

Malevolent Masked Man: Besides Sturm, there's also his new right-hand man Mantis, who essentially serves Hawke's role (and is essentially him mechanics-wise).She desires to eventually surpass him in this forte. Long-Range Fighter: Bessie serves as the indirect combat specialist for Orange Star after Grit defected to Blue Moon.Leaning on the Fourth Wall: After Summer's first battle against her, Fortune retorts to John that their battle is a game called war, but a little more advanced than that.I Owe You My Life: Mantis joined Black Hole after [[spoiler:the incident that damages Irene's eye because Sturm came to him with that offer in exchange for reviving him.And then he deduces the real reason given how expensive they are, Reiji cannot afford to let them go to waste. Honor Before Reason: Reiji's first response to hearing of a scouting party captured is to rescue them posthaste, despite Rocky saying they don't have enough men to pull it off.A Glass of Chianti: Xabat has a glass of wine in one hand, and a sword resting on his shoulder in the other.Fighting Clown: Fortune is a version of this, though she calls herself a jester.Fiction 500: Richie is rich enough to deploy a sizable army just as an intel team, as seen in the mission "Mud Flood".Failed a Spot Check: During the first mission "A New Start", John is busy flirting with Summer to not notice the Black Hole troops in the area until she points them out at him.And it seems Mantis is privy to this incident, since he was Irene's munitions expert She swore to never handle explosives again after that, but Condor trusts that she won't repeat it on the mission "Detonation". Eyepatch of Power: Irene sports one over her right eye, which was injured after a bombing accident, when she set up explosives on Sturm's own ships once, but made the mistake of setting the timer too low, costing the lives of her men while she got off "lucky" with only a lost eye.It's later implied that Sturm's mad genius (probably Lash) was responsible for Fortune's face being ruined and looking like what it is now permanently. Expressive Mask: Variation: Fortune's makeup gets a purple tear painted over whenever she's in a negative mood, and disappears whenever she isn't.Ditzy Genius: For all her wackiness, Fortune is the one who's behind the development of new weapons.Discount Card: Richie's units cost 10% less, but also get 10% less ATK and DEF, worse than Colin.Dark Lord on Life Support: Sturm turns out to be on this, having been put on it by his forces long ago when they were the Meteor Legion.Cool Old Guy: Treant, the Green Earth forest CO.Cowgirl: Bessie's aesthetic in mirror to Grit.Mantis has a gas mask over his face to hide the scars he got from Irene's disaster.Cool Mask: Sakura has a white fox spirit mask, though she doesn't actually put it on her face.Continuity Nod: Apparently, Sakura is responsible for Kanbei's missing sock that he was looking for in AW 2.Confusion Fu: Fortune's Super CO Power, Show Time, allows her direct attack units to swap places with whoever they're fighting, leading to some tricky plays if the player knows what they're doing.This time, they know for sure it's a clone after asking it what an airport is (the real Andy apparently doesn't), and are only the slightest bit daunted. Cloning Blues: The Green Earth tunnel mission features Clone Andy once again.
