Role
Nergal assists the government with their war against the Jovians attacking from the planet Jupiter, which have annihilated the UE military forces at Mars and captured the planet. Conventional weaponry proves useless against the invaders, and so a new type of battleship must be created; the ND-001 Nadesico, armed with the same weaponry and defenses used by the Jovian forces. However, though the ship was commissioned by the UE, it remains the property of Nergal, who has its own plans for the vessel and its crew: Project Schiaparelli, named for the astronomer who named the seas and continents on the Red Planet.
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