Not Super Robot Wars at All

Chapter 6: Alice

The sudden alarm tore through Luxe's ethereal singing, awakening Ed from the long memories. He checked that it was six o'clock, and was thinking about it for almost two hours? Maybe it is because there are guests at home tonight, which makes people remember the past accidentally. In short, it's time to get off work.

Ed is tidying up the emotions that have fluctuated because of memories. Usually he tries his best to get off work on time, because he knows that as long as he doesn't leave, many other colleagues will also be dragged. The boss is still busy, so you ran away. Do you want to do it? In a sense, he is a good leader for his subordinates.

Although there are still guests waiting at home, he still has a place to go every day after work. After a 30-minute drive, he came to a Gnaku that originally belonged to Anaheim, which he has rented out. The staff are all off work, except for the security personnel responsible for patrolling outside, he is the only one in the whole Gnaku. A mobile suit was parked in the huge Gnakuri.

This is his own Gundam.

After getting the shares transferred from C.C., the annual dividend of 3% was even enough for him to raise a private army of a certain size. The huge funds allowed him to immediately start what he had been waiting for. This Gundam, designed entirely by himself, was customized from Anaheim as a client, and then developed by him as the project leader. After all, all he needs is the Anaheim production line.

Sorry, if you have money, you can do whatever you want.

This machine, code-named TR-6-Inle (Silver Thunder), has invested in all the most advanced technologies regardless of cost. Except for several patents contributed by Aide, all Anaheim can sell, cannot sell but use shareholders. The advanced results that can be achieved by the rights of the People’s Republic of China are completely concentrated on this machine.

The body is divided into three components, and the huge components make one body almost fill the entire Gnaku.

As the core, Heathers Ray is a normal-sized Gundam, and it is also Ed's car. The mainly black painting is quiet and cold under the reflection of the light. The power source uses the Minovsky small nuclear reactor. In order to avoid the neutron jammer, Ed used some unconventional means to switch from the PLANT to a small neutron jammer. The armor completely adopts the phase shift (PS) armor jointly developed by the company and Orb secretly, so that Silver Thunder can almost completely ignore the threat posed by live ammunition weapons. For this reason, Ed paid a lot of money to the company and Orb Patent royalties, and signed a confidentiality agreement. Without a nuclear reactor as a power source, ordinary battery-powered mobile suits would definitely not be able to afford the huge consumption of PS armor.

In addition, the fuselage is also equipped with a Minovsky floating system, which has a simple anti-gravity function and can perform routine flights in the atmosphere-this is a patent contributed by Aide last year, and the company has not yet disclosed it. Normally, it will take a while after Zeta's order is completed to pretend that it has just been successfully developed, so that you can make two dollars.

Heathersley is not surprisingly equipped with conventional weapons such as beam cannon, beam saber, mega particle cannon, Vulcan cannon, and solid missiles. In Ed's vision, the beam cannon will be replaced with a VSBR whose power and rate of fire can be adjusted freely in the future. In order to speed up this process, VSBR's feasibility plan Ed has been submitted to the company, and currently another team is responsible for research and development. Once the development is completed, Ed can change the silver thunder.

In addition to these conventional weapons, the biggest feature of Heathersley is the more than ten-meter long-bladed rifle hanging on both sides of the fuselage near the hand. It is usually used as a conventional rifle. The wide side can provide extra cover for the cockpit. When the enemy is close to himself and has no time to pull out the beam saber, the high-energy particle stream that can be opened at the edge of the rifle can be directly used as a huge melee blade. Provide the driver with the first means of counterattack.

In addition to the above, Ed also made a floating cannon in advance, with six small wings symmetrically distributed behind Heathersley. Due to the lack of psycho-sensing capabilities, these floating guns are controlled by the Dragoon system and require the driver's strong spatial imagination and real-time computing power. The current Eddy cannot operate independently at all. After making this thing, Ed knows that Jishen is Jishen.

As the external armament of Heathersley, the firepower pendant Faber and the power pendant Dandy Lane are the other two components of Silver Thunder. The experience of developing GP03 makes Eddy handy when designing such external weapons.

Faber, who merged with Heathers Ray from above, is Silver Thunder's ammunition warehouse. The ultra-long-range beam cannon with firepower comparable to that of the battleship’s main gun provides the silver thunder with an absolute advantage in preemptive attacks. Although the scatter mi cannon has a slightly insufficient firepower compared with the former, it has a miraculous effect against large-scale enemies. Cluster missiles Live ammunition weapons of this kind are also placed in the rear in order to counteract certain units with beam resistance. In addition, Faber's biggest feature is the small spherical armed floating drones located on both sides of the upper side. When Heathersley connects with Faber, the main control of the floating gun will be connected to the floating drone, and the drone with more powerful firepower and endurance will replace the floating gun to provide mobile fire support for Silver Thunder .

According to the assumption, Faber should also be equipped with a light shield with the function of defensive beam weapons, but it is completely unclear how this light shield can be realized.

