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In the anime series Gundam Seed, the FX-550 Skygrasper is an atmospheric support fighter designed for use in conjunction with the GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. It was armed with a turret-mounted beam cannon, two heavy machineguns, four light machineguns, and two missile bays, making it a very well-equipped fighter. Its main role, however, was to deliver new Striker Packs to the Strike Gundam in battle, removing the need to return to the hanger for re-equipping. In addition, the Skygrasper could itself use many of the weapons and equipment of the Striker Packs, such as the Aile Striker's thrusters, the Sword Striker's "Schwert Gewehr" anti-ship sword, and the Launcher Striker's "Agni" beam cannon.
The assault ship Archangel was assigned two Skygraspers when it rendezvoused with the 8th Fleet. After the Archangel descended to Earth, mobile armor ace Mu La Flaga began piloting Skygrasper Unit 1, as his TS-MA2mod.00 Moebius Zero was incapable of atmospheric flight. Mu favored mounting the Launcher Striker on his Skygrasper, for its superior firepower. Skygrasper Unit 2 was initially piloted by Cagalli Yula Athha, and later by Tolle Koenig. As the Launcher Striker was usually taken by Skygrasper Unit 1 and the Aile Striker by the Strike Gundam, Unit 2 was typically be default equipped with the Sword Striker by default. Perhaps because of this, Unit 2 earned a reputation as an unlucky craft; it was shot down or forced into an emergency landing every time it was deployed. While Cagalli came out of these crashes unharmed, Tolle was killed when GAT-X303 Aegis Gundam pilot Athrun Zala throws his shield into Unit 2's cockpit.
Later, the space-use FXet-565 Cosmograsper variant was created for use in support of the mass-produced GAT-01A1 105 Dagger. It was largely identical to the Skygrasper, aside from using rocket thrusters instead of jet engines and replacing the missile bays with Gatling guns.
Specifications
FX-550 Skygrasper
Unit type: support fighter for use with GAT-X105 Strike Gundam
Armament: beam cannon x1, 76mm machinegun x2, 20mm machinegun x4, missile launch bay x2
Optional armament: 57mm high-energy beam rifle x1 (Aile Skygrasper); "Schwert Gewehr" 15.78 meter anti-ship sword x1, "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchor x1 (Sword Skygrasper); "Agni" 320mm hyper impulse beam cannon x1, 120mm anti-ship vulcan gun x1, 350mm gun launcher x2 (Launcher Skygrasper)
Pilot: Mu La Flaga, Cagalli Yula Athha, Tolle Koenig
FXet-565 Cosmograsper
Unit type: space-use support fighter for use with GAT-01A1 105 Dagger
Armament: beam cannon x1, 76mm machinegun x2, 20mm machinegun x4, Gatling gun x2
Optional armament: 57mm high-energy beam rifle x1 (Aile Striker); "Schwert Gewehr" 15.78 meter anti-ship sword x1, "Panzer Eisen" rocket anchor x1 (Sword Striker); "Agni" 320mm hyper impulse beam cannon x1, 120mm anti-ship vulcan gun x1, 350mm gun launcher x2 (Launcher Striker)
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