The shock from Fred's earlier operation still lingered in Patrick's mind, so hearing Fred say this actually left Patrick quite satisfied.
After all, the weight of a genius's approval was different.
It also gave Patrick more confidence.
Amid Patrick's satisfaction and tangled emotions, Fred continued.
"If mass production can be achieved, I believe it could indeed give Coordinators an advantage in localized battlefields."
Fred said "localized" based on the current capabilities of MS.
If it were truly according to the strength of the Glory Defender from the theatrical version, it could directly turn the tide of battle.
That would be an advantage that couldn't be achieved simply by numbers.
And that Glory Defender would be born in the year 75, nine years from now.
Fred didn't understand how technology in this world evolved so quickly, but that didn't hinder his determination to keep up.
In any case, constantly growing stronger and learning was never wrong, especially since Heinline was almost on his way here now.
As long as he kept moving forward, he would eventually complete that Glory Defender.
Thinking about the nearly invincible strength of that Mobile Suit, Fred felt a surge of fervor, followed by a wave of apprehension.
If such power were used to destroy the world, probably no one would survive.
Great power also brought great security risks.
That was why research was even more necessary, why it needed to be firmly grasped in hand.
"Yes, Fred thinks so too, right?"
Hearing this, Patrick felt quite gratified, and even his usually stern expression seemed to relax slightly.
"Your insight is spot-on, just as expected of you."
Although his face remained tense, his words carried a hint of praise.
Fred's words, one by one, were very much to his liking.
Though it didn't show on his face, he was happy inside.
It was far better than those scholars who kept clamoring that MS were useless.
For a moment, Patrick even forgot about Fred's strange behavior earlier.
After all, with so much knowledge, it was normal to take a bit longer to process it.
"Thank you."
"Are you asking me to join the research?"
Fred quickly got to the point.
"What specific area would it be?"
Which area to research didn't make much difference.
After all, this was a team effort. As long as he participated as a director, he would definitely have access to 100% of the GINN's data.
These confidential data might become his shackles.
But they were absolutely necessary.
Of course, these shackles were nothing compared to Lacus's trust and the impending war.
When the war truly broke out, especially if it became a full-scale war, it would be normal for MS to be captured or even reverse-engineered by the enemy.
By then, so-called confidentiality would no longer exist.
Just like how the Strike Gundam researchers scattered from ORB.
Patrick wasn't one for idle talk either, so he replied directly.
"The development of the dynamic automatic balance system and improvements to the power reactor engine."
Hearing the other's words, Fred's mind reluctantly sped up again.
The dynamic automatic balance system was easy to understand—when a person makes a hand motion in a zero-gravity environment, it creates uncontrollable inertia.
This could of course be manually adjusted, and what Fred was practicing while piloting the powered armor was precisely this.
Now, with the addition of the word "automatic" in front, it naturally meant introducing more computer intervention into this adjustment.
In other words, the automated control of attitude control thrusters.
As for the improvements to the power reactor and engine, those were even more straightforward.
Overall, these were all quite challenging tasks.
But for Fred, they were merely somewhat difficult.
The books he had read over the past decade or so, plus the Golden Finger, hadn't been for nothing.
Not to mention those gradually improving Golden Fingers.
"Confident?" Patrick asked, observing the other's thoughtful expression.
"Yes, but I want the original team," Fred replied.
"They are talents in the battleship field," Patrick frowned upon hearing this.
Although their conversation had been quite pleasant just now, this was clearly a separate matter.
And it wasn't just as simple as what he had said.
They were also the talents who had followed Fred step by step to complete the power reactor for that battleship.
If Fred were transferred, they would become the core of future battleship development. Any problems would naturally fall to them to solve, and only if they couldn't resolve them would they be passed to Fred.
But if Fred took all of them away, their development would become troublesome.
While it was possible to have Fred take on both roles, that would only be the worst-case scenario.
It wasn't about sparing Fred or anything like that, but a person's energy is limited. Having him handle both positions might reduce his research efficiency in the MS field, which was not what Patrick wanted to see.
"Then I want Heinline," Fred pondered for a moment before speaking up.
This was the engineer who would participate in the research for Freedom and Justice in the future.
He would also develop the Glory Defender with Kira later on.
In short, having the other side send this person to monitor him was exactly what he wanted, and he certainly didn't want to let this person slip away.
The reason he had asked for everyone was to first raise the threshold, making it easier for the other side to agree, while also hiding his true intentions.
Upon hearing this, Patrick pondered for a moment before nodding.
"No problem."
After all, Heinline was originally the person they had sent to monitor Fred.
Although Shiva also wanted to recall him to assist with MS research.
But Fred was also about to participate in MS research.
Being an assistant to Shiva or an assistant to Fred didn't make much difference anyway.
The two still had many things to discuss.
Meanwhile, at the Clyne Estate in April City.
Lacus looked at the report on her father's screen, and her heart, which had been racing due to the unexpected events, slowly settled back into place.
Of course, the young girl's beautiful eyes still held a trace of disbelief.
No matter how you looked at it, the abilities Fred had just displayed were simply too extraordinary.
They hadn't even known before that he could program.
And at such a rapid pace at that.
She was now on par with the senior researchers on her father's side.
What other surprises did he have that she didn't know about?
As she thought this, Lacus's golden eyes, reflecting the sunset outside the window, once again filled with intense interest.
With Fred here, the goal of peace seemed to have a concrete path forward.
This also deepened Lacus's trust in the intelligence Fred had shared about Creuset.
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