Doctor Thomas Light

Capcom's Story
In the year 19XX (sometime in the 20th century), Thomas Light attended the Robot Institute of Technology where he met Albert W. Wily. The two graduated together with their doctorate degrees (PhDs), although Dr. Light always outshone Dr. Wily. The two went on to found Light Labs together, a company interested in furthering the development of computing and robotic technology for the benefit of mankind in the coming era.

In the year 200X (sometime in the first decade of the 21st century), Light and Wily built a series of household and civil service robots, such as mettool and Sniper Joe (the police assistant). Not long after that, the two used the design of Sniper Joe, with a much more advanced A.I., to create Proto Man, the first "advanced robot." However, Proto Man had a strong sense of independence and went AWOL before his system testing was complete. Yet, Light and Wily would build on the successes and failures of the Proto Man project to build Rock (a lab assistant), Roll (a house cleaner), and a series of industrial robots (the Robot Masters).

When Dr. Wily grew jealous of Light receiving all the credit for the team's work, he reprogrammed the industrial robots and rebelled, attempting to take over the world. Rock, having a strong sense of justice, volunteered to be converted into a "fighting robot" known as Mega Man.

Ever since that time, Dr. Light has been developing new inventions to help Mega Man counter the forces of his old ally (such as Rush the robo-dog, Tango the robo-cat, the Megabuster, etc.).

In the year 20XX (later in the 21st century), Dr. Light began work on Mega Man X (the "X" standing for a factor of unlimited potential). X would possess the ability to make his own decisions in life, unlike Rock who was bound by Asimov's "laws of robotics." However, Light knew that he would not live long enough to fully test X's potential, so he had X sealed in a capsule on September 18, 20XX, not to be awakened for thirty years.

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Trivia

 * His full name is Dr. Thomas X. Light. The "X" is believed to be standing for Xavier, however, there is no official proof.
 * In the Japanese versions he is called Dr. Right.
 * In the cartoon series Captain N: The Game Master, Dr. Light is called Dr. Wright from the Mega Man 1 instruction manual.