Gundam: From Piece to Player

Zeon has formed a unit called the Chimera, which is said to be composed entirely of the elites of the Principality of Zeon... The mobile suits they are equipped with are almost all dedicated machines or high-end mass-produced machines that were produced in small quantities due to production limitations.

Unexpectedly, Char also joined this unit.

One aces is difficult to deal with, let alone a group of aces.

Vice Captain Long was considered an elite in the Federation Army, yet he couldn't even last a minute under the enemy's attack.

The appearance of this unit means that the White Base has been targeted by the Zeon Army General Headquarters.

"The position of second lieutenant?"

"The second lieutenant and Sergeant Amuro are already 7 kilometers away, and they are looking for a good firing position..."

"Immediately send a laser communication message to Los Angeles Air Force Base, urging them to request assistance again."

“Yes,” Sera replied, the communications officer.

Ifrit established contact by placing her hand on the motorized Zaku in front of her.

"Major, there are two mobile suits at the 11 o'clock position on the ground, about 12 kilometers away. They have a very strong presence and should be the Federation MS."

“Understood,” Xia replied. “Lala, you cover me on the Kau and hand me this flight board.”

"Major?"

"Don't worry, I'm just doing reconnaissance."

Char said, "I'm not foolish enough to rely on the Zaku to defeat two Federation white mobile suits."

Two Gundams are moving quickly and leaping through the valley.

“Miss Shiko…the vice-captain and the others have been killed in action.” Amuro couldn’t help but say as he watched the friendly forces identification markers disappear from the screen.

"Focus your attention on the battle! You don't have time for anything else right now." Shiko's voice was as cold as ice. "I'll go in front, and you'll be my backline."

"Yes."

The Kau's flight attitude has turned its tail toward the white base, while releasing a large number of smoke grenades to reduce the hit rate of the ship's optical aiming.

Standing on the rear hatch, Ifrit picked up a beam sniper rifle, which had a makeshift cable connecting it to the ship's Kau generator for power.

Although her finger was already on the trigger of the control stick, Lala, the driver, closed her eyes.

That way it can shoot farther... too.

A powerful beam of light pierced through the mountain rock and struck the monitor of the moving Type 78 Unit 2 directly... Because the power was weakened, it did not destroy the head monitor, but it still left a deep hole, and the damage caused several blacked-out sections of Amuro's cockpit screen.

At this distance... is it a direct hit?

Amuro's hand holding the joystick trembled slightly.

This was his second real combat experience, and his first on the ground, and the enemy seemed a bit too strong.

Unit 2 pointed its shield toward Kau—to guard against that fearsome sniper.

As they moved, they aimed at the approaching mobile Zaku and began firing.

However, the shot was fired without lead time, so to onlookers the beam appeared to be fired randomly.

Seeing the difference in beam size... Xia felt a sense of disdain.

Of the four mobile suits engaged in battle, you are the weakest.

The Federation forces actually entrusted such a powerful machine to this rookie; what a waste.

The blue one, on the other hand, looks much stronger.

The mobile Zaku leaped up in the next moment, and a beam of light destroyed the footplate beneath its feet.

Char cranked the control stick, turning the weapon into a thermal axe due to the increased heat generated by the resistance on the axe.

The Mobile Zaku, relying on the overwhelming mobility advantage brought by the magnetic coating technology, easily evaded several interceptions from the enemy's beam rifle with its elusive Z-shaped movement.

They moved right up to Unit 3... and the battle turned into close combat.

Unit 3 drew the pink beam saber from its left back with its right hand and held a shield in its left hand.

The two bodies came into violent contact.

The heat axe pierced the edge of the shield with its cleaving, but it couldn't cut it in two... Due to Shiko's excellent response, the cleaving angle was not ideal, just like scissors cannot cut through a hard object.

"Stay away from me." Shiko switched her weapon to a 60mm Vulcan cannon.

Char's Zaku fired at close range, immediately forcing him to release his grip on the Heat Axe.

As the electrical input decreased, the thermal axe became sluggish and got stuck in the enemy's shield.

Char smiled, and then the Mobile Zaku jumped up from the ground and delivered a powerful Knight Kick to Unit 3's shield, instantly shattering Unit 3's defensive stance.

The door was wide open.

