Season 4 - Intrigue
- E37 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt IV: Conclusion
- E38 - Determination and Ambition
- E39 - Thunderclaps
- E40 - Maze
- E41 - The Die Is Cast
- E42 - The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
- E43 - Declaration of War
- E44 - Departure
- E45 - Emperor Overthrown
- E46 - Operation: Ragnarök
- E47 - Invitation to a Requiem
- E48 - The Occupation of Fezzan
E37 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt IV: Conclusion
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[00:02] Narrator
After the Imperial fleet,
led by Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff,
[00:06] Narrator
sealed the Free Planets Alliance's Iserlohn
garrison fleet within the fortress,
[00:11] Narrator
they then launched a plan to destroy the
Alliance rescue fleet
[00:17] Narrator
before the garrison had a chance to deploy again.
[00:23] Narrator
But Yang's plan to attack using his
aerial fleet as a floating battery
[00:28] Narrator
caused more damage than the Empire expected.
[00:32] Narrator
Before the Empire had a chance to regroup,
[00:35] Narrator
the Iserlohn garrison fleet
appeared on the battlefield once more.
[00:40] Narrator
The Empire's plan to destroy
the rescue fleet first had backfired,
[00:42] Narrator
leaving them in a pincer attack between
the rescue fleet and the garrison fleet,
[00:47] Narrator
where they took immense damage.
[00:50] Narrator
Kempff determined that maintaining the
front line was no longer possible.
[00:54] Narrator
Left with no other choice,
he came to a decision...
[01:05] Kempff
Geiersburg Fortress.
[01:08] Kempff
We'll crash it into Iserlohn Fortress.
[01:12] Kempff
If we do that,
Iserlohn Fortress won't stand a chance.
SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:54] Leda II Radio
Contact with flagship Hyperion is possible.
[02:57] Yang
Put me through.
[03:02] Yang
Admiral Merkatz.
[03:05] Merkatz
I would like to receive your orders
for the next stage of the plan.
[03:10] Yang
All right, I'd like you to intentionally
thin a section of our encirclement.
[03:15] Yang
We'll lure the enemy into
a retreat through there.
[03:18] Yang
As soon as the enemy enters
the path we've laid,
[03:21] Yang
all ships will concentrate
their fire on them.
[03:23] Yang
I want to do at least enough
damage to discourage them
[03:26] Yang
from starting another fleet battle.
[03:29] Merkatz
Understood.
SIGN Episode 37
SIGN Fortress vs. Fortress
Akt IV: Conclusion
[03:54] Müller
That's...
[03:55] Lübeck Radio
Message from flagship Galdhøpiggen.
[03:58] Lübeck Radio
"All ships, break through the
weak spots in the enemy line,
[04:01] Lübeck Radio
and retreat to Geiersburg."
[04:03] Müller
What?! Send a message to the
Galdhøpiggen commander!
SIGN Kempff Fleet Flagship
Galdhøpiggen
[04:07] Kempff
I'm aware that it's a trap set by the enemy.
[04:10] Kempff
Even if it is a trap, I still believe
our best move is to retreat now,
[04:14] Kempff
while protecting ourselves
as best we can.
[04:18] Müller
But even if we disregard the danger
and return to the fortress,
[04:21] Müller
we will still be at a disadvantage.
[04:24] Müller
Do you have some kind of plan in mind?
[04:26] Kempff
I do.
[04:29] Müller
May I ask what it is?
[04:33] Kempff
I'm going to crash Geiersburg
into Iserlohn Fortress.
[04:38] Kempff
I'll be doing this alone, of course.
[04:40] Kempff
If I can pull it off, the enemy
fortress won't stand a chance.
[04:43] Kempff
I may lose the battle, but as commander,
[04:46] Kempff
I can't return to my country without landing
at least one return blow on Yang Wen-li.
[04:50] Müller
Your Excellency...
[04:52] Kempff
The position we're in has resulted
from my lack of resourcefulness.
[04:56] Kempff
I want to take responsibility for that.
[04:58] Kempff
Will you help me?
[05:02] Müller
I can't offer much...
[05:06] Müller
But every bit of strength I
have is at your disposal.
[05:15] Narrator
Under Kempff's command,
the Imperial Navy began its retreat.
[05:19] Narrator
Though the Alliance Navy
pursued them fiercely,
[05:22] Narrator
focusing on defense allowed them
to escape total destruction,
[05:25] Narrator
and they succeeded in
vacating the combat zone.
[05:38] Narrator
Upon arrival at Geiersburg Fortress,
the Imperial fleet
[05:42] Narrator
immediately began preparations
to return to Odin.
[05:56] Kempff
Well? Is it going to work?
[05:58] Lubitsch
Yes, sir.
[06:01] Lubitsch
You will be able to handle the bare minimum of
controls needed to move the fortress yourself.
[06:08] Kempff
That's enough.
[06:10] Kempff
Status on the evacuation
of the rest of our men?
[06:13] Fusseneger
It is nearly complete.
[06:15] Kempff
Good.
[06:17] Kempff
You two must quickly evacuate, as well.
[06:24] Kempff
You have both served me
well up to this point.
[06:27] Kempff
Return to Odin safely and continue
to give your all for the Empire.
[06:33] Lubitsch
Yes, sir.
[06:34] Fusseneger
We wish Your Excellency the best.
[07:01] Drewentz
All military personnel
have been evacuated.
[07:04] Müller
All right.
[07:09] Müller
We will henceforth return to Odin.
[07:12] Müller
Our flagship, Lübeck,
will bring up the rear.
[07:16] Müller
Full forward on both sides!
Set course for Odin!
[07:24] Yang
I can't thank you enough for all your help.
[07:30] Merkatz
Allow me to introduce the one
who contributed the most.
[07:37] Julian
Admiral Yang, welcome home.
[07:40] Yang
You—
[07:46] Leda II Observer
Reporting!
[07:48] Leda II Observer
The fortress...
[07:50] Leda II Observer
The enemy fortress is moving!
[07:56] Murai
Admiral Yang, the enemy fortress
has begun to move again.
[08:01] Murai
An analysis of its course reveals
[08:02] Murai
that it is accelerating directly
toward Iserlohn Fortress.
[08:06] Fyodor
They're not planning to crash the
fortress itself into us, are they?!
[08:10] Yang
You figured it out, eh?
[08:14] Yang
Too late, though.
[08:18] Iserlohn Operator A
The enemy fortress is getting closer.
SIGN What are Admiral Yang's orders?
[08:22] Alex
He said to have the garrison
fleet attack the enemy fortress.
SIGN The fleet?
[08:27] Yang
Yes. The ships' guns won't do anything
to the fortress itself, but...
[08:33] Yang
If we can focus all fire on
the navigation engine here,
[08:38] Yang
we should be able to destroy it.
[08:40] Yang
We'll destroy this one on the left side.
[08:44] Yang
This will require an
exquisitely-timed volley,
[08:47] Yang
along with highly precise aim.
[08:50] Fischer
Because of the jamming, we can't count on
our data link to move the fleet as one.
[08:55] Fischer
This is going to be a tough job.
[08:58] Yang
Well, I'm sure it'll work out.
[09:00] Yang
We'll all work together to make it a success.
[09:04] Dusty/Nguyen/Fischer/Merkatz
Yes, sir!
[09:31] Kempff
Did they really think ship guns would
be enough to stop this fortress?
[09:39] Leda II Operator
All squadrons have reached
their designated positions.
[09:41] Leda II Operator
Target locked.
[09:44] Yang
Fire.
[09:56] Alex
We're hitting it dead-on...
[09:57] Fyodor
Not enough firepower.
[09:59] Fyodor
Without more concentrated fire,
we can't break its shield.
[10:03] Iserlohn OperatorA
The enemy fortress is getting closer.
[10:06] Alex
Yang...
[10:07] Yang
All ships, adjust aim for the
target's projected course.
[10:11] Operator
Ships, bear in mind the expected
angle of the enemy's movement.
[10:14] Operator
Observation units, prepare
for combined observation.
[10:15] Fischer
Send the calculated
coordinates to all ships.
[10:16] Operator
Be aware of battery positions
and send all data promptly.
[10:18] Operator
Note the positions of friendly ships.
[10:20] Operator
Ensure that no allies are
in your line of fire.
[10:20] Operator
Establishing estimated
altitude and direction.
[10:22] Operator
Adjust for observation unit
data calculation errors.
[10:23] Operator
Command has sent basis point
for firing preparations. Confirm receipt.
[10:26] Operator
All ships, after the volley, continue
concentrated fire on the same target.
[10:27] Operator
V-28, refer to the manual for methods of
coordinating fire without a network.
[10:31] Operator
Repeat: All ships, after the volley,
continue concentrated fire on the same target.
[10:31] Operator
Rear line ships, use the position of the ships
at the vanguard to assist your targeting.
[10:36] Leda II Operator
All squadrons have completed adjustments.
[10:38] Leda II Operator
Target locked.
[10:44] Yang
Fire.
[10:53] Kempff
What?!
[11:17] Kempff
Impossible!
[11:23] Triglav Observer
Target destroyed.
[11:24] Triglav Observer
The enemy fortress is diverging
from its collision course.
[11:28] Dusty
Yes!
[11:57] Kempff
Yang Wen-li!
[12:07] Fyodor
It's too close!
[12:09] Fyodor
It may have diverged from
a collision course,
[12:11] Fyodor
but if a direct hit lands from this distance,
[12:13] Fyodor
we won't come out of it unscathed, either.
[12:16] Yang
All fleets, retreat behind
Iserlohn Fortress.
[12:20] Yang
Set the Thor Hammer's sights
on Geiersburg Fortress.
[12:23] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A
Thor Hammer's sights set
on Geiersburg Fortress.
[12:27] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A
Energy charge complete.
[12:29] Alex
Fire!
[12:46] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A
Thor Hammer energy recharge complete.
[12:49] Alex
Prepare to fire the second shot!
[12:51] Alex
Fire!
[13:31] Alex
Prepare to fire the third shot!
[13:40] Alex
Fire!
[14:26] Müller
Shock wave incoming!
[14:27] Müller
Hold on to something! Anything!
[14:41] Orlau
Your Excellency!
[14:58] Hyperion Operator A
He did it!
[15:00] Hyperion Operator B
Did you see that?!
That was Admiral Yang's magic!
[15:38] Doctor
You must be immortal, Your Excellency.
[15:42] Müller
I like that line. I want that
engraved on my tombstone.
[15:47] Müller
So how long will it take me to recover?
[15:52] Doctor
No less than three months.
[15:56] Müller
I see.
[15:59] Drewentz
Your Excellency, Vice Admiral Fusseneger
and Lieutenant Lubitsch are here.
[16:05] Müller
Let them in.
[16:09] Müller
I'm glad you two are safe.
[16:11] Lubitsch/Fusseneger
Yes, sir.
[16:13] Müller
How is Commander Kempff?
[16:17] Müller
He didn't get away, then.
[16:20] Fusseneger
Commander Kempff left us with a message.
[16:23] Fusseneger
This is what he said:
[16:25] Fusseneger
"Tell Müller I'm sorry."
[16:35] Müller
Bear witness, Great God Odin!
[16:39] Müller
I swear I will avenge Commander Kempff.
[16:42] Müller
I will clutch the head of
Yang Wen-li in my own hands.
[16:47] Müller
I can't do it right now.
I don't have the strength.
[16:51] Müller
The difference between us is too great.
[16:53] Müller
But just watch me in the next few years!
[16:58] Müller
Drewentz.
[17:00] Drewentz
Sir?
[17:01] Müller
Put me through to all fleets. And no video.
[17:05] Müller
I can't let our soldiers see me like this
while they're reeling from our defeat.
[17:09] Müller
It would damage their morale.
[17:13] Müller
Our navy has been defeated,
but your commanders remain strong.
[17:18] Müller
Command promises to return all
of you back to your homes alive.
[17:24] Müller
We will return alive, and so long as we do
not lose our pride as Imperial soldiers
[17:29] Müller
or our drive for victory,
[17:32] Müller
we will surely make up for
this loss in the near future.
[17:37] Müller
Let us keep our pride and discipline
[17:39] Müller
and begin our return to Odin
in an orderly fashion.
[17:43] Narrator
The Imperial fleet numbered 37,000
ships when it left its home base,
[17:48] Narrator
but it was reduced to a fifth of that number
as it continued its desperate flight.
[17:54] Narrator
However, it avoided total collapse and
maintained order as a group,
[18:00] Narrator
thanks to the diligent efforts of Müller
in giving orders from his hospital bed.
[18:09] Lübeck Radio
Ships approaching from our front.
[18:13] Yang
What is the meaning of this?!
[18:15] Fischer
The Nguyen fleet and the Alarcon fleet have
set out to eliminate the fleeing enemy forces.
[18:22] Yang
Of all the ridiculous...
[18:24] Lübeck Radio
The ships in front of us are getting closer.
[18:30] Lübeck Radio
ID codes confirmed.
[18:32] Lübeck Radio
It's Tristan and Beowulf!
[18:34] Lübeck Radio
The Reuenthal fleet and
the Mittermeyer fleet!
SIGN Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
Tristan
SIGN Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
Beowulf
[18:41] Wolfgang
I see... Kempff is dead, then?
[18:44] Müller
Yes.
[18:46] Tristan Operator
Optical detection confirms approximately
8,500 ships approaching.
[18:51] Tristan Operator
Unable to verify ID codes.
[18:53] Oskar
They followed you?
[18:55] Müller
It seems so.
[18:57] Wolfgang
Continue on and
report to Duke Lohengramm.
[19:02] Wolfgang
Let us handle the battle to avenge Kempff.
[19:08] Alarcon Fleet Operator
Optical detection confirms enemy ships.
[19:11] Alarcon Fleet Operator
They number 24,000!
[19:14] Nguyen
24,000?!
[19:16] Nguyen
I thought there were fewer than
8,000 fleeing enemy ships!
[19:29] Wolfgang
Avenge Kempff!
Don't leave a single ship intact!
[19:48] Nguyen
That blue one must be the enemy flagship.
[19:51] Nguyen
We have to take that one out, at least!
[19:53] Wolfgang
Did you think you could beat
us by fighting so recklessly?
[19:56] Wolfgang
Don't hold back! Annihilate them!
[20:08] Wolfgang
Are these really subordinates
of Yang Wen-li?
[20:12] Wolfgang
They were nothing like this when
we fought them at Amritsar.
[20:16] Oskar
Victory may be achieved without
good reason, but not defeat.
[20:20] Oskar
Those who lose, lose because
they were meant to lose.
[20:23] Oskar
Sympathy has no place here.
[20:27] Tristan Operator
Reporting. New ships sighted in front of us.
[20:29] Tristan Operator
They number approximately 20,000.
[20:32] Wolfgang
Did you hear, Reuenthal?
[20:34] Oskar
Yes. Sounds like Yang Wen-li
himself has made an appearance.
[20:38] Oskar
What now? I'm assuming
you want to fight him.
[20:42] Wolfgang
You're right.
[20:43] Wolfgang
But our goal is to assist Kempff
in taking over Iserlohn.
[20:48] Wolfgang
If we can't achieve that,
there's no point in fighting.
[20:52] Oskar
I suppose the correct route
[20:54] Oskar
would be to retreat with dignity before
the enemy's main force arrives.
[20:58] Wolfgang
We mobilized not only a massive
army, but a fortress,
[21:01] Wolfgang
and traveled thousands of light-years,
[21:04] Wolfgang
but every part of it ended in failure.
[21:06] Wolfgang
All we did was add to
Yang Wen-li's reputation.
[21:10] Wolfgang
For crying out loud.
[21:12] Oskar
You can't win 100% of all battles you fight.
[21:16] Oskar
That's what Duke Lohengramm says.
[21:19] Oskar
One day, you and I will be the
ones to take Yang Wen-li's head.
[21:24] Wolfgang
Müller wants it, too.
[21:26] Oskar
Oh? It should prove to be
an exciting race, then.
[21:42] Yang
See that, Julian?
[21:44] Yang
That's how a great commander fights.
[21:47] Yang
Have a clear goal, and once you achieve
it, don't linger. Just leave.
[21:53] Yang
That's the way to be.
[21:54] Julian
Yes, sir.
[21:56] Yang
Lieutenant Greenhill, tell Attenborough
to hurry up with the rescue of survivors.
[22:01] Frederica
Yes, Admiral.
[22:04] Yang
Also, Julian...
[22:06] Yang
I'd like to have some of your
tea again. It's been a while.
[22:10] Yang
Would you make some?
[22:12] Julian
Of course, Admiral.
[22:20] Merkatz
Julian is the only one who figured
out the Imperial Navy's strategy.
[22:24] Merkatz
He is very impressive.
[22:27] Yang
Julian did that, huh?
[22:29] Yang
Did you know...
[22:32] Yang
that I don't want him to be a military man?
[22:37] Yang
Honestly, if I could order him
to quit, I would.
[22:41] Merkatz
That goes against the democratic spirit.
[22:45] Yang
Oh, uh...
[22:50] Narrator
In the year UC 798,
[22:53] Narrator
the fortress-versus-fortress
battle at the Iserlohn Corridor
[22:59] Narrator
ended with the Alliance Navy stopping
the Imperial Navy's advance.
[23:05] Narrator
Had the Imperial Navy won this battle,
[23:09] Narrator
it would certainly have changed
the course of human history.
[23:15] Narrator
And the one known as Julian Mintz,
[23:18] Narrator
despite being such a humble character,
[23:24] Narrator
made his first imprint on
history during this battle.
SIGN Episode 38
SIGN Determination and Ambition
[25:01] Narrator
Next time, "Determination and Ambition."
E38 - Determination and Ambition
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SIGN Dominion of Fezzan
SIGN Rubinsky Estate
[00:17] Rupert
If we were to estimate the percentage of
power each of the three nations holds,
[00:20] Rupert
the Empire would hold about
48%, the Alliance 33%,
[00:25] Rupert
and our own Fezzan would hold
about 19% of the power.
[00:29] Rubinsky
The power balance between the
nations has changed quite a bit.
[00:34] Rubinsky
The Alliance's decline is quite prominent.
[00:37] Rupert
The Empire's high nobility has
been almost completely purged,
[00:40] Rupert
and the lower nobles and commoners
have climbed in the ranks.
[00:44] Rupert
This has accelerated the
metabolism of human resources.
[00:48] Rubinsky
It seems to have stimulated
the economy, as well.
[00:52] Rupert
The decline of the Alliance,
on the other hand, is plain to see.
[00:56] Rupert
Their defeat at Amritsar
[00:58] Rupert
reduced their military strength to a third
of what it was in less than two years.
[01:01] Rupert
Their social infrastructure
is collapsing,
[01:04] Rupert
causing the citizens' trust
in the system to waver.
[01:07] Rubinsky
The Alliance is on the road to ruin.
[01:12] Rubinsky
How tragic.
[01:14] Rupert
Yes, but I do hope that the
Alliance continues on this path.
[01:18] Rupert
If their political power
continues to decline
[01:20] Rupert
and they end up being annexed by the Empire,
[01:22] Rupert
Fezzan will be able to assume
financial control over the Empire,
[01:26] Rupert
making us the rulers of an
essentially unified galaxy.
[01:31] Rubinsky
In any case, you must prepare as
many pawns ready as possible
[01:34] Rubinsky
so that we can make the
first move at any time.
[01:38] Rupert
I am aware.
[01:41] Rupert
Speaking of pawns...
[01:42] Rupert
What do we do about Schaft, the head of the Imperial
Navy Science and Technology Department?
[01:47] Rubinsky
What would you do?
[01:48] Rupert
It seems to me we have
no further use for him.
[01:51] Rupert
He only keeps making bigger
and bigger demands of us.
[01:57] Rupert
Preparations have been made to ensure
the documents we spoke of are received
[02:00] Rupert
as naturally as possible by the relevant
personnel in the Imperial Ministry of Justice.
[02:06] Rubinsky
Good. Have it done at once.
[02:08] Rubinsky
Waste must be flushed immediately,
or it will clog the drain.
[02:13] Rupert
Understood.
[02:15] Rubinsky
By the way, isn't tomorrow the
anniversary of your mother's death?
[02:19] Rubinsky
You can take the day off.
[02:27] Rupert
Well, well...
[02:29] Rupert
I never expected Your Excellency to
be concerned with my private affairs.
[02:33] Rupert
It is more than I could hope for.
[02:35] Rubinsky
Of course I am...
[02:37] Rubinsky
considering you are of
my own flesh and blood.
[02:41] Rupert
You knew?
[02:44] Rubinsky
I did a terrible thing to your mother.
[02:50] Rupert
You were concerned about that?
[02:53] Rubinsky
Yes, all this time.
[02:56] Rupert
My mother would be pleased
to hear that in Heaven.
[02:59] Rupert
Allow me to thank you in her stead.
[03:02] Rupert
But in truth, there was no
need for you to be concerned.
[03:07] Rupert
The daughter of a family so poor that they
struggled to afford their daily bread,
[03:11] Rupert
or the daughter of a family so rich
[03:13] Rupert
that they held a measurable percentage
of the universe's wealth...
[03:17] Rupert
I would have...
[03:19] Rupert
Yes, I would have made the same
choice Your Excellency did.
[03:25] Rupert
So, did you give me this
important job as your aide
[03:29] Rupert
when I was but a youth,
fresh out of graduate school,
[03:33] Rupert
purely out of paternal love for your child?
[03:36] Rubinsky
Is that what you believe?
[03:38] Rupert
It's not what I want to believe.
[03:41] Rupert
I do have some degree of confidence
in my own ability, after all.
[03:46] Rupert
I want to believe you saw that in me.
[03:50] Rubinsky
You seem very much like me on the inside.
[03:53] Rubinsky
Though your outward appearance
is closer to your mother's.
[03:57] Rupert
Thank you for saying so.
[04:00] Rubinsky
The leader of Fezzan is not
an inherited position.
[04:03] Rubinsky
The requirement to be my successor is not
blood, but capability and popularity.
[04:09] Rubinsky
It's necessary to cultivate
those things over time.
[04:12] Rupert
I will keep that in mind.
[04:25] Rupert
Capability and popularity, eh?
[04:28] Rupert
You didn't spend any time getting
those, but you say I have to?
[04:33] Rupert
You contradict yourself.
[04:36] Rupert
Don't forget... I am your son.
[04:50] Rubinsky
Rupert is a lot like me.
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SIGN Determination and Ambition
[05:04] Na
The force sent to conquer Iserlohn Fortress
returned to the capital planet, Odin.
[05:10] Na
They lost Admiral-in-Chief Kempff,
[05:13] Na
they lost Geiersburg Fortress,
[05:16] Na
and they lost over 29,000 ships carrying
over 1,800,000 soldiers and officers,
[05:22] Na
making their return a tragic one.
[05:29] Reinhard
Say that again!
[05:32] Paul
About 80% of the expeditionary force to
the Iserlohn Corridor has been lost.
[05:40] Reinhard
Müller will be severely punished!
[06:07] Reinhard
Right...
[06:09] Reinhard
A man like Müller is hard to come by.
[06:13] Reinhard
It would be foolish to kill him when
nothing can be gained from it.
[06:18] Reinhard
Isn't that right, Kircheis?
[06:32] Müller
Your Excellency gave me an order,
[06:35] Müller
and I did not fulfill my duty,
[06:38] Müller
nor was I able to save
Admiral-in-Chief Kempff.
[06:42] Müller
I lost many of our men,
[06:44] Müller
and I gave the enemy a
victory to boast about.
[06:47] Müller
I know my sin is deserving of death,
but I returned here alive
[06:52] Müller
to inform Your Excellency
of the battle's outcome
[06:55] Müller
and to await my punishment.
[06:59] Müller
I pray that the sin of our loss
falls on my shoulders alone,
[07:04] Müller
and that you will be magnanimous in
dealing with those who serve under me.
[07:14] Reinhard
You have committed no sin.
[07:19] Reinhard
A single loss can be made
up for with a single win.
[07:25] Reinhard
Thank you for traveling
such a great distance.
[07:28] Müller
Your Excellency...
[07:30] Reinhard
I've already lost Kempff.
[07:33] Reinhard
I can't lose you, too.
[07:36] Reinhard
Rest until your wounds have fully healed.
[07:39] Reinhard
I will order you to return
to active duty after that.
[07:49] Reinhard
Take him to the hospital.
[07:53] Reinhard
And Kempff will be promoted.
[07:56] Streit
Understood.
[08:06] Na
Reinhard showed mercy to Müller,
[08:11] Na
but he treated Schaft very differently.
[08:21] Reinhard
If you have any excuses, let's hear them.
[08:23] Schaft
With all due respect, Your Excellency,
my proposal was flawless.
[08:29] Schaft
Responsibility for the plan's
failure falls on the leadership
[08:31] Schaft
and the one who was placed in command.
[08:36] Reinhard
I suggest you watch your tongue.
[08:38] Reinhard
Who asked you to take
responsibility for our defeat?
[08:43] Reinhard
Kesler! Come over here and explain
to him what his crime is!
[08:53] Kesler
Chief Engineer Schaft,
you will be taken into custody.
[08:56] Kesler
You are charged with accepting bribes,
misappropriation of public funds,
[09:00] Kesler
and leaking of military secrets.
[09:02] Schaft
Wh-Where's your proof?
[09:05] Reinhard
I believe you know that better than anyone.
[09:09] Schaft
Your Excellency!
[09:11] Kesler
Take him.
[09:12] Schaft
Let me go! Your Excellency...
Your Excellency!
[09:14] Schaft
Have you forgotten my unwavering devotion?!
[09:18] Schaft
Your Excellency! Your Excellency!
[09:20] Reinhard
Scum.
[09:23] Reinhard
Kesler.
[09:24] Reinhard
Enhance our surveillance of the
Fezzan commissioner's office.
[09:28] Reinhard
I don't care if they find out.
[09:30] Kesler
Yes, sir.
[09:32] Reinhard
You money-worshipers of Fezzan...
[09:35] Reinhard
what are you thinking?
[09:47] Franz
Don't cry, Mom.
[09:49] Franz
I promise I'll avenge Dad!
[09:52] Franz
I'll beat that Yang guy myself!
[09:56] Isaac
We will!
[10:12] Hilde
I'm relieved that you showed
mercy to Admiral Müller.
[10:17] Reinhard
Unfortunately, I can't afford
to lose a man of his caliber.
[10:24] Hilde
Since the rebellion by the
high nobles was quelled,
[10:27] Hilde
peace has come to the Empire.
[10:31] Hilde
Your Excellency's reforms are
proceeding smoothly, as well.
[10:34] Hilde
I believe this is a time to
focus on internal affairs
[10:36] Hilde
and bolster the Empire's political power.
[10:39] Reinhard
Peace, huh?
[10:42] Reinhard
Did you know, Fraulein,
that "peace" is what they call
[10:46] Reinhard
an era of such good fortune that
incompetence is not a sin?
[10:51] Hilde
The people are very much enjoying
the fruits of your reforms,
[10:55] Hilde
but there are some among
the ranks of nobility
[10:58] Hilde
who can't keep up with the sudden
change and are struggling to get by.
[11:04] Reinhard
Fraulein, whether they stole
it or accumulated it,
[11:08] Reinhard
those who come first are
entitled to the rewards.
[11:11] Reinhard
That's only natural.
[11:13] Reinhard
But what entitlement is earned by those
[11:16] Reinhard
who simply inherited their
wealth and reputation,
[11:20] Reinhard
with no reliance on their effort or talents?
[11:24] Reinhard
Quietly disappearing into
the waves of history
[11:27] Reinhard
is the only choice for them.
[11:29] Reinhard
The very existence of dynastic systems
ruled by bloodlines is repulsive.
[11:34] Reinhard
That is my opinion.
[11:36] Reinhard
Power should be held for
only one generation,
[11:38] Reinhard
and it is not something to be given,
[11:40] Reinhard
but something to be taken.
[11:43] Hilde
Which means Your Excellency
will not be handing down
[11:47] Hilde
your position and authority to your child?
[11:55] Reinhard
The one who will succeed me
[11:57] Reinhard
will be someone with talents
equal to mine or greater.
[12:01] Reinhard
And this will not necessarily
happen after I've died.
[12:08] Reinhard
If anyone thinks they can gain all I have
by killing me with a knife to the back,
[12:14] Reinhard
they're welcome to try.
[12:16] Reinhard
But they will need an
imagination powerful enough
[12:21] Reinhard
to foresee what will come
of it if they fail.
[12:32] Hilde
He lost Admiral Kircheis,
[12:34] Hilde
and Lady Annerose left him.
[12:37] Hilde
None of the people he shared
his time and his heart with
[12:39] Hilde
are still in his life.
[12:49] Hilde
Even though he has very capable
and loyal subordinates,
[12:52] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm seems to
have closed off his heart.
[12:56] Hilde
And there are those who consider
that a good thing.
[13:01] Hilde
What High Admiral Oberstein needs is someone
[13:04] Hilde
who can carry out his schemes and
tricks without getting emotional,
[13:09] Hilde
with the careful correctness
of a precision instrument.
[13:13] Hilde
In other words, Duke Lohengramm.
[13:20] Hilde
The Book of Government says,
[13:22] Hilde
"A ruler should be feared and respected
by his subjects, not loved."
