Dr_Dred
Thanks for the chapter. For the loss of human life which in the original lore at the end of the war humanity according to Cortana suffered approximately 23 billion civilian and military losses, while before the war there were 39 billion therefore after the war there were 16 billion left. You could have Axel inventing both military and civilian technologies reduce those losses to 11/12 billion and you could have these estimates come out at the end of the war saying how many lives were saved by Axel in order to maximize his popularity. Did Axel also invent civilian technologies? You could say that while he is creating military technology as derivatives, he has been inventing civilian applications. I think you've already thought about it but to further increase his popularity, minimize the repercussions and reduce the powers of the Security Council leaders, you could release the information about what happened at Harvest.