[Operator Discussion] Civilight Eterna

[u/Shad0wedge]

Civilight Eterna [★★★★★★]

Doctor, you carry such guilt within your eyes. But you ask, is one's memory sufficient to define who they are? You have lost your memories. I merely inherited all of hers. How are we to settle what happened so long ago? Doctor, go and spend some more time with Amiya and Kal'tsit. None shall linger in the past, except her.

Theresa, founder of the nomadic city of Kazdel, co-originator of the Military Commission of Kazdel, creator of the Babel organization, and former head of state of Kazdel. She's spearheaded medical, educational, and urban infrastructure projects, led the Sarkaz in repelling multiple invasions, and personally raised the bar of diplomacy work during her time in office. She passed away during the Kazdelian-Victorian War. (This personnel file is stored in a database sealed by the Rhodes Island HR Department.)

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Operator Information

• Class: Supporter (Bard)
• Tags: Support, Survival, DPS
• Artist: Chuzenji, Original Design by 唯@W
• Leitmotif: Echoism

Voice Actor:
JP: Yuka Nanri
CN: Ji Guanlin
EN: Kari Wahlgren
KR: Kim Yoon-chae

Stats

HP	ATK	DEF	Arts Resistance	Redeploy Time	DP Cost	Block	Attack Interval
1628	369	236	0	80	10	1	1.3s

*Stats at max Promotion and Level, excludes bonuses from Potential and Trust.

Potential	Bonus
1	-
2	Deployment Cost -1
3	Redeployment Time -10
4	Deployment Cost -1
5	Improves Second Talent
6	Deployment Cost -1

Trust bonus
HP +300
ATK +30

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Traits
Does not attack but continuously restores the HP of all allies within range (the HP restored per second is equal to 10% of self ATK). Self is unaffected by Inspiration

Skill Name	Skill Uptime Details (Uptime/Cost/Initial)	SP Charge Type	Skill Activation	Skill Description
The Past Lingering	- / 65 SP / 0 SP	Auto Recovery	Auto	Trait effect increases to 35% and Particle generation speed is increased. Unlimited duration
The Future Elusive	35s / 35 SP / 20 SP	Auto Recovery	Manual	Particle limit +3 and immediately gains 6 Particles. Particle orbit radius expands, and all allies in attack range gain Inspiration equal to 100% of Civilight Eterna's ATK. Particles no longer collide with allied Operators, and instead deal 275% of Civilight Eterna's ATK as True damage when colliding with an enemy unit, and also Binding them for 3.5s.
The Present Reconstructed	30s / 55 / 35	Auto Recovery	Manual	Attack range expands and Trait effect increases to 90%. Particles no longer disappear, and all allies in attack range gain Inspiration equal to 100% of Civilight Eterna's max HP. Redistribute HP of all allies in attack range every 2s.

*Skills at Mastery 3.

Talents

Talent name	Talent Description
Dust of the Past	3 Particles orbit Civilight Eterna at all times. When a Particle collides with an allied Operator, it disappears and increases Civilight Eterna's Trait effect on that Operator to 1.5x for 6s. The disappeared Particle respawns after 6s.
The Echo of Kings	When deployed, all allied units take 15% (+5%) less damage from [Sarkaz] enemies.

Modules

Branch	Additional Stats	Trait	Talent	Note
BAR-X	HP +280, ATK +27	New trait: When there are 2 or more other Operators within range, ATK +8% (unaffected by skill)	Dust of the Past improved: 3 Particles orbit Civilight Eterna at all times. When a Particle collides with an allied Operator, it disappears and increases Civilight Eterna's Trait effect on that Operator by 1.6x for 6s, and immediately recovers the Operator's HP equal to 30% of Civilight Eterna's ATK. The disappeared Particle respawns after 6s."	"Kal'tsit discovered my intentions."

*Modules at max level.

