Abraham Tower

## Commander Abraham Tower

Cmdr. **Abraham Tower**, is both a fictional character and tritagonist of the *SKB's* *Sonic Pokémon* series created by Yuji Naka and Ken Sugimori. He is a human military leader and currently the G.U.N.'s highest-ranking commander.

He is also one of the most respected. During his childhood when his family was aboard the ARK, he befriended Maria and witnessed the creation of Shadow. After the ARK was invaded by G.U.N., he blamed Shadow for his family's death.

He carried a grudge against Shadow for 50 years, until he discovered the truth about Shadow and Gerald, whom he had considered insane. He now leads G.U.N. in homage to him, and even making amends with Shadow.

"*I will avenge those whose blood has spilled!*"

—Cmdr. Abraham Tower.

## Appearance

*Voice Actor*: Bill Rogers (English), Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Bulgarian), Pasu Leung (Cantonese), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Felix Mayer (German), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Poland), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Mateja Vukašinović (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish), Not Known (Taiwanese Mandarin)

### Physical Appearance

He is an aging human male with a lined face, peach skin and short grey hair. He has complete heterochromia, with a green left eye and a brown right eye. His attire consists of a gray service dress uniform with four gold stars on red backings upon the shoulder boards and jacket collar. There is a G.U.N. emblem on the upper left sleeve, and red and blue stripes on the lower sleeves and pants. The stripes, with gold detailing partially over a center red stripe, are present on the front left side of his jacket as well.

He also wears black combat boots and white gloves.

* Hair Color: Grey
* Skin Color: Peach
* Eye Color: Green (left), Brown (right)
* Age: 50+
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

Commander Tower is shown to be a gruff, stoic and almost an inconsiderate military man, as he without hesitation or worry deemed Shadow a disposable liability on the mission to destroy the New Black Comet (because of his connection to the Black Arms) despite Shadow having saved the world from the same threat. In spite of his cold demeanor and military upbringing, Commander Tower does have a soft side which he rarely ever shows, and a great sense of duty towards his people as he does not like sending soldiers to their deaths and refuses to risk millions of lives for the sake of one.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Maria Robotnik
* United Federation
	+ The President
	+ G.U.N.
		- Team Dark
			* Shadow
			* Rouge
* Amy Rose
* Team Sonic
	+ Knuckles
	+ Miles Prower
	+ Sonic
* Team Chaotix
	+ Charmy
	+ Espio
	+ Vector

### Enemies

* Black Arms
	+ Black Doom
* Eggman Empire
	+ Dr. Eggman
	+ Jack Robotnik
		- Orbot
		- Cubot
	+ Metal Sonic

## Powers and abilities

As the highest-ranking commander of G.U.N., the Commander is an exceptional military leader and tactician, his skills in the field being best demonstrated during the war against the Black Arms. He is also shown to be an expert mech pilot, having piloted the Diablon in a heated battle with Shadow the Hedgehog.

### Weapons

Commander Tower is known to carry a Pistol. His exact proficiency with it is unknown.

## History

### Past

#### Early years

Abraham Tower grew up on Space Colony ARK, where he was best friends with Maria, Gerald's granddaughter. One day while playing with her, he witnessed the creation of Shadow by Gerald and the alien Black Doom, leader of the Black Arms. He was terrified at the sight of Shadow. After Project Shadow was shut down, his family and Maria were later killed in the G.U.N. military's attack. Abraham harbored a deep personal hatred towards Shadow for this, blaming him for their deaths and taking away everyone who had mattered most to him.

## Synopsis

### *Sonic Pokémon*

#### Plot in the Series

Commander Tower follows the events of the Black Arms' attack on the planet from GUN Fortress. After being informed of how badly Westopolis was attacked and the rumors of Shadow's involvement, he ordered his troops to be deployed in order to hunt down the Black Arms and Shadow. He informed the messenger that Shadow was designated as the enemy and must be captured, dead or alive.

#### Possible events

There are various events that occur in *Shadow the Hedgehog*, due to the plot going whichever way the player chooses. Almost all the Commander's scenes seem to link together when put in the right order.

If the player chooses to go to Death Ruins, a cutscene will play beforehand of the Commander being informed of Shadow and the Black Arms being forced into the forest. He will authorize the use of all tactical weapons in Sector B once he learns of Shadow and the Black Arms all being in the one place, saying that he wants both dead and failure is not an option. He then says to himself that the hedgehog will be exposed for the evil he is.

