E15 - Welcome Back

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SIGN    July 30th, Stellar Year 2149
SIGN    Giad Federacy Forward Operating Base FOB13
[00:18] Shin
    Last one.
[00:20] Raiden
    Did you actually read those?
[00:25] Shin
    It's rare for you to end up
    at the same base as me.
[00:27] Raiden
    Supposedly we'll all be together tomorrow.
[00:30] Raiden
    I don't really care.
[00:32] Raiden
    But do you think they could
     treat us a little different?
[00:37] Shin
    These things are prototypes, after all.
[00:40] Raiden
    We took some heavy hits yesterday.
[00:43] Raiden
    Are you thinking it's about time
    for them to come?
[00:46] Shin
    No. I guess you could say
    they could come at any time.
[02:23] Soldier
    Our analysis of the increase
    in comms traffic, as well as the reports
[02:27] Soldier
    from our autonomous scouts,
    shows a high probability
[02:30] Soldier
    of a large-scale Legion attack
    in the coming days.
[02:33] Soldier
    That's the Joint Analysis Team's conclusion.
[02:37] Richard
    So it's finally coming...
[02:43] Richard
    What is it, Colonel Wenzel?
[02:45] Grethe
    I assume we'll be reorganizing our units
    to prepare for the attack.
[02:50] Grethe
    I'd like my men back.
[02:58] Richard
    The Reginleifs are still
    in the prototype stage.
[03:01] Richard
    With no idea whether they're capable
    of operating effectively on their own,
[03:04] Richard
    it's safest to keep them grouped
    with Vánagandrs, as we've been doing.
[03:08] Grethe
    Sir, I understand your position,
[03:10] Grethe
    but Nordlicht squadron's total kill count
    is among the best in the 8th Corps.
[03:16] Richard
    As are their losses.
[03:19] Grethe
    Consider it a filtering process.
[03:22] Officer
    All you're doing is taking advantage
    of the Eighty-Six's experience!
[03:25] Officer
    Sending those poor kids
    right back into the war...
[03:29] Officer
    You're a merchant of death,
    desperate to get back your lost position!
[03:33] Grethe
    My new Feldreß, the MX2 Reginleif,
[03:37] Grethe
    has even greater mobility than the Legion.
[03:41] Grethe
    If we're going to prepare
    for this large-scale offensive,
[03:43] Grethe
    do we not need to break
    with traditional tactical doctrine
[03:45] Grethe
    and have a small elite unit capable
    of battling a much larger force?
[03:50] Grethe
    To protect the Federacy, and its people...
[03:54] Grethe
    I hope you'll consider
    allowing my Reginleifs,
[03:58] Grethe
    as well as Nordlicht squadron,
    to be put to their proper use, General.
SIGN    July 31st, Stellar Year 2149
[04:03] Bernholdt
    Reporting, Squadron Commander.
[04:05] Bernholdt
    There were two casualties in the battle yesterday,
    putting us under twenty men.
[04:10] Bernholdt
    We're just out here on loan from the labs,
    and a group of foreigners, too.
[04:14] Bernholdt
    And our commander is the famous spider-woman,
[04:16] Bernholdt
    the weirdest girl even among
    the lab weirdos or the brass.
[04:20] Bernholdt
    We're asking for more men,
    but they won't send anyone.
[04:24] Shin
    I'm used to not having additional men.
[04:26] Bernholdt
    Your life would've been easier
    if you'd joined one of the regular units.
[04:30] Shin
    I feel more at home here.
[04:34] Bernholdt
    As long as you don't get us killed
    with idiotic orders,
[04:38] Bernholdt
    even if you're a bratty little kid
    who never smiles,
[04:41] Bernholdt
    or who puts himself
    at the head of every charge,
[04:44] Bernholdt
    or a Reaper who'll drive you crazy
[04:45] Bernholdt
    if you try to sympathize with us,
    it doesn't matter to me.
[04:50] Bernholdt
    Lieutenant? Lieutenant?
[05:05] Shin
    Change before your leave your room.
[05:08] Frederica
    Kiri, I was combing my hair.
[05:12] Shin
    Frederica!
[05:14] Frederica
    Shinei. Sorry, I got it wrong.
[05:22] Theo
    Yesterday was rough.
[05:23] Shin
    Anju, sorry.
[05:27] Anju
    Frederica?
[05:29] Anju
    Theo, go get a uniform!
