Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa

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Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa (テレサ・テスタロッサ, Teresa Tesutarossa) First appearance: "I Want To Protect You" Created by: Shoji Gatoh Voiced by: Yukana Nogami (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English) Aliases:Teletha Mantissa, Ansuz Age: 16 Date of birth:December 24, 1984 Known relatives: Capt. Carl Testarossa, USN (Father - Deceased)[3] Maria Testarossa (Mother - Deceased)[3] Leonard Testarossa (Older Brother) Weapons: Walther TPH Teletha "Tessa" Testarossa is the charmingly clumsy Captain of the revered TDD-1 Tuatha De Danaan submarine of the anti-terrorist organization Mithril. It was created for use in underwater and aquatic warfare against terrorists, smugglers, and military units. She is US-American by birth but has lived on submarines and military bases for the majority of her life. She was born on December 24, 1984[4] and is a child prodigy who rose to Colonel rank at the age of only sixteen. She has platinum/silver hair and gray eyes. Later revealed as being a Whispered, her high level of mathematical and scientific adeptness is dwarfed only by her brother's, which seems to have given her a sense of inferiority. Though not very athletically inclined, she has shown to be a very good swimmer (as shown in episode 8 of Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!). Like Sousuke, she dislikes alcohol, unwittingly citing the same reason as Sousuke for avoiding them.[5] She has an interest in Sousuke that extends beyond a professional one, generating a love triangle she shares with Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori. Even though Chidori and Tessa seem to compete against each other for Sousuke, they are good friends in reality, as during several episodes they talk about Sousuke and his unique military charm. Teletha is also one of the chief designers of the TDD-1 Tuatha de Danaan offensive submarine, and the creator of Dana, the submarine's Artificial Intelligence. Characteristics Tessa has some interesting qualities also. Being Captain of the Tuatha De Danaan, she is very smart when it comes to battlefield tactics and conflicts. She displays some very impressive military prowess and strategy at several points, such as the first two episodes of Full Metal Panic! The Second Raid, where she helps Sergeant Sagara escape death and also help their team get out of a tight situation in an underground operation. Also, during the last two episodes of Full Metal Panic! (first season), she helps prevent the Tuatha de Danaan from sinking, and performs some very skillful actions to save them from destruction, not once, but twice from torpedo attacks. She also seems to have a habit of playing with her ponytail. Sometimes however, as stated by Kurz Weber, "whenever Tessa was told by someone she couldn't do something, she made it a point to prove them wrong." (this leads to an Arm Slaves match involving paintball bullets between Tessa and Melissa Mao over the argument as whether Tessa can pilot an Arm Slave or not). Tessa seems to have some trouble tolerating her job at times due to the position she has. Some scenes have shown her irritated by what she does while other scenes show her slightly depressed by it. She mourns any death greatly and strives to reduce casualties in any mission. Nevertheless, she seems to have a large amount of stamina, and is able to cope with the stress of her tasks. She treats everyone in the TDD-1 like her own family and cares about them to the point that she refuses any order for her to step down as TDD-1's commanding officer, such as the time when Admiral Borda suggests that Tessa returns back to R&D instead. Character History Teletha Testarossa is an American by birth, as she was born in the USA's northeast (it is intimated that her cultural background is akin to Boston Brahmin), to a family of Swiss and Austrian descent, as revealed in the short story 猫と仔猫のR&R. It can be inferred that she is of Italian descent judging by her last name Testarossa. She traveled the world extensively as a child; however, she has spent a great part of her life living on submarines and military bases. When she was younger, she lived in Okinawa for a while, while her father suggested she attend a Japanese school there, but as she did not mix very well with the other Japanese students, she was transferred to another school, this time on her father's military base. Tessa is a Whispered, and thus is gifted in the fields of mathematics and science. When she was six years old, she had derived the answer to one of Albert Einstein's non-linear differential equations. On a side note, her brother, Leonard Testarossa, did this at age four, giving her an inferiority complex, as she states in Episode 10. She worked her way up very quickly in Mithril, and became Captain of the Tuatha de Danaan after being commissioned by MITHRIL. It is also speculated the knowledge found within her may have led to the construction of TDD-1, due to the fact that Gauron refers to the existence of a Whispered knowledgeable in the field of submarine construction. She also mentions having had a hand in the construction of its AI, Dana. When she participated in the "hijacking" of the Pacific Chrysalis in "Dancing Very Merry Christmas", she used the alias Teletha Mantissa. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletha_Tessa_Testarossa ..

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