Instruction

The "Strike" Valkyrie is a minor variant to Shinnakasu Heavy Industry's highly successful FAST Pack augmentative space weapon system. Foregoing the standard loadout of two HMMP-02 micro-missile launcher pods, the "Strike" system replaces one of the micro-missile pods (typically starboard) with a Mauler RO-X2A high-powered double-action beam cannon mounted on the NP-BP-01 pod. It is unknown whether the Strike configuration can substitute both HMMP-02 micro-missile launchers for a pair of Mauler RO-X2A cannons. While a pair of beam cannons may be theoretically possible, such a variant has not been seen in active deployment.

Piloted by Roy Focker and Hikaru Ichijo, the "Strike" system was another highly successful variant, granting the VF-1 variable fighter more direct fire weaponry at the cost of a smaller missile payload. Though effective, the "Strike" Valkyrie was not as widely adopted by the U.N. Spacy as the more common "Super" Valkyrie system.