History Awesome / AldnoahZero

* As a DyingMomentOfAwesome, Lt. Marito exhausts his ammo while fighting a Martian. Since he's covering his subordinate's escape, he ''pulls a knife'' and charges. When his mech's arm is annihilated by the Martian's defenses, he, without missing a beat, pulls his pistol and empties its mag right into the Martian's cockpit [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange at point blank range]]. It [[NoSell doesn't work]], but damn if the man didn't have guts to at least try. Then the end of the episode reveals ''he survived''.
* The entirety of Episode 3, in which Princess Asseylum [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething shows us she will not just sit there and take your shit.]]
** To put it into perspective, Inaho's tactical skills and quick thinking allow them to destroy one of the Martians' flagship war machines using minimal effort and with ''no losses.''
** Also, Slaine killing one of the co-conspirators in her attempted assassination.

* Slaine's escape from Cruhteo's castle in Episode 6 is actually pretty understated awesome. For him to make his escape, he would have to have realised after informing the Emperor that his position was compromised. He then manages to Solid Snake his way out of the castle, stealing the sky carrier in the process. The icing on the cake was his beautiful shot that destroyed the last RocketPunch going for the ''Wadatsumi''.

* Slaine being able to withstand the massive ColdBloodedTorture session he was put through. Even still being able to [[DefiantToTheEnd laugh]] at Cruhteo. Though it ended with a HeelFaceDoorSlam moment, Slaine being able to cause Cruhteo to realize that Asseylum is still alive and that Saazbaum was responsible for trying to kill her manages to get him to say that Slaine "proved his loyalty to Vers a thousand times over."
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH17kqNV21Y A villainous one for Saazbaum]] in episode 8 when, after having been a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] NonActionBigBad up to that point, shows up in an [[http://i.imgur.com/MRFBAn9.jpg absolutely terrifying Kataphrakt]] that makes all of the previously encountered ones look ''tame'' by comparison, singlehandedly annihilates Castle Cruhteo and kills the Count himself before snatching up Slaine and blasting off like a boss.

** Combines with TearJerker, but when Slaine threatens Inaho not to get closer to Seylum, he turns around and ''smirks'' at his enemy before pulling his own gun, knowing he was going to die anyway.

* Episode 18: When dealing with a Knight whose Kataphract allows him to send out pin point BeamSpam to anyone in his vast range the Deucalion uses Inaho's eye ability for pinpoint targeting for their battleship cannons. They can hide behind the horizon since lasers can't travel around Earth's curvature while lobbing shells at the Kataphract at parabolic trajectories.
** Slaine outsmarting Count Marylcian by luring him and his beam funnels into a narrow tunnel. This negates Marylcian's advantage of being able to attack from multiple directions simultaneously, and bunches all of the funnels together so Slaine can destroy them all at once. Slaine then kills Marylcian and seizes control of his assets.

* In episode 20, the Deucalion pulls a massive BigDamnHeroes flying straight into the battlefield, shielding Inaho and Marito from the lightning Kataphrakt's attack, retrieving all the remaining Kataphrakt platoons while providing cover fire, and escaping the battlefield from the onslaught of '''''three''''' Martian Kataphrakts.
* Fighting against three Kataphrakts and winning is perhaps awesome for the Deucalion's crew in episode 21. But the ultimate awesome has to be Inaho taking over the targeting systems of every UFE Kataphrakt deployed in that battle, in order to ensure a simultaneous hit on all the Ortygia duplicates.

* The CasualDangerDialog between Captain Magbaredge and her XO Mizusaki when discussing potential flight paths to the Earth Military HQ: it's startlingly awesome when you realize that Magbaredge is using Mizusaki's lack-of-dating life ''as a frighteningly accurate assessment'' of the ship's current strategic needs and goals. That's some ShockingMoments right there!

