Unlike previous
mobile suits,
which could fight in mid-air only by making brief rocket-assisted jumps, this
transformable mobile armor
is capable of sustained atmospheric flight. The Asshimar's transformation mechanisms are treated with performance-enhancing
magnet coating,
enabling it to switch from mobile suit to saucer-shaped
mobile armor
form within half a second, and thus making possible all kinds of novel aerial combat tactics. After proving its worth in the hands of test pilot Buran Blutarch of the
Oakland Newtype Lab,
the Asshimar enters full production and is posted to key areas like the
Earth Federation
capital in
Dakar.