SRX Altered Banpreios

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SRX (Super Robot Type-X or X-Type) Altered Banpreios is a fictional giant robot from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars. It has appeared in the Super Robot Wars Alpha finale, Alpha 3.

[edit] Description

Banpreios is a hulking machine that is not as boxy as its predecessor, the Super Robot Type-X (SRX). Banpreios has a large head shaped like that of Banpresto's logo. There is white on much of the body structure while there is a lot of blue on the upper body and arms and red on the legs. Its vents are clearly marked by being shaded in yellow.

[edit] Technical and historical

For the full history of the SRX, refer to Super Robot Type-X (SRX).

The Banpreios is meant to be the final product of the SRX Project. This machine would finally allow the Tronium Engine to be used at full power without worry of it having the side effect of potentially exploding and the SRX itself would now become more balanced. This way, the SRX is no longer a threat to its pilots and is an even deadlier foe in combat. Learning from the original SRX's success and mistakes, the Banpreios is allowed to become a well-developed and refined robot that brings its use of Super Robot and Real Robot qualities to a state close to perfection.

Banpreios, like SRX, is meant to be a combining robot that use R-1 Altered, R-2 Altered, and R-3 Altered. However, due to the war becoming so intense, the project was rushed and the Banpreios itself was sent out ahead of schedule. It's said in Alpha 3 that Banpreios is capable of separating, but that the ability has been sealed for the sake of time and to strengthen the mecha (in game terms this is likely due to the limitations of the squad system and the ability to separate mecha if the squad is already full). This ability may well appear if Banpreios appears in later SRW games.

Banpreios is armed with a variety of armaments and can again use the R-GUN Powered as a weapon module. The pilots of the Banpreios upon rollout are Raidiese F. Branstein (again serving as someone who maintains the output of the engine) and Mai Kobayashi (who serves the purpose for performing T-LINK Contact with the T-LINK/Uranus system). Once they reach Ryussei Date, he takes his place as the pilot of the machine. When Aya Kobayashi is recovered, she once again takes her place in the machine, this time alongside her sister, to help maintain the T-LINK System.

[edit] Specifications

Height: 75.3 meters

Weight: 431.8 tons

Main Power Source: Tronium Engine

Defensive System: Nendou Field

Weapon Systems:

• Telekinesis Missiles HP
  Banpreios unloads many missile pods that launch into a group of enemies and open up to reveal a load of small but strong explosives that spread out among the targets to damage them all while leaving any ally units in the blast area unharmed.

• High Palm Detonator
  Learning from the SRX, it seemed it would be more appropriate for the arm weapons to be fast-firing beam cannons in order to save energy and perform more accurate shots. These large beam cannons are located in each palm.

• Gaun Genocider
  Banpreios fires a huge beam ray attack from its visor. The Banpresto logo sound effect can be heard when it fires and when it hits.

• T-LINK Blade Knuckle
  Banpreios uses psychic energy to create energy blades on both arms. It uses them to repeatedly impale/punch the target before breaking one blade off inside the target and sending it flying backwards. The blade then explodes.

• Altered Full Burst
  A coordinated attack that utilizes the Telekenesis Missiles, High Palm Detonators, and Gaun Genocider to perform an all out attack.

• Tenjou Tenja Nendou Musou Ken (Heaven and Earth Psychic Matchless Sword)
  Ryusei's name for Banpreios' ultimate sword attack. The blade-like protrusions on the feet detach and combine. They use Zol Orihalcon to create the S.Z.O. Sword (Shin Z.O. Sword). With this weapon, a devastating sword combination attack is used. The Banpreios first impales the enemy with the sword. When Ryuusei issues the "OPEN SWORD!" command, the two blades fold back, cutting the opponent in two. As a finishing strike, the blades revert back to the normal configuration and Banpreios cleaves through the enemy. This move is likely to be what was intended for the prototype's R-SWORD module, given the similarities between the S.Z.O Sword and the twin blades of the R-SWORD.

• Tengou Tenga Ichigeki Hissatsu Hou Kai (Heaven and Earth One Shot Sure Kill Cannon Improved)
  / Similar to the original SRX, R-GUN can be used as an additional weapon. This is actually known as the HTB Cannon (Hyper Tronium Buster Cannon), where the R-GUN transforms into its Metal Genocider mode and is used as a giant gun for Banpreios in which power from the Tronium Engine is relayed into the R-GUN to perform a devastating attack. With the limits on the Banpreios now almost non-existent, the Tronium engine can be powered to new heights to power this attack. In this version of the attack, an additional module called "Ex-Gunner" is deployed, and docked to the rear of the R-Gun Powered, but the exact functions of this unit, aside from making the machine look more like a proper rifle, are not specified.