SWNOVELXO Chapter 10: Bonus II: Dallas Vs. Dr. Eggman
Dallas Supremo Vs. Dr. Eggman!
The Master of Mankind Vs. The baddest of Badniks, and they're not alone...
He's Wiz and I'm Boomstick-
And it's our job to analyze their Weapons, Armor, and Skills to see who will win a Death-Battle!
In the Grimm Darkness of the Far Future there is only war...
Thats gotta be the understatement of the millennium! You got Daemons, spooky undead Robot Skeletons, giant Orks and whole bunch of other nasties killing each other in untold trillions! And naturally Humanity is one of them thanks to the glorious Imperium of Man. The single largest group of Humans that all bow down and venerate one of the greatest Humans of all time: The Emperor of Mankind, better known as Dallas Supremo!
To say the Emperor is the greatest amongst Humanity is an understatement on its own, He isn't just the greatest Human alive, but rather the Greatest Human to EVER live. The moment this orphaned Star-Child was found by Queen Marika, it was clear, He would guide Humanity into a Golden Age of progress and prosperity in the Greatest Empire ever seen, the Imperium of Man! And yet He was foiled time and time again by those wretched Chaos Gods. However the Emperor is nothing but not persistent.
Background:
-Full name: Dallas Supremo.
-True name: Unknown.
-Age: Unknown.
-Height: Around 14ft|426cm.
-Family: Queen Marika(Mother) Maliketh(Uncle) Godfrey(Father) Nepheli(Half-Brother? Nephew? Grandnephew?) Radagon(technically just Queen Marika so Mother and Father?) Rennala(Step-Mother) Rellana(Step-Aunt) Ranni(Half-Sister) Radahn(Half-Brother)[rip the homie he was Miquellested] Rykard(Half-Brother) Miquella(Half-Brother) Melenia(Half-Sister) Millicent and her sisters(Half-Nieces) Mohg(Brother) [poor bro we thought he was a Mohglester, was actually Miquellested too.] Morgott(Bother) Godwyn(Brother) Godrick(Nephew) Godefroy(Nephew) Melina(Sister?) Messmer(Brother?) [wtf is this family tree?]
-Hobbies: Miniature Painting, DYI, Reading, Sports.
-Favorite Food: Texan BBQ, anything Queen Marika cooks.
Loves: His miniatures, His Imperium and everyone in it, His Primarchs, His family(to a degree).
-Hates: Chaos, Aliens(some not all), Traitors to Mankind, and Idiots.
I mean just look. At. Him! Dude looks like if you took the most jacked strongman made Him twice the height of a normal man, twice as wide and pumped Him full of steroids! And that muscled bod of His can take a whole heck of a lot of punishment not even the weight of a collapsing skyscraper can scratch Him! Especially when He clads Himself in His many-MANY power armor suits.
And the Master of Mankind doesn't just command armies and invent powerful technology but rather can bend the entirety of nature to His own will with the art of 'Bending', Earth Bending to control the very ground, Fire Bending to control torrents of flame, Air Bending to control powerful gusts of wind, and Water Bending to move strong currents.
And He can even combine different bending arts to make new ones like Wind and Water to make Ice Bending, Fire and Earth to make Lava and much more! What else has He got?!
Well the Emperor is a Psyker, a breed of Humans that can use the power from a parallel dimension known as the Immaterium.
*scratches head* what?
They can do magic...
Oh like Harry Potter!
Sure...
Ahem, anyways Psykers can manipulate reality at varying degrees of intensity, from people who can barely doing anything, to people who can manipulate entire galaxies! And the Emperor is said to be the strongest one, at least the strongest one that remained sane. As other pyskers have been reported to be around His level but none could remain sane for long as He has due to the insanity they receive with such power.
Abilities:
-Energy Attacks.
-Reality Manipulation.
-Force Shields.
-Restoration(healing any Human, no matter how grievous the wound).
-Light manipulation(purification).
-Insanity(by just looking at him).
-Precognition/Clairvoyance.
-Power Granting(any Human can be granted part of His power if He so wishes).
-Soul Sucking.
-Technopathy.
-Time Manipulation.
And more!
The original first edition of Warhammer 40k aka Rouge Trader, described Him as a God-Emperor, which His most faithful know Him by. With Him creating countless "Miracles" as the Zealots called it such as summoning Angels, Banishing Daemons, and curing illnesses.
But thats not all the powers He's mastered. Telekinesis, creating perfect clones, and even reanimating His undead rotting corpse!
The Emperor has spent centuries hoarding the most powerful treasures across the multiverse. A ring of all the Lantern Corps, Thor's hammer Mjolnir, the 13 Longinus Sacred Gears, an invisibility cloak, The Holy Grail, the Holy sword; Excalibur, the Omnitrix, Remnants Relics! You name it and He probably has it! This is the same guy who has created hundreds of golden palaces for Himself.
Yeah... He's definitely got an Ego on Him, over-confidence is said to be His achilles heel, that has bit Him in the ass before, but He has been humbling himself recently.
Despite His arrogance, the Emperor's charisma and leadership has brought many to His side. Not enough to defeat the Chaos Gods but His army doesn't make it easy on those weirdos.
They're the most wicked band of grunts this side of the Milky-way Galaxy; the Astra Militarum!
An army spanning multiple galaxies across the multiverse and beyond!
Cadians, Kreigsmen, Mordians, and many others make up the Infantry, some in Tanks, some in Planes, some even in jetpacks! They're the blue shirts! First in...and first out.
The Emperor's Angels, aka the Space Marines, utilize various fighting styles, weapons and techniques to fight any foe that dare attack the Imperium either by Land, Sea, or Space.
Imperial Military
-Adeptus Custodes(Personal Body guards of the Emperor.)
-Adeptus Machanicus(engineers and scientists that make the various technologies of the Imperium, but they aren't afraid of combat.)
-Astra Militarum(The Imperial Guard and countless Planetary Defense Forces.)
-Inquisition(A combination of secret police and secret agents, used primarily to fight Chaos.)
-Adepta Soroitas(The military Branch of the Imperial Church, the Ecclesiarchy, comprised of women who worship the Emperor of Mankind, even though he hates it.)
-Adeptus Astartes(The Space Marines, bio-engineered Super Soldiers.)
We can be here forever writing down the small fries. And the Imperium isn't just normie Humans, Dhampirs half-Human/half-Vampires, the Faunus who are half-Human/half-animals and various other half-Human species aka AbHumans, and they make up a fat chunk of the Imperiums military might.
