NEXUS Core

The NEXUS Core are the main antagonists of MADNESS: Project Nexus. They have several different units and are the faction that makes the most appearances in the game.

They are lead by Director Phobos and operate from the Science Tower, which is their main base of operations, though they have plently of facilities around Nevada, such as the one the player attacks in one of the arena stages. The NEXUS are extremely loyal to Phobos, even following his orders after he was slain by Christoff.

Units

 * Nexus1 Agent.jpg Agent - NEXUS Agents are the most basic NEXUS unit. Despite this, they are still deadly foes, possessing Core II melee, unarmed and ranged skills. They are usually seen with pistols, nightsticks or extendable batons, but can still show up with assault rifles and other weapons. They wear a black suit with red stripes that can sometimes have a rope around it, a red tie, red shades, and an earpiece.


 * NEXUS Scout - NEXUS Scouts are agile NEXUS units, they are always sprinting during combat, using hit-and-run tactics and occasionally using the "Locked on shot" ability. This shot will completely ignore the player's Tac-Bar if they do not dodge in time. Scouts are usually seen with SMGs and pistols, but can still use melee weapons and rifles. They wear a gray balaclava, a red visor, a headset with a microphone, and a toolbelt.


 * NEXUS Support - Supports are big, slow, very resistant enemies, who are always seen with a big breaching hammer which does a lot of damage and has a chance of knocking the player down. However, they swing it very slowly, which allows the player to dodge the attack. They wear a metal mask with an oxygen tank connected to it, a black balaclava, a red metal vest and a pair of black and red heavy pauldrons.


 * NEXUS Riot Guard - Riot guards are resistant and slow enemies who always carry a shield. They are usually seen with a shock baton, but can still sometimes have a firearm. They wear a pair of red goggles, an earpiece with an antenna, an ammo backpack, an ammo belt, a padded vest and head armor that can be broken, once the armor is broken, the riot guards will be back to full health, and you will have to kill him again.


 * Nexus5 Engineer.jpg Engineer - NEXUS Engineers are similar to the A.A.H.W.'s engineers, but much tougher. They have 2 corpus, Novice Tac-Bar, can use the "Locked on shot" ability and are very evasive. They are usually seen with shotguns and SMGs. They wear a red suit, black beret, a mask similar to the A.A.H.W.'s engineers, but with a red visor and with a crest going down the middle and a red NEXUS vest.


 * NEXUS Soldat - Unlike the A.A.H.W.'s Soldats, these units are always seen dual wielding melee weapons, such as speclights or katanas. They can be very deadly due to their damage, speed and how evasive they are. However, they swing their weapons slowly. They have 2 corpus and a Journeyman Tac-Bar. They wear a red beret, a black balaclava, a NEXUS vest, a pair of black and red pauldrons and a uni-goggle similar to the A.A.H.W.'s soldats, but red and with an extra part added to it.


 * Nexus Scientist.jpg Scientist - Scientists are not meant to be fighters, and so, they are very weak in combat, having weaker stats than even an A.A.H.W. grunt. They are usually seen with a laser pistol. They wear scrying goggles with a blue line on the visor and a white labcoat with a blue collar and light blue stripes.


 * G03LM - G03LMs (Generation 03 Limited Model) are big, slow and tough enemies created by the NEXUS Core to serve whoever owned them. The NEXUS sold G03LMs to citizens of Nexus City and anyone who was interested, but they also used G03LMs to defend their own facilites. G03LMs are very resistant, but also very slow. If they get hit five times from melee or unarmed attacks, they will throw a tantrum where they try to grab you. If they fail, they will be open to an execution from behind, though this isn't guaranteed to kill them.


 * G03LM MK1 - MK1s are normal G03LMs, but in armor, which makes them take a lot more damage before going down. Like normal G03LMs, MK1s will throw a tantrum which leaves them open to an execution from behind. The first execution will remove their helmet, allowing you to deal full damage to them in the head, but the execution itself will deal no damage. Any execution after that will deal damage as normal. MK1s are only seen in the infinite mode of the Nexus Core Faclity stage in arena and in an easter egg in the stage Climb!


 * G03LM MK2 - G03LM Mk2s are similar to MK1s, but their armor is completely bulletproof, meaning the only way to take them down is by removing their helmet and shooting them in the head, or by repeatedly executing them from behind. MK2s are usually seen with SMGs and breaching hammers.


 * G03LM MK3 - MK3s are a homage to the G04LMs/MK2s from MADNESS: Project Nexus (Classic). They are like the MK2 G03LMs, but with black and red armor, 2 corpus and more health. They only appear in the infinite mode of the Sleepwalker Bed stage from arena mode. There they are seen wielding a Halberd and a minigun, just like the G04LM/MK2 boss fight in Project MADNESS: Project Nexus (Classic).


