Dis Astranagant
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Dis Astranagant, is a fictional giant robot from the Japanese video game series Super Robot Wars. It appeared in the final installment of the Alpha series, Super Robot Wars Alpha 3. In the super robot wars tv anime series, it appears in the opening fighting against the astranagant.
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[edit] Description
Designed by Shin Megami Tensei visual artist Kazuma Kaneko, Dis Astranagant has the general appearance of a suit of Gothic plate armor, although it shows some homage to ancient Egyptian motifs as well. Its general color scheme is jet-black with gold highlights, with gray coloring on its chest plates and crimson eyes. Its sharp, angular, golden wings fold out to reveal numerous thrusters that emit a neon-green exhaust of unknown nature. This phosphorescent exhaust hints at the original Astranagant's T-Link wings. Its face has very little recognizable features save for its eyes and two crests that are shaped like bat wings. The chin and neck appear to be fused into one piece with its upper torso. The result is a grim, demonic appearance that is certainly frightening to behold.
[edit] Technical and historical
After the final battle against the Aerogators in Super Robot Wars Alpha, Ingram Plissken and the Astranagant vanished. During the period between Alpha and Alpha 3, the Balmar Empire continued developments in its cloning projects which included clones of Ingram in hopes that they could revive him in that form. This eventually lead to the creation of a very defective clone, Ayin.
Ayin was sent on a mission to infiltrate the Alpha Numbers but was soon attacked by a mysterious mecha, the Astranagant. The Astranagant ended up fusing with Ayin's Varuch Ben to become the Werk Bau and in the process erased his memory, leaving him only with the name "Cobray Gordon" and the ability to pilot. Ingram made several attempts to take over Cobray's body but failed in completely doing so, since Cobray began to forge his own personality and soul. Ingram revealed that the Astranagant is the karmic balance for multiple universes and that his job was to help maintain this balance, but that he eventually lost his body to the Astranagant. In the end, it is not known whether Ingram fights for Cobray's body only to lose or if Ingram merely forfeited the fight, but Cobray is able to keep his body and take on the job of maintaining the balance of the multiple worlds. The Astranagant is now reborn as Cobray's new stallion, the Dis Astranagant.
The Dis Astranagant is very similar to the original Astranagant, but differs in some regards. Its power is well beyond that of most mecha to the point that it can be considered one of the strongest to ever be created. This can be assumed from Irui Ganeden's statement that it has infinite power much like that of the giant robot Ideon. This is because Dis Astranagant's power source, the Dis Lev, is an infinite energy obtained by using the souls of the dead, in direct contrast to Ideon's power, which is an infinite energy that protects innocent life.
Many of the Dis Astranagant's attacks make reference to the Kabbalah.
[edit] Specifications
Height: 22.3 meters
Weight: 58.8 tons
Main Power Source: "Dis Lev," a power source that uses the souls of the dead for power, using the gap between life and death.
Armor Material: Unknown, but can be assumed to be the Zfylud Crystal like the original Astranagant.
Weapon Systems:
- Raam Shotgun
This handheld weapon is stored on the right side of the waist. It is a shotgun that fires spread shots.
- Z.O. Scythe
A staff-like weapon is stored on the left side of the waist of the Astranagun. This can emit Z.O. (Zol Orichalcon) energy to form a scythe blade. The Z.O. Scythe's haft can combine with the Raam Shotgun to extend the staff and thus make it a dual-purpose weapon. Assumed to have been the original Astranagant's Z.O. Sword.
- Gun Slave
Remote weapons similar to Gundam's funnels. These weapons are stored on the back of the Astranagant and maintain flight using bat-like wings. They can work together to bombard an opposing force with energy beam attacks from multiple directions. Assumed to have been the original Astranagant's Gun Familiars.
- Meth Ashah
Two large cannons mounted on the backpack of the Dis Astranagant that can flip over the shoulders to assume firing position. They each launch a black hole-like anomaly at the opponent to entrap and destroy it. This weapon seems to serve the same purpose as the original Astranagant's Axion Cannon and combination of Werkbau's Emeth Ashah and Axion Buster.
- Ain Soph Aur
The Dis Astranagant's ultimate attack. The Astranagant opens its chest to reveal the Infinity Cylinder weapon. Cobray mutters the term "Tetractys Grammaton" and summons the power Ingram had. Dis Astranagant then launches a full power beam using the power of Dis Lev that entraps the opponent in irregular area of the space-time continuum and then completely erase them from existence. One could say the attack is even allowing time to flow backwards to cause the imminent destruction of the opponent. Cobray's quotes include "Now return to nothingness, in the midst of this infinite light!". The words Ain Soph Aur, which mean "Infinite light" in Hebrew, are taken from the Kabbalah, where they are used to describe the creation of the Universe. It is commonly taken to be an ancient mystical idea of the Big Bang.
[edit] Trivia
- The Infinity Cylinder's name is possibly derived from the theoretical Tipler Time Machine which would use an infinitely long cylinder to bend spacetime to allow time travel.
- The Dis Astrangant's theme song is "THE GUN OF DIS", which happens to be a techno-inspired remix of the original Astranagant's theme song, "Kokuu Kara no Shisha" (Messenger from the void).
