E2 - Spearhead

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[00:00] Shin
    Hello, Handler One.
SIGN    May 22nd, Stellar Year 2148
[00:02] Shin
    This is Spearhead Squadron's
    combat commander,
[00:05] Shin
    Personal Name: Undertaker.
[00:07] Shin
    We've received word of a new Handler coming.
[00:10] Shin
    We look forward to working with you.
[00:14] Lena
    As do I.
[00:16] Lena
    Nice to meet you, Undertaker.
SIGN    May 22nd, Stellar Year 2148
[01:57] D
    Hey, there.
[02:00] Shin
    Hey.
[02:01] D
    The new one seems pretty dangerous.
[02:04] Kaei
    The new Handler! Did you forget already?
[02:08] R
    Shin! Shinei Nouzen!
[02:10] R
    You did it again, you bastard!
[02:13] Shin
    Old man Aldrecht's about to go off again.
[02:18] Shin
    You need something?
[02:18] ---
    Don't give me that!
[02:20] R
    I need to know why you keep smashing up
    your machines on every mission!
[02:23] R
    I keep telling you they have
     weak legs! So don't push them!
[02:27] Shin
    Sorry.
[02:28] R
    We don't have any more spare parts!
[02:30] R
    We won't be able to repair it
    until the next batch of them comes!
[02:33] Shin
    Fido should've brought back Kujo's machine.
[02:39] R
    Yeah, I guess we can use
    the ones from theirs.
[02:43] R
    But are you okay with using parts
    from a machine someone died in?
[02:54] R
    I guess it's a little late to ask that.
[02:56] R
    Got it, Undertaker.
[03:00] R
    Kujo was lucky to die in a unit
    that had you.
[03:05] R
    You take the other Processors, too.
[03:11] R
    By the way, I heard the news.
[03:15] R
    What's the new Handler like?
[03:17] Shin
    Fine.
[03:18] R
    "Fine"? Listen, you...
[03:20] Shin
    They synch'd to say "hello,"
[03:23] Shin
    that they want to maintain good lines
    of communication, and will be calling every day.
[03:28] Shin
    Rare, for a Republic soldier.
[03:31] R
    So, what you'd call an "ordinary person"?
[03:34] R
    They must live a hard life, the poor thing.
SIGN    May 29th, Stellar Year 2148
[03:58] Unknown SpeakerShin
    Ready... Go!
[03:59] Unknown SpeakerShin
    Got it!
[04:00] Unknown SpeakerShin
    Yes!
[04:17] Raiden
    There!
[04:18] Raiden
    Big haul, huh?
[04:20] Kurena
    We'll have a party tonight!
[04:21] Raiden
    You good to go, Fido?
[04:23] Daiya
    This isn't bullying, okay?
[04:26] Kurena
    No telling Shin.
[04:30] Kurena
    Is that a "yes"? Or a "no"?
[04:34] Theo
    You guys who are out on a walk,
    can you hear me?
[04:36] Raiden
    What's up, Theo?
[04:37] Theo
    Weather report's changed.
[04:39] Theo
    Rain's coming.
[04:41] Raiden
    Eintagsfliege.
[04:43] Theo
    Jammers, too.
[04:45] Theo
    That means the radar will be down.
[04:47] Kurena
    When will they get here?
[04:49] Theo
    In about two hours, I'm told.
[04:51] Raiden
    Got it. Heading back.
[04:52] Theo
    No Shepherds this time, it seems.
[04:55] Theo
    They'll just try and overwhelm you.
[04:57] Raiden
    Just Sheep?
[04:58] Raiden
    A duck hunt, then.
[05:06] Shin
    Good, everybody's here.
[05:07] Shin
    Attention.
[05:14] Shin
    I'll explain the situation.
[05:17] Shin
    There's one swarm close by,
    and another linking up with it from the rear.
[05:20] Shin
    Supplying the first, probably.
[05:22] Shin
    As soon as that's done, they'll attack.
