Rouge Redstar

Rouge Redstar is the titular main protagonist of the 2024 anime series Metallic Rouge. She is a Nean (a type of artificial human who coexist with their organic counterparts allegedly created via. alien technology and powered by special fuel in form of drug called Nectar) who works for Aletheia and partnered with Naomi Orthmann. 
She is voiced by Yume Miyamoto in Japanese and Monica Flatley in English.
== Appearance==
===Normal===
In her human form, she has black hair with purple highlights and magenta eyes. As with other Neans, she has a circular port for administering Nectar into her systems and circuitry which flares up every time she does. Her human form's apparel consisted of a black overalls over a white t-shirt with pink cuffs, black boots, purple socks, a golden ornament on her right ear, and.a dark grey choker with silver emblem of sort.
===Gladiator Form===
In hee Gladiator Form, she appears as a black and red slender, humanoid, armored robot with crested head, eyes and body markings glowing in electric emerald color. The tips of "hair" framing her face are cyan in color.
==Personality==
Rouge Redstar is a kind-hearted, determined, and courageous Nean, who is aware of her missions to neutralize threats with Naomi on her side, being no stranger to terrorist attacks by rogue Neans. Despite having the appearance of 17 years old girl for her human form, Rogue has a somewhat naive demeanor and is not very adept at socializing due to being actually 7 years younger.
==Biography==
=== Start of a Journey ===
Rouge Redstar made a debut while watching the humanoid woman in the musical concert. She descides to have a good time in the muscial audience. When the audience is finished. She met a woman named Sara Fitzgerald. Upon befriending her, Rouge gets accidentally bumped. The human person handed over the red jewel necklace to the woman before leaving.
After that, she encounters both Neans who had been loving each other. After the short encounter, Rouge decides to rest before having another day. After the rest was done, she first Naomi Orthmann in her freetime by having conversation with them. While spending time with her, she heard the news about the Nean terrorist attacks on three human people. Rouge decides to go on a mission. She encounters both Jaron Fate and Sara Fitzgerald. When Jaron left. Rouge prepares for combat against her. After a long a difficult first battle, Rouge become victorious to defeat her. Following her first victory, she and Naomi started a new journey in order to end Immortal Nine for good.
=== Discovery and Challenge against Spider Droid ===
At the start of a new journey, she and Naomi decide to have a good time. At the start of a driving trip in Mars, she and Naomi decide to watch over the fields. She and Naomi are being nice to the human kids during the free time event. Human kids believe that Rouge Redstar is a friendly alien, who has a greater sense of human kindness towards them in Mars. However, she and Naomi gets approached by the photographer. After that, she and her friends continue the journey in the desert. After a long trip, she and the heroes encountered a giant robotic spider. After the fight, she managed to destroy the robotic spider for good.
=== Meeting with Afadal Bashal and Seeking the Truth ===
After finishing the mission, Rouge decides to have good conversation time with Naomi. Although she feels embarassed. She'll try to find new ways to live. After that conversation, Rouge and Naomi encounter that man and the Nean. When they finished seeing them. She and Naomi decide to have a good spa time and conversation meal time. Rouge quickly arrives to attack Anti-Nean Guards just before saving the male Nean. There, she met Afdal Bashal. Arrived, she and Afdal Bashal decide to save the Nean very quick. After the rescue, Rouge Redstar decides to have a conversation with him. During the freetime, she was mortified that Neans might die of having no freedom. Rouge Redstar also met the Nean who is a human-like child who had 23 human parents. She decided to have conversation with him. Rouge knows that Neans are artificial intelligent human aliens. After that peaceful time, Rouge encounters the dead Nean. It was Yubal 087. Rouge must find ways to live.
Rouge decides to spend time with AI Bird sent by Naomi. Believing that everything will be fine, She'll wait until Naomi gets reunited with her any time. Rouge talked to the Neans about the real tragedy is happening for the genocide of Neans (aka Artificial Intelligent Alien Humanoids). After the conversation, Rouge managed to free herself before the crowd mob can happen. Suddenly, the military terrorist soldiers arrived to attack them. Rouge managed to defeat the terrorists one by one. Then, she escaped and fled in hiding with help of another. Until the truth came, she found out the truth that Afdal Bashal was working with the Immortal Nine. Rouge decides to fight him in Gladiator Combat. During the long fight, Rouge managed to defeat him. Victorious, Rouge begins to feel tired.
=== Encounter against Opera ===
In her distorted flashback, Rouge enjoys seeing her past self before becoming a Nean. The past self spends a musical time in piano lessons with her human family. And the reason is she loves eating chocolate. Upon her transformation, she was capable of killing number of Neans in her endless missions by making herself be greeted by the pupeteer, 'Happy Birthday, Rouge.' Rouge met Sara in her flashback. She believed that She is the one who killed her. She is shocked that fratricide can be a sin to kill a sibling warned by that bird. She was judged and accused of being a traitor to Neans. She found out that Roy Junghardt died in a space shuttle explosion. Hallucinations cause Rouge to be despaired and accused. She met Jean Yunghart again in order to avenge the death of the father, who died in the explosion. In her tragic memories, she finds that her sister is also Nean like her. It was Cyan Bluestar. Waken up by Naomi, they can escape before resuming another mission, but she and Rouge get confronted by Opera, who is working as a minion to Pupeteer. Rouge stands up to fight against Opera. During the start of the fight, Opera summons the Robotic Spiders until a new Gladiator arrives to save the day. Suddenly, Naomi starts to fall before being saved by Rouge. After the successful escape, she and Naomi are okay. They decide to talk together before resuming another mission. 
