FAQ\Walkthrough for
Super Robot Wars Alpha
on the Sony Playstation 
and Sega Dreamcast by
Zhou Tai An (kain@pacific.net.sg)

Version 1.0

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Disclaimer : This document may not be used for anything besides non-profit
and I must be notified if it's used anywhere. Thanks.

This is going to be one of the FAQs I put in lots of effort...I really like
the whole SRW series, and Alpha looks to be very good indeed. That being 
said, the first few updates of this are going to be hectic as I rush around
madly sourcing information, so please be patient. There are also two things
you can help me with :

1) Any hints, tips or stuff you find about the game - please mail it! One man
working alone can't hope to do that much, even if it does understand 
Japanese. ^_^ Offers of help with anything will be very much appreciated.

2) Encouraging mails. I hate it say it, but us FAQ-writers don't get paid for
the work we do...mails thanking us go a long way to ensuring that quality 
material gets written. Thanks.


And that's about it for now. Enjoy!

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Game Basics :

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General Hints :

(some of these will be taken off my Super Robot Wars F Final Battle Guide; 
the ones that are applicable, at least.)

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Walkthrough Section :

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Prologue :

The game starts near an unexplored region of space. Hordes of alien forces 
surround the Excelsior and it's 3 RX series mechs - the Buster Machines 
haven't been repaired fully yet. Captain Tashiro is told by his aide to 
escape but refuses, saying that there's no way he's going to hand Earth over
to the aliens. Coach interrupts and says these don't look like their normal
enemies...they resemble the ones they fought in the last Super Robot Wars. 
(Not that they refer to SRW as such. ^_^) The pilots themselves are having 
trouble - Noriko has had her faith in battle shaken and refuses to fight 
until told that Earth will fall if she doesn't; thinking of Kimiko and her 
other friends back home restores her resolve, though, and she joins the
rest. 

After the first turn, the sub-commander will detect a new energy signature 
and a whole new bunch of enemies (the series enemies of Gunbuster) will show
up. Captain Tashiro realises this is defeat and retreats, letting the Macross
team (whom we don't see) handle things. 

After this, a synopsis of recent events is shown. Everything basically 
follows their respective anime\manga series - the main differences are :

1) The fact that the Divine Crusaders have been formed by Bian Zoldark...
which should surprise no one, considering how they've been around for all the
SRW games so far. ^_^

2) The Neo-Jion have been formed, but they, the Axis forces AND the Titans
all exist simultaneously. 

3) Unrest on Earth has cropped up again as Doctor Hell and other Super Robot
enemies make mischief.

Anyway, after all that, the game starts proper. (I chose a Real Robot 
character, so I'm writing about that path first. Also, I picked someone male,
so I'm going to be using the male pronoun when referring to the hero in 
future...sorry 'bout that. ^_^) He is having a conversation with his 
girlfriend and thinks about how with only one year of training he's gotten 
this kind of post. Eventually, she'll ask a question - should they take a 
vacation soon?

1) Sounds good...
2) Have other things to do.

I have no idea what effect your choice has. ^_^ After more conversation about
a Black Hole Engine going out of control somewhere, your girlfriend (Leo, in
my case, so that's how I will refer to her from now on) will pick up combat
density Minovsky particles. Meanwhile, Ryouto (you guessed it, my chosen
hero) is wondering about his cargo of two Personal Troopers. Suddenly, a 
explosion will occur and taken by surprise, Ryouto will frantically try to 
find out what's going on...

Scenario 1 - Vanishing Trooper

Ryouto tries to contact his transport ship but to no avail...just then, 
Federation mobile suits show up - and guess who is it but Yazan Gable from
Zeta Gundam. He wants your mecha, the Hyukevain and will kill you to get it;
Ryouto's questions as to why he attacked are obviously not answered. There is
no other option but to fight, so Ryouto prepares to, aided by the Hyukevain
uploading combat data directly to his brain. You then get two choices :

1) Confirm basic battle tactics.
2) Don't confirm basic battle tactics.

