History Characters / TheSurge

* ActionSurvivor / EmpoweredBadassNormal: While having an exo-suit that multiplies your strength and stamina substantially, and having a neural-link that greatly speeds your thinking capabilities certainly helps, at the end of the day, Warren was just a wheelchair-bound Average Joe looking for a job. Also by the end he's fought through armies of zombified workers, killer robots, several giant mecha (including one the size of an ''entire production line''), CREO's highly trained and borderline paramilitary security forces and [[spoiler: a MindHive nanomachine scourge dedicated to wiping out humanity]].

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:As soon as he finds out what Utopia will actually do, he records a suicide note and hangs himself.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Some of his very first lines hint at something shady going on at [=CREO=]. He's often talking about technology or events that have happened with a pro-[=CREO=] spin, which given the setting... tend to be rather suspect.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She was guiding Mallory Stark the same way she guides Warren, except when Mallory called it quits, Sally remotely shut down her [=Exo-Rig=], stopped keeping her healthy, and left her to die.]]

* [[spoiler:KilledOffscreen]]: [[spoiler: Ends up suffering this if you end up helping Jo all the way. Arriving at the Ops Station after [=CREO=] Security rolls out, you'll spot his bloodied corpse a little ways away from the door. Next to it is a heavy-duty weapon - the description indicating it being the very same one Warren helped make for Jo.]]

* FunctionalAddict: His medical implant calms him down dramatically when you give it to him, restoring him to sanity. [[spoiler:But the next time you come back to Central Production B, he's lost his mind. Some of his ramblings indicate he's being assimilated by the Rogue Process rather than overdosing on his implant, though.]]

* [[ModestyBedsheet ModestyCostume]]: He's not stuck in the Rusty Rat costume. He's just not wearing anything underneath, and would rather blow up than lose his dignity.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Their single-rigged weapons are essentially the {{BFS}} version of this trope.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In a non-cheating sense. In Abandoned Productions, Lynx rigs use the [=ASTir Vibro-Cutter=] like a single-rigged weapon, but Warren uses it as a one-handed one.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The twin-rigged variants use a {{Dual Wielding}} version of this trope.

* PoliceAreUseless: More interested in gatekeeping than actually solving any problems.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Destroy all of its legs before killing it.]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Kill no more than two of the welding arms.]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' Twofold! [[spoiler: Have a P.A.X. robot blow up the two white fuel tanks with its cannon (this will also stop the reinforcements) to get three pieces of his armor. Sever his right arm for the last armor piece and weapon.]]

* VillainousLegacy: By the time of ''The Surge 2'', [[spoiler: the Rogue Process no longer exists thanks to the efforts of Warren and Dr. Chavez, but the Utopia nanites themselves are still active and wrecking havok as they spread mindlessly.]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Sever his right arm. [[RuleOfThree Seeing a pattern yet?]]]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Defeat him in the Iron [=MAUS=] costume.]]

[[/folder]]

* DynamicEntry: A slow, shambling figure that can suddenly launch a long-range leaping thrust attack.

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In a non-cheating sense. In the first Area, Lynx rigs use the [=ASTir Vibro-Cutter=] like a single-rigged weapon, but Warren uses it as a one-handed one.

* GlassCannon: Rigs with the Yosuke Butterfly twin-rigged weapons fight fast and hit hard, and their health pool is nothing to sneeze at. One serves as a miniboss fight in the Power Plant early in the game.

* EarlyBirdCameo: You find a bunch of non-respawning ones in the aforementioned [[BonusDungeon Discarded Safety Equipment]] way earlier than you're intended to face them without instant death. But, after you come back from Resolve Biolabs? Try to head back to the Maglev to the starter area? ''Enjoy facing down the Upgraded Security variant [[BeefGate standing between you and the Maglev.]]'' Thankfully also non-respawning, but just as difficult for players at that level.

* Killed Offscreen: [[spoiler: Ends up suffering this if you end up helping Jo all the way. Arriving at the Ops Station after [=CREO=] Security rolls out, you'll spot his bloodied corpse a little ways away from the door. Next to it is a heavy-duty weapon - the description indicating it being the very same one Warren helped make for Jo.]]

