Striker Packs (ストライカーパック Sutoraikā Pakku?) are specially designed auxiliary armament units in the Cosmic Era that allows one single mobile unit to be fitted for a number of different roles. As its name implies, it is originally designed for the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. The Striker Packs were intended to boost the combat potential of one of the Earth Alliance's newest G-Weapons - the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam - by being able to change its weapon systems, either strategically or "on the fly" if needed. The concept sought to provide specifically-designed Striker Packs to meet a variety of combat situations, and a suitable Striker Pack is usually mounted onto the Strike before the MS launches. To allow the exchange of Striker Packs during mid-battle, several ways of delivering them were developed - from launching the desired Striker Pack from Archangel's catapult, to developing an equally-compatible support fighter (the FX-550 Skygrasper) to deliver the Striker Packs to the mobile suit.

Furthermore, since the Striker Packs each contain a smaller auxiliary battery that can be harnessed by the unit, successfully switching packs mid-combat also extended the Strike's overall combat endurance and operation time. These delivery methods however are not without their flaws. Switching packs in a fight left the Strike vulnerably exposed as its Phase Shift Armor is down during the process, this leaves both the pack and the unit susceptible to enemy fire. Additionally, the Striker Packs themselves lacked any kind of maneuvering capability, making mid-flight docking an extremely difficult proposition for the Strike's pilot. This is further compounded by the Striker Pack's components often having to be mounted individually across the Strike's body. However despite all this, in the few instances these techniques were used successfully, it aids and replenishes the Strike during combat. The Alliance also found the Skygrasper useful enough that they put the unit into production to support their Striker Pack compatible mass production MS.

A curiosity of the Striker Packs that was never fully capitalized was their combinatorial ability - the ability to swap and retool armaments from one pack to another. One instance of this is shown in a scene in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Re: had the Strike Gundam utilize the Aile Striker Pack with the 'Panzer Eisen' rocket anchor and the 'Schwert Gehweir' anti-ship sword used with the Sword Striker Pack. Another example is seen with the creation of a combined Multi-weapon Striker Pack (derived the Aile, Sword, and Launcher Packs) used to form the Perfect Strike. The usefulness of the Striker Packs system was fully demonstrated during the first war, and together with the terms of the Treaty of Junius Seven, caused both the Earth Alliance and ZAFT to adopt it or its derivative as the mainstays of their armed forces afterwards. The Alliance continues developing new Striker Packs, while ZAFT created derivative weapon systems known as "Wizards" and "Silhouettes". In fact, ZAFT later uses the Striker Pack's delivery concept for their own Silhouette System, which utilized unmanned "Silhouette Flyer" vehicles to deliver Silhouettes for mid-battle changeovers.

After the end of the First Alliance-PLANT War, ZAFT designed its own Gundam based on the principles of the GAT-X105 Strike, called the ZGMF-X56S Impulse Gundam. The Impulse Gundam's mission packs are called "Silhouette packs" and, unlike the Striker packs used by the Strike Gundam, consists of only one component, thus making them much easier to dock with the Impulse mid-battle. hp backpack para laptop de poliester basica hp 16However, the Silhouette packs lack the additional secondary batteries found on Striker Packs. valfre cactus backpackSo far, 5 Silhouette Packs have been constructed while another 3 existed solely as conceptual designs.smartsuit 16 laptop backpack Unlike the Earth Alliance's Striker packs, the Silhouettes also have a dedicated delivery system: launched using the specialized catapult installed on the Minerva, the Silhouette packs use a small flight unit known as a "Silhouette Flyer" to reach the Impulse and attach to the mobile suit using a laser guide.

This way, different packs can be exchanged very quickly in battle. An improved, remote-weapon version of the Silhouette Flyer known as the "DRAGOON Flyer" existed as a conceptual design. ZAFT's new standard mobile suit, the ZAKU Warrior/ZAKU Phantom, uses interchangeable packs known as "Wizards packs". Most of the Wizard packs consists of only one component and this feature is inherited by the Impulse Gundam's "Silhouettes packs". The main difference between the Silhouettes packs and the Wizard packs is that the latter must be equipped on board the carrier and no facilities exist for changing them in mid-flight. The Clyne Faction's DOM Trooper is also compatible with Wizard packs. In CE 73, the Orb Union upgraded some of its MBF-M1 Astray mobile suits with the 11.8 metric ton EF-24R Flight Rotor Shrike, which consisted of a pair of wings, each mounting a large helicopter-like rotor. This pack attaches to the Astray's existing flight unit backpack and provides considerably enhanced aerial capability.

In addition, the MBF-M1 and MBF-M1A Astray mobile suits' flight packs, while not removable, were based heavily on the AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker pack. These flight packs served as the basis for a removable flight pack used by the MBF-P02 Gundam Astray Red Frame. The ORB-01 Akatsuki is able to use two different Striker Pack-like backpacks. The aerial use "Oowashi" pack is equipped with two high energy beam cannons and is similar to the subflight lifter on the ZGMF-X09A Justice Gundam, which can detach from the mobile suit and fly on its own. The space use pack "Shiranui" incorporates a remote weapon system similar to a DRAGOON system, with seven remote beam cannon pods. It is currently unclear whether Akatsuki, which is closely related to the GAT-X105 Strike, can equip standard Striker packs, but it seems likely based on the statement that the test type Core Block for the Impulse Gundam could theoretically mount Akatsuki's packs due to their similarity to the Strike's.Would you like to give feedback on images or tell us about a lower price?