It was imperative for the Emperor to nurture a force that covers its own vulnerabilities. For example both Gasper Vladi, the Dhampir King, and Cyn, one of the Emperor's robot assistants, have powerful reality bending abilities themselves, but Gasper uses his for battlefield control, destabilizing dimensions, and freezing time, while Cyn focuses on buffing allies, cancelling enemy powers, even summoning literal black holes called NULLs, or even swapping weapons and equipment. Speaking of Weapons, the Imperium uses any weapon The Emperor has to His disposal, to a limited degree, the Imperial Guard has a wide array of laser weaponry with many different configurations. And the Astartes follow a similar trope to a more larger and specialized degree with Bolters, Plasmas, Meltas, Volkites, and more! But as the Imperium grew and grew, it felt less like an Empire and more like a massive family unit.
Oh! You mean like His Harem, the Primarchs and their kids?
Eh I suppose, the Emperor cares a lot for His harem and children the most, but He seems to be just as caring for His average citizen as well, going to any length to protect them if He can.
While He may seem emotionless and cold to the outside observer, the Emperor is actually extremely emotional towards His people, exploding in fits of fury when any of them are harmed or threatened.
Regardless, back to the Primarchs, each one is in command of one of the 20 Space Marine Legions who by now are so large that they have to split into smaller 'Chapters', though each Legion and their respective Primarch is specialized in some form of way with the exception of the 13th and 1st legion respectively, who are meant to be Jack-of-all trades.
But none of them are as spoiled as His 'unofficial' favorite, Rias Gremory, second in command and, the Empress of Mankind.
Spoiled is another understatement following Dallas so rigidly she does what ever she can to please Him, at the behest of others. Punishing anyone if they dare insult, harm or even inconvenience the Emperor an anyway. As such she receives most of the Emperor's love, making her the 'quote un quote' favorite amongst the Primarchs, drawing the ire of the rest. Though the Emperor has stated multiple times that He has no favorites.
But really the Emperor is really protective of His Harem, if the fam's in trouble He can use His psychic powers to will Himself into a giant Kaju! To crush any enemy that dare try!
Maybe just a bit of overkill, just one punch from Giga-Emperor sent this Titan out of orbit, taking into account of the flight path, and earth's own gravitational pull, the Emperor's punch must of hit this titan with a force of 125 Teratons of TNT an number so big it doesn't even really make sense, and considering how General Radahn has pulled off some starbusting feats before, and the Emperor has been stated to be way stronger than all even him, and the Primarchs combined, this isn't anything close to the Emperor's full strength.
So don't bully His kids, especially if He happens to come into contact with one of Mommy Salami's black Grimm Goo thingies, what are they called again?
No clue, but nevertheless the pools of Dark Goo allow the Emperor to release His Dark Fury. A form whose very steps cause massive natural disasters!
Oh-Okay! Seriously how does the Chaos Gods ever beat this guy?! He's basically every OP super hero and villain in one massive golden nugget!
And we aren't even to the best part, when the Emperor was investigating in the Warp one day, He came across the Dark Star, don't let its simplistic appearance fool you, this thing is SO powerful it took the combined effort of the Emperor and all the Chaos gods to bring it down, and even then the five of them barely survived. With the Emperor forcing them to call a truce to shatter it, if they hadn't, it wouldn't just be the destruction of them, but the whole section of that of the entire multiverse! But with this came a cause and effect; with the Dark Star shattered its few remaining pieces latched onto the Emperor, unknowingly, empowering Him when He needs it the most.
Wait doesn't have more ultra OP stuff locked in that SCP foundation basement of His?
This is true He's *ahem* 'acquired' powerful artifacts such as the Wonder-Flower, which can mould reality like Playdoh, or the DreamStone which can wish anything out of existence.
Arsenal:
-Basically every weapon in humanity's possession.(Bolters, Melta, Las, Plasma, Grav, Volkite, Etc.)
-Near indestructible Palaces.
-God-Engines(aka Titans which are said to have a shard of the Emperor's soul in them).
-The Dark Star fragments.
And many, MANY more! [Trust me this dude has a massive arsenal that writing it all down would be such a waste of time, what ever you can think of He probably has it].
Now imagine if this super OP shiny nugget had to fight Himself-oh wait He did and He beat the crap outta Him
Feats:
-Has conquered most of His section of the Multiverse one time.
-Has technically harnessed the Power of the Dark Star Fragments.
-Has Traveled the Universe to and from at FTL speeds.
-Powers the Astronomican, a Psychic beacon that can cover most of the Multiverse.
-Capable of holding back the Chaos gods, not defeating them but at least stopping them from manifesting in real space.
-Survived being thrown from Pluto to Venus.
-Has beaten some of the multiverse's most powerful fighters, such as Goku, Cosmic Armor Super-Man, Kratos, Saitama, Galactus, even absurdly powerful beings like the Presence, The one Above all, and Arceus, granted He didn't beat them but considering He fought these guys to a stand still, is a massive feat on its own.
With all His power its kinda weird that He hasn't completely conquered the entire multiverse yet, perhaps the visions of grandeur isn't what He really sought. Many believe that once the Multiverse has been completely brought into the manifold, He would purge the Primarchs and the Space Marine legions and slip back into hiding like He did before He founded the Imperium, but this was disproven. Within deep in the center of the Imperial palace, a city sized garden was found along side Primarch sized suites. Meaning He always wanted to retire and live a life of peace with His family, like He did before Humanity crapped the bed and went all MadMax.
Awwww are you saying that He's all happy now that He has a big ol' family?
In a way, but also when they actually work together, they literally conquered a substantial portion of the Multiverse soooo...
He's a baddie through and through, who will teleport through space and time to show you whats what, because He's no ordinary Human, make way for your Emperor!
Citizens of Earth, lend me your ears! Imagine a world of endless possibility, where people are free as the wind. Isn't it... Disgusting? Now, imagine a better world, one with proper guidance and the technology to bring about global peace!
"But Wiz, only a brilliant mind can make that happen!"
Not just any brilliant mind; he's a genius at heart who knows the dangers within. He's Ivo Robotnik.
Doctor Eggman!
As a mad scientist myself, his story is my inspiration, just as Eggman's was his grandfather, Gerald Robotnik, who sought to create world peace through technology. But then, his beloved granddaughter, Maria, was killed by the Guardian Unit of Nations, better known as-
G.U.N. They're freakin' called "G-U-N". Anyway, lil' Eggy grew up a lonely narcissist because all his family talked about was "Maria this", "Maria that", boohoo!
Neglect and envy tainted Ivo's goals of following Gerald's footsteps. He distanced himself from his grandfather's legacy; instead of bettering the world, he would conquer it, to get the attention he deserved!
