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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: She has very broad appeal.
** In the first chapter, Maria develops an instant crush on Josephine after she introduces herself to the class. When it turned out they were roommates, Josephine had to quickly establish her heterosexuality to nip it in the bud.
** [[spoiler: It's been hinted that Maria still has a crush on Josephine.]]
** In the first chapter, Maria develops an instant crush on Josephine after she introduces herself to the class. When it turned out they were roommates, Josephine had to quickly establish her heterosexuality to nip it in the bud.
** [[spoiler: It's been hinted that Maria still has a crush on Josephine.]]
* BadassLesbian: Maria is an openly gay [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] and the [[AcePilot Representative Contender]] for her country.
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* AttractivenessIsolation: Her beauty puts off the type of boys she would want to attract and attracts the type of boys she despises. It's a vicious cycle which leaves her forever alone.
** [[spoiler: In chapter 7, Josephine and Aisha go out for lunch where she meets a boy she finds attractive, and his best friend [[TheCameo Ichika]] sitting in the back. Dan tells Ichika that he doesn't believe he has a chance with her because she's so far out of his league, even after she drops some very strong hints at him.]]
** [[spoiler: In chapter 7, Josephine and Aisha go out for lunch where she meets a boy she finds attractive, and his best friend [[TheCameo Ichika]] sitting in the back. Dan tells Ichika that he doesn't believe he has a chance with her because she's so far out of his league, even after she drops some very strong hints at him.]]
* BlasphemousBoast: Maria delivers these often.
** “It’s a contradiction. I know. But it’s not any different than say, the U.S. President. Even if he doesn’t represent me, my views, or my policies, he’s still there and doing whatever he can to [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] with my life. If you ask me, that’s god as well.”
** “No. I like god just fine. We have a lot in common. We’re both petulant children with an epic vindictive streak who crave praise and attention. We’re also very easy to get along with once you learn to shut up and worship us.”
** “It’s a contradiction. I know. But it’s not any different than say, the U.S. President. Even if he doesn’t represent me, my views, or my policies, he’s still there and doing whatever he can to [[PrecisionFStrike fuck]] with my life. If you ask me, that’s god as well.”
** “No. I like god just fine. We have a lot in common. We’re both petulant children with an epic vindictive streak who crave praise and attention. We’re also very easy to get along with once you learn to shut up and worship us.”
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* HolierThanThou: She seems to aspire to it. Not very successfully though.
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[[folder: Jennifer Hawkins]]
One of the main characters.
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Jennifer tends to be abrasive with people she isn’t on good terms with. She is a devout Catholic which brings her into constant conflict with the people around her, especially Maria because of her propensity for blasphemy. Jennifer’s hatred for Maria goes beyond that, however. She places the sole blame for her younger sister’s quadriplegia on Maria because she didn’t even attempt to save her from a lethal fall after her [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] malfunctioned.
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* AceCustom: She pilots a heavily customized Australian Second Generation model [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] called the Kestrel.
* AcePilot: She is ranked 9th in the entire I.S. Academy student body.
* BigBrotherInstinct: She phones her sister every day to see how she's doing and to make sure she's in good spirits after her [[DreamCrushingHandicap incident]] with Maria.
* RedBaron: "The Tasmanian Devil"
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade-A in her school uniform.
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[[folder: Tatenashi Sarashiki]]
One of the main characters.
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Tatenashi can be summarized in two words: Mischievious and devious. But she is also incredibly ambitious, striving to build her own [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] with the help of her closest friends as a fun project, her ambition only grows from there. She also enjoys teasing people to get amusing reactions out of them, her unfortunate victims are mostly [=McKenna=] Tremblay and Utsuho Nohotoke. Despite her tendency to tease others, Tatenashi has also shown moments of being flustered, mostly as a result of her growing attraction to [=McKenna=]. She is charismatic and a natural leader who is able to charge of any situation and get even the most bitter of enemies to work as a team.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Blue" for her hair.
* BadassAdorable: Tatenashi is a bright, cheerful and infectiously likable ray of sunshine who brightens the mood of any room she's in no matter how gloomy.
*GenkiGirl: Very energetic and cheerful. Frustratingly so to some.
