Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor

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This article's subject lies mainly within the Sonic the Comic continuity. The information may not be canonical to the storyline of the Sonic games.

The Retro-Orbital Chaos Compressor, or ROCC, was a machine built by Doctor Ovi Kintobor in order to rid Planet Mobius of evil forever. By using the Golden Rings of Mobius, the ROCC could channel the planet's evil energy into six Chaos Emeralds. However, without the seventh Chaos Emerald (the Grey Emerald), the ROCC was very unstable. Although Kintobor recruited Sonic the Hedgehog to help him find the last emerald, they were never able to.^[1] (This is likely due to the fact that the Grey Emerald was, at the time, in the possession of Knuckles the Echidna on the Floating Island.^[2])

One day, while searching for food, Kintobor found that the only thing left in his fridge was a rotten egg. Going to find salt, Kintobor tripped and slammed against the ROCC's control panel, which caused the machine to explode. The evil from the Chaos Emeralds somehow combined with the rotten egg, transforming Doctor Ovi Kintobor into Doctor Ivo Robotnik.^[1]

The remains of the ROCC likely remained, disused and ignored, in Kintobor's lab, as other means of storing and containing the Chaos Emeralds became available.

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1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Sonic the Comic #8, "The Origin of Sonic"
2. ↑ Sonic the Comic #36, "Power of the Chaos Emeralds, Part 2"