TR-0009 Tager

Iron Tager is a Sector Seven professor who has been mechanically enhanced to perform field-work, and is a playable character in the BlazBlue series.

Information
Originally the leader of a Sector Seven assault team sent to retrieve Nirvana in the 4th Hierarchical City of Naobi, Tager suffered a mortal wound during the mission, and due to being the only survivor, was forced to withdraw. He was revived as an enormous cyborg by Kokonoe, whom he pledged loyalty to afterward. After his revival, he bears a similar resemblance to a demon, which resulted in him dubbed as the "Red Devil of Sector Seven". He is feared by many, but in truth he is very calm and calculated, only engaging in violence when necessary. He has resumed his duties since his revival as a cyborg and is currently not only pursuing Hakumen, but also Ragna as a secondary target. In the true ending, he and Kokonoe made an assault on the NOL when Ragna had broken in.

Continuum Shift
In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, he is sent by Kokonoe on a mission to capture the true holder of the Azure, Noel Vermillion. In the True ending, he escorts Noel and Makoto Nanaya out of Kagutsuchi.

Appearance
Tager has spiky black hair, possessing a white streak. He wears orange goggles without reflection that show his eyes. He wears a dark red-colored Sector Seven uniform, but with a sleeveless top. He has golden rods attached on the darker red cross on his back, and two black gauntlets made of complex machinery.

Personality
Tager is a serious, mature cyborg. He is feared by many, and is known as the Red Devil. In truth he is very calm and calculated, only engaging in violence when necessary. He places great trust and faith in Kokonoe, and almost always follows her orders, but there have been some occasions where he follows his own intuitions to choose what to do in a situation.

Powers and Abilities
In battle, Tager is noticeably the slowest character in the game, unable to dash (mentioned in Teach Me, Miss Litchi), but makes up for that in power and defense. When close, his great power allows him to inflict great damage by tossing his opponents around effortlessly. His gauntlets are also surprisingly complex machinery. In addition to short ranged bursts, they can act as electronic magnets. With this, Tager can magnetize and draw in opponents toward him instead of having to pursue them.

Etymology
Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. Tager is probably named such as he is one of the 'Tager' series made by Kokonoe (like Mecha Tager and Golden Tager X).

Tager means Taking in Danish but a slightly more realistic translation would be a variation of the Australian boy name Togar which means Smoke in the same language. If taken like this then Tager's name might literally translate as Iron Smoke.

Trivia

 * Tager's Unlimited form allows him to dash, however, his normal movement speed is set to almost a crawl and the dash has a long recovery time, probably because of his massive weight gaining velocity during the dash. Tager gets stronger magnetism to compensate. His Spark Bolt meter is also cut in half, allowing two to be stores at once in addition to starting the match with both halves filled, along with Voltic Charge doubling the amount of Spark Meter that is gained. A full-duration Voltic Charge will cause him to gain approximately 1 and 3/4ths spark bolt meter.
 * Because of the Story Modes tendency to re-use and flip sprites, Tager's white streak of hair is rarely seen.
 * Going through Tager's voice clips in Continuum Shift hints at some unused move concepts, and the possibility of a playable Kokonoe in this era.
 * "Kokonoe, I'm going to have to do this my way."
 * "BATTLE GALHAGGER!"
 * "PEDALHOT (?) SCISSORS!"
 * "LIFTING ALL RESTRICTIONS!"
 * "LOCK ENGAGED! ACTIVATING ETHER DRIVE!"
 * "FEEL THE POWER OF SCIENCE!"
 * Somewhat ironically, when Amane Nishiki uses his Astral Heat on Tager, he appears as a toy.