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E15 - Reunion

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[00:06] ---
    Is that Kenbu?
[00:08] ---
    Amou...?
[00:10] ---
    Tezuka, Shion, can you move?
[00:12] ---
    Y-Yeah...
[00:14] ---
    Yup!
[00:15] ---
    I'll dive straight into the enemy lines.
[00:17] ---
    I'll create chaos and
    you two can cover me.
[00:20] ---
    Roger that.
[00:21] ---
    You got it.
[00:22] ---
    We defeated the rear echelon troops!
    I'm sending you the route.
[00:26] ---
    Mr. Kumai, Mr. Masaki,
    please evacuate everyone.
[00:29] ---
    --Copy that!
    --All right!
[00:35] ---
    Let's go!
[00:52] ---
    "AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline"
[02:14] ---
    Minor damage to one unmanned AMAIM;
    11 are completely destroyed.
[02:17] ---
    Other damage to the combat vehicles
    have been reported.
[02:20] ---
    This is a catastrophic defeat.
[02:21] ---
    Dammit! Can we resupply?
[02:24] ---
    Reinforcements will be available
    in 12 hours. We can regroup then.
[02:28] ---
    We won't let them escape!
    We'll crush them!
[02:35] ---
    If you're unwell or in pain,
    please let us know.
[02:39] ---
    We also have a little bit
    of food and beverages!
[02:47] ---
    Amou!
[02:48] ---
    You're alive!
[02:52] ---
    It's been a while.
[03:06] ---
    Idiot.
[03:07] ---
    Sorry... To you, too, Shion.
[03:10] ---
    --U-Um, I-I'm--
[03:12] ---
    --Shion!
    --U-Um, I-I'm--
[03:16] ---
    Long time no see! How've you been?!
[03:20] ---
    M-Ms. Misuzu!
[03:22] ---
    Aw, what's this?
    Are you that happy to see me?
[03:25] ---
    I'm just kidding. Sorry.
[03:28] ---
    Maki...
[03:29] ---
    Captain Kumai, Lieutenant Masaki,
    I apologize for my sudden disappearance.
[03:34] ---
    I'd like to explain what happened
    over the past eight months.
[03:40] ---
    But before I do...
[03:42] ---
    We've brought plenty of supplies,
    so you can relax a bit!
[03:47] ---
    We have food, ammo,
    even AMAIM replacement parts!
[03:52] ---
    Chief!
[03:54] ---
    I'm not comfortable with
    hugging it out with you.
[03:56] ---
    How could you say that?!
[03:57] ---
    We've worked together for so long!
[04:07] ---
    It's been so long since--
[04:09] ---
    Thank you.
[04:22] ---
    Amou...
[04:24] ---
    Hey, we're moving to
    a different spot. Let's go.
[04:26] ---
    Um, I'm good. I'm just gonna
    go check on Kenbu.
[04:31] ---
    Huh?
[04:33] ---
    I'm gonna talk to Amou. Brief me
    on what Ms. Misuzu tells you later.
[04:38] ---
    Tezuka...
[04:40] ---
    I see. I was hoping to
    hear from Amou, but...
[04:44] ---
    Let's leave it to Gashin.
[04:46] ---
    By the way, who's this?
[04:48] ---
    This is Collin Dialo,
[04:50] ---
    team leader of ARES,
    a private military company.
[04:53] ---
    The development organization
    I'm with has a contract with them.
[04:56] ---
    We've asked them to transport supplies
    and provide escorts for us.
[05:01] ---
    Development organization?
[05:03] ---
    What are you talking about?
[05:04] ---
    My full name is Maki Misuzu Annette.
[05:08] ---
    I'm the president and
    chief developer of TRYVECTA,
[05:11] ---
    an AI development organization
    affiliated with Brenson Corp.
[05:15] ---
    What?!
[05:16] ---
    I'm the one who developed the autonomous
    AI everyone calls "Ghost."
