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Again, it's the awful directing that's causing confusion where there shouldn't be. We do not see Slaine's shots hitting anything. We also don't see Slaine shots missing anything. The bullets just disappear. If this actually is a "Slaine fires first, Inaho responds" situation, then we are clearly missing a frame where we see Inaho actually reacting to Slaine's shot.

It could've been framed as:
(Slaine fires)
(shots miss or damage an unimportant area)
(close up of Inaho's face)
"Wrong answer." "Bad choice." etc., etc.
(Inaho fires)

But what we got was:
*Bang, bang*
*Bang*

I'm watching the scene again. And Inaho's rifle is in the mech's right hand. The bat's right wing is what was shot. However, we never see Inaho actually aim for the right wing. If it was the left wing that was damaged, you'd have a case. Inaho's mech is seen holding the gun close to its chest right up to the point where we see Slaine's shots being fired.

So actually, neither explanation makes any sense (insert laughter here). It can't be simultaneous since Inaho wasn't already aiming, and it can't be Inaho firing second since we don't see any actual reaction from Inaho.

I can't blame him because the writing is in the gutter, along with the directing. If the directing was better, no one would be saying Slaine fired first, because they fired at the same time and it was just framed terribly unless we assume that Inaho has instant reflexes and his mech can respond to his commands so quickly that Inaho is capable of responding within a split second. Nevermind Slaine somehow missing his shot. See also in episode 12 where Slaine teleports from the top of the Castle to just outside Tharsis' cockpit.

Except you are forgetting that Slaine was quite willing to shoot Trillram multiple times when Slaine first heard what Trillram's intents were.

Inaho forgiving Rayet for being a Martian and choking the princess while provoking Slaine and shooting him down despite helping Inaho.

Well, that was unexpected. Although the writing still isn't good (Slaine saving the Count? The hell?), so if the characters miraculously survive I won't be surprised.

Assuming Inaho is actually dead, it's because Inaho drew a gun on him. Which is funny for some reasons:
1. It is the opposite of what happened earlier between the two
2. Inaho has been relatively unharmed throughout the series while Slaine gets tortured for an episode on top of his regular abuses
2. Slaine shooting Inaho here makes more sense than Inaho shooting down Slain earlier after provoking him and leaving him to drown
3. Inaho was completely unharmed from their earlier encounter despite them firing simultaneously (though some people like to believe Slaine fired first).

My feeling is that Rayet being able to strangle the princess wasn't so much of a surprise but the princess did not even try to slam Rayet against the wall or anything to actually dislodge her grip.

Cruhteo is 100% dead. I was pretty certain before, but this episodes seals it. Aldnoah doesn't turn off for no reason. At least it looks like we will still be able to see the Tharsis in action anyway.

I like how Inaho's explanation for "trusting" Rayet afterwards is the same reason he shot Slaine down. Good job, writers.

I still have no idea why Saazbaum would reveal that he was among those who desired the death of the princess. Wouldn't it have been better for him to state his backstory first so that Slaine and he would have common ground in "do not trust Martians" at least?

Additionally, I find it funny that the princess is totally willing to arm-throw a harmless member of the bridge crew, but can't do anything while being strangled. I thought the previous episode was setting an example to show how if she got into a physical confrontation with someone we'd know she was capable of defending herself without it looking like an asspull or something. But that doesn't seem to have the intent considering the whole strangulation scene.

He might be able to considering he is the son of the lead researcher of Aldnoah apparently. There's also the matter of Slaine "wanting to fight" which wouldn't make much sense for him to ask if he couldn't use Aldnoah.

The castles might not actually use Aldnoah tech. The "sparks" or whatever emitted from the martian Kats have been the only thing referred to as "the light of Aldnoah". Nothing else has been explicitly shown to use Aldnoah, so it could be that a lot of the advanced tech shown is conventional technology developed from what could be understood from Aldnoah tech (thanks to Dr. Troyard possibly).