An Unscientific Mechanic

"Rebir, you have seen the blueprint of the new cruiser." Somewhere in the Gabro base, the commander-in-chief of the Federal Army, General Garp, was chatting with Rebill, who had returned to the first fleet admiral of the Federal Space Force, when they were going to a meeting. stand up.

"I've seen it. The paper data is too good. The cost is estimated to be four times that of the Magellan class, but if the data is true, that ship can face more than 6 Magellans head-on. And there are so-called laminated armor and I-Field, I'm afraid it can perform better in real battles."

"Indeed, Tiam came to my place to make trouble a while ago, wanting one to be the flagship. But now it seems that the first ship with super mega particle guns can't be carried on it."

"The plasma gun can't be counted on. The acceleration track is too long, and the heat dissipation system is too large to be installed. However, there are already finished products for the large electromagnetic gun. Lockheed in North America has developed a qualified 8000 mm Railgun."

"Oh, I haven't seen that message yet, how about the power?"

"Crazy. The sample was sent to Luna II for test firing. The asteroid with a diameter of 500 meters was shattered by a single blow. Evaluators of the Federal Army believed that no ship could withstand a blow from this gun, and it was even possible that it would be destroyed by a single blow." could deal a devastating blow to the colonies."

"You said before that the spaceman told you that Zeon would throw colonies on Earth at the beginning of the war?"

"Well, I think this weapon is for this incident."

"The Zeon guys, is there anything they dare not do? Can you stop it?"

"It's hard to say, although Ian said that what Zeon threw was Hardy's Iphire Island in side2, but if we increase our military strength in side2, it's hard to say whether Zeon will change the target. But it is still possible to prevent the colony from falling to the earth. of."

"Indeed, let's take a step at a time. Now that he is mentioned, do you think this person can be trusted?"

"The first step of the test has passed. At this stage, he is really trying his best to improve the technological level of the Federation. Some of his ideas have inspired others a lot. Now the technological development speed of the Federation is much higher than in the past. Some of the information he revealed , is also of great operational value.”

"intelligence?"

"For example, Char Aznab is dead, but Kaspar Daken is still alive."

"Daken? Zeon Daken's child."

"The intelligence department has verified part of the information, and it can basically be confirmed."

"Shaar... is that the one who disturbed Karma to carry out a student mutiny? This is really interesting."

"Well, the descendants of the Daken family have become the confidantes of the Zabi family. There is nothing more interesting than this. With the verification of these pieces of information, I think the interests of Ian and the Federation are the same at this stage. He A peaceful and stable environment is needed to improve the Federation's technological strength to realize the so-called cross-world engine he created to go home."

"The cross-world engine... Then will his original civilization come to attack us?"

"I don't know. According to him, the civilization circle he is in is a union of 4 different civilizations. If you find a civilization, you will fight once. Their civilization should not be as stable as he told him."

"Can the Federation get that cross-world engine?"

"I don't know, but the front-end technology of the cross-world engine, the jump engine will definitely get it."

"Jump? Is it the so-called means of traveling faster than the speed of light?"

"Exactly."

"It seems that we have hope to leave the earth circle and develop into deep space. However, how long will it take for the development of this leap engine."

"I don't know. Now Ian's energy is all on the development of new ships. He said that he will start the development after the Zeon War of Independence is over."

"Zeon... Let's talk about it later, let's take a look at the bidding results of the next-generation MBT. Did Ian mention what the main mobile weapon of the Federation will be in the future?"

"Yes, a humanoid mobile weapon with a height of 18 meters. However, he also mentioned that if a large-scale heavy armored fighter jet of the same size is developed, the mobility should far exceed that of a humanoid weapon, and the armor of a large tank of the same size should also be thicker than a humanoid weapon. , The firepower is stronger than that of humanoid weapons.

But there is only one point, the versatility of human-shaped weapons is too strong, if one day human-shaped weapons can fly in the atmosphere, I am afraid that our fighter jets and tanks will all be replaced. "

"Humanoid weapons... Our own RX plan and the RCX plan of the AE agency are both in progress. I don't know which one is better."

