Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Evolution and all that... Did you inject me with the T-virus? That's why I turned into a monster and bit you," Karma said unhappily. "You injected me with drugs without my consent."

"Are you that kind of monster? The kind that skins its prey before biting it?"

Anna covered her mouth and laughed, letting Karma loosen her belt.

"You better be prepared, Miss Anna."

To be honest, Anna's Alphard Pharmaceuticals Group felt like a protective umbrella company to Karma. Intelligence indicated that many of the drugs used to enhance humans were produced by Alphard Pharmaceuticals, making it somewhat of a source of all evil.

……

The maid's dress and black stockings were placed in the basket.

Wearing a shower cap, Anna stepped into the large bathtub that had been filled with hot water and began to soak.

Meanwhile, Karma was enjoying the shower.

I looked at Anna's blurry figure through the glass curtain wall.

Was this within her expectations? Did she know she was going to face an attack, which is why she wore this outfit?

He recalled Anna's explanation to him when he launched a fierce attack on her out of dissatisfaction.

"Senior, what I injected into you is not medicine, but nanomechanisms."

What? Nanomechanics?

Am I destined to become a change agent?

In the Universal Century, this kind of technology was unheard of.

"What's the use of this? Will it keep me young? Or will it allow me to use brainwaves like the New Humans?"

"It can make you less fragile, and it also has the function of regenerating and repairing damaged cells, allowing you to live longer. Another thing is that it will make you more energetic... Senior, you always stay up late, which is not good for your health."

"Nanomechanical technology... what kind of cutting-edge technology is that?"

"Hmph, our group is the strongest in the entire solar system when it comes to pharmaceutical development."

Kalmar considered going back to the Space Alliance to have McToni bleed him out to study these miniature bio-robots and do some reverse engineering.

If such nanomachines exist, why doesn't Anna use them herself?

Didn't the doctor say last time that her lifespan was in danger?

There's no answer to that question.

Karma was almost 100% certain that Anna had been withholding important information from him.

Feeling a bit hungry after exercising, Karma picked up the bread from her plate and continued eating—perhaps because of the hunger, her sense of taste returned, and the bread tasted even better.

Over the next few days, led by Anna, Kalmar continued his tour of Iberia, visiting the local churches, the Picasso Museum, the Valley of the Fallen in the Spanish Civil War, and watching a Clasico in Camp Jo – the two Spanish giants still exist in the Universal Century.

He, who was always diligent, felt guilty, so while he played during the day, he still started working overtime at night, which Anna teased him for being a workaholic.

However, her triumph didn't last long... Starting on the third day, her communicator also began to make noise.

On the fifth day, their communicators kept ringing.

The two looked at each other and smiled wryly; happy times are always fleeting.

Just then, the "heavy cargo" that the two were queuing for in Gibraltar finally got its launch date.

—It will take exactly five days of heat.

With the acceleration of the mass thrusters, Kalma returned to space.

Chapter 277 Want to immigrate? They won't let you!

On New Year's Day 0086, the next stop is Side 5, which is also the destination that the cargo spacecraft is going to reach.

Karma, piloting Cupid, looked back at Anna's Deejet.

"Anna, it's almost time for us to part ways here."

Karma said reluctantly, "You really won't come back to the Space Alliance with me."

[Do you also experience post-holiday syndrome?]

"It would be better if our reunions were a little staggered," Anna said. "At the end of this year, I'll go to the Pezen base again, and you can show me the achievements of the new nation's development."

“Mm,” Karma replied.

"I'm off then, bye-bye."

Dijon's blue trail in space rapidly shrank, while Kalma patted his face to cheer himself up.

It seemed as if the nanomachines within his body were working, making him feel as if his mind had returned to the young days when he was developing ZUDA.

The situation in the Earth Sphere (Old World) is so chaotic now, and the Space Alliance (New World) is a new immigrant nation.

They still need to take on the role of raising the upper limit of humanity in this era.

How did I say it again?

By the way, the Space Alliance (New Continent) must become a new beacon of human civilization.

By the way, I should ask how Huaken's contact with them is going.

Kalmar changed the destination of the autopilot from Pezen to SIDE2.

In order to coordinate with the colonial relocation plan.

Also, in order to maximize the propaganda value of the dead.

General Tiam's funeral was given an unusually grand ceremony by the Federation hawks, partly to serve a better propaganda purpose.

His "mobile funeral parlor" stayed for a week in three side governments under federal control, as well as the capital cities of 11 states around the world.

So that people may remember it.