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Jennifer tends to be abrasive with people she isn’t on good terms with. She is a devout Catholic which brings her into constant conflict with the people around her, especially Maria because of her propensity for blasphemy. Jennifer’s hatred for Maria goes beyond that, however. She places the sole blame for her younger sister’s quadriplegia on Maria because she didn’t even attempt to save her from a lethal fall after her [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] malfunctioned.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Tazzy" given to her by Maria Cross. Much to her chagrin, it catches on with the whole group.
* AceCustom: She pilots a heavily customized Australian Second Generation model [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] called the Kestrel.
* AcePilot: She is ranked 9th in the entire I.S. Academy student body.
* BigBrotherInstinct: She phones her sister every day to see how she's doing and to make sure she's in good spirits after her [[DreamCrushingHandicap incident]] with Maria.
* RedBaron: "The Tasmanian Devil"
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade-A in her school uniform.
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[[folder: Tatenashi Sarashiki]]
One of the main characters.
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Tatenashi can be summarized in two words: Mischievious and devious. But she is also incredibly ambitious, striving to build her own [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] with the help of her closest friends as a fun project, her ambition only grows from there. She also enjoys teasing people to get amusing reactions out of them, her unfortunate victims are mostly [=McKenna=] Tremblay and Utsuho Nohotoke. Despite her tendency to tease others, Tatenashi has also shown moments of being flustered, mostly as a result of her growing attraction to [=McKenna=]. She is charismatic and a natural leader who is able to charge of any situation and get even the most bitter of enemies to work as a team.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Blue" for her hair.
* BadassAdorable: Tatenashi is a bright, cheerful and infectiously likable ray of sunshine who brightens the mood of any room she's in no matter how gloomy.
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[[folder:Josephine Williams]]
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Josephine stands apart from other Representative Contenders and Cadets in that she does not come from an elite background and has no military history in her family.
Despite being university educated, both of her parents struggle on a daily basis to make ends meet and live in public housing. Josephine grew up having to watch them work menial jobs despite being qualified for very well paying careers. Because of this, her grandmother encouraged her to go above and beyond in her education by giving her books to read and taught her to understand books which would normally be beyond the understanding of children. But Josephine was a gifted child, which her grandmother understood and encouraged.
Josephine would describe herself as being made of salt and vinegar, however, she is actually exactly not that. She is kind and polite, but she can come off as arrogant to those who don’t know her.
Because of her extensive reading, she has an extensive vocabulary, and she tends toward verbosity when speaking.
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* AffectionateNickname: Her friends call her Josie. She doesn’t like it at first, but eventually relents and gets used to it.
* AceCustom: The Falkirk’s Fury is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use.
* BadassBookworm: Josephine is not a combatant to take lightly.
* BigBrotherInstinct: When it comes to her roommates, she goes out of her way to take care of them.
** When [=McKenna=] didn’t get enough sleep and passed out in the cafeteria, she was treated to a LapPillow from Josephine.
** Josephine often makes conversation with Maria and tries to get her to open up.
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Subverted. She’s from Leeds.
* BritishHumour: Lots of it.
* BritishStuffiness: Her vocabulary is second to none, so much so that she is often told to speak English by those around her. She strives to avoid the use of slang and vulgarities.
** Subverted at the end of Chapter 3 when she expresses her shock at being late for class with a resounding exclamation of [[PrecisionFStrike “Bollocks”]].
** Subverted again in Chapter 9 when she phones her parents and reverts to her Yorkshire upbringing to tell them some bad news.
* BoobsOfSteel: She is quite possibly the strongest fighter.
* ChildProdigy: Josephine is the smartest member of the cast by far. But she’s held back by her inexperience.
* ChefOfIron: Everyone looks forward to her cooking.
* TheChessmaster: She aspires to this.
* DCupDistress: She hates her large breasts.
* DeadpanSnarker: This side of her is usually brought out by the antics of her [[WithFriendsLikeThese friends]].
* DiabolusExMachina: She seems to always be in trouble with the law, MurphysLaw.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Whatever she plans, [[MurphysLaw Murphy]] comes in to lay down the law.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 9, she plans to fight back against her classmates with the help of her friends. But she grossly underestimates how far their ringleader will go to get what she wants.]]
* DualWielding: She has three sets of dual blades on her Infinite Stratos.
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Josephine does this while reading in class. When called out she's still able to answer questions about class work, much to Chifuyu Orimura's chagrin.
* GamerChick: [=MMORPGs=] are not just a hobby to Josephine, they’re SeriousBusiness.
