Minerva X

• Description- Minerva X-was supposed to be the original female robot companion for Mazinger. She was designed by the own Dr. Kabuto, but the blueprints were stolen by the Baron Ashler before killing Dr. Kabuto. Minerva was built by Dr.Hell following the stolen blueprints. But Dr. Hell didn’t have Japanium nor Photoatomic power plants so he took some liberties with the design and used common available materials to built her.These materials like regular steel can’t withstand the high operating temperatures produced by photo-atomic equipment. They are also prone to be damaged by regular weapons(such as Aphrodite's missiles). Dr.Yumi explained that when Mazinger gets close to Minerva the high heat generated by him makes her cooling fluid flow out of her eyes. That’s basically the mechanical equivalent to crying. Go Nagai was feeling pretty romantic by then.

Minerva moves automatically by a control system activated by Mazinger tactical computer.She has a central control system located on her belly. This circuit looks like a gemstone. It is called the PAR circuit and it is the central processor that control all the robot’s functions. Dr. Hell tried to get it out but Minerva doesn’t work without this circuit. Minerva unlike Mazinger or Aphrodite is a "hot" robot. The term "hot" means that all the secondary circuits and Minerva's neural net are connected directly to the primary(PAR). That means that in case something happens to the primary circuit the whole robot is short-circuited. That’s why they didn’t repair her, because there wasn’t much of her to repair.I always thought why they just didn’t use the shell and built another robot using Aphrodite's inner workings?.But remember that Dr. Hell used just regular materials that could not work with photo-atomic energy. It’s not the first nor the last time that a good design is ruined by poorly chosen substitute materials.

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