Gundam Fire Still

"It is but the simplest thing," the middle-aged man sighed, and went on as if talking to himself, "the destruction of Heliopolis, the implication that the children of this country are called volunteers, even though they have returned safely, brings, nay, probably exposes, We have internal problems." The man's serious face showed fatigue, "And this firefight you've had on the border has caused us some problems."

"For us as well, and I think we both hope that some of the trouble can be resolved with the necessary communication." Roy cocked his head slightly.

"Such courtesies are probably unnecessary for this off the record conversation," the middle-aged man said slowly, "and will you continue to intensify the war? After Eurasia reached out its tentacles towards North Africa."

"I probably can't give you an answer, some military secrets are beyond my knowledge, and the North African campaign itself was made possible by taking advantage of Zaft's signs of a reserve buildup and the Tiger's lack of support, as to where the war is headed, you might have to ask them who are building up their forces."

"So will the war escalate, at least, for the Earth Army?"

"I don't really understand what is meant by escalation, but the Earth Army does continue to make efforts to secure its rights in the universe." Roy paused briefly, "And as far as I'm concerned, the war will intensify, perhaps not to the point of mutual destruction, but probably to the point that it will threaten the neutrality of the ORB." He spread his hands out on the table, "Mr. Former Representative, the Combined Forces would be interested to know if the ensuing ORB political situation is still under control."

"What do you mean?"

"We are all well aware of the protesters still gathered in front of the ORB's Executive House, and I think Mr. Former Representative is also well aware that Zaft had instigated a rebellion in East Asia a few weeks ago, and although it was quickly wiped out by the disagreement of a few of its leading figures, when we noticed those ORB protesters flying Zaft's hourglass flag. We would then have to consider the possibility of a similar event happening again."

"But you should not, like your media, selectively ignore the fact that there are still a significant number of protesters siding with the Earth Army." Uzmi knocked on the table in front of him, "I am confident that the current Orb government will continue to implement a neutral stance..."

"But there should also be a risk of being kidnapped or swayed by public opinion or certain political families, right? Especially in the present circumstances."

"No, yes, there is always a risk of becoming a target for prying eyes of other countries in a war because of a slightly developed national power." The middle-aged man calmly uttered barbed words, the so-called secret prying eyes are already very clear "If there is any doubt about the Asha family, I think you should also see the answer given by the Sahak family, which represents the military power." The man said and slowly stood up, "I think you have heard the rumors of the two families being at odds, but we are still together on this point for the sake of this country, and you can go and confirm that for yourself if you wish."

"Even with the incident between Heliopolis and the X-Series that caused the gentleman to resign?"

"Well, the fact that in the midst of this cooperation they covet the technology that belongs to your part should not require me to remind them of that, should it?" Uzumi pointed emptily to the side wall, and it was clear to Roy that he was referring to the MS that belonged to the ORB, he had questioned the two pilots on board, even if it was only a validation aircraft, it was enough to be described as having initial operational capability, and had probably been put into mass production, and as for the pedigree, looking at the MS's face, and the pilot was clear enough.

"At the very least, we need to thank you for the weapons and support you have provided to the guerrillas in North Africa, does that explain...."

"That's just part of normal business practices, just like the trade routes we still maintain with the Atlantic Federation, with East Asia, and with PLANT, we're committed to maintaining freedom of trade, it's fine if we're ridiculed for making war money, after all it's our own country's revenue that's increased."

"While ORB has not been hit too hard by neutron interference because of the volcanic power plant, this indiscriminate action would seem to prove that PLANT is not a suitable trading partner."

"At least we agree that Patrick . Sara would not be a good trading partner, but as the leader of PLANT, Sigil . Mr. Klein has done a remarkable job of keeping these trades together."

"However, if Siegel . Mr. Klein has lost his leadership of PLANT?"

"I don't think that Earthforce intelligence is capable of such prowess, sir, but in any case, the citizens of ORB, and the Council, will handle our trade issues appropriately."

"Well, sir, in short, allow me to convey a reminder from my superiors that we believe that, given that Laksh . Klein is still a guest in Washington, and the circumstance that there is no reliable avenue for returning her for the time being, in the next general election in PLANT, Sigal. Klein is likely to be at a disadvantage as a result."

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Through the single pane of glass in the porthole, the ship's column on the dock, and the standing MS were slowly moving away from view, Uzmi. Nara. Asha sat wearily on the rocking dinghy and smiled mildly at his daughter who had an unhappy expression on her side, but deep in his brain, he knew he wasn't getting any less trouble, in fact, probably the peaceful island was about to face more trouble.

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5. island of peace (3)

The Military Attaché of the Atlantic Commonwealth Embassy in ORB, Lt. Col. John Noll, is sitting in the jeep assigned to the Embassy. Lt. Col. Noel sat in the jeep that the embassy was assigned to. He could still see the crowds of protesters at the gate as the vehicle first pulled away from the embassy, holding signs with large photos of the crashed satellite and the faces of MSs with prominent red crosses - not MS faces with one eye like Ginn's, but MSs with two eyes and more human-like facial features; X The plan was no secret after the Heliopolis looting and the series of wars on the route, but to get such a clear frontal photo, it was clear that these protesters had quite a doorway as well.

