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Whenever the commander is in the battle room, her face is always covered by a
white mask.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gGFI3m.jpg)

I thought it might be some unexplained atmosphere thing, but when Yuhata is in
the command center, she is perfectly fine without one.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9L6v9m.png)

And it's not covering up a hideous wound, because we've seen her face before:

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9OVLXm.jpg)

Maybe this was explained before and I missed it, but why does she wear this
during battle?


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Why does the commander wear a mask in the command center?


It's been a while since this was asked and is pretty much covered in the
comments, but here's an answer.

Captain Kobayashi is part of the immortal council and therefore doesn't age.
If she walked around never aging people would notice, hence the mask. It
probably also serves as a way to hide emotion from the crew, show strength and
all that.

**[Sidonia's wikia page is pretty barren, but there is some stuff
there.](http://sidonia-no-kishi.wikia.com/wiki/Kobayashi)**


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I can't help but think that the mask is random and serve no particular purpose
as with a lot of things in the show.

We see the Captain with the mask sometimes, and then we see her without in
front of people, the mechanic team, some of the trainees. Same goes for
Yunatose, at times she wears a mask then other times, even when she is at
work, she does not.

As for the aging thing, I believe the Council takes turn to be Captain so they
will change hand every couple of decades or so without the average people
knowing about them. They will just assume that the Captain got old and
replaced with a new guy. Also how come nobody mentions the teddy bear, how is
she even around and nobody noticed she is immortal? So I guess it's just the
mismatch of the writers.


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