Artistic Forces/Andy Burton

"You want the best? Here I am."

- Major Andy Burton Major Andrew "Andy" Burton is a highly experienced expert in covert operations and a hero infantry unit of the ADA. This unit is planned to be voiced by Josh Robert Thompson.

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Background
An expert in America's covert operations, Major Andy Burton can wreak havoc against all types of enemy infantry, vehicles and structures. Armed with an assault rifle, army knife and remote or timed demo charges, his stealth training allows him to move invisibly across almost any terrain.

Appearance
Major Andy Burton is physically based off and modelled after Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Hollywood actor of action movies, and Billy Herrington as a tribute to a celebrity who died of a car accident in Rancho Mirage, California. As a futuristic American soldier, he wears a Halo-like Integrated Head Protection System military helmet and a futuristic uniform based on the Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier, Future Force Warrior, and Soldier Protection System to be even stronger.

Idle animations

 * Rarely, Andy may dance until interrupted.
 * More commonly, Andy will dance for only a few seconds.
 * Andy will do a spin trick with his gun.

Strategy
Major Andy Burton is highly effective against enemy infantry and light vehicles when using his XM7 assault rifle (or any loadout), and vehicles using M72 LAW, though care should be taken around those with anti-personnel weaponry, and mediocre against low-flying aircraft. He can use his hand grenade or grenade launcher to devastate enemy defenses and stationary land units from a good distance. He can also place remote and timed C-4 demo charges on enemy buildings and vehicles. These will seriously compromise the integrity of any building. For instance, like Tanya from the Command & Conquer: Red Alert series, he can instantly kill enemies in one shot using his pistol due to his exceptional marksmanship skills.

Major Andy Burton is cloaked when not active and he can use his knife to kill infantry without breaking his stealth. The knife may also be used to kill the operators inside defensive positions such as AT Sites. Notably, His stealth rate is faster than his Rocket Launcher, MASS or Grenade Launcher's rate of fire, due to this, he will become cloaked repeatedly while firing his Grenade Launcher, MASS or Rocket Launcher, making him difficult to attack, as units will stop moving towards him as soon as he disappears again. However, as with any stealth unit, his presence can be revealed by units with detection capabilities.

Andy Burton is also able to lay Claymore Mines as traps against enemies that trample on them, and climb cliffs and other generally unstable terrain.

Add-ons
Andy can only have one loadout add-on applied at a time. The loadout can be changed when he is killed and retrained.

Trained

 * "You want the best? Here I am."
 * "I'm ready to rumble!"
 * "Time to rock and roll!"

Selected

 * "I've seen it all."
 * "Keeping it cool."
 * "I know the ropes."
 * "Trained for perfection."
 * "Deadly efficient."
 * "Right here."
 * "What do you got?"
 * "Your orders, give them to me."
 * "Looks like I'm pumped up."
 * "Find me something to operate."
 * "Where are we going?"
 * "Major Burton here."
 * "Let's get this over with."

Moving

 * "Nice one for a walk."
 * "Uh-huh."
 * "M-hmm."
 * "I'll be there."
 * "I'll take anything you give me."
 * "Let's get to the action."
 * "You got it!"
 * "No problemo!"
 * "I'm on it!"
 * "Shake it, baby!"
 * "I'll take care of it."

Attacking

 * "This is too easy!"
 * "Come on, punk!"
 * "Keep them coming!"
 * "Needs an attitude adjustment."
 * "Let's see what you got!"
 * "I own them!"
 * "Let me pump you up!"
 * "It's reckoning day!"
 * "More predators!"
 * "Real tough one!"

Attacking with hand grenade or grenade launcher

 * "Fire in the hole!"
 * "Eat lead, tango!"
 * "Frag them up!"
 * "Take this, girly foe!"

Garrisoning building

 * "Yeah, that building would work for now."
 * "Let's go in there."
 * "Making a house call."
 * "Entering the building."
 * "That building should work inside."
 * "Something is safety inside."

Clearing garrisoned building

 * "Anybody home? Here I go."
 * "Who wants some inside?"
 * "House party crash is coming!"
 * "House party!"
 * "Let off some room inside!"
 * "More enemies inside!"

Move to attack

 * "We got company!"
 * "Let's kick some asses!"
 * "The assault is coming at last!"
 * "Don't mind if I do."
 * "Come on, let's see what you got!"
 * "Let's see who is left standing!"
 * "Let's party there!"
 * "Now I do."
 * "Yeah, baby!"
 * "If I insist."
 * "Coming through!"
 * "This is what the Real American Hero wants!"

Retreating

 * "Okay, okay, I give up!"
 * "See you later!"
 * "Later on!"
 * "Got to go!"
 * "I'm out of here!"
 * "We'll save them for later!"
 * "Stay there. I'll be back."

Under fire

 * "Things are not good here!"
 * "I am under attack!"
 * "Gwah!"
 * "Get me out of here!"
 * "There's too many of them!"
 * "Someone is going to pay for this!"
 * "Where is my backup?!"
 * "Get them off me!"

