# Season 1
# E1 - In the Eternal Night
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60XDQ47R/in-the-eternal-night)
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**[00:30] Voice**
An Atmospheric Navigation
Bureau alert is in effect.
**[00:32] Voice**
No threats observed in the area.
**[00:32] Voice**
Special berthing order
expected in twenty minutes.
**[00:35] Voice**
All personnel, be mindful of
carrier-based craft preparations.
**[00:43] Na**
If the events depicted here bear a
resemblance to anything you know,
**[00:49] Na**
or the people appearing here bear
a likeness to anyone you know,
**[00:54] Na**
it is but a fluke of history,
**[00:58] Na**
and an inevitability.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:34] Na**
In the year SE 796,
**[02:37] Na**
there were three opposing
powers in the Milky Way.
**[02:42] Na**
They were the Goldenbaum Dynasty
of the Galactic Empire,
***SIGN*** Goldenbaum Dynasty of the Galactic Empire
**[02:51] Na**
the Free Planets Alliance,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
**[02:56] Na**
and the Dominion of Fezzan.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[02:59] Na**
The Empire and the Alliance were
embroiled in a seemingly endless war,
**[03:03] Na**
and the Dominion of Fezzan upheld its
neutrality as a mere formality.
**[03:07] Na**
The three powers were
indisputably deadlocked.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire
**[03:23] Kircheis**
Doing some stargazing, Your Excellency?
**[03:30] Reinhard**
Yes. Stars are great.
**[03:36] Reinhard**
You've grown a bit taller, haven't you?
**[03:39] Kircheis**
I'm 190 centimeters, the same as
two months ago, Your Excellency.
**[03:43] Kircheis**
I don't think I'll grow any taller.
**[03:46] Reinhard**
I suppose seven centimeters
taller than me is tall enough.
**[03:51] Reinhard**
Anyway, was there something you needed?
**[03:54] Kircheis**
Yes, it concerns the rebel
force's formation.
**[04:01] Kircheis**
According to reports from
three of our patrol crafts,
**[04:04] Kircheis**
they appear to be approaching from
three directions, as we expected.
**[04:08] Kircheis**
The enemy's 4th Fleet is
directly in front of us,
**[04:12] Kircheis**
with an estimated 12,000 ships.
**[04:16] Kircheis**
Distance is approximately
2,200 light-seconds.
**[04:19] Kircheis**
At our current speed, we should make
contact in roughly six hours.
**[04:23] Reinhard**
Their navy has a total of 40,000 ships...
**[04:26] Reinhard**
That's twice what we have.
**[04:29] Kircheis**
And they're attempting to
surround us on three sides.
**[04:34] Reinhard**
Our doddering old admirals
must be turning blue now...
**[04:37] Reinhard**
No, perhaps red.
***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** In the Eternal Night
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Expeditionary Fleet Supreme Flagship
Brünhild
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
Reinhard von Lohengramm
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
Siegfried Kircheis
**[05:18] Merkatz**
Your Excellency, we thank you for this
opportunity to voice our opinions.
**[05:22] Reinhard**
I know what you want to say.
**[05:25] Reinhard**
You want to warn me that our navy
is at a disadvantage, correct?
**[05:30] Staden**
That is correct, Your Excellency.
**[05:32] Staden**
The enemy force doubles ours in number,
**[05:34] Staden**
and they're trying to surround
us on three sides.
**[05:37] Staden**
This means the enemy already
has the edge over us.
**[05:41] Reinhard**
In other words, you're saying we will lose?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Vice Admiral Staden
**[05:44] Staden**
I am not, Your Excellency.
**[05:46] Staden**
But it is a fact that we
are at a disadvantage.
**[05:50] Staden**
Please have a look at this.
**[05:54] Staden**
Our situation resembles
the time many years ago
**[05:57] Staden**
when our proud Imperial Fleet suffered
a bitter defeat at the hands
**[06:01] Staden**
of the rebel force that called
itself the Free Planets Alliance.
**[06:05] Reinhard**
The slaughter at Dagon, yes.
**[06:07] Staden**
Correct. It was truly a regrettable loss.
**[06:11] Staden**
Should we repeat the same
mistake in this battle,
**[06:16] Staden**
it would most certainly trouble
His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser.
**[06:20] Staden**
As such, it is my humble opinion that,
**[06:22] Staden**
rather than act in haste, it would be
wise to make an honorable retreat.
**[06:27] Reinhard**
You speak with eloquence,
**[06:29] Reinhard**
but I cannot agree with your view.
**[06:33] Reinhard**
Retreat is unthinkable.
**[06:36] Staden**
But why? Please explain your reasoning.
**[06:41] Reinhard**
Because we have an overwhelming
advantage over the enemy.
**[06:46] Staden**
What?!
**[06:47] Fogal**
That's...
**[06:52] Reinhard**
The advantage I speak of lies
in the following points.
**[06:58] Reinhard**
The enemy is divided into three forces,
**[07:00] Reinhard**
but our navy is concentrated
in one location.
**[07:03] Reinhard**
The enemy's total numbers may exceed ours,
**[07:05] Reinhard**
but our navy outnumbers each of the
three forces they've divided into.
**[07:10] Reinhard**
If these are not conditions for
victory, what else are they?
**[07:15] Reinhard**
We are not in danger of being surrounded.
**[07:17] Reinhard**
We are in the ideal position to defeat
the enemy's forces one by one.
**[07:21] Reinhard**
You spoke of an honorable retreat,
**[07:23] Reinhard**
but where is the honor in retreating
without fulfilling the kaiser's orders?
**[07:29] Staden**
But that is merely
Your Excellency's personal belief.
**[07:32] Staden**
It does not align with common
tactical knowledge!
**[07:35] Staden**
If you cannot point to an
instance of success...
**[07:39] Reinhard**
By tomorrow, you will witness an instance
of success with your own eyes.
**[07:44] Reinhard**
Will that convince you?
**[07:46] Staden**
But is victory truly—
**[07:47] Reinhard**
It is possible.
**[07:49] Reinhard**
But only if all of you act in
perfect accordance with my plan.
**[08:00] Staden**
Impertinent brat!
**[08:02] Erlache**
His sister's relationship with
the kaiser has made him cocky.
**[08:06] Fogal**
Such a reckless strategy
couldn't possibly work!
**[08:11] Fahrenheit**
Are you sure about that?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Rear Admiral
Adalbert von Fahrenheit
**[08:13] Fahrenheit**
He is quite a clever man, and I
thought it was quite a clever idea.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Rear Admiral Erlache
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Vice Admiral Fogal
**[08:18] Staden**
Don't tell me you've been charmed
by that upstart's indiscretion!
**[08:21] Merkatz**
Fahrenheit, you are still young yourself.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Admiral
Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
**[08:25] Fahrenheit**
I beg your pardon.
**[08:29] Kircheis**
Was that really wise?
**[08:31] Reinhard**
Leave them. What can they do?
**[08:35] Reinhard**
Don't worry about it.
**[08:38] Reinhard**
They may complain now,
**[08:41] Reinhard**
but in a day, their attitudes will change.
**[08:43] Reinhard**
I'll give that incompetent Staden
the "instance of success" he wants.
**[08:47] Reinhard**
I'll even frame it for him.
**[08:52] Reinhard**
Care for a drink, Kircheis?
I have some good wine.
**[08:56] Reinhard**
It's a rare bottle, aged 410 years!
**[08:59] Kircheis**
I'd love to.
**[09:00] Reinhard**
Let's go, then.
**[09:04] Reinhard**
By the way, Kircheis...
**[09:06] Kircheis**
Yes, Your Excellency?
**[09:08] Reinhard**
That's exactly it.
**[09:09] Reinhard**
You don't need to call me
"Your Excellency" when no one is around.
**[09:13] Reinhard**
How many times have I told you?
**[09:16] Kircheis**
I know that, but still...
**[09:18] Reinhard**
If you know, then do it.
**[09:21] Reinhard**
Once this battle is over
and we return to Odin,
**[09:24] Reinhard**
you'll be called
"Your Excellency" yourself.
**[09:28] Reinhard**
You're being promoted to commodore.
**[09:31] Reinhard**
Look forward to it.
**[09:35] Kircheis**
I am honored.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet Flagship
Leonidas
**[09:52] Pastolle**
How credible is that report
from the patrol craft?
**[09:55] Voice**
Level A. Possibility of fraud is zero!
**[09:58] Pastolle**
What is the Imperial Navy trying to do?
**[10:01] Pastolle**
What are they thinking?
**[10:03] Pastolle**
They know we have them surrounded on
three sides, but rather than retreat,
**[10:07] Pastolle**
they're actually making
a move to approach us?
**[10:11] Pastolle**
Their commander has no
knowledge of tactics!
***SIGN*** 4th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Pastolle
**[10:14] Pastolle**
Who would fight a battle like this?
**[10:17] Reinhard**
An incomplete encirclement is no
more than a division of troops.
**[10:21] Reinhard**
That's why it's a perfect chance
to take them out individually.
**[10:25] Reinhard**
Have we jammed the enemy's data link?
**[10:29] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[10:30] Kircheis**
They weren't expecting us
to make the first move,
**[10:34] Kircheis**
so it should prove very effective.
**[10:39] Reinhard**
I can just see them running
around in panic now.
**[10:44] Reinhard**
Kircheis, we will win this war.
**[10:47] Reinhard**
I can see our victory.
**[10:50] Reinhard**
That's all there is to it.
**[10:52] Guy**
Your Excellency, what shall we do?
**[10:55] Pastolle**
Send an urgent message to the
2nd and 6th Fleet commanders!
**[10:58] Pastolle**
Tell them the enemy has engaged
us, and we need backup!
**[11:02] Guy**
There's no answer!
**[11:03] Guy**
The enemy's jammed our communications!
I can't make a connection!
**[11:08] Pastolle**
Dispatch liaison crafts to
the 2nd and 6th Fleets!
**[11:15] Kircheis**
We're within optical targeting range.
**[11:25] Reinhard**
Feuer!
**[11:35] Guy**
Optical signals confirm enemy fire!
**[11:38] Pastolle**
All ships, full shields!
**[11:40] Guy**
The enemy jam has severed our data link!
**[11:44] Guy**
Shields incomplete!
**[11:55] Reinhard**
Slow to react...
**[11:58] Reinhard**
I guess there are incompetents everywhere.
**[12:00] Guy**
Enemy fire is concentrated on
the center of our front line!
**[12:03] Guy**
Damages are severe!
**[12:04] Pastolle**
Data link off! All ships switch to manual!
**[12:07] Pastolle**
Left-flanked 5th Fleet, right-flanked
7th Fleet, defend our center!
**[12:11] Pastolle**
We'll move forward in the meantime!
***SIGN*** Fahrenheit Fleet Flagship
Heimdall
**[12:19] Guy**
Cruising range for carrier-based
fighter craft achieved.
**[12:22] Fahrenheit**
Trailing aircraft carriers are ordered
**[12:24] Fahrenheit**
to launch the Walküre squadron!
**[12:32] Guy**
Enemy carrier-based crafts approaching!
**[12:33] Guy**
Ready anti-aircraft weaponry!
**[12:49] Guy**
Continue the attack!
**[13:01] Staden**
*This is merely a fluke.*
**[13:07] Guy**
Transmission from the flagship *Brünhild*.
**[13:12] Fahrenheit**
The enemy fleet has lost its capacity
for organized resistance.
**[13:16] Reinhard**
*Good work.*
**[13:18] Reinhard**
*Isn't there something you'd like to say?*
**[13:20] Fahrenheit**
I don't believe so.
**[13:22] Reinhard**
* You're so much more tight-lipped*
* than the other admirals.*
**[13:25] Reinhard**
*There's no need for self-restraint.*
**[13:26] Fahrenheit**
Regardless of how anyone
behaves, a win is a win.
**[13:29] Fahrenheit**
I am aware that the victor is always right.
**[13:33] Reinhard**
I see.
**[13:47] Merkatz**
*Organized resistance has ceased.*
**[13:49] Merkatz**
* We're ready to begin combat*
* with the survivors.*
**[13:53] Reinhard**
There's no need.
**[13:54] Merkatz**
*What?*
**[13:55] Reinhard**
We've only finished one
third of the battle.
**[13:58] Reinhard**
Leave any surviving forces where they are.
**[14:01] Reinhard**
We need to save our strength
for the next battle.
**[14:05] Reinhard**
Orders to follow.
**[14:06] Merkatz**
*Understood, Your Excellency.*
**[14:11] Reinhard**
His attitude has changed a bit.
**[14:15] Kircheis**
Yes, I suppose it would have to.
**[14:19] Reinhard**
By the way, do you think we should strike
the left or the right fleet next, Kircheis?
**[14:26] Kircheis**
It would be possible to get around
to the rear flank of either.
**[14:29] Kircheis**
I believe you have made
up your mind, however.
**[14:31] Reinhard**
True enough.
**[14:34] Kircheis**
The one to the right, the 6th Fleet,
has smaller numbers.
**[14:39] Reinhard**
Precisely.
**[14:41] Kircheis**
The enemy may have foreseen our plan.
**[14:43] Kircheis**
That is the one thing I
find slightly concerning.
**[14:46] Reinhard**
No chance of that.
**[14:47] Reinhard**
If they knew, surely they wouldn't
continue to divide their offensive.
**[14:52] Reinhard**
If their two fleets merged
as quickly as possible,
**[14:54] Reinhard**
they would have a vast advantage over us.
**[14:59] Reinhard**
It proves they haven't yet
figured out our intentions.
**[15:03] Reinhard**
We'll go around to the right rear flank
of the 6th Fleet and attack.
**[15:07] Reinhard**
How long will it take?
**[15:09] Kircheis**
No more than four hours.
**[15:11] Reinhard**
You already had it all
worked out, didn't you?
**[15:19] Reinhard**
Order all fleets to attack the enemy's
6th Fleet from the right rear flank.
**[15:25] Kircheis**
Understood.
**[15:37] Moore**
From four-thirty?
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Flagship
Pergamon - Officers' Dining Hall
**[15:40] Lapp**
Yes, sir.
**[15:40] Moore**
I see. And which four-thirty?
Morning or afternoon?
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Moore
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Staff Officer
Lieutenant Commander Jean Robert Lapp
**[15:46] Lapp**
It is undoubtedly the enemy, sir.
**[15:50] Moore**
It can't be. The enemy is fighting
the 4th Fleet right now.
**[15:55] Moore**
We're rushing to the battle as we speak.
**[15:58] Moore**
There's no doubt the 2nd Fleet
is doing the same thing.
**[16:02] Moore**
Then we can attack the
enemy from both sides.
**[16:05] Moore**
We have every opportunity to win.
**[16:07] Moore**
No, we *will* win.
**[16:10] Moore**
The situation makes that clear.
**[16:11] Lapp**
But, Your Excellency, couldn't the
enemy have moved the battlefield?
**[16:15] Moore**
And left the 4th Fleet?
**[16:18] Lapp**
It pains me to say this,
**[16:20] Lapp**
but I believe the 4th Fleet
has already been defeated.
**[16:24] Moore**
That's a very bold, very unpleasant
guess, Lieutenant Commander Lapp.
**[16:28] Lapp**
We must rendezvous with the
2nd Fleet, and then—
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Flagship
Pergamon
**[16:53] Guy**
Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
**[16:54] Moore**
Switch to manual operation!
**[16:56] Moore**
All ships, turn around!
**[16:58] Lapp**
Your Excellency, turning around
will only create chaos!
**[17:03] Lapp**
I believe we should move ahead at
full speed in a clockwise direction
**[17:07] Lapp**
so that we can come around
behind the enemy.
**[17:11] Moore**
Most of our men will have
been taken out by then!
**[17:14] Moore**
We will turn around and strike!
**[17:15] Lapp**
But—
**[17:16] Moore**
Shut up!
***SIGN*** Merkatz Fleet Flagship
Minerva
**[17:33] Merkatz**
Looks like that youngster didn't
just get lucky after all.
**[17:38] Merkatz**
"Old soldiers just fade away," then?
**[17:50] Guy**
Surveillance system showing damage!
**[17:52] Guy**
Unable to restore monitors!
**[17:57] Reinhard**
Halt the jamming and send them a message.
**[18:00] Guy**
Transmission from the enemy flagship!
**[18:02] Guy**
"Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
**[18:08] Moore**
Release the bridge from its armor.
**[18:11] Moore**
I want to see them with my
own eyes and fight back.
**[18:13] Lapp**
But—
**[18:13] Moore**
Surrender, you say?
**[18:16] Moore**
No, I may be incompetent,
but I will not be a coward.
**[18:28] Guy**
No response.
**[18:31] Reinhard**
Sink them.
**[18:34] Moore**
Shields at maximum output! Return fire!
**[18:37] Guy**
The enemy has fired
armor-piercing ammunition!
**[18:54] Reinhard**
Those without skill are destined to fall.
**[18:57] Reinhard**
This is a given.
**[19:00] Fahrenheit**
*Report from our patrol craft.*
**[19:02] Fahrenheit**
* The enemy's 2nd Fleet has left the*
* battle sector to aid the 4th Fleet.*
**[19:08] Fahrenheit**
* We would like to continue our*
* advance and attack the 2nd Fleet.*
**[19:13] Reinhard**
Very well.
**[19:14] Reinhard**
All fleets will proceed to annihilate
the enemy's 2nd Fleet.
**[19:25] Guy**
The 2nd Fleet is directly ahead of us!
**[19:29] Reinhard**
Feuer.
**[19:30] Fahrenheit**
Feuer.
**[19:31] Merkatz**
Feuer.
**[19:56] Guy**
The enemy craft is hit!
**[20:00] Kircheis**
I do hope we will be able
to annihilate them all.
**[20:03] Reinhard**
You really are a worrywart, aren't you?
**[20:06] Reinhard**
Do you have such difficulty trusting me?
**[20:09] Kircheis**
I have never once doubted you.
**[20:12] Kircheis**
It's just that, at times, I am afraid.
**[20:16] Kircheis**
What if the enemy has someone extraordinary
on their side, like we have you?
**[20:21] Reinhard**
You think of the strangest
things, Kircheis.
**[20:25] Reinhard**
If someone like that were to appear,
**[20:29] Reinhard**
I would love to fight them once.
**[20:31] Reinhard**
And if possible, I'd like
to see them face-to-face.
**[20:35] Reinhard**
I'm sure we'd have much to talk about.
**[20:38] Guy**
Analyzing enemy transmission.
**[20:39] Guy**
I believe it to be directed to all fleets.
**[20:43] Reinhard**
Play it.
**[20:44] Yang**
* I am Commodore Yang Wen-li, deputy*
* staff officer to Commander Paetta.*
**[20:50] Yang**
*Our flagship* Patroklos *has been hit,*
**[20:52] Yang**
*and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.*
**[20:55] Yang**
* Per the commander's orders, I will*
* take over command of all fleets.*
**[21:00] Yang**
* Do not worry. Obey my orders,*
* and you will be saved.*
**[21:05] Yang**
* Those who wish to survive,*
* remain calm and follow my directions.*
**[21:10] Yang**
* Our squadron is losing the*
* battle at the moment,*
**[21:13] Yang**
*but all that matters is that we win in the end.*
**[21:16] Yang**
*We will not lose.*
**[21:18] Yang**
* All ships, focus on destroying individual*
* crafts until I give further orders.*
**[21:23] Yang**
*That is all.*
**[21:26] Reinhard**
"We will not lose"...
**[21:29] Reinhard**
"Obey my orders, and you
will be saved," eh?
**[21:33] Reinhard**
I never knew the rebel forces had
such a braggart among their ranks.
**[21:38] Reinhard**
How does he intend to turn his
disadvantage around at this stage?
**[21:43] Reinhard**
Well, no matter.
**[21:45] Reinhard**
Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
**[21:49] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[21:51] Reinhard**
Reorganize the battle lines.
**[21:52] Reinhard**
Instruct all fleets to move
into a spindle formation.
**[21:56] Reinhard**
Do you understand why?
**[21:58] Kircheis**
You intend to break through their center.
**[22:01] Reinhard**
That's right. I knew you'd get it.
**[22:31] Guy**
Compiling data from patrol crafts.
**[22:33] Guy**
Operating in real time.
**[22:36] Reinhard**
It appears we've won.
**[22:38] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[22:46] Kircheis**
Is something the matter?
**[22:50] Mircheis**
Reinhard?
**[22:52] Reinhard**
It's strange. Something isn't right.
**[22:55] Reinhard**
We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
**[23:00] Reinhard**
But...
**[23:07] Reinhard**
No!
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Battle of Astarte
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode two: "The Battle of Astarte."
# E2 - The Battle of Astarte
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QWJ3V96/the-battle-of-astarte)
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year SE 796,
**[00:05] Na**
also known to history as IC 487,
**[00:08] Na**
a Galactic Imperial Navy fleet of
20,000 warships, led by Reinhard,
**[00:12] Na**
faced the Free Planets Alliance
Navy in the Astarte Starzone.
**[00:17] Na**
The Alliance, with its superior numbers,
**[00:19] Na**
attempted to surround the
Imperial Navy on three sides,
**[00:22] Na**
but the Imperials struck
each of their fleets individually
**[00:25] Na**
led to the loss of the 4th and 6th
Fleets, sealing the Alliance's defeat.
**[00:30] Na**
But then a voice heard in a message
transmitted by the Alliance said,
**[00:35] Na**
"Do not worry. Obey my orders,
and you will be saved."
***SIGN*** X Hours Earlier
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 2nd Fleet Flagship
Patroklos
**[02:55] Yang**
Yang Wen-li, reporting as ordered, sir.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Deputy Staff Officer
Commodore Yang Wen-li
**[03:00] Paetta**
I looked at the battle plan you submitted.
**[03:03] Paetta**
It was a very interesting proposal.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Paetta
**[03:06] Paetta**
But I fear it may be overly prudent,
perhaps even a bit passive.
**[03:10] Yang**
Is it, sir?
**[03:12] Paetta**
It's certainly hard to imagine
we'd lose if we used it,
**[03:15] Paetta**
but there's no point in
simply "not losing."
**[03:18] Paetta**
We have to *win*.
**[03:19] Paetta**
Our forces have surrounded
the enemy on three sides,
**[03:22] Paetta**
and we have twice their numbers.
**[03:25] Paetta**
With all these factors on our side,
**[03:27] Paetta**
why must we simply contrive to not lose?
**[03:31] Yang**
But, sir, our encirclement
is not yet complete.
**[03:35] Paetta**
In any case, I'm rejecting this proposal.
**[03:38] Paetta**
Just so we're clear, this is
nothing personal against you.
**[03:45] Yang**
Understood, sir.
**[03:47] Lao**
Commodore!
**[03:52] Yang**
And... you are?
**[03:54] Lao**
Lao, a staff officer.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Staff Officer
Lieutenant Commander Lao
**[03:56] Lao**
It's an honor to be on the same
team as the hero of El Facil.
**[04:00] Yang**
Please, don't call me a hero.
**[04:04] Yang**
So, what did you need from me?
**[04:06] Lao**
From the look on your face,
**[04:08] Lao**
I would assume Vice Admiral Paetta
didn't accept the plan you proposed.
**[04:12] Yang**
You assume correctly.
**[04:15] Yang**
Did I look that depressed?
**[04:21] Lao**
Might I ask how Your Excellency
feels about our current situation?
**[04:27] Yang**
We do have a clear advantage,
**[04:30] Yang**
but if I were our enemy, I wouldn't
consider myself in dire peril.
**[04:38] Lao**
Commodore.
**[04:40] Lao**
I have the luck of the devil.
**[04:43] Lao**
In the past, I was one of three survivors
when my fleet was destroyed.
**[04:47] Yang**
I certainly wish I could
share that luck with you.
**[04:50] Lao**
As someone who's been through that,
I'm optimistic about this mission.
**[04:54] Lao**
Please, don't feel discouraged.
**[04:57] Yang**
Thanks...
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Battle of Astarte
**[05:06] Guy**
Patrol craft 371 to flagship *Patroklos*.
**[05:09] Guy**
The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
found in the anticipated sector.
**[05:12] Guy**
Repeat...
**[05:13] Guy**
The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
found in the anticipated sector.
**[05:17] Paetta**
What? That doesn't make sense.
**[05:20] Paetta**
It's inconceivable!
**[05:22] Paetta**
Urgent transmission to the
4th Fleet commander!
**[05:25] Guy**
No response. It appears the enemy
has jammed the radio waves.
**[05:28] Guy**
Unable to establish a
link to the 4th Fleet.
**[05:29] Lao**
It turned out just like you said.
**[05:31] Yang**
Not that I'm happy about that.
**[05:38] Yang**
*With our encirclement still incomplete,*
**[05:41] Yang**
* taking out our fleets individually*
* would be the logical strategy.*
***SIGN*** Meanwhile
Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet
**[05:48] Yang**
* So they're not making the same mistake*
* they made in the Slaughter at Dagon.*
**[05:59] Paetta**
Commodore Yang!
**[06:02] Yang**
Yes, sir?
**[06:03] Paetta**
How do you view our situation?
Tell me what you think.
**[06:08] Yang**
The enemy must be planning to take
out our fleets individually.
**[06:12] Yang**
The obvious choice would be to target the
4th Fleet first, as it's the smallest.
**[06:17] Yang**
They've exercised their right to choose
which of our scattered forces to confront.
**[06:23] Paetta**
Do you think the 4th Fleet can hold out?
**[06:27] Yang**
The side that has the greater numbers and
makes the first move has the advantage.
**[06:32] Paetta**
In any case, we need to rush to the
battlefield and aid the 4th Fleet.
**[06:36] Paetta**
If we're lucky, it's possible we could
strike the Imperial Navy's rear flank.
**[06:40] Paetta**
That will give us an instant advantage.
**[06:43] Yang**
I don't believe that's possible.
**[06:45] Paetta**
What do you mean?
**[06:47] Yang**
The battle will have ended
by the time we get there.
**[06:51] Yang**
The enemy will leave to strike the rear
flank of either the 2nd or the 6th Fleet.
**[06:59] Yang**
We've lost the initiative.
**[07:01] Yang**
In fact, they've taken it
from us at every turn.
**[07:03] Yang**
It's my opinion that there is no need
for us to play into the enemy's hands.
**[07:07] Paetta**
What do you suggest we do, then?!
**[07:10] Yang**
Change our procedure.
**[07:12] Yang**
Instead of departing to aid the 4th Fleet,
**[07:15] Yang**
we merge with the 6th Fleet
as soon as possible
**[07:18] Yang**
and create a new battlefield
in that sector.
**[07:21] Yang**
The two fleets combined
would total 28,000 ships,
**[07:24] Yang**
so we would face the enemy with higher
than fifty-fifty odds of victory.
**[07:28] Paetta**
You're suggesting we leave
the 4th Fleet to die?
**[07:32] Yang**
If we left now, we still
wouldn't reach them in time.
**[07:35] Paetta**
You can't be certain of that!
**[07:37] Paetta**
The 4th Fleet won't be so easily defeated.
**[07:41] Paetta**
If they can hold out...
**[07:44] Yang**
I've already advised you
that it's impossible.
**[07:47] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, reality doesn't
rely solely on your calculations!
**[07:52] Paetta**
The one leading their expeditionary
force is Count Lohengramm.
**[07:56] Paetta**
He is young and inexperienced.
**[07:58] Yang**
Commander, sir, you say
he is inexperienced,
**[08:01] Yang**
but his strategic ideas are—
**[08:03] Paetta**
Enough, Commodore!
**[08:05] Paetta**
Vice Admiral Pastolle is a veteran.
**[08:07] Paetta**
He will not go down easily!
**[08:25] Yang**
Jean, we were ordered to
halt communications.
**[08:28] Lapp**
* The enemy isn't in the area where*
* we expected to find them.*
**[08:31] Yang**
I know.
**[08:32] Lapp**
*No hope for the 4th Fleet, then?*
**[08:34] Yang**
Most likely not.
**[08:36] Yang**
The enemy will probably go
after the 6th Fleet next.
**[08:39] Lapp**
* If so, they'll increase the interference*
* on our communications.*
**[08:43] Lapp**
*That means this is the last time I contact you.*
**[08:46] Lapp**
*Let's both do everything we can.*
**[08:48] Lapp**
* I'll advise Vice Admiral Moore to*
* rendezvous with the 2nd Fleet.*
**[08:52] Yang**
I'll try advising Vice Admiral
Paetta again, as well, but...
**[08:56] Lapp**
* Yang, if anything happens to*
* me, take care of Jessica.*
**[08:59] Yang**
Don't start talking like that.
**[09:02] Lapp**
*And you call yourself a military man?*
**[09:04] Yang**
It's why I don't really fit
in with the military.
**[09:08] Yang**
Stay alive and go home to Jessica.
**[09:10] Yang**
I don't want to hear dying
requests from you.
**[09:12] Lapp**
*All right, Yang.*
**[09:15] Lapp**
*I wish you luck.*
**[09:19] Guy**
Signal lost.
**[09:20] Yang**
Don't die, Jean.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 6th Fleet
**[09:23] Guy**
Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
**[09:25] Guy**
The enemy jam has severed our data link!
**[09:28] Guy**
Shields incomplete!
**[09:36] Guy**
Transmission from the Imperial Navy.
**[09:38] Guy**
"You are completely surrounded.
**[09:40] Guy**
You have no escape.
**[09:42] Guy**
Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
**[09:53] Lapp**
*Jessica...*
**[09:58] Yang**
Your Excellency.
**[10:00] Yang**
You can see the situation we're in.
**[10:03] Yang**
The enemy is certain to target
our own 2nd Fleet next.
**[10:08] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, do you have any
ideas that aren't passive?
**[10:12] Yang**
I haven't given any advice
that was not proactive.
**[10:16] Guy**
Radio signal jammed.
Scouting system partially offline.
**[10:20] Guy**
Optical signal detecting approaching ship.
**[10:22] Guy**
Analyzing image.
Most likely an enemy craft.
**[10:25] Paetta**
Type I order to all crafts!
Report to battle stations!
**[10:28] Paetta**
Now!
**[10:30] Yang**
*That was faster than I expected.*
**[11:03] Yang**
Your Excellency!
