Chapter 915 Trouble
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The test of the new machine Darkness Sky ended after almost two hours. On the surface, there were no problems with the test results. Leaving aside the dark body, at least the performance and functions of the Sky Backpack perfectly met Luo's expectations. Xiao Ran also expressed great satisfaction with this. Even without the Dark Body, the Sky Backpack alone has the ability to truly fight independently.
The test results of the main body are quite unsatisfactory. To be precise, Xiao Ran cannot really bring out the performance of the body at all. It is like letting a person with an ordinary driving license drive an F1 racing car. The vehicle may be started and put on the road, but the result is that it cannot be completely controlled at all.
There were no big problems in ordinary actions, and fixed-point attacks were not a big problem. However, once the more realistic combat test started, quite a few problems were exposed. The machine crossed the barrier between B and A, and the performance was indeed very different. It was just A-level without a backpack. After combining the backpack with the main body, the A-level machine made Xiao Ran unable to operate.
The most uncontrollable part is the movement of the body itself. For example, in terms of movement, in fact Xiao Ran may just want the body to move one position, but after such an idea and putting it into practice, Xiao Ran discovered that the machine body not only moved one position, but also deformed its movements. With Xiao Ran's current level, it was indeed very difficult and prone to problems to drive A-class mecha into combat.
Xiao Ran is also keenly aware that driving A-class mecha with B-class Pilot is not just a matter of only being able to exert 80% of its performance, but also that it can only control 80% of the body's actions, maybe less than 80%, and the rest are all exposed weaknesses, mistakes and movement deformations.
After getting the test results, Xiao Ran and Luo didn't feel bad. They could only be said to be a little helpless. Fortunately, Xiao Ran's proficiency has reached level 88. One mission can solve this problem and truly promote it to A-Class Pilot. The problem of being unable to control will naturally no longer exist. Only then can the real data of the new machine be obtained.
The test was only conducted once. After all, there was no problem with the test of the Sky Backpack, and the test of the main body and combination could not be completed. Conducting more tests was just a waste of time. Luo spent more of his experience on completing the new body of the legion members, either manufacturing a brand new body, or using the body produced by 0079 World for adaptive transformation and delivering it to those legion members who lost the body during the mission.
During this rest period, all members of the Burning Legion purchased a lot of Retention Time with the support of the legion. The first purpose of purchasing Retention Time is of course to allow these legion members to get a truly full rest.
The second purpose is to conduct truly systematic training for these legion members. The participants in the legion come from different planets, and not everyone is so suitable for a world like Prometheus. Being able to support them until now only means that they are good enough and have potential to be developed, but their military quality is very poor.
In El-Elf's opinion, 00 World should not have lost so many aircraft in the battle. If he had not taken the initiative to move all the members away from the battle front and kept an eye on everyone's situation, I am afraid that it would not just be as simple as losing some aircraft, but there would definitely be a lot of losses. This is because their foundation is too poor and they grew up in a wild way.
In fact, this method is not a big problem. Xiao Ran is such a person who grew up in the wild. But the key is that Xiao Ran is strong enough and they are not.
The third purpose is to cultivate everyone's tacit understanding. Of course, there is a tacit understanding between the members, especially those who formed the team. They have more or less tacit understanding, especially after experiencing the final battle of Gundam 00 World. However, it is not necessarily how good this tacit understanding is. The reason why there are no sacrifices is entirely because El-Elf is watching and coordinating the whole process. If it is changed to a world where they can only rely on tacit understanding to fight, then losses will be inevitable.
Under such circumstances, although the legion members did not have to actually perform missions, work hard, and get a good rest, they were actually drilled hard by El-Elf every day.
After Xiao Ran settled the matter of the new machine, he would often move back and forth between the three worlds. Especially in the world of Gundam SEED, he put a lot of thought into it. The situation here is somewhat different from the other two worlds, and the current peaceful situation must be maintained. The unity controlled by Durandal has just been established. Although it has the support of forces and countries around the world, there are still some opponents below. In addition, the world has just restored peace. Xiao Ran is not sure how many undercurrents there are below, but ensuring the stability of the world is what he must do.
Originally Xiao Ran thought that this rest period would be spent so peacefully, but as the chief assistant officer of Fleet World, it was also Xiao Ran who really controlled the good development of the fleet during the mission, but Catherine found Xiao Ran with a serious face.
Xiao Ran was among SEED World at the time, and Kaiser's personal appearance to find Xiao Ran also surprised him. If it were not an important matter, Catherine would not have come in person, although it was not troublesome to go back and forth. "What happened, and you were asked to come in person?"
Catherine nodded with a serious face. "Something has indeed happened. A small country called Kingdom of Windermere in the Brishigaman-shaped star cluster on the Milky Way border has declared independence. The unified side has sent troops to suppress it."
"Kingdom of Windermere?" Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows. Xiao Ran didn't know what was going on in this kingdom. He had never even heard the name of this kingdom before. However, if Xiao Ran had entered Prometheus later, he might have known what was going on.
Catherine looked a little helpless when he saw Xiao Ran. Obviously, as the boss of a ship group, he didn't know much about integration, but Catherine also understood Xiao Ran's situation and explained helplessly, "A country that maintains a medieval system, for more than half a year It is a small country that has been covered in ice and snow for a long time. The famous Galaxy Apple is their specialty. The Vendemirs who live there are very similar to humans, but they have a special sensory organ called Rune. Their life span is only more than 30 years. After discovering it many years ago, the Union began to cooperate with the other country and brought this country under its own jurisdiction."
