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

"Huh, huh-"

Amuro Ray was breathing heavily in the simulated cockpit for training. He fought dozens of simulated battles in a row. Even if the machine accelerated or the feedback when he was shot was not as obvious as in reality, he was still exhausted. .

"I'm going to take a break."

He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead with his cuffs and exited the simulated combat system.

"Thank you, Amuro."

Ome, Frau Bo, who had been waiting next to the simulator for a long time, said with concern, holding a kettle in one hand and a towel in the other.

"Ah, Amuro, you wiped the sweat with your sleeve again, I have a towel here."

The sharp-eyed Frau saw the sweat stains on Amuro's cuffs at a glance. He quickly folded the towel into a piece and wiped it gently on Amuro's head.

"It's okay...Is your training mission over?"

Amuro swallowed a large amount of water.

"Ah, I originally went to the cafeteria to participate in the cook training, but what should I say? It felt a little different from the cooking class in school, and I was worried about Amuro, so I came back to see how you were doing."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are really desperate, Amuro, well... I have some rumors. I heard that this matter is also a game between the top brass of the Federation Army. There is no other way but to continue to use us for the time being. As long as we return to Earth, But there’s nothing wrong with us—”

Kai Sitting, who had also been receiving MS driving training for the past half day, looked at the intimate interaction between Amuro who crawled out of the simulator and Frau with some displeasure. He couldn't help but get closer and said:

"——Does it mean that you already like fighting and can't live without Gundam?"

"Amuro is not that kind of person!" Frou became anxious first.

"I think if nothing else, you should cherish the opportunity to use military training machines, right? I have a hunch that if the war ends, MS will definitely enter the civilian field."

Another young soldier, Hayato Kobayashi, who was taking a break, noticed the quarrel in the corner of the training room and came over.

"Hey, I can tell the truth..."

However, Amuro just looked at Kai wordlessly and ignored his sarcastic words. While returning the kettle to his Qingmei, he patted the casing of the simulator and said:

"Miss Cynthia, help me pull up all my simulated battle videos and sort them according to combat performance from the worst. I want to review them."

"Amuro..."

Frau watched with some worry as the boy next door, who had been with her day and night and had been taken care of by her, was gradually becoming a stranger.

Amuro, who rejected Cynthia's proposal and continued to use the Gundam's body data for simulation, and instead piloted Jim, who was said to be a future mass-produced model of the Federation Space Force, to participate in the simulated battle, experienced the feeling of being shot down for the first time;

Even though it was a simulated battle, the feeling of the entire cockpit suddenly turning completely dark amid violent vibrations still scared Amuro into a cold sweat——

'If it weren't for the Gundam developed by my father...'

Amuro thought about how he had previously piloted a Gundam and had been hit by Zaku's machine gun from the Zeon Army during several actual battles. At that time, sitting in the Gundam, he only felt the body of the Gundam shake a few times, and there was no other sound. The impact;

Plus that Char, that crimson comet - although the White Base successfully escaped from Side 7 to Luna 2, it was largely driven away by the fleet brought by Miss Marco Polo. Char;

In several MS battles, Amuro felt as if he was being teased from beginning to end, with Char controlling the rhythm of the battle.

'You rely too much on the performance of the Gundam! '

Captain Brad's words echoed in his ears again. Amuro couldn't help but grit his teeth and clenched his fists, 'That's not the case... I will prove it to you, Captain Brad! '

"No problem, Sergeant Amuro; however, you have been sitting for more than 3 hours before this. It is recommended that you get up and move for at least 15 minutes before reviewing the MS battle."

Cynthia's voice came from the simulated cockpit. Although she was telling people to take a rest, Cynthia herself was already constantly analyzing Amuro's driving data——

For tasks such as operating mobile suits with a high degree of freedom, high complexity, and requiring high-speed feedback, if we rely solely on the exhaustive method, we may not be able to find all the status possibilities in the lifetime of human civilization;

At this stage, using high-quality human operation data to build a usable MS combat strategy model is crucial to whether she can simulate herself more efficiently in the future and improve herself in the form of 'left and right fighting'.

'Talent gives him a higher starting point, but where he ends up in the end still depends on his own efforts? '

Cynthia also didn't expect Amuro to be willing to take the initiative to challenge herself, no longer relying on the Gundam's armor, but choosing to use the much more fragile Jim to fight against people;

After all, the Gundam and the Jim are not on the same level. Judging from the data recorded on the Gundam, the Gundam can withstand some operations, but you have to directly learn to operate the Jim, fearing that it will not directly malfunction; while the operation data of the same model cannot be transplanted It's much easier to get up.

Cynthia updated the driving model used for man-machine confrontation in the simulated combat system.

