My machine combat simulator has come true

A springboard that can allow him to gain "trust"... Naturally, that is the ongoing "Operation V".

Once Operation V is completed, not only will it be able to strengthen the defense of the island, Yu Xiao, who is the leader of its development, will also be able to gain the confidence of Alves.At that time, becoming the person in charge of Project L will be much smoother.

...And today, Yu Xiao also came to the R&D hangar of Operation V.

He was invited by Tessa to inspect the final results of V's operation.Although there is a blueprint, it can be regarded as starting from scratch, and it can be completed in such a time, which is also good news for Yu Xiao.

But in the corridor in front of the hangar, Tessa, who was walking side by side with Yu Xiao, did not look happy today.

...Instead, it was a prudent, apprehensive?

"Mr. Yu Xiao."

And when she stepped into the elevator leading to the hangar, Tessa finally spoke.

"I'm listening. What's the matter, Tessa?"

"—What about that. About the blueprint of the steel tank..."

She seemed to be weighing her words.

"I've made some corrections and improvements. ... In short. When you see the real thing, please give me... a lot of criticism."

——It turned out to be like this.Yu Xiao nodded.

No big deal either.he thinks.

If someone else said this, he might not be completely relieved, but who is this?

This is that Teresa Testerosa.The genius girl of the genuine Whisperer!

If it was her, the result would be acceptable no matter what...

"...Huh?! This, this is...?"

——Correct here, it seems not possible.

When he arrived at the hangar and saw the finished product, Yu Xiao finally let out a sound of surprise.

"...Hmmm. How about it, Mr. Yu Xiao? Combining your blueprint and some of my personal aesthetics...this machine was born. The initial results of the V operation, the steel tank—please take a look. "

Regarding this, Tessa first smiled proudly.But it is still hard to describe the astonishment in Yu Xiao's eyes.

(...Beautiful. Aesthetics? ...This kind of appearance is her aesthetics...?)

The machine in front of him was surprised——

The coloring is not the red and blue color in Yu Xiao's memory, but a more practical military green coloring.

Not only in terms of color, but also the style of the body has been restructured.

The cockpit, which should have been located at the head, was re-embedded in a solid armored cabin.

For the driver's field of vision, the additional small monitor is used as a guarantee.

Because of these changes, the structure of the body has naturally changed a lot——

The first is the 210mm large-caliber cannon on the shoulder, which has been reduced to only one.

The gun body was similarly fitted into the additional armor, forming a structure more similar to a destroyer gun than a self-propelled artillery.The load is therefore balanced to an acceptable level.

And the chassis structure, which might make people feel worried about balance under the humanoid structure, has also been revised.

A pair of crawlers with deformation mechanism are added to the front, which can greatly enhance the stability of the body during high-speed movement when deployed, and can also be used as additional armor in the storage mode, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

On both sides of it, there are even things that shock the human line of sight——

That's a pair of MLRS.Commonly known as multiple launch rocket system.

If this is the case alone, it will not be so shocking, but it has a total of 56 launch tubes.

That's the firepower of 102 rocket salvos!

However, this is not the RX-75 steel tank in his memory at all.

It is not the mass-produced steel tank in the 08MS team that corresponds to the blueprint.

Regarding the shape of the finished product, if you want to find the most appropriate impression in Yu Xiao's memory to describe it...

This is clearly the explosively modified body that flashed in the pan in "Mobile Suit Gundam: Gravity Front"——

Code-named RTX-440, land combat assault steel tank.

As a manifestation of the rough combat style, even among the fans of the original work, the supporters are only a small number of fanatical objects.

...it turns out.Is it the "aesthetics" of the delicate girl in front of me...?

What Yu Xiao was shocked by was actually this aspect.

"...Mmm. Mr. Yu Xiao? Sure enough... this improved design plan, mixed with my personal interests, is still too much...?"

"No such thing. Tessa, you did a great job... I was surprised by your results."

After a while, Yu Xiao shook his head.

RTX-440 was originally a research plan produced by the Federal Army, which was worried about the practicality of steel tanks, an impurity between tanks and mobile suits, in order to improve their combat capabilities.

It can be said that this seems to be the inevitable direction of the steel tank lineage.It's just that in this world, Tessa first proposed it.

And about this genius girl, there is such an aesthetic aspect——

After hypnotizing himself for a while, he was finally relieved.

After all, in the world line of the original work, the submarine "Son of Danu" once developed by this girl is also an amazing underwater monster.

...Maybe what was not mentioned in the original work, this Ms. Tessa's military design style...maybe it is so tough and vigorous.

"——The next body, please continue to use your own ingenuity! Rather, please be sure!"

And seriously.Yu Xiao was on the verge of tears.

After all, when it comes to aesthetics.

He is also a member of this "few", "crazy" fans...!

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"Ah... Mr. Yu Xiao. Apart from this, do you have any other opinions?"

Tessa was stunned first.It looked like she was ready for a series of sermons.

"—No. This modification was made based on the two aspects of rapid response and fixed-point bombardment, right? Indeed, this is more suitable for the combat environment on the island. It is worthy of Alves' talented woman, who is both civil and military. Everyone understands that…”

"Ah ha ha...how can there be. Mr. Yu Xiao who can see through these things at a glance is more powerful..."

