Gundam Super G Universe

Chapter 102: Scientific Research and Military Industry, Two Bottomless Pitfalls (6000)

Tim Ray, Avira Hill, and Nami officially joined the company.

Then Reid experienced almost immediately the benefits of having professional scientific researchers.

Nami was the first one to play a role. She had never been to school, so Red sent her directly to the academy founded by Xinggong. At least she finished high school. Anyway, with her level of science (people who can write programs usually have good logical thinking), she would not be unable to graduate (Kid Salsamile was the one who could not graduate, as he only specialized in engineering machinery).

In her spare time, Nami helped Kidd Salsamile develop the intelligent AI of his MS, just like Kira did at Heliopolis Academy.

At the same time, she was also in charge of the development of the intelligent AI of the space battleship. The Loracia-class ships originally stationed at the Artemis Fortress and the captured pirate ships were all pulled back to become Nami's test machines. The progress was very fast compared to before. If there were no problems in the middle, the super AI auxiliary function of the space battleship version could be developed in a month at most.

However, Tim Ray and Avira Hill are still studying intensively. They basically sleep in their respective laboratories and only come out occasionally when they need to do practical experiments based on the materials.

Red didn't rush the two of them. Even if they were geniuses, there was so much Gundam technology on Red's side that even if they only picked the ones they were interested in, they couldn't finish reading it in a short time. Especially Tim Ray. Judging from the data retrieval records, he had retrieved all the technologies that had been actually used in MS manufacturing.

Even though the system has restored Tim Ray's health, Red is still afraid that he will die suddenly in the data room due to excessive research, so he requires the natives assigned to the laboratory to check on him every hour and forces him to have a physical examination once a month in the future.

But even though they are still in the learning stage, they want a lot. The top laboratory configuration is the basic operation. Avira Hill directly asked for the spiritual conduction material of Full Metal Panic by kilograms. It is probably a bad habit left by the habit of asking for more when applying for materials in the past.

Red said that this is sold by gram in the G-coin mall. A MS does not even use 100 grams. They are all pulled into extremely fine wires to imitate the arrangement of human nerves. If you want one kilogram, do you plan to tie it into a thick twist? Can the data transmitted by this kind of nerve wire be resisted by the brain of a carbon-based organism?
So Red only approved 200 grams for Avila Hill, and told her that it was very costly to obtain materials across the world. This was the amount for half a year, and it would be gone once it was used up.

As for Tim Ray, he may have been stuck with materials when developing the RX-78. If you want to test various armors, one square meter is usually enough. Why do you apply for one MS every time? Are you going to build all of them and use the MS as a control group for the experiment?
Red said that he couldn't afford this kind of gameplay, especially the [Nano-coated armor]. The cost of making a MS with this thing was comparable to that of three Luna titanium alloy machines.

The same is true for the Gundamium Alloy in the AC Universe. This thing is a superior substitute for Luna Titanium, but the CE Universe lacks several elements for its production, so it can only be purchased from the system mall, which greatly increases the cost.

Anyway, the two spent more than 10,000 G coins on Red just for a few days of initial research. And this was obviously an initial investment, and there was no telling how many more materials worth 10,000 G coins would be waiting for him later.

But Red also knew that scientific research costs money, and in order to prevent himself from being left with nothing if the system runs away one day, these investments are necessary. Even if it is a bottomless pit, he has to keep investing in it.

However, not long after, Reid suddenly felt that the bottomless pit of scientific research seemed to be a small hole. Although it was bottomless and he didn't know when he could get actual results, the investment required each time was at least tolerable.

Because Red discovered that there was a huge hole in military manufacturing that was visible to the naked eye and was waiting for him to fill, and it was Red who decided to dig this hole himself.

The thing is, everyone was busy, and Red himself was not idle either. It took the factory module three days to analyze the gains from this trip to the AC universe.

Finally, Redra took a look and found that in addition to the complete design drawings and technical data of the five Gundams (including weapons), there were also construction diagrams and technical data of the space "battleship" [Balki], and technical data of the Leo mothership and the Durus mothership.

As for the miscellaneous aircraft, the data for Rio and Durax are complete, and the unfinished version of the Mobile Doll System (hereinafter referred to as M·D System) 2.0 program (lacking pilot simulation data) is also available. The M·D System 1.0 version that can be directly used on Durax is also provided.

To be honest, when Red saw the information for the first time, his first thought was to build a space "battleship" like the [Balki].

There is no such large space battleship in the CE universe now. Messiah is a mobile fortress, much larger than [Balki].

However, Messiah's movement speed is very slow, not much faster than the speed of transporting Artemis Fortress with his own solar wind motor.