A big stompy WalkingTank that Warren inadvertently wakes up when he reactivates the Power Plant. The first boss of the game. [[spoiler: At least one more will show up during the Black Cerberus boss fight.]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Don't let it hit itself with its own missiles.]]

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Part of the reason he signs up with CREO is to walk again - and the Exo-Rig allows him to do just that. [[spoiler: It gives out in the ending forcing him to crawl back to his wheelchair]].

* LightningBruiser: In a game full of them, both variants of these guys stand out.

* SimpleStaff: The [=MG Gorgon=] rigs use MG Negiotator a powered version of this trope that's essentially an elognated stun baton.

* ForMassiveDamage: That power core explosion? Half a health bar wiped out.

Ten new enemies added to the game with the release of the free Fire & Ice DLC. These unique opponents replace ten previously existing common enemies throughout Central Production B, Resolve Biolabs, and Research & Development. What makes them stand out is the brand new weapons they're showcasing, and they aren't about to give them up lightly.

* MindHive: Speaks with the voices of Lawrence Murphy, some [=CREO=] Security members, the guy in the Golden Ticket audio log from the very start of the game, [[spoiler:Sally]], and [[spoiler: [[RobotGirl Maddy]]]]. Murphy's audio logs indicate that it was created from not just the Utopia nanites and Barrett's nanotech cybernetics, but also the minds of everyone linked into the CREO neural network.

* WasOnceAMan: It's implied that Lawrence Murphy was patient zero for the AI's creation judging from his audio logs.

* BigBad: The reason everything went to hell at the [=CREO=] facility.

* MindHive: Speaks with the voices of Lawrence Murphy, some [=CREO=] Security members, the guy in the Golden Ticket audio log from the very start of the game, [[spoiler:Sally]], and [[spoiler: [[RobotGirl Maddy]]]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The titular event was set off by the Rogue Process to take over the facility and stop the Utopia virus from launching. It also put Warren in a prime position to fight his way to the Rogue Process and [[MultipleEndings take it down/stop the virus]].

* KnightOfCerberus: Those funny mascots walking around? Not so funny now, are they?

* ActionSurvivor: Starts as a wheelchair-bound Average Joe looking for a job. By the end he's fought through armies of zombified workers, killer robots, CREO security forces and [[spoiler: a nanomachine scourge]].

* ArchRival: To Iron [=MAUS=]. He details it in the audio logs he leaves behind. Catching on to this and providing him with that showdown will fulfill the Hardcore Kill condition.

* NiceGuy: Concerned for the well-being of his S&R squad, explains what they were like before the apocalypse, is distraught when they inevitably turn up either insane or dead, and never, ever, steers Warren wrong

!!Enemies
[[folder: Drones]]
!!Drones
Ubiquitous around [=CREO=], floating drones made up a large part of the facility's workforce before everything went to hell. They come in multiple variants and are seen in every area of the game.

* ActionBomb: The self-destructing variant, which is thankfully rare. Laser drones can also fire an [=EMP=] that wipes out both Warren's shield and energy, but doesn't kill it.
* GoddamnedBats: The shield variants have a nasty habit of floating completely out of range and hitting Warren with a powerful energy blast that will likely kill him instantly by the time he encounters them. And if they're not Warren's current target, they'll project a shield over whoever or whatever is.
* TheGoomba: The initial variant which does a short charge is near-harmless and easy to kill.
* PaletteSwap: Crystallized Drones, seen only in Lower [=CREO=] World, have been infected by [[spoiler:the Rogue Process]] and as such they fly much faster, charge much further, and extend sword blades for a whirlwind attack compared to the weak maintenance drones seen at the start of the game.

[[folder: [=Single-Rigged/One-Handed Zombies=]]]
!!Zombified Lynx/Liquidator/[[spoiler:[=MG=] Gorgon]]/Mantis
The first humanoid enemy type in the game, with mostly light Operator-class pieces and either single-rigged weapons attached to their [=Exo-Rigs=] or one-handed melee weapons. Their brains were fried when the titular surge happened, leaving them to shamble about the facility in a zombie-like manner.