* As a DyingMomentOfAwesome, [[spoiler: Lt. Marito]] exhausts his ammo while fighting a Martian. Since he's covering his subordinate's escape, he ''pulls a knife'' and charges. When his mech's arm is annihilated by the Martian's defenses, he, without missing a beat, pulls his pistol and empties its mag right into the Martian's cockpit [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange at point blank range]]. It [[NoSell doesn't work]], but damn if the man didn't have guts to at least try. [[spoiler: Then the end of the episode reveals ''he survived''.]]
* The entirety of Episode 3, in which Princess Asseylum [[{{RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething}} shows us she will not just sit there and take your shit.]]

** Also, Slaine [[spoiler: killing one of the co-conspirators in her attempted assassination.]]

* In episode 5 we see exactly why Slaine is that devoted to Asseylum. [[spoiler: Five years before, she [[KissOfLife saved him from]] falling victim to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_breathing liquid breathing]]. [[NervesOfSteel Without any hesitation]], after his capsule crashed into her bath.]]

* In Episode 7, [[spoiler: the captured Deucalion making its BigDamnHeroes moment, bursting right out from the cliff face and [[RammingAlwaysWorks smashing right into the Hellas Kataphrakt head-on]]. Followed by Rayet delivering the killing shot to Femieanne.]]

* Slaine being able to withstand the massive [[spoiler: ColdBloodedTorture session he was put through. Even still being able to [[DefiantToTheEnd laugh]] at Cruhteo. Though it ended with a HeelFaceDoorSlam moment, Slaine being able to cause Cruhteo to realize that Asseylum is still alive and that Saazbaum was responsible for trying to kill her manages to get him to say that Slaine]] "[[spoiler:proved his loyalty to Vers a thousand times over.]]"
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH17kqNV21Y A villainous one for Saazbaum]] in episode 8 when, after having been a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] NonActionBigBad up to that point, shows up in an [[http://i.imgur.com/MRFBAn9.jpg absolutely terrifying Kataphrakt]] that makes all of the previously encountered ones look ''tame'' by comparison, [[spoiler: singlehandedly annihilates Castle Cruhteo and kills the Count himself before snatching up Slaine and blasting off like a boss.]]
* Inaho instantly disarming [[spoiler:Rayet]] when she tries to commit suicide.

** And then [[spoiler: When Saazbaum prevents the Princess from making her drop, Magbaredge has the ''Deucalion itself'' crash land into the Landing Castle]].

* Episode 15: During the battle between UFE and Vers forces, Inaho once again engages Slaine and actually manages to land a hit on the Tharsis. When Saazbaum enters the battle [[spoiler:Slaine leads him into a trap, by luring him into the path of a volley of bullets he had fired into Earth's orbit 6 hours ahead of time. Then, right before Saazbaum is destroyed, Slaine gives an epic TheReasonYouSuck speech to him, telling him how he had never intended to follow him anyways. Afterwards, Slaine takes advantage of [[KlingonPromotion Saazbaum's death to take his position as a Count.]] It's also hinted that Slaine deliberately let Inaho land the hit on him, as evidenced by Inaho's surprised reaction, to manipulate Saazbaum into protecting his newly adopted son. It looks like Slaine has finally taken a level in magnificent bastardy.]]
** So yes, [[spoiler: Saazbaum was {{Chekhovs Gun}}ned down.]]
* Episode 16: Marito has apparently overcome his PTSD and is able to pilot Kataphracts again. He even comes up with a way to defeat Count Mazuurek, with a little help from Inaho, who [[spoiler:snipes Mazuurek's Kataphract from orbit.]] On the Vers side, Slaine does what an entire Vers army couldn't do and [[spoiler:singlehandedly destroys Trident Base, simultaneously winning the respect of the regular Vers forces and silencing many of the Knights who oppose him.]]
* Episode 18: When dealing with a Knight whose Kataphract allows him to send out pin point BeamSpam to anyone in his vast range [[spoiler:the Deucalion uses Inaho's eye ability for pinpoint targeting for their battleship cannons. They can hide behind the horizon since lasers can't travel around Earth's curvature while lobbing shells at the Kataphract at parabolic trajectories.]]
** Slaine [[spoiler:outsmarting Count Marylcian by luring him and his beam funnels into a narrow tunnel. This negates Marylcian's advantage of being able to attack from multiple directions simultaneously, and bunches all of the funnels together so Slaine can destroy them all at once. Slaine then kills Marylcian and seizes control of his assets.]]
* As of Episode 19, Slaine has amassed so much political power within the Vers Empire in such a short amount of time that even [[spoiler: Mazurek's allegations that [[CassandraTruth he must have assassinated Saazbaum]]]] are dismissed off the bat. Count Barouhcruz lays out the reality of their situation to him:

