# Season 1
# 0 - COUNT TO A/Z
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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Creators wielding
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overwhelming power gather
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to declare
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to declare war
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I heard that Tokyo had surrendered to the attack
from the Martians. We are in danger too.
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I wish for a symbiotic relationship
with my faraway homeland.
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Princess... You wanted peace
more than anyone else.
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Let's leave this place at once.
Missiles are coming.
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In March 2014,
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"Aldnoah.Zero," an original animation series, was
announced at the animation event "Anime Japan."
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Considering it is an animation title
with no original work to base it on,
***SIGN*** SECRET DOCUMENTS
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the leaflets at the event, that gave
an image of secret documents,
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and the website promotions, that had widgets that gave
the visitor a feeling they were decrypting code,
***SIGN*** CODE
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caused a big stir in the industry.
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The story, robots, characters... So much of
the title is still shrouded in mystery.
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Today, to prepare for the
coming premiere, I, Sora Amamiya
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who voices Asseylum, will guide you
through plenty of the charm.
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The Hypergate found on the
moon's surface in 1972
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opened the path for humanity to
emigrate to and colonize Mars.
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They didn't know back then that this would
become the cause for prolonged warfare...
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"Aldnoah.Zero."
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The director for this title "Aldnoah.Zero" is...
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...Ei Aoki, who has brought
many popular titles into the world.
***SIGN*** EI AOKI
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With Gen Urobuchi, who was in
charge of the original story concepts,
***SIGN*** GEN UROBUCHI
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this will be the second time
they collaborated since 2011...
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...when they created the renowned
anime "Fate/Zero" together.
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The current challenge for the two who have
many popular titles under their belt...
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...is an original robot animation.
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For Director Aoki, this will be the very first
original television animation title.
***SIGN*** Interview with Director Ei Aoki
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Well, I had gotten an offer
from Mr. Iwakami, Producer at Aniplex.
***SIGN*** Q: How this project came to be
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He asked me "I want to make a robot show.
Would you like to direct it?"
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And back then, Mr. Gen Urobuchi's
name was already on the table.
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So the three of us started talking.
That was the start of it all.
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This project started right when I was
directing another title called "Fate/Zero."
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So we've worked on it for a
long time before it first aired.
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For about two or three years.
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When I first received the offer for this project,
***SIGN*** Q: About robot animation
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Mr. Iwakami had already stated the
theme would be a robot animation.
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So the first thing we had to decide was
the direction of this robot animation.
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We kept discussing it with Mr. Urobuchi.
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We had several key words on the table.
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But there was a part of us that wanted to aim for
the tried and true "traditional way" to say.
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And using that "traditional way" as the keyword and
the concept, we started to build up on this story.
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The various robots that appear within this series.
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They are another reason why
this title is so appealing.
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These robots, called Kataphraktos...
***SIGN*** KATAPHRAKTOS
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...are weapons used by the Martians back in
the previous war between Earth and Mars.
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In the universe of the series, which takes
place 15 years after that war...
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...both sides use these robots to enter a second war.
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It looks like the designs for the Terran robots
and Martian robots are different.
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This may be one of the key points in the story.
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There are a lot of robots in the show.
***SIGN*** "Kataphraktos", The Key to the Story
***SIGN*** Voice of Inaho Kaizuka
***SIGN*** Q: About the "Kataphraktos"
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They're humanoid-shaped
robots called Kataphraktos.
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The robots' fighting scenes are
pretty intense, and are very spirited.
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When you watch, you get drawn into the show.
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I think that it's one of the
points to definitely watch for.
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Mr. I-IV (Ai-Four) does
the Kataphraktos designs.
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It's his first time, I believe,
to work on an animation title.
***SIGN*** Q: About the "Kataphraktos"
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In any case, he really loves robots.
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When we first approached him about this
project, he didn't have to think twice.
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Mr. I-IV's robot
designs are very solid.
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Plus, since Mr. I-IV himself loves robots...
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...for instance, the details like "this robot uses this kind
of drive system, and this is how it moves around"...
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Or like "the engine is right here...
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...and the energy is generated in this
way from here" and things like that.
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First off, the main characters...
***SIGN*** "Three Children" Swayed by Destiny
***SIGN*** Q: About the main characters
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There are three main
characters in the show.
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The first character is Inaho Kaizuka.
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The outer frame of the story for this series
is a war between Earth and Mars.
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He's the main character on the Terran side.
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To establish Inaho's character...
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...we talked extensively on what kind of character
we wanted, as he is one of the main characters after all.
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It may perhaps be my preference
for certain character personalities,
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but the bottom line was that I didn't
want him to be too passionate.
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Ultimately, I spoke with Mr. Takayama,
the screenwriter, as well.
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We ended up with someone who deals with
things in a relatively cool and collected manner.
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His character solidified into
that of an intelligent child.
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In contrast, Slaine is the
main character on the Martian side.
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He's the opposite of Inaho, and is a
character that acts based on his emotions.
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And he does get roped into the battle after all.
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I can't really say much about him at present yet.
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But he's a character that plays a key role
in the second half of the show.
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Between those two boys is Asseylum,
the princess character.
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She is a dignified character,
who wants a peace treaty with Earth.
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I feel that the actions of this princess will
play another key role in the story later on.
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That's right. The story revolves around Inaho...
***SIGN*** INAHO KAIZUKA
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Slaine...
***SIGN*** SLAINE TROYARD
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Asseylum...
***SIGN*** ASSEYLUM VERS ALLUSIA
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...these three children.
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The story draws out the destinies of the children,
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who are at the mercy of
the flames of war between Earth and Mars.
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We've already finished recording up to episode 5.
***SIGN*** "Three Children" Swayed by Destiny
***SIGN*** Q: About the main cast
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Each recording session hasn't
taken that much time.
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All three have captured the essence of the
characters well, from the first episode.
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Usually, the recording session for the first episode
of an animation series takes quite a long time.
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Like having the actors grasp the
overall structure of the character....
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...or how that character speaks, their emotional guidelines,
all those components are built through trial and error.
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And in the end, the voice starts to get closer to the image
of the character. That's the usual flow of things.
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But for all three of them, they sounded
pretty good from the very first take.
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The recording sessions
all went fairly smoothly.
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And their acting was very good
too, so it's well worth the listen.
***SIGN*** After Commercial Break: Cast Interview!!
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After the commercial break,
the three cast members will tell us
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about the characters they play,
as well as the show itself.
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We won't have time to prepare
ourselves even when that time comes.
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To just wait and see what kind
of regrets we'll have then...
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I wouldn't be able to bear that.
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"Aldnoah.Zero."
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In 1999, the Vers Empire finally declared
war against the United Forces of Earth.
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As the result of the fierce battle, the Hypergate lost
control, and collapsed along with the moon.
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Fifteen years later...
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"Aldnoah.Zero."
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Now, let's ask the three cast members
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about the characters they play,
as well as the show itself.
***SIGN*** Cast Interview
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Hello everyone, I'm Natsuki Hanae,
and I play Inaho Kaizuka.
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Hello everyone, I'm Kensho Ono,
and I play Slaine Troyard.
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Hello everyone, I'm Sora Amamiya,
and I play Asseylum Vers Allusia.
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Inaho is a very cool and collected character.
***SIGN*** Q: About the characters you play
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He's very neutral and
speaks matter-of-factly.
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I was directed not to make it feel like
he's having conversations with other people.
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He calculates everything in his head.
Everything is internal for him.
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He's the type that bases his
actions on his internal calculations.
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He's very human in nature,
and does have some emotions.
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He can be very kind as well.
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But in the end, he always acts based
on what he calculated in his head.
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So to others, he gives off a dispassionate air, and
leaves an impression that he's just the collected type.
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He's somewhat docile,
or rather gentle.
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But it's not that he's gloomy, either.
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It feels like everything he does is
for Princess Asseylum's sake.
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Because he cares for Princess Asseylum.
That's how I feel lately.
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Well, Asseylum is the first princess
of the independent empire on Mars.
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She has a very strong will, so if I falter in any
way while voicing her, I think it will show up.
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So when I'm acting as Asseylum,
I hold myself steady. Really steady.
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So even if I horse around a lot
during break times and stuff...
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...when we record, I try to keep
myself very steady as I act.
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The atmosphere is very comforting so I can
concentrate on what I do while acting.
***SIGN*** Q: About the atmosphere of the recording sessions
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The main cast members are pretty close in age range,
so the conversations really hit close to home.
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At first, I felt hesitant to
attend the recording sessions...
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But once it started, that wasn't the case at all.
I look forward to the recordings now.
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I think we have a very good
atmosphere at the sessions.
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Me, Mr. Hanae, Ms. Amamiya...
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There are many young actors, but also the great
veterans of the industry are at the sessions.
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And so I feel we're all able to work in a
positively tense environment.
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Let's see, for the overall
atmosphere of the sessions...
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It's not too rowdy, but everyone
gets along with each other.
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I get a very calm,
warm feeling from them.
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Everyone on the cast is very candid,
and approaches me to chitchat.
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So, we have a very harmonious,
comfortable atmosphere at the recording sessions.
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Let's see... first off,
the theme of "Aldnoah.Zero" is war.
***SIGN*** Q: About the world view and impressions about the series
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Things suddenly happen within the show that will never,
or almost never, happen as we live our everyday lives.
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In that aspect, the show
settings can be a bit grim.
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When I first read
the scripts and scenarios...
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...I found this story to be very complicated.
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The settings were very detailed.
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The world view was written in a way that my first
impression was "I want to know what happens next."
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The animation is very dynamic,
and it made my heart race.
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It's war on a large scale,
but within it, the Martians...
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...and the Terrans have varying thoughts
and motives, and their beliefs become intertwined.
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Even things like that make me look forward
to seeing how this story will unravel in the future.
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It's not only the cast voices that
color the world of "Aldnoah.Zero."
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At the helm of the music is someone who has composed
pieces for many animation and live-action drama titles...
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...as well as contributing to various artists. Hiroyuki Sawano
is a composer that is active in a vast number of different fields.
***SIGN*** HIROYUKI SAWANO
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For this show, not only is he in charge of the background music,
but also wrote the lyrics and composed the ending theme.
***SIGN*** Interview with Hiroyuki Sawano
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I'm not one to always have a concept
in mind when I start to compose music.
***SIGN*** Q: About the images you have in mind
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But from the director, I was simply told
that he wanted something masculine.
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I had heard that it was partially why
I was offered to become the series composer.
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When you especially
listen to my past pieces,
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that was probably what
the director had felt.
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So it's not like I approached it in any way
in particular just because it's "Aldnoah.Zero."
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I think I was able to compose music simply being myself,
and making the music that I usually feel is my music.
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The sound I create has been influenced
by music from Hollywood movies.
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I tend to make music that stresses the rhythm.
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And by rhythm, I mean the ones with
big, extravagant booming sounds,
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like the soundtracks of
Hollywood movies as of late.
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I assumed that that was the kind of sound
the director had in mind for this series.
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The first song I composed
was to be used for the trailer.
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And when we had a meeting, there was
a slight request for music of that sort as well.
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So that ended up being my overall approach,
when I made the orchestral pieces.
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From about last year, I started holding
live concerts for my own music.
***SIGN*** Q: How did you come about creating the ending theme?
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And those concerts were about...
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...titles I've previously worked on.
A lot of them had songs that had a vocal track.
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So those concerts were basically
gathering all the songs with vocal tracks
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in my previous titles, and having
them sung by guest vocalists.
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I was actually thinking that it would be nice
if this one day evolved into a project where
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I became a producer for a vocalist,
and that's when they showed interest.
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And I was asked if I wanted to give it a try.
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Furthermore, it just happened that I was assigned to
compose the music for "Aldnoah.Zero" right around then.
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And those talks evolved into them allowing me to
be in charge of the ending theme as well, I think.
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The vocalists for my songs that
have vocal tracks are rather constant.
***SIGN*** Q: About the ending theme
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There are a few people that I always rely
on... that usually ends up being the case.
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But somehow, Ms. Mizuki felt like she had a
different image compared to my usual vocalists.
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I had thought that was very interesting
when we did the first vocal check.
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And, just as I expected, when we
had her sing to the completed track...
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It was different from something
I've made in the past.
***SIGN*** "Hiroyuki Sawano's new vocal project
SawanoHiroyuki
「A/Z」 9/10 on sale"
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I guess you could say how
the world spread itself.
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I really feel like that's what
she's done for me this time.
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Furthermore, the riveting sound effects, and the deeply
emotional background music are also important elements.
***SIGN*** Q: About sound effects
***SIGN*** "Sounds" Enriching the Story
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The dubbing process is
moving along smoothly as well.
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First off, let's talk about
the sound effects.
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The deep sounds of the Kataphraktos,
the robots, moving around.
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They're very detailed when
they're adding those sounds.
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And it sounds very
awesome and deep.
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It's an exciting, good sound that
goes with the animation.
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As for the background music...
Mr. Sawano's music is just amazing.
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When I received the tracks,
I thought that they were cool songs.
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While I worked, I uploaded them onto my computer,
and kept listening to them on repeat, over and over.
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And when they got dubbed onto the film,
they added the next layer as the background music...
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...it felt like this title stepped up another
level as a show. It got me very excited.
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I thought it was really awesome.
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So that music definitely is worth lending an ear to.
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About Mr. Sawano, let's see...
***SIGN*** Q: About Mr. Hiroyuki Sawano as a composer
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We talked about the world view.
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We've also had several conversations
about what kind of songs I wanted.
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But I didn't give him specific orders, like I
didn't give details on what kind of songs...
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I really don't recall giving any detailed orders.
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I myself was a fan of Mr. Sawano.
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So I thought: if Mr. Sawano makes something awesome
that he feels is a fit for the show, then there's no mistake.
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And actually, something even more
than what I expected was given to me.
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It'll probably give you a refreshing feeling.
***SIGN*** After Commercial Break: Newest Promotional Trailer!!
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After the commercial break, we'll be showing
you the newest promotional trailer.
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Allow me... to go into battle!
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Are you...
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...my enemy?
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"Aldnoah.Zero."
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It truly is a lovely world.
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"Aldnoah.Zero."
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It truly is a lovely world.
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Earth...
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The birthplace of all humanity.
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It's been 15 years since the Heavens Fall.
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Those Martian bastards
really went crazy, huh?
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I thought I asked you to refrain from
drinking on military drill days, Lieutenant.
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This is just a game.
Don't get too into it.
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F-Fire!
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What's going on?!
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Right now, someone must
take that first step...
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...towards Earth and Mars
reaching a compromise.
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We won't have time to prepare ourselves
even when that time comes.
**[20:42] ---**
To just wait and see what kind
of regrets we'll have then...
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I wouldn't be able to bear that.
**[20:53] ---**
*We must resolutely bring down
the hammer of righteousness!*
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Pumping those kids' heads full of
this stupid crap, you call this a job?
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You're actually a fine soldier.
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*Hear me, proud knights of Mars!*
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*The time has come!*
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*The grand task that has spanned
generations, the Earthfall Operation*
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*will now be carried out with justice on our side!*
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Allow me... to go into battle!
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And that was the newest promotional footage.
How did you like it?
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The production for "Aldnoah.Zero" has been progressing
well, heading towards the first airdate on July 5th.
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"Aldnoah.Zero," a title that will engrave a new
chapter in the history of robot animation.
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The outcome of Earth and Mars,
and the destinies of the three children...
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Please see through it to the end for yourself!
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Please look forward to the airing!
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Your navigator has been Sora Amamiya,
playing the role of Asseylum.
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Until now, I have never had a chance to go this far
as to be in charge of the ending theme as well.
***SIGN*** Q: A message to the viewers
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So I am taking a new approach
and trying to have some
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synchronization between the ending theme
and the songs used within the show.
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If you could enjoy those aspects
as well, I'd be honored.
**[22:25] ---**
Yes, we're getting very close to
the airing for "Aldnoah.Zero."
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With a foundation of a wonderful story and visuals,
we all are working as one to create the show.
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Please see for yourself the dramatic
turn of events that happen in each episode.
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No matter what title, we get most nervous around the
time period right before the show goes on air.
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Of course, we're concerned about whether the
audience will properly accept the show we've made...
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...or whether they'll
understand all the concepts.
**[22:53] ---**
Things like that, we really can't tell
until we open it up and look inside.
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We've done everything we needed to do.
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It's not like we're making the show and we think,
"Oh maybe we should have done that after all."
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I don't feel that we have piled
up regrets of that sort.
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This is a story we've made from the ground up.
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I hope that many people will come to enjoy it.
# 1 - Princess of VERS
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It truly is a lovely world.
**[00:06] ---**
No matter how many times I see it,
it takes my breath away.
**[00:09] ---**
Does seeing the planet of your birth
stir up fond memories in you?
**[00:16] ---**
Slaine?
**[00:17] ---**
Um... I suppose so.
**[00:20] ---**
It is nothing to be
embarrassed about.
**[00:22] ---**
I have only been away
for two months,
**[00:26] ---**
yet I already find myself
pining for Vers.
**[00:29] ---**
Earth...
**[00:31] ---**
The birthplace of all humanity.
**[00:34] ---**
I have always dreamed of
seeing it with my own two eyes.
**[00:38] ---**
I-I see.
**[00:40] ---**
Tell me, Slaine. They say that the
sky here is blue, as are the oceans.
**[00:44] ---**
I have always been
curious about that.
**[00:47] ---**
On Earth, are the air and
water both colored blue?
**[00:51] ---**
No, the air and water
are transparent.
**[00:54] ---**
But in a thick enough layer,
it causes the light to be refracted,
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c-causing them to appear blue.
**[01:04] ---**
I believe that is how it works.
**[01:08] ---**
Water and air in such large
quantities that they bend light...
**[01:12] ---**
Isn't that amazing?
I can't even begin to imagine it!
**[01:18] ---**
Ah, here you are.
**[01:22] ---**
Count Cruhteo!
**[01:24] ---**
The hour has grown quite late.
**[01:26] ---**
Please return to your bedchamber,
**[01:31] ---**
Princess Asseylum.
**[01:32] ---**
Oh, is it that late already?
**[01:35] ---**
The view from this veranda makes it
all too easy to lose track of time.
**[01:40] ---**
Then I shall turn in, Slaine.
Let us continue my lessons tomorrow.
**[01:45] ---**
O-Of course.
It would be my pleasure.
**[02:34] ---**
1\an8}The goodwill visit of Asseylum Vers Allusia,
Princess Royal of the Vers Empire,*
**[02:39] ---**
1\an8}is a mere three days away.*
**[02:41] ---**
1\an8}But while there is a growing sentiment
worldwide to welcome her,*
**[02:44] ---**
1\an8}tensions are also rising.*
**[02:46] ---**
1\an8}Expert opinion is divided
on the subject of this royal visit,*
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1\an8}whose aim is the easing of interplanetary
tensions between Mars and Earth.*
**[02:50] ---**
'Morning, Nao...
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1\an8}In addition to the optimistic view that relations
between our two worlds can be improved,*
**[02:54] ---**
Good morning, Yuki.
**[02:56] ---**
Which would you have preferred,
a rolled omelette or scrambled eggs?
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1\an8}another, more pessimistic view, is that
this is merely political theater*
**[03:00] ---**
A rolled omelette, I guess.
**[03:01] ---**
1\an8}meant to loosen interplanetary
trade regulations.*
**[03:03] ---**
Sorry. I made
scrambled eggs today.
**[03:09] ---**
Aren't you eating breakfast, Nao?
**[03:11] ---**
I've already eaten.
**[03:13] ---**
What about you, Yuki? Today's your
shift as drill instructor, isn't it?
**[03:18] ---**
Why didn't you wake me up?!
**[03:21] ---**
I woke you up a dozen times,
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[03:24] ---**
Hey, wait!
**[03:26] ---**
Don't worry. If you run, you'll be
able to catch the next bus. Barely.
**[03:31] ---**
Speaking from
experience. Just FYI.
**[03:34] ---**
Oh, and put the dirty
dishes in the sink.
**[03:39] ---**
Heartless jerk...
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"And so, the discovery of an artifact
belonging to an ancient Martian civilization,
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the Hyper Gate, on the
Moon by Apollo 17,
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paved the way for the human
colonization and development of Mars.
**[04:03] ---**
However, this resulted in the
appearance of the Vers Empire,
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which claimed ownership of the Martian relics
and Aldnoah, their ancient technology,
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and proved to be the source
of a long-standing conflict."
**[04:21] ---**
Hey, Inaho!
**[04:23] ---**
Good morning.
**[04:25] ---**
Huh? Yuki isn't with you?
**[04:28] ---**
My sister overslept.
**[04:30] ---**
Well, if she shows some spirit, she
should make it in time for drills.
**[04:33] ---**
How could you shirk your duty to
escort our Goddess of Tuesdays?
**[04:39] ---**
Maybe she's Penivia.
**[04:41] ---**
Who's that?
**[04:42] ---**
The goddess of laziness.
**[04:43] ---**
I'm down with that!
**[04:45] ---**
Folks who plan to go on to college
don't need to worry about drills.
**[04:50] ---**
Going on to college, huh?
You flunked midterms, Okojo.
**[04:55] ---**
Look who's talking, Calm. You got
a C-minus on our last maneuvers.
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I've been taking notes
on every little thing, you hear?
**[05:02] ---**
I'm gonna take back my crown
as top student in our class.
**[05:05] ---**
You sure are psyched
to take down Inaho, Inko.
**[05:14] ---**
Disaster recovery, huh?
**[05:16] ---**
I guess even in Shingawara, once you leave the
city proper, things are still being rebuilt.
**[05:20] ---**
It's been 15 years since Heavens Fall.
**[05:22] ---**
Those Martian jerk bastards
really went crazy, huh?
**[05:26] ---**
Japan's in way better shape than
where Nina and I come from.
**[05:33] ---**
But we've got a cooperative
policy with Mars now, right?
**[05:36] ---**
There's even that goodwill
ambassador who's coming.
**[05:39] ---**
Oh, you mean that Vers princess.
What's her name again?
**[05:42] ---**
Assay? Easy?
**[05:44] ---**
- It's no wonder you flunked!
- Bite me!
**[06:04] ---**
1\an8}In 1999, the Vers Empire finally
declared war against the UE.*
**[06:12] ---**
1\an8}As a result of the fierce back and forth
fighting on the Moon's surface,*
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1\an8}the Hyper Gate went out of control
and destroyed the Moon itself.*
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1\an8}The astronomical body that had been
Earth's satellite for 4.5 billion years*
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I'm sorry I'm late!
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1\an8}was pulverized into countless boulders and now
continues on in its orbit as the Satellite Belt.*
**[06:28] ---**
Hey there, Warrant
Officer Sleepyhead.
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1\an8}As a result of this event, Earth
suffered catastrophic damage.*
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Lt. Marito!
**[06:32] ---**
1\an8}Meteor impacts, gravity
wave-induced crustal deformation,*
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Pee-yew!
**[06:36] ---**
1\an8}earthquakes, tsunami,
abnormal weather...*
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I thought I asked you to refrain from
drinking on military drill days, Lieutenant!
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1\an8}Scars left by the catastrophe that followed on
in the wake of the Moon's breakup, Heavens Fall,*
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This is just a game.
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1\an8}are still fresh all around the world.*
**[06:42] ---**
Don't get too into it.
**[06:44] ---**
1\an8}Soldiers of the Vers Imperial Army
whose path home to Mars was cut off*
**[06:46] ---**
We're doing live-fire
exercises today.
**[06:47] ---**
1\an8}by the destruction of the Hyper Gate
took up residence in the Satellite Belt,*
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1\an8}and even with travel between Earth and Mars
now possible without the Hyper Gate...*
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M-Master Arm switch...
Fire control...
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Lower the dampers,
then lock on...
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Targeting correction...
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F-Fire!
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Okay, switch pilots.
**[07:08] ---**
Squad B, take cover
in the bleachers.
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Go act as spotter,
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[07:14] ---**
Please go easy on the booze, sir.
**[07:17] ---**
When a teacher smells of alcohol,
students lose respect for him.
**[07:21] ---**
Don't you worry about me.
I'm used to being looked down on.
**[07:26] ---**
No, sir.
**[07:28] ---**
You're actually a
fine soldier, Lt. Marito.
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I warned you to cut back on the
alcohol, didn't I, Lieutenant?
**[07:55] ---**
Good to see you, Dr. Yagarai.
**[07:58] ---**
Don't see you here often.
**[08:00] ---**
Making a house call
all the way out here, huh?
**[08:03] ---**
A patient of mine
is being uncooperative.
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I can't do my job without drinking.
**[08:09] ---**
It was drill day
for them again today.
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The work you're doing is important.
**[08:15] ---**
The KG-6 Sleipnir.
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The Kataphrakt developed by the UE to
prepare for the coming Martian threat.
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A manned humanoid weapon.
**[08:26] ---**
Military training is now part
of their required curriculum.
**[08:31] ---**
They fire off that 75mm
cannon like it's some game,
**[08:34] ---**
and you guys tell 'em they
can defend the ol' homeland.
**[08:38] ---**
Pumping those kids' heads full of this
stupid crap, you call this a job?
**[08:42] ---**
Get real.
**[08:44] ---**
Lieutenant...
**[08:47] ---**
15 years ago,
**[08:49] ---**
the top brass hushed up what
happened in Tanegashima.
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Nobody believes me
when I tell them now.
**[09:02] ---**
But even if no one else
remembers, I do.
**[09:06] ---**
Aldnoah...
**[09:08] ---**
Out on Mars, they got their hands
on the power of the gods.
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Relics of a civilization
30,000 years gone.
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Unbelievable power that reduced
the Moon to rubble.
**[09:20] ---**
Who are you kidding, trying to
stand against something like that?
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Nobody's taking this seriously.
**[09:26] ---**
They believe that this transitory
peace will last forever.
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Tell me, Doc.
**[09:35] ---**
What's gonna happen to those kids whose heads
have been pumped full of lies by us adults?
**[09:40] ---**
When the day comes for them to
face off against those guys
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that have been biding their time
in the wreckage of the Moon,
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how do you suggest we make up
for all the lies we've told them?
**[10:00] ---**
Slaine.
**[10:02] ---**
Princess Asseylum.
**[10:04] ---**
Look up, Slaine.
**[10:07] ---**
Yes.
**[10:11] ---**
The day has come for us
to say farewell.
**[10:14] ---**
I will now go down to Earth
and carry out my goodwill mission.
**[10:20] ---**
The many facts you have imparted
to me are certain to prove useful.
**[10:25] ---**
Um... Will it not be dangerous?
**[10:29] ---**
We cannot go on in fear.
**[10:31] ---**
Right now, someone must take that first step
towards Earth and Mars reaching a compromise.
**[10:39] ---**
Princess...
**[10:46] ---**
Take this.
**[10:48] ---**
I'm told that it's an old Earth
charm that wards off evil spirits.
**[10:51] ---**
But you said that this is all
you have of your father...
**[10:55] ---**
It's fine. I'm sure that Father
would want you to have it.
**[10:59] ---**
It's to thank you for saving me and my father
when we were at death's door five years ago.
**[11:09] ---**
I shall deliver your and your father's
prayer of peace to that blue world.
**[11:17] ---**
Thank you, Slaine.
**[11:20] ---**
Princess Asseylum.
Your shuttle has arrived.
**[11:24] ---**
Very well. Goodbye, then.
**[11:27] ---**
Yes.
**[11:40] ---**
Know your place, scum.
**[11:45] ---**
While I appreciate all you have done to
dissuade Her Highness from her folly,
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when a dog soils the carpet,
its master is responsible.
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That is your only warning, Terran.
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Yes, Milord...
**[12:04] ---**
You do not think much of Slaine,
either, do you, Eddelrittuo?
**[12:09] ---**
Well, um...
**[12:12] ---**
If we go back far enough, we ourselves are descendants
of emigrants who struck out from that blue world.
**[12:19] ---**
Why do we hate them so?
**[12:23] ---**
Begging your pardon, Milady...
**[12:25] ---**
we subjects of the empire became a new race
distinct from the old humanity we left on Earth
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when Emperor Vers inherited
the authority of Aldnoah.
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As one who embodies the power
of the gods, Milady...
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...you should not say such things.
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My wish is to establish friendly
relations with our distant home.
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Regardless of how we found ourselves here, I am
visiting Earth as a show of amity and our well-wishes.
**[12:56] ---**
Milady...
**[13:08] ---**
Selena, Hohmann
transfer orbit complete.
**[13:11] ---**
Now commencing descent sequence.
**[13:14] ---**
All we can do now
is pray for her safety.
**[13:18] ---**
*Milord, you have a message from
Saazbaum Castle. Shall I put it through?*
**[13:22] ---**
Yes.
**[13:26] ---**
*I expect you are rather stir crazy after playing
host for three months, Count Cruhteo.*
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I cannot say that I carried out
my duties satisfactorily.
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This was my final opportunity to
dissuade her from this foreign trip.
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*You needn't be concerned.*
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*If something were to
happen to Her Highness,*
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*the 37 Clans here in orbit
would not take it sitting down.*
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*Even the Terrans must know this.*
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One can only hope.
**[13:55] ---**
*Or perhaps if their intent
all along was to provoke a fight,*
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*that would be a blessing
for us in its own way.*
**[14:06] ---**
Saazbaum!
Do not say such things!
**[14:09] ---**
*Oh, did I go too far?*
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*However, we Orbital Knights have dwelt in our
castles for 15 years since the time of our fathers.*
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Dreaming of the day we would reach
out and touch that blue radiance.
**[14:28] ---**
It's finally happening...
**[14:30] ---**
All these years of lying low
is about to pay off.
**[14:55] ---**
Look!
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The limousine that is carrying Her Highness Asseylum
Vers Allusia, Princess Royal of Mars, has just appeared.
**[15:04] ---**
It is slowly heading this way,
flanked by its escort vehicles.
**[15:05] ---**
We made it!
**[15:08] ---**
I still say watching it live on TV
would've been just as good.
**[15:10] ---**
This is supposed to be a goodwill visit,
so we need to join in and add to the noise.
**[15:17] ---**
Make her feel welcome, you know?
**[15:18] ---**
When did you switch sides
and become a Mars sympathizer?
**[15:21] ---**
Hey, she's royalty! A princess!
**[15:24] ---**
Plus, the buzz on the net
is that she's pretty cute.
**[15:28] ---**
Should've known.
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I don't see her.
**[15:36] ---**
Not surprising. That's 200mm
thick bulletproof tinted glass.
**[15:41] ---**
Specs like that are pretty
typical for VIP cars these days.
**[15:46] ---**
Isn't she gonna wave or something?
Y'know, to the crowd? This is a parade, after all.
**[15:49] ---**
How should I know?
Must be a security thing.
**[15:53] ---**
What are we even
doing here, then?
**[15:55] ---**
Because you said
you wanted to come!
***SIGN*** Domestic medium eggs, 98 yen 10 per carton, limit 1
**[15:59] ---**
Eggs are on sale.
**[16:01] ---**
And you are always lost
in your own little world...
**[16:05] ---**
I knew you'd come!
**[16:07] ---**
Hey, Inko. You here to
see the parade, too?
**[16:10] ---**
Student Council business.
**[16:12] ---**
We're helping direct traffic at the
request of the security detail.
**[16:15] ---**
Well, aren't we a go-getter...
**[16:23] ---**
Hey, if you three aren't doing
anything, you should help out, too.
**[16:27] ---**
We're really shorthanded!
**[16:29] ---**
I'd be willing to use trained
monkeys at this point!
**[16:36] ---**
Don't give me that!
**[16:38] ---**
Trained monkeys would
be more useful.
**[16:41] ---**
Hey.
**[16:42] ---**
All you have to do is put on an armband
and stand there! Pretty please!
**[16:45] ---**
How about it?
**[16:47] ---**
What about you, Inaho?
Will you help?
**[16:50] ---**
Let's get away from here right now.
**[16:54] ---**
A missile is coming.
**[17:01] ---**
What was that?!
**[17:18] ---**
What's going on?!
**[17:25] ---**
- It's through!
- The limo made it!
**[17:28] ---**
No.
**[18:15] ---**
*Our Princess Asseylum's heartfelt wish
for peace has been mercilessly crushed*
**[18:19] ---**
*by a violent act of
the treacherous Terrans!*
**[18:25] ---**
*We subjects of the Vers Empire*
**[18:28] ---**
*must resolutely bring down the hammer of righteousness
in response to this atrocity committed by Old Humanity!*
**[18:36] ---**
*Hear me, proud knights of Mars!*
**[18:38] ---**
*The time has come!*
**[18:40] ---**
*The grand task that has
spanned generations,*
**[18:43] ---**
*the Earthfall Operation,*
**[18:45] ---**
*will now be carried out with
justice on our side!*
**[18:49] ---**
Count Cruhteo, reactor output is at 97%.
Launch preparations are complete.
**[18:56] ---**
*I am solely to blame for not stopping
the Princess from going to Earth.*
**[19:02] ---**
Do not fall behind the other lords.
**[19:04] ---**
If it has come to this, we shall demonstrate
our grief through force of arms!
**[19:08] ---**
Landing Castle, begin descent!
**[19:10] ---**
Your target, Japan!
**[19:15] ---**
Princess...
**[19:25] ---**
Of the 37 Landing Castles remaining in orbit,
we have confirmation of 19 coming down.
**[19:32] ---**
Projected landing points are New Orleans,
Beijing, Mozambique, and Tokyo.
**[19:39] ---**
We believe one Landing Castle will come down
somewhere within 20km of Ichigaya or Chiyoda Ward.
**[19:40] ---**
These guys aren't
coordinating their efforts at all.
**[19:44] ---**
They're only interested in landing first.
There's no command structure at all.
**[19:46] ---**
Estimated landing time is 0800,
three hours from now.
**[19:47] ---**
Goes to show
how little you know.
**[19:49] ---**
Although we're unable to estimate how much
damage will be done when it comes down,
**[19:52] ---**
Lieutenant...
**[19:53] ---**
They don't need a command structure.
**[19:54] ---**
it is believed that the Martian troops will launch
their attack under the cover of that impact.
**[19:56] ---**
Those are 37 distinct military forces
led by 37 different knights.
**[19:59] ---**
Therefore, we will deploy at a point 50km
southwest of the projected impact point,
**[20:01] ---**
They're each trying to land first
in a race to be king of the hill.
**[20:03] ---**
and after the shockwave has passed, we will mount
a counteroffensive before they can form up.
**[20:06] ---**
Their rivals are their
fellow Mars Knights.
**[20:08] ---**
According to observations, the enemy
Landing Castles are roughly 2km in length.
**[20:09] ---**
They were never concerned about
counterattacks from the surface.
**[20:13] ---**
This is a...
**[20:15] ---**
They'd unilaterally
break the cease-fire?
**[20:18] ---**
Cease-fire?
**[20:21] ---**
These past 15 years,
**[20:24] ---**
they've been fighting a war
up there in the wreckage of the Moon.
**[20:28] ---**
A war to live to fight another day.
**[20:51] ---**
Get moving, jackass!
**[20:52] ---**
That's what I keep saying!
**[20:55] ---**
What's that?
**[21:47] ---**
Look, Sis! Shooting stars!
**[21:51] ---**
Oh, wow... There's so many...
**[21:54] ---**
Did you make a wish?
**[21:56] ---**
Yep!
**[21:57] ---**
I wished that people all over the world
would get along and live in peace!
# 2 - Beyond the Horizon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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The enemy's strategy
is simple in the extreme.
**[00:05] ---**
Use the shockwave from the Landing Castle
impact to clear out the area,
**[00:09] ---**
which both eliminates our own forces
and gives them a beachhead.
**[00:15] ---**
However, we have been making plans
for this attack for the past 15 years!
**[00:20] ---**
We will combine
all our forces
**[00:22] ---**
and we will surround and annihilate the enemy
before they can deploy any ground troops.
**[00:32] ---**
Dismissed!
**[02:06] ---**
So that's...
**[02:10] ---**
a Martian Landing Castle!
**[02:18] ---**
Neutralize them!
**[02:25] ---**
*Dickhead!*
**[02:26] ---**
Enemy missiles!
**[02:27] ---**
Intercept! RAM!
**[02:29] ---**
No, hold on...
**[02:51] ---**
Undersea cables Southern Cross,
Concerto 1 severed!
**[02:55] ---**
Miami Landing Station
has gone silent!
**[02:57] ---**
What about comm satellites?!
**[03:02] ---**
They're under attack from the
Landing Castles still in orbit!
**[03:05] ---**
Comm links to U.E. HQ and
branch offices are down!
**[03:08] ---**
*Alpha Leader to all planes.
Will now begin attack.*
**[03:17] ---**
*What?!*
**[03:21] ---**
The fighter squadron was...
**[03:24] ---**
*One enemy reading detected.*
**[03:26] ---**
Silver 22!
**[03:28] ---**
Jamming, huh?
**[03:30] ---**
*Lead Silver Squad appears to
have encountered the enemy.*
**[03:33] ---**
*All units, deploy.
Attack at will.*
**[03:40] ---**
That's it?
**[03:54] ---**
Commander!
**[04:00] ---**
Stupid primitives.
**[04:02] ---**
Bow down before the
might of the gods.
**[04:16] ---**
Swear allegiance or be annihilated.
**[04:19] ---**
You have but two choices.
**[04:33] ---**
Pathetic...
**[04:53] ---**
How can this be happening?!
**[04:55] ---**
Those are Martian Kataphrakts!
**[05:02] ---**
We can't possibly beat these guys...
We're insects to them.
**[05:08] ---**
We're no more than insects...
**[05:19] ---**
Child's play.
**[05:21] ---**
Count Cruhteo.
**[05:24] ---**
We should begin our advance
on Shinawara right away.
**[05:27] ---**
If we plant our flag at the scene
of Her Highness' tragic death,
**[05:31] ---**
it will solidify the righteousness
of Vers' cause.
**[05:35] ---**
Indeed. I had intended
to do so all along.
**[05:37] ---**
However, the more pressing matter
at hand is securing the drop site.
**[05:41] ---**
In that case, Count Cruhteo,
please allow me that honor.
**[05:45] ---**
This is the perfect opportunity to repay you for allowing me
to impose on your hospitality these many years.
**[05:52] ---**
Then I shall delegate the
task to you, Trillram.
**[05:54] ---**
Apprehend this area's leaders and learn the
details surrounding Her Highness' death.
**[06:00] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[06:01] ---**
*This is a special report.*
**[06:02] ---**
*Moments ago, major cities around the world came
under attack by Mars' Vers Imperial Forces.*
**[06:09] ---**
*Due to a communication network
disturbance of unknown origin*
**[06:12] ---**
*the extent of the damage to these
cities is unclear at this time...*
**[06:18] ---**
We have more than enough seats.
Move in an orderly fashion.
**[06:25] ---**
1\an8}Citizens of Shinawara City, an
evacuation advisory is in effect.*
**[06:30] ---**
1\an8}Is there anyone here
who has not left yet?*
**[06:33] ---**
Tell me...
**[06:34] ---**
1\an8}We will be happy to take the infirm
or elderly to the ferry pier.*
**[06:36] ---**
Why were we roped
into doing this?
**[06:39] ---**
We had to, they're shorthanded.
**[06:42] ---**
And I can't say no to Inko.
**[06:44] ---**
I'll take helping out the
student council any day.
**[06:47] ---**
The fighting's ramping up.
Are we gonna get drafted someday?
**[06:52] ---**
No way. You're not put in the Reserves
until after you graduate high school, right?
**[06:56] ---**
Well, maybe if the fighting drags on
and there's a shortage of troops...
**[07:02] ---**
Inko. Family spotted
at 10 o'clock.
**[07:06] ---**
Dude, seriously?
Fucking Martians...
**[07:12] ---**
*Like I said, we got put on standby,
so I can't leave.*
**[07:18] ---**
I thought the plan was to
leave town in your car, Yuki.
**[07:21] ---**
*Wait, don't tell me you're
still at our house, Nao!*
**[07:24] ---**
*Why didn't you evacuate
with everyone else?*
**[07:27] ---**
*Oh, right, I could have
done that...*
**[07:29] ---**
Make decisions as circumstances dictate!
If you have to, trust your gut and make the call!
**[07:34] ---**
Isn't that always
my advice to you?
**[07:37] ---**
*Penivia...*
**[07:38] ---**
What?
**[07:39] ---**
*Never mind. I'll get a lift from one of
the transports that are patrolling the area.*
**[07:45] ---**
*Be careful.*
**[07:46] ---**
You, too.
**[08:06] ---**
Excuse me.
**[08:08] ---**
You really should
flee the area.
**[08:10] ---**
An evacuation advisory is in effect
for the entire Shinawara area.
**[08:14] ---**
Are you tourists?
**[08:17] ---**
Do you speak—
**[08:20] ---**
My apologies.
**[08:28] ---**
Ah, you do understand me.
**[08:30] ---**
Yes, thank you for
your kindness.
**[08:33] ---**
Meaning no disrespect, of course, but might I
ask you a few questions while I have you like this?
**[08:39] ---**
Be my guest.
**[08:41] ---**
What is this
"evacuation advisory"?
**[08:42] ---**
They say that Tokyo has fallen
because of the Martian attack.
**[08:47] ---**
This area is in danger, too.
**[08:48] ---**
We wish to go to the proper authorities
and inform our people that we are safe.
**[08:54] ---**
Your embassy, you mean?
**[08:55] ---**
Given the situation,
I don't think they're open.
**[08:58] ---**
Ever since the assassination of the Vers
crown princess yesterday, the U.E. has—
**[09:01] ---**
Princess Asseylum is—
**[09:04] ---**
She is alive. She did not
take part in the parade.
**[09:09] ---**
The unaccustomed gravity
of Earth made her feel ill,
**[09:13] ---**
and so a double
took her place...
**[09:17] ---**
I know how she feels...
**[09:20] ---**
That's a novel hypothesis.
**[09:24] ---**
A transport will be here soon.
I texted Inko earlier.
**[09:30] ---**
You're welcome to join me.
**[09:38] ---**
*Slaine Troyard... To think that
you will be acting as my pilot.*
**[09:46] ---**
I was ordered to do so
by Count Cruhteo.
**[09:49] ---**
*No matter. Just don't
get underfoot, Terran.*
**[10:00] ---**
You're a lifesaver! I can't believe my
car picked now to run out of gas.
**[10:05] ---**
I expect some gratitude, Doctor.
**[10:07] ---**
You, too, Inaho.
**[10:09] ---**
Sure.
**[10:10] ---**
Don't casually
ditch us like that.
**[10:13] ---**
Still...
**[10:16] ---**
Are they Russian? Northern European?
Don't see many of those in Shinawara.
**[10:21] ---**
I don't mind one bit!
Always happy to see a babe! She's a 10!
**[10:28] ---**
Thanks.
**[10:30] ---**
Boys...
**[10:38] ---**
A KG-7 Areion!
**[10:40] ---**
*What are you people doing?!
The evacuation here is supposed to be finished!*
**[10:44] ---**
*That voice...
Is that you, Yuki?*
**[10:46] ---**
Inko?! If you're here,
does that mean Nao is, too?
**[10:51] ---**
Oh, for the love of... Why?
**[10:53] ---**
*Hey, if the Kataphrakt squad
has been mobilized,*
**[10:56] ---**
*does that mean the enemy's
on its way to Shinawara?*
**[10:58] ---**
*That's right. High-temperature thermal signatures
are headed this way from Tokyo.*
**[11:01] ---**
*This area is a projected
combat zone! Turn around!*
**[11:04] ---**
But we have to go through here
to reach the ferry pier!
**[11:06] ---**
*Whatever! Just find a safe place
and hunker down!*
**[11:09] ---**
*We'll hold them off!*
**[11:13] ---**
Inaho...
**[11:24] ---**
*Enemy fighter formation
approaching from 1 o'clock!*
**[11:27] ---**
So, they've turned up
to die for nothing.
**[11:30] ---**
As they wish.
First, a warning.
**[11:35] ---**
*Target merge.
Now attacking.*
**[11:45] ---**
All missiles, direct hit!
**[11:49] ---**
*E-Enemy is intact!*
**[11:51] ---**
*It's unscathed!*
**[11:54] ---**
Scum...
**[11:56] ---**
Slaine.
**[11:57] ---**
*Milord?*
**[12:05] ---**
Oh, dear... This boy's upbringing
is sorely lacking, Count Cruhteo!
**[12:13] ---**
No matter. I shall take it upon myself
to educate you in the joys of the battlefield!
**[12:22] ---**
It's started...
**[12:24] ---**
Message from HQ!
**[12:25] ---**
Fighter squadron has encountered
enemy flying vehicle!
**[12:27] ---**
*Currently engaging!*
**[12:29] ---**
What's wrong?
Our comms reception is bad.
**[12:32] ---**
*We're being jammed.*
**[12:33] ---**
They're using powerful EM waves
to disrupt our chain of command.
**[12:36] ---**
Just like 15 years ago.
It's one of their tricks.
**[12:40] ---**
Like you saw anything
15 years ago, you fraud...
**[12:57] ---**
*Crap! He's on my 6!*
**[12:59] ---**
*Moving to assist!*
**[13:07] ---**
What the—?
**[13:24] ---**
There is no beauty in the struggle if one
is unaware that one is about to die.
**[13:40] ---**
*Well, Slaine?*
**[13:42] ---**
How does it feel to watch from on high
as your former countrymen die so pathetically?
**[13:49] ---**
Fighter squadron... wiped out.
**[13:51] ---**
*Enemy flying vehicle is continuing
its advance towards Shinawara.*
**[13:56] ---**
Let's hurry.
**[13:58] ---**
That's our ride.
**[13:59] ---**
Yeah.
**[14:00] ---**
And now, as per our agreement, we'll return home
to our motherland of Vers and be knighted.
**[14:08] ---**
It's been a difficult mission,
hasn't it, Rayet?
**[14:12] ---**
No, Father.
**[14:14] ---**
*We are above the target area.*
**[14:16] ---**
All right, set me down.
**[14:17] ---**
*Yes, Milord.
Nilokeras, disconnect.*
**[14:25] ---**
Here he comes.
**[14:35] ---**
Sir Trillram! We have
awaited your arrival!
**[14:38] ---**
Congratulations on completing
this important mission.
**[14:50] ---**
It's... the light of Aldnoah!
**[14:59] ---**
And now, farewell,
my good rats!
**[15:07] ---**
We mustn't have you squeaking at an
inopportune time in the future, you see.
**[15:16] ---**
What have we here?
If it isn't an adorable baby rat!
**[15:24] ---**
You won't escape me!
**[15:35] ---**
Enemy Kataphrakt spotted!
**[15:38] ---**
Bastard... It's attacking a civilian!
**[15:40] ---**
Commence attack.
We'll make quick work of him.
**[15:43] ---**
Keep laser comms open.
Maintain coordination.
**[15:46] ---**
*But, sir!*
**[15:46] ---**
I said, commence attack! Fire!
**[15:49] ---**
Cease fire! Assisting the
civilian has priority!
**[15:54] ---**
What the hell?
Our shells, they aren't—
**[15:55] ---**
*Warrant Officer Kaizuka!
Secure the survivor. I'll cover you!*
**[15:58] ---**
*Roger!*
**[15:59] ---**
Lt. Marito!
This is my platoon!
**[16:01] ---**
*Don't go around
issuing orders!*
**[16:10] ---**
What are they playing at?
**[16:14] ---**
*Go!*
**[16:29] ---**
Get in!
**[16:33] ---**
*Civilian secured!*
**[16:34] ---**
*Grenades!*
**[16:35] ---**
*I told you not to give orders!*
**[16:41] ---**
What the hell is the deal
with that thing's body?!
**[16:43] ---**
*Stay calm!*
**[16:46] ---**
*Cut loose with
everything you have!*
**[17:12] ---**
What in the world?
**[17:14] ---**
The meddlers have been dealt with.
Now, back to my rat problem...
**[17:18] ---**
*Run, Kaizuka!*
**[17:30] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[17:31] ---**
Die with cowardice,
or die with foolhardy valor?
**[17:35] ---**
Do you think you are making
a noble choice here?
**[17:55] ---**
A pity.
**[17:57] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[18:07] ---**
HQ, come in! HQ!
**[18:11] ---**
Is it just me, or have we been
driving around in circles?
**[18:14] ---**
What else do you
expect me to do?!
**[18:15] ---**
*This is Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
Do you copy?*
**[18:18] ---**
Yuki?!
**[18:24] ---**
Take this girl aboard
and gun it!
**[18:26] ---**
Warrant Kaizuka! What's going on?!
**[18:29] ---**
*Hop to it!*
**[18:38] ---**
Sergeant!
**[18:43] ---**
Old man!
**[18:48] ---**
Don't give me any
more trouble, little rat!
**[19:03] ---**
Inko! Go faster!
**[19:05] ---**
I'm trying!
**[19:06] ---**
He's gonna catch up!
**[19:08] ---**
We're too heavy!
**[19:10] ---**
Brake.
**[19:12] ---**
Slam on the brakes.
**[19:14] ---**
Come again?
**[19:15] ---**
Hurry. Brake!
**[19:22] ---**
Now hit the gas!
**[19:24] ---**
Right!
**[19:34] ---**
Stand still!
**[19:36] ---**
Okojo!
**[19:37] ---**
We have to save Yuki!
**[19:39] ---**
Damn it, it's too dangerous!
**[19:45] ---**
Sorry!
**[19:46] ---**
I'm fine!
**[19:48] ---**
Now leave him in the dust!
**[20:02] ---**
Inaho!
**[20:09] ---**
Inaho...
**[20:12] ---**
Need a hand?
**[20:22] ---**
Okisuke...
**[20:34] ---**
I toyed with them too long, eh?
**[20:42] ---**
Good job.
**[20:45] ---**
We're safe now, you two!
He isn't follow—
**[20:54] ---**
Hey, Inaho.
Where's Okojo?
**[21:03] ---**
No way...
**[21:08] ---**
*Warrant Officer Kaizuka,
this is Marito.*
**[21:11] ---**
*Do you copy?*
**[21:13] ---**
*Instructor Marito...*
**[21:14] ---**
Kaizuka!
**[21:15] ---**
*Listen close. That Martian
is following you.*
**[21:18] ---**
*He hasn't attacked
the ferry pier yet.*
**[21:20] ---**
*Draw him away as best you can.
But don't be a hero.*
**[21:24] ---**
*Make it back in one piece.*
**[21:29] ---**
Inaho?
**[21:30] ---**
He says that that guy
is still following us.
**[21:34] ---**
But we might be able to buy time for
the ferry with the refugees to leave port.
**[21:40] ---**
If we act as decoys.
**[21:42] ---**
Whoa, what are you saying?
**[21:44] ---**
If we take the utility tunnels,
we can reach the school from here.
**[21:47] ---**
And do what?!
**[21:49] ---**
There are trainers in the hangar.
And live-fire training rounds.
**[21:54] ---**
Come on, man...
**[21:56] ---**
Let's fight. Yuki and the
others tried, now it's our turn.
**[22:04] ---**
Let's fight that
Martian Kataphrakt.
# 3 - The Children's Echelon
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[00:01] ---**
So, Sir Trillram.
**[00:04] ---**
My Landing Castle is about
to take its meal,
**[00:07] ---**
so this laser transmission
will be terminated soon.
**[00:10] ---**
Let's wrap this up quickly, shall we?
What is the status of our rat extermination?
**[00:24] ---**
Are we awake?
**[00:26] ---**
Oh, no you don't.
You need to stay in bed.
**[00:32] ---**
Where am I?
**[00:33] ---**
The school. The enemy hasn't
figured out we're here yet.
**[00:37] ---**
We've managed to give them
the slip for the time being.
**[00:40] ---**
What about the others?
**[00:43] ---**
Inaho and his friends,
you mean?
**[00:46] ---**
They say they're
going to fight.
**[00:49] ---**
Using the equipment here.
**[00:52] ---**
Against that Martian Kataphrakt.
**[02:30] ---**
Hey! What's the deal with this?!
**[02:33] ---**
Orders from HQ, sir.
**[02:35] ---**
As soon as the citizens are evacuated, we're
to abandon this base and pull out.
**[02:39] ---**
We have someone still
fighting out there!
**[02:42] ---**
You're the only one left.
**[02:46] ---**
Lt. Koichiro Marito.
**[02:49] ---**
And you are?
**[02:50] ---**
Darzana Magbaredge.
