# 10 - Before the War
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/GRP8DNZ1R/aldnoahzero)
Translator:
Editor:
Timer:
QC:
(Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.)
**[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!