No, you mean craved. Desperately craved.
Eh... tomato, tomato.
You just said it the same way twi-
Background:
-Full name: Doctor Ivo Robotnik.
-Age: 50+ years.
-Height: 6'1"|185cm.
-Family: Gerald Robotnik(Grandfather), Maria Robotnik(Cousin), Eggman Nega(Descendant), Sage(Daughter).
-Occupations: CEO of Eggman Industries, Meteor Tech, and various Casinos.
-Hobbies: Archeology, history, woodworking.
-Favorite food: Egg dogs, Egg candy, Poppin Eggcorn, This delicious banana.
-Loves: Himself, Agent Stone, His daughter.
Hates: That Hedgehog! (And cold soup)
He aimed to establish Eggmanland, a capital of science, and this paradise would have worked just fine if not for that blasted Sonic the Hedgehog.
For years, Eggman's plans literally blew up in his face, and he's a very sore loser.
But just like any good experiment, the doctor did more testing, seeking better results.
He's created plenty of knickknacks to terrorize the world with: a laser gun, a cloning ray, mind control cannons, a flying armada, typical evil scientist stuff.
Then there's the big ones. He invented a Spatial-Displacement Trap which, while online, scatters a target's atoms across space. Oh, and then there's the Metal Virus, which transmutes organic tissue into living metal zombies. It's so deadly, it created a plague that nearly wiped out all life on Earth.
Shame Eggman never made himself immune to it. That's a whoopsie.
And when he's not duping you with decoys, he's riding in style with the Egg Mobile. It's lightweight for maneuverability but tough enough to withstand moon-sized explosions and even the center of a black hole.
I mean... it's kind of lame-looking, but he can plug it into big bad mechs like the Eggwalker or the Death Egg Robot, whose giant laser once obliterated 77,000 cubic meters of rock in an instant! That's like having an atomic bomb in your pocket all the time. Doh, okay, maybe this guy's pretty cool.
Eggman built machines for a long list of combat situations. Some look like knights, others use extraterrestrial sources like the Wisps, and then there's the orbital bases, like the Death Egg.
The reference is obvious, but Darth Vader's version is like a toy compared to the Death Egg, which can annihilate stars. Poof! A whole constellation, gone in one shot.
That's not to say Eggman doesn't enjoy scrapping with blue hedgehogs himself; enter the Egg Dragoon.
Hell yeah! The rawest of the battle mechs. It's got electric drills! It's got ice missiles! It's got a whole lotta bullets! My god, Wiz... I NEEEED it!
Mechs and Fortresses
-Big Arms
-Death Egg
-Orbital Station
-Final Egg Blaster
-Death Egg Robot
-E-Mech
-Egg Dragoon
-Egg Emperor
-Egg Mobile
-Modular hovercraft with teleportation
-Attachable to mechs like the Egg Walker
-Egg Salamander.
-Powered by Sol Emeralds.
-Can create spatial rifts.
-Egg Wizard.
-Made with the power of the Jeweled Scpeter.
-Egg Viper.
-Egg Wyvern.
-Nega Wisp Armor.
-Time Eater.
-Sentient entity that controls space and time.
-Converted into a manageable cyborg by two Eggmans.
And don't forget: Eggman built all of these things himself. Maybe world domination is in his grasp yet.
One problem: Eggman's a turbo loner. No hobbies, no friends, no wife, no nothing.
Come on, he has friends; I mean, he's a feminist-
-oh-okay, maybe not, but what about Infinite? Sure, they might have joined forces over a mutually sought revenge against Shadow, buuuut it counts! Sort of. Who needs friends when you can build friends?
Obviously, Eggman has a tough time collaborating with others, so he just built his own army instead.
The Eggman Empire!
The Badniks are mass-produced foot soldiers. Buzz Bombers, Crabmeats, Caterkillers, Eggrobos, and don't forget those cute little Moto Bugs. The Badniks may seem simple, but they're led by an elite, multi-talented unit: the Hard Boiled Heavies. Really leaning into the egg thing, huh?
Eggman Empire:
-Leaders: D3-COY, Infinite, Metal Sonic, Orbot and Cubot, Sage.
-Badniks: Batbot, Buzz Bomber, Caterkiller, Chopper, Coconuts, Crabmeat, Eggrobo, Hotaru, Jawz, Moto Bug, Orbinaut, Rexxon, Valkeen.
-Super Badniks: Death Crab, Hard boiled Heavies, Lady Bug Boss, Uber Caterkiller
-E-Series: E-101 Beta, E-102 Chaos Gamma, E-121 Phi, E-1000, E-2000R.
-Metal Series: Mecha Sonic, Mecha Sonic MK2, Mecha Knuckles, Tails Doll, Rocket Metal, Shadow Androids.
-Pawn Series: Egg Bishop, Egg Chaser, Egg Hammer, Egg Knight, Egg Pawn
-Egg Fleet: Egg Carrier, Final Fortress, Mako Gunships, Sky Fortress.
The army has a wide variety of troops, even your classic comedy duo with Orbot and Cubot. They're Eggman's assistants and immense disappointments. Every genius has their duds.
Hey, at least they're not Scratch and Grounder.[This is true, Orbot and Cubot are way better than those morons] But, that's why he's made top-notch bots modeled after the Sonic cast, like everyone's favorite robo-faker, Metal Sonic.
Metal Sonic has the most horsepower in the Eggman Empire. He has the moves and speed of Sonic, and then some. He's had his rebellious phases, but Eggman's reprogrammed Metal to better follow his commands. Additionally, when upgraded to his Neo form, Metal Sonic could copy biological data, including unique powers like Shadow's time stop technique, Chaos Control.
He could even copy Silver's psychokinesis, and with enough Chaos energy, he powers up into Super Neo Metal Sonic!
Though everything would change with the appearance of the Phantom Ruby. One of many trump cards at Eggman's disposal, the Phantom Ruby alters reality by manipulating perception.
Basically, super OP illusions, but in Infinite's hands, it's a weapon of mass destruction. I don't know how illusions translate to body replicas, changing gravity, or making a fake Sun, but... go off, king!
And when used on the planet's consciousness-which is a thing-the Ruby granted Eggman the Light-man form. Yep, apparently, Super Eggman is canon, though it is pretty complicated to manifest.
But the Phantom Ruby isn't the only souped-up gem Eggman has. He's used the Jeweled Scepter to make the world-shattering Egg Wizard. Then, on more than one occasion, he's effortlessly gathered the super rare, super powerful Chaos Emeralds. You know, the things that power Super Saiyan hedgehogs!
