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

The Atlantic Federation must seize the most important Dawn Society and Kaguya Mass Accelerator before the East Asian Fleet arrives.

"At maximum fleet speed, we must reach Onogoro Island and Kaguya Space Port before they fall!"

Chapter 81 Entrustment

Atlantic Federation, flagship of the Fourth Naval Fleet.

The air inside the bridge was stifling, and Azrael, who was closely watching the battle, had an extremely grim expression.

Yesterday, we only deployed three elite mechs: Forbidden, Calamity, and Capture. It was understandable that we couldn't take down those enemy mechs of unknown type. But today, even with so many elite units deployed, we still couldn't defeat them.

The Slaughter Dagger has the same performance specifications as the first-generation GAT series mobile suits, while the performance of the second-generation GAT series mobile suits such as Forbidden, Steal, and Winged Calamity far surpasses that of the first generation.

However, the current situation is that most of the 12 Killer Daggers have been shot down by the enemy, and the Forbidden and Forcibly Taken bio-CPUs fought until the effects of the drug wore off but still failed to take down the red and winged enemy aircraft.

And yesterday, the blue and white enemy plane that sniped the Calamity with a single shot, with the help of the Strike, also shot down all six Killer Daggers and Winged Calamities sent to deal with him.

what on earth is it?

Is it a problem with the aircraft's performance, a difference in pilot skill, or both?

The second-generation Forbidden, Calamity, Robbery, and Winged Calamity are the most advanced mobile suits that Blue Cosmos can offer. They are the result of the Atlantic Federation bringing together all its mobile suit development teams, based on data from the G Project.

If there's anyone in the world who could develop a mobile suit that surpasses the second-generation GAT series, it would probably be Raven, who led the G Project team.

But wasn't that annoying guy who shared the same political views as Halbarton already dead in battle?

Putting aside the machine's performance, those three troublesome machines have been fighting on the front lines non-stop since the battle began. Even if the pilots inside are all Coordinators with superhuman physical abilities, the machines' batteries should still need time to recharge.

'Could it be... nuclear energy? But nuclear energy should have been rendered ineffective due to the neutron jammers that ZAFT has haphazardly deployed throughout the Earth Sphere.'

If there is only one possibility, then even if that possibility is impossible, it will still be the answer to the puzzle.

At that moment, Azrael was convinced that these three enemy aircraft must have been equipped with some kind of device that could disable the neutron jammer.

'If we could acquire that technology, ZAFT and PLANT would be nothing to fear. We'd make those cosmic monsters truly remember the pain of Blood Valentine's Day!'

The thought of being able to use nuclear weapons again made Azrael's heart race uncontrollably.

"Hey, Commander! Give me orders to the frontline troops to capture one of the enemy's new aircraft, no matter the cost!"

The commander's face turned green instantly.

If a leader has a sudden inspiration and just a few words, those who actually do the work will suffer.

Even the elite troops he sent out failed to capture those new aircraft, so how could the remaining assault daggers in his hands possibly complete the mission?

But soon, the commander no longer had to worry about this matter.

"Our unit is the Western Pacific Task Force of the Republic of East Asia. The United Arab Emirates of Aube is now under our protection. Both sides must immediately cease all combat activities. I repeat, both sides must immediately cease all combat activities!"

The announcement from the East Asian fleet made Azrael's face contort.

"Those East Asians actually came out to reap the benefits at a time like this!"

Even Azrael, as the leader of the Blue Cosmos Alliance, cannot easily decide to turn against the East Asian Republic, one of the three giants of the Earth Union. However, this battle, in which a great deal of effort has already been invested, does not allow Azrael to give up.

We need to seize the Quality Accelerator and Dawn Society before the East Asian Army can even consider this battle a break-even point.

To avoid the battle affecting the Mass Accelerator and Dawn, the Atlantic Federation forces focused their offensive on Orb Island, hoping to take over the Mass Accelerator and Dawn without loss by forcing the Orb government to surrender.

But the entry of the East Asian team completely thwarted Azrael's plans.

"Move the remaining troops to Onogoro Island and Kaguya Port and launch a full-scale attack!"

Now is not the time to worry about those things.

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Uzumi personally led Orb's last reserve force from the main island to Kaguya Space Port.

After the East Asian Army's advance detachment arrived in the territorial waters of Orb, Uzumi realized that the final battle was about to break out along the line between Onogoro Island and Kaguya Port.

The Atlantic Federation will go all out to attack this place, and the status of the Mass Accelerator and Dawn Society located here will directly determine Orb's position in the postwar system.

Whether Orb remains an unknown figure or becomes a core member of Halbarton's envisioned third force depends on the outcome of this battle.

Besides that, Uzmi has another important thing to do.