**[11:05] Yang**
Commander Paetta is wounded.
**[11:08] Yang**
Ready the sick bay immediately.
**[11:11] Yang**
Are any officers still alive in here?
**[11:14] Yang**
I'm all right.
**[11:15] Yang**
Lieutenant Commander Lao.
**[11:17] Lao**
I told you... I have the luck of the devil.
**[11:24] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, take command of the fleet.
**[11:28] Yang**
Me, sir?
**[11:30] Paetta**
It seems you are the highest ranked
among the surviving officers.
**[11:34] Paetta**
We need your skills as a tactician...
**[11:38] Lao**
I guess he really respected you, deep down.
**[11:41] Yang**
You think so?
**[11:46] Yang**
Message to all fleets.
**[11:48] Yang**
I am Commodore Yang Wen-li,
deputy staff officer to Commander Paetta.
**[11:53] Yang**
Our flagship, *Patroklos*, has been hit,
**[11:55] Yang**
and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.
**[11:58] Yang**
Per the commander's orders, I will
take over command of all fleets.
**[12:05] Yang**
* Do not worry. Obey my orders,*
* and you will be saved.*
**[12:09] Yang**
* Those who wish to survive,*
* remain calm and follow my directions.*
**[12:14] Yang**
* Our force is losing the*
* battle at the moment,*
**[12:17] Yang**
* but all that matters is*
* that we win in the end.*
**[12:21] Yang**
*We will not lose.*
**[12:30] Yang**
All ships, focus on destroying individual
crafts until I give further orders.
**[12:45] Reinhard**
"We will not lose"...
**[12:46] Reinhard**
"Obey my orders, and you
will be saved," eh?
**[12:51] Reinhard**
I never knew the rebel forces had
such a braggart among their ranks.
**[12:56] Reinhard**
How does he intend to turn his
disadvantage around at this stage?
**[13:02] Reinhard**
Well, no matter.
**[13:04] Reinhard**
Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
**[13:06] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[13:33] Lao**
The enemy is reforming into
a spindle formation.
**[13:37] Yang**
They must be planning to
break through our center.
**[13:40] Lao**
What will we do?
**[13:42] Yang**
I have a plan in mind.
**[13:44] Lao**
But how will you give the order?
**[13:47] Lao**
The enemy is still jamming
our communications.
**[13:51] Lao**
The data link isn't restored yet, either.
**[13:54] Lao**
How can we...
**[13:55] Yang**
Don't worry.
**[13:57] Yang**
Broadcast a compressed data transmission
across all frequency ranges.
**[14:00] Yang**
Tell each ship to open code C-4 on their tactical intel system.
**[14:04] Yang**
Even if the enemy's monitoring us,
they can't figure anything out
**[14:08] Yang**
if that's all we say.
**[14:15] Lao**
*Even then, he already...*
**[14:17] Yang**
I had hoped this wouldn't
be necessary, but alas...
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Squadron Flagship
Manannan Mac Lir
**[14:27] Fisher**
Chief engineer, reroute all output
except life support to the shields.
**[14:32] Guy**
Order from flagship *Patroklos*.
**[14:35] Guy**
It says to enable Code C-4 on the
tactical information system.
**[14:38] Fisher**
Do so at once.
**[14:43] Aide**
This is...
**[14:44] Fisher**
It's a strategic plan for countering
a breakthrough to our center.
**[14:48] Fisher**
Commodore Yang Wen-li
prepared this in advance?
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Squadron Commander
Commodore Edwin Fischer
**[14:54] Fisher**
In accordance with the
Code C-4 strategic plan,
**[14:57] Fisher**
we will henceforth move as a united fleet.
**[14:59] Fisher**
Don't rely on the data link.
**[15:01] Fisher**
All ships, commence retreat independently.
**[15:04] Guy**
Commencing retreat.
**[15:15] Lao**
It's working out so far.
**[15:16] Lao**
The rest depends on whether our
men act as we need them to.
**[15:20] Yang**
Yes, one misstep and we'll lose all control.
**[15:25] Lao**
What will you do if that happens?
**[15:29] Yang**
Pretend I was clueless.
**[15:40] Kircheis**
Is something the matter?
**[15:47] Kircheis**
Reinhard?
**[15:48] Reinhard**
It's strange. Something isn't right.
**[15:51] Reinhard**
We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
**[15:55] Reinhard**
But...
**[16:02] Reinhard**
No!
**[16:21] Guy**
The enemy has split up and is advancing on
us at high speed from both sides!
**[16:26] Reinhard**
They got us.
**[16:28] Reinhard**
They made it look like
they'd been broken up,
**[16:30] Reinhard**
then split into two forces
to come around behind us.
**[16:39] Reinhard**
Our strategy to break through
their center backfired!
**[16:47] Staden**
What?!
**[16:52] Kircheis**
What will you do?
Reverse course and intercept them?
**[16:55] Reinhard**
Don't make jokes.
Are you telling me to be incompetent?
**[16:59] Reinhard**
More incompetent than the
enemy's 4th Fleet commander?
**[17:01] Kircheis**
In that case, our only option
is to move forward.
**[17:04] Reinhard**
Precisely.
**[17:07] Reinhard**
All fleets, full speed ahead!
**[17:09] Reinhard**
Come right up their tails
as they turn back on us!
**[17:44] Lao**
I've never seen a formation
like this before.
**[17:46] Yang**
I'd imagine not. I haven't, either.
**[17:50] Yang**
*No, this isn't the first time I've seen it.*
**[17:53] Yang**
* This has happened in battlefields*
* everywhere since the dawn of time.*
**[17:59] Reinhard**
What a stupid-looking formation!
**[18:01] Reinhard**
This is going to turn into
a battle of attrition!
**[18:23] Yang**
The enemy should begin to pull back soon.
**[18:26] Lao**
Then are we going to pursue them?
**[18:30] Yang**
Let's not.
**[18:32] Yang**
We'll retreat when they do.
**[18:36] Yang**
We're already doing all we're capable of.
**[18:39] Reinhard**
Kircheis, what do you think?
**[18:42] Kircheis**
I think perhaps it's time to end this.
**[18:45] Kircheis**
Continuing this battle will only produce
more casualties on both sides.
**[18:49] Kircheis**
There is no strategic purpose to this.
**[18:53] Kircheis**
Does that frustrate you?
**[18:55] Reinhard**
Not especially, but I would
have liked more of a win.
**[19:00] Reinhard**
It's too bad we couldn't apply
the finishing touches.
**[19:04] Kircheis**
Despite being surrounded by
the enemy on three sides,
**[19:07] Kircheis**
you eliminated two of their fleets with
a strategy to strike them individually.
**[19:11] Kircheis**
Then, with the last of the enemy reversing
course to come up behind you,
**[19:13] Kircheis**
you fought on even footing.
**[19:15] Kircheis**
Is that not good enough?
**[19:18] Kircheis**
To hope for any more than that
would be a bit too greedy.
**[19:24] Reinhard**
I know that.
**[19:38] Reinhard**
The commander of their 2nd Fleet...
**[19:42] Reinhard**
The man who assumed
command during the battle...
**[19:44] Reinhard**
What was his name again?
**[19:46] Kircheis**
Commodore Yang Wen-li.
**[19:48] Reinhard**
Right, Yang.
**[19:50] Reinhard**
He just might be the kind of
person you spoke of earlier.
**[20:00] Reinhard**
Send a message to Commodore
Yang Wen-li in my name.
**[20:05] Kircheis**
Certainly.
**[20:07] Reinhard**
Now I have something new
to look forward to.
**[20:24] Lao**
Acting Commander Yang, there's a message
for you from the Imperial Navy.
**[20:27] Yang**
For me? Read it.
**[20:31] Lao**
"I offer my respect for
your bravery in battle.
**[20:33] Lao**
I pray for your good health
until we do battle again.
**[20:36] Lao**
Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
Reinhard von Lohengramm."
**[20:41] Lao**
That's all.
**[20:42] Yang**
Respect for my bravery in battle, eh?
**[20:45] Yang**
How humbling.
**[20:47] Lao**
What shall we do? Will you respond?
**[20:50] Yang**
I doubt he expects that of me.
**[20:55] Yang**
No matter. Just leave it be.
**[20:57] Yang**
More importantly, we must quickly
retrieve any survivors.
**[21:01] Yang**
I want to save as many as we can.
**[21:04] Lao**
Understood.
**[21:07] Lao**
Thanks to you, my life is spared yet again.
**[21:12] Yang**
You just have good luck.
**[21:28] Na**
And thus the Battle of
Astarte came to an end.
**[21:33] Na**
The Alliance suffered ten to eleven
times the losses of the Imperial Navy,
**[21:38] Na**
but they barely managed to stop the Galactic
Empire's invasion of the Astarte Starzone.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Palace
Neue Sanssouci
**[23:42] Official**
The leader of all mankind,
ruler of all the universe,
**[23:47] Official**
keeper of all order and
law under the heavens,
**[23:50] Official**
the holy and inviolable kaiser
of the Galactic Empire,
**[23:53] Official**
His Highness Friedrich IV!
***SIGN*** 36th Kaiser of the Galactic Empire
Friedrich IV
**[24:13] Official**
Count Reinhard von Lohengramm.
**[24:25] Na**
On this day, the high admiral
of the Galactic Imperial Navy,
**[24:29] Na**
Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
was named the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
**[24:34] Na**
However, this was but one minor
step toward his true destination.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** An Indomitable Prodigy
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode three, "The Indomitable Prodigy."
# E3 - An Indomitable Prodigy
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year CE 2801,
**[00:04] Na**
humanity relocated its political center from
Earth, the third planet in the Solar System,
**[00:10] Na**
to Theoria, the second planet
in the Aldebaran Star System...
**[00:13] Na**
and established the Galactic Federation.
**[00:16] Na**
It was declared the first year
of the Universal Calendar...
**[00:18] Na**
and heralded an era of
long-lasting growth.
**[00:22] Na**
However, this prosperity
would not last forever.
**[00:25] Na**
Humanity was engulfed in the gloom of
stagnation and uncertainty when,
**[00:30] Na**
in UC 310,
**[00:33] Na**
Rudolf Goldenbaum was elected President of
the Galactic Federation by popular vote.
**[00:39] Na**
The Parliament also named
him Prime Minister.
**[00:43] Na**
In addition, he gave himself the title
Emperor Rudolf I of the Galactic Empire,
***SIGN*** First Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Rudolf von Goldenbaum
**[00:48] Na**
at which point the Galactic
Federation collapsed,
**[00:51] Na**
and the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the
Galactic Empire was established.
**[00:56] Na**
This made him the first absolute
monarch of all humanity,
**[01:02] Na**
as well as its dictator.
**[01:06] Na**
Now a holy and inviolable entity,
**[01:09] Na**
Rudolf rebuilt the world
to suit his own ideals.
**[01:12] Na**
It was a world in which a subset of
the nobility ruled the populace.
**[01:18] Na**
A widespread outbreak of riots
followed Rudolf's death,
**[01:22] Na**
but the empire's foundation
was not shaken.
**[01:25] Na**
However, in the year IC 164,
***SIGN*** Arle Heinessen
**[01:29] Na**
a group of republicans succeeded
in escaping the empire's rule.
**[01:34] Na**
After a journey of half a century,
**[01:36] Na**
they reached a planet that would
later be named Heinessen...
**[01:40] Na**
and declared the establishment
of the Free Planets Alliance.
**[01:43] Na**
Believing themselves to be the true
heirs of the Galactic Federation,
**[01:48] Na**
they revived the Universal Calendar.
**[01:51] Na**
Incidentally, the year UC 527
coincides with the year IC 218.
**[01:59] Na**
The two forces would spend the next
150 years of their history at war.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:38] Kaiser**
For your success in subjugating the
rebel forces in the Astarte Starzone,
**[03:44] Kaiser**
I name you, Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
**[03:49] Kaiser**
I also name you Vice Commander
of the Imperial Space Fleet...
**[03:53] Kaiser**
and give you command of
half of our Space Fleet.
**[03:59] Kaiser**
This is the decree of Friedrich IV
of the Galactic Empire,
**[04:01] Kaiser**
given in this, the 487th year
of the Imperial Calender.
**[04:31] Ovlesser**
Hmph. A twenty-year-old fleet admiral, eh?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Gregor von Mückenberger
**[04:35] Ovlesser**
When did the lustrous Imperial Space Fleet...
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
High Admiral Ovlesser
**[04:37] Ovlesser**
sink to the level of a child's
plaything, Your Excellency?
**[04:42] Gregor**
That blond boy does have tactical skill.
I can't deny that.
**[04:47] Gregor**
He did defeat the rebels, after all.
**[04:50] Gregor**
His talent astonished even the
seasoned veteran Merkatz.
**[04:55] Ovlesser**
He does look as if he has lost his bite.
**[04:58] Ovlesser**
He did win, but it may well have
been an isolated coincidence.
**[05:02] Ovlesser**
If you ask me, it only seems as if
the enemy was incompetent.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** The Indomitable Prodigy
**[05:13] Guy**
Next, his rank will be raised
from count to marquis.
**[05:17] Guy**
He's done well for himself, even for having
a sister the kaiser's in love with.
**[05:21] Guy**
I heard his red-headed flunky is
getting promoted two ranks, too.
**[05:25] Ansbach**
Don't be shameless!
**[05:27] Guy**
Commodore Ansbach!
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Commodore Ansbach
**[05:28] Ansbach**
Their deeds have made them worthy
of the ranks they've earned.
**[05:33] Ansbach**
Watch your tongues.
**[05:34] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:42] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You're being promoted to commodore.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Look forward to it.
**[05:47] Kircheis**
* Every time Reinhard takes*
* a step up the ladder,*
**[05:51] Kircheis**
*I'm dragged up behind him.*
**[05:53] Kircheis**
*And at such staggering speed...*
**[05:56] Oberstein**
Captain Siegfried Kircheis, correct?
**[06:00] Kircheis**
Yes, and you are?
**[06:02] Oberstein**
I'm Captain Paul von Oberstein.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
Paul von Oberstein
**[06:05] Oberstein**
Pleasure to meet you.
**[06:08] Kircheis**
Do you have business with me?
**[06:13] Oberstein**
Forgive me.
**[06:14] Oberstein**
My artificial eyes seem to be acting up.
**[06:16] Oberstein**
I apologize for startling you.
**[06:20] Kircheis**
I don't mind.
**[06:21] Kircheis**
Did you lose your eyes in battle?
**[06:23] Oberstein**
No, it was a congenital issue.
**[06:26] Oberstein**
If I had been born in
Emperor Rudolf's time,
**[06:30] Oberstein**
I might have been eliminated under
the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
**[06:36] Oberstein**
You are blessed with a good superior.
**[06:39] Oberstein**
There are precious few superior
officers in the Imperial Army...
**[06:42] Oberstein**
who can make the most of their
subordinates' abilities.
**[06:45] Oberstein**
But Count Lohengramm is different.
**[06:48] Oberstein**
I'm sure it's something those magnates who
only care about lineage can't fathom.
**[06:53] Kircheis**
Which fleet do you serve in?
**[06:57] Oberstein**
I was with the intel processing
division at headquarters,
**[07:00] Oberstein**
but I've been appointed to the fleet
at Iserlohn Fortress as a staff officer.
**[07:06] Kircheis**
Congratulations.
**[07:11] Oberstein**
You seem rather guarded.
**[07:15] Guy**
Salute the fleet admiral!
**[07:25] Oberstein**
I am Captain Paul von Oberstein.
**[07:28] Oberstein**
Allow me to offer my congratulations.
**[07:31] Oberstein**
I'll be going now.
**[07:32] Kircheis**
Right.
**[07:34] Oberstein**
Please excuse me.
**[07:40] Reinhard**
Who's he?
**[07:41] Kircheis**
A walking enigma, I think.
**[07:46] Reinhard**
I see.
**[07:48] Reinhard**
He had criticism for
Emperor Rudolf, did he?
**[07:52] Reinhard**
It is always best to remain guarded.
**[07:55] Reinhard**
Of course, with so many enemies around,
**[07:58] Reinhard**
that can be difficult.
**[08:00] Kircheis**
Right.
**[08:03] Reinhard**
I'm seeing my sister tomorrow.
You'll come along, right?
**[08:06] Kircheis**
Are you sure I should?
**[08:08] Reinhard**
Of course. Why show restraint now?
**[08:16] Kircheis**
* Back then, the stars in the*
* sky seemed so far from me.*
**[08:21] Kircheis**
*They were beyond my reach.*
**[08:23] Kircheis**
*I never even considered reaching for them.*
**[08:26] Kircheis**
*And the reason that changed was...*
**[08:29] (Flashback) Friend**
Bye!
**[08:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
See you tomorrow!
**[08:38] Kircheis**
*The gate to the house next door is open...*
**[08:48] Kircheis**
*A noble?*
**[08:49] Mom**
*Yes, that's what I heard.*
**[08:52] Kircheis**
*He didn't look like one, though...*
**[08:54] Dad**
*There are many types of nobles.*
**[08:56] (Flashback) Dad**
Oh, right! The Baldr orchids
should bloom tomorrow.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Wow! Really?
**[09:10] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I'm going now!
**[09:27] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Who are you?
**[09:29] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'm Reinhard von Müsel. Who are you?
**[09:35] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Siegfried... Kircheis.
**[09:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Siegfried? That's a commoner's name.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Reinhard**
But...
**[09:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
"Kircheis" is a nice last name.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I like it a lot.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll call you by your last name.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You don't mind, do you, Kircheis?
**[09:53] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Huh?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[10:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard, there you are.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis, let me introduce you.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This is Siegfried Kircheis.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Annerose**
My name is Annerose.
**[10:18] (Flashback) Annerose**
Siegfried... Can I call you "Sieg"?
**[10:25] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg, I hope you'll be good
friends with my brother.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I will!
**[10:32] (Flashback) Annerose**
My, you have such energy!
**[10:39] (Flashback) Teacher**
I'll introduce him.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Teacher**
This is Reinhard von Müsel.
**[10:46] (Flashback) Kid**
A kid like him, with "von" in his name?
**[10:55] (Flashback) Kid**
Man, there's nothing likable
about that noble kid at all.
**[10:58] (Flashback) Kid**
You're sure you called him out here?
**[11:01] (Flashback) Kid**
He should show up soon.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Kid**
Let's bust him up nice and quick.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Have you seen Reinhard?
**[11:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Some of the older kids
asked for him earlier.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?!
**[11:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Bet that taught them a lesson.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This isn't good, though.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If my sister finds out, it'll make her sad.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I have a good idea.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Annerose**
How's that?
**[11:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[11:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
Have you warmed up a bit?
**[11:53] (Flashback) Both**
Yes.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Annerose**
I can't believe you fell in a fountain.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
I guess you have a little too much energy.
**[12:03] (Flashback) Annerose**
What?
**[12:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
You boys are so strange.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Annerose**
I made a Kelsey plum cake.
Get dressed and help yourselves.
**[12:19] (Flashback) Annerose**
Hey, I told you two to get dressed first.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Both**
Let's eat!
**[12:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
By the way, Kircheis,
**[12:30] (Flashback) Reinhard**
my sister said she's baking
another Kelsey plum cake today.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Really? I love those!
**[12:41] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That crest...
**[12:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Why are they at your house?
**[12:46] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?
**[12:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
What did you do with Sis?!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Dad**
We had no choice.
**[12:54] (Flashback) Dad**
His Highness wanted her.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Dad**
But this is an honor.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold her to the kaiser!
**[13:01] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold my sister!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Dad**
Reinhard, that's enough!
**[13:09] (Flashback) Dad**
The decision has been made.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Annerose**
It's all right. It's all right, Reinhard.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Annerose**
This is right.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg...
**[13:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
I didn't know you very long, but thank you.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Annerose**
Eat this if you'd like.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[14:07] (Flashback) Annerose**
Goodbye, Sieg.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[15:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It's been a while.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Where were you?!
**[15:33] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That uniform...
**[15:34] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I joined a cadet school.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Cadet school?
**[15:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll be a soldier.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I can become a real man faster that way.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, come with me.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
To be a soldier?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's right. We'll get
my sister back together.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Kid**
So that's Countess Grünewald's
younger brother?
**[16:20] (Flashback) Kid**
Did you hear about the
red-headed kid? He's a commoner!
**[16:23] (Flashback) Kid**
What's a commoner doing here?
**[16:25] (Flashback) Kid**
He got in because of the
sister's influence, too.
**[16:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those two are sons of magnates.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They always have servants around
them to do everything for them.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Can guys like that really
make it on the battlefield?
**[16:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They'll never go.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Even if they get into the military,
most of them get stuck in the rear services.
**[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They have no intention of going out
and dying on the front lines.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's how imperial nobles are.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Teacher**
Come on! Run! Run! Run!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Kid**
Go, go, go, go!
**[17:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Goal!
**[17:11] (Flashback) Kid**
Your horse is so slow.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Kid**
You can say that again. Pathetic.
**[17:16] (Flashback) Kid**
Come on, get up.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Kid**
You, too.
**[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those guys didn't earn their
standing on their own.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Reinhard**
There's no reason we should have
to stand downwind of them.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yeah.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Guy**
Representative of graduating students, Reinhard von Müsel.
**[17:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Yes, sir!
**[17:45] (Flashback) Guy**
Salutatorian, Siegfried Kircheis.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yes, sir!
**[18:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[18:29] Reinhard**
Sister!
**[18:30] Annerose**
I'm glad you came, Reinhard.
**[18:33] Annerose**
You, too, Sieg.
**[18:34] Kircheis**
And I am glad to see you
doing well, Annerose.
***SIGN*** Annerose von Grünewald
**[18:38] Annerose**
Thank you.
**[18:40] Annerose**
I've been waiting for
your arrival for days.
**[18:44] Annerose**
Come, let's go inside.
**[18:50] Kircheis**
*She hasn't changed at all since then.*
**[18:55] Kircheis**
*Not even the kaiser himself...*
**[18:57] Kircheis**
*can do anything to taint these two.*
**[19:04] Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[19:05] Annerose**
Hurry up, now.
**[19:07] Kircheis**
Of course.
**[19:11] Annerose**
Have some Kelsey plum cake.
**[19:13] Annerose**
I made it myself, so I don't know
if it will suit your tastes.
**[19:17] Reinhard**
I'll just make my tastes suit it.
**[19:19] Annerose**
Goodness, you're so mean.
**[19:23] Kircheis**
It's very good.
**[19:25] Annerose**
I'm glad to hear it.
**[19:27] Annerose**
So, Sieg, I'm sure Reinhard has put you
through all sorts of trouble, right?
**[19:32] Kircheis**
No, not at all.
**[19:33] Reinhard**
Go on, you can be honest.
**[19:35] Annerose**
Don't tease him!
**[19:38] Annerose**
Oh, right. I also have some delicious
vin rosé I received as a gift.
**[19:43] Reinhard**
I get the picture, Sister.
**[19:46] Reinhard**
You want me to go get it, right?
**[19:49] Annerose**
Thank you, Reinhard.
**[19:57] Annerose**
You have done so much for my brother.
**[20:01] Kircheis**
Not at all. He's the one
who has done much for me.
**[20:05] Kircheis**
To be a captain at my age...
**[20:06] Kircheis**
It's more than I deserve.
**[20:08] Annerose**
You'll be a rear admiral
soon, won't you? I heard.
**[20:12] Annerose**
Congratulations.
**[20:14] Kircheis**
Thank you.
**[20:17] Annerose**
My brother doesn't say it out loud,
or maybe he just hasn't noticed,
**[20:23] Annerose**
but he truly relies on you a great deal.
**[20:25] Kircheis**
You flatter me. I am nothing special.
**[20:29] Annerose**
Sieg...
**[20:30] Annerose**
You should really value
yourself a bit more.
**[20:34] Annerose**
My brother has talent,
**[20:36] Annerose**
but he isn't as mature as you.
**[20:40] Annerose**
He's like a wild goat that grows too proud
of its agility and falls from a cliff,
**[20:45] Annerose**
and he is in a place just as perilous.
**[20:48] Annerose**
So please, Sieg, I ask you...
**[20:52] Annerose**
Watch over Reinhard so that he
doesn't slip off of that cliff.
**[20:57] Annerose**
If you see him heading in that
direction, tell him so.
**[21:00] Annerose**
I know he would accept a warning from you.
**[21:04] Kircheis**
I will do everything I can.
**[21:08] Kircheis**
Please have faith in my
loyalty to Reinhard.
**[21:12] Kircheis**
I swear that I will not disappoint you.
**[21:18] Annerose**
Thank you, Sieg.
**[21:22] Kircheis**
Annerose...
**[21:25] Reinhard**
You should have put it
someplace easier to find.
**[21:29] Annerose**
Sorry to put you through that,
but it will be worth the effort.
**[21:33] Annerose**
I'll bring the glasses.
**[21:42] Kircheis**
So this is where you went.
**[21:46] Reinhard**
I've come this far from that night.
**[21:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[21:55] (Flashback) Reinhard**
The Goldenbaum Dynasty hasn't existed
since the dawn of humanity.
**[22:00] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It began with this arrogant
bastard, Rudolf.
**[22:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Rudolf started out as no more
than an ambitious upstart,
**[22:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
but the times were such that he managed
to become a holy and inviolable emperor.
**[22:15] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Hey, Kircheis...
**[22:18] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If Rudolf did it, do you think I could?
**[22:31] Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[22:37] Kircheis**
Reinhard, please...
make the universe your own.
**[23:01] Reinhard**
Let's go.
**[23:03] Reinhard**
We shall return to the battlefield.
**[23:08] Kircheis**
Understood.
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Unbeatable Magician
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode four, "The Unbeatable Magician."
# E4 - The Unbeatable Magician
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**[00:12] (Flashback) PilotA**
Returning to normal space.
**[00:14] (Flashback) PilotA**
Approaching El Facil.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Captain**
Good. Begin preparations to dock.
**[00:18] (Flashback) PilotA**
Understood.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Captain**
You two, prepare to unload the cargo.
**[00:22] (Flashback) PilotB**
Yes, sir.
**[00:23] (Flashback) PilotC**
Roger.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Yang**
Hey, was Rudolf really that evil?
**[00:28] (Flashback) Tai-long**
Are you reading history books again?
**[00:30] (Flashback) Yang**
Why would everyone obey such a bad guy?
**[00:35] (Flashback) PilotA**
Well, the thing is, Rudolf
was so good at being bad
**[00:39] (Flashback) PilotA**
that he fooled everyone.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Yang**
But why were they all fooled?
**[00:48] (Flashback) Tai-long**
You don't look satisfied with that answer.
**[00:54] (Flashback) Tai-long**
It's because the people wanted
their lives to be easy.
**[01:01] Na**
Yang Wen-li, who made a name
for himself as a tactician
**[01:04] Na**
and became known as the
"Unbeatable Magician,"
**[01:08] Na**
lived most of his life prior
to age 16 on a spaceship
**[01:13] Na**
with his father, who was a trader.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:58] Girl**
A soldier who likes to read?
**[03:00] Girl**
No way.
**[03:36] Jessica**
What is a cadet doing here?
**[03:40] Yang**
Are cadets not allowed at the city library?
**[03:44] Jessica**
Of course they are,
**[03:46] Jessica**
but I've never seen any
come here in uniform.
**[03:50] Yang**
Oh...
**[03:52] Yang**
This is embarrassing.
**[03:56] Jessica**
It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
**[03:58] Jessica**
You're pretty strange.
**[04:01] Yang**
How embarrassing...
**[04:03] Jessica**
You really are weird.
**[04:07] Jessica**
Wait, aren't you... "Empty-handed Yang"?
**[04:12] Yang**
How do you know that nickname?
**[04:13] Jessica**
I knew it! I was right!
**[04:15] Jessica**
You moved into your dorm with no
luggage, hence "Empty-handed Yang"!
**[04:20] Yang**
But how do you know who I am?
**[04:25] Jessica**
The answer to that will be along soon.
**[04:28] Jessica**
Let's wait for it together.
**[04:33] Yang**
There are many books here that
we don't have at the school.
**[04:36] Jessica**
Such as?
**[04:38] Yang**
Such as...
**[04:40] Yang**
books on the history of tea,
**[04:42] Yang**
and books on the origin of that
instrument you were playing.
**[04:45] Yang**
With a bit of searching, you can even
find the diary of Rudolf's cook.
**[04:49] Jessica**
For an "empty-handed" guy,
you're certainly diligent in your studies.
**[04:53] Jessica**
You just barely have passing grades in
everything except military history,
**[04:57] Jessica**
but the oddball Yang doesn't
let that get to him.
**[05:00] Yang**
You really do know everything about me.
**[05:03] Yang**
This wasn't what I intended, though.
**[05:07] Yang**
I'd planned to get into the
university's history department,
**[05:10] Yang**
but then my father died...
**[05:11] Yang**
So the only way to learn about
history without financial aid
**[05:14] Yang**
was the Fleet Academy's graduate
course on military history.
**[05:20] Jessica**
You really are unusual.
**[05:22] Yang**
I'm not "really" anything.
**[05:25] Yang**
But that aside—
**[05:26] Jean**
Yang?
**[05:28] Yang**
Jean?
**[05:29] Jean**
I wouldn't have expected
to see you two together.
**[05:33] Jessica**
You're late. We just met.
**[05:39] Jean**
This is Jessica Edwards.
**[05:41] Jean**
She's the Fleet Academy bursar's daughter,
**[05:44] Jean**
and she attends a music school.
**[05:46] Jean**
I've known her since we were kids.
**[05:49] Yang**
That explains it.
**[05:50] Jean**
Why the death glare?
**[05:52] Jessica**
Something terrible happened!
**[05:55] Jean**
What the heck does that mean?
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Unbeatable Magician
**[06:02] Jessica**
You certainly are different, Yang.
You're such a history buff.
**[06:05] Jean**
Come on, Jessica.
Don't tease Yang like that.
**[06:09] Jessica**
But I finally got to meet the
"Empty-handed Yang" you told me about!
**[06:14] Jessica**
Hey, tell me something interesting.
**[06:17] Yang**
Well, I can't guarantee
it'll be interesting...
**[06:21] Yang**
When I was a boy, every book I read said the
emperor Rudolf was a heinous villain.