**[02:52] ---**
Captain of the amphibious assault ship
Wadatsumi, 4th Fleet Escort Force.
**[02:58] ---**
This is Kaoru Mizusaki, my XO.
**[03:01] ---**
One of our people is still fighting
in the northern district!
**[03:04] ---**
The only reason we're still secure here
is because she's holding them off!
**[03:07] ---**
"She"?
**[03:08] ---**
Warrant Officer Yuki Kaizuka.
**[03:11] ---**
A radio jamming field is covering
the entire Shinawara area.
**[03:14] ---**
GPS is down, too.
**[03:16] ---**
Even if we went out to rescue her, we wouldn't
be able to pinpoint her location data.
**[03:19] ---**
But, ma'am!
**[03:20] ---**
Our responsibility is to escort and protect
the ferries that are carrying refugees.
**[03:24] ---**
There are still people who
haven't made it out!
**[03:27] ---**
My kids' names weren't on
the passenger manifest!
**[03:30] ---**
My students.
**[03:35] ---**
All right. I'll put in a request
to HQ to form a rescue party.
**[03:39] ---**
I'll leave you one
landing craft.
**[03:43] ---**
However, if you can't put together
enough people to crew her,
**[03:46] ---**
then I expect you
to let this go.
**[03:52] ---**
Nao? You're here, right?
**[03:54] ---**
Nao!
**[03:55] ---**
I'm in here.
**[03:56] ---**
I know that,
that's why I'm here.
**[03:58] ---**
Do you have any idea what you kids
are getting yourselves into?
**[04:02] ---**
I'm perfectly aware
that it's crazy.
**[04:04] ---**
Then why are you...
**[04:05] ---**
For some reason, that Martian is
obsessed with trying to kill us.
**[04:10] ---**
In other words, as long as
we stick to the school,
**[04:13] ---**
his attacks won't spread to the
city proper or the harbor.
**[04:16] ---**
Luckily, everyone who lives
around here has been evacuated.
**[04:19] ---**
Even so, that doesn't mean...
**[04:28] ---**
Okisuke is dead.
**[04:31] ---**
"Make decisions as circumstances dictate. If you
have to, trust your gut and make the call."
**[04:36] ---**
Isn't that what you
always tell me, Yuki?
**[04:41] ---**
I'm pretty sure that this
is one of those times.
**[04:44] ---**
I'll do it.
**[04:46] ---**
I can't let an injured
person do this.
**[04:48] ---**
Nao!
**[04:51] ---**
Everyone is on edge.
**[04:54] ---**
That's why I want you
to keep them safe.
**[04:57] ---**
I want you to cheer up and reassure
the people who are scared.
**[05:02] ---**
That's something
that we just can't do.
**[05:08] ---**
*Princess... You wished for peace
more than anyone, and yet...*
**[05:15] ---**
*Who would do such a thing?*
**[05:18] ---**
So what you are saying is that not
only did you fail to kill the rat,
**[05:22] ---**
you have even lost track of where
it may have gone to hide.
**[05:25] ---**
With all due respect,
Milord Saazbaum.
**[05:27] ---**
She has not eluded me just yet.
**[05:33] ---**
*From that tunnel she fled into,
she could only go to one area.*
**[05:37] ---**
Namely, Shinawara's
northern district.
**[05:40] ---**
When she grows impatient and pokes
her head out of her hidey-hole,
**[05:44] ---**
my Nilokeras' vaunted eagle eyes
will immediately spot him, and-
**[05:47] ---**
*Fool.*
**[05:49] ---**
Do you think we have the luxury
of playing the waiting game?
**[05:53] ---**
If we do not have the rat's
exact location, so be it.
**[05:56] ---**
We shall simply blow the entire
city to kingdom come.
**[06:00] ---**
We shall conduct a
meteor bombardment.
**[06:03] ---**
*M-Milord Saazbaum! Count Cruhteo's
Landing Castle is too close!*
**[06:09] ---**
*Would he not view that
as an attack against him?*
**[06:11] ---**
There are times when sacrifices
must be made.
**[06:13] ---**
*Orbital corrections
will take several hours.*
**[06:16] ---**
*To ensure that the rat does not
flee elsewhere in the meantime,*
**[06:19] ---**
*maintain a close watch.*
**[06:21] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[06:23] ---**
What's that?
**[06:25] ---**
I've been collecting all we know
about that Martian Kataphrakt.
**[06:34] ---**
The bullets you fired at it didn't bounce off,
they were all absorbed, weren't they?
**[06:42] ---**
How's the signal?
**[06:44] ---**
Borderline.
**[06:48] ---**
Such impudence!
**[06:50] ---**
Here goes...
**[06:55] ---**
It's not just bullets. When active sensor
pings hit it, they don't come back.
**[07:01] ---**
Meaning what, exactly?
**[07:02] ---**
Infrared, acoustic detection, lasers,
they're all useless.
**[07:08] ---**
There was no echo return.
**[07:10] ---**
It doesn't just absorb kinetic energy,
but also radio waves and lasers.
**[07:15] ---**
I think that's the special
characteristic of that wall.
**[07:19] ---**
Wall?
**[07:20] ---**
The energy field
that covers its surface.
**[07:24] ---**
Call it a barrier, I guess.
**[07:26] ---**
A barrier...
**[07:28] ---**
A barrier that absorbs
anything that touches it:
**[07:31] ---**
Matter, light, sound,
radio waves, everything.
**[07:34] ---**
But if that's the case, how can he see
what's on our side of the barrier?
**[07:41] ---**
Huh...
**[07:42] ---**
All information from the outside
is blocked by the barrier.
**[07:46] ---**
It's possible that he can't see or hear anything
on this side through the barrier.
***SIGN*** Barrier Absorb
**[07:53] ---**
In my opinion, the inside surface of that
barrier appears completely black.
***SIGN*** Light
***SIGN*** Light Sound
***SIGN*** Light Sound Radio Waves
**[07:59] ---**
But if that's true,
why do his attacks hit?
**[08:02] ---**
You're right. How can he hit
anything if he's not looking?
**[08:07] ---**
He precisely targeted us from the other side
of a building when we were running from him.
**[08:16] ---**
But then, even though he'd been
chasing us so relentlessly,
**[08:19] ---**
he gave up the chase the instant
we ran into the tunnel.
**[08:26] ---**
I bet that he wasn't the one who was looking
at what was outside the barrier.
**[08:31] ---**
I think that he's using some separate cameras
to allow him to see, probably in the sky.
**[08:40] ---**
Something like this.
**[08:42] ---**
That's how he kept managing to
track us no matter how far we ran,
**[08:46] ---**
and why he didn't want
to go into the tunnel.
**[08:49] ---**
It's because he can't see what's in front
of him when that barrier is up.
**[08:54] ---**
He's probably searching for us
from overhead right now.
**[08:58] ---**
That makes sense.
**[09:00] ---**
And conversely, it means we're safe as long
as we stay under cover like we are now.
**[09:05] ---**
But the instant we go out,
he'll spot us.
**[09:09] ---**
We'll probably only get
one chance at this.
**[09:14] ---**
Oh come on, we're out of
backup batteries...
**[09:17] ---**
And whose turn was it to check
them this week?!
**[09:21] ---**
Frigging Marito...
**[09:23] ---**
Say, Inaho..
**[09:24] ---**
It'll be us three
heading out in the Kats.
**[09:26] ---**
So we need two more people
for the decoy truck, right?
**[09:29] ---**
Who do we ask?
**[09:31] ---**
Please, allow me to help.
**[09:35] ---**
Princ-
**[09:37] ---**
A Scandanavian babe...
**[09:38] ---**
I feel that it is my duty to go through
this time of crisis, this trial.
**[09:45] ---**
Middle schooler syndrome?
**[09:47] ---**
Please.
**[09:51] ---**
He killed my father.
Let me take part.
**[09:57] ---**
Our own lives will
be on the line.
**[09:59] ---**
I understand that.
You can count on me.
**[10:06] ---**
We carry out the plan tomorrow morning.
We leave at first light.
**[10:12] ---**
We're going to drive off
that Martian Kataphrakt.
**[10:24] ---**
Still working?
**[10:27] ---**
What about you, Inko?
Can't sleep?
**[10:29] ---**
The student council office
is pretty cold.
**[10:32] ---**
Yeah, the heat is turned off. We want to
minimize any signs of human habitation.
**[10:37] ---**
Calm is sleeping like
a baby, though.
**[10:40] ---**
I hope he doesn't
catch a cold.
**[10:44] ---**
What?
**[10:45] ---**
I mean, you're worried
about a cold
**[10:48] ---**
when you guys
might die tomorrow.
**[10:55] ---**
Sorry.
**[10:59] ---**
It's okay.
**[11:01] ---**
It's not like I'm fearless
or anything.
**[11:05] ---**
I thought we were going
to be rescued.
**[11:07] ---**
But then they were all...
Like they were nothing.
**[11:12] ---**
If that happens to us, we probably
won't even know what hit us.
**[11:17] ---**
What kind of regrets will
I have in that moment?
**[11:20] ---**
I can't bear to just sit around doing
nothing as I think about that.
**[11:24] ---**
That's how I feel.
Calm probably does, too.
**[11:33] ---**
If you're not
up for it, Inko...
**[11:35] ---**
No, I'm fine.
I'll go rest up for tomorrow.
**[11:44] ---**
Inaho. Don't catch a cold, okay?
**[11:50] ---**
Same to you, Inko.
**[11:56] ---**
Allow me to thank you again.
**[11:59] ---**
We five will now
carry out the mission
**[12:03] ---**
to rescue friendly forces and civilians still
remaining in Shinawara's northern district.
**[12:07] ---**
Make that we six.
**[12:10] ---**
Captain Magbaredge?
**[12:12] ---**
I've delegated our ferry
escort duties to XO Mizusaki.
**[12:15] ---**
They're to rendezvous with us
after the op is complete.
**[12:19] ---**
Let's get a move on.
**[12:21] ---**
I've taken an interest in you,
Lt. Koichiro Marito.
**[12:29] ---**
Look at that!
**[12:32] ---**
A signal round...
Three reds.
**[12:34] ---**
That's in the direction
of the school!
**[12:36] ---**
"Commencing attack"?!
**[13:02] ---**
All right, rat...
Time to finish you off!
**[13:06] ---**
We're moving out!
Follow me!
**[13:15] ---**
Damn it!
This road's so narrow!
**[13:19] ---**
*Don't worry about it! You won't
have points deducted today!*
**[13:23] ---**
*I see it! 10 o'clock!*
**[13:27] ---**
There you are, pillbug!
**[13:35] ---**
Commence operation.
**[13:56] ---**
Why you little...
It can't be!
**[14:01] ---**
It's stopped moving!
**[14:03] ---**
Just like Inaho said!
**[14:09] ---**
Look. Release the safety.
Raise it. Fire.
**[14:14] ---**
Simple, huh?
**[14:31] ---**
You stinking rats!
**[14:38] ---**
You okay, Kaizuka?!
**[14:39] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[14:41] ---**
*Sir Trillram!*
**[14:43] ---**
*What in the world is that?*
**[14:45] ---**
Hey, this wasn't
part of the plan!
**[14:47] ---**
The trailer!
**[14:48] ---**
*Milord?*
**[14:49] ---**
Give me its position!
Where is it?!
**[14:52] ---**
*T-To your southwest,
heading towards the city center.*
**[14:57] ---**
That guy is crazy...!
**[14:59] ---**
*Cover me! That bat's wake
is dispersing the smoke!*
**[15:04] ---**
*We have to shoot it down!*
**[15:05] ---**
*Wait, Calm!*
**[15:10] ---**
Terran Kataphrakts...!
**[15:18] ---**
Forgive me!
**[15:23] ---**
*Calm!*
**[15:30] ---**
Damn!
**[15:31] ---**
*Are you okay?*
**[15:33] ---**
*Yeah. My stabilizer's gone,
but I can still run, barely.*
**[15:38] ---**
Rockets seem to work fine
on that one.
**[15:41] ---**
A sky carrier...
**[15:43] ---**
It's a Vers tactical transport.
**[15:45] ---**
I'm given to understand that it has
no special equipment or capabilities
**[15:48] ---**
beyond machine guns
and missiles.
**[15:59] ---**
Smoke screen!
**[16:00] ---**
Right away!
**[16:06] ---**
Voltage, check.
Oil pressure, check.
**[16:09] ---**
Temperature, check.
RPMs, normal.
***SIGN*** Nao,
Good luck!
-Yu
**[16:12] ---**
Force feedback
checking program, start.
**[16:16] ---**
Ejection seat functional.
IFF confirmed.
**[16:20] ---**
Tactical datalink, activated.
**[16:23] ---**
It's here.
**[16:24] ---**
All systems green.
Hold open.
**[16:31] ---**
There's no escape.
**[16:45] ---**
1200 meters to destination. Estimated time
to rendezvous, 93 seconds.
**[16:50] ---**
I'll buy some time.
Be quiet for a minute, okay?
**[17:00] ---**
You dare mock me?!
**[17:15] ---**
You've led me
on quite the chase...
**[17:21] ---**
Run, it's me he's after!
**[17:24] ---**
I will not. It is 54 seconds until
our estimated rendezvous time.
**[17:31] ---**
I shall buy us that time.
**[17:37] ---**
*How pathetic... You are going
to beg for your lives?*
**[17:41] ---**
*Restrain yourself!*
**[17:43] ---**
In the name of the Vers Princess Royal, I shall
not tolerate this outrageous behavior!
**[17:58] ---**
Her Highness Asseylum
Vers Allusia? It can't be!
**[18:03] ---**
Leave at once, you ill-mannered ruffian!
**[18:05] ---**
Impossible! That's not possible!
**[18:12] ---**
Fire all missiles!
Target: enemy Martian Kataphrakt!
**[18:22] ---**
How can you be alive?!
**[18:25] ---**
Let's see...
**[18:26] ---**
Master arm switch. Fire control.
Lower dampers...
**[18:30] ---**
*Inko, hurry!*
**[18:31] ---**
Oh, fine!
**[18:35] ---**
You waste your time! My Nilokeras'
defenses are impregnable!
**[18:38] ---**
The likes of you
could never scratch it!
**[18:39] ---**
Targeting correction!
0-1-6, 0-1-2!
**[18:42] ---**
Fire!
**[18:46] ---**
*Fire, fire, fire,
fire, fire!*
**[18:59] ---**
The water, it's...
**[19:03] ---**
Why, you little...
**[19:05] ---**
Calm.
**[19:06] ---**
*Let's see...
The soles of its feet?*
**[19:09] ---**
Anything else?
**[19:13] ---**
Found it!
**[19:14] ---**
The water isn't being sucked in!
**[19:15] ---**
Rear armor! Below and to the right of
the intake! The gap between the claws!
**[19:33] ---**
Impossible!
**[19:35] ---**
We knew that your
barrier had gaps.
**[19:39] ---**
Ground contact surfaces, for instance.
You can't put up a barrier under your feet.
**[19:42] ---**
If you did, you wouldn't
be able to stand.
**[19:46] ---**
The very invincibility of your
barrier makes it impossible
**[19:49] ---**
to completely cover
yourself in it.
**[19:53] ---**
The receiver for your external cameras.
That's one of the barrier's gaps.
**[20:01] ---**
This is for my friend.
**[20:20] ---**
They did it?
**[20:26] ---**
Oh, yeah!
**[20:31] ---**
It can't be...
**[20:35] ---**
The Martian princess...
**[22:17] ---**
Sir Trillram! You're alive!
**[22:20] ---**
Are you being sarcastic?!
Where have you been all this time?
**[22:23] ---**
I have been making temporary repairs
to the sky carrier...
**[22:26] ---**
Take me to it! We're leaving
this place right now!
**[22:30] ---**
Sir, wait! Princess Asseylum...
She is alive! I don't understand!
**[22:35] ---**
I know she is!
**[22:37] ---**
That's why I'm going to kill her
and make certain this time!
**[22:43] ---**
How big a fool are you,
you inferior scum?
**[22:45] ---**
If I let her live, my entire clan and its
followers will be branded as traitors!
**[22:56] ---**
Let's go.
**[23:05] ---**
You bastard, what do you
think you're doing?
**[23:13] ---**
Give me tha-
**[23:23] ---**
That parade, it was you...
**[23:25] ---**
You were the ones who tried
to assassinate the Princess!
**[23:29] ---**
You'll... regret this...
# 4 - Point of No Return
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**[00:02] ---**
This is justice!
**[00:04] ---**
In response to the cowardly act of the Terrans
who turned on Princess Asseylum,
**[00:08] ---**
who came down to Earth in order to
make herself a bridge of peace,
**[00:12] ---**
we Orbital Knights must
deal them a crushing blow!
**[00:16] ---**
The Terrans' spilled blood will be
our tribute to Her Highness!
**[00:49] ---**
Okay, keep it coming!
**[00:53] ---**
I was a nervous wreck! I thought I was
going to step on you, Matsuribi-senpai!
**[00:57] ---**
*If you had, you'd get hit with a
lot worse than point deductions.*
**[01:02] ---**
That ain't even funny,
right, Yutaro-chan?
**[01:05] ---**
I wish you'd stop
calling me that...
**[01:13] ---**
Can you climb down?
**[01:14] ---**
Yes.
**[01:15] ---**
Thank you for your concern.
**[03:25] ---**
What's going on?
**[03:26] ---**
The landing craft's radar has picked up
multiple massive bodies above Shinawara.
**[03:33] ---**
A meteor bombardment...
**[03:35] ---**
Freaking Martians!
**[03:40] ---**
We made it out just in time.
**[03:51] ---**
You're safe!
**[03:52] ---**
Yes. Thank you, Eddelrittuo.
How go things here?
**[03:56] ---**
No change, Milady.
**[03:59] ---**
I see. Thank goodness.
**[04:04] ---**
Good work out there, Nao.
**[04:07] ---**
Yuki...
**[04:08] ---**
I mean it, good job.
**[04:11] ---**
It's due entirely to the guidance of your
good-natured, beautiful instructor, I'm sure.
**[04:19] ---**
You did good.
**[04:22] ---**
You, too.
**[04:27] ---**
Nina!
**[04:30] ---**
Inko!
**[04:31] ---**
You came to rescue us!
**[04:33] ---**
Yeah. When I didn't see your names on
the ferries' passenger manifests, I...
**[04:39] ---**
It's a relief, huh?
**[04:41] ---**
Yeah.
**[04:42] ---**
She's my favorite.
**[04:46] ---**
The city is gone, isn't it?
**[04:48] ---**
Yeah...
**[04:50] ---**
It's only a matter of time
before we...
**[04:52] ---**
No way. We're gonna survive this,
mark my words.
**[04:57] ---**
If that's your plan,
**[05:01] ---**
then maybe you should start
by dodging that?
**[05:03] ---**
Right? Right? Left?
Right? Right? Left?
**[05:05] ---**
Quick exhaust.
**[05:13] ---**
Sheesh, what's the helmsman doing?
**[05:17] ---**
Um...
**[05:19] ---**
Sure.
**[05:20] ---**
Thank you for earlier, er...
**[05:23] ---**
Inaho. Inaho Kaizuka.
**[05:28] ---**
Thank you so much, Inaho. I am-
**[05:33] ---**
Please, call me Seylum.
**[05:38] ---**
I'll do that, Seylum.
**[05:41] ---**
If it is not too much trouble, perhaps
you could show me around the ship?
**[05:49] ---**
Inaho?
**[05:56] ---**
But Milady, you-
**[05:57] ---**
It's all right.
**[06:04] ---**
Let us try that again. I am
Asseylum Vers Allusia.
**[06:09] ---**
Emperor Vers' granddaughter.
**[06:13] ---**
That's the real you?
**[06:15] ---**
My earlier appearance is the
result of what I am told
**[06:18] ---**
is a form of optical camouflage
that employs holography.
**[06:21] ---**
The princess was assassinated on the day
of the parade. I saw the whole thing.
**[06:26] ---**
She was-
**[06:27] ---**
A double.
**[06:29] ---**
Her Highness was not
feeling well that day.
**[06:33] ---**
For that reason, the skeptical security detail
leader insisted that a double be used.
**[06:38] ---**
So that wasn't a hypothesis.
**[06:40] ---**
When my grandfather the emperor
learns that I am alive and well,
**[06:43] ---**
this war will come to
an end immediately.
**[06:46] ---**
I wish to get in touch with
Vers as soon as possible.
**[06:50] ---**
How?
**[06:52] ---**
At the very least, it would be
difficult to do from here.
**[06:54] ---**
Their jamming makes long-range
communications impossible.
**[06:57] ---**
And our telecommunications bases have been
destroyed, so we can't use the Net, either.
**[07:02] ---**
But we can take you to a facility that
can contact the Vers government.
**[07:08] ---**
I'll talk to my sister Yuki
and the others about it.
**[07:10] ---**
You mustn't do that!
**[07:11] ---**
There is a Vers spy hidden
amongst the Terrans!
**[07:15] ---**
In league with those assassins, no doubt!
**[07:17] ---**
The spy wishes to see
Her Highness dead!
**[07:21] ---**
I do apologize for dragging you
into our problems.
**[07:27] ---**
I beg you, keep this
matter between us.
**[07:35] ---**
I'm really glad that we
have you here, Dr. Yagarai.
**[07:38] ---**
I haven't used exoskeleton
therapy in a long time.
**[07:41] ---**
Please refrain from doing anything crazy.
This is only temporary.
**[07:45] ---**
It'll do, it'll do!
**[07:47] ---**
Just because you aren't in pain doesn't mean
there isn't any strain on your system.
**[07:50] ---**
When that anesthetic wears off,
it's going to be unpleasant.
**[07:53] ---**
I've got it, don't worry. I'll come in
for fine-tuning later, okay?
**[07:59] ---**
Or maybe I should have you make a few
more adjustments while you're here...
**[08:06] ---**
Oh, so Okisuke was...
**[08:09] ---**
Man, he was a moron
up to the very end...
**[08:12] ---**
A moron and a perv
and a slacker.
**[08:15] ---**
Poor bastard, dying and then
getting chewed out like this...
**[08:20] ---**
He shouldn't have
gotten himself killed, then.
**[08:24] ---**
Inko...
**[08:25] ---**
They started a war
and destroyed the Moon.
**[08:28] ---**
Heaven's Fall wrecked the Earth.
**[08:31] ---**
They've been up there in the Satellite Belt
looking down on us ever since!
**[08:35] ---**
I'll make them pay! For Okojo and
every other Terran who was killed!
**[08:40] ---**
Martian sons of bitches...
**[08:43] ---**
About earlier...
**[08:45] ---**
What will you do?
Keep her secret?
**[08:48] ---**
In an extreme situation where there's
no telling when an enemy will come,
**[08:51] ---**
human beings aren't known for
remaining calm and rational.
**[08:55] ---**
If they found out that she's a Martian, there's
no telling what might happen to her.
**[09:00] ---**
You're a real softie, aren't you?
Showing concern for the enemy?
**[09:04] ---**
She isn't the enemy.
**[09:07] ---**
The enemy is the people who
tried to assassinate her.
**[09:11] ---**
If what she says is true, we need to deliver
her... Seylum, safely to United Earth HQ.
**[09:19] ---**
And you?
**[09:20] ---**
Rayet.
**[09:21] ---**
My name.
It's Rayet Areash.
**[09:24] ---**
What about you, Rayet?
**[09:26] ---**
I'll make no guarantees.
**[09:29] ---**
If I think we're in danger,
I'll spill everything.
**[09:32] ---**
Martians are all the enemy.
**[09:41] ---**
Sir Trillram... is dead, you say?
**[09:43] ---**
Yes, Milord. He was caught
in the meteor bombardment.
**[09:46] ---**
Swine... To think one of us would target my
occupied territory under the cover of the battle!
**[09:51] ---**
Have they no honor as a fellow
Orbital Knight with a common goal?
**[10:00] ---**
Very well. Sooner or later, I shall uncover
his identity and mete out his punishment.
**[10:05] ---**
Summon Vlad!
**[10:06] ---**
Hunt down the remnant Terrans
and burn this place to ashes!
**[10:09] ---**
We shall avenge
Her Highness!
**[10:11] ---**
Milord Count.
**[10:14] ---**
About Princess Asseylum...
**[10:15] ---**
*That's why I'm going to kill her
and make certain this time!*
**[10:21] ---**
What?
**[10:23] ---**
Nothing, Milord. Inflicting further devastation
upon a previously conquered area...
**[10:28] ---**
Given Princess Asseylum's sentiments,
might that not be...
**[10:30] ---**
Oh. You imply that you wish to
have some say in avenging her?
**[10:38] ---**
Know your place, Terran!
**[10:40] ---**
You think yourself worthy of
doing battle at Vers' side?
**[10:43] ---**
For 15 long years, we Orbital Knights
ingloriously looked out at the Earth
**[10:47] ---**
from the shattered Moon, yearning for the
day we would reach out and take it!
**[10:54] ---**
With her death, the Princess has made
that cherished dream a reality!
**[10:57] ---**
This battle belongs to the Orbital Knights.
It is no concern of yours!
**[11:06] ---**
*He's trying to exploit
the Princess' death, too.*
**[11:10] ---**
*Trillram was an invited guest
at Castle Cruhteo...*
**[11:15] ---**
*If we let her live, my entire clan and its
followers will be branded as traitors!*
**[11:20] ---**
*"We"... This assassination
conspiracy has a ringleader.*
**[11:25] ---**
*Count Cruhteo?
No, it couldn't be...*
**[11:29] ---**
*What should I do?*
**[11:47] ---**
Power down engines!
**[11:48] ---**
Power down engines!
**[11:53] ---**
Captain Magbaredge!
**[11:55] ---**
I'm glad you're safe!
We've been waiting for you!
**[11:57] ---**
Commander Nakabayashi. Good work.
Where's everyone else?
**[12:01] ---**
The amphibious assault craft Wadatsumi is
currently taking a longer, safer route.
**[12:05] ---**
The seas are a mess thanks
to that meteor bombardment.
**[12:10] ---**
On XO Mizusaki's orders, we went ahead
in Craft #1 with Appaloosa Platoon.
**[12:15] ---**
We are here to support you and defend the
refugees until the Wadatsumi arrives.
**[12:20] ---**
That's a big help.
**[12:22] ---**
Still... this place was
abandoned, wasn't it?
**[12:26] ---**
Even though there's been no
damage to this area yet.
**[12:29] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[12:30] ---**
It's a wise decision.
**[12:32] ---**
Digging in only makes the damage worse.
The best thing is to bug out.
**[12:38] ---**
Exactly the opinion I'd expect from someone
who lived through the war 15 years ago.
**[12:43] ---**
We'll wait for the Wadatsumi to arrive.
**[12:46] ---**
Have anyone who isn't busy help with
resupplying the landing craft.
**[12:49] ---**
Understood.
**[13:00] ---**
We'll leave your rations here!
**[13:02] ---**
Thanks.
**[13:03] ---**
It's unusual for you
to offer to help out, Calm.
**[13:06] ---**
Yeah, you always played hooky
from military drills.
**[13:09] ---**
That was then.
**[13:11] ---**
Now, I'll do anything if it means
wiping out the Martians.
**[13:14] ---**
I've set up a three-shift
perimeter watch.
**[13:17] ---**
Any word from
the Wadatsumi?
**[13:19] ---**
No, the jamming's too intense.
**[13:22] ---**
I can't believe a signal can't
cross a few dozen miles.
**[13:24] ---**
We'll continue scanning.
**[13:36] ---**
Appaloosa Leader,
this is Appaloosa 33.
**[13:39] ---**
Have located friendly unit.
Appears to be damaged.
**[13:44] ---**
*What's the matter,
Appaloosa 33?*
**[13:47] ---**
What's that?
**[13:58] ---**
We're under attack!
**[14:04] ---**
What the hell?
**[14:09] ---**
All hands to battle stations.
**[14:10] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
Prep Craft #1 for liftoff ASAP!
**[14:13] ---**
Get inside, everyone!
**[14:18] ---**
*Appaloosa 33, sitrep!*
**[14:21] ---**
*Enemy Kataphrakts, 1.*
**[14:23] ---**
*Hiding behind building.
Currently engaging.*
**[14:26] ---**
*Surround it and fire at will.
All units, spread out.*
**[14:32] ---**
Projectile weapons?
How crude.
**[14:34] ---**
Witness the power of my
customized Kataphrakt, the Argyre!
**[14:40] ---**
Aldnoah output climbing.
Connecting to energy joints.
**[14:45] ---**
Deploying blade field.
**[14:49] ---**
Aldnoah drive output at maximum.
Plasma generator startup preparations complete.
**[15:13] ---**
Sword drawn.
**[15:14] ---**
Open fire!
**[15:23] ---**
Some kind of laser weapon?
No... It's a katana?
**[15:48] ---**
Appaloosa 33!
**[15:52] ---**
Message from Craft #1.
**[15:53] ---**
Put it on speaker.
**[15:55] ---**
*Captain Magbaredge!*
**[15:56] ---**
Status?
**[15:57] ---**
*Not good, ma'am.
How about on your end?*
**[16:00] ---**
Fueling complete!
**[16:01] ---**
Refugee boarding complete!
**[16:03] ---**
We'll lift off, too.
**[16:04] ---**
We'll get some distance and
finish this with SSMs.
**[16:07] ---**
Let's regroup out at sea!
**[16:24] ---**
A Mars Knight...
**[16:35] ---**
Sitrep!
**[16:37] ---**
Damage to hull! Negligible!
**[16:38] ---**
Will not affect seaworthiness!
**[16:41] ---**
APU shutting down!
**[16:43] ---**
Unable to power up engines!
**[16:44] ---**
I'll go look.
**[16:45] ---**
I'll go, too!
**[16:47] ---**
What the hell?!
**[16:48] ---**
Hey! Calm!
**[16:52] ---**
The main engine looks okay.
**[16:54] ---**
Make temporary repairs!
**[17:00] ---**
That isn't the same type
as the one this afternoon.
**[17:02] ---**
That thing in its hand...
Is that a beam katana?
**[17:06] ---**
Like I care.
**[17:08] ---**
I shall speak with
that knight.
**[17:09] ---**
Mila-
**[17:11] ---**
It's too dangerous! What if he is
in league with the assassins?
**[17:15] ---**
I am aware of the risk. But that is
the only way to keep everyone safe.
**[17:21] ---**
No! You were lucky
this afternoon, nothing more!
**[17:25] ---**
You must never do something
so reckless again!
**[17:27] ---**
Please stay here.
**[17:30] ---**
Stay here.
**[17:36] ---**
Inaho?!
**[17:37] ---**
I'll buy us some time.
You two get inside.
**[17:41] ---**
We're your friends, aren't we?
We'll help!
**[17:44] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:45] ---**
Hey, you two!
**[17:46] ---**
Inko, I need you up there.
**[17:51] ---**
Up where?
**[18:17] ---**
Trainers?
**[18:18] ---**
Inaho?
**[18:19] ---**
Engine room!
**[18:21] ---**
We're patching straight
into the pressure tank!
**[18:30] ---**
*No luck with HE rounds, huh?
Then let's try AP rounds.*
**[18:37] ---**
Clever. Rounds that contain no
explosives won't detonate in midair.
**[18:43] ---**
Nevertheless!
**[18:49] ---**
The tips are evaporating and throwing
off the bullets' trajectory...
**[18:53] ---**
The Leidenfrost effect, huh?
The heat it's putting out is incredible...
**[19:00] ---**
A pincer attack, eh?
**[19:15] ---**
What?!
**[19:21] ---**
How amusing. But how long can
you last in that Kataphrakt?
**[19:31] ---**
Damn it!
**[19:32] ---**
This is the end.
**[19:34] ---**
Maybe a little more
to the right...
**[19:40] ---**
Bingo.
**[19:47] ---**
My main monitor!
**[19:49] ---**
Calm.
**[19:49] ---**
Finally!
**[19:50] ---**
One more time!
**[19:53] ---**
Don't underestimate me!
**[19:54] ---**
I guess not!
**[20:02] ---**
Who do you insects
think you are?!
**[20:10] ---**
*Sorry we're late,
Captain Magbaredge.*
**[20:13] ---**
It took a long time to
find a safe route.
**[20:15] ---**
Mizusaki, would you like to know
why you can't get a date?
**[20:20] ---**
*I thought you were supposed to
arrive fashionably late, ma'am.*
**[20:22] ---**
*That's a tactic that you use
after you've landed a date.*
**[20:25] ---**
The smoke's cleared!
Now able to target!
**[20:28] ---**
Disable fuses on rounds.
**[20:30] ---**
Kataphrakt Platoon, take aim!
**[20:37] ---**
Fire!
**[20:44] ---**
Come on!
**[20:48] ---**
We have pressure!
Turbine RPMs climbing!
**[20:51] ---**
Ignition!
**[20:53] ---**
Let's withdraw.
**[20:54] ---**
*Roger!*
**[21:01] ---**
You think you can get away?!
**[21:10] ---**
You're not worth my time!
**[21:15] ---**
Exactly as planned, huh?
**[21:17] ---**
What plan?! That was really
close back there!
**[21:20] ---**
It's not like you to be
so reckless, Inaho.
**[21:24] ---**
I suppose it isn't.
**[21:29] ---**
Maybe you're right.
**[21:40] ---**
What is it, Slaine?
**[21:42] ---**
Please allow me to avenge
Princess Asseylum!
**[21:47] ---**
As I recall, I told you
that you are not worthy.
**[21:53] ---**
Begone, Terran.
**[21:56] ---**
Let me...
**[21:59] ---**
...go into battle!
# 5 - Phantom of The Emperor
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[03:13] ---**
How can this be?
**[03:16] ---**
My granddaughter Asseylum, assassinated,
**[03:19] ---**
and we go to war against Earth without
so much as a declaration?
**[03:23] ---**
Surely they knew what would come
of harming a goodwill ambassador.
**[03:28] ---**
Knowing that, why?
**[03:31] ---**
What is going on there
**[03:32] ---**
without my knowledge?
**[03:35] ---**
We are told that the assassination
was a terrorist act.
**[03:38] ---**
But does that not imply no hostile
intent on the part of the UE?
**[03:42] ---**
It is obvious that anti-Vers
factions exist on Earth.
**[03:46] ---**
To allow this assassination
in spite of that
**[03:49] ---**
leads me to believe that her
security was deliberately lax.
**[03:52] ---**
There is also the possibility
that the assassination
**[03:54] ---**
was perpetrated by the UE government under
the guise of a terrorist attack.
**[03:58] ---**
To what end?
**[03:59] ---**
Her Highness is of royal blood, one able
to summon forth the power of Aldnoah.
**[04:04] ---**
That bloodline is the very foundation
of the Vers Empire's might.
**[04:08] ---**
This is baffling.
**[04:12] ---**
Inform the UE government that we
are suspending hostilities.
**[04:15] ---**
And then uncover
the truth.
**[04:19] ---**
Yes, Majesty.
**[04:22] ---**
*How goes the war,
Count Cruhteo?*
**[04:26] ---**
All goes well.
**[04:28] ---**
Tokyo and its surrounding cities
have been conquered,
**[04:31] ---**
and Shinawara, where Princess Asseylum
fell, is already in our hands.
**[04:35] ---**
*Well done.*
**[04:37] ---**
*Incidentally, where is
Sir Trillram?*
**[04:40] ---**
*Is he still out distinguishing himself
on the battlefield?*
**[04:44] ---**
As to that... I regret to inform you
that he has fallen in battle.
**[04:48] ---**
*Fallen in battle?*
**[04:50] ---**
*Is this true?!*
**[04:52] ---**
Yes. It is most regrettable.
**[04:55] ---**
*He was caught in the meteor bombardment
that some ruffian launched on my territory.*
**[05:00] ---**
That is not possible...
**[05:03] ---**
*Odd. I informed him
of the bombardment.*
**[05:07] ---**
*He should not have been
caught in it unawares.*
**[05:09] ---**
*Sir Trillram served me well
as my guest.*
**[05:13] ---**
*To think that he should be taken
from us in this manner...*
**[05:16] ---**
We shall pray for the soul
of our brave warrior.
**[05:19] ---**
On that note, did anyone
witness his end?
**[05:32] ---**
*What should I do?*
**[05:34] ---**
*They knew Princess Asseylum
was alive, and yet...*
**[05:38] ---**
*If I do nothing, she really will
be assassinated sooner or later.*
**[05:41] ---**
I want it repaired immediately!
**[05:43] ---**
Don't just stand there!
**[05:47] ---**
The Argyre... Its head!
**[05:55] ---**
Thank goodness you
are unharmed, Sir Vlad!
**[05:57] ---**
You call this unharmed?!
**[06:00] ---**
My honor has been tarnished!
**[06:05] ---**
Was your opponent
that powerful?
**[06:07] ---**
No. I was made a fool of by some
orange, impudent cur!
**[06:13] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[06:16] ---**
Should you not be at
the Count's side?
**[06:19] ---**
I was disciplined.
For speaking out of turn.
**[06:23] ---**
Speaking out of turn?
**[06:25] ---**
I said that I wished him
to send me into battle, too.
**[06:28] ---**
You're just like them, I see.
**[06:31] ---**
You're a Terran. Impudent.
**[06:35] ---**
You are that eager to distinguish
yourself in battle and win favor?
**[06:39] ---**
Pathetic.
**[06:40] ---**
It's not like that! I just...
**[06:44] ---**
Her Highness, I want to...
**[06:49] ---**
Pathetic.
**[06:58] ---**
Oh, I get it.
This puts it on autopilot.
**[07:01] ---**
What are your names?
**[07:03] ---**
Nina Klein.
**[07:05] ---**
I'm Yutaro Tsumugi.
**[07:06] ---**
Kisaki Matsuribi.
**[07:08] ---**
Wait, are we going to
be sent into battle?
**[07:11] ---**
No way. These are just
supplementary lessons.
**[07:15] ---**
Just to cover our bases.
**[07:17] ---**
Gotcha.
**[07:18] ---**
They're covering their bases...
**[07:21] ---**
You're the one who drove off
the enemy Kataphrakt, Amifumi?
**[07:25] ---**
Yes, Capt. Magbaredge!
**[07:28] ---**
Actually, it was this boy
who planned the operation.
**[07:31] ---**
Operation?
**[07:34] ---**
Go on!
**[07:35] ---**
I don't think it was elaborate
enough to call an "operation."
**[07:39] ---**
You were the pilot
of that trainer?
**[07:42] ---**
Yes, ma'am. I'm Inaho Kaizuka.
**[07:45] ---**
Kaizuka?
**[07:46] ---**
Yes, ma'am. Warrant Officer
Kaizuka is my sister,
**[07:50] ---**
That was fine work, Inaho.
**[07:52] ---**
Your efforts saved the lives of many
of my crew, as well as the civilians.
**[07:58] ---**
Your sister must be proud.
**[08:00] ---**
If you were enlisted, I'd be tempted
to put you in for commendations.
**[08:07] ---**
Commendations?
**[08:09] ---**
Medals.
**[08:12] ---**
That's amazing!
We could get medals!
**[08:15] ---**
Amazing? Is it?
**[08:17] ---**
Of course it is! I've never
seen anyone with a medal!
**[08:20] ---**
That's only because nobody's seen
any real fighting for so long.
**[08:25] ---**
Instructor Marito!
**[08:26] ---**
"Instructor"? Does this look
like a school to you?
**[08:30] ---**
My apologies, Lt. Marito.
**[08:33] ---**
Medals are gonna be a whole
lot more common soon.
**[08:37] ---**
We're in a war. Honor is about the
only reward they can hand out.
**[08:41] ---**
Well, dying for honor
isn't such a bad thing.
**[08:45] ---**
Because it's hard to survive
and live in misery.
**[08:48] ---**
Lt. Marito.
**[08:50] ---**
Do you have a moment?
**[08:53] ---**
Hanging out your shingle
on a military boat, Doc?
**[08:56] ---**
Those who do not work
do not eat.
**[08:59] ---**
I can't say that I appreciate you shattering
those kids' illusions, Lieutenant.
**[09:12] ---**
You aren't hitting
the bottle, I see.
**[09:14] ---**
I'm so touched
that you trust me.
**[09:16] ---**
I thought you might be picking on
those kids because you were drunk.
**[09:19] ---**
Maybe I am under the influence.
Of my lot in life.
**[09:27] ---**
The Tanegashima Report,
you mean?
**[09:30] ---**
Sins you've committed cling to
your soul and haunt you forever.
**[09:34] ---**
And sins that have gone unpunished
aren't forgiven until you die.
**[09:45] ---**
Humeray...
**[09:48] ---**
Your hands are clean.
On the contrary, you saved his life.
**[09:55] ---**
Is that what I did?
**[10:00] ---**
Hey, what's up?
**[10:01] ---**
It's from Mars!
**[10:03] ---**
They say they've announced
an armistice!
**[10:06] ---**
*Attention, foolish people of Earth.*
**[10:09] ---**
*Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
noble emperor of the Vers Empire,*
**[10:14] ---**
*has issued an armistice declaration
to the United Earth government.*
**[10:19] ---**
*Even as we feel intense shame in
our common ancestry with you,*
**[10:19] ---**
We can barely transmit at all... All we get
are these pirate broadcasts of theirs.
**[10:22] ---**
*our desire is that this act conveys to
you, the deeply sinful people of Earth*
**[10:24] ---**
So what's this mean,
the war's on hold for now?
**[10:27] ---**
*who took the life of Her Highness
Princess Asseylum,*
**[10:28] ---**
Grandfather must be trying to put a stop
to the knights' outrageous behavior.
**[10:30] ---**
*the profound compassion
of His Imperial Majesty Rayregalia.*
**[10:34] ---**
The emperor of Mars?
**[10:34] ---**
*I repeat, Rayregalia Vers Ravers,
noble emperor of the Vers Empire...*
**[10:36] ---**
What is the meaning of this?
**[10:37] ---**
They say that His Imperial Majesty has issued
an armistice declaration to the UE government.
**[10:42] ---**
Over our heads?! Without so much
as a word to the Orbital Knights?
**[10:49] ---**
I must offer counsel
to His Majesty...
**[10:53] ---**
I shall use the
audience chamber!
**[10:55] ---**
Call the moon base!
**[10:56] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[11:00] ---**
He was not killed in the
meteor bombardment, then?
**[11:04] ---**
*No, Milord.*
**[11:05] ---**
*The Nilokeras appears to have been
damaged in battle and then deserted.*
**[11:11] ---**
There is someone whose actions
I wish to look into.
**[11:13] ---**
Infiltrate Castle Cruhteo
and continue your investigation.
**[11:17] ---**
*Yes, Milord!*
**[11:39] ---**
They open hostilities without warning
and then stop just as abruptly.
**[11:43] ---**
This whole thing doesn't
make any sense.
**[11:45] ---**
Do you suppose that means the enemy
isn't monolithic, either?
**[11:48] ---**
Has anyone tried
to contact us?
**[11:50] ---**
No, ma'am. The jamming
is still too strong.
**[11:57] ---**
Where are you going, Milady?
**[12:00] ---**
To speak with
this ship's master.
**[12:03] ---**
I shall tell her
who I really am.
**[12:06] ---**
Princess, you-
**[12:10] ---**
And then I shall have her
inform Vers of my safety.
**[12:14] ---**
Doing so will end this war.
**[12:17] ---**
It's too dangerous! The rebels will come
for you before word reaches His Majesty!
**[12:21] ---**
Which is exactly why this armistice
provides us with the perfect opportunity.
**[12:25] ---**
Don't underestimate them.
**[12:30] ---**
They aren't the sort to obey
the terms of an armistice.
**[12:33] ---**
You'll just get yourself crushed.
**[12:35] ---**
But the longer this war drags on,
the more casualties there will be.
**[12:39] ---**
If you want to die,
that's your decision.
**[12:42] ---**
But leave me out of it.
**[12:51] ---**
An attack?
**[12:52] ---**
But there's an armistice!
**[13:01] ---**
It simply won't do
for the war to end
**[13:04] ---**
without me having a chance
to redeem my honor!
**[13:06] ---**
Bastard... He wants revenge?
**[13:10] ---**
Lieutenant! Where are you going?!
**[13:11] ---**
Launch Kataphrakts! Intercept!
**[13:15] ---**
Captain, I suggest
relocating to CIC.
**[13:17] ---**
I'm fine here.
**[13:22] ---**
Unacceptable!
**[13:24] ---**
What is His Majesty thinking?!
**[13:27] ---**
His own flesh and blood
was killed!
**[13:32] ---**
Assemble a fact-finding mission.
**[13:34] ---**
As per His Majesty's orders, we shall uncover
the details of the Princess' assassination!
**[13:38] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[13:50] ---**
I can... I can use this
to speak to His Majesty!
**[14:09] ---**
I'm back on-
**[14:10] ---**
Come! Let us pick up
where we left off!
**[14:16] ---**
Draw sword!
**[14:34] ---**
*Aldaniti Platoon, prepare for launch.
Raising elevator #2.*
**[14:40] ---**
*All units, don't use HE rounds.
Engage using AP rounds.*
**[15:23] ---**
Bastard!
**[15:24] ---**
Wait!
**[15:28] ---**
He's using the bridge
as a shield!
**[15:32] ---**
Nao!
**[15:36] ---**
Draw sword.
**[15:38] ---**
What are you doing?
Come down from there!
**[15:40] ---**
I could say the same to you, Yuki.
You're injured.
**[15:42] ---**
*We're short on pilots!*
**[15:44] ---**
Then it'll be just as good
if I go out instead.
**[15:47] ---**
Where are my pajamas?
**[15:49] ---**
*The ones with the patches.*
**[16:08] ---**
Majesty!
**[16:14] ---**
Who are you?
**[16:16] ---**
Slaine Troyard, Majesty.
**[16:19] ---**
Slaine? Ah, it has been
a long time.
**[16:24] ---**
It has, Majesty.
**[16:26] ---**
What is the purpose
of this visit?
**[16:29] ---**
There is a matter that I must
inform you of, Majesty.
**[16:33] ---**
The truth is, Princess
Asseylum is alive.
**[16:39] ---**
I have seen her
with my own two eyes.
**[16:43] ---**
It was the Orbital Knights who made the attempt
on her life in their lust for war with Earth.
**[16:49] ---**
But their attempt failed,
**[16:53] ---**
and Princess Asseylum is alive
somewhere on Earth!
**[17:03] ---**
So, you show yourself,
**[17:05] ---**
my nemesis.
**[17:16] ---**
A trainer?
**[17:18] ---**
I don't believe it, is that-
**[17:19] ---**
Inaho?!
**[17:20] ---**
A tactical suit isn't gonna
protect you against that!
**[17:25] ---**
There is no armor my blades
cannot slice through!
**[17:28] ---**
This will be over
in an instant!
**[17:40] ---**
Inaho!
**[17:52] ---**
Yeah!
**[17:56] ---**
Reactive armor. Armor plates
that are made of explosives.
**[18:00] ---**
They were originally designed to detonate
and deflect incoming enemy fire.
**[18:04] ---**
Damn you!
**[18:08] ---**
He's using the blasts to disperse
the blade's plasma?!
**[18:14] ---**
Control! Tilt the ship!
**[18:17] ---**
Mizusaki!
**[18:18] ---**
Flood ballast!
Open well dock hatch!
**[18:31] ---**
Unhand me!
**[18:36] ---**
I'd be glad to.
**[18:44] ---**
Backpack dumped.
Bailing out.
**[18:50] ---**
What the-
**[19:03] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:04] ---**
What just happened?!
**[19:06] ---**
Steam explosion.
**[19:08] ---**
The massive amount of thermal energy in those
blades flashed the seawater to steam
**[19:14] ---**
and the impact from the high
pressure steam destroyed him.
**[19:21] ---**
Inaho Kaizuka... He hardly
seems like a student, does he?
**[19:26] ---**
No, ma'am. He's a surprisingly
useful boy.
**[19:30] ---**
Mizusaki. Shall I tell you
why you can't get a date?
**[19:35] ---**
Don't partners prefer
a forthright personality?
**[19:38] ---**
Yours isn't forthright.
It's unfiltered.
**[19:47] ---**
Let's go pick him up!
**[20:19] ---**
If what you say is true,
**[20:22] ---**
it is most regrettable indeed.
**[20:25] ---**
I beg you, Majesty, please stop
this war without delay.
**[20:28] ---**
And please rescue
Princess Asseylum.
**[20:32] ---**
I shall see to it at once.
**[20:35] ---**
Thank you, Your Majesty.
I shall take my leave.
**[20:44] ---**
It is exactly as you said,
Count Saazbaum.
**[20:52] ---**
The Terrans are not
to be trusted.
**[20:55] ---**
They have spies everywhere,
**[20:57] ---**
and are scheming to overthrow Vers if
the opportunity should present itself.
**[21:01] ---**
It is scandalous that they would try
to deceive Your Majesty with lies!
**[21:05] ---**
You, whose heart is grieving the
loss of your beloved princess!
**[21:09] ---**
My Emperor.
**[21:11] ---**
I ask that you smite this foul race
with the iron fist of justice.
**[21:26] ---**
In the name of Rayregalia Vers
Rayvers, Emperor of Vers,
**[21:32] ---**
I hereby renew my
declaration of war.
**[21:35] ---**
Attack the Earth!
**[21:38] ---**
Those who would do harm
to my flesh and blood...
**[21:41] ---**
...must burn!
**[21:48] ---**
Slaine Troyard, you mean
harm to our cause...
**[21:56] ---**
How ironic...
**[22:01] ---**
Is it not, Dr. Troyard?
# 6 - Steel Step Suite
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*With her death, Asseylum Vers Allusia, loyal
countryman and beloved family member,*
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*has revealed the truth to us.*
**[00:13] ---**
*Through her pious act,
she has opened our eyes.*
**[00:18] ---**
*We are meting out justice. The Earth
has spat upon our good faith,*
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*heaped insult upon insult,
and now committed this atrocity!*
**[00:27] ---**
*This is divine retribution
brought down upon them!*
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*Today, the Vers Empire
declares war against Earth!*
**[00:41] ---**
*All clear in Block 63B.*
**[00:42] ---**
*All clear in Block 63C.*
**[00:45] ---**
*There's no sign that he has
escaped from the castle!*
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Track him down!
**[00:48] ---**
*Yes, sir!*
**[00:49] ---**
Damn that boy... How dare he use the
audience chamber without permission?
**[00:53] ---**
When he's found,
execute him on the spot!
**[00:56] ---**
*Abide a moment, Count Cruhteo.*
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Milord Saazbaum.
**[01:00] ---**
*He is the son of Dr. Troyard.*
**[01:04] ---**
*I wish to question him regarding
his father's Aldnoah research.*
**[01:08] ---**
*Might I trouble you
to take him alive?*
**[01:14] ---**
All right... Please tell me
what happened after that.
**[01:18] ---**
Tell me about the orange Kataphrakt
that Sir Vlad had been pursuing.
**[02:58] ---**
*Grandfather... Why?*
**[03:02] ---**
A formal declaration
of war, huh?
**[03:05] ---**
Just when we heard there was going
to be a cease-fire, too.
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The war never stopped.
**[03:12] ---**
Lt. Marito...
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We all pretended not to
notice, that's all.
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Just like the old fart said, that princess'
death opened our eyes to the truth.
**[03:22] ---**
That isn't true! I...
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Princess Asseylum has
no desire for war!
**[03:29] ---**
She tried to act as a bridge of friendship
between Earth and Vers!
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And she ended up being
the spark that set it off.
**[03:39] ---**
This is what they've
always dreamed of.
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Some righteous cause that would
let them pull out all the stops.
**[03:44] ---**
Are you saying that the Martians
sacrificed their own princess?
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Everyone, your attention, please!
**[03:50] ---**
Everyone assemble in
the briefing room!
**[03:52] ---**
What's up, Yuki?
**[03:54] ---**
Please address me as
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[03:57] ---**
We're now officially at war
with them, too.
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As of right now, you are drafted
into service as soldiers.
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That means that you are to adhere
to military rules and regulations,
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and are now obligated to carry out whatever
duties you are ordered to perform.
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I look forward to seeing you
put all that you have learned to good use,
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go into battle
with courage in your hearts,
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and come into your own as warriors who
safeguard the peace and order of Earth.
**[04:28] ---**
This ship will now resupply and make
repairs at Tanegashima Base.
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Afterwards, we will most likely
head for United Earth HQ in Russia.
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All right, everyone, man your
stations immediately.
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That is all. Dismissed.
