Sentinel 4: Dark Star Competition – Name the New Commander!

Time for another naming competition! Today we take a look at our mysterious new Commander unit, and ask you what you think it (or he, or she…) should be called. For an added twist, we’re not dealing with a suit of armour built for a human. An almost-forgotten relic of an ancient alien culture, you’ll have to do some work to win its assistance, but once it’s on your side you’ll have a powerful ally against your mutual foes.

 

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The alien Commander takes the place of Sentinel 3’s Aurora mech and fills a similar role, though it’s more defensively focused to complement the returning Artemis armour. Here’s a run down of our new friend’s abilities to inspire your naming choices:

 

  • If you love using ship weapons this is the Commander for you. The alien retains the Aurora mech’s Energy Siphon aura, turning every enemy death within range into delicious ship energy.
  • When things get rough, it can trigger temporary defences – a period of invulnerability for itself, or emergency shields on all nearby structures.
  • Hold back the hordes with the automatic Slow Shot power, or trigger Plasma Rain to slow everything in a massive radius.
  • When idle, the Commander will repair the barrier it’s defending, and can spawn its own Repair Drones to patch up nearby towers.
  • Surrounded by enemies? Use the vampiric Ingest power to swipe some of their life and heal the Commander.

As before we’ll pick our favourite name to use in-game, and the winner will also receive a free copy of Sentinel 4: Dark Star for iOS at launch! Entering is simple, any of the following methods count:

 

Make sure we’ll be able to contact you in the event that you win!

 

Entries close midnight GMT on Friday 21st February 2014. Good luck!

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