Should the player then complete The ARK, whether by the normal mission or dark mission, they will go against Blue Falcon and the Commander will be heard, responding to the pilot and ordering them to take Shadow out. After Blue Falcon is defeated, the Commander will hear the rants of Black Doom declaring humans pathetic and curse from his station.

Should the player choose to play the Air Fleet level, the Commander will arrive at the White House to escort the President to his ship. While the President sees himself as a failure for not protecting his nation, the Commander tries to motivate him, saying they will continue to fight the aliens, rally to restore themselves and that the President must keep his people united. While thinking on the Commander's words, the President looks at a photograph of Sonic and Shadow. The Commander urges him to go to his transport with the G.U.N soldiers, and when he leaves, the Commander looks at the picture and declares that the Black Arms will suffer before following him.

If the player goes to GUN Fortress, the Commander will support the President and put him in his own chair, asking if he's alright. The President will ask about what happened to the residents of Central City, and the Commander will inform him everyone has been evacuated to the safe zone due to orders being issued the day before. The alarm then goes off, and a G.U.N captain that serves as the Commander's messenger will then come in, inform him that over a thousand aliens are heading for the base after breaking their outer perimeter, and comment that Shadow has been spotted with them. Enraged, the Commander takes control of the situation and orders everyone to prepare for battle and mobilize Diablon, despite the captain's protests that it was incomplete. The Commander then grabs his Pistol and remarks, "*It's been fifty years... justice will finally be served!*" He and Sonic will then go against Shadow if the dark mission on GUN Fortress is taken, declaring Shadow the one who destroyed the ARK and killed everyone on it. Despite their best efforts, the Commander and Sonic will be defeated.

If the player completes the dark mission of Black Comet they will face off against Sonic and Diablon, and the Commander will declare Shadow the one who destroyed the ARK and killed everyone on it. He and Sonic will inevitably be defeated.

If the player completes the dark mission of Final Haunt, the Commander will fight alongside Sonic using Diablon, but will say nothing during the opening cutscene. He and Sonic will inevitably be defeated.

Should the player go to the level Cosmic Fall, as Shadow thinks over everything he has learned in the game, the Commander approaches him with a pistol, declaring him the one responsible for killing his family and Maria. He explains that Maria was like a sister to him and the only family he knew, and that Shadow was responsible for her death. He goes on further to explain that he witnessed Gerald and Black Doom create Shadow, dubbing the Ultimate Lifeform a horrifying evil creature. Due to Shadow's amnesia he doesn't remember any of this, and the Commander believes it to be a trick. He says that because of Shadow, everyone he knew and loved was killed when the ARK was destroyed. He declares justice to be served and fires on Shadow. Shadow uses his speed to avoid the bullet, and tells the Commander that if what he says is true, he will accept his fate. At this point, the Commander believes that Shadow has truly lost his memory and lets him go, falling to his knees in guilt as the hedgehog leaves the room.

#### Last Story

In the Last Story, Shadow confronts Black Doom on the Black Comet, and after learning part of the truth about himself he thinks back upon all he had learned, Commander Tower's vows of vengeance echoing in his head among other things.

Then, Abraham and the President see a message from Professor Gerald to Shadow, being broadcast to G.U.N. Fortress and the Black Comet by Team Chaotix on the ARK. The message was recorded before G.U.N.'s raid and Gerald explained how everything was his fault for making contact with the comet. Gerald revealed Shadow's past, stating that he and the Eclipse Cannon were made to put a stop to the Black Arms' attempts to destroy the planet, by decimating the Black Comet.

After Shadow defeats Devil Doom and destroys the Black Comet, the President states how ironic it was that people treated Gerald like he was evil, and he ended up saving them all in the end. Commander Tower and the President realize they were wrong about Gerald's intentions and that he was truly a good-hearted person. The President declared they would pay homage to Gerald by working for a brighter future, and Abraham thought it an excellent idea.

In the Expert Mode of Space Gadget, it is revealed that Abraham had become a grandfather one week earlier and invited Shadow over as part of his apology to the hedgehog.

## External links

* Cmdr. Abraham Tower *‎‎‎Heroes Wiki*
* [https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Abraham\_Tower Cmdr. Abraham Tower *Nintendo Wiki*
* Cmdr. Abraham Tower *‎‎‎Sonic News Network*

## Notes & Trivia

* Commander Tower is one of the only *Sonic Pokémon* characters who appears to have complete heterochromia, (the other being Infinite) resulting in him having one green eye and one brown eye.
* Confusingly, Abraham called Maria the only family he knew, but he later claimed that his family was also killed on the ARK.
	+ This, however, may be an error in translation as in the Japanese script, he said that she was like an older sister to him as he does not have any siblings.