Heyo folks, so like I said in lieu of not having done it in A/Ns, before getting start on the next effective arc, gonna do this extra "Data Chapter" with some extra tidbits. Mostly just clarifying references that may have been more up in the air, extra character bits. Hopefully this shouldn't be TOO long. So first up, VA choices!
Alain: Soma Saito for Japanese, and Johnny Yong Bosch for English. This one had actually been settled for a while.
Naomi: Yumi Hara for Japanese as per the game, though I can't say I'm too familiar with her as a VA. For English, Cherami Leigh.
Wyvern: In Japanese, Tomokazu Sugita. For English, Matthew Mercer. Familiar combination is it not? (Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet fans will know)
Cipher: Japanese, Takahiro Sakurai, and English, Steve Staley. No, he isn't secretly McGillis Fareed in a new universe.
And with that, some reference explaining. For those who caught it, a lot of the call signs and squadron names have to do with the Ace Combat series. They kinda come from all over the place, though Alain is like 4 wrapped into one character. Trigger and Mobius One are the callsigns of the player characters of AC 7 and 4, his surname, seen in the prologues journal entry, comes from Ilya Pasternak from 6, and the Wyvern's color scheme refers to the livery for Cipher from Ace Combat Zero (which I am so happy was put into 7 with the recent DLC). Speaking of Zero shoutouts, Garm Squadron.
YES, I am aware it is actually Galm, but that's a translation error 'cause Japan is REALLY weird about Rs and Ls and it refers to Garmr, a Nordic hellhound. Same deal with Huxian. I know the source, but it's meant to be a reference rather than a character bit. Y'know, an old little nudge towards the peeps who can catch it. And Heartbreak's nickname and surname are an Ace Combat 5 reference, good ol Heartbreak One. Feel free to image him as being voiced by Steve Blum.
And then probably the odd one out. Dission's surname is another AC reference, lots of them of course… it's his callsign. Big Boss can only really refer to Metal Gear Solid for me. Sorry Erich… didn't even know there was a character in Mazinger named Boss for a while in fact. My fault for not being as aware of classic super robot series till more recently.
Now granted not all of the callsigns are references. Some of them are more character related. EG, Ersha being called Swan while Rosalie is Stingy. Hilda's Count is meant to be another AC 7 one, but I did not actually know how Count in that game got his nickname till I was on the wiki. Meh.
And of course, moving on in references we get to Gundam. As is kind of obvious the Rondo-verse has basically just converted the Para-mails to Mobile Suits in all but name. I stress over technical details… too much in my spare time and while cool, the normal Para-mail designs never clicked with me in a sensical manner. Cool, but, well… Enryugo with its closed cockpit is like, peak design. It's all I ask, give a mech a closed cockpit at all times y'know? In that line expect Villkiss to be even more of a Freedom sendup than it already was this time 'round.
Wyvern is, perhaps just as obviously as some of the Ace Combat references, based loosely on the 00 Gundam in terms of function, not quite in form. Well… give it a few more chapters, I ain't spoiling nothin about potential upgrades. Also, as if ARISE basically being Trans-AM was not also obvious. I actually kinda agonized over that acronym for a bit since like ALL smart folk I worked backwards of course. And of course, the Siegfried. Ya'll are basically on the right track there's a general "Char's custom MSes" vibe, though in particular my thoughts were on the Sinanju when noting it down.
Anyway, I think that's about it in regards to any data extras for now. Now… I just need to go and think of some kind of LN style arc names. "Rondo in the Endless Sky" is already LN-esque enough of a title as it is. KEK.