Gundam: From Piece to Player

Karma considered Shaydam a friend and naturally sided with him; the White Base was just a group of familiar strangers...

"If you want to do it, that's fine too. There's a piece of intelligence in the intelligence department. Just pretend you saw it casually."

"What intelligence?"

"Tim Ray's wife on Earth, the main architect of Project V, although separated for many years, is probably in Toronto, eastern Canada. The federal government isn't protecting her as a military family member. You could 'remind' Trojan... I mean, it's possible. They might abandon the ambush mission and head straight to eastern Canada for easier ambushes..."

Before Karma could finish speaking, Char turned and left.

I don't intend to wait a moment longer.

Chapter 103 The dashing Xia

"Miss Lala, this won't do. You need to hold Xia back."

Karma knew that Char was out of control and couldn't be persuaded, so he went to Lara, hoping she could discipline this rebellious son.

"The major has closed his heart." Lala's reply was full of jargon, but Karma could still understand it.

That makes sense... If life is a form of spiritual practice, then the White Base is becoming a mental obsession for Char.

His quest for revenge as a prince went smoothly until he encountered the White Base:

Successfully concealing his identity, he infiltrated the Zeon army;

Become a good friend of the youngest son of the Zabi family (yourself), and use this relationship to enter the MS Training Brigade;

Become an ace and a household name in Zeon during the Battle of Loum;

All of this came to an abrupt end when they encountered the White Base.

His private machine was destroyed, his subordinates were all killed, and he was reduced to being on Earth, begging his old classmate for alms in order to salvage his reputation.

The difference from the original history is that Char met Lala when he was at his lowest point in life, completely abandoned by Dozle, and about to fail in his revenge.

He is currently at a low point, but because he was not killed by Xia's schemes, and with Xia's help, Xia still thinks he can turn the tide... For this reason, he desperately seized this opportunity to turn the tide, but now it seems that he overdid it.

My hair seems to have grown longer again. Should I find some time to get it cut?

Karma flipped up her bangs, which hadn't been cut in a long time.

He has to defeat at least the 78th Gundam... only then can Char's inner demons be barely broken.

“Miss Lala, can you do me a favor? Consider it repayment for my kindness.” Karma remembered what Haiwen had mentioned to him.

“Please speak.” Lala immediately became serious upon hearing Karma’s statement.

"At the earliest, Major Char will go to the White Base. At that time, I would like to ask you to use your sensory abilities to find out how many MS pilots like you are in the White Trojan Horse. I need to use this information to configure the battle plan."

Lala nodded and quickly asked as well.

Are you going to make a move too?

"Yes, after thinking about it, it's better to capture a Federation mobile suit."

Taking it down is definitely achievable, but Karma still wants to capture Amuro... He modified Haro robots since he was a child and has a talent for AI. As long as a small seed is planted... it might bear fruit in the future.

Anyway, he was pretty frustrated in the Federation Army in the original timeline, right?

West of the Rocky Mountains, the white base flies with the aid of the Minovsky particle levitation propulsion system.

"Was this place originally a river?"

Brad put down the map of western North America that he had obtained from the guerrillas.

"The rivers on Earth can change course, Captain," the helmsman, Milai, reminded him.

“That’s true,” Brad said. “I was going to say it might be a side effect of the Great Britain Project, but then I thought that the amount of colonial fragments that amount of material was not enough to change the landscape of the earth.”

“It’s all thanks to Commander Wallace,” Millai said. “It’s said that he had the quick thinking to adjust the way the nuclear bomb was used, which completely neutralized the colony… It’s ironic that such a terrible weapon saved so many people.”

“Weapons have no will. Just like a knife can be used to hurt people, but it can also be used to cut materials; explosives can be used for war, but they can also be used to dig mountains and open roads,” Brad said. “The same is true for nuclear bombs; they can destroy lives, but they can also save lives.”

"Hmm...you're right."

Millais's agreement made Brad a little smug. He had a lot of goodwill towards this young lady from a prominent family who had eagerly joined the army as a candidate to protect civilians.

"Captain, a large target has been detected 50 kilometers away at the 3 o'clock position by radar. Comparison confirms it is a Qa'u."

Oscar, who was sitting on the starboard side of the bridge, suddenly reported.

"All ships are on high alert! Disperse Minovsky particles to clear the catapult trajectory..."

Brad rattled off a series of commands almost reflexively.

"A support request was also sent to Captain Clancy, requesting air support from Los Angeles base."

Despite the need to collect data, Brad thought it best to be on the safe side.

Under his orders, the White Base officially switched to combat mode.

Dragon Jose launched himself from the catapult track in his G-fighter jet.

