Gundam: A Gundam Enthusiast's Journey with a Mecha Girl

In addition, Raven also saw people drawn to Patrick's public speech.

Patrick's voice stirred their frenzy and anger, and Raven noticed that many of the people who had been at Lux's concert were also there.

On the night Lux's tour ended, Raven, back at Klein's mansion, met Siegel again.

"So, Mr. Raven, could you tell me about your gains these past few days?"

"Miss Lux's songs are indeed very good, and they are even more so when heard live."

Lux's lips curved slightly; Raven's approval made her very happy.

However, Raven knew that Siegel wanted to ask more than just his impressions of the concert.

"In addition, I found that although the PLANT people's desire for war was very strong, it was an emotion catalyzed by Speaker Sara's constant propaganda. Through his speeches, he constantly awakened the fear in the hearts of the people about the Junius 7 incident, while at the same time using the previous victories achieved by ZAFT to promise the people a bright future after the war."

Raven recalled Patrick's public speech and the audience's reaction.

"This is indeed a clever propaganda strategy, but once ZAFT suffers setbacks in the war, public opinion will turn against him. However, although most of the wavering centrists have now sided with the radicals, the name Klein still has considerable appeal among a significant segment of the population."

Like Patrick, Siegel played a crucial role in the founding of PLANT, making him a figure of PLANT's founding father status. Even though Siegel lost his position as Speaker, his influence among the people will not easily dissipate with his departure. Moreover, the Klein faction also has Lux, a national icon who remains active throughout.

After listening to Raven's analysis, Siegel slowly nodded, his eyes revealing undisguised admiration.

"You are indeed outstanding, even more outstanding than I was when I was young."

He stood up from his chair, turned around, and picked up a neatly bound document.

"Although I am no longer the Speaker, it does not mean that the forces of peace have completely disappeared from PLANT, and my fight has not stopped."

Even after all these years, this man named Siegel Klein is still the same fighter who dedicated himself to establishing PLANT.

As he spoke, he handed the document to Raven.

"This is the intelligence we've gathered over the past few months based on the clues you gave Lux. Take a look."

Raven's pupils contracted. The document contained a dense list of dozens of companies with vested interests in LOGOS, as well as a list of key figures associated with these companies.

The latter half contains the personal files of several high-ranking Allied generals who had close ties to the Blue Cosmos organization.

“They are very well hidden. It took my men several months to find out this much. An organization that can control the economic order of the entire Earth Sphere cannot be this small. What has been investigated is just the tip of the iceberg.”

Raven put down the file and looked at Siegel in surprise.

It wasn't surprising that the Kleinists had such intelligence-gathering capabilities. In the original work, the Terminal organization established by the Kleinists was known for its extremely efficient intelligence-gathering capabilities.

What truly surprised Raven was that Siegel chose to believe him.

"Why? At that time, I was just a stranger to Mr. Siegel. Why would you believe information from a stranger that has no empirical support?"

"Because Lux trusts you completely."

Raven looked at Lux, who didn't say anything but just smiled slightly at him.

"Besides that, there was another gain."

Siegel handed another document to Raven.

Those were documents about Kruse, which almost completely exposed his past.

From Al da Frada's cloning project to the young Kruse's arrival in PLANT and joining the PLANT militia organization then known as the Zodiac Alliance.

"I never imagined that the outstanding soldier in everyone's eyes would have such a past. Although we haven't found any evidence that he did anything to harm PLAN's interests, his joining ZAFT by concealing his true identity is indeed very suspicious, and my people even filmed him contacting some suspicious individuals in private..."

Siegel was speaking when he was suddenly interrupted by a rapid electronic notification sound.

This is an urgent communication from Erin Kanaba, who shares the same political views as Siegel.

"Siegel, just now, Patrick announced the true target of the breakthrough operation. It's not the Panama spaceport we predicted, but the United Army headquarters in Alaska. We've all been fooled by him!"

Siegel instantly stood up from his seat, a sense of crisis welling up in his heart.

