| Church | |
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| Debut: | MADNESS: Project Nexus |
| Appearances: | 1 (Campaign only but spawnable in Playground) |
| Role(s): | Boss |
| Deaths: | 1 (Later revived.) |
| Status: | Alive |
| Allies: | Jorge, MERC |
| Enemies: | Sanford, Deimos |
Church is a G03LM working for MERC. Church and Jorge are recurring bosses and supporting antagonists in MADNESS: Project Nexus.
Appearance
Church is a MERC G03LM who has hair styled into a mohawk, sporting a grey MERC uniform under a bullet vest wrapped in caution tape, black boots, fingerless gloves, an electrified backpack to power their weapons, and a single filter gas mask attached to their face through a series of 4 belts. The lenses look like angry glaring eyes.
Personality
Unlike their G03LM brethren, who speak with formal, yet cold and authoritative language, Church and Jorge are a pair of foul-mannered brutes full of machismo, often calling their opponents losers and bragging about their pain tolerance, constant comebacks, and their "fighting ethic" -- something they often violate by calling for reinforcements, showing that the pair aren't as honorable as they make themselves out to be.
Church is the more aggressive of the duo, specializing in melee weapons and acting as a point man while Jorge offers covering fire. The duo are seemingly not bothered by their losses to Sanford and Deimos, claiming that they can come back with different tactics every time.
Abilities
Their combat prowess and durability are far above most G03LM's as they and Jorge are capable of fighting on the same level as their rivals Sanford and Deimos.
Church also has surprising agility for a G03LM, as they are capable of both running at high speeds and jumping great heights and distances. They love to rush their target down, close the distance, and stun them, often leaving their prey open for a takedown.
As shown in Deimos and Sanford's second encounter with Church and Jorge, Church has shown to be capable of firing lightning ball projectiles with limited homing capability. They can also seemingly channel electricity into their attacks.
Their fighting style is focused on melee combat, in contrast to Jorge's focus on ranged weaponry.
Story Mode
Church and Jorge are first encountered by their soon-to-be rivals Sanford and Deimos near the end of the stage The Boom Factory, being their ultimate obstacle in their quest for the explosives to use on the Sheriff's Station Fortress gate. In this fight Church is equipped with a pair of electrified gloves that resemble defibrillators.
The duo returns in The Scenic Route, making a surprise appearance by breaking through the ceilings of the sewers. This time Church and Jorge have equipped themselves with plates of armor for extra protection. While Jorge changes up his weapons (now wielding a flamethrower and a riot shield instead of his rifle from last time), Church continues to use the same electrified gloves from the last battle. However, this time around they are capable of shooting electric charges from their electrified gloves, serving as a ranged attack.
Church's third appearance is in Flood Control where they make yet another surprise appearance, leaping out of the water while equipped with diving suits. Unlike the last two fights, Church and Jorge challenge Sanford and Deimos to a fair tag-team battle, simply because they are "bored". During this battle Church is equipped with an electrified trident, which can extend to grab/attack targets from afar much like Sanford's Hook, as well as the usual electric knuckles. Once either Church or Jorge is killed, the "fair fight" policy is revoked and several MERCs will storm the arena.
The pair's final appearance is in The Rush. Once more revived, they are now armored like Tower Guards, with Church wielding a hi-tech Heavy Machine Gun and some type of Grenade Launcher, both powered by Dissonant Reality energy, given their purple lights. However before the fight can begin they are crushed to death by Mag Agent: Gestalt.
During the credits, Church and Jorge are shown being revived yet again by MERC.
Gallery
Trivia
- Judging by a mail sent by a MERC Laborer to the Nexus Core in The Boom Factory, Church and Jorge were part of a trade or request between the two factions at some point in time before Hank and co. started their mission to take down Project Nexus.
- In the DEVCHAT EPISODE 4 video. Krinkels elaborates that Church and Jorge were once junior tower guards.
- Their defibrillator gloves are similar to a Combo Weapon in Dead Rising called the Shocker.
- Church is said to be a cut above the average G03LM in terms of physical strength, while Jorge is as strong as a regular G03LM.[1]
- Church possesses no formal combat training, and is "just excited about hurting people" according to Krinkels.[2]
- Church may use they/them pronouns, as in the previously shown height chart, they are described as "tries their best." This would also align with Krinkels' statement that gender is for interpretation.[3]
- As told by Deimosart (The-Swain told him so), Both Church And Jorge are based off Bebop and Rocksteady from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
- If, in a rage, Church runs at the player and instead confronts Jorge, there's a funny animation where Church bumps into Jorge.
- This will reward an achievement if done successfully, which is called 'B*O*N*K'.
- When Church or Jorge destroy a corpus while near each other, they high-five each other and taunt (and they also high-five other random G0L3Ms if you summon them in Playground mode).