The day after the conversation with Edward, Verona replied the Registry of
the University of Montreal, saying she would take up the post. Also, at
the same time, Edward resigned his post in the University. They made some
quick arrangement, so that they could move to Montreal as soon as possible.
It was in the afternoon, Edward just had his lecture ended. One of the staff in the Department told him that a man was waiting for him in his office, so he quickly went back to his room. The door was open and there was a man in uniform inside. "Colonel Max," Edward reluctantly said, sincerely hoping that he could find some excuses and go away. "what can I do for you?". Colonel Max were examining the paper on the table and seemed not noticing what Edward was saying. "Excuse me, Colonel Max" Edward repeated, thinking what Colonel Max was reading.
"Oh, you must forgive me, Professor." Colonel Max answered. "I am just totally fascinated by your draft on stellar development. It is just an ingenious theory." Edward said 'thank you' as he supposed to. "Now, let's go back to business. We sincerely hope that you would allow us to take your daughter, Enrica, to the research center. I've seen the girl and she is really, really a special one. I think you understand what I mean: she is a 'newtype'. She may not show her newtype ability now, since she is too young; but I'm sure she will be a powerful one in the future." Edward politely responded by a smile, but he was feeling quite sick. "I see the reason why you are silent, Professor. As a father myself, I don't like to be separated from my daughters too. So we're offering you a post in another research center nearby the research center where Enrica will go. You can see your daughter quite often and have a stable income. The Federation Army is very generous for this decision." He stopped and let Edward response. If he supposed Edward would thank for the generous offer and be grateful when learning his daughter was one of the 'newtypes', he received none. Edward looked at him, figuring what to say. Colonel Max spoke again. "As a man who believe in God, I am very grateful to Him for he has sent newtypes to Earth and helped us to create a new world. In these one hundred years, there were too much tragedies and conflicts among mankinds. Somebody has to be responsible for stopping all these conflicts and prevent tragedies in the future. Personally, I believe the 'newtypes' are the chosen one for this glorious mission. By using the special abilities of the 'newtypes', we can have more powerful troops and better quality even for ordinary citizens. 'Newtypes' are so important now and will play a very significant role in the history in the future. I really envy you for having such a special daughter. You will surely be proud of her in what she achieve in the future. She will be one of the model of our race and the one who creates our future." This speech was long enough for Edward to figure out what he wanted to say, but instead of speaking his thoughts, he just simply replied, "I will be proud of her whatever she does." Colonel Max was certainly not pleased with this answer, so he pushed on a little bit. "So you would allow us to bring Enrica to several tests, wouldn't you? These tests are crucial for figuring out how your daughter should be trained. You know, we strongly believe that all newtypes have to be trained to realize their abilities and duties to human kind. I hope you, professor, really understand this and we insist that the experts in the Federation have the rights to train them." Colonel Max's voice was very hard at the end of this conversation, it made Edward felt uneasy. Just at that very moment, another staff knocked on the door of the room, saying that Edward should go to the department staff meeting in five minutes. Edward quickly seized the chance and bid a farewell to Colonel Max, who left in a silent anger, wondering what he could do to get Edward's daughter.
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At the same time, in research center for the Newtypes
"… In these one hundred years, there were too much tragedies and conflicts among mankinds. Somebody has to be responsible for stopping all these conflicts and prevent tragedies in the future. The Federation firmly believes and it is also the expectation of all mankind on Earth that the 'newtypes' are the chosen one for this glorious mission. By using the special abilities of the 'newtypes', peace can be achieved and ordinary citizens can enjoy a better life. 'Newtypes' are so important now and will play a very significant role in the history in the future…" the speaker continued to make a speech to a group of newcomers of the research center. They were ten "newtypes" who passed the confirmation tests run by the centers recently. Among them, there was Jamil Neate. Jamil Neate was totally moved by the speech, he could already feel the expectation of all people and the importance of his hard work in the future. As a nine-year- old boy coming from a remote place in South America, he did not really understand the politics and military decisions mentioned in the speech. However, this did not matter, because he could get the main point of the speech: 'Newtypes' are the future of all human race and 'newtypes' should play a role to change the course of the history as an advanced race of humans.