* In episode 22 [[BigDamnHeroes Yuki covering Inko's kataphrakt]] that carried her brother for insertion, when several [[SpaceFighter Stygis team fighters]] spotted them right before. Also, the whole [[spoiler: princesses escape attempt, with its own BigDamnHeroes moments and {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, but most notably Klancain single-handedly taking down a UFE spec-ops soldier with his ''bare hands'']].
* Episode 23's final moments: Princess Asseylum [[spoiler:[[DoNotAdjustYourSet interrupts Slaine's broadcast of all-out war]], denounces the entire conflict, rises from her wheelchair ([[MundaneMadeAwesome complete with]] [[RepeatCut Repeat Cuts]]), ''[[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning declares herself Empress of Vers]]'' and effectively ''orders'' a cessation of hostilities.]] And, as the final episode shows, [[spoiler:''it works''!]]

** [[spoiler:With his forces fractured and his plans in ruins thanks to Asseylum's broadcast, Slaine [[KnowWhenToFoldEm realizes he's lost]] and [[GracefulLoser handles it with great dignity]]. He orders the forces still under his control to cease the fight and abandon the moonbase. Then, like a captain GoingDownWithTheShip, he gazes out at the starry sky, hangs his father's pendant around his neck and activates the base's SelfDestructMechanism.]]
** Immediately afterwards, the display of VillainousValor when [[spoiler:Harklight, Barouhcruz and the members of the Stygius Squadron decide to [[UndyingLoyalty remain faithful to their lord to the very end]], even if it means defying his orders, and hold TheLastDance with the UFE.]]
** Inaho and Slaine's final battle, a phenomenal, lightning-fast duel that culminates in [[spoiler:Slaine falling into Earth's atmosphere and Inaho [[SaveTheVillain going in after him.]]]]

* The CasualDangerDialog between Captain Magbaredge and her XO Mizusaki when discussing potential flight paths to the Earth Military HQ: it's startlingly awesome when you realize that Magbaredge is using Mizusaki's lack-of-dating life ''as a frighteningly accurate assessment'' of the ship's current strategic needs and goals. That's some HolyShitQuotient right there!

* Inaho using his collected knowledge and experience to completely demolish Saazbaum in a straight up fight. He would have ended Saazbaum's life right then and there if it weren't for [[spoiler:Slaine's interference.]]
** That same episode has yet ''another'' villainous moment for Saazbaum, [[spoiler: after Slaine riddles him with bullets thanks to him shooting Asseylum, Saazbaum ''still'' has the massive balls to [[GoOutWithASmile smile at Slaine]] and [[DefiantToTheEnd tap his own forehead, daring him to finish him off.]]]]

* The CasualDangerDialog between Captain Magbaredge and her XO Mizusaki when discussing potential flight paths to the Earth Military HQ: This troper quite thoroughly startled by the realization Magbaredge is using Mizusaki's lack-of-dating life ''as a frighteningly accurate assessment'' of the ship's current strategic needs and goals. That's some HolyShitQuotient right there!

* Episode 23's final moments: Princess Asseylum [[spoiler:[[DoNotAdjustYourSet interrupts Slaine's broadcast of all-out war]], denounces the entire conflict, rises from her wheelchair ([[MundaneMadeAwesome complete with]] [[RepeatCut Repeat Cuts]]), ''[[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning declares herself Empress of Verse]]'' and effectively ''orders'' a cessation of hostilities.]] And, as the final episode shows, [[spoiler:''it works''!]]

* The entirety of Episode 3, in which [[{{BadassPrincess}} Princess Asseylum]] [[{{RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething}} shows us she will not just sit there and take your shit.]]