[13:30] Hilde
I suppose that's true.
[13:33] Hilde
High Admiral Oberstein is trying
to bring about a supreme ruler
[13:38] Hilde
the likes of which this
galaxy has never seen.
[13:42] Hilde
But in exchange, he might be
destroying the sensitivity
[13:47] Hilde
that I know Duke Lohengramm has in spades.
[13:52] Hilde
I'm going to have to fight
High Admiral Oberstein,
[13:57] Hilde
to make sure Duke Lohengramm
can be who he is.
[14:03] Hilde
That's fine determination,
Hildegard von Mariendorf...
[14:09] Hilde
But do you have a chance?
[14:11] Hilde
If determination was all it took to
win, no one would suffer for it.
[14:16] Hilde
Still, if only Admiral Kircheis
were alive and well...
[14:27] Na
Kempff was promoted to high admiral
and given a military funeral.
[14:34] Na
But no matter what honors
and awards he held,
[14:38] Na
there was one thing nothing
could make up for.
[14:52] Oskar
Putting down the nobles,
destroying the Alliance,
[14:56] Oskar
and taking control of the universe
[14:58] Oskar
are the goals and efforts you and
I share with Duke Lohengramm.
[15:04] Oskar
At least, that's what I used to think.
[15:08] Wolfgang
You're saying it's different now?
[15:10] Oskar
I've been thinking...
[15:12] Oskar
Maybe, to him, subordinates are no more
than pawns to be used and thrown away.
[15:18] Wolfgang
Reuenthal...
[15:20] Oskar
Just look at Kempff.
[15:22] Oskar
Not that I particularly
sympathize with Kempff,
[15:25] Oskar
but he was literally used up and
thrown away in a fruitless battle.
[15:31] Oskar
When he died, he was awarded
all kinds of decorations.
[15:35] Oskar
When someone dies, all you need to do
is honor them and shed some tears.
[15:39] Oskar
But living people need to be given more
tangible things, like power or wealth.
[15:47] Oskar
I'm beginning to question whether
he's actually capable of that.
[15:53] Wolfgang
Look, you might say that,
[15:55] Wolfgang
but when he was left in a stupor after
seeing Siegfried Kircheis die the way he did,
[16:01] Wolfgang
weren't you the one who said
we needed him to bounce back?
[16:06] Wolfgang
Did you not really mean that?
[16:09] Oskar
I did mean it, at the time.
[16:12] Oskar
But I didn't get to where I am today by
making only correct decisions and judgments.
[16:20] Oskar
It might not be right now,
[16:21] Oskar
but the day is bound to come when
I regret making that choice.
[16:27] Wolfgang
I'll pretend I didn't hear that.
[16:33] Wolfgang
You should try not to speak too carelessly.
[16:36] Wolfgang
If it reached Oberstein's ears,
you could become the target of a purge.
[16:41] Wolfgang
Duke Lohengramm is the hero
of an entire generation.
[16:44] Wolfgang
We need only do our job as his arms and legs
[16:47] Wolfgang
and receive our due rewards for it.
[16:50] Wolfgang
That's what I think.
[17:00] Wolfgang
Does the start of a new era
invariably bring new discord?
[17:15] Wolfgang
Still, I never realized Reuenthal felt
such discontent toward the duke.
[17:25] Wolfgang
Am I just simple-minded?
[17:36] Oskar
Now I've done it again.
[17:59] Julian
You have a cold. Probably due to overwork.
[18:04] Julian
I'll make some hot punch for you.
[18:06] Julian
It's just wine, honey,
and lemon diluted with hot water.
[18:09] Julian
It's the best thing for a cold.
[18:11] Yang
Leave out the honey, lemon, and water.
[18:14] Julian
Absolutely not.
[18:16] Yang
Do they really make that much difference?
[18:18] Julian
In that case, I'll just leave out the wine.
[18:23] Yang
You were so much more obedient when
you first came here four years ago.
[18:27] Julian
Yes, the personality I've developed
is most definitely acquired.
[18:36] Yang
Man, nothing good happened
in my life at all.
[18:39] Yang
I'm forced to do work I hate,
I have no girlfriend...
[18:43] Yang
I try to at least drink a little
booze, and I get scolded.
[18:47] Julian
Don't get moody over a little cold.
[18:51] Julian
Here you go.
[18:57] Yang
You're such a good kid!
[18:59] Yang
This is almost straight wine!
[19:07] Julian
Admiral Yang...
[19:08] Yang
What?
[19:10] Julian
I want to officially become
a member of the military.
[19:15] Julian
Will you grant me permission?
[19:18] Julian
If you insist that I shouldn't
do it, I'll drop the idea.
[19:23] Yang
You really want to do that, no matter what?
[19:25] Julian
Yes.
[19:26] Julian
I want to be a soldier who
protects freedom and equality.
[19:30] Julian
Not a soldier who serves only as a
tool for aggression and oppression,
[19:34] Julian
but one who protects the
rights of the people.
[19:38] Yang
You said you'd drop it if I refused.
What would you do after that?
[19:43] Julian
I don't know.
[19:44] Julian
No... I'll be whatever you tell me to be.
[19:49] Yang
Being told no was never part of
your plan from the start, was it?
[19:54] Julian
That's not true!
[19:56] Yang
Don't underestimate the difference
fifteen years makes.
[19:59] Yang
I can tell that much easily.
[20:02] Julian
I'm sorry.
[20:05] Yang
Oh, damn it.
[20:07] Yang
When you make that face,
I can't very well say no, can I?
[20:11] Yang
All right. I know you won't
end up some useless soldier.
[20:16] Yang
Be what you want to be.
[20:18] Julian
Thank you so much...
[20:21] Julian
Thank you, Admiral!
[20:23] Yang
Do you really want to be in the
military that badly, though?
[20:29] Yang
Listen, Julian...
[20:30] Yang
I don't want to sound too out of character,
[20:33] Yang
but if you want to be soldier,
there's something I want you to remember.
[20:38] Yang
The armed forces are violent,
and there are two types of violence.
[20:43] Julian
Good violence and bad violence?
[20:46] Yang
No.
[20:48] Yang
Violence for controlling
and oppressing others,
[20:50] Yang
and violence as a means for gaining freedom.
[20:53] Yang
A state military...
[20:56] Yang
is, at its core, the former.
[21:00] Yang
Sadly, history proves that to be the case.
[21:04] Yang
When the authorities and the
people oppose each other,
[21:06] Yang
the military rarely takes
the side of the people.
[21:10] Yang
In fact, in many countries, the military
has become the leadership's mechanism
[21:15] Yang
to control the people through violent means.
[21:19] Yang
Some just tried that last year and failed.
[21:23] Julian
But you're a soldier, and you
opposed that, didn't you?
[21:28] Julian
I want to be the kind of soldier you are,
[21:31] Julian
or one with the same aspirations, at least.
[21:33] Yang
Whoa, now. Don't say that.
[21:35] Yang
You know very well that my aspirations
don't lie within the military.
[21:42] Yang
We weren't able to defeat
Emperor Rudolf by the sword,
[21:45] Yang
but we know the crimes he committed
with respect to human society.
[21:51] Yang
The power of the pen made that possible.
[21:53] Yang
The pen has the power to indict a
despot from hundreds of years ago,
[21:56] Yang
or even a tyrant from
thousands of years ago.
[22:00] Yang
You can't go back in history
to do anything with a sword,
[22:04] Yang
but with a pen, you can.
[22:06] Julian
Yes, but doesn't that only
amount to confirming the past?
[22:12] Yang
The past, huh? Listen, Julian.
[22:15] Yang
Human history is going to
continue being written,
[22:18] Yang
meaning the past accumulates
upon itself infinitely.
[22:21] Yang
History is not just a record of the past.
[22:25] Yang
It's proof that civilization
continues to persist up to today.
[22:29] Yang
Modern civilization stands atop the
accumulated history of the past.
[22:34] Yang
Understand?
[22:35] Julian
Yes.
[22:37] Yang
That's why I wanted to be a historian.
[22:40] Yang
But I screwed up the order of things,
[22:43] Yang
and this is where I ended up.
[22:48] Julian
But without people to make history,
[22:51] Julian
wouldn't the people who write
about it lose their value?
[22:56] Yang
Julian, that hot punch of yours...
[22:59] Yang
Mind making me another cup?
[23:02] Julian
Yes, right away.
[23:08] Yang
Things just don't always go
the way you want them to.
[23:14] Yang
Not in your own life or in those of others.
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SIGN Thunderclaps
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Thunderclaps."
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SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:43] Kesler
Forgive me for taking up
your time, Duke Lohengramm.
[01:46] Reinhard
What is your business here today?
[01:48] Kesler
I recently received word that two former
members of the high nobility have arrived on Odin.
[01:56] Kesler
I've come here to report this to you.
[02:00] Reinhard
How did you find out about this, Kesler?
[02:02] Kesler
The truth is, I received an anonymous tip.
[02:05] Reinhard
Anonymous?
[02:06] Kesler
I have them under surveillance now.
[02:10] Reinhard
I've seen him before.
[02:12] Kesler
One of them is Count Alfred von Landsberg.
[02:15] Kesler
He took part in the Lippstadt Pact,
[02:17] Kesler
and after losing the battle,
he fled to Fezzan.
[02:21] Reinhard
He's useless, but he's harmless.
[02:24] Reinhard
I remember his awful poetry
readings at parties.
[02:28] Reinhard
And this man?
[02:29] Kesler
Leopold Schumacher, another
defector to Fezzan.
[02:33] Kesler
He was a staff officer under Baron
Flegel in the Lippstadt War.
[02:39] Kesler
He wasn't born a noble, but he graduated
second in his class at the military academy,
[02:43] Kesler
and he reached the rank of
captain in less than ten years.
[02:46] Reinhard
Did I miss their potential?
[02:49] Reinhard
They abandoned the safety of Fezzan
[02:52] Reinhard
to infiltrate Odin, a planet
ruled by their enemies.
[02:56] Reinhard
Why?
[03:00] Reinhard
What about their IDs? Were they fake?
[03:03] Kesler
No, their immigration checks
found nothing out of place.
[03:08] Kesler
Though they used aliases, the IDs
were legally issued by Fezzan.
[03:13] Reinhard
Meaning...
[03:14] Kesler
Yes. It seems quite clear that Fezzan
has some involvement in this incident.
[03:21] Kesler
I came here today to seek
Your Excellency's political judgment.
[03:27] Reinhard
Understood. My orders will follow.
[03:30] Reinhard
Continue to observe them.
[03:32] Kesler
Yes, sir.
SIGN Episode 39
SIGN Thunderclaps
[03:47] Reinhard
Fraulein Mariendorf, what do
you think about all this?
[03:51] Reinhard
I want to hear your opinion.
[03:53] Hilde
You mean regarding why those
two men returned to Odin?
[03:57] Reinhard
Yes.
[04:01] Hilde
Count Landsberg, to my knowledge,
was quite the romanticist.
[04:07] Reinhard
I won't contest your observations,
[04:10] Reinhard
but I find it hard to believe
even a talentless poet like him
[04:13] Reinhard
would find romanticism in the
mere act of returning home.
[04:16] Hilde
You're absolutely right.
[04:18] Hilde
The reason Count Landsberg returned
was likely far more serious
[04:22] Hilde
and worthy of the personal
risk to his well-being.
[04:25] Reinhard
And just what might that be?
[04:27] Hilde
As history has indicated,
nothing lifts the spirits
[04:31] Hilde
of an active romantic more than
terrorism against the strong.
[04:35] Hilde
I suspect that Count Landsberg went
through with this infiltration
[04:40] Hilde
simply to fulfill his sense of duty
in an extreme way.
[04:43] Reinhard
When you say "terrorism," do you
mean he wants to assassinate me?
[04:47] Hilde
No, I don't believe he does.
[04:50] Reinhard
Why is that?
[04:51] Hilde
If he assassinated you, who would
inherit your position and power?
[04:57] Hilde
If Fezzan is involved,
as Admiral Kesler surmised,
[05:02] Hilde
they wouldn't want social
and political chaos.
[05:06] Hilde
If Fezzan were to attempt terrorism,
[05:08] Hilde
it would be via means more
utilitarian than assassination—
[05:12] Hilde
such as by kidnapping someone important.
[05:15] Reinhard
Who would they kidnap?
[05:17] Hilde
I can think of three candidates.
[05:19] Reinhard
One would be me, obviously.
[05:22] Reinhard
Who else?
[05:23] Hilde
One is your sister, Countess Grünewald.
[05:29] Reinhard
If that talentless poet lays
a finger on my sister,
[05:33] Reinhard
I'll make him wish he hadn't
been born with a sense of pain!
[05:37] Reinhard
I'll give him the cruelest death
any human could possibly imagine!
[05:42] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm, I spoke too carelessly.
[05:46] Hilde
Please forgive me.
[05:50] Hilde
In this case, it is inconceivable
that your sister could be kidnapped.
[05:55] Reinhard
How can you be so sure?
[05:56] Hilde
As I said a moment ago, he is a romanticist.
[06:00] Hilde
Kidnapping a woman would
violate his principles.
[06:04] Hilde
I believe he would choose a method
somewhat more difficult to pull off.
[06:09] Reinhard
Of course. That talentless
poet would, perhaps.
[06:13] Reinhard
But what about Fezzan?
[06:15] Reinhard
These people are realists in
the worst possible sense.
[06:19] Reinhard
It's entirely possible that they
would force Landsberg to do
[06:22] Reinhard
what would guarantee the most
profit for the least work.
[06:26] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm, I thought of
three people they might kidnap.
[06:32] Hilde
But in the end, I believe the third of those
[06:35] Hilde
is the only one who meets all the
criteria for both the planner, Fezzan,
[06:40] Hilde
and the executant, Count Landsberg.
[06:44] Reinhard
And who is the third one?
[06:47] Hilde
The one currently in possession
of the revered crown.
[06:52] Reinhard
So you think the talentless poet
is going to kidnap the emperor?
[06:56] Hilde
To Count Landsberg,
it wouldn't be a kidnapping.
[07:00] Hilde
It would be an act of loyalty,
rescuing the young monarch from enemy hands.
[07:05] Hilde
He would carry it out not with
reservation, but with pleasure.
[07:10] Reinhard
That's enough about the talentless poet.
[07:12] Reinhard
So what about the other party involved?
[07:16] Reinhard
What does Fezzan stand to gain
from kidnapping the emperor?
[07:21] Hilde
I don't know the answer to that yet.
[07:23] Hilde
At the very least, I can't think of
a way in which it would hurt Fezzan.
[07:28] Hilde
What do you think?
[07:29] Reinhard
So it's the Black Fox of
Fezzan yet again, is it?
[07:33] Reinhard
He never joins the dance himself.
[07:36] Reinhard
He only blows his flute
from behind the curtain.
[07:38] Reinhard
That talentless poet dancing
to his tune is the brazen one.
[07:45] Reinhard
Fraulein Mariendorf, I suspect
that the one who gave us the tip
[07:49] Reinhard
about the two infiltrators was a
spy from Fezzan. Do you agree?
[07:55] Hilde
Yes, I believe your suspicion is correct.
[08:19] (Flashback) Hilde
My friend...
[08:24] Reinhard
Imperial historians compared Emperor
Rudolf's angry shouting to thunderclaps.
[08:30] Reinhard
Did you know that?
[08:31] Hilde
Yes, I did.
[08:33] Reinhard
It's a rather masterful analogy.
[08:39] Reinhard
Thunder is essentially wasted energy.
[08:43] Reinhard
It carries a lot of heat, light, and sound,
[08:46] Reinhard
but it's no more than a violent
outburst. It has no use.
[08:50] Reinhard
Truly a fitting description of Rudolf.
[08:54] Reinhard
I will not be like that.
[09:03] Reinhard
Fraulein Mariendorf, I have
a favor to ask of you.
[09:26] Petty OfficerA
Ma'am, we can't go any farther by car.
[09:30] Hilde
That's fine. I'll walk.
SIGN Annerose von Grünewald
[09:50] Hilde
You are Countess Grünewald, yes?
[09:53] Annerose
And you are?
[09:55] Hilde
My name is Hildegard von Mariendorf.
[09:58] Hilde
I serve as Duke Lohengramm's secretary.
[10:02] Hilde
May I request a bit of your time?
[10:08] Annerose
Konrad.
[10:11] Konrad
You called?
[10:12] Annerose
Please show our guest in.
[10:15] Konrad
Of course, Lady Annerose.
[10:25] Hilde
Isn't that boy the son of Viscount Modell?
[10:28] Annerose
Yes. I am his guarantor now.
[10:31] Hilde
The Modells were part of the
Nobles' Coalition, too.
[10:34] Hilde
To Duke Lohengramm,
he'd be the child of an enemy.
[10:37] Hilde
There must be some reason
he ended up in her care.
[10:41] Annerose
Please, come this way.
[10:43] Hilde
Right.
[10:56] Annerose
You want to assign guards to me?
[10:58] Hilde
Yes. Duke Lohengramm is concerned that you
might become the target of terrorists.
[11:05] Hilde
He would prefer to have you
come back and live with him,
[11:09] Hilde
but he believes you might not
understand his reasoning.
[11:12] Hilde
So he would at least like to assign
guard soldiers around this villa.
[11:18] Hilde
These are his wishes.
[11:23] Annerose
I am neither necessary nor
worthy of guarding, Fraulein.
[11:29] Hilde
You are both necessary and worthy, Countess.
[11:33] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm believes
so, if nothing else.
[11:37] Hilde
We will endeavor to avoid disrupting
your peace and quiet in any way.
[11:40] Hilde
Would you please agree to let
us guard the villa, at least?
[11:46] Annerose
Allow me to tell you an old story.
[11:49] Annerose
It was twelve years ago when our father
used up the meager fortune he had
[11:54] Annerose
to move into a small home
in a poor part of the city.
[11:59] Annerose
It seemed as if we had lost everything,
[12:02] Annerose
but we gained some new things, as well.
[12:05] Annerose
The first friend Reinhard
ever had in his life
[12:09] Annerose
was a tall boy with fire-red
hair and a sweet smile.
[12:16] Annerose
I once said to that boy:
[12:19] Annerose
"Sieg, I hope you'll be good
friends with my brother."
[12:24] Annerose
The red-haired boy kept that promise.
[12:29] Annerose
No, he did more than that.
[12:31] Annerose
He went far beyond what I asked of him
[12:34] Annerose
and did something no one else could ever do.
[12:37] Annerose
And I took away Siegfried Kircheis's
life, his soul... his everything.
[12:49] Annerose
He died, and I still live.
[12:54] Annerose
I am a terribly sinful woman.
[13:02] Hilde
Countess Grünewald, please forgive
me for what I am about to say,
[13:07] Hilde
but I feel I must say it.
[13:09] Hilde
If you were to be harmed by terrorists
from the former high nobility,
[13:13] Hilde
do you think Admiral Kircheis
would celebrate that in Valhalla?
[13:17] Hilde
Also, please think not only
of those who are dead,
[13:20] Hilde
but about those who are still alive.
[13:23] Hilde
Countess, if you were to
forsake Duke Lohengramm,
[13:27] Hilde
he would be beyond salvation.
[13:29] Hilde
Admiral Kircheis died far too young.
[13:34] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm is also far too
young to suffer a spiritual death.
[13:39] Hilde
Do you not agree?
[13:41] Annerose
Are you saying I have forsaken my brother?
[13:45] Hilde
Duke Lohengramm feels the need to
fulfill his responsibility for you.
[13:51] Hilde
If you would accept his wishes,
[13:53] Hilde
he would surely feel as
if you still needed him.
[13:58] Hilde
And this is important not only to Duke
Lohengramm, but to a great many people.
[14:11] Annerose
When you say "a great many people,"
[14:14] Annerose
do you mean yourself as well, Fraulein?
[14:17] Hilde
Yes, I will not deny that.
[14:20] Hilde
But the people it is most important
to cover a much broader scope.
[14:24] Hilde
The tens of billions of people
in the Galactic Empire
[14:27] Hilde
would not want to be led by a ruler
who has given himself to emptiness.
[14:32] Hilde
I promise you again that this will
not disrupt your day-to-day life.
[14:38] Hilde
Please grant Duke Lohengramm's...
no, Reinhard's wish.
[14:44] Hilde
He has made this offer for your own sake.
[14:52] Hilde
It's true.
[14:53] Hilde
This woman is the one who made
the world what it is today.
[15:00] Annerose
I must offer you my gratitude.
[15:03] Annerose
Thank you for being so
considerate of my brother.
[15:09] Annerose
I leave this matter in your hands.
[15:12] Annerose
I have no intention of leaving this villa,
[15:14] Annerose
but otherwise, you are welcome
to do as you see fit.
[15:19] Hilde
Thank you, Countess Grünewald.
[15:23] Annerose
Please, call me "Annerose" from now on.
[15:26] Hilde
All right. You're welcome to
call me "Hilde," as well.
[15:35] Konrad
This is where you will sleep tonight.
[15:42] Konrad
Um...
[15:44] Konrad
May I ask you something?
[15:46] Hilde
Sure. Go ahead.
[15:49] Konrad
Why won't you leave Lady Annerose alone?
[15:53] Konrad
She only wants to live a quiet life.
[15:57] Konrad
She has me and many others
to take care of her.
[15:59] Konrad
We are more than capable
of keeping her safe.
[16:03] Hilde
I'll make the same promise to you.
[16:05] Hilde
This won't cause any disturbance
in Annerose's life.
[16:08] Hilde
I'll make sure the guards
never enter this villa,
[16:12] Hilde
nor will they try to do your job.
[16:15] Hilde
So please understand that you aren't the
only one who wants to keep Annerose safe.
[16:36] Hilde
Everything is so nice and well-ordered...
[16:40] Hilde
Did Annerose do all this?
[16:56] Hilde
The daytime sky belongs to the earth,
[16:59] Hilde
and the nighttime sky is of the universe.
[17:01] Hilde
Who was is that said that?
[17:05] Hilde
Beyond those stars, Annerose's
brother continues his battle
[17:11] Hilde
and is trying to expand
the fight even further.
[17:23] Na
Reinhard ordered Nicholas Boltik,
Fezzan's commissioner in the Empire,
SIGN Commissioner Nicholas Boltik
[17:28] Na
to appear before him personally.
[17:36] Reinhard
There's one thing I want to confirm first.
[17:39] Boltik
Of course. What would that be?
[17:42] Reinhard
Are you Landesherr Rubinsky's
deputy plenipotentiary
[17:46] Reinhard
or merely his errand boy?
[17:50] Reinhard
Well?
[17:51] Boltik
In form, I am naturally the
latter, Your Excellency.
[17:56] Reinhard
In form, eh?
[17:57] Reinhard
I have never known a Fezzani
to value form over substance.
[18:02] Boltik
May I take that as a compliment?
[18:06] Reinhard
I have no intention of meddling
in your interpretations.
[18:10] Boltik
Uh-huh...
[18:11] Reinhard
What is it that Fezzan wants?
[18:15] Boltik
With all due respect, Your Excellency,
I'm not sure what you mean.
[18:20] Reinhard
Oh, you're not, are you?
[18:22] Boltik
Correct. You must forgive
my lack of understanding.
[18:26] Reinhard
Well, this is a problem.
[18:28] Reinhard
The first-rate performance of a
first-rate play is entirely dependent
[18:32] Reinhard
on the presence of first-rate actors,
[18:34] Reinhard
yet your acting is so
transparent as to be boring.
[18:38] Boltik
That's quite a harsh thing to say.
[18:41] Reinhard
I suppose I should put it another way.
[18:44] Reinhard
I'm asking you what Fezzan stands to
gain from kidnapping the emperor.
[18:53] Reinhard
I also think that job is too much
for Count Landsberg to handle.
[18:57] Reinhard
Am I wrong?
[18:59] Boltik
I'm surprised. You've figured that much out?
[19:03] Boltik
Then I'm sure you also know
[19:05] Boltik
that the tip came from a member of
Fezzan's autonomous government,
[19:09] Boltik
and that it was intended as a signal to you.
[19:14] Boltik
Then, Your Excellency, allow me to
explain my full intentions to you.
[19:21] Boltik
Fezzan wishes to cooperate with you
[19:26] Boltik
in your great effort to take
control of the universe.
[19:30] Reinhard
You're saying this on Rubinsky's behalf, then?
[19:32] Boltik
Yes.
[19:33] Reinhard
Yet the first step in that cooperation
[19:36] Reinhard
is having a remnant of the high
nobility kidnap the emperor.
[19:41] Reinhard
I'd say that requires some explanation.
[19:44] Boltik
Here is what I personally think.
[19:48] Boltik
Count Landsberg rescues the emperor
from the hands of traitors—
[19:53] Boltik
Ah, I speak from his perspective, of course.
[19:57] Boltik
Then he flees to the
Free Planets Alliance via Fezzan,
[20:00] Boltik
where he establishes a government in exile.
[20:04] Boltik
Of course, there is no substance
to this supposition,
[20:07] Boltik
but you would never allow such
a thing to happen, correct?
[20:12] Reinhard
Obviously.
[20:13] Boltik
Which would give you just cause
[20:15] Boltik
to take punitive action against
the Free Planets Alliance.
[20:22] Boltik
Do you not agree?
[20:24] Reinhard
And what would you have me do, then?
[20:27] Reinhard
Bow my head in gratitude
for Fezzan's kindness?
[20:31] Boltik
Now, there's no need for
such a sarcastic tone.
[20:34] Reinhard
Then tell me exactly what you want me to do.
[20:37] Reinhard
Probing one another's intentions
occasionally is fine,
[20:40] Reinhard
but to do so every time will
only cause a stomachache.
[20:42] Boltik
Then I will get straight to the point.
[20:46] Boltik
I want you to seize political
and military supremacy,
[20:50] Boltik
in addition to every form of worldly power.
[20:55] Boltik
And for as long as Your Excellency rules,
[20:59] Boltik
Fezzan will monopolize all financial
interests in the universe,
[21:02] Boltik
particularly trade and
transportation between planets.
[21:07] Boltik
What do you say?
[21:09] Reinhard
It's not a bad deal, but you've
missed just one detail.
[21:13] Reinhard
What would be Fezzan's political
position going forward?
[21:16] Boltik
You will recognize Fezzan's
autonomy under your suzerainty.
[21:20] Boltik
In other words, the rulership
changes, but life remains the same.
[21:25] Reinhard
But if the Alliance refuses to
accept the emperor's defection,
[21:29] Reinhard
there will be no way to move forward,
no matter how brilliant the play.
[21:34] Reinhard
What do you say to that?
[21:36] Boltik
As far as that goes, I ask you to
trust in the workings of Fezzan.
[21:40] Boltik
We have taken the necessary steps.
[21:43] Reinhard
Commissioner, if Fezzan
wishes to ally with me,
[21:47] Reinhard
there is one additional thing
they will need to offer.
[21:51] Boltik
And... what is that?
[21:53] Reinhard
It should go without saying.
[21:55] Reinhard
The right to free travel
through the Fezzan Corridor.
[21:58] Reinhard
I'm telling you to give that
right to the Imperial Navy.
[22:05] Reinhard
What's the matter?
Why are you so shocked?
[22:08] Reinhard
Why don't you respond?
[22:10] Boltik
I-I cannot give an immediate
answer, Your Excellency.
[22:13] Reinhard
You said you would help me gain
full supremacy, did you not?
[22:19] Reinhard
Then you should be more than
happy to agree to my demands.
[22:23] Reinhard
No matter how justified my
invasion of the Alliance may be,
[22:26] Reinhard
it's futile if the route by which
I can invade is closed to me.
[22:31] Boltik
Yes, but...
[22:32] Reinhard
Wipe your sweat!
[22:34] Reinhard
Or is what you people really want
[22:36] Reinhard
the dumping of countless bodies along the
Iserlohn Corridor by the Imperial Navy?
[22:40] Reinhard
It could very well happen.
[22:42] Reinhard
After both of the major powers fall,
[22:45] Reinhard
Fezzan is the only one left
standing to profit. Is that it?
[22:48] Boltik
You are overthinking this, Your Excellency.
[22:51] Reinhard
Very well.
[22:53] Reinhard
Fezzan has its own interests and opinions.
[22:56] Reinhard
But the same goes for both
the Empire and the Alliance.
[23:00] Reinhard
Say two of the three powers were to merge together.
[23:04] Reinhard
There's no reason to believe one of the two
would have to be Fezzan, is there?
[23:16] Na
Reinhard's laughter was more piercing
to Boltik's eardrums than any needle.
[23:24] Na
It happened in June of the year IC 489...
SIGN Episode 40
SIGN Maze
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Maze."
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SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN Capital Planet Odin Urban Area
[02:00] Landsberg
Aren't you going to eat, Captain?
[02:07] Landsberg
Nothing beats the Imperial
capital's dark beer.
[02:09] Landsberg
The stuff on Fezzan can't even
compare to how rich this is.
SIGN Episode 40
SIGN Maze
SIGN Fezzan Commissioner's Office in the Imperial Capital
[02:33] Secretary
Commissioner...
[02:35] Secretary
How did the negotiation
with Duke Lohengramm go?
[02:39] Boltik
Does it look like I was successful?!
[02:41] Boltik
That blond brat attached the
most outrageous threat to it!
