Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These

Thousands of years into the future, humanity has advanced into space. Here it has divided into two countries and two different forms of government: the autocracy of the Galactic Empire, and the democracy of the Free Planets Alliance. The countries have been at war for 150 years. Near the end of the 8th age of the space calendar, the appearance of two geniuses will change history forever. The unstoppable genius, Reinhard von Lohengramm, and the unbeatable magician, Yang Wen-li. As heads of the Imperial and Alliance armies respectively, the two will face each other in battle over and over again.

Season 1

Season 1

E1 - In the Eternal Night

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[00:30] Voice
    An Atmospheric Navigation
    Bureau alert is in effect.
[00:32] Voice
    No threats observed in the area.
[00:32] Voice
    Special berthing order
    expected in twenty minutes.
[00:35] Voice
    All personnel, be mindful of
    carrier-based craft preparations.
[00:43] Na
    If the events depicted here bear a
    resemblance to anything you know,
[00:49] Na
    or the people appearing here bear
    a likeness to anyone you know,
[00:54] Na
    it is but a fluke of history,
[00:58] Na
    and an inevitability.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:34] Na
    In the year SE 796,
[02:37] Na
    there were three opposing
    powers in the Milky Way.
[02:42] Na
    They were the Goldenbaum Dynasty
    of the Galactic Empire,
SIGN    Goldenbaum Dynasty of the Galactic Empire
[02:51] Na
    the Free Planets Alliance,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance
[02:56] Na
    and the Dominion of Fezzan.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[02:59] Na
    The Empire and the Alliance were
    embroiled in a seemingly endless war,
[03:03] Na
    and the Dominion of Fezzan upheld its
    neutrality as a mere formality.
[03:07] Na
    The three powers were
    indisputably deadlocked.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance
SIGN    Galactic Empire
[03:23] Kircheis
    Doing some stargazing, Your Excellency?
[03:30] Reinhard
    Yes. Stars are great.
[03:36] Reinhard
    You've grown a bit taller, haven't you?
[03:39] Kircheis
    I'm 190 centimeters, the same as
    two months ago, Your Excellency.
[03:43] Kircheis
    I don't think I'll grow any taller.
[03:46] Reinhard
    I suppose seven centimeters
    taller than me is tall enough.
[03:51] Reinhard
    Anyway, was there something you needed?
[03:54] Kircheis
    Yes, it concerns the rebel
    force's formation.
[04:01] Kircheis
    According to reports from
    three of our patrol crafts,
[04:04] Kircheis
    they appear to be approaching from
    three directions, as we expected.
[04:08] Kircheis
    The enemy's 4th Fleet is
    directly in front of us,
[04:12] Kircheis
    with an estimated 12,000 ships.
[04:16] Kircheis
    Distance is approximately
    2,200 light-seconds.
[04:19] Kircheis
    At our current speed, we should make
    contact in roughly six hours.
[04:23] Reinhard
    Their navy has a total of 40,000 ships...
[04:26] Reinhard
    That's twice what we have.
[04:29] Kircheis
    And they're attempting to
    surround us on three sides.
[04:34] Reinhard
    Our doddering old admirals
    must be turning blue now...
[04:37] Reinhard
    No, perhaps red.
SIGN    Episode 1
SIGN    In the Eternal Night
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Expeditionary Fleet Supreme Flagship
    Brünhild
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
    Reinhard von Lohengramm
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
    Siegfried Kircheis
[05:18] Merkatz
    Your Excellency, we thank you for this
    opportunity to voice our opinions.
[05:22] Reinhard
    I know what you want to say.
[05:25] Reinhard
    You want to warn me that our navy
    is at a disadvantage, correct?
[05:30] Staden
    That is correct, Your Excellency.
[05:32] Staden
    The enemy force doubles ours in number,
[05:34] Staden
    and they're trying to surround
    us on three sides.
[05:37] Staden
    This means the enemy already
    has the edge over us.
[05:41] Reinhard
    In other words, you're saying we will lose?
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    Vice Admiral Staden
[05:44] Staden
    I am not, Your Excellency.
[05:46] Staden
    But it is a fact that we
    are at a disadvantage.
[05:50] Staden
    Please have a look at this.
[05:54] Staden
    Our situation resembles
    the time many years ago
[05:57] Staden
    when our proud Imperial Fleet suffered
    a bitter defeat at the hands
[06:01] Staden
    of the rebel force that called
    itself the Free Planets Alliance.
[06:05] Reinhard
    The slaughter at Dagon, yes.
[06:07] Staden
    Correct. It was truly a regrettable loss.
[06:11] Staden
    Should we repeat the same
    mistake in this battle,
[06:16] Staden
    it would most certainly trouble
    His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser.
[06:20] Staden
    As such, it is my humble opinion that,
[06:22] Staden
    rather than act in haste, it would be
    wise to make an honorable retreat.
[06:27] Reinhard
    You speak with eloquence,
[06:29] Reinhard
    but I cannot agree with your view.
[06:33] Reinhard
    Retreat is unthinkable.
[06:36] Staden
    But why? Please explain your reasoning.
[06:41] Reinhard
    Because we have an overwhelming
    advantage over the enemy.
[06:46] Staden
    What?!
[06:47] Fogal
    That's...
[06:52] Reinhard
    The advantage I speak of lies
    in the following points.
[06:58] Reinhard
    The enemy is divided into three forces,
[07:00] Reinhard
    but our navy is concentrated
    in one location.
[07:03] Reinhard
    The enemy's total numbers may exceed ours,
[07:05] Reinhard
    but our navy outnumbers each of the
    three forces they've divided into.
[07:10] Reinhard
    If these are not conditions for
    victory, what else are they?
[07:15] Reinhard
    We are not in danger of being surrounded.
[07:17] Reinhard
    We are in the ideal position to defeat
    the enemy's forces one by one.
[07:21] Reinhard
    You spoke of an honorable retreat,
[07:23] Reinhard
    but where is the honor in retreating
    without fulfilling the kaiser's orders?
[07:29] Staden
    But that is merely
    Your Excellency's personal belief.
[07:32] Staden
    It does not align with common
    tactical knowledge!
[07:35] Staden
    If you cannot point to an
    instance of success...
[07:39] Reinhard
    By tomorrow, you will witness an instance
    of success with your own eyes.
[07:44] Reinhard
    Will that convince you?
[07:46] Staden
    But is victory truly—
[07:47] Reinhard
    It is possible.
[07:49] Reinhard
    But only if all of you act in
    perfect accordance with my plan.
[08:00] Staden
    Impertinent brat!
[08:02] Erlache
    His sister's relationship with
    the kaiser has made him cocky.
[08:06] Fogal
    Such a reckless strategy
    couldn't possibly work!
[08:11] Fahrenheit
    Are you sure about that?
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Rear Admiral
    Adalbert von Fahrenheit
[08:13] Fahrenheit
    He is quite a clever man, and I
    thought it was quite a clever idea.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    Rear Admiral Erlache
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    Vice Admiral Fogal
[08:18] Staden
    Don't tell me you've been charmed
    by that upstart's indiscretion!
[08:21] Merkatz
    Fahrenheit, you are still young yourself.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Admiral
    Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
[08:25] Fahrenheit
    I beg your pardon.
[08:29] Kircheis
    Was that really wise?
[08:31] Reinhard
    Leave them. What can they do?
[08:35] Reinhard
    Don't worry about it.
[08:38] Reinhard
    They may complain now,
[08:41] Reinhard
    but in a day, their attitudes will change.
[08:43] Reinhard
    I'll give that incompetent Staden
    the "instance of success" he wants.
[08:47] Reinhard
    I'll even frame it for him.
[08:52] Reinhard
    Care for a drink, Kircheis?
    I have some good wine.
[08:56] Reinhard
    It's a rare bottle, aged 410 years!
[08:59] Kircheis
    I'd love to.
[09:00] Reinhard
    Let's go, then.
[09:04] Reinhard
    By the way, Kircheis...
[09:06] Kircheis
    Yes, Your Excellency?
[09:08] Reinhard
    That's exactly it.
[09:09] Reinhard
    You don't need to call me
    "Your Excellency" when no one is around.
[09:13] Reinhard
    How many times have I told you?
[09:16] Kircheis
    I know that, but still...
[09:18] Reinhard
    If you know, then do it.
[09:21] Reinhard
    Once this battle is over
    and we return to Odin,
[09:24] Reinhard
    you'll be called
    "Your Excellency" yourself.
[09:28] Reinhard
    You're being promoted to commodore.
[09:31] Reinhard
    Look forward to it.
[09:35] Kircheis
    I am honored.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet Flagship
    Leonidas
[09:52] Pastolle
    How credible is that report
    from the patrol craft?
[09:55] Voice
    Level A. Possibility of fraud is zero!
[09:58] Pastolle
    What is the Imperial Navy trying to do?
[10:01] Pastolle
    What are they thinking?
[10:03] Pastolle
    They know we have them surrounded on
    three sides, but rather than retreat,
[10:07] Pastolle
    they're actually making
    a move to approach us?
[10:11] Pastolle
    Their commander has no
    knowledge of tactics!
SIGN    4th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Pastolle
[10:14] Pastolle
    Who would fight a battle like this?
[10:17] Reinhard
    An incomplete encirclement is no
    more than a division of troops.
[10:21] Reinhard
    That's why it's a perfect chance
    to take them out individually.
[10:25] Reinhard
    Have we jammed the enemy's data link?
[10:29] Kircheis
    Yes.
[10:30] Kircheis
    They weren't expecting us
    to make the first move,
[10:34] Kircheis
    so it should prove very effective.
[10:39] Reinhard
    I can just see them running
    around in panic now.
[10:44] Reinhard
    Kircheis, we will win this war.
[10:47] Reinhard
    I can see our victory.
[10:50] Reinhard
    That's all there is to it.
[10:52] Guy
    Your Excellency, what shall we do?
[10:55] Pastolle
    Send an urgent message to the
    2nd and 6th Fleet commanders!
[10:58] Pastolle
    Tell them the enemy has engaged
    us, and we need backup!
[11:02] Guy
    There's no answer!
[11:03] Guy
    The enemy's jammed our communications!
    I can't make a connection!
[11:08] Pastolle
    Dispatch liaison crafts to
    the 2nd and 6th Fleets!
[11:15] Kircheis
    We're within optical targeting range.
[11:25] Reinhard
    Feuer!
[11:35] Guy
    Optical signals confirm enemy fire!
[11:38] Pastolle
    All ships, full shields!
[11:40] Guy
    The enemy jam has severed our data link!
[11:44] Guy
    Shields incomplete!
[11:55] Reinhard
    Slow to react...
[11:58] Reinhard
    I guess there are incompetents everywhere.
[12:00] Guy
    Enemy fire is concentrated on
    the center of our front line!
[12:03] Guy
    Damages are severe!
[12:04] Pastolle
    Data link off! All ships switch to manual!
[12:07] Pastolle
    Left-flanked 5th Fleet, right-flanked
    7th Fleet, defend our center!
[12:11] Pastolle
    We'll move forward in the meantime!
SIGN    Fahrenheit Fleet Flagship
    Heimdall
[12:19] Guy
    Cruising range for carrier-based
    fighter craft achieved.
[12:22] Fahrenheit
    Trailing aircraft carriers are ordered
[12:24] Fahrenheit
    to launch the Walküre squadron!
[12:32] Guy
    Enemy carrier-based crafts approaching!
[12:33] Guy
    Ready anti-aircraft weaponry!
[12:49] Guy
    Continue the attack!
[13:01] Staden
    This is merely a fluke.
[13:07] Guy
    Transmission from the flagship Brünhild.
[13:12] Fahrenheit
    The enemy fleet has lost its capacity
    for organized resistance.
[13:16] Reinhard
    Good work.
[13:18] Reinhard
    Isn't there something you'd like to say?
[13:20] Fahrenheit
    I don't believe so.
[13:22] Reinhard
    You're so much more tight-lipped
    than the other admirals.
[13:25] Reinhard
    There's no need for self-restraint.
[13:26] Fahrenheit
    Regardless of how anyone
    behaves, a win is a win.
[13:29] Fahrenheit
    I am aware that the victor is always right.
[13:33] Reinhard
    I see.
[13:47] Merkatz
    Organized resistance has ceased.
[13:49] Merkatz
    We're ready to begin combat
    with the survivors.
[13:53] Reinhard
    There's no need.
[13:54] Merkatz
    What?
[13:55] Reinhard
    We've only finished one
    third of the battle.
[13:58] Reinhard
    Leave any surviving forces where they are.
[14:01] Reinhard
    We need to save our strength
    for the next battle.
[14:05] Reinhard
    Orders to follow.
[14:06] Merkatz
    Understood, Your Excellency.
[14:11] Reinhard
    His attitude has changed a bit.
[14:15] Kircheis
    Yes, I suppose it would have to.
[14:19] Reinhard
    By the way, do you think we should strike
    the left or the right fleet next, Kircheis?
[14:26] Kircheis
    It would be possible to get around
    to the rear flank of either.
[14:29] Kircheis
    I believe you have made
    up your mind, however.
[14:31] Reinhard
    True enough.
[14:34] Kircheis
    The one to the right, the 6th Fleet,
    has smaller numbers.
[14:39] Reinhard
    Precisely.
[14:41] Kircheis
    The enemy may have foreseen our plan.
[14:43] Kircheis
    That is the one thing I
    find slightly concerning.
[14:46] Reinhard
    No chance of that.
[14:47] Reinhard
    If they knew, surely they wouldn't
    continue to divide their offensive.
[14:52] Reinhard
    If their two fleets merged
    as quickly as possible,
[14:54] Reinhard
    they would have a vast advantage over us.
[14:59] Reinhard
    It proves they haven't yet
    figured out our intentions.
[15:03] Reinhard
    We'll go around to the right rear flank
    of the 6th Fleet and attack.
[15:07] Reinhard
    How long will it take?
[15:09] Kircheis
    No more than four hours.
[15:11] Reinhard
    You already had it all
    worked out, didn't you?
[15:19] Reinhard
    Order all fleets to attack the enemy's
    6th Fleet from the right rear flank.
[15:25] Kircheis
    Understood.
[15:37] Moore
    From four-thirty?
SIGN    6th Fleet Flagship
    Pergamon - Officers' Dining Hall
[15:40] Lapp
    Yes, sir.
[15:40] Moore
    I see. And which four-thirty?
    Morning or afternoon?
SIGN    6th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Moore
SIGN    6th Fleet Staff Officer
    Lieutenant Commander Jean Robert Lapp
[15:46] Lapp
    It is undoubtedly the enemy, sir.
[15:50] Moore
    It can't be. The enemy is fighting
    the 4th Fleet right now.
[15:55] Moore
    We're rushing to the battle as we speak.
[15:58] Moore
    There's no doubt the 2nd Fleet
    is doing the same thing.
[16:02] Moore
    Then we can attack the
    enemy from both sides.
[16:05] Moore
    We have every opportunity to win.
[16:07] Moore
    No, we will win.
[16:10] Moore
    The situation makes that clear.
[16:11] Lapp
    But, Your Excellency, couldn't the
    enemy have moved the battlefield?
[16:15] Moore
    And left the 4th Fleet?
[16:18] Lapp
    It pains me to say this,
[16:20] Lapp
    but I believe the 4th Fleet
    has already been defeated.
[16:24] Moore
    That's a very bold, very unpleasant
    guess, Lieutenant Commander Lapp.
[16:28] Lapp
    We must rendezvous with the
    2nd Fleet, and then—
SIGN    6th Fleet Flagship
    Pergamon
[16:53] Guy
    Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
[16:54] Moore
    Switch to manual operation!
[16:56] Moore
    All ships, turn around!
[16:58] Lapp
    Your Excellency, turning around
    will only create chaos!
[17:03] Lapp
    I believe we should move ahead at
    full speed in a clockwise direction
[17:07] Lapp
    so that we can come around
    behind the enemy.
[17:11] Moore
    Most of our men will have
    been taken out by then!
[17:14] Moore
    We will turn around and strike!
[17:15] Lapp
    But—
[17:16] Moore
    Shut up!
SIGN    Merkatz Fleet Flagship
    Minerva
[17:33] Merkatz
    Looks like that youngster didn't
    just get lucky after all.
[17:38] Merkatz
    "Old soldiers just fade away," then?
[17:50] Guy
    Surveillance system showing damage!
[17:52] Guy
    Unable to restore monitors!
[17:57] Reinhard
    Halt the jamming and send them a message.
[18:00] Guy
    Transmission from the enemy flagship!
[18:02] Guy
    "Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
[18:08] Moore
    Release the bridge from its armor.
[18:11] Moore
    I want to see them with my
    own eyes and fight back.
[18:13] Lapp
    But—
[18:13] Moore
    Surrender, you say?
[18:16] Moore
    No, I may be incompetent,
    but I will not be a coward.
[18:28] Guy
    No response.
[18:31] Reinhard
    Sink them.
[18:34] Moore
    Shields at maximum output! Return fire!
[18:37] Guy
    The enemy has fired
    armor-piercing ammunition!
[18:54] Reinhard
    Those without skill are destined to fall.
[18:57] Reinhard
    This is a given.
[19:00] Fahrenheit
    Report from our patrol craft.
[19:02] Fahrenheit
    The enemy's 2nd Fleet has left the
    battle sector to aid the 4th Fleet.
[19:08] Fahrenheit
    We would like to continue our
    advance and attack the 2nd Fleet.
[19:13] Reinhard
    Very well.
[19:14] Reinhard
    All fleets will proceed to annihilate
    the enemy's 2nd Fleet.
[19:25] Guy
    The 2nd Fleet is directly ahead of us!
[19:29] Reinhard
    Feuer.
[19:30] Fahrenheit
    Feuer.
[19:31] Merkatz
    Feuer.
[19:56] Guy
    The enemy craft is hit!
[20:00] Kircheis
    I do hope we will be able
    to annihilate them all.
[20:03] Reinhard
    You really are a worrywart, aren't you?
[20:06] Reinhard
    Do you have such difficulty trusting me?
[20:09] Kircheis
    I have never once doubted you.
[20:12] Kircheis
    It's just that, at times, I am afraid.
[20:16] Kircheis
    What if the enemy has someone extraordinary
    on their side, like we have you?
[20:21] Reinhard
    You think of the strangest
    things, Kircheis.
[20:25] Reinhard
    If someone like that were to appear,
[20:29] Reinhard
    I would love to fight them once.
[20:31] Reinhard
    And if possible, I'd like
    to see them face-to-face.
[20:35] Reinhard
    I'm sure we'd have much to talk about.
[20:38] Guy
    Analyzing enemy transmission.
[20:39] Guy
    I believe it to be directed to all fleets.
[20:43] Reinhard
    Play it.
[20:44] Yang
    I am Commodore Yang Wen-li, deputy
    staff officer to Commander Paetta.
[20:50] Yang
    Our flagship Patroklos has been hit,
[20:52] Yang
    and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.
[20:55] Yang
    Per the commander's orders, I will
    take over command of all fleets.
[21:00] Yang
    Do not worry. Obey my orders,
    and you will be saved.
[21:05] Yang
    Those who wish to survive,
    remain calm and follow my directions.
[21:10] Yang
    Our squadron is losing the
    battle at the moment,
[21:13] Yang
    but all that matters is that we win in the end.
[21:16] Yang
    We will not lose.
[21:18] Yang
    All ships, focus on destroying individual
    crafts until I give further orders.
[21:23] Yang
    That is all.
[21:26] Reinhard
    "We will not lose"...
[21:29] Reinhard
    "Obey my orders, and you
    will be saved," eh?
[21:33] Reinhard
    I never knew the rebel forces had
    such a braggart among their ranks.
[21:38] Reinhard
    How does he intend to turn his
    disadvantage around at this stage?
[21:43] Reinhard
    Well, no matter.
[21:45] Reinhard
    Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
[21:49] Kircheis
    Yes.
[21:51] Reinhard
    Reorganize the battle lines.
[21:52] Reinhard
    Instruct all fleets to move
    into a spindle formation.
[21:56] Reinhard
    Do you understand why?
[21:58] Kircheis
    You intend to break through their center.
[22:01] Reinhard
    That's right. I knew you'd get it.
[22:31] Guy
    Compiling data from patrol crafts.
[22:33] Guy
    Operating in real time.
[22:36] Reinhard
    It appears we've won.
[22:38] Kircheis
    Yes.
[22:46] Kircheis
    Is something the matter?
[22:50] Mircheis
    Reinhard?
[22:52] Reinhard
    It's strange. Something isn't right.
[22:55] Reinhard
    We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
[23:00] Reinhard
    But...
[23:07] Reinhard
    No!
SIGN    Episode 2
SIGN    The Battle of Astarte
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode two: "The Battle of Astarte."

Season 1

E2 - The Battle of Astarte

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[00:02] Na
    In the year SE 796,
[00:05] Na
    also known to history as IC 487,
[00:08] Na
    a Galactic Imperial Navy fleet of
    20,000 warships, led by Reinhard,
[00:12] Na
    faced the Free Planets Alliance
    Navy in the Astarte Starzone.
[00:17] Na
    The Alliance, with its superior numbers,
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    attempted to surround the
    Imperial Navy on three sides,
[00:22] Na
    but the Imperials struck
    each of their fleets individually
[00:25] Na
    led to the loss of the 4th and 6th
    Fleets, sealing the Alliance's defeat.
[00:30] Na
    But then a voice heard in a message
    transmitted by the Alliance said,
[00:35] Na
    "Do not worry. Obey my orders,
    and you will be saved."
SIGN    X Hours Earlier
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 2nd Fleet Flagship
    Patroklos
[02:55] Yang
    Yang Wen-li, reporting as ordered, sir.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Deputy Staff Officer
    Commodore Yang Wen-li
[03:00] Paetta
    I looked at the battle plan you submitted.
[03:03] Paetta
    It was a very interesting proposal.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Paetta
[03:06] Paetta
    But I fear it may be overly prudent,
    perhaps even a bit passive.
[03:10] Yang
    Is it, sir?
[03:12] Paetta
    It's certainly hard to imagine
    we'd lose if we used it,
[03:15] Paetta
    but there's no point in
    simply "not losing."
[03:18] Paetta
    We have to win.
[03:19] Paetta
    Our forces have surrounded
    the enemy on three sides,
[03:22] Paetta
    and we have twice their numbers.
[03:25] Paetta
    With all these factors on our side,
[03:27] Paetta
    why must we simply contrive to not lose?
[03:31] Yang
    But, sir, our encirclement
    is not yet complete.
[03:35] Paetta
    In any case, I'm rejecting this proposal.
[03:38] Paetta
    Just so we're clear, this is
    nothing personal against you.
[03:45] Yang
    Understood, sir.
[03:47] Lao
    Commodore!
[03:52] Yang
    And... you are?
[03:54] Lao
    Lao, a staff officer.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Staff Officer
    Lieutenant Commander Lao
[03:56] Lao
    It's an honor to be on the same
    team as the hero of El Facil.
[04:00] Yang
    Please, don't call me a hero.
[04:04] Yang
    So, what did you need from me?
[04:06] Lao
    From the look on your face,
[04:08] Lao
    I would assume Vice Admiral Paetta
    didn't accept the plan you proposed.
[04:12] Yang
    You assume correctly.
[04:15] Yang
    Did I look that depressed?
[04:21] Lao
    Might I ask how Your Excellency
    feels about our current situation?
[04:27] Yang
    We do have a clear advantage,
[04:30] Yang
    but if I were our enemy, I wouldn't
    consider myself in dire peril.
[04:38] Lao
    Commodore.
[04:40] Lao
    I have the luck of the devil.
[04:43] Lao
    In the past, I was one of three survivors
    when my fleet was destroyed.
[04:47] Yang
    I certainly wish I could
    share that luck with you.
[04:50] Lao
    As someone who's been through that,
    I'm optimistic about this mission.
[04:54] Lao
    Please, don't feel discouraged.
[04:57] Yang
    Thanks...
SIGN    Episode 2
SIGN    The Battle of Astarte
[05:06] Guy
    Patrol craft 371 to flagship Patroklos.
[05:09] Guy
    The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
    found in the anticipated sector.
[05:12] Guy
    Repeat...
[05:13] Guy
    The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
    found in the anticipated sector.
[05:17] Paetta
    What? That doesn't make sense.
[05:20] Paetta
    It's inconceivable!
[05:22] Paetta
    Urgent transmission to the
    4th Fleet commander!
[05:25] Guy
    No response. It appears the enemy
    has jammed the radio waves.
[05:28] Guy
    Unable to establish a
    link to the 4th Fleet.
[05:29] Lao
    It turned out just like you said.
[05:31] Yang
    Not that I'm happy about that.
[05:38] Yang
    With our encirclement still incomplete,
[05:41] Yang
    taking out our fleets individually
    would be the logical strategy.
SIGN    Meanwhile
    Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet
[05:48] Yang
    So they're not making the same mistake
    they made in the Slaughter at Dagon.
[05:59] Paetta
    Commodore Yang!
[06:02] Yang
    Yes, sir?
[06:03] Paetta
    How do you view our situation?
    Tell me what you think.
[06:08] Yang
    The enemy must be planning to take
    out our fleets individually.
[06:12] Yang
    The obvious choice would be to target the
    4th Fleet first, as it's the smallest.
[06:17] Yang
    They've exercised their right to choose
    which of our scattered forces to confront.
[06:23] Paetta
    Do you think the 4th Fleet can hold out?
[06:27] Yang
    The side that has the greater numbers and
    makes the first move has the advantage.
[06:32] Paetta
    In any case, we need to rush to the
    battlefield and aid the 4th Fleet.
[06:36] Paetta
    If we're lucky, it's possible we could
    strike the Imperial Navy's rear flank.
[06:40] Paetta
    That will give us an instant advantage.
[06:43] Yang
    I don't believe that's possible.
[06:45] Paetta
    What do you mean?
[06:47] Yang
    The battle will have ended
    by the time we get there.
[06:51] Yang
    The enemy will leave to strike the rear
    flank of either the 2nd or the 6th Fleet.
[06:59] Yang
    We've lost the initiative.
[07:01] Yang
    In fact, they've taken it
    from us at every turn.
[07:03] Yang
    It's my opinion that there is no need
    for us to play into the enemy's hands.
[07:07] Paetta
    What do you suggest we do, then?!
[07:10] Yang
    Change our procedure.
[07:12] Yang
    Instead of departing to aid the 4th Fleet,
[07:15] Yang
    we merge with the 6th Fleet
    as soon as possible
[07:18] Yang
    and create a new battlefield
    in that sector.
[07:21] Yang
    The two fleets combined
    would total 28,000 ships,
[07:24] Yang
    so we would face the enemy with higher
    than fifty-fifty odds of victory.
[07:28] Paetta
    You're suggesting we leave
    the 4th Fleet to die?
[07:32] Yang
    If we left now, we still
    wouldn't reach them in time.
[07:35] Paetta
    You can't be certain of that!
[07:37] Paetta
    The 4th Fleet won't be so easily defeated.
[07:41] Paetta
    If they can hold out...
[07:44] Yang
    I've already advised you
    that it's impossible.
[07:47] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, reality doesn't
    rely solely on your calculations!
[07:52] Paetta
    The one leading their expeditionary
    force is Count Lohengramm.
[07:56] Paetta
    He is young and inexperienced.
[07:58] Yang
    Commander, sir, you say
    he is inexperienced,
[08:01] Yang
    but his strategic ideas are—
[08:03] Paetta
    Enough, Commodore!
[08:05] Paetta
    Vice Admiral Pastolle is a veteran.
[08:07] Paetta
    He will not go down easily!
[08:25] Yang
    Jean, we were ordered to
    halt communications.
[08:28] Lapp
    The enemy isn't in the area where
    we expected to find them.
[08:31] Yang
    I know.
[08:32] Lapp
    No hope for the 4th Fleet, then?
[08:34] Yang
    Most likely not.
[08:36] Yang
    The enemy will probably go
    after the 6th Fleet next.
[08:39] Lapp
    If so, they'll increase the interference
    on our communications.
[08:43] Lapp
    That means this is the last time I contact you.
[08:46] Lapp
    Let's both do everything we can.
[08:48] Lapp
    I'll advise Vice Admiral Moore to
    rendezvous with the 2nd Fleet.
[08:52] Yang
    I'll try advising Vice Admiral
    Paetta again, as well, but...
[08:56] Lapp
    Yang, if anything happens to
    me, take care of Jessica.
[08:59] Yang
    Don't start talking like that.
[09:02] Lapp
    And you call yourself a military man?
[09:04] Yang
    It's why I don't really fit
    in with the military.
[09:08] Yang
    Stay alive and go home to Jessica.
[09:10] Yang
    I don't want to hear dying
    requests from you.
[09:12] Lapp
    All right, Yang.
[09:15] Lapp
    I wish you luck.
[09:19] Guy
    Signal lost.
[09:20] Yang
    Don't die, Jean.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 6th Fleet
[09:23] Guy
    Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
[09:25] Guy
    The enemy jam has severed our data link!
[09:28] Guy
    Shields incomplete!
[09:36] Guy
    Transmission from the Imperial Navy.
[09:38] Guy
    "You are completely surrounded.
[09:40] Guy
    You have no escape.
[09:42] Guy
    Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
[09:53] Lapp
    Jessica...
[09:58] Yang
    Your Excellency.
[10:00] Yang
    You can see the situation we're in.
[10:03] Yang
    The enemy is certain to target
    our own 2nd Fleet next.
[10:08] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, do you have any
    ideas that aren't passive?
[10:12] Yang
    I haven't given any advice
    that was not proactive.
[10:16] Guy
    Radio signal jammed.
    Scouting system partially offline.
[10:20] Guy
    Optical signal detecting approaching ship.
[10:22] Guy
    Analyzing image.
    Most likely an enemy craft.
[10:25] Paetta
    Type I order to all crafts!
    Report to battle stations!
[10:28] Paetta
    Now!
[10:30] Yang
    That was faster than I expected.
[11:03] Yang
    Your Excellency!
[11:05] Yang
    Commander Paetta is wounded.
[11:08] Yang
    Ready the sick bay immediately.
[11:11] Yang
    Are any officers still alive in here?
[11:14] Yang
    I'm all right.
[11:15] Yang
    Lieutenant Commander Lao.
[11:17] Lao
    I told you... I have the luck of the devil.
[11:24] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, take command of the fleet.
[11:28] Yang
    Me, sir?
[11:30] Paetta
    It seems you are the highest ranked
    among the surviving officers.
[11:34] Paetta
    We need your skills as a tactician...
[11:38] Lao
    I guess he really respected you, deep down.
[11:41] Yang
    You think so?
[11:46] Yang
    Message to all fleets.
[11:48] Yang
    I am Commodore Yang Wen-li,
    deputy staff officer to Commander Paetta.
[11:53] Yang
    Our flagship, Patroklos, has been hit,
[11:55] Yang
    and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.
[11:58] Yang
    Per the commander's orders, I will
    take over command of all fleets.
[12:05] Yang
    Do not worry. Obey my orders,
    and you will be saved.
[12:09] Yang
    Those who wish to survive,
    remain calm and follow my directions.
[12:14] Yang
    Our force is losing the
    battle at the moment,
[12:17] Yang
    but all that matters is
    that we win in the end.
[12:21] Yang
    We will not lose.
[12:30] Yang
    All ships, focus on destroying individual
    crafts until I give further orders.
[12:45] Reinhard
    "We will not lose"...
[12:46] Reinhard
    "Obey my orders, and you
    will be saved," eh?
[12:51] Reinhard
    I never knew the rebel forces had
    such a braggart among their ranks.
[12:56] Reinhard
    How does he intend to turn his
    disadvantage around at this stage?
[13:02] Reinhard
    Well, no matter.
[13:04] Reinhard
    Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
[13:06] Kircheis
    Yes.
[13:33] Lao
    The enemy is reforming into
    a spindle formation.
[13:37] Yang
    They must be planning to
    break through our center.
[13:40] Lao
    What will we do?
[13:42] Yang
    I have a plan in mind.
[13:44] Lao
    But how will you give the order?
[13:47] Lao
    The enemy is still jamming
    our communications.
[13:51] Lao
    The data link isn't restored yet, either.
[13:54] Lao
    How can we...
[13:55] Yang
    Don't worry.
[13:57] Yang
    Broadcast a compressed data transmission
    across all frequency ranges.
[14:00] Yang
    Tell each ship to open code C-4 on their tactical intel system.
[14:04] Yang
    Even if the enemy's monitoring us,
    they can't figure anything out
[14:08] Yang
    if that's all we say.
[14:15] Lao
    Even then, he already...
[14:17] Yang
    I had hoped this wouldn't
    be necessary, but alas...
SIGN    2nd Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Manannan Mac Lir
[14:27] Fisher
    Chief engineer, reroute all output
    except life support to the shields.
[14:32] Guy
    Order from flagship Patroklos.
[14:35] Guy
    It says to enable Code C-4 on the
    tactical information system.
[14:38] Fisher
    Do so at once.
[14:43] Aide
    This is...
[14:44] Fisher
    It's a strategic plan for countering
    a breakthrough to our center.
[14:48] Fisher
    Commodore Yang Wen-li
    prepared this in advance?
SIGN    2nd Fleet Squadron Commander
    Commodore Edwin Fischer
[14:54] Fisher
    In accordance with the
    Code C-4 strategic plan,
[14:57] Fisher
    we will henceforth move as a united fleet.
[14:59] Fisher
    Don't rely on the data link.
[15:01] Fisher
    All ships, commence retreat independently.
[15:04] Guy
    Commencing retreat.
[15:15] Lao
    It's working out so far.
[15:16] Lao
    The rest depends on whether our
    men act as we need them to.
[15:20] Yang
    Yes, one misstep and we'll lose all control.
[15:25] Lao
    What will you do if that happens?
[15:29] Yang
    Pretend I was clueless.
[15:40] Kircheis
    Is something the matter?
[15:47] Kircheis
    Reinhard?
[15:48] Reinhard
    It's strange. Something isn't right.
[15:51] Reinhard
    We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
[15:55] Reinhard
    But...
[16:02] Reinhard
    No!
[16:21] Guy
    The enemy has split up and is advancing on
    us at high speed from both sides!
[16:26] Reinhard
    They got us.
[16:28] Reinhard
    They made it look like
    they'd been broken up,
[16:30] Reinhard
    then split into two forces
    to come around behind us.
[16:39] Reinhard
    Our strategy to break through
    their center backfired!
[16:47] Staden
    What?!
[16:52] Kircheis
    What will you do?
    Reverse course and intercept them?
[16:55] Reinhard
    Don't make jokes.
    Are you telling me to be incompetent?
[16:59] Reinhard
    More incompetent than the
    enemy's 4th Fleet commander?
[17:01] Kircheis
    In that case, our only option
    is to move forward.
[17:04] Reinhard
    Precisely.
[17:07] Reinhard
    All fleets, full speed ahead!
[17:09] Reinhard
    Come right up their tails
    as they turn back on us!
[17:44] Lao
    I've never seen a formation
    like this before.
[17:46] Yang
    I'd imagine not. I haven't, either.
[17:50] Yang
    No, this isn't the first time I've seen it.
[17:53] Yang
    This has happened in battlefields
    everywhere since the dawn of time.
[17:59] Reinhard
    What a stupid-looking formation!
[18:01] Reinhard
    This is going to turn into
    a battle of attrition!
[18:23] Yang
    The enemy should begin to pull back soon.
[18:26] Lao
    Then are we going to pursue them?
[18:30] Yang
    Let's not.
[18:32] Yang
    We'll retreat when they do.
[18:36] Yang
    We're already doing all we're capable of.
[18:39] Reinhard
    Kircheis, what do you think?
[18:42] Kircheis
    I think perhaps it's time to end this.
[18:45] Kircheis
    Continuing this battle will only produce
    more casualties on both sides.
[18:49] Kircheis
    There is no strategic purpose to this.
[18:53] Kircheis
    Does that frustrate you?
[18:55] Reinhard
    Not especially, but I would
    have liked more of a win.
[19:00] Reinhard
    It's too bad we couldn't apply
    the finishing touches.
[19:04] Kircheis
    Despite being surrounded by
    the enemy on three sides,
[19:07] Kircheis
    you eliminated two of their fleets with
    a strategy to strike them individually.
[19:11] Kircheis
    Then, with the last of the enemy reversing
    course to come up behind you,
[19:13] Kircheis
    you fought on even footing.
[19:15] Kircheis
    Is that not good enough?
[19:18] Kircheis
    To hope for any more than that
    would be a bit too greedy.
[19:24] Reinhard
    I know that.
[19:38] Reinhard
    The commander of their 2nd Fleet...
[19:42] Reinhard
    The man who assumed
    command during the battle...
[19:44] Reinhard
    What was his name again?
[19:46] Kircheis
    Commodore Yang Wen-li.
[19:48] Reinhard
    Right, Yang.
[19:50] Reinhard
    He just might be the kind of
    person you spoke of earlier.
[20:00] Reinhard
    Send a message to Commodore
    Yang Wen-li in my name.
[20:05] Kircheis
    Certainly.
[20:07] Reinhard
    Now I have something new
    to look forward to.
[20:24] Lao
    Acting Commander Yang, there's a message
    for you from the Imperial Navy.
[20:27] Yang
    For me? Read it.
[20:31] Lao
    "I offer my respect for
    your bravery in battle.
[20:33] Lao
    I pray for your good health
    until we do battle again.
[20:36] Lao
    Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
    Reinhard von Lohengramm."
[20:41] Lao
    That's all.
[20:42] Yang
    Respect for my bravery in battle, eh?
[20:45] Yang
    How humbling.
[20:47] Lao
    What shall we do? Will you respond?
[20:50] Yang
    I doubt he expects that of me.
[20:55] Yang
    No matter. Just leave it be.
[20:57] Yang
    More importantly, we must quickly
    retrieve any survivors.
[21:01] Yang
    I want to save as many as we can.
[21:04] Lao
    Understood.
[21:07] Lao
    Thanks to you, my life is spared yet again.
[21:12] Yang
    You just have good luck.
[21:28] Na
    And thus the Battle of
    Astarte came to an end.
[21:33] Na
    The Alliance suffered ten to eleven
    times the losses of the Imperial Navy,
[21:38] Na
    but they barely managed to stop the Galactic
    Empire's invasion of the Astarte Starzone.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Palace
    Neue Sanssouci
[23:42] Official
    The leader of all mankind,
    ruler of all the universe,
[23:47] Official
    keeper of all order and
    law under the heavens,
[23:50] Official
    the holy and inviolable kaiser
    of the Galactic Empire,
[23:53] Official
    His Highness Friedrich IV!
SIGN    36th Kaiser of the Galactic Empire
    Friedrich IV
[24:13] Official
    Count Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[24:25] Na
    On this day, the high admiral
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy,
[24:29] Na
    Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
    was named the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
[24:34] Na
    However, this was but one minor
    step toward his true destination.
SIGN    Episode 3
SIGN    An Indomitable Prodigy
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode three, "The Indomitable Prodigy."

Season 1

E3 - An Indomitable Prodigy

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[00:02] Na
    In the year CE 2801,
[00:04] Na
    humanity relocated its political center from
    Earth, the third planet in the Solar System,
[00:10] Na
    to Theoria, the second planet
    in the Aldebaran Star System...
[00:13] Na
    and established the Galactic Federation.
[00:16] Na
    It was declared the first year
    of the Universal Calendar...
[00:18] Na
    and heralded an era of
    long-lasting growth.
[00:22] Na
    However, this prosperity
    would not last forever.
[00:25] Na
    Humanity was engulfed in the gloom of
    stagnation and uncertainty when,
[00:30] Na
    in UC 310,
[00:33] Na
    Rudolf Goldenbaum was elected President of
    the Galactic Federation by popular vote.
[00:39] Na
    The Parliament also named
    him Prime Minister.
[00:43] Na
    In addition, he gave himself the title
    Emperor Rudolf I of the Galactic Empire,
SIGN    First Emperor of the Galactic Empire
    Rudolf von Goldenbaum
[00:48] Na
    at which point the Galactic
    Federation collapsed,
[00:51] Na
    and the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the
    Galactic Empire was established.
[00:56] Na
    This made him the first absolute
    monarch of all humanity,
[01:02] Na
    as well as its dictator.
[01:06] Na
    Now a holy and inviolable entity,
[01:09] Na
    Rudolf rebuilt the world
    to suit his own ideals.
[01:12] Na
    It was a world in which a subset of
    the nobility ruled the populace.
[01:18] Na
    A widespread outbreak of riots
    followed Rudolf's death,
[01:22] Na
    but the empire's foundation
    was not shaken.
[01:25] Na
    However, in the year IC 164,
SIGN    Arle Heinessen
[01:29] Na
    a group of republicans succeeded
    in escaping the empire's rule.
[01:34] Na
    After a journey of half a century,
[01:36] Na
    they reached a planet that would
    later be named Heinessen...
[01:40] Na
    and declared the establishment
    of the Free Planets Alliance.
[01:43] Na
    Believing themselves to be the true
    heirs of the Galactic Federation,
[01:48] Na
    they revived the Universal Calendar.
[01:51] Na
    Incidentally, the year UC 527
    coincides with the year IC 218.
[01:59] Na
    The two forces would spend the next
    150 years of their history at war.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:38] Kaiser
    For your success in subjugating the
    rebel forces in the Astarte Starzone,
[03:44] Kaiser
    I name you, Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
    the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
[03:49] Kaiser
    I also name you Vice Commander
    of the Imperial Space Fleet...
[03:53] Kaiser
    and give you command of
    half of our Space Fleet.
[03:59] Kaiser
    This is the decree of Friedrich IV
    of the Galactic Empire,
[04:01] Kaiser
    given in this, the 487th year
    of the Imperial Calender.
[04:31] Ovlesser
    Hmph. A twenty-year-old fleet admiral, eh?
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Gregor von Mückenberger
[04:35] Ovlesser
    When did the lustrous Imperial Space Fleet...
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
    High Admiral Ovlesser
[04:37] Ovlesser
    sink to the level of a child's
    plaything, Your Excellency?
[04:42] Gregor
    That blond boy does have tactical skill.
    I can't deny that.
[04:47] Gregor
    He did defeat the rebels, after all.
[04:50] Gregor
    His talent astonished even the
    seasoned veteran Merkatz.
[04:55] Ovlesser
    He does look as if he has lost his bite.
[04:58] Ovlesser
    He did win, but it may well have
    been an isolated coincidence.
[05:02] Ovlesser
    If you ask me, it only seems as if
    the enemy was incompetent.
SIGN    Episode 3
SIGN    The Indomitable Prodigy
[05:13] Guy
    Next, his rank will be raised
    from count to marquis.
[05:17] Guy
    He's done well for himself, even for having
    a sister the kaiser's in love with.
[05:21] Guy
    I heard his red-headed flunky is
    getting promoted two ranks, too.
[05:25] Ansbach
    Don't be shameless!
[05:27] Guy
    Commodore Ansbach!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    Commodore Ansbach
[05:28] Ansbach
    Their deeds have made them worthy
    of the ranks they've earned.
[05:33] Ansbach
    Watch your tongues.
[05:34] All
    Yes, sir!
[05:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You're being promoted to commodore.
[05:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Look forward to it.
[05:47] Kircheis
    Every time Reinhard takes
    a step up the ladder,
[05:51] Kircheis
    I'm dragged up behind him.
[05:53] Kircheis
    And at such staggering speed...
[05:56] Oberstein
    Captain Siegfried Kircheis, correct?
[06:00] Kircheis
    Yes, and you are?
[06:02] Oberstein
    I'm Captain Paul von Oberstein.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
    Paul von Oberstein
[06:05] Oberstein
    Pleasure to meet you.
[06:08] Kircheis
    Do you have business with me?
[06:13] Oberstein
    Forgive me.
[06:14] Oberstein
    My artificial eyes seem to be acting up.
[06:16] Oberstein
    I apologize for startling you.
[06:20] Kircheis
    I don't mind.
[06:21] Kircheis
    Did you lose your eyes in battle?
[06:23] Oberstein
    No, it was a congenital issue.
[06:26] Oberstein
    If I had been born in
    Emperor Rudolf's time,
[06:30] Oberstein
    I might have been eliminated under
    the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
[06:36] Oberstein
    You are blessed with a good superior.
[06:39] Oberstein
    There are precious few superior
    officers in the Imperial Army...
[06:42] Oberstein
    who can make the most of their
    subordinates' abilities.
[06:45] Oberstein
    But Count Lohengramm is different.
[06:48] Oberstein
    I'm sure it's something those magnates who
    only care about lineage can't fathom.
[06:53] Kircheis
    Which fleet do you serve in?
[06:57] Oberstein
    I was with the intel processing
    division at headquarters,
[07:00] Oberstein
    but I've been appointed to the fleet
    at Iserlohn Fortress as a staff officer.
[07:06] Kircheis
    Congratulations.
[07:11] Oberstein
    You seem rather guarded.
[07:15] Guy
    Salute the fleet admiral!
[07:25] Oberstein
    I am Captain Paul von Oberstein.
[07:28] Oberstein
    Allow me to offer my congratulations.
[07:31] Oberstein
    I'll be going now.
[07:32] Kircheis
    Right.
[07:34] Oberstein
    Please excuse me.
[07:40] Reinhard
    Who's he?
[07:41] Kircheis
    A walking enigma, I think.
[07:46] Reinhard
    I see.
[07:48] Reinhard
    He had criticism for
    Emperor Rudolf, did he?
[07:52] Reinhard
    It is always best to remain guarded.
[07:55] Reinhard
    Of course, with so many enemies around,
[07:58] Reinhard
    that can be difficult.
[08:00] Kircheis
    Right.
[08:03] Reinhard
    I'm seeing my sister tomorrow.
    You'll come along, right?
[08:06] Kircheis
    Are you sure I should?
[08:08] Reinhard
    Of course. Why show restraint now?
[08:16] Kircheis
    Back then, the stars in the
    sky seemed so far from me.
[08:21] Kircheis
    They were beyond my reach.
[08:23] Kircheis
    I never even considered reaching for them.
[08:26] Kircheis
    And the reason that changed was...
[08:29] (Flashback) Friend
    Bye!
[08:30] (Flashback) Kircheis
    See you tomorrow!
[08:38] Kircheis
    The gate to the house next door is open...
[08:48] Kircheis
    A noble?
[08:49] Mom
    Yes, that's what I heard.
[08:52] Kircheis
    He didn't look like one, though...
[08:54] Dad
    There are many types of nobles.
[08:56] (Flashback) Dad
    Oh, right! The Baldr orchids
    should bloom tomorrow.
[09:00] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Wow! Really?
[09:10] (Flashback) Kircheis
    I'm going now!
[09:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Who are you?
[09:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'm Reinhard von Müsel. Who are you?
[09:35] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Siegfried... Kircheis.
[09:39] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Siegfried? That's a commoner's name.
[09:43] (Flashback) Reinhard
    But...
[09:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    "Kircheis" is a nice last name.
[09:47] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I like it a lot.
[09:49] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'll call you by your last name.
[09:52] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You don't mind, do you, Kircheis?
[09:53] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Huh?
[09:56] (Flashback) Annerose
    Reinhard?
[10:04] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Sis!
[10:05] (Flashback) Annerose
    Reinhard, there you are.
[10:08] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Sis, let me introduce you.
[10:13] (Flashback) Reinhard
    This is Siegfried Kircheis.
[10:16] (Flashback) Annerose
    My name is Annerose.
[10:18] (Flashback) Annerose
    Siegfried... Can I call you "Sieg"?
[10:25] (Flashback) Annerose
    Sieg, I hope you'll be good
    friends with my brother.
[10:31] (Flashback) Kircheis
    I will!
[10:32] (Flashback) Annerose
    My, you have such energy!
[10:39] (Flashback) Teacher
    I'll introduce him.
[10:40] (Flashback) Teacher
    This is Reinhard von Müsel.
[10:46] (Flashback) Kid
    A kid like him, with "von" in his name?
[10:55] (Flashback) Kid
    Man, there's nothing likable
    about that noble kid at all.
[10:58] (Flashback) Kid
    You're sure you called him out here?
[11:01] (Flashback) Kid
    He should show up soon.
[11:02] (Flashback) Kid
    Let's bust him up nice and quick.
[11:06] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Have you seen Reinhard?
[11:08] (Flashback) Kid
    Some of the older kids
    asked for him earlier.
[11:16] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard?!
[11:31] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Bet that taught them a lesson.
[11:35] (Flashback) Reinhard
    This isn't good, though.
[11:37] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If my sister finds out, it'll make her sad.
[11:43] (Flashback) Kircheis
    I have a good idea.
[11:49] (Flashback) Annerose
    How's that?
[11:50] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Sis!
[11:51] (Flashback) Annerose
    Have you warmed up a bit?
[11:53] (Flashback) Both
    Yes.
[11:54] (Flashback) Annerose
    I can't believe you fell in a fountain.
[11:56] (Flashback) Annerose
    I guess you have a little too much energy.
[12:03] (Flashback) Annerose
    What?
[12:05] (Flashback) Annerose
    You boys are so strange.
[12:08] (Flashback) Annerose
    I made a Kelsey plum cake.
    Get dressed and help yourselves.
[12:19] (Flashback) Annerose
    Hey, I told you two to get dressed first.
[12:22] (Flashback) Both
    Let's eat!
[12:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    By the way, Kircheis,
[12:30] (Flashback) Reinhard
    my sister said she's baking
    another Kelsey plum cake today.
[12:34] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Really? I love those!
[12:41] (Flashback) Kircheis
    That crest...
[12:43] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Why are they at your house?
[12:46] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard?
[12:49] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What did you do with Sis?!
[12:51] (Flashback) Dad
    We had no choice.
[12:54] (Flashback) Dad
    His Highness wanted her.
[12:57] (Flashback) Dad
    But this is an honor.
[12:59] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You sold her to the kaiser!
[13:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You sold my sister!
[13:03] (Flashback) Dad
    Reinhard, that's enough!
[13:09] (Flashback) Dad
    The decision has been made.
[13:17] (Flashback) Annerose
    It's all right. It's all right, Reinhard.
[13:23] (Flashback) Annerose
    This is right.
[13:47] (Flashback) Annerose
    Sieg...
[13:51] (Flashback) Annerose
    I didn't know you very long, but thank you.
[13:55] (Flashback) Annerose
    Eat this if you'd like.
[14:02] (Flashback) Annerose
    Take care of Reinhard for me.
[14:07] (Flashback) Annerose
    Goodbye, Sieg.
[15:22] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis.
[15:26] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[15:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    It's been a while.
[15:30] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Where were you?!
[15:33] (Flashback) Kircheis
    That uniform...
[15:34] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I joined a cadet school.
[15:36] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Cadet school?
[15:39] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'll be a soldier.
[15:41] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I can become a real man faster that way.
[15:44] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis, come with me.
[15:48] (Flashback) Kircheis
    To be a soldier?
[15:51] (Flashback) Reinhard
    That's right. We'll get
    my sister back together.
[15:57] (Flashback) Annerose
    Take care of Reinhard for me.
[16:16] (Flashback) Kid
    So that's Countess Grünewald's
    younger brother?
[16:20] (Flashback) Kid
    Did you hear about the
    red-headed kid? He's a commoner!
[16:23] (Flashback) Kid
    What's a commoner doing here?
[16:25] (Flashback) Kid
    He got in because of the
    sister's influence, too.
[16:31] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Those two are sons of magnates.
[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard
    They always have servants around
    them to do everything for them.
[16:36] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Can guys like that really
    make it on the battlefield?
[16:39] (Flashback) Reinhard
    They'll never go.
[16:41] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Even if they get into the military,
    most of them get stuck in the rear services.
[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    They have no intention of going out
    and dying on the front lines.
[16:49] (Flashback) Reinhard
    That's how imperial nobles are.
[16:58] (Flashback) Teacher
    Come on! Run! Run! Run!
[17:05] (Flashback) Kid
    Go, go, go, go!
[17:08] (Flashback) Kid
    Goal!
[17:11] (Flashback) Kid
    Your horse is so slow.
[17:14] (Flashback) Kid
    You can say that again. Pathetic.
[17:16] (Flashback) Kid
    Come on, get up.
[17:17] (Flashback) Kid
    You, too.
[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Those guys didn't earn their
    standing on their own.
[17:25] (Flashback) Reinhard
    There's no reason we should have
    to stand downwind of them.
[17:32] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Yeah.
[17:35] (Flashback) Guy
    Representative of graduating students, Reinhard von Müsel.
[17:39] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Yes, sir!
[17:45] (Flashback) Guy
    Salutatorian, Siegfried Kircheis.
[17:48] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Yes, sir!
[18:13] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis, have you ever
    thought of it this way?
[18:29] Reinhard
    Sister!
[18:30] Annerose
    I'm glad you came, Reinhard.
[18:33] Annerose
    You, too, Sieg.
[18:34] Kircheis
    And I am glad to see you
    doing well, Annerose.
SIGN    Annerose von Grünewald
[18:38] Annerose
    Thank you.
[18:40] Annerose
    I've been waiting for
    your arrival for days.
[18:44] Annerose
    Come, let's go inside.
[18:50] Kircheis
    She hasn't changed at all since then.
[18:55] Kircheis
    Not even the kaiser himself...
[18:57] Kircheis
    can do anything to taint these two.
[19:04] Reinhard
    Kircheis.
[19:05] Annerose
    Hurry up, now.
[19:07] Kircheis
    Of course.
[19:11] Annerose
    Have some Kelsey plum cake.
[19:13] Annerose
    I made it myself, so I don't know
    if it will suit your tastes.
[19:17] Reinhard
    I'll just make my tastes suit it.
[19:19] Annerose
    Goodness, you're so mean.
[19:23] Kircheis
    It's very good.
[19:25] Annerose
    I'm glad to hear it.
[19:27] Annerose
    So, Sieg, I'm sure Reinhard has put you
    through all sorts of trouble, right?
[19:32] Kircheis
    No, not at all.
[19:33] Reinhard
    Go on, you can be honest.
[19:35] Annerose
    Don't tease him!
[19:38] Annerose
    Oh, right. I also have some delicious
    vin rosé I received as a gift.
[19:43] Reinhard
    I get the picture, Sister.
[19:46] Reinhard
    You want me to go get it, right?
[19:49] Annerose
    Thank you, Reinhard.
[19:57] Annerose
    You have done so much for my brother.
[20:01] Kircheis
    Not at all. He's the one
    who has done much for me.
[20:05] Kircheis
    To be a captain at my age...
[20:06] Kircheis
    It's more than I deserve.
[20:08] Annerose
    You'll be a rear admiral
    soon, won't you? I heard.
[20:12] Annerose
    Congratulations.
[20:14] Kircheis
    Thank you.
[20:17] Annerose
    My brother doesn't say it out loud,
    or maybe he just hasn't noticed,
[20:23] Annerose
    but he truly relies on you a great deal.
[20:25] Kircheis
    You flatter me. I am nothing special.
[20:29] Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:30] Annerose
    You should really value
    yourself a bit more.
[20:34] Annerose
    My brother has talent,
[20:36] Annerose
    but he isn't as mature as you.
[20:40] Annerose
    He's like a wild goat that grows too proud
    of its agility and falls from a cliff,
[20:45] Annerose
    and he is in a place just as perilous.
[20:48] Annerose
    So please, Sieg, I ask you...
[20:52] Annerose
    Watch over Reinhard so that he
    doesn't slip off of that cliff.
[20:57] Annerose
    If you see him heading in that
    direction, tell him so.
[21:00] Annerose
    I know he would accept a warning from you.
[21:04] Kircheis
    I will do everything I can.
[21:08] Kircheis
    Please have faith in my
    loyalty to Reinhard.
[21:12] Kircheis
    I swear that I will not disappoint you.
[21:18] Annerose
    Thank you, Sieg.
[21:22] Kircheis
    Annerose...
[21:25] Reinhard
    You should have put it
    someplace easier to find.
[21:29] Annerose
    Sorry to put you through that,
    but it will be worth the effort.
[21:33] Annerose
    I'll bring the glasses.
[21:42] Kircheis
    So this is where you went.
[21:46] Reinhard
    I've come this far from that night.
[21:50] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis, have you ever
    thought of it this way?
[21:55] (Flashback) Reinhard
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty hasn't existed
    since the dawn of humanity.
[22:00] (Flashback) Reinhard
    It began with this arrogant
    bastard, Rudolf.
[22:04] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Rudolf started out as no more
    than an ambitious upstart,
[22:08] (Flashback) Reinhard
    but the times were such that he managed
    to become a holy and inviolable emperor.
[22:15] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Hey, Kircheis...
[22:18] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If Rudolf did it, do you think I could?
[22:31] Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[22:37] Kircheis
    Reinhard, please...
    make the universe your own.
[23:01] Reinhard
    Let's go.
[23:03] Reinhard
    We shall return to the battlefield.
[23:08] Kircheis
    Understood.
SIGN    Episode 4
SIGN    The Unbeatable Magician
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode four, "The Unbeatable Magician."

Season 1

E4 - The Unbeatable Magician

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[00:12] (Flashback) PilotA
    Returning to normal space.
[00:14] (Flashback) PilotA
    Approaching El Facil.
[00:16] (Flashback) Captain
    Good. Begin preparations to dock.
[00:18] (Flashback) PilotA
    Understood.
[00:20] (Flashback) Captain
    You two, prepare to unload the cargo.
[00:22] (Flashback) PilotB
    Yes, sir.
[00:23] (Flashback) PilotC
    Roger.
[00:23] (Flashback) Yang
    Hey, was Rudolf really that evil?
[00:28] (Flashback) Tai-long
    Are you reading history books again?
[00:30] (Flashback) Yang
    Why would everyone obey such a bad guy?
[00:35] (Flashback) PilotA
    Well, the thing is, Rudolf
    was so good at being bad
[00:39] (Flashback) PilotA
    that he fooled everyone.
[00:42] (Flashback) Yang
    But why were they all fooled?
[00:48] (Flashback) Tai-long
    You don't look satisfied with that answer.
[00:54] (Flashback) Tai-long
    It's because the people wanted
    their lives to be easy.
[01:01] Na
    Yang Wen-li, who made a name
    for himself as a tactician
[01:04] Na
    and became known as the
    "Unbeatable Magician,"
[01:08] Na
    lived most of his life prior
    to age 16 on a spaceship
[01:13] Na
    with his father, who was a trader.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:58] Girl
    A soldier who likes to read?
[03:00] Girl
    No way.
[03:36] Jessica
    What is a cadet doing here?
[03:40] Yang
    Are cadets not allowed at the city library?
[03:44] Jessica
    Of course they are,
[03:46] Jessica
    but I've never seen any
    come here in uniform.
[03:50] Yang
    Oh...
[03:52] Yang
    This is embarrassing.
[03:56] Jessica
    It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
[03:58] Jessica
    You're pretty strange.
[04:01] Yang
    How embarrassing...
[04:03] Jessica
    You really are weird.
[04:07] Jessica
    Wait, aren't you... "Empty-handed Yang"?
[04:12] Yang
    How do you know that nickname?
[04:13] Jessica
    I knew it! I was right!
[04:15] Jessica
    You moved into your dorm with no
    luggage, hence "Empty-handed Yang"!
[04:20] Yang
    But how do you know who I am?
[04:25] Jessica
    The answer to that will be along soon.
[04:28] Jessica
    Let's wait for it together.
[04:33] Yang
    There are many books here that
    we don't have at the school.
[04:36] Jessica
    Such as?
[04:38] Yang
    Such as...
[04:40] Yang
    books on the history of tea,
[04:42] Yang
    and books on the origin of that
    instrument you were playing.
[04:45] Yang
    With a bit of searching, you can even
    find the diary of Rudolf's cook.
[04:49] Jessica
    For an "empty-handed" guy,
    you're certainly diligent in your studies.
[04:53] Jessica
    You just barely have passing grades in
    everything except military history,
[04:57] Jessica
    but the oddball Yang doesn't
    let that get to him.
[05:00] Yang
    You really do know everything about me.
[05:03] Yang
    This wasn't what I intended, though.
[05:07] Yang
    I'd planned to get into the
    university's history department,
[05:10] Yang
    but then my father died...
[05:11] Yang
    So the only way to learn about
    history without financial aid
[05:14] Yang
    was the Fleet Academy's graduate
    course on military history.
[05:20] Jessica
    You really are unusual.
[05:22] Yang
    I'm not "really" anything.
[05:25] Yang
    But that aside—
[05:26] Jean
    Yang?
[05:28] Yang
    Jean?
[05:29] Jean
    I wouldn't have expected
    to see you two together.
[05:33] Jessica
    You're late. We just met.
[05:39] Jean
    This is Jessica Edwards.
[05:41] Jean
    She's the Fleet Academy bursar's daughter,
[05:44] Jean
    and she attends a music school.
[05:46] Jean
    I've known her since we were kids.
[05:49] Yang
    That explains it.
[05:50] Jean
    Why the death glare?
[05:52] Jessica
    Something terrible happened!
[05:55] Jean
    What the heck does that mean?
SIGN    Episode 4
SIGN    The Unbeatable Magician
[06:02] Jessica
    You certainly are different, Yang.
    You're such a history buff.
[06:05] Jean
    Come on, Jessica.
    Don't tease Yang like that.
[06:09] Jessica
    But I finally got to meet the
    "Empty-handed Yang" you told me about!
[06:14] Jessica
    Hey, tell me something interesting.
[06:17] Yang
    Well, I can't guarantee
    it'll be interesting...
[06:21] Yang
    When I was a boy, every book I read said the
    emperor Rudolf was a heinous villain.
[06:27] Yang
    I wondered how he became the emperor,
[06:31] Yang
    so I asked my father.
[06:33] Jessica
    What did he say?
[06:36] Yang
    That it was because the people
    wanted their lives to be easy.
[06:39] Jessica
    They wanted their lives to be easy?
[06:42] Yang
    Rather than solving their
    problems on their own,
[06:45] Yang
    they were waiting for some
    superhero or saint to show up
[06:51] Yang
    and take it all on single-handedly.
[06:53] Yang
    Rudolf took advantage of that.
[06:56] Yang
    Now, remember this.
[06:58] Yang
    It is the people who create the dictator
    who have the greater responsibility.
[07:04] Yang
    Even if they don't actively support him,
[07:06] Yang
    standing by silently makes
    them equally guilty.
SIGN    Free Planets Fleet Academy
[07:22] Guy
    The head of the class will be
    in the next combat simulation.
[07:26] Guy
    It's Wideborn's turn, huh?
[07:28] Guy
    Yeah.
[07:29] Guy
    What poor sap got matched up with him?
[07:34] Voice
    The mock battle for combat simulation
    number 39 will now begin.
SIGN    Malcolm Wideborn
[07:47] Malcom
    Reorganize the fleet into
    a spindle formation.
[07:50] Guy
    Reorganizing fleet into
    a spindle formation.
[07:52] Wideborn
    All ships, advance!
[07:54] Guy
    All ships, advance!
[07:58] Guy
    Wideborn's fleet is advancing.
[08:01] Yang
    Execute Plan C.
[08:03] Guy
    Executing Plan C.
[08:05] Yang
    Deploy the left-flanked 2nd and
    3rd Fleets to engage them,
[08:09] Yang
    and the 6th Fleet to the alpha
    sector as a detachment.
[08:14] Guy
    They've sent a detached force.
[08:15] Wideborn
    Continue our advance.
[08:17] Wideborn
    Focus all attacks on the detached right flank.
[08:22] Wideborn
    What do you think such a
    small, detached force can do?
[08:25] Wideborn
    If they're trying to hit us from behind,
    I'll take it out before they can.
[08:32] Guy
    Enemy fleet is focusing
    attacks on our left flank.
[08:35] Yang
    Return fire while falling back.
[08:38] Guy
    The enemy is continuing evasive movement!
[08:40] Wideborn
    Close the distance! Continue to attack!
[08:50] Wideborn
    It's over now!
[08:58] Wideborn
    Status report!
[08:59] Guy
    The enemy's detached force has
    attacked our supply unit.
[09:02] Guy
    As far as the simulation goes,
    that means we have ceased to function.
[09:08] Guy
    You're kidding me...
[09:10] Guy
    Wideborn lost?
SIGN    Free Planets Fleet Academy Headmaster
    Vice Admiral Sidney Sithole
[09:16] Voice
    Winner: Yang Wen-li.
SIGN    Deputy Adjutant General's Office
[09:23] Yang
    I would rather not transfer to the
    Strategic Studies Department.
SIGN    Free Planets Fleet Academy Deputy Adjutant General
    Lieutenant Alex Caselnes
[09:30] Alex
    Didn't your instructor tell you?
[09:32] Alex
    The moment you entered this
    school, you became a soldier.
[09:36] Alex
    You are to obey orders.
[09:39] Yang
    Yes, he told me.
[09:40] Alex
    Then there's only one thing I can tell you.
[09:43] Alex
    If you don't want to do it,
    you have the right to quit.
[09:46] Alex
    But you'd need to repay all the student
    loans you've received thus far.
[09:54] Alex
    Don't be so disappointed.
[09:56] Alex
    You defeated Wideborn, the head of your
    class, in the strategic warfare simulation.
[10:01] Alex
    This just means you've been
    recognized for your achievements.
[10:03] Alex
    There are many talented students in
    the Strategic Studies Department.
[10:06] Alex
    Many want to get in, but can't.
[10:09] Yang
    I am honored, but I'm no talented student.
[10:14] Alex
    Don't be cynical.
[10:19] Alex
    Yang Wen-li.
[10:23] Alex
    Come by to play chess with me sometimes.
[10:27] Yang
    Yes, sir.
[10:29] Yang
    I'd be honored.
[10:36] Jean
    Hey, you sure you don't wanna come?
[10:39] Jean
    My mom's cooking is pretty damn good.
[10:42] Yang
    I appreciate it, but don't worry about me.
[10:45] Jean
    I see.
[10:47] Jean
    I actually invited Jessica,
    too, but she shot me down.
[10:51] Yang
    She's probably busy with schoolwork.
[10:53] Jean
    Yeah.
[10:55] Jean
    I'll have to enjoy this
    break for the both of you.
[11:15] Yang
    You're here to practice your violin again?
[11:19] Jessica
    And you're here to read history books?
[11:22] Yang
    Yeah.
[11:23] Jessica
    You're a total history nut.
[11:27] Jessica
    Hey, what is it you're looking at?
[11:32] Jessica
    Your eyes are always fixed on the past.
[11:34] Jessica
    Isn't there anything else you want to do?
[11:44] Jessica
    I want to keep my eyes on the future.
[12:22] Jean
    I worked up the nerve to confess
    to Jessica before we leave here.
[12:26] Yang
    Did you? That's good to hear.
[12:30] Jean
    No, she shot me down.
[12:31] Yang
    Why?
[12:34] Jean
    She said she didn't want to
    be a soldier's girlfriend.
[12:38] Yang
    I see...
[12:40] Jean
    She graduates next year.
[12:42] Jean
    She's always said she wanted
    to be a music teacher.
[12:46] Yang
    I see...
[12:51] (Flashback) Jessica
    I want to keep my eyes on the future.
[12:57] Jean
    I guess it's goodbye to this town, huh?
[13:00] Yang
    Yeah.
[13:02] Yang
    It was a nice town.
SIGN    One Year Later
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Space Pier
[13:37] Yang
    Sheesh...
[13:39] Yang
    Who knew I'd be assigned to
    front-line duty so soon?
SIGN    The Planet El Facil
[13:57] TV
    This is a special bulletin.
[13:59] TV
    According to personnel affiliated
    with Garrison Command Headquarters,
[14:02] TV
    the Imperial Navy appeared to fall back
[14:05] TV
    after contact with our forces,
    only to attack us from behind.
[14:09] TV
    Commander Lynch has ordered an
    immediate retreat here to El Facil.
[14:15] Guy
    What? How can that be?
[14:17] Guy
    Retreat?
[14:19] Guy
    Weren't they out there
    fighting to protect us all?
[14:22] TV
    The Galactic Imperial Navy has
    already proclaimed that they
[14:27] TV
    "will free El Facil from the
    rebel forces within 24 hours."
SIGN    El Facil Garrison Base - Command Room
[14:33] Woman
    The enemy fleet has exceeded
    2,000 in number!
[14:36] Command
    Damn that Lynch! He turned tail and
    led the enemy right back to us!
[14:40] Command
    Does he want all three million people
    on El Facil to be killed, too?!
[14:44] Guy
    Commander, civilians are
    rushing our space port!
[14:50] Woman
    What's going on?!
[14:51] Guy
    The Imperial Army is right on top of us!
[14:54] Guy
    If the garrison is back, let us on it!
[14:57] Guy
    Send out the shuttles already!
[14:59] Guy
    Get whoever's responsible out here!
[15:00] Guy
    Yeah! Get them out here!
[15:07] Guy
    Who the hell are you?!
[15:08] Guy
    Bring us whoever's responsible for this!
[15:11] Yang
    I'm the one who's been assigned
    responsibility for the escape plan.
[15:15] Guy
    Huh? You?
[15:24] Guy
    Shuttle maintenance and inspections
    are essentially complete.
[15:27] Yang
    Roger.
[15:32] Frederica
    Here.
[15:35] Yang
    Thanks.
[15:45] Yang
    You're a big help.
[15:47] Yang
    I don't like coffee, though,
    so I wish you had brought tea.
[15:55] Yang
    Yes.
[15:57] Command
    Sub-lieutenant Yang...
[15:59] Command
    I don't want to believe it,
[16:00] Command
    but the garrison fleet just
    left port without us.
[16:04] Yang
    All right, understood.
[16:07] Yang
    Then please send everyone
    at command over here, too.
[16:10] Command
    "Over here"?
[16:11] Command
    Sub-lieutenant, are you aware
    of our situation? Hey—
[16:15] Yang
    Come on. We're leaving port.
[16:22] Guy
    The garrison fleet left us behind.
    Can we really make it out of here?
[16:26] Yang
    There's no need to worry.
[16:28] Yang
    The Imperial Navy is probably capturing
    the garrison fleet as we speak.
[16:33] Yang
    While they fight, we'll have plenty
    of time to make an easy escape.
[16:50] Guy
    Are you saying... you used
    Commander Lynch as a decoy?
[16:59] Yang
    Now, let's go.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[17:15] Jean
    Hey, hero of El Facil.
[17:17] Yang
    Cut it out, Jean.
[17:19] Jean
    Congrats on the promotion.
[17:21] Yang
    You heard already?
[17:23] Yang
    I was just promoted to
    lieutenant this morning,
[17:26] Yang
    but another notice came out at 1 PM that
    I'm being promoted to lieutenant commander.
[17:30] Jean
    Moving up two ranks usually isn't
    allowed unless you've died in battle.
[17:34] Jean
    Must be a special exception.
[17:37] Jean
    Well, it sounds like even heroes don't get
    a break from writing reports and vouchers,
[17:42] Jean
    but do you wanna ditch
    for a bit and meet up?
[17:44] Yang
    What? Where are you?
[17:53] Yang
    I'm no hero.
[17:56] Yang
    I offered Rear Admiral Lynch my opinions,
[17:59] Yang
    but he wouldn't even listen.
[18:01] Yang
    He sent me off the ship
    before the battle started.
[18:04] Yang
    That's why I was able to
    get the people to safety.
[18:09] Yang
    Still, who would think to use Rear Admiral
    Lynch's flight to save everyone?
[18:16] Yang
    That's not something just
    anyone could come up with.
[18:19] Yang
    If I may put on airs for a moment,
[18:21] Yang
    there's nothing more dangerous than being
    too set on one's own rigid opinions.
[18:27] Jean
    This reminded me of the
    time you beat Wideborn.
[18:35] Yang
    I learned from history, that's all.
[18:39] Yang
    The basic nature of war hasn't changed in
    the past three or four thousand years.
[18:44] Yang
    Before you reach the battlefield,
    it's your supplies,
[18:47] Yang
    and once you get there, it's the quality
    of your leader that determines victory.
[18:52] Yang
    Yes... Fixing your eyes on past battles
[18:56] Yang
    enables you to predict future battles.
[19:00] Jean
    Hanging out with you like this reminds
    me of being at the fleet academy.
[19:05] Yang
    It does.
[19:09] Yang
    How's Jessica?
[19:11] Jean
    I haven't seen her lately.
[19:14] Jean
    I heard she's teaching
    music in Terneuzen now.
[19:19] Yang
    Go see her.
[19:33] Alex
    Cadet Yang Wen-li.
[19:38] Yang
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes!
[19:40] Yang
    Thank you for arranging all this for me.
[19:43] Alex
    I've been looking after you since your
    Fleet Academy days. I'm used to it.
[19:48] Alex
    Here. To celebrate your promotion.
[19:50] Alex
    Welcome to Silverbridge Street.
[19:52] Yang
    Thank you.
[19:55] Alex
    Since we're neighbors now and all,
[19:57] Alex
    I hope you'll work on your
    chess skills a bit.
[20:09] Alex
    Damn, talk about fancy digs.
[20:12] Alex
    I've got two daughters, but my house
    isn't much bigger than this.
[20:16] Yang
    It's too big for me.
[20:19] Alex
    I guess you'll have to either
    get married or adopt a kid.
[20:24] Yang
    Adopt?
[20:27] Alex
    You're as clueless as ever.
[20:29] Alex
    Just think about it.
[20:31] Alex
    The Free Planets Alliance has been at war
    with the Galactic Empire for 150 years.
[20:37] Alex
    That's naturally going to bring about
    a lot of casualties and war orphans.
[20:44] Alex
    That's why we have the Special Provision for
    the Welfare of Children of Soldiers Law,
[20:49] Alex
    also known as Travers's Law after
    the one who came up with it.
[20:54] Alex
    Orphaned children can be raised
    by other military families,
[20:57] Alex
    and the government offers a loan
    to aid in the expenses.
[21:00] Alex
    If, when the child turns fifteen,
[21:02] Alex
    they apply to become a child soldier
    or attend a military school,
[21:08] Alex
    the loan is entirely forgiven.
[21:11] Alex
    It kills two birds with one stone
[21:13] Alex
    by saving orphaned children and
    securing future military personnel.
[21:17] Yang
    I see.
[21:19] Yang
    But I could hardly call a bachelor
    such as myself a "military family."
[21:25] Alex
    It still works if you're single.
[21:27] Alex
    You can just think of it as a
    medieval-style apprenticeship.
[21:31] Yang
    You're telling me I should
    take an apprentice?
[21:36] Alex
    Even a guy like you would have a lot to
    teach a kid, if you lived long enough.
[21:42] Alex
    Actually, you might have even more
    to learn from your apprentice.
[21:53] Jean
    Looks like your life's finally calmed down.
[21:55] Yang
    This town has a good library, too.
[21:58] Yang
    I like it.
[22:00] Jean
    You never change.
[22:02] Jean
    I just found out I'm being
    sent on an urgent campaign,
[22:05] Jean
    and...
[22:06] Yang
    What is it?
[22:09] Jean
    Jessica and I talked about this a lot.
[22:13] Jean
    When I come back, we'll be formally engaged.
[22:29] (Flashback) Jessica
    What is it you're looking at?
[22:48] Yang
    It's freezing...
[22:57] Yang
    Yes?
[22:58] Yang
    Who is that so early in the morning?
[23:08] Yang
    Coming! One second!
SIGN    Episode 5
SIGN    Birth of the 13th Fleet
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode five, "Birth of the 13th Fleet."

