A journey through the Gundam world

Taking the X105 Strike as an example, it is estimated that the battery will be exhausted after being hit about 76 times.

It is also ineffective against beam weapon defense and cannot be used with phantom particles at the same time. Manufacturing raw materials are scarce, resulting in high costs.

Even in CE74, PS armor is still high-end armor.

Chapter 22 The Heretic’s Cockpit

Looking at it now, although the Atlantic Alliance does realize the value of this armor, and is eager to put it into use.

But it will take considerable time to transform it from a laboratory product into an actual product.

This can also explain why the United Army did not transfer the three Gundams that had been manufactured in advance.

Nowadays, these mobile suits are difficult to control, and the armor has no advantages.

Even against a mass-produced machine like Jin En, there is no way to gain any advantage. Instead, it will be easily destroyed by the opponent and become a pile of waste of tax dollars.

After successfully completing the reconnaissance mission and confirming the progress of the joint Plan G.

Alex took back the drone and cleaned up the traces of his arrival.

Use the personal propeller again to return to the roof of No. 13 Gnaku, and also clean up the traces here.

Pull out the hook and use the personal thruster to fall to the ground.

After placing the equipment back in the back seat of the jeep and covering it with a tarpaulin, he drove away.

After returning to his residence, Alex continued to sleep until dawn.

He slept until noon, then got up and had a late breakfast.

Then he wandered to the Heretic's manufacturing factory and began to understand the current manufacturing progress of the Heretic.

With the help of stolen Atlantic Federation data and the abandonment of PS armor, the manufacturing speed of Heretics is actually much faster than that of the G series.

Its start time was after the G series, but the skeleton manufacturing of 5 of the 3 prototypes has been completed.

The speed is not unpleasant, after all, this is the act of standing on the shoulders of others.

As for the testing work, the five Heretics are actually the same in terms of overall frame except for the difference in color.

So after the first skeleton was verified, the others were completely copied.

According to the plan, these airframes will also be transferred to Tianzhi Yuzhu for actual testing in the future after construction is completed.

But in order not to be exposed, Orb also deliberately controlled the progress. The plan was to wait for the completion of Plan G before transporting the heretics away.

Just when he was fishing wildly at the scene and was about to leave to find Kira later, someone came to him first.

The person who came was none other than Leiden, the senior technician of Shuguang Society who was communicating with Gina.

"Captain Alex, it's great that you're here."

"Oh, Mr. Layton, what's the matter?"

Layton, who looked like a typical engineering man, hesitated.

After all, the identity of the 'test pilot' in front of them is obviously not that simple, but they must need a tester now.

So he pretended to be brave enough to speak.

"That's right. Although the machine cannot be tested for the time being. However, we have made a simulation system to test the OS we compiled, so we would like to ask you to help with the testing."

Alex understood that he was planning to take the practice test.

He accepted it without any hesitation.

"Okay, please take me there."

"very good, thank you."

His attitude was beyond Leiden's expectation. He expected to be rejected directly, and even if he agreed, it would not be so pleasant.

In fact, Alex also needs a reasonable excuse to explain that he can control MS.

Layton took him to a laboratory. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a simulator placed in the center of the room.

In fact, a separate cockpit is connected to a hydraulic rod and a steel cable to simulate the action posture caused by the movement of the aircraft.

There are also displays around it for real-time display of simulated body posture, internal pilot status, and OS operating conditions.

These are connected to the simulator through cables, which makes the simulator look like it is suspended from the ground.

"Please, Captain."

"Ok."

Alex quickly got into the cockpit.

Then a technician reached into most of his body and explained the design of the cockpit to him.

The other party assumed that he was familiar with Jin En's control, but there was still a difference between the Heretic's cockpit and Jin En's.

In order to ensure that he can get started quickly, special personnel were arranged to explain it.

Alex didn't say that he didn't need it. On the contrary, he listened carefully. Although the operations of MS were similar, each world had its own characteristics.

In order to avoid the embarrassing situation of actually going to the battlefield and discovering that a certain machine displayed information that he could not see, he not only listened, but also took the initiative to ask how to use some functions.

The interior design of the cockpit is copied from the G series, which is quite different from that of the Jin En.

The display is located on the left, center and right in front of the single driver's seat. There is a rotating mechanical structure connected to the body diagonally behind the driver's seat.

There is a crosshair for attitude calibration on the screen directly in front of the cockpit, and there are similar horizontal lines for calibration on the screens on both sides.

Even Jin En has the same arrangement in this regard. The purpose is to facilitate the pilot to control the attitude of the aircraft without a reference object.

The position in front of him was the console, but unlike Jin En, the Heretic's console was arranged in a T shape in front of the pilot.

Rather than Keen's double-row purely horizontal design, the advantage is that it allows long-legged pilots to stretch their legs, which makes the driving experience more comfortable.

In the center of the console is the power and output display, and on the right side are the radar sensor, propellant remaining amount, and flow meter.

