St. Freya Academy

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Also known as Schicksal's Far East Branch, located in Soukai City. It's a special school meant to teach young teenagers with the potential to be Valkyries. Theresa Apocalypse, one of Schicksal's renowned Valkyries and Otto's adopted granddaughter, is its founder, principal and leader. Murata Himeko, the Squad V Major, is one of the teachers. Among the students are Kiana, Mei, Bronya, and Fu Hua. They also have the flying battleship Hyperion as their secondary base.

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Murata Himeko

Voiced by: Lin Su ^*林簌 (Chinese), Rie Tanaka (Japanese)

Battle Storm

Story-important battlesuit:
^{Vermillion Knight: Eclipse}

Himeko is the commander-in-chief of the Valkyrie Squad Fifth Platoon and is the superior officer of Kiana, Mei and Bronya. A year after the death of her father, Himeko enlisted in the Honkai Fighting Strategy Unit Training Program to find out the truth, becoming a very distinguished combatant and commander with the rank of Major. Unlike other playable characters, she does not have any natural resistance to Honkai energy, and her body had to be transplanted with artificial stigmata. Due to this and the effects of Honkai energy on her body, it is estimated she only has one year left to live.

The Alcoholic: On the occasion she drinks, she turns into a Lady Drunk. Fu Hua also mentions Himeko's alcoholism in the Dorm, and Rita will gently needle Himeko about her drinking in the dorm as well.
Badass Boast: Delivers one to Herrscher of the Void as she's overpowering her opponent.
That looks painful, you're actually bleeding! I never expect a god to bleed. [...] Don't you ever get tired calling us insects or humans? I have a name, you know. Try to remember it when you go to hell and cry to your daddy... I'm HIMEKO MURATA!! [...] Has your assault ended? Then it's my turn, if you don't mind.
Badass Cape: Her Vermilion Knight suit comes with a dark multiple-tailed cape.
Badass Teacher: Whenever she isn't on duty as a Valkyrie, she works as a teacher in St. Freya Academy. In particular, back when Kiana first enrolled, the latter roused her into a fight; Himeko soundly won despite being a "normie" compared to her.
Battle in the Center of the Mind: One level in Chapter 9 is set in Himeko's mental world, with her trying to conquer her inner demons (represented by Boss Blood Rose) before she can use the new Vermilion Knight armor. During the boss fight, there's a scripted event where Theresa, Bronya, Mei and Kiana appear and briefly attack the boss before disappearing, representing Himeko's care towards them.
Berserk Button: Due to her lifespan being shortened from artificial Stigmata, Himeko has no patience towards those who hold their own lives with little value. Examples of this are Mei requesting to be executed in fear of the 3rd Herrscher taking over her body, and the diver who followed after her (in a supplementary comic) being infected with Honkai energy insisting she leave him behind.
Blood from the Mouth: In one of the cutscenes of Chapter 8, she suddenly coughs up blood after fighting. Due to her body's condition, she briefly becomes worried and insists that "her time isn't up yet".
Brainwashed and Crazy: In the side story "Chapter Xuanyuan", when she grabs the legendary Xuanyuan Sword, she suddenly goes crazy, gains Glowing Eyes of Doom, and attacks Kiana, Mei and Bronya. After the three Beat the Curse Out of Her, she ends up being heavily injured and they have to retreat.
Call-Forward:
- In a flashback in ch. 11-EX, Himeko advises that a Valkyrie should end a teammate's life right away if they've succumbed to the Honkai, but swears that she won't let that happen to the members under her. It's referring to what happened in the end of ch. 9, where despite Kiana being taken over by the Herrscher of the Void, Himeko chose to suppress her instead of killing her.
- In the Durandal visual novel, Himeko came to visit the orphanage Bianka was raised in, to inform her of Ragna (Himeko's squad leader and Bianka's "big sister" figure)'s death. Little Bianka was angry at Himeko at first (she thought Himeko, who had become a "teacher", wanted to take advantage of it to recruit students), but the latter told her that if she wanted to honor Ragna's ideals and values, she would have to try to fulfill her (Ragna)'s dream, for the world recognizes genuine actions more than sweet words. This exchange references the events in the game (years after the Durandal VN) where following Himeko's own death, as she imparted her "final lesson" onto Kiana, the latter strives to follow her words and fulfill her dreams.
The Captain: As shown in a supplementary comic, she's apparently the Hyperion's previous captain. After you (the player) take that role, she's free to go on field missions. She also mentions that the Hyperion used to be her ship when you select her in the character menu.
Charged Attack: Himeko's normal sword strikes can be charged for her to do stronger slashes, although the exact form varies depending on her iteration. With Battle Storm, she charges one powerful slash at a time; with Valkyrie Triumph, she can charge each sequence of the base combo to multiply the damage while tanking attacks; with Scarlet Fusion, she charges at the enemies before sending them flying upwards when you release the button; with Arctic Kriegsmesser, she enters a sort of Super Mode where each attack deals additional ice damage until the special gauge above her health bar depletes (her non-charged attacks fill the gauge).
Combat Medic: Aside from being a decently powerful attacker, Valkyrie Triumph's ultimate skill, if she's ranked S, can be upgraded to be able to heal her whole team per second for each enemy trapped in the time-stopping field (up to 4). In co-op plays, her team skill is to create an Area of Effect around her that heals the team when they stand on it.
Cooldown Hug: In the "Final Lesson" video, she gives one to the Herrscher of the Void in a final attempt to bring her back to her self and to stealthily inject the serum into her.
Dash Attack: Himeko's running animation is unique in that if she keeps running enough, she'll start sprinting at high speed. In that state, pressing the attack button will make her do a powerful slash attack.
Deadly Upgrade: The Vermilion Knight armor is more powerful than any of her previous suits^note, but Fu Hua warns her that since it's powered by a Herrscher's gem, Himeko would risk getting corrupted by the Honkai if she were to draw out the higher extents of its power. She doesn't mind it.