Arsenal:
-Cloning Device
-Chaos Emeralds
-Dark Rings
-Egg Field
-Hyper-Go-On
-Jetpack
-Jeweled Scepter
-Laser Guns
-Metal Virus
-Mind Control Ray
-Nightmare Fuel
-Phantom Ruby
-Shrink Ray
-Sol Emeralds
-Spatial-Disruption Trap
-Super Form(Light-Man)
-Teleporters
-Time Reversal Machine
-Time Stones
And More!
Eggman built, and built, and built, and eventually, he built something that started to build on him. Sage was originally designed as a mere assistant, but through an alien encounter, she was granted actual sentience.
Sage is already super powerful, but now, she's also super smart. She thought up millions of battle plans all at once to defeat the massive Titans.
And you can barely remember where you put your dune buggy.
I know exactly where it is; it's at the police impound, thank you very much.
Sage was Eggman's saving grace. He had previously found machines with personality lacking, but Sage's great adequacy in serving her function provided Eggman with something that, for the first time, he'd hate to lose. In essence, a-a sort of... daughter.
So, like any good dad, he gave her the keys to his car, his spaceship, and his orbital death ray. Hell, now she controls the entire army!
And this frankly unheard-of trust from Eggman became crucial in defeating The End, a primordial entity so mighty, even Super Sonic struggled against it.
Their battle can only be described as "peak fiction", 'cause charged by seven Chaos Emeralds, Super Sonic's no joke!
The power of one Emerald can shift continents. All seven together can shift the universe.
And kill some pretty terrifying bosses, like Eggman's Time Eater, which ripped apart space-time like tissue paper.
In short, Chaos Emeralds give thoughts power. With them, Eggman's best machines can run indefinitely while matching the greatest powers ever seen, like when three supers battled Solaris, who tried to destroy time itself. Solaris extended its chaos across multiple timelines in about 20 seconds, or 73 quadrillion times lightspeed.
It's funny, though; while Eggman's smarts have sort of defeated Sonic here and there, he's pretty effective when he teams up with the Blue Blur to save the world.
Well, recall how Professor Gerald was a good person before losing the granddaughter he loved. In Eggman's case, now that he has Sage, perhaps a similar story is playing out in reverse...
...Nah!
Eggy will always have a hare-brained scheme behind his cufflinks.
So watch out, critters and plebeians of the world; he is the Eggman, and he's got the master plan.
Alright the combatants are set! We've run the data through all the possibilities.
ITS TIME FOR A DEATH BAAAAAATTTTTLLLLLLEEEEE!!!!!
Today was an extremely special day, for today was the coronation of none other than Rias Gremory, or as she prefers to be called, Rias Supremo. ["thats Rias Supremo! Mrs Supremo to you!"]
Everyone was in attendance, from the most high ranked generals of the Imperial Guard to the entirety of the Space Marine legions. All of the Primarchs, every Custodian, even The Emperor's right hand man; Malcador the Sigilite was present.
Rias smiled as the Emperor approached with the most resplendent crown she had ever seen, nothing could possibly ruin the moment-
"Citizens of the Imperium! Lend me your ears! For I've come to make an announcement, this palace is now the base for my upcoming Eggman-Land 2!" A hologram appeared suddenly alerting everyone with in the room. The Custodians immediately leaped into action and stood in front of the Emperor in a protective manner, causing Him to nearly drop the crown.
The Emperor snorted as He situated Himself, before turning to Malcador, "What kinda joke is this?"
Eggman on the other hand merely laughed as his hologram disappeared, then suddenly-
*BOOOM*
The throne room's ceiling had exploded revealing a huge armada of warships in the air space above, thankfully the Emperor had conjured a force shield protecting everyone inside, but the point was made nonetheless.
"I am Doctor Eggman, your new genius overlord!"
From the hulking warships, legions up legions of machines dropped, flooding the lands surrounding the Imperial Palace. But the most important cargo that dropped, was the Doctor himself, piloting the mighty Egg Dragoon.
"GET A LOAD OF THIS!" Proclaimed the ecstatic doctor.
The Emperor growled, so much for having the most sophisticated anti-air defense system in the universe...
"Generals! Form a defensive line around the Palace, plug every opening, I want Las-guns around every corner! Nothing gets in!" Immediately the Emperor began to organize His troops, before turning to the Primarchs, more specifically Rias.
"Im sorry dear, I'm afraid your coronation is gonna have to wait."
Rias merely smiled and lightly rubbed the Emperor's armored shoulder, "It's fine, its not your fault, now how about we go kick this nerd's tail."
"That is an Idea I can get behind! No offense Gremory, but this coronation thingy was getting boring." Said an excited Yang, with the rest of the Primarchs either being in a similar excited state or just bored[*cough cough* Blake *cough cough*]
"Primarchs! Rally your legions and assist the Imperial Guard in the defense! Custodians on me! We're taking that brainiac down!" Commanded the Emperor.
Before He could charge into the raging battle, a hand grabbed His, "Dallas, Please be careful, I have a feeling this battle will be more difficult than even you believe..." warned a worried Asia.
"Pff, I'm the Emperor of Man, when have I ever never been able to handle things?"
"My love, please, remind yourself, 'Over confidence can be a slow and insidious killer.'"
The Emperor smiled softly before patting Asia on the head, "I'll try, dear. Custodes on me!"
"We're right behind you, My lord!"
With that the Emperor charged into battle instantly meeting the enemy head on, taking the brunt of the enemy's attacks, and on the battlefield the Master of Mankind was a sight to behold. The way He cleaved through any machine, big or small, that dared get in his way, and with a wave of His clawed left hand, powerful balls of psychic energy exploded with tremendous force.
Locking target on the Emperor, Eggman's cackles roared over his loud speaker, as he opened fire on the Big E. With untold swiftness, the Emperor weaved the Egg Dragoon's Gatling gun fire, as He approached some shots landed, but they harmlessly bounced off the Emperor's armor.
He jumped high into the air, lighting claw raised and slashed downwards, the Doctor shifted the right arm to block the hit but the Emperor's claws cut through like a hot knife against butter.
With an audible groan, the Egg Dragoon recoiled back from the hit, In response, the mech fires its drill missiles at the Emperor and as it electrocutes Him, He manages to jump off and catch another drill to throw it back at the Egg Dragoon, impaling the mech. Following this, the Emperor stomps on the ground with is golden boot, causing massive earthly spikes to pierce the Egg Dragoon along with Eggman, killing him.
