History Characters / Subverse

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her blood-red eyes, combine with pale skin and half-healed facial scars, make her a fearful sight in battle.

* BigFun: Erark is a rather corpulent xeno who is infamous for his debauchery. Back when Nü Vegas was a thing, he even bonded with the Captain over mutual love of drugs and sex.

* CombatMedic: One of her passive abilities lets her heal her most injured ally at the start of every other turn. She has also served as a platoon medic during her time in the Solar military.

* CollectorOfTheStrange: Her optional dialogue when settling in on the ''Mary Celeste'' reveals that she collects items of the Solars' material culture, and she gets incensed that the Captain doesn't share her fascination. [[spoiler:This is because, with her own homeworld blown up by the Imperium, her species effectively has no material culture left to them.]]

* PirateGirl: Her title "Pirate Queen" marks her as the former commander of the Dread Fleet, and even after her deposition, she has continued her raids on the Imperium ships with the few crews that remained loyal to her.

* UltimateLifeForm: Even among the senu, her PsychicPowers are insane, demonstrated when she casually mind-controls Lord Azzorion -- a fellow Senu -- just to get him to leave the room, then innocently admits to have recently discovered how to cause thermonuclear explosions with her mind. Kasidora's dialogue strongly implies that this is not an accident, but the result of many millenia of work.

* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Among the Senu, Azzorion has particular trouble with maintaining abstinence, despite his belief in the Veil. One of the first things we see him do is to attempt to MindControl the Teleee Senator Popolonius of another species into sex with him.

* BigFriendlyDog: While humanoid in stature, his head is distinctly canine. He is both a loyal attack dog of the Empress, and a very decent individual -- it was, in fact, him who showed mercy to the PrisonShip the first Solars arrived in to Prodigium.
* NobleTopEnforcer: Questions Lady Kasidora's draconian methods, but still carries them out, nonetheless (not the least due to her MindControl).

* BoldlyComing: This, i.e. sexual compatibility of various Prodigium species, is her core area of research.

!!Senator Erark of Laancunia

Height: 5'10" (178cm)\\

Height: 5'9" (175cm)\\

Height: 5'11" (180cm)\\

Height: 5'2" (158cm)\\

The faceless, sex- and drugs-obsessed Captain of ''Mary Celeste'' and the PlayerCharacter of the game.

* AcePilot: His dialogue mentions having been the top fighter pilot of the Solar SpaceNavy before he has been dishonorably discharged (for getting caught in the act with two superior officers at once). In the game proper, he is the one piloting the [=F3N1X=] during shmup sections.
* TheAlcoholic: The dialogue mentions him being drunk and/or high on drugs most of the time, and there are indications of him DrowningHisSorrows (over the lost of his homeworld, among other things) this way. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Not that it impairs his piloting skills.]]

* ChivalrousPervert: The Captain will have sex with anything with a pair of breasts -- but only if the other side also wants it. DEMI points out that, even though she is programmed never to refuse her current owner's advances, the Cap still makes a point of asking what she wants every time.

* ExperiencedProtagonist: By the time the game opens, the Cap has a lot of experience behind him, including service in the Solar Navy and a stint as chief of security on Nü Vegas (before it was bombed into oblivion by the Imperium).

* JumpedAtTheCall: When Erark tells him they have to topple the Imperium, the Captain is hesitant at first, but when he learns that the plan involves recruiting (and potentially shagging) a bunch of hot alien {{Action Girl}}, he jumps waist-deep into it.
* NonActionGuy: ZigZagged. On the one hand, the Captain never participates in ground combat, letting his ladies and the mantics take care of the hand-to-hand fighting. On the other, he is the only one to pilot the [=F3N1X=] in space combat (although thanks to Dallick's upgrades, he can pick one waifu to fly shotgun with him).

* VenturousSmuggler: In addition to hunting pirates, the Captain has engaged in smuggling drugs, especially weed, ever since he had found the ''Mary Celeste''. His and DEMI's first real mission with the ship has actually been to round up samples of every drug the Imperium has declared illegal, then distribute them among the dealers of the galaxy, single-handedly foiling the galactic government's drug crackdown. This event made the Captain famous among the stoners of the galaxy (like Dallick) for making the Chronic Run in [[FourTwentyBlazeIt 420]] parsecs.

* SuperPrototype: APEX-17 has been the most advanced series of personal assistant androids ever produced, with its creators, the Apex Industries, shut down during the Great AI Purge.

* BoldlyComing: This, i.e. the sexual compatibility of various Prodigium species, is her core area of research.

