History WMG / Iji

* Awww crap, does that mean that [[Franchise/MetalGear Vamp]] strikes back, considering that his immortality also depended on nanomachines?

Not that wild, but it works. Their last name is revealed to be [[spoiler:Kataiser]] in the unlockable encyclopaedia, which sounds Germanic. We never are told where the game takes place, so it could very well be Germany or Austria. Granted, this doesn't explain Iji's decidedly non-Germanic first name (my guess is that it's short for "Isolde"), or her British accent (listen to some of her voice files, I swear) Also, the fact that all of the voice actors seem Nordic (look in the credits) might have something to do with it.

* A clone of Iji designed by a new human military to lead the war against the Komato... the real Iji having decided to step out of the limelight, becoming a recluse, after the events of the first game due to the trauma of losing her father, sister and [[spoiler:possibly her brother]].

** As of 1.7, [[spoiler:it's revealed that Tor was testing her resolve and determining whether or not humankind deserve a chance. You only find this out from Kiron after executing the general however, which requires a kill count over 300.]]

'''Io'''sa holds a deep-seated hatred for the Tasen and contempt for humanity, much like how the incarnations of Od'''io''' revolve around hatred and human suffering, and her backstory holds similarities to how [[spoiler:Oersted became Odio]].

Now Remar has stated that it'd feature an older Iji. Pushing the NotSoDifferent themes to the next level she will end up becoming the leader of the humans mostly due to the fact that she not only has alien technology and apparent knowledge from cracking, but also because she was responsible for saving the planet. Sometime later she will build an army from earth to eliminate the Komato in revenge for destruction of her home planet, Mia, her dad, and potentially Dan. As the Komato at this point will be vulnerable due to the collapse of their empire from a civil war.

[[AC: [[WMG/{{Iji}} Iji]]]]

* Perhaps it wasn't a conquered race at all, but one that exterminated themselves through war. Maybe even the same war that produced the machines in Hero and HeroCore...

[[WMG: The scientists that worked on Iji were {{X-COM}} operatives.]]

** Also, sadly, the komato are also more human [[HumansAreBastards personality-wise.]]

[[WMG: There are Tasen hidden in other places of the Galaxy]]

* According to [[http://www.remar.se/yuka Yukabaceras's News Page]], the Tasen still had quite a population before the final extermination hunt, after which the fleet heading for Earth lost contact with the rest of their race. The status of their species is unknown. As for Tor, it's possible that he attempted to hinder the detection of any Tasen colonies as much as possible, sending only a single scout team to the surface of Earth. Otherwise it's a stretch to believe they had no better way to go about it.

[[WMG: Nanotechnology was stolen from a conquered race]]

[[WMG: The Tasen survived on Earth]]

[[WMG: The Tasen helped make Earth livable again]]

[[WMG: Iji is the final boss of Iji 2]]

[[WMG: The girl in Daniel Remar's concept art is a potential enemy in Iji 2]]

[[WMG: Angelica (the girl in the concept art that was previously linked) was . . .]]

[[WMG: The Komato are evolved dinosaurs.]]

[[WMG: The Komato are survivors from when [[Manga/DragonBall Frieza destroyed the saiyans]].]]

[[WMG: Asha is gay.]]

[[WMG: Iji is set in the Film/{{District 9}} universe.]]

[[WMG: 'Face to Face' (the boss battle music) is meant to be Iji's ThemeMusicPowerUp]]

** Considering the fact Iosa was beaten by Iji repeatedly kicking her in the face...

** To continue this line of thinking: Three Cans Later makes for a motif that symbolizes Iji's realisation of the burden on her shoulders. In sector 2 she already understands she's got to convince the Tasen to leave, and in 7 she's back on tracks halting the Komato advance.

[[WMG: The scientists that worked on Iji were {{X-Com}} operatives.]]

** It's her massive [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Energy]] overflowing through her weapons.

[[WMG: The Komato are a [[GurrenLagann Spiral Race]].]]

While this may seem like an odd thing to have a WMG about, it's tied to Komato computer technology. Komato and Tasen computers use ternary (base-3) instead of our binary (base-2), and if I remember correctly, Iosa's kill counter overflowed and looped around to 0. 3[[superscript:8]] is 6,561, therefore it seems like a good estimate. Alternatively, their byte size may be 9 (multiple of 3, close to 8), 12 (3 x 4), or 27 (3[[superscript:3]]), which would put her kill count at 19,683, 531,441, or 7,625,597,484,987, respectively.

