Nina Purpleton

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In the Gundam anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Nina Purpleton (ニナ・パープルトン Nina Pāpuruton) is the head engineer of the two new Gundams that are being developed for the Federation by Anaheim Electronics. She is voiced by Rei Sakuma in the original version and by Dorothy Elias-Fahn in the dubbed version released in North America and in English-speaking countries.

Storyline

Born on the Moon, she was only 21 years old when she was mobile suit engineer in Anaheim Electronics. She is extremely protective of her creations (which she expresses by constantly checking data on Gundam "Unit One"). She comes into direct conflict with Kou Uraki when he checks out the new unit and later on in the series when its companion MS Gundam Dendrobium arrives. However after Zeon pilot Anavel Gato's "Gundamjack" of Unit Two, Nina allows Kou to pilot the Unit 1 to stop him. She also develops a romantic relationship with Kou after they are both brought aboard the Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier Albion in order to pursue Gato. It is Nina who first suspects that the Delaz Fleet is planning a colony drop, and subsequently reveals the existence of the third Gundam Development Project Gundam.

It is also revealed that she once was in love with Gato before the events in Stardust Memory, until he deserted her on the moon; this explains why she is so adamantly opposed to Kou and Gato fighting each other.

Towards the end of Operation Stardust Nina goes searching for Kou, and finds him trying to stop Anavel from dropping the colony onto Earth. Instead of assisting Kou, she unexpectedly aims Gato's handgun at the young pilot and shoots at him to keep him from killing Gato, enabling the Zeon officer to escape.

Despite this incident, Nina and Kou apparently reconcile by the end of the series, and she is more than happy to greet him as he returns to Colorado after being cleared of charges.