I think this ship is a supply ship, which is why it has colouring similar to the Kisaragi and a sealed WMG.
That could be the case, yes. You definitely aren't going to put a supply ship into a combat situation if you can help it. So it doesn't really make much sense to put weaponry or defensive measures on it, beyond the bare necessity.
Hell, modern Naval supply ships basically have no defensive measures, and so few crew that if they do get hit, their course of action is "Abandon Ship" since Damage Control is impossible.
Since this Support Carrier actually has weapons and defenses, it's probably meant for deployment to active combat areas. Maybe it is supposed to supplement fighter cover for smaller task forces that don't warrant diverting one of the Andromeda Carriers for.
Same. 2202 really dropped the ball when it came to him IMO, though 2199 didn't make it easy for them.
They could've cut out fucking Keyman and dedicated all his dumb screentime to Dessler and given him the proper beginnings of redemption (and I mean beginnings, the Dark Nebula plot should be focused on his actual redemption) instead of basically going "HE DID NOTHING WRONG".
Agreed considering how much 2202 was singing Dessler's greatness, I wish they gave him more screentime.
Also call me crazy, but the whole Keyman/Yamamato thing felt like it was trying to wipe its hands of the Melda/Yamamoto subtext that 2199 had.
Meh. I didn't like the pairing, but Keyman is dead now, so it's not a problem for my favorite ship.
And yeah, while it was always going to be a challenge redeeming 2199's version of Desler, their solution felt really contrived and
way too close to real life Fascist Apologist arguments for me to actually buy into it.
Only way I can really accept it is the explanation that the justifications are mostly or completely bullshit, and this is just bad people making the "we had to make hard choices" excuses for their actions.
Because while 2202 got really close to giving Desler the same reasons for his actions as OG, they fell just short.
I suppose it was so that future seasons could further revise the lore to differentiate it from OG, but the question still remains of "Why did they need Earth? Why is Gamilas 'dying'? Why was Earth a good substitute if they still needed to terraform it?"
Because unlike OG, we already have the lore that Gamilons and Humans are basically the same species due to being seeded by the same progenitor race, and they're also similar to the dozens of other humanoid races throughout their galaxies.
So with this new lore in mind, why is Gamilas special?
If 2202 actually gave a solid reason, please remind me, because I don't remember.
