Nakayama Takuya took a sip of iced coffee.
"Mr. Katoki."
Nakayama Takuya set down his cup and pulled a thick old setting book from the bookshelf beside him.
With a smack, he tossed it onto the table.
Mobile Suit Z Gundam was printed on the cover.
Hajime Katoki froze for a moment.
Nakayama Takuya opened the setting book and pointed at a row of mobile suits inside.
Marasai. Marasai. Nemo. Barzam.
They were all mass-produced grunt suits from the Gryps War era.
"The Gundam Sentinel timeline happens to fall right at this point." Nakayama Takuya tapped the page twice with his finger. "These old machines all need to appear in the show."
Hajime Katoki nodded.
"The New Desides rebellion, with the Earth Federation Forces moving in to suppress it. Both sides use plenty of mass-produced machines from regular units. The script makes that very clear."
Nakayama Takuya closed the setting book.
"My requirement is for every one of these grunt suits that appears to be redesigned from the ground up."
Hajime Katoki drew in a sharp breath.
"All of them get overhauled?"
"That's right." Nakayama Takuya stared at him. "Just like what you did with Mobile Suit Gundam 0083 back then."
Hajime Katoki's head buzzed.
The huge success of the grunt suits in 0083 had, to a large extent, come from his redesign work.
GM Custom, GM Quel, GM Command, Zaku II F2, Gelgoog Marine, and more.
Those old grunt suits that had originally looked clunky and unfashionable had passed through his hands, gained a great many realistic military-industrial elements and armor details, and instantly become hot sellers in the model market.
"But, Executive Director—" Hajime Katoki pointed at the setting book. "Between the Gryps War and the First Neo Zeon War, there are far too many grunt-suit models. If