Authority Equals Asskicking: The final mission has the Commander take part via their own Avatar, and is more than capable of keeping up with a squad of colonels.They never physically leave the Avenger after the Gatecrasher mission. The Commander takes to the field in person exactly once, and even then they're largely safe from actual harm because they're remote-controlling an Avatar. Armchair Military: Type 1, although without the negative connotations.Ambiguous Gender: Their gender is never referred to in-game, allowing any player to identify with them.They are rescued from stasis at the start of the game, and proceed to take charge of XCOM's campaign to save humanity.
