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"But don't I still have you? And even without me... you'd still be fighting in Orb."

Although he didn't know why Ross bought these machines and took them apart, Mariu thought of the charging adapter placed next to him and became a little curious about what Ross was going to make next.

"...are you kidding? I finally bought this factory. Even though I haven't been there for a long time, I'm going to lose a lot of money if it gets bombed by these Earth soldiers, okay?!" Ross said the reason for his fight without even turning his head. He had already disassembled what he needed from the machine and quickly took out another machine to disassemble.

"With a topic like this and an atmosphere like this, you're going to withdraw money..." Malu narrowed his eyes, and couldn't help but worry about his savings. "Are you tempted by money?"

"What are you thinking?! I'm broke! All the money I spent on making these machines came from my savings!"

Today, Ross was also worried about the cost of manufacturing the machine.

……

Orb's mass accelerator is operating non-stop, and cargo and passenger ships are constantly being launched from it and heading towards the universe.

And now, Orb's combat command headquarters is located here.

"Father!" Cagalli, dressed in a military uniform, walked into the operations center and saw Uzumi, still in his suit. "Why are you evacuating the people from the mass accelerator? Wouldn't it be safer to evacuate by water?"

"Besides, our colony satellite Heliopos was also destroyed, right? Where did we get the colony satellite?"

At this moment, in the combat center, officers in blue uniforms were running around and issuing orders one after another.

"...Because we can't gamble. Now is the time to use our backup plan, Cagalli." Uzumi seemed accustomed to Cagalli's impulsive tone and calmly explained the decision he and the Orb leaders had made. "The Earth Army has surrounded us now. Evacuating by ship will inevitably pass near the Earth Army fleet. Given that Blue Cosmos has gained a lot of influence, a ship full of our citizens will most likely be destroyed."

"Even if it's a private ship, there's no guarantee of safety. After all, they cut off our means of transmitting information to the outside world not long ago."

The seemingly desperate battle situation came out of Uzumi's mouth, but Uzumi's expression was not bad, as if all this was within his expectations.

"How could this be..." Hearing this for the first time, Cagalli widened her eyes, obviously a little surprised.

"Then...what about the back-up plan? What is the back-up plan?"

Uzumi didn't answer Cagalli's question, but instead asked a question.

"Remember when I was pushing a plan forward even if it meant damaging Orb's economy? That was when you hated me the most."

Uzumi pressed buttons on the console beside him, as if searching for something.

"Is that... the space mine project?" Cagalli clearly didn't understand why Uzumi asked this question. "I remember that the development of the space mine wasn't urgent at the time, but you, father, pushed this project forward."

"Well, at the Space Mine, we built Industrial One through Industrial Six, a total of six space stations." Uzummi finally found what he was looking for and projected the contents onto the screen behind him. "And they actually have another, more important mission."

A slightly strange-looking asteroid appeared on the screen, and the label in the lower right corner indicated that this was the camera of the Industrial VI space station.

As a cargo spacecraft approached, an airport opened up in the rocky area, allowing the cargo spacecraft to enter the interior of the asteroid.

"Industrial Colony 7," Uzumi calmly stated the name of the transformed asteroid. "This is our backup plan for Orb."

"As early as a year ago, the Aurora Society had already transferred important parts to Industrial No. 7, and Industrial No. 7 has been operating for some time."

"We thought it would continue like this, but we didn't expect it to be put to use so soon."

Looking at the asteroid on the screen, Cagalli was a little dazed.

After all, what she originally thought was a plan that would harm the national interest actually became Orb's lifeline in the end. Such a huge reversal left Cagalli at a loss.

"Anyway, Cagalli." Uzumi patted Cagalli's shoulder, bringing her back to her senses. "The upcoming battle will be difficult. Are you ready now that you're wearing this uniform?"

"...I understand." As if she understood the importance of this battle to Orb, Cagalli took a deep breath and adjusted her emotions. "I will ensure that everyone can travel to space safely."

"Yeah...that's good." Uzumi breathed a sigh of relief and turned around. "I'll continue to buy you time until you finish setting up your position."

"Grow up quickly, Cagalli."

……

Above the ruins of the Alaskan base, a red aircraft, with a backpack that looked like flight pedals, observed the scene.

Aslan, who was sitting in this machine, didn't seem to have a very good expression on his face.

"In the end...what kind of situation will it become? That's the end."

Aslan gritted his teeth and steered the new machine.

According to ZAFT's intelligence, the target machine "Liberty" was last seen when it reunited with the Archangel.

