Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Bad signal?" Tianm looked at the communications officer, but the officer shook his head, indicating that everything was normal.

"General Tianm, Commander Wakken is not here."

The voice on the other end was familiar, but Tianm couldn't immediately recall where he had heard it before; it wasn't the advisor he knew.

"who are you?"

"I didn't expect you to have amnesia. We only met once during our thesis defense, and you even said that my plan was meaningless because it couldn't achieve a tactical victory."

"..."

"I didn't expect that the F91's classic tactics would still be relevant even in the Universal Century? Or rather, that they would be used at the right time?"

Tianm's eye twitched.

Who is F91?

What are the classic tactics of the F91?

The other person's tone was full of mockery, unable to hide their inner smugness.

No one in the Space Force would dare to speak to him like that.

Wait... he said the defense...

Luna II Fortress is far superior to Abaoa Air Force in terms of defensive capabilities alone. How could it possibly be taken down with its warships and mobile suits?

With the other party's prompting, Tianm finally remembered the owner of the voice, but he was somewhat unwilling to face the terrifying fact that the other party could answer the phone on Luna II.

This means that terrible nightmare—Kalma Zabi.

They have already captured the Federal Space Force headquarters, Luna II.

It was faster than when they captured Abaoakong, the headquarters of Zeon.

Chapter 158 Fatal Gift

Did Wakeman betray us?

Did Kalma Zabi turn him to the other side?

"How did you manage to capture Luna II?"

Thinking of gathering more intelligence, Tianm did not hang up the phone.

"Attack?" Karma seemed to find it amusing. "Typical military thinking. I don't like your army to dump lives into fortresses like that. I'm an engineer; I'll outwit you."

"I can't fall into their rhythm," Tianm thought.

Where is Huaken now?

"He has already gone to Solomon. Like my sister Kycilia, the conquest of the fortress is inseparable from the huge 'contributions' made by the two of them. It's just that one is attacking the Federation and the other is attacking Zeon. What a pair of star-crossed lovers... hahaha."

Tianm pressed the red button to disconnect the call forcefully.

Damn little beast.

As one of Huaken's mentors, he couldn't remain calm when he heard the other party insult his student in this way.

However, since the other party dared to say that, Tianm felt that Waken had not betrayed them... but had indeed fallen into Karma Zabi's trap.

——Separation Line——

Seven days ago, on the evening of December 24th.

This day marked exactly one year after the British campaign.

On this Christmas Eve, Luna 2 received a special Christmas gift.

The ACE pilot of the Federation MS Training Battalion... Sugai Shiko, a pilot recorded as killed in action.

They were released by the Zeon army.

The problem is that she's still piloting the fully repaired and armed Gundam Unit 3.

Therefore, no one felt joy; instead, they could smell a strong stench of conspiracy, all in an effort to avoid any dangerous situation.

Sugai Shiko was taken into custody, and the G3 Gundam was also sealed away.

Did she betray us?

I don't know... I only know that she suffered inhuman treatment. Her dark circles under her eyes lingered for a long time, and her face was covered with words like "[Breathe~ Bite, stay away]", "Round-headed old woman", and "Federal witch" written in black oil-based pen that couldn't be easily wiped off.

There were many needle marks on the back of her hand... probably because Shiko wanted to destroy herself by starving herself, and Zeon gave her glucose to prolong her life so that she could continue to live.

In a sense, this disregarded Shiko's own wishes—I wonder if this counts as mistreatment of prisoners of war.

She couldn't make a sound, but doctors found nothing wrong with her vocal cords... more likely, she was suffering from some kind of mental anguish.

After being taken to the interrogation room, she was asked to write her questions on a blank sheet of paper.

The interrogator was quite frightened by the single line of his reply.

"The asteroid Kalma Zabi is coming and will hit Luna 2."

Then, when faced with a problem, he stopped writing and stared blankly ahead.

