Captain Vladimir

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Captain Vladimir
Species	Human
Nationality	Russian
Affiliations	United Assassins Association (Ranked 3rd)
Occupations	Cosmonaut
Ranking match	Rolling Cradle Highway
Status	Deceased
Debut	No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Battle theme	Shoegazer Watched the Stars
Voiced by	Paul Eiding

Captain Vladimir is the 3rd ranked assassin in No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle.

He is a Russian cosmonaut who still believes he is in space. He thinks the Soviet Union still exists, and upon seeing Travis, he takes him for an American enemy, immediately attacking him.

After being defeated by Travis, Captain Vladimir realizes that he's back on planet Earth and passes away happily. Travis, feeling sympathy for his opponent, convinces Sylvia to leave his remains alone.

Battle

Vladimir's space suit generates a powerful force barrier in front of him. Due to this, he can only be attacked from behind, thankfully he is often unable to turn in time to avoid such attacks, especially when firing his laser. Captain Vladimir floats slightly over the ground using his cosmonaut's suit, and is deceptively fast, able to cover long distances in the blink of an eye, sometimes via teleportation.

He appears to use telekinesis somehow, lifting large boulders from the ground to throw them at Travis (since he has a cosmic theme, this may be a "reverse gravity" attack). He can also fire a laser from the visor of his helmet. This laser comes in two variations - the yellow one lasts for a very short period and is weak, while the bigger blue one, which he starts using later in the battle, is much more powerful and sweeps a wide area.

He fights with the assistance of a laser-firing satellite, named Volk (Wolf in Russian), which regularly unleashes a rain of small laser blasts upon the battlefield from orbit. Vladimir can also use a powerful attack for which he floats into the sky while a thin blue beam is fired down from Volk. This beam then quickly expands to become huge, turning a large area into an instant death zone.

Trivia

• His voice actor, Paul Eiding, also voices Million Gunman. He's also known for the role of Roy Campbell from the Metal Gear Solid series.
  • Coincidentally, Captain Vladimir bears a strong resemblance to The Fury from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
• Captain Vladimir is similar to Speed Buster, in that they are the oldest assassins in their respective games, are both ranked third and use massive laser cannons.

• He is the 6th battle to not have blood.
• It has been speculated by some fans that Captain Vladimir is a ghost, due to him having "survived" for so long with no sustenance, wielding some abilities that appear supernatural, and perishing as soon as he finds peace (when he realizes he has returned to Earth).
• Due to his belief in the soviet union and how surprised he was to see that he was "followed by an American". It seems that Captain Vladimir was one of the cosmonauts from the Space Race that lasted from 1955 to 1975.
• His name may have been in reference to Vladimir Komarov, the first Soviet cosmonaut to fly in space twice when he was selected as the solo pilot of Soyuz, its first crewed test flight. He died on 24 April 1967 after a parachute failure caused his Soyuz capsule to crash into the ground after re-entry. The accident made him the first human to die in space flight and he was posthumously honoured as a hero of the soviet union and he was honored for his space career.