Nexus

The energy of a single elemental particle makes each Raad a daunting enemy. Nexus is so vastly powerful that controls all four energies of lesser Raad.

Nexus concentrates energy in his hands for a few seconds before launching a devastating manifestation of elemental mastery. Disrupting this ability is crucial.

Nexus will have different reactions and dialogue to whichever hero is brought on the mission.

## Phases

### Phase 1:

* Nexus will appear through the portal and say the respective quotes to whichever hero is being used. After this brief introduction, Nexus will charge up his right hand with the blue meteor attack. After this attack, Nexus will charge up his fire ball attack from his left hand. All attacks after these will be random and attributed to no particular hand.

* Although the attacks released by Nexus can be avoided with careful measures, his hands should be targetted if you are confident you can cripple them. This will drop his overall health and stop the attack. You must deal the full amount of damage to the hands, otherwise the attack will release and Nexus' overall health will not be reduced. This makes Nexus' hands an all-or-nothing deal.
* If the Tortugon is brought upwards towards Nexus, a Raad Portal will always appear and summon two Geon Enforcers unless destroyed. If the Tortugon is brought too far left or right, more Raad Portals will appear and summon two Geon Enforcers each. The Tortugon can destroy a Raad Portal alone, but the commander must quickly target it once it appears.
* Nexus will release energy blasts from his chest every four seconds. These blasts target the closest enemy, but do not deal much damage. They will however, push the unit backwards. Light units such as the dropgun can be pushed across the map, heavy units such as Mechas will only be pushed back a little. An exploit exists to disable the knockback caused by these energy blasts, if a unit is very close to Nexus' chest, they will not be moved and will stay inside Nexus.
* The explosive plants found on the level will deal significant damage to Tortugons and units alike. They should be avoided at all costs, especially since Nexus' attacks can unintnentionally trigger them and cause a chain reaction.

### Phase 2:

* Nexus will say the second set of quotes for the respective hero being used. Nexus will charge up his right hand with the Tachyon Sphere attack. After this, he will launch five ray concentraters that will charge up slowly and release a beam of energy capable of instantly killing any unit. Following this attack, he will charge up his left hand with the Tachyon Sphere attack. This process repeats and his attacks follow the same order until this phase is beaten, or until the commander loses.
* Nexus will launch EMP balls from his chest every eight seconds. These will deal massive damage to the Tortugon and some units will be instantly vaporized. Heroes however, can generally tank two to three hits. After the EMP ball explodes, it will leave an electric field on the ground that deals damage over time to all units for fifteen seconds. This EMP ball will always target the Tortugon, and will change direction depending on where the Tortugon moves. This makes it critical to destroy it before it reaches it. The EMP ball can be tanked by durable heroes or the dropgun.
* Two Raad Portals will appear at Nexus sides that will summon one Ion Carrier each. These portals will appear every seventy seconds. Inadavertently, if this phase is beaten 15 seconds before these portals spawn again, they will spawn in the third and final phase, which will make it more difficult. Therefore, it is advised to delay beating the second phase until these portals appear again.
* Nexus' ray concentraters will IK any allied unit, including the Tortugon. Their hit radius is a bit deceiving, as allies who appear to be outside their range will still sometimes be killed. Therefore, try to center your units in the middle of these rays as best you can.
* Nexus' tachyon sphere attack will deal unparalleled damage to any units it comes into contact with. These spheres are identical to the ones launched by Quantum Carriers.

## Quotes

### Taggins

* Taggins: Stay alert, soldiers. This is the starting point of the Raad invasion. Here we will stop them!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Too large words from a lineage whose only merit has been always to die in the battlefield. Like you will do now!
* Nexus: I see you have fighting in you. Your predecessors wouldn't have lasted as much.
* Nexus: Impressive. You live up to your reputation. But reputation alone is not enough to stop my invasion!

### Kara

* Kara: Keep moving, marines. Lets get everything ready to kick those alien butts!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: The young hero of Sagan-1! You fought well against those Fell. Actually, they were running away from us! Ha Ha Ha!
* Nexus: You are stronger than I expected. But much like the Fell, you are simply an annoyance.
* Nexus: Seeing your sister die in that colony must've been scaring to turn a simple mechanic into a War hound.

### Paragon

* Paragon: We sense it. As it was foretold to us. The time of the Fading Suns has begun.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: So you are that half-dead protector of these creatures? I'm going to promote you soon to full dead!
* Nexus: So many dead warriors fused into your unity. You are lucky. Not many get to experience death twice.
* Nexus: I'll make sure to harvest your spectral energy and make my own Paragon army.

