Oh god. And it's in a tidal estuary, so the salt levels are varying, which is even better for steel than simple saltwater immersion.

Supplemental materials suggest Zeon assaulted, in order, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg Air Force Base, and possibly Staspro in Indonesia. So they aimed to seize spaceports. Did they have a lead unit to seize the facilities and clear the landing zones for ko-Musais?

(The supplemental materials also give Zeon a truly crazy spinup time- Kycilia goes from one division's worth of mobile suits at Loum to four ready for the invasion of Earth and organizes a fifth one weeks later.)

Granted, she is his commanding officer. And hypothetically he commands the entire Earth invasion force but it does seem like the professionals are in charge of the actual fighting forces.

Yeah. There's still a parliametary government, and the prime minister is able to negotiate on Degwin's behalf for Zeon's surrender, but also Gihren and Kycilia seem to do what they want.

This is one of the more fascinating relics of the early supplemental material where the Zabis aren't really nobility either. Degwin is just "Sovereign Degwin" rather than Duke Degwin of Munzo, etc.

That dojikko major? She transferred from the Zeon Marines after gassing five whole bunches in Side 2.

*Japanese-style police force

Yeah. Can't really Barney Fife/Japanese police it either because that's also obviously a thinly veiled way to keep the gun in the holster...

LA is basically America's Siberia.

got any "pirate tattoos" we should know about, jeffrey?

u got any about jfk too???

Wow. Zany!