* FriendlySniper: Having served as a CombatMedic in the Solar military, she is an excellent marksman in addition to her medical skill. When flying shotgun with the Captain, the [=F3N1X=] gains her signature long-range sniping SpecialAttack.

* BlindWeaponmaster: Bulgetto fights with its fists, but still fits, as he doesn't have eyes, yet is still a formidable fighter. The Codex entry on the Dominus reveals that this is due to the current battlefield commander instructing Bulgetto exactly where to strike, effectively serving as its eyes.

* FragileSpeedster: Dromstik is a melee unit but has low HP so he cannot take a lot of punishment. He compensates with his passive, which allows him to move back behind his allies and defending after he drops an enemy.
* LegoGenetics: This is the main idea of the Mantics: Dr. Lily simply smashes together some DNA strands to produce a fighting monster combining traits of the original species.
* SlaveCollar: All mantics wear "Dominus collars", which allow a person to command them in battle despite their own limited intelligence.

* TheStoner: The first time we see him, he is already stoned and it takes some time for him to realize that the Captain is not his dealer bringing him another fix.

* AcePilot: His dialogue mentions having been the top fighter pilot of the Solar SpaceNavy before he has been dishonorably discharged (for having sex with two superior officers at once). In the game proper, he is the one piloting the [=F3N1X=] during shmup sections.

* ChivalrousPervert: The Captain will have sex with anything with a pulse and a pair of breasts -- but only if the other side also wants it. DEMI points out that, even though she is programmed never to refuse her current owner's advances, the Cap still makes a point of asking what she wants every time.

* NonActionGuy: ZigZagged. On the one hand, the Captain never participates in the ground battles, letting his ladies and the mantics take care of the hand-to-hand fighting. On the other, he is the one to pilot the [=F3N1X=] in space battles (although thanks to Dallick's upgrades, one waifu fly shotgun with him).

Dr. Lily's signature creations, deployed as shock troops and support during ground combat.

* CunningLinguist: DEMI is equipped with an Adaptive Language Learning module, which can apparently translate thousands of xeno languages, though this particular bit of foreshadowing is yet to pay off, as of the end of Act I.

* BlindWeaponmaster: Bulgetto fights with its fists, but still fits, as he doesn't have eyes, yet is still a formidable fighter.

* BountyHunter: Has an unbroken record of over 70 successful collections and a 5-star rating on the bounty hunter market app, making her the #1 ranking bounty hunter in Prodigium.

A mysterious top-of-the-line space frigate discovered by the Captain drifting through space with no crew and no records in the backstory.

* SpaceFighter: The ship comes with a landing bay for her own space fighter, the [=F3N1X=], which is just as super as she is, being capable of reaching insane speeds and turning on a dime in combat.
* SuperPrototype: Nobody knows exactly where the ''Mary Celeste'' came from, but Dallick suspects that she had been a black-op project by an unknown faction whose cover was blown and they had to dump the ship.

* MileLongShip: Blythe's flagship, ''SB Turbulence'', is the largest dreadnought in the galaxy.

!!MANTICORE

* TheHermit: Dallick has lived many years perfectly content and alone at his Keisterstation, until the Captain manages to convince him that with the Fuccbots on the rise, it would be safer for him to join his crew.

* {{Revenge}}: Two of Killi's three core drives revolve around revenge: against Tibold for usurping the Dread Fleet, and against the Imperium for blowing up Vanerra.

The previous ruler of the Imperium who abdicated in the face of the unrest caused by her draconian tactics in upholding the Veil, including the destruction of Vanerra and the Battle of Nü Vegas.

* DirtyCoward: When the Captain leads [[spoiler:a swarm of Fuccbots]] to the Dread Fleet, Tibold grabs the last piece of the map and flees, leaving his men to die.

[[folder:Maeyomdo]]

!!Admiral Maeyomdo

* CunningLinguist: DEMI is equipped with an Adaptive Language Learning module, which can apparently learn and translate any language on the fly, though this particular bit of foreshadowing is yet to pay off, as of the end of Act I.

* SuperPrototype: APEX-17 has been the most advanced series of personal assistant androids ever produced, with its creators, the Apex Industries, long defunct.

[[folder:Dallick]]

!!Va'tor Dallick
->Species: Vanneran\\
Height: 4'4" (132 cm)\\
Voiced by: Mr. Kristoff[[note]]the Senior Producer of the game[[/note]]

A genius mechanic whenever he is not stoned out of his mind, Dallick maintains the machinery of ''Mary Celeste'' and the [=F3N1X=].