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Soma Yagarai, age 28. My specialties are
surgery and psychosomatic medicine.
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If you ever need counseling,
my door is always open.
**[04:53] ---**
Thank you for your help. We can
use all the doctors we can get.
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So you see, my big sister Seylum has been too
sick to go to school for the longest time.
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If you'll excuse me, then.
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Oh, is that so?
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Isn't that right, Your Highness?
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Y-Yes!
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That is why Her Highness never
received any military training.
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She is far too frail
to be a soldier.
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Oh...
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I, on the other hand,
can pilot a Kat!
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When you're all grown up,
please do, okay?
**[05:18] ---**
I will! 'Bye, now!
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Why do you call your sister
"Your Highness"?
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B-Because to me, Seylum
is my beloved princess!
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P-Please forgive my
familiar tone, Milady.
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That's quite all right, thank you.
**[05:38] ---**
And what about you?
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How old are you? Everyone who had military
training in high school is being drafted.
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I was kept out of school...
for family reasons.
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I see. Well, even if you're not
fighting at the front,
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there are plenty of things
you can help with at the rear.
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If you like, you could even support
everyone as a volunteer.
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Don't you want to do your part to
defend Earth from the Martians?
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Why am I a maintenance worker
instead of a pilot?!
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You did flunk piloting, Calm..
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Mechanics are just as crucial to the war.
Without them, the Kats won't work.
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How am I supposed to waste those
guys if I'm stuck in the hangar?!
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Hey, don't be so gung-ho.
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These past 15 years, no one's
seen any real action.
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Those who did are all dead.
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On the Martian side, too.
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Meaning that friend and foe alike
are all virgins, same as you.
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Not all of us.
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Inaho, are you saying you-
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You lived through it, Lt. Marito.
Isn't that right?
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Oh, you mean that.
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The scorebook says otherwise.
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The Tanegashima Report
I wrote got buried.
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Tanegashima Report?
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It's where the fragments first fell
when the Moon was destroyed
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during Heaven's Fall 15 years ago.
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Yeah... But something came down there
before the Moon did.
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Martians.
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We went up against those monster Martian
Kataphrakts in obsolete tanks.
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We were wiped out.
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Right after that, the Hyper Gate
went out of control on the Moon,
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Heaven's Fall was set off
by the spacetime quake,
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and those Martian bastards
wiped out the entire battlefield.
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There's no physical evidence.
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My report was made out to be the ramblings
of a madman written in terror.
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But it was the truth.
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Mars' Kataphrakts are way beyond what
Earth's technology can produce.
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Either way, the end result
will be the same.
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Because Earth doesn't have
Aldnoah drives.
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*Aldnoah drives...*
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Fugitive located! He's in
the Sky Carrier hangar!
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Do not let him escape.
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Damn him... How long is he going to
continue making me look the fool?
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The basics are the same as the trainer...
Even with the higher output,
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if gravity and surface hardness
remain the same,
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its agility will only decrease to
the extent that its weight increases.
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I'll just have to acclimate.
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So this is where
you were, Inaho.
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Yes.
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It truly is lovely...
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Is a blue sky
that unusual to you?
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Yes... Are you studying?
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I'm brushing up. I'm not sure
how useful it will be, though.
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Why is that?
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Because we don't
have Aldnoah.
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What's this "Aldnoah" thing, anyway?
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Aldnoah is technology belonging to a supercivilization
that was discovered in ancient ruins on Vers,
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the world your people call Mars.
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The first Terran to make
contact and awaken it
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was Dr. Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
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my grandfather
and ruling emperor of Vers.
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Aldnoah, activated after
so many eons,
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recognized Grandfather
as its rightful heir
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and burned the Aldnoah activation
factor into his very genes.
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Which means that...
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Yes. The only ones with the innate ability
to activate Aldnoah are grandfather
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and his descendants.
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In exchange for the knights
swearing fealty to him,
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he gave them Aldnoah
and its activation factor.
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Using that power,
the knights created
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mighty castles and Kataphrakts
and ruled over the colonies.
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And now, those who settled the desolate
lands of Mars have set their eyes...
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on Earth.
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The cradle of all humanity, a land blessed
with water and air in such abundance
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that they refract light to make
the sea and sky appear blue.
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That isn't true.
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The blue sky isn't caused by diffraction, but
through the effects of Rayleigh scattering.
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But Slaine said it was caused
by light diffraction...
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The sky is blue from Rayleigh scattering,
clouds are white from Mie scattering.
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Your friend was mistaken.
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Excuse me!
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Would it be okay if I took over?
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You're a real go-getter, aren't you?
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I just want to
get a feel for it.
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What did you get in Docking?
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Um, A-minus... sir.
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When we come into port,
stand next to me and watch.
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Also, take your hands
out of your sleeves.
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Y-Yes, sir! Sorry, sir.
Thank you, sir.
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Aren't we going to get uniforms?
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We don't have enough. I'm hoping
we can stock up at the next port.
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It doesn't really feel right...
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Why go to Tanegashima, though?
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I thought this area
had been sealed off.
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With our intel on their
Landing Castles so spotty now,
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we'd like to avoid any areas
that are likely invasion targets.
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Tanegashima is an area that was devastated so
badly that the very landscape was altered.
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Even now, there is no
civilian population here.
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So you think the Martians
that came down in Tokyo
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won't bother attacking
anything this far out?
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I never thought I'd come
back here like this.
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Isn't it a bit early for that?
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This isn't for me. It's for the ones
who can't drink anymore.
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Like John Humeray?
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And...
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This one is for me.
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I'm jumping off the wagon.
Want a belt, Doc?
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I think I will.
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Mind if I join you?
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Capt. Magbaredge.
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The Tanegashima Report. I've heard
rumors about it, of course.
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But I never once believed
it was a fabrication.
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And that's exactly why, Lt. Marito...
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That's why I have a particular
dislike for you.
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That battle on Tanegashima...
My big brother fought in it, too.
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He was killed in action.
Murdered, rather. By you.
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Magbaredge is the name of
the family that adopted me.
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My birth name was Humeray.
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Your best friend was my brother.
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Enemy craft above Tanegashima!
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Anti-air combat! Take us out
to open water!
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Maximum combat speed,
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hard right rudder!
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M-Me, ma'am?!
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Damage report!
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Missile impact, Block 18!
No detonation!
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Appears to be a dud-
No, wait!
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What is it?!
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It's moving... It's alive!
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What the hell was that?!
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It's coming back!
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Helm not responding!
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We're going to collide!
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All hands, brace for impact!
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Entering my territory without
so much as a by your leave?
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Such atrocious manners.
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I must rake you over the coals.
Rather hot ones.
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What is it doing
this far out?
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This must be a different Martian
than the one in Tokyo.
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Order the shipboard Kats to launch.
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*Friesian Platoon, launch!*
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*Raising elevator 1.*
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Calm!
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This one isn't powering up.
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Sorry! We're running
a systems check on that!
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Give us a minute!
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It's kinda cramped in here...
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Inaho?
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Force feedback
checking program, start.
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Ejection seat functional.
IFF confirmed.
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Tactical datalink, activated.
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All systems green.
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*Mustang Leader to Mustang 22.*
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*Nao, you're in a trainer,
so you be our marksman.*
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Yuki? But your arm is still-
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If my newbie is fighting,
I can't sit this out, can I?
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*Warrant Officer Kaizuka!*
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"Yuki" is fine.
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*Over and out!*
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Unbelievable.
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Mustang Leader, Warrant Officer
Yuki Kaizuka, now launching!
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Raising elevator 2
and vehicle elevator.
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Friesian Platoon, deploy on the bow.
Mustang Platoon, you're on the stern.
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All units, intercept airborne
flying weapons!
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I almost feel sorry for you,
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you inferior race that does not
possess the Aldnoah drive.
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Cower before my power,
bow down before me,
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and then despair and die!
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Fly, my messengers!
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Spread out! If you're clustered
too tight, you'll be sitting ducks!
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Damn, they're tough!
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My fists are transformed into a single molecule.
Your bullets are useless against them.
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*Mustang Leader to all units! AP rounds
ineffective against enemy's armor!*
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*All units, switch over
to HE rounds and attack!*
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- R-Roger!
- Roger.
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Crap!
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Lt. Marito!
Where are you going?
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I'm playing my home field again!
I can take to the field, right?
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*Or maybe this is
an away game...*
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Inko, watch our back!
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Roger!
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*On your feet!
You're a sitting duck there!*
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Y-Yes, ma'am!
Sorry, Inaho! Are you okay?
**[18:57] ---**
I'm fine.
**[18:59] ---**
Is this one good to go?
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Lt. Marito? No, that one's
still being tuned!
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But it runs, right? I just
need it to fire one shot.
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Get a heavy barrel ready for it!
**[19:13] ---**
*Damn... it....*
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Oh, come on! What the hell?!
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Block 24 hit! Blocks 23, 24,
and 25 taking on water!
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Evacuate the affected
blocks immediately.
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But if we don't seal
the bulkheads, we-
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It's all right.
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The ship is done for, anyway.
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Abandon ship,
noncombatants first!
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Get the landing craft
prepped for launch ASAP!
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What?
**[20:03] ---**
This way, everyone!
**[20:05] ---**
Please be careful, Milady!
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Thank you.
**[20:13] ---**
Enemy unit overhead
is in a nosedive!
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Three others closing in
from our flanks!
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They appear to be accelerating from
a distance to build up speed!
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It's on a collision course
with the bridge!
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I have toyed with you for
long enough. Now, die!
**[20:29] ---**
Here it comes!
**[20:46] ---**
What happened?
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Direct hit!
Next, 3 mil right!
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*Not even HE rounds can destroy
those things' armor plating.*
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*But...*
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*...from this range, we can use the
blast pressure to throw it off course.*
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No sign of movement in
primary enemy craft!
**[21:07] ---**
Next! Left 7 mil!
**[21:12] ---**
Direct hit! Last!
**[21:23] ---**
We won't make it...
**[21:30] ---**
Out of ammo?
**[21:31] ---**
Captain...
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This is the end.
**[21:41] ---**
What was that?!
**[21:45] ---**
Huh? We're alive?
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That's...
# 7 - The Boys of Earth
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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Inferior Terran scum! Don't think
that you'll get away with this!
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The Kataphrakt that defeated Sir Vlad
was orange in color, correct?
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Every last Terran
is the enemy!
**[00:16] ---**
Your Sky Carrier carried the Argyre.
You saw it happen, correct?
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That's right... He was killed by
that devious orange bastard!
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*Only two Orbital Knights
have been defeated*
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*by Terran units,
Sir Vlad and Sir Trillram.*
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*Also...*
**[00:34] ---**
*...when Sir Trillram was defeated, Princess
Asseylum was with that orange Kataphrakt.*
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*According to this Sky Carrier's data,
the ship that it was aboard*
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*was on a
south-southwesterly course.*
**[00:53] ---**
*I have no hard evidence.
It may merely be a coincidence.*
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*But right now, this is the only lead
that I have to go on.*
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That battle on Tanegashima...
My big brother fought in it, too.
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He was killed in action.
Murdered, rather. By you.
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Magbaredge is the name of
the family that adopted me.
**[01:18] ---**
My birth name was Humeray.
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Your best friend was my brother.
**[01:23] ---**
Enemy unit overhead
is in a nosedive!
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Three others closing in
from our flanks!
**[01:27] ---**
It's on a collision course
with the bridge!
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Direct hit! Last!
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We won't make it...
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Out of ammo?
**[01:52] ---**
Captain...
**[01:55] ---**
This is the end.
**[02:03] ---**
What was that?!
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Huh? We're alive?
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That's...
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Damn him... How long is he going to
continue making me look the fool?
**[04:03] ---**
I'm going out in the Tharsis.
Prepare me a Sky Carrier!
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Abide a moment, Count Cruhteo,
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Milord Saazbaum,
why do you stop me?
**[04:12] ---**
Did you not request that
I capture him alive?
**[04:14] ---**
*I do not wish him to notice your
pursuit and alter his destination.*
**[04:18] ---**
*I wish to know where
he intends to go.*
**[04:22] ---**
Meaning?
**[04:23] ---**
Why do you think that he made
use of the Audience Chamber?
**[04:29] ---**
If he is a spy,
surely he has accomplices.
**[04:33] ---**
Worry not.
**[04:35] ---**
I shall track him
from above.
**[04:45] ---**
Enemy reinforcements?
**[04:46] ---**
But it stopped
the enemy attack.
**[04:49] ---**
There's infighting?
**[04:50] ---**
*Who knows?*
**[04:52] ---**
They might just be fighting over
who gets to make the kill.
**[04:54] ---**
*Either is fine.*
**[04:56] ---**
Even if the enemy of my enemy isn't
my friend, he might still be useful.
**[05:04] ---**
What clan does this
interloper belong to?
**[05:13] ---**
This area has already been
laid claim to by Femieanne!
**[05:16] ---**
I will not tolerate you
taking liberties here!
**[05:21] ---**
Go, my messengers!
**[06:15] ---**
Botis' fingers!
**[06:17] ---**
He'll pay!
**[06:19] ---**
*Lt. Marito!*
**[06:20] ---**
*Lt. Marito! Are you all right?!*
**[06:24] ---**
*Humeray!*
**[06:27] ---**
*Grab on, Humeray!*
**[06:34] ---**
*Marito...*
**[06:35] ---**
*Humeray!*
**[06:37] ---**
*I'll get you
out of there, Humeray!*
**[06:44] ---**
I can't land a shot!
**[06:46] ---**
They've put distance between us.
Which means...
**[06:49] ---**
Control! Open the well dock!
**[06:51] ---**
It's Mustang 22!
**[06:53] ---**
Captain...
**[06:54] ---**
Kaizuka's brother, huh?
**[06:56] ---**
All right, fine.
**[07:14] ---**
Cover your ears!
**[07:17] ---**
Cover your ears, everyone!
**[07:37] ---**
Mommy!
**[08:08] ---**
What's that?
**[08:10] ---**
A hidden dock?
**[08:13] ---**
Engine status?
**[08:14] ---**
Still working!
**[08:15] ---**
Hull status?
**[08:16] ---**
Holding together, barely.
**[08:17] ---**
No, taking on water!
**[08:19] ---**
Make a break
for the dock up ahead!
**[08:22] ---**
A-All ahead full!
**[08:47] ---**
H-Hey! Inaho?!
**[08:50] ---**
*Mustang 11!
We're going, too!*
**[09:05] ---**
*Nao, what do you think you're doing?
Don't run off like that!*
**[09:08] ---**
*I could say the same to you, Yuki.
Who's defending the ship?*
**[09:10] ---**
*Listen here, you...*
**[09:12] ---**
Machine gun fire.
Target: the rock above the gate!
**[09:15] ---**
But, ma'am!
**[09:16] ---**
Fire!
**[09:20] ---**
Guys...
**[09:31] ---**
What does that orange
Kataphrakt have up its sleeve?
**[09:38] ---**
All right, now let's deal with
that Ashura over there.
**[09:47] ---**
The Landing Castle will soon reach airspace
where we can scan the Japanese archipelago.
**[09:52] ---**
As soon as we enter the detection area, scan
for the Sky Carrier stolen by Slaine Troyard.
**[09:59] ---**
*Princess Asseylum is alive.*
**[10:02] ---**
*I have seen her
with my own two eyes.*
**[10:05] ---**
Milord Saazbaum.
**[10:07] ---**
I have located the
specified craft.
**[10:10] ---**
It is above Tanegashima in the
southwestern Japanese archipelago.
**[10:13] ---**
It appears to be engaging
Femieanne's Kataphrakt, Hellas.
**[10:18] ---**
What?!
**[10:21] ---**
Tanegashima, you say?
**[10:34] ---**
What is this place?
**[10:36] ---**
I've never heard anything about there
being a base like this on Tanegashima.
**[10:40] ---**
But whatever it is, let's get
everyone off the ship.
**[10:44] ---**
Lieutenant!
**[10:45] ---**
Are you okay?! Lt. Marito!
**[10:48] ---**
Don't push!
**[10:50] ---**
Try not to breathe in
the smoke!
**[10:52] ---**
Evacuating the noncombatants
has top priority!
**[10:55] ---**
Then the wounded!
Leave no one behind!
**[10:57] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[11:00] ---**
Matsuribi-senpai!
**[11:01] ---**
Where's Mustang Platoon?
**[11:03] ---**
Inko and the others
aren't on the deck!
**[11:06] ---**
They're still fighting out there.
**[11:09] ---**
They're using themselves as decoys
to give us time to escape.
**[11:11] ---**
No way...!
**[11:16] ---**
Direct hit!
Next, right 3 mil!
**[11:19] ---**
*Roger.*
**[11:22] ---**
*To attack the assault ship, it has
to break through all that rock.*
**[11:26] ---**
*To increase their impact,
they have to increase their speed.*
**[11:30] ---**
*To accelerate using a rocket,
you have to have distance.*
**[11:34] ---**
*If the distance
is far enough,*
**[11:36] ---**
*throw off the angle just a little,
and it'll miss its mark by a lot.*
**[11:41] ---**
Enemy unit, 4 o'clock!
**[11:42] ---**
Heading this way!
**[11:48] ---**
*That's not a problem.*
**[11:56] ---**
*That Martian attack craft
will cover us.*
**[12:03] ---**
You dare?!
**[12:10] ---**
What the hell is going on
around here?!
**[12:12] ---**
*Yuki. Let's attack the
enemy Kat directly.*
**[12:15] ---**
*What are you saying?!
We're no match for that thing!*
**[12:19] ---**
*I'm not so sure.*
**[12:20] ---**
It might be all bark
and no bite.
**[12:23] ---**
*Inko. I need to borrow
your handgun.*
**[12:25] ---**
Okay!
**[12:27] ---**
Blocks 11 and 12,
evacuation confirmed.
**[12:29] ---**
Evacuation of Block 8
is also complete.
**[12:32] ---**
So that's everyone.
**[12:33] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
We should get going, too.
**[12:46] ---**
Any word from Mustang Platoon?
**[12:48] ---**
No, ma'am.
**[12:49] ---**
All we can do is pray, I suppose.
**[12:52] ---**
Captain Magbaredge!
**[12:55] ---**
Mizusaki? Why aren't you leading
the refugees away?
**[12:58] ---**
I've had them take shelter in a cargo
room up ahead for the time being.
**[13:02] ---**
The thing is...
**[13:04] ---**
...there's something that
I want you to see, Captain.
**[13:08] ---**
Milady...
**[13:10] ---**
Is this my fault?
**[13:14] ---**
Did this happen...
because I came to Earth?
**[13:17] ---**
Milady!
**[13:19] ---**
If I hadn't come, there would
have been no assassination.
**[13:24] ---**
If there had been no assassination,
this war never would have...
**[13:28] ---**
People would not have been
made to suffer unjustly...
**[13:32] ---**
You're right.
**[13:36] ---**
Remember that. Because to these people,
all Martians are the enemy.
**[13:50] ---**
How is that even possible?!
**[13:52] ---**
I haven't the slightest, ma'am.
**[13:53] ---**
What kind of installation is this?!
**[13:57] ---**
M-Milady!
**[13:59] ---**
Where are you going?!
**[14:04] ---**
This is... a Martian Kataphrakt!
**[14:09] ---**
How did it-
**[14:10] ---**
It's a crater.
**[14:15] ---**
There wasn't just one meteor
that fell here.
**[14:19] ---**
One hit the shore and
formed the bay.
**[14:23] ---**
And the other... ended up here.
**[14:27] ---**
Then this machine was-
**[14:29] ---**
Yeah. The demon we
saw 15 years ago.
**[14:33] ---**
I always figured it had been annihilated
in the damage of Heaven's Fall.
**[14:37] ---**
Talk about a touching reunion.
**[14:40] ---**
Are you telling me
that we seized it?
**[14:43] ---**
Then does that mean that
Lt. Marito's Tanegashima Report
**[14:48] ---**
was buried so they could
keep this a secret?
**[14:51] ---**
But...
**[14:53] ---**
...could that be all
there is to it?
**[14:57] ---**
Capt. Magbaredge!
**[14:59] ---**
Look at that!
**[15:05] ---**
What in the world... is that?
**[15:12] ---**
Orange...
**[15:13] ---**
*What are you doing, Nao?*
**[15:15] ---**
*The Ashura over there hasn't
budged from that spot.*
**[15:18] ---**
*All it does is repeat
the same attack.*
**[15:22] ---**
*I'm sure that they're
its only weapons.*
**[15:25] ---**
All I need now is...
**[15:30] ---**
*Cover us.*
**[15:31] ---**
*Darn it, Nao!*
**[15:42] ---**
Inaho!
**[15:51] ---**
Are you kidding me?
**[15:53] ---**
*Opening contact channel.*
**[15:55] ---**
I'll be quick.
What are you armed with?
**[15:58] ---**
*I have about 20 howitzer rounds.
And you?*
**[16:02] ---**
*HE rounds, 9.
Then I'm dry.*
**[16:05] ---**
*Don't do it, Nao!
That's a Martian-*
**[16:07] ---**
*Sorry, Yuki.
We'll talk later.*
**[16:12] ---**
The Hellas' fists increase their hardness
by becoming a single, giant molecule.
**[16:16] ---**
No bullet can destroy them.
**[16:17] ---**
*No, one of the fists
was destroyed.*
**[16:20] ---**
Their molecular structure probably
reverts when their fingers move.
**[16:24] ---**
*Patch me into the signal
from your stabilizers.*
**[16:25] ---**
*We use a different standard.*
**[16:27] ---**
*That's all right. I'll convert it.*
**[16:29] ---**
*Here it comes, Bat!*
**[16:30] ---**
Bat?
**[16:38] ---**
I thought so.
**[16:39] ---**
Marax!
**[16:41] ---**
Why, you...!
**[16:43] ---**
Him and his crazy stunts...
**[16:46] ---**
We're moving up.
**[16:47] ---**
*Is that a good idea?*
**[16:48] ---**
It's okay. His crazy stunts
tend to be the right move.
**[16:55] ---**
Pull them closer!
**[17:05] ---**
One left!
Get directly behind it!
**[17:12] ---**
Their tails have no armor, which means
their engines are also vulnerable.
**[17:17] ---**
Two more coming in
from aft!
**[17:18] ---**
Course one-seven-five.
Fly parallel to the coast.
**[17:22] ---**
Yuki, do you copy?
**[17:23] ---**
You only remember you have
teammates when you need help!
**[17:26] ---**
Hold that course!
**[17:34] ---**
Botis... Marax...
**[17:37] ---**
Ronove... Halphas...
**[17:39] ---**
Raum... Vine...
**[17:41] ---**
How dare you harm
my children?!
**[17:46] ---**
*We'll attack it simultaneously.*
**[17:48] ---**
*Roger.*
**[17:49] ---**
You leave me no choice, then!
**[18:06] ---**
It flew away!
**[18:10] ---**
Crap!
**[18:11] ---**
What is that?!
**[18:12] ---**
I don't know, either!
**[18:14] ---**
It's gained distance!
It's accelerating this way!
**[18:16] ---**
Use your rifle to throw off
its trajectory!
**[18:18] ---**
It's too big for a rifle!
**[18:20] ---**
I'm too heavy with you aboard!
I can't dodge it!
**[18:25] ---**
I'm going to crush you
like the bugs you are...
**[18:29] ---**
It's almost on us, Bat!
**[18:30] ---**
Keep quiet, Orange!
**[18:36] ---**
It dodged me?!
**[18:40] ---**
He stalled out
to lose altitude?
**[18:47] ---**
It's back.
**[18:48] ---**
I can't pull out!
**[18:49] ---**
The same trick won't
work on me twice!
**[18:54] ---**
It's all over.
**[19:02] ---**
What just happened?!
**[19:32] ---**
What...?
**[19:33] ---**
That's...
**[19:37] ---**
A flying ship?
**[19:39] ---**
No...
**[19:42] ---**
A battleship?
**[19:47] ---**
I've found you!
**[19:49] ---**
*Princess Asseylum!*
**[19:50] ---**
Impossible!
**[19:52] ---**
The Terrans have no Aldnoah!
How could they have such a thing?!
**[19:57] ---**
Flying enemy craft closing in
from 12 o'clock!
**[19:59] ---**
Collision course!
**[20:11] ---**
Filthy Terrans!
**[20:13] ---**
Brace for impact, everyone!
**[20:23] ---**
Damn you... I'm still-
**[20:30] ---**
All Martians... will pay
for Father's death.
**[20:40] ---**
We did it!
**[20:45] ---**
Princess Asseylum,
I've found you at last!
**[20:50] ---**
Your princess was dead.
**[20:52] ---**
And in spite of that...
**[20:55] ---**
...why are you
looking for her?
**[20:58] ---**
*You knew that the princess
was alive. So why?*
**[21:04] ---**
*What do you mean?*
**[21:06] ---**
Answer me.
**[21:09] ---**
Take me to Her Highness.
**[21:11] ---**
*Answer my question first.*
**[21:16] ---**
*Wait... Are you intending to
exploit her to your own ends?*
**[21:20] ---**
If she's exploited,
**[21:23] ---**
do you have a problem
with that?
**[21:27] ---**
Are you...
**[21:45] ---**
Are you my enemy?!
**[21:53] ---**
You...
**[21:57] ---**
are my enemy.
# 8 - Then and Now
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**[00:00] ---**
Then this machine was-
**[00:02] ---**
Yeah. The demon we
saw 15 years ago.
**[00:06] ---**
I always figured it had been annihilated
in the damage of Heaven's Fall.
**[00:10] ---**
Capt. Magbaredge!
**[00:14] ---**
What in the world... is that?
**[00:24] ---**
Confirm that the ship
is fitted out.
**[00:26] ---**
Check its fuel, weapons,
and munitions.
**[00:29] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[00:35] ---**
Deucalion. That's this ship's name?
**[00:39] ---**
Why do you suppose such a
fine ship was abandoned
**[00:42] ---**
without ever sending it
into battle?
**[00:44] ---**
Reserves are still working! If we can
feed it power, it'll be good to go.
**[00:48] ---**
Fuel level is...
I'm not sure!
**[00:51] ---**
What kind of report is that?
**[00:52] ---**
There's no fuel gauge!
**[00:56] ---**
Oh, so that's it.
**[01:01] ---**
That's why this ship
was abandoned.
**[01:05] ---**
Surely you don't mean...
**[01:07] ---**
An Aldnoah drive.
**[01:12] ---**
Hey, civilians aren't
allowed in here!
**[01:15] ---**
Please leave imme-
**[01:16] ---**
My apologies.
**[01:19] ---**
Who are you?!
**[01:22] ---**
There is no cause for alarm.
I am your friend.
**[01:33] ---**
You're...
**[01:47] ---**
I command you in the name
of Asseylum Vers Allusia!
**[01:51] ---**
Aldnoah, awaken!
**[04:07] ---**
Well? Are we in a more
talkative mood now?
**[04:13] ---**
What is your objective?
**[04:15] ---**
To what end did you
go to that island?
**[04:30] ---**
*Perhaps he has had enough,
Count Cruhteo.*
**[04:37] ---**
We needn't show pity to a member
of a lower race, Count Saazbaum.
**[04:42] ---**
If he dies, we learn nothing.
**[04:45] ---**
He sought an audience with the emperor,
heedless of the risk to himself.
**[04:49] ---**
That is remarkable.
**[04:50] ---**
I would know his intent.
**[04:52] ---**
Intent?
**[04:54] ---**
As if this child
is capable of thought.
**[04:58] ---**
*Milord Cruhteo. We have
located the wreckage*
**[05:01] ---**
*of an Orbital Knight Kataphrakt
on the island.*
**[05:04] ---**
What?
**[05:05] ---**
*We believe it to be that of
Countess Femieanne's Hellas.*
**[05:08] ---**
How can that be?
**[05:10] ---**
What was Countess Femieanne slain by?
**[05:15] ---**
A waste of time, eh?
**[05:18] ---**
Abide, Count Cruhteo.
**[05:23] ---**
Tell me now! If you do,
I will put you out of your misery.
**[05:32] ---**
Continue to suffer, then.
**[05:42] ---**
So this is the bridge...
**[05:45] ---**
Deucalion... A flying battleship.
**[05:49] ---**
Nina, what makes it fly?
**[05:52] ---**
That Martian thing, uh...
**[05:54] ---**
Aldnoah?
**[05:55] ---**
Yeah, that.
**[05:56] ---**
Are the helm controls like a normal ship's?
Can you handle this thing?
**[06:01] ---**
The FCS has been adjusted so it
feels the same when I steer.
**[06:06] ---**
Should you be away from
your post, Calm?
**[06:09] ---**
What's the big deal if I want
to look around a bit?
**[06:12] ---**
Besides, there's no
bigwigs around.
**[06:15] ---**
Hm? Where's Inaho?
**[06:17] ---**
In the bigwig's office.
With the Martians.
**[06:21] ---**
Martians...
**[06:22] ---**
Yeah. Thanks to her, this ship's
Aldnoah drive is working.
**[06:29] ---**
What?!
**[06:31] ---**
The Mars Knights plotted your assassination?
I find that hard to believe.
**[06:36] ---**
Capt. Magbaredge, if we disclosed this information,
perhaps the Mars Knights would stop attacking.
**[06:42] ---**
Our communications satellites and
telecom bases have been wiped out,
**[06:46] ---**
and long-range transmissions are impossible
thanks to their jamming signal.
**[06:50] ---**
If we're going to try to get the word
out that the princess is safe,
**[06:52] ---**
there's no guarantee that the proper
agencies would get the message.
**[06:56] ---**
You believe it would make us the target of
the Mars Knights who plotted her death?
**[07:01] ---**
Our plan all along was to go to United
Earth HQ in Russia to regroup, anyway.
**[07:09] ---**
Very well. Until we arrive, we will
see to your safety, Highness.
**[07:13] ---**
Thank you.
**[07:14] ---**
Now, Kaizuka Junior.
**[07:17] ---**
Inaho Kaizuka, ma'am.
**[07:20] ---**
And you...
**[07:22] ---**
Rayet Areash.
**[07:23] ---**
You two were aware of this,
yet neglected to inform me.
**[07:28] ---**
I'm not a soldier. I'm not
obligated to report to you.
**[07:32] ---**
And you, Junior?
**[07:33] ---**
I didn't neglect to inform you.
I deliberately didn't.
**[07:37] ---**
Watch what you say! You're putting
yourself on very thin ice.
**[07:40] ---**
I asked him not to.
**[07:43] ---**
Someone working with the
assassins might be aboard.
**[07:47] ---**
Eddelrittuo!
**[07:48] ---**
We can't trust you Martians, either.
**[07:54] ---**
A nation that latched onto
an archaic feudal system
**[07:57] ---**
that relies on the superscience of an
ancient civilization called Aldnoah.
**[08:01] ---**
Commoners who are obsessed with proving
themselves in battle to win social standing.
**[08:05] ---**
And nobility who casually betray them
and grind them into the dirt...
**[08:09] ---**
How can you possibly
trust people like that?!
**[08:15] ---**
I don't trust them.
**[08:17] ---**
All Martians are the enemy!
**[08:31] ---**
No matter how far science advances, these
procedures always remain primitive.
**[08:37] ---**
And at times... are all the
more effective for it.
**[08:45] ---**
Do it.
**[08:50] ---**
Does it hurt?
**[08:53] ---**
Now, then...
**[08:56] ---**
What is the matter?
**[09:02] ---**
Oh, has that loosened
your tongue?
**[09:06] ---**
Have you... sworn loyalty...
**[09:10] ---**
...to Princess Asseylum?
**[09:18] ---**
Continue.
**[09:19] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[09:23] ---**
Impudent boy...
**[09:28] ---**
And how are we feeling?
**[09:30] ---**
Lousy...
**[09:31] ---**
Glad to hear it. The medicine
seems to be working.
**[09:35] ---**
I can't believe that coming here
triggered a relapse...
**[09:38] ---**
I'd feel a lot better if
you'd give me some booze.
**[09:41] ---**
That's not the sort of medicine
you pester your doctor for.
**[09:46] ---**
I hate this...
**[09:54] ---**
"Birds"?
**[09:55] ---**
Yes, Milady.
**[09:56] ---**
Animals that fly
through the air...
**[09:59] ---**
When we reach Earth, I will be
able to see them, won't I?
**[10:03] ---**
Yes. Progress is slow, but the scars
of Heaven's Fall are fading.
**[10:09] ---**
Nature is powerful, and when
an area is depopulated,
**[10:12] ---**
it immediately begins
to reclaim it.
**[10:15] ---**
Depopulated?
**[10:17] ---**
Yes. As opposed
to urban areas,
**[10:20] ---**
plant life reproduces abundantly
in devastated regions, and...
**[10:24] ---**
It is sad, isn't it? That we are
unable to thrive together.
**[10:30] ---**
Not at all! With forethought
and hard work, it is possible!
**[10:35] ---**
Do you really think so?
**[10:36] ---**
Yes! It is possible for us
to thrive together!
**[10:43] ---**
Well, Terran? Do you feel
like talking now?
**[10:48] ---**
Count... Do you care for
the princess?
**[10:53] ---**
What?
**[10:54] ---**
Are you... her ally?
**[10:59] ---**
Yes. Of course I am.
**[11:01] ---**
Now, speak.
**[11:03] ---**
As punishment for your crime,
**[11:05] ---**
I shall give your compatriots on Earth
a taste of even greater horrors.
**[11:10] ---**
I knew it, you were lying...
**[11:13] ---**
You want an excuse to go
to war with Earth...
**[11:20] ---**
Her Highness wished for
peace with Earth, but you...
**[11:26] ---**
You are exploiting her death...
**[11:29] ---**
...to crush her dream...
**[11:40] ---**
Do not invoke her memory
so lightly, you filthy Terran!
**[11:55] ---**
Sey-
**[11:57] ---**
No, Princess Asseylum.
**[12:00] ---**
I do not mind you
calling me Seylum, Inaho.
**[12:03] ---**
But I mind!
**[12:05] ---**
From now on, add
"Your Highness" to that.
**[12:07] ---**
Eddeltittuo.
**[12:08] ---**
But, Milady!
**[12:09] ---**
I do apologize. This is her way
of looking out for me.
**[12:14] ---**
So, what is it?
**[12:16] ---**
Well, I ran into someone
on Tanegashima who-
**[12:17] ---**
Hey, Inaho!
**[12:21] ---**
You knew that there were
Martians hiding among us?
**[12:26] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:26] ---**
Where are they?!
I'm gonna avenge Okojo!
**[12:31] ---**
I am the Princess
of Mars you seek.
**[12:35] ---**
Come again?
**[12:36] ---**
I deeply regret that so many of your fellow
Terrans have been injured or killed.
**[12:42] ---**
I assure you, this war
is not what Vers wants.
**[12:45] ---**
I am doing all I can to bring this meaningless
conflict to an end as soon as possible.
**[12:50] ---**
Uh... Sure.
Do your best, okay?
**[12:54] ---**
What are you blushing for?
**[12:56] ---**
You're as red as a lobster.
**[12:58] ---**
Where did you guys
come from?!
**[12:59] ---**
Didn't you say you were
going to get revenge?
**[13:01] ---**
Didn't you say something about
all Martians being the enemy?
**[13:04] ---**
I never said any such thing!
**[13:07] ---**
There are good Martians and bad
Martians, same as everywhere else!
**[13:10] ---**
Right, Inaho?
**[13:12] ---**
Back my play, man!
**[13:15] ---**
As I said, there's no
trusting Terrans...
**[13:23] ---**
You have saved me countless times
since we arrived on Earth, Inaho.
**[13:27] ---**
Thank you so much.
**[13:29] ---**
I wasn't fighting for you
in particular, Seylum.
**[13:34] ---**
It's because I was drafted. If I don't
fight, it puts me in danger, too.
**[13:40] ---**
Nevertheless, that does not change
the fact that I owe you my life.
**[13:44] ---**
Thank you.
**[13:47] ---**
That Martian that I met on
Tanegashima was looking for you.
**[13:53] ---**
And he was scared that you
were being exploited.
**[13:57] ---**
Could it be...?
**[13:59] ---**
There are some among the enemy
who think that you are still alive.
**[14:04] ---**
I suggest staying
on your guard.
**[14:11] ---**
What's that?
**[14:12] ---**
A good luck charm given to me by a dear
Terran friend when we arrived at Earth.
**[14:17] ---**
By a Terran?
**[14:19] ---**
The son of a scientist who
visited Mars to study Aldnoah.
**[14:24] ---**
I heard all manner of stories
regarding Earth from him.
**[14:30] ---**
About the sea.
About the sky.
**[14:37] ---**
About the creatures
who live there.
**[14:41] ---**
As I heard these stories, I grew
more and more enamored of Earth.
**[14:46] ---**
As a result, I wanted more than
anything to come to Earth.
**[14:51] ---**
And I wished to establish
peaceful relations with Earth.
**[15:06] ---**
That creature,
could that be... a bird?
**[15:09] ---**
Yes, a black-tailed gull.
**[15:12] ---**
An animal that flies through the sky!
They really do exist, don't they?
**[15:19] ---**
It is just as you said, Slaine!
**[15:33] ---**
*My life was saved by Princess
Asseylum that day...*
**[15:41] ---**
*If it weren't for her,
I wouldn't be alive now...*
**[15:49] ---**
*So this time, I will
protect you, Your Highness!*
**[15:57] ---**
*I mustn't divulge that
she is alive...*
**[16:01] ---**
*I won't let those who hope to exploit
the princess have their way...*
**[16:09] ---**
*Be they Martian...*
**[16:13] ---**
*...or Terran.*
**[16:17] ---**
*I...*
**[16:32] ---**
How regretful Princess
Asseylum must be...
**[16:35] ---**
To put her faith in inferior scum like
him and lose her life as a result...
**[16:40] ---**
*Milord Cruhteo.*
**[16:42] ---**
What is it?
**[16:43] ---**
*We've discovered something on
the island that we can't explain.*
**[16:46] ---**
*The wreckage of another Kataphrakt, one not
belonging to Countess Femieanne.*
**[16:50] ---**
This is the one that fell
to Earth 15 years ago...!
**[16:54] ---**
The Deucalion...!
It can't be!
**[16:56] ---**
*The unit's Aldnoah drive
had been removed.*
**[16:59] ---**
What?! No, it is no
cause for concern.
**[17:04] ---**
They cannot activate
the Aldnoah.
**[17:11] ---**
What is so amusing?
**[17:14] ---**
Nothing...
**[17:19] ---**
Enough of this.
Kill him.
**[17:21] ---**
*Not yet, Count Cruhteo.*
**[17:24] ---**
He makes a mockery of the
proud Orbital Knights.
**[17:29] ---**
I will spread your ashes
here on Earth.
**[17:35] ---**
Answer me, scum!
What made you laugh?!
**[17:38] ---**
What made you laugh?!
**[17:43] ---**
Answer me. Without Aldnoah, the Terrans could
not have been the ones who slew Hellas.
**[17:50] ---**
This is your punishment for what you've
done to Her Highness' beloved Earth...
**[17:56] ---**
Preposterous. They have no one
capable of activating it.
**[18:00] ---**
Only a handful of Versians
have come down to Earth,
**[18:03] ---**
and the only ones possessing
the right of activation are...
**[18:06] ---**
It cannot be.
**[18:13] ---**
Princess Asseylum?!
Is the princess still alive?!
**[18:18] ---**
Speak! Is she unharmed?!
**[18:21] ---**
Answer me, damn you!
**[18:31] ---**
If she were...
What would you do?
**[18:35] ---**
Assassinate her again?
**[18:37] ---**
What?
**[18:38] ---**
Was it not you who gave Sir Trillram
his orders? To kill the princess?
**[18:44] ---**
You dare suggest I-
**[18:46] ---**
"If we let her live, my entire clan and its
followers will be branded as traitors."
**[18:52] ---**
Why, you... You claimed to have
seen his death, as I recall.
**[18:57] ---**
Yes. I shot him.
**[19:01] ---**
Then he did not get caught
in the meteor bombardment...
**[19:05] ---**
In the Nilokeras, with its
dimensional barrier?
**[19:12] ---**
I won't let you have your way...
**[19:16] ---**
Her Highness... will
smash your plans.
**[19:28] ---**
Princess Asseylum... is alive?
That is impossible.
**[19:35] ---**
It can't be!
**[19:38] ---**
*You learned the truth and went out in
search of the princess on your own?*
**[19:43] ---**
*Telling no one, for fear
of alerting the traitors...*
**[19:47] ---**
*Alone, without support...!*
**[19:49] ---**
*Willing to risk being captured
and killed by us...*
**[19:59] ---**
Forgive me, Slaine.
**[20:02] ---**
You have proven your loyalty
a thousand times over!
**[20:04] ---**
See to this man's injuries!
**[20:06] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[20:10] ---**
*I, too, swore loyalty
to Her Highness...*
**[20:13] ---**
*Those traitors who dared to lay
a hand on her Highness will pay!*
**[20:20] ---**
*Put me through to
United Earth Headquarters!*
**[20:22] ---**
*Offer a cease-fire and request their
assistance in locating the princess!*
**[20:27] ---**
*We will identify those who made a mockery
of the Orbital Knights and punish them!*
**[20:33] ---**
Milord Cruhteo! An object
is approaching from orbit!
**[20:37] ---**
*What? Another meteor bombardment?*
**[20:39] ---**
No, Milord!
**[20:40] ---**
Given its rate of deceleration,
it is far less dense!
**[20:43] ---**
It is adjusting its entry trajectory.
Estimated landing point is...
**[20:49] ---**
...this Landing Castle!
**[21:01] ---**
What happened?
**[21:06] ---**
That's... the Dioscuria!
Count Saazbaum?
**[21:27] ---**
I see... It is all clear now!
**[21:31] ---**
The mastermind of
the assassination plot was...
**[21:34] ---**
Ready my Tharsis!
# 9 - Darkness Visible
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[00:08] ---**
I see that you are awake,
Slaine Troyard.
**[00:13] ---**
Where am I...?
**[00:14] ---**
My castle. You are safe now.
Take your time and rest.
**[00:19] ---**
What happened...?
**[00:23] ---**
I remember being interrogated
by Count Cruhteo, but then...
**[00:26] ---**
You have nothing to fear.
I have dealt with him.
**[00:32] ---**
The count... is dead?
**[00:36] ---**
I am indebted to your father. Hence,
I am obligated to repay that debt.
**[00:44] ---**
Indebted?
**[00:46] ---**
When war first broke out 15 years ago,
I came down to Earth as a scout.
**[00:53] ---**
There, I was caught in Heaven's Fall
and was mortally wounded.
**[00:58] ---**
Amidst that cataclysm where
the Moon was sundered,
**[01:02] ---**
the Earth's crust deformed, and there
was nowhere to turn for help,
**[01:05] ---**
I was found by your father,
Dr. Troyard, and he saved my life.
**[01:12] ---**
Father did that?
**[01:13] ---**
I have seen clearly the depths
of your loyalty to the princess.
**[01:18] ---**
Your devotion in concealing her survival so
as not to alert the assassins is admirable.
**[01:25] ---**
How did you know
that she...?
**[01:28] ---**
Count Cruhteo is no traitor.
**[01:32] ---**
Quite the contrary, he is a true knight
who has sworn fealty to the princess.
**[01:37] ---**
While I am the traitor who
plotted her assassination.
**[03:20] ---**
Pay close attention to your surroundings.
Come on, infrared, too.
**[03:24] ---**
Keep your guard up.
**[03:26] ---**
Yes, ma'am! Three aircraft,
2 o'clock! No IFF signal!
**[03:30] ---**
Flagging as hostiles! Almost in
effective weapons range!
**[03:33] ---**
Now engaging!
**[03:39] ---**
Wow, Inko's good.
**[03:43] ---**
She has pretty good instincts.
You here to practice, too, Calm?
**[03:47] ---**
I got assigned
to maintenance crew.
**[03:50] ---**
For now, maybe.
**[03:52] ---**
You mean there might
be an opening?
**[03:56] ---**
This is war, after all.
**[04:01] ---**
Let me try.
**[04:04] ---**
Hey, Sniper Girl.
**[04:06] ---**
But I thought you hadn't
had any military training.
**[04:09] ---**
I learned from games.
**[04:10] ---**
Sim-Kat 10, you mean?
That's such a solid game...
**[04:14] ---**
I'm only so-so in live drills,
but I kick ass on that game.
**[04:18] ---**
Man, I'm amazed you learned to pilot
the real thing from a game...
**[04:29] ---**
The Martians, huh?
**[04:31] ---**
They look exactly the same as us Terrans, huh?
You'd never know unless somebody told you.
**[04:37] ---**
Inaho's such a jerk. He knew who she
really was, but didn't tell us.
**[04:43] ---**
My Nao has grown up, I guess.
**[04:46] ---**
I just wish that he had opened up
to his big sister, at least.
**[04:49] ---**
Since he met a girl
he likes, and all...
**[04:53] ---**
*Come again?*
**[04:54] ---**
*What's that supposed
to mean?!*
**[04:55] ---**
Given the times we live in, a Martian
won't be met with open arms,
**[04:59] ---**
but if he marries a princess, my little Nao
would be marrying into serious money!
**[05:06] ---**
Is that true?!
Is that what he'll do?!
**[05:08] ---**
I don't get that vibe at all.
**[05:11] ---**
He never cracks a smile, and he has the
same old grumpy look on his face..
**[05:15] ---**
It's totally different.
**[05:17] ---**
Really?
**[05:19] ---**
I'm family, so I can tell.
**[05:21] ---**
I know how he looks when
he's happy, when he's depressed,
**[05:24] ---**
and when he's lying.
**[05:26] ---**
That is his "I'm on
cloud nine" face.
**[05:29] ---**
I dunno...
**[05:30] ---**
For starters, that cold fish listening intently
to a girl is unusual in and of itself, right?
**[05:36] ---**
Now that is true!
**[05:37] ---**
For that boy, it's the ultimate
expression of affection.
**[05:40] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka!
May I take a break?
**[05:45] ---**
Sure.
**[05:45] ---**
Me, too!
**[05:50] ---**
May I use the simulator?
**[05:51] ---**
Sure, of course.
You don't want to join them?
**[06:01] ---**
Can you really tell?
**[06:05] ---**
When someone is lying?
**[06:07] ---**
Pretty much. I mean, I can tell
from your face that you're lying.
**[06:13] ---**
A Martian!
**[06:15] ---**
And a princess, to boot!
**[06:18] ---**
Guys sure love to try to
tackle a challenge, huh?
**[06:21] ---**
But you have a shot, too,
so don't give up. Hang in there.
**[06:26] ---**
As a big sister, I love that my little
brother is so popular with the girls.
**[06:30] ---**
These are the 26 Landing
Castle drop points
**[06:33] ---**
confirmed before contact
was lost with our main force.
**[06:38] ---**
However, the Mars Knights
consists of 37 Clans.
**[06:41] ---**
There is a possibility that other
Landing Castles have come down.
**[06:45] ---**
Given what we've seen,
there is a possibility
**[06:47] ---**
that their invasion has
extended to urban areas.
**[06:49] ---**
Therefore, we can minimize the
possibility of enemy encounters
**[06:53] ---**
by plotting a route through low
population density areas,
**[06:56] ---**
avoiding radar, and flying
at low altitude.
**[07:00] ---**
Mizusaki.
**[07:01] ---**
Ma'am?
**[07:02] ---**
Would you like to know
why you can't get a date?
**[07:06] ---**
Possibility, possibility, possibility...
**[07:10] ---**
If you do nothing but play it safe,
you'll never bump into Mr. Right.
**[07:15] ---**
I was given to understand that one
should form a bond first, ma'am.
**[07:19] ---**
All right, let's go with your "I want to
make steady progress towards my goal,
**[07:23] ---**
even if means holding my nose"
sort of operation.
**[07:25] ---**
You don't approve?
**[07:27] ---**
No, I think it's
a very simple operation.
**[07:38] ---**
She doesn't approve...
**[07:46] ---**
Target destroyed.
**[07:48] ---**
*Okay, simulation complete.
"Rayet," right?*
**[07:51] ---**
*You've got some skills.
Gamers are a formidable bunch.*
**[07:55] ---**
*Increase the difficulty.*
**[07:58] ---**
Maybe we should call it a day.
**[08:00] ---**
*I'm fine, keep going.*
**[08:04] ---**
Okay, then. Why don't I throw in
something we fought recently?
**[08:08] ---**
*Try this.*
**[08:09] ---**
*Beginning simulation.*
**[08:15] ---**
Thermal signature detected.
**[08:16] ---**
Off my 10 o'clock.
Almost in effective range.
**[08:41] ---**
Don't do that, Rayet.
The gun barrel will overheat.
**[08:50] ---**
Simulation complete.
**[08:52] ---**
I'm sorry. I made it too
hard all of a sudden.
**[08:56] ---**
*Did it throw you?*
**[08:58] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[09:00] ---**
Dr. Yagarai.
**[09:02] ---**
How is the exoskeleton working?
**[09:04] ---**
Wanna arm wrestle?
**[09:06] ---**
Thanks, but no.
**[09:07] ---**
Actually, would you mind if I borrowed
your simulator program later?
**[09:12] ---**
You joining the fight, Doc?
**[09:14] ---**
No, it's not for that.
**[09:18] ---**
I need it for treatment.
**[09:23] ---**
Damn it...
**[09:25] ---**
I can't believe our captain turned out
to be your kid sister, Humeray.
**[09:36] ---**
Probably explains where
she gets her guts from.
**[09:57] ---**
Rayet.
**[10:00] ---**
May I join you?
**[10:05] ---**
Suit yourself.
**[10:09] ---**
Terran food is most delicious. So many
unusual dishes not found on Vers.
**[10:16] ---**
Is that optical camouflage, too?
**[10:18] ---**
No, Inaho's friend Nina was kind enough
to allow me to borrow these.
**[10:23] ---**
She thought it might be difficult to
walk in a cramped ship in that dress.
**[10:29] ---**
Isn't she kind?
**[10:33] ---**
Highness, this is for you!
**[10:36] ---**
How lovely!
A papercraft Terran bird!
**[10:41] ---**
Thank you, I shall treasure it.
**[10:44] ---**
That was most thoughtful
of you, commoner.
**[10:47] ---**
When there is peace between
Earth and Vers,
**[10:50] ---**
we shall speak of this to
His Imperial Majesty, and-
**[10:56] ---**
Why?
**[10:57] ---**
Why did you reveal your identity?
Martians are seen as the enemy.
**[11:03] ---**
How can you be so
calm and composed?
**[11:06] ---**
Even though you were
betrayed by Martians...
**[11:11] ---**
You're crazy, lady.
**[11:12] ---**
Mind your tongue! How dare you say
such a thing to Her Highness?
**[11:16] ---**
You thought they were
your friends...
**[11:19] ---**
Hey, come back here!
**[11:22] ---**
This is the problem with Terrans!
**[11:28] ---**
How do you feel?
**[11:30] ---**
No problem. I'm fine.
**[11:33] ---**
I recreated the scene based on
your descriptions, Lt. Marito.
**[11:36] ---**
It ought to be close, but if I got
something wrong, please tell me.
**[11:40] ---**
Is this really going to help?
**[11:43] ---**
PTSD...
**[11:45] ---**
One treatment for post-traumatic
stress disorder is to
**[11:49] ---**
recreate the incident that caused it
and to relive it again and again.
**[11:54] ---**
Relive a terrifying experience often enough
and you get acclimated to it, huh?
**[11:59] ---**
We'll just have to see.
**[12:01] ---**
Let's begin.
**[12:04] ---**
Fine, whatever...
**[12:07] ---**
All right, here we go.
**[12:12] ---**
Oh, come on... Even games are more
realistic than this these days.
**[12:16] ---**
Oh, are they?
But we aren't playing a game.
**[12:19] ---**
Uh, this street is flipped.
**[12:22] ---**
I'll fix that for next time.
**[12:26] ---**
What's that down there?
**[12:28] ---**
That's Humeray, your war buddy.
**[12:30] ---**
Give me a break. This blocky guy
ain't what's bothering me!
**[12:35] ---**
Trust me. Just be quiet
and watch.
**[12:38] ---**
Come off it... Are you
messing with me?
**[12:45] ---**
What the hell?! That's-
**[12:50] ---**
Marito!
**[12:53] ---**
What the hell is that?! Nobody said
there was something like that here!
**[12:56] ---**
Don't be scared!
We outnumber them!
