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"Nani!?"

Kruze let out his third scream of the day, then reflexively controlled Shigu to twist his body, separating himself from the pure white Gundam. At the cost of having his right hand severed, he avoided being cut in half at the waist.

"Are you kidding me? What's with that weapon?"

While controlling the distance between himself and the enemy, Kruze was also incredibly shocked as he looked at the equally pure white longsword in the hand of the pure white Gundam.

"It's all white. Does that mean the entire machine is made of the same material?"

If that's the case, this machine is simply too overpowered! Compared to physical weapons, it's like a dimensional reduction attack.

"Captain Kruse, King has restarted it."

A message from King came through the communication channel: the two King pilots had woken up after Aslan and the others called out to them, and were now taking the King back into the air.

"Everyone, retreat for now!"

Having lost his ability to fight, Kruze immediately issued a retreat order, and the ZAFT forces began a complete withdrawal.

314. It must have been the work of the Dawn Society!

ZAFT forces retreated quickly. They already knew the entire structure of the satellite and even how to get there when they invaded. The intelligence they obtained was quite comprehensive.

Despite carrying such complete intelligence, they ended up being brutally beaten by Federation mobile suits after entering.

The intelligence regarding MS was incorrect; the MS-related information provided was completely inconsistent with the actual MS information. This led to their operation being both successful and a failure.

The success was that they confirmed Orb was cooperating with the Federation forces to help the Federation produce new mobile suits, thus seizing a handle on Orb, a country that appeared to be neutral.

However, they failed because the Federation's mobile suits completely overwhelmed them. They were simply no match for them. The entire Kruze squad, except for King who was responsible for defense outside the satellite, had all the units that entered the satellite destroyed. In other words, the enemy did not directly target the cockpit or thrusters. Otherwise, neither King nor Kruze's Shiku would have been able to escape.

The Federation soldiers cheered with joy as they watched the pure white Gundam easily defeat King and Shigu.

"They actually managed to repel Kruze! Who is this pilot? Could he be our Federation Army's new ace?"

"I heard Captain Frada is here too. Does that mean Captain Frada is driving?"

"Are you talking about Vlad, the Eagle of Endymion?"

"That's right, it's Captain Vlada."

"If it's him, it's possible. He's our ace driver."

"No, not him."

Maru listened to the surrounding soldiers' discussions and spoke up in denial.

"Captain Maru, do you know who's piloting the vehicle?"

"I don't know, but it definitely wasn't Vladas."

They haven't even developed an OS for humans. No human could possibly pilot a mobile suit to this extent. And most importantly, this machine wasn't developed by them.

Maru's gaze was deep. As a semi-researcher, she also knew the situation here. It was a joint research project between Orb's Dawn Society and the Federation Army. Although it was called a joint research project, in reality, the Federation Army was using the research capabilities of the Coordinators in the Dawn Society.

Therefore, Murrue thought that the pilot might be a Coordinator, or that the Gundam might have been developed by Orb's Dawn Corporation behind the Federation's back. After all, the Federation uses Dawn Corporation, and Dawn Corporation can also use the Federation's technology to create their own mobile suits, right?

Because we had thought of this long ago, but the Federation was always on guard against the Dawn Society during the research and development process. But now it seems that the Dawn Society still managed to develop something extraordinary by using the Federation's power.

"So the Coordinators really are unreliable after all."

Maru instinctively believed that all of this was related to the Dawn Society. After all, she herself was a member of the Federation Army, so how could she not know what the Federation had done?

Therefore, it must have been the Dawn Society that did it!

"Now you can send the signal to bring that machine down!"

Orb developed such a powerful machine using Federation technology. If it weren't for the ZAFT attack, they wouldn't have known that Dawn Corporation was hiding such a machine!

It must be that Dawn Corporation was worried that ZAFT's attack would damage the satellite, which is why they deployed this machine.

"And where are our machines? Why aren't there any machines in our warehouse?"

This is the most important thing: the Federation developed five units, so why are there none left now?!

Maru looked at the empty warehouse with some annoyance. The marks on the ground indicated that there was a fixed arm for storing mechs not long ago, but now there was nothing there.

"They were here this morning, even an hour ago. Only our own people could move such a large item away in just one hour, but that's impossible!"

Maru was very confused. She couldn't understand the situation and didn't know what was going on.

"Captain, that machine isn't responding!"

Just as Maru was wondering where all the Federation's mechs had gone, the soldiers outside came to report again.

"What do you mean?"

Maru asked, puzzled.

"We tried to hit him, but he showed no intention of landing and continued to fly in the sky."

What does this mean?

Maru walked out of the warehouse, looked up at the pure white Gundam floating in the sky with its wings spread, and couldn't help but frown.

"What does he mean?"

"Can we still find the people from Dawn Society? Tell them to bring their mechs down!"

Ma Li didn't think the Dawn Society would dare to disobey them. Now, Orb had already offended ZAFT because of its cooperation with the Federation. If it offended the Federation as well, they would have to face both the Federation and ZAFT at the same time. Could a small Orb really be a third party in this war?

