Technology & Combat Characteristics
A customized GAT-01A1 Dagger used by Phantom Pain. Besides the change in color, the GAT-01A2R 105 Slaughter Dagger is modified to be lighter and its OS is adjusted for better performance. Furthermore, it is equipped with an improved, higher output AQM/E-X01 Aile Striker as part of its standard equipment, granting it full flight capability in the atmosphere as well as improved mobility in space.
The 105 Slaughter Dagger's armament is largely identical to Dagger's, except that it uses a MX703G beam rifle instead of the handheld machine gun or the M703 beam rifle. Due to the use of the Aile Striker, it also has an extra pair of beam sabers. When needed, the Aile Striker can be replaced by other Striker Packs more suited for the situation. Like the Dagger, 105 Slaughter Dagger has laminated armor to protect vital areas.
History
During the First Alliance-PLANT War, the Earth Alliance created the GAT-01A1 Dagger, a mass-produced version of the prototype GAT-X105 Strike Gundam. However due to its high production cost, the Alliance instead mass-produced the more simplified GAT-01 Strike Dagger during the war and resumed production of the Dagger after the war ended. The GAT-01A2R 105 Slaughter Dagger is a special variation of the Dagger used by Phantom Pain special forces unit under the command of Logos. As a result, the 105 Slaughter Daggers were used in many inhumane operations conducted by Phantom Pain, both on Earth and in space.
In December C.E. 73, a group of Martians came with the Acidalium to the Earth Sphere to check on the situation and to meet with representatives of all superpowers. During the first meeting between the Martians and Alliance members (which were actually part of Phantom Pain), the group was "greeted" by 105 Slaughter Daggers. Shortly afterwards, another battle ensued and the Martians eventually fled. The group then reached the Orb Union, but Phantom Pain insisted that Orb helped them destroy the Martians. To keep this operation a secret, five Orb pilots were assigned 105 Slaughter Daggers to attack the Acdialium. This task force was led by Phantom Pain and GAT-X105E Strike Noir Gundam pilot Sven Cal Bayang.
After the Acidalium left Orb's territory, the task force split up and attacked the ship. The Sword 105 Slaughter Dagger, piloted by Hoskin Gira Sakato, used his rocket anchor to tether the Acidalium to the sea floor, while Gard Dell Hokuha's Lightning 105 Slaughter Dagger and Sars Sehm Ilia's Launcher 105 Slaughter Dagger used their ranged weapons to attack the ship from afar. In the meantime, Vanfeldt Ria Lindsay's 105 Slaughter Dagger and Waid Rabby Nadaga's 105 Slaughter Dagger IWSP fought against the GSF-YAM01 Δ Astray, piloted by Ergnes Brahe. Hoskin was eventually defeated by Nahe Herschel in his GSF-YAM02 Guardshell, while both Sars and Gard were taken down by ZAFT pilot Isaac Mau in his TMF/A-802W2 Kerberos BuCUE Hound, who accompanied the Acidalium on orders from PLANT Supreme Council chairman Gilbert Durandal. Vanfelt was then shot down by Ergnes, while Waid's IWSP pack was taken by Sven (who had lost his own Noir Striker), causing the reckless Orb pilot to crash into the waters. Only Sars, Vanfeldt, and Waid survived the battle.
After Phantom Pain defended an Alliance base from a group of Patrick Zala loyalist guerillas who emerged in the wake of the "Break The World" Incident, several 105 Slaughter Daggers under the command of Sven were used to completely destroy a Coordinator refugee camp, where some of the terrorists were allegedly trained. Sometime after the Battle of Requiem Station Gounod, a Phantom Pain task force, led by Commander Joaquin, deployed multiple 105 Slaughter Daggers to attack DSSD's Toroya Station, in order to steal the GSX-401FW Stargazer Gundam and its AI unit. During the attack, they fought against the space station's UT-1D Civilian Astray DSSD Customs as well as the Stargazer. Eventually, the Phantom Pain fleet was destroyed.
Following the death of Lord Djibril during the Battle of Daedalus, a group of Phantom Pain forces on Earth – led by Dana Snip and Emilio Bloderick – launched another attack on the Acidalium, spearheaded by a GFAS-X1 Destroy Gundam piloted by Vanfeldt, with two 105 Slaughter Daggers (piloted by Waid and Sars respectively) as escorts. After Ergnes's MMF-JG73L ∇ defeated the Destroy Gundam and killed Vanfeldt in the process, the two 105 Slaughter Daggers retreated.
