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

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Volume 107: Chapter Bribery and Leaving Earth.

In the terminal of the Kaohsiung Mass Accelerator, due to wartime controls and restrictions on civilian use, there are only a handful of civilians in casual clothes, except for soldiers wearing Earth Army uniforms.

Rhodes's orange-yellow suit was quite conspicuous in the terminal. Just as he walked to the escalator, he felt that more than a dozen eyes were looking at him.

"There's a limited number of civilian aircraft launches each day, and today's quota has already been distributed." Luo Qiuer, standing on the escalator, holding a small cardboard box, began to explain to Ross, "But this time we're using the cargo channel to transport supplies to the lunar colony. After all, the Earth military's transport ships basically only carry the most urgently needed daily necessities. Things like cigarettes and alcohol will basically follow our current cargo procedures."

"However, there are also limits on cargo lanes, but they're much more relaxed than for civil aviation." Looking at the calm Ross, Luo Qiuer raised his free hand and gave a thumbs-up. "You'll know what to do later."

"You told me, of course I understand." Rhodes nodded to Luo Jule, his left hand in his suit pocket, but he was pondering a card.

Walking through the corridor, ignoring the Earth Army they met on the way, Luo Qiuer took Ross straight into an office with the words "Ship Audit" written on it.

"... Luo Qiuer, you're a busy man. Are you going to deliver goods again today?"

In the office, an officer saw Luo Qiuer coming in and couldn't help but smile.

But when he saw Ross behind Luo Qiuer, his expression suddenly became serious again.

Watching the officer in front of him perform face-changing moves that resembled Sichuan opera, Rhodes couldn't help but secretly admire the officer's ability to manage his facial expressions.

"We occasionally have to accept cargo transport commissions, but there are some problems with the review." Luo Qiuer smiled and handed the officer a cardboard box. "I won't lose a penny of the promised goods."

The officer took the box from Luo Jule, took a look at it and put it at his feet.

"But the weight you declared this time... doesn't seem to match the scheduled allowance?" The officer frowned as he reviewed the computer system, clearly understanding why Luo Qiuer had come to see him. "Overweight... two extra space shuttles?"

"The wealthy investor next to me has a request to transport two space shuttles up there." Luo Qiuer pointed to Ross, who was wearing an orange suit behind him. "They're rich, but I don't really understand what they're up to."

"Hello, I'm Kuwatlo Bajina." Ross stepped forward and extended his hand to the officer in front of him. "I'm Luo Juel's client."

"Hello, Mr. Cuatro, you should leave in this situation..." The officer shook the hand that Rhodes extended, but felt a hard card in his palm and was stunned for a moment.

At this moment, Luo Qiuer gestured to the officer and silently mouthed "this number".

"I hope to get the two space shuttles into space as soon as possible, okay?" After separating his hands, Rhodes said calmly, as if he were really a wealthy dog tycoon, not caring at all about how much money was on the card he handed over.

"Well... of course there's no problem. It's passed the review, you can go through the freight channel." The officer took a look at the bank card in his hand, smiled with his eyes narrowed, and reached out to click twice on the computer next to him.

Luo Qiuer's ship passed the review and entered the queue. The officer even moved Luo Qiuer up a bit on the list.

You have to know that when the mass accelerator was still available for civilian use, there were a lot of people coming to the ship to review this position, and their predecessors all made a lot of money.

When it was his turn to take up the position of ship inspection, the Earth Army and ZAFT went to war, civil aviation and civilian cargo transportation were restricted, and he could not make much money at all.

Now that there was someone as knowledgeable as Luo Qiuer, the officer was naturally overjoyed and got it done quickly.

"When did you become so..." Ross's expression was a little complicated as he walked out of the terminal and headed to the dock where Luo Qiuer had booked a flight.

"Slippery? Right." Hearing Ross's words, Luo Juel shrugged. "I can't help it. I'm not like you who's always on the Orb side. This is how the Earth Army is. These little brats are tough to deal with."

"Can you handle a ship inspection failure, a delay of ten days or half a month, and a failure to pass inspection? Even if we have superior combat power and can force the ship into orbit, the mass accelerator won't activate without their operation. Just launch us." Luo Qiuer stretched as he walked. "It's better to spend money to avoid disaster. After all, it's not my money this time."

Yes, although the bank card was given to Ross by Luo Qiuer and the money on it also belonged to Luo Qiuer, the amount spent would be included in the commission fee.

When Rhodes thought about the money issue, he felt a headache.

The subsequent armament of the unicorn, as well as a bunch of projects such as warship manufacturing, are all money-burning projects.

Now with the money from this commission added to the mix... let's see if we can get some more money from somewhere else.

……

In the dock reserved by Luo Juel, containers were loaded into Luo Juel's battleship "RE Home" one by one.

Even though it was a fully enclosed dock similar to the one that the Archangel had in Orb, Luo Juel still packed the Unicorn and Strike in special containers and transported them to the battleship for disassembly and preparation.

"What a beautiful machine..." Luo Qiuer couldn't help but sigh as he stood in the closed hangar on the left side of re-home, looking at the machine in front of him that was disassembled from the special container.

