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1The characters from Daniel Remar's indie game ''VideoGame/{{Iji}}''.
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5[[folder: Humans]]
6
7!! Iji Kataiser
8[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iji.jpg]]
9[[caption-width-right:146:Mental state: questionable]]
10
11Once an ordinary girl coming into work with her family, she awakens after a coma to find herself thrust into the position of a super-cyborg soldier. How she copes with this change in lifestyle, and if she chooses to become a mass-murdering war machine or pacifistic infiltrator, is up to you.
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13* ActionGirl: She's a chick, and can easily rack up a body count in the triple digits.
14* ActionSurvivor: She straddles the line on this trope. She's very much a reluctant everyman in unusual circumstances, but the Nanofield she's granted means she fails on the "Normal" part of "BadassNormal".
15* AntiHero: Starts out as a ClassicalAntiHero, but may become a [[PayEvilUntoEvil Vicious Anti-Hero]] on a killer run.
16* ApologeticAttacker: Until she kills enough enemies, she apologizes after each kill.
17* ArtisticAge: She's supposed to be 20, but looks more like a teenager in the cutscenes.
18* AxCrazy: If played violently, she is extremely bloodthirsty and has an increasingly fractured grip on reality.
19* BadassPacifist: Even when on a pacifist run, her enemies notice how she's running through hostile battlefield like there's nothing in the way.
20* TheBerserker: Iji can easily become this if she kills enough enemies.
21* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite starting out reluctant to kill clearly hostile aliens, she can end up with a body count in the hundreds.
22* BigSisterInstinct: She ends up protective of Dan. [[spoiler:Due to endangering Dan, Asha is the only person Iji never shows even a shred of regret for killing, and this reaction is completely unchanged by her kill count.]]
23* CorruptTheCutie: After getting a few kills too many, she becomes increasingly violent and unhinged.
24* {{Cyborg}}: Iji doesn't look like your typical cyborg, but like the Tasen and Komato, she's augmented with {{Nanomachine}}s that give her superhuman strength and agility, along with the ability to manipulate technology or absorb Nano.
25* {{Determinator}}: It doesn't matter how many aliens get in her way, ''she just keeps going''.
26* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler: If she spares Iosa, she murders Iji and says her death made no difference. Tor and Kirion prove her wrong by calling off the Alpha Strike in the face of Iosa's needless brutality.]]
27* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: All of the [=NPCs=] save Dan [[spoiler:and Ansaksie on a pacifist run]] refer to her as the Human Anomaly. She never actually told them her name, though.
28* TheHero: She's the last line of defense between humanity and total extinction.
29* TheHeroDies:
30** [[spoiler:If she spares Iosa, she murders her at the end of the game. Fortunately, Tor and Kiron both castigate her for the murder and call off the Alpha Strike.]]
31** [[spoiler:If she executes Tor, Kiron orders the Alpha Strike to go through and blows Iji straight to oblivion.]]
32* HeroicBSOD: Dan tries to keep her from poking her head outside the research facility, because once Iji does, she realizes the Tasen invasion ''isn't'' just some isolated attack, but that the world and humanity were utterly [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt blown to hell]], causing a temporary but severe shutdown for Iji until Dan gets her to start moving again. [[spoiler:She goes through a complete mental breakdown if Dan dies, including ''[[MummiesAtTheDinnerTable talking to him as if he's still there]]''.]]
33* {{Hypocrite}}: On a killer path. She argues the alien leaders are immoral for killing everyone, while she's been doing just that. She even admits it during the pre-battle fight with Iosa, who mocks her for being a hypocrite.
34* ImplacableMan: If you max out her health stat.
35* ItGetsEasier: Kill a couple of aliens at the start of the game. Listen to Iji's reactions. Kill a hundred more aliens. Compare and contrast.
36* KickChick: Because she can't really punch while holding her gun, kicking is Iji's main close-combat method, and her kicks get stronger if she levels up her Strength.
37* LastOfHisKind: While the number isn't easily discernible, there aren't that many humans left alive after the Alpha Strike.
38* MissingMom: WordOfGod says that Ron had ''two'' wives, both of which left him. Neither get mentioned in the game.
39* MorphWeapon: The Nanogun.
40* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: An actual ''defining trait'' of her kit is that she follows different mechanics than the Tasen and Komato. Thanks to her special Nanogun, she's able to move ''while'' her weapon prepares itself and fire it whenever, whereas enemies have to stand still and let it charge before they can shoot. She also gets some special boosts, such as rounding Health damage down to the nearest whole number and having a better Machinegun than most Tasen enemies.
41* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
42** She attempts to call in the Komato, hoping to SummonBiggerFish and get them to save humanity. It quickly turns out that they don't care about the humans' fate either. It's then subverted in later versions, where Iji can form a truce with the Tasen forces and decide against calling the Komato... in which case they reveal they already knew the Tasen were on Earth and attack anyway.
43** [[spoiler:If she kills Tor, this convinces his comrades that humanity is not worth saving and causes them to Alpha Strike the planet and annihilate humanity.]] Whoops.
44* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: She can spare Iosa in version 1.7. [[spoiler:Iosa thanks her by murdering her in cold blood.]]
45* OneManArmy: Actually an in-game rank for getting 300 kills.
46* PluckyGirl: In the pacifist run, Iji still keeps her spirit up in spite of her struggles, thanks to Dan's encouraging words.
47* RedOniBlueOni: Red. Played pacifistic, Iji's quite {{the McCoy}}; as a killer, she's not as nice, but still quite emotional in her actions.
48* ReluctantWarrior: At first. Then Iji's not so reluctant if she's on the killer path, getting more unhinged as her kill count goes up.
49* RoadRunnerPC: Though there are still some enemies faster than her, she can outrun most of them.
50* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:If Dan dies]], she vows to kill every last Komato between her and General Tor.
51* SanitySlippage: She begins to suffer from hallucinations as the game progresses, and if [[spoiler:Dan dies]], she goes completely over the edge.
52* SmallGirlBigGun: For humans, Iji's quite tall at 6'3" (190 cm -- she's taller than most men!). However, since her gun was designed for Tasen, who are 7 feet tall at the shortest (and the Elites who would get to use her gun are closer to 9'), the gun is ridiculously oversized for her.
53* SwissArmyWeapon: The Nanogun, again.
54* TechnicalPacifist: There are plenty of ways to kill enemies without getting them on your counter, including arranging friendly fire accidents (e.g. blocking missiles with your face while standing next to an enemy, so that you'll survive the explosion but he won't), letting another enemy do the dirty work, setting a mine, and (in 1.6) reflecting their shots back at them. Also, machine enemies don't count, nor do Assassins (who aren't killed, but driven away).
55* ThemeNaming: All the Kataisers have three-letter first names.
56* WellIntentionedExtremist: On a killer run, she intends to drive the invading aliens back off the Earth before they can destroy what little is left... by blowing everyone in her way straight to hell.
57* WildHair: She spent six months in a coma, so it's no wonder her hair looks a little messy.
58* WorthyOpponent: If she defeats Asha, a logbook he leaves for her indicates that he considers her this, in a twisted way; he compares her to Hel Sarie, both in her strength and conviction, and in [[OneHitKill the fate]] he expects her to suffer.
59
60!! Dan Kataiser
61
62* BreakingTheFourthWall: When using the Scrambler, Dan will take several opportunities to do this, including humming the boss theme song and saying that he got the best Scrambler quotes.
63* CharacterDeath:
64** [[spoiler:If you aren't paranoid enough to booby-trap the teleport pad at the end of Sector 8, Asha murders him.]]
65** [[spoiler:If he survives Sector 8 but Iji executes Tor, he is blown up along with the rest of humanity by the second Alpha Strike.]]
66* ExpositionFairy: Dan's Sector 1 conversations are essentially solely for this purpose.
67* {{Jerkass}}: Despite being helpful in some ways, he's not very popular due to some of the things he says. It's partly an act he puts up to avoid being seen as weak, partly [[BrokenBird the effect of having to survive the six months Iji's slept through]].
68* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:During the second half of the game, he reveals himself to be this, especially if you manage to save his life.]]
69* LastOfHisKind: While the number isn't easily discernible, there aren't that many humans left alive after the Alpha Strike.
70* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Iji. [[spoiler:If he bites it, she completely ''snaps''.]]
71* MissionControl: He provides support to Iji from a comfy seat in a control room.
72* TheMole: Some archives you can find indicate that Dan has been working with the Komato the entire time. [[spoiler:It's all a bunch of lies and misleading crap planted by Asha to turn the siblings against each other.]]
73* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: [[spoiler:If Dan dies, Iji is so in denial she'll pretend he's still there.]]
74* NonActionGuy: He holes up in a control room and lets Iji do the grunt work. Iji even notes he wouldn't last five seconds against the aliens.
75* PlotlineDeath: [[spoiler:Although you can save him through creative trapmine use.]]
76* RedOniBlueOni: Blue. Dan's quite {{the Spock}}, urging Iji to forgo emotions for sake of her quest. [[spoiler:It's mostly an act.]]
77* TeenGenius: Regardless of how he might appear otherwise, it was Dan who managed to crack Tasen electronics. In fact, the surviving scientists got their act together only after his example shamed them into action.
78* ThemeNaming: All the Kataisers have three-letter first names.
79* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: It's the loudspeakers, but the idea is the same.
80
81!! Mia Kataiser
82
83* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: [[spoiler:Her ribbons aren't actually there. Iji's just hallucinating.]]
84* PosthumousCharacter: She's already dead by the time Iji wakes up from her coma.
85* ThemeNaming: All the Kataisers have three-letter first names.
86
87!! Ron Kataiser
88
89* AllThereInTheScript: His name is only mentioned once off-hand in an out-of-the-way logbook. His backstory isn't even in the game at all.
90* DisappearedDad: He doesn't have one, but he serves this role to his children after he dies.