"Go, Cagalli, board the Kusanagi and go to space with the Archangel."

"Father, are you asking me to desert? The East Asian Fleet has already arrived in Orb's territorial waters. As long as we hold our last offensive, Orb will be safe, won't it?"

Uzumi looked at his daughter and nodded slightly.

Cagalli has started to think about the country, which is a sign of some growth, but it's not enough.

The secret agreement reached between Halbarton and Uzmi would ensure that the troops stationed in East Asia would guarantee Ob's de facto independence and prevent Blue Cosmos and ZAFT from continuing to covet the island nation.

The country of Orb has been saved, but Uzumi still needs to make some efforts to ensure the Asha family's position in Orb.

In the future, Orb will formally become a military district under the East Asian Army, and the Asha family's status as the uncrowned kings of Orb will certainly be challenged.

The other four major families had long harbored the idea of ​​replacing the Asha family. They would certainly impeach the Asha family at the next government meeting and pin all the blame for failing to prevent the war on the Asha family.

However, neither the Seran family, which is clearly pro-Atlantic Federation, nor the Kazakh family, which acts recklessly, is qualified to lead Ob. The prestige of the remaining two families is not enough to challenge the position of national representative.

Therefore, Uzumi must put forward a successor who can be recognized by the people and the military of Orb.

Uzumi's choice was Cagalli.

The title of a girl fighting on the front lines for peace would surely make her an easy opponent for candidates from other families.

As for Cagalli's naive political abilities, Uzmi, who has stepped down from the front lines, will gradually teach her his experience in the future.

"Colonel Chisaka, Cagalli is in your care."

Kisaka didn't say anything extra, silently gave a military salute, and then dragged Cagalli onto the Kusanagi.

In the distance, the Archangel, having just completed emergency repairs to its hull, has already entered the launch track of the mass accelerator, awaiting the launch command.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the horizon, the Atlantic Federation launched its final offensive.

Chapter 82 Death Match

Shells and cruise missiles exploded on the Kaguya Port defense line. The sound of the explosions urged Raven to gulp down his energy drink and turn to climb into the cockpit of the S Gundam.

“Raven, continuing to drink that stuff will put too much strain on your body.”

"Don't worry, this should be the last wave of the offensive. In less than an hour, the East Asian army will be able to occupy Kaguya Port. We just need to hold out until then, and then we can escape on the Archangel."

Raven reached out and ruffled El's hair amidst her displeasure before putting on his pilot's helmet.

Then the Archangel opened the hangar door, Raven stepped on the pedal, and the blue and white S Gundam once again soared into the sky, followed closely by the silhouettes of the Freedom, Justice, and Phoenix Strike Gundams.

The Atlantic Federation's last remaining Vanguard fighters, still capable of combat, were rushing into the battlefield from the sea when they collided with four Gundams that had just taken off.

With the cannons of the four Gundams deployed simultaneously, the Vanguard was rendered useless by the barrage of missiles, beams, and railgun shells, and was forced to withdraw from the battlefield early on.

After completely seizing air superiority over Kaguya Port, the four Gundams did not pause for a moment and immediately turned their attention to the Assault Dagger unit that had already landed on the shore.

The S Gundam swept past at high speed at low altitude, while several Strike Daggers were raising their shields and exchanging fire with the Orb army's M1 Heretics. Raven locked onto the enemy's position during his dive, and his four beam cannons fired in turn, turning the unfortunate Strike Daggers into a pile of wreckage.

The S Gundam then ascended to high altitude, and its fully charged Spirit Beam Cannon fired at full power. Under the continuous illumination of the red and white high-energy beams, another squad of Strike Daggers was eliminated by the S Gundam.

Freedom, Justice, and the Phoenix Assault also dispersed, each targeting the weakest gaps in the Orb army's defenses.

With aerial fire support from four Gundams, Orb's weak defenses finally held firm.

But this situation did not last long, as waves of sharp killing intent entered Raven's perception range.

"That feeling... those two enhanced humans are here!"

Breaking through the clouds and arriving at the battlefield were the two remaining enhanced humans piloting the Robbery and Forbidden Ones, followed by the last four Killer Daggers.

However, in Raven's perception, unlike the day before, the enhanced person's mind, which had been distorted by the drug, had become even more frenzied, and at the same time, there was an inexplicable sense of chaos.

The remaining four special trainees were not as calm as the special trainees Raven had encountered before; instead, they became just as frenzied as the enhanced humans.

"Those guys from the Blue Cosmos are treating people like disposable tools."

Raven was unusually enraged.

Just as Raven had guessed, Azrael had completely lost patience with Kurot and Shani after their repeated defeats and ordered them to be given enhancement drugs far exceeding the safety threshold before the enhanced humans could launch their attack.