[05:24] Shin
    We'll ambush them
    at point 304 on their route.
[05:27] Shin
    Establish a kill zone on Main Street,
[05:30] Shin
    where we'll eliminate most of the enemy.
[05:41] Haruto
    Even in spring, it gets cold
    when the sun disappears.
[05:44] Kino
    The cockpit gets awful cold,
    considering how cramped it is.
[05:47] Theo
    Well, the armor's paper-thin
    and has plenty of gaps in it.
[05:51] Kurena
    And it's slow.
[05:52] Kaie
    And it breaks easily.
[05:54] Daiya
    Yup. It's a piece of shit.
[05:57] Lena
    Handler One to all units.
    The enemy appears to be approaching.
[06:01] Lena
    Deploy to Point 208 and intercept them!
[06:04] Shin
    Undertaker to Handler One.
[06:06] Shin
    We're already deployed.
[06:09] Shin
    We'll intercept them
    at point 304, farther ahead.
[06:12] Lena
    That's fast.
[06:14] Lena
    You're as good as they say, Undertaker.
[06:19] Raiden
    Here they come.
[06:32] Raiden
    The Legion's out in force again today.
SIGN    Scout type Ameise
[06:38] Daiya
    Well, they're mostly Ameise.
[06:40] Anju
    They're easy to destroy, but obnoxious.
SIGN    Dragoon type Grauwolf
[06:43] Haruto
    Grauwolfs? What a pain.
[06:46] Theo
    I guess we have to take this seriously.
[06:50] Kurena
    I really hate that guy.
SIGN    Tank type Löwe
[06:51] Kaie
    A Löwe's main gun is twice
    as powerful ours.
[06:55] Anju
    It can kill you fast.
SIGN    Electronic-Disruption type Eintagsfliege
[07:02] Raiden
    Okay, time to get to work.
[07:19] Shin
    Open fire.
[07:41] Shin
    Third platoon, withdraw to the southeast,
     and keep your current targets close to you.
[07:46] Shin
    Fifth platoon,
    maintain your current position.
[07:48] Shin
    When an enemy platoon enters the kill zone,
    wipe them out with coordinated fire.
[07:52] Daiya
    Black Dog, roger.
[07:54] Daiya
    Snow Witch, reload while you can.
[07:56] Anju
    Snow Witch, roger.
[07:58] Anju
    As always, thanks for the reminder.
[07:59] Theo
    Laughing Fox, same.
[08:02] Theo
    Don't shoot me, Black Dog!
[08:34] Shin
    All units, cease fire! Split up!
[08:40] Lena
    Handler One to all units!
[08:42] Lena
    That's Long-Range-Gunner type
    Skorpion fire. Be careful.
[08:45] Lena
    I'm sending you the estimated location
    of their spotters.
[08:47] Lena
    Three potential locations.
[08:48] Lena
    Confirm and take them out.
[08:49] Shin
    Gunslinger, four units at a distance of 1200,
    heading 0-3-0, on the roof.
[08:54] Kurena
    Roger. On it.
[08:56] Shin
    Handler One, directional laser-based data
    transmissions can reveal our location.
[09:01] Shin
    Please limit yourself to verbal
    communication during operations.
[09:04] Lena
    I'm sorry.
[09:06] Shin
    The next set of observers
    will be appearing soon.
[09:08] Shin
    Keep me informed of their location.
[09:11] Lena
    Understood!
[09:14] Raiden
    There's an awful lot
    of them today, Undertaker.
[09:16] Shin
    Duck hunt, right?
[09:18] Shin
    Just enjoy yourself.
[09:21] Shin
    There are definitely more Löwes
    than expected.
[09:24] Shin
    The restricted vision makes them
    more dangerous, too.
[09:28] Shin
    We should start whittling down their numbers.
[09:31] Raiden
    You make it sound easy.
[09:34] Shin
    I'll handle the Löwes. You deal with
    the others and take command.
[09:37] Raident
    Roger that. Don't make Aldrecht
    scream his head off again!
