I was able to uncover some extra stuff on Team Galactic!
Granted, a lot of them are key art we've already seen, but each one has some additional info in them such as clothing details and their color palettes!
Hopefully this could serve as a compilation of reference materials for anyone who might need it. like me.
[Also please keep in mind that this is machine translated and is not professionally done as I am not fluent enough. I also cannot translate handwritten notes. I might add additional info/context for the shakier/vague bits though, those will be in blue.)
Please keep reading below to see it! Characters will be arranged according to their rank!
Cyrus
Starting from the top, we have some details regarding the clothes.
アカギ詳細設定 | Akagi Detail Settings
【 上着 】 | Top/Jacket
- 袖無しの上着とインナーの重ね着
Sleeveless top and inner layer
- 上着前身頃を隙間から見えるパーツで留めています。
The front of the jacket is fastened with parts that are visible through the gaps.
- インナーは横締模様のみの長袖。
The innerwear is long-sleeved with a horizontal pattern.
This refers to the lines/lining on the sleeves and chest area of the shirt as well as his pants.
- 背面は右図の通り。
The back (of the vest) is as shown on the right.
【 靴 】 | Shoes
- ラインが 3 本入った靴 。
The shoes are lined/have 3 lines.
Cyrus' official color palette:
(Also I'll be using lenticular brackets for each part just so it's easier to spot!)
Format is: Pantone -> Hex -> RGB
【 Hair 】
Pantone 278 C
#8bb8e8
rgb(139,184,232)
【 Team Galactic insignia 】
Pantone 122 C
#fed141
rgb(254,209,65)
【 Vest 】
Pantone 428 C
#c1c6c8
rgb(193,198,200)
【 Sleeves/Pants 】
Pantone Cool Gray 10 C
#63666a
rgb(99,102,106)
【 Innerwear 】
White
I'm serious, there's no specific kind mentioned.
It's just...white.
I thought of including this purely because it had a doodle of Cyrus holding it lovingly on the side.
あかいくさり | Red Chain
横から | From the side
先端が不思議な力で
くっついている状態になつている。
接合部品があるわけではない
The tips are attached to each other by a mysterious force.
There are no joint parts.
サビ汚れのような模様が
結晶内部に見られる
Rust stain-like patterns can be seen inside the crystal.
(断面図)
Cross-sectional view.
Saturn
サターン詳細設定 | Saturn Detail Settings
【 頭部 】 | Head
- 髪型 (右図参照)
Hairstyle (see figure on the right.)
【 上着 】 | Top/Jacket
- 育中にGマーク入っています。
It has the G-mark (Team Galactic insignia) on it.
Note that the insignia is also present at the back.
【 靴 】 | Shoes
- マー ズ と ジュ ピタ ー 同 様 、
つま 先 に ライ ン が 1 本 入っ て いま す 。
※ ブ ー ツ で は あり ませ ん
Like/Same as Mars and Jupiter, the toe has a single line.
It is not a boot.
Saturn's official color palette:
Format is: Pantone -> Hex -> RGB
【 Hair 】
Pantone 285 C
#0072ce
rgb(0,114,206)
【 Team Galactic insignia 】
Pantone 122 C
#fed141
rgb(254,209,65)
【 Vest 】
White
【 Innerwear/Pants 】
Pantone Cool Gray 10 C
#63666a
rgb(99,102,106)
You'll notice a lot of these colors will be the same as the others, but I'll include it anyhow.
Jupiter
ジュビター詳細設定 | Jupiter Detail Settings
【 頭部 】 | Head
- 頭頂部と後ろに髪留めを付けています。
She has hair clips on the top and back of her head.
- 横向き時 (右図参照)
Side-view (see figure on the right.)
【 背面 】 | Back/Rear
- 腰回りの部分はマーズと同じです。
The waist area is the same as Mars.
【 足 】 | Foot
- 左足大腹部に素肌の上からゴムリングのような バーツを巻いています。
A rubber ring-like part is wrapped around the bare skin of the left leg.
Jupiter's official color palette:
Format is: Pantone -> Hex -> RGB
【 Hair 】
Pantone 248 C
#a51890
rgb(165,24,144)
【 Team Galactic insignia 】
Pantone 122 C
#fed141
rgb(254,209,65)
【 Innerwear/Stockings 】
Pantone Cool Gray 10 C
#63666a
rgb(99,102,106)
【 Grey Lining 】
Pantone 428 C
#c1c6c8
rgb(193,198,200)
【 Boots 】
White
Mars
Interestingly, Mars has two versions of her detail sheet! I'll be translating the bottom one since they're both technically the same.
