# E7 - A Soldier's Fate
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR5VJKK3R/a-soldiers-fate)
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**[00:07] ---**
Don't! It's a whalesquid! Leave it alone!
**[00:26] ---**
Targeting accuracy is lower
due to undersea conditions.
**[00:29] ---**
I'll hit it with my next one!
**[00:30] ---**
Come back, Ledo!
**[00:31] ---**
If that thing gets riled up,
it'll become even more violent!
**[00:37] ---**
Crap!
**[00:42] ---**
Take this!
**[00:47] ---**
Charge next shot!
**[00:48] ---**
Suggestion: Use of beam weapon
undersea is inefficient.
**[00:52] ---**
Possible damage to allied craft
has also been taken into account.
**[00:55] ---**
In that case...
**[01:03] ---**
No!
***SIGN*** A Soldier's Fate
**[02:57] ---**
Yo! Lookin' good!
**[03:00] ---**
Knock it off. I'm in no laughing mood.
**[03:03] ---**
That reminds me, the alien flew
back in a little while ago.
**[03:09] ---**
He said he did in a whalesquid.
**[03:14] ---**
What did he do?!
**[03:15] ---**
People have regarded whalesquids as
sacred creatures since ancient times.
**[03:20] ---**
To murder one with no cause whatsoever...
**[03:24] ---**
Ledo, what are you thinking?!
**[03:27] ---**
The citizens are in shock
and it's spreading fast.
**[03:30] ---**
Rumors are even going around
that this will bring on a curse.
**[03:35] ---**
He's the one that started all this, right?
**[03:38] ---**
It's only natural for
everyone to be anxious...
**[03:42] ---**
Seriously?!
**[03:43] ---**
What's happening?
**[03:51] ---**
Even though it's just superstition...
**[03:53] ---**
...to seafarers, it's the ultimate taboo.
**[03:56] ---**
I just hope that nothing comes of this...
**[04:10] ---**
Here.
**[04:15] ---**
How long will it take?
**[04:18] ---**
Estimate: Four hours for DNA
amplification and analysis.
**[04:22] ---**
Hurry.
**[04:24] ---**
Roger.
**[04:25] ---**
However, chances that results will differ from
the intrinsic reaction analysis are small.
**[04:29] ---**
I know.
**[04:31] ---**
I want to find out if the Earth Hideauze
have any unique characteristics.
**[04:34] ---**
Roger.
**[04:36] ---**
The Hideauze have even invaded the Earth...
**[04:47] ---**
Could I have brought them here from space?!
**[04:51] ---**
No, it can't be...
**[04:53] ---**
Ensign...
**[04:55] ---**
It's possible to do a biological analysis,
**[04:57] ---**
but I am unable to obtain information
on their invasion strategy.
**[05:01] ---**
I'll gather info from the fleet.
**[05:03] ---**
I need to know their total
numbers and range of activities--
**[05:06] ---**
Someone is approaching.
**[05:22] ---**
Okay, that's good.
**[05:24] ---**
How do you feel?
**[05:27] ---**
Not bad these days, thanks to you, Doctor.
**[05:35] ---**
Go easy on your official duties, and think
about taking a vacation once in a while.
**[05:39] ---**
Move to the main ship,
which has a lot of green...
**[05:42] ---**
I like it here.
**[05:46] ---**
I may not be able to walk anymore,
**[05:48] ---**
but these legs remember well
just how big this fleet is.
**[05:54] ---**
These eyes and ears remember
what kind of people are aboard.
**[05:59] ---**
I want to keep protecting the smiles
and voices of the people who live here.
**[06:05] ---**
That's the proof that I'm alive.
**[06:10] ---**
I'm no match for you.
**[06:12] ---**
Just when you need to play it safe,
**[06:16] ---**
it seems the fleet has gotten
involved with a whalesquid.
**[06:19] ---**
Wonderful...
**[06:21] ---**
No matter how old I get, there
are always new experiences.
**[06:27] ---**
You're saying you're not afraid?
**[06:29] ---**
No matter what the reality of
the situation is, accepting it
**[06:32] ---**
is a privilege for those of us who are alive.
**[06:35] ---**
Privilege?
