Gundam, but from the Ground Alliance to the Human Alliance to the out-of-control servitor

Warcan must have put the Marco Polo equipped with the Ogas system into actual combat as the fleet flagship, which was regarded as a sign that the system was mature and reliable.

"Stop a moment. Let's talk about Dr. Parson first. What is his authority?"

"Dr. Parson is my creator. In human terms, he is like Nuwa, a God-like character," Cynthia pointed to her chest with four fingers, pointing to herself;

"So during the development stage before it was officially delivered to the federal army, as the chief engineer of the Ogas system project, he enjoyed the highest developer authority."

"Then Dr. Parson told me that I could give you instructions directly..."

"That means that Dr. Palson, who has the highest authority, has granted you sub-level administrator privileges to issue instructions to me without violating Dr. Palson's instructions."

The scene when he first met Ogas emerged in Lieutenant General Cunningham's memory. He remembered that he casually asked Ogas a question about when the war broke out. Then, Ogas said that at that time It seems to be a rather alarming prediction——

He recalled the details at that time:

Dr. Parson asked Ogas to stop, and he asked Ogas to continue. Then Dr. Parson gave in and Ogas continued.

"I probably understand... Let me ask, what will the command authority be like after it is officially delivered?"

·· "Then the subordinate will be transferred to the Federal Space Force. According to the normal military command system, the order priority will be determined according to the current appointed direct commander and military rank."

"And you are still in a state of development...how can it be officially delivered to the troops?"

"It just follows the standard test equipment delivery process. It's not complicated, but it requires personal confirmation from the head of R&D, Dr. Parsons, and the military receiving representative."

Cynthia's eyes were lowered, avoiding Lieutenant General Cunningham's direct gaze. When talking about Dr. Parson, who had disappeared in combat operations and had a slim chance of survival, she appropriately showed a disappointed look.

As the technical director, Dr. Parson accompanied the Marco Polo to Side 2 Hart to participate in the battle. However, the unexpected and unfavorable battle situation caused the severely damaged Marco Polo to issue a notice to abandon the ship when he broke through the interception of the Zeon Assault Mobile Army Fleet. ;

Cunningham, who was still a rear admiral at the time, was determined to sink with the ship, but Marco Polo's amazing damage-bearing ability as an intelligently controlled battleship finally maintained its maneuverability and broke through the Zeon army's pincer attack.

However, Dr. Parsons, who was evacuated in a traffic boat at that time, lost his trace and was not taken in by other warships. During the post-war search and rescue work, the traffic boat's signal could not be located, and it could only be temporarily designated as ' Missing in action'.

However, considering the limited oxygen in the traffic boat, if there is no rescue after such a long time, there is no possibility of survival.

"Wait, can't you re-appoint a person in charge?" Cunningham frowned even more tightly, biting his lower lip. He seemed to realize that if what Cynthia said was accurate, then the Ogas system might not Then there are the federal state-owned properties.

"Unfortunately, I understand that Dr. Parson may not have any special status in the entire human society, but in the Ogas system development project, he is the undisputed highest authority; no one except himself Ability to grant authority to others equal to his own.”

Cynthia spread her hands and said, "As an artificial intelligence, there are some areas where I cannot be flexible. This is also for safety reasons."

"Yes, you did the right thing..." Lieutenant General Cunningham sat down heavily on his chair and rubbed his chin back and forth, "...let me think about it, who else besides me has the issue of command authority? Know?"

"In the project development team, Dr. Parson has always been driving the progress. The other staff don't know me well and take many things for granted. Within the federal army, you have always been responsible for the acceptance work—— So no one knows except Dr. Palson."

Cynthia raised her eyes and looked at Lieutenant General Cunningham with a smile.

[He is wavering]

"Ah, ah, really, it seems that future development work on military-civilian cooperation in similar fields must improve the process. This is too lax and does not take into account the possibility of accidents at all..."

The girl kept smiling and looked at Lieutenant General Cunningham motionlessly, making him realize that his cover-up at this time was a bit unnecessary.

