Gundam: From Piece to Player

To secure this secret order, Melanie Scheu Cabinet, the general manager of Anaheim Electronics, personally received the employee.

“This is a variant of the machine that Lord Kalmar mentioned we sold to Jupiter.” Melanie smiled. “It is not only equipped with a new generation of composite detection devices developed by our AE company that can operate in both grain and non-grain states, but its fire control radar also takes into account guidance needs in both beyond-visual-range and within-visual-range situations.”

"Did you design and develop the power unit?"

"There are two versions of the fuel cell and propulsion system. The Jupiter version has excessive thrust, while the version used in the Earth Sphere saves fuel, expands the combat radius, and also improves the lifespan and durability of the power unit."

Char laughed after hearing this; indeed, the response was flawless.

As military weapons, the primary consideration is definitely numerical indicators; discussing lifespan is useless, as there are virtually no mobile suits that can be retired due to their longevity.

"Would you sell to the Federal Army?"

“We want to sell, but the group’s relationship with the federal government is currently very delicate.”

Just as Xia was about to say something, his secretary whispered a brief report to him about what had happened on the far side of the moon.

"Commander, a masked mobile suit with no markings has attacked the Granada embassy and is still engaged in firefight. The defending forces are in dire straits."

Chapter 205 Embassy Crisis

It's almost certain that Char was behind this; only the Federation would dare to launch a masked attack or hire a front man to attack the Zeon embassy.

They believe that as long as there is no evidence, they can create all kinds of military frictions at will, and then package them as the work of terrorists or space pirates.

An MS... How outrageous! What kind of experiment are they conducting?

"Commander-in-Chief, would you like to take a rest?" Melanie asked quickly when she saw his expression change.

"Something slightly happened."

Char had intended to end the meeting there, but Melanie's next words surprised him.

"Could it be an accident that happened on the far side of the moon?" Melanie said. "Once we enter lunar orbit, it's not far away. Commander-in-Chief, would you be interested in testing this machine?"

Moreover, the report included a masked MS.

Could it be the experimental machine you developed?

They even dared to send customers to the battlefield to test the data of the new machine.

Char felt that the timing was too coincidental, inevitably making people suspect that he was being plotted against.

"No rush, I've already arranged for forces to handle this." Xia quickly looked at his secretary, shoving one hand into the other. The secretary immediately understood Xia's intention.

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Embassy in Granada.

The sound of the explosion echoed through the suburbs at night.

Amuro, who thought he had reached a safe zone, looked at the windows shattered by the shockwave outside.

The situation is getting worse and worse in this battle that started with themselves.

The final barrier was breached by the beam saber of a masked mobile suit, as the cockpit of the MS-11 mobile Zaku, piloted by the guard captain, was pierced by the enemy's beam saber. In less than three minutes, one enemy mobile suit had destroyed six mobile suits guarding the embassy, ​​achieving a one-versus-six kill.

—As Char's personal aircraft during the later stages of the One Year War, it remains a very powerful piece of equipment even today, stronger than various GM variants.

Although the other party was masked, it was no different from not being masked to Amuro, who was familiar with the connection structure and appearance of various MS armors. That machine should be a modified version of the NT-1 Gundam.

Unlike the bare machine from the One Year War, this NT-1 series shows many signs of modification, and its reflexes are not something a human could do.

He was an elite pilot of the Zaku, and Amuro could not find fault with his combat choices, but he was still killed simply because he could not react in time.

After MS was defeated, masked armed personnel could be seen entering the embassy district and engaging in firefights with the embassy guards.

To stop the enemy's actions, you must defeat that NT-1.

"Lei Jun, come here quickly, we need to protect ourselves."

Are there any MS left?

"Because it was nighttime, the actual attendance rate was not 100%."

Amuro heard what Kado said, and although he was in danger, he started to move, but was pulled back by someone.

"Wait, Amuro, you forgot about this." Qian En had calmed down after waking up again, but her face was a little pale.

"Understood." Amuro didn't dare to ask any more questions, took the heavy backpack, and followed.

The two rushed into the MS hangar.

Amuro began selecting mobile suits he could handle.

The MS-06 Zaku Late Production Model has no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation. It might be worth considering setting a self-destruct mode to see if it can take the enemy down with it.

The Great Demon... no, it wouldn't even be able to handle my old Type 78-2.

Warriors, no way—then he saw that senior Kado had already run to one of the machines, so Amuro had no choice but to run to the other Warriors machine.

Amuro opened the backpack, which belonged to Qian En. Inside was Haro's body, which looked like a large figurine.

After taking it out, Amuro turned on the power switch on its hair, while the model data had already been imported.

"Good morning, Master. Is there anything I can help you with?"

