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