User blog comment:Smash The Echidna/A curious observation of mine/@comment-1942179-20171229062043/@comment-27984457-20171229112923

Technically she's not, as the Duke of Soleanna should still be alive seeing he dies in the Solaris Project which didn't happen in the new timeline. And we could just say she was kidnapped by Eggman and being held on the Death Egg or something, just too get her out the way.