Operator trivia: Astesia

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Concept and etymology

• Astesia and Astgenne's surname, Urbica, is derived from the scientific name of the common house martin they are based on, Delichon urbicum.
• The bird present in Starseeker is a barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) instead of common house martin; these are also present in Astgenne's Her Aspiration and the pair's artworks by YUJI (Astesia and Astgenne's illustrator).

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• Starseeker contains some of the most hidden lore in the Arknights' story that was only revealed later.
  • In her star chart, the shapes of notable constellations (Leo, Hydra, Capricorn, and Gemini) are similar to those a few thousand years later, around C.E. 10,000 on Earth. However, the ecliptic and equator marked on her chart do not align with the Polaris as of those on Earth, and such phenomenon could only happen when the precession of Earth's axis is tilted towards the south a thousand years later. Furthermore, the celestial globe on her left is tilted to almost 45° instead of 23.5° for Earth, and the North Pole could have pointed to Vega which would've replace the Polaris' role as the North Star around 12,000 to 13,000 years later. In addition, the Big Dipper formed in stages for Children of Ursus resembles the one 50,000 years later on Earth.
  • In Lone Trail, it is confirmed that Terra's age is at least 13,000 years, miraculously fitting her star chat and the tilting angle of her celestial globe.

Distinctions

• Astesia is one of eight Operators to have three outfits. The others are Bagpipe, Exusiai, Goldenglow, Jessica, Mudrock, SilverAsh, and Suzuran.
  • This makes all of them tie for the second most number of outfits, only surpassed by Amiya with five.