E1 - Undertaker

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[00:06] H
    Handler One to Undertaker.
[00:08] H
    Multiple enemy interceptor groups
    at points 30 and 50.
[00:13] H
    Battalion-sized units
    of Löwes and Grauwolfs.
[00:18] H
    All units, advance immediately
    and take them out.
[00:22] H
    Though, with that many of them,
    I bet you're all gonna die!
[00:30] H
    Go! Hurry!
[00:32] H
    Go, pigs!
[00:35] H
    Fight until you break, Eighty-Six!
[00:48] ---
    What's this?
[00:50] H
    Hey, stop it!
[00:54] H
    Stop it! Stay away!
[00:56] H
    Shut up! Shut up!
SIGN    May 13th, Stellar Year 2148
[01:52] Weather
    As you can see, it's another beautiful day today
    in all 85 districts around the country!
[02:00] Weather
    Why not go out with your friends
    and family today?
[02:03] Weather
    The weather will be a little worse tomorrow,
    but you won't need an umbrella.
[02:08] Weather
    Have a great weekend, everyone!
[02:12] Announcer
    Now for today's update on the war
    from San Magnolia Military HQ!
[02:18] Announcer
    The Legion mechanized infantry drones
[02:22] Announcer
    belonging to the Giadian Empire
    that invaded Combat District 17
[02:25] Announcer
    took severe damage from our own
    nation's unmanned combat units—
[02:28] Announcer
    the Juggernauts—
    and were forced to withdraw.
[02:31] Announcer
    Damage taken by our side was minimal,
    with no human injuries or fatalities!
[02:35] Announcer
    Combat via highly advanced,
    ethically responsible drones
[02:38] Announcer
    has resulted in zero fatalities on our side!
[02:42] Announcer
    The day when our nation's righteousness
    finally smashes the evil remnants
[02:46] Announcer
    of the wicked Empire is not far off!
[02:48] Announcer
    Glory to the Republic of San Magnolia,
[02:50] Announcer
    and to the five-color flag!
SIGN    San Magnolia Military HQ
[03:03] Man
    Morning, Major!
[03:10] Sanders
    Those pigs sure were crying
    their heads off yesterday.
[03:14] John
    It was a pretty crazy fight.
    I bet at least five of them died.
[03:18] Tom
    Not that any people were on board!
[03:22] Sanders
    Hey, everybody!
    The doll-loving princess is glaring at us!
[03:26] Tom
    Why do you look so sad, Major Milizé?
[03:29] Tom
    It's just a few busted-up drones!
[03:33] Lena
    Listen, you—
[03:34] Anette
    Morning.
[03:35] L
    Morning, Annette.
[03:37] L
    You're up early. You normally sleep in.
[03:40] A
    I was up working all night.
[03:42] A
    Not like those morons.
[03:45] A
    Forget them!
[03:48] A
    This isn't the battlefield.
[03:50] A
    We're inside the Gran Mur.
[03:51] A
    And the enemy will be gone in two years.
[03:54] A
    If anything, you're the weirdo
    for taking it seriously.
[03:58] L
    I just think this country's
    conscience has—
[04:01] A
    Right, right.
[04:03] A
    I'm not awake enough
    to listen to your speeches.
[04:06] SoldierB
    What's that Processor's problem?
    He's just a part!
[04:11] SoldierC
    That's right!
[04:12] SoldierC
    We're from District 1. Why do we have to listen
    to bitching from the pigs in District 86?
[04:23] A
    Why do you care so much
    about the drones, Lena?
[04:27] L
    They're not drones.
[04:31] A
    I'll try again, then.
[04:33] A
    Why do you care so much about the Eighty-Six?
[04:45] A
    The battlefield calls, milady.
[05:08] L
    Initiate ID confirmation.
[05:09] L
    Major Vladilena Milizé.
    Eastern Theater Forces, Combat District 9.
[05:14] L
    Defense Line 3 Unit Command
     and Control Officer.
[05:27] L
    Activate Para-RAID.
    Synchronization target: Pleiades Processor.
[05:35] L
    Synchronization complete.
[05:37] L
    Handler One to Pleiades:
[05:40] L
    Glad to be working with you today.
[05:43] P
    Pleiades to Handler One:
[05:45] P
    Synchronization channel clear.
[05:48] L
    Be careful.
    The enemy's entering firing range.