Season 1

E5 - Birth of the 13th Fleet

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[00:05] Julian
    Commodore Yang! Commodore Yang!
SIGN    Julian Mintz
[00:08] Julian
    Commodore Yang, you'll be late!
[00:12] Yang
    Late for what?
[00:14] Julian
    Commodore Yang!
[00:19] Julian
    What a way to start your morning.
[00:21] Julian
    It's unbelievable that you, of all people,
    would be late to a memorial service.
[00:26] Yang
    I see...
[00:28] Yang
    Yeah, you're right.
[00:32] Yang
    Julian, what happened to those books?
    The ones from the box I hadn't unpacked?
[00:37] Julian
    I already put them away.
[00:39] Yang
    Then how about the Wanli porcelain
    from the box beside it?
[00:41] Julian
    I put them in the place
    where they look best.
[00:45] Julian
    Take care.
[00:46] Yang
    Hey, Julian...
[00:48] Julian
    Yes?
[00:50] Yang
    Sorry to have you do so much.
[00:52] Yang
    I'll act more like a real
    guardian when I get back.
[00:56] Yang
    See you.
[01:00] Julian
    Commodore Yang!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Capital Planet Heinessen
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[02:46] Alex
    Looks like you're not totally awake yet,
[02:50] Alex
    hero of Astarte.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[02:54] Yang
    Who's a hero?
[02:56] Alex
    The guy standing right in front of me.
[02:58] Alex
    That's what all the press has
    been writing about you.
[03:02] Yang
    I'm the leader of a losing army.
[03:05] Alex
    Yes, the Alliance Navy lost.
[03:08] Alex
    That's exactly why we need a hero.
[03:11] Alex
    There'd be no need for heroes if we'd won.
[03:15] Alex
    After a defeat, you have to take the
    people's focus away from what's going on.
[03:20] Alex
    That's how it was at El Facil, right?
[03:23] Alex
    By the way... why are you all wet?
[03:26] Yang
    Oh, er...
SIGN    Episode 5
SIGN    Birth of the 13th Fleet
[03:41] Trunicht
    To all citizens and soldiers in attendance:
[03:44] Trunicht
    for what purpose have we
    gathered here on this day?
[03:49] Trunicht
    To console the spirits of the 1,500,000 heroes
    who died in the battle at the Astarte Starzone.
[03:55] Trunicht
    They nobly gave their lives to defend
    the freedom and peace of our homeland,
SIGN    Alliance Central Government National Defense Committee Chairman
    Job Trunicht
[04:02] Trunicht
    and to tell us, those left behind,
[04:04] Trunicht
    that there was something more
    precious than their lives.
[04:11] Trunicht
    What is that something?
[04:13] Trunicht
    It is our homeland, and our freedom!
[04:16] Trunicht
    Why did those 1,500,000 servicemen die?
[04:20] Yang
    Because their leaders couldn't
    command them well enough.
[04:24] Trunicht
    They laid down their lives to defend
    our homeland, and our freedom!
[04:31] Trunicht
    I would like to make this abundantly clear!
[04:35] Trunicht
    Our homeland and our freedom are
    worthy of defending with our lives.
[04:41] Trunicht
    You pacifists among us who advocate
    for reconciliation with the Empire,
[04:45] Trunicht
    awaken from your delusions!
[04:47] Trunicht
    Peace does not come as easily
    as you profess it will!
[04:52] Yang
    I don't know...
[04:53] Yang
    I'd say it's just as easy to warmonger
    from within your nice, safe haven.
[04:58] Trunicht
    Those who oppose this battle to oppose the
    Galactic Empire's autocratic totalitarianism...
[05:04] Trunicht
    have forsaken their homeland!
[05:08] Trunicht
    We know the history.
[05:11] Trunicht
    Our homeland, with its great history!
[05:15] Trunicht
    Our homeland, with its freedom!
[05:17] Trunicht
    We must stand and fight to defend...
[05:20] Trunicht
    the one thing worth defending!
[05:23] Trunicht
    Now is the time to fight for our homeland!
[05:27] Trunicht
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:30] Trunicht
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:32] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:36] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:38] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:42] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:44] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:48] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:50] Christian
    Why aren't you standing?
SIGN    Captain Christian
[05:53] Yang
    This is a free country.
[05:56] Yang
    We have the freedom to not
    stand if we don't want to.
[05:59] Yang
    I'm only exercising that freedom.
[06:03] Christian
    Then why don't you want to stand?
[06:06] Yang
    I exercise my freedom
    to withhold my answer.
[06:09] Christian
    What are you trying to—
[06:11] Trunicht
    Christian.
[06:26] Trunicht
    Ladies and gentlemen, our greatest weapon...
[06:30] Trunicht
    is the unity shared among us all.
[06:36] Trunicht
    So long as we live in a free country
    governed as a democratic republic,
[06:40] Trunicht
    no objective, however noble,
    can be forced upon the people.
SIGN    Jessica Edwards
[06:49] Jessica
    Defense Committee Chairman,
    my name is Jessica Edwards.
[06:55] Yang
    Jessica?
[06:58] Jessica
    I am the fiancée of Jean Robert Lapp,
[07:00] Jessica
    an officer of the 6th Fleet who
    died in the Battle of Astarte.
[07:05] Jessica
    No... I was his fiancée.
[07:09] Trunicht
    Goodness... My deepest condolences
    to you, young lady.
[07:13] Trunicht
    However...
[07:14] Jessica
    I am not demanding sympathy.
[07:18] Jessica
    Chairman, my fiancé died a noble
    death in defense of our homeland.
[07:24] Trunicht
    Of course...
[07:26] Trunicht
    You are truly what every woman on the
    home front should aspire to be.
[07:32] Trunicht
    I am certain your commendable
    spirit will be warmly rewarded.
[07:38] Jessica
    Thank you, Chairman.
[07:40] Jessica
    I am here because I wish to
    ask you a single question.
[07:46] Trunicht
    Ah, and what would that be?
[07:50] Jessica
    Where are you at the moment?
[07:54] Trunicht
    Er... Come again?
[07:56] Jessica
    My fiancé went to the battlefield
    to protect his homeland,
[08:02] Jessica
    and now he is no longer in this world.
[08:04] Jessica
    Chairman, where are you?
[08:08] Jessica
    Where do you stand as you glorify death?
[08:11] Jessica
    I gave my fiancé as a sacrifice!
[08:14] Jessica
    Where is your family as you advocate
    for the sacrifice of these people?
[08:20] Jessica
    There is no fault with the
    speech you just gave,
[08:24] Jessica
    but are you living by that
    same standard yourself?
[08:27] Trunicht
    The young lady has lost her composure.
[08:30] Trunicht
    Escort her out of the room.
[08:33] Trunicht
    My speech is over.
    The national anthem, please!
[08:44] Yang
    Let's go.
[08:45] Jessica
    Yang?
[08:47] Yang
    This isn't where you should be.
[09:17] Yang
    Jessica, hold on to something!
[09:19] Jessica
    Right!
[10:11] Jessica
    I'm sorry to get you involved in this.
[10:14] Yang
    No, it's not your fault.
[10:17] Jessica
    Yang...
[10:20] Jessica
    You must have thought I was
    an awful woman, didn't you?
[10:23] Yang
    Why?
[10:25] Jessica
    Most bereaved families are enduring
    their grief in silence,
[10:29] Jessica
    and I had to go and shout such things
    in front of all those people.
[10:33] Jessica
    It makes sense that you'd be disgusted.
[10:36] Yang
    No, I don't think that at all.
[10:39] Jessica
    I hear you were promoted, Yang.
[10:43] Jessica
    Jean Robert always had such praise for you.
[10:45] Jessica
    He said you were the pride of your class.
[10:48] Jessica
    All the admirals in our navy who aren't
    you ought to feel humiliated.
[10:53] Jessica
    They let more than a million
    people die in a single battle.
[10:58] Jessica
    It's an ethical disgrace.
[11:00] Yang
    I don't think that's quite right.
[11:04] Yang
    True, it might have been foolish
    to allow that many people to die.
[11:08] Yang
    But what if we'd won and caused more than
    a million deaths on the other side?
[11:14] Yang
    Should we be praised for that?
[11:19] Yang
    Ethics have nothing to do with
    victory or loss in war.
[11:26] Jessica
    You haven't changed at all.
[11:28] Yang
    Sorry... I guess I got argumentative again.
[11:32] Jessica
    I'll be going now, Yang.
    Thanks for seeing me off.
[11:38] Yang
    Take care.
[11:40] Jessica
    Get further promoted to make
    up for Jean Robert, too.
[11:58] Julian
    Welcome home, Commodore.
[11:59] Yang
    Thanks, Julian.
[12:01] Julian
    I was beginning to think you
    wouldn't be coming home,
[12:04] Julian
    but I'm glad you did.
[12:06] Julian
    I made some of the Irish stew you like.
[12:09] Yang
    That makes me glad I came home hungry.
[12:12] Yang
    What made you think that, though?
[12:14] Julian
    Rear Admiral Caselnes contacted me.
[12:17] Julian
    He told me you ran out of the ceremony
    hand-in-hand with a pretty woman.
[12:23] Yang
    That jerk...
[12:28] Yang
    Your future plans? It's that time already?
[12:30] Julian
    No, but there are some students who get
    enough credits to graduate half a year early.
[12:35] Yang
    I see... And are you planning
    to become a soldier?
[12:40] Julian
    Yes. I'm a soldier's son, after all.
[12:43] Yang
    There's no law that says a son has
    to inherit his father's job.
[12:47] Yang
    My father was a trader, in fact.
[12:50] Julian
    But if I don't, you'll have to repay
    the loan you took to raise me.
[12:55] Yang
    I'll repay it.
[12:57] Yang
    Don't underestimate your guardian.
[13:01] Yang
    I have enough saved up for that.
[13:03] Yang
    Besides, you don't need
    to graduate that early.
[13:06] Yang
    Why not enjoy life a bit longer?
[13:08] Julian
    I couldn't trouble you that much!
[13:11] Yang
    Don't get smart. You're still a child.
[13:14] Yang
    Children are supposed to live
    by leeching off their parents.
[13:19] Julian
    Thank you, but...
[13:26] Yang
    Is it in style lately for groups of clowns
    like those to visit people's homes?
[13:31] Julian
    They're the Patriotic Knight Corps.
[13:33] Yang
    I don't know any circus troupe like that.
[13:36] Julian
    They're a radical nationalist group.
[13:39] Julian
    They've recently become notorious for
    harassing people who express anti-war views.
[13:45] Julian
    It's strange, though.
    Why would they come to our house?
[13:54] Christian
    Commodore Yang!
[13:56] Christian
    We of the Patriotic Knight
    Corps condemn you!
[14:00] Christian
    Out of arrogance over your own exploits,
[14:02] Christian
    you have disturbed the unity of our navy
    and compromised its will to fight.
[14:08] Christian
    I know you're aware of what you've done.
[14:11] Christian
    You disgraced a sacred memorial service!
[14:16] Christian
    When everyone in attendance responded
    to the chairman's impassioned speech
[14:20] Christian
    by swearing to defeat the Empire,
[14:22] Christian
    you alone refused to stand
[14:25] Christian
    and behaved in a way that mocked
    the citizens' determination!
[14:30] Christian
    We condemn your arrogance!
[14:34] Christian
    If you have anything to say,
    step outside and face us.
[14:38] Julian
    Did you really do that?
[14:40] Yang
    Yeah, sort of...
[14:42] Julian
    But why?!
[14:43] Julian
    Even if you were opposed,
[14:44] Julian
    you could have just stood and clapped,
    and everything would be fine!
[14:48] Julian
    Others only see how you react
    on the outside, after all!
[14:51] Yang
    You sound a lot like Rear Admiral Caselnes.
[14:55] Julian
    You don't have to bring him into this.
[14:58] Julian
    Even a child could have told you that!
[15:01] Christian
    If you won't come out,
    we have our own ideas!
[15:05] ---
    Get down!
[15:12] Yang
    Julian, which one is the
    switch for the sprinklers?
[15:15] Julian
    It's 2-A-4. What are you going to do?
[15:19] Yang
    I just need to teach those
    guys some manners.
[15:23] Julian
    Oh...
[15:25] Christian
    What's the problem?
    Why don't you say something?
[15:29] Christian
    If you don't respond,
    prepare for another—
[15:42] Christian
    Hey! All of you—
[15:53] Yang
    Now do you see how scary things can
    get when you anger a gentleman,
[15:58] Yang
    you cowardly bunch of thugs?
[16:03] Yang
    I'll help with that.
[16:05] Julian
    No, you would actually just get in the way.
[16:08] Julian
    I know. Why don't you sit
    on that table there?
[16:11] Yang
    The table? Come on...
[16:20] Yang
    This is my Wanli porcelain.
[16:23] Yang
    The one thing my father left me
    that was actually genuine...
[16:30] Alex
    Hey there, son. Could you put
    your guardian on for me?
[16:34] Julian
    He's over there.
[16:38] Alex
    Were you always into sitting
    on tables in your own house?
[16:42] Yang
    Depends on the day of the week.
[16:44] Alex
    Well, forget that. There's a matter
    that demands immediate attention.
[16:48] Alex
    I need you to report to the
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center ASAP.
[16:52] Yang
    Right now?
[16:53] Alex
    It's a direct order from Chief Sithole.
[16:57] Yang
    What does the chief want with me?
[16:59] Alex
    All I know is that it's urgent.
[17:03] Alex
    I'll see you there later.
[17:13] Yang
    It looks like I'll be out late.
[17:16] Yang
    You can go on to bed.
[17:17] Julian
    Yes, Commodore.
[17:19] Yang
    Julian, I think we'll be able to
    laugh off what happened tonight.
[17:24] Yang
    But before too long, that might
    not be possible anymore.
[17:30] Yang
    It looks like the times
    are slowly turning bad.
[17:34] Julian
    Commodore, I may be speaking out of turn,
[17:39] Julian
    but please don't worry about that.
[17:42] Julian
    I want you to walk the path
    you believe is right.
[17:46] Julian
    I believe you are right, above all others.
[18:05] Sithole
    I see you haven't gotten
    any better at chess.
[18:08] Yang
    So, did you call me out here
    at this hour to play chess?
[18:13] Sithole
    Of course not.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
    Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
[18:15] Sithole
    You're here because I needed
    to inform you of something.
[18:18] Sithole
    Officially, the personnel
    change is set for tomorrow,
[18:22] Sithole
    but you're going to be
    promoted to Rear Admiral.
[18:25] Sithole
    This is a formal decision,
    not a tentative one.
[18:28] Sithole
    You know why you're being
    promoted, don't you?
[18:31] Yang
    Because I lost, right?
[18:33] Sithole
    You really haven't changed a bit.
[18:35] Sithole
    You say the most scathing things
    with such a benign expression.
[18:39] Sithole
    Just like when you were a cadet.
[18:41] Yang
    But that is the truth,
    is it not, Headmaster...
[18:45] Yang
    I mean, Chief?
[18:48] Sithole
    What makes you think that?
[18:50] Yang
    Ancient military science texts say that
    the conferment of more rewards
[18:54] Yang
    is a sign of desperation.
[18:56] Yang
    They say it's done out of a need to
    distract attention from a loss.
[19:00] Sithole
    In a sense, you're right.
[19:03] Sithole
    After our biggest loss in recent history,
[19:06] Sithole
    both our servicemen and
    our citizens are shaken.
[19:09] Sithole
    What we need to calm them is a hero.
[19:13] Sithole
    That means you, Rear Admiral Yang.
[19:17] Sithole
    I suppose it wasn't your wish
    to be a man-made hero, was it?
[19:23] Sithole
    Let's change the subject...
[19:25] Sithole
    to the strategy you proposed to Vice
    Admiral Paetta before the battle began.
[19:30] Sithole
    Do you think we would have won
    if that had been implemented?
[19:34] Yang
    Yes, I think so.
[19:36] Sithole
    But might it not be possible to utilize
    that strategy at another time?
[19:41] Sithole
    When that time comes, perhaps we can
    have revenge on Count Lohengramm.
[19:46] Yang
    If this victory has made him arrogant,
[19:49] Yang
    and he cannot resist the temptation to take
    on a massive force with a smaller one again,
[19:54] Yang
    perhaps the strategy I proposed
    could be of use again.
[19:58] Yang
    But...
[19:59] Sithole
    But?
[20:00] Yang
    But it's unlikely that will happen.
[20:05] Yang
    Defeating a larger force with a
    smaller one seems grand at first,
[20:09] Yang
    but it strays from common
    tactical practice.
[20:12] Yang
    Rather than war strategy, it falls into
    the category of sleight of hand.
[20:16] Yang
    I'm sure Count Lohengramm knows that.
[20:20] Yang
    He'll most likely attack with an
    overwhelmingly large force next.
[20:25] Sithole
    I see. You're probably right.
[20:28] Sithole
    Incidentally, one more thing...
[20:30] Sithole
    And this is a tentative
    decision, not a formal one.
[20:33] Sithole
    There'll be a change to
    part of our formation.
[20:36] Sithole
    The remnants of the 4th and 6th Fleets
    will be reinforced with more men
[20:41] Sithole
    and combined to make the 13th Fleet.
[20:44] Sithole
    You will most likely be appointed as
    the first commander of that fleet.
[20:49] Yang
    Isn't command of a fleet only given to
    those ranked Vice Admiral or higher?
[20:53] Sithole
    The new fleet will be about
    half the size of the others.
[20:58] Sithole
    And the 13th Fleet's first mission will be...
[21:01] Sithole
    the capture of Iserlohn Fortress.
[21:05] Yang
    You mean we are to capture
    Iserlohn with half a fleet?
[21:11] Sithole
    Correct.
[21:12] Yang
    Have you been listening
    to anything I've said?
[21:15] Sithole
    Of course. I'm saying this based on that.
[21:20] Yang
    You believe it's possible?
[21:22] Sithole
    I believe that if you
    can't do it, no one can.
[21:29] Sithole
    Do you think you can't do it?
[21:33] Sithole
    If you successfully lead this new fleet
    in the capture of Iserlohn Fortress,
[21:39] Sithole
    Defense Committee Chairman Trunicht will
    be forced to recognize your talents,
[21:45] Sithole
    regardless of how he feels
    about you personally.
[21:52] Yang
    I will give it my best effort.
[21:56] Alex
    The chief has about 70
    days left in his term.
[21:59] Alex
    Obviously, he's hoping
    to win a second term,
[22:02] Alex
    which means the capture of Iserlohn
    will have to be completed by then.
[22:09] Yang
    If I'm successful, the chief's standing
    with Chairman Trunicht is reinforced.
[22:14] Yang
    He's certainly a cunning man.
[22:17] Alex
    The chief is a saint compared
    to that bastard.
[22:20] Alex
    The guy who's behind that
    Patriotic Knight Corps is...
[22:23] Yang
    Chairman Trunicht himself, right?
[22:26] Yang
    I knew that right away.
[22:33] Alex
    Rest while you can. You'll be busy soon.
[22:36] Yang
    Honestly...
[22:38] Yang
    Why would anyone ever want
    to become a soldier?
[22:50] Alex
    No matter how much you complain,
[22:52] Alex
    the navy won't ever let go of you.
[22:55] Alex
    Be ready, Yang Wen-li.
[22:58] Yang
    Thank you, sir.
[23:14] Yang
    I guess I won't get to drink the
    tea Julian makes for a while.
SIGN    Episode 6
SIGN    The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode six, "The Capture
    of Iserlohn (Part 1)."

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[00:04] Alex
    Imperial cruisers and
    forty military uniforms?
[00:07] Yang
    Yes. We do have some Imperial
    ships we captured before, right?
[00:12] Yang
    As for the uniforms...
[00:14] Yang
    Just try to find them.
[00:16] Alex
    Don't make it sound so easy.
[00:17] Alex
    I realize it's to prevent
    intelligence leaks,
[00:20] Alex
    but still, making demands without even
    telling me the plan you need them for?
[00:24] Yang
    Now, now. I'll treat you
    to a glass of cognac.
[00:28] Alex
    Not good enough. Make it three.
[00:32] Yang
    Consider it done.
[00:35] Yang
    Oh, there's one other
    thing I need to ask for.
[00:39] Alex
    What is it?
[00:40] Yang
    Given what's happened with
    the Patriotic Knight Corps,
[00:43] Yang
    I'm concerned about leaving
    Julian alone while I'm away.
[00:46] Yang
    Would it be possible to dispatch
    the MP to the area?
[00:48] Alex
    Well, of course. That's a simple matter.
[00:51] Alex
    But is leaving him in someone
    else's care out of the question?
[00:56] Yang
    I did consider that option,
    of course, but...
[01:00] (Flashback) Julian
    I refuse.
[01:01] (Flashback) Julian
    Without me, this house will fall to ruin.
[01:04] (Flashback) Julian
    It'll get so dusty inside,
    it'll be unlivable.
[01:09] (Flashback) Julian
    While you're away, I will
    assume the responsibility
[01:13] (Flashback) Julian
    of protecting this house as the
    commander in your absence.
[01:16] Yang
    So... I just couldn't do it.
[01:20] Alex
    That's one dependable kid!
[01:22] Alex
    Got it. I'll arrange them right away.
[01:25] Yang
    I appreciate it.
[01:26] Alex
    Sure.
[01:28] Alex
    Now... let's get to the topic at hand.
[01:32] Yang
    The 13th Fleet Personnel
    Distribution Plan...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:07] Na
    Shortly thereafter, the officers
    chosen by Yang and Caselnes
[03:12] Na
    came together under the
    banner of the 13th Fleet.
[03:16] Na
    For vice commander, they chose the
    seasoned veteran Commodore Fischer,
SIGN    Commodore Edwin Fischer
[03:19] Na
    who fought bravely in
    the Battle of Astarte.
[03:22] Na
    For chief officer, they chose the
    meticulous and orderly Commodore Murai.
SIGN    Commodore Murai
[03:28] Na
    And for deputy chief officer, they chose
    Captain Patrichev, known as the "Fighter."
SIGN    Captain Fyodor Patrichev
[03:36] Fischer
    I humbly accept the position.
[03:38] Fischer
    But why me?
[03:41] Yang
    Your skillful fleet management was a
    great help in the Battle of Astarte.
[03:46] Yang
    Our fleet is comprised of the survivors
    of the 4th and 6th Fleets,
[03:50] Yang
    in addition to new recruits.
[03:53] Yang
    This necessitates highly
    elaborate coordination.
[03:58] Fischer
    I see. That is a heavy responsibility, indeed.
[04:03] Yang
    Good to see you again.
[04:05] Fyodor
    Glad to see you're doing well.
[04:07] Yang
    As well as ever.
[04:09] Yang
    I haven't gotten any better at
    three-dimensional chess, either.
[04:13] Yang
    I haven't seen you since Econia.
[04:15] Murai
    I didn't expect you to appoint
    me to this position.
[04:19] Yang
    I always wanted to call on
    you if anything came up.
[04:24] Alex
    He was completely enamored by you
    after what happened on Econia.
[04:29] Yang
    If I am to command a fleet, I need
    a man like you on my staff.
[04:35] Yang
    I humbly request your aid.
[04:38] Murai
    With pleasure.
[04:41] Alex
    By the way, as for your adjutant...
[04:44] Yang
    Did you find anyone?
[04:46] Alex
    I did.
[04:47] Alex
    Graduated second-in-class from
    cadet school, class of 794.
[04:52] Alex
    A student far superior to you.
[04:55] Alex
    He's assigned to the Integrated Tactical
    Operations Center's Information Analysis Division,
[04:58] Alex
    with a reputation for having an
    extraordinarily strong memory.
[05:02] Alex
    Things are busy over there right now,
[05:04] Alex
    so I'll arrange an introduction later.
SIGN    Episode 6
SIGN    The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
[05:19] Yang
    What to do...
SIGN    Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
[05:25] Frederica
    I am Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill.
[05:27] Frederica
    I have been appointed as adjutant
    to Rear Admiral Yang.
[05:32] Yang
    R-Right...
[05:36] Frederica
    Rear Admiral Caselnes ordered me to come.
[05:39] Yang
    Well, this is unexpected.
[05:42] Frederica
    Unexpected? What is?
[05:45] Yang
    Nothing. Never mind.
[05:47] Yang
    Your name is Greenhill? Would that mean...
[05:50] Frederica
    Yes, Admiral Dwight Greenhill is my father.
[05:55] Yang
    You certainly are far superior to me.
[05:58] Frederica
    Not at all.
[06:00] Frederica
    I am young and inexperienced,
    but I will rely on your guidance.
[06:05] Yang
    I'm glad to have you here.
[06:08] Yang
    Have you had a look at my strategy outline?
[06:11] Yang
    I'd like to hear your honest opinion.
[06:14] Frederica
    It will be successful.
[06:17] Yang
    Why are you so confident?
[06:20] Frederica
    You were successful at El Facil
    eight years ago, as well.
[06:25] Yang
    That's a rather flimsy basis
    for such conviction...
[06:29] Frederica
    But, at that time, you successfully planted
    absolute faith in a young girl's mind.
[06:39] Frederica
    I was at that airport on
    El Facil with my mother.
[06:45] Frederica
    I'm sure you've long since forgotten me,
[06:48] Frederica
    as well as what you said after
    you were saved by drinking
[06:52] Frederica
    the coffee I gave you.
[06:54] Yang
    What did I say?
[06:56] Frederica
    "You're a big help.
[06:58] Frederica
    I don't like coffee, though,
    so I wish you had brought tea."
[07:02] Yang
    I said something that rude?
[07:05] Frederica
    Yes, you did.
[07:08] Yang
    I see. I apologize.
[07:11] Yang
    But I feel there must be far more beneficial
    uses for that keen memory of yours.
[07:20] Frederica
    Yes, sir. Thank you.
[07:26] Guy
    Adding new soldiers to the survivors
    of the 4th and 6th Fleets...
[07:30] Guy
    Yang Wen-li is only in his
    twenties and lacks experience.
[07:34] Guy
    Can someone like that really
    bring down Iserlohn?
[07:38] Guy
    What was the chief thinking, anyway?
[07:41] Guy
    It's been a long time since that former
    soldier left the battlefield.
[07:45] Guy
    Perhaps he's finally gone senile?
[07:49] Bewcock
    I certainly hope you men
    don't feel ashamed later.
[07:53] Guy
    A-Admiral Bewcock!
[07:56] Bewcock
    You may be making the mistake of laughing
    at a tree sapling because it lacks height.
SIGN    5th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
[08:07] Alex
    Looks like the admiral's on your side.
[08:10] Yang
    I won't thank him, though.
[08:12] Yang
    He'd just laugh at me.
[08:24] Yang
    It is reassuring, though.
[08:30] Alex
    Oh, right.
[08:31] Alex
    I finally got your strategy outline.
[08:33] Yang
    Glad to hear it.
[08:35] Alex
    It's a pretty reckless plan, though.
[08:37] Alex
    I can't help feeling exasperated.
[08:39] Yang
    I'm sorry about that.
[08:41] Alex
    So...
[08:42] Alex
    Who are you going to get to carry it out?
[08:45] Alex
    It'll take a real daredevil
    to pull that off.
[08:48] Yang
    I actually do have someone in mind.
[08:58] Frederica
    The Rosen Ritter, "Knights of the Rose."
[09:01] Frederica
    A ground combat force comprised
    of refugees from the Empire,
[09:05] Frederica
    with tactical skills said to be among
    the best in all the Alliance.
[09:10] Frederica
    Its thirteenth regimental commander
    is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
[09:18] Yang
    His Imperial language won't
    be an issue, will it?
[09:20] Frederica
    No, but there are unfavorable rumors.
[09:24] Yang
    Rumors?
[09:26] Frederica
    Of all their past captains,
    six defected back to the Empire.
[09:31] Frederica
    There are concerns that he
    may become the seventh.
[09:34] Yang
    Based on what?
[09:35] Frederica
    Because the number thirteen
    is considered unlucky.
[09:38] Yang
    So these concerns are basically
    groundless, then.
[09:45] Frederica
    Do you wish to meet him? I can
    set up an appointment at once.
[09:48] Yang
    No.
[09:50] Yang
    I'll go see him myself.
[09:53] Yang
    This is a tremendous favor I'm
    asking of him, after all.
[10:33] Guy
    All right. Looks like I win this one.
[10:36] Guy
    That's what you said the other day, too.
[10:44] Guy
    Looks like we've got a couple
    of fish out of water here.
[10:49] Frederica
    We are Admiral Yang Wen-li
[10:51] Frederica
    and Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
    of the 13th Fleet.
[10:55] Frederica
    We have come to see Captain Schönkopf.
[10:58] Guy
    You're Admiral Greenhill's
    daughter, aren't you?
[11:02] Guy
    The rumors were true.
    You really are a beauty.
[11:08] Frederica
    Not even a salute. They certainly are rude.
[11:13] Yang
    Uh... Actually, we're here
    on urgent business.
[11:18] Yang
    We'd like you to introduce
    us to Captain Schönkopf.
[11:23] Guy
    I'd be glad to tell Sub-lieutenant
    Greenhill where he is.
[11:29] Frederica
    Rude behavior in front of an admiral
    will only be tolerated for so long.
SIGN    That will be enough, Sub-lieutenant.
SIGN    How long are you going to keep up that act?
SIGN    You're all taking your horseplay too far.
[12:00] Yang
    You are...
SIGN    Thirteenth Regiment Commander of the Rosen Ritter
    Captain Walter von Schönkopf
SIGN    Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
SIGN    Seeing someone as beautiful as you makes them act like little boys again.
SIGN    The same goes for me.
SIGN    Please forgive us.
SIGN    So, what in the world could have brought the hero of El Facil here?
[12:37] Yang
    I'd like to discuss something with you.
SIGN    I assume it's important.
[12:42] Yang
    Most likely.
SIGN    Rosen Ritter Regiment
    Commander Kasper Linz
SIGN    Rosen Ritter Regiment
    Lieutenant Rainer Blumhardt
SIGN    Yes, I suppose there is no other way.
SIGN    Being in a strong fortress does make people careless.
SIGN    But if I become the seventh traitor, like the rumors say,
SIGN    it will be all for naught.
SIGN    What would you do then?
[13:16] Yang
    I'd be stuck.
SIGN    Well, I'm sure you would.
SIGN    But would you stop at that?
SIGN    Surely you've already thought up some countermeasure.
[13:27] Yang
    No, I couldn't think of anything.
[13:30] Yang
    If you betray me, that'll be the
    end. I'll have no further moves.
SIGN    Does that mean you place your full trust in me?
[13:39] Yang
    The truth is, I'm not very confident.
[13:42] Yang
    But if I don't put my faith in
    you, this plan won't work.
[13:47] Yang
    So I will trust you.
    That's the first prerequisite.
SIGN    I see.
SIGN    May I ask one question?
[13:58] Yang
    Sure.
SIGN    The order you've been given is impossible by its very nature.
SIGN    You have half a fleet, quite frankly a ragtag assembly of weaklings,
SIGN    with which you're supposed to defeat Iserlohn.
SIGN    No one would blame you for refusing to follow such an order.
SIGN    Did you agree to it because you already had this plan in mind?
SIGN    Even if that is the case, I would like to know your true motive.
SIGN    Is it honor you want? Or a promotion?
[14:32] Yang
    I don't think it's for a promotion.
[14:35] Yang
    It's enough to be called
    "Your Excellency" before the age of thirty.
[14:39] Yang
    Besides, if I return from
    this mission alive,
[14:43] Yang
    I intend to retire from the service.
SIGN    Retire from the service?
[14:47] Yang
    Yes, well... I would receive
    pension and retirement pay.
[14:52] Yang
    Just enough to support myself
    and one other, at least.
[14:57] Yang
    I wouldn't be left wanting.
SIGN    You would retire in the current state of affairs?
[15:02] Yang
    That's the thing. It's because
    of the state of affairs.
[15:06] Yang
    If our forces occupy Iserlohn,
[15:08] Yang
    it would cut off what is essentially
    the Empire's only route to invade us.
[15:12] Yang
    So long as we don't attempt something
    as stupid as a reverse invasion,
[15:17] Yang
    neither force will be able
    to confront the other.
[15:20] Yang
    Not on a large scale, at least.
[15:24] Yang
    It will depend on the Alliance
    government's diplomatic skill,
[15:27] Yang
    but if we can secure a location that
    offers a militaristic advantage,
[15:29] Yang
    perhaps we can forge a peace treaty with
    the Empire that would satisfy both sides.
[15:35] Yang
    And that would give me the
    peace of mind to retire.
SIGN    But would that peace really be permanent?
[15:46] Yang
    Permanent peace has never existed
    in all of mankind's history.
[15:50] Yang
    So I'm not hoping for that.
[15:53] Yang
    But a few decades of peace gave
    us an era of prosperity.
[15:59] Yang
    If we must leave something behind
    for the next generation,
[16:04] Yang
    I would like it to be peace.
[16:07] Yang
    And maintaining the peace handed to
    them by the previous generation
[16:10] Yang
    would then be their responsibility.
[16:14] Yang
    If each generation can remember their
    responsibility to future generations,
[16:18] Yang
    perhaps we can have long-term
    peace as a result.
[16:24] Yang
    In short, my hope is for a few
    decades of peace, at most.
[16:30] Yang
    But even that would be tens
    of thousands of times better
[16:33] Yang
    than an era of war lasting
    a tenth that long.
[16:36] Yang
    I take care of a fourteen-year-old
    boy back home,
[16:40] Yang
    and I don't want to see him sent off to battle.
[16:44] Yang
    That's all.
SIGN    Forgive me, Admiral,
SIGN    but you must be either the most honest man alive
SIGN    or the greatest sophist since Emperor Rudolf himself.
[17:03] Fyodor
    That strategy sounds like a real gamble.
[17:06] Yang
    I don't deny that.
[17:08] Fischer
    There are no words.
[17:09] Yang
    Perhaps not.
[17:11] Murai
    And if it fails?
[17:15] Yang
    We turn tail and run.
[17:17] Murai
    But that would be...
[17:19] Yang
    Please, don't worry.
[17:21] Yang
    This was an impossible
    mission to begin with.
[17:23] Yang
    If we fail, the only ones who'll be
    disgraced are myself and Chief Sithole.
SIGN    The admiral and I carefully examined this plan yesterday.
SIGN    I believe this is the only possible way.
[17:35] Alex
    Are you sure about this? You would
    have the most dangerous role.
SIGN    If I fail and get taken prisoner, it would just mean going back home.
SIGN    Pardon me.
SIGN    I may have taken that joke too far.
[17:54] Yang
    It may appear foolhardy,
[17:56] Yang
    but I've thought this through
    as rationally as I could.
[18:01] Yang
    I won't ask anyone to
    trust me, by any means.
[18:05] Yang
    I just want you to think
[18:07] Yang
    about ways to conquer Iserlohn
    with half a fleet.
[18:12] Yang
    There may be a few possible methods,
[18:15] Yang
    but I believe we would all arrive
    at the same conclusion.
[18:20] Murai
    Understood.
[18:22] Murai
    We will begin preparations at once.
SIGN    13th Fleet Flagship
    Hyperion
[19:03] Na
    A nonnavigable sector of space exists between
    the territories of the Empire and the Alliance.
[19:08] Na
    Iserlohn Fortress is found on the one
    and only passable route through it.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress
[19:13] Na
    At this fortress are two Imperial admirals.
[19:18] Na
    One is the fortress's commander,
    Admiral Stockhausen.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress Commander
    Admiral Thoma von Stockhausen
[19:23] Na
    The other is the commander of the
    fortress garrison, Admiral Seeckt.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress Garrison Commander
    Admiral Hans Dietrich von Seeckt
[19:29] Na
    The existence of two commanders
    with identical ranks
[19:34] Na
    has created a heated antagonism.
[19:36] Na
    The two men scorn and curse one another,
[19:40] Na
    but whenever the Alliance launches an attack,
[19:42] Na
    their refusal to let the other have the glory
[19:44] Na
    results in tremendous gains
    in every battle they fight.
[20:11] Hans
    I've heard that communications
    in the vicinity of the fortress
[20:14] Hans
    have been disrupted for the past two days.
[20:17] Hans
    What is going on?
[20:18] Thoma
    It's clear the enemy is present,
[20:21] Thoma
    but we are unable to locate
    them at the moment.
[20:24] Hans
    If the enemy is present, we must deploy.
[20:27] Thoma
    I just told you that we
    don't know where they are.
[20:29] Hans
    Precisely why we must mobilize.
[20:32] Hans
    To find where the enemy is hiding, as well.
[20:38] Guy
    Your Excellency, we have a
    transmission on one of the lines.
[20:42] Guy
    It is unstable and intermittent, however.
[20:46] Hans
    What is it saying?
[20:47] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[20:49] Guy
    "We are a force under secret orders to
    conduct espionage within Alliance territory.
[20:55] Guy
    During a mission, the rebels
    detected us, so we left the area,
[20:59] Guy
    but the Alliance fleet opened pursuit
    and engaged us in the corridor.
[21:04] Guy
    Requesting immediate backup from
    Iserlohn." It ends there.
[21:09] Hans
    We may not know where in the corridor
    they are, but we must deploy now!
[21:15] Paul
    Please wait, Your Excellency.
[21:17] Hans
    Oberstein? Do you have something to say?
[21:21] Paul
    Yes, sir.
[21:22] Hans
    Very well. Speak up.
[21:24] Paul
    Then, I will do so.
[21:27] Paul
    I believe this is a trap.
[21:28] Hans
    A trap?
[21:30] Paul
    Yes, one intended to draw our
    fleet away from Iserlohn.
[21:34] Paul
    We must not deploy.
[21:36] Paul
    We should wait and see what happens.
[21:39] Hans
    The enemy is waiting out there.
[21:41] Hans
    Are you saying we'll lose if we attack?
[21:44] Hans
    As soldiers, to fight is our duty.
[21:48] Hans
    Rather than seek a moment's tranquility,
[21:50] Hans
    we should be thinking about attacking
    and defeating our enemy.
[21:53] Hans
    Besides, how can we abandon our
    own men when they're in trouble?
[21:57] Thoma
    I don't know about that, Admiral Seeckt.
[21:59] Thoma
    Your officer does have a point.
[22:02] Thoma
    Since we don't know where they
    are, the risk is too great.
[22:05] Thoma
    Why don't we wait a bit?
[22:07] Hans
    No! The entire fleet will sortie as
    soon as preparations are complete!
[22:22] Thoma
    I hope he comes back bloodied up a bit.
[22:26] Guy
    Another message from the same force.
[22:29] Guy
    "We will soon arrive in
    optical range of Iserlohn,
[22:32] Guy
    but the rebel force is still in
    pursuit. Requesting backup."
[22:36] Thoma
    Very well. Prepare to attack.
[22:38] Guy
    Sir.
[22:40] Thoma
    What is Seeckt doing?
[22:42] Guy
    Ships detected on screen!
[22:44] Thoma
    Enlarge it.
[22:48] Thoma
    Prepare to return fire!
[23:02] Thoma
    Very smart. Looks like they
    know they're no match for us.
[23:06] Guy
    Another transmission from the same force.
[23:08] Thoma
    Fine. Put it on the monitor.
[23:13] Laeken
    This is Captain von Laeken.
[23:15] Laeken
    I request an urgent audience
    with the commander.
SIGN    Episode 7
SIGN    The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode seven, "The Capture
    of Iserlohn (Part 2)."

Season 1

E7 - The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)

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[00:04] (Flashback) Frederica
    Its thirteenth regimental commander
    is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
[00:11] (Flashback) Yang
    Rumors?
[00:13] (Flashback) Frederica
    Of all their past captains,
    six defected back to the Empire.
[00:17] (Flashback) Frederica
    There are concerns that he
    may become the seventh.
[00:20] (Flashback) Walter
    If I become the seventh traitor,
    like the rumors say,
[00:23] (Flashback) Walter
    it will be all for naught.
[00:26] (Flashback) Walter
    What would you do then?
[00:32] Guy
    Sending our hull number and all crew
    members' personal ID codes.
[00:36] Guy
    Awaiting permission to dock.
[00:42] Guy
    Confirmed. Permission to dock received.
SIGN    Do you guys have any memories of the Empire?
[00:50] Linz
    I'm a second-generation refugee, so no.
[00:53] Rainer
    My grandfather came under
    suspicion and was killed.
SIGN    I see. That had to be rough.
SIGN    I grew up in the Empire until I was six.
SIGN    I spent much of my time with my grandfather.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:00] Frederica
    Ten minutes have passed since
    the task force entered port.
SIGN    13th Fleet Flagship
    Hyperion
[03:03] Frederica
    There has been no request for rescue
    as projected in the event of failure.
[03:07] Fyodor
    It seems safe to assume they
    succeeded in docking.
[03:11] Frederica
    We've cleared the first hurdle.
[03:14] Yang
    Yes.
[03:16] Yang
    If we can clear all the rest of the
    hurdles with the same success,
[03:20] Yang
    we'll be in perfect shape.
SIGN    I am the captain, Lieutenant Commander von Laeken.
[03:29] Mann
    I am Lieutenant Mann,
    captain of the security force.
[03:31] Mann
    What happened out there?
SIGN    We were carrying out an espionage mission
SIGN    in Alliance territory at Fleet Admiral Mückenberger's orders.
SIGN    But unfortunately, we were discovered and my unit was annihilated.
SIGN    Amid the chaos, I managed to obtain this,
SIGN    and only we survived to escape here.
SIGN    This contains plans for a certain project.
SIGN    It appears the rebels came up with an unbelievable plan
SIGN    to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress and pass through the corridor.
[03:58] Mann
    Is that true?
SIGN    It doesn't stop at Iserlohn.
SIGN    It may also mean the life or death of the Empire itself.
SIGN    You must take me to the commander at once.
SIGN    Episode 7
SIGN    The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
[04:14] Thoma
    A way to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress
    and infiltrate the Empire?
[04:18] Adjutant
    Yes, sir.
[04:19] Adjutant
    If it is true, the very purpose of
    Iserlohn Fortress will be lost.
[04:24] Thoma
    You don't need to tell me that!
[04:27] Thoma
    Have you contacted the garrison?
[04:29] Adjutant
    Our communications remain
    hindered by jamming signals.
[04:33] Thoma
    And times like these are precisely
    when we need a garrison force...
[04:37] Thoma
    That pig-headed Seeckt!
[04:41] Thoma
    Ready the Thor Hammer and
    all cannons for battle.
[04:44] Adjutant
    Understood, sir!
[04:45] Thoma
    First of all, bring that ship's
    captain here at once.
[04:49] Adjutant
    Yes, sir!
[04:59] (Flashback) Walter
    Once we've made it into enemy
    territory, what then?
[05:03] (Flashback) Yang
    Our strategy has one objective:
[05:06] (Flashback) Yang
    to occupy the Iserlohn
    Fortress control room.
[05:10] (Flashback) Yang
    The problem is that, since the Alliance's
    map of the fortress is incomplete,
[05:14] (Flashback) Yang
    we're unable to pinpoint the
    central control room's location.
[05:18] (Flashback) Yang
    There are five possibilities.
[05:21] (Flashback) Walter
    So we need to have the enemy
    take us to all of them.
[05:26] (Flashback) Yang
    Yes, exactly.
[05:28] (Flashback) Yang
    And if we can accomplish that,
[05:30] (Flashback) Yang
    we can take down any fortress,
    no matter how impregnable.
[05:34] (Flashback) Walter
    The same could be said of a woman's heart.
[05:37] (Flashback) Walter
    That's all very easy to say,
    but difficult to do.
[05:44] (Flashback) Frederica
    The nearest potential location is
    approximately 7,300 meters from the port.
[05:48] (Flashback) Frederica
    The farthest is 21,600 meters away.
[05:52] (Flashback) Frederica
    We will have to cover that much distance
    in a fortress full of enemies.
[05:57] (Flashback) Frederica
    This will be the second hurdle.
[06:00] (Flashback) Walter
    It's going to call for
    some acting skill, then.
[06:02] (Flashback) Yang
    Yes.
[06:15] Grandpa
    Walter,
[06:16] Grandpa
    what do you want to be when you grow up?
[06:19] Walter
    What do you mean? I'm a noble.
[06:23] Grandpa
    A noble...
[06:25] Grandpa
    True.
[06:26] Grandpa
    And does that mean you
    can't be anything else?
[06:33] Mann
    What's that on your arm?
[06:36] Mann
    It appears to be a tattoo.
[06:38] Mann
    Tattoos on Imperial soldiers are
    strictly forbidden by military law.
[06:42] Rainer
    No, this is...
SIGN    It's for our espionage mission.
SIGN    It was necessary in order to blend in with the rebels and gain information.
SIGN    Of course, it will be removed once this mission is over.
[06:57] Mann
    I see. Please forgive my indiscretion.
[07:01] Rainer
    Not at all.
[07:10] Remler
    I am Lieutenant Commander Remler,
    captain of the control room guard.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress Control Room Guard Captain
    Lieutenant Commander Remler
[07:13] Remler
    I will take you to the commander from here.
[07:18] Remler
    Firearms may not be carried
    into the control room.
[07:21] Remler
    You will leave any guns
    you're carrying here.
[07:24] Remler
    Then, you will be examined by the
    full-body scanner over there.
[07:28] Remler
    No exceptions, even if you're operating
    under the fleet admiral's orders.
[07:33] (Flashback) Frederica
    The third hurdle will be the body check.
[07:36] (Flashback) Frederica
    It's impossible to carry any weapons
    into the central control room.
[07:39] (Flashback) Frederica
    You will be put through thorough checks.
[07:44] (Flashback) Walter
    So, what do we do?
[08:09] Remler
    Hold it!
[08:13] Remler
    Pardon me.
SIGN    It belonged to my grandfather.
SIGN    I keep it on my person at all times.
SIGN    It protects me.
SIGN    Is that all right?
SIGN    Thank you.
[08:35] Remler
    Finally, I'll need to see your IDs.
[08:38] Remler
    We sent those to you when we entered port.
[08:42] Remler
    These are the rules.
[08:51] Remler
    Verification failure.
[08:54] Remler
    I can't allow you to
    enter the control room.
SIGN    That's odd. Could there be a problem with the machine?
[09:00] Remler
    I'll check back home.
[09:02] Remler
    Wait here for a bit.
[09:04] Linz
    You would waste that much time?
[09:06] Linz
    We don't know when the
    transmission will even work!
SIGN    Very well.
SIGN    I'd be glad to wait a month or two.
[09:19] Adjutant
    What are you doing?!
[09:21] Adjutant
    His Excellency demands haste!
[09:23] Remler
    But we have—
[09:23] Adjutant
    Just bring them in at once!
[09:28] Remler
    Understood.
[09:34] Thoma
    Where are they?
[09:36] Thoma
    Finally.
[09:39] Thoma
    Explain what's going on!
[09:41] (Flashback) Yang
    In order to take the commander hostage,
[09:44] (Flashback) Yang
    you'll need to acquire a weapon
    inside the control room.
[09:48] (Flashback) Yang
    You'll borrow it from
    the commander himself.
[09:52] (Flashback) Yang
    In other words, you'll have only your
    own strength to rely on at this stage.
[09:58] (Flashback) Yang
    I hate to ask this of you,
    but can you do it?
[10:07] (Flashback) Walter
    Oh...
SIGN    I think I can work something out.
[10:14] Remler
    You really are a rebel, aren't you?!
[10:19] Remler
    You—
SIGN    Your Excellency Stockhausen, you are now our prisoner.
[10:34] Adjutant
    Your Excellency!
[10:37] Remler
    Who the hell are you people?!
SIGN    Pleased to make your acquaintance.
SIGN    I am Captain Schönkopf of the Rosen Ritter, a regiment of the Free Planets Alliance.
[10:49] Remler
    The Rosen Ritter?
[10:52] Remler
    I've heard of you.
[10:54] Remler
    You're a band of traitors
    who abandoned the Empire!
SIGN    I'm so honored to know you've heard of us.
[11:00] Remler
    Don't put Imperial soldiers on
    the same level as you bastards!
[11:03] Remler
    Our commander fears dishonor
    more than death!
SIGN    He doesn't seem to appreciate you overestimating him like that.
[11:13] Remler
    What did you do?!
[11:16] (Flashback) Frederica
    The last hurdle will be how thoroughly
    you can occupy the control room.
[11:20] (Flashback) Walter
    I doubt that just taking the commander
    hostage will be enough to fully take it over.
[11:26] (Flashback) Yang
    True.
[11:27] (Flashback) Frederica
    Then, what should we do?
[11:30] (Flashback) Walter
    Karl Seffle, a practitioner
    of applied chemistry,
[11:33] (Flashback) Walter
    invented a chemical for use in
    mining and civil engineering on a planetary scale.
[11:39] (Flashback) Walter
    It's something like a gas that combusts in
[11:43] (Flashback) Walter
    reaction to heat and energy
    exceeding a certain level.
[11:47] (Flashback) Frederica
    Seffle particles?
[11:49] (Flashback) Walter
    Yes, Seffle particles.
[11:52] (Flashback) Walter
    I'll take some into the room.
[11:54] (Flashback) Frederica
    But...
[11:55] (Flashback) Frederica
    Using it in normal close-range
    combat would be one thing,
[11:58] (Flashback) Frederica
    but using it in a raid like this is
    likely to produce unexpected results.
[12:02] (Flashback) Frederica
    You could all be caught in
    the explosion and die!
[12:07] (Flashback) Walter
    If you have any other suggestions,
    I'd love to hear them.
[12:11] (Flashback) Walter
    You have known all this time
    that there is no other way.
[12:16] (Flashback) Yang
    Well, I wanted to keep trying
    to come up with a safer way
[12:20] (Flashback) Yang
    until the last possible minute.
[12:23] (Flashback) Walter
    I just pray that trusting heart of yours
    doesn't claim your life one day.
SIGN    If you fire, the particles will ignite,
SIGN    and everyone in here will be blown to space dust.
[12:37] Remler
    Seffle particles?
[12:39] Thoma
    D-Don't do something so foolish!
[12:41] Thoma
    Doesn't the blood of the Empire
    flow through your veins, too?!
[12:45] Thoma
    If you surrender now, we're willing
    to make you an excellent offer!
SIGN    Oh? Do you mean that?
[12:52] Operator
    Ninety minutes have passed since
    the task force's infiltration.
[12:55] Murai
    That's far longer than we anticipated.
[12:58] Murai
    I hate to think it,
[13:00] Murai
    but could he have become
    the seventh traitor?
[13:04] Yang
    If that were the case, the enemy
    would have taken us all by now.
[13:09] Yang
    Captain Schönkopf accepted the
    most dangerous role of all.
[13:14] Yang
    I will honor my own word and trust him.
SIGN    That is quite the attractive offer,
SIGN    but I'll have to refuse this time.
SIGN    I need to honor my word to a man who said he would trust me.
SIGN    Besides, there are still lots of girls in the Alliance that I haven't seduced yet!
[13:34] Remler
    Then you'll die with us!
SIGN    Have it your way.
[13:42] Thoma
    Don't, Remler!
[13:44] Thoma
    Th-That's enough!
[13:45] Remler
    But, sir...
[13:47] Thoma
    You win. We surrender.
SIGN    You heard him.
[13:55] Remler
    Damn it!
SIGN    A wise decision.
[14:10] (Flashback) Grandpa
    There is nothing to be done. It's
    meaningless to discuss it.
[14:13] (Flashback) Grandpa
    A noble of fine lineage grew so
    power-hungry that he used his wiles
[14:18] (Flashback) Grandpa
    to steal our family's entire fortune.
[14:21] (Flashback) Grandpa
    On top of that, he brought a warrant
    for my arrest on the grounds
[14:25] (Flashback) Grandpa
    of thought crimes against the emperor.
[14:28] (Flashback) Butler
    What will you do?
[14:30] (Flashback) Grandpa
    Now, there's nothing to worry about.
[14:34] (Flashback) Grandpa
    We will seek asylum with the
    Free Planets Alliance.
[14:38] (Flashback) Walter
    Free Planets Alliance?
[14:44] Rainer
    Captain.
[14:46] Rainer
    I wiped off the blood, but...
SIGN    It's fine. Thank you.
[14:51] Rainer
    It was important to you, wasn't it?
SIGN    Hey, come on.
SIGN    You have to throw at least one truth in with any false story.
SIGN    Men are one thing, but women will always catch you otherwise.
[15:15] Murai
    Forgive me, Captain.
[15:17] Murai
    I doubted you.
[15:20] Murai
    I thought you might betray us.
SIGN    Hey, having people suspect me is part of my job.
SIGN    It doesn't bother me.
SIGN    Admiral, sir.
[15:31] Yang
    Great work.
SIGN    As planned, we've pumped sleeping gas throughout the fortress
SIGN    via the air conditioning system.
SIGN    When they wake up, all 500,000 of them will be our prisoners.
[15:43] Yang
    I guess it really did work out.
SIGN    It would seem so.
[15:54] Seeckt
    What?!
[15:56] Seeckt
    A revolt inside the fortress?!
[15:58] Guy
    Yes, sir. A revolt has broken
    out among some soldiers.
[16:00] Guy
    Immediate aid has been requested.
[16:03] Seeckt
    Can't he even keep his
    subordinates under control?
[16:06] Seeckt
    Stockhausen, you incompetent fool!
[16:09] Seeckt
    We must first stamp out
    the fire at our feet.
[16:11] Seeckt
    We will return to Iserlohn at once!
[16:14] Paul
    Please wait.
[16:17] Seeckt
    I don't recall asking for your
    opinion, Captain Oberstein!
[16:21] Paul
    I am aware of that,
    but I will give it anyway.
[16:25] Paul
    This is a trap.
[16:27] Seeckt
    It seems everything is a trap in your eyes!
[16:31] Paul
    Your Excellency, please listen to me.
[16:34] Seeckt
    Enough!
[16:35] Seeckt
    All fleets, turn around!
[16:37] Seeckt
    Head for Iserlohn at combat speed two!
[16:40] Seeckt
    This is a good opportunity to make
    those space moles indebted to us!
[16:43] Paul
    He isn't even suspicious about why
    communications are working again
[16:47] Paul
    after they'd been disrupted for so long?
[16:50] Paul
    There's no talking to such
    a small-minded bastard,
[16:53] Paul
    full of anger and no courage.
[17:04] SoldierA
    Enemy fleet has entered firing range.
[17:09] SoldierB
    Energy charge to the fortress's
    main cannon is complete.
[17:14] SoldierC
    Aim is set. Ready to fire at any time.
[17:22] Yang
    Change the main cannon's angle.
[17:25] Yang
    Elevation: seven degrees.
[17:28] Murai
    Forgive me, but at that angle, the shot
    will only graze the enemy's left flank.
[17:34] Yang
    That's fine. Do it.
[17:38] Yang
    Fire.
[17:54] ImperialA
    Why are they firing on their allies?!
[17:56] ImperialB
    No... It must be the rebels!
[17:58] ImperialC
    What do we do?! We can't fire back!
[18:00] ImperialC
    How do we escape the main cannon?!
[18:04] Seeckt
    Have you gone mad?
[18:06] Seeckt
    What are you fools doing?! Return fire!
[18:08] Seeckt
    All fleets, salvo fire
    from the main cannons!
[18:22] Yang
    Change the main cannon's angle.
[18:24] Yang
    Aim for the enemy fleet's right flank.
[18:28] Yang
    Fire.
SIGN    This can't be called a battle, Admiral.
SIGN    It's a one-sided massacre.
[18:45] Yang
    Yes. You're right.
[18:48] Yang
    We don't need to do the evil things
    that the Imperial Navy does.
[18:52] Yang
    Advise them to surrender.
[18:55] Yang
    If they refuse, advise them to flee.
[18:58] Yang
    We won't pursue.
[19:02] Guy
    Message from Iserlohn.
[19:04] Guy
    "The Alliance has occupied Iserlohn."
[19:06] Seeckt
    The Alliance...
[19:07] Guy
    "Further bloodshed will benefit no one.
[19:10] Guy
    Surrender."
[19:11] Seeckt
    Surrender?!
[19:13] Guy
    Also... "If you refuse to surrender,
    then flee. We will not pursue.
[19:18] Guy
    Alliance Navy Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li."
[19:22] Guy
    Your Excellency!
[19:23] Guy
    We've confirmed an Alliance
    fleet behind us!
[19:26] Guy
    We'll be caught in a pincer attack!
[19:28] Seeckt
    A pincer attack?!
[19:29] Guy
    Your Excellency, what shall we do?!
[19:32] Seeckt
    We cannot surrender to the rebels!
[19:36] Seeckt
    Facing the kaiser after losing the fortress
[19:40] Seeckt
    would be a crime worse than
    ten thousand deaths!
[19:43] Guy
    "You fail to understand
    the heart of a warrior.
[19:45] Guy
    We know the path of dying
    to preserve our honor,
[19:49] Guy
    and we know not the path
    of living in disgrace.
[19:52] Guy
    All of our ships will henceforth
    charge into an honorable death.
[19:55] Guy
    This is the only way to repay
    our kaiser's favor toward us."
[19:58] Yang
    The heart of a warrior?
[20:00] SoldierA
    All enemy ships are charging!
[20:05] Yang
    Can you identify the enemy's flagship?
[20:07] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[20:08] Yang
    Then focus all of our fire on it.
[20:11] Yang
    This will be our final bombardment.
[20:14] Yang
    If the flagship is lost, the others will flee.
[20:22] Yang
    Fire.
[20:37] SoldierA
    Enemy flagship destroyed.
[20:39] SoldierA
    All other ships are turning
    and leaving the front.
[20:44] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant Greenhill.
[20:46] Frederica
    Yes, sir?
[20:47] Yang
    Contact the Alliance.
[20:49] Yang
    Tell them, "It's over. If you ask
    me to do it again, I can't."
[20:54] Yang
    Take care of the rest. I'm beat.
[20:57] Frederica
    Understood.
[21:02] Yang
    The heart of a warrior, indeed.
[21:05] Yang
    It's because of men like him
    that this war won't end.
[21:07] Yang
    I'm sick of being involved with that type.
[21:21] Paul
    Does this make me a cowardly runaway?
[21:24] Paul
    I'll be the ideal target of blame for anyone
    who's only interested in self-preservation.
[21:35] Paul
    Now, then...
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[21:41] Adrian
    Oh? So Iserlohn has fallen
    into the Alliance's hands?
[21:45] Boltik
    That is correct, Landesherr.
[21:49] Adrian
    I never expected them to be successful.
[21:53] Adrian
    Yang Wen-li is quite an intriguing man.
[21:58] Adrian
    Contact Heinessen and collect
    information on him at once.
SIGN    Nicholas Boltik
[22:01] Boltik
    Sir.
[22:02] Adrian
    It would seem wise to learn
    what kind of man he is.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
[23:43] Julian
    "Recently, Iserlohn Fortress,
[23:45] Julian
    for which we had resigned ourselves to
    many long years of blood and tears,
[23:49] Julian
    was brought down with zero
    losses on our side.
[23:53] Julian
    The brilliantly intuitive strategy
    that brought us this result
[23:56] Julian
    makes this man truly worthy of being called
    'Magician Yang' and 'Miracle Yang'."
[24:01] Julian
    Hear that?
[24:03] Yang
    Honestly...
[24:05] Yang
    They have no idea what I went through.
[24:08] Yang
    Still, this means my work is done.
[24:12] Yang
    Now I can proudly request to
    retire from the service.
[24:15] Julian
    Retirement aside, you've
    earned everyone's praise.
[24:22] Julian
    Why don't you just let yourself enjoy it?
[24:26] Yang
    I'll only be praised as
    long as I'm winning.
[24:29] Yang
    If I continue to fight,
    I'll lose eventually.
[24:32] Yang
    From anyone else's perspective,
[24:35] Yang
    it'd be fun to see how their
    attitudes change then.
[24:39] Yang
    By the way, Julian...
[24:41] Julian
    Yes? What is it?
[24:43] Yang
    Can't you at least let me drink
    my brandy when I want to?
SIGN    Episode 8
SIGN    The Castrop Rebellion
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode eight, "The Castrop Rebellion."