[05:31] Theo
    Huh?
[05:33] Theo
    Um...
[05:35] Theo
    I just got here!
[05:37] Bernholdt
    Oh, you got another present.
[05:41] Bernholdt
    The idea of Eighty-Six as poor, helpless children
    is really getting out of control.
[05:47] Shin
    Get rid of them all.
[05:48] Shin
    Don't even tell me about them.
[05:50] Bernholdt
    I'd love to,
[05:52] Bernholdt
    but I need to follow the rules.
[05:54] Bernholdt
    Militaries are organizations
    filled with inefficient, illogical humans.
[06:00] Bernholdt
    So, this concludes your report,
    squadron commander.
[06:04] Bernholdt
    Per the rules, please sign here!
[06:16] Shin
    Eat, Frederica.
[06:17] Frederica
    No true lady should let herself
    be seen like that!
[06:22] Theo
    Who's a "lady"?
[06:23] Raiden
    The biggest problem was that
    you were half-asleep
[06:26] Raiden
    and half-naked,
    wandering around the base.
[06:28] Frederica
    Who told you, Raiden?
[06:31] Kurena
    Hey, guys!
[06:35] Frederica
    You can be mean.
[06:41] Shin
    All I said was that if you can't even manage
    to dress yourself out here,
[06:46] Shin
    you'd be better off at the base.
[06:49] Shin
    Mascots aren't asked
    to follow military orders.
[06:52] Shin
    We'd feel better
    if you were at the rear.
[06:55] Frederica
    I can't do that.
[06:57] Frederica
    I'm here to see this to the end.
[07:02] Raiden
    Make sure you don't wander around the base
    half-asleep and half-naked anymore, then.
[07:06] Kurena
    Half-naked?!
[07:07] Theo
    Get this—
[07:08] Frederica
    Don't tell her!
[07:10] Kurena
    Half-naked?
[07:11] Frederica
    Stop talking about that!
[07:14] Frederica
    It's been a long time since
     all of you have been together, right?
[07:17] Kurena
    That's right!
[07:19] Anju
    Kurena, calm down.
[07:23] Raiden
    We won't be together long, though.
[07:26] Anju
    We'll be starting clean-up, I guess.
[07:29] Theo
    Repairing damaged defenses,
[07:31] Theo
    recovering the remains
    of allied and enemy weapons...
[07:34] Theo
    Bodies, too.
[07:35] Theo
    The mechanized units got hit hard.
[07:38] Theo
    We might get sent on a patrol.
[07:39] Anju
    Even though we know there's no point...
[07:42] Theo
    We can't explain that, though.
[07:45] Anju
    Yeah...
[07:50] Frederica
    Jeez...
[07:52] Frederica
    You've become used to being lackeys
     for the whole army.
[07:57] Frederica
    Today, we're heading back to our base!
SIGN    Giad Federacy 177th Division Command Post
[08:10] Grethe
    Welcome back!
[08:13] Grethe
    First, thank you for all the rescue
    and support missions you've been doing.
[08:17] Grethe
    It looks like the Reginleifs work better
    with you and the Foreign units.
[08:22] Grethe
    What do you think, Lieutenant?
    Do you like them?
[08:26] Shin
    I've submitted my evaluation
    alongside that of the Para-RAID.
[08:30] Grethe
    Yup. So now I want to hear
    how you feel about them.
[08:33] Grethe
    You used Feldreßes of similar types
    back in the Republic, right?
[08:39] Shin
    If you're asking about the
     Juggernauts you made...
[08:42] Grethe
    Reginleifs.
[08:43] Shin
    Juggernauts.
[08:44] Grethe
    Reginleifs!
[08:46] Shin
    Juggernauts.
[08:49] Grethe
    Fine.
[08:51] Grethe
    And?
[08:52] Shin
    They're aluminum coffins, slightly better
    than the ones the Republic had.
[08:58] Grethe
    Really?
[08:59] Kurena
    Did she not know?
[09:01] Theo
    Those things were only designed
    for mobility, not safety.
[09:06] Anju
    They're responsible for the deaths
    of several Processors.
[09:10] Raiden
    We only barely manage to use them
    because we're experienced.
[09:13] Grethe
    They're "slightly better"
    than the ones that made me
[09:17] Grethe
    doubt the sanity
    of the idiot who made them?
[09:20] Grethe
    The guys who piloted them were crazy, too!
