The shining Shoko Toyokawa

But it has no political stance and also supplies weapons and mobile suits to the Earth Unity Army.

After the Earth Federation was established, they distrusted this irresponsible company and decided to develop their own next-generation mobile suits. The result was the Mark Rabbit you saw not long ago.

"Did Chuhua... participate in selling MS to dangerous individuals?" Maya's voice was complicated.

"No," Natasha replied, "She doesn't seem to like the guy pretending to be you, and she's also at odds with the shareholders of East Asia Heavy Industries.

Previously, he had focused his main energy on developing the asteroid belt. A few months ago, he separated from East Asia Heavy Industries and established a company called Sk. It is said that it is very capable in the smelting and processing of new alloys.

It also established MS manufacturing and design departments, but its main industry is ordinary household electronic products. It also cooperated with the String Roll Foundation to launch many small engineering MS.

Oh, last but not least, you may also know that she has a good relationship with MYGO and has provided them with many weapons.

Just as the room fell silent, Natasha suddenly said seriously, "Aren't you going to meet them? Everyone says they've accepted your departure, but deep down they still hope you'll come back."

"..."

Maya was silent for a moment before she spoke: "Xia Ya is dead. I am nobody now. I am just an ordinary person."

Maya, Maya Hilbert, this was originally Adele's name,

She entered Ave Mujica under her sister's name. Her original goal was to steal the Cossi Gundam, but she eventually found that the "country" of Gian was not worth fighting for.

Before the Battle of Gibraltar, 'Xia' promised her that she would save her sister, the real Adele Hilbert.

But in the end, the Kshatriya who was cut down in the sea did not have the strong armor like Cosi.

There is no aircraft carrier as a shield,

In the end, the real Adele was obviously farther away from the center of the nuclear explosion, but she did not survive. Instead, her body was burned by the light and heat, and she was so miserable that her identity was difficult to identify.

At that time, while Adele was leading away the nearby MS, Natasha drove the Turtle Tyrant closer. Under the guidance of the Ghost, she first discovered the body of the real Adele, and then found the miserable Cosi.

Then... As Adele's friend, Natasha made a mistake. In order to buy more time, she placed Adele's body in Cosey's cockpit.

Although Natasha is sure that Adele would make the same choice at that time,

As a member of the organization, it is understandable that she did this.

But she's also friends with Adele...

In the end, after everything was over, the real Maya Hilbert still uses her sister's name.

Although Adele said she did the right thing, it would have been troublesome if America had known immediately that Xia was not dead.

But this incident was like a thorn in Natasha's heart, just like the time when she betrayed and killed her family members with her own hands...

After that, she was responsible for protecting the unconscious Xia Ya for a period of time.

Many major events occurred during this period. Humans created thermonuclear engines and Minovsky floaters, officially opening the space age. Then came the battle for the colony satellite Aurora.

Finally, except for Adele, no one had any hope for Xia's awakening. After the Earth Unification War began, most people joined the Earth Unification Army.

Now, seven years later, the only real Ave Mujica left is the Demon Shark class that persists in cruising on the seabed.

When 'Xia' finally woke up, many people expected her to reunite Ave Mujica, but she did not.

Maybe I'm really disappointed with myself and the world I once fought for...

…………

Now, the Earth's peace has lasted for less than two years, and disputes are about to begin again.

One of the sources of the dispute is the fakes under the Ave Mujica banner.

If Natasha said that she didn't want Xia Ya to stand up, that would be a lie.

But Xia has done enough for this world.

Natasha didn't want to force her anymore, she just wanted to tell her what was going on.

…………

"Natasha, how do you think the situation will develop next?"

"If Caius is allowed to continue to act recklessly, the conflict between the so-called citizens of the Federation and the survivors will become increasingly acute. By then, war will break out both in the universe and on Earth.

The worst outcome would be the three-year unification war, and the 5 million souls that died in the unification war would all be meaningless.

The Earth and the universe will return to the situation before the Unification War, or even worse."

"What if?" Maya looked up at Natasha, who had already experienced a lot. "Then what are you going to do?"

"We've discussed enough negotiations," Natasha said, meeting her gaze. "We need the people to hear a voice from within the Federation that's distinct from Caius's. The Agama exists precisely for this purpose. Without a proper flagship, we're just guerrillas, not a 'Federation' army."

"But we can hardly be called a faction or organization right now. The name Ave Mujica has already been taken away by someone else. Besides, if we say we are Ave Mujica and are made up of people from the Federation, no one will be convinced. After all, we can't produce any Gundams right now."

"As for Gundam, isn't there one there?"

Maya looked towards Colony No. 13 on the other side of the porthole.

Chapter 11: Trap

No one knows what kind of situation they will face in the next moment, just like Maya who was caught in the mechanical arm of Gundam 03 not long ago.

"As for the Gundam, isn't it right here?"

In the porthole, Nyx 13 was spinning at a speed of 113.5 seconds per revolution.

Not long ago, an organization calling itself Ave Mujica almost hijacked all four of Caius's new mobile suits, but due to Nina's intrusion, they only managed to take two.

Caius, for some unknown reason, had mobilized all nearby space forces. This was the prerequisite for Ave Mujica to successfully attack Nyx-13.

"Since Caius has thrown out the bait, go and eat it up."

"I know Maya," Natasha sighed, "but we have no heroes, no leaders. In fact, embezzling the funds for the Jupiter resource collection ship and building the Agama is already the limit of our capabilities."

