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'''The Professor''' is | {{Spoiler}} | ||
'''The Professor''' is the player character in [[Project Neural Cloud]]. Like in other Girls' Frontline games, their gender is left to the player's choice. To investigate the incident that wiped all the data of Project Neural Cloud, they are impersonating Professor [[Irida]], who directed the project but disappeared.<ref name=PNC0 /><ref name=EE7>{{cite|pnc|Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 7}}</ref> | |||
|characterinfo= | |characterinfo= | ||
===Appearance=== | |||
The Professor has dark hair with a slight blue hue, blue eyes and pale skin. They wear a 42 Lab-branded white lab coat with black cuffs, an identity badge on a Project Neural Cloud-branded lanyard, a blue dress shirt and black gloves. They have an ear set with a cable entering their shirt, worn on the right ear for the male version and on the left ear for the female version. The male version wears black trousers and black dress shoes, and the female version a black pencil dress, black tights and black high-heels. The male version also wears a device clipped to their shirt under their labcoat on the left collarbone, which doesn't appear on the female version. | |||
Though they had a portrait illustration by {{artist name|pORAfree}}, used when choosing their gender at the start of the game, the Professor didn't have a dedicated sprite for story scenes until the Steins;Gate collab event. Most of the details from the portraits are carried to the story sprite, with the exception of the palm of the gloves being grey and the male version lacking the stubble on his chin. Though only the male version had glasses in the portrait version, the female version also carries glasses in the story sprite. | |||
===Identity=== | |||
Though the Professor's appearance, name, and potentially gender, are different from [[Irida]]'s, [[Persica]] apparently relied on the fact that most of the Dolls involved in the project never knew her. The key to the impersonation would be to convince {{hero name|Persicaria|medic|2}}, who did know Irida, to accept them despite their lie. As Persica planned, Persicaria accepted the Professor's devotion to the Dolls and helped them carry out the impersonation.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 6}}</ref><ref>{{cite|pnc|Engrammatic Eclipse, Stage 1}}</ref><ref name=EE7 /><ref>{{cite|pnc|Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 8}}</ref> Irida was involved in the recruitment of {{hero name|Clotho|guard|3}} in Project Neural Cloud, on the personal request from Clotho's designer so she would not get scrapped by [[Universal Anything Services|UAS]]. Because of this, Clotho immediately recognized the Professor as an imposter when they met again after the Wipe-Off Incident, but she decided to trust them since {{hero name|Centaureissi|warrior|3}} did.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Twilight Requiem - Stage 5-1}}</ref> | |||
There are a number of clues indicating that the [[Griffin & Kryuger]] commander posing as the Professor is [[the Commander]] (with capital C) from [[Girls' Frontline]] and [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]], as well as some contradictory evidence: | There are a number of clues indicating that the [[Griffin & Kryuger]] commander posing as the Professor is [[the Commander]] (with capital C) from [[Girls' Frontline]] and [[Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium]], as well as some contradictory evidence: | ||
*The [[:File:PNC ARG.jpg|ARG materials]] contains an investigation report from [[Svarog Heavy Industries]] on a G&K commander who operated from Area S09, with a track record including high commanding abilities, small-scale operations against [[Sangvis Ferri]], multiple cyberwarfare experiences, exposure to collapse radiation and loss of teeth in operations, and service after [[Berezovich Kryuger|Kryuger]]'s capture. Aside from cyberwarfare experiences, this is consistent with the Commander's service record. | *The [[:File:PNC ARG.jpg|ARG materials]] contains an investigation report from [[Svarog Heavy Industries]] on a G&K commander who operated from Area S09, with a track record including high commanding abilities, small-scale operations against [[Sangvis Ferri]], multiple cyberwarfare experiences, exposure to collapse radiation and loss of teeth in operations, and service after [[Berezovich Kryuger|Kryuger]]'s capture. Aside from cyberwarfare experiences, this is consistent with the Commander's service record. | ||
