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Cenes Crawford (セネス・クロフォード Senesu Kurofōdo?) is the protagonist of Thunder Force V. She is the leader of the combat unit 222, later renamed as Thunder Force 222, Her callsign is "Phoenix", and is also known as "KNIGHT 1".

Profile[]

Born in Berlin, Germany in the year 2109, Cenes was 32 years old before her most recent death and subsequent cloning. It is unknown what she looked like before the Circulate-Death cloning. As a C-D cultivated clone, her "body age" appeared to be 18 years old. She has white hair, black eyes with red pupils (probably a characteristic of Circulate-Death clones). Her height is 5.58 feet (1.70m) tall, and weighs 127.8 pounds (57.9kg).

Deaths[]

Cenes' first death was in 2141. During a firefight with two SW-03 Priests, then watched seven more appear out of nowhere on the short-range scanner. Cenes managed to take out three of them before a laser bolt ripped through the cockpit of her fighter and most of her abdomen. She makes us know that dying like that was "More than a bit painful".

Her second death was in 2146, during the Lunar Skirmish, and the circumstances behind it were embarrassing, as well. It was because that she wasn't even in combat at the time, just lazily reading the analysis of her last sortie and drinking a cappuccino while sitting on the bridge of the battleship to which she'd been assigned. Then, a high-powered and well-concealed laser on the moon's surface aimed, fired, and pierced through the weak spot in the battleship's shields with ridiculous ease. "Suffice to say I'm always jittery when I'm on a battleship these days" according to her.

Her third and last death takes place on the "Bad Ending", with Khaos Ascendant escaping from the doomed Judgement Sword. The destruction of the giant battleship inflicts critical damage on the RVR-02 Vambrace, leaving the starfighter floating almost hopeless in space. In this aftermath, the Guardian begs Cenes to "Please, destroy it.", which means she has to destroy the Vambrace to put an end to Vasteel Technology, but the truth of this is more horrific: with Babel damaged, and both Judgement Sword and Rynex gone, the RVR-02 was the next "host" for Khaos Ascendant. Cenes could fulfill the Guardian's last wish by triggering a power surge on the RVR's batteries, ripping the ship apart and giving final death to Khaos and its evil machinations, but this would also mean Cenes would die, again. However there was a small problem: the Guardian/Khaos retaliations destroyed the military complex where the DNA samples of all Circulate-Death members was stored. Realizing this, Cenes decides to sacrifice herself to destroy Khaos. Replying to the Guardian's words "May fortune be with you.", Cenes last words was: "Now for my last words.....I hope this ship blows up REAL good!"

Thunder Force VI[]

In the unlocked reports of Thunder Force VI, the identity of the RVR-00 "Phoenix" pilot is revealed to be C=CTNs=C, which is later revealed to be an acronym of Cenes=CTNs=Crawford (a clone of her). This is also seen on the RVR-00 transformation sequence, as a close up of Cenes' eyes is seen.

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Trivia[]

  • Cenes share some similarities with the First Child/Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion, starting with the "one dies and is replaced with another clone".
    • Clone of a dead person: Rei is a clone of Yui Ikari, while Cenes is a clone of herself, the original Cenes who died in 2141.
    • Mysterious appearance: Both characters have an almost emotionless expression, pale skin and red eyes.
    • "Even if I die, there are replacements": Rei died twice in the whole NGE storyline, while Cenes dies twice in TFV (or three times if she destroys the RVR-02 in the bad ending according to the "Report").
    • Heroic Death by Self-destruction: Cenes' second clone (and third life) sacrificed herself by self-destructing the RVR-02 Vambrace to destroy the Vasteel Technology in the bad ending, just like Rei II did when she self-destructed Evangelion Unit-00 to kill Armisael.
    • "Maybe it's because I'm the Third": Rei III was the second and last clone in NGE, while C=CTNs=C in Thunder Force VI is the third and last clone of Cenes, so C=CTNs=C is the fourth.
  • Although the profile mentions Cenes doesn't have known relatives, the "Report" from Thunder Force V Perfect System mentions before the first mission she sent e-mails to friends whom she hasn't written in months and videophoned relatives who she's not seen in years.
  • Cenes returning as C=CTNs=C in Thunder Force VI contradicts the report, which the bad ending of Thunder Force V is based on. This suggests that the good ending of V could take place in an alternate canon.
Thunder Force V
Characters Cenes CrawfordREFFIGuardian
Ships RVR-01 "Gauntlet"RVR-02 "Vambrace"RVR-02B "Brigandine"
Stages No BlueWoodHuman RoadGuardian's GuardianJudgement SwordFrom the Bottom of One's Heart
Bosses Deep PurpleIron MaidenA3Guardian's KnightVasteel OriginalGuardian AnimusKhaos Ascendant
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