[09:43] Lena
    Undertaker, what are you doing?
[10:36] Lena
    So this is... Undertaker?
[11:18] Lena
    Handler One to all units!
[11:19] Lena
    That's Long-Range-Gunner type
     Skorpion fire. Be careful.
SIGN    May 29th, Stellar Year 2148
[11:23] Lena
    I'm sending you the estimated location
    of their spotters.
[11:25] Lena
    Three potential locations.
[11:26] Lena
    Confirm and take them out.
[11:29] Shin
    Handler One, directional laser-based data
    transmissions can reveal our location.
[11:34] Shin
    Please limit yourself to verbal
    communication during operations.
[11:37] Lena
    I'm sorry.
[11:39] Shin
    The next set of observers
    will be appearing soon.
[11:41] Shin
    Keep me informed of their location.
[11:44] Lena
    Understood!
[11:48] Teacher
    Stellar Year 2139, nine years ago...
[11:52] Teacher
    War was declared on the Republic of
     San Magnolia by the neighboring Empire of Giad.
[11:58] Teacher
    They began an invasion with their
     autonomous combat machines, the Legion.
[12:03] Teacher
    But we estimate that, in fact,
[12:05] Teacher
    Giad had been wiped out by its own
     out-of-control Legion four years prior.
[12:12] Teacher
    Given that all Legion have an operating time
    of 50,000 hours—approximately six years—
[12:18] Teacher
    they will completely shut down
    in about two years.
[12:23] Teacher
    Thus, you new soldiers will have only
    two years before the war ends.
[12:30] Teacher
    But during that time, we hope
    you'll do your best to fulfill your duties.
[12:35] Teacher
    After all, the Republic's Juggernauts
[12:39] Teacher
    are vastly superior autonomous units
    compared to the Legion.
[12:43] Teacher
    Not one fatality has taken place
    since their introduction.
[12:47] Lena
    That's not true. People have died!
[12:54] Teacher
    Today, we have a real Handler
[12:56] Teacher
    who serves as a Juggernaut
    command and control officer.
[12:59] Teacher
    This is Vladilena Milizé.
    She wants to speak to you.
[13:08] Lena
    What I'm about to tell you
    is the real history of the Republic.
[13:13] Lena
    Nine years ago, the Republic's regular army
    was brought to the point of collapse
[13:18] Lena
    in just a little over two weeks
    by the Legion's overwhelming firepower.
[13:23] Lena
    The Republic's government went on
     to make two decisions.
[13:28] Lena
    The first was to withdraw of all its citizens
    into 85 administrative districts.
[13:33] Lena
    The other was to pass the
     Special Wartime Peace Preservation Act.
[13:37] Lena
    This law stripped citizenship and all rights
[13:40] Lena
    from anyone who did not have silver hair
    and eyes like us Alba.
[13:43] Lena
    They would no longer be considered humans,
    and instead would be kept
[13:47] Lena
    in carefully monitored internment camps
    outside the 85 districts.
[13:51] Lena
    And due to that, as you're all aware,
[13:54] Lena
    the now supposedly empty area
     became known as the 86th district,
[13:57] Lena
    and the people who live
    there became known as Eighty-Six.
[14:01] Lena
    There they were forced to build
    the fortress Gran Mur—
[14:05] Lena
    the wall isolating the 86th district—
[14:08] Lena
    and to pilot the Juggernauts.
[14:13] Lena
    There are humans inside the Juggernauts!
[14:16] Lena
    But because the ones inside,
    the Eighty-Six, aren't "human,"
[14:20] Lena
    we say they're autonomous!
[14:23] Lena
    And even as we speak, they're out there,
    surrounded by Legion and fighting!
[14:29] Lena
    The news you see every morning isn't true.
[14:32] Lena
    People are dying!
[14:34] Lena
    Dozens can die in a single battle.
[14:37] Student
    But they're not human, right?
[14:40] Student
    They're humanoid pigs that failed to evolve.
[14:43] Lena
    They're human!
