Back at the shuttle, it successfully passed the battlefield and headed towards the Orb airspace after seeing that it was safe. Alex activated the self-destruction on the now half-damaged Zero to destroy the traces of the Quantum remote. And as the battle progressed, Kira fell into the atmosphere, and the Archangel moved to retrieve Strike. Deviated further from its descent point by this time, Frey had returned to Archangel and destroyed the OS and data of her combat, restoring the OS Alex had left Mu, but added the option for a pink color other than the default white.
And as Frey expected, as soon as she got out of the MS, she was greeted by Mu asking if she was secretly a coordinator, and George hid the truth of her birth. Frey rolled her eyes, saying Mu has a very imaginative mind and told that Alex had installed an OS usable by naturals before leaving the Archangel.
Mu, who had learned the news, couldn't help but scold Alex for not telling him directly or the captain, and also told Frey not to do such things as piloting the MS again. The Archangel successfully received the Strike and entered the Earth. After landing and retrieving the Strike, Mu went with Kira to watch over and reduce some stress Kira had accumulated because of Alex's remainder. That Kira was still a child and not a soldier.
At the Orb's villa
As Alex returned to the villa, he was greeted by his worried mother, who kept looking all over, just like the time of the Junius 7 incident. Feeling his mother's love and worry, Alex felt that all the risk was worth it if he could live a long and happy life with his family.
In the study, he met his father, who gave him a disk containing the data from the Astrays after they were assembled in the moon's factory. James also told him that the Astrays will be delivered to the Eurasian secret research facility for further testing, as bringing them into Orb is not giving Orb any face, even if Orb guessed that the Ashfords might have taken the Astrays, as long as we don't openly take them out, everything can be forgotten.
Alex took the Astray's data and the Archangel's Engine plus propulsion thruster data, as he couldn't modify the Archangel too much in a short time to avoid being targeted. So, with speed as his priority, he decided to upgrade the engines and propulsion thruster anyway. The Iron Maiden's constant use of boosters can also be used as an excuse to explain that we had been researching the engine for a long time. As for the propulsion thrusters, they are being modified and upgraded with better alloys that Alex has not yet released, which he created by combining material data from Gundam 00 with data from this world.
James said, " Alex, you should know that other than the GINN in the Iron maiden we only have one Blitz. So I plan to have the Strike be made according to the prototype specifications for the remaining 30 coordinator pilots in our company. "
Alex said " Dad using Strike as a regular MS is truly unnecessary as We don't have many battleships to carry the MS and most will be stationed in the colony later on so I think we can just modify the design of Buster a little while removing the missile pods and add more batteries, enhance the propulsion system then finally add 2 beam pistols for close combat which will enable the Buster to be all rounder while also saving the Strike's unnecessary backpack creation and maintenance costs. But you can have Uncle Brian and Uncle John have their own Strike Gundam with the existing backpack, and I will also research other backpacks according to their preferences. As for the Blitz, we can relegate it to others for special situations. "
James said, "Son with 30 Buster's, do you plan to form an artillery squad. Besides, even if you equip them with Beam pistols, if they use up the power during their artillery barrage, what do you think will happen to the MS squad?"
Alex said, " Dad, you can understand them as the artillery squad. Besides, we have nothing to worry about, as they will be defending the colony for now, so even if it is costly to defend the colony, we can have longer power cables connected to the MS from the colony's self-defense weapon port, where we won't be installing any weapons for a few years. As for when they are in battle elsewhere. Am I not taking a look at this Astray's data along with the G weapons so that we can mass produce MS for all terrains that consume less power while also not sacrificing their defense or power?"
James said, " OK, son, but I hope you can do the research while keeping the time you have in mind, especially for the Archangel's Class Battleship engine and propulsion thrusters, because if it is late, the completion of the ship will be affected, and the Iron Maiden's engine might not hold for long."
Alex said, " OK, don't worry i know, didn't you say the two Battleships will be ready for assembly in 2 months. I will have the improved engine and propulsion thrusters blueprints for you in a month. As for the new prototype for the mass production i will have a blueprint ready in a week after checking the Astrays, so we can get a prototype ready for testing in 2 months when the Battleship is complete. Also, you can have your Battleship loaded with 7 Buster's and the Blitz and 2 Strike's, which will make the Battleship run in full capacity without overloading. I will have the prototypes on our ship, which will be under Arthur's command. As for the other pilots i think it is not needed for now as we will just use the 3 prototypes temporarily till I make a specific MS for me, Eric, and Steve."
James accepted Alex's arrangements for now, as they don't need to do anything quickly, and told Alex to take some rest while working and not to overwork.
Alex watched as his father left and started to look into the Archangel's engine and propulsion thruster data to see what could be improved without changing the current shape of the Battleship, as that would cause a major overhaul and many other problems. After observing the data of the engine for a long time, Alex decided that although the Archangel might get a nuclear fusion engine later, after the war, by the time of the second war. Currently, he can't install a fusion engine without knowledge of the N-Jammer canceller, so he decided to make the existing engine better, as even in conventional engines, there are differences.
Alex used the improved Hydrogen Fuel cells for the Engine and for the thrusters. He used special alloys for the body, igniter, and plasma fillers to increase the thrust power, which provides higher power resulting in increased speed than the original. He also decided to add a battery pack special line for the thrusters to provide instant peak performance in case of emergency needs. Although Alex has decide a rough idea for the modifications, he will need to spend some time on the blueprints slowly later so that the engine and thruster can work properly. After checking the Astray this week, as even a week is a little time to make a blueprint for a new MS, if not for the fact that the new prototype is being designed with the data of the existing MS from the G project and the Astrays.
For the rest of the day, Alex was going through the Astray Black Variable frame and X303 Variable frame to optimize the transformation of the MS so that it can complete the change in less than a second, so that the pilots can make the best use of the Variable frame. He also decided to make a few external connection ports by taking samples of Strike and Astray gold, but unlike the full backpack, these are localized connection ports for extra or special armaments. For the prototypes, he also added more thrusters and control nozzles for high maneuverability, although he knows he will have to decrease them later for mass production, as they might not be used to their full capacity. But he can only know the ideal numbers after making the prototype and testing the MS in actual combat.
While Alex was going through the data to prepare for the 3 blueprints for the prototypes, as he wants to make a different version for all 3 prototype MS. He received a call from the intelligence collection point at the Desert Tiger controlled area about the Archangel landing, and its subsequent battle with the Desert Tiger Andrew Waltfeld which caused him remember about how the Desert Tiger lost his arm and lover in the battle with Kira. After remembering this he decided to go to Banadiya and have a talk with the Desert Tiger since his family does have better relationship to the Zala's he can just have James to contact Patrick Zala and tell him about the meeting and also make an appointment to meet Patrick in the beginning of March to give proper explanation for Trueblue's actions so that there won't be any rift even if he hadn't caused any ZAFT soldiers death.
Author Notes: Hi all sorry for the delay i was busy with some personal things and also stuck in a dilemma about changing more things of the original like saving Aisha, Nicol and Tolle finally i decided that i will just save whom i can without effecting my story line as for the Kira and Athrun's fate we will just call it correction of higher force of destiny meant to end as the original although there will more changes here and there the war will end as it was meant to and so will the following situations with few exceptions like Patrick situation which will be changed without serious changes by faking his death etc.
As for the future will try to get at least one chapter every 2 days. If I miss any day, it will be covered later. I also plan to release another urban fantasy novel after stocking up some chapters do also read it at that time. Thank you, everyone, for your support.