91* ForgottenFallenFriend: Only his coworkers mention him, his children barely mention him.
92* PosthumousCharacter: He's already dead by the time Iji wakes up from her coma.
93* TheProfessor: He was a scientist working in a military research facility.
94* ThemeNaming: All the Kataisers have three-letter first names.
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96[[/folder]]
97
98[[folder:The Tasen]]
99
100!! Krotera
101[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/krotera.jpg]]
102[[caption-width-right:146:Notable achievements: punched by Hel Sarie, universally loathed]]
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104* CharacterDeath: He's either slain in combat with Iji or [[spoiler:fragged by Vateilika]].
105* DiscOneFinalBoss: He is the first major antagonist to defeat. Once he's dead, [[spoiler:the Komato come knocking]].
106* TheFriendNobodyLikes: His own achievements incline that ''no one'' likes him, but he was presumably one of the best combatants the Tasen had. Then Hel Sarie died, he took charge with his power and authority, and made his own measures to save the Tasen, crossing lines the rest were extremely uncomfortable with to the point that [[spoiler:Vateilika will post-humorously call out him out for what he'd done if she kills him personally.]]
107* GeneralRipper
108* HateSink: He's the one antagonist that is given no sympathetic traits beyond his goals for trying to save the Tasen, and his horrific measures of Alpha Striking Earth to ensure there was absolutely no resistance in finding a new home torpedoes ''any'' sympathy that can be elicited from said goal. He's such a bastard that [[spoiler:Vateilika will kill him on an Innocent/Pacifist run when he openly threatens to murder her for making a truce with a human like Iji.]]
109* KingMook: Though he has some unique attacks, the Elites found in other sectors fight in mostly the same way.
110* LaserGuidedKarma: For all of the destruction he wrought for the sake of an easy solution, he's either killed by one of the last remaining survivors of humanity who was turned into a cyborg solely to deal with him, or [[spoiler:betrayed by one of his own soldiers after he trash-talked and threatened to kill her for making a truce with said human.]] The latter effectively spells it out that [[AssholeVictim he had it coming.]]
111* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: While ordinary Tasen Elites wear grey armour with yellow trim, Krotera's is yellow on red.
112* MoralMyopia: Calling Iji an "over-violent lunatic" is completely nonsensical when he was the one who ordered an Alpha Strike on Earth.
113* TheNeidermeyer
114* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:As long as you stay Innocent (No kills) or Pacifist (Very few kills) in the first three sectors, you can bypass the battle with him through a truce made with his men. If you don't skip him, even if you don't technically kill him (by clever use of the turrets or taking an explosive to the face while near him), Iji's guilt will count Krotera as one of her kills.]]
115* SmallRoleBigImpact: He only personally appears for his boss fight, dies just as fast, and ultimately is a bit player in the Tasen-Komato war, but it's his actions that turn all of Earth into a nigh-uninhabitable ruin and puts humanity on the brink of extinction, setting Iji off on her mission in the aftermath. And, ultimately, it's his actions that cause Iji and Dan [[spoiler:to call the Komato to Earth to attempt to counter the Tasen, or for the Komato to follow them there anyway, instigating the ''rest'' of the plot as Iji has to now prevent Earth from being blown into space dust.]]
116* UnexplainedAccent: Krotera seems to speak in a slight German accent, despite being, well, an alien. Of course, [[TheNeidermeyer this suits him quite well]].
117* WakeUpCallBoss
118* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His recklessness in using the Alpha Strike to occupy Earth without a fuss not only ends up [[CreateYourOwnHero creating the person]] either directly or indirectly responsible for his death, but can potentially lead to circumstances that [[spoiler:drive his entire race to extinction and even ''the destruction of Earth itself''.]]
119
120!! Vateilika
121
122* ActionGirl: Like Iji, Vateilika is a capable fighter.
123* AlmightyJanitor: To an extent. She's no stronger than usual if you fight her, but if you keep the truce, [[spoiler: she kills Krotera with]] an MPFB Devastator, which is ''not'' a Soldier-level weapon. Also, she seems to be able to remain standing while shooting it, meaning that she's almost certainly stronger than Iji. [[spoiler: Her ability to sneak onto and off of a Komato ship and traverse the complex faster than most also suggest she's very agile.]]
124* BigDamnHeroes: If you forge and uphold the truce with her, [[spoiler:she busts in and frags Krotera before he can fight Iji]].
125* TheDogBitesBack: If you get her on your side, [[spoiler:she'll come in and kill Krotera right when he's trash-talking her.]]
126* HeelFaceTurn: As long as you follow the truce, she becomes an ally to Iji.
127* HonestJohnsDealership: Later in the game, she can sell you armor repairs. At this point, she doesn't care if you've killed any Tasen after the truce was over - she knows she can do business with you.
128* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:She can potentially be one of the very few survivors of the Tasen.]]
129* PunchClockVillain
130* ScrewThisImOuttaHere
131* StopPokingMe: If she's on your side by Sector 7, she'll make some comments on her backstory if you attempt to crack her.