That's right, the nickname "Mobile Funeral Parlor" was given to Lei by Liao.

As for whether it would be disrespectful to the deceased or something.

Anyway, there were no bodies in the funeral hall... A nuclear explosion leaves nothing behind.

It probably only contains items that Tiam used during his lifetime.

One of the messages that Liao sent while on vacation in Kalmar was that Hua Ken wanted to go to Side 2 to pay respects to General Tiam.

Kalmar readily agreed, but he also asked the other party to do something along the way... to make contact with the doves in the federal government.

The location for the negotiations was to be arranged by Kagaci, the person from the Dove Party who would pick up the people – specifically, the one named Ingrid.

Meanwhile, Wakeman, acting as a mouthpiece for the Space Alliance, made contact with the doves.

If successful, the alliance can be further promoted. If it fails, it doesn't matter. Even if the talks break down, it doesn't matter. It can make Huaken completely give up on the Federation and become an instructor in the Space Alliance to train command personnel.

The reason it's complicated is due to historical reasons... We were in a state of hostility before, so we had to be cautious about this kind of thing.

Judging by the timeline, the talks should be over by now.

The large destroyer USS Marso was currently stationed in the airspace above Iphishu Island, in stealth mode, preventing Karma from locating it immediately.

It was finally found after a thorough, extensive search...

This is in response to Dekach's superb Mach-speed penetration and high-powered weapon projection tactics demonstrated in the Side 2 conflict.

Kalmar also had the coalition's combat forces at all levels conduct several offensive and defensive drills.

A comparison was also made between two defense modes: mobile + radar on and mobile + radar off for stealth.

The final result was that the second type had a higher survival rate.

Combining the two means that after being exposed, the radar is activated for emergency mobile air defense.

Upon detecting Cupid, the MACSO's Phalanx II radar immediately issued a warning and locked on the target. Only after the identification system confirmed the detection did the warning be lifted, and the deck was opened to complete the containment process.

After disembarking, Kalma went straight to the ship's intelligence analysis center.

"dad."

"Liao, how did the talks go?"

Liao blinked, taking a moment to adjust to the drastically changed demeanor of his father, and also adjusted his response.

"Two meetings have been held, the second of which I participated remotely. We have basically agreed on the framework agreement for alliance and energy cooperation, but there are still significant differences on the issue of immigration."

"Has there been no agreement to develop full-scale immigration?"

"Yes, the other party's representative also advised us not to engage in human trafficking."

Kalmar hadn't expected that the other party would refuse this condition, which "seemed" to be favorable to the Federation.

After all, on the surface, many of the federal problems are caused by overpopulation.

They're not happy about solving their problems.

“Dad, I spoke with Ms. Du, whom you mentioned. She said they are worried that if the first phase of the immigration plan is successful, they won’t be able to stop the subsequent wave of immigrants, which could trigger a domino effect,” Liao said. “She wouldn’t say any more.”

Kalmar's envisioned immigration plan was a great success, as it successfully initiated the wave of immigration.

The Federation initially used a combination of economic measures to trigger a wave of immigration (escape) in Side 3, which effectively weakened the upper limit of Zeon's (Side 3) national power.

There is a fundamental difference between a Zeon with 20 million people and a Zeon with 2 billion people. If it were the former, Commander-in-Chief Char would only be able to have the Zeon army camp in the trenches for defense.

If it were Char Aznable, the supreme commander of Zeon, he would dare to declare war on all forces in the Earth Sphere at the same time.

Now, as the Space Alliance seeks to continuously raise the ceiling of national potential, population will be an issue that it cannot ignore.

Just like the United States, which had only 3 million people at its founding, but in just 200 years, its population has grown to 300 million.

At the time of its founding, it was a small country with a small population, but by the 20th century it had completely surpassed the Soviet Union.

It's not about having children, it's about immigration.

The Industrial Revolution, coupled with the vast expanse of land, attracted urban poor and rural populations from mountainous areas across Europe—specifically, white people.

Well, there are also the black men who were captured to expand and breed cotton and to work hard. As for the Native Americans... well, it's really baffling.

The first and second waves of immigration occurred between 1820 and 1880, a period of about thirty years before and after the American Civil War, during which more than 1000 million immigrants from Western, Northern, and Southeastern Europe poured in.

The third wave of immigration, from 1881 to 1920, saw more than 2350 million immigrants pour into the United States as Europe was engulfed in World War I.

By the mid-20th century, due to the influx of immigrants, the United States had established various institutions, and later even went so far as to build a Great Wall in the South.