Determinator: She survived everything Herrscher of the Void threw at her (including getting slammed, squashed, sliced, and stabbed, simultaneously, and topped off by a miniature black hole) thanks to her resilience and resolve (and her new battlesuit).
Herrscher of the Void: I should've killed you thousand times over.
Himeko: I could be quite sticky at times.
Difficult, but Awesome: Himeko's slow attack speed and up-close-and-personal combat style may overwhelm new players trying to use her, and she'll also tank hits more than she dodges them. If properly mastered, she can easily blow through the enemy's defenses and deal high damage while taking only a little damage in return.
Dual Wielding: Vermilion Knight wields a special sword that hovers behind her back alongside her usual greatsword.
Dying Moment of Awesome: The short animation "Final Lesson", which ties in with the end of Chapter 9, has Himeko —likely deciding that it'll be the last thing she does-- giving it her all to snap out Kiana out of the Herrscher's control, engaging her in a duel that was initially lopsided in Kiana's favor, but evened out with Himeko's willpower and overexerting her suit. Himeko manages to even dispel the Herrscher's most powerful attack (read: a miniature black hole) and fool her into thinking Himeko missed her finishing blow when in reality she needed an opening to inject Kiana with a Honkai-restraining serum. Himeko is successful and the Herrscher is suppressed, but this comes at the cost of her own life.
Empowered Badass Normal: She's the only normal human of all the playable Valkyries, and has to be empowered with artificial Stigmata just to keep up with the others. She's still a renowned Valkyrie despite that. This does, however, leave her with the short lifespan problem that most Valkyries have; the other characters don't have it due to being naturally different^note or having been modified heavily^note or both^note.
Entertainingly Wrong: In the "Alien Space" comic, she found an info from the internet about an "alien sighting" (shown in a dim silhouette) in New Mexico and she wanted to see it by her own eyes. Thing is, it wasn't an "alien" in the photo, but rather the Humongous Mecha Arhat, a secret project of Anti-Entropy. As she informed Welt (her lecturer) about this, he was rightfully concerned, as no civilian like her should know about said project. Thus he had to make sure she doesn't find out... by pretending to "like" such a thing as aliens and going to New Mexico with her. He had to change the altitude/latitude coordinates in Himeko's photo with his powers and then ask his subordinate Ryoma (the one in charge of the Arhat project) to put a big poster of the Arahato movie in one of the cinemas in Santa Fe, New Mexico, all to fool Himeko into thinking that the photo was wrong.
Expy: Of Misato Katsuragi. To wit, she's an alcoholic Old Maid who's Majorly Awesome and acts as something of a Parental Substitute to The Hero, who also lives with her. Not to mention, the deaths of both of their fathers are what motivated both of them to fight against a race that intends to Kill All Humans. Oh, and both of their living spaces are covered with the Trash of the Titans. Unsurprisingly, when the Neon Genesis Evangelion collab event happened, she played the role of Misato with little to no changes to her backstory or character.
Flying Weapon: Boss Himeko (encountered in the Extra Story "Chapter Xuanyuan") primarily attacks with flying apparitions of the legendary Xuanyuan Sword.
Go Out with a Smile: In "The Final Lesson", she gives a slight smirk as her consciousness fades away when the Herrscher of the Void pushes her away since she had successfully administered the serum during her Cooldown Hug.
Greater Need Than Mine: During her time in the Helheim Labs with Dr. Tesla, the latter manages to recreate a Honkai-neutralizing serum from the lab's files, and then gives it to Himeko, saying that it can save her life. Then she ended up using it on Kiana instead, to neutralize the Herrscher inside her. By the time Himeko dies, she has already shown signs of Honkai corruption.
Heroic Seductress: Downplayed. Himeko is the most openly and directly flirtatious with the Captain in her dialogue pieces on the home screen^note, blowing kisses and even leaning forward so the Captain (and thus, the player) can get an even better look at her assets.
I Coulda Been a Contender!: In a flashback in ch. 11-EX, Himeko mentions that she could've been a scientist at a Honkai energy lab^note until her father became corrupted by the Honkai; she decided to become a Valkyrie some time after. She also mentioned that her old Valkyrie commander (back when she was still a rookie) wanted to become a gardener, but then said commander went KIA and Himeko ended up putting herself in St. Freya Academy. Himeko then lamented that so many girls wanted to become a Valkyrie (referring to the students) despite them potentially being able to live normal lives with their parents.
Identical Stranger: Although she and Nohime (one of the Stigmata characters) have no connection, they are spitting images of each other. If you put Nohime and one of Himeko's chibis in a dorm room together, they will remark on the resemblance, and in one exchange they agree that it would be very funny to prank everyone else by swapping places for a while.
Invulnerable Attack: Vermillion Knight's Charged Attack and Ultimate Skill make her completely invulnerable for a short moment.
Irony:
- Himeko's an Empowered Badass Normal who faces the similar Honkai corruption and short lifespan problems that other typical Valkyries face. In the previous civilization 50000+ years ago, her counterpart became the Herrscher of Flame. Furthermore, the Vermilion Knight battlesuit is powered by Herrscher of Flame's core, meaning that Himeko is channeling her "older self's" power by wearing it.
- In the "Alien Space" comic, young Himeko had a thing for space stuff, including aliens. Unknown to her, her father is secretly living close with an alien.
Judge, Jury, and Executioner: A downplayed, Played for Laughs version in her specific scenes in the Dating Sim mode. As the volunteer law enforcer in Soukai City, she ends up cuffing at least one person in every scene for even the most minor of slights and the Captain (i.e you) will note that, for most of them, she's just looking for an excuse to cuff people. In the last scene, even you get cuffed as well (because she thinks you got persuaded by the Anti-Entropy some moments before this).
