Alpha (asteroid)

Alpha (α) is an asteroid from the Mega Man Gigamix and Mega Man Mastermix story Asteroid Blues.

The asteroid was located and named by a team of space exploration robots. It measured 200 kilometers across, and originated from somewhere outside the solar system. On its surfaced was the ruins of an ancient alien civilization, and a temple with an altar had a an energy crystal that, when taken by one of the robots, activated the defense units from the ruins, which destroyed the team. The last surviving robot managed to put the crystal and some data regarding the asteroid into a small capsule and launched it to Earth, arriving four mounths later.

The analysis showed that the asteroid Alpha also had eight other energy crystals, which could result in enough energy to resolve Earth's energy crisis for the next one thousand years. The government decided to ask Dr. Light to convince the imprisoned Dr. Wily to cooperate into creating a robot capable of destroying the ruins' defense units and claim the eight energy crystals to Earth. If Wily agreed, he would be released and forgiven for his past crimes.

After Light convinced Wily, they started working on Gamma, a giant robot, in the spacecraft transporting them to the asteroid.