>>5616140The Federation canonically kills hundreds of millions of spacenoids during the one week battle/war (or perhaps during the first month of the war, the details seem to slide around a bit). It's a near apocalyptic conflict that almost destroyed the entire earth sphere. Gassing fellow spacenoids was particularly heinous, and the dropping of Iffish was incredibly devastating, but by then entire colonies and cities on earth were getting vaporized by nuclear weapons.
Possibilities of surrender aside, the Antarctic treaty was necessary for humanity to even continue existing. There's a very real chance Zeon and the Federation could have caused a total civilizational collapse if they'd kept yeeting WMDs at one another.
"...Initial fighting lasted over one month and saw both sides <span class="mu-s">lose over half</span> their respective populations." -0079 Intro Narration.
It's likely going to be a hellish nightmare no matter what happens, which is what Elena and her mother have been worrying about for years now.
>>5616143I'm torn between them, I really like both.
>>5616148Gihren posted this.
