Gundam: From Piece to Player

Lina interrupted

When was the last time you saw the spirit of Zorin?

As the person in charge of the military operation, Nina was honestly still completely clueless.

“I saw him approach quickly once from the space city… coming toward me, but he quickly made a disengagement, it seems he dropped a nuclear bomb.”

"Thank you for your hard work... We can discuss any intelligence back on the warship."

"Yes."

Based on the information provided by Erin, Lina thought about it and realized that although she wanted to conduct an internal investigation, now was indeed not a good time.

Back on the warship, Julia, a maintenance crew member on the Junyo, tried to check the operating system on Unit 6—to see if conventional weapons could be used. The power of antimatter was simply too great, and firing without fully understanding it would be dangerous.

"How are you, Julia?"

"This mobile suit is very strange. This is the first time I've seen a mobile suit's maintenance system entirely based on brainwaves. Are their maintenance personnel all Newtypes?"

"There are a few new humans, but not all of them... They might be getting them through medication?"

Julia complained, "Aren't they afraid of getting sick from taking drugs?"

"Let me help. I'm a new human too. Let me see which place needs to be opened with brainwaves."

"Even though the military operation is over, you're still quite enthusiastic. Do you really like this machine that much?"

"It's just work," Erin told himself. His life in the Space Alliance was over, and the memories of that time should be sealed away and never be recalled again.

From this day forward, he is Hathaway Noah.

"Why hasn't the Minovsky propulsion system been activated yet?"

“The original plan was to fly directly to Earth, but the food freezer on the Junyo malfunctioned, causing almost all the food to be destroyed. The captain is discussing whether to go to Olympia,” Julia replied.

Olympia, a base on the Mars Sphere—used to monitor the Space Alliance's activities.

Erin had also heard of this place. It was currently garrisoned by Brigadier General Gremi Toto, a general who came from Side 3. Because Side 3 had not been successfully reclaimed, he had been unable to enter the core of power.

He was also assigned to a place that seemed important but actually had little strategic value.

About two hours later, Junyo decided to change course—from flying directly to the Earth's orbit to heading towards Olympus in the Mars orbit.

Once the Junyo ascended above the ecliptic plane, the Minovsky propulsion system accelerated it to 1% of the speed of light, and the warship entered a state of constant speed flight, allowing the crew to walk freely.

Hathaway was summoned to the bridge.

"Am I also going to participate in the officers' meeting at Mount Olympus later?"

“Yes, let me introduce you to a very important friend of mine,” Colonel Lina said.

"Could it be Brigadier General Gremy Toto?"

“You know him. He took a lot of care of me during my time as an officer. He was a very reliable senior.”

"Could it be someone the colonel likes?" Hathaway whispered tentatively.

"Don't talk nonsense, Brigadier General Toto is just my good friend." Lina glared at him.

As the Falcon slowly decelerated, the Olympia space station above the Martian sphere gradually came into view, where the blond-haired officer at the head was already waiting.

"Colonel Lina, welcome. You've worked hard on the special operations. I'll arrange your supplies and prepare your return journey right away."

Brigadier General Gremy smiled kindly.

“You are the ones who have worked hard on the surveillance mission, Brigadier General.” Lina looked at the other party and frowned.

"Thank you."

Erin, who was watching the officers negotiate from behind Lina, had now reverted to his military attire.

He wanted to go forward, but Lina gestured for him to retreat.

Is something wrong?

Hathaway then vaguely sensed that something was off about the atmosphere at the base.

"Don't you need to stay? It's rare to finish such a long mission."

"no thanks."

Lina turned to walk onto the ship, but her hand was grabbed.

She instantly drew her pistol, and a powerful electric shock emanated from around Gremi Toto.

Even if Hathaway was slow to realize, he already knew that the "Gremy Toto" in front of him was an enemy, as did the other base members around him.

He drew his pistol and fired, as did the crew members, and some even had fully automatic rifles.

The crew began firing at the group of "imposters".

The bullets were deflected by some kind of force field on the targets before they hit them, and none of them fell.

The other side raised their hand and fired bullets at them, each one hitting its mark like a sharpshooter.

The disguise of the person leading the impersonation of "Gremy Toto" finally failed.

His short black hair and inorganic, earnest gaze evoked memories of Hathaway from a few days prior.

"Erin, how can you do this to repay me for the care I've shown you and the money I spent on your meal?"

"Heavenly Hand - Let the Leaf Fall?"

Hathaway was also shot... the bullet had a strong anesthetic effect.