Of course, as an embassy military attaché, that is to say, a semi-public intelligence officer, he could also guess that there was a push behind the protesters who would also be gathering around the PLANT representative office in ORB at the same time, a hand he was familiar with, just like the ship he was now on his way to. Obviously, he hadn't just learned that there would be this short trip to the naval port, things had been planned days ago, but as with every operation, not everything would unfold as planned. For example, the black sedan that had turned up at the crossroads earlier, he recognized it as belonging to a representative office of PLANT; one of the upper echelons of the Combined Forces responsible for this plan had apparently misjudged the intensity of Zaft's patrols in the Indian Ocean, and the ship was not supposed to arrive battered and bruised, but fortunately things hadn't been screwed up, and instead had brought some unintended benefits, on the one hand the ship could have been damaged because of the To repair to stay a while longer under the pretext of restoring sailing ability, on the other hand, that Zaft MS wrapped up in a forced landing could apparently cause some welcome extra trouble for the opponent. But as a soldier who spent more time sitting in an office than in the field, he wondered very much how the boys on that ship had managed to force down an MS.

The jeep bypassed the mixed crowd of journalists gathered in front of the blockade and drove into the military harbor through an opening vacated by the ORB military, and as expected, he saw the car belonging to the PLANT following after a brief exchange with the military as well.

Some of those onlookers had probably come to see the first real exposure of the MS, the ORB's own. No one in their line of work ever doubted that the ORB had the capability to build its own MS, the only question was just when the island nation wished to announce this. The jeep drove past the red and white MS, followed by the red MS that now belonged to Zaft, the large beam rifle had been placed at his feet as a sign of peace, but the scars on the white ship directly in front of him meant that this guy was by no means a vegetarian.

He hopped off and shook the hand of the welcoming commander, followed by the captain's lady and the slim officer from the intelligence unity, the latter being the main person he needed to deal with this time. Essentially he didn't like the new agency that had robbed the intelligence department of much of its manpower, Eurasia and East Asia had originally had to be rivals if not enemies, and it was absolutely normal to be on the lookout for each other and spy on each other, and even cooperation was a deal where one needed to be wary of getting screwed; but now that this newly formed department had taken it upon itself to start dominating intelligence sharing to come, and it was all over the place, what was the point? In the end it's still Earth fighting its own fight, and the Atlantic Federation has to be relied upon for these underhanded plans, after all, we have the best experience and equipment.

"So we're still in contact with Washington?"

"Yes, though it's still through the embassy line and then goes fiber optic instead of radio, so at least that thing hasn't been jammed."

"What about security?"

"Use this box, one-time security lock, random encryption, you should have seen it before." The Colonel pulled a black gadget out of his pocket.

"Good, it's a trusty one," Roy took the box skillfully, fiddled with it twice, pulled out the computer interface and plugged it into the terminal in the communications room, "and then it'll also go through the standard embassy encryption once right?"

"Right."

Roy began typing skillfully on the keyboard, it was clear he had used the device before, "What's been going on with Zaft lately?"

"Not before, but the commotion started a few hours ago, we found a large number of high-powered ultra-longwave communications sent to Earth, probably related to that MS or its mothership," he pointed outside, "exposing at least three previously undetected communications relay satellites, the Monitor The telescope noticed they had an outbound fleet returning to port in an emergency."

"Just for this one MS? There's no reason to make so much noise."

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=== Meanwhile, Archangel, outer decks ==.

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"They've done a good job maintaining the airframe," a group of Union soldiers were gesturing with binoculars at the red - now gray MS, of course.

"Two of the armor plates appear to have been replaced, with different details than our original version."

Marius looked complexly at the fuselage in front of him, "It could have been changed after battle damage, or it could be related to the deformation mechanism or weapon interface."

"So, they must have mastered the manufacturing technology of PS armor, what a trouble." Fred. Young nodded, jotting something down on the electronic terminal in his hand, "Worst case scenario, their first MS with the X-series skeleton and PS armor is now complete, it might be later if they've also made improvements, but no later than..." He was silent for a moment, not coming up with an exact time after all.

"Then our mass production MS will have to come with beam rifles as standard, hopefully the guys in charge of equipment will think of that," Carl scratched his head, "I hear their pilots are refusing to leave the MS?"

"That's right, a cautious young man, the car parked there now belongs to the PLANT guys and seems to be giving him the necessary briefing. Wait, that's him, how did he get over there?"

"Who?"

"That's the kid, the former driver of the raid, who is now the driver of the ORB."

"Oh, he did say, if I remember correctly, that he knew the pilot who took the shield, if Zaft didn't change pilots... Yeah, they rarely change pilots for airframes, so they should be acquaintances anyway, right."

"So Zaft is justified in letting a child so young go to war?" Marius, who had just come up to the deck for air, was surprised to see the small figure in the pilot's suit slowly descending.

"War is something that is inherently regardless of age or gender, and the Major has seen those members of the guerrillas, I suppose."

Fred shrugged, "Isn't that kid, Kira, on that MS too? Even ORB is someone who has a sense of urgency."

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"In short, while old Asha still has the long-standing bad habit of ORBs of hoping that everything will go the way he expects and lacking flexibility due to unforeseen events, he also has a greater sense of crisis for the current situation than he does for his citizens, as evidenced by the timely appearance of the Second Fleet at the border. " Roy tells his superiors of his conservative views, "which at the same time shows that he is not ignorant of the movements of other families".

"But we don't need to wait until he completely loses control of the political situation, as long as the current incumbent doesn't make the right call in an emergency."