Choo! Choo! Sit tight, no one fight, warp jump watch your head. Choo! Choo! Seat belt, fasten-up, buffet car speeding up!
—"Astral Express Safety Instructions (Pom-Pom version)"
The Astral Express crew,[Note 1] also known as the Trailblazers, is a subgroup of the Nameless which operates from the Astral Express. They follow the Path of Trailblaze and serve as the main faction of Honkai: Star Rail.
Overview[]
Long after the Nameless abandoned the Astral Express due to the star rail's deterioration at the hands of Stellarons, a young Himeko came across the train. After several years, she managed to repair it and began her journey across the universe.[1] Along the way, she encountered and rescued Welt and his blonde companion, Void Archives, who eventually left the crew. Pom-Pom also appeared on the Astral Express at some point, although none of them know exactly when — not even whether they appeared before or after Welt joined.[2]
After Dan Heng was exiled from the Xianzhou Luofu, he attempted to escape from Blade by constantly traveling between different ships, although Blade pursued him without fail and destroyed the vessels he was on. One day, after Dan Heng coincidentally saved a ship which the Astral Express was traveling alongside, Himeko went to thank him and invited him aboard the Express. Since then, he has been traveling with them as a guard and an archivist.[3]
One day, while traveling across the galaxy, the Astral Express crew encountered a large chunk of six-phase ice containing a girl. After reeling in and thawing the ice, they found that the girl within had complete amnesia. She took on the name March 7th, after the day she was discovered, and joined them.[4]
At the start of Honkai: Star Rail, Kafka leaves the Trailblazer on Herta Space Station to be discovered by the Astral Express crew. After fighting alongside March, Dan Heng, and Himeko, they eventually choose to join the crew.[5]
Sometime after the Penacony incident, Black Swan appeared on the train and overheard the crew talking about fuel issues. She claimed that if they laid a track to Amphoreus, they would never have to refuel again.[6] Later on, Sunday was freed by Jade as part of a deal she made with Robin. Sunday would discover that the Astral Express had not yet left Penacony, and joined the crew while resolving traces of disharmony in the Dreamscape. At the end of his self-reflection, Sunday asked Welt if he could board the Express as a passenger to continue his journey, which the Trailblazer and the others agreed to.[7]
Members[]
Leaders[]
Crew[]
- Welt
- Dan Heng
- March 7th
- Trailblazer
- "Shush" — Drinksmith Robot
Former Members[]
- Sam-3000 — Navigator[8]
- Capy Baba — Navigator[8]
- Dolly — Navigator[8]
- Isee — Navigator[8]
- Falcon Amundsen — Navigator[8]
- Bob — Navigator[8]
- Oakley — Navigator[8]
- Granholm — Navigator[8]
- Void Archives[2]
- Tiernan — Express's guard[9]
- Legwork — Mechanic[9]
- Razalina — Surveyor[9]
Passengers[]
Former Passengers[]
Faction Mentions[]
Character Stories
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Character Voice-Overs
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Occurrences
Achievements[]
There are 3 Achievements related to Astral Express Crew:
Name | Category | Description | Hidden | Version | ![]() |
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One Big Happy Family | Moment of Joy | Win 1 battle(s) with a team comprising Himeko, Welt, Dan Heng, and March 7th | Yes | 1.0 | 5 |
Family Portrait | The Memories We Share | Take a family photo of the Express Crew at the photo board in Clock Studios Theme Park | Yes | 2.1 | 5 |
Family Cinema | The Memories We Share | Use the projector on (The Radiant Feldspar/The Trailblaze's Stern/The Tatalov/The Soaring Clock Hand) and invite the Express Crew to take a look | Yes | 2.3 | 5 |
Trivia[]
- According to Himeko, the Express spends seven standard days at each stop and its passengers are allowed to do as they deem fit during that time.[10]
Other Languages[]
Language | Official Name |
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English | Astral Express Crew |
Chinese (Simplified) | 列车组 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 列車組 |
Japanese | 列車運営チーム |
Korean | 열차팀 |
Spanish | Tripulación del Expreso Astral |
French | Équipage de l'Astral Express |
Russian | Экипаж Звёздного экспресса |
Thai | ทีมขบวนรถไฟ |
Vietnamese | Đội Tàu Astral |
German | Astralexpress-Besatzung |
Indonesian | Kru Astral Express |
Portuguese | Tripulação do Expresso Astral |
Notes[]
- ↑ "Astral Express Crew" (with capitalized C) is only used once, as the name of the sender in in-game Mail. In story content, there is no fixed name for the Astral Express' crew in the original Chinese text, but all phrases referring to them have been consistently localized as "Astral Express crew" (lowercase c).
References[]
- ↑ Data Bank, Characters, Himeko: Character Story: Part I
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Data Bank, Characters, Himeko: Character Story: Part III
- ↑ Data Bank, Characters, Dan Heng: Character Story: Part III
- ↑ Companion Mission, Vita Infinita: Total Recall
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow: The Voyage Continues
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Trailblaze Mission, Farewell, Penacony: Stranger in a Strange Land
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Trailblaze Mission, A New Venture on the Eighth Dawn: A New Venture on the Eighth Dawn
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 Event Cosmodyssey: Report
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Trailblaze Mission, The Sound and the Fury: Long Day's Journey Into Night
- ↑ Trailblaze Mission, Windswept Wanderlust: Devising Stratagems
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