If you need some pointers\have never played a SRW game before, I suggest you
pick the first one - if you understand Japanese, that is. Ryouto will proceed
to give you a basic run-down of the 

After the first turn, Henken (also from Zeta Gundam) will show up, 
accompanied by Quatro Bajina. (whom we all know is actually Char Aznable...
dammit, can't the guy just admit it for once?) They don't want the Hyukevain
falling into either the Titans or EOT's hands, so they launch to protect you.
Quatro tells Ryouto not to let his HP get too low and Yazan recognizing the
red (is HAS to be red, right? ^_^) mobile suit, realises that he's up against
the Red Comet, who he wants to fight by himself. 

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Battle Tactics : 

This is your first battle, so it's not TOO tough. Keep all your units on the
colony spaces so you can recover HP and EN and don't let Ryouto get killed -
it's Game Over if you do. With his Chakram Shooter the fight should end soon
enough...even Yazan isn't a threat.

Trophies :

Magnetic Coating from Yazan

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After the battle, there is some conversation among Ryouto, Quatro, Henken and
Brekks about the Hyukevain (it also turns out that Ryouto is a civilian 
pilot) and the fact that it is based on EOT technology. You also hear about
the Technechium base on the moon suffer a mishap with the Hyukevain-1, which 
went berserk; there were only 3 survivors. They tell you about the Titans and
after explaining the situation in space, ask you to make a choice - keep your
mouth shut about the incident and return to the moon base, or join the AEUG
and fight the Titans. Ryouto first wants to know whether there were any 
survivors from the Titans attack. Upon being told there were none, Ryouto 
knows that he's all alone...eventually, he decides to hook up with the AEUG
for the time being. 

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Scenario 2 - Black Gundam (exact same title of first ZG episode)

On board the Agahma, Ryouto thinks about how he wasn't able to save Leo until
the ship sets a course for Green Noa 2 in Side 7 - they're going there to see
whether reports of the Titans setting up a base there are true. Quatro then
goes out to do some recon; he wants Ryouto to stay behind, but the latter 
asks to go as well, saying he cannot forgive and must take vengeance on the
Titans. Eventually, after Brekks intercedes, Quatro lets him - it'll be good
training, he says. After that, Brekks and Henken talk a bit about the rumors
surrounding the Red Comet (who we all know is Quatro, aka Char) - the 
conversation sounds a bit like the one they had in Zeta Gundam, BTW.  

On Green Noa itself, Camille is going to see the Agahma dock and Fa is 
pursuing him. (This entire bit is actually from the first episode of ZG.) On
the way, they meet Jerid and get into an argument about how feminine 
Camille's name sounds. A few other Titans officers appear and after he hits
Camille, Jerid goes off.

On the battle map, Quatro feels a sensation which he thinks is either Amuro 
Rei or Lalah Sune, but it soon passes. Ryoute asks him about Gundams and 
Newtypes and there is some information about Amuro Rei, The One Year War and
Newtypes not being the tools of war. When you appear, Jerid gets a bit 
worried when Kakricon identifies your unit as being a Hyukevain, one of the
robot series that took out the moon base. Disregarding colony safety (you're
not supposed to fight with MSes in one) Jerid wants to take you on, saying 
it's a good test of the Gundam Mark II's abilities. 

Upon attaining your first battle objective (moving a unit next to the empty
Gundam Mk. II) Bright will try to prevent any in-colony fighting but be too
late - Camille has already gotten into the MS's cockpit. He tells Bright and
Emma to get back and, in response to Quatro's query, attacks Kakricon to show
that he's an enemy of the Titans as well. 

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Battle Tactics : 

This is another terribly easy battle. The enemies won't even be able to hit
any of you! 

Trophies :

Two Repair Kits from the two Gundam Mk IIs. 

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The scene will switch to Cima Garahau talking to Basque and Jamaikan - she
chastises them for letting the Gundam be stolen, but Jamaikan says they will
get it back. More Titans officers enter along with Bright and they 
subsequently beat him up for daring to say that they should protect the 
civilians, and send him on the White Base to with civilians who have been
forced to evacuate.

