Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 750: The Legend of Siegfried Heroes (Part )
In C.E. 75, the non-total war that lasted for a year finally came to an end. If we only count the timeline, the First Fleet, Celestial Being, Londo Bell and some ZAFT combat units successfully wiped out the remaining Compass forces before the end of C.E. 75.

But the impact of the incident was far from that simple. It was not until the beginning of 76 that the People's Revolutionary League, the largest human polity in and outside the Earth, gave its official version.

First of all, the historical characterization of the incident was "discussed" for nearly a month. At the beginning, some officials of the People's Revolutionary League tried to officially name the incident as the "Tuner Rebellion", but Mina immediately pointed out that among the Tuners, there were not only people like Ingrid who had turned from darkness to light, but also allies like Lacus who had stood firmly in the People's Revolutionary League camp from the very beginning. If the incident was named the Tuner Rebellion, it would be the greatest injustice to Lacus and others.

The second name, Compass Rebellion, was also not approved. After all, Compass was strictly speaking a botched creation of the People's Revolutionary League. When it was first established, all the procedures were complete. Unless Mina arranged for A-LAWS to make all those who knew about it disappear from the face of the earth, this name would only hinder the People's Revolutionary League's plan to unify the earth in the future.

Taking into account the continuous reports of cases of natural human evolution from all over the world, the top leaders of the People's Revolutionary League finally gave this event, which runs through the CE era and is likely to become an important historical node, a more positive name, "The Light of the Reformers", to reflect the Phoenix rampage incident that occurred in Rio, and incidentally blur the fact that the Celestial Squad almost lost control of their force.

After the incident was defined, what followed was the trial of the loser and the meeting to divide the spoils among the winners. The latter was relatively easy and simple. After all, although there were some discordant voices from PLANT during this year, thanks to Lux's flexible political skills, all the members of the Council who colluded with Compass had been cleared out. However, the People's Revolutionary League and PLANT were still negotiating on conviction and sentencing.

The former problem is more serious. After this battle, almost all of Van Dyson's high-end combat forces were wiped out. In addition, the Moonlight Butterflies wiped out the spread of the photocopying technology. Considering that the debt is eliminated after the death of the person, even if the People's Revolutionary League wants to investigate something, it can't find a suitable scapegoat.

Of course, the meaning of 'almost' means that there are still some fish that slip through the net. The first is the former Queen of Van Endysen, Ola Maha Hebel. As a member of the former Mendel's remnants, this queen decisively chose to surrender. Considering that she still has the secret of rejuvenation, under the influence of Hilde's evaluation report, the People's Revolutionary League finally agreed to secretly detain her in a research institute.

The death penalty can be avoided, but the punishment for living death cannot. It is basically certain that Queen Aura can only contribute to human bioengineering for the rest of her life. What's more, the Moonlight Butterfly only cleared the physical carrier of the Copy Man technology. Hilde still has to search her memory to ensure that she will not be the last human in the world to know about this technology.

Considering that Queen Aura is just a scientist and has no combat power, the only disagreement in the People's Revolutionary League is the debate over the regulators and the intensity of supervision. However, another ace pilot, Lou Lu Cruze, who changed his flag in the battle, faced a more stringent review environment.

In terms of identity, Law's predecessor was the notorious PLANT hidden war criminal. Although Patrick was the scapegoat back then, the top leaders of both sides knew that Law played a crucial role in it. The cut-throat operation and the Genesis launch alone left him with at least hundreds of thousands of lives on his hands.

But this involves an extremely sensitive topic, that is, whether the photocopiers should bear the sins that belong to the original body. This topic has not had a definite answer since the birth of the photocopier group.

Among them, the determined extermination faction headed by Mina and Siegfried could not outnumber Lacus's proper resettlement faction, but in fact, not to mention Isaac who was far away in PLANT, at least Orb himself acquiesced in the existence of Mayu Aska, so Mina remained silent, which was extremely rare.

The outcome of the treatment of Law, in a broader sense, also determined the fate of the remaining group of photocopiers. Isaac, Mayu, and ND were three known amnesty recipients, and only a few high-ranking officials knew that there were several other important photocopier samples on the Minerva that returned with Law and Heinlein.

Thanks to the fact that Tianren activated his independent investigation power quickly enough, most of the samples in Minerva were in an unfinished state. The Human Revolutionary League and PLANT unanimously decided not to screen these samples and destroyed them on the spot. Despite this, there were still three samples that had self-awareness, which means they had the most basic human rights from a legal point of view.

Of the three, the professor who belonged to the waste dealer was the easiest to deal with. After Law and others signed the confidentiality agreement, the professor was directly returned to his team. The remaining two became the same difficult problem to deal with as Law. The former Earth Church priest Frey Alusta and the former ZAFT red-clothed commander Heine Westinflus who was identified as the commander who attacked Orb after the war. The disposal of these two self-aware copycats was directly related to Law's fate.

According to Ingrid's confession, Compass obtained a batch of red gene samples through Senator Harry who had been arrested by the Council. At this point, PLANT also admitted that there was a problem within itself.

Because of their sparse population, their management of genetic samples is more comprehensive than on Earth, but this also gave Harry the opportunity to sell out his compatriots' genes. If Lacus had not specially kept her samples and those of the second generation including Aslan as soon as the information about the Copies appeared, who knows what shocking tricks Compass would have come up with.

Apart from these two people, what really made Mina feel embarrassed was the personal feelings of the second commander of the Celestial Beings, Mu La Vlada. Yes, after the war, Lacus Clyne drastically reduced the frequency of her appearances due to physical discomfort, and Aslan had to return to PLANT to start his second firefighting journey. Mu was the only one left among the Celestial Beings who could serve as the commander.

No one knows whether Aslan can return to Celestial Being, so Mu, who holds the strongest combat power in the Earth's circle, suddenly becomes a popular commodity. Compared with Frey, who has no relatives or friends, and Heine, who has little influence, if they want to solve Lao's problem, they must understand Mu's thoughts. This is a hurdle that cannot be avoided.

Orofatu, since the end of the battle, Lao was brought back to Orb. Although Cagalli's words were relatively polite, looking at the security personnel in front of and behind the door, how could Lao not know that he was actually under house arrest.

The sea breeze outside the window blew into Lao's room with a unique salty smell. The mask had become a decoration in the room and was quietly placed in a corner of the bookshelf. Lao filled the teacup in front of him with hot water and did not leave. He just watched the water vapor slowly change. A moment later, just as he stood up, there were a few knocks on the door.

"Have you finally made a decision?"

An obscure expression flashed across Zi Lao's face. The long-term house arrest had already made him have some guesses about his fate. After all, if it was just a simple release or conditional negotiation, why would it be dragged on until the end of 75?

"The door is not locked, come in yourself."

Putting down the teacup helplessly, Lao raised his head and looked towards the entrance. What he didn't expect was that a red figure was looking back at him with an extremely impatient look.

"why you"

"Nice to meet you, Captain Cruze. I almost died in your hands back then. I have to thank you for showing mercy."

(End of this chapter)