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

"Wait, what are you doing?!"

Captain Blade subconsciously raised his hand to touch the gun at his waist, but when the laser pointers from the federal soldiers' muzzles shone brightly on his face, he wisely stopped. Actions.

"What are you going to do? We are also a federal battleship!"

"You can't say this kind of thing yourself! Be honest, kid..."

A federal soldier stepped forward quickly and pulled off the gun from Captain Blade's waist. He seemed to be angered by the disobedient expression on the young man's face. He held the rifle upside down and raised the butt. Aiming at Brad's left shoulder and about to hit it——

"Captain Blade!" Frau Poe was already frightened. He thought that everyone on the White Base would be safe when he encountered the regular federal army, but who knew that the federal army in front of him seemed to have no good intentions? look.

"stop!"

A sharp shout interrupted the movements of the federal soldiers.

"Sir."

A middle-aged sergeant major with a mustache, also carrying a gun, stepped off the traffic boat;

He first pressed his right ear, as if listening to someone's instructions in the earphone, and then turned his head. While making a few gestures to other federal soldiers, he walked up to Second Lieutenant Brad and stood still. Stand still.

The sergeant major took the lead in saluting and said calmly:

"Captain Brad, I am the Marine Corps Sergeant Major of the Federation Space Force, Carlos. I have been ordered to escort two surgeons and seven medical personnel to board the ship."

"Can you call this a request!?"

The federal soldiers did not stop. Some occupied the commanding heights on the corridors on both sides of the hangar, while others bypassed Brad and continued to rush towards the interior of the 'White Base'.

"Sorry, forced by orders——"

There was no real apology in Sergeant Major Carlos' tone, and his fierce eyes swept over the White Base crew members who came to greet them one by one;

"Captain Brad, you should be aware of how suspicious the current status of your 'White Base' is; what we investigated on Luna 2 was using various excuses such as war refugees and ship accidents to try to There are countless Zeon spies who have infiltrated."

"We are not spies!"

Frau Bo, who was wearing a women's uniform of the Federation Space Force, but which seemed to have been modified privately, taking off collar insignia, epaulettes and other accessories with obvious military significance, spoke first.

Then, facing the scrutinizing gaze of Sergeant Carlos, Frau Bo shrank a little, but still mustered up the courage to say:

"We are all residents of Side 7. We were forced to escape aboard the 'White Base' because of the sudden attack by Zaku of the Zeon Army. My grandfather and mother were also killed in the battle... Wuwu..."

As she spoke, her originally peaceful life suffered a sudden change, and memories and sadness for her family flooded into Frau Bo's heart, and she couldn't help but sob softly;

A few tears turned into water droplets in the weightless space, hanging on Frau Bo's eyelashes.

"Yes, that's right. Why are you pointing guns at us? We were fighting the Zeon army just now, right?"

Amuro, who was still wearing his pilot suit, suddenly jumped down from the corridor above the hangar and stood in front of Frau Poe, holding the laser indicator lines.

Sergeant Major Carlos raised his hand in a cease-fire gesture, asking the surrounding federal soldiers to remove their fingers from the trigger ring, but there was no trace of touch on his cold face;

Immediately afterwards, he fiddled with the recording camera hanging on his left chest, and then said with a bit of indifference:

"It's a pity that I have experienced enough such little stories; in short, this is how it is in the army. This is the order we received. Please let us be considerate to each other."

After that, as if to express a concession, Sergeant Major Carlos deliberately turned his head and shouted to the surrounding federal soldiers in front of everyone on the White Base:

"Attention, the intelligence has been updated. There may be elderly and children among the refugees on the ship. Turn off the safety and enter the ship in a non-combat posture. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir!"

Then, Carlos raised his eyebrows and looked at Captain Blade again; behind him, several federal soldiers with red cross armbands on their arms also took out several boxes of medical supplies from the transport boat.

"Your department is welcome to board the ship with medical assistance."

Captain Brad suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart, raised his hand in return, and said in a gritted tone.

……

"Report, the engine room is under control!"

"Report, the main turret console has been brought under control!"

"Report, all suspected refugees have been gathered in the crew mess hall on the ship and are under control!"

"Okay, we have entered the bridge, keep in touch."

The members of the White Base sitting in various operator seats in the front row turned their heads and secretly glanced at the federal soldier standing unscrupulously behind Captain Brad's seat.

Their supposedly hidden sight was actually very obvious to Sergeant Major Carlos standing at the back, but he didn't take it seriously.

"Captain Blade, next, we need you to access the fixed communication link with the flagship Marco Polo. Please cooperate."

"Is this also an order?"

Captain Blade asked, half in protest, half in a tentative tone.