"Just Frame" Bonus: Scarlet Fusion has the "Perfect Combo" mechanic, where her normal attack combo will be more powerful (increased Critical Hit chance) if you time the attack button tap just right (indicated by a circle appearing for a few frames around her body).
Kissing Under the Influence: In the supplementary comic, she comes very close to kissing Kiana after sneaking into her bed while drunk.
Last Request: During the climax of the special cutscene "Final Lesson", Himeko delivers a poignant message to Kiana as she spends the last of her power to get close to the latter and inject her with a Honkai-restraining serum, shortly before dying.
Kiana, raise your head and continue to go forward, to turn this imperfect story into what you’ve always dreamed of! Live on, Kiana. This, is the last lesson I could teach you.
Lightning Bruiser: Downplayed. She can run faster than other characters, her attacks do heavy damage, and she can tank hits well, but she has slower attack speed than other characters. Played fully straight as Vermilion Knight, where her evade move is changed to a dash (akin to Sakura's), her attacks become naturally faster, and she automatically "sprints" when she moves, all while retaining her usual toughness and hard blows.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: The main trio's primary teacher who dies trying to rescue Kiana from Herrscher of the Void's control in "The Last Lesson", but not before some last words of encouragement to Kiana. Kiana's wish to become "the bestest Valkyrie ever" was what drove Himeko into pushing herself and her suit beyond their limits, to try to save her student. Kiana's transformation into the Void Drifter is caused by her resolving to live by her late mentor's advice and hopes.
Mix-and-Match Weapon: The greatsword she can get from the week-long event with Dark Bronya is more of a cannon with a sword hilt, and its active skill is to shoot homing missiles. From the same event with Wotan as the boss, she can get the Wotan Cleaver greatsword that can shoot a sweeping laser.
More Powered Protégé: At least 4 of the students under her that we see (Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Fu Hua) have more raw power (in one way or another) than her.
Ms. Fanservice: She has the most consistently revealing wardrobe of battlesuits and alternate outfits of all the Valkyries, mainly due to all of them being tailored in some way to account for her considerable bosom.
My Future Self and Me: In the Dorm, you can put Arctic Kriegsmesser (i.e young Himeko) together with any of the other, older Himeko chibis. The two would then have a conversation, where young Himeko would ask her older self how life went for her; the latter would say that "your boss would be a brat who won't give you a raise and you'd be a teacher to a bunch of brats".
Noblewoman's Laugh: "Oh-hohoho!"
No One Could Survive That!: She invokes this to trick her opponent into letting her guard down; the moment Herrscher of the Void thinks that she's dead and turned her back, she proves it wrong with her retaliation, with the latter almost getting stabbed by her attack.
Old Maid: She's 27 and is desperately looking for a good man; her chibis in the dorm even exclaim "This girl needs a sweetheart today!". Considering that she doesn't have much time left to live, it's implied that she at least wants to have a good love life before dying, if not getting married and having a child of her own.
Otaku: In the "Alien Space" comic, the reason young Himeko wanted to study in Caltech University, California is that she's a big fan of the outer space, said university has one of the best space science faculties, and none of the colleges in Europe had such faculty. She's known for following news about outer space, including supposed alien findings.
Overheating: Vermilion Knight has an "overheat" system like Bronya's laser weapons: performing her Charged Attack will fill the heat gauge to almost full, while performing it again when the gauge is still cooling down will make it overheat. In that state, she gains increased fire damage, but she won't gain SP from attacks and can't use Charged Attack again until she fully cools down, either from waiting it out or by using her Ultimate Skill.
Post-Victory Collapse: After she injected the Honkai-neutralizing serum to Herrscher Kiana and saying her last words, the only thing that brings her down^note is her own body condition.
Sand In My Eyes: In the special Lunar New Year episode of Cooking with Valkyries, when she's eating spicy dip-boil meat with the other Valkyries, she takes a glance at each of them and starts crying a Single Tear - implying that being around her "family" gives her a surge of strong feelings. Mei thinks Himeko is overwhelmed by the spice and offers her a handkerchief. She then claims that the food is so spicy that it gives her warmth in the cold days.
Self-Duplication: Boss Himeko, after entering a "dormant" state (when her health is almost depleted), will create 3 clones of herself that have different attributes (Mecha, Creature, Psychic) and attacks. In the second phase of the battle, she will create the 3 clones again, one by one, as her health is depleted.
Self-Made Woman: After her father's death, she went to work as a Valkyrie and becomes an experienced veteran after the years.
Serious Business: In Chapter Xuanyuan, Kiana mentions that Himeko seems to take their current mission more seriously than the previous ones, even with her doing literary researches prior to this. Bronya explains that since using artificial stigmata causes normal human users (including Himeko) to have short lifespans, this mission is to look for natural stigmata so that she can help the Schicksal's researches on it, which may potentially help with her body's problems.
Spin Attack:
- As Battle Storm, her QTE and Ultimate Skill is a spinning attack with her sword that hits multiple times, with the latter dragging nearby enemies towards her before the attack comes out. Arctic Kriegsmesser's QTE and Ultimate Skill are similar, but enhanced with ice damage and more powerful.
- In a variant, Blood Rose's Charged Attack has her do her usual slashing combo, then leaping up and performing a vertical spinning slash twice before a downward chop onto the ground. Her QTE is a more powerful version of it, and in her Super Mode she can spin a lot more times.
