Quote:Hrm, brings to mind a question about to what extent Section 9 isn't composed of former (reserve? on loan?) MARS personnel; something completely unlike a platoon's worth of (selected) personnel, along with the obvious non-human assets? Heh.Well, if Okkane-chan isn't "Kusanagi", then her MARS unit isn't the core of Section 9...
Aargh. Okay, the joke's funny in the writeup itself, but makes discussion awkward.
Since Okkane-chan is "Kusanagi", I'd expect that her MARS unit is the core of Section 9. Probably not an entire MARS platoon, though - that would be too big to hide in the budget.
The Tachikomas are a later addition to the team (and are as self-aware as the first writer to use them wants them to be).
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