Gundam: From Piece to Player

"You are very strong, and your potential is even greater than Miss Anna's. However, because of this strength, you may become arrogant without even realizing it."

“Although you have already been through trials, these trials may have been too easy for you to overcome. I am a little worried that you may break under pressure in the future. My advice to you is to rely more on the strength of others. As long as you want it, everyone can support you at any time.”

"Okay." Camus thought to himself, "The new humans who can put pressure on me probably haven't been born yet."

“By the way.” Aronnax sighed helplessly, as if he knew what he was thinking. “I have the least contact with you, and as a Newtype, I haven’t paid enough attention to you. As compensation, I’ll give you my X-wing Gundam. This mobile suit is Anna’s masterpiece. The design of the mobile suit has a lot of redundancy, and the internal power and weapon systems can be upgraded according to the times. I believe that this mobile suit will definitely be able to exert its strongest performance in your hands.”

"Give him the landline?"

"Such a powerful machine."

Upon hearing this, all the Newtype students present turned their attention to Camus—not only because of the X-Wing Gundam's performance, but also because of the significant implications of being given a custom MS, making Camus somewhat hesitant: "I think there's someone more suitable for him."

“No need to refuse, you are the most suitable pilot for this machine.” Aronnax had clearly accepted this fact, and it seemed that this was not a decision made lightly.

Without really knowing what was going on, Camus got the key to the X-Wing Gundam.

The "surprise" came so suddenly that he didn't even hear what Mr. Aronnax said.

Just then, someone patted him on the shoulder... It was senior Harman, reminding him not to get distracted, just like the class monitor.

“Miss Harman, you should be the one piloting this machine.”

"I don't like flying close-range combat aircraft."

Camus paused for a moment after hearing this, then smiled and replied, "Then I'll have to trouble Sister Haman to provide remote support. I heard that the X-Wing Gundam has almost no long-range weapons."

“I will provide assistance, that’s how I treat everyone… even if you say nice things to me, I won’t treat you any differently.” Harman crossed his arms.

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A total of five Space Alliance warships passed Mars at 2% of the speed of light and entered a 7-hour constant speed journey. After another 2 hours of reverse thrust deceleration, they can complete the 11-hour journey through the Earth-asteroid belt.

Except for the acceleration and deceleration periods when you need to enter the decompression chamber, you can also engage in activities at other times.

Now that the deceleration phase has begun, Karma reflected on his allocation of the 10 Unicorn Gundams.

He piloted Unit 0, Banagher piloted Unit 1, and Elobi piloted Unit 2, as previously assigned.

As for Unit 3, it was assigned to Miss Marian... She's a veteran newcomer in the Space Alliance, so it's not unreasonable for her to be assigned one.

Karma initially thought that we should skip this number for Unit 4, but Ms. Sima liked it very much and ultimately kept it.

Unit 5 was assigned to Ma Qiu to pilot, while Unit 6 was piloted by Nia An.

Unit 7 was handed over to Miss Nex to pilot... This Jupiterian has been serving as a MS tutor for a long time, and Karma was finally willing to entrust the unit to her piloting, mainly because she was strong enough and could take care of Elubi and Banagher's safety.

Unit 8 was assigned to Xiao Du to pilot... This child wasn't very sociable, so Karma didn't dare to send her too far away. She usually ate and slept at the research institute, even on holidays. This was the first time Karma had met someone so studious.

These are 9 Unicorn Gundams, with 1 remaining as a spare... Although the number is small, each one is powerful enough to tear apart a medium-sized fleet (15 warships and their onboard aircraft), not to mention that they can cooperate with each other in combat.

The New Federation, which was once invincible, could only rely on its high-end New Human combat power. As long as these guys were arrested and their advantage was broken, their momentum to conquer the Earth Sphere would be curbed.

As long as the situation in the Earth sphere stabilizes, the Space Alliance can continuously arm the "Anti-New Federation" alliance with weapons to form an encirclement, and the Space Alliance will regain its advantage and initiative.

The advantage is clearly on their side.

