM Beings. Among them are the IF EM Beings, which are the same EM Beings and UMAs that MegaMan fights throughout the game, but who are no longer EM Wave Changed to a human or Murian and only serve Apollo Flame.

Trivia

 * IF EM Being might stand for Indie Frag EM Being.
 * Another possible meaning for IF could be 'InFinity'
 * It can also stand for 'Inverted Form'
 * If you examine Bud´s dog house (actually an advanced security system) while in the alternate dimension, you will find IndieFrag3.
 * Some ES in this world do not exist in the other one (i.e. Windmill at Loch Mess)