Aldnoah.Zero

[Buffalobiian]

Saazbaum taking revenge on Earth because Martians blew up the Lunar gate while prepping their invasion and killed his fiancé makes no sense at all.

I get that he wanted to take revenge on the royals for his lady dying, but wouldn't that result in a coup on Mars first? It seems like they're skipping a step. After his faction took over on Mars, then they could invade Earth from constantly being whipped up by their leaders to suppress local unrest.

It makes sense (-ish) when you consider the princess dying as being integral to his revenge. Basically he wanted to spill royal blood, and invading earth was just the side-effect of saving his "clan" from destruction.

"How dare you oppress us, lie to us about Earth and make us go to war with them. You want war? Fine, I'll give you war - and I'll make sure it's because your (Emperor's) precious daughter's death that starts it. Still like your war you old fart?"

I thought that the royals could inactivate Aldnoah drives at will, making the counts/countess entirely dependant on them for military might.

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You made a point about Duecaleon's pilot being alive. That's quite valid. Inaho's mum? I find it hard to see her being happily married unless she escaped from the machine and hid her identity before the military arrived.

Slaine's dad may also play a role here somewhere.