3 - The Fortress Port of Yokosuka

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[00:23] Sign 0024
    Fortress Port of Yokosuka
[00:24] Iona
    Confirmed release signal for
    Yokosuka's defense barrier gates.
[00:29] Gunzou
    Maintain course and enter port.
[00:31] I
    Roger, maintaining course
    and entering port.
[00:37] I
    Incoming message from the Naval
     Command Center in Yokosuka.
[00:40] I
    Preparations to replenish your
    munitions and supplies are complete.
[00:45] G
    Did they say anything about
    the vibration warhead?
[00:48] I
    No.
[00:49] G
    I see.
[00:50] G
    That must be under Assistant
    Secretary Kamikage's authority.
[00:57] Shizuka
    Wow...
[00:59] Iori
    They finally finished building
    the defense barrier, huh?
[01:02] Iori
    Wonder how effective it'll
    actually be against the Fog.
[01:08] S
    So that's the city where
    our captain grew up.
[01:11] Kyouhei
    It's been two years.
[01:13] Kyouhei
    I didn't think we'd ever
    come back to Yokosuka.
SIGN    Arpeggio of Blue Steel
SIGN    The Fortress Port of Yokosuka
[03:18] Military
    Security Platoons 2 and 3,
[03:21] Military
    proceed to Deck B immediately.
[03:22] Military
    Environmental monitoring in progress.
[03:25] G
    What's the matter?
[03:27] I
    I'm being scanned...
[03:28] G
    Should I make them stop?
[03:29] I
    It's okay.
[03:30] I
    It just tickles a bit.
[03:33] Command
    Drydock 7, closing gates.
[03:50] ---
    Confirmed attachment of mooring arms.
[03:53] ---
    401 is secured.
[03:55] ---
    Commence drainage.
[04:08] ---
    Drainage complete.
[04:10] ---
    Opening bulkheads.
[04:11] ---
    Commencing descent to dockyard.
[04:34] G
    It's an underground dockyard,
[04:36] G
    built to protect the remnants of the
    Japanese naval fleet from the Fog.
[04:54] G
    All right.
[04:55] G
    Sou, oversee the resupply with Shizuka.
[04:58] Sou
    Understood.
[05:00] G
    Iori, inspect the sub with Kyouhei.
[05:02] G
    Be extra thorough when inspecting
    the supergravity cannon.
[05:06] Iori
    Okay!
[05:07] Command
    Maintenance crew, begin operations.
[05:09] Command
    We repeat.
[05:10] Command
    Maintenance crew, begin operations.
[05:13] Iori
    Hey, look.
[05:14] K
    The navy, eh?
[05:16] K
    They sure are wary of us.
[05:20] Iori
    Hey, Iona-chan!
[05:22] Iori
    Can you open up your belly for us?
[05:43] GuardA
    So that's the Fog's supergravity cannon!
[05:45] GuardB
    If we got hit by that, we'd be finished.
[05:48] K
    How's it look?
[05:50] Iori
    Hm...
[05:53] Iori
    Well, I doubt we can repair it
[05:57] Iori
    until we restock on
    nanomaterials at Iwoto.
[05:59] K
    Oh boy.
[06:01] Maint
    We will resupply your food and normal
    munitions as per orders, but...
[06:06] Sou
    You are not the only one
    suffering financial straits.
[06:09] Sou
    We understand.
[06:12] ---
    Hm?
[06:13] Sou
    Oh, there is no need for concern.
[06:15] Sou
    This is to prevent allergies.
[06:17] G
    Sou!
[06:19] G
    I'm meeting with Assistant
     Secretary Kamikage.
[06:21] G
    I leave you in command.
[06:23] Sou
    Understood.
[06:24] Sou
    I will assume command
    until you return.
[06:31] I
    Gunzou, I have a question.
[06:34] G
    What is it?
[06:35] I
    I've compared our present
    surroundings with two years prior.
[06:38] I
    There has been a modest increase
[06:41] ---
    in population density and store numbers.
[06:43] I
    Why is that?
[06:44] G
    I see...