"It's all a mission - but it won't be anything bad, you'll know next thing."

Sergeant Major Carlos gave a rare chuckle and said somewhat mysteriously.

"Captain Brad, the Marco Polo has sent a link request and this is... permission to remotely monitor and connect to the White Base system!"

Although Sera Mars, who was in charge of communications, did not understand the specific meaning of these requests, she felt vaguely that something was wrong just by understanding them literally; she stared at Captain Blade with a little worry, and The Union soldier next to him.

Captain Brad pursed his lips and turned to look at Sergeant Major Carlos, but Carlos just shrugged lightly;

"Access permitted."

Captain Brad said helplessly.

As Selah Mars clicked to confirm, a progress bar popped up from the console screen in front of her; the progress went very fast, and it only took less than three seconds to reach the end——

Then, a holographic shadow glowing with blue light was projected in the middle of the bridge, and Marco Polo appeared on the White Base.

"This should be considered our first meeting, Lieutenant Brad."

Signal current circulates in the control circuits on the White Base, seeping into every terminal on this cutting-edge federal battleship;

'It seems that the armament bureaucrats at Gabro headquarters are really conservative. '

Marco Polo explored the ship and came to disappointing conclusions;

As the White Base, which had been built before the outbreak of the One Year War, it was equipped with the most cutting-edge new equipment, Minovsky particles that were used to fly in the atmosphere and enter and exit the atmosphere without the use of additional propulsion rockets. Flying device——

After the implementation of the 'V Plan', it was urgently ordered to be refitted. As a mother ship for the newly developed mobile suits of the Federation Army, one can imagine the tight construction period.

Coupled with the widely spread, conservative or pragmatic understanding among senior officials in Gabro's headquarters, during the war, they all maintained a skeptical attitude towards the application of any new technology that had emerged but had not yet been tested by time. ;

As for Lieutenant General Cunningham, who stayed on board Luna 2, his influence among Gabro was naturally far inferior to that of Admiral Ray Beal, who worked hard to promote the development of Plan V;

Therefore, even the federal army garrison troops stationed in the surrounding areas of Gabro began to use a large number of unmanned weapons commanded by agents to fill the front line. The 'White Base' still failed to fully realize the central plan like Marco Polo. Controlled, fully automated standard built.

"Who are you? Wait, I thought I heard your voice just now-"

Second Lieutenant Brad's upper body leaned forward slightly, and he looked at the shadow of a girl with long indigo hair in front of him with some surprise and an exquisite face that did not look like a real person.

'Captain Brad's eyes... are indeed a bit small, but this does not seem to affect his temperament that makes people subconsciously convinced and let him give orders. '

Marco Polo curiously introduced a model for the face of Second Lieutenant Brad Noah, who was able to stand up and take charge of the overall situation at a critical moment when a large number of high-level officers were injured and killed on the White Base at such a young age. ;

Surprisingly high score, but the comments are also interesting:

'There are two paths in life, one is correct and the other is easy. '

"I am Marco Polo, to be precise, I am the artificial intelligence system responsible for controlling the battleship Marco Polo and coordinating fleet command and staff work."

'Is this also artificial intelligence? '

As a well-known hobbyist researcher in computer and artificial intelligence related fields, Amuro Ray subconsciously thought of the artificial intelligence in front of him that spoke fluently, had a natural posture, and had the image of a beautiful girl——

Harrow compared it with the spherical toy he modified:

'Well, she has hands and feet, and I also installed hands and feet for Harrow; but she is just a projection, while my Harrow has a physical body and integrates many functions, but -'

It can't be compared, it can't be compared at all. Even though Amuro originally didn't think the appearance of Harrow's sphere was cute, there was nothing unacceptable about it. However, looking at it now, it can be said that it has reached the level of disgust. .

"Artificial intelligence? So... may I ask what your official's purpose is?"

Captain Blade, who had just been stressed twice about his "military consciousness" in front of Lieutenant General Cunningham and Sergeant Major Carlos, had learned some lessons.

"You don't need to worry, and you don't need to be polite; you must have been worried all the way, escaping from the raid by the Zeon Principality Army, and you must have many questions about your current situation and your future -"

Marco Polo was not smiling, she just slightly softened the corners of her eyes and arched her eyebrows as if she had been trained countless times, giving people an indescribable sense of intimacy;

"——That's exactly what I'm here for. I can answer any questions within the scope of my authority."

Of course, in addition to this, Marco Polo also needed:

By the way, extract the combat records and technical parameter information on the White Base;

By the way, a series of operational data on high-end machines developed by Project V such as Gundam, Guntank, and Guncannon are collected;

By the way, monitor everyone on board the White Base, conduct preliminary identity screening and screening, and confirm the status of officers whose identities can be confirmed, including the former captain, Colonel Paul Cassius.

