Professor G. Schmidt (G・シュミット博士 ) is one of Professor C. Epstein's three pupils, along with Albert Russell and L. Hamilton.
Profile
Appearance
Personality
Professor Schmidt has a very serious yet very hard to handle personality. He is very blunt with other people, not holding back in criticizing or mocking them for the obvious. On the other hand, he takes his research seriously and if he is very invested in a project, he might outright ignore whoever is speaking to him.
He only takes jobs that satisfy his intellectual research; once done, he does not care what happens to his work, even if it ends up hurting other people, using his job to justify it.
Schmidt takes immense pride in his talent, considering "rushed, half-finished" projects to be a disgrace. He doesn't appear to have a high view of Albert, considering him to be a "two-bit" tinkerer, but expresses jealously at how Albert was blessed with children who had talent.
Background
Professor Schmidt has worked together with his partner, Reinford founder Gwyn Reinford, to advance the orbal technology in Erebonia if only to satisfy his own intellectual curiosity. He is president of the Roer Institute of Technology.
In S.1196, his first disciple, Franz Reinford, submitted his "graduation" projects of the Panzer Soldats and a highly advanced pocket watch. Schmidt was intrigued with both submissions, but was unable to give a verdict as an accident appeared to have taken Franz's life away before he could do so. Schmidt held onto Franz's pocket watch and took care of it, intending to use it until it broke.
In preparation for the Erebonian Civil War, Professor Schmidt reverse-engineered the Divine Knights at a dazzling speed on behalf of the Noble Alliance.
Trails of Cold Steel II
Along with the Panzer Soldats, Schmidt also worked on archaisms for Ouroboros. He ultimately teamed up with Thors Military Academy students to craft a Zemurian ore-made sword for Valimar.
After the civil war, his foremost apprentice George Nome embarked on a journey throughout Zemuria to visit other makers of Orbal Technologies, while Professor Schmidt returned to his work.
Trails of Cold Steel III
During the one and a half year's break between Trails of Cold Steel II and Trails of Cold Steel III, Professor Schmidt has been transferred to Thors Branch Campus as a "Special Adviser" for their Orbal Engineering department. He is also being monitored by the Imperial Government as a potentially dangerous individual due to his quirky personality and his role in civil war as the maker of the Noble Alliance's Panzer Soldat units. He takes on a fourth disciple, Tita Russell, and oversees experiments at Einhel Keep, adjusted accordingly for whoever he is testing.
Trails of Cold Steel IV
Schmidt's quirky personality meant that he worked with the government in the aftermath of the Great Twilight, ultimately accompanying Class I of the main campus. Their increased combat capabilities meant that Schmidt created a new level in Einhel Keep, appropriately named "Level X" and let Tio adjust the difficulty to her liking.
Upon seeing Class VII prevail over Class I, Schmidt walked over to Tita, giving her passing marks as he noticed that she had fixed most of the problems with her Orbal Gear. He then left with the others on the Derfflinger. Seeing that his second and fourth disciples were doing fine, he decided to check on his first and third disciples.
He was able to make contact with them and boarded a Gargantua-class airship, which Class VII infiltrated in order to start the Second Rivalry. He accused George of being too soft, demanding that he show the resolve he had as a student. After George and Sharon were defeated, Alberich dropped a Leviathan unit, which he noted used the base of a Goliath unit. The two later saved him and Irina from the Leviathan after it went on a rampage. Although impressed by the fully automated unit, he gave Alberich a failing grade, but refrained from giving George the same.
Sometime after this, Schmidt had Makarov set up a combat information network in anticipation for the World War, meeting up with him at Mishelam Wonderland. Makarov was upset that Schmidt had simply forced it on him, before his niece Mint came in with a call from Mary's father. Schmidt noted that Makarov had other issues and told him to resolve those first. He later went through Franz's notebook one more time to see if he had missed any information, intending to discard it as he had no further use for it. Rean convinced him to keep the notebook until tomorrow, which he agreed to. He later saw his first disciple off after Ishmelga was killed, calling him a "foolish student" for leaving so early.
Trails into Reverie
List of disciples
Similar to how he himself is one of Epstein's disciples, Schmidt himself has four disciples, all of whom are extremely competent orbal engineers:
- First disciple Franz Reinford
- Second disciple Makarov
- Third disciple George Nome
- Fourth disciple Tita Russell
List of notable designs
- The two rail guns at the former Garrelia Fortress.
- The Panzer Soldat units used during the Civil War, inspired by the design of the Azure Knight, Ordine.
- Valimar's Tachi forged from Zemurian Ore, designed with assistance from George Nome.
- The Einhel Keep on the Thors Branch Campus, a training facility for students which contains many traps.
Character Notes
Trails of Cold Steel III
Trails of Cold Steel IV
Gallery
Trails of Cold Steel II
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Trails of Cold Steel III
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Trivia
- Schmidt is the German equivalent of "smith".
References
- ↑ Trails of Cold Steel III, Dengeki Character File Notebook.
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