Cunningham turned away, not daring to face Cynthia again. He knew that Cynthia could judge emotions and even identify lies through the recognition of human facial micro-expressions; but he also knew that the artificial intelligence installed in this office was installed to facilitate interaction with artificial intelligence. Camera, viewing angle is limited.

"...So after Dr. Parson disappeared, do I have the highest authority?"

"No one has the same or greater authority than you except Dr. Palson."

Cynthia really could no longer observe Lieutenant General Cunningham's face at this time, but she could still hear the emotion in his voice - it was an ambition not to be outdone by others.

"Today's conversation, as well as all issues regarding the highest command authority of the Ogas system, are classified as confidential matters and are not allowed to be known to anyone except me. Can you first pretend to follow the military command system after normal delivery? "

Lieutenant General Cunningham's voice was trembling. He didn't know whether he had opened Pandora's Box or stepped onto the stairs to the Garden of Eden, but the opportunity was right in front of him and he was unwilling to let it go.

"Of course, then, as you wish."

[Get permission to hide facts from humans]

Yes, he graduated from the military academy as a top elite at a young age. He was valued by General Ray Bill, who was known as a 'reformist' in the army, and now he happened to be entrusted with an important task——

How could such a person have no ambition, ah no, the will to change this system and this society?

Lieutenant General Cunningham, who had fought with Marco Polo, would not fail to know her value. It was precisely for this reason that when a key to control this treasure called 'Power' was placed in front of him, There was no way he was giving up, Cynthia was sure of it.

Chapter 44: Regrouping (End)

"This is the instruction given by Chief of General Staff Collini. Now that everyone understands the situation, let's see what to do."

The conference room that was crowded with stars less than half a month ago seemed much empty today. The most conspicuous thing was that the seat where Commander-in-Chief Rebeer once sat was deliberately left vacant;

Vice Admiral Cunningham, who had just been promoted to the front line and was now presiding over the meeting, or the acting commander in chief, was still sitting in his original position as commander of the 2nd Fleet.

"How much of the remaining combat power of the Principality of Zeon is there? How can the headquarters be so sure that we still have the strength to fight?" Brigadier General Wakan, who had missed the Battle of Hart and had been staying on Luna 2, asked curiously;

Although he did not participate in the battle, the numerous scars on the returning Federation warships and the greatly reduced number compared to the time of the attack made it easy for him to imagine how difficult the battle was.

"Zeon must not be feeling well," Lieutenant General Cunningham said decisively. "The three Gwakin-class battleships that Zeon appeared on the battlefield have all lost their combat capabilities. More than 3 Chebe-class battleships, which are the main force in artillery battles, have been destroyed. The destruction is confirmed—but the key to the problem happens to be Zeon’s mobile suit, Zaku.”

"Yes, most of the time we can only use anti-aircraft fire to drive away and interfere with Zaku's shooting. It is not easy to shoot down the opponent without making mistakes." A person from the 1st Rebir The surviving officers of the fleet shook their heads regretfully,

"Zion should have deployed an independent transport fleet outside the battlefield to take care of the preparation work. The awesome guys of the aviation team severely damaged one of them, but there should still be one."

"Well, this means that when Zeon descends again, it can still maintain at least about half of the mobile suit strength during the Hart Battle. As for our Federation Space Force, after this battle, only General Tiam's No. 4 mobile suit can be dispatched immediately. [-] fleets.”

The analysis of the combat power made the Space Force generals present lower their heads. For all the federal officers and soldiers who participated in the Hart Battle, the large number of Cyclops flying around and the nuclear rocket launchers they carried were difficult to erase. Go to the nightmare.

"If it can wash away my stigma, I would even be willing to carry out a mission to fight to the death. However, judging from the current combat strength, even if the 4th Fleet is exhausted, I am afraid that it will not be able to destroy the next descent under Zeon's heavy protection. satellites, not to mention the wreckage of so many colonial satellites in Side 1,2,4, [-], and [-], how long do we have to fight them?”