**[12:59] ---**
Platoon Commander to all tanks!
Piecemeal attack!
**[13:04] ---**
What the...?
**[13:08] ---**
Marito!
**[13:12] ---**
That thing's doing this?
**[13:17] ---**
It's flying?!
**[13:21] ---**
Our shells, they-
**[13:23] ---**
Marito!
**[13:23] ---**
Anti-gravity? No...
**[13:41] ---**
This tank is a lost cause.
We're bailing, Humeray!
**[13:45] ---**
I can't...
**[13:46] ---**
My legs are pinned!
**[13:49] ---**
Fire!
**[13:50] ---**
Humeray!
**[13:51] ---**
Marito! Get me out, Marito!
**[13:57] ---**
Marito! Marito!
Hurry, Marito!
**[14:03] ---**
Marito! Shoot me!
**[14:07] ---**
Please! Marito!
**[14:08] ---**
Hurry! Hurry!
**[14:11] ---**
Shoot me! Marito!
**[14:49] ---**
Lieutenant! Lt. Marito!
**[14:52] ---**
Are you all right, Lieutenant?
**[14:56] ---**
Everything you saw
is in the past.
**[14:59] ---**
You're safe now.
This isn't Tanegashima.
**[15:05] ---**
Like hell we are...
This is a battlefield now, too.
**[15:12] ---**
I think that's enough
for today.
**[15:15] ---**
Talk about pathetic... Being scared
of that blocky thing.
**[15:20] ---**
No, that isn't what
you are afraid of.
**[15:26] ---**
It's the fact that you
killed your friend.
**[15:48] ---**
*This is crazy, this is crazy,
this is crazy...*
**[15:54] ---**
*This is so crazy!*
**[15:58] ---**
*Why did she reveal her identity?
Why is she so calm?*
**[16:05] ---**
*Why? Why? Why?*
**[16:13] ---**
*Why... is she...*
**[16:20] ---**
*Why... am I...*
**[16:36] ---**
What is the matter?
Not hungry?
**[16:39] ---**
Do not worry,
it is not poisoned.
**[16:42] ---**
Had I wished to kill you,
I would have done so long ago.
**[16:48] ---**
Milord...
**[16:50] ---**
Yes?
**[16:51] ---**
Why are you so determined
to fight Earth?
**[16:54] ---**
It is a lord's duty to his vassals
to fight to expand his territory.
**[17:01] ---**
Just for that?
**[17:03] ---**
It is that great a cause.
**[17:06] ---**
These are creatures that fly
through the air, I understand.
**[17:09] ---**
Yes, Milord.
**[17:10] ---**
Oh, actually, this type
of bird is flightless.
**[17:14] ---**
Unimaginable luxury to
the people of Vers,
**[17:17] ---**
who subsist on
chlorella and krill.
**[17:20] ---**
I feel nothing but indignation
towards the Terrans who
**[17:23] ---**
so offhandedly sent them
as relief supplies.
**[17:29] ---**
This is not a luxury item.
**[17:32] ---**
It is processed food tailored for
space transport and preservation.
**[17:35] ---**
Culture is the sole
domain of Earth,
**[17:37] ---**
blessed with abundant water and air,
overflowing with countless living creatures.
**[17:42] ---**
On Father Vers, although technology
is advanced thanks to Aldnoah,
**[17:46] ---**
culture has not
developed at all.
**[17:49] ---**
There is no reason that we should not seize
this world and its plentiful resources.
**[17:53] ---**
But even so, surely there is no need
to exploit Princess Asseylum to-
**[17:57] ---**
It is too late.
The war has already begun.
**[18:01] ---**
Her Highness will be
a human sacrifice.
**[18:04] ---**
She is innocent!
**[18:05] ---**
She is royalty.
Her very lineage is her crime.
**[18:10] ---**
Fifteen years ago, the royal family whipped the
knights into a frenzy and sent them against Earth.
**[18:15] ---**
For that, I will make them pay
with their own flesh and blood.
**[18:24] ---**
Please don't kill her.
**[18:26] ---**
We are a people oppressed under a feudal
system centered around Aldnoah.
**[18:31] ---**
Our impoverished, shabby country looks with
scorn upon a world with a vast history.
**[18:36] ---**
Such nonsense...
**[18:39] ---**
It is only natural that Vers, where the masses
had been controlled by saying,
**[18:42] ---**
"Be envious of Earth, be jealous
of Earth, despise Earth,"
**[18:46] ---**
is so corrupt that only through invading
Earth can its great cause be maintained.
**[18:52] ---**
Your injuries attest
to that all too well.
**[18:57] ---**
The royal family chose war.
To maintain order on Vers.
**[19:02] ---**
And then... Heaven's Fall came about
as a result of that war,
**[19:07] ---**
and my betrothed, Orlane,
lost her life!
**[19:18] ---**
This war is my vengeance.
**[19:22] ---**
This war is my appointed task.
**[19:31] ---**
Defy me, and I will show you no mercy. Even if
you are the son of the man I owe my life to.
**[19:43] ---**
I was worried that they would be more hostile
towards us, but it was for nothing.
**[19:47] ---**
Yes, I am relieved that the
people of Earth are so kind.
**[19:50] ---**
They must understand that you are not
their enemy, but rather a victim.
**[19:54] ---**
Deep down, we are all
fellow human beings.
**[19:57] ---**
Though our places of birth may differ,
we are capable of mutual understanding.
**[20:00] ---**
Some of them are rude
and strange, though...
**[20:03] ---**
Oh, my apologies!
I forgot your new clothing!
**[20:07] ---**
I'll go fetch it at once!
**[20:39] ---**
Oh, that was fast, Eddelri...ttsuo?
**[21:26] ---**
Shouldn't you be
with Seylum?
**[21:28] ---**
Her name is not "Seylum"!
It is Her Royal Highness Asseylum!
**[21:33] ---**
Aldnoah drive, output falling!
**[21:35] ---**
Switch to auxiliary power!
**[21:37] ---**
Unable to maintain altitude!
**[21:38] ---**
Rate of descent increasing!
Impact in 30 seconds!
**[21:41] ---**
All hands, brace for impact!
# 10 - Before the War
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**[00:20] ---**
Are you all right?
**[00:22] ---**
What happened?
**[00:24] ---**
It looks like the
Aldnoah drive shut down.
**[00:27] ---**
That shouldn't be possible!
**[00:28] ---**
This ship's Aldnoah was
activated by Her Highness!
**[00:31] ---**
So long as she lives, it can't be shut down
by another without her consent!
**[00:36] ---**
So long as she lives...
Where is Seylum?!
**[00:41] ---**
Where is she?
Where is Seylum?!
**[02:15] ---**
Damage?
**[02:16] ---**
Damage to hull, negligible. Departmental
damage checks underway.
**[02:20] ---**
We are currently operating
on auxiliary power.
**[02:22] ---**
It's a good thing we were
flying at low altitude.
**[02:24] ---**
Our gravity field was
churning up the snow,
**[02:26] ---**
and that seems to have acted
as a shock absorber.
**[02:28] ---**
Launch our Kats
and put them on watch.
**[02:30] ---**
Repair any damaged areas ASAP.
**[02:33] ---**
Engine room, inspect the Aldnoah drive and
determine cause of shutdown.
**[02:37] ---**
Where is Capt. Magbaredge?
**[02:41] ---**
Bridge.
**[02:42] ---**
*Send medics immediately!*
**[02:44] ---**
Captain? Where are you?
**[02:50] ---**
Breathing and pulse, both stopped.
**[02:53] ---**
Princess...
**[02:54] ---**
Bring towels!
**[02:56] ---**
I'm going to use a defibrillator.
We have to dry her off!
**[02:59] ---**
Hurry!
**[03:00] ---**
Right!
**[03:01] ---**
I'll help.
**[03:08] ---**
Setting counter shock
to 200 joules.
**[03:12] ---**
Clear.
**[03:17] ---**
I'll do it!
**[03:18] ---**
No, you're too light.
**[03:23] ---**
You think fast on your feet.
**[03:25] ---**
We learn this in school.
**[03:27] ---**
Students never take it seriously. All they
do is giggle about the mouth-to-mouth.
**[03:31] ---**
It could save a life.
**[03:49] ---**
Should I take over?
**[03:51] ---**
I can handle it.
**[04:02] ---**
Milady!
**[04:08] ---**
Good. Are you all right?
**[04:13] ---**
Inaho...
**[04:15] ---**
Where am I?
**[04:17] ---**
It looks like you passed out while
taking a shower. What happened?
**[04:21] ---**
I...
**[04:26] ---**
I was attacked... by her!
**[04:30] ---**
Don't move.
**[04:32] ---**
You...
**[04:36] ---**
Rayet? Why?
**[04:40] ---**
Where's the patient?!
**[04:41] ---**
Stay back!
**[04:43] ---**
Get back!
Get out of the room!
**[04:46] ---**
Now!
**[04:50] ---**
Dr. Yagarai.
**[04:52] ---**
Yeah...
**[04:56] ---**
Who are you?
**[04:58] ---**
A Versian- No, a Martian.
**[05:07] ---**
Why...?
**[05:10] ---**
The one who tried to assassinate you
at the Shinawara parade
**[05:14] ---**
was my father.
**[05:18] ---**
He was a Martian spy living on Earth.
**[05:21] ---**
He was promised a title and
a reward if he killed you.
**[05:25] ---**
But when he completed his mission,
he was put down like a dog.
**[05:29] ---**
To silence him!
**[05:33] ---**
Martians can't be trusted!
Martians are all the enemy!
**[05:39] ---**
I can't go back to being a Martian.
But I'm not a Terran, either.
**[05:46] ---**
But you... you revealed
yourself as a Martian!
**[05:50] ---**
In spite of that, you were accepted! In spite
of that, you made a place for yourself!
**[05:55] ---**
In spite of what you are!
**[05:59] ---**
He thought they were
on the same side, but they...
**[06:02] ---**
It's all your fault...
**[06:05] ---**
My father is dead
because you came here.
**[06:09] ---**
This war started
because you came here.
**[06:12] ---**
We were betrayed
because you came here.
**[06:15] ---**
I'm all alone
because you came here.
**[06:19] ---**
Because you came...
Because you came...
**[06:23] ---**
Because you came!
**[06:26] ---**
In spite of all that,
how can they not hate you?!
**[06:32] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[06:35] ---**
I've brought you nothing
but misery, haven't I?
**[06:42] ---**
I was a fool.
**[06:45] ---**
Milady!
**[06:48] ---**
I thought I was working
towards peace.
**[06:51] ---**
I thought I was doing
the right thing.
**[06:55] ---**
But I was merely acting
like a spoiled child.
**[07:00] ---**
Relations with Earth are worse
than ever because of me.
**[07:08] ---**
Many people have
lost their lives.
**[07:12] ---**
No matter how much I tell myself that
I did nothing wrong, the reality of it
**[07:17] ---**
is that I have brought misery
to countless people's lives.
**[07:22] ---**
To yours.
To your father's.
**[07:26] ---**
I will not ask you to forgive me.
Nevertheless... I am sorry.
**[07:34] ---**
Why?
**[07:36] ---**
Why are you crying?
**[07:38] ---**
My father tried to kill you!
I tried to kill you, too!
**[07:43] ---**
Why won't you hate me?!
Why are you forgiving me?!
**[07:46] ---**
Why are you
being kind to me?
**[07:48] ---**
Why?! Why?! Why?!
**[07:55] ---**
Why?!
**[08:03] ---**
How stupid are you?
**[08:06] ---**
Give it a rest, already...
**[08:10] ---**
What am I even doing?
**[08:13] ---**
No!
**[08:18] ---**
What are you doing?!
**[08:20] ---**
Automatics won't fire
with the slide open.
**[08:24] ---**
I thought this was the best way to stop
you without it discharging accidentally.
**[08:27] ---**
No, I meant-
**[08:28] ---**
To be honest, I couldn't care less
if you're a Terran or a Martian.
**[08:37] ---**
You hate our enemies, and those
enemies are trying to kill you.
**[08:42] ---**
But most importantly,
you've fought at our side.
**[08:46] ---**
What other reasons
do I need?
**[08:49] ---**
You trust me?
**[08:51] ---**
At the very least, I don't
think we're enemies.
**[08:53] ---**
As to whether we'll be allies...
that's up to you.
**[08:58] ---**
You might come to regret this.
**[09:11] ---**
I'm taking you into custody.
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[09:14] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[09:16] ---**
Do whatever you want.
**[09:25] ---**
What's that?
A Martian trinket?
**[09:29] ---**
No, I'm told that it's a
Terran good luck charm.
**[09:32] ---**
Dr. Yagarai, what's the
princess' condition?
**[09:36] ---**
She seems fine. But to be safe,
she should rest for a while.
**[09:42] ---**
I see. But I'm afraid that
that's out of the question.
**[09:45] ---**
I am fine. I shall
see to the drive...
**[09:48] ---**
Milady...
**[09:50] ---**
That reminds me, Captain.
**[09:54] ---**
This is technically
privileged information, but here.
**[09:58] ---**
What is it?
**[09:59] ---**
A patient file. Lt. Marito's.
**[10:02] ---**
Patient file?
**[10:04] ---**
It's also a prescription.
For you.
**[10:08] ---**
For me?
**[10:17] ---**
Thanks.
**[10:20] ---**
Compared to where I've been sleeping
until now, this is paradise.
**[10:38] ---**
Aldnoah drive online.
**[10:41] ---**
We have power!
We're good to go.
**[10:43] ---**
Deucalion, lift off.
**[10:47] ---**
*That girl's father tried to kill
the princess, a fellow Martian.*
**[10:53] ---**
*Martians killed her father,*
**[10:58] ---**
*and then that Rayet girl turned a gun on the
princess even though she's a Martian, too.*
**[11:02] ---**
*And I... killed my own
best friend.*
**[11:11] ---**
*What was it like to be shot
by a friend, Humeray?*
**[11:33] ---**
Slaine.
**[11:40] ---**
This is our data on Tanegashima, the
island where you were retrieved.
**[11:45] ---**
An enormous dock
and shipbuilding facilities...
**[11:48] ---**
You saw a ship?
**[11:50] ---**
Yes.
**[11:51] ---**
And that ship was Aldnoah-equipped?
**[11:54] ---**
Most likely.
**[11:56] ---**
And was it Princess Asseylum
who activated that Aldnoah?
**[12:02] ---**
You hold your tongue out
of concern for her?
**[12:06] ---**
Are you familiar with this?
**[12:10] ---**
What is it?
**[12:11] ---**
The Deucalion.
**[12:13] ---**
A Kataphrakt belonging
to Viscountess Orlane
**[12:16] ---**
that has gravity
control capability.
**[12:18] ---**
Viscountess Orlane?
**[12:21] ---**
The woman who was
to be my wife.
**[12:24] ---**
We did our very utmost.
**[12:27] ---**
Using the power of the Aldnoah that His Majesty
bestowed upon us, we ruled the people,
**[12:32] ---**
cultivated the wastelands of Vers,
expanded our domain,
**[12:34] ---**
and tried to amass wealth.
**[12:38] ---**
But no matter what we did, we would
always be limited by something.
**[12:42] ---**
Limited?
**[12:45] ---**
By water and air.
**[12:47] ---**
In the time of the people of the ancient
civilization that created Aldnoah,
**[12:50] ---**
water and air
were yet plentiful.
**[12:53] ---**
But all Vers has now is an atmosphere
that is nearly a vacuum
**[12:57] ---**
and what little water
remains underground.
**[12:59] ---**
In fact, owing to that thin atmosphere,
Vers is constantly buffeted by storms.
**[13:04] ---**
As it stands, no matter how much land there is,
the harvest it yields will always be meager.
**[13:08] ---**
The more our population grows,
**[13:10] ---**
production always falls short of demand,
and we grow ever more impoverished.
**[13:14] ---**
It was always a fool's errand
to live on that world.
**[13:22] ---**
But our second emperor, Emperor Gillzeria,
was a believer in Aldnoah's power
**[13:27] ---**
and focused all his efforts on developing
our industrial capacity.
**[13:32] ---**
The royal family, the masters of
Aldnoah, ruled with an iron fist
**[13:36] ---**
and turned a deaf ear to the pleas
of our suffering people.
**[13:40] ---**
And then... the rising discontent of the
populace was directed against Earth.
**[13:46] ---**
He whipped the people of Vers into
a frenzy, saying that it was Earth,
**[13:50] ---**
with their claims of sovereignty,
obstruction of independence,
**[13:54] ---**
and attempts to rule us
from their distant world,
**[13:57] ---**
that was their enemy and
the source of their suffering.
**[14:01] ---**
Horrifyingly, those lies
were supported by all.
**[14:05] ---**
They were the superior race,
**[14:08] ---**
and the filthy subhumans who hoarded Earth's
bounty for themselves were evil.
**[14:13] ---**
Planning to invade Earth,
**[14:15] ---**
we passed through the Hyper Gate
and gathered our forces.
**[14:20] ---**
Foolishly thinking all the while
that our actions were just.
**[14:24] ---**
And then, my Dioscuria, with its
superior flight capabilities,
**[14:28] ---**
and Orlane's Deucalion went down to
Tanegashima as an advance party.
**[14:39] ---**
How unimpressive...
**[14:41] ---**
This was hardly worth steeling our
resolve and coming down for.
**[14:45] ---**
Do you not agree,
Milord Saazbaum?
**[14:49] ---**
Indeed. This is quite
a disappointment, Orlane.
**[14:52] ---**
*We will be able to take this planet
far more easily than we expected.*
**[14:56] ---**
Our people will be most pleased,
to say nothing of His Majesty.
**[15:06] ---**
What's going on?!
**[15:09] ---**
Powerful space-time
distortion waves?
**[15:13] ---**
The Hyper Gate!
**[15:17] ---**
The Moon... has shattered?
**[15:21] ---**
*We're withdrawing, Orlane!*
**[15:23] ---**
*What's the matter? Withdraw at once!
The surface is unsafe!*
**[15:27] ---**
*The distortions are affecting
my antigravity device!*
**[15:30] ---**
*I can't fly!*
**[15:32] ---**
I'm coming to assist!
**[15:33] ---**
You mustn't! It is too late!
Leave me!
**[15:37] ---**
Hurry!
**[15:39] ---**
Orlane!
**[15:55] ---**
I will have my revenge for Orlane,
mark my words.
**[15:59] ---**
Count!
**[16:01] ---**
Count Saazbaum!
**[16:11] ---**
This is the battleship Deucalion.
HQ, requesting docking clearance.
**[16:16] ---**
*Welcome, Deucalion.
Clearance granted.*
**[16:20] ---**
*Set down in Dock #6.*
**[16:22] ---**
*Deucalion, acknowledged.*
**[16:25] ---**
I see it with my own two eyes,
and I still can't believe it.
**[16:27] ---**
A flying battleship... It's like something
out of those Japanese comic books.
**[16:32] ---**
I heard it was abandoned because
they couldn't activate its Aldnoah.
**[16:36] ---**
Those reports that they're harboring
Princess Asseylum must be true.
**[16:41] ---**
We finally made it...
**[16:43] ---**
Yeah.
**[16:44] ---**
United Earth Headquarters...
**[17:18] ---**
Touchdown in 3... 2... 1...
**[17:24] ---**
Ship is down.
Now mooring.
**[17:28] ---**
I suppose this means our
voyage is over, too.
**[17:32] ---**
Yes, for now.
**[17:34] ---**
For now, ma'am?
**[17:35] ---**
If we keep the ship,
what will the enemy do?
**[17:45] ---**
Now that we're here,
we're safe, right?
**[17:48] ---**
This is a secret base
600 meters underground
**[17:50] ---**
that was designed to withstand
a nuclear strike.
**[17:53] ---**
They say that lots of refugees are being
housed in the massive shelters here.
**[17:58] ---**
At capacity, they're supposed to have
3 years' worth of supplies stockpiled.
**[18:02] ---**
But apparently, the numbers
don't add up.
**[18:04] ---**
Are they over capacity?
**[18:07] ---**
The opposite, apparently.
They have too many provisions.
**[18:12] ---**
It looks like most of the refugees
never made it here.
**[18:17] ---**
If this place is destroyed...
Terrans might go extinct.
**[18:22] ---**
It's huge!
**[18:23] ---**
Hey, Inaho.
**[18:25] ---**
I looked around.
**[18:27] ---**
There's lots of Areions sitting around, so
why would you keep using that Sleipnir?
**[18:32] ---**
I'm used to it.
**[18:34] ---**
That's all?
**[18:35] ---**
Heavier armor wouldn't have helped
against anything we've fought so far.
**[18:39] ---**
If you're okay with it,
suit yourself.
**[18:42] ---**
Do we even have to fight now? We can
let the professionals do their job.
**[18:46] ---**
Right?
**[18:47] ---**
Yeah.
**[18:48] ---**
You can't be too careful.
**[18:52] ---**
It's got conformal
power assist, huh?
**[19:01] ---**
Aldnoah...
**[19:03] ---**
This is what started it all.
**[19:06] ---**
Thank you very much, Inaho.
**[19:11] ---**
I'm given to understand that it's
you whom I owe my life to.
**[19:14] ---**
No, it's because
we're in a war.
**[19:17] ---**
How many times
does this make it?
**[19:21] ---**
I'm not sure. And I wouldn't
say that I've saved it.
**[19:25] ---**
This is a war, after all.
**[19:29] ---**
You're a kind person, aren't you?
**[19:32] ---**
You are.
**[19:37] ---**
After all this is over...
**[19:39] ---**
We will remain friends
after all this is over, won't we?
**[19:44] ---**
Yes.
**[19:46] ---**
I'm glad.
**[19:48] ---**
Milady, it's time.
**[19:51] ---**
Very well.
**[19:53] ---**
Then let's be off, Eddelrittuo.
**[19:57] ---**
If you'll excuse us.
**[20:05] ---**
I am Asseylum Vers Allusia.
**[20:09] ---**
I am the Princess Royal,
granddaughter of
**[20:11] ---**
Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
Emperor of Vers.
**[20:16] ---**
I address the people
of Father Vers.
**[20:18] ---**
I call for an immediate cessation of
hostilities in this meaningless war.
**[20:22] ---**
I am safe.
Alive and well.
**[20:25] ---**
It is not Terrans who made
an attempt on my life.
**[20:29] ---**
It was a plot by the Orbital Knights, who have
their sights set on an invasion of Earth.
**[20:32] ---**
The Terrans are innocent.
**[20:35] ---**
Stop the fighting immediately.
**[20:38] ---**
And then make peace
with Earth.
**[20:41] ---**
*I beg you, put a stop
to this tragedy.*
**[20:52] ---**
This is the Tharsis!
**[20:54] ---**
I retrieved it
from Castle Cruhteo.
**[20:58] ---**
He was unworthy of it.
**[21:02] ---**
*Its Aldnoah drive
is powered down...*
**[21:06] ---**
*Which means that
Count Cruhteo truly is...*
**[21:08] ---**
Princess Asseylum's location
has been pinpointed
**[21:11] ---**
via laser transmission
to the Moon base.
**[21:14] ---**
The Moon base is under the control
of those who feel as I do.
**[21:18] ---**
Her Highness' proclamation
will reach no one's ears.
**[21:22] ---**
The final battle is about to take place
at the enemy's main stronghold.
**[21:26] ---**
Even with the full might of a Landing
Castle, it will be no easy feat.
**[21:32] ---**
My debt to your father
is paid.
**[21:36] ---**
You may join my forces
or you may flee to Earth.
**[21:40] ---**
Do as you will.
**[21:45] ---**
Milord Saazbaum, all launch
preparations are now complete.
**[21:53] ---**
Begin Landing Castle descent!
**[21:56] ---**
Destination: UE Headquarters!
Novostal'sk, Russia!
# 11 - Wind, Snow and Stars
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**[00:04] ---**
This is what started it all.
**[00:07] ---**
Thank you very much, Inaho.
**[00:12] ---**
I'm given to understand that it's
you whom I owe my life to.
**[00:15] ---**
No, it's because
we're in a war.
**[00:18] ---**
How many times
does this make it?
**[00:22] ---**
I'm not sure. And I wouldn't
say that I've saved it.
**[00:26] ---**
This is a war, after all.
**[00:30] ---**
You're a kind person, aren't you?
**[00:33] ---**
You are.
**[00:37] ---**
After all this is over...
**[00:39] ---**
We will remain friends
after all this is over, won't we?
**[00:45] ---**
Yes.
**[00:47] ---**
I'm glad.
**[00:53] ---**
I am Asseylum Vers Allusia.
**[00:56] ---**
I am the Princess Royal,
granddaughter of
**[00:58] ---**
Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
Emperor of Vers.
**[01:03] ---**
I address the people
of Father Vers.
**[01:05] ---**
I call for an immediate cessation of
hostilities in this meaningless war.
**[01:09] ---**
I am safe.
Alive and well.
**[01:12] ---**
It is not Terrans who made
an attempt on my life.
**[01:16] ---**
It was a plot by the Orbital Knights, who have
their sights set on an invasion of Earth.
**[01:19] ---**
The Terrans are innocent.
**[01:22] ---**
Stop the fighting immediately.
**[01:24] ---**
And then make peace with Earth.
**[01:28] ---**
*I beg you, put a stop
to this tragedy.*
**[01:37] ---**
This is the Tharsis!
**[01:39] ---**
I retrieved it
from Castle Cruhteo.
**[01:43] ---**
He was unworthy of it.
**[01:47] ---**
*Its Aldnoah drive
is powered down...*
**[01:50] ---**
*Which means that
Count Cruhteo truly is...*
**[01:53] ---**
Princess Asseylum's location
has been pinpointed
**[01:56] ---**
via laser transmission
to the Moon base.
**[01:59] ---**
The Moon base is under the control
of those who feel as I do.
**[02:03] ---**
Her Highness' proclamation
will reach no one's ears.
**[02:07] ---**
The final battle is about to take place
at the enemy's main stronghold.
**[02:11] ---**
Even with the full might of a Landing
Castle, it will be no easy feat.
**[02:17] ---**
My debt to your father is paid.
**[02:21] ---**
You may join my forces
or you may flee to Earth.
**[02:25] ---**
Do as you will.
**[02:36] ---**
Mars Knight Landing Castle descending!
**[02:39] ---**
Projected touchdown point,
within a 20km radius of United Earth HQ!
**[02:44] ---**
So, they aren't the least
bit interested in peace.
**[02:48] ---**
Abandon surface installations!
All personnel, evacuate underground!
**[03:02] ---**
I have to say, I didn't expect them
to make a direct move on this place.
**[03:06] ---**
I thought the war was
supposed to end!
**[03:09] ---**
Milady...
**[04:57] ---**
An act of futility.
**[04:59] ---**
*Commencing attack.*
**[05:08] ---**
Enemy missile impacts!
They're bunker busters!
**[05:12] ---**
Bedrock has been perforated! Warheads
descending towards base complex!
**[05:24] ---**
Sally forth!
**[05:33] ---**
*Sky carrier, launch!*
**[05:38] ---**
Missile impacts and shield
penetration in 18 locations!
**[05:41] ---**
Vibrations believed to be enemy
mechanized force now descending!
**[05:44] ---**
Kataphrakt platoons, get all
your units launched ASAP!
**[05:47] ---**
*Shire Platoon, in position!*
**[05:49] ---**
*Falabella Platoon, in position!*
**[05:51] ---**
*Vibration source still closing in.
59 seconds to enemy contact.*
**[05:54] ---**
*All units, prepare to engage!*
**[05:56] ---**
*Roger!*
**[05:57] ---**
*Here they come!*
**[05:59] ---**
Annihilate them, my faithful servants!
**[06:11] ---**
It's an enemy Kataphrakt assault!
**[06:14] ---**
Intercept team attrition rate, 50%!
**[06:45] ---**
All advance!
**[06:47] ---**
Search for Princess Asseylum
and terminate on sight!
**[06:58] ---**
Milady, it's dangerous here.
I suggest we relocate at once.
**[07:02] ---**
I've revealed that my assassination
was a lie, so why are they still...
**[07:08] ---**
Milady...
**[07:09] ---**
War truly was their objective all along.
The assassination was merely an excuse.
**[07:15] ---**
It never mattered one whit
if I was alive or dead...
**[07:20] ---**
That is not true at all! You are
the beloved princess of Vers!
**[07:24] ---**
Why, then, is this place
presently under attack?!
**[07:32] ---**
Forgive me.
**[07:34] ---**
Not at all.
**[07:36] ---**
Is there no one left who can put an
end to the Orbital Knights' folly?
**[07:42] ---**
Is there nothing more
that I can do?
**[07:46] ---**
Milady...
**[07:50] ---**
Munitions loading 70% complete!
**[07:53] ---**
Launching a frontal assault
against United Earth HQ...
**[07:56] ---**
It'll be hard to hold negotiations
if the government collapses.
**[08:00] ---**
They have no intention
of negotiating.
**[08:03] ---**
Invade a territory with overwhelming force
and lay claim to it as their own.
**[08:07] ---**
There will be no one to denounce them
over it, and no international law.
**[08:10] ---**
This is primitive, pure war that dates back
to before the industrial revolution.
**[08:18] ---**
Have you gotten through
to the princess?
**[08:20] ---**
No, ma'am. I'm paging the leader
of her security detail, though.
**[08:24] ---**
*All pilots, stand by in your Kats!
Be ready to move out at a moment's notice!*
**[08:28] ---**
*Warrant Officer Kaizuka,
is the Deucalion leaving?*
**[08:31] ---**
*Beats me. This might turn into
a defensive action.*
**[08:36] ---**
This is Mustang Leader.
**[08:41] ---**
*Nao, you've got a phone call.*
**[08:43] ---**
*Mustang 22.*
**[08:45] ---**
I shall help, too.
**[08:47] ---**
Seylum...
**[08:48] ---**
*All Vers weaponry is powered
by Aldnoah drives.*
**[08:53] ---**
*Landing Castles are no exception.*
**[08:55] ---**
*If its Aldnoah drive is shut down,
the Landing Castle will cease to function.*
**[09:01] ---**
How would we do that?
**[09:03] ---**
*If the person who activated the drive loses
his life, it will automatically shut down.*
**[09:09] ---**
Ah, just like how the Deucalion fell out of
the sky when you went into cardiac arrest.
**[09:15] ---**
Yes. Also, one of the Vers emperor's bloodline
would be able to forcibly shut it down.
**[09:22] ---**
*In other words... you are saying
that you can shut it down.*
**[09:27] ---**
Yes.
**[09:29] ---**
*Understood. I'll escort you
to the enemy Landing Castle.*
**[09:33] ---**
Hold your horses, Nao!
**[09:35] ---**
*Why are you always
pulling this crap?!*
**[09:37] ---**
*What crap?*
**[09:38] ---**
You know what crap! The way you say insane
things with a perfectly straight face!
**[09:43] ---**
Now that we know she is unable to negotiate
politically, her presence is of no benefit.
**[09:49] ---**
But if she is of tactical use,
we should make use of her.
**[09:53] ---**
If we lose, they're just going
to kill her, anyway.
**[09:57] ---**
*It's the logical decision.*
**[09:58] ---**
*Logic is all it has going for it! How many
lives do you think that would cost?!*
**[10:02] ---**
If we do nothing,
just as many will die.
**[10:05] ---**
*And that makes it okay
to pull this crazy crap?*
**[10:08] ---**
This is war.
**[10:09] ---**
My point exactly!
**[10:13] ---**
*Sorry, Yuki. But I think we should bet on
the method with the best odds of success.*
**[10:19] ---**
*That's all it is.*
**[10:21] ---**
*I agree with his assessment.*
***SIGN*** Nao, do your best!
**[10:27] ---**
*All right, Highness.
I'll run it past the Captain.*
**[10:31] ---**
*Thank you.*
**[10:40] ---**
Milady?
**[10:42] ---**
The princess of the Vers Empire
has turned her people against her...
**[10:47] ---**
This war is not the will of Vers. It is all
a scheme by a bunch of traitors!
**[10:53] ---**
No.
**[10:56] ---**
The responsibility
is mine alone.
**[10:59] ---**
I am to blame.
**[11:06] ---**
Let us hurry.
**[11:14] ---**
Message from the Lord! "Ship located
in underground enemy base.
**[11:17] ---**
Her Highness may be aboard.
All troops, proceed there at once!"
**[11:22] ---**
Hey! That one hasn't
been rearm-
**[11:46] ---**
Aldnoah drive, output stable.
Ready to lift off at your command.
**[11:50] ---**
Princess Asseylum?
**[11:51] ---**
Currently on level 4!
Will arrive momentarily!
**[11:58] ---**
Port gun turret #1 hit!
**[12:00] ---**
Enemy infantry, ma'am.
**[12:02] ---**
Engage them, please.
**[12:06] ---**
What Kats do we have ready?!
**[12:07] ---**
They're all secured in their racks!
**[12:09] ---**
Send them out!
**[12:11] ---**
It'll take time!
**[12:20] ---**
*Princess Asseylum!*
**[12:22] ---**
The exit!
**[12:26] ---**
I see it!
**[12:28] ---**
There's the Deucalion!
**[12:32] ---**
Enemy infantry on starboard stabilizer!
**[12:34] ---**
Spin the ship.
**[12:35] ---**
Ma'am?
**[12:36] ---**
Pivot the ship in place and don't
let any enemy troops aboard!
**[12:38] ---**
Deucalion, coming about!
**[12:46] ---**
There she is!
It's the princess!
**[12:48] ---**
Open hatch!
Bring her aboard!
**[12:51] ---**
It's Princess Asseylum!
**[12:53] ---**
Rocket launchers!
**[12:54] ---**
*Objective located! Currently attacking
in underground dry dock!*
**[12:57] ---**
*I repeat, objective located!*
**[13:01] ---**
Fire!
**[13:05] ---**
I'm not scared, I'm not scared,
I'm not scared!
**[13:14] ---**
*You alive?*
**[13:17] ---**
*Keep the pedal floored.
I'll cover you.*
**[13:19] ---**
Rayet!
**[13:31] ---**
Come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on!
**[13:33] ---**
Princess! Over here!
**[13:37] ---**
A little closer!
**[13:40] ---**
Go!
**[13:42] ---**
Eddelrittuo!
**[13:43] ---**
*Go! Hurry!*
**[13:46] ---**
Seal hatch!
**[13:47] ---**
Roger!
**[13:52] ---**
Thank you, Eddelrittuo...
**[13:58] ---**
*Her Highness is aboard!*
**[14:01] ---**
Deucalion, lift off.
**[14:03] ---**
Control, please open the gate.
**[14:07] ---**
Control. This is Deucalion.
**[14:09] ---**
Please respond.
**[14:13] ---**
Captain...
**[14:15] ---**
Tubes 1 through 4,
prepare to fire missiles.
**[14:19] ---**
Set target, main gate!
**[14:24] ---**
Launch tubes open.
Ready to fire.
**[14:28] ---**
Fire!
**[14:49] ---**
The ship from the island!
**[15:00] ---**
*Back it up.
Go back to the dock.*
**[15:07] ---**
I'll hold them off here.
**[15:19] ---**
The mission is as follows.
**[15:21] ---**
The Deucalion will evade the
Landing Castle's attacks
**[15:25] ---**
and temporarily climb
into the stratosphere.
**[15:27] ---**
We will then carry out a Kataphrakt
combat drop from above.
**[15:31] ---**
That's insane! We won't be able
to hide while we're falling!
**[15:34] ---**
We'll be eaten alive by AA fire!
**[15:36] ---**
Which is why we will drop unmanned,
decoy Kataphrakts first.
**[15:40] ---**
The main assault force will fall
through the jumble of decoys
**[15:44] ---**
and aim for the Landing Castle.
**[15:50] ---**
Altitude of 20,000 meters achieved.
Turning over!
**[15:56] ---**
Drop Scarecrows!
**[16:01] ---**
The decoys might not work! And we don't
know what kind of firepower they have!
**[16:05] ---**
We've gone blind into
every engagement so far.
**[16:08] ---**
But still!
**[16:09] ---**
Once down, the assault team will
destroy the enemy's AA guns,
**[16:13] ---**
and when their counterattack weakens,
we ask Princess Asseylum to come.
**[16:19] ---**
Lt. Marito.
**[16:21] ---**
See to the assault team selection.
**[16:26] ---**
Understood.
**[16:27] ---**
I'll go in the first wave.
**[16:29] ---**
Nao!
**[16:31] ---**
I probably have more experience fighting
Martian weaponry than anyone on Earth.
**[16:36] ---**
Multiple radar returns overhead!
**[16:38] ---**
Anti-air warfare.
Will intercept.
**[16:50] ---**
Decoy Kataphrakts hit!
Releasing chaff and flares!
**[16:53] ---**
Assault team, launch.
**[16:55] ---**
*Mustang Leader to all units. In addition
to poor laser comms due to the blizzard,*
**[16:59] ---**
*their jamming will get
stronger near the castle.*
**[17:02] ---**
*Don't count on instructions until
we're down. Fight independently.*
**[17:06] ---**
Mustang 11, roger.
**[17:07] ---**
Mustang 22, roger.
**[17:09] ---**
Mustang 33, roger.
**[17:12] ---**
Mustang 44, roger.
**[17:14] ---**
Drop!
**[17:29] ---**
Please don't let them hit me, please don't let
them hit me, please don't let them hit me...
**[17:33] ---**
*When you're that scared,
you're more likely to get hit!*
**[17:37] ---**
*Bullets are attracted to cowardice!
Be confident, and the bullets will run from*
**[17:44] ---**
*Mustang 33!*
**[17:59] ---**
Use my orange color
to guide you in.
**[18:01] ---**
*Nao, that's too fast!*
**[18:05] ---**
I'll drop using the decoys as a shield,
and right after the objective leaves the clouds,
**[18:09] ---**
I'll fall until the very last second
and then decelerate.
**[18:23] ---**
Objective sighted.
**[18:30] ---**
Enemy Kataphrakt approaching!
**[18:57] ---**
*Mustang 22, drop zone secured.*
**[19:00] ---**
*Mustang 22, I have eyes on you.
Approaching.*
**[19:03] ---**
Don't do anything stupid, Nao!
**[19:05] ---**
*The more I thinned out their AA guns,
the easier it would be for the stragglers.*
**[19:09] ---**
*Hey, wait! Are you saying
you did it to help me?!*
**[19:13] ---**
This isn't right.
Comms are too clear.
**[19:18] ---**
Sorry this isn't first class, Princess!
**[19:22] ---**
Please don't go to
any trouble over me.
**[19:23] ---**
*Control to Princess 1.
Stand by in drop position.*
**[19:26] ---**
*Roger. Princess 1,
proceeding to drop position.*
**[19:37] ---**
Whatever happens, protect your
fellow passenger. At any cost.
**[19:40] ---**
Even your life.
**[19:44] ---**
*Princess 1, prepare for drop.*
**[19:46] ---**
Princess 1, ready for drop.
**[19:50] ---**
*Princess 1, drop!*
**[19:52] ---**
Princess 1, dro-
**[19:57] ---**
Enemy attack!
**[19:59] ---**
What happened?!
**[20:04] ---**
That can't be right...
There's nothing on radar!
**[20:06] ---**
Anti-air warfare!
**[20:08] ---**
*Protect the Deucalion!*
**[20:19] ---**
The Deucalion...
**[20:21] ---**
They transplanted the Aldnoah
from the other machine,
**[20:24] ---**
but with Orlane dead,
they could not activate it...
**[20:28] ---**
So, it was Princess Asseylum
who activated it, then.
**[20:34] ---**
Accursed ship!
**[20:41] ---**
*Mustang 44!*
**[20:49] ---**
Son of a bitch!
**[20:53] ---**
Damage report...
**[20:56] ---**
Starboard side, antigravity devices
2 through 7 offline...
**[21:01] ---**
We are losing altitude...
**[21:04] ---**
Funnel all our energy
into propulsion!
**[21:09] ---**
Set course for...
**[21:12] ---**
...enemy Landing Castle!
**[21:14] ---**
We'll board the damn thing
with this ship!
**[21:19] ---**
Where's Seylum?!
**[21:20] ---**
*I haven't gotten the signal yet!*
**[21:23] ---**
*Warrant Officer Kaizuka!
Three o'clock!*
**[21:28] ---**
That's... the Deucalion?
**[21:40] ---**
All units, scatter!
# 12 - Childhood's End
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**[01:41] ---**
The Deucalion?
Why would they...
**[01:45] ---**
They had no choice but to
make a frontal assault?
**[01:47] ---**
Control! This is Mustang Leader!
**[01:50] ---**
Please respond!
**[01:57] ---**
Princess 1!
**[02:14] ---**
Highness!
**[02:23] ---**
Princess Asseylum confirmed alive!
**[02:26] ---**
*Control to Mustang Platoon,
do you copy?*
**[02:30] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[02:32] ---**
*Amifumi?*
**[02:33] ---**
*Is the Deucalion okay?
Is everyone on the bridge okay?*
**[02:36] ---**
*What about Nina and Calm?
Are they okay?*
**[02:39] ---**
*Somehow.*
**[02:42] ---**
Well, maybe "We're all okay"
isn't quite honest...
**[02:47] ---**
This might be more of a "Don't worry,
go on without us!" kind of situation.
**[02:53] ---**
Inko, sorry...
**[02:56] ---**
*Warrant Officer Kaizuka...
Princess 1, continue your mission.*
**[03:02] ---**
*Can you do that?*
**[03:05] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:09] ---**
*Amifumi. Kaizuka Junior. I want you
to cover Warrant Officer Kaizuka.*
**[03:15] ---**
*Acknowledged.*
**[03:15] ---**
Roger that.
**[03:22] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka taking over
as pilot. Princess 1, continuing mission.
**[03:33] ---**
Kick their asses for us!
**[03:36] ---**
Mustang 22, roger!
**[03:46] ---**
You awake?
**[03:48] ---**
This is going to get a little rough.
Hold on tight, Highness.
**[03:51] ---**
You are... Inaho's older sister?
**[03:54] ---**
You didn't seem to be hurt,
but if I missed something, speak up.
**[04:00] ---**
Why...?
**[04:06] ---**
You hate us... Don't you?
**[04:10] ---**
The Versians who did this to Earth
and took so many lives...
**[04:16] ---**
You hate us, don't you?
**[04:21] ---**
*Seylum.*
**[04:23] ---**
*What does it take
to end a war?*
**[04:26] ---**
*Do you know?*
**[04:27] ---**
Well, if both sides wish for peace
and set aside their hatred...
**[04:33] ---**
*No.*
**[04:35] ---**
Warfare is nothing but a means
of negotiation between states.
**[04:38] ---**
Wars break out even when
there is no hatred.
**[04:41] ---**
*Territory, resources, or interests
that you are determined to own.*
**[04:45] ---**
*Ideology, religion, pride.*
**[04:47] ---**
*Wars are fought over those
objectives all the time.*
**[04:50] ---**
*Meaning that when those objectives
are met, the war will end.*
**[04:56] ---**
*That, or...*
**[04:57] ---**
*...the war will end when the
human cost outweighs the gains.*
**[05:02] ---**
*Anger and hatred, those are nothing more
than tools to tilt a war in your favor.*
**[05:08] ---**
*I'm not interested in
those emotions.*
**[05:11] ---**
Inaho...
**[05:13] ---**
So I wouldn't hate anyone
just because they're Martian.
**[05:24] ---**
*Oh? I would gladly hate
a Terran for that fact alone.*
**[05:29] ---**
All units, scatter!
**[05:41] ---**
*Saazbaum of the Vers Orbital Knights'
37 Clans has arrived.*
**[05:47] ---**
Please make your peace,
Your Highness.
**[05:50] ---**
Count Saazbaum? It was you?!
**[05:53] ---**
How did he tap
our encrypted comms?
**[05:55] ---**
All units, restrict further
communications to laser comms!
**[05:58] ---**
*Yuki.*
**[06:00] ---**
*Continue the mission. Inko, you
provide support for Yuki.*
**[06:05] ---**
I'll hold him off.
**[06:07] ---**
*Don't be stupid! You don't know
what his combat capability is!*
**[06:10] ---**
*You can't win alone!*
**[06:12] ---**
I don't need to win. I only
need to slow him down.
**[06:15] ---**
*Inaho...!*
**[06:16] ---**
You aren't planning to act
as a human shield, are you?
**[06:18] ---**
*That's an ineffective means
of buying time. Go, hurry.*
**[06:23] ---**
Inaho...
**[06:25] ---**
Good hunting.
**[06:27] ---**
Thanks.
**[06:28] ---**
*Let's go!*
**[06:28] ---**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[06:32] ---**
Inaho!
**[06:41] ---**
I like your reckless courage,
warrior of Earth.
**[06:44] ---**
But you will have
no mercy from me!
**[06:52] ---**
*Decoys confuse guided missiles.
But unguided rockets are unaffected.*
**[07:08] ---**
Mustang 11, path secured.
**[07:10] ---**
Don't get too full
of yourself, Terran!
**[07:13] ---**
Light of Aldnoah!
**[07:35] ---**
What?
**[07:40] ---**
Milady...
**[07:42] ---**
Give me your strength!
**[08:50] ---**
Behold...
**[08:53] ---**
...the Dioscuria!
**[09:01] ---**
My rounds, they're...
**[09:04] ---**
Dimensional barrier, activated!
**[09:08] ---**
Energy joints, linked.
Field generator, active.
**[09:13] ---**
Blade field, engaged.
**[09:18] ---**
Sword drawn.
**[09:28] ---**
That weapon, it's...
**[09:32] ---**
Is the princess
on that ship? No...
**[09:41] ---**
*This is Oldenburg Leader.*
**[09:43] ---**
*Stand by for assist, Mustang 22.*
**[09:45] ---**
No! Fall back!
**[09:50] ---**
Fools.
**[09:56] ---**
Fly, my servant!
**[10:20] ---**
Count...
**[10:26] ---**
Surrender, Martian!
Put your hands above your head!
**[10:34] ---**
Come on!
**[10:37] ---**
Terran forces have entered the castle!
We need to shore up our defenses!
**[10:41] ---**
You saved me?
**[10:44] ---**
Even though I'm a Terran?
**[10:47] ---**
Who are you fighting against?!
**[10:49] ---**
Who were you pointing
your gun at?!
**[10:53] ---**
I don't see anyone here who
turned his gun on his own!
**[10:56] ---**
So stop asking stupid questions!
**[11:20] ---**
Damn, one of 'em got in...
**[11:21] ---**
It's powering up! Contact the Kataphrakt
platoon inside the castle!
**[11:26] ---**
Auxiliary power system, start.
Will it work?
**[11:31] ---**
No luck, huh?
Its Aldnoah drive is shut down.
**[11:35] ---**
It will never move again without someone
who has been granted activation rights.
**[11:40] ---**
What do I do?
**[11:45] ---**
It- The Aldnoah drive
powered up?
**[11:49] ---**
But how?
**[12:00] ---**
I really wish they'd give it a rest
with those things!
**[12:03] ---**
There is an
inspection passageway.
**[12:05] ---**
It is a detour. It will take us
to the Aldnoah chamber.
**[12:09] ---**
It is not designed for equipment
access, so we will have to
**[12:12] ---**
abandon our Kataphrakts
and proceed on foot.
**[12:14] ---**
Mustang 11!
**[12:15] ---**
Roger!
**[12:21] ---**
Let's move!
**[12:22] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:24] ---**
Inaho?!
**[12:29] ---**
Princess Asseylum.
**[12:31] ---**
Your life, if you please.
**[12:35] ---**
Count Saazbaum!
**[12:36] ---**
Bastard!
**[12:39] ---**
He has a barrier, too!
**[12:41] ---**
Inko, get out of here.
**[12:43] ---**
Inaho!
**[12:44] ---**
Hurry.
**[12:45] ---**
*No way, I can't just leave you!*
**[12:47] ---**
Don't worry about me, just run!
**[12:49] ---**
*Don't be an idiot!*
**[12:53] ---**
*Dodge it...*
**[12:58] ---**
Mustang 11!
**[13:06] ---**
Like I thought, he has to lower the
barrier when he launches his arms.
**[13:11] ---**
It's because the arm thrusters
interfere with the barrier.
**[13:14] ---**
Hang on... Did you use me
as a decoy?!
**[13:18] ---**
You don't say?
**[13:27] ---**
The barrier needs to have a gap.
**[13:29] ---**
If you're watching at the instant he
raises the field, it's easy to spot.
**[13:34] ---**
The antenna to remote-control
the flying arms!
**[13:40] ---**
You try my patience!
**[13:42] ---**
Nao, run!
**[13:43] ---**
No, I've been waiting
for him to get close.
**[13:53] ---**
Why, you little...
**[13:59] ---**
And they can't raise a barrier
along contact surfaces.
**[14:04] ---**
Why, you...
**[14:08] ---**
*Count Saazbaum?*
**[14:13] ---**
I can't hit him!
**[14:14] ---**
How can it be that fast?!
**[14:15] ---**
It's like it's anticipating the
trajectory of our bullets precisely!
**[14:22] ---**
Princess, hurry!
**[14:24] ---**
Coming!
**[14:25] ---**
Now you, Inaho!
**[14:27] ---**
*No.*
**[14:31] ---**
You go on ahead.
I'll be right behind you.
**[14:34] ---**
Lead the way.
**[14:35] ---**
Of course!
**[14:40] ---**
This way!
**[14:47] ---**
Filthy Terran!
**[15:05] ---**
You dare?!
**[15:18] ---**
Damn you!
**[15:29] ---**
Your kind could never understand...
**[15:34] ---**
The envy and hatred towards Terrans
that had been planted in us
**[15:38] ---**
constantly tarnished our souls and robbed us
of our ability to live as human beings!
**[15:44] ---**
You, with your lives of indolence
in a land of plenty,
**[15:47] ---**
could never understand
how we feel!
**[15:50] ---**
The resentment at having that
hatred ingrained in you!
**[15:52] ---**
The sense of futility when
you realize what was done!
**[15:55] ---**
The regret of failing to protect
the one you love...
**[15:58] ---**
You could never understand!
**[16:06] ---**
Count!
**[16:11] ---**
Orange!
**[16:14] ---**
Go! We'll hold them off here!
**[16:17] ---**
Hurry!
**[16:25] ---**
Optical seeker, down. Routing auxiliary
sensor feed to main monitor.
**[16:30] ---**
Right arm, power cut.
**[16:37] ---**
Left arm...
**[16:38] ---**
I will defeat all who hate...
**[16:42] ---**
I will break the cycle of hatred...
**[16:46] ---**
In the name of
Asseylum Vers Allusia!
**[16:49] ---**
Count!
**[16:50] ---**
Sleep!
**[17:22] ---**
Milord...
**[17:31] ---**
Inaho...
**[17:33] ---**
Are you all right, Inaho?!
**[17:36] ---**
Princess Asseylum!
**[17:38] ---**
Seylum?
**[17:40] ---**
Inaho! Thank goodness...
**[17:43] ---**
I have shut down the Landing
Castle's Aldnoah drive.
**[17:46] ---**
The operation was a success.
Now, we should escape, too.
**[17:50] ---**
Sorry... I can't see very well.
I have blood in my eyes.
**[17:56] ---**
I am right here, Inaho.
**[18:00] ---**
I am right here.
**[18:35] ---**
Count Saazbaum...?
**[18:39] ---**
You saved me, Slaine...
**[18:47] ---**
Well done.
**[20:47] ---**
Don't.
**[20:50] ---**
That is far enough.
Do not touch Her Highness,
**[20:56] ---**
...Orange.
**[21:07] ---**
Bat.
**[21:40] ---**
*December, 2014.*
**[21:43] ---**
*Count Saazbaum's Landing Castle,*
**[21:46] ---**
*which had attacked United Earth's
headquarters, had fallen.*
**[21:49] ---**
*The battle had ended in victory
for the United Earth Forces.*
**[21:53] ---**
*There were many casualties
on both sides.*
**[21:57] ---**
*The whereabouts of Princess Royal
Asseylum Vers Allusia of Vers*
**[22:03] ---**
*are still unknown.*
# 13 - This Side of Paradise
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**[00:24] ---**
Don't.
**[00:27] ---**
That is far enough.
Do not touch Her Highness,
**[00:34] ---**
...Orange.
**[00:44] ---**
Bat...
**[01:05] ---**
*Andalusia Leader to all units.