Bypassing the heavily guarded Panama Space Port to attack Alaska may seem like a reasonable decision, but the strategic implications of the two actions are completely different.

Panama Space Port is the last spaceport in the hands of the Coalition Forces equipped with a mass accelerator, and it is also the last link the Coalition Forces use to maintain communication between ground forces and the space fleet.

If ZAFT conquers Panama, it means that ZAFT has completely sealed off the main force of the Earth Alliance on Earth, which would give ZAFT complete strategic initiative.

Alaska is just one of the many military bases of the coalition. Although it is the location of the coalition headquarters, destroying a headquarters is not the same as destroying an army. As long as not all senior generals are captured, the coalition is fully capable of rebuilding the command chain in a short period of time.

The loss of the Alaska base ultimately only added some trouble for the coalition forces in rebuilding their headquarters.

Moreover, would the coalition simply hand over its headquarters?

"Why are you in such a hurry, Patrick? Is this how a person in charge of a country should act?"

Siegel knew he couldn't wait any longer.

"Lux, he is indeed a trustworthy person, just as you said. Get ready and give them the gifts."

Chapter 68 The Eternal, Setting Sail

Raven stood at the entrance to the dock and saw the new warship with its unique pink paint scheme ahead.

"This is……"

"Eternal, that's the name of this warship."

Siegel stood beside Raven, his gaze falling on the long, slender hull of the Eternal, just like Raven's.

"This ship is a warship built by ZAFT for use with nuclear-powered mobile suits, and it has a higher speed than the Nazca-class. Now that PLANT has begun traffic control, it will carry you back to Earth."

Upon receiving an urgent communication from Irene Kanaba, Siegel acted decisively, mobilizing his forces within the ZAFT army to immediately take control of the Eternal and the newly completed Freedom Gundam.

Siegel has made up his mind to fight Patrick. The Klein faction scattered throughout PLANT will go underground from today onwards, and the Eternity is the ark that Siegel has chosen to launch in order to preserve the flame.

"On the Eternal, there are prototypes of the nuclear engine and the anti-neutron jammer. Use them as you see fit. Also, I'm entrusting my daughter to your care."

The nuclear engine and anti-neutron jammer represent significant implications. The nuclear engine means that the MS can break free from the power limitations of the battery pack and achieve semi-permanent endurance.

An anti-neutron jammer, on the other hand, can prevent nuclear reactions from being affected by neutron interference. Depending on how it is used, it could either bring destruction or become an important condition for reconciliation between natural beings and the Coordinator.

This trust was undoubtedly heavy, and Raven, who had been entrusted with these things, was at a loss for words to express his feelings.

But Siegel simply smiled, reached out, patted the young man he admired on the shoulder, signaling him to hurry up and board the ship, then turned around and waved to Lux, who was standing a few steps away.

Lux stood quietly behind the two of them. She knew this day would come, but she didn't expect it to come so suddenly. She tried her best not to show too much emotion, but when she saw her father waving to her, her eyes reddened for a moment.

Siegel reached out and slowly tucked a strand of pink hair that had fallen across his daughter's forehead behind her ear.

"After that, do what you believe is right. I will also fight for what I believe is right."

Siegel said softly, taking in the image of his proud daughter before resolutely turning and leaving.

Escorted by the surrounding soldiers, he disappeared into the dock.

Lux stood there, watching Siegel's figure disappear behind the door.

Raven didn't urge her; he could sense the complex emotions surging within her.

"Mr. Siegel chose to stay in PLANT not to die, but because he deeply loves the country he built with his own hands. His struggle ahead will be fraught with danger, but there are still countless people in PLANT who support Mr. Siegel's ideals. He is not fighting alone."

“I know, Mr. Raven, I know.”

Lux's eyes were still red, but her gaze had become even more determined.

She is Lux Klein, the daughter of fighter Siegel Klein.

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"Oh, we meet again, Mr. Raven."

The captain of the HMS Eternal was, of course, Andrew Butterfield, while his lover, Elsa, was in the gunner's seat.

"It's a pity El didn't come with you this time. How has she been lately?"

