KOS-MOS

KOS-MOS, also known as Anti-Gnosis Humanoid Fighting System #00-00-00-00-1, KP-X, Princess of First Division, Assistant #3, Mary Magdalene and Maria, is one of the main characters from the Xenosaga series.
== Charactah Account ==
KOS-MOS is an android built by Shion and Kevin Winicott in order to battle and destroy the Gnosis threat. She can use UMN transport to manifest absurdly powerful weapons. She is capable of generating the Hilbert effect (which draws Gnosis into Real space so they can be fought) at a range wider than even 100-series Realians can do with an amplifier. Her inner workings are described as a black box, and she sometimes acts in ways that go outside her programming.
KOS-MOS is equipped with a "Simulated Personality OS", or artificial intelligence (AI), to aid in communication. Though her speech conveys her role as a robot in service to humans, the basic tenet to which she adheres is based on logic, probability, and completion of her mission above all else in all situations. She also unconditionally protects Shion. The algorithms she is programmed with do not support the comprehension of illogical human thought.
KOS-MOS's elemental data structure duplicates that of a human brain. She appears to be emotionless, but throughout the series, evidence indicates that this is not entirely true. A predetermined set of emotions has been hard-coded into her emotion module to better facilitate interactions with humans. She will emit an expression such as sadness only when that response is deemed necessary. However, if the emotion module of her program has determined that it is not currently necessary, she will not emit an expression. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Xenosaga The Animation
=== Manga ===
* Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier
* Xenosaga Episode I
=== Video Games ===
* Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean
* Namco × Capcom
* Project X Zone
* Project X Zone 2
* Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier
* Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Endless Frontier EXCEED
* Tales of Hearts
* Venus & Braves
* Xenoblade Chronicles 2
* Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht
* Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
* Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
* Xenosaga Freaks
* Xenosaga: A Missing Year
== Trivia ==
* D-TENERITAS, or "teneritas", is Latin for "softness" or "tenderness".
* According to Soraya Saga, KOS-MOS's design was intended to reflect how she was the brainchild of Tetsuya Takahashi. Since human characters are often depicted as having a strong will in fragile bodies, KOS-MOS was the opposite, "being the delicate pieces of soul in an unbreakable vessel."
* When asked about voicing KOS-MOS, her English voice actress Bridget Hoffman said she admired her intellect and strength, as well as her "machine-ness" in comparison to the other roles Hoffman has played.
* In Episode I, KOS-MOS also has, like MOMO's Kirschwasser outfit, her Archetype. It is found in the A.G.W.S. Hangar in the Woglinde. This is only in the Reloaded version of the game, however.
* In a trailer for Episode III, when Shion opens Mary Magdalene's coffin, she finds KOS-MOS. In the final version, Shion finds Mary Magdalene.
* Xenosaga co-creator Soraya Saga has also stated that, along with Shion Uzuki, MOMO, Juli and Sakura Mizrahi, KOS-MOS's name is a reference to a flower. In KOS-MOS' case, it refers to the flower Cosmos bipinnatus, which are seen when Mary Magdalene appears in Episode III.
* The limited edition of Xenosaga Episode II includes an action figure of KOS-MOS. The action figure, called "Jashin MOK-KOS" by fans ("Jashin" stands for "evil god" in Japanese), spawned a meme.
* Vector Industries developed a short-range weapon unit for KOS-MOS in secrecy known as the KWP-XI. It can be found in Episode III at the CAT Testing Ground once the Segment File is complete. It has 29 STR, 16 E ATK, 10 VIT and 10 DEF.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* KOS-MOS at Xenosaga Wiki
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