History Headscratchers / NierAutomata

*** Thanks for the answer. I am still not sure what the implication of the true ending is however? Are the android leaders going to make more androids and send them to Earth or re-establish YoRHa? Are there still machines and is there going to be another war? Or is the war completely over? In which case what are the unseen android leaders going to do next and how will 2B, 9S and A2 fit into it?

** It's almost certain there's some kind of android leadership operating in the shadows, because all the details of conspiracy behind the war were not known even to the Commander, so there has to be a level of leadership above her. Also, in her last message Jackass vows to have revenge on those behind the conspiracy, so it seems those shadowy leaders are still somewhere out there. As for other androids, there's nothing to imply that the entire Resistance was wiped out, only the ones in Anemone's base. Surely there were many other Resistance bases on Earth, and once the machine network has gone to space, the virus corrupting the androids should become dormant, so it seems unlikely they have all killed each other.

** It's almost certain there's some kind of android leadership operating in the shadows, because all the details of conspiracy behind the war were not known even to the Commander, so there has to be a level of leadership above her. Also, in her last message Jackass vows to have revenge on those behind the conspiracy, so it seems those shadowy leaders are still somewhere out there. As for other androids, there's nothing to imply that the entire Resistance was wiped out, only the one's in Anemone's base. Surely there were many other bases on Earth, and once the machine network has gone to space, the virus corrupting should become dormant, so it seems unlikely the androids have all killed each other.

* In the fight against Grun we learn that [=YoRHa=] has an powerful satellite laser they can use to hit ground targets. Why isn't it ever used against other targets that are infested with machines but no androids live there, such as the abandoned factory? Okay, we know that the true masterminds behind [=YoRHa=] don't actually want the war to end, but the Commander doesn't know that. So what's her excuse for not using the laser?

* In the fight against Grun we learn that [=YorHa=] has an powerful satellite laser they can use to hit ground targets. Why isn't it ever used against other targets that are infested with machines but no androids live there, such as the abandoned factory? Okay, we know that the true masterminds behind [=YorHa=] don't actually want the war to end, but the Commander doesn't know that. So what's her excuse for not using the laser?

** As seen in the game, they provide support, weapons, and materials to [=YoRHa=] androids so that they can keep on fighting. Some of them, such as Jackass, are also implied to be involved in guerilla tactics against the machines. And Anemones's backstory reveals that the resistance existed before the current line of [=YoRHa=] androids were created, so before that they were the ones fighting the machines. After the introduction of the new androids, who are more efficient fighters as well as more expendable, most resistance members were probably happy to fall back to a more civilian lifestyle, where they support [=YoRHa=] when needed but don't have to fight on the frontlines.

* Does the E route happen after the events of the D route? Since the E route starts during the end credits of the D ending, that seems to be implied... But if in the D route 9S chose to leave Earth with the machines, does that mean that two versions of him now exist: the one who left with the ark, and the one who was reconstructed by the Pods? On the other hand, if the E ending is supposed to be alternate to both the C and D ending, what happened in the fight between A2 and 9S in the E route?

** Even if that is true, high heels are very inconvenient for fighting, which the [=YorHa=] androids are designed for. So what's the point of imitating some ancient fashion that make the androids less efficient at their job?