[09:22] Shin
    It was all we were given.
[09:24] Grethe
    I see.
[09:27] Grethe
    They're not bad. I don't think.
[09:29] Grethe
    Though they do require a
     certain sort of Processor.
[09:32] Grethe
    I appreciate their speed,
[09:34] Grethe
    and they're fast, but also very precise.
    They're highly maneuverable.
[09:38] Grethe
    I see.
[09:39] Grethe
    For some reason I don't think
    I'm being complimented.
[09:42] Anju
    He's not complimenting her, is he?
[09:45] Grethe
    So why'd you agreed to be an operator?
[09:49] Shin
    I'm told it was you
    who recommended us.
[09:53] Grethe
    As test pilots.
[09:55] Grethe
    I'm actually opposed to child soldiers
     like you being sent to the front lines.
[10:00] Grethe
    Especially Eighty-Six like you.
[10:05] Grethe
    I was a Vánagandr pilot.
[10:08] Grethe
    When the war with the Legion
    started ten years ago,
[10:13] Grethe
    I was your age.
[10:17] Grethe
    A lot of my friends died
    because of those slow-ass Vánagandr.
[10:22] Grethe
    I told myself so many times
    that a faster Feldreß could've saved their lives.
[10:27] Grethe
    That's why I made the Reginleifs.
[10:33] Grethe
    Thank you for your honest opinion, Lieutenant.
[10:36] Grethe
    I'll make you give me a better one
    with the next round of upgrades.
[10:42] Grethe
    Look forward to it.
[10:45] Grethe
    Now, I've got good news
    before I give you the message.
[10:49] Grethe
    The other day we were finally able
    to confirm the survival
[10:52] Grethe
    of the United Kingdom of Roa Gracia
    and the Alliance of Wald.
[10:56] Grethe
    According to the wireless transmissions
    we received,
[10:58] Kurena
    What countries are those?
[10:58] Grethe
    they've managed to build defensive lines
     and maintain an area they could survive in.
[10:59] Theo
    They're to the north and south.
[11:01] Anju
    We learned that in officer's school!
[11:03] Kurena
    Did we?
[11:03] Grethe
    However, the other surrounding nations,
[11:06] Grethe
    as well as the
     Republic of San Magnolia to the west,
[11:09] Grethe
    are still not answering our radio messages.
[11:16] Mechanic
    So is the message a bad one, ma'am?
[11:20] Grethe
    It is, unfortunately.
[11:21] Grethe
    We're predicting a
     large-scale Legion attack soon.
[11:27] Grethe
    The Western Theater Army
    will be strengthening its forces
[11:32] Grethe
    and reorganizing its chain of command.
[11:33] Grethe
    The 1028th Test Unit will be placed
    under the 177th Mechanized,
[11:40] Grethe
    and I will be taking command.
[11:42] Grethe
    It's time for the Nordlicht squadron,
    and my Reginleifs, to shine!
[11:48] Grethe
    Any questions?
[11:49] Shin
    What is the size of the offensive?
[11:50] Grethe
    We expect to be able to beat it back
    easily with our current forces.
[11:55] Grethe
    You'd sent me a message
    about something similar, right?
[12:01] Grethe
    I read it with great interest,
[12:04] Grethe
    but the number of enemies
    you said were coming is just impossible.
[12:07] Grethe
    It goes far beyond
    what our analysts are saying.
[12:12] Grethe
    You don't need to be that worried.
[12:15] Grethe
    The Federacy isn't like the Republic.
[12:17] Grethe
    We take recon and analysis seriously.
[12:20] Grethe
    And we prepare properly.
[12:23] Grethe
    And more than anything, the Federacy will never
    abandon those who fight alongside it.
[12:55] Shin
    What is it?
[12:56] Frederica
    Would you quit your hobby
    of walking in complete silence?
[13:03] Frederica
    It's so dreary in here.
[13:05] Frederica
    You should put up a painting
    or a photo or something.
[13:08] Frederica
    It's so desolate.
[13:09] Shin
    All I do here is sleep.
[13:11] Shin
    If I have more things,
    it makes it harder to clean.
[13:14] Frederica
    It's not just a place to sleep.
[13:16] Frederica
    It's a place to live.
    A place to call home.
[13:19] Frederica
    It's not good to leave it empty.
[13:23] Frederica
    Maybe that was okay
    in the Republic, but...
