He therefore tends to lose badly if forced to fight in close range, at least until he actually sits down and addresses said problem. Didn't Think This Through: Black has a tendency to forget that his minions are solely ranged units and not designed for melee.

Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of Self-Insert Commanders as a whole: Black may be an incredibly powerful, self-replicating engine of war, but he's never been in combat before against an enemy who takes battles as more than a game, and frequently finds himself outmatched by his foes.

The sheer number of things that go to he there pretty much shatters Black's idealism (or at least what was left of it) and ends up leaving him worse than the Luna Wolves were after the War with the Interex.

Cynicism Catalyst: The battle at the Kaurava system.Butt-Monkey: The universe ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO GIVE HIM A BREAK.Always a Bigger Fish: In a first for commander self-inserts, he is usually on the receiving end of this trope: the Warhammer 40,000 universe is one of the few places where Black is, to quote the author himself, 'not even remotely the biggest fish in the pond'.Before being shoved into a Commander by a Random Omnipotent Being, he was a microbiologist. Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: In spades: owing to the Fantastic Racism that is ever present in Warhammer 40,000, everyone is expecting everyone else to betray the group.Ĭommander BlackThe protagonist of the story.Even if they are made up entirely of badasses, they aren't really a true team, and have lots of quirks that get in the way of actually working together. Quirky Miniboss Squad: Called this by name by Black.In GeneralBlack and his closest companions.

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