Gundam: From Piece to Player

Miss Sally may also become her enemy, Harman Kahn.

Summer arrived in the Northern Hemisphere several months after the start of the war.

In North America, many coastal towns were abandoned or people fled to nearby large cities to avoid the potential tsunami caused by the Battle of Britain.

The same is true of this coastal town called Duke, where low-rise houses are everywhere, and the nearby weeds grow as tall as a person under the heavy rain.

It is sparsely populated, which is to be expected.

The noise from the nuclear fusion reactor echoed through the streets; sound was a neglected issue when the design was initially conceived for space combat.

However, in land warfare, especially during high-speed movement, its concealment is quite poor.

Karma looked down at his instrument panel. His Gundam had been equipped with a passive sonar receiver (for atmospheric use) for several months, and the obvious acoustic signature had pinpointed the location of the 'enemy'.

It's at the 10 o'clock position, 1350 meters away.

Switching to a high-rate-of-fire Gatling gun, the Gundam moves from one side of the street, and the "enemy mobile suit" also counterscans it, rapidly closing the distance between them.

900.

The distance has been drastically reduced.

Bang bang bang.

The building that had just been glided through was pierced by bullets, and several training rounds hit the Gundam's shoulder and bounced off.

Buildings can shield against radiation, but that's meaningless to the new humans.

The left shoulder is locked; the simulated attack has destroyed the arm.

Karma couldn't help but smile wryly.

"That's how you ruin your arm?"

“If it’s a beam rifle, the shoulder has already disappeared,” Alice said. “Big brother, please get into close combat as soon as possible.”

He rushed out of the street, the enemy was already close to his face, slashing with a heat-generating blade.

It pierced Karma's shield, but found that it hadn't pierced the machine behind the shield.

Karma deliberately let the enemy thrust their shield, timing it perfectly so she could aim her machine gun at the enemy behind the shield and wait for them to throw it away.

His ammunition can penetrate the enemy's surveillance cameras.

The enemy responded by reducing the output of their thermal axes, turning their shields into a defensive barrier, and retreating while trying to create distance again.

At this moment, Gundam's X-shaped thrusters switched to high-torque mode, and the terrifying power unleashed by the dual reactors slammed heavily against the shield like a raging bull.

The shield was torn apart by the stress from the heat sword and the impact.

In the instant of the break, the Gundam's heat axe blade slashed down at the enemy's monitor.

The enemy's anticipation of the attack caused them to turn their head away the second after being struck in the cockpit, resulting in the attack missing its target.

(Exercise power) The thermal axe then left a scratch across the enemy's torso.

The enemy also dropped their knife and unleashed a barrage of fire from their Gatling guns at the unsuspecting Karma machine.

"It didn't hit the cockpit."

The exercise system then displayed the word "lose".

Karma removed her helmet and handed the machine over to artificial intelligence.

Meanwhile, the local warfare Ifrit, representing the hypothetical enemy, turned and moved toward the nearby Kau transport plane.

That was the enemy aircraft piloted by Lala—equipped with Deep Space Industries' newly developed targeting system, the Psammoum System.

Compared to the floating cannon control systems developed by Flanagan.

This system greatly improves the aiming speed and accuracy of Newtype pilots... In the experiment, Lala achieved an ultra-long-range sniping shot of 20 kilometers.

...Compared to the limited size of funnels, the destructive power of a mech carrying a sniper rifle is much greater.

The original system on this experimental Ifrit was removed and further modifications were carried out.

Since receiving intelligence that the Federation had developed a Gundam prototype in June, Garma has secretly intensified her daily combat training.

In order to challenge Amuro Ray, who is recognized as the strongest in the Federation, Universal Century, and even the Gundam series.

If things unfold as they have in history... as long as the White Base is isolated, they are nothing more than a few relatively strong combat units.

If Kalmar were to mobilize overwhelming military force for a siege, the destruction of the White Base would only be a matter of time... He could even deliberately withhold the Buminovsky particles to ambush them along their path.

Before the enemy disperses Minovsky particles (which takes time), use hypersonic missiles to saturate and overwhelm their Phalanx system, thus achieving penetration.

This approach is ruthless. Karma has no grudge against the candidates and civilians at the White Base, so letting them go is not a big deal.

But to completely let them go, and not to engage in a duel with the Federation's "White Devil"...

It's also a pity for Kalma.

It's a rare opportunity to fight Amuro; wouldn't it be a waste of my time travel if I didn't?

Whether they win or not is another matter. Karma's current training focuses on improving her survivability, and she also has Alice to provide backup and support during battles.

“In actual combat, we must destroy the beam rifle first, otherwise there is no room for error... Even the thickest armor cannot withstand a single shot, and it will only increase the weight. But the weight cannot be reduced any further. If it is reduced any further, even a 60mm Vulcan cannon can penetrate the armor,” Alice said.

