Gundam: From Piece to Player

"Hahahahaha."

The Black Triad—Matthew, Gaia, and Ordiga—were making up little stories about Char's rise to power.

In reality, these jokes and banter helped relieve the mental stress left over from the battle.

"How many warships did you sink?"

"Six... eight?"

"We fought it together."

"I contributed even more; I shot down the bridges of four ships, so that counts as my kills," Ordiga said smugly.

"If I hadn't cleared that anti-aircraft netting for you, you would have already crashed headfirst into it and died!"

"Stop arguing, we all deserve credit. Instead of fighting over the cake, let's make the cake bigger."

"The game's almost over, where's the cake?"

“That’s not necessarily true. Look ahead,” Gaia, the team leader, said.

"There is another combat zone ahead."

A small Federation fleet not far away was engaged in a shelling battle with three Musai ships, while the Musai fleet was retreating due to insufficient firepower.

As the three approached, they discovered that there were three Magellan-class ships in front of them. They could vaguely see that two of the Magellan-class ships were in front, while the other one was behind.

The Magellan-class destroyer behind it receded into the distance, its surface riddled with shell craters, two of its main guns damaged, and the hull bearing the scorching marks left by large shrapnel shells.

Its engine nozzles spewed yellow flames instead of the normal blue, indicating that it had also been through a fierce battle.

"Three Magellans!" Ordiga's mouth was practically watering.

"Hurry up and go, we've caught a big fish."

The three stars accelerated simultaneously, quickly forming a single column, and after gaining altitude, they swooped down towards the small fleet.

Upon detecting the approaching three aircraft, the two Magellan-class destroyers tasked with leading the way raised their anti-aircraft guns, unleashing a dense barrage of anti-aircraft fire.

Pre-installing air defense barriers is the safest approach, but it is also the most wasteful method of air defense.

It's not a problem for the Triple Stars.

The black triad calmly rose before colliding with the barrage, then dispersed into three points to flank the fleet from the left and right flanks.

Because the ammunition had been overused in the first wave of defense, and the lead time of the Black Triad was underestimated, all the anti-aircraft guns lost their targets in an instant.

Thirty seconds later, the two escorting Magellans were sunk in a coordinated attack by Musai and the Black Triad.

"Two Magellan-class destroyers, two is a prime number, so it can't be divided by three. Let's take down the last one as soon as possible," Gaia said.

"Another barrage of jets?" Ordiga's fighting spirit soared even higher.

"Wait, big brother."

However, Mash had a different opinion.

Mashu said, "Think about it, why would the Magellan-class destroyers, which are usually the core of the fleet, be clustered together like this, with two of them acting as vanguards?"

"why?"

Ordiga asked the question without even thinking.

"Don't answer questions with questions."

Mashu was angry at her brother for not thinking things through, but she still didn't continue being the Riddler.

“…There must be an important person up there. I mean, maybe Tianm is up there.”

"So what should we do?"

"Persuade them to surrender. If we can capture Tiam alive, it will be a complete humiliation for the Federation and a great achievement. We will also gain unexpected prestige."

"Is that so, big brother?" Mashu looked at Captain Gaia.

"...Yes, indeed."

Gaia would certainly not say that he hadn't thought of that.

"Interesting! I want to do something this interesting, and no one is allowed to take it from me!" Ordiga shouted immediately.

Divide it in no time.

The Black Triad paralyzed the communications, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns on this Magellan-class ship in just two minutes.

Just like a master who is so skilled that he can disarm a mobile suit and turn it into a human stick.

The Black Triad was just right to help the Magellan-class destroyers with their reverse outfitting before being scrapped.

After a period of disruption by the trio.

Ordiga piloted his aircraft closer to the bridge and placed his hand on it to initiate contact communication.

"Can you hear that? Is Tiam of the Federation inside?"

Ordiga's smug voice rang out, "I am Lieutenant Ordiga of the Zeon Attack Force."

"Now you only have two choices: either surrender, or I'll sink you bunch of idiots."

More than twenty seconds passed without any response.

Zaku's single-eyed monitor scanned the bridge and command center.

There wasn't a single person in sight; they had clearly all evacuated.

Should we hide on the hull below?

They were just like rats in the sewers.

Aldiga was getting impatient. Zaku clenched his fists into a hammer and slammed them hard onto Magellan's bridge, causing the bridge's glass to collapse.

Just as he was still angry and was about to chop something up to make some noise.

The device's display screen showed intermittent flashes of light.

Ordiga looked in the direction of the light and saw a person wearing an external spacesuit standing outside the bridge.

He's holding a searchlight and shining it on himself; that's Morse code.

What are you talking about?

Ordiga was still able to be spelled out using the flashing signal.

“FUCK— Y-0-U”.

Although he doesn't particularly enjoy using his brain, Ordiga is still familiar with this well-known English word.

He gave a cruel smile.

Manipulating the Zaku, I quickly approached it, raised my hand, and slapped it down like swatting a mosquito.

"Brother, the other side is unwilling to surrender."

He waved to the Gaia machine behind him, leaving some sticky, fleshy residue on his palm.

“What a pity,” Matthew said.

“If they refuse to surrender, then send them to Valhalla.” Gaia didn’t seem to care. “Leave no one alive.”

The three were about to make their move.

Then I noticed a small, rapidly approaching blue meteor in my field of vision.

missile?

Gaia instinctively initiated an evasive maneuver.

The missile passed him and flew to the right.

"Ordiga, get out of the way!"

Gaia shouted immediately.

Although his mind wasn't sharp enough, ACE's intuition still allowed Ordiga to make a judgment in an instant, and there was no way to dodge it.

He used his arms to protect his chest and cockpit, thus reducing the risk of injury even if he couldn't dodge.

The missile whizzed past him.

Did it miss?

Ordiga breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had eyes in the back of his head, he wouldn't think this way, but perhaps this is also a kind of happiness.

After the missile passed right in front of his aircraft, the warhead made a 150-degree turn in mid-air.

Like a sure-hit shot from a myth.

It entered the propulsion unit on the back of the Zaku through the jet nozzles.

He didn't even have time to say any last words.

Zeon's ACE, one of the Black Triads, Ordiga's mobile suit swelled into a blue fireball.

"Ordiga!?"

Gaia watched this scene in disbelief.

His good brother died.

It was destroyed by a missile that could change direction.

"Brother, let's go!"

"Matthew?"

"Don't linger here, it's dangerous. The attackers are still in this area, and there may be more behind."

Matthew, already carrying Gaia's mech, accelerated, deliberately circling around the nearby wreckage.

Although he was outside the range of the attack, Matthew, who witnessed the whole thing, finally understood how bizarre it was.

Why can missiles still be guided in areas with such high concentrations of Minovsky particles?

Furthermore, the infrared and radar warning systems on the aircraft were not triggered.

The appearance and location of the enemy launching the missiles were completely unknown.