"She's doing very well. Miss Elsa will be quite surprised when she sees her next time, I guarantee it."

Aisha raised an eyebrow but didn't press for details, though Raven's words clearly made her very excited.

"Captain Butterfield, are we ready to set sail?"

A clear and steady voice came from behind Raven. Lux had already composed herself and quickly got into the zone.

"Everything is ready, and we await your command."

Lux nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping across the starry sea in front of the Eternal. She took a deep breath and gave the order in a calm voice.

"Eternity, set sail."

The Eternal slowly sailed out of the dock, and then, with the combined action of all ten propellers, the pink hull began to accelerate.

The unusual movements of the Eternal were quickly detected by ZAFT's home defense forces.

"Eternal, our department has not received any orders regarding your ship's subsequent actions. Stop immediately and submit to inspection. Repeat, stop immediately and submit to inspection."

More than ten Kings, hastily dispatched, blocked the Eternal's flight path.

If the Eternal reaches its maximum speed, King alone cannot catch up. However, it will take some time for the ship to reach its maximum speed, and the one responsible for buying that time is Kira, who is piloting the new mobile suit.

The mobile suit named Freedom stretched out its wings and emerged from the ejection hatch in the center of the Eternal.

"Wow, that's amazing. The power output is several times that of a strong attack."

The wing-like structure on the back of the Freedom Gundam gives it unparalleled mobility, and when facing the MS forces blocking its way, the Freedom opens up all the cannons on its body.

The two plasma beam cannons stored in the wing-shaped structure were flipped out, and the Sailfish railgun on the waist was deployed at the same time. Guided by the multi-locking system, they, along with the Sirius beam rifle, were pointed at the King's machine group in front of them.

The next moment, firepower comparable to that of an entire small fleet was displayed before King's aircraft.

Kira used every skill he had learned since Heliopolis, beams of light and railgun projectiles slicing through King's limbs and destroying all their weapons.

In less than five minutes, all ten Kings were rendered combat incapable. At the same time, the Eternal accelerated and, after taking in Freedom, left the remaining Kings, now just torsos, far behind and disappeared into the void.

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Meanwhile, Yuri Amalfi personally arrived at the Yakin-Duvi Fortress.

More like a technician than a politician, he rushed to the Jachin-Duvi Fortress after receiving a report of a luminous phenomenon.

"Is this the unidentified MS cockpit mentioned in the report?"

Beside Yuri, a technician was rapidly flipping through a data panel in his hand.

"Yes, according to our preliminary investigation, this is indeed the cockpit of an MS. However, the technology used by this MS is not the same as the existing technology system of our ZAFT and the Earth Alliance. According to the information we have extracted, this MS, named Sazabi, belongs to an unidentified organization called Neo Zeon."

Neo Zeon?

Yuri chewed on the word over and over; he was certain he had never heard of such an organization.

"If it's an MS cockpit, where did the pilot go?"

"Well... when we retrieved it, there was no one inside."

Yuri's brow furrowed even deeper.

A mobile suit using a completely new technological approach, with no traceable technological origins; a strange organization that has never left any trace in the history of the Earth Sphere; and an empty cockpit.

This cockpit, it couldn't possibly be something that came from another universe, could it?

An absurd idea popped into his head, but he quickly dismissed it.

"In addition, we also found a special substance inside that becomes very active when it interacts with human brainwaves."

As a technician, Yuri immediately thought of the newly developed Dragoon system.

Through a mechanism directly connected to the driver's nervous system, the driver's thoughts are converted into mechanical commands by a quantum computer, and then the commands are sent to the submachines of the Dragoon system via quantum communication to achieve an all-around attack effect.

If the Divine Will, which was modified into a Dragoon system-equipped machine, could utilize this substance...

Yuri had a flash of inspiration.

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Sorry, something came up unexpectedly, so this chapter is late.

Chapter 69 Trap

Alaska, JOSH-A Base.

George Alsta woke up in his bed, shook his still groggy head, and took out his phone to check the time.

December 5th...

Wait, May 8th!