에피소드/신 오벌 기어 개발 계획 전편

Project Orbal Gear IV Pt. 1 (新・オーバルギア開発計画 前編) is a Daydream in 영웅전설 시작의 궤적. Its events take place prior to the main story.

Background

The Daydream can be accessed from the 진 몽환회랑.

Synopsis

티타 러셀 hands over the final report for the 오벌 기어 III to G. 슈미트 who is satisfied with the result. He reveals a strange device with a purple glow that he wants Tita to investigate. They are interrupted by the arrival of Tita's mother, 에리카 러셀 with 렌, 애거트 크로스너, 죠르쥬 놈, 에스텔 브라이트, 요슈아 브라이트 and 알리사 라인폴트 in tow. Erika embraces Tita because she is overwhelmed with her cuteness.

The group has assembled to discuss countermeasures to the problems arising from the Black Workshop. The Imperial government requested Erika to come and help out. Tita offers to help out but the others state that it is not necessary. They all have reasons for being in Erebonia, including Renne who has obtained leave from 제니스 왕립학교. Tita decries this as unfair. Shouts of alarm from 민트 result in Tita rushing off to help.

At dinner in Barney's Inn, the Liberl group have a discussion over dinner, including talk about how Erika treats Agate badly and increasingly so. Erika reveals her reason for coming to the Empire is twofold, one to help with the Black Workshop investigations, and secondly to bring Tita back to Liberl, her primary reason for coming having been accomplished. Tita is reluctant to go and tries to persuade her. The others help and she succeeds in earning a four month grace period. In order to stay, Tita must satisfy Erika's two conditions: firstly, produce results that Erika approves of, and secondly, pass her 'test'.

Later at a planning meeting, Tita assembles Mint, 파블로 and 구스타프. The latter two don't feel they have the means necessary to help but Tita implores them to stay. They decide a successor to the Orbal Gear III is the best approach, as Erika developed the first iteration and advancing the concept has the best chance of winning her over. It will be difficult to upgrade the specifications of the Orbal Gear III however as it only just finished development. They arrive at the idea of using flight, basing it on the Eidolon Gear developed by the 엡스타인 재단. they contact 티오 플래토 who tells them it is difficult because the Gear works in tandem with the 에이온 시스템 and cannot support more weight than the one passenger. Tita decides to use this as the basis for the IV model, thinking she can improve on the eidolon's shortcomings.

One month later, Tita has not progressed much. 샌디 and 프레디 come to motivate her, bringing dishes they have prepared. They discuss the progress of the project with the pair recommending Tita consult Schmidt. Tita is reluctant but she remembers the device the professor asked her to investigate. She discovers it could be some kind of gravity engine and therefore the solution to her issues with the Orbal Gear IV. She tries to ask Schmidt if she can use it, but he is busy and dismisses her quickly, stating she could do whatever she wanted with it and doesn't need to ask for permission for every little thing.

After two more months of development, a working model is brought to the Languedoc Canyon. Agate is assisting Tita. The terrain is perfect for testing the abilities of the Gear. Tita completes a few laps of the canyon and proves its effectiveness. The pair exclaim that only Erika's test is left. All of a sudden, a rapidly descending aircraft arrives on a collision course with a rock face. Not hesitating, Tita flies off to save the aircraft. She is forced to use full power in order to guide it safely to even ground where it can land. After saving the crew, the Orbal gear overheats and begins to combust. Agate leaps and rescues Tita but the orbal gear falls to the canyon floor and is destroyed.

They now have very little time to repair it, and after searching through the wreckage, the 'gravity engine' is nowhere to be found. Cloaked and watching nearby, the 엠퍼러 watches on.

This Daydream's events are continued in Project Orbal Gear IV Pt. 2.

Trivia

• The airship is the same one 빌헬름 발라드 acquired in his own Daydream. These events are what convince him to give up the ship to 진고 so readily.
• The 'gravity engine' is strongly implied to be based on the orb from the Monarch's regalia, a set of artifacts the 엠퍼러 used.
  • It has a circular purple glow that matches the orb.
  • Schmidt mentions the device was built around an artifact that could control gravity, and its powers match what the orb is stated to be able to do.
  • The orb itself was missing when Emperor was defeated originally, making it plausible that the Black Workshop had it in their possession.
  • Emperor is present at the site and is the most likely candidate for the aircraft's plight. After this encounter, he is seen with the orb, suggesting this is where he obtained it again.