- Vermilion Knight's Ultimate Skill starts with her performing a few spinning slashes with her sword enhanced.
Split Second Blade Spam: Vermilion Knight's Charged Attack has her Flash Stepping forward as she does multiple weak slashes, before reappearing for a final, powerful slash with both swords.
Sticks to the Back: Her greatsword freely floats behind her back whenever it's not being used. One of miHoYo's 4koma comics has fun with the concept◊, at Kiana's expense.
Super Mode:
- Scarlet Fusion's Burst Mode strengthens her normal attacks and lets her shoot out powerful Sword Beams for each sword strikes for as long as she has enough SP (which depletes to 0 while it's active).
- Blood Rose's Burst Mode strengthens her normal attacks, makes them faster and deal more hits, increases her defense, interruption resistance and gives her immunity to Status Effects, and will engulf the enemies in flames for further damage; basically making her nigh unstoppable. Unlike other Super Modes, however, hers is Cast from Hit Points per second, although it can be stopped manually.
- Arctic Kriegsmesser can enter one by using her Charged Attack. It'll make her subsequent sword attacks be followed by extra icy slashes while depleting her special meter as long as it's active; she'll also become resistant to flinching. It's deactivated by either evading, getting interrupted (note that she gains increased resistance to flinching during this), switching out, or having the meter depleted.
Sword Drag: Scarlet Fusion's Charged Attack is her running while dragging her sword against the ground. While running, contact with her body will deal lightning damage to enemies multiple times, and when the button's released, she lets out a powerful upward slash. If she scores 2-3 times of Perfect Combo (see "Just Frame" Bonus above), the upward slash will also fire off a lightning element Sword Beam.
Sword Plant: Many of her weapon skills, as well as her "stealth kill" move, have her stab the ground with her sword to cause a small explosion on the ground. This is also her QTE as Vermilion Knight, and Vermilion Knight's victory animation has her tossing her sword into the air and letting it stick in the ground before posing next to it.
Teen Genius: The supplementary comic "Alien Space" shows that she graduated her high school with high grades and was offered scholarships to various prestigious colleges in Europe. Despite that, she chose to go to Caltech University in California, USA.
Throw Down the Bomblet: In the "Once Upon a Time in Shenzhou" event, her weapon is a HOLA-themed Cartoon Bomb that explodes upon contact and deals a small amount of AOE damage.
Time Stands Still: Valkyrie Triumph's ultimate skill is to create a large hemispherical field around the target that will stop the time for the target and the surrounding enemies, leaving them open for attacks, while also summoning multiple swords around the field that will impale the trapped enemies after a few seconds.
Tomboyish Ponytail: As Arctic Kriegsmesser; this is the only version of Himeko to wear her hair in this style.
Took a Level in Cynic: Downplayed. When she was younger, she thought that the world and life was good and filled with possibilities, and that she dreamed of doing a lot of things, like being a scientist at her father's Honkai lab. Then her father was corrupted by the Honkai and she chose to become a Valkyrie to seek answers. She joined a Valkyrie squad, whose leader taught her a lot of things, before she went KIA and Himeko ended up applying as a teacher in St. Freya Academy, because she doesn't want any other people to lose their families. She doesn't become outright cynical, but she definitely become matured through her experiences.
Kiana: Why did you end up as a Valkyrie with beefy arms?
Himeko: ...Because I work out and because life isn't perfect, sugar.
Trash of the Titans: One glance at her messy residence is all it takes for Kiana to call it a dumpsite, with Theresa adding that it's the place of an over-aged, single, solitary woman. Himeko even admits that she jams things she doesn't use into a cabinet.
Trick Boss: The fight with Boss Himeko doesn't stop when you deplete her health. You then have to defeat her clones, and then she gets healed back to full health and start whipping out stronger attacks.
Unaffected by Spice: She loves spicy foods, which is referenced numerous times:
- In the "Alien Space" comic, young Himeko cooks her father and Welt a special curry rice made with super spicy Mexican chili pepper. Welt instantly gets shocked by its spiciness; Ryusuke seems to be able to stomach it just fine, but out of his daughter's earshot, he reveals that he's only acting tough in front of her to not make her upset - he too can't stand the spiciness. Ryusuke's alien friend tries to taste a bit of it too, and he's knocked out instantly.
- In the special episode of Cooking with Valkyries (celebrating Lunar New Year 2021), she's first shown eating spicy instant boiled food in a convenient store. When she comes back home, the other Valkyries have arranged a feast, a meat dip-boil dish with spicy broth variant (and non-spicy one as well). She can see through the other girls' comments that they're trying to brave through the hot spice for Himeko's sake.
Victoria's Secret Compartment: She has a tendency to keep hard drives containing data within her sizable bust.
Wave-Motion Gun: In the "Empyrean Legends" event, her weapon is a chargeable laser gun that fires a continuous laser beam as long as you hold the button. It deals less damage than other guns, but it's very accurate, can pierce through obstacles and hit multiple enemies in a line, and doesn't slow down her movement.
Weight Woe: In the dorms, if her chibis are in a room with a refrigerator, they will ponder whether or not to get snacks/drinks out of the fridge, only they have no choice but eat/drink them and lament that it will make them fat, then close the fridge and stomp their feet in anger.
Younger and Hipper: Arctic Kriegsmesser (the "awakened" version of Battle Storm) is a younger version of her from a special storyline in the Dating Sim mode that takes place in 2006 (10 years before the present).
You Will Not Evade Me: Her Ultimate Skill in the "Empyrean Legends" event is an aimable bomb that creates a black hole effect, sucking nearby enemies to the center of impact. It synergizes well with her weapon, which can hit multiple enemies at once.

