Nina Purpleton
In the Gundam anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory, Nina Purpleton is the head engineer of the two new Gundams that are being developed for the Federation by Anaheim Electronics. Template:Spoiler Only 21 years old, she is extremely protective of her creation (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 2, Nina allows Kou to pilot the Unit 1 to stop him. She also develops a 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 she shot at Kou to keep him from killing Anavel, enabling him to escape. Despite this, it seems that she and Kou reconcile at the end of the series.
