9 - The Coupling System

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[00:20] ---
    Do not address me
    so familiarly by name!
[00:23] ---
    No matter how much
    this Hina of yours resembles me,
[00:26] ---
    that Hina is not me.
[00:28] ---
    And now, I have no other leads to go on.
[00:32] ---
    I guess I really can't go back...
[00:35] ---
    So I'm stuck living here...
[00:45] ---
    Beat your wings
[00:47] ---
    See the light of hope
    in the sky you have yet to see
[00:52] ---
    And don't ever give in
    to the weight of sorrow
[00:55] ---
    Echo unto eternity, UNISONIA
[01:05] ---
    That world you see before your eyes
[01:10] ---
    What colors is it made up of?
[01:15] ---
    Measure feeling match
[01:18] ---
    The pain of loss isn't something
[01:21] ---
    You want to get used to, and yet
[01:23] ---
    Even on a night like this,
    the stars are beautiful
[01:29] ---
    Like a tarnished coin spilling
    from the palm of your hand
[01:35] ---
    Can't go back
[01:37] ---
    Want to go home
[01:38] ---
    The two, back-to-back
[01:41] ---
    Break through
[01:43] ---
    Turning unfading emotions
    into a lasting bond
[01:48] ---
    Like painting over a colorless world
[01:51] ---
    Let this sympathy reach
[01:54] ---
    Growing the wing
[01:56] ---
    Let's build the
    future that we envision
[02:00] ---
    We can change even fate
[02:04] ---
    Transcending time, UNISONIA
[02:12] ---
    "Cygnus"
    "Mobile Strike Aeroship"
[02:15] ---
    My apologies for not reporting
    in sooner, Vice Admiral Richardson.
[02:18] ---
    "Vice Admiral Richardson, Pacific
    Fleet Acting Commander"
[02:19] ---
    lt seems your arrival has
    been greatly delayed.
[02:22] ---
    I am sorry about that.
[02:22] ---
    "Captain Kuramitsu"
    
[02:23] ---
    We ran into Zogilia's
    Protection Division along the way.
[02:27] ---
    "The Coupling System"
[02:27] ---
    I hear you almost lost one
    of the new Valiancers.
[02:30] ---
    Well, not that its loss would affect anything
[02:31] ---
    in the big scheme of things.
[02:35] ---
    Your ship is set to take
    part in the upcoming operation.
[02:38] ---
    Do your best not to get in the way.
[02:41] ---
    Good morning, everybody!
[02:44] ---
    Huh?
[02:44] ---
    What?
[02:45] ---
    D-Doctor!
[02:48] ---
    Hold on a second!
[02:49] ---
    This line is secure on the highest level!
    How did you hack into it?!
[02:52] ---
    Hmm, you're annoying.
[02:55] ---
    Huh? Wha...
[02:56] ---
    "Alessandro Fermi"
[02:56] ---
    "Pacific Rim Neuroscience Research
    Laboratory Director"
[02:57] ---
    Now, let me start over.
[02:59] ---
    How are you all doing,
[03:00] ---
    my friends aboard the Cygnus?
[03:02] ---
    You seem to be the
    same as ever, Doctor Fermi.
[03:06] ---
    Captain, there is a ship
    approaching us from up ahead.
[03:09] ---
     It's the Crane, the
    Coupling System Research Ship.
[03:11] ---
    "Crane, Coupling Research Ship"
[03:23] ---
    Welcome to the Cygnus.
    We are happy to have you aboard.
[03:26] ---
    Yes, thank you,
    beautiful young lady.
[03:29] ---
    I'm glad to see you
    looking so well, Doctor.
[03:32] ---
    Thank you.
[03:34] ---
    As for you... I think you may have
    gained a few more fine wrinkles.
[03:39] ---
    Oh, you and your jokes, Doctor.
[03:41] ---
    Well, I know I only just got here, but...
[03:43] ---
    A demonstration of the Coupling System?
[03:46] ---
    That's right.
    We'd like you to show Doctor Fermi.
[03:50] ---
    Thanks in advance!
[03:51] ---
    It seems he came all this
    way from Hawaii just for this.
