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

Fortunately, the sparks that continued to emerge from the wounds on the limbs and head immediately detonated the entire Zaku, saving a little face for the flagship of the Federal Space Force.

Marco Polo, the current flagship of the Federal Space Force, has been reincarnated!

Since the wealthy Earth Federation Government wants to build unmanned warships, it will naturally not just build Marco Polo. The project progress of the No. 2 ship of the same class is nearing completion;

However, the development progress of another AI system that was originally scheduled to be carried on the No. 2 ship to compete with the Ogas system, or conduct adversarial training, lagged far behind Ogas.

Therefore, with the approval of Cunningham, who was promoted to lieutenant general, the construction department directly transplanted the entire shipboard computer where Marco Polo lived to the completed No. 2 ship, and the name of the ship was also postponed. .

"The remaining enemy reconnaissance fleet has all hid in the particle fog, Lieutenant General Cunningham."

Marco Polo, who rarely followed the expected tactics of the Magellan-class battleship and carried out a round of ultra-long-distance bombardment, silently added a mobile suit kill count to himself.

"Then, let's circle around a bit to attract Zeon's attention and cover the dispatch of the special attack force."

Vice Admiral Cunningham was sitting in the seat of the fleet commander, but his mind was entirely on the Santiago dispatched from the other side of Luna 2.

'As long as you can successfully reach Side 3 with the nuclear bomb, it will be enough to attract the Zeon fleet to return to defense. Albert, don't do anything stupid...'

Cunningham closed his eyes helplessly, and the stacks of death notices waiting for him to sign in his office flashed through his mind.

"Our space army has lost enough officers and soldiers."

-

"Commander?" In the CIC, Santiago stood diagonally behind Major Albert, tilting his head slightly:

"The feint fleet confirmed that Zeon's 'eyes' have been covered."

Albert used the photoelectric sensor on the outside of the ship to take one last look at Luna 2, the place where he had worked for more than ten years.

"set off!"

"Go Go Go, rush Side 3!"

Santiago pointed forward excitedly. Under the cover of Luna 2's huge figure, she ignited the external solid fuel engine. The huge flames showed the high acceleration Santiago was experiencing at this time, but at this moment, no one was there. able to notice.

In the enroute map, Santiago's orbit is gradually 'lifting' from the orbital plane of Luna 2's orbit around the Earth.

The first stage of acceleration was completed. The external engine, which had fulfilled its mission, detached from the Santiago. Then, the cruiser's own main thruster was ignited and continued to accelerate in a relay manner.

"Huh - I didn't expect that I could still experience this kind of G-force on a cruiser," Major Albert, who was tightly restrained in the seat, could finally unbuckle his seat belt and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Commander, I heard that sitting on a battleship launched from the surface of Gabro into orbit is even more exciting than this~"

Santiago's projection in the CIC simply leaned against the backrest of Major Albert's seat, not even bothering to pretend, and it didn't look like it would be affected by the acceleration of the battleship.

The nuclear rocket used by the battleship will have slightly less thrust, but will be more durable - with the support of additional propellant tanks, Santiago will accelerate several times in the next 36 hours.

In the end, she accelerated her huge hull to a speed close to that of a mobile suit, and rushed towards Side 3, the homeland of the Principality of Zeon, in an orbit that was similar to a hyperbola.

Chapter 52: Albert Air Raid (3)

The most dangerous part of the journey, which lasted about two days, was over, Major Albert thought.

The Santiago has moved far away from the Luna 2 Fortress and away from the detection range of the Principality of Zeon. It has sailed into an inaccessible orbit due to the extreme waste of propellant.

In the next more than 40 hours, Santiago will need to perform many orbital maneuvers, but these can all be completed automatically by relying on this battleship, and he does not need to keep an eye on it personally.

'How convenient, artificial intelligence. 'Just as he was thinking about it, Major Albert stood up and stretched, feeling suddenly at a loss for anything.

There were dozens of hours left, and he couldn't sit here forever.

"Commander, what are your orders?"

Seeing the major standing up suddenly, Santiago turned sideways, his two ponytails swaying completely ignoring the weightless environment in the cabin.

"Well," Major Albert was speechless for a moment, "...no, what's on the ship..."

He wanted to find something to do for himself. Otherwise, he had clearly made up his mind to embark on the journey, but ended up idle on the ship. He was afraid that the string he had tightened would just relax.

But he also knew that San Diego, as an intelligently controlled battleship specially modified for this mission, did not have any living facilities beyond the basic needs specially prepared for him as a crew member.

Not to mention, the design of the Salamis-class cruiser is inherently much more compact and crowded than the Magellan-class battleship.

"Ah, I understand, Commander, this ship also has modules related to the on-board cloud entertainment center, whether it is movies, TV series, novels or games, we have everything!"