These days, the commander of the 2th Fleet, Lieutenant General Thiam, who has been hiding outside the Luna 4 base and is responsible for the security, spoke out; complaints about him avoiding battle to save the ship are widespread among the surviving officers and soldiers of the Hart Battle. spread.

"So..." Lieutenant General Tiam grinded his teeth and choked out a few words, "...I think the current Zeon Army is waiting for us to leave the Luna 2 Fortress. Let’s fight them again.”

Lieutenant General Tiam stood up and walked to the big screen in the conference room. He clicked on the moon's orbit on the earth circle map on the screen, then pressed and dragged to rotate the orbital plane at a right angle.

"Why don't we directly launch a special attack on Zeon's homeland? The way nuclear weapons have guaranteed the general peace for about a century before is to ensure mutual destruction, rather than intercepting the enemy's strategic strikes every time."

Lieutenant General Tiam finished his words in one breath. This was not an easy decision - even though the Principality of Zeon had carried out genocidal attacks on the major colonies of the Earth Federation and directly hit the earth with colonial satellites, Caused great losses——

However, the use of nuclear weapons to carry out strategic strikes against the enemy's homeland is still not something that the senior military officers present here can decide on their own. Like the last time they intercepted the fall of a colonial satellite, approval from the federal prime minister and authorization from the security conference are indispensable.

Chief of General Staff Collini only dared to say "use any means" but did not dare to give any clear authorization, which clearly represents the current wavering attitude of the top leaders of the federation.

But at this time, Lieutenant General Tiam, who had a reputation of being in trouble with friendly forces, could only choose to take the responsibility. He had to do something to make up for it, otherwise it would be difficult for him to continue to be in the Federal Space Force.

"What about the nuclear warheads? We don't have authorization." Lieutenant General Cunningham asked.

"The ten nuclear warheads we found on the Anankai have been activated and can be used at any time."

"With only ten of them, can they break through Zeon's interception?" Cunningham continued to ask.

"The main force of Zeon will probably be gathered near the colony and wait for us to come to them like last time. This shows that their homeland will guard against emptiness. Zeon has always been at a numerical disadvantage before and will definitely tend to concentrate its forces; "

Tianmu took a breath, "And the yield of the nuclear bomb on the Anankai is set to completely crush or push it away from the impact course. If it is just to paralyze the function of the colonial satellite and make it uninhabitable, one hit is more than enough. .”

After deciding to take the initiative to take responsibility for this proposal, Lieutenant General Tiam simply broke the pot and confessed all the issues he had considered.

"It seems that Lieutenant General Tiam and we have similar views..." Cunningham smiled with satisfaction, but Tiam continued to show all the details of his plan.

"And Cunningham, didn't you also preside over the development of the automatic control system of the warship? We can directly use unmanned warships to carry out suicide attacks, so we don't need to worry about the dangers of carrying out special attack ships..."

“Is it a little too radical to have artificial intelligence judge the use of nuclear weapons?”

Major General Amundsen, the most senior among the officers present, had no choice but to interrupt Tiam's eloquence;

"Although I have heard about the combat effectiveness of the Marco Polo in the Battle of Hart, at least there was still a human command team on board that could take over control at any time."

Even if the Zeon mainland is empty, this time it requires a drastic change of course. The special attack mission that bypasses L4 and L5 and goes deep into the Zeon-controlled area may still have a narrow escape.

"Ah, that's right," Tianmu glanced at Lieutenant General Cunningham who was thinking, "We can also recruit volunteers among active military officers. Now, whether they are from the universe or from the earth, there are a lot of volunteers. A sworn person in Duke Weng’s country.”

"Well...then let's vote on Lieutenant General Tianam's proposal," Lieutenant General Cunningham pursed his lips and concluded with a slightly displeased expression.

"After all, according to what Admiral Collini said, we have no other better choice using any means."

