High Praetor

Endgame spoilers. Avoid if you have yet to finish Xenonauts.

The High Praetor is the title held by the commander of the Alien invasion, a Praetor.  The High Praetor is in charge of the invasion fleet, and observing humanity's efforts to combat the invasion force. It is the High Praetor's decision to see if humanity should either be exterminated or subjugated and is using the invasion as a pretext to test humanity. The High Praetor resides onboard the dreadnought in his throne room, he exhibits a unique blue glow and an orange cape that denotes his status as the High Praetor. The Xenonauts deduce that if the High Praetor dies, the invasion fleet would be thrown into disarray and would fall apart. By itself, however, all that would accomplish is the arrival of a second invasion fleet. However coupled with the Hyperspace Inhibitor, which disables all hyperdrive travel to or from a 10,000 light-year radius sphere around Earth, this would destroy the invasion fleet and secure Earth's safety against the Alien Empire. If the Xenonauts are able to activate the Hyperspace Inhibitor, the High Praetors dreadnought would descend down to Earth to unleash thousands of Reapers on Earth, as part of a contingency plan, that would, however, leave the High Praetor vulnerable to a Xenonauts insertion team aimed at assassinating the High Praetor, his death would spell the end of the invasion. Surprisingly, you can capture the praetor leader alive, despite the fact that it is very difficult to do. When he loses consciousness, the animation of death will be played, however, his unconscious body will lie on the ground and can be taken. But this action does not make much sense - after the evacuation, the praetor leader will be executed, probably because of danger cased by his powerful psi forces, or simply because operation was to kill him, and not capture him alive. The High Preator The High Preator Ingame The Dreadnought