After some weird universe-jumping crossover protagonist grenaded himself to their world, the 'powered armor' he had was upsized and became the blueprint for the Gespenst, the standard Personal Trooper 'grunt unit' of the military. The Alteisen is one of a pair of abandoned upgrade plans for the Gespenst Mk. II similar in concept to the Full Armor Gundam; much heavier armor, much more firepower, but like the FAWS program, the brass canned it due to the belief it sacrificed too much of the mobility required by standard PT doctrine. Kyosuke Nambu decided to bet on the long shot instead, slapping on more and more acceleration and turning is mech into an unbalanced mess only he can use. And in doing so, it became the second fastest PT in in the entire series. We just tend to ignore that tidbit in favor of the pile bunker with a reloadable ammo clip of six explosive charges.
After some weird universe-jumping crossover protagonist grenaded himself to their world, the 'powered armor' he had was upsized and became the blueprint for the Gespenst, the standard Personal Trooper 'grunt unit' of the military. The Alteisen is one of a pair of abandoned upgrade plans for the Gespenst Mk. II similar in concept to the Full Armor Gundam; much heavier armor, much more firepower, but like the FAWS program, the brass canned it due to the belief it sacrificed too much of the mobility required by standard PT doctrine. Kyosuke Nambu decided to bet on the long shot instead, slapping on more and more acceleration and turning is mech into an unbalanced mess only he can use. And in doing so, it became the second fastest PT in in the entire series.
We just tend to ignore that tidbit in favor of the pile bunker with a reloadable ammo clip of six explosive charges.
This song is 20 years old and it's still one of the best themes ever produced.
Definitely!