Gundam: From Piece to Player

Karma naturally didn't press further... In his view, through a series of self-directed and self-acted arrangements, Niaan had officially and completely joined the Space Alliance, while Maqiu was only halfway there. As long as a solid connection was gradually established and a circle was built, it would naturally be difficult to separate them in the future.

The management of New Humans is already in a relatively systematic form in the New Federation and Zeon, while the Space Alliance established the Brainwave Ability User Management Bureau a month ago.

The task of collecting new humans will require a dedicated person to handle...

Consider that Erubi is already 8 years old this year. His biological father started appreciating Zeon's New Human theory when he was 8 years old... and for a period of time he even had the illusion that he was a New Human.

Elubi, on the other hand, is a true new human.

Yes, this job is definitely suitable for her.

Thinking of Elobi, Karma also thought of her eldest son, Liao.

The Sith Vader that followed was actually him in disguise. After all, Karma doesn't know how to create clones. His mother said he was rather stupid, but that's really relative. Everyone is stupid compared to his senior. In terms of actual performance, Ryo is more suitable for fieldwork and decision-making, and he has a decisive personality.

Therefore, Karma is gradually handing over combat command duties to him, since such opportunities are invaluable for young people.

Back on the destroyer, Kalma called Liao to the lounge.

"Dad, you were looking for me."

"Little Liao, please have a seat." Karma poured him a cup of tea. "How is the military training at the Peizeng base going?"

"We've been rehearsing for two months now, and our combat effectiveness is gradually recovering." Liao asked, "Could we be in conflict with the New Federation?"

“They are indeed a problem, and I mean we should also be wary of others. Take a look at this.” Kalma handed a intelligence report to Liao, who frowned after reading it. “The probe has found remnants of helium-3 fuel in Mars-Earth orbit?”

"Jupiters have come to Earth?"

Jupiter hasn't yet developed a light sail technology as outlandish as Space Alliance, but instead uses nuclear reactors for acceleration, while helium-3 fusion combustion would also leave a similar flight path in space.

In this era, large ships and expeditionary fleets would also use gravity slingshots to save helium-3 fuel when sailing between planets.

This means that the window of opportunity for large-scale long-range power projection is fixed. By working backward from these windows, one can aim a telescope at a few locations and perform spectral analysis to determine the approximate time it takes for a spacecraft to pass by, and then deduce the location of the fleet.

Of course, you could stubbornly fly without leaving any intelligence, but that would consume more resources and take longer.

The Jupiterians obviously didn't do that this time.

"Yes, but don't be too nervous. They won't carry more than 50 mobile suits, and their combat strength won't exceed that of 50 mobile suits. Our Space Alliance base in Peizeng has the combat strength of 100 mobile suits. Even if they can't deal with us, we still have Luvi Jelu."

Kalmar did not voice his other concern.

The interests of the Cupid Foundation are actually quite aligned with those of the Space Alliance in some ways—the more chaotic the Earth sphere becomes, the greater the benefits for these two political entities that occupy the "barbarian" ecological niche.

Compared to Kalmar, whose past is shrouded in shadow, they are much more daring and decisive.

几天之后的0085年10月30日，拉格朗日点L4，与SIDE6隔点相望的SIDE2发生民众集体抗议暴政活动，而这个殖民地的序号恰好是【30】。

The theme of the public protests was also strange; the target wasn't entirely the Tower—[The federal government and the Eight-Group colluded to embezzle colonial reconstruction funds; give taxpayers justice!]

Although the word "8--Group" was covered up, almost everyone who saw it could clearly see what the covered-up word meant and which company it referred to.

Karma dared not delay and immediately called upon the nine warships stationed at the Pezen base, which, along with her own destroyer, sailed to the vicinity of the colony, hoping to avoid a tragedy similar to that of Colony 30 in the original timeline.

Chapter 262 Lighting Sky Lanterns, Blowing Up Machines

Upon arriving at the pseudo-colony No. 30, they found that the port had been occupied by rebellious civilians, who possessed considerable armed forces.

After Liao led his men in, they conducted a preliminary investigation.

The investigation revealed evidence of external funding and organization; these forces collaborated with some right-wing opposition parties within the Hardy Colony government to orchestrate the incident.

What triggered the incident?

"Due to rising labor costs, the Eight States Group is preparing to relocate the factory in Colony 30 to Side 4, and will also conduct some optimization and layoffs along the way," Liao replied.

"Capitalists are truly inhuman..." Kalmar thought to himself.

Another wave of unemployment is foreseeable.

They were exploited by foreign forces during the deportation process.

Is it the New Federation? AE Corporation? Zeon? Or is Jupiter causing trouble?

Kalmar listed all the possible options.

Kalmar used beneficiary analysis.

It seems that all of these separatist forces can benefit from this incident, while the only ones who will suffer losses are the old and new federations.

The New Federation can probably be ruled out, as Brad Noah's family... Anna probably won't take the initiative to do it, but whether the people below will think so is another matter.

"By the way, did you bring two high-ranking officers from the Federal Army with you when you conducted the investigation?"

"I brought it."

What was their reaction?

"They all looked rather grim. Hua Ken wanted to take action, but I stopped him."