But Marco Polo didn't lie, did he?

"It turns out that the Marco Polo was really..."

Unexpectedly, the first person to break the calm on the bridge was Staff Sergeant Long Jose; he stood up respectfully, saluted Marco Polo, and said loudly:

"Thank you very much. You may not know that I——"

This tall and strong man, who looked more like a heavy machine gunner or a grenadier than a pilot, paused for a moment and organized his words;

"On the battlefield of the Battle of Hart, I escaped from a Swordfish fighter jet that was shot down by Zaku of the Zeon Army. It was when I heard your search and rescue broadcast that I realized that our Federation Army had not yet been defeated. I persisted in living and met the rescue team..."

"No need to thank me, the pilot of reconnaissance plane No. 0342, Staff Sergeant Long Jose; it is precisely because of the fighting of every federal soldier that we were able to save the resistance against the Zabi family's atrocities from the difficult battlefields like Hart. of fire."

Marco Polo slightly retrieved the stored information. She indeed had not met Long Jose at that time; but his name existed on the list of survivors and in the files of the Federal Space Force. Therefore, Marco Polo had preliminarily ' Got to know him.

"I...we do have some problems."

Captain Blade glanced around at the expressions of everyone on the bridge. Marco Polo was indeed not a feared and disgusted character like the federal soldier who came in with a gun on his back;

And not only Long Jose, who is also on the White Base, but also one of the few who has undergone formal military training and is not injured, has respect for Marco Polo;

Even Sergeant Major Carlos, who seemed to have a hard time talking, now had a serious and serious look on his face, standing upright in a posture that was almost as if he was being inspected.

"Miss Marco Polo, please tell me how we will be treated. What does General Cunningham want to do by sending soldiers to the White Base now?"

Chapter 12: Military Uniform (2)

"...How exactly will we be treated...?"

"good question--"

Marco Polo has accessed the surveillance system in the White Base ship, and she is now looking at the members of the 'protagonist team'.

"——First of all, I can say that you are safe now, for the time being; the Federal Space Force's 2nd Fleet will provide protection for the White Base on its next journey to Luna 2."

Seeing that Captain Brad seemed a little excited, as if he couldn't help but want to say something else, Marco Polo quickly added:

"The Major Char who attacked you is indeed a famous MS pilot in the Principality of Zeon. The 2nd Fleet attaches great importance to it; please rest assured that the fleet will always maintain a war-ready attitude and sail, so there is no need to worry."

"Safety means escorting us to Luna 2 in a 'foolproof' manner like prisoners?"

The blond girl, Sera Mars, who crossed her arms and seemed not to be interested in Marco Polo's seemingly friendly attitude, pouted at Sergeant Major Carlos who was standing aside.

"It's Miss Mars, right? Thank you for your willingness to come forward and provide help in combat and medical care when the local federal military base in Side 7 was attacked. Such courage is not common and deserves appreciation."

"It's useless to compliment me... eh, Miss Polo? I only boarded the White Base to protect myself."

"I can't see your heart, I only know that your behavior is worthy of praise. In the same way, regarding your subsequent treatment, please listen to it from the perspective of us, the federal space fleet to which Luna 2 belongs. , what I saw happened.”

Marco Polo was not moved by Sera Mas's vague hostility. He calmly took a half-step to the side and projected an information flow chart beside him;

"We first only observed a flash of a suspected explosion in the direction of Side 7; then, considering the federal military base set up in that direction, in order to find out the situation, our fleet set off from Luna 2."

Marco Polo put his right hand on his chest and pointed at himself;

'I heard that without the constraints of gravity, the towering mountains on a girl's chest can maintain a perfect shape and will not sag. '

A somewhat irrelevant thought flashed through Amuro Ray's mind; perhaps because he had received a lot of protection from his father, who was a federal military technical expert since he was a child, the boy was not too worried about being killed by the federal army at this time. How to treat.

"On the way to Luna 2, we noticed signs of fighting again, so we adjusted our course and met you -"

Marco Polo put his four fingers together, raised his arm, and pointed to everyone on the bridge;

"A rookie second lieutenant who cannot verify the file is the captain, leading a team of civilians who volunteered to participate in the battle. They are driving mobile suits and battleships, which are one of the Federation's top military secrets, to fight against the Zeon army."

"Hey, after all, it was your Federation Army that set up a military base in our colonial satellite and lured the Zeon Army over, so we all had to use the White Base to escape, right?"

Kai Sitting, who was also a resident of Side 7 and was forced to escape aboard the White Base, seemed to sense a hint of Marco Polo's determination that had no room for negotiation under his seemingly friendly attitude.