Season 1

E8 - The Castrop Rebellion

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SIGN    Planet Castrop
[00:02] Na
    Lord Eugen Castrop, the ruler of the
    Castrop Starzone in the Galactic Empire,
[00:07] Na
    served as minister of finance
    under Kaiser Friedrich IV.
[00:11] Na
    He served for fifteen years,
[00:13] Na
    during which time he embezzled
    vast amounts of money.
[00:16] Na
    But when Lord Castrop unexpectedly
    died in an accident,
[00:21] Na
    the truth of his embezzlement
    came to light.
[00:23] Na
    The Empire's Ministries
    of Finance and Justice
[00:26] Na
    attempted to take away his
    unlawfully accumulated riches.
[00:30] Na
    However...
SIGN    Franz von Mariendorf
[00:37] Na
    Lord Castrop's son,
    Maximilian, pushed back.
[00:41] Na
    And thus the Castrop Rebellion began.
SIGN    Maximilian von Castrop
[00:53] Na
    Meanwhile, the Empire's new
    fleet admiral, Reinhard,
SIGN    Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[00:57] Na
    established the Fleet Admiral's Mansion,
[00:59] Na
    in which he assembled all of the Imperial
    Navy's top up-and-coming commanders.
[01:04] Na
    This assembly received an imperial
    order from Kaiser Friedrich IV...
[01:10] Reinhard
    Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis.
[01:13] Kircheis
    Sir.
[01:17] Reinhard
    You will depart for the Castrop Starzone
    to suppress a rebellion.
[01:21] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[01:24] Kircheis
    I humbly accept this assignment.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:59] Weitz
    There seems to be some bias in
    Count Lohengramm's appointments.
SIGN    Private Secretary Weitz
[03:05] Weitz
    All of the officers he's assembled are
    commoners and low-ranking nobles.
[03:10] Weitz
    And can Rear Admiral Kircheis really
    handle the matter with Castrop?
[03:15] Weitz
    Would Count Lohengramm
    not be a better choice?
SIGN    Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[03:18] Klaus
    It was Count Lohengramm who requested that
    the order be given to Rear Admiral Kircheis.
[03:23] Klaus
    Is it such a bad thing?
[03:25] Klaus
    Rear Admiral Kircheis is the
    count's most trusted confidant.
[03:29] Klaus
    If we grant him a reward for success in
    this mission, he'll be indebted to us,
[03:34] Klaus
    which will be beneficial to us later.
[03:36] Klaus
    And if he fails,
[03:38] Klaus
    the responsibility will fall on
    Count Lohengramm for recommending him.
[03:42] Klaus
    If his subordinate fails, the count will
    have one less thing to brag about.
SIGN    Episode 8
SIGN    The Castrop Rebellion
SIGN    Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
[03:54] Fritz
    Why would that upstart
    receive an imperial order?
[03:57] Kempff
    The count must have pulled some strings.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[04:00] Kempff
    Siegfried Kircheis...
    What sort of man will he prove to be?
[04:04] Fritz
    Many of the soldiers seem
    to have their doubts
[04:08] Fritz
    as to whether he's a man they
    can entrust their lives to.
[04:11] Lutz
    Why would Count Lohengramm be
    so close to someone like him?
SIGN    Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[04:15] Kempff
    The two of them have been
    friends since childhood.
[04:19] Fritz
    If that's true, then I was wrong
    about the count all this time.
[04:23] Fritz
    I thought he had great potential.
[04:26] Wahlen
    I wonder what those other
    two think of this.
SIGN    Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
[04:29] Ernest
    You mean Vice Admirals
    Reuenthal and Mittermeyer?
[04:33] Ernest
    They fought under the count in the past.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
[04:37] Ernest
    They probably know
    Rear Admiral Kircheis well, too.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
[04:46] Wolfgang
    How much have you heard about
    the Castrop Rebellion?
[04:51] Oskar
    The rebellion is still ongoing.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
[04:54] Oskar
    If he can stop it, Kircheis will
    be promoted to vice admiral.
[04:58] Oskar
    That would put him at the same rank as us,
[05:01] Oskar
    and would no doubt put him
    well ahead of the pack.
[05:05] Wolfgang
    Perhaps the count wants to let everyone
    in his mansion and beyond know
[05:09] Wolfgang
    that Kircheis is his number two.
[05:13] Wolfgang
    Think it'll work out?
[05:14] Oskar
    Who knows?
[05:16] Oskar
    But if the count thinks he and Kircheis...
[05:19] Oskar
    no, if he thinks we all need this to
    happen in order to meet our goal...
[05:23] Wolfgang
    Then we have no choice
    but to trust and obey.
[05:26] Wolfgang
    The count kept his promise by inviting us to
    the Fleet Admiral's Mansion he established.
[05:31] Wolfgang
    We should keep our promise, too.
[05:33] Oskar
    Right. All we can do is remain loyal.
[05:42] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
SIGN    Kircheis Fleet Flagship
    Barbarossa
SIGN    Captain Volker Axel von Bülow
SIGN    Captain Hans Eduard Bergengrün
[06:03] Guy
    The Imperial Navy is advancing
    in our direction.
[06:07] Maximilian
    I can see that!
[06:09] Maximilian
    They only number 5,000.
    We'll tear them apart!
[06:13] Guy
    Castrop Fleet approaching.
[06:14] Guy
    They number approximately 10,000.
[06:17] Kircheis
    Commence the operation.
[06:23] Guy
    The Imperial Navy is
    approaching at high speed!
[06:26] Maximilian
    Commence attack!
[06:42] Adjutant
    The enemy is attempting to surround
    us rather than counterattack.
[06:46] Maximilian
    Using 5,000 ships to surround
    10,000? They really are fools.
[06:51] Maximilian
    They don't know basic strategy!
[06:54] Volker
    We should counterattack.
[06:55] Volker
    Our shields can't take any more!
[06:58] Maximilian
    There's a gap in the enemy's
    encirclement at eleven o'clock.
[07:02] Maximilian
    Have all remaining ships charge into it.
[07:04] Guy
    Wait, please. Basic strategy
    is what the enemy is using.
[07:08] Guy
    The enemy wants to lure us to that
    point and take all of us out at once.
[07:13] Maximilian
    Some sacrifices are unavoidable.
[07:16] Maximilian
    To give one's life for his
    master is a retainer's honor!
[07:20] Maximilian
    Give the order to charge!
[07:37] Guy
    Enemy fleet is relocating to five o'clock.
[07:40] Hans
    Your Excellency, we need an all-out attack.
[07:42] Kircheis
    Remain on the defensive.
[07:44] Kircheis
    When they think we're faltering,
    we'll let them pass through.
[08:06] Kircheis
    Close the gap!
[08:25] Kircheis
    Bring us in front of the enemy flagship!
[08:43] Guy
    Message from the Imperial Navy.
[08:46] Adjutant
    Open the line!
[08:48] Kircheis
    Message to all Castrop Navy fleets.
[08:50] Kircheis
    I am Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy.
[08:56] Kircheis
    Our objective in this mission
    is to detain Maximilian Castrop,
[09:00] Kircheis
    the leader of the rebellion.
[09:04] Kircheis
    The officers and soldiers
    of the Castrop Navy
[09:06] Kircheis
    did no more than fight as their
    leader instructed them.
[09:09] Kircheis
    If you resist no further,
[09:12] Kircheis
    you will be given fair treatment
    as prisoners of war,
[09:14] Kircheis
    and I will give you my word that we will
    not take your lives for pleasure.
[09:19] Kircheis
    The fact that I did not sink a single
    ship should prove my sincerity to you.
[09:33] Maximilian
    The fool!
[09:35] Maximilian
    Order the ships at the front line
    to attack the enemy fleet!
[09:39] Maximilian
    We'll catch them in a pincer attack!
[09:52] Maximilian
    What are you doing?! Attack the enemy!
[09:55] Maximilian
    We aren't the ones in danger! They are!
[09:59] Maximilian
    Do you not understand?! A pincer attack!
[10:02] Maximilian
    Fire the main cannons! Fire! Fire!
[10:05] Maximilian
    Why won't you fire?!
[10:07] Maximilian
    Fire! Fire!
[10:10] Adjutant
    Our allies haven't returned.
[10:12] Adjutant
    If we attack, we'll destroy our
    forces within their encirclement.
[10:16] Maximilian
    How dare you talk back to me?!
[10:18] Maximilian
    You have some nerve for a former commoner!
[10:20] Maximilian
    Fire now! Fire, I say!
[10:22] Maximilian
    I am your master!
    I am Lord Maximilian Castrop!
[10:36] Adjutant
    You said it was a retainer's honor
    to give his life for his master,
[10:41] Adjutant
    but I believe it's a master's job to
    give of his own life for his people.
[11:04] Guy
    Message from the Castrop Navy flagship.
[11:07] Guy
    "Maximilian Castrop is dead.
[11:09] Guy
    We accept your recommendation
    of surrender."
[11:11] Volker
    Dead?
[11:12] Hans
    It can't be...
[11:15] Kircheis
    We will proceed toward Planet Castrop.
[11:19] Kircheis
    Caution the men to handle
    the prisoners with care,
[11:21] Kircheis
    and not to engage in looting or other
    activity that may harm civilians.
[11:26] Kircheis
    Any violation of military regulations
    will be severely punished.
[11:32] Both
    Yes, sir!
[11:34] Fritz
    He put down the rebellion?!
[11:36] Fritz
    In just ten days?!
[11:38] Lutz
    No, actual combat only lasted two days.
[11:42] Lutz
    Proceeding to
    Castrop took six days,
[11:44] Lutz
    and follow-up procedures took two days.
[11:47] Wahlen
    I guess he does deserve to
    be at the count's side.
[11:58] Guy
    Salute Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis!
[12:05] Klaus
    Vice Admiral Kircheis.
[12:08] Klaus
    Strive for ever greater loyalty to His Imperial
    Majesty the Kaiser in gratitude for his favor.
[12:13] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[12:17] Kircheis
    For ever greater loyalty, huh?
[12:21] Kircheis
    The one I swear my loyalty to is...
[12:38] Kircheis
    Enter.
[12:42] Soldier
    We've received an urgent
    message from headquarters.
[12:45] Kircheis
    What is it?
[12:46] Soldier
    Sir, Iserlohn has...
[12:50] Soldier
    Iserlohn Fortress has fallen.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Military Chief of Staff
    Fleet Admiral Ehrenberg
[13:01] Ehrenberg
    What?
[13:03] Ehrenberg
    Wasn't Iserlohn supposed to be impregnable?
[13:07] Steinhof
    I can't believe it!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Supreme Command Headquarters Chief
    Fleet Admiral Steinhof
[13:09] Steinhof
    Could the report have been mistaken?
[13:12] Mückenberger
    Seeckt is dead,
    and Stockhausen is in enemy hands.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
[13:17] Mückenberger
    But someone has to take
    responsibility for this defeat.
[13:22] Mückenberger
    Which means...
[13:27] Klaus
    Imperial territory must be kept
    inviolable to outside invasion,
[13:32] Klaus
    and until now, it has always been so.
[13:34] Klaus
    The situation that troubles Your Majesty's mind
[13:38] Klaus
    is entirely the result of my own failures,
[13:45] Klaus
    and I am deeply ashamed.
[13:51] Reinhard
    That's a funny argument, Kircheis.
[13:54] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[13:55] Reinhard
    We aren't supposed to give even an inch of
    Imperial territory to outside invaders.
[14:01] Reinhard
    When did the rebels become an outside
    force of strength equal to ours?
[14:06] Reinhard
    Failing to see reality gives
    rise to contradictions.
[14:09] Reinhard
    And what is the name of the Alliance
    commander who took down Iserlohn?
[14:14] Kircheis
    The Free Planets Alliance
    13th Fleet commander,
[14:19] Kircheis
    Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li.
[14:22] Kircheis
    It's the man from Astarte again.
[14:28] Reinhard
    Yang Wen-li...
[14:32] Kircheis
    Enter.
[14:34] Soldier
    Someone requests an audience
    with Your Excellency.
[14:48] Kircheis
    We will take him from here. Wait out front.
[14:56] Paul
    I can't go anywhere without
    military police accompaniment.
[15:00] Reinhard
    Captain Oberstein, correct?
[15:03] Reinhard
    What business do you have with me?
[15:06] Paul
    First, please clear the room.
[15:10] Reinhard
    There are only three of us here.
[15:12] Paul
    Yes, Vice Admiral Kircheis is here.
[15:15] Paul
    This is why I asked you to clear the room.
[15:18] Reinhard
    Vice Admiral Kircheis should
    be considered the same as me.
[15:21] Reinhard
    You don't know that?
[15:23] Paul
    I do.
[15:26] Reinhard
    This is something you still
    don't want him to hear, then.
[15:30] Reinhard
    But I'll just tell him later,
    and the result will be the same.
[15:33] Paul
    Of course, Your Excellency
    is free to do so.
[15:36] Paul
    However, achieving supremacy requires
    a variety of different people.
[15:42] Paul
    You tell A things that A needs to know,
[15:44] Paul
    and you give B an assignment suited to B.
[15:47] Paul
    I believe this is how certain
    matters should be conducted.
[15:50] Kircheis
    Your Excellency, perhaps I
    should wait in the next room.
[15:56] Reinhard
    Very well.
[16:06] Paul
    The truth, Your Excellency, is that I
    currently stand in a difficult position.
[16:12] Paul
    I believe you are aware of this.
[16:14] Reinhard
    You're a deserter from Iserlohn.
    It's natural you would be condemned.
[16:18] Reinhard
    Especially when Admiral Seeckt
    died such an honorable death.
[16:22] Paul
    I'm sure the many commanders see me
    as no more than a cowardly deserter.
[16:27] Paul
    But, Your Excellency, I do have
    my reasons for what I did.
[16:31] Paul
    I would like you to hear them.
[16:33] Reinhard
    This is absurd.
[16:35] Reinhard
    If you insist on explaining,
    don't explain to me.
[16:38] Reinhard
    Explain at tomorrow's court-martial.
[16:40] Paul
    A court-martial is only for show.
[16:43] Paul
    My punishment has been
    decided from the start.
[16:50] Paul
    Please look at this, Your Excellency.
[16:54] Paul
    As I believe Vice Admiral
    Kircheis informed you,
[16:57] Paul
    both of my eyes are artificial.
[17:01] Paul
    Under Emperor Rudolf's rule,
[17:03] Paul
    I would have been killed as an infant
    under the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
[17:10] Paul
    Do you understand?
[17:12] Paul
    I despise him.
[17:14] Paul
    I despise Emperor Rudolf, his descendants,
[17:17] Paul
    and everything he created.
[17:21] Paul
    I despise the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
[17:26] Reinhard
    That's a very bold statement.
[17:28] Paul
    The Galactic Empire...
    no, the Goldenbaum Dynasty should fall.
[17:33] Paul
    If possible, I would love to
    bring about its demise myself.
[17:37] Paul
    However, I lack the capacity to do so.
[17:41] Paul
    All I can do is collaborate in the
    establishment of a new supreme ruler,
[17:45] Paul
    and that is all.
[17:47] Paul
    I'm talking about you, Your Excellency the
    Fleet Admiral, Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
[17:52] Reinhard
    Kircheis.
[17:55] Reinhard
    Hand Captain Oberstein over
    to the military police.
[17:58] Reinhard
    He has made rebellious statements
    toward the Empire.
[18:01] Reinhard
    As an Imperial soldier,
    I can't overlook this.
[18:09] Paul
    I guess that's all there is to you...
[18:12] Paul
    Fine. Depend on Vice Admiral Kircheis
    as your only trusted confidant,
[18:17] Paul
    and continue to walk down your narrow path.
[18:22] Paul
    Vice Admiral Kircheis, can you shoot me?
[18:25] Paul
    As you can see, I'm completely unarmed.
[18:28] Paul
    Can you still shoot me?
[18:31] Paul
    You can't, can you?
    That's the kind of man you are.
[18:35] Paul
    You're worthy of respect, but that
    isn't enough to achieve supremacy.
[18:41] Paul
    The shadow follows the light...
[18:44] Paul
    But perhaps the young Count Lohengramm
    doesn't yet understand this.
[18:55] Reinhard
    You're a man who says
    what he pleases, I see.
[18:58] Paul
    Forgive me.
[18:59] Reinhard
    Seeckt must have hated you. Am I wrong?
[19:03] Paul
    Admiral Seeckt was not a man who
    inspired loyalty in his subordinates.
[19:16] Klaus
    Military Chief of Staff Ehrenberg,
[19:18] Klaus
    Chief of Headquarters Steinhof,
[19:21] Klaus
    and Space Fleet
    Commander-in-Chief Mückenberger.
[19:25] Klaus
    These three chiefs of staff have
    submitted their resignations
[19:29] Klaus
    to assume responsibility
    for the loss of Iserlohn.
[19:32] Friedrich
    Which position would you like?
[19:35] Reinhard
    Any commendations I've received
    were not the result of my own efforts.
[19:39] Reinhard
    I could not take another's position.
[19:44] Reinhard
    The loss of Iserlohn was...
[19:46] Reinhard
    a result of mistakes made by
    Admirals Seeckt and Stockhausen.
[19:50] Reinhard
    In addition, Admiral Seeckt atoned
    for his sin through death,
[19:54] Reinhard
    and the other has been
    imprisoned by the enemy.
[19:57] Reinhard
    I do not feel that anyone
    else should accept blame.
[20:02] Reinhard
    I humbly request that Your Majesty find
    no fault with the three chiefs of staff.
[20:09] Ehrenberg
    I never thought I would owe a
    debt to the blond youngster.
[20:14] Steinhof
    I understand he requested
    immunity for Oberstein
[20:17] Steinhof
    along with his transfer to the
    Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
[20:21] Mückenberger
    We can hardly accept His Imperial
    Majesty's generous favor
[20:25] Mückenberger
    while allowing that man to
    be so harshly punished.
[20:29] Ehrenberg
    Still, to voluntarily give up
    a chief of staff position
[20:33] Ehrenberg
    was a surprisingly selfless act.
[20:39] Klaus
    Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty.
[20:42] Friedrich
    What is it?
[20:44] Klaus
    I realize this will displease you, but...
[20:48] Freidrich
    Is this about Lohengramm?
[20:51] Freidrich
    You want to tell me I've given too much
    prestige and power to Annerose's brother.
[20:57] Klaus
    Your Imperial Majesty is aware of this?
[21:00] Friedrich
    Since he is fearless,
[21:03] Friedrich
    he will not simply be satisfied with
    the position of senior statesman,
[21:06] Friedrich
    but might get carried away and
    plot to usurp me. Am I right?
[21:12] Klaus
    I hesitated to put such
    thoughts into words...
[21:17] Freidrich
    I see no problem with this.
[21:19] Klaus
    Pardon?
[21:20] Friedrich
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty has not existed
    since the creation of humanity.
[21:26] Friedrich
    Just as no man is immortal,
    no country is infallible.
[21:31] Friedrich
    It would not be unreasonable for the
    Galactic Empire to end with my generation.
[21:39] Freidrich
    If it's going to fall anyway,
[21:41] Friedrich
    I would hope that it has a magnificent end.
[21:53] Reinhard
    You look like you want to say something.
[21:55] Kircheis
    You know what it is. You're being cruel.
[21:58] Reinhard
    Don't get mad. It's about Oberstein, right?
[22:02] Reinhard
    You suspect he might be a
    pawn of some noble family.
[22:05] Reinhard
    I suspected the same, briefly.
[22:08] Reinhard
    But he's not a man the nobles could handle.
[22:12] Reinhard
    He's smart, but he's too peculiar.
[22:16] Kircheis
    And could you handle him, Reinhard?
[22:22] ---
    A good question.
[22:24] Reinhard
    I don't expect friendship
    or loyalty from him.
[22:29] Reinhard
    He's only trying to use me
[22:32] Reinhard
    to achieve his own goals.
[22:38] Reinhard
    So I'm going to use his intellect in turn.
[22:42] Reinhard
    I don't care what his motives are.
[22:45] Reinhard
    If I can't control one man,
[22:47] Reinhard
    how could I ever expect to
    rule the whole universe?
[22:56] Reinhard
    That's enough for today.
[22:57] Reinhard
    You can go.
[22:59] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[23:05] Reinhard
    Oberstein will be useful.
[23:09] Reinhard
    He won't hesitate to take
    any means necessary.
[23:14] Reinhard
    But still...
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    Each Person's Star
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode nine, "Each Person's Star."
[24:58] ---
    

Season 1

E9 - Each Person's Star

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[00:03] Girl1
    Miss Edwards, are you really quitting?
[00:07] Girl2
    Please don't quit.
[00:10] Girl3
    Miss Edwards...
[00:11] Girl1
    Miss Edwards, don't go...
[00:13] Girls
    Miss Edwards...
[00:16] ---
    Miss Edwards...
[00:43] Julian
    Yes? Who is it?
[00:52] Jessica
    U-Um... Who are you?
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Central Government Building
[02:29] Lebello
    This may be an unsavory way to put it,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance High Council
[02:31] Lebello
    but for many years, both the
    Galactic Empire and our Alliance
[02:34] Lebello
    have fought this war only to the extent
    that it could be financially sustained.
[02:39] Lebello
    But now, the pensions for the families of
    the men lost at the Battle of Astarte alone
SIGN    Financial Secretary
    Joan Lebello
[02:44] Lebello
    require us to pay out ten
    billion dinars per year.
[02:47] Lebello
    On top of that, feeding the 500,000
    prisoners taken in the capture of Iserlohn
[02:53] Lebello
    will require an enormous budget.
[02:56] Guy
    It sounds like you're saying our hero
    has led us to financial distress.
[03:00] Lebello
    To remedy this, we can either issue
    more bonds or increase taxes.
[03:04] Lebello
    These have historically
    been our only options.
[03:06] Guy
    Increase taxes? What did you promise
    our people in the election?
[03:11] Lebello
    True, but I'm saying that expanding this war
    any further will bring economic destruction!
[03:16] Guy
    But if we don't win the
    war, we have no future.
[03:20] Lebello
    Then perhaps we should
    simply stop fighting.
SIGN    National Defense Committee Chairman
    Job Trunicht
[03:27] Lebello
    Admiral Yang's resourcefulness
    gained us Iserlohn.
[03:31] Lebello
    The Imperial Navy lost its base
    for invading the Alliance.
[03:36] Lebello
    Is this not an excellent opportunity to
    enter a peace treaty that favors us?
[03:40] Guy
    But this is a war for justice
    against a tyrannical government.
[03:44] Guy
    Exactly.
[03:46] Guy
    How wise would it be to drop out
    just because it's uneconomical?
[04:08] Yang
    Julian, I'm heading out.
[04:12] Julian
    Take care, Admiral.
[04:14] Yang
    Oh, by the way, Julian...
[04:17] Yang
    Why don't we eat dinner out for once?
[04:20] Yang
    I'll take you after school.
    Meet me at headquarters.
[04:23] Julian
    But... tonight?
[04:25] Yang
    Yeah. There's something
    I'd like to talk about.
[04:29] Yang
    See you then.
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    Each Person's Star
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[04:41] Sithole
    You want to resign?
[04:43] Sithole
    But you're only 30, aren't you?
[04:46] Yang
    I'm 29.
[04:48] Sithole
    Don't you think it's a bit early
    to leave your life behind?
[04:52] Yang
    That isn't what this is, Chief.
[04:55] Yang
    My life was merely forced to
    take a prolonged detour.
[04:59] Yang
    I will be returning to the
    life I intended to live.
[05:02] Sithole
    To get a pension and use it
    to spend all day studying history?
[05:07] Sithole
    What our military needs isn't
    your knowledge as a historian.
[05:13] Sithole
    It's your skill as a tactician.
[05:15] Sithole
    And it's an extraordinary skill, at that.
[05:19] Sithole
    It sounds as if you're saying capturing
    Iserlohn was more than enough for you.
[05:24] Yang
    I wouldn't say that...
[05:27] Sithole
    The High Council is meeting today.
[05:31] Sithole
    They're debating the dispatch
    of troops to the Empire...
[05:34] Sithole
    a strategy to invade the Empire
    using Iserlohn as a bridgehead.
[05:39] Yang
    But that's the opposite of our
    intentions! Why Iserlohn?
[05:45] Yang
    Was it that national defense
    secretary's idea?
[05:48] Sithole
    The proposal came from within the military.
[05:52] Sithole
    A young officer from the planning division
[05:54] Sithole
    brought it to the National
    Defense Committee directly.
[05:59] Sithole
    I have faith that the council
    will come to a wise decision.
[06:04] Yang
    I wonder about that.
[06:06] Yang
    Well, whatever decision they
    make, it no longer involves me.
[06:14] Sithole
    What about the 13th Fleet?
[06:18] Sithole
    It was created just for you.
[06:21] Sithole
    What happens to them if you leave?
[06:26] Huang
    Human resources that should
    be devoted to social development
[06:30] Huang
    going toward the military
    instead is disconcerting.
[06:34] Huang
    Our investments in education and vocational
    training have been continually reduced.
SIGN    Secretary of Human Resources
    Huang Louis
[06:39] Huang
    As evidence that skill levels among
    our laborers are dwindling,
[06:42] Huang
    workplace accidents have
    tripled since last term.
[06:46] Huang
    This brings me to my proposal.
[06:48] Huang
    I would like four million
    of the technicians,
[06:51] Huang
    as well as transportation and communications
    personnel currently in the military,
[06:54] Huang
    to be returned to the private sector.
[06:56] Huang
    That number is the absolute minimum.
[07:02] Trunicht
    Don't ask the impossible.
[07:05] Trunicht
    If we remove that many people
    from the rear services,
[07:08] Trunicht
    our military, as an organization,
    will collapse.
[07:10] Huang
    So you say, but at the current rate,
[07:13] Huang
    our society and economy will collapse
    before the military does.
[07:18] Lebello
    In other words, we need to allow our
    human resources time to recuperate.
[07:22] Lebello
    To force the people to sacrifice any more
    would violate the principles of democracy.
[07:27] Lebello
    They can't bear this burden any longer.
SIGN    Secretary of Transportation
    Cornelia Windsor
[07:31] Windsor
    There's no need to pander to
    the selfishness of citizens
[07:34] Windsor
    who don't understand the greater good.
[07:37] Windsor
    When in history has anything great
    been achieved without sacrifices?
[07:42] Lebello
    The citizens have begun to question whether
    they have sacrificed too much, Ms. Windsor.
[07:47] Windsor
    Some things must be done,
    no matter how great the sacrifice.
[07:52] Lebello
    Politics doesn't work that way!
[07:54] Windsor
    We have a noble duty...
[07:57] Windsor
    to defeat the Galactic Empire...
[07:59] Windsor
    and save all of humanity from
    the threat of its tyranny.
[08:03] Windsor
    Can forgetting that greater purpose
    in favor of cheap humanism...
[08:08] Windsor
    really be called taking the high road?
[08:12] Lebello
    Are you sure you aren't the one
    overtaken by cheap heroism?!
[08:16] Huang
    Calm down.
[08:18] Lebello
    But...
[08:20] Chairman
    It appears we need another break.
[08:23] Chairman
    But first, there are some things
    I'd like you all to see.
[08:31] Chairman
    This is our approval rating
    among the citizens.
SIGN    High Council Chairman
    Royal Sanford
[08:36] Chairman
    We have 31.9% approval.
    Certainly not a very good number.
[08:41] Chairman
    And this is our disapproval rating.
[08:44] Guy
    56.2%...
[08:47] Chairman
    If nothing changes, it's unlikely
    that we'll be re-elected next year.
[08:51] Chairman
    Caught between the pacifists
    and the hardliners,
[08:54] Chairman
    it's likely we will lose our majority.
[08:58] Chairman
    However, certain barometers indicate that
[09:01] Chairman
    if we can secure a decisive victory against
    the Empire in the next hundred days,
[09:06] Chairman
    our approval ratings should
    rise by at least 15%.
[09:13] Lebello
    What do you mean by that?
[09:15] Lebello
    You people want us to fight this
    war so you'll be re-elected?
[09:18] Windsor
    Chairman.
[09:19] Windsor
    Let's put the military's
    proposal up for a vote.
[09:23] All
    Agreed.
[09:25] Lebello
    Wait! We don't have that right!
[09:29] Lebello
    We haven't been granted the authority
    to dispatch troops in vain...
[09:33] Lebello
    for the sole purpose of
    maintaining political power!
[09:36] Windsor
    My, such righteous statements.
[09:49] Chairman
    Eight in favor, three opposed.
[09:52] Chairman
    With a majority in favor,
[09:53] Chairman
    it is hereby confirmed that our forces
    will invade the Galactic Empire.
[09:58] Guy
    This was quite a surprise.
[10:01] Guy
    I didn't expect the national defense
    secretary to vote opposed.
[10:04] Trunicht
    I am a patriot.
[10:07] Trunicht
    But that doesn't mean I will
    always advocate for war.
[10:12] Trunicht
    Let it go on record that I stood
    opposed to the dispatch of troops.
SIGN    Well, hello, Your Excellency.
[10:28] Yang
    Captain...
SIGN    Were you here to submit your resignation?
[10:34] Yang
    Yeah, not that I expected the chief
    to accept my letter with one hand
[10:38] Yang
    while handing me my severance
    pay with the other.
SIGN    The military isn't going to let you go.
SIGN    In all seriousness, I'd prefer to have a man of your caliber stay in our navy.
SIGN    You excel at assessing any situation, and you have strong luck.
SIGN    Under your leadership, we may not be hailed for distinguished service,
SIGN    but we have a good chance of staying alive.
SIGN    I've already made up my mind to die of old age.
SIGN    I plan to live to be about 150, grow frail,
SIGN    and die listening to
SIGN    my grandkids and great-grandkids cry for joy over being rid of me.
SIGN    Dying a heroic death in battle isn't my style.
SIGN    Please find it in your heart to help me live that long.
[11:42] Waiter
    I'm sorry, but all seats are booked.
[11:47] Yang
    Sorry, Julian. I should've
    made a reservation.
[11:51] Yang
    Let's try somewhere else.
[11:52] Frederica
    Admiral.
[11:58] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant?
[12:01] Frederica
    I do own regular clothes, too.
[12:04] Frederica
    My father has invited you to
    sit with us, if you'd like.
[12:08] Yang
    Admiral Greenhill? But...
[12:12] Frederica
    Julian, you must be hungry, too, right?
[12:16] Julian
    Yes, ma'am.
[12:18] Greenhill
    Hello, Vice Admiral Yang.
[12:22] Yang
    I'm a rear admiral, Your Excellency.
[12:25] Greenhill
    By next week at the latest,
    you'll be a vice admiral.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[12:28] Greenhill
    You might as well get used
    to your new title now.
[12:32] Julian
    That's amazing! Is that what
    you wanted to tell me?
[12:39] Greenhill
    Ah, you must be the honor student Julian.
[12:43] Julian
    Yes, sir. It's good to meet you.
[12:46] Greenhill
    Have a seat.
[12:47] Greenhill
    I hear you were the top scorer of the year
    in the junior level of flying ball.
[12:53] Greenhull
    How wonderful that you excel
    in both academics and sports.
[12:56] Yang
    Is that true, Julian?
[12:58] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[13:00] Frederica
    You were probably the only
    one who didn't know.
[13:03] Frederica
    Julian is quite a celebrity in this town.
[13:12] Greenhill
    Your achievements have had a much
    larger effect than expected.
[13:16] Greenhill
    The capture of Iserlohn has divided the
    people into pro- and anti-war factions,
[13:22] Greenhill
    and the dispute has grown quite intense.
[13:24] Yang
    I hope it's all just simple debate.
[13:28] Greenhill
    Well, some have taken to
    rather violent
[13:31] Greenhill
    attacks out of hatred
    for the anti-war side.
[13:34] Yang
    The Patriotic Knight Corps, for example?
[13:37] Greenhill
    Oh, they're just a bunch of clowns.
[13:40] Greenhill
    They aren't even worth commenting on.
[13:45] Greenhill
    This gelatin salad is fantastic.
[13:47] Yang
    I agree.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[14:00] Boltik
    We have now acquired 41.9% of the shares
[14:04] Boltik
    in the Alliance's largest
    interstellar shipping company,
[14:06] Boltik
    the Santa Cruz Line.
SIGN    Nicholas Boltik
[14:10] Boltik
    But their ownership has been divided
    among twenty shareholders,
[14:12] Boltik
    so this has not been discovered.
[14:14] Boltik
    We have already surpassed
    the largest shareholder,
[14:17] Boltik
    a state-owned investment company.
[14:19] Rubinsky
    Good.
[14:21] Rubinsky
    But we can't stop until
    we own a majority share.
[14:24] Boltik
    Yes.
[14:25] Rubinsky
    What about the Empire?
[14:27] Boltik
    We have decided to invest in the agricultural
    development of the seventh frontier starzone.
[14:33] Rubinsky
    What percentage are we contributing?
[14:35] Boltik
    Three of our government-owned shell
    companies own a total of 84%.
[14:40] Boltik
    We effectively have a monopoly.
[14:42] Rubinsky
    Good.
[14:44] Boltik
    You won't be returning to
    your residence today?
[14:50] Rubinsky
    No, I will.
[14:51] Boltik
    Very well. Then I will see you soon.
[14:57] Dominique
    Sounds like all is going well.
[14:58] Rubinsky
    Yes.
[15:02] Rubinsky
    In both the Empire and the Alliance,
    there are those who think...
[15:06] Rubinsky
    that war is nothing but two fleets
    shooting at one another in space.
[15:10] Rubinsky
    But that's not true.
[15:12] Rubinsky
    To rule the universe, you need...
[15:15] Dominique
    Money.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
[15:17] Rubinsky
    The Dominion of Fezzan has bought nearly
    half of both countries' war bonds.
[15:22] Rubinsky
    Fezzan will financially rule over every part
    of the universe that mankind has touched.
[15:30] Dominique
    Yes, of course.
SIGN    Dominique Saint-Pierre
[15:31] Dominique
    So long as a second Rudolf doesn't show
    up and start a new Galactic Empire.
[15:37] Rubinsky
    New Galactic Empire?
[15:40] Rubinsky
    I see. You have some interesting ideas.
[15:45] Rubinsky
    Going to work, Dominique?
[15:48] Dominique
    Please enjoy your stay.
[15:51] Rubinsky
    You don't intend to quit performing,
    even with plenty of money?
[15:56] Dominique
    I don't recall selling my freedom.
[16:06] Rubinsky
    A new Galactic Empire, eh?
[16:12] Yang
    Thank you for letting us
    join you, Your Excellency.
[16:16] Greenhill
    It's been a delightful evening.
[16:19] Greenhill
    By the way, Vice Admiral Yang,
    do you have any plans to get married?
[16:26] Yang
    Not yet. I'll think about
    it when we have peace.
[16:32] Yang
    I had a good friend who passed
    away and left a fiancée behind.
[16:36] Greenhill
    I see.
[16:45] TV
    The representative who won the by-election
    on planet Terneuzen last week,
[16:50] TV
    Jessica Edwards, will give
    her inaugural speech today.
[16:55] TV
    Edwards is said to be the vanguard
    of the anti-war movement.
[16:59] Yang
    Jessica?
[17:00] Julian
    Oh, that's her!
[17:02] Julian
    She's the woman who visited about
    a month ago, while you were away.
[17:06] TV
    The actions of the anti-war
    faction have gained attention.
[17:06] Julian
    She said she was an old friend of yours.
[17:16] Julian
    Huh? What's going on?
[17:19] Yang
    I'm not sure...
[17:22] Yang
    Wait here.
[17:29] Cop
    Goodness, if it isn't Admiral Yang Wen-li!
[17:32] Cop
    I never thought I'd meet our national hero!
[17:35] Yang
    Uh, that aside, what's going on?
[17:37] Cop
    It seems the Urban Traffic Control Center's
    control computer malfunctioned.
[17:43] Yang
    Malfunctioned?
[17:44] Cop
    I don't know all the details,
[17:47] Cop
    but I heard it was a human
    error involving data input.
[17:50] Cop
    There's a shortage of experienced
    workers in all workplaces lately...
[17:54] Cop
    I suppose this isn't unexpected.
[17:57] Yang
    So even this happened because of the war...
[18:01] Cop
    For that reason, all traffic systems in this
    district will be down for about four hours.
[18:07] Yang
    Completely?
[18:08] Cop
    Yes, completely.
[18:11] Julian
    Admiral, what should we do?
[18:13] Yang
    We'll have to walk.
[18:16] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[18:17] Yang
    It's good exercise every once in a while.
[18:20] Cop
    The hero of Iserlohn, walking?!
    I won't hear of it!
[18:23] Cop
    I'll prepare a helicopter for you!
[18:26] Yang
    Please, don't be dramatic.
[18:28] Yang
    I can't be the only one to
    receive special treatment.
[18:30] Cop
    But...
[18:32] Yang
    Let's go, Julian.
[18:33] Julian
    Aye aye, sir!
[18:50] Yang
    Jessica said she didn't
    have a message for me?
[18:54] Julian
    Yes, but she seemed a bit anxious.
[18:58] Julian
    I thought she must have had something
    she wanted to discuss with you.
[19:04] (Flashback) Jessica
    I see... So Yang adopted a child...
[19:09] (Flashback) Jessica
    Oh, I'm sorry to drop by without warning.
[19:13] (Flashback) Julian
    Um, shall I relay a message
    to the admiral for you?
[19:18] (Flashback) Jessica
    Thanks, but it's all right.
[19:20] (Flashback) Jessica
    It was nothing important.
[19:22] (Flashback) Jessica
    I'll be on my way.
[19:25] (Flashback) Julian
    Then let me at least give you an umbrella.
[19:28] (Flashback) Jessica
    Hey, Julian... Do you want
    to become a soldier, too?
[19:32] (Flashback) Julian
    Yes.
[19:35] (Flashback) Jessica
    I see.
[19:36] (Flashback) Julian
    But the admiral says that we'll have
    peace by the time I'm an adult.
[19:47] (Flashback) Julian
    May I ask your name?
[19:52] (Flashback) Jessica
    Just tell him an old friend stopped by.
[19:57] Julian
    In the end, she just smiled and
    said, "Take care of the admiral."
[20:06] Yang
    So you made up your mind...
[20:13] Julian
    Admiral.
[20:14] Yang
    What is it?
[20:16] Julian
    I was just looking at the same star as you.
[20:20] Julian
    That big blue one.
[20:23] Yang
    Yeah.
[20:24] Julian
    What is that star called?
[20:26] Yang
    It does have a name... I think...
[20:33] Yang
    You don't have to look
    at the same star as me.
[20:38] Julian
    Huh?
[20:44] Yang
    Every person should take
    hold of their own star,
[20:48] Yang
    no matter how unlucky that star is.
[21:00] Jessica
    I've...
[21:06] Jessica
    I've made a decision...
[21:08] Jessica
    to never pretend I didn't see or hear,
[21:13] Jessica
    to never remain silent.
[21:15] Jessica
    I'm standing here today for that purpose.
[21:20] Jessica
    I was undecided about my
    candidacy for a long time.
[21:25] Jessica
    As a simple teacher, I wondered
    if I was truly qualified.
[21:30] Jessica
    But I made up my mind, and I promised...
[21:34] Jessica
    my late fiancé, who died
    in the Battle of Astarte.
[21:41] Jessica
    I used to think...
[21:44] Jessica
    that "history" was just "the past"
    with extra dust on it.
[21:48] Jessica
    But that's not correct.
[21:50] Jessica
    History is something that we create
    as we live our lives in the present.
[21:56] Jessica
    It doesn't only belong to the
    people named in history books.
[22:00] Jessica
    It's something each and every one of
    us alive today must strive to create.
[22:05] Jessica
    Every step we take leads
    us toward the future!
[22:15] Jessica
    Our history up to this point has
    been accompanied by many wars.
[22:20] Jessica
    Whether it will continue
    to be accompanied by wars...
[22:24] Jessica
    is for each of us to decide.
[22:27] Jessica
    Some are adamant that this
    is a war for justice,
[22:32] Jessica
    that to throw away our lives
    for justice is a noble act,
[22:36] Jessica
    but what is justice? What is a noble act?
[22:41] Jessica
    Each of us must decide that on our own.
[22:45] Jessica
    You, who watch members of your family
    depart for the battlefield...
[22:48] Jessica
    You and I, who have lost family
    members on the battlefield.
[22:52] Jessica
    I don't want people who hide somewhere safe...
[22:56] Jessica
    and never lose anything,
    never feel any pain,
[23:00] Jessica
    to make that decision.
[23:04] Jessica
    I want to keep asking the
    people in power this:
[23:09] Jessica
    Where are you...
[23:12] Jessica
    while you send soldiers to their deaths?
[23:14] Jessica
    Where are you,
[23:17] Jessica
    and what are you doing?
SIGN    Episode 10
SIGN    Interlude
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode ten, "Interlude."

Season 1

E10 - Interlude

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[00:12] Remscheid
    What?
[00:14] Remscheid
    The Free Planets Alliance is planning an
    all-out offensive against the Empire?
[00:21] Rubinsky
    It seems their capture of Iserlohn,
    the Empire's pride and joy,
[00:24] Rubinsky
    has incited the Alliance's drive to fight.
[00:30] Remscheid
    It is true that the insurgents now
    possess the bridgehead of Iserlohn,
SIGN    Galactic Empire High Commissioner
    Jochen von Remscheid
[00:35] Remscheid
    but surely that doesn't mean they'll
    launch an all-out advance right away.
[00:40] Rubinsky
    But it is clear that the Alliance is making
    preparations for a large-scale attack.
[00:46] Remscheid
    How large-scale?
[00:49] Rubinsky
    Thirty million men.
[01:08] Dominique
    He seemed rather panicked.
[01:11] Rubinsky
    That information was beyond a mere high
    commissioner's capacity to handle.
[01:15] Rubinsky
    He'll have no choice but to
    request instructions from Odin.
[01:18] Dominique
    How malicious you are.
[01:21] Dominique
    When you received similar information in
    the past, you didn't tell him, did you?
[01:26] Rubinsky
    You mean when Iserlohn was attacked?
[01:29] Rubinsky
    I just never expected that
    campaign to succeed.
[01:32] Rubinsky
    I was interested in seeing how
    they would go about doing it.
[01:36] Rubinsky
    But now that Iserlohn has
    fallen, things are different.
[01:40] Rubinsky
    The balance in this war has
    shifted toward the Alliance,
[01:43] Rubinsky
    and we need to shift it back in
    the Empire's direction a bit.
[01:47] Dominique
    You're enjoying this.
[01:49] Rubinsky
    Does it look that way?
[01:52] Dominique
    It does.
[01:54] Rubinsky
    There are many ways to enrich one's life,
[01:57] Rubinsky
    but nothing is more stimulating than using
    whole nations and the very fate of humans
[02:03] Rubinsky
    as intangible chips in a game
    of politics and strategy.
[02:06] Rubinsky
    Elaborately refined machinations
    are an art form.
[02:11] Dominique
    Unbelievable. You're calling
    yourself an artist?
[02:15] Rubinsky
    Please. It's not just me.
[02:18] Rubinsky
    There's no doubt that the one
    to meet the Alliance's attack
[02:23] Rubinsky
    will be Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
[02:26] Rubinsky
    I need him to win, but not
    by too much this time.
[02:31] Rubinsky
    I need both sides to keep fighting and
    wounding each other for as long as possible.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[04:13] Klaus
    We've received word from
    Count Remscheid of Fezzan.
[04:17] Klaus
    It seems the rebels are planning
    to invade Imperial territory...
SIGN    Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[04:21] Klaus
    with approximately thirty million men.
[04:24] Gerlach
    Thirty million?
    That sounds extremely serious.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Minister of Finance
    Viscount Gerlach
[04:27] Klaus
    It is.
[04:29] Klaus
    But it could also be called an opportunity.
[04:32] Gerlach
    How do you mean?
[04:33] Klaus
    We need to fight and win.
[04:38] Klaus
    I'm told that a revolutionary sentiment
    is growing among the commoners again.
[04:43] Klaus
    It appears they're beginning to
    figure out that we lost Iserlohn.
[04:47] Klaus
    We must defeat the rebels and restore
    the dignity of the Imperial household.
[04:52] Gerlach
    Should we not allow the
    blond boy to handle that?
[04:57] Klaus
    If he succeeds, his popularity
    will grow even greater,
[05:01] Klaus
    and we will no longer
    be able to oppose him.
[05:05] Klaus
    But if he fails, we'll be forced to fight
    the rebels at a tremendous disadvantage,
[05:13] Klaus
    right in the middle of the Empire,
[05:15] Klaus
    against a force of thirty
    million men high on victory.
[05:18] Gerlach
    The blond boy is not
    completely incompetent.
[05:22] Gerlach
    Even if the rebels defeat him,
    they won't come out of it unscathed.
[05:26] Gerlach
    We only need to be strong enough to
    face them when they're wounded.
[05:33] Klaus
    I see...
[05:34] Klaus
    That will be fine if the boy
    loses, but what if he wins?
[05:38] Klaus
    He'll earn the kaiser's favor and the
    credit for another heroic feat,
[05:42] Klaus
    and he'll be beyond our control.
[05:44] Klaus
    He'll grow even more arrogant.
[05:47] Gerlach
    Why don't we let him be arrogant?
[05:50] Gerlach
    We can deal with a single upstart anytime.
[05:56] Gerlach
    When the rebels are gone,
    the blond boy is done for.
[06:01] Gerlach
    So long as we need him,
[06:03] Gerlach
    why not make use of his talent?
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[06:16] Sithole
    Rear Admiral Caselnes,
    the chief of logistics,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
    Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
[06:20] Sithole
    will now go over the formation
    of our expeditionary force.
[06:23] Alex
    Yes, sir.
[06:24] Alex
    First, the supreme commander of the force
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
[06:27] Alex
    will be the Space Fleet commander-in-chief,
    Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[06:32] Alex
    The chief of staff will be
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill.
SIGN    Expeditionary Force Chief of Operations
    Vice Admiral Konev
[06:35] Alex
    The chief of operations will be Vice Admiral
    Konev, with three staff officers.
[06:38] Alex
    The chief of intelligence will be Rear
    Admiral Birolinen, with two staff officers.
SIGN    Expeditionary Force Chief of Intelligence
    Rear Admiral Birolinen
[06:42] Alex
    And the chief of logistics will be
    myself, with one staff officer.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[06:45] Alex
    Next, eight new space fleets will be
    added to the force as combat units.
[06:49] Alex
    Vice Admiral Lefebvre will
    command the 3rd Fleet.
[06:52] Alex
    Vice Admiral Bewcock will
    command the 5th Fleet.
[06:55] Alex
    Vice Admiral Hawood will
    command the 7th Fleet.
[06:57] Alex
    Vice Admiral Appleton will
    command the 8th Fleet.
[07:00] Alex
    Vice Admiral al-Salem will
    command the 9th Fleet.
[07:03] Alex
    Vice Admiral Ulanhu will
    command the 10th Fleet.
[07:06] Alex
    Vice Admiral Borodin will
    command the 12th Fleet.
[07:08] Alex
    And Vice Admiral Yang will
    command the 13th Fleet.
[07:12] Alex
    These, in addition to independent units,
[07:15] Alex
    will bring the force's
    total to 30,227,400 men.
[07:23] Yang
    Thirty million is about 60%
    of our entire navy...
[07:27] Yang
    Good grief. It's overwhelming.
SIGN    Episode 10
SIGN    Interlude
[07:36] Yang
    Maybe the price we paid for Iserlohn
    wasn't high enough...
[07:41] Julian
    Did you say something, Admiral?
[07:44] Yang
    Hm? Oh...
[07:46] Yang
    It's said that military victory has
    an effect similar to a narcotic.
[07:50] Yang
    Both the people and the press are openly
    calling for an invasion of the Empire.
[07:55] Julian
    In keeping with our current
    momentum, I suppose?
[07:58] Yang
    But just think about it.
[08:01] Yang
    If the fall of Iserlohn had shed the blood
    of thousands... no, hundreds of thousands,
[08:07] Yang
    how would you and everyone else feel then?
[08:10] Julian
    Well, they wouldn't have
    an appetite for more war.
[08:14] Yang
    But they didn't.
[08:16] Yang
    They got the idea in their heads
    that victory comes easy.
[08:20] Yang
    Ouch...
[08:22] Yang
    If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't
    have taken that kind of victory.
[08:26] Julian
    But didn't it end up that way because you did
    everything possible to minimize casualties?
[08:32] Yang
    And the result of that is this
    completely unjustifiable expedition.
[08:37] Julian
    They why was this reckless
    plan proposed to begin with?
[08:45] Yang
    Because elections are coming up.
[08:47] Julian
    Huh?
[08:49] Yang
    There have been a lot of scandals
    within the Alliance lately.
[08:52] Yang
    The government needs to divert the
    people's attention elsewhere.
[08:57] Julian
    But that's...
[08:59] Yang
    Just for the sake of staying
    in for another four years,
[09:02] Yang
    they send thirty million
    men to the battlefield.
[09:06] Yang
    I can't understand that
    kind of thinking at all.
[09:13] Sithole
    Gentlemen,
[09:15] Sithole
    the decision to take our forces
    into Imperial territory
[09:17] Sithole
    was made by the high commissioner,
    and it is final.
[09:20] Sithole
    But no specific plan of action
    has been established yet.
[09:24] Sithole
    This meeting has been
    called to decide that.
[09:27] Sithole
    I look forward to a lively discussion.
[09:30] Falk
    Chief, if I may.
[09:32] Falk
    I am Commodore Falk,
    an operations staff officer.
[09:35] Falk
    I believe this expedition is...
SIGN    Expeditionary Force Operations Staff Officer
    Commodore Andrew Falk
[09:37] Falk
    the most ambitious undertaking
    in the Alliance's history.
[09:40] Falk
    I can think of no greater honor than to
    participate in it as a staff officer.
[09:53] Yang
    He must be the one the chief
    was talking about...
[09:56] Ulanhu
    I have a question for Your Excellency.
SIGN    10th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Ulanhu
[09:59] Ulanhu
    As soldiers, we will go anywhere
    we are ordered to go.
[10:03] Ulanhu
    We are even more glad to depart
    if it means striking the heart
[10:07] Ulanhu
    of the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
[10:09] Ulanhu
    But before we endeavor to undertake
    such a large-scale invasion,
[10:13] Ulanhu
    I would like to know the strategic
    purpose of this expedition.
[10:17] Lobos
    Operations Staff Officer,
    if you would explain.
[10:19] Falk
    Yes, sir.
[10:20] Falk
    We will advance deep into Imperial
    territory with a massive force.
[10:25] Falk
    That alone should strike terror into
    the hearts of the Imperial soldiers.
[10:30] Ulanhu
    Are you saying we'll retreat
    without even fighting?
[10:32] Falk
    I believe we should maintain a high degree
[10:35] Falk
    of flexibility and adapt to
    the situation as it unfolds.
[10:38] Ulanhu
    That's far too abstract.
[10:41] Bewcock
    Doesn't that mean we'd basically
    be playing it by ear?
SIGN    5th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Bewcock
[10:47] Lobos
    The scale of this operation is unprecedented
    in the history of the Alliance.
[10:51] Lobos
    There's no doubt that such
    an ambitious operation
[10:55] Lobos
    will give hope to Imperial citizens and lead
    to an overthrow of its tyrannical government.
[10:59] Falk
    Thank you, Commander-in-Chief.
[11:02] Yang
    I'd like to hear the reason for
    invading at this particular time.
[11:07] Falk
    In battle, there is always
    an opportune time to act.
[11:10] Yang
    You're saying right now is the opportune
    time for an offensive against the Empire?
[11:16] Falk
    A grand offensive, Rear Admiral Yang.
[11:24] Falk
    The Imperial Navy is in a state of
    confusion after the loss of Iserlohn.
[11:29] Falk
    With a gigantic Alliance fleet attacking
    in a massive line,
[11:32] Falk
    under the banner of freedom and justice,
[11:35] Falk
    how can it end in anything
    but victory for us?
[11:37] Yang
    But this formation takes us too
    deep into enemy territory.
[11:41] Yang
    Advancing in such a long line will hinder
    the distribution of supplies, as well.
[11:45] Yang
    Plus, if the enemy were to strike from the
    side, they could divide our forces easily.
[11:51] Falk
    I fail to understand why you only
    emphasize the risk of being divided.
[11:55] Falk
    Any enemy that enters the center of our
    formation will be caught in a pincer attack
[11:59] Falk
    between our front and rear
    forces, crushing them.
[12:01] Bewcock
    Wait a moment.
    Vice Admiral Yang has a point.
[12:05] Bewcock
    Do you want to repeat the grave
    mistake we made at Astarte,
[12:07] Bewcock
    when we gave up a chance
    at a concentrated attack
[12:09] Bewcock
    and our fleets were destroyed one by one?
[12:12] Falk
    Such an idea could only come from
[12:13] Falk
    a noted tactician such as yourself,
    Vice Admiral Bewcock.
[12:16] Bewcock
    What do you mean by that?
[12:17] Falk
    Strategically speaking, if not tactically,
    that battle was not a defeat.
[12:23] Falk
    Ultimately, our forces
    expelled the Imperial Navy
[12:26] Falk
    and stopped them from invading the
    Astarte Starzone, did it not?
[12:30] Bewcock
    What did you say?
[12:32] Falk
    This operation itself has a
    very different significance.
[12:36] Falk
    We will be the liberating force that saves
    the oppressed people of the Empire.
[12:43] Alex
    May I?
[12:44] Sithole
    Rear Admiral Caselnes.
[12:46] Alex
    As the logistics chief,
[12:48] Alex
    I have misgivings with regard
    to keeping our navy supplied.
[12:52] Alex
    Having a long supply line
[12:54] Alex
    on top of managing the territory
    we occupy as a liberating force
[12:57] Alex
    will quickly lead to a supply shortage.
[13:00] Lobos
    Even if our supplies are delayed a bit,
[13:02] Lobos
    could we not simply have the people of
    the territory we occupy supply us?
[13:06] Alex
    But I can't calculate such a possibility
    into a supply plan...
[13:10] Lobos
    It's your job to figure something out.
[13:13] Yang
    But...
[13:14] Yang
    The Imperial Navy will most likely be
    under the command of Count Lohengramm.
[13:19] Yang
    Taking his military talent into account,
[13:22] Yang
    I don't think we can be too careful
    in formulating our strategy.
[13:27] Greenhill
    Rear Admiral, I understand that you
    hold Count Lohengramm in high regard.
[13:33] Greenhill
    But he is still young.
    He's bound to make mistakes.
[13:37] Yang
    Yes, of course.
[13:39] Yang
    But in the end,
    victory and defeat are relative.
[13:42] Yang
    If we were to make a bigger
    mistake than he does,
[13:45] Yang
    it's clear what the result would be.
[13:48] Falk
    That is mere speculation,
    Rear Admiral Yang.
[13:52] Falk
    To overestimate an enemy and
    fear him more than necessary
[13:55] Falk
    is the greatest disgrace
    a soldier could commit.
[13:57] Falk
    Worse yet, if it dampens
    your own navy's morale
[14:00] Falk
    and dulls its decisions and actions,
[14:03] Falk
    it only gives the enemy an advantage.
[14:06] Bewcock
    Commodore Falk,
    that comment was disrespectful!
[14:10] Falk
    How so?
[14:12] Bewcock
    How dare you accuse someone of
    aiding the enemy just because
[14:16] Bewcock
    they disagree with your opinion
    and advise caution?!
[14:19] Falk
    I was only speaking in general terms.
[14:22] Falk
    It upsets me tremendously
    that you would conceive it
[14:25] Falk
    as slander against an individual.
[14:27] Falk
    This expedition is a noble undertaking
    to rescue and set free
[14:31] Falk
    the 25 billion people of the
    Galactic Empire who are suffering
[14:35] Falk
    under the oppression of a
    tyrannical government.
[14:38] Falk
    If we act as a liberating army in
    the name of the greater good,
[14:42] Falk
    the people of the Empire will
    welcome us with jubilation,
[14:45] Falk
    and they will assist us voluntarily.
[14:48] Falk
    Any who oppose this...
[14:48] Yang
    What he's saying is the speculation here.
[14:51] Yang
    It's just a one-sided expectation.
[14:53] Yang
    What makes him say the people
    of the Galactic Empire
[14:56] Yang
    desire the illusion of freedom and
    equality rather than real peace?
[15:00] Yang
    The idea of this expedition itself
    is irresponsible enough,
[15:03] Yang
    but its execution is proving to
    be irresponsible in extremes.
[15:06] (Flashback) Julian
    They should just not do it.
[15:09] (Flashback) Julian
    Even if the government ordered
    it, it's too reckless.
[15:13] (Flashback) Yang
    The politicians in our government
    were legitimately elected
[15:17] (Flashback) Yang
    by the thirteen billion
    citizens of the Alliance.
[15:20] (Flashback) Yang
    No matter how reckless it is,
    we can't just not do it.
[15:27] (Flashback) Yang
    Not as long as we're a free
    military in a free country.
[15:36] Falk
    ...a geographical advantage or
    greater numbers than ours,
[15:38] Falk
    or even if they have some
    unimaginable new weapon,
[15:41] Falk
    we cannot let such things discourage us.
[15:58] Sithole
    I didn't think this through enough, either.
[16:01] Sithole
    I thought that if we took Iserlohn,
[16:03] Sithole
    the raging fires of war
    would begin to recede.
[16:06] Sithole
    I brought this upon myself,
[16:09] Sithole
    but I'm sure it's a tremendous
    hassle for you.
[16:13] Sithole
    Let me just say this now.
[16:16] Sithole
    I want this expedition to fail
    with minimal casualties.
[16:22] Sithole
    An overwhelming defeat would
    cause too much bloodshed,
[16:25] Sithole
    but what happens if we win?
[16:27] Sithole
    The war advocates get cocky,
[16:29] Sithole
    and they end up beyond the control
    of the people and the government.
[16:33] Sithole
    Eventually, riots break out,
[16:35] Sithole
    and the country hits rock bottom.
[16:38] Sithole
    There have been countless
    countries that fell to ruin
[16:40] Sithole
    because they won when they needed to win.
[16:44] Sithole
    I'm sure you know all about that.
[16:48] Yang
    Yes.
[16:49] Sithole
    You have contempt for both
    authority and military might.
[16:52] Sithole
    I can't blame you, but no nation can
    exist without the influence of both.
[16:57] Sithole
    So instead of someone
    incompetent and corrupt,
[17:00] Sithole
    we ought to entrust those things to
    people who aren't that way
[17:02] Sithole
    and follow our conscience and good
    sense in making use of them.
[17:09] Sithole
    I'm a soldier, so I can't say
    much about the government,
[17:12] Sithole
    but as far as the military goes...
[17:15] Sithole
    That Commodore Falk...
[17:17] Sithole
    is a man who can't be trusted.
[17:21] Sithole
    He's pushing this operation
    in hopes of being promoted.
[17:25] Sithole
    He probably wants to reach the
    highest rank the military has,
[17:29] Sithole
    but since he has a rival who's too strong,
[17:32] Sithole
    he wants to do whatever he can
    to accomplish something great.
[17:35] Yang
    I see.
[17:37] Sithole
    You can be so dense sometimes.
[17:40] Yang
    Huh?
[17:41] Sithole
    The rival I was talking about was you.
[17:44] Yang
    But Chief, I'm...
[17:47] Sithole
    It doesn't matter what
    you think of yourself.
[17:51] Sithole
    The issue is what Falk thinks of you.
[17:54] Sithole
    You saw at today's meeting
    what kind of person he is.
[17:58] Sithole
    He'd rather display his talent through
    words than accomplishments,
[18:01] Sithole
    and he'll denigrate others to
    make himself look better.
[18:05] Sithole
    But he's not as talented
    as he thinks he is.
[18:09] Sithole
    It's far too dangerous to entrust the
    fates of thirty million men to him.
[18:14] Sithole
    I think you understand by now why
    I rejected your resignation.
[18:18] Sithole
    I didn't foresee this specifically,
[18:21] Sithole
    but your presence in this navy
    just became even more necessary.
[18:29] Yang
    Are you telling me to
    oppose Commodore Falk?
[18:34] Sithole
    Not just him. If you earn the
    highest rank in this navy,
[18:38] Sithole
    it'll be possible to restrict
    and eliminate people like him.
[18:43] Sithole
    That's what I want to see happen.
[18:49] Yang
    You always give me tasks that are
    far too heavy a burden to bear.
[18:54] Sithole
    No one but you can do it.
[18:56] Yang
    I still consider myself a man of virtue.
[18:59] Yang
    I don't want to involve
    myself in any trouble.
[19:02] Yang
    I just want to do a job I'm capable of,
[19:05] Yang
    and then live an easy life.
[19:08] Yang
    Is that a lazy way to think?
[19:10] Sithole
    Yes, it's lazy.
[19:19] Sithole
    I've been through some pretty
    rough times myself.
[19:23] Sithole
    If I'm going to entrust all this to you,
[19:26] Sithole
    I need you to go through rough times
    in proportion to your talent.
[19:30] Sithole
    It'd be unfair otherwise.
[19:34] Yang
    Unfair, eh?
[19:37] Sithole
    Sorry to keep you. Let's go.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[19:54] Reinhard
    As I'm sure you're all aware,
[19:56] Reinhard
    the insurgents of the frontier who call
    themselves the Free Planets Alliance
[20:00] Reinhard
    have hijacked and occupied the
    Imperial outpost of Iserlohn.
[20:05] Reinhard
    We have reports that the enemy is
    amassing an enormous force there.
[20:11] Reinhard
    We estimate that they have two hundred
    thousand ships and thirty million men.
[20:16] Reinhard
    They are planning to advance
    toward the center of the Empire
[20:20] Reinhard
    and launch an all-out attack.
[20:22] Reinhard
    In response to this incredibly
    troublesome act of rashness,
[20:25] Reinhard
    I have been tasked with intercepting them.
[20:28] Reinhard
    I'm expecting the Imperial
    order at any time.
[20:30] Reinhard
    I hope you will all put up a brave fight.
[20:34] Reinhard
    In short, all the other fleets are just
    ornamental puppets of the Imperial Palace.
[20:39] Reinhard
    They can't be relied upon.
[20:42] Reinhard
    This is a good opportunity to rise in
    the ranks and earn some decorations.
[20:52] Reinhard
    Now, I'd like to hear your opinions.
[20:55] Reinhard
    Tell me how you think we should
    intercept the insurgents.
[20:58] Reinhard
    Hold nothing back.
[21:00] Fritz
    We strike the moment they
    exit the Iserlohn Corridor.
[21:03] Fritz
    There can be no better strategy.
[21:05] Wolfgang
    He's right. We can determine
    where they'll appear from,
[21:09] Wolfgang
    then either form a half-encirclement
    or strike head-on.
[21:13] Fritz
    The insurgents will turn tail and run before
    they get an inch into Imperial territory.
[21:18] Reinhard
    I like your spirit.
[21:21] Reinhard
    But the enemy will expect us to intercept
    them as they exit the corridor.
[21:25] Reinhard
    It's likely they'll put their
    best men at the front.
[21:28] Reinhard
    If we attack them and the rest
    never exit the corridor,
[21:32] Reinhard
    we'll have no chance to
    launch an offensive.
[21:39] Wolfgang
    An offensive...
[21:41] Wolfgang
    Are you saying that just forcing the
    insurgents to retreat won't be enough?
[21:46] Reinhard
    Obviously.
[21:47] Reinhard
    Foolhardiness should be rewarded with
    bloodshed in equal proportions.
[21:52] Fritz
    But how?
[21:55] Reinhard
    We'll draw the enemy deeper
    into our territory.
[21:59] Fritz
    You're saying we should allow the insurgents
    to tread on Imperial territory?!
[22:03] Reinhard
    Yes.
[22:05] Reinhard
    Once their combat line and supply line
    have been stretched to their limits,
[22:08] Reinhard
    we'll launch an all-out attack.
[22:10] Reinhard
    The enemy will send at least 60% of
    its total forces to this battle.
[22:13] Reinhard
    We will annihilate all of them
[22:16] Reinhard
    and completely crush their rebellious will.
[22:23] Reinhard
    Oberstein.
[22:24] Paul
    Yes, sir.
[22:33] Paul
    I will now give a summary of our strategy.
[22:38] Na
    Three months after the fall
    of Iserlohn Fortress,
[22:42] Na
    the Galactic Empire and the
    Free Planets Alliance
[22:46] Na
    were preparing to face one
    another in battle once again.
[22:54] Na
    On August 22nd of the year UC 796,
[22:59] Na
    the Free Planets Alliance
    expeditionary force
[23:01] Na
    established its command HQ
    within Iserlohn Fortress.
[23:05] Na
    Thirty million Alliance
    soldiers formed a line
[23:11] Na
    and began their expedition
    toward Imperial territory.
SIGN    Episode 11
SIGN    The Verge of Death (Part 1)
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode eleven, "The
    Verge of Death (Part 1)."