マーズ詳細設定 | Mars Detail Settings
【 頭部 】 | Head
- 正面 (右図参照)
Front-view (see figure on the right)
【 正面 】 | Front
- ジュピターと同じデザインです。
It has the same design as Jupiter.
【 背面 】 | Back/Rear
- 用回りのライン (背中~スカート) は丸くなっています。
The line around the body (back~skirt) is rounded.
This most-likely refers to the cutaway of the backside of the skirt, not the hem/rim of the skirt itself.
Mars' official color palette:
Format is: Pantone -> Hex -> RGB
【 Hair 】
Pantone 179 C
#e03c31
rgb(224,60,49)
【 Team Galactic insignia 】
Pantone 122 C
#fed141
rgb(254,209,65)
【 Innerwear/Stockings 】
Pantone Cool Gray 10 C
#63666a
rgb(99,102,106)
【 Grey Lining 】
Pantone 428 C
#c1c6c8
rgb(193,198,200)
【 Boots 】
White
Charon
Charon...doesn't have a detail nor palette sheet. Unfortunately.
I do have a translated version of his bio which you can check here, though!
That said, I'll include a palette for him where I pick the colors from his Platinum concept art
Their detail sheets do not have anything of note to translate, but it is interesting how they were intended to have masks in their beta designs! (Along with having Saturn's hair color―).
The grunts' official color palette:
Format is: Pantone -> Hex -> RGB
【 Hair 】
Pantone 7472 C
#5cb8b2
rgb(92,184,178)
【 Team Galactic insignia 】
Pantone 122 C
#fed141
rgb(254,209,65)
【 Innerwear/Stockings 】
Pantone 428 C
#c1c6c8
rgb(193,198,200)
【 Lining/Pants 】
Pantone Cool Gray 10 C
#63666a
rgb(99,102,106)
【 Boots 】
White
Hello, if you made it this far, thank you for reading!
I reached the image limit, so this'll be split into two parts (or more).
We've covered all the detail sheets and translation stuff here anyhow, the next parts will focus on the following:
A compilation of concept art and official art (a mix of game + pokeani mostly)
A compilation of concept pitches/bios
References for spin-off/non-mainline members (Sird, Mitsumi, Io, etc.)
I know a couple have been posted elsewhere, but I really wanted to group them up so none of us would have to save hundreds of posts so please look forward to when I publish the next parts!
For now, enjoy this random image I found while digging of a (jp) tcg event where you could apparently challenge Saturn, Mars, and a (bespectacled) Cyrus to a match...?
I was reading through the dppt documents and came across Charon's bio among a few other platinum characters and some interesting diagrams.
I wanted to focus on Charon's in particular though because I found some tidbits interesting! Please do read more if you're interested―
(Keep in mind though that I'm relying on a machine translation as I am not fluent enough, I also tried to make sense of some shakier translations by adding additional context/alterations, those will be in blue. Please do not view this as a professional translation, I really just want to share what I find and learn as I go.)
please click on the image for better viewing!
* Meiōsei (冥王星) refers to the dwarf planet's Japanese name btw^^
A lot of the character bios in the documents list the Japanese pronouns they use to refer to themselves and others, Charon uses the following:
* "washi" is used by older men and is often (stereotypically) used in fictional/western dialects to denote characters of old age. Apparently this pronoun isn't very common anymore.
* "watashi" is a more common pronoun but he rarely uses this. It's also used mostly by women but (supposedly) can come across as stiff when used by males in a casual context.
The second-person pronouns are where it gets interesting, but I'm not sure if one or the other isn't used or if both are unused in JP versions of Platinum.
* "onushi" which literally means "Master", is an archaic pronoun used by samurai and elders when speaking to people of equal or lower rank which seems fine, but reading a bit more into it, this could be seen as a turn of phrase that comes off as rude? Like maybe Charon would use this to talk down to others in a sort-of condescending manner.
* "sonata" is a mesial deictic pronoun, so this was used in previous eras as a lightly respectful one but not so much anymore. What makes it interesting is that when used now, it carries a pompous and old-fashioned tone when used in speaking to inferiors (which in this context could be the grunts or maybe the other commanders and even Cyrus if we're going by the age differences.)
Again, while these second-person pronouns may not have been used if we're going by the translation in the bio, it does make sense for Charon considering the way he speaks to the other Team Galactic members in-game and why many of them are visibly put-off, even more so when we remember that he only recently joined Galactic and is the most junior among his fellow commanders.
This part's a bit more ramble-y (and mildly speculative) mainly because it's got me thinking a lot about his presence in-game and how it ties with his bio.