"It's a very small country, right? According to the unified behavior, although they are included in the jurisdiction, they will not be too involved in their lives. How can they have the courage to resist the integration?" Xiao Ran thinks so. Some were confused and said in confusion, "Besides, we are in the center of the Milky Way, and they are near the Milky Way. Even if they start a war, it will not affect us. With the combined military strength, it is not very simple to suppress a small country. Isn't it none of our business?"
"I'm not sure about this, but according to some information it should be related to the garrison sent by the unified alliance. This matter is indeed none of our business." Catherine shook his head and said with a hint of helplessness, "But the problem is that our fleet is still unified in name., but in fact, the situation of independence has been known to many forces, and it is clear that the integration has no power to restrain us. Wendamirian Kingdom didn't know where he got the news, and sent an envoy to the ship in person to seek our help."
"Huh?" Hearing Catherine's words, Xiao Ran frowned and said, "You actually came here in person? This is a bit troublesome. Have you had any contact with them?"
"Not yet. After the Wendamirian Kingdom envoy arrived, our people also noticed that many integrated people came to the ship group. In order to avoid any misunderstandings, I temporarily rejected the other party's request to meet, but one of our collaborators in business technology was the matchmaker. If we don't meet the other party, it may also affect our cooperative relationship."
Xiao Ran frowned. "Who is it?"
"Epsilon Conglomerate."
Epsilon Conglomerate, a huge chaebol with huge industry in the galaxy. It has various constituent groups, involved in the research, development and sales of weapons, the trade of crops and medical products, etc. In terms of technology, it is on par with L. A. I. However, it was left behind after L. A. I gained the support of Xiao Ran, but it also has its own unique technology and has great influence within the integration.
And this consortium is also the biggest supporter of the current Windermere regime. It is simply impossible to say that the consortium did not support Wendamirian Kingdom's independence later on, and it was so obvious that it was a matchmaker, but it is not clear what role they played and what position they held.
This consortium is one of the partners in the technical cooperation alliance established by Xiao Ran. The cooperation between the two parties has always been quite pleasant, so it is really not justified to reject the other party in such a shameful way. But looking at it from Xiao Ran's position, he doesn't want to be involved in these messy things, causing more gaps between the fleet and the largest force in the union, affecting the stable situation of the fleet that is finally on the right track.
"I don't want to cause trouble, but it's really troublesome when things have to find us." Xiao Ran sighed and stood up. After notifying Mina on the phone that he had something to deal with, he and Catherine returned to Fleet World. The first thing they did after returning to the Presidential Palace was to have someone call Cruze over.
Cruze appeared among the Presidential Palace wearing a white suit with a leisurely expression. When he saw the frowning Xiao Ran and the serious-faced Catherine, they smiled at them easily. After consciously finding a place to sit down, he crossed his legs and asked slowly, "What happened, you called me over in such a hurry."
Xiao Ran waved his hand, and Catherine told Cruze what happened. The latter also narrowed his eyes after hearing Catherine's words. He waited until Catherine finished speaking before speaking, "It seems that someone is jealous of our current situation and is preparing to draw us closer to the flames of war."
Xiao Ran knocked on the table and looked at Cruze: "Then what do you think?"
"We are peaceful people. War and other things have nothing to do with us." Cruze raised the corner of his mouth and smiled softly, but the words he said made Xiao Ran roll his eyes. However, Cruze seemed not to see Xiao Ran's expression at all and continued, "It is also very simple to deal with this matter. We are done. They are all peaceful people. Whether it is the unification or the Kingdom of Windamere is none of our business. We are just a business gathering place now. To put it simply, we are just merchants. We can do business but not war. No matter who it is, we will open the door for business. It's that simple."
"Judging from what happened this time, if a small country and a consortium dare to resist such a huge unification without any trump card, no one will believe it, even in terms of unification. Since there is a conflict between such an unification and the kingdom called Windamere, causing Windamere to resist independence, how can a small country that is not that big at all be able to take the unification so seriously? There may be some reasons for this that we don't know about."
With that said, Cruze stood up from his position and said, "I'm going to contact the bald man to see what's going on. At the same time, I will tell them our opinions. We will not participate in their war, but as businessmen we will not refuse any customers. You can also meet the envoy of Windamere. Since it is our collaborator who is the matchmaker, it is not appropriate not to meet. It just allows us to figure out what is going on from two aspects."
"That's fine." Xiao Ran nodded and turned to look at Catherine: "You can arrange this."
Catherine nodded. "Yes."
After Cruze and Catherine left, Xiao Ran also rubbed his head with some headaches. He felt helpless that such a troublesome thing happened during a good rest period. However, Xiao Ran could understand that Windamere's trump card was definitely something that Tonghe was extremely afraid of, and the conflict between the two parties was probably caused by this thing.
As for what Xiao Ran is, it is impossible to guess, and Xiao Ran cannot guarantee whether the true situation of the matter is like this. Without knowing the specific circumstances, his own fleet was implicated in it. Xiao Ran felt a little baffled and helpless.