Sam Walters

*"It's okay everyone; We're federal agents."*
―Sam Walters[src]
Commander and Vice Chairman **Sam Walters** is a member of the United States Armed Forces and military who had the idea to charge Doctor Eggman in the case of the Green Hills Energy Surge. After Robotnik's exposed villainy, Walters gifted Tom and Maddie Wachowski an Olive Garden gift card for keeping recent incidents to themselves and wanted to speak to Sonic the Hedgehog, who stopped Robotnik.

After the events that occurred in San Francisco, Walters formed the Guardian Units of Nations to combat alien threats and used Operation Catfish to catch Sonic during Rachel and Randall Handel's wedding. Now knowing that Robotnik returned more powerful than ever, Walters helped Tom and Maddie try to stop Robotnik. In the aftermath, Walters was searching for traces of Robotnik from the crash site, but learned from his second-in-command that they discovered a file that dates back over 50 years.

## Biography

### Green Hills Energy Surge

*"Twenty minutes ago, an energy surge knocked out power across the entire Pacific Northwest. What do we know?"*
―Sam Walters to the United States Armed Forces[src]
20 minutes after the Green Hills Energy Surge, Commander Sam Walters held a joint meeting regarding the recent event. He requests answers on what had supposedly happened. After the Army Chief of Staff suggests to scramble the the Fifth and Sixth Regiment, Walters rather chooses to hire Ivo Robotnik, despite the members' perplexed reactions.

### Founding of the Guardian Units of Nations

*"After the events in San Francisco, a global task force was created. Devoted to protecting our planet from alien threats. That day, Guardian Units of Nations was born."*
―Sam Walters to Rachel and Maddie Wachowski[src]
Sometime after the events of the Chase of San Francisco, Sam Walters founded the Guardian Units of Nations, a military force devoted to protecting Earth from potential alien threats.

### Thanking Sonic and the Wachowskis

*"You haven't, by any chance, been in contact with a certain alien creature since the incident, have you? Uncle Sam would love to have a chat with him. Very casual. Brunch, perhaps."
"Oh, you mean the little blue guy? No. No, nothing. No."
"Mm-mmm."
"Doubt we'll ever hear from him again."*
―Sam Walters, Tom Wachowski and Maddie Wachowski[src]
After making sure Ivo Robotnik won't be known or remembered due to his recent incidents, Sam Walters personally visited the Wachowski Residence to thank Tom and Maddie Wachowski for not spreading the information on what happened in Green Hills. He also came to speak to Sonic the Hedgehog, but was lead to believe he had left.

### "Operation: Catfish"

*"That's correct, ma'am. Every single aspect of "Operation: Catfish" was a complete fabrication."*
―Sam Walters to Rachel[src]
Eight months later, Walters appeared at Rachel's wedding, which is actually an operation of his team's. G.U.N. apprehended Sonic and his alien ally Tails. After being told he has arrested the only ones who can stop Robotnik, who managed to return to Earth, Walters informs his team of this.

Walters later spoke to agent Randall Handel, proposing a toast to a perfectly executed operation, until agent Grommet stormed on a table, followed by an angered Rachel confronting Handel, who is almost taser by Walters. When he tases Handel by accident, he is held at gunpoint by Rachel and is tied up to a chair by her. He also sees a giant green pulsating energy beam emitting from a beach ahead, finally believing Maddie Wachowski's comments on the fact that Sonic is not a threat.

### Battle Against the Giant Eggman Robot

*"Agent, I want an update."
"Still searching, sir. We haven't found any sign of Robotnik."
"No one could've survived that crash. He's toast. Good riddance. What a mess that lunatic made."
"Sir... there's something else."*
―Sam Walters and G.U.N. Mean Bean Agent[src]
Walters revisited Green Hills with Tom and Maddie via helicopter, confronting a supercharged Eggman, who rips the G.U.N. vehicles apart to build his Giant Eggman Robot.

Walters would later have soldiers and agents search the area of the robot's takedown, caused by Team Sonic, and is informed of Eggman being presumed deceased and a file documenting a project from over 50 years ago, remembering it as Project Shadow.

## Personality

Commander Walters is a high-ranking military official and holds a position of great trust in the United States Armed Forces. He is serious, yet formal, professional and calm man with some dry humor. Putting the safety of the nations above anything else, he will not hesitate to carry out military operations while manipulating others, like Rachel and her family, or imprisoning those that he has deemed an uncontrollable force, like Sonic and Tails, in spite of them not meaning any harm, all in the name of maintaining global safety. While he tries to be kind, he is nonetheless firm in his convictions and decisions when civilians disagree with him. However, he is not overly stubborn or uncooperative, as he has been known to listen to reason from even civilians when a greater danger presents itself and his methods have proven decremental to stopping it.

Walters is somewhat of a risk-taker when there are no other options available. Notably, he was willing to call in Dr. Robotnik to help investigate an electromagnetic pulse of unknown origin despite the concerns of his comrades. For all his military professionalism though, he is not a stern individual, and was very friendly and warm with Tom and Maddie. He can be a bit awkward though, as he tried a little too hard to keep the Wachowskis from closing their door in front of him.

## Abilities

* **Expert Tactician**: Walters was able to set up a covert operation in a setup of a wedding to trap Sonic the Hedgehog. He also mentions to have used his authority to legally freeze Ivo Robotnik's assets; if the latter hadn't been merged with the Master Emerald, he would've been arrested right then and there.

## Facilities

* **Pentagon**: Sam Walters once held a joint meeting concerning the recent Green Hills Energy Surge.

## Relationships

* Guardian Units of Nations
	+ Randall Handel
* Sonic the Hedgehog - Situational Enemy
* Tom Wachowski - Situational Enemy
* Maddie Wachowski - Situational Enemy
* Tails - Situational Enemy
* Stone - Former Ally
* Rachel

## Appearances

* *Sonic the Hedgehog*
* *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*

## Trivia

* In the video game series, the **Commander** is a military leader and the Guardian Units of Nations' most respected highest-ranking commander. Witnessing the creation of Shadow the Hedgehog, he blamed the creation for his family's death after G.U.N.'s invasion of the Space Colony ARK he was aboard in his childhood years.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Sonic the Hedgehog*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Sonic the Hedgehog 2*