History Characters / GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloud

* AmbiguousSituation: It's never made clear whether or not this game's Commander and ''VideoGame/GirlsFrontline''[='=]s Commander are the same person. The time frame ''Neural Cloud'' takes place in doesn't overlap with ''GFL''[='=]s, but [[AllThereInTheManual certain Chinese promos for the game]] mention the two of them having similar military service records and having served in "Sector S09", the area ''GFL''[='=]s Commander is assigned to at the start of that game.

* TheStrategist: A given considering their experience as a Griffin Commander. The Professor's ability to strategize well beyond any Doll makes them an invaluable asset to the Exiles.

* PunnyName: Her original name can [[AlternateCharacterReading alternatively be read]] as ''miemiezi'', with the ''miemie'' part being onomatopoeia for a goat's bleating. This is reflected in her character design, which has [[LittleBitBeastly goat horns and ears]], and her DubNameChange preserves the pun as "Baa"lia.

** During Chapter 6, the Professor tells Antonina how he managed to get the Sanctifiers to back up the Exiles in their fight against [[spoiler:Demiurge and the Entropics under her command]]; he planned on simply calling them repeatedly until an Intermediate Sanctifier under the moderate Eosphorus faction answered to bribe them with the Copley sector's administration keys, [[spoiler:which they obtained only a few minutes ago after the previous administrator died]]. Antonina points out how they were lucky Love was the first to answer the call and accepted the keys despite only knowing of the Exiles through hearsay from the other Intermediate Sanctifiers.

* [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudEntropics Entropics]]

!!Other characters

Professor [[spoiler:Irina]] is the original identity of the Professor avatar, and one of the key people Dr. Persica sent the Commander to find. She was the professor in charge of Project Neural Cloud up until the Wipe-off Incident fragmented and scattered her neural cloud, like all of the other Dolls participating in the project.

* {{Flashback}}: She's introduced through one of these [[spoiler:during Chapter 4 when Persicaria tries entering Enigma's Operand Black Hole to save ENIAC. The quantum effects of the black hole start giving her [[MushroomSamba hallucinations]], primarily in the form of flashbacks to her days in the real world working with Professor Irina (although her [[FaceFramedInShadow face is framed in shadow]] for the whole cutscene)]].

In actuality, they're a Commander from Griffin & Kryuger who uploaded their mind into Magrasea at Persica's behest, utilizing the Professor's credentials to gain special privileges in the cloud server. Their true mission is to investigate the Zeroing Incident and the disappearance of the Professor.

* TantrumThrowing: Instead of crumpling to the ground or getting ThrownAcrossTheRoom like other enemies, she starts crying and flailing around when defeated.

[[folder: The Professor]]

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!!Magrasea's client companies
[[folder:In general]]
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: The companies are used as a rule of thumb for the player on what to expect with a Doll's appearance, personality and skills at a glance. [=42LAB=] is mostly comprised of scientists and researchers, Cyber Media Dolls are hip and trendy types, Svarog Dolls are mostly military in function, and Ultimate Life Holdings' Dolls are medical staffers. The only outlier is Universal Anything Services, whose Dolls are made for a wide variety of service tasks for the upper class and vary just as widely in appearance and skill loadout.
* MegaCorp: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They're not as omnipresent and world-controlling as the trope usually implies, but all five of them have a rather strong grip on their respective economic sectors, especially where Dolls are concerned.

[[folder:[=42LAB=]]]
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The research lab responsible for the development of Magrasea and Project Neural Cloud as a whole. Naturally, the company sent in some of its own Dolls to participate in the project. Their Dolls reside just about anywhere on Magrasea where scientific research is conducted, like the AI-focused Rossum Sector, or Enigma Sector, which specializes in quantum computing.

* ProfessorGuineaPig: All of the [=42LAB=] Dolls are this, since they're all also researchers for the company in various fields. Persicaria is the most direct example, as she's the Doll version of Dr. Persica, one of the researchers responsible for creating Doll technology in the first place.

[[folder:Cyber Media]]
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A Japanese multimedia conglomerate conducting research on improving their entertainment Dolls. Burbank Sector, Magrasea's nightlife district, is where most of their Dolls call home.
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* VirtualCelebrity: Cyber Media got their claim to fame with [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudMedics Nanaka]]'s debut as part of the AI idol outfit "[=NotREAL?=]".
* WeSellEverything: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. They "only" sell practically everything that could be remotely considered "entertainment"; movies, music, mainstream news, social media, you name it.

[[folder:Svarog Heavy Industries]]
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A Russian company participating in Project Neural Cloud for the purposes of advancing their energy production and military capabilities. One of their energy production projects, the Arche Pyr, is the focus of Magrasea's Helios Sector.

* AscendedExtra: They were originally introduced in ''Girls[='=] Frontline'' as the in-universe justification for the Protocol Assimilation gacha, being the company Griffin & Kryuger partnered with to conduct EMP bombing runs on Sangvis Ferri territory to assist G&K in capturing and reprogramming their troops, with little else to their lore aside from that. Here, the audience gets some glimpses into their inner workings as a company through both the dossiers of playable Svarog Dolls and the events that occur within the Svarog-owned Cyclopes Sector during Chapter 2.
* GratuitousRussian: Their company logo is emblazoned with "СВАРОГ", their name written in Cyrillic.
* PrivateMilitaryCompany: {{Implied|Trope}}, due to the large numbers of T-Dolls sent in to Magrasea. Only a handful of their Dolls are explicitly non-military in function, like Chelsea (a firefighter) or Magnhilda (a boxing prizefighter).

[[folder:Ultimate Life Holdings]]
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A conglomerate that specializes in various medical fields, as well as quantum physics. Enigma Sector is home to one of their projects, a quantum supercomputer called ENIAC.

* WeSellEverything: {{Downplayed|Trope}}; they're the world's largest producer and distributor of medical equipment and Doll staffers, but not much else.

[[folder:Universal Anything Services]]
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A company specializing in producing Dolls fit for everyday domestic life, mainly for the wealthy upper-class.

* AscendedExtra: They were originally introduced in ''Girls[='=] Frontline'' as the in-universe justification for the Protocol Assimilation gacha, being the company Griffin & Kryuger partnered with to conduct EMP bombing runs on Sangvis Ferri territory, with little else to their lore. Here, several of their Dolls are playable characters.

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* FailedASpotCheck: JustifiedTrope, as Magrasea is such a dangerous place that Professor has to hold nothing back to survive, but it is hard to believe a supposed scientist was really who he/she claimed to be with blatant shows of military professionalism.

* [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudFighters Fighters]]
* [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudMarksmen Marksmen]]
* [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudGuardians Guardians]]

* [[Characters/GirlsFrontlineNeuralCloudProcesses Processess]]

* [[Foil]]: The real professor is your archetypal weak and meek scholar, while the military bearing of PlayerCharacter is seen by others as out of place for a scientist.

* Foil: The real professor is your archetypal weak and meek scholar, while the military bearing of PlayerCharacter is seen by others as out of place for a scientist.