We now know why we don't fight him story-wise. He's a novice when it comes to battling, which also explains why he only ever seems to accompany the other commanders throughout the main story and has grunts do the dirty work for him in the post-game's Stark Mountain.
(We can also say that it's mainly because he's old and just a scientist, but that didn't stop the other scientists in the HQ from engaging the player in a fight, what more for trainers like Spenser and Drayden who are 88 and 69 years old respectively? Surely even a spry, young...71 year old can pick up a pokeball if they wanted.)
On the topic of his motivations, we're all very much aware of his love for money, but the bio also makes mention of a philosophy regarding happiness being tied to science along with the distortion of this through greed.
Of course, both Pokespe and DPA focus on and highlight his greed and need for control through capturing legendary pokemon or usurping Cyrus. Or both. We also see this in-game. However, If we go by the anime, Charon seems less invested in his boss's goals and more on the scientific discoveries to be made in pursuit of said ambitions.
While his greed and backhandedness is on the spotlight for most of his appearances, we do get glimpses of another side to him where he does show some genuine interest in whatever he is immersed in, such as the Valley Windworks mission where he comments on the electricity he and Mars had stolen or even the Mysterious Notebook he authored (NOT the Old Notebook, mind you), where he goes over his "findings" on Rotom. Make no mistake, it's all done in the name of getting all the credit for its discovery, but it does say a lot that he's willing to do extra/extensive research on Rotom beyond what he "found".
With the bio in mind, I wonder if the belief he carried was always distorted or if it somehow came to be that way down the line and that he used to be more into it for the knowledge and discovery in the past rather than for personal gain/profit.
This is the part I wanted to go over the most, but it'll also be the most speculative one because there are still pieces to the puzzle that are missing buuuuuut―
So it's very much established in both Platinum and his bio in the design document that Charon is amoral enough to steal and plagiarize for his personal gain; the latter mentioning that it wasn't just research papers, but inventions as well.
The Mysterious Notebook is what makes this interesting, because Charon writes the following at the beginning and end of the entry:
With this in mind, it brings into question just how and where he acquired information on Rotom in the first place before he added in his own tests and findings. Pure chance is a stretch to be sure, there is only one Rotom in-game and only one other account of its existence, The Old Notebook.
So now the question isn't a matter of where and how, but from whom.
After all, why would he need to "keep his research a secret" to "ensure he gets all the credit" if he was the original author?
Another thing that the bio establishes is that Charon judges people based on how useful they are to him, and in Platinum, he has (somewhat indirectly) mentioned his reasons for joining Team Galactic in the first place:
What I'm getting at here is that Charon determined it was in his best interest to join Team Galactic because he figured that with the resources at his disposal as a commander along with his boss's ambitions, he would have a lot to gain from doing so.
And now that we also know of his penchant for the theft of anything related to his field, who among the ranks of the organization is the most useful to him in terms of both the means and the ends?
His boss. Cyrus.
Whose to say that Charon hadn't tried to steal anything from him? Platinum had also gone out of its way to establish that Cyrus possessed a knack for tinkering along with a keen intellect from the times the player interacted with him along with supplementary information from certain objects and accounts from NPCs:
Fellow staff and scientists aside, Charon's best bet for finding something worth plagiarizing and stealing would be his own superior's works.
Suddenly, Rotom's Room being where it is makes sense, it's far from the main HQ on the other side of the region in a backwater town where there aren't a lot of staff nor grunts posted. Even with his junior standing, Charon still most likely held some form of authority and could pull a few strings to either build or repurpose a spare room just to stash his haul away from Cyrus's eyes. (Or at least, as far away from it as he could manage.)
And despite the lack of concrete, definitive confirmation, it's clear that the Old Notebook's entries were written in a way that did not reflect Charon's own manner of speech and writing; especially when taken into account that it was written long ago by a child with an unusually advanced vocabulary and stiff formality in tone.
There really is only one person who would fit the child's description perfectly.
We all already know/have an idea of who this is of course, but it's an interesting thought nonetheless; how Charon managed to get his hands on something that should never have reached him.
This is all just speculation, though! But if you made it this far, thank you for reading.
I'd love to see people talk about Charon a little more since he's honestly the most neglected (and forgotten!) commander, but surprisingly amusing and refreshing to see him stick out as a more Team Rocket-esque villain rather than how the rest of his colleagues act and present themselves.
If I made any errors with the translations, feel free to clarify or make additional remarks.
Also it's 10 in the morning and I haven't slept at all since yesterday. Help.
I‘m sorry, but the mental image of Martin acting all clueless with the tape recorder while Jon is in the backgroung chanting “Statement remains” three times is very funny to me.
