3 - Meeting Again

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    Discovered in the first
    half of the 21st century,
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    the revolutionary energy
    source called Nectoribium
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    shook up the world order.
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    In possession of vast deposits,
    Zogilia, a global powerhouse,
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    swallowed up its neighboring
    countries and continued to expand.
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    Soon, countries
    in opposition to Zogilia
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    formed the Liberty
    Treaty Confederation
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    and war broke
    out on a global scale.
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    Over the course
    of several great wars,
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    the Confederation found
    itself driven to disadvantage
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    and they began developing
    a radical new combat system.
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    And that was the Coupling System.
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    However, there was a flaw
    in the System at the time
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    and development was halted due
    to the high number of casualities.
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    That brings us
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    to the Third Far Eastern War,
    which has been going on since last year.
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    During that time, development
    work was done in secret
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    and the flaw was overcome in this...
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    Wait...
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    Aoba...?
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    Please wake up!
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    Beat your wings
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    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
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    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
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    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
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    That world you see before your eyes
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    What colors is it made up of?
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    Measure feeling match
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    The pain of loss isn't something
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    You want to get used to, and yet
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    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
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    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
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    Can't go back
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    Want to go home
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    The two, back-to-back
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    Break through
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    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
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    Like painting over a colorless world
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    Let this sympathy reach
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    Growing the wing
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    Let's build the
    future that we envision
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    We can change even fate
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    Transcending time, UNISONIA
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    FL350, at Level 1 cruising altitude.
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    "Meeting Again"
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    Switching engines, output
    at critical threshold.
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    At the ready to go to maximum battle speed.
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    It seems he's very good
    at dozing off during class.
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    Captain, your behavior
    is less than commendable.
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    But I'm doing this because
    I'm worried about Mayu.
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    The Coupling System is
    as top secret as they come.
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    Whether he's a time
    traveler from the past
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    or he's just an unregistered civilian,
    he needs to be kept under surveillance.
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    Petty Officer Nasu has excellent
    marks in self-defense training as well.
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    Please rest easy.
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    But I mean...
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    Captain.
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    Very well, Lieutenant
    Commander Kleinbeck.
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    Sorry about that, um...
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    I am Mayuka Nasu.
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    I was giving that lecture because you
    said you didn't know anything.
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    I may not look it, but I'm the Coupling
    Engineer and I'm busy, you know.
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    You're that important
    around here, Mayuka?
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    Oh, no...
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    I'm actually assistant to Elvira,
    who's the Engineering Officer.
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    I'm sorry!
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    I was tired.
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    Getting attacked out of
    the blue and running for my life,
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    and then piloting that robot...
    I've been through a lot.
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    It was a Valiancer.
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    Right, a Valiancer.
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    But there shouldn't have been
    any Valiancers seventy years ago.
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    No, so like,
    it came from the future.
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    That's what Hina said, too.
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    Hina?
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    My classmate, Hina Yumihara.
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    She came from
    the future to save me
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    and she's the girl
    who sent me to this era.
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    I wonder what happened
    to her after that...
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    If we were to assume
    that you aren't lying...
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    If you assumed that...?
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    The most likely explanation...
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    would be a dream, I suppose.
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    What?
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    So you don't believe me.
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    Oh, we're here.
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    This is it.
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    This is the Valiancer
    that you piloted, the Luxon.
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    The Luxon...
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    It was just a short while ago that
    I was definitely in there with Hina...
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    Valiancers and wars...
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    I've really come
    to the future, haven't I?
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    Huh?
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    Its shape is completely different
    from the Valiancer I got on in my time.
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    That's because this is a prototype.
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    There's none other like it.
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    Right now, Elvira
    is rewriting the data for you.
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    The data? For me?
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    Valiancers made for Coupling are
    fundamentally adjusted for each pilot.
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    The next time you pilot it,
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    I believe you'll find the fit
    to be much better than before.
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    What?! Uh...
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    I'm... piloting this thing again?!
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    You're not?