### Fate

* Fate: Be cautious! This is an enemy like you've never seen before. You better mark my words.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: They believe you are human, don't they? Hilarious. Lets start breaking that helmet apart.
* Nexus: So this is the personal matter you had to run to in such a hurry. You have upgraded your weapons. As you will see, Fate...so have I.
* Nexus: After all we've gone through you try to attack us? What you are trying to accomplish eludes me.

### Ajax

* Ajax: What? These Raad things are made of the same alloy Ajax is. How can this be possible?
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: That 'prototype' of yours was built with stolen Raad tech. How you can sync with us, we will discover during your autopsy.
* Nexus: You have taken apart and reassembled a Raad Warcruise into that \*thing\*. However, I'm getting there's still plenty of Raad inside.
* Nexus: So much data in its memory bank. You were a Janitor before connecting with it?...You must be joking.

### Darwin

* Darwin: Stop monkeying around and destroy the Portal before more of them come!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: You dare challenge me, you potassium-consuming brute?! I will enjoy conquering your kind as well.
* Nexus: After years in space and all you have are bananas and brute force? Whats next? Throwing barrels?
* Nexus: The chemicals in you, make you more advanced than your makers thought. Your mutant ape lineage will end today!

### Guiying

* Guiying: The artifact whispers about an imminent danger. Stand your ground, warriors, for a cosmic force looks after us!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Impossible! The Cosmic Eye? You have no idea of what you are holding. Now it's too late for you to learn.
* Nexus: Such bravery. No wonder your clan chose you as a champion. But they are fools believing you could stop our invasion.
* Nexus: The Eye surely envisioned a much more suitable wielder. Not a child like yourself.

### Roy

* Roy: This is an offense against Marshal Law of sector 48 12. Go back to your galaxy or face the consequences.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Don't marshal me. Many worlds have a bounty on your head. I will send it as a token before conquering them.
* Nexus: Redemption is not for the likes of you. Do you struggle to sleep at night with so many planets affected by your deeds?
* Nexus: Afraid of unleashing your wrath as you did on all those worlds? I can feel your anger and frustration, young Marshal.

### Sha'tra

* Sha'tra: Today is the day. The ultimate hunt is on. Emit rof egnever!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Sha'tra ...I always wondered where you had fled to. It must be hard to be the last of your race.
* Nexus: Do you ever wonder how we were able to find your world while it was hidden from everyone in the Galaxy?
* Nexus: Our conquest could always use your expertise. Surrender and join us. We will welcome you as we did with your brother.

### Dr. Graaff

* Dr. Graaff: Strength analysis of incoming entity exceeding parameters. Overwriting protocols to compensate.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: A machine that managed to develop consciousness by itself. An interesting toy, yet with so many anger issues.
* Nexus: Your creators must be regretting turning you on. After all, being killed by your own creation counts as failure.
* Nexus: Never put an unstable core in an unstable machine with an unstable mood chip. That's a fact!

### Trabuco

* Trabuco: Brace yourselves! My race fought them in our home planet Stall-One. The Raad lost there and will lose again here.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Fool, your world was almost wiped out by a simple scouting party. No scouts this time, no survivors either.
* Nexus: Pumping all that iron made you resilient. Let me put some more pressure for you to get crashed under.
* Nexus: Enough toying around! After I destroy you I will make sure to turn Stall-One into an asteroid field instantly!

### Sparas

* Sparas: Cautious! I saw a similar portal years ago in the jungles of Vanzen-7. I barely left that planet alive before it was destroyed.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: Maybe you should leave this planet in a hurry. This time I will take from you far more than just an eye!
* Nexus: Those pets of yours help you hide the shame of failing to save all those people when we last met?
* Nexus: We will consume this world like many others. You better not have any relatives around this time.

### Mark X

* Mark X: Listen up, team! I promised to keep all of you alive and I meant it. So, gear up and steel yourselves. Now, dammit!
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: In countless worlds I have invaded, that is the most empty promise I have ever heard. Unbelievable, almost amusing.
* Nexus: You've lived in \*that\* for so long that you call it a home. I've destroyed millions of homes before.
* Nexus: Amazing how coordinated Humans work when facing certain death. Do you die in unison as well?

### Blue Dragon

* Blue Dragon: I will outmaneuver our enemies to expose their weaknesses. Spread out and be ready to open fire.
* Tortugon: Gamma radiation levels increasing.
* Nexus: The most praised combat pilot in the galaxy. Maybe when you die inside that flying can, you'll impress me a little more.
* Nexus: Your speed and tactics are indeed impressive. But I've put down other 'Dragons' before.
* Nexus: You claimed the title of Blue Dragon like many others before you. I wonder if anyone would dare to claim it to avenge you.