# 4 - Assault on Yokosuka
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**[00:18] Soldier**
No!
**[00:19] Soldier**
I don't want to die!
**[00:22] Haruna**
"Don't... want to... die..."
**[00:25] Haruna**
"Don't want to die." A phrase
rejecting the shutdown of oneself.
**[00:29] Haruna**
Entry tagged. Categorized. Recorded.
**[00:33] Kirishima**
Are you collecting words again?
**[00:35] H**
Words comprise a primordial,
beautiful system.
***SIGN*** Arpeggio of Blue Steel
***SIGN*** Assault on Yokosuka
**[02:16] Kiri**
"Beautiful," huh?
**[02:18] Kiri**
I fail to comprehend.
**[02:20] Kiri**
As a means of communicating information,
**[02:22] Kiri**
it is far too circuitous and inefficient.
**[02:26] Kiri**
If we use our Concept Comm System,
**[02:28] Kiri**
exchanging information at this level
**[02:30] Kiri**
can be accomplished without any lag.
**[02:44] H**
Klein Field operating at three percent.
**[02:48] Kiri**
I wonder why humans engage
in such futile gestures.
**[02:52] Kiri**
Shall we silence them?
**[03:15] Kiri**
They just don't give up.
**[03:21] Soldier**
Enemy ship has locked
her turrets on us!
**[03:25] Soldier**
Spare us!
**[03:27] H**
"Spare us." A phrase impulsively uttered
by one who has lost the will to fight.
**[03:33] H**
A phrase indicating surrender.
**[03:35] H**
Entry tagged. Categorized. Recorded.
**[03:38] Kiri**
Time to end this.
**[03:44] Kiri**
A corrosive torpedo?
**[03:46] H**
Calculating corrosion countermeasures.
**[03:49] H**
Adjusting Klein Field.
**[03:56] Kiri**
So, she's here.
**[03:58] Shizuka**
Corrosive torpedoes,
impact confirmed!
**[03:59] Shizuka**
Klein Field deployment by
enemy ships, confirmed.
**[04:02] G**
They have mental models?
**[04:04] I**
Yes. It's Kirishima and Haruna.
**[04:06] K**
They're both fast battleship class, huh? Damn.
**[04:10] K**
And here I was looking forward
**[04:11] ---**
to some downtime during my
first homecoming in a long while.
**[04:13] G**
Iona, attract the enemy's attention.
**[04:17] G**
We'll lure them away from the base.
**[04:19] I**
Okay.
**[04:20] K**
So what's the plan?
**[04:22] K**
Head outside the defense barrier
and bring them with us?
**[04:25] G**
No, we have the home court
advantage right now.
**[04:28] G**
We will sink at least one of them here.
**[04:32] I**
In order to neutralize the Klein
Field of a fast battleship
**[04:35] I**
and damage the ship itself,
**[04:38] I**
we must deliver a direct hit
with the supergravity cannon.
**[04:41] Sou**
That cannon was damaged
**[04:43] Sou**
during our earlier battle with Takao.
**[04:46] Sou**
We can't use it.
**[04:48] Sou**
Furthermore, we used 15
corrosive torpedoes
**[04:50] ---**
to sink the fast battleship, Hyuuga.
**[04:53] Sou**
We currently possess six
corrosive torpedoes.
**[04:56] Sou**
No, since just we fired
two of them, only four.
**[05:00] K**
Damn, we're really stuck here.
**[05:03] G**
Shizuka, give me the most
recent tidal stream atlas
**[05:06] G**
for the area within
Yokosuka's defense barrier.
**[05:08] Shizuka**
Roger.
**[05:10] Shizuka**
Kirishima and Haruna are
both starting to turn.
**[05:13] Shizuka**
Kirishima's bearing is 212,
**[05:15] Shizuka**
Haruna's bearing is 215.
**[05:17] G**
Iona, you have control of our depth.
**[05:19] G**
Crawl us along the ocean floor.
**[05:21] I**
Crawling.
**[05:30] Kiri**
She dove.
**[05:31] Kiri**
Will she run?
**[05:33] H**
No, it doesn't seem like she's
headed for the open sea.
**[05:36] Kiri**
As suspected, this is entirely different
**[05:39] Kiri**
from 401's old combat methods.
**[05:41] H**
Kirishima, give me some time with her.
**[05:44] Kiri**
Haruna?
**[05:44] H**
I want to speak with her.
**[05:48] G**
What is it?
**[05:50] I**
They're calling me.
**[05:54] H**
It's been a while, 401.
**[05:56] I**
Kirishima... Haruna.
**[05:59] Kiri**
This is our first time meeting in this form.
**[06:01] I**
What do you want with me?
