Joseph Riggs wrote: > Actually, it seemed somewhat contrived to me that the Ensign was even able > to shoot the blocks loose in the first place. The block hulls are clearly > armored well enough to withstand blasts from her gun. So she must have > somehow just happened to hit some vital connection links while firing > wildly.
I won't go into any pseudo-scientific analysis, just suffice to say, yes, the whole premise seems completely contrived as far as physics, mechanics/design and heuristics are concerned. Here are a couple examples that even an English major ;-) can understand: 1. What was Allelujah's original mission? To observe a mobile suit's performance experiment and probably to destroy it. What's the target? Obviously Tieren Tao II! So what was he doing, casually arriving the train station when Sergei was already making initial assessment of Some/Tieren Tao II's? He/Kyrios should be in an hidden spot recording the whole proceeding and ready for a little dance with HRA's next gen MS. (ok I just saw Joseph spotted the same point) 2. After Sergei stopped Soma's rage, what was his command to off-screen soldiers? To recover Soma! At that point in time, who needs recovery more urgently? I don't think it's Soma. Yes there's a chance Soma can go berserk again, but if that happens a lot of people will die no matter what. If Soma doesn't go berserk in the next 14 minutes, those MS/equipment/whatever can do much more for those 230 drifting civilians than Sergei alone. Both points are contrived just for one transparent purpose: to give Sergei several minutes of solo screen time to develop his heroism/selflessness and then further give an opportunity for CB to demonstrate their own brand of heroism. If Allelujah were out there carrying out his mission in time then you ended up with a (predictable) firefight between Sergei + Soma v. Allelujah. Or Allelujah would be ready to step in before Sergei had time to recite his lines. If Sergei had order support troops to come help him prevent the blocks' fall then his heroism is divided by the number of MS who shows up. Or they might be able to separate the three blocks by conventional means instead of forcing Lockon to fire his BMFG. There, you did it, you made me think about the episode more than I should and now it's utterly ruined. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
