Gundam: From Piece to Player

It's rare that the federal government has conducted so many human experiments, which must have left behind a large number of experimental records, research, archives, and scientists... Evil is evil, but the knowledge itself is invaluable, and it's rare to find someone willing to take the initiative to do such dirty work.

This operation aims to change the tragic fate of those who have been enhanced and to gain access to the Federation's most advanced bio-modification technology.

And to complete a crucial part of the research on the "elixir of immortality"... how to transform ordinary people into new humans through modification and "evolution" (enhancement).

Chapter 288 Old Comrades Who Aren't Doing So Well

On Earth, in the Solomon Islands, a dry dock slowly fills with water.

Four large "Red October" class submarines slowly set out, which can serve as the platform for this special operation.

There was also a hundred-strong special forces unit that secretly landed with the HLV, as well as two squadrons of mobile suits.

For this operation, Kalmar also called upon his old friends, or rather, summoned them back together.

He invited them to go to the asteroid belt with him back then, but they politely declined; now, the two, who are not doing very well in the Republic, have also changed their mindset.

"Brother Yuri, I heard you got really badly treated by Char after you went back?"

"Isn't it because you ran off to the asteroid belt, brother? I've done great service for Zeon's independence, and I strictly adhere to the Antarctic Treaty," Yuri said indignantly. "If you want to use my military power, just say so to my face. Is it really worth making a fuss about my personal life?"

After the One Year War ended, Yuri returned to Side 3 as a hero of the Earth Suppression Army.

In order to regain control of the millions of troops, Char couldn't confront him directly, so he devised a scheme that forced him to resign as Commander-in-Chief of the Republic's Army.

"That's because you made him feel threatened, General Mark, and you too, right?"

Mark Bay didn't look too good either.

"I obediently submitted my resignation and left the army early to work in a military court... But because of the traitor Kycilia, the commander-in-chief was unhappy, and his 'little devils' kept making things difficult for me, so I simply resigned from the job."

The commander probably thinks of his past with Rap whenever he sees Mark Bay... Karma couldn't help but laugh.

"Are you interested in joining the Space Alliance?"

“It would be best if Your Excellency would think highly of me,” Mark Bay said. “I would be happy to move to the asteroid belt.”

"The Yuri brothers?"

"I've heard... there are two currencies there now, so my original wealth won't be confiscated, will it?"

Yuri was clearly suspicious, as he was still a nobleman with a large and powerful family even after the fall of the Zabi family.

"The Alliance won't confiscate your items, but the money will continuously depreciate after being exchanged for Creation Coins. If you plan to spend it all in a short time, that's another story, but I suggest you don't exchange it. You can buy any luxury items you have here in the Earth Sphere and bring them over..."

“Now that you mention it, I’m actually more curious about the new country you’ve mentioned,” Yuri said.

“I’ll show you all later,” Kalmar said. “This is a great country.”

The submarine is speeding underwater, its target the Murasame Research Institute... The headquarters of this place is actually located in Japan. There was a reason why Kalma couldn't find it back then, because this place is not on the main island of Japan.

This place is located in Naha Port on the Okinawa Islands, which can indeed serve a secrecy function.

However, once discovered, they would be completely isolated and helpless.

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Blue Noah.

The Basque waited quietly for the adult before him to vent his anger.

Seeing the battle report of 20 MS lost, Djamitov didn't even blink.

Conventional forces encountering new human forces in space is akin to ancient infantry encountering heavy cavalry on a plain, or light infantry encountering armored units; their role is essentially limited to stalling for time.

"How are the Murasame Corps' preparations going?"

"It is fully prepared and ready for combat at any time."

"Mobilize several nearby patrol fleets to create a diversion on the perimeter. It doesn't matter if a few more miscellaneous troops die. The key is to find the mothership of this group. Let the Murasame Corps wait in comfort and attack after they have found the enemy mothership."

"Understood." The Basque nodded.

Jamitov stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the portrait of General Reibir on the wall.

This is the new era... If the general were here, could he have handled it better than we have?

"The defenses of the Azure Noah have also been strengthened, and the enemy may launch a strong attack. How is the preparation of the Mental Gundam MK-II?"

"Two MKII-type mental energy units have been installed to ensure that the Azure Noah will never fall."

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The New Federation was quiet for a while in the airspace surrounding SIDE7, but soon received a support shipment from SIDE1... also to deal with possible damage to the solar system or suppression operations by the Blue Noah.

"This is?"

Shiko saw the colossal object, 30 meters tall, before her and immediately recalled some unpleasant experiences.

When she was hostile to Anna, she was once whipped around like a spinning top by this mobile suit while piloting the Gundam.

This mobile suit clearly has the lineage of the Zeon.

"Captain Shiko, this is the mobile suit that Lady Anna told you to give to you. This is the successor to the Zeon. It was found in the Axis computer files, and we built it."

"This was said by Umon Samon, a technical lieutenant who was originally with the Federation but has now been poached by the new Federation."

(MSN-03-2 Great Zeon)

"What are those wings for? Shields?"

