tatsunokofan
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Hi all!
Since it appears that the Gatchaman II section of the site will continue to be MIA for the foreseeable future, I figured I'd post the requested information of the Gatchaman II villains here instead.
I hope this helps!
James
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Gatchaman II
Governor X
(Character Voice: Nobuo Tanaka)
Governor X returned to Earth two years after the Black Hole Operation was defeated ("Gatchaman" radio drama #10). he landed in the ocean in the Southern Hemisphere, off the west coast of Africa. His arrival was marked by his smashing through and sinking the cruise ship Queen Margaret. From the wreckage, he chose a drowning child and saved her. This was not a magnanimous act, for X took the child and accelerated her growth. Now with the body of an adult, X renamed the mutated girl Gel Sadra, and made her the commander of a new Gallactor (#1).
The assumption was that X had recreated Gallactor for the same purpose as the original group, to conquer the Earth, but this was not the case. Instead, the "Super Mind of Space" ("Gatchaman II" Planning) had returned to use Earth as a base of operations for the Solar Shift Plan. Using Beam Guns placed on Mars, Venus, and across the Earth, X intended to move the sun out of our solar system and send it into Planet 013,001 of the Proxima System, the planet that destroyed X's homeworld (#52). In a continuity note, the name of X's homeworld was mysteriously shortened from 'Selector' to 'Select' (From "Gatchaman" radio drama #8 on).
Upon his return, Governor X's superficial appearance was changed, but the way he appeared to Gel Sadra was essentially the same as he had done with Berg Katse: a strange face on a screen inside his chambers (#3, among others). Unlike before, X did spend more time overseeing work at locations other than Gallactor Headquarters (#'s 1, 40, 50, 51).
More details of Governor X's background finally came to light. It was revealed that Governor X was originally led to Earth when Dr. Raphael made contact with him via the Leap Wave, a subspace communication wave (#'s 12, 49). Once X arrived of Earth, he used Raphael to establish Gallactor, but Raphael turned against X when he realized X's intention for world conquest. As Dr. Raphael knew too much about Governor X's true form, X told Katse Berg Katse to assassinate the Doctor, a task which Katse failed (#49).
That true form which X had kept hidden for so long was revealed to be that of a "Space Brain," a super machine lifeform, a living computer capable of independent thought and action. By the time the Science Ninja Team confronted X, he had built several defenses against attackers, including powerful beam guns capable of cutting through the capes of the Ninja Team's uniforms, and strong magnets to draw away any metal objects from his foes (#52). For all his vast abilities, Governor X could not truly understand human emotions, and this failing would eventually lead to his downfall (#'s 50, 51, 52).
This post has been edited 1 time(s), it was last edited by tatsunokofan on 05-06-2007 at 21:21.
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05-06-2007 18:25
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Daniela!
