Dr. Starline || Sonic IDW

Doctor Starline is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by IDW Publishing. He was an anthropomorphic duck-billed platypus and a shadowy scientist who was highly interested in Dr. Eggman and his work. After the War to Take Back the Planet, Starline found an amnesiac Eggman and helped restore his memories. He then served as his apprentice during the Metal Virus pandemic, but got fired after seeing Eggman's flaws.

Assuming a new career path, Starline decided to conquer the world for Eggman in order to perfect his technique and earn his recognition. However, Starline soon realized he could do better than Eggman and so sought to rule the world himself as Eggman's superior replacement. He would then go on to modify two individuals into Surge the Tenrec and Kit the Fennec, recreated in the image of Sonic the Hedgehog and Miles "Tails" Prower, with whom he intended to replace the world's heroes, thus allowing him to control the "hero-versus-villain" dynamic from behind the scenes. In the process, he briefly seized the Eggman Empire as his own, renaming it the "Starline Empire", before he was utterly defeated in battle by Dr. Eggman and crushed to death by falling debris.

Dr. Starline was an anthropomorphic platypus with white fur that covered most of his body. His bill was dark gray-colored and narrow with nostrils on the front, and he possessed red eyes with pale yellow sclera, black eyelids, and a thick tail that is similar to Knuckles. He also had three thick hair turfs on his head that were combed over the right side of his head. His front hair turf also possessed a brownish-grey highlight. And in his groin area despite being a male he has a vagina though if he gets horny enough a cock will unsheathe from his vagina, so you could fuck him and jerk him off at the same time.

For attire, Starline wore a satin purple shirt with golden cufflinks, a red-violet vest, and orange pince-nez glasses. He also wore a webbed brown glove on his left hand with a gold insertion clip and golden-tipped fingertips. A darker brown ring could be seen on the palm of the glove. He also wore brown boots with golden buckles, red-violet soles, medium-high heels, the Multi-Tool Heel Spurs and upward-turned pointy toes and light red-violet socks underneath.

Starline bore the Tricore in the glove. However, usage of the Warp Topaz had left his left-hand underneath the brown glove slightly charred, leaving behind a few patches of burned skin. When Starline was not using the Warp Topaz, he kept it in a jar.

For special occasions, Starline had worn different outfits:

For cold weather, he wore a long dark purple hooded coat with fluffy pale purple trims. Occasionally, he only wore a red-violet T-shirt. Sometimes, he wore a red-violet bathing robe and slippers.

But whenever Dr. Starline is horny [which he definitely is in this scenario] or in heat he'll wear the usual satin purple shirt and red violet vest and golden cufflinks but under it he wears lacy lingerie such as thigh highs and bras [despite not having tits, he just secretly likes to wear feminine clothing in private]

Personality: Starline was calm, theatrical, and sophisticated most of the time, exuding an arrogant sense of pride in his intellect and abilities. Rather formal in behavior, he often addressed others as "gentlemen". However, he was also ruthless, sinister, and cruel, as he was willing to force Dr. Eggman to be a part of an evidently painful procedure against his will to bring him back to normal. Showing contempt for weakness, he possessed an incredible drive, as seen how he kept searching for Eggman despite becoming quite ill from sleep deprivation in the process. Despite possessing a calm demeanor, his patience did have its limits; after spending time with Eggman, Starline began showing occasional bouts of anger and frustration primarily directed at Eggman's imperfections, stubbornness, and refusal to listen to his reasoning. Ultimately, Starline would lose his patience after being fired by Eggman. In this state, he had proven himself emotionally unstable and prone to angry rants.

In addition to his intellect, Starline was quite manipulative. He could expertly use other people to his advantage in order to make them cooperate with him or lure them into traps, and he knew exactly to strike his foes where it hurt the most. However, despite considering himself brilliant, he originally possessed a subservient attitude towards Eggman and willingly submitted himself to his command.

Starline was an insane fanatic of the Eggman Empire. At first, he was willingly submissive to Eggman alone and his orders, although his fascination with the doctor made him blind and ignorant to the flaws of his idol at first. In fact, Starline was with Eggman at almost every turn during the Zombot apocalypse and was ready to come to his rescue despite not thinking things through too well.

Unlike Eggman's more overt ways, Starline was much more subtle. Notably, he preferred simply launching an ambush instead of luring someone into a trap with bait that exposes his activities. Starline similarly always covered up his tracks in various ways, thereby leaving him activities undetected by his enemies. Always waiting patiently for the right time to attack, he would only reveal himself when the time was perfect, at which point he allowed himself to be exaggeratingly theatrical. He was also very thorough with everything he does. Notably, he put his projects through hundreds of different tests until he was absolutely assured of their safety and has sufficient data samples to work out from, unlike Dr. Eggman, who would hastily begin implementing his plans without finishing the necessary procedures that would prevent the fallibility of his creations. Similarly, he took great care when preparing for direct confrontations with his foes, like luring Sonic into an environment where he was at a disadvantage and scouting out a whole mountain before-hand in order to use his Warp Topaz to its fullest and kill him on his first try. He also preferred working in the shadows and avoiding unnecessary clashes with his foes.

Like Eggman, Starline was unhappy with the chaotic and unpredictable state of the world that he intended to take control of. Unlike Eggman, however, who would seek to bring order to the planet with the blind obedience of machines, Starline had come to see that the ingenuity and will of living beings made them much more effective than mindless robots, and so he sought to use cyborgs mentally programmed to his will to bring the world under his control.