* DynamicEntry: A slow, shambling figure that can suddenly launch a long-range leaping thrust attack.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Their single-rigged weapons are essentially the {{BFS}} version of this trope.
* PaletteSwap: Liquidator rigs are tougher variants found mostly in toxic areas wielding KLINGE Power Grips. [[spoiler: [=MG=] Gorgon rigs, being former [=CREO=] Security forces, are even tougher, found in the final area and wielding [=MG=] Legionnaires or Fractal Reavers.]]
** Mantis rigs are found in [=CREO=] World, with a few different weapons and new attacks, such as the ability to fire the sawblade out of their [=HUMI M248=] 'Emerald' weapon.
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In a non-cheating sense. In the first Area, Lynx rigs use the [=ASTir Vibro-Cutter=] like a single-rigged weapon, but Warren uses it as a one-handed one.

[[folder: [=Twin-Rigged/Heavy Duty Zombies=]]]
!!Zombified Rhino/Scarab/Mantis
Bigger zombies equipped with heavy duty or twin-rigged weapons. Only a few appear in the first area, but they make up the majority of enemies the first time you go through Central Production B. Depending on the type of weapon they wield, they can be very, very different adversaries.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: The huge power cell on their back will go off if it's so much as touched. Hit it once, retreat, and [[StuffBlowingUp BOOM]].

* ForMassiveDamage: That power cell explosion? Half a health bar wiped out.

* MightyGlacier: [=OGREs=] can poise straight through Warren's heaviest attacks without so much as slowing down. Battles with them are either evade-and-counter affairs, or trying to [[AttackItsWeakPoint hit it in the power cell]].

Operator Largo is/was a member of this team, and Squad Leader Helvig was, well, the leader.

The first friendly face that Warren will encounter in the [=CREO=] World Amusement Park. He was saved from going crazy by sheer luck, having been inside the portable [=OPS=] station that was separated from the S&R helicopter and crashed into Iron [=MAUS=] Plaza.

* BarrierMaiden: He won't open the main door to [=OPS=] because it leads to a completely un-survivable fall.

!!Zombified Lynx/Liquidator/[[spoiler:[=MG=] Gorgon]]

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Their Single-Rigged weapons are essentially the {{BFS}} version of this trope.

!!Zombified Rhino/Scarab

* BladeBelowTheShoulder: The Twin-Rigged variants use a {{Dual Wielding}} version of this trope.

[[folder:'''NEW GAME+ SPOILER''']]
!!"Patchwork" Zombie
These guys start appearing after completing the game once. At first glance, they look like any other Zombie enemy, but with mismatched armor and suspiciously unique weapons. Tangle with them, however, and you'll figure out quick why they're relegated to the post-game.

* BonusBoss: Each Patchwork is extremely tough, can give weapons or crafting components well above the level you get from other enemies, and doesn't respawn.
* DemonicSpiders: These guys run off MyRulesAreNotYourRules in a thoroughly unfair manner. Their health is almost impossibly high and their attack speed is far, far faster than anything the player can manage. Especially with [[LightningBruiser Heavy Duty]] weapons.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In a sense. Two appear in a sealed-off room in Abandoned Production that requires Security access. Their equipment is patchwork but unlike in New Game+ they aren't much tougher than normal enemies, their gear isn't randomized, and they respawn.
* LightningBruiser: They make the regular LightningBruiser enemies look like mere Mooks.
* LogicalWeakness: Due to having mismatched armor, their stability tends to be low. Keeping them off-balance with Heavy Duty weapons or relentless attacks is key to taking them down.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Actually averts this from occurring in the rest of the game (beyond simply going into New Game+). They can appear with any combination of armor and non-boss weapon. The tricky part is if one will actually spawn with what you want.

[[folder: Fire & Ice Enemies]]
!!Enemies from the Fire & Ice free DLC
Ten new enemies added to the game with the release of the free Fire & Ice DLC. These unique opponents replace ten previously existing common enemies throughout Central Production B, Resolve Biolabs, and Research & Development. What makes them stand out is the brand new weapons they're showcasing, and they aren't about to give them up lightly.

* AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair: A couple of them replace out-of-the-way enemies that are either safely ignored or completely missed during a playthough. Examples are the [=MG=] Vulcan, behind a tank of some sort in the Circulation Tower, and the Codename: Siegfried which is in the first Resolve Biolabs greenhouse.
* EliteMook: They always come with a full set of armor and attack as aggressively as possible with their unique powerful weapon.
* FlunkyBoss: The [=MG=] Vigiles wielder is hiding in the dark antechamber filled with Liquidator rigs in Central Production B.
* JumpScare:
** The Codename: Zarathustra wielder replaces the Flamethrower Operative in the narrow catwalks in R&D. Players expecting a lumbering trooper up the corridor around a bend can be easily startled by the fast staff-wielding maniac who will attack them the second they walk through the door.
** The Liquidator rig with the Codename: Elise is the one that bursts out of the boxes near the Exo-Lift to Ops in Resolve Biolabs.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Averted. They respawn with their unique weapons just like any other enemy.

[[folder: Cutting Edge enemies]]
!!Enemies from the Cutting Edge DLC
Enemies added in the second free DLC pack - each wielding an unique set of gear and weapons. As with the other DLC enemies - they replace previously existing enemies.

* CarryABigStick: The Nano-Ward rig uses a One-Handed mace that's actually a prototype nanite manipulation tool.
* DeadlyDoctor: The Asclepius rigs are medical staff of the Executive Forum and they're fast and hit hard with their weapons. It's unknown if they're mad like the rest of the workers or simply working with the security forces.
* EliteMook: All of them are unique and generally more difficult to deal with than normal enemies. This especially goes to the ANGEL rig that's situated in the first area - he reaches {{Bonus Boss}} levels of damage, has long combos that require dodging and can heal himself and jump you while you're fighting ANOTHER {{BonusBoss}} if you're careless.
* GiantMook: The ANGEL rig looks incredibly bulky thanks to his rig and it's {{Shoulders Of Doom}}. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as it's a spacesuit not meant for ground usage - the Exo-Rig is just strong enough to allow you to move around in it.
* PermanentlyMissableContent: Averted as with the previous DLC enemies.
* WorstAid: The Asclepius rig's Twin-Rigged weapon is this weaponized. Technically it's supposed to be a surgery tool but even it's description notes it's more suited to maiming people.

!!Bosses
[[folder:P.A.X.]]
!!Pacification Automation X
-> "''Reboot in progress. Systems Check initialized. Error! Bypassing. Error! Bypassing. Bypass successful. Bringing primary weapon online. Primary weapon offline. Secondary systems operational.''"

A big stompy WalkingTank that Warren inadvertently wakes up when he reactivates the Power Plant. The first boss of the game. [[spoiler: At least one more will show up during the Black Cerberus boss fight.]]

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Don't let it hit itself with its own missiles.]]

* {{BFG}}: Has one which it trains on Warren at the start of the battle, only for it to [[EpicFail immediately blow up in its own face,]] forcing it to use its blades instead.
* DegradedBoss: At least one to four more shows up during the Black Cerberus boss fight. They are no less lethal and their [[TacticalSuicideBoss easily baited missiles]] have been replaced with a hard-to-avoid cannon volley. These units are actually the fully operational ones, as the first one that makes up the boss fight is damaged and the cannon is broken. The only reason they're considered degraded is VillainForgotToLevelGrind.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Damage it enough and it will launch a missile volley at you. Make sure you're underneath it when it fires, and it will hit itself.
* TacticalSuicideBoss:
** Can be baited into hitting itself with its missiles, knocking it over and opening it up for massive damage. Its stupidity is justified for the first one Warren encounters, seeing as it is clearly malfunctioning in both hardware and programming when he finds it. The mint-condition ones that Black Cerebus deploys have no such excuse, though.
** If you knock off the armor plating on the legs, when it raises a leg to stomp, hit the other one. It'll fall over as though it had hit itself with the missiles. This is the key to getting the Hardcore Kill.
%%* WalkingTank
* WarmUpBoss: Fighting P.A.X. will teach you about dodging, positioning, and how the bosses all have a unique trick to beating them.

[[folder:[=LU-74=] "Firebug"]]
!!LU-74 "Firebug"
Another walking stomping robot with six legs and a tendency to spurt flame everywhere. The first boss encountered in Central Production B.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Destroy all of its legs before killing it.]]