[06:45] G
    It must be thanks to that.
[06:48] G
    Because the defense
    barrier was completed,
[06:50] G
    the residents who'd evacuated
    inland came back.
[06:53] I
    Why?
[06:55] G
    Well...
[06:57] G
    That must be because they
    like the sea, right?
[07:01] I
    It's illogical.
[07:02] I
    Compared to the inland,
    the coastal areas have
[07:04] I
    a higher probability of incurring
    damage during battles.
[07:07] G
    Even so, they want to be near the sea.
[07:11] G
    Iona, we're making a side trip.
[07:14] I
    Huh?
[07:15] G
    It's an illogical whim of sorts.
[07:25] I
    Gunzou, what are we
    making a side trip for?
[07:28] G
    To visit a grave.
[07:29] I
    A grave?
[07:31] Makie
    Help!
[07:37] Makie
    I'm being chased by bad guys!
[07:39] G
    Bad guys?
[07:40] Maid
    Miss, you must not leave the mansion!
[07:43] Makie
    I don't like it there!
[07:44] Makie
    I'm going on a journey of freedom!
[07:46] G
    Bad guys...
[07:48] G
    You mean them?
[07:53] Maid
    Let's go home now, Miss.
[07:54] Makie
    L-Let me go!
[07:55] Makie
    At least let me go out whenever I want!
[07:59] I
    I have conducted a database
    search on that girl.
[08:04] G
    On her?
[08:05] I
    She appears to be living in a
    western-style mansion nearby...
[08:08] I
    by herself.
[08:09] G
    By herself?
[08:10] G
    But she's so young.
[08:11] I
    Further information, including her
    family structure, is unknown.
[08:15] G
    It's unusual for you to take interest
    in people who aren't crew members.
[08:20] I
    That girl...
[08:25] Maint
    That's the last of them.
[08:27] K
    Understood.
[08:31] Sou
    That's the last of it?
[08:33] K
    Yeah.
[08:33] Iori
    Kyouhei...
[08:35] K
    Hm?
[08:36] Iori
    Sorry.
[08:37] Iori
    I think we've been caught.
[08:40] K
    Huh?!
[08:41] K
    What about the navy?!
[08:46] K
    Sou, these guys...
[08:48] Sou
    Yes, they appear to be the army.
[08:54] Guy
    I-401 crew members,
[08:56] Guy
    it is our pleasure to
    invite you to dinner.
[09:18] G
    This is a memorial for those who
    died in the war against the Fog.
[09:24] G
    This s a cemetery for the navy.
[09:27] I
    "Cemetery"?
[09:28] G
    A place to honor
[09:30] ---
    the dead, and comfort their souls.
[09:33] I
    The dead...
[09:34] I
    Those who have ceased vital functions?
[09:39] I
    Is there any meaning in honoring the dead?
[09:43] G
    Meaning?
[09:49] G
    The meaning might be to allow
[09:51] ---
    those left behind to come
    to terms with reality.
[09:54] I
    This is just a place.
[09:57] G
    It's humans that give meaning to places.
[10:01] G
    Doing so gives us peace.
[10:05] I
    It is meaningless.
[10:07] G
    Meaningless, huh?
[10:10] G
    Perhaps the act of seeking
    meaning in meaningless acts
[10:13] G
    is proof that humans have evolved.
[10:19] I
    It's a bit similar to the "noise" that,
[10:21] ---
    through its copying process
    and subsequent degradation,
[10:23] I
    activates a relentless proliferation
[10:25] ---
    system in order to maintain diversity.
[10:35] G
    The army?
[10:40] Guy
    You must be Captain Chihaya.
[10:41] Guy
    A certain gentleman seeks
    an audience with you.
[10:45] Guy
    We would like you to come with us.
[10:47] I
    Gunzou, shall I neutralize them?
[10:51] G
    It would be rude to disturb
    the slumber of the war dead.
[10:55] G
    We will accept the invitation.
[11:10] Manager
    Mr. Chihaya Gunzou, your
    colleagues are waiting for you.
[11:19] K
    Hey, you two.
