An advanced guide for experienced modelers, from building blocks to hand-building Gundams

PS: This is last night's update

I was lying in bed typing and fell asleep in the middle of the typing.

To be honest, I suspect that in this weather, the quilt has a buff that will make people fall asleep quickly.

Volume 157: Chapter I don't know what to title it

In the prison area of the Minerva, Zhen Zhen was sitting quietly on the bed in his cell, wondering what he was thinking.

"What are you thinking about?" Just separated by a wall, Lei sat calmly on the bed, flipping through the book in his hand.

"...I'm thinking about my current behavior." Zhen sighed and leaned against the wall next to his bed. The cold touch made him shudder slightly, and his mind cleared a little. "Why did I do this for Stella... Maybe it would have been better to just run away? Working is tiring, but it's not impossible to save money..."

As I was talking, I somehow recalled the time when I was still at Industrial No. 7, when my colleagues called me the "working emperor" and I worked several jobs a day.

After listening to what Zhen said, Lei sighed and closed the book in his hand.

"In the final analysis, you're not the money-throwing jerk you usually appear to be, Zhen." Lei's voice was calm as he analyzed Zhen's previous actions. "You've simply been suppressed by financial pressure. Once I've been with you for a while, I'll realize you're just a hot-blooded individual with your own, relatively normal, values."

"In short, you're not completely bad enough to put money first. You're also not good enough to be as reckless as Ms. Lux for the ideal of peace." With that, Lei turned and looked toward the corridor outside the cell. "What do you think, Luna?"

"In summary, although you are a little greedy and your driving skills are a little better, you are still just an ordinary person." Luna's voice rang out in the prison corridor.

Luna was wearing her military jacket, her right hand was in a splint hanging around her neck, and her forehead was wrapped with several bandages.

When she was carried out of the Zaku Warrior by the medical team, everyone was shocked by her hedgehog-like appearance caused by the debris. They almost thought Luna was going to die.

But after waking up the ship's doctor who was knocked down, everyone examined Luna and found that apart from some sprains and a mild concussion, there was nothing serious. The fragments of the Zaku Warrior's cockpit couldn't even penetrate the cockpit suit. The reason she fainted was actually because of the mild concussion caused by the free attack.

When Luna woke up from the hospital bed, she heard from other people what Zhen had done. At that time, Zhen and Lei had already entered the prison of the Minerva to conduct the Dragon Field Enlightenment.

Judging from the current situation, Lei is constantly learning, while Zhen is constantly questioning himself. These are probably two different styles of enlightenment in Longchang.

"But if it was the best option, you should have just returned to Orb. That would have been in your best interest." Luna said, approaching the real cell. "Why didn't you just run?"

"...Because if I run away, Plant will freeze my salary card." Zhen sighed, ending his single-threaded mind's constant self-torture. He looked at Luna, who had a very strange expression on her face. "I still have a lot of salary and bonuses to withdraw. Besides, even if my performance today is much lower, my income is still much higher."

"But as expected, a large portion of my military achievements have been cut off. What a shame..."

Listening to Zhen's endless chatter, Luna wanted to slap herself on the forehead.

But feeling the touch of the gauze on her forehead and her right hand that could not move, Luna could only sigh.

"After all, if Stella had escaped under normal circumstances, Speaker Sarah would have most likely sentenced her to death." At this moment, a familiar voice echoed through the prison corridor. "But at least you survived, so don't worry about the bonus."

Durandal walked into the prison, looked at the two people in the cell, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Senator Durandal?!" Luna was startled by Durandal's voice and turned to look at Durandal.

Durandal smiled and looked at the three young men in front of him who were in a somewhat abstract situation.

An injured man with a splint came to visit two people locked in a cell. From a secular point of view, it would seem that these young people had a lifetime.

However, compared to Luna's surprise and silence, Lei, who was hiding in the dim cell, looked at Durandal with a complicated look.

……

Not long ago, in Talia's office.

After all, it was because the medical team discovered the unconscious ship doctor when they took Luna for treatment that an emergency investigation and a military court were held. After the verdict was announced, Talia returned to the bridge and continued to command the Minerva to find a safe route back to the plant.

As for the guards, Durandal asked them to leave the room on the pretext that they "wanted to talk to Lei alone."

As the door closed, Lei, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

"Why do you value Zhen so much?" Lei looked at Durandal, trying to discern something from his expression. "Think carefully, whether it was asking me to help him send that girl named Stella away, your just excuse for him, or letting him be the pilot of the Pulse... I want to know the reason."