Theresa Apocalypse

Voiced by: Hua Ling ^*花玲 (Chinese), Yukari Tamura (Japanese)

Valkyrie Pledge

The principal of St. Freya Academy where Kiana, Mei and Bronya attend, and "granddaughter" of the Archbishop of Schicksal, Otto Apocalypse. She was "born" from Kallen Kaslana's genes and is an accomplished Valkyrie from a young age. She was close friends with Kiana's parents (especially Cecilia), and they asked her to be Kiana's godmother.

For more info on Luna Kindred, see Theresa (A-872)’s entry.

The Ace: Theresa's one of the strongest Valkyries that Schicksal has, partly because she was made with Kallen's genes. An off-hand mention in the story says that she can be an S-rank Valkyrie, but she's not interested in being one since she's working as a principal.
Anti-Debuff: Valkyrie Pledge has a "leader skill" that decreases the duration of debuffs taken for the whole team if she's set as the team's leader.
Artificial Family Member: Created by Otto by using genes taken from Kallen. He expressed feelings for her and later adopted her as his granddaughter. Kiana also sees her as her "aunt".
Artificial Human: She was "born" in a lab by mixing Kallen Kaslana's genes with that of a powerful Honkai Beast. This gives her immense power and Healing Factor, but due to a genetic defect, her body can't grow beyond looking like a 12-year-old girl.
Badass Armfold: She stands with her arms confidently folded in her victory pose, all of her costume slots, and on the bridge.
Big Good:
- She's one for the cast of playable characters, as she commands not only St. Freya Academy but also the battleship Hyperion.
- Becomes the de facto Big Good in Post-Honkai Odyssey as the Overseer of Schicksal, putting its massive resources and manpower to use for the benefit of mankind and the world.
Carry a Big Stick: In the "Once Upon a Time in Shenzhou" event, her weapon is the Oath of Judah as a bludgeoning weapon that deals a decent amount of damage at close range and has a good chance to deflect enemy projectiles.
Charged Attack: Theresa's charged attacks are different depending on her iteration:
- Valkyrie Pledge shoots out a powerful spear at her target.
- Sakuno Rondo creates a circular blast of flame at the target's position. If the target has "sakura marks" (applied onto them by her normal attacks, Ultimate Evasion, QTE or Ultimate Skill), the charged attack detonates the marks, dealing heavy fire damage.
- Violet Executer summons multiple swords from the ground in front of her that launches enemies upward. As Twilight Paladin, this is changed into a completely different one: after filling a special gauge by normal attack, she can use her charged attack to enter her Super Mode (detailed below). During this mode, she has another charged attack where she rushes towards the target for a quick stabbing attack and to close her distance. If she has scored 100+ combo hits, said attack will deal extra damage depending on how many hits she did (up to 200), after which her combo count is reset.
- Celestial Hymn creates a "cyclone" of blades at the target's position that gives the "impair" debuff on enemies.
Clones Are People, Too: Chapter 8 reveals that she had always known that the Kiana she's taking care of isn't the real Kiana, but the fact that she's a clone doesn't matter and she will still save her from Otto. She herself first experienced this with Cecilia, who treated her as an equal despite knowing her origins.
Closet Geek: She usually acts like an adult despite her appearance. However, she reads manga in secret.
Companion Cube: She's mainly associated with the elite cross weapon named Oath of Judah (aka the "Cross of Pledge"). She mentions it a lot in her quotes, and one side story reveals that she can't go to the bathroom at night without it.
Cooldown Manipulation: The M part of her Stigmata set reduces the cooldown of weapon active skills by 30%. It's useful for certain weapons with long cooldowns in their active skills, as well as to support the other parts of her Stigmata set, which are tied to using weapon skills.
Cross Attack: She uses mechanical cross-shaped weapons that, depending on the version of her being used, can provide ranged damage through projectile attacks (either with weapons enclosed in the cross or the cross itself) or be turned into a melee weapon as a charged attack.
Declaration of Protection: In a variant, in a comic focusing on Ai-chan's backstory, she said towards the guardian of the "last Divine Key" that she wants to use its power to protect her loved ones, and that she'll never watch her loved ones die in front of her again. A1, however, denied her, because the weapon was meant to defend the world and humanity, and that someone who's bound to their personal feelings is disqualified from using the weapon. Near the end of the battle, Theresa stopped A1 from self-destructing out of desperation; Theresa then declared that she'll never let "another fool" be sacrificed in front of her.
A1: Before the fate of all mankind, the value of an indivudal is small. If you aren't willing to sacrifice an individual, you may end up making a mistake that can't be undone. Such a human being is not qualified to use the "Key"!
Theresa: If you can't even protect your beloved person, how are you going to protect the world?!
Delirious Misidentification: In one Cooking with Valkyries episode, she wakes up with the HOMU plush besides her talking to her, calling her "Master Theresa". She only realizes after some seconds that the HOMU shouldn't be able to talk, and (while still half asleep) thinks that it was Himeko's voice. After she dresses up, she hears "Master Theresa" again, and she says "Even if you call me 'master', I won't allocate funds for a rooftop swimming pool, Himeko." The voice then says "please lift your head, Master Theresa" and she finds out that it's Rita. Cue the principal's embarrassed blushing face, as well as her face-saving denial ("I knew it was you!")
Dirty Business: She reveals in ch. 4 that she was the one who recommended Wendy to take part in the experiment for the Gem of Desire in the first place (she used to be Theresa's student). Theresa feels that, now that everything has come to this (i.e Wendy awakening as a Herrscher and then getting kidnapped by Anti-Entropy), apologies won't be enough and so she decides to keep "bearing her cross" (i.e bearing the burden of fault). Wendy at least understands and thanks the principal for all of her teachings.
Embarrassing Password: When she gives Anti-Entropy access to Hyperion's security, she discloses the password "TERITERI". Tesla gives a stern look to Theresa for her choice of password.
Emotional Maturity Is Physical Maturity: Somewhat. She easily (and sometimes nonchalantly) deals with adult matters and generally acts dignified; being a person in a high position, she's expected to think wisely and make good decisions. However, she still has a childish side, such as calling herself "the world's cutest principal" and with many of her reactions in the home screen. Lampshaded by Bronya in ch. 10:
*after Theresa's pep talk* Bronya is unaccustomed to Principal Theresa sharing words of wisdom.
Expository Pronoun: In the Japanese voiceover, she uses the rarely used "atakushi" to refer to herself. As a combination of "atashi" (an informal pronoun commonly used by young, and often childish, females) and "watakushi" (a more formal/sophisticated form of the normal "watashi"), it captures the two sides of her character very well.
Eye Color Change:
- She gets red eyes as Sakuno Rondo, courtesy of having Sakura's Stigma.
- During the events of ch. 12, after Theresa uses her special suit to activate the Honkai Beast's genes inside her, her eyes turn red. This shows in gameplay when you activates Twilight Paladin's special mode.
Gameplay and Story Integration: Fittingly, her own Stigmata set has extra effects when they're equipped on any of her battlesuit.
Girly Run: Does a typical version with her arms bent upwards at her sides. On one hand, this fits with the "cute" image she cultivates. On the other, it makes her the slowest runner of all playable characters, which can be a slight handicap in timed missions.