Season 1

E11 - The Verge of Death (Part 1)

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SIGN    Alliance Navy 10th Fleet Flagship
    Gesir Bogdo
SIGN    10th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Ulanhu
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Alliance Navy 8th Fleet Flagship
    Jagannath
[02:24] Guy
    All the nobles have fled.
[02:26] Guy
    Only the ruling-class citizens remain.
[02:29] Appleton
    The enemy is being cautious
    after losing Iserlohn.
SIGN    8th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Appleton
[02:35] Guy
    We are a liberating army.
[02:37] Guy
    You don't have to suffer under the
    oppression of tyranny any longer.
[02:41] Guy
    The Free Planet Alliance is
    glad to welcome all of you.
SIGN    Alliance Navy 12th Fleet Flagship
    Cernunnos
[02:45] Connally
    Word is that the citizens are
    accepting us without resistance.
[02:50] Borodin
    I never dreamed the occupation
    would be this easy.
[02:52] Borodin
    Is it the same for the other fleets?
SIGN    12th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Borodin
[02:55] Connally
    It seems so... ah, but...
[02:58] Guy
    You will be given complete political
    authority over yourselves
[03:01] Guy
    and begin your new lives as
    citizens of a free city.
[03:06] Citizen
    Excuse me... but before you give
    us this political authority,
[03:10] Citizen
    could you just give us some bread and milk?
[03:13] Guy
    O-Of course. We'll arrange it right away.
[03:17] Citizen
    We have no food. I don't even
    have milk for my baby.
[03:20] Citizen
    Please, just give us something,
    anything, to eat.
[03:28] Frederica
    Admiral.
[03:30] Frederica
    Message from the ground force.
[03:32] Yang
    What is it?
[03:34] Frederica
    They've asked us to send food to
    distribute among the citizens.
[03:38] Yang
    All right. Take care of it at once.
[03:41] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 11
SIGN    The Verge of Death (Part 1)
[03:51] Alex
    Could you read that report
    for me one more time?
[03:55] Adjutant
    "To permanently save the
    locals from starvation
[03:59] Adjutant
    will require 180 days' worth of
    food for fifty million people,
[04:02] Adjutant
    forty artificial protein production plants,
[04:04] Adjutant
    and sixty hydroponics plants.
[04:06] Adjutant
    These numbers are expected to rise
[04:08] Adjutant
    as the liberated territory
    further expands."
[04:12] Alex
    That's ten million tons of grain alone.
[04:15] Alex
    That would take fifty cargo ships
    in the 200,000-ton class...
[04:18] Alex
    Who could come up with a supply plan to feed
    twice as many people as our entire navy?
[04:24] Adjutant
    Even if we emptied every
    warehouse in Iserlohn—
[04:27] Alex
    It wouldn't be enough.
[04:29] Alex
    We'd run out in the blink of an eye.
[04:35] Alex
    Forgive me for interrupting.
[04:38] Lobos
    Ah, you're here.
[04:40] Lobos
    I heard you had something
    you wanted to discuss.
[04:43] Lobos
    Keep it short, if you would.
[04:44] Alex
    I'll be brief, then.
[04:47] Alex
    Your Excellency, our navy is
    facing a serious crisis.
[04:51] Lobos
    What brought this on?
[04:54] Alex
    You are aware of the request
    from the front line, I assume?
[04:57] Lobos
    I've heard, of course.
[04:59] Lobos
    It is certainly an excessive request,
[05:01] Lobos
    but our occupation policy
    leaves us no other choice.
[05:05] Alex
    We don't have that much
    food in all of Iserlohn.
[05:08] Lobos
    So forward the request to our home country.
[05:11] Lobos
    The bureaucrats may complain,
[05:13] Lobos
    but there's no way our politicians
    won't send the food.
[05:16] Alex
    Yes, I'm sure they would send it.
[05:18] Alex
    But how long could they keep it up?
[05:22] Alex
    The enemy's plan is to place a
    massive strain on our supplies.
[05:27] Alex
    Which means without question, our supply—
[05:28] Falk
    Without question,
[05:30] Falk
    they will attack our supply corps
[05:32] Falk
    in an attempt to sever our supply line.
[05:35] Falk
    Is that what you believe,
    Rear Admiral Caselnes?
[05:39] Alex
    Precisely.
[05:42] Falk
    The entire region of space between
    Iserlohn and the front line
[05:45] Falk
    is under our control.
[05:47] Falk
    We have nothing to worry about.
[05:50] Falk
    Rear Admiral, we're fighting
    this war for the greater good.
[05:54] Falk
    What victory can be gained
    without taking risks?
[05:57] Alex
    That is not what I came here to discuss!
[06:00] Lobos
    Enough. I don't have time to
    cater to your cowardice.
[06:04] Lobos
    Leave.
[06:06] Alex
    I have said what needed to be said.
[06:10] Alex
    I will take my leave.
[06:12] Alex
    Yang, please come back alive.
[06:15] Alex
    This battle is too idiotic to die for.
[06:18] Na
    After receiving the massive request
    for supplies from the front line,
[06:22] Na
    the High Council was thrown into chaos.
[06:25] Na
    Those who favored continuing the war,
    represented by Councilor Windsor,
[06:29] Na
    were locked in a fierce verbal
    battle with Councilor Lebello,
[06:32] Na
    who wished to withdraw the troops.
[06:34] Na
    However...
[06:36] Chairman
    I will now announce the
    results of the vote.
[06:39] Chairman
    Four in favor, five opposed,
    with two abstaining.
[06:42] Chairman
    With a majority opposed,
[06:44] Chairman
    the motion to withdraw from the
    current operation is rejected.
[06:48] Na
    As a result, it was decided that the
    invasion into the Empire would continue.
[06:56] Na
    With the High Council's decision made,
[06:58] Na
    supply ships departed for
    Iserlohn from Heinessen.
[07:02] Na
    However, it was already too late.
[07:05] Na
    Supplies at the front line
    were already running dry.
[07:13] Ulanhu
    Ridiculous!
[07:15] Ulanhu
    You expect us to acquire the
    supplies we need locally?!
[07:18] Appleton
    Are you telling us to go
    out and start looting?
[07:22] Borodin
    How are we supposed to
    loot what isn't there?
[07:26] Bewcock
    A failed supply plan is the
    first step toward defeat.
[07:31] Bewcock
    Whatever happened to all that
    big talk from command?
SIGN    Alliance Navy 13th Fleet Flagship
    Hyperion
SIGN    They all seem rather angry.
[07:39] Murai
    Of course they are.
[07:41] Murai
    Our own fleet is running low on food,
[07:44] Murai
    but we can't let all those
    people starve now.
SIGN    If the Imperial Navy were to bring them food,
SIGN    everyone in the Empire would be singing their kaiser's praises.
[07:54] Fyodor
    Why must we starve ourselves
    to feed all those people?
[07:59] Murai
    Patrichev.
[08:03] Yang
    So that we don't become Rudolf, that's why.
[08:07] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant, call Vice Admiral
    Ulanhu at once, please.
[08:10] Frederica
    Right away, Admiral.
[08:15] Ulanhu
    Ah, Yang Wen-li. I don't
    often hear from you.
[08:18] Yang
    Vice Admiral Ulanhu,
    I'm glad to see you're well.
[08:22] Ulanhu
    Like hell I am. I'm dealing
    with the same problem as you.
[08:28] Yang
    Anyway, how are our supply
    reserves looking?
[08:31] Ulanhu
    We have enough to last another week.
[08:34] Ulanhu
    If we don't receive more by then,
[08:36] Ulanhu
    we may have no choice
    but to requisition...
[08:39] Ulanhu
    No...
[08:40] Ulanhu
    It's no use mincing words.
[08:42] Ulanhu
    We'll have to loot it from
    the occupied territory.
[08:46] Ulanhu
    Some "liberating army" we are.
[08:51] Yang
    I have an idea concerning
    that matter, if I may...
[08:57] Ulanhu
    Retreat?!
[08:59] Ulanhu
    Before we even exchange the first fire?
[09:01] Yang
    Yes, while we still have reserves.
[09:04] Yang
    The enemy is waiting for
    us to starve as a result
[09:07] Yang
    of the strain on our supplies.
[09:09] Ulanhu
    Are you saying they're waiting for the
    right moment to shift to the offensive?
[09:13] Yang
    With an all-out attack, most likely.
[09:16] Yang
    They have the locational advantage,
[09:18] Yang
    and their supply line will be short.
[09:20] Yang
    We are right in the heart of the enemy.
[09:22] Ulanhu
    Hmm... But if we retreat carelessly,
[09:25] Ulanhu
    wouldn't it just invite
    the enemy to attack?
[09:29] Ulanhu
    We'd be stirring up a hornet's nest.
[09:31] Yang
    We would have to be fully
    prepared to counterattack.
[09:34] Yang
    That is essential.
[09:37] Yang
    We could manage that right now,
    but it'll be too late once our men starve.
[09:41] Yang
    We have no choice but to
    make an orderly retreat.
[09:46] Ulanhu
    Go on.
[09:49] Yang
    If the enemy interprets our withdrawal
[09:51] Yang
    as a total rout, that will
    work out just fine.
[09:55] Yang
    We'll have several possible ways
    to fight back if they pursue us.
[09:59] Yang
    If they think it's too soon, or that
    it's a trap, that suits us as well.
[10:04] Yang
    We may be able to withdraw unscathed.
[10:07] Yang
    The odds are not high,
[10:09] Yang
    but with each passing day, they fall lower.
[10:13] Yang
    The best route we could take
[10:16] Yang
    would be to retreat as quickly as possible.
[10:22] Ulanhu
    I understand. I'm sure you're right.
[10:26] Ulanhu
    I will have our men prepare to withdraw.
[10:29] Yang
    I'm glad.
[10:30] Ulanhu
    But how do we tell command and all
    the other fleets about this?
[10:34] Yang
    I intend to ask Admiral
    Bewcock to inform them.
[10:37] Yang
    I think having him talk to all of them
[10:40] Yang
    would be more effective
    than doing it myself.
[10:45] Ulanhu
    Then I suppose we'd both better move quickly.
[10:51] Fyodor
    I agree with your proposal.
[10:54] Murai
    I have no objections, either.
SIGN    I think it's an excellent decision.
[10:59] Yang
    Please.
[11:00] Yang
    Flattery will get you nowhere.
[11:03] Guy
    Urgent report!
[11:04] Guy
    A revolt has broken out in the territory
    occupied by the 8th Fleet!
[11:07] Guy
    It's a massive uprising!
[11:13] Citizen
    Hey! There's food over here!
[11:16] Citizen
    Do you know how to use a gun?
[11:18] Citizen
    Yeah!
[11:19] Guy
    Put the gun down! Refuse and I'll shoot!
[11:22] Citizen
    He's next!
[11:26] Guy
    How did this happen?!
[11:50] Yang
    What a tragedy this turned out to be.
[11:52] Frederica
    There's no way we can build mutual
    trust with the people now.
[11:57] Yang
    Yeah...
[11:58] Yang
    The enemy has succeeded in getting
    between us and the people of the Empire.
[12:05] Yang
    Even if I knew it would bring us victory,
[12:10] Yang
    I could never bring myself
    to be this thorough.
[12:15] Yang
    Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.
[12:22] Yang
    Put me through to Admiral Bewcock.
[12:24] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
[12:26] Na
    Bewcock accepted Yang's
    proposal to withdraw
SIGN    Alliance Navy 5th Fleet Flagship
    Rio Grande
[12:29] Na
    and pushed for a retreat to Iserlohn.
[12:31] Na
    To do so, he requested correspondence
    with Supreme Commander Lobos.
[12:37] Bewcock
    Where is the supreme commander?
[12:40] Falk
    Admiral Bewcock, how can I help you?
[12:45] Bewcock
    I didn't say I wanted to see you.
[12:47] Bewcock
    Don't butt in where you
    haven't been called.
[12:49] Falk
    All communications with Fleet Admiral
    Lobos will be conducted through me.
[12:56] Bewcock
    I have no need to speak to you.
[12:58] Falk
    Then I cannot relay your message to him.
[13:01] Bewcock
    What?
[13:02] Falk
    No matter how high your rank, you are
    required to comply with regulations.
[13:06] Falk
    Shall I end this transmission?
[13:11] Bewcock
    All the commanders of the fleets at
    the front line wish to retreat.
[13:15] Bewcock
    I want to request the supreme commander's
    understanding on this matter.
[13:19] Falk
    Retreat, you say?
[13:20] Falk
    Admiral Yang is one thing,
[13:22] Falk
    but to hear the brave Admiral Bewcock
[13:25] Falk
    calling for a retreat without
    even fighting is a surprise.
[13:29] Bewcock
    Spare me the snide comments.
[13:31] Bewcock
    This wouldn't have happened if you people
    hadn't proposed such a reckless operation.
[13:36] Bewcock
    Why don't you try assuming
    a little responsibility?
[13:39] Falk
    If it were me, I would not retreat.
[13:42] Falk
    This is our chance to strike down the
    entire Imperial Navy in one attack.
[13:45] Falk
    What are you so afraid of?
[13:50] Bewcock
    Fine. Then I'll trade you places.
[13:53] Bewcock
    I'm returning to Iserlohn.
[13:56] Bewcock
    You can come to the front
    line to take my place.
[13:59] Falk
    Please don't ask for what
    you know is impossible.
[14:03] Bewcock
    You're the one proposing the impossible.
[14:06] Bewcock
    And without taking a step from
    that safe haven you're in.
[14:10] Falk
    Are you... insulting me?
[14:14] Bewcock
    I'm just sick of hearing your big talk.
[14:18] Bewcock
    If you want to demonstrate your talents,
[14:21] Bewcock
    do it through actual
    achievements, not talk!
[14:24] Bewcock
    Why don't you get out here
    yourself and find out
[14:30] Bewcock
    whether you're capable of
    giving orders to others?!
[14:41] Guy
    Hey! We've got trouble!
[14:42] Guy
    Commodore! Commodore Falk!
[14:45] Bewcock
    What the hell just happened?
[14:49] Greenhill
    Admiral Bewcock.
[14:52] Bewcock
    Well, this is quite an honor, Chief of Staff.
[14:55] Greenhill
    I'm sorry you had to see
    that shameful display.
[14:58] Bewcock
    What happened to him?
[15:00] Greenhill
    Well, according to our physician,
[15:03] Greenhill
    he was so overstimulated by his own
    intense frustration that he had a seizure.
[15:08] Greenhill
    Since it's caused by a mental condition,
[15:10] Greenhill
    if that cause is not eliminated,
[15:12] Greenhill
    he is likely to have more episodes
    like this in the future.
[15:16] Bewcock
    What should we do, then?
[15:20] Greenhill
    Don't defy him, don't make
    him feel frustrated,
[15:23] Greenhill
    and make sure everything goes
    his way, the physician said.
[15:29] Bewcock
    Are you being serious?
[15:32] Greenhill
    As far as treating him goes,
    there is one natural course of action.
[15:36] Bewcock
    That's obvious. We should get rid of him.
[15:40] Bewcock
    If they knew a man with the
    mentality of a child was working
[15:43] Bewcock
    as the tactician for a fleet
    of thirty million men,
[15:46] Bewcock
    the Imperial Army would have a field day.
[15:50] Bewcock
    So, what do you say about
    the proposal to retreat?
[15:54] Bewcock
    The men at the front line are in no
    condition to fight, mentally or physically.
[16:00] Greenhill
    Please wait for a bit.
[16:02] Greenhill
    That would require the supreme
    commander's approval.
[16:06] Greenhill
    Understand that I can't give
    you an immediate answer.
[16:09] Bewcock
    This is an urgent matter!
[16:11] Bewcock
    I realize I'm being impolite,
[16:13] Bewcock
    but can't you arrange an audience
    with the supreme commander for me?
[16:20] Greenhill
    The supreme commander is currently resting.
[16:25] Bewcock
    Huh? What did you just say?
[16:28] Greenhill
    The supreme commander is currently resting.
[16:33] Greenhill
    He has given orders not to wake
    him unless the enemy attacks.
[16:37] Greenhill
    I will relay your request
    to him once he wakes up.
[16:40] Greenhill
    Please wait until then.
[16:45] Bewcock
    Fine. I get it.
[16:48] Bewcock
    Then, as the front-line commander,
[16:51] Bewcock
    I am required to fulfill my obligation
    to the lives of my subordinates.
[16:55] Bewcock
    I apologize for taking up your time.
[16:57] Bewcock
    When the supreme commander wakes up,
[17:01] Bewcock
    please tell him that Bewcock
    hopes he had pleasant dreams.
[17:05] Bewcock
    Signing off.
[17:06] Greenhill
    Admir—
SIGN    Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[17:12] Reinhard
    A supply fleet will be sent to
    the front line from Iserlohn.
[17:16] Reinhard
    That's the enemy's lifeline.
[17:18] Reinhard
    Use all the troops I've
    given you to strike.
[17:23] Reinhard
    I'll leave it up to your talent
    to work out the details.
[17:27] Kircheis
    Understood.
[17:29] Kircheis
    I'll be going.
[17:31] Reinhard
    Wait.
[17:36] Reinhard
    You don't seem to agree with this plan.
[17:39] Kircheis
    No, that's not true.
[17:43] Reinhard
    I can tell what you're thinking.
[17:50] Kircheis
    I am aware that this plan has been
    devised to assure our victory.
[17:55] Kircheis
    But—
[17:55] Reinhard
    You don't want a strategy that
    puts a burden on the people?
[18:00] Reinhard
    We're doing it to win, Kircheis.
[18:07] Kircheis
    Yes. I know.
[18:27] Paul
    While Admiral Kircheis wipes out
    the rebel force's supply fleet,
[18:32] Paul
    our navy will shift to a major offensive.
[18:35] Paul
    In accordance with the existing plan,
[18:37] Paul
    our goal will be to swiftly
    mop up all the rebels.
[18:41] Paul
    That is all I have to say.
[18:47] Reinhard
    Our navy will take back
    the captured territory,
[18:51] Reinhard
    while delivering food to the people.
[18:54] Reinhard
    Even if it was to counter
    the rebels' invasion,
[18:57] Reinhard
    it was not my wish to force
    the people into poverty.
[19:02] Reinhard
    We must win this battle
[19:03] Reinhard
    and prove that we are the ones
    worthy to rule the land.
[19:09] Reinhard
    Do not let those arrogant
    insurgents return home alive.
[19:15] Reinhard
    Mittermeyer.
[19:16] Wolfgang
    Sir!
[19:17] Reinhard
    Reuenthal.
[19:19] Oskar
    Sir!
[19:20] Reinhard
    Bittenfeld.
[19:21] Fritz
    Sir!
[19:23] Reinhard
    Kempff.
[19:24] Kempff
    Sir!
[19:25] Reinhard
    Mecklinger.
[19:26] Ernest
    Sir!
[19:28] Reinhard
    Wahlen.
[19:29] Wahlen
    Sir!
[19:30] Reinhard
    Lutz.
[19:31] Lutz
    Sir!
[19:34] Reinhard
    I expect the best from all of you.
[19:36] All
    Yes, sir!
[19:37] Reinhard
    May the great god Odin bestow
    his favor upon you.
[19:43] Reinhard
    Prosit!
[19:45] All
    Prosit!
[19:48] All
    Prosit!
[20:10] Voice
    Notice to the engine department.
[20:12] Voice
    Transitioning to phase 3 of
    preparation for departure.
[20:14] Voice
    Traffic control report.
    No threats observed in the area.
[20:18] Voice
    Damage control personnel, shift observation
    of major sectors to alert level 2.
[20:23] Voice
    No warning signals or shutdown
    notices given for our departure.
[20:27] Voice
    Data link with control center is ongoing.
[20:30] Voice
    Imperial transport authority
    departure checklist
[20:32] Voice
    for reactor and reactor control
    systems complete.
[20:38] Voice
    Our fleet's departure signal
    has received the response,
[20:40] Voice
    "Permission granted. Comply with
    regulation departure speed."
[20:49] Voice
    Brünhild is in in-port pilot mode,
[20:51] Voice
    advancing at departure speed.
SIGN    Episode 12
SIGN    The Verge of Death (Part 2)
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode twelve, "The Verge of Death (Part 2)."

Season 1

E12 - The Verge of Death (Part 2)

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[00:02] (Flashback) Yang
    What a tragedy this turned out to be.
[00:05] (Flashback) Frederica
    There's no way we can build mutual
    trust with the people now.
[00:10] Yang
    Even if I knew it would bring us victory,
[00:12] Yang
    I could never bring myself
    to be this thorough.
[00:16] Yang
    Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.
[00:21] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Our navy will take back
    the captured territory,
[00:25] (Flashback) Reinhard
    while delivering food to the people.
[00:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Do not let those arrogant
    insurgents return home alive.
[00:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I expect the best from all of you.
[00:34] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Prosit!
[00:36] (Flashback) All
    Prosit!
[00:37] (Flashback) All
    Prosit!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:31] Guy
    Enemy cargo ship convoy located.
[02:34] Guy
    They're moving along the standard Imperial
    route within possible warp range.
[02:41] Scott
    Checkmate.
[02:44] Nikolsky
    Sir, please report to the
    bridge immediately.
[02:56] Scott
    What is it? Did something
    happen at the front line?
[02:59] Nikolsky
    The front line? This is the front line!
[03:01] Nikolsky
    Can you not see that?!
[03:04] Guy
    Ships approaching detection range!
    It appears to be the Imperial fleet!
[03:07] Guy
    There are 8,000...
    no, 10,000... no, 15,000...
[03:11] Guy
    Over 20,000 ships!
[03:13] Scott
    Impossible!
[03:17] Scott
    They sent such a huge force
    against a mere supply convoy?
[03:21] Scott
    Why?!
SIGN    Vice Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
[03:26] Guy
    Message from Admiral Kircheis.
[03:28] Guy
    The enemy's supply convoy is destroyed.
[03:31] Guy
    Of our fleet, only one ship suffered damage.
[03:37] Paul
    We've now succeeded in cutting
    off the enemy's supply line.
[03:42] Reinhard
    Connect me to all admirals.
[03:49] Reinhard
    In accordance with the established plan,
[03:51] Reinhard
    strike the rebels with full force.
[03:54] all
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 12
SIGN    The Verge of Death (Part 2)
SIGN    Alliance Navy 10th Fleet
[04:12] Chen
    Unable to establish communication with
    the patrol ship since it notified us
[04:16] Chen
    that the enemy fleet was located.
[04:18] Ulanhu
    They're coming.
[04:20] Ulanhu
    Send a message to headquarters
    and all fleet commanders.
[04:23] Ulanhu
    Tell them we've encountered the enemy.
[04:26] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[04:27] Ulanhu
    If only we'd made up our
    minds to withdraw sooner...
SIGN    10th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Ulanhu
[04:32] Ulanhu
    Message to all ships!
    Prepare for fleet action!
SIGN    Imperial Navy Black Lancers Flagship
    Königstiger
SIGN    Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
[04:51] Chen
    The enemy has started firing, most likely
    from a blind spot behind the planet.
[04:56] Ulanhu
    No geographical advantage
    can triumph over unity.
[05:00] Ulanhu
    The 13th Fleet will come
    to rescue us soon enough!
[05:03] Ulahnu
    This is Miracle Yang we're
    talking about! Victory is assured!
[05:08] Na
    At the same time,
SIGN    7th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Hawood
[05:10] Na
    the Imperial Navy was attacking
SIGN    3rd Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Lefebvre
[05:12] Na
    each of the Alliance fleets in turn.
SIGN    8th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Appleton
SIGN    12th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Borodin
[05:17] al-Salem
    Go full defensive and retreat!
SIGN    9th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral al-Salem
[05:19] Morton
    Yes, sir!
SIGN    5th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
[05:21] Bewcock
    Did we miss our chance to retreat?
[05:24] Bewcock
    Our line is stretched out so far,
    we can't keep it supplied.
[05:27] Bewcock
    How long can we hold out like this?
SIGN    Alliance Navy 13th Fleet
[05:31] Frederica
    Message from Admiral Ulanhu.
[05:33] Frederica
    "My fleet will engage with the enemy
    at 16:07 standard Alliance time."
[05:38] Yang
    So it's time...
[05:40] Murai
    Withdrawal from the occupied
    territory is complete.
[05:43] Murai
    Shall we start moving?
[05:45] Yang
    No, we'll stay here.
[05:48] Yang
    Due to heavy gases in this starzone,
    the range for optical weapons is short.
[05:53] Yang
    We'll confuse the enemy with close combat
    and watch for our chance to break out.
[05:59] Yang
    Have the get ready.
[06:01] Murai
    Yes, sir...
[06:03] Poplin
    This is our first battle since
    joining the 13th Fleet.
SIGN    Lieutenant Olivier Poplin
SIGN    Lieutenant Warren Hughes
[06:07] Hughes
    I was wondering what we'd do if
    we ended up just going home.
[06:10] Shakely
    I was getting out of shape.
    This'll be the perfect workout.
SIGN    Lieutenant Saleh Aziz Shakely
SIGN    Lieutenant Ivan Konev
[06:16] Poplin
    Let's show 'em what us guys from the 88th
    Independent Air Combat Unit can do.
[06:32] Poplin
    Let's get this over with fast.
[06:34] Poplin
    Keep the champagne cold for us.
[06:36] Guy
    You know we don't have any.
[06:38] Guy
    I'll, at least, have some
    water ready for you.
[06:42] Poplin
    Not romantic at all, man.
[06:50] Commander
    Permission granted to launch.
[06:51] Poplin
    Roger. Launching.
[07:19] Poplin
    Down you go!
[07:26] Poplin
    Damn, what the hell?!
[07:33] Hughes
    The output isn't increasing!
[07:36] Hughes
    Crap!
[07:45] Poplin
    Hughes!
[07:47] Poplin
    Margin of error is seven...
    no, eight degrees?
[08:09] Shakely
    Th-The airframe is...
[08:12] Ivan
    Shakely, don't push it! Return to base!
[08:15] Shakely
    They've locked on to me!
[08:30] Poplin
    My firing line was off by
    nine to twelve degrees!
[08:34] Poplin
    If my machine gun is useless in a
    battle where lasers don't work,
[08:38] Poplin
    I might as well be unarmed!
[08:40] Toda
    I'm sorry.
SIGN    Engineer Lieutenant Toda
[08:41] Toda
    Forgive me if the maintenance was faulty,
[08:44] Toda
    but since our supplies were cut off,
[08:46] Toda
    all of us mechanics have had
    nothing to eat or drink,
[08:50] Toda
    unlike you pilots.
[08:58] Poplin
    Sorry. I honestly apologize for being rude.
[09:01] Poplin
    I'd like you to adjust my
    machine gun right away.
[09:04] Poplin
    Will you do it?
[09:06] Ivan
    Hughes and Shakely were killed.
[09:08] Ivan
    This'll be a vicious battle.
[09:10] Ivan
    We're counting on all of you.
[09:12] Poplin
    We're going back out there once
    the maintenance is done!
[09:15] All
    Yes, sir!
[09:17] Toda
    I won't mess it up this time.
[09:20] Toda
    So please, Lieutenant, win this for us.
[09:23] Poplin
    You got it.
[09:25] Poplin
    We'll show those Imperial bastards
    that the 13th Fleet Air Combat Unit
[09:29] Poplin
    is a force to be reckoned with.
SIGN    Imperial Navy Lutz Fleet Flagship
    Herðubreið
[09:42] Guy
    The enemy has fired a
    high-output energy blast!
SIGN    Alliance Navy 12th Fleet
[09:45] Guy
    It's headed toward us!
[09:48] Guy
    Destruction of enemy ship confirmed.
[09:50] Guy
    Long-range attack successful.
[09:52] Lutz
    Already, 80% of the enemy's
    ships are immobilized.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
SIGN    Imperial Navy Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
    Tristan
SIGN    Alliance Navy 5th Fleet
[10:19] Bewcock
    Deploy all ships to the front
    and go full defensive!
[10:23] Bewcock
    Deploy all cruisers taking refuge
    at the rear to both flanks,
[10:27] Bewcock
    and strike the enemy from both directions!
[10:29] Bewcock
    Hold formation and don't panic.
[10:31] Bewcock
    Keep our escape route open!
[10:34] Bewcock
    This opponent doesn't look like one who'll
    give up victory easily, though...
[10:43] Oskar
    Well...
[10:45] Oskar
    The enemy certainly is cunning.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
SIGN    Alliance Navy 9th Fleet
[10:56] Guy
    Enemy fleet approaching from starboard!
[10:59] Guy
    They're within physical firing range!
[11:01] Morton
    What?
[11:02] Morton
    Their data link shouldn't be
    functioning. It's too soon!
[11:08] al-Salem
    It couldn't be... Gale Wolf?
SIGN    Imperial Navy Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
    Beowulf
[11:16] Wolfgang
    Don't rush and get too close.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
[11:18] Wolfgang
    They might counter when we least expect it.
[11:21] Wolfgang
    Of course, that's assuming the rebels
    can manage a fleet worth a damn...
SIGN    Alliance Navy 3rd Fleet
SIGN    Imperial Navy Wahlen Fleet Flagship
    Salamander
SIGN    Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
SIGN    Alliance Navy 8th Fleet
SIGN    Imperial Navy Mecklinger Fleet Flagship
    Gandharva
SIGN    Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
SIGN    Imperial Navy Kircheis Fleet
[11:49] Guy
    The enemy fleet is leaving the theater.
[11:52] Guy
    We've lost 90% of our ships.
SIGN    Alliance Navy 7th Fleet
[11:55] Guy
    Organized battle is no longer possible.
[12:00] Hawood
    We're a flagship, and we were discarded
    without being so much as a threat.
[12:07] Eugen
    We have taken control of
    this sector of space.
[12:10] Eugen
    Dominion is entirely ours.
[12:12] Fritz
    And you're telling me we still
    can't annihilate them?
SIGN    Chief Adjutant
    Captain Eugen
[12:17] Fritz
    Close in.
[12:19] Fritz
    Be thorough about it.
[12:20] Eugen
    Yes, sir.
[12:26] Chen
    We only have about a thousand ships left
    that can fight, including this one.
[12:30] Chen
    We can't continue this battle any longer.
[12:33] Chen
    We'll have to choose between
    surrendering and fleeing.
[12:36] Ulanhu
    That's a disgraceful pair of options.
[12:38] Ulanhu
    Isn't it?
[12:40] Ulanhu
    Surrender isn't my style. We'll flee.
[12:43] Ulanhu
    Are there any surviving fleet commanders
    among the remaining ships?
[12:48] Chen
    Commodore Attenborough is still alive.
SIGN    Commodore Dusty Attenborough
[12:55] Ulanhu
    I'll open an escape route for us.
[12:58] Ulanhu
    Commodore, you lead the ships that
    can no longer fight in escaping.
[13:03] Dusty
    Admiral Ulanhu...
[13:05] Ulanhu
    I'm counting on you, Commodore.
[13:08] Guy
    Bearing: two o'clock.
    All ships, maximum battle speed!
[13:17] Ulanhu
    Follow us! Stay close!
[13:30] Fritz
    What?!
[13:37] Chen
    We can get through!
    The escape route is open!
[13:43] Ulanhu
    What's the status of our allies?
[13:46] Chen
    About half of our ships survived.
[13:49] Ulanhu
    I see...
[13:55] Na
    After receiving a fierce attack
    from the Imperial Navy,
[13:57] Na
    the Alliance Navy's expeditionary force was
    left at an overwhelming disadvantage.
[14:03] Na
    However...
[14:14] Na
    The one exception was Yang's 13th Fleet.
[14:19] Lubitsch
    The enemy air combat unit's torpedo
    attack did immense damage.
[14:22] Lubitsch
    We won't be able to hold formation.
[14:26] Kempff
    Are you saying we should give in to
    the rebel force's insolent tactics?
[14:29] Lubitsch
    We should deal with the situation
    before it ends in disgrace for us.
SIGN    Chief Adjutant
    Lieutenant Lubitsch
SIGN    Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[14:34] Kempff
    We'll reorganize the unit
    so we can attack further.
[14:37] Kempff
    Prepare for the enemy's pursuit
    and withdraw immediately!
[14:42] Guy
    The enemy fleet is withdrawing!
[14:44] Fyodor
    Admiral, this is a perfect
    opportunity to pursue them.
[14:47] Yang
    No.
[14:48] Yang
    Even if we push ourselves and win here,
[14:50] Yang
    we can't overturn the enemy's
    overall dominance.
[14:53] Yang
    There's only one path we can take right now.
[14:57] Yang
    All fleets, retreat.
[15:00] All
    Yes, sir!
[15:05] Na
    Yang Wen-li's 13th Fleet, having
    escaped the Kempff Fleet,
[15:10] Na
    took a course to return to Iserlohn.
[15:15] Frederica
    Report from the lead patrol ship.
[15:17] Frederica
    Multiple ships with no call
    signs sighted ahead.
[15:22] Fyodor
    Vice Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet should
    be garrisoned in that sector.
[15:27] Frederica
    There are too many of them to be his.
[15:29] Yang
    How big?
[15:31] Frederica
    About three times as
    large as our own fleet.
[15:34] Yang
    That'd be the enemy.
[15:35] Murai
    We have to assume the 7th Fleet
    has already been defeated.
[15:40] Guy
    Report. Communications with the
    patrol ship have been cut off!
SIGN    So it was captured.
[15:48] Guy
    Rebel fleet located.
    They number approximately 10,000.
[15:52] Bülow
    Comparing it with the report
    from Admiral Kempff,
[15:54] Bülow
    it's most likely the 13th Fleet.
[15:57] Hans
    Yang Wen-li?
[16:02] (Flashback) Reinhard
    He just might be the kind of
    person you spoke of earlier.
[16:10] Bülow
    We can't miss this chance. We will attack.
[16:13] Bülow
    All ships, maximum battle speed.
[16:15] Guy
    Command to all ships.
[16:16] Guy
    All ships, maximum battle speed.
[16:43] Murai
    We have no choice but to meet them.
[16:47] Yang
    We're going to put the plan in motion now.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress Central Command
[16:52] Greenhill
    Since we received word that they'd
    encountered the Imperial Navy,
[16:54] Greenhill
    none of the information we've received
    makes any sense.
[16:58] Greenhill
    The 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 12th Fleets
    are unable to respond.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[17:02] Greenhill
    The 5th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Fleets
    appear to be alive and well,
[17:07] Greenhill
    but we're unable to get detailed reports.
SIGN    Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
[17:12] Lobos
    It seems that the High Council doesn't want
    this expedition to simply end in loss, either.
[17:18] Greenhill
    What?
[17:20] Lobos
    Reorganize the scattered fleets
    and meet the enemy's attack.
[17:25] Lobos
    Relay the message to the entire navy.
[17:30] Lobos
    What is it?
[17:31] Greenhill
    Well... I was just wondering if we have
    enough forces left at the front line for that.
[17:37] Greenhill
    Even if we reorganize, we can't overturn the
    situation if the enemy still outnumbers us.
[17:42] Greenhill
    In fact, we'd lose even more.
[17:44] Lobos
    Have the entire navy rendezvous
    at the Amritsar Starzone.
[17:48] Greenhill
    Your Excellency!
[17:49] Lobos
    That is an order.
[18:05] Murai
    The enemy is pushing us back with mainstay
    equipment in superior numbers,
[18:09] Murai
    all while supplying their
    forces from the rear
[18:11] Murai
    and hitting with uninterrupted firepower.
[18:18] Yang
    We'll use a good strategy without pretense.
[18:21] Yang
    I hear Count Lohengramm has
    a brilliant subordinate.
[18:29] Frederica
    Urgent coded message from headquarters.
[18:31] Yang
    Read it.
[18:33] Frederica
    "Gather at point A in the Amritsar Starzone
    on the fourteenth of this month.
[18:38] Frederica
    Cease combat and relocate at once."
[18:42] Bewcock
    Little late for that now!
[18:45] Bewcock
    If we could retreat,
    we'd have done it by now!
[18:48] Yang
    He says that like it's so simple.
[18:50] Murai
    What will you do?
[18:55] Yang
    Reorganize the fleet into line ahead formation,
[18:57] Yang
    deploy a concentration of dreadnought
    battleships at the rear,
[19:00] Yang
    and create a diversion while we
    find a way to leave the front.
[19:04] Yang
    Our goal is to turn the fleet around
    to head to Amritsar.
[19:09] Yang
    Assume that leaving the front is
    our only tactical objective.
[19:14] Yang
    Of course, the enemy has probably
    guessed what we're going to do.
SIGN    If this doesn't work, nothing we try is going to.
[19:21] Murai
    It's the best option available
    to us at the moment.
[19:25] Fyodor
    I agree.
[19:26] Yang
    Still, the enemy has thrice our numbers.
[19:29] Yang
    We will almost certainly
    suffer damages ourselves,
[19:31] Yang
    but I want to minimize them.
[19:34] Yang
    I'm counting on you all.
[20:22] Murai
    We've never experienced such losses before.
[20:26] Fyodor
    But we're almost there...
[20:41] Guy
    Search system has located multiple ships!
[20:43] Murai
    What?!
[20:44] Fyodor
    The enemy had a detached force?
[20:47] Guy
    We've ID'd their call sign!
[20:51] Guy
    It's Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet!
[20:55] Hans
    That's...
[21:08] Hawood
    We will back up the
    13th Fleet as they withdraw!
[21:11] Hawood
    Don't worry about how much energy is left!
[21:14] Hawood
    Fire all we've got at them!
[21:33] Hawood
    Don't make the wrong choice, Yang Wen-li.
[21:37] Fyodor
    We can attack if we act now!
[21:40] Yang
    We'll continue to withdraw.
[21:42] Fyodor
    But...
SIGN    It's a tough decision, but, Admiral...
SIGN    You're right.
[22:06] Paul
    Even as they flee, the enemy is
    maintaining order in its own way.
[22:10] Paul
    It looks like they're headed
    for the Amritsar Starzone.
[22:14] Reinhard
    That's close to the Iserlohn
    Corridor entrance.
[22:17] Reinhard
    But I find it hard to believe
    they're merely fleeing there.
[22:21] Reinhard
    What do you think?
[22:23] Paul
    I suspect they intend to gather
    there and renew their attack.
[22:27] Paul
    What will you do about it, Your Excellency?
[22:30] Reinhard
    Obviously, our navy will gather
    at Amritsar, as well.
[22:35] Reinhard
    If Amritsar is the place they
    want as their graveyard,
[22:39] Reinhard
    I think we should grant their wish.
[22:45] Na
    In the year UC 796,
[22:48] Na
    or the 487th year of the Galactic
    Imperial calendar, on October 14th,
[22:53] Na
    the Galactic Imperial Navy set a
    course for the Amritsar Starzone,
[22:57] Na
    the place chosen by the Free Planets
    Alliance for a decisive battle.
[23:03] Na
    Yang Wen-li
[23:05] Na
    and Reinhard von Lohengramm...
[23:09] Na
    Both heroes will meet once again at Amritsar.

Season 2

Season 2

E13 - Armistar

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SIGN    The Star Amritsar
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 8th Fleet
[00:08] Na
    After losing three of its fleets
    as a result of a major offensive
[00:13] Na
    launched by the Imperial Navy
    under Reinhard von Lohengramm,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 3rd Fleet
[00:16] Na
    the Alliance Navy chose the
    Amritsar Starzone as a new battlefield
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 9th Fleet
[00:20] Na
    and had all of its surviving
    fleets gather there.
[00:26] Na
    While all the other fleets
    sustained heavy damages,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 5th Fleet
[00:30] Na
    the 13th Fleet, led by Yang,
    still retained about 90% of its fighting strength.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 13th Fleet
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:18] Bewcock
    Per our orders from headquarters,
    the minefield has been laid behind us.
[02:23] Yang
    I appreciate it.
[02:26] Bewcock
    That should stop any pincer
    attacks from our rear...
[02:29] Yang
    But our backs are literally to the wall.
SIGN    13th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Yang Wen-li
[02:31] Yang
    We've left ourselves no escape route.
SIGN    5th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
[02:34] Bewcock
    This is no laughing matter.
[02:37] Bewcock
    By the way, are the survivors from the
    10th Fleet under your command now?
[02:43] Yang
    Yes. I've certainly developed a talent
    for dealing with loss, at least.
[02:47] Yang
    Honestly, what did I do to
    deserve such hardship?
[02:51] Bewcock
    You're starting to sound
    like Yusuf the Complainer.
[02:56] Yang
    Though most of its ships have been damaged,
[02:58] Yang
    the surviving forces from the
    10th Fleet will be essential
[03:02] Yang
    when we carry out our plan.
[03:05] Bewcock
    We must be grateful to Admiral Ulanhu.
[03:10] Bewcock
    Well, Admiral, I'll see
    you on the battlefield.
[03:13] Yang
    Yes.
[03:16] Dusty
    I'm going to head back to my ship now.
[03:20] Yang
    Attenborough, I'm glad you're here.
[03:24] Dusty
    Well, someone has to look
    after you, you know.
SIGN    13th Fleet Division Commander
    Commodore Dusty Attenborough
[03:30] Dusty
    I'll be going, then.
[03:37] Frederica
    Admiral, Commodore Fischer reports
SIGN    13th Fleet Adjutant
    Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
[03:40] Frederica
    that the mobilization plan for the
    surviving fleets is complete.
[03:44] Yang
    Thank you. That was fast.
[03:47] Frederica
    Also, you should really
    eat something, Admiral.
[03:51] Yang
    Sorry, but I don't have any appetite.
[03:53] Yang
    I'd rather have a glass of brandy.
[03:56] Frederica
    Didn't Julian tell you
    that you drink too much?
[04:00] Yang
    What? You and Julian are
    ganging up on me now?
[04:04] Frederica
    Admiral!
[04:06] Guy
    Patrol craft 09 has
    detected an enemy fleet!
[04:09] Guy
    It's heading toward us in close formation!
[04:18] Yang
    You heard the alert, everyone.
[04:21] Yang
    All hands to battle stations, condition one.
[04:23] Guy
    Roger.
[04:25] Guy
    All hands to battle
    stations, condition one!
[04:25] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant, if we survive this,
    I'll eat healthy for the rest of my life.
SIGN    Episode 13
SIGN    Amritsar
[04:36] Paul
    Reuenthal, Mittermeyer,
[04:39] Paul
    and all other admirals' fleets have
    arrived at their designated sectors.
[04:43] Paul
    The enemy appears to be organizing
    behind some mined-out asteroids
SIGN    Chief Advisor
    Commodore Paul von Oberstein
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Reinhard von Lohengramm
[04:47] Paul
    that were abandoned in the days
    of the Galactic Federation.
[04:51] Reinhard
    Is that why they chose Amritsar
    for their battleground?
[04:54] Paul
    It seems likely.
[05:00] Reinhard
    Feuer.
[05:15] Murai
    The enemy attacks are focused
    on the 3rd and 8th Fleets,
[05:19] Murai
    the ones stationed in the vicinity of the asteroid mines.
[05:22] Yang
    It makes sense to aim where
    there are the fewest targets.
[05:25] Yang
    All ships, advance.
[05:27] Yang
    We'll draw their attention.
[05:30] Yang
    Send a message to Admiral Bewcock.
[05:32] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
    Beowulf
[05:35] Guy
    Fleet approaching at ten o'clock!
SIGN    Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
[05:38] Guy
    Enemy's 5th Fleet flagship,
    Rio Grande, identified!
[05:42] Bewcock
    Damn kids, pushing their elders
    around like slaves...
[05:45] Wolfgang
    All ships, change target
    to enemy's 5th Fleet.
[05:52] Guy
    We've taken a hit to our right flank!
[05:54] Guy
    It appears to be a new enemy force!
[05:57] Adjutant
    Attack sustained from our right flank.
[05:59] Adjutant
    It's the 13th Fleet.
[06:03] Wolfgang
    They attacked in the brief moment we were
    preoccupied with changing targets...
[06:07] Wolfgang
    Impressive.
[06:09] Wolfgang
    It seems the enemy has someone on their
    side who excels at commanding fleets.
SIGN    13th Fleet Vice Commander
    Commodore Edwin Fischer
[06:14] Wolfgang
    All ships, withdraw for now.
[06:17] Wolfgang
    We will regroup.
[06:19] Murai
    The enemy fleet is withdrawing.
[06:22] Yang
    It benefits us as well,
    when the enemy is so capable.
[06:25] Guy
    Search system has identified a
    new enemy fleet approaching!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    The Black Lancers (Schwarz Lanzenreiter)
[06:33] Fritz
    This will be the Schwarz Lanzenreiter's
    hunting ground.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
[06:38] Fritz
    Blast the hell out of them!
SIGN    The Black Lancers Flagship
    Königstiger
[06:49] Paul
    Our navy is overwhelming the
    enemy in all theaters.
[06:56] Reinhard
    It looks like we've won.
[06:59] Yang
    It looks like we've lost.
[07:07] Fritz
    Our next quarry will be the
    notorious Yang Wen-li's fleet.
[07:12] Fritz
    If we defeat him, any reward we desire will be ours.
[07:16] Fritz
    Glory will be ours!
[07:18] Fritz
    The goddess of victory is flashing
    her underwear at all of you!
[07:27] Fyodor
    Admiral, they're coming!
[07:29] Yang
    Increase shields to max output.
[07:32] Yang
    Attack while withdrawing in sync
    with the enemy's advance.
[07:40] Yang
    Adjust our retreat speed.
[07:42] Yang
    Just slow enough that they think they have us.
    Tease their commanders.
[07:48] Eugen
    The enemy is keeping a cleverly
    calculated distance.
[07:50] Eugen
    We have dealt almost no damage at all.
[07:53] Fritz
    Halt all fire!
[07:55] Fritz
    Deploy all Walküres!
[07:57] Fritz
    We will take control of this sector!
[08:08] Guy
    Enemy carrier-based crafts
    approaching at high speed!
[08:11] Fyodor
    Admiral!
[08:12] Yang
    Not yet. We need to draw
    them as close as possible.
[08:15] Guy
    They're right on top of us!
[08:17] Yang
    All destroyers to small target defense.
[08:20] Yang
    Have our capital ships divert all power
    from the shields to the cannons.
[08:23] Murai
    Isn't that a dangerous move?
[08:26] Yang
    Don't worry.
[08:28] Yang
    Fire!
[08:36] Fritz
    What are you doing?!
[08:37] Fritz
    Counter with our own ships' guns!
[08:40] Eugen
    We can't.
[08:41] Fritz
    Why not?!
[08:42] Eugen
    If we fire now, we'll hit the Walküres.
[08:46] Eugen
    The enemy knows that we can't fire back.
[08:54] Guy
    Incoming message from Admiral Bittenfeld.
[08:57] Guy
    "Immediate backup requested."
[08:59] Reinhard
    Backup?
[09:01] Reinhard
    Does he think I have a magic lamp
[09:03] Reinhard
    from which I can produce
    new fleets on command?
[09:08] Reinhard
    Send a message to the Bittenfeld Fleet.
[09:10] Reinhard
    I have no spare forces to send.
[09:12] Reinhard
    He is to carry out his duty as a soldier
    with the forces available to him.
[09:16] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[09:19] Reinhard
    Kircheis still isn't here?
[09:22] Paul
    Is Your Excellency worried about him?
[09:25] Reinhard
    I'm not worried.
[09:27] Paul
    I'd wager Admiral Kircheis has already
SIGN    Directional Seffle Particle Discharge Devices
[09:29] Paul
    navigated the special ops craft into
    position and begun the operation by now.
[09:38] Guy
    The Seffle particles have penetrated
    the enemy's minefield.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
[09:41] Kircheis
    Ignite immediately.
[09:55] Guy
    Enemy fleet to our rear!
[09:56] Guy
    They number approximately 30,000!
[09:59] Bewcock
    They got through the minefield
    we left behind us?!
[10:04] Yang
    An ambush led by the tactician
    in that red ship...
[10:08] Yang
    I was wondering where he was.
[10:11] Murai
    What shall we do, Admiral?
[10:13] Yang
    Indeed...
[10:15] Yang
    If we're going to run, we should take
    as many allies with us as possible.
[10:19] Yang
    I'll give it my best effort.
[10:22] Guy
    The Reuenthal Fleet is performing
    search-and-destroy on the enemy's 9th Fleet.
[10:26] Guy
    The Mittermeyer Fleet
[10:28] Guy
    has disabled all organized enemy
    activity in the area of operation.
[10:32] Reinhard
    Order to all forces.
[10:34] Reinhard
    Switch from pincer formation
    to encirclement.
[10:36] Reinhard
    Don't let a single soldier escape.
[10:38] Paul
    Shall our own ship advance
    as well, Your Excellency?
[10:42] Reinhard
    No, I don't think so.
[10:44] Reinhard
    They'd say I was trying to steal
    the glory from my subordinates.
[10:57] Paul
    The Bittenfeld Fleet appears
    to be low in number...
[11:03] Paul
    If the encirclement is incomplete,
    we'll be giving the enemy an escape route.
[11:07] Paul
    Unlike before, we now have forces to spare.
[11:12] Paul
    We should send backup
    to Admiral Bittenfeld.
[11:16] Reinhard
    Damn that Bittenfeld...
[11:18] Reinhard
    His failures always ruin things for us.
[11:23] Guy
    Message from command.
[11:24] Guy
    Admiral Kircheis is to provide backup
    to the Schwarz Lanzenreiter immediately.
[11:32] Guy
    The enemy fleet behind us has
    deployed to our left flank!
[11:37] Murai
    They're trying to fill the
    gap in their encirclement.
[11:40] Guy
    Urgent encrypted transmission
    from Commodore Attenborough.
[11:44] Dusty
    Sorry for the wait.
    We're ready to carry out the plan.
[11:49] Yang
    Begin at once.
SIGN    Former 10th Fleet
    Unmanned Special Attack Force
[12:06] Guy
    Part of the enemy fleet is
    moving to our right flank!
[12:10] Fritz
    Don't let them get past us!
[12:11] Fritz
    Expand the encirclement to our right!
[12:14] Kircheis
    No!
[12:15] Yang
    Proceed to stage two of the plan.
[12:19] Guy
    Message from Admiral Kircheis.
[12:21] Guy
    "The enemies to the right are a diversion.
[12:23] Guy
    Maintain formation until my fleet arrives."
[12:27] Fritz
    What?!
[12:28] Guy
    Enemy sighted in front of us!
[12:31] Guy
    But... what is this?!
[12:37] Guy
    The mined-out asteroids are coming
    toward us at high speed!
[12:41] Eugen
    What?!
[12:46] Dusty
    I've done my part, old friend.
[12:55] Eugen
    Our encirclement...
[13:01] Yang
    No need to think about anything else.
[13:04] Yang
    Hit that fleet of black ships
    with all the force we have.
[13:20] Eugen
    We've lost over 70% of our fleet!
[13:24] Fritz
    And what of it?
[13:26] Eugen
    Admiral...
[13:27] Fritz
    We will defend this sector with our lives!
[13:30] Fritz
    Down to the last man, if we must!
[13:32] Eugen
    You mustn't!
[13:33] Eugen
    Our fleet is the weak link in the encirclement.
[13:37] Eugen
    As its admiral, it is your duty to
    report to the commander-in-chief.
[13:41] Eugen
    Or will you put an end to the history
    of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter here?
[13:53] Na
    The second major battle of the invasion,
    which took place in the Amritsar star zone,
[13:57] Na
    ended with an overwhelming advantage
    for the Imperial Navy.
[14:01] Na
    However, due to the efforts of the Alliance
    commanders, with Yang at their center,
[14:06] Na
    they failed to complete their encirclement,
[14:11] Na
    and the surviving Alliance fleets
    just barely succeeded in escaping.
[14:16] Wolfgang
    I guess the rebels have some pretty
    impressive men in their ranks, too.
[14:21] Oskar
    Yes. I look forward to the
    day we meet them again.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
[14:25] Oskar
    But I doubt that will happen for some time.
[14:28] Wolfgang
    True.
[14:30] Wolfgang
    I'd say they've lost both the will and the
    strength to attempt another invasion.
[15:15] Reinhard
    I'd like to say that you
    fought bravely as well,
[15:18] Reinhard
    but I cannot.
[15:20] Fritz
    Yes, sir!
[15:21] Reinhard
    I'm sure you know why.
[15:23] Reinhard
    In your haste to achieve success,
[15:25] Reinhard
    you recklessly rushed forward
    when you should not have.
[15:28] Reinhard
    As a result, your fleet
    suffered great losses,
[15:31] Reinhard
    and our perfect victory was lost because
    our encirclement was incomplete.
[15:35] Reinhard
    Do you object to anything I've said?
[15:38] Fritz
    I do not.
[15:41] Reinhard
    Our military is founded upon its
    rules of reward and punishment.
[15:44] Reinhard
    Once we return to Odin, I will see
    that you are held responsible.
[15:49] Reinhard
    You are confined to your quarters.
[15:51] Reinhard
    Dismissed.
[16:05] Paul
    You are a capable man,
[16:07] Paul
    but you shouldn't assume your
    friendship with Count Lohengramm
[16:11] Paul
    gives you any kind of privilege.
[16:14] Paul
    A ruler should not let personal
    feelings influence his decisions.
[16:25] Kircheis
    Your Excellency, please reconsider.
[16:29] Reinhard
    Why are you trying to stop me?
[16:31] Reinhard
    Bittenfeld failed to fulfill his duty!
[16:34] Reinhard
    Why shouldn't he be punished?!
[16:37] Kircheis
    Your Excellency, are you angry?
[16:39] Reinhard
    Am I wrong to be angry?!
[16:42] Kircheis
    What I'm asking is what your anger is
    directed toward, Your Excellency.
[16:48] Reinhard
    Stop calling me that.
[16:50] Reinhard
    What are you trying to say, Kircheis?
[16:53] Kircheis
    Then, Reinhard...
[16:56] Kircheis
    Could it be that the one you
    are angry with is yourself?
[17:02] Kircheis
    Admiral Bittenfeld is merely a victim
    of your own misplaced anger.
[17:10] Kircheis
    Are you that upset to be the one
    who gave Admiral Yang his fame?
[17:14] Reinhard
    Yes!
[17:15] Reinhard
    You're damn right I'm upset!
[17:17] Reinhard
    I managed to put up with it at Astarte,
[17:19] Reinhard
    but twice in a row is too much!
[17:22] Reinhard
    He always shows up right when
    my victory should be assured
[17:26] Reinhard
    and gets in my way!
[17:28] Kircheis
    He must have his reasons
    to be upset, as well.
[17:31] Kircheis
    I'm sure he wonders
[17:32] Kircheis
    why he couldn't face you on equal
    footing from the very beginning.
[17:39] Kircheis
    You have already made two powerful enemies:
[17:43] Kircheis
    Admiral Yang in front of you,
    and the pure-blood nobility behind you.
[17:48] Kircheis
    You cannot afford to make enemies
    of your own men.
[17:56] Reinhard
    Fine.
[17:58] Reinhard
    I was wrong.
[18:01] Reinhard
    I won't seek punishment for Bittenfeld.
[18:04] Reinhard
    Would you inform him of that?
[18:07] Kircheis
    No, I can't do that.
[18:11] Reinhard
    You're right. It means nothing
    if I don't tell him myself.
[18:19] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[18:21] Kircheis
    Yes, Reinhard?
[18:25] Reinhard
    Do you think I am capable of
    conquering the universe?
[18:30] Kircheis
    If you are not capable of
    conquering it, no one is.
[18:59] Yang
    Forgive me for looking like
    this in a lady's presence.
[19:02] Frederica
    Don't mind me. Would you like some tea?
[19:05] Yang
    Yes... with plenty of brandy
    in it, if possible.
[19:09] Frederica
    Of course.
[19:11] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant...
[19:13] Yang
    I've studied a bit of history.
[19:17] Yang
    And I learned that,
[19:19] Yang
    in human society, there are
    two ways of thinking.
[19:23] Yang
    There's the idea that there exists
    something more valuable than life
[19:27] Yang
    and the idea that nothing is
    more valuable than life.
[19:31] Yang
    When people begin to fight,
    they claim the former,
[19:35] Yang
    and when they stop, they claim the latter.
[19:38] Yang
    This has been true for hundreds...
    no, thousands of years.
[19:44] Yang
    Will it continue to be the
    case for thousands more?
[19:49] Frederica
    Admiral...
[19:52] Yang
    No, humanity as a whole
    doesn't matter to me.
[19:57] Yang
    I just wonder if there's anything I can do
[19:59] Yang
    that will make all the blood
    I've shed worthwhile.
[20:06] Yang
    Sorry... Pay no attention to me.
[20:09] Frederica
    No, it's all right.
[20:11] Frederica
    A bit of brandy in your tea, was it?
[20:14] Yang
    A lot of it.
[20:16] Frederica
    Right, a lot of it.
[20:31] Na
    To assume responsibility for
    the worst defeat in history,
[20:34] Na
    the entire Alliance High Council resigned.
[20:37] Na
    But one member who voted in
    opposition to the invasion, Job Trunicht,
SIGN    Job Trunicht
[20:43] Na
    resigned as National Defense
    Committee Chairman
[20:45] Na
    and was immediately appointed as the
    head of the interim government.
[20:51] Na
    In the military division,
SIGN    Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
[20:52] Na
    Fleet Admiral Sithole, the Integrated
    Tactical Operations Center Chief,
[20:55] Na
    and Fleet Admiral Lobos, the Space Fleet
    commander-in-chief, both resigned.
SIGN    Admiral Lassalle Lobos
[21:00] Na
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill was relegated
[21:04] Na
    to inspector general of the National
    Defense Committee General Secretariat,
SIGN    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[21:08] Na
    and was removed from the
    military's front line.
[21:11] Na
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes, bearing the
    responsibility for the supply line failure,
[21:16] Na
    was relegated to the frontier lands
SIGN    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[21:18] Na
    far away from Heinessen,
    leaving his family behind.
[21:24] Na
    Commodore Falk,
    former operations staff officer,
[21:27] Na
    was reassigned to reserve duty
    after medical treatment.
SIGN    Reserve Commodore Andrew Falk
[21:31] Na
    The 1st Fleet commander, Cubersly,
    became the new Operations Center Chief,
SIGN    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
    Admiral Cubersly
[21:36] Na
    and Bewcock, after a promotion to Admiral,
[21:39] Na
    was named the new
    Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief.
SIGN    Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
[21:43] Na
    Meanwhile, the decision on what to do with
    Yang was made after his three-week vacation.
[21:51] Na
    He was promoted to Iserlohn Fortress
    commander and garrison commander,
[21:56] Na
    and also received a promotion to admiral
[21:59] Na
    along with orders to relocate
    immediately to Iserlohn Fortress.
SIGN    Adjutant
    Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
[22:04] Na
    He was joined by his adjutant,
    Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill;
[22:07] Na
    garrison vice commander,
    Rear Admiral Edwin Fischer;
SIGN    Garrison Vice Commander
    Rear Admiral Edwin Fischer
[22:11] Na
    fortress defense commander,
    Commodore Walter von Schönkopf;
SIGN    Fortress Defense Commander
    Commodore Walter von Schönkopf
[22:16] Na
    chief of staff, Rear Admiral Murai;
SIGN    Chief of Staff
    Rear Admiral Murai
[22:19] Na
    vice chief of staff,
    Commodore Fyodor Patrichev;
SIGN    Vice Chief of Staff
    Commodore Fyodor Patrichev
[22:22] Na
    division commander,
    Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough;
SIGN    Division Commander
    Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough
SIGN    Division Commander
    Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Huu
[22:26] Na
    division commander,
    Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Huu;
SIGN    Staff Officer
    Commander Lao
[22:28] Na
    staff officer, Commander Lao;
[22:31] Na
    first Fortress Space Squadron captain,
    Lieutenant Commander Olivier Poplin;
SIGN    First Fortress Space Squadron Captain
    Lieutenant Commander Olivier Poplin
SIGN    Second Fortress Space Squadron Captain
    Lieutenant Commander Ivan Konev
[22:35] Na
    second Fortress Space Squadron captain,
    Lieutenant Commander Ivan Konev;
[22:40] Na
    and Julian Mintz, who joined the military as
    a civilian and was paid a spaceman's salary.
SIGN    Civilian Employee
    Julian Mintz
[22:45] Na
    As the new Yang Fleet that would take
    charge of Iserlohn Fortress came together,
[22:51] Na
    the fortress commander was concerned
    about the Imperial Navy's movements.
[22:56] Na
    Now that the Alliance Navy was weakened,
[22:59] Na
    he feared his foe might go on the offensive.
[23:06] Na
    However, his fears proved
    to be unnecessary...
[23:13] Na
    with the sudden death of
    Emperor Friedrich IV.
SIGN    Episode 14
SIGN    Demise of the Emperor
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode fourteen, "Demise of the Emperor."

Season 2

E14 - Demise of the Emperor

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[00:07] Reinhard
    A heart attack?
[00:09] Reinhard
    He didn't deserve such a kind death.
[00:12] Reinhard
    If he had just lived a bit longer,
[00:14] Reinhard
    I could have given him a
    death befitting his crimes.
[00:18] Paul
    Your Excellency, the emperor died
    without naming a successor.
[00:25] Paul
    Why are you so surprised?
[00:27] Paul
    I have sworn my loyalty to
    Imperial Fleet Admiral Lohengramm alone.
[00:34] Paul
    No one else, even the emperor,
    is worthy of respectful titles.
[00:41] Paul
    Your Excellency, the emperor died
    without naming a successor.
[00:47] Paul
    There is no doubt that
    fighting will break out
[00:49] Paul
    among his three grandchildren
    for the throne.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:30] Sabine
    Erwin is still very young.
[02:32] Sabine
    So they're going to make
    me the next emperor.
[02:35] Beth
    Goodness, how silly.
[02:38] Beth
    I will be the one to take
    Grandfather's place as emperor.
[02:41] Sabine
    But Father said it would be me!
[02:44] Beth
    He was lying.
[02:46] Sabine
    You're the one who's lying.
[02:52] Beth
    Why, you...
[02:53] Nanny
    Lady Sabine!
[02:53] Nanny
    Lady Elizabeth!
[02:55] Nanny
    Are you here?
[02:55] Nanny
    Lady Sabine!
[02:57] Nanny
    Lady Sabine!
[02:57] Nanny
    Lady Elizabeth!
SIGN    Episode 14
SIGN    Demise of the Emperor
SIGN    Duchess Amarie von Braunschweig
SIGN    Duke Otho von Braunschweig
SIGN    Elizabeth, Daughter of Duke Braunschweig
SIGN    Marquis Wilhelm von Littenheim
SIGN    Marquise Christine von Littenheim
SIGN    Sabine, Daughter of Marquis Littenheim
[03:44] Erwin
    Let go!
SIGN    Erwin Josef II, Legitimate Grandson of Friedrich IV
[03:45] Nanny
    Mind your manners, now.
SIGN    Annerose von Grünewald
[04:33] Paul
    He has only one direct male descendant,
[04:36] Paul
    but he is five years old and not backed
    by an influential noble family.
[04:42] Paul
    That leaves the two daughters of
    Braunschweig and Littenheim,
[04:47] Paul
    the men who married the
    emperor's daughters.
[04:49] Paul
    If either of them becomes the empress,
[04:51] Paul
    her father would become the regent.
[04:54] (Flashback) Paul
    No matter how it ends up, it won't last,
[04:57] (Flashback) Paul
    and it will not end without bloodshed.
[05:03] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What you say is accurate.
[05:05] (Flashback) Reinhard
    This means my fate depends upon which
    grandchild I choose to stand behind.
[05:11] (Flashback) Reinhard
    And of the men backing these
    three grandchildren,
[05:14] (Flashback) Reinhard
    which do you think is most likely
    to extend his hand to me?
[05:18] (Flashback) Paul
    I would say... Marquis Lichtenlade.
[05:26] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I see.
[05:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    So the minister of state will
    seek to shake my hand.
[05:31] (Flashback) Reinhard
    In that case, I will sell
    it to him at a high price.
SIGN    Baron Flegel
[06:07] Na
    The funeral of Friedrich IV
    was a solemn affair.
[06:14] Na
    But while it appeared quiet on the surface,
[06:16] Na
    the minds of the nobles who sought
    to be next in line for supremacy
[06:21] Na
    were already swirling with strategies
    for the imminent power struggle.
[06:40] Flegel
    We should eliminate that
    blond boy immediately!
[06:44] Flegel
    Why was someone of such low
    birth permitted to attend
[06:48] Flegel
    the funeral of our holy
    and inviolable emperor?!
[06:52] Flegel
    To allow such injustice to stand will
    be of no benefit to this empire!
[06:58] Otho
    Listen to me, Flegel.
[07:00] Otho
    It's true that the blond boy
    is an eyesore to all of us.
[07:04] Flegel
    Then—
[07:05] Otho
    But this is not the time to be
    distracted by such things.
[07:11] Flegel
    Are you talking about Littenheim?
[07:14] Otho
    Yes.
[07:15] Otho
    Just as we are putting our
    support behind our daughter,
[07:18] Ohto
    I'm sure Littenheim plans
    to do the same for his.
[07:23] Ohto
    If Littenheim wins, eliminating the boy
    will be the least of our worries.
[07:27] Ohto
    Our status itself will be at risk.
[07:31] Flegel
    I understand, Uncle.
[07:34] Ohto
    This is a crucial time.
[07:36] Ohto
    We want as many allies as we can get.
[07:40] Ohto
    Say, Flegel... I've been thinking.
[07:44] Ohto
    Of the influential noble families
    with sons who are of age,
[07:49] Ohto
    which is the best?
[07:51] Ohto
    We will offer them this proposal:
[07:54] Ohto
    "If Elizabeth assumes the throne,
[07:57] Ohto
    we are willing to give her your son
    as the husband of the new empress."
[08:03] Flegel
    That is a fine idea, Uncle.
[08:06] Flegel
    In that case, we should
    quietly make that offer
[08:10] Flegel
    to as many of them as possible.
[08:15] Reinhard
    Have you heard, Kircheis?
[08:18] Reinhard
    All the nobles are clamoring to maneuver
    their way into the imperial court.
[08:22] Reinhard
    Braunschweig is promising multiple nobles
    that their sons can marry his daughter,
[08:28] Reinhard
    and now it seems Littenheim
    is doing the same thing.
[08:33] Reinhard
    If either of the granddaughters
    becomes the empress,
[08:36] Reinhard
    just how many husbands will she end up with?
[08:40] Reinhard
    But the more all these nobles scramble,
[08:42] Reinhard
    the better it suits us.
[08:47] Reinhard
    More importantly, Kircheis,
    I have a favor to ask of you.
[08:54] Reinhard
    My sister is leaving the palace.
[08:57] Kircheis
    Yes.
[09:00] Reinhard
    I want to find a nice
    place for her to live.
[09:03] Reinhard
    Will you help me?
[09:06] Kircheis
    Of course.
[09:12] Kircheis
    That's right...
[09:14] Kircheis
    From now on, Annerose and
    Reinhard will be able
[09:18] Kircheis
    to see each other whenever they want.
[09:25] Klaus
    Be it Braunschweig or Littenheim,
[09:29] Klaus
    we cannot allow these greedy relatives
SIGN    Private Secretary Weitz
[09:32] Klaus
    to take over the politics of this empire.
SIGN    Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[09:36] Klaus
    We must restore order in the imperial
    court as quickly as possible.
[09:41] Weitz
    If this is about the successor issue,
[09:43] Weitz
    it doesn't seem all that complicated to me.
[09:47] Klaus
    What?
[09:51] Weitz
    You need only do as you have done all along,
[09:53] Weitz
    as both minster of state and
    acting Prime Minister.
[09:59] Klaus
    You're saying I should adhere
    to convention, then?
[10:03] Klaus
    Of course, I would prefer to do that.
[10:05] Klaus
    But even if I chose Master Erwin Josef,
[10:09] Klaus
    the only direct successor, to be emperor,
[10:12] Klaus
    I would have no way to protect him
    from Braunschweig and Littenheim.
[10:18] Weitz
    Indeed. He would require a watchdog.
[10:22] Weitz
    A very strong, easily controlled watchdog.
[10:26] Weitz
    And have you not already chosen one?
[10:32] Klaus
    I'm not sure I can call him
    "easily controlled," but...
[10:36] Klaus
    I certainly can't deny his strength.
[10:51] Wolfgang
    I hear the admiral was summoned
    by Marquis Lichtenlade.
[10:57] Oskar
    He was? So Oberstein was right.
[11:02] Wolfgang
    What do you think of him?
[11:05] Oskar
    I don't like him, but he's sharp.
[11:12] Oskar
    What? What's bothering you?
[11:15] Wolfgang
    I'm not sure how to put it.
[11:17] Wolfgang
    When the admiral is talking to him,
[11:20] Wolfgang
    there are times when he doesn't seem
    at all like the admiral I know.
[11:27] Wolfgang
    There's something different about him.
[11:31] Wolfgang
    So long as he serves the admiral,
[11:33] Wolfgang
    he should want the same things as us, but...
[11:36] Oskar
    Even if we want the same things,
[11:39] Oskar
    how he feels and how we
    feel about the admiral
[11:42] Oskar
    are as different as night and day.
[11:45] Wolfgang
    True.
[11:47] Wolfgang
    We just need to do our own jobs, I suppose.
[12:03] Na
    When Erwin Josef's succession
    to the throne was announced,
[12:07] Na
    the higher nobles were
    astonished, disappointed,
[12:13] Na
    and maddened with rage.
[12:27] Flegel
    That blond boy... That blond boy...
    That blond boy... That blond boy...
[12:33] Flegel
    That blond boy... That blond boy...
    That blond boy...
[12:38] Flegel
    That blond boy!
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
    Leader's Home
[12:59] Adrian
    Grand Bishop,
    I hope the day finds you in good cheer.
[13:04] Bishop
    What reason have I to be in good cheer?
[13:08] Bishop
    Only when Earth is again
    revered by all humanity,
[13:11] Bishop
    as it was in days of old,
    will my heart feel cheer.
[13:16] Adrian
    Of course...
[13:17] Bishop
    The ingrates who abandoned their
    mother planet will come to realize
[13:20] Bishop
    within three years that Earth
    is the cradle of humanity,
[13:26] Bishop
    and that it is the center of the
    universe with supremacy over all.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
[13:31] Adrian
    It will happen that quickly?
[13:34] Bishop
    The flow of history can be accelerated.
[13:38] Bishop
    Both the Galactic Empire and
    the Free Planets Alliance
[13:42] Bishop
    continue to amass more
    power and military might.
[13:46] Bishop
    In addition, there will soon
    be a surge of new citizens.
[13:51] Bishop
    You have neglected nothing in the task
    with which I have entrusted you?
[13:55] Adrian
    Of course, Your Lordship.
[13:58] Bishop
    It is for this purpose that
    our precursors chose Fezzan,
[14:02] Bishop
    sent Earth's faithful there,
    and began to accumulate wealth.
[14:09] Bishop
    Rubinsky.
[14:11] Adrian
    Your Lordship?
[14:13] Bishop
    Do not betray me.
[14:15] Adrian
    I-I would never dream of it, Your Lordship.
[14:19] Adrian
    I became leader of this dominion
    thanks to Your Lordship's support.
[14:24] Adrian
    I am not an ingrate.
[14:27] Bishop
    Good.
[14:29] Bishop
    Your admirable character
    will surely protect you.
[14:33] Adrian
    Yes, Your Lordship.
[14:51] Adrian
    Now, who will win in the end?
[14:56] Adrian
    The Empire, the Alliance...
[14:59] Adrian
    or Earth?
[15:02] Adrian
    Or perhaps...
[15:05] Adrian
    me?
[15:24] Nanny
    Your Highness.
[15:26] Nanny
    It is time.
[15:33] Na
    Erwin Josef II's coronation was,
[15:36] Na
    out of respect for the new emperor's
    age, quite a brief ceremony.
[15:49] Na
    Per the decision of the
    new regent, Lichtenlade,
[15:52] Na
    Reinhard was promoted from count to marquis
[15:58] Na
    and assumed the position of
    commander-in-chief of the Imperial Space Fleet.
[16:04] Na
    Reinhard then promoted Kircheis
    two ranks, to high admiral,
[16:11] Na
    and appointed him vice commander
    of the Imperial Space Fleet.
[16:23] Paul
    It is good to have a long-time
    friend at your side,
[16:25] Paul
    and just as well to have a
    capable second-in-command.
[16:28] Paul
    But to have the same person filling
    both of those roles is risky.
[16:33] Reinhard
    Watch yourself, Oberstein.
[16:35] Reinhard
    I've made my decision.
[16:49] Na
    As for Oberstein, he was
    promoted to vice admiral
[16:53] Na
    and appointed the concurrent positions of
    chief of staff of the Imperial Space Fleet
[16:56] Na
    and chief director of the Lohengramm
    Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
[16:59] Na
    Mückenberger resigned as commander-in-chief
    of the Imperial Space Fleet
[17:04] Na
    and retired from the military.
SIGN    Former Imperial Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Gregor von Mückenberger
[17:37] Gregor
    I tried to resign at the time
    of the fall of Iserlohn.
[17:42] Gregor
    I knew this day would come sooner or later.
[17:47] Gregor
    I suspect you knew it, as well.
[18:59] Reinhard
    Is it to your liking?
[19:02] Reinhard
    You said you wanted the
    smallest mansion possible.
[19:06] Annerose
    Thank you, Reinhard.
[19:08] Annerose
    It truly is lovely, just as I'd heard.
[19:19] Reinhard
    I will not put you through
    any more suffering.
[19:26] Reinhard
    From now on,
[19:28] Reinhard
    I pray you will be happy.
[19:45] Reinhard
    This won't be the end of it.
[19:48] Reinhard
    We won't be able to avoid
    conflict with the nobles.
[19:54] Reinhard
    The battle may split the Empire in two.
[19:58] Kircheis
    I am in consultation with Admirals
    Mittermeyer and Reuenthal.
[20:02] Kircheis
    The formulation of our strategy
    is proceeding smoothly.
[20:06] Kircheis
    But there is one thing that concerns me.
[20:10] Reinhard
    What the rebels will do, right?
[20:13] Kircheis
    Indeed.
[20:14] Reinhard
    Don't worry, Kircheis.
[20:16] Reinhard
    I have an idea.
[20:18] Reinhard
    No matter how clever
    Yang Wen-li's tactics may be,
[20:21] Reinhard
    I have a plan to ensure
    he can't leave Iserlohn.
[20:24] Kircheis
    What is it?
[20:27] Reinhard
    Basically, this...
[21:02] Yang
    To think, a five-year-old emperor...
[21:07] Yang
    In any case, this will most likely
    mean civil war in the Empire.
[21:18] Yang
    I find myself feeling tempted.
[21:20] Julius
    Huh?
[21:21] Yang
    Oh, nothing.
[21:24] Yang
    Honestly, when all people
    think about is winning,
[21:28] Yang
    they become absolutely despicable.
[21:38] Yang
    Thanks.
[21:40] Yang
    By the way, I hear Schönkopf has
    been teaching you how to shoot.
[21:44] Yang
    How's that going?
[21:45] Julius
    The commodore says I have a knack for it.
[21:49] Yang
    Oh? That's good to hear.
[21:52] Julius
    You don't practice shooting
    at all. Shouldn't you?
[21:58] Yang
    Apparently, I don't have the talent for it.
[22:02] Julius
    Then how do you protect yourself?
[22:05] Yang
    If a commanding officer had to take
    up firearms to protect himself,
[22:10] Yang
    he'd never win any wars.
[22:12] Yang
    I'm always thinking about how to avoid
    being caught in that situation.
[22:18] Julius
    That's true.
[22:19] Julius
    Okay, then I'll protect you.
[22:22] Yang
    I'll be counting on it.
[22:24] Julius
    Of course!
[22:26] Julius
    All right, first...
[22:27] Na
    Carrying many thoughts, the universe turns...
[23:00] Na
    In the year UC 796,
[23:03] Na
    or IC 487,
[23:06] Na
    neither Marquis Reinhard von
    Lohengramm nor Yang Wen-li
[23:10] Na
    could foresee all that
    lay in their own future.
SIGN    Episode 15
SIGN    Before the Storm
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode fifteen, "Before the Storm."

