but they are like the Gundam 00 Automatons in that they have a "suppress via nonlethal means" setting and a "do big massacres" setting and almost never use the former
this fills the narrative purpose of having most of the enemy mechs be non-living so that it's okay to blow them up while also having occasional named human antagonists who we can yell at
transmitters are placed within more expendable communities on Earth, and their life essence is drained, weakening them and shortening their lifespans, to fuel the Apostles
imperial armies are sent to Mars one after another in massive ring-shaped battleships (wheels of eyes imagery) that float in orbit, unleashing death and destruction to the planet below in the form of thousands of evil angelmechs
i think you're probs good to take me off the ping list; the character wasn't quite coming together ): she had most of her important cr npced so i don't think her absence should disrupt anything at least
spends all his time in an elaborate life support chamber because his body is literally falling apart, but projects a more dignified looking digital avatar
Because he preaches about how if you die in service of the empire you go to heaven so there's nothing to fear but also he himself is fucking terrified of death
I do like the dynamic of this because it means once the badguys activate super mode the good guys are like "Oh shit, now the pressure is on because not only am I in personal danger but also the longer this takes the more people on Earth are suffering"
whether or not the HEE really is a direct continuation of the old world papacy, Genesis would definitely put his residence in the Vatican to try and evoke the idea that it is
I feel like genesis has given a public speech at some point about how he longs for his eternal rest but he must make this sacrifice of continuing to oversee the world, that the believers immediately believe and go OH HOW TRAGIC
his subordinate who offs him buys into his shit. in killing the pope he sends the pope off to his deserved reward and then decides he's going to become even more tyrannical and crush Mars even if his halos suck the life out of all of earth's extra population
where the halos unfold into ten wings, so charged with power that they seem to be just bleeding it off into space (because that's wasteful and the pope doesn't carel
I don't think that person was literally called Judas but they probably had a similar function in society, there's just another particular name that's synonymous with treachery in HEE now
It's like in Avatar season two when Zuko and Iroh cut their hair and Iroh doesn't go "well as you know this symbolizes that we are abandoning your quest for honor and the fire nation and our royal bloodline" the camera just focuses on the hair washing away in the river
Just sometimes an Apostle might be "what if we were a little less focused on invading mars-" and then the pope or Apostle Silverius just kind of goes "Is that what you think" and everyone looks at the chair and agrees that no Mars is the priority here
Yeah, it's either impossible or way, way beyond even their current future-tech capabilities and hasn't been discovered yet, it's not an option on the table for them.
"not sure what their go to thematic ranged weapons are"wrathlovemars:
ok boomercount disrepency nicely