The primary protagonist of the first era, Noriko dreams of becoming a space pilot to honor her late father. Initially plagued by self-doubt at Okinawa Girls Space Pilot High School, she overcomes her perceived ordinary status to become an accomplished commander, ultimately leading massive combat operations against the invading insect aliens.
Mutual respect between two generations of elite mecha pilots who survived extreme combat conditions.
Temporal lineage connection across centuries due to relativistic time dilation during space combat.