Heroic BSoD: She has one in Post-Honkai Odyssey when the team discovers that Otto Apocalypse isn't as dead as they thought he was. The shock is powerful enough to cause her to faint. In the same mode, it's implied she had an even more serious one in the past when they "lost" someone very dear to them, who is strongly implied to be Kiana (or, in her case, Cecilia).
Heterosexual Life-Partners: She was one with Cecilia in the past, as she was the one (other than Otto) that didn't deny Theresa respect or treat her as a non-human due to what she is. She definitely felt a great loss when Cecilia died in a Heroic Sacrifice in the 2nd Honkai War (which gets shown a bit in a comic focusing on Ai-chan's origins), and harbored a hidden grudge against Otto ever since. She actually got jealous towards Siegfried due to this; in one of the supplementary comics, she says to the "virtual" version of him that she still can't forgive him for "stealing" Cecilia from her, but nonetheless, the two are on good enough terms.
Honorary Aunt: Kiana casually calls her "Auntie", which occasionally irritates her. However, Theresa actually likes it.
Idol Singer: The version of her in the "Arc: Light Bound" event is a very popular idol singer, and the only idol who still gives live performances as the other idols in Arc City have all switched to exclusively performing online.
As long as there's someone who wishes to see me up close, I will never give up the live stage.
Impossibly Cool Weapon: While other characters have more mundane weapons, Theresa uses complex mechanical crosses that can do various things and visibly transform to attack.
Involuntary Battle to the Death: In her Chronicles story "Everlasting Memory", in the beginning, she was put into a series of tests by Otto, not long after she was "born". The final test for her was to fight another of her clone, A-303, to the death, in exchange for a proper name for her (she's referred to as "A-310" at this point). Otto stressed that if she doesn't kill the clone, the latter will kill her. She shows aversion towards killing another human being, even if it's another clone; she ended up defeating A-303 but sparing her. This act reminded Otto of Kallen, thus he decided to give her the name "Theresa" even though she didn't kill said clone.
Iron Maiden: Violet Executer's default outfit has metallic "juttings" from her hip that are modeled after iron maidens. They can also hurt enemies (for little damage) if she uses her evasion move at close range. The outfit itself also makes her look vaguely similar to the woman depicted on the iron maiden, complete with the metallic hairband.
It's Quiet… Too Quiet: In ch. 17, she feels alarmed by the quietness of the situation as she's flying on the Hyperion towards Nagazora City. It reminds her of the uneasy silence during the Battle of Schicksal (in chapters 7 to 9).
I Will Find You: The version of her in the "Empyrean Legends" event is looking for her sister, after the latter is supposedly kidnapped by a white dragon. The Celestial and Book of Fuxi ELF agree to accompany her to go to the dragon's lair. As they find her sister, however, she has become the "Frigid Empress", bosses the dragon around, and refuses to go back home, although she allows Theresa to visit her again sometime.
Little Miss Badass:
- Theresa has been accustomed to being on the battlefield against Honkai forces from a young age. It gets muddled in the present, however, as she merely looks like a little girl but is Older Than She Looks.
  Rozaliya: Why does Theresa always talk like a grown-up. Is she really our age?
  Bronya: Erm... Nyet.
- In the "Empyrean Legends" event, Book of Fuxi and the Celestial notes that the normally meek and timid Theresa becomes much fiercer after the ELF lends her one of her weapons from her stash. This serves as a Foreshadowing to her "sister", who was described as being very kind and helpful, but is later shown to have changed; now she becomes a capable fighter and talks in harsher words (although that does little to hide her kindness).
Magical Girl:
- She has a special costume for Sakuno Rondo that turns her into one, with lots of pink, white and frills. There's also a special cross weapon that goes with the costume, Super Dimension Sonata, which looks more like a Magic Staff than a cross but is still used like the latter would, and said weapon attacks with "magical lasers".
- In the Dating Sim mode, her bond cutscenes have her thinking that she's the "Magical Girl Teriri", supposedly due to Tesla's hypnotism-induced amnesia. You, the captain, are going to accompany her and follow her whims; however, in a later scene, Yae Sakura suspects that Theresa might've been Faking Amnesia^note due to the stress of her work and wanting to be "someone else" for some time.
Meaningful Appearance:
- Her Sakuno Rondo battlesuit takes cues from Sakura's "main" outfit (Gyakushin Miko). This is because Sakura has planted her Stigma onto Theresa.
- Her Celestial Hymn suit is a reference to the outfit shown in the Kallen: Hymn stigmata set, furthering the theme of Theresa being Kallen's clone.
- Her Twilight Paladin outfit has some similar elements to another existing "Knight" suit: Rita's Argent Knight.
The Mentor: The end of ch. 12 has Rozaliya saying that Theresa will teach her and Liliya how to utilize the powers from their Honkai augmentations better. Although at the first act of Chapter 23, Bronya stated that both of them are giving her "a severe headache".
Miko: As Sakuno Rondo, she wears a miko-esque dress. This happens due to Sakura planting her Stigma onto Theresa's body, and she's shown in this form in one of the supplementary comics, where she (her mind) is trapped inside Sakura's "stigmata space". Meanwhile, in the "Sanka Saga" event, the event's version of her acts as an apprentice miko of Yae Shrine, although she mentions that the shrine is not very active so she doesn't do much daily.
My Greatest Failure: Being unable to prevent Cecilia from being deployed during the Second Honkai Eruption, which leads to Cecilia's death and the sundering of the Kaslana-Shariac family, a regret she shares with Siegfried. This spills over to failing to look after Kiana for most of her life like she promised Cecilia, which is why Theresa is overjoyed when Kiana ends up walking into her life after the Third Eruption.
Not Growing Up Sucks: Downplayed. Theresa's physical growth halted when she was 12, and she's voiced frustration on a couple of occasions with the limitations of her youthful body and the awkwardness that can result from it. However, on the whole she's well-adjusted to her situation and likes that it helps her play up her cuteness.
Orbiting Particle Shield: Celestial Hymn's Ultimate Evasion causes two blades to revolve around her while spinning, hitting the enemies around her multiple times. She also has a skill that allows her to give this "shield" to another character when she switches out.
Out of Focus: After having a few chapters focusing on her and the Anti-Entropy's group, the focus shifts to Kiana's story. She only appears again in ch. 17 where she's flying on the Hyperion towards Kiana's position, and later in ch. 20 where she's briefing Kiana and Bronya during their journey to Mount Taixuan in their search for Fu Hua.
Pintsized Powerhouse: As a clone who benefits from the genes of a powerful Honkai beast, Theresa boasts immense physical strength despite her petite body, handling the Oath of Judah with incredible ease even though it's around three times as heavy as she is. On a more comical note, she can manhandle Kiana with one arm and drag her off for "training".
Power Limiter: In Ch. 10, Einstein reveals to her that she has only been using around 15% of her potential power this whole time. The Honkai Beast "Vishnu" that was used for her creation gives her high potential power, but its use is intentionally limited by Otto for the fear that Theresa might explode violently if she pushed herself too much. Her Blood Knight: Moonlight suit^note has a module that can let her use more of said power, but said module is restricted by a protocol program, which Einstein offers to lift. Later on, she tries to use said ability; it allows her to withstand and decimate a lot of Honkai Beasts. Lifting part of that limiter is the basis for her Twilight Paladin suit, Violet Executer's "Augment Core", which occurs in ch. 12.
Rank Up: In Post-Honkai Odyssey, Theresa succeeds Otto as the Overseer of Schicksal.
