Gundam: From Piece to Player

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Unmanned mobile suits (MS) began to be deployed at the training ground—various types of MS captured from battle and obsolete MS would become target drones in the live-fire exercises.

It will be directly remotely controlled by an artificial intelligence brain, and ordinary drivers would really not dare to come here to test it.

A total of 30 mobile suits of various types rushed towards Garma like mad dogs as soon as they entered the training field. He did not immediately use the Unicorn Gundam Magnum to end the battle, but wanted to test the performance of the mobile suit in more ways.

The Gaza C formation, advancing in a column, came charging towards them—right off the bat, replicating the classic tactics of the Black Triad.

The last position was subjected to heavy firepower bombardment, the vanguard at the front used light-speed sabers to stab at close range, and the core of the three machines retaliated according to Karma's choice.

Karma let them approach, and a faint red light shone from the cracks on the surface of the Zero mobile suit, while a beam saber lit up on the right arm of the mobile suit.

The images of the three machines' actions five seconds later were projected into his mind.

Five seconds later, the image indeed appeared as it was.

Karma easily dodged the defender's Mega Particle Cannon, deflected the vanguard's Beam Saber, and then fired her head-mounted Vulcan Cannon, accurately hitting the rocket launcher at the reserve array point and causing the weapon to explode.

Afterwards, the momentum continued and the core array eye was killed. Upon seeing this, the two machines of the Tri-Stars transformed into MA at the same time, and charged towards Karma at maximum speed with cannon fire.

Like two swift kinetic missiles.

However, Karma saw through their trajectory again. The two tankers couldn't hit anyone at all. After Karma dodged them, she finished them off one by one with her 100mm high-speed wrist cannon.

Karma realized to herself that after the brain transplant, she understood that... there was no element of guesswork in the battles between the Newtypes; for them, the outcome of most battles was predetermined.

—Under the control of artificial intelligence, three GM-3s, three Bazarms, and one Wolfpack, forming an enhanced squadron, began to approach Karma. —Compared to the previous low-end machines, these machines were clearly a step up in performance and there were more of them.

Chapter 338 Unicorn Performance Test

A dense barrage of beams rained down. Although it was possible to dodge, Karma chose to take the hit head-on in order to test the defense system.

Driven by the machine's rice furnace, an I-field appeared around the machine, closely adhering to its body. Under the framework of Psammoth's psycho-sensory perception, the intensity of the I-field in each area was under control, and the machine's body was "shiny and glossy".

As Zero activated the I-field, he also raised the beam magnum in his hand. As the beam was fired, the gap in the I-field opened.

Several streaks of red and white heat swept across the universe, destroying two GM 3s.

The remaining 1 GM 3, 3 Bazarm, and 1 Wolfpack, under the control of artificial intelligence, immediately changed their approach strategy, accelerating wildly while increasing the distance between themselves and maintaining dynamic maneuverability while firing.

Karma immediately recognized that this was ported from the EXAM module—its purpose was to distract the Newtypes with multi-directional saturation attacks, thereby maximizing their numerical advantage.

Although the Wolf's floating cannons were very fast, their trajectory had already appeared in Karma's mind like a small dot of light.

[Hijacking system activated]

A wide range of brainwaves are generated with the unicorn as the center.

The wire-guided drones of the Biao Lang suddenly went silent, their green lights flashed once, and then they continued firing, but the target was no longer Karma, but the other three Bazarm.

The beam of light fired by our own forces caused the AI ​​system to crash for several seconds, which was enough time for Karma to take down two of the Bazarm units with the help of the traitorous drones from the Wolf.

With their numbers already outnumbered and realizing that ranged attacks would not be able to take down Kalma, the AI-controlled Wolf used its beam saber to cut down the power supply wire of the drones and used its powerful firepower to dismantle all the hijacked drones.

The machine was propelled forward by the powerful thrust. This expensive elite machine possessed the terrifying firepower unique to the fourth-generation Dinobots. The twin MEGA particle cannons on the abdomen, the MEGA particle emitters on the hands, and the two beam cannons at the rear made its full-force charge comparable to the suppressive power of a small MA.

Amidst the roar of the two rice furnaces, the Unicorn, with its nearly 50 miniature propulsion nozzles and I-field shield, dodged beam fire with a maneuver reminiscent of an Eastern bullet hell game.