[02:45] Secretary
What... do you mean?
[02:47] Boltik
He could join with the Alliance to
stage a military subjugation of Fezzan.
[02:52] Boltik
So he said we shouldn't be convinced
that Fezzan alone has an advantage.
[02:56] Secretary
But surely there's no way he could do that.
[03:11] Secretary
So, what are you going to do?
[03:14] Boltik
Don't be so indirect about it.
[03:16] Boltik
We don't need to worry
about wiretaps in here.
[03:18] Secretary
Then, as for Count Landsberg
and Captain Schumacher...
[03:23] Secretary
Perhaps we should abandon the plan,
[03:26] Secretary
do away with the two of them,
and pretend we know nothing?
[03:29] Secretary
It is terribly unfortunate,
[03:32] Secretary
but we can always try again another day.
[03:34] Boltik
No.
[03:37] Boltik
There's no way the blond
brat knows everything.
[03:43] Boltik
He doesn't know what waits
in the shadows behind Fezzan.
[03:49] Boltik
I still have an ace up my sleeve.
[03:51] Boltik
We will carry out the kidnapping
of the emperor as planned.
[03:57] Paul
It sounds like something the
Black Fox of Fezzan would do.
[04:00] Paul
They're only responsible for
the script and direction.
[04:04] Paul
Others do the dancing for them.
[04:07] Reinhard
Anyone who stands on the stage
could be sniped from the audience.
[04:10] Reinhard
They intentionally expose
others to that danger.
[04:14] Paul
So, what will you do?
[04:16] Paul
Accept Fezzan's proposal and
let them kidnap the emperor?
[04:21] Reinhard
I do think it could be entertaining
to let them try it.
[04:25] Paul
Then shall we reduce the
guard around the palace
[04:29] Paul
to make it easier for them?
[04:31] Reinhard
No need for that.
[04:33] Reinhard
There's a man in this universe capable of a
bloodless occupation of Iserlohn Fortress.
[04:39] Reinhard
Can I really join forces with people
who can't even kidnap one emperor?
[04:44] Paul
Understood.
[04:46] Reinhard
All we can do for now is keep an
eye on things, but that's fine.
[04:50] Reinhard
Let's just see how patriotic that
talentless poet and his buddy can be.
[04:55] Paul
That's all well and good,
[04:57] Paul
but if the emperor is kidnapped,
[04:59] Paul
the one in charge of the palace guard
will certainly be held responsible.
[05:04] Paul
We would have no choice but to make
Vice Admiral Molt pay with his life.
[05:11] Reinhard
Can we really let him die?
[05:13] Paul
Vice Admiral Molt is an old-fashioned man.
[05:16] Paul
If the emperor is kidnapped,
[05:18] Paul
he would be too proud to beg for mercy,
[05:20] Paul
even if you were to forgive him.
[05:28] Reinhard
Very well. So it must be.
[05:31] Reinhard
When it happens, we will have
Molt assume responsibility.
[05:33] Reinhard
But only him. No one else.
[05:37] Paul
Molt reports directly to Kesler.
[05:40] Reinhard
A man like Kesler is hard to come by.
[05:43] Reinhard
If the Chief of Military Police was arrested
[05:45] Reinhard
it would cause unrest among the men.
[05:47] Reinhard
A warning and a pay cut would be enough.
[05:50] Paul
Your Excellency, forgive me, but there
is one thing I would like to say.
[05:54] Paul
It is impossible to make a road through a
forest without felling a tree or moving a stone.
[06:01] Reinhard
You think I'm not aware of that?
[06:05] Paul
So you say, but you seem prone to forgetting
the most elementary concepts, at times.
[06:13] Paul
Since the beginning of history,
[06:15] Paul
there has not been one hero
who didn't build his throne
[06:19] Paul
atop a massive pile of
both enemies and allies.
[06:23] Paul
There is no such thing as
a monarch with clean hands,
[06:25] Paul
and those who serve under the
monarch are aware of this.
[06:29] Paul
I would just like you to consider
[06:31] Paul
that sometimes granting death
is one way to reward loyalty.
[06:36] Reinhard
Are you saying you wouldn't hesitate
to shed your own blood for me?
[06:43] Paul
If it was necessary.
[06:48] Reinhard
I'll remember that.
[06:50] Reinhard
We're done here. Leave.
[06:53] Paul
Yes, sir.
[07:01] Raabenard
Welcome home, sir.
[07:06] Raabenard
Your dinner is ready.
[07:09] Raabenard
Will you be changing clothes?
[07:11] Paul
No, I'm expecting another
summons from Duke Lohengramm.
[07:15] Paul
I'll keep this on.
[07:27] Streit
Chief of Staff,
[07:29] Streit
Duke Lohengramm requests
your presence urgently.
[07:32] Streit
He is still at the Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
[07:34] Streit
Please make your way there.
[07:39] Reinhard
I forgot one thing.
[07:42] Paul
What might that be?
[07:43] Reinhard
Don't tell me you were surprised.
[07:45] Reinhard
You wouldn't have come here so quickly
if you weren't expecting my summons.
[07:49] Paul
I sincerely apologize.
[07:51] Paul
I knew there was no way you hadn't
considered potential new candidates
[07:55] Paul
to replace Erwin Josef as emperor.
[07:58] Reinhard
I assume you have someone in
mind as a candidate, then?
[08:03] Paul
The emperor before the previous one,
Ludwig III, had a grandchild,
[08:06] Paul
the third princess's daughter.
[08:08] Paul
The father is Viscount Pegnitz, a noble,
[08:10] Paul
but one who didn't take part
in last year's civil war.
[08:13] Paul
He has no interest in anything
except ivory carvings.
[08:17] Paul
The mother is Countess Bodendorf's niece.
[08:21] Paul
She is female, but in this case,
I believe an empress would be acceptable.
[08:25] Reinhard
How old is she?
[08:26] Paul
Five months.
[08:29] Paul
What will you do?
Search for another candidate?
[08:34] Reinhard
Very well. I'll give the
throne to this infant.
[08:38] Reinhard
It won't make a very
interesting toy for a child,
[08:42] Reinhard
but the universe could stand to
have one baby with such a toy.
[08:46] Reinhard
Two is too many, though.
[08:49] Paul
Understood.
[08:51] Paul
Incidentally, regarding Viscount Pegnitz...
[08:53] Paul
It seems the bill for some of his
ivory carvings has yet to be paid,
[08:57] Paul
and the seller has filed
a civil suit against him.
[09:00] Paul
How would you like to deal with that?
[09:02] Reinhard
How much money are they asking for?
[09:04] Paul
75,000 Imperial marks.
[09:07] Reinhard
Settle it.
[09:08] Reinhard
It would look bad if the new empress's
father was in jail for unpaid debts.
[09:14] Reinhard
Pay for it with the Ministry of the
Imperial Household's reserve funds.
[09:17] Paul
Understood.
[09:28] Landsberg
I can't believe you were able to get this.
[09:31] Schumacher
It wasn't easy, even for Fezzan.
[09:34] Na
Neue Sanssouci is divided
into four main areas,
[09:37] Na
the East Garden, the South Garden,
the West Garden, and the North Garden,
[09:43] Na
but there are far more buildings and gardens
that do not fall into any of these.
[09:48] Na
The grounds cover a total
area of 66 square kilometers.
[09:54] Na
However, Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
implemented drastic cuts on palace funds,
[09:59] Na
closing down half of the buildings there.
[10:06] Schumacher
It has surprisingly few defenses in place.
[10:10] Landsberg
It's been tradition since
Emperor Rudolf's time
[10:12] Landsberg
to defend this massive area with
only humans, not machines.
[10:19] Landsberg
Back then, there was a guard posted every
twenty paces in every garden and corridor.
[10:25] Landsberg
It must have been a magnificent sight.
[10:28] Schumacher
It doesn't look like Duke
Lohengramm's interference
[10:30] Schumacher
has reached the guards inside the palace yet.
[10:33] Landsberg
If he enters the palace,
I will be his personal guide.
[10:37] Landsberg
Past emperors fearing
assassination and rebellion
[10:41] Landsberg
installed many secret passages and
rooms as evacuation and escape routes.
[10:45] Landsberg
Even Duke Lohengramm can't
be aware of all of them.
[10:50] Schumacher
The mazes of Neue Sanssouci, you mean?
[10:54] Landsberg
The palace underground, in particular,
is regarded as sacred and inviolable,
[10:57] Landsberg
so it hasn't been thoroughly inspected.
[10:59] Landsberg
It would probably be best to use that.
[11:02] Landsberg
It may be blatant disrespect,
but it's all to save the emperor.
[11:06] Landsberg
I'm sure he'll forgive us.
[11:09] Landsberg
Throughout the five centuries
since Emperor Rudolf's time,
[11:13] Landsberg
Neue Sanssouci has been
adorned with many legends.
[11:16] Landsberg
What we are about to do will
surely be added to that list!
[11:24] Schumacher
I agree with the use of the underground maze,
[11:27] Schumacher
but I feel a diversion will be
necessary in order to pull this off.
[11:31] Landsberg
A diversion?
[11:33] Schumacher
While we attempt to
infiltrate Neue Sanssouci,
[11:37] Schumacher
we will simultaneously carry out a covert
operation in the military or police facilities.
[11:41] Schumacher
That will distract all those
involved with the guard.
[11:45] Landsberg
It's not a bad idea,
[11:48] Landsberg
but Duke Lohengramm is sharp.
[11:50] Landsberg
He might figure out what we're doing.
[11:53] Schumacher
Still, it can't hurt to try.
[11:55] Schumacher
Personally, I intend to have
a spy from Fezzan do it.
[12:00] Landsberg
We couldn't ask them to do that.
[12:03] Landsberg
They have lent us a helping
hand in our noble cause.
[12:08] Landsberg
Wouldn't you say they've
done enough, Captain?
[12:12] Landsberg
Besides, pulling this off ourselves,
as subjects of the House of Goldenbaum,
[12:17] Landsberg
is what will give this
deed its true splendor.
[12:22] Schumacher
I see. You do have a point.
[12:25] Landsberg
Anyway, Captain,
as for our infiltration route...
[12:31] Landsberg
Personally, this is the
route I'd like to use.
[12:35] Landsberg
An underground passage from
[12:36] Landsberg
the palace interior to the Imperial Natural
History Museum building's basement.
[12:41] Landsberg
This passage will let us out at the foot of
the Sigismund I statue in the South Garden.
[12:46] Landsberg
Most of the areas it passes
through are closed now,
[12:49] Landsberg
so there's little chance we'll be found.
[12:51] Landsberg
And above all, this passage
was built by my ancestor
[12:56] Landsberg
five generations ago, at the emperor's command.
[13:00] Landsberg
It was determined five whole
generations ago that I must be
[13:04] Landsberg
the one to carry out this great mission.
[13:07] Landsberg
It can only be called destiny.
[13:09] Landsberg
But the only question is how we get
inside the Natural History Museum.
[13:23] Schumacher
Dark beer from the Imperial capital...
[13:25] Schumacher
This stuff is made in a factory
that's funded by Fezzan.
[13:29] Schumacher
And even this hotel...
[13:33] Landsberg
Your Imperial Majesty...
[13:42] Kesler
End surveillance on Leopold
Schumacher and Count Landsberg?
[13:46] Kesler
Is that an order from Duke Lohengramm?
[13:49] Paul
Yes.
[13:53] Kesler
Understood.
[14:09] Old
I'd like to see my husband.
[14:12] Police
The official residence is
that way. I'll walk you.
[14:15] Old
Oh, thank you so much.
[14:18] Low Soldier
So at training the other day...
[14:46] Boltik
I told you to contact
me through my secretary.
[14:49] Boltik
You can't just call me
out to a place like this.
[14:52] Schumacher
I can't say this to anyone but you.
[14:54] Schumacher
The plan is as I described.
[14:56] Schumacher
We'll invade Neue Sanssouci via a passage
beneath the Natural History Museum.
[15:00] Schumacher
But before we carry out the
plan, I have a few requests.
[15:04] Boltik
Requests? Like what?
[15:07] Schumacher
First, a diversion.
[15:09] Schumacher
Initiate some sort of large-scale destructive action
within the city on the day of the operation.
[15:20] Schumacher
Leak false reports to security
authorities and the press.
[15:24] Boltik
Wha—
[15:25] Schumacher
Next, have a vehicle ready in front
of the Natural History Museum.
[15:29] Schumacher
Upon our return, take us to the
commissioner's office and let us stay there.
[15:33] Boltik
Wait!
[15:39] Boltik
Fine. I'll get you a vehicle,
and I'll let you stay at the office.
[15:43] Boltik
But this diversion...
[15:46] Schumacher
Don't make us out to be the
only perpetrators here.
[15:49] Schumacher
The principal offenders in
this operation are you people.
[15:56] Schumacher
I learned something when I returned to Odin.
[15:58] Schumacher
Duke Lohengramm's reforms are
moving in a positive direction.
[16:03] Schumacher
Officials and soldiers who
suck up to those above them
[16:09] Schumacher
while treating commoners oppressively
have all disappeared.
[16:13] Schumacher
Though I still say history can't be
changed once it's set in motion...
[16:17] Boltik
What are you getting at?
[16:19] Schumacher
Only that there's a chance you guys
could sell us out to Duke Lohengramm—
[16:25] Schumacher
use us as sacrifices to get
the Empire in your debt.
[16:28] Schumacher
It's not at all impossible.
[16:31] Boltik
So you want to assure your own safety?
[16:34] Schumacher
I have subordinates I left behind in Fezzan.
[16:37] Schumacher
I can't die here.
[16:40] Schumacher
So don't worry. So long as I'm
doing this, I will be successful.
[16:44] Schumacher
I'm not doing it for you people.
[16:46] Schumacher
I'm doing it out of my own
pride as a military man.
[17:29] Captain
The factory is here, just like the tip said.
[17:32] Capital
There's a massive amount
of ammo hidden in it.
[17:35] Kesler
I see. And the perpetrators?
[17:38] Captain
Not here. It's deserted.
[17:56] Landsberg
My ancestor who built
this underground passage
[17:59] Landsberg
was an avid collector of lucky charms.
[18:01] Landsberg
See, my ancestor, Glücksbringer...
[18:08] Landsberg
It looks like others have tried
to come down here before us.
[18:14] Landsberg
But I guess no one was able to
get in without my ancestor's map.
[19:24] Landsberg
Your Imperial Majesty!
SIGN Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Erwin Josef II
[19:35] Landsberg
Your Imperial Majesty...
[19:38] Erwin
Why isn't that man bowing to me?
[19:41] Landsberg
Captain! You're in the presence of
[19:43] Landsberg
His Imperial Majesty Erwin Josef,
the one who unified the universe!
[19:50] Landsberg
Your Majesty, I am Count Alfred
von Landsberg, your loyal subject.
[19:57] Landsberg
I have come to rescue you from
the hands of subjects less loyal.
[20:08] Landsberg
While it is an emergency,
[20:11] Landsberg
I beg your forgiveness for my
many breaches of etiquette.
[20:14] Landsberg
Allow me to make amends for
the sins of my fellow subjects
[20:18] Landsberg
by giving my own life to accompany you.
[20:23] Landsberg
Everything has been arranged.
[20:26] Landsberg
Now, Your Majesty, come with us...
[20:42] Schumacher
Count...
[20:44] Landsberg
We have no choice.
[20:52] Landsberg
I know this is unforgivable,
[20:55] Landsberg
but please, Your Majesty, please be patient.
[20:58] Maid
Your Majesty?
[20:59] Maid
Is everything all right?
[21:20] Maid
Your Majesty...
[21:45] Schumacher
This wasn't a rescue.
It was a kidnapping in every way.
[21:50] Schumacher
What a farce.
SIGN Vice Admiral Molt
[21:58] Molt
Begin a search of the
palace interior at once!
[22:00] Aide
Yes, sir!
[22:02] Molt
Servants...
[22:04] Molt
I ask that you keep this
matter in strict secrecy.
[22:17] Aide
A residual heat analysis has
revealed suspicious footprints.
[22:21] Aide
We tried to follow them,
but they disappeared.
[22:25] Molt
Disappeared? What does that mean?
[22:28] Aide
Well, they stop near the
statue of Sigismund I.
[22:32] Aide
An analysis with our scanner revealed that
[22:34] Aide
there seems to be an underground
passage leading to the outside there.
[22:40] Aide
But there is disagreement as to
whether we should move the statue...
[22:44] Aide
I am unqualified to make such a decision.
[22:47] Aide
With your permission, we will investigate
immediately, but until then...
[22:57] Kesler
Close the space port at once.
[22:59] Kesler
Mobilize the military police
to begin inspections.
[23:02] Captain
Yes, sir.
[23:04] Kesler
They kidnapped the emperor?
Who could have done this?
[23:12] (Flashback) Kesler
End surveillance on Leopold
Schumacher and Count Landsberg?
[23:16] (Flashback) Kesler
Is that an order from Duke Lohengramm?
[23:19] Paul
Yes.
SIGN Episode 41
SIGN The Die Is Cast
[25:01] Na
Next time, "The Die Is Cast."
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[00:01] Na
At 3:30 AM on July 7th of the year IC 489,
[00:06] Na
an urgent report from Admiral Kesler,
the Chief of Military Police,
[00:10] Na
prompted Reinhard to get up
in the middle of the night.
[00:40] Streit
Is the report true, Madam Secretary?
[00:43] Hilde
Without question.
[00:45] Streit
Has a gag order been imposed?
[00:47] Hilde
I'm verifying that it's
been enforced on all involved.
[01:01] Reinhard
Thank you for coming so early.
SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:54] Kesler
Insolent intruders have kidnapped
His Majesty the Emperor.
[02:59] Kesler
I am truly sorry.
[03:01] Reinhard
Kesler, fulfilling your duties
[03:05] Reinhard
is more important than apologizing to me.
[03:07] Reinhard
Continue as leader of the military police,
[03:09] Reinhard
and recover His Majesty.
[03:12] Reinhard
Do not let them leave the capital with him.
[03:14] Kesler
Yes, sir.
[03:33] Reinhard
Vice Admiral Molt.
[03:34] Reinhard
Today at noon, I will pass your sentence
as the one in charge of the guard.
[03:39] Reinhard
You will be confined until then.
Use the time to settle your affairs.
[03:44] Reinhard
Leave no regrets behind.
[03:47] Molt
Yes, sir.
[04:14] Reinhard
Rücke.
[04:15] Rücke
Yes, sir?
[04:16] Reinhard
Gather the admirals and high admirals here.
[04:19] Rücke
Yes, sir.
SIGN Episode 41
SIGN The Die Is Cast
[04:33] Na
At this time, the Galactic Imperial Navy had
[04:35] Na
three high admirals and ten admirals.
[04:40] Na
Excluding Kesler, the one leading
the search for the emperor,
[04:44] Na
and Müller, who was still recuperating after
his loss in the battle for Iserlohn Fortress,
[04:50] Na
eleven of these thirteen men assembled
at the Fleet Admiral's Mansion at dawn.
[04:54] Reinhard
There was a minor incident
at Neue Sanssouci tonight.
[04:59] Reinhard
Someone kidnapped a seven-year-old boy.
[05:07] Reinhard
I have Kesler searching
for the perpetrators,
[05:10] Reinhard
but as of yet, they have not been found.
[05:12] Reinhard
I would like to hear your opinions before
responding to any developments in this case.
[05:16] Reinhard
Speak without hesitation.
[05:19] Wolfgang
The perpetrators are remnants
of the high nobility.
[05:21] Wolfgang
Their goal is to rally the other nobles
and become a force in the galaxy once more.
[05:26] Wolfgang
That's self-evident.
[05:28] Wahlen
Even if that's the case, I can't
believe they'd kidnap the emperor.
[05:33] Wahlen
Their abilities to organize and
mobilize are not to be taken lightly.
[05:37] Wahlen
Who is the mastermind?
[05:39] Oskar
We'll find that out in due time.
[05:42] Oskar
If the perpetrators are found,
Kesler will make them talk.
[05:45] Oskar
If they're not found, they'll proudly
boast of their achievement.
[05:50] Oskar
After all, if they don't make it publicly
known that they have the emperor,
[05:54] Oskar
the purpose of kidnapping
him goes unfulfilled.
[05:58] Lutz
I agree with you,
[06:00] Lutz
but by doing so, they would
be inviting us to retaliate.
[06:04] Lutz
Are they prepared for that?
[06:06] Fritz
They wouldn't have done this
if they weren't prepared.
[06:09] Fritz
They may be planning to use the emperor
as a shield to deflect our attacks,
[06:14] Fritz
futile as that would be.
[06:16] Fahrenheit
Yes, they must have a plan in mind to
evade our pursuit for a while, at least.
[06:22] Helmut
What makes you so confident?
[06:25] Helmut
So long as they're within the Empire,
[06:27] Helmut
they can't avoid our navy's
searches and attacks for long.
[06:32] Steinmetz
Or is it possible they're planning to
secretly build a base in the borderlands?
[06:38] Ernest
If so, that would make them a
second Free Planets Alliance.
[06:45] Paul
Not even a second one.
[06:47] Paul
We should consider the presence of the
Free Planets Alliance in this case.
[06:52] Paul
The former high nobles and the republicans
may seem like oil and water,
[06:57] Paul
but when it comes to hindering
Duke Lohengramm's supremacy,
[07:01] Paul
there's no guarantee they won't collude.
[07:04] Paul
If the perpetrators escape to the
Free Planets Alliance with the emperor,
[07:09] Paul
it won't be so easy to launch an offensive.
[07:16] Reinhard
Soon enough,
[07:18] Reinhard
we will find out where His Majesty is.
[07:21] Reinhard
I would rather not rush
to any decisions now,
[07:24] Reinhard
but if the insurgents who call
themselves the Free Planets Alliance
[07:28] Reinhard
have a hand in this insubordinate scheme,
[07:31] Reinhard
I will not fail to make them pay for it.
[07:34] Reinhard
They will be drown in regret
for making such a big mistake
[07:38] Reinhard
because they were consumed
by a moment's greed.
[07:42] Reinhard
We will cover the emperor's
absence by saying he is unwell.
[07:46] Reinhard
And since the imperial seal is being
held at the prime minister's residence,
[07:50] Reinhard
the state of our politics
should be safe for now.
[07:53] Reinhard
I make only two requests of all of you.
[07:56] Reinhard
First, speak to no one about
the emperor's kidnapping.
[08:00] Reinhard
Second, have your respective fleets
ready to mobilize at any time
[08:05] Reinhard
and prepare for urgent
orders at a later date.
[08:08] Reinhard
These are my two requests.
[08:10] Reinhard
Further orders will follow if
anything else becomes necessary.
[08:14] Reinhard
Thank you for coming before
the dawn had even broken.
[08:17] Reinhard
You are dismissed.
[08:25] Wolfgang
Reuenthal!
[08:27] Wolfgang
Why don't you come by
my place for breakfast?
[08:31] Wolfgang
Evangeline is cooking.
[08:34] Oskar
That's a good idea. I hate to impose,
but I'll take you up on that.
[08:39] Wolfgang
To be open and accepting is a good thing.
[08:43] Oskar
Once in a while, sure.
[08:49] Wolfgang
Duke Lohengramm isn't fazed by
this serious incident at all.
[08:54] Oskar
Indeed.
[08:55] Wolfgang
I wouldn't expect him to be... but...
[09:00] Oskar
Behind every crime is someone
who benefits from it.
[09:05] Oskar
Who stands to gain the most
from the emperor's kidnapping?
[09:10] Wolfgang
You're saying it's not
the former high nobles?
[09:17] Wolfgang
An unprecedented number of troops
might be dispatched soon.
[09:21] Oskar
Yes.
[09:23] Oskar
The time to challenge our enemy
face-to-face may be drawing near.
[09:28] Oskar
Yang Wen-li himself.
[09:34] Reinhard
Fraulein, it seems there's
something you want to say to me.
[09:39] Hilde
I said something to you the other day.
[09:43] Hilde
That if Fezzan was sending
spies into the Empire,
[09:47] Hilde
their goal was likely to kidnap someone,
[09:49] Hilde
and that we could determine their target.
[09:52] Reinhard
Yes, I remember.
[09:54] Hilde
You enhanced the guard around your
sister's residence to protect her.
[09:59] Hilde
But on the other hand, the guard
around the emperor was neglected,
[10:03] Hilde
allowing the infiltrators to
take him with no resistance.
[10:05] Hilde
I cannot help but find this strange.
[10:09] Fraulein
What is your conclusion?
[10:11] Hilde
My belief is that
[10:13] Hilde
you have joined forces with Fezzan and
allowed them to kidnap the emperor.
[10:19] Hilde
Am I wrong?
[10:24] Reinhard
No, you're not.
[10:31] Reinhard
But to be truly accurate...
[10:35] Reinhard
I haven't joined forces with Fezzan.
[10:39] Reinhard
I'm only using them.
[10:41] Hilde
You mean you're trying to keep
Fezzan under your thumb?
[10:45] Reinhard
They're the ones who tried
to get me under their thumb.
[10:49] Reinhard
So in exchange for letting
them kidnap the emperor,
[10:51] Reinhard
I demanded free passage
through the Fezzan Corridor.
[10:55] Reinhard
They had no choice but to agree.
[10:57] Hilde
Then you intend to take large-scale military
action against the Free Planets Alliance?
[11:03] Reinhard
Yes, but that was already
set in stone long ago.
[11:08] Reinhard
I'm only moving the schedule up a bit.
[11:10] Reinhard
This also gives me the perfect
justification to strike.
[11:14] Hilde
Then is sacrificing Vice Admiral Molt
a part of this greater strategy?
[11:26] Reinhard
What is it?
[11:30] Rücke
Vice Admiral Molt has
just committed suicide.
[11:36] Reinhard
I see.
[11:42] Reinhard
Rücke, I order you to take
care of the aftermath.
[11:46] Reinhard
Molt was a soldier. Do not
let his honor be sullied.
[11:50] Reinhard
And give his family our most
respectful protection, please.
[11:54] Rücke
Yes, sir.
[11:59] Reinhard
If you were to call this extreme
hypocrisy, you'd be right.
[12:02] Reinhard
If an action is worthy of punishment,
karma will one day deal it out,
[12:06] Reinhard
no matter who it is.
[12:10] Reinhard
I want you to assist Rücke.
[12:13] Hilde
Understood, Duke Lohengramm.
SIGN Dominion of Fezzan
[12:33] Rupert
The group with the emperor has left Odin,
[12:37] Rupert
and is heading for Fezzan as planned.
[12:39] Rupert
After they arrive, plans will
be made with Count Remscheid
[12:42] Rupert
to defect to the Free Planets Alliance.
[12:46] Rupert
Once this all comes to light,
[12:48] Rupert
all of humanity, excluding us,
will surely be astonished.
[12:53] Rubinsky
Even with the emperor gone,
[12:55] Rubinsky
I doubt Duke Lohengramm will
assume the throne himself.
[12:59] Rubinsky
He's more likely to install a
puppet until the time is right.
[13:03] Rupert
I believe you are right.
[13:05] Rubinsky
Well, I think we can say it's
been successful thus far.
[13:10] Rubinsky
Looks like Boltik did his job well, too.
[13:13] Rupert
About that, Your Excellency...
[13:16] Rupert
According to the intel I've acquired,
[13:18] Rupert
it seems Commissioner Boltik may
not have been entirely successful.
[13:23] Rubinsky
But Duke Lohengramm didn't do anything
to prevent the emperor's kidnapping.
[13:30] Rubinsky
Can't we take that to mean Boltik's
negotiations were effective?
[13:35] Rupert
On the surface, that may be true,
[13:38] Rupert
but who was the one leading those
negotiations, and who was following?
[13:44] Rupert
This says he deliberately swapped
those roles in his report.
[13:48] Rubinsky
You're saying Boltik was the one
under Duke Lohengramm's thumb?
[13:52] Rupert
Correct.
[13:53] Rupert
Even though it hadn't happened yet,
he acknowledged the kidnapping plan
[13:57] Rupert
and handed Duke Lohengramm the
lead in the negotiations.
[14:01] Rupert
This cannot be called anything
less than a serious mistake.
[14:04] Rubinsky
We don't know that for sure yet.
[14:07] Rubinsky
Don't jump the gun.
[14:09] Rupert
But...
[14:11] Rupert
No, you are right.
[14:16] Rubinsky
Inform Count Remscheid that
the emperor has been rescued.
[14:46] Remscheid
Bear witness, Great God Odin!
[14:50] Remscheid
There truly is justice in this world!
[14:55] Remscheid
Hey, I need alcohol. Bring me wine.
[14:57] Remscheid
White, aged 80 years.
[15:00] Rupert
I humbly share in your joy, Your Excellency.
[15:03] Rupert
But please keep this confidential until
we make the Free Planets Alliance
[15:09] Rupert
acknowledge the emperor's defection.
[15:10] Remscheid
Yes, I know.
[15:12] Remscheid
On that note, I've made a list of cabinet
ministers for this government in exile,
[15:17] Remscheid
though it isn't perfect
since I made it in a hurry.
[15:19] Rupert
I appreciate your prompt action.
[15:22] Rupert
Would you mind showing it to me?
[15:28] Rupert
"The Legitimate Government
of the Galactic Empire."