**[06:37] ---**
Of course, if we can't see
it through to the end,
**[06:40] ---**
all we can do is entrust it to the young.
**[06:44] ---**
You're right.
**[06:47] ---**
You guys must've heard.
**[06:50] ---**
There's treasure nobody else has
looked for in whalesquid territory.
**[06:57] ---**
And we're gonna bring it up!
**[06:59] ---**
Oodles of it! Barrels full!
**[07:02] ---**
Yeah?
**[07:03] ---**
Nobody else would dare to dive into
the middle of a whalesquid lair!
**[07:07] ---**
That's the thing.
**[07:08] ---**
In the first place, who's confirmed
that there's treasure in their nest?
**[07:14] ---**
There is somebody who saw
it with his own eyes.
**[07:17] ---**
He told me... right before he died.
**[07:22] ---**
W-We're repairmen, not salvagers!
**[07:26] ---**
And what kind of idiot would be willing
to mix it up with a whalesquid?!
**[07:29] ---**
The idiot who owns that tin can!
**[07:32] ---**
With him on our side, even
monsters are a piece of cake!
**[07:34] ---**
D-Don't tell me they're
already on board with this?!
**[07:38] ---**
For that... I need a little time...
**[07:41] ---**
What the hell?! He hasn't
even made the arrangements?
**[07:44] ---**
I'll listen once you've actually got
Spaceboy and the tin can lined up.
**[07:48] ---**
Meeting adjourned.
**[07:52] ---**
What were you doing?! You were with him!
**[07:54] ---**
How could you let him attack a whalesquid?!
**[07:59] ---**
All of the ship owners are concerned, too.
**[08:03] ---**
Look at all of the requests I've gotten
demanding that measures be taken.
**[08:07] ---**
I won't make any excuses.
**[08:08] ---**
It's my fault for not warning
him properly beforehand.
**[08:12] ---**
In other words... there
are many more of them?
**[08:16] ---**
In that case... I will carry out my
mission by continuing to kill them.
**[08:21] ---**
Do you... know what you're saying?!
**[08:26] ---**
The Hideauze are a threat to the human race.
**[08:30] ---**
A war of extermination is our only choice.
**[08:32] ---**
That's just what you say.
**[08:35] ---**
We have no reason to kill
the whalesquids whatsoever.
**[08:41] ---**
Unless the threat is eliminated
completely, there can be no true peace.
**[08:46] ---**
Where are you right now?!
**[08:48] ---**
This is Gargantia, right?!
**[08:51] ---**
The Fleet Commander would like
a detailed briefing from you.
**[08:55] ---**
Good timing. They're here, too.
**[08:57] ---**
Would you have the Fleet Commander
hear you arguing with them?
**[09:02] ---**
No, it's fine. I'll report to him.
**[09:06] ---**
You two can leave.
**[09:26] ---**
Hey, Flange!
**[09:30] ---**
What?!
**[09:47] ---**
Ledo...
**[09:50] ---**
Hideauze...
**[09:52] ---**
I mean, tell me about the whalesquid.
**[09:55] ---**
How many are there?
**[09:57] ---**
What is their combat strength?
Do they have any weaknesses?
**[10:00] ---**
W-Wait a second, Ledo!
**[10:03] ---**
Do you still mean to do something
to them? You better not!
**[10:07] ---**
The whalesquid are terrifying
creatures if you start something,
**[10:11] ---**
but they never attack unprovoked.
**[10:13] ---**
That's right! Wouldn't you
feel bad about killing them?
**[10:16] ---**
Impossible.
**[10:18] ---**
They are enemies that need to be wiped out.
**[10:20] ---**
Why can't you understand that?!
**[10:22] ---**
After coming all the way to Earth, why
are you trying to continue your war?!
**[10:26] ---**
Don't draw us into a conflict
that has nothing to do with us!
**[10:28] ---**
Right now, your civilization...
**[10:33] ---**
I have no idea what you're saying!
**[10:35] ---**
At present, your civilization is merely being
ignored by the Hideauze because of its simplicity.
**[10:43] ---**
It is only a matter of
time before they strike.
**[10:45] ---**
When that happens, how
will you people respond?
**[10:49] ---**
I-I don't...
