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This team's responsible for the [[Combining Mecha|combining]] [[Super Robot Genre]] SRX. They made their debut in the ill-fated ''Shin Super Robot Wars'' and various other games, but is brought together for the ''Alpha'' series and gets their stories refined there.

 

* [[Aloof Older Brother]] (Inverted)

* [[Artificial Limbs]] (Lost his left hand during the Vanishing Trooper Incident. At least he fares better than his [[Alternate Universe]] self in the Shadow-Mirror world where {{spoiler|he's dead}})

** It helps he's part of ''Original Generation's'' resident [[Badass Family]].

** {{spoiler|Following Ingram's [[Face Heel Turn]], Rai nearly gets the boot out of the R-2 by [[The Federation]], but he states so long as he's ''on'' the SRX Team, the R-2's his to use}}. Whoo! Talk about [[Badass]]...

Aya's younger sister assumed dead after an accident years before ''Original Generation'' at Kenzo Kobayashi's lab. She currently has no memories of her past, and is a very quiet and gentle girl. She's discovered after the L5 Campaign and was given medical treatment under Kenzo's care. Due to her exceptionally strong Psychodriver powers, Mai gets assigned to the SRX team for learning purposes, and selected to be the R-Gun Powered's pilot. Has since developed a small crush for Ryusei.

 

 

Tropes associated with Mai{{spoiler|/Levi}} are:

In ''Alpha'', {{spoiler|his body is lost and only his influence over the Astranagant allows him control. By chance, when one Balshem clone "Ayin" scouts an area near an asteroid, the Astranagant emerges and takes over his machine. Ingram's consciousness then takes over Ayin, but somehow fuses both their souls into one, forming Cobray Gordon. From time to time, Ingram attempts to retakes control, but Cobray breaks free and chooses to fight on his own}}.

 

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* [[Attack Drone]] ( {{spoiler|Astranagant's Gun Familiar and R-Gun Rivale's Gun Slaves}})

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] She might not be able to [[Ghost in the Shell|rip tanks apart with her bare hands]], but she'd probably do it if you give her a [[Humongous Mecha]])

* [[Hartman Hips]] ('''WOW''')

* [[Psychic Powers]] (Only her ''Alpha'' incarnation is she a Psychodriver. Like Ingram, this gets [[Retcon|dropped in ''Original Generation'']] for reasons unknown)

** Only for storyline reasons; she still has the abilities, but they aren't commented on.

 

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=== Kusuha Mizuha (Voiced by [[Mikako Takahashi]]) ===

* [[Official Couple]] (''Original Generation''-wise, he and Kusuha are perhaps the [[Beta Couple]])

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]] ([[Justified Trope|In his defense]], Bullet prefers people address him by this name)

* [[Rocket Punch]] (KoRyuOh's Tiger Knuckle)

* [[Shout-Out]] (One of Bullet's Gespenst Kick lines is the exact opening dialogue of the radio show Tomokazu Sugita co-hosts)

** A bit of [[Mythology Gag]] surrounding this: the Boxer was originally going to be the "R-Sword", a seperate unit like the R-Gun to be used for the SRX since ''Alpha'', but the idea was scrapped because development was nearly complete. The Boxer ended up relegated as a frame for the MK III.

* [[The Blacksmith]] (In ''Original Generations'', the Armorlion's built by Ryoto using his Lion F given by the DC and strengthening it with Gespenst MK II and Alt Eisen spare parts. Additionally, he's one of the head mechanical designers behind the Huckebein MK III)

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]] (Ryoto's the only male ''Alpha'' protagonist voiced by a woman)

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[Otaku]] (Semi-averted: he doesn't openly flaunt this side of himself as much as Ryusei does)

* [[Super Prototype]] (Due to the Huckebein MK III getting [[Exiled From Continuity]] in ''The Inspectors'', Ryoto gets the exclusive "EXbein", the in-story prototype of the intended MK III that was scrapped by [[The Federation]]. Like the MK III, it can also use the Boxer and Gunner frames)

