Owner: Rogue (Bar-Kemal Ltd.)
Location: Earth, Mediterranean
Add-Ons:
- Unknown
Mobile Suits (???):
- Unknown
Mobile Armors (???):
- Unknown
Defenses:
- Unknown
Occupants:

The Assad Babil (literally ‘Lion of Babylon’) is a purpose-built fort off the coast of Libya in the Mediterranean sea, tasked with providing a very strong bastion against aggression from the North towards Bar-Kemal interests in Egypt and elsewhere in North Africa. Unlike most Bar-Kemal installations, the Lion is entirely a military operation.

The fortress is essentially a massive concrete blockhouse rising up about twenty-five meters from the waters of the Mediterranean, with an oblong shape roughly reminiscent of a double-ended battleship. To further the similarity, the top and sides of the structure are bristling with weaponry. Most of the defenses, including a blistering array of ballistic artillery, are mounted in incredibly thick turrets with full rotation, allowing the fortress’ heavy weapons to point in any direction relative to the horizon. Numerous missile launchers are configured in vertical launch cells across the “deck” of the installation, permitting usage without exposure to enemy fire. Smaller defensive positions are positioned in well-protected casemates along the sides of the Lion’s “hull”, covering the blind spots of the heavier weaponry against enemies in close.

Near the center section of the base is a mobile suit hangar complex that operates the base’s garrison. The structure of the Lion seems to rise up to accommodate the hangars and sensor masts, which only furthers the battleship illusion. Along with a number of the ubiquitous Maganacs, Bar-Kemal also operates a large amount of former Atlantic Federation mobile suits for aerial support and patrol operations. While the fortress itself has very conventional construction, many aspects of it are quite modern – close observation reveals ZAFT-style linear catapults within the interior of the central area to quickly send flight-capable mobile suits into the air through giant steel hatches, while ground-based machines simply walk out of reinforced elevator shafts.

The base exudes an air of “solidity” about it, and for good reason – in spite of the great width and length of the installation, the Lion’s interior is quite cramped and relatively unpleasant to serve on due to the immense thickness of the walls and roof – some analysts have jokingly referenced the base’s construction as being the biggest example of “pointlessly dumping concrete into the ocean” in human history, but others of a perhaps more inquisitive mindset have offered that the base itself could likely withstand a nuclear weapon going off in close proximity without a loss of structural integrity. Supplies and personnel are brought in via VTOL transports from Libya or Egypt – there is no docking facility for ships of any kind, and cargo must be offloaded into areas intended for mobile suits to fight from as there is very little open space on the fortress not occupied by either a gun emplacement or sensor post.