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So, let's say that the Admins aren't yanking our chains with those whole, "X lives," thing, and that there's no sneakery, like a new X 'inheriting' the position, or anything like that.

So, we've got an apparently dead X. That's okay. We've also got the G-Virus, or at least, a few hundred Gaians left around infected as grombies. We've also got a few potential Grunnies that escaped; the fact that X stabbed Gino with G-Virus so it's possible there's more of where that came from, and so on.

And, I've posited before now that a natural strain of the virus exists in the wild. Since I can't find my old thread for this, I'll just say that the original G-Virus probably came from the Durem Reclamation Facility.

So, the simplest conclusion from all this? Some strain of the G-Virus is used on X to bring him back. Or he survived the Gambino fusion blast (but I find this a bit boring). Or - a real long shot on my part - X injected himself with the G-Virus prior to injecting Gino, knowing he might not survive.

Now, quite a few gamers and movie-goers will recognise that the original G CORP plot bore a lot of similarity to Resident Evil. Umbrella Corp created a T Virus that brought dead cells back to life, etc. etc.

In RE, there was this really big beefy character named Nemesis. In both the films and the movies he was the result of injecting the T Virus into a human, who then suffered mutations, and - with a bit of cybernetic engineering on Umbrella's part - was turned into a near unstoppable monster.

So, my speculation is, "what if," we get a Nemesis X? The main problem with it is that there isn't all that much plot hinting at it (unlike The Masque and First Contact), and - of course, the main problem surprised - I can't work out a potential Hallowe'en game based around it. lol

But one other thing does come to mind, which is a clip from the movie. Nemesis engages a group of S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad), at the beginning of which a sniper tries to shoot Nemesis down as he has been zombies, and the bullets do pretty much nothing (one of the cooler scenes from the movie, in my opinion). Sniper vs X? It could happen (and would be intensely cool). surprised

'course the likelihood of this being accurate is fairly low. Unlike previous plot speculation where we've had concrete hints from the manga, all we've got at the moment is a storyline involving aliens, love triangles, 19 ZURG triangles, and a virus that turns people into rabbits. God only knows where we're going next. wink

I'm kind of hoping he doesn't become more of a monster. X is my favorite NPC, and it's his brains and tricks that make him so great. Add in the complete monster factor and you've lost the best part of his character.

In a way he is/was like Nemisis. He was normal for starters, then grew to a massive size.

We'll see. Hopefully he'll be involved when the Zurg return.

i doubt that to be the case, Calmer. The X strain is still a virus, but it's a curative virus. However, as we have seen with LabtechX, Flarn and Santa in 2005, the virus has adverse side effects (violent psychosis).

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I hope not, Nemesis is scary...

Granted his new look and behavior, there is good cause to believe that Flarn was supplied the X Strain by some group.

They all got abducted a long time back too. confused

It wouldn't suprise me if that was the case, yes; I just consider that it's always possible there's some other ZURG method of regeneration, until (if) we're told that the G Virus was used. 3nodding

Well, note that the Zurg energy drink and Red Bino work much like the corrupt G-Virus and Vial of Unknown liquid. Not to mention G-Corp was involved in the Energy drink war.