**[06:27] Yang**
I wondered how he became the emperor,
**[06:31] Yang**
so I asked my father.
**[06:33] Jessica**
What did he say?
**[06:36] Yang**
That it was because the people
wanted their lives to be easy.
**[06:39] Jessica**
They wanted their lives to be easy?
**[06:42] Yang**
Rather than solving their
problems on their own,
**[06:45] Yang**
they were waiting for some
superhero or saint to show up
**[06:51] Yang**
and take it all on single-handedly.
**[06:53] Yang**
Rudolf took advantage of that.
**[06:56] Yang**
Now, remember this.
**[06:58] Yang**
It is the people who create the dictator
who have the greater responsibility.
**[07:04] Yang**
Even if they don't actively support him,
**[07:06] Yang**
standing by silently makes
them equally guilty.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy
**[07:22] Guy**
The head of the class will be
in the next combat simulation.
**[07:26] Guy**
It's Wideborn's turn, huh?
**[07:28] Guy**
Yeah.
**[07:29] Guy**
What poor sap got matched up with him?
**[07:34] Voice**
* The mock battle for combat simulation*
* number 39 will now begin.*
***SIGN*** Malcolm Wideborn
**[07:47] Malcom**
Reorganize the fleet into
a spindle formation.
**[07:50] Guy**
Reorganizing fleet into
a spindle formation.
**[07:52] Wideborn**
All ships, advance!
**[07:54] Guy**
All ships, advance!
**[07:58] Guy**
Wideborn's fleet is advancing.
**[08:01] Yang**
Execute Plan C.
**[08:03] Guy**
Executing Plan C.
**[08:05] Yang**
Deploy the left-flanked 2nd and
3rd Fleets to engage them,
**[08:09] Yang**
and the 6th Fleet to the alpha
sector as a detachment.
**[08:14] Guy**
They've sent a detached force.
**[08:15] Wideborn**
Continue our advance.
**[08:17] Wideborn**
Focus all attacks on the detached right flank.
**[08:22] Wideborn**
* What do you think such a*
* small, detached force can do?*
**[08:25] Wideborn**
* If they're trying to hit us from behind,*
* I'll take it out before they can.*
**[08:32] Guy**
Enemy fleet is focusing
attacks on our left flank.
**[08:35] Yang**
Return fire while falling back.
**[08:38] Guy**
The enemy is continuing evasive movement!
**[08:40] Wideborn**
Close the distance! Continue to attack!
**[08:50] Wideborn**
It's over now!
**[08:58] Wideborn**
Status report!
**[08:59] Guy**
The enemy's detached force has
attacked our supply unit.
**[09:02] Guy**
As far as the simulation goes,
that means we have ceased to function.
**[09:08] Guy**
You're kidding me...
**[09:10] Guy**
Wideborn lost?
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy Headmaster
Vice Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[09:16] Voice**
*Winner: Yang Wen-li.*
***SIGN*** Deputy Adjutant General's Office
**[09:23] Yang**
I would rather not transfer to the
Strategic Studies Department.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy Deputy Adjutant General
Lieutenant Alex Caselnes
**[09:30] Alex**
Didn't your instructor tell you?
**[09:32] Alex**
The moment you entered this
school, you became a soldier.
**[09:36] Alex**
You are to obey orders.
**[09:39] Yang**
Yes, he told me.
**[09:40] Alex**
Then there's only one thing I can tell you.
**[09:43] Alex**
If you don't want to do it,
you have the right to quit.
**[09:46] Alex**
But you'd need to repay all the student
loans you've received thus far.
**[09:54] Alex**
Don't be so disappointed.
**[09:56] Alex**
You defeated Wideborn, the head of your
class, in the strategic warfare simulation.
**[10:01] Alex**
This just means you've been
recognized for your achievements.
**[10:03] Alex**
There are many talented students in
the Strategic Studies Department.
**[10:06] Alex**
Many want to get in, but can't.
**[10:09] Yang**
I am honored, but I'm no talented student.
**[10:14] Alex**
Don't be cynical.
**[10:19] Alex**
Yang Wen-li.
**[10:23] Alex**
Come by to play chess with me sometimes.
**[10:27] Yang**
Yes, sir.
**[10:29] Yang**
I'd be honored.
**[10:36] Jean**
Hey, you sure you don't wanna come?
**[10:39] Jean**
My mom's cooking is pretty damn good.
**[10:42] Yang**
I appreciate it, but don't worry about me.
**[10:45] Jean**
I see.
**[10:47] Jean**
I actually invited Jessica,
too, but she shot me down.
**[10:51] Yang**
She's probably busy with schoolwork.
**[10:53] Jean**
Yeah.
**[10:55] Jean**
I'll have to enjoy this
break for the both of you.
**[11:15] Yang**
You're here to practice your violin again?
**[11:19] Jessica**
And you're here to read history books?
**[11:22] Yang**
Yeah.
**[11:23] Jessica**
You're a total history nut.
**[11:27] Jessica**
Hey, what is it you're looking at?
**[11:32] Jessica**
Your eyes are always fixed on the past.
**[11:34] Jessica**
Isn't there anything else you want to do?
**[11:44] Jessica**
I want to keep my eyes on the future.
**[12:22] Jean**
I worked up the nerve to confess
to Jessica before we leave here.
**[12:26] Yang**
Did you? That's good to hear.
**[12:30] Jean**
No, she shot me down.
**[12:31] Yang**
Why?
**[12:34] Jean**
She said she didn't want to
be a soldier's girlfriend.
**[12:38] Yang**
I see...
**[12:40] Jean**
She graduates next year.
**[12:42] Jean**
She's always said she wanted
to be a music teacher.
**[12:46] Yang**
I see...
**[12:51] (Flashback) Jessica**
I want to keep my eyes on the future.
**[12:57] Jean**
I guess it's goodbye to this town, huh?
**[13:00] Yang**
Yeah.
**[13:02] Yang**
It was a nice town.
***SIGN*** One Year Later
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Space Pier
**[13:37] Yang**
*Sheesh...*
**[13:39] Yang**
* Who knew I'd be assigned to*
* front-line duty so soon?*
***SIGN*** The Planet El Facil
**[13:57] TV**
*This is a special bulletin.*
**[13:59] TV**
* According to personnel affiliated*
* with Garrison Command Headquarters,*
**[14:02] TV**
*the Imperial Navy appeared to fall back*
**[14:05] TV**
* after contact with our forces,*
* only to attack us from behind.*
**[14:09] TV**
* Commander Lynch has ordered an*
* immediate retreat here to El Facil.*
**[14:15] Guy**
What? How can that be?
**[14:17] Guy**
Retreat?
**[14:19] Guy**
Weren't they out there
fighting to protect us all?
**[14:22] TV**
* The Galactic Imperial Navy has*
* already proclaimed that they*
**[14:27] TV**
* "will free El Facil from the*
* rebel forces within 24 hours."*
***SIGN*** El Facil Garrison Base - Command Room
**[14:33] Woman**
The enemy fleet has exceeded
2,000 in number!
**[14:36] Command**
Damn that Lynch! He turned tail and
led the enemy right back to us!
**[14:40] Command**
Does he want all three million people
on El Facil to be killed, too?!
**[14:44] Guy**
Commander, civilians are
rushing our space port!
**[14:50] Woman**
What's going on?!
**[14:51] Guy**
The Imperial Army is right on top of us!
**[14:54] Guy**
If the garrison is back, let us on it!
**[14:57] Guy**
Send out the shuttles already!
**[14:59] Guy**
Get whoever's responsible out here!
**[15:00] Guy**
Yeah! Get them out here!
**[15:07] Guy**
Who the hell are you?!
**[15:08] Guy**
Bring us whoever's responsible for this!
**[15:11] Yang**
I'm the one who's been assigned
responsibility for the escape plan.
**[15:15] Guy**
Huh? You?
**[15:24] Guy**
* Shuttle maintenance and inspections*
* are essentially complete.*
**[15:27] Yang**
Roger.
**[15:32] Frederica**
Here.
**[15:35] Yang**
Thanks.
**[15:45] Yang**
You're a big help.
**[15:47] Yang**
I don't like coffee, though,
so I wish you had brought tea.
**[15:55] Yang**
Yes.
**[15:57] Command**
*Sub-lieutenant Yang...*
**[15:59] Command**
*I don't want to believe it,*
**[16:00] Command**
* but the garrison fleet just*
* left port without us.*
**[16:04] Yang**
All right, understood.
**[16:07] Yang**
Then please send everyone
at command over here, too.
**[16:10] Command**
*"Over here"?*
**[16:11] Command**
* Sub-lieutenant, are you aware*
* of our situation? Hey—*
**[16:15] Yang**
Come on. We're leaving port.
**[16:22] Guy**
The garrison fleet left us behind.
Can we really make it out of here?
**[16:26] Yang**
There's no need to worry.
**[16:28] Yang**
The Imperial Navy is probably capturing
the garrison fleet as we speak.
**[16:33] Yang**
While they fight, we'll have plenty
of time to make an easy escape.
**[16:50] Guy**
Are you saying... you used
Commander Lynch as a decoy?
**[16:59] Yang**
Now, let's go.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[17:15] Jean**
*Hey, hero of El Facil.*
**[17:17] Yang**
Cut it out, Jean.
**[17:19] Jean**
*Congrats on the promotion.*
**[17:21] Yang**
You heard already?
**[17:23] Yang**
I was just promoted to
lieutenant this morning,
**[17:26] Yang**
but another notice came out at 1 PM that
I'm being promoted to lieutenant commander.
**[17:30] Jean**
* Moving up two ranks usually isn't*
* allowed unless you've died in battle.*
**[17:34] Jean**
*Must be a special exception.*
**[17:37] Jean**
* Well, it sounds like even heroes don't get*
* a break from writing reports and vouchers,*
**[17:42] Jean**
* but do you wanna ditch*
* for a bit and meet up?*
**[17:44] Yang**
What? Where are you?
**[17:53] Yang**
I'm no hero.
**[17:56] Yang**
I offered Rear Admiral Lynch my opinions,
**[17:59] Yang**
but he wouldn't even listen.
**[18:01] Yang**
He sent me off the ship
before the battle started.
**[18:04] Yang**
That's why I was able to
get the people to safety.
**[18:09] Yang**
Still, who would think to use Rear Admiral
Lynch's flight to save everyone?
**[18:16] Yang**
That's not something just
anyone could come up with.
**[18:19] Yang**
If I may put on airs for a moment,
**[18:21] Yang**
there's nothing more dangerous than being
too set on one's own rigid opinions.
**[18:27] Jean**
This reminded me of the
time you beat Wideborn.
**[18:35] Yang**
I learned from history, that's all.
**[18:39] Yang**
The basic nature of war hasn't changed in
the past three or four thousand years.
**[18:44] Yang**
Before you reach the battlefield,
it's your supplies,
**[18:47] Yang**
and once you get there, it's the quality
of your leader that determines victory.
**[18:52] Yang**
Yes... Fixing your eyes on past battles
**[18:56] Yang**
enables you to predict future battles.
**[19:00] Jean**
Hanging out with you like this reminds
me of being at the fleet academy.
**[19:05] Yang**
It does.
**[19:09] Yang**
How's Jessica?
**[19:11] Jean**
I haven't seen her lately.
**[19:14] Jean**
I heard she's teaching
music in Terneuzen now.
**[19:19] Yang**
Go see her.
**[19:33] Alex**
Cadet Yang Wen-li.
**[19:38] Yang**
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes!
**[19:40] Yang**
Thank you for arranging all this for me.
**[19:43] Alex**
I've been looking after you since your
Fleet Academy days. I'm used to it.
**[19:48] Alex**
Here. To celebrate your promotion.
**[19:50] Alex**
Welcome to Silverbridge Street.
**[19:52] Yang**
Thank you.
**[19:55] Alex**
Since we're neighbors now and all,
**[19:57] Alex**
I hope you'll work on your
chess skills a bit.
**[20:09] Alex**
Damn, talk about fancy digs.
**[20:12] Alex**
I've got two daughters, but my house
isn't much bigger than this.
**[20:16] Yang**
It's too big for me.
**[20:19] Alex**
I guess you'll have to either
get married or adopt a kid.
**[20:24] Yang**
Adopt?
**[20:27] Alex**
You're as clueless as ever.
**[20:29] Alex**
Just think about it.
**[20:31] Alex**
The Free Planets Alliance has been at war
with the Galactic Empire for 150 years.
**[20:37] Alex**
That's naturally going to bring about
a lot of casualties and war orphans.
**[20:44] Alex**
That's why we have the Special Provision for
the Welfare of Children of Soldiers Law,
**[20:49] Alex**
also known as Travers's Law after
the one who came up with it.
**[20:54] Alex**
Orphaned children can be raised
by other military families,
**[20:57] Alex**
and the government offers a loan
to aid in the expenses.
**[21:00] Alex**
If, when the child turns fifteen,
**[21:02] Alex**
they apply to become a child soldier
or attend a military school,
**[21:08] Alex**
the loan is entirely forgiven.
**[21:11] Alex**
It kills two birds with one stone
**[21:13] Alex**
by saving orphaned children and
securing future military personnel.
**[21:17] Yang**
I see.
**[21:19] Yang**
But I could hardly call a bachelor
such as myself a "military family."
**[21:25] Alex**
It still works if you're single.
**[21:27] Alex**
You can just think of it as a
medieval-style apprenticeship.
**[21:31] Yang**
You're telling me I should
take an apprentice?
**[21:36] Alex**
Even a guy like you would have a lot to
teach a kid, if you lived long enough.
**[21:42] Alex**
Actually, you might have even more
to learn from your apprentice.
**[21:53] Jean**
*Looks like your life's finally calmed down.*
**[21:55] Yang**
This town has a good library, too.
**[21:58] Yang**
I like it.
**[22:00] Jean**
*You never change.*
**[22:02] Jean**
* I just found out I'm being*
* sent on an urgent campaign,*
**[22:05] Jean**
*and...*
**[22:06] Yang**
What is it?
**[22:09] Jean**
*Jessica and I talked about this a lot.*
**[22:13] Jean**
*When I come back, we'll be formally engaged.*
**[22:29] (Flashback) Jessica**
What is it you're looking at?
**[22:48] Yang**
It's freezing...
**[22:57] Yang**
Yes?
**[22:58] Yang**
Who is that so early in the morning?
**[23:08] Yang**
Coming! One second!
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** Birth of the 13th Fleet
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode five, "Birth of the 13th Fleet."
# E5 - Birth of the 13th Fleet
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**[00:05] Julian**
Commodore Yang! Commodore Yang!
***SIGN*** Julian Mintz
**[00:08] Julian**
Commodore Yang, you'll be late!
**[00:12] Yang**
Late for what?
**[00:14] Julian**
Commodore Yang!
**[00:19] Julian**
What a way to start your morning.
**[00:21] Julian**
It's unbelievable that you, of all people,
would be late to a memorial service.
**[00:26] Yang**
I see...
**[00:28] Yang**
Yeah, you're right.
**[00:32] Yang**
Julian, what happened to those books?
The ones from the box I hadn't unpacked?
**[00:37] Julian**
I already put them away.
**[00:39] Yang**
Then how about the Wanli porcelain
from the box beside it?
**[00:41] Julian**
I put them in the place
where they look best.
**[00:45] Julian**
Take care.
**[00:46] Yang**
Hey, Julian...
**[00:48] Julian**
Yes?
**[00:50] Yang**
Sorry to have you do so much.
**[00:52] Yang**
I'll act more like a real
guardian when I get back.
**[00:56] Yang**
See you.
**[01:00] Julian**
Commodore Yang!
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Capital Planet Heinessen
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy
Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[02:46] Alex**
Looks like you're not totally awake yet,
**[02:50] Alex**
hero of Astarte.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
**[02:54] Yang**
Who's a hero?
**[02:56] Alex**
The guy standing right in front of me.
**[02:58] Alex**
That's what all the press has
been writing about you.
**[03:02] Yang**
I'm the leader of a losing army.
**[03:05] Alex**
Yes, the Alliance Navy lost.
**[03:08] Alex**
That's exactly why we need a hero.
**[03:11] Alex**
There'd be no need for heroes if we'd won.
**[03:15] Alex**
After a defeat, you have to take the
people's focus away from what's going on.
**[03:20] Alex**
That's how it was at El Facil, right?
**[03:23] Alex**
By the way... why are you all wet?
**[03:26] Yang**
Oh, er...
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** Birth of the 13th Fleet
**[03:41] Trunicht**
To all citizens and soldiers in attendance:
**[03:44] Trunicht**
for what purpose have we
gathered here on this day?
**[03:49] Trunicht**
To console the spirits of the 1,500,000 heroes
who died in the battle at the Astarte Starzone.
**[03:55] Trunicht**
They nobly gave their lives to defend
the freedom and peace of our homeland,
***SIGN*** Alliance Central Government National Defense Committee Chairman
Job Trunicht
**[04:02] Trunicht**
and to tell us, those left behind,
**[04:04] Trunicht**
that there was something more
precious than their lives.
**[04:11] Trunicht**
What is that something?
**[04:13] Trunicht**
It is our homeland, and our freedom!
**[04:16] Trunicht**
Why did those 1,500,000 servicemen die?
**[04:20] Yang**
Because their leaders couldn't
command them well enough.
**[04:24] Trunicht**
They laid down their lives to defend
our homeland, and our freedom!
**[04:31] Trunicht**
I would like to make this abundantly clear!
**[04:35] Trunicht**
Our homeland and our freedom are
worthy of defending with our lives.
**[04:41] Trunicht**
You pacifists among us who advocate
for reconciliation with the Empire,
**[04:45] Trunicht**
awaken from your delusions!
**[04:47] Trunicht**
Peace does not come as easily
as you profess it will!
**[04:52] Yang**
*I don't know...*
**[04:53] Yang**
* I'd say it's just as easy to warmonger*
* from within your nice, safe haven.*
**[04:58] Trunicht**
Those who oppose this battle to oppose the
Galactic Empire's autocratic totalitarianism...
**[05:04] Trunicht**
have forsaken their homeland!
**[05:08] Trunicht**
We know the history.
**[05:11] Trunicht**
Our homeland, with its great history!
**[05:15] Trunicht**
Our homeland, with its freedom!
**[05:17] Trunicht**
We must stand and fight to defend...
**[05:20] Trunicht**
the one thing worth defending!
**[05:23] Trunicht**
Now is the time to fight for our homeland!
**[05:27] Trunicht**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:30] Trunicht**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:32] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:36] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:38] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:42] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:44] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:48] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:50] Christian**
Why aren't you standing?
***SIGN*** Captain Christian
**[05:53] Yang**
This is a free country.
**[05:56] Yang**
We have the freedom to not
stand if we don't want to.
**[05:59] Yang**
I'm only exercising that freedom.
**[06:03] Christian**
Then why don't you want to stand?
**[06:06] Yang**
I exercise my freedom
to withhold my answer.
**[06:09] Christian**
What are you trying to—
**[06:11] Trunicht**
Christian.
**[06:26] Trunicht**
Ladies and gentlemen, our greatest weapon...
**[06:30] Trunicht**
is the unity shared among us all.
**[06:36] Trunicht**
So long as we live in a free country
governed as a democratic republic,
**[06:40] Trunicht**
no objective, however noble,
can be forced upon the people.
***SIGN*** Jessica Edwards
**[06:49] Jessica**
Defense Committee Chairman,
my name is Jessica Edwards.
**[06:55] Yang**
Jessica?
**[06:58] Jessica**
I am the fiancée of Jean Robert Lapp,
**[07:00] Jessica**
an officer of the 6th Fleet who
died in the Battle of Astarte.
**[07:05] Jessica**
No... I *was* his fiancée.
**[07:09] Trunicht**
Goodness... My deepest condolences
to you, young lady.
**[07:13] Trunicht**
However...
**[07:14] Jessica**
I am not demanding sympathy.
**[07:18] Jessica**
Chairman, my fiancé died a noble
death in defense of our homeland.
**[07:24] Trunicht**
Of course...
**[07:26] Trunicht**
You are truly what every woman on the
home front should aspire to be.
**[07:32] Trunicht**
I am certain your commendable
spirit will be warmly rewarded.
**[07:38] Jessica**
Thank you, Chairman.
**[07:40] Jessica**
I am here because I wish to
ask you a single question.
**[07:46] Trunicht**
Ah, and what would that be?
**[07:50] Jessica**
Where are you at the moment?
**[07:54] Trunicht**
Er... Come again?
**[07:56] Jessica**
My fiancé went to the battlefield
to protect his homeland,
**[08:02] Jessica**
and now he is no longer in this world.
**[08:04] Jessica**
Chairman, where are you?
**[08:08] Jessica**
Where do you stand as you glorify death?
**[08:11] Jessica**
I gave my fiancé as a sacrifice!
**[08:14] Jessica**
Where is your family as you advocate
for the sacrifice of these people?
**[08:20] Jessica**
There is no fault with the
speech you just gave,
**[08:24] Jessica**
but are you living by that
same standard yourself?
**[08:27] Trunicht**
The young lady has lost her composure.
**[08:30] Trunicht**
Escort her out of the room.
**[08:33] Trunicht**
My speech is over.
The national anthem, please!
**[08:44] Yang**
Let's go.
**[08:45] Jessica**
Yang?
**[08:47] Yang**
This isn't where you should be.
**[09:17] Yang**
Jessica, hold on to something!
**[09:19] Jessica**
Right!
**[10:11] Jessica**
I'm sorry to get you involved in this.
**[10:14] Yang**
No, it's not your fault.
**[10:17] Jessica**
Yang...
**[10:20] Jessica**
You must have thought I was
an awful woman, didn't you?
**[10:23] Yang**
Why?
**[10:25] Jessica**
Most bereaved families are enduring
their grief in silence,
**[10:29] Jessica**
and I had to go and shout such things
in front of all those people.
**[10:33] Jessica**
It makes sense that you'd be disgusted.
**[10:36] Yang**
No, I don't think that at all.
**[10:39] Jessica**
I hear you were promoted, Yang.
**[10:43] Jessica**
Jean Robert always had such praise for you.
**[10:45] Jessica**
He said you were the pride of your class.
**[10:48] Jessica**
All the admirals in our navy who aren't
you ought to feel humiliated.
**[10:53] Jessica**
They let more than a million
people die in a single battle.
**[10:58] Jessica**
It's an ethical disgrace.
**[11:00] Yang**
I don't think that's quite right.
**[11:04] Yang**
True, it might have been foolish
to allow that many people to die.
**[11:08] Yang**
But what if we'd won and caused more than
a million deaths on the other side?
**[11:14] Yang**
Should we be praised for that?
**[11:19] Yang**
Ethics have nothing to do with
victory or loss in war.
**[11:26] Jessica**
You haven't changed at all.
**[11:28] Yang**
Sorry... I guess I got argumentative again.
**[11:32] Jessica**
I'll be going now, Yang.
Thanks for seeing me off.
**[11:38] Yang**
Take care.
**[11:40] Jessica**
Get further promoted to make
up for Jean Robert, too.
**[11:58] Julian**
Welcome home, Commodore.
**[11:59] Yang**
Thanks, Julian.
**[12:01] Julian**
I was beginning to think you
wouldn't be coming home,
**[12:04] Julian**
but I'm glad you did.
**[12:06] Julian**
I made some of the Irish stew you like.
**[12:09] Yang**
That makes me glad I came home hungry.
**[12:12] Yang**
What made you think that, though?
**[12:14] Julian**
Rear Admiral Caselnes contacted me.
**[12:17] Julian**
He told me you ran out of the ceremony
hand-in-hand with a pretty woman.
**[12:23] Yang**
That jerk...
**[12:28] Yang**
Your future plans? It's that time already?
**[12:30] Julian**
No, but there are some students who get
enough credits to graduate half a year early.
**[12:35] Yang**
I see... And are you planning
to become a soldier?
**[12:40] Julian**
Yes. I'm a soldier's son, after all.
**[12:43] Yang**
There's no law that says a son has
to inherit his father's job.
**[12:47] Yang**
My father was a trader, in fact.
**[12:50] Julian**
But if I don't, you'll have to repay
the loan you took to raise me.
**[12:55] Yang**
I'll repay it.
**[12:57] Yang**
Don't underestimate your guardian.
**[13:01] Yang**
I have enough saved up for that.
**[13:03] Yang**
Besides, you don't need
to graduate that early.
**[13:06] Yang**
Why not enjoy life a bit longer?
**[13:08] Julian**
I couldn't trouble you that much!
**[13:11] Yang**
Don't get smart. You're still a child.
**[13:14] Yang**
Children are supposed to live
by leeching off their parents.
**[13:19] Julian**
Thank you, but...
**[13:26] Yang**
Is it in style lately for groups of clowns
like those to visit people's homes?
**[13:31] Julian**
They're the Patriotic Knight Corps.
**[13:33] Yang**
I don't know any circus troupe like that.
**[13:36] Julian**
They're a radical nationalist group.
**[13:39] Julian**
They've recently become notorious for
harassing people who express anti-war views.
**[13:45] Julian**
It's strange, though.
Why would they come to our house?
**[13:54] Christian**
Commodore Yang!
**[13:56] Christian**
We of the Patriotic Knight
Corps condemn you!
**[14:00] Christian**
Out of arrogance over your own exploits,
**[14:02] Christian**
you have disturbed the unity of our navy
and compromised its will to fight.
**[14:08] Christian**
I know you're aware of what you've done.
**[14:11] Christian**
You disgraced a sacred memorial service!
**[14:16] Christian**
When everyone in attendance responded
to the chairman's impassioned speech
**[14:20] Christian**
by swearing to defeat the Empire,
**[14:22] Christian**
you alone refused to stand
**[14:25] Christian**
and behaved in a way that mocked
the citizens' determination!
**[14:30] Christian**
We condemn your arrogance!
**[14:34] Christian**
If you have anything to say,
step outside and face us.
**[14:38] Julian**
Did you really do that?
**[14:40] Yang**
Yeah, sort of...
**[14:42] Julian**
But why?!
**[14:43] Julian**
Even if you were opposed,
**[14:44] Julian**
you could have just stood and clapped,
and everything would be fine!
**[14:48] Julian**
Others only see how you react
on the outside, after all!
**[14:51] Yang**
You sound a lot like Rear Admiral Caselnes.
**[14:55] Julian**
You don't have to bring him into this.
**[14:58] Julian**
Even a child could have told you that!
**[15:01] Christian**
If you won't come out,
we have our own ideas!
**[15:05] ---**
Get down!
**[15:12] Yang**
Julian, which one is the
switch for the sprinklers?
**[15:15] Julian**
It's 2-A-4. What are you going to do?
**[15:19] Yang**
I just need to teach those
guys some manners.
**[15:23] Julian**
Oh...
**[15:25] Christian**
What's the problem?
Why don't you say something?
**[15:29] Christian**
If you don't respond,
prepare for another—
**[15:42] Christian**
Hey! All of you—
**[15:53] Yang**
Now do you see how scary things can
get when you anger a gentleman,
**[15:58] Yang**
you cowardly bunch of thugs?
**[16:03] Yang**
I'll help with that.
**[16:05] Julian**
No, you would actually just get in the way.
**[16:08] Julian**
I know. Why don't you sit
on that table there?
**[16:11] Yang**
The table? Come on...
**[16:20] Yang**
This is my Wanli porcelain.
**[16:23] Yang**
The one thing my father left me
that was actually genuine...
**[16:30] Alex**
* Hey there, son. Could you put*
* your guardian on for me?*
**[16:34] Julian**
He's over there.
**[16:38] Alex**
* Were you always into sitting*
* on tables in your own house?*
**[16:42] Yang**
Depends on the day of the week.
**[16:44] Alex**
Well, forget that. There's a matter
that demands immediate attention.
**[16:48] Alex**
* I need you to report to the*
* Integrated Tactical Operations Center ASAP.*
**[16:52] Yang**
Right now?
**[16:53] Alex**
*It's a direct order from Chief Sithole.*
**[16:57] Yang**
What does the chief want with me?
**[16:59] Alex**
*All I know is that it's urgent.*
**[17:03] Alex**
*I'll see you there later.*
**[17:13] Yang**
It looks like I'll be out late.
**[17:16] Yang**
You can go on to bed.
**[17:17] Julian**
Yes, Commodore.
**[17:19] Yang**
Julian, I think we'll be able to
laugh off what happened tonight.
**[17:24] Yang**
But before too long, that might
not be possible anymore.
**[17:30] Yang**
It looks like the times
are slowly turning bad.
**[17:34] Julian**
Commodore, I may be speaking out of turn,
**[17:39] Julian**
but please don't worry about that.
**[17:42] Julian**
I want you to walk the path
you believe is right.
**[17:46] Julian**
I believe you are right, above all others.
**[18:05] Sithole**
I see you haven't gotten
any better at chess.
**[18:08] Yang**
So, did you call me out here
at this hour to play chess?
**[18:13] Sithole**
Of course not.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[18:15] Sithole**
You're here because I needed
to inform you of something.
**[18:18] Sithole**
Officially, the personnel
change is set for tomorrow,
**[18:22] Sithole**
but you're going to be
promoted to Rear Admiral.
**[18:25] Sithole**
This is a formal decision,
not a tentative one.
**[18:28] Sithole**
You know why you're being
promoted, don't you?
**[18:31] Yang**
Because I lost, right?
**[18:33] Sithole**
You really haven't changed a bit.
**[18:35] Sithole**
You say the most scathing things
with such a benign expression.
**[18:39] Sithole**
Just like when you were a cadet.
**[18:41] Yang**
But that is the truth,
is it not, Headmaster...
**[18:45] Yang**
I mean, Chief?
**[18:48] Sithole**
What makes you think that?
**[18:50] Yang**
Ancient military science texts say that
the conferment of more rewards
**[18:54] Yang**
is a sign of desperation.
**[18:56] Yang**
They say it's done out of a need to
distract attention from a loss.
**[19:00] Sithole**
In a sense, you're right.
**[19:03] Sithole**
After our biggest loss in recent history,
**[19:06] Sithole**
both our servicemen and
our citizens are shaken.
**[19:09] Sithole**
What we need to calm them is a hero.
