Commander Yammark

"Maverick Hunters and Reploid researchers are all liars! I may end up betrayed and deleted! So I will delete you first!"

- Commander Yammark

Commander Yammark (コマンダー・ヤンマーク) is a dragonfly-themed Reploid and one of the eight Nightmare Investigators found in Mega Man X6.

Characteristics
Commander Yammark is a male Reploid with a design inspired by a dragonfly. This can be seen in the large eye-like gems on his helmet, four wings on his back, and tail-like appendage. His armor is primarily deep green in color, and he has a red visor through which only his eyes can be seen. Like all of Gate's creations, he possesses a rhombus-shaped gem in his forehead. He appears overall more humanoid in design than the other Nightmare Investigators.

Yammark is a dutiful and hot-blooded servant of Gate. He seems to have developed trust issues due to being betrayed in the past, refusing to cooperate with the Maverick Hunters and instead lashing out because of this paranoia.

History
Commander Yammark was originally created by Gate to support nature preservation projects, becoming the leader of an ecological observation team. In order to ensure the most thorough investigations, he is equipped with the Yammar Option, independent dragonfly Mechaniloids that act as his eyes and ears. While on duty he once accidentally set a fire that burned a large portion of a forest due to control disorder. He wasn't accused of the incident, but some time later, someone sabotaged his flight system, leading to a crash that killed him. Gate later resurrected Yammark to aid in the investigation of the Nightmare, being responsible for the Amazon Area. Due to what happened to him, he developed paranoia, being distrustful towards Reploid researchers and Maverick Hunters, and attacked the Hunters when they checked what he was doing, leaving them no choice but to destroy him.

Strategy
Commander Yammark will constantly use Yammar Option to form small dragonflies around himself for defense and to use in his attacks, starting the battle with three. He may form anywhere from three to six dragonflies, depending on how much health he has left. He is the easiest to defeat with the starting weapon, but he falls even faster to X's Ray Arrow or Zero's Rekkoha.


 * Formation Guard - Commander Yammark uses the Yammar Option dragonflies to attack.
 * With X, the dragonflies will fly up and down and fire straight forward. Alternatively, Yammark will level out with the player, then fly in a straight line towards the other side of the screen, while the dragonflies fire straight ahead.
 * In Xtreme Mode, the dragonflies will fire directly at X instead of just straight ahead.
 * With Zero, Commander Yammark will launch the dragonflies at him, like missiles. They can be hit and deflected back at him. He will take slight damage and will be stunned if hit.


 * Formation Wing - Commander Yammark will call the dragonflies to line up above and below him, then he will fly from side to side, trying to hit the player.


 * Formation Final - Used when Commander Yammark has half of his health left. Commander Yammark will call the dragonflies to line up behind him and fly around the screen, reducing space and attempting to fill it up. The dragonflies may also drop bombs while above the player.

Other appearances

 * Commander Yammark appeared as a boss in the X Challenge mode from Mega Man X Legacy Collection and Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2, being fought alongside Morph Moth in the former and Spike Rosered in the latter.
 * Commander Yammark appeared in the TEPPEN card Sky's Rebellion.

When Playing as X
X: You're the Nightmare investigator, Commander Yammark?

Commander Yammark: Yes! I'm in charge of the Amazon area. Tell me! What is Zero up to? You must know something.

X: Zero has nothing to do with this! Stop accusing him!

Commander Yammark: I won't trust both the Maverick Hunter and Reploid researcher. I don't know what you're thinking... I won't end up being betrayed and deleted! I will delete you first!

When Playing as Zero
Zero: You're the Nightmare investigator, Commander Yammark?

Commander Yammark: Yes! I'm in charge of the Amazon area. Tell me! What will you do with the Nightmare?

Zero: Are you serious? It is your silly toy!

Commander Yammark: Maverick Hunters and Reploid researchers are all liars! I may end up betrayed and deleted! So I will delete you first!

Archie Comics
Commander Yammark and many other Mavericks served as the antagonists of the Worlds Unite crossover event, where they were revived by Sigma-1 and unleashed against the heroes aboard the Sky Patrol. They were then dispatched to various worlds through the Genesis Portals to add to Sigma's power by planting Unity Engines.

Etymology
His name "Yammark" is derived from "yanma (ヤンマ)", Japanese for dragonfly. In particular, it refers to large size dragonfly (family Aeshnidae). In addition, the whole dragonfly is generally called "tonbo (トンボ)".