Xenosaga Episode I
- ゼノサーガ EPISODE Ｉ
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Aug 28, 2004 to May 27, 2006
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KOS-MOS226 fan favoritesExternal profileKOS-MOS (recursive acronym for Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation System) is a character from the Xenosaga role-playing video game series. KOS-MOS is an armored gynoid developed by the interstellar conglomerate, Vector Industries. She is made entirely of mechanical parts and nanomachines. She is programmed based on the tenets of logic, probability, and the completion of her assigned mission. However, threats to the physical safety of her co-creator, Shion Uzuki, cause KOS-MOS to temporarily ignore these parameters. Her development name is "KP-X", and she is self-classified as a "Special Humanoid Anti-Gnosis Annihilation Weapon". Her serial number is "00-00-00-00-1". She is equipped with a "Simulated Personality OS" to aid in communication, and appears incapable of emotion. (Source: Wikipedia)
Shion Uzuki32 fan favoritesExternal profileAs a young girl, Shion's life was turned upside down. She lived with both of her parents on Miltian before the conflict. Her mother was immobile and drifted in and out of comas, so she was cared for in a hospital. Shion's father spent a great deal of time working, so Shion was cared for by a Realian named Febronia. During the Third Descent operation at the end of the Miltian Conflict, Shion's hometown came under direct attack by Federation forces. During the battle, Shion made her way to the hospital to find her parents. She found far more than any child should see as both of her parents were killed by renegade Realians right before her very eyes. Shion would have perished as well, but her brother Jin rescued her. Jin took care of Shion until she was old enough to take care of herself. As she was exceptionally bright, this wasn't long. She landed a job at Vector Industries' First R&D Division at the age of 18. Her youth, appearance and cheerful personality earned her many friends in the division while her sharp intellect advanced her quickly through the ranks. She was promoted to Junior Chief Engineer of the KOS-MOS project under Kevin Winnicot. The two were a terrific match and quickly fell in love. The project progressed quickly until Kevin was killed by KOS-MOS when she was awakened prematurely. Shion was present as her and Kevin's creation killed her lover. Though traumatized and afraid of thunder storms (Both Kevin and her parents were killed on a stormy night), she continued with the KOS-MOS project. She buried her past as deeply as she could and put her cheerful personality once again. Some of those close to her, like Allen Ridgeley, could see through this, but they continued to offer support. Just after Planet Ariadne vanished, Shion was aboard the Woglinde when it was attacked by a large group of Gnosis. She was grabbed by one, but KOS-MOS self started and was able to save Shion. The consequent destruction of the Woglinde left Shion and Allen inside an escape pod with Andrew Cherenkov clinging to the outside. The Elisa found them and Shion's trip into history began. She has since left Vector after suspecting that the U.M.N (supposedly constructed by Vector Industries) were closely tied to the Gnosis terrorism. She has many doubts about the events of the Miltian Conflict and has teamed up with Scientia to uncover the truth.
Gaignun Kukai Jr.21 fan favoritesExternal profileRubedo (a.k.a. Gaignun Kukai, Jr.) is an U.R.T.V. (U-DO Retro Virus) that was created to combat U-DO, which had appeared on the planet Milta in T.C. 4740. He had the ability to keep his fellow U.R.T.V.'s (which included Albedo Piazzolla and Nigredo, a.k.a. Gaignun Kukai) through a spiritual link, Rubedo suddenly had a vision of Milta's destruction, which broke the link and caused the U.R.T.V.'s to go mad and slay the residents of Milta, as well as the other U.R.T.V.'s. Rubedo, along with Nigredo, were rescued before Milta disappeared into the Abyss by Jin Uzuki, the older brother of Shion Uzuki, and chaos. Although Rubedo is the oldest of the U.R.T.V.'s surviving, he has had his body modified to remain at its appearance of a 12 year-old boy. Because of this, he has taken the guise of the adopted son of Gaignun Kukai (Nigredo). He also has the ability to enter a special mode (Red Dragon), which he can use to combat U-DO. However, sometimes it is hard to tell if he is a mature being or still a little boy, since he can still act a little rash. Rubedo also has access to the Kukai Foundation's assets, which include the dreadnought Durandal, which he uses to collect and confine the 13 Zohar Emulators which were created. He also uses the Durandal to confine humans that were turned into Gnosis by the touch of other Gnosis (Shion Uzuki is the one human who has escaped this awful fate). He is also very fond of MOMO, because of his previous relationship to the person she was modeled after, Sakura Mizrahi. (source: Absolute Anime)
Chaos19 fan favoritesExternal profilechaos is a playable character in the Xenosaga series. Not much is known about chaos or his past. His personality is kind and gentle, with a philosophical wisdom and maturity which betray his true age. Rarely does he seem upset or stressed out, taking almost everything in stride. chaos's easygoing and contemplative nature is such that that Jr. even accuses him of being "so slow." Most people, even complete strangers, express how calming and soothing his presence is, often opening up to him completely with their problems, as was the case with Allen. However, for all his cheerfulness and seemingly carefree attitude, chaos is commonly described as having a near perpetual melancholy expression stemming from some unknown anxiety and unfulfilled state. Although he often says that he doesn't like to fight, he nevertheless does so to protect others and to help his friends. chaos's name is always deliberately written in the lowercase, although the reasoning for this is unknown. This is a direct contrast to KOS-MOS's name which is always written in upper case (because it is an acronym). Another contrast between the two characters is the derived meaning of their names. Chaos literally means anarchy and confusion while kosmos means "order" in Greek. In official artwork, he is sometimes portrayed with six white angel wings. (Source: Wikipedia)
MOMO Mizrahi17 fan favoritesExternal profileMOMO is a Realian—more specifically, a prototype 100-series Observational Realian—developed with special technology to combat Gnosis and utilize the Hilbert Effect. She was created with the appearance and personality of a little girl, and like all Realians, she never ages or otherwise changes from her manufactured appearance. (Source: Wikipedia)
Wilhelm4 fan favoritesExternal profileWilhelm is the mysterious founder and CEO of the largest interplanetary conglomerate, Vector Industries in the videogame Xenosaga. He also served as the Executive Committee Director of the Galaxy Federation, up to a decade ago. He is a major antagonist of Xenosaga I & Xenosaga II, and main antagonist of Xenosaga III in Xenosaga series. (Source: Wikipedia)
Ziggurat-83 fan favoritesExternal profile98 years prior, a soldier named Jan Sauer died when he committed suicide after the deaths of his wife and stepson at the hands of a terrorist. However, because of the Life Recycling Act, his body was reconfigured into a cyborg by Ziggurat Industries, and was given the official title of Ziggurat-8. Like Realians, Ziggurat-8 had little in human rights (since he wasn't considered 'human' himself), and had suffered some of the discrimination that both cyborgs and Realians had to endure. His latest mission for the Galaxy Federation was to retrieve the 100-series observational Realian prototype, MOMO, from the clutches of U-TIC. However, once he did, MOMO told him that she didn't like the designation he had and nicknamed him 'Ziggy', which stuck. Ziggy then took MOMO away to the Elsa Van Brabant, where they hoped to head to Second Militia without incident. That is, until the Elsa had encountered KOS-MOS, who was floating in space after the Woglinde attack. After 'persuading' Captain Matthews to take in the survivors Allen Ridgley, Lt. Louis Virgil and Shion Uzuki, Ziggy decided to take on KOS-MOS, seeing her and her friends as threats to the mission. After a brief battle (which was broken up by MOMO and Shion), Ziggy learned of the groups' travails... and had taken them up as his friends – something the cyborg had little of. (source: Absolute Anime)
