Originally posted by: Jurojin
The thing about the fanaticism of destroying the Minerva is that Orb felt it needed to show that it was not just siding with the EAF to avoid being shot up. Again. Think of it like joining a gang, and you have to do something- to prove your loyalty. What Yuna et al feared was that if they looked like they were making a half-hearted attempt, the EAF would go On second thought, well just occupy you and take over your government.

Think about the words the admiral said before he shoved them off the bridge. He knew that sending the fleet at Minerva was suicide, but the way it was done made it look like that Orb was committed, even if they didnt destroy the Minerva, which save Orb a little bit of EAF scrutiny.

At least, that's just my analysis.
A good analysis but the thing is, I doubt every Murasame and Astray pilot was thinking along those lines. Captain todoka most certainly but not everyone else. Hell, if I were a hotshot pilot, like a certain Mobile Armour pilot in Gundam Seed, I rather die fighting in my ship rather than kiss some elses ass like that Yuna et al are doing.

Politicians would think that way, not soldiers. Soldiers have the unfortunate postion of actually being on the implementation side of policy. All politicians will ever see is a bill or alliance statement being signed. They wouldn't know PERSONALLY how much that decision is going to affect every ORB soldier.

And don't tell me that there are no veterans who survived the previous EAF invasion of ORB. Veterans who remember the unjust invasion on their land, only to find out they are now the servant of the same enemy that tried to destroy them before.

They have truly forgotten the ORB ideals that made ORB powerful in the first place: by standing aside from the war and accepting Coordinators as human beings. Now they're going back into the stone age phylosphically speaking.

Haiyah, maybe I should give up looking for a plotline and just focus on the fighting.