Ash Saver
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The Ashsaber (Ash Savior in Japan) is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. It has appeared as a playable unit in Super Robot Wars Advance and Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 as an enemy and secret playable unit.
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[edit] Appearance
The original Ashsaber is humanoid in appearance, sports a sleek, mobility-oriented design and a blue paint job. The mass-produced versions are painted in a green and white color scheme.
[edit] Technical And Historical
The Ashsaber's design is based on the Ashclief from Super Robot Wars 64. It is a high-class unit piloted by exceptional pilots and officers, although the Ashsaber MP is also used by grunt pilots. Lemon Browning of the Shadow-Mirror pilots an original Ashsaber in both Advance and Original Generation 2. Archibald Grims also pilots an original Ashsaber, after his Rhinoceros land battleship is destroyed in his last stand in Original Generation 2.
The Ashsaber is equipped with homing missiles, two hand-held guns, a beam coat, a missile jammer, and a laser blade for use in close combat. A remote weapon system not seen in the Ashsaber MP is available in the original models.
[edit] Specifications
Model Number: ASK-AD02; ASK-AD02M (Mass production variant)
Height: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Weapon Systems:
- Burning Dagger
These are homing missiles, or perhaps micro-missiles, stored in and released from the shoulders.
- Laser Blade
A hand-held energy sword. The Advance version was shown to be larger than an ordinary mobile suit beam saber and delivered one vertical slash, but the Original Generation 2 version renders it the same size as a plasma cutter, with two slashes in the animation.
- Gun Rapier
A rapid firing beam rifle. The Advance version was double-barrelled: one on top of the other, and the barrels alternated firing. In the Original Generation 2 version, the beams were fired in a burst of three shots from a single barrel only.
- Halberd Shooter
Changing very little between its Advance and Original Generation 2 versions, the Halberd Shooter is a hand-held multi-beam launcher. The weapon is unique in that it opens up after it is pulled out, resembling a tuning fork with a pistol grip. Energy gathers as a ball between the tines, before being fired at the target as multiple beams.
- Sword Breakers
Available only on the original Ashsabers, the Sword Breakers launched several remote weapons resembling fin funnels from the Ashsaber's body. These weapons then circle the target, firing beams at it before edging closer and slashing it from all angles, similar to the R-3's Strike Shield attack. After firing this weapon, the Ashsaber's body looks bare, as if stripped of armor.
[edit] Other
Like most units created by the Shadow Mirror, the Ashsaber has a self-destruct option called Code ATA, which stands for "Ashes To Ashes."
