Silver Horn

Silver Horn
Super Heavy Cannon Reploid
In-Game Information
Weapon:	Heavy Water Cannon
Weakness:	Electricity
Main Stage:	Tianna Camp
Misc. Information
Japanese Name:	Silver Horned
Script:	シルバーホーンド
Rōmaji:	Shirubā Hōndo
Series Information
In-game Appearances:	Mega Man X: Command Mission
Japanese VA:	Daisuke Gōri
English VA:	Byron Close

"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, Mega Man X: Command Mission

Silver Horn, known as Silver Hound (シルバーホーンド, Shirubā Hōndo) in Japan, is a boss in Mega Man X: Command Mission. He was an operative of the Rebellion Army 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.

History

Background

Silver Horn was created with high-pressure water cannons to assist in mining on Giga City. He participated in Force Metal experiments in the Lagrano Ruins lab, labeled the "Super Heavy Cannon Reploid", and later joined the Rebellion Army.

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 as well as cussing him out, 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.

First encounter at Tianna POW Camp

Analysis results for Silver Horn

{{{image}}} Type Boss Level Life Energy 33 17000 Fire 100% dmg Exp. 4000 Water Absorb Zenny 1000 Thunder 150% dmg FME 300 Power Armor Shield Speed 74 44 42 88 Steal Drop Combat Absorber (20%) Shot Absorber (20%) Ice Buster (100%) Build Hyper (100%)!!! List of Abilities Ability Effect Shock Geyser Water-attribute shot attack to a single target. Cryogenics Deals Water-attribute shot attack to single target. Status effect: Freeze. Ultra Blizzard Deals medium Water-attribute damage to the entire party. Tidal Wave Reduces all party member's current LE by 50%, low hit ratio. Liquid Coating Covers himself in liquid metal. Boost Water-attribute attacks and defense, and randomly generates Combat or Shot barrier. Pressure Abyss Deals heavy Shot damage to a single target (100% critical hit). {{{ability7}}} --- {{{ability8}}} --- {{{ability9}}} --- {{{ability10}}} --- {{{ability11}}} --- {{{ability12}}} --- {{{ability13}}} --- {{{ability14}}} --- {{{ability15}}} ---

Second encounter at Far East HQ

Analysis results for Silver Horn

{{{image}}} Type Boss Level Life Energy 50 73500 Fire 100% dmg Exp. 15000 Water Absorb Zenny 3000 Thunder 150% dmg FME 1000 Power Armor Shield Speed 290 105 95 100 Steal Drop Boost Armor (100%) Build Armor (100%) List of Abilities Ability Effect Shock Geyser Water-attribute shot attack to a single target. Cryogenics Deals Water-attribute shot attack to single target. Status effect: Freeze. Ultra Giga Blizzard Deals large Water-attribute damage to the entire party. Tidal Wave Reduces all party member's current LE by 50%, low hit ratio. Liquid Coating Covers himself in liquid metal. Boost Water-attribute attacks and defense, and randomly generates Combat or Shot barrier. Pressure Abyss Deals heavy Shot damage to a single target (100% critical hit). {{{ability7}}} --- {{{ability8}}} --- {{{ability9}}} --- {{{ability10}}} --- {{{ability11}}} --- {{{ability12}}} --- {{{ability13}}} --- {{{ability14}}} --- {{{ability15}}} ---

In-battle Quotes

Action	Japanese	Translation	Audio (JP)	English	Audio (EN)
Pre-battle	-	-	-	Ready to be destroyed?	-
Tidal Wave	-	-	-	Take that!	-
Liquid Coating/Ultra Blizzard	-	-	-	Ha ha ha!	-
Pressure Abyss	-	-	-	I'll destroy you!	-
Critical Hit/Defeated	-	-	-	Nooo!	-
Unused(?)	-	-	-	Vile creatures!	-

Gallery

Silver Horn close-up.

Silver Horn Chapter 3 silhouette.

Silver Horn in-game model.

Silver Horn's concept art.

Translated concept art from Mega Man X Official Complete Works.

Silver Horn's early design concept.

Videos

Vs. Silver Horn - 1st Encounter		Vs. Silver Horn - 2nd Encounter

Trivia

• Silver Horn had the temporary name Trine Canon-horn (トライン・カノンホーン, Torain Kanon-Hōn) during his development, and a Mechaniloid similar to him, Twin Barrel (ツインバレル, Tsuin Bareru), 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.

Heart of Gold

• In the game Mega Man X DiVE, the weapon Heart of Gold, known as Horned Horn (ホーンドホーン, Hōndo Hōn) 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, Bon Bōn), whose sister Tron was introduced in Rockman X DiVE along with Heart of Gold.