Vegapunk/York

York, also designated as Punk-06, is one of the six satellites of Dr. Vegapunk, embodying his aspect of "greed".

She acted as an ally to the Straw Hat Pirates at first, but was later revealed to be a traitor and a major antagonist of the Egghead Arc, as well as being the culprit of the events during said arc. She is the primary instigator of the Egghead Incident.

Appearance
York is a young-looking woman of incredible size, standing twice the height of Brook. She has long and wavy blonde hair and patches of freckles under her eyes. Her mouth is very broad and she has rosey, chubby cheeks. She wears a dark top cut off just below her breasts with her designation Punk-06 written on the front. She also wears a light-colored jacket over her top, a pair of bikini bottoms, dark gloves, large dark boots that go up past her knees, and a pair of goggles on her forehead.

When she eats a lot, she becomes immensely obese, but can instantly return to her original figure after going to the bathroom.

Personality
Being designated the “greed” satellite of Vegapunk, York is a very gluttonous and lazy individual. Her primary task seems to be to eat, sleep, and relieve herself for the other satellites so they can perform their own duties unimpeded. She seems to have a vapid personality with her head in the clouds, rarely speaking except for yawning or remarking about sleeping or eating, but wantonly approached a dangerous Seraphim because she found it cute. However, this was later shown to be a façade.

In truth, York is a highly selfish schemer who possesses lofty ambitions, willing to betray her fellow Vegapunks solely for the chance to become a World Noble. She believes that only one Vegapunk is necessary in the world and is not against eliminating her peers if needed, betraying the Satellites' purpose of ensuring Stella's safety even at the cost of their lives. York also shows no signs of mercy or remorse should casualties arise due to her actions, as she was willing to accept all of them should it serve her ultimate goal.

Abilities and Powers
Being a satellite of Vegapunk, York has likely been a contributor to the genius scientist’s numerous technological developments. She is responsible for eating, sleeping and defecating on behalf of all the other satellites. As such, she consumes large quantities of food to the degree of attaining a BMI of 600 (20 times the amount considered obese), expels the waste, and sleeps for their sakes, doing so multiple times per day, but this does not seem to negatively affect her body.

In spite of her rather passive role as a scientist, York is very cunning, deceptive, manipulative and skilled at keeping a low profile, having orchestrated most of the incidents that have happened during the Egghead Arc without ever arousing suspicion of herself or being detected by either Vegapunk or the other satellites. This includes prior, arc-leading events such as contacting the Five Elders about Vegapunk's history research or kidnapping several Cipher Pol agents multiple times, occurrences even Vegapunk admitted he was completely unaware of. Her ultimate goal was to use Ciper Pol agents as hostages to coerce the World Government to make her a World Noble.

York is also a skilled gunwoman, having shot Shaka in the head with a simple, ordinary pistol (albeit a very large one, befitting her size) and from a considerable range.

Past
In the past, York had ventured into Mary Geoise alongside the Vegapunk satellites, where they witnessed the cruelty of the World Nobles. Whereas the other Vegapunks looked down on the Nobles' actions as despicable, York desired to become one of them.

Three months before the Egghead Incident, York contacted the Five Elders and leaked information that Vegapunk was conducting forbidden research on the Void Century. While dispatched Cipher Pol agents never found evidence of illegal research, York used the opportunity to abduct said agents before they could leave Egghead and report their findings, keeping them locked underground in the old laboratory. This served to increase the World Government's suspicion that Vegapunk was indeed rebelling against them.

Egghead Arc
As Edison and Pythagoras were working and needed to attend to bodily functions, York ate, went to the bathroom, and slept on their behalf, allowing them to keep working without a break.



Summoned with the rest of the satellites (except Atlas), York continued eating while wondering if something fun would happen, but she promptly fell asleep. After CP0's and the Seraphim's attacks on the lab were quelled, York, having deduced she had been betrayed by the World Government, snuck down to the Seraphim and gave them new orders: for the four of them to kill everyone else, except her, Stella, and the captured Cipher Pol agents, and for S-Snake to temporarily petrify her to dispel any suspicion of her. She also ordered S-Snake to protect a certain part of the lab.



Afterwards, York returned to the control room and joined in the search for Stella with the rest of the SSG and the Straw Hats. Alongside Lilith, Usopp, and Franky, York went to the third floor of Building C, where they found that Pythagoras had been attacked by S-Snake. As part of the plan, York "carelessly" approached S-Snake and allowed herself to get caught by the latter's petrification abilities. S-Snake then kicked her aside and attacked the rest of the search group, who were forced down the building and, as a result, became separated from York.



Shortly afterwards, York was unpetrified and secretly followed Shaka to Vegapunk's prison. She then shot Shaka in the head as he tried to free Vegapunk, and revealed herself as the traitor to the latter, proclaiming that she would be the sole Vegapunk from now on. At some point, York is subdued by the Straw Hat Pirates and chained to the ground while Usopp arranged a call between her and the Five Elders. She asks them if they seriously wish to kill her, and Marcus Mars tells her that she is also Vegapunk, but she states that if she was truly interested in the Void Century, she wouldn't have told them about the Stella's research, which they acknowledge. Ethanbaron V. Nusjuro asks her what happened and York claims that since she's calling them, they can guess that they've been subdued. When she asks if they seriously plan to wage war on her, Shepherd Ju Peter tells her that they wish to spare her so she can create more of the Mother Flame, which she supplied to them previously. York agrees on the terms that they don't hurt her or the lab because the power plant that makes it is on the island, and she requests she be made a World Noble, all of which they accept. She then asks that they save her from Luffy out of fear that he will kill her.

Trivia

 * The Kanji applied to York, "欲", is typically translated as "Desire", and can be used to describe three interrelated concept of attachment and desire in Buddhism: Chanda, Kama, and Kamacchanda. In Christianity, the Kanji is applied to two of the seven deadly sins: Lust and Greed
 * "欲" can be read as yoku (よく), which may have inspired her name.
 * York could have been named after the Cape York meteorite, a large iron meteorite that landed on Greenland in ancient times. This would include her within the celestial body name theming of the SSG.

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