Maverick

Maverick are a group that appear in the Mega Man comic series, and the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs, published by Archie Comics. It is a term used to identify a Reploid or Mechaniloid who is hostile to humans.

The Mavericks started out as ordinary Reploids, replicated from the advanced X. Unfortunately, the emotions which the Reploids possessed led some of them to rebel violently against their creators. Worse, a dangerous virus could cause Reploids to become Mavericks, like the former Maverick Hunter Sigma, who became the leader of these robots, which also employed an army of lesser Mechaniloids.