The pure white body of the machine stands out among the various containers, and one can immediately spot this machine filled with a sense of "holiness".

"Rods, you have so many units!"

"A lot? I bought it with money!" Rhodes had just finished programming the machine's laser fusion reactor to recharge the magazine when he stepped out of the cockpit and onto the plank road. "Maybe you have more savings than me now!"

"I'm just picking up trash, how can I get so much money!" Luo Qiuer scratched his head. "But speaking of picking up trash, I recently found a big one!"

"You mean that red...M1 Heretic?" Ross followed the direction Luo Juel pointed and saw a red and white machine.

"Her name is Red Heretic. I found her in Heliopos." Luo Juel smiled. "That is, when Heliopos was disintegrating."

"...As expected, compared to me, you're incredibly lucky." Ross sighed. "Why can't I pick up a mobile suit?"

"But the machine you made yourself is much better than the one I picked up, right?" Luo Qiuer shrugged. "I've heard of your nickname, 'White Devil'."

"What's the point of a title? I can't get discounts on things." Rhodes closed the cockpit and checked the electronic lock on the aircraft. He left only after confirming that there was no problem.

Although the Unicorn's lock would only be activated after scanning Ross's capillaries and completing the match, it would definitely be a good idea to check more.

"Okay, let's go to the waiting room. I think it's time to leave." Luo Qiuer patted Ross's shoulder as he walked down the plank road. "If you want a discount, I'll call you next time and help you out..."

The two of them left the hangar while arguing.

……

Nothing else happened on the way to the mass accelerator orbit. The mechanical structure smoothly placed "RE Home" on the orbit and prepared for ejection.

Rhodes sat in a chair in the lounge, fastened his seat belt, and flipped through the old newspapers he bought from the newsstand.

"I didn't expect you to read the newspaper, Ross?" Mu, who was sitting to Ross's left, nudged Ross with his elbow. "This newspaper is quite old, isn't it? I thought you'd use a tablet to watch a movie."

The crew of the Archangel were either in the "RE Home" dormitory or in the waiting room where they could see a pile of cargo in the hangar.

"It's nice to read an old newspaper every now and then when you're bored, just like reading a storybook." After reading the part that interested him, Ross folded the newspaper and held it in his hand. "Besides, it's not a good time to take things out to read during the launch."

"That's right, remember to grit your teeth, otherwise you might not be able to withstand the G-force." Mu didn't say anything, just smiled.

"Everyone, we will launch in ten seconds, remember to be prepared!" Luo Qiu'er's voice came from the radio, and everyone perked up.

Ten seconds passed quickly, followed by a strong push on his back, as if he was riding a high-speed roller coaster. After only a short period of acceleration, Ross felt the battleship being thrown into the sky, and the gravity of the earth was pulling him back.

Suddenly, Rhodes felt his right hand being firmly grasped by a soft hand.

Although Ross didn't feel any pain, he could still sense the tension of the other party trying to withstand the G-force.

Ross glanced at the situation on his right side expressionlessly. At this moment, Maru, who was sitting on Ross's right, was gritting his teeth, resisting the G-force.

At this time, the crew of the Archangel, even Mu, the pilot, seemed a little uncomfortable without wearing a pilot's suit.

And Ross sat between them, counting the time somewhat boredly.

After all, the current G-force is like a massage compared to the G-force Ross usually experiences when driving a MS.

You should know that before piloting the Narrative Gundam, Ross's pharmacological pressure-resistant suit was not in use. Ross endured a lot of high-speed combat scenes with his body.

The climb didn't take long. Ross saw that the newspaper on his legs had begun to flutter, so he patted the back of Mariu's hand with his free left hand.

Although his right hand was tightly grasped, Ross could feel that, seemingly for fear of hurting Ross, Maru's hand remained frozen throughout the battleship's ascent.

"It's already left the Earth." Ross leaned over to Maru's ear and said.

"We are safe."

----split line----

PS: Today's update

He was sanctioned by Babaozhou's extreme Ouroboros action and could not defeat him even with full equipment.

Is there a bug with Ouroboros today? I only brought a fully modified 191 and five armor sets, but they keep saying the total value is over three million and won't let me in? I don't think I'm worth three million.

Volume 108: Chapter Arrival at the Shipyard

In space, a transport ship with some shadows of the Archangel can be seen, heading towards the lunar colony at idling speed.

"Alright, we can only send you here." Luo Jule's voice rang out over the hangar's radio. "Any further and 'RE Home' will be detected by the lunar base."

The hatch of the transport ship opened, and a pure white machine, leading a space shuttle with a large container hanging on it, flew out of the hangar of the transport ship.

In order to allow this shuttle to pull the container containing the assault ship, Luo Qiuer specially installed two thrusters on the shuttle.

"...Our next route is back to Industrial 7." Mariu's voice rang out over the comms. "Honestly, we lost the Archangel this time, and now I don't know what to do."

Obviously, after losing the Archangel and removing her position as captain as an anchor, she became somewhat lost.

"After returning to Industrial 7, Cagalli will probably arrange for us all to board the Izumo-class Ame-Kume. Then... no, maybe we can modify an ordinary transport ship like Law Jule did..."