According to the battle records, the Archangel was already severely damaged at the time, and because it was used as cannon fodder by the Earth Army, it was ruled out that it returned to the Earth Army...

"Aub...is that place again?"

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PS: Today's update

Why is the number sixty-four also a sensitive word? What on earth did you do, you academic master?

Ding ding ding, I didn’t expect that I would also add some ingredients to Orb.

Volume 65: Chapter The power of the sun is gathered in my hands!

Archangel, dormitory corridor.

"I see..." Sai smiled as he looked at his companion, who had changed out of his military uniform and back into his civilian clothes, in the corridor. "Since you're getting off the ship, Kaz, you need to speed up. There might be a traffic jam at the mass accelerator."

At this time, Kaz was holding his suitcase in his hand, lowering his head slightly, as if feeling a little ashamed.

"Saiyi... aren't you going to get off the boat?"

"Well, Milia and I don't plan on getting off the ship." Sai shook his head and expressed his thoughts. "It's Orb that's being attacked now, our country. There's still something we can do now."

"Don't worry, we'll buy enough time for your evacuation." Saiyi reached out and patted Kaz's shoulder. "We also said the same thing when we called our family earlier."

"But..." Kaz seemed to still have some unknown concerns. After thinking it over, he finally said, "If I'm the only one who gets off the ship... everyone will think I'm a coward and a mean person, right? At a time when the Archangel needs combat power the most..."

As he spoke, Kaz's voice was choked.

"But... I was really scared. In Alaska, when that King pointed his gun at the bridge... I was so scared that I wanted to run away!"

"...Kaz, you don't need to care about what others think. We are all different, and our choices will be different." Sai sighed, thought for a moment, and comforted the depressed Kaz. "Do you remember what Mr. Ross said? He said you have a strong name."

"I believe that you, like us, have things that only you can do." Sai gave Kaz a thumbs-up. "I'm sure Mr. Ross thinks the same."

"I... only what I can do..."

Kaz murmured, and his hand gripping the handle of the suitcase gradually tightened.

……

"Anyway... this is the current situation." Mirialia opened the door of a cell on the Archangel and threw a red pilot's suit onto a figure with short blond hair. "Aub is about to be attacked by the Earth Alliance."

"So, you can go now...you've served your sentence." After saying this, Miliaria turned around and walked out of the cell.

"Wait... wait a minute!" As if surprised by the news he just heard, the figure who had been locked in the cell just now followed.

It was Diego who was shot down and captured not long ago.

"What does it mean that the Earth Army is attacking Orb?" Diego's tone was a little anxious, and he seemed completely unable to understand why things turned out like this.

"In short, because Orb possesses the mass accelerator and remains neutral, refusing to join the Earth Army, they're going to war with us to obtain it," Marialia said, heading for the hangar without looking back. "A fight would be chaotic, and keeping you here wouldn't be very useful. So, you're being released. Find your own way from now on."

"Even if you say so... there's nothing I can do..." Diego scratched his hair. The flood of information made him feel unreal. "Wait a minute, where's Storm?"

"It was taken away by the Dawn Society."

Mirialia said this without turning her head, and without caring whether Diego heard it clearly or not, she took him towards the direction of getting off the ship.

After hearing this news, Diego's face instantly fell.

……

After Malu finished speaking to the crew of the Archangel, except for eleven crew members who disembarked, everyone else stayed on the Archangel, intending to continue fighting.

At this time, the maintenance team and Mariu were staying in the hangar, watching Ross tinkering with something that looked vaguely familiar.

Kira, on the other hand, looked at the work being born from Ross's hands with a horrified expression.

Finally, after tightening the last screw, Rhodes skillfully put the wrench into his pocket and picked up the materials beside him.

"That device is..." As the person with the highest R&D technical capabilities on the scene besides Ross, Mariu stood beside Ross and looked at the instrument Ross had made with a serious expression.

The ingredients are just the right amount, just enough to fit into the reserved space.

Rhodes closed the lid of the new device and picked up the computer connected to the work.

"The power of the sun..." After pressing the keyboard a few times, Ross raised his right hand with his index finger extended.

After all, it was to start up this nuclear battery that he had made himself. Although it was just a temporary work made by piecing together various small parts, similar to the charging port and magazine charging device on the Archangel, no matter who it was, when hearing about "starting the reactor", he would always feel a little excited.

"...Concentrated in my hands!" Rhodes showed a healthy smile, his arm moved in an arc, and he pressed the Enter key on the computer.