He was directed to a room where he shared with three other boys after listening to the long speech given by the executive director. The three other boys were also newly-classified 'newtypes'. When Jamil first met one of them, he said, "Hi, Jamil." He put special emphasis on Jamil's name and then grinned. Not willing to be defeated, Jamil quickly thought of his roomate's name, but he could not get his name. "Hi." he simply said. His roommates all laughed and left Jamil alone in the room. Jamil was a little bit depressed and started to unpack his luggage. He put the things orderly in the small wardrobe provided and took out his family photo. It was his first time to live without his parents. He was not sad for he knew there were a lot of exciting things waiting for him in the future. He also remembered what his father told him the night before he left:
"Jamil, this will be the first time you'll live without us. You have to learn to be strong and independent. I have nothing to give you except a family photo and a sentence: Work hard and make no hesitation in making the correct decisions even though many people opposed you. God bless you, child. He will let you shine and be the tool who can save us from woe. We're proud of you, son and hope you'll be proud of us, too."
"I will, father." thought Jamil. He set a goal for himself: he will try the very best of himself, to meet the expectations of all people. He will be the one saving others and preventing tragedies to happen. He took a deep breath and got ready physically and mentally for the challenges ahead.
All newtypes are research subjects of the scientists in the research centre, however, most of them would be trained to become soldiers, especially Mobile Suit (MS) pilot as well. The research centre was founded since the discovery of newtypes and all the researches on newtypes were done there. There were totally 1093 newtypes discovered ever since and they were all soldiers or trainers in the military services. Usually, all newtypes were isolated with other ordinary people and they were something like a special unit. This added the mystery of these people to ordinary citizens. During usual time, when there were no war, newtypes underwent the trainings ordinary soldiers had: personal combat, MS piloting skills, military strategies etc. Although these skills were very important to all soldiers, the proportion of these kinds of training was relatively small when compared to another type of training, the special newtype training programme. This programme promoted the special ability, including communicating telepathically and remotely control certain types of machine by thoughts. This was the hardest programme ever, even some newtypes did not manage to pass this programme. It demanded mental strength as well as physical strength, cadets might suffer from serious mental illness if they were not trained properly or they would become 'ordinary' people if not trained for a long time.
It was in the afternoon, Edward just had his lecture ended. One of the staff in the Department told him that a man was waiting for him in his office, so he quickly went back to his room. The door was open and there was a man in uniform inside. "Colonel Max," Edward reluctantly said, sincerely hoping that he could find some excuses and go away. "what can I do for you?". Colonel Max were examining the paper on the table and seemed not noticing what Edward was saying. "Excuse me, Colonel Max" Edward repeated, thinking what Colonel Max was reading.
"Oh, you must forgive me, Professor." Colonel Max answered. "I am just totally fascinated by your draft on stellar development. It is just an ingenious theory." Edward said 'thank you' as he supposed to. "Now, let's go back to business. We sincerely hope that you would allow us to take your daughter, Enrica, to the research center. I've seen the girl and she is really, really a special one. I think you understand what I mean: she is a 'newtype'. She may not show her newtype ability now, since she is too young; but I'm sure she will be a powerful one in the future." Edward politely responded by a smile, but he was feeling quite sick. "I see the reason why you are silent, Professor. As a father myself, I don't like to be separated from my daughters too. So we're offering you a post in another research center nearby the research center where Enrica will go. You can see your daughter quite often and have a stable income. The Federation Army is very generous for this decision." He stopped and let Edward response. If he supposed Edward would thank for the generous offer and be grateful when learning his daughter was one of the 'newtypes', he received none. Edward looked at him, figuring what to say. Colonel Max spoke again. "As a man who believe in God, I am very grateful to Him for he has sent newtypes to Earth and helped us to create a new world. In these one hundred years, there were too much tragedies and conflicts among mankinds. Somebody has to be responsible for stopping all these conflicts and prevent tragedies in the future. Personally, I believe the 'newtypes' are the chosen one for this glorious mission. By using the special abilities of the 'newtypes', we can have more powerful troops and better quality even for ordinary citizens. 'Newtypes' are so important now and will play a very significant role in the history in the future. I really envy you for having such a special daughter. You will surely be proud of her in what she achieve in the future. She will be one of the model of our race and the one who creates our future." This speech was long enough for Edward to figure out what he wanted to say, but instead of speaking his thoughts, he just simply replied, "I will be proud of her whatever she does." Colonel Max was certainly not pleased with this answer, so he pushed on a little bit. "So you would allow us to bring Enrica to several tests, wouldn't you? These tests are crucial for figuring out how your daughter should be trained. You know, we strongly believe that all newtypes have to be trained to realize their abilities and duties to human kind. I hope you, professor, really understand this and we insist that the experts in the Federation have the rights to train them." Colonel Max's voice was very hard at the end of this conversation, it made Edward felt uneasy. Just at that very moment, another staff knocked on the door of the room, saying that Edward should go to the department staff meeting in five minutes. Edward quickly seized the chance and bid a farewell to Colonel Max, who left in a silent anger, wondering what he could do to get Edward's daughter.