[03:54] ---
    From Hawaii?
[03:55] ---
    Yup. From Hawaii,
    where we should be arriving soon.
[04:00] ---
    I guess he couldn't wait.
[04:02] ---
    But right now, the Luxon is...
[04:04] ---
    Fortunately, the cockpit
    block didn't take any damage.
[04:07] ---
    It'll be possible to conduct a Coupling.
[04:11] ---
    Huh. So that old man is the one
    who developed the Coupling System.
[04:16] ---
    Precisely speaking,
[04:17] ---
    I should say that he's the
    leader of the development team.
[04:20] ---
    What do you mean?
[04:21] ---
    Certainly, it was Doctor Fermi
    who proposed the Coupling theory
[04:26] ---
    and the core work of developing
    the System was done at the Doctor's lab...
[04:31] ---
    but what finally made the practical
    application of his theory possible
[04:34] ---
    was the cockpit designed by Elvira,
    who was one of his staff members.
[04:37] ---
    In other words,
    that makes me the inept master
[04:40] ---
    whose disciple snatched
    away his moment of glory.
[04:43] ---
    D-Doctor...
[04:45] ---
    But that's fine, isn't it?
    Being the inept master?
[04:48] ---
    What?
[04:49] ---
    You see, it was under Elvira's grandfather
[04:52] ---
    that I began my research into the
    fundamentals of the Coupling theory.
[04:55] ---
    So I've known her since she was in diapers.
[04:59] ---
    I had no idea!
[05:01] ---
    It took her a long time
    to get out of those diapers.
[05:03] ---
    It had us worried.
[05:04] ---
    Doctor!
[05:07] ---
    But well...
[05:08] ---
    Now, that little girl is a researcher
    who is even more accomplished than me.
[05:12] ---
    How could I possibly be unhappy about that?
[05:15] ---
    That's a nice story.
[05:17] ---
    Enough with the chitchat
    already. We're going to begin!
[05:20] ---
    Ensign Watase!
[05:22] ---
    Connective, Dio.
[05:23] ---
    Acception.
[05:31] ---
    Emphatier Level, frequency is stable.
[05:33] ---
    I had no idea the Enharmonic Controls
    had been perfected to this degree.
[05:37] ---
    Beautiful!
[05:39] ---
    How long does the
    Coupling connection last?
[05:41] ---
    The operational limit of 300 seconds.
[05:43] ---
    Perfect.
[05:53] ---
    Ten seconds to Decoupling.
[05:56] ---
    Five, four, three, two, one.
[06:02] ---
    Decoupling.
[06:07] ---
    The System and the
    pilots are both in good shape.
[06:11] ---
    Thanks for your cooperation, Aoba, Dio.
[06:13] ---
    Sure.
[06:25] ---
    What do you want?
[06:26] ---
    Maybe you can fool some machines,
    but don't think you can fool me.
[06:30] ---
    What do you mean "fool"?
[06:32] ---
    You saw her, didn't you?
[06:33] ---
    On that island?
    That woman named Hina or whatever?
[06:36] ---
    No.
[06:37] ---
    Don't tell me such a transparent lie.
[06:39] ---
    It's true. That's not the Hina I know.
[06:43] ---
    What?
[06:44] ---
    Here... In this world seventy
    years later, Hina doesn't exist.
[06:50] ---
    The Hina Yumihara,
    who saved me and sent me into the future,
[06:53] ---
    doesn't exist anymore.
[06:56] ---
    I see. So that's why you're depressed.
[06:59] ---
    I'm not depressed!
[07:00] ---
    You're a more sensitive
    soul than I'd thought.
[07:02] ---
    I told you, I'm not depressed!
[07:05] ---
    This idea that an enemy pilot
    would know how to return to the past...
[07:09] ---
    Where did you get that from anyway?
[07:11] ---
    Even a child in grade school
    would come up with a better story.
[07:14] ---
    It's not a story!
[07:16] ---
    I thought it was the only possibility.
[07:19] ---
    I won't bring it up anymore.
[07:27] ---
    What was that for?!
[07:28] ---
    Are your eyes open now?!
