Neptune
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| Neptune-tan | |
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| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Neptune-tan |
| Other Names | The Reaper |
| Faction | Wanderer Class |
| Lineage | WinNT |
| Appearance | |
| Hair Color | Light blue |
| Eye Color | Unknown |
| Weapon(s) | Long sword, combat knife, trident |
| Design | |
| First Appearance | 2007 |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | Microsoft Neptune |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Debut | December 27, 1999 |
| Latest release | NT 5.50.5111 (Dec 27 1999) |
Technical details
Microsoft Neptune entered development in 1999; with the intention of being a home edition of Windows 2000, as a successor to Windows 98. After only a few test builds, Neptune was scrapped; with Windows ME being released to tide over customers, while Neptune was merged with Odyssey (The planned successor to Windows 2000 for businesses, which never made it past the concept stages) were merged to form a new project known as Whistler, which became what we know today as Windows XP.
Character details
Physical
Neptune-tan is commonly depicted as a mature woman with light skin, long light blue hair held in high twintails, long bangs, a purple visor, mech horns or fins on the sides of her face, possibly joined to the earphones or headset she appears to be wearing. She has a full bust and wears an ankle length black and dark blue-purple dress bisected by a belt, and long, fingerless gloves. She wears a collar and cuffs, and yellow ribbons resembling ofuda demon-protection charms on her collar and "horns". [1]
She's depicted with green hair in one alternate representation.[2]
Neptune-tan appears blank-faced and determined.
Other depictions
In Nichi's stories Neptune-tan is depicted as a figure called "the Reaper". She wears a cat suit with combat boots, with the handle of a small dagger sticking out of the side of the right boot, and a motorcycle helmet with a dark tinted visor to hide her identity.[3]
In these stories, she is portrayed as being very cold and hate-filled; brought on by her abandonment so early in her training. As a result of this, she has a hatred of ME-tan for being her "unworthy replacement" and of 2k-tan for being what she could no longer hope to be: successful and loved. She was at one time known under the alias of "The Reaper"; an assassin for hire who is most commonly given the task of hunting down and killing those whom are deemed obsolete, although she's been known to target anybody who finds out too much information about her true identity and past.
Notes
She resembles an android from the online game Phantasy Star Online.