Of Zion, and Hoovercrafts, and rebel telemarketers...

Just some questions about the Matrix storyline that I’m still scratching my head about here-

In “Last flight of the Orion” we see another Hovercraft with a similar mission as the Nebachanezzar (sp?). This hovercraft looked much bigger and had gun turrets (dunno if they had EMP since they never used it).

What strategy is Zion using to liberate humankind? Do they just send one hovercraft at a time, hoping not to attract too much attention, or are there a fleet of them?

I’m also extremely curious about the time period in which the robots took over, and during this the humans somehow managed to build a city near the core since they did something to the atmosphere.

I’m curious about that time period too. I thought the Animatrix movies would answer it, but there seems to be an enormous gap between parts 1 and 2. Those shorts explained, like, absolutely nothing.

The 2nd Rennaisance short gave some background info, but yeah, I had more questions about the events than before.

Also, based on that short, what the humans are doing isn’t so much a rebellion as a counter-rebellion (since the robots did it first!).

Do the humans have a term for their rebellion? Like “Operation Jailbreak” or something?