Post by Hilda Steiner on Feb 5, 2015 4:08:11 GMT
Name: Asshimar
Model: NRX-044
Type: Prototype Transformable Mobile Suit
First Deployment:UC 0087
Manufacturer: Earth Federal Forces
Weight: empty 41.1 metric tons; max gross 63.8 metric tons
Armor Type; Composite
Power Plant: Class ‘B’ Minovsky type ultracompact fusion reactor, output rated at 2010kW;
Defense Value: Mobile Suit mode 0, Mobile Armor mode -2
Armaments & Equipment
Fixed Equipment:
Standard Sensors
Fixed Armaments:
2 X 60mm CIWS, fire-linked, mounted in head (CIWS, 2 Fires/nonreloadable))
2 X Beam Sabers, mounted on Shoulders (Melee)
Beam Assault system, mounted in forearms (Assault, 3 Fires total, can operate in MA and MS mode)
Hyper Beam Rifle, hand-carried in use. Requires 1 hand. (Sniper, 2 Fires/E-Pac, can operate in MA and MS mode)
History
Since the introduction of the first Zaku, the Earth Federal Forces had tried to produce a mobile suit that had the agility and speed of a fighter coupled with the firepower of a mobile suit while in the gravity well. With the Asshimar, and the new transformation system, they finally succeeded. The Asshimar is the Federation's first mobile suit that can transform from a mobile suit into a mobile armor. This, in addition to being able to fly under its own power in atmosphere, gives it the ability to outpace any conventional mobile suit in space. Its heavy weapons load maximizes its utility against mobile suits while giving it strong anti-ship punch as well. All this speed and firepower, though, comes at a price - the Federal Forces are still working on an armoring scheme that can effectively protect it while maintaining its transformability. That coupled with the lack of a shield makes this a speedy and powerful, albeit fragile, unit that is nonetheless deadly in the hands of an expert pilot...
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