But the [Balki] battleship is different. Although it cannot be compared with high-speed battleships, and is even slower than heavy battleships such as the Nelson class, it can still reach the speed of a space battleship instead of crawling.

The power of the [Balki] cannon above is comparable to Requiem, but its range is much shorter and it cannot turn.

But why would a mobile Requiem need range and turning ability? These two were originally developed and perfected because the cannon cannot move.

Of course, building a Balki-class battleship cannot rely on the limited production capacity of the Xinggong Colony Satellite Factory. It absolutely requires the system's factory module to be activated.

Red had thought it all out. He would make all the parts first, and pile them next to the sunglasses array as if they were parts for building a colonial satellite. After all the parts were complete, he would mobilize hundreds of thousands of indigenous people to drive iron balls to assemble them like building blocks.

In this way, it is estimated that it can be completed in three days. By the time the Earth Alliance and PLANT realize that they are building a space fortress, the outer shell will probably have been sealed, and there will be no time to intercept it.

Of course, when building the fortress, the Automata's MS must also be configured. Because Patrick Sala will take office in the next month, and once he takes office, it won't be surprising if ZAFT attacks at any time.

Even if Patrick Sarah wanted to clean up the Klein faction first, a month would be enough (Patrick Sarah came to power on April 4, and Siegel was wanted on May 1).

So Red roughly calculated the cost of building the fortress.

Then, looking at my more than 540,000 G coins, I felt that I didn’t have that many.

To be honest, if you just want to build an ordinary battleship, even a battleship like the Archangel, if there are sufficient materials, you can buy some key components that cannot be produced from the system and add some synthesis fees, and it will be done with more than 10,000 G coins.

However, if all raw materials have to be purchased from the mall using G coins, then the price will instantly soar tenfold. Given the amount of materials needed to build a battleship, MS would not even be qualified to make a profit.

The problem now is that Red doesn't have so many external materials to build the Balki-class battleship. Even if he drags back all the meteorites from the nearby meteorite belt, it will take time to smelt them. Moreover, the sudden large-scale purchase of raw materials will definitely alert the Earth Union and PLANT.

I guess both sides would be thinking, why did the New Misrchi Republic suddenly purchase so many metal materials? What did they not commission them to produce in large quantities? Did the other party commission them secretly? No, these materials cannot be sold until the answer is found.

So Red estimated that if he spent more than 500,000 G coins and bought all the materials himself, it would probably be enough to build a [Balki] class battleship.

Then MS will have no G coins to purchase key materials and equipment. If it relies on satellite factories to manufacture MS, it is estimated that it will not be able to produce even 100 units in two months.

Therefore, Red decided directly that from now on, the external factories would immediately stop manufacturing Chobham armor, since there were still some left in the warehouse after all the external orders had been completed.

The entire production line was converted to produce foamed metal with high-tensile steel as the base (lowest cost and fastest to manufacture).

Red feels that now he wants to build a large number of troops while building the [Balki] class battleships. These troops can only be made of low-cost foam metal MS. Anyway, they are all AI-controlled bodies, so there is no need to worry too much about protection, as long as the weapons are powerful enough.

Besides, the defensive power of foam metal is no worse than Jinn's armor. A machine made of this material is more than enough to serve as cannon fodder.

Of course, the [Balki]-class battleships and the matching MS alone are not enough. The East Asian Republic has only ordered one transport base-class battleship, and Red will definitely build more to be used as ordinary frigates.

Red plans to temporarily put the construction of special flagships like the Archangel on hold as he really has no money to build them.

After all, the New Misrchi Republic's national finances need to be responsible for the salaries of the immigrant defense forces and the reconstruction of the Artemis Fortress. There is also a colony satellite under construction, and there is not much balance left.

Then these battleships still have to be purchased directly with G coins. Even if the cost is lower than that of the Archangel, it is only one-third lower at most.

The pressure of this part of G coins can only be applied to the last battle, UC0088, the decisive battle of Gryps II.

However, to participate in this battle, one must first go to Earth and bring back the mothership built by the East Asian Republic.

In fact, the East Asian Republic has already completed the construction of the battleship and is just waiting for Red's special machine drawings to be delivered.

So, in the end, Red still has to get the East Asian Republic's special machine out first and make a trip to Earth.

Fortunately, Red of the East Asian Republic had already prepared a plan for this special machine, and planned to design the machine mainly based on the technology of the G series.

Red still plans to get two blueprints so that the East Asian Republic can once again activate the adult buff that I want all of them, and then get some battleship materials from the East Asian Republic.

First of all, the Shenlong Gundam was used as the main design idea, and the Gundamnium alloy was directly eliminated and replaced with PS armor. The frame can use the X100 frame of the G plan.