**The “cyberwarfare experience” part is dubious since the commander used an extremely weak password for their account in Oasis, “oprf123456”, which Antonina changed to “oprf123456^v^” to passive-aggressively prompt them to upgrade it, which they didn't.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Entropic Dichotomy Part 15}}</ref> | **The “cyberwarfare experience” part is dubious since the commander used an extremely weak password for their account in Oasis, “oprf123456”, which Antonina changed to “oprf123456^v^” to passive-aggressively prompt them to upgrade it, which they didn't.<ref>{{cite|pnc|Entropic Dichotomy Part 15}}</ref> | ||
*The ARG also contains a report on the | *The ARG also contains a report on the dangers of the consciousness digitization used by Persica (also mentioned by {{hero name|Antonina|specialist|2}} in 1-4D). There's no explanation yet regarding why Persica would make the Commander take this risk despite their important connection to her [[AR Team]]. | ||
*Because no main story event from Girls' Frontline is identified as taking place in 2063, it can't be used to ascertain precisely if the Commander could have participated in Persica's plans. | *Because no main story event from Girls' Frontline is identified as taking place in 2063, it can't be used to ascertain precisely if the Commander could have participated in Persica's plans. | ||
*In Critical Cascade Part 10, the Professor comments that the shape of the High-Density Operand Railgun “brings back [[Jupiter Cannon|unpleasant memories]].” | *In Critical Cascade Part 10, the Professor comments that the shape of the High-Density Operand Railgun “brings back [[Jupiter Cannon|unpleasant memories]].” | ||
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*{{hero name|Clukay|sniper|3}} knows about the commander's identity. According to ''Divergent Shadows'', they share memories from the [[Great Retreat]], but this story is [[Timeline#Inconsistencies|inconsistent and likely apocryphal]]. | *{{hero name|Clukay|sniper|3}} knows about the commander's identity. According to ''Divergent Shadows'', they share memories from the [[Great Retreat]], but this story is [[Timeline#Inconsistencies|inconsistent and likely apocryphal]]. | ||
*In ''Auspicious Windfall - Shooting Break 3'', {{hero name|Erika|sniper|3}} helps the Professor pick a gun for a battle simulation and recommends either the {{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|M4 SOPMOD II|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|RO635|SMG|5}}, the {{doll name|ST AR-15|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|AN-94|AR|5}} or the {{doll name|AK-12|AR|5}}. The Professor remarks that "those were some familiar names she mentioned". | *In ''Auspicious Windfall - Shooting Break 3'', {{hero name|Erika|sniper|3}} helps the Professor pick a gun for a battle simulation and recommends either the {{doll name|M4A1|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|M4 SOPMOD II|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|RO635|SMG|5}}, the {{doll name|ST AR-15|AR|4}}, the {{doll name|AN-94|AR|5}} or the {{doll name|AK-12|AR|5}}. The Professor remarks that "those were some familiar names she mentioned". | ||
* | *As indicated in Scars Among Pigeons and Daisies - Part 1 and Engrammatic Eclipse - Part 6, the Professor knows {{hero name|Centaureissi|warrior|2}} and that she uses a G36 in the real world. | ||
*In Engrammatic Eclipse - Part 8, the Professor talks about their experience of life on the battlefield. | |||
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File:Professor F.png | File:Professor F.png | ||
File:Professor M.png | File:Professor M.png | ||
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File:Professor SG M.png | |||
File:PNC Promo Childlike Fantasy.jpg|Login illustration during Strange Snowlands (obscured). | File:PNC Promo Childlike Fantasy.jpg|Login illustration during Strange Snowlands (obscured). | ||
File:PNC Login 23winter.png|Login illustration during Perilous Advance (hand). | File:PNC Login 23winter.png|Login illustration during Perilous Advance (hand). | ||
File:PNC EE Login.png|Login illustration for Engrammatic Eclipse. | |||
File:PNC EE Promo F.jpg | |||
File:PNC EE Promo M.jpg | |||
File:PNC PL Login.png|Login illustration for Photoluminescence. | |||
File:PNC PA CG027 4.png|Male Professor during Perilous Advance. | File:PNC PA CG027 4.png|Male Professor during Perilous Advance. | ||
File:PNC PA CG027 5.png|Female Professor during Perilous Advance. | File:PNC PA CG027 5.png|Female Professor during Perilous Advance. | ||
File:PNC EE bg005f.png|Engrammatic Eclipse CGs. | |||
File:PNC EE bg005m.png | |||
File:PNC EE cg004f.png | |||
File:PNC EE cg004m.png | |||
File:PNC GL CG007 2.png|Gloaming Finale CGs. | |||
File:PNC GL CG016f.png | |||
File:PNC GL CG016m.png | |||
File:PNC Login 24spring.png|2024 CNY login screen (male and female). | File:PNC Login 24spring.png|2024 CNY login screen (male and female). | ||
File:PNC SteinsGate Promo M.jpg|Promotional artworks for the Steins;Gate collab event. | File:PNC SteinsGate Promo M.jpg|Promotional artworks for the Steins;Gate collab event. | ||
