Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6747658-20130401084750/@comment-67.234.26.227-20130420212149

I thought maybe the XOF commander had some form of radiation poisoning or radiation burns, since his skin looks necrotic, and so I looked into whether or not the DIII reactor has every had an accident. Apparently not. Also, it's entirely funded by the Department of Engery, so has no connections to the US military whatsover.

That being said, the character bears a striking resemblance (In my opinion) to Psycho Mantis. If he really is burned, what if the XOF commander is Mantis' father? Mantis mentioned that he burned down his village, but he never explicitly said that he killed his father. It's possible that his father wasn't just some Russian country bumpkin, but a KGB agent. Furthermore, both Ocelot and Zadornov were KGB agents who were also working for the Philosopher's/ the Patriots.