Girls Frontline KCCO / Characters

Special Operations Command branch of the Soviet Union's military.

In General

Achilles' Heel: Morale and Mortality - unlike the other factions in the game, KCCO is composed primarily of living humans assisted by T-Dolls and machines. While this gives them certain edges over the other factions, it also means that any losses they take are much more difficult to replace, and that they can be defeated by being demoralized. Their combat efficiency ends up disintegrating during Polarized Light when G&K keep fighting despite literally apocalyptic conditions, allow the near totally exhausted Griffin to pull a come from behind victory against all odds.
Armies Are Evil: They're perfectly willing to stab G&K in the back just to further their own goals.
Always Someone Better: Griffon & Kryuger's forces can't hold their ground against the Dolls used by KCCO, which are far more efficient due to not needing to maintain a human appearance. What makes it particularly notable is that they also reliably curbstomp Sangvis Ferri as well, which leads to both PMCs being all-but-destroyed by the time Polarized Light rolls around and forcing a Enemy Mine for survival.
Big Bad: KCCO becomes the main antagonist of the story following the events of Singularity, where they backstab Griffin and Kryuger and begin trying to eliminate the PMC in its entirety. They hold this position until the events of Polarized Light, where an Enemy Mine between G&K, Sangvis Ferri, and KCCO's own superiors sees their grunt forces all but wiped out and their leadership disavowed and arrested (or in Yegor's case, killed off).
Break Out the Museum Piece: It would appear KCCO fields a modernized variant of the AN-94. The GP-25 and Altyn helmet (or a continuation of it, at least) are also still in use.
Enemy Civil War: The KCCO is merely one branch of the New Soviet Union armed forces and does not represent the entirety of them. In fact, Carter's faction within the military is seen as controversial by other military leaders. Come Polarized Light, and the situation in Moscow has deteriorated enough for the Soviet Airforce to conduct an airstrike on KCCO forces.
Evil Counterpart: To Griffin and Kryuger, being a military force employing T-Dolls that are loyal to humanity (or at least their country).
Eviler than Thou: Polarized Light cements that KCCO is and will always be a greater threat than Sangivs Ferri, as while all factions present are fighting over the Pikes, KCCO come the closest out of all the antagonists to acquiring it.^note
Gratuitous Russian: On a very technical level, KCCO is a literal Latin "transcription" of the Cyrillic characters "КССО". The faction's name in Russian is командование сил специальных операций, which transliterates to komandovanie sil specialʹnyh operacij, meaning that a transliterated acronym should actually be KSSO.
Hack Your Enemy: Some KCCO units are abandoned on the field, and these units can be hijacked by approaching them within the detection range or taking over a radar node.
Killed Off for Real: The end of Polarized Light has the leadership in Moscow arrested and the majority of their field forces (including Yegor) K.I.A., effectively ending KCCO as a faction.
Mêlée à Trois: They serve as the third faction in the conflict between Griffon & Kryuger and Sangvis Ferri, and their units will attack both your Tactical Dolls and Sangvis Ferri units.
Mook Depletion: This is noted to be an actual problem for KCCO - their forces contain a mix of Dolls and human forces, the latter of which cannot be replaced as easily as the former. The events of Polarized Light end up being a Total Party Kill for KCCO, with their human forces either killed off or arrested.
The Purge: At the end of Polarized Light, practically all of KCCO's troops are wiped out during the battle for the Paldiski submarine base. Meanwhile, their leadership and political backers in Moscow are rounded up by Statesec and removed from power.
Renegade Russian: KCCO is part of a faction within the Soviet Military who are opposed to their government making peace with their enemies and join the Pan-European Union since they feel it's an insult to the soldiers who died for the motherland during World War 3.
Shadow Archetype: To G&K, on numerous levels:
- Griffin and Kryuger is a PMC while KCCO is part of the New Soviet Union's military command.
- G&K are Heroic Neutral while KCCO is firmly an example of Armies Are Evil.
- G&K T-Dolls are Ridiculously Human Robots and amongst the most advanced in the world. KCCO's T-Dolls are also amongst the most advanced, but trade away humanizing traits for combat effectiveness.
- Griffin forces are almost entirely composed of T-Dolls while KCCO has plenty of human troops in addition to their T-Dolls.
- Both are also the only factions to utilize HOCs and vehicles (KCCO has the former in the form of Gustafs, whilst G&K are scheduled to get the latter in an update).
Theme Naming: All of their units are named after monsters from Classical Mythology.
Universal-Adaptor Cast: Despite the KCCO's complete absence from the Isomer event, their units still show up anyway as part of Belgrade's militia, even flip-flopping between ally and enemy (as Paradeus defectors within Belgrade) as they usually do in other events.

