Elvy Hadhiyat

Elvy Hadhiyat is an ace pilot for TERRA, and participated in the operation to extract Ayato from Tokyo Jupiter in episode 1. She serves as the leader of TERRA's Alpha Squadron whom all pilot futuristic fighter craft and backup the Rahxephon in battle. She is Indonesian by birth and is Haruka's drinking buddy. Her nickname is "Bunga Mawar", meaning "Rose Blossom" in Indonesian. She has a handkerchief monogrammed with her nickname and a rose emblem. In the scene where this appears she can also be seen wearing a baseball cap with a rose design on the crown. Elvy parallels Lydia Litvyak, a World War II female fighter ace nicknamed the "White Rose of Stalingrad" and the namesake of the ship in the series. At first she pilots a high-tech jet fighter equipped with a booster that enables her to pass through the Tokyo Jupiter barrier. Later on in the series TERRA replaces them with the Vermillions, mecha that still move at the speeds of a fighter, but now have a machine gun and a laser-like weapon strong enough to allow passage into Tokyo Jupiter or to vaporize a small island.