Other equipment, such as the cockpit, optical equipment, and communication equipment, all follow the standard of the assault. In terms of armament, the beam lance is retained, but the flamethrower on the right hand is too impractical, so it is directly deleted. It is replaced with an attack and shield system on each side.

The attack shield has two output modes
The first one can use phantom particles to bind light beams to form giant beam blades for close combat. A flexible telescopic arm is set inside the shield to pop out the attack shield (only suitable for use in the universe) to increase the attack distance.

The second output mode is the traditional beam cannon, but with the caliber of the shield attack system, all that is fired is a heavy particle beam cannon, which can balance melee and long-range attacks.

The overall image after completion is similar to the EW version of the Zelda Gundam, but it is actually just a special version of the Strike.

Then, the second design drawing still takes the Heavy Armored Gundam as the main idea, and the armor, skeleton, cockpit, optical system, and communication system are consistent with the modified Shenlong Gundam.

However, Red is going to use the EW version directly, and he doesn't want to change the armament too much, just change the double-barreled Gatling gun to a beam version, and the rest remains unchanged. He just gives away an additional 320mm "Flame God" super-high pulse cannon with an assault gun as an interchangeable armament.

After the two design drawings were completed, Red went to Ambassador Zhao Zhongjian for secret discussions that evening.

The same people were present at this secret meeting. These people from the East Asian Republic have been eating and drinking well on the Star Palace colony satellite during this period. Their daily mission is to trip up the other three countries in the Earth circle. Due to Red's policy, they cannot cause any deaths. The worst case scenario is that they will just stay in bed for three to five days. They emphasize the combination of work and rest.

Red found that they were in much better spirits than when they first came to Xinggong. Unlike himself, his brain was squeezed during the day and his body was squeezed at night. He had already started making tea with the old ginseng given by the East Asian Republic.

The solid skill that Hiro unleashed greatly relieved Red's physical pressure, otherwise Red would have to come to the secret talk with an extremely tired face.

Red is very grateful to Hero now. The so-called improvement of physical resistance to impact means improving physical fitness in an all-round way, including bone hardness, internal organ vitality, etc. Recently, Red can really turn over and take charge at night.

The East Asian Republic can be considered an old friend. The three major powers of the Earth United have been in contact with each other until now. To the New Mischi Republic, the East Asian Republic is the most friendly, at least on the surface.

After all, Red from the Eurasian Federation had just robbed them of a fortress, and had also contacted the nobles in the country who only enjoyed themselves but did nothing to put pressure on the government and the military. Now the top brass of the Eurasian Federation had a headache when they heard Red's name, and they wished they could resurrect Gerard Garcia and execute him a hundred times.

After all, the Artemis Fortress was lost by Gerard Garcia, and even if Red snatched it back from ZAFT, he at least had a reason to take it back. But Gerard Garcia died too easily, causing the fortress to fall into the hands of the space pirates, and Red took advantage of it.

Moreover, Red was lost by Gerard Garcia, and it was an illegal loan. Under the "new and old grudges", it is useless no matter how strong Gerard Garcia's background is.

Gerard Garcia was directly held accountable after his death, and all his past honors were stripped away. If he hadn't died in ZAFT's attack, no one would have wanted to count him as dead in battle.

All of his backers were also implicated and stepped down. After all, they were the ones who promoted Gerard Garcia to this position. After Red's incident, he still kept his position as the commander of the fortress. These people must be held responsible for the loss of Artemis Fortress.

As for the Atlantic Federation, they had been spying on everything in the New Mischi Republic. If it weren't for the thorn in the throat of PLANT, the arms dealers in the Atlantic Federation would have already started to find ways to divide up the technical data of the New Mischi Republic.

But the reality is that the New Mislchi Republic didn't get much technical information, and the G plan that they and Orb spent a lot of money and resources to develop actually benefited PLANT.

But PLANT has become an enemy country, so they can’t vent their anger even if they want to.

Afterwards, the New Mischi Republic soon obtained the information of the G Plan and developed a new machine. However, the Atlantic Federation was like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, and could not even find a suitable reason to impose sanctions. Now is not a peaceful time, and we cannot use unfounded reasons to deal with the New Mischi Republic. Otherwise, we are helping the real enemy of the country.

However, sanctions are not an option, but it is still possible to record the New Mislichi Republic in a small notebook. After all, the accounts can be settled later.

In fact, Red was the one who screwed the Archangel. When the Eurasian Federation suffered a loss, it would vent its anger on Gerard Garcia's backers. When the Atlantic Federation suffered a loss, it could only vent its anger on the Archangel.

Now that Duane Halbottom of the Eighth Fleet is dead, Malu's backer is gone, and she has been designated as the scapegoat for the G-technology leak within the Atlantic Federation. Even if she finally returns the data, it cannot offset the crime.