**[10:52] ---**
Have specific measures been planned?
**[10:54] ---**
Do you people even have a vision
to develop your civilization?
**[10:57] ---**
You don't even think about that, but your
fellow humans are fighting right now.
**[11:06] ---**
It is too late to act when
the enemy shows hostility.
**[11:08] ---**
I will attack before that happens.
**[11:11] ---**
Ledo...
**[11:13] ---**
You won't change your mind?
**[11:15] ---**
I live to kill them.
**[11:20] ---**
You don't have to do that.
Ledo, you're your own person...
**[11:34] ---**
Pinion, if you've got a funny
idea in mind, forget about it.
**[11:38] ---**
What's that mean?!
**[11:40] ---**
You're thinking of using Ledo and Chamber
to go deep into whalesquid territory.
**[11:46] ---**
What's wrong with that? He's got a beef
with the whalesquid anyway, right?
**[11:51] ---**
If there's treasure at the bottom, I
can just swoop down and grab it all up.
**[11:53] ---**
Even if it means putting the fleet in danger?
**[11:56] ---**
No matter what you dredge up, if it's not
useful to Gargantia, it's meaningless!
**[12:00] ---**
Of course it'll be useful!
**[12:02] ---**
I'm talkin' about unexplored regions!
To find unheard-of treasures!
**[12:08] ---**
What do you think? Join my team. It's
gotta get a salvager's blood racing.
**[12:12] ---**
Sorry, but I'm not interested in
a little kid's expedition team.
**[12:17] ---**
What's that?!
**[12:19] ---**
You wanna bring stuff up for the sake of
your two-bit pride, so you can brag about it.
**[12:24] ---**
You can't dive yourself, so you use other people,
and you're satisfied with that, huh?
**[12:31] ---**
Bellows, you wench!
**[12:48] ---**
And I swore I'd get revenge
for my big brother...
**[12:53] ---**
That's just a dream, too...
**[12:58] ---**
How's the connection to the Alliance coming?
**[13:00] ---**
There is still no response.
**[13:02] ---**
And our coordinates?
**[13:04] ---**
Analysis: Further parallax observation
of this planet's orbit is required.
**[13:09] ---**
Dammit.
**[13:11] ---**
Analysis of the biological
sample is complete.
**[13:14] ---**
What's the result?
**[13:16] ---**
Although the composition of the exoskeleton
has adapted to the environment,
**[13:20] ---**
there is no difference between the
genetic makeup of this and the Hideauze.
**[13:24] ---**
Confirmed: They are identical species.
**[13:26] ---**
I knew it!
**[13:28] ---**
The policy of destruction isn't wrong.
**[13:31] ---**
It's necessary for the humans of Earth, too.
**[13:34] ---**
Why can't they understand that?
**[13:37] ---**
Conjecture:
**[13:38] ---**
According to language analysis,
**[13:40] ---**
the definition of "survival strategy"
for the human race of Earth
**[13:43] ---**
greatly differs from that of the Alliance.
**[13:46] ---**
What do you mean?
**[13:49] ---**
The answer to that question is not
in any standard Alliance dictionary.
**[13:53] ---**
However, it exists in Earth language.
**[13:56] ---**
Say it.
**[13:58] ---**
"Co-existence and co-prosperity".
**[14:10] ---**
The sea galaxy is active!
**[14:11] ---**
I've never seen anything like it!
**[14:13] ---**
What?!
**[14:18] ---**
Hey! Are those whalesquid?!
**[14:21] ---**
Back up!
**[14:34] ---**
Confirmed: Multiple objects
approaching from the sea.
**[14:37] ---**
Conjecture: Based on the noise of
their propulsion, they are Hideauze.
**[14:43] ---**
Chamber, come to me!
**[15:19] ---**
Don't go! Please!
**[15:25] ---**
Sonic wave transponder is picking up an
incredible number of them at 10 o'clock!
**[15:29] ---**
Depth approximately 30 meters!
**[15:31] ---**
30?!
**[15:32] ---**
Double the number of patrol craft!
**[15:34] ---**
Have all the escorts get up
to the fleet and stand by!
**[15:37] ---**
This can't be happening...
**[15:40] ---**
I've never heard of a pod of them
coming up this close to the surface.