* GentlemanSnarker: She can deliver brutally cutting remarks while making them sound like compliments. Partially subverted in that she is not from the upper-class.
* GratuitousRap: Josephine raps in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe in Chapter 8 after becoming annoyed by remarks about her breasts.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She’s a blonde who is also a bleeding heart liberal with the goal of becoming Prime Minister to save the world.
* IndifferentBeauty: She doesn’t like being complimented on her looks and will change the subject whenever it comes up.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Check.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: She was this prior to attending I.S. Academy, leaving her somewhat socially inept and extremely inexperienced with interpersonal conflict resolution.
* MissionControl: During the ActionPrologue she is seen doing this while also participating in the mission.
* PhenotypeStereotype: English, blonde, and blue-eyed. Check.
* PrimalFear: She suffers from crippling nyctophobia.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Check.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She hates being beautiful.
* SpockSpeak: She always speaks properly. Unless things have really gone to hell.
* TheStrategist: In training.
* ThreeAmigos: With Maria and [=McKenna=].
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[[folder:Maria Cross]]
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* AceCustom: The Meteor is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use. It is also the precursor unit to the Silver Gospel.
* ActionGirl: She firmly believes that if violence doesn’t solve your problem, you’re not using enough of it.
* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Subverted. Maria plays a Les Paul.
* AxCrazy: This, but with a giant [[LaserBlade beam buster sword]].
* BloodKnight: She’ll take any excuse to have an I.S. Duel. Win or lose, she just loves the fight.
* ChildProdigy: Maria is this with music. She can play a wide range of instruments and sings well according to some of the characters.
* CunningLinguist: Maria speaks English, Spanish, and Italian at a native level. According to her she also speaks passable French and German, and some basic Mandarin. She is also learning Japanese.
* DisproportionateRetribution: It’s almost like a religion to her.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 3 Maria sets off the fire sprinklers after being rejected by the Music Club. She causes a lot of damage with this.]]
** [[spoiler: Another example comes in Chapter 4. When Mayuzumi messed with Josephine, Maria glued her shoes to her locker. Forcing her to walk around barefooted.]]
*EstablishingCharacterMoment: See DisproportionateRetribution above.
* HairIntakes: Maria gains these after getting treated to a make-over by Maya Yamada.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Her over the top antics are always punished. It’s fair to say that most, if not all the problems faced by the main cast in the first ten chapters are the result of her attitude problem.
** Her bad attitude causes her to be rejected by the school music club.
** Her holocaust referencing insult to Daniella Arad lands her on latrine duty, made worse by her extreme [[TerrifiedOfGerms germophobia]].
* PricklyPorcupine: Maria will quill anyone who pokes into her past.
* PsychoLesbian: Very much so.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: Maria is extremely mysophobic.
* TriggerHappy: Put a rifle in her hand, send her off to a foreign land, she will go and kill every man.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Maria is a masochist who was brought to orgasm by being defeated in an I.S. match by Josephine.
* SheCleansUpNicely: After being treated to a salon visit by Maya and buying some new clothes Maria becomes quite the head turner.
* SirSwearsALot: She’s the most vulgar and profane member of the cast.
* ThreeAmigos: With Josephine and [=McKenna=].
* {{Yandere}}: Maria’s ruthlessness and complete lack of empathy tilt her towards this.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Maria is an exemplar of this.
**Her personal [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] is equipped with electronic warfare technology which she employs almost exclusively for mischief.
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[[folder:[=McKenna=] Tremblay]]
The tritagonist of the story.
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[=McKenna=] is loyal to her friends but doesn’t hold back her anger when they overstep their bounds or do something to annoy her. She gets particularly frustrated with Maria for watching TV all night, and Josephine for talking loudly on voice chat with her MMO raiding partners all night.
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* AceCustom: The Vimy Glide is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use.
* {{BFG}}: Her primary weapon is a cannon which fires 120mm tank shells.
* CanadaDoesNotExist: Subverted. She’s from the Yukon Territory.
* CanadaEh: However hard she tries to present a good image of her country with her PatrioticFervor, she almost always undoes herself by slipping in the odd Eh, or ‘oot’.
* ChefOfIron: Her Jambalaya and Chili is the stuff of legends.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Subverted. She becomes painfully aware of her desirability to people of both genders. Much to her [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer chagrin]].
* GamerChick: Check. She loves World of Warships.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Inverted. [=McKenna’s=] boyfriend is in Canada.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her Vimy Glide delivers this.
