I heard somewhere, possibly on the Mortal Kombat History FAQ on GameF.A.Q.s.com, that the original plan for Cyrax was to be a robotic Scorpion, but was quickly changed before the idea was put into the game

I read that too. That also explains Scorpion's absence in MK3 (not UMK3). Cyrax's green net move was similar to Scorpion's Spear. And Cyrax can teleport. I think that the rumor is very likely.

Well, since Ermac and Scorpion weren't actually in the Lin Kuei, it would be impossible for them to be automated. Plus, both are not really human-like. Scorpion is a dead spectre, and Ermac is a composition of the souls of many warriors who have died. Not saying that your comment about Cyrax could have been planned to be the robot Scorpion isn't true, but story-wise, it couldn't have happend, which is maybe why it didn't. However, I did post a pic on here once of the Sega Genesis instruction booklet of MK3. In it, it shows all that characters from MK1-3 and how they connect to each other. Under Scorpion's name, it does say Lin Kuei ninja, which may either have been a typo, or that he was planned to be in the clan by the third game.

Cyrax is my favorite character of all time, so I would not like him to just be a cyborg Scorpion.

I remember the rumors about Ermac being Sektor's human form. Cyrax was a given, but I'm glad they changed it. MK3/UMK3 were full of cool rumors, due to the absence of some characters. Ah, memories...

MK doesn't need cyber demons, and they should stop Noob's story direction, before he becomes Noob Cybot.



Ka-Tra

Well, I'm actually betting that the original spear move that CyberScorpion was gonna have probably was given to Smoke.