Gundam: From Piece to Player

It should be memory erasure... no, it should be that the memory is rendered ineffective by adding certain "plugins". Having undergone machine-brain simulation and seen Murasame's brainwashing materials on enhanced human memory, Kalmar has some knowledge of memory generation.

The formation of memories involves gene expression and protein synthesis: nerve cells produce new proteins and even grow new synaptic branches.

Therefore, learning new knowledge does physically "reshape" the brain structure... and it is impossible to re-sever these already formed synaptic branches through brainwaves.

Recalling memories is essentially the process by which the hippocampus in the brain reassembles fragmented memories based on an index.

The Murasame Research Institute can deform memory fragments to make them unrecoverable—that is, the so-called "deleting memories." However, the memories are not actually deleted; with proper manipulation, they can be restored.

Anna's superpowers might allow her, her senior, or others to forget her existence, but they are no match for an AI like Alice.

Similarly, the same applies to physics... No matter how strong Anna is, she can't possibly defeat Alice with her bare hands.

Therefore, Anna had to kidnap her senior beforehand.

Alice drove, Anna sat in the passenger seat, and Karma and her senior sat in the back of the jeep.

The jeep drove to a vacation villa that AE had given to Kalmar, which was really a small fraction compared to the military purchase.

He would occasionally stop by here, usually when negotiating with AE, but it made Karma feel like she was still at work, so he rarely went there himself.

Once they arrived at the mansion, the senior student finally woke up, her gaze towards the front seat somewhat complicated…

In the car just now, Karma had to persuade Anna several times before she finally agreed to adjust the memory fragments.

But regaining her memories didn't seem to make the senior student feel any relief; Anna appeared to be putting a lot of pressure on her.

This meant Karma had to run between the two rooms herself, comforting both her senior and Anna. If they were to have a roundtable discussion at this point, they would definitely start arguing, and even if they managed to reconcile, it wouldn't solve the problem in the end.

“Darling, with the current relationship between the New Federation and the Alliance, you still dare to contact her.”

"We must clearly distinguish between public and private matters."

Meixi shook her head. "We're bound to be separated sooner or later. If the two sides go to war in the future and someone dies, what will your stance be?"

“At worst, I’ll just quit being chairman,” Kalmar said. “The national system can function without me now.”

Karma thought to himself that during the Russo-Ukrainian conflict a century ago, the family of Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Hirsky lived in Moscow, and his parents were still receiving medical treatment. That's how they were able to keep their distance.

Work is work, and life is life.

He himself despises nationalists the most, and the Principality of Zeon loves to engage in moral blackmail, often resorting to "expulsion from the country" laws.

"You really do whatever you want."

"Okay, senior, I'll take care of everything... so you don't need to worry, okay?"

Karma managed to soothe her by talking about things that would help her relax.

He then told Alice to continue spending time with her senior, picked up the two models, went to Anna's room, and knocked on the door.

"Anna, may I come in?"

"Come in."

Despite Anna's words, Karma discovered the door was locked from the inside, then calmly took out his key and clicked the door open.

Anna took off her shoes and was already in bed.

Have you appeased the scientists?

"Hmm," Karma chuckled mischievously, "Lady Anna, do you need me to comfort you too?"

"No need, don't treat me like an ordinary girl."

"You said it yourself, so I'll treat you like a boy."

Karma took out the model box hidden behind her back: "This model is for you."

"The Zeon?" Anna asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, you were looking at this item when you passed by the shelf just now, right? I asked the clerk to check the security camera footage and he saw it."

"This can also be equipped with a battle system, allowing for remote combat. Combined with a quantum communication system, it can be used for multiplayer battles... Where is your house in Shangri-La? I'll have AE order a custom-built arcade machine over there, and once it's set up, you can start playing."

"Senior, you always make a mountain out of a molehill, even though this doesn't cost much money."

Anna's face flushed slightly.

Karma understood—it meant "like".

He sat down beside her and put his arm around Anna. This was the feeling of perfect understanding. If they could pilot the kind of robots that circumnavigate the Atlantic, their synchronization rate would definitely be very high.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder—especially after more than half a year. Karma cherished this moment immensely and wanted to create even more beautiful memories.

Chapter 319 On the Eve of the Second War of Independence

Although Karma continued his vacation with Anna, he didn't forget about his senior, Misaki.

Since they're here... let them stay and enjoy themselves at von Braun's place.

We usually just eat breakfast and have afternoon tea together.

After spending a few days together, Anna and Misaki's hostility finally eased somewhat. Following Karma's instructions, Misaki also began to take the initiative to talk to her about NT topics (intelligence).

While the world of Karma remained peaceful, the outside world continued to function.

During this period, the New Federation began to establish NT Association branches in the SIDE1 homeland and the gradually absorbed occupied colonies. At the same time, a law was established that every newborn in the ruling area would undergo brainwave testing in the hospital where they were born. Children whose brainwaves reached a certain intensity would be registered in the national archives and would be subject to home visits by the local NT Association.

At the same time, I received an admission notice from NT National Elementary School in Shangri-La, the capital city. The school has a six-year program, and tuition and living expenses are waived.

In addition to regular courses, it is generally believed that during the golden age of children's growth, aged 6-12, they should be made aware of the fact that they are elites.

Of course, you can choose not to go... but you will then be listed as a "family under close surveillance".