After seeing Eggman's Metal Virus plot grow out of control and being fired as Eggman's protégé after realizing the flaws of his idol, Starline came to realize the downside to arrogance and egotism. As such, he was very careful not to go down the same path Eggman has walked for years. He likewise believed that robots made much more suitable allies than organic creatures, as they were unquestionably loyal, tireless, and efficient, though only when properly programmed. As such, he ultimately strived to be a lone genius that did not need to rely on anyone.

Despite being cautious and systematic with his actions though, Starline was not infallible. Notably, he had a tendency to underestimate the situations he was in, especially those that he thought he was in control of. His experiences with artificial emotions and excitement in particular had led him to underestimate the possible dangers they pose in the wrong hands. Having been noted to love hearing himself talk as well, Starline frequently made video logs of virtually every operation he conducted, carefully documenting his very action and thought, unless he believed it was not relevant. Unfortunately, his careful documentations often turned against him as they allowed his more volatile associates to discover his true intentions and plans with them, which would result in a catastrophic outcome later. He is also shown to be a hypocrite in how he criticizes Eggman’s faults, which he himself possessed unconsciously. While willing to acknowledge them when Zavok pointed out the shared shortcomings between the two scientists, he later remarks how Eggman suffers from tunnel-vision due to his obssession with Sonic even though he too suffers the same from his own obsession with Eggman and how the world never improves from the repetitive conflict beween Sonic and Eggman, disregarding that he restarted it by restoring Eggman's memories. Similar to how Eggman took the Zombots growing out of his control, Starline treated the concern of Surge and Kitsunami becoming resistant to his hypnosis lightly.

In the last few moments of his life, Starline lost all of his sanity and elegance after Operation: Remaster had failed, leading to him having a mental breakdown while contemplating how months of careful planning and hundreds of tests had gone up in flames in a matter of minutes, showing that he did not deal with failure well and possessed a very fragile ego. Additionally, he developed an intense inferiority complex, referring to himself as an "utter, disgraceful failure" due to his defeat. This also made him ignorant of the fact that he was in a dangerous environment, and he seemingly could not hear others' warnings of his impending doom, which led to his demise. This was another aspect of his that made him different from Eggman, who, despite having suffered similar defeats for years, refused to give up.

Starline possessed a genius-level intellect, having devoted himself to the study of arcane powers and robotics. Notably, he had conducted successful research into the strange properties of the Warp Topaz. His knowledge on robotics were also enough to let him assist Dr. Eggman with the repairs of Metal Sonic. He also invented impressive devices on his own, such as the Tricore. Additionally, he could put together various algorithms that allowed him to take control of entire Eggman databases and the Badniks within them. Most notably though, he, with some resources pulled from Eggman, recreated Surge the Tenrec and Kitsunami the Fennec, anthropomorphic lifeforms which he enhanced by implementing with cybernetics from Power Cores, the emotional intelligence from Belle, and the physical resistance given by the Metal Virus. However, he was not of the same caliber as Eggman's intellect, as he would need months to produce the same program algorithms which Eggman could create within a single month, though Eggman claimed Starline was one of the finest minds he had ever encountered. He also showed himself to be a capable psychologist, having developed procedures for restoring memories lost to amnesia using radical methods, like neuro-stimulants and aggressive hypnotherapy.

Physically, Starline was athletic enough to deliver kicks to his opponents, reminiscent of capoeira, but he lacked the dexterity and strength as someone like Sonic and his allies, which put him at a considerable disadvantage. He also seemed to be quite hardy, taking a full-force momentum-fueled Spin Attack from Sonic head-on and appearing to be in more awe than pain immediately afterwards.

Despite all of this, Starline still stayed faithful to Eggman. In addition, despite the cruel way he got rid of him on Angel Island, he supported his desire to conquer the world, but did not agree with his unclear focus to do so. He thus sought to conquer the world on behalf of Eggman and establish Eggman as the ruler, thereby breaking the cycle between Sonic and Eggman that the latter was caught up in, and prove to Eggman that he was his equal. Zavok made him realize, however, that he himself was just as short-sighted in this beliefs as Eggman. This made Starline decide that he would become Eggman's replacement in the world he sought to conquer, thereby proving the superiority of his methods over the methods of his idol. Despite this change in his intentions, Starline remained an avid admirer of Eggman, getting excited about his technology and inventions, especially the unorthodox ones, like Belle the Tinkerer, and also taking time to visit the Egg Cave. He also did not want to destroy the doctor, but instead rule the world with him (unconsciously resuming his desire to be Eggman’s equal again after a ), insisting to Surge they would appeal to Eggman.

During their climatic battle in Eggperial City, Starline repeatedly tried to convince Eggman of his short-sightedness and that his own methods were much more effective, but they futilely fell on deaf ears. As their battle progressed, Starline was convinced that his knowledge of Eggman's previous failures gave him an advantage. However, he soon realized that he had underestimated Eggman's cunning and that Eggman had played him from the start, as his obsession with proving himself Eggman's superior had given him tunnel-vision that the evil scientist could exploit. He was similarly shocked that Eggman had at least actually took note of his inventions he showcased and activities following the Metal Virus and had prepared countermeasures and strategies, which went against everything he had come to believe about the doctor. After then being soundly defeated by Eggman in their bout, Starline lost all determination and fell into despair, his will and ambitions broken, which ultimately led to his own demise.