Chapter 18: Intermission (End)

When he saw the newly restored white base again, even though it was only less than three days ago, Amuro felt strangely strange.

"Indeed, the experience I had when I boarded that battleship was not a good one, and it probably won't be a good thing in the future either - but the days after I got off the White Base felt so long."

"Hey, Miss Sera feels the same way..."

'I probably didn't say anything just now...or was my expression too easy to read? '

Amuro noticed Sera Mars walking to his side and said with some confusion.

"Yes, even Captain Brad feels friendly compared to the Federation Army instructors here."

"Ah, are the instructors here very strict?"

"I really didn't see Amuro during the training. Alas, where have you been these past few days?"

"Ah ha ha……"

Amuro scratched his cheek. For the past two days, he had been immersed in the simulator used to train mobile suit pilots. He was either fighting against humans or AI, or reviewing battle videos to improve his skills.

'I originally thought that everyone was half-hearted and absent-minded, so I didn't stay in the training room all the time. I was the only one who worked the hardest. It turns out that there are other training subjects? '

Amuro said awkwardly:

"I've been trying to figure out how to pilot the mobile suit - after all, I have to continue piloting the Gundam."

"It's great - with actual results, you can become a privileged class..."

"It's rare to see Miss Sera like this," Amuro thought to himself. It seems that he suffered a lot without me knowing, and suffered a lot?

It seems to be because there are cameras all over the Luna 2 base, and the artificial intelligence named Cynthia has been watching. Sera, who is used to speaking with some yin or yang with a bit of resentment, is lucky not to be physically exposed. correction on;

But the devil instructor who is responsible for the training of new recruits on Luna 2 is not a gentleman like Captain Brad, who is used to the little rebellion of these new recruits in words and deeds——

"I don't care if your [Earth expletive] is voluntary. On the battlefield, can you tell the Zeon guys [Earth expletive] that you have just joined the army a few days ago? Can you ask them to wait for you to finish training before attacking? Look at [Earth expletive] Is the Zeon guy who talks dirty words ignoring you?"

"I told you to stop chirping [Earth expletive] with me and do whatever I ask you to do. The only thing you can answer here is: 'Yes! Instructor!'."

"Hey - you still don't agree with this look, right? Let me tell you, the army is a place like this. For the commander's orders, your muscles must react faster than your brain. Don't think, don't say, just do it - —!"

……

With a few exceptions like Amuro, most of the time the volunteers aboard the White Base spend here is less about receiving technical training than being instilled in the spirit of the Federation Space Force's soldiers;

After all, you can't learn much in just two days of studying technology, but if you come and truly experience the atmosphere of a regular army - not a grassroots team like the White Base under the command of Captain Blade, you can still gain some experience. .

"Ah...it's Captain Brad!"

"Captain Blade!"

Because Lieutenant Brad Noah, who had already graduated from the accelerated officer training course, did not go to receive basic training with the volunteers of the White Base;

Instead, under Cynthia's guidance, she went to the library of the Luna 2 Space Military Officer School and got a recommended reading list as a ladder for self-study and improvement.

"Ah, it's Amuro and Sera."

Captain Brad was a little surprised when he saw Sera standing at attention respectfully and saluting him. Amuro's reaction was a little slower, but he also followed suit and stood at attention in a decent manner. salute.

'I haven't seen you for two days, and I feel relieved. ' Brad thought, stood still and returned the greeting, then showed a smile and asked:

"Have a rest - how about it? They haven't given you any trouble in the past two days, have they?"

"Reporting ship..., ahem, Captain Brad, did not feel sorry for us."

It seems that the impact of just two days of training on Serra has not dissipated.

"Not really. I think everything is fine. I've seen the level of regular army MS pilots."

Although he missed the training that instilled the spirit of the Space Army, Amuro certainly had a lot of insights, but in other aspects——

At that time, Amuro had generally adapted to the operating feel of the training simulator and the performance of the Jim E, and achieved a series of victories on the MS battle platform, including those who seemed to be the top federal pilots on the rankings, and also He became a defeated general under his command;

Just when he almost had such arrogant thoughts, even the pilots of the regular army were just like this, he was met by a pure newcomer in the system. To put it bluntly, it was like the kind of new player that he had never played in the qualifying competition. Account, challenge.

That was the first time Amuro had seen it in the Federation Army. It could give him a similar sense of oppression and control over the battlefield as Char in a mobile suit battle——

From the perfect timing of shooting, which always allowed him to dodge to the limit, to the clean and neat evasive movements without any redundancy;

The bullet marks on the mobile suit gradually increased, and the situation became more and more unfavorable as each body module was damaged. However, the opponent did not even give it a chance to fight for his life, and maintained a stable performance from the beginning to the end. suppress.