[14:44] Lena
    I fight with them every day!
[14:47] Student2
    You say you fight with them.
[14:50] Student2
    But have you ever gone to the battlefield?
[14:55] Lena
    I have. Just once.
[14:59] Lena
    I went to the battlefield,
    but I didn't fight.
[15:04] Lena
    The only ones who risk their lives
    in battle are the Eighty-Six,
[15:08] Lena
    the people we stripped all rights from.
[15:13] Teacher
    You can't do this, Major!
[15:14] Teacher
    I told you not to say anything that sounds
     like you've sided with them!
[15:18] Lena
    Sir, what does our nation's flag stand for?
[15:23] Teacher
    What are you...
[15:25] Lena
    Freedom, equality, brotherhood,
    justice, and nobility.
[15:28] Teacher
    And those apply only to humans!
[15:30] Teacher
    The Eighty-Six look human, but they aren't!
[15:32] Teacher
    You mustn't misinform my students!
[15:44] Lena
    The Eighty-Six are teenage
    boys and girls, just like us!
[15:48] Lena
    But they don't enjoy entertainment
    and luxuries the way we do.
[15:52] Lena
    They can't laugh innocently
    the way we do.
[15:54] Lena
    We can't leave them all alone!
[15:57] Lena
    We can't see them,
    but if we listen carefully,
[16:00] Lena
    we can hear the voices
    of these nameless soldiers!
[16:05] Lena
    Even apart, we look at the same stars!
[16:10] Anette
    And you told the new recruits that?
[16:13] Lena
    Yes.
[16:16] Anette
    This time you'll get punished, right?
[16:19] Lena
    Don't worry.
[16:20] Lena
    Uncle Jérôme will tell them
    how firmly I believe in this.
[16:24] Anette
    You're surprisingly cunning about that.
[16:28] Anette
    You're being protected, huh?
[16:30] Lena
    It's not too late to change
    the Republic's foolish mistake!
[16:33] Anette
    Right, right.
[16:36] Anette
    So, how was your meeting
    with the famous Undertaker?
[16:39] Lena
    We're communicating regularly.
[16:41] Lena
    We synchronize with the Para-RAID nightly.
[16:43] Anette
    Nightly?
[16:44] Anette
    What do you talk about?
[16:45] Lena
    Lots of stuff.
[16:46] Lena
    Some of it not related
    to work or the mission.
[16:49] Lena
    Even apart, our hearts are connected.
[16:52] Anette
    I told you not to get too attached.
[16:54] Lena
    A capable leader with solid combat skills,
    who's a little reckless, but bold.
[16:59] Lena
    He's a very good soldier.
[17:02] Lena
    Undertaker isn't the scary man
    they say he is.
[17:06] Anette
    That's just what you think, right?
[17:09] Anette
    Your heart rate's elevated.
SIGN    After Action Report
[17:21] Lena
    This, too...
[17:23] Lena
    And this, and this...
[17:26] Lena
    Jeez...
[17:31] Lena
    Para-RAID, activate.
[17:34] Lena
    Synchronization target: Spearhead Processor.
[19:24] Daiya
    Okay, one hit on King Bear,
    two on Bunny Knight.
SIGN    May 29th, Stellar Year 2148
[19:27] Daiya
    Haruto gets seven points!
[19:31] Haruto
    I missed two shots, huh?
[19:33] Haruto
    I'm just not that good with handguns.
[19:36] Kino
    Fido set the can sideways! Kaie!
[19:40] Raiden
    What do you think?
[19:40] Kaie
    Kaie Taniya, initiating mission!
[19:42] Raiden
    Point 208.
[19:44] Raiden
    That's what that Handler woman said, right?
[19:49] Shin
    It would've been the ideal deployment point,
    if we'd left at that moment.
[19:49] Daiya
    Next, Kurena!
[19:51] Kurena
    Fido, don't line them up! Throw them!
[19:53] Raiden
    Yeah. It's such a teacher's-pet answer
    that it makes me want to throw up,
[19:56] Raiden
    but she's not just some spoiled rich kid.