** Immediately afterwards, the display of VillainousValor when [[spoiler:Harklight, Barouhcruz and the members of the Stygius Squadron decide to [[UndyingLoyalty remain faithful to their lord to the very end]], even if it means defying his orders, and hold a LastDance with the UFE.]]

** Immediately afterwards, the display of VillainousValor when [[spoiler:Harklight, Barouhcruz and the members of the Stygius Squadron decide to [[UndyingLoyalty remain faithful to their lord to the very end]], holding a LastDance with the UFE.]]

** [[spoiler:With his forces fractured and his plans in ruins thanks to Asseylum's broadcast, Slaine [[KnowWhenToFoldEm realizes he's lost]] and [[GracefulLoser handles it with great dignity]]. He orders the forces still under his control to cease the fight and abandon the moonbase. Then, like a captain GoingDownWithTheShip, he gazes out over the starry sky, hangs his father's pendant around his neck and activates the base's SelfDestructMechanism.]]

* Episode 23's final moments: Princess Asseylum [[spoiler:[[DoNotAdjustYourSet interrupts Slaine's broadcast of all-out war]], denounces the entire conflict, rises from her wheelchair ([[MundaneMadeAwesome complete with]] [[RepeatCut Repeat Cuts]]), ''[[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning declares herself Empress of Verse]]'' and effectively ''orders'' a cessation of hostilities.]]
* The massive AnimationBump the series finale received. Whatever one may think of the ending, it's hard to deny that the animation quality of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3YrE-7ez0 the space battles]] for Inaho vs. Slaine, Marito vs. Harklight, and Inko/Yuki/Rayet vs. Barouhcruz wasn't awesome. ''[[http://i.imgur.com/2bhAvb4.gif Especially]]'' for [[http://i.imgur.com/Fl14FQJ.gif Inaho vs. Slaine.]]

* Episode 23's final moments: Princess Asseylum [[spoiler:[[DoNotAdjustYourSet interrupts Slaine's broadcast of all-out war, denounces the entire conflict, rises from her wheelchair ([[MundaneMadeAwesome complete with]] [[RepeatCut Repeat Cuts]]), ''[[AwesomeMomentOfCrowning declares herself Empress of Verse]]'' and effectively ''orders'' a cessation of hostilities.]]

* Episode 23: [[spoiler: Empress]] Asseylum [[spoiler: verbally owning Slaine.]]

* The massive AnimationBump the series finale received. Whatever one may think of the ending, it's hard to deny that the animation quality of the space battles for Inaho vs. Slaine, Marito vs. Harklight, and Inko/Yuki/Rayet vs. Barouhcruz wasn't awesome. ''[[http://i.imgur.com/2bhAvb4.gif Especially]]'' for [[http://i.imgur.com/Fl14FQJ.gif Inaho vs. Slaine.]]

* The massive AnimationBump the series finale received. Whatever one may think of the ending, it's hard to deny that the animation quality of the space battles for Inaho vs. Slaine, Marito vs. Harklight, and Inko/Yuki/Rayet vs. Barouhcruz wasn't awesome. ''Especially'' for Inaho vs. Slaine.

* Episode 23: [[spoiler: Empress]] Asseylum [[spoiler: verbally owning Slaine.]]

* In episode 22 [[BigDamnHeroes Yuki covering Inko's kataphrakt]] that carried her brother for insertion, when several [[SpaceFighter Stygis team fighters]] spotted them right before. Also, the whole [[spoiler: princesses escape attempt, with its own BigDamnHeroes moments and {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s, but most notably is Klancain, who single-handedly takes down a UFE spec-ops soldier with his ''bare hands'']].

* In episode 22 [[BigDamnHeroes Yuki covering Inko's kataphrakt]] that carried her brother for insertion, when several [[SpaceFighter Stygis team fighters]] spotted them right before. Also, the whole [[spoiler: princesses escape attempt, with its own BigDamnHeroes moments and {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s]].

* Fighting against three Kataphrakts and winning is perhaps awesome for the Deucalion's crew in episode 21. But the ultimate awesome has to be Inaho taking over the targeting systems of every UFE Kataphrakt deployed in that battle, in order to ensure a simultaneous hit on all the Ortygia duplicates.