He originally wanted to retreat and return to the Junyo to pilot Unit 6. He could accept being defeated while piloting a mobile suit, but being defeated in this way left him feeling resentful.

"Our disguise was perfect, and our brainwaves were even mimicked based on Gremi Toto's waveform. How did you find out?"

"Brigadier General Toto won't come in and talk to me about work right away. Where is he?"

"What, you like him a lot?"

"Where is he?"

"Don't answer questions with questions."

With a single kick, Tenshou Rangye sent Lina flying more than ten meters away, crashing into the base wall. Lina coughed up blood from her lungs in pain.

Apart from her and Eloby wearing armor, they were all Plu series humanoid robots—also derivatives of Alice humanoid robot technology.

Their other name is "Infiltrators".

“What a beautiful friendship… I wonder if it has turned sour.” Airubi also dropped her pretense. “Let Sister Ye take over the New Federation’s Olympus base on Mars.”

"The defensive design of this fortress is flawed. It can defend against mobile suits, but it can't defend against infiltration."

Chapter 376 The Death of the Iron Mask

Let's rewind 12 hours to the outskirts of Olympia.

"I can hear the snoring. Turn off the autopilot system and don't doze off."

"Sorry, Captain."

Captain Green reprimanded his men, reminding them to focus on patrolling.

The patrol teams dispatched from Olympus Mons on Mars are equipped with Hervey steel developed by Anaheim Electronics.

The furnace used in it is not much different from ordinary steel, but thanks to the advancement of materials technology, the furnace and armor are lighter.

This type of mobile suit has an advantage in thrust-to-weight ratio compared to mobile suits that are not yet lightweight.

Due to both overt political bias and covert suppression, AE's situation has become even more difficult. In order to survive, AE can only try to occupy this low-end market and strive for orders from the New Federation in areas with secondary military threats, such as the Mars Sphere.

While its mobility is good, the lightweight design also has a drawback: its armor is not very durable.

The alarm inside the machine suddenly went off.

"Enemy attack! Scatter!"

Captain Green's onboard computer is rapidly comparing models—it's actually the mass-produced Cupid model?

What are astronauts doing coming to Mars if they have nothing better to do?

Captain Green couldn't help but curse, but he immediately gave tactical instructions: be careful to avoid the high-speed flying floating cannons, and then move forward.

He tried to convince himself, "It's just an old relic from 15 years ago, nothing to be afraid of."

The three mobile suits' concentrated crossbeams struck the enemy's body, but were blocked by its dazzling I-field.

"You guys provide cover with live ammunition, I'll go for the assault." Green thought to himself that his mass-produced machine couldn't possibly be equipped with an experimental rifle like the VSBR.

"Received." The subordinates responded very seriously at this time.

Two Herveys simultaneously launched the supersonic missiles mounted on their shoulders. The kill zone formed by a total of 30 loitering munitions was seamless, and the proximity fuses were triggered as the missiles approached Cupid.

"Got it!" Captain Grimm piloted his mech toward the approximate location of Cupid's mech.

It definitely felt like being stabbed in the solid part?

But he couldn't pull it out—only when he was close enough did Captain Grimm see that the image of [Cupid] in front of him was distorted in various ways. He saw that Hervegan's "arm" was being grabbed by the "wrist" of the orange one-eyed machine in front of him. Hervegan looked like a dwarf in front of this giant.

He tried to move the machine, but found that the entire machine was under pressure, as if he were in the deep sea.

"team leader?"

"Don't come any closer! Something's strange here!"

Two of the subordinate Hervesteel units also rushed up, and then they were all frozen in the "pressure trap" around this machine.

Then, centered on the antimatter unit, all three Hervegan units were paralyzed due to a short circuit caused by a high-voltage pulse.

"What, Erin, do you need me to tell you what happened next? Including how we infiltrated and how we captured the base guards?"

Hathaway was tied to a chair with her hands behind her back, and there was a pile of truth serum on the table... These were found in a locker on Mount Olympus, and Amaterasu Yoh was using them. She sat upside down in the chair and gave Erin a brief explanation of how they hijacked the other machine.

"unnecessary."

"You're making me sound like the villain. What, you stinking spy, do you think you're righteous?"

"I was just fighting for my country... I'm sorry about the nuclear weapons."

"Speaking of nuclear bombs, where did the guy who dropped them go?"

"I don't know what his purpose was. At first, we only discussed how to steal the machine, and it never involved stealing nuclear weapons."