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** General Hammond put on fatigues every now and then and was never afraid to leave the desk when a more ''"personal"'' touch was needed. Also, Sam Carter's dad General Jacob Carter became one of the leaders of the Tok'ra resistance.
*** The writers were even kind enough to give Gen. Hammond a [[Badass]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]. One episode found him serving as gunner in a Goa'uld vessel piloted by Teal'c. After a successful strafing run against the bad guys, Hammond yelled out a good-ol' Texas "Yee-haw!"
* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek Voyager]]'' showed that Captain Janeway became FAR more badass when she became Admiral in the future.
** In the final episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', Commander Riker becomes Admiral [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]], but he's lost some of his badassness. He gets it back, though.
*** Admiral Maxwell Forrest of ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek Enterprise]]''. And his mirror universe counterpart, who was [[The Captain]].
** General/Chancellor Martok. "''A bottle??? HA! I've brought a barrel of 2309 Blood wine. There is NO finer vintage!''"
* Due to the weird system of Colonial rank, Commander Adama of the ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' is most likely equivalent to a Commodore. And he is certainly a [[Badass]]. And he became an even bigger badass when the President promoted him to Admiral.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* Generals in ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' are among the most powerful units in their respective armies. This is especially true with the Imperial Guard. The rank-and-file are little more than cannon fodder who don't stand a chance in melee combat, while generals wield power swords, plasma pistols, and armour themselves with carapace armour and refractor fields.
** Doubly true of the Space Marines. Promotions up through the ranks from basic footsoldier (Scout) to Brother-Marine, Brother-Sergeant, and Brother-Captain to Chapter Master. They can dual-wield most power weapons (the picture in the Codex shows one dual-wielding ''Thunder Hammers''), call down orbital bombardments, and take to the field in Terminator armour, the best protection around.
*** Don't forget the founders of the Space Marine legions, the Primarchs. Apart from being so freaking badass that they all basically took over the planet they grew up on. Sanguinius apparently broke the back of a Greater Daemon of Khorne (AKA "Bloodthirster") over his knee in the Siege of Terra.
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** Now that Wrex is chief of all the krogan, he qualilfies.
* [[Final Fantasy IX]] has [[Lady of War|General Beatrix from Alexandria]], whom you never beat during the game. {{spoiler|You fight her ''[[Hopeless Boss Fight|three times]]''.}}
* General Horace Warfield, the Terran Dominion's answer to the Zerg invasion in ''[[StarcraftStarCraft II|Starcraft II: Wings Of Liberty]]''. Previous examples of four-or-better-stars in the series were impressive, but lacking true badassery. Warfield, however, {{spoiler|holds the line on the ground in a suit of Marine armor on Char itself with his men, not from the bridge of a battlecruiser}}. He bayonets a zergling, only to get spined by a hydralisk—then punches the hydralisk right the hell out when it subsequently pounces on him. In the end, he needed rescue from Raynor with a [[BFG]] and a few Banshees, but the fact remains--''he knocked out a hydralisk''. Later, he's complaining that the medics wouldn't cut his arm off to halt the spread of the hydralisk's poison. Still later, he shows up...with [[Arm Cannon|a mechanical arm that can change into a gun]].
* Legate Lanius in [[Fallout: New Vegas]]. Averted pathetically with General Lee "Wait-and-See" Oliver.
** The previous Legate Joshua Graham, also known as the Burned Man, was also horrifically terrifying in battle, though his poor understanding of warfare leads him to be more of a General Ripper.
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