** However, RealityEnsues when [[BadassTeacher Chifuyu Orimura]] guides the missile swarm to back into her face.
* NerdsAreVirgins: Subverted. She’s the only non-virgin in the group.
* ThreeAmigos: With Josephine and Maria.
* WrenchWench: She’s an enthusiast mechanic and engineer.
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!!Main Characters
[[folder:Josephine Williams]]
[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/josie_8.png]]
[[caption-width-right:260: Beauty, brains, brawn, and ineptitude. All in one cute package.]]
The main protagonist.
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Josephine stands apart from other Representative Contenders and Cadets in that she does not come from an elite background and has no military history in her family.
Despite being university educated, both of her parents struggle on a daily basis to make ends meet and live in public housing. Josephine grew up having to watch them work menial jobs despite being qualified for very well paying careers. Because of this, her grandmother encouraged her to go above and beyond in her education by giving her books to read and taught her to understand books which would normally be beyond the understanding of children. But Josephine was a gifted child, which her grandmother understood and encouraged.
Josephine would describe herself as being made of salt and vinegar, however, she is actually exactly not that. She is kind and polite, but she can come off as arrogant to those who don’t know her.
Because of her extensive reading, she has an extensive vocabulary, and she tends toward verbosity when speaking.
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* AffectionateNickname: Her friends call her Josie. She doesn’t like it at first, but eventually relents and gets used to it.
* AceCustom: The Falkirk’s Fury is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use.
* BadassBookworm: Josephine is not a combatant to take lightly.
* BigBrotherInstinct: When it comes to her roommates, she goes out of her way to take care of them.
** When [=McKenna=] didn’t get enough sleep and passed out in the cafeteria, she was treated to a LapPillow from Josephine.
** Josephine often makes conversation with Maria and tries to get her to open up.
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Subverted. She’s from Leeds.
* BritishHumour: Lots of it.
* BritishStuffiness: Her vocabulary is second to none, so much so that she is often told to speak English by those around her. She strives to avoid the use of slang and vulgarities.
** Subverted at the end of Chapter 3 when she expresses her shock at being late for class with a resounding exclamation of [[PrecisionFStrike “Bollocks”]].
** Subverted again in Chapter 9 when she phones her parents and reverts to her Yorkshire upbringing to tell them some bad news.
* BoobsOfSteel: She is quite possibly the strongest fighter.
* ChildProdigy: Josephine is the smartest member of the cast by far. But she’s held back by her inexperience.
* ChefOfIron: Everyone looks forward to her cooking.
* TheChessmaster: She aspires to this.
* DCupDistress: She hates her large breasts.
* DeadpanSnarker: This side of her is usually brought out by the antics of her [[WithFriendsLikeThese friends]].
* DiabolusExMachina: She seems to always be in trouble with the law, MurphysLaw.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Whatever she plans, [[MurphysLaw Murphy]] comes in to lay down the law.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 9, she plans to fight back against her classmates with the help of her friends. But she grossly underestimates how far their ringleader will go to get what she wants.]]
* DualWielding: She has three sets of dual blades on her Infinite Stratos.
* ExcuseMeWhileIMultitask: Josephine does this while reading in class. When called out she's still able to answer questions about class work, much to Chifuyu Orimura's chagrin.
* GamerChick: [=MMORPGs=] are not just a hobby to Josephine, they’re SeriousBusiness.
* GentlemanSnarker: She can deliver brutally cutting remarks while making them sound like compliments. Partially subverted in that she is not from the upper-class.
* GratuitousRap: Josephine raps in YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe in Chapter 8 after becoming annoyed by remarks about her breasts.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She’s a blonde who is also a bleeding heart liberal with the goal of becoming Prime Minister to save the world.
* IndifferentBeauty: She doesn’t like being complimented on her looks and will change the subject whenever it comes up.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Check.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: She was this prior to attending I.S. Academy, leaving her somewhat socially inept and extremely inexperienced with interpersonal conflict resolution.
* MissionControl: During the ActionPrologue she is seen doing this while also participating in the mission.
* PhenotypeStereotype: English, blonde, and blue-eyed. Check.
* PrimalFear: She suffers from crippling nyctophobia.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: Check.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She hates being beautiful.
* SpockSpeak: She always speaks properly. Unless things have really gone to hell.
* TheStrategist: In training.
