I find it really hard to believe that the battle of Mercury ended as it did. After everything Darrow and his men did for the Mercurians, there are that many loyalists, especially lowColors and midColors? That the people of Heliopolis just all turn on Darrow's men after being fed and healed? Like not even a clean split in opinions, just straight everyone turns on them the second they hear about Lysander? They were being bombed, assaulted, besieged, starved, and NUKED by Atalantia and the Golds, while Darrow's men were standing strong with them. Come on.

That there were that many healthy prisoners being held after Ajax's failed assault and that there were that many prisoners who escaped and overpowered the guards? So many that they were jumping off roofs and engaging in street battles like nothing. That even though almost all the prisoners had escaped, Atlas was the one who could not escape until way later and no one could get to him because of a failsafe that no other prison or prisoner had?

That 400 horses could wipe out thousands of razor-wielding veteran legionnaries? That not a single sniper could kill Lysander or any of the prominent Golds?

That Darrow who always has a backup plan or a failsafe, a killswitch, anything did not have one on Glirastes even after he showed signs of turning? The guy was vuilding an EMP with the risk of shutting down everything, even the shields, barely monitored by people who can't really understand or keep up. He had a killswitch on loyal Orion and she was operating a weather machine while questionable Glirastes built an EMP he knew could be used against him behind his shields.

It was absolutely way too unbelievably one sided in favor of Lysander, some disloyal citizens, and injured/broken prisoners against well armed veterans of several wars. I mean Lysander's men would potentially be completely disorganized, divided, unarmed, and lost compared to Darrows's men who at least had an established chain of command, already were defending the city, already were mobilized, and who already had (brief) information about having to evacuate soon and in a few hours. They were not sleeping or naked in prison cells. I don't see how this could happen except by Brown's deus ex machina of him jsust wanting them to win in the aGoT series finale heroism fashion.