only just realized that the place in IDW #11 where Starline starts restoring Eggman's memories (literally rebuilding him) is exactly where Gamma awakens for the first time, in the exact same machine
it's a pretty thematically apt location imo- SA1 being this modern version of Eggman's proper debut. That and Starline is literally walking in Eggman's footsteps, same path and framing and all.
This area being both where Gamma and IDW-Eggman's stories begin is a neat lil parallel. And the locale is befitting story-wise, given that the thing that makes Eggman finally remember who he is is Metal Sonic, who was also kept in the Final Egg
that and it probably explains why theres a suspiciously eggman-sized table for Starline to use-- the og e-series are already eggman-sized