The Mobile Zaku raised its powerful ZUX-197 shotgun and aimed it at the cockpit of Unit 3's torso...

CHECK MATE (I'm about to die).

"Bang~"

"what?"

Char then realized that the "white rookie" from before had somehow pounced on him and crashed into his mobile Zaku.

This collision caused Char's seemingly inevitable strike to deviate from its intended course.

The anti-armor slug fired by the shotgun still managed to penetrate the supposedly absolute defense of the Luna titanium alloy.

A hole was left on the side of the abdomen, penetrating the armor directly, but this caused it to deviate from the cockpit by several meters.

Char frowned.

Was this timing just a coincidence?

Never mind, let's kill them all.

Look at the white Federation MS blocking the way in front of the blue machine.

Char reloaded his shotgun, intending to kill the "newbie" in front of him first.

...A buzzing sound came from the sky, and Xia looked up.

A densely packed formation of Federation bombers... FF/B-2 Flying Ray, a mainstay mass-produced fighter-bomber of the Earth Federation Air Force.

These aircraft are not a threat when they appear alone, but when they travel in groups, they can create a bombing zone.

It still poses a threat to MS's survivability... A head-on confrontation is not a wise move.

It seems that Kalmar's statement makes some sense. Although it is a neutral zone, the White Trojan Horse has the support of the North American Air Force in western North America.

Even if Char wins a battle where the enemy has air superiority, he still won't be able to easily clean up the battlefield.

—Perfect combat cannot be achieved.

Let you live a little longer.

The Zaku removed a cylindrical sealing component that was originally attached to the grenade area from its waist, deliberately waved it in front of the two enemy mobile suits, and then casually tossed it to the ground.

Then it turned and flashed into the rugged valley.

Amuro wanted to pilot his mobile suit to catch up.

"Don't chase Amuro, the enemy sniper is still aiming at you."

But a voice came from beside his ear... The grappling hook launched by Unit 3 hooked onto the back of his aircraft, activating contact communication.

Unit 3 was hit in the torso. Although it did not hit the cockpit, it appeared to have hit the internal wiring, preventing it from standing up.

"Miss Shiko?"

Shiko's voice softened, switching to her usual gentle tone, "Thank you, you just saved my life."

"It's nothing." Amuro felt unworthy of the honor, as his performance in the battle just now was terrible, and his nervousness had completely distorted his actions.

Until just now, he "saw" in his mind the horrific image of Shiko's body being crushed.

He mustered his courage and rushed out, recklessly crashing into that terrifying enemy.

Because of his actions, the future seems to have changed.

Chapter 105 Rescue Operation

North American Zeon Army Headquarters.

An emergency operations meeting is being held in the tactical operations conference room, where Haiwen is explaining the mission to the personnel below.

"The white carousel is rapidly approaching Toronto... its altitude has risen to 1.3 meters, and it is cruising at a high speed of 900 kilometers per hour."

"We arrived in Toronto, Canada, in about 6 hours."

The screen projected a picture of the Type 78 Gundam and various data analyses—all of which corroborated one thing.

The dangers of the Type 78 Gundam.

"General."

"General."

Karma slipped into the meeting room through the back door and gestured to the officers behind the door that they did not need to stand up and salute.

The white base is speeding along at almost the speed of a commercial airliner.

If the captain at the White Base is still Brad Noah, it means that he likely headed towards Canada without informing Jabro.

This was a classic case of acting first and informing later, and this move was somewhat unexpected by Karma.

In his preconceived notion, Brad's command style during the One Year War was conservative... even somewhat rigid.

Until 1993, in an attempt to prevent Axis from falling, Brad conspired with his wife's ex-husband to secretly retrieve Luna 2's nuclear weapons. If they hadn't ultimately succeeded in preventing Axis from falling, they would have been in serious trouble.

Brad will probably spend his life in jail... and then watch his son pulling the electric fence on the TV in his cell.

Kalmar was somewhat surprised by Brad's actions... It wasn't that the North American Army was afraid of the White Base, but rather that he wasn't "mentally" prepared to spar with Amuro.

—If I had known I was going to fight Amuro, I wouldn't have stayed up all night working.

While Haiwen was giving his explanation, Major Xia, ever the troublemaker, started offering his opinion again.