The name was given because the recreation was based on the fourth armor X acquired. It does not make more sense to call it Force. Both itself and the two from the sidegames are not considered full fletched new armors.
I must disagree. While you could potentially argue against Cyber Mission/Soul Eraser armors as Light tweaking the old parts (although I do not condone defining an armor by appearance rather than ability), Alia's recreation in X5 is by definition a separate piece of work from the original. Her armor is a lie.
When the entirety of the fanbase cried out over Lumine's words making no sense, reasoning that New Gens are nothing special for being able to go Maverick without the need for a virus, by their own will, because Reploids from the very beginning were created to have free will and thus could always go Maverick of their own accord.
In all fairness, Vile's presence lends a lot of credit to that. And then of course there is Sigma, since virus or no virus he remains the cause of it all. One way or the other, the New Gens are bragging about something that first-generation Reploids did. They simply have a higher occurance of it.
See, the entire fanbase knows that Mavericks can be caused by glitches and the virus, but what is forgotten is that you can't technically be a Maverick by free will, because the definition is irregularity; to be a defect.
First of all, the fact that any Reploid, ever, has been deliberately created as an Irregular makes that statement outright false. There are organized, self-aware Irregulars/Mavericks and there are random, incoherent Irregulars/Mavericks. The terms
MUST encompass both scenarios, not one or the other.
And here is why I believe that "Irregular", should still be capitalized (Hey, we could have just called them mavericks instead of Mavericks, right?). When you get that overly-literal, in either region, you lose the meaning of the term as the series actually presents it. It is not merely a word but a label. "Irregulars" are not simply defects, they are threats. Grey is irregular, but is not Irregular. Blues is irregular, but is not Irregular.
Second, you're making this a philosophical issue, by using the word "can't" and presenting your point as an absolute. By stating that it is not physically possible for one to choose to be Irregular (this incidentally makes Weil's taunting Zero in Z4 meaningless), one simply echoes the same debate that exists about humanity. The sentient being is seen as inherently good unless "flawed", by blueprint or by experience, resulting in evil. If you work under this presupposition, then evil itself
defines the flaw. A non-viral Maverick MUST have a malfunctioning brain, or they wouldn't do bad things in the first place. Vile may be seen as choosing to be Maverick, or he may be seen as malfunctioning. The New Gens may be seen as choosing to be Maverick, or they may be seen as tainted. Sigma may be seen as choosing to be Maverick, or he may be seen as insane. Epsilon may be seen as holding Maverick ideals, or he may be seen as a victim of Force Metal erosion.
In all such cases, philosophy is the only difference; the reality is identical.