132
133!! Yukabacera
134
135* AlmightyJanitor: He uses the same sprite and rank as a regular Tasen mook, but he's equipped with a suite of personalized and cracked gear that make him the strongest Tasen in the game, and stronger than the vast majority of Komato to boot.
136* BadassBookworm: Yukabacera is skilled with cracking and nanotechnology, and he's a surprisingly formidable opponent, thanks to his [[LightningBruiser deadly weapons, high health, and fast movement speed]].
137* BossInMookClothing: He looks like a regular Tasen Soldier, but he has ''50'' Health (double of Krotera's) and carries a [[LightningGun CFIS]] that can shred Iji's armor meter in a flash.
138* EvilCounterpart: He's the Tasen counterpart to Iji; a living example of what a Tasen could achieve through the use of Nano and proper cracking skills. While he's not evil in the strictest sense, he is one of the Tasen invaders.
139* HonestJohnsDealership: Is involved in illicit trade with some of the Komato. However, [[SillinessSwitch the translators he sells are defective]].
140* MrExposition: Not in the game, but there's some secret pages on Remar's website allegedly written by him explaining much of the backstory.
141* OptionalBoss: He can be fought if you apply some [[GuideDangIt careful]] tactics in Sector 6 to get up to his bunker.
142* PlayfulHacker: Hacks logbooks largely for entertainment value. Also hacks weapons for the same reason.
143
144!! Wak Torma
145
146* ChildSoldier: Wak Torma is only 15 starturns old.
147* DiscountLesbians
148* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
149* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:Along with Vateilika, the diary writer and her girlfriend are the only Tasen to survive the game if you kept the truce, except in Version 1.6, where keeping the truce on a pacifist run lets more Tasen survive.]]
150* NoNameGiven: Before 1.7, she was just referred to as "PAIE" (the second part of her identification sign). 1.7 gave her and her girlfriend (Maeja) names.
151* SympatheticPOV
152
153!! Hel Sarie
154
155* ActionGirl
156* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Until her death, Sarie was the leader of all Tasen, and certainly the most badass.
157* DeaderThanDead: She was ''completely disintegrated'', along with her ship, by a Phantom Hammer. Ouch.
158* AFatherToHisMen: Well, mother.
159* MirrorCharacter: According to Asha, Iji is a lot like her despite their completely different situations: a worthy adversary with strength and conviction who's about to die to Tor's Phantom Hammer.
160* OneManArmy
161* PosthumousCharacter: Hel was dead long before the game took place.
162* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She appears jarringly so in contrast to Krotera.
163* WorthyOpponent: Asha, of all people, seems to have considered her this (though she wasn't his adversary in particular).
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165[[/folder]]
166
167[[folder:The Komato]]
168
169!! Asha
170[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asha.jpg]]
171[[caption-width-right:146:Notable achievements: teleporting own arm off, deserted by his squad, losing to a human]]
172
173A high-ranking Assassin in the Komato Imperial Army, known for his exceptional combat prowess and even more exceptional arrogance.
174
175He appears in ''VideoGame/SlapCity'' as a playable fighter, representing ''Iji''.
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177* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Few people have anything resembling a positive opinion of Assassin Asha in the Imperial Army. The entire Assassin squadron under his command deserts him [[spoiler:after he goes off the deep end regarding Iji]].
178* ArchEnemy: He quickly develops an obsession with killing the Human Anomaly, and it becomes personal on both sides when [[spoiler:Asha kidnaps and potentially murders Dan]].
179* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He doesn't quite fit the Kung Fu part, though like all Assassins he carries a sword, but certainly the "arrogant" part. It's deconstructed as well: he's good, and he knows it, and ''because'' he's so skilled, he doesn't fight intelligently or play to his strengths.
180* AttackReflector: Like all Assassins, trying to hit him with a projectile will trigger an immediate Resonance Reflector usage.
181* BeamSpam: During the second battle, he has two special moves where he can increase his Plasma Cannon's rate of fire to about [[MoreDakka 1000 rounds per minute]].
182* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:He breaks down and [[DrivenToSuicide kills himself out of shame]] if Iji manages to get around his second fight.]]
183* BeyondTheImpossible:
184** In the second fight, he can dodge anything, even a ''nuke'', in an enclosed room. He just [[TooDumbToLive chooses not to dodge the Shotgun.]]
185** His method of [[BeamSpam rapid firing his lasers]] at the pace of his [[DualWield dual-wielding]] fellow assassins is to alternately teleport prep'd guns into his only hand.
186* CharacterDeath: He is either slain in combat with Iji midway through Sector X or [[spoiler:offs himself offscreen out of shame if she circumvents him]].
187* DegradedBoss: In the first fight with him, he fights in the same way other assassins do later on. He has a unique style for the rematch.
188* DoppelgangerSpin: Afterimages of him start to accumulate after a while during the second fight.
189* DualWield: The only Assassin who doesn't do this, due to having [[TeleFrag only one arm]]. To his credit, Asha comes as close to dual wielding as any one-armed man can possible get; he ''teleports'' his guns into and out of his hand, firing two guns at their maximum fire rate ''with one finger''!