[05:24] ---
    Only when you give the autonomous AI
    control does it reach its full potential.
[05:31] ---
    However, if it has control over all units
    and is allowed to do what it wants,
[05:36] ---
    troop discipline will be lost.
[05:39] ---
    That's why, in the field and depending on
    the scale of the battle,
[05:43] ---
    company and battalion commanders would
    pilot manned units with autonomous AI,
[05:48] ---
    while the actual troops would consist of
    unmanned units with tactical AIs.
[05:53] ---
    This is the most efficient
    and proven method.
[05:56] ---
    With constraints like that,
    further development of AI units is useless.
[06:05] ---
    Be careful with Congressman Roy Walker.
[06:08] ---
    He's garnered support by cutting down
    military and government budgets.
[06:13] ---
    He's bound to criticize
    everything you say.
[06:16] ---
    You'll need to show
    good results to shut him up.
[06:21] ---
    I understand.
[06:24] ---
    Japan is the front line of the world.
[06:27] ---
    A victory here will directly
    impact global trends.
[06:31] ---
    Even so, the cost is too high.
[06:35] ---
    We're currently ahead of
    the rest of the world.
[06:38] ---
    It isn't in our best interest to lose
    our momentum in development.
[06:42] ---
    Some in the media are questioning
    the purpose of this war.
[06:46] ---
    They're growing tired of it.
[06:49] ---
    Continuing our development is the best
    and quickest way to solve that problem.
[06:54] ---
    Just stop. This is a wasted effort!
[07:00] ---
    Roy Walker...
[07:04] ---
    In partnership with Brenson Corp,
    we, TRYVECTA,
[07:08] ---
    began the development of "I-LeS,"
[07:10] ---
    an autonomous AI
    that can work with humans.
[07:13] ---
    The first autonomous AI we created
    was code-named "Prototype Zero."
[07:19] ---
    Or, as you call it, "Ghost."
[07:25] ---
    To keep our partnership with
    Brenson Corp, we loaned it to them,
[07:30] ---
    even though we knew the control mechanism
    was still a work in progress.
[07:34] ---
    After an accident during a unit test,
    Prototype Zero disappeared.
[07:41] ---
    After some time, it reappeared as Ghost.
[07:45] ---
    Brenson Corp has
    admitted their fault in this,
[07:48] ---
    and offered to keep the partnership.
[07:50] ---
    After that, we created Gai, Kei,
    and Nayuta based on Prototype Zero.
[07:57] ---
    Which means...
[07:59] ---
    We're the same as Ghost...
[08:04] ---
    Amou!
[08:06] ---
    What happened after
    the battle at the Oki Islands?
[08:09] ---
    Where were you? What have you been doing?!
[08:13] ---
    Sorry, I gotta go check on Kenbu...
[08:15] ---
    Hey, Amou!
[08:19] ---
    He doesn't seem to be in
    a talkative mood right now.
[08:22] ---
    Hold on! That makes you
    a big shot at the company!
[08:25] ---
    What are you doing on
    our maintenance team?!
[08:27] ---
    I wanted to see my AIs' growth up close.
[08:30] ---
    An engineer's passion, if you will.
[08:33] ---
    "Engineer's passion"...?
[08:34] ---
    I can relate to that.
[08:37] ---
    I also wanted to stop Ghost
    from wreaking any more havoc.
[08:43] ---
    After the battle at the Oki Islands
    eight months ago,
[08:45] ---
    I thought we had a real chance
    to get Ghost back.
[08:50] ---
    I'm sorry for taking advantage
    of you all like that.
[08:54] ---
    Aren't I terrible?
[09:00] ---
    That night, with the help of
    Mr. Collin and ARES,
[09:04] ---
    we got on a boat and waited. But...
[09:13] ---
    We prioritized saving
    Amou and Gai instead.
[09:19] ---
    I couldn't let them die.
[09:23] ---
    We quickly covered our tracks and
    left before the Asian military came.
[09:28] ---
    What about Ghost?
