NEXUS Riot Guard

"'When opposition digs into the trenches, the Nexus call in the Riot Guards. With their massive riot shields braced, these brave soldiers fear no assault that lies ahead.' - Unit Description"

NEXUS Riot Guards are slow enemies who are covered in armor and always carry a shield which they use to block unarmed, melee, ranged, thrown weapons and even dissonance weapons. Riot guards lack the ability to sprint and are almost always seen with a shock baton. Despite this they can still be deadly in small rooms and get in the way of you hitting other enemies. Due to their shield, they will always do heavy attacks, but they can still stunlock you, as their following hits will be a bit faster. Their shield can be kicked out of the way, allowing you to deal a bit of damage to them before they start blocking again. Running kicks will also knock them down even if they block it.

Their armor isn't just there for show, their helmet will save them from one letal blow to the head and the vest from one lethal blow to the body, when this happens, their health will go back to full, and you wil have to kill them again. Executions will bypass their armor entirely, making flashbangs very powerful against them.

They first appear in Sleeper Labs, under the name Coreman, but they only show up in a cutscene. They get a proper introduction in Deep Storage where Hank and Christoff encounter three riot guards one of which taunts Hank.

Appearance
Riot Guards wear a standard NEXUS suit, a white helmet, a striped red and white mouthguard, red goggles, an earpiece with an antenna, striped red and white armor, an ammo belt and an ammo backpack. The shield they use have the NEXUS Core logo on it.

Personality
Riot guards are described as brave, and indeed, they are, always charging in as fast as they can, which isn't very. One of them also taunts Hank and Christoff in Deep Stoarge But they don't show much personality other than that.

Trivia

 * In older versions of the beta, the NEXUS Riot guard's suit was brighter, the red stripes on the side were wider and they had a red stripe around their collar. They also had fingerless gloves, an earpiece with an antenna, a different mouthguard, a headset with a microphone and the old MK2 NEXUS Vest. Their armor also did not save them from lethal attacks anywhere. They also used nightsticks and could be seen more often with guns than the current riot guards.