[11:22] Kita
    I've been waiting for you,
    Chihaya Gunzou-kun.
[11:27] G
    You are...
[11:29] G
    Kita Ryoukan?
[11:31] Sou
    A former admiral who is now
    a national diet member.
[11:34] Sou
    He's a political powerhouse,
    thought to be the strongest contender
[11:34] Shizuka
    Wow...
[11:35] K
    Just means it's available to a select few.
[11:37] Sou
    to become the next prime minister.
[11:39] Iori
    Hey, he's right in
    front of us, you know.
[11:43] G
    And what could someone
    of such influence want with us?
[11:49] Kita
    Is that young lady the
    mental model of 401?
[11:53] G
    Yes.
[11:54] Kita
    I see...
[11:56] Kita
    She looks indistinguishable
    from a human being.
[11:59] G
    Did you invite us here so
    that you could look at Iona?
[12:03] Kita
    Unfortunately, my hobbies do
    not include taking my meals
[12:06] ---
    while appreciating little dolls.
[12:09] Kita
    Well then, allow me to get to the point.
[12:13] Kita
    Would you be so kind as to
    return 401 to the government?
[12:19] G
    Unfortunately,
[12:21] G
    we cannot agree to that.
[12:23] G
    We are in the midst of a mission.
[12:25] Kita
    Are you referring to Kamikage?
[12:28] Kita
    That will not pose a problem.
[12:30] G
    It is not that simple.
[12:32] G
    Since we have accepted the task,
[12:34] G
    we have the responsibility
    to see it through.
[12:36] Kita
    Responsibility, eh?
[12:38] Kita
    That's a word you don't often hear from
    the mouth of any grown man these days.
[12:44] Kita
    Despite our ongoing
    communications issues,
[12:47] Kita
    we still heard of your and
    I-401's many exploits.
[12:54] Kita
    And in these past two years,
[12:56] Kita
    you have not only
    survived against the Fog,
[12:58] Kita
    but also dealt major
    blows to their fleet.
[13:02] Kita
    Your feats have made a
    profound impression upon me.
[13:05] K
    Well, we're just a stingy delivery boat.
[13:10] Kita
    It is for that very reason
[13:12] Kita
    that I have come to
    believe that your fates
[13:14] Kita
    cannot be left in 401's hands,
    when her very existence
[13:17] ---
    is synonymous with danger.
[13:20] G
    Danger?
[13:21] G
    Do you mean from 401?
[13:23] Kita
    Of course.
[13:24] Kita
    She is of the Fog.
[13:27] Kita
    It is only a matter of time
    before she gets out of hand.
[13:31] Kita
    All the more reason to
    relinquish her operations
[13:35] Kita
    to highly trained,
    experienced men who
[13:37] ---
    are legitimate soldiers,
    wouldn't you agree?
[13:41] Kita
    Not to mention, there is
    every possibility that a vessel
[13:44] Kita
    whose core is in the grips of a monster,
[13:46] ---
    this mental model,
    may turn on us one day.
[13:50] Kita
    Who can rightfully believe that
    such a vessel deserves our trust?
[13:56] G
    Trust, you say.
[13:59] G
    I mean no disrespect, but I disagree.
[14:03] G
    Isn't it you, the ones who have
[14:05] ---
    accomplished nothing during
    the seven years following
[14:07] G
    the Great Naval Battle,
    who do not deserve our trust?
[14:11] G
    Official military training and experience
[14:14] G
    are completely ineffective against the Fog.
[14:16] G
    Do you still not understand that?
[14:20] G
    And I cannot trust you if
    you call Iona a monster.
[14:27] Kita
    Do you like that doll so much?
[14:31] G
    You still—
[14:41] Kita
    I was hoping it would not
    prove necessary to do this.
[14:55] Maya
    Hey, Kongou.
[14:56] Maya
    Did you know that in Russia,
    they put jam in their tea?
[15:00] Kongou
    "Jam"?
[15:01] Maya
    Also known as "preserves"!
[15:03] Maya
    A non-perishable food made
    by boiling fruit and sugar!
