Astranagant: Encyclopedia II - Astranagant - Technical and Historical Info

Astranagant - Technical and Historical Info

Codenamed "Black Angel" by the Earth Federation, the Astranagant was created by the Aerogators, alien invaders from the planet Balmar. While the Astranagant was far from being their most powerful mech, it was designed using a combination of Earth-based technology (gleaned from the various mecha anime series featured in the game), Masoukishin (魔装機神) alchemy from the subterranean world of La Gias, and Balmarian materials--- making it a formidable foe. The Astranagant was designed to be piloted by a telekinetic Psychodriver, harnessing psychic energy both as a weapon and a defensive system; its T-Link System could amplify the pilot's telekinetic power into a protective psychokinetic (念動/Nendou）field. Astranagant is made of Zphiroude crystal, an elemental material found only on the Balmarian homeworld. Zphiroude crystals reproduce themselves, emit harnessable energy and gain sentience in large quantities, behaving much like nanomachines. These crystals constantly maintain Astranagant's condition, repairing it on their own when the unit is damaged.

The Astranagant was designed and piloted by Major Ingram Plissken, an Aerogator double agent who, after infiltrating the Earth Federation's ranks, becomes the leader of the SRX team---the very team chosen by the Federation High Command to combat the alien invaders. Plissken later betrays the SRX team by sabotaging the R-series' SRX combination sequence, almost killing Captain Aya Kobayashi in the process. After Plissken returns to the Aerogators, he makes several appearances as a hostile unit. In one of the missions Ingram appears in, he nearly kills Ensign Ryusei Date, the SRX team's most promising Psychodriver. However, Ingram and his Astranagant can be convinced to side with the player in the last mission of the game.

In SRW Alpha Gaiden, the Astranagant appears in the future as part of the Ancestors' Aurgelmir. The Astranagant bursts out of the Aurgelmir's belly when the latter uses its most powerful attack, Dogma Blaster.

In SRW Alpha 3, the Astranagant appears in the first mission of Cobray Gordon's route. Although badly damaged, it seems to come alive and assimilates Cobray's robot, transforming it into the strange-looking Werkbau and erasing the pilot's memory in the process. As the game progresses, the Astranagant completely takes over the unit and becomes "Dis Astranagant,"---a re-designed version of the original Astranagant whose weapons and systems are mostly references to the Kabbalah.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Technical and Historical Info", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki