Major Warren Pliskhan

**Major Warren Pliskhan** is the head of Modern Warfare, one of the Sorrows of Death Inc., and the sixth boss in *Have a Nice Death*.

## Description

**Major Warren Pliskhan - Head of Modern Warfare Department**

On the surface, Warren was nothing short of a calamity. At Death Inc, he's a large-scale catastrophe. "Large-scale" is a bit of a misnomer, given that he's only 4 feet tall standing at attention (which is to say, all the time). Drawing inspiration from the greatest khaki-kitted, medal-adorned scoundrels of all time, little Warren set out on a journey from which there was no return. Hitching a ride on a Death & Taxes 850 warhead guaranteed him a one-way ticket to the afterlife. Some say it might calm the spirits, but not in Warren's case.

The company’s entrance hall instantly turned into a battlefield the minute the Major arrived. Even Brad couldn’t put an end to the massacre. We don’t know why, but Warren managed to slip through the door to the Beyond with a missle-launcher smuggled in his underpants. High on his victory and in the mood to cause chaos, he didn’t hold back.

— Mister Chief Executive Officer, Sir, the little runt destroyed everything and now he’s asking for a job. What should we do?

— Hmph. Leave it to me. It’s about time I measured up to an opponent. No pun intended.

— And the hall ...?

— Use your initiative, Patrick! You’re forever on at me about renovations. Well, now’s your chance. Get in touch with Logistics and sort something out. The color scheme should be dark, of course. Dark and elegant.

## Appearance

The Major appears as a caricature of a modern military leader. His large hat and moustache cover his entire face. He wields a whip, sometimes a cutlass, along with other weapons he pulls out during his battle. He has 5 badges on his jacket, although their meaning is unknown. His most notable feature is his height. He is supposedly only 4 feet tall when standing at attention (which is all the time).

## Personality

The Major has an explosive personality, literally. He attacks using all kinds of missiles and explosives with no regard for safety, and pre-battle dialogue consists of him shouting orders to attack. He laughs and screams manically during the battle. After he is defeated, he initially seems willing to follow Death's orders once again, but quickly pulls out a big red button, hitting himself with 29 nuclear warheads, destroying most of his department.

## Boss Battle Attacks

* **Croco-Rocket**: Pliskhan boards a rocket with a dog's head and soars across the arena, leaving damaging sparks behind. There is a small area without sparks the player must dodge through.

* **BombShell Bounce**: Pliskhan rides a small warhead, bouncing around the arena and leaving large explosions in his wake.

* **Tacticle Nuke**: causes a large missile to appear from the ground which slowly rises upwards. The missile can be damaged, and if it isn't destroyed in time the player receives great damage.

* **Blastoff**: Pliskhan rides a jetpack and spews fiery trails below. The fires can be dashed through.

* **Mini-Rocket Horde**: Pliskhan activates a remote that makes missiles launch from ports in the floor. The missiles will rain down periodically at the player in a random pattern.

* **Boom Boom III**: Pliskhan pulls out a rocket launcher and fires three rockets at the player in a triple pattern.

## Strategy

Most of the Major's moves are pretty easy to dodge if you know how.

* **Rocket rider**: Dashing through him on the rocket and then attacking mid air to slow your fall makes it easy to dodge this move.
* **Bomb Bounce**: This move is fairly easy to dodge as well you just have to move away from him and run under him when gets too close. Its possbile to dash through the explosion but can be challenging.
* **Missile Launch**: This one is again pretty simple. Just make sure to destroy the missile in time.
* **Jetpack Blast**: The easiest way to dodge this is to run away from him and dashing through the fire. Occasionally he will turn off the fire beams. Dashing under him here is easiest.
* **Rocket Launcher**: For the first phase he will fire 3 rockets and for the second phase he will fire 5. This move is also very easy to dodge since all it requires is for you to jump over it. Attacking in mid air to slow your fall can be usefull here.

## Trivia

* Some parts of his design may be a reference to the Soldier from "Team Fortress 2", most notably the hat that always covers his eyes, and the whip which resembles one of the Soldier's melee weapons.