Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Hey, Elbe, are you free tonight?"

"It's really rare for Aunt Sima to call me."

"Can we go out tonight? You shouldn't have any access restrictions or anything like that, right?" Sima asked.

“That won’t work. I have a blind date tonight. My dad wants me to meet my potential fiancé,” Eloby said. “How about tomorrow? I’m free tomorrow.”

"Ok."

Airubi is only 11 years old this year. Do all the big shots think about love and romance so early?

Sima couldn't understand the concept of being in a relationship. She had never had that kind of urge in her past life, nor had she ever experienced it.

Chapter 336 Running a Driving School

The next morning, at a newly opened tea restaurant.

They finally managed to get Eloby to meet with them to discuss starting a driving school.

If Machu and Niaan have ideas, then Sima, who was once a combat division commander in Zeon and has experience leading thousands of people, has the execution ability to turn those ideas into reality.

Because those with brainwave abilities are highly sensitive, they also learned about the contents of the phone call. Ma Qiu and Nia An indirectly learned about the blind date that the first daughter of the Space Alliance had last night.

After Elubi complained about having her playtime taken up the previous night, Macho's gossip-loving nature was ignited, and she seized the opportunity to ask a question.

"Well, well, Miss Elby, what kind of boy is he?"

“He’s a quiet boy,” Eloby said in a mature tone.

"Is he handsome or not?"

“It was alright,” Eloby said. “It probably hit Dad’s strike zone, and my dad likes it.”

The other three looked at them strangely: "Are you choosing a son-in-law or is your father taking in a son?"

"If there's anything worth mentioning, it's a new type with great potential."

The term "new-type" easily evokes images of the terrifying superhumans of the New Federation. The New Federation has caused such a stir that the Earth Federation can no longer hide the existence of these new humans from the public.

However, compared to the original, the meaning of "new-type" is mostly negative.

The New Federation's ambitions and its glorification of wars of aggression have led to the New-type being promoted as the wrong direction of human evolution in the Republic of Zeon, the Republic of Side 6, and not to mention the pure blue democracies under the Federation's rule.

There were even some foolish witch hunts—but such actions would be dangerous in the long run—where the New Commonwealth could use the liberation of the new-types in the region as a pretext to wage war and allow the oppressed new-types to rule them in turn.

As a culturally inclusive and open rational political entity, the Space Alliance has begun to educate the public that new-types are not superhuman, but rather abilities that can only be produced when a certain area of ​​the brain secretes an excessive amount of SWSM factors, and is making every effort to de-label new-types.

Regarding the actions of the New Federation, the Space Alliance officially interpreted it as "not that new-types are bad people, but that unfortunate ambitious individuals have become new-types, which has caused terrible harm."

"Then bring your fiancé next time, so we can rate him."

"alright."

Sima then explained their thoughts, hoping that the young lady could offer some advice.

"You want to start a business?" Airubi licked her [Matcha Ice Cream], "Like my dad who founded Deep Space Industries?"

"Yes, could you persuade your dad to start an MS duel competition? It's a sure-fire business model that can also boost the economy."

"Well...gambling is illegal under our constitution."

"Then let's not gamble. We can just sell tickets or broadcasting rights. The event still has a lot of economic potential." Sima had specifically asked the AI ​​assistant and checked it out.

As for gambling, it has always been a persistent problem, and Karma also enjoys gambling... But enjoying gambling and being aware that gambling is a bad thing are not inherently contradictory. The possibility of getting rich overnight can maximize the stimulation of human greed.

"What benefit would I get from helping you...?"

Is it because Kalma was a good teacher? Is this kid also a money-grubber?

“If the driving school is established, how about we hire you as a senior executive, just in name only? As the daughter of a politician, you must be very familiar with national regulations.”

Eloby said meaningfully, "You guys are really using nepotism here."

"We were just consulting with experts."

"You'd better pay me a high salary, the highest salary in your company."

"Sure," Sima thought. If the company could make money, what's wrong with paying high salaries?

However, starting anything is difficult. If you want to start a business, you will probably need to take out a loan—you need money to buy small MS, medium MS, and even large MS that uses rice furnaces.

Sima suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Sigh, if we capture a mech in battle, wouldn't we be able to get it for free?

Although captured machines can be exchanged for Creation Coins, selling them directly would actually result in a loss if you were doing this kind of business.

Sima suddenly had a brilliant idea, and she quickly set her sights on the Cupid Foundation's MS. Currently, the Space Alliance's cargo ships going to Jupiter to collect Helium-3 are still being attacked by the Jupiter Foundation.

If I could capture some of the mobile suits that were originally going to be shot down during the battle and bring them back, wouldn't that solve the problem of insufficient training mobile suits?

If we could get eight or ten units back, the advanced training MS problem would be solved—but whether this behavior would be subject to the Space Alliance's regulations is uncertain; we should check the Space Alliance Civil Code when we get back.

You can try anything that isn't covered by law—see if there are any loopholes to exploit, and maybe even help your country find any legal loopholes.

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Meanwhile, at the tallest building in Trantor, the location of Deep Space Group, President Oliver received a report from the Alliance's "Sky Eye" monitoring center.

"Speed ​​reaching 2% of the speed of light?"

"Yes, President. According to our relative coordinate detection, a spacecraft flying past Mars reached a speed of 2% of the speed of light. Although our country's light sail spacecraft can do that, I have already checked with the people at the subsidiary, and they have not conducted any related light sail tests."

Is it possible to catch up?

Oliver assessed the possibility of sending people to chase this thing; if other forces acquired the Space Alliance's light sail technology, that would not be good news.