Back on the Aghama, Camille is introduced to the two captains. Brekks asks
him to join them, but he says he needs some time to think about it first. 
Ryouto then decides whether to :

1) Go to the Hyukevain.
2) Go to the Briefing Room.

I went to the Hyukevain, where you meet Quatro, who's been working on it 
with Astonauge. It's parts are similar to the Geshpento (an earlier model,
one that was the main character's mecha in SRW F) but it doesn't use Unit-1
parts. They all talk about the Black Hole Engine that powers the mecha for a
while and it's counterpart, the Gravity System that the EOT use as well. 
There follows some tech talk about Mao Industries (who produced the 
Hyukevain) and the DC, who have good systems as well. Astonauge also mentions
that the Hyukevain uses a brainwave reading system (which accounts for Ryouto
knowing how to use it the moment he stepped into the cockpit) which sets 
Quatro thinking about how similar it is to Psycommu systems. It also turns 
out that due to a fluke, Ryouto is now the only one who can use the Mk. II. 

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Scenario 3 - Rescue of White Base

Camille and Ryouto are introduced to each other. Quatro then enters and says
that he finds the lack of pursuit strange - the Mark II is not a mere Jim,
but Gundam mass-production model, not something to be taken lightly at all.
We move to Henken and Brekks are talking (again) about how they think Ryouto
and Camille are Newtypes. They then pick up White Base on the radar and after
Camille says you must save it (it's apparently being attacked) you get 
another choice (after Ryouto says that he has a bad feeling) -

1. Go out and attack.
2. Don't attack and assess the situation.

I chose to attack. ^_^ White Base in under attack from strange enemies 
(Sleggar can't make them out) who turn out to be led by none other than 
Scirocco Paptimus - hey, what's he doing out so early in the game? The Agahma
arrives and launches mobile suits, but not before Quatro senses a powerful
pressure...

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Battle Tactics :

Not too tough. Be sure to maximize the power of your aces and place all your
units on colony spaces. (Hey, that rhymed. ^_^) Let them come to you. Once
you get too close, Scirocco runs off, so you don't need to worry about him. 

(Note - if you haven't already realized, the enemies you're fighting aren't
Titans soldiers, but Zanscale ones, the bad guys in V Gundam.)

Trophies -

None.

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Back aboard the Agahma, Bright thanks Brekks and you all for having rescued
him and tells you about the forced evacuation he was made to make. Camille
is angry that they would go so far as to place a colony under military 
control to get the Mark II back. Quatro agrees, and Bright is quite surprised
at his appearance. ^_^ Brekks then semi-pressures Bright into joining them,
which he does.

Sleggar then walks around the ship, bumping into Camille who meets Fa, who 
also came with the refugees aboard White Base. Her parents have been taken
captive because of their relation to Camille. He apologises to Fa and curses
the Titans. 

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Scenario 4 - A Gundam called Death (same title as the Gundam Wing episode
where Duo first appears)

Everyone discusses the fact that the Titans are not pursuing you as 
expected. Quatro suggests they make a surprise attack on the Titans (who
won't be anticipating such a move) and Henken and Brekks agree. The Ladissh
is contacted and mission plans are made.

We then see Quatro meet up with Kingman, a Jion contact. He asks various
questions and verifies that the Axis forces have returned as well as the 
Delaz Fleet, and both are moving towards Earth. Cima Garahau's ship has also
docked somewhere nearby. Quatro also finds it strange that the Titans are
moving at the same time the Jions are...he sends Kingman to investigate the
matter further and asks about Psycho Frame progress; Anaheim Electronics has
come up with a working model, the Nu Gundam. (Boy, this is accelerating
events...it's not supposed to show up for another 5-6 years. ^_^) 

Camille asks Astonauge about Type-100 and he responds with some information
about the Zeta Gundam Project. Back on the bridge, Camille, Quatro and Ryouto
talk about why they fight, and control is turned over to Bright, who orders
the attack to begin. However, you've been tailed!

