Teana Lanster

Infobox animanga character
name = Teana Lanster
series = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha


caption =
first = Nanoha StrikerS Episode 1
last = Nanoha StrikerS Episode 26 +
StrikerS Sound Stage X
creator =
voiced by = Mai Nakahara
alias =
age = 16
19 in "StrikerS Sound Stage X"
born =
occupation =
title = Forward Stars the role of center guard
Rank: Private 2nd Class
relatives =
paux1 name = Home world
paux1 = Mid-Childa
paux2 name = Affiliations
paux2 = Time-Space Administration Bureau (TSAB) Mobile Division 6 [The official website refers to this as nihongo|"Lost Property Riot Force 6|機動六課|Kidō Rokka in English.]
divider = yes
aux1 name = Magic system
aux1 = Mid-Childa
aux2 name = Weapon
aux2 = Cross Mirage
aux3 name = Partner
aux3 = Subaru Nakajima
aux4 name =
aux4 =
aux5 name =
aux5 =

nihongo|Teana Lanster|ティアナ・ランスター|Tiana Ransutā is a character in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. Along with Subaru Nakajima, Teana is the leader of the forwards.

Name Spelling Confusion

Teana is named after the Nissan Teana. So it was thought that was officially her name, especially since the official Nanoha website uses this version of her name. Although, in the TV series, they use another slight variation of her name, Tiana. Her nickname is 'Tea', can be spelt as 'Tia'.

Teana in StrikerS

Teana's parents passed away when she was at a very young age, so her older brother, and only sibling, took care of her afterwards. Unfortunately, when Teana became ten in age, her brother was involved with a crime case that had cold-hearted superiors leading said case. Injuring but failing to capture the wanted mage, he was ridiculed by aforementioned superiors of being 'useless and a failure' because he is 'supposed to risk his life, even sacrifice it, to make the mission a success'. Having a brother that was shamed from his final mission to his death, Teana made a goal to prove it to everyone that the bullets of the Lansters are not to be taken lightly. Because of this, her dream is to be an enforcer, just like her brother. She is the partner and best friend of Subaru, but because of her tsundere personality, strongly denies it at times. She seems to have an interest in fellow sharp shooter Vice Granscenic.

At the end of the series, Teana seem to work as enforcer under Fate T. Harlaown at Time-Space Administration Bureau.

Powers

Teana is a user of Mid-Childa magic system. Because of that, she was given the position of the role of center guard of the Forward Team. Teana possess a gun-like Intelligent Device named Cross Mirage. And she also uses the illusion spells.

Defensive Abilities

*"Barrier Jacket" - The standard last defence barrier for a mage, Teana's Barrier Jacket is modeled after Nanoha's, as she is the commander of the Stars team, which Teana is also a part of.
*"Fake Silhouette" - A higher class Illusion-type magic, it creates single or multiple illusions. Even though is easily dispelled upon impact, Teana takes pride that her illusions are completely indistinctible to the naked eye or to simple sensors. Several types of illusions can be created, but Teana's favorite is that of copies of herself and her allies. Still, is a very taxing spell that requires considerable amount of energy and mental focus per image created, making impossible to sustain it for long periods of time. On a side note, stationary illusions are easier to maintain than moving ones.
*"Optic Hide" - This spell envelops Teana and anything in direct contact with her in an optical screen that makes her transparent, hence invisible. It also grants complete stealth against less sophisticate radars/sensors, like those of a Gadget Drone. However, if the user makes extreme movements or use large amounts of magic, the efficiency of the spell drops.

Offensive Abilities

*"Crossfire Shoot" - This medium range shooting-type spell is Teana pride. Similarly to Nanoha's "Divine Shooter", several magic spheres are produced, fired and then guided towards the target. Although quite destructive by itself, its main purpose is "the restriction of enemy's movements through a barrage". With the help of Cross Mirage, Teana can fire and control more than 10 spheres simultaneously.
*"Dagger Blade" - This spell creates a magical blade expand itself from Cross Mirage barrel, which is then used to cut a target. The blade itself has about the size of a large knife and, in the case of an emergency, can be ejected from the Device. Although the blade has a decent tearing power and can be imbued with anti-field defenses properties, the spell is ultimately seen as unfit for actual battle, to the point that Teana stopped using it after Cross Mirage's second mode was unlocked.
*"Phantom Blazer" - This Bombardment-type is Teana's most powerful spell, but also the slowest to cast. Categorized as a "long range sniper cannon attack", instead of a magic array it makes use of a "target ring" similarly to Nanoha's "Divine Buster" and, when firing at long range, a laser sight [Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS DVD 3's booklet] .
*"Shoot Barret" - A basic shooting-type spell where the user merely compresses magic power in the shape of a bullet, accelerates it and sets it forth. Is Teana primary spell, although its name was only revealed in the DVD booklet [Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS DVD 2's booklet] .
**"Shoot Barret: Barret F" - A variation of the basic "Shoot Barret", it creates an explosive, homing magic bullet that locks at the target's heat signature. Its greatest advantage over other guided shooting spells is its ability to automatically pursue the target (i.e. like a Fire-and-forget weapon), leaving the caster free to perform another action.
**"Variable Barret" - similarly to the "Variable Shoot" spell, it coats the "Shoot Barret's" bullets with several layers of magic barrier so they can pierce an AMF. With the assistance of Cross Mirage, consecutive shoots are possible.
*"Variable Shoot" - Based after an AA-Rank skill that few mages ever manage to master, this spell creates a guided-type magical bullet and firmly envelops it a magical barrier. That is done so the attack can penetrate an AMF defense.

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