General Knoxx

General Alphonso Knoxx is the titular character of the third downloadable content pack, The Secret Armory of General Knoxx.

Background
He is the "First General of the Crimson Lance, Son of Guillermo Delphino Knoxx III." He hates Lance Command (especially his Admiral) and ultimately sought to leave the Crimson Lance after his mission on Pandora. Through many of his recordings he comments his dislike on the Crimson Lance by calling his troops "retarded". When the player finally meets him in person, General Knoxx is about to kill himself with several automated laser turrets and a rather comically-large bomb. Just before he is able to push the button, he notices the Vault Hunter, and comments "Now that's just inappropriate timing. I was hoping to be dead already by the time you got here." He calls off the suicide setup before making a deal with the Vault Hunter, allowing them to pass if he is defeated in combat. He also suggests that they blow up the entire planet altogether, though that seems unlikely to happen. His commanding officer, Admiral Mikey, is apparently age 5, due to "Goddamn nepotism".

Strategy
General Knoxx fights in his own specialized Devastator mech with dual Particle Projector Cannons mounted in the arms. These Eridian-based energy weapons are able to acquire a lock and home in on targets, unlike the dumbfire charged-particle lasers mounted on Crimson Lancers. During the fight, he summons two Devastators, several Lance Combat Medics, and a Badass Devastator. It is extremely important to kill the medics as their turrets can heal General Knoxx to full health quite quickly. These waves of enemies will still appear even if you take out General Knoxx very quickly, so do not count on his death ending the fight.

When Knoxx jumps or rocket jumps to close in on you, jump and be in the air when he lands. You will avoid most, if not all damage.

You should try for as many headshots as possible to achieve critical hits, which interrupt the charging of his PPCs and throw his targeting, just like any other Devastator mech. Try to avoid his weapons, as they can inflict major damage if you let them.

If overwhelmed by the Devastators and Combat Medics, and playing a Soldier class character, drop a turret and duck behind cover. Knoxx should prioritize the turret, leaving enough time to heal and focus on his reinforcements.

The best weapon to use against Knoxx is a Stomper assult rifle that deals bonus critical hit damage.

Another good weapon to use against Knoxx is an Atlas Ogre. If it is fairly accurate, aiming at the head will yield several criticals, staggering Knoxx. A similar, but more effective method, would be to daze the General using a Siren or Hunter skill that allows the character's Action Skill to daze the foe. If he is staggered or dazed, his overall combat effectiveness goes straight down the toilet, allowing you to focus on his underlings.

Hornet repeaters are surprisingly effective in this fight, as General Knoxx and the Devastators are weak against corrosive damage and the high rate of fire allows constant interruption of his attacks. Much the same can be said of Maliwan "Plague"/"Crux" shotguns, as the Corrosive damage and multiple projectiles will inflict extra damage as well as numerous critical hits per shot.

Weapons that have boosted Critical Damage such as Whitting's Elephant Gun or weapons with long magazines such as a Vladof Revolution will do a nice job taking him down via dozens of critical hits.

Another good strategy as a Soldier is to have a high damaging turret, with a low cooldown time, which you deploy at every chance, this should give you a chance to score critical hits while avoiding damage, and also hopefully having your health restored.

An effective strategy with any character, though specifically with a Hunter is to use a Masher revolver. Their spread lends to high chances of critical hits when aimed at the head of both General Knoxx, his Devastators, and medics.

If you are willing to try a slightly risky but extremely effective strategy and have high reload rates for pistols, try staying right up close on Knoxx's front. His weapons have an convergence point that is a good distance back. By staying up close, his PPCs cannot home in on you and you are free to blast away at him with a Masher.

If the Badass Devastator is spawned before you defeat Knoxx, put Knoxx between you and the Devastator. The Devastator's rockets can deal significant damage, but with Knoxx in the way, they have little to no chance of hitting you. Note that additional Badass Devastators will spawn sometime after the first is killed (possibly a set time after even if it still alive?) so don't count on dodging Knoxx till you finish off the Badass.

Twitter
General Knoxx posts on Twitter under the username @GeneralKnoXX. The account was first active on February 2nd, 2010, and was confirmed to be an official source of information by Gearbox Software on February 9, 2010.

His account officially went offline on March 14, 2010.

On July 15, 2010, his account was reactivated.

Archive (Feb. - Mar.)
This is a manually updated listing of all the tweets, with the times listed in UTC (+8 hours from Pacific time).

Images
Various images posted by General Knoxx.

Quotes

 * "You would've made a great soldier. It's a pity I didn't recruit you before now."
 * "Where the Omega failed, I will not."
 * "Athena must have told you a good story to take on all of the Crimson Lance. What was it?"
 * "Athena is a treacherous snake. Are you sure her goals are righteous?"
 * "This planet smells like hemorroids wrapped in bacon."
 * "I work for children... The admiral is five. FIVE. Goddamn nepotism."
 * "That doesn't even make sense to me. That's like mowing your lawn with a nuclear weapon."
 * "I thought you were cool and would help me get off of this planet but. You would not believe the shit I have to put up with okay. The Admiral just made me French Toast out of a sock and some freakin' gum. Mate, all bets are off, I'm gonna have to kill you now. Hehe, sorry."
 * "I had hoped I would not need to get my hands dirty, but so be it."
 * "Your training is pathetic, this will not take long."
 * "I have all of Steele's reports on your methods. I have the advantage."
 * "Tell the Admiral I hate him." (When you defeat Knoxx)

Trivia

 * Knoxx claims that "nobody capitalizes in the future", and that his tweets time-travel. It is used as a running joke in some of his tweets. He claims to have needed to use an antique tweetergramming machine to type in capitals.
 * It's not physically possible for Knoxx to press the red & green alert buttons shown in the boss-engagement cutscene, when his hands are operating the arms. The alert buttons are supposedly in his power armor.
 * According to Knoxx, Pandora smells like "hemorrhoids wrapped in bacon", which raises the question as to how he knows what that smells like.
 * Knoxx frequently uses the word "mate", rather than "pal" or "buddy", a possible indication of changes in dialect from an American English origin.
 * The General took his assignment on Pandora into his own hands after his juvenile commander sent him a seemingly important package which contained fourteen sponges, a mix tape and some melted chocolate.
 * He could be named of Knoxx in honor of Fort Knox