Nora

"*\*giggles\* Ehehe, tank destroyed!*"
―Nora**Nora Kurogane,** or simply known as **Nora** or even **Goggles.** is a second year student at Saunders University High School.  She is mostly known as Naomi's backup tank commander and gunner.

## Nora

Nora, as Naomi's backup tank commander / gunner

### Team

* Saunders University High School Sensha-Dō Team
* Flying Tankers Volunteer Group (Tankathlon)

### Role(s)

Vice-commanderTank commander

Radio Operator

Gunner

### Tank(s)

* Sherman Firefly
* M18 Super Hellcat
* M22 Locust
* M1 Combat Car

## Profile

Nora is a gunner and tank commander of Saunders High School Senshado Team. In Sensha-Do matches, Nora is usually the backup gunner and tank commander of Naomi's Sherman Firefly, operating radio and looking around the periscopes, while Naomi operating the gun. Naomi and Nora is known to switch places in heat of a battle, depending on the situation. Later, she would command Naomi's firefly on Naomi's absence. In the Tankathlon matches as part of Flying Tankers Volunteer Group, she commanded an M22 Locust, M1 Combat Car and also acted as a gunner in Naomi's M1 Combat Car once.

She is an able commander and gunner, albeit a tad bit too eccentric. She's regarded as too unpredictable, independent and laid-back by the commanders, capable of obeying order to the letter at one second and disobeying order at the next

She is ambidextrous but prefer to use her left hand.

## Appearance

She is a medium-sized girl with green eyes and short hair. Her hair is multicolored, starting as a very dark brown on the top of her head that turn to light brown the closer to the end of her hair.

She wears her school uniform with black hoodie underneath her unbuttoned jacket, her goggles around her neck and long grey socks on her legs. Her tie is loose and appears to be longer than those of any other students.

In Sensha-Do or Tankathlon matches, She wears her uniform like her other teammates. She is also always seen wearing her signature orange goggles, be in on her eyes, across her helmet or around her neck.

## Personality

Nora tends to act like a goofball, annoying others quite often. She is extremely lazy, laid-back and ecstatic. Even when nothing happens, she often displays a happy smiling face accompanied by random giggles, acting as a foil for her cool-headed tank commander, Naomi. However, she often seems relaxed, even passive, during the most strenuous of situations such as the heat of battle. She is also not immune to provocation and insult thrown by her opponent.

As a tank commander, she really cares about her subordinate, to a point that she would pull out of a competition if her subordinates' safety and well-being is threatened. Interestingly, She is also known for her obsessiveness to guns at any size, especially tank guns. Even hearing tank gun firing is enough to make her blush or even nosebleed. The bigger the gun, the more she loves it.

Keeping to her eccentric personality, she loves to have fun in Sensha-Do and doesn't really care about winning. However, she often disobeys orders and moves independently. She is capable of hatching unorthodox and brave tactics out of her weird mind.

## Background

### 63rd Nationals

#### 1st Round - Against Oarai

She participated in the match in her usual role. Nora and her Firefly acted as an interceptor and sniper for Saunders. With their large-caliber 17-Pounder gun, the Firefly managed to destroy both Duck Team and Rabbit Team. However, as it lined up a shot on Anglerfish Team. Oarai was similarly lining up against Alisa, Saunders flagtank. Oarai shot first, and so even though the Firefly destroyed Anglerfish Team, Saunders flagtank was destroyed. This allowed Oarai to secure the victory.

### Oarai's Commemorative Cup

"*Sure you want me as vice commander, Princess? The last time I am that things went..., Wait, I can't remember the last time I did that, because I never been a vice commander before!"*"
―Nora to Alisa's assigning her as the Vice-commander
During the cup, she was promoted to a Vice Commander and temporarily assigned as tank commander of Naomi's Firefly. She used her usual crew as the crew of the tank, much to Naomi's annoyance. Despite that, She and her tank performed fantastically well, as she got the most kill of all tanks in the competition and be an important part of the team, thanks to the Firefly's firepower.

#### Semifinals - Against Pravda

During the match, Nora and Alisa surpriingly managed to drive Pravda to a defensive. When Alisa pursue the enemy's remaining T-34, Nora sniped down Klara's flag tank, winning them the match.

#### Finals - Against Kuromorimine

She didn't do much in the match, since Inge Aizawa made sure to target her from very early. Her tank was sniped down from more than 4 km range by Inge's Jagdtiger. Despite taken down, she is visibly ecstatic due to the impressiveness of that shot.

