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 populous?

** 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 misiiles, 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.

** 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 envorinmental interference to find his shield's weak spot is quite limited.

** Yagari explicitly says that it would ''normally'' be against medical and professional ethics to do so, however, Captain Marberge needed to see it as part of her own therapy regarding that incident.

* There's really ''nobody'' in Castle Saazabaum or on the Moon Base who would object to the assassination of the princess? Not ''one'' of the conspirators countless soldiers feel more loyalty to the royal family than they do to their Knight?

** Saazabaum has been setting this up for a long time. Any loyalists may have met with "accidents".

* OK, I'm pretty new to this series, but it seems like this whole f**king war could've been avoided if the Princess was a biiit more proactive in letting EVERYONE know she was still alive, or informing someone before the assassination attempt that her body double was there, or just got the word out as quickly and efficiently as possible. Yet this series apparently drags on for TWO SEASONS without the Princess ever getting back to the Vers and stopping the war. Why is it so hard to end the hostilities?

** Rebellion?

* Sometime before the founding of VERS, humans came to Mars to build earth's first interplanetary colony and recover Martian technology. It would've been made a new era for all mankind, but instead the Martian colonists kept Mars' secrets and tech for themselves, causing them to break away from earth and convert the colony into an independent nation. How and why did that happen?

* Sometime before the founding of VERS, humans came to mars to build earth's first interplanetary colony and recover Martian technology. It would've been made a new era for all mankind, but instead the Martian colonists kept Mars' secrets and tech for themselves, causing them to break away from earth and convert the colony into an independent nation. How and why did that happen?

* How come Solis could shoot down missiles, but not shells from a battleship cannon, which would presumably move slower and have a more predictable course?

** 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 envorinmental interference to find his shield's weak spot is quite limited.

* Thanks to the Dioscuria's stealth system, Saazbaum deflected any suspicion that he murdered Cruhteo, but aren't the other Orbital Knights curious that the Tharsis in now in Saazbaum's possession? For that matter, why no one is investigating the attack on Cruhteo's castle?

* My apologies if I've missed something [[AllThereInTheManual in the manual]], but is it ever actually explained ''why'' Slaine found himself dangling off a rocket in the middle of Asseylum's bathroom? I mean, it's a pretty important element of the plot. Why was he in that rocket again? What was he doing there? How come that he crushed into the palace? Wasn't he supposed to be from Earth? Why would they launch a five years old in a rocket to Mars...?

* Was there any specific reason the ShameIfSomethingHappened speech went over Cruhteo's head? Especially once Saazbaum said that it'd be a blessing if Earthlings provoked hostilities or how the Martians have been waiting to go to Earth for a while?

* Was there any specific reason the "if the Princess were to die" speech went over Cruhteo's head? Especially once Saazbaum said that it'd be a blessing if they were to go to war?

** As suggested in the WMG section, the clones could "decay" in some fashion - perhaps in the space of a few hours - with the decay effect getting stronger the more clones there are. Ultimately, only one (random) would remain. That would also explain why the Ortygia isn't simply used as the Martian's mass-produced infantry or something of the sort.

** Slaine said ''something'' to the Emperor offscreen to make Slaine's statement about Asseylum being alive sound like the words of a spy.
--> "Count Saazbaum, it is as you said. Slaine is a Terran spy."

** To be fair, Saazbaum may have cooked up a more complex and believable lie off-screen to explain Slaine's appearance.
*** It's not really a defense if we have to assume that something happened that was never shown or hinted at to the audience.

* Wait a minute - for the first have of the show, the Princess is concealing herself under a hologram. That means she was wearing that huge, poofy white dress the whole time. And nobody noticed that she occupied about twice as much space as she should?

* What does Count Orga (pilot of the [[http://aldnoahzero.wikia.com/wiki/Ortygia Ortygia]]) do after battles? If he wins through with 40 surviving quantum clones, do they recombine, have a battle royale, or what?

** The scene where she's standing up happens in the Moon base hangar, where the gravity is much lower. It was already established in Episode 14 that she's not completely disabled if it is in a low-gravity environment.

* How come Lemrina suddenly [[ThrowingOffTheDisability stands up out of her wheelchair]] during Episode 24? The previous eleven episodes have all indicated that she's completely paraplegic, so how come she's fine all of a sudden?

* If Emperor Rayregalia is cuckoo when Asseylum attempts to talk to him, who gave Klancain his mission? Klancain said he was on a mission personally assigned to him from the Emperor, but....

** We finally see a large aerial transport in Episode 21 for the Earth side, and the sound of helicopters can be heard outside the ''Deucalion'' as it resupplies.