Quake Woman

Quake Woman, also known by her project name, Tempo, is a Robot Master originating from the Mega Man comic series by Archie Comics. She first appears in issue 13, in the fourth story arc, Spiritus Ex Machina, at the Advanced Robotics Trade Show (A.R.T.S.) Convention along with her creator, Dr. Noele Lalinde. Quake Woman was created for geological surveying. She was caught in a cave-in at work and, presumably, suffered extreme damage. Lalinde, who considered her creation a daughter, was heartbroken. Because of this, Lalinde decided to remove Quake Woman's personality, thinking that if she behaved less like a human and more like a machine, it would be easier to send her into dangerous situations without worry.

After clashing with the Emerald Spears anti-robot terrorist group, however, Dr. Lalinde decided that she had made a mistake, and restored Quake Woman's personality programming. Although Tempo has not fully recovered, she is once more capable of emotions. Her memories of being buried alive in a cave-in still haunt her, and she has shown an intense fear of being in similar situations. In issue 22, Tempo begins hinting to a possible romantic interest in Mega Man, due mostly to Roll's attempted matchmaking. In the end, however, she chooses to remain as simply his friend, for the moment. In issue 28, Quake Woman--along with the rest of the world's robots and electricity--shut down thanks to the electromagnetic waves made by Ra Moon.



Trivia

 * Since Quake Woman's Quake Drill is designed for breaking rocks, it could said to be a literal "Rock Buster" and bears a resemblance to a drill-based Rock Buster jokingly featured in Capcom's Secret File magazine.
 * Quake Woman's Robot Master serial number is provided in her biography to be DLLN-001, but this is incorrect and stated as so by writer Ian Flynn at the BumbleKing Forums. According to him, it is LMN-001.
 * Quake Woman's Quake Drill also somehow resemble Crash Man's Crash Bomber on design.
 * Quake Woman's project name, Tempo, refers to a measurement of sound, most notably regarding music, fitting in with the music-related names of various characters in the original series.