chawla rakshata

Birthday: November 17 Rakshata Chawla is an Indian scientist and leads the Black Knights' research and development team. She has a wealth of experience in medical cybernetics and appears to have been acquainted with Lloyd Asplund and Cécile Croomy during their academy days. Rakshata is not keen on discussing her past, but it is known that she studied at the Imperial Colchester Institute. She tends to be quite laid back, often seen lounging on a couch when not actively working—one is even installed on the bridge of the Black Knights' flagship, the Ikaruga. She is never without her tobacco pipe. Rakshata affectionately refers to her technological creations as her "children" and treats them with great care. She becomes visibly enraged, which starkly contrasts her usual demeanor, when she learns that Lloyd and Cécile modified her Knightmare without her consent (though they are courteous enough to credit her for the design). Upon the formation of the UFN and the reorganization of the Black Knights as its military force, Rakshata is designated as the Chief of Science, a role similar to her previous position within the Black Knights. Rakshata is the creator of the Guren Mk-II and its radiant wave surger weapon. She also developed the Gefjun Disturber, a force field generator that disables all sakuradite-powered technology within its area of effect. This includes Knightmares, though by the second season, newer models have countermeasures to negate the Disturber's effect; only fifth-generation or older Knightmares remain vulnerable. Additionally, the field blocks the motion of hadrons, radio waves, and microwaves. This renders anything within the field invisible to radar and can enhance the blooming of hadron-based beam weaponry. It is named after the Norse goddess of chastity, Gefjun.