Chapter 342 Nightingale

After arriving in Peisen, the fleet completed its refit and immediately headed to the lunar surface, as the importance of this battle far exceeded that of previous ones.

Karma appointed Barnard as the overall commander of the battle, directing the drone squadron to deal with ordinary minions, and also making it convenient for the unicorn horde to strike at the powerful new humans of the New Federation at some point.

Therefore, there is also a threat list:

No.1 Haman Kahn, No.2 Kamille Bidan, No.3 Aronnax... and so on. The Newtypes on the list all have unique brainwaves, and the brainwave receiving system inside the Unicorn Gundam can identify them the moment they meet.

The downside of the new humans is that they can be identified as soon as they appear. Thanks to technological advancements, we no longer need to worry about the "nearsightedness" problem, as machines can accurately identify the other party's identity.

Two of our own Irish-class warships were in synchronous orbit around the moon when a new Lyula-class warship from the Red Republic slowly accelerated and approached.

It has a typical bridge structure as a space battleship of the Republic in the UC0090s, with a combat bridge installed below the main bridge.

The MS is equipped with two catapults, each with a unique curved ramp at the front. The main guns are three on the top and two on the bottom, with secondary guns below the bridge. A large number of anti-aircraft guns are also mounted around the bridge. The MS also acquired AE's "Ultimate Phalanx 3" interception system, which performs well in both standard and non-standard environments.

The fact that only 10 MS were carried out seemed rather meager.

The Space Alliance, due to the distance of their base, still uses the two black-painted Irish-class mobile suits purchased from AE. Each suit can carry 12 mobile suits, and the two suits can carry 24. In addition to carrying 10 Unicorns, they can also carry 14 mass-produced Cupids, and are also equipped with the [Ultimate Phalanx 3].

Although this class of warship has slightly weaker firepower, its mobile suit operational capabilities are still top-notch.

Although repairing the Dogos Kia-class ships captured from the Federation hawks (the General Reibill was also a similar class of battleship) was very tempting—a single battleship could carry 48 mobile suits and as many as 12 catapults, making it comparable to the Yamato-class of this era.

However, after actually visiting the equipment and facilities on board, Kalmar decided to dismantle it after completing the investigation... because the warship required a large number of people to operate, which was not in line with the future trend of automation, and the system was not compatible with the Space Alliance.

It would be better to use this as a basis to redesign a new warship.

Karma arrived at the bridge and met his good friend who had also come to provide support. Char's gaze, however, was fixed on Unicorn No. 8, which was conducting patrol flights on the perimeter. To prevent being wiped out during meetings and gatherings, he carefully deployed defensive forces.

"A Gundam with horns?"

"This is the Unicorn series from the Space Alliance. It's a fifth-generation aircraft with upgraded designs purchased from AE... If you want to fly it, you have to join the Space Alliance. We don't sell this kind of weapon."

"Who said I wanted to open it? After we finish discussing things, I'll show you the masterpiece of our republic."

Is it hawthorn cake?

"Okay, what is it that needs to be discussed in person, not online?"

“Your father may not have much time left. You should go back after this war is over.”

Karma paused for a moment after hearing this, then nodded: "It's already very good to have lived to this age."

Dejin Sodo Zabi, the former Prince Dejin, is now 73 years old. Although his health has deteriorated somewhat early, his life has been far more exciting than that of most people, given his experiences.

"What happens after this."

"I'll arrange that. The elderly believe in returning to their roots, so I'll arrange for the cemetery to be on Earth."

The Zabi family's ancestral home appears to be Germany, but this is not entirely certain.

Karma looked at Char, seemingly curious about his composure: "By the way, have you found out who assassinated your father?"

"I'd forgotten about that if you hadn't mentioned it... Is that really that important?"

It seems Char's feelings for his father are quite complex? Has he completely given up on revenge now? Karma finds it hard to judge.

"Besides this?"

"If this battle doesn't yield a better result, I've already convinced Parliament to completely lift immigration restrictions."

Karma was taken aback after hearing this.

"Don't say I didn't warn you, you know what the consequences of doing this will be."

"It's nothing more than a large-scale migration of immigrants to the Space Alliance, but without a decisive victory, this situation is just a slow suicide. The national strength of the New Federation is almost equivalent to the combined strength of the other factions in our Earth Sphere."

"Don't rush...don't rush." ​​Karma interrupted Char. "Your logic is from the Universal Century. A large population and a large territory don't necessarily mean good development. You know Lala's homeland, right? They have the second largest population among the Federation's member states...Then let me ask you, how does their strength compare to the United States of America?"

"I've heard Lala mention this before. The people of their country are quite optimistic and believe that surpassing the great northern power, or even the United States of America, is only a matter of time."

Char Aznable made a rare joke, and Karma was amused.

"The same goes for the New Federation. I had Barnard do some research. Side 1 and Side 4, as well as the newly occupied Side 5, are quite far behind the Republic of Zeon in terms of industrial and technological strength and potential. Their Newtypes are indeed very strong... but conversely, the only thing they can offer is Newtypes... However, on the other hand, our Space Alliance still welcomes immigrants. If you were to loosen your restrictions, I'm afraid I would become the 'Zabi Prince' in the eyes of the immigrants again."

“You are the most influential person of our time. The labels of ‘Zabi’ and ‘Prince’ are all thanks to you.”

Char said something that made Karma feel somewhat embarrassed.

"Alright, alright, let's hurry to the hangar and let me see the masterpiece of your republic."

As Karma descended from the bridge into the hangar, she felt the immense size of the machine looming before her, resembling a strange bird with outstretched wings, taking up the space of three mobile suits.

(Nightingale MSN-04Ⅱ)

This mobile suit appeared 3 years earlier than in the original timeline. However, it's important to understand that the manufacturer of this mobile suit was not Anaheim Electronics, but Zeonic, a company that survived the One Year War and had extensive experience in MS shooting. Compared to the original timeline, the MS industry of the Zeon Republic in this world was not damaged in any way, and the design of Zeon mobile suits is still at the forefront of this era.

Of course, it also incorporates the findings of the Fragonard Institute, which was also undamaged.

"Floating cannons, do you even understand how to use them?"

Karma pointed to the five-barreled large floating sensor cannons on each of the machine's shoulders.

"This mobile suit uses a two-seat cockpit. Lala will fight alongside me. He will help me control the mobile suit's funnels, psilocybin, and long-range systems, while I will be responsible for piloting and close combat."

A husband-and-wife doubles match... Karma was a little envious.

Chapter 343 The Return of the Demon Man

"Can I go up and take a look at the cockpit?"

“Sorry, no.” Xia put his hands behind his back. “This is, after all, our secret.”

It's just a psycho-framework, right? Does it have to be so mysterious?

As if in response to Kalmar's desire to see this thing in battle, the alarms in the hangar of the Leuerla sounded.

【What's wrong, Xiao Du?】

[Mr. Kalmar, a big machine has arrived. Brainwave analysis of the pilot... it's Sirocco.]

Jupiter's demonic man arrived really quickly.

Karma had just started a telepathic communication with Durant when he noticed Char looking at him with an incredulous expression.

Hey, I forgot about that. Char doesn't know that he has already undergone a second brain transplant.

"Kalma, you're a Newtype too?"

“Yes, I have awakened.” Karma felt that explaining was too troublesome, so she shook her hand. “It’s Sirocco. You guys quickly engage them.”

(Increased concentration of Minovsky particles detected. Switching detection mode. Drivers, please be ready to proceed.)

The voices of CIC correspondents also rang out through the loudspeaker.

Karma floated to the side of her Unit-00, and the cockpit that detected her approach opened.

Seeing Karma's actions, Char also pushed off the ground, about to mount Nightingale, when he saw Elrit blocking his way. "Commander, what are you trying to do? The machine hasn't been fully tested yet, and Miss Lala hasn't arrived."

The mechanic seemed very nervous.