Alt Eisen

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Alt Eisen is a fictional giant robot from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars. It has appeared in the Super Robot Wars Compact 2 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and the game that compiles these three, Super Robot Wars Impact. Its most recent appearance was in the SRW Original Generation series.

[edit] Appearance

At first glance, the Alt Eisen is an unwieldy, awkward looking machine. Its huge head and shoulder launchers make it a very top-heavy machine. Its legs, which house large verniers, are also very bulky.

The whole machine is painted rust-red with gray and white highlights in its torso area.

[edit] Technical and historical

The ATX Project was a new project set up to build new Personal Troopers that would prove to be the next generation high-spec weapons. The Alt Eisen's origin varies but it has always had the same purpose. In the Compact games/Impact, the Alt Eisen was originally the Gespenst Mark III, which was meant to be the successor to the previous Gespenst machines. In the Original Generation games, the Alt Eisen is created and designed by Dr. Marion Radom, a former Mao Industries scientist, but instead works under the Tesla Liecht Labs. This new unit, which was suppose to become the "Gespenst Mark III", was based off of the PTX-003 Gespenst Type T, since that would serve as a worthy base for the bid for the next generation mobile machine, which was in competition with Mao Industries' Huckebein. This unit was to carry powerful weapons and to carry only solid weapons. Unforeseen complications arose in the completion of the unit, however - it was heavily unbalanced and could not be utilized easily by standard pilots. Another issue was very high production cost. The only existing unit would be codenamed the PTX-003C "Alt Eisen" (literally "Old Iron" in German, but "Alteisen" is also the german word for "scrap metal").

The single Alt Eisen would go to ATX Team member Kyosuke Nanbu, a very skilled pilot who was able to handle the machine with enough finesse so that its imbalancing issues were of no matter. Kyosuke makes use of the fact that the Alt Eisen is a heavy armored robot and tanks in combat in a way that he takes minimal damage when hit. He utilizes the Alt Eisen's purpose as a heavily armed mecha with enough sheer firepower to break through enemy lines well. Another ATX Project development, the Weiss Ritter, would be piloted by Kyosuke's girlfriend Excellen Browning and serve as Alt Eisen's partner unit. Together, they can perform the combination attack "Rampage Ghost".

The Alt Eisen would serve as Kyosuke's main unit for the events in Original Generation. In Original Generation 2, when it's heavily damaged in combat against Axel Almer's Soulgain, leaving Kyosuke barely alive, it is decided that this unit should be upgraded into the Alt Eisen Riese (Old Iron Giant in German).

In the alternatve Shadow Mirror dimension, the Kyosuke Nanbu of that universe uses an Alt Eisen colored in blue rather than red. This is known as the Alt Eisen Nacht ("Old Iron Night" in German).

[edit] Specifications

Height: 22.2 meters

Weight: 85.4 tons

Weapon Systems:

• Autocannon
  Alt Eisen fires the three-barrel machine cannons on its left arm.

• Heat Horn
  A superheated metal blade mounted on the Alt Eisen's forehead. This weapon is usually swung in a slashing motion.

• Revolver Stake
  A large reinforced metal spike mounted on the Alt Eisen's right forearm. After being stabbed into the enemy, the Revolver Stake is driven even deeper by a high-explosive charge. The result is a crippling, crushing blow that is often deadly to low-end Personal Troopers and Armored Modules. The high-explosive charges are stored in a 6-slot revolving cylinder that is not unlike those seen in revolvers.

• Heavy Claymore
  The large, box-like compartments on the Alt Eisen's shoulders can be described as "shrapnel launchers". The compartments open up when in use and unleash a hail of high-velocity solid titanium ball bearings---the effect is similar to the M18A1 Claymore mine, which this weapon was named after. While the Heavy Claymore can only be used at short range, the effect is devastating.

• Trump Card
  Kyosuke's signature attack. Trump Card is not a weapon in itself, but rather a precision-timed serial use of the Alt Eisen's weapons. While the animation of this attack has changed from game to game, it generally begins with the Heavy Claymore and ends with the repeated firing of the Revolver Stake, driving the deadly spike into the enemy as if by a jackhammer.

• Rampage Ghost
  Kyosuke and Excellen's signature attack. They deliver a combination of attacks in a coordinated strategy to deliver massive amounts of damage to the target.