"So that's the question..." After hearing Lei's question, Durandal did not evade him. Instead, he thought about it and gave his own answer.

"Do you believe in fate, Ray?" Durandal said, taking a sip from the coffee cup beside him. "I don't believe in it, but it comes to me again and again."

"He truly possesses a formidable talent. Come to think of it, perhaps only the Unicorn pilot, Amuro, could surpass him."

"He may appear greedy, but beneath this armor, he's nothing more than a pure and confused young man." Durandal chuckled, seemingly recalling how Shin had considered kidnapping Chancellor Sara for the bounty back on Plant's home planet. "I believe he, like you, is a good candidate to inherit my ideas and principles, though he's still wavering between us and Orb."

After all, having seen the real battle records, one can see that he seems to be somewhat restrained with the machines on the Orb side, probably because his sister is still in Orb.

"As for that girl named Stella, she's almost dead anyway. Instead of bringing a corpse back to the plant, it's better to follow her true feelings and send her away. Then we can pull her over to our side if she's wavering."

"Are you so sure that he will follow your wishes and inherit your ideas and plans?" Lei frowned subconsciously after listening to Durandal's words.

"At least I tried my best back then, and I passed on my pursuit of peace to him," Durandal said calmly. "Even if I fail and die, others will step forward and use their own methods to restore peace to the world."

"As for whether my thoughts and plans are right or wrong, I will leave it to the world after peace to judge."

……

In a trance, Lei's thoughts returned to his current cell.

"It's just right that Luna is here too... I also have something to announce." Durandal looked at the three young people for a while and spoke.

"True, the Pulse will be piloted by Luna from now on."

Hearing Durandal's words, Zhen subconsciously widened his eyes.

The bounty for destroying the Earth Army accounts for a large part of Zhen's current income. Losing the MS suddenly can be said to have cut off his way of increasing his income.

If it's just the basic salary...

Zhen began to calculate quickly, frowning.

"Huh? Me?!" Luna was stunned when she heard Durandal's plan and pointed at herself. "What should we do then?"

"...If it's true, I have other plans after returning to my homeland." Durandal nodded and looked at Lei in another cell. "Lei, you too."

----split line----

PS: This is the second update from last night.

I was typing on my phone until around 3 o'clock and then fell asleep. So sad.

Then, early in the morning, my family members called me repeatedly, asking me to submit my resume.

The most amazing thing is that I studied visual communication design in college and did not take the postgraduate entrance examination. However, my family recommended a teaching position in fashion design for me, which is required by postgraduate students.

“We are all design majors,” they said.

I'd better find a job myself after the Chinese New Year. Every position they recommend to me is either rejected by my academic qualifications or I don't know anything about it.

Volume 158: Chapter Armored Armor VN

When the New Argama returned to Industrial 7, Aslan was also leading his team towards the colonial satellite Mendel.

Standing on the dock of the airport, looking at the new Argama that had already docked and the free cockpit that was being transported out, Aslan sighed.

"You've encountered a formidable enemy, haven't you?" Aslan paused for a moment, looking at his friend standing before him. "Come to think of it," he said, "with your fighting style, unless you maintain your mech's performance and piloting skills, you'll be at a disadvantage against those with murderous intent."

"Yes, freedom was destroyed and taken away by them in this way." Having said that, Kira couldn't help but sigh.

"Don't sigh here, Kira." Aslan patted Kira's shoulder. "I'm ready to leave. You should go find Director Erica first."

"I guess your body will be able to come out soon."

……

Since Orb evacuated to Industrial 7, the development direction has begun to shift towards industrial priority.

After the production capacity exploded, relying on the nearby asteroid mine, Industrial No. 7 began to continuously produce and assemble various products at an extremely fast speed.

For example, Ross provided the design drawings for custom-made engines and thrusters, as well as several beam Gatling guns.

Along with the new weapons transported from the "shipyard", these engines and propellers were also pulled back to the shipyard for assembly.

"Except for these custom-made beam Gatling guns, these things of yours don't look like serious weapons." Taking advantage of Kira's absence, Erica, taking a break from her work, watched Ross and Christina manipulating the hangar's hoist to arrange these "new weapons." "And what are these... gloves?"

After thinking it over, Erica looked at the "gloves" that Ross called "Armed Suit VN" and couldn't imagine how a MS could defeat another MS with the gloves.

"This is not a simple 'fist'." Ross operated the lifting device and installed the Armored Armor VN on the unicorn's left hand.

As for the removed shield, Christina was installing a beam Gatling gun on it, preparing to mount it on the special robotic arm installed on the propulsion backpack of the Unicorn.

