Fairlion
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The Fairlion (フェアリオン, while the original Katagana pronunciation is indeed 'Fe-a-ri-on', Japanese wiki romanized as 'Fairylion') is a fictional robot in the Super Robot Wars series. It has appeared as a playable unit in Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2 only.
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[edit] Appearance
The Fairlion is a real robot with distinctively feminine features that somewhat resembles a sailor-uniformed girl. Two units, the Fairlion-G and Fairlion-S, were built, where the Fairlion-G's color scheme is painted red and gold, while the Fairlion-S is blue, purple, and silver.
[edit] Technical And Historical
In Original Generation 2, the two Fairlion units are built by the Tesla Leicht Institute, under the request of Shine Hausen, crown princess of the nation of Riksent. Shine would pilot the Fairlion-G, while Latooni Subota would pilot the Fairlion-S. Although the machines were intended to be used for ceremonial purposes, Jonathan Kazahara of the Tesla Leicht Institute forsees their potential to be deployed in battle, and installs various functions that are not used in other machines of Project Terrestrial Dream.
The Fairlions were built on the testing frames of the Astelion, and are equipped with its own scaled-down version of the Tesla Drive, in order to minimize their size and mass, but lacking the original maneuverability and speed of the Astelion, along with relatively fragile armor. However, as a dedicated unit for the princess, a missile jamming system and an energy field were installed, to boost the unit's overall capabilities in the battlefield.
One of the most distinctive characteristics of the Fairlions is that they are equipped with a special MMI (Man-Machine Interface) called the W-I3NK System. The system utilizes Shine's precognitive ability and Latooni's piloting skill, enabling both to remotely control each other. In most cases, it is designed so that Latooni, being the veteran pilot, can help control the rookie pilot-princess' unit once Shine identifies the source of the attack. When the two perform their combination attack, the Royal Heartbreaker, we can observe from their battle dialogue that Shine actually passes the control to Latooni.
The name Fairlion is derived from the word fairy, and the machines are also nicknamed the Supersonic Fairies.
[edit] Specifications
Model Number:XAM-007S (Fairlion-S)/XAM-007G (Fairlion-G)
Height: 15.4 meters
Weight: 28.3 tons
Weapons Systems:
- Assault Blade
A mecha-sized sword used for close-combat enemy encounters, relying on motorized teeth (like the ones on a chainsaw) to inflict damage.
- Rolling Cannon
The "ringlets" of hair on the Fairlion's back are actually the barrels of a pulse beam cannon. The weapon's name comes from the rotational firing pattern of the guns.
- Vostok Laser
Two emitters in the Fairlion's shoulders combine with a third emitter in the abdomen to fire a large laser beam. "Vostok" in Russian means "east", and is the name of a former Soviet Union manned spaceship in the early 1960s.
- Sonic Cutter
The W-I3NK System is activated to the use of only one Fairlion unit. With its shoulders extended from the back to the front, the Fairlion unit rushes towards the enemy, momentarily stunning the unit. Two high-frequency energy blades are formed on the arms of the Fairlion, and the unit begins to slash the enemy with precision-based attacks.
- Royal Heartbreaker
The W-I3NK System is activated to the use of both Fairlion units. A series of timed attacks is performed, utilizing the Sonic Cutter first, and ending off the combination with a charged energy attack thrown directly at the enemy.
[edit] Trivia
The motion for the Royal Heartbreaker combination attack, adopted by Filio Presty and Jonathan Kasahara, was originally from the choreography of a famous 1990s Japanese idol group, WINK (which explains the wierd naming of the MMI: the W-I3NK System).
