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

I was typing last night, went to the bathroom and came back, Windos updated, chop!

Because I didn’t turn on auto-save, more than a thousand words were lost. Damn it.

Also, regarding the name Earth Gundam, since I used the translated name directly, and since some people said they are not used to it, I will change it back to "Gaia Gundam".

Volume 114: Chapter The chapter title is a bit disgusting.

"It's in the data... It wasn't destroyed by Phoenix?!" Seeing the familiar machine in front of him and the code name marked in the database, Isaac in the cockpit couldn't help but frown.

Although I really don't want to focus on him now, it is obvious that if I don't get rid of him, it will be a fantasy to take back the stolen machines.

"Don't block the way!" Isaac stared at Qiang Que in front of him and controlled the duel to rush towards Qiang Que.

"Such a strong murderous intent..." Looking at Isaac who was getting closer and closer, Krot's expression became serious. He gathered up his twin shield cannons and fired at the duel. "But... not yet. Before I face that white devil again... I absolutely cannot die."

"Tsk...annoying guys." Looking at the two Zaku Warriors that were clinging to the three captured machines, Izak decided to focus his attention on the captured ones first.

On the shoulders of the corpse armor, the quadruple missile launchers and electromagnetic guns began to operate, and several missiles flew towards Qiangzhe.

Looking at the offensive launched by the duel, Krot raised the shield cannon in his hand to protect the front of the driver, and the Vulcan cannon on his head continued to spit out flames, shooting down the incoming missiles.

The next second, the projectile fired by the electromagnetic cannon hit the shield of the shield defense cannon, and the violent impact force pushed Qiang Que out.

Krot also took this opportunity to throw the meteor hammer in his hand.

The meteor hammer was pushed by the thrusters, drawing an arc in the air and flying towards the two Zaku Warriors.

"Not good!" Looking at the meteor hammer flying at him from a tricky angle, Lei widened his eyes and stepped on the pedal.

The gray-white Zaku Warrior stood in front of the red Zaku Warrior, and the shield on its shoulder turned around to block the cockpit.

The meteor hammer hit the gray-white Zaku Warrior's shield, causing some deformation of the left arm. The huge impact force pushed the body for a distance.

"Aaaaaah..." Feeling the fierce impact and his left arm already stained red on the dashboard, Lei gritted his teeth, controlled the Zaku Warrior to turn around, raised the heavy rifle in his intact right hand for MS, and continuously fired at Qiangduo.

"Lei?! You guy!" At this time, Zhen, who had just completed the body replacement, saw Lei being knocked away. He became anxious and raised the beam rifle in his hand and fired at Qiangduo.

"Very good, very good... Focus all your attention on me." After controlling the machine to dodge several beams, Krot felt a little relieved when he saw that everyone's attention was attracted by him.

Just as he was about to control Qiangzhe to continue fighting, a blue-purple figure appeared in front of him.

Afterwards, he suddenly rushed in front of Qiangduo, raised his leg and gave a standard side kick, directly kicking Qiangduo in the waist, which made Qiangduo's posture a little deformed.

"The OS just hasn't finished fine-tuning. Do you really think I can't fight?!" Izak gritted his teeth and pulled out the beam saber on the machine despite the awkward feeling.

"When?" Krot, who had just escaped from the violent vibration, saw Duel suddenly appear, and subconsciously took the retracted meteor hammer and smashed it on Duel.

"...Really! Watch this, this is how you use a shield strike!" Seeing the scene before him, Isaac couldn't help but recall the scene of being beaten by Ross with a shield, and gritted his teeth.

The propulsion nozzles on Duel's body started working, and he moved closer to Qiangduo. He raised his right hand holding the hilt of the beam saber and blocked Qiangduo's forearm.

Then, the sharp end of the shield passed directly over the seized shield cannon like a blade and hit the seized cockpit.

The missiles installed inside the shield at Isaac's insistence were activated, and blasted Qiangduo in the face at close range. The huge impact blew Qiangduo's hands, which were protecting the cockpit, aside.

Although the Strike Force had PS armor, the violent vibrations from the explosion at such close range still reached the cockpit. Krot gritted his teeth and glanced at the radar signal.