[15:35] Rupert
Choosing these people must
have been challenging.
[15:39] Remscheid
Yes, there are many defectors,
[15:42] Remscheid
but few who have both loyalty to the
emperor and a certain degree of skill.
[15:49] Rupert
May I ask one question?
[15:52] Rupert
It makes sense for you to lead the
cabinet as the Minister of State,
[15:56] Rupert
but why did you not name yourself
the Imperial Prime Minister?
[16:00] Remscheid
I did consider that, of course,
[16:03] Remscheid
but it just seemed too audacious.
[16:07] Remscheid
I don't want to name myself
the Imperial Prime Minister
[16:09] Remscheid
until I bring His Majesty back
to the Imperial capital.
[16:13] Rupert
Please name yourself the
Imperial Prime Minister.
[16:16] Rupert
Would that not declare to the universe that
[16:20] Rupert
the "legitimate government" is,
indeed, legitimate?
[16:24] Remscheid
Well, yes, you're right, but...
[16:27] Rupert
I understand.
[16:30] Rupert
We can discuss that at a later date.
[16:33] Rupert
Incidentally, what will you do with
the ones who rescued the emperor,
[16:37] Rupert
Count Landsberg and Captain Shumacher?
[16:41] Remscheid
I haven't forgotten them, of course.
[16:43] Remscheid
For Count Landsberg, I have arranged the
position of Vice Minister of Military Affairs.
[16:48] Remscheid
As for Shumacher, I will give
him the title of admiral
[16:51] Remscheid
and have him advise Merkatz.
[16:55] Remscheid
They fought on the same battlefield
as the blond boy, after all.
[17:02] Rupert
Admiral Merkatz as Minister
of Military Affairs...
[17:04] Rupert
His skill makes him a natural
choice for the role,
[17:07] Rupert
but what will he and the Alliance want?
[17:10] Remscheid
What he himself wants will pose no problem.
[17:14] Remscheid
And if the Alliance is going to
acknowledge this government in exile,
[17:17] Remscheid
they'll let us have Merkatz.
[17:19] Rupert
I see.
[17:21] Rupert
And where is the military that the
Minister of Military Affairs will preside over?
[17:25] Remscheid
Well, of course...
[17:27] Remscheid
We'll have to bring defectors together,
then train and organize them.
[17:31] Remscheid
The main issue will be funding it.
[17:33] Rupert
No need to worry about that.
[17:35] Rupert
We will lend you any amount you need.
[17:38] Remscheid
I very much appreciate it.
[17:45] Remscheid
To a new dawn for the Galactic Empire!
[17:49] Rupert
It will come in two weeks, at dawn.
[18:05] Sailor
Ow, that's hot!
[18:07] Sailor
Have it your own damn way!
[18:13] Sailor
Tch!
SIGN Fezzani Merchant Ship: Rocinante
[18:17] Sailor
What the hell is with that kid?!
[18:19] Sailor
I put his food down, and he flung
that scalding hot stew all over me!
[18:24] Sailor
I don't know what noble family
he's from, but he's insufferable!
[18:29] Bomel
Don't talk like that.
SIGN Captain Bomel
[18:30] Bomel
The commissioner himself gave us this job,
[18:32] Bomel
and we're being paid the
full price in advance.
[18:35] Bomel
We don't pry into defectors'
backgrounds. You know that.
[18:39] Sailor
I know we say that, but—ow!
[18:42] Sailor
Anyway, you can get someone
else to take him his food!
[18:56] Bomel
For crying out loud...
[19:04] Bomel
I'm coming in.
[19:05] Landsberg
Oh, Captain, it's you!
[19:09] Landsberg
What can I do for you?
[19:13] Maid
I-I'm sorry!
[19:15] Bomel
What's going on?
[19:16] Landsberg
No, wait! It's nothing!
[19:18] Bomel
Doesn't sound like nothing to me.
[19:27] Bomel
He's not a wild cat.
[19:29] Bomel
Try do do something to keep
him under control, would you?
[19:32] Landsberg
I'm so sorry.
[19:34] Landsberg
Please, let's settle this amicably.
[19:39] Bomel
But really, please do something.
[19:41] Shumacher
Quiet!
[19:46] Landsberg
My apologies!
[19:49] Bomel
Looks bad. I'll bring medicine for her.
[19:52] Landsberg
No, that's all right.
[19:55] Bomel
Perhaps I'm overstepping my bounds,
[19:57] Bomel
but children need to be
strictly disciplined.
[20:00] Bomel
An undisciplined child is no
different from a wild animal.
[20:18] Rupert
Did Boltik really think
[20:20] Rupert
Duke Lohengramm would cry grateful
tears for the emperor's kidnapping?
[20:24] Rupert
My father has misjudged the
seriousness of that blunder.
[20:34] Rupert
The free passage that Duke Lohengramm
made him promise to grant them
[20:39] Rupert
was a right that needed
to be given eventually.
[20:42] Rupert
But the right time for it needed
to be chosen carefully,
[20:46] Rupert
and a price more than
suitable needed to be demanded.
[20:50] Dominique
So Imperial ships are going
to fly right over our heads?
[20:53] Rupert
They'll fill the whole sky.
[20:55] Rupert
And that day isn't far off.
[20:57] Dominique
How dreadful!
[20:59] Rupert
Our citizens, who believe
in Fezzan's neutrality
[21:01] Rupert
and take pride in their independent
spirits, are sure to be furious.
[21:07] Rupert
And what will the
Black Fox do then, I wonder?
[21:11] Rupert
I'm sure you must be concerned
about him falling from power.
[21:16] Dominique
Not at all.
[21:17] Dominique
You becoming the Landesherr would
mean the same thing for me.
[21:23] Rupert
If he falls from power, his dozens of
mistresses will be left out in the cold.
[21:28] Rupert
And despite living such
an unprincipled life,
[21:31] Rupert
he has no children.
[21:33] Rupert
How very prudent he must be.
[21:36] Dominique
Well, you're here, aren't you?
[21:38] Rupert
No, I'm not. That's the story.
[21:42] Rupert
On top of that, as an
agent for the Earth Cult,
[21:44] Rupert
he continues to deceive the
people of Fezzan to this day.
[21:48] Rupert
And he calls himself the
leader of a dominion?
[21:50] Rupert
He's human scum.
[21:56] Rupert
And in the end, I'm basically his excrement.
[22:00] Dominique
Stop that.
[22:02] Dominique
Though it's just like you to talk that way.
[22:09] Rupert
Can I ask a favor of you
before I lose all reason?
[22:13] Dominique
Sure. What is it?
[22:16] Rupert
There's a bishop in the
Earth Cult named Degsby.
[22:24] Dominique
I know him. His face is unnaturally pale.
[22:28] Rupert
I want dirt on him.
[22:30] Dominique
To get him on your side?
[22:33] Rupert
No, to make him my underling.
[22:36] Rupert
He may seem like the
embodiment of asceticism,
[22:38] Rupert
but I want to know if he really is.
[22:41] Rupert
If he's a fake, that gives me
a lot to take advantage of.
[22:45] Rupert
And even if he's the real deal, I can
change him, given enough time.
[22:51] Dominique
Between the Earth Cult and
these defecting nobles,
[22:55] Dominique
things certainly are lively as of late.
[22:58] Rupert
It's pandemonium.
[23:00] Rupert
In this country, there's always
someone trying to use someone else.
[23:05] Rupert
I don't want to be used by anyone.
[23:11] Dominique
That's enough "reason" for now.
[23:15] Dominique
You'll stay over tonight, won't you,
[23:18] Dominique
Rupert?
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[25:01] Na
Next time,
[25:03] Na
"The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government."
E42 - The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
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[00:01] Na
Everyone was preoccupied with
their own thoughts and schemes
[00:05] Na
following the kidnapping of the
young emperor Erwin Josef II.
[00:10] Na
Meanwhile, at Iserlohn Fortress, the
front line for the Alliance Navy...
[00:14] Na
Someone was indulging in a
long-awaited deep sleep.
[00:20] Julian
Admiral Yang.
[00:22] Julian
Don't you think you've been
a bit too careless lately?
[00:26] Yang
It's because of the cold I had not long ago.
[00:28] Yang
It pulled me away from all military
duties for one week,
[00:31] Yang
and in that time I realized that I'm much
more suited for sleeping.
[00:39] Julian
What are you writing?
[00:41] Yang
An essay. Want to read it?
[00:44] Julian
Yes, sir.
[00:46] Julian
"Liquor and Civilization."
[00:48] Julian
"Human civilization began
hand-in-hand with liquor,
[00:51] Julian
and civilization's end will likely
come alongside liquor, as well.
[00:56] Julian
Liquor is the source of all
intelligence and sensibility,
[00:59] Julian
and could be called the one and only
way to separate humans from beasts."
[01:04] Yang
Like it? It's a pretty solid focus,
if I do say so myself.
[01:08] Julian
I think even cheap bars these days come
up with better promotional slogans.
[01:14] Yang
You're so harsh, Julian.
[01:18] Yang
You mean that?
[01:19] Julian
Yes.
[01:21] Yang
I see...
[01:24] Yang
Well, that's not good.
[01:26] Julian
Yes.
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[02:59] Alex
Looks like you've finally realized that your
intellectual biorhythm has deteriorated.
[03:04] Yang
I've been like this ever since the inquiry.
[03:09] Dusty
Hey, have you two heard about
[03:11] Dusty
Rear Admiral Schönkopf and
Lieutenant Commander Poplin?
[03:15] Alex
What about them?
[03:17] Dusty
Well, actually...
[03:35] Dusty
Then, two days after that...
[03:49] Alex
That's not possible.
[03:51] Alex
At least, that's what I'd like to say...
[03:54] Yang
That's certainly a problem.
They're two of Julian's teachers.
[03:58] Dusty
No need to worry.
[04:00] Dusty
Julian wouldn't just do whatever
his teachers tell him to.
[04:04] Alex
Actually, you might want to worry
about Julian a little more.
[04:24] Dusty
He's the hero who took out a patrol
craft on his first campaign.
[04:28] Dusty
It's only natural.
[04:29] Alex
Essentially, Julian can
do all the things you can't.
[04:36] Alex
Let's be serious for a bit.
[04:38] Alex
What would you say if I said I'd like Julian
to join my family as Charlotte's husband?
[04:44] Yang
Charlotte is a nice girl...
[04:46] Yang
but it's her father I'm concerned about.
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[04:59] Julian
These really are good, Captain Linz!
[05:03] Linz
I started drawing instead
of keeping a journal,
[05:05] Linz
and before I knew it, I had a new hobby.
[05:14] Murai
What's so funny?
[05:19] Julian
Oh, nothing.
[05:21] Linz
Just discussing the rumors
about Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
[05:25] Murai
Rear Admiral Schönkopf...
What a troublemaker.
[05:34] Fyodor
It would be nice if things stayed
this way for the long term.
[05:39] Yang
It sure would, but...
[05:41] Fyodor
You know something?
[05:44] Yang
No, it's not that...
[05:47] Yang
But just because we've been
napping away doesn't mean that
[05:50] Yang
the Empire, Fezzan, and Heinessen
are doing the same thing.
[05:55] Fyodor
Good point.
[05:57] Fyodor
Checkmate.
[06:03] Yang
I just hope our situation with the Empire
[06:05] Yang
doesn't end up with us in
checkmate like this, too.
[06:09] Fyodor
I'm sure you can overcome anything
that stands in your way.
[06:12] Yang
That's not very convincing after I just
lost multiple 3D chess games in a row.
[06:21] Julian
Admiral!
[06:22] Julian
Chairman Trunicht is about to give a speech!
[06:25] Julian
They say it's big news, and it's urgent!
[06:31] Yang
Do I absolutely have to watch this?
[06:35] Frederica
We were told that all men
and officers must watch it.
[06:44] Trunicht
People of the Alliance...
[06:47] Trunicht
I, Job Trunicht, Chairman of the
Free Planets Alliance High Council,
[06:53] Trunicht
stand before you today to announce a
major turning point in human history.
[06:59] Trunicht
To be in the position to deliver
this announcement to you
[07:03] Trunicht
fills me with both joy and pride.
[07:06] Yang
Whatever it is, I don't give a damn.
[07:09] Trunicht
Recently, a certain defector came
to the Alliance seeking sanctuary
[07:13] Trunicht
and became a guest of our free nation.
[07:16] Trunicht
In the past, many people have escaped the
cruel clutches of despotism
[07:21] Trunicht
and come here in search of freedom.
[07:23] Trunicht
But even among these, this defector's
name will ring differently in your ears.
[07:29] Trunicht
His name is... Edwin Josef von Goldenbaum!
[07:36] Trunicht
People of the Alliance,
[07:38] Trunicht
Reinhard von Lohengramm
of the Galactic Empire,
[07:41] Trunicht
backed by massive military might,
has purged all who oppose him,
[07:46] Trunicht
and now he freely wields
his power as a dictator.
[07:50] Trunicht
He abused the seven-year-old emperor,
[07:53] Trunicht
changed the laws to suit his own desires,
[07:57] Trunicht
and installed his own men in key offices
[07:59] Trunicht
in his plot to make the Empire
his personal possession.
[08:01] Trunicht
What's more, his evil ambitions
[08:04] Trunicht
are being turned upon our
own nation, as well.
[08:07] Trunicht
He intends to rule over all
the universe as its dictator,
[08:10] Trunicht
extinguishing the light of democracy
[08:13] Trunicht
and the freedom that humanity
has defended all these years!
[08:17] Trunicht
We cannot coexist with a man such as him.
[08:20] Trunicht
Now is the time to do away
with past circumstances,
[08:24] Trunicht
join hands with all the unfortunate
people he has banished—
[08:27] Trunicht
the people of the Legitimate Galactic
Empire Government who have hearts—
[08:32] Trunicht
and protect all humanity from this
impending threat with our own hands.
[08:38] Trunicht
Only after we eliminate this threat
[08:40] Trunicht
can humanity make eternal peace a reality!
[08:47] Trunicht
I would now like to introduce all of you
[08:50] Trunicht
to the prime minister of the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government,
[08:53] Trunicht
Count Jochen von Remscheid.
[08:57] Remscheid
I am Remscheid, prime minister of the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[09:01] Remscheid
Thanks to the humanitarian care of the
Free Planets Alliance government,
[09:06] Remscheid
I have been provided with the
opportunity to restore justice
[09:09] Remscheid
to my homeland, as well as
a base from which to do so,
[09:12] Remscheid
and I could not be more grateful.
[09:16] Remscheid
Allow me to thank you on behalf
of the following compatriots:
[09:21] Remscheid
Our Minister of Internal
Affairs, Baron Ratburg.
[09:25] Remscheid
Our Minister of Finance,
Viscount Schätzler.
[09:28] Remscheid
Our Minister of Justice, Viscount Herder.
[09:31] Remscheid
Our Minister of the Imperial
Household, Baron Hohsinger.
[09:35] Remscheid
Our Minister of Military
Affairs, High Admiral Merkatz.
[09:39] Remscheid
Our chief cabinet minister, Baron Carnap.
[09:42] Schneider
Please don't misunderstand!
[09:43] Remscheid
These men will serve as the cabinet ministers
of the Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[09:45] Schneider
Neither the admiral nor myself
were told anything about this!
[09:49] Schneider
We don't know why
Count Remscheid said his name!
[09:53] Schneider
We only wish we did!
[09:54] Yang
I know.
[09:56] Yang
No one actually thinks
Admiral Merkatz applied for the position.
[10:02] Yang
If I were Count Remscheid,
[10:04] Yang
I would have offered the
admiral that position, too.
[10:08] Yang
No one else even makes sense.
SIGN I agree with that.
[10:18] Poplin
So now we're the heroes
who rescue the lost child emperor
[10:21] Poplin
and fight the usurpers who
are the embodiment of evil.
[10:26] Poplin
Isn't that wild?
We could be stars in some TV drama!
[10:30] Poplin
And why do we have to be the ones
[10:33] Poplin
to bleed in the name of protecting
the Goldenbaum Dynasty?!
[10:37] Poplin
Isn't the reason we've
fought for over a century,
[10:39] Poplin
since our great-grandfathers' generation,
[10:42] Poplin
to overthrow the Goldenbaum Dynasty
[10:44] Poplin
and restore freedom and democracy
to all the universe?!
[10:49] Konev
Yeah, but if it will bring peace,
changes in policy are unavoidable.
[10:55] Poplin
Peace?!
[10:57] Poplin
Even if there's peace between
us and the Goldenbaum family,
[11:00] Poplin
what's gonna happen between
us and Duke Lohengramm?!
[11:02] Poplin
He'll obviously go mad with
rage and invade us!
[11:06] Konev
Still, it wouldn't be humane to turn
away a seven-year-old emperor.
[11:12] Poplin
Humane?!
[11:14] Poplin
So you think the Goldenbaum family
has any right to demand humanity?
[11:20] Poplin
You need to reread all the history
books that explain how many
[11:24] Poplin
hundreds of millions of people Rudolf
and his descendants have killed.
[11:27] Konev
That child is not responsible
for the sins of his ancestors.
[11:31] Poplin
You sure are a logical one!
[11:33] Poplin
Every point you make is absolutely right!
[11:35] Konev
I wouldn't go that far...
[11:37] Poplin
Don't be modest! I'm being sarcastic!
[11:45] Yang
So this means
[11:47] Yang
the Galactic Empire and the Goldenbaum
family are no longer one body.
[11:53] Alex
There's no way a seven-year-old kid
would defect for want of freedom.
[11:58] Alex
We should assume he was kidnapped
[12:00] Alex
by people who would call
themselves loyal subjects.
[12:03] Dusty
I agree.
[12:05] Murai
That said, I can't imagine how
Duke Lohengramm will react to this.
[12:10] Murai
If he demands the return of the emperor...
[12:13] Fyodor
You heard the chairman's speech.
[12:16] Fyodor
After all that big talk,
[12:18] Fyodor
he can't return him now,
even if he wants to.
SIGN Well, if we were going to play nice, we needed to start a century ago.
SIGN We're supposed to be friendly with them
SIGN just because they lost their effective authority and fled to us?
SIGN Seems pretty stupid to me.
[12:36] Yang
When the enemy is divided,
we join hands with one side.
[12:39] Yang
Politically, that's enough.
[12:41] Yang
But to do that, we need
both timing and skill,
[12:45] Yang
and we don't have either of those right now.
[12:51] Yang
Here's what I think.
[12:54] Yang
Duke Lohengramm has nothing to lose as
a result of the emperor's defection.
[12:59] Yang
In fact, there's a lot more that
he stands to gain from it.
[13:04] Yang
One is division in political
opinions within the Alliance.
[13:08] Yang
Another is the justification of
military action against the Alliance,
[13:13] Yang
under the pretext of the rescue
and return of the emperor.
[13:16] Yang
On top of that, by amplifying the
hostility toward the Alliance,
[13:20] Yang
he can foster greater unity
within his own nation.
[13:24] Yang
These are the ways in which Duke Lohengramm
can profit from the emperor's defection.
SIGN So you're saying Duke Lohengramm let the emperor go on purpose?
[13:39] Yang
It's entirely plausible.
[13:42] Yang
The high nobles don't have that power.
[13:55] Yang
But was this solely Duke Lohengramm's idea?
[14:00] Yang
What scares me is the possibility
that he's working with Fezzan.
[14:06] Yang
Military might and financial power...
[14:07] Yang
If they joined forces to share
those mutual benefits...
[14:12] Yang
But what would Fezzan gain from
joining forces with Duke Lohengramm?
[14:18] Yang
A monopoly over the financial
interests of a new, united empire?
[14:23] Yang
Or is it a trap to get Duke Lohengramm
to agree and let his guard down?
[14:30] Yang
Does Fezzan actually want
something much bigger,
[14:34] Yang
while they mask their true motive behind
the facade of money-worshipers?
[14:41] Alex
Apparently, knight syndrome
is going around in Heinessen.
[14:45] Alex
People say they'll fight for justice
and protect the young emperor
[14:50] Alex
from the tyrannical, nefarious usurpers.
SIGN Bringing back the Goldenbaum family's autocratic rule is justice?
[14:58] Alex
Just the fact that he's a seven-year-old boy
[15:01] Alex
seems to stop most of
their thought processes.
SIGN I bet they'd be even more riled up if it was a seven- or eight-year-old girl.
SIGN People do love princes and princess and that sort of thing.
[15:15] Alex
In fairy tales, princes and
princesses are always good,
[15:18] Alex
and cabinet ministers are always bad.
That's just the norm.
[15:22] Alex
But you can't make political decisions
on the same level as fairy tales.
[15:28] Murai
So...
[15:29] Murai
What shall we do about Admiral Merkatz?
[15:32] Murai
I'm sure the leader of
the government in exile
[15:35] Murai
wouldn't expect the admiral
to refuse the appointment.
[15:43] Merkatz
I do not share any ideals whatsoever
with the government in exile.
[15:49] Merkatz
I am no less faithful to
the emperor than he is,
[15:54] Merkatz
but I would prefer that the emperor live
a quiet life as just another citizen.
[16:01] Merkatz
Simply setting up a government in exile
[16:04] Merkatz
will not give them a chance at overturning
Duke Lohengramm's supremacy.
[16:08] Merkatz
Because he has the backing
of the people of the Empire.
[16:13] Merkatz
What I fail to comprehend is
[16:17] Merkatz
why the people who should be
safeguarding the young emperor
[16:20] Merkatz
seem to be placing him in the middle
of political and military conflict.
[16:26] Merkatz
If they want to make a government in exile,
[16:28] Merkatz
they can do that on their own.
[16:30] Merkatz
There should be no reason to
involve an emperor so young
[16:34] Merkatz
that he cannot even make decisions yet.
SIGN When you think about it, supply and demand are perfectly aligned here.
[16:41] Merkatz
Supply and demand?
SIGN Right.
SIGN The basis of Duke Lohengramm's power lies with the people.
SIGN He doesn't even need the power of the emperor at this point.
SIGN Count Remscheid, on the other hand,
SIGN has to do some recycling in order to take control of a government in exile,
SIGN even if that control has no real substance.
[17:03] Murai
I understand your views, Admiral Merkatz.
[17:06] Murai
But what I want to know is what choice you
will make, and what action you will take.
[17:13] Yang
Rear Admiral Murai...
[17:16] Yang
I only wish we could make decisions and
take actions as we personally see fit.
[17:23] Yang
There's a lot I'd like to say to the
higher-ups in our government, too.
[17:28] Yang
What especially annoys me is how they
force decisions they made onto us.
[17:44] Yang
Let's leave it at that for today.
SIGN If there was something you wanted to say,
SIGN this would've been a great time to say it.
SIGN If you just shout that the king has a donkey's ears,
SIGN you'll feel a bit better.
[18:05] Yang
An active military man can't speak out
against the government in public.
[18:12] Yang
Right?
SIGN I think those morons on Heinessen
SIGN did something that deserves to be spoken out against.
[18:20] Yang
You're free to think that, but don't
assume you're free to say it.
SIGN I see.
SIGN So freedom of speech covers a smaller territory than freedom of thought.
SIGN Which of those does the "Free" in "Free Planets Alliance" stand for?
SIGN A free nation, eh?
SIGN My grandparents defected here with me when I was six.
SIGN It was 28 years ago, but I still remember...
SIGN how cold it was,
SIGN and the contempt in the immigration agents' eyes when they looked at defectors,
SIGN as if we were beggars.
SIGN All I'm saying is that I'm a man who lost his homeland once.
SIGN I won't be surprised or cry if once turns into twice now.
[19:23] Merkatz
Human imagination certainly
doesn't amount to much, does it?
[19:27] Merkatz
One year ago, I never would
have dreamed fate had
[19:33] Merkatz
a position like this in store for me.
[19:37] Schneider
I suggested that you defect
because, in my own way,
[19:42] Schneider
I thought it would be best for you.
[19:44] Merkatz
Oh? I thought you'd be happy about this.
[19:48] Merkatz
For anyone who opposes Duke Lohengramm,
[19:51] Merkatz
I would think there could be
no more desirable position.
[19:55] Schneider
Being the Minister of Military Affairs
in a legitimate government sounds good,
[19:59] Schneider
but in reality, you won't
command a single soldier!
[20:05] Merkatz
I'm not in a position that gives me
command over anyone now, either.
[20:09] Schneider
Still, you took command of Admiral
Yang's fleet, even if it was temporary!
[20:15] Schneider
Now you won't even have that chance!
[20:18] Schneider
All you'll have is an empty title!
[20:20] Schneider
There won't be a single
gram of substance to it!
[20:23] Schneider
Count Remscheid is one thing,
since he was Fezzan's commissioner,
[20:27] Schneider
but the rest have nothing going
for them other than a court rank!
[20:32] Schneider
I find it hard to believe
there's anyone among them
[20:38] Schneider
who can rally Duke Lohengramm's opposition.
[20:42] Merkatz
But there is the emperor to consider.
[20:51] Merkatz
There's no point in worrying
so much about it.
[20:55] Merkatz
I haven't received a formal request yet.
[20:58] Merkatz
I'll take my time thinking it over.
[21:02] Julian
Do you think Admiral Merkatz will
join the government in exile?
[21:07] Yang
He's an honest man. He probably will.
[21:11] Yang
It's so selfish.
[21:13] Yang
It's really just completely selfish.
[21:15] Yang
They gave no consideration
to what he wants at all.
[21:19] Yang
Uniformed military personnel
are so powerless.
[21:23] Yang
There's nothing we can do where
the government's concerned.
[21:28] Fyodor
Your Excellency, Duke Lohengramm
just came up on the comms screen!
[21:33] Fyodor
It looks like he's going to make a speech
to both the Empire and the Alliance.
[21:40] Reinhard
I hereby declare
[21:42] Reinhard
that the former high nobles who
used illegal, cowardly means
[21:45] Reinhard
to kidnap our young emperor and
reverse the flow of history,
[21:50] Reinhard
who are scheming to rob the people of the
rights that were once established for them,
[21:54] Reinhard
shall be punished in a manner befitting
the vileness of their actions.
[22:01] Reinhard
And the ambitious men of the Free
Planets Alliance who collude with them
[22:05] Reinhard
to insubordinately defy peace
and order in our universe
[22:09] Reinhard
cannot escape the same fate.
[22:13] Reinhard
A decision made in error can only be
corrected through the proper punishment.
[22:19] Reinhard
It is neither negotiation nor
persuasion that criminals need.
[22:23] Reinhard
They lack the ability and will
to understand such things.
[22:27] Reinhard
The only thing that can
enlighten them is power.
[22:32] Reinhard
Henceforth,
[22:33] Reinhard
no matter how much blood is shed,
[22:36] Reinhard
know that all responsibility
[22:38] Reinhard
lies with the foolish kidnappers
and those who worked with them.
[22:43] Reinhard
That is all.
SIGN In other words, Duke Lohengramm just declared war.
SIGN Seems a little late for that now, but...
[22:56] Yang
It just means that everything
is in place now, I suppose.
SIGN And this will be the front line again, won't it?
SIGN What a pain in the ass.
SIGN The higher-ups do stupid things because they think this fortress is here for them.
SIGN That's something to think about.
[23:21] Alex
Well, summer break is over.
[23:23] Yang
Seems so.
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SIGN Declaration of War
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Declaration of War."
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[00:18] Maid
Your Majesty, it's time for your medicine.
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[01:59] Reinhard
A decision made in error can only be
corrected through the proper punishment.
[02:04] Reinhard
It is neither negotiation nor persuasion
that criminals need.
[02:08] Reinhard
They lack the ability and will
to understand such things.
[02:12] Reinhard
The only thing that can
enlighten them is power.
[02:16] Reinhard
Henceforth,
[02:18] Reinhard
no matter how much blood is shed,
[02:21] Reinhard
know that all responsibility
[02:23] Reinhard
lies with the foolish kidnappers
and those who worked with them.
[02:27] Kaplan
Turn that off!
[02:29] Kaplan
What is the meaning of this?
SIGN Free Planets Alliance High Council
[02:31] Kaplan
This is essentially a declaration of war
against the Free Planets Alliance!
[02:36] Doumec
If we recognize this Legitimate
Galactic Empire Government,
[02:39] Doumec
we can use the emperor as a
diplomatic bargaining chip.
[02:43] Doumec
That was what you told us!
[02:46] Bonet
It most likely means Duke Lohengramm
[02:48] Bonet
never had any intention of
stepping onto the game board.
[02:52] Kaplan
How can you be so complacent?
[02:54] Kaplan
That blond brat is threatening us,
and backing it with violence!
[02:59] Bonet
Yes, but if you think about
it realistically—
SIGN Walter Islands
[03:02] Trunicht
All right, all right. That's enough.
[03:06] Trunicht
No matter how much time we spend
disparaging the enemy here,
[03:09] Trunicht
it won't overturn the decision
we've already made.
[03:14] Kaplan
B-But, Chairman...
[03:16] Doumec
That would mean admitting to our mistake!
[03:21] Doumec
What about our approval rati—
I mean, the next election?
[03:27] Trunicht
Oh, just leave that to me.
SIGN Episode 43
SIGN Declaration of War
[03:41] NewscasterA
The reactions to the acceptance of
the defected Erwin von Goldenbaum
[03:44] Woman
Where have you been?
[03:44] NewscasterA
and the establishment of the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government...
