The Commander

The Commander is a giant bipedal/quadruped humanoid shaped Alien Commando robot from an unknown galaxy. It is the true main antagonist of the series and makes its debut in Episode 06 – Smoke & Mirrors.

These types of robots are known as Alien Commandos – foot soldiers created for galactic warfare. They are a hybrid between robotics and synthetic tissue.

A single Commando was assigned a small fleet to invade and conquer the mercenaries’ solar system. The goals and reasons as to why are currently unknown, but their intentions seem to hide a much greater purpose, as seen in the ending of Episode 06.

## Appearance

The Alien Commandos are both bipedal and quadruped humanoid shaped with abnormally long and retractable limbs. Their feet have sharp talons that can bend in very wide angles, allowing them to move around uneven terrain, or use their talons to kill their target. The hands also have such a purpose, with very long fingers and sharp claws.

Unlike the Walkers’ simplistic design looking armor and shell, the Commando’s armor is very robust and modern, with many engraves and shapes in the body. The head region is reinforced with armor plating, and it’s also equipped with a hidden drill-blade made with an alien metallic alloy.

Their necks are very large and made of synthetic muscular tissue, covered with a layer of protective fibers.

In line with the Alien faction’s theme, the Commandos have the color scheme of white, grey and black in their body; with a cyan colored eye; four red colored eye rims; and small red glowing spots in its shoulder pads. The chest has a small emissive that glows cyan.

## Personality

The Alien Commandos are fully capable of speech, speaking in their native tongue with a low pitched intimidating voice.

Unlike the Alien Walkers, the Commandos can show more emotion towards all kinds of scenario that either surprise, anger or impress them. Commandos – along with Walkers, have no regard for any kind of life outside of their own race.

Within the Commander’s fleet, it is regarded as the highest possible position in the hierarchy: all the Alien Walkers and other sentient robotic lifeforms are to follow the Commander’s every order, with absolute respect and loyalty. The Commander has also shown signs of respect and a sense of camaraderie amongst the crew, treating the Walkers as “brethren” and not as mere machines with no sense of companionship whatsoever.

As it was revealed in its debut, it appears that the Commander is incredibly strategic and also with an ironic sense of “politeness” by allowing Mann to make the first move, being fully aware that attacking first would’ve been the most efficient move. This could also be a sign of mockery or pity for not taking the invasion as an actual war towards Mann itself, as they - along with the Distorted, are already a very looming threat to the Earth’s entire server network, and have already referred to this invasion as a “simple expedition”.

## Abilities

Alien Commandos can retract their limbs which allows them to crawl on their fours similar to an arachnid at astonishing speeds, easily catching up with any kind of prey. When on a hunt or chasing a victim, they can bent their joints into a quadruped form for the increased agility, flexibility and speed. The biped form, however, is the most common stance for the Commandos, as it is often unnecessary for them to make the effort in chases.

Like the Alien Walkers, they are equipped with very advanced tech: plasma/energy based weaponry; personal protective energy shields; and several kinds of gadgets at their disposal, but with far more dangerous capabilities knowing that Alien Commandos are the standard troopers of the Alien faction’s armies.

Information about the Commando’s abilities is very scarce for the time being.

## Trivia

* The Alien Commandos’ appearance are modified versions of the EMMI from Metroid Dread;
* The *Alien Commando* product line is a direct reference and inspiration from Invasion, the Team Fortress 2 pre-release design concept.
	+ Within the game, there were two teams: Humans and Aliens, where one of its ten classes was called Commando.
* Like the Alien Walkers, The Commando is voiced by Blackimus;