Übercommander

Übercommanders
SS-Oberführer Thomas WechslerAn example of a 1961 era Übercommander
Weapon(s)	Kampfpistole 61 Sturmgewehr 61
Appearances	Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

"Alright, Blazkowicz. While the guys are off kicking ass and revolutionizing...you and I are gonna tie some loose ends by taking out any Übercommanders left on the board. Get on the Engima machine and the war map and do you thing. I'll be your com support. Come on, let's pave the way for our people on the ground."

―Grace Walker to B.J. on dealing with the Übercommanders.

The 16 Übercommanders that B.J. is tasked with assassinating.

Übercommanders (Ger. "Überkommandanten"; lit. "Over Commanders") are highly influential and important commanders in the German military who were under the command of General Irene Engel during the events taking place in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus.

Kampfkommandant (lit. "Combat commander") return in Wolfenstein: Youngblood, and are high ranking officers which can be encountered during assassination missions or Abby's random tasks.

Overview

The New Colossus

Enigma console and killing board.

Übercommanders are stationed in secret locations throughout the occupied United States of America and B. J. Blazkowicz is tasked to assassinate them all. According to Grace Walker, killing all the Übercommanders will further destabilize the entire Nazi chain of command in the US by making sure that the vacuum left after the assassination of General Engel will not be filled by any of identified Übercommanders who are most likely to succeed her. Not all Übercommanders are German, the main example is Roderick Metze, who is a former American dentist.

Discovering the hidden locations where the Übercommanders are located requires collecting and deciphering enigma codes using enigma consoles located in the Eva's Hammer command deck. Once B.J. has deciphering enough Enigma codes to unlock an Übercommander's location, their dossier will fully unlocked on the killing board. The Enigma consoles will become available on the once B.J. collects the New Orleans dossier from Manhattan bunker.

After B.J. successfully assassinates all Übercommanders, the Nazi occupational force in the United States collapses as its entire leadership has been eliminated and the surviving forces are unable to coordinate an effective response to the Second American Revolution.

Strategy

• They essentially act like commanders. They will call reinforcements when they find B.J., and distance is shown thanks to their radio transmission. However, they mostly wear side caps, unlike usual commanders who wear peak caps.
• They have higher durability than usual troops and are equipped with a Kampfpistole.
• Kampfpistolen will do extremely high damage and knock down B.J. Alongside with high health this makes them a very dangerous foe if you fight them directly.
• It is recommended to use stealth or end the fight immediately by combat take down or using maximum firepower as much as possible.

Youngblood

Übercommanders return in Youngblood, with another variant called Kampfkommandant (Combat commander). They are high ranking officers which can be encountered during assassination missions or Abby's random tasks. They are more durable than the regular Kommandants. They can come equipped with various weapons, such as Maschinenpistole, Kugelgewehr, Elektrokraftwerk, and Sturmgewehr. There are only a few Kampfkommandanten found in Neu Paris, namely Bayer, Edgar Fleischer and the tower commanders found in Brother towers.

Trivia

• The position of Übercommander has a contradictory place within the MachineGame timeline, the briefing on how to use the Enigma consoles and the first assassination mission give the impression that they are high ranking officials. combining the powers and responsibilities of a Militärbefehlshaber (Military governor) of an area with that of the corresponding civilian position, Reichskommissar (Reich Commissioner) and could be appointed on a temporary basis to organize and direct emergency operations in a particular geographic area. All of the dossier pictures for all of the Übercommanders except for one (Strangely, Klaus Klinger the first Übercommander that B.J. is tasked with assassinating and is found in the Manhattan bunker, has his dossier picture in the uniform of a Herr Generalmajor.); in The New Colossus have them in the uniforms of either SS-Oberführer (SS-Senior leader; equivalent to a Senior colonel) or a SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS (SS-Brigadier leader and major general of the Waffen-SS; equivalent to a Brigadier general). This gives the indication that the Übercommander are senior officers exercising broad authority over their forces in there assigned areas.
  • The actual roll that the Übercommanders have in The New Colossus are more suited lower-level company grade officers.
  • The gorget patches in game do not have any know SS or Herr ranks, instead each patch has a single Hakenkreuz. Übercommander is treated as a military rank as well as a position, which may suggest that civilian SS & other Nazi party members appointed to this position automatically gain the rank/uniform as well.
• The position/rank was originally, and formally still is, known as Überkommandant. Over time it has apparently become partially Anglicized to its more common name.

Gallery

An Übercommander in hazmat suit.

An Übercommander with normal uniform.

Concept art for Übercommander.

Kampfkommandant without visor and side cap

Ubercommander Bayer in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

One of Uberkommandants of Brother Towers carrying Maschinenpistole (Youngblood) in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

One of Uberkommandants of Brother Towers carrying Handgun 1980 in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.

Abby's targetable Ubercommander during her assasination tasks in Wolfenstein: Youngblood.