190* EvilLaugh: "A-HA-ha-ha-HA!"
191* FragileSpeedster: He is the quickest teleporter among the assassins, capable of dodging any attack, but he's not that much more durable.
192* GenderBlenderName: "Asha" is a girl's name in most parts of the world, and he's one of the most manly characters in the game. The creator didn't know that it was a real name when he came up with it.
193* HandicappedBadass: Despite {{telefrag}}ging his own arm off, he's still as competent in battle as other assassins.
194* HateSink: In a game where most enemies have at least a ''little'' bit of sympathetic qualities, Assassin Asha has none of those. Even his own squad hates him!
195* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:He won't dodge any small guns like a shotgun or a Buster Gun because he considers them too petty to dodge. [[TooDumbToLive Even if he's on his last bit of health and about to die.]]]]
196* KilledOffscreen: If you skip his second fight, [[spoiler:Dan informs you right before the final battle that he committed suicide]].
197* LaserBlade
198* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Like Krotera, he's based on an ordinary enemy found later in the game, but differs slightly. In this case, he wears purple instead of black, and apparently isn't wearing a shirt.
199* {{Narcissist}}
200* {{Pride}}: Asha puts the ''"ass"'' in assassin. ''TWICE!''
201* {{Seppuku}}: [[spoiler:Skipping the rematch in Sector X will cause him to blow himself up due to the shame it brought him]].
202* SkippableBoss: [[spoiler:Through some DungeonBypass.]]
203* SmallNameBigEgo
204* SmugSnake
205* StoryBreakerPower: Asha's dodging ability ''would'' make him literally invincible in an area he'd mapped out if he weren't a pathological idiot.
206* SquishyWizard: In both his fights he only has 8 and 10 HP respectively, but ''more'' than makes up for his low health with his agility and immunity to most HP-damaging weapons.
207* TeleFrag: He lost his arm when he accidentally teleported partway into a wall.
208* TeleportSpam: His preferred method of locomotion.
209* TooCleverByHalf
210* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:Refuses to dodge Shotgun or Buster Gun projectiles, even when taking one more pellet would [[LudicrousGibs reduce him to a fine teal mist]]]].
211* TookALevelInBadass: The second fight with him, and he was already pretty badass to begin with.
212* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Activate a single checkpoint before going into the second fight with Asha. Die to him. Activate a second checkpoint. Die to him again. Then challenge him one last time. His reaction is PRICELESS]].
213** [[spoiler:For those of you who don't want to go through sector X in a very specific and difficult way just to get this reaction, Asha threatens to tear Iji to pieces and throw those pieces into a black hole ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill ten times]]'']].
214** [[spoiler:He also suffers a breakdown and kills himself if you refuse to fight him the second time.]]
215* VillainsNeverLie: [[spoiler:Averted, Dan's not a traitor. It's just a trap. Iji sees through this anyway.]]
216* WalkingShirtlessScene
217* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:In the second fight, he can only be damaged by your weakest guns, because he thinks they're not worth his time dodging.]]
218* YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler:Inverted; his head is the only part of him that ''doesn't'' explode messily when he dies]].
219* ZeroEffortBoss: His first encounter is...underwhelming if [[spoiler:you have a Nuke]].
220
221!! Proxima
222
223A "Sentinel" combat drone sold for an absurd markup by the Komato Imperial Weapons Industries, and eventually unleashed on Iji after she destroys a Phantom Hammer.
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225* AlwaysAccurateAttack: Proxima is equipped with a Nuke. Nothing that isn't [[ClimaxBoss Assassin Asha]] can dodge a Nuke, and not even MercyInvincibility will save Iji.
226* ArtificialStupidity: A trait of Sentinel robots is this, being prone to getting caught in loops. Though, occasionally Proxima will try to break out of a loop by dashing away.
227* AwesomeButImpractical:
228** Proxima's Nuke deals 5 (4 with Health maxed) damage unavoidably, but it takes ''ages'' to charge up and is unable to move itself while charging, giving Iji free rein to spam her strongest weapons or kick it into an active electropad.
229** Sentinels ''themselves'' are this in-story, where the costs and logistics of using a Sentinel when that money could go into arming regular Troopers gets questioned by a random Komato logbook author.
230* BossArenaIdiocy: Proxima lands in a room with two electropads that can heavily damage it despite its armor.
231* BullfightBoss: The normal way of fighting Proxima involves either using its tackle attack to lure it into electropads, or kicking it in.
232* CollisionDamage: This is the only boss that tries to take advantage of its, as one of its attacks is chasing Iji.
233* FlatCharacter: Given it's a combat robot, it doesn't express much character with its short screentime.
234* MadeOfIron: Not only does it have 200 HP (8x that of the first boss), but it has special armor that nullifies armor damage and halves HP damage from everything that isn't the [[ArmorPiercingAttack CFIS]] or [[InfinityMinusOneSword Velocithor]], effectively {{No Sell}}ing a good chunk of Iji's available weapons. High Attack, at least level 3 Assimilate, and a MPFB Devastator or [=CFIS/Velocithor=] are requirements to kill it without electropads and without dying from Nukes.