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Due to his deformity, Dallick has been mostly ignored by his own people as a child, leaving him to grow up alone on a scrapyard.
* ExtremeLibido: Vanerrans are infamous for their extreme libido, and Dallick is no exception. He ''is'' an exception, however, in that he seems to suffer from some kind of dwarfism, as most male Vanerrans are twice as tall and hunkier than him, making him rely on prostitutes to satisfy his urges.
* GadgeteerGenius: Having grown up on a scrapyard and isolated from his peers, Dallick has developed an intuitive understanding of machines of all shapes and forms.
* GagPenis: PlayedWith, since male Vanerrans apparently can vary their penis size almost arbitrarily to suit their partners' needs. Dallick outright tells Killi that his junk can get as large as she wants... that is, ''if'' she ever wants him at all.
* PantsFree: Unintentionally. Like all male Vanerrans, Dallick never wears pants for complex cultural reasons, but whenever you talk with him, everything below his waist is concealed by the text panel.
* TheStoner: The first time we see him, he is already stoned and it takes some time for him to realize that the Captain is not his dealer bringing him another fix.

[[folder:Killi]]

!!Pirate Queen Va'raz Killision

Height: 5'11" (180cm)\\
Voiced by: [=SilkyMilk=]\\\

The former commander of the pirate Dread Fleet, before her throne was usurped by Tibold, Killi is now after two things: {{revenge}} on Tibold and the treasure trove of the Dread Fleet's commander before her. Her recruitment (as the third waifu) comprises the bulk of Act I storyline.

!!Senator Erark

* ImmuneToMindControl: Erark's species is the only one known to be immune to the senu's mind control powers. [[spoiler:Which is why only his compatriots are ever chosen as Executors of the Veil.]]

!Antagonists

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[[folder:Tibold]]

!!Dread Lord Tibold
->Species: Teelee\\\

The warlord commanding the largest pirate fleet of the Dragon Nebula and the StarterVillain of the game.

* DirtyCoward: When the Captain leads [[spoiler:a swarm of Fuccbots]] to the Dread Fleet, Tibold grabs the last piece of the map and flees, leaving his men to die.
* RecurringBoss: You fight Tibold three times before he is finally killed: twice in space and once on the ground.
* StarterVillain: Tibold is the main overarching antagonist of Act I.
* TheUsurper: Tibold has wrestled command of the Dread Fleet from Killi in the backstory, which she is still furious about.

[[folder:Blythe]]

!!General Elizabeth Blythe
->Species: Solar\\
Height: 5'10" (177 cm)\\
Voiced by: Gina Galore\\\

Leader of the Requital, a faction of the Solar fleet that went rogue after the Battle of Nü Vegas and refused to submit to the Imperium.

* ArtificialLimbs: Mentions having lost her left arm during the Battle of Nü Vegas. She has since replaced it with a metal prosthetic.
* {{BFS}}: Her signature weapon is a greatsword almost as long and wide as herself.
* BloodKnight: Absolutely vicious in combat, preferring to fight instead of talking every time.
* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Her bio calls her "the undisputed greatest military mind (and body) that the Solar Military Academy ever managed to produce" -- and now she fights against both the Solars and the Imperium.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her blood-red eyes, combine with pale skin and half-healed facial scars, make her a fearful sight in battle.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Her combat armor is most black and red, in stark contrast to the white-and-gold uniforms of the loyalist Solar officers.
* TheUnfought: At least in Act I. Despite recurrent appearances in cutscenes, the Captain never encounters Blythe in person.

[[folder:Huntress]]

!!The Huntress
->Species: Mawsus\\
Height: 5'3" (165 cm)\\
Voiced by: Aria Lynn\\\

The top-ranked BountyHunter of Prodigium, hired by Blythe to capture Dr. Lily.

* AlienHair: The Mawsus seem to have a bunch of cephalopod tentacles on their heads instead of hair.
* BountyHunter: Has an unbroken record of over 70 successful collections and a 5-star rating on the bounty hunter market app, making her the #1 ranking bounty hunter in Prodigium.
* TheFaceless: As a member of an aquatic species, the Huntress always wears a mask, so we never actually see her face (as of Act I).
* FinalBoss: Of Act I. While Tibold is the ArcVillain of the episode, its last battle is fought against the Huntress' ship (though this is foreshadowed by cutscenes well in advance, averting GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere).
* DoppelgangerAttack: In the final phase of her boss battle, she creates copies of her ship circling around and shooting at the [=F3N1X=].

