StarMan.EXE

StarMan.EXE, known as NovaMan.EXE in the English dubbed anime, is a NetNavi and member of the WWW. StarMan's operator is never mentioned in-game, so it is unknown if he even has one. StarMan always has a very calm personality, as he always seems on top of the situation despite being caught by MegaMan twice in Mega Man Network Transmission.

Mega Man Network Transmission
StarMan is seen very early on in the Global Net distributing the false Zero Virus vaccine which is actually the virus itself. He is confronted by MegaMan, but promptly retreats, leaving MegaMan to face a Spikey2 virus.

He is seen again later in the No Grav Area, where he is confronted by MegaMan once again in a boss battle. Although confident in his abilities, StarMan is deleted by MegaMan.

MegaMan retrieves LnkCodeZ upon deleting StarMan.

Hit Points: 700

Element: Neutral

StarMan often disappears and reappears in different parts of the stage, and he may attack without provocation. The player can take advantage of the lesser gravity and jump over some of StarMan's attacks. When StarMan gets low on HP, he will summon many more meteors for his StarCrash ability, and this may cover the entire screen. Although this may seem impossible to avoid, if StarMan is in the middle of the screen when he starts using this, the player can slide and get behind StarMan sufficient enough to evade the entire attack. When StarMan is defeated, the player will receive either a StrArrow or a StarMan Battle Chip.

Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation
StarMan is an unlockable playable character in the game, with the player needing to either use the battle chip gate or by defeating Bass.

Anime History
StarMan has two different counterparts in the anime. The first (who's renamed NovaMan in the English dub) is a Darkloid who serves under ShadeMan (and later LaserMan) while the second is an Asteroid Navi which was given by Slur to a fortune teller named Romeda Andou.

Abilities
Although his typical strategy is to teleport whenever MegaMan is on the same aerial height as himself, he has a few separate attacks. He has some similar moves in Rockman EXE 4.5.


 * Star Arrow (80): StarMan loudly shouts "Star Arrow!" (in English with a thick Japanese accent), upon which golden arrows fly out from eight directions from his body. In 4.5, StarMan charges up energy to fire an arrow similar to how Roll fires her Roll Arrow.
 * Meteor (120): StarMan will spin quickly and vanish, and star-shaped meteors will appear usually in groups of six to hail across the battlefield quickly. The only way to dodge is to reach the opposite side of the field that the meteors are hailing.
 * Meteor Shower (120): When his HP is low, his Meteor attack is upgraded to this, sending a HUGE amount of star meteors. Only in Network Transmission.
 * Kirakira Meteor (ranging from 10-50, depending on StarMan's buster level): StarMan charges up then launches a meteor towards the enemy which confuses them when hit (EXE 4.5 only).
 * Star Buster (ranging from 1-3, depending on StarMan's buster level):A normal buster similar to MegaMan's Mega Buster (EXE 4.5 only).

In the anime, Star Man uses a black hole of sorts to summon all of his attacks, but it is shown that he can also fire a Star Arrow as a basic defense and can summon meteors in a style similar to the meteors in Mega Man Network Transmission.

Locations
Where StarMan can be found in Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation.

StarMan: located in Internet 4 near the path that leads to Internet 5 on Sundays.

Battle Chips

 * StarMan: StarMan appears, executing his Star Rain attack on the area directly in front of him.


 * StarArrow: MegaMan can fire a single star arrow forward. It starts slowly and gains speed quickly. Besides being used as a projectile, the arrow can also be ridden as a platform (similar to the item obtained by defeating StarMan's original counterpart), allowing MegaMan to skip portions of stages.

Trivia

 * In the English version of MegaMan Network Transmission's Official Strategy Guide, StarMan's Meteor Shower attack was incorrectly translated as "Dragon Sprite Gun".