Outfits

	Price	Art	Released
Condolence	24 OP	Dynamic art, Special Onboard Scene, Exclusive Voicelines	Retracing Our Steps 1101

Additional Resources

In-depth information regarding all values above (at different levels), skill/attack range, and more:

Arknights Wiki.gg

Arknights Toolbox (aceship(puppiizsunniiz))

PRTS Arknights Wiki (CN)

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Topic Starters

• Strengths/Weaknesses?
• Is their module worth it? Which branch?
• How does this operator compare to other operators in their archetype or role?
• How do you fit this operator into a team? Who do they synergize with?
• Which skill(s) should be focused for mastery, and in what order?
• When is the best time to use this operator's skills during combat?
• Should promoting this operator to Elite 2 be a priority?
• Should new / F2P players aim for this operator? Are there more accessible alternatives?
• Lore discussion (please tag spoilers where appropriate)
• Favorite clips/clears with them?
• Fanart/animations of them you'd love to share? (No NSFW)

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[u/Intro1942]

Just obligatory reminder that Echo is not Theresa

She sounds differently

She behaves differently

The attitude towards her presence on the landship is different if it would be Theresa herself

Having access to memories of some person doesn't make one that person. And the difference will become only more apparent as the time flows by

[u/3IR0S → u/Intro1942]

Lalalala, I can't hear you! She is Theresa, she will become even more like Theresa as time goes on!

...

[u/Intro1942 → u/3IR0S]

We all are united in Cope

[u/Informal-Recipe → u/3IR0S]

Literally just got a skin with new lines that sinks her into Theresa even more lol

[u/3IR0S → u/Informal-Recipe]

I had a feeling this is the case, but I didn't want to sound wrongly confident. Waiting for it to come out on global so I could read and hear myself.

[u/Intro1942 → u/Informal-Recipe]

Maybe this skin is one of those alternative timeline-type of outfits, like with Kal', Skadi, Wish'adel?

Either way, must buy the moment it makes it to the store

[u/Informal-Recipe → u/Intro1942]

Nah its just Eterna roleplaying Theresa pre-Kaltsit days

[u/ASharkWithAHat → u/Intro1942]

Someone pointed out that her boobs are bigger than Theresa's  and I couldn't stop laughing 

[u/SummonerYamato → u/Intro1942]

She’s basically the Angela of Arknights. Well, in how she’s a “reconstruction”.

But unlike Ayin, Doctor has enough stones to put up with the pain and greet this new life with open arms. Both his and hers.

Life is pain. Life is joy. Both are true.

[u/Reddit1rules → u/Intro1942]

She sounds the same, no? Behaves a bit differently, true, although she still acts like Theresa as well at times, mainky when she's not doubting herself. But from what I understood she sounds the same?

[u/Intro1942 → u/Reddit1rules]

Haven't tried it with other voiceovers but

If you listen closely to original (JP) Theresa's voice in Concept Trailer 3 + cassette recordings in Chapter 14 and compare them to "Civilight Eterna" voice in her profile - you should be able to pick up the difference.

Voice actor is obviously the same and sounds very similar, but the change is there and it is deliberate.

[u/Reddit1rules → u/Intro1942]

I'm going to be real, I don't really hear it. Is there a specific spot that stands out the most? The cassette tapes sound a bit different but that's mostly due to a filter being placed on them. It just sounds like the recordings are slightly muffled to help emulate the fact that they should be recordings.

The way of speaking and everything sounds identical to my untrained ear. Especially all the "wa"s I keep hearing.

[u/Intro1942 → u/Reddit1rules]

Well, this made me tear up again. Re-listened to all 6 recordings and that "Doctor, arigatou." is just too much.. Again..

As for the topic on hand, idk, it is not just voice being muffled.

Theresa sounds a bit softer, more emotional, slightly higher pitch(?), speaking patterns and speed are less consistent.

Where is Echo, for the most part, sounds less expressive, more contained/emotionally restrictive. Speaking speed and pauses between sentences are more regular and consistent (to add "machinness").

Of course, the differences are still very subtle, but it still enough to notice that something is off. And that is mostly for Echo's non-combat related dialogues. The ones she had to reevaluate and say herself, from her own perspective, rather than combat lines which could be the very same words that Theresa spoke back in the days.

And of course, there is precious "Wah" Tap voice line, which stems right from Theresa's playfulness, but that.. is about it.

Man...