--in meeting--

"Because the small Minovsky reactor required by the RX project has not been successfully developed, and the production of the RX75 steel tank prototype has not been completed on time, only the RCX76 steel cannon from the Anaheim Electronics Industry and the Federal Equipment R\u0026D Center for this mbt bidding RTX75 steel tank type participated.

The airframe simulation battle was carried out in the underground secret exercise field of Academic Von Braun. Everyone, please look at the screen. "

The two airframes are on standby on both sides of the practice field, one on the left and the other on the right.

"Let them begin," General Garp ordered.

"Yes, the mock battle begins."

The steel tank was the first to launch an attack, using two 120mm artillery to bombard the steel cannon first. Seeing the gun barrel of the steel tank turn, Guncannon immediately ran up, the thruster on his back shot out suddenly, speeding up and dodging the shell.

Stop after dodging the shells and return fire with the 240mm low recoil cannon on the left shoulder. However, the shells were intercepted by the barrage woven by the four 80mm machine guns on the steel tank's arms.

Seeing that his shells were being intercepted, Gang Cannon decisively chose to hold up his shield to resist the small-caliber shells, quickly ran close to the steel tank, and at the same time used the 100mm machine gun in his hand to fight back.

The half-length shield blocked Gang Cannon's torso, but his legs were not directly hit because of the basic relationship between running and swinging.

However, the steel tank moves on its tracks, and the shells are carried by its own armor. However, at this distance, the computer determined that the 100mm bullets could not penetrate the armor of the steel cannon, so the computer did not judge that the steel tank failed.

"A direct hit, Gang Cannon's right knee was shot and injured, and the joint system of his right leg was locked."

Gang Cannon's right leg suddenly lost control.

"Did you get shot, but..." Gang Cannon stood up and shot the steel tank's torso with the low recoil cannon, but the steel tank avoided the direct hit, and the shell hit the ground next to the steel tank.

"Exploded at close range, the left track of the steel tank was damaged, and the system was locked."

The movement of the steel tank stopped abruptly, and even turned a small bay to the right.

"The opponent has also stopped, now is the time!" The steel tank aimed the cannon at the steel cannon, but found that the steel tank did the same thing as itself, and aimed the cannon at itself.

The two test machines fired at the same time, the shells smashed on the armor plate, and large clumps of paint flew out. Well, the simulated war federations all use paint bombs for drills.

"Straight hit, both test machines were hit, broken. Draw"

"This is really dramatic." General Garp looked at the result of the draw. "RCX76 has spaceflight capabilities, let's go to the moon to demonstrate."

"General, in that case, the intelligence of the machine..."

"It doesn't matter."

"Understood, move the body to the surface and conduct a flight demonstration."

"Rebill, ask Ian about the information about this airframe, which type of aircraft we will install in the future, I don't want to waste money."

"Hmm." Rebir got up and left the conference room.

"Mr. Ian, I'm Rebill. According to the information you know, what kind of mobile weapons were installed by the Federation during the Zeon War of Independence?"

"Have you developed a body code-named RX-78?" Ian asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, but the progress is far behind, and now the prototype cannot be made."

"That's right, is it a problem with the miniaturized reactor?"

"Not only that, armor, weapons, and reactors are all behind schedule."

"It's a lot of trouble. In the future, the federation will be equipped with a simplified mass-produced version of the RX-78. Now the federation is already developing humanoid weapons..."

"Well, have you ever heard of the RCX76 Guncannon?"

"RCX76? Oh, that one, the one with a 240mm low-recoil cannon on one shoulder, powered by a diesel engine and batteries?"

"Yes, have you heard of it? This machine is the only humanoid machine that can be mass-produced by the Federation at this stage. Can it be used?"

"Let's mass-produce it on a small scale, as a transitional product, and at this stage, the federation's understanding of ms is still not perfect. Appropriate setbacks can stimulate the enthusiasm of federation researchers."

"Is that true, is it a transitional product? Is it because the combat power is not satisfactory? Also, what is ms?"

