Sturm is a CO and leader of Black Hole. He appears during the first two games as the main villain. In the first game he is the only Black Hole CO, in the next game he is joined by several others who serve him. Not much is known about him other than he is an alien who enjoys war and hates peace.He is pure evil, bent on conquering the world, and lacks any respect for his enemies, constantly calling them "worms".
He lacks compassion and does not value life and he was willing to destroy Wars World rather than be defeated.
Advance Wars
In the original game, Sturm is the real mastermind behind the conflict. He manipulated the other forces with the Clone Andy using him to frame orange star for attacks on the other nations. Fortunately they realized their error and faced Sturm, defeating him and forcing him to retreat. During Campaign players only fight against Sturm twice, on the final two missions although he is the one responsible for the outbreak of war.
Sturm noted that he underestimated the forces of Wars World, but survived the battle and escaped.
Unlocking
To unlock Sturm you must first unlock every other CO (Except Nell), then he will become available to buy for 100 Coins.
CO power
Sturm's CO power is Meteor Strike. It deals 8 damage to all enemies units in an Area (it is unable to drop the HP of enemy units below 1). When playing as Sturm you may not choose where to target with it, it's chosen automatically. The playable version's Meteor Strike is weaker then what he had in the campaign.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Sturm returns in the second game, again the leader of the Black Hole forces though this time he's brought some other Black Hole COs with him.This time Sturm attempts to overwelm the allied nations by force andby his command the Black Hole army invades the allied home nations making use of new weapons including the factories and pipe lines to fuel the invaison forces lead by the other Black Hole Cos.Sturm stays in Black Hole terrority himself. Again he is defeated by the Allied Nations when the repeal the black hole offences and attack Black Holes HQ. After the final battle he attempts to detonate a bomb to take the other forces COs down with him, but he is prevented from doing so by Hawke before he could do so.
Sturm has not been heared of since and may have being killed by Hawke, considering that his last words were "Hawke... you... traitor..."
Unlocking
To unlock Sturm in the second game you must get an overall rating of S for campaign.
CO power
Like all of the original COs Sturm kept his old CO power, Meteor Strike, though it becomes his Super CO power. It has the same function as before, but it also boasts the attack power of his own units. He does not have a normal CO power. Though extremely strong, his Meteor Strike takes considerable time to charge up, even for a Super CO power.
Trivia
Sturm's mask resembles that of Darth Vader's.