Bacterion

Gofer

“I was born from the greediness of mankind. While men exists, so will I.”

Bacterion is one of the main villains of the Gradius Series. He is an immortal viral space cell; when he gets blown up into pieces, those pieces will grow until another Bacterion is born.

History
Bacterion is the leader of the, which came from him. He led the Bacterians in the the first, second, and third Bacterian Wars. At the end of the second war, Bacterion was defeated by a ship named Vic Viper, piloted by James Burton. After Bacterion's defeat, Gofer took charge while Bacterion was recovering. After a period of time, an evovled Bacterion started the Third Bacterian War but was again destroyed by the same ship that defeated him last time: Vic Viper. Bacterion split into pieces but one of those pieces contained an unfinshed weapon that the tyrant was developing before his destruction. A few years later, that piece lands on a planet and changes it into a fortress. Unfortunately, planet Gradius sents the Vic Viper the eradicate the threat, destroying the planet and the regenerated Bacterion in the process.