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=== | ===Expressions=== | ||
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File:Professor_SG_f_face_1.png | File:Professor_SG_f_face_1.png | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:08, 8 January 2025
The Professor |
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Full name | The Professor |
Affiliation | Griffin & Kryuger |
Voice actor | -TBA- |
Artist | pORAfree[1] |
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The Professor is the player character in Project Neural Cloud. Like in other Girls' Frontline games, their gender is left to the player's choice. To investigate the incident that wiped all the data of Project Neural Cloud, they are impersonating Professor Irida, who directed the project but disappeared.[2][3]
Character Info
Appearance
The Professor has dark hair with a slight blue hue, blue eyes and pale skin. They wear a 42 Lab-branded white lab coat with black cuffs, an identity badge on a Project Neural Cloud-branded lanyard, a blue dress shirt and black gloves. They have an ear set with a cable entering their shirt, worn on the right ear for the male version and on the left ear for the female version. The male version wears black trousers and black dress shoes, and the female version a black pencil dress, black tights and black high-heels. The male version also wears a device clipped to their shirt under their labcoat on the left collarbone, which doesn't appear on the female version.
Though they had a portrait illustration by pORAfree, used when choosing their gender at the start of the game, the Professor didn't have a dedicated sprite for story scenes until the Steins;Gate collab event. Most of the details from the portraits are carried to the story sprite, with the exception of the palm of the gloves being grey and the male version lacking the stubble on his chin. Though only the male version had glasses in the portrait version, the female version also carries glasses in the story sprite.
Identity
Though the Professor's appearance, name, and potentially gender, are different from Irida's, Persica apparently relied on the fact that most of the Dolls involved in the project never knew her. The key to the impersonation would be to convince PersicariaPersicaria , who did know Irida, to accept them despite their lie. As Persica planned, Persicaria accepted the Professor's devotion to the Dolls and helped them carry out the impersonation.[4][5][3][6] Irida was involved in the recruitment of ClothoClotho in Project Neural Cloud, on the personal request from Clotho's designer so she would not get scrapped by UAS. Because of this, Clotho immediately recognized the Professor as an imposter when they met again after the Wipe-Off Incident, but she decided to trust them since CentaureissiCentaureissi did.[7]
There are a number of clues indicating that the Griffin & Kryuger commander posing as the Professor is the Commander (with capital C) from Girls' Frontline and Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium, as well as some contradictory evidence:
- The ARG materials contains an investigation report from Svarog Heavy Industries on a G&K commander who operated from Area S09, with a track record including high commanding abilities, small-scale operations against Sangvis Ferri, multiple cyberwarfare experiences, exposure to collapse radiation and loss of teeth in operations, and service after Kryuger's capture. Aside from cyberwarfare experiences, this is consistent with the Commander's service record.
- The “cyberwarfare experience” part is dubious since the commander used an extremely weak password for their account in Oasis, “oprf123456”, which Antonina changed to “oprf123456^v^” to passive-aggressively prompt them to upgrade it, which they didn't.[8]
- The ARG also contains a report on the dangers of the consciousness digitization used by Persica (also mentioned by AntoninaAntonina in 1-4D). There's no explanation yet regarding why Persica would make the Commander take this risk despite their important connection to her AR Team.
- Because no main story event from Girls' Frontline is identified as taking place in 2063, it can't be used to ascertain precisely if the Commander could have participated in Persica's plans.
- In Critical Cascade Part 10, the Professor comments that the shape of the High-Density Operand Railgun “brings back unpleasant memories.”
- In Moonseeking Resurgence 3-3, the Professor compares LunaLuna to a certain mercenary Doll who loved telling fortunes but didn't like having to announce unpleasant predictions. This is a reference to HG K5K5K5's “Waltz of Fate” story from Night of Sweetness and Surprise. In Moonseeking Resurgence 4-4, Luna has a flash-forward to a scene from “Waltz of Fate”. Despite the commander being disguised as the Professor in Magrasea, Luna seems to be recognizing them as the Commander from this vision.
