Elite X-Naut

Elite X-Nauts are high-ranking soldier X-Nauts and the strongest X-Nauts. Unlike the X-Naut or the PhD, this type of X-Naut wears a red-and-black uniform with a white X to signify its rank. Judging by their rank, they are usually sent on special missions, such as making sure that X-Naut Black is on board the ship that Mario boarded on Rogueport docks. One of their usual tasks is guarding their Headquarters on the Moon. The Elite X-Naut is much tougher in battle than a standard X-Naut, but otherwise uses the same attacks. When Mario ends his adventure, Goombella tells him that Crump, Grodus and a few Elite X-Nauts survived and still live in Poshley Heights.