 

=== Rio Mei Long (Voiced by [[Rio Natsuki]]) ===

 

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=== Sanger Zonvolt (Voiced by [[Kenichi Ono]]) ===

Probably the most [[Badass]] character Banpresto ever created, Sanger's an elite [[The Ace|ace]] who acts like a [[Samurai]] and goes everywhere with a katana in hand. His master is [[Old Master|Rishu Togo]] and he's an extremely good friend of Elzam von Branstein. He likes melee-based robots, especially those equipped with a [[BFS|big honkin' sword]], one he calls a Zankantou/Colossal Blade. He usually calls himself "The Sword That Smites/Cleaves Evil" and has a tendency to make dramatic, otherwise silly speeches and phrases and turn them into totally badass ones. He starts out as a founding member of the Aggressors in the past and then creates the ATX Team. Unfortunately, to avoid fighting his buddy Elzam, Sanger defects to the Divine Crusaders. He fights the team until the Crusaders' fall and goes solo, smiting those whom he considers evil, until he finally rejoins the Earth Federation. Even then, his samurai code causes him to be filled with grief that he [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't feel worthy to rejoin the team he betrayed]], until Kyosuke [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|gives him a Kyosuke Slap]] and utters the legendary line ''"We don't need a moping fool. We need Sanger Zonvolt, The Sword That Smites/Cleaves Evil!"''.

 

 

In the Alpha series, his origin differs in that he first appears in the bleak future of Alpha Gaiden as [[The Dragon]] to Magus/ {{spoiler|Sophia Nate}}, [[The Big Bad]] of the game ( {{spoiler|but is recruitable under very special circumstances}}), appearing in a mutated Grungust Type-3 called Thrudgelmir (which Wodan later inherits in Original Generation). In Alpha 2, he becomes the male [[Super Robot]] route protagonist where his new story begins with the Earth Cradle being destroyed by Kukuru. Sanger believes the staff has been killed ( {{spoiler|Sophia Nate does live, while Egret Feff's presumed to be killed}}) and he temporarily falls into a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] state, but quickly recovers (in part because {{spoiler|the Alpha Numbers want to prevent the bleak future of Alpha Gaiden from occuring again and know what Sanger could become if he's allowed to go about unchecked}}) and becomes a great fighting force for the Alpha Numbers. He also has a [[Ship Tease|soft spot]] with the Loli Irui, which produces rather...[[Lolicon|interesting interpretations in the eyes of fans]].

* [[Leitmotif]] (''Aku wo Tatsu Tsurugi'' ("The Sword That Cleaves Evil"; localized as "A Sword to Smite Evil"). Upon receiving the Dygenguar, it becomes ''Ken Kon Itteki'' ("A Single Strike With Sword And Soul"; localized as "Samurai Sword"))

* [[Memetic Badass]] (Also contributes to how fans hail him)

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] (All of Dygenguard's introductions, where said intro has steadily increased in dramatic effect over the years)

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]] (With a post-ass kicking one liner sandwiching a large [[Kiai]] with an extra helping of ham)

** Also, Arado often yells [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|"Cast Off!"]] when purging the Wurger's Jacket Armor.

* [[Super Soldier]] (Implied throughout ''Original Generation'': due to his conditioning and enhancements from The School, Arado's so outrageously strong he could've overpowered anyone on the Hagane when he was captured. It's more of an [[Informed Ability]], however, as either exceptional or dumb luck's usually the reason why he survived multiple shot downs)

** [[Ace Pilot]] (His usual antics of rushing head-on places him in the "Steamroller" type)

 