After being given the truth serum... he did speak up—and proceeded to curse all the ancestors of Kalmar and the Zabi family.

The interrogator shook his head and could only report the situation to Huaken, who most likely knew nothing.

Wakeman called a halt to the interrogation.

“Let’s send the lieutenant to rest. We can’t treat our hero like this.”

As Hua Ken walked briskly down the corridor of Luna II, a staff officer beside him couldn't help but remark.

"The information she gets is most likely false."

"Organize manpower to immediately investigate any large celestial bodies that may be heading towards Luna II."

Waken seemed not to hear his subordinates' words.

“Commander…we’ve discussed it, and we all believe this is a trick by Karma Zabi to force us to leave Luna II.”

The staff officer reminded him.

"I need a definite guarantee."

Hua Ken raised his voice, "What size and mass of celestial body could collide with Luna 2 without causing damage? Anything exceeding that size might be the mass weapon used in the Kalma Zabi program. We can then screen them out and conduct targeted interception—we must ensure absolute safety."

"Yes."

Since Waken had said so, the staff officers naturally had no objections.

"Can the engines on Luna 2 be started?"

"Yes...but..."

"But what?"

"There isn't enough fuel."

Upon hearing this, Hua Ken frowned.

To propel Luna 2, the largest asteroid in the sphere, a large amount of helium-3 fuel is required—two portions, one for acceleration and one for deceleration.

But it's really not easy to put together right now.

Forcing a start might result in an inability to slow down and causing an accident that could not be caused.

The fuel needed for the move must be prepared in advance, and now all the helium-3 at all the bases is being used to supply the Tiam fleet.

This is also what the federal staff believed—was Kalmar Zabi using the threat of an asteroid impact to force the Luna 2 crew to leave the fortress?

They captured Luna II without shedding a drop of blood.

What if it actually comes crashing down?

Scientists have calculated that if the colony satellites from the British Wars had landed on Earth, the possible consequences would have been the complete destruction of the area surrounding Sydney, the death of the entire population, and the impact of a tsunami on the eastern coast.

How big is Sydney? – 12369 square kilometers.

Luna 2 has a maximum length of 180 kilometers, a width of 90 kilometers, and a maximum cross-sectional area of ​​16200 square kilometers.

In other words, if a colony satellite of the same size were to crash into Luna 2, almost everyone except a few extremely lucky individuals would be killed by the shockwave from the collision.

Waken dared not gamble on that possibility... after all, this was Karma Zabi, the first person to apply quality weaponry.

In the hangar, in the secret warehouse sealed with various adhesive strips when all is quiet at night.

The learning computer inside Gundam Unit 3 suddenly started up, the screen lit up blue, and lines of code jumped on it.

[...The deadly gifts have begun to be distributed...]

The Luna titanium alloy armor of Unit 3 had actually been hollowed out underneath, just to cover up the secret hidden inside.

Tens of thousands of palm-sized mechanical beetles slowly crawled out from under the armor, from the joints of the machine, and from the gaps.

Most of the mechanical flying insects flapped their wings and took flight, entering the ventilation ducts and passages of Luna 2 to begin their search.

Meanwhile, the electronic robots with red antennas were searching for the terminal interface of Luna 2 and inserting it through the electronic probes at their tails.

Tonight is Christmas Eve, nothing happened.

The next day, the AE maintenance personnel stationed at the base carried out the automated central control system self-check and virus screening as usual.

No abnormalities found.

However, the display showed some errors, which caught the attention of Aslan, a newly hired maintenance engineer on the AE ship Luna II. He couldn't help but ask his senior colleague who had been serving on Luna II for a long time.

(Aslanchi)

"Senior, is there a code error here?"

"That place? Don't worry about it, it's an old problem, just block it."

"Um...isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

"That part of the control system was not written by our Anaheim Group, but by another company. The code inside cannot be changed casually, otherwise the entire system may be paralyzed."

Chapter 159 Off-the-Spot Tactics