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

When it comes to weapons, people generally believe that "the bigger the better." From prehistoric civilizations favoring "bigger stones and thicker wood" to the modern era's "bigger explosions and larger calibers," large weapons not only create a greater visual impact but also, due to the limitations of gunpowder technology, greater size translates to greater power.

This pursuit of "big" weapons seems to have become a kind of meme, deeply engraved in human DNA.

This Shamburo, which landed at the edge of the frontline base in the Ob Sea area, was a weapon created by Blue Cosmos with such subconsciousness.

At this moment, the driver sitting in the Chambro, wearing a black driving suit, even in a not-so-good mental state, could clearly feel the sense of power and security that came from driving the giant vehicle.

Feeling the surprise coming from ZAFT and Archangel who were watching the battle nearby, he couldn't help but grin and pushed the joystick with an expression that was almost like facial art.

Although it is possible to control Shamburo to attack ZAFT and Archangel now, that is Blue Cosmos's concern. As a pilot of the Findersen Kingdom, he only needs to complete his own duties.

"Should we stop him, Captain?" Seeing the direction the "monster" was heading, Saiyi became anxious.

"We can't protect ourselves now, and we can't return to Orb's territory, otherwise we will drag Orb into the water, Sai." Malu was very anxious, but there was no good solution.

"A transport plane signal was detected in the sky... Wait, the transport plane dropped a MS, yes..." At this moment, a scanning signal came from the Archangel's radar, allowing Saiyi to turn his chaotic attention back to his work.

But after seeing the scan results, a sense of surprise and inexplicable peace of mind filled his heart.

"...It's Zesta! Mr. Ross is here!"

Several high-explosive rockets hit Shambaugh's shoulder armor accurately, exploding into brilliant sparks.

But when the fire and smoke from the explosion dissipated, it was seen that only one layer of Shambaugh's armor was blown open, and there was more than one layer of armor inside.

In order to increase Shamburo's defense, Blue Cosmos adopted a simple and crude method: stacking armor. As long as the armor is thick enough, conventional beam rifles cannot penetrate it.

"Zizizi... Archangel, this is Ross Links." The Archangel's comm was dialed, and Ross's calm voice came through the comm, "Archangel, continue moving forward and leave this area. You are no match for this MA."

"...Okay." After hearing Ross's voice, Malu quickly agreed without hesitation.

"Archangel, leave this sea area at full speed!"

As for ZAFT, even though he was a little confused by the appearance of the giant MA with the ZAFT logo, he would not let go of the Archangel that had been chasing him all the way.

"Want to escape during the chaos... And the cubs actually appear here, are they not in the same group? Or do they have another mission?" Cruze stood on the bridge of a submarine, looking at the radar scan results, squinting his eyes under the mask.

"I, Yitzhak, and the two copy troops will stay here to observe the situation. Aslan, you take the rest of the people and go after Long Legs."

……

"Hmm...an attack? From the sky?!"

Feeling the vibration coming from Shamburo, the black-clad driver was stunned for a moment.

What followed was a surge of rage that arose from within.

"You actually dared to attack me while I was driving the Shambolo... You're really tired of living."

I saw a blue-gray machine turning nimbly in the air and landing about ten meters away from Shangbro.

"Only one MS? Are you looking down on me?!" Feeling the calm emotion coming from this MS, the black-clad driver pressed a few buttons.

The vertical catapult system at the tail of the Shambro was opened, and ten drones with coaxial propellers took off.

The drones were scattered around Shamburo but did not launch any attacks.

"Let me use you to test Shamburo's weapon." The black-clad driver pressed the trigger, and the beam generators on Shamburo's shoulders began to accumulate energy.

"It's your honor to die under the crushing weight of Shambro, ant!"

The black-clad pilot didn't take Zesta seriously. After all, given the firepower of Shambro, even if a Plan G machine appeared here, it would be difficult to destroy Shambro.

Several scattered beams of light emerged from the beam generator on Shamburo's shoulder and hit the drones.

Cruze and Isaac, who were watching the battle from the side, thought that these drones would be destroyed by the light beam, but they did not expect the light beam to be refracted and turned into a series of small beams that enveloped Zesta.

"Hello, the bazooka is switching to forged rockets."

Ross pulled the joystick, and Zesta began to nimbly dodge the laser beams, occasionally using the shield to block one or two lasers to create space for the machine to evade.

After the robotic arm hung the empty rocket launcher on the backpack, the free robotic arm replaced the magazine of forged rockets in the rocket barrel hanging on the backpack, then grabbed the rocket launcher again and returned to the battle.

"Boom bang bang..."