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    Huh? But then, why did the Captain
    direct us to make the adjustments?
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    Me? In combat again?
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    What are you doing?
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    It's him...
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    You better not pull a
    gun on me again, Dio.
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    I thought I told you
    not to call me by name.
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    Petty Officer Nasu,
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    this ship is designated top secret
    by Joint Command Headquarters.
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    No civilian should have permission
    to freely wander aboard this ship.
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    Um, Elvira asked me to,
    so I'm showing Aoba around the ship...
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    Mayuka's not at fault here!
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    Why don't you talk directly to me?!
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    I will not demand that you
    observe military regulations
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    when you are not a soldier.
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    And lashing out at a girl
    is something a soldier does?!
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    Petty Officer Nasu is also a soldier.
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    Um, you two...
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    The alert to get to battle stations!
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    Oh, no!
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    Oh, hey!
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    Aoba, I'm sorry!
    Please go back to your room!
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    Wait! Mayuka?!
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    Where was my room again?
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    Hostile Valiancers
    have breached Perimeter 3.
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    Two minutes to contact!
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    Engine to threshold in five minutes.
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    We'll have to buy ourselves
    at least three minutes.
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    All hands, prepare for interception!
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    Pardon me for being late!
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    It's done.
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    Help me with the rewrite.
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    Yes, ma'am.
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    Valiancer Team,
    you are asked to maintain air cover
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    until output reaches the
    critical threshold.
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    Roger that.
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    Enemy Valiancer team
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    consists of the same units that
    attacked earlier. Three Valiancers.
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    That's fewer than before.
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    I approve of this trend!
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    Valiancer Team, taking off!
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    All Valiancers have cleared the deck!
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    All right! Make sure
    we prep for their landing, too!
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    Yes, sir!
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    Roger!
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    So? What the heck are you doing?
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    Amazing...
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    That ship's silhouette isn't one
    that matches any existing data we have.
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    So this one's a new model, too.
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    It's like a swan or something.
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    Enemy ship's engine output is increasing.
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    I wonder if they mean
    to break away from us.
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    We're being intercepted.
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    Don't go down before the main show!
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    The goal is to buy time! Don't push it!
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    Valiancer Team has made contact!
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    Deploying NECTTAR Shield!
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    Seven Sequences until main
    engine reaches threshold!
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    Dio, take the guy with the red crest!
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    Roger.
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    Is that all?!
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    Did we give you too much credit earlier?!
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    I'm yawning here!
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    It looks like the white new
    model hasn't shown up yet!
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    So, it's begun.
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    Main engine, moments to threshold!
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    Valiancer Team,
    return to base at once!
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    All units, please return to base!
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    Let's get out of here!
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    Roger.
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    About time!
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    Right on schedule, I guess?
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    We'll retreat, too.
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    Damn, I don't like this.
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    Hostile Valiancers are pulling away.
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    Main engine at threshold!
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    Valiancers are heading inside the Curtain.
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    Scheduled to be stowed upon arrival.
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    Cygnus, accelerate to top speed...
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    High energy transmission
    source at 6 o'clock!
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    Evasive action!
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    Taking evasive action!
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    Rear propulsion block has suffered
    a direct hit from a NECTTAR Gun!
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    A NECTTAR Gun?
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    I thought there were
    no such vessels in the vicinity!
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    We have a composite image!
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    A Valiancer?!
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    That unit!
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    Don't tell me that's Zogilia's...
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    Alfried Gallant!
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    So, it was his team that's
    been doggedly coming after us.
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    Left wing engine nacelle has been hit!
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    This is a NECTTAR Rifle.
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    A NECTTAR Gun that can be carried
    by a Valiancer deployed to the front line?
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    So, firing twice back-to-back is the limit.
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    The star of Zogilia's
    National Defense Force
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    coming out here,
    equipped with a new weapon...
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    This isn't our day.
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    Unable to restore top speed capabilities!
    We can't break away!
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    Valiancer Team, intercept him!