Although that position is prepared for the Armored Armor DE, since the components of the Armored Armor DE are not yet completed, let's carry the floating shield first. Anyway, with the newly delivered spare shield, there is just one on each side.

As each piece of weapon was installed on the unicorn, Erica's expression became more and more confused.

At this time, Unicorn had installed these finished weapons, which really challenged her knowledge as the director of the MS R&D center.

It's understandable for the Suit BS and Suit VN, but why do you install the shields that each carry two beam gatling guns on the robotic arm of the propulsion backpack? It's obvious that the robotic arm can't perform the same function as a normal robotic arm holding a shield.

"Director Erica..." Just as she began to doubt the usefulness of the Unicorn's armed configuration, Kira's voice interrupted her thoughts.

"Huh...you're here, Kira." Erica breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Kira who was walking towards her.

Kira walked over to Erica and looked at the unicorn that had just finished installing the equipment and was currently debugging it.

"It'll take a few days to install the outer armor on the new machine, but we should be able to edit the data. Come with me later," Erica said, patting Kira on the shoulder. "When we're running in the machine, maybe you can even fight Ross."

"Fight...fight a battle?!" Thinking back to the strength that Unicorn displayed on the battlefield using only the Armored Battle Armor BS, Zhen was subconsciously stunned.

"Of course, the new machines that we Orb are going to deploy also need to be tested, so let's just put them together." Erica nodded calmly, seemingly completely unaware of Kira's inner thoughts at the moment.

……

The hangar where Kira's new machine was located wasn't far from Ross's Unicorn, and it was just across a door.

All I saw was a machine with its skeleton and various components exposed, and a pair of wings that looked familiar yet a little strange.

"Those wings look weird, don't they?" Erica said, seeming to notice Kira's confusion. "The reason for this design is related to the new weapon we plan to install on them."

"Glorious Thrusters, and Dragoons."

A familiar voice sounded, causing Kira to look over subconsciously.

Lacus was standing among a pile of small components and smiled at Kira.

"That's the new technology we're using on this Strike Freedom."

As if thinking of the origins of the dragoons around her, Lux sighed helplessly.

"When Ross drew the design for the dragoon for us, it gave our engineers a pretty hard time."

"After all, it only took one battle, and we were able to directly deduce and draw reference drawings and designs for the dragoons." Erica stepped forward and reached out to touch the exposed skeletons and instruments of the dragoons. "These dragoons are all improved based on the dragoon designs Ross provided."

"Okay, let's stop chatting and reminiscing about the past." After saying that, Erica and Lacus looked at Kira.

"You are the only one who can adjust the machine's OS and various parameters."

"You don't want to drive without a body, do you?"

……

On Minerva, Durandal, who had left the cell area, returned to his room and dialed a communication.

"This is Prime Minister Aoife of Findersen. You'd better have something urgent to say, Durandal." Aoife's voice was heard in the communication channel.

The Kingdom of Findersen, Aofei, had just passed the Earth Army's inspection not long ago. With a call from Durandal, it was possible that the inspection team would come again.

"I heard you're developing a new mecha?" Orphee explained her purpose to Durandal. "I have something good here, would you like some?"

"What is it?" After hearing what Durandal said, Aoife was silent for a while and asked back.

"The driving data from the wreckage of the Liberty, along with some footage of Unicorns in combat," Durandal sighed. "It's a shame the cockpit containing the most data was taken away."

"...What do you want?" After a long silence, Aoife spoke.

After all, Findersen is now developing his own MS, and free data and unicorn videos are also an important part of it.

"Nothing, I just hope you can deal with Orb." Durandal expressed his thoughts calmly.

After the evacuation from Orb's colony, Mendel, Durandal discovered that the Unicorn pilot "Amuro" was very close to Orb.

Perhaps Orb and Amuro had signed some kind of long-term contract, or perhaps Amuro had joined Orb? But Durandal was certain of one thing: whenever Orb was attacked, the Unicorn would appear.

So, if we want to engage in some important battle and don't want to be affected by the unicorns, the best solution is to send the Findersen Kingdom as a "white glove" to fight them.

Anyway, the "white glove" is gone, and the worst that can happen is that we can train another one later.

"...Besides, I heard that you have a pilot who is obsessed with defeating the Unicorn." Having said that, Durandal raised a smile.

"...What a dangerous and tempting proposal." Aoife was not a fool. After listening to Durandal's words, she understood what Durandal meant.

"But you know, I can't refuse." Aoife sighed in the communication.