**[19:13] Sithole**
That means you, Rear Admiral Yang.
**[19:17] Sithole**
I suppose it wasn't your wish
to be a man-made hero, was it?
**[19:23] Sithole**
Let's change the subject...
**[19:25] Sithole**
to the strategy you proposed to Vice
Admiral Paetta before the battle began.
**[19:30] Sithole**
Do you think we would have won
if that had been implemented?
**[19:34] Yang**
Yes, I think so.
**[19:36] Sithole**
But might it not be possible to utilize
that strategy at another time?
**[19:41] Sithole**
When that time comes, perhaps we can
have revenge on Count Lohengramm.
**[19:46] Yang**
If this victory has made him arrogant,
**[19:49] Yang**
and he cannot resist the temptation to take
on a massive force with a smaller one again,
**[19:54] Yang**
perhaps the strategy I proposed
could be of use again.
**[19:58] Yang**
But...
**[19:59] Sithole**
But?
**[20:00] Yang**
But it's unlikely that will happen.
**[20:05] Yang**
Defeating a larger force with a
smaller one seems grand at first,
**[20:09] Yang**
but it strays from common
tactical practice.
**[20:12] Yang**
Rather than war strategy, it falls into
the category of sleight of hand.
**[20:16] Yang**
I'm sure Count Lohengramm knows that.
**[20:20] Yang**
He'll most likely attack with an
overwhelmingly large force next.
**[20:25] Sithole**
I see. You're probably right.
**[20:28] Sithole**
Incidentally, one more thing...
**[20:30] Sithole**
And this is a tentative
decision, not a formal one.
**[20:33] Sithole**
There'll be a change to
part of our formation.
**[20:36] Sithole**
The remnants of the 4th and 6th Fleets
will be reinforced with more men
**[20:41] Sithole**
and combined to make the 13th Fleet.
**[20:44] Sithole**
You will most likely be appointed as
the first commander of that fleet.
**[20:49] Yang**
Isn't command of a fleet only given to
those ranked Vice Admiral or higher?
**[20:53] Sithole**
The new fleet will be about
half the size of the others.
**[20:58] Sithole**
And the 13th Fleet's first mission will be...
**[21:01] Sithole**
the capture of Iserlohn Fortress.
**[21:05] Yang**
You mean we are to capture
Iserlohn with half a fleet?
**[21:11] Sithole**
Correct.
**[21:12] Yang**
Have you been listening
to anything I've said?
**[21:15] Sithole**
Of course. I'm saying this based on that.
**[21:20] Yang**
You believe it's possible?
**[21:22] Sithole**
I believe that if you
can't do it, no one can.
**[21:29] Sithole**
Do you think you can't do it?
**[21:33] Sithole**
If you successfully lead this new fleet
in the capture of Iserlohn Fortress,
**[21:39] Sithole**
Defense Committee Chairman Trunicht will
be forced to recognize your talents,
**[21:45] Sithole**
regardless of how he feels
about you personally.
**[21:52] Yang**
I will give it my best effort.
**[21:56] Alex**
The chief has about 70
days left in his term.
**[21:59] Alex**
Obviously, he's hoping
to win a second term,
**[22:02] Alex**
which means the capture of Iserlohn
will have to be completed by then.
**[22:09] Yang**
If I'm successful, the chief's standing
with Chairman Trunicht is reinforced.
**[22:14] Yang**
He's certainly a cunning man.
**[22:17] Alex**
The chief is a saint compared
to that bastard.
**[22:20] Alex**
The guy who's behind that
Patriotic Knight Corps is...
**[22:23] Yang**
Chairman Trunicht himself, right?
**[22:26] Yang**
I knew that right away.
**[22:33] Alex**
Rest while you can. You'll be busy soon.
**[22:36] Yang**
Honestly...
**[22:38] Yang**
Why would anyone ever want
to become a soldier?
**[22:50] Alex**
No matter how much you complain,
**[22:52] Alex**
the navy won't ever let go of you.
**[22:55] Alex**
Be ready, Yang Wen-li.
**[22:58] Yang**
Thank you, sir.
**[23:14] Yang**
I guess I won't get to drink the
tea Julian makes for a while.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of the
Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode six, "The Capture
of Iserlohn (Part 1)."
# E6 - The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
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**[00:04] Alex**
Imperial cruisers and
forty military uniforms?
**[00:07] Yang**
Yes. We do have some Imperial
ships we captured before, right?
**[00:12] Yang**
As for the uniforms...
**[00:14] Yang**
Just try to find them.
**[00:16] Alex**
Don't make it sound so easy.
**[00:17] Alex**
I realize it's to prevent
intelligence leaks,
**[00:20] Alex**
but still, making demands without even
telling me the plan you need them for?
**[00:24] Yang**
Now, now. I'll treat you
to a glass of cognac.
**[00:28] Alex**
Not good enough. Make it three.
**[00:32] Yang**
Consider it done.
**[00:35] Yang**
Oh, there's one other
thing I need to ask for.
**[00:39] Alex**
What is it?
**[00:40] Yang**
Given what's happened with
the Patriotic Knight Corps,
**[00:43] Yang**
I'm concerned about leaving
Julian alone while I'm away.
**[00:46] Yang**
Would it be possible to dispatch
the MP to the area?
**[00:48] Alex**
Well, of course. That's a simple matter.
**[00:51] Alex**
But is leaving him in someone
else's care out of the question?
**[00:56] Yang**
I did consider that option,
of course, but...
**[01:00] (Flashback) Julian**
I refuse.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Julian**
Without me, this house will fall to ruin.
**[01:04] (Flashback) Julian**
It'll get so dusty inside,
it'll be unlivable.
**[01:09] (Flashback) Julian**
While you're away, I will
assume the responsibility
**[01:13] (Flashback) Julian**
of protecting this house as the
commander in your absence.
**[01:16] Yang**
So... I just couldn't do it.
**[01:20] Alex**
That's one dependable kid!
**[01:22] Alex**
Got it. I'll arrange them right away.
**[01:25] Yang**
I appreciate it.
**[01:26] Alex**
Sure.
**[01:28] Alex**
Now... let's get to the topic at hand.
**[01:32] Yang**
The 13th Fleet Personnel
Distribution Plan...
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:07] Na**
Shortly thereafter, the officers
chosen by Yang and Caselnes
**[03:12] Na**
came together under the
banner of the 13th Fleet.
**[03:16] Na**
For vice commander, they chose the
seasoned veteran Commodore Fischer,
***SIGN*** Commodore Edwin Fischer
**[03:19] Na**
who fought bravely in
the Battle of Astarte.
**[03:22] Na**
For chief officer, they chose the
meticulous and orderly Commodore Murai.
***SIGN*** Commodore Murai
**[03:28] Na**
And for deputy chief officer, they chose
Captain Patrichev, known as the "Fighter."
***SIGN*** Captain Fyodor Patrichev
**[03:36] Fischer**
I humbly accept the position.
**[03:38] Fischer**
But why me?
**[03:41] Yang**
Your skillful fleet management was a
great help in the Battle of Astarte.
**[03:46] Yang**
Our fleet is comprised of the survivors
of the 4th and 6th Fleets,
**[03:50] Yang**
in addition to new recruits.
**[03:53] Yang**
This necessitates highly
elaborate coordination.
**[03:58] Fischer**
I see. That is a heavy responsibility, indeed.
**[04:03] Yang**
Good to see you again.
**[04:05] Fyodor**
Glad to see you're doing well.
**[04:07] Yang**
As well as ever.
**[04:09] Yang**
I haven't gotten any better at
three-dimensional chess, either.
**[04:13] Yang**
I haven't seen you since Econia.
**[04:15] Murai**
I didn't expect you to appoint
me to this position.
**[04:19] Yang**
I always wanted to call on
you if anything came up.
**[04:24] Alex**
He was completely enamored by you
after what happened on Econia.
**[04:29] Yang**
If I am to command a fleet, I need
a man like you on my staff.
**[04:35] Yang**
I humbly request your aid.
**[04:38] Murai**
With pleasure.
**[04:41] Alex**
By the way, as for your adjutant...
**[04:44] Yang**
Did you find anyone?
**[04:46] Alex**
I did.
**[04:47] Alex**
Graduated second-in-class from
cadet school, class of 794.
**[04:52] Alex**
A student far superior to you.
**[04:55] Alex**
He's assigned to the Integrated Tactical
Operations Center's Information Analysis Division,
**[04:58] Alex**
with a reputation for having an
extraordinarily strong memory.
**[05:02] Alex**
Things are busy over there right now,
**[05:04] Alex**
so I'll arrange an introduction later.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
**[05:19] Yang**
What to do...
***SIGN*** Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
**[05:25] Frederica**
I am Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill.
**[05:27] Frederica**
I have been appointed as adjutant
to Rear Admiral Yang.
**[05:32] Yang**
R-Right...
**[05:36] Frederica**
Rear Admiral Caselnes ordered me to come.
**[05:39] Yang**
Well, this is unexpected.
**[05:42] Frederica**
Unexpected? What is?
**[05:45] Yang**
Nothing. Never mind.
**[05:47] Yang**
Your name is Greenhill? Would that mean...
**[05:50] Frederica**
Yes, Admiral Dwight Greenhill is my father.
**[05:55] Yang**
You certainly are far superior to me.
**[05:58] Frederica**
Not at all.
**[06:00] Frederica**
I am young and inexperienced,
but I will rely on your guidance.
**[06:05] Yang**
I'm glad to have you here.
**[06:08] Yang**
Have you had a look at my strategy outline?
**[06:11] Yang**
I'd like to hear your honest opinion.
**[06:14] Frederica**
It will be successful.
**[06:17] Yang**
Why are you so confident?
**[06:20] Frederica**
You were successful at El Facil
eight years ago, as well.
**[06:25] Yang**
That's a rather flimsy basis
for such conviction...
**[06:29] Frederica**
But, at that time, you successfully planted
absolute faith in a young girl's mind.
**[06:39] Frederica**
I was at that airport on
El Facil with my mother.
**[06:45] Frederica**
I'm sure you've long since forgotten me,
**[06:48] Frederica**
as well as what you said after
you were saved by drinking
**[06:52] Frederica**
the coffee I gave you.
**[06:54] Yang**
What did I say?
**[06:56] Frederica**
"You're a big help.
**[06:58] Frederica**
I don't like coffee, though,
so I wish you had brought tea."
**[07:02] Yang**
I said something that rude?
**[07:05] Frederica**
Yes, you did.
**[07:08] Yang**
I see. I apologize.
**[07:11] Yang**
But I feel there must be far more beneficial
uses for that keen memory of yours.
**[07:20] Frederica**
Yes, sir. Thank you.
**[07:26] Guy**
Adding new soldiers to the survivors
of the 4th and 6th Fleets...
**[07:30] Guy**
Yang Wen-li is only in his
twenties and lacks experience.
**[07:34] Guy**
Can someone like that really
bring down Iserlohn?
**[07:38] Guy**
What was the chief thinking, anyway?
**[07:41] Guy**
It's been a long time since that former
soldier left the battlefield.
**[07:45] Guy**
Perhaps he's finally gone senile?
**[07:49] Bewcock**
I certainly hope you men
don't feel ashamed later.
**[07:53] Guy**
A-Admiral Bewcock!
**[07:56] Bewcock**
You may be making the mistake of laughing
at a tree sapling because it lacks height.
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
**[08:07] Alex**
Looks like the admiral's on your side.
**[08:10] Yang**
I won't thank him, though.
**[08:12] Yang**
He'd just laugh at me.
**[08:24] Yang**
It is reassuring, though.
**[08:30] Alex**
Oh, right.
**[08:31] Alex**
I finally got your strategy outline.
**[08:33] Yang**
Glad to hear it.
**[08:35] Alex**
It's a pretty reckless plan, though.
**[08:37] Alex**
I can't help feeling exasperated.
**[08:39] Yang**
I'm sorry about that.
**[08:41] Alex**
So...
**[08:42] Alex**
Who are you going to get to carry it out?
**[08:45] Alex**
It'll take a real daredevil
to pull that off.
**[08:48] Yang**
I actually do have someone in mind.
**[08:58] Frederica**
The Rosen Ritter, "Knights of the Rose."
**[09:01] Frederica**
A ground combat force comprised
of refugees from the Empire,
**[09:05] Frederica**
with tactical skills said to be among
the best in all the Alliance.
**[09:10] Frederica**
Its thirteenth regimental commander
is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
**[09:18] Yang**
His Imperial language won't
be an issue, will it?
**[09:20] Frederica**
No, but there are unfavorable rumors.
**[09:24] Yang**
Rumors?
**[09:26] Frederica**
Of all their past captains,
six defected back to the Empire.
**[09:31] Frederica**
There are concerns that he
may become the seventh.
**[09:34] Yang**
Based on what?
**[09:35] Frederica**
Because the number thirteen
is considered unlucky.
**[09:38] Yang**
So these concerns are basically
groundless, then.
**[09:45] Frederica**
Do you wish to meet him? I can
set up an appointment at once.
**[09:48] Yang**
No.
**[09:50] Yang**
I'll go see him myself.
**[09:53] Yang**
This is a tremendous favor I'm
asking of him, after all.
**[10:33] Guy**
All right. Looks like I win this one.
**[10:36] Guy**
That's what you said the other day, too.
**[10:44] Guy**
Looks like we've got a couple
of fish out of water here.
**[10:49] Frederica**
We are Admiral Yang Wen-li
**[10:51] Frederica**
and Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
of the 13th Fleet.
**[10:55] Frederica**
We have come to see Captain Schönkopf.
**[10:58] Guy**
You're Admiral Greenhill's
daughter, aren't you?
**[11:02] Guy**
The rumors were true.
You really are a beauty.
**[11:08] Frederica**
Not even a salute. They certainly are rude.
**[11:13] Yang**
Uh... Actually, we're here
on urgent business.
**[11:18] Yang**
We'd like you to introduce
us to Captain Schönkopf.
**[11:23] Guy**
I'd be glad to tell Sub-lieutenant
Greenhill where he is.
**[11:29] Frederica**
Rude behavior in front of an admiral
will only be tolerated for so long.
***SIGN*** That will be enough, Sub-lieutenant.
***SIGN*** How long are you going to keep up that act?
***SIGN*** You're all taking your horseplay too far.
**[12:00] Yang**
You are...
***SIGN*** Thirteenth Regiment Commander of the Rosen Ritter
Captain Walter von Schönkopf
***SIGN*** Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
***SIGN*** Seeing someone as beautiful as you makes them act like little boys again.
***SIGN*** The same goes for me.
***SIGN*** Please forgive us.
***SIGN*** So, what in the world could have brought the hero of El Facil here?
**[12:37] Yang**
I'd like to discuss something with you.
***SIGN*** I assume it's important.
**[12:42] Yang**
Most likely.
***SIGN*** Rosen Ritter Regiment
Commander Kasper Linz
***SIGN*** Rosen Ritter Regiment
Lieutenant Rainer Blumhardt
***SIGN*** Yes, I suppose there is no other way.
***SIGN*** Being in a strong fortress does make people careless.
***SIGN*** But if I become the seventh traitor, like the rumors say,
***SIGN*** it will be all for naught.
***SIGN*** What would you do then?
**[13:16] Yang**
I'd be stuck.
***SIGN*** Well, I'm sure you would.
***SIGN*** But would you stop at that?
***SIGN*** Surely you've already thought up some countermeasure.
**[13:27] Yang**
No, I couldn't think of anything.
**[13:30] Yang**
If you betray me, that'll be the
end. I'll have no further moves.
***SIGN*** Does that mean you place your full trust in me?
**[13:39] Yang**
The truth is, I'm not very confident.
**[13:42] Yang**
But if I don't put my faith in
you, this plan won't work.
**[13:47] Yang**
So I will trust you.
That's the first prerequisite.
***SIGN*** I see.
***SIGN*** May I ask one question?
**[13:58] Yang**
Sure.
***SIGN*** The order you've been given is impossible by its very nature.
***SIGN*** You have half a fleet, quite frankly a ragtag assembly of weaklings,
***SIGN*** with which you're supposed to defeat Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** No one would blame you for refusing to follow such an order.
***SIGN*** Did you agree to it because you already had this plan in mind?
***SIGN*** Even if that is the case, I would like to know your true motive.
***SIGN*** Is it honor you want? Or a promotion?
**[14:32] Yang**
I don't think it's for a promotion.
**[14:35] Yang**
It's enough to be called
"Your Excellency" before the age of thirty.
**[14:39] Yang**
Besides, if I return from
this mission alive,
**[14:43] Yang**
I intend to retire from the service.
***SIGN*** Retire from the service?
**[14:47] Yang**
Yes, well... I would receive
pension and retirement pay.
**[14:52] Yang**
Just enough to support myself
and one other, at least.
**[14:57] Yang**
I wouldn't be left wanting.
***SIGN*** You would retire in the current state of affairs?
**[15:02] Yang**
That's the thing. It's because
of the state of affairs.
**[15:06] Yang**
If our forces occupy Iserlohn,
**[15:08] Yang**
it would cut off what is essentially
the Empire's only route to invade us.
**[15:12] Yang**
So long as we don't attempt something
as stupid as a reverse invasion,
**[15:17] Yang**
neither force will be able
to confront the other.
**[15:20] Yang**
Not on a large scale, at least.
**[15:24] Yang**
It will depend on the Alliance
government's diplomatic skill,
**[15:27] Yang**
but if we can secure a location that
offers a militaristic advantage,
**[15:29] Yang**
perhaps we can forge a peace treaty with
the Empire that would satisfy both sides.
**[15:35] Yang**
And that would give me the
peace of mind to retire.
***SIGN*** But would that peace really be permanent?
**[15:46] Yang**
Permanent peace has never existed
in all of mankind's history.
**[15:50] Yang**
So I'm not hoping for that.
**[15:53] Yang**
But a few decades of peace gave
us an era of prosperity.
**[15:59] Yang**
If we must leave something behind
for the next generation,
**[16:04] Yang**
I would like it to be peace.
**[16:07] Yang**
And maintaining the peace handed to
them by the previous generation
**[16:10] Yang**
would then be their responsibility.
**[16:14] Yang**
If each generation can remember their
responsibility to future generations,
**[16:18] Yang**
perhaps we can have long-term
peace as a result.
**[16:24] Yang**
In short, my hope is for a few
decades of peace, at most.
**[16:30] Yang**
But even that would be tens
of thousands of times better
**[16:33] Yang**
than an era of war lasting
a tenth that long.
**[16:36] Yang**
I take care of a fourteen-year-old
boy back home,
**[16:40] Yang**
and I don't want to see him sent off to battle.
**[16:44] Yang**
That's all.
***SIGN*** Forgive me, Admiral,
***SIGN*** but you must be either the most honest man alive
***SIGN*** or the greatest sophist since Emperor Rudolf himself.
**[17:03] Fyodor**
That strategy sounds like a real gamble.
**[17:06] Yang**
I don't deny that.
**[17:08] Fischer**
There are no words.
**[17:09] Yang**
Perhaps not.
**[17:11] Murai**
And if it fails?
**[17:15] Yang**
We turn tail and run.
**[17:17] Murai**
But that would be...
**[17:19] Yang**
Please, don't worry.
**[17:21] Yang**
This was an impossible
mission to begin with.
**[17:23] Yang**
If we fail, the only ones who'll be
disgraced are myself and Chief Sithole.
***SIGN*** The admiral and I carefully examined this plan yesterday.
***SIGN*** I believe this is the only possible way.
**[17:35] Alex**
Are you sure about this? You would
have the most dangerous role.
***SIGN*** If I fail and get taken prisoner, it would just mean going back home.
***SIGN*** Pardon me.
***SIGN*** I may have taken that joke too far.
**[17:54] Yang**
It may appear foolhardy,
**[17:56] Yang**
but I've thought this through
as rationally as I could.
**[18:01] Yang**
I won't ask anyone to
trust me, by any means.
**[18:05] Yang**
I just want you to think
**[18:07] Yang**
about ways to conquer Iserlohn
with half a fleet.
**[18:12] Yang**
There may be a few possible methods,
**[18:15] Yang**
but I believe we would all arrive
at the same conclusion.
**[18:20] Murai**
Understood.
**[18:22] Murai**
We will begin preparations at once.
***SIGN*** 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
**[19:03] Na**
A nonnavigable sector of space exists between
the territories of the Empire and the Alliance.
**[19:08] Na**
Iserlohn Fortress is found on the one
and only passable route through it.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress
**[19:13] Na**
At this fortress are two Imperial admirals.
**[19:18] Na**
One is the fortress's commander,
Admiral Stockhausen.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Commander
Admiral Thoma von Stockhausen
**[19:23] Na**
The other is the commander of the
fortress garrison, Admiral Seeckt.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Garrison Commander
Admiral Hans Dietrich von Seeckt
**[19:29] Na**
The existence of two commanders
with identical ranks
**[19:34] Na**
has created a heated antagonism.
**[19:36] Na**
The two men scorn and curse one another,
**[19:40] Na**
but whenever the Alliance launches an attack,
**[19:42] Na**
their refusal to let the other have the glory
**[19:44] Na**
results in tremendous gains
in every battle they fight.
**[20:11] Hans**
I've heard that communications
in the vicinity of the fortress
**[20:14] Hans**
have been disrupted for the past two days.
**[20:17] Hans**
What is going on?
**[20:18] Thoma**
It's clear the enemy is present,
**[20:21] Thoma**
but we are unable to locate
them at the moment.
**[20:24] Hans**
If the enemy is present, we must deploy.
**[20:27] Thoma**
I just told you that we
don't know where they are.
**[20:29] Hans**
Precisely why we must mobilize.
**[20:32] Hans**
To find where the enemy is hiding, as well.
**[20:38] Guy**
Your Excellency, we have a
transmission on one of the lines.
**[20:42] Guy**
It is unstable and intermittent, however.
**[20:46] Hans**
What is it saying?
**[20:47] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[20:49] Guy**
"We are a force under secret orders to
conduct espionage within Alliance territory.
**[20:55] Guy**
During a mission, the rebels
detected us, so we left the area,
**[20:59] Guy**
but the Alliance fleet opened pursuit
and engaged us in the corridor.
**[21:04] Guy**
Requesting immediate backup from
Iserlohn." It ends there.
**[21:09] Hans**
We may not know where in the corridor
they are, but we must deploy now!
**[21:15] Paul**
Please wait, Your Excellency.
**[21:17] Hans**
Oberstein? Do you have something to say?
**[21:21] Paul**
Yes, sir.
**[21:22] Hans**
Very well. Speak up.
**[21:24] Paul**
Then, I will do so.
**[21:27] Paul**
I believe this is a trap.
**[21:28] Hans**
A trap?
**[21:30] Paul**
Yes, one intended to draw our
fleet away from Iserlohn.
**[21:34] Paul**
We must not deploy.
**[21:36] Paul**
We should wait and see what happens.
**[21:39] Hans**
The enemy is waiting out there.
**[21:41] Hans**
Are you saying we'll lose if we attack?
**[21:44] Hans**
As soldiers, to fight is our duty.
**[21:48] Hans**
Rather than seek a moment's tranquility,
**[21:50] Hans**
we should be thinking about attacking
and defeating our enemy.
**[21:53] Hans**
Besides, how can we abandon our
own men when they're in trouble?
**[21:57] Thoma**
I don't know about that, Admiral Seeckt.
**[21:59] Thoma**
Your officer does have a point.
**[22:02] Thoma**
Since we don't know where they
are, the risk is too great.
**[22:05] Thoma**
Why don't we wait a bit?
**[22:07] Hans**
No! The entire fleet will sortie as
soon as preparations are complete!
**[22:22] Thoma**
I hope he comes back bloodied up a bit.
**[22:26] Guy**
Another message from the same force.
**[22:29] Guy**
"We will soon arrive in
optical range of Iserlohn,
**[22:32] Guy**
but the rebel force is still in
pursuit. Requesting backup."
**[22:36] Thoma**
Very well. Prepare to attack.
**[22:38] Guy**
Sir.
**[22:40] Thoma**
What is Seeckt doing?
**[22:42] Guy**
Ships detected on screen!
**[22:44] Thoma**
Enlarge it.
**[22:48] Thoma**
Prepare to return fire!
**[23:02] Thoma**
Very smart. Looks like they
know they're no match for us.
**[23:06] Guy**
Another transmission from the same force.
**[23:08] Thoma**
Fine. Put it on the monitor.
**[23:13] Laeken**
*This is Captain von Laeken.*
**[23:15] Laeken**
* I request an urgent audience*
* with the commander.*
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode seven, "The Capture
of Iserlohn (Part 2)."
# E7 - The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
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**[00:04] (Flashback) Frederica**
Its thirteenth regimental commander
is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Yang**
Rumors?
**[00:13] (Flashback) Frederica**
Of all their past captains,
six defected back to the Empire.
**[00:17] (Flashback) Frederica**
There are concerns that he
may become the seventh.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Walter**
If I become the seventh traitor,
like the rumors say,
**[00:23] (Flashback) Walter**
it will be all for naught.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Walter**
What would you do then?
**[00:32] Guy**
Sending our hull number and all crew
members' personal ID codes.
**[00:36] Guy**
Awaiting permission to dock.
**[00:42] Guy**
Confirmed. Permission to dock received.
***SIGN*** Do you guys have any memories of the Empire?
**[00:50] Linz**
I'm a second-generation refugee, so no.
**[00:53] Rainer**
My grandfather came under
suspicion and was killed.
***SIGN*** I see. That had to be rough.
***SIGN*** I grew up in the Empire until I was six.
***SIGN*** I spent much of my time with my grandfather.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:00] Frederica**
Ten minutes have passed since
the task force entered port.
***SIGN*** 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
**[03:03] Frederica**
There has been no request for rescue
as projected in the event of failure.
**[03:07] Fyodor**
It seems safe to assume they
succeeded in docking.
**[03:11] Frederica**
We've cleared the first hurdle.
**[03:14] Yang**
Yes.
**[03:16] Yang**
If we can clear all the rest of the
hurdles with the same success,
**[03:20] Yang**
we'll be in perfect shape.
***SIGN*** I am the captain, Lieutenant Commander von Laeken.
**[03:29] Mann**
I am Lieutenant Mann,
captain of the security force.
**[03:31] Mann**
What happened out there?
***SIGN*** We were carrying out an espionage mission
***SIGN*** in Alliance territory at Fleet Admiral Mückenberger's orders.
***SIGN*** But unfortunately, we were discovered and my unit was annihilated.
***SIGN*** Amid the chaos, I managed to obtain this,
***SIGN*** and only we survived to escape here.
***SIGN*** This contains plans for a certain project.
***SIGN*** It appears the rebels came up with an unbelievable plan
***SIGN*** to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress and pass through the corridor.
**[03:58] Mann**
Is that true?
***SIGN*** It doesn't stop at Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** It may also mean the life or death of the Empire itself.
***SIGN*** You must take me to the commander at once.
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
**[04:14] Thoma**
A way to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress
and infiltrate the Empire?
**[04:18] Adjutant**
Yes, sir.
**[04:19] Adjutant**
If it is true, the very purpose of
Iserlohn Fortress will be lost.
**[04:24] Thoma**
You don't need to tell me that!
**[04:27] Thoma**
Have you contacted the garrison?
**[04:29] Adjutant**
Our communications remain
hindered by jamming signals.
**[04:33] Thoma**
And times like these are precisely
when we need a garrison force...
**[04:37] Thoma**
That pig-headed Seeckt!
**[04:41] Thoma**
Ready the Thor Hammer and
all cannons for battle.
**[04:44] Adjutant**
Understood, sir!
**[04:45] Thoma**
First of all, bring that ship's
captain here at once.
**[04:49] Adjutant**
Yes, sir!
**[04:59] (Flashback) Walter**
Once we've made it into enemy
territory, what then?
**[05:03] (Flashback) Yang**
Our strategy has one objective:
**[05:06] (Flashback) Yang**
to occupy the Iserlohn
Fortress control room.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Yang**
The problem is that, since the Alliance's
map of the fortress is incomplete,
**[05:14] (Flashback) Yang**
we're unable to pinpoint the
central control room's location.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Yang**
There are five possibilities.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Walter**
So we need to have the enemy
take us to all of them.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Yang**
Yes, exactly.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Yang**
And if we can accomplish that,
**[05:30] (Flashback) Yang**
we can take down any fortress,
no matter how impregnable.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Walter**
The same could be said of a woman's heart.
**[05:37] (Flashback) Walter**
That's all very easy to say,
but difficult to do.
**[05:44] (Flashback) Frederica**
The nearest potential location is
approximately 7,300 meters from the port.
**[05:48] (Flashback) Frederica**
The farthest is 21,600 meters away.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Frederica**
We will have to cover that much distance
in a fortress full of enemies.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Frederica**
This will be the second hurdle.
**[06:00] (Flashback) Walter**
It's going to call for
some acting skill, then.
**[06:02] (Flashback) Yang**
Yes.
**[06:15] Grandpa**
*Walter,*
**[06:16] Grandpa**
*what do you want to be when you grow up?*
**[06:19] Walter**
*What do you mean? I'm a noble.*
**[06:23] Grandpa**
*A noble...*
**[06:25] Grandpa**
*True.*
**[06:26] Grandpa**
* And does that mean you*
* can't be anything else?*
**[06:33] Mann**
What's that on your arm?
**[06:36] Mann**
It appears to be a tattoo.
**[06:38] Mann**
Tattoos on Imperial soldiers are
strictly forbidden by military law.
**[06:42] Rainer**
No, this is...
***SIGN*** It's for our espionage mission.
***SIGN*** It was necessary in order to blend in with the rebels and gain information.
***SIGN*** Of course, it will be removed once this mission is over.
**[06:57] Mann**
I see. Please forgive my indiscretion.
**[07:01] Rainer**
Not at all.
**[07:10] Remler**
I am Lieutenant Commander Remler,
captain of the control room guard.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Control Room Guard Captain
Lieutenant Commander Remler
**[07:13] Remler**
I will take you to the commander from here.
**[07:18] Remler**
Firearms may not be carried
into the control room.
**[07:21] Remler**
You will leave any guns
you're carrying here.
**[07:24] Remler**
Then, you will be examined by the
full-body scanner over there.