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    You don't have to tell us!
    We're on our way!
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    What the?!
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    They hadn't fled?!
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    That was a good feint, Bizon.
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    A matter of course for something like this.
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    The fruits of this battle
    are still to come!
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    Here we go!
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    Roger!
[10:15] ---
    At this rate, the Cygnus will be in danger!
[10:17] ---
    We'll hold those guys off!
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    Dio, can I leave Alfried to you?!
[10:22] ---
    Of course, sir.
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    So that's it.
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    At this speed, it must
    be pre-transformation.
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    That's good for us.
[10:38] ---
    Are you running?!
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    Hurry it up!
[10:41] ---
    Make it quick or we're goners!
[10:43] ---
    We got hit again?
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    Yeah.
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    Well, this is war, after all.
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    War...
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    Not only that, but our opponent's
    a formidable one this time.
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    We might be in for another scuffle.
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    Can you swim?
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    What?
[10:58] ---
    We're over the ocean here,
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    so if we crash, that might help
    to extend your life a tad.
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    Don. Aoba. There's a little
    something I'd like to discuss with you.
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    Hey, Captain.
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    Me, too?
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    Enemy Valiancer approaching
    the limits of our perimeter!
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    Be careful, Dio!
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    Just a little farther!
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    There he is!
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    Why isn't he returning fire?
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    This is where the real show starts.
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    So, I was being lured out here!
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    Close quarter combat would
    be rough for me with this equipment.
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    I'll back you up as soon as it's charged.
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    Capture the new model.
[11:50] ---
    Roger!
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    Close quarter combat?
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    Go down, foe of Zogilia!
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    That's Hina for you.
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    She's not Lieutenant Commander
    Ryazan's pride and joy for nothing.
[12:30] ---
    This is the Bradyon. I'm surrounded
    by three enemy units!
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    Is this the best the Confederation's
    new Valiancer can do?!
[12:45] ---
    This one is strong!
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    Damn it!
[12:48] ---
    I can't go anywhere, either!
[12:50] ---
    So, the enemy's goal
    was to capture the Bradyon?!
[12:53] ---
    Can we provide cover fire?
[12:54] ---
    He's outside of our effective range.
[12:56] ---
    Dio...
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    I guess this means we played
    right into Alfried's hands.
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    Everything's ready.
[13:04] ---
    The Luxon's good to fly at any time.
[13:06] ---
    Wha?! The Luxon?!
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    Aoba!
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    Him!
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    I'm really sorry to have to end up
    relying on you, a civilian, once more.
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    Having said that,
    we're in no position to be picky.
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    In order to save our ship, we have
    no choice but to send you into combat.
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    Not at all. There's no way I'm
    dying out here if I can help it, either.
[13:34] ---
    Please let me go!
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    But man, this is still scary.
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    Are you ready to take off?
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    Yeah!
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    You already shared Dio's
    piloting knowledge in the last Coupling.
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    You should have no problems flying.
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    Brace against the impact of the launch.
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    Just fly towards the red Valiancer.
[13:53] ---
    We'll direct the timing
    of the Coupling on our end.
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    The timing is tricky for
    Coupling in combat airspace.
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    Be careful, Aoba.
[14:01] ---
    If you don't want to do this,
    you can call it quits.
[14:04] ---
    Like hell I'm calling it quits!
[14:06] ---
    What's with him?!
[14:08] ---
    Luxon here, send me out!
[14:17] ---
    Commander, it's the other new model!
[14:19] ---
    I see it.
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    Hina.
[14:21] ---
    You heard him.
[14:23] ---
    Don't let your guard down.
[14:24] ---
    Roger!
[14:26] ---
    Fifteen seconds to Coupling zone.
[14:29] ---
    So in the end, I'm with him again.
[14:34] ---
    What?!
[14:38] ---
    Is he trying to flee?!
[14:43] ---
    Here goes, Dio!
[14:45] ---
    The Luxon has entered
    Seventh Code Coverage area!