“Hello, Haro,” Amuro said. “We need to prepare for battle. Help me analyze how we can defeat the NT-1 with just two Warrior series tanks.”

"That's very difficult."

"We have to do it even if it's difficult."

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"Number 1 is indeed quite impressive." Basque watched the video of Gundam NT's battle just now, nodding repeatedly with a smile. "The research of the Augusta Research Institute is indeed powerful."

"Mobile suits like the Gundam NT require pilots with stronger bodies to operate them... Our Federation lags behind Zeon in the research of superhuman brainwaves, but Zeon's research in physical enhancement and improving nerve reflex speed is not as good as ours."

Federal technology official Alpha Kamra adjusted his glasses in response.

"Can Number One defeat Zeon's so-called 'Newtypes'?"

"We'll probably only know after the battle." Kamra glanced around. "Two more Warriors have arrived. They'll be fine if they don't come out, but they just won't believe it."

The NT1's head-mounted camera looked at the two Warrior MS units on its left and right sides.

After waiting for twenty seconds and neither of the two Warriors took the initiative to attack, the NT-1's nose lit up with a red light.

Almost instantly, it tilted forward, and the NT-1 surged forward with the support of its thrust-excess power unit.

Then the figure suddenly enlarged, and the 90mm rotating machine gun in its hand spat out tongues of fire.

Amuro's warrior could only defend himself with his shield.

Before the opponent's charge was over, he leaped into the air.

He switched to a beam rifle, aimed at Amuro's back, and opened fire.

It was too late to turn back at that point; the Warrior's mech couldn't achieve that kind of turning speed.

However, the beam did not penetrate the opponent's body as expected, but instead seemed to hit the oil film.

Having already triggered his precognitive abilities and foreseen the outcome of being pierced through, Amuro preemptively threw a beam grenade—a disruptive grenade—avoiding being killed at the start due to insufficient machine performance.

Meanwhile, Gato's mech approached at that moment, and the 100mm machine gun in his hand opened fire the instant the opponent landed, trying to catch him in a moment of vulnerability.

The opponent's machine jumped up as if electrocuted before being hit. Amuro observed that... the opponent did not predict the attack; to be precise, it jumped up the instant the gun barrel moved and aimed.

Is this guy made of reflexes?

"Senior, let's form a defensive formation back to back."

"receive."

This is the optimal counter-strategy formation deduced by Haro based on the battle data from the previous round.

As long as the opponent doesn't have more powerful long-range armor-piercing weapons or heavy artillery firepower, or close-combat methods to take down one of them in a short time.

No matter how mobile the opponent is, they cannot break this stalemate in a short period of time.

Fortunately, I brought enough beam disruptive grenades before coming out; these things are really useful.

Chapter 206 Embassy Crisis

“We’re stuck.” Basque put down his binoculars and urged, “Think of something quickly.”

"I can only activate the Burst Mode now, perfect for testing."

Kamra typed rapidly on the keyboard, entered a series of commands, and then pressed the Enter key.

The NT-1's heat dissipation vents opened fully, the rice cooker began to operate at overload, blue light leaked from the gaps between its joints, and the air itself trembled.

The NT-1's arms eject two beam swords, each 5 meters long.

Then they launched another attack on the two Warriors.

The beam saber pierced into the warrior's thickened, specially made shield, using its immense kinetic energy to carve a trench into the shield.

And Amuro wanted to use the shield's obstruction of vision to stab the enemy aircraft's cockpit.

However, they discovered that what they had stabbed were merely a few afterimages in the delayed vision of the naked eye. The NT-1, which had dodged the attack by turning backward, had already submerged and was aiming to stab at Amuro's cockpit.

"Will they be killed?"

Amuro's mind conjured up the image of himself being melted by a beam saber.

At the critical moment, a tremendous force came from behind. Kado pushed his machine away and took the hit head-on with his warrior upper body... Then, despite the kinetic energy accelerating in the direction of the punctured reactor, he grabbed NT-1's other arm.

"What are you waiting for, Lord Lei!"

Amuro immediately understood Gato's intention and swung his beam saber at NT1's waist... The opponent's mobility was simply too strong; if he missed, they would lose their last chance for victory.

But just before it was to be cut in half, it was blocked.

—A beam sword hilt popped out from under the opponent's skirt armor, and a beam dagger quickly followed.

It collided with the Warrior's beam saber.

Although it only lasted 2 seconds, it was crushed by the Warrior's higher-powered beam main weapon.

However, this gave the pilot a moment to react. NT-1 actually reached out and grabbed (Amuro) Warrior's wrist. Thanks to NT-1's enormous output, the beam saber was unable to advance any further.

The Cado machine firmly controlled the opponent's arm, preventing it from breaking free. If it did break free, the vast performance difference between the machines would mean swift defeat.