Axl and the other reploids at the facility were captured. Said facility was later raided by the Maverick group 'Cerberus Fang', led by an unidentified maverick who goes by 'Nexus'. The game takes places after the events of Megaman X 8: after getting knocked unconscious by Lumine at the end of X 8, Axl was sent to a observation facility to be quarantined. It was revealed in the first public demo's intro cutscene. Unlike many other unreleased Megaman X fangames, most of Maverick Wars's plot is already known. Zero will also have a new armor, the Samurai armor.X will have new armors, namely the Koga and Knight armors.Black Magma Dragoon will make a cameo appearance as a secret boss.