History Headscratchers / AldnoahZero

** There are a lot of plot holes like that throughout the show that can only be explained by bad writing. For example, the entire premise of why Vers invaded is completely flawed. Why would a civilisation that has near infinite energy, the ability to defy the [[NoConservationOfEnergy laws of physics]], and tech that can [[CloningBlues replicate matter]] have a starving populace?

** AsskickingEqualsAuthority. Prior to his death in battle with Inaho (thanks to Slaine), he was the biggest, baddest Martian Kataphract pilot Mars had. The only one with the authority to override him was the Emperor, anybody else who tried to challenge him had to duel him, and in a one on one fight, the odds of victory against him are mighty slim, especially in space, where the ability to use environmental interference to find his shield's weak spot is quite limited.

** Contrary to the popular misconception, the artillery shells actually move much ''faster'' than most missiles, and are much, much more solidly built, featuring inches of hardened metal intended to pierce the equally sturdy armor. While most modern missiles could be easily destroyed by the common shrapnel (and, in fact, modern AAM have exactly such warheads), it would simply bounce off the battleship shell. The same logic stands for Solis' FrickinLaserBeams: while it easily slices flimsy bodies of the missiles, cutting through a hefty chunk of a solid metal that is a shell takes much more time — by which moment the shell in question would already hit its target. BOOM! Moreover, even if the projectile is destroyed, the one that moves ballistically would still continue to do so (remember that [[VideoGame/MassEffect Sir Isaac Newton is a scariest sonuvabutch in the Universe]]), and ''would still hit its target'' — there's been cases when the ships were ''sunk'' by the debris of the SAM they ostensibly destroyed, and, again, the shell is much heavier and more difficult to destroy than the missile.

* How does invading Earth do anything to solve Mars's resource crisis? Yes, Earth has plenty of food and water - but how are they supposed to ship enough to feed Mars?

* Saazbaum [[ViolationOfCommonSense shoots Slaine's handcuffs off]] and the bullet magically disappears too. Wow. BulletsDoNotWorkThatWay. Slaine is lucky that scene was running on the RuleOfCool, else he'd be a [[GroinAttack eunuch.]]

* How did Mars diverge so radically from earth. The gate to mars was discovered in 1972 and the Vers Empire declared it's independance of earth in 1999. Even if we assumed that colonization began in 1972 that means there was 26 years between first settlement and Martian Independence, little more than a generation. Even with Aldnoah technology aiding their development that's a stretch.

** In our world, that's generally a huge violation. There are military exceptions - the [=US=] military has the Military Command Exception, which basically means that a physician can inform the proper command authority if a patient is unfit for a particular duty. However, that doesn't allow sharing something as direct as a recording.

** There are a lot of plot holes like that throughout the show that can only be explained by bad writing. For example, the entire premise of why Vers invaded is completely flawed. Why would a civilisation that has near infinite energy, the ability to defy the [[NoConservationOfEnergy laws of physics]], and tech that can [[CloningBlues replicate matter]] have a starving populous?

* Why would you build an entire ship when you still couldn't figure out its exotic generator?

** Rebellion?

* Why would you build an entire ship when you still couldn't figure out its exotic generator?
* If the Nilokeras Kataphrakt's barrier absorbs lightwaves, why is its profile visible under normal light spectrum?

* Why was Countess Femieanne stationed on Tanegashima even though she was unaware of the secret Deucalion ship?