They began to get close.

[Hand Frame Liberation]

Unlike the previous uncontrolled releases or berserk states caused by the installation of some kind of supernatural system, all systems of the Unicorn Gundam are under the complete control of the pilot.

Using area liberation can conserve brainwave energy...

With a thought, Karma used her right-hand I-field to block an oncoming beam of light, while Unicorn's left hand immediately began to unleash its area armor, delivering a powerful blow imbued with Unicorn's strength and will, which slammed into the wolf.

The shockwave from the impact was clearly visible on the wolf.

The wolf was completely blown up by the unicorn—not the kind of detonation caused by the destruction of the rice furnace, but like a smashed watermelon, smashed into a pile of fragments by the impact... followed by a series of explosions.

"It's incredibly lethal," Banagher couldn't help but exclaim.

Karma heard this too, which made him laugh.

The Unicorn has always been a melee unit; its most destructive means of attack is its charge after breaking through the psychoframe.

In contrast, the Magnum has the problem of being useless if it misses, and even if it does hit, it may be neutralized by the Neo Zeon's powerful I-force.

After delivering this blow, the artificial intelligence seemed to give up, causing the surviving Bazarm and Jim 3 to launch suicidal attacks.

The GM-3 was taken out at close range by two grenade launchers from the Zero.

In less than two minutes, Karma used the Unicorn to wipe out a billion helium worth of military equipment. It can only be said that only the Space Alliance's destocking operation allowed him to do this. Even though he could make money by selling old mobile suits to Earth Sphere forces and pirates, Karma still strictly controlled the flow of mobile suits into civilian hands.

To prevent anyone from using the Space Alliance's name to do bad things.

The other Bazarm also conceded defeat after the artificial intelligence determined that it could not win.

The WIN symbol, representing victory, has popped up.

Although the [NT] mode has not been tested yet.

But Karma already has a general idea of ​​what level she can achieve; it would only be meaningful to test her skills on a real, hostile Newtype.

“We still have speed tests to do, Banagher, Dad, I don’t want to stay up too late,” Eloby said sweetly. “I’m very busy.”

"Okay, busy man, we'll test it right away."

The speed test is much simpler than the combat test: the one of the three Unicorn Gundams that can get from the Space Alliance to Ceres the fastest will win.

It's comparable to a Formula One game.

Once the countdown projected by the nearby artificial intelligence was complete, the three unicorns began their high-speed ascent.

After 4-7 seconds, the three Unicorn Gundams completed their armor burst during flight and entered [NT] mode.

The seat reclines, securing the pilot in the optimal posture for controlling the machine with brainwaves and mitigating the vibrations caused by high-mobility combat.

At the same time, the nanoneedles inside the driving suit will also inject an anti-G-force agent called "DDS" to increase blood circulation activity in the body and inhibit the metabolic stagnation caused by gravitational acceleration.

The acceleration of nearly 25G pressed the three firmly into the pilot's seat. The mechs accelerated linearly, and they could only rely on their brainwave abilities to observe any potential obstacles around them. The three Unicorn mechs also emitted a glow.

After reaching Mach 130, the acceleration finally disappeared, but everyone had to be immersed in sensing the obstacles that might exist within a 30-kilometer radius, otherwise a collision could occur in a few seconds. Although the Unicorn would become very tough in this mode with the help of Psycommu, it was still best for the new machine to avoid collisions unless necessary.

Karma was initially in the lead, but found her advantage gradually diminishing, especially as Banagher and Elobi slowed down.

Then he saw Unicorn Unit 1 and Unit 2 overtake him.

The two unicorns were seen gripping each other, and the two machines emitted identification signals from three new humans. Their mental energy enveloped the two machines, further expanding their perception range and defense capabilities.

The ability of "New Human Resonance" allows them to predict areas and achieve smoother flight paths.

Ultimately, Banagher and Elbi Karma arrived three minutes earlier. Intelligence indicated that the maximum flight speed had reached Mach 150—it seemed that Psycommu had increased thrust along with overall MS performance, thus raising the top speed, Karma thought.

So how many times has the increase been made? Can it be measured?

Karma still wanted to test whether the performance of the armor-burst mode could be tripled.