[14:48] ---
    Proposing!
[14:49] ---
    Connective, Dio!
[14:51] ---
    Acception!
[14:57] ---
    Approach Ring, deployed!
[14:59] ---
    Estifitguide, commencing navigation.
[15:02] ---
    Approach Ring, accepted.
    Commencing Linkage.
[15:05] ---
    Forceveil, open.
[15:08] ---
    Emphatier Level increasing.
[15:10] ---
    Consultation, commencing.
[15:11] ---
    Estifit, out!
[15:18] ---
    Coupling, complete!
[15:21] ---
    They got the Coupling done!
[15:23] ---
    Bizon, the enemy!
[15:24] ---
    Leave it to the Commander.
[15:27] ---
    So, this is...
[15:31] ---
    What?!
[15:32] ---
    That's...
[15:34] ---
    I'll leave things here to you!
[15:35] ---
    Things here?! Where's "here"?!
[15:41] ---
    There it is again.
[15:45] ---
    Could this be...?
[15:49] ---
    This is Dio's...!
[15:54] ---
    Be gone, foes of Zogilia!
[15:58] ---
    If you can last just one minute, I can...
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    I see.
[16:02] ---
    With speed like this, it's like
    a different Valiancer than before.
[16:05] ---
    However, if all you have
    is speed, you're just a target.
[16:15] ---
    Did you think you could hit me?!
[16:17] ---
    He saw it and evaded it?
[16:18] ---
    Impossible!
[16:22] ---
    Go down!
[16:24] ---
    I must have missed!
[16:26] ---
    Commander!
[16:27] ---
    Sorry, Passo. I have to regroup.
[16:29] ---
    Roger that, sir!
[16:30] ---
    You're not getting away!
[16:32] ---
    The Commander?!
[16:34] ---
    Commander!
[16:40] ---
    Why you!
[16:41] ---
    Dio left this to me, after all.
[16:44] ---
    Out of my way!
[16:49] ---
    A Confederation Valiancer has
    Alfried of Zogilia on the run!
[16:53] ---
    The Luxon's putting up a good fight, too.
[16:55] ---
    In Coupling Valiancers,
    it's only to be expected.
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    The two units share their full potential,
    including that of their pilots.
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    That is the Coupling System.
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    Via the Linkage,
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    the pilots share not just their
    minds, but all sensations
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    with zero latency and zero degradation,
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    improving the performance of
    each other's Valiancer geometrically.
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    Zogilia's pilots are
    currently facing Valiancers,
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    which far surpass the
    usual technological limitations.
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    This speed! This power!
[17:29] ---
    Did we misjudge the
    Confederation's Valiancer technology?
[17:32] ---
    Or else...
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    Commander, I'll stop him for you!
[17:36] ---
    No! Don't be rash!
[17:40] ---
    What?!
[17:42] ---
    You thought you could hit me like that?!
[17:49] ---
    Passo!
[17:54] ---
    If only I had the specs for combat...
[17:58] ---
    I'm heading over
    to the Commander's aid.
[17:59] ---
    We're counting on you!
[18:00] ---
    Got it!
[18:03] ---
    Its mobility is unbelievable!
[18:04] ---
    I'm starting to get the hang of this.
[18:06] ---
    I've stopped seeing what
    looks like Dio's hands, though...
[18:16] ---
    What was with that movement just now?!
[18:20] ---
    Don't mess with me!
[18:21] ---
    What?!
[18:34] ---
    I did it!
[18:43] ---
    The enemy pilot?
[18:45] ---
    What?
[18:53] ---
    Hina...
[18:55] ---
    Hina!
[18:58] ---
    Hina? Isn't that...?
[19:00] ---
    Emphatier Level dropping!
[19:02] ---
    This is dangerous! Maintain levels!
[19:04] ---
    I'm working on...
[19:06] ---
    The Link is about to be forcibly severed!
[19:08] ---
    Why?!
[19:10] ---
    The Luxon's cockpit
    release is being engaged!