“The miniaturization of beam rifles is a technological advantage that the Federation possesses,” Alice analyzed. “Unless a miniaturized beam can be used to disrupt the battlefield and drag the fight back into the realm of live-fire combat, the relevant research projects have only just been initiated, and the Federation is also working on the technology of similar weapons.”

“I know.” Kalma remembered it clearly.

"What if the enemy team had Miss Lala with that ability?"

"Then I'll have to ask Alice to intervene using the new system."

Chapter 86 June, Preparations in Progress

"Miss Lala habitually relies on her intuition to fight, so predicting her moves isn't difficult."

"But he will be aware of the hypothetical enemy you described, and will change his battle decisions accordingly, using reason instead of instinct to deal with it."

Amuro's battle model—the White Demon—was also created by Karma through parameter adjustments.

The good thing about Alice as an AI is that it doesn't ask Karma how she came up with such a combat model, but instead honestly performs the deductions... saving Karma from having to make up a bunch of reasons to hide her identity as a transmigrator.

The EXAM system, including the NT-D system carried by the future Unicorn Gundam, are all Newtype countermeasure systems. The basic principle is to counteract the brainwaves released by enemy Newtypes (or enhanced humans).

For example, if you see your opponent choose scissors when playing rock-paper-scissors, you can choose rock first to counter.

Therefore, the more intuitive the enemy Newtype pilot (whose brain is also a muscle), the better the EXAM system's countermeasures will be.

But Amro is different.

Although he is a new human, he only treats his abilities as an auxiliary tool. He also uses his brain to analyze the situation during battles, demonstrating exceptional combat talent.

It seems like empty talk really works.

If we can provoke Amuro with words, causing him to abandon his reason and pilot the MS based on instinct.

What would make Amuro angry?

Is it true that he likes to secretly touch girls' original solar furnaces or something?

"Alice, based on our current fighting strength, what are our chances of winning?"

"35%."

Karma believes this data is already quite good; the success rate against Awakened Amuro is already quite astonishing.

During the later stages of the One Year War, Char faced Amuro, and basically every time they met, Char would get hit with a spinning top.

Even if Char and Lala ganged up on Amuro together, the end result would be that Lala would be killed while taking the blow.

……

If Char and Amuro fight in the future, and Karma can get more data first, the win rate can be further improved.

For example, understanding the RX-78-2 beam rifle's ammunition quantity, weak points in its armor, and multi-dimensional data on thrust, acceleration, and turning ability.

In the past, some games were quite difficult, but if you tried them dozens or hundreds of times, you would definitely be able to remember the obstacles in each level clearly.

Similarly, if we could do a complete analysis...

All of Amuro's actions were within the scope of his calculations.

Karma suddenly felt like a real Asuka, racking her brains and exhausting all her efforts to defeat the powerful mobile suit called "Freedom".

Before her thoughts had even drifted far, Alice had already piloted her mecha back to the Kau.

From afar, one could see a crowd gathered below, like fledglings eagerly awaiting their mother's return to the nest.

Sometimes he wished the journey were longer, because he hadn't had a single day of rest since coming to Earth... The last time he had a day off was 78 years ago.

"General, the fourth version of the operational plan for the European theater in August requires your approval..."

The one who spoke was from the Earth Front General Staff Headquarters; this was the chief of staff in charge of operational plans.

"Sir, there's a technical direction that requires your decision..."

Oliver found himself; it was all about the new equipment.

"General, are all of the new 25 batches of ammunition allocated to the European theater of operations?"

This is Jardok, the Chief of Logistics Operations for the European Theater.

Karma gestured for the others to wait for him. Even though he was busy, he didn't want to delegate important matters. He needed to deal with logistical issues first, as these directly affected the army's combat effectiveness.

"Yes, even the 26th batch of ammunition shouldn't wait. As for the equipment... load it onto the transport ship as parts and assemble it in Odessa. To prevent losses en route, bring an extra 10% of spare parts."

"Ok."

It is worth noting that after the Earth Prospector arrived on Earth, Mark Bay assisted him in his Earth conquest under Killian's orders.

Despite being told that Mark Bay was Kycilia's eyes sent by her.

However, his mission was issued by the Supreme Commander's Office, which required him to cooperate with the Earth Attack Force in combat, so Karma didn't hold back and gave him a lot more responsibilities.

Besides their primary job of mining.

Kalmar also had Mark Bay's troops take over the fortification work in the outskirts of Odessa, building what is known as the Eastern Udon Fortress Complex to defend against future Federation attacks.

It can only be said that Mark Bay, as the original executor of the "Integration and Development Plan," was capable.