Nova Satori
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Nova Satori is a fictional character from the Robotech anime television series. The character was adapted from Lana Isavia in The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross.
[edit] Biography
At 19 years old, Nova is the youngest military police officer in the Global Military Police (GMP). She is also the highest ranking female officer, and is the personal aide to Colonel Alan Fredricks. As such, Nova takes her duties very seriously and allows for no compromises regarding protocol and regulations. Her rivalry with fellow military officer, 15th ATAC leader Dana Sterling can be viewed as a subtle game of "cat and mouse" or as a "fencing match". In the beginning of the series, Nova appears to be colder and less personable than TASC officer Marie Crystal. But as the story progresses, she is revealed to be even more of a romantic than Dana.
Initially, Nova repeatedly tries to root out possible traitors and spies from within Earth's military. But her interrogations of Zor Prime cause her to lose focus while reviewing several personnel files and negatively impact the record of TASC pilot Dennis Brown. When she apologizes to him, he surprisingly thanks her for helping him stay on Earth to keep an eye on an overzealous military leadership. The two later become romantically involved.
As the series progresses, Nova becomes frustrated at continually being outfoxed by Dana and the 15th ATAC squad. She tries to arrest Zor, lock up Bowie Grant, and capture Musica as a prisoner of war. However none of her plans come to fruition. Eventually, Nova's military training conflicts with her sense of justice, and she is forced to choose between her duty to the Southern Cross and her friendship with the 15th Squad. Realizing that the war has become one of survival and freedom from an overwhelmingly powerful enemy, Nova switches sides and joins the 15th in their mission to stop the Robotech Masters.
[edit] Trivia
- Nova Satori was voiced by Edie Mirman in Robotech, as was the Macross Saga character Miriya Parino. The original Japanese character, Lana Isavia (from Southern Cross), was voiced by the famous seiyuu Mika Doi, who also voiced the Japanese versions of Lisa Hayes and Rook Bartley.
- Nova can be seen as an earlier version of Kanuka Clancy from Mobile Police Patlabor, as both their looks and personalities are similar. Also, the rivalry between Nova and Dana can be seen as an earlier version of the relationship between Kanuka and fellow Labor pilot, Noa Izumi.
- The word nova is Latin for "new", and the word satori is a Buddhist word meaning "calm" or "tranquility". Hence the name "Nova Satori" (New Tranquility) can be seen as ironic, as Nova is older than both Dana and Marie, and is the most hot-headed of the three. On the other hand, her name could represent the change of heart she has in the Protoculture cave near the end of the series.
