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Originally Posted by grevierr

Things ain't that bad at the end of Alternative

Spoiler for Post MLA:

Yuuko said they should be able to clear out BETA from Mars by about 5-10 years time, which gives humanity some breathing space. Then they can start BETA hunting to the origin of where they were sending their materials. We shall have to see in MLA 2.

Spoiler for Pessimism:

That's still being really optimistic though; although Alternative IV allowed for a possible resolution to the BETA crisis, it didn't really solve the other reason why humanity was heading to extinction. Namely, the selfishness and stupidity of certain groups of human beings. Some of this is shown throughout Alternative; a more direct example would be the terrorist incident in Total Eclipse up to the cliffhanger.

All the weapons you see developed with the Alternative IV project to combat the BETA, can just be as easily turn on other humans. And as the BETA hives are captured, G-elements (and G-element derived weapon systems) would probably become more available to certain nations and organizations. I believe it was noted that with the success of Alternative IV, nations started re-focusing on locating and securing their own G-element stockpile. There's still a possibility that humanity will go extinct, only now they are even more capable of doing it to themselves.