Silver Horn

"The weak ones have no choice... They should just obey the strong ones. Obey the Rebellion forces! The slimy vermin of the world... must bow down to our power!"

- Silver Horn

Silver Horn, known as Silver Hound (シルバーホーンド) in Japan, is the "Super Heavy Cannon Reploid" from Mega Man X: Command Mission. He was an operative of the Rebellion forces in the Giga City region and was in charge of the Tianna POW Camp.

Characteristics
Silver Horn's design is based on a triceratops, possessing a large frame and three horn-like cannons on his wide-set skull. His armor is primarily red, grey, and yellow. He has a short tail and his bulky fists are built like mittens, possessing only two fingers per hand. Given his size, it's easy to assume Silver Horn once occupied a position as a construction worker or similar profession, moving or destroying large rocks. He is equipped with large high pressure water cannons, similar to a sand blaster or water jet cutter.

Silver Horn was arguably the cruelest, ruthless and most cold-hearted of the Rebellion Army's leaders. He relished his position of power over the POWs of the prison camp, and took great delight in the torture and execution of the original Steel Massimo. He was also very abusive towards Nana, treating her like property and nothing more. He had a "might makes right" philosophy and believed that the weak should obey the strong - of course, he considered himself one of the strong. Like Flame Mammoth from the original Mega Man X, he is a large Reploid based on a large extinct animal, with mastery of an element (water; Flame Mammoth's is fire), and extreme pride in his size and power.

Mega Man X: Command Mission
Silver Horn was in charge of the Tianna Camp, a makeshift prison containing POWs captured by the Rebellion Army. He personally took part in many torturing sessions and executions, including the original Steel Massimo's.

He is first seen in-game speaking with Nana, whom he had coerced into functioning as the Tianna Camp's systems operator by threatening to kill her and all the other prisoners if she did not cooperate. He makes good on this threat, as once Nana meets X's party and begins secretly aiding them, Silver Horn forcibly relocates her to the Aqua Coliseum and begins torturing her. When X's party arrives, he notices the new Steel Massimo and begins describing the torture of his predecessor in graphic detail. This enrages Massimo into punching him flat on his back, instigating a battle. Silver Horn is defeated and destroyed by the party.

Stats and Abilities
In battle, the three horns atop his shell serve as the projector of his deadly water-based "Pressure Abyss" attack. He can also sheathe himself in a liquid metal coating, increasing his defense greatly.

Trivia



 * Silver Horn had the temporary name Trine Canon-horn (トライン・カノンホーン) during his development, and a Mechaniloid similar to him, Twin Barrel (ツインバレル), was planned to appear in the latter half of the game.
 * His was referred as Horned instead of his temporary name on his concept art in MM25 Mega Man & Mega Man X Official Complete Works.
 * Judging from his characteristic as an Reploid based on triceratops, his original Japanese name should be Silver Horned instead of "Silver Hound" since a "hound" is a canine (dog). This seems to be a mistranscription due to a confusion as オー (ō) is an equivalent of おう, which is transcribed as ou in Latinization.
 * In the game Rockman X DiVE, the weapon Heart of Gold, known as Horned Horn (ホーンドホーン) in Japanese, is apparently based on Silver Horn, but with a color scheme and naming convention based on Bon Bonne (ボン・ボーン), whose sister Tron was introduced in Rockman X DiVE along with Heart of Gold.