"We can't catch up... but we can track its final landing point. Currently, that spacecraft is flying towards Earth."

"I need to track the landing point and report back to Your Excellency."

Kalmar received Oliver's report that evening. At that time, Oliver had just received the good news of a breakthrough in carbon-based materials, so he was quite calm when he heard this almost-predictable bad news.

Despite the calm demeanor, he immediately ordered Barney, the head of the Pei Zeng base, to conduct an internal review, while the headquarters of Guangfan Company had artificial intelligence assist Mark Bay in investigating all possible sources of leakage.

I can't find anything.

Either the enemy has more sophisticated methods or more deeply hidden spies, or they have also developed other technologies that allow them to travel at the speed of light.

It should be the new federation.

Kalmar recalled that the other side was able to use floating missile technology on the Swordfish fighter jet in 0079, so it was reasonable for them to be able to produce a semi-finished Novsky propulsion system even faster now.

The full version of the Minovsky propulsion system could accelerate to 0.7 times the speed of light; the current 0.02 times the speed of light is essentially a stripped-down version.

His wife's inheritance continues to cause him trouble—Kalma looks at the sleeping beauty in the cryogenic chamber before him.

It was as if they were forever frozen at the boundary between life and death.

Chapter 337 Two Years, Unicorn Zero Experiment

On October 25, 0090, after two years of development, the population of the Space Alliance increased from 1 million to 40 million, marking the peak saturation of Yuno Town. Future immigrants will be settled on Ceres.

Although the population is still relatively small compared to the overall population, the Space Alliance has become a center of wealth in the solar system due to its prosperous economic development during peacetime. It possesses more than 70% of the helium-3 industrial derivatives in the Earth Sphere, as well as various advanced electronic products, and maintains a huge trade surplus with the Earth Sphere year after year.

Having experienced the power of the Alliance, immigration [green cards] have become extremely difficult to obtain. In order to ensure the high-quality development of the Space Alliance, Kalmar has not relaxed immigration restrictions. The immigration threshold has not been raised, but the means to combat ticket hoarding have been strengthened accordingly.

To prevent spies from entering the country, all immigrants must take an "honesty" test—a one-on-one questionnaire test set up by Mark Began, a New Human examiner.

If there's anything worth mentioning, it's that Elubi's abilities and growth are truly astonishing.

If we were to speculate even slightly, she was deliberately imitating me.

"Dad, when can we start the MS competition?"

She asked that question two years ago.

"There's no rush."

Karma originally intended to just gloss over the matter, but in the winter of 0088, Erubi and Sima actually represented the Space Alliance in a competition organized by AE, and only revealed their identities after winning the championship.

The race primarily used four modified wildebeests—leaving no room for criticism.

Karma later learned that it was a mobile suit captured during a mission to escort Jupiter.

The posting of a short essay on the internet further fueled the enthusiasm of the Space Alliance members for the MS fighting competition.

Considering the need to listen to public opinion, Haiwen, who was then the chairman, agreed to the request to hold MS competitions in the league, but gambling was still prohibited.

Almost immediately after the preparations for the first competition began, Erubi and his team registered the MS Driving Club and its affiliated schools, and started recruiting students at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels.

She also made no attempt to hide her surname, and began to appear in public frequently, revealing her talent and ambition, which further enhanced the company's reputation.

Later, Karma learned from chatting with Macho and Nia that the idea for this event was originally theirs, and that after Sima joined, the operation of Jupiter's MS snatching was led by Aunt Sima. Later, Elubi was in charge of participating in the competition, gaining fame, and using publicity to create momentum.

However, the two of them didn't have any objections. After all, as partners in the company, they had also earned a lot of money, and Ailubi had achieved financial freedom.

To prevent her capable daughter from being bedridden, Kalmar arranged for her to return to the Deep Space Group and the Committee for further studies after completing her studies at the Alliance University.

She remained indifferent to Banagher, and Karma didn't want to force the issue, so she decided to let things take their course.

Banagher and Minerva met during this time, was it because they got along well? Just when Karma thought there would be more developments, it obviously didn't go in that direction... I really don't understand the love of the new humans.

To safeguard the interests of the Earth Sphere, the Space Alliance maintains a 3% defense budget and keeps the number of warships launched at 1.5 to 2 times that of the New Federation.

The Cupid C-type has also been mass-produced, transforming from a machine that could only be piloted by a few elites into equipment for ordinary MS pilots.

There was also the second brain transplant surgery, which Karma finally underwent with Alice's help. After the surgery, he couldn't resist testing the Unicorn Gundam.

"Uncle Gaman, how are you feeling? You're still recovering, it's too risky to conduct MS testing now," Banagher asked, piloting Unit 1.

“Dad knows what he’s doing. Even if something unexpected happens, we’ll be there for you.” Eluby, who was piloting Unit 2, said from the side. They came to participate in the exercise today to prevent any unexpected situations from occurring.

"No problem, I've rested for more than three months. Don't forget I still have nanomachines inside me."

Wearing a high-load pilot suit, Karma sat in the cockpit of the Unicorn Zero, using the new organs in her body to sense everything around her, and the brainwave detection device on the dashboard lit up with a green light.

He barely needed to look; the surrounding images appeared naturally in his mind—it was no joke that he had eyes in the back of his head. His driving weakness, his perception of distance, also became more precise.

Take the small meteorites in the surrounding test field, for example. Karma can accurately report the distance between the machine and the stone - as if he has a ruler in his eyes. He can use his sense of touch to measure the scale of distance, just like a human radar.

The Newtypes can use light guns to shoot down levitating creatures; it seems they rely on a skill.

"Let's begin the test."