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At the same time, in research center for the Newtypes
"… In these one hundred years, there were too much tragedies and conflicts among mankinds. Somebody has to be responsible for stopping all these conflicts and prevent tragedies in the future. The Federation firmly believes and it is also the expectation of all mankind on Earth that the 'newtypes' are the chosen one for this glorious mission. By using the special abilities of the 'newtypes', peace can be achieved and ordinary citizens can enjoy a better life. 'Newtypes' are so important now and will play a very significant role in the history in the future…" the speaker continued to make a speech to a group of newcomers of the research center. They were ten "newtypes" who passed the confirmation tests run by the centers recently. Among them, there was Jamil Neate. Jamil Neate was totally moved by the speech, he could already feel the expectation of all people and the importance of his hard work in the future. As a nine-year- old boy coming from a remote place in South America, he did not really understand the politics and military decisions mentioned in the speech. However, this did not matter, because he could get the main point of the speech: 'Newtypes' are the future of all human race and 'newtypes' should play a role to change the course of the history as an advanced race of humans.
He was directed to a room where he shared with three other boys after listening to the long speech given by the executive director. The three other boys were also newly-classified 'newtypes'. When Jamil first met one of them, he said, "Hi, Jamil." He put special emphasis on Jamil's name and then grinned. Not willing to be defeated, Jamil quickly thought of his roomate's name, but he could not get his name. "Hi." he simply said. His roommates all laughed and left Jamil alone in the room. Jamil was a little bit depressed and started to unpack his luggage. He put the things orderly in the small wardrobe provided and took out his family photo. It was his first time to live without his parents. He was not sad for he knew there were a lot of exciting things waiting for him in the future. He also remembered what his father told him the night before he left:
"Jamil, this will be the first time you'll live without us. You have to learn to be strong and independent. I have nothing to give you except a family photo and a sentence: Work hard and make no hesitation in making the correct decisions even though many people opposed you. God bless you, child. He will let you shine and be the tool who can save us from woe. We're proud of you, son and hope you'll be proud of us, too."
"I will, father." thought Jamil. He set a goal for himself: he will try the very best of himself, to meet the expectations of all people. He will be the one saving others and preventing tragedies to happen. He took a deep breath and got ready physically and mentally for the challenges ahead.
All newtypes are research subjects of the scientists in the research centre, however, most of them would be trained to become soldiers, especially Mobile Suit (MS) pilot as well. The research centre was founded since the discovery of newtypes and all the researches on newtypes were done there. There were totally 1093 newtypes discovered ever since and they were all soldiers or trainers in the military services. Usually, all newtypes were isolated with other ordinary people and they were something like a special unit. This added the mystery of these people to ordinary citizens. During usual time, when there were no war, newtypes underwent the trainings ordinary soldiers had: personal combat, MS piloting skills, military strategies etc. Although these skills were very important to all soldiers, the proportion of these kinds of training was relatively small when compared to another type of training, the special newtype training programme. This programme promoted the special ability, including communicating telepathically and remotely control certain types of machine by thoughts. This was the hardest programme ever, even some newtypes did not manage to pass this programme. It demanded mental strength as well as physical strength, cadets might suffer from serious mental illness if they were not trained properly or they would become 'ordinary' people if not trained for a long time.