The shining Shoko Toyokawa

Several cameras have been set up in the huge hangar.

"Captain Maya, remember to take off your helmet later, and don't wear sunglasses!"

Facing the arrangement of the 'big director', Maya smiled bitterly, "Please spare me, Taoxiang. At least let me wear sunglasses."

"Well, a famous five-star general in history also liked to wear sunglasses, so it's not a big deal." Taoxiang took a deep breath and said seriously, "Captain, are you ready? Once you become the flag bearer of the organization, there's no turning back."

"More importantly, we don't even have a name right now. We can't be called Aug, right?"

"Does anyone have any good ideas?" Maya turned to ask the maintenance personnel and pilots in the hangar.

A young, baby-faced driver suggested, "How about calling us Mafti?"

“I think it can be called TPC!”

"I'm still on the Victory Team! Aren't you afraid they'll ask you for copyright fees?!"

There was a huge quarrel in the hangar, and it was difficult to reach a consensus for a while.

"What do you think, Taoxiang?" Maya looked at the last hope of the whole village.

"Hmm..." Taoxiang pondered for a moment and said, "How about the middle finger? Give Caius the middle finger!"

As she spoke, she raised her two middle fingers.

A row of black lines appeared on Maya's head...

"How about calling us Ciless?" Rencai, who had been listening nearby, whispered, "The survivors fear the Federation. Many believe the Federation's existence has destroyed their lives, and now it continues to oppress and harm them. So, we're calling ourselves Ciless, so we won't hurt them."

It seems that Rencai is the last hope of the whole village.

Although some people say that this name is not cool enough, the majority of people support this name.

Finally, on the evening of April 1st,

An organization called Thornless was established.

Even though it was night, that was just the colony, the unified schedule that no longer let in sunlight,

In this space, the sunlight made the white hull of the Agama shine brightly.

"By the way," the 'director' asked before starting, "Captain Maya, you haven't told me yet whether you are ready or not?"

Maya didn't know if Momoka was being punny, but her answer wouldn't change, "Maybe I'm ready..."

A "Declaration" sent to the Earth and its colonies, the Moon, and the distant planetary exploration teams.

Just like filming a movie, as Taoxiang pressed the record button, the story of "Thornless" officially began from that moment on.

Chapter 17: [Thornless] First Battle

"What's the Earth Federation up to again? Is that Likdias??"

In Area 11, at Ebizka Satoshi's home, the Tokyo TV station that was originally broadcasting anime suddenly inserted a 'short film' on the side.

The red MS cockpit opened, and a female pilot floated towards the camera. She took off her helmet and put on sunglasses. The camera failed to capture her face.

When she stopped in front of the camera, her silky blonde hair floated forward in the weightless environment, and half of the screen was dyed with her "color"

"I am a MS pilot of the Earth Federation Army. My name is Maya, Maya Hilbert."

Her voice was clear, pleasant, and impressive. Ebizuka Satoshi felt as if he had heard it before. "What? Another recruitment advertisement? The war is over, and they're still recruiting?! Damn Earth Federation!"

"Now, both the Earth and the universe are facing a huge crisis,"

The blond pilot's words made Ebizuka Satoshi more certain of his guess.

"This crisis does not come from the so-called 'survivors of the old times' but from within the Earth Federation.

In the past two years, irresponsible politicians within the Earth Federation have rudely divided people into two categories.

One category is the so-called Earth Federation citizens,

The other type is the 'survivors of the old times'.

This is an irresponsible and lazy political act. People should not be divided into three categories and nine grades under any circumstances!

There are also many federal citizens who originally had no aversion to the Earth Federation, but were labeled as so-called "remnants of the old era" because of the personal interests of administrative or federal military personnel.

Under these irresponsible policies, the Caius forces, which serve the lazy government, have grown rapidly and have become an evil dragon hovering over everyone's heads!

They frequently use violence against citizens, arresting and forcing confessions! Not long ago, under the pretext of combating so-called terrorist remnants of the old era, they attacked the Earth-Moon L5 Lin-22 colony, resulting in the tragic deaths of 20 innocent citizens!

The scene cut to the pitch-black universe. A small colony satellite, not even a simple or beautiful one, lacking even a reflective mirror array, was slowly rotating in the universe. There were no military facilities or spacecraft around it, only some temporary construction equipment installed on the outer wall.

Even if there are so-called terrorists who are remnants of the old times, they only account for a small part of the "residents" of this colony.

But in the dark universe, a fire suddenly exploded.

A few seconds later, the L5 temporary colony satellite in the picture was engulfed in silent flames, as if a giant's hand had grasped the barrel-shaped colony satellite, pressing, pulling, and violently tugging!

A large hole was blown into the colony's outer wall, and the air leaked out instantly. The entire colony was like a flattened aluminum can. Under the huge deformation and pulling, the colony was split in half almost in the blink of an eye.

The disaster struck so quickly that the people in the colony had no time to react before they were sucked into the universe and died in horrific pain.

Although there is no sound at all, the picture vaguely shows countless people struggling in pain due to suffocation.

If there really is hell, it would be as cruel as this picture.

Anyone living in a colony, regardless of their position, would be horrified to see such a scene.

Finally, this cruel scene was frozen on a warship that broke in. The black warship was painted with the symbol of Caius, a red cross and a four-pointed star that stood like a sword.

"This is what Caius did! They only try to control people's hearts with fear. Such an organization is simply a new era of genocide!