At this time, Malu was constantly thinking about the warships that could be used next, but facing the small number of warships on the Orb side, he felt like a good cook cannot cook without rice.

"...No, we're not going back to Industrial 7 now." Ross said, interrupting Mariu's intention to continue.

Looking at the touch screen beside him, the communication message sent by Christina, and the work report in the attachment, Rhodes calculated the time and gave up the idea of going to Industrial No. 7.

"Not going back to Industrial 7 in Orb? Then where are we going?" Bakilulu's voice rang out over the comms. "Although we're still neutral, we can't go to the moon or the plant. Even becoming a space pirate or a scrap recycler isn't realistic!"

At this time, Bakilulu no longer worried about her identity as a soldier, and even began to think about taking the Archangel and his crew to become space pirates or waste recyclers to seek the possibility of survival.

But unfortunately, all the speculations turned out to be failures. Relying solely on a modified space shuttle and the limited supplies on it was not enough to support Mariu and the Archangel's crew in their transformation.

What's more, if the transformation really happens, the crew members who were originally united by the goal of "stopping the war" will definitely split up.

"I'll take you to get the battleship." Rhodes thought for a moment, then reached out and tapped a few times on the touch screen. A coordinate was sent to the space shuttle. "Next, follow me and head towards these coordinates."

At this moment, Mu, who was temporarily serving as the shuttle's co-pilot, narrowed his eyes subconsciously when he saw the coordinates sent by Ross.

"Asteroid belt? Why go there?!" Arnold, who was operating the shuttle nearby, saw the coordinates and exclaimed, "If we take this route, the shuttle will have to go around a long way to get back to Industrial 7!"

"Besides, there's no large base in that asteroid belt." Mu scratched his head, his original impression of Ross's reliability beginning to waver. "Rods... the battleship you're talking about isn't going to pick up trash like Luo Juel did, is it?"

"Captain, you make the decision. Do you want to return to Industrial 7 or follow Ross's plan?"

Looking at the crew members who were looking at him because of Mu's words, Malu's expression was a little complicated.

After thinking for a long time, Malu sighed.

"We don't have much choice now. Neither Orb nor Miss Lacus can spare any extra warships."

"Now I can only follow Ross's plan. At least... this time I still choose to trust him."

What Malu said was not without reason. When faced with various difficulties, Ross could always come up with various solutions.

Although the people on the Archangel said that Ross's decision this time was unreliable, they were still looking forward to Ross finding a way to solve the current predicament.

"Just follow me." Ross turned the Unicorn and headed in one direction. "There are a lot of anti-aircraft guns and missile launchers in that area. If you don't have the identification code, you'll be shot down."

"Anti-aircraft guns and missile launchers? Is there a base in that place?" Hearing what Ross said, Mu scratched his head. Obviously, he didn't expect that there really was a base in that asteroid belt. And judging from Ross's tone... it seemed that the unknown base was his?

……

Although the asteroid belt where Ross's shipyard was located was mostly composed of large asteroids, the shuttle's maneuverability was greatly reduced due to the fact that it was towing a large, specially designed container, making it somewhat stretched when dealing with these asteroids.

Rhodes glanced at the space shuttle behind him, which had slowed down. He lifted the pedal slightly, and the flames from the Unicorn's thrusters weakened, slowing down.

"Right now, it looks like this area is like an unexplored space mine." Mu, sitting in the co-pilot seat observing the radar, looked at the scene in disbelief. "It looks like there are abundant resources. Why hasn't anyone come to mine it?"

"Because the area is so remote, there are basically no air routes passing through here, and the cost of transporting minerals back and forth is too high." Just a quick look at the star map and Malu knew why Ross's "base" was located here. "Even if this place is to become a mine in the future, it will take at least several years to more than ten years."

Although Malu was only a technical sergeant before, after taking the position of captain of the Archangel, he has been constantly absorbing the knowledge required as a battleship captain. The ability to recognize star maps and analyze the environment is naturally one of them.

"Be careful, it seems like a fire control radar scanned us just now." BuckyLulu noticed that the shuttle's alarm flashed for a moment and couldn't help but frowned.

"It's probably the anti-aircraft guns and missile launchers that Ross mentioned." Mu obviously also saw the flash of alarm and observed the asteroid belt in front of him.

Suddenly, Mu seemed to have discovered something and pointed in a direction.

"Look, there's an anti-aircraft gun being recovered."

Bakilulu looked in the direction Mu pointed, and saw that on a slightly larger asteroid, a twin-barreled turret was being retracted into the interior of the asteroid in an orderly manner, and the camouflaged hatch was closed, as if it had never appeared.

"...We're almost there." Ross's voice came over the communication.

After the unicorn took the space shuttle around an asteroid, it saw an asteroid in front of it that was slightly larger than the other large asteroids.

The camouflaged gate opened, revealing the cabin inside. The navigation lights on the edge flashed, guiding the shuttle in front.

……

"It's so big..." The Archangel crew members, who came to the "shipyard" for the first time, floated in it and watched everything in front of them.