[15:06] Kongou
    What happens when that is added to tea?
[15:09] Maya
    Who knows?
[15:10] Maya
    It just feels more trendy
    than using these cubes.
[15:14] Kongou
    I have no idea what you're talking about.
[15:18] Maya
    What are you going to do with 401?
[15:20] Kongou
    I'm going to sink it.
[15:21] Kongou
    I have already taken steps.
[15:25] Maya
    Oh, so that's why you sent those two ships.
[15:28] Maya
    Hey, would that count as "tactics"?
[15:31] Kongou
    Tactics, huh?
[15:33] Kongou
    In the past, we pushed humanity
    to the brink with sheer power.
[15:38] Kongou
    However, that was simply because
[15:40] Kongou
    we possessed unstoppable weapons
    and impenetrable shields.
[15:47] Kongou
    Had humanity possessed
    technology equal to our own,
[15:49] Kongou
    the Fog would have been defeated,
    as tactics are a foreign concept to us.
[15:52] Kongou
    If so, then how can the Fog
    develop a capacity for tactics?
[15:57] Kongou
    This was the answer.
[15:59] Kongou
    The limits of a human body have
     developed our ability to reason,
[16:02] Kongou
    and reason leads to the formation of ego.
[16:05] Maya
    Ugh... It's too sweet.
[16:08] Kongou
    In concurrence with obtaining an ego,
[16:10] ---
    we also acquired a concept of time
[16:12] Kongou
    and learned how to foresee the future.
[16:14] Kongou
    Thus, we became capable of tactics.
[16:17] Kongou
    However, there is nothing more
    for us to learn from humans.
[16:21] Kongou
    There is no further
    need to observe 401.
[16:24] Kongou
    One might even say it would be
    harmful for us to continue.
[16:26] Maya
    We can't end up like Takao.
[16:33] Kongou
    Indeed.
SIGN    New Hakodate City, Hokkaido
[16:37] Store
    Thank you for your business!
SIGN    What is a Captain?
    
    Let's talk about the most important person
    on a ship, the captain.
    
    The captain knows everything about his ship,
    in order to make his ship do exactly what he wants.
[16:46] Takao
    "The captain knows
    everything about his ship,
[16:49] Takao
    in order to make his ship
    do exactly what he wants."
[16:55] Takao
    To do exactly... what he wants...
[16:59] G
    Come to me, Takao.
[17:02] Takao
    To make* me*... do exactly what he wants...
[17:12] Takao
    You showed up faster than expected.
[17:14] 400
    Indeed.
[17:15] 402
    The submarine fleet's main
    objective is to gather intelligence.
[17:18] Takao
    Intelligence?
[17:20] Takao
    That's a new concept.
[17:22] Takao
    So, what do you want with me,
[17:25] Takao
    400 and 402?
[17:29] 400
    We would like to learn your
    reasons for leaving the fleet.
[17:33] 402
    Because you cut yourself off
     from the concept comm system,
[17:36] 402
    we had no choice but to come to you.
[17:39] Takao
    I want to have
[17:42] ---
    a captain.
[17:43] 400
    A captain?
[17:44] 402
    Are you referring to Chihaya Gunzou?
[17:47] Takao
    He is capable of using me more
    effectively than even I can.
[17:51] Takao
    I want to become stronger.
[17:54] Takao
    Hardly unreasonable for
    a weapon, don't you think?
[17:56] 400
    And is this part of a plan of some kind?
[18:01] Takao
    I'll figure that out.
[18:02] 402
    So there is none.
[18:03] 400
    You left the Fog without
    any plan whatsoever?
[18:06] Takao
    Shut up!
[18:19] Takao
    I won't be returning to the fleet.
[18:22] Takao
    I will be at Chihaya Gunzou's side.
[18:24] Takao
    That's fine for now, isn't it?
[18:26] 400
    It is sufficient.
[18:27] 402
    Kirishima and Haruna will
    soon make contact with 401.
[18:31] 402
    It's too late for you to go there now.
[18:33] Takao
    I am not going to Yokosuka.