Since Sergeant Long himself was trained as a fighter pilot, he was very suitable to pilot this machine.

Equipped with a beam cannon and a twin missile launcher, it poses a serious threat to the survivability of Zeon's atmospheric transport aircraft, Kau, and is well-suited to serve as a fire scout in the atmosphere.

"Amro, we're launching an attack from the ground."

"Received." He quickly replied upon hearing Ms. Shiko's voice on the communication channel.

After that conversation, the two became much closer, and Amuro was happy to call him by his first name instead of his surname.

The second and third G-fighters have already launched, forming a powerful formation of mobile suits and approaching the Kau.

Under the command of Vice Captain Long, they formed a three-aircraft anti-ship attack formation and approached.

The Kau also activated its anti-aircraft guns to drive them away, but it seemed too powerless against the firepower of the three G-fighters and was about to be sunk.

Inside the Kau ship, Char, having removed his mask, opened the communication channel.

"Lala, are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid if the major is here."

Char smiled. At this moment, the Mobile Zaku was equipped with the ZUX-197 shotgun developed by ZUX Corporation. The caliber was 197mm, which was between 120mm and 280mm. It had the penetrating power of a single solid bullet, and unlike a rocket launcher, it could be reloaded as it only had a few rounds.

It is said to be an armament specially developed for the MS-18 Kōhōen (Fighter), one of Zeon's next-generation main mobile suits, with the envisioned combat environment being to gain a stronger anti-armor advantage in battles against Federation mobile suits.

In close-quarters combat, it has an even shorter firing time and greater surprise than melee weapons.

Char was still concerned about the armor-piercing problem.

If they can penetrate the armor, the battle can still be fought; if they can't, they'll be forced to rely on close-quarters combat with firearms... which puts them in a very passive position.

"Let's go then."

The mobile Zaku, riding on the Deddy II pedal, flew out from behind and appeared almost suddenly between the three G-fighters that were carrying out anti-ship attack operations.

"Red?" Dragon Jose saw the enemy plane's paint scheme, and the instinct for survival and the feeling of fear acted simultaneously in his brain.

To describe it in one word—

despair.

The red Mobile Zaku's shotgun was already firing, aimed at one of the G-fighters.

The massive projectile instantly entered from below the nose of the fighter jet and flew out from the glass cockpit above.

The pilot was blown to pieces, while the G-fighter slowly plummeted downwards as if it had lost its brain.

“One unit,” Xia Ya said slowly.

"John!" Dragon couldn't help but shout when he saw his comrade die tragically, overcoming his fear of the powerful enemy.

Pull the trigger, and the beam cannon fires at the red machine.

The enemy's aircraft was hit and exploded.

But what about the enemy planes above?

The red mech appeared ghost-like atop the dragon's head.

"Unit 2." As Char announced the verdict, the punch thrown by the Mobile Zaku smashed the cockpit of the Dragon.

"Vice-captain...you bastard, I'll fight you to the death!"

The pilot of the remaining G-fighter witnessed his vice-captain and comrades being killed by this Zaku in one minute, and in a fit of rage, launched an attack called 911 against the "Zaku".

"The third one."

The mobile Zaku swung its thermal axe and pierced the nose of the G-fighter. Using the kinetic energy, like chopping down a log with an axe, the G-fighter split in two along its central axis. However, the thermal axe slipped from the user's grasp due to excessive force and flew into the air.

"Don't leave weapons and equipment lying around, Major. A thermal axe is worth at least a million."

A hand grasped the thermal axe that was about to grant her freedom. It was the Ifrit that Lala was piloting. After receiving her salary, Lala became very sensitive to things related to money.

It also caught the motorized Zaku, which had lost its flight vehicle due to a momentary impulse.

"Thanks, Lala."

Communication is impossible due to the dispersion of Minovsky particles.

This sounds more like Char talking to himself.

Chapter 104 The Novice

"Is there information about those two MS units in the data records?"

"Although there is one that looks like a Zaku, the records don't match at all. Neither of those two mobile suits were found in the database, but the paint reflectance spectra in the records are the same..."

“It’s the red comet, right?” Brad spat out the words through clenched teeth, staring angrily and warily at the scene reflected on the screen.

They looked down down at the two one-eyed mobile suits in the white base from above.

He calmly dodged the Mega Particle Beam Cannon at the White Base... With just optical aiming, hitting such an ace at a distance of more than 15 kilometers would be impossible to kill.

Brad's eyes were serious.

Bright, a member of Zeon's ACE Special Forces, had learned of similar rumors from the intelligence station at the Lunar Federation base that transmitted information back to Luna II.