'Well... that was easy?' Thought Dallas, "pff, you call these toys an 'invasion' force?! Ive seen Worker Drones pull off better rebellions!" He jeered as an Egg Knight had attempted to get the drop on Him, a simple back hand reduced the machine to scrap.
Nope~ that was a D3-COY, as a cartoonish head of Eggman, accompanied by a looping laughing track, popped out of the D3-COY's chest. Through his broadcast speaker from above, Eggman suddenly insults his opponent, alerting Him that he is still alive.
"That was a Decoy you idiot, INFINTE!"
Suddenly a black and red portal appeared and from it a humanoid black Jackal emerged, the Emperor raised an eyebrow at the strange creature, before it spoke?
"This power is without peer. It is the ultimate strength!"
And the 'Ultimate Strength' it was, with the utter of those final words the Jackal used the strange Ruby on its chest, covering the area in a reddish tint. He had increased the gravity by ten fold, the units that suffered the most were the air borne units, as the Imperium's aircraft weighed much more, weight they were never designed to support, came crashing down to the earth. The air borne space marines weren't any better as Jump pack units, such as Jump Pack Intercessors, Suppressors and Inceptors, came slamming down as well, turning them into bloodied, jagged metal clusters.
Normal humans, found themselves pancaked into the ground with them barely able to breathe, the increase in weight preventing their chests from expanding, not allowing air to flow to the lungs. Standard Astartes units found themselves on all fours, their synthetic power armor muscles doing everything they can to prevent them from being pinned to the ground, with the Custodes and the Primarchs pinned in a similar manner. Even the Imperial Palace, groaned as its foundation and supports were pushed to the limit.
The Emperor growled as He was forced to one knee, seeing His people struggle He used His own powers to take some of the weight off their shoulders, literally. All Imperial guard units found themselves being able to breathe more freely, yet they were still pinned, but the Space Marines and Custodes were able to move onwards and began to target the floating Jackal who, began to defend himself with the power granted to him by the Phantom Ruby, the Emperor turned to Gasper who, somehow, stood unaffected and gestured him to put an end to Infinite.
The King of Dhampirs giggled, before spotting an leviathan Dreadnought of the Xth legion dueling some Egg Hammers, summoning a magic circle underneath the Dreadnought and one above Infinite, the Dreadnought was teleported above the Jackal-
*THWOMP*
With that Infinite was crushed under the Leviathan Dreadnought's weight, even harder than usual, as the increase in gravity kinda bit him in the ass, the already heavy Dreadnought was even heavier.
With Infinite flattened, the Jackals helmet went flying, along with the Phantom Ruby, the Emperor spotting it immediately ordered all nearby units to snag it before the enemy could, Eggman did the same.
A young Imperial guard soldier managed to grab it before anyone else could, 'YES! I got it! Maybe His majesty could give me a promotion with such a victory! Lord militant here I-' this young soldier's dreams of a higher rank were crushed, when he himself was crushed under a giant robot's boot. The Egg Hammer reached down to grab the gem, but before it could a Space Marine from the VIth Legion, a Space Valkyrie, lunged at it with a power axe in hand and chopped its hand off, while another battle-sister ran in an grabbed the Ruby, she was, unfortunately, swarmed instantly.
Orbot and Cubot, seizing the moment of opportunity poked in and yoinked the gem while the Space Marine was distracted, but before they could get away with a successful pick pocket-
"Get them! For the Emperor!" The duo turned to see none other than our favorite trio of Worker Drones, J, V and N, leaping at them. Cubot yelped in surprise, as Orbot assumed a boxing stance. The two groups of robots fought each other in a brawl, as a cartoony dust cloud formed around them, eventually J was able to pry the gem from Cubot's hands and chucked it to N, who was the only one without and opponent, as V had taken Orbot. The clumsy Worker Drone struggled to grab the gem as it kept bouncing from his hands, soon enough he did manage to grab firm hold of it, yelling out "I got it!" In a cheerful manner, lifting the gem in the air.
That was until he was swept away in a blue blur, "THEY GOT ME!" Metal Sonic had finally appeared and swiped at the Phantom Ruby hoping to steal it from N, but he didn't expect the inferior Worker Drone to hold on to it so tightly, so he was dragged along for the ride.
"N!" Shouted the Emperor, seeing one of His favorite assistants stolen from Him. "Guardsmen! Astartes! Focus fire on that abomination! Be careful not to hit the Drone dangling for life up there!" All surrounding and available units did focus on the flying blue blur, but were unable to hit it due to its immense speed, even the Space Marines with their advanced targeting Auspexs, were missing it by inches.
"Cyn!" Called the Emperor.
"Jump-scare! I'm. Right. Here. No. Need. Yell."
"Do you know what time it is?" Asked the Emperor.
"It. Is. 5:59. Why?" Answered Cyn.
"No! What Time is it?" He asked again, emphasizing the Time part of His question.
Cyn then had a look of understanding as she snapped her fingers and a strange symbol appeared on her visor; a triangle with arrows pointing from each corner.
Above her head, a trio of slots began to roll, so fast that one couldn't make out what they had written or drawn on them.
Back with Metal Sonic, he continued his rampage, firstly getting rid of N by spinning and chucking him at a Space marine that lunged at him. From there he continued his attack, butchering any puny human that dare get in his path including that disgusting blonde twink sorcerer. With a flick of his finger the crown on top of Gaspers head came flying off, and without the confidence support of the Emperor granted to him by said crown. The Dhampir King reverted back to his scaredy cat personality.
Covering his eyes in shyness, he teleported away from the battle field, drawing a sigh of dissatisfaction and disappointment from the Emperor, but regardless he had gotten the job done, Infinite was no longer pinning the Imperials, but a new threat had just made itself known.
Metal sonic stopped in an opening and began to charge himself with the Phantom Ruby, that was until a transparent text box, with yellow text appeared in front of him:
Message from user: Cyn
⬅️Chance Time!➡️ :3
With one simple move, the Phantom Ruby was gone from Metal Sonic hands and was now in the Emperor's.
"Good girl Cyn! remind me to reward you later!" Praised the Emperor as He patted the robo-maid loli on the head.
Metal Sonic on the other hand was not happy, calling a Chaos Emerald to him, he transformed into Neo-Metal Sonic and charged straight at the Emperor of Man.
"ITS. TOO. LATE."
The Emperor, too focused on the Phantom Ruby, decided to crush it rather than let it potentially fall into enemy hands again. He looked up to see Metal Sonic coming straight towards Him, and overconfidence bit Him in the ass here. As He believed He could simply tank it and crush Metal easy right?
