Ifnsman wrote:
That's not even close to "making things up", and did I even say "without" breaking into it? No, it's an educated guess that the Earth Alliance most likely has the means to prevent a remote detonation of a Mass-Driver because of both having built their own Mass-Drivers in the past and remotely-detonating other locations themselves in the past (such as the Endymion Crater). The Bloody Valentine War was obviously accompanied by an arms-race (especially in mobile suit development), so it shouldn't be surprising in the least if all sides had means to counteract the actions of other sides.
The Seirans arranged the alliance ("literally" is unnecessary) after Uzumi died and after the Break The World Incident. You're the one who argued just how opportunistic they are, so what if Uzumi was still alive & more fragments of Junius Seven were destroyed (lessening the damage to Earth)?
Yes, the Sahakus are the reason the G Project started. After Rondo Gina (the initial Heir who made deals with Azrael) was killed; Rondo Mina went on to defend Orb refugees, covertly assist in the attempt to break up Junius Seven, prevented a certain Martian from stopping Kira Yamato [who was saving/abducting Cagalli from her wedding with Yuna], and finally killing the reborn Rondo Gina. As far as can be gleaned from the manga, Mina's character is a less extreme variation of her brother, simply loyal to Orb and letting go of her ambition in favor of Cagalli continuing to rule.
It's not an educated guess because there's absolutely no evidence behind what you said. The Alliance has never demonstrated anything even resembling the ability to stop a Mass-Driver from being remotely detonated. According to the Cosmic Era timeline, ZAFT tried to detonate the one in Victoria, and the Alliance had to storm it with a special forces team and disarm it, instead of just remotely bricking it.
And ultimately, this whole manual and remote thing is irrelevant. Uzumi intentionally blew himself and multiple other government officials up, which caused lasting damage to the future of Orb as whole, and significantly contributed to Shinn haitng Orb so much. He is the dumb one, not Shinn, which was the point I've been trying to make.
Uzumi most likely knows about the Seirans, and how they don't give a crap about Orb's ideals as long as they can profit, and how Cagalli isn't mature enough to deal with them on her own (See? This is an educated guess. As in, Uzumi logically should know these things because he's the leader of Orb and Cagalli's dad.) Yet he still decided to blow himself up and let Cagalli deal with all this crap. This is dumb.
Also, if the Sahakus can stop the alliance, why the hell didn't they? Other than the out of universe explanation that Astray almost takes place in its own pocket universe with how little interactions it has with the main series, that is. (Also, the Sahakus aren't part of the Five Families any more by the time of Destiny, but that's not important.)