Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 693 Election Day (Thursday)
Thanks to the location of the orbital elevator, all treatments at the Solomon Base have taken a qualitative leap compared to before. Not only has the base area expanded several times, but the environment has also been specially beautified for this election.

But this is just a second-tier base after all. Maybe in four or five years, it will slowly gather popularity with the help of rail elevators and eventually become a huge island urban cluster. But now, no matter how hard we rush to build it, it can never be compared with a normal political capital.

Fortunately, the election meeting was scheduled at the low-orbit station, which is the base station of the maglev train on the track. Based on the propaganda intention, whoever is elected as the next chairman of the People's Revolutionary League will press the start switch of the first maglev train today.

The original location of the meeting had always been an unresolved problem. East Asia would definitely not agree to it, and vice versa. Not to mention the lunar city of Copernicus, where the former chairman had just had an accident. The People's Revolutionary League just had no time to settle the matter, but Granada had already begun to siphon off the population and resources of Copernicus.

So when the proposal of the orbital elevator came up, both sides unanimously agreed to this option for political reasons. After all, the construction of the orbital elevator is not just to restore the energy system on Earth. The countless magnetic levitation trains traveling between the ground and the universe within its huge body will replace the mass accelerator and become the next stage of logistics artery connecting the universe and the earth. This epoch-making project will be a natural publicity advertisement no matter who is the new chairman.

Before leaving, Mina had given Cagalli a temporary training course. Currently, the political atmosphere in the People's Revolutionary League is in a vague state of opposition and unity. She and the election team have completed their respective faction integration and team building, including the distribution of interests and political commitments. It can be said that once one party successfully takes office, the loser will be purged immediately.

The end of politics is naturally the use of force. CE is a world where UACE exists. The two major wars in three years have highlighted the somewhat anti-Gundam worldview that "war is a game for a few people."

Currently, the most recognized strongest fighting force is the Celestial Beings who possess the four trump cards of Siegfried, Aslan, Shin Asuka, and Mu. However, the Celestial Beings are not Mina's Celestial Beings, and even judging from Aslan's behavior, he is not Orb's Celestial Beings. Absolute neutrality and lawfulness are the greatest magic weapon that enables this army to survive for a long time, otherwise it will only accelerate its transformation into the Titans.

One of the two trump cards in Mina's hand is the First Fleet currently staying in the L4 space domain, and the other is the newly formed Londo Bell. Judging from the cards, these two forces lack an absolutely strong core and can easily be broken through by a single UACE in a one-man-a-thousand CE battle.

For this inherent weakness, the return of Lacus became a crucial link. Relying on the intelligence she brought, Aslan decisively launched the free investigation right and obtained a complete version of the Black Knight. Relying on Hilde's almost inhumane means, Liu Shenqiang's brain was digitized and the chain of evidence was connected, thus destroying the legitimacy of the compass in one fell swoop.

At this point, although Mina's single card is not strong, she has the advantage of being able to play cards at will. Although the opponent's single card is extremely strong, after losing the initiative, he can only passively follow Mina's footsteps. This is also the biggest reason why Cruze lamented that the Tuner only adds trouble, because if Orphie had not been so full and attacked Lars and Siegfried successively in Berlin, Compass would not have ended up like this today.

If he were to take over, he would definitely have to clean up Compass's background so that Mina could not find any black material on it. Then he would use the feud between Natural Man and Adjuster to win over the ground forces, and at the same time make Adjuster the same 'natural man of the future' as Reformer. Finally, as long as Bugylulu is suspected to have died in ZAFT's terrorist attack and the First Fleet fired the first shot at the PLANT satellite in anger, Compass would be able to replace the absolutely neutral Tenjin and become the strongest and only independent armed force of the People's Revolutionary League.

Regardless of who is stronger or weaker, from the moment both sides entered the venue with their MS, it was destined that this election day would go down in history. In addition to officials from the two main member states of East Asia and Orb, members from Scandinavia, South America, and the Equatorial Union also attended the meeting.

In addition to the officials from the original member states who were eligible to vote, the Atlantic Union, which had already "liberated" its entire territory, and some Eurasian officials also appeared on the scene as observers.

Since these countries either surrendered in defeat or changed sides, they currently do not have the right to make decisions on such a major event as the presidential election. It can even be said that this election has nothing to do with them in essence.

But these countries still sent their own observers. Everyone was eager to witness this scene with their own eyes. Some of the chosen ones even felt that no matter who was elected, today might be a day that changed world history. "Quiet, let's start the voting process."

The host was Lindemann, who was attending the meeting on behalf of the Queen. With his experience in the Lindemann Act four years ago, he was recognized by everyone as the host of the meeting. Even though the Kingdom was an ally of Orb in terms of national background, the high-tech bonus of CE eliminated any room for Lindemann to operate behind the scenes.

"Vice Chairman Sahak is so grand that he even uses active combat troops for his security."

"You want to, but who can blame Luo Pan for not living up to his expectations?"

Before Lindemann cleared the field, the two candidates exchanged a few sarcastic remarks as usual, but both knew that verbal battles could not determine the outcome today. Thinking of this, Mina raised her head and looked at the large screen in front of her. The entire voting process will last ten minutes, after which Lindemann will announce the votes in the presence of several directors.

And because this vote is of great importance, Lindemann abandoned the commonly used secret ballot. The factions on both sides have already completed their choice of sides, so there is no situation where someone wants to use the secret ballot to play both sides. The current situation has determined that the winner will inevitably purge the loser. In addition to making one's position clear, the secret ballot also has the function of preventing accidental injuries.

"There are three seconds left in the voting time. 3, 2, 1. Time is up. I will announce the voting results. The second elected chairman of the People's Revolutionary League is..."

"boom!!!"

A loud explosion interrupted Lindemann's process. Everyone looked out the window in panic. They were now at an altitude of 10,000 kilometers. Once the orbital elevator was destroyed, the top leaders of the People's Revolutionary League would be wiped out.

At the same time, inside the hangar of the ground base, a commander was nervously observing the situation in the air. Behind him was a group of nervous soldiers and several Atlantic high-end mass-produced aircraft, the Windham.

"Sir, this is a rebellion."

As the first explosion sounded, the officer ignored the stinging feeling of sweat dripping into his eyes. He turned around and stared at the soldier who asked the question with a fanatical look and replied: "It is only rebellion if it fails. Once it succeeds, it is revolution!"

(End of this chapter)