Overseer

The Overseer is a colossal, intelligent machine that singlehandedly runs Mago's entire electronics factory. Though it is not directly combatable, it serves as one of the game's major antagonists during the protagonist's venture through the factory.
== Behavior ==
The Overseer acts more as an environmental hazard than a proper enemy. Its eye continuously follows the player, turning red when they are in its sight. As the player remains in its sight, their screen will become more and more distorted until they are instantly killed. The only way to survive the Overseer is to hide behind objects such as walls, at which point its eye will turn yellow to show the player has left its sight. This essentially imposes a time limit on how long the player can remain exposed while the Overseer is active.
During the climax of the factory sequence, the Overseer will equip a massive cannon that will charge and fire, turning the screen white and vaporizing everything on screen; platforms, doors, and the player, should they fail to find cover behind the provided panels in time. This sequence also imposes a time limit on the player, as they must proceed quickly enough to find the next cover spot.
During the finale, the player must proceed through the factory once again, still being chased by the Overseer with their plasma cannon. Rather than finding cover spots, the player must instead use charged attacks on battery dispensers in order to detonate them and stun the Overseer before it can fire.
== Throughout SANABI ==
The Overseer initially appears in the background when the protagonist and Mari enter the factory, with Mari informing the protagonist that it is responsible for running the massive facility. Although it initially appears to be dormant, it subtly begins to move when the pair's attention is drawn elsewhere. After Mari hacks into the facility and gives herself administrator-level access, the Overseer overrides her authority and shuts off the lights. The two attempt to escape through the elevator, but the Overseer sends it back down and attempts to trap them as they flee back to the control room.
Terrified, Mari refuses to go onward, leaving the protagonist to move through the factory alone. The Overseer continuously follows him, attempting to kill him by hacking his cybernetics with its "Data Medusa," a powerful electronic weapon that requires a line of sight to operate. It successfully traps the protagonist, but Mari returns to rescue him in a flying car. Mari devises a plan to disable the Overseer by shutting down its power core, allowing them to safely proceed upwards.
After nearly being vaporized by the core's automated security, the two succeed in disabling the power core, but a massive array of backup cores activate as a result, and the Overseer equips a massive cannon. The Overseer pursues the protagonist and fires repeated shots of plasma, disintegrating everything in sight while forcing the protagonist to seek cover. It nearly corners the protagonist, but Mari temporarily disables it by hacking and detonating a battery dispenser nearby.
Although the two find cover in an adjacent room leading to an elevator, the Overseer relentlessly continues firing. Unable to break through the wall to reach them, it instead cuts off their escape by destroying the elevator shaft, trapping them and forcing them to flee through a massive ventilation shaft instead. It is not seen again until the protagonist's return to Mago City, where it continues its attempts to disintegrate them. They interrupt the firing sequence by copying Mari's trick of detonating battery detonators, however, and they manage to once again evade the Overseer.
In the game's epilogue, the Overseer apparently continues its rampage, blasting the factory apart from the inside. Firefighters are seen attempting to enter the building, but the Overseer's continued barrages make it impossible. As a result, they abandon their efforts to save the factory, and the Overseer presumably buries itself in the rubble.
== Trivia ==
* The Overseer has two tracks in the official soundtrack, Data Medusa and Meet Your Demise With Integrity, Please.
** The former track plays whenever the Overseer is following the player, prior to equipping its plasma cannon. In-game, it gets faster and more distorted the longer the player stays within its gaze.
** The latter track plays during the chase sequence after the Overseer has equipped its plasma cannon.
** A third track not featured in the soundtrack plays during the cutscene where the Overseer equips its cannon, a distorted piece of classical music. It is an edited excerpt from Beethoven's Egmont Overture.
*** The play Egmont is a story about a patriotic warrior fighting against a tyrannical ruler and being sentenced to death for his efforts. This may be a reference to how the leaders of the Mago Group views themselves as rebels against a tyrannical government, as well as the dangers of being sentenced to death for their attempted treason.
* Being killed by standing in the Overseer's gaze for too long results in a unique death, where a screen of repeating error messages appears.
* It is unclear how the Data Medusa works or why it requires line-of-sight to function.
** Mari claims that the Data Medusa is military-grade electronic warfare equipment, and that it is powerful enough to permanently eliminate anything it hacks, including the protagonist (though in reality, he is vulnerable due to being a robot).
* Mari claims that she has installed a "Protector" to defend herself from the Overseer's Data Medusa; what it is or how it works is unknown.