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Behold my floating masterpiece, the Egg Carrier!


Dr. Eggman, Sonic Adventure

The Egg Carrier (エッグキャリア Eggu Kyaria?) is a vehicle that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is an aircraft carrier created by Dr. Eggman that served on a few occasions as his base of operations during his attempts to conquer the earth. The Egg Carrier has been crewed by the doctor and his various robots, including the first E-100 Series robots. The original version fell into the ocean after a mighty battle, but other iterations of the battleship were made over time to take its place.

Description[]

Appearance[]

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The Egg Carrier during the Solaris incident, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

The Egg Carrier seen during the Chaos incident was a large and heavily armored warship with a red, yellow, dark gray and white-colored hull. It consisted of a long and pointy bow with a red metal cover over its main cannon. The ship also had a fairly large and open deck and the Eggman Empire's decal emblazoned on it. In addition, each side was covered by a large plate of armor which could be folded out into a wing. The first Egg Carrier also had two massive jet engines on the rear. The ship also had two modes that it could transform into. In its pre-transformed form, its wings were folded up along the sides. In its post-transformed form on the other hand, the wings and thrusters were extended out to the sides and the top of the rear deck was raised.

The Egg Carrier that appeared during the Solaris incident retained much of the former's coloration and shape, and had a more high-tech design, but was smaller and sleeker. It featured a longer bow with what appeared to be some kind of cannon mounted on its underside, and it had several engines mounted on the back of it.

Features and abilities[]

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The original Egg Carrier's battle mode, from Sonic Adventure.

The original iteration of the Egg Carrier was an all-purpose aerial fortress with numerous commodities befitting an evil genius. It was capable of flight and hovering and was equipped with a plethora of weaponry. This included a large front-mounted powerful laser cannon housed inside the bow known as the "Egg Cannon"[1] (エッグマン砲 Egguman-hō?, lit. "Eggman Cannon"), which could fire a powerful cyan laser beam that was capable of incredible destruction. Other armaments included laser turrets, deployable air mines for infesting airspaces, missile launchers, and cannons for firing spiked objects. It had as well hangars for quick deployment of aerial robot drones to defend the vessel. This Egg Carrier could also transform into two shapes: a cruise form and a high-movement battle form. While being somewhat streamlined in the former state, the latter made it much harder to get from the landing area to the bridge.[2] In addition, it was equipped with a tractor beam for picking up objects and passengers.

The second iteration of the Egg Carrier demonstrated identical flight capabilities, but not the same degree of offensive capabilities as the original; that said, it still showcased a number of armaments, like plasma cannons[3] and storage compartments for Badnik troops.[4]

History[]

Sonic Adventure[]

In Sonic Adventure, Dr. Eggman created the Egg Carrier as a part of his agenda to use Chaos to destroy Station Square. He also created the E-100 Series to serve as the battleship's elite crew.