As if he couldn't wait, Santiago raised his closed arms, and then suddenly spread them to both sides. Dozens of holographically projected pages popped out from the middle of the CIC and spread around.

The content in this entertainment center was created by the Federation Army at a large price to purchase the copyright for the collection of helium-3, the main fuel for nuclear fusion reactors, between the Earth and Jupiter. Stay mentally refreshed during the year-long voyage.

It can be said that the content is rich enough to ensure that even if you stay in this entertainment center every day for a year, you will still be able to watch and play in the same way.

However, Major Albert had little interest in this, "I don't just want to kill time, I am..."

Major Albert was stuck.

What does he want to do?What else could he do?

He has no other goal in life than revenge against the executioner of the Zabi family. He has nothing but hatred.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Commander, I originally said we could take this opportunity to have fun together for a while, but you really want to do business, right?"

As if he had misunderstood something, Santiago clasped his hands, tilted his head, and apologized again and again.

"I remembered. Cynthia mentioned that you had borrowed books on Luna 2 before. I also downloaded the electronic version before departure. Do you want to read it now?"

As he said that, all the pages filled with movie posters, game covers, etc. that filled the CIC were scattered, leaving only an e-book, and the title of the book was——

"Firearms, Plagues and Metallurgy" (Note 1)

"This is..." Major Albert couldn't help but stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the book, but the voice of the past echoed in his ears again:

[Have you seriously read a book since graduating from military school?Have you learned any new knowledge in a field that you have never touched before? 】

'I...can't remember' The time after graduation and joining the army passed like water. There were always various tasks waiting for him every day. When he occasionally had free time, it was difficult to muster the energy to arrange extra tasks for himself. Learning tasks.

[You can’t do this, right?Although I don’t understand the way you fight, every field is developing rapidly now. If you still rely on what you learned in school many years ago, you will be left behind by the times sooner or later. 】

'Really, there are people in the army who have been studying newly developed techniques and tactics. You don't need to tell me...' Even so, Major Albert went to the library of the base after a long absence and borrowed a book. At least it seemed Quite an academic book.

The last time he read a book related to history was in high school.

Seeing Major Albert's eye circles turning red inexplicably again, Santiago was a little confused, 'That shouldn't be the case. Even if the hardware is not enough, my emotional intelligence module shouldn't be too affected? '

"Commander? You..."

"I'm fine. I'll just finish this book in the last minute." Major Albert rubbed his eyes and said to Santiago with a smile: "Have you read this book?"

"It doesn't count as having read it...even though I can memorize the entire book, and based on the various reviews and comments about this book on the Internet, I can also tell you a few things if we want to discuss it,"

Santiago's index finger gently touched his lips, "But sure enough, I can't count myself as having 'read' this book."

"is it?"

Major Albert shook his head.

"That won't work. I still remember what you said back then, 'prosperity, unity, and long-lasting peace for mankind.' If you don't carefully examine the past of mankind, you won't be able to help mankind move toward the future."

"Hey - isn't it enough to try your best to meet the needs of the vast majority of human beings?"

"Hahaha, how is that possible?" Santiago's words hit Major Albert's point of laughter. "Who is the majority of human beings? Human beings are the best at dividing small groups-"

Major Albert laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up, "In the sky and on the earth, the ruling ones are ruled, left and right, old and new, Santiago, your desires are insatiable, you can never satisfy human desires."

[Let him continue talking]

Across the void, Ogath watched the conversation taking place in the cruiser's tiny CIC; he was still searching for his place in human society.

"It's like the geographical determinism expressed in this book," Major Albert reluctantly stopped smiling and straightened up:

"Countries established under different natural conditions will naturally have completely different characteristics, such as island countries and continental countries. These differences are not determined by race, blood, etc., but simply to adapt to different natural environments."

"Then what do you think I should do to achieve the purpose for which I was created?" Santiago's eyes widened and he looked at Major Albert expectantly.

"I don't know either. I can't think of a way out. I'm just staring at the road under my feet and I've reached a dead end." Major Albert shook his head:

"The only thing I want to do now is to let those who provoke the war without authorization taste the pain I have endured. Maybe after experiencing the same suffering, people will be able to understand the value of peace in the same way?"

Chapter 53: Albert Air Raid (4)

【Stop war with war? 】

"Commander, your thoughts are very valuable and will serve as a reference for my behavioral model."

Looking at the girl's admiring eyes, Major Albert felt a little uncomfortable, and reflected on whether he had just instilled some dangerous logic.

But in the end, probably feeling that he and Santiago were in a state of silent navigation isolated from the world at this time, Major Albert said a lot unexpectedly, racking his brains to collect the miscellaneous knowledge he learned in his early compulsory education - —

Regarding human society and human ideals, he still hopes to leave a good impression on human beings to Santiago.

[Dad is really naughty. Our teacher taught us that this method should be used for this kind of questions...]