**[07:28] Remler**
No exceptions, even if you're operating
under the fleet admiral's orders.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Frederica**
The third hurdle will be the body check.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Frederica**
It's impossible to carry any weapons
into the central control room.
**[07:39] (Flashback) Frederica**
You will be put through thorough checks.
**[07:44] (Flashback) Walter**
So, what do we do?
**[08:09] Remler**
Hold it!
**[08:13] Remler**
Pardon me.
***SIGN*** It belonged to my grandfather.
***SIGN*** I keep it on my person at all times.
***SIGN*** It protects me.
***SIGN*** Is that all right?
***SIGN*** Thank you.
**[08:35] Remler**
Finally, I'll need to see your IDs.
**[08:38] Remler**
We sent those to you when we entered port.
**[08:42] Remler**
These are the rules.
**[08:51] Remler**
Verification failure.
**[08:54] Remler**
I can't allow you to
enter the control room.
***SIGN*** That's odd. Could there be a problem with the machine?
**[09:00] Remler**
I'll check back home.
**[09:02] Remler**
Wait here for a bit.
**[09:04] Linz**
You would waste that much time?
**[09:06] Linz**
We don't know when the
transmission will even work!
***SIGN*** Very well.
***SIGN*** I'd be glad to wait a month or two.
**[09:19] Adjutant**
What are you doing?!
**[09:21] Adjutant**
His Excellency demands haste!
**[09:23] Remler**
But we have—
**[09:23] Adjutant**
Just bring them in at once!
**[09:28] Remler**
Understood.
**[09:34] Thoma**
Where are they?
**[09:36] Thoma**
Finally.
**[09:39] Thoma**
Explain what's going on!
**[09:41] (Flashback) Yang**
In order to take the commander hostage,
**[09:44] (Flashback) Yang**
you'll need to acquire a weapon
inside the control room.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Yang**
You'll borrow it from
the commander himself.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Yang**
In other words, you'll have only your
own strength to rely on at this stage.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Yang**
I hate to ask this of you,
but can you do it?
**[10:07] (Flashback) Walter**
Oh...
***SIGN*** I think I can work something out.
**[10:14] Remler**
You really are a rebel, aren't you?!
**[10:19] Remler**
You—
***SIGN*** Your Excellency Stockhausen, you are now our prisoner.
**[10:34] Adjutant**
Your Excellency!
**[10:37] Remler**
Who the hell are you people?!
***SIGN*** Pleased to make your acquaintance.
***SIGN*** I am Captain Schönkopf of the Rosen Ritter, a regiment of the Free Planets Alliance.
**[10:49] Remler**
The Rosen Ritter?
**[10:52] Remler**
I've heard of you.
**[10:54] Remler**
You're a band of traitors
who abandoned the Empire!
***SIGN*** I'm so honored to know you've heard of us.
**[11:00] Remler**
Don't put Imperial soldiers on
the same level as you bastards!
**[11:03] Remler**
Our commander fears dishonor
more than death!
***SIGN*** He doesn't seem to appreciate you overestimating him like that.
**[11:13] Remler**
What did you do?!
**[11:16] (Flashback) Frederica**
The last hurdle will be how thoroughly
you can occupy the control room.
**[11:20] (Flashback) Walter**
I doubt that just taking the commander
hostage will be enough to fully take it over.
**[11:26] (Flashback) Yang**
True.
**[11:27] (Flashback) Frederica**
Then, what should we do?
**[11:30] (Flashback) Walter**
Karl Seffle, a practitioner
of applied chemistry,
**[11:33] (Flashback) Walter**
invented a chemical for use in
mining and civil engineering on a planetary scale.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Walter**
It's something like a gas that combusts in
**[11:43] (Flashback) Walter**
reaction to heat and energy
exceeding a certain level.
**[11:47] (Flashback) Frederica**
Seffle particles?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Walter**
Yes, Seffle particles.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Walter**
I'll take some into the room.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Frederica**
But...
**[11:55] (Flashback) Frederica**
Using it in normal close-range
combat would be one thing,
**[11:58] (Flashback) Frederica**
but using it in a raid like this is
likely to produce unexpected results.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Frederica**
You could all be caught in
the explosion and die!
**[12:07] (Flashback) Walter**
If you have any other suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Walter**
You have known all this time
that there is no other way.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Yang**
Well, I wanted to keep trying
to come up with a safer way
**[12:20] (Flashback) Yang**
until the last possible minute.
**[12:23] (Flashback) Walter**
I just pray that trusting heart of yours
doesn't claim your life one day.
***SIGN*** If you fire, the particles will ignite,
***SIGN*** and everyone in here will be blown to space dust.
**[12:37] Remler**
Seffle particles?
**[12:39] Thoma**
D-Don't do something so foolish!
**[12:41] Thoma**
Doesn't the blood of the Empire
flow through your veins, too?!
**[12:45] Thoma**
If you surrender now, we're willing
to make you an excellent offer!
***SIGN*** Oh? Do you mean that?
**[12:52] Operator**
Ninety minutes have passed since
the task force's infiltration.
**[12:55] Murai**
That's far longer than we anticipated.
**[12:58] Murai**
I hate to think it,
**[13:00] Murai**
but could he have become
the seventh traitor?
**[13:04] Yang**
If that were the case, the enemy
would have taken us all by now.
**[13:09] Yang**
Captain Schönkopf accepted the
most dangerous role of all.
**[13:14] Yang**
I will honor my own word and trust him.
***SIGN*** That is quite the attractive offer,
***SIGN*** but I'll have to refuse this time.
***SIGN*** I need to honor my word to a man who said he would trust me.
***SIGN*** Besides, there are still lots of girls in the Alliance that I haven't seduced yet!
**[13:34] Remler**
Then you'll die with us!
***SIGN*** Have it your way.
**[13:42] Thoma**
Don't, Remler!
**[13:44] Thoma**
Th-That's enough!
**[13:45] Remler**
But, sir...
**[13:47] Thoma**
You win. We surrender.
***SIGN*** You heard him.
**[13:55] Remler**
Damn it!
***SIGN*** A wise decision.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Grandpa**
There is nothing to be done. It's
meaningless to discuss it.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Grandpa**
A noble of fine lineage grew so
power-hungry that he used his wiles
**[14:18] (Flashback) Grandpa**
to steal our family's entire fortune.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Grandpa**
On top of that, he brought a warrant
for my arrest on the grounds
**[14:25] (Flashback) Grandpa**
of thought crimes against the emperor.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Butler**
What will you do?
**[14:30] (Flashback) Grandpa**
Now, there's nothing to worry about.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Grandpa**
We will seek asylum with the
Free Planets Alliance.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Walter**
Free Planets Alliance?
**[14:44] Rainer**
Captain.
**[14:46] Rainer**
I wiped off the blood, but...
***SIGN*** It's fine. Thank you.
**[14:51] Rainer**
It was important to you, wasn't it?
***SIGN*** Hey, come on.
***SIGN*** You have to throw at least one truth in with any false story.
***SIGN*** Men are one thing, but women will always catch you otherwise.
**[15:15] Murai**
Forgive me, Captain.
**[15:17] Murai**
I doubted you.
**[15:20] Murai**
I thought you might betray us.
***SIGN*** Hey, having people suspect me is part of my job.
***SIGN*** It doesn't bother me.
***SIGN*** Admiral, sir.
**[15:31] Yang**
Great work.
***SIGN*** As planned, we've pumped sleeping gas throughout the fortress
***SIGN*** via the air conditioning system.
***SIGN*** When they wake up, all 500,000 of them will be our prisoners.
**[15:43] Yang**
I guess it really did work out.
***SIGN*** It would seem so.
**[15:54] Seeckt**
What?!
**[15:56] Seeckt**
A revolt inside the fortress?!
**[15:58] Guy**
Yes, sir. A revolt has broken
out among some soldiers.
**[16:00] Guy**
Immediate aid has been requested.
**[16:03] Seeckt**
Can't he even keep his
subordinates under control?
**[16:06] Seeckt**
Stockhausen, you incompetent fool!
**[16:09] Seeckt**
We must first stamp out
the fire at our feet.
**[16:11] Seeckt**
We will return to Iserlohn at once!
**[16:14] Paul**
Please wait.
**[16:17] Seeckt**
I don't recall asking for your
opinion, Captain Oberstein!
**[16:21] Paul**
I am aware of that,
but I will give it anyway.
**[16:25] Paul**
This is a trap.
**[16:27] Seeckt**
It seems everything is a trap in your eyes!
**[16:31] Paul**
Your Excellency, please listen to me.
**[16:34] Seeckt**
Enough!
**[16:35] Seeckt**
All fleets, turn around!
**[16:37] Seeckt**
Head for Iserlohn at combat speed two!
**[16:40] Seeckt**
This is a good opportunity to make
those space moles indebted to us!
**[16:43] Paul**
* He isn't even suspicious about why*
* communications are working again*
**[16:47] Paul**
*after they'd been disrupted for so long?*
**[16:50] Paul**
* There's no talking to such*
* a small-minded bastard,*
**[16:53] Paul**
*full of anger and no courage.*
**[17:04] SoldierA**
Enemy fleet has entered firing range.
**[17:09] SoldierB**
Energy charge to the fortress's
main cannon is complete.
**[17:14] SoldierC**
Aim is set. Ready to fire at any time.
**[17:22] Yang**
Change the main cannon's angle.
**[17:25] Yang**
Elevation: seven degrees.
**[17:28] Murai**
Forgive me, but at that angle, the shot
will only graze the enemy's left flank.
**[17:34] Yang**
That's fine. Do it.
**[17:38] Yang**
Fire.
**[17:54] ImperialA**
Why are they firing on their allies?!
**[17:56] ImperialB**
No... It must be the rebels!
**[17:58] ImperialC**
What do we do?! We can't fire back!
**[18:00] ImperialC**
How do we escape the main cannon?!
**[18:04] Seeckt**
Have you gone mad?
**[18:06] Seeckt**
What are you fools doing?! Return fire!
**[18:08] Seeckt**
All fleets, salvo fire
from the main cannons!
**[18:22] Yang**
Change the main cannon's angle.
**[18:24] Yang**
Aim for the enemy fleet's right flank.
**[18:28] Yang**
Fire.
***SIGN*** This can't be called a battle, Admiral.
***SIGN*** It's a one-sided massacre.
**[18:45] Yang**
Yes. You're right.
**[18:48] Yang**
We don't need to do the evil things
that the Imperial Navy does.
**[18:52] Yang**
Advise them to surrender.
**[18:55] Yang**
If they refuse, advise them to flee.
**[18:58] Yang**
We won't pursue.
**[19:02] Guy**
Message from Iserlohn.
**[19:04] Guy**
"The Alliance has occupied Iserlohn."
**[19:06] Seeckt**
The Alliance...
**[19:07] Guy**
"Further bloodshed will benefit no one.
**[19:10] Guy**
Surrender."
**[19:11] Seeckt**
Surrender?!
**[19:13] Guy**
Also... "If you refuse to surrender,
then flee. We will not pursue.
**[19:18] Guy**
Alliance Navy Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li."
**[19:22] Guy**
Your Excellency!
**[19:23] Guy**
We've confirmed an Alliance
fleet behind us!
**[19:26] Guy**
We'll be caught in a pincer attack!
**[19:28] Seeckt**
A pincer attack?!
**[19:29] Guy**
Your Excellency, what shall we do?!
**[19:32] Seeckt**
We cannot surrender to the rebels!
**[19:36] Seeckt**
Facing the kaiser after losing the fortress
**[19:40] Seeckt**
would be a crime worse than
ten thousand deaths!
**[19:43] Guy**
"You fail to understand
the heart of a warrior.
**[19:45] Guy**
We know the path of dying
to preserve our honor,
**[19:49] Guy**
and we know not the path
of living in disgrace.
**[19:52] Guy**
All of our ships will henceforth
charge into an honorable death.
**[19:55] Guy**
This is the only way to repay
our kaiser's favor toward us."
**[19:58] Yang**
The heart of a warrior?
**[20:00] SoldierA**
All enemy ships are charging!
**[20:05] Yang**
Can you identify the enemy's flagship?
**[20:07] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[20:08] Yang**
Then focus all of our fire on it.
**[20:11] Yang**
This will be our final bombardment.
**[20:14] Yang**
If the flagship is lost, the others will flee.
**[20:22] Yang**
Fire.
**[20:37] SoldierA**
Enemy flagship destroyed.
**[20:39] SoldierA**
All other ships are turning
and leaving the front.
**[20:44] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant Greenhill.
**[20:46] Frederica**
Yes, sir?
**[20:47] Yang**
Contact the Alliance.
**[20:49] Yang**
Tell them, "It's over. If you ask
me to do it again, I can't."
**[20:54] Yang**
Take care of the rest. I'm beat.
**[20:57] Frederica**
Understood.
**[21:02] Yang**
The heart of a warrior, indeed.
**[21:05] Yang**
It's because of men like him
that this war won't end.
**[21:07] Yang**
I'm sick of being involved with that type.
**[21:21] Paul**
*Does this make me a cowardly runaway?*
**[21:24] Paul**
* I'll be the ideal target of blame for anyone*
* who's only interested in self-preservation.*
**[21:35] Paul**
*Now, then...*
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[21:41] Adrian**
Oh? So Iserlohn has fallen
into the Alliance's hands?
**[21:45] Boltik**
That is correct, Landesherr.
**[21:49] Adrian**
I never expected them to be successful.
**[21:53] Adrian**
Yang Wen-li is quite an intriguing man.
**[21:58] Adrian**
Contact Heinessen and collect
information on him at once.
***SIGN*** Nicholas Boltik
**[22:01] Boltik**
Sir.
**[22:02] Adrian**
It would seem wise to learn
what kind of man he is.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan Leader
Adrian Rubinsky
**[23:43] Julian**
"Recently, Iserlohn Fortress,
**[23:45] Julian**
for which we had resigned ourselves to
many long years of blood and tears,
**[23:49] Julian**
was brought down with zero
losses on our side.
**[23:53] Julian**
The brilliantly intuitive strategy
that brought us this result
**[23:56] Julian**
makes this man truly worthy of being called
'Magician Yang' and 'Miracle Yang'."
**[24:01] Julian**
Hear that?
**[24:03] Yang**
Honestly...
**[24:05] Yang**
They have no idea what I went through.
**[24:08] Yang**
Still, this means my work is done.
**[24:12] Yang**
Now I can proudly request to
retire from the service.
**[24:15] Julian**
Retirement aside, you've
earned everyone's praise.
**[24:22] Julian**
Why don't you just let yourself enjoy it?
**[24:26] Yang**
I'll only be praised as
long as I'm winning.
**[24:29] Yang**
If I continue to fight,
I'll lose eventually.
**[24:32] Yang**
From anyone else's perspective,
**[24:35] Yang**
it'd be fun to see how their
attitudes change then.
**[24:39] Yang**
By the way, Julian...
**[24:41] Julian**
Yes? What is it?
**[24:43] Yang**
Can't you at least let me drink
my brandy when I want to?
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** The Castrop Rebellion
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:54] Na**
episode eight, "The Castrop Rebellion."
# E8 - The Castrop Rebellion
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***SIGN*** Planet Castrop
**[00:02] Na**
Lord Eugen Castrop, the ruler of the
Castrop Starzone in the Galactic Empire,
**[00:07] Na**
served as minister of finance
under Kaiser Friedrich IV.
**[00:11] Na**
He served for fifteen years,
**[00:13] Na**
during which time he embezzled
vast amounts of money.
**[00:16] Na**
But when Lord Castrop unexpectedly
died in an accident,
**[00:21] Na**
the truth of his embezzlement
came to light.
**[00:23] Na**
The Empire's Ministries
of Finance and Justice
**[00:26] Na**
attempted to take away his
unlawfully accumulated riches.
**[00:30] Na**
However...
***SIGN*** Franz von Mariendorf
**[00:37] Na**
Lord Castrop's son,
Maximilian, pushed back.
**[00:41] Na**
And thus the Castrop Rebellion began.
***SIGN*** Maximilian von Castrop
**[00:53] Na**
Meanwhile, the Empire's new
fleet admiral, Reinhard,
***SIGN*** Fleet Admiral's Mansion
**[00:57] Na**
established the Fleet Admiral's Mansion,
**[00:59] Na**
in which he assembled all of the Imperial
Navy's top up-and-coming commanders.
**[01:04] Na**
This assembly received an imperial
order from Kaiser Friedrich IV...
**[01:10] Reinhard**
Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis.
**[01:13] Kircheis**
Sir.
**[01:17] Reinhard**
You will depart for the Castrop Starzone
to suppress a rebellion.
**[01:21] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[01:24] Kircheis**
I humbly accept this assignment.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:59] Weitz**
There seems to be some bias in
Count Lohengramm's appointments.
***SIGN*** Private Secretary Weitz
**[03:05] Weitz**
All of the officers he's assembled are
commoners and low-ranking nobles.
**[03:10] Weitz**
And can Rear Admiral Kircheis really
handle the matter with Castrop?
**[03:15] Weitz**
Would Count Lohengramm
not be a better choice?
***SIGN*** Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
Klaus von Lichtenlade
**[03:18] Klaus**
It was Count Lohengramm who requested that
the order be given to Rear Admiral Kircheis.
**[03:23] Klaus**
Is it such a bad thing?
**[03:25] Klaus**
Rear Admiral Kircheis is the
count's most trusted confidant.
**[03:29] Klaus**
If we grant him a reward for success in
this mission, he'll be indebted to us,
**[03:34] Klaus**
which will be beneficial to us later.
**[03:36] Klaus**
And if he fails,
**[03:38] Klaus**
the responsibility will fall on
Count Lohengramm for recommending him.
**[03:42] Klaus**
If his subordinate fails, the count will
have one less thing to brag about.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** The Castrop Rebellion
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
**[03:54] Fritz**
Why would that upstart
receive an imperial order?
**[03:57] Kempff**
The count must have pulled some strings.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
**[04:00] Kempff**
Siegfried Kircheis...
What sort of man will he prove to be?
**[04:04] Fritz**
Many of the soldiers seem
to have their doubts
**[04:08] Fritz**
as to whether he's a man they
can entrust their lives to.
**[04:11] Lutz**
Why would Count Lohengramm be
so close to someone like him?
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
**[04:15] Kempff**
The two of them have been
friends since childhood.
**[04:19] Fritz**
If that's true, then I was wrong
about the count all this time.
**[04:23] Fritz**
I thought he had great potential.
**[04:26] Wahlen**
I wonder what those other
two think of this.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
**[04:29] Ernest**
You mean Vice Admirals
Reuenthal and Mittermeyer?
**[04:33] Ernest**
They fought under the count in the past.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
**[04:37] Ernest**
They probably know
Rear Admiral Kircheis well, too.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
**[04:46] Wolfgang**
How much have you heard about
the Castrop Rebellion?
**[04:51] Oskar**
The rebellion is still ongoing.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
**[04:54] Oskar**
If he can stop it, Kircheis will
be promoted to vice admiral.
**[04:58] Oskar**
That would put him at the same rank as us,
**[05:01] Oskar**
and would no doubt put him
well ahead of the pack.
**[05:05] Wolfgang**
Perhaps the count wants to let everyone
in his mansion and beyond know
**[05:09] Wolfgang**
that Kircheis is his number two.
**[05:13] Wolfgang**
Think it'll work out?
**[05:14] Oskar**
Who knows?
**[05:16] Oskar**
But if the count thinks he and Kircheis...
**[05:19] Oskar**
no, if he thinks we all need this to
happen in order to meet our goal...
**[05:23] Wolfgang**
Then we have no choice
but to trust and obey.
**[05:26] Wolfgang**
The count kept his promise by inviting us to
the Fleet Admiral's Mansion he established.
**[05:31] Wolfgang**
We should keep our promise, too.
**[05:33] Oskar**
Right. All we can do is remain loyal.
**[05:42] Reinhard**
*Kircheis...*
***SIGN*** Kircheis Fleet Flagship
Barbarossa
***SIGN*** Captain Volker Axel von Bülow
***SIGN*** Captain Hans Eduard Bergengrün
**[06:03] Guy**
The Imperial Navy is advancing
in our direction.
**[06:07] Maximilian**
I can see that!
**[06:09] Maximilian**
They only number 5,000.
We'll tear them apart!
**[06:13] Guy**
Castrop Fleet approaching.
**[06:14] Guy**
They number approximately 10,000.
**[06:17] Kircheis**
Commence the operation.
**[06:23] Guy**
The Imperial Navy is
approaching at high speed!
**[06:26] Maximilian**
Commence attack!
**[06:42] Adjutant**
The enemy is attempting to surround
us rather than counterattack.
**[06:46] Maximilian**
Using 5,000 ships to surround
10,000? They really are fools.
**[06:51] Maximilian**
They don't know basic strategy!
**[06:54] Volker**
We should counterattack.
**[06:55] Volker**
Our shields can't take any more!
**[06:58] Maximilian**
There's a gap in the enemy's
encirclement at eleven o'clock.
**[07:02] Maximilian**
Have all remaining ships charge into it.
**[07:04] Guy**
Wait, please. Basic strategy
is what the enemy is using.
**[07:08] Guy**
The enemy wants to lure us to that
point and take all of us out at once.
**[07:13] Maximilian**
Some sacrifices are unavoidable.
**[07:16] Maximilian**
To give one's life for his
master is a retainer's honor!
**[07:20] Maximilian**
Give the order to charge!
**[07:37] Guy**
Enemy fleet is relocating to five o'clock.
**[07:40] Hans**
Your Excellency, we need an all-out attack.
**[07:42] Kircheis**
Remain on the defensive.
**[07:44] Kircheis**
When they think we're faltering,
we'll let them pass through.
**[08:06] Kircheis**
Close the gap!
**[08:25] Kircheis**
Bring us in front of the enemy flagship!
**[08:43] Guy**
Message from the Imperial Navy.
**[08:46] Adjutant**
Open the line!
**[08:48] Kircheis**
*Message to all Castrop Navy fleets.*
**[08:50] Kircheis**
* I am Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis*
* of the Galactic Imperial Navy.*
**[08:56] Kircheis**
* Our objective in this mission*
* is to detain Maximilian Castrop,*
**[09:00] Kircheis**
*the leader of the rebellion.*
**[09:04] Kircheis**
* The officers and soldiers*
* of the Castrop Navy*
**[09:06] Kircheis**
* did no more than fight as their*
* leader instructed them.*
**[09:09] Kircheis**
If you resist no further,
**[09:12] Kircheis**
you will be given fair treatment
as prisoners of war,
**[09:14] Kircheis**
and I will give you my word that we will
not take your lives for pleasure.
**[09:19] Kircheis**
* The fact that I did not sink a single*
* ship should prove my sincerity to you.*
**[09:33] Maximilian**
The fool!
**[09:35] Maximilian**
Order the ships at the front line
to attack the enemy fleet!
**[09:39] Maximilian**
We'll catch them in a pincer attack!
**[09:52] Maximilian**
What are you doing?! Attack the enemy!
**[09:55] Maximilian**
We aren't the ones in danger! They are!
**[09:59] Maximilian**
Do you not understand?! A pincer attack!
**[10:02] Maximilian**
Fire the main cannons! Fire! Fire!
**[10:05] Maximilian**
Why won't you fire?!
**[10:07] Maximilian**
Fire! Fire!
**[10:10] Adjutant**
Our allies haven't returned.
**[10:12] Adjutant**
If we attack, we'll destroy our
forces within their encirclement.
**[10:16] Maximilian**
How dare you talk back to me?!
**[10:18] Maximilian**
You have some nerve for a former commoner!
**[10:20] Maximilian**
Fire now! Fire, I say!
**[10:22] Maximilian**
I am your master!
I am Lord Maximilian Castrop!
**[10:36] Adjutant**
You said it was a retainer's honor
to give his life for his master,
**[10:41] Adjutant**
but I believe it's a master's job to
give of his own life for his people.
**[11:04] Guy**
Message from the Castrop Navy flagship.
**[11:07] Guy**
"Maximilian Castrop is dead.
**[11:09] Guy**
We accept your recommendation
of surrender."
**[11:11] Volker**
Dead?
**[11:12] Hans**
It can't be...
**[11:15] Kircheis**
We will proceed toward Planet Castrop.
**[11:19] Kircheis**
Caution the men to handle
the prisoners with care,
**[11:21] Kircheis**
and not to engage in looting or other
activity that may harm civilians.
**[11:26] Kircheis**
Any violation of military regulations
will be severely punished.
**[11:32] Both**
Yes, sir!
**[11:34] Fritz**
He put down the rebellion?!
**[11:36] Fritz**
In just ten days?!
**[11:38] Lutz**
No, actual combat only lasted two days.
**[11:42] Lutz**
Proceeding to
Castrop took six days,
**[11:44] Lutz**
and follow-up procedures took two days.
**[11:47] Wahlen**
I guess he does deserve to
be at the count's side.
**[11:58] Guy**
Salute Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis!
**[12:05] Klaus**
Vice Admiral Kircheis.
**[12:08] Klaus**
Strive for ever greater loyalty to His Imperial
Majesty the Kaiser in gratitude for his favor.
**[12:13] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[12:17] Kircheis**
*For ever greater loyalty, huh?*
**[12:21] Kircheis**
*The one I swear my loyalty to is...*
**[12:38] Kircheis**
Enter.
**[12:42] Soldier**
We've received an urgent
message from headquarters.
**[12:45] Kircheis**
What is it?
**[12:46] Soldier**
Sir, Iserlohn has...
**[12:50] Soldier**
Iserlohn Fortress has fallen.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Military Chief of Staff
Fleet Admiral Ehrenberg
**[13:01] Ehrenberg**
What?
**[13:03] Ehrenberg**
Wasn't Iserlohn supposed to be impregnable?
**[13:07] Steinhof**
I can't believe it!
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Supreme Command Headquarters Chief
Fleet Admiral Steinhof
**[13:09] Steinhof**
Could the report have been mistaken?
**[13:12] Mückenberger**
Seeckt is dead,
and Stockhausen is in enemy hands.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
**[13:17] Mückenberger**
But someone has to take
responsibility for this defeat.
**[13:22] Mückenberger**
Which means...
**[13:27] Klaus**
Imperial territory must be kept
inviolable to outside invasion,
**[13:32] Klaus**
and until now, it has always been so.
**[13:34] Klaus**
The situation that troubles Your Majesty's mind
**[13:38] Klaus**
is entirely the result of my own failures,
**[13:45] Klaus**
and I am deeply ashamed.
**[13:51] Reinhard**
That's a funny argument, Kircheis.
**[13:54] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[13:55] Reinhard**
We aren't supposed to give even an inch of
Imperial territory to outside invaders.
**[14:01] Reinhard**
When did the rebels become an outside
force of strength equal to ours?
**[14:06] Reinhard**
Failing to see reality gives
rise to contradictions.
**[14:09] Reinhard**
And what is the name of the Alliance
commander who took down Iserlohn?
**[14:14] Kircheis**
The Free Planets Alliance
13th Fleet commander,
**[14:19] Kircheis**
Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li.
**[14:22] Kircheis**
It's the man from Astarte again.
**[14:28] Reinhard**
Yang Wen-li...
**[14:32] Kircheis**
Enter.
**[14:34] Soldier**
Someone requests an audience
with Your Excellency.
**[14:48] Kircheis**
We will take him from here. Wait out front.
**[14:56] Paul**
I can't go anywhere without
military police accompaniment.
**[15:00] Reinhard**
Captain Oberstein, correct?
**[15:03] Reinhard**
What business do you have with me?
**[15:06] Paul**
First, please clear the room.
**[15:10] Reinhard**
There are only three of us here.
**[15:12] Paul**
Yes, Vice Admiral Kircheis is here.
**[15:15] Paul**
This is why I asked you to clear the room.
**[15:18] Reinhard**
Vice Admiral Kircheis should
be considered the same as me.
**[15:21] Reinhard**
You don't know that?
**[15:23] Paul**
I do.
**[15:26] Reinhard**
This is something you still
don't want him to hear, then.
**[15:30] Reinhard**
But I'll just tell him later,
and the result will be the same.
**[15:33] Paul**
Of course, Your Excellency
is free to do so.
**[15:36] Paul**
However, achieving supremacy requires
a variety of different people.
**[15:42] Paul**
You tell A things that A needs to know,
**[15:44] Paul**
and you give B an assignment suited to B.
**[15:47] Paul**
I believe this is how certain
matters should be conducted.
**[15:50] Kircheis**
Your Excellency, perhaps I
should wait in the next room.
**[15:56] Reinhard**
Very well.
**[16:06] Paul**
The truth, Your Excellency, is that I
currently stand in a difficult position.
**[16:12] Paul**
I believe you are aware of this.
**[16:14] Reinhard**
You're a deserter from Iserlohn.
It's natural you would be condemned.
**[16:18] Reinhard**
Especially when Admiral Seeckt
died such an honorable death.
**[16:22] Paul**
I'm sure the many commanders see me
as no more than a cowardly deserter.
**[16:27] Paul**
But, Your Excellency, I do have
my reasons for what I did.
**[16:31] Paul**
I would like you to hear them.
**[16:33] Reinhard**
This is absurd.
**[16:35] Reinhard**
If you insist on explaining,
don't explain to me.
**[16:38] Reinhard**
Explain at tomorrow's court-martial.
**[16:40] Paul**
A court-martial is only for show.
**[16:43] Paul**
My punishment has been
decided from the start.
**[16:50] Paul**
Please look at this, Your Excellency.
**[16:54] Paul**
As I believe Vice Admiral
Kircheis informed you,
**[16:57] Paul**
both of my eyes are artificial.
**[17:01] Paul**
Under Emperor Rudolf's rule,
**[17:03] Paul**
I would have been killed as an infant
under the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
**[17:10] Paul**
Do you understand?
**[17:12] Paul**
I despise him.
**[17:14] Paul**
I despise Emperor Rudolf, his descendants,
**[17:17] Paul**
and everything he created.
**[17:21] Paul**
I despise the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
**[17:26] Reinhard**
That's a very bold statement.
**[17:28] Paul**
The Galactic Empire...
no, the Goldenbaum Dynasty should fall.
