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

"Well... there is nothing we can do about the hardware layout problem."

Because the surveillance camera in the lounge is actually installed on the other corner of the wall different from the holographic projector; the scene that Platinum can see now is actually the backs of Frau and the others.

After thinking about the immeasurable negative impact that asking three children to talk to the camera would have on the children's worldview with imperfect cognition, Bai Jin decided to endure it for now.

"Yes, sister is not a ghost, she is the battleship White Base under her feet!"

Platinum bent his legs and squatted down, his eyes level with the three children, a rare smile on his face;

"look."

Bai Jin opened her arms and pointed to the door on the side of the lounge, asking the children to turn their heads to look at it; as her words fell, the sensor door suddenly opened——

There was no one outside the door.

Bai Jin snapped his fingers again, and at the same time a 'pop' sound effect was played, and the sensor door suddenly closed again.

"Oh oh oh-"

The three children clapped in surprise.

Chapter 20: Set off again

After all, children are still very curious, and they all came closer to Frau with a slightly wary and worried look in his eyes;

Kaz, the oldest of the three children, hesitantly and tremblingly stretched out his finger and poked Shirogane's face——

Nothing was touched;

poke again;

Still nothing.

The three children looked at each other; at this moment, Bai Jin's expression suddenly changed again, his figure flashed, his fingers bent into sharp claws, and he roared with a fierce expression:

"Quack-"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

With Shirogane's uncontrollable laughter as if the prank had been successful, the three children hid behind Frau.

"Uh... Platinum, miss?"

Frau bent down to hug the three children; when the three of them interrupted her, Frau Poe, who was already gentle and considerate by nature, suddenly lost his anger towards the federal army who acted rigidly and inhumanely.

"Hahaha...just kidding, sorry, sorry."

Platinum waved his hand towards Frau, then stared at Kaz and said:

"Sorry for scaring you, but I am indeed not a ghost; you can call me Platinum. If you need any help, I can hear my name from any communication terminal on the ship..."

Shirogane clasped his hands together and winked at the three children;

"Now, I have some personal matters to discuss with your sister Frau. Can you go somewhere else to play first? Please."

Frau also bent down knowingly, touched the heads of the three children, and said softly:

"Can you go to the kitchen for me and ask Uncle Tamra what duty positions require me to deliver food today? Let Miss Platinum and I be alone for a while first."

"Well--"

The three children glanced at Frou and then at Shirogane, who was still squatting there and not chasing after her. They seemed to realize that this visible but intangible sister did not mean any harm;

"it is good--"

The three children left the lounge just as they had come.

Frau Bo watched the three children disappear outside the door, then turned back to look at Platinum who stood up——

'Well - the expression suddenly returned to its original indifferent state! '

"I know why you are angry, Miss Bo."

Platinum spoke first, causing Frau Bo, who was trying to regain his anger, to be interrupted again.

"Ah...ah, yes, why am I angry?"

[He is still a child, so he cannot be treated as an adult.]

Looking at Frou, who had not come back to his senses for a while, Platinum's face once again appeared as if it was not tense. A silent smile made Frou realize that he was making a mistake, and his cheeks were instantly stained with crimson.

"I hate it - first of all, just call me Flo; Miss Bo's words sound weird, and few people call me that directly."

"Frau? It's up to you. It's okay to just call me Platinum. However, you still need to maintain the formal title of Miss Platinum in front of Captain Brad."

"Eh-why?"

"That's right - why? Captain Brad, there are also some things that he cares about."

Platinum smiled slyly.

"Hmm - I still don't quite understand..."

As he was speaking, Frau unknowingly shifted from facing Platinum's projection to leaning on the wall and standing next to Platinum; they stood side by side, turning their faces slightly to communicate.

'Good, so you don't have to look at the back of people's heads to talk. '

Although in Platinum’s language communication model, emotions can also be inferred based on voice alone; without accurate recognition of facial expressions and body language, the amount of information will be much less, and it will naturally be difficult to be accurate;

Just like online chatting only uses the literal meaning of words to communicate without using any expressions or emoticons.

