List of Outlaw Star characters
Although genuinely in love with Melfina, and in a relationship with her following the events at the Galactic Leyline; as indicated by Gene's wish to be with her forever, and by the way he lovingly looks at Melfina, strokes her face, and pats her head (boyfriends patting their girlfriends on the head being a custom in Japan) when seeing her at the cemetery back on Sentinel III, Gene nevertheless remains flirtatious with other women, or at least only with his longtime admirer Iris; demonstrating that old habits die hard for him.
Melfina (メルフィナ, Merufina) is a bio-android created by Professor Nguyen Khan when the Kei Pirates came to him and asked him to decode genetic engineering data found by them at the ancient ruins known as Grave of the Dragon, which the crew of the Outlaw Star also visited in episode 21.
Despite being an artificial humanoid, Melfina possesses both free will and human emotions as well as the physical need for food and rest (although for some unexplained reason she lacks the ability to dream).
Melfina navigates the Outlaw Star from within a cylindrical chamber on the bridge that rises from the floor and fills with a clear, liquid-like substance, supposedly to help her link with the ship.
This allows her to increase her strength and possibly her speed and durability, but is extremely energy-draining; Aisha burns a lot of calories by using this ability, and is always depicted as eating massive quantities of food afterwards.
Aisha was originally in charge of locating the Galactic Leyline for the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire, but after she unknowingly allowed Hot Ice Hilda to escape, her government ordered her to stay behind on Blue Heaven to look for clues as punishment.
The Ctarl-Ctarl were banned from the tournament five years before when one transformed into her beast form and, after being reprimanded and disqualified for biting off her opponent's ear, went berserk and killed over nine hundred people with thousands injured.
In spite of her brash, impulsive, carefree, childlike attitude she has shown that she is quite religious as in Episode 19 she recites what appears to be a prayer in her own native language of the Ctarl-Ctarl when it seems that Duuz has died.
Primarily communicating through speakerphones, an interface on the bridge, and a seemingly limitless number of miniature maintenance robots, Gilliam is a constant companion of the crew, and assists them in all areas of the ship's upkeep – even including the kitchen-duty.
Always boastful on the topic of the XGP's prowess and sure to proclaim it "the greatest ship in the galaxy" at any given opportunity, Gilliam is nevertheless burdened by a programming limitation, which disallows him to question the nature of his existence.
Fred is of ambiguous sexual orientation, and while he isn't shy about aggressively expressing a physical attraction to Gene, he shows that he is bi-sexual when he taken by Melfina's appearance at first sight and even suggests a flashy dress for her to wear during the Heifong space race.
As payback for what he still owed Hilda, Swanzo decides to give the Outlaw Star a free paint job and a registration number, which greatly assists the crew by legitimizing them as the ship's owners, a fact which allows them to overcome many technical hurdles in future business and governmental transactions.
Their relationship is comically unconsummated, very similar to that between Moneypenny and James Bond: although he is never involved with her, Gene is not above flirting with Iris and occasionally rubbing her rear end (this was cut from Cartoon Network airings).
Calculating and calm under fire, he is the mastermind behind the MacDougalls' entire mercenary operation and (by extension) one of the series' main antagonists alongside the Kei Pirate chieftain, Lord Hazanko.
Gene counters Ron's caster attack with a powerful #9 shell, however, which propels him off the stone walkway and down into the sepia-colored Noise (video) like void below which leaves him severely wounded.
In the ruins of the Grave of the Dragon, Harry is nearly killed by one of Gene's caster shells which requires most of his body to be replaced with bio-android prosthetics that empower him with superhuman strength and speed as well as weapons in his arms and shoulders.
Although dying, the backup life support system kept him alive just long enough to delete the protective barriers created by Hazanko at the doors of the Leyline and tell Melfina a final 'Goodbye', fading away just before he got a chance to kiss her.
Khan's goal in life is to gain ultimate knowledge, which drives him to find the Galactic Leyline, a "machine-god" created by an extinct alien race that acts as a catalog for all of existence.
A shameless opportunist, Khan's only allegiance is to himself, and he is willing to use every conceivable ploy to achieve his goal of reaching the Leyline and attaining ultimate knowledge, switching sides and backstabbing practically every member of the cast.
After Gene begrudgingly fulfills his half of the deal, Khan is knocked unconscious after reviving Melfina, with the phrase "Breakfast is signalled with a silver spoon", and is subsequently abandoned by the crew.
Gene and the others bury Leilong's body, but later that night, he digs himself out of his grave revealing that he rigged the gun to backfire in order to fake his own death, thereby freeing himself from the Kei Pirates and the life of an assassin.
She is a member of the Hoke Shadow Boxing team, displaying incredible feats of strength and power enabling her to defeat Reiko Ando, the four-year consecutive strongwoman champion in under thirty seconds.
The two kids make plans to have a second date, but Jim is forced to leave the space station when he returns to find that the repairs to the Outlaw Star have been completed.
(Changed to "A beauty who captivates men purely by her good looks" on Cartoon Network) When Hamushi (ハムシ) fought Gene at the Leyline, he described her as "a tough little cookie and a righteous babe all in one."
She is a temptress who uses her sex appeal to send her enemies into a false sense of security, though Gene despite his usual nature towards women is able to flatly reject her given that he hates pirates and was more concerned in saving Melfina at the time, whom he had fallen in love with.
An elderly outlaw bearing an eyepatch, as well as a prosthetic arm, and leg who enlists Gene and Jim to salvage a treasure buried deep within a planet made up entirely of water.
As they approach the sunken ship containing the treasure, Gramps reveals to Gene and Jim that the planet is populated by an aggressive and powerful species of primitive life forms which he refers to as, "demons".
The crew of the Outlaw Star manages to salvage the treasure, which turns out to be a large store of dragonite (a rare crystalline substance that makes FTL travel possible), but is caught by the patriarch of the demons as they are attempting to escape.
In a plot reminiscent of Die Hard Crackerjack poses as a left-wing militant demanding independence for Heifong in order to misdirect the authorities from his true purpose: a smash-and-grab robbery operation.
When the space force's security ship falls victim to a Trojan Horse attack, Gene and his fiends seize the opportunity to escape in the Outlaw Star.