Chapter 339 Clash of Titans

Although Elubi was very reluctant, she was able to activate the rare armor-breaking mode. The three Unicorns prepared homogeneous steel plates made of Gundam Nim alloy to test the specific "full-force attack".

The attack power that the machine can generate is assessed by the degree of damage to the steel plate.

The final measurement results show that, in terms of power alone, without exceeding the limits of the machine and without using acceleration, the Unicorn in its normal state can generate 142 tons of punching force using only the machine's power output system.

In his armor-burst state, his punching power reached 1500 tons, which is 11 times his normal power.

The pulling force was determined by testing the spaceship. The original unicorn could pull 142 tons, but with the thrust system fully activated and Banagher pulling with all his might using his mental power, it was able to pull an object 500 times its own mass, or 7.1 tons.

In comparison, a Magellan-class battleship weighs 6.29 tons. Upon seeing this figure, even Kalma fell silent.

While it's still a tiny bit far from being able to lift a rock like Axis, the unicorn really can pull a battleship.

It's like an adult lifting a CH-64 Chinook helicopter with their bare hands.

It's impossible for it to be reasonable... This is completely beyond the scope of physical explanation. No wonder it's a charlatan's skeleton.

Outrageous as it may be, having 10 Unicorn Gundams should be enough to settle accounts with the New Federation. He's not going to be as foolish as Char who gave Amuro his psychoframe; he's going to use the technological gap to wipe them out.

Although the Newtypes on the other side are strong, their machine performance is generations behind that of the Space Alliance, just like Amuro couldn't defeat Char's Sazabi with his Renge.

Even if Anna were to wake up from hibernation now and pilot the Nu Gundam, she still wouldn't be able to defeat Garma piloting the fifth-generation Unicorn Gundam.

If Karma has any reservations right now, it's about the pretext for war... He's a little hesitant about breaking the peace agreement and launching a war against the New Federation, but his intuition tells him that now is the best time.

However, launching a war in this way would be detrimental to attracting immigrants from the Earth sphere in terms of public opinion, and would also affect and impact economic development—the economic development achievements of the Space Alliance now actually depend on the huge market of the Earth sphere.

If war breaks out, the economy will be severely impacted... The League is no longer Karma's personal toy; he still has to consider the lives of the people.

It can only be said that luck was indeed on Karma's side.

In February 1990, when the 10th Unicorn Gundam was being built, the Lunar Foundation began sending distress signals to the Space Alliance, the Republic of Zeon, and the Earth Federation simultaneously.

Although the New Federation did not wage war, they sent Sirocco, who had already "fully surrendered," to contact officers of the lunar colony army, and the lunar colony army began to stir with restlessness.

—The New Federation directly bribed them with boxes of gold. You ask why the New Federation has so much gold?

That's because they replicated what Karma did... They dug up the vaults of the colonial banks in Side 1 and Side 4, which had been bombed by Zeon nuclear bombs, and the sheer amount of gold they used to buy it directly caused fluctuations in international gold prices.

There was no war actually started; it was just inciting emotions that could trigger a possible civil war.

After several cities declared their allegiance to the New Federation, just as the Federation-Lunar Colony Army was about to begin "suppressing the rebellion," they were met with the arrival of the New Federation army, which, under the banner of defending "human rights in lunar cities," directly entered the lunar cities.

You say it violated the treaty, which only shows that the New Federation did its homework on how to circumvent the Armistice Agreement. But in any case, it doesn't hold water in public opinion, as the Earth Sphere is almost unanimously against the war.

The Space Alliance also had a reason to send troops—considering it was a local war rather than a full-scale war, Kalmar decided to send a small force of elites plus unmanned mobile suits.

The objective of the operation is not to defend or attack the city, but to decapitate and capture powerful new humans.

Anyway, Anna is "no longer here," so no one will stop him anymore.

Of course, I thought of that X-wing Gundam... but in any case, the Unicorn Gundam in NT mode still outperforms it.

Just as Karma was gathering troops to prepare for a direct ejection from the lunar surface back to Earth, a mobile suit battle broke out in the crater region.

"Camus... will you side with the New Federation?"

The orange-white Z-PLUS is firing its beam rifle at the ZETA Gundam, which is moving at high speed through the ruins.

"Because I realized that I am different from ordinary people! So I don't want to live with them."