The Egg Carrier first known usage was when Eggman used it to approach Angel Island in the sky, most likely so that he could get close to the Master Emerald and shatter it in order to free Chaos. Later, the Egg Carrier appeared above the Mystic Ruins to pick up the doctor. Though Sonic and Tails chased after the Egg Carrier the Tornado as it took its leave, the Tornado was shot down by the Egg Carrier's Egg Cannon during the duo's aerial battle with the ship. The Egg Carrier proceeded to fly over Station Square, during which Birdie managed to escape from the ship, taking a Chaos Emerald with him in his locket. As such, E-100 ZERO was deployed from the Egg Carrier's deck to catch him. Dr. Eggman soon after also dispatched his E-100 Series robots from the Egg Carrier to search for Froggy, who had swallowed Chaos' tail and a Chaos Emerald. The Egg Carrier later made a brief landing at the Final Egg, where Eggman's E-100 Series robots returned with various frogs. When the doctor took a look at their frogs however, he found out that only E-102 Gamma had brought the right one. As punishment for their incompetence, Eggman teleported his remaining E-100 Series robots out of the Egg Carrier Hall for remodeling and banishment. In the meantime, Knuckles and Big snuck onboard the Egg Carrier, which soon took off again. Along the way, it picked up ZERO at the Mystic Ruins, who had successfully kidnapped Amy and Birdie. Sonic, however, who had been following Amy, set off in pursuit of the Egg Carrier. As the Egg Carrier passed over Red Mountain however, Sonic was joined by Tails in the Tornado 2. During the heroes' aerial battle with the Egg Carrier, the Tornado 2 managed to severely damaged the Egg Carrier and destroy its main cannon. The Tornado 2 then crash-landed onboard the Egg Carrier, as the battle mode it was currently in was not equipped with landing gear. At around the same time, Gamma was assigned to retrieve Birdie from the Prison Hall onboard the Egg Carrier. On the way there however, he got into the room where E-101 Beta was being rebuilt into E-101 Mark II. The sight of Eggman's callous treatment of his own creations shook something in Gamma. Regardless, he proceeded to Amy's cell and was about to force Amy to hand over Birdie. However, he ended up being persuaded to help Amy by freeing her, whom he ordered to run away. After thanking Gamma, Amy and Birdie began to flee through Hot Shelter. Along the way, they were being tailed by ZERO. In the meantime, Big went to Hot Shelter too, where he found Froggy in a large water tank.

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The Egg Carrier beginning to fall from the sky, from Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.

Meanwhile, on the Egg Carrier's outer deck, Eggman changed the Egg Carrier's shape in order to make it harder for Sonic and Tails to get to the bridge. As such, the duo had to go through the Sky Deck, which Knuckles was also visiting in search of the last shards of the Master Emerald. Eventually, Amy managed to get out on the Egg Carrier's Deck, only for Eggman to attack her there. Sonic and Tails soon after arrived, but they were too late to keep the doctor from taking Birdie and claiming his Chaos Emerald. Having no further need for Birdie, he released him. Eggman then summoned Gamma to deal with Sonic and Tails while he himself withdrew to the Egg Carrier's Central Dome. Though Sonic defeated Gamma, Amy saved the E-Series robot from destruction by telling Sonic that he had helped her escape and is her friend. Meanwhile, the Egg Carrier suddenly began to lose altitude due to ongoing structural damage. As such, Sonic told Tails to get Amy off the ship, while he dealt with the doctor. After transforming the Egg Carrier back into its original shape, Sonic rushed to his nemesis' position. Meanwhile, Tails took Amy off the Egg Carrier, while Gamma flew off the Deck as well. At the same time, Eggman and Chaos 4 caught Big and Froggy as they were trying to escape. He proceeded to take Froggy's Chaos Emerald and tossed both of them into Chaos 4, transforming him into Chaos 6. In addition, Chaos absorbed his missing piece from Froggy, regaining his tail. Fortunately, Sonic soon after came to the rescue. While Sonic fought Chaos 6, Big fished Froggy out from the creature and escaped from the Egg Carrier in the Tornado 2. Eventually, Sonic defeated Chaos 6, which forced Eggman to retreat. Immediately after, Knuckles arrived on the scene. As Sonic pursued Eggman off the Egg Carrier, Knuckles faced Chaos 6 as he recovered for round two. Regardless, the echidna was victorious and retrieved the six Chaos Emeralds Chaos had previously obtained and left the Egg Carrier in order to return to Angel Island. Having been critically damaged, the Egg Carrier subsequently crashed into the ocean (but it did not completely sink).

Gamma later returned to the wrecked Egg Carrier to destroy E-105 Zeta in Hot Shelter. Not long after, he encountered E-101 Mark II onboard the Egg Carrier too, whose reconstruction had been completed. Though Gamma destroyed E-101 following a massive battle onboard the Egg Carrier, he was left so badly damaged that he soon blew up afterwards. With the destruction of both robots though, the Flickies that powered them were freed. Not long after, Amy returned to the Egg Carrier to help Birdie find his family, who were the ones powering Gamma and E-101. Upon finding them though, Birdie was attacked by ZERO, prompting Amy to finally destroy the robot. Afterward, Birdie recovered and flew off the Egg Carrier with his family.

