Full Metal Panic! Technology - Arm Slave, Black Technology (Paperback)

Chapters: Arm Slave, Black Technology. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Arm Slaves are fictional mecha from the light novel, manga, and anime series Full Metal Panic . These huge and tall robots are used primarily by military forces in the Full Metal Panic universe, most especially by MITHRIL and Amalgam. Arm Slaves used by MITHRIL.Front: ARX-7 Arbalest used by Sousuke Sagara.Middle: M9D Falke on the left, used by Belfangan Closeau, M9E Gernsback on the right used by Melissa Mao with an antenna on top of the unit's head for electronic warfare purposes.Rear: Regular M9E Gernsback used by Kurz Weber. The term "Arm Slave" is the shortened form of Armored Mobile Master-Slave System. They are largely humanoid powered suits operating in a semi-masterslave system to coordinate with the pilot (aka master). Developed in the early 1980s under the Reagan Administration, the average Arm Slave (or AS for short) is roughly 810 meters tall. This places the craft smaller than most mecha in size. The size of the Arm Slave as shown in the anime is roughly 1518 meters, conflicting with the figures stated in the novel. It is one of the sum achievements of many different pieces of Black Technology. In a way, it can be said that all black technologies were created in this fictional universe to rationalize the existence of these humanoid combat machines. In the first series, they are manufactured and used by the majority of First World nations' armed forces revolutionizing the meaning of the term "mechanized infantry." Nations confirmed as manufacturing Arm Slaves include the United States, Germany, USSR, France, and Japan. The most advanced of these units are used by the unknown terrorist organization, Amalgam, and the elite mercenary counter terrorist organization...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=457479