[07:30] ---
    How long do you plan to
    keep sniveling for?!
[07:32] ---
    The Luxon's repairs will be done soon!
[07:34] ---
    Even a guy like you is better than noth...
[07:36] ---
    The one who's being sniveling...
[07:38] ---
    is you, isn't it?!
[07:43] ---
    Just until the other day,
    you were brooding about your sister!
[07:46] ---
    Quit lecturing me like
    you're so much better than me!
[07:48] ---
    Why you...
[07:52] ---
    Fiona has nothing to do with this!
[07:55] ---
    You sissy's boy!
[07:57] ---
    Shut up, you dithering fool!
[08:02] ---
    Hey...
[08:04] ---
    You bastard!
[08:06] ---
    What the hell are you guys doing?!
[08:08] ---
    Stop this, Dio!
[08:09] ---
    Let go!
[08:11] ---
    Hey! I said, let go!
[08:12] ---
    I'm going to make
    this idiot come to his senses!
[08:14] ---
    Shut up!
[08:18] ---
    I swear! You guys are so much trouble!
[08:20] ---
    You two took it a little too far.
[08:23] ---
    The Captain said to
    cool your heads here for a while.
[08:26] ---
    See you later.
[08:27] ---
    Don't make us needlessly
    exert ourselves. Sheesh.
[08:37] ---
    Ah, to be young!
[08:41] ---
    Oh?
[08:42] ---
    Where's Doctor Fermi?
[08:43] ---
    What?
[08:45] ---
    Oh, now that you mention it...
[08:49] ---
    Hey, there you are.
[08:51] ---
    I hear that you're from the past?
[08:53] ---
    From seventy years ago, I think it was?
[08:55] ---
    You don't believe me anyway, right?
[08:59] ---
    How much do you know
    about the Coupling System?
[09:03] ---
    What?
[09:04] ---
    You see, to put it simply,
[09:07] ---
    that device connects
    the two pilots' brains in parallel
[09:10] ---
    to dramatically increase processing power.
[09:14] ---
    I see...
[09:16] ---
    The key to this system
[09:18] ---
    lies in relaying the two
    pilots' thoughts without any delays.
[09:21] ---
    Because a time lag
    would be a hindrance in combat.
[09:25] ---
    Relay thoughts without delay?
[09:27] ---
    You can explain all you want.
    You're wasting your time on that idiot.
[09:30] ---
    The hell was that, you bastard?!
[09:32] ---
    Yes, yes.
[09:34] ---
    Right now, you're only separated by a wall,
[09:36] ---
    so you can make
    yourself understood in this way.
[09:38] ---
    But on the battlefield,
    it doesn't work that way.
[09:41] ---
    The farther apart
    you are, the greater the lag.
[09:45] ---
    Even delays on
    the order of nanoseconds
[09:47] ---
    are more than enough to prevent
    you from conducting a Coupling.
[09:51] ---
    Then, how are we
    conducting these Couplings?
[09:56] ---
    Time-leaps.
[09:57] ---
    What?
[09:58] ---
    If there's going to be a one
    nanosecond lag in relaying thought,
[10:03] ---
    you just send the thought
    one nanosecond into the future
[10:06] ---
    and the problem is solved.
[10:07] ---
    Is that even possible?
[10:09] ---
    On the level of elementary particles, yes.
[10:12] ---
    On the level of elementary particles?
[10:15] ---
    What's so funny?
[10:16] ---
    It means that, in the end,
    the Doctor doesn't believe your story.
[10:21] ---
    What did you say?!
[10:23] ---
    You two seem to get along great.
[10:25] ---
    Most excellent.
[10:35] ---
    The new line of Valiancers is to
    be equipped with Coupling Systems?
[10:38] ---
    You hadn't heard?
[10:40] ---
    It's going to be rolling out soon.
[10:41] ---
    It's just two Valiancers for now, though.
[10:43] ---
    Those hard-headed higher-ups
    must be relenting a little.
[10:47] ---
    Then, are you saying we are close
    to mass producing Coupling Valiancers?
[10:51] ---
    Unfortunately, we're not to that point yet.
