Technology & Combat Characteristics
The α Azieru is an experimental mobile armor developed by the Neo Zeon Newtype Research Labs, and for its time, it was one of the largest and most powerful mobile weapons ever developed. It is the direct descendant of the AMX-002 Neue Ziel fielded during the Delaz conflict and can be said to be the culmination of Zeon's Newtype-use technologies. Because of its large size, the α Azieru cannot be stored in regular vessels and must be towed during transportation. Its cockpit is located in the head and features a control interface similar to that of the MSN-04 Sazabi and MSN-03 Jagd Doga. One of its strongest weapons is the mega particle gun which can destroy several mobile suits with one blow, and α Azieru is equipped with two such guns, one in the head and another in the chest. Because it was developed as a Newtype weapon, the α Azieru has 9 funnels which can attack over great distances. For close combat, it is equipped with two folding claw arms, a pair of 5-barrel wire-guided psycommu mega arm cannons, and 6 vulcan guns mounted in the head.
History
The α Azieru entered combat on March 12, 0093 U.C., piloted by Newtype Quess Paraya. Under guidance of cyber-Newtype Gyunei Guss, Quess fought against the Londo Bell forces and destroyed many of them. It also fought against ace pilot Amuro Ray in his RX-93 ν Gundam. Amuro destroyed some of α Azieru's funnels and inflicted some damage to the head area. Its last battle cames against the RGZ-91 Re-GZ piloted by Chan Agi. During the fight, Chan fired a grenade directly at the α Azieru's cockpit, destroying the mobile armor and killing Quess.
The α Azieru was assigned to Quess soon after she joined Neo Zeon. It was first deployed in the operation to suppress Luna II in which she killed her father Adenauer Paraya with the funnels. It was later deployed in the defense of Axis on March 12, 0093 U.C., where it fought against ace pilot Amuro Ray in his RX-93-ν2 Hi-ν Gundam. Amuro got away from the mobile armor's attacks to duel with Char Aznable. When the mentally unstable Quess intercepted Amuro and Char, the α Azieru was shot in the cockpit and taken down by a Jegan piloted by Hathaway Noa, who was trying to stop her.
The α Azieru appears in the fifth episode of Gundam Evolve where it fought against Amuro but this time there is a happy end for her. This short clip also shows that the mobile armor can detach its head, which also contains the cockpit, and use it as some kind of shuttle.
After the Second Neo Zeon War, α Azieru's remains were recovered by Buch Concern. Its psycommu technology was reverse-engineered and combined with data from Den'an-type mobile suits to spawn the mobile armor XMA-02 Ebirhu Doga.