[05:52] L
    Be careful—
[05:53] P
    Every time, you're so kind
    to us inhuman Eighty-Six.
[05:58] P
    It's very sweet, human lady.
[06:06] L
    You're changing my assigned unit,
    General Karlstahl?
[06:11] K
    Yes, one of the unit's Handlers
    is retiring from his post.
[06:16] K
    As such, a new one is needed immediately.
[06:21] L
    If they can't leave their post
    until a successor is decided,
[06:24] L
    does that mean it's a unit
    defending an important base?
[06:26] K
    Yes, Defense Line 1 in
    Eastern Defense Line Combat District 1.
[06:30] K
    AKA the Spearhead Squadron.
[06:33] K
    It's comprised of veterans
    from all across the eastern theater.
[06:36] K
    An ace unit, you could say.
[06:39] L
    But...
[06:40] L
    I'm a new major.
    I don't think I could handle it.
[06:44] K
    And you're also the youngest person ever
    to make it to the post of major.
[06:48] K
    If you try to be too humble,
    you'll make unnecessary enemies, Lena.
[06:52] L
    I'm sorry, Uncle Jérôme.
[06:55] K
    I'm sure Václav would be proud
    if he could see his daughter, too.
[07:03] K
    How is Margareta?
[07:04] L
    The same as ever. She won't stop
    telling me to get married.
[07:08] K
    I'm sure.
[07:10] K
    Actually, we can't find anyone
    willing to take on the role.
[07:13] L
    They're an ace unit, right?
[07:15] L
    Wouldn't it be an honor for any
     Republic soldier to command them?
[07:20] K
    Yes, that's true for the unit itself.
[07:25] K
    Its commander unit's name: Undertaker.
[07:29] K
    There's a story behind it.
[07:31] L
    A story?
[07:33] K
    They call it the Reaper.
[07:35] K
    It destroys any Handler
    who tries to take it.
[07:40] L
    The Processor destroys the Handler?
[07:43] L
    Not the other way around?
[07:44] K
    Correct.
[07:45] L
    It's not just a ghost story?
[07:47] K
    I don't have time in my schedule
    to share ghost stories with my subordinates.
[07:52] K
    Almost all Handlers for the unit with Undertaker
    in them request to retire or change units.
[07:58] K
    Some have even committed suicide.
[08:01] K
    It's hard to believe,
[08:04] K
    but they say they're haunted
    by the "voices of the dead."
[08:07] L
    The dead?
[08:10] K
    You're free to refuse, Lena.
[08:13] K
    You work too hard, anyway.
[08:15] K
    A Handler's job is to monitor the unit,
    keep their commands to a minimum,
[08:17] K
    and let the local commander take control.
[08:19] L
    I'll do it.
[08:20] L
    I'll give my all to managing Spearhead
     and being its Command and Control Officer.
[08:24] K
    You don't need to do more than your job.
[08:27] K
    Stop trying to interact with the Processors.
[08:31] L
    It's a commander's job to know her men.
[08:34] K
    Well, while I'm lecturing you,
    let me add one more thing.
[08:38] K
    Stop putting the number of fatalities
    in your reports.
[08:41] K
    Officially, there are no humans
    on the battlefield.
[08:46] K
    So there are no fatalities.
[08:48] L
    That doesn't mean we can ignore them.
[08:51] L
    What we're doing shouldn't even be allowed.
[08:53] K
    Lena.
[08:57] K
    You really are just like Václav.
[09:02] K
    All right.
[09:04] K
    I appoint you, Vladilena Milizé, Handler—
    that is, Command and Control Officer—
[09:07] K
    for Defense Line Combat District 1,
    Defense Line 1.
[09:10] K
    Have the paperwork done
    by the time you get there.
[09:14] K
    And do your best.
[09:16] L
    I'll do my best until my final mission.
[09:20] A
    And you accepted it?
SIGN    Republic of San Magnolia Military Research Wing
[09:24] A
    Sheesh...
[09:26] A
    You're such a weirdo.
[09:29] L
    It's an honor to be put in charge
    of an ace unit.
[09:31] L
    And it's an important job.
[09:33] L
    And that stuff about it destroying Handlers
    is all lies, right?
[09:36] L
    I bet they all just don't care about their jobs,
    so they lied to get out of it.
[09:40] A
    It's true that some committed suicide.
[09:43] A
    One of Spearhead's Handlers went crazy
    and blew his own head off with a shotgun.
