On Light's age, you never know. A 20XX full of robotics is bound to make a few medical breakthroughs.
Unless he had one of Cain's chairs in his dining room, I'm not expecting too much in the way of lifespan extension beyond our current norm. But, maybe. I certainly can't rule it out completely.
It's probably just popular notion of Zero being sealed to go after X, since that was the best rational explanation we had for Wily to not unleash him immediately. Now that's out the window, as is the notion that Zero was completed anywhere near the same time as X at all, unless that page was one hell of a typo.
I was thinking of a description along the lines of "Zero was the last creation of Dr. Wily's life" but maybe it was something I read at some online Japanese site. I kinda hope I never find it, since Wily being dead already answers why he always seems so ethereal whenever Zero remembers him. If he's been dead for as long as Zero's been alive... but I've already found several references in the Compendium approximated that Zero was sealed about 100 years ago like X was. If that's the case, Wily might as well still be alive. Then again, RPM said Wily most likely embedded the virus in Zero, and this current description disagrees with that too.
Actually, it could be- going with this new thing, that thats the reason for the virus itself. To control the monstrous Zero which Wily himself could not keep under control. The virus would "awaken" him, and make him more like what we see in X5
If that was what Wily was trying to do with the virus, he certainly missed the mark by a wide margin at first. According to the site Zero was damaged by Sigma before being infiltrated by the virus, so either Wily wasn't ready for its use in Zero yet and took some countermeasure to protect him from premature infection, or else Wily hadn't planned on using it on Zero at all, but after seeing what it did to him, figured that there could be some way to polarize his mind with it and thus pursued it throughout the X series.
This help? (character profiles, since I assume the rest is already taken care of)
You're always right there when I ask for ripped text... How do you do that, Shin?
No, seriously, I really want to know how you ripped that from there. PM me if you must. I'll start on the trans now.
edit: Trans is done, maybe not my best work but I'm too tired to proofread myself any more for now. This ought to do, anyway.
Zero
"If an enemy appears in front of me.... I will destroy it..."
(That's what MZOCW translated that line as)
Previously a major player in the Irregular Wars, the legendary red repliroid who was praised as a great hero.
He was discovered and awoken from a 100 year slumber by Ciel.
Because of the long years he spent out of commission, he suffered some memory loss when he woke up, and even his abilities needed time to reawaken.
In the closing period of the Elf Wars, he crushed Omega who held the world in a grip of fear, along with his master Vile's cruel ambition, but this would ultimately lead the way to a new battle.
Ciel
"To me, you are Zero."
A human young lady who performed repliroid research in Neo Arcadia.
She created Copy X to help compensate for X's disappearance, but she had misgivings when reploids started being disposed of due to the energy shortage and she left Neo Arcadia.
After that she organized the Resistance to protect the repliroids, and meanwhile worked tirelessly every day to develop a new energy source to help end the conflict.
The visor that Ciel uses were kept from her time in Neo Acadia studying Cyber Elves, allowing her to see and come in contact with Cyber Elves despite her being a human.
Cyber Elf
A computer life form generally unknown to humans.
Commonly referring to a repliroid's will, consciousness, personality, etc.
While many scientists continue to study the repliroid mind for answers, the current concept is generally acknowledged as not a program itself but the "volition of a bodiless life form."
Though cyber elves are invisible, repliroids are able to see (or sense) them.
In the field of research focused on the activity of the mysterious computer virus the "Sigma Virus" on the repliroid thought program, it was proven that the virus possessed an effect of "volition."
That "volition" became known as a Cyber Elf, and additionally any such volition that had the ability to influence things in a similar manner (Sigma Virus included) became designated Cyber Elves.
The study resulted in reached the level where it became possible to strengthen a repliroid by means of a cyber elf.
(...That was a difficult trans, too many abstract concepts.)
Alouette
A skilled Cyber Elf caregiver, she helps the cyber elves Zero obtains to grow to their potential.
She named Crea and Prea herself.
Cerveau
A repliroid who provides Zero with technical support by developing all sorts of new weapons and chips.
He always tries to look after Ciel and Zero.
Hirondelle
A quick-witted traveler residing at the Resistance Base, he has lots of info on various locations he's visited.
As a hobby he also writes poetry.
Resistance Companions
A group of repliroids who were condemned to be disposed of as irregulars, but were rescued by Ciel.
Even though they're trying to live on short rations of energy, they extend their help to all repliroids facing similar circumstances.
"The Legendary Blue Messiah" X
The legendary blue repliroid and ruler of Neo Arcadia who symbolizes "infinite potential" and a "purveyor of justice" for all.
Though he had done so for the sake of peace, he often worried over having to destroy his fellow repliroids during the long confrontations of the "Irregular Wars", a condition which went mostly unchanged even after Zero went to sleep following the Nightmare Incident.
In the closing period of the Irregular Wars (later referred to as the Elf Wars), X cooperated with Zero who had acquired a copy body, to capture the Dark Elf, and arranged to use his anti-virus countermeasure to seal her within his own body.
When he sealed the Dark Elf, the shock forced X's soul from his body and split it into 5 cyber elves.
Eventually, 4 of these souls were incorporated into the Shitennou of Neo Arcadia, while one continued to wander the earth.
Neo Arcadia
Concerned over the Elf Wars, X formed the "Neo Arcadia" organization for the sake of providing protection for the humans.
X himself was a great man who rather than exercising control by using the Dark Elf, he successfully used his "reputation" to invoke order.
The remnants of mankind who survived the Elf Wars were able to continue living within an enormous dome, but outside the dome the conditions were unsuitable to support human life.
Nowadays Neo Arcadia is the name of the government, although the life-sustaining dome itself is commonly referred to as Neo Arcadia as well.
Humans representatives consult with repliroids to carry out Neo Arcadian policy.