#Rustic explanation to avoid spoiling too much

[sunnydbeam]

So where did Alpha's rather... intense reaction to being ordered around come from? A quirk in the programming? Was someone that was there when they were finally activated and/or reprogrammed, fixed up and brought to speed about everything that much of an arrogant d-bag it made a lasting impression?

First, the superiority of humans towards him and Beta, and on the other hand, the fact that humans are afraid of losing control, as happened with Biohazard, so they experiment with Alpha and Beta and keep them in a constant state of testing, doing whatever it takes to keep them in line and actually behaving and doing what they are told

Alpha hates power dynamics (ironically, he feels superior to humans in some ways), so he refuses to obey. He knows he's a robot and will never be like humans, so he follows his own rules. And he knows that he is MUCH stronger than humans. This makes him morally grey in the eyes of others, even though Alpha knows the concepts of right and wrong very well. Humans sometimes fear him even more than Biohazard because he seems kind, until he decides not to be anymore

He likes people to be polite, so he is more likely to do what you tell him if he perceives it as a favor and not a command