Well they at least tried to do something with them.
Colonel Autumn as final boss was just... Sad.
Making 5 of them just felt ridiculous though.
Yeah, they could have made that a way more epic fight than it was.
Have him throw one of those flashbangs they knock you out with at you and escape. Then you have to fight more PA-Enclave dudes to get to Autumn, who has taken the time he bought with his soldiers' lives to don his own power armor, maybe an Advanced MKIII, which is larger and more imposing than the other power armors in the game, with 50 DR like the T-51b.
But no, he just stands there and you can kill everyone in the room and 5 seconds flat.