Let me guess - the UE isn't big on the whole tourism thing. [So they were fighting a war where they were outgunned and outmanned against and enemy that wasn't exactly mortal to begin with.

Sounds about right.]

Is there any kind of council here or connection with the Initiative higher ups? Any real organization or is it as rag tag as it looks? [Maybe the marketplace with it's lean to stands and sad scraps of awning are just a bad first impression. Who knows; maybe despite the lack of understanding about their own tech, there's a healthy and flourishing combative organization either from within the Initiative itself or from some enterprising Transport. Surely they were expected to fly blind into this mess, right?]