A second Egg Carrier was deployed and used by Dr. Eggman to face Chaos after he rebelled against him and destroyed Station Square with a devastating flood after transforming into Perfect Chaos by harnessing the negative energy of all seven Chaos Emeralds, but it quickly got destroyed by the monster by a powerful beam, causing it to crash into the city's ruins.

Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)[]

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The Egg Carrier flying above Soleanna, from Sonic the Hedgehog (2006).

In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), Dr. Eggman made a new iteration of the Egg Carrier. During the Festival of the Sun, he used this Egg Carrier for an attack on Soleanna to kidnap Princess Elise the Third from the ceremony. While Sonic thwarted the doctor's initial attempt, the latter eventually managed to kidnap the princess. Taking her onboard his flying fortress, the villain had it make its escape across Wave Ocean while his nemesis chased after it. While the hedgehog failed to catch the vessel, it left for the Dusty Desert, where Elise was imprisoned. After she was rescued, Eggman flew the Egg Carrier to Soleanna again, where he threatened to destroy the entire city if the princess did not turn herself in to him. After she had complied in order to save her city, the doctor took her back to the ship, from where he intended to find the Chaos Emeralds needed for his plans with Iblis, which was sealed inside the princess.

On its way to the Chaos Emerald however, the Egg Carrier's engines began to fail for unknown reasons, causing the entire ship to crash, which resulted in Eggman's and Elise's deaths. With Silver's help, however, Sonic went back in time and got onboard the vessel just as it took off. As such, as the aircraft began to crash, the blue hedgehog came to the princess's rescue. The doctor, however, refused to give up and fought his nemesis with his Egg-Wyvern. Eventually, their clash ended with the villain's defeat at the hands of Sonic, who saved Elise from the Egg Carrier as it fell to pieces and blew apart. However, Eggman also managed to escape.

After Sonic and Elise went back in time and erased Solaris from existence, the whole incident was aborted, including Eggman's attempts to use the princess to conquer the world. What happened to the Egg Carrier afterwards remains unknown.

Other game appearances[]

Sonic Heroes[]

In Sonic Heroes, the Egg Carrier is briefly mentioned by Amy Rose while onboard the Final Fortress when playing as Team Rose. It is also mentioned by Knuckles in that same stage when playing through it as Team Sonic.

Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood[]

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The Egg Carrier, from Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood.

In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Dr. Eggman had built yet another Egg Carrier, which bore a distinct resemblance to the Final Fortress. At the beginning of the game, the Egg Carrier was used by the doctor to defend Metropolis against G.U.N.'s forces. During this, Sonic and his friends attacked the flying fortress and confronted the villain onboard it. While there, Tails pulled out some cables in the control room, which resulted in the destruction of the ship and its subsequent crash in the villain's city. While the heroes managed to escape safe and sound from the the vessel's crash, Eggman went missing. He was much later revealed to have been saved from this incident by one of his robots.

Sonic Speed Simulator[]

In Sonic Speed Simulator, the Egg Carrier (using its design and model from Sonic Adventure) can be seen in the sky above Lost Valley during the "Hologram Havoc Event".

Variants[]

Egg Carrier 2[]

Main article: Egg Carrier 2
Egg Carrier 2

The Egg Carrier 2, from Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut.

The Egg Carrier 2, a mere replica of the original Egg Carrier, was built by Dr. Eggman as a backup plan during the Chaos incident in case Chaos betrayed him. This eventually turned out to be the case at the climax of that incident when the beast used the Chaos Emeralds and transformed into Perfect Chaos against the doctor's will. The Egg Carrier 2 did not last very long, however, as Perfect Chaos easily destroyed it with a powerful beam blast. For this reason, its features compared with its predecessor's own are unknown, though it is likely identical.

In other media[]

Animation[]

Sonic X[]

Main article: Egg Carrier (Sonic X)
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The Egg Carrier, from "A Robot Rebels".

