Captain

The Captain is an Order soldier found patrolling or holding overwatch positions, usually as part of a squad with Grunts and sometimes a Medic. Like the rest of the Order, Captains are hostile to entities, robots, and the player. In the GATE compendium, they are identified as Legates of the Order, a command role earned through a combination of zealotry, combat victories, and survival. Their duties often involve leadership under unexpected conditions, and they are trusted with a high degree of operational intelligence.

In combat, Captains are less heavily armed than Grunts, but their magnum revolver can still deal severe damage to lightly armored players. Their overall behavior is very similar to Grunts: they can be damaged effectively by sharp weapons, they will periodically try to back away from the player, and they will also attempt melee attacks if the player gets too close. Those melee attacks are easy to avoid if you step back as soon as the animation begins. Shields can block both their shots and their melee attacks.

They are vulnerable to ambushes and headshots. Sneak attacks with high-damage sharp weapons, or Power Attacks with high-damage blunt weapons, can kill them in a single hit if aimed at the head and if the player has the required Stealth perks. A Scrapshot shot to the head at point-blank range will also often kill them instantly.

Captains can drop a range of military and valuable items:

• Military Electronics — 100%
• .357 Magnum Ammo — 100% of 2, or 50% of 2-3
• Cracked Shoulder Light — 30%
• Radio Pack — 20%
• Talagi Magnum — 15%
• Money — 10%
• Ornate Key — 10%
• Military M.R.E. — 5%
• Frag Grenade — 4%
• Light Gun Repair Kit — 2%

They also provide harvestable remains:

• Human Skull — 100%
• Human Arm (Military) — 50%

A helmet can only be removed by hitting the head with a blunt or heavy weapon, or by shooting it off; certain weapons do not work for this. Helmets can be knocked off even after the Captain is dead. The dead Order Captain in Flathill is the only one in the game that wears a full gas mask; all other Captains encountered wear a half-mask with their eyes visible.