Commander Ponz

## General

Commander Ponz was a commander who operates for the Tan Nation. He communicated with other officers within the Tan Nation. He took orders directly from General Plank. His main job was to organize operations that other officers and soldiers were to execute. However, Commander Ponz was put in charge of the entire Tan army in the real world with no official subordinates near the end of the first Plastic Combat era. He first appeared in Plastic Combat 1, seen congratulating Captain Prince after his victory on base CA. Here he mentions of possible promotion for Captain Prince and the arrival of General Plank; however, Sergeant Tuskegee had a fellow soldier patch into their radio, and he overheard this entire conversation. In Plastic Combat 2, he is seen congratulating Corporal Ispiz on keeping the classified elite force trooper and super missle secret plans away from the Greens. He is shown again in Plastic Combat 4, where he sends reinforcements to Fort Prince, after learning Corporal Ispiz never returned the secret plans, and they were in jeopardy of being stolen (which they were). At the end of the video, he is seen discussing Captain Prince's death with Captain Manrig, worried about the repercussions from General Plank. He appears again briefly in Plastic Combat 6. Here, he is quickly escorted out of they cargo checkpoint the Tans have set up; he has no lines and only shown for about 3 seconds. He appears again in Plastic Combat 9, where he is first speaking to General Plank. Here he is warned that this is his last chance he is given, and if he screws up again, he will have to manage the Tan army in the Real World alone. He mentions Captain Prince and Corporal Ispiz one last time, stating they are in the past; and brings Captain Force, claiming he is reliable. Later on after Captain Force is killed, he is overheard trying to talk to him on the radio. This moment is shown through Ponz' perspective at the end of the video. Here, he realizes that Captain Force is dead, and he will now have the burden of the whole world on his shoulders. He then asks his radioman, Corporal Ostenson, to bring a Tan Marshall into their new world; unbeknownst to General Plank. His final chronological appearance is in Plastic Combat 10. He is first discussing the semantics of his new position with Captain Manrig; who has somehow survived the past events of Plastic Combat leading up to this finale, and he appears to be using Manrig as an subordinate. After Captain Manrig informs him that the Greens destroyed the Tan upper hallway defense, he is seen preparing his men for the final battle about to ensue. When the Greens are outside his headquarter preparing to destroy his super missle, he is seen giving orders to his various soldiers in preparation for the attack; prioritizing the safety of his guest. As the battle happens, he notices how dark it has gotten, and tells his technician to start up the super missle, using electrical power from inside of the room. During the battle, he is shown at times to be informed of the missles gradual preparation. At the end of the battle, just when he believes the missle is primed and ready to be used, he finds out his technician has accidentally botched the missle. Upon finding out about this he exploded into a rare fit of rage. Immediately after this he and the remaining Tan are gunned down, with him being injured and his other soldier being killed. After all of his other soldiers are dead, with him being the last Tan standing, he is mercilessly run up on and killed by Sergeant Squawk. He shared many personalities with General Plank. He prefers to separate his work from himself, instead having multiple underlings doing it for him. Even when General Plank no longer supported him, he found a way to still continue this. He was rather power hungry and is only ever shown to be worried for himself after many of his subordinates were killed.

## Trivia

* In the Plastic Combat Trailer, the mold for General Plank was lost, so Commander Ponz was used instead. After General Plank's mold was found, there needed to be an explanation as to why a random Brown soldier was shown in the trailer; thus Commander Ponz was created as a character, taking the place of a Tan officer.
	+ This was rather convenient, as it created a central antagonist for Era 1.
* He is the main antagonist of Era 1.
* He was the last Tan alive during Era 1.
* He is technically the nemesis to Sergeant Squawk during Era 1.
	+ However, they do not meet until the very end and the share no conversation together.