Frau, who couldn't accumulate any anger now, raised his head, looked into the distance without focus, and asked:

"...But let's get down to business; although we can guess a little bit, what is the official explanation of the federal army? Involving these three children, such a young child, even if it is voluntary, is invalid, right? "

"Yes, even the eldest Kaz, in most local laws of the Federation, does not reach the level of restricting civil actors. Logically speaking, everything should be decided by their guardians."

Bai Jin nodded and said softly.

"But... they are all orphans..."

When the Zeon army raided Side 7, they naturally paid no attention to civilians; during the war, not everyone was lucky enough to escape aboard the White Base in time, or hide in a bomb shelter on a colonial satellite.

As Flau spoke, she thought of her mother and grandfather, her only remaining family members, who had disappeared in the firelight and thick smoke, and her mood became depressed again - now, she is also an orphan.

"Yes, I'm sorry; the entire Luna 2, as a federal military base jurisdiction, does not apply to the civil laws of any local administrative area; of course, in the final analysis, the situation of the White Base is too rare, so to speak It’s unprecedented…”

Platinum glanced at Frou, whose eyes were flashing with tears again. He adjusted his voice, sighed, and continued to say in a low voice:

"Although I am not qualified to represent the entire Federation Army, even if it was the Principality of Zeon that initiated the war, it is indeed a dereliction of duty on the part of the military to allow the misfortunes of the war to fall on civilians, and I am sorry for that."

"It's none of your business. This is not your decision, Platinum-"

Frau rubbed her eyes and tried to speak in a relaxed tone:

"——So, what about Kaz and the other three? Is it the same reason as us who were volunteered to join the army?"

"Well, it would be better to say that judging from the order received, the person who made the decision did not screen by age at all - since the three of them have entered the bridge of the White Base, even if they have had close contact with the 'Altitude Confidential', was automatically classified as a candidate for retention..."

Platinum raised his index finger, waved it towards the ceiling and pointed at Frau;

"... It seems that the above mentioned people did not notice the difference between the same minors, 7 or 8 years old, and 15, 16 years old; but if military membership is issued to 8-year-old children, it is too much, so we can only first Classify them as special passengers on the White Base."

"That's it... After talking about it, I'm not surprised at all. The government, those high-ranking officials feel like this - Baijin, do you think such an order is wrong?"

"An order is an order in the army. No matter what I think, I can't execute it without compromise - however, if I had been present at that time, I would have emphasized the ages of the three children and applied for confirmation of the order, right?"

Platinum replied with a firm tone.

'Although in fact, the participation of minors in the fighting has been emphasized in the report submitted; it is simply impossible to use confidential communications with Gabro headquarters to confirm it for this reason. '

Shirogane, who did not hesitate to deceive the girl's feelings, thought so in the background.

For every communication with the earth, either a fleet is sent out, away from the defense zone around the fortress, and tries to sneak outside the interference range of the meter particles spread by the Zeon blockade fleet to send and receive signals;

Or try your luck and see if there are communication relay satellites that have not been destroyed or have been newly launched, and they happen to pass through the orbital window that is not affected by nanoparticle interference.

"Is the order absolute..."

Although he is a serious mechanical geek and is Amuro's childhood neighbor who also studies artificial intelligence, Frau himself is not very good at programming, computers, or even the entire mathematics, science and engineering disciplines;

My understanding of artificial intelligence is limited to the difficult technical terms that pop out of Amuro's mouth from time to time, and the AI ​​girls in science fiction works that I have occasionally browsed.

"...You've worked hard too, Platinum." Frau smiled at Platinum.

'Ah, right, right. 'Bai Jin's heart was calm, but his face showed a look of helplessness like a dead fish;

"Responsibilities, no matter how hard it is...including being on call all year round, being on call 24 hours a day, and dealing with newcomers..."

"Hey, are we originally Platinum's burden?"

"No, it's not you... I mean, I have no right to judge Shangguan."

"Eh - so Captain Brad is a burden?" Flau's eyes widened and he gently bent over.