"This machine is equipped with a Zeon MA, a Minovsky particle vehicle of the same specifications as the Apsaras series, so it also has considerable maneuverability within the atmosphere."

"How maneuverable can it be?" Shiko asked. "Can it go supersonic?"

“It’s impossible because the air resistance is too great,” Wu Meng explained. “But the head, chest, waist, and both hands and feet can be separated, and each part has its own I-force generator during separation, which is driven by seven rice furnaces simultaneously inside.”

Shiko was still hesitating... Would it be a bit of a problem for her to have once piloted a Gundam and a Zeong?

"What's wrong, Captain Shiko? If you don't like piloting this machine, Lady Anna said that Captain Yazan can pilot it."

Shiko blushed immediately and retorted, "I didn't say I couldn't open up."

"Alright." Wu Meng almost burst out laughing. "If you're going to drive it, please go up and take a look quickly. We'll also need to make adjustments based on your driving habits."

"I'll go up right now."

Without hesitation, Shiko leaped up and floated into the air, while the cockpit in the head sensed her brainwaves and activated accordingly.

After taking a test drive, Shiko refused to give it to Yazan no matter what.

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The Federation's dove-affiliated Alexander-class mixed fleet is currently anchored in three abandoned colonies on Side 6.

Although they had previously said they would maintain the neutrality treaty

However, after receiving a parking fee, SIDE6 changed its attitude and said that they could use the parking space for as long as they wanted.

"Miss Sheila, what should we do next?"

Having been stuck here for several months, Congresswoman Ingrid, as the chief executive officer, also began to get anxious.

Ingrid hoped to get some strategy for defeating the enemy from the strategist, but the strategist always said... wait a little longer.

“Ms. Zero, I understand your anxiety to change the situation, but we cannot rush things now, especially since we have no legitimacy and are at our weakest point.”

Sheila was sitting in a chair, reading a copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

"...Could we seek support from the Moon Governor, Sirocco?" Ingrid said, "to conduct joint operations with their elite forces without deploying the main force of the colonies."

Chapter 289 Okinawa Strategy

“We absolutely cannot contact Sirocco,” Sheila said. “There is too little information about him in the past, or the sources are unreliable. Contacting him might open up a new situation, but it could also make it worse. We can’t take the risk.”

"Then do nothing?"

"Calm down. We have a significant advantage now, and that advantage should not be ignored."

What advantages?

"We are in stealth mode, and the only radicals who know of our existence are too preoccupied to care about anything else... Effort needs to be directed; simply working hard won't solve the problem."

"I'm sorry, I was too impatient." Ingrid thought of his adoptive father's always calm and composed demeanor and lamented that his temper was sometimes too volatile.

Sheila had two more reasons she didn't say aloud.

The first problem is that even if you enter the game now, you can't immediately expand your team.

The doves, or rather, the Federation's consistent problem in non-extreme situations... require the enemy to be extreme enough to unite them.

Now, the federal radicals are led by Djamitov, a man who knows how to use political tactics, and are now in a gray area between extremes and non-extremes.

Unless they use poison gas to kill tens of millions of residents in a colony, or bomb them with nuclear weapons, they can't justify their attack.

Another reason is that the cooperation agreement with the Space Alliance has not been reached, making resupply more difficult.

Of course, as an advisor, she wasn't doing nothing. Sheila had already come up with a plan... to use as little or no force as possible.

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Off the coast of Okinawa, howling winds and ten-meter-high waves have turned the area into a no-passage zone...

It has nothing to do with the several large black fish that are silently sailing underwater.

"The research institute is half above ground and half underground. It is disguised as the 'Ryukyu Marine Ecological Research Institute'. The underground part is expanded using underground caves and has a port. There are about 50 security personnel, composed of Earth Federation Army and private military companies. They are lightly equipped but relatively sophisticated."

Using an electronic screen, Ryo introduced the pre-battle information to everyone: "Based on the reconnaissance over the past few days, the research institute alone has three riot control GMs, while the Okinawa base has two new 'Pumpkin Pancake' machines and about a squadron of riot control GMs."

"Openly?" Karma asked.

“I understand that the Murasame Research Institute, as a research institution for enhanced humans, has also conducted classified machine tests at the nearby Okinawa military base,” Ryo said. “It’s very likely that something like a Gaplan or a Psycho Gundam might escape from a secret hangar… so we can’t be so specific about our targets from the start.”

"Because the Okinawa base also has a spherical array radar, we cannot gain radar advantage over long distances."

"Therefore, in this operation, our side will actively disperse Minovsky particles and simultaneously activate a large-scale sonar detection system in the sea area. The first wave of missiles will destroy potential enemy anti-submarine forces... Five Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers equipped with the [Sea Phalanx] system."

"Hey, kid, why does it feel like we're attacking the Federation's Okinawa base right now?"

Yuri interrupted at this moment, but his words were more of an expression of excitement... This is how the War Maniac is when he hasn't fought in a long time.

"Because we need to draw the enemy's attention, use a feint, and keep them guessing about our true purpose." Ryo's words made Yuri nod.