Latooni Subota

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Latooni Subota is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. She has appeared as a playable character in the Super Robot Wars Original Generation series. In canon, she pilots the Fairlion-S.

[edit] Personal Data

Name: Latooni Subota
AKA: Latooni 11, Lat (By her School friends)
Voice Actor: Riko Hirai (平井理子)
Status: Human
Rank: Sergeant Major (Before joining the Aggressors), Second Lieutenant (After joining the Aggressors)
Affiliation: The School (Before OG 1), Aggressors (OG 2)
Relatives and Personal Affiliations: Arado Balanga (Close Friend), Seolla Schweizer (Close Friend), Ouka Nagisa (Close Friend), Giado Venerdi (Close Friend), Garnet Sandi (Close Friend)
Mecha: Gespenst MK II M (OG 1), Wildraubtier (OG 1), Wild Falken R (OG 2), F-32V Schuvalt Kai (OG 2), Huckebein MK II M (OG 2), Fairlion-S (OG 2)

[edit] Personality And Traits

14-year-old Latooni Subota is one of the youngest Banpresto original pilots to exist. Her last name, Subota, means Saturday in Russian. Close friend, Giado Venerdi chose it for her because Venerdi is Friday in Italian, and Garnet's last name, Sandi, is Sunday. Prior to joining the crew of the Hagane, she was painfully shy, rarely talking to anyone. In some cases, a request would have to be made to her through Giado or Garnet before she would respond. However, she made up for her lack of communication with her intelligence and battle tactics. After she begins to develop a crush on SRX Team pilot Ryusei Date, she also finds herself becoming a lot more open with other people as well.

In an attempt to help her become more open, Garnet decided to change Latooni's outfit into the style of a gothic lolita, leaving quite an impression on her teammates. Though Latooni would eventually switch back into her uniform, Hiryu Custom Executive Officer, Sean Webley, would order her to remain in the outfit at all times. According to Latooni, the glasses she often wore were actually used to analyze information and retrieve data.

[edit] History

Latooni Subota was one of the children used as a test subject at a pilot training academy known only as The School. She was the 11th member of the Latooni-class, and was known only by her designation, Latooni 11. Although the training and conditoning at The School was harsh on the young girl, she did manage to make friends with fellow classmates Bronzo 27, Bronzo 28, and especially Aurum 1, whom she would look up to the most, being the oldest and experienced of the group.

Eventually, the Latooni series was deemed a failure, and by this time, Latooni 11 was the only survivor. One day, during piloting training, Latooni's unit was shot down, crashing in a remote area outside of The School environment. Presumed dead by the facility, she was, however, still alive, and was rescued by Giado Venerdi and Garnet Sandi, a pair of Earth Federation Army pilots. Although they were never able to adopt Latooni, they treated her as their own daughter, and gave her the last name, Subota. Latooni would later enter the military herself, and teamed up with Giado and Garnet, probably because they were the only people able to bring her out of her reserved shell. The three of them were designated to the Izu Base in Japan, where they fought alongside the SRX Team, and were eventually assigned to the Hagane during its mission to destroy the Divine Crusaders' main headquarters at Aiodenus Island.

During the course of the Divine Crusaders War, and the clean-up actions following immediately after, Latooni would find herself facing Dr. Adler Koch, one of the instructors at The School, and a primary source of the misery she suffered there. With the help of her teammates, however, Latooni was finally able to lay that part of her past to rest, as well as the doctor himself. After the end of the DC War, Latooni would be assigned to act as a bodyguard for the rescued princess, Shine Hausen of the Dukedom of Riskent.

After the war against the Aerogaters, Latooni expressed a desire to find any other children who survived The School. She was also recruited by Kai Kitamura into the new Aggressors team alongside Raidiese F. Branstein. While testing the new Wild Falken, the Neo Divine Crusaders would attack the team, attempting to steal the Wild Falken. Among the group were Bronzo 27 and 28, now going by the names Seolla Schweizer and Arado Balanga respectively. Although they were surprised to find each other, Seolla performed her duty, forcing Latooni out of the Wild Falken, injuring her in the process, and taking it herself. Latooni is accused of collaborating with the enemy, but the charge is quickly dropped when the other Aggressors and the members of the ATX team speak up for her.

The children would clash again in combat, each determined to "rescue" the other(s) from their respective sides in the conflict. Latooni would gain the upper hand on Seolla, but when she tried to disable Seolla's mech, Arado suddenly flew into the line of fire, taking the hit himself. The attack struck his machine in a critical spot, destroying it, but he managed to survive when the cockpit was thrown clear by the explosion, and recovered by the crew of the Hagane. Although Latooni was happy to at least have rescued Arado, their reunion is short-lived, as Arado is taken to the moon for physical and psychological evaluation by Rhada Bairaban. Eventually, Arado would return to Latooni, and the two of them would continue to try to rescue Seolla and Okua from the Neo Divine Crusaders.

In the animated Super Robot Wars Original Generation: The Animation, Latooni Subota, together with Kusuha, Lamia Loveless, Arado, and Seolla were abducted by the Bartools, controlled by the ODE System, intended to be used as a biological core for the machines. She would be put into a manned Bartool unit, and be rescued by Ryusei Date.