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The {{nihongo|'''Numbers'''|ナンバーズ|Nanbāzu}} are twelve [[Combat Cyborg]]s created by [[Jail Scaglietti]] for the task of collecting all [[Relic]]s, who first appeared in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]''. Each Number is named after her respective serial number in Italian. |
The {{nihongo|'''Numbers'''|ナンバーズ|Nanbāzu}} are twelve [[Combat Cyborg]]s created by [[Jail Scaglietti]] for the task of collecting all [[Relic]]s, who first appeared in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS]]''. Each Number is named after her respective serial number in Italian. |
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| − | Jail Scaglietti's direct subordinates, the Numbers are all state-of-the-art [[Combat Cyborg]]s. Each is designated with a number between 1 and 12, which makes the base for their names, and a special [[Inherent Skill]], or "IS" for short. Despite each IS being powerful on its own right and the fact that the Numbers produce [[magic circle|a unique magic sigil-like symbol]] when they activate it, they are not [[magic]] spells, as they use a power source different |
+ | Jail Scaglietti's direct subordinates, the Numbers are all state-of-the-art [[Combat Cyborg]]s. Each is designated with a number between 1 and 12, which makes the base for their names, and a special [[Inherent Skill]], or "IS" for short. Despite each IS being powerful on its own right and the fact that the Numbers produce [[magic circle|a unique magic sigil-like symbol]] when they activate it, they are not [[magic]] spells, as they use a power source different from magic.<ref>''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS'' Episode 13.</ref> |
| + | Of the twelve Numbers, four ([[Uno]], [[Cinque]], [[Sette]], and [[Nove]]) were created through Clonal Culture method, while the rest were produced through Pure Culture. Additionally, Numbers 1 through 4 possesses small amounts of Scaglietti's genetic material within their DNA. Although it is unknown by which methods it was inserted into them,<ref>''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS'' Sound Stage 03.</ref> at least Uno is, for all intents and purposes, an opposite-sex clone of Scaglietti himself. On another note, [[Otto]] and [[Deed]] were created using the genetic material from the same source, making them pseudo-blood-related sisters if not twins. |
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| − | Within the [[TSAB]] administrated worlds, the technology of [[cyborg|cybernetic implants]] is quite common in the form of artificial organs. However, the level of advancement in this technology necessary to produce a Combat Cyborg is worlds apart this common form, since there is a big difference between building implants that reproduce the functions a lost organ and implants that can enhance or even surpass and replace the original one. |
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| − | Although the basis for the construction of a Combat Cyborgs was developed by Scaglietti 25 years prior to the events in ''StrikerS'', the project was completed and first implemented by another scientist. Scaglietti and his subordinates refer to the products of this expert's work, which are the foundation for the creation of the Numbers, as [[Type Zero]], in other words, [[Subaru]] and [[Ginga Nakajima]]. |
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| − | The methods of creation of the Numbers are classified as Pure Culture and Clonal Culture depending on the type of genetic culture used. Pure Culture refers to the method where an embryo is created through artificial insemination while using the genetic material of selected individuals (i.e. sperm and egg cells) and then genetically altered while still in its early development stages so to bring out traits in the resulting individual that would decrease the chances of {{wp|transplant rejection|rejection}} when she receives cybernetic implants. Although with this method is harder to occur the emergence of special abilities, it is the most stable and viable for mass-production. Therefore, not only the Numbers but most Combat Cyborgs are created through this method. On a side note, [[Otto]] and [[Deed]] were created using the genetic material from the same source, making them pseudo-blood-related sisters. |
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| − | Clonal Culture method, as the name hints, differs in where the embryo is produced though {{wp|human cloning|cloning}} means. Although is much more expensive and with lower chances of generating a viable final product, with this method there is a higher chance of the Combat Cyborg obtaining the same special abilities that the original individual had. Among the Numbers, only [[Uno]], [[Cinque]], [[Sette]] and [[Nove]] were created through this method. |
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| − | The Numbers 1 through 4 possesses small amounts of Scaglietti's genetic material within their DNA. However, it is unknown by which methods it was inserted into them.<ref>''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS'' Sound Stage 03.</ref> |
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Dr. Scaglietti and his Numbers (sans Due) in StrikerS
The Numbers (ナンバーズ Nanbāzu) are twelve Combat Cyborgs created by Jail Scaglietti for the task of collecting all Relics, who first appeared in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Each Number is named after her respective serial number in Italian.
Profile
Jail Scaglietti's direct subordinates, the Numbers are all state-of-the-art Combat Cyborgs. Each is designated with a number between 1 and 12, which makes the base for their names, and a special Inherent Skill, or "IS" for short. Despite each IS being powerful on its own right and the fact that the Numbers produce a unique magic sigil-like symbol when they activate it, they are not magic spells, as they use a power source different from magic.[1]
Of the twelve Numbers, four (Uno, Cinque, Sette, and Nove) were created through Clonal Culture method, while the rest were produced through Pure Culture. Additionally, Numbers 1 through 4 possesses small amounts of Scaglietti's genetic material within their DNA. Although it is unknown by which methods it was inserted into them,[2] at least Uno is, for all intents and purposes, an opposite-sex clone of Scaglietti himself. On another note, Otto and Deed were created using the genetic material from the same source, making them pseudo-blood-related sisters if not twins.
In StrikerS
The extent of the Numbers' true power is demonstrated during episodes 16 and 17 of StrikerS when, with the help of thousands of Gadget Drones, they demolished Riot Force 6's base Long Arch and completely took down the defenses of the Time-Space Administration Bureau's Ground Forces HQ in less than 10 minutes. During the battle, they also captured Ginga Nakajima and brainwashed her into becoming Number XIII.
Later in the series, when the Numbers come into full fighting force, it is revealed that they also serve a special contingency plan for Scaglietti - each one of them is pregnant with a clone of the Doctor, complete with his memories, such that any one of them can take over his purpose should he meet demise. However, all Numbers are defeated by members of the Time-Space Administration Bureau, most of them by Riot Force 6. By the end of the series, the surviving numbers are in a rehabilitation program under supervision of Ginga Nakajima and her father Genya Nakajima.
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Trivia
- The design of the Numbers' catsuit-like uniforms are based on the "plugsuits" of Neon Genesis Evangelion.