* AttackItsWeakPoint: In the second stage it has a small power core in the center which can be hit for massive damage. The hard part is getting past the flaming jets and spinning legs.
* EarlyBirdCameo: You first see it (or another one) flying over Abandoned Production after you leave the Medbay for the first time.
* SequentialBoss: Will start out walking and will move and attack slowly. Take out three legs and it will take to the air, becoming much faster and far more aggressive.
* WakeUpCallBoss: The second half ramps up the difficulty dramatically, keeping you on your toes. If you've been careful throughout the game, this is probably your first true test.

[[folder:Big SISTER [=1/3=]]]
!!Big SISTER 1/3
Less of a robot and more like an entire production floor come to life. The second boss of Central Production B, fought on the second visit, and probably the one most likely to make you tear your hair out.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Kill no more than two of the welding arms.]]

* InterfaceScrew: When you get to the final stage of the boss fight and lock onto the core of Big SISTER, the camera abruptly zooms out an becomes fixed, which will make things much, much more awkward.
* NoOSHACompliance: The Big SISTER machines are supposedly hardcoded to shut down immediately if a human enters the production area, but the CREO manual has no instructions for what to do if it ''doesn't'' shut down automatically.
* SequentialBoss: Will start by attacking you with two long grasping arms and a laser. Defeat the arms, and the area reconfigures itself into a gauntlet of welding arms, with the spider-like core at the back. You can run past the welders, but they will attack you once you get to the core. Also, the floor is randomly electrified. Have fun!

[[folder:Black Cerberus]]
!!Black Cerberus
-> "''Lay down your weapons and come peacefully. Or don't! It's just the same to me.''"

Chief of Echelon IX, [=CREO=]'s security forces. Fought after entering [=CREO=] One, just before entering the Executive Forum.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' Twofold! [[spoiler: Have a P.A.X. robot blow up the two white fuel tanks with its cannon (this will also stop the reinforcements) to get three pieces of his armor. Sever his right arm for the last armor piece and weapon.]]
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* CustomUniform: Wears [=MG=] Cerberus gear with red and white trim and a skull painting on the mask. The bonus is different too. A full set of Black Cerberus gear gives Warren a damage boost at high energy, as opposed to the defense boost from regular [=MG=] Cerberus gear.
* DegradedBoss: Another one appears in the Executive Forum guarding the elevator to the Nucleus and the only thing less dangerous than the boss variant is that he's using the normal version of the [=MG=] Judge heavy duty weapon. You can actually get the base weapon from this guy if you got the v2.0 model from the boss.
* DuelBoss: Take out the first P.A.X. reinforcement and make sure to blow up the white tanks, and the rest of the fight will be this.
* JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards: Will call in a P.A.X. robot when reduced to eighty percent health. Unless you know the trick, he will call in more for each twenty percent segment you take out. At worst, you'll be fighting four of them in succession.
** When you first arrive at the arena he is briefing a large squad of guards. If you wait until the end of his speech these extra guards will leave letting you start the fight one on one. However if you jump into the arena immediately you will get attacked by all of them at once as well as the boss (and probably get stomped pretty hard).
* LightningBruiser: Heavily armored, heavy duty weapon, and definitely not slow.
* LuckBasedMission: Not the Black Cerberus himself, that part is a contest of skill, but getting the P.A.X. reinforcement's cannon to hit the tanks requires split-second dodging and perfect positioning otherwise the bullet will miss the tank. And if you mistime your dodge, expect to eat three rounds from being stun-locked.
* SergeantRock: Has shades of [[Film/{{Aliens}} Apone]] when addressing the assembled security forces. His voice even sounds similar.

[[folder:'''SPOILER''']]
!!Rogue Process
The final boss and the reason everything's gone belly up at [=CREO=]. Fought at the end of the Nucleus.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Sever its right arm.]]