[13:27] Frederica
    Eugene's room was filled with photos.
[13:31] Shin
    You were the one who cleaned it?
[13:32] Frederica
    There aren't enough hands
    to do all the work that needs doing.
[13:35] Frederica
    I helped go through his things.
[13:38] Frederica
    It was all photos of his sister.
[13:42] Shin
    You shouldn't have talked to him.
[13:44] Shin
    Then you wouldn't have had
    to see him die.
[13:47] Frederica
    I don't think so.
[13:49] Frederica
    Even if death
    will eventually tear you apart,
[13:52] Frederica
    it's better to meet someone
    than not meet them.
[13:54] Frederica
    You can remember that.
[13:57] Shin
    If there's no need, you shouldn't get involved
    in someone else's death.
[14:01] Frederica
    You're one to talk.
[14:04] Frederica
    Mr. Kind and Gentle Reaper.
[14:08] Shin
    Why did you come here?
[14:10] Frederica
    Um, well...
[14:13] Frederica
    I'm sorry about this morning,
[14:17] Frederica
    when I said "Kiri"...
[14:20] Shin
    Are we that similar?
[14:22] Frederica
    Yeah.
[14:23] Frederica
    Not like twins, but very similar!
[14:28] Frederica
    My knight, Kiriya Nouzen, was a member
    of the Nouzen clan like you.
[14:34] Frederica
    He wasn't a direct descendant of the clan,
    so he wasn't really related to you.
[14:39] Frederica
    But he was four years
    older than you...
[14:42] Frederica
    So when I saw him last,
    he looked how you do now.
[14:46] Frederica
    In a fortress filled with adults,
    he was the only one I could play with.
[14:51] Frederica
    He would comb my hair,
    get me flowers from the garden...
[14:55] Frederica
    No matter what selfish things I asked for,
    he would never get upset.
[15:00] Frederica
    He was really serious about everything.
    And stubborn, too.
[15:05] Frederica
    I'm sure if he met you,
    you wouldn't get along at all.
[15:10] Frederica
    Here.
[15:13] Shin
    Which?
[15:14] Frederica
    This one!
[15:15] Frederica
    "When you talk to someone, close your book!"
[15:19] Frederica
    "Follow the rules and regulations!"
[15:21] Frederica
    He was all about that stuff.
[15:23] Frederica
    I'm sure you'd ignore all that,
    which would just make him madder.
[15:28] Frederica
    I can almost see it.
[15:32] Shin
    Why did he become a Legion?
[15:36] Frederica
    It's my fault.
[15:41] Frederica
    The Giad Empire used the Legion
    to attack our neighbors.
[15:47] Frederica
    But after that, the people rebelled,
[15:50] Frederica
    and the Imperial family was chased
    to a border fortress.
[15:54] Frederica
    The Legion were supposed to protect us
    in our soldiers' stead,
[15:59] Frederica
    but ironically...
    Well, I don't know what happened exactly.
[16:05] Frederica
    But the Legion weren't built
    to fight alongside humans.
[16:09] Frederica
    So we had to use human defenders
    at the fortress.
[16:15] Frederica
    And Kiriya had to fight to protect me
[16:20] Frederica
    against the rebelling people.
[16:23] Shin
    You mean the current Federacy Army.
[16:24] Frederica
    Yes.
[16:26] Frederica
    He killed many of them.
[16:29] Frederica
    And eventually, he went insane.
[16:33] Frederica
    He lost his family, everyone he knew...
[16:36] Frederica
    The home he grew up in
    was enemy territory.
[16:39] Frederica
    And the other members
    of the royal guard alongside him
[16:42] Frederica
    fell one after another,
    like tines falling from a comb.
[16:45] Frederica
    I think he lost too much.
[16:50] Frederica
    Eventually fighting for my sake
    became all he had.
[16:53] Frederica
    I would often see him smiling at me,
[16:56] Frederica
    crushing a Federacy soldier
    beneath his boot,
[16:58] Frederica
    a bloodstained Feldreß at his side...
[17:02] Frederica
    With a calm, bright look on his face...
[17:05] Frederica
    And I was so scared.
[17:17] Frederica
    Eventually, the fortress fell,
    and the Federacy caught us.
[17:22] Frederica
    I was lucky that Ernst was there
    to inspire his men.
[17:27] Frederica
    Thanks to him, the only thing
    that was shown to the crowd
[17:31] Frederica
    as proof of my death
    was the Imperial mantle I wore.
