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Rabby is the central character of the anime Gall Force - Eternal Story. She is a nineteen-year-old soldier of the Solnoids, an all-female race locked in a long war against the Paranoids. She serves as the subcommander of the cruiser Star Leaf, second in the chain of command after Eluza, and she originally appeared in the earlier photo novel Star Front Gall Force as one of its three lead characters. She is portrayed as somewhat tall, with long hair and a more feminine appearance than her military role would suggest, and she has orange hair and blue eyes.

In personality, Rabby is earnest, serious, and level-headed, though she can be rigid and unyielding in her adherence to rules and duty. Beneath that discipline she is sensitive and deeply devoted to her friends, and she is the first member of the crew to reach out to the brash outsider pilot Lufy. Her defining trait is loyalty to her shipmates above all else, and that loyalty shapes nearly every important choice she makes. It is also what leads her to spare the first example of a new life form, a boy who emerges from her crewmate Patty and closely resembles her, because she cannot bring herself to destroy something so like her friend.

At the start of the story she is a dutiful officer carrying out the orders of her superiors. When Eluza is killed during the mission, Rabby takes command of the Star Leaf and becomes its senior surviving officer, guiding the remaining crew through repeated attacks and losses. Over time she is forced to confront the suffering around her, grieving privately as her comrades die one by one. Her faith in the military is shaken when she uncovers the truth that both the Solnoid and Paranoid high commands have secretly been running a shared species-preservation and fusion plan, using ordinary soldiers like her crew as disposable pawns. The realization that her shipmates have been used and discarded leaves her disillusioned and overwhelmed, especially after the events on the planet Chaos.

Her role in the story builds toward a final act of defiance. Refusing the orders of the high command, Rabby makes a choice that determines the fate of all intelligent life. She destroys the computer Exanon, places the young Rumy and the newly born life-form in an escape pod for safety, and then launches into battle alongside Patty, sacrificing herself so that the new life they discovered can survive.

Her key relationships are central to her development. Eluza is her commanding officer and mentor, and Rabby is expected to carry on her role after her death. Patty is the crewmate who adores her like an older sister, and Rabby returns that care by protecting her and the extraordinary child she produces. With Lufy she begins in conflict, as the free-spirited pilot resists discipline, but the two gradually build a genuine friendship through shared crises. She also maintains ties with the other survivors such as Pony, the gentle mechanic, and Catty, the quiet communications officer who is secretly an android planted to advance the very conspiracy Rabby comes to reject.

In terms of ability, Rabby is a capable combatant and a competent leader who can hold a warship and its crew together under extreme pressure. She demonstrates steady command judgment during combat and is willing to pilot a fighter directly into battle when the situation demands it. Over the course of the story she grows from a by-the-book subordinate into a commander who trusts her own conscience over institutional authority. In the later Rhea and Earth chapters of the larger series, her counterpart Sandy Newman continues as a central figure, driven by guilt over her father's role in creating destructive artificial life, echoing Rabby's own journey of responsibility and atonement.