Neptune (ネプチューン, Nepuchūn) is one of the first four Stardroids that Mega Man must fight in Mega Man V. He's a bulky, aquatic robot with a half-human, half-fish appearance. True to his fish-like design, he is a very good and fast swimmer, but he suffers from Athlete's foot and dislikes fishing. He has a relaxed personality and seems to eat salty food more often than not. His weapon is Salt Water, a fluid with salt-like substances that can corrode metal. His weakness is the Spark Chaser. Neptune is part of the first wave of four Stardroids, and defeating him rewards Mega Man with Salt Water. Attack pattern Neptune can only move by jumping forward to the other side. He can either do short jumps that require a slide or higher jumps, so he'll reach the other side in about 3-4 jumps. Once there, Neptune then uses one of two attacks depending on Mega Man's distance from him. There's a chance that he may stop short if he lands on Mega Man. If Mega Man stays close to Neptune, he will throw a big blob of Salt Water forward in a short arc. When this blob hits the ground, it splits into 3 smaller drops that spread out in small arcs. This is very easily avoided by getting out of the way. If Mega Man is far away from Neptune, he will jump in place multiple times and shake the screen. This causes small droplets of water to fall from the ceiling in mass quantity. Mega Man can easily move away from them, but during the screen shake, he cannot slide (due to him getting bumped up constantly). Appearance: Neptune has a humanoid body with blue, white and green armor with fish like traits, with white fins running down his forearms, his back, two down the sides of his face like muttonchops and a red fin on his chin that mimics a goatee which he pets when nervous. He has a three spiked crest on the forehead of his helmet. He has white gloves and green scaled pauldrons, He also has green webbed feet that itch nearly nonstop. His head fins often move with his emotions. Has a huge under bite. Weaknesses Neptune is weak to Spark Chaser, which can defeat him in 7 hits and has no disadvantages due to hitting him multiple times. However, this weapon will only be available in the rematches at the Wily Star, due to Neptune being a first wave boss and Terra (the user of Spark Chaser) being the last Stardroid to fight before getting to the Wily Star. It takes him out in seven hits and hits him twice if it runs through him all three times that it moves. Neptune also has a secondary weakness to Photon Missile. As with most bosses, Neptune takes 3 damage from the Mega Arm. His weapon can corrode any metal. He is trying to cut down his salt intake. "Better rust out than wear out." Good Point: Good swimmer Bad Point: Athlete's foot Like: Bathing in the sea Dislike: Fishing Neptune and the other Stardroids are the "offspring" of Ra Moon, who attempted to prepare the Earth for their arrival but was destroyed by Mega Man before it could accomplish its task. Neptune consistently ignores doctor's orders to keep his feet dry while wearing socks with healing cream to treat his feet. He is not to be trusted to leave a bowl of good soup alone with him in a room. Frequently talks like a pirate, much to everyone's annoyance.