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

Rise, rise, and continue to rise... until the black universe and the border between the blue earth appear in sight.

With the change in gravity, the shuttle entered a zero-gravity environment, and Big Haro, who was in Ross's arms, also floated up.

After Rhodes set the coordinates, he turned on the automatic navigation mode. At this point, the space shuttle no longer needed to be operated.

"Go and rest for a while, Christina." Roz patted Christina's shoulder. "We still have a lot of things to do next."

As the cockpit door opened, a bunch of Haro floating in the air in the originally tidy cabin were dancing wildly.

……

The "shipyard" has already started to get busy.

"Working on two machines at the same time? It'll slow down the progress of other projects, right?" Marvin scratched his green hair, looking at the two skeletons in front of him with some worry. "It would be great if Brother Ross was here. If he were here, our efficiency would at least increase several times."

At this time, one of the two machine frames is thicker, but the originally slow production speed has also slowed down. However, the other machine, which looks thinner, is being installed with various parts by a large number of robotic arms with extremely high efficiency.

However, the two machines have something in common, which is that they both require a large amount of mental skeleton filling.

"I told you, Ross's suit blew up." At this moment, Big Haro, who had taken over the scheduling of the "shipyard," spoke up, his emerald eyes flickering. "The development and production of the RX-0 can be slowed down slightly, but the RX-9 must be completed as quickly as possible."

"But these RX-9 blueprints are ridiculous! There's so little armor," Marvin complained, examining the blueprints projected into his cybernetic eye. "A lot of the skeleton is exposed, and there's this battery pack shoved in there. Is this a half-finished product? How could Brother Ross come up with such blueprints?"

A few days ago, Big Hello just casually said "we need to mobilize more production lines" and has been tinkering with the new machine. Marvin only saw the design drawings of the new machine now.

"This is a work-in-progress. The intensity of the battle is escalating, and Ross urgently needs a mecha that can unleash his full potential." Big Haro detached from the console. Gas continuously gushed out of the attitude adjustment nozzles on the round sphere, eventually floating in front of the initial form of the mecha's skeleton. "Either the RX-0 or the current RX-9 are the best options. This is his choice."

"...Alright, since it's Brother Ross's choice, we can only do our best." After seeing Big Hello move out of Ross, Marvin, who had been a bit skeptical at first, quickly changed his tune. He controlled the small gas thrusters behind him and floated towards his workstation. "In short...don't worry, the original project won't be slowed down."

"Don't underestimate me, Big Sister! Before I got this body, I was transformed into the factory's operating center! Just because there are more projects, I can use my computing power to offset these gaps!"

"Really... Why are all of Ross's men like single-minded gorillas?" Big Harrow sighed, shifting his gaze from Marvin, who had drifted off, to the machine being assembled. "I hope it's still in time."

……

The "Shipyard" was busy as the night of the Orb time zone arrived.

In fact, they should have used the universal standard time, but when Marvin brought a group of Harrows here to set up a base, in order to synchronize with Ross's actions, they also used the Orb time zone.

At this time, the RX-9 has taken shape, and even the head has been assembled. The Gundam face, which is similar to the Strike but different, is quietly lying on the skeleton.

"An unknown space shuttle has been detected... A signal has been received... It's Brother Ross!"

"Understood, optical guidance is being activated... the gates are being opened."

As the gate of the "shipyard" opened, the white shuttle that Rhodes was riding in entered a compartment.

The mixed oxygen begins to fill the compartment and the air pressure begins to synchronize with the interior.

After waiting for the light to turn green, another gate opened.

The scene of the "shipyard" also appeared in Rhodes's eyes.

"Welcome to the shipyard, Ross." After Ross left the shuttle, the familiar voice of the Great Hallo sounded again. "Is this the first time we've officially met face to face?"

But the voice didn't come from the small big Hello on Ross's shoulder, but came directly from the radio.

Rhodes looked around, and finally, from a place overlooking the shipyard, he saw a familiar figure.

The two-meter-tall large Haro was facing away from Rhodes.

Then, Big Harrow gradually turned around and looked directly at Ross who was floating in the air.

"So, long time no see?"

"Well, long time no see."

……

"RX-9, the Narrator Gundam, we've eliminated the original fighter and switched to a spherical cockpit, so we've made some adjustments."

After rejecting Big Hello's suggestion of "I feel the atmosphere is right, do you want a hug?", Ross, under Big Hello's guidance, saw the semi-finished machine in front of him.

At this time, the spherical cockpit was equipped with four interfaces for loading psychic skeletons as usual.

The robotic arm on the side was being operated by a group of Haro, constantly installing various components on the Narrator Gundam.

"However, we have reserved an interface on the battery pack so that you can quickly replace the battery or switch to nuclear power."

The big Harrow floating beside Ross suddenly turned around and looked at Ross.