"No. I'm serious—Tessa. Have you considered transferring yourself to a position like tactical command? For example, the person in charge of the Siegfried system..."

Yu Xiao's eyes became sharp in an instant.

The words he said were not pure compliments, but what he really thought.

After all, Tessa in the original "Full Metal Frenzy" is the tactical commander of the entire army.

The reason why she didn't serve in this way in this world is probably the result of her potential not being fully realized.

In any case, he should be a member who is more suitable for this position——

Therefore, as a person who knew the original historical process, he thought that he should help.As for the matter of Machine War VS, you can also temporarily retreat to your own computer to run it...

"...No. This kind of thing, to me, may still be a bit..."

But obviously, the biggest obstacle is actually the girl in front of him.

I saw Tessa's downcast star eyes with a gloomy expression, and her tone clearly revealed a concession.

"Really. It doesn't matter if you don't have self-confidence, I'm just talking casually."

"—That's not the case. Mr. Yu Xiao."

But the following words contained some information that surprised Yu Xiao.

I saw Tessa raised her head and showed a smile that seemed a bit forced.

"I can't do the same thing as you. Because... I am not Alves' child."

——Speaking of this, Yu Xiao is also clear.

It turned out to be the case.It's true when you think about it carefully - after all, in Alves, where the population is dominated by Northeast Asians, it is indeed impossible for a girl from a foreign country with no blood relationship to appear.

Maybe in the past, just like her experience in the original world, the girl's family was ruined because of certain things, and she had to be taken in by the Paradise Project in the end.

"Sorry. Did this upset you?"

So he immediately showed a solemn expression.And try to apologize.

"No need." But Tessa just shook her head slightly, "I'm used to this feeling. It's been a long time ago."

"...Is that so? Then, I will take my leave first... By the way. The blueprint for the next research and development project of Operation V is also here... Just like before, I will leave it to you."

And then Yu Xiao quickly handed over the mobile disk in his hand, then turned and left.

In the document he handed over, the original "Gundam" was written——

That is, the first three units of the RX-78 series, the design drawings of the prototype Gundam, the original Gundam, and the G3 Gundam.

After all, they were originally the same body before undergoing the modification operation of the magnetic coating.

The points gained from the first mission, together with a series of actions after joining CGS, enabled Yu Xiao to gain enough points to master the blueprints of Guncannon and the RX-78 series of Gundams.

...But here, there seems to be a little bit of doubt.

That is, why Yu Xiao chose to skip

It is true that Guncannon is an indispensable part of the V operation in the original world.

Its birth directly affected the technology of the pivotal beam rifle, and triggered a re-examination of the melee capabilities of MS...

But that's when you need to explore from scratch and don't know how to make a perfect humanoid weapon.

From Yu Xiao's point of view, if we only talk about results, from the perspective of directly developing humanoid weapons with considerable actual combat capabilities...

It's a completely skippable link.

That's right - although the performance of the steel cannon is of course stronger than that of the steel tank.

But in terms of the positioning of the entire technology tree, it is more like a trial and error product that appeared when the federal army's MS development process reached a certain technical threshold but did not obtain the corresponding strategic concept.

The absence of a beam saber and the relative sluggishness of the cannonball make it an obvious flaw.

And although there were follow-up modifications, this type of body gradually disappeared into the long river of history after all...

This may also be a regrettable embodiment of its design concept.

In a series of parallel worlds such as "GTO" that came out later, Guncannon was undoubtedly a failure.Facing the mobile suits of the Zeon army, not to mention that they have no power to fight back, it can also be said that they cannot gain the upper hand.

...So, based on this series of comprehensive considerations, Yu Xiao finally chose to skip the development of Guncannon and directly ask the other party to develop Gundam.

On the way to leave, although Yu Xiao suspected that the other party would not continue to research and develop according to the contents of this blueprint, but would develop something else... such as the full armor Gundam of the Thunder Space Territory, or simply It is the legendary "Solomon Express"...

But it doesn't matter anymore.He shook his head.Rather, maybe that would be better?

***

Naturally, Yu Xiao's next destination is the Siegfried system.

——In the past few days, his actions over there have been quite simple.

Although I have tried to find an important thing in the past.It's just that the result is not what you want.

That's Gundam Barbatos.The landline for the next three months.

The reason why the fragile Tekkadan was able to save the day from danger time and time again was all due to the superb technology of Mikazuki and this black technology machine whose performance surpassed the times.

In the original work "Iron-Blooded Orphans", because it was originally the property of CGS, it was sealed in the lower part of the company's address, and its "Yahap Furnace" that can provide energy almost permanently is used to supply the base. part of the electricity.

but…

In the past ten days, Yu Xiao has almost searched all over CGS.From the ground to the ground, he was almost shot dead by an unfamiliar guard as a suspicious person.

I also communicated with Nadi Yukinojo Kasaba, the uncle of the maintenance worker in the original work.But even the other party didn't know.

And from him, Yu Xiao actually learned an amazing piece of information.

That is "Gundam"... In this world, is it considered taboo?

According to him, more than ten years ago, a group of EU-born developers were regarded as heretics by the "Mobile Suit Development Council" that manages EU industrial development because they studied Gundam-related technologies. or obliterate.