As long as they identify you as an enemy, you will be attacked unreasonably, just like the people in No. 22!

Neither the future of the world nor the future of the Federation can be handed over to such a madman!

This is our responsibility as federal soldiers and as human beings!

Driven by our conscience, we, the anti-Kaeus violence organization [Stingless], have officially been established! "

Ebizka Satoshi could no longer hear what the people on TV were saying.

She took out her phone and sent a message to her few friends.

'Shuri, are you really going to space tomorrow?'

The other party replied immediately: "There's nothing I can do. I'm not as proficient in computers and programming as Xiaozhi. The economy on Earth is in recession now, so I can only look for a job in space."

"shuri..."

Xiaozhi curled up on the ground like a cat, not knowing what to do for a moment.

…………

"Goodbye, Xiaozhi..."

On the other side, Shuri typed out the last message and deleted it, then sighed and threw the phone into the sea.

On the dark sea, a ship is approaching.

People who were defined as the remnants of the old times stood up from the beach to greet the arrival of the ship.

Most of them are young, with different skin colors and races. If you ask what they have in common, it is only one thing -

Hostile to the Federation!

They can either drive MS or repair machinery.

Shuri did not lie, she was indeed going to the universe, but not to work, but to fight the Federation!

...............

……

In the pitch-black universe, the light of the Agama's main gun pierced the darkness. An enemy mobile suit that was scouting not far away looked at the molten meteorite nearby and immediately turned around and ran away.

"There are three enemy ships at 12 o'clock in the front, two Salamis-class modified light cruisers, and one Magellan-class!"

"Enemy mobile suits appear, 12 of them! Speculated to be GM-2s!"

Due to a shortage of pilots, the Agama can only deploy 8 mobile suits.

7 to 12 was an overwhelming numerical disadvantage. Even worse was the Agama. Although it was classified as an assault mobile cruiser, it placed more emphasis on the ability to carry and operate mobile suits than its predecessor, the White Trojan Horse. Its positioning was more like that of an old-fashioned aircraft carrier.

In air defense and anti-ship, it relies more on its own MS,

The aircraft carrier usually needs to stay away from the range of the firefight, but because it is in a hurry, it is now traveling at a very fast speed in the channel, and it will soon enter the fire range of the enemy ship.

In this unfavorable situation, the technical officers on the bridge were naturally worried.

"Don't panic!" Natasha, who once again drove the MS to the deck, shouted sternly.

"We have seven minutes until we're close enough to where it's difficult to evade enemy fire!"

"Colonel Natasha, what can we do in just seven minutes?! We should slow down and find a way to get out of this building material belt!"

"Seven minutes is more than enough," Natasha said without wavering. "We just need to find a way to keep the battleship, and they can open up the way ahead!"

"Nata...you really are..."

Listening to the voice coming from the communication, Maya couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Nina, stay close to me. Ignore the MSs to the side and beside us. We're going to use our speed to rush over and take out those three battleships first! Remember, hurry!"

"learn!"

"Likedias..."

"Gundam 03..."

"Attack!"

Chapter 18: The Worst Situation

"Be careful, it's coming!"

Maya's warning had barely finished when several beams of light came crashing down. Although the beams weren't a big threat due to the distance, it also signaled the start of a life-or-death MS battle where victory or defeat often depended on mere seconds.

2 vs 6, the girl drove a MS into space for the second time and faced an overwhelming number of enemies.

She had already taken aim, but she remembered Maya's warning and did not fire.

Although compared to the original Gundam, the second-generation machine such as the Mark Rabbit no longer needs to return to the battleship to recharge the energy of the beam rifle, but can replace the energy pack like changing the magazine of the rifle.

But changing bullets takes time, which is fatal when you are outnumbered.

Unlike the Gundam driven by the girl, the main weapon of the Likdias is a 300mm caliber clay rocket launcher manufactured by East Asia Heavy Industries. It can launch a special sticky rocket to restrict the movement of the enemy machine, thereby achieving the purpose of capturing it.

But in this kind of breakout battle where it’s either you or me, there’s no room for sticky rockets.

Therefore, the rockets of Likdias are filled with anti-MS diffusion warheads, which have the same effect as shotgun shells, and the spare magazines are filled with anti-ship rockets.

"Nina! Cover me!"

Before the girl could react, the red Rickdias immediately broke away from the flight pedals and rushed towards the Jim 2s of the two teams at a speed much faster than ordinary MS.

This is a very chaotic, suicidal tactic.

Especially when facing an enemy with firepower several times greater than yours, if you are not careful you may be surrounded and caught in a dilemma.

Even though the armor is made of Gundamium Alloy Y, which has excellent performance and durability, it still has a high risk of being vulnerable to beam weapons.

"Maya-san!"

"Don't worry! It's meaningless if you can't hit it!"

Facing the girl's concerns, Likdias responded with an unexpected zigzag maneuver.

The girl had no choice but to take a deep breath and shoot at the Jim flying in front.

Because the distance was too far, the shot did not hit the target, but just flew past it.

The girl stopped aiming at the MS and instead aimed at the flight pedals under the MS. This time, she didn't completely trust the trajectory computer, but instead fine-tuned her aiming position based on the deviation of the previous trajectory.

"right here!"

The moment she pulled the trigger, she was sure she would hit the target, and indeed, the flight pedal she was aiming at was hit directly by the beam, and a moment later it exploded into fireworks in the universe.