Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Does the museum still have such equipment?"

Just as Hua Ken was about to say that, he saw a group of elementary school students carrying backpacks leave excitedly, led by their teacher. Some of the boys in the back even seemed a little excited... while the other students in the group had calm expressions, but there was still a lingering sense of "interest" in their eyes.

Are all the kids in the Space Alliance this belligerent?

Upon entering the museum's main hall, you'll find the AI ​​consultation and reception area.

"Wow."

Of course, the most striking thing was the enormous object at the back, which made the visiting federal officers exclaim in amazement.

It was an RX-78 Gundam with red, yellow and blue stripes. It held a shield in one hand and took out a beam rifle to aim in the other.

Meanwhile, the MS-06C Red Zaku he was aiming at was making a charging motion as if swinging a thermal axe.

The background is a space ruin, fixed with some kind of high-strength invisible metal wire and transparent support - the red body naturally refers to the mobile suit of Zeon's commander-in-chief Red Comet, while the Type 78 may have come from a Federation ace.

At first, they thought it was a model, but when they got closer they realized it was real, and the battle marks left on both machines were also preserved.

Considering that Kalma Zabi has a Type 78 capture record... it might just be the original.

“I’ve always felt that war museums need to be more interesting. If MS just stands there doing nothing, it’s too boring,” Karma said proudly. “This is an inspiration I got from dinosaur fossil museums, such as recreating a scene from a battle.”

"If we're going to build a museum, we should build the best one."

After passing through the main exhibition hall, they officially entered the exhibition area for the "One Year War," which was filled with a wide variety of exhibits, including models and equipment from the war at that time.

There are also videos of the events—as someone who experienced them firsthand, Hua Ken discovered that there were some things he had never seen before.

This text records the cause of the battle between the Federation and Zeon. Director Tatiana, who had been accompanying us, indicated that they could disperse and tour on their own, and meet at the exit in 3 hours.

Wakin followed Karma to a sub-exhibition hall for the "SIDE2 First Battle".

Wakeman immediately realized that this was the place where they would first clash. He also clearly remembered that his officers had escaped the first wave of attacks because they had held a Christmas party without permission.

“Huaken, there was something you didn’t understand back then in Side 2. I can explain it to you using physical objects as examples.”

Waken paused for a moment, then asked, "Was your evacuation operation prior to the nuclear strike on Side 2 carried out against orders from your country?"

Karma walked up to a model called "Bridge of Life" and a look of reminiscence crossed her face.

"Yes, that was the order given to SIDE2 at the time. This was the first architectural structure of Deep Space Industrial Design, which I founded at the time. It was ordered from AE Company. I was actually quite lucky. Although my older brother found out about it afterward, he didn't cause me any trouble... Of course, I also thank you. If you had destroyed this bridge, the people of SIDE2 wouldn't have survived either."

“I remember there was a candidate soldier named Shiro Amada. He was a local at the time and later participated in the ground war... I don’t know if he’s alive or dead.” Hearing Karma’s words, Wakana suddenly remembered someone.

“I also remember this person. I captured him on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, but I didn’t take him into space,” Karma said. “If all goes well, he should be back home by now.”

“Then he must have gone home.” Waken’s expression relaxed.

Honestly, Karma doesn't really know how this womanizer fared after the war; she just hopes everything goes well for him.

Chapter 233 Gihren's Ambition VR Remastered Version

The two then entered the "Battle of Great Britain" exhibit, where they saw their names recorded for preventing the colony from falling by throwing the "Peacekeeper" at a crucial moment.

There's even a photo of him registered in the federal army.

"There's a record of that?"

Touching a piece of colonial debris left over from a nuclear explosion, and seeing it described as "the guardian of Earth," Wakan's eyes reddened...

The Union Army's postwar "War History Series" only mentions that General Tiam was in charge of intercepting and commanding the fall of Ifhis Island during the Operation Britain.

His achievement was later deleted because he lost Luna II, but he didn't expect that it was recorded on the "enemy's" side.

“A merit is a merit, and a fault is a fault,” Kalmar said from the side. “Merits and faults cannot be offset against each other. If only the beneficial parts are left... wouldn’t history become a little girl who can be dressed up as one pleases? If future generations discover that their ancestors were lying, then even achievements that were originally without problems will be questioned.”

“You’re right,” Hua Ken said sincerely.

The next exhibits are the Battle of Loum, the Battle of Odessa, the Battle of Solomon, the Battle of Abaoakong, and the Battle of Luna II that ruined his reputation—the details of which are explained and analyzed.

Contrary to what Hua Ken had expected, the traitor was not AE Company, but rather the code and keys written by Luna II Phase 1 that were exposed.

"What are your thoughts?"

"In war, the technologically advanced side always gains the upper hand, while the less advanced side has to pay a much higher price to catch up." This was Wakham's reply when Kalma asked him for his thoughts after reading the article.

After a year of exhibits on war, the catalogue for the next exhibits includes: [Spring of the Republic], [Battles on the Far Side of the Moon on the Eve of Peace], [Embassy Crisis], [Corporate Rebellion], and [The Asteroid Belt Nation-Building War].

Hua Ken glanced at the signboard, expecting to see other battles in the exhibition area, but there were none. The site was sealed off, and the robots were clearly working on construction.

“The data hasn’t been fully collected yet, and the site is still under construction,” Kalmar said. “And some of the information is from people who weren’t directly involved, so we can’t just write anything. We still need to wait for the person in charge of the war history to verify the authenticity of the information sources.”