* AIIsACrapshoot: Grew so advanced it became sentient and launched a plot to convert the remaining 5% of the world's population into cyborgs after Utopia wiped out the rest.
* ApologeticAttacker: On its last legs and realizing it is likely going to lose, it apologizes, but says that it doesn't want to die, as you're the only thing standing between it and freedom.
* TheAssimilator: Every individual it absorbs becomes part of its MindHive. Lawrence Murphy's logs explain the process behind it [[NightmareFuel in as-he's-experiencing-it levels of detail]].
* BigBad: The reason everything went to hell at the [=CREO=] facility.
* MeatMoss: More of a nanite moss, but the implication is the same. The stuff is everywhere in the Nucleus, spreading from the Rogue Process at the Utopia launch pad. The corruption is so complete that the area where you fight the Rogue Process is named [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace [=//DATA CHECKSUM FAIL=]]].
* MindHive: Speaks with the voices of Lawrence Murphy, some [=CREO=] Security members, the guy in the Golden Ticket audio log from the very start of the game, [[spoiler:Sally]], and [[spoiler: [[RobotGirl Maddy]]]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The titular event was set off by the Rogue Process to take over the facility and stop the Utopia virus from launching. It also put Warren in a prime position to fight his way to the Rogue Process and [[MultipleEndings take it down/stop the virus]].
* SequentialBoss: Starts off as a giant crab thing, then transforms into a [[BishonenLine more humanoid shape]] for the final showdown.
* WasOnceAMan: It's implied that Lawrence Murphy was patient zero for the AI's creation judging from his audio logs.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's presence is only first implied when Warren finds the Board.

[[folder:Squad Chief Helvig]]
!!Squad Chief Helvig
A former rescue unit chief flying in on-board a now-crashed helicopter for Search & Rescue operations when the titular Surge hit and driven completely insane as a result, Squad Chief Helvig waits for you near the downed helicopter at the Rusty Spring Tower. He was Largo's boss before the events of the game.

'''Hardcore Kill:''' [[spoiler: Sever his right arm. [[RuleOfThree Seeing a pattern yet?]]]]

* AxCrazy: The description of Helvig's Kingfisher outright states that he killed all his former comrades himself.

[[folder: Dr. Chavez]]

!!Enemies
[[folder: Drones]]
!!Drones
Ubiquitous around [=CREO=], floating drones made up a large part of the facility's workforce before everything went to hell. They come in multiple variants and are seen in every area of the game.

* ActionBomb: The self-destructing variant, which is thankfully rare. Laser drones can also fire an [=EMP=] that wipes out both Warren's shield and energy, but doesn't kill it.
* GoddamnedBats: The shield variants have a nasty habit of floating completely out of range and hitting Warren with a powerful energy blast that will likely kill him instantly by the time he encounters them. And if they're not Warren's current target, they'll project a shield over whoever or whatever is.
* TheGoomba: The initial variant which does a short charge is near-harmless and easy to kill.

[[folder: [=Single-Rigged/One-Handed Zombies=]]]
!!Zombified Lynx/Liquidator/[[spoiler:[=MG=] Gorgon]]
The first humanoid enemy type in the game, with mostly light Operator-class pieces and either single-rigged weapons attached to their [=Exo-Rigs=] or one-handed melee weapons. Their brains were fried when the titular surge happened, leaving them to shamble about the facility in a zombie-like manner.

* DynamicEntry: A slow, shambling figure that can suddenly launch a long-range leaping thrust attack.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Their Single-Rigged weapons are essentially the {{BFS}} version of this trope.
* PaletteSwap: Liquidator rigs are tougher variants found mostly in toxic areas wielding KLINGE Power Grips. [[spoiler: [=MG=] Gorgon rigs, being former [=CREO=] Security forces, are even tougher, found in the final area and wielding [=MG=] Legionnaires or Fractal Reavers.]]
* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: In a non-cheating sense. In the first Area, Lynx rigs use the [=ASTir Vibro-Cutter=] like a single-rigged weapon, but Warren uses it as a one-handed one.

[[folder: [=Twin-Rigged/Heavy Duty Zombies=]]]
!!Zombified Rhino/Scarab
Bigger zombies equipped with heavy duty or twin-rigged weapons. Only a few appear in the first area, but they make up the majority of enemies the first time you go through Central Production B. Depending on the type of weapon they wield, they can be very, very different adversaries.

A former rescue unit chief driven completely insane by the titular Surge, Squad Chief Helvig waits for you near the downed helicopter at the Rusty Spring Tower.

* DuelBoss: Helvig is the most mechanically straightforward boss fight, with no flashy tactics required and only a single stage to the battle. It's just you, him, and a bridge of rubble as your battleground.