[03:48] NewscasterB
In response, the Alliance government
[03:50] NewscasterB
has repeatedly said that this move
is both just and reasonable...
[03:53] NewscasterC
The High Council's approval ratings
[03:55] NewscasterC
have seen a slight increase,
despite expectations.
[03:58] NewscasterD
The view that this is effectively
[04:00] NewscasterD
a declaration of war by the
new Imperial government...
[04:03] Construction Worker
They oughta send him back.
It's not too late.
[04:06] Construction Worker
Those guys are ready to fight!
[04:08] Rich LadyA
Trunicht excels in leadership
and decision-making.
[04:12] Rich LadyA
We can trust him to handle it.
[04:14] SchoolgirlA
He's so adorable. And he's only seven!
[04:18] SchoolgirlA
We have to protect him from that despot.
[04:20] SchoolgirlB
Yeah.
[04:21] Old Man
Now that they've taken him in,
they need to see their actions through.
[04:26] ActivistA
We never recognized any
government in exile!
[04:29] ActivistA
Make the people's voices
heard in the election!
[04:32] ActivistB
The despotic Empire is an
enemy we must defeat!
[04:34] ActivistB
Now is the time to spread democracy
throughout the universe!
[04:39] Guy
To be honest, I'm scared.
[04:42] Guy
I might be drafted into the navy.
[04:46] Girl
If you are,
[04:49] Girl
I'll ask to join the same unit.
[04:51] Guy
Huh?
[04:52] Professor
The very existence of our
democracy-loving nation
[04:55] Professor
is a rejection of despotism.
[04:59] Professor
Sheltering the young emperor is
only the humane thing to do.
[05:02] College StudentA
Humane?
[05:04] College StudentA
How many soldiers do you think are
gonna die to protect one kid?!
[05:09] Professor
That is their job.
[05:11] College StudentA
What?!
[05:13] College StudentB
Screw that!
[05:15] College StudentA
That's just wrong!
[05:17] College StudentC
No, the professor's right!
[05:18] College StudentA
What?!
[05:20] Protest1 Leader
Why don't you understand?!
[05:22] Protest1 Leader
That child will invite
the enemy to attack us!
[05:25] Protest2 Leader
To protect the noble cause of democracy,
[05:28] Protest2 Leader
we should fight to the very last man!
[05:31] Punk Girl
Doesn't it seem like a trap?
[05:33] Punk Girl
Like they sent their emperor
kid here on purpose?
[05:37] Punk Guy
Wait, what's this news about?
[05:39] Punk Girl
Dude, come on...
[05:40] Trunicht
We must protect ourselves
from a great threat.
[05:44] CustomerA
I always thought
Chairman Trunicht had potential.
[05:49] CustomerB
Huh?
[05:49] CustomerB
He's just a philistine who's
good at sensationalism.
[05:57] Male Announcer
Even as the Empire's dictator made
the snap decision to attack,
[06:01] Male Announcer
public opinion in our own nation
has fallen into disarray,
[06:04] Male Announcer
and there's no time to reconcile.
[06:07] PanelistA
We should send the emperor
back immediately.
[06:10] PanelistA
We must avoid letting Heinessen
become a battle zone.
[06:13] PanelistB
I don't know about that.
[06:16] PanelistB
Think about the Empire's recent attack.
[06:19] PanelistB
If it had led to the fall of Iserlohn Fortress,
we would have faced a crisis,
[06:24] PanelistB
but Admiral Yang Wen-li fought them off.
[06:28] PanelistB
So long as he is at Iserlohn Fortress,
we have nothing to fear.
[06:31] PanelistC
That's right. If we keep winning,
we can protect the child emperor,
[06:35] PanelistC
plus we can use him as a bargaining chip.
[06:38] PanelistC
Of course! Couldn't we let
Admiral Yang do that himself,
[06:42] PanelistC
as a fellow military man?
[06:44] PanelistA
Are you mad?!
[06:46] PanelistC
Excuse me?
[06:47] PanelistB
No matter how you may feel,
this is not a problem.
[06:51] PanelistB
Chairman Trunicht won the last election,
and he accepted the defectors.
[06:55] PanelistB
That means it's the will of the people.
[06:58] PanelistB
The military should fight as
that will dictates, and win.
[07:00] PanelistB
That's how war has worked in our democratic
republic for the past 150 years.
[07:07] Lebello
Arle Heinessen fled the Empire
[07:09] Lebello
and its established structure of nobles and
commoners—that is, rulers and subjects—
[07:17] Lebello
and founded the Alliance as a
bastion of freedom and democracy.
[07:21] Lebello
Considering the way this
country came about,
[07:23] Lebello
we're in no place to harbor misgivings
about this war with the Empire.
[07:27] Huang
Hmm...
[07:29] Huang
Just what is the problem, then?
[07:31] Lebello
That democracy in our nation
has become hollow,
[07:34] Lebello
and the void was filled with the
egoism of politicians trying to save themselves.
[07:41] Huang
You really don't hold back since
you're out of power now, huh?
[07:44] Lebello
It's no laughing matter!
[07:46] Lebello
Civilian control is indispensable when
a democratic nation goes to war,
[07:50] Lebello
but that doesn't mean turning our
servicemen into political pawns.
[07:53] Lebello
What they should die to protect
is the principles of democracy,
[07:57] Lebello
not the interests of politicians.
[07:59] Lebello
The discontent building up within
the military is substantial.
[08:02] Lebello
Last year's coup d'état is proof of that.
[08:05] Huang
Ah, the National Salvation Military Council.
[08:08] Lebello
Admiral Yang Wen-li just barely
managed to quash it,
[08:12] Lebello
but the same thing could
happen again at any time.
[08:15] Huang
Good thing Yang isn't a fan of
unlawful government upheavals.
[08:19] Lebello
Yes, exactly!
[08:22] Lebello
What if it happens lawfully next time?
[08:26] Lebello
If Yang Wen-li were to
turn to politics now,
[08:30] Lebello
he would earn the enthusiastic
support of the people.
[08:33] Lebello
But just think about it.
[08:36] Lebello
What happens when a former military
hero legally takes over as leader?
[08:42] Lebello
We know the answer entirely too well!
[08:50] Huang
So what you're saying is that
[08:51] Huang
you're worried Yang would become
a dictator just like Rudolf.
[08:56] Huang
What an intriguing concept.
[08:58] Lebello
You can keep laughing until
it actually happens,
[09:02] Lebello
but I've seen such laughter die
in the throat many times in my life.
[09:08] Huang
Lebello... That's the thing about you.
[09:12] Huang
You're an above-average politician,
[09:14] Huang
but your sense of humor is lacking.
[09:18] Lebello
Then what is your opinion as a man
with a sense of humor, Mr. Huang?
[09:22] Huang
Hmm...
[09:25] Huang
First of all, to make the cocktail known
as a "dictator" requires several components.
[09:32] Huang
A sense of duty and conviction, to the
point that one could call them dogmatic.
[09:37] Huang
The talent to express, to the fullest
extent, their own idea of what is right.
[09:41] Huang
The subjectivity to judge enemies
[09:44] Huang
not as enemies of their own,
but as enemies of justice.
[09:47] Huang
That's about it.
[09:49] Lebello
I see...
[09:51] Lebello
And as far as Yang Wen-li goes?
[09:54] Huang
I don't think he could pull it off.
[09:57] Huang
The young man called Yang Wen-li
is quite a tasty cocktail,
[10:01] Huang
but he lacks the spirits that are
essential to making a dictator.
[10:06] Huang
Of course, it's not an issue
of intelligence or morality.
[10:10] Huang
It's the conviction of
his own infallibility
[10:13] Huang
and the love of power.
[10:15] Huang
He lacks both of those.
[10:18] Huang
Though my views may be biased...
[10:23] Waiter
Your white fish soup, sir.
[10:27] Huang
Thank you.
[10:31] Lebello
Are you sure he doesn't have conviction
of his own infallibility?
[10:36] Lebello
In the recent inquiry hearing,
[10:38] Lebello
he was quite daring and courageous
for one standing accused,
[10:41] Lebello
and quite eloquent, as well.
[10:43] Lebello
You told me this yourself.
[10:47] Lebello
Did you not?
[10:49] Huang
Hmm?
[10:50] Huang
Oh, yes, I did.
[10:52] Huang
But he only behaved that way
in opposition to the inquiry.
[10:56] Huang
He didn't throw down the gauntlet himself.
[10:59] Huang
Speaking strictly of that situation,
[11:01] Huang
he was indeed an outstanding tactician,
[11:04] Huang
but he could not be called a strategist.
[11:07] Huang
A strategist would try to get anyone
on his side, no matter how foolish,
[11:11] Huang
for the sake of using them later.
[11:14] Huang
But our young man, Yang Wen-li,
[11:17] Huang
looked a pig in the eye
and called him a pig.
[11:22] Huang
For a human, that's good enough.
[11:24] Huang
Humans can retain their dignity by getting
angry when it's right to be angry.
[11:30] Huang
But here, there are far too many
sad examples in our past...
[11:36] Huang
Examples of people who sold off their
own self-respect for a quick profit.
[11:44] Huang
Yang Wen-li can never be a dictator.
[11:47] Huang
At the very least, he himself
does not wish to become one.
[11:51] Lebello
You can't guarantee that things will unfold
according to what one person wants.
[11:57] Huang
Exactly.
[11:58] Huang
And that doesn't go exclusively
for Yang Wen-li, either.
[12:02] Huang
You're no exception to the
rule yourself, Lebello.
[12:06] Lebello
What do you mean by that?
[12:08] Huang
It seems Admiral Yang is the only
thing you're worried about,
[12:11] Huang
but if he really were to end
up an unwilling dictator
[12:15] Huang
and bring an end to
our democratic republic...
[12:19] Huang
What course of action would you take?
[12:27] Lebello
What?
[12:28] Huang
Oh, I'm sorry.
[12:30] Huang
That's one of the things I
find charming about you.
[12:34] Lebello
I get the feeling you've been
teasing me this whole time.
[12:38] Huang
No, I'm complimenting you.
[12:40] Huang
What's troubling you right now is one of
the greatest questions humanity faces.
[12:47] Lebello
And that is?
[12:50] Huang
Should one side with the corrupt democracy
or the pristine dictatorship?
[12:58] Lebello
Under the Lohengramm order, at least,
[13:02] Lebello
the Empire's citizens are freed from the worst
kind of government: a corrupt autocracy.
[13:09] Lebello
Where is the meaning in a democratic nation
[13:12] Lebello
trying to take down an autocracy
backed by its people?
[13:17] Huang
You see? That's exactly
what I'm talking about!
[13:20] Huang
Let's call it a night.
This was a delightful dinner.
[13:25] Huang
If it's left a bad taste in your mouth,
it's because of the soup.
[13:29] Huang
Until next time.
[13:41] Protester2
We oppose his acceptance!
[13:41] Protester3
Get out of here, Galactic Empire!
[13:41] Protester1
Send the emperor back to the Empire!
[13:44] Protester5
Dissolve the council and listen to the people!
[13:45] Protester4
Restore freedom and democracy!
[13:45] Protester6
Send him back! Send him back!
Send him back!
SIGN Legitimate Galactic Empire Government Cabinet Meeting
[13:48] Hohsinger
What is the deal with this child?!
[13:52] Hohsinger
There's nothing lovable about him!
[13:54] Herder
Stop that.
[13:55] Herder
You may not like it, but it's your job
to provide counsel to His Majesty.
[14:00] Hohsinger
I will not stop!
[14:02] Hohsinger
He's arrogant, he's violent,
[14:03] Hohsinger
and he doesn't know who he has to thank
for the fact that he's still emperor!
[14:10] Carnap
Still...
[14:12] Carnap
For an emperor to do so little to encourage
the loyalty of his subjects...
[14:16] Carnap
Will His Majesty be able to keep himself
safe when it becomes necessary?
[14:22] Ratburg
What a load of lip service.
[14:25] Ratburg
It's written all over your face that it's
your own self you're worried about.
[14:31] Carnap
How could you say such a thing?
I would never—
[14:33] Remscheid
Enough.
[14:35] Remscheid
The Free Planets Alliance's politicians,
businessmen, journalists...
[14:40] Remscheid
The nobles and their
subjects who wish to defect
[14:42] Remscheid
to the Legitimate Government
through Fezzan...
[14:46] Remscheid
All of them are clamoring for
an audience with His Majesty.
[14:50] Remscheid
But we cannot allow them
to do so as things stand.
[14:54] Remscheid
That said, to protect our future,
[14:56] Remscheid
we need to foster favorable feelings
for His Majesty among the people.
[15:01] Hohsinger
What do you suggest we do, then?
[15:08] NobleladyA
Oh, Your Majesty...
[15:10] NobleladyB
How beautiful he is.
[15:13] NobleladyA
He looks just like an angel.
[15:16] NobleladyB
He truly does.
[15:17] Old Noble
It was worth coming so far to see him.
[15:21] NobleladyA
Yes.
[15:23] Shumacher
Now, if you don't mind,
His Majesty is quite tired.
[15:28] Shumacher
You will need to complete the official
asylum paperwork at the executive office.
[15:32] Nobles
Of course.
[15:40] Shumacher
A puppet who's merely been drugged
to sleep is an "angel"?
[15:44] Shumacher
If they take one step outside,
[15:46] Shumacher
they'll be overwhelmed by the protests
[15:48] Shumacher
of Alliance citizens who refuse to
acknowledge the government in exile.
[15:53] Shumacher
What must a seven-year-old child
[15:57] Shumacher
be dreaming about at a time like this?
[16:04] Islands
Even the acceptance of
[16:06] Islands
the government in exile—no, the Legitimate
Galactic Empire Government—
[16:09] Islands
hasn't had a significant effect on the
High Council's approval ratings.
[16:13] Islands
Of course, we can't ignore the
actions of those opposed to it,
[16:16] Islands
but the speech you
gave to announce its acceptance
[16:20] Islands
ensured that it would earn more support
than opposition from the public.
[16:27] Islands
There are many among the
Legitimate Government
[16:29] Islands
who have lost patience with
His Majesty's obnoxious attitude,
[16:34] Islands
but that does not harm the political
value he holds for us.
[16:39] Islands
Duke Lohengramm aside,
[16:41] Islands
I believe there are many among the
Imperial Navy who would hesitate
[16:45] Islands
to point a gun at their young emperor.
[16:50] Trunicht
Islands, it's no use clinging
to such wishful thinking now.
[16:57] Trunicht
Duke Lohengramm's declaration put an end
to any chance we had at negotiating.
[17:02] Trunicht
At this point, the only possibly solution
[17:05] Trunicht
is diplomacy's last resort—
that is, military action.
[17:10] Trunicht
The Free Planets Alliance is
currently backed into a corner.
[17:14] Islands
Th-That's...
[17:16] Islands
Sir, I am endlessly in awe of
your discerning eye, but...
[17:21] Trunicht
There's no need to get flustered.
[17:24] Trunicht
What we ought to do is abandon our
reservations toward the military
[17:27] Trunicht
and take this as an opportunity to enhance the
administration's influence on its people.
[17:33] Trunicht
If we wish to protect our
democratic republic,
[17:35] Trunicht
now is the time to demonstrate our authority,
even if it looks a bit heavy-handed.
[17:40] Trunicht
Am I wrong?
[17:42] Islands
No, sir... You are absolutely right.
[17:47] Na
Having heard Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm's
declaration of his intent to attack,
[17:52] Na
the top brass of the Alliance Navy
[17:53] Na
had no choice but to capitulate
to the government's coercion
[17:56] Na
and conduct a major personnel overhaul.
[18:02] Na
The Integrated Tactical Operations
Center Chief, Admiral Cubersly,
[18:06] Na
retired due to illness.
[18:08] Na
He was succeeded by Admiral Dawson,
who had filled in for him in the past.
[18:15] Na
Dawson's installation was likened
to Trunicht's administration,
[18:19] Na
resulting in backlash from many
who saw it as collusion.
[18:25] Na
Though the personnel reforms
[18:27] Na
did not reach the level of
Fleet Commander-in-Chief Bewcock,
[18:31] Na
they did indirectly extend to Iserlohn
Fortress Commander Yang Wen-li,
[18:35] Na
and one day, this reverberated over
his head like a thunderclap.
[18:40] Admiral
Warrant Officer Julian Mintz
will be promoted to ensign,
[18:44] Admiral
and he is hereby assigned to the commissioner's
office in Fezzan as a military attaché.
[18:48] Admiral
He is to report to Fezzan by October 15th.
[19:00] (Flashback) Walter
What do you say?
It doesn't matter what title we give you.
[19:03] (Flashback) Walter
Why not become a dictator who protects
the practical parts of democracy?
[19:09] (Flashback) Walter
Just being a military man
isn't your style, honestly.
[19:14] (Flashback) Walter
And despite that, you're doing
remarkably well at it.
[19:17] (Flashback) Walter
I bet you'd be pretty good
at being a dictator, too.
[19:28] Yang
Damn it!
[19:29] Yang
As long as we just sit around keeping quiet,
[19:31] Yang
the world's going to keep filling
up with arrogant assholes ad infinitum!
[19:35] Yang
Maybe being a dictator wouldn't be so bad.
[19:37] Yang
Yeah, one with an iron fist!
[19:42] Yang
Come in.
[19:45] Frederica
I heard about Julian.
[19:50] Yang
Sorry to ask, but could you
get Julian in here for me?
[19:55] Frederica
Yes, sir...
[19:57] Frederica
Um...
[19:59] Yang
Yeah.
[20:00] Yang
I know what you want to say... I think.
[20:04] Yang
That's why I'd like you
to get Julian for me.
[20:11] Frederica
Understood.
[20:14] Julian
So refuse the order!
[20:19] Yang
Julian, if you were a civilian
working for the military,
[20:22] Yang
your appointments and relocations
would be up to your local commander.
[20:26] Yang
But you're an official military man now.
[20:29] Yang
You're obligated to follow the orders
of the National Defense Committee
[20:32] Yang
and the Integrated Tactical
Operations Center.
[20:34] Yang
Don't make me remind you of
something so fundamental now.
[20:39] Julian
Even if their orders are unreasonable?
[20:41] Yang
What's unreasonable about it?
[20:45] Julian
If that's how it is, I'll go back to being a civilian.
[20:48] Julian
Then I won't have to obey
this order, right?
[20:54] Yang
Julian, Julian...
[20:57] Yang
I know you know better than
to think that would work.
[21:02] Yang
First of all, you joined the
military because you wanted to.
[21:06] Yang
Nobody forced you.
[21:08] Yang
That makes it a given that you should
be prepared to follow orders.
[21:15] Julian
Understood. I'll accept the appointment
in Fezzan as a military attaché.
[21:20] Julian
But not because it's an order from the
Integrated Tactical Operations Center.
[21:24] Julian
Because it's an order from you!
[21:31] Julian
If that was all you wanted to say,
may I take my leave, Your Excellency?
[21:36] Yang
Yes.
[21:37] Julian
Thank you.
[21:49] Alex
He seems unusually withdrawn.
SIGN Well, you can't blame him,
SIGN given the circumstances.
[21:57] Alex
True.
[21:58] Alex
I'm not sure what to say to him.
[22:05] Frederica
Here you are.
[22:07] Frederica
I can't make it as well
as the experts, but...
[22:10] Yang
Oh, it's fine... Thanks.
[22:16] Frederica
I understand how Julian feels.
[22:18] Yang
Huh?
[22:20] Frederica
He must have felt as if you
didn't need him anymore.
[22:28] Yang
What? Don't need him anymore?
[22:32] Yang
Of course that's not true!
[22:35] Yang
It's not about sending him away
because I don't need him anymore,
[22:38] Yang
or only keeping him around
because I need him.
[22:43] Yang
It's about keeping him around even if
I don't need him... no, I mean...
[22:47] Yang
Needing someone isn't about whether
they're useful to you or not...
[22:54] Frederica
Admiral.
SIGN Episode 44
SIGN Departure
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Departure."
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[00:13] Yang
Uh... so...
[00:17] Yang
All right if I sit next to you?
SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:59] Yang
Julian, I am sending you to Fezzan
because it's a naval order,
[02:05] Yang
but I also want someone I trust to
check out the state of things there.
[02:11] Yang
Would you still be against going?
[02:16] Julian
But won't Iserlohn become the front line again?
[02:20] Julian
I feel like I'd be more useful here.
[02:25] Julian
That's just my opinion.
[02:27] Yang
Actually, that's the thing.
[02:30] Yang
Everyone thinks that if the Empire invades,
it'll be via the Iserlohn Corridor.
[02:37] Yang
There's no guarantee that's true, though.
[02:40] Julian
But their only other options are to take
a wide detour outside the Milky Way
[02:45] Julian
or to use the Fezzan Corridor, right?
[02:49] Yang
That's right.
[02:52] Julian
You don't think...
[02:54] Yang
For Duke Lohengramm,
the most effective strategy
[02:58] Yang
would be to use one force
to surround Iserlohn
[03:01] Yang
while breaching the
Fezzan Corridor with another.
[03:05] Yang
He has the numbers to pull
it off, and if it works,
[03:09] Yang
Iserlohn will be isolated,
making it useless.
[03:13] Julian
But wouldn't that make Fezzan
an enemy of the Empire?
[03:19] Yang
Good question, but that's not
a concern in this case.
[03:23] Yang
There are only two ways they'll be able
to pass through the Fezzan Corridor.
[03:28] Yang
One is if they can eliminate all physical
and moral resistance by Fezzan.
[03:34] Yang
The other is if they don't need to take
Fezzan's resistance into consideration.
[03:39] Julian
Are you saying Duke Lohengramm is
secretly working with Fezzan?
[03:46] Yang
Bingo.
[03:48] Julian
Could that really be possible?
[03:52] Yang
Julian...
[03:53] Julian
Yes?
[03:54] Yang
We often make the mistake of believing
our current state of affairs
[03:58] Yang
has been set in stone forever.
[04:00] Yang
But just think about it.
[04:02] Yang
The Galactic Empire didn't
even exist 500 years ago.
[04:08] Yang
The Free Planets Alliance has
only been around half as long,
[04:12] Yang
and Fezzan has only existed
for about a century.
[04:16] Yang
Something that hasn't been around
since the universe began
[04:19] Yang
can't continue to exist
until the universe ends.
[04:22] Yang
Change is going to come eventually.
[04:25] Yang
And that change is now borrowing the body
of the hero Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
[04:31] Yang
to first sweep across the Galactic Empire,
[04:34] Yang
spreading throughout all of
human society in the process.
[04:38] Julian
So you think the Galactic Empire...
[04:40] Julian
no, the Goldenbaum Dynasty will fall?
[04:44] Yang
It will.
[04:46] Yang
Duke Lohengramm already has both the
government and the military in his control.
[04:52] Julian
Would Fezzan really join forces
with him despite all that?
[04:58] Yang
Indeed...
[04:59] Yang
As a result of offering their wealth and
strategic position to Duke Lohengramm,
[05:04] Yang
Fezzan could lose its
political independence.
[05:07] Yang
So what do they have in
mind regarding that?
[05:11] Yang
Perhaps Fezzan's goal doesn't lie
in Fezzan's continued existence...
[05:16] Yang
No, that might be a leap too far.
[05:21] Yang
Fezzan most likely hopes to monopolize
[05:25] Yang
the financial interests of the
unified New Galactic Empire.
[05:29] Yang
That's what I'm thinking, at least...
[05:31] Yang
But for some reason, I'm having trouble
convincing myself that I'm right.
[05:37] Julian
If there's no material self-interest,
[05:40] Julian
could it be a spiritual thing?
[05:43] Yang
Spiritual?
[05:45] Julian
Like, an ideology... or a religion.
[05:50] Yang
A religion?
[05:51] Yang
Right... That's possible.
[05:55] Yang
If we just take Fezzan at face value
as a bunch of logical realists,
[06:00] Yang
we could get the rug pulled out from
under us when we least expect it.
[06:04] Yang
A religion... Of course.
[06:08] Julian
Admiral...
[06:10] Julian
If I could go to Fezzan
[06:12] Julian
and get any information I can find
about their policies and strategies,
[06:17] Julian
I could be of use to you, right?
[06:19] Julian
If so, I would be happy to go to Fezzan.
[06:26] Yang
Thank you.
[06:28] Yang
But there's another reason I want you to go.
[06:33] Julian
What do you mean?
[06:35] Yang
Good question... How do I put it?
[06:38] Yang
You can't get the full view of a mountain
if you just look at it from one side...
[06:44] Yang
Say, why don't we take a little walk?
[06:47] Julian
Yes, sir.
SIGN Episode 44
SIGN Departure
[06:58] Yang
The way things are going, it looks like
[07:01] Yang
we're heading toward a life-or-death
battle with Duke Lohengramm.
[07:06] Yang
On that note, Julian,
[07:07] Yang
would you say Duke Lohengramm
is evil incarnate?
[07:12] Julian
I... don't think he is.
[07:15] Yang
Of course he isn't.
[07:17] Yang
People like that only exist
in TV dramas and such.
[07:21] Yang
The moment you believe that absolute
good and indisputable evil exist,
[07:24] Yang
and that you are good while
all who oppose you are evil,
[07:28] Yang
you become incapable of
cooperation and compassion.
[07:33] Yang
Just look at Emperor Rudolf.
[07:35] Yang
He shed so much blood with no hesitation
[07:37] Yang
because he was so firm in
his own idea of justice.
[07:40] Yang
So, Julian, I'm sure it won't do any harm
[07:45] Yang
for you to go to Fezzan
and witness firsthand
[07:49] Yang
the difference between
their justice and ours.
[07:55] Yang
Compared to that,
[07:57] Yang
the rise and fall of a
nation doesn't mean much.
[08:01] Yang
That's the truth.
[08:04] Julian
Not even the rise and fall of
the Free Planets Alliance?
[08:09] Yang
That's right.
[08:11] Yang
I just hope it holds out long
enough for me to get my pension.
[08:18] Yang
The Free Planets Alliance
[08:20] Yang
was created as the antithesis of Rudolf
von Goldenbaum's political philosophy.
[08:26] Yang
So if the Goldenbaum Dynasty falls
at the hands of Duke Lohengramm,
[08:32] Yang
the Alliance won't have any reason
to continue existing, either.
[08:37] Yang
Say, Julian...
[08:39] Yang
Don't you think it's strange
[08:41] Yang
that there are so many fools,
even the most unrealistic ones,
[08:44] Yang
who don't believe in immortal life,
but who'll believe that a nation
[08:51] Yang
can survive for an eternity?
[08:54] Yang
The things we call "nations"
are nothing more than tools.
[08:58] Yang
So long as you don't forget that,
[09:00] Yang
you should be able to stay sane.
[09:04] Julian
I'll remember it.
[09:08] Yang
Caselnes did just one good thing for me...
[09:12] Yang
and that was bringing you to me.
[09:22] Na
That evening, Yang hurriedly
wrote a letter to Bewcock.
[09:27] Na
He wanted Julian to deliver
it to Bewcock personally
[09:32] Na
when he reported to Fezzan
to accept his appointment.
[09:36] Na
In the letter, Yang wrote about
[09:38] Na
the connection between Reinhard and Fezzan
in the kidnapping of the emperor,
[09:42] Na
suggesting it was either a conspiracy
or a post-facto collusion.
[09:46] Na
He also hinted that the Imperial Navy might
feign an invasion of Iserlohn Fortress
[09:51] Na
to catch the Alliance off guard
[09:53] Na
while they penetrated the
undefended Fezzan Corridor.
[10:02] Yang
The Imperial Navy could use the Fezzan
Corridor as a massive supply base.
[10:07] Yang
No, not only that.
[10:10] Yang
Fezzan has an enormous star chart
that they use to facilitate trade.
[10:15] Yang
If they give that up,
[10:16] Yang
the Imperial Navy can overcome their
disadvantage in geographical knowledge.
[10:33] Yang
Come in.
[10:37] Frederica
Were you able to talk to Julian?
[10:40] Yang
Yeah, thanks to you.
[10:43] Frederica
I'm glad.
[10:46] Yang
Anyway, there are a few things
I need to get done in a hurry.
[10:50] Yang
First, I need some ideas for someone
to accompany Julian to Fezzan.
[10:54] Frederica
To be his bodyguard, right?
[10:57] Yang
I think just about everyone at the
Fezzan office is backing Trunicht.
[11:03] Yang
Whoever we pick will be
his only ally there.
[11:07] Frederica
How about Warrant Officer Louis Machungo?
[11:09] Yang
Sure. He won't let us down.
[11:13] Frederica
I'll have him come here tomorrow morning.
[11:16] Yang
Please do.
[11:17] Frederica
Understood.
[11:20] Frederica
That said...
[11:22] Frederica
Is everything really going to be all right?
[11:25] Yang
If anyone can make it work, Julian can.
[11:30] Frederica
I wasn't asking about Julian.
[11:33] Frederica
I meant with you.
[11:38] Alex
Anyway, I'm surprised you found
it in you to let Julian go.
[11:42] Alex
Are you sure that wasn't a
little too decisive of you?
[11:45] Yang
What choice did I have?
[11:47] Yang
It's an order from the
National Defense Committee chairman.
[11:50] Yang
Plus, I was sixteen when I left my
dad to enroll in cadet school, too.