At the same time, there were also supporting NT policies and laws, many of which were attacked by outside public opinion... because these laws were clearly biased towards NTs. However, unlike the Coordinators, NTs themselves require a large population base to be born, and the birth of NTs is like winning the lottery—maybe those opponents will have NTs in their families?

One of them is clearly aimed at Zeon—the Newtype Association believes that NEWTYPE has no connection with space colonists or Earth colonists.

Zeon Deikun was merely using the NT topic to cover up his own political views; at heart, he was a SIDE nationalist, which immediately provoked a reaction from the Republic of Zeon.

If the two sides were just exchanging words, that would be one thing, but an unsettling fact is that the New Federation is amassing troops and has declared that once it captures Side 3, it will wipe out the existence of the Daken faction.

If it were Side 5, Karma could appease them for a while, but he couldn't stand idly by with the Republic of Zeon, because that was also a core interest of the Space Alliance.

The reasons for the operation were quite compelling.

Another day ended, and while playing with Anna in the streets, Karma saw the news and couldn't help but ask, "Anna, are you going to attack Zeon next year?"

"They'll probably use a more moderate approach to war. For Zeon, the only real problem is Char Aznable and his personal guard."

"If we attack the Republic Space Alliance, we will also send troops."

“Your deployment was already under consideration; there will be an army specifically designed to deal with you,” Anna said. “Senior, do you still have some attachment to the Republic of Zeon? They’ve portrayed you quite negatively and harmlessly in their propaganda, to the point that you’re probably hesitant to go back now, aren’t you?”

Indeed, because he encountered unpleasant people and things, although returning to Side 3 was not particularly difficult, Karma never considered this place his hometown.

If troops are to be sent, it is entirely for the national interest, without any personal feelings involved.

As for the New Federation, let's go to war if necessary. As far as Karma is concerned, everyone except Anna and her knight can be treated as an enemy, since they haven't been polite to her anyway.

After spending about a month on the moon with Anna, Karma returned to Pezen with her senior.

The number of warships docked at the Pezen base has reached 90, equivalent to the fleet size of the Zeon Space Attack Force during the One Year War. Among them, five new large cruisers are equipped with the "Ultimate Phalanx," whose large radar can lock onto and track more than 500 targets, with a detection range of 1500 kilometers.

The number of MS also includes 400 Zaku III/Flying Tiger/Backpack type mobile suits, as well as about 1300 old unmanned MS used as consumables for line filling - the latter do not require maintenance at all and are essentially disposable waste.

"Oliver, how's the research on the Psycommu skeleton going?"

In the hangar, Kalmar's Cupid is replacing the Mega Furnace—this version is the final upgrade, which will boost speed to Mach 95 and increase the penetration and stats of the Mega Particle Cannon.

For Kalmar, to take it a step further, he needs to do what history has done: engrave the Psycommu system under the skeleton. This itself is not particularly difficult. The difficulty lies in how to prevent the skeleton from breaking after high-speed movement and impact. Sometimes bumps and knocks are unavoidable, and if the skeleton is broken in one part, the whole section becomes unusable.

"Your Excellency, our development team is attempting to implement this using the newly developed Luna titanium alloy material."

Have you tried using carbon materials?

"carbon?"

"Yes, I saw carbon nanotubes, a material originally used to make space elevators, in a scientific journal. They have mechanical and electrical properties (similar to graphite), and the composite material also has high thermal conductivity."

"That's a novel idea. I'll have the new research team explore it right away."

Speaking of which, the machine next door even uses E-carbon material for its main body, so it seems that they got their idea from the space elevator.

"Have all 40 Jemru been delivered?"

"It's already been delivered. It's too big, so to avoid taking up transport capacity, we're using propulsion equipment to transport it directly."

"Good." Karma thought to himself, the MS front-line support firepower is temporarily made up. He had encountered flying MAs like the G-fighter before when he was on Earth. He also had the development team recreate a mobile suit that could not be developed during the One Year War based on the design blueprints of Bigelow.

(Jemru)

Although Luv Jell was capable of building it, its lack of mobility and vulnerability to being overtaken by high-speed enemy mobile suits were exposed in the battle against the X-Wing Gundam.

Another issue is that ordinary drivers cannot fully utilize the functions of its Psycommu system.

In contrast, Jemru, which incorporates many new technologies, achieves the optimal solution in terms of functionality and productivity.

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In March 0087, the New Federation officially declared war on the Republic of Zeon, while the Federation and the Moon declared neutrality—it's fair to say that since they weren't going to cut themselves, there was no rush.

Meanwhile, the joint defense treaty signed between the Republic of Zeon and the Space Alliance also came into effect, and the Space Alliance joined the war at the call of the Republic of Zeon.

Since the moon is currently in a neutral zone, the new Federation will have to face the Republic's two fortresses—Solomon and Abaoa—if it wants to attack Side 3.

Chapter 320 A Pair of Enemies

"Two important fortresses, not easy to attack."

"So we also need to rely on 'angels'."

"You actually call NTs angels?"

Don't you think this is appropriate?

A similar conversation took place within the New Commonwealth's army, as Io Fleming rode in a jeep through Border Colony 4 of Side 4.

He himself is one of the four people in the Side, and his father is the mayor of Moore City. Logically speaking, as a newly rich man in the colony, his situation should be relatively good.

Unfortunately, he was quite rebellious and a real troublemaker in the army, the kind of person who liked to give his superiors a hard time. If it weren't for his family background, he would have been kicked out of the army long ago for all the ridiculous things he did—he usually performed his duties in a fairly standard manner.