Wrong. Neo punched through the Emperor's Auramite chest plate and went all the way through His body coming out cleanly the other side.
The silence was deafening, Ruby who was closest used her semblance to race towards His side. Assessing the situation, she knew the Emperor would live, problem was would He regenerate in time to help win the war? Without Him the Imperium is without its Emperor, and with no Emperor, there is no Imperium.
They needed to get Him back on His feet ASAP. Bad news, Asia was occupied on the other side of the massive palace, and wouldn't make it in time. With no other real option she calked her team to her location.
"Team Rwby, rendezvous on my position, the Emperor is down, I repeat the Emperor is down! He's been severely wounded and is desperate need of medical attention!"
"I hear you sis, on my way!" Responded Yang.
About 30 seconds later team Rwby got together and stared at the Emperor's body.
"Are there Apothecaries not present nearby?" Asked Weiss.
"Negative," answered Ruby, "we're too forward for any Apothecary to reach us, they'd be putting themselves in grave danger."
"The Emperor's safety comes first and foremost. Regardless of danger, any self-respecting Apothecary would gladly put their life on the line if it means saving His majesty's life." Interjected Blake.
Ruby thought for a moment, then a brain blast hit her. "Guys! I have an Idea! Project Grimm!"
"Are you sure? Would the Emperor approve?!" Hollered a terrified Weiss.
"You got any other plans Weiss-Cream?" Rebuked Yang.
"No-I-Ugh, you people are despicable..."
"You people? Whats that supposed to mean?" Asked Blake as a jest, she knew Weiss didn't mean what she said.
"Don't start Belladonna, our Husband's Empire is on the line here!"
"For the love of Fuck! Girls stop bickering and help me! Yes Weiss I approve now get to it!" Interjected the Emperor, oh right He was still conscious.
"I, Ruby Rose, authorize Project Grimm."
"I, Weiss Schnee, authorize Project Grimm."
"I, Blake Belladonna, authorize Project Grimm."
"I, Yang Xiao-Long, authorize Project Grimm."
Team Rwby formed their left hands in the center of their group circle authorized the Project's use, a large vial of the black substance formed in front of the them, just as Eggman's voice was heard.
"All according to plan!" He called out as he dropped into the battlefield below in his Death Egg Robot.
"You've lost the battle before it has begun." Said the tiny loli A.I that floated next to the Death Egg Robot's head
"Eggcellent work as always, Metal!" He praised one of his most prized creations, who gave him a thumbs up in return.
"Ready to wrap this up, Sage?"
"As you command!" She replied eagerly.
"You know what they say, 'The more the merrier!' bahahaha!" The doctor cackled at his own joke.
Meanwhile, Yang had grabbed the large vial, and with a moan of effort, chucked it at the Emperor, with it breaking on impact and splattering the Goo all over Him. Soon enough a puddle formed that swallowed Him completely .
"We should probably step back..." asked a worried Weiss before she turned around and ran away, with the rest of the team joining her.
From within the bubbling pool of black goo, the Emperor surged in size, and with a triumphant 'SHOWTIME!' A large black bubble emerged from the puddle and soared high into the sky, then it burst revealing the Emperor, now absolutely gargantuan in size, was completely blacked out, so black He'd make goths jealous, His resplendent golden armor was now a tar black, with His red cape now completely purple, His golden blonde hair now a bright Silver, His skin now appeared charred, His once golden glowing eyes, now burned red with Hatred.
His first target was the disgusting robot hedgehog, but He didn't go for metal directly, He lunged at Eggman, knowing that Metal would attempt to save the doctor, by taking the hit instead.
And just as predicted, he did. The Emperor's fist clashed not with the doctor, but with the robot faker.
With one swift punch, Metal's black shield was shattered and the robot's intact limbs cascaded down to the ground, he was out. Sage gave her father a side eye, before teleporting away
The Emperor then refocused His sights on the doctor, and with a dark laugh He threw Himself at the doctor. Eggman took a step back, while the Emperor took a step forward, and both men reared their respective fists back and attempted to punch each other. The Emperor took the hit no problem, Eggman wasn't so lucky, as a massive chunk of the Death Egg Robot's head was blown off, and the mech was sent reeling backwards.
Leaping into the air, the Emperor sent a flurry of energy attacks, by they were blocked by Sage. Using His weight the Emperor stopped floating and came crashing down feet first, but instead of crushing the Death Egg Robot, He was stopped by something.
Even Eggman looked up in confusion as even he believed he was gonna get crushed. Holding the Emperor up was... Mecha Sonic MkII, glowing a bright yellow, powered by all seven Chaos Emeralds, he uttered a single phrase that brought chills to everyone's spines as they heard it-
"I'LL CRUSH YOU!"
Mecha Sonic, despite being way smaller than the Emperor, threw Him high in the sky bashing Him a few times before with a punch straight to the head send Him back down to Terra.
Sage, after some calculations, came to the conclusion that Cyn was one of the Emperor's most powerful assets, as such she decided to bait out the tiny robot maid with an attack. Using a wave of Eggman's robots, she launched them straight for the Emperor.
And it worked! As Cyn appeared, atop a mechanical tentacle muttering 'Macguffin', as she used her powers to create a wall made of destroyed Worker Drone bodies and organic material, protecting the Emperor.
This wall proved ineffective at stoping Mecha Sonic though, as he burst through it easily.
With a mighty punch to the face, Cyn's visor was shattered and she was sent flying far into the horizon. Mecha then focused his sight on the big man Himself and charged at Him ready to finish Him off once and for all.
The Emperor raised His fists to protect Himself when-
"Father!" His son, Garviel Gremory, leapt in front of Him with a jump pack and blocked the hit with a Thunder Hammer.
"Brother wait!" Cried Ex.
Unfortunately this did nothing to stop Mecha as he plowed through the youngest Gremory child without any resistance. Garviel was casted down back on to the earth, nearly dying in the process, only thanks to the super human biology of the Astartes did he survive, even then just barely.
But this was more than enough to invoke a deep rage in the Emperor, the sight of His son lying bloodied, lifeless in the dirt sent Him over the edge.
"How dare you..." He roared as swatted away Mecha sonic, just as a dark vortex began to swirl above Him. "Keep your hands off my-" as He spoke two red eyes appeared out of the Vortex, it was the Dark Star, it cackled at the anguish of its host, before merging with the Emperor.
"SOOOOOOONNNNN!!"
Fueled by overprotectiveness for His children, ignited by the Dark Star, the Emperor unleashed a beam of energy so bright, so powerful it left all Imperial forces and even Eggman's own robot forces, looked on with awe, fear, and a plethora of other emotions.
