CHARACTER
AKANE, code A.K-09, is an orbital defense operative and one of three artificial investigators linked to the Starrail defense network. Her earlier title, Red Samurai, survives within an uncertain memory record.

Earth Defense Alliance / Starrail Program
Orbital defense operative and one of three artificial investigators linked to the Starrail defense network. A.K-09 has launched from Earth orbit toward an uncharted planet after the system recognized her as its only authorized unit.
AKANE, code A.K-09, is an orbital defense operative and one of three artificial investigators linked to the Starrail defense network. Her earlier title, Red Samurai, survives within an uncertain memory record.
Disciplined, courageous, and calm under pressure. She refuses to let an unknown intelligence decide humanity's future, even when the system recognizes her as its only authorized unit.
Orbital defense, close-quarters interception, and combat-memory analysis. Her single intelligent katana reveals fragments of a lost shrine and an earlier Red Samurai, while placing her present identity at risk.
Matte red, black, and white orbital combat armor with a single intelligent katana. Her equipment is linked directly to A.K-09 authorization and the Starrail defense network.

The survey craft launched with A.K-09 aboard. Normal communication with Earth was lost immediately afterward.

Her destination is absent from every star chart, yet its buried ruins match the shrine preserved inside her memories.

A.W-21 and SHUN are tracing her signal. Three identities may be required to unlock the original Starrail core.