=== Relaxation and Catching Up with Jaron Fate ===
Following the successful mission on Mars, Rouge Redstar continues her journey, along with Naomi Orthamnn. she and Naomi met the pink-haired human boy. His name is Ace Machias. They decided to spend free time in the swimming pool in spaceship. There, she and Naomi encountered the human twin. Her name is Alice Machias. After spending time in swimming event, she and Naomi heard the news that someone murdered innocent human people. Suddenly, she and Naomi got approached by Ace, who gave them meals. She, Naomi, and Ace decide to hide until they are approached by Ash Stahl and Noid 262. Together, they find out the truth about the person who murders someone. It was Jaron Fate again. Jaron Fate was the person who is a master of disguise by assuming forms. She and Naomi found out the truth to the people in the spaceship that Jaron was responsible for doing a lot of murderous activities. Then, Rouge decides to fight Jaron Fate in 1-on-1 combat. Rouge goes on the final round against that Nean. Rouge attempts to perform diving flying kick on him. When the fight ends, Rouge manages to have a successful counter attack on Jaron Fate by sending him down to Earth like a meteor shower of Hell. After her victory, Rouge gets accused that she has violated artificial species utilization regulations, Article 5, Item 9; because, Naomi seems to betray Rouge. 
=== Freedom, Escape and Meeting with the Aliens ===
After being arrested, Rouge was put in the sleeping pod capsule built by humans through liquid technology. She heard that there was someone coming. It was Jill Sturgeon, who rescued her. Rouge was told that Jill is a Nean. Rouge was told by Jill before escaping from the terrorist attacks. Rouge gets shocked to know the truth that Jill is one of the Immortal Nine and a Gladiator. It was Flash Silvia. Before Rouge gets killed, another Gladiator arrived to save the day. Upon being being saved, she noticed that Gladiator form was revelaed to be Ace or Alice. Noid 262 and Ash Stahl had given meals to Ace and Rouge during their freetime. She was told that Roy Yunghart was killed by Immortal Nine. Rouge needs to find ways to survive tragedy. 
Rouge was able to reunite with Jean Yunghart. Rouge told the truth to him that she got harrassed by one of the Immortal Nine before being saved by Ash and Noid. Gene told them that she did a good job on receiving the help on them. After the meeting, the heroes must go down to the blue technological chamber of library to see the lost memories about herself and her family. Then they discussed the truth about her and past memories of her unknown family. After discussion was done, Rouge knows the truth that Jean Yunghart's mother, Eva Kristella, was the genius behind Code Eve, an protocol that would free Neans from the Asimov Code that made them subservient. After the conversation about the tragedy, Rouge must be able to see her long mysterious sister. It was Cyan Bluestar. Cyan is probably created by Roy Junghardt which is Rouge and Gene's father which makes her their younger sister. Rouge finds out that Cyan is a Nean, who became a Gladiator. After the encounter, Jet joins Rouge to fight Jill Sturgeon and Graufon Berg. At the start of the painful difficult battle, Rouge and her partner managed to fight them. Suddenly, Rouge was shocked that Jaron Fate has survived an apparent demise after Jill Sturgeon was badly defeated. Rouge starts fighting Cyan in Gladiator Combat. With the help of Naomi Orthmann, Rouge managed to defeat her sister in the short fight. Rouge won the short fight. She and her friends retrieved Cyan to resting bed. Rouge and her friends managed to see the dead bodies before they leave the wake. During the adventures, Rouge was surprise that Naomi is back. She and Naomi set off to meet the floating alien creatures called the Visitors. During the meeting, Rouge finds out that Naomi is the Nean that X Noah has created in imitation to be the Earthling, so she is called First. Rouge gets mortified that she might get locked up if she continues her sinful activities. She might be betrayed again by Naomi. She and Naomi can continue discussing about the truth about the Code Eve. Once the Code Eve is activated, all Neans will be liberated. Usurpers will start the chaos to begin the war again. The Solar System will be extinguished. She and Naomi know that Junoids are Usurpers. During a long meeting, she and Naomi managed to find the true correct answers before they go Venus together. When the meeting is over, Rouge begins to laugh thru jokable behavior. She and Naomi managed to see them. 
