Dr Starline

Doctor Starline is an antagonist that appears in Sonic Recon. He is an anthropomorphic platypus and a shadowy scientist who is highly interested in Dr. Eggman and his work. He serves as an apprentice and protege to Eggman for the Eggman Empire. Starline is loyal to Eggman albite with his own opinion, wanting to do more than opening a frivolous Amusement Park.
==Concept & Creation==
Ian Flynn has stated on his podcast that Starline took direct inspiration from the ********** glitch found in Knuckles' Chaotix. Similarities include the shared white and red color palette, the platypus being a monotreme like the echidna, and his name itself coming from the "line of stars" of the original glitch character.
According to Evan Stanley, Starline was made as a spiritual successor to old white echidna villains, namely Dr. Zacharyand Dr. Finitevus. Stanley has also cited Jareth the Goblin King, a "steampunk Benjamin Franklin" and Michael Jackson's appearance in the "Thriller" music video as inspirations for the character. Evan also had the artist Deebs in mind when she was designing Starline. Evan later stated that Starline's tuxedo was based off of Mike Pollock's infamous purple shirt that he used to wear at conventions
==Apperence==
Dr. Starline is an anthropomorphic platypus with white fur that covers most of his body. His beak is black-colored and narrow with nostrils on the front, and he possesses red eyes, black eyelids, and a thick tail. He also has three thick hair turfs on his head that are combed over the right side of his head. His front hair turf also possesses a gray highlight.
For attire, he wears a purple and red-violet satin tuxedo with golden cufflinks, a red-violet t-shirt underneath, orange pince-nez glasses, and two gray webbed gloves. Starline also wears a webbed brown glove on his left hand with a gold insertion clip and golden-tipped fingertips. A darker brown ring can be seen on the palm of the glove. Starline bears the Warp Topaz in the glove. When Starline was not using the Warp Topaz, he kept it in a jar. He also wears brown boots with golden buckles, red-violet soles, medium-high heels, the Multi-Tool Heel Spursand upward-turned pointy toes and light red-violet socks underneath.
For cold weathers, he wears a long dark purple hooded coat with fluffy pale purple trims.
Occasionally, he wears a red-violet bathing robe and slippers.
==History==
===Past===
Dr Starline was born to Professor Starline and Mrs Starline before the birth of sonic, but after when Eggman established an Eggman Empire of sorts, when he was six years old, he was bullied and made fun of due to his obsession with Eggman; when he told his parents about this, they said never to let people do that to you and should take charge of this. At some point in his teenage years, his father retired and decided to give him the Warp Topaz for a present to use when he eventually follows on his footprints, Starline eventually enrolled in a University of Villainy 
===In Recon===
Dr Starline eventually passed University with the highest grades in his class and finally managed his ways up the Eggman Empire; he went to the Egg Carrier where he was assigned to be. He met Neo Metal Sonic (who is a disguised as Eggman) meeting him.