[10:53] ---
    The Confederation doesn't put
    much stock in Coupling Valiancers.
[10:57] ---
    Even though the enemy
    has become fixated on them.
[10:59] ---
    Zogilia's got him, after all.
[11:02] ---
    Him?
[11:03] ---
    A researcher, who was
    at the Doctor's lab, like me.
[11:07] ---
    He defected to Zogilia.
[11:09] ---
    He was excellent at what he did,
[11:11] ---
    so he must have a good appreciation
    for the importance of Elvira's cockpit.
[11:16] ---
    What is the name of this man?
[11:19] ---
    Hahn. His name is Wilhelm Hahn.
[11:19] ---
    "Wilhelm Hahn"
    
[11:19] ---
    "Zogilian Science Academy Test Laboratory 2 Director"
    
[11:22] ---
    I do think this is quite
    an interesting operation.
[11:25] ---
    Very well.
[11:27] ---
    I will speak to the
    Adminburo on your behalf.
[11:30] ---
    "Commander Gallant,
    Special Officer O'Keefe"
[11:30] ---
    Thank you very much, Doctor Hahn.
[11:33] ---
    Please do your best,
    Special Officer O'Keefe.
[11:36] ---
    I imagine that for you,
    this will be your final chance.
[11:41] ---
    I wish you luck.
[11:43] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[11:47] ---
    "Vajra"
    "Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship"
[11:50] ---
    And that sums up
    our upcoming operation.
[11:53] ---
    Any questions?
[11:54] ---
    Commander, just who in
    the world is this Doctor Hahn?
[11:59] ---
    He's just some scientist and
    he's got pull with the Adminburo?
[12:03] ---
    That's not normal.
[12:04] ---
    That is not for you to know.
[12:10] ---
    I will be leading the team
    and taking command today.
[12:16] ---
    Are you fine with this, Commander?
[12:18] ---
    We'll let her have her way.
[12:27] ---
    It's me! It's Aoba Watase!
[12:29] ---
    I'll get you up on land soon.
[12:31] ---
    But I want you to have it.
[12:33] ---
    Aoba Watase...
[12:35] ---
    Hina.
[12:38] ---
    Bizon!
[12:39] ---
    What's wrong? You look upset.
[12:42] ---
    Hina, how did you get
    a signal out from that island?
[12:48] ---
    Not much time should've passed
[12:50] ---
    between us receiving the
    signal and us arriving there.
[12:53] ---
    But the Fortuna's cockpit was
    already submerged in the ocean.
[13:00] ---
    From the Confederation's new Valiancer.
[13:01] ---
    What?! Then you...!
[13:03] ---
    No!
[13:04] ---
    I found it in the woods
[13:06] ---
    and I was about to take
    it when the enemy came back.
[13:08] ---
    So I just sent out the
    distress signal and...
[13:11] ---
    I was unarmed, so...
[13:13] ---
    But there were no Valiancers
    on that island other than the Fortuna.
[13:17] ---
    It left before you all arrived.
[13:20] ---
    I was hiding,
    so I didn't get a good look, though.
[13:25] ---
    No one would ever believe that, right?
[13:27] ---
    It's too convenient...
[13:30] ---
    Have you told the Commander about this?
[13:33] ---
    Not yet.
[13:34] ---
    Tell the Commander.
[13:36] ---
    It'll be troublesome if the
    Special Officer notices it first.
[13:40] ---
    You're right.
[13:42] ---
    From now on,
    you tell me these things earlier.
[13:45] ---
    I'm the only one who'll believe
    you no matter what happens.
[13:48] ---
    All right.
[13:51] ---
    Bizon.
[13:52] ---
    There's no time.
    Go get in your cockpit quick.
[13:55] ---
    Roger.
[14:11] ---
    Enemy Valiancers approaching.
[14:13] ---
    Ten minutes until we make contact.
[14:15] ---
    All hands, prepare for air-to-air combat!
[14:19] ---
    Out! We're mobilizing!
[14:30] ---
    Are we sure about this? Sending those
    two out in their current state...
[14:33] ---
    What? They've always been
    like that from the very beginning.
