General Chrome

> *"If we all agree, there's no conflict. There's always another way to settle a disagreement." - General Chrome to Lor, shortly before kicking him off a cliff*
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> *"You are the Mother of the people. Did you lose yourself, keeping secrets? He has seen it fit to inform me of the things gone awry." - General Chrome to Mother*
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General Chrome is a Transcendent working for the One Concern. He is also a Boss character. Unlike most Transcendent, he is not an Agent, and instead leads the One Concern Army. Neither Chrome not the army are allowed in City One. Chrome is a true believer of the Tri, unlike some Concern authorities which abuse the scriptures to control people. He is calm and methodical, doing all acts according to scripture and believing it is for the greater good, even when committing atrocities for the Concern. He also sticks to religious law even when it puts him at odds with Agents. Chrome causes trouble for the Concern when he learns of their corruption and abuse of the scriptures and refuses to take part in it. While his devotion to the Tri causes him to do evil, he is genuinely compassionate as long as those around him do not run afoul of the religious commandments. This genuineness earns him strong loyalty from the military personnel he leads. Chrome is almost always accompanied by Tolo, his happy-go-lucky sidekick who admires him greatly.

# Official Bio

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> ***GENERAL CHROME***
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> *Age 30 - From: City One - Likes: The Scriptures - Favorite color: Ivory White*
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> *A man who seemingly took his blessing of holy power - the same power as the many agents - as a reason to reinterpret what the scriptures truly mean.*
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> -Limited Run Iconoclasts Classic Edition manual
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# Abilities

As with each Transcendent, Chrome has purple prosthesis. His legs have been augmented, and he can kick with incredible strength. They may also contribute to his height, as Chrome is incredibly tall. As a Transcendent, he has an unnaturally long life and can heal rapidly by absorbing Ivory from the ground. He also carries a sidearm.

# Story

There are no records of Chrome's life before the events of the game, though it can be assumed that he has been the One Concern Army general for some time. At the time the game opens, Chrome is assigned to capture the Pirates in the Shard Wastelands so that they stop mining Ivory Pustules and face Penance.

### Roller Bomb Shot

Chrome is first introduced shortly after Robin receives the Roller Bomb Shot from some soldiers. He is meeting with Lor on a cliff-side in the Shard Wastelands, trying to convince him and the Isi to change their philosophies to match that of the Tri in order that they might be able to coexist peacefully. This proposal is also a veiled threat because they both know that if the Isi refuse, Chrome and the Concern will continue to try to annihilate them instead which, as Chrome points out, would also end their conflict. Lor insists that the two people will never be able to agree on one set of ideals, especially not when Chrome insists that they must be the Tri's ideals. Then Chrome kicks him off the cliff.

### Camp

Agents Black and White join with Chrome at the Shard Wasteland camp as the task of capturing the Isi becomes increasingly important due to their continued mining of Ivory. Black chastises him for his ineffectiveness, particularly for letting his ethics in hunting and interrogating the pirates get in the way of his mission. Chrome calmly cites scripture in explaining his reasoning, believing Black to be emotionally compromised.

While Tolo and Chrome address the Army about updates to the wanted list, Royal accidentally brings Robin to the camp to be captured. Black wants to kill her immediately as she has already escaped captivity once, but Chrome refuses and insists she is executed by holy proceedings with a Progenarian. Royal is supposed to execute her, but he defies his duty and instead uses his abilities to launch Tolo and Robin onto a departing train. Chrome and one of his One Concern Attackers give chase in a helicopter. *(See: #Boss Fight)* Robin disables the helicopter, causing both it and the train to crash. Robin and Chrome are thrown to different areas and she escapes. Chrome is crushed by a train car and believed to be dead by his army and Tolo, but he uses the Ivory in the ground to heal himself and recover almost immediately.

### Looking for Samba

During the Army's invasion of Isilugar, Chrome is not present due to having made an important discovery far to the West. He has discovered The Tower, a top-secret indoctrination facility. Up until now, its existence purpose was not made known to him or the One Concern Army. Chrome, Tolo, and several recruits barge into the tower, breaking down the door to the interrogation room and interrupting Agent Black right as she is about to kill Elro in front of Robin, Mina, and Samba. Once again he prevents Black from improperly executing Elro or Robin. He also inquires as to what the tower's purpose is and why it had been kept secret from most of the One Concern, especially since the tower was consuming vast amounts of Ivory during an Ivory drought. Black declines to answer until they get back to the One Concern HQ. Black attempts to shoot Robin despite Chrome's insistence on proper execution, but the Silver Watchman knocks her into an elevator shaft and both disappear before Black has the chance. She shouts her rage at Chrome and his company for once again ruining her chance to kill her enemies. They then depart for the One Concern West with Elro as prisoner.

### Searching One Concern

Back at the One Concern West, Chrome is informed of the Bastion plot to escape earth taking only the newly indoctrinated Pupils of The Tower and the upper echelon of the One Concern: the Agents, Mediums, Bastion Suits, and Elites. News of Royal accidentally destroying the Omega Controller also reaches those in on the plot. They decide they must carry out their plans immediately if they hope to escape before He comes to end the world in a matter of days. To do this, the Suits require that the Army finishes preparing a rocket as soon as possible, giving an excuse that there is a new type of Ivory discovered on the Small Moon that they need to mine right away. However when Chrome addresses his troops to give them orders, he instead informs them all of the plot to escape and leave them behind. Furious, Black attacks Chrome in the middle of his speech but is unable to kill him due to him also being Transcendent. Chrome's loyal soldiers attack Black to defend him and a large fight ensues. Black runs off after killing many soldiers. Chrome recovers by absorbing Ivory again shortly after.

