Re:SPOILER: Many geeks mistake final status of Zio (Score 1)

Zion was destroyed. Recall that the ships had all been recalled to Zion; the only ships that were away were the Nebuchadnezzar, the one with Capt. Niobe and the one who's crew died while in the Matrix (whom Trinity had to be inserted for). Recall that the sole survivor had last been seen in Zion, and was not a member of the crew of either of the two ships away from Zion. The dialog stated (paraphrased) that it had been surmised that the sentinels would attack via certain ducts/canals/whatever and thus a defense strategy was formulated around that, but an EMP was primarily denoted - which would have the effect of shutting down all of Zion's systems and causing some structural damage (electrical fires, mostly) - at which point the Sentinels came through and massacred the people since there were no defense mechanisms.

Furthermore, the Architect states that Zion has been destroyed and reconstructed iteratively for six generations now, like a sort of genetic algorithm evolving towards an optimal solution