【Initial mission completed. Awarding rewards…】
As Lu Chen had expected, the system prompt sounded as scheduled, shortly after the establishment of the Star Sea Alliance.
Indeed, establishing a civilization required a sense of ceremony.
【Drawing technology tree…】
A kaleidoscope of images flashed before Lu Chen’s eyes.
He hoped he could draw a technology tree with a higher upper limit, whether it was science-based or magic-based.
Things from certain too backward worlds would be useless even if he got them.
Beep—
【Congratulations, host, you have obtained the technology tree: 《Mobile Suit Gundam》】
【Please strive to improve your research level and lead your civilization into the interstellar age as soon as possible. 】
“What?!”
“Gundam?!”
He had thought he would draw technology from the likes of Stellaris, Honkai Impact, or Fate, so he could quickly enter the space age.
This reward was a bit unexpected.
“Which Gundam is it? The one from Orga’s squad? Iron-Blooded Orphans?”
Lu Chen twitched his mouth.
Now when he mentioned Gundam, the first thing that came to mind wasn't those cool and awesome mechas.
It was strange lines like "The street is quiet, isn't it?", "As long as we don't stop, the road will continue to extend", "Don't stop!"
As well as the black high-class car and the Hope Flower BGM.
His DNA was probably contaminated.
【This technology tree contains all the content of the Mobile Suit Gundam series. You can gradually research and master all the technologies and basic scientific knowledge of the Gundam world.】
The system replied.
Boom—
A large pile of blueprints and design books fell into the storage space.
Lu Chen casually pulled out one, a nearly half-person-tall encyclopedia.
Opening it up, the first page showed a somewhat rough-looking mecha:
【Mass-produced unit · Zaku MS-05】
Prerequisite technology: None
A combat unit made of steel alloy. Since it is a mass-produced unit, it is not particularly powerful, but its cost is low.
Armament system:
105mm machine gun X2, 280mm rocket launcher X1, heat saber X1
Weight: 72.5 tons
Thrust: 47,000 KG
…
This thing was the mass-produced unit in Gundam, a low-level unit.
Apart from its various indicators and introductions, there were also blueprints, construction steps, and corresponding basic theoretical knowledge attached to it.
Lu Chen wasn't a physicist, but he could tell that this information was very detailed, almost to the point of being a hands-on tutorial.
As long as he followed the instructions step-by-step, he could quickly build a prototype.
He pulled out another one:
【Mass-produced unit · Zaku II】
Prerequisite technology: Zaku MS-05
An improved version of the Zaku 05, with the main weapon replaced with a large-caliber machine gun, increasing its destructive power and maneuverability.
Armament system:
120mm machine gun X2, 280mm rocket launcher X1, heat saber X1
Manufacturing high-end mechs requires the previous basic type as a prerequisite technology, just like the technology tree in a game.
Otherwise, without the corresponding basic knowledge, you might not understand its principles.
…
Besides the mass-produced Zaku, there were all kinds of hero-level Gundams.
【ASW-08 Barbatos】
【RX-0 Unicorn】
【X-20A Strike Freedom】
【Turn A Gundam · Moonlight Butterfly】
…
Each was a famous model in the series.
This task reward was like the system directly handing over the complete technology of the Gundam world to him.
“Hiss…”
Lu Chen looked up and down at the technology tree, his eyes fixed on it.
Although he had gained the physical abilities comparable to a Kantai Collection ship after fusing with the Mind Cube, he was still lacking something compared to them without a ship’s equipment.
If he really encountered an enemy, he could only go in for a close fight. The equipment of the harbor didn't suit him.
Now this problem was solved.
Real men should be piloting Gundams to tear apart aliens, no one could resist the temptation of piloting a Gundam.
“Commander?”
Richelieu saw him staring blankly and curiously leaned over.
“What are you looking at?”
“Call Mingstone over.”
Lu Chen said word by word.
“I · want · to · pilot · a · Gundam!”
…
Ten minutes later, Mingstone, who was slacking off, was pulled to the office.
“Commander, are you going to give me the Mind Cube back?”
“When are we going to sell crates in another world??”
The beast-eared ship girl looked at Lu Chen and Richelieu with a bewildered face.
“Hold off on the crate painting business for now, I have a question for you.”
Lu Chen pulled Mingstone to his side and pulled out a design book:
“Do you understand this Zaku design?”
“Eh?”
Mingstone scratched her head and tilted her head to look at it:
“This is… uh… a big robot?”
“There’s also a pilot’s seat inside? A combat machine driven by a human?”
As a repair ship girl, she had some basics in engineering.
Although this was technology from another world, Mingstone could at least figure out the nature of the Gundam.
“The weapon system is relatively simple. The 105mm machine gun and rocket launcher can be built using the naval base’s arsenal, and the steel alloy material isn’t too complicated. More ore can be smelted…”
“The thruster seems a bit tricky. The aircraft engine’s power isn’t enough. We might need to use the power system of an aircraft carrier or battleship…”
After looking at it for a while, Mingstone nodded.
“Should be possible.”
“What about the more advanced models?”
Lu Chen took out the upgraded version of the Gundam.
He wasn’t really interested in the mass-produced Zaku, the strength of that thing was debatable if it could even beat a destroyer-class ship girl. If there was an army later, he could give them to them.
Among the technology of the Gundam series, the truly valuable ones were those unique hero-level mechs.
“Uh…”
Mingstone lay on the blueprints taller than her, flipping through them page by page, her eyebrows bunching together.
“It’s a bit hard…”
“This beam rifle, psychic framework, floating shield, force field generator… I’ve never heard of these things, meow…”
She was looking at the RX-0 Unicorn.
It was a 20-meter tall Gundam holding a large beam rifle in one hand and a shield in the other, from the Mobile Suit Gundam UC world.
It had extremely strong air-to-space maneuverability and controllability, and it could also transform into a destruction mode.
“What are the difficulties?”
Lu Chen asked.
“This mecha has thousands of pages of blueprints alone, meow. I need to look at it for a long time before I can understand it. Also, it needs a lot of refined ore, and our inventory might not be enough…”
Mingstone didn’t say yes or no, she just thought it was complicated.
After all, it was something from another world.
The ship girls had never even heard of the name Gundam before, but thankfully, this information was very detailed, and she could barely understand it with some effort.
“So it's doable then.”
“Good.”
Lu Chen patted Mingstone’s head, it was bouncy.
“From today onwards, you’re the research director and engineering minister of the Star Sea Alliance, responsible for researching the technology I brought back from other worlds.”
“Set a small goal first, make me a Unicorn or Strike Freedom.”
“Eh?”
Mingstone’s head instantly popped up a row of question marks:
——“Meow meow meow meow meow?!?!”
…
(Pictured is the Unicorn)