For as many years as there have been armies, armies have been living out of their field packs. Lightweight yet roomy, the standard issue ALICE medium pack, as modified by the Army of Skye, has been designed with the combat soldier in mind. External features include quick-release shoulder straps, large easy-access pouches for carrying items required at a moments notice, and a protective map-pocket. All pack openings may be sealed, and fully adjustable strapping across all openings prevents accidental loss of stowed items. An optional external frame provides ample space to attach axes, picks, shovels, or communications gear.
One look inside the ALICE pack will convince you that this is no ordinary army-surplus backpack. Correspondance magick applied to the large opening of the ALICE pack creates a spacious bubble outside of the dimensions of normal space. "Within" the pack, this expandable bubble tends to adjust size and shape as needed to keep objects placed inside the ALICE pack within easy reach. (In earlier models, items piled up in the bottom of the pack beyond the reach of the owner caused numerous complaints, as did injuries sustained by falls to the bottom of the pack while trying to reach an item just out of reach.) And, since items placed within the nondimensional bubble do not rest on the interior of the pack, the ALICE medium pack maintains a trim fighting weight of just 15 kilos (33 pounds), plus accessories.
The problem with enclosing a nondimensional space within a flexible container, you say, is that flexible containers can be turned inside out. A nondimensional bubble, formerly inside an object and suddenly turned inside out, you insist, tends to give new meaning to the term "catastrophic failure". The aftermath of such an event, you argue, gets very messy, not to mention hard to explain to survivors, insurance adjusters, and whatever board of inquiry finally wins jurisdiction over the incident. And, in this, you are exactly right, which is why every ALICE medium pack is painstakingly crafted around a triple-reinforced Quantum loop. As the interior of the ALICE medium pack approaches the large opening, Entropy and Correspondance combined create a temporary spatial injunction, thereby keeping nondimensional space safely tucked away in its own little bubble. Restoring the ALICE pack to its proper orientation terminates the injunction, restoring the link between the backpack opening and the nondimensional space.
Tired of having to dig to the very bottom of your pack to find the object you're looking for? The usual random jumble found inside ordinary combat packs is a thing of the past. Correspondance and Entropy ensure that the object you're looking for is at your fingertips the first time, every time.
Matter combined with Correspondance superimposes the durability of neutronium armor-plate with the flexibility of Kevlar, making the ALICE pack lightweight and durable enough to withstand years of abuse in the field. Each fiber gets triple-coated in Teflon, repelling liquids and shedding stains with ease. The quintessential pattern is further strengthened with Prime and Entropy to provide guaranteed trouble-free service for the life of the ALICE pack.
A surprize that the opposing force knows about in advance isn't much of a surprize. To foil watchful eyes from afar, Mind, Entropy and Correspondance ward the true nature of the ALICE medium pack. To the trained observer, as well as to less conventional means of direct and indirect observation, the ALICE medium pack appears to be a standard field pack, complete with standard equipment: five changes of socks and underwear, towel, three standard combat rations, four loaded magazines, gloves, mess kit, poncho and poncho liner, entrenching tool, and flashlight with spare batteries and bulbs, plus a small kit filled with a random yet sensible selection of personal hygene items.
For all your backpacking needs, whether on or off the field of battle, choose the backpack built to survive the rigors of war. The ALICE medium pack: the field tested, battle-proven standard for reliability, now available without induction into the military of your choice!