[11:56] Yang
Maybe this is the right time for
him to strike out on his own.
[11:59] Alex
A respectable opinion.
[12:01] Alex
I just wonder if you'll be able to take
care of yourself without Julian.
[12:05] Yang
Huh?
[12:07] Yang
Why does everyone assume I'll be totally
helpless without Julian around?
[12:14] Alex
Because it's the truth.
[12:21] Na
As Julian was about to depart,
[12:23] Na
Yang was forced to say goodbye to
someone very important to him.
[12:28] Na
Merkatz had accepted the offer to join the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[12:36] Merkatz
I will depart tomorrow along
with Lieutenant Schneider.
[12:40] Yang
I don't know what to say.
[12:43] Yang
Are you sure about this?
[12:45] Merkatz
This certainly isn't what I wanted,
[12:48] Merkatz
but if there is a need for a man like
me, I feel I should answer it.
[12:53] Yang
If that's what you've decided,
I don't have the right to object.
[12:58] Yang
But please allow me to say one thing.
[13:01] Yang
We need you far more than they do.
[13:06] Merkatz
I'm happy to hear you say that.
[13:11] Merkatz
I hear you decided to send
Julian to Fezzan, as well.
[13:15] Yang
Yes, but this is what I told Julian:
[13:19] Yang
"A nation is nothing more than a tool."
[13:24] Yang
It's silly for a human to
be controlled by a tool.
[13:27] Yang
No, to be precise,
[13:30] Yang
for the scarce few people who
know how to use that tool
[13:34] Yang
to try to take control of the majority.
[13:38] Yang
I don't want people like
that controlling Julian.
[13:44] Merkatz
I can somewhat understand
what you're saying.
[13:47] Merkatz
Before, I'm sure I wouldn't have.
[13:51] Merkatz
Perhaps the time I've spent
here has changed me a bit.
[14:00] Na
The next day,
Merkatz left Iserlohn Fortress,
[14:04] Na
accompanied by his adjutant, Schneider.
[14:15] Alex
Saying goodbye to everyone? Admirable.
[14:18] Julian
Not at all. Thank you for
all you've done for me.
[14:24] Alex
Don't cheat on Charlotte, now. She'll cry.
[14:33] Na
Just like Caselnes,
[14:34] Na
everyone at Iserlohn expressed
their heartfelt regret
[14:38] Na
over Julian's departure in their own way.
[14:46] Poplin
You should've stayed at Iserlohn
for, at least, another year.
[14:51] Poplin
I wanted you to teach us something way
more fun than how to pilot a Spartanian.
[14:57] Poplin
It's a real shame.
[14:59] Poplin
I conquered my first enemy, and my
first woman, when I was seventeen.
[15:05] Poplin
I've added more successes to my pile since.
[15:07] Poplin
I'm up to triple digits on both now.
[15:10] Julian
That's impressive.
[15:13] Konev
Take care, Julian.
[15:15] Poplin
Listen to me!
[15:18] Julian
I will. Take care of yourself, as well.
[15:21] Konev
By the way, I think I have
a cousin in Fezzan.
[15:25] Konev
I've never met them, though.
And Fezzan's pretty big.
[15:30] Poplin
Why'd you even bring it up, then?!
[15:34] Murai
Well, I suppose I can say this now.
[15:36] Murai
My job here is to make
Admiral Yang look good.
[15:42] Murai
There's no need to make that face.
[15:44] Murai
I'm not saying that to complain
or be self-deprecating.
[15:50] Murai
Admiral Yang is a rare
kind of man who has both
[15:53] Murai
the temperament to be a commander and
the talent to be a staff officer.
[15:57] Murai
If he needs a staff officer for anything,
[16:01] Murai
it's only to learn how normal people think,
for his own reference.
[16:07] Murai
Which is why, when the hero of El Facil
asked me to be his staff officer,
[16:13] Murai
I was so unsure as to what my role would be
[16:16] Murai
that I couldn't answer immediately.
[16:20] Murai
I was only able to answer after
we captured Iserlohn Fortress.
[16:24] Murai
I played the role of a
"normal person" to the hilt,
[16:27] Murai
deliberately stating the obvious
[16:29] Murai
and doing things like being purposefully
cold to Admiral Merkatz.
[16:34] Murai
I'm sure I seemed quite
insufferable at times.
[16:37] Murai
Am I making sense?
[16:41] Julian
But why are you telling me all this?
[16:47] Murai
Yes... Why indeed?
[16:50] Murai
It's not a very logical explanation,
[16:53] Murai
but I think there's just something about
you that makes people trust you.
[17:00] Murai
I'm sure Admiral Yang and several others
[17:03] Murai
have opened up to you about
all kinds of things, too.
[17:07] Murai
You need to treasure that part of you.
[17:10] Murai
It will be a valuable asset to you someday.
[17:15] Julian
Yes, sir. Thank you.
[17:19] Dusty
A parting gift.
[17:21] Julian
Thank you...
[17:25] Julian
Um...
[17:27] Dusty
It's a good-luck charm.
[17:29] Julian
Good luck?
[17:30] Dusty
In my first year at cadet school,
[17:33] Dusty
I broke curfew and climbed the
wall to get back inside,
[17:36] Dusty
and some older student called Yang
Wen-li pretended he never saw me.
[17:41] Dusty
That was in my pocket at the time.
[17:45] Julian
I'll take good care of it.
SIGN Even after all this, you're still worried?
[17:50] Yang
Well, not even Machungo can be
with Julian around the clock.
SIGN Don't worry.
SIGN Julian's better with both guns and martial arts than you are.
[18:02] Yang
When you put it that way...
SIGN It upsets you?
[18:06] Yang
No, it confuses me.
[18:08] Yang
I don't know if I should be impressed
[18:10] Yang
or worry that just being better
than me isn't much to brag about.
SIGN I'll put it another way, then.
SIGN He's way better than you.
SIGN Julian is more than capable of taking care of himself.
SIGN Do you feel better now?
[18:27] Yang
Well, I suppose I should take
comfort in that, then.
SIGN Oh, speak of the devil...
[18:35] Yang
What is it, Julian?
[18:36] Julian
I wanted to say my farewells
to Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
SIGN You see? He's a lot more reliable than someone else I know.
[18:53] Julian
There.
[18:55] Julian
I organized your teas by type.
[18:58] Julian
I tried to make it clear where
they all were at a glance.
[19:01] Yang
Don't worry. I'll just
drink whatever I grab.
[19:04] Yang
More importantly, are you all ready?
[19:07] Julian
Yes. I don't have much to pack,
so it didn't take long.
[19:13] Yang
Is that right?
[19:14] Julian
Yes.
[19:16] Julian
By the way, Admiral,
[19:18] Julian
you've been drinking more alcohol lately.
[19:21] Julian
You should cut back a bit.
[19:24] Yang
Alcohol is a friend to mankind.
[19:26] Yang
I can't abandon a friend.
[19:30] Julian
Maybe that's what mankind thinks,
but how does the alcohol feel?
[19:34] Yang
First of all, humans were drinking
alcohol 5,000 years ago,
[19:39] Yang
and they still drink it now.
[19:43] Julian
Yes, one did it right
before my eyes just now.
[19:46] Yang
I'm sure we'll be drinking it
5,000 years from now, too.
[19:50] Yang
If mankind is still around
in 5,000 years, that is.
[19:55] Julian
What concerns me isn't what
happens 5,000 years from now.
[19:59] Julian
It's what happens after tomorrow.
[20:01] Julian
And I don't just mean the alcohol.
[20:04] Julian
Can you get up every morning
without me here to wake you?
[20:10] Yang
Of course I can.
[20:14] Julian
Are you really going to be all right?
[20:16] Yang
Y'know, Julian, if anyone were
to hear this conversation,
[20:21] Yang
don't you think they'd get the mistaken idea
that Yang Wen-li is absolutely useless?
[20:30] Yang
Why is everyone against me on this?
[20:34] Yang
Listen! Before you came to live here,
[20:37] Yang
I got by just fine on my own!
[20:39] Yang
I kept up a fine household
without anyone's help!
[20:46] Julian
With some fine mold and
dust by your side, right?
[20:54] Yang
Hey, that was a good one!
[20:59] Na
On September 1st, the day of his departure,
[21:03] Na
a send-off ceremony was held
for Julian and Machungo.
[21:07] Na
The one tasked with giving Julian flowers
[21:10] Na
was Charlotte Phyllis Caselnes.
SIGN You know, Commander Yang and Rear Admiral Caselnes
SIGN were both against the bouquets. "You can't eat flowers," they said.
SIGN And it's rare for them to agree on anything.
SIGN But Lieutenant Greenhill said,
SIGN "Formalities are important in situations like these,
SIGN and it's such a minor formality, at that."
SIGN And neither of them could argue with that.
[21:43] Poplin
I'll bet.
SIGN So I ask you this, comrades!
SIGN Who is the wisest sage here at Castle Iserlohn?
[22:04] Yang
Feels strange to face each other this
way in a place like this, doesn't it?
[22:08] Julian
Yes, it really does.
[22:13] Yang
Listen to me, Julian.
[22:15] Yang
Your life is your own, and no one else's.
[22:19] Yang
Think first and foremost about
how to live for yourself.
[22:25] Yang
And...
[22:28] Yang
Don't catch a cold.
[22:32] Julian
Yes, sir. Take care of yourself, as well.
[22:36] Julian
Try to drink less alcohol, if you can,
[22:39] Julian
and be sure to eat your vegetables.
[22:43] Yang
Sheesh... Still nagging me right
up to the moment you leave, huh?
[22:52] Yang
Well...
SIGN Episode 45
SIGN Emperor Overthrown
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Emperor Overthrown."
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[00:02] Na
In the year UC 798, or IC 489,
[00:07] Na
the Free Planets Alliance granted
asylum to Emperor Erwin Josef II
[00:13] Na
and recognized the establishment of the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[00:18] Na
Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
declared war on the Alliance
[00:23] Na
under the pretense of
rescuing the emperor.
[00:27] Na
The Alliance government's
plans for a coalition
[00:30] Na
with the Goldenbaum family shattered,
[00:33] Na
forcing them into a crisis.
[00:37] Na
In the midst of all this,
Julian Mintz was assigned to
[00:40] Na
the commissioner's office in
Fezzan as a military attaché.
[00:44] Na
Merkatz was invited to serve as
Minister of Military Affairs
[00:48] Na
in the Legitimate Galactic
Emperor Government,
[00:52] Na
so he and Julian departed Iserlohn
to assume their new positions.
SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:35] Man1
A hundred million men and a million ships?
[02:38] Man2
It's to take out the remnants
of the high nobility!
[02:41] Man3
Yeah. If we allow them to come back,
[02:44] Man3
the rights Duke Lohengramm gave to
us commoners will be in jeopardy.
[02:50] Man2
We have to take out the
Free Planets Alliance!
[02:52] Man2
They're the high nobility's
partners in crime!
[02:55] All
Yeah!
[02:58] Na
Young commoner men signed up to join the
military from all over the Empire.
[03:04] Na
There were also many who had completed
their service and returned home,
[03:08] Na
but cast aside their peaceful
lives to reenlist.
[03:15] Hilde
The commoners must be scared.
[03:18] Rücke
Of what?
[03:20] Hilde
That the social and economic rights
they've gained will be taken,
[03:24] Hilde
and the privileged class will be reborn.
[03:28] Hilde
But that fear is
[03:30] Hilde
a combination of their hatred
of the former nobility
[03:33] Hilde
and their hostility toward
the Free Planets Alliance,
[03:37] Hilde
which have come together in a force
that affirms the Lohengramm order.
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SIGN Emperor Overthrown
[03:58] Wolfgang
Müller!
[03:59] Oskar
You're better already?
[04:02] Müller
I got tired of lying around
cuddling with that hospital bed.
[04:07] Müller
I apologize for worrying you.
[04:10] Oskar
Does Duke Lohengramm know?
[04:11] Müller
Yes, I just received my
notice of return to duty.
[04:17] Wolfgang
You must have been awfully antsy
to get out of the hospital.
[04:19] Wolfgang
Did the people yelling about "a hundred
million men and a million ships" motivate you?
[04:24] Müller
It is quite a grand number.
[04:26] Müller
But will it really be possible
to mobilize that many men?
[04:31] Oskar
The number shouldn't be a problem.
[04:34] Oskar
The problem is keeping them supplied.
[04:36] Oskar
It won't be easy to feed a
hundred million people.
[04:40] Wolfgang
It's easy to think about,
but difficult to execute.
[04:45] Müller
That's true.
[04:48] Oskar
I'd love to celebrate your discharge from the hospital,
but sadly, I have other plans today.
[04:53] Oskar
You'll have to excuse me.
[04:55] Müller
Of course.
[04:55] Wolfgang
Sure.
[04:56] Oskar
So long.
[05:00] Müller
I hear he's found yet another new lover.
[05:03] Wolfgang
Seems so.
[05:06] Müller
I can't get a good woman because Admiral
Reuenthal keeps hogging them all.
[05:30] Reinhard
The reason I've called you all here today
[05:33] Reinhard
is to hear your opinions about
specific methods for punishing
[05:36] Reinhard
the insurgents of the Free Planets
Alliance using military force.
[05:43] Reinhard
I'll state my own plan first.
[05:45] Reinhard
Rather than fixate on capturing the
Iserlohn Corridor as we have thus far,
[05:50] Reinhard
I suggest we make a move
on a different route.
[05:54] Reinhard
In other words, we invade Alliance
territory via the Fezzan Corridor.
[06:05] Reinhard
Fezzan will renounce its political
and military neutrality
[06:09] Reinhard
and fall under our jurisdiction.
[06:28] Reinhard
This is Nicholas Boltik,
Fezzan's commissioner.
[06:31] Reinhard
He will cooperate with us.
[06:34] Reinhard
Not for free, of course.
[06:37] Fritz
You're saying he's going
to sell out his homeland?
[06:41] Boltik
With all due respect, I am only
selling Fezzan's formal neutrality,
[06:47] Boltik
which contributes absolutely nothing to the
true meaning and benefit of Fezzan's existence.
[06:53] Boltik
By casting aside meaningless formalities,
[06:55] Boltik
Fezzan will gain far more
that has actual substance.
[06:59] Fritz
What you say matters.
[07:01] Fritz
Whether you're selling your
mother or your friend,
[07:03] Fritz
there's a right way to
express your reasons!
[07:06] Reinhard
That's enough, Bittenfeld.
[07:09] Reinhard
Without his cooperation,
[07:11] Reinhard
our navy could never be passengers
in the Fezzan Corridor.
[07:15] Reinhard
I intend to repay his cooperation
with the appropriate reward,
[07:19] Reinhard
along with the utmost courtesy.
[07:22] Reinhard
Of course, I still want to
hear all of your opinions,
[07:25] Reinhard
which is why I gathered you all here today.
[07:28] Reinhard
Reuenthal, your thoughts?
[07:31] Oskar
Personally, I can't trust such a highly
resourceful Fezzani unconditionally.
[07:38] Oskar
Say we do invade the Alliance
via the Fezzan Corridor.
[07:42] Oskar
If they have a change of heart and
seal the corridor after we enter it,
[07:46] Oskar
our navy will be isolated
in enemy territory.
[07:49] Oskar
We would have no way of procuring
supplies or communicating,
[07:51] Oskar
and of course, we would know nothing
of the enemy's geography.
[07:55] Oskar
Does it not seem like too great a risk?
[07:58] Fritz
High Admiral Reuenthal, you have
every right to be concerned,
[08:02] Fritz
but if Fezzan were to resort
to such cowardly measures,
[08:05] Fritz
we need only teach them a lesson
using military force, correct?
[08:09] Oskar
You mean reversing our military's course
and attacking the Fezzan Corridor?
[08:12] Fritz
Yes. Fezzan's military
might is not that great.
[08:16] Fritz
We're more than capable of
frustrating their plans.
[08:20] Oskar
And what if the Alliance Navy strikes
from behind when we turn around?
[08:25] Oskar
We'd be at a disadvantage.
[08:27] Oskar
I don't think we'd be defeated,
[08:29] Oskar
but the losses would be more
than we could ignore.
[08:33] Reinhard
Reuenthal makes a valid point,
[08:36] Reinhard
but in terms of the basic plan,
[08:39] Reinhard
I have already decided that we will invade
Alliance territory via the Fezzan Corridor.
[08:45] Reinhard
If we assume the Iserlohn Corridor
is our only invasion route
[08:48] Reinhard
and limit the scope of our
options for invading,
[08:52] Reinhard
we would replay the foolish
actions of the Alliance Navy
[08:55] Reinhard
when they paved the path to Iserlohn
Fortress with the bodies of their servicemen.
[08:59] Reinhard
The idea that we wouldn't pass
through the Fezzan Corridor
[09:01] Reinhard
was concocted by humans for
their own convenience.
[09:03] Reinhard
It's not a law that has been in
place since the universe began.
[09:06] Reinhard
The people of the Alliance are
free to think that if they want,
[09:10] Reinhard
but we have no obligation to
share in their delusions.
[09:15] Reinhard
So, first, we will send men to the
Iserlohn Corridor, just as they expect.
[09:21] Reinhard
Even more men than we sent with
Kempff and Müller in the spring.
[09:26] Reinhard
But it goes without saying that
this will be a diversion.
[09:30] Reinhard
Once the Alliance's attention
is focused on Iserlohn,
[09:33] Reinhard
our main force will quickly pass
through the Fezzan Corridor
[09:37] Reinhard
and penetrate Alliance territory.
[09:39] Reinhard
Yang Wen-li is at Iserlohn.
[09:42] Reinhard
The rest of the Alliance Navy's
commanders are not worth discussing.
[09:45] Wolfgang
I do agree with you, but
regarding Yang Wen-li...
[09:50] Wolfgang
We should consider the possibility
that he will respond to
[09:53] Wolfgang
the mobilization of our main force by
leaving Iserlohn, and intercepting us.
[09:59] Reinhard
If he does, we will attack him from
behind while he's on the move
[10:03] Reinhard
and turn him into a martyr for democracy.
[10:14] Oskar
Would that really work?
[10:22] Reinhard
I would certainly like to make it work.
[10:25] Oskar
That would be ideal.
[10:35] Paul
It would be unwise to expect too much
of this Boltik man.
[10:41] Reinhard
Well, at the very least, he'll be easier
to control than the Black Fox Rubinsky.
[10:46] Paul
You are absolutely right,
[10:48] Paul
but that does present a new problem:
[10:52] Paul
the question of whether
Boltik can control Fezzan.
[10:56] Reinhard
You think he lacks the capacity
to lead the masses?
[10:59] Paul
If he is too capable, that would
be problematic, as well,
[11:02] Paul
but if he doesn't, at least, have the ability
to beat the malcontents into submission,
[11:06] Paul
he will only slow our navy down.
[11:09] Reinhard
I think we can expect him to have
that much ability, at least.
[11:13] Reinhard
Even if he doesn't,
[11:15] Reinhard
he'll have to try hard to hold up under
the pressure of the malcontents
[11:18] Reinhard
in order to protect his
own power and standing.
[11:22] Reinhard
Naturally, their hatred and animosity
would be solely focused on him.
[11:26] Reinhard
If I can pass judgment on him right
before he reaches his limit,
[11:31] Reinhard
it would be an efficient way
to dispose of an old tool.
[11:38] Paul
I see. You've thought this
through quite thoroughly.
[11:42] Paul
Forgive me.
[11:43] Reinhard
I should be able to use this method when I
subjugate the Free Planets Alliance, as well.
[11:48] Reinhard
Don't you think so, Chief of Staff?
[11:51] Paul
There will surely be someone who
desires a governing position
[11:55] Paul
in the former Alliance territory, backed
by the New Empire's authority and might.
[12:06] Reinhard
Yang Wen-li.
[12:08] Reinhard
When a soldier so young accomplishes
such immense deeds of valor,
[12:12] Reinhard
those of smaller minds are bound to
envy his talent and achievements.
[12:17] Reinhard
If he has unwillingly resigned himself
to the treatment he receives,
[12:22] Reinhard
then when offered a governing
position in the New Empire,
[12:26] Reinhard
can he still remain unwavering
in his loyalty to democracy?
[12:33] Reinhard
I could provide him with the means to
leverage his talents to the fullest.
[12:40] Reinhard
But...
[12:43] Reinhard
Even if I gain him,
[12:45] Reinhard
he can't replace those I have already lost.
[12:52] Na
That day, a certain man was summoned
before Oberstein.
[12:59] Na
Until six months ago, he was the head
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs'
[13:03] Na
Department of Social Discipline,
also known as the secret police,
[13:07] Na
but as a result of Reinhard's reforms,
he was removed from the office.
[13:11] Na
But because of his competence and
readiness to obey the new order,
[13:17] Na
his life was spared.
[13:20] Na
He was a rare case among
VIPs from the old order,
[13:23] Na
one who did not abuse his power
to line his own pockets,
[13:26] Na
but devoted himself to his duties,
earning himself the nickname "Hound Dog."
SIGN Heydrich Lang
[13:33] Heydrich
Chief of Staff, sir,
[13:35] Lang
the way I see it, there is only
one true form of government,
[13:39] Lang
no matter what cloak it wears.
[13:42] Paul
Oh? And what is that?
[13:45] Lang
Minority rule over the majority.
[13:48] Paul
Democratic republics extol majority
rule as a product of free will.
[13:53] Paul
I would like to hear your
thoughts regarding that.
[13:58] Lang
If you have a body of 100 people,
[14:00] Lang
just 51 of them can rule by majority.
[14:05] Lang
But when that majority is
divided into several groups,
[14:10] Lang
it only takes 26 of the 51 to rule all 100.
[14:16] Lang
In other words, it only takes
one quarter of the whole,
[14:19] Lang
a minority, to rule the majority.
[14:23] Lang
Of course, this is a highly
simplified example,
[14:26] Lang
but I'm sure an intelligent man
such as yourself realizes
[14:31] Lang
how meaningless the republican
system of majority rule is.
[14:37] Lang
Because the true form of a government
is minority rule over the majority,
[14:42] Lang
I believe the presence of people like me
is essential for maintaining stability.
[14:49] Paul
Like secret police, you mean?
[14:52] Lang
I mean people who can manage
the system of public order.
[14:57] Paul
Secret police may be convenient
for those who hold the power,
[15:02] Paul
but their mere existence makes
them a target for hatred.
[15:06] Paul
The Department of Social Discipline
was recently dissolved,
[15:09] Paul
but because you were in charge of it,
many people called for your execution.
[15:14] Paul
People like Karl Braque of
the Enlightenment Party.
[15:17] Lang
I'm sure Mr. Braque has his own ideas,
[15:20] Lang
but I have endeavored to be nothing
but loyal to the dynasty.
[15:25] Lang
I have never used my authority
to serve my own interests.
[15:29] Lang
If loyalty makes one a
target for punishment,
[15:33] Lang
I cannot imagine a good ending for
even Duke Lohengramm himself.
[15:38] Paul
I don't think Duke Lohengramm is
very fond of your type, either.
[15:45] Lang
If Duke Lohengramm is a
military man at heart,
[15:48] Lang
it's only natural that he has the
backbone to fight a grand battle
[15:52] Lang
for dominion over the universe.
[15:55] Lang
But, in certain circumstances,
[15:57] Lang
a single rumor can be more powerful
than 10,000 battleships,
[16:02] Lang
and safeguards taken in advance can
outdo the strongest offensive.
[16:05] Lang
I have the highest hopes in Duke
Lohengramm's discernment and magnanimity,
[16:09] Lang
as well as your own, Chief of Staff, sir.
[16:13] Paul
Myself aside, how do you intend to respond
to Duke Lohengramm's magnanimity?
[16:21] Paul
That will play a vital role.
[16:23] Lang
Naturally, I will offer him all of
my talents and my utmost loyalty
[16:28] Lang
to contribute to the duke's
military rule in any way I can.
[16:32] Paul
A fine statement,
[16:34] Paul
but now that the Department of Social
Discipline has been dissolved, it can't be reopened.
[16:39] Paul
You'd be criticized for
reversing an enlightened policy.
[16:43] Paul
You would have to give your
organization a different name.
[16:47] Lang
I've already thought about that, actually.
[16:52] Lang
The Internal Security Department.
[16:55] Lang
What do you think?
Doesn't it have a nice ring to it?
[16:59] Paul
It sounds like putting old
wine into a new bottle.
[17:03] Lang
I am thinking of making
the wine new, as well.
[17:07] Paul
Very well. Give it your utmost effort.
[17:11] Lang
Yes, sir!
[17:15] Müller
The Internal Security Department...
[17:18] Müller
It may have a new name, but I suspect
it's no different on the inside.
[17:23] Wolfgang
Heydrich Lang...
[17:25] Wolfgang
So the Hound Dog of the secret
police has found a new master.
[17:33] Müller
Admiral Reuenthal, what have you
been thinking about all this time?
[17:39] Oskar
Just...
[17:40] Wolfgang
Fezzan again?
[17:42] Oskar
And whether we can truly
count them as an ally.
[17:47] Wolfgang
You worry too much, Admiral Reuenthal.
[17:51] Wolfgang
It's true that we're up against
the old fox of Fezzan.
[17:55] Wolfgang
No amount of suspicion could
be considered excessive.
[17:58] Wolfgang
For us, the best outcome would be
to score a quick military victory
[18:02] Wolfgang
before Fezzan has a chance
to set any traps.
[18:06] Müller
If, by some chance, we fail,
our forces will be isolated,
[18:11] Müller
just like Admiral Reuenthal said.
[18:13] Wolfgang
In which case we'd have to procure
supplies locally to feed our men.
[18:19] Wolfgang
And if we succeed, it'll be in exchange
for being branded as looters.
[18:24] Wolfgang
I don't mind us being hated as conquerors,
[18:28] Wolfgang
but being looked down upon as
looters would be unpleasant.
[18:33] Oskar
And even that only holds true
if there are supplies to loot.
[18:37] Oskar
If they undertake a scorched-earth campaign
[18:40] Oskar
like we did two years ago,
it'll end in tragedy.
[18:44] Müller
But as far as that goes,
what Duke Lohengramm thinks
[18:49] Müller
is more important than
what any of us may say.
[18:57] Oskar
So it's all up to Duke Lohengramm...
SIGN Dominion of Fezzan
[19:13] Customer1
Did you hear?
[19:15] Customer2
Yeah, the Empire's launching
a large-scale mobilization.
[19:18] Customer1
I hear it's soon.
[19:20] Customer3
It's just more of the same.
Nothing to do with Fezzan.
[19:24] Customer3
Our Landesherr will take care of it.
[19:27] Customer3
That's why we pay so much in taxes.
[19:31] Rubinsky
Iserlohn is impregnable.
[19:34] Rubinsky
It's also home to the
Alliance Navy's most skilled leader.
[19:38] Rubinsky
As an ordinary politician, I'd truly
love to take comfort in that.
[19:43] Rubinsky
But that kind of complacency
robbed the Alliance's top brass
[19:48] Rubinsky
of their good judgment and forced them
to make the worst possible choice.
[19:52] Rubinsky
Clear proof that successes in the past
invite misjudgments in the present
[19:57] Rubinsky
and take the future away entirely.
[20:00] Rupert
Commissioner Boltik's actions have
indeed become rather intriguing.
[20:06] Rupert
That damned Boltik played
his trump card too soon
[20:10] Rubinsky
and let Duke Lohengramm use it against him.
[20:13] Rubinsky
He was in too big a hurry to get results.
[20:15] Rupert
He proved to be more incompetent
than we expected.
[20:17] Rubinsky
And this means Duke Lohengramm
is a step ahead of us.
[20:21] Rupert
What will you do?
[20:26] Rubinsky
Incidentally, I hear an
ensign named Julian Mintz
[20:29] Rubinsky
is being assigned here from the
commissioner's office in the Alliance.
[20:32] Rupert
I hear he is Admiral Yang Wen-li's favorite.
[20:35] Rupert
What special favor has
he shown him, I wonder?
[20:40] Rupert
Regardless, I highly doubt a
sixteen-year-old boy is capable of much.
[20:46] Rubinsky
By the age of sixteen, Duke Lohengramm had
already accomplished enough in battle
[20:50] Rubinsky
to reach the rank of lieutenant commander.
[20:52] Rubinsky
Julian Mintz is just moving
at a slightly slower pace.
[20:57] Rupert
He isn't just benefiting from his
adoptive father's position?
[20:59] Rubinsky
Possibly, but he has accomplished
some impressive feats.
[21:03] Rubinsky
Personally,
[21:05] Rubinsky
I would rather not foolishly mistake
a tiger cub for a kitten.
[21:23] Hilde
Is there no path of peace and coexistence
between us and the Free Planets Alliance?
[21:29] Reinhard
No. They blocked off that path themselves.
[21:33] Reinhard
If they had returned our emperor
and the kidnappers together,
[21:37] Reinhard
there would have been no diplomatic
[21:39] Reinhard
or military actions I could take
against them, at least for a while.
[21:43] Reinhard
They signed their own death warrant.
[21:51] Reinhard
Fraulein...
[21:53] Hilde
Yes, Duke Lohengramm?
[21:55] Reinhard
Do you think my methods to be unscrupulous?
[22:02] Hilde
If I said no, would that please you?