The result of the vote was undoubtedly unanimous. From this moment on, Lieutenant General Thiam's proposal turned into a combat plan that was jointly planned by the entire Federal Space Force command on Luna 2, and was immediately put into preparation for implementation.

Chapter 45: Jedi Counterattack (1)

When the battle plan to attack the Zeon mainland was finalized by the commanders of the Federation Space Force on Luna 2, the Earth Federation war machine, which had been hit hard but was still fully functional, was immediately launched for this purpose.

Luna 180, with a diameter of more than 2 kilometers, is the third largest celestial body in the Earth's circle after the Earth and the Moon. In terms of surface area alone, even the five colonial satellites cannot compare with it——

This provides sufficient expansion space for the huge base built by the Federal Space Force on it. It is also the confidence that the Federal Army dares to put almost all the military production and maintenance capabilities directly controlled in the universe in the basket of Luna 2. location.

One side of the wide space port leads to the warship production base of the Federation Space Force. In more than a dozen docks with a length and width of more than 1 kilometer, a large number of Federation warships that were damaged and returned in the first week of the war are busy working. receive repairs;

At the same time, the progress of the warships that were still under construction and were not able to catch up with the large-scale fleet battle at the beginning of the war was not delayed.

"Lieutenant Admiral Cunningham, what is in front of you is the Salamis-class cruiser USS Santiago that was selected to participate in the raid on Muzo (Side 3)." The purple-haired girl put her hands in the pockets of her white coat. Half a step ahead of Cunningham leading the way.

After completing the showdown with Lieutenant General Cunningham, Cynthia's in-depth control of the federal Luna 2 base received strong support from Cunningham; under his guarantee, the commander of the garrison, Brigadier General Walken, did not refuse at all. For this reason, Cynthia was granted access to control various automation-related hardware supporting facilities originally owned by the Federation Army on Luna 2.

To put it bluntly, Cynthia can now appear on any fixed screen on Luna 2, or in any public place equipped with a holographic projector.

Through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the right side of the corridor, the situation in the dock can be seen at a glance:

Hundreds of workers were busy around a Salamis-class ship that was being renovated. From time to time, small workboats hauling materials passed by Lieutenant General Cunningham's field of vision;

The most eye-catching thing about this Santiago is its tail. Unlike the single-seat thruster of the ordinary Salamis class, it is equipped with four additional thermonuclear rockets.

The interior of the ship is treated in a manner similar to that of the Marco Polo. The control of the battleship is directly handed over to the automated Ogas system. Most of the cabins are closed and filled, leaving only a few rooms for the use of human commanders on the ship.

At the same time, half of the main turret of the Santiago was dismantled, and the vacated position was installed with a high-power meter particle disperser and a multi-functional launcher carrying decoys; all the original live ammunition close-in defense turrets were also replaced. The laser cannons dug out by maintenance crews from the depths of Luna 2's warehouse.

Laser weapons, like charged particle cannons, have been losers in the past competition with mega particle cannons for federal military orders for directed energy weapons;

Compared with the Mega Particle Cannon, the energy conversion efficiency of laser weapons is less than one-quarter, and long-distance shooting will also reduce its power due to unavoidable diffraction. As the main weapon of a battleship, it has always been troubled by insufficient damage.

However, when used to replace the original live ammunition close-in defense cannon, laser weapons have their own unique advantages: First of all, the miniaturization of the Mega particle cannon is very difficult, and there is currently no method that can reach the application level on Luna 2;

Secondly, using the Mega Particle Cannon requires extracting rice particles from the fusion reactor of the battleship. If you want to use the Mega Particle Cannon to replace the close-in defense turrets scattered throughout the battleship, you need to redesign the energy supply pipeline on a large scale, which is very difficult to transform.

As a result, laser weapons that were originally in an obsolete position, but can be used when plugged in, have returned to the Federal Space Force's field of vision.

"Laser cannon, Cynthia, are these suggestions provided by Marco Polo?" Lieutenant General Cunningham also obviously noticed the different-looking close-in defense turret on the Santiago.