"No, that thing can kill people? Don't you have a name yet? We call this humanoid weapon mobile suits, which is usually abbreviated as ms. By the way, is this line confidential?"

"Wait a minute, controller."

"Yes, General Rebir." A strange voice came from the phone.

"Increase the confidentiality level of this line, stop recording, and stop monitoring."

"Yes" Thirty seconds later, the controller's voice appeared again. "Encryption complete, pull out the plug after 3 seconds."

After waiting for 5 seconds, Ian spoke. "Has Dr. Minovsky contacted the Federation?"

"not yet."

"Get in touch with him. He may defect. With his assistance, the development of the Federation's miniaturized reactors and miniaturized beam weapons should be much faster."

"I see, we will send intelligence personnel to get in touch."

"Also, I remember that Zeon's miniaturized reactor should have been installed two years ago. The Federation is a bit behind in this respect."

"Two years ago, if you were to lead the development, how long would it take to complete a humanoid weapon equipped with a miniaturized reactor?"

"What about me, I haven't finished learning this so-called Minovsky physics. I have never touched this particle before. But I can design a miniaturized laser fusion reactor in about a year. A high-performance drive motor is fine, but in that case, the ms will not be able to scatter Minovsky particles. Although it can solve the problem of the mobility of the body, the ms cannot use the beam weapon. The lethality of the ms may not be enough.

As far as I remember, only the application of the Minovsky reactor, which seems to be called the fluid pulse technology, solved the problem of the unsmooth operation of the body. But this fluid pulse technology, I don't have a clue now. "

"Really, so how long will it be before you can start developing the Minovsky reactor?"

"Two years." Ian assessed the remainder of Minovsky's particle physics. "It took about two years to understand Minovsky particles."

"Just two years..." Rebil thought of his high school classmate who had studied Minovsky particles for most of his life. "Then, while the cruiser is being developed, you should start developing the MS as soon as possible, and make preparations for everything. That's it, I'm going back to the meeting."

"How is it? His evaluation of this machine." General Garp asked Rebill in a low voice.

"He said the federation needs setbacks to make progress."

"Oh? I understand." General Garp raised his brows, then looked up at the Guncannon flying in space in the picture. "It's like a drowning person..."

"Besides, Ian thinks that Zeon had a MS that could run smoothly two years ago. And he said that in the future he knows, RX products will be the main equipment of the Federation."

"MS? What is his name for this weapon? But two years ago... I need a timetable, the progress of Zeon's development of MS, and the progress of Federation's development of MS. Let him recall it when he has time, and by the way let him Give us some suggestions on the development of mobile weapons."

"Okay, do you want him to lead another MS development team? In addition, he may need some data support. He hasn't studied Minovsky physics before. It may be much faster if someone takes it."

"Well, let Lei go, isn't he Dr. Minovsky's number one student, and let him directly participate in the RX project. Aren't all the relevant outstanding researchers in the Federal Army now in that project?"

"I see."

"The demonstration is over, contain the body, and tell Anaheim that if you can't solve the problem of maneuvering in space, RCX76 can't be the main force of the space army. However, for now, let's equip 4 squadrons of bodies on a small scale as a transition."

The next day, Ian received a letter of appointment from the upper echelon. Order Ian to serve as the developer of the RX project and assist Director Tim Ray in the development of mobile weapons.

"Let me also be the developer of Gundam?" Ian was dumbfounded holding the appointment letter.

"Forget it, water skiing is a big deal, I can't let me 996. Speaking of which, there should be someone in the Gundam development team who understands the Minovsky reactor. There just happen to be some things that I don't understand."

Ian thought of the difficulties in studying the Minovsky reactor recently. Even if there are blueprints, it is not enough to know what is there but not why. But it's much easier for someone to lead it, and you don't have to gnaw hard in the system by yourself.

"Then... sort out the questions and sort out the questions, and I can find someone to ask questions tomorrow~" Then Ian happily took out a small notebook and a pencil and began to sort out the problems he encountered recently.

Then Ian's phone rang.

"I'an-jun, it's me again, Rebir, I hope to get some opinions on the development of future mobile weapons from you."