With chain of command being brought to our attention anew (with Mossa very smoothly usurping the leader's position before Takaki even knew) another drawback of running a brotherhood that is Tekkadan over the clearly defined army structure is emphasized. Earth Tekkadan is the worst, but it seems like there's no hard-set chain of command and rank system on Mars either: yes, Orga is the boss and has supreme authority with any decision, but for everyone under him it's kind of messy, it's absolutely unclear who can unconditionally veto who among the sub-commanders, who should take charge when there's no clear leader around and things like that (that's why cases like Hush's, where he basically played the nepotism card through Mika, are even possible).
Moreover, I have a hard time grasping the actual rank of Teiwaz's overseers within the organization. I mean, technically, from the info on the official site, they're just accountants? Radice is an accountant, auditor and office worker. Merribit is in charge of accounting, too, but acts more like a secretary to Orga than anything. Moreover, these guys are clearly civilians who don't know the first thing about war, tactics and fighting. Tekkadan is a friggin PMC, so all common sense on Earth (and Mars) screams that those two cannot not only be second-in-commands, they're not even in a position to have ANY say in military matters, period. So wtf with them always trying to meddle in military affairs (at least Merribit was doing it out of misguided kindness in season 1, though it doesn't change the fact that she had no right and still has none and needs to keep her mouth shut more often on those matters, but compared to that Ratdice dick though...).
The crucial difference between Mars and Earth's top management was that Orga doesn't let Merribit interfere with his military decisions and leadership no matter how much she tries to, keeping her in her place, while Chad didn't prove a capable enough leader to keep Ratdice in his, which, coupled with the lack of ironclad chain of command and Takaki's naivette, led to a disaster.
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Originally Posted by Irenesharda
Well since he didn't expect nor set up the war, I don't think he planned to get anything out of it. I think that he just wants to end it in the best way he can since he knows that it's only there to take up his time and distract him from what else Rustal could be doing in the process . Also because he's been so busy, I also don't think he really is intentionally keeping Orga in the dark or anything. He just hasn't had time to contact them himself. Also, he actually doesn't know anymore than Tekkadan does. He has his suspicions that Rustal is behind it, but that doesn't help anyone. He knows that Earth Tekkadan are being manipulated by someone, but I think Orga is figuring that out at this point. Also remember that Orga is working with Isurugi to get to the bottom of this. Who else could have sent Isurugi to help other than McGillis himself since Isurugi is McGillis' man? So, it makes sense considering that all three sides are trying to figure out their way around a war.
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Even if McGillis didn't plan to get anything out of it, knowing him, he might be planning now, or, at the very least, some outcomes would be more favorable to him than others. So it comes down to the question, which side does he want to win at the end of the day?
The SAU side is noob soldiers backed up by some GH, the Arbrau side is also noob soldiers, but backed up by pro mercenaries Tekkadan and Mossa. I personally don't see which side winning would benefit McGillis more (or maybe I should say, do less damage in the long run): if the Arbrau side wins, it'll strike another blow to GH's reputation (that Tekkadan beating GH wasn't a fluke, and that mercenaries > GH), also tensions might start rising even higher with the SAU, not to mention it might play into Mossa/Rustal's hands by hyping Mossa and him attaining a hero status; if the SAU side wins, it'll damage Tekkadan's status significantly, setting them up as incompetencies who're all talk and nullifying all what they built on Earth, not to mention those 12 (so far) lives will be lost in vain, and there's just no way Orga will like it, thus endangering Macky's alliance with him (especially now that McGillis is about to participate personally in what has a lot of chances to turn into some more killings of the Tekkadan members...) So I really hope Macky has some solid plan how to avoid the worst of the potential fallout, especially where Tekkadan is concerned.
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Originally Posted by Fairy Water
Lafter and Akihiro... I don't really see anything here yet. She said 'I don't dislike that part of you' which doesn't mean anything much outside platonic friendship. And Azee's look actually feels nothing special here or it is just me or u guys just too work up.
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I don't really ship them, but you have to keep in mind that the show is trying to be somewhat subtle with romantic hints (I think Atra's crush is the most obvious we get?), having little scenes here and there that get the possibility across pretty clear (think Yamagi's crush). Based on that, I'd say there's definiely something there, whether it's Lafter feeling especially big-sister-ly about Akihiro or something of potential romantic nature.
If we assume that Lafter isn't in a hurry to return to her Darling because she likes to keep Akihiro company, it makes me wonder why does Azee (and that Eco girl mechanic) keep sticking with Tekkadan?
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Originally Posted by wissenschaft
Someone better die after all this teasing.
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This. As much as I came to care for Takaki and Aston, I don't want to feel the same strange frustration I experienced back when Ein's rampage proved to be cheaply harmless with none of the 3 named pilots he was shown "brutally killing" actually dying.
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Originally Posted by Skye629
AI cores perhaps to help piloting???
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Will Carta's be much of help tho'?
it might be counterproductive cause there's a danger of it making GaliGali crush on Macky hard
and thanks to the rapid timeskip we don't really learn anything from them in this ep. At least the director knows how boring it would be to watch.
(I really hope that isnt the case)