Under Maru's orders, the Federation forces began searching for Dawn Society personnel.

As the Federation soldiers began their operation, aboard the Vesalius outside the satellite, Kruze was also conducting analysis with his squad members.

"Damn it, we've been tricked!"

Yitzhak's volatile temper caused him to smash a locker as soon as he entered the locker room, followed by a string of curses.

"Indeed, we made a complete wasted trip this time. Both Kings were almost shot down, and even Captain Kruze's Shig was almost totaled."

Aslan didn't participate in their discussion. Because of Li Yue, Kira hadn't gone to the base, so Aslan hadn't encountered Kira and hadn't yet entered a state of confusion. He was very calm at the moment, and while Yzak was furious, he looked at Kruze.

"Captain Kruse, what should we do now?"

"To be honest, the situation of the Federation forces is far beyond my expectations. That machine seems to be made of special materials. Judging from the color of the wings and torso, it should be made of that material all over. The only information we have so far is that the other side has a great defensive capability against physical weapons."

"The equipment on our ship, apart from the main guns of the warship, is basically all physical weapons. You can imagine how difficult it is to use the main guns of a warship to attack mobile suits."

Attacking mobile suits from a distance using a battleship's main gun in space is essentially like using a cannon to kill a mosquito—it's just too difficult to hit them.

"What should we do then? Are we just going to let the Federation Forces leave like this? If that machine returns to the Federation Forces' lunar units and is mass-produced, it will be a devastating blow to ZAFT."

Aslan couldn't help but frown.

“That’s right. Our frontline weapons are mainly physical ammunition, and beam weapons are also mostly huge. Once those machines are mass-produced, our frontline troops, King and Xigu, will have no way to deal with them unless we can miniaturize the beam weapons.”

However, beam weapons require too much energy, and ZAFT is currently unable to miniaturize them.

"Since that's the case, there's no other way. We must end that machine here, either by capturing it or by destroying it!"

Kruse made the final decision.

315. A Gundam made entirely of ice

"Can't find it? Why can't I find it?"

"They've probably all gone to the shelters. Because of the ZAFT invasion, all the residents on the satellite have moved into the shelters."

"Have the Dawn Society members also entered the shelter?"

"Yes, because today is our handover day, we asked all the people from the Dawn Society to stay away."

"..."

Maru was in a real bind. Why was this happening? She had been thinking of having the Dawn Society contact the driver, but suddenly they couldn't reach him.

"The shelter is sealed off and cannot be opened for the time being. ZAFT's warships are still outside the satellite, and the alarms have not yet stopped. The shelter cannot be opened until the alarms stop."

"What's the situation outside like now? Do you know the situation outside?"

"Captain, we have no information about the situation outside. The port has been completely destroyed, and we have no equipment to get out. There's also bad news."

"What bad news?"

As Maru listened to the soldier's words, she felt a sense of unease.

"You are now the highest-ranking officer here."

Maru's eyes widened upon hearing this. She should have been the second tallest, but now she was the tallest, which meant that her superior had died in the previous attack.

"ok, I get it."

"Someone please come and help!"

Helpless, Maru rubbed her forehead, praying that someone would appear to help.

As if the Archangel had heard her prayer, after an explosion, the artificial hill behind the Dawn Society factory was suddenly blown open, revealing a huge gap from which the white warship slowly flew out.

"That's... the Archangel!"

Upon seeing the Archangel, Murrue finally smiled.

"That's good, with the Archangel here, things are a bit better."

At least we have a warship now. Although the attack capabilities of warships in space are far inferior to those of mobile suits, it's better to have one than nothing.

But before Murrue could rejoice for long, the Archangel suddenly launched an attack, targeting the pure white Gundam floating in the sky.

The close-in weapon system on the Archangel unleashed a barrage of bullets, shooting towards the pure white Gundam.

The pure white Gundam immediately raised its wings to defend itself.

"Wait, why are they attacking!"

Murrue was stunned when the Archangel suddenly attacked, but she quickly realized that the Archangel had mistaken the pure white Gundam for an enemy. This was because the Gundam was not a registered unit, meaning it was not one of their own. The Archangel's maintenance crew had been working inside and were unfamiliar with the outside environment. Upon suddenly seeing an unfamiliar unit, they immediately assumed it was an enemy and launched an attack. Considering that they were inside the satellite, they chose to use the close-in weapon system instead of the main gun.

"Quickly, signal the Archangel to stop attacking!"

Maru immediately ordered the soldiers to signal to stop the Archangel from continuing its attack, because if a fight broke out, something really bad could happen.

However, before the signal could be sent, the wings of the pure white Gundam were suddenly shattered while it was blocking the close-in weapon.

"Nani!?"

Not only were the wings shattered, but the torso itself was also destroyed after the wings were shattered. The complete Gundam was instantly reduced to fragments by several large-caliber close-in weapon systems.

"It was shattered!? Why? It was fine when facing the ZAFT army before, but now it's been shattered?"