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This article is about a fictional weapon from the Cosmic Era timeline of the anime Gundam metaseries - specifically the ONA Gundam SEED C.E. 73: Stargazer.

The GAT-X105E Strike Noir is a variant on the design of the GAT-X105 Strike, created by the Eurasian corporation Actaeon Industries for the Phantom Pain special forces and designed primarily for close combat. Very similar to the GAT-X105 Strike in appearance, the structural and design changes implemented by Actaeon Industries were intended to increase the unit's power efficiency and therefore improve its operating time.

Assigned to Phantom Pain pilot Lieutenant junior grade Sven Cal Bayan, Strike Noir is part of a special combat MS platoon with 3 or more other pilots, which include the GAT-X1022 Blu Duel and GAT-X103AP Verde Buster. The Strike Noir was designed to work as part of a unit, since basic Phantom Pain battle tactics do not allow for solo operation.

Like its predecessor, the Strike Noir includes hardpoints for Striker Packs. The Strike Noir was built with a custom Striker pack - the "Noir Striker". The Noir Striker is a flight pack equipped with a pair of linked railguns and a pair of heavy beam swords. In effect it combines the primary features of the original three Striker packs (the Aile, Sword, and Launcher Strikers). It also mounts a single rocket anchor. The Noir Striker is based on test data from the Integrated Weapons Striker Pack (IWSP), which was originally designed by Orb but later duplicated by Actaeon Industries under a Phantom Pain contract. When Strike Noir does not have the Noir Striker equipped, it is designated instead as Strike E, the "E" standing for "Enhanced".

The Strike Noir unit itself is armed with a pair of beam pistols, stored on the waist armor, and mounts small rocket anchors in its hands and feet. It can also carry a pair of larger grenade launcher-equipped beam rifles of the type used by the GAT-X102 Duel.

The GAT-X105E Strike Noir uses the General Unilateral Neuro-link Dispersive Autonomic Maneuver synthesis system operating system.

The Strike Noir's first deployment, along with the Blu Duel and Verde Buster, is to defend against Zala loyalist guerillas who emerged in the wake of the "Break the World" [...] attack. Shortly afterward, Sven supervises a squad of GAT-01AR2 Slaughter Daggers as they destroy a Coordinator refugee camp where some of the terrorists were allegedly trained.

Later in CE 73, Sven engages in a brief, inconclusive duel with Martian Coordinator Agnes Brahe in the GSF-YAM01 Δ Astray. Agnes escapes in his ship, the Acidalium. Shortly afterward, when Orb joins in a treaty with the Earth Alliance, Sven is assigned to lead a squad of 5 Slaughter Daggers piloted by Orb soldiers in pursuit of the Acidalium. While the Orb pilots fare poorly and Sven's Noir Striker is damaged during the fight, he attaches the IWSP (which was being used by one of the Orb pilots) to Strike Noir and manages to severely cripple the Δ Astray.

At some point after this operation, Sven returns to his Phantom Pain squad and escorts the land battleship Bonaparte as it delivers the GFAS-X1 Destroy Neo Roanoke's unit. The Bonaparte is attacked along the way, and while Blu Duel pilot Mudie Holcroft is killed, the ZAFT force is wiped out and the Bonaparte arrives at its destination.

In CE 74, the remainder of Sven's squad is assigned to attack the Deep Space Survey and Development (DSSD) organization's space station, to capture the GSX-401FW Stargazer's AI unit. During the battle, Sven is caught off guard by Stargazer's unorthodox anti-beam defense system, and Strike Noir's left arm is sliced off, along with other less signficant damage. Stargazer's pilot Selene McGriff then grabs the Strike Noir and uses the DSSD station's propulsion laser to launch both mobile suits away from the battlefield. They are carried all the way to Venus, where Selene drains Strike Noir's remaining power into Stargazer's reactor, and rescues Sven from the disabled mobile suit. As Stargazer returns to Earth, Strike Noir is abandoned in orbit around Venus.

Specifications

GAT-X105E Strike E

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
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)
Optional armament: beam rifle with 175mm grenade launcher x2
Pilot: Sven Cal Bayan
Mechanical designer: BEE-CRAFT (primary design), Kunio Okawara (cleanup)

GAT-X105E+AQM/E-X09S Strike Noir

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
Mechanical designer: BEE-CRAFT (primary design), Kunio Okawara (cleanup)

GAT-X105E+P202QX Strike E IWSP

Manufacturer: Actaeon Industries/Propulsion and Machinery Progess
Users: Earth Alliance
Unit type: Prototype general purpose mobile suit
Rollout: unknown
First Deployment: Cosmic Era 73
Head height: 17.72 meters
Weight: unknown
Powerplant: Ultracompact energy battery
Special equipment: hardpoints for Striker Packs, Variable Phase Shift armor
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), shield with 30 mm Gatling gun x1, Midas Messer" beam boomerang x1, Integrated Weapons Striker Pack (115 mm railgun x2, 105 mm cannon x2, 9.1 m anti-ship sword x2)
Pilot: Sven Cal Bayan
Mechanical designer: BEE-CRAFT (primary design), Kunio Okawara (cleanup)

Trivia

• It is the second Strike-derived unit to bear a color-themed name, the first being the MBF-02 Strike Rouge.

• The Strike Noir, along with its sister units the Verde Buster and the Blu Duel, make up the third "trio" of Gundams piloted by EA/Phantom Pain pilots, following the GAT-X131 Calamity, GAT-X252 Forbidden, and GAT-X370 Raider from Gundam SEED, and the stolen ZGMF-X24S Chaos, ZGMF-X88S Gaia, and ZGMF-X31S Abyss from Gundam SEED Destiny. While the pilots were raised and indoctrinated in a special military school, they were apparently not artificially enhanced.

Sources

MAHQ

SEED-Stargazer official site (Mecha section)

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