* ThreeAmigos: With Maria and [=McKenna=].
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[[folder:Maria Cross]]
[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:260:The yearbook comitee voted her: "Most likely to face an international tribuneral."]]
The deuteragonist of the story, and occasionally an antagonist.
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Maria seemingly has no concept of propriety. She is impolite, crass, and snarky. She is also extremely vindictive, dishing out extremely disproportionate levels of retribution for any perceived slight against her.
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* AceCustom: The Meteor is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use. It is also the precursor unit to the Silver Gospel.
* ActionGirl: She firmly believes that if violence doesn’t solve your problem, you’re not using enough of it.
* AllGuitarsAreStratocasters: Subverted. Maria plays a Les Paul.
* AxCrazy: This, but with a giant [[LaserBlade beam buster sword]].
* BloodKnight: She’ll take any excuse to have an I.S. Duel. Win or lose, she just loves the fight.
* ChildProdigy: Maria is this with music. She can play a wide range of instruments and sings well according to some of the characters.
* CunningLinguist: Maria speaks English, Spanish, and Italian at a native level. According to her she also speaks passable French and German, and some basic Mandarin. She is also learning Japanese.
* DisproportionateRetribution: It’s almost like a religion to her.
** [[spoiler: In Chapter 3 Maria sets off the fire sprinklers after being rejected by the Music Club. She causes a lot of damage with this.]]
** [[spoiler: Another example comes in Chapter 4. When Mayuzumi messed with Josephine, Maria glued her shoes to her locker. Forcing her to walk around barefooted.]]
*EstablishingCharacterMoment: See DisproportionateRetribution above.
* HairIntakes: Maria gains these after getting treated to a make-over by Maya Yamada.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Her over the top antics are always punished. It’s fair to say that most, if not all the problems faced by the main cast in the first ten chapters are the result of her attitude problem.
** Her bad attitude causes her to be rejected by the school music club.
** Her holocaust referencing insult to Daniella Arad lands her on latrine duty, made worse by her extreme [[TerrifiedOfGerms germophobia]].
* PricklyPorcupine: Maria will quill anyone who pokes into her past.
* PsychoLesbian: Very much so.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: Maria is extremely mysophobic.
* TriggerHappy: Put a rifle in her hand, send her off to a foreign land, she will go and kill every man.
* TooKinkyToTorture: Maria is a masochist who was brought to orgasm by being defeated in an I.S. match by Josephine.
* SheCleansUpNicely: After being treated to a salon visit by Maya and buying some new clothes Maria becomes quite the head turner.
* SirSwearsALot: She’s the most vulgar and profane member of the cast.
* ThreeAmigos: With Josephine and [=McKenna=].
* {{Yandere}}: Maria’s ruthlessness and complete lack of empathy tilt her towards this.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Maria is an exemplar of this.
**Her personal [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] is equipped with electronic warfare technology which she employs almost exclusively for mischief.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:[=McKenna=] Tremblay]]
The tritagonist of the story.
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[=McKenna=] is loyal to her friends but doesn’t hold back her anger when they overstep their bounds or do something to annoy her. She gets particularly frustrated with Maria for watching TV all night, and Josephine for talking loudly on voice chat with her MMO raiding partners all night.
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* AceCustom: The Vimy Glide is a prototype third generation [[PoweredArmor Infinite Stratos]] built for her exclusive use.
* {{BFG}}: Her primary weapon is a cannon which fires 120mm tank shells.
* CanadaDoesNotExist: Subverted. She’s from the Yukon Territory.
* CanadaEh: However hard she tries to present a good image of her country with her PatrioticFervor, she almost always undoes herself by slipping in the odd Eh, or ‘oot’.
* ChefOfIron: Her Jambalaya and Chili is the stuff of legends.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Subverted. She becomes painfully aware of her desirability to people of both genders. Much to her [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer chagrin]].
* GamerChick: Check. She loves World of Warships.
* GirlfriendInCanada: Inverted. [=McKenna’s=] boyfriend is in Canada.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her Vimy Glide delivers this.
** However, RealityEnsues when [[BadassTeacher Chifuyu Orimura]] guides the missile swarm to back into her face.
* NerdsAreVirgins: Subverted. She’s the only non-virgin in the group.
* ThreeAmigos: With Josephine and Maria.
* WrenchWench: She’s an enthusiast mechanic and engineer.
[[/folder]]