[18:39] Takao
    When I made contact with 401,
[18:41] Takao
    I caught a brief glimpse of a place
    that looked very interesting.
[18:44] Takao
    I will wait for him there.
[18:54] 402
    That is no longer the
    Takao we once knew.
[18:57] 400
    Yes...
[18:58] 400
    The Fog is about to change.
[19:00] 402
    We will need to continue
    monitoring the situation.
[19:03] 400
    Yes, by using her.
[19:06] 402
    Using her...
[19:14] Soldier
    What was that?!
[19:15] K
    Isn't that coming from
    the defense barrier?
[19:19] G
    Sou, is the resupply complete?
[19:21] Sou
    It is, Captain.
[19:23] G
    Iori, report on the ship's hull and engines.
[19:26] Iori
    All good to go!
[19:28] G
    Kyouhei.
[19:28] K
    Fire control systems and weapons
    systems are all nominal.
[19:31] K
    They're all set!
[19:32] Kita
    What are you...
[19:34] G
    Iona.
[19:34] I
    Quantum comm systems, nominal.
[19:36] G
    Good.
[19:37] G
    Override the dock control system.
[19:39] I
    Roger.
[19:51] Soldier
    What...
[19:52] Soldier
    What the—
[19:52] 1
    Dammit, we're locked out!
[19:55] 2
    401 is on the move?
[20:01] 3
    Stop her!
[20:02] 4
    It's no use!
[20:03] 4
    It's rejecting our commands!
SIGN    Fleet of Fog: East Patrol Fleet 1 Battleship Kirishima
[20:15] Kirishima
    It's been seven years.
SIGN    Fleet of Fog: East Patrol Fleet 1 Battleship Haruna
[20:20] Haruna
    We've arrived.
[20:27] Kita
    I see.
[20:29] Kita
    The explosions are an attack
    by the Fleet of Fog.
[20:33] G
    As I thought.
[20:45] Soldier
    Don't make a single move!
[20:47] Soldier
    Stop!
[20:50] Iona
    You will get hurt if you move.
[20:51] Iona
    It will probably hurt a lot.
[20:55] Kita
    Mental model...
[20:58] G
    All crew, return to the ship!
[21:00] G
    We will set out immediately!
[21:01] K
    Understood.
[21:02] Kita
    Chihaya Gunzou, what are you
    planning to do, exactly?
[21:07] G
    What?
[21:08] Kita
    The power of 401,
[21:10] Kita
    no, of the Fog, will
    quite possibly determine the
[21:13] ---
    future of the world, depending
    on the circumstance.
[21:16] Kita
    Are you fully aware of that?
[21:19] G
    I don't know what the future holds.
[21:21] G
    But, I do know that my
    future is a part of it.
[21:26] G
    If there is a power that can
    open the way to the future,
[21:29] G
    I want to use that power and
    try to see where it leads.
[21:34] Kita
    Even if that decision will
    bring about your death?
[21:40] G
    If it was decided by my
[21:42] ---
    free will, I wouldn't
    want it any other way.
[21:45] Kita
    Tell me, 401.
[21:47] Kita
    What is it that your brethren
    intend to do with this world?
[21:51] Kita
    Is your purpose to destroy us
    and gain dominion over Earth?
[21:56] I
    I do not know.
[22:00] I
    I am a weapon.
[22:01] I
    I merely follow Gunzou's orders.
[22:05] I
    But, today I have come to realize
[22:09] I
    that I exist so that Gunzou will live.
[22:19] G
    Crash dive!
[22:20] I
    Roger.
[22:22] G
    Iona, can you identify the enemy?
[22:24] I
    Yes.
[22:26] I
    It is Kirishima and Haruna.
[22:29] K
    Hey, is this for real?!
[22:31] Sou
    Not one, but two Fog battleships?
[22:34] I
    They will soon arrive.
[22:37] G
    Very well.
[22:38] G
    We will proceed to intercept
    Kirishima and Haruna!
[22:42] G
    All men to battle stations!
SIGN    Illustration by Konishi