Chrome laments the bloodshed and that the Concern leadership has been "led astray". While he is speaking, Nobel attempts to assassinate him by jabbing him with a syringes and dashing off. The attempt fails however, likely because Elro did not write down the full formula anywhere, so any copy would miss a key ingredient. Chrome doesn't know this however, and instead sees his survival as a divine sign from Him that Chrome is on a righteous path to eliminate the corrupt leadership and save the world.

### Chaos in City One

Chrome arrives in City One just as mother is dying from her fight with Robin, Royal, and Mina. Not understanding what happened, Chrome interprets the tree exploding from Mother's body as another divine sign that He allowed her defeat due to her going astray and that the coup Chrome is committing is righteous. As she dies, he announces to the city that he is the new chosen, now that Mother and Royal are both forsaken by Him. He also declares that he will plea for Him to spare the world from atop the Bastion. A Bastion Elite attacks Chrome, and a fight breaks out between the One Concern Army and the Elite. While this goes on, Chrome rushes to the top of the Bastion.

Robin walks in on Chrome sitting next to Father, who is now very old and frail and in a wheelchair. Tolo is present, but Chrome requests that he leaves, at which point he walks out of the room to the balcony. Chrome explains he believes he has been divinely inspired by Him to eliminate all authoritative figures from the world to free the people from corrupt leadership. In the middle of his speech, he kills Father with his sidearm. He and Robin walk towards the balcony where he explains to Tolo that he must not be exhaled as a leader, as Tolo would likely wish to do, and that after the rest of the world's leaders are eliminated, he will "take his place among the stars". Chrome declares that he will try to save the world by contacting Him from the balcony and to reason with Him to spare the world, having found a solution to the world's problems. He then announces that because of Robin also being potentially seen as a hero to the people, he must eliminate her too. Chrome asks that Robin surrender her life to him willingly, for the greater good. At that moment, Elro arrives and stands between Chrome and Robin in defiance of Chrome. Out of both compassion and confidence in His' divine protection for his holy mission, Chrome offers to allow Elro to take his frustration out on him. Chrome has little to fear as he is a Transcendent and Elro is a cripple. As Chrome awaits in surrender for Elro to attack, Elro walks up and jabs Chrome with Elro's properly prepared compound. Tolo and Chrome gloat at how the syringes are ineffective due to His divine blessing, but after a moment Chrome begins to be affected. Chrome breaks into a panic and dashes to the balcony where he explodes into Detritus dust.

### The End

When the credits roll, the One Concern Army and a gravestone with Chrome's iconic hat on it can be seen at the edge of the Shard Wastelands.

# Boss Fight

### Phase 1

Robin will be atop the rearmost car and will need to run right. You will encounter an Alburtus guarding a platform wheel. You can either turn the gear to get the platform in a position to jump onto the next car (which is blocked by a stack of boxes), or, you can use a charged shot jump, or the featherweight tweak, to clear the gap without bothering the Alburtus.

You will then come upon two cargo cars that have shoulder high platforms. Tolo will join you and begin to throw grenades. After a few seconds, General Chrome will appear in the helicopter. You will need to parry Tolo's grenades into the helicopter three times, as it is invulnerable to any of Robin's attacks at this point. After each hit, the helicopter will move off screen then conduct a strafing run that can be survived by crouching under the platforms. Tolo will also take cover, signaling when you should take cover and when its safe to stand up. Shooting Tolo will knock him out and delay his next grenade throw.

Once the final grenade has been hit into the helicopter, it will snatch up Tolo and allow you to progress further to the right.

### Phase 2: 2 Hearts

The helicopter will land on the cars behind you. It will first point its rotors towards you and attempt to saw you with them. This attack will also produce fireballs that are fired in an arc. Run further to the right until there is a gap between the two cars. At this point, the helicopter will do one of three attacks in a rotating manner:

* Attempt to saw you up with the rotors. This attack cannot follow you entirely to the edge of the combat arena, but the fireballs can. It is not possible to avoid the rotors in the gap.
* Fire three grenades from its nose. The grenades roll forward until they fall into the gap between the two cars. The grenades cannot reach you to the right of this gap, but their explosions do reach a small distance beyond it, preventing you from standing on the edge.
* Charge up then fire a large laser beam. It lasts too long to jump over, so you must use the gap to crouch into.

### Strategy

For the first phase, just stand still and let Tolo throw grenades at you. Counter them and they will find their way into the helicopter when it appears. Duck under one of the platforms until after the helicopter has completed its strafing run. Tolo does not have contact damage and do not attack him as this only delays his next grenade throw.

For the second phase, dodge the helicopter's rotors by running to the right side of the screen. Focus on not getting hit by the fireballs when the helicopter attacks with its rotors, but you do move faster than the helicopter, so you can quickly fire roller bombs behind you as you run from it. It is ideal to keep the helicopter next to the gap since it blocks the grenades and acts as cover from the laser. If the helicopter is at its furthest right position when it shoots grenades, it is easy to use the Stun Gun to shoot him from safely across the gap, otherwise you will need to use the roller bombs. Roller bombs are capable of crossing the gap if not fired directly into it. When the helicopter fires its laser beam, it is possible to still deal damage with the stun gun while crouched in the gap if the helicopter is close enough.

The helicopter will only be pushed back when not attacking, as it stands firm during the laser and grenade attacks.

# Trivia

* There is a minor inconsistency with Chrome's game sprites. His sitting sprite, as seen during the helicopter battle in the Shard Wasteland, is missing one of his purple prosthetic legs that he is seen with in all other sprites.
* Chrome's quotes in One Concern West are based on a Charles Manson quote.

> *"Look down at me and you see a fool; look up at me and you see a god; look straight at me and you see yourself." - General Chrome*
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