[09:49] A
    OK, exam's done. No problems, as usual.
[09:52] A
    Thanks for your cooperation.
[09:56] L
    But why commit suicide?
[09:58] A
    We got a request to look into it.
[10:00] A
    They thought it might be a problem
    with the Para-RAID.
[10:02] A
    Quitting isn't a big deal,
[10:04] A
    but a suicide needs to be looked into.
[10:07] L
    And?
[10:08] A
    Dunno.
[10:09] L
    You don't know?
[10:10] A
    The Handler was dead.
    How we were supposed to investigate it?
[10:14] L
    You're the leader of the development team.
    Is that really okay?
[10:17] A
    We did our jobs.
[10:18] A
    There was nothing wrong
    with the RAID Device. End of story.
[10:22] A
    We told them that if they wanted to know more,
     they'd have to bring us the Undertaker.
[10:26] A
    But those idiots in transport said,
    "This flight has no seats open for pigs!"
[10:33] L
    Then you didn't talk to Undertaker?
[10:35] A
    We just read the report.
[10:37] A
    "No idea," they said.
[10:39] A
    We told them about the dead Handler,
    and all they said was, "I see."
[10:43] A
    Well, they're an Eighty-Six.
[10:45] A
    It's not outside the realm of possibility
    that a Para-RAID could cause insanity.
[10:50] A
    You're putting extra pressure
    on part of the brain to allow it
[10:52] A
    to share sensory data
    with a completely different person.
[10:54] A
    And we use it only to share hearing.
[10:57] A
    If you tried to synchronize vision as well,
    it would burn out your brain.
[11:01] A
    Too much load on the brain,
    and you don't come back.
[11:04] A
    Using the Para-RAID
    means accepting those risks.
[11:11] L
    But your father was one of the authorities
    in this field of research.
[11:15] A
    The fundamental principles
    were all developed by someone else.
[11:18] A
    There's a lot I don't know, actually.
[11:22] A
    Listen, Lena, you should join us in R&D.
[11:26] A
    The military's just a jobs program right now.
[11:29] A
    When the Legion are gone in two years,
[11:31] A
    "former military" isn't going
    to mean a thing on your résumé.
[11:34] L
    Thanks.
[11:35] L
    But it's wartime right now.
[11:37] A
    Those Processors are crazy!
[11:39] A
    You don't know what will happen
    with the Para-RAIDs.
[11:41] A
    The Eighty-Six die quickly anyway,
    so it doesn't matter.
[11:44] A
    But I don't want that for you.
[11:46] L
    But, still, it's cowardly.
[11:51] A
    Right, right.
[11:54] A
    You really are weird.
[11:59] A
    I changed the settings.
[12:01] L
    Thanks.
[12:02] A
    Oh, Lena! I made chiffon cake.
[12:05] A
    Want some?
[12:06] L
    Hm... I'll pass today.
[12:09] L
    I'll see you later.
[12:10] A
    I used real eggs.
[12:14] A
    And real milk.
[12:19] L
    It's so good!
[12:22] A
    How's it feel to actually eat
    the real thing for once?
[12:24] L
    Wonderful!
[12:25] L
    But part of me wonders
    if this is how it really tasted.
[12:29] L
    You forget when you eat only artificial stuff.
[12:32] A
    I've got cream puffs, too.
[12:36] L
    They don't taste like cheese
    when they don't have cheese in them,
[12:39] L
    or look like they're about
    to spit out black smoke, right?
[12:42] A
    Are you talking about the cream puffs
    I made last time?
[12:50] A
    It'll be fine, this time!
[12:52] A
    I gave some to a potential marriage partner
    yesterday, and he cried tears of joy.
[12:55] L
    Sounds like you got a good match for once.
[12:58] L
    He must've really loved it.
[13:00] A
    Of course!
[13:01] A
    I added a card with a lipstick kiss
    and the words, "To My Beloved."
[13:06] A
    I dropped them both in the mailbox of the place
     where he lives with his mistress.
SIGN    May 20th, Stellar Year 2148
[13:16] L
    What's wrong, Pleiades?
[13:17] L
    Come in!
[13:19] L
    What's wrong?
[13:21] L
    Handler One to Pleiades!
[13:22] Voice
    Stop...
[13:24] Voice
    He's dead!
[13:33] Voice
    Evasive maneuvers!
[13:35] Voice
    Damn it!