**[17:33] Paul**
If possible, I would love to
bring about its demise myself.
**[17:37] Paul**
However, I lack the capacity to do so.
**[17:41] Paul**
All I can do is collaborate in the
establishment of a new supreme ruler,
**[17:45] Paul**
and that is all.
**[17:47] Paul**
I'm talking about you, Your Excellency the
Fleet Admiral, Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
**[17:52] Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[17:55] Reinhard**
Hand Captain Oberstein over
to the military police.
**[17:58] Reinhard**
He has made rebellious statements
toward the Empire.
**[18:01] Reinhard**
As an Imperial soldier,
I can't overlook this.
**[18:09] Paul**
I guess that's all there is to you...
**[18:12] Paul**
Fine. Depend on Vice Admiral Kircheis
as your only trusted confidant,
**[18:17] Paul**
and continue to walk down your narrow path.
**[18:22] Paul**
Vice Admiral Kircheis, can you shoot me?
**[18:25] Paul**
As you can see, I'm completely unarmed.
**[18:28] Paul**
Can you still shoot me?
**[18:31] Paul**
You can't, can you?
That's the kind of man you are.
**[18:35] Paul**
You're worthy of respect, but that
isn't enough to achieve supremacy.
**[18:41] Paul**
The shadow follows the light...
**[18:44] Paul**
But perhaps the young Count Lohengramm
doesn't yet understand this.
**[18:55] Reinhard**
You're a man who says
what he pleases, I see.
**[18:58] Paul**
Forgive me.
**[18:59] Reinhard**
Seeckt must have hated you. Am I wrong?
**[19:03] Paul**
Admiral Seeckt was not a man who
inspired loyalty in his subordinates.
**[19:16] Klaus**
Military Chief of Staff Ehrenberg,
**[19:18] Klaus**
Chief of Headquarters Steinhof,
**[19:21] Klaus**
and Space Fleet
Commander-in-Chief Mückenberger.
**[19:25] Klaus**
These three chiefs of staff have
submitted their resignations
**[19:29] Klaus**
to assume responsibility
for the loss of Iserlohn.
**[19:32] Friedrich**
Which position would you like?
**[19:35] Reinhard**
Any commendations I've received
were not the result of my own efforts.
**[19:39] Reinhard**
I could not take another's position.
**[19:44] Reinhard**
The loss of Iserlohn was...
**[19:46] Reinhard**
a result of mistakes made by
Admirals Seeckt and Stockhausen.
**[19:50] Reinhard**
In addition, Admiral Seeckt atoned
for his sin through death,
**[19:54] Reinhard**
and the other has been
imprisoned by the enemy.
**[19:57] Reinhard**
I do not feel that anyone
else should accept blame.
**[20:02] Reinhard**
I humbly request that Your Majesty find
no fault with the three chiefs of staff.
**[20:09] Ehrenberg**
I never thought I would owe a
debt to the blond youngster.
**[20:14] Steinhof**
I understand he requested
immunity for Oberstein
**[20:17] Steinhof**
along with his transfer to the
Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
**[20:21] Mückenberger**
We can hardly accept His Imperial
Majesty's generous favor
**[20:25] Mückenberger**
while allowing that man to
be so harshly punished.
**[20:29] Ehrenberg**
Still, to voluntarily give up
a chief of staff position
**[20:33] Ehrenberg**
was a surprisingly selfless act.
**[20:39] Klaus**
Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty.
**[20:42] Friedrich**
What is it?
**[20:44] Klaus**
I realize this will displease you, but...
**[20:48] Freidrich**
Is this about Lohengramm?
**[20:51] Freidrich**
You want to tell me I've given too much
prestige and power to Annerose's brother.
**[20:57] Klaus**
Your Imperial Majesty is aware of this?
**[21:00] Friedrich**
Since he is fearless,
**[21:03] Friedrich**
he will not simply be satisfied with
the position of senior statesman,
**[21:06] Friedrich**
but might get carried away and
plot to usurp me. Am I right?
**[21:12] Klaus**
I hesitated to put such
thoughts into words...
**[21:17] Freidrich**
I see no problem with this.
**[21:19] Klaus**
Pardon?
**[21:20] Friedrich**
The Goldenbaum Dynasty has not existed
since the creation of humanity.
**[21:26] Friedrich**
Just as no man is immortal,
no country is infallible.
**[21:31] Friedrich**
It would not be unreasonable for the
Galactic Empire to end with my generation.
**[21:39] Freidrich**
If it's going to fall anyway,
**[21:41] Friedrich**
I would hope that it has a magnificent end.
**[21:53] Reinhard**
You look like you want to say something.
**[21:55] Kircheis**
You know what it is. You're being cruel.
**[21:58] Reinhard**
Don't get mad. It's about Oberstein, right?
**[22:02] Reinhard**
You suspect he might be a
pawn of some noble family.
**[22:05] Reinhard**
I suspected the same, briefly.
**[22:08] Reinhard**
But he's not a man the nobles could handle.
**[22:12] Reinhard**
He's smart, but he's too peculiar.
**[22:16] Kircheis**
And could you handle him, Reinhard?
**[22:22] ---**
A good question.
**[22:24] Reinhard**
I don't expect friendship
or loyalty from him.
**[22:29] Reinhard**
He's only trying to use me
**[22:32] Reinhard**
to achieve his own goals.
**[22:38] Reinhard**
So I'm going to use his intellect in turn.
**[22:42] Reinhard**
I don't care what his motives are.
**[22:45] Reinhard**
If I can't control one man,
**[22:47] Reinhard**
how could I ever expect to
rule the whole universe?
**[22:56] Reinhard**
That's enough for today.
**[22:57] Reinhard**
You can go.
**[22:59] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[23:05] Reinhard**
*Oberstein will be useful.*
**[23:09] Reinhard**
* He won't hesitate to take*
* any means necessary.*
**[23:14] Reinhard**
*But still...*
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** Each Person's Star
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode nine, "Each Person's Star."
**[24:58] ---**
# E9 - Each Person's Star
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**[00:03] Girl1**
Miss Edwards, are you really quitting?
**[00:07] Girl2**
Please don't quit.
**[00:10] Girl3**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:11] Girl1**
Miss Edwards, don't go...
**[00:13] Girls**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:16] ---**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:43] Julian**
Yes? Who is it?
**[00:52] Jessica**
U-Um... Who are you?
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Central Government Building
**[02:29] Lebello**
This may be an unsavory way to put it,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance High Council
**[02:31] Lebello**
but for many years, both the
Galactic Empire and our Alliance
**[02:34] Lebello**
have fought this war only to the extent
that it could be financially sustained.
**[02:39] Lebello**
But now, the pensions for the families of
the men lost at the Battle of Astarte alone
***SIGN*** Financial Secretary
Joan Lebello
**[02:44] Lebello**
require us to pay out ten
billion dinars per year.
**[02:47] Lebello**
On top of that, feeding the 500,000
prisoners taken in the capture of Iserlohn
**[02:53] Lebello**
will require an enormous budget.
**[02:56] Guy**
It sounds like you're saying our hero
has led us to financial distress.
**[03:00] Lebello**
To remedy this, we can either issue
more bonds or increase taxes.
**[03:04] Lebello**
These have historically
been our only options.
**[03:06] Guy**
Increase taxes? What did you promise
our people in the election?
**[03:11] Lebello**
True, but I'm saying that expanding this war
any further will bring economic destruction!
**[03:16] Guy**
But if we don't win the
war, we have no future.
**[03:20] Lebello**
Then perhaps we should
simply stop fighting.
***SIGN*** National Defense Committee Chairman
Job Trunicht
**[03:27] Lebello**
Admiral Yang's resourcefulness
gained us Iserlohn.
**[03:31] Lebello**
The Imperial Navy lost its base
for invading the Alliance.
**[03:36] Lebello**
Is this not an excellent opportunity to
enter a peace treaty that favors us?
**[03:40] Guy**
But this is a war for justice
against a tyrannical government.
**[03:44] Guy**
Exactly.
**[03:46] Guy**
How wise would it be to drop out
just because it's uneconomical?
**[04:08] Yang**
Julian, I'm heading out.
**[04:12] Julian**
Take care, Admiral.
**[04:14] Yang**
Oh, by the way, Julian...
**[04:17] Yang**
Why don't we eat dinner out for once?
**[04:20] Yang**
I'll take you after school.
Meet me at headquarters.
**[04:23] Julian**
But... tonight?
**[04:25] Yang**
Yeah. There's something
I'd like to talk about.
**[04:29] Yang**
See you then.
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** Each Person's Star
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[04:41] Sithole**
You want to resign?
**[04:43] Sithole**
But you're only 30, aren't you?
**[04:46] Yang**
I'm 29.
**[04:48] Sithole**
Don't you think it's a bit early
to leave your life behind?
**[04:52] Yang**
That isn't what this is, Chief.
**[04:55] Yang**
My life was merely forced to
take a prolonged detour.
**[04:59] Yang**
I will be returning to the
life I intended to live.
**[05:02] Sithole**
To get a pension and use it
to spend all day studying history?
**[05:07] Sithole**
What our military needs isn't
your knowledge as a historian.
**[05:13] Sithole**
It's your skill as a tactician.
**[05:15] Sithole**
And it's an extraordinary skill, at that.
**[05:19] Sithole**
It sounds as if you're saying capturing
Iserlohn was more than enough for you.
**[05:24] Yang**
I wouldn't say that...
**[05:27] Sithole**
The High Council is meeting today.
**[05:31] Sithole**
They're debating the dispatch
of troops to the Empire...
**[05:34] Sithole**
a strategy to invade the Empire
using Iserlohn as a bridgehead.
**[05:39] Yang**
But that's the opposite of our
intentions! Why Iserlohn?
**[05:45] Yang**
Was it that national defense
secretary's idea?
**[05:48] Sithole**
The proposal came from within the military.
**[05:52] Sithole**
A young officer from the planning division
**[05:54] Sithole**
brought it to the National
Defense Committee directly.
**[05:59] Sithole**
I have faith that the council
will come to a wise decision.
**[06:04] Yang**
I wonder about that.
**[06:06] Yang**
Well, whatever decision they
make, it no longer involves me.
**[06:14] Sithole**
What about the 13th Fleet?
**[06:18] Sithole**
It was created just for you.
**[06:21] Sithole**
What happens to them if you leave?
**[06:26] Huang**
Human resources that should
be devoted to social development
**[06:30] Huang**
going toward the military
instead is disconcerting.
**[06:34] Huang**
Our investments in education and vocational
training have been continually reduced.
***SIGN*** Secretary of Human Resources
Huang Louis
**[06:39] Huang**
As evidence that skill levels among
our laborers are dwindling,
**[06:42] Huang**
workplace accidents have
tripled since last term.
**[06:46] Huang**
This brings me to my proposal.
**[06:48] Huang**
I would like four million
of the technicians,
**[06:51] Huang**
as well as transportation and communications
personnel currently in the military,
**[06:54] Huang**
to be returned to the private sector.
**[06:56] Huang**
That number is the absolute minimum.
**[07:02] Trunicht**
Don't ask the impossible.
**[07:05] Trunicht**
If we remove that many people
from the rear services,
**[07:08] Trunicht**
our military, as an organization,
will collapse.
**[07:10] Huang**
So you say, but at the current rate,
**[07:13] Huang**
our society and economy will collapse
before the military does.
**[07:18] Lebello**
In other words, we need to allow our
human resources time to recuperate.
**[07:22] Lebello**
To force the people to sacrifice any more
would violate the principles of democracy.
**[07:27] Lebello**
They can't bear this burden any longer.
***SIGN*** Secretary of Transportation
Cornelia Windsor
**[07:31] Windsor**
There's no need to pander to
the selfishness of citizens
**[07:34] Windsor**
who don't understand the greater good.
**[07:37] Windsor**
When in history has anything great
been achieved without sacrifices?
**[07:42] Lebello**
The citizens have begun to question whether
they have sacrificed too much, Ms. Windsor.
**[07:47] Windsor**
Some things must be done,
no matter how great the sacrifice.
**[07:52] Lebello**
Politics doesn't work that way!
**[07:54] Windsor**
We have a noble duty...
**[07:57] Windsor**
to defeat the Galactic Empire...
**[07:59] Windsor**
and save all of humanity from
the threat of its tyranny.
**[08:03] Windsor**
Can forgetting that greater purpose
in favor of cheap humanism...
**[08:08] Windsor**
really be called taking the high road?
**[08:12] Lebello**
Are you sure you aren't the one
overtaken by cheap heroism?!
**[08:16] Huang**
Calm down.
**[08:18] Lebello**
But...
**[08:20] Chairman**
It appears we need another break.
**[08:23] Chairman**
But first, there are some things
I'd like you all to see.
**[08:31] Chairman**
This is our approval rating
among the citizens.
***SIGN*** High Council Chairman
Royal Sanford
**[08:36] Chairman**
We have 31.9% approval.
Certainly not a very good number.
**[08:41] Chairman**
And this is our disapproval rating.
**[08:44] Guy**
56.2%...
**[08:47] Chairman**
If nothing changes, it's unlikely
that we'll be re-elected next year.
**[08:51] Chairman**
Caught between the pacifists
and the hardliners,
**[08:54] Chairman**
it's likely we will lose our majority.
**[08:58] Chairman**
However, certain barometers indicate that
**[09:01] Chairman**
if we can secure a decisive victory against
the Empire in the next hundred days,
**[09:06] Chairman**
our approval ratings should
rise by at least 15%.
**[09:13] Lebello**
What do you mean by that?
**[09:15] Lebello**
You people want us to fight this
war so you'll be re-elected?
**[09:18] Windsor**
Chairman.
**[09:19] Windsor**
Let's put the military's
proposal up for a vote.
**[09:23] All**
Agreed.
**[09:25] Lebello**
Wait! We don't have that right!
**[09:29] Lebello**
We haven't been granted the authority
to dispatch troops in vain...
**[09:33] Lebello**
for the sole purpose of
maintaining political power!
**[09:36] Windsor**
My, such righteous statements.
**[09:49] Chairman**
Eight in favor, three opposed.
**[09:52] Chairman**
With a majority in favor,
**[09:53] Chairman**
it is hereby confirmed that our forces
will invade the Galactic Empire.
**[09:58] Guy**
This was quite a surprise.
**[10:01] Guy**
I didn't expect the national defense
secretary to vote opposed.
**[10:04] Trunicht**
I am a patriot.
**[10:07] Trunicht**
But that doesn't mean I will
always advocate for war.
**[10:12] Trunicht**
Let it go on record that I stood
opposed to the dispatch of troops.
***SIGN*** Well, hello, Your Excellency.
**[10:28] Yang**
Captain...
***SIGN*** Were you here to submit your resignation?
**[10:34] Yang**
Yeah, not that I expected the chief
to accept my letter with one hand
**[10:38] Yang**
while handing me my severance
pay with the other.
***SIGN*** The military isn't going to let you go.
***SIGN*** In all seriousness, I'd prefer to have a man of your caliber stay in our navy.
***SIGN*** You excel at assessing any situation, and you have strong luck.
***SIGN*** Under your leadership, we may not be hailed for distinguished service,
***SIGN*** but we have a good chance of staying alive.
***SIGN*** I've already made up my mind to die of old age.
***SIGN*** I plan to live to be about 150, grow frail,
***SIGN*** and die listening to
***SIGN*** my grandkids and great-grandkids cry for joy over being rid of me.
***SIGN*** Dying a heroic death in battle isn't my style.
***SIGN*** Please find it in your heart to help me live that long.
**[11:42] Waiter**
I'm sorry, but all seats are booked.
**[11:47] Yang**
Sorry, Julian. I should've
made a reservation.
**[11:51] Yang**
Let's try somewhere else.
**[11:52] Frederica**
Admiral.
**[11:58] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant?
**[12:01] Frederica**
I do own regular clothes, too.
**[12:04] Frederica**
My father has invited you to
sit with us, if you'd like.
**[12:08] Yang**
Admiral Greenhill? But...
**[12:12] Frederica**
Julian, you must be hungry, too, right?
**[12:16] Julian**
Yes, ma'am.
**[12:18] Greenhill**
Hello, Vice Admiral Yang.
**[12:22] Yang**
I'm a rear admiral, Your Excellency.
**[12:25] Greenhill**
By next week at the latest,
you'll be a vice admiral.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[12:28] Greenhill**
You might as well get used
to your new title now.
**[12:32] Julian**
That's amazing! Is that what
you wanted to tell me?
**[12:39] Greenhill**
Ah, you must be the honor student Julian.
**[12:43] Julian**
Yes, sir. It's good to meet you.
**[12:46] Greenhill**
Have a seat.
**[12:47] Greenhill**
I hear you were the top scorer of the year
in the junior level of flying ball.
**[12:53] Greenhull**
How wonderful that you excel
in both academics and sports.
**[12:56] Yang**
Is that true, Julian?
**[12:58] Julian**
Yes, sir.
**[13:00] Frederica**
You were probably the only
one who didn't know.
**[13:03] Frederica**
Julian is quite a celebrity in this town.
**[13:12] Greenhill**
Your achievements have had a much
larger effect than expected.
**[13:16] Greenhill**
The capture of Iserlohn has divided the
people into pro- and anti-war factions,
**[13:22] Greenhill**
and the dispute has grown quite intense.
**[13:24] Yang**
I hope it's all just simple debate.
**[13:28] Greenhill**
Well, some have taken to
rather violent
**[13:31] Greenhill**
attacks out of hatred
for the anti-war side.
**[13:34] Yang**
The Patriotic Knight Corps, for example?
**[13:37] Greenhill**
Oh, they're just a bunch of clowns.
**[13:40] Greenhill**
They aren't even worth commenting on.
**[13:45] Greenhill**
This gelatin salad is fantastic.
**[13:47] Yang**
I agree.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[14:00] Boltik**
*We have now acquired 41.9% of the shares*
**[14:04] Boltik**
*in the Alliance's largest
interstellar shipping company,*
**[14:06] Boltik**
*the Santa Cruz Line.*
***SIGN*** Nicholas Boltik
**[14:10] Boltik**
*But their ownership has been divided
among twenty shareholders,*
**[14:12] Boltik**
*so this has not been discovered.*
**[14:14] Boltik**
*We have already surpassed
the largest shareholder,*
**[14:17] Boltik**
*a state-owned investment company.*
**[14:19] Rubinsky**
Good.
**[14:21] Rubinsky**
But we can't stop until
we own a majority share.
**[14:24] Boltik**
*Yes.*
**[14:25] Rubinsky**
What about the Empire?
**[14:27] Boltik**
*We have decided to invest in the agricultural
development of the seventh frontier starzone.*
**[14:33] Rubinsky**
What percentage are we contributing?
**[14:35] Boltik**
*Three of our government-owned shell
companies own a total of 84%.*
**[14:40] Boltik**
*We effectively have a monopoly.*
**[14:42] Rubinsky**
Good.
**[14:44] Boltik**
*You won't be returning to
your residence today?*
**[14:50] Rubinsky**
No, I will.
**[14:51] Boltik**
*Very well. Then I will see you soon.*
**[14:57] Dominique**
Sounds like all is going well.
**[14:58] Rubinsky**
Yes.
**[15:02] Rubinsky**
In both the Empire and the Alliance,
there are those who think...
**[15:06] Rubinsky**
that war is nothing but two fleets
shooting at one another in space.
**[15:10] Rubinsky**
But that's not true.
**[15:12] Rubinsky**
To rule the universe, you need...
**[15:15] Dominique**
Money.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan Leader
Adrian Rubinsky
**[15:17] Rubinsky**
The Dominion of Fezzan has bought nearly
half of both countries' war bonds.
**[15:22] Rubinsky**
Fezzan will financially rule over every part
of the universe that mankind has touched.
**[15:30] Dominique**
Yes, of course.
***SIGN*** Dominique Saint-Pierre
**[15:31] Dominique**
So long as a second Rudolf doesn't show
up and start a new Galactic Empire.
**[15:37] Rubinsky**
New Galactic Empire?
**[15:40] Rubinsky**
I see. You have some interesting ideas.
**[15:45] Rubinsky**
Going to work, Dominique?
**[15:48] Dominique**
Please enjoy your stay.
**[15:51] Rubinsky**
You don't intend to quit performing,
even with plenty of money?
**[15:56] Dominique**
I don't recall selling my freedom.
**[16:06] Rubinsky**
A new Galactic Empire, eh?
**[16:12] Yang**
Thank you for letting us
join you, Your Excellency.
**[16:16] Greenhill**
It's been a delightful evening.
**[16:19] Greenhill**
By the way, Vice Admiral Yang,
do you have any plans to get married?
**[16:26] Yang**
Not yet. I'll think about
it when we have peace.
**[16:32] Yang**
I had a good friend who passed
away and left a fiancée behind.
**[16:36] Greenhill**
I see.
**[16:45] TV**
*The representative who won the by-election
on planet Terneuzen last week,*
**[16:50] TV**
*Jessica Edwards, will give
her inaugural speech today.*
**[16:55] TV**
*Edwards is said to be the vanguard
of the anti-war movement.*
**[16:59] Yang**
Jessica?
**[17:00] Julian**
Oh, that's her!
**[17:02] Julian**
She's the woman who visited about
a month ago, while you were away.
**[17:06] TV**
*The actions of the anti-war
faction have gained attention.*
**[17:06] Julian**
She said she was an old friend of yours.
**[17:16] Julian**
Huh? What's going on?
**[17:19] Yang**
I'm not sure...
**[17:22] Yang**
Wait here.
**[17:29] Cop**
Goodness, if it isn't Admiral Yang Wen-li!
**[17:32] Cop**
I never thought I'd meet our national hero!
**[17:35] Yang**
Uh, that aside, what's going on?
**[17:37] Cop**
It seems the Urban Traffic Control Center's
control computer malfunctioned.
**[17:43] Yang**
Malfunctioned?
**[17:44] Cop**
I don't know all the details,
**[17:47] Cop**
but I heard it was a human
error involving data input.
**[17:50] Cop**
There's a shortage of experienced
workers in all workplaces lately...
**[17:54] Cop**
I suppose this isn't unexpected.
**[17:57] Yang**
So even this happened because of the war...
**[18:01] Cop**
For that reason, all traffic systems in this
district will be down for about four hours.
**[18:07] Yang**
Completely?
**[18:08] Cop**
Yes, completely.
**[18:11] Julian**
Admiral, what should we do?
**[18:13] Yang**
We'll have to walk.
**[18:16] Julian**
Yes, sir!
**[18:17] Yang**
It's good exercise every once in a while.
**[18:20] Cop**
The hero of Iserlohn, walking?!
I won't hear of it!
**[18:23] Cop**
I'll prepare a helicopter for you!
**[18:26] Yang**
Please, don't be dramatic.
**[18:28] Yang**
I can't be the only one to
receive special treatment.
**[18:30] Cop**
But...
**[18:32] Yang**
Let's go, Julian.
**[18:33] Julian**
Aye aye, sir!
**[18:50] Yang**
Jessica said she didn't
have a message for me?
**[18:54] Julian**
Yes, but she seemed a bit anxious.
**[18:58] Julian**
I thought she must have had something
she wanted to discuss with you.
**[19:04] (Flashback) Jessica**
I see... So Yang adopted a child...
**[19:09] (Flashback) Jessica**
Oh, I'm sorry to drop by without warning.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Julian**
Um, shall I relay a message
to the admiral for you?
**[19:18] (Flashback) Jessica**
Thanks, but it's all right.
**[19:20] (Flashback) Jessica**
It was nothing important.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Jessica**
I'll be on my way.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Julian**
Then let me at least give you an umbrella.
**[19:28] (Flashback) Jessica**
Hey, Julian... Do you want
to become a soldier, too?
**[19:32] (Flashback) Julian**
Yes.
**[19:35] (Flashback) Jessica**
I see.
**[19:36] (Flashback) Julian**
But the admiral says that we'll have
peace by the time I'm an adult.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Julian**
May I ask your name?
**[19:52] (Flashback) Jessica**
Just tell him an old friend stopped by.
**[19:57] Julian**
In the end, she just smiled and
said, "Take care of the admiral."
**[20:06] Yang**
*So you made up your mind...*
**[20:13] Julian**
Admiral.
**[20:14] Yang**
What is it?
**[20:16] Julian**
I was just looking at the same star as you.
**[20:20] Julian**
That big blue one.
**[20:23] Yang**
Yeah.
**[20:24] Julian**
What is that star called?
**[20:26] Yang**
It does have a name... I think...
**[20:33] Yang**
You don't have to look
at the same star as me.
**[20:38] Julian**
Huh?
**[20:44] Yang**
* Every person should take*
* hold of their own star,*
**[20:48] Yang**
*no matter how unlucky that star is.*
**[21:00] Jessica**
I've...
**[21:06] Jessica**
I've made a decision...
**[21:08] Jessica**
to never pretend I didn't see or hear,
**[21:13] Jessica**
to never remain silent.
**[21:15] Jessica**
I'm standing here today for that purpose.
**[21:20] Jessica**
I was undecided about my
candidacy for a long time.
**[21:25] Jessica**
As a simple teacher, I wondered
if I was truly qualified.
**[21:30] Jessica**
But I made up my mind, and I promised...
**[21:34] Jessica**
my late fiancé, who died
in the Battle of Astarte.
**[21:41] Jessica**
I used to think...
**[21:44] Jessica**
that "history" was just "the past"
with extra dust on it.
**[21:48] Jessica**
But that's not correct.
**[21:50] Jessica**
History is something that we create
as we live our lives in the present.
**[21:56] Jessica**
It doesn't only belong to the
people named in history books.
**[22:00] Jessica**
It's something each and every one of
us alive today must strive to create.
**[22:05] Jessica**
Every step we take leads
us toward the future!
**[22:15] Jessica**
Our history up to this point has
been accompanied by many wars.
**[22:20] Jessica**
Whether it will continue
to be accompanied by wars...
**[22:24] Jessica**
is for each of us to decide.
**[22:27] Jessica**
Some are adamant that this
is a war for justice,
**[22:32] Jessica**
that to throw away our lives
for justice is a noble act,
**[22:36] Jessica**
but what is justice? What is a noble act?
**[22:41] Jessica**
Each of us must decide that on our own.
**[22:45] Jessica**
You, who watch members of your family
depart for the battlefield...
**[22:48] Jessica**
You and I, who have lost family
members on the battlefield.
**[22:52] Jessica**
I don't want people who hide somewhere safe...
**[22:56] Jessica**
and never lose anything,
never feel any pain,
**[23:00] Jessica**
to make that decision.
**[23:04] Jessica**
I want to keep asking the
people in power this:
**[23:09] Jessica**
Where are you...
**[23:12] Jessica**
while you send soldiers to their deaths?
**[23:14] Jessica**
Where are you,
**[23:17] Jessica**
and what are you doing?
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Interlude
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode ten, "Interlude."
# E10 - Interlude
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**[00:12] Remscheid**
What?
**[00:14] Remscheid**
The Free Planets Alliance is planning an
all-out offensive against the Empire?
**[00:21] Rubinsky**
It seems their capture of Iserlohn,
the Empire's pride and joy,
**[00:24] Rubinsky**
has incited the Alliance's drive to fight.
**[00:30] Remscheid**
It is true that the insurgents now
possess the bridgehead of Iserlohn,
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire High Commissioner
Jochen von Remscheid
**[00:35] Remscheid**
but surely that doesn't mean they'll
launch an all-out advance right away.
**[00:40] Rubinsky**
But it is clear that the Alliance is making
preparations for a large-scale attack.
**[00:46] Remscheid**
How large-scale?
**[00:49] Rubinsky**
Thirty million men.
**[01:08] Dominique**
He seemed rather panicked.
**[01:11] Rubinsky**
That information was beyond a mere high
commissioner's capacity to handle.
**[01:15] Rubinsky**
He'll have no choice but to
request instructions from Odin.
**[01:18] Dominique**
How malicious you are.
**[01:21] Dominique**
When you received similar information in
the past, you didn't tell him, did you?
**[01:26] Rubinsky**
You mean when Iserlohn was attacked?
**[01:29] Rubinsky**
I just never expected that
campaign to succeed.
**[01:32] Rubinsky**
I was interested in seeing how
they would go about doing it.
**[01:36] Rubinsky**
But now that Iserlohn has
fallen, things are different.
**[01:40] Rubinsky**
The balance in this war has
shifted toward the Alliance,
**[01:43] Rubinsky**
and we need to shift it back in
the Empire's direction a bit.
**[01:47] Dominique**
You're enjoying this.
**[01:49] Rubinsky**
Does it look that way?
**[01:52] Dominique**
It does.
**[01:54] Rubinsky**
There are many ways to enrich one's life,
**[01:57] Rubinsky**
but nothing is more stimulating than using
whole nations and the very fate of humans
**[02:03] Rubinsky**
as intangible chips in a game
of politics and strategy.
**[02:06] Rubinsky**
Elaborately refined machinations
are an art form.
**[02:11] Dominique**
Unbelievable. You're calling
yourself an artist?
**[02:15] Rubinsky**
Please. It's not just me.
**[02:18] Rubinsky**
There's no doubt that the one
to meet the Alliance's attack
**[02:23] Rubinsky**
will be Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
**[02:26] Rubinsky**
I need him to win, but not
by too much this time.
**[02:31] Rubinsky**
I need both sides to keep fighting and
wounding each other for as long as possible.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[04:13] Klaus**
We've received word from
Count Remscheid of Fezzan.
**[04:17] Klaus**
It seems the rebels are planning
to invade Imperial territory...
***SIGN*** Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
Klaus von Lichtenlade
**[04:21] Klaus**
with approximately thirty million men.
**[04:24] Gerlach**
Thirty million?
That sounds extremely serious.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Minister of Finance
Viscount Gerlach
**[04:27] Klaus**
It is.
**[04:29] Klaus**
But it could also be called an opportunity.
**[04:32] Gerlach**
How do you mean?
**[04:33] Klaus**
We need to fight and win.
**[04:38] Klaus**
I'm told that a revolutionary sentiment
is growing among the commoners again.
**[04:43] Klaus**
It appears they're beginning to
figure out that we lost Iserlohn.
**[04:47] Klaus**
We must defeat the rebels and restore
the dignity of the Imperial household.
