* NeverRecycleYourSchemes: The Gungnir EMP device cripples the EA's Strike Daggers, making easy for ZAFT forces to slaughter their opponents. However, this is the only time ZAFT used the Gungnir and it could have been useful in later episodes since the the EA continued to use Strike Daggers 'til the end of the war. JustifiedTrope, as additional materials state that the Earth Alliance installed anti-EMP measures in the Strike Dagger following the battle.
* WarCrimeSubvertsHeroism: With how corrupt the Earth Alliance has been revealed, ZAFT seems like the side we're expected to root for in this battle. That's subverted when they ([[EvenEvilHasStandards except Yzak]]), massacre [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown disabled]] and even surrendering enemies showing ZAFT's [[HeWhoFightsMonsters vengefulness has made them just as bad]].