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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!