[09:31] ---
    So it's still out there somewhere?!
[09:33] ---
    No, we know where it is.
[09:36] ---
    What?!
[09:37] ---
    The North American military's
    Development Agency in Kanto has it.
[09:39] ---
    German Gobert arranged everything.
[09:42] ---
    A long day at work, Captain?
[09:45] ---
    I hear you had quite an argument.
[09:48] ---
    German, I told you not to
    come here unless asked.
[09:51] ---
    It's just that I heard a rumor,
[09:54] ---
    and I wanted to see it for myself--
    the slip-up I caused.
[09:59] ---
    Word travels fast.
[10:07] ---
    Also...
[10:10] ---
    Congressman Roy Walker.
[10:18] ---
    Consider it done. Afterall,
    I'm very good at doing the dirty work.
[10:24] ---
    Why would the captain
    work with a man like that...?
[10:26] ---
    We need to trust him. He must have a plan.
[10:31] ---
    If things fall apart,
    we'll be there to stop it.
[10:39] ---
    After German founded his own organization,
[10:42] ---
    he weaseled himself into the North American
    military, the largest in the world,
[10:45] ---
    by offering up Ghost.
[10:47] ---
    Camouflaging them as accidents,
[10:49] ---
    he then attacked Brenson Corp
    and the TRYVECTA facilities.
[10:53] ---
    Most likely with the goal of
    monopolizing the technology.
[10:56] ---
    So those incidents
    and accidents overseas...
[10:59] ---
    Yes. Fortunately, the nerve center of
    the organization was able to escape.
[11:04] ---
    After that, we spent the next eight months
    completing the new Kenbu.
[11:08] ---
    No wonder I couldn't get a hold of you.
[11:11] ---
    And German sounds like
    a horrible industrial spy!
[11:14] ---
    He's nefarious.
[11:16] ---
    After investigating
    Ghost's disappearance
[11:21] ---
    and the time when Gai
    was found on the ground,
[11:24] ---
    we found out that he was the one
    pulling the strings all along.
[11:27] ---
    We think he started to
    enact his plan that far back.
[11:32] ---
    At the time, the people from
    the development organization
[11:35] ---
    were transporting Gai.
[11:38] ---
    Because of his position, German knew
    where Kenbu would be assembled,
[11:43] ---
    so he made sure Kenbu's parts
    would be hard to transport.
[11:47] ---
    At the same time,
    German sent his men to recover Gai.
[11:52] ---
    Sensing she was in danger, she escaped.
[11:57] ---
    She hid Gai where no one would find it.
[12:00] ---
    As she was contacting us to tell us
    the hiding spot, German's men got to her.
[12:08] ---
    But eventually, Gai found its way back.
[12:14] ---
    She can rest in peace.
[12:19] ---
    Um, so what was Amou doing
    during the past eight months?
[12:25] ---
    Nayuta, did Amou say anything?
[12:28] ---
    No, he wasn't in the mood.
[12:31] ---
    Well then, it's probably best
    if I keep my mouth shut.
[12:35] ---
    It's his story to tell.
[12:37] ---
    What?
[12:55] ---
    Thank you...
[12:57] ---
    And so, we went on an expedition
    to Shikoku and Kyushu. Right?
[13:03] ---
    Yeah.
[13:03] ---
    Where were you, Amou?
[13:05] ---
    Uh, I was overseas...
    With Ms. Misuzu's organization...
[13:11] ---
    What was it like? Was it fun?
[13:14] ---
    Um, yeah, I guess...
[13:17] ---
    I'm so jealous. I'd love to go abroad.
[13:20] ---
    I'll be by your side, my princess!
[13:23] ---
    Yup, of course!
[13:25] ---
    Thank you for the food.
[13:27] ---
    You're done? You've barely
    touched your food.
[13:31] ---
    I'm not hungry...
[13:33] ---
    I'll see you later.
[13:36] ---
    He's changed, hasn't he?