In the anime series Sonic X, the Egg Carrier was created and used by Dr. Eggman during his operation to destroy Station Square using Chaos. After several outings and battles however, the vessel crashed into the ocean, where it was visited by E-102 Gamma and Amy Rose. It remains were later salvaged by the doctor to create the Grand Egg Imperial.

At some point, additional Egg Carriers were used by Eggman and his crew.

Books and comics[]

Archie Comics[]

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The Egg Carrier, from Sonic Super Special #15.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics, the Egg Carrier was an important transport for Dr. Eggman during an attempt to conquer Station Square. The original Egg Carrier fell into the ocean after a mighty battle. Shortly after, a second Egg Carrier was made to stop the rampage of Perfect Chaos, but the creature quickly destroyed it.

After the Super Genesis Wave re-wrote history, the Egg Carrier became identical to its game counterpart, with its remains causing the waters around Meropis to become polluted.

IDW Publishing[]

Scrapnik Island[]
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The Egg Carrier, from Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #1.

In the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing, while Sonic was looking for Tails inside the abandoned Death Egg, he came across an extremely large room where an old Egg Carrier was located, which surprised the hedgehog.[5] A couple of minutes later, while Sonic, Sigma and Mecha Sonic were looking around for some pieces of Tails' Tornado, Sigma introduced the "scrambled Egg Carrier" to Sonic, with the decayed battleship being called the "crown jewel" of Scrapnik Island. Once it is fully reconstructed, they can use it to get out of the island.[6] Suddenly, Mecha Knuckles started to attack Sonic and Mecha Sonic. When asked why he is being aggressive against them, Sigma responded that due to it being unable to fully remove the robot's his original programming due to him deeply embedding it, it diverted its programming to guard the carrier instead.[6] A few minutes later, the Egg Carrier would be mentioned by Mecha Sonic about the carrier being totally useless, saying it will never fly again.[7]

Trivia[]

  • In Sonic Adventure, the Egg Carrier can be seen changing its appearance (rendering state) during certain missions. For example, during the battle between Amy and ZERO, the window bars on the bridge disappear and the yellow topped radar looks gray with red outlining. This may have something to do with the original Egg Carrier look before drastic changes.
  • In the cutscene depicting the Egg Carrier's freefall, it is visibly damaged, with entire portions of the ship missing due to explosions inside of the vessel. During Knuckles' battle with Chaos 6, the center turbine portion where the battle takes place is damaged as well, something not visible in Big's or Sonic's battles. However, when the Egg Carrier is revisited while floating in the ocean, the wreck remains in excellent condition, as there are no signs of damage anywhere on the ship whatsoever, including the turbine. It can even still transform at the player's will when entering the bridge.
  • When the player finishes Red Mountain, the Egg Carrier seems to change color.
  • If the player pauses the game when the Egg Carrier is transforming in Sonic Adventure, the Egg Carrier will disappear.
  • When the sequence occurs when the Egg Carrier changes forms, if the player is Tails and attempts to fly, the sound he makes when he flies can still be heard.
  • The early design for the Egg Carrier seen in Sonic Adventure's concept art appears in the X-Zone table in Sonic Pinball Party.

References[]

  1. Sonic Team (September 9, 1999). Sonic Adventure. Dreamcast. Sega. Area/Level: Sky Chase. "Eggman: Time for a little power play of my own! Egg Cannon ready... FIRE!"
  2. Sonic Team (September 9, 1999). Sonic Adventure. Dreamcast. Sega. Area/Level: Egg Carrier (Sonic's story). "Eggman: You haven't see the power this vessel really has! Get a load of this! / Tails: Ahhh, wow! It's changed shape. Did you see that? / Sonic: Darn! This makes it even harder for us to get to the bridge!"
  3. Sonic Team, Blindlight (November 24, 2006). Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Area/level: Egg-Wyvern (Sonic Episode).
  4. Sonic Team, Blindlight (November 24, 2006). Sonic the Hedgehog. Xbox 360. Sega. Cutscene: Opening sequence (Sonic Episode).
  5. Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #1, story one
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #2, story one
  7. Sonic the Hedgehog: Scrapnik Island #4, story one

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