General X

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General <name>

You are fighting an[sic] General <name>.

This is a general from the Unborn Army. He looks just like all the other Unborn, except he's got more stars on his uniform.
Your opponent attacks ...

Hit messages:

  • The general introduces you to his lieutenant and his ralphtenant, also known as his left and right fists.
  • The general pummels you until you see stars. Five stars, to be precise.
  • The general prods you in very specific (and painful) locations.



He hits you for X damage.

Critical hit message:

Your opponent has a critical hit! He hits you for X damage.



Miss messages:

  • The general tries to lance you in the sergeant, but lance sergeant isn't a valid rank.
  • The general fires at you, but his mechanized weapon suffers a colonel panic and shuts off.
  • The general has a major malfunction and misses you.



Fumble messages:

Your foe fumbles! He takes X damage.


Victory! You beat up your foe and win the combat!


Chips-white.gif You gain ?-84-125-? chips.

You gain 90 experience.

You got an item: SQUID disc: How to Win ... Squid-disc.gif (Unspecified Drop rate)







Known resistances/weaknesses

50% resistant to psychic damage.
50% weak to sonic damage.


Locations

Notes

  • <name> can be Chaos, Hospital, Ayze, Elektrik, Mayhem, Mowters, Anna S. Thetic, Protection Fault, or Ist.
  • You can encounter the same General more than once.

References

  • The image is that of General John Abizaid.
  • All the General names are puns on other expressions using the word "general".
  • Specifically General Motors and General Electric are companies.
  • Also referenced are general anesthetic (drug that induces anesthesia), General Protection Fault (a CPU error), General Hospital (an American soap opera), generalize (to give a general form), and generalist (one with varied skills).
  • The hit and miss messages are jokes on military ranks.
    • The first hit message refers to the lieutenant rank.
    • The second hit message refers to 5 star ranks.
    • The third hit message is a general reference to the general rank, as opposed to "specific".
    • The first miss message probably refers to the common rank Lance Corporal, although Lance-Sergeant is actually a valid rank in some armies.
    • The second miss message refers to the colonel rank.
    • The third message refers to the major rank.
  • The second miss message refers to Kernel panic.