[22:10] Reinhard
I am grateful to you. That's the truth.
[22:15] Reinhard
If I had gone to the mountain villa myself,
[22:17] Reinhard
my sister wouldn't have wanted to see me.
[22:20] Reinhard
She accepted the security guards
because you convinced her.
[22:27] Reinhard
But even if my sister hates
me now, I can't go back.
[22:32] Reinhard
If I go back on my military rule now,
[22:34] Reinhard
who will restore unity and
order to the universe?
[22:38] Reinhard
Am I to leave the future of
humanity in the hands of
[22:41] Reinhard
the insolent Free Planets Alliance or
reactionaries from the old order?
[22:57] Reinhard
Tomorrow, I will announce the
dethronement of the emperor.
[23:06] Na
The seven-year-old Emperor Erwin
Josef II was stripped of his crown,
[23:11] Na
and Katharin, the eight-month-old daughter
of Viscount Pegnitz, became the empress.
SIGN Katharin Kätchen I
[23:18] Na
She would be the youngest monarch in the
history of the Goldenbaum Dynasty,
[23:24] Na
and most likely its last.
SIGN Episode 46
SIGN Operation: Ragnarök
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Operation: Ragnarök."
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[00:14] Julian
Admiral, it's 7:00.
[00:17] Julian
Time to wake up.
[00:19] Yang
Please, five more minutes...
[00:22] Yang
No, four and a half minutes...
[00:24] Julian
You just don't know when to give up.
[00:26] Julian
The enemy is advancing on us!
[00:29] Julian
If we lose because they attack
while you're in bed,
[00:31] Julian
what will future historians say about us?
[00:33] Yang
Future historians haven't
been born yet. Goodnight.
[00:38] Yang
At least let me enjoy peace in my dreams...
[00:42] Julian
Admiral!
[00:58] Louis
Good morning, Ensign.
[01:00] Julian
Good morning.
[01:02] Louis
We will arrive at the planet
Fezzan in four hours.
[01:05] Louis
Please make your preparations.
[01:08] Julian
Got it.
SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN Episode 46
SIGN Operation: Ragnarök
SIGN Free Planets Alliance Capital Heinessen
[02:53] Na
Before reporting to his new post on Fezzan,
[02:56] Na
Julian Mintz spent three days in
the Alliance capital, Heinessen.
SIGN Chief of Personnel
Vice Admiral Livermore
[03:00] Na
In order to receive the official order
to report as a military attaché,
[03:05] Na
he first had to appear at the
Integrated Tactical Operations Center.
[03:08] Na
Then he paid a visit to Space Fleet
Commander-in-Chief Bewcock,
[03:14] Na
in order to hand him the
letter Yang had written.
[03:21] Bewcock
Thank you.
[03:22] Bewcock
You've grown taller, haven't you?
[03:24] Bewcock
I suppose that's to be expected when
I haven't seen you in a year.
[03:27] Bewcock
The military uniform suits you, Ensign.
[03:31] Julian
I was still a civilian working
for the military then.
[03:34] Julian
I'm happy to see that you seem well, too.
[03:37] Bewcock
Please. I'm getting closer to
the gates of hell by the day.
[03:41] Bewcock
I look forward to seeing Emperor
Rudolf boiling in the crucible.
[03:48] Bewcock
Oh, did Vice Admiral Livermore from
Personnel say anything to you?
[03:52] Julian
No, nothing.
[03:54] Julian
He didn't bring up anything unofficial.
[03:59] Bewcock
That sounds about right.
[04:00] Bewcock
He aligns with the backers of Trunicht.
[04:04] Bewcock
He'd love to earn your favor,
[04:06] Bewcock
but his pride won't allow him to butter
up a sixteen-year-old ensign.
[04:11] Julian
Why would he need to earn my favor?
[04:14] Bewcock
It's nothing that has to do with you,
[04:17] Bewcock
but your appointment was
personally recommended
[04:19] Bewcock
by National Defense Committee
Chairman Islands.
[04:23] Bewcock
On the surface, it probably looks like
you're the chairman's favorite.
[04:27] Julian
That's a problem!
[04:31] Bewcock
There's nothing a central government fears more
[04:33] Bewcock
than having a faraway military force forming
its own hierarchy outside of their control.
[04:39] Bewcock
That's why they're using their personnel powers
[04:42] Bewcock
to ensure that important people don't stay in
one place for too long.
[04:45] Julian
Are you saying my appointment was
just part of a plan like that?
[04:50] Bewcock
That's exactly what I'm saying.
[04:53] Bewcock
They'd probably like to do the same
[04:56] Bewcock
with Caselnes, Schönkopf,
and the other top brass someday.
[04:58] Julian
What good does any of that do?
[05:01] Julian
It'll just weaken Admiral Yang's power
[05:03] Julian
and put the Imperial Navy in an
overall more powerful position!
[05:08] Bewcock
Admiral Yang is aware of that.
[05:11] Bewcock
I'm sure that's why he
wrote me this letter.
[05:15] Na
Yang's letter implied that the Imperial
Navy might invade Alliance territory
[05:21] Na
not via the Iserlohn Corridor,
but via the Fezzan Corridor.
[05:28] Na
It also outlined a strategy to use
the guerrilla-like opposition
[05:32] Na
by the Fezzani people to block the
Imperial Navy's passage through the corridor.
[05:37] Na
But he also wrote that
[05:39] Na
this strategy would mean using
citizens as the Alliance's shields,
[05:43] Na
a crime immeasurably greater than any
amount of blood shed in battle.
[05:49] Julian
Do you think it will work?
[05:50] Bewcock
There's no guarantee that it will.
[05:52] Bewcock
It's a matter of humanity,
among other things.
[05:55] Bewcock
Even Yang Wen-li isn't being
very clear about this.
[06:02] Bewcock
Admiral Yang is good at seeing the future,
[06:05] Bewcock
but sadly, his actions can't
always stay in step with that.
[06:08] Bewcock
He doesn't have the authority
to act without regard
[06:11] Bewcock
for decisions made by
civilians like Trunicht.
[06:14] Julian
Is the system to blame, then?
[06:17] Bewcock
The system, eh?
[06:19] Bewcock
Personally, it pains me to lay
the blame on the system.
[06:23] Bewcock
For a long time, I've taken pride in my role
as a soldier for a democratic republic.
[06:30] Bewcock
Yes, ever since I became a petty officer
second class, around your age.
[06:41] Bewcock
The democratic system is not wrong.
[06:44] Bewcock
Soldiers should not wield power
anywhere but on the battlefield.
[06:48] Bewcock
Even if the government is
visibly deteriorating,
[06:52] Bewcock
the way to fix it isn't
with military might.
[06:54] Bewcock
Each citizen must give of their
own strengths to correct it.
[06:57] Bewcock
And the military of a republic
[06:59] Bewcock
is meant to protect the
people of that republic.
[07:14] Louis
Those opposed to the Legitimate
Galactic Empire Government,
[07:16] Louis
those opposed to Trunicht,
[07:19] Louis
sick and wounded soldiers
and their families...
[07:21] Louis
I'm sure the government would
love to get rid of them,
[07:24] Louis
but there's no law against
this, and even if there was,
[07:26] Louis
the police can't do anything
in their weakened state.
[07:30] Julian
I guess the people's anger is
a force to be reckoned with
[07:32] Julian
when both the economy and the
social system are weakened.
[07:37] Protestor
You're from the Empire, right?
[07:39] Protestor
Would you just take your
emperor and go home already?
[07:40] Julian
Lieutenant Schneider!
[07:41] Protestor
Send all Imperials back to the Empire!
[07:43] Protestor
Why did you come to the Alliance?!
[07:44] Protestor
We'll never accept any Imperials!
[07:46] Schneider
Between all the meetings and ceremonies,
[07:49] Schneider
I can't even get a hold of Admiral Merkatz.
[07:54] Julian
You've been very busy, then.
[07:56] Schneider
I'm just being forced to go along with
those hyenas in tuxedos playing pretend.
[08:01] Schneider
A government without citizens,
a military without soldiers...
[08:04] Schneider
But they all want a rank and title, apparently.
[08:07] Julian
It must be difficult for
the admiral, as well.
[08:09] Schneider
It's only a legitimate government in form.
[08:12] Schneider
In reality, it's just a collection
of greedy former nobles.
[08:16] Schneider
Yet they think they can contend with Duke
Lohengramm, a military and political genius,
[08:22] Schneider
and it's a real pain in the
ass getting dragged into it.
[08:25] Schneider
Admiral Merkatz is to be promoted to
fleet admiral, and myself to commander,
[08:30] Schneider
but with no soldiers to command,
what's the point?
[08:34] Schneider
If there's one saving grace in all this,
[08:36] Schneider
it's that Duke Lohengramm may be a genius,
[08:39] Schneider
but history tells us it's not so unusual
for a common man to defeat a genius.
[08:44] Schneider
But if you just wish for a
miracle from the start,
[08:47] Schneider
your outlook for victory isn't good.
[08:50] Schneider
Oh, forgive me for complaining.
[08:54] Julian
Not at all. Lieutenant, would you please
give my regards to Admiral Merkatz?
[08:59] Schneider
Yes, of course.
[09:01] Schneider
It'll be a struggle for us both,
but good luck in Fezzan.
[09:06] Julian
Thank you, sir.
[09:22] (Flashback) Frederica
Back at El Facil, Admiral Yang was
still just a sub-lieutenant.
[09:26] (Flashback) Frederica
He couldn't get used to his beret at all.
[09:28] (Flashback) Frederica
He really was like a cadet
just starting out.
[09:31] (Flashback) Frederica
The people of El Facil had no
reason to trust or respect him,
[09:37] (Flashback) Frederica
but he was being so
condescending toward them.
[09:40] (Flashback) Frederica
I just had to help him, even
if I was the only one.
[09:45] (Flashback) Frederica
Then it struck me that
[09:47] (Flashback) Frederica
this man who was so unreliable
and pretentious,
[09:50] (Flashback) Frederica
who fell asleep on the sofa in his uniform,
[09:53] (Flashback) Frederica
who didn't even wash his
face in the morning,
[09:55] (Flashback) Frederica
but talked to himself while eating
bread without any butter on it...
[10:01] (Flashback) Frederica
If I didn't love him, who would?
[10:06] (Flashback) Frederica
It wasn't a hero or a great
admiral that I grew to love.
[10:12] (Flashback) Frederica
But maybe, just maybe, I had a
talent for speculation back then.
[10:20] (Flashback) Julian
Yes, you're right.
[10:22] (Flashback) Julian
I really think you did.
[10:29] Julian
I wonder how Admiral Yang
feels about Frederica...
[10:36] Louis
There you are.
[10:39] Loius
Fezzan... We're almost there.
[10:44] Julian
Yeah.
SIGN Free Planets Alliance Commissioner's Office
[10:50] Violla
Starting now, there are a lot of
things we'll need you to learn.
[10:55] Violla
I hear you've accomplished great deeds in
battle, but that won't help you here.
SIGN Chief Military Attaché
Captain Violla
[10:59] Violla
Throw away any hope you had
of getting off easy here.
[11:02] Julian
I'll keep that in mind, sir.
[11:03] Julian
I know I have many flaws, but I will
rely on your guidance in all things.
[11:09] Violla
You're a smooth talker.
Very shrewd for your age.
[11:17] Louis
Captain Violla's hostility
certainly was obvious.
[11:20] Louis
You're the youngest military attaché
in history, and he can't stand it.
[11:24] Julian
Actually, I think that's the hostility of
Trunicht's backers toward Admiral Yang.
[11:30] Julian
If we mess up, it'll cause
trouble for Admiral Yang.
[11:34] Julian
We need to remember that we're in enemy
territory, and no place is an exception.
[11:40] GirlA
He's kinda cute, isn't he?
[11:41] GirlC
Hey, he's looking at us.
[11:43] GirlA
I wonder where he's from.
[11:44] GirlB
Let's go.
[11:48] Louis
You're quite a hit with the ladies.
[11:50] Julian
I guess people here can afford to be a
bit more carefree than on Heinessen.
[11:55] Julian
Let's take a look inside.
[12:03] Staff
Welcome.
[12:05] Staff
What do you think of this one?
[12:07] Staff
It's the latest fashion, so it's
a bit tricky to wear well,
[12:10] Staff
but I think it would be a perfect
match to your face and figure.
[12:15] Julian
It's expensive.
[12:17] Julian
I believe it was twenty
marks cheaper last month.
[12:20] Staff
Are you sure you aren't mistaken?
[12:23] Staff
You can check the electronic newspaper
if you don't believe me.
[12:25] Staff
It displays all fluctuations
in the price index.
[12:29] Julian
Really? All right, then, I'll take this.
[12:33] Julian
Everyday commodities are readily
available and of high quality.
[12:36] Julian
Accidents are statistically rare, too.
[12:39] Julian
I guess that's what it means to be
socially and economically healthy.
[12:42] Louis
It's a drastic difference from the Alliance.
[12:48] Julian
Those who shed blood,
those who shed others' blood,
[12:52] Julian
those who fatten themselves
up drinking that blood...
[12:55] Julian
They've got all types.
[12:58] Louis
What shall we do now?
Return to our quarters?
[13:01] Julian
Let's take a look at the Imperial
commissioner's office first.
[13:05] Julian
It's customary, after all.
[13:12] Louis
We're being followed.
[13:14] Julian
Let him.
SIGN Galactic Empire Commissioner's Office
[13:20] Louis
It's quite bizarre to have our friends
and our enemies in the same place.
[13:24] Julian
They're probably keeping an eye on us, too.
[13:28] Louis
Shall we give them a friendly gesture?
[13:31] Julian
We'll save that for
tomorrow's welcome party.
[13:35] Julian
I'm apparently the guest
of honor, after all.
[13:37] Louis
You're starting to seem a
lot like Admiral Yang.
[13:44] GentlemanA
So what do you think of Fezzan, Ensign?
[13:47] Julian
Well, I was impressed to see that
the back streets are so clean.
[13:51] Julian
Also, so many people have
pets, and rather fat ones.
[13:55] GentlemanA
Oh? You take interest in
some surprising details.
[13:59] GentlemanB
What do you think of the Fezzani women?
[14:01] Julian
They're all beautiful, and they
seem to shine with life.
[14:05] GentlemanB
Ah, what a skilled talker you are!
[14:08] GentlemanC
Everything in Fezzan, from a lady's
smile to a planet modification system,
[14:12] GentlemanC
can be bought or sold,
depending on how resourceful you are.
[14:15] GentlemanB
I bet you wouldn't even need money to
buy a woman's heart. Just your smile.
[14:21] GentlemanB
I truly envy you.
[14:24] Julian
I'll try my best.
[14:30] Julian
Speaking of selling, I've heard
that action has been taken
[14:33] Julian
to sell the Fezzan Corridor,
and by extension, Fezzan's autonomy.
[14:38] Julian
That worries me.
[14:40] GentlemanA
Excuse me?
[14:43] Julian
I heard that Fezzan might sell the corridor
to the Empire, like a commodity.
[14:49] GentlemanA
Goodness, you have quite an
active imagination, Ensign.
[14:53] GentlemanA
That's an interesting story, but I
think it might be a leap too far.
[14:57] GentlemanA
The Fezzan Corridor is a peaceful sea,
[14:59] GentlemanA
and it's for passenger ships and
cargo ships to pass through.
[15:03] GentlemanA
It's not meant for battleships.
[15:05] Julian
Who decided that?
[15:08] GentlemanA
Who?
[15:09] Julian
If such a law was put in place by a human,
[15:11] Julian
then I'm sure it can also
be broken by a human.
[15:15] Julian
I find it hard to believe Duke Reinhard
von Lohengramm of the Empire
[15:19] Julian
would adhere to the old ways
in everything he does.
[15:23] Julian
In order to win, to conquer,
[15:25] Julian
he would not hesitate to break
traditions or unwritten laws.
[15:30] Julian
I'm sure there's no one who
could guarantee otherwise.
[15:36] Julian
Of course, even if Duke Lohengramm
has such ambitions,
[15:40] Julian
I find it hard to believe the Fezzani
would sell their pride so easily.
[15:44] Rupert
You think Fezzan would sell
itself out to the Empire?
[15:47] Rupert
That's quite a bold idea, Ensign Mintz.
[15:51] Julian
Is it?
[15:53] Julian
In Fezzan, independence—
formal independence, at that—
[15:56] Julian
shouldn't come at the ultimate price.
[15:59] Rupert
Its price is not far from that, though.
[16:01] Rupert
You would do well not
to underestimate that.
[16:04] Julian
But—
[16:05] Rupert
Before you speak...
[16:06] Rupert
You are free to spread the
wings of your imagination,
[16:09] Rupert
but is there any basis to
these things you have said?
[16:16] Julian
No, only rumors.
[16:19] Rupert
Well, that won't do.
[16:21] Rupert
One need not tell tales of
Ballantine Kauf to understand
[16:24] Rupert
that in this country, words can
be worth more than anything.
[16:28] Rupert
I suggest you avoid hanging price tags
on them that don't match their value,
[16:32] Rupert
Ensign Mintz.
[16:35] Violla
Ensign Mintz!
[16:37] Violla
I'm so sorry, gentlemen!
[16:39] Violla
He's just young, that's all!
Please understand!
[16:42] Violla
Hey! Know your place!
[16:51] Rupert
Yang Wen-li has most likely figured out
[16:55] Rupert
the entirety of the Empire's plan.
[16:58] Rubinsky
Even if he has, there's nothing he can do.
[17:01] Rupert
Isn't there?
[17:03] Rupert
In any case, that boy has definitely put
some ideas in the attendants' heads.
[17:10] Rupert
Surely a few of them will remember
it once they sober up.
[17:14] Rupert
If they tie their intentions
to political machinations,
[17:17] Rupert
will it not cause problems for us?
[17:19] Rubinsky
It's too late. There's no time
for them to do anything.
[17:23] Rubinsky
Don't worry.
[17:29] Rupert
If I am worried, it isn't for your sake.
[17:49] Rupert
How are you feeling, Bishop Degsby?
[17:55] Degsby
Booze, drugs, and women...
[17:59] Rupert
You've indulged in all the pleasures
this world has to offer.
[18:03] Rupert
Would the Grand Bishop back on
Earth tolerate such debauchery?
[18:09] Degsby
You're the one who gave me the drugs.
[18:12] Degsby
It was your cowardly actions that
left me on the edge of depravity...
[18:16] Degsby
Blasphemer...
[18:18] Degsby
You had best fear justice.
[18:20] Rupert
Justice?
[18:22] Rupert
Emperor Rudolf didn't rely on justice.
[18:25] Rupert
He simply conquered the universe
using his own strength.
[18:28] Rupert
If you had strength, you wouldn't need
to fear the Grand Bishop, or even God.
[18:34] Degsby
What are you saying?
[18:36] Rupert
You can have Earth and the
Earth Cult, Bishop Degsby.
[18:42] Rupert
I will take down Rubinsky.
[18:44] Rupert
You take the Grand Bishop's place.
[18:50] Degsby
Ridiculous... What a laughingstock.
[18:54] Degsby
Keep dreaming a dog's dreams,
like the dog you are,
[18:57] Degsby
but don't think you'll stand a
chance against an elephant.
[19:00] Degsby
It would do you good to remember that.
[19:05] Rupert
All of your disgraceful
behavior has been recorded.
[19:09] Rupert
If you won't cooperate,
all I need to do is use that.
[19:13] Rupert
It's a clichéd method,
[19:14] Rupert
but it's used regularly because it works,
[19:16] Rupert
and its regular use is
what makes it clichéd.
[19:19] Rupert
It's about time you made your decision.
[19:21] Degsby
Damned dog...
[19:30] Julian
There are many different kinds of battles.
[19:33] Julian
I know that. I do, but...
[19:43] Julian
The one thing I know best of all
[19:45] Julian
is that I don't like this kind of battle.
[19:49] Julian
I'd rather be out there in space,
[19:51] Julian
competing with someone like Duke
Lohengramm in ingenuity and courage.
[19:57] Julian
Just like Admiral Yang would...
[20:00] Julian
Not that I can hold a candle to him.
[20:12] Na
In November of the year UC 798, or IC 489,
[20:14] Na
the Galactic Imperial Navy was conducting
fleet maneuvers and procuring supplies
[20:18] Na
in preparation for a campaign
of unprecedented proportions.
[20:23] Na
They were making progress in
the information war, as well.
[20:31] Na
Boltik, the commissioner stationed in
the Empire, under Reinhard's orders,
[20:36] Na
continuously sent false reports
to Fezzan that the Imperial Navy
[20:42] Na
was about to invade Iserlohn Fortress.
[20:45] Na
Then, on November 8th,
[20:48] Na
Reinhard announced the final personnel
appointments for the Alliance invasion.
[20:55] Reinhard
High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer,
[20:58] Reinhard
you will command the vanguard.
[21:00] Wolfgang
Yes, sir.
[21:01] Na
The crucial task of rapidly
changing the navy's route
[21:04] Na
from Iserlohn Corridor to the
conquest of the Fezzan Corridor
[21:07] Na
was placed in the hands of
High Admiral Mittermeyer.
[21:11] Reinhard
Admiral Neidhart Müller.
[21:13] Reinhard
You will command the second force.
[21:15] Müller
Yes, sir.
[21:15] Na
Following the Gale Wolf's vanguard
[21:18] Na
was Müller, a man known for his
handling of difficult circumstances.
[21:21] Reinhard
I will command the third force myself.
[21:24] Paul
Under him will be
[21:26] Paul
Aldringen,
[21:27] Paul
Brauhitch,
[21:28] Paul
Carnap,
[21:29] Paul
Grünemann,
[21:31] Paul
and Thurneysen.
[21:34] All
Yes, sir.
[21:35] Paul
I will serve as chief of
staff over the following:
[21:39] Paul
Chief Adjutant, Rear Admiral Streit.
[21:41] Paul
Associate Adjutant, Lieutenant Rücke.
[21:44] Paul
Chief Secretary, Commander
Hildegard von Mariendorf.
[21:48] Paul
Captain of the Guard, Captain Kisling.
[21:51] All
Yes, sir.
[21:52] Reinhard
Admiral Karl Robert Steinmetz,
you will command the fourth force.
[21:56] Karl
Yes, sir.
[21:57] Reinhard
Admiral August Samuel Wahlen,
you will command the fifth force.
[22:01] Wahlen
Yes, sir.
[22:02] Na
Wahlen, who advised Siegfried Kircheis
during the Lippstadt War,
[22:07] Na
was given the great responsibility of
linking the Empire to the Fezzan Corridor.
[22:12] Paul
Next, the assignments for the
force to be sent to Iserlohn.
[22:17] Paul
The purpose of this force
is to act as a diversion,
[22:19] Paul
but enough troops will be dispatched to
prevent the enemy from realizing this,
[22:23] Paul
and depending on how the battle goes,
it will be crucial in conquering Iserlohn Fortress.
[22:29] Reinhard
High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal.
[22:32] Reinhard
You will assume full command
over the Iserlohn force.
[22:34] Oskar
Yes, sir.
[22:35] Reinhard
Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[22:37] Reinhard
and Admiral Helmut Rennenkampf
[22:40] Reinhard
will be his vice commanders.
[22:41] Both
Yes, sir.
[22:42] Na
Admirals Fahrenheit and Bittenfeld
were placed on reserve.
[22:48] Na
Admiral Kesler was appointed
Imperial Defense Commander.
[22:51] Na
Admiral Mecklinger and Admiral Eisenach
were placed in charge of the rear guard.
[22:57] Müller
Your Excellency.
[23:00] Müller
What is the name of this operation?
[23:04] Reinhard
It shall be called...
[23:07] Reinhard
Ragnarök.
[23:13] Reinhard
This will be the final battle
in the Galactic Empire's war
[23:18] Reinhard
to beat the insurgents calling themselves the
Free Planets Alliance into complete submission.
[23:24] Reinhard
I know you will all fight bravely!
SIGN Episode 47
SIGN Invitation to a Requiem
[25:01] Na
Next time, "Invitation to a Requiem."
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SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:32] Reinhard
It shall be called...
[01:35] Reinhard
Ragnarök.
[01:37] Na
Reinhard decided who would take
part in Operation: Ragnarök.
SIGN Capital Planet Heinessen
[01:43] Na
The conjecture that the Empire would take
military action at the Iserlohn Corridor
[01:48] Na
had reached as far as Heinessen.
[01:53] Soldier3
It appears the Empire is making
preparations to invade.
[01:56] Politician4
They're wasting their time.
[01:58] Rockwell
Iserlohn is impregnable.
[02:00] Politician3
We have the great and undefeated
Miracle Yang on our side, after all.
[02:06] Islands
What is it, Commander-in-Chief Bewcock?
[02:10] Bewcock
The offensive against
Iserlohn may be a diversion
[02:12] Bewcock
that the enemy is using while their main
force breaches the Fezzan Corridor.
[02:17] Politician3
The Fezzan Corridor?
[02:19] Politician2
Commander-in-Chief Bewcock,
your concern is certainly original,
[02:24] Politician2
but it seems unlikely that
Fezzan would abandon
[02:26] Politician2
their political neutrality
to back the Empire.
[02:29] Rockwell
Besides, if they did that and
made the Empire even stronger,
[02:33] Rockwell
Fezzan's own continued existence
would come under threat.
[02:36] Politician6
Fezzan has invested an immense
amount of capital in our Alliance,
[02:40] Politician6
and they have many interests here, as well.
[02:42] Politician6
If our Alliance were annexed
by the Empire,
[02:45] Politician6
all of their efforts to
date would come to naught.
[02:49] Politician6
I highly doubt the Fezzani would
make such a disadvantageous choice.
[02:53] Politicians
That's right.
[02:55] Bewcock
Of course. It is true that Fezzan has
invested capital in the Alliance.
[03:02] Bewcock
But they've invested it in the
Alliance's chief industries,
[03:06] Bewcock
not in the Alliance government.
[03:09] Bewcock
In their minds, so long as the safety
of their invested capital is assured,
[03:14] Bewcock
structural failure within the Alliance
would amount to a mere ceiling collapse.
[03:20] Bewcock
It would not mean significant
suffering for them.
[03:24] Bewcock
Or is Fezzan, in fact, investing capital
in the Alliance government, as well?
[03:32] Politician2
Are you suggesting that we're
accepting bribes from Fezzan?!
[03:36] Islands
Admiral, I suggest you watch what you say.
[03:48] Na
The decision was made to simply
increase vigilance around Iserlohn,
[03:53] Na
and the conference was concluded.
[03:58] Alex
What's the word from Heinessen?
[04:01] Yang
An order to increase vigilance, it says.
[04:04] Murai
The surveillance satellites we had
put in place throughout the corridor
[04:08] Murai
haven't been replaced after being destroyed
in the Geiersburg Fortress assault.
[04:13] Murai
The most we have been able to do is
send ships out to conduct patrols.
[04:17] Alex
We requested additional funds,
but they haven't been granted yet.
[04:21] Dusty
Is the National Defense
Committee just bullying us?
[04:23] Yang
It's not bullying at all.
[04:26] Yang
That's just how tight money
is in the Alliance right now.
SIGN Episode 47
SIGN Invitation to a Requiem
SIGN Battleship Ulysses
[04:46] Crew1
Did you see the captain?
[04:47] Crew2
Looked like he was in a foul mood again.
[04:49] Crew3
He's looked like that every day lately.
[04:52] Crew2
I heard he had a quarrel with his wife.
[04:55] Crew4
I heard he was cheated in a card game
with Lieutenant Commander Poplin.
[04:57] Crew5
No, I heard it was Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
[05:01] Fields
Actually, the captain was incredibly
taken with Julian Mintz.
[05:05] Fields
But as you all know,
[05:07] Fields
he took off for Fezzan to
be a military attaché.
[05:11] Fields
He's heartbroken after
losing his one-sided love.
[05:15] Crew
So that's why...
SIGN Commander Nilsson
[05:17] Nilsson
Damn it... Wisdom tooth pain at my age?
[05:22] Ulysses Operator1
Optical confirmed.
[05:24] Ulysses Operator1
No ID code.
[05:25] Nilsson
Is it the enemy?
[05:27] Nilsson
Use the emergency frequency to contact them.
[05:29] Ulysses Operator2
Yes, sir.
[05:34] Nilsson
Stop at once.
[05:36] Nilsson
If you refuse, we will atta—
[05:53] Fields
What do we do? Should we fight them?
[05:56] Nilsson
You fool! The Iserlohn garrison
fleet is undefeated!
[05:59] Nilsson
And do you know why?
[06:03] Nilsson
Because we don't fight
enemies we can't beat!
[06:06] Nilsson
Get us out of here at once! No dawdling!
[06:10] Bergengrün
Should we pursue?
[06:11] Oskar
Let them go.
[06:13] Oskar
We need them to make the most
dramatic report possible.
[06:20] Alex
Their numbers were immense
when Admiral Kempff attacked,
[06:23] Alex
but this might surpass even that.
[06:26] Fyodor
The report from Ulysses said the
battleship Tristan was there.
[06:31] Dusty
So one of the Twin Pillars
has shown up, huh?
[06:34] Frederica
Do you think this is part of
Duke Lohengramm's large-scale operation?
[06:40] Yang
Probably.