Okay, where to start? At first, Irui comes off as a stray little girl whom the chosen protagonist of Alpha 2 (Kusuha, Sanger, Ibis or Arado) encounters and takes under his/her care. However, her appearance triggers a lot of strange creatures to appear near the protagonist and their team, whether it's attacking or assisting them. Day by day, Irui, while still kind-hearted and [[Moe|adorable]], starts having a certain sickness which culminates in her disappearance. When she reappears, {{spoiler|she's no longer a loli, but a butt-naked adult woman claiming herself as ''Irui Gan Eden'', the one who preserves the Earth. Turns out there are two entities of Irui: one is Irui herself, the other the Earth's guardian goddess ''Nashim Gan Eden''. Using the "Garden of Baral", Irui attempts to seal the Earth from extraterrestrials to prevent the Earth from being put in danger anymore. This doesn't sit well with the protagonists and they proceeded to kick her ass. [[Multiple Endings|Depending on the chosen protagonist]], the younger Irui may be rescued (Arado or Kusuha's endings) or destroyed (Ibis or Sanger's endings) along with the Gan Eden}}.

 

 

Tropes associated with Irui:

 

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=== Touma Kanou (Voiced by [[Yasuyuki Kase]]) ===

{{quote|''"I call it...'''Jinrai'''!!"''}}

 

 

Touma cameoes in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', but has yet to meet his machine, though he gets himself in trouble when Shura General Magnaz Ald (who ironically happens to have the same voice actor as Baran) harasses him for being too defiant on his beliefs. He's saved by Kouta Azuma and vanishes, but he'll be back for sure, with his shiny mecha. Touma and the RaiOh/DaiRaiOh exemplify these tropes:

** Another case of [[Memetic Mutation|real men riding each other]], then?

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]] (Is it RaiOh or LIOH, after its control system?)

 

=== Cobray Gordon/ {{spoiler|Ayin Balshem}} (Voiced by Yuuki Tai) ===

* [[Whip It Good]] (The energy knives for the Soleares and Alegrias can double as whips)

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Definitely one of the more famous enemies in SRW, they are the main antagonists of the Alpha series. A huge galactic empire that invades other galaxies, their modus operandi is to capture enemies and brainwash them to serve and strengthen their army, however, those in the elite class will clone themselves to ensure survival. Some, however, work for their own agenda. It's ruled by a literal "God", which takes form of [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] Ruach Gan Eden. However, there's also one man behind all those chaos... {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}}. Tropes regarding of the Ze Balmary Empire and their members:

* [[You Will Be Assimilated]]

 

 

They are the main enemy group in Alpha Gaiden, but merely demoted into a sub-force within the Neo Divine Crusaders (but still proves to be just as dangerous).

** Also, Fehu (of which Feff is a misreading), Uruz, Thurisaz, and Ansuz are the first four letters of the Runic Alphabet.

* [[The Virus]] (The Machine Cells, probably)

* [[What If]] (Alpha Gaiden presents the idea of what could've happened if {{spoiler|the Astranagant didn't float into space, but instead crashed to Earth and got absorbed by the Aurgelmir}})

** Rather {{spoiler|if enough time passed that the Astranagant returned back to Earth and got absorbed}}.

 

 

Originally a pair of planetary defense systems powered by the Psychodrivers ''Nashim'' and ''[[Spell My Name with an "S"|Gebel]]'', they were created by [[Precursors|The First People]] to protect their planet against [[The End of the World as We Know It|Apocalypses]]. However, they only barely saved The First from a massive meteor shower and the [[Gunbuster|STMC]]. Thus, The First tasked the Gun Edens with a new mission: seed life on another habitable planet, Balmar.

Unfortunately, Nashim suffered badly while repeling an invasion of the Hundred Evils, forcing her to hibernate for thousands of years, while losing most of the original mechanical gods. Gebel was still active until he sensed how The First People perished, becoming part of the [[Space Runaway Ideon|Ide]]. Realizing just how hopeless he is against the calamity of fate, Gebel tries to seize power equal to it. Choosing a Balmarian boy and having him take his place, Gebel departed from Balmar, eventually becoming the being known as {{spoiler|Keiser Ephes}}.

 

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