James said, " Didn't you say about how you wanted to get the Orb's Astray, so I decided to go to make a deal with Mina and see if I can insert anyone around her. Even though I didn't directly ask for the Astray, I did ask her for a way to get the X200 series frame and told of the possibility of Orb's fall and said the Ashford family will do their best to settle Orb's refugees in case such a situation does occur."
Alex said, " Dad, don't do anything foolish, such as inserting anyone around Mina or in Heaven's pillar. That is a waste of time and difficult. If we want anything from her, we might as well just use normal deals, which are beneficial to Orb, as she cares more about Orb than Orb's own naive princess, who might care for Orb but doesn't understand what Orb needs. "
James said, " OK, the 2nd Aegis Gundam is being assembled in the secret warehouse. Also, our Space colony might be complete by May this year. And we will be moving most of the people of our company who are willing to accept the fact that the colony will be run as a small Monarchy. Although we won't announce the founding of our nation till we have a few more colonies and population, everyone we receive will be given a choice after understanding the political structure of the colony. Are you sure the EA or ZAFT won't attack us after knowing this?"
Alex said, " Don't worry dad if we had like 10 or 20 colonies and a population above a billion people, they might care a bit about us, but now, even if our colony is filled to the brim with 10 million. The EA won't take us seriously, even if we have food production facilities; our colony is a single, lone colony in between L3 and L4 with no immediate support. So in their eyes, we are easy targets to pick. Also i didn't think you would be free enough to watch TV series nowadays that you are even called X303 Aegis as Aegis Gundam, though I also prefer the name. "
James said, " Do you think I am really free enough to watch TV series. I only watch because it is the one made by my son. Also, now that you left a suggestive impression of GN particles existence. Why don't you also explain to your Uncles and Friends your plan, as I believe in them with my life, and I also hope that Arthur, Eric, Steve, and you can be like their father and me, trust each other with life. Also, what about those disabled veterans we got into our company? I haven't talked to them about moving into a colony, as I could explain to them how well they could live in a colony with a monarchy, while most of their current jobs will be automated."
Alex said, " Dad, I've been researching bionics and can help most of them attain their full human functionality, so it won't be a problem, and they will be joining the colony defense force and colony police force under Uncle John and Uncle Brian. The ones that can be trusted and used by us have all been marked and made into a list of invites by be and stored in my personal terminal i will mail the list to you as for those with blue cosmos tendency and other spies inserted into them by various countries we will just leave them in the companies while also providing sufficient money to ensure they have a normal life."
Alex then said, " Well, now for the details. I believe everyone here saw the Gundam 00 series and understands the effect of GN particles now. For the great reveal, they are real, and the possibility of evolution. I already had made a pseudo GN Drive to test the existence of the particles and have secretly sent a shuttle to Jupiter to manufacture some original GN drives which will be used in the machines for me, Eric and Steve and for Battleship carrying these machines it will be powered by their GN Drives when in ship while the MS are deployed the installed large GN capacitors will be used for power. "
William, John, Brian, and their sons were so surprised that they couldn't accept it for a while. After that, Alex continued to explain about his recent research on nuclear fusion, which was Of course, in theory only. And also explained the possibility of the existence of MI particles and the chance to further enhance the body of an innovator. While talking about it, he also said about the existing theory of SEED factor [Superior Evolution Element Destined - factor] and how it is found in both naturals and coordinators.
Alex said, " I have been looking into the seed factor and concentrating on MI particles research lately, as for the mission of Stealing G project data and staying with the Archangel, I think everyone here knows about it. "
James said, " Good that we are up to the point in this matter. Now, would you mind telling me about why we are only making 30 MS even though they are made with the prototype specifications, without cutting corners, and even with armaments enhanced? I think they are too small a number for the defense. "
Alex said, " Dad, those MS are not for deployment unless an absolute necessity in case of danger to the colony's existence. As for the mass production models, we will go with Aegis as a base and mass produce them, but I want the mass production model to be made with E - Carbon and incorporate some ideas which I believe both ZAFT and EA might use, such as using the phase shift armor internally for flexibility. So I want to make a Proto type of our own in Copernicus city secretly like all the MS we are making to ship to the colony and then test it at the colony and after getting the data we will go with mass production which will be most cost effective while ensuring the quality is not too far off the original Aegis so that even if it is a mass production model it will retain at least 90% of the Original Aegis ability. The only reason for the 10% decrease is that it has the PS armor only for frame and joints to reduce energy consumption, but with the E-Carbon and the foam metal coating, its mobility and defense should not be less than Original Aegis ."
James said, " Foam metal coating? Are you so sure about getting the Orb's MS that you included them in your plan for mass production? Well, except for John's Blitz, we will ship all the parts from Copernicus City to the space colony by May by the time of it's completion and have them assembled in the secret armory designed as a spaceship parts warehouse as for the pilot training it's been completed and they are assigned under your uncle's but we need the OS for naturals ."
Alex said, " Dad, we can't push the OS for naturals early as it needs to be fine-tuned for each MS type so that the pilots can use 100% of the MS ability. For now, the 30 MS can be used by our coordinator pilots, and once we finalize the mass production MS, I will specifically have its OS fine-tuned for naturals while also separately designing a coordinator-only mass production model with more complex equipment. "
James said, " OK, let's do it as you said. The manufacturing of the 2 Archangel class Battleships can be completed by our company in 4 months, but why are we making 2 ships, and do we really need to move all the factory machines from Earth to the colony? "
Alex said, " Dad one will be used by Uncle William for you guys, and the other is for Arthur and us. As for moving them all, it is better spend money to ship them to the colony to use ourselves than to sell or trade them to EA at a discount after the war. Besides, we are only taking the Battleship manufacturing machines, not everything else, and EA certainly doesn't lack one extra Battleship manufacturing factory."
Alex then told William, Hayes, and Smith that they can tell their wives about the GN particles and the possibility of evolution into innovators. After that, everyone dispersed to do their own things.
That night, during dinner
James said, " The Iron maiden {Authors notes: The name for the Nelson class Battleship, let it at least have a name before it is completely disappeared from service} has been refitted with boosters again and will be used with them till the completion of the space colony. After which, I estimate the engine will be completely useless."
Alex said " Well it was ship that used by or company for a long time and also one we got by using a lot of military connections so we might as well give it a proper ending why don't you melt it later and store all the metal when I digest the Archangel Battleship design and make blue print of my own I will use it's materials as foundation. I even thought of a cool and meaningful name for it, Renovatio."
James said, " Renovatio, a Latin word meaning Rebirth or restoration, is indeed a meaningful name. "