Sleigh Presty

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Sleigh Presty
Super Robot Wars character
Voiced by Miki Nagasawa (Japanese)
Profile
Aliases Scarlet Comet
Gender Female
Species Human
Occupation Test Pilot
Known relatives Filio Presty (Older brother)
Military History
Affiliation Alpha Numbers (Alpha 2/3),
Project Terrestrial Dream (Alpha 2, OG 2/OGs),
Neo Divine Crusaders (Super Robot Wars Original Generation 2)
Rank N/A
Units Piloted Vegalion (Alpha 2/3),
Hyperion (Alpha 2/3),
Calion Unit 01 (OG 2/OGs)

Sleigh Presty is a fictional character in the Super Robot Wars series. In Alpha canon, she pilots the Hyperion, and is joined by fellow pilots Ibis Douglas and Tsugumi Takakura. In Original Generation canon she currently pilots the Calion.

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[edit] Appearances

Sleigh has appeared in the following games:

[edit] Theme Music

  • Ryusei, Yoru wo Kirisaite (Shooting Star, Cut Through the Night) - Default theme in Alpha 2/3
  • Ryusei, Yoru wo Kirisaite Ver. H (Shooting Star, Cut Through the Night Ver. H) - Used when piloting the Hyperion

[edit] Personality And Traits

Sleigh is a prideful woman when it comes to her skills and is not afraid to chastise others if it would make them improve. She tends to use this on her partner in the Project TD Ibis Douglas. Being the polar opposite of Ibis, Sleigh has a very prominent superiority complex, which manifests in her position as Project TD's "Number 01" and how she finds herself in stunned disbelief when things do not go the way she plans them to. Behind her rough, dominating attitude, Sleigh is a woman true to her beliefs and will fight for them. Though hostile at times, she would not hesitate to help Ibis out when necessary, although she'd usually deny wanting to.

She also loves her brother Filio Presty very much, to which his attention to Ibis caused her to be jealous. In the Alpha Timeline, his death caused extreme grief to Sleigh that she left the project with the Vegalion that her brother entrusted to her and blamed Ibis for his death.

Her dominant attitude and general appearance can be likened to that of Gunbuster's Amano Kazumi.

[edit] History

[edit] Alpha Series

Sleigh is the star ace of the Project Terrestrial Dream and was chosen to be the pilot of Vegalion, one of the Project's key models. However, Sleigh left the project and vanished after an accident triggered by Ibis took Filio's life. Embittered that someone she thought to be inferior to her took her brother's life away, Sleigh swore to hunt Ibis down, take her Altairion and kill her to avenge her brother.

Sleigh confronted Ibis, and her close companion Tsugumi Takakura, many times, each encounter causes more grief to Ibis. She almost succeeded in her first attempt, but subsequent attacks would see Ibis improving her skills against her former teammate. After the Vegalion was critically damaged, Sleigh flew to Aidoneus Island to have it repaired by the DC technicians there. While waiting, she has an encounter with Elzam von Branstein, at that time maintaining his Rätsel persona, who tells her what he inferred from Filio's work: that the two stars Altair and Vega were destined to meet. After the Vegalion's repairs are complete Sleigh joins a small Neo Zeon contingent, knowing that they could get her closer to the embattled Alpha Numbers and Ibis. Sure enough, Sleigh confronts Ibis and Tsugumi once again in a one-on-one duel. Short on time, Ibis forced Sleigh into a bet: if Ibis lost the battle Sleigh would claim the Altairion, but if Ibis won Sleigh must listen to her. Sleigh was defeated this time, and after hearing Ibis' explanation, she forgave her and they combine their machines into the Hyperion. Afterwards Sleigh continued to assist Ibis and the Alpha Numbers in the war against Neo Zeon and the Nashim Gan Eden. When Ibis decided to travel into space, Sleigh followed her.

In the events of Alpha 3, Sleigh was separated and stumbled to the Alpha Numbers once more. She befriended with the new pilot Selena Recital and once again helped out the Alpha Numbers in their battle. She is later reunited with Ibis and Tsugumi and together they defeated the Spiritual Emperor Keisar Ephes.

[edit] Original Generation Timeline

Sleigh's story was explained in an earlier point of time compared to the Alpha timeline. During the Divine Wars, Sleigh was offered a chance to join the Treue unit, but she turned down the offer, preferring to help her brother in Project TD.

When the Inspectors took over the Tesla Leicht Institute, despite Sleigh's will to defend the base, Filio ordered her to escape with Ibis. After learning that the prototype machine Astellion were to be handed to Ibis, not her, Sleigh's frustration and jealousy reached its limit and she forced Ibis to enter a dogfight in which she came out as the winner. However, she was chastised by Ratsel Feinschmeker that it was her pride on her skill that caused Filio to choose Ibis over her. Still adamant on getting her skill to be acknowledged, Sleigh left Ibis and joined the Neo Divine Crusaders. She requested to Van Vat Tran to be placed to the frontline in case they're fighting to reclaim the Tesla Leicht Institute, in hopes that she'll be the one to save her brother and impress him.

On the contrary, Ibis joined the Earth Federation Army and this eventually pitted Sleigh against her. Despite using the inferior Calion, Sleigh's skills prevailed and she cornered Ibis. However, when the superior orders told her to kill Ibis, Sleigh hesitated, reminscing their days of friendship. Eventually, this caused her to somewhat fall from grace in the eyes of the Neo Divine Crusaders.

When the EFA struck an alliance with the NDC to quell the Inspectors and Shadow-Mirror, Sleigh did not hesitate to help Ibis to further the current mission. They meet up again when Ibis went on a mission to liberate the Moon Cradle. After reclaiming the Cradle, Sleigh realized the error of her haughty ways and felt that she's no longer worthy to continue on the Project TD. After apologizing to Ibis, she left, presumably to resume helping the Neo Divine Crusaders. She is last seen watching over the battle of the White Star from the outside, but she quickly left after spotting the Cry Wolves squadron.

In Original Generation Gaiden, Sleigh saved a fellow NDC follower, Lorenzo Di Montegnacco, in Hellgate Facility, after the latter was betrayed by Wilhelm von Juergen and had his Valsion Custom CF stolen. While escorting him back to Earth, she ran into several mysterious space creatures, but thankfully Ibis and the Hiryuu Custom saved her. Afterwards, she's not heard anymore throughout the saga, though the ending of Original Generation Gaiden may be a signal that the Alpha 2 storyline will play soon enough and Sleigh will return.

[edit] Trivia

  • Sleigh can be considered analogous to Char Aznable of Mobile Suit Gundam fame. The color of her mecha is predominately red, similar to most of the mobile suits Char uses, and her outfit is also red, bearing a strong resemblance to a Zeon officer's uniform. Her rival-like personality is analogous to the iconic sci-fi character. Her moniker, "Scarlet Comet", is very close to Char's "Red Comet" nickname. In Original Generation 2, Masaki Andoh even refers to Sleigh as Ms. Comet, and his cats note the similarity.