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Scott DiBerardino (sdiberar@student.umass.edu)
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:37:14 -0500
Ricky Lai writes:
> However, Alpha-Azieru does deserve criticism. Given its unmatched size, its
> firepower and performance are unjustifiably disappointing. For some reason,
> the I-Field device failed to shield the neck from one of the beam shots fired
> by Nu Gundam.
That's because the I-field was never installed. There's a spot for it in the
chest, but it was never completed. There's no evidence of it working
anywhere in the movie.
In fact, it's this major hit to the neck area that Amuro scores which makes
Chien's shot possible... they hit the same area, which is already vulnerable
by being weakly armored. My personal take is that Chien had a combination of
dumb luck and weird Newtype 'destiny'.
> With only two Megabeam turrets and a Mega-particle gun, Alpha
> Azieru's firepower is worst among Zeon MA's. Its fannels are so big that they
> seem to have lost the purpose of the fannel: small, agile units to sneak up on
> the enemy. With size almost as big an MS, those fannels could hardly sneak up
> on the enemy, even if they are fast and agile. There are more inadequacies to
> this unit, but this is getting long already...
I wouldn't say that the Alpha is weak as all that... it manages to take out
several Jegans (which doesn't sound like much, but remember we have a green
pilot here.) If you look at the stats, those mega beam turrets are extemely
nasty... each more powerful than the average beam rifle, and they got rapid
fire! There's that one scene where she's spraying the crap out of some GMs,
gives me the shivers... And its funnels really gave Amuro a hard time until
the Nu Gundam pulled that barrier trick. Funnels don't need to be small,
just agile... their advantage is not stealth, but comes from attacking the
enemy from all sides (if done properly).
It's also one of the fastest MAs ever built, especially with the boosters.
>> No, Quess is far from inept...she simply wasn't given enough training and
>> her first battle was a major one. (I could go on and on about the virtues of
>> Quess, but I will stop here. ^_^) The Alpha Aziel also isn't that bad -
>> Hathaway just got a lucky shot.
Preach it, brutha. ^_^
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