Season 2

E15 - Before the Storm

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[00:02] Na
    The Iserlohn Corridor is a safe passage
    through the nonnavigable sector of space
[00:06] Na
    that lies between the Galactic Empire
    and the Free Planets Alliance.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Iserlohn Garrison Force
    Ulysses
[00:12] Na
    Within this corridor
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress
[00:13] Na
    is a man-made planet that sits squarely
    on the border between the two nations:
[00:17] Na
    Iserlohn Fortress.
[00:20] Na
    This fortress, built by the Empire
    and usurped by the Alliance,
[00:23] Na
    measures sixty kilometers in diameter
[00:26] Na
    and is a highly important strategic
    location, with a space harbor
[00:30] Na
    that can accommodate up
    to 20,000 battleships.
[00:37] Yang
    I hope your time in the frontier
    enabled you to recharge.
[00:40] Yang
    We have a lot of work to do.
[00:42] Alex
    I thought being demoted would
    give me some time to unwind.
[00:45] Alex
    I didn't expect to be called back so soon.
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress Administrator
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[00:50] Alex
    Hell of a slave-driving
    commander you've got here.
[00:57] Yang
    What's the matter?
[00:58] Frederica
    Urgent message from patrolling
    battleship Ulysses*.
[01:03] Frederica
    They have encountered an enemy*
    ship carrying a special envoy.
[01:05] Frederica
    The ship is trying to establish contact.
[01:08] Yang
    That came sooner than I expected.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:55] Yang
    As you all know,
[02:57] Yang
    the special envoy from the Empire has
    brought us an interesting proposal.
[03:00] Yang
    Our navy, when it took this
    fortress from the Empire,
[03:04] Yang
    and the Imperial Navy,
    during the Battle of Amritsar,
[03:08] Yang
    both took many war prisoners.
[03:11] Yang
    They have proposed that we trade them here.
[03:14] Alex
    They're framing this as an amnesty out of
    respect to the death of their emperor,
[03:18] Alex
    but it's not easy for either side
    to keep two million prisoners fed.
[03:24] Yang
    But that's not their true intention.
[03:28] Yang
    I suspect they're facing a situation far
    more serious than feeding prisoners.
[03:34] Dusty
    What do you mean?
[03:36] Yang
    Reinhard von Lohengramm, who's been
    raised to the rank of a marquis,
[03:42] Yang
    has made up his mind to initiate
    armed conflict with the nobility.
[03:47] Yang
    I believe that's a fair assumption.
[03:49] Yang
    The exchange of war prisoners
[03:51] Yang
    would be one step in his
    preparations for that.
SIGN    The returned Imperial soldiers would follow Marquis Lohengramm, their savior.
SIGN    I see. He is thorough.
[04:04] Yang
    Of course, our options at
    the moment are limited,
[04:08] Yang
    but getting our war prisoners back
    safely is never a bad thing.
[04:12] Yang
    Let's do the best we possibly can.
[04:15] All
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 15
SIGN    Before the Storm
[04:21] Na
    The Alliance government
    approved the proposal.
[04:25] Na
    Soon, a convoy of transport ships
[04:27] Na
    carrying the two million Alliance
    soldiers who had been taken prisoner,
[04:32] Na
    led by the Imperial Navy
    flagship* Barbarossa*,
[04:36] Na
    approached Iserlohn Fortress
    from Imperial territory.
[04:50] Girl
    Isn't the guy in the middle kind of hot?
[04:52] Girl
    Yeah!
[04:54] Poplin
    Oh, that's the type you're into?
[04:57] Konev
    Looks like an honest sort of guy.
[04:59] Poplin
    Does he? I think he looks
    like a cocky bastard.
[05:03] Konev
    That's because your eyes and
    heart are all clouded over.
[05:06] Poplin
    Say what?!
[05:08] Dusty
    You can tell he's here to
    represent Marquis Lohengramm.
[05:11] Dusty
    He has that dignified look.
[05:13] Fyodor
    To be the vice commander of the
    Space Fleet at such a young age...
[05:18] Frederica
    Your Excellency, it's time to
    go to the ceremonial hall.
[05:22] Yang
    Ah, of course.
[05:28] Yang
    Julian.
[05:29] Julian
    Yes, sir?
[05:30] Yang
    I hear Admiral Kircheis is a man of integrity.
[05:34] Yang
    This could be a decent lesson in good taste.
[05:38] Yang
    I want you to attend the ceremony.
[05:42] Julian
    Yes, sir! I will!
[06:09] Kircheis
    I am High Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy.
[06:14] Yang
    I am Admiral Yang Wen-li of the
    Free Planets Alliance Navy.
[06:18] Yang
    We are grateful for your proposal.
[06:21] Kircheis
    And we are grateful for your acceptance.
[06:32] Na
    The exchange of prisoners was carried out
[06:37] Na
    with such an air of dignity that it
    was hard to believe the two nations
[06:41] Na
    had been at war for 150 years.
[06:55] Kircheis
    I suppose all this formality is necessary,
[06:59] Kircheis
    but it seems rather ridiculous,
    doesn't it, Admiral Yang?
[07:02] Yang
    I agree with that.
[07:04] Kircheis
    I consider myself fortunate to have had
    the opportunity to meet you in this way.
[07:11] Yang
    This is the sort of deal for human lives
[07:15] Yang
    that I would welcome anytime.
[07:18] Kircheis
    I agree.
[07:38] Kircheis
    How old might you be?
[07:41] Julian
    I'll turn fifteen this year, sir.
[07:44] Kircheis
    Is that right?
[07:46] Kircheis
    I fought in my first battle
    at age fifteen, as well.
[07:50] Kircheis
    I may be in no place to wish you luck...
[07:56] Kircheis
    but I pray for your well being.
SIGN    He did seem like an upright, honest sort of guy.
SIGN    Can't hold a candle to me, though.
[08:11] Alex
    Don't get all emotional on us
    and defect to the Empire.
[08:14] Julian
    Huh?!
[08:27] Yang
    Siegfried Kircheis...
[08:30] Julian
    He was quite a pleasant man.
[08:32] Yang
    Yeah.
[08:33] Yang
    It seems wrong to have a better impression
    of an enemy commander than of
[08:37] Yang
    our own nation's politicians, though.
[08:41] Yang
    Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm...
[08:45] Yang
    I'm interested in meeting him now.
[08:57] Reinhard
    Good work.
[09:00] Reinhard
    So?
[09:01] Reinhard
    What was Yang Wen-li like?
[09:04] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[09:06] Kircheis
    To be frank, he seemed a far cry from
    the great admiral he's celebrated as.
[09:11] Kircheis
    He has an air of
    immeasurable prudence,
[09:14] Kircheis
    but gave no clues as to where
    his true intentions lie.
[09:18] Kircheis
    That's what makes him so intimidating.
[09:20] Kircheis
    That was my impression.
[09:23] Reinhard
    Oh?
[09:25] Kircheis
    I may be giving him too much credit,
[09:28] Kircheis
    but it's possible he's
    figured out our plan.
[09:34] Reinhard
    I'd certainly like to meet...
[09:38] Reinhard
    this Yang Wen-li.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Capital Planet Heinessen
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[09:47] Trunicht
    Men, you must not forget
    that you are soldiers
[09:51] Trunicht
    whose mission is to defend our republic.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Head of State
    Job Trunicht
[09:54] Trunicht
    In order to take down the
    treacherous Empire,
[09:57] Trunicht
    we need you to step up again.
[10:00] Trunicht
    Engrave upon your hearts the many who
    were so regrettably sacrificed.
[10:06] Trunicht
    Until the day we share an era of great
    joy with our future compatriots,
[10:10] Trunicht
    you must not forget your iron-clad mission!
[10:22] Dwight
    Admiral Yang.
SIGN    Inspector General of the National Defense Committee Secretariat
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[10:25] Dwight
    Is my daughter fulfilling
    her professional duties?
[10:31] Yang
    Yes, of course.
[10:32] Yang
    She has been a tremendous help.
[10:37] Dwight
    By the way, do you have some time after this?
[10:40] Yang
    Actually, I have some business to attend to.
[10:43] Yang
    You'll have to forgive me.
[10:45] Yang
    Please enjoy your time together
    as father and daughter.
[10:48] Dwight
    I see. That's too bad.
[10:51] Yang
    Until next time.
[10:55] Frederica
    Admiral, please take care.
[11:05] Julian
    You must be exhausted.
[11:07] Yang
    Yeah...
[11:08] Yang
    If I'd been forced to listen to
    Trunicht speaking any longer,
[11:12] Yang
    I would've burned through my whole
    lifetime's worth of patience.
[11:18] Crowd
    Earth belongs to us!
[11:21] Yang
    What's that about?
[11:21] Crowd
    Earth is our home!
[11:23] Julian
    It looks like the Earth Cult is protesting.
[11:26] Yang
    Earth Cult?
[11:27] Julian
    Yes.
[11:29] Julian
    Some of them were gathered outside
    the ceremonial hall earlier, too.
[11:32] Julian
    "The holy planet Earth is the
    human beings' homeland.
[11:36] Julian
    Take part in the holy war to emancipate
    Earth from the Galactic Empire.
[11:40] Julian
    Build the cathedral to guide all of our souls."
[11:46] Yang
    Imagine that...
[11:49] Yang
    Earth hasn't been the center of human
    society for eight centuries now.
[12:07] Julian
    I bet no one would even imagine
[12:09] Julian
    an admiral of the Alliance Navy
    eating street food in a place like this.
[12:13] Yang
    This is the kind of food
    that's familiar to me.
[12:16] Yang
    Back in cadet school, this was the best
    stuff to eat when breaking curfew.
[12:24] Julian
    I guess even you lived
    like that at one time.
[12:43] Yang
    I just keep adding more to the list
    of things I can never get back.
[12:53] Yang
    Julian, this is Admiral Bewcock.
[12:56] Julian
    Huh?!
[12:58] Bewcock
    Were you waiting long?
[13:00] Yang
    Not at all.
[13:01] Yang
    Julian.
[13:03] Yang
    Would you keep an eye on the area for me?
[13:05] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[13:12] Bewcock
    So, let's hear what you have to say.
[13:15] Yang
    Yes, sir.
[13:17] Yang
    It's possible that a coup d'état
    will occur in this country soon.
[13:23] Bewcock
    A coup d'état, you say?
[13:25] Yang
    Yes.
[13:28] Yang
    Marquis Lohengramm's true intention in
    proposing the exchange of war prisoners
[13:33] Yang
    was to prepare for a battle against
    the nobility for supremacy.
[13:39] Yang
    Once the Empire enters a state of civil war,
[13:42] Yang
    they'll want to avoid allowing any
    openings for our navy to attack.
[13:48] Yang
    However, they can't spare
    precious military strength
[13:51] Yang
    to keep our forces in check.
[13:55] Yang
    So they won't go into this without a strategy.
[13:58] Bewcock
    I see... And that's where
    the coup d'état comes in.
[14:02] Bewcock
    The Empire will pull the strings to start
    an uprising within the Alliance.
[14:07] Yang
    And they'll most likely start
    simultaneous revolts in the frontier.
[14:13] Bewcock
    And while our forces are
    deployed to suppress them,
[14:16] Bewcock
    they'll seize the capital, the center of power.
[14:19] Bewcock
    If that works, everything will go their way,
[14:22] Bewcock
    but can a theoretical plan
    like that really succeed?
[14:26] Yang
    As far as Marquis Lohengramm is concerned,
[14:28] Yang
    the coup d'état doesn't need to be successful.
[14:32] Yang
    His goal is to divide the
    Alliance forces and cause chaos.
[14:37] Bewcock
    But how does he expect to do all
    that within the Alliance itself?
[14:42] Bewcock
    Of course! The war prisoner exchange!
[14:45] Yang
    Yes.
[14:47] Yang
    Mixing spies in with the soldiers they
    returned would be the simplest way.
[14:51] Bewcock
    Two million suspects...
[14:54] Bewcock
    It's just too many.
[14:56] Bewcock
    It'll be extremely difficult to learn
    of anything before it happens.
[15:02] Bewcock
    Damn, what a lot of hassle
    he's causing us...
[15:05] Yang
    True, but if others do it all for him,
    he won't have to do much work at all.
[15:12] Bewcock
    So I need to prevent a coup d'état without
    knowing who's going to cause it, or when.
[15:20] Bewcock
    That's a big responsibility.
[15:24] Yang
    I have one other favor to ask.
[15:26] Bewcock
    There's more?!
[15:28] Yang
    I'm sorry...
[15:33] Julian
    Will the day ever come when I get to know
[15:36] Julian
    what the admirals are talking about?
[15:43] Bewcock
    I'll have the thing you asked for delivered
    to you before you leave Heinessen.
[15:48] Yang
    I appreciate it.
[15:51] Bewcock
    Tell me just one last thing.
[15:55] Bewcock
    You guessed the strategy
    Marquis Lohengramm would use.
[15:59] Bewcock
    Could that be because you've considered
    doing something similar to the Empire?
[16:08] Yang
    If I'm being honest, I've felt tempted before.
[16:13] Yang
    But I'm just one soldier.
[16:16] Yang
    I can only do what is possible
    for me within that position.
[16:23] Bewcock
    I see. All right, then.
[16:27] Bewcock
    I'll be going.
[16:29] Yang
    Please take care.
[16:42] Dwight
    Beginning with the planet Nephthys,
[16:44] Dwight
    we will start military uprisings sequentially
    on these four frontier planets,
[16:49] Dwight
    leaving the capital of Heinessen
    without its fighting forces.
[16:53] Dwight
    A few of our best soldiers will then
    take control of the most vital points,
[16:57] Dwight
    and we will seize the political center.
[17:01] Dwight
    Now, there is one person
    who poses a problem:
[17:05] Dwight
    Admiral Yang Wen-li, the commander
    of Iserlohn Fortress.
[17:10] Dwight
    We haven't made him one of us yet.
[17:13] Dwight
    Any opinions on that?
[17:15] Bronze
    His intelligence and popularity
    would certainly be useful...
[17:19] Guy
    We can't ignore Iserlohn's valuable
    military potential, either.
[17:23] Legrange
    If we can get him on our side,
[17:26] Legrange
    we'll be able to take control of the entire
    territory from both Heinessen and Iserlohn.
[17:30] Guy
    But we're short on time.
[17:31] Guy
    Do you think we can talk him into it?
[17:34] Falk
    That man?
[17:36] Falk
    I don't see why we need him on our side.
[17:40] Dwight
    Don't let your emotions get the better of you.
[17:42] Dwight
    It's true that we're short on time—
[17:44] Gatty
    But, sir...
[17:45] Gatty
    It's also true that the Yang Fleet
    would be a threat to us.
[17:50] Dwight
    Based on our advantage in distance,
    I think we should strike first,
[17:54] Dwight
    then deal with Yang and his fleet
    after we take over the capital.
[17:59] Dwight
    Artemis's Necklace is set up throughout
    Planet Heinessen's orbit.
[18:06] Dwight
    Even the Yang Fleet won't be able
    to enter the capital easily
[18:09] Dwight
    with that air defense system in place.
[18:12] Dwight
    That alone gives us room to negotiate.
[18:16] Falk
    Then, just to be safe,
[18:18] Falk
    I suggest we send some
    of our men to Iserlohn.
[18:22] Falk
    If he does anything that would
    put us at a disadvantage,
[18:26] Falk
    having eyes on him would enable
    us to eliminate him immediately.
[18:30] Bronze
    He's right. If we do that,
    we'll be prepared to act if necessary.
[18:34] Gatty
    That might actually be a good idea.
[18:41] Dwight
    Fine. We'll adopt that suggestion.
[18:45] Dwight
    Let's choose who to send immediately.
[18:48] Dwight
    But first, I must confirm this with all of you.
[18:52] Dwight
    Our goal is to purge the
    current political system,
[18:57] Dwight
    which has lost its ideals
    and become corrupt.
[19:02] Dwight
    To restore the freedom and
    democracy this nation once had
[19:06] Dwight
    and start a new political system
[19:08] Dwight
    is what drives us to take action now.
[19:12] Dwight
    This is a battle for justice
    that cannot be avoided
[19:16] Dwight
    if we are to rebuild this nation.
[19:22] Dwight
    I will now give an overview of our strategy.
[19:26] Dwight
    The first step takes place
    on the planet Nephthys.
[19:28] Lynch
    Purge... Rebuild... Battle for justice...
[19:33] Lynch
    You fools.
[19:35] Lynch
    You don't know anything.
[19:39] Lynch
    Not a damn thing.
[19:49] (Flashback) Paul
    Alliance Navy Rear Admiral Arthur Lynch.
[19:54] (Flashback) Paul
    Nine years since our navy
    took you prisoner.
[19:57] (Flashback) Paul
    Currently undergoing correction
    in our internment camp.
[20:00] (Flashback) Paul
    Your behavior and attitude
    are extremely poor.
[20:06] (Flashback) Paul
    So this is what has become
    of the coward of El Facil.
[20:10] (Flashback) Lynch
    What the hell do you know?!
[20:26] (Flashback) Lynch
    Who are you?
[20:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[20:31] (Flashback) Lynch
    Oh? So you're Lohengramm?
[20:34] (Flashback) Lynch
    You're young. Too young.
[20:37] (Flashback) Lynch
    You're practically just a kid.
[20:40] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Nine years ago, just before the
    fall of the planet El Facil,
[20:44] (Flashback) Reinhard
    you shamelessly abandoned the soldiers
    and the people you were to protect,
[20:47] (Flashback) Reinhard
    ran away to save yourself,
    and ended up our prisoner.
[20:51] (Flashback) Lynch
    I didn't run away!
[20:53] (Flashback) Lynch
    I just went to request reinforcements!
[20:57] (Flashback) Lynch
    And then... And then,
    that damned Yang Wen-li...
[21:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If that excuse had worked
    for you even once,
[21:04] (Flashback) Reinhard
    would your former men in the internment
    camp have shown you such contempt?
[21:16] (Flashback) Lynch
    I wasn't wrong.
[21:18] (Flashback) Lynch
    I know my plan was right.
[21:18] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Can a man like this really be useful to us?
[21:21] (Flashback) Lynch
    Given the situation, I needed
    to call for reinforcements.
[21:22] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'll make him useful, Kircheis.
[21:24] (Flashback) Lynch
    That's why I got out of there so
    that the enemy wouldn't see me.
[21:25] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Otherwise, this man...
[21:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    doesn't deserve to live.
[21:29] (Flashback) Lynch
    If I could've called reinforcements,
[21:30] (Flashback) Lynch
    we could've turned the Imperial Navy back
[21:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Listen to me, Lynch.
[21:33] (Flashback) Lynch
    and we could've easily reclaimed El Facil.
[21:34] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'm going to give you a job.
    You are to complete it.
[21:37] (Flashback) Lynch
    Yeah. Nothing I did was wrong.
[21:38] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If you're successful,
[21:39] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'll grant you the position of rear
    admiral in the Imperial Navy.
[21:43] (Flashback) Lynch
    Rear admiral?
[21:47] (Flashback) Lynch
    Rear admiral, you say?
[21:49] (Flashback) Lynch
    Well, that doesn't sound half bad.
[21:51] (Flashback) Lynch
    And what do you want me to do?
[21:56] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Infiltrate the Free Planets Alliance Navy,
[21:58] (Flashback) Reinhard
    agitate any discontented members
    you find among their ranks,
[22:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
    and lead them in a coup d'état.
[22:03] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You'll find the details in that book.
[22:05] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Do as it says, and you're sure to succeed.
[22:10] (Flashback) Lynch
    You're a liar.
[22:12] (Flashback) Lynch
    If I mess up, I guarantee I'll be killed.
[22:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If that happens, go ahead and die!
[22:20] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Right now, you are worth
    less than an insect.
[22:23] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You're a coward.
[22:25] (Flashback) Reinhard
    No one understands you.
[22:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If anyone scorns you,
    there's no one to stand up for you.
[22:31] (Flashback) Reinhard
    No one!
[22:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Even then, do you still value your life?!
[22:50] Lynch
    That's right. I'm a coward.
[22:55] Lynch
    I have nothing to offer you now.
[22:59] Lynch
    So I might as well keep living like a coward,
[23:02] Lynch
    shameless to the very end.
[23:05] Lynch
    The moment you learn how worthless and
    futile your so-called battle for justice is...
[23:10] Lynch
    I'm truly going to enjoy
    the looks on your faces.
SIGN    Episode 16
SIGN    Ignition Point
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode sixteen, "Ignition Point."

Season 2

E16 - Ignition Point

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SIGN    County of Mariendorf
[00:19] Hans
    I have been awaiting your arrival, milady.
[00:22] Hilda
    Hans!
[00:23] Hans
    I am glad you arrived here safely.
[00:26] Hans
    But what led you to return
    home so abruptly?
SIGN    Hildegard von Mariendorf
[00:32] Hilda
    Is Father doing well?
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Franz von Mariendorf
[02:15] Hilda
    Father.
[02:18] Franz
    Oh, Hilda.
[02:20] Hilda
    I've just returned home.
[02:22] Franz
    Welcome home.
[02:23] Franz
    How are things going at college?
[02:25] Hilda
    Just fine.
[02:27] Franz
    What were you thinking about, Father?
[02:30] Franz
    Oh, nothing of importance.
[02:33] Hilda
    Well, that's certainly reassuring.
[02:37] Hilda
    So I suppose the fate
    of the Galactic Empire
[02:39] Hilda
    and the future of the Mariendorf
    family are "nothing of importance."
[02:46] Hilda
    Living on Odin, I hear all about it
    whether I want to or not.
[02:50] Hilda
    The nobles are all in a panic over
    whom they should be siding with.
[02:55] Franz
    I see.
[02:57] Hilda
    Have you decided what you'll do?
[03:05] Franz
    I would prefer to remain neutral.
[03:07] Franz
    But if I absolutely must choose a side,
[03:12] Franz
    then we...
[03:14] Franz
    will side with Duke Braunschweig.
[03:16] Franz
    As imperial nobility, that would be—
[03:18] Hilda
    Father.
[03:24] Hilda
    There is a fact that nearly all of
    the nobles refuse to acknowledge.
[03:29] Hilda
    Just as all people born will eventually die,
[03:31] Hilda
    nations also face unavoidable death.
[03:35] Hilda
    Ever since civilization was
    born on Planet Earth,
[03:39] Hilda
    there hasn't been a single nation
    that didn't fall.
[03:43] Hilda
    Why should the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the
    Galactic Empire be the only exception?
[03:50] Franz
    Hilda, you...
[03:52] Hilda
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty has
    survived for nearly 500 years.
[03:56] Hilda
    During that time, they have controlled the
    people with their warped power structure
[04:01] Hilda
    and done everything out of a
    desire for wealth and power.
[04:05] Hilda
    They have killed people,
    stolen other families' daughters,
[04:08] Hilda
    and created laws for their own benefit.
[04:13] Hilda
    It wouldn't be surprising
    in the least if such a nation
[04:17] Hilda
    were on the verge of collapse.
[04:20] Franz
    Perhaps, but still,
[04:23] Franz
    is there any reason we should
    side with Marquis Lohengramm?
[04:26] Hilda
    There is.
[04:32] Franz
    Very well, Hilda.
    I leave the decision to you.
[04:41] Hilda
    Thank you, Father.
[04:45] Hilda
    I'm truly grateful that you brought me into
    this life during such an exciting age.
SIGN    Episode 16
SIGN    Ignition Point
SIGN    Lohengramm Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[05:04] Rücke
    I apologize for the wait.
SIGN    Sub-lieutenant Theodor von Rücke
[05:07] Rücke
    He has agreed to meet you.
[05:09] Rücke
    This way, please.
[05:12] Reinhard
    It's a shame Kircheis isn't here.
[05:14] Reinhard
    He has something of a connection
    to the Mariendorf household.
[05:18] Reinhard
    Do you know of it?
[05:19] Hilda
    Yes, of course.
[05:21] Hilda
    He saved my father's life during
    the Castrop Rebellion.
[05:26] Reinhard
    And? What is your business with me?
[05:29] Hilda
    The Mariendorf family would like
    to ally with you in this civil war.
[05:37] Reinhard
    Civil war?
[05:38] Hilda
    The one you might start at any
    moment with Duke Braunschweig.
[05:42] Reinhard
    You're a bold woman.
[05:44] Reinhard
    Even if that does happen,
    there's no guarantee I will win.
[05:48] Reinhard
    You still wish to ally with me?
[05:51] Hilda
    Yes. Your Excellency will win.
[05:54] Reinhard
    Oh?
[05:55] Reinhard
    Is there a reason you're so confident?
[05:57] Hilda
    Yes, of course.
[06:01] Hilda
    First, Your Excellency and
    Marquis Lichtenlade have the new emperor
[06:06] Hilda
    and the just cause of subjugating
    any who defy that emperor.
[06:11] Hilda
    Duke Braunschweig and
    Marquis Littenheim, on the other hand,
[06:15] Hilda
    are only trying to start a war
    for their own glory and profit.
[06:20] Hilda
    For that reason...
[06:22] (Flashback) Hilda
    They have only temporarily joined forces,
[06:25] (Flashback) Hilda
    but they lack the will to work together.
[06:28] (Flashback) Hilda
    They cannot defeat the unified will and
    chain of command of the Lohengramm forces.
[06:34] (Flashback) Hilda
    And finally...
[06:36] (Flashback) Hilda
    Marquis Lohengramm was born into
    a noble family of low standing,
[06:40] (Flashback) Hilda
    but I believe his low birth will be
    the primary reason for his victory.
[06:45] (Flashback) Hilda
    That is because all his
    soldiers are commoners.
[06:50] Hilda
    I believe Your Excellency will
    do away with old values
[06:54] Hilda
    and build a new age through this civil war.
[06:59] Reinhard
    I see. Very well.
[07:01] Reinhard
    If that is the case, I do want an ally.
[07:05] Reinhard
    I will be certain to return this favor.
[07:09] Reinhard
    Of course, I will treat the
    Mariendorf family well,
[07:12] Reinhard
    and I promise to extend the same treatment
    to any families you recommend.
[07:16] Hilda
    I'm sure your generous words
[07:18] Hilda
    will make it easy to persuade
    my friends and relatives.
[07:22] Reinhard
    Of course. You kindly offered
    to become my ally.
[07:26] Reinhard
    This is the least I can do to
    repay your effort and courage.
[07:30] Reinhard
    If there is anything at all I can do, just ask.
[07:34] Reinhard
    No need to hesitate.
[07:36] Hilda
    In that case, there is one
    favor I'd like to ask of you.
[07:41] Reinhard
    Go ahead.
[07:42] Hilda
    As a reward for the
    Mariendorf family's loyalty,
[07:47] Hilda
    I would like an official document
    guaranteeing us the rights
[07:50] Hilda
    to our family's property and territory.
[07:55] Reinhard
    Oh? An official document?
[07:58] Hilda
    Yes.
[08:01] Reinhard
    Very well.
[08:03] Reinhard
    I will have it ready for you today.
[08:07] Hilda
    Thank you very much.
[08:08] Hilda
    The Mariendorf family swears
    absolute loyalty to you.
[08:16] Reinhard
    By the way, Fraulein Mariendorf,
[08:19] Reinhard
    will the other households
    you persuade to join us
[08:22] Reinhard
    require the same thing?
[08:24] Hilda
    I would appreciate it if you would
    provide it for those who ask for it.
[08:29] Hilda
    Those who don't, I believe,
    have no real need of it.
[08:33] Reinhard
    Well, then...
[08:35] Hilda
    I believe Your Excellency has
    the insight to recognize
[08:39] Hilda
    those with the strength
    to live in the new age.
[08:42] Reinhard
    Then that's exactly what I shall do.
[08:45] Reinhard
    All that aside, you are
    quite the shrewd woman.
[08:49] Reinhard
    I had no idea there were nobles like you.
[08:55] Reinhard
    Enter.
[08:57] Paul
    Your Excellency, we have received a report.
[09:00] Reinhard
    Ah, it's here.
[09:01] Reinhard
    Fraulein Mariendorf, this has been enjoyable.
[09:04] Reinhard
    I hope we meet again.
[09:07] Hilda
    Of course.
[09:24] Na
    In what would be known
    as the Lippstadt Pact,
[09:28] Na
    the nobles who opposed the
    Lohengramm-Lichtenlade axis came together
[09:34] Na
    and established an alliance.
[09:36] Na
    Its leader was Duke Otho von Braunschweig,
[09:40] Na
    and under him was
    Marquis Wilhelm von Littenheim.
[09:44] Na
    Participating nobles numbered around 3,740,
[09:47] Na
    and their soldiers outnumbered
    Reinhard's regular force.
[09:54] Na
    They dubbed their alliance the
    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
    High Admiral Ovlesser
[10:08] Otho
    Why the long face?
[10:11] Otho
    That isn't like you.
SIGN    Gregor von Mückenberger
[10:32] (Flashback) Gregor
    No need to salute me.
[10:34] (Flashback) Gregor
    I've left the military.
[10:37] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    A gathering, titled a garden
    party for official purposes,
[10:41] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    will be held at
    Duke Braunschweig's nearby villa.
[10:44] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    I'm sure you can guess
    as to its true purpose.
[10:47] (Flashback) Gregor
    I have no intention of getting involved.
[10:50] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    But, Your Excellency...
[10:53] (Flashback) Gregor
    Don't call me that, either.
[10:56] (Flashback) Gregor
    You still can't understand his talent?
[10:59] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    Why do you insist on taking his side?
[11:01] (Flashback) Gregor
    I can see the truth. That's all.
[11:04] (Flashback) Ovlesser
    Your Excellency!
[11:06] (Flashback) Gregor
    As a retired, free man,
[11:08] (Flashback) Gregor
    let me give you one word of advice.
[11:11] (Flashback) Gregor
    He intends to eradicate all those
    who refuse to see the truth.
[11:23] Flegel
    How dare he say such a thing?
[11:26] Flegel
    He's mocking us!
[11:28] Wilhelm
    I guess Mückenberger is getting on in years.
[11:30] Otho
    In any case, you shouldn't take
    such action on your own.
[11:34] Otho
    As the leader of this alliance, so long
    as I'm in command on the front lines—
[11:37] Wilhelm
    No, I don't think the alliance leader
    should be on the front lines.
[11:42] Wilhelm
    I think a commander-in-chief should
    employ a specialist in tactics.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
    Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
[12:04] Otho
    Admiral Merkatz.
[12:07] Otho
    Please, come right in.
[12:09] Merkatz
    You can ask all you like,
    but my answer won't change.
[12:13] Merkatz
    Won't you reconsider fighting
    such a fruitless battle?
[12:18] Otho
    Admiral, this is a righteous battle
    to protect the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[12:24] Otho
    Calling that fruitless or
    meaningless makes you a traitor.
[12:29] Flegel
    And not just you, Admiral Merkatz,
[12:33] Flegel
    but your family, as well.
[12:39] Otho
    Flegel.
[12:41] Otho
    It seems the young folks are
    brimming with the desire to fight.
[12:45] Otho
    They have said that all
    traitors should be punished.
[12:50] Merkatz
    Then I accept your request,
    though my abilities are modest.
[12:54] Merkatz
    However...
[12:59] Schneider
    He agreed to your condition that he
    would follow military regulations.
[13:02] Schneider
    Is that not good enough?
[13:06] Merkatz
    Lieutenant Commander Schneider,
    you are still young.
[13:10] Merkatz
    Duke Braunschweig's response
    was mere lip service.
[13:14] Merkatz
    Soon, I will be hated even more
    than Marquis Lohengramm.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Bernhard von Schneider
[13:19] Schneider
    S-Surely not...
[13:23] Merkatz
    Privilege is the worst poison of all.
    It rots away a person's spirit.
[13:27] Merkatz
    And those high nobles have been steeped
    in it for dozens of generations.
[13:33] Merkatz
    Justifying themselves while blaming others
    has become instinctive for them.
[13:39] Merkatz
    I didn't even realize that until I came into
    contact with the lower-ranked soldiers.
[13:50] Na
    In all his life,
[13:53] Na
    Merkatz had never struggled so much to find
    the right words as he did that night.
[13:58] Na
    The letter that he wrote with
    so much love in every word
[14:02] Na
    was a farewell letter to
    his wife and children.
[14:08] Otho
    Don't be ridiculous!
[14:10] Otho
    Assassinate him?!
[14:12] Otho
    The 3,000 nobles who answered
    my call to gather here
[14:16] Otho
    are already on the move.
SIGN    Captain Anton Fellner
[14:18] Otho
    And in this righteous initiative,
[14:20] Otho
    you suggest such a cowardly
    method as assassinating—
SIGN    Commodore Arthur von Streit
[14:23] Streit
    But, Your Excellency...
[14:24] Otho
    I intend to defeat that blond boy
    in a head-to-head confrontation.
[14:29] Otho
    Doing this will prove my righteousness
    and ability to all the Empire.
[14:35] Otho
    And you want to sully my honor
    with such a suggestion?!
[14:39] Streit
    Your Excellency!
[14:41] Streit
    This is difficult for me to say,
[14:43] Streit
    but Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm
    is a genius tactician.
[14:46] Streit
    Even if we fight him and win,
    there will be many sacrifices,
[14:49] Streit
    and harm will come to the people...
[14:52] Otho
    What do you mean by "even if we win"?!
[14:55] Otho
    I have no need for men who
    lack faith in our victory!
[14:58] Otho
    Ansbach, where are you?!
[15:00] Otho
    Remove this useless trash at once!
[15:13] Fellner
    Thank you all for coming.
[15:14] Fellner
    I appreciate it.
[15:16] Fellner
    What we're about to do will be a
    secret to the alliance leader.
[15:21] Fellner
    We can't get close to
    Marquis Lohengramm with these numbers,
[15:25] Fellner
    but we should be able to take his sister,
    Countess Grünewald, hostage.
[15:42] Fellner
    The plan's off!
[15:45] Fellner
    Retreat immediately!
[15:47] Fellner
    Retre—
[16:08] Reinhard
    You want to serve under my command?
[16:13] Reinhard
    In that case, how did your
    sense of loyalty permit you
[16:17] Reinhard
    to make the decision to desert
    your lord of many years?
[16:21] Fellner
    Loyalty should be offered to one
    who understands its worth.
[16:27] Reinhard
    Such impudent words...
[16:29] Reinhard
    Very well.
[16:31] Reinhard
    Oberstein.
[16:32] Reinhard
    Take him under your command.
[16:35] Paul
    Yes, sir.
[16:39] Flegel
    What a disgrace!
[16:41] Flegel
    What treachery!
[16:42] Flegel
    What a shameless display!
[16:45] Flegel
    Uncle, soldiers who defy our will
[16:47] Flegel
    and act of their own accord
    should be severely punished!
[16:51] Otho
    Yes. I will punish him myself.
[16:55] Ansbach
    Your Grace.
[16:56] Ansbach
    Departing from Odin is far more
    important than this right now.
[17:02] Ansbach
    Now that this has happened,
    the enemy could move at any time.
SIGN    Commodore Ansbach
[17:05] Ansbach
    We should return to the domain and regroup.
[17:09] Otho
    Hurry it up, then!
    Don't waste a moment, Ansbach!
[17:16] Paul
    Duke Braunschweig has escaped
    Odin with his family.
[17:21] Paul
    The remaining nobles will soon do the same.
[17:24] Paul
    Their most likely destination is Geiersburg.
[17:28] Kircheis
    Our operation to send a spy
    to the Free Planets Alliance
[17:32] Kircheis
    is proceeding according to plan, as well.
[17:34] Kircheis
    I believe the time is ripe for battle.
[17:41] Na
    All the admirals who received
    the order from Reinhard
[17:44] Na
    launched into action at once.
[17:48] Na
    First, Bittenfeld led armed soldiers
    in occupying the Ministry of War.
[18:05] Ehrenberg
    Who gave you permission to enter here?
[18:08] Ehrenberg
    I don't know what it is you want,
[18:11] Ehrenberg
    but it's clear you have no interest
    in observing proper decorum.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Military Chief of Staff
    Fleet Admiral Ehrenberg
[18:15] Fritz
    My apologies.
[18:17] Fritz
    What I want is
[18:19] Fritz
    for all people to be aware
    that the times are changing.
[18:25] Na
    They detained Military Chief
    of Staff Ehrenberg,
[18:28] Na
    then they occupied the
    Supreme Command Headquarters
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Supreme Command Headquarters Chief
    Fleet Admiral Steinhof
[18:31] Na
    and detained its chief,
    Fleet Admiral Steinhof.
[18:51] Klaus
    What of the outcome?
[18:53] Oskar
    Without flaw, sir.
[19:01] Na
    At the same time, at the space harbor,
[19:03] Na
    soldiers under Mittermeyer's command
[19:05] Na
    were waiting to catch the nobles
    who attempted to flee.
[19:09] Na
    And the satellite orbit above Odin
[19:13] Na
    was completely secured by the
    fleets led by Wahlen and Kempff.
[19:19] Na
    Among the nobles they captured was Streit.
[19:24] Reinhard
    I've received intelligence that you advised
    Duke Braunschweig to assassinate me.
[19:30] Reinhard
    Is this true?
[19:31] Streit
    It is true.
[19:33] Reinhard
    Ah, so you admit it?
[19:35] Reinhard
    Why did you suggest such a thing?
[19:37] Streit
    Because I knew that this would
    happen if we left you alive.
[19:42] Streit
    If only my lord were more decisive...
[19:45] Streit
    It is regrettable not only for
    the house of Duke Braunschweig,
[19:51] Streit
    but for all of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[19:55] Reinhard
    Remove his handcuffs.
[20:00] Reinhard
    It would be a shame to kill him.
[20:03] Reinhard
    I will issue a permit of passage.
[20:05] Reinhard
    Return to Duke Braunschweig
[20:07] Reinhard
    and prove your loyalty to him.
[20:11] Streit
    Actually, if it pleases Your Excellency,
[20:15] Streit
    might I have permission
    to remain here on Odin?
[20:19] Reinhard
    Why?
[20:20] Streit
    If I return to my lord,
[20:22] Streit
    he would suspect me of
    collusion and punish me.
[20:25] Streit
    He is the kind of man
[20:27] Streit
    who abandoned many of his subordinates
    and retainers in his escape from Odin.
[20:30] Streit
    The loyalty of his men means nothing.
[20:33] Reinhard
    Fine.
[20:35] Reinhard
    Why don't you become one of my men, then?
[20:39] Streit
    I appreciate the offer,
[20:41] Streit
    but I have no desire to see my lord
    until today be my enemy tomorrow.
[20:45] Streit
    Please forgive me.
[20:52] Na
    Emperor Erwin Josef II gave Reinhard the
    title of Imperial Fleet Commander-in-Chief.
[21:01] Klaus
    By imperial order,
[21:03] Klaus
    you are to subjugate Duke Braunschweig
[21:05] Klaus
    and his followers for plotting
    treason against the emperor.
[21:10] Reinhard
    Yes, sir.
[21:14] Guy
    Your Excellency, please wait!
[21:20] Guy
    I need Your Excellency to provide a
    public name for the enemy forces.
[21:25] Reinhard
    A public name?
[21:27] Guy
    Yes.
[21:28] Guy
    This is necessary for our official records.
[21:31] Guy
    They have called themselves
    "Lords for Justice"...
[21:36] Reinhard
    There is only one fitting name for them.
[21:39] Reinhard
    Call them the traitors.
[21:40] Guy
    The... traitors?
[21:44] Reinhard
    Inform all in the Empire that
    this is what I have decided.
[21:49] Reinhard
    Make sure the ones going by
    that name are informed, too.
[21:52] Reinhard
    Tell them, "You are traitors."
[22:34] Reinhard
    We'll be parting ways for a while, Kircheis.
[22:38] Kircheis
    Yes.
[22:40] Reinhard
    Soon...
[22:42] Reinhard
    Soon, the entire universe will be ours.
[22:46] Kircheis
    Indeed. It will all belong to you.
[22:52] Kircheis
    I wish you the best, Reinhard.
SIGN    Episode 17
SIGN    The Yang Fleet Mobilizes
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode seventeen,
    "The Yang Fleet Mobilizes."

Season 2

E17 - The Yang Fleet Mobilizes

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SIGN    Capital Planet Heinessen
SIGN    Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[00:25] Whitty
    You have a lunch meeting scheduled
    with Chairman Trunicht at 11:00.
SIGN    Captain Whitty
SIGN    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
    Admiral Cubersly
[00:31] Cubersly
    All right.
[00:33] Falk
    Chief Cubersly!
[00:37] Falk
    It's good to see you again. I'm Falk.
[00:40] Cubersly
    I heard you were away on medical leave.
[00:44] Falk
    As you can see, I've fully recovered.
SIGN    Reserve Commodore Andrew Falk
[00:47] Falk
    I'm here today to request
    a return to active duty.
[00:52] Cubersly
    Active duty? Has your doctor approved this?
[00:56] Falk
    Of course. He says I've fully recovered.
[00:58] Falk
    He has no objections to my return.
[01:01] Cubersly
    I see. Then you should go
    through the formal procedure.
[01:05] Cubersly
    Submit your request to
[01:06] Cubersly
    the National Defense Committee
    along with a statement from your doctor.
[01:09] Cubersly
    Only when that is approved
    will you be formally—
[01:13] Falk
    But that will take too long.
[01:15] Falk
    I want to start today, if possible,
    and be of use to the nation.
[01:19] Cubersly
    Formal procedures always take
    time, Reserve Commander.
[01:24] Falk
    Which is why I hoped you could—
[01:27] Cubersly
    You seem to misunderstand.
[01:30] Cubersly
    My job is to see that procedures
    are followed, not broken.
[01:36] Cubersly
    You seem to think you're entitled
    to special treatment,
[01:40] Cubersly
    but it looks to me like you
    haven't fully recovered yet.
[01:44] Cubersly
    If you return to active duty now,
    your lack of cooperation will bring disorder.
[01:49] Cubersly
    That would be bad for both
    you and those around you.
[01:53] Cubersly
    Take my advice and try again later.
[01:56] Whitty
    Chief, it's almost time.
[01:59] Cubersly
    All right. So long, then.
[02:11] Whitty
    Sir!
[02:19] Whitty
    Sir!
[02:22] Whitty
    A doctor! Get a doctor!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[04:05] Na
    Reserve Commander Andrew Falk's
    unprecedented assassination attempt
SIGN    Vice Admiral Bronze
[04:11] Na
    on Integrated Tactical Operations Center
    Chief Cubersly, a key military figure,
[04:16] Na
    deepened the despair felt in the aftermath
    of the failed invasion of the Empire
[04:22] Na
    and further fueled the people's anxieties.
[04:29] Bewcock
    They want me, the fleet commander-in-chief,
    to act as the interim chief?
[04:33] Pfeifer
    Yes, sir.
[04:34] Pfeifer
    We received a confidential request
    from the National Defense Committee.
[04:38] Bewcock
    Tell them I decline.
[04:40] Bewcock
    Having the Integrated Tactical
    Operations Center chief
[04:42] Bewcock
    and the fleet commander-in-chief be the
    same person would be problematic.
[04:47] Bewcock
    We must disperse any risks.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Pfeifer
SIGN    Sub-lieutenant Gatty
[04:52] Na
    In such a turbulent state of affairs,
[04:54] Na
    it was thought that selecting an
    interim chief would not be easy,
[04:57] Na
    but one man volunteered for the position:
[05:00] Na
    a man of meager popularity
    at best, Admiral Dawson.
SIGN    Admiral Dawson
[05:06] Bewcock
    Maybe I should've taken the job after all.
[05:10] Na
    Unfortunately, the very next
    day, an accident occurred.
[05:15] Na
    There was an explosion at the maintenance
    center of the Heinessen Air Defense Base.
[05:22] Na
    There were fourteen casualties,
[05:24] Na
    and all of them were young
    soldiers in their teens.
[05:28] Na
    This was a terrible shock to everyone.
[05:33] Jessica
    This is the result of the war
    with the Galactic Empire
[05:37] Jessica
    that has dragged on for 150 years.
[05:40] Jessica
    Sacrificing young soldiers
    to continue a war...
[05:43] Jessica
    Can we truly say a society
    that allows this is normal?
[05:47] Jessica
    What we must do right now is
    question what is truly realistic.
[05:53] Jessica
    There is only one answer,
[05:55] Jessica
    and it is peace!
[05:58] Gatty
    She really doesn't hold back.
[06:00] Bewcock
    No, she's absolutely right.
[06:04] Bewcock
    There's something wrong
    with a society in which
[06:07] Bewcock
    an old soldier like me lives
    while the young ones die.
[06:11] Bewcock
    If no one brings attention to that,
    things will only get worse.
[06:16] Bewcock
    People like her are essential
[06:18] Bewcock
    in ensuring that the Alliance
    doesn't lose all reason.
SIGN    Episode 17
SIGN    The Yang Fleet Mobilizes
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress
[06:31] Dawson
    You know that in the past half-month,
[06:33] Dawson
    armed revolts have broken
    out on the planets Nephthys,
[06:37] Dawson
    Kaffa, Purmerend, and Shampool, yes?
[06:41] Yang
    Yes, sir.
[06:42] Dawson
    You are to lead the Iserlohn
    Fortress garrison fleet
[06:45] Dawson
    and put an end to all the revolts
    as quickly as possible.
[06:49] Yang
    All revolts on all four planets?
[06:52] Yang
    That would leave Iserlohn Fortress
    unguarded for an extended period.
[06:57] Dawson
    The Empire is currently embroiled
    in a large-scale civil war.
[07:00] Dawson
    There is very little danger of them
    invading Iserlohn with a large force.
[07:05] Dawson
    Commander Yang, you can fulfill your duty
    as a soldier with no reservations.
[07:13] Julian
    How old is this Dawson?
[07:16] Yang
    In his mid-forties, I'd say.
[07:19] Yang
    Interim Chief Dawson's goal is to
    work us as hard as he possibly can.
[07:25] Yang
    But I don't understand why that is.
[07:28] Yang
    I hear he's a man who never
    lets go of a grudge,
[07:31] Yang
    but I don't recall doing
    anything to anger him.
[07:34] Julian
    You're turning thirty this year, right?
[07:38] Yang
    Yeah, I guess I've hit that age.
[07:40] Julian
    That's why.
[07:43] Julian
    You're so much younger than him,
    but you're also an admiral.
[07:47] Julian
    So long as you're not someone like
    Admiral Bewcock, he would be jealous.
[07:52] Yang
    So that's it...
[07:54] Yang
    Now it makes sense.
    I completely missed that.
[07:57] Yang
    Still, the chief wasn't able to
    foresee the assassination attempt,
[08:01] Yang
    but he did guess what
    Marquis Lohengramm was planning.
[08:04] Yang
    He intends to toy with the
    Alliance as much as he can,
[08:08] Yang
    with as little risk as possible.
[08:11] Julian
    What's going to happen now?
[08:14] Yang
    A coup d'état in the capital.
[08:18] Yang
    But I can't even guess at
    anything beyond that.
[08:21] Yang
    I don't think Marquis Lohengramm
    actually knows, either.
[08:25] Yang
    Who's going to be the mastermind
    behind the coup d'état?
[08:27] Yang
    That's the question.
[08:30] Julian
    Who could it be?
[08:32] Yang
    No idea.
[08:33] Yang
    But we'll know soon enough.
[08:36] Fyodor
    He wants us to stop revolts on four
    different planets ourselves, then?
SIGN    So he wants to preserve the capital's forces and put us to work.
SIGN    He's jealous, all right.
[08:48] Murai
    In any case, we can't refuse an order from
    the Integrated Tactical Operations Center.
[08:54] Guy
    Emergency in the capital!
[08:56] Murai
    Report in detail!
[08:57] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[08:58] Guy
    An emergency has broken out on
    the capital planet Heinessen.
[09:02] Guy
    I-It's a coup d'état!
[09:10] Bronze
    As of this day, April 13th
    of the year UC 797,
[09:15] Bronze
    we announce the establishment of
[09:17] Bronze
    the National Salvation Military Council
    as the provisional government.
[09:21] Bronze
    We hereby place Heinessen
    under martial law,
[09:24] Bronze
    and our forces assume full
    control over the capital.
[09:27] Yang
    National Salvation Military Council, eh?
[09:29] Bronze
    The Alliance Constitution is suspended,
[09:31] Bronze
    and the following National Salvation
    Military Council decrees will take its place.
[09:36] Bronze
    First, a unified national regime is
    established with the noble goal
[09:40] Bronze
    of overthrowing the Galactic Empire.
[09:43] Bronze
    Second, political activities and speeches
[09:46] Bronze
    contrary to the national interest
    are subject to regulation.
[09:49] Bronze
    Third, military personnel are granted
    judicial and police powers.
[09:53] Bronze
    Fourth, unnecessary social
    services will be halted
[09:57] Bronze
    to prevent the weakening of society.
[09:59] Bronze
    Fifth, conscientious objectors
    will be subject to punishment.
[10:01] Yang
    Well, isn't this brilliant?
[10:04] Yang
    It's no different from what Rudolf
    von Goldenbaum did 500 years ago.
[10:04] Bronze
    Sixth, corruption among politicians and civil
    servants will be severely punished.
[10:10] Bronze
    I will now introduce to all citizens
    and soldiers of the Alliance
[10:14] Bronze
    the chairman of the
    National Salvation Military Council.
[10:35] Bronze
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill.
[10:40] Dwight
    Citizens, as well as soldiers
    in the Alliance Navy.
[10:43] Dwight
    There is no need to be
    frightened by our actions.
[10:46] Dwight
    Our goal is to create a world in which all
    people can have a righteous lifestyle,
[10:50] Dwight
    enjoy a righteous reputation,
[10:51] Dwight
    and live righteous lives
    until their final days—
[10:54] Dwight
    exactly the way our world should be.
[10:57] Dwight
    If you examine history,
[10:59] Dwight
    you will surely see that when governments
    grow corrupt and society loses its way,
[11:05] Dwight
    there will always be those who
    rise up to correct the system.
[11:10] Dwight
    That is what we are,
[11:11] Dwight
    and this is one of those times.
[11:14] Dwight
    As of this day,
[11:16] Dwight
    the history of the
    Free Planets Alliance will change.
[11:20] Bewcock
    I suppose I've grown senile.
[11:23] Gatty
    Please forgive us.
    This is for the greater good.
[11:28] Bewcock
    So the Departments of
    Intelligence and Inspection,
[11:31] Bewcock
    and even men who served me directly,
[11:34] Bewcock
    had already been contaminated.
[11:38] Bewcock
    You there. I recognize you.
[11:42] Bewcock
    You're Rear Admiral Lynch.
[11:45] Lynch
    I'm so honored that you remember me.
[11:51] Bewcock
    I thought you were one of
[11:53] Bewcock
    the most reasonable,
    sensible men in the service.
[11:58] Bewcock
    But it looks like I overestimated you.
[12:02] Bewcock
    I never imagined you would be a
    part of such a careless act.
[12:05] Bewcock
    I can only believe that your reason
    and sensibility have fallen asleep.
[12:09] Dwight
    I believe you are well aware, Admiral,
[12:13] Dwight
    of how corrupted the current government is
[12:16] Dwight
    and how stifled our society is.
[12:18] Dwight
    Mob rule is running rampant
    in the guise of democracy,
[12:22] Dwight
    and it's showing no signs of being able to control itself.
[12:25] Dwight
    How else can we correct and reform it?
[12:33] Bewcock
    I see.
[12:34] Bewcock
    The current system is indeed
    corrupt and stifled.
[12:39] Bewcock
    Which is why you think the answer is to
    conquer it with military force, right?
[12:44] Bewcock
    Then if I may venture to ask...
[12:47] Bewcock
    When you and your military
    forces become corrupt,
[12:50] Bewcock
    who is going to correct you, and how?
[12:55] Gatty
    We had no choice but to take a stand.
[12:57] Gatty
    Unlike those who merely speak of peace,
[13:00] Gatty
    we are going to make it happen.
[13:03] Gatty
    Corruption arises from self-interest.
[13:05] Gatty
    There's no way we can ever become corrupt.
[13:09] Bewcock
    Is that so?
[13:11] Bewcock
    It seems to me as if you're trying
    to justify a lawless power grab
[13:15] Bewcock
    under the cover of terms like
    "salvation" and "passion."
[13:20] Bronze
    Admiral Bewcock, we have every intention
    of behaving as courteously as possible.
[13:28] Bewcock
    Courteous?
[13:30] Bewcock
    Since the first humans
    crawled upon the land,
[13:32] Bewcock
    breaking rules with violent force
    has never been called "courteous."
[13:37] Bewcock
    If you want people to call it that,
    why not use this power you've gained
[13:42] BewcocK
    and use it to write a new
    dictionary before you lose it?
[13:49] Dwight
    Unfortunately,
[13:50] Dwight
    it appears that no matter how much we
    talk, we'll find no common ground.
[13:55] Dwight
    Our only choice is to let
    history be the judge.
[14:04] Dwight
    Take him to another room.
[14:06] Dwight
    And be respectful.
[14:08] Bewcock
    History might not give you any answers,
[14:12] Bewcock
    Admiral Greenhill.
[14:16] Na
    The crucial location of Heinessen,
    the Alliance capital,
[14:18] Na
    was taken over by the coup d'état force.
[14:23] Na
    Even Admiral Dawson,
[14:25] Na
    interim chief of the Integrated Tactical
    Operations Center, was detained.
[14:29] Na
    However, the top target of the attack,
[14:32] Na
    High Council Chairman Trunicht,
[14:36] Na
    was not in his official residence.
[14:47] Yang
    You seem well.
[14:54] Frederica
    What can I do for you?
[14:57] Yang
    I'm mobilizing my fleet tomorrow.
[15:00] Yang
    Will you be joining me?
[15:02] Frederica
    I...
[15:04] Frederica
    N-No.
[15:06] Frederica
    I thought I would be relieved
    of my position as adjutant.
[15:12] Yang
    You want to quit?
[15:14] Frederica
    N-No!
[15:16] Frederica
    But...
[15:20] Yang
    I'm a lazy man, you know.
[15:23] Yang
    I need a capable adjutant by my side.
[15:29] Yang
    I'd be lost without you.
[15:37] Frederica
    Th-Then...
[15:39] Frederica
    I will fulfill the role to the
    best of my ability, Admiral.
SIGN    So you didn't fire Miss Greenhill?
[16:05] Yang
    Of course not.
[16:08] Yang
    Not until I find someone as
    talented as she is, anyway.
SIGN    Can't you just be honest?
[16:17] Yang
    What does that mean?
SIGN    Well, I was just thinking about what she thinks of you.
[16:23] Yang
    And what do you think?
SIGN    Who knows?
SIGN    Frankly, I'm not entirely sure myself.
SIGN    You're a walking contradiction, after all.
SIGN    No one despises the foolishness of war as much as you do,
SIGN    but at the same time, there's no greater master of war than you.
SIGN    Am I wrong?
[16:51] Yang
    And what about
    Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm?
SIGN    I'm sure it'd be interesting to see you two face off.
SIGN    If you both mobilized your forces in equal numbers,
SIGN    I'm confident that you'd win, personally.
[17:04] Yang
    Assumptions like that don't mean a thing.
SIGN    Then let's move on to the next topic.
SIGN    You have a very intimate knowledge of just how bad
SIGN    the Free Planets Alliance's current power structure is.
SIGN    And yet you're devoting all of your strength to trying to save it.
SIGN    That's another huge contradiction.
[17:33] Yang
    I prefer to choose "better" over "best."
[17:36] Yang
    I do realize that the current
    Alliance is no good.
[17:40] Yang
    But you saw the National Salvation
    Military Council's slogan, didn't you?
[17:45] Yang
    They're worse than the current regime.
SIGN    If I may say so,
SIGN    we should let those clowns in the National Salvation Military Council
SIGN    clean out the guys who are currently in power.
SIGN    Completely and thoroughly.
SIGN    When they're done, they'll show their true, useless colors
SIGN    and lose control of the situation.
SIGN    That's when you make your entrance,
SIGN    chase out the cleaners,
SIGN    and seize control as the one who'll restore democracy.
SIGN    Now that would be "better."
SIGN    What do you say? It doesn't matter what title we give you.
SIGN    Why not become a dictator who protects the practical parts of democracy?
[18:32] Yang
    Yang Wen-li the dictator, eh?
[18:38] Yang
    I really don't think that's my style.
SIGN    Just being a military man isn't your style, honestly.
SIGN    And despite that, you're doing remarkably well at it.
SIGN    I bet you'd be pretty good at being a dictator, too.
[19:00] Yang
    Commodore Schönkopf.
SIGN    Yes?
[19:04] Yang
    Have you shared your ideas
    with anyone other than me?
SIGN    Of course not.
[19:12] Yang
    Very well, then.
[19:21] Dwight
    Yang Wen-li refused to be a part of the
    National Salvation Military Council.
[19:27] Dwight
    Admiral Legrange.
[19:29] Legrange
    Sir.
[19:30] Dwight
    You will lead the 11th Fleet in
    a battle with Admiral Yang.
SIGN    11th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Legrange
[19:36] Legrange
    Understood, sir.
[19:38] Legrange
    But what about your daughter?
[19:40] Dwight
    I gave up on my daughter the moment
    I started working on these plans.
[19:45] Legrange
    Yes, sir.
[19:46] Legrange
    Then I will not fail to
    either annihilate Yang
[19:49] Legrange
    or force him into submission.
[19:57] Yang
    I never realized you had so
    much talent as a spokesman.
[20:02] Julian
    But I wasn't bluffing when I said that.
[20:06] Julian
    It was the truth.
[20:11] Guy
    Hey, kid...
[20:13] Guy
    You live with Admiral Yang, don't you?
[20:16] Julian
    Yes.
[20:17] Guy
    What do you think?
[20:19] Guy
    Does he have any chance of winning?
[20:27] Julian
    Admiral Yang Wen-li doesn't fight battles
    that he has no chance of winning.
[20:32] Guy
    He's right! Admiral Yang never makes mistakes!
[20:35] Guy
    Exactly! He's Miracle Yang!
[20:38] Julian
    Isn't that right, Admiral?
[20:47] Yang
    How does Julian look in your eyes?
[20:50] Yang
    In both shooting and hand-to-hand combat?
SIGN    Speaking as his teacher,
SIGN    he is more than qualified as a stand-alone soldier.
SIGN    I imagine he'll be far more useful than you.
SIGN    But what you actually want for Julian
SIGN    is far from this sort of thing, is it not?
[21:12] Yang
    There are limits to human abilities.
[21:15] Yang
    But they can still set destiny in motion
    with the abilities they do have.
[21:20] Yang
    I want Julian to set destiny in motion
    in as many ways as possible.
[21:25] Yang
    Even if he doesn't actually do that,
[21:27] Yang
    I want him to have that potential.
SIGN    And what about you?
[21:32] Yang
    Oh, I can't do it.
[21:34] Yang
    I'm too deeply involved with the
    Free Planets Alliance now.
[21:38] Yang
    I have obligations to fulfill
    for the people who pay me.
SIGN    I see.
SIGN    So that's why you won't officially make Julian a soldier.
SIGN    So he won't feel any obligation toward the Free Planets Alliance.
[21:55] Yang
    I hadn't given it that much thought.
[21:58] Frederica
    Admiral.
[22:00] Frederica
    All ships have completed
    preparations to depart.
[22:04] Yang
    Roger.
[22:08] Murai
    What shall we set as our destination?
[22:13] Yang
    Let's see...
[22:17] Yang
    Our final stop will be Heinessen.
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Triglav
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Manannan Mac Lir
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Maurya
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Hyperion
[22:54] Na
    On April 20th, Yang named Caselnes the
    interim commander of Iserlohn Fortress
[23:00] Na
    and ordered all ships in the fortress
    garrison fleet to mobilize.
[23:08] Na
    At this moment, the future of
    the Free Planets Alliance
[23:12] Na
    depended heavily upon the
    actions of the Yang Fleet.
SIGN    Episode 18
SIGN    Bloodshed in Space
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode eighteen, "Bloodshed in Space."

