Test

The Astray Noir ejected directly from the lift-off Archangel, and the Propulsion System Backpack on the back instantly ignited and ejected a white light. In less than a few seconds, the Astray Noir flew hundreds of meters away and sat in the cockpit. Xiao Ran felt the recoil that was much stronger on Earth than in space. Both feet stepped on the pedals at the same time, and his left hand pushed forward. In the air, the Astray Noir made a magnificent turn and began to whirl in a large radius in mid-air.

Corporal Murdoch's voice suddenly sounded from the communicator: "Major, the flight backpack cannot fully perform the flight function in the atmosphere. It can only use the power of the ejection and the propeller's action to perform a short gliding flight. The first modification before making the flying wing is shorter than the original one, so the glide time is shorter than that of Strike Gundam. Please remember this."

"Roger that. now test the glide time." Xiao Ran nodded and immediately turned on the full power of the propeller. The Astray Noir's circling speed has doubled, and the pace of descent has slowed down a bit, but it still shows a pair. The downward spiral trend finally fell to the ground within a few minutes, and the propeller on the back of the Astray Noir was utterly extinguished.

"Test the full-power take-off on minimum height and gliding time of the backpack." As soon as Xiao Ran's voice fell, the Astray Noir's legs began to bend, and the propeller behind him again lit up, and it pushed the backpack forward with a kick. The machine's full power and the small propeller of the body itself exploded, instantly bounced from the ground like an arrow from the string, and directly broke through the air and flew to a height of more than 150 meters above the ground. It gradually fell to the ground as before.

"Begin testing the ground raid speed."

"Teacher, the mecha movements should not maximize the parameter limits for a long time. Otherwise, it will cause accelerated wear and rapid aging of the leg parts; please be careful."

"Understand." Looking at Kira's solemn expression, Xiao Ran smiled and nodded.

After the Astray Gundam landed on the ground, it began to move forward quickly by jumping and gliding under the backpack's action. The four steps of jumping, gliding, and landing before running, constitute all the forward movements. The step is light and fast looks like a martial arts master to leap on the ground quickly. These actions seem simple, but there is no room for error in operation. If an operation instruction is wrong, or the sequence is disrupted, the Astray Noir may roll.

The Astray Noir stopped after running around the Archangel for a minute and slightly squinted his eyes as he watched the data flashed on the panel: "Begin the basic movement test."

Basic action test. This is a test procedure that was not initially available on the Archangel. It is a test action made by Lowe based on his own experience. The final analysis is similar to the previous test action made by Lowe piloting Strike Gundam. A series of activities are almost like martial arts performances. Similar tests have appeared in animations. It was when Kira was writing the OS for Naturals for the Astray M1 mass production.

Lowe's head appeared on the communication screen, and he said with a smile on his face: "Xiao Ran, you only need to perform this test according to the data I gave you. This test tests the mecha's performance and tests the stability, practicality, coordination, etc., of the OS. Kira and I will give the record of the parameters here to you. Then, we'll fine-tune adjustments according to your habits."

"I will do it according to the data." Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Pay attention to how much I have exerted the performance of the Astray Noir."

Lowe gave a thumbs up: "Don't worry, we will write it down."

The communication screen went black; Xiao Ran frowned slightly as he watched the flashing data and then operated the mecha to follow the operation data listed by Lowe.

When the Astray Noir was in the desert, he quickly and slowly performed one action after another. A continuous and slow lunges and punches, fast and straight punches. It also promptly rushed back and turned or kicked and flashed behind. Jump, one action test after another, under Xiao Ran's pilot, gave back one after another data messages that Xiao Ran did not understand. These data messages were also received by Lowe and Kira in the Archangel simultaneously. He put his heads together and watched the data crackle and fast on the keyboard in front of him.

The entire test lasted about less than an hour, and all the power of the body was consumed by about half. The Archangel, which was initially ejected the Astray Noir, landed on the desert. He also flew again and was already tired and began to wipe his sweat. Xiao Ran even breathed slowly and connected to the communication with the Archangel bridge.

Murrue's face appeared in the picture, and she said: "Start the next test?"

Seeing the vague smile on Murrue's face, Xiao Ran also shrugged his shoulders and exhaled. He smiled and said: "I didn't expect a test to be so tiring, especially Lowe's set of movements, which test my fingers."

With that said, Xiao Ran raised his hand and gently shook it twice. The mecha's actual piloting is not as simple as pushing and stepping on some screens flashed in the animation. In the cockpit, the number of operating levers is also different depending on the position.

Generally speaking, there are three to four levers responsible for different functions. On the lever, in addition to the button switch for shooting on the main joystick, there are four buttons from the little finger to the index finger. Pressing different button combinations will form additional operation instructions to make the body make various actions.

The previous set of actions in Lowe did not have any shortcut combinations. It all relied on Xiao Ran to keep pressing his fingers, like playing for an hour. If the keyboard is almost stable, it can't make any mistakes. Not to mention the sweating fingers, it also tested Xiao Ran's carefulness.

"Then start the simulated battle test. Fortunately, we prepared a lot of test shells and targets for the G series, and now we can use them on you." Murrue said with a smile in both eyes. After that, Xiao Ran saw Murrue nodding in another direction: "First Lieutenant Badgiruel, you are responsible for the live ammunition test."

"Yes." Badgiruel's face also appeared on Xiao Ran's communication screen. He saw Badgiruel's face had almost no other expressions except seriousness, and the tone of the speech was quite direct and demanding: "Begin the simulation test. I will treat you as a real enemy, and I will not be responsible if you are hit."

"Yes, yes." Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders, and smiled. Before he could finish speaking, the communication screen suddenly went black, and the alarm in the cockpit sounded instantly. Xiao Ran turned his head and looked at the red light flashing on the monitor screen. Position, the foot stepped on the hand and pulled hurriedly called the operation of the Astray Noir to jump high on the ground and made an evasive action: "Damn, surprise attack!"

The Archangel did not know when it had released the Valiant linear magnetic rail shells on both sides and started shooting simultaneously as the communication between the two parties was interrupted. Although it was only a training shell and was not launched at standard power, Xiao Ran did not dare to look down upon it. Who said that the training bomb would not kill people, even if the undead people hit the body more or less, they would leave some marks? Xiao Ran didn't want to leave anything on his new mecha.

When it launched the two training rounds from Valiant, the Astray Noir's sole thruster and back thruster spewed flames at the same time, and one bounce flew forward tens of meters with the propulsion force and just fell to the ground. The Astray Noir position originally stood instantly burst out of two groups of training shells rushing into the desert, and the flowers of sand and dust emerged.

The alarm in the cockpit continued to scream, and the Astray Noir that Xiao Ran was piloting did not stop there. A quick dash rushed to the Archangel, and a total of eight large missile launch tubes from the stern of the Archangel also flew out. In training missiles, each missile's goal is either the Astray Noir's path forward or itself. Valiant, who has not yet been recharged, lights up again to represent the launch.