Very good, those three people have taken advantage of this time to drive their aircraft across the gap, and it is time for me to retreat.

At this time, Isaac controlled the right hand of the duel and exerted force, knocking Qiangduo's left hand holding the meteor hammer away for a distance. The handle of the beam saber in his hand lit up, and the beam saber that had just been formed stabbed straight towards Qiangduo's cockpit.

Looking at the scene before him, Krot couldn't help but think of his two dead companions.

The same beam saber stabbed the cockpit, and the shield attack had a similar feeling... Was it an imitator?

"How could I... die in a place like this!" Krot gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger. The smoke grenade, specially attached to Qiangduo's body, was fired, creating a disturbance zone around him.

Yzak's beam saber thrust out through the smoke, but there was no sound of being hit by the attack.

Duel braved the interference and rushed out of the smoke, but what came into view was the image of the forcible transformation into MA form and flying out of the gap.

"Don't even think about running!" At this time, Zhen drove the Pulse equipped with an air combat backpack across the gap and rushed out.

"Hey... Looks like I missed them, they ran away?" At this time, Cruze arrived late in his silver-white Zaku Warrior and sighed.

"Captain Cruze... I'm going to continue the pursuit." Looking at the battery level on the machine, Isaac thought for a moment and controlled the Duel to fly towards the gap.

"I thought so too... But they should have ships to support us, just like we did back then." Cruze checked the time and smiled, but his tone remained unchanged. "I guess the Minerva will have to set sail soon... It's a shame they didn't even have time for the launching ceremony."

Now, those guys should be back on the battleship that's supposed to pick them up, probably the Archangel class?

Thinking of this, Cruze followed Isaac out of the gap while constantly sending messages to Durandal.

"How is the plan being implemented?"

"Very successful. They've got the fuselage. External cameras show they've boarded the battleship. Where's your 'gift'?"

"Thanks to you, I was able to mix that 'little gift' into your body and send it out. Are you in the office now?"

"No, I'm on the Minerva."

Cruze frowned at the message from Durandal, raised the beam rifle in the Zaku Warrior's hand, and fired two shots at the chaotic battlefield not far away. "Why are you there?"

"Seek refuge and inspect its performance." After a long silence, Durandal said this.

……

Compared to ZAFT, the chaos caused by the Blue Cosmos Organization's plan to steal the Gundam was so chaotic that they even activated the spikes buried in ZAFT.

On the other hand, things were much calmer on the Orb side, with the biggest topic of discussion now being Ross's new battleship.

Compared to the previous Archangel which seemed quite spacious in the dock, this new battleship "New Argama" seemed a bit cramped in the dock even with its wings folded.

But after seeing the appearance of the new Argama, the soldiers from ZAFT all fell silent.

After all, the design elements and appearance of the new Argama were very similar to those of ZAFT products. These soldiers from the Klein faction also began to wonder which faction had funded this warship for Ross.

"It's so big... twice as big as the Archangel..." Kira couldn't help but widen his eyes as he looked at the graceful battleship in front of him.

"...Minerva-class?" Looking at the battleship before her, Lux pondered for a long time before remembering a battleship with a similar design. "But isn't the Minerva-class classified? It wasn't even completed when we left ZAFT."

"They're just similar in appearance. If you disassemble the battleship and take a look, you'll see that they're basically using the same technology as the Archangel, as well as some technology from other battleships." Ross leaned against the railing, calmly watching the busy dock where a large number of workers were resupplying the New Argama.

"... Could you please tell me who funded this battleship of yours, Orb?" After hearing Ross's explanation, Lux began to speculate about the sponsor of this battleship.

"This battleship has no sponsor..." Ross looked helplessly at Lacus, who was lost in thought, and Kira, who was a little curious. "I spent several years saving money to build this ship. I am the owner of this ship!"

Just as Ross was about to continue introducing his new Argama, Andrew walked over with a serious expression.

"Okay, everyone, let's put aside the small talk for a moment." Andrew said, "Something happened. We need to go to the conference room for a meeting."

"What happened?" Seeing Andrew's expression at this moment, Lux couldn't help but frown.