[17:36] Frederica
    But Kiriya saw it...
[17:43] Frederica
    And at that moment,
    the Legion were wandering the battlefield
[17:47] Frederica
    and looking for things they could recycle.
[17:51] Frederica
    Kiriya stood there, not moving,
    and he did not run.
[17:55] Frederica
    I turned him into that monster.
[18:01] Frederica
    And in the end...
    the Empire fell, and many died.
[18:06] Frederica
    And only the Legion were left.
[18:09] Frederica
    You said they're coming, right?
[18:13] Frederica
    Kiri will be there, too.
[18:16] Frederica
    When that happens...
[18:17] Shin
    I understand.
[18:19] Frederica
    You don't.
[18:21] Frederica
    If it gets dangerous, run.
    Don't fight.
[18:28] Frederica
    I'd forgotten how easily people die.
[18:33] Frederica
    No matter how you want them
    to have a future...
[18:37] Frederica
    You were right a moment ago.
[18:40] Frederica
    I don't want the people I've met to die.
[18:43] Frederica
    Saving Kiriya isn't worth
    your or the others' deaths.
[18:49] Frederica
    You all have a future,
    and that cannot be taken from you.
[18:54] Shin
    A future?
[18:56] Frederica
    I knew it.
    You've never even thought about it.
[18:58] Frederica
    Jeez...
[19:00] Frederica
    It's not a good example,
    but you should take a lesson from Eugene.
[19:05] Frederica
    Your next leave.
[19:06] Frederica
    Where you want to go.
[19:07] Frederica
    What you want to do someday.
[19:09] Frederica
    Anything like that will do.
[19:12] Frederica
    What's so funny?
[19:14] Shin
    No, someone once said
    the same thing to me.
[19:18] Frederica
    And what did you say?
[19:20] Shin
    That I'd never thought about it.
[19:22] Frederica
    How boring.
[19:24] Frederica
    Even your heart is dreary.
[19:27] Frederica
    That person must've been disappointed.
[19:34] Shin
    Maybe so.
[19:41] Raiden
    What are you doing?
[19:45] Raiden
    She likes you, big brother.
[19:48] Shin
    I just remind her of someone.
[19:49] Raiden
    That knight?
[19:52] Raiden
    But isn't it the same for you?
[19:55] Raiden
    You seem to have taken
    a real liking to her.
[19:57] Shin
    Maybe.
[20:00] Shin
    She's the same as the old me.
[20:04] Raiden
    I don't know about that.
[20:09] Raiden
    Kurena, come pick up the princess.
[20:13] Raiden
    Hey, wait.
[20:19] Raiden
    You gave them a warning, huh?
[20:22] Shin
    I figured I may as well try.
[20:26] Raiden
    I told you when we came here
    to keep that power of yours a secret.
[20:33] Raiden
    You haven't forgotten
    what they called you
[20:35] Raiden
    when they found out
    you could hear those voices, Reaper.
[20:41] Raiden
    The Federacy aren't the saints
    they think they are.
[20:46] Raiden
    And even here,
    we're not treated as their equals.
[20:51] Raiden
    It isn't just the Legion that likes
    to take out people's brains.
[20:55] Raiden
    If you want to be a guinea pig,
    that's up to you,
[20:57] Raiden
    but I don't want to end up
    a hostage to encourage you.
[21:01] Raiden
    Don't do anything stupid.
[21:03] Shin
    Sorry.
[21:04] Raiden
    The warning you gave them
     is enough on its own.
[21:08] Raiden
    It's up to them if they want to believe.
[21:11] Raiden
    But... are you okay?
[21:15] Shin
    What do you mean?
[21:16] Raiden
    You're not thinking of anything
    you don't need to be, are you?
[21:19] Raiden
    Is what Ernst said bothering you?
[21:23] Shin
    The future?
[21:25] Raiden
    Yeah.
[21:26] Shin
    Frederica told me to think about it.
[21:29] Shin
    But I never have.
[21:32] Shin
    I've never needed to.
[21:34] Shin
    You?
[21:36] Raiden
    I think it'll all work out.
[21:39] Raiden
    It can't be harder
    than fighting the Legion.
[21:46] Raiden
    It was always about this time of day,
    wasn't it?
[21:50] Raiden
    You think the Major's doing okay?
[23:36] Shin
    "Even so."