**[04:52] Gerlach**
Should we not allow the
blond boy to handle that?
**[04:57] Klaus**
If he succeeds, his popularity
will grow even greater,
**[05:01] Klaus**
and we will no longer
be able to oppose him.
**[05:05] Klaus**
But if he fails, we'll be forced to fight
the rebels at a tremendous disadvantage,
**[05:13] Klaus**
right in the middle of the Empire,
**[05:15] Klaus**
against a force of thirty
million men high on victory.
**[05:18] Gerlach**
The blond boy is not
completely incompetent.
**[05:22] Gerlach**
Even if the rebels defeat him,
they won't come out of it unscathed.
**[05:26] Gerlach**
We only need to be strong enough to
face them when they're wounded.
**[05:33] Klaus**
I see...
**[05:34] Klaus**
That will be fine if the boy
loses, but what if he wins?
**[05:38] Klaus**
He'll earn the kaiser's favor and the
credit for another heroic feat,
**[05:42] Klaus**
and he'll be beyond our control.
**[05:44] Klaus**
He'll grow even more arrogant.
**[05:47] Gerlach**
Why don't we let him be arrogant?
**[05:50] Gerlach**
We can deal with a single upstart anytime.
**[05:56] Gerlach**
When the rebels are gone,
the blond boy is done for.
**[06:01] Gerlach**
So long as we need him,
**[06:03] Gerlach**
why not make use of his talent?
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[06:16] Sithole**
Rear Admiral Caselnes,
the chief of logistics,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[06:20] Sithole**
will now go over the formation
of our expeditionary force.
**[06:23] Alex**
Yes, sir.
**[06:24] Alex**
First, the supreme commander of the force
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
**[06:27] Alex**
will be the Space Fleet commander-in-chief,
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[06:32] Alex**
The chief of staff will be
Admiral Dwight Greenhill.
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Chief of Operations
Vice Admiral Konev
**[06:35] Alex**
The chief of operations will be Vice Admiral
Konev, with three staff officers.
**[06:38] Alex**
The chief of intelligence will be Rear
Admiral Birolinen, with two staff officers.
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Chief of Intelligence
Rear Admiral Birolinen
**[06:42] Alex**
And the chief of logistics will be
myself, with one staff officer.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
**[06:45] Alex**
Next, eight new space fleets will be
added to the force as combat units.
**[06:49] Alex**
Vice Admiral Lefebvre will
command the 3rd Fleet.
**[06:52] Alex**
Vice Admiral Bewcock will
command the 5th Fleet.
**[06:55] Alex**
Vice Admiral Hawood will
command the 7th Fleet.
**[06:57] Alex**
Vice Admiral Appleton will
command the 8th Fleet.
**[07:00] Alex**
Vice Admiral al-Salem will
command the 9th Fleet.
**[07:03] Alex**
Vice Admiral Ulanhu will
command the 10th Fleet.
**[07:06] Alex**
Vice Admiral Borodin will
command the 12th Fleet.
**[07:08] Alex**
And Vice Admiral Yang will
command the 13th Fleet.
**[07:12] Alex**
These, in addition to independent units,
**[07:15] Alex**
will bring the force's
total to 30,227,400 men.
**[07:23] Yang**
* Thirty million is about 60%*
* of our entire navy...*
**[07:27] Yang**
*Good grief. It's overwhelming.*
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Interlude
**[07:36] Yang**
Maybe the price we paid for Iserlohn
wasn't high enough...
**[07:41] Julian**
Did you say something, Admiral?
**[07:44] Yang**
Hm? Oh...
**[07:46] Yang**
It's said that military victory has
an effect similar to a narcotic.
**[07:50] Yang**
Both the people and the press are openly
calling for an invasion of the Empire.
**[07:55] Julian**
In keeping with our current
momentum, I suppose?
**[07:58] Yang**
But just think about it.
**[08:01] Yang**
If the fall of Iserlohn had shed the blood
of thousands... no, hundreds of thousands,
**[08:07] Yang**
how would you and everyone else feel then?
**[08:10] Julian**
Well, they wouldn't have
an appetite for more war.
**[08:14] Yang**
But they didn't.
**[08:16] Yang**
They got the idea in their heads
that victory comes easy.
**[08:20] Yang**
Ouch...
**[08:22] Yang**
If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't
have taken that kind of victory.
**[08:26] Julian**
But didn't it end up that way because you did
everything possible to minimize casualties?
**[08:32] Yang**
And the result of that is this
completely unjustifiable expedition.
**[08:37] Julian**
They why was this reckless
plan proposed to begin with?
**[08:45] Yang**
Because elections are coming up.
**[08:47] Julian**
Huh?
**[08:49] Yang**
There have been a lot of scandals
within the Alliance lately.
**[08:52] Yang**
The government needs to divert the
people's attention elsewhere.
**[08:57] Julian**
But that's...
**[08:59] Yang**
Just for the sake of staying
in for another four years,
**[09:02] Yang**
they send thirty million
men to the battlefield.
**[09:06] Yang**
I can't understand that
kind of thinking at all.
**[09:13] Sithole**
Gentlemen,
**[09:15] Sithole**
the decision to take our forces
into Imperial territory
**[09:17] Sithole**
was made by the high commissioner,
and it is final.
**[09:20] Sithole**
But no specific plan of action
has been established yet.
**[09:24] Sithole**
This meeting has been
called to decide that.
**[09:27] Sithole**
I look forward to a lively discussion.
**[09:30] Falk**
Chief, if I may.
**[09:32] Falk**
I am Commodore Falk,
an operations staff officer.
**[09:35] Falk**
I believe this expedition is...
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Operations Staff Officer
Commodore Andrew Falk
**[09:37] Falk**
the most ambitious undertaking
in the Alliance's history.
**[09:40] Falk**
I can think of no greater honor than to
participate in it as a staff officer.
**[09:53] Yang**
* He must be the one the chief*
* was talking about...*
**[09:56] Ulanhu**
I have a question for Your Excellency.
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
**[09:59] Ulanhu**
As soldiers, we will go anywhere
we are ordered to go.
**[10:03] Ulanhu**
We are even more glad to depart
if it means striking the heart
**[10:07] Ulanhu**
of the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
**[10:09] Ulanhu**
But before we endeavor to undertake
such a large-scale invasion,
**[10:13] Ulanhu**
I would like to know the strategic
purpose of this expedition.
**[10:17] Lobos**
Operations Staff Officer,
if you would explain.
**[10:19] Falk**
Yes, sir.
**[10:20] Falk**
We will advance deep into Imperial
territory with a massive force.
**[10:25] Falk**
That alone should strike terror into
the hearts of the Imperial soldiers.
**[10:30] Ulanhu**
Are you saying we'll retreat
without even fighting?
**[10:32] Falk**
I believe we should maintain a high degree
**[10:35] Falk**
of flexibility and adapt to
the situation as it unfolds.
**[10:38] Ulanhu**
That's far too abstract.
**[10:41] Bewcock**
Doesn't that mean we'd basically
be playing it by ear?
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Bewcock
**[10:47] Lobos**
The scale of this operation is unprecedented
in the history of the Alliance.
**[10:51] Lobos**
There's no doubt that such
an ambitious operation
**[10:55] Lobos**
will give hope to Imperial citizens and lead
to an overthrow of its tyrannical government.
**[10:59] Falk**
Thank you, Commander-in-Chief.
**[11:02] Yang**
I'd like to hear the reason for
invading at this particular time.
**[11:07] Falk**
In battle, there is always
an opportune time to act.
**[11:10] Yang**
You're saying right now is the opportune
time for an offensive against the Empire?
**[11:16] Falk**
A grand offensive, Rear Admiral Yang.
**[11:24] Falk**
The Imperial Navy is in a state of
confusion after the loss of Iserlohn.
**[11:29] Falk**
With a gigantic Alliance fleet attacking
in a massive line,
**[11:32] Falk**
under the banner of freedom and justice,
**[11:35] Falk**
how can it end in anything
but victory for us?
**[11:37] Yang**
But this formation takes us too
deep into enemy territory.
**[11:41] Yang**
Advancing in such a long line will hinder
the distribution of supplies, as well.
**[11:45] Yang**
Plus, if the enemy were to strike from the
side, they could divide our forces easily.
**[11:51] Falk**
I fail to understand why you only
emphasize the risk of being divided.
**[11:55] Falk**
Any enemy that enters the center of our
formation will be caught in a pincer attack
**[11:59] Falk**
between our front and rear
forces, crushing them.
**[12:01] Bewcock**
Wait a moment.
Vice Admiral Yang has a point.
**[12:05] Bewcock**
Do you want to repeat the grave
mistake we made at Astarte,
**[12:07] Bewcock**
when we gave up a chance
at a concentrated attack
**[12:09] Bewcock**
and our fleets were destroyed one by one?
**[12:12] Falk**
Such an idea could only come from
**[12:13] Falk**
a noted tactician such as yourself,
Vice Admiral Bewcock.
**[12:16] Bewcock**
What do you mean by that?
**[12:17] Falk**
Strategically speaking, if not tactically,
that battle was not a defeat.
**[12:23] Falk**
Ultimately, our forces
expelled the Imperial Navy
**[12:26] Falk**
and stopped them from invading the
Astarte Starzone, did it not?
**[12:30] Bewcock**
What did you say?
**[12:32] Falk**
This operation itself has a
very different significance.
**[12:36] Falk**
We will be the liberating force that saves
the oppressed people of the Empire.
**[12:43] Alex**
May I?
**[12:44] Sithole**
Rear Admiral Caselnes.
**[12:46] Alex**
As the logistics chief,
**[12:48] Alex**
I have misgivings with regard
to keeping our navy supplied.
**[12:52] Alex**
Having a long supply line
**[12:54] Alex**
on top of managing the territory
we occupy as a liberating force
**[12:57] Alex**
will quickly lead to a supply shortage.
**[13:00] Lobos**
Even if our supplies are delayed a bit,
**[13:02] Lobos**
could we not simply have the people of
the territory we occupy supply us?
**[13:06] Alex**
But I can't calculate such a possibility
into a supply plan...
**[13:10] Lobos**
It's your job to figure something out.
**[13:13] Yang**
But...
**[13:14] Yang**
The Imperial Navy will most likely be
under the command of Count Lohengramm.
**[13:19] Yang**
Taking his military talent into account,
**[13:22] Yang**
I don't think we can be too careful
in formulating our strategy.
**[13:27] Greenhill**
Rear Admiral, I understand that you
hold Count Lohengramm in high regard.
**[13:33] Greenhill**
But he is still young.
He's bound to make mistakes.
**[13:37] Yang**
Yes, of course.
**[13:39] Yang**
But in the end,
victory and defeat are relative.
**[13:42] Yang**
If we were to make a bigger
mistake than he does,
**[13:45] Yang**
it's clear what the result would be.
**[13:48] Falk**
That is mere speculation,
Rear Admiral Yang.
**[13:52] Falk**
To overestimate an enemy and
fear him more than necessary
**[13:55] Falk**
is the greatest disgrace
a soldier could commit.
**[13:57] Falk**
Worse yet, if it dampens
your own navy's morale
**[14:00] Falk**
and dulls its decisions and actions,
**[14:03] Falk**
it only gives the enemy an advantage.
**[14:06] Bewcock**
Commodore Falk,
that comment was disrespectful!
**[14:10] Falk**
How so?
**[14:12] Bewcock**
How dare you accuse someone of
aiding the enemy just because
**[14:16] Bewcock**
they disagree with your opinion
and advise caution?!
**[14:19] Falk**
I was only speaking in general terms.
**[14:22] Falk**
It upsets me tremendously
that you would conceive it
**[14:25] Falk**
as slander against an individual.
**[14:27] Falk**
This expedition is a noble undertaking
to rescue and set free
**[14:31] Falk**
the 25 billion people of the
Galactic Empire who are suffering
**[14:35] Falk**
under the oppression of a
tyrannical government.
**[14:38] Falk**
If we act as a liberating army in
the name of the greater good,
**[14:42] Falk**
the people of the Empire will
welcome us with jubilation,
**[14:45] Falk**
and they will assist us voluntarily.
**[14:48] Falk**
Any who oppose this...
**[14:48] Yang**
*What he's saying is the speculation here.*
**[14:51] Yang**
*It's just a one-sided expectation.*
**[14:53] Yang**
* What makes him say the people*
* of the Galactic Empire*
**[14:56] Yang**
* desire the illusion of freedom and*
* equality rather than real peace?*
**[15:00] Yang**
* The idea of this expedition itself*
* is irresponsible enough,*
**[15:03] Yang**
* but its execution is proving to*
* be irresponsible in extremes.*
**[15:06] (Flashback) Julian**
They should just not do it.
**[15:09] (Flashback) Julian**
Even if the government ordered
it, it's too reckless.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Yang**
The politicians in our government
were legitimately elected
**[15:17] (Flashback) Yang**
by the thirteen billion
citizens of the Alliance.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Yang**
No matter how reckless it is,
we can't just not do it.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Yang**
Not as long as we're a free
military in a free country.
**[15:36] Falk**
...a geographical advantage or
greater numbers than ours,
**[15:38] Falk**
or even if they have some
unimaginable new weapon,
**[15:41] Falk**
we cannot let such things discourage us.
**[15:58] Sithole**
I didn't think this through enough, either.
**[16:01] Sithole**
I thought that if we took Iserlohn,
**[16:03] Sithole**
the raging fires of war
would begin to recede.
**[16:06] Sithole**
I brought this upon myself,
**[16:09] Sithole**
but I'm sure it's a tremendous
hassle for you.
**[16:13] Sithole**
Let me just say this now.
**[16:16] Sithole**
I want this expedition to fail
with minimal casualties.
**[16:22] Sithole**
An overwhelming defeat would
cause too much bloodshed,
**[16:25] Sithole**
but what happens if we win?
**[16:27] Sithole**
The war advocates get cocky,
**[16:29] Sithole**
and they end up beyond the control
of the people and the government.
**[16:33] Sithole**
Eventually, riots break out,
**[16:35] Sithole**
and the country hits rock bottom.
**[16:38] Sithole**
There have been countless
countries that fell to ruin
**[16:40] Sithole**
because they won when they needed to win.
**[16:44] Sithole**
I'm sure you know all about that.
**[16:48] Yang**
Yes.
**[16:49] Sithole**
You have contempt for both
authority and military might.
**[16:52] Sithole**
I can't blame you, but no nation can
exist without the influence of both.
**[16:57] Sithole**
So instead of someone
incompetent and corrupt,
**[17:00] Sithole**
we ought to entrust those things to
people who aren't that way
**[17:02] Sithole**
and follow our conscience and good
sense in making use of them.
**[17:09] Sithole**
I'm a soldier, so I can't say
much about the government,
**[17:12] Sithole**
but as far as the military goes...
**[17:15] Sithole**
That Commodore Falk...
**[17:17] Sithole**
is a man who can't be trusted.
**[17:21] Sithole**
He's pushing this operation
in hopes of being promoted.
**[17:25] Sithole**
He probably wants to reach the
highest rank the military has,
**[17:29] Sithole**
but since he has a rival who's too strong,
**[17:32] Sithole**
he wants to do whatever he can
to accomplish something great.
**[17:35] Yang**
I see.
**[17:37] Sithole**
You can be so dense sometimes.
**[17:40] Yang**
Huh?
**[17:41] Sithole**
The rival I was talking about was you.
**[17:44] Yang**
But Chief, I'm...
**[17:47] Sithole**
It doesn't matter what
you think of yourself.
**[17:51] Sithole**
The issue is what Falk thinks of you.
**[17:54] Sithole**
You saw at today's meeting
what kind of person he is.
**[17:58] Sithole**
He'd rather display his talent through
words than accomplishments,
**[18:01] Sithole**
and he'll denigrate others to
make himself look better.
**[18:05] Sithole**
But he's not as talented
as he thinks he is.
**[18:09] Sithole**
It's far too dangerous to entrust the
fates of thirty million men to him.
**[18:14] Sithole**
I think you understand by now why
I rejected your resignation.
**[18:18] Sithole**
I didn't foresee this specifically,
**[18:21] Sithole**
but your presence in this navy
just became even more necessary.
**[18:29] Yang**
Are you telling me to
oppose Commodore Falk?
**[18:34] Sithole**
Not just him. If you earn the
highest rank in this navy,
**[18:38] Sithole**
it'll be possible to restrict
and eliminate people like him.
**[18:43] Sithole**
That's what I want to see happen.
**[18:49] Yang**
You always give me tasks that are
far too heavy a burden to bear.
**[18:54] Sithole**
No one but you can do it.
**[18:56] Yang**
I still consider myself a man of virtue.
**[18:59] Yang**
I don't want to involve
myself in any trouble.
**[19:02] Yang**
I just want to do a job I'm capable of,
**[19:05] Yang**
and then live an easy life.
**[19:08] Yang**
Is that a lazy way to think?
**[19:10] Sithole**
Yes, it's lazy.
**[19:19] Sithole**
I've been through some pretty
rough times myself.
**[19:23] Sithole**
If I'm going to entrust all this to you,
**[19:26] Sithole**
I need you to go through rough times
in proportion to your talent.
**[19:30] Sithole**
It'd be unfair otherwise.
**[19:34] Yang**
Unfair, eh?
**[19:37] Sithole**
Sorry to keep you. Let's go.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[19:54] Reinhard**
As I'm sure you're all aware,
**[19:56] Reinhard**
the insurgents of the frontier who call
themselves the Free Planets Alliance
**[20:00] Reinhard**
have hijacked and occupied the
Imperial outpost of Iserlohn.
**[20:05] Reinhard**
We have reports that the enemy is
amassing an enormous force there.
**[20:11] Reinhard**
We estimate that they have two hundred
thousand ships and thirty million men.
**[20:16] Reinhard**
They are planning to advance
toward the center of the Empire
**[20:20] Reinhard**
and launch an all-out attack.
**[20:22] Reinhard**
In response to this incredibly
troublesome act of rashness,
**[20:25] Reinhard**
I have been tasked with intercepting them.
**[20:28] Reinhard**
I'm expecting the Imperial
order at any time.
**[20:30] Reinhard**
I hope you will all put up a brave fight.
**[20:34] Reinhard**
In short, all the other fleets are just
ornamental puppets of the Imperial Palace.
**[20:39] Reinhard**
They can't be relied upon.
**[20:42] Reinhard**
This is a good opportunity to rise in
the ranks and earn some decorations.
**[20:52] Reinhard**
Now, I'd like to hear your opinions.
**[20:55] Reinhard**
Tell me how you think we should
intercept the insurgents.
**[20:58] Reinhard**
Hold nothing back.
**[21:00] Fritz**
We strike the moment they
exit the Iserlohn Corridor.
**[21:03] Fritz**
There can be no better strategy.
**[21:05] Wolfgang**
He's right. We can determine
where they'll appear from,
**[21:09] Wolfgang**
then either form a half-encirclement
or strike head-on.
**[21:13] Fritz**
The insurgents will turn tail and run before
they get an inch into Imperial territory.
**[21:18] Reinhard**
I like your spirit.
**[21:21] Reinhard**
But the enemy will expect us to intercept
them as they exit the corridor.
**[21:25] Reinhard**
It's likely they'll put their
best men at the front.
**[21:28] Reinhard**
If we attack them and the rest
never exit the corridor,
**[21:32] Reinhard**
we'll have no chance to
launch an offensive.
**[21:39] Wolfgang**
An offensive...
**[21:41] Wolfgang**
Are you saying that just forcing the
insurgents to retreat won't be enough?
**[21:46] Reinhard**
Obviously.
**[21:47] Reinhard**
Foolhardiness should be rewarded with
bloodshed in equal proportions.
**[21:52] Fritz**
But how?
**[21:55] Reinhard**
We'll draw the enemy deeper
into our territory.
**[21:59] Fritz**
You're saying we should allow the insurgents
to tread on Imperial territory?!
**[22:03] Reinhard**
Yes.
**[22:05] Reinhard**
Once their combat line and supply line
have been stretched to their limits,
**[22:08] Reinhard**
we'll launch an all-out attack.
**[22:10] Reinhard**
The enemy will send at least 60% of
its total forces to this battle.
**[22:13] Reinhard**
We will annihilate all of them
**[22:16] Reinhard**
and completely crush their rebellious will.
**[22:23] Reinhard**
Oberstein.
**[22:24] Paul**
Yes, sir.
**[22:33] Paul**
I will now give a summary of our strategy.
**[22:38] Na**
Three months after the fall
of Iserlohn Fortress,
**[22:42] Na**
the Galactic Empire and the
Free Planets Alliance
**[22:46] Na**
were preparing to face one
another in battle once again.
**[22:54] Na**
On August 22nd of the year UC 796,
**[22:59] Na**
the Free Planets Alliance
expeditionary force
**[23:01] Na**
established its command HQ
within Iserlohn Fortress.
**[23:05] Na**
Thirty million Alliance
soldiers formed a line
**[23:11] Na**
and began their expedition
toward Imperial territory.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 1)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode eleven, "The
Verge of Death (Part 1)."
# E11 - The Verge of Death (Part 1)
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***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 10th Fleet Flagship
Gesir Bogdo
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 8th Fleet Flagship
Jagannath
**[02:24] Guy**
All the nobles have fled.
**[02:26] Guy**
Only the ruling-class citizens remain.
**[02:29] Appleton**
The enemy is being cautious
after losing Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** 8th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Appleton
**[02:35] Guy**
We are a liberating army.
**[02:37] Guy**
You don't have to suffer under the
oppression of tyranny any longer.
**[02:41] Guy**
The Free Planet Alliance is
glad to welcome all of you.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 12th Fleet Flagship
Cernunnos
**[02:45] Connally**
Word is that the citizens are
accepting us without resistance.
**[02:50] Borodin**
I never dreamed the occupation
would be this easy.
**[02:52] Borodin**
Is it the same for the other fleets?
***SIGN*** 12th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Borodin
**[02:55] Connally**
It seems so... ah, but...
**[02:58] Guy**
You will be given complete political
authority over yourselves
**[03:01] Guy**
and begin your new lives as
citizens of a free city.
**[03:06] Citizen**
Excuse me... but before you give
us this political authority,
**[03:10] Citizen**
could you just give us some bread and milk?
**[03:13] Guy**
O-Of course. We'll arrange it right away.
**[03:17] Citizen**
We have no food. I don't even
have milk for my baby.
**[03:20] Citizen**
Please, just give us something,
anything, to eat.
**[03:28] Frederica**
Admiral.
**[03:30] Frederica**
Message from the ground force.
**[03:32] Yang**
What is it?
**[03:34] Frederica**
They've asked us to send food to
distribute among the citizens.
**[03:38] Yang**
All right. Take care of it at once.
**[03:41] Frederica**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 1)
**[03:51] Alex**
Could you read that report
for me one more time?
**[03:55] Adjutant**
"To permanently save the
locals from starvation
**[03:59] Adjutant**
will require 180 days' worth of
food for fifty million people,
**[04:02] Adjutant**
forty artificial protein production plants,
**[04:04] Adjutant**
and sixty hydroponics plants.
**[04:06] Adjutant**
These numbers are expected to rise
**[04:08] Adjutant**
as the liberated territory
further expands."
**[04:12] Alex**
That's ten million tons of grain alone.
**[04:15] Alex**
That would take fifty cargo ships
in the 200,000-ton class...
**[04:18] Alex**
Who could come up with a supply plan to feed
twice as many people as our entire navy?
**[04:24] Adjutant**
Even if we emptied every
warehouse in Iserlohn—
**[04:27] Alex**
It wouldn't be enough.
**[04:29] Alex**
We'd run out in the blink of an eye.
**[04:35] Alex**
Forgive me for interrupting.
**[04:38] Lobos**
Ah, you're here.
**[04:40] Lobos**
I heard you had something
you wanted to discuss.
**[04:43] Lobos**
Keep it short, if you would.
**[04:44] Alex**
I'll be brief, then.
**[04:47] Alex**
Your Excellency, our navy is
facing a serious crisis.
**[04:51] Lobos**
What brought this on?
**[04:54] Alex**
You are aware of the request
from the front line, I assume?
**[04:57] Lobos**
I've heard, of course.
**[04:59] Lobos**
It is certainly an excessive request,
**[05:01] Lobos**
but our occupation policy
leaves us no other choice.
**[05:05] Alex**
We don't have that much
food in all of Iserlohn.
**[05:08] Lobos**
So forward the request to our home country.
**[05:11] Lobos**
The bureaucrats may complain,
**[05:13] Lobos**
but there's no way our politicians
won't send the food.
**[05:16] Alex**
Yes, I'm sure they would send it.
**[05:18] Alex**
But how long could they keep it up?
**[05:22] Alex**
The enemy's plan is to place a
massive strain on our supplies.
**[05:27] Alex**
Which means without question, our supply—
**[05:28] Falk**
Without question,
**[05:30] Falk**
they will attack our supply corps
**[05:32] Falk**
in an attempt to sever our supply line.
**[05:35] Falk**
Is that what you believe,
Rear Admiral Caselnes?
**[05:39] Alex**
Precisely.
**[05:42] Falk**
The entire region of space between
Iserlohn and the front line
**[05:45] Falk**
is under our control.
**[05:47] Falk**
We have nothing to worry about.
**[05:50] Falk**
Rear Admiral, we're fighting
this war for the greater good.
**[05:54] Falk**
What victory can be gained
without taking risks?
**[05:57] Alex**
That is not what I came here to discuss!
**[06:00] Lobos**
Enough. I don't have time to
cater to your cowardice.
**[06:04] Lobos**
Leave.
**[06:06] Alex**
I have said what needed to be said.
**[06:10] Alex**
I will take my leave.
**[06:12] Alex**
*Yang, please come back alive.*
**[06:15] Alex**
*This battle is too idiotic to die for.*
**[06:18] Na**
After receiving the massive request
for supplies from the front line,
**[06:22] Na**
the High Council was thrown into chaos.
**[06:25] Na**
Those who favored continuing the war,
represented by Councilor Windsor,
**[06:29] Na**
were locked in a fierce verbal
battle with Councilor Lebello,
**[06:32] Na**
who wished to withdraw the troops.
**[06:34] Na**
However...
**[06:36] Chairman**
I will now announce the
results of the vote.
**[06:39] Chairman**
Four in favor, five opposed,
with two abstaining.
**[06:42] Chairman**
With a majority opposed,
**[06:44] Chairman**
the motion to withdraw from the
current operation is rejected.
**[06:48] Na**
As a result, it was decided that the
invasion into the Empire would continue.
**[06:56] Na**
With the High Council's decision made,
**[06:58] Na**
supply ships departed for
Iserlohn from Heinessen.
**[07:02] Na**
However, it was already too late.
**[07:05] Na**
Supplies at the front line
were already running dry.
**[07:13] Ulanhu**
Ridiculous!
**[07:15] Ulanhu**
You expect us to acquire the
supplies we need locally?!
**[07:18] Appleton**
Are you telling us to go
out and start looting?
**[07:22] Borodin**
How are we supposed to
loot what isn't there?
**[07:26] Bewcock**
A failed supply plan is the
first step toward defeat.
**[07:31] Bewcock**
Whatever happened to all that
big talk from command?
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
***SIGN*** They all seem rather angry.
**[07:39] Murai**
Of course they are.
**[07:41] Murai**
Our own fleet is running low on food,
**[07:44] Murai**
but we can't let all those
people starve now.
***SIGN*** If the Imperial Navy were to bring them food,
***SIGN*** everyone in the Empire would be singing their kaiser's praises.
**[07:54] Fyodor**
Why must we starve ourselves
to feed all those people?
**[07:59] Murai**
Patrichev.
**[08:03] Yang**
So that we don't become Rudolf, that's why.
**[08:07] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant, call Vice Admiral
Ulanhu at once, please.
**[08:10] Frederica**
Right away, Admiral.
**[08:15] Ulanhu**
* Ah, Yang Wen-li. I don't*
* often hear from you.*
**[08:18] Yang**
Vice Admiral Ulanhu,
I'm glad to see you're well.
**[08:22] Ulanhu**
* Like hell I am. I'm dealing*
* with the same problem as you.*
**[08:28] Yang**
Anyway, how are our supply
reserves looking?
**[08:31] Ulanhu**
*We have enough to last another week.*
**[08:34] Ulanhu**
*If we don't receive more by then,*
**[08:36] Ulanhu**
* we may have no choice*
* but to requisition...*
**[08:39] Ulanhu**
*No...*
**[08:40] Ulanhu**
*It's no use mincing words.*
**[08:42] Ulanhu**
* We'll have to loot it from*
* the occupied territory.*
**[08:46] Ulanhu**
*Some "liberating army" we are.*
**[08:51] Yang**
I have an idea concerning
that matter, if I may...
**[08:57] Ulanhu**
*Retreat?!*
**[08:59] Ulanhu**
*Before we even exchange the first fire?*
**[09:01] Yang**
Yes, while we still have reserves.
**[09:04] Yang**
The enemy is waiting for
us to starve as a result
**[09:07] Yang**
of the strain on our supplies.
**[09:09] Ulanhu**
* Are you saying they're waiting for the*
* right moment to shift to the offensive?*
**[09:13] Yang**
With an all-out attack, most likely.
**[09:16] Yang**
They have the locational advantage,
**[09:18] Yang**
and their supply line will be short.
**[09:20] Yang**
We are right in the heart of the enemy.
**[09:22] Ulanhu**
*Hmm... But if we retreat carelessly,*
**[09:25] Ulanhu**
* wouldn't it just invite*
* the enemy to attack?*
**[09:29] Ulanhu**
*We'd be stirring up a hornet's nest.*
**[09:31] Yang**
We would have to be fully
prepared to counterattack.
**[09:34] Yang**
That is essential.
**[09:37] Yang**
We could manage that right now,
but it'll be too late once our men starve.
**[09:41] Yang**
We have no choice but to
make an orderly retreat.
**[09:46] Ulanhu**
*Go on.*
**[09:49] Yang**
If the enemy interprets our withdrawal
**[09:51] Yang**
as a total rout, that will
work out just fine.
**[09:55] Yang**
We'll have several possible ways
to fight back if they pursue us.