"Indeed, it's better to hold on to them now."

If the public knew about Hua Ken's past, he might be arrested.

In the days that followed, the Space Alliance fleet hid in the ruins of Operation Side 2 Britain, and the space debris it created was not cleaned up even six years after the end of the war.

MS forces secretly infiltrated Colony 30 via pipelines, and Lieutenant Barnard provided tactical advice on this. Judging from his skillful actions, he had done this quite often in Side 6.

At 5:10 a.m. on October 31, in response to such outrageous rioting, the Federation Army's rapid reaction force, the "Emergency Mobile Army," finally appeared.

There are a total of 3 warships plus countless transport ships.

In response to the riots at Colony 30, three warships immediately began bombarding the port with their cannons.

The bombardment by the Mega Particle Cannon caused a huge shock.

After the shelling ended, three squadrons, totaling nine black riot control GMs, appeared and began guarding the perimeter of the port.

Meanwhile, the transport ships rushed into the port, likely carrying many Space Marine tanks, armored personnel carriers, and land-based equipment.

Compared to the limited transport capacity in the asteroid belt, the Emergency Mobile Force has plenty of heavy land-based equipment this time.

Cupid activated the "Mirage" system to patrol the vicinity—actually, it used an image processing technique to blend itself into the surrounding scenery. Combined with the high concentration of Minovsky particles in the surrounding area, it could achieve omnidirectional stealth for both optical and radar purposes.

But it can't compare to a certain Thunder Gundam—that thing uses a magnetic field to gather phantom particles around the machine body, forming a mysterious colloidal particle that can block infrared rays and bend visible light and electromagnetic waves.

In terms of functionality, it is comparable to GN particles.

Kalmar felt relieved after discovering that there were no G3 gas cylinders on the outer wall.

If that's the case, then the matter is over. Even if the citizens inside were armed, they couldn't defeat the riot-type Jim who can hit six sticks in a second.

The Space Alliance will not support an uprising that is clearly instigated by external forces.

But are the forces behind this really willing to let this go so easily?

As he was thinking this, he saw a riot control vehicle, the Jim, suddenly burst into flames not far away.

The second one.

The third station.

It wasn't hit by the Mega Particle Cannon, but instead burst into flames without warning, looking from a distance like it had been set ablaze.

I didn't do it.

……

That's amazing! How did they do that?

Karma felt the pressure for the first time in a long time. Cupid lay directly on the outer wall of the colony and even reduced the output of the rice furnace to the minimum, for fear of making any noise.

"Uraki, hurry up and get into the colony. The enemy is in the shadows, while we are in the open. If we stay like this, we'll be wiped out."

"Captain Baninger?"

The next moment, Hiroshi Uraki, who was piloting the Jim, saw his respected captain, Baninger's, aircraft glow brightly from the inside out, and then burst into flames, sparks flying, like an evil spirit.

Uraki Hiroshi looked at the scene before him, but couldn't quite place where he had seen it before.

"Get out of here quickly, Captain!"

Then he saw Captain Barninger's spherical escape pod eject from the MS.

Before Uraki could be recovered, the overload of the machine's nuclear fusion reactor engulfed the entire escape pod—in a sense, the captain, who originally had hope of escape, was killed by the explosion of his own machine.

"Captain!" Overwhelmed by the immense pain of losing his teacher, Uraki Hiroshi couldn't help but shout.

After returning from Shangri-La, Uraki was freed from his prisoner status and joined the Emergency Mobile Army, and things finally started to get back on track.

Those wretched rats, do they just like to hide in the dark?

Uraki Hiroshi stared at the surrounding darkness with a ferocious expression.

Come out here, you coward, dare to fight me?

However, no matter how furiously Hiroshi Uraki roared, the surrounding dark universe remained deathly silent.

Uraki Hiroshi gritted his teeth and led his squad into the port.

"Were only a small squad of the Federation forces killed off?"

Cupid, who had witnessed this scene from beginning to end, remained perched on the gray outer wall of the colony, blending into his surroundings.

"Yes, brother, judging from what we just saw, it's all because the body is overheating."

"Could it be a weapon similar to a solar reflector?"

"More intelligence needs to be gathered before a judgment can be made."

Before figuring out the effects of that stealth weapon, engaging in battle rashly could easily result in being wiped out by a lack of intelligence, and Karma didn't want to confront the enemy head-on at this time.

After the MS team was destroyed by an unknown weapon, the remaining Emergency Mobile Force fleet also accelerated.

The Space Force actually wants to dump the Marines on Colony 30... but that's only human nature, it's just too bizarre.

However, their escape ultimately failed. Karma witnessed the three Federation warships being caught up and then turning into dazzling blue orbs of light.

This time we can finally see the Mega Particle Cannon; it's all one-hit kills, undoubtedly MA-class firepower.

The emergency mobile force arrived, landed, and then the fleet was caught up and destroyed by unknown MAs, highlighting the urgency of the situation.

They arrive quickly and deliver quickly.

Karma didn't care about anything else. She took the opportunity to activate Cupid's Rice Furnace and slowly sailed to the outer wall of the nearby colony. Cupid's beam weapon carved a circular gap of more than 30 meters in the outer wall, which was passable.