Target the transport only.*
**[01:10] ---**
*Even if they launch Kataphrakts,
do not engage.*
**[01:13] ---**
*We will use Kaufmann 6 as an anchor
to perform wire swingby*
**[01:17] ---**
*and return to Trident Base.*
**[01:19] ---**
*Good hunting, people.*
**[01:21] ---**
*Roger that.*
**[01:29] ---**
Target located.
**[01:30] ---**
All units, commence attack.
**[01:42] ---**
Wind's too strong...
Our rounds are drifting!
**[01:49] ---**
Stay calm! They're in
the same boat!
**[01:51] ---**
Hit 'em before they can get close!
**[01:53] ---**
Multiple high-density satellites!
**[01:55] ---**
We can't hit them at this range!
**[01:57] ---**
Don't hold back on the bullets! Keep firing!
**[02:03] ---**
Andalusia 33, I'm hit!
**[02:06] ---**
Damage minor! Continuing missi–
**[02:09] ---**
Andalusia 33!
**[02:13] ---**
Andalusia 22!
**[02:15] ---**
That's not possible!
**[02:16] ---**
How can he land any shots in this wind?
**[02:20] ---**
What in the world?
**[02:22] ---**
Intense thermal reading approaching!
**[02:24] ---**
An enemy?
**[02:25] ---**
No, sir!
**[02:27] ---**
That's...
**[02:29] ---**
The Tharsis!
**[02:32] ---**
Please get clear. I'll handle them.
**[02:35] ---**
Sir Slaine Troyard...
**[02:42] ---**
Andalusia 11!
**[02:45] ---**
Bastard!
**[02:51] ---**
I'm not hitting... I'm this close,
so how can that be?!
**[03:04] ---**
The blessings of my lady, Princess
Royal Asseylum, are upon me.
**[03:08] ---**
Slaine Troyard has come.
**[03:16] ---**
Ever since I was young,
I idolized Earth.
**[03:20] ---**
Its blue seas. Its blue skies.
**[03:24] ---**
That world has the privilege of
water and air and sunlight,
**[03:26] ---**
and is blessed with an abundance
of life and natural resources.
**[03:31] ---**
I once lost my life
on that world of Earth.
**[03:35] ---**
And then, my eyes were
opened to the truth.
**[03:39] ---**
How outrageous it was for the Terrans
**[03:40] ---**
to live among that bounty
without appreciating it.
**[03:45] ---**
A foolish race that covets
resources, destroys nature,
**[03:48] ---**
and is devoted to the
pursuit of pleasure.
**[03:51] ---**
We mustn't allow them to have their way
with this precious world of Earth.
**[03:55] ---**
I, Asseylum Vers Allusia,
Princess Royal of the Vers Empire,
**[04:00] ---**
praise and commend all those
Orbital Knights who have died
**[04:05] ---**
*in the name of that noble cause.*
**[04:11] ---**
What's the point of watching that
pirate broadcast of theirs?
**[04:14] ---**
I'm curious, that's all... I wonder
what happened to the princess?
**[04:20] ---**
Who knows?
**[04:21] ---**
I thought she was
on Earth's side.
**[04:25] ---**
Who knows?
**[04:29] ---**
Maybe she lost hope in there ever
being a peaceful resolution.
**[04:32] ---**
If there's fighting, it's only natural
that she would side with Mars.
**[04:36] ---**
She's a Martian, after all.
**[04:40] ---**
Say, Inko...
**[04:44] ---**
What is it, Inko?
**[04:47] ---**
Oh, it's nothing. I was just thinking that
this might be our last chance to relax.
**[04:53] ---**
Yeah, we board the ship tomorrow
and lift off the day after that.
**[05:00] ---**
You sure it's not him
you're thinking about?
**[05:02] ---**
I-It's not! It's not like that!
**[05:09] ---**
Don't just stand there, people!
Are you training or aren't you?!
**[05:13] ---**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[05:15] ---**
We plan to be able to lift off
the day after tomorrow.
**[05:18] ---**
Troops whose arrival was delayed
should be here by tomorrow.
**[05:21] ---**
Are you referring to him?
**[05:25] ---**
I wonder what the top
brass are thinking?
**[05:28] ---**
We'll essentially be going into
battle with our vitals exposed.
**[05:32] ---**
If those vitals are competent
enough, it changes things.
**[05:35] ---**
They're telling us to put it
to effective use.
**[05:40] ---**
Hard to believe we'll be fighting
side by side again...
**[05:44] ---**
You can say that again, ma'am.
**[05:46] ---**
It's a miracle he made it back alive.
**[06:02] ---**
That landing was so skillful, one would never
guess we are in an uneven gravity field.
**[06:06] ---**
Your skills have improved
even more, Slaine.
**[06:11] ---**
Your compliment honors me,
Count Saazbaum.
**[06:15] ---**
Granting you the title of knight
was a wise decision.
**[06:19] ---**
How did the battle go?
**[06:20] ---**
I destroyed some four
enemy units.
**[06:22] ---**
Quite a coup, Milord Slaine.
**[06:25] ---**
Stop that, Mr. Harklight.
**[06:28] ---**
There's no need for
"milord" with me.
**[06:31] ---**
That won't do, Milord.
I am your manservant.
**[06:35] ---**
But you're older than I am, and...
**[06:40] ---**
I'm a Terran.
**[06:42] ---**
That does not change the fact
that you are a knight, Milord.
**[06:44] ---**
And I ask that you refrain from using
"mister" with me, Milord Slaine.
**[06:57] ---**
Enter.
**[07:00] ---**
Pardon the interruption.
**[07:06] ---**
You seem to be in good spirits,
**[07:09] ---**
Princess Lemrina.
**[07:11] ---**
I am weary, Count Saazbaum.
**[07:14] ---**
How fares the world?
**[07:17] ---**
The invasions of North and
South America are complete,
**[07:20] ---**
and their takeover is underway.
**[07:22] ---**
As for Eurasia and the Far East,
UEF counterattacks continue
**[07:26] ---**
due to the surrender of the
Landing Castles there.
**[07:29] ---**
Will I be able to
go down to Earth?
**[07:32] ---**
We expect the UE
to be exhausted soon.
**[07:35] ---**
When that happens, you,
who inherit the bloodline
**[07:38] ---**
of the Emperor of Vers,
will be installed as–
**[07:40] ---**
Do not say that!
**[07:43] ---**
Highness.
**[07:47] ---**
Princess Lemrina.
**[07:49] ---**
I have never been pleased with
the blood flowing in my veins.
**[07:55] ---**
On the contrary, I find it repugnant.
**[07:57] ---**
Am I only being kept alive
because of the value of my blood?
**[08:02] ---**
To merely be a tool that
exists to awaken Aldnoah.
**[08:07] ---**
My apologies.
**[08:09] ---**
No, I understand.
**[08:12] ---**
It was you who extended the hand of
friendship to me, Count Saazbaum.
**[08:17] ---**
Even if I curse my blood,
I am grateful to you.
**[08:23] ---**
Slaine.
**[08:24] ---**
Yes, Highness. What is it?
**[08:26] ---**
Will you teach me of Earth again?
**[08:30] ---**
Gladly.
**[08:33] ---**
Looks like we're together
again for a while, huh?
**[08:35] ---**
Yeah...
**[08:37] ---**
I hope we make it back alive.
**[08:41] ---**
Yeah...
**[08:42] ---**
We're not going to die.
**[08:44] ---**
We'll beat the Martians.
**[08:46] ---**
We'll beat them and restore
peace on Earth. Period.
**[08:52] ---**
We don't have time to die.
**[08:57] ---**
I guess not.
**[09:01] ---**
Surprise attack!
It's a Martian Kataphrakt!
**[09:03] ---**
Radar return confirmed, south-southwest,
20 klicks. Closing at 50kph.
**[09:08] ---**
All hands to battle stations.
We're leaving the dock.
**[09:11] ---**
But the antigravity device
is being serviced!
**[09:14] ---**
Sorry I'm late!
**[09:16] ---**
What on Earth are you wearing?
**[09:18] ---**
Where is the uniform you
were supplied with?
**[09:21] ---**
Well... it wasn't very cute.
**[09:24] ---**
Wasn't–
**[09:26] ---**
Fine. It won't hinder her ability to
helm the ship, so I'll authorize it.
**[09:30] ---**
Captain!
**[09:31] ---**
Mizusaki, shall I tell you
why you can't get a date?
**[09:37] ---**
Deucalion, activate! Kataphrakt squadron,
launch all operational units!
**[10:07] ---**
Any enemy intel?
**[10:09] ---**
*Count Yacoym's Kataphrakt, Frozen Elysium.*
**[10:13] ---**
Its Aldnoah Drive's unique capability
is Entropy Dilution.
**[10:19] ---**
Entro-what?
**[10:20] ---**
It saps the molecular motion of all matter
inside a field 1km in radius.
**[10:25] ---**
It creates super-low temperatures that can
transform the air and freeze it.
**[10:30] ---**
All right, Terrans. show me how
you defy the power of Aldnoah!
**[10:36] ---**
*At its current rate of speed, it'll reach
the Deucalion's dock in 15 minutes.*
**[10:41] ---**
We have to slow it
down somehow...
**[10:43] ---**
*Slow it down?
You must be joking.*
**[10:46] ---**
We're going to destroy it.
**[10:49] ---**
*This is Harbinger Platoon. Target spotted.*
**[10:52] ---**
We're going in
in cold-weather mode.
**[10:54] ---**
Turbine output to maximum. De-icers, on.
**[10:58] ---**
Commence attack.
**[11:11] ---**
What's that?
**[11:14] ---**
The de-icers aren't working? Impossible!
**[11:18] ---**
You are helpless before it.
**[11:20] ---**
It is not for nothing that
its name is Frozen Elysium.
**[11:25] ---**
Voltage is falling? The chemical reaction
in my batteries has stopped?
**[11:32] ---**
My hand!
**[11:37] ---**
*Harbinger Leader!*
**[11:42] ---**
Bastard!
**[11:45] ---**
My rounds aren't connecting! Why?!
**[11:47] ---**
A shield? It shouldn't have one!
**[11:55] ---**
We're out of options!
**[11:57] ---**
*This is bad. We have to think
of a way to slow it down.*
**[12:00] ---**
I thought you said we were
going to destroy it!
**[12:03] ---**
*Call it a downward revision!*
**[12:06] ---**
*Measuring bullet trajectory.*
**[12:08] ---**
Fall back, you two.
**[12:13] ---**
I get it. The warheads entered
a superconductive state
**[12:17] ---**
and were deflected by
the Meissner Effect.
**[12:21] ---**
Let's see how air burst mode works.
**[12:26] ---**
A dud? Oh, the battery in the warhead
froze and the processor locked up?
**[12:32] ---**
Where does the sapped heat go?
**[12:34] ---**
Is it shunting the molecular movement
energy somewhere else in our dimension?
**[12:41] ---**
Flight distance for the warheads'
electronic timer fuse,
**[12:44] ---**
about 50 meters should do it.
**[12:47] ---**
Radius of the field, 1km...
**[12:50] ---**
Basically,
**[12:52] ---**
20 rounds should do it.
**[13:02] ---**
*Inaho?!*
**[13:03] ---**
Charging enemy.
**[13:04] ---**
*You'll freeze!*
**[13:05] ---**
I just need to reach him
before then.
**[13:10] ---**
*Hey!*
**[13:15] ---**
How amusing. Come, then!
**[13:18] ---**
Grenade launcher, midair burst mode.
**[13:21] ---**
Safe distance, cut. Flight distance, 50 meters.
**[13:25] ---**
Fire.
**[14:01] ---**
Oh, well done.
**[14:08] ---**
Inaho!
**[14:15] ---**
I took more damage than expected.
**[14:18] ---**
I wonder if Calm will be mad...
**[14:30] ---**
Inaho!
**[14:32] ---**
Are you okay, Inaho?
**[14:35] ---**
Ensign Inaho Kaizuka reporting.
Per orders from General Headquarters,
**[14:40] ---**
I have been assigned to your ship.
**[14:42] ---**
Come on, what's with that?
You never change, Inaho.
**[14:47] ---**
Back at you, Inko.
I'm glad you're looking well.
**[14:51] ---**
You have changed. Quite a bit.
**[14:53] ---**
You can make polite small talk now.
**[14:57] ---**
That's not really a compliment.
**[15:01] ---**
Inko...
**[15:03] ---**
Welcome back...
Welcome back, Inaho.
**[15:12] ---**
It's good to be back.
**[15:34] ---**
Shoot, Slaine.
**[15:40] ---**
I have finished off the Terran soldier
who has been a thorn in our side.
**[15:50] ---**
I have finally made up my mind.
**[15:55] ---**
Please forgive me for all the wrongs
I have done you in the past,
**[15:58] ---**
and am sure to do
in the future...
**[16:02] ---**
...Count Saazbaum.
**[16:05] ---**
Many Terran troops have already
breached the castle.
**[16:09] ---**
Let's escape in the Tharsis.
**[16:12] ---**
And take Princess Asseylum with us.
**[16:16] ---**
I am the only one who can
save you now, Count.
**[16:22] ---**
Will you die with your
ambitions unrealized?
**[16:25] ---**
Or choose to live with
Princess Asseylum?
**[16:29] ---**
Your decision, please.
**[16:41] ---**
Highness!
**[16:54] ---**
What?
**[16:55] ---**
No!
**[16:57] ---**
Inaho! Inaho!
**[16:59] ---**
Yuki! Inaho's been...
**[17:01] ---**
Inaho's...
**[17:05] ---**
Dr. Yagarai! You have
to do something!
**[17:08] ---**
Inaho?!
**[17:09] ---**
Gunshot wound to the head.
**[17:10] ---**
Bullet went through the temporal
region via the left eye socket.
**[17:13] ---**
Patient unconscious.
**[17:14] ---**
Three cc's of adrenaline administered
as emergency treatment.
**[17:17] ---**
This is bad...
**[17:18] ---**
You'll save him, right?
You'll save Inaho, right?
**[17:21] ---**
He needs immediate
surgical treatment.
**[17:23] ---**
And a transfusion, of course. However...
**[17:26] ---**
We have tools and facilities
in the underground shelter!
**[17:29] ---**
Capt. Magbaredge!
**[17:31] ---**
Order the Deucalion to lift off!
**[17:37] ---**
The Aldnoah Drive...
**[17:40] ---**
is offline.
**[17:42] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka...
Princess Asseylum...
**[17:47] ---**
Where is she?
***SIGN*** Nao, do your best!
**[18:32] ---**
Blood?
**[18:34] ---**
Nao's blood...
**[18:37] ---**
No, not his...
**[18:40] ---**
It's blood splatter.
**[18:43] ---**
Whose?
**[18:49] ---**
It's...
**[18:54] ---**
The light of Aldnoah...
**[19:00] ---**
The activation factor...!
**[19:11] ---**
Nao...
**[19:20] ---**
Deucalion, lift off!
All ahead, dead slow!
**[19:24] ---**
All ahead, dead slow.
**[19:54] ---**
We've left the atmosphere.
Now coasting on inertia.
**[19:57] ---**
Course, Trident Base.
**[20:00] ---**
Electromagnetic grid, fire.
Monitor all wavelengths.
**[20:06] ---**
*The Terrans who so foolishly squandered
the goodwill of the Vers Empire*
**[20:10] ---**
*are even now biding their time to attempt
to steal our lands from us.*
**[20:15] ---**
*The Vers Empire must exterminate them out of mercy.*
**[20:19] ---**
We'll be fighting her. Is that okay, Inaho?
**[20:20] ---**
*We shall take the blue Earth for Vers.*
**[20:24] ---**
*Let us liberate this world,*
**[20:25] ---**
*which possesses air and water
in such quantities that it diffracts light*
**[20:28] ---**
*and makes the sky and seas appear blue,*
**[20:28] ---**
It's wrong.
**[20:31] ---**
*from the hands of the barbaric Terrans.*
**[20:31] ---**
It's Rayleigh scattering that makes the sky blue.
**[20:37] ---**
Water, please, Eddelrittuo.
**[20:40] ---**
Y-Yes, Milady! Right away!
**[20:42] ---**
How was that, Count Saazbaum?
**[20:45] ---**
Excellent. You were the very
image of Princess Asseylum.
**[20:49] ---**
No one would ever suspect
your true identity.
**[20:52] ---**
This is the problem with you men.
**[20:58] ---**
No one was speaking
of true identities.
**[21:02] ---**
Masterfully done, Princess Lemrina.
**[21:04] ---**
Your majestic words
**[21:06] ---**
are sure to have left an impression
on the Orbital Knights, as well.
**[21:09] ---**
Thank you, Sir Slaine Troyard.
**[21:12] ---**
I am more grateful for such concern than
any compliments on my performance.
**[21:18] ---**
I am extremely and humbly delighted.
**[21:24] ---**
If there will be nothing else, Milord Slaine,
I will take my leave now.
**[21:27] ---**
Thank you, Mr. Harklight.
**[21:55] ---**
I've returned, Princess Asseylum.
**[22:00] ---**
I see that you are in good
spirits again today.
# 14 - The Beautiful and Damned
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**[00:09] ---**
I love this place.
**[00:12] ---**
I can walk on my own two feet here!
**[00:38] ---**
I command you in the name
of royal Versian blood!
**[00:42] ---**
Aldnoah, awaken!
**[02:30] ---**
Not only have you survived, you have
assumed command of our world.
**[02:36] ---**
I am most impressed.
**[02:39] ---**
I am proud of you, Asseylum.
**[02:42] ---**
Thank you, Grandfather.
**[02:45] ---**
You seem to have grown stronger.
**[02:49] ---**
I have been through much. People tend
to change as they gain experience.
**[02:55] ---**
From the red sands of our home,
I pray for your success in battle.
**[03:04] ---**
You never change at all,
**[03:10] ---**
...Grandfather.
**[03:12] ---**
*Trident Base, this is Capt. Magbaredge
of the Deucalion.*
**[03:16] ---**
*Requesting docking clearance.*
**[03:19] ---**
*Welcome to Trident, Deucalion.
You are cleared to dock.*
**[03:23] ---**
*Please berth at pier 12.*
**[03:25] ---**
*Deucalion, acknowledged.*
**[03:27] ---**
Course, Trident Base docking bay, pier 12.
**[03:33] ---**
Begin deceleration.
**[03:34] ---**
Beginning deceleration.
**[03:38] ---**
So that's the ship with
the Martian tech...
**[03:41] ---**
I hear she's crewed by children who aren't
even old enough for the reserves.
**[03:45] ---**
What's the world coming to?
**[03:48] ---**
Wow, look at them all!
**[03:50] ---**
They must have scrounged up every
squad capable of making it here.
**[03:54] ---**
Because this is going to
be a massive operation.
**[03:57] ---**
Deceleration complete in 5 seconds...
**[04:00] ---**
Three, two, one.
**[04:05] ---**
Engines, all stop. We are now
at a stop relative to pier 12.
**[04:09] ---**
Power down engines.
**[04:10] ---**
Once mooring is complete,
begin inspections and resupplying.
**[04:22] ---**
Ensign Kaizuka, are you in?
**[04:25] ---**
It's open.
**[04:32] ---**
How are you feeling, Inaho?
**[04:34] ---**
Not bad, I guess.
It still hurts a little, though.
**[04:37] ---**
Don't you have pills?
**[04:38] ---**
I feel better when I take them,
**[04:40] ---**
but it degrades the sensitivity of the neural link.
**[04:43] ---**
Oh, that makes sense...
**[04:45] ---**
It must be rough.
**[04:52] ---**
It looks like an
ordinary eye to me.
**[04:56] ---**
How well does it work?
**[04:58] ---**
I get by with it.
**[04:59] ---**
It's a developmental prototype,
so the code needs to be improved,
**[05:04] ---**
but I can make out most things.
**[05:07] ---**
Catch.
**[05:09] ---**
Thanks.
**[05:11] ---**
Weight, 49.2kg.
Have you gained a little weight?
**[05:15] ---**
H-How could you know that?
**[05:17] ---**
I used 3D measurements to calculate
the change in momentum
**[05:20] ---**
when you caught that 200g pack
and worked out your total mass.
**[05:24] ---**
I subtracted the estimated weight
of your uniform from that.
**[05:27] ---**
I'm not getting fat! I have more muscle
mass from exercising, that's all.
**[05:32] ---**
That's a lie. I can see stress in the
formant analysis of your voice.
**[05:36] ---**
Are you sure it's not broken?
**[05:38] ---**
It's working perfectly.
**[05:41] ---**
Now what?
**[05:42] ---**
I can see identical stress
patterns in her voice.
**[05:46] ---**
Especially here.
**[05:47] ---**
*I, Vers Empire Princess Royal
Asseylum Vers Allusia...*
**[05:52] ---**
Hang on! If that is a lie, it means...
**[05:56] ---**
she isn't really the princess.
**[05:58] ---**
This part's waveform is definitely a lie.
Have you been stress eating?
**[06:01] ---**
I haven't been stress eating!
**[06:02] ---**
Your stress went up again.
**[06:06] ---**
I'm not talking to you ever again!
**[06:13] ---**
Something wrong?
**[06:15] ---**
Not really. I thought it would
be easy to read Inko.
**[06:22] ---**
That clinches it.
**[06:25] ---**
You really are an idiot, aren't you?
**[06:31] ---**
You're telling the truth.
**[06:41] ---**
Milord Slaine.
**[06:42] ---**
Eddelrittuo, shouldn't you
be with Princess Lemrina?
**[06:49] ---**
It's all right.
I won't tell anyone.
**[06:52] ---**
I'm sorry...
**[06:54] ---**
Oh, right. We spotted that
ship you told us about.
**[06:57] ---**
The Deucalion?
**[06:59] ---**
It looks like they were
secretly repairing it.
**[07:02] ---**
Reports say it defeated Baron Yacoym
and came up into space.
**[07:07] ---**
We might be forced to fight them.
**[07:12] ---**
Do you suppose that would make
Princess Asseylum sad?
**[07:15] ---**
I wonder when she will wake up...
**[07:20] ---**
What if she never...
**[07:22] ---**
Don't worry.
**[07:24] ---**
We will see her smile again.
**[07:29] ---**
I know it.
**[07:31] ---**
Milady...
**[07:45] ---**
I have asked Asseylum
to do what you wanted.
**[07:51] ---**
Everything has been arranged.
You may rest assured.
**[08:07] ---**
I once lied to him that she
had been assassinated,
**[08:09] ---**
and now I am lying to him
that she is alive...
**[08:14] ---**
Slaine. What is your opinion
of Vers as it is now?
**[08:17] ---**
It is not my place to offer an
opinion on our sacred homeland.
**[08:20] ---**
It is all right.
You may speak freely.
**[08:26] ---**
I believe it is possible for our society,
**[08:30] ---**
with its powerless,
impoverished citizenry,
**[08:33] ---**
to become prosperous by conquering Earth,
making it a domain, and taking its resources.
**[08:37] ---**
However...
**[08:40] ---**
That wealth is likely to find its way
to only the upper classes
**[08:44] ---**
and will not improve the lives
of the citizens in the slightest.
**[08:48] ---**
What is your suggestion, then?
**[08:51] ---**
Aldnoah...
**[08:53] ---**
Those who possess Aldnoah
control everything.
**[08:56] ---**
That is the problem in a nutshell.
**[08:59] ---**
Well put.
**[09:01] ---**
We owe much to His Imperial Majesty
for unearthing Aldnoah.
**[09:06] ---**
But it was a grave sin
**[09:09] ---**
to hoard that power and create a society
where the powerful control all.
**[09:15] ---**
When we have achieved victory and seized
the Earth, that red world will change.
**[09:24] ---**
Lend me your strength, Slaine.
**[09:27] ---**
I will, Count Saazbaum.
**[09:33] ---**
Is my beloved steed ready?
**[09:35] ---**
We've finished its activation tests.
**[09:37] ---**
Once we've finished fine-tuning the sync
between each unit, it will be combat-ready.
**[09:41] ---**
Do that on the island!
Stygis Squadron, prepare to move out!
**[09:45] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[09:53] ---**
Tharsis, stand.
**[09:57] ---**
It's not powering up...
**[09:59] ---**
Its Aldnoah Drive is offline...
**[10:02] ---**
Why?
**[10:14] ---**
Princess Lemrina.
**[10:18] ---**
Is something the matter, Slaine?
**[10:20] ---**
Why have you deactivated the Tharsis?
**[10:23] ---**
Whatever are you talking about?
**[10:26] ---**
The only one here who can forcibly
deactivate Aldnoah is Your Highness.
**[10:30] ---**
Possibly.
**[10:37] ---**
Please activate the Aldnoah.
**[10:39] ---**
No.
**[10:40] ---**
Please.
**[10:42] ---**
Perhaps you should ask my sister?
**[10:45] ---**
It had always struck me as odd.
**[10:47] ---**
How could you, a Terran,
operate the Tharsis?
**[10:52] ---**
I'm sure she would be happy to know
you still love her in spite of her condition.
**[10:59] ---**
Even though we share a father,
**[11:01] ---**
no one pays me any heed simply
because we have different mothers.
**[11:05] ---**
That is not true at all.
We all admire you, Princess Lemrina.
**[11:11] ---**
Liar.
**[11:11] ---**
It is no lie.
**[11:12] ---**
It is. It's not me that you admire,
it's my activation factor.
**[11:17] ---**
Isn't that exactly why you came to me?
**[11:21] ---**
Lord Slaine?
**[11:23] ---**
Do you want me that badly?
**[11:25] ---**
Is Aldnoah so important to you?
**[11:29] ---**
Am I my sister's replacement?
**[11:35] ---**
I knew it, I am.
**[11:39] ---**
I hate you.
**[11:50] ---**
I was born on Earth.
**[11:52] ---**
When my scientist father died,
I lost my one protector.
**[11:57] ---**
I became a servant
of the Vers Orbital Knights.
**[12:09] ---**
I will not say that
I understand your hardships.
**[12:12] ---**
But I, too, have known cruel
treatment due to my birth.
**[12:16] ---**
I can understand your suffering,
if only some small portion of it.
**[12:23] ---**
You do have my heartfelt admiration, Princess Lemrina.
**[12:29] ---**
Lift your eyes, Slaine.
**[12:39] ---**
Now, activate it once yourself.
**[12:43] ---**
You have my thanks.
**[12:45] ---**
Good hunting, Sir Slaine Troyard.
**[12:55] ---**
*Milord Slaine.*
**[12:56] ---**
I apologize for the delay.
**[12:59] ---**
*That display was touching.
I am proud that you are my master.*
**[13:03] ---**
You saw that? How embarrassing.
**[13:09] ---**
All units, launch!
**[13:11] ---**
Destination, Marineros Island!
**[13:24] ---**
Everything that was yours,
I will take on as my own.
**[13:31] ---**
So rest easy, dear sister.
**[13:47] ---**
We will soon enter Earth orbit.
**[13:50] ---**
We will perform an aerobrake maneuver,
**[13:51] ---**
slingshot around,
and enter the Satellite Belt.
**[13:55] ---**
We will then make for
Marineros Island.
**[13:58] ---**
Milord Slaine, it is time.
**[13:59] ---**
Right.
**[14:41] ---**
As you are aware, the countless rocks
that comprise the Satellite Belt
**[14:46] ---**
travel in an elliptical orbit
around the Earth.
**[14:49] ---**
Trident Base is one of those rocks.
**[14:52] ---**
Now, this is the orbit of Marineros,
the frontline base of the Mars Army.
**[14:57] ---**
The two will make a close approach
in 72 hours' time.
**[15:00] ---**
The distance between them
will be a mere 7km.
**[15:03] ---**
That's close enough to be
seen with the naked eye.
**[15:06] ---**
For that reason, a large-scale battle
is expected between our two bases.
**[15:10] ---**
Operating under that assumption,
**[15:11] ---**
we have gathered you here
from both orbit and the surface
**[15:14] ---**
to assemble a powerful fighting force.
**[15:16] ---**
It is thought that the Mars Army will also
amass their forces for an all-out offensive.
**[15:21] ---**
Exercise caution while attacking.
**[15:23] ---**
The mission is as follows.
**[15:25] ---**
We've never fought a space battle
of this scale since the war began.
**[15:26] ---**
We predict an increase in high-density rocks
in the area at the time of the operation.
**[15:30] ---**
Do you think we can handle it?
**[15:31] ---**
As a result, long-range fire will be
thrown off course.
**[15:31] ---**
Who knows? But considering that it'll
be a first for the enemy, too,
**[15:34] ---**
Your chances of landing a hit will be low.
**[15:35] ---**
it's probably nothing
to be scared about.
**[15:36] ---**
But this will hold true for the enemy, as well.
**[15:38] ---**
Be that as it may, it is still
a subject for concern.
**[15:38] ---**
Judging from the Mars Army's
fighting style to date,
**[15:41] ---**
they have a tendency to put more emphasis
on offense than defense.
**[15:42] ---**
What a shame.
**[15:43] ---**
Ma'am?
**[15:44] ---**
As such, there is a high probability of them
mobilizing their base's mechanized units
**[15:44] ---**
If you let that endearing side show
every day, you'd be sure to get a date.
**[15:47] ---**
and engaging us in close-quarter combat.
**[15:51] ---**
Deceleration complete in five seconds.
**[15:54] ---**
Three, two, one,
**[15:58] ---**
clear.
**[16:05] ---**
A little something for the ride.
**[16:07] ---**
Stygis Platoon, show me
what you are made of.
**[16:11] ---**
Stygis 1, by your command.
**[16:19] ---**
Stygis 2, by your command.
**[16:24] ---**
Stygis 3, by your command.
**[16:42] ---**
Intense heat signatures closing
in from LEO at high speed!
**[16:45] ---**
Not reading an IFF signal!
**[16:48] ---**
From below?!
**[16:49] ---**
They will pass within 2km of this base
**[16:52] ---**
on a trajectory that will take them
to the Mars Army's Marineros Base!
**[16:55] ---**
Orders from HQ to intercept, ma'am!
**[16:58] ---**
Ships closing in at high speed.
7 mid-sized ships, and 3 small units.
**[17:03] ---**
They intend to launch a surprise attack
prior to the all-out offensive.
**[17:05] ---**
Scramble all operational shipboard Kataphrakts!
**[17:08] ---**
And prep the ship
for emergency launch!
**[17:12] ---**
Calm.
**[17:14] ---**
Is mine ready?
**[17:15] ---**
Repairs are complete. It's also fully
kitted out with a space loadout.
**[17:19] ---**
Thanks.
**[17:20] ---**
Are you sure you want to keep this gaudy
color? Give the word, and I'll paint it.
**[17:24] ---**
It's okay. It's supposed
to attract attention.
**[17:26] ---**
Huh?
**[17:27] ---**
Don't worry about it.
**[17:42] ---**
Ghanaati Platoon, in position.
**[17:45] ---**
Harroway Platoon, in position.
**[17:50] ---**
Mustang 11, in position!
**[17:52] ---**
Mustang 22, in position!
**[17:55] ---**
*Relative velocity with enemy units
is 3kps. They'll pass by in a flash.*
**[17:59] ---**
Meaning that their chances
of attacking are slim.
**[18:04] ---**
Stygis 1, commencing attack.
**[18:12] ---**
Stygis 2, commencing attack.
**[18:15] ---**
Stygis 3, commencing attack.
**[18:22] ---**
Fire incoming!
**[18:26] ---**
Bastard!
**[18:39] ---**
*The wind is complicated. Neither one
of us will land a hit at this range.*
**[18:50] ---**
*Someone's shots landed?*
**[18:51] ---**
*At this range?*
**[18:54] ---**
Mustang 00, commencing attack.
**[18:57] ---**
Inaho!
**[18:59] ---**
Compensating for gravity gradient
resulting from dense satellite clusters.
**[19:01] ---**
Ready.
**[19:03] ---**
Target set...
**[19:05] ---**
Fire.
**[19:10] ---**
Next!
**[19:13] ---**
Next!
**[19:17] ---**
The Stygis Platoon, it's–
**[19:20] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:34] ---**
*Are you all right, Count?*
**[19:35] ---**
*Slaine!*
**[19:36] ---**
I will act as a decoy
to draw their fire.
**[19:39] ---**
*Mr. Harklight, take evasive action.*
**[19:41] ---**
*Understood!*
**[19:51] ---**
*They're going to hit!*
**[19:54] ---**
He dodged it?
**[20:07] ---**
How did it move like that?
**[20:09] ---**
That's pinpoint accuracy! How are
shots landing in this wind?
**[20:19] ---**
Speed?
**[20:21] ---**
No, that's not it.
**[20:22] ---**
It's anticipating the rounds' trajectory.
**[20:24] ---**
But how?
**[20:25] ---**
Who is this person?
**[20:28] ---**
It's him.
**[20:33] ---**
An orange Kataphrakt...
**[20:34] ---**
It can't be!
**[20:37] ---**
I've been looking for you, Bat...
**[20:38] ---**
No, I guess you did a class change
and are Gull now.
**[20:50] ---**
Enemy convoy is almost in
effective firing range!
**[20:53] ---**
Fire at will!
**[21:02] ---**
Inaho!
**[21:19] ---**
Enemy convoy has passed.
Now breaking away.
**[21:22] ---**
Continue firing until enemy is out
of range! Give me a damage report.
**[21:29] ---**
Tharsis...
**[21:31] ---**
The personal Kataphrakt of
Orbital Knight Count Cruhteo.
**[21:35] ---**
Later owned by Count Saazbaum
and piloted by a knight under his command.
**[21:40] ---**
The pilot's name...
**[21:42] ---**
The orange Kataphrakt...
**[21:44] ---**
It's a trainer.
**[21:46] ---**
A trainer?
**[21:47] ---**
Yes, that boy prefers
to only pilot trainers.
**[21:51] ---**
That boy?
**[21:53] ---**
Yes. His name is...
**[21:56] ---**
Inaho Kaizuka...
**[21:58] ---**
So you're alive.
**[22:00] ---**
I've found you,
**[22:01] ---**
Slaine Troyard.
# 15 - Toll for the Brave
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**[01:31] ---**
May I ask a question?
**[01:33] ---**
Queen to F3.
**[01:35] ---**
Shoot.
**[01:36] ---**
King to G7.
**[01:39] ---**
Is it a good idea to send me into battle?
**[01:41] ---**
Rook to E4.
**[01:43] ---**
If I die, the Deucalion's Aldnoah will shut down.
**[01:47] ---**
I'm aware of that.
**[01:48] ---**
Rook to D8.
**[01:50] ---**
But we'll worry about that
when we have to.
**[01:53] ---**
Do you want to be removed from the
front lines, Ensign Kaizuka?
**[01:57] ---**
No.
**[01:58] ---**
I'll go into battle.
**[02:00] ---**
Queen to F6, check.
**[02:02] ---**
King to F6, king takes queen.
**[02:05] ---**
We're in agreement, then.
**[02:07] ---**
Bishop to E5, check.
**[02:10] ---**
I'll put it on the monitor.
**[02:14] ---**
Did you come up with
that move yourself?
**[02:17] ---**
Or is it something that analytical
engine of yours cooked up?
**[02:20] ---**
It's mine, about 70-30.
**[02:22] ---**
About 70-30?
**[02:23] ---**
I'm assigning tasks to unused brain cells
to try to optimize its processing.
**[02:28] ---**
So it's both the device's suggestion
and my own idea at the same time.
**[02:33] ---**
This ship and her crew
both owe you our lives.
**[02:37] ---**
If you want to fight, I think
we should support that.
**[02:43] ---**
I don't deserve any special treatment.
**[02:48] ---**
Did you hear that Aldnoah activation
tests were conducted
**[02:51] ---**
using blood samples that had
been drawn from the princess?
**[02:56] ---**
King to G5.
**[02:58] ---**
Result, failure. Blood alone was not
sufficient for Aldnoah activation.
**[03:02] ---**
So you could be considered
a special case indeed, Ensign.
**[03:06] ---**
When you resuscitated the princess,
the activation factor transferred to...
**[03:09] ---**
no, infected you.
**[03:11] ---**
Then it was fully activated when you
came into contact with royal blood.
**[03:15] ---**
Over the past ten months or so,
**[03:17] ---**
we've obtained plenty of intel on
Aldnoah and their Kataphrakts.
**[03:22] ---**
But they still have the overwhelming
edge in military strength.
**[03:27] ---**
There's no guarantee that we'll
win if we keep on fighting.
**[03:30] ---**
But if we do, Ensign Kaizuka...
I'll put my money on you.
**[03:36] ---**
Bishop to G7.
**[03:41] ---**
Do you resign?
**[03:43] ---**
Was that move yours?
Or your left eye's?
**[03:46] ---**
I'll leave that to your imagination.
**[03:58] ---**
I suppose not even the Tharsis
can see that far into the future.
**[04:17] ---**
See to it.
**[04:18] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[04:29] ---**
Welcome back, Milord Slaine.
**[04:31] ---**
I clustered my shots in the region
that you calculated, Mr. Harklight.
**[04:35] ---**
Let us pray that they won't be influenced
by some unexpected wind.
**[04:39] ---**
Ah, I thought I smelled something.
A dog has snuck aboard.
**[04:44] ---**
A rather grubby one, at that.
**[04:47] ---**
What are you doing here?
**[04:51] ---**
Good day, Count Barouhcruz.
Count Marylcian.
**[04:55] ---**
I rushed here so that I might
join in the battle as well.
**[04:57] ---**
Terran dog...
**[04:59] ---**
Mind your tongue!
**[05:06] ---**
Count Saazbaum!
**[05:08] ---**
Slaine Troyard here is my vassal.
**[05:11] ---**
If he has given some offense,
I offer my apologies.
**[05:14] ---**
However, if this treatment is unwarranted,
**[05:17] ---**
Count Marylcian,
**[05:19] ---**
it will not go well for you.
**[05:21] ---**
If this Terran were merely your pet,
it would be eccentric, but tolerable.
**[05:24] ---**
But to appoint him a knight?
**[05:26] ---**
Is that not taking
your game too far?
**[05:29] ---**
Count Barouhcruz, it is not your place
to offer opinions regarding my vassals.
**[05:35] ---**
Perhaps, but him fighting alongside us
is another matter entirely!
**[05:38] ---**
One cannot take to
the field of battle
**[05:40] ---**
with someone who might
turn traitor at any moment!
**[05:42] ---**
If that is your concern, please
strike me down right here.
**[05:46] ---**
You are entirely correct.
If I go into battle with you,
**[05:50] ---**
it might very well be me
who is attacked from behind.
**[05:53] ---**
How dare you!
**[05:55] ---**
Men!
**[05:56] ---**
Hear me, all of you!
**[06:00] ---**
By the grace of the emperor of Vers,
**[06:03] ---**
I name Slaine Troyard my son
right here and now.
**[06:09] ---**
All of you here are my witnesses!
**[06:14] ---**
Milord Count...
**[06:15] ---**
Stand, Slaine.
**[06:17] ---**
From this day forth,
you are my son.
**[06:21] ---**
Will you raise a hand to him
even now, Count Marylcian?
**[06:27] ---**
If you are prepared to go
to such lengths, so be it.
**[06:31] ---**
But if his behavior is the least bit suspicious,
I will put him down without mercy.
**[06:40] ---**
Forgive me. I have put you
in an awkward position.
**[06:43] ---**
It is fine. I had decided
to do this long ago.
**[06:47] ---**
I, too, take to the field of battle.
I must have a successor just in case.
**[06:52] ---**
From now on, think of me as your father.
**[07:05] ---**
Congratulations, Milord Slaine!
**[07:08] ---**
The count's heir... This puts you one
step closer to your dream.
**[07:14] ---**
That's enough, Mr. Harklight.
**[07:18] ---**
I don't have any dreams.
**[07:22] ---**
It's almost time.
**[07:23] ---**
Yes...
**[07:26] ---**
Who do you think
will win, Eddelrittuo?
**[07:29] ---**
Th-The glorious Vers Imperial Forces
will emerge victorious, of course!
**[07:35] ---**
Oh? Doesn't that trouble you?
**[07:38] ---**
You have friends aboard a United
Earth Forces ship, don't you?
**[07:41] ---**
Perish the thought!
Friends on Earth?
**[07:44] ---**
Of course. Let's have a wager, then.
**[07:46] ---**
A wager?
**[07:48] ---**
If the Vers Empire wins, I bet...
**[07:50] ---**
Let me think...
**[07:51] ---**
My sister's life, perhaps?
**[07:56] ---**
I'm joking.
**[08:01] ---**
What are you dreaming
of right now, sister?
**[08:12] ---**
Have you seen Inko?
**[08:14] ---**
The electromagnetic catapult, I think?
She's probably with Rayet.
**[08:18] ---**
Thanks.
**[08:19] ---**
Don't get lost.
**[08:21] ---**
I'll try.
**[08:25] ---**
Sweats?!
**[08:26] ---**
You're too greedy, Yutaro-chan.
**[08:30] ---**
*Tharsis. Details of its abilities, unknown.*
**[08:34] ---**
*High rate of attack evasion reported.*
**[08:38] ---**
*Confirmed pilot...*
**[08:42] ---**
*...Slaine Troyard.*
**[08:45] ---**
*A good luck charm given to me by a dear
Terran friend when we arrived on Earth.*
**[08:50] ---**
*Animals that fly through the air...*
**[08:52] ---**
*It is just as you said, Slaine!*
**[08:55] ---**
Is he equipped with a neuro-linked
analytical engine too?
**[09:01] ---**
Indeed. But I don't
have enough data.
**[09:05] ---**
It dodged my attacks as though
it could see the future.
**[09:10] ---**
If that's true...
it could be a problem.
**[09:13] ---**
You monologuing?
**[09:17] ---**
I was talking to myself.
**[09:18] ---**
That's what monologuing means.
**[09:23] ---**
The warrior god Odin, rider of the
mythological, eight-legged Sleipnir,
**[09:28] ---**
drank of the waters of Mímisbrunnr
and was granted vast wisdom.
**[09:32] ---**
But the price he paid for that
wisdom was his left eye.
**[09:38] ---**
Norse mythology.
**[09:39] ---**
Know-it-all.
**[09:40] ---**
Don't make fun of me!
**[09:45] ---**
After the battle in Russia,
I wanted off the ship.
**[09:51] ---**
I was terrified.
**[09:53] ---**
But then it hit me that if I did, I'd never be
able to look Okojo in the eye when I do die.
**[09:59] ---**
If your steed is ever acting up,
come see me day or night.
**[10:02] ---**
I'll fix it up in a flash.
**[10:04] ---**
I'll hold you to that.
**[10:06] ---**
Okay, why don't we grab a bite before
the battle? There's still some time.
**[10:11] ---**
I'll pass.
**[10:12] ---**
When I was shot, my stomach
was empty, apparently.
**[10:16] ---**
They say I would've died if my organs had
been contaminated by stomach contents.
**[10:20] ---**
Oh. Sure.
**[10:23] ---**
But I might not get another
chance, so maybe some tea.
**[10:28] ---**
What are his reel selections?
**[10:29] ---**
He's got a #1 through #3, a #10 for
emergencies, and one on the left and right.
**[10:35] ---**
It's specced out for high-G pivots.
**[10:37] ---**
Long, thin wires aren't cut out for that.
**[10:39] ---**
Found you!
**[10:40] ---**
Hey, it's Team Deucalion.
**[10:42] ---**
So you're the Aldnoah unit that
everybody's talking about, huh?
**[10:45] ---**
I hear one of you is a Martian.
**[10:46] ---**
Don't get in our way on
the battlefield, little ladies.
**[10:52] ---**
What was their problem?
Bunch of jerks!
**[10:55] ---**
They're not wrong, though.
**[10:57] ---**
All Martians are the enemy.
**[11:01] ---**
I know that better than anyone.
**[11:07] ---**
You're so adorable, Rayet.
**[11:09] ---**
You've got the "tsun" part down pat.
**[11:11] ---**
Huh?
**[11:12] ---**
I wish you'd show a little
more "dere," though.
**[11:14] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[11:15] ---**
Want some candy?
**[11:16] ---**
I'm gonna deck you.
**[11:18] ---**
We will enter defense airspace in 30 minutes.
**[11:21] ---**
Please launch.
**[11:22] ---**
Good hunting!
**[11:28] ---**
Is my steed ready?
**[11:29] ---**
The fine-tuning has been completed!
**[11:31] ---**
Good!
**[11:34] ---**
Dioscuria II, launching!
**[11:41] ---**
Slaine Troyard, launching in the Tharsis.
**[11:46] ---**
Stygis Squadron, launching!
**[12:00] ---**
Martian Kataphrakt squadron approaching!
**[12:03] ---**
Calling all forces!
Commence operation!
**[12:05] ---**
Message from HQ!
Commence operation!
**[12:09] ---**
Deucalion, launch!
**[12:11] ---**
We will provide support for the attack
platoons as a guerrilla force.
**[12:14] ---**
All hands to battle stations.
**[12:16] ---**
Our shipboard Kataphrakts are
launching from Trident Base.
**[12:22] ---**
Mustang 11, cleared for launch!
**[12:25] ---**
Roger. Mustang 11, cleared for launch!
**[12:28] ---**
Blastoff!
**[12:36] ---**
Blastoff.
**[12:52] ---**
Target merge. Commencing attack.
**[13:03] ---**
*Attack incoming!*
**[13:04] ---**
Hold your fire! They can't hit us
in this wind, anyway!
**[13:08] ---**
Hit them when they get in close!
**[13:09] ---**
Hit them when they get in close...
Hit them when they get in close...
**[13:15] ---**
My umbrella's been hit!
**[13:17] ---**
Mustang 11!
**[13:19] ---**
I'm fine, but the debris is not! I can't
get a clear shot with all this shaking!
**[13:24] ---**
*Mustang 00, moving to assist.*
**[13:32] ---**
*Inaho!*
**[13:37] ---**
*Hey, what about your umbrella?!*
**[13:38] ---**
It's just a drizzle. I don't need it.
**[13:41] ---**
*Stop pulling crazy stunts, darn it!*
**[13:42] ---**
I wouldn't be able to use it
in a dogfight anyway.
**[13:45] ---**
Inferring gravitational shifts.
Data compensation, ready.
**[13:49] ---**
Fire.
**[13:51] ---**
*Commence attack!*
**[13:55] ---**
Why you!
**[14:04] ---**
Pivoting via wire swing-by.
Returning to combat airspace.
**[14:07] ---**
#3, shoot.
**[14:17] ---**
Pivot complete in 4, 3, 2, 1... Release.
**[14:36] ---**
Inaho Kaizuka...
**[14:38] ---**
Slaine Troyard...
**[14:44] ---**
Marineros Base will make
next approach in 30 seconds!
**[14:47] ---**
Main guns ready to fire.
**[14:49] ---**
Attention, all platoons!
Get clear of our line of fire!
**[14:53] ---**
Rayet!
**[14:54] ---**
*This is Rhinelander 22!
Crap, I've got one on my six!*
**[14:59] ---**
*Roger. Mustang 22, moving to assist.*
**[15:08] ---**
The Martian!
**[15:09] ---**
Marineros Base now in firing range.
No friendly units in line of fire!
**[15:14] ---**
Main guns, fire!
**[15:22] ---**
Marineros Base beginning to move away.
**[15:25] ---**
Issue disengage order to attack platoons
and guerrilla unit! Put them on defense!
**[15:29] ---**
Inaho, we've been ordered
to disengage! Come back!
**[15:33] ---**
Inaho!
**[15:40] ---**
That's some accurate shooting.
**[15:46] ---**
I knew it, he's using predictions, too.
**[15:49] ---**
#1, pivot.
**[15:59] ---**
I'll wait until the instant
he comes out of the rocks.
**[16:02] ---**
He'll attack the instant
I come out from the rocks.
**[16:06] ---**
Coordinates confirmed.
Two minutes to impact.
**[16:10] ---**
Let's do this.
**[16:12] ---**
Fire.
**[16:23] ---**
I hit him?
**[16:26] ---**
That's—
**[16:28] ---**
*Are you all right, Slaine? Fall back.*
**[16:30] ---**
*No, I can still fight!*
**[16:32] ---**
*Don't overdo it.*
**[16:34] ---**
The orange Kataphrakt...
I owe him some payback!
**[16:47] ---**
Looking for the gap in my barrier?
**[16:49] ---**
I took the liberty of
changing its location.
**[16:55] ---**
Fly, my servants!
**[17:20] ---**
Energy joints, linked.
Blade field, engaged.
**[17:29] ---**
Sword drawn.
**[17:38] ---**
There's no escape.
**[17:41] ---**
*Inaho!*
**[17:42] ---**
*I'll cover you! Get away, Inaho!*
**[17:44] ---**
Stay back, Inko!
**[17:46] ---**
*No!*
**[17:46] ---**
Stay there!
**[17:48] ---**
*Right at that position!*
**[17:49] ---**
Prepare to meet your maker, Terran!
**[17:53] ---**
Right kick thruster jettisoned.
**[17:55] ---**
Fire!
**[18:03] ---**
The flames aren't being sucked in!
**[18:05] ---**
*The barrier gap!*
**[18:15] ---**
You won't get away! Slaine!
**[18:26] ---**
*What's that?*
**[18:27] ---**
*A high-speed debris cluster.*
**[18:30] ---**
*I picked up a debris cloud closing in
at high speed on my 3D Doppler radar.*
**[18:35] ---**
*Thanks, Inko. A split second later,*
**[18:39] ---**
and I'd have been caught in it, too.
**[18:44] ---**
Impossible! My Dioscuria,
brought low by mere debris?!
**[18:49] ---**
*That wasn't debris.*
**[18:51] ---**
It was bullets.
**[18:52] ---**
*I fired them off before the battle began.*
**[18:55] ---**
*They were aimed so that they
would swing around the Earth*
**[18:59] ---**
*and land at that spot right now.*
**[19:02] ---**
*Slaine?*
**[19:04] ---**
*I had originally meant it as a
trap to defeat Inaho Kaizuka.*
**[19:08] ---**
*The trick was to disable
your dimensional barrier,*
**[19:11] ---**
but I thought that if anyone
could manage it, it was him.
**[19:13] ---**
Slaine...
**[19:14] ---**
*Shut up!*
**[19:17] ---**
*Did you honestly believe that
I would swear fealty to you?*
**[19:25] ---**
To the man who pulled the trigger
against Princess Asseylum?!
**[19:29] ---**
*Did you think I would forgive you?!*
**[19:35] ---**
My second volley will arrive soon.
**[19:38] ---**
Goodbye...
**[19:43] ---**
...Father.
**[19:50] ---**
Not too shabby.
**[20:10] ---**
On this day, I have lost
my second father.
**[20:16] ---**
He was also a great man
who devoted his life
**[20:19] ---**
to the prosperity
of the Vers Empire.
**[20:22] ---**
I hereby announce my resolve
to carry on both my fathers' legacy
**[20:26] ---**
and fight for the even greater
prosperity of the Vers Empire.
**[20:31] ---**
*Lords of the Vers Orbital Knights.*
**[20:34] ---**
*This is no time to be squabbling
amongst each other.*
**[20:37] ---**
*As knights of the noble Vers Empire,
should we not work*
**[20:41] ---**
*hand in hand to eradicate
Earth's resistance forces?*
**[20:44] ---**
*In the name of Her Imperial Highness
Asseylum Vers Allusia!*
**[20:48] ---**
*Let us punish the Terrans who
dare defy the Vers Empire!*
**[20:49] ---**
He isn't lying...
**[20:52] ---**
*Her Highness Asseylum is biding
her time at our lunar base!*
**[20:55] ---**
I knew it... She's alive.
**[20:56] ---**
*In hopes that she may remain—*
**[21:03] ---**
Milord, you must be exhausted.
**[21:10] ---**
Mr. Harklight, you were born into
the third class, weren't you?
**[21:14] ---**
I was.
**[21:15] ---**
Though they were poor
and of a low class,
**[21:18] ---**
my father and mother
worked hard to raise me
**[21:20] ---**
and used every means at their disposal
so that I could serve the Orbital Knights.
**[21:25] ---**
Milord Slaine, it is for that reason that
I have the utmost respect for you.
**[21:32] ---**
You, who have attained the rank of
count even though you are a Terran.
**[21:45] ---**
This new era will be
for people like us.
**[21:49] ---**
Let's begin, Harklight.
**[21:53] ---**
Yes...
**[21:56] ---**
...Count Slaine Saazbaum Troyard.
***SIGN*** Pivoting Trap
# 16 - Soldiers' Pay
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**[00:57] ---**
Nao?