On the battlefield, Bright and Quatro speculate as to how the Jion and 
Titans are working together. On Turn 3, Duo shows up and talks about 
destroying the Titans who are threatening the colonies. He will then attack
the Alexandria. (but with little success, considering how much Deathscythe
has been down-powered) 

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Battle Tactics :

Again, pretty easy. If Camille and Quatro use Concentrate, there's basically
nothing that can hit them. Camille can convince Emma to make her leave the
battlefield. You can't destroy the Alexandria; so enough damage and it'll run
away. 

Trophies :

Repair Kits from Titans officers

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After the battle is over, Duo comes on board, saying that he will join the
AEUG and that's he's from their sponsors, the L2 colonies. But Quatro notes
his Gundam's different design and says it comes from quarters other than
Anaheim Electronics (which as every Gundam fan knows, makes most of the 
mecha) Then there's a brief conversation with Duo and Astonauge when he 
tells the mechanic not to do any maintenance on Deathscythe (he'll handle it
himself) and Astonauge says that the Z Project won't lose to him.

Emma is then introduced to Quatro - he lets Recoa supervise her for a while
and resolves to find out more about her and Duo. Duo is then seen talking
into a recorder, stating that he's snuck aboard the Agahma, met Char Aznable
and is now continuing his duty...

Duo Maxwell 

"Oraoraora! Shinigami no o-toori da!

"Sono biimu nan sa"

Emma

"Shizume!"

"Ahh, sasuga ni..."


Basque Ohm 

*attacking*

"Uteee!"

"Kechirase!"

"Zenhoumon hirake! Issei shageki!"

*getting hit*

"Hun, katonbo ka..."


Camille -

*attacking*

"Soko wo doke!"

"Asobi de yatten ja nai da yo!"

"Kisama no you na ga iru kara, tatakai wa owaranain da! Kiero!"

"Kore nara!"

"Ukatsu na!"

"Ikeru ka?"

"Jiriido ka?"

*avoiding*

"Mieru!"

"Ataru ka yo?"

"Sou kantan ni!"





Bright -

"Yosh, mega ryushihou, ute!"

"Taiku hou ka, teki wo chikazukeru na!"


Jerid -

*attacking*

"Sonna ni otoseretai ka?"

"Kisamaaa!"

"Shizume!"

"Camille, kisama!" 

*getting hit*

"Mada mada!"

"Ii ki ni naru na!"

"Nameta mane shita kure ze!"


*upon death*

"Naze da...naze kattenai?"




Kakricon -

"Shizume!"

*getting hit*

"Sono teido no dameeji nado..." (l)

"Nakanaka yaru..." (m) 

*upon death*

"Nani?"

"Chi, jikujitta."





Ryouto 

*attacking*

"Boku datte, yaru toki wa yarun da!"

"Mou nigerarenai yo..."

"Koko de nigeru wake ni wa ikanai kara..." 

"Boku ga yaranakya...dame nanda."

"Mada owari ja nai!"

*avoiding*

"Warui kedo...ataranai yo!"

"Teki no ugoki wo mieru..." 

"Kono teido nara...nanto ka naru." 

*getting hit*

"Boku wo amaku miru

*Gravity Wall activated*

"Dame da yo...sono teido ja." 

"Kuu, G-Wall, hatsudou!"


Quatro Bajina (Char Aznable)

*attack*

"Osoi!"

"Soko da!"

"Yaraseru ka!"

"Kore ijou wa yarasen!"

"Atare yo!"

*avoiding*

"Sou sou ataru mono dewa nai!"

"Amai na!"

"Atarimasen yo!" 

*getting hit*

"Nanto!"



Yazan Gable :

"Nezumi ga...shini na!"

*upon death*

"Bakana...kono ore ga ochiru da to?"


No-name Pilots :

*getting hit*

"Yaru, sasuga wa!"

"Mada da, mada korekara yo!"

"Chi, mada mada!"

*attacking*

"Ochiro!"

"Ikuzo!"

"Koitsu de kimete yaru!"

"Jauma nanda yo!"

*upon death* 

"Shimatta, shokugeki ka?"

"Na...bakana!"



Zanscale Pilots :

*attacking*

"Kozokashii!"

*avoiding*

"Yosh, kawashita!"

*getting hit*

*upon death*

"Kuu...shimatta!"

"Ba...bakana!"