[06:42] Yang
To battle stations, condition one.
[06:51] Yang
The real headache isn't the
enemies in front of us.
[06:55] Yang
It's the allies behind us.
[06:57] Yang
The high officials in Heinessen aren't
yet aware of the danger we're in.
[07:02] Yang
If the Imperial Navy violates the Fezzan
Corridor's neutrality by invading through it,
[07:06] Yang
they might ignore what's happening here
and order us to save the capital.
[07:13] Yang
And if they do, we'll have
no choice but to go,
[07:17] Yang
but we're facing High Admiral Oskar von
Reuenthal, one of the Empire's Twin Pillars.
[07:22] Yang
If we make one wrong move, he could
take back the Iserlohn Corridor.
[07:29] Yang
Send Heinessen a report on the enemy attack,
[07:32] Yang
and tell them that it's probably tied
[07:34] Yang
to Duke Lohengramm's plan
to attack the Fezzan Corridor,
[07:39] Yang
so they should reinforce
defenses around Fezzan.
[07:42] Frederica
Yes, sir.
[07:43] Yang
Just in case, that is.
[07:46] Yang
I'm sure Commander-in-Chief Bewcock
is fighting his hardest alone.
[07:50] Yang
It's the least we can do to back him up.
[07:59] OperatorC
The enemy fleet has expanded
over a broad range.
[08:02] Murai
They're outside the Thor Hammer's range?
[08:04] Fyodor
But their main artillery
can't reach us, either.
[08:24] Oskar
Feuer!
[08:32] OperatorC
Optical detection of long-range
missiles confirmed!
[08:35] Yang
Withdraw the floating batteries.
[08:38] Murai
If we sink the floating batteries,
we'll take no damage.
[08:41] Murai
What do you suppose they're planning?
[08:46] Oskar
Lutz Fleet, forward!
[08:49] Lutz
All ships, advance!
[08:54] OperatorC
The enemy fleet has begun to advance!
[08:57] Yang
Intercept them with the Thor Hammer.
[08:59] OperatorA
Thor Hammer activated.
[09:01] OperatorA
Preparing to fire.
[09:05] OperatorA
Energy charge in progress.
[09:10] OperatorA
Charge complete in ten...
[09:12] OperatorA
nine...
[09:13] OperatorA
eight...
[09:14] OperatorA
seven...
[09:14] OperatorC
Wait a moment!
[09:16] OperatorC
Look at this!
[09:19] OperatorC
According to trajectory analysis,
[09:20] OperatorC
all of the enemy's long-range missiles are
on course to strike the Thor Hammer's muzzle!
[09:25] Fyodor
The Thor Hammer's muzzle?!
[09:29] Yang
The enemy plans to enter our firing range as
soon as their missiles hit the Thor Hammer.
[09:36] Yang
They're targeting the exact moment before
it fires, when it's most vulnerable.
[09:44] Frederica
They planned out the timing
in that much detail?
[09:47] Yang
Call off the Thor Hammer.
[09:50] Yang
Have the garrison fleet intercept them.
[09:53] Yang
Contact Admirals Attenborough and Fischer.
[10:26] Herðubreið Operator
A fleet has been deployed
from Iserlohn Fortress.
[10:29] Lutz
All ships, advance at full speed!
[10:37] OperatorC
Enemy fleet approaching at high speed!
[10:40] Yang
Shit!
[10:41] Garrison Fleet Operator
Enemy ships advancing!
They're not losing speed!
[10:44] Captain
Evade! Evasive maneuvers!
[11:01] Lao
It's a melee!
[11:03] Dusty
They actually got us.
[11:05] Fyodor
Even if we wanted to back up our allies,
we can't attack through this!
[11:13] Na
Reuenthal's goal was to
create a melee situation
[11:17] Na
and drag the Iserlohn garrison
fleet into a battle of attrition,
[11:20] Na
then annihilate it.
[11:24] Na
Reuenthal, with his greater numbers,
would come out victorious in the end.
[11:29] Na
He did indeed put everything
on the line in this campaign.
[11:34] Murai
I can't believe it...
[11:37] Yang
But we still have a weapon that they don't.
[11:47] Oskar
What will Yang Wen-li do now?
[11:51] Tristan Operator1
A new fleet has been deployed from Iserlohn.
[11:56] Tristan Operator1
Flagship Hyperion confirmed!
[12:08] Bergengrün
Hyperion? That's the ship
Yang Wen-li commands!
[12:12] Oskar
I heard he was resourceful,
[12:14] Oskar
but I see he's a surprisingly
courageous leader, as well.
[12:20] Oskar
All ships, forward! Full speed!
[12:53] Fire Control Operator
Hyperion is within effective firing range.
[12:57] Oskar
Fire all artillery!
[13:22] Oskar
What was that?!
SIGN Blumhardt! Stolz! Can you hear me?
[13:47] Blumhardt/Stolz
Yes, sir!
SIGN You two come with me.
SIGN Linz, lead the main force!
[13:52] Linz
Yes, sir!
[14:00] Fire Control Operator
The enemy's landing force
has boarded the ship!
[14:03] Fire Control Operator
They're breaching sector E5 via deck 15!
[14:06] Reckendorf
Sector E5?!
[14:08] Reckendorf
They're targeting the reactor!
[14:10] Oskar
Close the bulkhead!
[14:11] Oskar
Permission granted to arm the guards!
[14:13] Bergengrün
I can't believe they chose
close-quarters combat at this stage.
[14:18] Oskar
I thought it seemed ostentatious of them
to send a flagship to the front line...
[14:24] Oskar
So this is what you were up to, Yang Wen-li.
[14:28] Murai
Looks like it worked out.
[14:30] Yang
If you want to trip up a first-rate
opponent like Reuenthal,
[14:34] Yang
it's actually these second-rate
tactics that work best.
[14:43] Linz
Turn back!
[14:50] ArmoredA
The route to the reactor
has been closed off.
[14:52] Linz
Look for another way.
[14:54] Linz
We still need to keep their attention on us.
[15:10] Bergengrün
The route to the reactor has
been completely blocked.
[15:13] Bergengrün
As soon as all personnel have been evacuated,
the entire sector will be purged.
[15:18] Oskar
Is it really the reactor they're after?
[15:21] Bergengrün
Huh?
[15:23] Oskar
If their objective is to
stop the ship from moving,
[15:26] Oskar
they could just destroy
everything in their path.
[15:28] Oskar
So why aren't they doing that?
[15:36] Oskar
Is it me they're after?
[15:39] Oskar
Get me a weapon! Now!
[15:41] Bergengrün
Yes, sir!
[15:47] Bergengrün
Your Excellency!
SIGN Admiral Reuenthal, I presume.
[16:00] Oskar
That's right. And you're
a dog of the Alliance.
SIGN I'm Walter von Schönkopf, thirteenth regimental commander of the Rosen Ritter.
SIGN Remember that for the brief time you have left before you die.
[16:43] Tristan Operator1
Don't! You'll hit His Excellency!
[17:22] Imperial Soldier
Your Excellency!
SIGN Pull out!
[17:36] Bergengrün
Your Excellency! Are you all right?
[17:39] Oskar
So they're the Rosen Ritter
I've heard so much about?
[17:42] Bergengrün
It seems so.
[17:44] Oskar
Halt all combat and withdraw.
[17:47] Oskar
I can't believe I forgot myself and let
the enemy drag me into their game.
[17:52] Oskar
Allowing their landing force to board
this flagship was utter foolishness.
[17:56] Bergengrün
I'm very sorry, sir.
[17:58] Oskar
This isn't your fault.
[18:01] Oskar
I got too heated.
[18:04] Oskar
I'll be back after I've
cooled my head a bit.
[18:09] Na
An opening was created in the
Imperial Fleet's command.
[18:12] Na
Yang took advantage of this to
withdraw the garrison fleet
[18:15] Na
and hold them within the fortress.
[18:18] Na
The opening fleet battle
thus ended in a draw.
SIGN I was so close I could taste it,
SIGN but the big fish got away from me.
SIGN But we did succeed in breaching their flagship,
SIGN so I guess that's worth more than zero points, at least.
[18:39] Yang
Shame it turned out that way.
SIGN Of course, they might be thinking the same thing right now.
SIGN He was pretty skilled,
SIGN and he repeatedly evaded my attacks.
[18:51] Yang
I guess this means we failed
to change history, huh?
SIGN Anyway, the battle's basically fortress versus fleet now,
SIGN but do you think we can win when it's fleet versus fleet?
[19:06] Yang
I don't know.
[19:07] Yang
Kempff, the one we fought last time,
[19:09] Yang
was probably less flexible
tactically than Reuenthal.
[19:12] Yang
But we still just barely
managed to beat him.
[19:16] Yang
Who knows where fate will leave us now?
SIGN Don't disappoint me like that!
SIGN I know I've said this before,
SIGN but I believe you're capable of defeating Reinhard von Lohengramm.
SIGN What good is that if you can't defeat his underling?
[19:31] Yang
You're free to think whatever you want,
[19:33] Yang
but there's no guarantee that subjective
faith will produce an objective result.
[19:40] Na
After that, the Imperial Navy kept
its distance from Iserlohn Fortress,
[19:45] Na
and the battle fell into a stalemate.
[19:49] Poplin
Damn it!
[19:51] Poplin
Just when I thought they came here to
do recon, they immediately pulled out!
[19:55] Konev
I think they're just playing around.
[19:58] Poplin
I prefer people who just play around in
battle over people who take it seriously!
[20:04] Konev
It's not your preferences
I have a problem with.
[20:07] Konev
I'm concerned about what they're planning.
[20:10] Poplin
I get that, but whatever it
is you're worried about,
[20:15] Poplin
you know the commander's
already thought of it.
[20:19] Na
Poplin was exactly right.
[20:21] Na
Yang had already dealt with every
aspect of Reuenthal's attack
[20:25] Na
and taken appropriate measures.
[20:28] Na
However, he did so not with the
creative methods of an artist,
[20:33] Na
but with the intentions of a career worker
doing nothing but the job entrusted to him.
[20:42] Na
Yang was clearly lacking much of his
fire and vitality during this time.
[20:54] Yang
They're good leaves, but the hot water
was poured on them at the wrong time.
[21:00] Yang
I know that. I know, but...
[21:06] Yang
That's right... I know.
[21:09] Yang
I know what the Imperial
Navy's really after, too.
[21:12] Yang
Just like with the coup d'état before.
[21:15] Yang
But what good does just knowing do?
[21:19] Yang
Whatever happens to the Free Planets
Alliance now has nothing to do with me.
[21:24] Julian
Nothing good comes of being all depressed.
[21:34] Yang
I knew it.
[21:36] Yang
I shouldn't have let you go.
[21:40] Yang
That's right. This isn't
the time to be depressed.
[21:43] Yang
The other side is about to make their move.
[21:52] Oskar
It's just about time.
SIGN Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[21:56] Na
High Admiral Reuenthal
[21:58] Na
complained to the capital about
Iserlohn Fortress's defenses and resistance
[22:04] Na
in an appeal to Fleet Admiral
Lohengramm for reinforcements.
[22:10] Citizen1
Looks like they're sending
reinforcements to Iserlohn.
[22:13] Citizen2
It's hard to believe Admiral
Reuenthal is struggling so much.
[22:19] Na
Reinhard expressed his regret
over Reuenthal's struggle,
[22:24] Na
and reached out to the Imperial Navy's
highest-ranking staff officers
[22:28] Na
with the goal of conquering
Iserlohn once and for all.
[22:33] Reinhard
You will head to the
Iserlohn Corridor as quickly as possible
[22:37] Reinhard
and fulfill your duties there.
[22:39] Reinhard
If you find yourselves in need of more men,
[22:42] Reinhard
I will leave the capital myself
and join your formation.
[22:48] Wolfgang
Understood. We will do all we can.
[22:56] Na
The admirals knew that the proper nouns
Reinhard used in his order were false.
[23:03] Na
The corridor they were heading for
[23:06] Na
had a name and location that
differed from Iserlohn's.
[23:13] Hilde
It's begun.
[23:15] Reinhard
Yes. This is the beginning
of the end, Fräulein.
SIGN Episode 48
SIGN The Occupation of Fezzan
[25:01] Na
Next time, "The Occupation of Fezzan."
E48 - The Occupation of Fezzan
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SIGN Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:42] Na
The fleet led by Galactic Imperial Navy
High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
[01:47] Na
departed the capital Odin for the
Iserlohn Corridor... or so it appeared.
[02:04] EnsignA
Something's not right.
[02:06] EnsignA
Don't you think so?
[02:08] EnsignB
Yeah. It's obvious the fleet isn't
heading for the Iserlohn Corridor.
[02:13] EnsignA
You noticed that, too?
[02:15] EnsignB
It's heading in a different direction from
Iserlohn and outside Imperial territory.
[02:19] EnsignB
That can only mean one thing.
[02:21] EnsignA
You mean...
[02:23] EnsignD
There's a notice from
High Admiral Wolfgang to all fleets!
[02:37] Wolfgang
Our destination is not
the Iserlohn Corridor.
[02:42] Wolfgang
It is the Fezzan Corridor.
[02:45] Wolfgang
Our ultimate objective, of course,
is not to stop at Fezzan,
[02:51] Wolfgang
but to use it as a rear base for
our passage through the corridor
[02:55] Wolfgang
and subdue the insurgents calling
themselves the Free Planets Alliance,
[02:59] Wolfgang
putting an end to the war that has
divided humanity for centuries.
[03:04] Wolfgang
That is the goal of this expedition.
[03:08] Wolfgang
We are not here simply to fight and conquer,
[03:13] Wolfgang
but to turn a new page in the book of history.
[03:17] Wolfgang
Of course, achieving this
goal will not be easy.
[03:21] Wolfgang
The Alliance territory is vast,
[03:23] Wolfgang
and their military boasts a great number
of troops and brilliant leaders.
[03:28] Wolfgang
But by taking control
of the Fezzan Corridor,
[03:32] Wolfgang
we can give ourselves an
overwhelming advantage.
[03:37] Wolfgang
I know I can expect all
of you to fight bravely.
[03:44] EnsignA
This will change history!
[03:46] EnsignB
Yeah. I never even dreamed
I'd live to see the day.
[03:52] EnsignB
I thought we'd just keep serving
the nobility to stay alive,
[03:55] EnsignB
only to die in a battle we
had no hope of winning.
[04:00] EnsignB
But now, under Fleet Admiral Lohengramm,
[04:03] EnsignB
we get to fight in the battle
to unify the universe.
[04:06] EnsignB
I couldn't be more proud!
SIGN Episode 48
SIGN The Occupation of Fezzan
[04:23] OperatorB
Gravitational anomaly
detected in the corridor!
[04:25] OperatorB
What are these numbers?!
[04:33] OperatorB
That was dangerous, damn it!
Who the hell is that?!
[04:37] Bomel
This is...
[04:39] Bomel
Contact Central Space Port Control!
[04:42] OperatorA
Transmission failed!
They're jamming our comms!
[04:45] Bomel
Break off course! Get us out
of here before they take us!
[04:49] OperatorA/B
Right!
[05:01] A
What's that?
[05:02] B
It's kind of pretty.
[05:06] Julian
It's started. Just like the admiral said.
[05:13] ControllerB
Descending merchant ship Leonov, please
proceed along Central Space Port invasion route B.
[05:13] ControllerA
It's the Galactic Empire!
SIGN Fezzan Central Space Port Control Station
[05:15] ControllerA
The fleet that just appeared in our
orbit is from the Galactic Empire!
[05:18] ControllerB
Slavyanka en route through sector 12, stand by
until you receive orders from Kapustin in sector 17.
[05:19] Control Center Chief
What?!
[05:20] ControllerA
This is the Fezzan Central
Space Port Control Station.
[05:22] ControllerA
Message to the Imperial fleet in our orbit:
[05:26] ControllerA
Please comply with all orders from control!
[05:30] ControllerA
This is a demilitarized zone.
[05:32] ControllerA
Intrusion by military vessels will be
penalized for violation of the law.
[05:36] ControllerA
You are ordered to comply!
[05:43] ControllerA
Warning! This is a demilitarized zone!
[05:44] ControllerB
The Imperial fleet is descending!
[05:46] ControllerA
Intrusion by military vessels will be
penalized for violation of the law!
[05:46] Control Center Chief
Contact the leader's office!
[05:49] Control Center Chief
Fezzan was supposed to be a neutral state...
[05:53] Control Center Chief
How did we not know about
this until it happened?
[06:10] C
Sorry! Outta my way!
[06:14] Wolfgang
Once again...
[06:17] Wolfgang
There are four targets in this
first stage of subjugation.
[06:20] Wolfgang
The Central Space Port Control Station,
[06:22] Wolfgang
the Navigation Bureau,
[06:24] Wolfgang
the Dominion leader's office,
[06:26] Wolfgang
and the Alliance commissioner's office.
[06:28] Wolfgang
We will rapidly subdue these four locations
[06:31] Wolfgang
and take control of the backbone of Fezzan!
[06:35] Marinesk
I can't find the outstanding
account vouchers!
[06:38] Marinesk
Hey!
[06:39] Marinesk
Take the second set of
books and get out of here!
[07:14] Wolfgang
There is one thing I want you to keep in
mind while carrying out this objective.
SIGN Fezzan Dominion Leader's Office
[07:19] Wolfgang
This order is absolute.
[07:23] Wolfgang
Any who cause harm to civilians
or engage in looting
[07:28] Wolfgang
will be executed by firing squad
following a summary trial.
[07:32] Wolfgang
Know that Wolfgang Mittermeyer
does not go back on his word.
[07:36] Wolfgang
Anyone who sullies the
honor of the Imperial Navy
[07:39] Wolfgang
will receive punishment
befitting their crime.
[07:42] Wolfgang
Remember this.
[07:45] Wolfgang
Also...
[07:47] Wolfgang
What happened to the Empire's
commissioner for Fezzan?
[07:50] Droysen
Well... there are concerns that he may be
attacked by rioting locals,
[07:56] Droysen
so we were asked to provide
an escort force for him.
[07:59] Wolfgang
Making demands of us the moment we arrive?
[08:03] Wolfgang
All right, then.
[08:05] Wolfgang
Send him a battalion from our landing force.
[08:08] Wolfgang
If he's too scared to walk the streets,
[08:10] Wolfgang
he can hardly be expected
to come and greet us.
[08:14] Louis
Setup complete.
[08:16] Julian
Here, too.
[08:18] Henslow
What do we do now?
[08:20] Henslow
Don't you have some idea?!
I need you to have something!
[08:25] Julian
Let's get going for now.
[08:28] SoldierA
Team 1 in position.
[08:30] SoldierB
Team 2 in position.
[08:32] SoldierC
Thermal images detected.
[08:34] SoldierC
There are at least three people inside.
[08:37] Glaeser
Begin infiltration.
[08:45] SoldierA
It came from the roof!
[08:47] Glaeser
Subdue them.
[09:03] SoldierA
There's no one here.
[09:05] SoldierB
The three thermal images were a bluff.
[09:07] SoldierB
And the shots from the roof came from simple
turrets made by attaching sensors to rifles.
[09:14] Glaeser
They were buying time, and we helped them.
[09:17] Glaeser
And the data from the commissioner's office?
[09:19] Soldierb
We can't find it.
They've already wiped everything.
[09:24] Glaeser
I guess they have some talented personnel
outside of Yang's fleet at Iserlohn, too.
[09:34] Rupert
The Central Space Port has already
been occupied by the Imperial Navy.
[09:40] Rupert
Are you listening, Landesherr?
[09:44] Rubinsky
Yes.
[09:45] Rupert
It appears Fezzan's last day
is now within arm's reach.
[09:51] Rupert
Soon enough, Boltik will come barging in,
backed by the might of the Imperial Navy,
[09:56] Rupert
to steal your position and assume
power far greater than he can handle.
[10:05] Rupert
Your time is over.
[10:07] Rubinsky
Are you giving me your personal
guarantee that my time is over?
[10:13] Rupert
As far as that goes, I am of
the same opinion as Boltik.
[10:17] Rupert
If an actor occupies the stage
too long after his part is over,
[10:22] Rupert
he becomes a nuisance to
those who come after.
[10:24] Rupert
I would appreciate it if you
would make your exit with haste.
[10:28] Rubinsky
You agree with Duke Lohengramm,
then, with regard to the opinion
[10:32] Rubinsky
that I am more unmanageable than Boltik?
[10:36] Rubinsky
I suppose I should be honored.
[10:39] Rupert
You can try to glorify
yourself all you want.
[10:42] Rupert
I don't give a damn what you say.
[10:52] Rubinsky
I see how it is.
[10:54] Rubinsky
You bare your fangs the moment
an opportunity arises.
[10:57] Rubinsky
Well, I can't say you aren't
quick to seize an opportunity,
[11:01] Rubinsky
but don't you think you're
making it a bit obvious?
[11:04] Rupert
If I know I'll be given the
chance to make a correction,
[11:07] Rupert
there's no need to hesitate
on changing the initial plan.
[11:11] Rupert
That's my opinion, Landesherr.
[11:15] Rubinsky
Still, there's no need to get your
own hands dirty, is there, Rupert?
[11:23] Rupert
If I'm going to become Fezzan's leader,
[11:25] Rupert
you're in my way regardless.
[11:28] Rupert
Because you're the kind of man who can't stay
alive if you're not stabbing others in the back.
[11:34] Rubinsky
But you know, Rupert...
[11:36] Rupert
Keep my name out of your mouth!
[11:40] Rubinsky
I am your father.
[11:43] Rubinsky
I should be allowed to call
you by your first name.
[11:46] Rupert
My father?!
[11:49] Rupert
Let me tell you what a father is!
[11:56] Rupert
No. Enough talk.
[12:14] Rubinsky
This is something we haven't sold to
either the Empire or the Alliance yet.
[12:18] Rubinsky
It's called optical camouflage.
[12:23] Rubinsky
I knew you wanted to kill me.
[12:27] Rubinsky
I also knew why you came here tonight.
[12:30] Rubinsky
That's why I had these ready.
[12:34] Rupert
How... did you know?
[12:38] Dominique
I'm sorry.
[12:40] Rupert
You... bitch!
[12:43] Rubinsky
The bad parts of you are
too similar to my own.
[12:46] Rubinsky
If you were a bit less ambitious and greedy,
[12:49] Rubinsky
perhaps I could have entrusted my
position and authority to you one day.
[12:55] Rubinsky
You may have known everything,
[12:57] Rubinsky
but you didn't know how to wait
until the time was right.
[13:02] Rupert
I never wanted you to
entrust me with anything.
[13:11] Rupert
I'm going to steal it from you.
[13:13] Rupert
I'll take away everything you have.
That's the decision I made.
[13:17] Rupert
I won't let you keep anything...
[13:21] Rupert
Not even me!
[13:31] BodyguardA
Landesherr, what will you do now?
[13:34] Rubinsky
During the coup d'état,
Chairman Trunicht of the Free Planets Alliance
[13:39] Rubinsky
hid in safety until it was over.
[13:42] Rubinsky
I suppose we should follow
his shining example.
[13:48] Rubinsky
Let's go.
[13:59] Dominique
Farewell, Rupert.
[14:05] Na
The dominion leader,
Adrian Rubinsky, was never found.
[14:10] Na
All the Empire found was the body of
a young man who'd been shot to death.
[14:34] Na
Having subjugated Fezzan,
Mittermeyer was a very busy man.
[14:39] Droysen
I've stationed the second
infantry brigade in the city.
[14:39] Na
As one of only three men in the Imperial
Navy with the rank of high admiral
[14:43] Wolfgang
All right.
[14:45] Na
and a born-and-bred military man,
[14:48] Na
his knowledge of economics
was not especially strong.
[14:53] Na
Still, he did know that attempting to manage the economy
at a day-to-day level
[14:58] Na
would benefit the Empire in no way whatsoever.
[15:02] Na
Banking and securities continued
without interruption,
[15:06] Na
and the distribution of energy and everyday
commodities carried on as it always had,
[15:10] Na
so for now, the citizens could
breathe a sigh of relief.
[15:16] Na
On top of all this, Mittermeyer issued
a proclamation as a naval commander,
[15:20] Na
declaring that anyone who raised
prices or refused a sale
[15:24] Na
without a legitimate reason
would be severely punished.
[15:32] Na
Mittermeyer's record as a provisional
administrator was nearly perfect,
[15:36] Na
but it was not without its dark marks...
[15:40] Na
because there were some instances of
soldiers assaulting civilian women.
[15:47] Na
At the orders of a furious Mittermeyer,
[15:49] Na
the guilty parties were immediately found,
[15:52] Na
and after a summary trial,
[15:54] Na
they were publicly executed
at St. Therese Square.
[15:59] Na
While it may have seemed cruel,
[16:01] Na
this public execution was necessary
[16:04] Na
in order to prevent
distrust in the military,
[16:07] Na
as well as to ease the negative
emotions of the citizens
[16:11] Na
and avoid triggering a civilian uprising.
[16:24] Na
That same day, Neidhart Müller from
the second wave of Imperial forces
[16:27] Na
arrived on Fezzan.
[16:29] Müller
It's an honor, sir.
[16:31] Wolfgang
I've been waiting for you.
I've felt so helpless here.
[16:35] Müller
You jest, sir.
[16:37] Müller
Still, you managed to assume control
of Fezzan in just four days.
[16:42] Müller
Remarkable.
[16:45] Wolfgang
Either way, doing work that isn't
combat is making me stiff.
[16:52] Na
Then, two days later...
[16:59] Na
Reinhard von Lohengramm,
along with his closest officers,
[17:04] Na
set foot on Fezzani soil.
[17:31] Soldier4
Sieg Kaiser!
[17:35] Soldier1
Sieg Kaiser!
[17:37] Soldier2
Sieg Kaiser!
[17:38] Soldier3
Sieg Kaiser!
[17:40] Soldiers
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
[17:46] Soldiers
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
[17:51] Soldiers
Mein Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
Mein Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
[17:57] EnsignB
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
[18:00] Soldiers
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard! Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
[18:06] Soldiers
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard! Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
[18:08] Wolfgang
They're calling you their emperor.
[18:12] Wolfgang
"Mein Kaiser," they say.
[18:15] Reinhard
They're being a bit hasty.
[18:18] Soldiers
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
[18:26] Na
Reinhard wouldn't declare himself emperor
[18:30] Na
and have his coronation
until the following year,
[18:34] Na
but this was the day his soldiers
began to openly address him
[18:40] Na
as "Mein Kaiser" and "Kaiser Reinhard."
SIGN Galactic Imperial Navy Temporary Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[18:58] Na
Reinhard set his his temporary Fleet Admiral's
Mansion in a requisitioned luxury hotel.
[19:05] Reinhard
On my name, I declare that
none of the civil rights
[19:10] Reinhard
that the Fezzani have been guaranteed
up until now will be taken away.
[19:15] Reinhard
My only wish is for the Empire and
the Dominion to be closely unified.
[19:22] Wolfgang
Understood.
[19:25] Wolfgang
Also, there are a few things
I must apologize for.
[19:29] Reinhard
Such as?
[19:31] Wolfgang
I failed to capture Landesherr Rubinsky
and Alliance Commissioner Henslow.
[19:36] Wolfgang
In addition, the data from the Alliance
commissioner's office was lost.
[19:41] Wolfgang
This failure falls upon me.
I sincerely apologize.
[19:45] Reinhard
I suppose it couldn't all go perfectly.
[19:49] Reinhard
If you couldn't do it, I'm sure
no one else could, either.
[19:54] Reinhard
You don't need to apologize.
[19:57] Mittermeyer
Thank you, sir.
[20:00] Reinhard
What are your thoughts, Fräulein Mariendorf,
[20:03] Reinhard
on what the Black Fox is planning?
[20:06] Hilde
Currently, I believe he has
acknowledged his defeat.
[20:10] Hilde
I suspect that's why he is hiding,
[20:13] Hilde
while also anticipating that Commissioner
Boltik is incapable of ruling Fezzan.
[20:18] Hilde
He believes that when he fails pathetically,
[20:21] Hilde
his turn will come again someday,
[20:24] Hilde
whether it's you, Duke Lohengramm,
or the Fezzani people who seek him out.
[20:31] Reinhard
You're probably right.
[20:41] Streit
You must be exhausted
after your long journey.
[20:44] Streit
You only arrived yesterday.
[20:46] Streit
Why not save your visit to the
Navigation Bureau for another day?
[20:49] Reinhard
I'm going now.
Rücke, tell Kisling that.
[20:53] Rücke
Yes, sir.
[21:12] Reinhard
Wait here.
[21:14] Kisling
Yes, sir.
[21:58] Reinhard
Let's go, Kircheis,
[22:01] Reinhard
to claim the universe for you and me.
[22:32] Na
The year UC 798, or IC 489,
[22:38] Na
so vanishes into the past
amidst chaos and confusion.
[22:43] Na
At this time, how many of
[22:46] Na
the forty billion people in the universe
truly know what they need to do
[22:56] Na
and what role they play in history?
[23:00] Na
Now, shouts of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard" are
poised to overwhelm the entire universe.
[23:08] Na
For both those who see this as a good
omen and those who see it as a bad omen,
[23:13] Na
the only thing that proceeds with fairness
and impartiality is the passage of time.