**[01:01] ---**
Good morning, Yuki.
**[01:07] ---**
Clydesdale Platoon has returned from
Mazuurek Landing Castle recon mission.
**[01:12] ---**
Roger that. Open well dock.
**[01:26] ---**
Okay, all units have returned to base.
**[01:30] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
**[01:31] ---**
Yes?
**[01:33] ---**
Come to the captain's quarters later.
Our presence has been requested.
**[01:36] ---**
Even me?
**[01:37] ---**
Yes, it has to do with the Deucalion.
**[01:40] ---**
It's on its way back, apparently. To Earth.
**[01:45] ---**
Port Aden has been chosen
as our return point.
**[01:48] ---**
Calculate our reentry time and report.
**[01:52] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[01:53] ---**
Always on the move... The top brass must be
trying to wring every last drop out of us.
**[01:58] ---**
Doesn't that just mean they highly
value the Deucalion's capabilities?
**[02:03] ---**
If anything, the vibe I get is that
they don't know what to do with us.
**[02:08] ---**
I need your final approval for
the resupply list, ma'am.
**[02:11] ---**
I finished it a while ago.
Go ahead and transmit it.
**[02:14] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[02:16] ---**
Attention, all hands.
**[02:18] ---**
*At 1300 hours UTC, we will begin our
Earth reentry sequence as ordered.*
**[04:00] ---**
Some Calvados, perhaps?
**[04:03] ---**
Thank you, but no.
**[04:05] ---**
I see.
**[04:08] ---**
So, we are to escort the Deucalion?
**[04:11] ---**
It's temporary. It's only while they
take on supplies and make repairs.
**[04:14] ---**
Plus, the base they're assigned to
isn't very far from here.
**[04:20] ---**
It's not like you two don't have
ties to that ship, right?
**[04:22] ---**
Though I hear that you were supposed to
serve aboard her, but turned it down.
**[04:25] ---**
Being on that ship only opens up old wounds.
**[04:30] ---**
I understand that your younger
brother serves aboard her.
**[04:33] ---**
His exploits have been
quite something, I hear.
**[04:36] ---**
Yes, I suppose...
**[04:42] ---**
May I?
**[04:43] ---**
Of course.
**[05:03] ---**
What are the other nobles'
reactions so far?
**[05:06] ---**
I'm told that none of them are
openly expressing opposition.
**[05:10] ---**
In Harklight's opinion.
**[05:14] ---**
Do you also believe that, Slaine?
**[05:16] ---**
No.
**[05:18] ---**
They are only holding their tongues for
the time being, thinking it distasteful
**[05:22] ---**
to raise objections while
the count is still being mourned.
**[05:28] ---**
It is an undeniable fact that Count Saazbaum's
death is a great loss to Vers.
**[05:38] ---**
I am the result of an indiscretion
committed on the Moon
**[05:42] ---**
by my father, Gillzeria,
the second emperor.
**[05:45] ---**
Father perished as a result of
his second sin, Heaven's Fall,
**[05:49] ---**
and even the Moon itself was shattered.
**[05:54] ---**
Count Saazbaum found me and offered his
allegiance when I had lost my family.
**[06:01] ---**
Although I never truly knew
what he was thinking deep down.
**[06:05] ---**
But that is fine.
**[06:07] ---**
It is actually more difficult to trust
those who have no talent for scheming.
**[06:13] ---**
Like it or not, you will have to bear the
brunt of their jealousy and envy, Slaine.
**[06:19] ---**
You have inherited all of
Count Saazbaum's privileges...
**[06:22] ---**
As well as his status as
Princess Asseylum's guardian.
**[06:27] ---**
I am prepared.
**[06:29] ---**
It is a grave responsibility
that deserves to be envied.
**[06:33] ---**
That outfit looks quite good on you.
**[06:38] ---**
Do not forget.
**[06:41] ---**
The princess that you must
protect now is right before you.
**[06:48] ---**
I am keenly aware of that.
**[06:57] ---**
*To think that he named some
nobody as his successor,*
**[07:01] ---**
*only to die an untimely death
immediately afterward.*
**[07:03] ---**
*Count Saazbaum had terrible luck.*
**[07:06] ---**
*Perhaps it was comeuppance for his folly.*
**[07:09] ---**
*He may have been caught
off guard and killed.*
**[07:11] ---**
Are you suggesting that Count
Saazbaum was betrayed?
**[07:16] ---**
Enough.
**[07:17] ---**
Without any hard evidence, it will sound
like nothing more than idle gossip.
**[07:20] ---**
Whatever the case, the dignity
of all knights is at stake!
**[07:24] ---**
We mustn't allow him to continue
to do as he pleases.
**[07:28] ---**
Count Mazuurek,
**[07:30] ---**
*I am aware that you go out of your way
to avoid destructive acts of aggression*
**[07:34] ---**
*because your priority is to
secure Earth's resources.*
**[07:38] ---**
*No, I am not criticizing you
for taking such a position.*
**[07:42] ---**
*However, now is the time to press on with the
invasion of Earth, by force if necessary!*
**[07:46] ---**
*If this continues, the authority of the knight
order known as the 37 Clans will decline further.*
**[07:52] ---**
*This calls for a faction that will set aside
their power struggles and work together.*
**[07:57] ---**
*What are your thoughts, Count Mazuurek?*
**[08:07] ---**
It is a poor knight indeed who
slays one who defies him.
**[08:11] ---**
The key is to show yourself to be so superior
that they will not defy you in the first place.
**[08:15] ---**
Wise words, Milord.
**[08:18] ---**
Count Saazbaum spoke them.
**[08:21] ---**
Which is why I must give them a reminder.
**[08:27] ---**
Condition, generally satisfactory.
**[08:29] ---**
I'm not seeing anything in particular
that concerns me.
**[08:32] ---**
That's what I've been saying.
I wish you'd cut me loose already.
**[08:37] ---**
Incidentally, what is happening with the war?
**[08:40] ---**
I would have thought that they would
be relentless in their offensive.
**[08:44] ---**
After all, the odds of reconciliation
are effectively nil now.
**[08:48] ---**
Mars isn't monolithic.
**[08:50] ---**
Sure, some of them attacked
purely out of hatred of Earth,
**[08:54] ---**
but some of them would rather
seize it for our natural resources.
**[08:57] ---**
Ah, you mean that they're
restraining themselves.
**[09:00] ---**
But...
**[09:02] ---**
Hang on, you don't suppose it's because
they never imagined that their
**[09:07] ---**
main Kataphrakts would be taken out
one after another, do you?
**[09:10] ---**
Things haven't gone to plan. They now feel
threatened and have gone into defensive mode.
**[09:15] ---**
Maybe you're right.
**[09:17] ---**
But it was a single boy
who gave us this chance.
**[09:22] ---**
You mean Inaho.
**[09:27] ---**
Yuki must be worried
sick about him.
**[09:29] ---**
Yeah, she wanted him out of the military,
so she kept asking the top brass.
**[09:34] ---**
Isn't that just a rumor?
**[09:37] ---**
That her pestering alienated them
and that's why she got stationed here.
**[09:45] ---**
*Possible enemy Sky Carriers detected
east and west of Yemen,*
**[09:48] ---**
*as well as in the desert region
roughly 14km northeast of Aden.*
**[10:12] ---**
We'll hold it off here to keep it from reaching
the urban area 6km east of here.
**[10:16] ---**
All units, be on standby within firing range.
When I give the order, commence attack.
**[10:20] ---**
*Roger that.*
**[10:21] ---**
Roger.
**[10:34] ---**
Attack!
**[10:39] ---**
Enemy Kataphrakt advancing!
**[10:41] ---**
*Our rounds are landing!*
**[10:42] ---**
Keep it up!
**[11:08] ---**
What the hell's going on?
**[11:15] ---**
Our rounds, they're–
**[11:16] ---**
A tornado?!
**[11:17] ---**
No, wind speed, air volume, and atmospheric
pressure aren't showing any major–
**[11:23] ---**
*My head... feels like it's being
squeezed in a vise!*
**[11:26] ---**
Count Barouhcruz, pay attention.
**[11:27] ---**
The way I fight is worthy of the Orbital
Knights and my noble title.
**[11:39] ---**
W-Wait, Clydesdale 22!
**[11:52] ---**
A-Are you okay?
**[11:54] ---**
*I barely got away...*
**[11:56] ---**
Fall back! What the hell is going on?
**[12:00] ---**
*Lieutenant... the gauges!*
**[12:02] ---**
Look at... the accelerometer!
**[12:12] ---**
Gravity...
**[12:13] ---**
Are you telling me... that this thing...
is manipulating gravity?
**[12:17] ---**
*My accelerometer...*
**[12:19] ---**
is showing wild oscillations.
**[12:21] ---**
They're acting as gravitational-tidal pairs
**[12:24] ---**
and revolving at high speed
around the Kataphrakt...
**[12:28] ---**
It uses that to...
**[12:30] ---**
*To create gravity waves?*
**[12:31] ---**
Yes...
**[12:35] ---**
So any object that gets too close will
be torn apart by the tidal forces,
**[12:39] ---**
and any attack will also
be deflected, huh?
**[12:41] ---**
Is it also causing this sound
in our heads...?
**[12:46] ---**
Probably...
**[12:48] ---**
I bear this world's people no ill will, but
this must be done for the future of Vers!
**[12:54] ---**
Here it comes!
**[12:55] ---**
*We can't just sit here and
let it reach the city!*
**[12:58] ---**
We'll keep its attention
and draw it away!
**[13:00] ---**
*But sir! How?!*
**[13:05] ---**
*Kaizuka.*
**[13:06] ---**
Sir?
**[13:07] ---**
*Call it in to the carrier.*
**[13:09] ---**
*Ask if there's any satellite bases
overhead with equipment*
**[13:12] ---**
that can detect gravity waves!
**[13:25] ---**
Do you not see that your
efforts are futile?
**[13:29] ---**
*It's no use! They're disintegrating
before they can connect!*
**[13:32] ---**
Even if they don't damage him, they're having
the effect of keeping his attention on us.
**[13:36] ---**
We're another 10km away
from the urban center.
**[13:38] ---**
We're definitely managing
to draw him away.
**[13:41] ---**
Another 2km south. Just another 2km. That's
how much further we have to draw him away.
**[13:48] ---**
What's wrong?! Don't stop moving!
**[13:50] ---**
*Clydesdale 22!
Clydesdale 23!*
**[13:54] ---**
Crap...
**[13:55] ---**
*Kaizuka!*
**[13:57] ---**
*I'll be the decoy!
You go retrieve those two!*
**[14:00] ---**
*Lieutenant?*
**[14:02] ---**
Come get me, you twister
son of a bitch!
**[14:08] ---**
It is pointless.
**[14:10] ---**
Why are you doing this?
**[14:12] ---**
What value is there?
**[14:17] ---**
Lieutenant...
**[14:21] ---**
This is bad, I'm too close...
**[14:25] ---**
I need to get some distance.
**[14:26] ---**
Just a little farther...
**[14:29] ---**
Come on!
**[14:31] ---**
Come to me!
**[14:42] ---**
Crap!
**[14:44] ---**
Am I never gonna be free of these
memories no matter how hard I try?!
**[15:01] ---**
*Thank you for luring it
into position, Lt. Marito.*
**[15:06] ---**
A laser transmission?
**[15:09] ---**
*It's been a while, Yuki.*
**[15:12] ---**
Nao?
**[15:22] ---**
Its gravity waves are ripples that
propagate outward horizontally.
**[15:26] ---**
The gravity waves that propagate vertically
are integrated and lose their effect.
**[15:33] ---**
Correcting for errors...
**[15:35] ---**
0.2 degrees/second.
**[15:37] ---**
Locked on.
**[15:38] ---**
Fire!
**[15:56] ---**
It was a lucky break that we
got through to the Deucalion.
**[16:00] ---**
No, or maybe we were lucky
that he was there.
**[16:04] ---**
We begin reentry in 10 minutes!
Hurry up and get Mustang 00 inside!
**[16:10] ---**
*We're no longer in an
area with a line of fire.*
**[16:12] ---**
*It looks like this is all the help
we can give you.*
**[16:16] ---**
No, that was plenty, Kaizuka's brother.
**[16:34] ---**
TK-67, 68 are on designated
trajectory. Opening gate.
**[16:39] ---**
Trash cleanup is taking forever...
**[16:42] ---**
Well, that was a huge battle.
A ton of debris got scattered around.
**[16:47] ---**
It's a pain, is what it is. It makes it a
lot harder for shuttles to come and go.
**[16:51] ---**
Radar return detected!
**[16:54] ---**
No IFF signal detected...
**[16:56] ---**
Sorry, sir. We didn't pick it up right away
because it was mixed in with all the debris.
**[17:02] ---**
Just one unit?
**[17:07] ---**
It's just one unit!
Why can't we bring it down?!
**[17:10] ---**
But it's–
**[17:17] ---**
It's now 10km away!
**[17:19] ---**
I can't believe it...
**[17:20] ---**
How can it fly through a dense
debris field at that speed?
**[17:23] ---**
Launch Kataphrakt platoons, hurry!
**[17:37] ---**
Long time no see, Yuki!
**[17:39] ---**
Darn it, you up and left all
of a sudden! You scared us!
**[17:43] ---**
Sorry. Chalk it up to grown-up reasons.
**[17:46] ---**
We'll be able to fight
together again, right?
**[17:48] ---**
So, I hear you guys have been busy.
**[17:50] ---**
Yep!
**[17:51] ---**
And you haven't changed a bit, Yuki.
**[17:56] ---**
Rayet.
**[17:58] ---**
So, you liking it here?
**[18:01] ---**
It's okay.
**[18:04] ---**
I'm glad.
**[18:06] ---**
Inaho is doing fine, too!
**[18:08] ---**
It seemed that way.
**[18:10] ---**
Did you see him already?
**[18:11] ---**
He just said hello over the radio.
**[18:15] ---**
Maybe he thinks that's enough.
**[18:19] ---**
I see... The memories
resurfaced again, did they?
**[18:22] ---**
There doesn't seem to be any way
to escape the damn things.
**[18:30] ---**
Is it possible that perhaps they
were deliberately revived?
**[18:35] ---**
Shock therapy you chose to perform
to give a boost to your fading consciousness.
**[18:41] ---**
No way...
**[18:42] ---**
It's possible that you're using
the memories of that tragedy
**[18:45] ---**
to give yourself a reason
to fight, Lieutenant.
**[18:50] ---**
Of course, you're not doing
this consciously.
**[18:53] ---**
You're saying that I've beaten them?
**[18:58] ---**
At the very least, you've won the battle.
**[19:01] ---**
I'm sure it was around here...
**[19:03] ---**
I hope you accept that fact,
if nothing else.
**[19:06] ---**
Found it!
**[19:11] ---**
That's mine... That's where
you've been hiding it?
**[19:17] ---**
If you're confronting the past, your drinking
takes on an entirely different meaning.
**[19:26] ---**
Hey, I hope that glass's
been sterilized.
**[19:49] ---**
Lieutenant! There's an emergency!
It's Trident Base!
**[19:54] ---**
This is a recording from
the time of the attack.
**[19:56] ---**
It waited until the shuttles
had entered the docking bay
**[19:59] ---**
and then set off all the munitions
they were carrying at once.
**[20:02] ---**
Talk about lousy timing...
**[20:04] ---**
No, I think it was planned.
**[20:07] ---**
Planned?
**[20:08] ---**
There was just a major battle there, so it's
a safe bet that shuttles would come.
**[20:13] ---**
They probably checked to make sure that
the base's reinforcements had left.
**[20:17] ---**
They stood a good chance of winning,
so they attacked with just one unit.
**[20:20] ---**
But the service details of munitions shuttles
are supposed to be top secret.
**[20:25] ---**
All they really do is stuff like change their
registry numbers and alter the supply routes.
**[20:30] ---**
You'd be able to sniff them out with careful
cryptanalysis and data sifting.
**[20:35] ---**
But...
**[20:37] ---**
We're probably dealing with
someone capable of that.
**[20:51] ---**
Milord Slaine, brilliantly done.
**[21:09] ---**
The fiend...
**[21:11] ---**
You mustn't overlook his results.
**[21:14] ---**
He did what he set out to do
and did it brilliantly.
**[21:18] ---**
We can't brand him a traitor, not now.
**[21:22] ---**
Causes always rally
around the powerful.
**[21:24] ---**
The mangy cur has transformed
himself into a wolf.
**[21:29] ---**
Harklight, we're returning to the Moon.
**[21:46] ---**
The Tharsis...
**[21:48] ---**
Slaine Troyard.
**[22:05] ---**
I guess I have no choice.
***SIGN*** Attack on the Blistering Sands
# 17 - The Turning Wheel
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**[00:02] ---**
*Has there been any contact with
Count Mazuurek since then?*
**[00:04] ---**
No. However, his Landing Castle
is still functional.
**[00:08] ---**
If its Aldnoah is still active, that
means that Count Mazuurek is alive.
**[00:13] ---**
Perhaps he is lying low and
waiting for an opening. Or perhaps...
**[00:17] ---**
*Or perhaps he has been taken
prisoner by the Terrans.*
**[00:19] ---**
Either way, it would be prudent to assume
that Count Mazuurek will not return.
**[00:24] ---**
In which case, there is but
one course of action.
**[00:28] ---**
*What are you...?*
**[00:32] ---**
I cannot allow that Earthborn
stray to run loose any longer.
**[02:22] ---**
Resupplying and inspection operations
are on schedule. No delays reported.
**[02:26] ---**
As for Kataphrakt repairs,
**[02:27] ---**
we are working in concert with the
base's repair depot to get back on schedule.
**[02:31] ---**
Very good. Carry on.
**[02:34] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[02:35] ---**
And our Mars Knight guest?
**[02:37] ---**
Not a word. He appears
to be the silent type.
**[02:40] ---**
Mizusaki, do you know why men who are
the silent type are so attractive?
**[02:46] ---**
Is it because they always
seem calm and collected?
**[02:48] ---**
It's because they sit quietly and
listen to what you have to say.
**[02:51] ---**
And our replacement crew?
**[02:52] ---**
Y-Yes, ma'am. They're already aboard,
and station shifts have been revised.
**[02:58] ---**
A few of them were members
of our previous crew.
**[03:00] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka and Lt. Marito.
**[03:03] ---**
As well as Dr. Yagarai, who is now serving as an
official medical officer with the rank of ensign.
**[03:08] ---**
Also, there has been a request from
Ensign Kaizuka to interrogate the Mars Knight.
**[03:13] ---**
From Kaizuka Junior?
**[03:15] ---**
He says he wants to use
his analytical engine.
**[03:20] ---**
You programmed this yourself, Inaho?
**[03:23] ---**
All I did was customize the firmware
that it was already running.
**[03:29] ---**
The area it's tied into has
been expanded, too. How's it feel?
**[03:34] ---**
Not all that different.
**[03:37] ---**
Try not to expand it
any further, okay?
**[03:39] ---**
By the time you notice it's affecting
your brain, it'll already be too late.
**[03:42] ---**
I won't. I'm aware of the risks.
**[03:47] ---**
Oh, this is where you are.
**[03:50] ---**
Yuki.
**[03:52] ---**
Got a minute?
**[03:55] ---**
Nao, why did you decide to
serve aboard this ship?
**[03:58] ---**
What do you mean, why?
**[04:00] ---**
There's no reason
for you to fight, right?
**[04:04] ---**
You should have packed up and left
once your injuries were healed.
**[04:07] ---**
It's the same for you, Yuki.
**[04:09] ---**
No, it's not. I'm a soldier.
**[04:13] ---**
There was no reason for you to become
a soldier, so it is the same.
**[04:16] ---**
It is not!
**[04:21] ---**
I regret it every day...
That I made you into a soldier.
**[04:27] ---**
When I saw you that day,
unconscious and covered in blood,
**[04:31] ---**
I asked myself,
"Why didn't I stop you?"
**[04:35] ---**
I became a soldier because I wanted to
protect you and the world you live in.
**[04:44] ---**
But you still...
**[04:45] ---**
I'm sorry. But I can't stand
around doing nothing.
**[04:52] ---**
It's because of the princess, then?
**[04:55] ---**
That girl's not the Princess
Asseylum you used to know.
**[05:00] ---**
She's now an enemy who's trying
to conquer the Earth.
**[05:03] ---**
That person is a fake. The real one
is still alive somewhere.
**[05:06] ---**
How could you
possibly know that?
**[05:08] ---**
That's what my left eye determined.
**[05:12] ---**
Judging from the situation, I think
she's being held against her will.
**[05:17] ---**
So I want to rescue Seylum.
**[05:20] ---**
That's impossible!
**[05:21] ---**
Yuki, she was shot right in front of me.
**[05:26] ---**
I was hurt, and she was shot
as she was trying to help me.
**[05:33] ---**
That's why I have to save her.
**[05:37] ---**
Nao...
**[05:47] ---**
It's been a long time.
**[05:51] ---**
What is the Kataphrakt's status?
**[05:53] ---**
When they ran diagnostics,
**[05:55] ---**
they found even the sub-frame had
been warped by the gravity waves.
**[05:58] ---**
Looks like it basically
needs an overhaul.
**[06:01] ---**
I hear you quit drinking.
**[06:04] ---**
My primary physician is a real nag.
**[06:07] ---**
I guess a toast is out
of the question, then.
**[06:10] ---**
There's always room for toasts.
**[06:13] ---**
You're unbelievable.
**[06:14] ---**
It was doctor's orders. Medicinal.
**[06:21] ---**
How are you feeling?
**[06:25] ---**
Not very well, looks like. I heard you
were subjected to a full body search.
**[06:30] ---**
I never imagined I would be subjected
to such primitive questioning.
**[06:35] ---**
We can't have you using
a poison tooth.
**[06:39] ---**
What an outdated notion...
**[06:41] ---**
That does seem to be
your national character.
**[06:44] ---**
From a Terran's point of view,
I suppose Vers' feudal system
**[06:47] ---**
would seem just as anachronistic.
**[06:50] ---**
If it's a problem,
change it yourselves.
**[06:53] ---**
Spoken like someone born
into a land of plenty.
**[06:56] ---**
You're like pigs who
are about to die.
**[06:59] ---**
Once you are too cold
to move, it is too late.
**[07:02] ---**
You know quite a bit.
**[07:04] ---**
You admit I'm right?
**[07:05] ---**
No, about pigs. Even though Princess
Asseylum had never seen birds before.
**[07:11] ---**
You have spoken to
Princess Asseylum?
**[07:14] ---**
She spent time aboard this ship.
**[07:17] ---**
I see. You are one of those who
sought to exploit her, then.
**[07:21] ---**
It wasn't exploitation.
It was cooperation.
**[07:24] ---**
Cooperation, you say?
**[07:26] ---**
Can you tell me one thing?
**[07:30] ---**
Do I look like a man who would
sell out his country lightly?
**[07:34] ---**
You don't look that way.
Or sound that way.
**[07:38] ---**
Which makes you the
perfect man to ask.
**[07:41] ---**
Have you sworn loyalty
to Princess Asseylum?
**[07:58] ---**
Aren't you going to eat, Rayet?
**[08:00] ---**
If you don't eat a little, you won't have
any energy when we go into battle.
**[08:04] ---**
I'm not hungry.
**[08:05] ---**
With fasting diets, the weight starts
coming off at your boobs.
**[08:08] ---**
I've never gone on
a diet before.
**[08:13] ---**
You've never dieted before, Rayet?
**[08:16] ---**
That's amazing! How do you
keep that figure?
**[08:21] ---**
Would you tell me, too?
**[08:24] ---**
Commander.
**[08:25] ---**
Having lunch, ma'am?
**[08:27] ---**
I thought it would be nice to eat somewhere
besides the ship while we're in port.
**[08:31] ---**
Right, we don't get to eat out
very often, do we?
**[08:34] ---**
That reminds me,
has anyone seen Inaho?
**[08:38] ---**
I was going to ask him to join us
for lunch, but I haven't seen him.
**[08:41] ---**
Ensign Kaizuka is interrogating
the Mars Knight at the moment.
**[08:46] ---**
Inaho's interrogating him?
**[08:48] ---**
I'm heading back.
**[08:51] ---**
Hey, wait... Rayet?
**[08:55] ---**
She didn't tell us the
secret to her figure.
**[08:58] ---**
So, you are saying that the Princess Asseylum
currently at our moon base is an impostor?
**[09:07] ---**
Yes.
**[09:08] ---**
If that is true, where is the real one?
**[09:12] ---**
Is she being held prisoner somewhere?
**[09:16] ---**
Or is there a reason she
cannot show herself?
**[09:18] ---**
Possibly both.
**[09:20] ---**
That left eye of yours
saw through that, as well?
**[09:22] ---**
It's an analytical engine.
**[09:31] ---**
Impossible! I am not so foolish that I
would believe such a preposterous tale!
**[09:37] ---**
We've retrieved your Kataphrakt.
**[09:42] ---**
Its Aldnoah Drive was knocked offline
by the force of the explosion.
**[09:45] ---**
It will never work again.
**[09:48] ---**
You powered it down yourself, didn't you?
Out of fear that Terrans would steal it.
**[09:52] ---**
Weren't you listening? It stopped
working after the explosion.
**[09:56] ---**
Did it, now? Just as I thought,
you shut it down intentionally.
**[10:02] ---**
I will say it again.
**[10:05] ---**
Princess Asseylum is an impostor.
**[10:10] ---**
There are many species of birds, as well.
**[10:13] ---**
Large birds. Small birds.
**[10:16] ---**
And brilliantly-colored birds.
**[10:22] ---**
They're beautiful...
**[10:24] ---**
This is how birds
fly through Earth's skies.
**[10:28] ---**
Most birds fly, but there are some
species of flightless birds.
**[10:35] ---**
Flightless birds?
**[10:36] ---**
I suspect that Princess Asseylum
might say that she finds it sad
**[10:41] ---**
that they cannot fly
even though they have wings.
**[10:44] ---**
She is a kindhearted person.
**[10:48] ---**
But their inability to fly does not
trouble them in the least.
**[10:52] ---**
On the contrary, perhaps the ones
to be pitied are the birds
**[10:55] ---**
who can fly, but are kept in a cage.
**[10:57] ---**
Why would someone
lock them in a cage?
**[11:00] ---**
Because they are so very beautiful.
**[11:12] ---**
Princess Asseylum was shot
right in front of me.
**[11:16] ---**
Shot by Count Saazbaum.
**[11:18] ---**
Preposterous!
**[11:20] ---**
Who then left with Slaine Troyard.
**[11:22] ---**
They took Princess Asseylum,
who was on the verge of death, with them.
**[11:26] ---**
Count Saazbaum was celebrated as the
hero who rescued Princess Asseylum!
**[11:31] ---**
He's no hero.
**[11:34] ---**
He's the mastermind behind
the plot to assassinate her.
**[11:38] ---**
Count Saazbaum is?
**[11:40] ---**
Those bastards tricked my father and
used him as much as they could
**[11:44] ---**
and then they killed him
like some lowly insect.
**[11:46] ---**
You are Vers-born?
**[11:50] ---**
I see...
**[11:51] ---**
In any event, your father would
have died sooner or later.
**[11:55] ---**
Consider it a blessing that he wasn't
branded a traitor and lynched.
**[12:00] ---**
What's that supposed to mean?
**[12:03] ---**
Are you saying my father
deserved to be killed?
**[12:06] ---**
Let's go.
**[12:07] ---**
I'm not done with him!
**[12:10] ---**
Come on.
**[12:14] ---**
Let go!
**[12:18] ---**
You must think I'm an idiot.
**[12:22] ---**
That I'll always be bound by the past.
Always be a prisoner to it.
**[12:27] ---**
You're right.
I'm just like them.
**[12:30] ---**
All I can do is blame others.
Hate them, envy them, and fight them.
**[12:38] ---**
A stupid Martian!
**[12:40] ---**
You're different.
**[12:42] ---**
I am not.
**[12:43] ---**
You are.
**[12:44] ---**
I am not!
**[12:45] ---**
You are.
**[12:46] ---**
I'm no different!
I hate Martians!
**[12:50] ---**
And I hate myself
most of all!
**[13:00] ---**
Count Marylcian, you say?
**[13:02] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[13:03] ---**
He has been calling repeatedly, insisting that
he be put through to Princess Asseylum.
**[13:08] ---**
What does Milord Slaine say?
**[13:10] ---**
There is no sign of him, sir.
**[13:13] ---**
What is all this commotion?
**[13:19] ---**
Leave us.
**[13:20] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[13:23] ---**
Oh, dear. You can't have your discussion
with me in the room?
**[13:26] ---**
Unfortunately not, Highness.
**[13:28] ---**
Knowledge of your existence is limited,
even here at the moon base.
**[13:33] ---**
I must ask that you
avoid public areas.
**[13:35] ---**
Shall I speak to him?
**[13:39] ---**
It's Count Marylcian, isn't it?
**[13:41] ---**
But, Highness...
**[13:42] ---**
Is there a problem?
**[13:48] ---**
Patch him through
to the throne room.
**[13:53] ---**
*Her Highness Asseylum
is most gracious.*
**[13:58] ---**
*Please forgive this
sudden disturbance.*
**[14:00] ---**
It is a pleasure to see you,
Count Marylcian.
**[14:03] ---**
Now, what did you wish
to discuss with me?
**[14:07] ---**
It must be urgent indeed
for you to contact me
**[14:09] ---**
without first obtaining
Count Troyard's permission.
**[14:13] ---**
*Ah. One cannot speak
to you in private?*
**[14:18] ---**
*I must say, Count Troyard is being rather
overprotective to keep you under guard thus.*
**[14:25] ---**
Perhaps "under guard"
was a poor choice of words.
**[14:28] ---**
He is more a knight who seeks to protect
his princess imprisoned in her ivory tower.
**[14:34] ---**
Oh, my apologies if I
have given offense.
**[14:37] ---**
I compared Your Highness
to a bird in a cage.
**[14:40] ---**
*A bird in a cage?*
**[14:41] ---**
Apparently, that is the
expression used on Earth
**[14:44] ---**
to describe one who has been
deprived of her freedom.
**[14:49] ---**
Message from base command!
**[14:51] ---**
They report that the
prisoner has escaped!
**[14:52] ---**
Put the ship on alert!
Inform all duty stations!
**[14:55] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[15:11] ---**
These late-night alarms
are killing me...
**[15:16] ---**
Rayet, we have to get out there!
**[15:22] ---**
Rayet?
**[15:26] ---**
So, it's you.
**[15:29] ---**
Come with me.
**[15:38] ---**
Hurry.
**[15:47] ---**
Why are you doing this?
**[15:49] ---**
I want you to go back
to your Landing Castle
**[15:52] ---**
and find out where the real
Princess Asseylum is.
**[15:56] ---**
Why me?
**[15:58] ---**
Because you want the same thing
as Princess Asseylum.
**[16:03] ---**
I don't think that you ever had
any desire to attack Earth.
**[16:08] ---**
Your left eye also told you that?
**[16:10] ---**
I can tell that much even
without using my left eye.
**[16:14] ---**
You were very familiar with Earth.
**[16:17] ---**
Your interest in Earth goes beyond
its value as an invasion target.
**[16:22] ---**
So you do see everything.
**[16:24] ---**
There's one other thing that I
want you to find out for me.
**[16:29] ---**
What Slaine Troyard's objective is.
**[16:34] ---**
Keep going north and you'll reach
the Martian Landing Castle.
**[16:37] ---**
You'll need to walk from here.
**[16:41] ---**
Here.
**[16:44] ---**
Food and water.
**[16:46] ---**
We can't have you dying of thirst
before you get away.
**[16:50] ---**
I wouldn't mind at all
if you did, though.
**[16:53] ---**
If it comes down to it, I need you
to keep Princess Asseylum safe.
**[17:00] ---**
Before I go, may I
ask you one thing?
**[17:04] ---**
What is your name?
**[17:07] ---**
I am Mazuurek, member of the
Vers Empire Orbital Knights' 37 Clans.
**[17:13] ---**
Mazuurek... There's a type of folk
music on Earth with a similar name.
**[17:18] ---**
Yes. As I researched my name's meaning,
I became fascinated with Earth.
**[17:26] ---**
And your name?
**[17:28] ---**
Inaho. Inaho Kaizuka.
**[17:35] ---**
Mr. Mazuurek. Take good care
of Princess Asseylum.
**[17:39] ---**
I shall do so, Inaho Kaizuka.
**[17:49] ---**
Tell me, why did you ask me
to help with this?
**[17:52] ---**
What do you mean?
**[17:54] ---**
Didn't you think that I would
kill that Martian?
**[17:57] ---**
Just like that time
with Princess Asseylum?
**[18:00] ---**
In the end, you didn't actually
kill her back then.
**[18:03] ---**
I failed to kill her.
**[18:05] ---**
You're different.
**[18:06] ---**
I am not.
**[18:06] ---**
You are.
**[18:07] ---**
Give it a rest, I am not–
**[18:09] ---**
You are.
**[18:12] ---**
You're not the same person
you were then.
**[18:18] ---**
*Mustang Leader to Mustang 11.
What's your status?*
**[18:22] ---**
Mustang 11, nothing to report.
**[18:24] ---**
*Stay on alert.*
**[18:26] ---**
Roger.
**[18:31] ---**
*Inaho...*
**[18:33] ---**
*Why?*
**[18:44] ---**
What's the meaning of this?!
**[18:46] ---**
Who gave those Landing Castles
authorization to dock?!
**[18:49] ---**
Milord, it was—
**[18:51] ---**
I did.
**[18:53] ---**
Highness?
**[18:55] ---**
Count Marylcian requested a personal
audience with Princess Asseylum.
**[19:00] ---**
And so, I gave them
permission to dock.
**[19:03] ---**
As Princess Asseylum.
Rather, a princess of Vers.
**[19:09] ---**
Why would you do such a thing?!
**[19:13] ---**
Let's be off.
**[19:16] ---**
It would be poor manners to
keep our visitors waiting.
**[19:52] ---**
We are both humbled and delighted
**[19:54] ---**
that Your Highness has granted
us an audience on such short notice.
**[19:59] ---**
Count Marylcian,
Count Barouhcruz,
**[20:03] ---**
I am most grateful to you both for
bolstering our orbital defenses.
**[20:08] ---**
Under normal circumstances,
**[20:09] ---**
I expect that you would wish to go
down to Earth and expand your domains.
**[20:13] ---**
We shall leave the conquest of Earth in
the hands of our like-minded brethren.
**[20:17] ---**
Your Highness needn't worry.
**[20:19] ---**
I see. That is good to hear.
**[20:21] ---**
However, there is a matter of
even greater import to discuss.
**[20:26] ---**
With the previous Count Saazbaum dead,
who will succeed to the post of Royal Guard,
**[20:32] ---**
who is charged with safeguarding
the moon base and Your Highness?
**[20:35] ---**
There is no cause for concern.
I have taken over those duties.
**[20:42] ---**
Princess Asseylum, I have come
to beg you to consider
**[20:47] ---**
giving me the honor of
serving at your side.
**[20:52] ---**
But Count Marylcian, I have–
**[20:54] ---**
I will thank you to keep your
comments to yourself, Terran!
**[21:01] ---**
This is a fortress that flies
the flag of the Vers Empire.
**[21:04] ---**
If that post were bestowed upon
the previous Count Saazbaum,
**[21:07] ---**
a man of great merit who
rescued Her Highness,
**[21:10] ---**
I would be disappointed,
but would nonetheless approve.
**[21:12] ---**
Yet you, an Earthborn even if you are
his adopted son, dare to think
**[21:17] ---**
you can inherit that post
using this turmoil as a pretext?
**[21:21] ---**
To have one of low blood set foot
inside the castle where a member
**[21:24] ---**
of the venerable Vers imperial family
dwells is a fact that cannot be tolerated!
**[21:29] ---**
One who does not possess a Landing Castle
is unfit to call himself count.
**[21:37] ---**
You are not qualified to protect
this place, not in the least!
**[21:42] ---**
What are you suggesting, then?
**[21:45] ---**
That we determine which is more fit
to protect Her Highness,
**[21:50] ---**
my Herschel or your Tharsis.
**[21:56] ---**
Count Troyard, I hereby
challenge you to a duel!
***SIGN*** Dawn of Intrigue
# 18 - The Rose and the Ring
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**[00:02] ---**
Count Sebring. Count Raffia. Count Orga.
**[00:07] ---**
Thank you all for allowing me to
intrude on your valuable time.
**[00:11] ---**
*I am sorry for your loss,
Count Troyard.*
**[00:14] ---**
*What happened to Count Saazbaum
is most regrettable.*
**[00:16] ---**
*Indeed.*
**[00:17] ---**
*When he was alive, my father was
greatly indebted to him.*
**[00:21] ---**
*If it is in my power, whatever assistance
you may request is yours.*
**[00:24] ---**
Thank you, that is most kind.
**[00:27] ---**
However, now is not the time to wallow
in individual sentimentality.
**[00:31] ---**
*Most commendable.*
**[00:33] ---**
*This is the time for the Orbital
Knights to band together*
**[00:36] ---**
*and press forward with
the invasion of Earth.*
**[00:39] ---**
*That is the best way
to honor Count Saazbaum.*
**[00:43] ---**
Indeed. Our ships must sail forward
together towards the same goal.
**[00:48] ---**
*Ah, now I see.*
**[00:50] ---**
*You intend to take
the helm, then?*
**[00:55] ---**
If I may be so presumptuous.
**[00:58] ---**
*By the way... I understand that
you are to duel Count Marylcian?*
**[01:03] ---**
*I find it odd to be fighting
when we must band together.*
**[01:07] ---**
*Don't you agree, Count Troyard?*
**[01:11] ---**
No lowly Terran...
**[01:14] ---**
No lowly Terran could possibly
be a match for mighty Vers.
**[01:18] ---**
Such an assumption
creates an opening.
**[01:20] ---**
Which becomes a tear.
And then a gaping maw.
**[01:24] ---**
Eventually, it leads to
total collapse.
**[01:27] ---**
That is the current state
of the Orbital Knights.
**[01:30] ---**
*You go too far, Count Troyard!*
**[01:33] ---**
As you are aware,
I am not Vers-born.
**[01:37] ---**
However, being an outsider
affords me a certain perspective.
**[01:41] ---**
This upcoming duel is also the result
of an Orbital Knight's hubris.
**[01:45] ---**
I believe it to be my responsibility
to teach him the error of his ways.
**[01:49] ---**
*I see. You have a point.*
**[01:51] ---**
*Count Orga!*
**[01:53] ---**
*I am loathe to admit it.
Nevertheless, it is the truth.*
**[01:58] ---**
*Some portion of it, at least.*
**[02:02] ---**
*I shall leave the matter to
your discretion, Count Troyard.*
**[02:06] ---**
*Your attack on Trident Base
was magnificent.*
**[02:11] ---**
Count Sebring, Count Raffia.
**[02:15] ---**
Thank you for doing me the honor of
listening to my many rude remarks.
**[04:00] ---**
All cruise missiles appear
to have been intercepted.
**[04:04] ---**
Looks like a saturation attack
isn't gonna work.
**[04:06] ---**
Count Selnakis' Kataphrakt, Scorching Solis.
**[04:10] ---**
The firing range of its onboard beam weapon
extends out to the Satellite Belt,
**[04:15] ---**
making air support
impossible, as well.
**[04:17] ---**
It's quite the monster...
**[04:20] ---**
Message from assault team.
They're about to make landfall.
**[04:24] ---**
Launch cruise missiles.
Keep his attention on us.
**[04:29] ---**
Getting up close and personal
is the only way, huh?
**[04:34] ---**
Saddle up, people!
**[04:35] ---**
Get ready to launch, everyone!
**[04:54] ---**
*Inko? Inko!*
**[04:56] ---**
Yes?
**[04:58] ---**
What's the matter?
**[04:58] ---**
It's nothing. Say, Rayet...
**[05:01] ---**
*What?*
**[05:02] ---**
There was that manhunt all of a sudden
the other day. For um, Ma... Mazoo...
**[05:08] ---**
*Count Mazuurek?*
**[05:09] ---**
Right, him!
**[05:11] ---**
*How do you suppose he escaped?*
**[05:13] ---**
Beats me.
**[05:14] ---**
I wonder if Inaho knows anything.
**[05:17] ---**
Why?
**[05:18] ---**
Well, he went to interrogate him.
Did you hear anything?
**[05:21] ---**
Nothing.
**[05:24] ---**
Oh.
**[05:26] ---**
*Time to launch. Let's go.*
**[05:27] ---**
Yeah.
**[05:30] ---**
I'm sorry, Inko.
**[05:38] ---**
To think that such a simple mechanism
can indicate one's bearings...
**[05:41] ---**
Such a device would only work on
a planet with a magnetic field.
**[05:45] ---**
Now, then... Count Troyard
and Inaho Kaizuka.
**[05:49] ---**
Both are sons of Earth.
Can they be trusted?
**[05:57] ---**
So simple, one cannot
go astray, eh?
**[06:01] ---**
True of many things, I suppose.
**[06:08] ---**
Are you really going to
fight the duel, Slaine?
**[06:11] ---**
Yes. I have been challenged,
so I cannot back down.
**[06:16] ---**
This happened because I allowed
Count Marylcian's visit.
**[06:21] ---**
Not at all. It is thanks to you.
**[06:25] ---**
It is the perfect opportunity
to demonstrate my strength.
**[06:28] ---**
If I am victorious in this duel,
**[06:30] ---**
it will act as a deterrent against
Orbital Knights who oppose me.
**[06:35] ---**
There is nothing to be
concerned about.
**[06:40] ---**
Your dream might actually
come true one day, won't it?
**[06:44] ---**
I have no dream to...
**[06:46] ---**
A Terran who had been held in contempt
now holds genuine power within Vers.
**[06:51] ---**
I have felt it ever since
we first met.
**[06:55] ---**
That you and I were kindred spirits.
**[06:58] ---**
Do you intend to hold on to your grudge
against the royal family forever?
**[07:03] ---**
Yes.
**[07:04] ---**
It's incredibly satisfying to see someone without
a drop of Versian blood in him gaining power.
**[07:10] ---**
I think you will never
let go, either.
**[07:14] ---**
Of your princess.
**[07:18] ---**
You genuinely love her, don't you?
**[07:23] ---**
If I may...
**[07:25] ---**
Would you let me help you?
**[07:30] ---**
I don't mind...
**[07:32] ---**
if I am only my sister's substitute.
**[07:37] ---**
*All platoons, report in!*
**[07:39] ---**
*Belgian Platoon, in position!*
**[07:41] ---**
*Maremmano Platoon, in position!*
**[07:43] ---**
*Pottok Platoon, in position!*
**[07:45] ---**
*Lokai Platoon, in position!*
**[07:46] ---**
Mustang Platoon, in position!
**[07:48] ---**
There's no way to evade that
bastard's beam weapon.
**[07:51] ---**
Assume you're history
if you're spotted.
**[07:54] ---**
*Begin operation!*
**[08:11] ---**
A smoke screen that scatters everything
from infrared to radar waves, eh?
**[08:16] ---**
Clever monkeys.
**[08:20] ---**
What the hell?!
**[08:21] ---**
Fool.
**[08:32] ---**
Clydesdale Leader to all platoons!
**[08:35] ---**
Deploy on the south bank
and keep that smoke up!
**[08:39] ---**
You waste your time...
**[08:43] ---**
Fire, fire, fire!
**[08:44] ---**
Keep his attention on us!
Don't get hit!
**[08:47] ---**
How are we supposed to get
his attention and not get hit?!
**[08:51] ---**
Where's Nao?!
**[09:00] ---**
Up you go. Be careful.
**[09:12] ---**
Rayet.
**[09:13] ---**
*Okay, I'm patching you in!*
**[09:17] ---**
Acoustic analysis.
Enemy coordinates pinpointed.
**[09:20] ---**
Target is at 29.951103, -90.085579.
**[09:26] ---**
*Roger that. Targeting location.*
**[09:30] ---**
*Fire.*
**[09:31] ---**
Firing, roger.
**[09:32] ---**
Counting down. Five, four, three, two,
**[09:38] ---**
one.
**[09:40] ---**
What's that?
**[09:42] ---**
Impact. Correct 037, 025.
**[09:48] ---**
It came from the sea!
**[09:49] ---**
Fire.
**[09:54] ---**
Ship cannon fire, eh?!
**[10:00] ---**
Missed us!
**[10:02] ---**
A beam weapon can only fire
in a straight line.
**[10:06] ---**
If we hide behind the curve of
the Earth, it can't hit us.
**[10:08] ---**
But since our shells follow a parabola
due to the Earth's gravity,
**[10:14] ---**
they can reach
over the horizon.
**[10:16] ---**
As long as it's possible
to target the thing.
**[10:18] ---**
Correct 283, -472.
**[10:22] ---**
Ultra high speed rounds, fire!
**[10:29] ---**
Curse them, how are they
targeting me so accurately
**[10:32] ---**
without observation satellites?!
**[10:35] ---**
Is that it?
**[10:41] ---**
The UAVs that were relaying our
laser comms have been taken out!
**[10:45] ---**
We can't get through
to Ensign Kaizuka!
**[10:48] ---**
*Rayet!*
**[10:49] ---**
Go to tracer rounds.
Fire exactly as I say!
**[10:56] ---**
Over there, huh.
**[11:00] ---**
Nao!
**[11:01] ---**
Bastard!
**[11:03] ---**
Tracer rounds, ma'am!
**[11:05] ---**
Do you seriously think you can bring
down my Solis from that distance?
**[11:09] ---**
Yuki, get clear!
**[11:14] ---**
Warrant Officer Kaizuka!
**[11:15] ---**
Stay back!
**[11:16] ---**
Crap!
**[11:18] ---**
Second volley! And a third!
**[11:20] ---**
Correct 002, 003! Fire!
**[11:23] ---**
Kaizuka!
**[11:25] ---**
That's right!
**[11:26] ---**
Stand right there on your pedestal!
**[11:29] ---**
Be reduced to ash
by my scorching light!
**[11:33] ---**
Go ahead and shoot,
you frog-faced bastard!
**[11:48] ---**
*Yuki!*
**[11:51] ---**
*I'm okay. I just lost an arm.*
**[11:54] ---**
*How about you guys?*
**[11:55] ---**
We're fine. Ensign Kaizuka is safe, too.
**[11:59] ---**
That's great news...
**[12:00] ---**
*No, it's not.*
**[12:02] ---**
I told you to get clear. You disobeyed
an order, Warrant Officer.
**[12:06] ---**
*Hey, don't talk like you're superior to me
just because you're a higher rank.*
**[12:10] ---**
I am your superior.
**[12:12] ---**
No little brother can order
his big sister around.
**[12:18] ---**
Clydesdale Leader to all units.
**[12:21] ---**
*Mission complete. Returning to base.*
**[12:36] ---**
These are flowers called roses
that bloom on Earth.
**[12:40] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[12:43] ---**
Are you confident about
this duel, Milord Slaine?
**[12:47] ---**
I've fought for my life
many times before.
**[12:51] ---**
But you...
**[12:52] ---**
Are you actually worried for me,
Miss Eddelrittuo?
**[12:55] ---**
You used to glare at me
all the time.
**[12:59] ---**
That was the past.
**[13:03] ---**
Roses signify many different things
in the language of flowers.
**[13:06] ---**
Red roses mean "I love you,"
while blue roses mean "miracle."
**[13:12] ---**
Miracle...
**[13:13] ---**
But blue roses have
one other meaning.
**[13:21] ---**
*That meaning...*
**[13:27] ---**
*...might be true.*
**[13:30] ---**
Let's be off!
**[13:32] ---**
Herschel, launch!
**[13:34] ---**
*Good hunting, Milord Slaine.*
**[13:38] ---**
Tharsis, launching.
**[13:44] ---**
The sight of a lowborn putting
on airs is offensive to me.
**[13:49] ---**
On the honor of Vers Orbital Knights,
I shall exact punishment.
**[13:53] ---**
Usurping an official post out
of self-interest without cause
**[13:57] ---**
disturbs both order
and public peace.
**[13:59] ---**
As the man in charge of Her Highness'
safety, I will punish you.
**[14:05] ---**
This will be a duel between
Count Marylcian and Count Troyard.
**[14:13] ---**
Begin!
**[14:31] ---**
You're a slippery devil,
just as the rumors say.
**[14:34] ---**
But can you escape from
my Herschel's attacks?
**[15:01] ---**
Milord Slaine!
**[15:02] ---**
Even with your predictive ability,
you cannot cope with this many.
**[15:16] ---**
What?!
**[15:18] ---**
Well, well, you're
fairly clever after all.
**[15:21] ---**
Nevertheless!
**[15:39] ---**
Futile, futile, it is futile!
**[15:49] ---**
The flower language meaning
of blue roses is "miracle"...
**[15:55] ---**
But their other meaning
**[15:57] ---**
is "the impossible."
**[16:01] ---**
Is it... is it truly hopeless?
**[16:11] ---**
Will she truly never
wake up again?
**[16:19] ---**
Please...
**[16:22] ---**
Please give us a miracle!
**[16:29] ---**
*That's right...*
**[16:32] ---**
It is impossible.
**[16:34] ---**
*I still believe!*
**[16:36] ---**
There are no miracles!
**[16:38] ---**
Slaine!
**[16:44] ---**
Is running all you can do?!
**[16:47] ---**
You inferior scum!
**[17:17] ---**
Inaho? What are you looking at?
**[17:20] ---**
They're fighting.
**[17:22] ---**
Where?
**[17:25] ---**
There's nowhere left to run!
**[17:29] ---**
You're the one who has
nowhere to run.
**[17:48] ---**
The Herschel's greatest weapon
**[17:50] ---**
is a simultaneous attack
from all directions.
**[17:52] ---**
But here, your attack is
confined to just one.
**[18:03] ---**
Material loading tunnels used during
the moon base's construction.
**[18:08] ---**
I've been mapping them out.
**[18:09] ---**
I won't be bested
**[18:13] ---**
by the likes of you!
**[18:16] ---**
Who do you think you are, Terran?!
**[18:31] ---**
Victor...
**[18:34] ---**
...Count Troyard.
**[18:37] ---**
In accordance with the law,
all of Count Marylcian's assets
**[18:41] ---**
are to be transferred to Count
Slaine Saazbaum Troyard.
**[18:47] ---**
Do you object?
**[18:50] ---**
As official witness, I, Barouhcruz,
certify the outcome.
**[18:58] ---**
It's over.
**[19:01] ---**
You can see everything, can't you?
**[19:04] ---**
Yes.
**[19:07] ---**
But I can't see what
I really want to know.
**[19:17] ---**
Inko, I'm sorry.
**[19:20] ---**
I didn't want to get you involved.
**[19:26] ---**
Jerk.
**[19:39] ---**
In conclusion,
**[19:40] ---**
I wish to inform you, the 37 Clans,
the new policy that we shall adopt.
**[19:47] ---**
We, who have acquired new lands
and resources on Earth,
**[19:50] ---**
do not need to rely on the
Vers homeworld forever.
**[19:54] ---**
Children eventually grow up
**[19:56] ---**
and they must leave their
mothers' protection
**[19:58] ---**
and strike out on their own.
**[20:01] ---**
I, Asseylum Vers Allusia,
**[20:05] ---**
will take Count Slaine Saazbaum
Troyard as my husband,
**[20:09] ---**
and proclaim that I shall create
a new kingdom here in Earthspace.
***SIGN*** Beyond the Deep Forest
**[22:02] ---**
I always admired you.
**[22:06] ---**
You were beautiful, kindhearted,
and beloved by all.
**[22:11] ---**
You had everything
that I did not.
**[22:18] ---**
But you and I have one thing
in common, Sister.
**[22:24] ---**
Royal blood. The Aldnoah activation factor.
**[22:29] ---**
It is a power that Slaine
has need of now.
**[22:36] ---**
I have decided to choose Slaine.
And Slaine has chosen me.
**[22:44] ---**
From now on,
I am Asseylum Vers Allusia.
**[22:50] ---**
I am you, Sister.
**[22:54] ---**
So you can let go, Sister...
**[23:10] ---**
I'm lying.
**[23:14] ---**
Even if you are a puppet,
you are still my sister.
**[23:23] ---**
Pleasant dreams.
# 19 - Here to There
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**[00:02] ---**
I, Asseylum Vers Allusia,
**[00:05] ---**
will take Count Slaine Saazbaum
Troyard as my husband,
**[00:09] ---**
and proclaim that I shall create
a new kingdom here in Earthspace.