At the end of the match, she and her crew was awarded tank of the cup, by killing twelve tanks, the most tanks killed overall during the competition.

### Battle for Oarai

"*Oh shit, Oh mother God, was that a T28? think my nose is bleeding. Why in tarnation we don't have one of those, Nom-nom?" "Man, can you shut up, I'm trying to focus*"
―Nora and NaomiShe was temporarily transferred to Oarai Girls Academy for their match against UST. Nora served mostly as Naomi's "Tank Commander," although she only spotted the surrounding and operate the radio and left the commanding part to Naomi. Her Firefly was part of Morning Glory company under Kay. During the engagement against Azumi's platoon in the forest, the Firefly took some shot preventing it from supporting its allies. She only laughed it off, frustrating Naomi.

After the retreat in the theme park, Her Firefly was stationed in the central plaza, alongside other Shermans. When the University Team broke out in the eastern utility gate they were sent on backup but ultimately had to fled unable to harm the T28. On seeing the T28, Nora was visibly happy to see it in action to a point that her nose bled when hearing it firing. Her Firefly knocked out one Pershing on its escape from T28, but soon trapped and surrounded at the amphitheater alongside others, they only managed to escape thanks to Rabbit Team intervention.

"*Bridge! Yes a bridge! A bridge and a super-heavy tank hate each other, you got me?*"
―Nora having a revelation
Nora's biggest contribution in the match was revealed later, after knowing from Assam that T28's weakness is on the belly, she gave the idea to destroy T28 by its weak spot while the tank is on a bridge, using Firefly to open a breach underneath, and allowing a tank to shoot it from below. Naomi and Darjeeling eventually followed through with the plan. Using Churchill hiding below the bridge to shoot down T28 through a breach opened by Naomi's shot.

She, alongside other Saunders students was finally taken out from the match, during 3v3 Shermans vs Pershings duel. Her Firefly was taken out by Megumi's gun. For the rest of the match, Nora can be seen cheering for Ooarai from the sidelines.

### Joining The Flying Tankers

Nora joined Alisa's newborn Tankathlon team, the Flying Tankers. However, she refused to be the Vice-commander again, due to wanting to laze around.

On her first match she commanded an M22 Locust. During the match, Shizuka Tsuruki provoked Nora by shooting arrow at her general direction. Nora responded by pursuing her into a densely vegetated area. To her surprise, Shizuka ambushed her with a quick attack maneuver, taking her out of the match.

### The Cauldron

#### The Cauldron First Round - Against Centipede

She entered the match as a gunner to Naomi's M1 as a Yojimbo to Allisa, aiming the tank's .50 machine gun at Shizuka. When Alisa ordered Kay and Alisa to disengage due to Alisa wanting a one against one match, Nora was really disappointed.

#### 2nd Round

"*Oh, great, We gotta cancel tonight's party*"
―Nora's reaction towards the rule of the 2nd round
Right after it was announced that the 2nd round would be a 24-hour battle royale she and her crews decided to prepare the tanks while the rest of the teams shopping for supply.

During the match, she commanded Flying Tankers' second M1 Combat Car attached to team Red. She spend most of the first hours of the match on reconnaissance the battlefield, while the leaders are discussing the strategies. She participated in assault against Blue Team (mainly Tategoto force).

When night came, she and her crews rested for a few hours without authorization, annoying Team Red leaders. She later participated in failed attempt to eliminate Blue Team, and ended up being fired upon by the Green Team.

"*Nope, I ain't fightin' no bunch of old lady equipped with Anti Aircraft Autocannons.*"
―Nora's reaction on Team Oni's entry
During the demonic chaos spread by team Oni, she and the remnants of the Red team chased Anchovy's force for the rest of the night. At dawn, exhausted Nora managed to shoot down two of Green Team tanks in a single maneuver just to be shot down herself by Anchovy, turning her team into defensive.

## Trivia

* She was born in the same date as, in in 1861, the battle of Chustenahlah, part of American Civil War
* Her name may refer to a character in video game Fallout 4, Nora, who is the player character's wife if the player choose a male player character.
* Her actual given name is also her official Saunders nickname because it's already sounds American.
* Her favorite flower is Bluebonnet, state flower of Texas.
* Her favorite tank is M551 Sheridan.
* She loves country music