**[15:44] ---**
How in the world do we handle this?
**[15:46] ---**
At this rate, they'll intersect our course!
**[15:50] ---**
Whalesquid! A whole pod
of them is approaching!
**[15:57] ---**
Come on!
**[15:57] ---**
Hurry!
**[16:03] ---**
Raise it! Raise it!
**[16:06] ---**
This is because we let that
alien on board, dammit!
**[16:10] ---**
Please help us!
**[16:11] ---**
Please leave us be!
**[16:21] ---**
Fleet Commander!
**[16:28] ---**
Turn off the siren.
**[16:30] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[16:34] ---**
I'll take command. If you don't mind?
**[16:36] ---**
N-No, of course not.
**[16:39] ---**
But...
**[16:41] ---**
This is Fleet Commander Fairlock.
I want you all to listen to me.
**[16:47] ---**
A pod of whalesquid is approaching the fleet.
**[16:50] ---**
There is a substantial number of them,
**[16:52] ---**
but as long as we don't make a
mistake, there is no danger.
**[16:56] ---**
As much as possible, do
not stimulate the pod.
**[16:59] ---**
From this moment on, Gargantia is
going to power down completely.
**[17:06] ---**
Ridget, relay this instruction
to all of the ships.
**[17:10] ---**
There are to be no lights or sounds.
**[17:13] ---**
Y-Yes, sir!
**[17:22] ---**
After we power down, all citizens
standby right where you are.
**[17:26] ---**
Don't make any unnecessary sounds!
**[17:40] ---**
Help!
**[17:45] ---**
Main power turning off!
**[17:54] ---**
Get out of my way.
**[17:56] ---**
No!
**[17:58] ---**
Then I have no choice.
**[18:05] ---**
No! Don't go! Please!
**[18:08] ---**
Let go of me!
**[18:09] ---**
Why?! My battle has nothing
to do with you people!
**[18:13] ---**
It does have to do with us!
**[18:15] ---**
You mean the fleet?
**[18:17] ---**
Then I will not make trouble
for you. I will leave.
**[18:20] ---**
I will fight alone!
**[18:21] ---**
That's not it!
**[18:23] ---**
I don't want you to do something
this dangerous! I...
**[18:30] ---**
Ridget...
**[18:33] ---**
I told you before. Comply with our policies.
**[18:37] ---**
I refuse!
**[18:38] ---**
I can't allow that.
**[18:41] ---**
If the whalesquid attack the
fleet, you can do as you like.
**[18:45] ---**
But as long as they don't, I'm
keeping you on a short leash.
**[19:41] ---**
They're directly under the fleet right now.
**[20:29] ---**
Ledo...
**[20:30] ---**
Don't touch me!
**[20:36] ---**
As long as I am here, I
cannot carry out my mission.
**[20:40] ---**
I am a soldier.
**[20:49] ---**
Ledo. No...
**[20:55] ---**
I want Ledo and Chamber to work for me.
**[20:58] ---**
If we team up, I'll be able to
salvage from whalesquid territory.
**[21:03] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[21:05] ---**
Would I be able to joke
about somethin' like this?
**[21:09] ---**
They've already agreed.
**[21:11] ---**
We'll be apart from Gargantia.
**[21:14] ---**
So sign it already.
**[21:19] ---**
Fleet Commander, I also seek permission
to accompany them with my ships.
**[21:27] ---**
Flange...
**[21:28] ---**
You too? Why?!
**[21:31] ---**
If a major ship owner like you leaves, the
fleet's defensive capability drops sharply!
**[21:36] ---**
The legacy of a once-great age
is lying on the ocean floor.
**[21:41] ---**
If we can reclaim even
a small amount of it...
**[21:44] ---**
I don't want any hard feelings over this.
**[21:47] ---**
This is unbelievable...
**[21:49] ---**
Never. I won't let the
narrow interests of the few
**[21:52] ---**
jeopardize all of Gargantia! My answer is...
**[22:01] ---**
Fleet Commander!
**[22:03] ---**
Fleet Commander!
**[22:04] ---**
Oh, no! Call Dr. Oldham!
**[22:06] ---**
Fleet Commander!
**[22:08] ---**