"As for your little brother, Marvin, he's refusing to listen to anything you say. He's currently maintaining progress on other projects. He probably won't have time to see you until the production line is handed back in the next couple of days."

"Really? He's really a stubborn person." Upon hearing this news, Rhodes couldn't help but recall the early days of the shipyard.

"I talked to him for a long time before he agreed to come to the shipyard." Having said that, Rhodes waved his hand helplessly.

"He wanted to pilot a mobile suit at the time."

"Sure enough, he's really a stubborn gorilla..." After hearing what Ross said, Big Hello stretched out a mechanical arm from somewhere and knocked on his forehead in a rather anthropomorphic manner, making a "bang bang bang" sound.

Seeing Big Hello's anthropomorphic movements, Rhodes felt a little confused.

"Come to think of it... your dark circles seem to have faded a lot."

"That's a new appearance from working overtime again! The original dark circles have disappeared!" Speaking of this topic, Big Haro became angry and stretched out his mechanical arm, wanting to hit Ross's head hard.

But thinking that Ross's body would definitely not be able to withstand such force, Big Harrow himself couldn't bring himself to do it, so he could only gently knock Ross's head twice.

"If you know how hard I work, why don't you work overtime with me?"

----split line----

PS: Today’s update.

In fact, I should have finished writing this chapter a long time ago, but my cousin dragged me to see a movie, and I wrote a part of it while watching the movie in the cinema.

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Touched it, RUA!

Volume 56: Chapter "A Guide to the Growth of a New Human" Editor: Char Aznable

The construction process of the Narrative Gundam went smoothly, or rather, as an integration of the existing technologies in Ross's hands, the construction of the Narrative Gundam was not difficult.

At this moment, Ross was installing the four mental skeletons that had accompanied him all the way to the driver's seat.

In front of a large pile of mental skeletons, the four palm-sized mental skeletons seemed a little small, but Ross knew clearly that the partner who had accompanied him in battle for a long time was inside these four mental skeletons.

With the last piece of the skeleton installed, the spherical cockpit was retracted, and the mechanical internal structures were covered on the cockpit and fixed.

The robotic arm fixed the white outer armor to the body, and the gray mental skeletons that had not yet been activated were also firmly fixed to the body to ensure that they would not fall off for various reasons.

At this time, Rhodes took advantage of the time he had last night to optimize the algorithm of the nano-scale quantum computer inside the mental skeleton, improving some of its performance. Now, these newly manufactured mental skeletons can be said to be "prototype 2.0 version."

In order to preserve Jesta's data, Ross thought about it several times before completing the upgrade of the four core mental skeletons.

"It's time, it's time! Go and rest your teeth! Ross!" Just as Ross was thinking about what other upgrades he could make to the Narrative Gundam, a mechanical arm attacked Ross from behind, grabbed Ross's shoulders and took him to the dormitory.

"Big...Big Hallo?" Ross was stunned for a moment by Big Hallo's sudden attack before realizing that he was being dragged away by Big Hallo. "What are you doing? Isn't it Orb's off-duty time yet?"

In response to Ross's question, Big Harrow extended his other robotic arm and gently tapped Ross's head.

"You've been up all night, don't you understand? You're just a carbon-based creature, not a spirit or a silicon-based creature. What if a sudden battle breaks out and you're not clear-headed?" For some reason, Big Harrow skillfully opened Ross's dormitory door and laid him directly on the bed. "Now, sleep!"

"What about the assembly of the Narrative Gundam? And the production of the equipment? There is still a lot of work to be done!" Ross just lay down on the bed and wanted to get up.

But then, Big Harrow's mechanical arm pressed down on Ross's shoulders and pinned him to the bed.

"I said: Go to bed!" Big Hello's tone became inexplicably serious. This was the first time Ross had heard Big Hello speak in this tone. "I'll follow up with the machine! Do you really want me to sing you a lullaby before you go to sleep?"

"Okay... okay." Looking at Big Hello's appearance at this moment, Ross could only accept the reality and lay down on the bed obediently.

The air conditioner was adjusted to a suitable temperature, and the lights began to dim. With the gradual change in the environment, Rhodes, who had been working excitedly all night, now felt sleepy.

Feeling Ross's breathing become steady, Big Hello used his robotic arm to cover Ross with the quilt, his emerald eyes carefully scanning Ross's physical condition.

Big Harrow did not leave Ross's room, but used the small clone that had followed Ross before to remotely control the central control console of the shipyard to maintain the manufacturing progress of the machine.

A melodious humming came from the speakers of Big Hello, like some unknown lullaby, echoing in Ross's room, making Ross's originally tense expression relax a little.

On the other side, in a dock in the shipyard.

Christina was quietly looking at the huge monster in front of her, whose keel had been laid and some of the skeleton and equipment had been assembled. She didn't know what she was thinking.