[13:40] ---
    It feels like he's back to
    how he was when we first met.
[14:02] ---
    I think it's about time you tell us
    what happened in the last eight months.
[14:07] ---
    You heard Misuzu.
[14:09] ---
    Only stuff related to Brenson Corp,
    and nothing about you or Amou.
[14:14] ---
    I can't be the one to tell you.
    We have a code.
[14:17] ---
    A code?!
[14:18] ---
    Or are you gonna take a look
    at my memory data?
[14:21] ---
    That's something you could do!
[14:24] ---
    No, we wouldn't do that.
    It'll go against what we are.
[14:28] ---
    We're not just machines
    that process and store data.
[14:33] ---
    --Right.
    --Sorry...
[14:48] ---
    All units are in position and ready to go.
[14:50] ---
    We're waiting for your orders,
    Captain Blanc.
[14:52] ---
    All right! We have 1.5 times
    more units than before!
[14:57] ---
    Let's go wipe them out!
[15:04] ---
    I'm picking up enemy movement.
[15:06] ---
    They'll be within combat range
    in 8 minutes and 40 seconds.
[15:09] ---
    Got it.
[15:10] ---
    Boss, how's the civilian evacuation going?
[15:13] ---
    It's going smooth, but we're
    surrounded by mountains.
[15:17] ---
    It'll take them some time
    for them to cross the border.
[15:19] ---
    We need you to hold them off.
[15:21] ---
    Roger that!
[15:22] ---
    Judging from the distance to
    the safe zone, we have three options.
[15:28] ---
    To force the enemy to retreat,
    to destroy them all,
[15:31] ---
    or stop the unmanned units by defeating
    the commander and the commander unit.
[15:35] ---
    Right.
[15:36] ---
    We found this video recording
    from yesterday's battle.
[15:43] ---
    This man opened fire on the enemy,
    triggering the battle.
[15:46] ---
    When he approached the commander unit,
    he was shot dead.
[15:50] ---
    We can infer that this man made some
    type of deal with the enemy commander,
[15:54] ---
    but was betrayed.
[15:57] ---
    This is what the enemy is capable of.
[15:59] ---
    They aren't planning on letting anyone,
    including the civilians, go.
[16:02] ---
    There's no going back.
[16:05] ---
    They'll have manned units for sure.
    Are you ready, Amou?
[16:09] ---
    Yeah, I'll be fine.
[16:15] ---
    Captain, we'll be entering
    the combat zone soon.
[16:19] ---
    Finally! All units, prepare to fire!
[16:22] ---
    As soon as you see
    the enemies, open fire--
[16:31] ---
    Even from this distance...?
[16:32] ---
    It might look the same,
    but I tinkered with it a little!
[16:36] ---
    You're set up to do some
    super-long-range sniping!
[16:38] ---
    Dammit! Heavy armor units, move forward!
[16:44] ---
    Swap out your ammo!
[16:46] ---
    There's only a few, but the new
    armor-piercing grenades will do the trick!
[16:54] ---
    Three heavy armor units
    have been destroyed!
[16:57] ---
    Impossible!
[16:59] ---
    A durable shield like that has to weigh
    a lot, decreasing the unit's mobility.
[17:03] ---
    Shion!
[17:06] ---
    Wow! It feels so light!
[17:09] ---
    It's lighter in weight
    while maintaining its durability!
[17:12] ---
    The thruster output has increased as well,
    so you can fly longer and faster!
[17:17] ---
    My princess!
[17:17] ---
    Right!
[17:28] ---
    Shion's drawing the enemy's attention.
[17:31] ---
    Let's go!
[17:33] ---
    With the new model spec,
    you can go toe-to-toe
[17:37] ---
    with the North American military
    even if you're outnumbered!
[17:41] ---
    We've spotted three enemy AMAIMs!
    We're taking more damage!
[17:44] ---
    What should we do, Captain?!
[17:46] ---
    Keep it together.
    They just got the first strike.