The left side is the weapon selection meter, the beam weapon energy remaining meter, and the number of remaining rounds of the live ammunition weapon (usually the Vulcan cannon).

In the center of the legs are attitude indicators, speedometer and altimeter.

Jin En's console and monitor are divided left and right according to different uses, and are simply divided into three large parts. This is to adapt to the adjuster's operation method.

The G series and Heretic obviously take into account the driving needs of natural people, so all kinds of main instruments are concentrated on the front console.

On both sides of the driver's seat are thruster booster pushrods that are easy for the pilot to grasp, and in front is a horizontal gripping joystick that can be rotated forward, backward, left, and right.

There are buttons on it to directly control the attack actions and shooting of the machine according to pre-programming.

There is also a folding keyboard on the outside of the thruster throttle for rewriting the OS or adjusting the equipment.

Overall, the cockpit of the Alex mimics that of a fighter jet.

After all, the first batch of MS pilots in the Alliance Army were basically selected from M/A and fighter pilots.

This layout that imitates a fighter jet also makes it easy for them to get started quickly.

On the contrary, Jinn's cockpit layout was designed from the beginning to control humanoid machinery, so the joystick adopts a vertical grip style.

It is worth mentioning that the self-destruction switch of the machine body is in the disc under the right-hand joystick. You only need to reach out and press it to pop up the code lock, and then you can enter the self-destruction code.

Compared with Jin En's self-destruction lever, it is more effective in avoiding accidental touches.

There is a pull-down sight on the right side of the driver's head to facilitate precise shooting.

With the technician's explanation, Alex became familiar with the Heretic's cockpit.

After he made the OK gesture, the other party exited the simulation cabin. After closing the hatch, the screen in front fell down.

The screen first showed the scenery in the laboratory, but soon, as the simulation program ran, the scenery on the screen turned into a virtual scene.

A flat wasteland, because what is being tested is not combat, but the most basic movements.

You can move, squat, stand, run, etc., so there is no need to set up any complicated venues.

"Let's get started, Captain Alex."

"clear."

Alex followed the instructions and started to press the pedal.

There are four pedals under the MS's feet, twice as many as those on a fighter jet.

They are responsible for walking and running of the left and right legs respectively, and more specific instructions are assisted by the OS.

The technicians outside nervously gathered around the screen to watch the simulated MS walking posture.

I saw the stickman-like mobile suit steadily stepping out with its right foot from the stand.

Land smoothly!

The success of the first step greatly increased the confidence of the technicians.

But immediately after taking the second step, the body immediately tilted to the left.

The simulation warehouse also tilted to the left under the influence of the hydraulic rod and steel cable, and the alarm sounded.

"not good!"

Just when the technician was nervous, the mobile suit on the screen suddenly activated the thruster on the left side of the body.

With the assistance of the calf and shoulder thrusters, the body immediately adjusted the landing posture of the left mechanical foot to stabilize the body. Although it staggered a bit, it still stood on the simulation field again.

The technician breathed a sigh of relief.

"There is a problem with the balance of the power output of the two legs. The left side is lighter than the right side."

Alex's voice came, and then he complained unceremoniously.

"This program is not as easy to use as Jin En's original OS."

The pilot being tested said this, which made all the technicians present feel very embarrassed.

The responsible Layton scratched his cheek, apologized to Alex, and then immediately arranged for people to adjust the OS.

Alex waited patiently. Although he could see the problem, he was not an adjuster like Kira who could change the OS while driving.

Fortunately, his mission is to find faults with the OS.

For most of the next day, he stayed here and accompanied these technicians to modify the OS.

The test was not completed until after get off work hours.

The technical staff seemed to be unsatisfied with his cooperation.

After all, they did not have professionals to cooperate with the testing before, so a group of technicians who wrote programs could only do it themselves.

But they don't know how to manipulate MS themselves, so the test results are not ideal.

Because I can’t tell whether it’s simply because of the operator’s poor skills or if there’s a real bug…

This is also a last resort. First of all, Orb currently does not have qualified MS pilots. Even the Atlantic Federation is facing the same situation.

What's more, the heretical project itself is carried out in secret, and it is impossible to recruit people casually for testing.

It was rare to meet an Orb 'Adjuster' who could fly MS and was assigned as a test pilot. The other party was willing to help. How could they not be excited?

Just the errors and bugs found this afternoon are equivalent to their achievements in the past month.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation, Captain Alex."

Leiden shook his hand excitedly and was very grateful to him.

"I hope you can come again for the next test."

"When is the next time?"

Chapter 23 Temptation at the Dinner Table

Alex considered helping them to get the Heretic's OS fixed first. Although he couldn't modify it on the spot like Kira did, it should at least reach a level that was barely usable.

"We will modify the problems found this time and conduct the next test in about 2-3 days."

"can."

Although he still has to act according to his own plan, assisting in testing the OS does not take up much time and can also provide him with reasonable cover and excuses.

So he readily agreed.