"Your target is the Muse, AKA Lumen. Your orders are to destroy her code"
—Asimov
, Azure Striker Gunvolt
[1]
Asimov is a non-playable character as well as an optional boss in Azure Striker Gunvolt. He is the commanding officer of QUILL and occasionally serves as an operator for Gunvolt. He is the endgame antagonist.
English Website Description
Asimov is both a founding member of QUILL and the current leader of the group. He is a skilled marksman who is deadly with a sniper rifle. Although he displays no emotion in the line of duty, his passion for the group’s cause is well known amongst the members of QUILL who look up to him. Gunvolt owes his life to Asimov, who rescued him from a Sumeragi facility where he was subject to numerous horrifying experiments. To Gunvolt, Asimov is a savior, teacher, and a father figure. [1]
Skills
Cerberus (三連射、Three-Stranded Shot): Asimov's standard attack. Asimov fires two waves of three magnetic bullets.
- The magnetic bullets inflict the chaff status if they hit Gunvolt
- Damage Output: 40 per bullet
Flashfield (雷撃鱗突撃、Lightning Scale Assault): Asimov's standard attack. He hops mid-air and performs an air dash while activating his Flashfield.
- While this attack deals devastating damage, it also offers Gunvolt the opportunity to begin dealing damage to Asimov. If Gunvolt activates his Flashfield within the radius of Asimov's, then the collision will induce a voltage spike, overheating both azure strikers. For a brief moment after the spike, Asimov will be vulnerable to tagging.
- Damage Output: 104
Lightning Sweep (床ドン、Floor Bang): Asimov performs this attack at the beginning of battle phase two and three. He punches the floor, sending a shockwave across the floor.
- At the beginning of battle phase two, the shockwave will propogate off the screen and then return as a larger shockwave.
- At battle phase three, the shockwave is initially large and will not return once it is off-screen
- Damage Output (Small Shockwave): 32
- Damage Output (Large Shockwave): 40
Target Chaser (追尾射撃・ターゲットチェイサー、Tracking Shot / Target Chaser): Asimov begins using this attack at battle phase two. He fires a non-damaging cursor that leaves behind five non-damaging cursor placeholders in its path of fire. Asimov then proceeds to fire five magnetic bullets that may turn directions to track Gunvolt when it comes into contact with any of the five placeholders; cursor placeholders used in this way will disappear.
- The magnetic bullets inflict the chaff status if they hit Gunvolt.
- Damage Output: 40 per bullet
Orochi (ヴァニッシュ、Vanish): Asimov begins using this attack at battle phase two. He fires a single magnetic bullet as well as a bot that hovers to the middle of the screen. The bot then fires two waves of seven magnetic bullets in an upward and downward arc.
- The magnetic bullets inflict the chaff status if they hit Gunvolt
- Damage Output: 40 per bullet
Voltaic Chains (ヴォルティックチェーン、Voltic Chain): Asimov's special attack. Asimov summons several chains that cover the screen, leaving only a small space of opening. He proceeds the attack by charging the chains with electricity, dealing massive damage.
- Damage Output: 350
Trivia
- The notes in Asimov's concept art reveal that he is from America.
- Asimov happens to navigate the missions with bosses (Jota and Viper) who appear in the Azure Striker Gunvolt demo.
- When Asimov kills Gunvolt with Copen's Power Grab,he said "Hasta la vista,GV."(in Japanese version).Which is a reference of the scene when T-800 shot a frozen pilot with a pistol,he said "Hasta la vista,baby".