Zero has evolved considerably from the original capsule, so I'm updating it and adding one for her archfoe/teammate Hayabusa, who inherits a meaner version of her original shtick.

- Zero is extremely skillful, but then, she has to be, because she's also incredibly fragile. She makes up for that somewhat with her impressive firepower and remarkable agility, but she knows as well as anyone that all her opponent has to do is land one good hit and she's done for. Her notorious glass jaw is a source of considerable frustration, but every attempt she makes over the course of the series to overcome it in some way - e.g., by wearing armor, by a brief flirtation with "bulk up" workout regimens and protein shakes - hinders her best qualities to the extent that she can't even really fight at all, so she always goes back to what she does best: being fast and agile, spending most of her earned XP on enhancing Dodge rolls, and occasionally winding up in Comedy Traction in the infirmary. She endures the last with grim stoicism, because grim stoicism is kind of what she's all about. Zero is a genuine samurai warrior, the last of a dying breed.

- Hayabusa, by contrast, is just as fragile as Zero, but compensates for it differently. She has no interest in antiquated concepts like "honor"; she's only interested in winning, and she'll do whatever she feels she has to in order to accomplish that goal. Sneaky, underhanded, and opportunistic, she's so ruthless and viciously amoral that even the other Axis fighters detest her. She and Zero loathe each other with far greater intensity than either one dislikes the enemy, partly out of interservice rivalry (Zero is a naval aviator, Haya flies for the Army), but mostly because their worldviews are so hopelessly incompatible. Haya views Zero as a quaint relic whose antiquated ideas about warfare mean she can't be relied on as a teammate; Zero views Haya as little better than a mad dog, who should be put down for everybody's good.

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