Reincarnation: Due to her kind and protective personality (that the other Kallen clones seem to lack), Otto thought that she may be a reincarnation of Kallen. He's highly doubtful of it, however, as the concept of "reincarnation" isn't easily comprehensible by known science. Nevertheless, he dotes on her a lot because of it. Her side story "Everlasting Memory" has her, more than once, claim that she tends to hear a "voice in her head" telling her to protect people. She faces the similar dilemma as Kallen did: while "protecting people" is basically her instinct, at first she can't quite understand what it really means to be "protecting people", or why and what exactly she wants to protect, until Cecilia befriended her. She has since resolved to protect the people she comes to love and care about, and later, innocent children who were victims of the Honkai, which is her reason for founding the St. Freya Academy. She would also later rebel against Otto because he caused her loved ones and innocent people to be hurt, just like what Kallen did back then for the similar reasons.
Roaring Rampage of Rescue: The end of Chapter 6, continuing to Ch. 7, shows that Theresa would go against Otto with her own forces in order to rescue the kidnapped Kiana.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: In the "Honkai Kingdoms: Zero" event, she (as "Zhuge Kongming") is a smart and cunning princess who is aiming to get rid of the monsters that plagued the kingdom.
Secret-Keeper: She and Himeko knew since a while ago that their Kiana was not the "real" Kiana, but a clone all along. They reveal this to Einstein when said person tries to confirm their resolves with this information, only to find out they'd been resolved for ages.
Self-Applied Nickname: She tends to call herself "Teri-Teri". In-game, she says this when doing an Ultimate Evasion, and when using the Japanese voices, one of her dialogue pieces during her Victory Pose is "Teri-Teri daishouri!"^note
Set Bonus: For her Stigmata set:
- 2 pieces: the user's teammates take 20% less damage from frontal attacks. When equipped on Theresa, gain 20% max SP.
- 3 pieces: the user's teammates gain 15% physical damage on their basic (i.e non-Ultimate Skill or weapon skill) attacks. When equipped on Theresa, gain 15% more physical damage.
Short-Range Shotgun: In the "Empyrean Legends" event, her weapon is a double-barreled shotgun which is short-ranged but fires multiple shots at once in a spread. She can deal huge damage at close-to-point-blank range with it. Her Ultimate Skill increases its power (and her defense).
Situational Damage Attack: Valkyrie Pledge has a sub-skill (that can be toggled on or off) that enhances her Charged Attack depending on how many combo hits she's made beforehand. The combo counter will be reset after the attack, however.
Spread Shot: As Valkyrie Pledge, the end of her normal combo has her throwing a spread of spears to hit multiple enemies.
Sticks to the Back: Her cross freely floats behind her back whenever it's not being used. The supplementary comics reveal that Theresa actually carries her weapon by chaining her body to it, which is shown in her Stigmata set.
Storm of Blades:
- Valkyrie Pledge's ultimate skill has her summon multiple spears raining from above onto enemies in front of her.
- Celestial Hymn's QTE skill summons falling swords around her, while her ultimate skill has her create an Unrealistic Black Hole that sucks enemies in and then causes a series of swords to fly around continuously, shredding enemies caught within.
- Some of her cross weapons' active skills create this at a radius, such as Oath of Judah, Pledge of Sakura and Hekate's Gloom.
Super Mode:
- Sakuno Rondo's Burst Mode makes her attacks deal more fire damage, and allows her to repeatedly apply the "Burning Sakura Mark" on enemies that will then explode, dealing extra fire damage.
- Violet Executer's Burst Mode changes her normal attacks to her throwing enlarged copies of her cross at enemies, dealing significant damage at each attack and repeatedly stunning them (with a chance). She also has a passive skill that increases the team's total damage output while using Burst Mode.
  - As Twilight Paladin, however, she has a new one (not a Burst Mode) that is triggered by using her Charged Attack after her special gauge is full (either by normal attacks or Ultimate Skill). During this mode, she gains a new, more powerful attack combo that can deal a lot of hits and a special Charged Attack.
Swapped Roles: Normally Kiana sees Theresa as her Honorary Aunt. In "Honkai Kingdoms: Zero", the event's version of Kiana acts as Zhuge Kongming's "uncle".
Swiss-Army Weapon: Her signature weapon, the Divine Key Oath of Judah, is capable of a lot more things than what the game shows. The supplementary comics show its other capabilities: shooting out powerful chains that strongly bind targets, becoming a Honkai energy detector, and, at full power, shutting down any energy around it. Oh, and holding multiple kitchen utensils.
Sword Beam: As Twilight Paladin, one part of her combo moves in her Super Mode, as well as her QTE attack, has her attack with an X-shaped crescent wave fired from her blades.
Took a Level in Cynic: Strongly implied in Post-Honkai Odyssey, where the combined stresses of leading Schicksal and all the trials and loss up to that point have turned her into a sullen woman who speaks only when necessary. That said, her original kind and cheerful personality shows itself when speaking to the Main Character about her companions, if subdued, so it's not like she's changed completely.
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: She mainly attacks by throwing out spinning swords/spears out of nowhere that fly like boomerangs. As Sakuno Rondo, they're flying katanas.
Trademark Favorite Food: She's a fiend for bitter melon, especially juiced. Similarly to Kiana, she uses bitter melon as her mooncake filling.
The Turretmaster: Her cross is used like a turret; once she plants it in the ground, it activates and gives an offensive/supportive Area of Effect around it for a few seconds.
Unreliable Expositor: In ch. 3, Theresa tells Himeko about the 2nd Honkai War and what happened within. As the Second Eruption comic shows, however, she's got a number of details wrong. It's in large part because Otto rewrote her memories with his copy of Fenghuang Down.
Unusual Ears: She gains a pair of her own fox ears in her Sakuno Rondo battle suit. In-story (as shown in the supplementary comic), this comes from Sakura planting her Stigma onto Theresa's body. The Magical Girl-inspired alternate costume for it turns her extra ears into proper rabbit ears.
Vague Age: Her bio lists her age as "a secret". The Extra Stage "Everlasting Memory" clears it somewhat: She was born around 1971-1973; as the game's present takes place in 2014-2016, this pegs her age in the 40s. However, given her genetic condition as a special clone, she still looks like a little girl, in contrast to someone of similar age like Siegfried (who was born in 1972).
Violence Is Not an Option: In one of the supplementary comics, in the climax, she's fighting Hellmaru. Even though she has transformed into Celestial Hymn at that point, the beast still overwhelms her; not only that, it's entering her mind, and trying to sway her by making her give in to her inner hatred (of Otto). At this point, she has come to the conclusion that "nothing good comes out of hatred" and decides to forgive said beast instead. Hellmaru is moved by this (as it has known nothing but hatred since 50.000 years ago) and voluntarily goes dormant.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: She's afraid of ghosts. In the Second Eruption comic, she investigates the Babylon Tower's staff disappearance with fellow A-rank Valkyrie Patricia Highsmith, and is worried that a ghost might be the culprit. Patricia is amused that Theresa, who can defeat even Emperor-level Honkai Beasts, is still afraid of something like ghosts, which adds a cute side to her. In the "HOMU Rush!" event, one of the trials that her team has to pass through is a "test of courage" filled with prop "ghosts", which makes her go berserk as she tries to destroy any "ghost" that she sees with her Oath of Judah.