Amuro couldn't help but admit that before he boarded the Gundam, the Federation military base named Luna 2 had been isolated and helpless in the blockade of the Zeon army, which was as powerful as Char and was only one of the many aces. After more than half a year, it still remains standing;

This is definitely not due to luck or the tolerance of the Zeon army.

'I'm not the only one who can deal with Char, defeat the Zeon army, and save everyone. 'Amuro has never experienced such a feeling on the White Base.

Amuro recalled the battle carefully, with the opponent whose username was simply 'A';

'It should be the commander of the MS unit to which Luna 2 belongs, right?He didn't seem to understand the situation yet, and asked me if I wanted to join his army. '

Then, probably for confidentiality reasons, this message, including the following ones that Amuro had not seen, was withdrawn by Cynthia as the administrator.

"is it?"

Captain Blade looked at Amuro and noticed that there was indeed something different in his temperament, but Captain Blade couldn't tell clearly;

However, Brad thought about the contents of books on organizational management psychology that Cynthia had recommended to read in the past few days. He hesitated and continued:

"Well, the momentum is good, keep it up."

"Yes! Captain Blade!"

Amuro and Sera replied excitedly together.

Not far away, an engineering boat passed over the White Base and removed the last maintenance bracket on the White Base that was quietly dormant on the berth.

"Has the maintenance been completed? Luna 2 is indeed the most complete base of the Federation Army in the universe."

Captain Blade turned his head and looked around. Judging from the appearance, the white base had been hit by Zaku rockets before, as well as the several breaches caused by the near miss of the Musai-class Mega particle beam main gun. Now it was completely invisible. .

"Ah~ That's because it didn't hit the key cabin section and didn't cause any equipment damage, so it only needs to repair the outer shell..."

A slightly bored and listless girl's voice sounded from behind Captain Brad, attracting him to turn around——

A petite girl with long straight white hair has been standing behind Captain Brad since I don't know when.

"...But after all, the resources of Gabro Base are not comparable to those of Luna 2. There are no substitutes for some of the armor materials of the ship's hull. We can only use other materials to make up for them first, and wait until Gabro Re-patch.”

"You are……"

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself. In response to your request, Captain Brad, the Ogas system has been completed as scheduled on the assault landing ship, White Base. If you want to call me..."

The white-haired girl tilted her head slightly and nodded her lips;

"...Pegasus, Pegasus, the platinum Pegasus—just call me Platinum. How about it, Captain Blade?"

"Ah this..."

Captain Brad was stunned, and a strange and indescribable feeling emerged from deep in his heart; the White Base, as Brad, the first warship served by this fledgling officer cadet, was also in various situations. The first battleship he commanded by accident and coincidence;

It is naturally impossible that he has no emotional feelings for this battleship at all; but when the battleship, this object suddenly comes alive, it has an image that is close to a human being——

This emotional touch suddenly became subtle.

When talking to Marco Polo at the time, he didn't realize this much. After all, it was not his ship.

'It's not right, to say to such a pretty girl, from now on, you will be my ship... It feels weird. How did Commander Cunningham cross such a psychological threshold? '

Captain Brad didn't know how to respond.

The white-haired girl opposite showed a humane expression of disgust as if she was afraid of trouble. She put one hand on her hip and said to Captain Brad calmly:

"Hey~ This is our first meeting, please take care of me, I will omit the following... I know Captain Brad, you may not be used to my existence yet, but it doesn't matter, we will have plenty of time after that, let's get straight to work; this is before sailing. Check the list of items, please verify and sign them one by one."

As he spoke, Bai Jin used holographic projection to generate a form out of thin air;

"You can take a look first. The paper version has been printed on the bridge and you can pick it up at any time."

Speaking of work, especially the work exclusively for the captain, Brad immediately came back to his senses and got into a working state;

"Let me take a look...Then I won't go to the bridge first. I will start the inspection directly from the MS Gnaku, and finally sign and confirm together. Platinum Xiao...Platinum, do you have the sub-system inspection report of the chief officers of each department on the ship?" ?”

Some kind of weird obsession of 'this is my ship' slightly disturbed the title of platinum in Captain Brad's heart;

"In terms of sailing, helmsman Milai Hachishu is conducting tests. In terms of other departments, only Chef Tamura has submitted a supply confirmation list for shipping logistics, and the carrier air force has submitted a list of mobile suit and fighter aircraft. Preparation report, do you want to see it now?”

Imitating the preparation process for sailing that he had seen when he was running forward and backward for the former captain, Colonel Paul, Captain Blade ignored the crew of the White Base that he had just ignored without changing his expression. The fact that he was still a grassroots team replied to Bai Jin: