Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor

A month after the King of Thrace's visit, the factory's production department had two production lines: one for tanks and one for drones.

The King of Thrace hadn't returned empty-handed last month either. Although he couldn't buy what he wanted, he did purchase two good items.

He was particularly satisfied with the combat efficiency of the drones, which could be used for reconnaissance and attack, for group combat, and also for swarm tactics.

When the King of Thrace left, he left behind his most beloved daughter, Princess Robina, along with three female guards to look after her.

Although Princess Robina was a princess, she was very interested in military matters, especially mobile suits, which she couldn't put down.

In the span of a month, she had already become close with many people at the main base.

"Wow, Princess, the cookies you baked smell so good." Zhou Ya looked at the tray of cookies in Princess Robina's hands, observing their various shapes.

"Miss Zhou, please try one."

"Thank you, Your Highness. I won't stand on ceremony. Mmm, they're delicious and crispy."

Others also took a cookie to eat.

Princess Robina looked around and asked, "Where did your boss go?"

"The boss is personally testing the Gundam Chrysanthemum."

"Hey, you guys come look, the boss's piloting skills are amazing."

All the Ace Pilots, including Princess Robina, watched the test of the Gundam Chrysanthemum on the tablet video in Avina's hands.

Everyone watched as the Gundam Chrysanthemum's speed increased to its maximum, executing a series of evasive maneuvers in the Meteoroid Zone. The drone camera positioned above could barely keep up with the Gundam Chrysanthemum's speed.

The drone cameras above could only capture the Gundam Chrysanthemum's meteor-like trajectory as it weaved and dodged through the asteroid field.

At the forefront of the "meteor," streaks of blue beams were occasionally seen erupting, hitting targets on various asteroids.

Entering another asteroid zone, there were quite a few drones and GM Mobile Suits controlled by the MD System attacking the Gundam Chrysanthemum.

Under Long Fei's control, the Gundam Chrysanthemum not only evaded the meteoroids and dodged the attacks but also counterattacked. The hit drones and GM Mobile Suits automatically retreated.

Personnel in the command center and the Ace Pilots watching with their tablets all let out gasps of amazement.

Finally, Long Fei piloted the Gundam Chrysanthemum through the encirclement and reached the target location, officially concluding the test.

"The boss is truly incredible. We couldn't do it, but the boss managed it."

"The boss is so strange. If he can do it himself, why does he have us conduct tests?"

"If the boss has to do everything himself, what are we employees for?"

"Speaking of which, the boss's new development..." Pani said, but stopped mid-sentence as Li Xiucheng shot him a glare, making him swallow his words.

Li Xiucheng also glanced at Princess Robina.

At this moment, Princess Robina was fully focused on the screen of the tablet and didn't notice their conversation.

Princess Robina, holding the cookie tray, went to the hangar where Long Fei was preparing to return.

Among the three female guards who had been silently following the princess, the more alert Diana handed a towel and a bottle of water to the princess, taking the cookie tray for her.

Long Fei returned to the hangar piloting the Gundam Chrysanthemum and exited the cockpit. Other maintenance crew members prepared to service the Gundam Chrysanthemum.

Long Fei looked at Princess Robina walking towards him.

"You've worked hard." Princess Robina handed the towel and water bottle to Long Fei.

"Thank you." Long Fei took them, using one hand to wipe his sweat with the towel and the other to drink from the water bottle.

Princess Robina took the cookie tray from Diana.

"Try the cookies I baked."

"Thank you." Long Fei picked up a cookie and ate it, then prepared to leave the scene.

"Um..." Princess Robina called out to Long Fei.

"Your Highness, is something wrong?"

"Can I... pilot... a Gundam?"

Long Fei glanced at Princess Robina, then looked around. He saw the Zhou sisters not far away, looking at him with gossip in their eyes.

Long Fei directly beckoned to the Zhou sisters with a hook of his finger.

The two sisters came before Long Fei.

Long Fei pointed to the Proto Gundam not far away, then looked at Princess Robina and gestured with his head towards the sisters.

The sisters understood the boss's intention.

"Your Highness, this way, please."

Long Fei left the scene directly and returned to his office to check the data report for the Gundam Chrysanthemum.

The Zhou sisters led Princess Robina to the cockpit of the Proto Gundam. Zhou Ya said a few words to the hangar manager.

"Your Highness, please."

Princess Robina entered the Proto Gundam's cockpit and took out her chip card, inserting it into the card slot in the cockpit.

Why did Princess Robina have a chip card?

It turned out that a few days after she arrived, Robina wanted to pilot a mobile suit. She was arranged to undergo a round of tests in a simulation cockpit. After her piloting mode was determined, a series of programmed codes were generated, and the simulation cockpit then presented her with a chip card.

With the chip card, pilots could insert it into the card slot and skip the series of adjustments on the keyboard.

After the Proto Gundam was launched, Robina sat in the cockpit. She looked at the standard cockpit equipment, which was more advanced than that of the GM mobile suit.

"This thrust and reaction speed are incomparable to the GM mobile suit."

In the subsequent tests, Robina controlled the Proto Gundam to perform a series of evasive maneuvers and counterattacks, and her performance was excellent.

Zhou Ya and her sister watched the tablet.

"Sis, this princess's piloting skills aren't bad."

"If the princess were a member of our mercenary group, she might be a candidate for a Gundam pilot."

"The first time I saw the princess piloting a GM mobile suit, I was really surprised. The seemingly delicate princess is quite skilled at piloting mobile suits, even better than many of our mobile suit pilots."

The two women gave Princess Robina's mobile suit piloting skills high praise.

"You two, your training time is almost up. Hurry to the assembly point immediately."

The commander's order came from behind them.

The two hurried to the assembly point.

"Speaking of which, the series of training arranged by the boss has really improved all of our physical fitness and reaction times."

"I also heard that the boss plans to have other mobile suit pilots undergo the same training, hoping to nurture new Ace Pilots."

"Then we have to work harder and improve. Otherwise, we might be eliminated from the Ace Pilot ranks."

Long Fei, who was looking at the reports in his office, was very satisfied with the data on the Gundam Chrysanthemum.

Since the successful development of the first Minovsky-type Thermonuclear Reactor and its installation in the Gundam Chrysanthemum, its overall performance had increased by 10% compared to the design specifications. The operational time had also been significantly extended, and there was no longer any worry about the unit shutting down due to excessive firing of energy weapons.

Of course, the Minovsky-type Thermonuclear Reactor was different from the original design data. It was a new Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor that incorporated the technologies of the Super Energy Reactor and the Oni Yasha mobile suit's nuclear fission reactor.

Although the first Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor was successfully developed, its drawback was that it could not be mass-produced.

Long Fei didn't care. He didn't plan to mass-produce it anyway; as long as it could be used by the Gundam, it was enough.

"However, this successfully developed Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor has the same problem as the original Minovsky-type Thermonuclear Reactor. Minovsky particles will cause existing radar and search systems to fail. The report indicates that mobile suits controlled by the MD System can only search for enemies using cameras. It seems we need to develop a new technology. This technology is called Superconducting Communication, which can be immune to technologies similar to Minovsky particles. This way, radar searches will not be affected. More importantly, for our side, we can communicate with each other and cooperate in combat. Conversely, for the enemy, their radar search might become ineffective, turning them into headless chickens. Their combat operations will be very difficult then."

Upon thinking of this, Long Fei immediately began his research.