"According to the information from our remaining intelligence network in ZAFT, the Earth Army attacked a colony satellite and stole three new ZAFT mobile suits." Andrew shook his head, pulled out an inhaler from his pocket, pressed the button, and took a sip. "Anyway, the fighting is about to resume."

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PS: Today’s update.

The news from South Korea is really funny, it's like the unlimited fighting in Gwangju is happening again.

I thought it was over, but the excellent matching mechanism made a move to sentence the soldiers who followed orders. Now I'm on the second round and I'm having a lot of fun.

Volume 115: Chapter : No more hesitation, we must strike hard!

In the conference room, recent videos and pictures were being shown on the big screen, and everyone's faces looked unhappy.

"These new MSs... I have absolutely no information on them." Looking at the Pulse on the screen, which was constantly adapting to various battle situations by quickly changing its equipment, Lux shook her head.

"This is the first I've heard of this, too." Andrew, standing nearby, tapped a few times on the screen attached to his prosthetic left arm, and a picture of a man appeared on the conference room screen. "Senator Durandal, who claims to represent a neutral faction in plant politics, is responsible for the development of these four Gundams, the next generation of ZAFT mass-produced units, and the mysterious Genesis."

"I don't know where the Earth Army got this information, but if it weren't for their seizure of the machines, these machines, which were developed around the same time as Freedom and Justice, might have remained hidden forever." Andrew sighed. "The stalemate is about to be broken..."

Mariu looked at the four different mobile suits on the screen and sighed with a complicated expression. "Looks like he's a scientific researcher similar to Ross... maybe we'll face him off in the future."

"I'm not good at scientific research. All my designs are just based on the shoulders of my predecessors." Rhodes shook his head and looked at the blue and white core fighter in the photo with a strange expression.

To be honest, this core fighter reminded him of other machines in his vague memories.

"Core fighter, quick change... Looks like its battery pack is designed into the change backpack..." Ross analyzed the design of the Pulse and scratched his head. "But Liberty and Justice are obviously nuclear-powered, why do these machines still use traditional high-energy batteries?"

After just watching a short battle clip, Ross had already calculated the approximate power output of the machines. None of the machines in the video used nuclear power, but instead were using high-energy batteries.

This is totally unreasonable. Both Freedom and Justice use nuclear batteries, but these machines, which were launched at almost the same time as Freedom, don't use nuclear energy?

"Because the nuclear battery project is being designed by the Klein faction, and it's very expensive, both in terms of technical verification and other aspects." Andrew waved his hand and stated the truth. "However, we heard from those of us still lurking in the plant that subsequent machines are starting to have reserved interfaces for nuclear batteries. Perhaps these machines have them as well."

"Reserved nuclear battery interface?" After hearing the key word "nuclear battery", Kira, who had been frowning and sitting quietly beside him, couldn't help but widen his eyes. "In other words..."

"Personally, I feel that the worst-case scenario is that the Earth Army obtains the anti-neutron jammer technology, and that it falls into the hands of Blue Cosmos." Mu, who was sitting in a chair nearby, shook his head. "But maybe the final outcome won't be that bad."

"Anyway, even if we know the intelligence now, it's not easy for us to intervene... unless we find an opportunity." Ross tapped his head to calm his wandering mind. "Besides... there's been a lot going on in Cagalli lately, and I've heard about the recent situation in Orb."

"It's not a big deal... I can handle it." At this time, Cagalli, who had been sitting in the conference room without saying a word, shook her head after hearing Ross's words.

Kagali glanced at Aslan who was looking worried, smiled, and held Aslan's hand.

"Besides, Fulei has started to get the hang of it recently and can help me a lot."

……

On the surface, since Orb successfully completed the large-scale evacuation and transferred its troops and most of its production capacity to Industrial 7, it has entered a period of peace and stability.

But in fact, an undercurrent invisible to ordinary people is surging in Orb.

As a united nation, although Orb had been united by Uzmi on the surface, internal power struggles had been going on in secret.

Now, after Uzumiya died in order to free Orb, the families he had previously suppressed began to show their ambitions for power. Among these families, the Sailan family showed the most obvious.

You know, although Orb's territory is very small on the map, it also has several obvious artificial colony satellites in space.

