>>1
What's Griffith role exactly?
When Hayate is not in her armchair, does he take command, despite having a lesser rank than Nanoha or Vita?
Or does he just manage the staff in that room (Shari and co)?

>>1
It seems that Hayate's call sign is "Long Arch zero", while Shari's is "Long Arch one".
(StrikerS ep 11, 18:00)

>>27
Griffith is Hayate's Adjundant. Military assistant in other words. He helps with reports, organizing troops and will relay orders. He's low rank actually surprised me, but then again, we have second in command Reinforce Zwei who'd even lower ranking than Griffith.

>>29
So, in the event of Hayate being unavailable, who will take command? Nanoha, since she has the second highest rank?

well if they follow the military model (anyone actually in the military feel free to correct me)...

chain of command should go:
Commanding officer (CO)
executive officer (XO)
Department heads (I.e. maintainence(sp?), security, service etc. )

as far as I can tell Fate and Nanoha are department heads
Fate-> Investigation
Nanoha-> Training

Hayate is the CO but their XO is still in question.

>>31
Rein is supposidly the XO. Hence her being the Sub-commander

>>1

>Zafira [...] he's supposed to be Hayate's personal body guard

In episode 14 we are reminded that he is truly a guardian beast :-D
Well, at least there's a little progress: in A's 04, he had to fold the blanket himself...

The old WW2 ranks are, IIRC, used to refer to foreign military ranks and such.

For some reason known only to themselves, the Maritime Self Defense Force apparently stuck with the old-school ranks, (mayber because they had less loss of honor and the like compared to the army?). Thus, they still use Shouii, Chuii, Taii, Shousa, Chuusa, Taisa and the like.

Rein's equivalent position in a US/NATO unit would be that of Senior Non Comissioned Officer (SNCO) or Non Comissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) (nomeculture depending on where you are and which branch.)

In terms of being XO, I'm not quite sure that Rein is Hayate's XO; from what I observe and understand, she's fulfilling the Chief of Staff role, which means that she's the paperwork administrator who makes sure that Riot 6 runs smoothly so that Hayate can concentrate on the important stuff. However, as in most militaries, if the Sergeant Major tells an enlisted to do something, the Enlisted listens. The CO is God, and the Sergeant Major is his prophet.

Also, depending on which military you are, Sergeant Major and Warrant Officer are almost level in terms of rank and authority; for instance, a British Army Sergeant Major is really a Warrant Officer (but adressed as Sar Major because of tradition and the fact that Sergeant Major > all). In the US system, Warrant Officers are part of and outside the normal officer channels, since they're normally enlisted who've been specially promoted (typically as helo pilots, such as in the Vietnam war, which had a large number of Warrant officer helo pilots). The original term for warrant officer, however, came because 1) they had a warrant of service instead of a comissioning letter, 2) in the British Army, they were the guys who brought along the arrest warrants. (Like the Enforcers, I guess.)

Also, IIRC, isn't Vice a First Sergeant?

Also, maybe it's just me, but I always thought that Long Arch One referred to Riot 6 HQ, not just Shari... Shari just answers because she's the commo officer.

If it were Long Arch Actual, on the other hand, I could see it being used for Hayate. In the US Army, tagging on Actual at the end of a callsign means that Da Boss is present and listening in.

Eeermm...the way I understand it,

The TSAB is broken into the Naval Force (Central Force which governs the world; the owner of Arthra/Asura, which explains the JMSDF rank designation), while there is a Ground Force in Mid-Childa (which, respectively, uses JGSDF ranks). Regius belongs in the Ground Forces (which, interestingly, has SEELE-like superiors...)

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks. Thread over. LOL

The full Nanoha☆StrikerStar OP storyboard

>>4
Wins at everything. Though why is Rein naked?

>>5

why not?

>>4 nice, wish can see the video version

WTF!? it is exactly like the op for the anime Lucky Star.
lol whoever doing this is good

>>4

We need a video of this.

>>9
Agreed.

>>4
LOL

Why isn't this storyboard used for the new OP?!?

>>19

Episode 15: Subaru and Ginga undertake a physical by Marie, who's an engineer, not a doctor.
Episode 16: Jail, who has just made 12 artificial girls, is interested in Subaru, and the Numbers call her "type-0".
Episode 17: We learn that Subaru has a mechanical arm. So does Ginga (see attached pic, from 13:11). And the Numbers decide to abduct Ginga.

Late revelations are not something unusual in MGLN. Jail Scaglietti, the Numbers, Project F, Vivio, Subaru and her mother and sister, all that might be neatly connected.

Another point to ponder: in episode 11, Subaru describes artificial mages as "Children fabricated from high-quality genetic material, then receiving injections and cybernetic implants". Hey, it's airhead-Subaru, who didn't know about Lost Logia in episode 2, who explains that to Kyaro! Doesn't that feel weird? Where the hell did she learn about that?

>>20
Fabien, are you sure you're not a staff of MSLNS? You sure seem to know a lot.

>>21

>You sure seem to know a lot.

How so? I watched the 17 episodes released so far, that's all.
Of course, my sentence "all that might be neatly connected" is pure speculation, but indeed everything points to Jail's experiences about artificial mages.

Now all that's left to wonder is Jail's intentions about Vivio, about Ginga, and about the TSAB. And how Nanoha will save the day. Hey, the series isn't called "Lyrical Nanoha" for nothing!

Well, I'm hoping more of a grand accumulation of all the Aces (max power, limiter all release) and Strikers and launching a combined attack on the real demon in the show.

In Nanoha, we had seen that Fate was a victim of circumstances.
In As, we learnt that the real demon wasn't Reinforce I but the alterted Defense Programme that corrupted the entire Tomb

Then there is the thing with Nanoha's injuries that caused so much foreshadowing in the first few episodes.
The way the damage was described, the fact that she had to learn how to walk again...
Maybe there are some robo-parts in Nanoha as well, even if it's no full replacement-job?

>the fact that she had to learn how to walk again...Maybe there are some robo-parts in Nanoha

That's a hight possibilities, Since the Doctor spagat seem to look at her too.
Like some result of an experiment in some project.
It's now Magical Girl Bionic Nanoha

>>24

>the fact that she had to learn how to walk again... Maybe there are some robo-parts in Nanoha

Actually, seeing the quality of that technology, I think Nanoha would have had less trouble to learn to walk had she some mechanical parts.

MechaGodWINGSEEDZTurnA Godzilla did it for me

>>27
Do not anger Caro!

>>26

given that nanoha was already older when she may have got them, it might have required relearning to walk as compared to someone who had them since they where vey very young.

-Gabe

Here's a thought... from what I saw on the 2nd OP, it basically says Fate < Subaru <= Nanoha...

The worst Nanoha's song out there.
I am sorry, but thats just how I feel.

what's so bad about the new OP?

>>6
Well, the music is shitty, but when you cut the sound off, it's pretty nice.

Eh... I happen to like the New OP...

yea i did't think it was that bad, it was kinda fun as well.

-Gabe

I cant get enough of the new OP thats for sure.

The new OP is on repeat in my PC, I love it!!

I always skip the opening so that does not make a big difference for me !