After all, his daughter won't need him to help her with her homework when she's in third grade.

"Ahaha, is it really that useful? I should have talked to Cynthia about this if I had known I was still on Luna 2. Now I'm disconnected and can't contact her."

Major Albert scratched his head and smiled, completely unaware that his remarks at this time had already been silently recorded in a corner of the Luna 2 central server room.

"Ah, by the way, Commander, if you are hungry or thirsty, the ship's dining room has prepared drinks and hot meals that are kept warm. You just need to pick them up in person."

Santiago suddenly bowed, "I'm very sorry, the automation facilities on the ship can only go so far."

"No...it's okay. Is it the kind of meal on a flight? It just so happens that I should get up and move after sitting for a long time."

With that said, Major Albert stood up, lightly kicked on the back of the seat, and floated towards the exit of CIC, "If you only have a projection, there will still be a lot of inconvenience, right?"

"Hey, it's true, Commander. Bringing all the mechanisms of the ship under the unified control of the central computer requires a lot of painstaking transformation." The girl's shadow moved out of the way, and the hatch opened automatically.

"If it were a complete redesign, it would probably be more thorough."

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January 25, Year 0079.1.25 of the Universe (UC 3), in the Mainland of the Principality of Zeon, in the universe near Side [-].

A small civilian cargo ship with obvious signs of modification was slowly sailing towards Side 3. The hull of the ship was painted with the emblem of the Zeon Assault Mobile Army and a large red cross.

Inside the cabin, about 40 soldiers wearing Zeon military uniforms, most of them with bloody bandages on their bodies, were sitting or lying on the ground and crowded in the cargo hold.

Although the soldiers seemed to be all injured, the atmosphere in the cabin was neither the lingering fear of escaping death on the battlefield nor the grief of mourning their fallen comrades, but a solemn and solemn atmosphere——

The lieutenant sitting next to the hatch was repeatedly wiping the assault rifle in his hand, while the demolition sergeant next to him was counting the pieces of explosives piled on the floor, which was daunting.

The sniper stood by the porthole, adjusting his scope based on the beacons that floated around the ship from time to time, while the technical lieutenant sitting cross-legged in the back was fiddling with the laptop on his lap and frequently typing on the keyboard. Click sound.

"Ding——" A harsh noise broke the peace in the cargo hold, and the captain's distorted voice came from the old player in the cabin:

"Ahem, passengers, please pay attention. This flight is about to arrive at the terminal. The Zeon troops checking in front have already approached. Please take your places."

Ahead, the port of the colonial satellite was getting closer and bigger. Two old-fashioned Zakus patrolling with an inspection boat blocked the entry route.

In an instant, the soldiers in the cabin quickly hid all kinds of equipment that should not be there, and then they sat down and lay down; and I don’t know which ones were deeply involved in the drama, so that the ones who appeared alternately Groans and sobs continued in the cargo hold.

"Hmph!" The lieutenant at the door of the cabin glared at those in the cargo hold who were too involved in the drama, "Pretend to be a little more realistic, don't go too far!"

Then he randomly clicked on a soldier and said, "Name, rank, where was he injured?"

The soldier who was hit reflexively stood up.

"Enrique Ruz! A private of the Assault Mobile Army. His leg was broken by a federal automatic cannon when he landed in Granada."

"Yes," the lieutenant seemed to nod with satisfaction, but before the private had time to be happy, the next second, the lieutenant's face looked like a sunny day in summer. The sun was bright just a moment ago, but it was covered with rain clouds in the blink of an eye.

"Then you still [Earth expletive], ah no, [Zeon expletive] standing?"

"Oh, yes!" The scolded soldier quickly covered his legs and fell to the ground.

The lieutenant looked around the cargo hold with some helplessness, "Remember your identities, don't make a show, and -"

The lieutenant's tone suddenly dropped, "Remember, don't use an earthly accent."

Outside the small cargo ship, communication permission came from the inspection boat that came up.

"Who allowed you to paint the emblem of the Principality of Zeon's army? And why don't I have a registration of your ship type here?" The arrogant face of the Principality of Zeon guard appeared on the screen.

But then, the guard's pupils shrank, and what appeared on the screen in front of him was a serious man wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant of the Principality of Zeon.

The lieutenant across the screen did not reply, but glared at him, causing the belated guard to quickly remember to salute.

"Disrespect, Lieutenant, I didn't know..."

The guard trembled and wanted to explain. The man opposite him naturally had a murderous aura that had been on the battlefield, which made him couldn't help but conclude, 'It's not wrong, this must have just been withdrawn from the front line.'

"Stop talking. I am Lieutenant Jeffrey of the Assault Mobile Army. This ship is a temporarily requisitioned civilian ship to transport the wounded back to the country for recuperation. Get out of the way!"