"We don't even have the necessary crew members right now, and the only mobile suit pilots who volunteered are a few young men."

"The bigwigs in the Lunar City have begun to consider whether to withdraw their investment from us. To be honest, even those who support us haven't made up their minds to go to war with Caius."

"What about you, Natasha? You've gained quite a reputation during the Unification War, haven't you?" Maya asked. "Wouldn't you consider becoming a leader?"

"'Fame'?"

Natasha smiled bitterly. "With the 'reputation' of being able to instantly scare a crying child into silence, someone like me might be more suitable to join Caius. If I become the leader, the survivors will definitely be hostile to the organization."

"We need a leader whose ideas are progressive and will not be disliked by the majority of Federation citizens and survivors. The significance of this matter is more important than Gundam."

Natasha almost said directly that you will be the leader, and Maya naturally understood what she meant.

but…

But, "Can I really be a good leader when I even ruined Cosey?"

Maya had doubts about this, which was one of the reasons why she quit the federal army.

Many people say she is too extreme, and she herself thinks so too.

Can she really lead people forward like this?

"Things like this..."

Natasha placed her hands on her shoulders and said seriously, "How can you know if you don't try something like this?!"

"Try it..."

…………

Driven by a sense of responsibility, Maya finally boarded the MS.

A mobile suit that she had just seen on the tablet Natasha handed her—and had even seen with her own eyes in Colony 13 not long ago—

Rick Dias (-MSA-099)

"Toa Heavy Industries doesn't have a vested interest. As long as we pay, they don't mind selling us a product they've already developed. This child isn't a cheap machine like the GM-2. Captain Maya, please fly carefully and don't release the limiter again!"

Recalling the maintenance worker's instructions, Maya was a little amused.

The Rico Dias is a machine that doesn't look like a Gundam, but its performance and price are very high. The extremely high production difficulty makes its price high, and it is destined to be unable to be mass-produced.

It's the kind of machine that excellent pilots like very much, but the parliament masters don't like it.

"Maya-san, Maya-san!"

The guy who gave Maya even more headaches came. Who knew which bastard had leaked the news? Rencai, who had changed into a pilot's suit, detached himself from the moving handle and lightly jumped onto the cockpit of Likdias.

Her movements were so skillful and accurate that it was hard to tell that she was someone who had only been in the universe for two days.

"Give me a body, and I can attack too!"

"Nina..." Maya decided to pass the buck, "I'm not the commander of this battleship, I don't have such authority."

"But Colonel Natasha asked me to ask you."

'Damn it, Natasha, you're plotting against me!'

As a driver, Rencai has excellent talents.

But in Maya's opinion, she is not an adult yet, so she can be alone, but she can't be involved.

"Nina, do you know why the Gundam pilots of Organization Y ended up fighting their own friends?"

"Because my family and friends were coerced by America..." The girl understood what she meant.

"Nina, you still have family and a place to go back to, right? Caius and those other dangerous guys are capable of anything. I don't want to see this tragedy happen again."

"A repeat?"

Maya's words literally meant that she didn't want her to be like the pilots of Organization Y, but Jina heard something else.

As if... that was her personal experience, "Maya-san, what on earth are you..."

"Okay, Niina, stop being so willful. I'm going to attack."

Maya gently pushed her away, closed the cockpit at the head of the machine, and looked at the red machine rising from the elevator to the deck.

The girl was depressed, "Maya-san, you only treat me as a child..."

…………

"Maya, Rick Dias attacks!"

Currently, there is no usable combat power in Satellite No. 13.

But it's not certain in the universe, so Maya also attacked alone this time, with only two flying pedals used to transport Gundams following her from a distance.

The remaining combat power was deployed on the deck to deal with any possible situation.

Compared to traditional space cruisers and assault landing ships like the White Trojan, the Agama is more like an MS mothership. Its own firepower is relatively weak and it needs MS escort.

The girl was floating in the air, and her eyes quickly fell on an idle Jim 2.

In the brutal Unification War, the MS that suddenly appeared in this world were quickly consumed.

Each major power and multinational arms company used the sudden appearance of MS as a reference to create their own MS. The most successful of these was the Jim, jointly developed and manufactured by the United Army and East Asia Heavy Industries.

It was cheap and the stock once exceeded 3 units.

The GM-2 is an improved version of this MS. In the later stages of the war when skilled pilots were rapidly depleted, it strengthened its firepower and optoelectronic sensor systems while emphasizing its ease of operation and learning so that new pilots could quickly become combat-ready.

If the Jim is the T72 among MSs, then the Jim 2 is the T90, the successor tank to the T70. Its main features are cheapness and large quantities. Of course, compared with the experimental aircraft and cutting-edge aircraft of the same era, its performance is not as good as expected.

(PS: When the T72 came out, it was unrivaled in the world. This is just a metaphor.)

As Rencai looked at the open cockpit of the Jim 2, a bold idea came to her mind.

…………

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"Ready to sail at maximum speed?"

"Ready Colonel!"

The bridge of the Argama was deserted, with only half of the seats occupied.

Natasha stared at the dark universe, knowing that there must be an ambush in it, but she was willing to accept it.

"You who call yourself Xia Ya, let me see if you have the capacity to bear this name."

The top leaders of Caius set a trap, which was not only for immigrants, but also for the opposition.

They want to take advantage of the conflict between the two sides and reap the benefits. If the flagship of their moderate faction, the Agama, is also destroyed by the reactionaries, then there will be no one in the Federation who will stand on the side of the remnants.