Since the dawn of civilization, humanity had constantly tried to control the scale and form of war, seeking to confine its terrifying destructive power within certain limits.
To that end, battlefield etiquette used by nobles had even emerged in the early days.
But as wars continued to expand in scale and their methods grew increasingly brutal, Pandora's box was gradually opened.
In order to achieve victory, people began resorting to any means necessary, even slaughtering civilians and prisoners on a large scale, with the ultimate goal of completely exterminating the enemy's entire race.
However, as civilization gradually entered the modern age, the weapons used in war became ever more terrifying, and casualties began increasing exponentially. Countries finally realized that they could no longer remain so savage, lest they themselves collapse under the casualties first, and began attempting to sign agreements to ensure the personal safety of their own civilians and captured soldiers.
But unfortunately, no matter how wonderful these treaties looked, when fighting truly began, very few people could uphold the bottom line one hundred percent.
Because when both sides had fought themselves into a blood frenzy, who would still care about enemy civilians and prisoners?
Some soldiers burdened by a sea of blood-deep grudges would be lucky enough if they did not find somewhere to vent all the enormous mental pressure and psychological trauma they had suffered on the battlefield.
That was why nearly every large-scale war resulted in massive civilian casualties.
At that very moment, such a scene was unfolding on the colony satellite—Heliopolis.
Although the remaining Earth Alliance forces centered around the Archangel and the ZAFT warships standing in outer space had not deliberately destroyed the surrounding civilian facilities or the satellite's main structure itself,
the exchange of fire between the two sides threatened the safety of