[[WMG: Iosa has 6,561 kills.]

[[WMG: Iji takes place in the same universe as PlanetSide.]]

[[WMG: Iji is set in the {{District 9}} universe.]]

[[WMG: Assuming {{Identical Grandson}}, Iji is a descendant of [[{{Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia}} Shanoa]].]]

[[WMG: The scientists that worked on Iji were X-Com operatives.]]

[[WMG: Retribution is not entirely technological]]

[[WMG: Iji isn't taken that seriously because of humans being neotenous compared to Tasen and Komoto]]

* Supported by her interactions with Tor (and possibly Vateilika as well but especially Tor), but most other characters don't seem to react in this manner. Of course, it may be that everyone else just realises that adult humans look like that.

[[WMG: The Tasen and Komato have thin skin]]

[[WMG: Iji has prior training, perhaps in a militia]]
Despite her reluctance towards violence, she is a good marks-woman, having a smaller spread with the machine gun than all of the Tasen despite the fact that they should be better trained than her and better able to take the recoil. (Although it may be that they're just poorly trained or stupider than humans enough not to develop good techniques during long lasting wars.) She is able to credibly threaten Asha with a head shot with a shotgun while feeling comfortable that she won't hit Dan.

*** ...which he only caught because it used the wrong subcheck encryption. That probably wouldn't be much of an issue when talking face-to-face.

[[WMG: Assuming {{Identical Grandson}}, Iji is a descendant of [[{{Castlevania Order Of Ecclesia}} Shanoa]]]]

[[WMG: Everyone hates Ron]]

[[WMG: The Komato are a [[GurrenLagann Spiral Race]]]]

[[WMG: The Komato are survivors from when Frieza destroyed the saiyans.]]

** Sure, because artificial gender-color relationships that have only even existed recently(seriously, pink used to be considered manly)have tons of significance in determining the sexual orientation of an alien creature.
* Gay or not, I have a hard time seeing Asha as camp. Maybe I just got killed by him on too many times... Wasn't his armor blue? RealMenWearPink, anyway.
** [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asha.jpg Nope]]. Okay, it's more of magenta, but still. I asked this on the forum topic, in any case, and Remar stated that he didn't intend to hint at any relationships with him, gay or otherwise. Still, {{Fanon}}...

[[WMG: Iji is set in the District 9 universe.]]

** As of 1.6, now that more Tasen can survive.

** {{Jossed}} as of 1.6, now that more Tasen can survive.

* Nope, Iosa had ''the'' most powerful nanofield ever, capable of surviving even Alpha Strike. yet, when you visit Tasen outpost in Sector X, one of the commanders(not elite) says that she will eventually die from old age. If Iji can be killed by normal weaponry, her nanofield must be weaker than Iosa. Also, to fully return to life she need Nanodrive, which are single use systems. So no, she will die from old age, probably disease free but will die eventually. I don't think nanomachines can fix "natural" damage, aka biological decay.
** The Komoto are explicitly restricting the Tasen's access to Komoto technology. I wouldn't take their word for it.

* This might be her motivation for working for the Komoto in Iji2. That and either not destroying Earth/Origin and/or assisting in reconstruction.

*** I would like to take a moment to point out that it seems that you are implying that in such a scenario it would be her duty to have sex with and bear the children (I am assumeing human-like biology) of a guy she may not like. No matter the situation, the implications are a little unfortunate. If I am wrong here I apologise. Just saying if I was one of a few people left of my species my focus would be on... not dieing. not procreation. Especially not with someone I dislike.

Now Remar has stated that it'd feature an older Iji. Pushing the NotSoDifferent themes to the next level she will end up becoming the leader of the humans mostly due to the fact that she not only has alien technology and apparent knowledge from cracking, but also because she was responsible for saving the planet. Sometime later she will build an army from earth to eliminate the Komoto in revenge for destruction of her home planet, Mia, her dad, and potentially Dan. As the Komoto at this point will be vulnerable due to the collapse of their empire from a civil war.