Among them, the Seran family, which has been entrenched in one of the artificial colony satellites, "Mendel", after Uzumiya launched the "Industrial Plan No. 7", has frequently proposed reconciliation and cooperation with the Earth Army after Cagalli came to power.

"In short, they ignored the fact that Orb's homeland was attacked by the Earth Army and have always wanted to cooperate with the Earth Army... This matter has been brought up in many meetings." In the headquarters of Industrial No. 7, Frey handed several documents to the people present.

As it was Orb's internal private matter, Lux and Andrew found an excuse and left, leaving only those who had a certain relationship with Orb at the scene.

At this time, Frey was wearing a smart OL outfit and a pair of blue-light-blocking square-framed glasses. Compared with her youthful appearance in the past, she looked much more mature.

In fact, Frey wanted to join Cagalli's army with her father George, but in order to avoid the influence of his previous identity as Blue Cosmos, George rejected Frey's request and instead began to pass on his political experience to Frey.

"And this and this, Cagalli's plan for Orb's current situation, they completely ignored."

"There's still a certain physical distance between Industrial Seven and Mendel." Baki Lulu narrowed her eyes as she read the report's summary. "Given the time delay in transmitting instructions and guidelines, the Seran family has a lot of room for maneuver."

"An artificial colony in space is like an isolated island. To unite and reach a consensus, they must be physically close to each other..." Malu put down the document he had just finished reading and rubbed his forehead. "...Just like a plant."

As officers of the Earth Army, the two were already familiar with extracting conjunctions and connecting them from these documents, and they quickly understood the meaning of the report.

After looking at the document for about a minute, Ross followed his inner judgment of the Sailan family and said, "This Sailan family... has interests related to the Earth Army."

"That's obvious." Frey had already reached a similar conclusion to Ross regarding the Seran family. "If we need cooperation, we're in the universe, on Plant's home turf. It makes sense for us to seek Plant's cooperation. Why must we turn to the Earth Army?"

"Besides, they acted too hastily, as if they were afraid we wouldn't have enough time to catch our breath. They just said: To maintain stability in Orb, they hope Cagalli can enter into a political marriage with Yuna Roma Ceran of the Ceran family..." Speaking of this move by the Ceran family, Frey couldn't help but cover her forehead. "Isn't this clearly an attempt to swallow up Cagalli's status and power as the Prime Minister of Orb..."

When Frey said this, the expressions of the people present were a little strange, obviously they had never seen such an operation before.

"There should be a solution..." At this time, Mu flipped through the information in his hand again. "Is Mendel's garrison from the Sailan family?"

"No, only one-third are. The remaining two-thirds are simply following Prime Minister Orb's orders." Frey sighed and shook her head. "In short... while anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Selan family is colluding with the Earth Army, we don't have definitive proof. Furthermore, if we take action against the Selan family, the other families will also have to vote."

Naturally, Cagalli and Frey also wanted to take action against the Seran family who betrayed Orb, but if they really did so, the other families of Aubrey might become obstacles, making Orb even more chaotic, or even triggering a split in Orb.

This was a result that Cagalli and Frey could not accept.

"After all, what they are showing on the surface is just 'fear that Orb will continue to be attacked by the Earth Army'."

"Then... as long as we can find evidence that he betrayed Orb and colluded with the Earth Army, we should be able to take action against them." Ross put down the documents in his hand.

"Yes, I thought so too." Frey stated her plan. "Cagallie and I are waiting for them to reveal their flaws. Until then, we can only temporarily maintain stability in Orb and continue to drag it out. After all, they can ignore some of Cagalli's orders, and we can also ignore their suggestions."

"To deal with these insatiable wolves, we must put justice and reputation on our side and strike them quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, with one blow fatal." Frey narrowed her eyes, recalling the bloody appearance of Mayu in her arms when the Earth Army attacked the Orb mainland, and the rusty smell of blood on her hands and body that she still remembered vividly.

"No betrayal can be forgiven, let alone this is treason..." Frey gritted her teeth and spoke word by word, "To deal with such a guy, there is no hesitation, and we must strike hard!"

----split line----

PS: Today’s update.