He has taken control of the highways. Stop him so supplies can get through!
Description
About 1.8 meters tall, humanoid with a Cobra head and hood. Note: Is a snake is a man suit, rather than a straight Snake robot. May, or may not be mechanically used here.
Color Scheme: Ice Blue/grey
Armament: Large blocky sniper rifle (think Craft’s rifle). Pistol and knife holstered on chest armor.
Armor style: based on modern Infantry style armor: uniform peaked chest-plate covering both chest and lower torso.
Stage Concept
The idea for the Frost Cobra Stage is a sniper attack. Frost Cobra is standing atop a building that has a commanding view of the surrounding area, during the stage, he will attempt to snipe X any time he is in the open.
The animation is a red laser beam locks on X when the snipe is setting up. After a set time, the beam will lock on its vector, and the sniper shot will follow. If X is behind cover when that happens, the shot will hit the cover, and X will have time to move. The “pause tracking before shot” should be long enough that X can dash out of the impact area prior to the blast.
If Reploid rescues are implemented, then during the rescue puzzle, Frost Cobra will stop sniping X, snipe any mad-dog Mavericks that would go after the Reploids, and provide any ice elemental attacks required to clear paths. After the Reploid rescue is complete, the next shot will deliberately miss X.
Boss Battle
When X reaches the battle zone with Frost Cobra, Frost Cobra will blast the roof of the building he’s standing on and drop into it. X must follow to start the battle.
Scene: X is facing the camera. Frost Cobra emerges from the shadows some distance behind him
Music is something like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqyzU7LCx7w
Touhou Fuumaroku World of Empty Dreams Remix by Stone McKuckle
(Dialog from 0:00 to ~1:00, battle from 1:00 to ~5:00. Extro 5:00 to end)
If the trapped Reploids have been rescued in the stage: {
Frost Cobra: I saw what you did.
X: And I saw what you did.
endif }
Frost Cobra: It is an honor, sir. You live up to the legend.
X turns to face Cobra: Then will you stand down?
Frost Cobra: <quiet chuckle> Will you?
X: …No
Frost Cobra: Then you know what must be…
<Fight starts>
Frost Cobra is a sniper. His fighting pattern is to attempt to hit X directly. If dodged, use the ice trail to rapidly strafe the stage, gridding out iced lanes. If he gets within melee range, he will attempt to grapple X for continuous damage until grab is broken.
50% pattern change: the rifle fails, and he throws it at X like a grenade. He then switches to a rapid fire pistol (right hand) and knife (left hand). This pattern isn’t as fleshed out. thinking he keeps X at a distance, and peppers him with low damage/high volume rounds, but if X gets to medium range, he will dash and attempt a grapple.
Burning Heart is his weakness: (Fire: Medium range shotgun, slow cycle). The blast melts the ice effects in range, and recoils him if it hits. (Also why hits pattern tries to stay out of medium range, and will push to grapple if forced into it.)
<Fight ends, X wins>
Frost Cobra: For… for all our sakes… I hope you… were… right…
X walks up to his remains, and kneels next to him. He puts his hand on Cobra, then leans back, looking to the sky, drained.
Then, after a moment, X teleports out with Frost Cobra’s remains.
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