[19:59] Kino
    Raiden, you're up!
[20:02] Raiden
    Okay!
[20:05] Raiden
    But how long can she keep up?
[20:11] Anju
    Hey, Kitty!
[20:14] Anju
    Here you go.
[20:16] Shin
    Thanks.
[20:17] Daiya
    Anju!
[20:19] Daiya
    I'll help you.
[20:22] Anju
    Thanks!
[20:24] Daiya
    Yeah, sure thing.
[20:30] Daiya
    I'll pass out Anju's cake!
[20:32] Unknown Speaker
    Yay!
[20:33] Anju
    Is that a good book?
[20:35] Anju
    When I'm thinking about something else,
    it stops me from focusing on it.
[20:41] Anju
    I see.
[20:43] Anju
    It's always a lot of stress for you, huh?
[20:47] Haruto
    Shin, your turn!
[20:55] Haruto
    At least stand up! You're no fun!
[21:04] Lena
    All units, may I have a word?
[21:08] Haruto
    A new record. A full continuous week.
[21:10] Shin
    It's fine.
[21:12] Shin
    Handler One, good work today.
[21:15] Lena
    Yes, you too.
[21:18] Lena
    You all seemed to be having a lot of fun.
[21:20] Shin
    We were just killing time.
[21:22] Shin
    Don't worry about it.
[21:24] Lena
    I see.
[21:26] Lena
    By the way, Undertaker,
    I need to scold you today.
[21:30] Shin
    What is it?
[21:31] Lena
    I went to read the patrol and combat
[21:33] Lena
    reports you'd filed
    since your arrival in Spearhead,
[21:38] Lena
    and they were all the same.
[21:40] Shin
    Why do you care
    what happens on the front lines?
[21:43] Shin
    You like to waste your time, huh?
[21:45] Lena
    Part of a Handler's job is analyzing
    Legion tactics and formation tendencies.
[21:50] Lena
    I understand that you don't send them
    because we don't read them.
[21:54] Lena
    That's our fault, so I'm not mad.
[21:56] Lena
    But from now on, do it properly.
[21:59] Lena
    I'll read them.
[22:00] Shin
    I'm not good at reading and writing.
[22:04] Theo
    Well, there were no schools in the camps.
[22:07] Lena
    I'm sorry!
[22:09] Kaie
    It's not so much "not good at,"
    but more "too lazy to."
[22:13] Kaie
    Right, Undertaker?
[22:17] Lena
    Undertaker?
[22:19] Shin
    Very well.
[22:21] Lena
    Send me one for all your missions
    up to this point as well.
[22:23] Shin
    Will footage from the gun camera do?
[22:26] Lena
    No. Write them.
[22:30] Lena
    If we can analyze them,
[22:31] Lena
    we can counter them.
[22:32] Lena
    You're an ace unit,
    so your records are especially valuable.
[22:36] Lena
    We can lower attrition
    across the whole battlefield,
[22:38] Lena
    including your unit. So help me, please.
[22:42] Raiden
    So young.
[22:44] Lena
    No, I'm about the same age
    as all of you.
[22:47] Lena
    How long has it been
    since you joined the military?
[22:51] Kaie
    We're all in our fourth year, I guess?
[22:53] Raiden
    Undertaker's been here the longest.
    It's his fifth year.
[22:57] Lena
    So Undertaker's almost done
    with his term, huh?
[23:02] Lena
    Is there something you want to do
    when you leave the army
[23:05] Lena
    and become a Republic citizen again?
[23:08] Lena
    Somewhere you want to go, or want to see?
[23:10] Shin
    I've never thought about it.
[23:13] Lena
    I see.
[23:16] Lena
    But you might want
    to start thinking about it now.
[23:20] Lena
    You might come up with something.
[23:22] Lena
    I'm sure it'll be fun.
[23:30] Shin
    You may be right.
[23:36] Lena
    "I Don't Want to Die."