Analog was initially a slave of the Dark Metal Empire: he was forced to perform Hacker Key experiments. This can happen even when Analog is nowhere near the Zoid in question. When a new Zoid appears, Analog explains its name, type and abilities. Analog's fanaticism is often used to introduce Zoids during the series. Analog / Onigiri ( オニギリ, Onigiri) Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese) Samuel Vincent (English) Member of the Freedom Team and pilot of the Tortoise Zoid: Tanks. After turning on Numb-lock, Needle bestows her with its Zoid Key. She tried using her friendship to betray him, but Arashi's influence moved her to double-cross Numb-Lock. After befriending Arashi, she is told her that he and Liger were to be her 100th bounty. Due to the Numb-lock's overwhelming power, she had no choice but to take up the offer. Impressed with her skill, he tasks her with taking down 100 bounties for the Empire in exchange for a fortune capable of looking after her orphanage. Eventually, she encounters Numb-lock, one of the Four Dark Warriors of the Dark Metal Empire. She was quite successful, even capturing the Bandits that had attacked her parents. Being able to ride Zoids, she took up bounty hunting. She looks after the other orphans like a big sister and provides them with funds. This forced her to flee into an orphanage with her Zoid Needle. Her parents were killed when she was young by a group of bandits. Battalia / Penne ( ペンネ, Penne) Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu (Japanese) Maryke Hendrikse (English) Battalia has a sordid background.
Quade had also met Arashi's father, Apex, and Mitsuba before the events of the series took place. He entrusted the key fragment to Arashi before his death at the hands of Gigaboss and Demise. Quade's defiance of Gigaboss caused him to steal part of a Zoid Key from him. This defeat caused Gigaboss to seek stronger and stronger Zoids, eventually reaching up to Demise. He proved to be the stronger of the two, constantly besting Gigaboss. He trained under Master Bug, alongside Gigaboss. In the past, Quade was shown to have met many of the major characters in the series. He is shown to have a deep bond with his Zoid, the Zaber Fang, as well as having met Arashi's Father in the past. His goal was to search for the "Ancient Treasure Z". While not strictly a part of the resistance force, he and Team Supreme oppose the Dark Metal Empire. Initially he seeks the Liger, before meeting Arashi. He is well known as a famous, powerful, Zoid Seeker. Quade / Bacon ( ベーコン, Bēkon) Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese) Michael Adamthwaite (English) Quade leads Team Supreme. After the fall of the Dark Metal Empire, Arashi and Liger continue to travel alone. Learning the "Ultra King Claw" (King of Claw Spiral in Japanese) attack, he manages to reach a potency consistently at or above the Four Dark Warriors. It's not until he meets Quade's old master that he grows considerably in strength. This mode is strong, but uncontrollable, even attacking teammates. In the middle of the series, he is seen facing overwhelming defeat, and enters a raging Berserk mode. Using his "King Claw" (King of the Claw in Japanese) attack, he proves to be strong, but is defeated on occasion by powerful opponents such as Drake and Gigaboss. By bonding with the Liger he quickly becomes able to use the Wild Blast effortlessly. At the start of the series, he is briefly mentored by Quade, and gains considerable skill in a short period of time. Although he can ride the Liger, a legendary Zoid, he starts off weaker than those around him using much more inferior Zoids. Characters Zoids Wild Arashi ( アラシ) Voiced by: Kenshō Ono (Japanese) Cole Howard Thomas Love (child) (English) Arashi is initially characterized as a novice Zoid pilot.