**[06:04] Kiri**
Why don't you take a seat first?
**[06:06] Kiri**
I've heard that's what humans do
when they engage in conversation.
**[06:12] Kiri**
We have received orders from our
flagship, Kongou, to sink you.
**[06:18] I**
I know.
**[06:19] Kiri**
But, Haruna wants to
talk to you before that.
**[06:23] I**
Talk?
**[06:25] H**
401, why do you side with the humans?
**[06:28] H**
What compels you to do so?
**[06:30] Kiri**
Takao also abandoned her duties
**[06:32] Kiri**
and the fleet after she
engaged you in combat.
**[06:35] Kiri**
She's in search of a human crew.
**[06:37] I**
Takao...
**[06:39] Kiri**
Now that we have
obtained physical bodies,
**[06:40] Kiri**
there is nothing more we
can gain from humans.
**[06:44] Kiri**
That is the conclusion
Kongou has reached.
**[06:47] H**
Do you feel humans still have
something to offer, or?
**[06:53] I**
I don't know.
**[06:54] I**
But,
**[06:55] ---**
I need a captain right now.
**[06:59] I**
I have become Chihaya Gunzou's ship.
**[07:02] H**
I see.
**[07:05] G**
Iona?
**[07:06] I**
I'm fine.
**[07:08] G**
All right.
**[07:09] G**
I'm going to lay out our strategy.
**[07:12] G**
Here is our current location,
**[07:14] G**
as well as that of
Kirishima and Haruna.
**[07:16] G**
We will deploy our
operation from this point.
**[07:19] K**
So that's where Phase 2 begins.
**[07:22] G**
That's right.
**[07:23] G**
Iori, engines at maximum output!
**[07:25] Iori**
Roger!
**[07:33] Kiri**
You won't get away.
**[07:35] Sou**
This is Old Yokosuka City.
It sank due to the rise in sea levels.
**[07:40] Sou**
Nice move, Captain.
**[07:42] Shizuka**
Sonar scatter will occur here,
**[07:44] Shizuka**
which should make it difficult for
the enemy to pinpoint our location.
**[07:48] G**
Good.
**[07:48] G**
Iori, cut engines.
**[07:50] Iori**
Huh?
**[07:51] Iori**
Oh, okay. Understood.
**[07:57] G**
Yokosuka's defense barrier has
vents at regular intervals.
**[08:03] G**
The sea water entering and exiting
**[08:05] G**
through those vents passes
between these scattered buildings,
**[08:08] G**
which causes complex currents
in this entire area.
**[08:11] Sou**
I see.
**[08:12] Sou**
If we move using these currents...
**[08:15] G**
We can get behind the enemy
**[08:17] G**
without being detected.
**[08:20] G**
Kyouhei, scatter canisters.
**[08:23] K**
All right!
**[08:37] Shizuka**
Enemy ships are moving upward
above the submerged building complex.
**[08:40] G**
Iona.
**[08:41] I**
Understood.
**[09:01] H**
The torpedoes are launching
from multiple directions.
**[09:03] H**
They were not from 401.
**[09:06] H**
There must be semi-automated
torpedo launchers.
**[09:10] Kiri**
Are they trying to throw us off?
**[09:25] I**
Gunzou.
**[09:27] G**
Yeah.
**[09:27] G**
The real fight starts now.
**[09:31] H**
All torpedo launchers have been neutralized.
**[09:34] Kiri**
These toys are all she got
for letting humans on board?
**[09:38] Kiri**
I struggle to comprehend the point.
**[09:40] H**
However, they were effective.
**[09:42] H**
We have lost 401's current location.
**[09:48] H**
401's actions are unpredictable to us
**[09:51] H**
now that she has humans aboard.
**[09:53] H**
Both Hyuuga and Takao were defeated
because they were unable to handle that.
**[09:56] Kiri**
Are you implying that we will
suffer the same fate as they did?
**[10:01] H**
That's not what I mean.
**[10:02] H**
But, were that to happen,
**[10:05] H**
we may experience regret.
**[10:08] Kiri**
"Regret"?
**[10:09] H**
It expresses one's delayed vexation over
a decision made in error, apparently.
**[10:15] Kiri**
How ridiculous.
**[10:16] Kiri**
What meaning is there in
rejecting an decision
**[10:20] Kiri**
after the results have come to pass?
**[10:23] H**
I do not know.
**[10:24] H**
But, humans apparently do so frequently.
**[10:28] Kiri**
What nonsense.
**[10:30] Kiri**
We are weapons.
**[10:32] Kiri**
We should just focus on
sinking the enemy before us.
**[10:36] H**
However...
**[10:38] H**
Thanatonium readings straight ahead.
