Steven Armstrong

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**Senator Steven Armstrong**, better known as **Senator Armstrong**, is the main antagonist of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and a major antagonist in the Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe. Armstrong was a United States Senator representing the U.S. state of Colorado, who kept his body in peak physical condition through the use of nanomachines.

In Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Armstrong was a United States Senator representing the U.S. state of Colorado, as well as a candidate for the 2020 United States presidential election. He was also the benefactor for World Marshal Inc., its de facto CEO, and its most powerful warrior. He was also allied with the Winds of Destruction of Desperado Enforcement LLC. An extremely nationalistic, patriotic and libertarian individual, Armstrong often expressed the desire to "reclaim the American dream" by instigating another American Revolution after Liquid Ocelot's insurrection and the Patriots' actions that weakened America.

In Trooper Village Stories, Armstrong was the political rival of Mayor Reginald Bulborb. He attempted to become the mayor of Trooper Village shortly after it was built in 2015, and had a skype call with Reginald so they could have a mayoral election, which Reginald ultimately won. Following his defeat in the Trooper Village mayoral election, Armstrong continued his political career, and was later killed in a battle with Raiden. Armstrong is later revealed to have been an influence on two antagonists, Noah and Cyber Captain Olimar, who both have similar abilities to Armstrong, including the use of nanomachines, which were given to them by Brittany. This page focuses on his Kirby Bulborb Cinematic Universe character, please see below for other versions of Armstrong.

## Appearance

Standing at an imposing height of 2 meters (6'7"), Armstrong is a titan of an individual, with a very well-built physique. He is a towering middle-aged, Caucasian man with black hair with traces of white, and gray colored eyes. Armstrong's main attire appears to be primarily comprised of vertical lined striped dark suit worn over a white shirt, as well as dark pants to match his political theme outfit. He also dons a lapel pin on his suit in the shape of the flag of his homeland, the United States of America. When Armstrong powers up to his nanite-empowered state, Armstrong goes through considerable physical changes. In his empowered state, Armstrong's muscular frame increases substantially to the point his shirt completely shreds off, revealing his impressive build. His body bears many scars, due to procedure of implanting the nanomachines into his body. Due to the nanomachine empowering him, his body is riddled with energy, covering him in a powerful aura, which also adds as a layer of defense.

## History

### Backstory

Steven Armstrong was born and raised in Texas. Prior to pursuing politics, Armstrong played college football for the University of Texas, but joined the United States Navy due to a desire to serve his country, which also sacrificed his prospects of a professional football career. However, although a member of the Navy, he never saw actual combat during his time in the service. At some point, he moved to Colorado. Armstrong eventually ran for election to the Colorado state senate. One of the initiatives he spearheaded while acting as a Colorado state senator was slashing the state budget, leading to privatisation of the police force. Armstrong was eventually elected to one of Colorado's seats in the United States Senate. By 2015, he maintained his physique and even managed to enhance it further via nanomachines in order to put his strength beyond a cyborg soldier. ===Political career===

Armstrong eventually ran for election to the Colorado state senate. One of the initiatives he spearheaded while acting as a Colorado state senator was slashing the state budget, leading to privatization of the police force, and allowing World Marshal to gain control of the Denver Police Department. Armstrong was eventually elected to one of Colorado's seats in the United States Senate. In August 2015, Armstrong later became aware of Trooper Village, a Pikmin town that had recently been built by three Pikmin. He planned to become the mayor of the village to recruit the Pikmin from there to assist Armstrong with his goals.

### Trooper Village Stories

#### Season 1

Armstrong was one of the candidates for the mayor of Trooper Village in the 2015 Trooper Village mayoral election, alongside Reginald Bulborb. However, Armstrong was just a little too late to arrive to the election, so he had to call them on skype on a Nintendo DSi XL to do the election. During the debate, he explained his motives for wanting to become the mayor. He wanted to establish Trooper Vilage as a world where people fight for their own reasons, instead of fighting for the government. He fought against Raiden during the debate, at one point delivering a powerful blow to Raiden which sent him all the way to Trooper Village, where he collapsed from his injuries, but survived. Armstrong ultimately lost the election to Reginald.

