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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- Below, "BA Rank" means "Body Augmentation Rank", not to be confused with mage rank.
Trivia
- The design of the Numbers' catsuit-like uniforms are based on the "plugsuits" of Neon Genesis Evangelion.