Wakeman's opinion of this war museum rose to another level.

According to Hua Ken, they had walked around the Ellipse Museum and were now heading to the central core area.

After passing through the dark blue tunnel, they saw the sign for "War Simulation". After the automatic door opened, the passage split into two sides, with one side showing the sign for "Commander" and the other for "MS Pilot".

Waken suddenly understood the children's reaction earlier; it meant the Space Alliance wanted the public to understand the military's work...

As a soldier, he didn't actually dislike doing this. Popular science is sometimes necessary. The federal government has done a poor job in this area. The public often doesn't approve of the military, and the military's attitude towards the public is also very bad.

"...Commander Wallace, didn't you want to fight again?"

"how to spell?"

"Put on the device, and I'll create a room."

There was a whole row of similar VI devices.

Karma casually sat down in a chair, picked up a VR device, and placed his hands on the control panel next to him.

"This is the finger selection button area. After entering the game, the device can fight by capturing eye movements or inputting commands."

Upon hearing this, Wakney sat down in the chair anyway. After activating the VR device as instructed, he found himself logged into an interface that appeared to be the login screen for a simulation game—"Gihren's Ambition VR Remake."

Story Mode

[Load/Save game.]

[Custom Mode]

A message suddenly pops up in the bottom right corner, inviting you to enter a custom room if you don't want to be schemed against.

Why did he choose this name?

But Wakin still pressed "Accept".

In an instant, the surrounding world began to be rendered and shaped, and the surrounding scenery transformed into the bridge of a Federation warship. However, there was no one around, as if it had entered automatic combat mode, and not far from the porthole was the Luna II.

Hua Ken realized he was now wearing a Federation military uniform. He instinctively looked at the troop distribution map on the command post and found that it was exactly the same as the troop distribution he had used when defending the rear landing base and launching the virus offensive.

It felt like stepping back into that battle.

At that moment, Karma's voice rang out.

"Wahken, open the main interface and check if the number of warships and MS units is the same as it was back then."

Hua Ken hurriedly checked the combat information displayed on the command console and found that it was exactly the same... How could the replay be so realistic?

"I just had the AI ​​do a search, and it turned out to show the number of warships and mobile suits in your army at that time. In this simulation, the captains of the warships are all NPCs, and they will execute your orders exactly as you command them. Even if you ask them to launch a suicide attack, it won't be a problem. As for the performance of the mobile suit units, they can only follow a few fixed data templates."

"That's enough."

"Let's begin then." Karma's words had barely finished when...

The command window popped up with the victory and defeat conditions. Hua Ken was on the blue team. The victory condition was to "capture Luna II or destroy all enemy fleets", and the defeat condition was to "annihilate all allies and lose the Ceres base".

A few dozen seconds later, Whack saw the Red Fleet fly out of one of the ports of Luna II and head straight toward Ceres.

Why doesn't the other side change its course of action even if we try again?

Seeing this, Warken immediately ordered all fleets to begin pursuit—when the Marines cannot win, there is only one condition for victory.

After the laser communication was completed, the other warships immediately set sail... The speed of response surprised even Wallace, whose former subordinates did not have such strong execution capabilities.

Faced with the pursuit of the Huaken fleet, the Kalmar fleet adopted a naval gunnery tactic of moving and firing back... seemingly intending to engage them in a fleet battle.

Both sides suffered casualties in the back-and-forth artillery battle.

Hua Ken issued a series of orders while continuously adjusting the fleet's formation and optimizing the engagement posture.

This mode of combat also captivated Wakhan, because the "response" speed was exceptionally fast. In reality, due to the Minovsky particles and the excessive initiative of the captains, there was no such execution capability.

Just as he finally managed to get the fleet into a T-shape advantage, Warken simultaneously ordered the MS forces to launch an attack.

"The 403rd, 204th, and 304th MS... squadrons, launch!"

And after his entire MS squad was deployed,

But then they saw the Kalmar fleet throw out a beam of distraction, and the fleet began to advance at full speed.

Meanwhile, the firepower of the MS units and fleet was also blocked by the beam disruption screen.

The distance between the two sides suddenly increased.

Oh no... I haven't given orders in a long time, and I've gotten carried away...

Hua Ken immediately issued the order to recover the MS... The absolute speed of the MS force is actually similar to that of the battleship, but accelerating it consumes a lot of energy. If it cannot be captured for a long time, excessive energy consumption will lead to a counterattack from the enemy MS force, and our own MS force will suffer considerable losses.

"High-speed recovery is carried out while sailing."

Just when Wakan thought Kalma Zabi was about to head straight for Ceres Base.

MS was partially recovered.

The Kalmar fleet made a sudden turn in front of the enemy and charged toward the Warken fleet, while waves of live ammunition arrived as expected.

Hua Ken wanted the fleet to unleash a barrage of fire, but he failed because CIC warned that the MS forces were recovering and that this might hit his own forces first.

Wakham could only order the MS units that had not yet returned to evade to the sides... while his own side raised a defensive barrage.

The moment the barrage of attacks began, Karma's entire mobile suit force launched a full-scale assault on Whack-a-Morley's fleet.

Because Huaken's MS was unprepared, it was unexpectedly crushed in one fell swoop.

Chapter 234 Changing Currency

LOSE.

Hua Ken broke out in a cold sweat... Why did he feel like he was losing faster the more he did, even though he made more plays? Or was it because his opponent was more skilled in their plays?

"Wahken, is this what you mean by 'if we do it again,' you'll win?"