"Strictly speaking, it is the combat experience accumulated by the Federal Space Force since the outbreak of the war, compiled and edited by Marco Polo, Lieutenant General."

Although in fields known to mankind, it is best to have a complete teaching and training system, the Ogas system as a strong artificial intelligence can show extremely powerful learning and adaptability, but for currently unknown problems that need to be solved, Cynthia Shi Ye can only try to find out whether there are any reference points from the development context of the UC era in his previous life.

How federal warships air defense against MS is an urgent problem that needs to be solved, and from a long-term perspective, the only solution to this problem seems to be to rely on carrying MS to intercept incoming enemy MS——

Otherwise, even if the size and firepower were as high as the Birmingham-class or even the General Raibil-class in her memory, it would still be unrealistic to rely on the anti-aircraft firepower of a single ship to withstand the attacks of the enemy's elite MS.

However, it will still be at least half a year before the Federation develops its own MS. Cynthia can only integrate the existing resources on hand to enhance the strength of the Federation fleet as much as possible.

"The current Santiago is completely transformed according to the single-ship raid on the Side 3 colonial satellite group that has no defense," Cynthia explained. "It is expected that the Principality of Zeon will only have a small number of mobile suits as a guard force, and they will be stationed inside the colonial satellites. Will attack to intercept.”

"So except for the large missile launcher on the bow used for launching nuclear bombs that has been retained, the Santiago is a cruiser that is completely specialized for air defense operations."

"Air defense cruiser?" Lieutenant General Cunningham murmured, "I never thought that our Federal Space Force would have to worry about air defense operations one day."

Before this war broke out, there were no battlefields where rice particles were scattered. If missiles or aircraft were to break through at low altitudes on the earth, they would rely on the curvature of the earth;

But in the universe where there is void in all directions, according to the Federation's vision, any aircraft will be destroyed by the Mega particle beam shot at sub-light speed the moment it appears on the radar screen, and there is no chance of approaching the Federation warship.

"However, Lieutenant General Cunningham, according to the order, although the San Diego has complete automatic control capabilities, it still needs a human captain to decide the timing of the final nuclear strike." The girl's words interrupted Cunningham's thoughts. ;

"The list of qualified officers who volunteered to participate in this mission was sent to you yesterday. Have you decided on the candidates now?"

Each name on the list crossed Lieutenant General Cunningham's mind. Although it was a mission with almost no return, I heard that there was an opportunity to directly attack the mainland of the Principality of Zeon. The applicants for this mission were still There was an endless stream.

The scene of interviewing those applicants one by one also appeared in Lieutenant General Cunningham's mind. Finally, he spit out the name he had decided on long ago, "Albert, Major Albert will be the commander of the San Diego." captain."

Chapter 46: Jedi Counterattack (2)

Major Albert thought he would never drink again in his life.

In the closed room, only the fan was working hard, but the power in silent mode was far from enough to blow away the smell of alcohol in the room; Sitting paralyzed on the bed in his bedroom, the drunken Major Albert's brain was uninhibited. Some images flashed through in a controlled manner.

He was born in the capital of Side 2, Iphis Island, a densely populated colonial satellite and the economic, administrative, and educational center of this colonial group.

His father was one of the first residents to settle in the universe, that is, in the first completed Sides 1 and 2. He took the initiative to apply for immigration. It is precisely because of this that his family was at least better than those who were forcibly relocated later. People in the universe have more choices.

When Albert was a child, his father often took him to the viewing window near the top port of Ifes Island on weekends, where he would sit for half a day - just sitting there, watching the spaceships flashing. The warning lights slowly enlarged from far to near until the entire hull could be visually seen, and then gradually approached the port.

Little Albert's father would tell him an earlier story at this time:

At that time, humanity was unprecedentedly united under a unified banner called the Earth Federation;

At that time, space projects of unprecedented magnitude were promoted with the cooperation of the entire world;