"I have no right to comment on Shangguan... I mean, I have no right to reveal it either." Bai Jin looked away.

Frau laughed secretly, as if a common secret had been shared, and her mood seemed much better.

"Miss Platinum turns out to have such a side."

"After all, the current voyage is very peaceful. There are not too many tasks to deal with. I can also be lazy a little; I can't bear such complex emotional expressions during the battle." Bai Jin straightened his waist, raised his arms, like It's like stretching——

This is a lie. Even if you are platinum, you will not feel tired or bored, so the usage rate of the hardware has never been lower than 95%. When there is no battle, there will be a push in the background for training and learning. process.

"It's really hard... Ah, it's time. I have to help in the kitchen. Let's talk next time when we have a chance, Platinum."

"You're always welcome - by the way, Kaz, Coz and Chica haven't arrived in the kitchen yet. Can you help us find them?"

"Kazi--how many times have I told you, they're running around again!"

"The last location where they appeared was the elevator leading to the third deck. They have not appeared in the surveillance range since then. I don't know the specific location."

"Third deck...I know where they went again, thank you, I will go and find them."

Frau waved her hand without looking back, and hurried out of the lounge; behind her, in the empty lounge, the lights gradually dimmed, and Platinum, whose face returned to calmness, flashed for a moment, and then disappeared.

……

Earth, in low Earth orbit, the Musai-class cruiser Falme.

"Krang, Jieqiu, and Kom?"

Major Xia Ya looked at the three supplementary Zaku pilots who came over again for reinforcements;

"Yes! Major Xia Ya, we have heard of your name in the training camp for a long time. We are honored to join your command!"

"Haha, despite the great reputation of our army, we also undertake the most dangerous and critical tasks. Are you ready?"

"Ready at all the time!"

"Very good, very spirited!"

With Xia Ya's words of praise, the resumes of the three new pilots were reviewed in Xia Ya's mind; under his mask, where no one could see, Xia Ya frowned:

'About 300 hours of driving time?'However, more than half of them are on simulators, and most of the rest use the old Zaku I type for training. The actual driving time of the Zaku II F type in active service is less than 50 hours...'

It can be seen that this kind of resume is only available to newly recruited soldiers after the outbreak of war;

For veterans like Char, whose driving experience is almost as long as the development history of practical MSs, and whose actual operating time has reached four digits, such a newcomer cannot drive an MS at all. It’s not an exaggeration.

But at this time, the figure of the Federation Army's white mobile suit that had been bothering him these days also appeared in Xia Ya's mind: 'From the stumbling first battle, to daring to bite him back...'

'No, even in the same battle, you can feel the progress of the MS pilot; I don't know what will happen after a few days have passed. '

"I'm really sorry. I don't have time to hold a welcome party for you, Delian?"

The adjutant standing next to Char, Captain Delian took a step forward and explained to Major Char the battleship that this independent force has been hunting, the White Base, and the mobile suit Gundam, which was secretly developed by the federation.

Several videos of the Gundam using its beam rifle flexibly and destroying Zaku with just one shot were also played repeatedly on the small screen placed above the bridge.

"In short, I don't care what kind of propaganda you saw in the training camp. When you come to my army, you can't be careless in any case; you have to use extraordinary concentration to deal with our enemies. Do you understand? ?”

While Major Xia Ya was summarizing, he took in his eyes the unsatisfactory serious expressions on the faces of the three newcomers.

'This kind of momentum is pretty good among new recruits. '

"Our target, the White Base, has been dispatched again. This has been confirmed by the friendly forces responsible for monitoring Luna 2."

Captain Delian cooperated with the operation and projected several orbit predictions composed of blue dotted lines on the space map; some of them appeared alone, and some had several orbit lines almost together;

"It can be seen that most of them must be bait released by the enemy; the friendly fleet tried to intercept them, but no trace of any enemy ships was found at the expected location."

There was a cross in the middle of several blue dotted lines, which meant that the blockade fleet arrived in time and intercepted, but found nothing.

"And this one..."