Iji who was described by Dan as merely being "good with computers" can hack into any infantry, make all known combinatorial weapons, and only a few remote switched doors were unable to stop her and gets better at it simply by gathering nano probably to increase processing power. She outhacks Yukabacera by accomplishing in days what took him far longer and he's considered a genius amongst the Tasen. The human doctors and scientists were able to successfully reverse engineer the technology with limited equipment in a hostile environment and get it working with only a comatose girl as the test subject. The only reason why the Komoto and Tasen are more advanced is due to having a head start and more dubious ethics in experimentation.
* For the record, she doesn't create ''every'' known weapon, just all the ones which are standard issue and/or usable by infantry. She doesn't build her own Massacre or LaserBlade, for instance. However, you also missed a few points: Dan also created a UniversalTranslator more effective than Yukabacera (in fact it's apparently flawless), and the single soldier those scientists reverse-engineer utilizes the technology more effectively than ''any unit either side has developed''. Ansaksie also claims that there's no way she could've taken out Iosa without Iji to handle the hacking; while I wouldn't expect every soldier to be good at hacking, surely Ansaksie ''knows'' a competent hacker or two (if nothing else to give her that custom error message). I can only imagine that the nanotechnology is actually absurdly user-friendly and intuitive but the Tasen and Komato are both so thick-headed that it can't compensate.
* They also show a disturbingly low amount of ''common sense'' relative to humans (* cough* elevators * cough* ).

* Personally, I always thought Seven Four fit better as Iji's theme for two reasons. One, It only plays in the two sectors where she could easily be in a focused state of mind (sector 5 after losing contact with Dan, and sector X leading up to Tor). Two, it's incredibly similar to Tor's boss music, both to show that there's something alike between them, and just how determined Iji is to defeat him. However, Face To Face could indicate that she's under high amounts of mental duress (panic and/or rage).

It's noted that Iji is the only one who can use Retribution. This seems a bit suspicious as it is but the attack itself just doesn't seem technologically based. Perhaps Iji has some sort of latent supernatural powers or it's a result of the large amounts of spirits from humanity nearly getting wiped out lending their power to her?

Iji is tall as far as humans are concerned but is shorter than all the Komoto Beasts (who are obviously longer than her). In addition all aliens have a voice deeper than her. In addition the helmets all suggest an element of a muzzle, one that is larger in the more dominant ones. Thus humans must look childlike with their flatter faces. The diary writer finding her cute adds a slight ring of truth to this. Thus she appears short, squeaky voiced, and childish in comparison. This works both for and against her. The Tasen are willing to make a truce if she's pacifistic. However she also never succeeds in her talks with leaders unless she bests them.

Despite her reluctance towards violence she is a good marks-woman, having a smaller spread with the machine gun than all of the Tasen despite the fact that they should be better trained than her and better able to take the recoil. (Although it may be that they're just poorly trained or stupider than humans enough not to develop good techniques during long lasting wars.) She is able to credibly threaten Asha with a head shot with a shotgun while feeling comfortable that she won't hit Dan.

** Iji hasn't exactly proven that great at lying judging by her obvious tell when lying to Tor that the Tasen all are dead.

[[WMG: Iji takes place in the same universe as PlanetSide.]]]]
After Iji is victorious over the Tasen and Komato, humanity eventually makes a resurgence. But is humanity realistically going to just sit on their laurels while they're aware of a major extra-terrestrial threat? It's doubtful at best. The Terran Republic was eventually formed after "two hundred years" of an unspecified war, which likely were the result of a sudden power vacuum on Earth in the aftermath of the invasion. The TR essentially unified human civilisation and made space travel possible. When they founded their first colony on Auraxis, alien artifacts were discovered that led to the development of rebirthing tech - a technology which bears more than a passing resemblance to the nanofield in Iji. 'Vanu' may be a mistranslation of 'Komato'. The Terran Republic had access to historical resources locked away from the majority of the population, and has descendents of of the Komato and Tasen races on Earth at the end of Iji in their command structure, so they know about the majority of the Komato race developing imperialist tendencies prior to the events of Iji. So, Auraxis was founded as a major research facility prior to the collapse of the Wormhole and subsequent splintering of the factions - however, in the event of another major Komato incursion, the Auraxis colony represents the best possible chance of defence that Earth has.

[[WMG: Iji takes place in the same universe as [[PlanetSide.]]]]

[[WMG: Iji isn't taken that seriously because of humans being neotonous compared to Tasen and Komoto]]

[[WMG: The Tasen and Komoto have thin skin]]
Their skin color is a barely darker shade of the color of their blood. This exceptional physical weakness would explain why they're infused with nanomachines on top of wearing heavy armor, and sometimes even piloting exoskeletons. The Komoto's self destructive, merciless and audacious nature is just generations of fear that a small fall could cause internal bleeding being unleashed in a torrent of violence for fun and profit.