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| Pass Ahead | |
| General information | |
| Classification | Human |
| Gender | Male |
| Affiliation and military information | |
| Affiliation | Global Cortex |
| Occupation | Raven |
| Rank | E-15 |
| Craft | AC Progenitor |
| Real world information | |
| Appearances | Armored Core 3 |
Pass Ahead is a Raven in Armored Core 3. He is ranked E-15 in the Arena. He is partnered with Hard Edge in the Extra Arena and they hold the title of the seventeenth highest ranked team.
AC Progenitor | Progress[]
AC Progenitor
Progenitor is a heavyweight reverse-joint AC equipped with an exceed orbit core, ECM rockets, hover extensions, a back mounted missile launcher, back mounted orbit cannon, a parrying blade, and spread howitzer.
The Progenitor makes for an annoying battle, not to be confused with difficult, just annoying. It is equipped with everything unorthodox the game has to offer whether it be orbit cannons that pursue you like a small swarm of bees or rockets that will disable your lock on capability, Pass Ahead's AC is designed to hinder opponents. However the AC is poorly put together and the piloting is worse.\
His AC name in Japanese, however, is simply Progress (プログレスpuroguresu).
Parts[]
- Head: MHD-MX/RACHIS
- Core: MCH-MX/GRP
- Arms: CAM-11-SOL
- Legs: MLB-MX/004
- Booster: MBT-OX/002
- FCS: VREX-ST-12
- Generator: KGP-ZS4
- Radiator: RMR-ICICLE
- Inside: MWI-RC/30
- Extension: CEBT-HEX
- Back Unit R: CWM-GM14-1
- Back Unit L: MWC-OC/15
- Arm Unit R: KWB-SBR01
- Arm Unit L: KWG-HZL30
Gameplay[]
In-Game Information[]
He loves new toys, as any who have seen his AC can tell. To him, performance and compatibility are secondary issues and this stance has been his downfall more than once. Other Ravens watch him closely to find out which new parts hold promise.
Strategy[]
Pass Ahead is perhaps the biggest laughing stock of the Arena ranks there is. His Progenitor AC looks like a result of random sorting assembly, and the piloting skills of the man inside this hodgepodge are not better than Adieu. While Pass Ahead can make an interesting and unpredictable opponent, one is not hard pressed to find an acceptable strategy for bringing him down. His ECM rockets will disable your FCS in most cases, however they are easily dodged. Similarly, the orbit cannon is only a threat to the ACs of mediocre mobility. Progenitor is also overweight, but just like Yellow Boat's Apathy, it has no OP-INTENSIFY to negate this weakness. That coupled with heavy reverse joint legs makes Progenitor awfully slow and cumbersome - just any non-tank AC will run laps around it. Other unusual (and woeful) tactics of this pilot include: engaging hover boosters right off the ground level (seemingly solely to waste his already taxed energy reserves); running slowly after you in hopes of landing a parry blade; and cycling through his weapons with no tactical acumen to speak of. Use whatever you want to dispose of him.
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
The name Progenitor refers to a person or thing from which others are descended or originate. For example, it is used to refer to the ancestor who started the line of a noble family.