**[00:15] ---**
*At this time, in spite of the best efforts
of you daring and resolute knights,*
**[00:19] ---**
*this war is giving every indication
that it will become protracted.*
**[00:23] ---**
*With matters having come to this,
what should our course of action be?*
**[00:28] ---**
*Is this a time for Orbital Knights
to squabble among themselves?*
**[00:31] ---**
*Is it a time to compete
for one's own glory?*
**[00:34] ---**
*The time has come for us to gather under one
flag and fight together for the future of Vers.*
**[00:42] ---**
*I have delegated all of my authority to the
lord of this newly empowered castle,*
**[00:48] ---**
*and my future consort, Count Troyard.*
**[00:59] ---**
*This includes the right to decide upon whom
to bestow the power to awaken Aldnoah.*
**[01:06] ---**
Until the day comes
when we achieve victory in this war,
**[01:09] ---**
it is my heartfelt wish that you think of
Count Troyard's words as my own
**[01:15] ---**
and rally to his side.
**[01:19] ---**
All that we do, we do for Vers!
**[03:00] ---**
The battle against Earth
continues to prove difficult, I see.
**[03:04] ---**
Yes, Milord. But to those knights
who are anxious regarding this situation,
**[03:09] ---**
Her Highness's words must have
been akin to divine revelation.
**[03:13] ---**
Divine revelation?
**[03:14] ---**
Everyone knows that she was only able to
issue that proclamation because of you.
**[03:21] ---**
To the knights who are unhappy
about the present state of affairs,
**[03:24] ---**
they were words from on high.
**[03:25] ---**
Surely they must feel that someone
has appeared who will lead them.
**[03:31] ---**
You exaggerate.
**[03:33] ---**
But on the other hand, rebel factions
are also certain to appear.
**[03:38] ---**
There is something that I wish
you to do on that front.
**[03:40] ---**
Make a display of power?
Is that what you mean, Milord?
**[03:44] ---**
No, if we continue to engage with such ilk,
we will never see the end of it.
**[03:48] ---**
Start by rooting out the
dangerous elements.
**[03:51] ---**
We can let the proper authorities
take it from there.
**[03:53] ---**
Milord?
**[03:54] ---**
Princess Asseylum's name
will be motivation enough.
**[03:57] ---**
And it should be simple enough
**[03:59] ---**
to strip them of their knighthood
with some random accusation or other.
**[04:03] ---**
You do not approve?
You think it too underhanded?
**[04:06] ---**
No, Milord. Quite the opposite.
**[04:09] ---**
It is only natural that you would stop
at nothing to achieve your goal.
**[04:12] ---**
Ever since the announcement, I...
**[04:15] ---**
If I may be so bold,
you seem to have firmed your resolve.
**[04:24] ---**
*My wish was to be close to Her Highness.*
**[04:27] ---**
*My wish was to be worthy of her.*
**[04:30] ---**
*And to be of some service to her...*
**[04:35] ---**
*But I...*
**[04:39] ---**
*If power is the only thing
that I can achieve, then...*
**[04:46] ---**
Is that you, Harklight? Enter.
**[04:50] ---**
M-Milord Slaine...
**[04:54] ---**
Miss Eddelrittuo?
**[04:58] ---**
We are quite satisfied with
your ship's current actions.
**[05:02] ---**
For the time being, we want you to continue
providing unit support as a commando squad.
**[05:08] ---**
I have no objections to that.
**[05:10] ---**
But with regard to the proclamation
by Princess Asseylum...
**[05:13] ---**
That nonsense about founding
a new dynasty in Earthspace?
**[05:16] ---**
It's nothing but big talk meant
to stir up the Mars Knights.
**[05:20] ---**
We doubt it's anything more.
**[05:21] ---**
That might be the case.
**[05:23] ---**
But perhaps we should consider
the possibility that the enemy's attacks
**[05:27] ---**
may escalate.
**[05:29] ---**
We're sitting on our thumbs, doing nothing?
Is that what you are implying?
**[05:34] ---**
No, sir. I meant nothing of the sort.
**[05:37] ---**
As far as new operations go, we are currently
coordinating with our primary units.
**[05:42] ---**
Once that has been finalized,
you will be contacted.
**[05:46] ---**
You may be unhappy with your
status as a commando unit,
**[05:50] ---**
but there is no telling how much faith we can
put in a ship that runs on enemy technology.
**[05:55] ---**
Not to put too fine a point on it,
but that's just how it is.
**[06:02] ---**
I'm amazed that you sat through
that without any outbursts.
**[06:05] ---**
Did you want me to?
Remember, I'm only here as your escort.
**[06:10] ---**
Anyway, I'm not that naive.
**[06:13] ---**
They just don't understand.
**[06:16] ---**
They probably just don't know what they've got.
They're doing the best they can.
**[06:20] ---**
No. I'm not griping about
how they're treating the Deucalion.
**[06:25] ---**
But they're being overconfident.
**[06:27] ---**
About us?
**[06:29] ---**
No, about the Martians.
**[06:31] ---**
The war may have tilted
ever so slightly in our favor,
**[06:34] ---**
but it does not justify
their possibly misguided optimism.
**[06:37] ---**
I find the prospect terrifying.
**[06:45] ---**
I will drain the therapeutic fluid and
bring Princess Asseylum to my castle.
**[06:49] ---**
Tell no one of this.
**[06:51] ---**
Not even Princess Lemrina, of course.
**[06:54] ---**
But why not—
**[06:55] ---**
Do as I say!
**[06:58] ---**
Forgive me. I did not mean to startle you.
**[07:05] ---**
No visitors allowed?!
**[07:08] ---**
My sister's condition is that serious?
**[07:12] ---**
She... Perhaps it was a miracle
that she held on for this long.
**[07:18] ---**
How much time does she have?
Today? Tomorrow?
**[07:21] ---**
They say that they still do not know.
**[07:23] ---**
It is just as possible that she will remain
in this condition indefinitely.
**[07:27] ---**
I see...
**[07:29] ---**
I can guess what you are feeling.
**[07:31] ---**
You may have mixed feelings, but she
is your only sibling by blood.
**[07:36] ---**
It is you who are truly sad,
aren't you, Slaine?
**[07:42] ---**
I must go.
**[07:45] ---**
Slaine...
**[07:49] ---**
I forgive you, Slaine.
**[07:52] ---**
Even if you cry in front of me today.
**[07:56] ---**
Even if you shed tears over her.
**[07:59] ---**
Because I...
**[08:03] ---**
...am already yours.
**[08:10] ---**
Could that have triggered it?
No... It couldn't be.
**[08:18] ---**
I always looked up to you.
**[08:20] ---**
You had everything that I did not.
So I hated you.
**[08:28] ---**
Still, do not worry, sister.
**[08:30] ---**
From now on, I will officially
take your place.
**[08:35] ---**
I will be Slaine's support!
**[08:43] ---**
Why...?
**[08:57] ---**
Huh? What's up with that?
**[08:59] ---**
Does that mean she got ditched here?
**[09:01] ---**
"The captain left me in charge
because she trusts me."
**[09:05] ---**
That's what she said, but Cdr. Mizusaki
has got to be devastated.
**[09:10] ---**
Why did she pick Lt. Marito of all people
as her traveling companion?
**[09:13] ---**
Companion? Escort, more like.
**[09:16] ---**
What's this about Lt. Marito?
**[09:18] ---**
No, um... It's just that he accompanied
the captain to the conference,
**[09:23] ---**
so I thought it might be serious.
**[09:25] ---**
Ah. With that Martian proclamation and all,
the situation is definitely in flux.
**[09:31] ---**
I can't believe that the princess
is getting married...
**[09:34] ---**
That's what you're interested in?
**[09:36] ---**
No, but look...
**[09:37] ---**
Isn't it possible that her change of heart was
because of someone she developed feelings for?
**[09:43] ---**
Like, she was seduced by him or something?
**[09:46] ---**
Sorry.
**[09:47] ---**
But we're still not 100% sure that
the Princess Asseylum who said that
**[09:53] ---**
was the princess who
spent time with us, right?
**[09:56] ---**
I honestly can't say.
**[09:58] ---**
Inaho insists that she is an impostor,
**[10:02] ---**
but there's no telling
just how much even he can see.
**[10:07] ---**
Have you eaten?
**[10:11] ---**
In a bit. Let me find
a good place to leave off.
**[10:14] ---**
You've been this way since we were little.
**[10:17] ---**
When you're into something,
everything else fades away.
**[10:19] ---**
Here.
**[10:21] ---**
Thanks, Yuki.
**[10:23] ---**
You've heard, right? About Asseylum's, uh...
**[10:28] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:29] ---**
That proclamation seemed to prove
everything you've been saying.
**[10:34] ---**
It all seems a little too convenient, and if that
really were the genuine Princess Asseylum,
**[10:39] ---**
would she think of a founding
a kingdom in Earthspace?
**[10:45] ---**
Slaine Troyard.
**[10:49] ---**
That douchebag who shot
my dear little brother?
**[10:52] ---**
Thanks. But watch your language, Yuki.
**[10:58] ---**
It doesn't matter if she's
real or not anymore.
**[11:03] ---**
I don't think anyone would listen to her.
**[11:06] ---**
Even if she tried to broker a peace
between Earth and Mars again.
**[11:13] ---**
About the attack on Earth, Milord,
**[11:15] ---**
if there are no problems,
I will get preparations underway.
**[11:21] ---**
Milord Slaine?
**[11:23] ---**
I'm listening. Proceed as planned.
**[11:26] ---**
Yes, Milord. Her Highness has yet to—
**[11:29] ---**
She will wake up soon. I know it.
**[11:31] ---**
I eagerly await that day, Milord.
**[11:35] ---**
As do I.
**[11:36] ---**
But... the thought also terrifies me.
**[11:38] ---**
Milord?
**[11:40] ---**
It's nothing.
**[11:48] ---**
Has there been any change?
**[11:51] ---**
No. They believe that she might remain
in this condition for some time.
**[11:55] ---**
We will wait as long as it takes.
We are used to waiting.
**[11:59] ---**
She will surely be surprised, waking up
to find that everything has changed.
**[12:05] ---**
Will I...
**[12:07] ---**
Will I seem different to her, as well?
**[12:12] ---**
She will think that you have grown
into a fine man, I'm sure of it.
**[12:20] ---**
I shall return.
**[12:32] ---**
Milord Slaine!
**[12:35] ---**
...rittuo...
**[12:38] ---**
Eddelrittuo...
**[12:40] ---**
Milady...
**[12:42] ---**
I...
**[12:44] ---**
She... She is awake...
**[12:49] ---**
Your Highness! It is me! It is Slaine!
**[12:54] ---**
Do you recognize me?
It's Slaine, Slaine Troyard!
**[13:01] ---**
I am Slaine Troyard...
**[13:15] ---**
Your Highness...
**[13:16] ---**
Slaine... Slaine... Slaine...
**[13:23] ---**
Slaine... Slaine... Slaine...
**[13:28] ---**
Your Highness!
**[13:31] ---**
I've been waiting so long to hear you
say my name once again!
**[14:26] ---**
*Let me begin by saying that I am glad
to see you safe, Count Mazuurek.*
**[14:29] ---**
My apologies for causing you
to worry, Count Barouhcruz.
**[14:33] ---**
*So, what are your plans?*
**[14:35] ---**
I have none as yet. I have lost
my Kataphrakt, as well.
**[14:39] ---**
*If you wish to ally yourself with Count
Troyard, I can act as intermediary.*
**[14:44] ---**
I have heard what happened
with Count Marylcian.
**[14:47] ---**
It must have been most galling.
**[14:49] ---**
*No, both sides fought fairly,
and that was the result.*
**[14:54] ---**
*There is nothing to hold a grudge over.*
**[14:56] ---**
Count Barouhcruz,
Troyard is dangerous.
**[14:59] ---**
He not only killed Marylcian,
**[15:02] ---**
there are even suspicions that
he also killed Count Saazbaum—
**[15:04] ---**
*Who spoke of such accusations?*
**[15:09] ---**
I merely... But you—
**[15:11] ---**
*Hold your tongue. How could you let yourself
be misled by such unfounded rumors?*
**[15:18] ---**
*You heard Princess Asseylum's
proclamation, I take it?*
**[15:22] ---**
*No one can stop Count Troyard's rise.*
**[15:26] ---**
*Not when he holds all the cards,
even Aldnoah activation privileges.*
**[15:30] ---**
*As they say, "Do not try to fight
an Olympian sandstorm."*
**[15:34] ---**
*If you wish to make a comeback,
I suggest you choose wisely.*
**[15:41] ---**
Count Barouhcruz pledges his full
and unconditional cooperation.
**[15:45] ---**
Counts Sebring and Raffia have have
yet to make their allegiances clear,
**[15:50] ---**
but they appear to be amenable to
acknowledging the new kingdom.
**[15:55] ---**
Morale is also on the increase
within the base.
**[15:57] ---**
We have almost finished compiling
**[16:00] ---**
the list of knights who
seem likely to oppose you.
**[16:03] ---**
We are ready to take the necessary
steps by force at any time.
**[16:07] ---**
Milord Slaine?
**[16:10] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[16:13] ---**
Begging your pardon, Milord, but is it
about Princess Asseylum's recovery?
**[16:22] ---**
You want me to give her time off? Eddelrittuo?
**[16:25] ---**
Yes. If only a little while.
**[16:29] ---**
Princess Asseylum's sudden turn
came as quite a shock to her.
**[16:34] ---**
Yes, I shouldn't wonder. And how are
you taking it, Slaine? I've been worried.
**[16:42] ---**
Thank you for your concern.
**[16:44] ---**
You are the only person
that I can count on now.
**[16:50] ---**
I will make Vers mine.
**[16:53] ---**
For Her Highness.
**[17:10] ---**
Dales Platoon and Orlov Platoon currently
marching towards enemy Landing Castle.
**[17:15] ---**
Clydesdale and Mustang commando platoons,
be on alert for enemy Kataphrakts,
**[17:20] ---**
and once one's spotted, go on the offensive
immediately and destroy it.
**[17:33] ---**
They're lovely.
**[17:34] ---**
Yes, Lord Slaine had this garden
made for you, Milady.
**[17:39] ---**
Oh, he did?
**[17:43] ---**
It looks just like Earth.
**[17:45] ---**
It does. Are your memories of Earth returning?
**[17:57] ---**
Birds...
**[17:59] ---**
I was watching birds... with that boy.
**[18:02] ---**
Inaho Kaizuka, Milady?
**[18:07] ---**
Kaizuka...?
**[18:27] ---**
Is something the matter?
**[18:28] ---**
Er, no... Look, aren't those flowers lovely, too?
**[18:39] ---**
This is Dales Platoon.
**[18:40] ---**
Currently closing on enemy
Landing Castle with Orlov Platoon.
**[18:44] ---**
Clydesdale Platoon?
**[18:52] ---**
The arrowheads are equipped with
a powerful explosive charge! Be careful!
**[18:57] ---**
Bastard!
**[19:00] ---**
Don't waste your ammunition!
The enemy is cloaked and fast!
**[19:05] ---**
The bow seems to be its weapon,
which is probably to...
**[19:08] ---**
Right, muzzle flashes would make
it easy to pinpoint its location.
**[19:12] ---**
This must be to avoid that.
**[19:13] ---**
Optical camouflage?
They have cloaking technology?
**[19:17] ---**
*The device's based on that, but...*
**[19:18] ---**
It's more ingenious than just that.
**[19:21] ---**
There's nothing on my thermograph,
and it's not casting a shadow. But...
**[19:26] ---**
It's definitely out there.
**[19:28] ---**
*Yeah.*
**[19:34] ---**
You are giving this
to me, Milord?
**[19:35] ---**
Customize it however you like.
I've already discussed the matters
**[19:39] ---**
of your peerage title and activation
factor with Princess Lemrina.
**[19:42] ---**
Milord Slaine...
**[19:44] ---**
The arrow has been loosed.
There is no turning back now.
**[19:48] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[19:50] ---**
Inform Count Sebring,
Count Raffia, and Count Orga
**[19:54] ---**
that they are to prove their fealty to me.
**[20:02] ---**
Smoke grenades, loading complete.
**[20:05] ---**
Ready here, too.
**[20:09] ---**
*Fire!*
**[20:24] ---**
*He's right. It's definitely out there.
And if it is...*
**[20:30] ---**
*...it will have an effect on air currents!*
**[20:38] ---**
*Target located.*
**[20:40] ---**
Right! Open fire!
**[20:42] ---**
*Lieutenant!*
**[20:43] ---**
What is it?
**[20:44] ---**
*At our 3 o'clock! New enemy!*
**[20:57] ---**
New enemy closing in from dead ahead!
**[20:59] ---**
They're attacking as a team?
**[21:01] ---**
*From overhead, too! Incoming!*
**[21:11] ---**
A Landing Castle...
**[21:12] ---**
All units, brace for impact!
**[21:42] ---**
*Multiple Landing Castles...*
**[21:44] ---**
*Multiple Kataphrakts...*
**[21:47] ---**
*Simultaneously!*
**[21:50] ---**
*He's making his move!*
**[21:52] ---**
*It's him!*
**[21:55] ---**
*That's right. It's too late for doubts now.*
**[21:59] ---**
*There is no returning from
this place I have come to.*
***SIGN*** Flaw in Paradise
# 20 - The Light of Day
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**[00:05] ---**
Damn you...
**[00:11] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[00:17] ---**
All units, spread out!
**[00:20] ---**
No go, huh? I thought that if it was
also using lightning to attack,
**[00:23] ---**
there would be an opening
while it switched over.
**[00:26] ---**
*Looks like it isn't going
to be that easy.*
**[00:29] ---**
In which case, what are
our other options...?
**[00:33] ---**
Lt. Marito!
**[00:34] ---**
*Message from the Deucalion!
HQ has ordered us to pull out.*
**[00:38] ---**
Pull out? All our forces?
**[00:40] ---**
*Dales and Orlov Platoons should
have gotten the order by now.*
**[00:44] ---**
*But...*
**[00:45] ---**
*But what?*
**[00:48] ---**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[00:52] ---**
Dales 22!
**[00:53] ---**
Where is he?!
**[00:54] ---**
Where's the enemy?!
**[00:57] ---**
Commander!
**[00:59] ---**
*The invisible Kataphrakt we failed
to destroy is over there.*
**[01:02] ---**
*Crap.*
**[01:03] ---**
Clydesdale Leader to Orlov
Leader, can you hear me?
**[01:07] ---**
Retreat!
**[01:09] ---**
*This is... Orlov Leader...*
**[01:11] ---**
*Retreat's impossible...*
**[01:13] ---**
I'm the... only... one left...
**[01:22] ---**
Lightning and Invisibility...
And one other?
**[01:30] ---**
Order them to continue.
**[01:32] ---**
Encircle and eliminate.
**[01:35] ---**
*As you wish, Milord.*
**[01:46] ---**
Princess Asseylum?
**[01:48] ---**
What is this?!
**[01:49] ---**
I have done all I can.
**[01:54] ---**
The rest is up to her.
**[01:59] ---**
I'm sorry, Slaine...
**[02:09] ---**
No...
**[04:03] ---**
*Dales 11!*
**[04:11] ---**
*Clydesdale Leader!*
**[04:13] ---**
Kaizuka Jr.!
**[04:23] ---**
Please pull out! The smoke screen should
obstruct the enemy's vision a little.
**[04:27] ---**
*Go!*
**[04:28] ---**
R-Roger!
**[04:33] ---**
*Plus... We can use this
smoke to attack.*
**[04:41] ---**
Found him.
**[04:42] ---**
*To the right! Get clear!*
**[04:51] ---**
Mustang Leader!
What's going on, Kaizuka,
**[04:54] ---**
I thought you were going
to keep Lightning busy!
**[04:56] ---**
*Sorry.*
**[04:57] ---**
Its fire suddenly shifted, like it was
concentrating in your direction.
**[05:02] ---**
Crap...
**[05:08] ---**
We're surrounded?!
**[05:10] ---**
Looks that way.
**[05:23] ---**
The Deucalion?
**[05:31] ---**
Damage report!
**[05:32] ---**
We're okay! We're managing
to discharge it!
**[05:34] ---**
Set us down and extract
all Kataphrakts.
**[05:37] ---**
Here, ma'am? That's right in
the middle of the enemy!
**[05:40] ---**
We're landing!
**[05:43] ---**
KCAS, 10 knots.
**[05:44] ---**
You're descending too fast,
and there's a strong tail wind!
**[05:46] ---**
We're okay! The Aldnoah drive
is handling it!
**[05:49] ---**
Antigrav device to maximum!
Vertical speed, 1,200 feet per second!
**[05:57] ---**
Get aboard!
**[05:58] ---**
*Guide in Dales Platoon, hurry!*
**[06:02] ---**
Open ventral hatch!
Retrieve all Kataphrakts!
**[06:06] ---**
At our 9 o'clock!
Enemy Kataphrakt closing in!
**[06:12] ---**
Fire main guns!
**[06:18] ---**
Kataphrakt retrieval complete!
**[06:20] ---**
We're leaving!
**[06:26] ---**
What's that?
**[06:27] ---**
Another enemy Kataphrakt to aft!
Same type as the one we just destroyed!
**[06:31] ---**
Reinforcements?
**[06:32] ---**
Another at our 2 o'clock! These
aren't reinforcements! They're...
**[06:51] ---**
Enemy returns, 12... 16... 24...
Number keeps climbing!
**[06:56] ---**
A duplication ability?
**[06:58] ---**
All ahead full!
**[06:59] ---**
Damn it...
**[07:13] ---**
Weather radar, Doppler radar,
both offline!
**[07:16] ---**
Crap... Our discharge system must've
been damaged by Invisibility's arrow.
**[07:20] ---**
Radio's out, too!
**[07:21] ---**
GPS display lost,
2D radar also offline!
**[07:25] ---**
No way!
**[07:26] ---**
Stay calm! Continue ascent!
**[07:29] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[07:32] ---**
I see. You are amenable to serving
Count Troyard, then?
**[07:37] ---**
*Yes.*
**[07:38] ---**
I shall pass word along at once.
**[07:40] ---**
*There is one other favor
I would ask of you.*
**[07:43] ---**
What is it?
**[07:44] ---**
Might I be granted an audience
with Princess Asseylum?
**[07:47] ---**
What? A personal audience
with Her Highness?
**[07:50] ---**
*Yes. And if possible,
with Count Troyard as well.*
**[07:53] ---**
That is no small task... However, I will
endeavor to see that you are accommodated.
**[08:00] ---**
It will come at a price.
**[08:03] ---**
*I understand.*
**[08:05] ---**
They say defeat strengthens a man.
**[08:08] ---**
It's certainly proven to be the case here.
**[08:10] ---**
*Beg pardon?*
**[08:11] ---**
Getting into the good graces
of not only Count Troyard,
**[08:12] ---**
but Princess Asseylum as well,
would be most beneficial.
**[08:16] ---**
However, do not wear your
ambition on your sleeve.
**[08:20] ---**
There is a chance that
it might trip you up.
**[08:23] ---**
*Of course...*
**[08:30] ---**
Princess Asseylum is an impostor.
**[08:36] ---**
I'm going into space.
Prepare a shuttle.
**[08:39] ---**
Congratulations on your victory,
Milord Slaine.
**[08:42] ---**
This is no cause for celebration,
not when the enemy escaped.
**[08:47] ---**
The objective of securing territory
was accomplished.
**[08:50] ---**
Is that not success enough?
**[08:52] ---**
This is sure to cause more knights
to swear loyalty to you.
**[08:56] ---**
We cannot let our guard down. Nothing is less
reliable than a knight's vow of loyalty.
**[09:03] ---**
I am well aware, Milord.
**[09:05] ---**
And about that request from Count Barouhcruz?
What answer shall I give?
**[09:11] ---**
Go ahead.
**[09:12] ---**
Milord?
**[09:13] ---**
Mazuurek, his name was? If he wants to
see the princess, let him see her.
**[09:18] ---**
She is happily fulfilling her role
of extending our power base.
**[09:23] ---**
For the time being, at least.
**[09:35] ---**
It's no use. This goes
way beyond a quick fix.
**[09:38] ---**
You're kidding... Night vision's also out,
so I can't even fly by eye.
**[09:46] ---**
What's malfunctioning?
The sensor system?
**[09:48] ---**
How did you know, Lt. Kaizuka?
**[09:51] ---**
It's easy to tell. Though minuscule
in degree, the ship's been drifting.
**[09:56] ---**
With this ship, engine-related malfunctions
are unlikely. In which case...
**[10:00] ---**
A-Anyway, help us out!
We're all kinds of screwed!
**[10:12] ---**
You should lower our altitude a little.
Low enough to keep us off enemy radar.
**[10:16] ---**
But the altimeter and GPWS are both dead,
so I'm scared to take us too low.
**[10:21] ---**
I can tell how high we are.
We're at 9,200 now.
**[10:25] ---**
You can see all that?
**[10:28] ---**
Can you also pick up
VOR stations?
**[10:30] ---**
Yes.
**[10:33] ---**
Once you have both signals,
tell me. I'll calculate our radial.
**[10:36] ---**
All right.
**[10:37] ---**
What's our heading?
I was trying to put us on 110.
**[10:40] ---**
You're almost there.
**[10:42] ---**
Fly at an offset of 3 degrees for 2 minutes.
Then straighten out and maintain heading.
**[10:47] ---**
This is bad... Are we caught
in some nasty turbulence?
**[10:51] ---**
It looks like it goes on for a while.
Just to be safe, adjust speed...
**[10:54] ---**
I've got this.
**[10:57] ---**
I can handle this much.
It's nothing new.
**[11:00] ---**
So I see. From here on out, it looks like
it's experience that's most important.
**[11:04] ---**
Once I pick up an LLG,
I'll let you know.
**[11:06] ---**
Right!
**[11:10] ---**
Thank you.
**[11:11] ---**
Actually, we should be
thanking you for earlier.
**[11:14] ---**
Lt. Marito was pretty surprised that
you would do something so crazy.
**[11:19] ---**
"You're the last person I want to hear
that from." Tell him I said that.
**[11:25] ---**
Oh, is that so?
**[11:27] ---**
Preparations for the founding
are proceeding smoothly, then?
**[11:30] ---**
Yes.
**[11:31] ---**
I can hardly wait for
this new kingdom.
**[11:35] ---**
And to be able to go
to your homeworld.
**[11:37] ---**
It is a world inhabited
by vulgar trash.
**[11:40] ---**
It is hardly the restful place
conjured up by the word "home."
**[11:43] ---**
Rather, I never had such
a place to begin with.
**[11:49] ---**
Neither did I.
**[11:52] ---**
There is nowhere that
I might find solace,
**[11:56] ---**
neither on Vers
or in royal standing.
**[12:00] ---**
Slaine. Anywhere that I may
be together with you,
**[12:04] ---**
more than anywhere else,
that is my home.
**[12:10] ---**
You honor me.
**[12:15] ---**
I shall call on you
again later, then.
**[12:18] ---**
Slaine, dinner is ready.
**[12:25] ---**
My apologies, but there are still pressing
matters that I must attend to.
**[12:28] ---**
Please forgive me.
**[12:45] ---**
Ina-
**[12:51] ---**
Oh, Inko.
What's the matter?
**[12:54] ---**
Um, about yesterday. Nina was gushing
about how you helped out.
**[13:00] ---**
Oh. Sure.
**[13:02] ---**
Uh... Is something wrong?
**[13:05] ---**
What do you mean?
**[13:06] ---**
What? But...
**[13:11] ---**
It's nothing, but...
**[13:13] ---**
What do you think about the enemy
coordinating their actions?
**[13:16] ---**
Maybe they're just so hard pressed that
they've been forced to swallow their pride.
**[13:21] ---**
If that is the case, I don't
think we have much to fear.
**[13:25] ---**
Do you suppose it's connected
to that proclamation, then?
**[13:30] ---**
That Orbital Knight named Slaine Troyard
who is behind Princess Asseylum...
**[13:34] ---**
I hear even Kaizuka Jr. thinks
he is a force to be reckoned with.
**[13:37] ---**
If this opponent really is setting things
into motion with a goal in mind,
**[13:42] ---**
it's not a simple scheme that we can
counter with just superior resources.
**[13:47] ---**
Enter.
**[13:51] ---**
PFC Matsuribi, entering.
**[13:55] ---**
Message from HQ, ma'am.
**[13:59] ---**
A request for reinforcements?
**[14:01] ---**
"Launch all-out attack on
captured territory and retake it."
**[14:07] ---**
Throw sheer numbers at them?
**[14:12] ---**
That's the long and short of it.
**[14:15] ---**
And how have you
been feeling since?
**[14:18] ---**
Physically, I feel fine.
**[14:22] ---**
My memory, however...
It is still rather hazy.
**[14:27] ---**
That is hardly surprising. The very fact that
you regained consciousness was a miracle.
**[14:34] ---**
Please...
**[14:37] ---**
Please do not force
yourself to remember.
**[14:41] ---**
Thank you, Slaine.
**[14:45] ---**
I'm afraid that I must take my
leave now. Please get some rest.
**[14:49] ---**
I will.
**[14:50] ---**
I shall return.
Please look after Her Highness.
**[14:54] ---**
Excuse me, Milord Slaine...
**[15:00] ---**
I can guess what it is
that you wish to ask.
**[15:03] ---**
The proclamation, yes? Taking me as her
husband and founding a country...
**[15:10] ---**
That proclamation issued
by Princess Lemrina
**[15:13] ---**
was entirely the result of
the weakness in my heart.
**[15:17] ---**
"Princess Asseylum
is sure to wake up."
**[15:20] ---**
I tried to hold on to that belief but failed,
having given up somewhere deep down.
**[15:30] ---**
But then a miracle happened, as if to
reprimand me for being such a fool.
**[15:36] ---**
With the situation having
changed so drastically,
**[15:39] ---**
what I must think about now is,
how can I make Her Highness happy?
**[15:44] ---**
That, and that alone.
**[15:48] ---**
But what of Princess Lemrina?
**[15:51] ---**
As to what she is looking for...
I can tell.
**[15:55] ---**
The same thing as me, I suspect.
A place where she can find solace.
**[16:02] ---**
But that is something the two
of us cannot ever obtain together.
**[16:07] ---**
We mustn't tell her everything yet.
**[16:10] ---**
But even if she looks down on or derides
me for what I am doing here,
**[16:17] ---**
I do not particularly mind.
**[16:22] ---**
It's ironic.
**[16:25] ---**
I had waited with such hope
for Her Highness to awaken.
**[16:30] ---**
But now, what I hope for is that
her memory never returns.
**[16:35] ---**
Your newfound resolve to serve
my trusted Count Troyard
**[16:39] ---**
fills me with such joy
that I cannot contain it.
**[16:43] ---**
Your Highness is too kind.
**[16:46] ---**
I am fully prepared to serve
both Your Highness
**[16:49] ---**
and Count Troyard with
wholehearted devotion.
**[16:52] ---**
I, too, was touched by
Count Mazuurek's drive
**[16:55] ---**
as he swore to rise once more
for the sake of Vers' future
**[17:02] ---**
even as he was held
prisoner on Earth.
**[17:04] ---**
Begging Your Highness' pardon...
**[17:06] ---**
I am given to understand that you once
underwent similar hardships on Earth.
**[17:13] ---**
Yes, something similar.
**[17:15] ---**
Terrans are all such... vulgar trash.
**[17:21] ---**
There was not a single one that
Your Highness grew close to?
**[17:24] ---**
Close to? I think not.
**[17:27] ---**
I left all interaction with Terrans
to my handmaiden.
**[17:32] ---**
I once entertained the notion of
reconciling with those people,
**[17:38] ---**
but I now see what a fool I was.
**[17:44] ---**
Why is Slaine not here
at a time like this?
**[17:48] ---**
Lord Slaine is rushing about, making
preparations for the new operation.
**[17:52] ---**
He said as much earlier.
**[17:55] ---**
He has been locking himself away in
his castle far too often lately.
**[17:58] ---**
Whatever he is doing,
can he not do it here?
**[18:01] ---**
I believe it involves documents
of grave import and the like.
**[18:04] ---**
Then I shall go to him.
**[18:07] ---**
But, Highness—
**[18:08] ---**
I shall relocate
to the Landing Castle.
**[18:12] ---**
Your Highness!
**[18:17] ---**
Are you unharmed, Highness?
**[18:19] ---**
I do apologize.
**[18:20] ---**
How long will it be...
**[18:24] ---**
Tell me, how long will it be...
**[18:35] ---**
I shall see you
to your room, Highness.
**[18:59] ---**
Please pardon the delay, Count Mazuurek.
Please follow me to the parlor.
**[19:05] ---**
You seem to have finished
checking my credentials.
**[19:08] ---**
I deeply apologize.
**[19:09] ---**
Not at all, it is I who
committed a grave blunder.
**[19:13] ---**
To think that my own ship
would suffer such a malfunction...
**[19:16] ---**
How fortunate for me that
you were in the vicinity.
**[19:21] ---**
Oh, I see... Count Troyard
is still at the moonbase.
**[19:25] ---**
Yes, Milord. I regret to say
that you have missed him.
**[19:28] ---**
Lord Harklight is on
his way here now.
**[19:33] ---**
*I made my move as soon as I was
certain that he was not here.*
**[19:37] ---**
*Troyard is commuting between here and
the moonbase more than is necessary.*
**[19:44] ---**
*The princess may be here...*
**[19:55] ---**
Please wait here.
**[19:59] ---**
Are these Terran flowers?
**[20:02] ---**
Yes.
**[20:03] ---**
This castle has undergone
quite the transformation.
**[20:07] ---**
You can tell, Milord?
**[20:09] ---**
I was an acquaintance
of its former master.
**[20:12] ---**
He detested all things Terran, fearing
that they harbored microorganisms.
**[20:17] ---**
There is no need for such concern.
Terran flowers are perfectly safe—
**[20:22] ---**
Oh, you have been to Earth, then?
**[20:23] ---**
N-No, that is only
what I have heard.
**[20:27] ---**
I had heard that Princess Asseylum had
an attendant, but I did not expect—
**[20:33] ---**
No. I mean... Her Highness
went to Earth alone.
**[20:37] ---**
No one is speaking of Earth.
**[20:42] ---**
I-I must be going!
**[20:46] ---**
You truly have not gone there? Do you
know what happened on Earth?
**[20:52] ---**
What about a boy named
Inaho Kaizuka?
**[20:59] ---**
How long will it be...
Tell me, sister...
**[21:05] ---**
How long will it be before you release
his heart from your grasp?
**[21:13] ---**
For me?
**[21:15] ---**
Yes, Milady. He said that he
wanted me to give it to you.
**[21:20] ---**
To the princess who
knew about Earth.
**[21:41] ---**
This is...
**[21:54] ---**
Milady!
**[21:57] ---**
I...
**[22:06] ---**
I...
***SIGN*** The Price of Honor
# 21 - The Fortune's Fool
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[00:01] ---**
Why are you doing this?
**[00:04] ---**
I want you to go back
to your Landing Castle
**[00:06] ---**
and find out where the real
Princess Asseylum is.
**[00:11] ---**
Why me?
**[00:12] ---**
Because you want the same thing
as Princess Asseylum.
**[00:18] ---**
There's one other thing that I
want you to find out for me.
**[00:23] ---**
What Slaine Troyard's objective is.
**[00:25] ---**
Objective?
**[00:28] ---**
Take this.
**[00:31] ---**
When you meet Princess Asseylum,
show this to her.
**[00:35] ---**
She'll know that you are on our side.
**[00:48] ---**
Milady!
**[02:25] ---**
What happened after that, Harklight?
**[02:28] ---**
Pacification of the Lake Victoria area
**[02:30] ---**
centered around the Landing Castle
touchdown point is complete.
**[02:33] ---**
Well done.
**[02:34] ---**
The might of a united front
by multiple Orbital Knights
**[02:37] ---**
struck fear into more than the UFE, I'd wager.
**[02:42] ---**
I believe that this success will have impressed
upon everyone the value of a leader.
**[02:47] ---**
Because they never expected
a difficult fight on Earth,
**[02:49] ---**
not with the power of Aldnoah
at their disposal.
**[02:52] ---**
Aldnoah...
**[02:57] ---**
Count Saazbaum lamented our hierarchical
society based on Aldnoah activation rights.
**[03:03] ---**
He even believed it was a mistake to
live on Mars in the first place.
**[03:08] ---**
Because they had the power to do so, humans
migrated to Mars and began the war.
**[03:14] ---**
Princess Asseylum, Princess Lemrina...
**[03:17] ---**
Both are victims of Aldnoah.
**[03:20] ---**
That holds true for us, as well.
**[03:23] ---**
But our days of being swallowed
by that power are at an end.
**[03:28] ---**
Using the territory we gained
in this battle as a beachhead,
**[03:30] ---**
we will eventually expand our domain
across the entire Earth.
**[03:33] ---**
And then, by combining the power of
Aldnoah with bountiful resources,
**[03:38] ---**
we will build our world.
**[03:44] ---**
Repair status?
**[03:46] ---**
Not good, ma'am.
**[03:48] ---**
The wiring is fried, and it's taking
a long time to replace it.
**[03:53] ---**
A mission at a time like this...?
**[03:56] ---**
The Deucalion is grounded,
so our Kataphraktoi platoons
**[03:59] ---**
will have to be transported via
landing craft to the battle line.
**[04:02] ---**
Our two platoons will attack the Landing Castle
from the north and cause a disturbance
**[04:07] ---**
and provide cover for the assault force
that will attack from the southwest.
**[04:10] ---**
"Commando unit" has a nice ring to it,
but we're really just sacrificial pawns.
**[04:15] ---**
Perhaps Command has calculated that
the odds are in their favor somehow.
**[04:18] ---**
Do you think those odds extend to us?
**[04:22] ---**
I don't, ma'am.
**[04:23] ---**
In that case, I suppose we need
to run our own set of numbers.
**[04:28] ---**
Hey, Kaizuka Jr.
**[04:30] ---**
Can that fast thinking of yours do something
about those damn Martians?
**[04:34] ---**
It's tricky.
**[04:36] ---**
Elektris, which uses electricity as a weapon.
And Skandia, which can turn invisible.
**[04:41] ---**
Both are formidable on their own.
**[04:43] ---**
And as far as the Ortygia's
replication ability goes,
**[04:46] ---**
I don't have anywhere near enough data.
**[04:47] ---**
Sparks, Dupes, and Houdini.
**[04:50] ---**
It's like we're in a Sonny Chiba
movie or something.
**[04:52] ---**
We know from observation
that when the Ortygia splits,
**[04:56] ---**
it always splits from one into two,
never into three or more.
**[05:01] ---**
When the second one appears, it's always
within a radius of 30 meters.
**[05:05] ---**
No matter how much it splits, there's probably
only one original that's piloted.
**[05:09] ---**
The rest are fakes.
**[05:11] ---**
So our only option is to locate
and destroy the original.
**[05:14] ---**
But how do we do that?
**[05:15] ---**
I guess the only way is to mark the original
before it duplicates and track it that way.
**[05:20] ---**
If we put up a smoke screen, we can use trails
in the smoke to locate the Skandia.
**[05:25] ---**
And the lightning?
Do you have any ideas for that?
**[05:27] ---**
One hit from that, and it'll blow
our electronics and actuators.
**[05:33] ---**
What about insulators? You know, the stuff
that doesn't conduct electricity.
**[05:37] ---**
Are you stupid?
What are you, a grade-schooler?
**[05:40] ---**
Why am I stupid?
What's wrong with that?
**[05:43] ---**
Air already is an insulator.
**[05:46] ---**
There's no way to block electricity that's powerful
enough to punch through so much insulation.
**[05:51] ---**
But what makes it really tricky
**[05:53] ---**
is the fact that these tough bastards
are working together.
**[05:57] ---**
Yeah, they're bad enough one at a time.
**[06:00] ---**
Hang on...
**[06:02] ---**
I might have an idea.
**[06:03] ---**
You're gonna use your eye again?
**[06:07] ---**
Don't worry, it's fine.
**[06:10] ---**
I'm always running a mutation code.
**[06:12] ---**
It gets more and more optimized over time.
**[06:15] ---**
Its predictive ability is
even better than before.
**[06:19] ---**
Calm, will you do a loadout change for me?
**[06:21] ---**
No problem. Just tell me what you need.
**[06:24] ---**
What I used up there. I need those.
**[06:35] ---**
*Princess Lemrina, the invasion of Earth
is proceeding without incident.*
**[06:40] ---**
I see. I knew that you could do it, Slaine.
**[06:43] ---**
*On a related note, perhaps
you could say a few words*
**[06:46] ---**
*to those Orbital Knights who
distinguished themselves in battle?*
**[06:49] ---**
"Me," you mean?
**[06:51] ---**
*Yes. If Princess Asseylum were
to honor their achievements,*
**[06:54] ---**
*it would win over more
Orbital Knights to our side.*
**[06:58] ---**
"Our" side?
**[06:59] ---**
*Yes, Princess Lemrina.*
**[07:03] ---**
Very well.
**[07:04] ---**
Incidentally, Slaine,
what is my sister's condition?
**[07:08] ---**
*The reports say that she is
still in critical condition.*
**[07:12] ---**
I see.
**[07:13] ---**
*For now, all we can do is have faith in the
medical staff and entrust her to their care.*
**[07:17] ---**
That's true, let's pray for a quick recovery.
**[07:21] ---**
You shouldn't dwell on it
too much either, Slaine.
**[07:24] ---**
*Thank you for your kind words.
Excuse me, but I must go.*
**[07:31] ---**
You liar.
**[07:41] ---**
*Clydesdale Leader to all units!
All units, spread out!*
**[07:46] ---**
*Mustang Leader to Mustang 00.
Nao, what's their position?*
**[07:51] ---**
*Preliminary results are in.*
**[07:52] ---**
*Sending coordinates and timing.*
**[07:56] ---**
Mustang 11, 22. Move out.
**[07:59] ---**
*- Roger.
- Roger.*
**[08:11] ---**
*Ortygia Master is our first target.*
**[08:14] ---**
Attack simultaneously and destroy it.
**[08:17] ---**
*Sorraia Platoon, straight ahead!*
**[08:19] ---**
*Gotland Platoon, swing around to the west!*
**[08:21] ---**
*Sorraia Platoon, acknowledged.*
**[08:23] ---**
*Gotland Platoon, acknowledged!*
**[08:25] ---**
*Master is the third from the right.*
**[08:29] ---**
*Commence attack!*
**[08:36] ---**
You thought you had the original? Guess again.
**[08:40] ---**
I, Orga, will deal with
the main enemy force.
**[08:45] ---**
Nonius Platoon, Pleven Platoon, launch
focused attack on the Skandia and destroy it.
**[08:50] ---**
*Smoke grenades, fire.*
**[08:58] ---**
*Spotted him! Over there!*
**[09:01] ---**
*Fire, fire, fire, fire!*
**[09:05] ---**
Up to the same tricks again?
What an unimaginative bunch.
**[09:09] ---**
Don't you agree, Count Sebring?
**[09:12] ---**
Let's have a little fun
with them, Count Raffia!
**[09:19] ---**
The smoke screen vanished?!
**[09:21] ---**
Colloids are absorbed by ions.
**[09:25] ---**
This is another way to use electricity.
**[09:32] ---**
A lightning attack from Invisibility?!
**[09:34] ---**
When one dies in battle, it ought to be
a beautiful death, don't you think?
**[09:40] ---**
Assuming that you are true
Kataphraktos operators.
**[09:43] ---**
Main force and assault units
both seem to be having trouble!
**[09:47] ---**
Meaning that Lightning and Invisibility
are working together.
**[09:52] ---**
Mustang 00, what's your status?
**[09:54] ---**
Data collected!
**[09:56] ---**
The smoke screen negation and expanded
invisibility field were unexpected, though.
**[10:00] ---**
Can you compensate?
**[10:01] ---**
*I'll manage.*
**[10:04] ---**
I see...
**[10:05] ---**
After I lost consciousness, the war
has gone on for nearly two years.
**[10:10] ---**
Yes, Milady.
**[10:12] ---**
And it is Slaine who...
**[10:15] ---**
What in the world is going on?
**[10:21] ---**
Milady, where are you going?
**[10:23] ---**
To see Slaine.
**[10:25] ---**
And to learn the truth.
**[10:28] ---**
Milady...
**[10:36] ---**
You–
**[10:38] ---**
Why...?
**[10:40] ---**
Why... must you always stand in my way?
**[10:47] ---**
Who are...
**[10:49] ---**
I...
**[10:50] ---**
I am you!
**[10:59] ---**
Using tactical data link to analyze
enemy behavior multidimensionally
**[11:04] ---**
and deduce enemy's
habits in battle.
**[11:06] ---**
Will deploy friendlies in positions vulnerable
to enemies' preferred attack patterns
**[11:12] ---**
and prompt them to attack.
**[11:14] ---**
Whether the analysis will be
complete in time, though...
**[11:18] ---**
*Sending most recent data. Take positions!*
**[11:20] ---**
*- Roger.
- Roger.*
**[11:21] ---**
Roger here, too.
**[11:27] ---**
He's probably right-handed.
**[11:30] ---**
He moves counter-clockwise to make it
easier to attack enemies to the left.
**[11:36] ---**
*I don't like being bait...*
**[11:38] ---**
Where is he now?
**[11:39] ---**
*He's circling around behind you.*
**[11:42] ---**
*To keep from giving away his position,*
**[11:44] ---**
*he should stop his lightning attack and then,*
**[11:46] ---**
*once he's behind his target, he'll momentarily
come to a stop and take careful aim.*
**[11:53] ---**
Yuki, now!
**[11:54] ---**
*Is he really there?*
**[12:01] ---**
Found him!
**[12:02] ---**
Impossible!
**[12:03] ---**
*This is Mustang Leader, target spotted!*
**[12:06] ---**
*Mustang 00, launching.*
**[12:07] ---**
Roger, Mustang 00! Dropping!
**[12:20] ---**
The Skandia's leg...!
**[12:22] ---**
It can't support the Elektris' weight.
**[12:25] ---**
Disengage linkup!
**[12:26] ---**
I will handle this! Get clear!
**[12:29] ---**
Targets confirmed.
**[12:30] ---**
#9, fire.
**[12:40] ---**
As I told you, that won't work!
**[12:42] ---**
How about these rounds?
**[12:47] ---**
How?!
**[12:49] ---**
Electricity flows from high
potential to low potential.
**[12:51] ---**
Your lightning won't strike an object with
the same electrical potential as you.
**[12:54] ---**
That's to keep you from
being struck yourself.
**[13:01] ---**
Have a taste of this!
**[13:03] ---**
It's too late.
I'm the same potential as you now.
**[13:09] ---**
It can't be...
This is the orange one I've heard about?
**[13:14] ---**
Count Sebring!
**[13:15] ---**
I am sending assistance! Hold on!
**[13:23] ---**
Inaho!
**[13:24] ---**
Smoke grenades!
**[13:31] ---**
Gotcha! Fire!
**[13:35] ---**
It can't be...
**[13:41] ---**
Curse you, you've killed my comrades...
**[13:44] ---**
You will pay!
**[13:56] ---**
*Are you okay, Nao?*
**[13:57] ---**
Yeah. Thanks, Yuki.
**[14:00] ---**
*9 o'clock!*
**[14:11] ---**
Here they come! Pick them off!
**[14:34] ---**
You wished to see me, Princess Lemrina?
**[14:38] ---**
Slaine...
**[14:40] ---**
What is the meaning of this?
**[14:44] ---**
Princess Asseylum... My sister...
She has already woken up, hasn't she?
**[14:53] ---**
I always knew that I would have
to tell you eventually.
**[14:57] ---**
Would you mind explaining yourself?
**[15:00] ---**
Princess Asseylum is
not quite herself yet.
**[15:04] ---**
I needed to have you continue to
portray her until she recovers.
**[15:11] ---**
In order to create a new world.
**[15:14] ---**
A new world?
**[15:16] ---**
Yes, a world free of worry.
**[15:19] ---**
A world of everlasting peace,
one without conflict and without sadness.
**[15:25] ---**
And who will rule this world?
**[15:28] ---**
Her Highness Asseylum Vers Allusia, of course.
**[15:33] ---**
Do you believe that my sister
wants such a thing?
**[15:36] ---**
I know that she does not.
**[15:39] ---**
That is exactly why I will make it
a reality and present it to her.
**[15:47] ---**
Your Highness, do you know
why wars break out?
**[15:52] ---**
They are a means of negotiation
between states.
**[15:56] ---**
No. Wars break out because
there is someone to fight against.
**[16:02] ---**
To eliminate war, there are two options:
Invade and assimilate,
**[16:07] ---**
or utterly exterminate one's adversary
so that only you remain.
**[16:11] ---**
Mankind's history
is a history of conflict.
**[16:15] ---**
The very instant that Mars split off
from Earth, war was inevitable.
**[16:22] ---**
Yes... Even if I had not,
someone else eventually would have.
**[16:29] ---**
You have changed.
**[16:34] ---**
You are no longer
the Slaine I once knew, are you?
**[16:53] ---**
Princess Asseylum...!
**[16:58] ---**
I told her everything.
**[17:02] ---**
In the name of Asseylum Vers Allusia,
Princess Royal of the Vers Empire,
**[17:09] ---**
I order Count Slaine Saazbaum Troyard
to immediately cease all hostilities.
**[17:20] ---**
I thought we just needed
to take out the master!
**[17:23] ---**
*Which is the real one?!*
**[17:25] ---**
The one we marked wasn't the original!
**[17:28] ---**
Where's it hiding?!
**[17:30] ---**
I thought that one of them would be
the real one, but maybe I was wrong.
**[17:34] ---**
What do you mean, wrong?!
**[17:35] ---**
*My analysis of the duplicates
turned up something interesting.*
**[17:39] ---**
*In the instant that they manifest, the
master's state is perfectly preserved,*
**[17:42] ---**
*everything from its orientation
to its energy state.*
**[17:45] ---**
Meaning what?
**[17:47] ---**
*Maybe he's using quantum teleportation
to create copies of himself.*
**[17:51] ---**
Except the original is left intact
instead of being destroyed,
**[17:55] ---**
effectively creating a duplicate.
**[17:57] ---**
Again, meaning what?!
**[17:59] ---**
It means that...
**[18:01] ---**
...they're all the real one.
**[18:08] ---**
Slave all Kataphraktoi platoon
targeting and triggers to me!
**[18:12] ---**
Send request to company command post.
**[18:14] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[18:16] ---**
Inputting coordinates and vectors
for all Ortygias...
**[18:19] ---**
How many more is
he gonna make?!
**[18:21] ---**
Any time now, Kaizuka Jr.!
**[18:23] ---**
*Targets are multiplying.*
**[18:25] ---**
I need more time to update.
**[18:27] ---**
*If it's not one thing, it's another!
Our ammo won't last forever!*
**[18:31] ---**
Tactical data link, synchronized.
**[18:34] ---**
Slaving all UFE Kataphraktoi targeting
to centralized control.
**[18:40] ---**
Nao, how much longer?!
**[18:42] ---**
We'll only get one chance.
If they're all real...
**[18:49] ---**
All targets locked.
**[18:50] ---**
Fire!
**[19:10] ---**
Wow...
**[19:12] ---**
If they're all real, we need to destroy
them all at the same time, right?
**[19:18] ---**
*Enemy Kataphraktoi eliminated.*
**[19:21] ---**
You did it, Inaho!
**[19:22] ---**
*Yeah. I'm glad it worked.*
**[19:25] ---**
*I couldn't have done it without you.*
**[19:32] ---**
Slaine.
**[19:34] ---**
Please, put an end to this.
**[19:39] ---**
Princess Asseylum.
**[19:42] ---**
I cannot obey your order.
**[19:45] ---**
You see, I am no longer a citizen
of the Vers Empire.
**[19:51] ---**
I am terribly sorry.
**[19:54] ---**
I must take you both into custody.
**[19:57] ---**
Captain, message from General Headquarters.
**[19:59] ---**
You'll have about two minutes
**[20:00] ---**
until the laser communications satellite
dips below the horizon, ma'am.
**[20:04] ---**
That little? Put it on speaker.
**[20:08] ---**
This is Darzana Magbaredge,
captain of the Deucalion.