Crew of the Hyperion

Ai Hyperion / "Ai-chan"

Voiced by: Xiao N ^小N (Chinese, NPC), Wang Yaxin ^王雅欣 (Chinese, playable), Yui Horie (Japanese)

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The AI of the battleship Hyperion, who is also the "system voice" of the game and will help you with tutorials.

A Day in the Limelight: One supplementary comic is about her backstory. Back in 2001, a year after the 2nd Honkai War, Theresa investigated a strange Floating Continent above the Arctic Ocean and entered a strange hole in its grounds. There, she first met Ai-chan, or rather, an android called "A1", who came from the Previous Era. The two then fought each other, and then Theresa beat her and brought her body to the Hyperion. There, she was connected to the battleship, and her AI then inhabited its system. As she lost her memories and abilities, she was given a new name, "Ai-chan".
Bad Liar: Despite her proudly boasting that players won’t be able to see the Valkyrie’s panties no matter how hard they try, it is in fact, very easy to see the panties of several Valkyries.
Deal with the Devil: In "Empyrean Legends", where she poses as one of the villains, a mysterious person came to her, offering some "crystalium" for her. The shady person then asked her to "make the Celestial disappear". She then becomes the second boss of the event, using the crystals to empower herself.
Drunk with Power: This is how she becomes one of the villains in "Empyrean Legends". She used to be just a simple cabbage farmer in a village that primarily grows pumpkins; many of the villagers ostracized her and pushed her away to the corner of the village. One day, a shady bald man offered "Crystalium" to the villagers, claiming that it'll help growing crops much faster (they had a crop failure back then); out of all the villagers, only Ai-chan accepted it, the rest seeing it as a scam. Except that it wasn't—her cabbages grew big and quickly, enough to cover most of the village. The twist is that the crystals are also a Toxic Phlebotinum that caused her ego to spiral out of control; she soon pushed away all of the pumpkin farmers and built a palace for herself, and her cabbages also caused animals that ate them to become violent and turn into monsters. After the Celestial fights her, the former cures her of the Crystalium poisoning, turning her back normal.
Fighting Clown: In "Empyrean Legends", her attacks either consists of firing barrages of cabbages, or parodies of other attacks in the game, such as Kiana's dimensional cat paws, copies of Oath of Judah, or Herrscher of the Void's Ultimate Skill.
Finishing Move: In Schicksal HQ Open World, Ai-chan can finish off almost-dying mooks with her skill during combat mode. This is helpful when you're completing tasks, as many of them come with a time challenge.
Gratuitous English: When you're upgrading your weapon or stigma, Ai-chan will exclaim "Weapon upgrade!" or "Stigma upgrade!" respectively. When you put a complete stigmata set on your character, she'll say "Wow, sweet!"
Important Haircut: Played with. In the intro animation for "Stan Wars Overtime", Ai-chan announces that she's stepping down as top idol and resigning. She then pulls the cabbage-shaped pieces of her hair off and tosses them aside as she walks off the stage, revealing that they're just hair extensions that are worn by the top idol.
Improbable Weapon User: Ai-chan's Candy (the cross weapon) attacks by dropping gift boxes onto enemies once it's deployed.
Macguffin Guardian: The purpose of her past self, A1, was to guard a part of the "last Divine Key" that was destroyed by the final Herrscher. She tried testing Theresa if the latter is worthy of using the weapon, and she came to the conclusion that Theresa wasn't, because the weapon is meant to defend the world and humanity, and that someone who's bound by their personal feelings is not qualified to use it. After A1 was defeated, the device she was guarding was brought to Schicksal HQ.
Mana Meter: In Schicksal HQ Open World, she comes with an energy meter of her own. Some of her hacking abilities will cost her energy (some of them more than others), while a few of them have free cost.
Mascot: She's one for the game. She also becomes the "face" for the game's developers in the social media.
Mind Rape: It wasn't her intention, but when A1 tried to do a "mind check" on Theresa, the latter ended up relieving her memories, including the bad ones, up to Cecilia's death. She was left kneeling on the ground after that.
One-Hit Kill: In Schicksal HQ Open World, she can kill the roaming mooks in one hit whenever you're outside of combat mode, by walking to the mook's back and then activating Ai-chan's skill.
The Paralyzer: Ai-chan Hammer's active skill has Himeko smash the ground with it, causing a small blast that has a 50% chance to stun nearby enemies.
Platforming Pocket Pal: In the Schicksal HQ Open World, she becomes this, in the vein of Higokumaru below. She floats alongside you, picks up collectables for you, and acts as an all-purpose hacker for the many interactive devices on the stages and the enemy robots and turrets. By leveling her up, she'll be able to perform more things.
Point Build System: In Schicksal HQ Open World, Ai-chan's "tech" is put around like this, with you allocating skill points to a skill tree.
Rocket Punch: The Ai-chan Cannon fires her 2 fists instead of normal rockets. They also give random status effects onto the target by a chance.
Self-Insert Fic: The Stigmata Naoe Kanetsugu looks like an adult version of Ai-chan, odango hair and everything. When you read the Stigmata's notes, it quickly becomes apparent that Ai-chan has written herself into a version of the real samurai's accounts, which Himeko lampshades in a report to Theresa.
We need to do something about Ai-chan's obsession with these Japanese Taiga Dorama history TV shows, Principal. Her addiction is getting in the way of everything.
Spaceship Girl: More like "Airship Girl", but it's still the same.
Villain No Longer Idle: In the 2nd chapter of "Empyrean Legends", she's just lounging in her palace, only talking to the protagonists through the robotic scarecrows on the lands. When they start storming her palace and the guards come to her reporting it, however, she decides to take arms with the Ai-chan Hammer and confront the heroes by herself.
Vomit Discretion Shot: Once she's defeated at the end of ch. 2 of "Empyrean Legends", the Celestial cures her Crystalium poisoning by forcing her to puke it out. It's a painful and slightly bloody process; the player (fortunately) only gets the text describing what's happening.
Worf Had the Flu: In the middle of the fight between her "past self" A1 and Theresa, she suddenly stopped working because she exhausted her energy supply. At that point she couldn't hold the fight anymore; in desperation, she tried to self-destruct to take Theresa down with her, but Theresa stopped her cold with a slap.

Ai Hyperion Λ

Chrono Navi

A different version of Ai-chan born from the Imaginary Space. She helps the protagonists against Project Stigma in chapter XXXII to XXXIV. She’s also the main protagonist of the "Honkai Salvation Log" event in version 6.2.

Breaking the Fourth Wall: Since "Honkai Salvation Log" puts the player directly "into" the game to try to save its infrastructure from the B.B.B. virus, Ai Hyperion Λ speaks directly to the player, addressing them by the handle they use for their Mihoyo account for the game. She also asks the player to enter a phrase of their liking into the game, which ends up being the admin key needed to resurrect her in the Supply system.
Fanservice Pack: In contrast to the comical and childish-looking NPC Ai-chan, this version is made more palatable to the eye, with Sailor Moon-esque twin tails, a form-fitting top that bares her shoulders, and of course, a sizeable chest.
Hollywood Hacking: In "Honkai Salvation Log", she and the Designer frequently have to rewrite the corrupted code of the game, which means a lot of summoning holographic interfaces, on-the-fly coding, and directly hacking the Abyss system to break B.B.B.'s dominance and the Supply sustem to resurrect Ai Hyperion Λ after she was damaged by B.B.B..
Me's a Crowd: In "Honkai Salvation Log", along with Ai Hyperion Λ, there are three versions of Ai-chan, each of whom is responsible for defending one of the modules for the game. Ai-chan [O] is the regular chibi version of Ai-chan, Ai-chan [E] has red hair and a frown, and Ai-chan [P] has gray hair and looks sad. They later explain that the letter designations represent aspects of Ai Hyperion Λ: [O] represents her being the original, [E] is energetic, and [P] is pessimistic.
Perpetual Expression: The small Ai-chans that help you in "Honkai Salvation Log" each have exactly one expression that never changes even when their sprite moves, which accentuates the comical effect. Ai-chan [O] looks happy, Ai-chan [E] looks angry, and Ai-chan [P] looks glum.
Rings of Death: Chrono Navi is the first battlesuit to actually use her Chakram as a thrown weapon like its real life counterpart^note
Team Mom: In "Honkai Salvation Log", when she's not assisting the Captain with the missions, she's wrangling the Ai-chan assistants and the Designer and trying to keep everything more or less on an even keel.

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