**[10:46] H**
Sonar contact ahead.
**[10:48] H**
It is too large to be a decoy.
**[10:51] Kiri**
It must be 401.
**[10:53] Kiri**
I guess you've given
up on hide-and-seek.
**[11:05] Kiri**
Sink.
**[11:08] H**
Kirishima!
**[11:18] Kiri**
From behind?!
**[11:20] Kiri**
But 401 is in front of us!
**[11:23] Kiri**
What is that?
**[11:25] H**
It's the battleship Mikasa,
**[11:26] H**
launched in 1902.
**[11:29] ---**
Constructed as part of the Imperial
Japanese Navy's 6-6 Fleet Plan.
**[11:34] ---**
It sank along with Old Yokosuka City.
**[11:36] ---**
They deceived us by scattering
active nanomaterial particles
**[11:40] ---**
on the ship's surface.
**[11:46] K**
Damn, it didn't work.
**[11:48] K**
And here I thought it
was such a great idea!
**[11:51] Sou**
In addition, our move just now
revealed our real location to them.
**[11:56] G**
Iori, engine output at maximum.
**[11:58] Iori**
Huh?!
**[11:59] G**
Full speed ahead!
**[12:00] I**
Full speed ahead.
**[12:01] K**
What?!
**[12:02] K**
Ahead?!
**[12:03] K**
You want to ram into the enemy?
**[12:06] Kiri**
They're toying with us both, Haruna.
**[12:11] Kiri**
Good, 401.
**[12:14] Kiri**
I've never had so much fun.
**[12:18] Kiri**
Indeed, we are weapons.
**[12:20] Kiri**
Our only reason for existence is
to engage and destroy the enemy.
**[12:25] Kiri**
That's right...
**[12:26] Kiri**
I want to sink her with my own hands.
**[12:29] Kiri**
No matter what!
**[12:31] H**
Kirishima's emotion emulator
values are changing rapidly.
**[12:35] H**
This is...
**[12:37] Kiri**
I will crush you!
**[12:41] Shizuka**
Multiple torpedoes launched!
**[12:43] Shizuka**
Three barrages, over sixty torpedoes total!
**[12:45] Shizuka**
Torpedoes now hitting the water!
**[12:48] Shizuka**
More than 120 total!
**[12:49] Shizuka**
Still more incoming!
**[12:57] K**
Damn, fast battleships sure
don't pull their punches!
**[12:59] Kiri**
She's coming right at us!
**[13:01] Kiri**
Have you gone mad, 401?
**[13:04] H**
No, she hasn't.
**[13:09] Kiri**
She just passed beneath us?
**[13:11] Kiri**
Going through all that trouble
to show your back to us?
**[13:14] Kiri**
You and your crew have some nerve.
**[13:16] Kiri**
Whatever you've got planned...
**[13:18] Kiri**
I'll stop you!
**[13:26] K**
Are we really gonna survive this?!
**[13:28] I**
Klein Field operating at 95 percent.
**[13:31] I**
We have a 5 percent buffer. We'll be fine.
**[13:34] K**
Isn't that already pushing it?!
**[13:36] I**
Now.
**[13:37] G**
Anchor the boat!
**[13:42] G**
All hands, brace for impact!
**[14:02] H**
No engine sounds, nor heat signature
readings can be confirmed.
**[14:08] H**
We've lost 401.
**[14:26] G**
Everyone all right?
**[14:27] I**
I'm fine.
**[14:29] K**
Ow...
**[14:30] K**
I thought I was gonna die.
**[14:33] Sou**
Life support systems, nominal.
**[14:35] Iori**
And the engines survived, at least.
**[14:38] Shizuka**
The anchor is still functional, as well.
**[14:40] Sou**
Am I correct in assuming
that we're now in Phase 3?
**[14:43] G**
Right.
**[14:44] K**
Can we really win this, though?
**[14:47] K**
The number of remaining corrosive torpedoes...
**[14:50] K**
is two.
**[14:52] I**
We can win.
**[15:01] Kiri**
That wouldn't have sunk her.
**[15:04] Kiri**
She must be buried under the rubble.
**[15:07] H**
Why do you think that?
**[15:08] Kiri**
It'd be too boring to have it end here.
**[15:12] H**
"Boring," you say?
**[15:15] Kirshima**
We'll show you who's stronger, 401...
**[15:17] Kirshima**
You, with humans aboard, or us.
**[15:22] H**
All right.
**[15:23] H**
I'll join you, Kirishima.
**[15:29] K**
Hey, something big's going down!
**[15:33] Shizuka**
Detecting gravitons on a massive scale!
**[15:35] Sou**
What's this sound?
