History Awesome / Iji

** [[strike:Asshead]] Asha the Assassin is disgustingly satisfying to kill, as he decides he's got some sort of horrible vendetta against you, [[spoiler:and especially if he killed Dan.]] But the best part is using the Nuke on him in the first fight and watch him ''shit himself in terror.''

*** And how do you beat her, you ask? Why, you [[spoiler: kick her in the face until her head slams into the wall, then crack her Nanofield while she's stunned. Then Iji finishes her off with a shotgun shell (accidentally, admittedly, in a pacifist run), or if one finds her in a pacifist run, an assassin that has agreed to help you stabs Iosa ''through the head''.]]

*** Plus if you're playing a Full Pacifist Run, you can use the [[spoiler:resident BFG - the Massacre - which Ansaksie drops off for you shortly before the fight. Finish Tor off with it and watch him panic.]]

** For some, the most awesome of all awesome bosses is Proxima the Sentinel. This crazy titanium sphere likes to hover just out of sight, so you can't tell where its next attack is going to come from, and fire a huge array of weapons at you all at once. Usually, avoiding one attack means jumping right into another. And, unless you've concentrated exclusively on weapons skills, it's barely possible to damage it; you have to dodge and keep dodging until it enters its "charging up" phase and then you ''finally'' get to run up to it and give it a good, hard kick [[spoiler: into an electric field]]. So satisfying.

* [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Saving Dan's life]] by [[CrazyPrepared keeping the Trapmine from earlier and using it on the teleport pad just before the encounter with Dan and Asha at the exit]]]]. Asha's [[OhCrap reaction]] really sells it.
* Iji is considered, by both invading forces, to be very powerful, regardless of kill count (be it hundreds or zero). The secret move [[spoiler: Retribution]] shows her potential.

*** His BeamSpam, MacrossMissileMassacre and other highly explosive weapons also adds to the experience. And if you're too careless and allows him to charge three glowing shots, he combines them into his WaveMotionGun, which is usually ''installed on battleships'' for use in the ''planet busting Alpha Strike'' and uses it to vaporize Iji in one shot.

** General Tor, who is fought under the haunting lights of a fleet warming up its planetbuster to the most awesome music in a game with a Crowning Soundtrack Of Awesome. And absolutely heartbreaking, as he wouldn't be fighting if the general population didn't have some homicidal obsession with ending the Tasen race.

*** And how do you beat her, you ask? Why, you [[spoiler: kick her in the face until her head slams into the wall, then crack her Nanofield while she's stunned. Then Iji finishes her off with a shotgun shell, or for pacifists/near 0 kill count, an assassin that agreed to help you stabs Iosa, ''through the head''.]]

*** Nevermind the fact that the Phantom Hammer not only kills you, but it blanks out all your gauges, text, and numbers on your HUD. It actually ''wipes out all your stats''.

*** Proxima can be kicked into the fields when it's using the Plasma Cannon attacks, and if you time it right, you can even make it fly itself into one of the fields in it's attempts to ram you. It's not very smart.

* Iji is considered, by both invading forces, to be very powerful. The secret move [[spoiler: Retribution]] shows her potential.

* [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Saving Dan's life]] by [[CrazyPrepared keeping the Trapmine from earlier and using it on the teleport pad just before the encounter with Dan and Asha at the exit]]]]. Asha's [[OhCrap reaction]] really sells it.

*** His attack pattern in the second fight is also intimidatingly awesome. Rapid teleport, followed by close-up energy sword, wall-jumping Plasma Cannon or a split-second floating (shouting "Just DIE") before slamming the ground with a huge shockwave. And you can only beat him with your shotgun, because it's the only weapon he deems ''too weak to dodge.'' His death here is also quite satisfying - the resulting explosion ''blows his head off'' and reduces the rest of his body to a bloody smear.

* [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Saving Dan's life]] by [[[[CrazyPrepared keeping the Trapmine from earlier and using it on the teleport pad just before the encounter with Dan and Asha at the exit]]]]. Asha's [[OhCrap reaction]] really sells it.

* [[CrazyPrepared Saving Dan]]. Asha's reaction really sells it.

* ''{{Iji}}'' brings us a trifecta of absolutely awesome bosses:

*** Proxima can be kicked into the fields when it's using the Plasma Cannon attacks, and if you time it right, you can even make it fly itself into one of the fields in it's attempts to ram you. It's not very smart.