I didn't really know where to put this but the
infinity team has released a model viewer/converter for there engine/game called
ASEToBin and it looks pretty nifty. Heres a link to there download and info page
(LINK) and a screenshot from the viewer i took with the example they provide.
NOTE: if anyone knows of a .ase exporter that will work with maya 2009 (the ut3 actorx one doesn't seem to work with this) please let me know, i would love to be able to use this.