Asia, even though she was on the other side of the field attending to the wounded, witnessed the true Might of the Master of Mankind, Dropped to her knees and began to pray.
"Adore the Immortal Emperor, For He is our Protector. Admire the Immortal Emperor, For His Sacrifice to Mankind. Exalt the Immortal Emperor, For His strict guidance. Revere the Immortal Emperor, For His undying guard. Venerate the Immortal Emperor, For His Holy Wisdom. Honor the Immortal Emperor, For His Eternal Strength. Glorify the Immortal Emperor, For His All Seeing Vision. Praise the Immortal Emperor, For His Unending rule. Hail the Immortal Emperor For He is Lord and Master. Worship the Immortal Emperor, For without Him we are nothing."
Her daughters, followed suit. Dropping to their knees chanting various litanies. A miracle granted by the ever benevolent God-Emperor; was the healing of the wounded, even those fatally injured found themselves healed completely, blown off limbs regenerated, internal bleeding ceased, the blinded could now see, the deaf could now hear. And they followed suit in prayer, joining the Space Marines and their Primarch.
Mecha Sonic meanwhile, charged his own beam and fired, the Dark Star Vs. The 7 Chaos Emeralds. The two beams met in a titanic clash but eventually the Emperor's proved superior, as His emotion powered His even further beyond, and broke through Mecha Sonic's beam with ease.
"IMPOSSIBLE. I. AM. GOD-"
Mecha Sonic was completely consumed by the Emperor's beam, leaving nothing but the Chaos Emeralds, which were snatched by Sage the last second, just as the beam roared past her and Eggman.
The beam finally imploded in the center of the Egg Fleet, swallowing all the ships and a good amount of Eggman's forces, even worse, from the vortex Space Marines from the Legion of Damned arrived in the form of reinforcements. Things were turning desperately not in the doctor's favor.
And he wasn't safe either with the semi-destroyed Death Egg Robot being consumed by the vortex, with only the main body being left, in a panic the doctor called on his last available ally.
"SAGE! The Death Egg! MAX POWER!"
Following her father's command, Sage teleports away with the Chaos Emeralds, and just as the vortex closes, it reveals the Death Egg, with it being so large it eclipsed the Luna.
"My lord! A massive UFO was detected in orbit!" Said a panicked Xenovia.
"Yea... I can see that 'novia. Order all Imperial forces to retreat into the Palace!"
"Understood! All forces fall back to the Imperial Palace!"
"Koneko! Come in!" Called the Emperor.
"Koneko here. What it do?"
"Can you take out that orbital base!?"
"...Sorry, I can't, the Imperial Navy is pinned, even us at the Phalanx, but I'll try."
The Death Egg's eyes begin glowing a bright green, before firing. The Emperor looked back to His retreating army.
'Damn it, they're not gonna make it.' He thought.
As the beam descended, He used His foresight to judge His trajectory, and leapt towards it.
"Dallas what are you doing!?" Screamed a worried Rias.
"Keeping you all safe."
The panicking humans could only look on in horror as the beam grew brighter and brighter until-
*WHAM!*
And as they say, 'The Emperor protects'
The hulking green beam slammed into the Emperor's body, Rias, and the rest of the Imperium could only look on in awe, gratitude, and sadness at the sight of the Emperor of Mankind protecting them.
'Dallas...' Rias thought as she looked, as tears flowed freely from her eyes.
The rest of the Primarchs had a similar sentiment.
'Dallas, please I beg of you, don't leave us.' Prayed Asia.
Nearby a fleeing Eggman looked on in horror, the Death Egg, even powered by Seven Chaos Emeralds wasn't enough, he had no choice, this action could overload the Death Egg, but he had to.
"Sage! It isn't enough! We need more power, activate the Master Emerald!"
"Understood!"
Deep in the bowels of the Death Egg was the Master Emerald, which began to course with green electricity as the energy levels surged, and warning sirens began to roar.
Outside the beam grew bigger and bigger, the Emperor's eyes widened with terror.
"Barrier... Is... Failing—RAAHHH!"
These were His last words, as even with power of the Dark Star, the combined strength of the Emeralds, blasted through His shield and consumed Him entirely.
Thankfully His objective was completed He had taken most of the hit from the beam to protect the Imperial Palace and all its inhabitants, at the cost of Himself.
In the center of the now massive crater was a charred skeleton...
Eggman stumbled out of his ruined Egg Mobile, before it was completely destroyed by a dark red and black ball of energy, and just as suddenly he was choke slammed into the dirt by a very pissed off Rias. As the rest of the Primarchs came around as backup. Rossweisse fired a beam of magical energy up into the sky, Eggman tracked where it went to see it strike the Death Egg and with that it turned into an actual egg?! He uttered a corse 'W-Wot-' as he worried about Sage's safety, but he was silenced by Rias tightening her grip on his throat.
"He will not be the only one dying today, how dare you-you fat bastard! You think you can just come here and take whats mine!? I don't give a damn about your disgusting Empire!" She then lifted him up into the air, her much larger stature holding him 6 feet of the ground. "I swear even if the world does end today, even if the Seas boil, and let the Stars fall. Even if the very last drop of my blood boils away, you will pay for what you've done! I will make you watch as all you love dearly crumbles to dust and blows away!" She roared as she grew brighter and brighter with Chaotic red energy. Doctor Robotik could only gasp for air and struggle, hitting Rias in the arms with his fists as she monologued.
But just as he was about to lose consciousness, a voice and an even brighter light shone. Rias stopped glowing and turned to look, and she gasped as she choked on her tears and snot and lunged at the golden figure.
It was the Emperor! Throwing Eggman to the side she embraced Dallas with the strongest hug imaginable and cried like a baby. Eggman looked on with amazement and disbelief, "H-how?"
"I'm the Emperor of Mankind, thats how." He joked, "care to do the honors my love?"
"I will thank you." Muttered a relieved Rias as the rest of the Primarchs came around to embrace the Emperor. "Bring it in y'all!" He cheered, as Rias menacingly walked toward Dr Robotnik.
"Wait!" He screamed. "I surrender! You win!"
"I Rias Supremo, Empress of Mankind, hereby sentence you to death." She reached down to the cowering doctor and picked him up by his collar and punched him so hard he went flying high in the sky in direction of the massive floating egg in the sky before it exploded after receiving a full broadside of the Phalanx.
"So long Doctor!"(so long... Cousin) Jeered the Emperor, but internally He was deeply depressed. With the other Primarchs joining in the cheer of victory, and once the rest of the Imperium was notified of their victory they joined in too.
