Boss
Full Name	Unidentified Flying Object "Rugname"
Weapons	High Energy Laser Cannon and Mini UFOs
Games	Metal Slug 2, Metal Slug X, Metal Slug 3
Sprite

The Rugname is the last boss from Metal Slug 2 and Metal Slug X. It also appears in the final stage of Metal Slug 3 as a sub-boss

InformationEdit

The Rugname acts as the Martian Mothership from which troops are dispatched. It is very heavy armored, and far too large to destroy with regular weapons.

The Rugname can be temporarily defeated by destroying an attached Dai-Manji. However, the only way to destroy the Rugname for good is by attacking the Martian leader Rootmars, who controls every aspect of the ship with its brain. Forcefully severing Rootmars from the ship results in total system failures, causing the ship to go collaspe down the atmosphere.

TacticsEdit

The Rugname's only weapons on the underside are channeled through the attached Dai-Manji. The Dai-Manji's deadly electric beam is replaced with a devastating laser cannon. Luckily, the cannon can only be aimed straight down, so it relies on its infinite supply of elite, extra-durable Mini-UFOs for additional defense.

The Rugname's massive size makes it an easy target; all you need to do is aim upwards. Because the cannon will always hit the same spot, the larger threat is the unlimited horde of Mini-UFO gunning for you. After a long fight, a rebel in a Eaca-B will make a kamikaze attack into the core, making it retreat.

In Metal Slug 3, the Rugname will only use the Dai-Manji's default electric beam. Caution must be used, as the weaker beam can be aimed at the player. The battle is also much shorter, as it only occurs only a third of the way through the final mission!

DetailsEdit

According to the concept art, the Rugname is only 140 meters in length and 23 meters in height. However, during the second "vertical space shooter" segment in Metal Slug 3, the player spends several minutes flying through the Rugname. The official explanation for this is that the hallways of the Rugname are arranged in a giant spiral, allowing for a large continuous corridor from the rim to the center.

TriviaEdit

• The Rugname battle in Metal Slug 2 and X, and ending scene in particular, is an homage to the movie Independence Day. The scene where one of Morden's pilots sacrifices himself to destroy the main weapon is a reference to Russel Casse ramming his jet into the mothership core to start a chain reaction. In the background, some Flying Tara fighters dogfight against Mini-UFOs are another reference to the film.

• In the final mission of Metal Slug 3, when the ship is almost destroyed, when you find the captured ally and he/she use a computer to open the ship, exit from one side, but in the animation when Rootmars grab the Metal Slug, it falls from the place that the player enters, maybe the ship was vertical due it was in self-destruct mode.