Forged rockets were continuously fired into the sky, most of them were detonated in mid-air by the scattered lasers, while a small number of forged rockets successfully reached the target distance.

As the warhead was detonated by the fuse, a large amount of metal fragments carrying huge kinetic energy showered the beam-scattering drone.

The black-clad pilot did not become dazed because the drone was destroyed. As one of the top pilots in the Findersen Kingdom, he would not make such a mistake.

The beam generator is in the cooling phase, but that doesn't mean Shamburo has no other weapons.

Suddenly, Shamburo's legs spread out, and a huge mechanical claw was about to grab Zesta.

Ross stepped on the pedal, and the nozzles on Zesta's body began to work. He jumped back at an extremely fast speed and avoided Shamburo's grab.

Shamburo's claws slammed the ground, making a loud noise and raising a cloud of dust.

Ross would not miss the flaw that Shambolo had revealed at this moment. He pressed the joystick a few times, and the multi-function launchers installed on Jesta's waist and legs were activated, continuously firing anti-ship missiles at Shambolo.

A total of twelve anti-ship missiles struck Shamburo's legs and torso, causing violent explosions.

Ross maneuvered the Zesta to a smooth landing. The multi-purpose launcher, which had emptied its anti-ship missiles, released its lock and bounced off to the sides of the machine.

With this weight reduction, Zesta's mobility also increased slightly. Unfortunately, without the high-mobility backpack, Zesta's movement on Earth was only close to "jumping".

"Huh...huh..."

Controlling Zesta to complete a series of evasive maneuvers, and then quickly locking onto a target and firing all his ammunition, these high-intensity actions made Ross begin to breathe heavily.

At this time, he also knew that his physical fitness was indeed constantly improving. When he was driving MS on Earth a few years ago, he could only complete simple movements, but now he can actually withstand the gravity of the earth and complete a series of maneuvers while only breathing slightly.

Ross stared at the flames in the distance and pressed a button to unlock Zesta's shoulder equipment.

He could clearly feel that the people in Chambroli were not dead yet.

However, Shamburo certainly cannot be destroyed by simple anti-ship rockets.

Suddenly, Rhodes felt the familiar electric shock on his forehead again, and then twisted the joystick and stepped on the pedal.

Zesta suddenly performed a sideways dodge at an extremely fast speed. Two beams of light shot out from the smoke and hit the two drones accurately.

As the beams began to refract, the area where Zesta had been standing was swept by several tiny beams, leaving behind a scorched earth.

"You think... you can destroy me with just these little missiles?"

A voice that sounded a bit crazy was amplified by the loudspeaker. Shamburo stretched out his claws, swept away the smoke in front of him, revealing Shamburo's full appearance.

Although the front armor of Shang Bro had basically been blown up by anti-ship missiles at this time, it could still be seen that there was a layer of armor under those big holes.

"Shambolo is invincible! He can't fall down like this!" As the black-clad driver spoke, Shambolo's head opened up and down, revealing its internal structure.

I saw a thick gun barrel emerge from Shamburo's "mouth", and for some reason, it made a strange sound.

At this moment, Ross felt as if a sharp knife was poking at the back of his head, and subconsciously controlled Zesta to dodge.

The muzzle of the gun in Shambro's mouth fired a bombardment with a power comparable to the "Lohangrin" positron cannon on the Archangel, easily clearing away a piece of land.

Looking at the boiling seawater gradually pouring into the gap, Rhodes couldn't help but tighten his grip on the joystick.

"It's really troublesome..."

Rhodes took a deep breath, feeling the hostility coming from Shambro in front of him, which was as sharp as a knife, and the maliciousness surrounding him, which was as lurking as needles.

"Hell is coming next, is that alright, Zesta?"

Zesta raised his head slightly, and the crimson eyepiece seemed to become even brighter.

"When you are prepared, death will not find you, Ross."

Big Hello shook his oval wings, his eyes flashing continuously.

"Ha...that's easy to say!"

Ross smiled, but the next moment he stepped on the pedal and rushed towards Shamburo at an extremely fast speed.

……

"Is that... what Ross was talking about?"

In the Aurora Society, Cagalli looked at the scene displayed on the screen and opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.

"...It's started. The performance of that MS has improved a little compared to before." Compared to Cagalli who was still in shock, Erica frowned as she watched the battle between Zesta and Shamburo.

Putting aside Shamburo's situation, Erica had already judged Ross's piloting skills from just the first exchange between Zesta and Shamburo. It was definitely capable of defeating Orb's three most elite test pilots.