Unit under attack

 * "Sir, I'm under assault! Who wants to cover me?!"
 * "Is someone take cover of me?!"
 * "Somebody help me get the enemies off!"

Using a rifle

 * "Getting ready with my assault rifle!"

Using a pistol

 * "Armed and loaded with my pistol!"

Using a shotgun

 * "Arming my shotgun right here!"

Using a light machine gun

 * "Preparing my LMG over here!"

Using an automatic shotgun

 * "Getting prepared with my automatic shotgun!"

Using the FLASH rocket launcher

 * "Let's turn up the heat with the FLASH rocket launcher!"

Using a rocket launcher

 * "Got my rocket launcher right here!"

Using hand grenades

 * "Getting armed with hand grenades!"

Using a grenade launcher

 * "Getting ready with a grenade launcher!"

Using the underslung MASS

 * "I use the rifle-attached MASS!"

Using a bayonet

 * "Attaching my rifle with a bayonet!"

Climbing a cliff

 * "Easy climb."
 * "I'll climb that."
 * "No obstacles."
 * "Nothing in my way."
 * "Climbing off a cliff."
 * "Let's get climbing over there."

Using Remote Demo Charge

 * "Remote demo charge."
 * "I'll use the remote demo charge."

Using Timed Demo Charge

 * "Timed demo charge."
 * "The timed demo charge shall work."

Planting a Remote/Timed Demo Charge

 * "I've got a present for ya!"
 * "A lil' C-4's knocking at your door!"
 * "I know just what it needs!"
 * "It's about time!"
 * "Just get me in close!"
 * "Something to remember me by!"
 * "Been saving this just for you!"
 * "C-4 coming right up!"
 * "Got your gift right here!"
 * "That one will blow real good!"
 * "Knock! Knock!"
 * "You will be receiving special delivery!"

Using Claymore Mine

 * "Claymore Mine."
 * "Pulling out the Claymore Mine."

Laying Claymore Mine

 * "Claymore Mine coming through!"
 * "Placing an explosive trap."
 * "Let's insert the explosive over there."
 * "They won't notice this explosive."
 * "Let's get putting a land mine."
 * "This will be a present for them."

Using Combat Knife

 * "They won't notice it."
 * "Unsheathing."
 * "I won't be warned."
 * "Unseeing and quiet."
 * "Keep it silent!"
 * "Sneaking up."
 * "This is it."
 * "Just the other day's work."

In combat

 * "Come on!"
 * "Step right up!"
 * "Bring it on!"
 * "Go fight me!"
 * "Ha ha!"
 * "I got something for you!"
 * "Taking them out!"
 * "Fight it!"

Kill

 * "You're terminated!"
 * "You've been erased!"
 * "Hasta la vista, baby!"
 * "Stay dead, baddie!"
 * "You're dead tired."
 * "Take that, bastard!"
 * "Alright, that's it. Next!"

Healed

 * "Ah, much better!"
 * "Thanks!"
 * "Appreciated!"

On death

 * *Colonel Burton death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Generals A*
 * *Colonel Burton death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Generals B*
 * *Colonel Burton death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Generals C*
 * *Colonel Burton death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Generals D*
 * *Colonel Burton death sound effect from Command & Conquer: Generals E*

Repeatedly selected

 * "Was there a problem?"
 * "Come with me if you want to live!"
 * "I eat Green Berets for breakfast. And right now, I'm very hungry!"
 * "You're a funny guy, I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last."
 * "Come on, throw away the chicken sh*t gun, you don't just want to pull the trigger, you want to put the knife in me, and look me in the eye, and see what's going on in there when you turn it, that's what you want to do, right?"
 * "Don't break radio silence until they see me."
 * "Yeah, a guy I trusted for years wants me dead."
 * "We'll take Cooke's car. Someone won't be needing it."
 * "Come on, you piece of sh*t! Fly or DIE!"
 * "Ha Ha. You know when I was a boy and rock n' roll came to the People's Republic of China, the communists said it was subversive."
 * "Works every time."
 * "Chill out, dimwit."
 * "You're one ugly motherf***er."
 * "You have struck Hercules!"
 * "American patriotism is what America all needs in order to loyally love the country."
 * "Sonny, I am an American, not a British nor Canadian...and that's it."
 * "The name's Andrew Burton! American, top agent of the U.S. Military, and the one who saves America from extinction. Also, you can call me Andy."

Trivia

 * The human appearance of Major Andy Burton can be based on Arnold Schwarzenegger, an American movie actor, and Billy Herrington, making him a tribute to an American model and pornographic film actor.
 * Many of these quotes are references to the action and comedy films he portrayed and performed in, most notably Hercules in New York (1969), Pumping Iron (1977), The Terminator (1984), Commando (1985), Predator (1987), Total Recall (1990), Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991), and Erased (1996).
 * Due to the looks of Billy Herrington, Major Andy Burton is one of the few units that are modelled after deceased celebrities.
 * The nationality of this version is definitely American, not British or Canadian in real life.