K.O!!!
In an after battle moment, the remains of Eggman's forces were shown attempting to join the Imperium, with Orbot and Cubot now discussing with J, V, N and Cyn about something random, while Penny was shown tutoring and reprogramming Sage to be allied to the Imperium, giving her a new family and new home.
Believe it or not, this war was not an easy one to win, which might seem surprising given how the Sonic series is not afraid to show how tough its cast is, but at the same time 40k is also known for its over the top scaling.
But as it turns out, the Biggest of E's had everything He needed to take Chrome Dome down. Strap in; this one's a lot, so we'll break it down into five categories.
First up is Physical Stats. The Emperor pretty-handedly outmatched any of Eggman's usual mechs like the Egg Dragoon or the Death Egg Robot.
The Death Egg Robot can level cities; the Emperor can punch a castle out of orbit.
The Death Egg could destroy stars, but General Radahn could match that level of power, and the Emperor's strength is certainly above the Conqueror of the Stars. Plus, while both Dallas and Eggman's tech survived black holes, Dallas was much larger.
So, He may win stats, but this could change with their powers. With so many items and minions, that could make all that a moot point.
Aside from power-up items, both could manipulate minds, create duplicates, and alter space-time. However, the Emperor had a significant edge in having access to the majority of His abilities at all times.
Yeah, Eggman can do some crazy stuff, but only across different mechs, fortresses, or space bases. Big E's all-natural; He's got all His best powers built in, and He ain't even a robot.
Meaning He wins the war of attrition. He even had counters for battle-enders like the Metal Virus and Spatial-Displacement Trap. Context matters for those weapons, and both backfired in the past, but more importantly, Dallas could simply reverse the effects with His own transmutation powers.
An Alternate Scenario is shown of the Emperor freeing His army from the Metal Virus by sucking it out of them and forming it into a ball of liquid metal above Him, as He looks around disgusted by the sight.
Conversely, most of Eggman's robots could get turned into, say, a frog or a brick with no reliable way back. Dallas takes the edge in powers.
Intelligence was unexpected, you'd think Eggman's got this one in the bag right? Well not really, while he does have an IQ of 300.
Dallas is just as intelligent or if not more intelligent than Eggman, as most of the Imperium's advanced technology was directly or indirectly developed by the Emperor.
As such we're gonna give this one a tie. Now, let's talk trump cards.
As in, items so powerful they could decide the entire outcome on their own.
The Phantom Ruby was super dangerous but specifically targets perceptions, unlike the Emperor's Wonder Flower, which mucks up reality for real.
An Alternate Scenario is shown of Light-man-Eggman staring down a glowing rainbow child form of Dallas, in the airspace of the Egg Fleet, only to be transformed into a frog by the Wonder Flower with a snap of the Emperor's fingers, causing the Phantom Ruby prototype to fly out of his body as it and frog-Eggman fall from the sky.
The Ruby affected a whole planet, but the Wonder Flower also had the power to alter the universe. Also, the Dream Stone's ability to wish anything out of existence would have no problem cleaning up Super Neo Metal Sonic or Time Eater.
An Alternate Scenario is shown of the Time Eater charging its gargantuan Sun Burst attack, only for a giant-sized Dreamy-Emperor, to punch the fireball so hard that it and the Time Eater simply vanish from existence.
Their most prized possessions was a tougher call. Together, the Chaos Emeralds can break the universe, but so can the Dark Star; arguably not as much given the Emeralds scaling to Solaris, and the Dark Star's fragmented nature, but we could assume when the Dark Star combined with the Emperor's strength They could theoretically match them.
One last Alternate Scenario is shown of Nightmare Eggman staring down at Dark King-Dallas as he summons six floating arms that all point at Dallas, each charging reality-warping attacks. Dallas stands at the ready with each lantern ring on each finger with the Crown of Choice, the Lamp of Knowledge, the Staff of Creation and the Sword of Destruction on His waist, while wearing the hulking Centurion War-suit to make Himself practically invincible, and fired a golden beam from the staff that clashes with the nightmarish Eggman's lasers, ending the brief glimpse with a white flash.
Clearly, this is getting fairly abstract, and both had multiple options that could win the day instantly, so the safest bet is to call this category a tie.
Which means it's finally time to compare their armies! Eggman's seems deadlier at first glance. I mean, look at all those buzzsaws and rockets! Metal Sonic's speed and power alone could solo any Human, Space Marine or Custodian! But, the Eggman Empire lacked something the Emperor had in spades: teamwork and loyalty!
Eggman is a notoriously terrible team player; his alliances are practically guaranteed to fall apart.
Hell, in Sonic Generations, he could barely manage working with himself! Contrast this with the Emperor, who in Partners in Time met His past self unknowingly and both hit it off amazingly and even combo'd the crap outta some pretty mean bosses.
Eggman's army is designed to be controlled by just him. To Eggman, it's harder to command those with free will, hence his rivalry with the free-natured Sonic.
Meanwhile, the Imperium follows the Emperor because they actually like Him! They train really hard to cover each other's weak points.
Giving them plenty of advantages as this war progressed, like battlefield control through Gasper's magic and not just him, as the Imperium has more than enough magic users. And due to the more Mechanical nature of the Imperium's technology rather than computerized. Sage's hacking potential had little use.
Also, secret weapon? Cyn is kinda busted; canceling Metal Sonic's power copying, stealing the Phantom Ruby, and potentially swapping the Chaos Emeralds were huge game-changers.
Add on that the Emperor and His army can use any of their weapons at their disposal, and they had millions-no, BILLIONS of combinations that the Eggman Empire just could not actively plan against. Even with Sage's millions of plans to take down the Titans, she thought them to be unbeatable, which Sonic proved was incorrect.
Results:
Dallas-
+A truly loyal Army.
+More useful inherent abilities.
+Stronger base form
=Cosmic and Reality warping powers.
=Equivalent strength via forms
-Cyn's possession ability was ineffective.
Eggman-
=Cosmic and Reality warping weapons.
=Equivalent strength via mechs.
-Less effective leadership.
-Sage's technopathy was ineffective.
-Army is mostly vulnerable to transmutation powers.
Just comparing their conquests makes it clear; the Eggman Empire took over the whole planet, but the Emperor's Imperium conquered most of the Multiverse.
Eggman was no pushover! His wit, power output, and ridiculous machines gave Dallas one of the biggest fights of His life, but the Master of Mankind's ludicrous strength, abilities, and united forces ultimately prevailed.
Eggman tried to dethrone the Emperor, and now, he's cracked and scrambled.
The winner is Dallas Supremo!