Jinguuji Marimo did not know how small the smallest star in the universe was.
Takamura Yui and the others did not know either.
But they did know one thing. No matter how small a star was, surely it could not be smaller than Earth. It had to be larger than Earth.
And the energy of a star larger than Earth was loaded into a machine only about eight meters tall?
Were they sitting on a small star?
It was so unbelievable that-
"Instructor Kain, that joke is not funny at all."
Isumi Michiru suspected he was deliberately trying to scare them.
"A joke?"
Kain shrugged and said nothing more.
He walked over to an XV104 Riptide Battlesuit, entered the cockpit, opened an operating interface, and entered the safety verification. Then the machine's power unit began to open.
After that, Kain jumped down to take a look. He was also curious what a Nova Reactor looked like. What he saw was a special power unit, somewhat like the energy device Doctor Octopus had used in Spider-Man to create a miniature sun.
The difference was that this was not an orange-red sun, but a dim, ghostly-colored one.
"Th-this really is a small star?"
Isumi's voice carried a trace of nervousness.
If it really was not a joke, then this thing was countless times more terrifying than a nuclear-powered machine.
If this battlesuit was accidentally destroyed, would this thing blow up the Earth?
"In theory, the total energy it releases is close to that of a small star. You could say that even if this machine were used until it was scrapped, its energy would never be exhausted."
After hearing that explanation, everyone's expressions became rather interesting. Kain enjoyed those looks and gazes.
To put it simply, his current behavior was a slightly childish kind of showing off, meant to shock them.
Men were like that. They had a bit of a tendency to show off in front of beautiful women.
He looked somewhat quiet, giving people the impression that he was cold or introverted, but in reality, it was because there was no topic to talk about. If there was a topic, he could chat until the sky went dark and the earth went dim.
Hadn't he often chatted very happily with Kuroneko?
He could be said to be somewhat restrained on the surface but secretly showy inside.
"The total energy it releases is close to that of a small star? In other words, you do not mean that this energy sphere already contains the energy of a small star. You mean the energy it continuously emits until the antimatter is depleted equals the energy of a small star, correct?"
That was how Yui understood his words.
If that was the truth, it was still utterly absurd. If the total energy it emitted was equal to that of a small star, how long would that amount of energy be enough for humanity in this world to use?
"Correct."
If this energy sphere already contained the energy of a small star, then the T'au really would have created an unbelievable weapon.
They could simply turn it into a stellar bomb and rapidly become the masters of the galaxy.
The truth, of course, was that the energy released by the antimatter until annihilation was complete was close to the energy of a small star.
And if an XV104 Riptide Battlesuit were destroyed and its Nova Reactor damaged, the resulting explosion would still not reach the power of the suit's own plasma cannon.
Otherwise, if this thing suddenly exploded with such ferocious power, wouldn't it also drag the T'au Empire's own people into the blast?
However, there was a self-destruct device that overloaded the Nova Reactor. As for its power, it seemed to be described as enough to destroy this uninhabited island.
"Um, please put that reactor away, Mr. Kain."
Marimo felt that leaving it exposed like this was too dangerous. Even if it did not directly contain energy nearly equivalent to a star, the explosive force if something went wrong would still be terrifying.
"Do not worry. It is not as terrifying as you are imagining…"
Kain told them the specific scale of the damage this thing would cause if a sudden problem really occurred, and only then did they let out a breath of relief.
Otherwise, they would have been overly cautious while piloting, afraid that one careless move might turn their machine into a super bomb that destroyed everything.
"Then does that mean we can train later without worrying about energy and freely fire the particle beams?"
Isumi sounded a little excited when she said this.
Wasn't this basically unlimited ammunition? They could shoot to their hearts' content, and their marksmanship would improve rapidly.
"Freedom still has limits. It is like continuously firing a gun barrel. The high temperature generated cannot dissipate effectively. If it builds up, it can explode."
He needed to warn this excited girl. Later, he would lower the overload threshold of their machines' weapon systems by another five percent as well.
After all, these girls currently held intense hatred toward the BETA.
Once battle began, they could easily become extreme. Their anger might drown out their reason, causing them to ignore warnings and keep firing.
Especially Yui. Kain could sense that although she appeared to be the calmest, the emotions she radiated were the strongest.
If he told her how to activate the overload self-destruct device, she might actually go mad enough to launch a suicide attack.
So leaving that extra five percent margin meant that if she was too far from him at the time, he would have a little more time to rush over and restrict her.
In fact, there was also a locking setup he could use.
Once the threshold was exceeded, the weapon would be automatically locked. But it would be better not to enable that function.
Because in some situations, if they did not fire, they would certainly die. If the weapon was locked then, it would truly be over.
Without the lock, at least they would still have the option of mutual destruction.
"I know that. I'm not stupid. Speaking of which, Instructor Kain, how does that machine of yours compare to the XG-70b Susanoo II in firepower?"
"What do you think? If its firepower were stronger, would Kouzuki Yuuko still need to activate the XG-70b Susanoo II?"
If the main gun of the XG-70b Susanoo II, the charged particle cannon, truly had the power Kouzuki Yuuko claimed, then it could probably rival Requiem from the SEED world.
The Requiem installation was enormous and immobile, but the XG-70b Susanoo II, which was over a hundred meters tall, could move.
That meant the latter was the greater threat.
In Warhammer terms, something with this level of power could be classified as a macro-cannon-class weapon.
As for the energy required by the XG-70b Susanoo II's main gun, ordinary power sources could not provide it. It needed the energy produced by G Elements to satisfy its requirements.
As for the G Elements, before Kain came here, Kouzuki Yuuko had already obtained a small amount through her methods and sent it to him. After verification, the result proved that it was indeed the G Element he needed.
On his side, however, he did not intend to use it as an energy source. Instead, he planned to use it as the raw "film" material for activating the dimensional weapon he had acquired.
It seemed that using G Elements as an energy source in this world was currently a low-efficiency method of utilization.
"Mr. Kain, I would like to perform sensation-sharing operation again."
Jinguuji Marimo suddenly made that request, causing Kain to pause.
At a glance, there did not seem to be anything left for him to teach.
"I want the four of them to have a beam duel against you. I want to see how you react when facing beam fire."
That was Marimo's true purpose.
Since these machines could fire beams, they could be used to simulate Laser-class attacks.
She wanted to see how Mr. Kain responded when facing Laser-class attacks, and whether she could learn something from it.
(End of Chapter)
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