- ClukayClukay knows about the commander's identity. According to Divergent Shadows, they share memories from the Great Retreat, but this story is inconsistent and likely apocryphal.
- In Auspicious Windfall - Shooting Break 3, ErikaErika helps the Professor pick a gun for a battle simulation and recommends either the AR M4A1M4A1M4A1, the AR M4 SOPMOD IIM4 SOPMOD IIM4 SOPMOD II, the SMG RO635RO635RO635, the AR ST AR-15ST AR-15ST AR-15, the AR AN-94AN-94AN-94 or the AR AK-12AK-12AK-12. The Professor remarks that "those were some familiar names she mentioned".
- As indicated in Scars Among Pigeons and Daisies - Part 1 and Engrammatic Eclipse - Part 6, the Professor knows CentaureissiCentaureissi and that she uses a G36 in the real world.
- In Engrammatic Eclipse - Part 8, the Professor talks about their experience of life on the battlefield.
Story Involvement
Main story
On 23 September 2063, Persica digitized the consciousness of a Tactical Commander from Griffin & Kryuger, whose investigations helped in recovering an offsite backup of Project Neural Cloud. Assuming the identity of the Professor and relying on their experience with electronic warfare, they were tasked to make contact with the Neural Clouds inside and connect with the outside world to reveal the whereabouts of the Professor and the reasons behind Project Neural Cloud's incident.[2][9]
While the new Professor's help saved the Exiles, there was no hiding that their behavior was far too different for them to be the same person, drawing some suspicion from some Dolls like AntoninaAntonina .[10]
Side stories
In the Steins;Gate collab event Retrocausal Trie Interference, Rintaro Okabe is the protagonist for most of the story and the Professor appears in third person. They help the Lab Members return to their own world, and like other characters from Steins;Gate, displays the ability to keep trace memories from previous world lines.[11]
Gallery
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Login illustration during Strange Snowlands (obscured).
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Login illustration during Perilous Advance (hand).
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Login illustration for Engrammatic Eclipse.
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Login illustration for Photoluminescence.
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Male Professor during Perilous Advance.
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Female Professor during Perilous Advance.
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Engrammatic Eclipse CGs.
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Gloaming Finale CGs.
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2024 CNY login screen (male and female).
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Promotional artworks for the Steins;Gate collab event.
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Male Professor with BonnevilleBonneville .
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Female Professor with BonnevilleBonneville .
Expressions
Trivia
- One of the ARG materials includes a report from a G&K commander to their superior, taking place two years after the project stopped, about discovering hidden calls for help in I.O.P. emails. Their discovery is shelved at the time but may be related to the commander's investigations that led to the recovery of the Magrasea backup mentioned in the game's prologue.
- The Professor shares Croque's passion for mecha anime.[12] They also claimed to have a “friend” with a case of eighth-grader syndrome similar to Rintaro Okabe, but it's more likely that they acted the same once.[13][14]
- The Professor was briefly kidnapped by members of the Wish Orchestra during the events of the [Tale of Intersecting Dimensional Interstice] web novel. The Professor was forced by the Wish Orchestra to act as their conductor, being unable to resist their puppy-dog eyes when they requested support for upcoming shows
- During Tale of Intersecting Dimensional Interstice, the Professor has the option of taking one of Riko's shady drugs which results in a non-canonical ending. Depending on which drug is taken, the Professor wakes up to either discover they have time traveled back to the start of the events of Neural Cloud, joined the Sanctifiers, or realized that their entire tenure at G&K and the Oasis was a figment of their imagination
- The selected gender of the Professor has very little influence on Project Neural Cloud's dialogues in the English and Chinese versions of the game (only one line in Retrocausal Trie Interference and in Engrammatic Eclipse). The Japanese version, on the contrary, heavily alters the speech patterns of the Professor depending on the selected gender.
References[edit]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Project Neural Cloud, 0-1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Project Neural Cloud, Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 7
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 6
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Engrammatic Eclipse, Stage 1
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Engrammatic Eclipse, Part 8
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Twilight Requiem - Stage 5-1
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Entropic Dichotomy Part 15
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Worldview - Commander
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, 1-11
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Retrocausal Trie Interference, A - Part 07
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, 3-4
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Retrocausal Trie Interference, A - Part 2
- ↑ Project Neural Cloud, Retrocausal Trie Interference, A - Part 4