Ryoko Shinonome (2188)

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''This page is about 2188 colonist Ryoko Shinonome. For other characters with the same name, please visit Ryoko (disambiguation).''

Ryoko Shinonome (2188) (東雲 諒子 Shinonome Ryōko) is a 2188 Colonist in 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim.

Profile
Lovelorn Genetic Engineer

The Ryoko Shinonome of 2188 was one of the 15 residents of the 2188 space colony. She was a genetic engineer, and researched means to create real humans from AI. She also had some skill in programming, as she was able to alter Universal Control to her liking.

Story
Before the Nanomachine Infection

Not much is known about who Ryoko Shinonome before the nanomachine infection, other than the fact she was Genetic Engineer and may have entered into a relationship with Tetsuya Ida during this time.

On the Colony

After escaping the nanomachine infection and boarding the 2188 colony, it can be assumed that Ryoko donated her DNA for Project Ark. As a genetic engineer, she was responsible for setting up Project Ark's DNA cloning, and even attempted to develop ways to turn Project's Ark's AIs into true humans.

Ryoko Shinonome was in an intimate relationship with Tetsuya Ida (2188) while on the colony. The two of them were able to survive the power generator explosion, the energy crisis shootout, and the murders that followed. Eventually, Tetsuya Ida and Ryoko Shinonome were the last survivors of the 2188 colony.

Although he and Ryoko were the last members of humanity, Tetsuya Ida still found a way to betray Ryoko. While the details of Ida's betrayal are not explained in-game, George Kamitani (one of the game's directors) suggested in an interview that Ida could have refused a lover's suicide with Ryoko, causing her to fall into despair. Whatever the case, Ida's betrayal left Ryoko scornful towards humanity, and influenced her to maliciously tamper with Project Ark's third and final phase. Although the second phase's probes and machinery had already set off, Shinonome used her administrative privileges to reactivate the Mighty Kaiju Deimos code left in by Tsukasa Okino. She then linked the kaiju spawn code to the terraforming machinery's designs, and changed Project Ark's world to loop every time the kaiju took over all the sector mainframes. Finally, when recording a log detailing her sorrows, Ryoko gives one last speech about how the real world will be peaceful without humanity's meddling, and leaves that log in Project Ark's data.

Death

Ryoko Shinonome was one of, if not the last of the 2188 colonists to die. Ryoko could have committed suicide, or inevitably perished from life support failing across the colony.

Etymology

 * The name Ryōko means "truth" (諒) (ryō) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Ryoko's surname Shinonome means "east" (東) and "cloud" (雲).

Events
Event No. 130, Me, from the Future Setting: Sector 4/1985 : Sakura High, Old Building

Protagonist: Yuki Takamiya

Appearances by: Yuki Takamiya, Ryoko Shinonome, BJ, Ryoko Shinonome (2188)

Finding herself near the old school building, Yuki Takamiya sees Ryoko Shinonome watching a projection from a box-like device. Shinonome is unstable and looks like she might collapse, so she asks Takamiya to hide the device for her.