She seemed to recall what Ross had said to her last night when she first saw the behemoth in front of her.

"Christina, this is our ship, our...home." In his memory, Ross looked at the ship with some anticipation.

"Home..." A vague and outdated word. How long had it been since she last heard it? Or, in other words, had she ever seen it used in a form other than a dictionary?

But now, for the first time, she had such an intuitive feeling about this word.

"I also have...something I can do..." Subconsciously, Christina thought of what Rhodes once said to her.

She was silent for a moment, then turned and walked towards the laboratory that had been idle for a long time.

"I can do it too...protect this home."

……

When Ross woke up from his sleep, it was already afternoon in the Orb time zone.

"...I slept for so long?" Ross was stunned for a moment after glancing at the alarm clock next to his pillow, but he quickly got up and planned to continue assembling the machine.

When he just got up, he saw Big Haro rolling around in front of the bed, and Ross couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hello? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the center console?"

"You seem a little nervous. I'm worried something might be wrong, so I'll be keeping watch over you." Big Hello stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Ross. "After all, it's not uncommon for new humans to be attacked and disturbed by cosmic ghosts in their sleep. I can only say that the solution provided by the courtyard is quite useful."

"Solution?" Rhodes put on his shoes and stood up, very curious about the "solution" that Big Harrow mentioned.

"'New Human Growth Guide,' Chapter 1, Title 6, Section 1: If a New Human Executor in the courtyard falls asleep, there's a high probability of being attacked by a cosmic ghost, causing them to exhibit a state of mental tension. Solution: Have a supporter sing a lullaby." Big Harrow projected several beams of light from his eyes, projecting a book riddled with flaws. "The editor-in-chief of this book is Char Aznable."

Looking at the projected book, with its cover bearing the words "Highly recommended by Newtype Zeon General Char!" and a drawing of Char making the gesture "Please lend me money," Ross had a strange expression on his face.

"...Char...what a disgrace."

"But I have to say, it works very well." Big Harrow retracted the projection and looked at Ross, who was sitting beside the bed. "So, let's get back to work?"

"Of course!"

Although Big Hello was remotely controlling the machine, Ross was not worried about the assembly progress. However, when he thought that the machine's weapons had not been assembled before he went to sleep, Ross became a little anxious.

"Beep beep... beep beep..." The communicator, which had not been used for a long time, made a sound. Ross picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help but frowned.

It's a number I've never seen before... I've made notes on all my numbers. As they are private numbers, it shouldn't be possible for an unknown number to call me.

"...The address has been tampered with. They can't find it." Big Harrow waved his wings at Ross. "It jumped through several transfer stations."

Rhodes pressed the record button and then connected the communication.

"This is Ross, the personal space scrap recycler. May I ask who you are?"

"Is this Mr. Ross? I'm Halbertton from the Eighth Fleet. It seems the number Malu gave me was correct."

A familiar voice came from the other end of the communicator, making Ross feel a little relieved.

"So, why did you come to me?"

"This is an urgent situation. Let's cut the small talk and get straight to the point." Halbotton's tone was urgent and serious, causing Rhodes to squint his eyes.

"We discovered the Blue Cosmos guys while resupplying at the lunar base. After secretly capturing and interrogating them, we determined that Blue Cosmos was manufacturing some large-scale weapons on the moon. We're still investigating the specific information."

Having said that, Halberton couldn't help but sigh when he thought of the information he had just interrogated and verified.

"We learned during the interrogation that Blue Cosmos has found another partner besides the Atlantic Federation, the Kingdom of Findersen."

"Also, they used the Atlantic Federation's high-ranking personnel who had become members of the Blue Cosmos to abandon the Alaskan base and installed a Cyclops inside the base to lure and kill ZAFT."

"...So? What do you want me to do?" Ross walked quickly out of the room and headed towards the hangar where the aircraft was being assembled.

"According to our last communication... the Archangel will arrive at the Alaska base tomorrow morning." Halberton paused, as if confirming something. "...Also, observations here indicate that ZAFT is gathering toward the Alaska base, seemingly preparing to attack it."

"I want you to take the Archangel and the troops abandoned there and evacuate as much as possible."

"You think too highly of me. I only have one mobile suit right now. The old one just blew up, and the new one isn't ready yet." Ross frowned at Halberton's request. "Besides, even if I go there and aren't attacked by the Earth Army, will they listen to me?"

"...At least bring the Archangel out first. Mariu will definitely trust you. Besides, you can also bring my name to the table." Halberton was silent for a long time before speaking. "As a cutting-edge warship, the Archangel has strong maneuverability and firepower. Furthermore, I've also pried some bases from a few Blue Cosmos, which you'll need."

When Ross heard the words "Blue Cosmos' base," he showed clear murderous intent, but it quickly faded as if nothing had happened.