**[09:59] Yang**
If they think it's too soon, or that
it's a trap, that suits us as well.
**[10:04] Yang**
We may be able to withdraw unscathed.
**[10:07] Yang**
The odds are not high,
**[10:09] Yang**
but with each passing day, they fall lower.
**[10:13] Yang**
The best route we could take
**[10:16] Yang**
would be to retreat as quickly as possible.
**[10:22] Ulanhu**
*I understand. I'm sure you're right.*
**[10:26] Ulanhu**
*I will have our men prepare to withdraw.*
**[10:29] Yang**
I'm glad.
**[10:30] Ulanhu**
* But how do we tell command and all*
* the other fleets about this?*
**[10:34] Yang**
I intend to ask Admiral
Bewcock to inform them.
**[10:37] Yang**
I think having him talk to all of them
**[10:40] Yang**
would be more effective
than doing it myself.
**[10:45] Ulanhu**
*Then I suppose we'd both better move quickly.*
**[10:51] Fyodor**
I agree with your proposal.
**[10:54] Murai**
I have no objections, either.
***SIGN*** I think it's an excellent decision.
**[10:59] Yang**
Please.
**[11:00] Yang**
Flattery will get you nowhere.
**[11:03] Guy**
Urgent report!
**[11:04] Guy**
A revolt has broken out in the territory
occupied by the 8th Fleet!
**[11:07] Guy**
It's a massive uprising!
**[11:13] Citizen**
Hey! There's food over here!
**[11:16] Citizen**
Do you know how to use a gun?
**[11:18] Citizen**
Yeah!
**[11:19] Guy**
Put the gun down! Refuse and I'll shoot!
**[11:22] Citizen**
He's next!
**[11:26] Guy**
How did this happen?!
**[11:50] Yang**
What a tragedy this turned out to be.
**[11:52] Frederica**
There's no way we can build mutual
trust with the people now.
**[11:57] Yang**
Yeah...
**[11:58] Yang**
The enemy has succeeded in getting
between us and the people of the Empire.
**[12:05] Yang**
*Even if I knew it would bring us victory,*
**[12:10] Yang**
* I could never bring myself*
* to be this thorough.*
**[12:15] Yang**
*Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.*
**[12:22] Yang**
Put me through to Admiral Bewcock.
**[12:24] Frederica**
Yes, sir.
**[12:26] Na**
Bewcock accepted Yang's
proposal to withdraw
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 5th Fleet Flagship
Rio Grande
**[12:29] Na**
and pushed for a retreat to Iserlohn.
**[12:31] Na**
To do so, he requested correspondence
with Supreme Commander Lobos.
**[12:37] Bewcock**
Where is the supreme commander?
**[12:40] Falk**
*Admiral Bewcock, how can I help you?*
**[12:45] Bewcock**
I didn't say I wanted to see you.
**[12:47] Bewcock**
Don't butt in where you
haven't been called.
**[12:49] Falk**
* All communications with Fleet Admiral*
* Lobos will be conducted through me.*
**[12:56] Bewcock**
I have no need to speak to you.
**[12:58] Falk**
*Then I cannot relay your message to him.*
**[13:01] Bewcock**
What?
**[13:02] Falk**
* No matter how high your rank, you are*
* required to comply with regulations.*
**[13:06] Falk**
*Shall I end this transmission?*
**[13:11] Bewcock**
All the commanders of the fleets at
the front line wish to retreat.
**[13:15] Bewcock**
I want to request the supreme commander's
understanding on this matter.
**[13:19] Falk**
*Retreat, you say?*
**[13:20] Falk**
*Admiral Yang is one thing,*
**[13:22] Falk**
*but to hear the brave Admiral Bewcock*
**[13:25] Falk**
* calling for a retreat without*
* even fighting is a surprise.*
**[13:29] Bewcock**
Spare me the snide comments.
**[13:31] Bewcock**
This wouldn't have happened if you people
hadn't proposed such a reckless operation.
**[13:36] Bewcock**
Why don't you try assuming
a little responsibility?
**[13:39] Falk**
*If it were me, I would not retreat.*
**[13:42] Falk**
* This is our chance to strike down the*
* entire Imperial Navy in one attack.*
**[13:45] Falk**
*What are you so afraid of?*
**[13:50] Bewcock**
Fine. Then I'll trade you places.
**[13:53] Bewcock**
I'm returning to Iserlohn.
**[13:56] Bewcock**
You can come to the front
line to take my place.
**[13:59] Falk**
* Please don't ask for what*
* you know is impossible.*
**[14:03] Bewcock**
You're the one proposing the impossible.
**[14:06] Bewcock**
And without taking a step from
that safe haven you're in.
**[14:10] Falk**
*Are you... insulting me?*
**[14:14] Bewcock**
I'm just sick of hearing your big talk.
**[14:18] Bewcock**
If you want to demonstrate your talents,
**[14:21] Bewcock**
do it through actual
achievements, not talk!
**[14:24] Bewcock**
Why don't you get out here
yourself and find out
**[14:30] Bewcock**
whether you're capable of
giving orders to others?!
**[14:41] Guy**
*Hey! We've got trouble!*
**[14:42] Guy**
*Commodore! Commodore Falk!*
**[14:45] Bewcock**
What the hell just happened?
**[14:49] Greenhill**
*Admiral Bewcock.*
**[14:52] Bewcock**
Well, this is quite an honor, Chief of Staff.
**[14:55] Greenhill**
* I'm sorry you had to see*
* that shameful display.*
**[14:58] Bewcock**
What happened to him?
**[15:00] Greenhill**
*Well, according to our physician,*
**[15:03] Greenhill**
* he was so overstimulated by his own*
* intense frustration that he had a seizure.*
**[15:08] Greenhill**
*Since it's caused by a mental condition,*
**[15:10] Greenhill**
*if that cause is not eliminated,*
**[15:12] Greenhill**
* he is likely to have more episodes*
* like this in the future.*
**[15:16] Bewcock**
*What should we do, then?*
**[15:20] Greenhill**
* Don't defy him, don't make*
* him feel frustrated,*
**[15:23] Greenhill**
* and make sure everything goes*
* his way, the physician said.*
**[15:29] Bewcock**
Are you being serious?
**[15:32] Greenhill**
* As far as treating him goes,*
* there is one natural course of action.*
**[15:36] Bewcock**
That's obvious. We should get rid of him.
**[15:40] Bewcock**
If they knew a man with the
mentality of a child was working
**[15:43] Bewcock**
as the tactician for a fleet
of thirty million men,
**[15:46] Bewcock**
the Imperial Army would have a field day.
**[15:50] Bewcock**
So, what do you say about
the proposal to retreat?
**[15:54] Bewcock**
The men at the front line are in no
condition to fight, mentally or physically.
**[16:00] Greenhill**
*Please wait for a bit.*
**[16:02] Greenhill**
* That would require the supreme*
* commander's approval.*
**[16:06] Greenhill**
* Understand that I can't give*
* you an immediate answer.*
**[16:09] Bewcock**
This is an urgent matter!
**[16:11] Bewcock**
I realize I'm being impolite,
**[16:13] Bewcock**
but can't you arrange an audience
with the supreme commander for me?
**[16:20] Greenhill**
*The supreme commander is currently resting.*
**[16:25] Bewcock**
Huh? What did you just say?
**[16:28] Greenhill**
*The supreme commander is currently resting.*
**[16:33] Greenhill**
* He has given orders not to wake*
* him unless the enemy attacks.*
**[16:37] Greenhill**
* I will relay your request*
* to him once he wakes up.*
**[16:40] Greenhill**
*Please wait until then.*
**[16:45] Bewcock**
Fine. I get it.
**[16:48] Bewcock**
Then, as the front-line commander,
**[16:51] Bewcock**
I am required to fulfill my obligation
to the lives of my subordinates.
**[16:55] Bewcock**
I apologize for taking up your time.
**[16:57] Bewcock**
When the supreme commander wakes up,
**[17:01] Bewcock**
please tell him that Bewcock
hopes he had pleasant dreams.
**[17:05] Bewcock**
Signing off.
**[17:06] Greenhill**
*Admir—*
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[17:12] Reinhard**
A supply fleet will be sent to
the front line from Iserlohn.
**[17:16] Reinhard**
That's the enemy's lifeline.
**[17:18] Reinhard**
Use all the troops I've
given you to strike.
**[17:23] Reinhard**
I'll leave it up to your talent
to work out the details.
**[17:27] Kircheis**
Understood.
**[17:29] Kircheis**
I'll be going.
**[17:31] Reinhard**
Wait.
**[17:36] Reinhard**
You don't seem to agree with this plan.
**[17:39] Kircheis**
No, that's not true.
**[17:43] Reinhard**
I can tell what you're thinking.
**[17:50] Kircheis**
I am aware that this plan has been
devised to assure our victory.
**[17:55] Kircheis**
But—
**[17:55] Reinhard**
You don't want a strategy that
puts a burden on the people?
**[18:00] Reinhard**
We're doing it to win, Kircheis.
**[18:07] Kircheis**
Yes. I know.
**[18:27] Paul**
While Admiral Kircheis wipes out
the rebel force's supply fleet,
**[18:32] Paul**
our navy will shift to a major offensive.
**[18:35] Paul**
In accordance with the existing plan,
**[18:37] Paul**
our goal will be to swiftly
mop up all the rebels.
**[18:41] Paul**
That is all I have to say.
**[18:47] Reinhard**
Our navy will take back
the captured territory,
**[18:51] Reinhard**
while delivering food to the people.
**[18:54] Reinhard**
Even if it was to counter
the rebels' invasion,
**[18:57] Reinhard**
it was not my wish to force
the people into poverty.
**[19:02] Reinhard**
We must win this battle
**[19:03] Reinhard**
and prove that we are the ones
worthy to rule the land.
**[19:09] Reinhard**
Do not let those arrogant
insurgents return home alive.
**[19:15] Reinhard**
Mittermeyer.
**[19:16] Wolfgang**
Sir!
**[19:17] Reinhard**
Reuenthal.
**[19:19] Oskar**
Sir!
**[19:20] Reinhard**
Bittenfeld.
**[19:21] Fritz**
Sir!
**[19:23] Reinhard**
Kempff.
**[19:24] Kempff**
Sir!
**[19:25] Reinhard**
Mecklinger.
**[19:26] Ernest**
Sir!
**[19:28] Reinhard**
Wahlen.
**[19:29] Wahlen**
Sir!
**[19:30] Reinhard**
Lutz.
**[19:31] Lutz**
Sir!
**[19:34] Reinhard**
I expect the best from all of you.
**[19:36] All**
Yes, sir!
**[19:37] Reinhard**
May the great god Odin bestow
his favor upon you.
**[19:43] Reinhard**
Prosit!
**[19:45] All**
Prosit!
**[19:48] All**
Prosit!
**[20:10] Voice**
Notice to the engine department.
**[20:12] Voice**
Transitioning to phase 3 of
preparation for departure.
**[20:14] Voice**
Traffic control report.
No threats observed in the area.
**[20:18] Voice**
Damage control personnel, shift observation
of major sectors to alert level 2.
**[20:23] Voice**
No warning signals or shutdown
notices given for our departure.
**[20:27] Voice**
Data link with control center is ongoing.
**[20:30] Voice**
Imperial transport authority
departure checklist
**[20:32] Voice**
for reactor and reactor control
systems complete.
**[20:38] Voice**
Our fleet's departure signal
has received the response,
**[20:40] Voice**
"Permission granted. Comply with
regulation departure speed."
**[20:49] Voice**
Brünhild is in in-port pilot mode,
**[20:51] Voice**
advancing at departure speed.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 2)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode twelve, "The Verge of Death (Part 2)."
# E12 - The Verge of Death (Part 2)
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**[00:02] (Flashback) Yang**
What a tragedy this turned out to be.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Frederica**
There's no way we can build mutual
trust with the people now.
**[00:10] Yang**
*Even if I knew it would bring us victory,*
**[00:12] Yang**
* I could never bring myself*
* to be this thorough.*
**[00:16] Yang**
*Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.*
**[00:21] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Our navy will take back
the captured territory,
**[00:25] (Flashback) Reinhard**
while delivering food to the people.
**[00:27] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Do not let those arrogant
insurgents return home alive.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I expect the best from all of you.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Prosit!
**[00:36] (Flashback) All**
Prosit!
**[00:37] (Flashback) All**
Prosit!
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:31] Guy**
Enemy cargo ship convoy located.
**[02:34] Guy**
They're moving along the standard Imperial
route within possible warp range.
**[02:41] Scott**
Checkmate.
**[02:44] Nikolsky**
* Sir, please report to the*
* bridge immediately.*
**[02:56] Scott**
What is it? Did something
happen at the front line?
**[02:59] Nikolsky**
The front line? *This* is the front line!
**[03:01] Nikolsky**
Can you not see that?!
**[03:04] Guy**
Ships approaching detection range!
It appears to be the Imperial fleet!
**[03:07] Guy**
There are 8,000...
no, 10,000... no, 15,000...
**[03:11] Guy**
Over 20,000 ships!
**[03:13] Scott**
Impossible!
**[03:17] Scott**
They sent such a huge force
against a mere supply convoy?
**[03:21] Scott**
Why?!
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
**[03:26] Guy**
Message from Admiral Kircheis.
**[03:28] Guy**
The enemy's supply convoy is destroyed.
**[03:31] Guy**
Of our fleet, only one ship suffered damage.
**[03:37] Paul**
We've now succeeded in cutting
off the enemy's supply line.
**[03:42] Reinhard**
Connect me to all admirals.
**[03:49] Reinhard**
In accordance with the established plan,
**[03:51] Reinhard**
strike the rebels with full force.
**[03:54] all**
*Yes, sir.*
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 2)
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 10th Fleet
**[04:12] Chen**
Unable to establish communication with
the patrol ship since it notified us
**[04:16] Chen**
that the enemy fleet was located.
**[04:18] Ulanhu**
They're coming.
**[04:20] Ulanhu**
Send a message to headquarters
and all fleet commanders.
**[04:23] Ulanhu**
Tell them we've encountered the enemy.
**[04:26] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[04:27] Ulanhu**
* If only we'd made up our*
* minds to withdraw sooner...*
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
**[04:32] Ulanhu**
Message to all ships!
Prepare for fleet action!
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Black Lancers Flagship
Königstiger
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
**[04:51] Chen**
The enemy has started firing, most likely
from a blind spot behind the planet.
**[04:56] Ulanhu**
No geographical advantage
can triumph over unity.
**[05:00] Ulanhu**
The 13th Fleet will come
to rescue us soon enough!
**[05:03] Ulahnu**
This is Miracle Yang we're
talking about! Victory is assured!
**[05:08] Na**
At the same time,
***SIGN*** 7th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Hawood
**[05:10] Na**
the Imperial Navy was attacking
***SIGN*** 3rd Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Lefebvre
**[05:12] Na**
each of the Alliance fleets in turn.
***SIGN*** 8th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Appleton
***SIGN*** 12th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Borodin
**[05:17] al-Salem**
Go full defensive and retreat!
***SIGN*** 9th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral al-Salem
**[05:19] Morton**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
**[05:21] Bewcock**
Did we miss our chance to retreat?
**[05:24] Bewcock**
Our line is stretched out so far,
we can't keep it supplied.
**[05:27] Bewcock**
How long can we hold out like this?
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 13th Fleet
**[05:31] Frederica**
Message from Admiral Ulanhu.
**[05:33] Frederica**
"My fleet will engage with the enemy
at 16:07 standard Alliance time."
**[05:38] Yang**
So it's time...
**[05:40] Murai**
Withdrawal from the occupied
territory is complete.
**[05:43] Murai**
Shall we start moving?
**[05:45] Yang**
No, we'll stay here.
**[05:48] Yang**
Due to heavy gases in this starzone,
the range for optical weapons is short.
**[05:53] Yang**
We'll confuse the enemy with close combat
and watch for our chance to break out.
**[05:59] Yang**
Have the get ready.
**[06:01] Murai**
Yes, sir...
**[06:03] Poplin**
This is our first battle since
joining the 13th Fleet.
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Olivier Poplin
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Warren Hughes
**[06:07] Hughes**
I was wondering what we'd do if
we ended up just going home.
**[06:10] Shakely**
I was getting out of shape.
This'll be the perfect workout.
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Saleh Aziz Shakely
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Ivan Konev
**[06:16] Poplin**
Let's show 'em what us guys from the 88th
Independent Air Combat Unit can do.
**[06:32] Poplin**
Let's get this over with fast.
**[06:34] Poplin**
Keep the champagne cold for us.
**[06:36] Guy**
*You know we don't have any.*
**[06:38] Guy**
* I'll, at least, have some*
* water ready for you.*
**[06:42] Poplin**
Not romantic at all, man.
**[06:50] Commander**
*Permission granted to launch.*
**[06:51] Poplin**
Roger. Launching.
**[07:19] Poplin**
Down you go!
**[07:26] Poplin**
Damn, what the hell?!
**[07:33] Hughes**
The output isn't increasing!
**[07:36] Hughes**
Crap!
**[07:45] Poplin**
Hughes!
**[07:47] Poplin**
Margin of error is seven...
no, eight degrees?
**[08:09] Shakely**
Th-The airframe is...
**[08:12] Ivan**
Shakely, don't push it! Return to base!
**[08:15] Shakely**
*They've locked on to me!*
**[08:30] Poplin**
My firing line was off by
nine to twelve degrees!
**[08:34] Poplin**
If my machine gun is useless in a
battle where lasers don't work,
**[08:38] Poplin**
I might as well be unarmed!
**[08:40] Toda**
I'm sorry.
***SIGN*** Engineer Lieutenant Toda
**[08:41] Toda**
Forgive me if the maintenance was faulty,
**[08:44] Toda**
but since our supplies were cut off,
**[08:46] Toda**
all of us mechanics have had
nothing to eat or drink,
**[08:50] Toda**
unlike you pilots.
**[08:58] Poplin**
Sorry. I honestly apologize for being rude.
**[09:01] Poplin**
I'd like you to adjust my
machine gun right away.
**[09:04] Poplin**
Will you do it?
**[09:06] Ivan**
Hughes and Shakely were killed.
**[09:08] Ivan**
This'll be a vicious battle.
**[09:10] Ivan**
We're counting on all of you.
**[09:12] Poplin**
We're going back out there once
the maintenance is done!
**[09:15] All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:17] Toda**
I won't mess it up this time.
**[09:20] Toda**
So please, Lieutenant, win this for us.
**[09:23] Poplin**
You got it.
**[09:25] Poplin**
We'll show those Imperial bastards
that the 13th Fleet Air Combat Unit
**[09:29] Poplin**
is a force to be reckoned with.
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Lutz Fleet Flagship
Herðubreið
**[09:42] Guy**
The enemy has fired a
high-output energy blast!
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 12th Fleet
**[09:45] Guy**
It's headed toward us!
**[09:48] Guy**
Destruction of enemy ship confirmed.
**[09:50] Guy**
Long-range attack successful.
**[09:52] Lutz**
Already, 80% of the enemy's
ships are immobilized.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
Tristan
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 5th Fleet
**[10:19] Bewcock**
Deploy all ships to the front
and go full defensive!
**[10:23] Bewcock**
Deploy all cruisers taking refuge
at the rear to both flanks,
**[10:27] Bewcock**
and strike the enemy from both directions!
**[10:29] Bewcock**
Hold formation and don't panic.
**[10:31] Bewcock**
Keep our escape route open!
**[10:34] Bewcock**
* This opponent doesn't look like one who'll*
* give up victory easily, though...*
**[10:43] Oskar**
Well...
**[10:45] Oskar**
The enemy certainly is cunning.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 9th Fleet
**[10:56] Guy**
Enemy fleet approaching from starboard!
**[10:59] Guy**
They're within physical firing range!
**[11:01] Morton**
What?
**[11:02] Morton**
Their data link shouldn't be
functioning. It's too soon!
**[11:08] al-Salem**
It couldn't be... Gale Wolf?
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
Beowulf
**[11:16] Wolfgang**
Don't rush and get too close.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
**[11:18] Wolfgang**
They might counter when we least expect it.
**[11:21] Wolfgang**
Of course, that's assuming the rebels
can manage a fleet worth a damn...
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 3rd Fleet
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Wahlen Fleet Flagship
Salamander
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 8th Fleet
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Mecklinger Fleet Flagship
Gandharva
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Kircheis Fleet
**[11:49] Guy**
The enemy fleet is leaving the theater.
**[11:52] Guy**
We've lost 90% of our ships.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 7th Fleet
**[11:55] Guy**
Organized battle is no longer possible.
**[12:00] Hawood**
We're a flagship, and we were discarded
without being so much as a threat.
**[12:07] Eugen**
We have taken control of
this sector of space.
**[12:10] Eugen**
Dominion is entirely ours.
**[12:12] Fritz**
And you're telling me we still
can't annihilate them?
***SIGN*** Chief Adjutant
Captain Eugen
**[12:17] Fritz**
Close in.
**[12:19] Fritz**
Be thorough about it.
**[12:20] Eugen**
Yes, sir.
**[12:26] Chen**
We only have about a thousand ships left
that can fight, including this one.
**[12:30] Chen**
We can't continue this battle any longer.
**[12:33] Chen**
We'll have to choose between
surrendering and fleeing.
**[12:36] Ulanhu**
That's a disgraceful pair of options.
**[12:38] Ulanhu**
Isn't it?
**[12:40] Ulanhu**
Surrender isn't my style. We'll flee.
**[12:43] Ulanhu**
Are there any surviving fleet commanders
among the remaining ships?
**[12:48] Chen**
Commodore Attenborough is still alive.
***SIGN*** Commodore Dusty Attenborough
**[12:55] Ulanhu**
I'll open an escape route for us.
**[12:58] Ulanhu**
Commodore, you lead the ships that
can no longer fight in escaping.
**[13:03] Dusty**
*Admiral Ulanhu...*
**[13:05] Ulanhu**
I'm counting on you, Commodore.
**[13:08] Guy**
Bearing: two o'clock.
All ships, maximum battle speed!
**[13:17] Ulanhu**
Follow us! Stay close!
**[13:30] Fritz**
What?!
**[13:37] Chen**
We can get through!
The escape route is open!
**[13:43] Ulanhu**
What's the status of our allies?
**[13:46] Chen**
About half of our ships survived.
**[13:49] Ulanhu**
I see...
**[13:55] Na**
After receiving a fierce attack
from the Imperial Navy,
**[13:57] Na**
the Alliance Navy's expeditionary force was
left at an overwhelming disadvantage.
**[14:03] Na**
However...
**[14:14] Na**
The one exception was Yang's 13th Fleet.
**[14:19] Lubitsch**
The enemy air combat unit's torpedo
attack did immense damage.
**[14:22] Lubitsch**
We won't be able to hold formation.
**[14:26] Kempff**
Are you saying we should give in to
the rebel force's insolent tactics?
**[14:29] Lubitsch**
We should deal with the situation
before it ends in disgrace for us.
***SIGN*** Chief Adjutant
Lieutenant Lubitsch
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
**[14:34] Kempff**
We'll reorganize the unit
so we can attack further.
**[14:37] Kempff**
Prepare for the enemy's pursuit
and withdraw immediately!
**[14:42] Guy**
The enemy fleet is withdrawing!
**[14:44] Fyodor**
Admiral, this is a perfect
opportunity to pursue them.
**[14:47] Yang**
No.
**[14:48] Yang**
Even if we push ourselves and win here,
**[14:50] Yang**
we can't overturn the enemy's
overall dominance.
**[14:53] Yang**
There's only one path we can take right now.
**[14:57] Yang**
All fleets, retreat.
**[15:00] All**
Yes, sir!
**[15:05] Na**
Yang Wen-li's 13th Fleet, having
escaped the Kempff Fleet,
**[15:10] Na**
took a course to return to Iserlohn.
**[15:15] Frederica**
Report from the lead patrol ship.
**[15:17] Frederica**
Multiple ships with no call
signs sighted ahead.
**[15:22] Fyodor**
Vice Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet should
be garrisoned in that sector.
**[15:27] Frederica**
There are too many of them to be his.
**[15:29] Yang**
How big?
**[15:31] Frederica**
About three times as
large as our own fleet.
**[15:34] Yang**
That'd be the enemy.
**[15:35] Murai**
We have to assume the 7th Fleet
has already been defeated.
**[15:40] Guy**
Report. Communications with the
patrol ship have been cut off!
***SIGN*** So it was captured.
**[15:48] Guy**
Rebel fleet located.
They number approximately 10,000.
**[15:52] Bülow**
Comparing it with the report
from Admiral Kempff,
**[15:54] Bülow**
it's most likely the 13th Fleet.
**[15:57] Hans**
Yang Wen-li?
**[16:02] (Flashback) Reinhard**
He just might be the kind of
person you spoke of earlier.
**[16:10] Bülow**
We can't miss this chance. We will attack.
**[16:13] Bülow**
All ships, maximum battle speed.
**[16:15] Guy**
Command to all ships.
**[16:16] Guy**
All ships, maximum battle speed.
**[16:43] Murai**
We have no choice but to meet them.
**[16:47] Yang**
We're going to put the plan in motion now.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Central Command
**[16:52] Greenhill**
Since we received word that they'd
encountered the Imperial Navy,
**[16:54] Greenhill**
none of the information we've received
makes any sense.
**[16:58] Greenhill**
The 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 12th Fleets
are unable to respond.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[17:02] Greenhill**
The 5th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Fleets
appear to be alive and well,
**[17:07] Greenhill**
but we're unable to get detailed reports.
***SIGN*** Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
**[17:12] Lobos**
It seems that the High Council doesn't want
this expedition to simply end in loss, either.
**[17:18] Greenhill**
What?
**[17:20] Lobos**
Reorganize the scattered fleets
and meet the enemy's attack.
**[17:25] Lobos**
Relay the message to the entire navy.
**[17:30] Lobos**
What is it?
**[17:31] Greenhill**
Well... I was just wondering if we have
enough forces left at the front line for that.
**[17:37] Greenhill**
Even if we reorganize, we can't overturn the
situation if the enemy still outnumbers us.
**[17:42] Greenhill**
In fact, we'd lose even more.
**[17:44] Lobos**
Have the entire navy rendezvous
at the Amritsar Starzone.
**[17:48] Greenhill**
Your Excellency!
**[17:49] Lobos**
That is an order.
**[18:05] Murai**
The enemy is pushing us back with mainstay
equipment in superior numbers,
**[18:09] Murai**
all while supplying their
forces from the rear
**[18:11] Murai**
and hitting with uninterrupted firepower.
**[18:18] Yang**
We'll use a good strategy without pretense.
**[18:21] Yang**
I hear Count Lohengramm has
a brilliant subordinate.
**[18:29] Frederica**
Urgent coded message from headquarters.
**[18:31] Yang**
Read it.
**[18:33] Frederica**
"Gather at point A in the Amritsar Starzone
on the fourteenth of this month.
**[18:38] Frederica**
Cease combat and relocate at once."
**[18:42] Bewcock**
Little late for that now!
**[18:45] Bewcock**
If we could retreat,
we'd have done it by now!
**[18:48] Yang**
He says that like it's so simple.
**[18:50] Murai**
What will you do?
**[18:55] Yang**
Reorganize the fleet into line ahead formation,
**[18:57] Yang**
deploy a concentration of dreadnought
battleships at the rear,
**[19:00] Yang**
and create a diversion while we
find a way to leave the front.
**[19:04] Yang**
Our goal is to turn the fleet around
to head to Amritsar.
**[19:09] Yang**
Assume that leaving the front is
our only tactical objective.
**[19:14] Yang**
Of course, the enemy has probably
guessed what we're going to do.
***SIGN*** If this doesn't work, nothing we try is going to.
**[19:21] Murai**
It's the best option available
to us at the moment.
**[19:25] Fyodor**
I agree.
**[19:26] Yang**
Still, the enemy has thrice our numbers.
**[19:29] Yang**
We will almost certainly
suffer damages ourselves,
**[19:31] Yang**
but I want to minimize them.
**[19:34] Yang**
I'm counting on you all.
**[20:22] Murai**
We've never experienced such losses before.
**[20:26] Fyodor**
But we're almost there...
**[20:41] Guy**
Search system has located multiple ships!
**[20:43] Murai**
What?!
**[20:44] Fyodor**
The enemy had a detached force?
**[20:47] Guy**
We've ID'd their call sign!
**[20:51] Guy**
It's Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet!
**[20:55] Hans**
That's...
**[21:08] Hawood**
We will back up the
13th Fleet as they withdraw!
**[21:11] Hawood**
Don't worry about how much energy is left!
**[21:14] Hawood**
Fire all we've got at them!
**[21:33] Hawood**
Don't make the wrong choice, Yang Wen-li.
**[21:37] Fyodor**
We can attack if we act now!
**[21:40] Yang**
We'll continue to withdraw.
**[21:42] Fyodor**
But...
***SIGN*** It's a tough decision, but, Admiral...
***SIGN*** You're right.
**[22:06] Paul**
Even as they flee, the enemy is
maintaining order in its own way.
**[22:10] Paul**
It looks like they're headed
for the Amritsar Starzone.
**[22:14] Reinhard**
That's close to the Iserlohn
Corridor entrance.
**[22:17] Reinhard**
But I find it hard to believe
they're merely fleeing there.
**[22:21] Reinhard**
What do you think?
**[22:23] Paul**
I suspect they intend to gather
there and renew their attack.
**[22:27] Paul**
What will you do about it, Your Excellency?
**[22:30] Reinhard**
Obviously, our navy will gather
at Amritsar, as well.
**[22:35] Reinhard**
If Amritsar is the place they
want as their graveyard,
**[22:39] Reinhard**
I think we should grant their wish.
**[22:45] Na**
In the year UC 796,
**[22:48] Na**
or the 487th year of the Galactic
Imperial calendar, on October 14th,
**[22:53] Na**
the Galactic Imperial Navy set a
course for the Amritsar Starzone,
**[22:57] Na**
the place chosen by the Free Planets
Alliance for a decisive battle.
**[23:03] Na**
Yang Wen-li
**[23:05] Na**
and Reinhard von Lohengramm...
**[23:09] Na**
Both heroes will meet once again at Amritsar.