=== Final Journey, New Battles and Missions ===
Fetched by both of them, she and Naomi saw the blue-haired girl that was inside the box. It was Cyan Bluestar, who hugged her. United together, she and her friends decide to spend time for the preparations against the evil forces of Puppet Master, Opera, and the Immortal Nine. She gets annoyed and bullied by her own sister and Naomi. Rouge stopped Cyan from having a transformation. During the free time, she was amazed that Cyan Bluestar did a lot of wonderful drawings of comic illustrational stories about robot sisters and the puppet master. Cyan said that Rouge is the sister to Cyan Bluestar. During freetime, Rouge laughs funnily. Rouge decides to have more time with her friends. So that, she can be more relaxed by any means necessary. She watches her sister being chased by Naomi Orthmann. She and her friends decide to have freetime with Cyan in order to prove themselves better. So that, she and the heroes can have more before the final journey is finished. She and her friends had heard the upcoming missiles in space. Rouge and her friends manage to make it to the Carnival and Immortal Nine's territory, which is located in Venus. In order to find ways to survive, Rouge and the gang must stop those villains. However, the separation trap caused by Opera, which made the heroes to split into two groups. Serparated, she and Naomi must find the Carnival Spaceship in order to fight back. While, Ash Stahl and the gang must combat against Carnival and Immortal Nine. She and Naomi need to find Code Eve's analysis machine. So that, Carnival and Immortal Nine will be stopped. And the freedom will be safeguarded between humans and Neans. While embarking their final journey, they managed to find Jean Yunghart, who was abducted by Immortal Nine. It turns out that Jaron Fate copied Gene and Rouge immediately found out that it's not her brother! She and Naomi were tricked by him accompanied to the dark chamber before having confrontation against Jill Sturgeon. They were approached by Jill Sturgeon, who had wounded Jaron. Rouge combats Jill in the Nean Battle. Rouge finds herself difficult in battle that Jill is strong enough to regenerate her arm. Rouge gets badly defeated. Rouge was nearly dying in the process; but was saved by Naomi in the process. Rouge confronts Jill with the help of her friends. She finally finds out that the Puppeteer is actually Roy Junghardt! She learns Roy Junghardt has survived an explosion. Then, she watches Jill Sturgeon in anger just before killing that bastard in process. Then, Roy Junghardt's conciousness gets transferred tp Cyan Bluster just before finishing her off so easily. Jill Sturgeon's death causes Rouge's anger to combat the Cyan Bluestar. Thanks to Naomi's sacrifice, Rouge gets upgraded to a new form to defeat Cyan Bluestar. Roy Junghardt's conciousness was perished, Rouge activates the Code Eve to bring peace between humans and Neans. After the defeats of the Carnival and Immortal Nine, Rouge lives a happy life. Suddenly, She was heard that Opera is leading an army of Spider Droids, who became a Gladiator for the first time. Then, Rouge is ready for another battle. 
==Powers and Abilities==
*Nean Physiology: As a Nean of same type as Immortal Nine, Rouge Redstar possesses greater capabilities than normal humans, which fully unleashed in her Gladiator form.
**Transformation: Rouge can switch between her normal form and that of Gladiator at will. Whenever she does, a halo forms above her head and descends over her body, dismissing her clothing and turning her skin pitch black with electric golden patterns all over it. A red mandala appears beneath her feet as the halo ascends, digitally materializing her exoskeleton thus completing her transformation.
***Superhuman Strength: Even in her human form, Rouge is deceptively stronger, which helps her taking down trained mercenary on ease. In her Gladiator form, her strength is amplifier further to the point of able to hurl a Cylinder Head (giant four-legged attack drone belonged to Usurpers) with some effort.
***Superhuman Mobility: In both her human and Gladiator forms, Rouge can move at incredible speed on part with a Immortal Nine member.
***Superhuman Durability: As a Neam, Rouge is more resistant to injury than normal humans. In her Gladiator form, she can take even worse punishment thanks to said form's exoskeleton.
***Superhuman Stamina: As a Nean designed to combat Immortal Nine, Rouge tires lower than normal humans, more so in her Gladiator form.
***Superhuman Agility: As a Nean designed to combat Immortal Nine, Rouge possesses superhuman levels of agility, allowing her to coordinate her body with perfect balance, equilibrium, flexibility, and dexterity, as well as leaping great distances and heights with precision, and easily capable of jumping and leaping from one building to another.
*Master Combatant: Complementing Rouge's aforementioned powers and weapons is her mastery over armed and/or hand-to-hand combat techniques, which essential for her mission in combating Immortal Nine and even other threats.
**Master Martial Artist: Rouge is an extremely skilled and formidable hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.
**Bladed Weapon Mastery: Rouge is extremely skilled with bladed weapons as demonstrated with her wrist blades and energy shurikens.
==Equipment==
*Gladiator Armor: Rouge's Gladiator form comes with highly resilient exoskeleton which allows her to endure even worse punishments and comes with following weaponry:
**Energy Katars: Inside each gauntlet of Rouge's Gladiator form is a retractable energy blade which she can deploy for melee purposes.
**Energy Claws: Each finger of Rouge's Gladiator form ends with sharp talons that can be energized to increase its cutting power.
**Energy Shurikens: In her Gladiator form, Rouge can generate volatile four-pointed, star-shaped shurikens made of solid green energy which can be launched as deadly projectiles or as melee weapons.
==Trivia==
* According to fun facts, she loves eating chocolate.
==External Links==
*Rouge Redstar in Metallic Rouge Wiki
*Rouge Redstar in Anime-Planet
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