235* NoisyRobots: The beeps it makes are actually tells for what attack it's using (specfically, they're ternary codes).
236* PuzzleBoss: The normal way of fighting Proxima is to dodge its attacks, use a terminal that activates after a set amount of attacks to enable an electropad, and land Proxima into one of the pads to damage it.
237* ShowsDamage: Its sprite changes for every 50 HP it loses to show panels being knocked off and spikes broken. It's the only entity in-game to have this type of damage demonstration.
238* SuckingInLines: When it's preparing its Nuke. This is Iji's cue to kick it into an electropad or try and get in some revenge damage.
239* TimeLimitBoss: Due to the way Proxima's Nuke works and the limited amount of red nano in the boss arena, the fight is effectively on a soft time limit.
240
241!! Iosa Sakera
242[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/iosa.jpg]]
243[[caption-width-right:146:Notable achievements: wrapping her kill counter around to 0, surviving an Alpha Strike, wearing a sock-like helmet]]
244
245Known as "Iosa the Invincible", this Annihilator pilot's nickname isn't just for show - she's sporting a specialized nanofield that allows her to survive ''anything'', up to and including a planet-busting Alpha Strike.
246
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248* BareFistedMonk: After her exoskeleton is destroyed, she fights entirely using her claws.
249* TheBerserker
250* BlindWeaponmaster: According to a picture of her in Remar's page, Iosa is blind and relies on her armor's camera and sensors. But this was never mentioned in the game.
251* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:How she dies, assuming Ansaksie isn't with you.]]
252* CoolMask: Every alien in the game wears some sort of mask, but Iosa gets bonus points for wearing what looks like a ''sock'' over her face. [[spoiler:She also keeps it when she's demoted to Trooper]].
253* DarkActionGirl
254* DoWellButNotPerfect: [[spoiler:For the best ending, even if you're playing everything else as a PacifistRun, Iosa has to die.]]
255* TheDragon: Seems second in the hierarchy of the Komato fleet, is first seen at General Tor's side, and is far more willing to fight than Tor.
256* EvilCounterpart: To Iji. Like Iji, Iosa is a super-Komato augmented with an advanced Nanofield and personal, unique technology available to no one else. Unlike Iji, she's fighting for a genocidal, conquering army, and is completely immune to reason. Also see ShadowArchetype below.
257* FreudianExcuse: ''Her'' world got whacked with an Alpha Strike, with her on it. [[GenocideBackfire She survived]], and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge now she won't rest until every last trace of the Tasen are wiped from existence]].
258* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Completely pulps Iji if she decides to spare Iosa]].
259* HumongousMecha: She fights in her Annihilator exoskeleton for the first part of the battle.
260%% * ImmortalitySeeker: Implied by some optional dialogue.
261%% * ImplacableMan
262* MirrorCharacter: Both Iji and Iosa lost their homeworlds to Tasen Alpha Strikes. Iji attempts to call her out on it at the beginning of their fight. Depending on how the player has been playing Iji, Iosa can throw that right back in her face.
263* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Iosa is often called "the Invincible", and for good reason...
264* NighInvulnerable: To be more specific, it's a combination of a powerful Nanofield normally used on doors and a natural resistance to energy beams, which is the reason she can have a door-grade Nanofield without having her neurons fried.
265* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Her RedBaron title is "the Invincible"... at least until Iji is through with her. [[spoiler:Iji hacks Iosa to completely dispel her unbreakable nanofield, leaving her completely exposed.]]
266* OddNameOut: She's the only alien in the game with a last name, at least one ever mentioned.
267* OneManArmy: Her kill count is over one thousand; so high, the number [[{{Cap}} wrapped back to zero.]]
268* PowerArmor: She turns out to be a lot smaller when her exoskeleton is destroyed.
269* PuzzleBoss: Her exoskeleton can be [[SubvertedTrope defeated through superior firepower]], but it's easier just to use the laser traps in the room. Fighting Iosa out of her exoskeleton plays the trope straight, though.
270* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:In her ending, she successfully gets her revenge on both Iji and the Tasen, but she kills Tor in a fit of rage, is shamed and disgraced by her commanding officer, and will likely face trial and worse for her war crimes.]]
271* SequentialBoss: First you destroy Iosa's Annihilator, then you square off against her outside the mech.
272* ShadowArchetype: Iosa is what Iji becomes on a max-kill route: a psychopathic [[TheBerserker berserker]] driven only by the destruction of her enemies.
273* UngratefulBitch: Iji can spare her if she doesn't meet Ansaksie. [[spoiler:She thanks her by busting in after the final boss fight and murdering her.]]
274* UnholyMatrimony: In one of the logbooks, Asha states that she and Tor are lovers.
275* WeaksauceWeakness: [[spoiler:Since she's immune to projectiles, the only way to keep her under control is to kick her several times.]]
276* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: A maniacal BloodKnight even by her species' high standards, her lust for carnage began when the Tasen [[ApocalypseHow Alpha Struck]] her home planet, killing ''every living thing'' on it [[{{Determinator}} except for her]]. Afterwards, she desired nothing more than the extermination of every last Tasen in existence.
277* YoungerThanTheyLook: Iosa is only ''38'' in a cast of enemies whose listed ages go up to over 200.
278
279!! Ansaksie
280
281A laid-back, level-headed mercenary, this Assassin isn't particularly interested in hunting Iji. However, there's ''someone'' on Ansaksie's shit list that she could use Iji's help in getting rid of...
282----
283* ActionGirl
284* ArmsDealer: Is involved in stealing and trading [[spoiler: the Null Driver]], which freaks [[PlayfulHacker OmnikrakR]] out due to just how illegal and powerful it is.
285* DistaffCounterpart: Of Asha. WordOfGod says she was made female to distinguish the two. Their outlooks are exact opposites, though.
286* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:If you're a pacifist, you can get her on your side against Iosa.]]
287* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Iosa is just so much of a murdering, vengeful monster that Ansaksie is willing to betray the Komato and outright murder Iosa with the help of a pacifist Iji, which also spurs her towards a HeelFaceTurn altogether.]]
288* HeelFaceTurn
289* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Massacre weapon, which she is in possession of. [[spoiler:If you manage to score 0 kills, she'll give it to Iji right before the final boss fight.]]
290* LaserBlade
291* MartialPacifist: Believes that fighting and killing should be done sparingly. Also believes that violence should be done with absolute force when it ''is'' necessary. Nonetheless, she respects you the most if it turns out that you do not need to kill to accomplish your objectives.
292* MinoredInAssKicking: See MartialPacifist. Her total kill count is 42 according to WordOfGod.
293* ReluctantWarrior
294* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Her advice to the rest of the assassins when Asha goes off his nut.
295* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only has a notable impact on the story in the Pacifist route, and primarily for [[spoiler:complimenting Iji on her pacifism and then assisting with killing Iosa before [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere departing]]. But it's through her killing Iosa in this particular path that Iji can live; without that alliance, trying to spare Iosa will cause her to murder Iji after Tor's defeat, making Ansaksie's pragmatism essential.]]
296* StopPokingMe: If you talk to her repeatedly before the final battle, she'll gripe about you poking her, mentioning a defective translator. [[spoiler:Turn on the Scrambler and do it again, and she'll tell you how to unlock [[UnwinnableJokeGame reallyjoel's dad mode]].]]
297* TeleportSpam: Comes with the territory of being a Komato Assassin, and she'll use it to great effect... [[spoiler:against ''Iosa'']].
298
299!! Tor
300[[quoteright:146:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tor.jpg]]
301[[caption-width-right:146:Notable achievements: vaporizing Hel Sarie, wearing black tights]]
302
303The General who oversees Imperial Army Fleet 1089, directing them in their hunt for the last Tasen. Secuting an audience with him to spare the Earth is the main goal of the game's second half.
304----
305* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:Of the tragic villain sort. If he doesn't try to destroy Earth and wipe out the Tasen, the High Council will be forced to execute him and destroy Earth anyway]].
306* BaitAndSwitchBoss: When you first run into him, he looks like a regular Komato, so the player might expect a simple shootout akin to Krotera. [[OhCrap Then he summons his mech]]. This is foreshadowed by a logbook, though.
307* BeamSpam: Know as "Death Hail" in the official guide.
308* {{BFG}}: Tor's own gun isn't that big. His exoskeleton's, on the other hand...
309* BigBad: He's one of the highest-ranked members of the present Komato fleet, making him this by default.
310* BilingualBonus: His name is similar to "Thor" (it's pronounced like "tore" in any Nordic language, especially Old Norse). Fittingly enough, not only does he wield a hammer, but he really brings the thunder in a different way, and he is one of the tankiest enemies you'll ever encounter.
311* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He will die no matter what ending you get, either at his own hands (default), Iosa's (spare Iosa), or Iji's (kill Tor).]]
312* CombatPragmatist: He sort of invokes this during the FinalBoss fight if he powers up the Phantom Hammer enough to fire it. [[spoiler:Seeing him charge up his ultimate weapon will probably prompt the player to try to dodge it by ducking. Tor sees this coming and stomps the ground to knock the player into the air and ''then'' fire it.]]
313* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In the standard endings, Tor self-terminates]].
314* DisintegratorRay: His Phantom Hammer.
315* EvilSoundsDeep: To the point of incomprehensibility.
316* FlunkyBoss: When [[SuperMode Maximum Charge]] is enabled, Tor summons two skysmashers (flying turrets) every attack cycle.
317* FinalBoss: He's the last opponent Iji faces.
318* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: Particularly a Pacifist Iji. Both he and Iji feel forced by the circumstances of their people to become warriors of great renown and merciless dispositions, but neither of them actually want these battles to be decided with ''any'' undue violence or suffering. The difference is that while a Pacifist Iji can actively attempt to avoid battle and refuses to do much fighting up until the end of the game despite what her brother asks of her, Tor will pick a fight to keep up appearances and avoid rocking the boat.]]