[[folder:Celestina]]

!!Empress Celestina
->Species: Senu\\
Height: 6'0" (182 cm)\\
Voiced by: Sarita Belle\\\

The young, recently-crowned ruler of the Imperium.

* TheIngenue: Young, idealistic, and (relatively) pure of mind, to the point that her idea of quality time with her lover boils down to "huggling and talking about our feelings".
* Really700YearsOld: The Senu live in the thousands of years (though they are not immortal), so even though she is young by their standards, she is actually thousands of years old.
* UltimateLifeForm: Even among the senu, her PsychicPowers are insane, demonstrated when she casually mind-controls Lord Azzorion -- a fellow Senu -- just to get him to leave the room, then innocently admits to have recently discovered how to cause thermonuclear explosions with her mind. Kasidora's dialogue strongly implies that this is not an accident, but the result of many millenia of work.
* WideEyedIdealist: Due to her youth (her age is the Senu equivalent of 18 human years), she is naive and idealistic, particularly in sharp contrast to her immediate predecessor -- which actually gives a lot of her subjects hope.

[[folder:Kasidora]]

!!Lady Kasidora
->Species: Senu\\
Height: 6'0" (182 cm)\\
Voiced by: Sue\\\

The previous ruler of the Imperium who abdicated in the face of the unrest caused by her draconian tactics in upholding the Veil, including the destruction of Vanerra and the Battle of Nü Vegas.

* TheManBehindTheMan: She may have abdicated, but still wields considerable influence over Celestina, intending to rule vicariously through her. [[spoiler:It is yet unclear whether she is aware of Erark's competition.]]
* SexIsEvil: This, and more generally "anything fun is evil", is Kasidora's life philosophy (also known as "the Veil").
* TimeAbyss: She has lived and ruled for thousands of years, and implies that the actual reason she abdicated was because she is nearing the end of her life.

[[folder:Azzorion]]

!!Lord Azzorion
->Species: Senu\\\

A member of the Council of Nine and the muscle of the previous and of the current Empress.

* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: Among the Senu, Azzorion has particular trouble with maintaining abstinence, despite his belief in the Veil. One of the first things we see him do is to attempt to MindControl a senator of another species into sex with him.

* SuperPrototype: Nobody knows exactly where the ''Mary Celeste'' came from, but Dallick suspects that she had been a black-ops project by an unknown faction that was left in space for whatever reason.

The MysteriousBacker of the Captain's revolution. He is a member of the Imperium Senate.

* BountyHunter: Has an unbroken record of over 70 successful collections and a 5-star rating on the bounty hunter market app.

[[folder:Dr. Lily]]

A bioweapon engineer in charge of breeding the Manticores ("mantics" for short) aboard the ship. She is the second waifu to be rescruited.

Voiced by: Mr. Kristoff[[note]]the Senior Producer of the game[[/note]]\\\

!!Lady Azzorion

-->Species: Solar\\

Voiced by: Steve Hamm

-->Species: Android\\

Voiced by: Bordeaux Black

-->Species: Solar\\

Voiced by: Alexia Renaldis

-->Species: Vanneran\\

Voiced by: Mr. Kristoff[[note]]the Senior Producer of the game[[/note]]

-->Species: Vanneran\\

Voiced by: [=SilkyMilk=]

-->Species: Solar\\

Voiced by: Iris Harman

-->Species: Teelee

-->Species: Solar\\

Voiced by: Gina Galore

-->Species: Mawsus\\

Voiced by: Aria Lynn

-->Species: Senu\\

Voiced by: Sarita Belle

-->Species: Senu\\

Voiced by: Sue

-->Species: Senu

The MysteriousBacker of the Captain's revolution. He is a member of the Imperium Senate and, secretly, [[spoiler:the Executor of the Veil, the top enforcer of the senu Council of Nine, and Empress Celestina's secret (and platonic) lover]].

Leader of the Requital, a faction of the Solar fleet that went rogue after the Battle of Nü Vegas and refused to submit to the Imperium. [[spoiler:Dr. Lily's original employer, for whom she had originally created the Mantics.]]

!!APEX-17 D19M45

* FinalBoss: Of Act I. While Tibold is the ArcVillain of the episode, its last battle is fought against the Huntress' ship (though this is foreshadowed by cutscenes well in advance, averting GiantSpaceFleeFromNowhere).

!The ''Mary Celeste'' crew:

!!Fuccbots

!!General Blythe

!!Lord Azzorion