Season 2

E18 - Bloodshed in Space

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SIGN    Geiersburg Fortress
[00:10] Wilhelm
    The blond boy has led his fleet
    out of the Imperial capital.
SIGN    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition Vice Leader
    Marquis Wilhelm von Littenheim
[00:14] Wilhelm
    He had the nerve to call us "traitors,"
[00:17] Wilhelm
    a title that calls for our subjugation!
[00:20] Guy
    What?!
[00:21] Guy
    Utter insolence!
[00:25] Otho
    Now is the time for the
    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition
SIGN    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition Leader
    Duke Otho von Braunschweig
[00:29] Otho
    to put that upstart in his
    place once and for all!
[00:33] Otho
    We will dispatch forces in multiple positions
    along the corridor to Geiersburg Fortress
[00:38] Otho
    to chip away at the blond
    boy's strength in numbers.
[00:41] Otho
    Once he is weakened, we will strike
    his remaining forces all at once
[00:45] Otho
    and completely annihilate
    every last one of them.
[00:49] Otho
    May the great god Odin
    grant us his protection!
[00:53] Guy
    Victory will be ours!
[01:00] Merkatz
    Wait a moment.
SIGN    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
[01:04] Merkatz
    Dividing our forces would not
    be in our best interests.
[01:09] Otho
    Then what do you suggest we do?
[01:11] Merkatz
    Assemble our principal forces at Geiersburg
[01:14] Merkatz
    to intercept the enemy there.
[01:17] Otho
    So we should engage the brat here,
    where we have the positional advantage?
[01:22] Merkatz
    Correct.
[01:24] Staden
    No, there is an even better way.
[01:28] Staden
    Draw the enemy to Geiersburg,
[01:31] Staden
    then send a detached force
SIGN    Admiral Staden
[01:33] Staden
    to capture the Imperial capital, Odin,
    when their defenses are spread thin.
[01:37] Staden
    After that, the emperor will
    be in our possession.
[01:44] Staden
    Then we'll have the emperor declare that
    Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm is the traitor,
[01:51] Staden
    and our positions will be reversed.
[01:55] Staden
    The blond boy will become an orphan lost
    in space, with no home to return to.
[02:08] Alfred
    Fantastic!
SIGN    Count Alfred von Landsberg
[02:10] Alfred
    A strategy befitting the true
    heirs to the Goldenbaum Dynasty!
[02:14] Alfred
    Please permit me to lead the detached force!
[02:19] Guy
    No, let me!
[02:20] Guy
    Please, allow me!
[02:23] Guy
    Let me be the one to carry out the plan!
[02:24] Hildesheim
    Admiral Staden.
SIGN    Count Hildesheim
[02:27] Hildesheim
    I need to speak with you later.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[04:01] Merkatz
    That plan is foolish.
[04:03] Schneider
    What do you mean?
[04:05] Schneider
    From a purely militaristic perspective,
    it seems viable to me.
[04:09] Merkatz
    It's not viable for this coalition.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Bernhard von Schneider
[04:12] Merkatz
    They're only thinking about the power
    they'd gain after completing it
[04:16] Merkatz
    and how desperate they are
    to outdo each other.
[04:19] Merkatz
    Without unwavering trust between the
    main force and the detached force,
[04:23] Merkatz
    that strategy is doomed to fail.
[04:26] Schneider
    Is that why Marquis Lohengramm
    left the Imperial capital empty?
[04:31] Schneider
    But, Admiral,
[04:32] Schneider
    there are some among the nobles who
    are already preparing for battle
[04:36] Schneider
    in hopes of getting ahead of the
    others to lead the detached force.
[04:45] Schneider
    Aren't you going to stop them?
[04:47] Merkatz
    It's essentially impossible to
    restrain the egos of noblemen.
[04:52] Merkatz
    They wouldn't listen if I tried to warn them.
[04:56] Schneider
    You're saying they need to be
    defeated once to learn a lesson?
SIGN    Episode 18
SIGN    Bloodshed in Space
[05:10] Reinhard
    The traitors are on the move.
[05:13] Wolfgang
    Oh? At last?
[05:15] Reinhard
    My spy has informed me that their
    vanguard commander is Staden.
[05:20] Reinhard
    I hear you learned tactical theory
    from him at cadet school.
[05:25] Reinhard
    Do you think we can beat him?
[05:27] Wolfgang
    Instructor Staden had such abundant knowledge
[05:31] Wolfgang
    that he tended to lean too heavily on theory.
[05:34] Wolfgang
    We cadets often ridiculed him for
    being undone by his own theories.
[05:41] Reinhard
    Then, Mittermeyer, you will deploy to the
    Altena Starzone as our advance guard
[05:46] Reinhard
    and have a reunion with
    your former teacher.
[05:48] Wolfgang
    Yes, sir.
[05:51] Na
    In the year UC 797,
[05:54] Na
    or the 488th year of the Imperial
    Calendar, on April 19th,
[05:58] Na
    a war that would later be
    called the Lippstadt War began.
SIGN    Hildesheim Fleet
[06:07] Na
    Hildesheim and Staden deployed before
    the other nobles in hopes of earning
[06:13] Na
    the right of leadership in the
    operation to capture the emperor,
[06:18] Na
    but a minefield laid by the
    Mittermeyer Fleet impeded their course.
[06:27] Guy
    Compressed data received
    from patrol craft T07.
[06:30] Guy
    Movement of Hildesheim Fleet confirmed
    on the enemy's left flank.
[06:33] Guy
    The Staden Fleet has also begun
    to move on the right flank.
[06:37] Na
    Directional Seffle particles were
    the Reinhard camp's secret weapon
[06:42] Na
    for breaking through the Alliance Navy's
    minefield in the Battle of Amritsar.
[06:47] Na
    Without access to them, the Hildesheim and Staden fleets
[06:52] Na
    had no choice but to detour around
    the minefield to its left and right.
[06:58] Armsdorf
    They're on the move.
[07:00] Wolfgang
    They should know we're not just going
    to sit in the same place forever.
[07:05] Wolfgang
    Our fleet will also begin its advance!
[07:14] Guy
    We're entering the minefield!
SIGN    Cleared Route
[07:26] Guy
    This is a live minefield, isn't it?
[07:29] Guy
    If we slip off course in the slightest...
[07:32] Guy
    Admiral Mittermeyer has trained
    this fleet himself. Have faith.
[07:43] Na
    The Mittermeyer Fleet passed through an cleared
    route so narrow that Staden didn't even see it,
[07:49] Na
    and succeeded in striking the
    Hildesheim Fleet from behind.
[07:53] Hildesheim
    What?!
[07:55] Staden
    The minefield was definitely live.
[07:58] Staden
    How did they...
[07:59] Wolfgang
    Swift movement is my fleet's specialty.
[08:05] Wolfgang
    Feuer!
[08:26] Guy
    The propulsion engine's been hit!
    We're losing control!
[08:34] Staden
    We've lost contact with
    the Hildesheim Fleet!
[08:37] Staden
    How could this be?
[08:39] Staden
    Given our numbers, we have
    no chance of winning now.
[08:43] Staden
    Retreat! We'll head to
    Rentenberg and request aid!
[08:47] Armsdorf
    The Staden Fleet is leaving the starzone.
[08:52] Wolfgang
    He got away, huh?
[08:54] Wolfgang
    I guess my former teacher has
    the sense to know when to run.
[09:00] Na
    The Battle of Altena, the first
    clash of the Lippstadt War,
[09:07] Na
    ended in victory for Mittermeyer.
[09:13] Otho
    What?!
[09:14] Otho
    Not only did he lose, but he
    fled to Rentenberg, as well?!
[09:18] Wilhelm
    That fortress is a vital logistics center.
[09:21] Wilhelm
    We must avoid losing it at any cost!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
    High Admiral Ovlesser
[09:28] Schneider
    It ended just the way you said it would.
[09:31] Schneider
    Do we have any hope of defeating
    Marquis Lohengramm like this?
[09:35] Schneider
    Admiral, what are we fighting for?
[09:38] Schneider
    Who are we fighting for?
[09:41] Merkatz
    Stop it.
[09:42] Merkatz
    All we can do is defend our honor as soldiers.
[09:47] Merkatz
    Nothing more.
[09:53] Wolfgang
    I apologize, sir.
[09:54] Wolfgang
    I let Staden get away.
[09:57] Reinhard
    No matter.
[09:58] Reinhard
    Our goal was to put a damper on their
    spirits, and we achieved that.
[10:02] Paul
    The Staden Fleet, the one that
    left the Altena Starzone,
[10:05] Paul
    fled to Rentenberg Fortress,
    a key location on the front lines.
[10:11] Paul
    The strength of its garrison
    force should not be ignored.
[10:16] Reinhard
    Our navy will seize Rentenberg Fortress
[10:20] Reinhard
    and make it our bridgehead
    for taking down Geiersburg.
[10:23] Reinhard
    Reuenthal, Mittermeyer,
[10:26] Reinhard
    occupy Rentenberg and take full
    control without doing any damage.
[10:29] Both
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Rentenberg Fortress
SIGN    Amphibious Assault Ships
[11:11] Paul
    Rentenberg Fortress gets all of its energy
    from a power reactor in its center.
[11:18] Paul
    The only way to get there
    is via the No. 6 passage.
[11:22] Paul
    Only when it is under our control can we
    take over all functions of the fortress.
[11:31] Oskar
    It makes sense that we'd have
    to use hand-to-hand combat,
[11:34] Oskar
    but he sure makes it sound easy.
[11:36] Wolfgang
    You can say that again.
SIGN    Seffle Particles Detected
    Weapon Use Prohibited
[11:46] Wolfgang
    The No. 6 passage is full
    of Seffle particles.
[11:50] Wolfgang
    He wants a primitive fight to the
    death, like the barbarian he is.
[11:59] Oskar
    If only Rentenberg's defensive
    commander wasn't him...
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadiers
[12:30] Oskar
    He was basically born to
    beat people to death.
[12:46] Wolfgang
    The Armored Grenadier Commander...
[12:50] Wolfgang
    High Admiral Ovlesser.
SIGN    Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
    Beowulf
[13:06] Wolfgang
    They've been fighting in full
    armor for eight hours.
[13:11] Oskar
    It appears they're using some kind of drug.
[13:14] Reinhard
    I understand the situation.
[13:16] Reinhard
    Ovlesser is brave,
[13:18] Reinhard
    but he is a Neanderthal.
[13:20] Reinhard
    He'll be of no use if we let him live,
[13:22] Reinhard
    and I'm certain he wouldn't want
    to be kept alive at our mercy.
[13:26] Reinhard
    Give him a glorious death.
[13:28] Both
    Yes, sir.
[13:29] Armsdorf
    Your Excellency.
[13:31] Armsdorf
    There is a transmission
    from the enemy commander.
[13:33] Wolfgang
    What?
[13:34] Reinhard
    Connect him to me.
[13:35] Armsdorf
    Yes, sir... But...
[13:37] Reinhard
    It's fine.
[13:38] Ovlesser
    Blond boy!
[13:40] Ovlesser
    Do you even have the guts to
    look at my face on a screen?
[13:44] Ovlesser
    You were born into good fortune,
    but you've achieved nothing!
[13:50] Ovlesser
    I will never allow a brat like
    you to have the Imperial Navy!
[13:53] Ovlesser
    And the idea that you'd take
    advantage of the emperor's favor
[13:56] Ovlesser
    to monopolize the Imperial
    government is outrageous!
[13:59] Ovlesser
    Despite your low birth,
    both you and your sister
[14:02] Ovlesser
    deceived the previous emperor
    with your good looks!
[14:06] Ovlesser
    That kind of insolence is worthy of death!
[14:09] Reinhard
    Cut the transmission!
[14:11] Guy
    Yes, sir!
[14:12] Reinhard
    Reuenthal! Mittermeyer!
[14:14] Both
    Yes, sir!
[14:15] Reinhard
    Bring that scumbag to me!
[14:19] Reinhard
    Yes... Don't you dare kill him.
[14:21] Reinhard
    Bring him alive, even if you
    have to rip off his limbs!
[14:24] Reinhard
    I will tear that bastard's filthy
    mouth off with my own hands!
[14:28] Both
    Yes, sir!
[14:31] Wolfgang
    This is a problem.
[14:33] Oskar
    Yeah.
[14:34] Oskar
    This means even
    His Excellency acts on his emotions.
[14:40] Wolfgang
    Armsdorf, bring the commander
    of the engineering corps here.
[14:44] Oskar
    Yes, and one more thing...
[14:50] Ovlesser
    Come at me if you dare, you cowardly mice!
[14:53] Ovlesser
    I'll throw your corpses in a pot
    and make you into fricassee!
[14:58] Ovlesser
    I'm sure the flesh of lowly
    peasants like yourselves
[15:00] Ovlesser
    would taste foul, though!
[15:08] Oskar
    I guess barbarians don't know
    the meaning of moderation.
[15:14] Ovlesser
    Reuenthal the Odd-eyed and the Gale Wolf...
[15:18] Ovlesser
    Looks like you've grown impatient
    with the incompetence of your men.
[15:20] Ovlesser
    Do you think the two of
    you alone can defeat me?
[15:25] Wolfgang
    We won't know until we try.
[15:27] Oskar
    We are admirals, and you are a high admiral.
[15:31] Oskar
    I'd say we're a good match for you.
[15:33] Ovlesser
    So you do know your place!
[15:35] Ovlesser
    Out of respect to your courtesy, I'll pass
    the fleet admiral's baton along to you!
[15:39] Ovlesser
    You can collect it in Valhalla!
[15:57] Ovlesser
    Is that all you've got?!
[16:03] Ovlesser
    You won't get away!
[16:17] Oskar
    Now!
[16:30] Ovlesser
    You cowards!
[16:32] Oskar
    We'll take that as a compliment.
[16:34] Wolfgang
    We've got Ovlesser.
[16:36] Wolfgang
    There aren't enough of them
    left to waste time on.
[16:39] Wolfgang
    Proceed to seize control!
[16:42] Guy
    Yes, sir!
[16:43] Na
    Thus, control of the No. 6 passage was seized,
[16:47] Na
    while it was still covered in
    the blood of their comrades.
[17:04] Wolfgang
    Oberstein? What are you doing here?
[17:09] Paul
    I will be setting High Admiral Ovlesser free.
[17:14] Wolfgang
    You're joking!
[17:15] Wolfgang
    Do you know how many of our
    men died capturing him?!
[17:19] Paul
    I am acting with Marquis
    Lohengramm's approval.
[17:23] Paul
    His Excellency has deeply
    acknowledged both of your efforts.
[17:28] Paul
    Is that not sufficient for you?
[17:34] Paul
    For now, I would like you all to leave
    me alone with the high admiral.
[17:45] Paul
    Now, High Admiral Ovlesser...
[17:48] Paul
    We would like you to return to the
    Nobles Coalition as an envoy.
[17:54] Ovlesser
    What did you say?
[17:55] Paul
    No matter which side wins this civil war,
[17:59] Paul
    it will inevitably cause
    great harm to the Empire.
[18:02] Paul
    Marquis Lohengramm does not wish to
    see the Empire as a whole grow weak.
[18:08] Paul
    We'd like you to give us
    a third option to end this conflict quickly.
[18:14] Ovlesser
    Hah! You really think our leader
    will agree to make peace now?
[18:18] Paul
    If it comes from a warrior of such
    distinguished service as yourself,
[18:22] Paul
    perhaps even the nobles will listen.
[18:26] Ovlesser
    I understand what you're saying.
[18:28] Ovlesser
    But if I do return to Geiersburg,
[18:31] Ovlesser
    you have no guarantee that
    I'll do what the brat wants.
[18:43] Ansbach
    You are High Admiral Ovlesser, correct?
[18:47] Ovlesser
    You can't tell just by looking at me?
[18:50] Ansbach
    Right this way, please.
[18:52] Ansbach
    The leader awaits.
[18:55] Otho
    High Admiral Ovlesser.
    Congratulations on returning alive.
[19:00] Ovlesser
    Yes, sir.
[19:02] Otho
    Incidentally, did you know
[19:04] Otho
    that all of your men were captured
    and publicly executed?
[19:09] Ovlesser
    P-Publicly executed?!
[19:11] Otho
    Why, then, are you the only one
    who was set free to return here?
[19:22] Ovlesser
    This is a trap!
    The blond brat set this up to trick me!
[19:27] Otho
    Silence, traitor!
[19:30] Otho
    You were the only one to return alive
[19:33] Otho
    because you sold yourself out to him!
[19:36] Otho
    Did you promise to bring
    him my severed head?!
[19:41] Ovlesser
    No! I haven't betrayed you!
[19:44] Ovlesser
    This is a trap!
    The blond brat set this up to trick me!
[19:50] Otho
    Shoot! Shoot him!
[19:59] Ovlesser
    Why? This is a trap!
[20:06] Ovlesser
    Why don't you get it?!
[20:08] Ovlesser
    This is a trap!
[20:12] Ovlesser
    It's a trap!
[20:19] Ovlesser
    I didn't betray you!
[20:21] Otho
    Kill him! Kill him at once!
[20:23] Ovlesser
    I did not—
[20:28] (Flashback) Gregor
    He intends to eradicate all those
    who refuse to see the truth.
[20:36] Ovlesser
    Refuse to... see the truth...
[20:44] Otho
    Damned fool.
[20:47] Ansbach
    What shall we say was the cause of
    High Admiral Ovlesser's death?
[20:51] Otho
    There's no need to cover this up.
[20:54] Otho
    He was executed for betraying his comrades.
[20:56] Otho
    Let the whole Empire know!
[21:03] Ansbach
    Don't make such a bitter face.
[21:07] Ansbach
    I don't know what tomorrow will bring, either.
[21:10] Ansbach
    Maybe you should be grateful that
    you died before this day ended.
[21:19] Paul
    Ovlesser, the foremost of those
    who see us as the enemy,
[21:23] Paul
    was executed as a traitor.
[21:25] Paul
    This should foster agitation and
    mistrust among the nobles.
[21:34] Na
    In the year UC 797,
[21:37] Na
    or the 488th year of the
    Imperial Calendar, in May,
[21:41] Na
    Reinhard took control of Rentenberg Fortress
[21:45] Na
    and further advanced the war
    against the coalition of nobles.
[22:00] Guy
    Ship spotted ahead. ID code known.
[22:04] Guy
    It's the Fezzan merchant ship Berezka.
[22:07] Hans
    It may be carrying the nobles who escaped.
[22:11] Kircheis
    Order it to stop.
    We will conduct an inspection.
SIGN    Fezzan Merchant Ship
    Berezka
[22:18] Guy
    It's a migrant farmer and his family.
[22:21] Guy
    We don't see anyone suspicious.
[22:23] Marinesk
    We don't have money, so they're
    transporting us as cargo.
[22:27] Kircheis
    As cargo?
[22:29] Kircheis
    There appear to be several
    women and children there.
[22:33] Kircheis
    Is there anything you need?
[22:35] Marinesk
    We're low on medicine,
    as well as milk for the babies.
[22:39] Kircheis
    Very well. I will have some delivered.
[22:43] Kircheis
    Please take care of yourselves.
[22:45] Marinesk
    Thank you so much for your help.
SIGN    Manager Marinesk
SIGN    Captain Boris Konev
[23:00] Marinesk
    We managed to get through
    that in one piece.
[23:02] Konev
    Well, we couldn't tell them that we're
    carrying Earth Cultists on a pilgrimage.
[23:06] Marinesk
    That Kircheis is a good man.
[23:10] Konev
    I pity him.
[23:12] Konev
    Good men never live long.
[23:16] Konev
    Especially not in times like these.
SIGN    Episode 19
SIGN    The Battle of the Doria Starzone
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:57] Na
    episode nineteen, "The Battle of the Doria Starzone."

Season 2

E19 - The Battle of the Doria Starzone

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[00:13] Yang
    Our fleet will now head for Shampool.
[00:17] Yang
    They may be traitors, but before we
    exchange fire with fellow Alliancemen,
[00:22] Yang
    there's something I'd like to say.
[00:25] Yang
    Not long ago, when visiting
    the capital planet Heinessen,
[00:28] Yang
    I made a request of Space Fleet
    Commander-in-Chief Bewcock.
[00:32] Yang
    He then granted me a decree stating that,
[00:34] Yang
    in the event of a coup d'état such as this,
[00:37] Yang
    our fleet would strike it down
    and restore law and order.
[00:43] Julian
    Why are we going to Shampool
    instead of Heinessen?
[00:49] Yang
    They could break our communication and
    supply lines using guerrilla tactics.
[00:54] Yang
    To prevent that, we need
    to establish supply bases.
[00:58] Julian
    I see.
[01:00] Julian
    But their commander isn't Yang Wen-li.
[01:04] Yang
    But there may be a future Yang Wen-li.
[01:08] Yang
    Who even knew the name
    "Yang Wen-li" before El Facil?
[01:13] Yang
    If we lived in peaceful times,
    I'd still be nameless.
[01:16] Yang
    I'd still be just an aspiring historian.
[01:20] Julian
    And now you're one of the subjects
    for historians to study.
[01:26] Yang
    That Yang Wen-li is, apparently,
    a pretty big deal.
[01:30] Yang
    He's nothing like me.
    We just happen to have the same name.
[01:34] Julian
    That's what makes you so respectable.
[01:38] Julian
    Most people would have been lost in
    their own self-importance by now.
[01:43] Yang
    Julian, you shouldn't flatter
    your superiors too much.
[01:48] Yang
    If they're weak, they'll start to believe
    you and end up ruining themselves.
[01:56] Julian
    Yes, sir. Understood.
[02:00] Yang
    As long as we're clear.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    The Planet Shampool
[03:34] Na
    On April 26th of the year UC 797,
[03:38] Na
    the Yang Fleet began its assault
    on the planet Shampool.
[03:42] Na
    Since the traitors on Shampool
    had no garrison fleet,
[03:45] Na
    the battle was fought
    primarily on the ground.
[03:49] Na
    Yang's ground forces, with the
    Rosen Ritter at their center,
[03:52] Na
    subjugated the traitors with
    their far superior strength.
[03:56] Na
    Shampool was set free within only three days.
[04:10] Yang
    Good work today.
[04:12] Yang
    They gave you quite the
    warm welcome, didn't they?
SIGN    Well, the job's gotta come with some perks.
SIGN    Anyway, what brings you all here together?
[04:24] Murai
    Someone from the Department
    of Intelligence who fled here
[04:28] Murai
    from Heinessen has requested an audience.
[04:30] Murai
    We're awaiting his arrival.
SIGN    Oh? Intelligence?
SIGN    By the way, I don't see Lieutenant Greenhill.
[04:44] Murai
    Looks like he's here.
[04:47] Yang
    Has anyone been purged?
[04:50] Baghdash
    Not at the moment.
[04:52] Baghdash
    However...
SIGN    Commander Baghdash
[04:53] Baghdash
    Chief Cubersly,
    Fleet Commander-in-Chief Bewcock,
[04:57] Baghdash
    and other key officials have been detained.
[05:00] Yang
    I see.
[05:03] Yang
    And what is the status of each fleet?
[05:05] Baghdash
    I came here because there is something I
    must tell you immediately regarding that.
[05:11] Baghdash
    The 11th Fleet has joined the coup d'état,
[05:16] Baghdash
    and it is now on its way here.
[05:19] Yang
    I appreciate that information.
[05:21] Yang
    If we're prepared for their arrival,
    we can minimize losses.
[05:25] Baghdash
    Is that so?
[05:26] Baghdash
    I'm glad I could be of some help.
[05:30] Yang
    Is something wrong?
[05:32] Baghdash
    Well... I heard that your adjutant
    was Admiral Greenhill's daughter.
[05:40] Yang
    She's aware of her position.
[05:43] Yang
    I've left her in Iserlohn.
[05:44] Baghdash
    I see.
[05:46] Baghdash
    That was truly a wise decision.
SIGN    Oh, darn it!
SIGN    Jeez...
SIGN    I just ruined all these kiss marks.
SIGN    Please excuse me.
[06:00] Yang
    Now...
[06:02] Frederica
    Yes, I have met Commander Baghdash. Just once.
[06:08] Frederica
    He was in my father's study,
[06:10] Frederica
    voicing his discontent with
    the current political system.
SIGN    I see.
[06:19] Rainer
    The mission has been completed.
SIGN    Good work.
SIGN    Continue to keep a close eye on the situation.
[06:26] Rainer
    Yes, sir.
[06:27] Yang
    Commodore, where is Commander Baghdash?
SIGN    Oh, he's asleep.
SIGN    I used a special sleeping drug.
SIGN    It'll be a while before he wakes up.
SIGN    We can't be careless with a man who claims
SIGN    to be from Intelligence, even if he's kept confined.
[06:46] Yang
    You certainly work fast.
[06:51] Fyodor
    The 11th Fleet is heading this way
    to trap us in a pincer attack.
[06:56] Murai
    It looks like Commander Baghdash's
    information was correct.
[07:00] Murai
    He probably wanted to
    guarantee his own safety.
[07:04] Yang
    All right. Thank you for the report.
SIGN    Episode 19
SIGN    The Battle of the Doria Starzone
SIGN    11th Fleet Flagship
    Leonidas II
[07:19] Legrange
    Any word from Commander Baghdash?
[07:21] Adjutant
    Not yet.
SIGN    11th Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Legrange
[07:25] Legrange
    That useless fool.
[07:27] Legrange
    Why did he infiltrate their fleet, then?
[07:30] Legrange
    Connect me to all ships!
[07:33] Legrange
    Attention, all men.
[07:35] Legrange
    The success or failure of
    this military revolution
[07:37] Legrange
    and our homeland's destiny
    depend on this battle.
[07:41] Legrange
    You must all give your
    utmost to fulfill your duty
[07:45] Legrange
    and give this gift to our homeland.
[07:49] Legrange
    I sincerely hope I can count on your
    courage and love for your homeland.
[07:53] Legrange
    You are all to exert your best efforts!
[07:58] Frederica
    Your Excellency.
[08:01] Frederica
    If you would, please.
[08:03] Yang
    Sure.
[08:05] Yang
    All right, everyone,
    the battle is about to begin.
[08:09] Yang
    This is our fleet's first campaign.
[08:11] Yang
    It's a meaningless fight,
[08:13] Yang
    which means losing would
    be even more meaningless.
[08:16] Yang
    I've devised a way for us to win,
[08:19] Yang
    so just take it easy and
    don't push yourselves.
[08:22] Yang
    The only thing riding on this is
    the life or death of a nation.
[08:26] Yang
    Compared to our individual
    freedoms and rights,
[08:29] Yang
    a nation isn't worth that much.
[08:32] Guy
    Enemy fleet detected at twelve o'clock!
[08:35] Yang
    All right, everyone...
[08:37] Yang
    I guess it's time to get started.
[08:42] Na
    Thus the battle between the
    Yang Fleet and the 11th Fleet began.
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Maurya
[08:47] Na
    With the information he
    obtained from Baghdash,
[08:50] Na
    Yang used the enemy's strategy against them,
[08:52] Na
    focusing all efforts on the
    main fleet at their left flank.
[08:55] Na
    This gave him the advantage in numbers.
[08:59] Nguyen
    Our squadron is the spearhead
    of this operation.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Nguyen Van Huu
[09:02] Nguyen
    We'll charge straight into
    the heart of the enemy!
[09:05] Nguyen
    Fire! Fire! Fire everything you've got!
[09:12] Guy
    We're being attacked from three o'clock!
[09:14] Guy
    It's the Yang Fleet!
[09:15] Legrange
    How did he know what we were going to do?
[09:18] Legrange
    Is it possible that Baghdash...
[09:21] Legrange
    Contact the detached force
    on our right flank at once!
[09:23] Adjutant
    Yes, sir!
[09:24] Guy
    We're being attacked from eleven o'clock!
[09:27] Adjutant
    The main fleet on the left flank
    has encountered the enemy, as well.
[09:29] Adjutant
    They believe it to be Yang's squadron.
[09:32] Commander
    Commence counterattack!
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Manannan Mac Lir
[09:35] Fischer
    There's no need to defeat the enemy.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Edwin Fischer
[09:37] Fischer
    We only need to slow them down so
    they can't join the main fleet.
[09:45] Nguyen
    This is great!
[09:46] Nguyen
    We don't even need to aim!
[09:49] Nguyen
    Keep firing until there's
    nothing left to fire at!
[09:52] Nguyen
    We're gonna blast right through their flank!
[09:56] Nguyen
    Charge! Charge!
[09:59] Adjutant
    Our fleet will be divided from the
    front to the rear at this rate.
[10:02] Legrange
    Don't be afraid of their tricks!
[10:04] Legrange
    Get all of our gunships to the battle sector
[10:06] Legrange
    and do whatever it takes to stop them!
[10:14] Poplin
    We're going to stop the
    enemy from regrouping.
[10:17] Poplin
    Rum and Applejack, go for
    the squadron commander.
[10:20] Poplin
    Sherry and Cognac, you're with me.
[10:22] All
    Roger!
[10:32] Adjutant
    The rear of our fleet was
    separated from the line,
[10:33] Adjutant
    and now they're taking concentrated fire!
[10:37] Legrange
    Turn around! We're going
    to back up the rear ships!
[10:46] Legrange
    What's happening?!
SIGN    13th Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Triglav
[10:48] Dusty
    Keep these ships where they are
    until their rear is taken care of.
[10:52] Dusty
    There's no need to go along with their setup.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough
[10:55] Dusty
    Let's just hang around for now.
[10:57] Lao
    Yes, sir.
[11:19] Murai
    It's been two hours since combat commenced.
[11:21] Murai
    The rear of the enemy line is
    mostly under our control, but...
[11:24] Yang
    It's taking more work than I thought.
[11:27] Yang
    Have we advised them to surrender?
[11:28] Murai
    We have,
[11:29] Murai
    but they haven't responded yet.
[11:31] Yang
    I see.
[11:51] Nguyen
    The outcome is already decided, and yet...
[11:57] Lao
    Please, hurry up and surrender.
[12:03] Poplin
    Booze and women are the staples of life!
[12:06] Poplin
    Not even a dog would agree to a
    double suicide with an ideology!
[12:09] Yang
    Advise them to surrender again.
[12:12] Guy
    Transmission from the 11th Fleet flagship!
[12:14] Yang
    Connect us.
[12:19] Yang
    Admiral Legrange.
[12:22] Legrange
    I, Legrange, have taken the responsibility
[12:24] Legrange
    of giving all ships in the
    11th Fleet the order to surrender.
[12:29] Legrange
    I consider it an honor to
    have fought my final battle
[12:32] Legrange
    against such a renowned admiral as yourself.
[12:36] Legrange
    However, though our fleet may be defeated,
[12:40] Legrange
    the National Salvation Military Council
[12:42] Legrange
    will not fail to carry out
    its long-desired ambition.
[12:45] Legrange
    I wish to take this opportunity
    to plead with you
[12:47] Legrange
    to reconsider your plans for the future.
[12:52] Legrange
    Long live the National
    Salvation Military Council!
[13:07] Na
    With Legrange's suicide,
[13:09] Na
    the Battle of the
    Doria Starzone came to an end.
[13:12] Na
    The goal of the battle was to
    minimize losses on both sides,
[13:17] Na
    but the coup d'état faction's
    faith remained steadfast,
[13:19] Na
    resulting in a bitter conclusion.
[13:30] Fyodor
    Baghdash's behavior since he
    woke up has been insufferable.
[13:34] Fyodor
    He demands wine with his meals,
[13:37] Fyodor
    insists we have a female
    soldier wait on him...
[13:39] Dusty
    But the admiral's seeing
    him at the moment, right?
[13:42] Dusty
    I'm sure he's setting him straight.
[13:45] Dusty
    Right, Lao?
[13:46] Lao
    Huh?
[13:50] Yang
    Then...
[13:52] Baghdash
    Yes, I was hoping you would
    allow me to work for you.
[13:56] Yang
    Is it really that easy for a
    man to change his principles?
[14:00] Baghdash
    Of course it is.
[14:02] Baghdash
    A man's principles are his
    means of staying alive.
[14:05] Baghdash
    If they get in the way of staying alive,
    one need only get rid of them.
[14:09] Yang
    I see.
[14:11] Yang
    Could you tell me in detail
    what you had in mind?
[14:14] Baghdash
    My ultimate goal as a covert agent
[14:17] Baghdash
    was to assassinate you, Admiral Yang.
[14:22] Baghdash
    I thought this coup d'état had
    a chance at being successful,
[14:26] Baghdash
    and that's why I accepted this risky mission.
[14:29] Baghdash
    But... my judgment was wrong.
[14:33] Baghdash
    Your strength far surpassed my expectations
[14:36] Baghdash
    and those of the
    National Salvation Military Council.
[14:40] Baghdash
    I have been left with no choice
[14:42] Baghdash
    but to accept reality.
[14:45] Yang
    No choice, eh?
[14:47] Yang
    And that's why you want to work for me?
[14:50] Baghdash
    Yes, that's right.
[14:51] Baghdash
    In all honesty,
[14:53] Baghdash
    I've grown tired of idling my life away.
[14:55] Baghdash
    I don't hate working, honestly.
[14:58] Baghdash
    Won't you consider giving
    me a job of some kind?
[15:01] Yang
    A job, huh?
[15:04] Yang
    All right. I'll find a use for you eventually.
[15:08] Yang
    For now, I'll return this to you.
[15:23] Baghdash
    Admiral Yang...
[15:44] Julian
    Commander Baghdash, drop your blaster
[15:47] Julian
    and put your hands in the air!
[15:49] Baghdash
    H-Hey, it was just a joke.
[15:52] Baghdash
    I owe Admiral Yang my life.
    I would never shoot him.
[15:55] Julian
    If you killed the admiral,
[15:57] Julian
    your name would go down in history,
    even if only in notoriety.
[16:00] Julian
    Can you honestly say you didn't feel
    that temptation, even for a moment?
[16:04] Baghdash
    H-Hey, now...
[16:06] Julian
    Admiral! I don't trust this man!
[16:10] Julian
    He may swear his loyalty to you now,
[16:13] Julian
    but there's no telling what
    he'll do in the future!
[16:16] Yang
    Future danger is not a reason to
    take someone's life now, Julian.
[16:22] Julian
    I know that!
[16:24] Julian
    But...
[16:29] Yang
    Just let him off the hook.
[16:31] Yang
    You've spooked him enough.
[16:34] Yang
    Commander, you can go.
[16:44] Baghdash
    I'll try to remember that you'll
    always be watching me.
[16:50] Baghdash
    If you'll excuse me.
[16:58] Julian
    Admiral!
[16:59] Yang
    Baghdash is a calculating man.
[17:02] Yang
    So long as I keep winning,
    he won't turn on me.
[17:06] Yang
    For the moment, that's good enough.
[17:10] Yang
    Besides...
[17:11] Yang
    I don't want to let you kill
    anyone if I can avoid it.
[17:19] Na
    Meanwhile, on Heinessen,
[17:21] Na
    a multitude of citizens were
    assembling at a stadium
[17:24] Na
    for a rally to protest the
    National Salvation Military Council.
[17:35] Guy
    It's about to start!
[17:36] Guy
    Everything ready over there?
[17:38] Guy
    Give us just a little more time!
SIGN    Jessica Edwards
[17:40] Guy
    We'll let you know as soon as we receive word!
[17:43] Jessica
    May this assembly be the beginning
    of a new era for the Alliance.
[17:50] Jessica
    Jean Robert...
[18:09] Christian
    Now,
SIGN    Captain Christian
[18:10] Christian
    you citizens who cling to
    such arrogant ideals...
[18:13] Christian
    Have you assembled here with awareness
    that you are under martial law?
[18:23] Christian
    Hey. Drag ten of them up on the stage.
[18:27] Guy
    Yes, sir!
[18:32] Christian
    Now, how about some answers?
[18:34] Christian
    Is your leader Jessica Edwards?
[18:39] Guy
    I don't know.
[18:41] Christian
    Is that so?
[18:43] Christian
    Then... let me jog your memory!
[18:49] Christian
    Goodness, what's wrong? Do you feel unwell?
[18:54] Christian
    I'll ask you now.
[18:58] Christian
    Is your leader Jessica Edwa—
[18:59] Jessica
    Captain Christian!
[19:05] Christian
    Well, well! If it isn't
    Representative Edwards!
[19:09] Jessica
    Why are armed soldiers interfering
    with a peaceful assembly?
[19:14] Christian
    To restore order, of course.
[19:17] Jessica
    Wouldn't you say you're the ones
    disturbing order with violence?
[19:23] Jessica
    Exactly what part of all
    this do you call "order"?
[19:29] Christian
    We are the ones who decide what "order" is.
[19:33] Christian
    End this assembly at once.
[19:36] Christian
    If you don't know what "order" is,
    we will be happy to show you.
[19:41] Jessica
    Enough!
[19:44] Christian
    Out of my way!
[19:50] Christian
    None of you are even prepared to die,
[19:53] Christian
    and you dare run your big mouths to me?!
[19:57] Jessica
    So if you're prepared to die...
[20:00] Jessica
    you can do whatever you want,
    no matter how stupid?
[20:04] Christian
    What?
[20:06] Jessica
    There have been others... who used violence
[20:10] Jessica
    to force their ideas of justice on others.
[20:14] Jessica
    One of the great ones... was the
    founder of the Galactic Empire...
[20:18] Jessica
    Rudolf von Goldenbaum.
[20:20] Jessica
    And among the least of them... is you.
[20:26] Jessica
    You're an unworthy disciple of Rudolf.
[20:30] Jessica
    Figure that out for yourself.
[20:33] Jessica
    You have... no right to be here now.
[20:38] Jessica
    So...
[20:40] Jessica
    Take your soldiers and leave here at once!
[20:46] Christian
    Those eyes...
[20:49] Christian
    Who the hell do you think you are?!
[21:06] Guy
    Stop!
[21:07] Guy
    Stop or we'll shoot!
[21:08] Guy
    Stop!
[21:10] Christian
    It doesn't matter! Shoot them! Shoot them!
[21:16] Guy
    Someone has a blaster!
[21:18] Guy
    We can't handle this!
[21:20] Guy
    We have no choice!
    Permission to fire granted!
[21:22] Guy
    Don't move! Move and I'll shoot!
[21:35] Na
    In this incident, which would later
    be known as the Stadium Massacre,
[21:40] Na
    20,000 citizens and 1,500
    soldiers lost their lives,
[21:46] Na
    all fellow citizens of the
    Free Planets Alliance.
[22:00] Gatty
    I can't believe he acted so rashly.
[22:02] Gatty
    If this drives all of the
    citizens to revolt at once...
[22:07] Bronze
    We would lose the citizens' support.
[22:10] Bronze
    We'd become a minority.
[22:16] Dwight
    Why?
[22:21] Na
    The news of the Stadium Massacre
    did not reach the* Hyperion*
[22:26] Na
    until a month later.
[22:30] Yang
    Okay. Then deliver this notice to all ships.
[22:34] Frederica
    Understood.
[22:37] Na
    When he learned of Jessica's death,
[22:41] Na
    Yang wore sunglasses for a whole
    day to conceal his expression.
[23:06] Na
    At the end of July in the year UC 797,
[23:11] Na
    Yang's fleet was about to arrive at Heinessen.
SIGN    Episode 20
SIGN    Tragedy
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty, "Tragedy."

Season 2

E20 - Tragedy

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[00:04] Na
    With Reinhard's fleet away to
    subjugate the nobles' coalition,
[00:10] Na
    the Kircheis Fleet was acting as a detached
    force to subjugate a frontier starzone.
[00:17] Reinhard
    Littenheim of the traitor force
[00:19] Reinhard
    is leading a fleet of 50,000
    ships in your direction.
[00:23] Kircheis
    Littenheim, the vice leader
    of the coalition?
[00:26] Reinhard
    He probably hopes to claim the glory
    before their leader, Braunschweig, can.
[00:32] Reinhard
    Crush them.
[00:35] Kircheis
    Understood.
[00:37] Reinhard
    You're doing good work for me, Kircheis.
[00:40] Reinhard
    I've heard some referring to you
    as the King of the Frontier.
[00:47] Kircheis
    I only want to end this
    conflict as soon as possible
[00:51] Kircheis
    so that I can return to your side quickly.
[00:55] Reinhard
    I'm sure it won't be long at all
[00:58] ReinharD
    before you and I get to have some
    of my sister's Kelsey plum cake.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:40] Wahlen
    The final battle with Littenheim
[02:43] Wahlen
    will most likely be at the
    Kyffhäuser Starzone.
[02:47] Kircheis
    I will lead 800 ships as our main force.
[02:51] Lutz
    Only 800 ships?
SIGN    Littenheim Fleet Flagship
    Ostmark
[03:05] Guy
    Enemy signal detected!
[03:07] Wilhelm
    The red-haired boy is
    Lohengramm's right hand.
[03:11] Wilhelm
    Let us bring home the scoundrel's head
[03:14] Wilhelm
    and cement our honor as nobles.
[03:17] Wilhelm
    With this victory,
[03:19] Wilhelm
    I will usurp Braunschweig's position.
[03:23] Wilhelm
    Feuer!
[03:28] Na
    The first shots fired in this battle
[03:30] Na
    came in the form of a volley from the
    Littenheim Fleet's main artillery.
SIGN    Lutz Fleet Flagship
    Herðubreið
[03:37] Lutz
    Keep the counterfire to a minimum
SIGN    Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[03:39] Lutz
    until we receive the signal
    from Admiral Kircheis.
SIGN    Wahlen Fleet Flagship
    Salamander
[03:43] Wahlen
    Concentrate on defense.
[03:44] Wahlen
    Be prepared to counterattack
    immediately when the order is given.
SIGN    Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
[03:48] Adjutant
    The enemy is fighting defensively.
[03:50] Adjutant
    They have countered us only minimally.
[03:54] Wilhelm
    How absurd.
[03:56] Wilhelm
    Strike them down in one fell swoop!
[04:16] Kircheis
    We will continue into their center
[04:18] Kircheis
    and stop this conflict at its source.
[04:21] Guy
    Enemy's detached force
    approaching at high speed!
[04:24] Wilhelm
    What?! Recall our allies on the front line!
[04:28] Adjutant
    But they're deep in the enemy ranks!
    They won't get here in time!
[04:31] Wilhelm
    Then fall back!
[04:33] Adjutant
    Our supply fleet is on standby behind us.
[04:37] Wilhelm
    Nonsense! If they're on our side,
    why would they block my esca—
[04:40] Wilhelm
    I mean, my temporary retreat?!
[04:42] Adjutant
    But Your Excellency...
[04:51] Guy
    The enemy flagship has shot
    down its own supply fleet.
[04:54] Guy
    It's on the run.
[04:58] Kircheis
    What a foolish move...
SIGN    Episode 20
SIGN    Tragedy
SIGN    Littenheim Fleet Supply Ship
[05:19] Modell
    Oh, no!
[05:20] Modell
    Are you all right?
[05:23] Rinnesal
    What is a child doing here?
[05:26] Modell
    I'm a student.
[05:29] Modell
    I was dispatched to Garmisch
    to serve as a cabin boy.
[05:33] Rinnesal
    I see.
[05:35] Rinnesal
    What's the world coming to?
[05:37] Rinnesal
    Sending a child onto the battlefield...
[05:41] Modell
    Enemies!
[05:45] Rinnesal
    Who are the enemies here?
[05:55] Modell
    You're going to surrender?
[05:58] Rinnesal
    Do you oppose that, little boy?
SIGN    Konrad von Modell
[06:00] Modell
    Please don't call me that.
[06:02] Modell
    I have a very good name.
    It's Konrad von Modell.
SIGN    Lieutenant Konrad Rinnesal
[06:08] Rinnesal
    What a coincidence.
[06:10] Rinnesal
    My name is Konrad Rinnesal.
[06:12] Rinnesal
    So, younger Konrad, if you don't want
    to surrender, then what would you do?
[06:18] Modell
    I don't know.
[06:21] Rinnesal
    Then let me handle this.
[06:24] Rinnesal
    I've been alive longer than you have,
[06:26] Rinnesal
    and I know a few things.
[06:29] Rinnesal
    Though that wasn't enough to tell me who
[06:32] Rinnesal
    the man I swore loyalty to
    really was, I suppose.
[06:37] Na
    Having escaped from the battlefield,
[06:40] Na
    Littenheim holed up in Garmisch Fortress.
[06:43] Na
    Kircheis quickly surrounded the fortress.
[06:51] Rinnesal
    Forgive me for saluting with my left
    arm, as I have lost my right.
[06:56] Kircheis
    I heard you were on that supply ship.
[06:59] Rinnesal
    I believe I can be of use to you.
[07:02] Rinnesal
    I am a living witness to the fact that
[07:04] Rinnesal
    Marquis Littenheim killed his
    own men to save himself.
[07:09] Kircheis
    I would appreciate your help.
[07:11] Kircheis
    Please send a message advising the
    forces at Garmisch to surrender.
[07:15] Rinnesal
    My arm was blown off by my own lord.
[07:19] Rinnesal
    I will inform those at Garmisch
    of this fact, as well.
[07:23] Rinnesal
    Of course,
[07:25] Rinnesal
    if there are even five people
    there who feel the same way I do,
[07:28] Rinnesal
    that may not be necessary.
[07:34] Wilhem
    Damn that red-haired boy...
[07:37] Guy
    Hold it!
[07:38] Guy
    Stop right there!
[07:40] Guy
    Have you lost your mind?!
SIGN    Commander Laudisch
[07:43] Wilhelm
    What is that filthy thing?!
[07:46] Laudisch
    Filthy?
[07:47] Laudisch
    This is the body of a man
    who was loyal to you!
[07:50] Laudisch
    One of your own men,
    who died so you could escape!
[07:53] Wilhelm
    Escape? How dare you?!
[07:56] Wilhelm
    Who do you think you're speaking to?!
[07:59] Laudisch
    Spaceman First Class Paulus...
[08:01] Laudisch
    This is Marquis Littenheim,
    the man you gave your life to protect.
[08:09] Wilhelm
    Look what you've done!
[08:12] Wilhelm
    Kill him!
[08:14] Wilhelm
    Kill this insolent fool!
[08:16] Wilhelm
    What are you doing?! Kill him!
[08:19] Wilhelm
    Fire at once!
SIGN    Seffle Particles Detected
SIGN    Weapon Use Prohibited
[08:23] Guy
    Don't!
[08:36] Volker
    What was that?
[08:37] Guy
    Confirmed that the explosion
    occurred in the command center.
[08:41] Kircheis
    It looks like there are indeed others
    who agree with you, Lieutenant.
[08:46] Na
    Meanwhile,
[08:47] Na
    the nobles' coalition, which hadn't
    yet learned of Littenheim's defeat,
[08:51] Na
    was engaged in battle
    with Reinhard's fleet
[08:54] Na
    in the starzone surrounding
    Geiersburg Fortress.
SIGN    Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
    Tristan
[09:00] Oskar
    Such vigor, as usual.
[09:03] Oskar
    But you're being masterfully controlled.
[09:08] Oskar
    Admiral Merkatz, eh?
[09:11] Schneider
    The enemy is retreating.
[09:16] Reinhard
    Damn that Reuenthal.
[09:18] Reinhard
    He just gave me some homework to do.
[09:21] Paul
    Admiral Merkatz was a highly renowned
    soldier even before you were born.
[09:28] Paul
    It will make things rather difficult
    if he is allowed free rein.
[09:35] Reinhard
    Free rein, eh? That is the issue here.
[09:39] Reinhard
    I doubt that Braunschweig has the
    capacity to let him do that.
[09:45] Paul
    Understood.
[09:46] Paul
    Rather than taking on Admiral Merkatz himself,
[09:49] Paul
    it may be more prudent to deal
    with the one behind him,
[09:52] Paul
    who is the cause of all his problems.
[09:58] Reinhard
    Hear me, you ignorant, cowardly nobles.
[10:02] Reinhard
    Come out of that fortress and
    fight me like real men.
[10:05] Reinhard
    If you don't have the guts to do that,
[10:07] Reinhard
    then throw away your baseless
    pride and surrender.
[10:11] Reinhard
    Not only will I spare your lives,
[10:14] Reinhard
    I'll even let you keep enough of your
    wealth to keep yourselves alive
[10:17] Reinhard
    in spite of your incompetence.
[10:19] Reinhard
    Make use of what little intelligence
    you have to make the best choice.
[10:24] Otho
    Cut the image!
[10:27] Flegel
    That insufferable brat!
[10:29] Otho
    First, shoot down that insolent
    Mittermeyer's fleet!
[10:33] Ansbach
    But it's outside the fortress's firing range.
[10:37] Otho
    Hmph! Who's really the coward here?
[10:40] Flegel
    Uncle, please give me the
    order to deploy at once!
[10:44] Otho
    Oh! You'll do this for me?
[10:46] Merkatz
    You mustn't.
[10:51] Merkatz
    This is a clear attempt to provoke us.
[10:54] Merkatz
    I forbid anyone to deploy at this time.
[10:57] Flegel
    Are you giving orders to my uncle,
    the leader of this coalition?!
[11:00] Merkatz
    I have full authority in military matters.
[11:03] Merkatz
    That was our agreement.
[11:14] Alfred
    Lord Flegel!
[11:17] Guy
    Please wait, Lord Flegel!
[11:19] Guy
    Baron Flegel!
[11:26] Na
    Ignoring Merkatz's warning,
[11:28] Na
    Flegel and the other young nobles deployed,
[11:31] Na
    and the Mittermeyer Fleet quickly fled.
[11:36] Na
    Flegel was fully confident in his victory.
[11:46] Otho
    What?!
[11:47] Otho
    Garmisch Fortress has fallen
    into the enemy's hands?!
[11:51] Ansbach
    Yes, sir.
[11:51] Otho
    That damned Littenheim was a pain
    in my side to the very end!
[11:57] Otho
    However...
[11:59] Otho
    This means I alone am worthy to bear
    the future of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[12:06] Ansbach
    But we have lost half of our forces.
[12:13] Guy
    Lord Flegel!
[12:15] Guy
    Baron Flegel!
[12:20] Flegel
    Did you bear witness to our victory, Uncle?
[12:24] Otho
    You did splendidly, Flegel!
[12:27] Flegel
    They were certainly quick to run away.
[12:31] Flegel
    I guess that's what the nickname
    "Gale Wolf" truly meant.
[12:37] Merkatz
    I have a message for all of you.
[12:40] Merkatz
    Surrender your rank insignias and weapons
[12:42] Merkatz
    and prepare yourselves
    to be court-martialed.
[12:45] Merkatz
    Violation of orders will be judged in
    accordance with military regulations.
[12:49] Flegel
    As a proud noble, I would
    rather die in battle
[12:53] Flegel
    than be judged by a commander with
    no courage or self-respect!
[12:59] Flegel
    If I must be unjustly court-martialed,
[13:01] Flegel
    I'll just end my life right here and now!
[13:04] Flegel
    I do not fear death!
[13:08] Alfred
    We can't let Rear Admiral Flegel die alone!
[13:12] Alfred
    Let us all take our lives right here
[13:15] Alfred
    so that future generations will see
    our pride as Imperial nobility!
[13:19] Otho
    Now, wait a moment.
[13:22] Otho
    Admiral Merkatz does have full
    authority in military matters.
[13:25] Otho
    But it is I, the coalition leader,
    who decides whether or not we fight.
[13:31] Otho
    I'm sure that makes sense to you, yes?
[13:35] Otho
    Your courage and self-respect
[13:38] Otho
    have shown everyone the true
    spirit of Imperial nobility
[13:42] Otho
    and dealt a crushing blow to
    those conceited peasants.
[13:47] Flegel
    Uncle...
[13:50] Otho
    There is no need to fear Lohengramm!
[13:53] Otho
    We will be victorious!
[13:55] Otho
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[13:58] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:02] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:03] Both
    Long live the Empire!
[14:05] Alfred
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:07] Flegel
    ...Empire!
[14:08] Flegel
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:12] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
SIGN    Braunschweig Fleet Flagship
    Alvíss
[14:17] Na
    Braunschweig, having fallen
    for Reinhard's provocation,
[14:20] Na
    led the coalition's forces into battle himself.
[14:29] Paul
    This has gone exactly as we planned.
[14:32] Otho
    Crush those lowly peasants to dust!
[14:36] Otho
    Feuer!
[14:48] Flegel
    Look at that. They're running away again.
[14:52] Flegel
    Once you get used to running away,
    I suppose you feel no shame in it anymore.
[14:57] Flegel
    But I won't let them escape this time.
[15:01] Wolfgang
    I think it's time.
[15:03] Wolfgang
    Let's show those moronic
    nobles how to fight a war.
[15:10] Guy
    Enemy fleets have appeared
    on both sides of us!
[15:13] Flegel
    What?!
SIGN    Mecklinger Fleet Flagship
    Gandharva
SIGN    Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
SIGN    Kempff Fleet Flagship
    Galdhøpiggen
SIGN    Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
SIGN    Merkatz Fleet Flagship
    Minerva
[15:59] Wolfgang
    Is that...
[16:04] Wolfgang
    Admiral Merkatz!
[16:07] Wolfgang
    Fall back! We're going to regroup!
[16:13] Merkatz
    Don't pursue them too far.
[16:15] Merkatz
    We need to use this opening to get
    Duke Braunschweig to safety.
[16:19] Schneider
    Yes, sir.
[16:21] Guy
    Incoming transmission
    from flagship Alvíss.
[16:23] Guy
    Connecting.
[16:26] Otho
    Merkatz! Why didn't you
    come to help us sooner?!
[16:30] Otho
    What kind of commander-in-chief are you?!
[16:32] Otho
    You put your leader in danger,
    you useless fool!
[16:37] Otho
    Cut the transmission!
[16:41] Merkatz
    Don't be too angry,
    Lieutenant Commander Schneider.
[16:45] Merkatz
    Duke Braunschweig is a sick man.
[16:48] Merkatz
    His sickness was fostered by a 500-year
    tradition of noble privilege.
[16:54] Merkatz
    In truth, he is a victim.
[16:57] Merkatz
    A century ago, that might
    have worked, but now...
[17:01] Merkatz
    What an unfortunate man.
[17:07] Na
    To make matters worse for
    the routed Braunschweig,
[17:11] Na
    he then received some bad news.
SIGN    Planet Westerland
[17:16] Na
    A revolt had broken out in Westerland,
    the planet he ruled over.
[17:29] Na
    Dissatisfaction with the many years of
    tyrannical rule by the duke and nobles
[17:34] Na
    had finally come to a head.
[17:37] Na
    Braunschweig's nephew, Baron Scheidt,
[17:41] Na
    who had been ruling the planet in
    his stead, was gravely injured
[17:44] Na
    and died shortly thereafter.
[17:51] Otho
    Those lowly peasants...
[17:54] Otho
    How dare they harm a member of my
    family with their filthy hands?!
[18:01] Otho
    We will launch a nuclear
    strike on Westerland.
[18:05] Ansbach
    Your Excellency, no! Not that!
[18:08] Otho
    Don't let a single one of
    those peasants escape alive!
[18:11] Ansbach
    I beg you to reconsider!
[18:13] Ansbach
    That planet is your own domain!
[18:16] Ansbach
    If we just take out their leader—
[18:17] Otho
    Silence!
[18:18] Otho
    I decide what happens in my own domain!
[18:21] Otho
    When Emperor Rudolf executed
    hundreds of millions of insurgents,
[18:26] Otho
    he laid the foundation for
    the Galactic Empire itself!
[18:32] Ansbach
    In that case...
[18:34] Ansbach
    This is the end of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[18:37] Otho
    What?!
[18:38] Ansbach
    How can one continue to stand after
    cutting off one's own limbs?
[18:43] Otho
    What did you say?
[18:45] Otho
    You dare insult not only me,
    but Emperor Rudolf, as well?
[18:51] Otho
    Is anyone there?!
[18:53] Otho
    This man is a traitor to the Emperor!
[18:55] Otho
    Throw him in prison at once!
[19:01] Reinhard
    Are you certain about that?
[19:03] Paul
    Yes, there is no doubt.
[19:06] Reinhard
    Send a fleet to Westerland
    right away and stop him.
[19:10] Reinhard
    I will lead it myself.
[19:14] Paul
    Please wait, Your Excellency.
[19:18] Paul
    We should allow Duke Braunschweig to carry out
[19:21] Paul
    this cruel plan he has devised in his madness.
[19:25] Reihard
    What?
[19:27] Paul
    We will film what happens and show
    it to everyone in the Empire.
[19:32] Paul
    By showing the Empire how evil they are,
[19:34] Paul
    we can declare that these people have
    no right to rule the universe.
[19:39] Paul
    That would be more profitable
    to us than stopping them.
[19:44] Reinhard
    Are you telling me to overlook the
    deaths of two million people?
[19:47] Reinhard
    There are women and children among them!
[19:49] Paul
    If this civil wars drags on,
    even more will die.
[19:53] Paul
    It is for the sake of the 25 billion
    citizens of the Empire, Your Excellency,
[19:57] Paul
    and for the swift assurance
    of our supremacy.
[20:25] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Ow!
[20:30] (Flashback) Annerose
    Goodness, Sieg!
[20:35] (Flashback) Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:40] Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:43] Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:45] Annerose
    Sieg!
[20:52] Guy
    We were set free,
[20:55] Guy
    but we have to think about
    what we're going to do next.
[20:59] Guy
    They say Marquis Lohengramm
    is an ally of the people.
[21:02] Guy
    We should have him protect us.
[21:05] Guy
    You're right. That would be best.
[21:08] Kid
    Mom, what are those?
[21:21] Na
    This image inspired tremendous shock
    and outrage throughout the Empire.
[21:29] Na
    Public sentiment rapidly turned away from
    the old regime of the high nobility.
[21:37] Wahlen
    It's truly heartbreaking...
[21:40] Kircheis
    How could he do such a thing?
[21:44] Wahlen
    Actually, a noble who came
    to us in surrender earlier
[21:47] Wahlen
    said something that bothered me.
[21:50] Wahlen
    He said Marquis Lohengramm had been
    informed that this was going to happen.
[21:57] Wahlen
    But he ignored it and let those people
    die to make a political statement.
[22:04] Kircheis
    It can't be...
[22:06] Wahlen
    I asked him if he had proof of this,
[22:09] Wahlen
    and he said the very existence of this
    footage was all the proof we needed.
[22:17] Kircheis
    Vice Admiral Wahlen,
[22:19] Kircheis
    impose a gag order with
    regard to this incident.
[22:23] Wahlen
    Yes, sir.
[22:38] Kircheis
    I'll be seeing Reinhard again soon.
[22:42] Kircheis
    When I do, I need only ask him for the truth.
[22:48] Kircheis
    But what good would that do?
[22:51] Kircheis
    If it does turn out to be true...
[22:59] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Ow!
[23:03] (Flashback) Annerose
    Goodness, Sieg!
SIGN    Episode 21
SIGN    Victory for Whose Sake?
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-one, "Victory for Whose Sake?"

Season 2

E21 - Victory for Whose Sake?

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SIGN    Capital Planet Defense System Artemis's Necklace
[00:48] Dwight
    The twelve jewels that protect
    the capital planet Heinessen...
[00:55] Dwight
    We still have Artemis's Necklace.
[00:59] Dwight
    So long as we have that,
    not even Yang Wen-li
[01:02] Dwight
    can penetrate Heinessen's
    gravitational field.
[01:07] Dwight
    We haven't lost yet.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:51] Yang
    Enter.
[02:57] Baghdash
    Commander Baghdash reporting.
[03:00] Yang
    There's something I'd like you to do for me.
[03:03] Baghdash
    Yes, sir. I'm at your service.
[03:05] Yang
    If you ordered it, I would
    even infiltrate Heinessen.
[03:08] Yang
    And would you then run right
    back to Admiral Greenhill?
[03:12] Baghdash
    Please, sir. I wouldn't
    dream of such a thing.
[03:16] Yang
    I was joking.
[03:18] Yang
    I'd like you to act as a witness.
[03:20] Baghdash
    A witness? To what?
[03:24] Yang
    This coup d'état by the
    National Salvation Military Council
[03:27] Yang
    was orchestrated by Marquis Reinhard
    von Lohengramm of the Galactic Empire.
[03:32] Yang
    I want you to bear witness to this.
[03:35] Baghdash
    That's quite a preposterous
    idea you've come up with.
[03:38] Yang
    It's true.
[03:40] Yang
    I don't have any physical evidence as of yet,
[03:44] Yang
    but it is a fact.
SIGN    Episode 21
SIGN    Victory for Whose Sake?
[03:59] Baghdash
    I am Commander Baghdash of the Free Planets
    Alliance Department of Intelligence.
[04:06] Baghdash
    I must convey to all of you a fact
    that will be of utmost importance
[04:10] Baghdash
    to the future of the Free Planets Alliance.
[04:13] Dwight
    What's the meaning of this?!
[04:16] Dwight
    Wasn't all network access blocked?!
[04:19] Gatty
    The 13th Fleet is transmitting
    this video directly
[04:22] Gatty
    using the frequency reserved
    for emergency broadcasts.
[04:25] Dwight
    Wha—
[04:27] Baghdash
    I was sent by the National Salvation
    Military Council to assassinate Yang Wen-li.
[04:34] Baghdash
    However, I have seen the error in my actions
[04:37] Baghdash
    and am now on the side of
    the Free Planets Alliance.
[04:41] Baghdash
    This is because I learned
    that this coup d'état
[04:44] Baghdash
    was executed per the will of
    Marquis Lohengramm of the Galactic Empire.
[04:51] Baghdash
    The Galactic Empire is currently
    embroiled in a massive civil war itself.
[04:56] Baghdash
    This is no coincidence.
[04:58] Baghdash
    Marquis Lohengramm initiated
    this coup d'état
[05:01] Baghdash
    to prevent the Alliance from
    exploiting the Empire's weakness.
[05:06] Baghdash
    In other words, the National
    Salvation Military Council
[05:08] Baghdash
    is no more than a puppet of the Empire.
[05:11] Gatty
    Baghdash... That shameless traitor!
[05:15] Ebense
    Is he saying we're just the Empire's pawns?
[05:18] Ebense
    How can he spout such obvious
    political propaganda?
[05:23] Dwight
    Perhaps I misjudged Yang Wen-li.
[05:28] Dwight
    We started this movement of our own volition,
[05:32] Dwight
    and it was realized thanks
    to the brilliant strategy
[05:36] Dwight
    provided by Rear Admiral Lynch.
[05:39] Dwight
    To utter such a blatant lie,
    calling us puppets...
[05:48] Dwight
    What's so funny, Rear Admiral Lynch?
[05:50] Lynch
    I'm honored by your praise,
[05:53] Lynch
    but I'm not the one who
    came up with this plan.
[05:56] Dwight
    Then who devised such an elaborate plan?
[06:11] Lynch
    Yang Wen-li was right.
[06:15] Lynch
    This coup d'état was all
    that blond boy's idea...
[06:22] Lynch
    The Galactic Imperial Fleet Admiral,
[06:25] Lynch
    Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[06:30] Lynch
    He wanted to instigate
    infighting within the Alliance
[06:34] Lynch
    while he takes care of the
    nobles through the civil war.
[06:38] Dwight
    Are you saying we've been dancing like clowns
[06:42] Dwight
    in Marquis Lohengramm's palm this whole time?
[06:46] Lynch
    And you all danced quite divinely.
[06:50] Lynch
    All was proceeding according to his scenario,
[06:52] Lynch
    but he found himself stuck in a corner...
[06:56] Lynch
    because you were such incompetent actors.
[07:02] Dwight
    Rear Admiral Lynch, why did you do this?
[07:04] Dwight
    Did he offer you some irresistible condition?
[07:07] Lynch
    There was that, but that wasn't all of it.
[07:12] Lynch
    It wasn't about anything
    that any one person did.
[07:15] Lynch
    I just wanted to make a lot of
    irredeemably self-righteous people
[07:18] Lynch
    experience humiliation that no
    amount of excuses could justify.
[07:25] Lynch
    So how does it feel, Admiral Greenhill,
[07:27] Lynch
    knowing that your wonderful
    National Salvation Military Council
[07:31] Lynch
    was just a tool for the most
    ambitious man in the Empire?
[07:41] Guy
    Chairman!
[07:42] Guy
    Multiple flying objects
    incoming at high speed!
[07:45] Guy
    Trajectory analysis shows that
    their target is not this planet,
[07:48] Guy
    but Artemis's Necklace!
[07:50] Guy
    There are twelve in number!
SIGN    Altair VII
[08:10] Na
    Three hundred years ago
    in the Galactic Empire,
[08:13] Na
    on the bitterly cold planet Altair VII,
[08:16] Na
    there was a young republican who was
    forced to work like a slave in the mines.
[08:22] Na
    His name was Arle Heinessen.
SIGN    Arle Heinessen
[08:25] Na
    His deepest desire was to escape Altair VII
[08:28] Na
    and start a new nation with
    a republican government.
[08:32] Na
    The only obstacle in his way
    was acquiring the materials
[08:35] Na
    to build a spacecraft that
    would carry people there.
[08:39] Yang
    One day, he saw some children
    playing with boats made from ice,
[08:44] Yang
    and it came to him.
[08:45] Yang
    He made ships out of the unlimited
    supply of dry ice on Altair VII
[08:50] Yang
    and embarked on what would later be called
    the Ten Thousand Light-Year Exodus.
[08:55] Yang
    This operation mimics this legend forged
    by Heinessen, the founder of our nation.
[09:00] Yang
    We carved a dozen ice floes
    out of Planet Srinagar.
[09:03] Yang
    Each has a volume of one cubic kilometer
[09:06] Yang
    and weighs one billion tons.
[09:09] Yang
    We added engines so that the ice
    floes can fly at near light speed.
[09:15] Yang
    An object's effective mass increases
    as it approaches light speed,
[09:20] Yang
    so if a billion-ton ice floe were to
    crash into something at light speed...
[09:25] Yang
    No military satellite stands a chance.
[09:28] Yang
    But the ice floes and
    satellites are both unmanned.
[09:32] Yang
    If this is successful, we can take out
    Artemis's Necklace without bloodshed.
[09:38] Murai
    But should we really destroy
    all twelve of them?
[09:42] Murai
    Shouldn't we keep a few
    serviceable for later?
[09:46] Yang
    No need.
[09:47] Yang
    The presence of those things
[09:49] Yang
    is what gave people the illusion that
    they could pull off a coup d'état.
[09:54] Yang
    We'll destroy all of them.
[11:02] Gatty
    Artemis's Necklace... is destroyed...
[11:09] Dwight
    It's all over.
[11:11] Dwight
    Our military revolution has failed.
[11:13] Dwight
    We've lost.
[11:16] Dwight
    We need to accept that.
[11:17] Ebense
    No, it's not over yet!
[11:19] Ebense
    We still have Heinessen's billion citizens,
[11:21] Ebense
    as well as its key military
    and political personnel!
[11:25] Ebense
    The 13th Fleet can't—
[11:26] Dwight
    Give it up.
[11:29] Dwight
    Further resistance would
    not only prove futile,
[11:32] Dwight
    it would also hinder the reunification
    of the nation and its people.
[11:37] Gatty
    In that case...
[11:39] Gatty
    What do we do now?
[11:41] Gatty
    Will we surrender and face judgment?
[11:44] Dwight
    Those who want to are welcome to do so.
[11:47] Dwight
    I choose another path.
[11:51] Dwight
    But there is something I must do first.
[11:56] Dwight
    We must not leave behind
    any evidence or witnesses
[12:01] Dwight
    to the fact that our noble uprising
    was a scheme by the Empire.
[12:08] Dwight
    Rear Admiral Lynch, I always
    had high hopes for you,
[12:13] Dwight
    ever since cadet school,
    when you were two classes behind me.
[12:18] Dwight
    What happened at El Facil nine
    years ago was truly regrettable.
[12:23] Dwight
    I had hoped that what we did here
    would help to restore your honor.
[12:33] Lynch
    You never had very good judgment.
[12:54] Lynch
    You fools...
[12:59] Lynch
    I did it to save his honor!
[13:04] Lynch
    Couldn't you even figure that out?
[13:06] Lynch
    Dying was better for him than living
[13:09] Lynch
    and being put on trial, wasn't it?
[13:14] Lynch
    Honor... What a useless concept...
[13:26] Ebense
    I, Alliance Navy Captain Ebense,
    wish to speak with you
[13:29] Ebense
    on behalf of the National Salvation
    Military Council chairman.
[13:33] Ebense
    There's no point in attacking us.
[13:35] Ebense
    We have accepted our defeat and
    will offer no pointless resistance.
[13:40] Ebense
    Everything is over.
[13:42] Yang
    I'm glad to hear that,
[13:45] Yang
    but where is the National Salvation Military
    Council chairman, Admiral Greenhill?
[13:49] Yang
    I don't see him there.
[13:53] Ebense
    He took his own life.
[13:55] Ebense
    His was a perfect ending.
[13:59] Ebense
    Admiral Yang, our objective
[14:03] Ebense
    was to purify our democratic republic
[14:05] Ebense
    and wipe the Galactic Empire's
    autocracy out of existence.
[14:10] Ebense
    It is unfortunate that we
    failed to realize this ideal.
[14:14] Ebense
    Admiral Yang, you have just contributed
    to the survival of autocracy!
[14:20] Yang
    And what, exactly, is autocracy?
[14:23] Yang
    It is when politicians who
    weren't chosen by the people
[14:25] Yang
    use power and violence to
    take everyone's freedom away
[14:28] Yang
    in an effort to rule over them, is it not?
[14:31] Yang
    That is precisely what all of
    you are doing on Heinessen.
[14:35] Yang
    You are the autocracy.
[14:38] Yang
    Am I wrong?
[14:39] Ebense
    You are wrong!
[14:40] Ebense
    Everyone knows our government is corrupt.
[14:43] Ebense
    What other way was there to fix that?
[14:47] Yang
    Corruption in government is not
    politicians accepting bribes.
[14:51] Yang
    That is corruption in the individual.
[14:54] Yang
    Being unable to speak out against
    such acts is the true corruption.
[14:59] Yang
    You ordered the regulation of speech.
[15:02] Yang
    That alone disqualifies you from
    criticizing the Empire's autocracy
[15:06] Yang
    or the corruption in the Alliance's
    current government. Do you not agree?
[15:11] Ebense
    We put our lives and honor on the line.
[15:14] Ebense
    I won't allow anyone to
    slander our names for that.
[15:18] Ebense
    We were not lacking in justice.
[15:21] Ebense
    The only things we lacked
    were luck and competence.
[15:24] Ebense
    Nothing more than that.
[15:27] Yang
    Captain Ebense...
[15:30] Ebense
    Long live the National
    Salvation Military Council!
[15:38] Murai
    Even in the bitter end, he couldn't
    admit to his own mistakes.
[15:42] Yang
    Proceed with preparations to land.
SIGN    Yes, sir.
[15:50] Frederica
    Admiral.
[15:53] Frederica
    May I have an hour... no, two hours?
[15:58] Frederica
    I know that I can get back on my own feet,
[16:02] Frederica
    but I don't think I can do so immediately.
[16:06] Frederica
    So, please...
[16:07] Yang
    Of course.
[17:10] Bewcock
    I'm so ashamed.
[17:12] Bewcock
    I had the information,
    but I couldn't help you at all.
[17:18] Yang
    Please, sir.
[17:19] Yang
    I'm the one who caused
    problems by taking too long.
[17:23] Yang
    Is there anything you need?
[17:26] Bewcock
    Well, at the moment,
    I sure wouldn't mind a bottle of whiskey.
[17:31] Yang
    I'll have it brought to you right away.
[17:35] Bewcock
    So, what happened to Admiral Greenhill?
[17:40] Yang
    He's dead.
[17:42] Bewcock
    I see.
[17:44] Bewcock
    The old man has outlived the youth again...
[18:02] Frederica
    There is much we need to do.
[18:04] Frederica
    Informing the nation of
[18:06] Frederica
    the coup d'état's failure and the
    restoration of constitutional rule,
[18:09] Frederica
    assessing the damage,
[18:11] Frederica
    apprehending the surviving members of
    the National Salvation Military Council,
[18:14] Frederica
    and also...
[18:16] Yang
    My head hurts.
[18:18] Frederica
    You don't have time for headaches.
[18:22] Frederica
    It's Commodore Schönkopf.
[18:25] Yang
    What is it?
[18:26] Walter
    Julian's just found someone
    we didn't expect to see.
[18:29] Yang
    Who is it?
[18:31] Walter
    I don't think you want to hear his name,
[18:33] Walter
    but it's the High Council chairman.
[18:37] Yang
    Trunicht...
[18:40] Walter
    He found him on his way back from
    seeing Admiral Bewcock home.
[18:46] Julian
    Warrant Officer Machungo, is that...
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Head of State
    Job Trunicht
[18:56] Walter
    He said Chairman Trunicht was
    surrounded by Earth Cultists.
[19:03] Yang
    Good grief...
[19:05] Yang
    Out of the frying pan and into the fire, huh?
[19:10] Yang
    Earth Cultists...
[19:14] Guy
    Berezka, alter your route
    to the western course.*
[19:17] Guy*
    Cargo is being unloaded on the C deck.
[19:20] Konev
    Roger.
SIGN    Dominique Saint-Pierre
[19:41] Adrian
    You seem to be in a bad mood.
[19:43] Konev
    No, I always look like this.
[19:46] Konev
    It certainly isn't because I'm with you.
[19:49] Adrian
    You transported the
    Earth Cultists to Terra, yes?
[19:53] Konev
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
[19:54] Adrian
    Considering the dangers of carrying
    them through a battlefield,
[19:57] Adrian
    I hear the resulting gains
    were hardly worth it.
[20:00] Adrian
    Is that why you seem so displeased?
SIGN    Boris Konev
[20:04] Konev
    Perhaps.
[20:05] Adrian
    Incidentally, what do you think
    about the Earth Cultists?
[20:09] Konev
    I'm not quite sure, but in
    terms of religion in general,
[20:14] Konev
    I think the idea that poor people trust God
    to be impartial seems quite contradictory.
[20:19] Konev
    It's because God is biased
    that people become poor.
[20:23] Adrian
    You have a point.
[20:24] Adrian
    You don't believe in God, then?
[20:27] Konev
    Not in the least.
[20:30] Konev
    Whoever came up with the idea of God
[20:33] Konev
    was the greatest con artist in history.
[20:37] Konev
    I only admire that person's
    imagination and business sense.
[20:40] Konev
    From ancient times all the way up to today,
[20:43] Konev
    the wealthiest ones in
    every country have been
[20:45] Konev
    nobles, landowners,
    and religious organizations.
[20:49] Adrian
    As interesting as that is,
[20:51] Adrian
    isn't it just your own personal opinion?
[20:55] Konev
    No, I actually heard most of it second-hand.
[20:59] Konev
    I traveled from planet to planet with
    my father when I was growing up.
[21:04] Konev
    At one point, I met another child
    who lived in similar circumstances.
[21:08] Konev
    He was two years older
    than me and very smart,
[21:11] Konev
    and he spent a lot of time thinking.
[21:13] Konev
    He's the one who told me that.
[21:15] Adrian
    Oh? And what was his name?
[21:19] Konev
    Yang Wen-li.
[21:20] Konev
    I hear he's working some
    useless military job now.
[21:25] Konev
    As a free man, I can't help
    feeling some pity for him.
[21:30] Adrian
    Captain Boris Konev...
[21:32] Konev
    Yes, sir?
[21:34] Adrian
    The government of the Dominion of Fezzan
    has a very important job for you.
[21:41] Konev
    Sir?
[21:49] Marinesk
    We received a notice from
    the energy agency earlier.
SIGN    Manager Marinesk
[21:52] Marinesk
    They said we'd never have
    to worry about fuel again.
[21:56] Marinesk
    What sorcery did you use on them?
[21:59] Konev
    I sold myself to the government.
[22:01] Marinesk
    Huh?
[22:01] Konev
    They're sending me to the Free Planets Alliance
    as an intelligence officer.
[22:06] Marinesk
    Oh...
[22:08] Konev
    You know, the one thing the
    Konev family was most proud of
[22:11] Konev
    was that we've produced no criminals
    or bureaucrats in 200 years!
[22:15] Konev
    We are free citizens! Free citizens!
[22:17] Konev
    And now they want me to
    be a spy, of all things?!
[22:21] Konev
    That's both of those things at once!
[22:23] Marinesk
    That's "intelligence officer," not "spy."
[22:27] Konev
    Calling it by a different name doesn't change it!
[22:29] Konev
    If you called cancer a cold,
    would that make it a cold?
[22:34] Konev
    If you called a lion a mouse,
    would you survive a bite from one?
[22:38] Konev
    They knew I was acquainted with
    Yang Wen-li before I even said it!
[22:43] Konev
    This isn't funny! Maybe I should
    just tell Yang everything!
[22:48] Marinesk
    I don't think that'll work.
[22:50] Marinesk
    They'll have eyes on you at all times.
[22:52] Marinesk
    Eyes of both observation and sanction.
[22:56] Konev
    That Black Fox thinks he's doing me a favor.
[23:02] Konev
    Well, let him. No, I'll make sure
    he keeps thinking that... for now.
SIGN    "You are being watched"
[23:11] Konev
    Damn that Rubinsky!
    I'm going to take him down one day!
[23:15] Marinesk
    What are you, a child?
SIGN    The Fall of Goldenbaum
SIGN    Episode 22
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-two, "The Fall of Goldenbaum."