**[20:12] ---**
*This is Vice Admiral Eelis Hakkinen.*
**[20:14] ---**
*That was a brilliant operation.
Retrofit progress status?*
**[20:18] ---**
Almost finished.
**[20:20] ---**
That's good to hear. It's equipment that the
Deucalion will need on her new mission.
**[20:26] ---**
A mission in the Satellite Belt, sir?
**[20:29] ---**
*No.*
**[20:29] ---**
You'll be going even higher this time.
**[20:32] ---**
*You will be briefed later.*
**[20:35] ---**
Transmission ended.
The laser's gain has dropped.
**[20:39] ---**
Comms satellite is leaving line of sight.
**[20:41] ---**
His way of saying he won't
take no for an answer, huh?
**[20:44] ---**
It sounds like this is going
to be a large battle.
**[20:46] ---**
Damn it...
**[20:48] ---**
He thinks he can use us however he wants just
because the Deucalion has an Aldnoah drive.
**[20:53] ---**
A space loadout, ma'am?
**[20:56] ---**
A catapult module...
**[21:05] ---**
Milord Slaine.
**[21:06] ---**
What is it?
**[21:07] ---**
The princesses have been made
comfortable in their quarters.
**[21:10] ---**
I see.
**[21:11] ---**
Even if they do not understand what you are trying
to accomplish, Milord, I'm sure that one day–
**[21:16] ---**
I don't mind.
**[21:17] ---**
Whether or not I can get them
to understand is irrelevant.
**[21:21] ---**
*Milord Slaine, a spaceship
is approaching the base.*
**[21:24] ---**
*It is requesting permission to dock.*
**[21:26] ---**
A spaceship?
**[21:28] ---**
*It is a visitor from the Vers homeworld.*
**[21:38] ---**
So, this is Earth?
**[21:41] ---**
The blue planet where
my father lies interred...
**[21:44] ---**
Yes, Count Cruhteo.
**[21:46] ---**
Stop that.
**[21:48] ---**
I still find it awkward to be
addressed by my father's name.
**[21:52] ---**
Please call me Cronkine.
**[21:54] ---**
As you wish, Milord.
Count Cronkine, then.
**[21:58] ---**
Now, what will he
be like, I wonder?
**[22:03] ---**
Let's go meet the son of Dr. Troyard.
# 22 - Out of the Past
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[00:18] ---**
Count Cruhteo?
**[00:20] ---**
Yes, his eldest son inherited his title.
**[00:24] ---**
Klancain, eh?
**[00:25] ---**
I have heard that he is intensely
loyal to the emperor.
**[00:30] ---**
Those who have not yet submitted
to me are essentially loyalists.
**[00:34] ---**
If we can sway him over to our camp,
**[00:37] ---**
it would be possible to get them
all to change sides at once.
**[00:39] ---**
Indeed.
**[00:40] ---**
The question, though, is whether
he is a man who can be trusted.
**[00:48] ---**
Deucalion, lift off!
**[00:50] ---**
All ahead dead slow!
**[00:52] ---**
All ahead dead slow!
**[01:13] ---**
We will now leave the atmosphere
and make for the Satellite Belt.
**[01:17] ---**
Our staging area is Parnassos Base!
**[02:58] ---**
Our attack target is
the enemy's moonbase.
**[03:01] ---**
It is the main enemy fortress
where Princess Asseylum is.
**[03:04] ---**
Given that the Landing Castle in
the sector we are approaching
**[03:07] ---**
is likely to serve as a shelter for Princess
Asseylum in the event of an attack,
**[03:14] ---**
it will be necessary to attack these
two fortifications simultaneously.
**[03:19] ---**
Therefore, we will be splitting our
forces into two for this operation.
**[03:22] ---**
Breton Company and the Deucalion will,
at 2200 hours Earth Standard Time,
**[03:28] ---**
commence their attack
against the Landing Castle.
**[03:31] ---**
After we have confirmation that
the enemy moonbase's forces
**[03:33] ---**
have split off to defend
the Landing Castle,
**[03:36] ---**
Trakehner Company will make use of the
asteroids that litter the area.
**[03:41] ---**
They will conceal their approach of
the enemy base and then strike!
**[03:46] ---**
This operation is designated Operation Luna Gate.
**[03:58] ---**
Forgive me, Milady.
**[04:00] ---**
If I had not been so careless...
**[04:03] ---**
No, any blame must rest with me.
**[04:08] ---**
This entire situation began with me.
**[04:11] ---**
Don't say such things, Milady...
**[04:14] ---**
You are right.
**[04:15] ---**
If you were truly gone...
**[04:17] ---**
If you had remained asleep, everything
would have gone smoothly.
**[04:21] ---**
No one wept for you...
And he would not have been corrupted...
**[04:29] ---**
You care deeply for Slaine, don't you?
**[04:34] ---**
And you?! What about you?!
**[04:38] ---**
Who do you care for?!
**[04:42] ---**
My heart belongs to the world of Vers
and the people who dwell there.
**[04:49] ---**
That is what I was taught
and how I have lived my life.
**[04:54] ---**
I feel sorry for you.
**[05:00] ---**
We will attack the Landing Castle
along with Breton Company.
**[05:04] ---**
We are responsible for half
of this two-front operation,
**[05:06] ---**
the second being the attack
on the moonbase.
**[05:09] ---**
That is the mission we have
been given by headquarters.
**[05:14] ---**
A two-front operation?
**[05:16] ---**
Basically, we're just here to get
the enemy to divide his forces.
**[05:20] ---**
By using this ship as bait again...
**[05:23] ---**
However, I have no intention of
accepting that role lying down.
**[05:28] ---**
People, don't throw your lives away,
**[05:31] ---**
and until we return to Earth,
**[05:33] ---**
I want you to do your best.
**[05:36] ---**
Dismissed.
**[05:37] ---**
All hands to your assigned stations!
**[05:42] ---**
Captain.
**[05:43] ---**
I had a feeling you would speak with me.
**[05:45] ---**
I have something to discuss with you, too.
**[05:54] ---**
I apologize for the delay.
**[05:57] ---**
As I understand it,
you have come all this way
**[06:00] ---**
to offer your condolences over
my father, Count Saazbaum.
**[06:02] ---**
We are quite a long way from Vers, after all.
**[06:05] ---**
That, as well as congratulations
for your succession,
**[06:08] ---**
are long overdue, Lord Troyard.
**[06:10] ---**
No, it is I who must apologize
**[06:12] ---**
for failing to congratulate you on your
own succession to the peerage, Count Cruhteo.
**[06:16] ---**
Klancain is fine.
I am still unaccustomed to the title.
**[06:20] ---**
As you wish, then.
**[06:21] ---**
Princess Asseylum was looking forward to
seeing you again after so long, but...
**[06:28] ---**
I hear that she has been feeling unwell.
**[06:30] ---**
It is nothing serious,
but one cannot be too careful.
**[06:36] ---**
I am most indebted to your late father.
**[06:40] ---**
He was not hard on you?
He was a man who was stern to a fault.
**[06:46] ---**
I learned a great many lessons from him.
**[06:51] ---**
I would not be the man I am today
were it not for him.
**[06:57] ---**
I saw the Tharsis.
**[07:00] ---**
I am glad that it appears to be of
some use to you, Lord Troyard.
**[07:05] ---**
I heard while en route here.
**[07:08] ---**
Something to the effect that you were
going to found a new kingdom here?
**[07:12] ---**
It was Princess Asseylum's wish.
**[07:17] ---**
Was it also His Majesty's?
**[07:24] ---**
It is my understanding that he is not well.
**[07:30] ---**
Our top medical staff are tending to him
with our latest medical equipment.
**[07:34] ---**
There is no cause for concern.
**[07:36] ---**
That is good news.
**[07:38] ---**
I am sure that when Princess
Asseylum's wish comes true,
**[07:41] ---**
His Majesty will also be overjoyed.
**[07:44] ---**
One would hope so.
**[07:47] ---**
If you were to lend us your support, Lord Klancain,
**[07:50] ---**
it would be most reassuring.
**[07:54] ---**
I look forward to it.
**[07:56] ---**
To seeing this new kingdom alter Vers' future.
**[08:08] ---**
Examination of rock clusters
exhibiting unnatural behavior
**[08:11] ---**
suggests objects of different mass behind them.
**[08:14] ---**
Camouflage, eh?
**[08:16] ---**
The Stygis Squadron?
**[08:18] ---**
Ready for launch.
**[08:20] ---**
See Count Klancain to a safe location.
**[08:26] ---**
Enemy force will be in firing range in 7 minutes.
**[08:30] ---**
We'll gradually move the line back
as we engage them
**[08:33] ---**
and separate the enemy force from the moonbase.
**[08:35] ---**
All hands to battle stations.
**[08:38] ---**
Now beginning launch sequence.
**[08:59] ---**
Connecting flywheel.
**[09:02] ---**
Starting catapult arm rotation.
**[09:05] ---**
Opening hatch.
**[09:07] ---**
Clydesdale Platoon, move to launch position.
**[09:09] ---**
*Roger. Clydesdale Leader to all units.*
**[09:12] ---**
Move to launch position.
**[09:26] ---**
Anchors engaged.
Catapult arm rotation nominal.
**[09:29] ---**
Beginning acceleration.
Go for launch in 20 seconds.
**[09:32] ---**
Clydesdale Leader, cleared for launch.
**[09:35] ---**
*Roger, cleared for launch.*
**[09:37] ---**
All units, launch.
**[09:38] ---**
Blast off!
**[09:49] ---**
And now Mustang Platoon, prepare for launch.
**[09:55] ---**
*Breton Company and Deucalion,
begin attack as planned.*
**[10:00] ---**
Roger that. Let's go, too.
**[10:05] ---**
*Begin attack!*
**[10:10] ---**
Multiple enemy contacts detected in
the direction of Libra. Kataphrakts.
**[10:14] ---**
Intercept them.
**[10:32] ---**
It's begun.
**[10:33] ---**
Yeah.
**[10:34] ---**
Enemy defenses are
pretty tough, all right...
**[10:37] ---**
They knew that this
was going to be a tough fight.
**[10:41] ---**
The reason it was necessary to push ahead
with this operation in spite of that...
**[10:45] ---**
...was because HQ had a more
important mission in mind.
**[10:49] ---**
The captain was right to be suspicious.
**[10:52] ---**
That's a covert infiltration by an assault team
during an all-out offensive...
**[11:00] ---**
For sabotage?
**[11:01] ---**
*No, there would be no need
for secrecy then.*
**[11:06] ---**
Their objective has to be...
**[11:10] ---**
...to assassinate Princess Asseylum.
**[11:24] ---**
Bastard!
**[11:30] ---**
Fire!
**[11:36] ---**
Next!
**[11:41] ---**
*90 seconds to closest approach.*
**[11:44] ---**
*Roger. Let's stick to the plan, then.*
**[11:47] ---**
*Inko.*
**[11:49] ---**
*I had wanted to come alone.*
**[11:52] ---**
It's going to be dangerous from here on. So–
**[11:54] ---**
*Oh, come on... You're giving me that again?*
**[11:58] ---**
The captain assigned me to provide support
**[12:00] ---**
out of recognition for my accomplishments.
**[12:04] ---**
For the fact that I've been fighting
alongside you and the others.
**[12:09] ---**
Sorry, Inko.
**[12:11] ---**
All right, let's go.
**[12:19] ---**
*This is close enough.
I'll make the drop from here.*
**[12:22] ---**
It's too dangerous. We're still too high.
**[12:26] ---**
Enemy units!
**[12:33] ---**
*Drop me!
You can't return fire like this!*
**[12:36] ---**
It's okay! The wind's strong!
**[12:38] ---**
I can dodge it from this range.
**[12:40] ---**
*Inko!*
**[12:41] ---**
A little more!
**[12:47] ---**
Yuki!
**[12:49] ---**
*I've got this!*
**[12:58] ---**
Thanks, Yuki. It's safe to drop me, Inko.
**[13:03] ---**
*Roger.*
**[13:08] ---**
Be careful.
**[13:15] ---**
We'll split up here.
Each team will search their assigned route.
**[13:19] ---**
When the target is spotted,
carry out mission immediately.
**[13:23] ---**
Dismissed.
**[13:42] ---**
Ambush!
**[13:47] ---**
I was also expecting an infiltration team.
**[13:50] ---**
It is likely that the enemy
has also infiltrated other zones.
**[13:54] ---**
I will dispatch guards.
**[13:56] ---**
The princesses?
**[13:57] ---**
Being relocated to a more secure block.
**[13:59] ---**
*Lord Troyard.*
**[14:01] ---**
*Your servant Barouhcruz has rushed
over to provide assistance!!*
**[14:04] ---**
Ah, you have come.
You have my thanks.
**[14:07] ---**
I will also send Harklight to your location.
**[14:12] ---**
What in the world is happening?
**[14:21] ---**
I'll hold them off here.
The rest of you, locate the target!
**[14:30] ---**
Importing base security feeds and generating map.
**[14:41] ---**
I'm using you too much, huh?
**[14:45] ---**
I-I'm all right...
Infiltration team position confirmed.
**[14:50] ---**
If I follow their path of advance...
that's where Seylum will be.
**[15:03] ---**
We can do this.
The enemy is as good as wiped–
**[15:15] ---**
Ultra high-tension monofilament
wire spooled around
**[15:18] ---**
a superconducting
electromagnetic bobbin.
**[15:21] ---**
There is nothing that this blade
cannot cut through!
**[15:24] ---**
You see to the rats in the area,
**[15:27] ---**
*Sir Harklight!*
**[15:29] ---**
Consider it done!
**[15:35] ---**
Target located!
**[15:36] ---**
Please get back!
**[15:40] ---**
You two!
**[15:45] ---**
Run, Highness!
**[15:56] ---**
Milord Slaine, we've lost contact with the escorts!
**[16:00] ---**
What?! Where are the princesses?!
**[16:02] ---**
Making for the landing port,
but enemy forces are heading there as well!
**[16:05] ---**
Sending more personnel immed–
**[16:06] ---**
I'll go!
**[16:10] ---**
Why would you help me?
**[16:12] ---**
I do not need a reason to save someone.
**[16:16] ---**
Such arrogance...
**[16:19] ---**
The suffering of those you save
never enters your mind, does it?
**[16:29] ---**
Milady Lemrina!
**[16:30] ---**
Leave me.
I will remain here.
**[16:34] ---**
We must escape at once!
**[16:36] ---**
Escape to where?
And from whom?
**[16:38] ---**
I'm certain we can find safety–
**[16:40] ---**
This place is my only shelter.
**[16:51] ---**
Go!
**[16:57] ---**
Where are we? Do...
Do another search. Seylum...
**[17:03] ---**
...has to be nearby.
**[17:08] ---**
I didn't expect to see you here, Inaho Kaizuka.
**[17:12] ---**
Slaine Troyard...
**[17:29] ---**
Calculate firing point from bullet path.
**[17:34] ---**
Thermograph.
**[17:39] ---**
Steam pipes...
**[17:43] ---**
Where's Seylum...
Where is Princess Asseylum?
**[17:47] ---**
Don't get her involved!
**[17:49] ---**
Get her involved?
She is a means to achieving my ends.
**[17:53] ---**
Nothing more.
**[17:55] ---**
You're going to exploit her?
**[17:58] ---**
If she is, do you have a problem with that?!
**[18:01] ---**
You were an enemy all along!
**[18:05] ---**
If that's all you were, there would have
been no need to hate you.
**[18:25] ---**
Over there!
**[18:30] ---**
After him!
**[18:41] ---**
Let's go!
**[18:46] ---**
Eddelrittuo!
**[18:50] ---**
Are you all right, Eddelrittuo?
**[18:52] ---**
And you, Milady?
**[18:59] ---**
Milady!
**[19:08] ---**
Seylum?
**[19:13] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:15] ---**
Seylum... I'm glad... you're okay.
**[19:22] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:23] ---**
Milady!
**[19:26] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:28] ---**
Inaho!
**[19:33] ---**
Ina–
**[19:33] ---**
Princess Asseylum Vers Allusia,
identity confirmed.
**[19:38] ---**
Inaho?
**[19:41] ---**
Thought processes stopped.
Running backup program.
**[19:45] ---**
What's the matter, Inaho?
**[19:48] ---**
Temporarily assuming control
over Inaho Kaizuka's
**[19:50] ---**
thought processes, awareness,
and speech functions.
**[19:55] ---**
Who... are you?
**[19:57] ---**
Even though this boy is aware that
Princess Asseylum is a separate individual,
**[20:04] ---**
he misidentifies her as a part of himself.
**[20:07] ---**
Part of himself?
**[20:09] ---**
He therefore placed maximum priority
on her safety and has acted to protect her.
**[20:16] ---**
He came... to rescue me?
**[20:19] ---**
Will provide information in accordance
with those behavioral principles.
**[20:24] ---**
Use communications line
inside F3 gate airlock
**[20:27] ---**
to contact Inko Amifumi.
**[20:30] ---**
The crew of the Deucalion...
they are here?!
**[20:33] ---**
Let's go, Milady.
I know where that airlock is.
**[20:37] ---**
But we can't leave Inaho here–
**[20:39] ---**
There is no cause for concern.
**[20:41] ---**
In 420 seconds, help will arrive.
**[20:45] ---**
Then we should hurry all the more.
There is no telling if that "help" is on our side.
**[20:53] ---**
Please tell him something for me.
"Thank you from the bottom of my heart."
**[20:57] ---**
Command confirmed.
**[21:01] ---**
And also...
**[21:03] ---**
I also...
**[21:06] ---**
I also think of you as a part of myself.
**[21:13] ---**
We need to leave.
**[21:14] ---**
Wait... I have one more
**[21:18] ---**
favor to ask!
**[21:31] ---**
This way!
**[21:35] ---**
Just a moment, I'll get the transmission–
**[21:38] ---**
Princess Asseylum, I presume?
**[21:41] ---**
Prepare to die.
**[21:51] ---**
Are you unharmed, Highness?
**[21:54] ---**
You are...
**[21:57] ---**
Klancain?
**[21:59] ---**
We last met at my father's commendation ceremony.
**[22:03] ---**
I am honored that you remember me.
***SIGN*** Chance Meeting and Separation
# 23 - The Unvanquished
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**[00:13] ---**
Where am I?
**[00:17] ---**
I see...
**[00:24] ---**
You lied? To let Seylum escape?
**[00:30] ---**
So that's it...
**[00:33] ---**
That was your conclusion
when you guessed at what I wanted.
**[00:40] ---**
*Milord Slaine.*
**[00:41] ---**
What is it?
**[00:42] ---**
*There is a firefight in the hangar.*
**[00:45] ---**
Their assassination team?
**[00:46] ---**
*No, Milord.*
**[00:48] ---**
*Princess Asseylum!*
**[00:54] ---**
I will cover you!
**[00:58] ---**
Run!
**[01:03] ---**
Eliminate the Terrans!
**[01:06] ---**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[01:11] ---**
Perform emergency launch.
**[01:13] ---**
It's not safe, Milord.
There is a battle outside.
**[01:15] ---**
There is one in here, as well.
**[01:17] ---**
Get us away from the battle zone
at maximum combat speed.
**[01:22] ---**
Retreat!
**[01:33] ---**
Highness...
**[01:37] ---**
Inko...
**[01:39] ---**
Where is Princess Asseylum?
**[01:41] ---**
*Still no word from her!*
**[01:43] ---**
She didn't...
**[01:45] ---**
...manage to escape?
**[01:48] ---**
No...
**[01:54] ---**
Mission complete...
**[01:57] ---**
Inko, come pick me up...
**[02:05] ---**
I am terribly sorry, Count Klancain.
It was not my wish to get you involved.
**[02:10] ---**
Not at all. This is part of my mission.
**[02:14] ---**
Mission?
**[02:15] ---**
Yes, I came here under orders
from His Majesty himself.
**[02:20] ---**
From Grandfather?
**[02:22] ---**
Emperor Rayregalia had misgivings regarding
the subjugation of the Earth system
**[02:28] ---**
after the death of the previous Count Saazbaum.
**[02:30] ---**
And so, he commanded me to both
investigate that and to ensure your safety.
**[02:37] ---**
Then I must get in contact with Grandfather!
**[02:40] ---**
It is possible to make contact. However...
**[02:46] ---**
Count Klancain, transmission from the moonbase.
**[02:49] ---**
Put it through.
**[02:52] ---**
*Lord Klancain, where are you
taking Princess Asseylum?*
**[02:56] ---**
Ah, Lord Troyard.
**[02:58] ---**
I am in the process of evacuating her
to protect her from harm.
**[03:02] ---**
*The moonbase is a fortified installation.
There is no safer location.*
**[03:07] ---**
And yet, a battle was in progress there.
**[03:10] ---**
*Rest assured, the enemies within the base
have already been eliminated.*
**[03:14] ---**
*Please return at once.*
**[03:15] ---**
No. I will not go back!
**[03:21] ---**
*I...*
**[03:24] ---**
*...watched birds on Earth.*
**[03:26] ---**
Highness....
**[03:28] ---**
Earth was recovering,
and humanity and nature were coexisting.
**[03:34] ---**
It was you who taught me this.
**[03:37] ---**
*That humanity and nature...*
**[03:40] ---**
*Earth and Vers...*
**[03:41] ---**
*could prosper together!*
**[03:45] ---**
Yes. You are right.
I did indeed say that.
**[03:51] ---**
I have dispatched
the Stygis Squadron to pursue.
**[03:53] ---**
Seize the ship at the first opportunity.
**[03:55] ---**
I beg you, Slaine.
Please, stop the war.
**[04:00] ---**
And make peace with Earth.
**[04:04] ---**
Perhaps you are right.
**[04:06] ---**
Very well.
**[04:09] ---**
Let us discuss the matter.
**[04:13] ---**
Slaine...
**[04:15] ---**
*That sector is dangerous.
Please return immediately.*
**[04:19] ---**
*Count Klancain, please turn back at once.*
**[04:21] ---**
I am afraid I cannot comply.
**[04:23] ---**
I must obey Princess Asseylum's orders.
**[04:27] ---**
Stealth to maximum.
**[04:29] ---**
Yes, Milord.
**[04:32] ---**
The spaceship Hadriacus
has vanished from our screens.
**[04:36] ---**
Continue your search.
**[04:38] ---**
Yes, Milord.
**[04:39] ---**
We needn't worry about
any pursuers for the time being.
**[04:44] ---**
Thank you.
**[04:46] ---**
But... what am I to do now?
**[04:50] ---**
Earth's military is trying to kill me.
**[04:54] ---**
And Slaine has the backing
of the Orbital Knights, as well...
**[04:58] ---**
I must make contact with the crew
of the Deucalion somehow.
**[05:02] ---**
Milady.
**[05:03] ---**
There is one knight
who is on your side.
**[05:08] ---**
The one who delivered the message
from Inaho Kaizuka.
**[05:15] ---**
Count Mazuurek.
**[05:17] ---**
Now is the time to demonstrate
my loyalty to Princess Asseylum.
**[05:22] ---**
Landing Castle, lift off!
**[05:44] ---**
Clydesdale Leader to all units!
Target the enemies off the ship's starboard bow!
**[05:48] ---**
*Don't let them get close to the Deucalion!*
**[05:50] ---**
Enemy formation closing in!
3 o'clock! Angle of elevation, 60!
**[05:53] ---**
Increase AA cannon fire to starboard!
**[05:55] ---**
Message from HQ!
Orders to withdraw, ma'am!
**[05:58] ---**
Withdraw?
**[06:00] ---**
Looks like they got their results.
**[06:02] ---**
Results, ma'am?
**[06:03] ---**
The real operation that used us as bait.
**[06:07] ---**
Prepare to withdraw!
**[06:08] ---**
Order all units back to base!
**[06:10] ---**
Mustang 00, 11 closing in.
They're on a return course!
**[06:14] ---**
It's Inko and Inaho!
**[06:16] ---**
They're cleared to land.
Get them aboard ASAP.
**[06:43] ---**
They fled when they saw that they
were no match for us, eh?
**[06:45] ---**
What are they playing at?
**[06:50] ---**
*Count Troyard, the UFE is withdrawing.
Shall we pursue?*
**[06:55] ---**
No. All units, return to base.
They are to rearm for our next offensive.
**[07:00] ---**
Also, summon the Landing Bases.
Assign them to moonbase defense.
**[07:05] ---**
*Yes, Milord.*
**[07:12] ---**
Does that belong to my sister?
**[07:16] ---**
Princess Lemrina...
**[07:18] ---**
Did my sister–
**[07:22] ---**
I see. Will I ever see her again?
**[07:25] ---**
Yes. Count on it.
**[07:28] ---**
I feel sorry.
**[07:31] ---**
For her.
**[07:35] ---**
And for you.
**[07:42] ---**
Inaho...
**[07:44] ---**
What is Lt. Kaizuka's condition?
**[07:45] ---**
It's nothing life-threatening.
**[07:48] ---**
What worries me is that the Analytical Engine
is putting a strain on his cranial nerves.
**[07:54] ---**
I told him not to, but look at how far
he expanded its domain...
**[07:58] ---**
What does that mean?
**[07:59] ---**
He's ceded part of his brain to the machine.
**[08:03] ---**
Damn crazy kid...
**[08:13] ---**
I must do something to put an end to this war.
**[08:17] ---**
I will address all of the Orbital Knights.
**[08:19] ---**
With all due respect,
that alone may not suffice.
**[08:22] ---**
Why?!
**[08:24] ---**
From the very beginning, the Orbital Knights
have desired to fight Earth and occupy it.
**[08:30] ---**
Count Troyard has given them a pardon
to do just that in the form of a royal decree.
**[08:35] ---**
He has unified them with guarantees
**[08:37] ---**
of status in the new kingdom
and Aldnoah activation privileges.
**[08:42] ---**
Princess Asseylum, it was his betrothal
to you that clinched it.
**[08:47] ---**
If you simply call for an end to hostilities,
you will only lose their trust.
**[08:52] ---**
As long as your younger sister is at his side,
pretending to be you.
**[09:02] ---**
Ah, Princess Asseylum.
It is good to see you well.
**[09:06] ---**
Thank you for being so kind as to assist me.
**[09:09] ---**
You give me too much credit, Highness.
**[09:12] ---**
I am relieved to be able to repay my debt.
**[09:16] ---**
Your debt?
**[09:17] ---**
Yes...
**[09:18] ---**
...to the Terran boy.
**[09:20] ---**
To Inaho Kaizuka.
**[09:30] ---**
*I've received reports that a part of
your force went to the moonbase.*
**[09:34] ---**
*Would you mind explaining why,
Capt. Magbaredge?*
**[09:36] ---**
It was an on-the-spot call.
**[09:39] ---**
If we lose the princess now,
we lose any chance at peace for good.
**[09:46] ---**
Why would Slaine launch a war like this?
**[09:50] ---**
Milady...
**[09:53] ---**
The Slaine I knew was kind,
adored nature, and loved the Earth.
**[10:02] ---**
He was not someone
who would engage in pointless war...
**[10:07] ---**
Why would he do this in spite of that?
**[10:10] ---**
Milady...
**[10:13] ---**
Lord Slaine has not changed at all.
**[10:17] ---**
I do not know if his actions are right or wrong.
**[10:21] ---**
But he has always cared deeply for you.
**[10:26] ---**
He has always wished for
what was best for you,
**[10:29] ---**
even if it jeopardized his position,
or even his life.
**[10:34] ---**
Always... believing that you
would awaken one day...
**[10:44] ---**
Yes... I suppose that is true.
**[10:51] ---**
What you say is right, Eddelrittuo.
**[10:55] ---**
Are you able to make contact with Vers?
**[10:57] ---**
Yes. However, His Majesty is...
**[11:01] ---**
This is no time to stop at half measures.
**[11:05] ---**
Count Klancain. I require your assistance.
**[11:09] ---**
I shall use the Hadriacus' audience chamber.
**[11:13] ---**
As you wish, Princess Asseylum.
**[11:17] ---**
*Attention, all forces.*
**[11:18] ---**
*Operation will commence
as planned at 1500 hours UTC.*
**[11:22] ---**
*Man your battle stations and stand by.*
**[11:32] ---**
Lt. Marito, you're going into battle?
**[11:36] ---**
Yeah. I'd hoped to have
one last drink with you, Doc,
**[11:41] ---**
but never got the chance.
**[11:43] ---**
That doesn't sound like you.
**[11:45] ---**
Well, we're in a low-pressure environment.
I don't want to drink myself sick.
**[11:49] ---**
No, not that.
This won't be the last time.
**[11:56] ---**
Sure, when I get back!
**[12:00] ---**
Is this one of those "final showdown" situations?
**[12:03] ---**
Maybe. If we finish 'em off, wouldn't it be?
**[12:06] ---**
Whenever somebody dies in action,
I guess that was the final showdown for him.
**[12:10] ---**
Sheesh!
**[12:11] ---**
Don't jinx us, okay?
**[12:14] ---**
He's right! We're all going to
make it back in one piece!
**[12:18] ---**
Milord Slaine,
**[12:19] ---**
the UFE has begun to mass its forces.
**[12:22] ---**
What shall we do about them?
**[12:24] ---**
This changes nothing.
Launch all forces and intercept the UFE.
**[12:28] ---**
In the meantime,
**[12:30] ---**
we will request the assistance
of the Orbital Knights who back us.
**[12:33] ---**
Assistance, Milord?
**[12:34] ---**
We will launch an all-out offensive
against the entire Earth.
**[12:39] ---**
They will know how it feels
to have nowhere to go home to.
**[12:50] ---**
Nao!
**[12:54] ---**
Yuki...
**[12:56] ---**
Are you okay, Nao?
**[12:59] ---**
Yeah...
**[13:00] ---**
Thank goodness...
**[13:03] ---**
You did good today.
Take it easy for a while.
**[13:09] ---**
He's going to launch an all-out attack.
**[13:14] ---**
Is it almost time for the mission?
**[13:17] ---**
Don't even think it!
Stay in bed!
**[13:20] ---**
Sorry, Yuki. Something's come up
that I have to do.
**[13:25] ---**
Nao!
**[13:26] ---**
Please, let me go.
**[13:34] ---**
There's that face that says
you're going even if I say not to.
**[13:37] ---**
And there's that voice that says I'm going
to be stubborn, so you may as well give in.
**[13:42] ---**
Damn it. When you get back,
let's have dinner together.
**[13:47] ---**
That's a death flag right there.
**[13:50] ---**
Hey! Don't talk like that!
**[13:55] ---**
You're coming back alive, you got that?
**[13:59] ---**
Sure. You do the same, Yuki.
**[14:08] ---**
Hey, Inaho. Feeling better?
**[14:12] ---**
Yeah. Is this...?
**[14:14] ---**
Yeah, the Sleipnir Final Showdown spec!
**[14:19] ---**
Isn't this payload a bit much, though?
**[14:22] ---**
Getting close enough to use this
in a space battle would be nuts.
**[14:27] ---**
It looks like things are going to get nuts.
**[14:29] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[14:30] ---**
He's not taking this seriously at all!
**[14:33] ---**
Inko...
**[14:35] ---**
Why are boys always like this?
**[14:37] ---**
Inaho, you're in no condition to go into battle.
**[14:41] ---**
Let us handle it from here!
**[14:43] ---**
I can't do that.
**[14:45] ---**
Why not? Do you think you're some
hotshot ace? That you're special?
**[14:49] ---**
I've never thought that about myself.
**[14:53] ---**
Darn it, Inaho!
Why are you acting like you don't see it?
**[14:57] ---**
If you go out now,
you might not make it back this time!
**[15:02] ---**
There won't be another miracle like last time!
**[15:07] ---**
I don't want... to go through that again.
**[15:13] ---**
I can't be the only one taking it easy.
**[15:16] ---**
He's right, Inko.
**[15:17] ---**
At a time like this, the kindest thing to do
is say nothing and see him off.
**[15:22] ---**
We need to worry about ourselves right now.
**[15:25] ---**
Compared to Inaho, our odds of survival
are probably lower, you know?
**[15:31] ---**
Get real! I'm an ace, too!
**[15:38] ---**
Thanks, Inko. Calm.
**[15:41] ---**
Don't worry.
Everyone will make it back.
**[15:46] ---**
My left eye says so.
**[15:49] ---**
Master switch, on.
**[15:51] ---**
Fuel cell batteries, heating.
Voltage, check.
**[15:55] ---**
Activating pump.
Accumulator pressure, check.
**[15:58] ---**
Force feedback checking program, start.
**[16:03] ---**
Ejection seat functional.
IFF confirmed.
**[16:07] ---**
Tactical data link, activated.
**[16:09] ---**
All systems green.
**[16:11] ---**
Mustang 00, ready.
**[16:17] ---**
Grandfather...
**[16:20] ---**
Grandfather...
**[16:23] ---**
...it is I.
It is Asseylum.
**[16:26] ---**
Do you recognize me?
**[16:28] ---**
Ah, Asseylum...
**[16:32] ---**
You look well.
**[16:35] ---**
I am weary...
**[16:38] ---**
How goes the subjugation of Earth?
**[16:42] ---**
I have come to you today
to ask a favor regarding that.
**[16:48] ---**
I want you to make peace with Earth.
**[16:54] ---**
Please give a direct order
to the Orbital Knights to cease fighting.
**[16:59] ---**
That, I cannot do...
**[17:04] ---**
Grandfather...
**[17:06] ---**
Earth can never be forgiven...
**[17:09] ---**
Do not let our assault falter...
Bring them under our dominion...
**[17:17] ---**
Grandfather... Why do you hate Earth so?
**[17:23] ---**
Where is Gillzeria?
**[17:27] ---**
What has become of my son?
Conquer the Earth at once!
**[17:35] ---**
Father passed away...
During Heaven's Fall.
**[17:41] ---**
Filthy Terrans, you killed my son...
And even my granddaughter, Asseylum.
**[17:51] ---**
I am right here.
**[17:56] ---**
Vers.
**[17:58] ---**
That is what the ancients called this world.
What they called Mars.
**[18:07] ---**
Grandfather...
**[18:09] ---**
Rejoice...
**[18:11] ---**
For I have discovered
a Martian superscience...
**[18:18] ---**
It is called... Aldnoah.
**[18:24] ---**
Magnificent... Mankind will
make even greater strides.
**[18:32] ---**
Aldnoah is the technology we dreamed of...
It will make mankind happy.
**[18:41] ---**
Yes.
**[18:43] ---**
It is a great power.
It must not be misused.
**[18:50] ---**
Nurture it with care.
**[18:53] ---**
I will.
**[18:57] ---**
Who is that there?
Is that you, Asseylum?
**[19:02] ---**
How you've grown...
**[19:07] ---**
You've grown beautiful.
**[19:10] ---**
Become a fine princess.
And lead our people to happiness.
**[19:21] ---**
I will.
**[19:34] ---**
Klancain. I ask you to put your rank
and all of your connections at my disposal.
**[19:40] ---**
Of course, gladly.
**[19:42] ---**
Thank you for your loyalty, Count Cruhteo.
**[19:49] ---**
Martian bastards!
**[19:53] ---**
Glory to Vers!
**[20:02] ---**
*What the hell is that?!*
**[20:04] ---**
Slice them up!
**[20:17] ---**
My servants, wipe them out!
**[20:21] ---**
Open a channel.
I wish to address all Orbital Knights.
**[20:25] ---**
Yes, Milord!
**[20:27] ---**
*An all-out battle has begun between the
moonbase and the United Forces of Earth.*
**[20:32] ---**
*My fellow knights who have gone down
to the Satellite Belt and to the surface.*
**[20:36] ---**
*Launch a concerted attack against the
UFE in your respective locations!*
**[20:41] ---**
*Demonstrate our vast power
to the Terrans once again.*
**[20:46] ---**
*And show the UFE
that resistance is–*
**[20:49] ---**
*Hear me, Orbital Knights of Vers.*
**[20:53] ---**
Princess Asseylum...
**[20:55] ---**
*I am Asseylum Vers Allusia,
Princess Royal of the Vers Empire.*
**[21:01] ---**
*The conflict began from a single spark,
and has grown into a massive war.*
**[21:08] ---**
What's this?
**[21:10] ---**
A pirate broadcast?
**[21:11] ---**
It's being transmitted on all bands.
**[21:15] ---**
*A multitude of people had myriad
hopes and dreams that were at odds,*
**[21:19] ---**
*resulting in great tragedy.*
**[21:22] ---**
*This is a sad thing indeed.*
**[21:27] ---**
*This war has brought me great sorrow.*
**[21:30] ---**
*I feel both shame and a deep regret over
our use of power that was not meant for us.*
**[21:39] ---**
I hereby...
**[21:47] ---**
...succeed the previous emperor,
Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
**[21:52] ---**
and name myself Empress of the Vers Empire.
**[21:55] ---**
I also take Count Cruhteo,
member of the Orbital Knights' 37 Clans,
**[21:59] ---**
to be my husband.
**[22:03] ---**
We, the imperial family of the Vers Empire,
wish to make peace with Earth!
***SIGN*** Prayer of the Skies
# 24 - Inherit the Stars
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
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**[00:02] ---**
*The conflict began from a single spark,*
**[00:06] ---**
*and has grown into a massive war.*
**[00:09] ---**
*A multitude of people had myriad
hopes and dreams that were at odds,*
**[00:14] ---**
*resulting in great tragedy.*
**[00:17] ---**
*This is a sad thing indeed.*
**[00:21] ---**
This war has brought me great sorrow.
**[00:24] ---**
I feel both shame and a deep regret
over our use of power
**[00:30] ---**
that was not meant for us.
**[00:33] ---**
I hereby...
**[00:37] ---**
...succeed the previous emperor,
Rayregalia Vers Rayvers,
**[00:41] ---**
and name myself Empress
of the Vers Empire.
**[00:44] ---**
I also take Count Cruhteo, member of the
Orbital Knights' 37 Clans, to be my husband.
**[00:53] ---**
We, the imperial family of the Vers Empire,
wish to make peace with Earth!
**[00:59] ---**
In the name of the Empress of Vers,
**[01:02] ---**
I command all Orbital Knights who
are listening to this transmission
**[01:05] ---**
to cease hostilities immediately!
**[01:07] ---**
Impossible!
**[01:08] ---**
Wasn't Princess Asseylum going to found
a new dynasty with Lord Troyard?
**[01:13] ---**
What about the all-out
offensive on the UFE?
**[01:15] ---**
Wait. Do nothing for now.
We'll see which way the wind blows.
**[01:19] ---**
I should have known.
Lord Troyard was a lowborn Terran.
**[01:25] ---**
His attempts to inveigle his way into
the imperial family are offensive.
**[01:27] ---**
What is the meaning of this?!
Sir Harklight, we're returning to base!
**[01:34] ---**
Lord Slaine...
***SIGN*** Shooting Star of Yesteryear
**[01:46] ---**
*Why are they still fighting?!*
**[01:48] ---**
The princess just declared
that they must stop!
**[01:51] ---**
The moonbase's forces
are still itching for action.
**[01:54] ---**
Stay sharp, everyone!
The battle isn't over!
**[01:58] ---**
Did you hear that?
**[02:00] ---**
Yeah...
**[02:01] ---**
That Princess Asseylum just now...
**[02:05] ---**
Um, that Empress Asseylum
was the princess I remember.
**[02:08] ---**
Yeah...
**[02:11] ---**
So it's just as Lt. Kaizuka predicted.
**[02:14] ---**
Then that cease-fire
order was also genuine.
**[02:17] ---**
The enemies in front of us don't seem
interested in laying down arms, though.
**[02:21] ---**
Any word from HQ?
**[02:22] ---**
No instructions, ma'am.
So it's "continue operation."
**[02:25] ---**
Neither the moonbase nor Landing Castles
are showing any intent to cease hostilities.
**[02:29] ---**
Empress Asseylum's location?
**[02:32] ---**
That transmission originated from
Count Mazuurek's Landing Castle.
**[02:37] ---**
She's abandoned the Moon?
Or has there been a split?
**[02:42] ---**
Count Troyard, what of
Empress Asseylum's order?
**[02:46] ---**
Order? What order?
**[02:50] ---**
My apologies, Lord.
**[02:54] ---**
I'm surprised.
I didn't think her capable of that.
**[03:08] ---**
Princess Lemrina.
**[03:10] ---**
What is truly important
is the imperial family's blood.
**[03:14] ---**
So long as you still have
Aldnoah activation privileges,
**[03:17] ---**
can you not still
make your dream come true?
**[03:21] ---**
I am not going anywhere.
**[03:30] ---**
After all, this is the only place
that I can call home.
**[03:35] ---**
So please...
**[03:40] ---**
Yes, of course.
**[03:41] ---**
Your kindness is touching,
Princess Lemrina.
**[03:47] ---**
Let's be off.
**[03:52] ---**
Of course.
**[03:59] ---**
It's lovely...
**[04:03] ---**
Was that a terrible thing to say?
**[04:09] ---**
I have seen a great many things
while flying among those lights.
**[04:15] ---**
Many things?
**[04:16] ---**
The future.
**[04:18] ---**
The future...
**[04:19] ---**
All of it, both good and bad.
**[04:22] ---**
Only the immediate future can be seen.
**[04:26] ---**
I thought that I knew everything.
**[04:30] ---**
Many things unfolded
exactly as I foresaw.
**[04:33] ---**
However...
**[04:36] ---**
I failed to see what was truly important.
**[04:48] ---**
Rearm it.
**[04:49] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[04:51] ---**
Lord Troyard!
**[04:52] ---**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[04:54] ---**
Why would Princess Asseylum
say such a thing?!
**[04:56] ---**
Milord Slaine...
**[05:00] ---**
Patch this through the command center.
I will address all our forces.
**[05:03] ---**
The deployed Stygis Squadron, as well.
**[05:05] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[05:08] ---**
Hear me! Get clear of the moonbase
in the next 10 minutes!
**[05:13] ---**
Surrender to the UFE
along with the Landing Castles!
**[05:18] ---**
We will abandon the moonbase!
**[05:20] ---**
Have you gone mad?!
**[05:22] ---**
Slaine!
**[05:25] ---**
Princess Lemrina...
I apologize for the many wrongs...
**[05:31] ---**
I have done you.
**[05:34] ---**
Slaine?
**[05:36] ---**
May you remain in good health.
**[05:41] ---**
Harklight, please escort
Princess Lemrina to a shuttle.
**[05:45] ---**
As you wish.
**[05:47] ---**
No! Slaine!
**[05:49] ---**
Highness, please come with me.
**[05:51] ---**
I won't go!
**[05:52] ---**
Slaine! Slaine!
**[05:56] ---**
Multiple new signatures detected
leaving the moonbase.
**[05:59] ---**
Reinforcements?
**[06:01] ---**
No, they're...
**[06:02] ---**
They're leaving the combat zone, ma'am.
**[06:42] ---**
The moonbase...
**[06:44] ---**
It's fallen?
**[06:46] ---**
Did we beat them?
**[06:48] ---**
No...
**[06:50] ---**
They're making it self-destruct?
**[06:57] ---**
*Sir Harklight?*
**[06:58] ---**
*See to the shuttle's defense!*
**[07:01] ---**
*Sir Harklight!*
**[07:05] ---**
Harklight.
**[07:06] ---**
*What are you doing? Turn back.
I thought I ordered you to surrender.*
**[07:11] ---**
*Harklight!*
**[07:21] ---**
Stygis Squadron!
Don't act without orders!
**[07:26] ---**
Enemy reinforcements closing in.
10 o'clock. Angle of elevation, -10!
**[07:31] ---**
Stand by to engage!
**[07:32] ---**
Don't! We no longer have
any hope of winning!
**[07:35] ---**
Don't throw your lives away!
**[07:36] ---**
*I made my peace with death
long ago, Lord.*
**[07:39] ---**
Please allow me this one selfish act.
**[07:41] ---**
*Surrender, Harklight!*
**[07:43] ---**
*I beg your pardon, Milord Slaine...*
**[07:48] ---**
But I cannot comply with that order.
**[07:57] ---**
*Here they come!*
**[08:03] ---**
*All units, scatter!*
**[08:17] ---**
Come on!
**[08:25] ---**
How could they do this?
Damn it all!
**[08:32] ---**
What's that?
**[08:37] ---**
Those moves...
**[08:51] ---**
You're right, Harklight.
**[08:53] ---**
We can't let it end like this.
**[08:56] ---**
There is still something that I must do!
**[09:09] ---**
I've come for you,
Slaine Troyard.
**[09:11] ---**
Let's settle this once and for all,
Inaho Kaizuka!
**[09:43] ---**
No matter how much you predict my attacks,
there's no point if you can't escape.
**[09:48] ---**
You're the one who can't escape!
**[09:58] ---**
Opening contact channel.
Decrypting protocols.
**[10:02] ---**
*I don't think it will do any good,
but I'll ask anyway. Surrender, Slaine Troyard.*
**[10:06] ---**
You came all this way to say
such a pointless thing to me, Inaho Kaizuka?
**[10:11] ---**
No, I have a different objective.
**[10:13] ---**
I'm glad to hear that!
**[10:15] ---**
Don't disappoint me!
**[10:21] ---**
Damn... My monitors are damaged?
**[10:26] ---**
I know... You can't do
any more high-load processing.
**[10:29] ---**
Cut all predictive imagers.
**[10:33] ---**
I no longer...
**[10:34] ---**
...have any need for a future!
**[10:36] ---**
2 o'clock! Angle of elevation, 5! Incoming!
**[10:39] ---**
All ahead, emergency speed!
Come about, 060!
**[10:42] ---**
Coming about, 060!
**[10:44] ---**
Load canister shot!
Fire once targets are locked!
**[11:03] ---**
Wow...
**[11:04] ---**
Nao's combat data is stored
in the tactical data link.
**[11:08] ---**
All units, refer to that and–
**[11:14] ---**
*Yuki!*
**[11:14] ---**
*I'm okay!*
**[11:20] ---**
Barouhcruz, member of the
Orbital Knights 37 Clans!
**[11:24] ---**
Do you mind if I cut in?
**[11:27] ---**
Count Barouhcruz...
**[11:32] ---**
8 o'clock! Angle of elevation, -25! Incoming!
**[11:35] ---**
Intercept!
**[11:36] ---**
*I've got this!*
**[11:49] ---**
Remaining rounds, 3...
**[12:07] ---**
There's nothing to be gained
by continuing to fight.
**[12:10] ---**
Agreed. But there's nothing
to be lost by it, either.
**[12:13] ---**
Giving in to despair
is a foolish choice.
**[12:15] ---**
You just don't get it!
This is the choice I wanted the most!
**[12:30] ---**
Slice them up!
**[12:36] ---**
*Rayet!*
**[12:38] ---**
Fool!
**[12:50] ---**
Radar returns
approaching at high speed!
**[12:51] ---**
What?
**[12:52] ---**
It's the Tharsis...
and a UFE Kataphrakt!
**[12:58] ---**
That's...
**[13:14] ---**
Rayet!
**[13:15] ---**
*Three-direction crossfire!*
**[13:16] ---**
MRSI, neutralize target, auto fire!
**[13:28] ---**
I always...
**[13:30] ---**
I always hated that color!
**[13:35] ---**
Sir Harklight!
**[13:45] ---**
The drones are on autopilot!
Use the boulders!
**[13:49] ---**
We can limit the direction of their attack!
**[13:56] ---**
Are you all right?
**[13:57] ---**
*Yes. I only lost an arm.*
**[14:00] ---**
*Sir Harklight.*
**[14:01] ---**
*Battle status?*
**[14:03] ---**
*Including myself,
3 Stygis Masters remain,*
**[14:06] ---**
*as well as some 6 Slaves.*
**[14:08] ---**
*The rest have been downed by the UFE.*
**[14:10] ---**
*I have fired most of my bullets as well.*
**[14:14] ---**
*Count Barouhcruz.*
**[14:15] ---**
*The Octantis' right
arm is nonfunctional.*
**[14:18] ---**
*It must have been damaged
in that last attack.*
**[14:22] ---**
These Terran warriors
are not without skill.
**[14:26] ---**
*Yes.*
**[14:28] ---**
It is Lord Slaine's
birthplace, after all.
**[14:34] ---**
"Do not try to fight
an Olympian sandstorm," eh?
**[14:38] ---**
We seem to have
misread the winds.
**[14:40] ---**
*Let's have another go!*
**[14:42] ---**
*I shall join you.*
**[14:44] ---**
9 o'clock! Angle of elevation, 20!
Enemy formation closing in!
**[14:48] ---**
All guns, take aim!
**[14:50] ---**
Kataphrakt platoons!
All units, fire at will!
**[15:13] ---**
*I'll act as a drogue chute.
It will stabilize you.*
**[15:17] ---**
You intend to die with me?
**[15:19] ---**
*You'll burn up.*
**[15:21] ---**
Kataphrakt frames are high density.
**[15:23] ---**
They'll work well enough
as ablative shielding.
**[15:26] ---**
Impossible... It can't be done.
**[15:29] ---**
Really? I guess we'll see.
**[15:37] ---**
Sis, look!
**[15:39] ---**
A shooting star!
**[16:49] ---**
Look at this.
**[16:50] ---**
Aldnoah Reactor #1, constructed as a sign
of goodwill between Earth and Vers,
**[16:55] ---**
is scheduled to be activated today.
**[16:58] ---**
We're told that Empress Asseylum herself
will participate in the activation ceremony.
**[17:04] ---**
Research into making activation privileges
universal so that anyone can do it is still ongoing.
**[17:09] ---**
When that happens,
industries using Aldnoah will develop
**[17:13] ---**
and will help greatly
with Earth's reconstruction.
**[17:16] ---**
And as the nation that produces Aldnoah,
it should also prove to be
**[17:19] ---**
an effective means for the Vers
Empire to earn foreign capital.
**[17:22] ---**
Dr. Troyard's theories have
already been proven,
**[17:26] ---**
so we should see them put into
practice in the near future.
**[17:28] ---**
It's ironic that Slaine Troyard,
**[17:31] ---**
the son of that same Dr. Troyard,
plotted the assassination of Empress Asseylum,
**[17:34] ---**
which was the trigger for
Interplanetary War II.
**[17:40] ---**
Slaine Troyard's death allowed Earth
and Vers to conclude a friendship treaty.
**[17:46] ---**
Yes, but there are still Mars Knights
who occupy territory on Earth.
**[17:51] ---**
One goal of Empress Asseylum's visit
is peace negotiations with those knights.
**[17:56] ---**
Here's hoping that we'll be seeing
the prompt return of that occupied territory.
**[18:01] ---**
In the hope that this light
**[18:03] ---**
will be a bridge of peace
between Earth and Vers,
**[18:08] ---**
....awaken!
**[18:25] ---**
How are you feeling?
**[18:29] ---**
You don't seem too bad.
**[18:34] ---**
You really should eat your meals, though.
**[18:38] ---**
The warden has been complaining.
**[18:42] ---**
Your move.
**[18:46] ---**
Your eye.
**[18:48] ---**
Is that from when I shot you?
**[18:52] ---**
An analytical engine.
**[18:54] ---**
I had a bio-device implanted
that was neuro-linked to my cranial nerves.
**[18:59] ---**
But I had it removed.
I don't need it anymore.
**[19:03] ---**
Hasn't it been long enough?
**[19:05] ---**
I deceived, I stole, I killed.
**[19:10] ---**
I sacrificed many of my own.
**[19:13] ---**
Please.
**[19:14] ---**
No. You're going to live.
**[19:19] ---**
Why?!
**[19:22] ---**
Why did you save me?!
**[19:28] ---**
*I have one more favor to ask of you.*
**[19:33] ---**
It wasn't me.
**[19:37] ---**
It's what Princess Asseylum wants.
**[19:39] ---**
Please...
**[19:41] ---**
Please, save Slaine.
**[19:43] ---**
Save Slaine Troyard.
**[19:47] ---**
Save him from the chains of misery.
**[19:50] ---**
Please.
**[19:54] ---**
Seylum asked me...
**[19:57] ---**
...to save you.
**[20:40] ---**
My goodness...
**[20:42] ---**
The blue sky and sea go on forever!
**[20:45] ---**
It's so beautiful...
**[20:47] ---**
I'm told that the blue sky is the result
of something called Rayleigh scattering.
**[20:51] ---**
You're quite well-informed.
**[20:53] ---**
When I visited Earth last time,
**[20:55] ---**
a Terran I had befriended
was kind enough to teach me.
**[21:02] ---**
It's a lovely memory.