319* FourStarBadass: Being ranked General and being the opponent for the [[FinalBoss climactic battle]] of the game is a sure-fire qualification for the title.
320* GeneralRipper: [[spoiler:Subverted. It's just an act he puts on.]]
321* HeroKiller: Before the events of the game, Tor made a name for himself killing the Tasen hero [[FamedInStory Hel Sarie,]] who Iji is compared to by some. Asha threatens Iji with the same fate, should she attempt to negotiate.
322--> '''Asha:''' Tor will blow you into Phantom Hammer mist and spread your ashes to the winds... like he did with Hel Sarie.
323* HumongousMecha: He towers over the already tall Iji on foot. His Eidolon armor is ''bigger than some buildings''.
324* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:He's really a good guy inside.]]
325* MacrossMissileMassacre: His fractal rockets and Megamissile attacks involve a barrage of rockets.
326* MarathonBoss: On the lowest difficulty, he has [[MadeOfIron 900 health]] in a game where most enemies don't break 15. For comparison, Iosa's exoskeleton had 400 health.
327* NoSell: Similar to Proxima, his Eidolon eignores armor damage from weapons that aren't the CFIS or Velocithor. He still takes full damage from HP-damaging weapons.
328* OneHitKill: The Phantom Hammer doesn't just kill you, it wipes out all your stats.
329* PowerArmor: Like Iosa, he wears an exoskeleton for his boss battle.
330* PunchClockVillain
331* SadBattleMusic: Downplayed, as his boss theme is mainly heavy and climatic as one would expect from a FinalBoss, but there is a slight sign of melancholy in it, highlighting his AntiVillain nature.
332* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:The reason why Tor sticks around to fight Iji despite being able to just up and leave and let the Alpha Strike do its work is to see if there was hope for humanity. You only get to find this out from Kiron after executing Tor, but at that point, you have failed the test, and Kiron proceeds to Alpha Strike the planet.]]
333* ShadowArchetype: In a sense, represents an Iji that suppresses her desire to finish things peacefully for the greater good; a "middle of the road" so to speak between the two major paths. They both have names that are three letters long, are taller than a lot of their peers, and have a stark unwillingness to harm people without reason. In combat, Tor can use super-sized versions of a lot of Iji's weapons and skills, such as Spread Rockets, the Devastator, the Hyper Pulse, her kick, and even a version of the Explosive Shotgun overcharge, things that you can only really experiment with by killing ''just'' enough enemies to raise your stats enough to use them.
334* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: His armor's gun is not only large enough to start firing warship munitions, but because it's a nano-gun, he's had nearly ''everything'' cross-cracked with the shotgun function for maximum damage per spread across a wide area in front of him.
335* SlaveToPR: [[spoiler:The only reason he's stuck doing things he ''really'' doesn't want to do.]]
336* TennisBoss: His Phantom Hammer ball-shot can be reflected into him for ~80 damage, which also prevents him from charging up a [[OneHitKill full-power Phantom Hammer blast]] or his Nanostorm supermove (if he falls below the health threshold where he can use the Hammer).
337* ThisCannotBe: Defeat him on [[TrueFinalBoss maximum charge]] on [[HarderThanHard Ultimortal]], and you'll get this gem:
338--> '''Tor:''' [[spoiler:Grraagh! Impossible... it, it's impossible!!! How could a mere human... so weak and insignificant... against a fully powered General? So much fighting skill and combat spirit... in such a frail body... Have mercy... please, I beg of you to have mercy on me!]]
339* TopHeavyGuy: Has a rather impressive upper body, though it doesn't really get displayed much when he's in a mech for the majority of his screen time.
340* TrueFinalBoss: On a NewGamePlus, you can "maximum charge" his exoskeleton, giving him the maximum 1200 HP and making his attacks full-strength from the start, as well as [[FlunkyBoss spawning skysmashers every attack cycle]].
341* UnholyMatrimony: With Iosa.
342* WaveMotionGun: He can use the Phantom Hammer ''as a handheld ray''. Okay, with his mech, but still.
343
344!! Kiron
345
346* ItHasBeenAnHonor: He says that to his superior, when Tor orders the fleet to leave.
347* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: He doesn't appear until the final cutscene.
348* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Hands them out to Iosa (if Iji spared her) or Iji (if Iji killed Tor)]].
349* SlaveToPR: [[spoiler:Just like Tor]].
350* TakeUpMySword: He is put in command of the Komato fleet if Tor bites it.
351* TheVoice: We never see Kiron, we just hear him over Tor's intercom. [[GrammarNazi Or to be exact, his lines appear in the text box.]]
352* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:He tells Iji off if she killed Tor and then [[NiceJobBreakingItHero approves the Alpha Strike]]]].
353* YouAreInCommandNow: If Iji kills Tor, he is the next in line for command of the fleet.
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