Quote:That DV rule-of-thumb only applies for a Hohmann transfer with one (rather broad) launch window every 780 days (one Mars year), though, with a transit time measured in months. Not impossible, with the example of naval transit times during the Napoleonic era, but definitely problematical -- at minimum, logistical response from Earth will lag nearly two years behind current events on Mars. The alternative is to introduce constant-accel drives that have the side effect of making weakly relatavistic bombardment of planetary targets cheap and easy....
In terms of delta-v, Earth-orbit to Mars-orbit is closer than Earth Surface to Earth orbit, unless my memory fails me. Any difference that you may see in the relative logistics is a product of the animated canon's poor attention to detail. ^_^
And there's the question of whether the logistics come from Cislunar space (factories on Luna, say), or all the way from Earth *surface*, in which case you've got *double* the DV requirement.
Quote:Hm! I wonder how far-ranging the story will become. Honestly, I've always had to make an effort to swallow the whole "mobile suits in spaaace!!!" thing, but I'll turn a blind eye to almost anything if the story is fun enough.
Anyway, Mars will not be the entire setting of the 'series'.