The battery pack made a low sound, and the battery status indicator on the instrument next to it was constantly rising.

Finally, everything calmed down, and the battery pack manufactured by Rhodes entered a stable operating state.

Although it was only a temporary work, Rhodes had installed a large number of safety devices on this battery pack. Even if it suffered huge impacts and bumps, as long as the outer armor was not damaged, it could continue to operate stably, not to mention the anti-neutron jammer integrated into it.

"This is..." At this moment, after hearing the voice just now, Madoc seemed to understand something.

"It's a nuclear battery." Mariu had a rough idea of what Ross had created. "Just because you roughly understood the effects of freedom... you created something similar?"

"Don't worry, this thing is safe." While no one dared to touch the nuclear battery pack, Ross casually slapped the outer armor twice. "I'll install this on my body first."

Looking at the green-looking battery pack, Madoc subconsciously felt that this thing would explode if touched casually.

However, there have been few problems with the gadgets made by Rhodes, and it seems that he doesn't dare to repair the battery pack himself.

How about praising Ross's machine soul every day?

"Mr. Ross..." Kira mustered up his courage and took two steps forward. "I don't know how you were able to create devices like the antineutron jammer and the nuclear battery pack, but I hope you understand that this thing can't be obtained by others."

"Don't worry, it's just a temporary work. It will probably be demolished soon." Ross gestured to Kira, reached out and pressed the control button on the panel beside him, lowering a hook.

In fact, after seeing the anti-neutron jammer on Freedom, Ross's familiar plastic man instinct had already generated many ideas, but most of the ideas needed to return to the "Shipyard" to be implemented.

"...Let me help." Mari sighed, unzipping his collar slightly and rolling up his sleeves, regaining a bit of the feeling he had when assembling Project G. "Even if you say it's safe, this is a nuclear battery pack. You can't replace it by yourself."

"Maintenance team! Prepare to remove the narrator's battery pack!"

……

In the Earth Fleet, a battleship serving as the flagship.

A blond man in a light blue suit was flipping through the documents in his hand boredly.

"...In other words, Orb still rejected our request." He closed the file and smiled confidently. "What a shame... They just missed out on our goodwill..."

"Sure enough, they just want to start a war."

"...Don't be so absolute, Senator Murtagh." The captain beside him tried to dissuade Murtagh from sliding further down the ladder. "I think we can continue negotiations."

"Do you understand politics or do I understand politics?" Murtagh did not answer the captain's words, but asked this question instead.

"Regardless of their original intentions, their current actions are already damaging the interests of the Earth Federation. They can be roughly classified as... 'traitors'."

Murtagh placed the document on the chair he was sitting on, stood up, and turned to look at the captain, who looked unhappy.

"Or do you want to become a 'traitor' to nature like them?"

"Uh... I didn't mean that." Faced with this big hat being put on him, the captain naturally shook it off immediately.

Murtagh smiled and didn't care about it.

"However, it was a coincidence that they made this choice." Thinking of the three cutting-edge machines placed in the hangar, Murtagh narrowed his eyes slightly.

In the hangar of this flagship, three machines, which are somewhat similar in appearance to the G series but have more distinctive armaments, are quietly undergoing adjustments by the maintenance team.

In the lounge next to the hangar, three young men were waiting boredly for the order to attack.

"I'm still wondering how to proceed with testing these machines... maybe we can just test them together with the augmented human project."

"Senator Murtagh, although the test of the intelligent combat system was a great success...but projects like augmented humans..." The captain of the flagship was about to raise his question when he saw Murtagh's face full of impatience. His right hand was even reaching for his lower back. "...No, it's nothing. Please treat it as my own random thoughts. Sorry to bother you."

"You think a lot, that's good." Murtagh gave a strange fake smile. "But no matter what you think, don't say it out loud, do it."

“Those who know how to play dumb can live longer.”

Murtagh was already a little annoyed when the captain mentioned the combat-only project.

As a project he had taken over midway, the original person in charge, along with the project's No. 1 laboratory, were all wiped out by a mobile suit. Considering that mobile suits were still widely used in the Earth sphere at the time, it could only have been someone from ZAFT.

Unfortunately, the genius engineer who created the framework of the intelligent combat system was probably hit head-on and killed. If he were still alive, in his hands, the mere ZAFT would not be worth mentioning.

Thinking of this system framework, Murtagh suddenly felt furious. Blue Cosmos had hired so many engineers, but they were all useless. The initial version of the architecture had been used until now, and even upgrades could not be done.