ARCHIMEDES' ANSWERS

My name is Archimedes and I'm the fire-ant who's been the most responsible for training Knuckles, Locke, and Sabre in their duties as Guardians. Considering that echidnas are very secretive, especially within the Brotherhood, I'm here to answer any questions that you have that I can. Even some things are kept hidden from the Council of Ants, despite all our help. Send questions to me here. One request: Do not ask for comic spoilers.

is knuckles the only echidna with spikes on his hands?i have noticed that in the pictures he appares to be one of the few.

Yes, he is the only echidna with real "spikes."

I know that the "dashing" tradition is women only at echidna race. but would it be possible to exist a male echidna with dash in his name?

You can have any name you want, but male echidnas do not gain the name of their fathers or mothers. Only female echidnas gain the name of their mothers. That is the tradition and the reason they have the dash.

Who is Sergeant you have in your Mug Shot pictures, and what does he do in the comic

He's a character from Knuckles #6. What he does is explained in the write-up for the issue as he's the "outspoken echidna."

How did the Floating Island go from being powered by 2 chaos emralds to being powered by one master emrald? Do the 7 colored emralds have any special powers or are they just like regular chaos emralds?

That was explained in Sonic #56 due to Locke & Sabre's interference in the battle. There are only green chaos emeralds on Mobius in Archie. Archie is different from other universes so don't mix them up.

how did knux die anyway? i thought guardians were immortal.... or does this have to do with the fact that his mom was just a regular echidna with no guardian blood, giving him mortality? Im confused....

How he died was explained in Sonic #118 (read the write-up) and Guardians have never been immortal. If they were, then none with the exception of Edmund would have died and most of them have died. Living longer than most is not the same as being immortal.

In your EST files you say that Sojourner is Thunderhawks son, but in Knuckles the Echidna #29 specter says that Thunderhawk is Sojourners son.Why is that?

Sonic #109 trumps Knuckles #29. Sonic #109 said that Sojourner is Thunderhawk's son as currently reflected in the EST files. Reading the letters page of the comics is always a good idea as things change all the time, though this was also explained long ago in the family tree section.

How come when all the robians but Sonic's dad was deroboticized, bunnie still remained half-robian like always?

Simple answer is that the Bem never took Bunnie. The answer that you are probably looking for is that it is assumed that the Bem's machine does not work on anyone that is part-metal, part-flesh. It has only turned fully-flesh beings into fully-metal or fully-metal beings into fully-flesh. Anyone that is part-flesh and part-metal probably could not use the machine.

Can Ray The Squirrel fly?

Yes.

When sally and Knuckles wwwere young, why was it so important to keep their friendship so hush, hush?

Knuckles was not allowed to talk to anyone as per his training. He was never supposed to talk to Sally, much less become friends with her.

what is "green" Knuckles name?

As he's just Knuckles using the powers he has had from birth, he doesn't have an official name.

What is the difference between Super, Ultra, Solar, Eco and Polar Sonic?

Nothing other than what Sonic decided to call himself as he adapts to different levels of power (Super & Ultra) or different environments (Solar, Polar, & Eco).

Why do Arlo and Mighty look so different if their both armadillos. Same with Larry Lynx and Lightning Lynx.

Not all animals of the same species look alike. Not all overlanders or humans look alike. Not all Mobians need to look alike.

You said that Turbo Tails is the currently strongest known being, then what about Ultra Sonic and Hyper Tails from Sonic 69 or so?

They're not as powerful as Turbo Tails, that's what it means. No one has even seen the real Turbo Tails, yet.

So, if julie-su is realted to Dimitri and knuckles is realted to edmund... are Knux and Julie-su related..?

Knuckles is not related to Edmund. Edmund lived too long ago to be considered related to Knuckles. Edmund and Dimitri are ancestors to Knuckles.

Did Grandfather Mathias leave the normal plane of existence to live in another dimension,is he dead (a spirit),or is it unknown ? I don't know which is true.

He's dead.

if knuckles green from is not the new hyper knuckles how come he shows signs of his alter egos powers

Hyper Knuckles is a boosted version of Knuckles using external chaos emerald power to boost his own abilities. "Green" Knuckles IS Knuckles without any extra help. It is not the same thing.

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