General Carter

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Not Quite Dead: He is revealed to have survived Williams' attempt to off him during Shattered Connexion and returns as the Big Bad for the Poincare Recurrence.
Odd Name Out: A Russian General with an Anglo surname. It is mentioned in one unused script that he is a Russian German.
Renegade Russian: Fully goes rogue in the final half of Poincare Recurrence by having his loyalists attack Griffin's Headquarters to avenge Yegor and his other fallen subordinates, despite effectively being disavowed.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: is on the receiving end by Williams during the events of Shattered Connexion.

Captain Yegor

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Full name Yegor Arkatiyevich Beretev. The right-hand man of General Carter.

A Father to His Men: It's made clear that Yegor values the lives of his subordinates. He seeks revenge against Angelia because she was the one who gave M4A1 the order to detonate the Collapse Fluid container, which killed a large number of his soldiers. Angie later exploits this, threatening him with another Collapse Fluid explosion that will wipe out the rest of his men.
Asshole Victim: He pulled the trigger in KCCO's betrayal of G&K and worked towards restarting a pointless conflict. It's a little hard to feel sorry for him after all he's done.
Family Man: Implied. It is mentioned that he is married and has a happy family life. His last act before drowning along with his mech is to look at a photo of his family.
The Heavy: Yegor is far more of a direct threat than Carter. He personally shot RO635, pursued Ange after the events of Singularity, and commands the KCCO detachment sent to Paldiski in Shattered Connexion.
Just a Machine: On the other hand, he doesn't value the lives of Griffin & Kryuger Tactical Dolls, and only sees them as expendable tools.
Majorly Awesome: Yegor is promoted to Major sometime after the events of Singularity.
Not Quite Dead: Even after his mech is rendered incapacitated by DEFY and battered by a deluge of sea water, Yegor still manages to crawl out of the cockpit and deliver one final speech to Ange before succumbing to his wounds.
Patriotic Fervor: He firmly believes that his actions are done for the good of his country.
Punch-Clock Villain: Despite having low opinion on T-Dolls, it can be argued that Yegor's worst crime is following orders from his superiors.

KCCO Infantry

KCCO human infantry.

Muggles Do It Better: Downplayed. They're nothing more than highly-trained soldiers with modern rifles and body armor, but a squad of them actually beats the AR Team through well-planned tactics and some quick thinking, though they were wiped out in the process.
Villainous Valour: The Commando Squad Leader from Polarized Light, who, after having his entire squad slaughtered by M4A1, sheds his protective gear just to reach the command center faster. He succeeds. Even when he's killed by M4A1, he still completes his objective by using the weight of his body to pull the firing lever.
The Unfought: As far as gameplay is concerned. These guys only appear in story cutscenes and never fought in-game proper.

Cyclops

KCCO infantry bots armed with the same AN-94/GP-25 combination as their human counterparts. Its role is similar to that of Sangvis Ferri Vespids, and are one of the weakest KCCO units.

The Goomba: Easily the least threatening unit in KCCO's roster.
Grenade Launcher: Though they often pose little to no threat to the player's squads, the assault rifle-armed Cyclops will make use of their rifles' under-mounted grenade launcher if they are allowed to get within shooting range, and while each grenade won't do much, a full platoon of these bots launching grenades WILL hurt.