However, Red still doesn't know the Atlantic Federation's decision on Malu. Now is the time to trade with the East Asian Republic.

The two sides were very familiar with each other, and Red didn't hide anything and said directly
"Ambassador Zhao, I have produced the blueprints for the special equipment. It uses a lot of Atlantic Federation G-Project technology. Is it okay for you to use it?"

Reid's words made Zhao Zhongjian laugh. We are familiar with the technology of the Atlantic Federation. In the last century, we spent a long time developing new technologies by following the example of the original main force of the Atlantic Federation.

Besides, all four G-Project machines were seized by ZAFT, and the technology had long been leaked. Even if the Atlantic Federation came to us, we would have something to say, "Why, the enemy can use your Atlantic Federation technology, but the East Asian Republic, as a friendly force, can't use it?"

So, Zhao Zhongjian replied with a smile.

"No problem, Mr. Red, feel free to add it. The technology of Project G can be used by anyone now. It was the Atlantic Federation that insisted on cooperating with Naob, and as a result, four-fifths of the finished product was hijacked by ZAFT. Chun Chun is working for the enemy."

After hearing this, Reid handed out two blueprints and said
"Okay, I'll stick with the old ways. I'll design one relatively balanced machine and one that focuses only on fire suppression. Take a look."

Zhao Zhongjian took the blueprint and spread it out to study it with Major Li and three engineers.

Just like last time, the three engineers quickly answered that there was nothing wrong with the drawings.

Then Zhao Zhongjian and Major Li looked at each other. This time they didn't act anymore. Zhao Zhongjian said directly
"Mr. Red, we want both of these aircraft. Please name your price."

Reid said with a sly smile, "I knew it would be like this."

"It's simple. The previous blueprint asked you to build a ship for me. Now there is one more blueprint. My one ship is definitely not enough. However, once the ship is delivered, I will be under great pressure from the PLANT. So you don't need to build it for me. Give me the materials and I will build it myself. Just give me the materials for ten ships."

Red had actually asked for too much. The materials used to build the mothership were basically military-controlled materials. For example, laminated armor could not be manufactured by civilians even if they had the technology. Only a few qualified military-industrial enterprises could make it.

If it was just one or two ships, the East Asian Republic would definitely agree, but it's a bit too much if you want ten ships.

Your New Misrchi Republic is only a colony satellite. Everyone tolerated the fact that the Eurasian Federation cheated the Artemis Fortress. After all, the Star Palace colony satellite is located in the universe and has to face the threat of ZAFT at any time. It is reasonable to build a fortress for defense.

But everyone knew that while capturing the Artemis Fortress, the New Mischi Republic had already captured seven or eight warships from the pirates who occupied the fortress. Although they were all modified old warships from various parties, they were also standard space warfare warships.

Now you need ten new warships. Are you planning to build a large space fleet? Let's not talk about whether you have so many soldiers to build a fleet. This idea alone is dangerous.

The East Asian Republic also does not want the New Mislichi Republic to develop too quickly, as it would be difficult to control.

So, Red started bargaining directly with Zhao Zhongjian. In fact, Red's bottom line was the materials for three motherships, but the East Asian Republic gave in when it came to five warships.

So this time it was Red who was eager to make the deal, saying that the machine could be taken away tomorrow and he would lead my team to the East Asian Republic.

As soon as Reid said that the aircraft could be taken away tomorrow, Zhao Zhongjian realized that Reid's aircraft had already been built, and he knew that his family would definitely want all of them, so he got everything ready.

However, as a delegation, you cannot go back on your words, especially for a mutually beneficial and friendly deal like this, even if there is no contract signed. Otherwise, if the news spreads, who will be willing to discuss transactions with you privately in the future?

Moreover, Reid is planning to go to the East Asian Republic, which is the best news for Zhao Zhongjian.

In fact, the most important mission of the East Asian Republic in sending Zhao Zhongjian to Xinggong was to find a way to trick Reid into coming to the country.

Of course, the East Asian Republic did not intend to force people to stay. After all, scientific researchers can only conduct research without being forced.

And if Red harbors hatred and leaves a backdoor in the machine he develops that only he knows about, and then finds a way to send it to the enemies of the East Asian Republic, only God knows the losses that will occur then.

But we just can't use force. With a history of nearly 6,000 years, we have more soft skills. There are so many things in history that can be used to test cadres. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, it can leave a good impression on people, and it will be easier to cooperate in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Zhongjian was afraid that Red would go back on his word, so he finalized Red's itinerary for visiting the East Asian Republic and even allowed Red to bring his MS with him.

(End of this chapter)