Season 2

E22 - The Fall of Goldenbaum

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[00:19] (Flashback) Annerose
    Sieg, I hope you'll be good
    friends with my brother.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:56] Annerose
    It's been a long time, Reinhard.
[01:58] Annerose
    Are you well?
[02:00] Annerose
    I'm living my days in peace
    and quiet, thanks to you.
[02:06] Annerose
    I made a Kelsey plum cake the other day.
[02:10] Annerose
    It reminded me of you two
    boys when you were little,
[02:13] Annerose
    and you would eat my cake while
    saying how delicious it was.
[02:17] Annerose
    It was so long ago that it
    seems almost like a dream now.
[02:24] Annerose
    Did such a thing really happen?
[02:29] Annerose
    Please, Reinhard, never forget what
    it is that's most important to you.
[02:39] Annerose
    I'm sure you'll find that
    troublesome at times,
[02:43] Annerose
    but rather than regretting
    it after you lose it,
[02:45] Annerose
    I want you to realize how precious
    it is while you still have it.
[02:50] Annerose
    You have a friend you can rely on.
[02:54] Annerose
    Talk to Sieg about all decisions you face,
[02:56] Annerose
    and listen to his opinions.
[02:58] Annerose
    Please take good care of yourself.
[03:02] Annerose
    I look forward to the day
    you both return home.
[03:05] Annerose
    Until we meet again.
[03:09] Kircheis
    High Admiral Kircheis entering.
[03:17] Reinhard
    Good work, Kircheis.
[03:20] Reinhard
    You must be tired.
[03:21] Reinhard
    Would you prefer wine or coffee?
[03:24] Reinhard
    If only we had some of
    my sister's cake, too...
[03:27] Kircheis
    Reinhard, I need to speak with you.
[03:35] Reinhard
    About what?
[03:36] Kircheis
    About the two million citizens
    who were massacred on Westerland.
[03:42] Reinhard
    What about them?
[03:44] Kircheis
    I have been told that
    you knew about this plan
[03:46] Kircheis
    and gave tacit consent to execute
    it for political reasons.
[03:50] Kircheis
    Is that true?
[03:56] Kircheis
    I thought the reason you sought supremacy was
[03:58] Kircheis
    because you saw meaning in an impartiality
    that does not exist in the current Empire,
[04:04] Kircheis
    in the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[04:06] Reinhard
    I don't need you to remind me of that.
[04:08] Kircheis
    The downfall of the high nobility
    is a historical inevitability.
[04:12] Kircheis
    We are settling a debt five
    centuries in the making,
[04:15] Kircheis
    so some bloodshed is unavoidable.
[04:17] Kircheis
    Still,
[04:19] Kircheis
    it is never right to sacrifice citizens.
[04:22] Kircheis
    The new order must be established with the
    liberated citizenry as its foundation.
[04:27] Kircheis
    Is sacrificing those citizens
    not comparable to
[04:31] Kircheis
    digging the ground out
    from under your own feet?
[04:34] Reinhard
    I told you, I know that!
[04:36] Kircheis
    If you sacrifice citizens,
    there will be blood on your hands
[04:40] Kircheis
    that no amount of flowery
    rhetoric can ever wash off.
[04:45] Kircheis
    Why would a man of your
    standing shame himself so
[04:49] Reinhard
    for the sake of temporary gain?
[04:51] Reinhard
    I've had enough of your lectures!
[04:54] Reinhard
    First of all, Kircheis, when did I
    ask for your opinion on this matter?
[05:01] Reinhard
    I said, when did I ask for your opinion?!
[05:04] Kircheis
    You did not ask for it.
[05:07] Reinhard
    You only need to give me your
    opinions when I ask for them.
[05:12] Reinhard
    This matter is in the past. Leave it.
[05:14] Kircheis
    But, Reinhard, although the nobles
    have done something unforgivable,
[05:18] Kircheis
    you did not do what you needed to do.
[05:22] Kircheis
    Which is the greater sin?
[05:24] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[05:26] Kircheis
    Yes, sir?
[05:28] Reinhard
    What are you to me?
[05:32] Kircheis
    I am your faithful subordinate,
    Marquis Lohengramm.
SIGN    Episode 22
SIGN    The Fall of Goldenbaum
[05:56] Guy
    Another suicide?
[05:59] Guy
    There are countless fugitives, as well.
[06:01] Guy
    If only they had surrendered...
[06:03] Guy
    Even if they had surrendered,
    would Marquis Lohengramm have accepted it?
[06:08] Guy
    Why did this happen?
[06:10] Guy
    What is the coalition leader thinking?
[06:15] Otho
    No matter, no matter!
[06:20] Otho
    They just happened to have good luck
    on their side in the last battle.
[06:26] Otho
    But the real battle has yet to begin!
[06:29] Flegel
    You're absolutely right, Uncle!
[06:31] Alfred
    Next time, we'll give them
    the battle of the century!
[06:37] Otho
    Very good.
[06:38] Otho
    We will kill that blond upstart
[06:41] Otho
    and make a wine goblet out of his skull!
[06:44] All
    Yeah!
[06:48] Hilda
    Since the Westerland incident,
[06:50] Hilda
    distrust in Duke Braunschweig has been
    growing among the nobles and bureaucrats.
SIGN    Hildegard von Mariendorf
[06:58] Hilda
    In addition,
[06:59] Hilda
    Marquis Lichtenlade has been visiting
    all the nobles in the Imperial capital.
[07:04] Hilda
    Please be careful.
[07:05] Hilda
    I'll be praying for your success.
[07:11] Paul
    I'm not sure you should be giving
    Admiral Kircheis special treatment.
[07:17] Paul
    His military deeds are too great.
[07:20] Paul
    It is true that you were able to focus
    on fighting the nobles' coalition
[07:24] Paul
    largely because he subjugated
    that frontier starzone.
[07:30] Paul
    But to make him the vanguard in
    the final battle on top of that...
[07:34] Reinhard
    I am not giving him special treatment.
[07:37] Reinhard
    Even if the entire universe
    turned against me,
[07:40] Reinhard
    Kircheis would remain on my side.
[07:42] Reinhard
    That has always been the case.
[07:45] Reinhard
    So I have been repaying him for that.
[07:48] Reinhard
    What's wrong with that?
[07:49] Paul
    Your Excellency, I am not suggesting
    you purge or banish Admiral Kircheis.
[07:58] Paul
    But an organization has
    no need for a number two.
[08:02] Paul
    Whether they are competent or not,
    they are a detriment to the organization.
[08:07] Paul
    There is no substitute for the loyalty given
    to the number one by all his subordinates.
[08:13] Reinhard
    Enough. You are growing tedious.
[08:18] Paul
    We believe the cornered nobles' coalition
    will launch an all-out attack soon.
[08:24] Paul
    This will most likely be the final battle.
[08:28] Paul
    I will now explain to you our strategy
    for dealing with the traitors.
[08:36] Paul
    Admiral Kircheis.
[08:37] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[08:38] Paul
    You will serve as the vanguard
    in this operation...
[08:46] Wolfgang
    Marquis Lohengramm and Kircheis
    seemed different today.
[08:51] Wolfgang
    Normally, the fleet admiral would
    have given him orders himself.
[08:55] Oskar
    This time, though,
    Oberstein stepped in between them.
[08:59] Oskar
    Our strategist doesn't seem fond
[09:01] Oskar
    of the fact that his Excellency values Kircheis
    on both official and personal levels.
[09:06] Oskar
    Of course, it's not that I
    don't understand his reasoning.
[09:10] Wolfgang
    He's a sharp man. I admit that.
[09:13] Wolfgang
    Although, isn't he just bringing conflict
    where there was always peace?
[09:18] Wolfgang
    There's no need to change something
    that's always worked just fine.
[09:23] Wolfgang
    Especially when it comes
    to human relationships.
[09:27] Oskar
    Regardless, the first thing we
    need to do is win this battle.
[09:30] Oskar
    Nothing can happen until then.
[09:34] Fahrenheit
    What? We're deploying?!
[09:38] Otho
    What is your issue with that?
[09:40] Fahrenheit
    We should use the fortress to our advantage
[09:43] Fahrenheit
    and wait for our chance to drag
    the enemy into a prolonged battle.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Adalbert von Fahrenheit
[09:47] Fahrenheit
    What purpose would it serve to deploy now?
[09:49] Flegel
    That "von" in your name is the only
    thing that makes you a high noble!
[09:52] Flegel
    Know your place!
[09:54] Fahrenheit
    Nonsense!
[09:55] Fahrenheit
    I'll have you know the duke and I are
    comrades, not master and servant.
[09:59] Fahrenheit
    Regardless of status, we are fellow
    courtiers of the Galactic Empire
[10:03] Fahrenheit
    who protect the Goldenbaum Dynasty
    from Marquis Lohengramm's tyranny.
[10:08] Fahrenheit
    We should be bound by this shared goal.
[10:11] Fahrenheit
    I am merely offering a warning as
    a specialist in military affairs
[10:14] Fahrenheit
    in hopes of preventing
    the worst-case scenario.
[10:17] Fahrenheit
    Yet you would force your will
    upon us, as if giving orders?
[10:21] Fahrenheit
    You seem to be operating on a
    misunderstanding, Duke Braunschweig.
[10:27] Otho
    I have no use for cowards!
[10:29] Otho
    All ships, deploy!
[10:30] Otho
    Bring that blond brat's head
    back to me without delay!
[10:51] Paul
    They appear to be on the
    move, Your Excellency.
[10:54] Reinhard
    Order Kircheis to deploy.
[11:00] Kircheis
    All ships, full speed ahead!
SIGN    Lippstadt Nobles Coalition Navy Flagship
    Alvíss
[11:10] Na
    The nobles' coalition deployed
    with the Flegel Fleet at its head,
[11:15] Na
    rushing forward with all
    their ships' bows aligned.
[11:18] Flegel
    Tonight, they will taste the outrage
    we have endured for so many years!
[11:24] Flegel
    Feuer!
[11:34] Flegel
    The Barbarossa?
[11:46] Paul
    The enemy's advance guard has collapsed.
[11:48] Reinhard
    Good.
[11:49] Reinhard
    Second wave: Mittermeyer, Reuenthal,
    Bittenfeld, and Kempff Fleets, deploy.
[11:56] Reinhard
    Wahlen and Mecklinger Fleets
    to the front of the rear line.
[11:59] Reinhard
    Lutz Fleet to the back of the rear line.
[12:02] Reinhard
    Attack in waves and crush
    the enemy's will to fight.
SIGN    Merkatz Fleet Flagship
    Minerva
[12:41] Guy
    Transmission from enemy ship!
[12:43] Emil
    Could they be surrendering?
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Emil von Reckendorf
[12:46] Oskar
    Open the comm lines.
[12:48] Flegel
    I presume you are Admiral Reuenthal.
[12:51] Flegel
    I am Baron Flegel.
[12:54] Flegel
    I request a one-on-one battle
    between my battleship and yours.
[12:58] Flegel
    Our noble spirit and loyalty
    to the Empire are true.
[13:03] Flegel
    I must prove this personally.
[13:05] Oskar
    There's no point.
[13:07] Oskar
    Cut him off.
[13:08] Flegel
    Wait! You must also—
[13:10] Flegel
    That bastard!
[13:12] Flegel
    A filthy low-born could never
    understand the pride of the nobility!
[13:16] Flegel
    Is there no one among the enemy ranks
    with the backbone to give his life
[13:20] Flegel
    in a noble one-on-one battle with me?!
[13:23] Flegel
    Find someone, whatever it takes!
[13:25] Leopold
    Please stop this.
SIGN    Captain Leopold Schumacher
[13:31] Leopold
    No one is going to fight you.
[13:34] Leopold
    It is as Admiral Reuenthal said.
[13:37] Leopold
    There would be no point.
[13:39] Leopold
    We should just be grateful to be alive,
[13:42] Leopold
    flee somewhere safe, and plan our recovery.
[13:45] Flegel
    Silence!
[13:46] Flegel
    I am not afraid to die!
[13:49] Flegel
    I only wish for a glorious death
    befitting an Imperial noble!
[13:54] Leopold
    It's because you speak such
    nonsense that you lose in battle.
[13:58] Flegel
    Excuse me?
[13:59] Leopold
    If what you want is a "glorious death,"
[14:01] Leopold
    then just grant that wish for yourself.
[14:04] Leopold
    We have no reason to follow
    you and throw away our lives.
[14:11] Flegel
    You bastard!
[14:35] Flegel
    L-Long... live...
[14:38] Flegel
    the Emp...ire...
[14:54] Schneider
    Please don't, Your Excellency.
[14:58] Merkatz
    Lieutenant Commander Schneider...
[15:00] Schneider
    I thought you might do this, so I removed
    the energy capsule from your blaster.
[15:05] Merkatz
    I had a feeling things would end this way,
[15:07] Merkatz
    but all I could do was delay the
    arrival of this day by a tiny bit.
[15:13] Merkatz
    Still, I didn't notice you removing
    the capsule. When did you do it?
[15:23] Merkatz
    You really fooled me.
[15:25] Merkatz
    You're that determined not to let me die?
[15:28] Schneider
    Yes, I am.
[15:30] Merkatz
    But what am I supposed
    to do with my life now?
[15:34] Schneider
    Marquis Lohengramm has not taken
    control of the entire universe.
[15:39] Schneider
    There are still places that
    have not fallen into his hands.
[15:42] Schneider
    Go to such a place to preserve your
    life and rebuild your strength!
[15:47] Merkatz
    Are you telling me to defect?
[15:49] Schneider
    Yes, Your Excellency.
[15:51] Merkatz
    Since you're suggesting
    I rebuild my strength,
[15:54] Merkatz
    I assume you're not talking
    about defecting to Fezzan.
[15:58] Merkatz
    The Free Planets Alliance?
[16:01] Schneider
    Yes.
[16:03] Merkatz
    I've been fighting them
    for over forty years now.
[16:08] Merkatz
    Many of my men have died by their hands,
    as many of theirs died by ours.
[16:12] Merkatz
    Would they even accept me?
[16:16] Schneider
    We should trust in the renowned Yang Wen-li.
[16:19] Schneider
    He may be slightly eccentric,
[16:21] Schneider
    but I have heard that he is a benevolent man.
[16:23] Schneider
    If he refuses,
[16:25] Schneider
    then I will accompany you in death.
[16:28] Merkatz
    Don't be a fool. You have to live.
[16:31] Merkatz
    With your talent, Marquis Lohengramm is
    sure to give you an esteemed position.
[16:36] Schneider
    I do not dislike Marquis Lohengramm,
[16:39] Schneider
    but I've made up my mind that you
    are the only superior I answer to.
[16:43] Schneider
    Please, give me your decision.
[16:50] Merkatz
    Then I'll entrust myself to you.
[16:53] Merkatz
    Let's contact Yang Wen-li.
[16:58] Reinhard
    It's just as Fraulein Mariendorf said.
[17:01] Reinhard
    She said an uprising by the common soldiers
    would be one reason for my victory.
[17:06] Reinhard
    She was right on the mark.
[17:08] Paul
    This ended even more quickly than I expected.
[17:12] Paul
    Of course, that only goes for the traitors.
[17:16] Reinhard
    The enemies in front of us
    have lost their strength.
[17:19] Reinhard
    Return to Odin and begin preparations
    to face those at the rear.
[17:23] Paul
    Understood.
SIGN    Geiersburg Fortress
[17:37] Ansbach
    Your Excellency.
[17:38] Otho
    Ah, Ansbach.
[17:40] Otho
    I thought you had been imprisoned.
[17:42] Ansbach
    My men rescued me.
[17:45] Otho
    What has become of my family?
[17:47] Ansbach
    They are safe.
[17:49] Ansbach
    I have already taken them to a safe location.
[17:52] Otho
    Oh, good. Then I'll also—
[17:54] Ansbach
    First, come this way.
[18:13] Otho
    Ansbach, exactly what have you arranged?
[18:17] Ansbach
    I am truly sorry,
[18:19] Ansbach
    but given the position we are currently in,
[18:21] Ansbach
    Your Excellency must make a decision.
[18:26] Otho
    I suppose our only choice is to make peace.
[18:29] Ansbach
    By which you mean...
[18:30] Otho
    I'll offer him favorable conditions.
[18:33] Otho
    I will recognize his supremacy and
    give him my daughter Elizabeth.
[18:38] Otho
    He would then be the previous
    emperor's grandson by marriage,
[18:41] Otho
    giving him the proper status to
    legitimately succeed the imperial line.
[18:45] Ansbach
    This is futile, Your Excellency.
[18:48] Ansbach
    It may have worked six months ago,
[18:50] Ansbach
    but Marquis Lohengramm has no
    need of your assistance now.
[18:57] Ansbach
    He will gain status through his own merits,
[19:00] Ansbach
    and it is unlikely anyone can stop him.
[19:03] Otho
    I am Duke Braunschweig,
[19:06] Otho
    head of the most prestigious
    noble family in the Empire!
[19:10] Otho
    Are you saying that blond
    brat would kill me?!
[19:14] Ansbach
    That is exactly why he has
    no reason to let you live.
[19:18] Ansbach
    You are an enemy of humanity.
[19:20] Otho
    An enemy... of humanity?
[19:23] Ansbach
    I refer to Westerland.
[19:25] Ansbach
    I'm sure you haven't forgotten about that.
[19:27] Otho
    Are you saying that killing a
    bunch of low-borns is a crime?!
[19:31] Otho
    I merely exercised my natural
    rights as a noble, as their ruler!
[19:37] Ansbach
    Until now, the Galactic Empire has operated
    on the logic of the nobility, as you say.
[19:42] Ansbach
    But from now on, it will
    operate on different logic.
[19:46] Ansbach
    To demonstrate that,
[19:48] Ansbach
    Marquis Lohengramm will have
    no choice but to kill you.
[19:59] Ansbach
    As the last leader of
    the Braunschweig family,
[20:03] Ansbach
    I implore you to end your
    own life with dignity.
[20:12] Otho
    Very well. I will die.
[20:15] Otho
    But I cannot bear to let the
    blond brat usurp the throne!
[20:20] Otho
    He should accompany me to hell!
[20:24] Otho
    Ansbach, do whatever it takes to stop him!
[20:29] Otho
    If you'll promise me that, I will
    end my own life without regrets!
[20:33] Otho
    Please, kill him!
[20:37] Ansbach
    Very well. I promise to
    kill Marquis Lohengramm.
[20:42] Otho
    I see...
[20:45] Otho
    Good.
[20:48] Otho
    I'd like my death to be
    as painless as possible.
[20:57] Ansbach
    Your Excellency.
[20:59] Ansbach
    You will suddenly feel sleepy
    and die without suffering.
[21:14] Otho
    No!
[21:15] Otho
    I won't! I don't want to die!
[21:18] Otho
    I'll surrender to him!
[21:19] Otho
    He can have my domain and
    my status, but not my life!
[21:27] Otho
    What are you doing?! Insolence!
[21:29] Otho
    Get your filthy hands off me!
[21:43] Ansbach
    Your Excellency.
[22:13] Ansbach
    Call the physician and
    take him to the infirmary.
[22:15] Guy
    But he has already passed.
[22:18] Ansbach
    Do as you're told.
[22:20] Guy
    Very well, sir.
[22:26] Ansbach
    With this, the Goldenbaum Dynasty
    has truly fallen.
[22:30] Ansbach
    It will be followed by
    the age of Grünewald...
[22:35] Ansbach
    Or will it?
SIGN    Episode 23
SIGN    Farewell to the Days of Old
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-three,
    "Farewell to the Days of Old."

Season 2

E23 - Farewell to the Days of Old

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[00:12] Guy
    Pardon me, sir.
[00:14] Kircheis
    What is it?
[00:15] Guy
    Weapons are not permitted beyond this point.
[00:17] Guy
    I must ask you to leave your blaster here.
[00:20] Kircheis
    I am High Admiral Kircheis.
[00:23] Kirchies
    Am I still forbidden to carry a weapon?
[00:26] Guy
    There are no exceptions,
    not even for you, sir.
[00:30] Guy
    These are our orders.
[00:32] Guy
    I do apologize.
[00:34] Kircheis
    Very well. No need to apologize.
[00:45] Hans
    Didn't Admiral Kircheis have special
    permission to carry weapons?
[00:53] Volker
    Seems the circumstances have changed.
[01:18] Kircheis
    I can put up with this for now.
[01:20] Kircheis
    Reinhard may have moments when
    he hesitates or makes mistakes,
[01:23] Kircheis
    but he'll understand in time.
[01:26] Kircheis
    He has all this time, for the past eleven years.
[01:30] Kircheis
    All this time? That has been
    the case all this time,
[01:34] Kircheis
    and I believed it would be forever.
[01:37] Kircheis
    But...
[01:39] Guy
    The highest commander in the Galactic Empire,
[01:41] Guy
    His Excellency Marquis Reinhard
    von Lohengramm, enters!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:35] Na
    In the year IC 488,
[03:38] Na
    a celebration of victory and
    audience with war prisoners
[03:41] Na
    was held on this day at Geiersburg Fortress.
[03:47] Reinhard
    Fahrenheit. It has been a long time.
[03:50] Reinhard
    Since the Battle of Astarte, I think.
[03:53] Fahrenheit
    Indeed.
[03:54] Reinhard
    Allying with the likes of Duke Braunschweig
    was a mistake unbefitting of you.
[04:00] Reinhard
    Why don't you follow me and live
    the rest of your life as a warrior?
[04:05] Fahrenheit
    I am a soldier of the Empire.
[04:07] Fahrenheit
    Now that you have seized authority
    over the Imperial military,
[04:10] Fahrenheit
    I shall humbly serve you.
[04:13] Fahrenheit
    I do realize I took the long way here...
[04:16] Fahrenheit
    but I intend to make up for the time I lost.
[04:20] Reinhard
    Then you should join my ranks as admiral.
[04:48] Fritz
    Imagine presenting your own
    master's body in surrender.
[05:11] Ansbach
    Marquis Lohengramm!
[05:15] Ansbach
    I will avenge my lord, Duke Braunschweig!
[05:49] Hans
    Physician! Call the physician!
[05:51] Kircheis
    It's... too late...
[05:59] Ansbach
    Forgive me, Duke Braunschweig.
[06:03] Ansbach
    I have failed to keep the
    promise I made to you.
[06:07] Ansbach
    It may be a few years before the
    blond brat follows you to Hell!
[06:13] Kempff
    What are you talking about, you fool?!
[06:16] Ansbach
    Though I am powerless...
[06:18] Ansbach
    I shall accompany you myself.
[06:21] Oskar
    Stop him!
[06:37] Reinhard
    Kircheis?
[06:41] Kircheis
    Rein...hard...
[06:45] Kircheis
    You're safe...
[06:49] Kircheis
    I don't think... I can be
    of use to you... any longer.
[06:59] Kircheis
    Please forgive me.
[07:00] Reinhard
    You idiot! What are you saying?
[07:03] Reinhard
    The doctor will be here soon.
    This little wound will heal in no time!
[07:06] Reinhard
    When it does, let's go inform
    my sister of our victory.
[07:10] Reinhard
    All right? Let's do that.
[07:13] Kircheis
    Rein...hard...
[07:14] Reinhard
    Don't talk until the doctor gets here!
[07:19] Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
[07:24] Reinhard
    I will.
[07:25] Kircheis
    And...
[07:27] Kircheis
    tell Annerose...
[07:32] Kircheis
    that Sieg kept the promise...
    he made so long ago...
[07:37] Reinhard
    No!
[07:38] Reinhard
    I'm not going to tell her that!
[07:40] Reinhard
    You can tell her yourself! In person!
[07:43] Reinhard
    I won't say it! You hear me?! We'll go...
[07:46] Reinhard
    We'll go see my sister together!
[07:48] Reinhard
    All right, Kircheis?!
[07:50] Reinhard
    Kir...
[08:01] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[08:03] Reinhard
    Answer me!
[08:06] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:08] Reinhard
    Why won't you speak?
[08:11] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:13] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:15] Wolfgang
    Don't. He's gone.
[08:18] Wolfgang
    We should let him rest in peace.
[08:20] Reinhard
    Don't lie to me, Mittermeyer.
[08:23] Reinhard
    You are lying!
[08:27] Reinhard
    Kircheis would never die and leave me behind!
[08:31] Reinhard
    Right, Kircheis?
[08:33] Reinhard
    Open your eyes.
[08:36] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[08:43] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[09:00] Oskar
    It's been three days since
    he imposed the gag order.
[09:03] Oskar
    We can't keep this up any longer.
[09:05] Oskar
    It's not as if we can remain
    silent toward Odin forever.
[09:10] Lutz
    But to be honest,
[09:12] Lutz
    I never realized the marquis
    had such a fragile side.
[09:16] Wolfgang
    He wouldn't be like this if it
    had been you or me who died.
[09:22] Wolfgang
    Siegfried Kircheis is special.
[09:25] Wolfgang
    Was special.
[09:28] Wolfgang
    He has essentially lost half of himself.
[09:32] Wolfgang
    Because of his own mistake, no less.
[09:36] Oskar
    We have to hope
    Marquis Lohengramm will bounce back.
[09:39] Oskar
    No, we need him to.
[09:43] Oskar
    If he doesn't, we'll all end up singing
    an elegy into the galactic abyss.
[09:50] Fritz
    But what are we supposed to do?
[09:53] Fritz
    How do we get him back on his feet?
[09:55] Ernest
    If there's anyone who can offer a solution,
[09:57] Ernest
    it's him.
[09:59] Fritz
    Him?
[10:00] Lutz
    You know who.
[10:02] Lutz
    The man who isn't here right now.
[10:04] Wolfgang
    We'll have to seek out his wisdom?
[10:07] Oskar
    We have no choice.
[10:08] Oskar
    I'm sure even he is well aware that he is
    who he is because of Marquis Lohengramm.
[10:15] Wolfgang
    This would mean we'll owe him a favor.
[10:19] Wolfgang
    What if he demands that we grant
    him preferential privileges?
[10:24] Oskar
    All of us, including Oberstein,
    are aboard the ship Lohengramm.
[10:30] Oskar
    We have to save the ship if
    we want to save ourselves.
[10:35] Oskar
    If Oberstein tries to turn this
    crisis into his own profit,
[10:41] Oskar
    we'll just have to retaliate
    with the appropriate measures.
[10:49] Guy
    Vice Admiral Oberstein has arrived.
[10:55] Paul
    You've been in council for quite a long
    time to have not arrived at a conclusion.
[11:00] Oskar
    Well, with our navy's number one and
    number two absent, we do lack leadership.
[11:06] Oskar
    So, do you have any good
    ideas, chief of staff?
[11:10] Paul
    I just might.
[11:15] Paul
    Ask Marquis Lohengramm's sister to help.
[11:19] Wolfgang
    Countess Grünewald?
[11:22] Wolfgang
    We thought of that, but...
[11:24] Paul
    You can leave that part to me.
[11:26] Paul
    But there is something
    I'll need all of you to do.
[11:30] Paul
    I need you to capture the man who
    killed High Admiral Kircheis.
[11:35] Oskar
    What a strange thing to say.
[11:37] Oskar
    Wasn't Ansbach the killer?
[11:39] Paul
    He is merely a bit actor.
[11:41] Paul
    We will officially say that the
    principal offender is someone else.
[11:44] Paul
    Someone much more significant.
[11:47] Wolfgang
    Who?
[11:48] Paul
    The Imperial Prime Minister,
    Marquis Lichtenlade.
[11:55] Wolfgang
    I wouldn't want to have you as an enemy.
[11:58] Wolfgang
    There's no way I'd win.
[12:01] Paul
    Marquis Lichtenlade must be
    eliminated sooner or later.
[12:05] Paul
    Besides, it's not as if his
    heart is as pure as an angel's.
[12:11] Paul
    There's no doubt that he's been working on
    his own plot to eliminate Marquis Lohengramm.
[12:17] Oskar
    So you're saying it wouldn't
    be a completely false charge.
[12:21] Paul
    You must return to Odin as soon as possible,
[12:24] Paul
    capture Marquis Lichtenlade,
    and steal the state seal.
[12:28] Paul
    Then we can establish
    Marquis Lohengramm as dictator.
[12:33] Wolfgang
    But what if the one who steals
    the state seal stays on Odin
[12:38] Wolfgang
    and tries to become the dictator himself?
[12:41] Paul
    No need to worry.
[12:43] Paul
    Even if one of you has such an ambition,
[12:46] Paul
    the other admirals who are
    of equal rank will stop him.
[12:49] Paul
    None of you are the type to resign yourself
[12:52] Paul
    to being subordinate to
    someone who was your equal.
[12:55] Paul
    That's exactly the reason why I believe
    having a number two is unnecessary.
[13:02] Oskar
    Power is not determined by
    the means used to acquire it.
[13:06] Oskar
    It is justified by the manner
    in which one exercises it.
[13:10] Wolfgang
    Which means some scheming and
    swindling are inevitable.
[13:20] Oskar
    We will use this opportunity
[13:22] Oskar
    to purge the enemies of
    Marquis Lohengramm hiding in the palace
[13:25] Oskar
    and take back all political authority.
[13:32] Wolfgang
    Leave the deserters behind.
[13:34] Wolfgang
    All that matters is that
    they reach Odin eventually.
[13:37] Na
    The fleet that was 20,000 ships strong
    when it left Geiersburg Fortress
[13:42] Na
    was reduced in numbers with
    each warp it passed through.
SIGN    Capital Planet Odin
[13:45] Na
    By the time it reached
    the capital planet Odin,
[13:48] Na
    it was down to just 3,000 ships.
[13:52] Fritz
    The situation is urgent!
[13:54] Fritz
    Land wherever you can,
    even if it's in a lake!
[14:24] Klaus
    What's the meaning of this?
SIGN    Minister of State and Prime Minister of the Empire
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[14:26] Klaus
    Why are you riffraff making such a ruckus?
[14:28] Oskar
    Marquis Lichtenlade...
[14:32] Oskar
    We are here to arrest you.
[14:35] Klaus
    On what charges?
[14:37] Oskar
    The charge of being the principal
    offender in the attempted assassination
[14:40] Oskar
    of Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[14:44] Klaus
    You fool!
[14:45] Klaus
    What evidence do you have
    to prove such nonsense?
[14:49] Klaus
    I am the Imperial Prime Minister!
[14:51] Klaus
    I stand above all of you as the one
    who gives counsel to the emperor!
[14:55] Oskar
    And at the same time,
    you are an irreverent conspirator.
[15:00] Oskar
    Restrain him!
[15:04] Wolfgang
    Where is the state seal?
[15:06] Guy
    On what authority do you ask that?
[15:10] Guy
    This is the room where the prime
    minister keeps the state seal.
[15:16] Guy
    Stop this at once!
[15:17] Guy
    What do you perceive the power of the Empire,
    of the Imperial household, to be?
[15:23] Guy
    Your behavior is
    unbecoming of Imperial subjects!
[15:25] Guy
    You should be ashamed!
[15:27] Wolfgang
    The power of the Empire, eh?
[15:29] Wolfgang
    I suppose such a thing
    existed once upon a time.
[15:31] Wolfgang
    But in the end, power is
    determined by one's capability.
[15:35] Wolfgang
    Capability is not determined by power.
[15:37] Guy
    It's open!
[15:41] Guy
    This is it.
[15:44] Wolfgang
    This is the state seal?
[15:54] Maid
    What army is that, milady?
[15:57] Hilda
    Armies don't just appear out of nowhere.
[16:00] Hilda
    No army but Marquis Lohengramm's
    could have so many people.
[16:06] Hilda
    It looks like a very lively age is coming.
[16:09] Hilda
    It may be a bit turbulent,
[16:12] Hilda
    but that's far better
    than remaining stagnant.
[16:51] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[17:12] Paul
    Your Excellency, it's Oberstein.
[17:15] Paul
    We've received a message from
    the Imperial capital Odin.
[17:20] Reinhard
    From whom?
[17:21] Paul
    From your sister, Countess Grünewald.
[17:29] Reinhard
    Damn you! You told her!
[17:32] Reinhard
    You told my sister about Kircheis!
[17:34] Paul
    Yes, I did.
[17:35] Reinhard
    How dare you?!
[17:37] Paul
    But you cannot remain in hiding forever.
[17:41] Reinhard
    Shut up!
[17:42] Paul
    Are you afraid of your sister?
[17:45] Reinhard
    What?!
[17:46] Paul
    If not, then please see her, Your Excellency.
[17:49] Paul
    I have not yet abandoned you.
[17:52] Paul
    It is admirable of you to blame yourself
[17:55] Paul
    and not try to force the
    responsibility onto me,
[17:59] Paul
    but if you continue to look only at the past
[18:03] Paul
    and refuse to face the future, then you
    are truly no more of a man than that.
[18:08] Paul
    The universe will fall
    into someone else's hands.
[18:11] Paul
    Admiral Kircheis must be
    feeling ashamed in Valhalla.
[18:35] Reinhard
    Sister...
[18:36] Annerose
    My poor Reinhard...
[18:40] Annerose
    There is no one left for
    you to lose, Reinhard.
[18:47] Reinhard
    No. I still have you.
[18:50] Reinhard
    Don't I, Sister? I still have you, don't I?
[18:54] Annerose
    Yes, the two of us now have
    nothing left but each other.
[19:01] Annerose
    Reinhard, I'm going to leave
    the Schwarzen mansion.
[19:05] Annerose
    Could you give me a small house somewhere?
[19:08] Reinhard
    Sister...
[19:09] Annerose
    Also, I think we should not
    see each other for a while.
[19:13] Reinhard
    Sister!
[19:15] Annerose
    It's better that I'm not beside you.
[19:19] Annerose
    We live very different lives.
[19:22] Annerose
    I have nothing but the past,
[19:25] Annerose
    but you have a future.
[19:29] Annerose
    If you ever get tired, come see me.
[19:34] Annerose
    But you must not get tired yet.
[19:40] Reinhard
    I understand.
[19:42] Reinhard
    If you insist, Sister,
    then I'll do as you wish.
[19:47] Reinhard
    I'll come for you after
    I make the universe mine.
[19:51] Reinhard
    But before you go, tell me one thing.
[19:57] Reinhard
    Did you... love Kircheis?
[20:17] Reinhard
    I'm aware of the situation.
[20:19] Reinhard
    I heard from Oberstein on the day you left.
[20:23] Oskar
    Yes, sir.
[20:24] Reinhard
    I'm sure your achievements
    will be generously rewarded.
[20:27] Reinhard
    I will soon return to Odin, as well.
[20:31] Oskar
    We have arrested and confined
    Marquis Lichtenlade's entire family.
[20:36] Oskar
    Please give us your
    judgment upon your return.
[20:38] Reinhard
    You don't need to wait for me to return.
[20:42] Reinhard
    I'm entrusting all of you to carry
    out their punishment. Understood?
[20:45] Oskar
    Then what shall we do with
    Marquis Lichtenlade himself?
[20:50] Reinhard
    We can't execute the Imperial Prime Minister.
[20:53] Reinhard
    Encourage him to commit suicide
[20:55] Reinhard
    in the most painless method possible.
[20:57] Oskar
    Understood.
[20:58] Oskar
    And what shall we do with his family?
[21:01] Reinhard
    Banish the women and
    children to the frontier.
[21:04] Reinhard
    Execute all men over the age of ten.
[21:08] Oskar
    Understood.
[21:09] Oskar
    We don't need to execute those under nine?
[21:12] Reinhard
    I was ten years old when I entered school.
[21:16] Reinhard
    Anyone younger than that is not fully a man,
[21:19] Reinhard
    so I will spare them.
[21:21] Reinhard
    If they want to try to strike me
    down when they grow up, let them.
[21:25] Reinhard
    It's only natural for an incompetent
    supreme ruler to be overthrown.
[21:31] Reinhard
    The same goes for all of you.
[21:33] Reinhard
    If you have the confidence
    and resolve to defeat me,
[21:36] Reinhard
    you can try it at any time.
[21:41] Oskar
    Surely you jest.
[21:43] Oskar
    Then, I shall take my leave.
[21:45] Reinhard
    You've done good work.
[21:49] Paul
    Your Excellency,
[21:50] Paul
    are you sure that's what you want
    to do with Marquis Lichtenlade's family?
[21:54] Reinhard
    I have shed a great deal of blood in my life.
[21:58] Reinhard
    I will surely shed more.
[22:00] Reinhard
    What will change by adding a few drops
    of blood from Lichtenlade's family?
[22:07] Paul
    If that is how you feel, very well.
[22:21] Na
    His heart was starved.
[22:24] Na
    He had lost both Kircheis and his sister.
[22:29] Na
    Even if he were to become
    the ruler of all humanity,
[22:32] Na
    would that satisfy the desperate
    hunger in his heart?
[22:36] Na
    No, it would not.
[22:39] Na
    This hunger in his heart could not be sated...
[22:43] Na
    likely for all eternity.
[22:46] Na
    But Reinhard was left with no other path.
[22:51] Na
    He had no choice but to counter
    the hunger in his heart
[22:56] Na
    by continuing to fight, win, and conquer.
[23:01] Na
    For that, he needed an enemy.
[23:04] Na
    The stronger and more competent the enemy,
[23:07] Na
    the more he could forget
    how starved his heart was.
[23:11] Na
    And in the Free Planets Alliance,
[23:14] Na
    he has the strongest, most competent
    enemy he could hope for.
SIGN    Episode 23
    Farewell to the Days of Old
SIGN    Episode 24
SIGN    My Friend
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-four, "My Friend."

Season 2

E24 - My Friend

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[00:07] Trunicht
    The dissidents who threatened the principles
    of the Free Planets Alliance are gone!
[00:13] Trunicht
    But there is no time for mourning.
[00:17] Trunicht
    Our holy war to overthrow the
    Galactic Empire still continues.
[00:22] Trunicht
    We are here thanks to the sacrifices of
    the brave heroes who gave their lives
[00:27] Trunicht
    to defend our Alliance.
[00:30] Trunicht
    We must follow in their footsteps.
[00:32] Trunicht
    In order to pledge even greater freedom and
    prosperity to the Alliance of the future,
[00:36] Trunicht
    let us offer up our present!
[00:41] Trunicht
    That is the greatest honor we
    can offer to our fallen heroes!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:32] Yang
    Why the hell do I have to shake
    that bastard Trunicht's hand?
[02:39] Julian
    It comes with your position.
[02:42] Julian
    Just bear with it.
[02:43] Yang
    If I knew I'd have to do this,
[02:45] Yang
    I might've reconsidered winning that battle.
[02:48] Yang
    There will only be more occasions like this.
[02:52] Julian
    Of course, that doesn't mean
    you can lose on purpose.
[02:56] Yang
    No, I'll lose.
[02:58] Yang
    I'll get my ass kicked.
[03:00] Yang
    Then my reputation will plummet
[03:02] Yang
    and no one will stop me
    from leaving this job.
[03:05] Yang
    I'll be free of the hell
    that is court service
[03:08] Yang
    and finally get to retire.
[03:10] Julian
    Do you mean that?
[03:13] Yang
    I do.
[03:15] Yang
    I'm going to retire and live quietly
    in a little house in the country.
[03:20] Yang
    On cold nights, I'll listen to the
    wind while enjoying some brandy.
[03:25] Yang
    On rainy days, I'll spare a thought for those
    raindrops' epic journey through the atmosphere
[03:30] Yang
    and sip on some wine.
[03:36] Julian
    You might find your own salvation
    in doing so, Admiral,
[03:41] Julian
    but many millions of others would go unsaved.
[03:45] Julian
    That isn't what you want, is it?
[03:52] Yang
    You're right.
[03:56] Frederica
    Admiral, Julian.
[03:58] Frederica
    It's time.
[04:01] Julian
    Let's go.
[04:03] Yang
    Sure.
[04:16] Yang
    All people die.
[04:18] Yang
    Stars don't live forever.
[04:21] Yang
    Even the universe itself
    will cease to exist someday.
[04:25] Yang
    There's no way a country can live eternally.
[04:29] Yang
    And a country that can't survive
    without making massive sacrifices
[04:32] Yang
    might as well die and get it
    over with. No one would miss it.
[04:37] Trunicht
    What's the matter? Why the troubled face?
[04:42] Trunicht
    This is a joyous day for our homeland.
[04:45] Trunicht
    We should both keep smiling
[04:47] Trunicht
    to ensure we show our gratitude to
    the citizens, the true sovereigns.
[04:54] Doumec
    Now, Mr. Yang, representing our military,
[04:57] Doumec
    and Mr. Trunicht, representing our civilians,
[04:59] Doumec
    will share a handshake before all of you!
[05:05] Trunicht
    Well, shall we?
[05:08] Doumec
    Admiral Yang, please step forward.
SIGN    Episode 24
SIGN    My Friend
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Space Pier
[05:33] Julian
    Why don't you just forget about it already?
[05:35] Yang
    Believe me, I wish I could.
[05:39] Yang
    Still... I never thought I'd
    have to shake Trunicht's hand.
[05:45] Julian
    Allow me to commend you on your service.
[05:49] Yang
    Seeing all those people from up on
    that ceremonial stage made me think...
[05:55] Yang
    Just what is a democracy that gives a man
    like Trunicht the legitimate right to rule?
[06:01] Yang
    What kind of citizenry would continue
    to support a man like that?
[06:06] Julian
    Did you find an answer?
[06:10] Yang
    Even I was stunned by the things
    that came to my mind then.
[06:14] Yang
    Rudolf von Goldenbaum, in the past,
[06:17] Yang
    as well as the National Salvation Military
    Council guys behind the coup d'état,
[06:22] Yang
    must have been convinced that their actions
    were the only way to save the people.
[06:27] Yang
    Frankly, it's a complete paradox,
[06:30] Yang
    but what made Rudolf a treacherous despot
[06:33] Yang
    was his sense of responsibility and
    obligation toward all humanity.
[06:40] Julian
    Do you think Chairman Trunicht feels
    such responsibility or obligation?
[06:46] Yang
    I couldn't say.
[06:48] Yang
    It doesn't seem like it, though.
[06:51] Yang
    Anyway, I'm too tired to think
    about him any more today.
[06:56] Julian
    Of course. You should go to bed early.
[07:00] Julian
    I'll take care of the remaining paperwork.
[07:03] Yang
    Thanks.
[07:05] Julian
    Not at all.
[07:11] Yang
    Trunicht might be like a malignant
    cancer to our society.
[07:17] Yang
    He devours healthy cells
    and keeps multiplying
[07:20] Yang
    until society, his host, ultimately dies.
[07:25] Yang
    If that's the case, it's truly a nightmare.
[07:31] Julian
    Yes?
[07:32] Julian
    What? Really?!
[07:34] Julian
    Understood! I'll inform him at once!
[07:36] Julian
    Admiral!
[07:38] Yang
    Why all the excitement?
[07:40] Yang
    There's nothing in this world worth
    getting excited or yelling about.
[07:45] Julian
    But...
[07:47] Julian
    You know Admiral Merkatz, don't you?
[07:50] Yang
    He's a well-known Imperial Navy admiral.
[07:52] Yang
    He's not as grand or glamorous
    as Marquis Lohengramm,
[07:56] Yang
    but he's experienced and shows no weakness.
[07:58] Yang
    I hear he's quite popular, too.
[08:00] Yang
    So, what about him?
[08:03] Julian
    Well, that well-known
    Imperial Navy admiral has defected!
[08:07] Julian
    Admiral Yang, he has requested your help!
[08:10] Yang
    What?!
SIGN    Iserlohn Fortress
[08:19] Alex
    First of all, we'll need you
    to leave your weapons here.
[08:22] Schneider
    What?! Insolence!
[08:25] Schneider
    Admiral Merkatz is not a war prisoner!
[08:27] Schneider
    He has defected here of his own free will!
[08:30] Schneider
    And you demand he give up his weapons?
[08:34] Schneider
    Is it not proper etiquette
    to treat him as a guest?!
[08:37] Schneider
    Or does nothing resembling etiquette
    exist in the Free Planets Alliance?!
[08:45] Alex
    My apologies.
[08:47] Alex
    Please forgive my rudeness.
[08:52] Murai
    And now he's being treated
    as a guest of honor, I hear.
[08:57] Murai
    I find it all a bit hard to believe.
[09:01] Yang
    Did Admiral Merkatz flee
    along with his family?
[09:04] Murai
    No, his family remains in the Empire.
[09:09] Yang
    I see. That's fine, then.
[09:11] Murai
    No, it is not.
[09:13] Murai
    The fact that his family
    remains in the Empire
[09:16] Murai
    essentially means that he's
    left potential hostages behind.
[09:19] Murai
    Is it not natural to believe that he came
    here with some unsavory goal in mind?
[09:25] Yang
    No, I don't think it is.
[09:27] Yang
    If he wanted to deceive me from the start,
[09:29] Yang
    he wouldn't have admitted to
    leaving his family behind.
[09:32] Yang
    It's more likely he'd bring a fake
    family who could act as observers.
[09:37] Yang
    Am I right, Commander Baghdash?
[09:41] Baghdash
    Well, that sounds about right.
[09:44] Baghdash
    Admiral Merkatz is a true military man.
[09:47] Baghdash
    I doubt he'd have anything to do
    with things like spying or sabotage.
[09:51] Baghdash
    I think you can trust him.
SIGN    Sounds like we'll trust him a lot faster than we trusted you.
[09:58] Baghdash
    Hey, that's harsh, Commodore Schönkopf.
[10:04] Yang
    Well, at any rate, I'm choosing
    to trust Admiral Merkatz.
[10:09] Yang
    And I will protect his rights
    to the best of my ability.
[10:14] Yang
    A veteran admiral of the Empire has
    turned to me for help, after all.
[10:20] Yang
    I have to reciprocate his favor.
[10:23] Murai
    You're absolutely certain
    you want to do this?
[10:26] Yang
    Yes. I'm weak against flattery, you know.
[10:29] Yang
    Lieutenant, put me through
    to Iserlohn immediately.
[10:33] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
[10:40] Yang
    You are Admiral Merkatz, correct?
[10:42] Merkatz
    I am.
[10:44] Yang
    I am Yang Wen-li.
[10:46] Yang
    It's truly a pleasure to meet you.
[10:48] Merkatz
    Likewise.
[10:50] Merkatz
    This fallen admiral is
    hereby in your service.
[10:53] Merkatz
    I only ask that you show
    leniency to my subordinates.
[10:59] Yang
    Very well.
[11:01] Yang
    It seems you have some
    fine men working for you.
[11:03] Yang
    In any case, I will be happy to accept them.
[11:07] Yang
    You needn't worry.
[11:08] Merkatz
    I thank you for your kindness.
[11:11] Yang
    Well, that will be all.
[11:13] Merkatz
    Yes, sir.
[11:18] Merkatz
    Your advice was not in error.
[11:21] Merkatz
    Admiral Yang seems to be a trustworthy man.
[11:25] Schneider
    Yes, sir.
[11:26] Na
    Yang kept his promise
[11:28] Na
    and did all he could to protect
    the rights of Merkatz and his men.
[11:32] Na
    In response, the Alliance
    government gave Merkatz
[11:36] Na
    the status of "guest admiral"
[11:39] Na
    and appointed him as advisor to
    the Iserlohn Fortress commander.
[11:46] Doumec
    The matter of Admiral Merkatz
    has been settled,
[11:49] Doumec
    but the problem is Yang Wen-li.
[11:52] Doumec
    This was a civil war, so we
    can just give him a medal,
[11:57] Doumec
    but the next time he accomplishes
    some heroic deed,
SIGN    Council Member Doumec
SIGN    Council Member Bonet
[11:59] Doumec
    we'll have no choice but to promote him.
[12:01] Irons
    Barely 30 years old, and reaching
    the rank of fleet admiral?
SIGN    Council Member Irons
SIGN    Council Member Kaplan
[12:04] Irons
    An undefeated hero, and a
    young bachelor to boot...
[12:09] Irons
    If he retired and went into politics,
[12:11] Irons
    he's almost guaranteed to earn
    enough votes to win any election.
[12:15] Negroponte
    Just because he's a hero on the battlefield
SIGN    Council Member Negroponte
[12:17] Negroponte
    doesn't mean he has the talent
    to succeed in politics.
[12:22] Doumec
    Still, many people would
    be drawn to his reputation.
[12:27] Doumec
    If that happened,
    regardless of his capability,
[12:30] Doumec
    he would be a force too potent to ignore.
[12:33] Negroponte
    Before the Battle of the Doria Starzone,
[12:35] Negroponte
    he stood before every officer
    and soldier in his navy and said
[12:39] Negroponte
    that the rise and fall of a
    nation was trivial in comparison
[12:43] Negroponte
    to the people's rights and freedoms.
[12:45] Negroponte
    That's dangerous ideology.
[12:47] Negroponte
    He's basically saying that as long as
    individual rights and freedoms are protected,
[12:51] Negroponte
    it wouldn't matter if the Alliance
    was replaced by the Empire.
[12:56] Irons
    You have to be a bit suspicious
    of his loyalty toward his nation.
[13:17] Negroponte
    Yang has made problematic
    statements at every turn.
[13:22] Negroponte
    If prompted, I'm sure
    he would make many more.
[13:25] Trunicht
    Admiral Yang's talents are
    a necessity to the Alliance.
[13:29] Trunicht
    So long as the Empire is our enemy, that is.
[13:33] Trunicht
    Unless it's something
    that could prove lethal,
[13:35] Trunicht
    we may need to tolerate
    some of the things he says.
[13:38] Trunicht
    Still, there's no need to panic.
[13:42] Trunicht
    Let's just keep an eye on
    how things progress for now.
[13:47] Konev
    I heard about Admiral Merkatz.
[13:50] Dusty
    Yeah. Admiral Yang's really happy about it.
[13:53] Dusty
    He's been named a vice admiral for now,
[13:56] Dusty
    but he'll probably be formally
    named an admiral eventually.
[13:59] Poplin
    The Alliance's head honchos sure
    are hospitable toward defectors.
[14:04] Poplin
    Even after everything our fleet accomplished,
[14:07] Poplin
    Admiral Yang is still stuck
    at the rank of admiral,
[14:10] Poplin
    leaving basically no chance of
    his men being promoted, either.
[14:13] Dusty
    Chief Dawson and Commander-in-Chief
    Bewcock are admirals, as well.
[14:17] Dusty
    Admiral Yang is below them, so he
    can't be promoted to fleet admiral.
[14:22] Poplin
    You think he's really satisfied with that?
[14:25] Dusty
    Oh, please.
[14:26] Dusty
    He was never interested in that
    sort of thing to begin with.
SIGN    Oh, really? So you're a petty officer second class now, Julian?
[14:35] Julian
    Congratulations on your promotion,
    as well, Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
SIGN    Thanks.
SIGN    But I heard a rumor that Admiral Dawson promoted only me
SIGN    as part of a plot to put a crack in our fleet's unity.
SIGN    But Chief Cubersly returned to his post,
SIGN    so I suppose it'll be fine.
[14:56] Julian
    Actually...
[14:58] Julian
    I heard that my promotion resulted from a
    direct intervention by Chairman Trunicht...
[15:04] Julian
    so I can't feel truly happy about it.
SIGN    Listen, Julian.
SIGN    The military is overrun with the agendas of many different people.
SIGN    Those agendas have direct effects on us sometimes.
SIGN    But you can't let every little thing like that get to you.
SIGN    We just have to focus on the good that comes of it.
SIGN    Understand?
[15:29] Julian
    I understand. I'll try
    to think of it that way.
[15:32] Yang
    Hey, Julian.
[15:34] Yang
    I haven't recognized you as a soldier yet.
SIGN    Your Excellency, what do you think Julian is holding?
SIGN    Do you have the right to say that to someone who's been given all those?
[15:51] Yang
    Julian.
[15:52] Yang
    Toss those into your locker or wherever.
[15:55] Julian
    Yes, sir...
[15:56] Yang
    You can use the box as a
    soap dish or something.
[15:59] Yang
    I'm going down to Heinessen for a bit.
SIGN    Then I'll come as your guard.
[16:04] Julian
    I'll accompany you, as well.
[16:06] Yang
    No.
[16:07] Yang
    I'll go by myself today.
[16:10] Yang
    Look after things while I'm away.
[16:12] Julian
    Please be careful.
[16:16] Julian
    Where could he be going?
SIGN    Who knows?
SIGN    Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[16:47] Wolfgang
    We're finally here, in accordance
    with His Excellency's wishes.
[16:52] Wolfgang
    The old ones are gone,
[16:53] Wolfgang
    and a new order will be established today.
[16:57] Wolfgang
    The people welcome the
    birth of this peaceful era.
[17:01] Oskar
    Naturally, I welcome it, too.
[17:04] Oskar
    It excites me to be here in this new age.
[17:09] Wolfgang
    Well, let's go.
[17:11] Oskar
    Right.
[17:30] Na
    In October of the year IC 488,
[17:34] Na
    Reinhard von Lohengramm was
    promoted to the status of duke.
[17:39] Na
    And in addition to the title of
    Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy,
[17:44] Na
    he was also named the
    Imperial Prime Minister,
[17:46] Na
    giving him complete supremacy in
    both politics and the military.
[17:52] Na
    Thus the dictatorship of
    Duke Lohengramm began.
[18:17] Reinhard
    I'll be fine from here.
[18:19] Guy
    Yes, sir.
[19:22] Na
    The late Siegfried Kircheis
[19:25] Na
    was granted the title of
    Imperial Fleet Admiral
[19:28] Na
    and was posthumously named
    Minister of Military Affairs,
[19:32] Na
    Supreme Command Headquarters
    Chief, Space Fleet Commander,
[19:36] Na
    Acting Supreme Commander
    of the Imperial Navy,
[19:40] Na
    and Acting Imperial Prime Minister.
[19:44] Na
    Still, no matter what worldly glory he possessed,
[19:48] Na
    he could never repay his
    red-haired friend's devotion.
[19:52] Na
    With this in mind,
[19:54] Na
    the inscription Reinhard chose for
    Kircheis's gravestone was simple and concise:
[19:59] Na
    just two words,
    "My Friend," and nothing more.
[20:25] Na
    The year UC 797,
[20:28] Na
    or the 488th year of the Imperial Calendar,
[20:30] Na
    was an unusual year for a
    long-divided human society
[20:34] Na
    in that the two nations did
    not meet each other in battle.
[20:38] Na
    But whether the winners of the internal
    disputes that occurred in each nation
[20:42] Na
    were satisfied with their victories
    or not is another story.
[20:48] Na
    One of them made great gains,
    but also lost something precious.
[20:54] Na
    The other gained new allies,
    but felt new dangers at his back.
[21:01] Na
    In this year, Reinhard von
    Lohengramm was 21 years old,
[21:05] Na
    and Yang Wen-li was 30.
[21:09] Na
    Both were at an age where the future
    held more for them than the past.
SIGN    Third Planet in the Solar System Earth
[23:02] Bishop
    Rubinsky's performance in this
    battle was not at all satisfactory.
[23:09] Bishop
    That much is certain.
[23:11] De Villie
    It is worse than that, Your Lordship.
[23:14] De Villie
    In fact, I sense a lack of enthusiasm in him.
[23:17] De Villie
    I believe he has forgotten our cause
    to seek his own self-interests.
SIGN    Archbishop De Villie
[23:21] De Villie
    If this continues for another
    two years, or three...
[23:25] Bishop
    Be calm.
[23:27] Bishop
    Look.
[23:31] Bishop
    Even now, the sun rejoices in life.
[23:35] Bishop
    But what of its child, our Earth?
[23:39] Bishop
    The trees wither, the soil loses its nutrients,
[23:42] Bishop
    and birds are long gone from the
    skies, as are fish from the seas.
[23:47] Bishop
    The human race has abandoned
    its mother planet
[23:51] Bishop
    to race among the stars like fools,
    battling itself to the death.
[23:56] Bishop
    But this will not last much longer.
[23:59] Bishop
    The homeland of mankind will return,
[24:02] Bishop
    and history will once more
    begin here, with our Earth.
[24:06] Bishop
    We have already waited for eight centuries.
[24:10] Bishop
    What is another two or three years?
[24:14] Bishop
    For now, let us give
    Rubinsky a bit more time.
[24:18] Bishop
    If he should abandon his
    mother planet, Earth,
[24:22] Bishop
    he will depart on a journey to
    another dimension known as death.
[24:26] De Villie
    Indeed.
[24:28] Bishop
    It is not as if no progress has been made.
SIGN    Earth Cult Grand Bishop
[24:31] Bishop
    One of the men in power has
    already fallen into our hands.
[24:36] Bishop
    The other will soon do the same.
[24:40] Bishop
    It will not belong before the ideals
    of the Earth Cult are realized.

Season 3 - Collision

Season 3 - Collision

E25 - First Campaign

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[00:10] Na
    On that day, the Iserlohn garrison force,
    led by Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough,
[00:17] Na
    was making its way to Galactic Empire
    territory via the Iserlohn Corridor.
[00:22] Na
    Their objective was to patrol the front
    lines while training new recruits.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough
[00:28] Na
    The coup d'état in the
    National Salvation Military Council
[00:31] Na
    following their crushing defeat
    in the Battle of Amritsar
[00:34] Na
    led to the loss of many
    experienced Alliance soldiers.
[00:39] Na
    To preserve the strength of
    the Alliance's 1st Fleet,
[00:41] Na
    which was defending the Bharat Star System,
[00:44] Na
    the Iserlohn garrison force faced an urgent
    need to quickly train new recruits.
[00:58] Peter
    Julian Mintz.
[01:02] Peter
    I know about you.
    You were at the top of the class.
[01:06] Peter
    Even with the instructors
    picking on you so much...
[01:11] Peter
    I'm Peter Reamer.
[01:15] Julian
    Nice to meet you.
[01:18] Peter
    Nice to meet you.
[01:21] Peter
    You're so calm.
[01:26] Peter
    Even training scares me.
[01:28] Peter
    Space is terrifying.
[01:32] Julian
    I'm scared, too.
[01:35] Julian
    But all the people I respect
    and admire fought here.
[01:40] Julian
    Some of them are still fighting.
[01:41] Julian
    When I think about that, the fear eases up.
[01:46] Julian
    Just a little, anyway.
SIGN    Iserlohn Corridor
    Galactic Empire Side, Deep En Route
SIGN    Iserlohn Garrison Force
    Patrol Craft
[01:57] Observer
    Unidentified craft sighted ahead of us!
[01:59] Captain
    How many?
[02:00] Observer
    Roughly 2,000.
[02:01] Captain
    Contact Admiral Attenborough.
[02:04] Observer
    Transmission failed.
    The enemy is jamming the signal.
[02:08] Captain
    Retreat at full speed. Get
    out of their jamming range.
[02:12] Captain
    Continue trying to contact the main fleet.
[02:14] Captain
    Tell them patrol craft 08 has made
    contact with an enemy fleet.
[02:19] Operator
    Patrol 08 to main fleet.
    We have made contact with the enemy.
[02:22] Operator
    Repeat: Patrol 08 to main fleet.
    We have made contact with the enemy.
[02:26] Captain
    Why would the enemy show up here?
[02:27] Operator
    Repeat: Patrol 08 to main fleet...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Iserlohn Garrison Force Flagship
    Triglav
[04:01] Operator
    Contact with patrol craft 08 has been lost.
[04:04] Dusty
    Two thousand ships?
SIGN    Commander Lao
[04:06] Lao
    What is the enemy fleet's course?
[04:08] ObserverA
    Transferring the patrol craft's data to you.
[04:14] Lao
    If they follow the projected course,
[04:16] Lao
    they'll reach main gun range in 25 minutes.
[04:20] Lao
    They're too close.
[04:22] Dusty
    We'll have to deal with them.
[04:25] Kempff
    You're meeting them in battle, then?
[04:28] Kempff
    We'll send aid at once. Hold the front line.
[04:32] Eichendorff
    Yes, sir.
[04:33] Dusty
    How in the world could this be happening?
[04:36] Dusty
    Am I supposed to lead a bunch of
    Boy Scouts in battle against our enemy?
[04:40] Leo
    Then you'll have the trainees
     and new recruits join the fight as well?
[04:44] Dusty
    Obviously.
[04:57] Frederica
    Your Excellency.
SIGN    Admiral Yang Wen-li
[05:01] Yang
    What is it?
[05:02] Frederica
    Admiral Attenborough's fleet has
    encountered the Imperial Navy.
SIGN    Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
[05:06] Frederica
    They have entered combat.
[05:09] Yang
    Never a peaceful day on the frontier,
    as spring always comes late...
[05:15] Yang
    This is a real mess, isn't it, Julian?
[05:21] Yang
    I sent him because I thought he'd be safe.
[05:25] Frederica
    I know he'll come back safe.
[05:27] Frederica
    He has plenty of both luck and talent.
[05:32] Yang
    It can't be easy for Attenborough, either,
[05:34] Yang
    with so many new recruits on board.
[05:36] Yang
    We'd better get out there to
    help out as quickly as we can.
[05:40] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
[05:42] Captain
    The enemy force consists
    of about 200 battleships,
[05:45] Captain
    between 400 and 500 cruisers,
[05:47] Captain
    and approximately 1,000 destroyers.
[05:51] Julian
    That's not a typical fleet formation.
[05:54] Julian
    Did both of our fleets just happen to
    bump into each other while patrolling?
[05:58] OldHandA
    What're you so afraid of?
[06:01] OldHandA
    You're gonna be reduced to space dust
    in an instant with that attitude.
[06:04] Bateman
    Stop it. I felt the same
    way on my first campaign.
[06:08] Bateman
    I pissed my pants and ran off back to base.
SIGN    Ensign Douglas Bateman
[06:11] Bateman
    So you kids can go ahead and
    piss yourselves all you want.
[06:19] Control
    All troops commence boarding Spartanians.
[06:24] Captain
    Okay, let's go!
[06:25] Julian
    Yes, sir!
SIGN    Episode 25
SIGN    First Campaign
[06:31] Frederica
    I shouldn't have to tell you
[06:33] Frederica
    that Iserlohn Fortress is
    a valuable, strategic base.
[06:37] Frederica
    The Galactic Empire and
    the Free Planets Alliance
[06:41] Frederica
    are separated by a vast non-navigable space.
[06:45] Frederica
    However, a single sliver of space that
    is safe to travel exists between them:
[06:50] Frederica
    the Iserlohn Corridor.
[06:53] Frederica
    To travel from the Empire to the Alliance,
    or the Alliance to the Empire,
[06:57] Frederica
    it is necessary to travel via this corridor.
[07:01] Frederica
    This is why Iserlohn Fortress,
    which militarily controls the corridor,
[07:05] Frederica
    is so critically important.
[07:09] Na
    The Free Planets Alliance has attempted
    to capture Iserlohn Fortress six times.
[07:16] Na
    In the Fifth Battle of Iserlohn,
[07:18] Na
    the Alliance Navy put up the best
    fight they had ever managed
[07:21] Na
    by using a parallel pursuit tactic.
[07:23] Na
    Still, all six attempts ended in
    defeat and massive loss of troops.
[07:28] Na
    Their capture of Iserlohn Fortress was
    finally successful on the seventh attempt,
[07:33] Na
    under Yang Wen-li, who was
    a rear admiral at the time.
[07:38] (Flashback) Frederica
    There is also the Fezzan Corridor,
[07:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    which passes through the Dominion of Fezzan.
[07:45] (Flashback) Frederica
    The Fezzan Corridor is a demilitarized
    zone due to the officially neutral status
[07:51] (Flashback) Frederica
    of the Dominion of Fezzan at its center,
[07:53] (Flashback) Frederica
    meaning military vessels cannot enter it.
[07:56] (Flashback) Frederica
    For this reason, the Iserlohn Corridor is the
    only way to reach the Empire from the Alliance.
[08:03] (Flashback) Frederica
    Can anyone think of any other viable routes?
[08:12] (Flashback) Julian
    Countless probes have been launched to
    search for routes other than those two,
[08:19] (Flashback) Julian
    but no new routes have been discovered yet.
[08:23] (Flashback) Julian
    One possible solution to this dilemma
[08:26] (Flashback) Julian
    is the development of long-distance warp
    technology that could bypass both corridors.
[08:31] (Flashback) Julian
    But a warp over that great a distance is
    not possible with current technology.
[08:36] (Flashback) Julian
    For that reason, both the Empire and the
    Alliance still need to use the Iserlohn Corridor.
[08:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    Very good. An exemplary answer.
[08:52] (Flashback) Julian
    Live ammunition training?
[08:54] (Flashback) Walter
    Half training, half hobby.
[08:57] (Flashback) Walter
    Anyway, I hear your basic
    education process has begun.
[09:01] (Flashback) Julian
    Yes, sir.
[09:02] (Flashback) Walter
    So what're you gonna do?
SIGN    Rear Admiral Walter von Schönkopf
[09:04] (Flashback) Walter
    Where are you hoping to be assigned?
[09:07] (Flashback) Walter
    If all you want to do is "be a soldier,"
    it's not gonna be any help to Admiral Yang.
[09:12] (Flashback) Julian
    I want to be useful to Admiral Yang.
[09:15] (Flashback) Walter
    Uh-huh. And where in this universe could you
    find a soldier more resourceful than him?
[09:22] (Flashback) Walter
    If there is one,
    it's probably Duke Lohengramm.
[09:25] (Flashback) Walter
    Are you hoping to help
    Admiral Yang with resourcefulness?
[09:30] (Flashback) Julian
    But even the cerebrum can't function
    without the cerebellum, right?
[09:34] (Flashback) Walter
    Ah, of course.
[09:36] (Flashback) Walter
    The cerebellum is what controls
    motor functions, after all.
[09:43] (Flashback) Poplin
    I bet you'll end up in the air force.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Olivier Poplin
[09:45] (Flashback) Poplin
    I hear you've shown a knack for
    it in the basic education course.
[09:49] (Flashback) Poplin
    Daisy, you look even
    prettier than usual today.
[09:56] (Flashback) Poplin
    By the way, the guy doing the crossword puzzle
    there is the number two pilot in the Alliance.
[10:02] (Flashback) Poplin
    Might not look it, but he is.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Ivan Konev
[10:06] (Flashback) Margot
    Hello, Lieutenant Commander Konev.
[10:12] (Flashback) Konev
    And in case you wondered, Mintz,
    the number one pilot died in battle.
[10:24] (Flashback) InstructorC
    What's the problem?!
    You can't be tired already!
SIGN    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[10:29] (Flashback) Alex
    Even if we are short on men,
[10:31] (Flashback) Alex
    I can't believe we're keeping
    the old hands in the capital
[10:33] (Flashback) Alex
    and sending nothing but
    new recruits to Iserlohn.
[10:40] (Flashback) InstructorC
    Go back to high school!
[10:42] (Flashback) InstructorC
    Come back when you're out
    of diapers, at least!
[10:49] (Flashback) Yang
    Send that man back to Heinessen.
[10:52] (Flashback) Alex
    He's an experienced soldier who's
    accomplished a lot in battle.
[10:56] (Flashback) Alex
    You sure about that?
[10:57] (Flashback) Yang
    If a man who beats those unable to
    resist can be lauded as a soldier,
[11:03] (Flashback) Yang
    then soldiers are a disgrace
    to the human race.
[11:07] (Flashback) Yang
    Soldiers like that are not needed.
[11:10] (Flashback) Yang
    Not by me, at least.
[11:16] (Flashback) Alex
    I agree.
[11:21] (Flashback) TraineeB
    I heard that instructor's getting demoted.
[11:24] (Flashback) TraineeA
    R-Really?
[11:26] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Yeah. He pissed off Admiral Yang.
[11:29] (Flashback) TraineeC
    Wow...
[11:32] (Flashback) Bateman
    He was my comrade-in-arms.
[11:35] (Flashback) Julian
    Instructor Bateman.
[11:38] (Flashback) Bateman
    Admiral Yang ordered me not to give you
    special treatment as his adopted kid.
[11:43] (Flashback) Bateman
    I'll be following that order
    even more strictly from now on.
[11:47] (Flashback) Bateman
    You'd better appreciate the
    parental love he has for you.
[11:52] (Flashback) Bateman
    Don't think crying to the
    admiral will do you any good.
[12:06] (Flashback) Bateman
    Too slow! Go back and start over!
[12:13] (Flashback) Bateman
    Don't let your guard down!
[12:14] (Flashback) Bateman
    This is just training!
    It won't work like that in a real battle!
[12:19] (Flashback) Bateman
    Run! Run!
[12:20] (Flashback) Bateman
    If anyone drops out, you all get to start over!
[12:32] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Hey, did you hear?
[12:33] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Instructor Bateman put in a request
    to go to the front lines.
[12:37] (Flashback) TraineeA
    Really?
[12:38] (Flashback) TraineeB
    He was assigned to teach after getting hurt,
[12:41] (Flashback) TraineeB
    but apparently they're short
    on experienced soldiers.
[12:43] (Flashback) TraineeC
    You gotta be kidding.
[12:45] (Flashback) TraineeC
    Getting assigned to the same place
    as him is gonna be a nightmare.
[12:53] Control
    All troops commence boarding Spartanians.
[12:57] Captain
    Okay, let's go!
[12:59] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[13:16] Margot
    Airtight operations on Spartanian
    housing decks complete.
[13:19] Margot
    Catapult decks now exiting ship.
[13:25] ControlA
    No obstructive objects in the
    Spartanian launch course.
[13:29] ControlA
    No going back now, rookie.
[13:31] Julian
    Roger.
[13:32] ControlB
    Five seconds to launch.
[13:34] ControlB
    Four. Three. Two. One.
[13:55] (Flashback) Julian
    Is it true that everyone senses
    when their own death is coming?
[14:01] Yang
    Where's this coming from?
[14:03] Julian
    A veteran pilot was talking about it.
[14:06] Julian
    He said that's just what happens.
[14:08] Julian
    I thought you might know if it was true.
[14:13] Yang
    You'd trust someone who's never died
[14:16] Yang
    to talk about death as if he
    knew all about it, Julian?
[14:57] Julian
    I hit it... I really... I really...
[15:08] Julian
    Bastards!
[15:10] AideA
    The battle appears to be going in our favor.
[15:14] AideA
    However...
[15:15] Eichendorff
    What?
[15:16] AideA
    The enemy is behaving oddly.
[15:18] AideA
    All their movements seem haphazard.
[15:21] AideA
    They don't seem typical of
    the Alliance's elite forces.
[15:25] Eichendorff
    We're up against Yang Wen-li.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Eichendorff
[15:27] Eichendorff
    We can never be too careful.
[15:29] AideA
    Yes, sir.
[15:30] Yang
    There are no objections to
    sending reinforcements, then?
[15:34] Patrichev
    None.
[15:35] Murai
    The question is how many.
[15:39] Yang
    What does our guest admiral think?
SIGN    Guest Vice Admiral Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
[15:46] Merkatz
    If you're sending reinforcements,
SIGN    Lieutenant Bernhard von Schneider
[15:48] Merkatz
    I believe it would be best to send as many
    as possible, as quickly as possible.
[15:54] Merkatz
    In doing so...
[15:58] Merkatz
    In doing so, you can launch an attack
    that the enemy cannot counter,
[16:02] Merkatz
    gather up your allies,
    and then promptly withdraw.
[16:09] Yang
    I agree with the guest admiral's suggestion.
[16:13] Yang
    Sending in soldiers sequentially would
    lessen our opportunity to seize control,
[16:19] Yang
    allowing the battle to gradually escalate.
[16:22] Yang
    We should rush our entire fleet there
[16:24] Yang
    and finish the fight before the
    enemy can bring in reinforcements.
[16:28] Yang
    Begin preparations to mobilize immediately.
[16:30] Both
    Yes, sir.
[16:32] Yang
    Admiral Merkatz, I'd like you to ride
    with me on our flagship, Hyperion.
[16:38] Yang
    Would you mind?
[16:41] Merkatz
    Understood.
[16:53] Lao
    Petty Officer Second Class
    Julian Mintz has returned.
[16:58] Dusty
    All right.
[17:01] Lao
    You haven't eaten your meal yet, have you?
[17:04] Lao
    Please take a break.
    I'll handle things here.
[17:10] Dusty
    Thanks. I appreciate it.
[17:24] Dusty
    You're not going to eat?
[17:26] Julian
    Rear Admiral Attenborough...
[17:28] Dusty
    I hear you shot down two of their ships.
[17:30] Dusty
    That's impressive for your first battle.
[17:33] Julian
    What about the others?
[17:35] Dusty
    Not looking good.
[17:37] Dusty
    You saw the names on the board
    of those who aren't back yet.
[17:39] Dusty
    They're all kids who don't
    follow directions well.
[17:42] Dusty
    Not that I can blame them...
[17:45] Julian
    Rear Admiral Attenborough...
    I was too arrogant.
[17:51] Julian
    I got too excited after
    shooting down two ships.
[17:54] Julian
    I let myself believe I was
    some great, seasoned hero.
[17:58] Julian
    I'm still just a novice, though.
[18:02] Julian
    I learned from Admiral Yang
    that fighting in battle
[18:07] Julian
    means taking responsibility for
    both yourself and your enemy.
[18:11] Julian
    But just because I shot down some enemies,
[18:14] Julian
    I forgot all that in the very next moment.
[18:19] Julian
    It made me disgusted with myself.
[18:23] Bateman
    The fact that you're even worried about that
[18:26] Bateman
    tells me you have what it takes
    to be an excellent soldier.
[18:30] Bateman
    Petty Officer Second Class Julian Mintz...
[18:37] Bateman
    Don't die out there.
[19:13] Dusty
    Isn't that...
[19:15] Lao
    Yes, it's the battleship Ulysses.
[19:18] Dusty
    It's the ship whose toilet
    was broken at Amritsar,
[19:20] Dusty
    so we had to fight the enemy and a flood!
[19:24] Dusty
    I'd sure love to borrow
    some of Ulysses's luck.
[19:27] Dusty
    Men, it doesn't matter
    if you look ridiculous!
[19:30] Dusty
    Just stay alive!
[20:31] Observer
    Reinforcements!
[20:33] Observer
    Reinforcements are here!
[20:38] Lao
    Didn't I tell you? I have the devil's luck.
[20:42] Dusty
    Yeah, let's go with that.
[20:47] AideA
    More than 20,000 ships?!
[20:50] AideA
    This isn't even a contest.
[20:52] Eichendorff
    We're retreating.
[20:54] Eichendorff
    Report to Admiral Kempff.
[20:57] Murai
    The enemy fleet is leaving the battle zone.
[21:01] Murai
    Shall we pursue?
[21:03] Yang
    Nah. Let them go.
[21:06] Murai
    Would it not be wise
    to set surveillance satellites
SIGN    Rear Admiral Murai
[21:10] Murai
    and communication satellites in this area in case they return?
[21:15] Yang
    You're right. Rear Admiral,
    make the arrangements.
[21:19] Murai
    Understood.
[21:24] Frederica
    Incidentally, regarding Petty Officer
    Second Class Julian Mintz...
[21:29] Frederica
    He has returned safely.
[21:32] Frederica
    He shot down three Walküres
    and destroyed one cruiser.
SIGN    He destroyed a cruiser? On his first campaign?
SIGN    Well, that's a surprise. I guess it's just natural talent.
SIGN    My first campaign wasn't nearly so exciting.
SIGN    It's almost frightening to think about how much he can still grow.
[21:56] Yang
    Oh, please. I'd say he just used
    up a lifetime of luck in one shot.
[22:02] Yang
    It won't do him any good to start
    taking war lightly because of this.
[22:08] Yang
    The true test of his
    ability has yet to begin.
[22:12] Control
    Port side catapult damaged.
[22:14] Control
    Rescue teams, assist in extricating the pilot.
[22:23] Peter
    I survived.
[22:24] Julian
    Peter?
[22:27] Peter
    Apparently, they died.
[22:30] Peter
    The old hands who made a fool of me...
[22:34] Peter
    They died, and I'm still alive.
[22:40] Peter
    They're dead. Is it fate?
[22:43] Peter
    Or is it pure skill?
[22:46] Peter
    I don't know.
[22:48] Peter
    But at any rate...
    At any rate, I'm alive!
[22:51] Peter
    And they're dead!
[22:52] Julian
    Enough.
[22:53] Julian
    Stop.
[22:58] Julian
    We should mourn all of
    the men who died here.
[23:02] Julian
    If we don't... If we can't do that,
    we'll end up useless.
[23:08] Peter
    Julian...
SIGN    Douglas Bateman
SIGN    Not Returning
[23:20] Na
    In the year UC 798,
[23:23] Na
    Julian Mintz was about to
    turn sixteen years old.
SIGN    Episode 26
SIGN    The Twin Pillars
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Twin Pillars."

