Bandai Gundam MG Master Grade 96 1/100 GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam

Bandai Gundam MG Master Grade 96 1/100 GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam

Weight (kg): 2.00
Release Date: Middle March, 2007
In the ONA Mobile Suit Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer, the GAT-X105E Strike E Gundam ("E" standing for "Enhanced") is a variant of the original GAT-X105 Strike, created by the Eurasian corporation Actaeon Industries for the 81st Independent Mobile Battalion. In the real world, BEE-CRAFT contributed the initial design, which was later cleaned up by Kunio Okawara.

The structural and design changes implemented by Actaeon were intended to extend the unit's operating time by improving its energy efficiency. The Strike E's base weapon compliment differs radically from the Strike's, with two M2M5 "Todesschrecken" 12.5mm CIWS, two M8F-SB1 "Shorty" beam rifles stored on its waist armor, and four EQS1358 rocket anchors mounted in its hands and feet; it can also carry two additional beam rifles with attached 175mm grenade launchers, similar to those used by the GAT-X102 Duel. Like its predecessor, the Strike E is compatible with the Striker Pack system and comes equipped with its own custom pack, the AQM/X-09S Noir Striker.

Assigned to Phantom Pain pilot Lieutenant Junior Grade Sven Cal Bayan, the Strike E was part of a special combat MS platoon that included the GAT-X1022 Blu Duel and GAT-X103AP Verde Buster. The Strike E was designed to work as part of a unit, since basic Phantom Pain battle tactics do not allow for solo operations. Sven and the Strike E first saw combat in the aftermath of Operation Break the World, when they were pitted against ZAFT guerrillas loyal to Patrick Zala; Sven supervised a squad of GAT-01AR2 Slaughter Daggers in destroying a Coordinator refugee camp where some of the guerrillas were supposedly trained.

Later in CE 73, Sven engaged in a brief, inconclusive duel with Martian Coordinator Agnes Brahe in the GSF-YAM01 Δ Astray; after the duel, Agnes escaped in the ship Acidalium. When Orb joined in a treaty with the Earth Alliance, Sven led a squad of five Slaughter Daggers piloted by Orb soldiers in pursuit of Agnes' ship. When Sven's Noir Striker was damaged during the fight, he attached an Integrated Weapons Striker Pack from an Orb Slaughter Dagger to the Strike E and managed to severely cripple the Δ Astray. At some point after the fight with the Δ Astray, Sven and the Strike E returned to the Phantom Pain and were assigned to escort the land battleship Bonaparte as it delivered the GFAS-X1 Destroy to Neo Roanoke's unit; the Bonaparte was attacked by ZAFT along the way, and while Blu Duel pilot Mudie Holcroft died in the resulting battle, the ZAFT force was wiped out and the Bonaparte reached its destination safely.

The Strike E's final combat deployment came in CE 74, the remainder of Sven's squad was assigned to attack the Deep Space Survey and Development Organization's space station to capture the GSX-401FW Stargazer's AI unit. During the battle, Sven was caught off guard by the Stargazer's unorthodox anti-beam defense system, resulting in the loss of the Strike E's left arm; Stargazer pilot Selene McGriff then grabbed the Strike Noir and used the DSSD station's propulsion laser to launch both mobile suits away from the battlefield, carrying them all the way to Venus. The Strike E was abandoned in Venus' orbit after Selene drained its remaining power into the Stargazer's own power plant and rescued Sven from the now-disabled mobile suit.

* Manufacturer: Actaeon Industries
* Users: Earth Alliance (Phantom Pain)
* Unit type: Prototype general purpose mobile suit
* Rollout: unknown
* First Deployment: Cosmic Era 73
* Head height: 17.72 meters
* Weight: 90.51 metric tons
* Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
* Special equipment: hardpoints for Striker Packs, Variable Phase Shift armor, AQM/E-X09S Noir Striker
* Armament: M2M5 "Todesschrecken" 12.5mm CIWS x2, M8F-SB1 beam rifle "Shorty" x2, EQS1358 rocket anchor x4 (1 on each hand, 1 on each foot), Noir Striker (MR-Q10 "Fragarach 3" beam blades x2, MAU-M3E42 linked linear guns x2, EQS1358T rocket anchor x1)
* Optional armament: beam rifle with 175mm grenade launcher x2
* Pilot: Sven Cal Bayan