[19:13] ---
    Huh?
[19:13] ---
    What?!
[19:14] ---
    You bastard! What are you
    doing in the middle of combat?!
[19:17] ---
    It's Hina! Hina's here!
[19:22] ---
    That bastard...
[19:23] ---
    Dio, brace for impact!
[19:26] ---
    No!
[19:29] ---
    A forcible Decoupling...
[19:36] ---
    The Bradyon has decelerated!
[19:38] ---
    Dio, increase altitude!
[19:40] ---
    R-Roger...
[19:51] ---
    Please wake up, Hina!
[19:53] ---
    Showing mercy to the enemy...
[19:55] ---
    I don't know about that.
[19:57] ---
    Maybe he doesn't
    think she's the enemy.
[20:11] ---
    A Confederation... pilot?
[20:14] ---
    Hina, you're awake?!
[20:16] ---
    You okay?
[20:18] ---
    How do you know my name?
[20:20] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[20:22] ---
    Aoba?
[20:23] ---
    That's right! Aoba!
[20:25] ---
    I'm coming over there.
[20:29] ---
    What is he... doing?!
[20:31] ---
    Does he mean to take her prisoner?
[20:33] ---
    Bastard!
[20:34] ---
    Get away from Hina!
[20:37] ---
    Bizon!
[20:46] ---
    I made it in time!
[20:47] ---
    Out of my way!
[20:49] ---
    Aoba, get back inside your cockpit!
[20:51] ---
    Lee? But Hina is...
[20:53] ---
    I don't care who she is!
    Bring her with you if you want!
[20:56] ---
    All right.
[20:59] ---
    Stay away!
[21:00] ---
    You are a foe of Zogilia!
[21:02] ---
    Hold on!
[21:06] ---
    Survival priority system activated.
[21:12] ---
    Hina!
[21:17] ---
    Hina! You okay?!
[21:18] ---
    Bizon!
[21:19] ---
    Take cover!
[21:29] ---
    Lee!
[21:31] ---
    Lee?
[21:32] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad, please respond!
[21:35] ---
    The enemy?!
[21:36] ---
    It looks like they can't
    take much more, either.
[21:38] ---
    All units, retreat.
[21:40] ---
    Lasha, roger.
[21:41] ---
    Tarjim, roger.
[21:43] ---
    Bizon, I've secured the Fortuna.
[21:45] ---
    That was a fiasco, Commander.
[21:47] ---
    I am aware of that,
    Madam Special Officer.
[21:50] ---
    A second failure will not be
    permitted, Alfried Gallant.
[22:03] ---
    Lieutenant Junior Grade Duran,
    what damages has the Beryl C sustained?!
[22:06] ---
    The left arm got blown off,
    but it looks like the cockpit's untouched.
[22:10] ---
    Opening Hatch 2.
[22:11] ---
    Come in for immediate landing.
[22:13] ---
    Roger.
[22:13] ---
    Hina was there.
[22:13] ---
    Also, can you verify the Luxon's status?
[22:16] ---
    I can't tell. I don't see
    any external damage, though.
[22:20] ---
    Hina, was it?
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:35] ---
    Forgetting even the reason I ache
[22:40] ---
    Just for now, please
[22:44] ---
    I know you
[22:49] ---
    I'm looking for you
[22:53] ---
    Softly pressing my lips to the bright
    afterimage I can't keep from leaving
[23:02] ---
    If hesitation is what gives way
    to the slightest of hopes
[23:11] ---
    To as many gentle mornings
    as the times I have wandered
[23:20] ---
    In the future that
    leads back to that sky,
[23:24] ---
    I want to save you,
    I want to protect you
[23:29] ---
    In the future that arrives at that dream
[23:33] ---
    Wait for me
[23:36] ---
    The love we'll surely find
[23:41] ---
    I want you to reach out for it
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:48] ---
    "Next Time 'The Time for Resolve'"
[23:51] ---
    "The Time for Resolve."