[14:37] ---
    That is true, but...
[14:40] ---
    Here they come!
[14:41] ---
    Spread out and prepare to engage!
[14:43] ---
    Roger!
[14:45] ---
    Don't think about anything
    else right now. Focus on fighting.
[14:48] ---
    I know that!
[14:50] ---
    Aoba. Dio. Please commence
    conducting the Coupling.
[14:53] ---
    Roger.
[14:54] ---
    Roger.
[14:56] ---
    Connective, Dio.
[14:57] ---
    Acception.
[15:04] ---
    Multiple heat signatures approaching!
[15:06] ---
    Zogilian cruise missiles!
[15:08] ---
    Deploy the NECTTAR Curtain!
[15:14] ---
    Damage?!
[15:15] ---
    All negligible. No problems here.
[15:17] ---
    Second wave, incoming!
[15:19] ---
    The Cygnus won't have the
    NECTTAR Curtain charged up in time!
[15:22] ---
    All Valiancers, take down
    as many missiles as you can!
[15:24] ---
    Roger!
[15:31] ---
    Wha?!
[15:32] ---
    There's no time to be surprised!
[15:38] ---
    I can do that, too!
[15:41] ---
    Just wait, Hina!
[15:43] ---
    I'll take this bastard down!
[15:45] ---
    Aoba!
[15:47] ---
    Wha?!
[15:49] ---
    Commander, you will provide cover!
[15:50] ---
    Roger that.
[15:52] ---
    Him again!
[15:55] ---
    Pesky bastard!
[16:04] ---
    Damn it!
[16:06] ---
    It got past me?!
[16:10] ---
    The Crane has been hit!
[16:11] ---
    Lieutenant Conrad, take down all
    missiles headed for the Crane as well!
[16:15] ---
    Don't allow any more to find their marks!
[16:17] ---
    There's no need for that.
[16:19] ---
    Doctor!
[16:20] ---
    I'm all right.
[16:22] ---
    And the Crane won't go down so easily.
[16:24] ---
    But...
[16:26] ---
    Elvira, I've taught you everything
    I learned from your grandfather.
[16:31] ---
    It's time you graduated.
[16:34] ---
    I will entrust the future to you all.
[16:39] ---
    Can we even take down this many?
[16:41] ---
    Quit your whining!
    Do what you're here to do!
[16:48] ---
    Amazing...
[16:49] ---
    That's Aoba and Dio for you.
[16:52] ---
    Now, if we just wait for the enemy
    to exhaust their supply of missiles...
[16:55] ---
    Let's just hope they do
    exhaust their supply.
[17:01] ---
    More missiles still incoming!
[17:03] ---
    Just how many did
    they come prepared with?!
[17:05] ---
    Don't tell me...!
[17:06] ---
    They're aiming to wait
    out the Coupling time limit.
[17:09] ---
    According to Doctor Hahn's prediction,
[17:12] ---
    those new Valiancers can maintain
    their Coupling for 300 seconds.
[17:15] ---
    In other words, they have 90 seconds left.
[17:19] ---
    Once the Decoupling happens,
    these numbers will be totally impossible.
[17:23] ---
    Keep at it!
[17:24] ---
    There's still more missiles coming!
[17:26] ---
    But the Coupling is already...
[17:28] ---
    Don't give up, Aoba Watase!
[17:31] ---
    Didn't you resolve to
    remain on the Cygnus and fight?!
[17:35] ---
    You're an idiot!
    And a hopeless one at that!
[17:38] ---
    But once you've made up your mind,
    you stay the course, no matter what!
[17:41] ---
    Isn't that the kind of man that you are?!
[17:44] ---
    Right now, the Cygnus
    is in need of strength!
[17:46] ---
    And you have the strength
    to meet that need!
[17:50] ---
    Fight! For the people who need you!
[17:55] ---
    Hurry up, Snivels!
[18:00] ---
    Oh, no! I let one slip by!
[18:05] ---
    I told you that I'm not sniveling!
[18:07] ---
    What?!
[18:08] ---
    Quit lecturing me like you're so
    much better than me, you sissy's boy!