#### Season 2

     Following his defeat in the mayoral election, Armstrong continued his political career. At some point around this time, Armstrong met Barack Obama. Armstrong and his ally Samuel Rodrigues later joined forces with Brittany, Cyber Captain Olimar, and Noah, forming the villainous group Brittany and the Jets (also known as the Winds of Destruction). Armstrong was later killed alongside Sam in a battle with Raiden.

### Legacy

Cyber Captain Olimar and Noah were given the ability to use nanomachines by Brittany. Cyber Captain Olimar was also given a voice chip by Brittany that allowed him to sound like Armstrong. During Noah's final battle with Twig, Noah referenced Armstrong's famous "Nanomachines, son" line while revealing that nanomachines are what makes him such a fast Pikmin.

## Other Universes

### Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

     Born and raised a Texas native, Senator Armstrong became a notable College Football player at the University of Texas, before sacrificing his chances to go pro by joining the Navy to serve his country. After his career in the military, Armstrong empowered himself with nanomachines, protecting his body from physical trauma and lengthening his lifespan. His nanomachine-infused body enabled Armstrong with superhuman-like strength and durability. Charismatic and passionate about his positions and politics, Armstrong ran for Senator of Colorado and won. Armstrong was secretly the unofficial CEO of World Marshal, the largest and most powerful PMC group in the post-Patriots world, and by extension, the benefactor and leader of one of the most powerful private military forces on the planet. An extremely nationalistic, patriotic and libertarian individual, Armstrong often expressed the desire to "reclaim the American dream" by instigating another American Revolution after Liquid Ocelot's insurrection and the Patriots' actions that weakened America. Armstrong attempted to use Metal Gear EXCELSUS to assassinate the US president in Pakistan, but the weapon was destroyed by Raiden.

After EXCELSUS was destroyed, Armstrong proceeded to fight Raiden. His nanomachine-infused body completely overwhelmed Raiden, not even flinching once from the many hits the latter had landed on him. He even broke Raiden's sword, leaving Raiden to his mercy. During the battle, he explained his motives of wanting to remake America. He believed that America was rotten to the core, and that he wanted to reestablish America as a world where people fight for their own reasons, instead of fighting for the government. Raiden then deduced that he was not merely a "greedy politician" as he initially thought, but stated that he was completely insane due to his reference to culling the weak and having the strong be free. However, just when Armstrong was about to kill Raiden, an injured Blade Wolf saved him by bringing to him Sam's sword. Angered, Armstrong kicked Blade Wolf away, although not before Blade Wolf threw the sword to Raiden. Both Raiden and Armstrong continued to fight, until Raiden managed to stab Armstrong through the chest. Upon his defeat, Armstrong acknowledges Raiden as a true American, and expresses his respect for him. Raiden then finishes the former senator off by ripping out his nanomachine-laced pale heart and crushing it with his hand. Before he died, Armstrong commended Raiden as they were kindred spirits.

## Trivia

* Armstrong quickly proved popular online following the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, due to his memorable quotes, over-the-top muscular structure and how he parodies American politics. Online, Armstrong has appeared in several memes, including Nanomachines Son, 200% Mad, and Raiden Punching Armstrong / Standing Here I Realize.
	+ Peter Tagg has contributed to the popularity of Armstrong in meme culture, through his viral video The Best Of Senator Armstrong (which has received over 1,000,000 views). Due to the video's popularity, Peter released two follow-up compilations of Armstrong clips in December 2016 and June 2022 respectively. He released a definitive Armstrong compilation on October 17th 2022, which contains all of Armstrong's scenes in chronological order and in HD.