 * Liftbot - Liftbots are robots created by the NEXUS. They serve a similar role to G03LMs, that being to serve those who owned them, but with less focus on combat. Liftbots were used in the Mining Sector by the NEXUS core. They are usually seen using their arms to quickly punch threats, but can also sometimes have tools as melee weapons. They can also charge up and do a spinning attack.


 * Robutler - Similar to the Liftbots, Robutlers were made to, as their name implies, serve the role of a butler, serving drinks to their masters. They are seen all over the Science Tower. Robutlers have the same attacks as a Liftbot, but they can also throw cups and bottles at their opponents if they have a tray.


 * Conduit - Conduits are robots filled with dissonance and are ready to explode. They have the same attacks as other robots but can also chase the player and blow themselves up (though sometimes they simply punch the player after they catch up) or charge up and explode. Conduits are seen all over the Science Tower.


 * Crusher Bot - Crusher bots are bigger robots that the NEXUS used in the mining sector, but they were decommissioned and stored at the top of the Science Tower after they drastically increased the rate of accidents


 * Turret - Turrets are unmanned weapons used to defend NEXUS facilities. They are extremelly dangerous, as they have perfect aim can destroy your Tac-Bar and corpus in seconds.


 * Mini Turret - Smaller version of the turrets


 * Tower Guard - Tower guards are protectors of the Science Tower. They are encountered several times in the last stages of the game, but only five of them engage you, once at the end of Shakedown, and four at once at the end of Climb! who force you to retreat. They can be killed, but more will spawn.


 * Tower Guard Blue - Tower Guard blue is a differently colored tower guard who is encountered in Base Jumping. He functions the same as a normal tower guard, but he uses a dragon slayer.


 * Tower Guard Yellow - Just like the blue tower gurd, the yellow tower guard functions the same as a normal tower guard, but he uses a morning star and has slightly different moves. Interestingly though, he has yellow blood and an eyepiece similar to A.A.H.W. soldats.


 * Blackguard - The Blackguard is the head of security at the Science Tower. He is the biggest G03LM in the game, being x1,799 bigger than the player. He is fought at the end of Base Jumping, there he uses a bigger dragonslayer, a black shield with spikes and a minigun once he loses 3 corpus.


 * Unfinished Mag - Unfinished mags are, as their name implies, mags who haven't been finished and have been let out of their magnification chambers for some reason. They function the same as the Mag bandit, but with less health and without the ability to grab and throw objects at the player.


 * Sleepwalker Patient - Sleepwalkers were created by Dr. Christoff so that Phobos would drop Plan Zed. This ended up not happening and Phobos turned the sleepwalkers into his own personal army. Half asleep and half awake, sleepwalkers are fed combat data through their masks everytime they die, which brings them back to life and increases their combat ability. However, this cannot happen more than two times, or they would turn into an abomination, so they self destruct on the third revive.


 * Sleepwalker G03LM - Similar to a sleepwalker, but much tougher and with the ability to revive forever until you remove their mask. Unlike sleepwalkers, their combat ability does not increase after reviving.


 * Director Phobos - Phobos is the main antagonist of Project Nexus and the leader of the NEXUS Core. Phobos is a power hungry, narcissistic dictator, who wants to achieve godhood by any means necessary.


 * The Hive - The Hive is a mag agent created by the NEXUS. It is covered in bullet proof armor and can create Hiveslugs by opening it's stomach and launching them out. This leaves the Hive vulnerable for a few seconds.


 * Hiveslug - Hiveslugs are created by the Hive. They are smaller than a normal grunt and are very fragile, but if they get close to an enemy, they will jump at them and explode.


 * Ghost - Ghosts are denisens of the other place who Phobos summons during combat. They are x1,2 bigger than the player, and have the ability to teleport.

Trivia

 * The main 6 NEXUS units used to look a bit different in the beta:
 * Agents had a brighter suit, and fingerless gloves.
 * Scouts had an earpiece with an antenna instead of a headset with a microphone, a brighter suit and fingerless gloves.
 * Supports had no red stripe on their masks, their pauldrons were mostly black with very faint red bits, their vest looked completely different, they had a brighter suit and fingerless gloves.
 * Riot Guards only had microphone headset, an earpiece, an old version of the NEXUS vest, the MK2 NEXUS mask, a brighter suit and fingerless gloves.
 * Engineers had a normal black suit like the other NEXUS units, a red beret, fingerless gloves, the exact same masks A.A.H.W. Engineers but red and the old NEXUS vest.
 * Soldats had the old NEXUS vest, the same uni-goggle as the A.A.H.W. Soldats but red, a brighter suit and fingerless gloves.


 * Originally, the A.A.H.W. were the NEXUS Core, until the NEXUS turned into their own faction.