Dead Metal wrote:I don't know Tekkaman Blade
A Tekkaman (dubbed and released in North America under the title Teknoman) is a human who has been biologically altered by alien technology. The process, however, is so physically taxing that most don't survive it.
The armor is capable of self-propelled flight, functions as an environmental suit, and is virtually invulnerable to most forms of attack - Blade withstood a nuclear explosion at point-blank range with any ill effects.
All Teknomen control their armor by use of a crystal that is stored in the body while not in use. Blade's crystal is shattered early on by Dagger, and he is forced to use Pegas to transform. In addition, the crystal is capable of enabling the Tekkaman to travel through space at high speeds
Tekno-Armor also has a number of built-in offensive systems. First, physical strength is enchanced considerably. For melee combat, a Teknoman uses a spearlike weapon called a Tekno-Lance (called Tekk Lancer in Tekkaman Blade). The lances wielded by some Teknomen had special abilities: Dagger's could double as a bow capable of firing energized arrows, Blade's had launchable boomerang blades, and his (demonstrated in Episode 1 during his first Venomoid battle) and Sabre's could generate an electrical charge in addition to being used as a throwing star. Blade also had a grappling spike that could be fired out of the right wrist of his armour as was shown at the end of episode 3 when he tows the Blue Earth. (Shara and Saber are also shown using similar tools).
Most Teknomen (the one notable exception being Dagger) also had access to Teknopower Blasters (aka Vol Tekka in Tekkaman Blade), massively powerful energy cannons that could fire incredible blasts of energy called Tekno Bolts. Sabre is capable of using his blasters to power a "ball lightning" blast, and Blade is later able to boost the power of his blast using Pegas.
Blade and Sabre later evolve into "Blastor Tekkamen" (known as "Super Teknoman" in Teknoman). During battle, they can change their armor into an enhanced form which boosts their energy blasts and speed considerably. This enhancement has serious neurological effects for both of them, however.
Blade had a technique (called Crush Intrude in Tekkaman Blade, and called Tekno Battle Mode in Teknoman) which increased his flight speed and combat ability. Nearly all Teknomen are able to generate a bird-shaped aura around themselves, allowing them to destroy enemies by crashing into them. This aura can also be expelled as an explosion that destroys everything around the Teknomen within a certain radius.
Sucks really, as Dagger is my favourite right after Blade. Dagger after all is the ONLY Radam Tekkaman who does a significant amount of damage to Blade.
