1 I've been watching Knights of Sidonia, although like everything else, in this season of ever increasing overtime, I've been falling behind.

I did facepalm at the idea of 253 mecha firing their engines at once being able to go further than they could individually.

2 *shrug* I didn't think anything of it until you said something. It made sense to me.  Granted it wouldn't work because each mecha still weighs the same and each engine still puts out the same amount of energy.  
Oh well.  The idea looks cool.

3 I also thought it was kinda lazy that their fleet compliment (before the loss) was a power of two.

And that they ONLY had type 18 mecha, no longer range scouting/rescue craft.

And why even have two weeks rations on the mech when its working range is less than a day's travel?

But on the other hand... thigh boots, so it's all okay. :-)

4 Amen!