Dave Bertington

> ***"You failed me for the last time!"***- The Space Commander upon Commander Ryan's return after failing to kill James.
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## Political Information

### Rank

* Space Commander (Formerly)
* Supreme Commander

Dave Bertington, the leader of the Space Corps and later Supreme Commander of the R.I.O.T, is the main antagonist of Boss Battling Game as well as being one of the main antagonists of DGRPG. He commonly is on board his capital dreadnought where he attempts to maintain the R.I.O.T's vast empire as well as quelling the rebellion on earth.

## Biography

Prior to his time in the R.I.O.T Dave had a very average appearance for a man his age and usually wore his pizza delivery uniform. After joining the R.I.O.T however his appearance and personality would change rapidly. First his right arm would be blown off by James and then he would have his left eye and ear shot off by Rainbow Serpent. This would also give him serious brain damage and despite managing to survive and returning to active service his personality would begin to shift to constant paranoia and impulsive actions as well as gaining a hatred for anything non human especially members of the Mazon Empire. Dave's appearance would be further altered when he was thrown into a jet engine by Red Cobra however he would survive due to his armor but he would lose his legs and other arm in the process. This forced Burtington to remain in a robotic set of armor in order to stay alive. Dave later began to constantly improve and modify the armor and painted it green to show his status as commander of the Space Corps. e Space Commander

Dave Bertington was born in Phoenix, Arizona on the 19th of September, 2051 A.D. He worked as a pizza delivery man in Phoenix until he joined the R.I.O.T.

Bertington was first encountered during the Exceller invasion of China, when James and Morgan encountered a squad of R.I.O.T soldiers (one of which was Dave Bertington ) attempting to survive the invasion. Soon after meeting they decide to team up in order to survive. After about ten minutes Morgan annoys the soldiers to the point where a fight breaks out resulting in all but one of the soldiers being killed. When James and Morgan make it to the evacuation ship, they find out that one of the soldiers survived and attempt to kill him with an explosive shuriken but instead all they do is blow off his arm.

About three months later after being given a robotic arm, Bertington, now promoted to a position of commander, responds to a report that an alien was escaping long island. Upon arriving he locates and boards the plane that the aliens were attempting to escape on however after a short fight a alien manages to grab hold of Dave's shotgun and shoot him in the head with it causing Dave to lose his left eye as well as disfiguring his face and causing severe damage to his frontal lobe. After being shot Dave falls out of the plane and onto the run way where his squad take him back to a R.I.O.T base. There he undergoes surgery that while successfully saving his life, it left his face horribly disfigured as well as the brain damage causing his personality to rapidly shift, making him more paranoid and impulsive. Due to his impressive knowledge of aliens, Bertington was promoted to the position of Space Commander.

## Chronology

### Doggy Game 2

Bertington is only seen once in Doggy Game 2 as part a squad of soldiers that arrest Liam after he breaks out Fear.

### Boss Battling Game

Bertington takes on a much more important role in Boss Battling Game having several events focused entirely on him and his rise to power. Over the course of these events, Bertington, now the Space Commander, slowly descends into paranoia, tyranny and madness leading him to kill several of his own soldiers and even commanders such as Commander Ryan and Commander Fox. After failing to destroy Hero Corp during a massive assault on Australia he builds a new type of Space Ship known as a Dreadnought and begins capturing all the Bio-Lab mk1's. After Dave is captured by The Space Commander, James boards his capital dreadnought an discovers that he has built a missiles on the moon filled with the Reapers Virus and plans on launching them into Earth. After the Space Commanders death 10 months of peace pass as Hero Corp and the R.I.O.T attempt to put an end to the war. On the 16th of August, 2080 A.D. Sam is tricked into reviving the Space Commander and the war resumes the following day as the Space Commander overthrows the Second in Command and becomes supreme leader of the R.I.O.T and Earth.

## Trivia

* Dave Bertington was the first human to figure out how to use Exceller equipment.