**[15:36] I**
The sea...
**[15:38] I**
will split open.
**[16:11] K**
Hey, what the hell is that?
**[16:27] K**
Th-They've docked together!
**[16:33] Sou**
So they can do this, too?
**[16:35] K**
Hey, nobody told me about this!
**[16:38] G**
No, we are lucky.
**[16:41] K**
Huh?!
**[16:42] G**
We won't have to get them one by one.
**[16:45] K**
This guy intends to sink both of them!
**[16:48] Kiri**
We have you now!
**[16:50] H**
Commencing synchronization
of Energy Life Rings.
**[16:53] H**
Compressing gravitons to degeneracy zone.
**[16:56] G**
Iori! Engine output at maximum!
**[17:02] K**
Resist!
**[17:03] K**
Resist, 401!
**[17:06] Shizuka**
Tractor beam output rising!
**[17:08] K**
We're getting hit with two
ships' worth! This'll be tough!
**[17:11] Iori**
I'm raising the output
on our end, too!
**[17:18] Kiri**
Not a bad struggle you're
putting up there, 401!
**[17:22] H**
Critical degeneracy reached in 10 percent.
**[17:29] Shizuka**
An opening has appeared
in their Klein Field!
**[17:31] G**
We've got them!
**[17:33] Kiri**
Struggling won't help you!
**[17:35] Iona**
When firing the supergravity cannon,
**[17:38] Iona**
it is necessary to open the Klein Field in
the direction of the cannon's trajectory.
**[17:42] Iona**
And in order to keep that much energy
**[17:44] ---**
and spatial distortion under control,
**[17:46] ---**
the mental models must devote almost
all of their resources to the task.
**[17:50] ---**
Their other operations suffer as a result.
**[17:54] ---**
That is our chance.
**[17:58] H**
Thanatonium.
**[18:00] Kiri**
We're not falling for that!
**[18:08] I**
They fended it off.
**[18:11] H**
Critical degeneracy reached.
**[18:19] Kiri**
It's over, 401!
**[18:29] G**
You should keep your trump card
hidden until the very end.
**[18:37] H**
Emergency stop on supergravity
cannon launch sequence.
**[18:40] H**
Deploying Klein Field!
**[18:42] Kiri**
Impossible!
**[18:43] Kiri**
Where did that come from?
**[18:46] Kiri**
Another launcher... hidden
in Mikasa's shadows?
**[18:53] Kiri**
401!
**[18:59] H**
Unable to... maintain control...
on degenerate energy levels...
**[19:03] Kiri**
Damn it!
**[19:04] Kiri**
Can't calculate... Field deployment... in time!
**[19:09] H**
Unable to halt... launch sequence.
**[19:13] H**
We're... going to break...
**[19:17] Shizuka**
Tractor beam output dropping!
**[19:19] Shizuka**
Klein Field is down!
**[19:21] I**
If we strike now,
**[19:22] I**
normal warheads will be able to
deal more than enough damage.
**[19:25] G**
Fire everything!
**[19:36] H**
Are we... going to lose?
**[19:40] Kiri**
This can't be happening...
**[19:42] Kiri**
How can we... lose?
**[19:45] Kiri**
Our specifications...
**[19:48] Kiri**
far surpassed those of 401 in every aspect...
**[19:52] Kiri**
And yet...
**[19:53] H**
What is this?
**[19:54] H**
What am I feeling?
**[19:56] Kiri**
Haruna!
**[20:06] Kiri**
Haruna...
**[20:09] Kiri**
No!
**[20:10] Kiri**
I...
**[20:12] Kiri**
I don't want...
**[20:17] Kiri**
...to die yet!
**[20:19] H**
Ah, so this is...
**[20:24] H**
This is...
**[20:27] H**
This is... regret!
**[20:51] Shizuka**
There are no signs of either
Kirishima or Haruna.
**[20:55] Sou**
We managed to pull through,
**[20:57] Sou**
but that was very close.
**[20:59] G**
Yeah.
**[21:00] G**
If Kirishima and Haruna's
processing capacity
**[21:03] G**
exceeded Iona's projections,
we would've been at risk.
**[21:06] K**
Man, that was bad for my heart!
**[21:09] K**
Can you *try* to keep the gambling
to a minimum, Captain?
**[21:13] G**
You did well, Iona.
**[21:15] I**
This is the first time I've sunk
ships with mental models.
**[21:20] G**
That's true.
**[21:21] G**
I've put you through a painful experience.
**[21:23] I**
Painful?
**[21:25] I**
I don't know.
**[21:28] I**
I don't know.
**[21:41] Makie**
Silver sand... nanomaterials.
***SIGN*** Illustration by Natsumoto Masato