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I just began watching Suisei no Garugantia and didn't understand why there is
that unexplained (at least so far) war against the Hideauze aliens. Who
attacked first, and for what reason?


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Who began the war with the Hideauze?


If you just began watching the series, this answer will be a huge spoiler for
you. The information here is from episode 9, so I'd advise you to wait for the
episode before reading this.

In episode 9, Ledo got hold of some information from the past in which he
learnt about the origins of both the Hideauze and the war between them and
mankind.

**Spoilers from episode 9 from here onward!**

Before Earth's fifth ice age, a group of humans underwent heavy genetic
modifications, in order to adapt themselves to space environment, so that they
could migrate from Earth. These people were called the Evolvers. The human
Evolvers are what became the Hideauze.  
There were countries that stood by the Evolvers, and countries that stood
against them (the Continental Union). The opposition movement against the
Evolvers opened fire against them. From there things escalated into a war
between "regular" humans and Hideauze (genetically modified humans), because
they both wanted to flee from Earth (using a portal being built by the
Continental Union), and saw each other as a threat.  
**Basically, "regular" humans attacked first, because they saw the genetic
modifications the Evolvers underwent as a sort of blasphemy (and were, most
likely, afraid of them). However, the war only got to what it is now because
the Hideauze saw the portal being built as a threat to them (because they'd be
stranded on Earth), and decided to take preemptive action against "regular"
humans.**

Here's a set of pics from episode 9 (click it to enlarge):  
[![Set of pics from Suisei no Gargantia episode
9](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YuO6Ym.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/YuO6Y.jpg)


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