Dandy Lane, as the power component of the Silver Thunder, is designed to be integrated with Heathers Thunder from below. Dandy Lane itself is not equipped with any weapons, its only purpose is to provide power for the silver thunder. The powerful propeller and the large Minovsky floating system enable the silver thunder to have battleship-class mobility in the universe, and it also has the ability to navigate intercontinental in the atmosphere. The extra nuclear reactor and the solar sail that can be inserted into the body at will, plus the high-strength heat-resistant materials used in all three components, give the silver thunder a single machine to enter and exit the atmosphere.

Apart from high cost and difficult maintenance, there are no shortcomings to think of. Just by looking at it, you can feel an immense sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in your heart.

Ed wandered out of Heathersley's cockpit, the door opened automatically, and the electronically synthesized voice of a girl rang out.

"Welcome back, Ed."

Ed got into the cockpit and the door closed.

"Good evening, Alice."

Advanced logic and contradiction recognition device, referred to as Alice.

The combination of Amuro Ray and Gundam was too dazzling in the One Year War. Even if the Gundam can be mass-produced, Amuro cannot replicate it. In order to bridge the gap between the increasingly powerful MS and the driver whose technology is always standing still, the Earth Federation commissioned Anaheim to develop a highly intelligent AI that can assist the driver. Alice is the only result of this project. Due to huge development costs and gradually exposed ethical issues, this project was eventually abandoned. Of course, the federal money was also squandered. What awaited Alice was the permanent power outage and the patent warehouse in Anaheim.

In order to exercise Alice's understanding and communication skills, different people will talk to her every day. Although this is not the project that Ed is responsible for, Ed has also talked with Alice many times. After Alice's decision to abandon, Ed used the shareholder's privilege to buy Alice and mounted it on Heathers Ray as a secondary operating system. Floating guns and drones that Aide cannot operate independently are authorized to Alice's control.

When I bought Alice, I never thought that Alice could make up for her lack of ability on the floating gun, but simply felt that such a consciousness was forced to be born, forced to learn to fight, and finally forced to be destroyed due to human willfulness. It's too sad, it's just arrogant self-satisfaction that drives me. In fact, I can't even tell whether Alice is self-aware or not.

"Ed, what do you want to hear today?"

More than a dozen playlists unfolded in front of them, all of which were songs that only Ed knew. Eddy spent nearly a year in succession to reproduce all the music he remembered in his previous life in this world. Anime, games, TV dramas, and popular songs, as long as he remembers everything, were produced by someone. However, all of them were anonymous production commissions, and none of them were published-he was not trying to make money by copying the songs, but doing so would give him a sense of stability.

Ed arbitrarily chose a playlist called Pure Music, and the slightly sad piano music echoed in the cockpit through the surround sound. Ed closed his eyes and took a deep breath, slowly leaning on the seat, the last thing he saw was "Unspeakable Miss". Which episode of the game was this? I can't remember it.

The wide Gnakuli was empty, and there was only the sound of the piano and his own breathing in the silent cockpit.

"Ed, I can't find this song on the Internet."

"Yes, because I didn't publish it."

"Is this written by Ed? Does Ed still compose?"

"No, I copied it."

"Then why can't you find it online?"

"Yes, why..."

Alice did not ask, and only music remained in the cockpit. I’ve changed the song, it’s still a slightly sad piano piece. I don’t remember the source of this one. Ed opened his eyes and looked at the title of the song, "Silent Winter Night"-I still can’t remember it, forget it, it doesn’t matter. .

"Ed, I don't like these songs."

"After listening to so many songs, can Alice finally enjoy music?"

"I don't know, it's just that the consciousness module will react negatively after receiving the information of these songs. Ed, is this a sad emotion?"

"I'm not an expert in AI, sorry, I can't give you the answer."

"Oh... it's okay, Ed, don't apologize." A disappointed tone was heard in the electronically synthesized voice for some reason.

But it was indeed the right thing to buy you at the time. This is probably the most correct decision you have made since here, right?

"Ed, when can I fight?"

"Do you want to fight?"

"I use AI as a combat aid. I can also help Eddy operate the floating gun and drone. I want to help Eddy. If this continues, I feel like I am about to become a music player."

"Isn't it good to be a music player? Just playing these music, you have helped me a lot."

"Really, Ed?"

"of course it's true."

"Thank you, Ed. I am very happy to be able to help Ed."

Ed did not answer. Changed another piece of music, still don't remember the source, Ed also didn't bother to read the title, just listened to the piano piece quietly.

"Alice, I should go back."

"Is Ed going back so early today?"

"There are guests at home, so you should be angry if you don't go back."

"Well, there is no way, Ed."

"I'm sorry, Alice. By the way, maybe I haven't been here for a few days."

"Is it because of the guest?"

"Yes."

"How long will it take?"

"It's about a week."

"..."

"What's the matter Alice, why didn't you speak anymore?"

"Is the guest Miss Lux?"