This will allow their physical functions and thinking speed to far exceed those of the past, but the cost is that when the effects of the drug wear off, their bodies will not be able to withstand this level of overexertion.

Those special trainees who did not originally need to rely on drugs to fight were also forcibly given enhancement drugs.

"Teacher, we're here to help you!"

"I'll make up for the mistakes I failed to correct right now!"

Athrun and Kira's voices rang out from the communication channel, and Freedom and Justice soared into the air, flanking the enemy from the left and right.

"I'll help you too!"

Phoenix Assault was about to follow in the footsteps of freedom and justice, but was stopped by Raven.

"Mu, don't come. You can't deal with these guys with a powerful attack."

"Hey, I may not be as good at fighting as you guys, but I still have some skills..."

"Take a good look, something's not right with them!"

Raven's S Gundam naturally rushed forward immediately, with the Freedom Gundam and Justice Gundam simultaneously deploying their cannons from both sides.

The salvo from the three machines disrupted the enemy mobile suit's formation, and at the intersection of their firing lines, they effectively blocked the evasive space of a Killer Dagger.

Based on the strength these specially trained soldiers had demonstrated in previous battles, this attack should have been enough to shoot it down. However, just before the beam was about to hit, the Killer Dagger suddenly positioned itself in a bizarre posture, sacrificing one leg to survive this seemingly inescapable situation.

Immediately afterwards, the driver's maniacal, shrill laughter came through the communication channel.

Kira and Athrun felt a chill creep up from the depths of their hearts.

At the very front of the formation, the Forbidden and the Forbidden simultaneously set their sights on the most high-profile S Gundam.

"Die! Die! Die!"

Shani's voice kept coming from the forbidden area, mixed with the firing of railguns.

"Hahahaha! Massacre!"

Meanwhile, Qiangduo frantically sprayed bullets at the S Gundam, which then hurtled past at high speed.

Just as the S Gundam dodged the barrage of bullets, the Forbidden's emerald green body took advantage of the opening to approach, and the muzzle of the Ghast Plasma Cannon lit up with a deadly light, a thick high-energy beam heading precisely in the direction the S Gundam had dodged.

Raven slammed on the pedals, and the S Gundam's thrusters operated at full power, bringing the machine to a stop. The beam of the griffin grazed the edge of the shoulder armor, but before he could even catch his breath, the raging eagle that had just whizzed past had already circled around to the back of the S Gundam, and the raging energy cannon in its mouth immediately fired, aiming straight for the S Gundam's back.

Raven caught the murderous intent emanating from the thief in time. The S Gundam suddenly slid downwards, narrowly avoiding the sneak attack from behind. However, the beam of light that the S Gundam had dodged did not lose momentum and shot straight toward Forbidden.

Forbidden seemed to have anticipated this outcome. The energy deflection armor on both sides merged in front of him, deflecting the raging energy cannon and reflecting it back towards the position where the S Gundam had dodged.

Even Raven was finding it difficult to withstand the series of attacks from the two machines.

This time, the S Gundam had no way to avoid it. Raven decisively pulled up the separation lever, and the S Gundam instantly separated into three fighter jets. The reflected beam of light streaked across the airspace between the three fighter jets and finally stirred up a cloud of steam on the sea surface.

"Those two guys are really troublesome. How are things going with El, Kira, and Athrun?"

"They're under pressure, and they probably won't be able to help us anytime soon."

The four Slaughtering Daggers abandoned their previous tactics, disregarding their own injuries, and used a strategy of trading blows to entangle Freedom and Justice.

Kira and Athrun were momentarily overwhelmed by the opponent's fearless and indomitable spirit.

"With their skills, once they get used to the enemy's rhythm, the situation will naturally turn around."

Raven glanced at the force that had caught up with him and the forbidden act.

"I can't lose to them either."

"It seems you already have a plan to deal with the enemy."

"Of course, who do you think I am?"

Chapter 83 The End of the Battle of Orb

The S Gundam's biosensors captured Raven's brainwaves, which El translated into electronic signals, and he immediately understood Raven's intentions.

The three fighters that separated from the S Gundam dispersed in three different directions, while the Raider and Forbidden were not attracted by the G Attack and G Bomber, but instead focused on the Core Fighter where the pilot was located.

"You think you can escape by turning into a fighter jet?"

The forbidden Fire Arm machine gun and the dog-tooth railgun roared simultaneously, and the dense barrage closely followed the core fighter's flight path, driving the core fighter into the range of the plundered attack.

"Hahahaha! Annihilation!"

Qiangduo had already seized the interception position. As soon as the core fighter escaped the forbidden fire, Qiangduo transformed into MS mode and hurled the Shattered Ball in his hand with all his might, smashing it straight towards the core fighter.