[13:38] L
    Handler One to all members of Squadron 3.
[13:42] L
    The enemy unit has begun its retreat.
[13:45] L
    Squadron 4 will take over
    the patrol mission.
[13:48] L
    Return to base.
[13:51] Voice
    Roger.
[13:54] L
    Pleiades and the other six who died...
[13:59] L
    I'm so sorry about them.
[14:03] Voice
    As always, thank you
    for your kind words, Handler One.
[14:10] L
    Just so you're aware,
[14:12] L
    Squadron 3 will be re-formed
    with a new Handler.
[14:18] L
    Thank you for everything.
[14:23] L
    I'm going to be the Command
    and Control Officer for Spearhead.
[14:27] Voice
    That's great news.
[14:30] Voice
    You have my deepest sympathies, Handler One.
[14:34] L
    What does that mean—
[14:35] Voice
    Say hello to the Reaper for me.
SIGN    May 22nd, Stellar Year 2148
[15:00] L
    Para-RAID, activate.
[15:04] L
    Synchronization target:
[15:10] L
    Spearhead Processor.
SIGN    May 12th, Stellar Year 2148
[15:45] Men
    Nice, man!
[15:48] Raiden
    Get cleaning.
[15:59] Kaie
    They're having a good time over there, huh?
[16:02] Kurena
    Wait! Wait!
[16:08] Kurena
    Eggs!
[16:13] Anju
    Welcome back.
[16:17] K
    Huh?
[16:20] Lecca
    Hey, help me!
[16:22] Theo
    Coming.
[16:27] Kujo
    And, done!
[16:29] Kujo
    Hey, have fun out there today.
[16:31] Man
    You mean, "Have fun out there, sir."
[16:53] Daiya
    Members of Spearhead, it's breakfast time!
[16:58] Daiya
    Gather round!
[16:59] Men
    Right, right.
[17:00] Men
    Coming, coming.
[17:02] Men
    Morning! Morning!
[17:04] Shin
    Morning.
[17:13] All
    Let's eat!
[17:15] D
    There are more omelets.
[17:17] K
    Gimme more!
[17:18] D
    Calm down.
[17:20] K
    Can't you chew your food?
[17:22] Raiden
    Is it good, Kuro?
[17:23] Man
    Right.
[17:26] Kino
    Hey, our Handler went crazy, right?
[17:30] Theo
    The one in the battle yesterday.
[17:31] Theo
    That one's not coming back.
[17:33] H
    I heard it.
[17:36] H
    "Stay away! Hey, stop!"
[17:41] Kurena
    Stop it, guys.
[17:43] Theo
    White Pig always does that.
[17:48] Theo
    Whoever comes next,
    the same thing will happen.
[17:51] Theo
    Right?
[17:52] Kaie
    But everybody was able
    to go yesterday, right, Shin?
[17:58] S
    Yeah. It's fine.
[18:03] Kujo
    Well, if we're going to die,
[18:05] Kujo
    we'd rather have our Reaper guide us.
[18:12] Kujo
    What?
[18:15] Kujo
    Here.
SIGN    May 22nd, Stellar Year 2148
[18:36] Kujo
    It hurts...
[18:38] Kujo
    Damn it all!
[18:41] Kujo
    Damn it!
[19:14] Kujo
    I don't want to die.
[19:40] Kujo
    Shin...
[19:46] Kujo
    Promise me...
[19:49] Kujo
    Don't forget...
[20:21] Raiden
    Was Kujo able to go?
[20:25] S
    Yeah.
[20:26] Raiden
    What about Brother's voice?
[20:29] S
    No.
[20:30] Raiden
    I see.
[20:54] D
    There's none left.
[20:58] Haruto
    You suck.
[20:59] Chise
    I win!
[21:22] L
    Handler One to all Spearhead units.
[21:26] L
    Greetings. I am your new
    Command and Control officer.
[21:31] Theo
    A woman?
[21:32] L
    I've contacted you tonight
    to introduce myself.
[21:40] S
    Hello, Handler One.
[21:42] S
    This is Spearhead Squadron's
    combat commander,
[21:44] S
    Personal Name: Undertaker.
[21:47] S
    We've received word of a new Handler coming.
[21:51] S
    We look forward to working with you.
[21:54] L
    As do I.
[21:56] L
    Nice to meet you, Undertaker.
[23:36] L
    Spearhead.