"Director Erica, it seems that ZAFT still has two warships that have not left." At this moment, the radar controller announced the results of the scan.

"...Order the fleet to attack, targeting that giant mobile assault machine, and retrieve Mr. Ross after the battle is over."

Cagalli made this judgment without even thinking.

"We can't just leave the people who helped us block the enemy there like that. After all, that island belongs to Orb's territory." Erica agreed with Cagalli's idea and nodded in agreement.

"But before that, please let me take a look."

Erica watched as Zesta dodged and dodged Shambro's beams, occasionally attacking Shambro with the beam rifle in his hand and the bazooka controlled by the robotic arm.

"See what you and this machine can do."

----split line----

PS: Today’s update.

I recently watched Unicorn again. To be honest, the drawings of the miscellaneous soldiers and machines are all very handsome.

Volume 51: Chapter Cruze: We control the sky, you have nowhere to escape.

A forged rocket was fired from the muzzle of the rocket launcher, flew towards the sky, exploded a pile of fragments in mid-air, and accurately destroyed one drone after another.

But Zesta did not stay where he was. Instead, he kept his leg thrusters running and moved in a manner similar to an air cushion, dodging the cross-sweeping beams.

"Its armor is too hard." Big Haro seemed a little surprised by the armor structure of Shamburo.

After enduring several attacks from anti-ship rockets, Shambro's armor has not been penetrated, which makes people sigh at how tough Shambro is.

Ross controlled Zesta to dodge Shambro's beam fire once again, then controlled Zesta to fire the high-explosive grenade mounted under the beam carbine at Shambro's swung right claw.

As the explosion sounded, Shamburo's right claw became visibly stiff, which made Ross breathe a sigh of relief.

During the battle, Ross felt inexplicably restrained. Perhaps it was because he had been fighting space battles in the training cabin and had rarely fought on land?

"...The enemy's armor has reached critical point. We must find an opportunity."

Rhodes gripped the joystick tightly, dodging the beams while constantly observing Shamburo's movements.

"Where...where..." Ross muttered to himself, concentrating intensely.

"Beep, beep..." After experiencing such an intense battle, the body's battery power has reached the yellow alarm line.

"Now!" Rhodes didn't pay attention to the energy alarm line. After seeing Shamburo stretch his head forward and open his mouth to reveal the gun barrel inside, he pressed the button on the joystick with both hands and then stepped on the pedal.

Zesta loaded the multifunctional quad-barrel launcher on his backpack with anti-ship rockets. The shields on his two robotic arms changed direction, and the particle cannon on his right shoulder locked onto the target.

Afterwards, a large number of anti-ship rockets were fired from various weapons of Jesta, and the firepower coverage was even better than before.

In the cockpit of the Shambro, the black-clad pilot looked very impatient as he saw the red logos floating all over the aircraft.

"Tsk, what a clever fly... You useless idiots, switch your body's energy output for me! I'm going to kill him with my positron cannon!"

Due to the power of the battery, it can only supply the shoulder beam cannon on Shambro's body and one of the positron cannons on his head at the same time. In the battle just now, Shambro had been giving priority to supplying the shoulder beam cannon.

At this time, Shamburo's shoulder beam cannon stopped working and started to activate the positron cannon in his mouth.

But just as the black-clad driver was about to take aim, a series of violent explosions came from the aircraft.

A large number of anti-ship rockets hit Shamburo again. The armor, which had already turned red, finally crossed the critical point. The skeleton and cables melted by the anti-ship rockets, and the word "offline" was displayed on the control panel.

"What? Shamburo actually..."

Before the black-clad driver could react, the battery pack stored on his left shoulder caught fire and exploded, directly shattering his left shoulder armor and significantly reducing the power supply of the positron cannon.

Ross would not miss the opportunity to disrupt the enemy's formation and controlled Zesta to rush towards Shamburo.

Thick flames erupted from Zesta's propulsion pack, and with his free left hand, he drew his beam saber and accurately severed the two claws on Shamburo's right mechanical claw.

Breaking through Shambro's blockade, Zesta arrived near Shambro's head without any hindrance, and slashed across with his beam saber, accurately hitting Shambro's positron cannon.

"The positron cannon is damaged?! Damn it!" The black-clad driver quickly adjusted the power supply direction, and the remaining shoulder beam cannon regained power.

Ross, however, had no time to care about anything else at this moment. He was controlling Zesta to rush towards the cockpit.

Jesta's battery power is running low. If he doesn't get rid of Shambolo, he will have no chance.

Just as Zesta's beam saber was about to touch Shamburo's cockpit, Shamburo suddenly swung his head and knocked Zesta away with his neck.