Complex sentence: The Federation found about the project and decided to send special commando "Super Joe" (the protagonist of "Commando"); however, they lost contact with him when apparently he was captured by the Imperialist forces.
Split into simpler sentences: The Federation found about the project and decided to send special commando "Super Joe" (the protagonist of "Commando"). However, they lost contact with him when apparently he was captured by the Imperialist forces.