[18:13] ---
    What was that?! You're the
    one who was down in the dumps!
[18:18] ---
    I was just copying you!
[18:20] ---
    Bastard! Of all the things
    you could've said...
[18:23] ---
    Amazing!
[18:24] ---
    Those two are arguing and still...
[18:27] ---
    All those missiles...
[18:28] ---
    But the time is already...
[18:31] ---
    Ten seconds until the Decoupling.
[18:33] ---
    Nine...
[18:34] ---
    Eight...
[18:35] ---
    Seven...
[18:36] ---
    Six...
[18:37] ---
    Five...
[18:38] ---
    Four...
[18:39] ---
    Three...
[18:40] ---
    Two...
[18:41] ---
    One...
[18:42] ---
    It's time.
[18:48] ---
    Not yet!
[18:53] ---
    The Coupling is being maintained!
[18:55] ---
    What?!
[18:58] ---
    Impossible...
[18:59] ---
    Madam Special Officer, your orders.
[19:02] ---
    K-Keep firing those missiles!
[19:05] ---
    There may have been a miscalculation,
[19:06] ---
    but the Coupling can't last for long!
[19:09] ---
    Fire! Fire! Fire!
[19:16] ---
    We're going out there, too!
[19:17] ---
    Roger!
[19:18] ---
    The duration of the Coupling has
    exceeded 400 seconds!
[19:21] ---
    I can't believe it...
[19:30] ---
    All missiles have been intercepted!
[19:32] ---
    Th-That can't be...
[19:50] ---
    E-Eject!
[19:53] ---
    Open! Open up!
[19:56] ---
    I am not someone who
    deserves to die in such a place!
[19:59] ---
    N-No!
[20:03] ---
    Are you all right, Madam Special Officer?
[20:05] ---
    That voice... Alfried Gallant...
[20:08] ---
    The operation has ended in failure.
    All Valiancers returning to base.
[20:12] ---
    Y-Yes...
[20:24] ---
    Hey, Snivels, you're
    good when you put your mind to it.
[20:27] ---
    Shut up, sissy's boy.
[20:31] ---
    The duration of this
    Coupling was 429 seconds.
[20:35] ---
    I can't believe it.
[20:37] ---
    For it to greatly
    exceed even our ideal value...
[20:40] ---
    Elvira.
[20:41] ---
    Yes?
[20:42] ---
    That was a Nice Coupling.
[20:45] ---
    Doctor?!
[20:46] ---
    Doctor!
[20:47] ---
    What's wrong, Doctor?!
[20:50] ---
    Doctor!
[21:19] ---
    Unfortunately, it seems the
    Adminburo has decided to replace you.
[21:24] ---
    You should receive word soon.
[21:27] ---
    Why not take it easy until then?
[21:29] ---
    I envy you!
[21:31] ---
    I don't even know how many years
    it's been since I've had time off.
[21:34] ---
    Doctor Hahn.
[21:36] ---
    What is it, Commander Gallant?
[21:39] ---
    Now that the Swan has arrived in Hawaii,
[21:41] ---
    conventional tactics
    will no longer be effective.
[21:43] ---
    Therefore, I would like to execute
    the operation I had proposed earlier.
[21:48] ---
    Proposed?! When?!
[21:50] ---
    I have already contacted
    the appropriate parties.
[21:54] ---
    You can rendezvous with the tactical
    unit in question straight away.
[21:57] ---
    I expect good things, Commander Gallant.
[22:00] ---
    Slava Zogilia.
[22:10] ---
    Reinforcements at a time like this?
[22:12] ---
    Who the heck are these people?
[22:13] ---
    Tarjim!
[22:18] ---
    It is very good of you to come,
    Lieutenant Commander Ryazan.
[22:21] ---
    What?
[22:22] ---
    Have you been well, Hina?
[22:24] ---
    Father!
[22:27] ---
    With my heart, I call out
[22:31] ---
    To the far side, mutually drawn
[22:36] ---
    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 'Father and Child'"
[23:48] ---
    Next time on Buddy Complex.
[23:51] ---
    "Father and Child."