[17:49] ---
    It's only the three of them!
[17:51] ---
    Break up our troops into three groups!
    Attack them individually!
[17:54] ---
    Our military's AI is
    capable of handling this!
[18:05] ---
    They're changing formation.
[18:10] ---
    This attack's a bit tricky.
[18:13] ---
    We need to get some distance between us.
[18:18] ---
    It's started.
[18:19] ---
    What's your read?
[18:20] ---
    Overwhelming the enemy in numbers
    is an obvious strategy.
[18:23] ---
    However, Captain Blanc
    made a wrong assumption.
[18:27] ---
    What do you mean?
[18:28] ---
    Until yesterday, the terrorists
    were fighting without supplies.
[18:34] ---
    But now, they have that
    white original AMAIM with them.
[18:38] ---
    He's also given them time.
[18:40] ---
    It's safe to assume they were able to
    resupply and conduct maintenance.
[18:47] ---
    They're completely different.
[18:49] ---
    That's true. The unit specs
    are higher than yesterday's.
[18:55] ---
    Are you saying they should've
    taken them on last night?
[18:58] ---
    Either that, or doubled their forces.
[19:02] ---
    One more thing. I actually
    respect their teamwork.
[19:10] ---
    One unit attracts the enemy
    while the second attacks it.
[19:16] ---
    When the enemy targets the second unit,
    the third strikes them down.
[19:20] ---
    It's simple, but once you find yourself
    in that loop, it's hard to get out.
[19:25] ---
    If this situation continues,
    the casualties will...
[19:29] ---
    Yes, I feel the burden on
    my shoulders getting heavier.
[19:33] ---
    I suppose replicas
    can't beat the originals.
[19:38] ---
    Not yet, anyway.
[19:47] ---
    Captain! If we continue taking damage,
    we won't be able to maintain our troops!
[19:51] ---
    What are your orders, Captain?!
[19:54] ---
    This is ridiculous. How can this be?
[19:57] ---
    Me, running from the terrorists
    with my tail between my legs? No!
[20:04] ---
    Brad Watt.
[20:07] ---
    Captain Blanc, I suggest you put
    a stop to this battle now.
[20:11] ---
    There's no point in losing
    our units unnecessarily.
[20:13] ---
    If you stop now,
[20:15] ---
    you can still get out of this
    relatively unscathed.
[20:17] ---
    I appreciate your advice.
[20:21] ---
    He rides on Deputy Commander
    Spears' coattail! The nerve of him!
[20:25] ---
    Captain!
[20:30] ---
    That's the commander unit!
[20:31] ---
    Yeah!
[20:40] ---
    Don't underestimate me!
[21:08] ---
    Please retreat.
[21:09] ---
    What?!
[21:11] ---
    If you promise not to come after us,
    we won't attack anymore.
[21:16] ---
    Amou...
[21:18] ---
    Are you ordering me?
[21:20] ---
    We know you deceived
    a Japanese man for your own gain.
[21:24] ---
    Promise us that you'll never
    hurt the Japanese people ever again.
[21:28] ---
    If you do, then--
[21:30] ---
    Why would I stop?! You all belong
    on the ground, cowering at my feet!
[21:36] ---
    I'd do it again and again!
[21:40] ---
    You're nothing but terrorists!
[21:59] ---
    Amou...
[22:17] ---
    "Episode 15: Reunion"
[23:49] ---
    "Next on AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline"
[23:51] ---
    What do you think, Captain?
[23:53] ---
    How did the white original AMAIM do?
[23:55] ---
    I can sense its determination,
    but there's grim atmosphere.
[23:58] ---
    Captain, we have our new orders.
[24:00] ---
    We're up against Major Alexei Zelenoy
    from the Eurasia military, huh?
[24:04] ---
    Bring it on. It's time
    to test that unit out!
[24:08] ---
    
[24:08] ---
    "Episode 16: Fierce Battle"
[24:09] ---
    "See you in the next episode!"
[24:10] ---