Season 3 - Collision

E26 - The Twin Pillars

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SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Capital Planet Odin
    Galactic Imperial Navy Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[01:32] Kempff
    As the one responsible for overseeing
    security in the Iserlohn sector,
[01:38] Kempff
    I apologize for our failure to destroy
    the enemy in the battle at the corridor.
SIGN    Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[01:42] Reinhard
    We cannot be expected to win every battle.
[01:45] Reinhard
    There is no need to
    apologize for every loss.
[01:50] Kempff
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Fleet Admiral Reinhard von Lohengramm
[01:53] Wolfgang
    I can't believe His Excellency
    just let it go that easily.
[01:58] Oskar
    I know.
[02:00] Oskar
    That said, His Excellency is
    fulfilling two roles now,
[02:02] Oskar
    as Supreme Commander of the Imperial Navy
    and Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire.
[02:08] Oskar
    He can't concern himself with
    every minor battle.
[02:13] Wolfgang
    That's true.
[02:17] Wolfgang
    Anyway, changing the subject...
[02:19] Wolfgang
    Would you like to have dinner at my
    place tonight? It's been a long time.
[02:22] Wolfgang
    Eva's eager to see you again, too.
[02:26] Oskar
    All right. I'll take you up on that.
[02:29] Na
    Two great admirals serving under
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm:
[02:32] Na
    High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer and
    High Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal.
[02:39] Na
    Mittermeyer's swiftness
    in tactical maneuvers
[02:42] Na
    earned him the nickname "Gale Wolf".
[02:46] Na
    Reuenthal possesses both wisdom and courage.
[02:50] Na
    Because both are particularly
    proficient in combat,
[02:54] Na
    they are considered extraordinary
    admirals of the Imperial Navy
[02:57] Na
    and are widely known as the "Twin Pillars."
[03:02] Na
    Though both are equal in reknown and accomplishments,
[03:06] Na
    there is one particular aspect of their everyday lives
[03:09] Na
    where the two of them are almost polar opposites.
[03:14] Evangelin
    Welcome home.
[03:16] Wolfgang
    I brought Reuenthal, just like I promised.
SIGN    Evangelin Mittermeyer
[03:21] Evangelin
    I've been waiting to see you again!
[03:23] Evangelin
    Please, come inside.
SIGN    Episode 26
SIGN    The Twin Pillars
[03:31] Wolfgang
    Boy, I'm stuffed.
[03:33] Wolfgang
    I haven't eaten this much in ages.
[03:35] Evangelin
    It makes me feel blessed to be a cook.
[03:39] Oskar
    That was truly delicious.
[03:41] Evangelin
    I'm so glad.
[03:43] Evangelin
    Would you care for some coffee?
[03:45] Wolfgang
    Let me help you with that.
[03:47] Evangelin
    Now, Wolf, whose job is it
    to keep our guest company?
[03:52] Wolfgang
    Oh, r-right.
[03:56] Oskar
    How long have you two been married?
[04:00] Evangelin
    It's been six years now.
[04:03] Oskar
    Has it?
[04:04] Oskar
    And the two of you haven't changed a bit...
[04:07] Oskar
    since the day you gave her a
    bouquet and proposed to her.
[04:10] Wolfgang
    Hey!
[04:11] Wolfgang
    Do you have to bring that
    up again? Cut it out!
[04:13] Evangelin
    Oh, but why?
[04:16] Evangelin
    It made me so very happy.
[04:19] Wolfgang
    R-Really?
[04:22] Wolfgang
    What?
[04:23] Oskar
    Oh, nothing.
[04:24] Wolfgang
    Then why are you laughing?
[04:27] Wolfgang
    You, too?!
[04:28] Na
    Wolfgang Mittermeyer was born a commoner.
[04:34] Na
    His father did business with
    nobles and wealthy commoners
[04:38] Na
    in his steady job as a landscape architect.
[04:42] (Flashback) Dad
    Listen, Wolf. There's only
    one path for commoners:
[04:46] (Flashback) Dad
    to establish yourself in a career.
[04:48] (Flashback) Child Wolfgang
    A career?
[04:50] Na
    He hoped his son would become
    a career man or technician
[04:53] Na
    and live a peaceful life free of turmoil.
[04:57] Na
    But his son chose a
    different sort of career:
[05:03] Na
    he decided to enroll in a military
    academy and become a soldier.
[05:08] Na
    Mittermeyer was sixteen at the time.
[05:12] Na
    He reached his decision after
    considering his own talents,
[05:15] Na
    as well as his circumstances.
[05:19] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    I'm home.
[05:21] Na
    In the summer of his second year, he came
    home after a long time away at school
[05:26] Na
    to find that his family had grown by one.
[05:28] (Flashback) Mom
    Oh, welcome home.
[05:30] (Flashback) Dad
    Welcome home.
[05:31] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Who's the girl?
[05:32] (Flashback) Mom
    She's a distant relative of ours.
[05:35] (Flashback) Mom
    This is Evangelin.
    We've taken her into our home.
[05:39] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
    Pleased to meet you.
    You are Master Wolf, yes?
[05:43] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    That's right.
[05:46] Na
    It wasn't long before Mittermeyer became
    drawn to Evangelin's personality.
[05:53] Na
    However, although he was normally the
    type to act quickly and decisively,
[05:57] Na
    he only made up his mind to tell Evangelin after
    excruciatingly prolonged indecision.
[06:02] Na
    In fact, it took him seven years.
[06:07] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Flowers! I need flowers!
    Any flowers will do!
[06:10] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Wait, no...
[06:12] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    I need the prettiest flowers you have!
    Ones that would please a lady!
[06:19] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
    Oh! Are these for me?
[06:23] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
    Thank you!
[06:24] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Yes.
[06:26] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
    They're beautiful!
[06:29] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Evangelin... Um, that is...
[06:36] (Flashback) Young Evangelin
    What is it, Master Wolf?
[06:41] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Evangelin...
[06:45] (Flashback) Teen Wolfgang
    Will you marry me?
[06:49] (Flashback) Evangelin
    Yes, Master Wolf.
[07:01] Oskar
    In the language of flowers, yellow
    roses mean jealousy, selfish love...
[07:06] Oskar
    and fading romance.
[07:09] Wolfgang
    How was I supposed to know that?
[07:11] Evangelin
    But enough about us.
[07:13] Evangelin
    What about yourself?
[07:16] Evangelin
    Isn't there anyone you've set your heart on?
[07:20] Oskar
    Your husband asks me the same question.
[07:24] Evangelin
    Well, just don't indiscriminately pick
    the prettiest flower you see, okay?
[07:31] Oskar
    I'll keep that in mind.
[07:34] Wolfgang
    Well, would you like more to drink?
[07:36] Oskar
    Yes, I'll take some more.
[07:40] Na
    Mittermeyer's good friend once told him
    the reason why he didn't trust women.
SIGN    Planet Kapche-Lanka
[07:46] Na
    He had never repeated it to
    anyone else, not even his wife.
[07:51] (Flashback) Oskar
    Looks like we survived.
[07:54] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Seems that way.
[07:55] (Flashback) Oskar
    We can't die in a battle as
    strategically worthless as this.
[08:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    You can say that again.
[08:02] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Let's head back and raise a
    toast to our safe return.
[08:12] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Don't do anything too cruel.
[08:16] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I heard what happened before you came here.
[08:19] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Can't you decide on just one person?
[08:23] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I want you to be hap—
[08:24] (Flashback) Oskar
    Listen to me, Mittermeyer.
[08:28] (Flashback) Oskar
    You may have gotten married,
[08:30] (Flashback) Oskar
    but women are born to betray men.
[08:35] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    You can't paint them all
    with one brush like that.
[08:38] (Flashback) Oskar
    No, it's true.
[08:41] (Flashback) Oskar
    Let me tell you about
    the Reuenthal family...
[08:44] (Flashback) Oskar
    and my mother.
[08:49] (Flashback) Oskar
    The Reuenthals were a low-ranking
    family, noble in name only.
[08:53] (Flashback) Oskar
    My father did nothing but oversee the tiny
    piece of land his father left to him.
[08:59] (Flashback) Oskar
    But then, one day,
    he suddenly became an investor,
[09:03] (Flashback) Oskar
    and he made enough money to ensure
    the next two generations would not go hungry.
[09:10] (Flashback) Oskar
    He remained single almost
    until the age of forty,
[09:14] (Flashback) Oskar
    but having solidified the foundation
    for a comfortable life,
[09:16] (Flashback) Oskar
    he decided to get married.
[09:19] (Flashback) Oskar
    So he sought the hand of a noblewoman
    who was renowned for her beauty
[09:24] (Flashback) Oskar
    in exchange for shouldering
    her ruined family's debts.
[09:30] (Flashback) Oskar
    She was twenty years younger than him.
[09:33] (Flashback) Oskar
    There was no way a marriage
    like that would work well.
[09:37] (Flashback) Oskar
    My father, feeling inferior in both age and rank,
[09:40] (Flashback) Oskar
    spoiled my mother with every luxury,
[09:42] (Flashback) Oskar
    and she took advantage of it,
    indulging to her heart's content.
[09:46] (Flashback) Oskar
    I was born as a result.
[09:50] (Flashback) Oskar
    A few days later, she looked
    at my newly opened eyes
[09:54] (Flashback) Oskar
    and started to tremble in fear.
[09:59] (Flashback) Oskar
    My father and mother both had blue eyes,
[10:03] (Flashback) Oskar
    and my eyes were heterochromatic,
    one blue and one black.
[10:11] (Flashback) Oskar
    My mother's first thought was that
[10:13] (Flashback) Oskar
    my eye was the same black as the eyes of the
    young man she was having an affair with.
[10:20] (Flashback) Oskar
    She knew if my father found out,
    he'd kick her out with no money,
[10:24] (Flashback) Oskar
    and she wouldn't be able to relax
    with her young lover anymore.
[10:29] (Flashback) Oskar
    So she...
[10:45] (Flashback) Oskar
    She thought she'd gouge out my eye
    before my father could see it.
[10:53] (Flashback) Oskar
    The image is forever burned into my mind.
[10:56] (Flashback) Oskar
    Even though I shouldn't have even been old
    enough to remember anything.
[11:02] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Reuenthal, I really think...
[11:23] (Flashback) Oskar
    The liquor made me say all
    that nonsense last night.
[11:26] (Flashback) Oskar
    Forget all of it.
[11:27] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    What are you talking about?
    I don't remember a thing.
[11:32] (Flashback) Oskar
    I see. That's fine, then.
[11:35] Na
    The topic has not come up
    between the two of them since.
[11:40] Na
    That is the nature of their friendship.
[11:48] Evangelin
    It's really pouring.
[11:50] Wolfgang
    You should stay here tonight.
[11:52] Evangelin
    That's a good idea.
[11:54] Evangelin
    I'm going to retire for the night,
[11:57] Evangelin
    but you two enjoy yourselves.
[12:00] Oskar
    All right, I suppose I'll stay.
[12:03] Oskar
    Thank you for dinner, Frau Mittermeyer.
[12:06] Oskar
    Next time I visit,
    I'll be sure to bring a bouquet.
[12:10] Wolfgang
    Come on, give me a break already!
[12:12] Evangelin
    Oh, my!
[12:19] Wolfgang
    Sheesh...
[12:21] Oskar
    It was storming that one night, too.
[12:24] Wolfgang
    A stormy night...
[12:26] Wolfgang
    The night when you first met His Excellency?
[12:29] Oskar
    You remember it, eh?
[12:31] Wolfgang
    As if I could forget.
[12:33] Wolfgang
    If that hadn't happened,
    I wouldn't be alive today.
[12:38] Oskar
    Not just you.
[12:41] Oskar
    We're both only here right now
    because we met His Excellency.
[12:47] Wolfgang
    The loyalty I swore to
    His Excellency at that time
[12:50] Wolfgang
    will remain unchanged until my life ends.
[12:53] Oskar
    Agreed.
[12:58] Na
    "The loyalty I swore at that time..."
[13:02] Na
    It all began three years ago,
[13:04] Na
    in March of the year IC 486...
[13:09] Na
    with the Klopstock Incident.
[13:13] Na
    On that day, a party was held
[13:16] Na
    at the home of Duke Braunschweig,
    and the emperor was invited.
[13:21] Na
    Since the emperor was in attendance,
[13:23] Na
    Reinhard, who was already a military officer,
    had no choice but to attend as well.
[13:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'll be back as soon as I can.
[13:31] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Please enjoy yourself.
[13:33] (Flashback) Kircheis
    More importantly, please be careful not to
    lose your temper in front of the nobles.
[13:40] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I know.
[13:42] Na
    Reinhard von Müsel was
    nineteen at the time.
[13:46] Na
    He held the position of High Councilor
    in the Ministry of Military Affairs,
[13:49] Na
    which removed him from the battlefield.
[13:51] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Take care.
[13:53] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I will.
[13:54] Na
    Siegfried Kircheis, also nineteen,
    held the rank of commander.
[14:06] (Flashback) GuardA
    Wait a moment.
[14:09] (Flashback) GuardA
    Allow me to carry that.
[14:10] (Flashback) Klopstock
    Let me be!
[14:11] (Flashback) Klopstock
    I am Klopstock,
SIGN    Marquis Klopstock
[14:13] (Flashback) Klopstock
    and I must give this to
    Duke Braunschweig personally!
[14:17] (Flashback) GuardA
    Goodness... I do apologize.
[14:20] (Flashback) Nobleman
    Marquis Klopstock?
[14:23] (Flashback) Noblewoman
    What in the world is he doing here?
[14:30] (Flashback) Flegel
    Well, well! So the Imperial soldier
    of unrivaled loyalty and courage,
[14:34] (Flashback) Flegel
    the magnificent prodigy himself,
    graces us with his presence?
SIGN    Baron Flegel
[14:41] (Flashback) Flegel
    The man who will one day call
    himself Count Lohengramm...
[14:45] (Flashback) Flegel
    can't be so careless as to speak
    to the likes of us, then?
[14:51] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'm only being cautious.
[14:53] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I promised I wouldn't lose my temper
    in front of anyone who isn't worth it.
[14:59] (Flashback) Flegel
    Don't get cocky, you blond brat!
SIGN    Duke Braunschweig
[15:18] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    I have just received word
[15:20] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    that His Imperial Majesty has been
    afflicted by sudden stomach pain
[15:24] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    and has returned to the Imperial Palace.
[15:27] (Flashback) NobleA
    Oh, dear...
[15:28] (Flashback) NobleB
    What a shame.
[15:29] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    It is truly unfortunate,
[15:32] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    but I would still like all of you
    to enjoy plenty of food and drink.
[15:40] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    What is that?
[15:43] (Flashback) GuardA
    This is...
[15:45] (Flashback) GuardA
    Marquis Klopstock was carrying it.
    He said he had to give it to you personally.
[15:49] (Flashback) GuardA
    But I don't see him anywhere...
[15:53] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    I suppose that has-been couldn't bear to
    stay any longer at such a glamorous event.
[15:58] (Flashback) Flegel
    So it would seem.
[16:00] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    And this thing he brought for me
    is most likely useless trash.
[16:04] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Dispose of it.
[16:04] (Flashback) GuardA
    Yes, sir.
[16:11] (Flashback) GuyA
    What happened?!
[16:20] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard!
[16:22] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Where are you, Reinhard?!
[16:26] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard?
[16:29] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard! Please answer me!
[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[16:35] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'm here, Kircheis.
[16:38] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard! Are you all right?
[16:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I knew you would come,
[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    so I stayed right here.
[16:47] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Please forgive me for
    failing to protect you.
[16:51] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You came for me. That's enough.
[16:56] (Flashback) Reinhard
    More importantly, I want to
    get out of here. Help me up.
[17:00] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Of course.
[17:01] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Ansbach!
[17:03] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Where are you, Ansbach?!
    Come and help me at once!
[17:08] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Here I am, sir!
[17:08] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    You're late! Give me your shoulder!
[17:11] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Yes, sir!
[17:13] (Flashback) Reinhard
    It sounds like Duke Braunschweig survived.
[17:16] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Yes.
[17:18] (Flashback) Reinhard
    In any case, it's a good thing
    the emperor couldn't make it.
[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If he had brought my sister here with him...
[17:27] Na
    It quickly became clear who it was that had set the bomb.
[17:33] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Klopstock! He did this!
[17:38] Na
    The prestigious Klopstock family fell from
    grace when Friedrich IV took the throne.
[17:44] Na
    They fell because they tried and failed to
    make Friedrich's younger brother the emperor.
[17:48] Na
    For the next thirty years, their resentment
    toward the emperor and the high nobility had grown.
[17:55] (Flashback) Klopstock
    The emperor didn't show up,
[17:57] (Flashback) Klopstock
    but I can't die just yet.
[18:00] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Marquis Klopstock was asked to turn himself in
    after being stripped of his rank
[18:05] (Flashback) Kircheis
    for his failed attempt at high treason.
[18:08] (Flashback) Kircheis
    But he's refused, and a punitive force
    is being organized to subjugate him,
[18:13] (Flashback) Kircheis
    and Duke Braunschweig has volunteered
    to be its supreme commander.
[18:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
    He wants revenge, then?
[18:20] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I doubt that man even knows
    how to fight a battle.
[18:24] (Flashback) Kircheis
    A few members of the main navy plan to
    accompany him as tactical advisors.
[18:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Who?
[18:30] (Flashback) Kircheis
    I'm told it will be
    Rear Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
[18:33] (Flashback) Kircheis
    and Rear Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer.
[18:36] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Oh? Those two?
[18:38] (Flashback) Reinhard
    They're the great admirals
    I've heard rumors about.
[18:40] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Yes.
[18:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    But they're going to have
    a rough time with this.
[18:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I pity them.
[18:46] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[18:47] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What?
[18:49] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard, you are going to
    need allies going forward.
[18:54] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Strong, brilliant allies.
[18:58] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You're wrong, Kircheis.
[19:00] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I don't need allies.
[19:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
    We need allies.
[19:04] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Right.
[19:06] Na
    Braunschweig disembarked in Klopstock's
    domain along with a large force.
[19:13] Na
    However, even with the strength of the
    capable admirals sent from the main navy,
[19:18] Na
    the proud, arrogant nobles proved
    exceedingly difficult to command.
[19:23] Na
    Even with their overwhelming
    advantage in numbers,
[19:26] Na
    the subjugation took an entire month.
[19:31] Na
    In the end, Klopstock opted to poison
    himself and die clinging to his grudge,
[19:36] Na
    and it was thought that the
    matter was closed at last...
[19:40] Na
    But then, looting and violence by
    the young nobles became widespread.
[19:49] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I taught you people how to fight a battle,
[19:52] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    but I did not teach you
    looting, violence, or arson!
[19:59] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Disgracing the navy and His Imperial Majesty
    this way is an absolute outrage!
[20:03] (Flashback) YoungA
    That may be your stance, but...
[20:05] (Flashback) YoungB
    Yeah.
[20:08] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Now, you listen to me, and listen good!
[20:11] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    If you forget your pride as
    soldiers of the Imperial Navy,
[20:13] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    you'll find yourself taking
    regret by the hand
[20:15] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    and leading it in a dance of destruction!
[20:24] (Flashback) Oskar
    Trying to reason with dogs and
    apes won't get you anywhere.
[20:28] (Flashback) Oskar
    They're no more than wild beasts
    with wealth and privilege.
[20:33] (Flashback) Oskar
    I never understood why the great emperor
    Rudolf doesn't rise from his grave
[20:38] (Flashback) Oskar
    and just eat up all of
    his foolish descendants.
[20:42] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    The things you say are so
    extreme, Admiral Reuenthal.
[20:47] (Flashback) Oskar
    Well, the things I do aren't nearly
    as extreme as the things you do.
[20:52] (Flashback) Oskar
    I just hold it all inside.
[20:56] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    It's not what you say, but how you say it.
[20:58] (Flashback) Oskar
    Just be careful.
[21:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I will.
[21:01] Na
    But the young nobles committed
    barbaric acts again.
[21:09] (Flashback) Lady
    Not my ring! This ring has been
    handed down in our family for—
[21:13] (Flashback) YoungA
    The whole Klopstock family
    is guilty of high treason.
[21:16] (Flashback) YoungA
    There's no longer any need to hand
    anything down through the generations.
[21:39] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Now, what excuse are you going to give me?
[21:42] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    That this woman came unarmed
    at an officer with a weapon,
[21:46] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    and you had no choice
    but to defend yourself?
[21:50] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Say it!
[21:57] (Flashback) YoungA
    I have my father to think about, you know.
[22:00] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Who asked you about your lineage?
[22:02] (Flashback) YoungA
    Just let me finish, please.
[22:05] (Flashback) YoungA
    My father is Duke Braunschweig's cousin.
[22:08] (Flashback) YoungA
    Also, my older sister married into
    Marquis Littenheim's family.
[22:13] (Flashback) YoungA
    Shouldn't you have an understanding
    of my family tree
[22:16] (Flashback) YoungA
    before you go waving your cheap
    righteousness in my face?
[22:21] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    There is a rule in the Imperial Navy.
[22:24] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    If one sullies the dignity of the
    navy by unlawfully harming a citizen,
[22:28] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    an admiral has the authority to
    sentence that one to execution.
[22:34] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    In accordance with naval code,
[22:37] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I will execute you and
    restore order to this Navy.
[22:40] (Flashback) YoungA
    Wait! Let me speak to the duke!
[22:44] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Draw your gun.
[22:46] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I will at least give you
    a chance to fight back.
[23:04] Na
    Braunschweig learned of
    this incident quickly,
[23:09] Na
    and immediately apprehended Mittermeyer
    in order to court-martial him.
SIGN    Episode 27
SIGN    A Stormy Night
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "A Stormy Night."

Season 3 - Collision

E27 - A Stormy Night

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SIGN    The Klopstock Domain
[00:04] (Flashback) Oskar
    What? Mittermeyer?
[00:06] (Flashback) Field Officer
    Yes. He was apprehended by
    order of Duke Braunschweig.
[00:12] Oskar
    This has turned into a
    real mess, Mittermeyer.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:48] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    For Imperial nobles, who should possess no
    shortage of both education and honor,
[01:52] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    to commit such disgraceful acts
[01:55] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    brings tremendous shame to our
    military and His Imperial Majesty.
[01:59] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    The honor of the Imperial Navy lies in the
    use of military might to protect the empire,
[02:04] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    not indulging in carnal pleasures.
[02:07] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I believe it to be the supreme commander's
     duty to instill that in the Navy as a whole.
[02:11] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Yet, for Your Excellency to not only
    silently condone their actions,
[02:15] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    but to refuse their punishment in accordance
    with military regulations...
[02:19] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Do you not agree that this disgraces
    your position as supreme commander?
[02:24] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Insolence! Execute this man at once!
[02:29] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Please wait a moment, Your Excellency.
[02:32] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Why do you impede me, Ansbach?!
[02:34] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Such an act could cast a shadow over
    Your Excellency's accomplishments in this battle.
[02:40] (Flashback) Ansbach
    We should hand him over to the
    Imperial capital for court-martial
[02:42] (Flashback) Ansbach
    and let him be judged publicly.
[02:49] (Flashback) Flegel
    Uncle—
[02:49] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    Quiet! Toss him in the brig or wherever!
SIGN    Episode 27
SIGN    A Stormy Night
[03:14] (Flashback) Oskar
    How can a man who calls
    himself a tactical advisor
[03:17] (Flashback) Oskar
    sit staring at the wall of a
    storehouse all the way back home?
[03:21] (Flashback) Oskar
    I told you it was useless to
    try to reason with those guys.
[03:26] (Flashback) Oskar
    They're likely to murder you before
    the court-martial even commences.
[03:31] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I couldn't stand around and say nothing.
[03:34] (Flashback) Oskar
    Oh, well. Wine can't be put back
    in the bottle once it's spilled.
[03:39] (Flashback) Oskar
    We should think about what we can do now.
[03:41] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Sorry.
[03:42] (Flashback) Oskar
    Please. You've saved my life more than once.
[03:47] (Flashback) Oskar
    I'm eager to repay the debt and
    have that load off my shoulders.
[03:52] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    That said, how are we going
    to get through this?
[03:57] (Flashback) Oskar
    How about you just leave that to me?
[04:01] (Flashback) Oskar
    There's a certain man I'd like to turn to.
[04:03] (Flashback) Oskar
    No... there's a man I'd like to involve
    in our situation and bring to our side.
[04:07] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Involve in... Who are you talking about?
[04:10] (Flashback) Oskar
    The one all the nobles refer
    to as the "blond boy."
[04:14] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Reinhard von Müsel?!
[04:16] (Flashback) Oskar
    Yes.
[04:17] (Flashback) Oskar
    By the end of this year,
[04:18] (Flashback) Oskar
    he'll assume the Lohengramm name
    and be named a count.
[04:22] (Flashback) Oskar
    They say he's only come so far because
    the emperor was fond of his sister,
[04:26] (Flashback) Oskar
    but I don't agree.
[04:28] (Flashback) Oskar
    Like us, he's fought on the battlefield
    and performed heroic feats.
[04:32] (Flashback) Oskar
    He became an admiral before
    the age of twenty.
[04:35] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    But we've never met him, even in passing.
[04:38] (Flashback) Oskar
    We aren't acquainted with him yet,
    but we're about to be.
[04:47] (Flashback) Oskar
    We've seen plenty of the
    corruption in the high nobility.
[04:53] (Flashback) Oskar
    And we're soldiers. If we have
    to entrust our lives to someone,
[04:57] (Flashback) Oskar
    shouldn't we want it to be a man
    of superior talent and dignity?
[05:03] (Flashback) Oskar
    If he agrees to fight the madness
    of Duke Braunschweig and his ilk,
[05:09] (Flashback) Oskar
    let's swear our loyalty to him.
[05:14] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    All right. I'll leave it to you.
[05:17] (Flashback) Oskar
    Good. Consider it done.
[05:20] (Flashback) Oskar
    I swear I'm going to save you, all right?
[05:22] (Flashback) Oskar
    So don't lose your temper.
[05:23] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Okay, I won't.
[05:25] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    And don't do anything too
    reckless for my sake.
[05:29] (Flashback) Oskar
    I won't.
    I never call women or victory to me.
[05:33] (Flashback) Oskar
    They walk right up to
    me of their own accord.
[05:36] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Don't start with that. Not now.
[05:39] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I'm counting on you.
[05:42] (Flashback) Oskar
    Of course.
[05:45] Na
    When the punitive force returned
    to the Imperial capital, Odin,
[05:48] Na
    Mittermeyer was immediately
    transferred to the naval prison.
[06:02] (Flashback) Old Guard
    Are you worried they're going to poison you?
[06:06] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I'm not so weak as to die
    from it if they did.
[06:08] (Flashback) Old Guard
    Then why don't you finish your meals?
[06:11] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Well, my wife wouldn't like
    me anymore if I got fat.
[06:17] (Flashback) Old Guard
    You're quite an unusual man.
[06:20] (Flashback) Old Guard
    If they do poison your food,
    I'll let you know.
[06:24] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Thanks. I appreciate it.
[06:51] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Who is it?
[06:53] (Flashback) Oskar
    I am Rear Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal.
[06:56] (Flashback) Oskar
    I wish to see Reinhard von Müsel
    on urgent business.
[07:04] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Please, come in.
[07:12] (Flashback) Reinhard
    So in short, you wish to request my aid
    in saving Rear Admiral Mittermeyer?
[07:21] (Flashback) Oskar
    That is correct.
[07:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I have heard that Rear Admiral
    Mittermeyer is an exemplary soldier.
[07:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Still, you ask me to antagonize the highest
    nobles in the empire for a man I've never met?
[07:39] (Flashback) Oskar
    Correct, Your Excellency.
[07:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I see.
[07:43] (Flashback) Reinhard
    And what will you offer me?
[07:47] (Flashback) Oskar
    Both Mittermeyer and I, Reuenthal, offer our
    lives in a vow of loyalty to Your Excellency.
[08:00] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Why would you go to such
    lengths to save your comrade?
[08:04] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What makes you put yourself
    in such grave danger?
[08:08] (Flashback) Oskar
    He is a pleasant man.
[08:10] (Flashback) Oskar
    The vitality of the world itself would
    suffer if a man like him were lost.
[08:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Then what if I told you I refuse?
[08:23] (Flashback) Oskar
    I cannot imagine Your Excellency
    saying such a thing.
[08:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Why is that?
[08:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    It seems to me that
[08:30] (Flashback) Reinhard
    the favor of Duke Braunschweig would prove
[08:33] (Flashback) Reinhard
    more beneficial to me than
    the admiration of you two.
[08:36] (Flashback) Oskar
    I don't believe that is how you truly feel.
[08:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What is your opinion of the
    current Goldenbaum Dynasty?
[08:53] (Flashback) Oskar
    Corruption has been festering in the decrepit
    Goldenbaum Dynasty for five centuries.
[09:01] (Flashback) Oskar
    Its aging body is in need of surgery.
[09:05] (Flashback) Oskar
    In this case, the patient's death may be a
    necessary price for the surgery to succeed.
[09:10] (Flashback) Oskar
    Either way, no one can live forever.
[09:13] (Flashback) Oskar
    Not even Emperor Rudolf was—
[09:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I understand, Rear Admiral Reuenthal.
[09:21] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I will do my utmost to live up
    to both your expectations.
[09:28] (Flashback) Oskar
    Thank you.
[09:29] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If it means I gain the loyalty of the renowned
    Rear Admirals Reuenthal and Mittermeyer,
[09:36] (Flashback) Reinhard
    nothing could please me more.
[09:42] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Duke Braunschweig and Baron Flegel, eh?
[09:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I guess I just can't breathe
    the same air as those two.
[09:50] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Does gaining more enemies
    concern you, Reinhard?
[09:54] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Do I appear as such?
[09:55] (Flashback) Kircheis
    No.
[09:56] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Then how do I look to you?
[09:59] (Flashback) Kircheis
    You appear delighted to have
    gained two trustworthy new allies.
[10:06] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Precisely, Kircheis.
[10:08] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I've finally gotten the chance
    I've been searching for.
[10:11] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If I must kick down against the
    earth to lift off into the sky,
[10:15] (Flashback) Reinhard
    now is the time to do so.
[10:18] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Kircheis, find out where
    Admiral Mittermeyer is being held.
[10:25] (Flashback) Kircheis
    We must hurry.
[10:32] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    What's this?
[10:33] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    It's not time for the military
    tribunal yet, is it?
[10:37] (Flashback) Mann
    We cannot answer that question.
[10:57] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Who are you?
[10:59] (Flashback) Torturer
    Who, indeed?
[11:01] (Flashback) Torturer
    Perhaps I'm the one meant to hear your
    cries of agony in your last moments.
[11:09] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    You're quite the big talker.
[11:17] (Flashback) Torturer
    Ah, how remarkable it is
    that you won't scream.
[11:21] (Flashback) Torturer
    That just makes it all the more fun for me!
[11:24] (Flashback) Torturer
    I hear you're a commoner.
    Well, I'm a commoner, too.
[11:29] (Flashback) Torturer
    But you made it to the rank of rear
    admiral, despite your young age!
[11:34] (Flashback) Torturer
    But that moment when someone so
    distinguished will throw away his pride
[11:38] (Flashback) Torturer
    and plead for me to spare his life...
[11:41] (Flashback) Torturer
    That moment is the most exquisite of all!
[11:45] (Flashback) Torturer
    Do you understand my meaning?
[11:49] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I can't possibly comprehend the thought
    process of a man hired by the greedy,
[11:54] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    blood-soaked money of nobles.
[11:56] (Flashback) Torturer
    Oh... Is that so?!
[12:10] (Flashback) Torturer
    A certain noble asked me to
    torture you to a point just short of killing you,
[12:15] (Flashback) Torturer
    but I wonder if I'll be able to resist...
[12:19] (Flashback) Flegel
    Just the kind of fighting I'd
    expect from a lowly commoner.
[12:22] (Flashback) Torturer
    Ah, Young Master!
[12:24] (Flashback) Flegel
    It seems you've received
    quite the warm welcome,
[12:27] (Flashback) Flegel
    Rear Admiral Mittermeyer.
[12:30] (Flashback) Torturer
    How gracious of Your Excellency to
    pay a visit to a place like this!
[12:34] (Flashback) Flegel
    Do not speak to me, servant.
[12:35] (Flashback) Flegel
    Well? Have you learned your place yet?
[12:39] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    A pig shouldn't try to
    speak in human language.
[12:41] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    It's embarrassing me.
[12:43] (Flashback) Flegel
    Pig? Did you call me a pig?!
[12:46] (Flashback) Flegel
    Let me teach you the severity
    of the crime of insulting me!
[12:52] (Flashback) Flegel
    Learn your lesson! Learn your lesson!
    Learn your lesson!
[13:00] (Flashback) Flegel
    Well? Do you get it now,
    you mannerless commoner?
[13:17] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Oh, no, what a disaster.
[13:19] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Your noble blood is spilling everywhere.
[13:22] (Flashback) Flegel
    I'll kill you... I'll kill you!
[13:36] (Flashback) Flegel
    You're...
[13:43] (Flashback) Oskar
    Baron Flegel, I'll need you to release
    Rear Admiral Mittermeyer now.
[13:48] (Flashback) Flegel
    Hmph. I suppose once you
    become a low-ranking noble,
[13:51] (Flashback) Flegel
    you become unable to count how
    many guns are pointed at you.
[13:55] (Flashback) Flegel
    I will put an end to both
    you and this commoner!
[13:59] (Flashback) Oskar
    As much as I appreciate your proposal...
[14:13] (Flashback) Flegel
    Why?! Why are you here,
[14:16] (Flashback) Flegel
    blond boy?!
[14:27] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I won't tell you not to fire.
    Go on, pull the trigger.
[14:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    That will give me a reason to put
    a hole in your fattened heart.
[14:38] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What's wrong? Aren't you going to move?
[14:40] (Flashback) Reinhard
    This is the sort of gun
    lowborn commoners use.
[14:43] (Flashback) Reinhard
    It might miss.
[14:45] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Don't you want to try it and see?
[14:48] (Flashback) Flegel
    You brat...
[14:49] (Flashback) Reinhard
    If you won't take the first step...
[14:54] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I will lead you.
[14:59] (Flashback) Ansbach
    That will be enough.
[15:02] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I am unarmed.
[15:04] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I would like to relay a message
    from my master to Baron Flegel.
[15:10] (Flashback) Ansbach
    May I?
[15:13] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Very well. Speak.
[15:15] (Flashback) Flegel
    Wait! Wait!
[15:20] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Baron, put your gun away.
[15:24] (Flashback) Flegel
    Why are you here?
[15:25] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I've come to relay a message
    from Duke Braunschweig.
[15:29] (Flashback) Flegel
    F-From my uncle? What is it?
[15:33] (Flashback) Ansbach
    He requests that you exercise
    restraint for the time being.
[15:38] (Flashback) Flegel
    Restraint?
[15:40] (Flashback) Ansbach
    You can agree to this, yes?
[15:50] (Flashback) Flegel
    I won't let this be the end of it, brat!
[15:53] (Flashback) Flegel
    I swear I will settle the score!
    Don't you forget this!
[16:02] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Please pardon the disgraceful display.
[16:05] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Certainly.
[16:06] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I would appreciate it if you would
    keep this scandal a secret.
[16:10] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Is this too much to ask?
[16:12] (Flashback) Reinhard
    What is your name?
[16:14] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I am Commodore Ansbach.
[16:17] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Commodore, did that message truly
    come from Duke Braunschweig?
[16:23] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I am not quite sure what you mean.
[16:26] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I'm suggesting that you,
[16:28] (Flashback) Reinhard
    in all your resourcefulness,
    made it up to defuse the situation.
[16:32] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I am unsure what grounds you
    have for suggesting this,
[16:35] (Flashback) Ansbach
    but in any case, it is for the best
    that no blood was shed wastefully.
[16:40] (Flashback) Ansbach
    Do you not agree?
[16:44] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I suppose I should.
[16:46] (Flashback) Ansbach
    I shall take my leave now.
[16:58] (Flashback) Reinhard
    That man is wasted on Braunschweig.
[17:01] (Flashback) Kircheis
    I agree.
[17:03] (Flashback) Oskar
    You all right?
[17:05] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Took you long enough.
[17:07] (Flashback) Oskar
    I was waiting for you to
    kick Baron Flegel down.
[17:19] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Your Excellency, it is an honor to meet you.
[17:22] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I am Rear Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer.
[17:25] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I offer you my gratitude for saving me.
[17:29] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    Along with my friend, Reuenthal,
[17:31] (Flashback) Wolfgang
    I swear my loyalty to you.
[17:34] (Flashback) Oskar
    It is our hope that you will
    honor us with your trust.
[17:41] Na
    Thus Reinhard gained his two most
    valuable comrades after Kircheis.
[17:47] Na
    In order to prove Mittermeyer's innocence,
[17:51] Na
    Reinhard boldly asserted that he would
    make the recent series of events public,
[17:56] Na
    driving Braunschweig into a corner.
[18:00] Na
    If the truth was made public,
[18:02] Na
    the young nobles' misconduct would be exposed,
[18:05] Na
    and they would have no chance of winning.
[18:08] Na
    Fleet Admiral and Military
    Chief of Staff Ehrenberg
[18:11] Na
    took steps to bring the
    situation under control.
[18:13] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    What do you say we pretend
    none of this ever happened?
[18:20] (Flashback) Braunschweig
    You can't be serious!
[18:22] Na
    Braunschweig made his outrage clear,
[18:25] Na
    but in the end, he had no choice
    but to accept Ehrenberg's proposal.
[18:33] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    What do you say to this, Admiral Müsel?
[18:37] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    Many problems have arisen relating
    to Rear Admiral Mittermeyer,
[18:42] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    but we will say none of it ever happened.
[18:44] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    We will release him, as well.
[18:46] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    He will be relocated to the front lines.
[18:49] (Flashback) Reinhard
    You intend to have him die in battle?
[18:52] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    Let's not get too far ahead of ourselves.
[18:55] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    I'm suggesting we make him atone for
    his crimes with feats of valor.
[18:59] (Flashback) Reinhard
    I see.
[19:01] (Flashback) Reinhard
    But if there is no battle,
    he cannot complete any such feats.
[19:05] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    There will be a battle.
[19:08] (Flashback) Reinhard
    There will? I know of no such decision.
[19:12] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    I could count on one hand the
    number of people who know.
[19:15] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    You should be proud that I have
    entrusted you with the knowledge.
[19:20] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Understood.
[19:22] (Flashback) Reinhard
    And to whose fleet will Rear
    Admiral Mittermeyer be assigned?
[19:28] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    Yours, Admiral Müsel.
[19:32] (Flashback) Reinhard
    Mine? I am to be deployed, then?
[19:36] (Flashback) Ehrenberg
    That's right. Is there a problem
    with that, Admiral Müsel?
[19:40] (Flashback) Reinhard
    No, not at all.
    I am grateful for your consideration.
[19:47] Na
    Thus Mittermeyer was set free,
[19:50] Na
    and Reinhard, who had been kept
    far from the battlefield,
[19:53] Na
    earned a chance to achieve
    success in battle.
[19:56] Na
    For him, then, the Klopstock Incident ended
    with a satisfactory outcome.
[20:03] Na
    Mittermeyer, now a free man,
[20:06] Na
    joined Reuenthal to visit
    Reinhard and Kircheis,
[20:09] Na
    and the four celebrated their reunion.
[20:13] Na
    Just two years after this day,
[20:15] Na
    the two of them would have gained even more allies,
[20:18] Na
    and be prepared to fight Braunschweig
    and the other high nobles for supremacy.
[20:25] Wolfgang
    It seems like just yesterday,
    and, at the same time, like ancient history.
[20:30] Oskar
    Yeah. I thought nothing of it at the time,
[20:33] Oskar
    but it's hard to believe His Excellency
    lived in such a small place.
[20:37] Wolfgang
    Yeah.
[20:42] Wolfgang
    From now on, we must put our lives on
    the line to protect His Excellency.
[20:47] Wolfgang
    For Kircheis, as well.
[20:50] Oskar
    Yeah.
[20:52] Girl
    Look, Mother!
[20:54] Girl
    A rainbow! There's a rainbow!
[21:06] Na
    Reinhard's victory against the alliance
    of nobles in autumn of the previous year
[21:11] Na
    marked a turning point in
    the history of the Galactic Empire.
[21:15] Na
    The admirals under Reinhard
    moved up in the ranks.
[21:18] Na
    Mittermeyer became a high admiral.
[21:21] Na
    Reuenthal also became a high admiral.
[21:25] Na
    Oberstein, the chief of staff,
    also became a high admiral.
SIGN    High Admiral Paul von Oberstein
[21:30] Na
    And Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld,
SIGN    Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
[21:33] Na
    Karl Gustav Kempff,
SIGN    Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
SIGN    Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
[21:36] Na
    August Samuel Wahlen,
SIGN    Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[21:38] Na
    Cornelius Lutz,
SIGN    Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
[21:40] Na
    and Ernest Mecklinger all became admirals.
[21:43] Na
    Adalbert von Fahrenheit,
    who had once surrendered,
SIGN    Admiral Adalbert von Fahrenheit
[21:46] Na
    was also welcomed as an admiral.
[21:49] Na
    Reinhard, now the Supreme Commander
    of the Imperial Navy
[21:52] Na
    and Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire,
[21:55] Na
    divided his energy between setting
    up an internal administration
[21:57] Na
    and establishing a foundation
    for his own authority.
[22:00] Na
    To accomplish this, he searched for
    more and more capable personnel,
[22:04] Na
    and at the start of the new year,
[22:06] Na
    he assigned a series of new commanders
    to Command Headquarters.
[22:11] Na
    Reinhard's former superior and
    a skilled commanding officer,
[22:15] Na
    Admiral Helmut Rennenkampf.
SIGN    Admiral Helmut Rennenkampf
[22:18] Na
    A man widely known as
    an honorable bureaucrat
[22:20] Na
    was welcomed as Chief of Military Police
    and Capital Defense Commander:
SIGN    Admiral Ulrich Kesler
[22:24] Na
    Admiral Ulrich Kesler.
[22:27] Na
    And, appointed after being recognized
[22:31] Na
    for his talent and sincerity as the
    former captain of the* Brünhild*,
SIGN    Admiral Karl Robert Steinmetz
[22:35] Na
    Admiral Karl Robert Steinmetz.
[22:38] Na
    Recognized for his talent in defending
    supply lines and commanding the rear forces,
SIGN    Admiral Ernst von Eisenach
[22:43] Na
    Admiral Ernst von Eisenach.
[22:46] Na
    And finally, the youngest of the
    admirals serving under Reinhard,
[22:50] Na
    a man who remained humble and reserved
    despite his remarkable skill in battle,
[22:55] Na
    earning him the acknowledgment
    of his officers:
SIGN    Admiral Neidhart Müller
[22:58] Na
    Admiral Neidhart Müller.
[23:10] Na
    All of them firmly believed
    in the coming of a new age.
[23:14] Na
    And the eyes of all of these
    equally remarkable admirals
[23:18] Na
    were fixed on one young
    but powerful courtier:
[23:24] Na
    Reinhard von Lohengramm himself.
SIGN    Episode 28
SIGN    Reformer
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Reformer."

Season 3 - Collision

E28 - Reformer

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SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Iserlohn Fortress
[00:01] Na
    In the battle fought recently by
    Admiral Attenborough's trainee fleet
[00:05] Na
    and the Empire's border patrol fleet,
[00:08] Na
    the Alliance Navy took a significant
    number of war prisoners.
[00:13] Na
    The soldiers taken prisoner were
    temporarily transferred to Iserlohn.
[00:18] Young Guard A
    You were wrong for thinking
    you could beat Miracle Yang.
[00:23] Young Guard B
    I hope that blond boy will learn
    from this and leave Iserlohn alone.
[00:28] Young Imperial Soldier
    What did you just say?!
[00:31] Young Imperial Soldier
    You just called him
    "that blond boy," didn't you?!
[00:35] Linz
    Cool it! Keep still, all of you!
[00:38] Officer
    We will obey orders,
[00:40] Officer
    but allow me to say one thing.
[00:42] Officer
    Never, under any circumstances,
    insult Fleet Admiral Lohengramm.
[00:48] Officer
    For the good of both sides.
SIGN    Captain Kasper Linz
SIGN    Oh? That really happened?
[00:54] Linz
    Their loyalty to Duke Reinhard von
    Lohengramm is not to be underestimated.
[01:00] Baghdash
    We interrogated them to try to get
    information on the Empire post-civil war,
SIGN    Commander Baghdash
[01:05] Baghdash
    but all they told us was how
    wonderful their prime minister
[01:10] Baghdash
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm's reforms were.
SIGN    This is quite a grave situation.
SIGN    If our own ruler, Chairman Trunicht, were to lose in a popularity contest,
SIGN    there would be nothing left that the Alliance could beat them in.
[01:24] Alex
    We might really have something to worry about, there.
[01:34] Yang
    As a result of Duke Lohengramm's
    drastic reforms,
[01:37] Yang
    the Empire is quickly transitioning
    to a democratic state.
[01:42] Yang
    It's almost certain he'll usurp
    the emperor's throne eventually,
[01:46] Yang
    not by bloodline,
    but by pure strength and talent.
[01:50] Yang
    When that happens, a unique new form
    of imperial rule backed by the people,
[01:54] Yang
    which history will remember as
    "liberal imperialism," might come into existence.
[02:04] Yang
    And when the Imperials fall under the delusion that
    Duke Lohengramm's ambitions are their own,
[02:11] Yang
    the Free Planets Alliance will likely suffer
    attacks by a fanatical Imperial People's Army.
[02:20] Yang
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Imperial Capital Odin
SIGN    Neue Sanssouci Palace
[04:12] Na
    Hildegard von Mariendorf,
    also known as Hilde,
[04:15] Na
    had earned the title of Chief Secretary
    to the Imperial Prime Minister.
[04:26] Soldier1
    Here, eat up.
[04:27] Soldier2
    It's tasty.
[04:31] Soldier1
    It's not eating.
[04:43] Hilde
    Good morning.
[04:44] Soldier1/2
    Good morning.
[04:46] Hilde
    What's all this?
[04:48] Soldier1
    Oh... It seems to have found
    its way here somehow.
[04:52] Soldier2
    It looked like it was starving,
    so we tried to feed it,
[04:55] Soldier2
    but it won't eat.
[04:57] Hilde
    I see...
[05:05] Hilde
    I appreciate your efforts.
[05:06] Soldier1/2
    Yes, ma'am.
[05:12] Soldier2
    Could she be any more impudent?
[05:14] Soldier1
    This is the home of Imperial Prime
    Minister Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[05:20] Soldier2
    Frankly, though, it's hard to believe
    someone so important lives here.
[05:32] Guard
    Your Excellency, Chief Secretary
    Mariendorf has arrived.
[05:37] Reinhard
    All right. Tell her I'll be right there.
[05:40] Guard
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 28
SIGN    Reformer
[06:02] Reinhard
    So he is...
[06:06] Reinhard
    Very well. Let him in.
[06:09] Na
    Arthur von Streit.
[06:12] Na
    He once served under Duke Braunschweig,
    leader of the coalition of nobles,
[06:17] Na
    but then he suggested assassinating
    Reinhard to prevent a massive civil war.
[06:22] Na
    This earned the unexpected ire of the duke,
[06:24] Na
    who then cast him aside.
[06:28] Na
    But even after he was captured,
[06:30] Na
    he retained his sincere, confident attitude,
[06:34] Na
    so Reinhard took a liking
    to him and set him free.
[06:39] Na
    One of the reforms Reinhard was carrying out
[06:42] Na
    was the confiscation of unfairly
    accumulated noble assets.
[06:47] Na
    The reason Streit came to see him
[06:50] Na
    was to request an exemption from the
    seizure of assets for a certain relative,
[06:54] Na
    or for a portion of them
    to be left untouched.
[07:01] Reinhard
    Very well. I'll ensure it's taken care of.
[07:04] Streit
    Thank you, Your Excellency.
[07:06] Reinhard
    But under one condition.
[07:09] Reinhard
    Join command headquarters in service to me.
[07:13] Reinhard
    I hold your insight and
    intellect in high regard.
[07:18] Reinhard
    I gave you your freedom for nearly
    a year, but a new year has begun.
[07:22] Reinhard
    Do you not think it's high time you closed
    the book on your loyalty to your former master?
[07:30] Streit
    I have no words to express my gratitude
    for Your Excellency's generosity.
[07:33] Streit
    To repay you for showing such
    kindness to one so unworthy,
[07:36] Streit
    I offer all of my loyalty to you.
[07:42] Kesler
    I hear Streit was made a rear admiral
[07:45] Kesler
    and appointed His Excellency's
    chief adjutant.
[07:48] Kempff
    What a bold move...
[07:50] Müller
    I can't believe Chief of Staff
    Oberstein allowed it.
[07:54] Wolfgang
    Have you forgotten that
    he has Fellner under him?
[07:59] Wolfgang
    He was captured trying and failing to
    assassinate His Excellency, just like Streit.
[08:05] Wolfgang
    If someone is useful, use him.
[08:08] Wolfgang
    That's the kind of thing
    Oberstein would say.
[08:11] Oskar
    It's not just that.
[08:13] Oskar
    The fact that a man of Streit's standing
    has bent his knee to His Excellency
[08:18] Oskar
    means he has a great deal of political
    influence over the nobility.
[08:23] Müller
    Most of the old nobles have only just
    been stripped of that privilege.
[08:29] Kesler
    Most of the ideological and political
    criminals, on the other hand,
[08:31] Kesler
    have been freed from prison after
    accepting His Excellency's orders.
[08:35] Kempff
    Making friends of his enemies and
    freeing those who were imprisoned...
[08:39] Kempff
    Just another component of
    His Excellency's reforms, I suppose.
[08:43] Müller
    I was worried about him after
    Admiral Kircheis died, but now...
[08:48] Kempff
    Perhaps our concerns were unfounded.
[08:57] Wolfgang
    What do you think about His Excellency?
[09:00] Wolfgang
    Do you think there's really
    no need to worry anymore?
[09:03] Oskar
    I don't know.
    All we can do is watch and see.
[09:07] Wolfgang
    We're rather useless off the
    battlefield, aren't we?
[09:13] Oskar
    By the way, wasn't a junior adjutant
    chosen to serve as Streit's aide?
[09:17] Wolfgang
    Oh, right. Who was it again?
[09:20] Wolfgang
    I think it was someone serving under Kempff...
[09:25] Hilde
    Understood.
    I'll see that it's taken care of.
[09:28] Rücke
    Please do.
SIGN    Sub-lieutenant Theodor von Rücke
[09:32] Hilde
    Are you still feeling nervous?
[09:34] Rücke
    It almost seems scandalous.
[09:36] Rücke
    I never dreamed that I—that is,
    a lowly officer such as myself
[09:41] Rücke
    would be chosen as a junior adjutant.
[09:44] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm chose you personally.
[09:47] Hilde
    You'll be fine.
[09:48] Rücke
    Yes, His Excellency is
    truly a remarkable man.
[09:52] Rücke
    Working in his service has impressed
    this upon me ever more deeply.
[09:57] Rücke
    I'm his age, but I fall far short of him.
[10:02] Rücke
    The battle against the coalition
    of nobles only just ended,
[10:05] Rücke
    yet he's already changed the laws and
    the tax system as part of his reform.
[10:11] Rücke
    Estates once controlled by nobles
    have been released to farmers,
[10:15] Rücke
    freedom of speech has been guaranteed,
[10:17] Rücke
    and newspapers and books that had
    been banned are being printed again.
[10:21] Rücke
    It's said that at any given moment,
    someone somewhere in town is celebrating.
[10:28] Crowd
    Cheers!
[10:35] Fritz
    The Schweinshaxe here is
    absolutely exquisite.
[10:39] Ernest
    I look forward to it.
[10:41] Ernest
    It certainly is lively here, isn't it?
[10:45] Proprietress
    Here you go.
[10:46] Fritz
    Ah, it's here!
[10:49] Fritz
    While you're here, ma'am, could you
    tell me why the crowd is so happy?
[10:52] Proprietress
    A local fellow who was arrested for
    some ideological crime was set free.
[10:57] Proprietress
    They're celebrating that.
[10:59] Ernest
    Ideological crime?
[11:01] Proprietress
    All he did was badmouth
    the nobility while drunk.
[11:04] Proprietress
    It makes me sick.
[11:06] Proprietress
    Well, enjoy your meal.
[11:08] Man1
    Those Ministry of the Interior jerks
    just wanted some brownie points!
[11:11] Man2
    Yeah, like you even have an ideology!
[11:14] Man3
    Do you even know what that word means?
[11:16] Man4
    Shut up!
[11:17] Husband
    Why don't you eat, since we're here?
[11:20] Wife
    There's too much I want to write.
[11:23] Wife
    Without the Ministry of the
    Interior's censorship,
[11:25] Wife
    I can finally write whatever I want!
[11:27] Wife
    And now I can finally publish my own book!
[11:30] Wife
    I don't think it's because of censorship
    that you couldn't publish one before.
[11:34] Wife
    It was because of censorship!
[11:36] Wife
    Long live Duke Lohengramm the Reformer!
[11:39] Man1
    I'll lead a cheer, too!
[11:41] Man1
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:44] Man5
    Long live Duke Lohengramm the Reformer!
[11:49] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:51] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:55] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:58] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[12:02] Noble
    My beautiful garden has been trampled
    under the filthy feet of lowly commoners,
[12:07] Noble
    and muddy shoeprints are
    left on my plush rug.
[12:10] Noble
    Filthy, unsanitary children
    sleep on the canopied bed
[12:12] Noble
    meant for only the highborn to rest in,
[12:15] Noble
    leaving their drool all over the bedding!
[12:21] Noble
    This nation that was once so great
[12:24] Noble
    is now in the hands of half-beasts
    who know nothing of beauty or eminence!
[12:28] Noble
    I pray this shameful, disastrous spectacle
    is no more than one night's dream.
[12:34] Noble
    Damn you, Duke Lohengramm! Damn you!
[12:38] Ernest
    Did you hear that the noble residences
    are being released to the townsfolk?
[12:43] Fritz
    Yes, I hear they're being turned into
    hospitals and welfare facilities.
[12:46] Ernest
    Paintings and other works of art are
    quickly being moved to a public museum.
[12:53] Ernest
    What say I thank you for bringing
    me to this excellent restaurant
[12:57] Ernest
    by taking you to the museum sometime?
[12:59] Fritz
    Sure, someday.
[13:06] Fritz
    Oh, you know good food when you see it, eh?
[13:10] Fritz
    Here, eat up.
[13:18] Ernest
    It seems the dog has far more
    refined tastes than us.
[13:22] Fritz
    Infuriating mutt!
SIGN    Armored Grenadier Commander Offresser
SIGN    Retired Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
[14:10] Mückenberger
    You fool.
[14:34] Reinhard
    Come in.
[14:35] Hilde
    Pardon me.
[14:38] Hilde
    I've brought Karl Braque and Eugen Richter.
SIGN    Karl Braque
SIGN    Eugen Richter
[14:49] Na
    Karl Braque and Eugen Richter.
[14:52] Na
    Despite being nobles, these two did
    not take the noble "von" name,
[14:57] Na
    and they held leading roles in a group
    known as the Enlightenment Party.
[15:01] Na
    To solve the financial crisis
    brought about by many years of war
[15:05] Na
    and chaos in the Imperial court,
[15:08] Na
    Reinhard ordered them to draft a plan
    for socioeconomic rehabilitation.
[15:20] Hilde
    It appears the people are accepting
    of Your Excellency's reforms.
[15:25] Reinhard
    Getting the people to trust in a new
    system requires only two things:
[15:30] Reinhard
    fair trials and a fair tax system.
[15:35] Reinhard
    That's all.
[15:37] Hilde
    The reforms are certainly going well,
[15:39] Hilde
    and proceeding at an incredible speed.
[15:43] Hilde
    But it's as if he's being
    pursued by something...
[15:47] Hilde
    No, as if he's desperately
    pursuing something.
[15:59] Richter
    We can clean up this
    financial crisis easily.
[16:02] Braque
    Indeed.
[16:04] Richter
    Oh, they've announced the establishment
    of a farmers' finance corporation.
[16:07] Braque
    Lending agricultural funding to farmers
    with a low interest rate, eh?
[16:13] Braque
    Duke Lohengramm is skilled not only
    in battle, but in publicity stunts.
[16:18] Richter
    Yes, it might be a publicity stunt.
[16:21] Richter
    But the nobles in the old system
    never even bothered to do that.
[16:26] Richter
    All they did was bleed it
    dry for their own gain.
[16:29] Richter
    Compared to that, this is clear progress,
    and a definite improvement.
[16:34] Braque
    But can you really call a reform
[16:37] Braque
    that's not directed by the people
    themselves "progress"?
[16:41] Richter
    Progress is progress.
[16:43] Richter
    Even if it's prompted by the
    heavy hand of those at the top,
[16:47] Richter
    once the rights of the
    people have been expanded,
[16:50] Richter
    it can't be taken back.
[16:53] Richter
    The best thing we can do is use
    Duke Lohengramm to propel the reform.
[16:59] Richter
    Am I wrong?
[17:01] Braque
    There's no guarantee that a
    duke who's obtained power
[17:03] Braque
    won't turn around and become
    a tyrannical dictator.
[17:11] Braque
    We need to propel the true reform
    in preparation for that.
[17:16] Braque
    In the event that Duke Lohengramm
    abandons his position as the reformer,
[17:21] Braque
    we'll need to nurture citizens with the
    ability to call him out and oppose him.
[17:29] Richter
    You are right about that.
[17:31] Richter
    But I really don't think
    Duke Lohengramm is going to do that.
[17:35] Richter
    Do you know about his house?
[17:38] Braque
    Yes.
[17:40] Braque
    A study, a bedroom, a bathroom,
    a living room, a dining room,
[17:43] Braque
    a kitchen, and rooms for his orderlies.
[17:46] Braque
    A guard house was built in the garden,
[17:49] Braque
    but it's a simple house that one
    would never expect a prime minster
[17:53] Braque
    who governs 25 billion people and
    thousands of planets to live in.
[17:59] Richter
    He's nothing like Emperor Rudolf
[18:01] Richter
    or the nobles who lived in marble castles
[18:04] Richter
    and lived up to their waists
    in gold and jewels.
[18:08] Richter
    Even the garden and half of the buildings of
    the Neue Sanssouci Palace have been closed,
[18:13] Richter
    and most of the lords- and
    ladies-in-waiting are being let go.
[18:17] Richter
    Nothing is sacred in the advancement
    of Duke Lohengramm's reforms.
[18:24] Woman
    Thank you so much!
[18:26] Woman
    Really? Oh, I don't mind. Take care, now.
[18:26] Man5
    Thank you for everything.
[18:27] Old1
    At your age, you can still do
    anything you set out to do.
[18:31] Old1
    Don't hesitate. Just dive
    straight into this new world.
[18:35] Man1
    I will.
[18:39] Old1
    We should just be grateful the
    Neue Sanssouci wasn't torn down.
[19:05] Paul
    The liquidation of the
    Neue Sanssouci is proceeding well.
[19:09] Reinhard
    I see.
[19:10] Paul
    There is one question I'd like to ask.
[19:13] Reinhard
    What is it?
[19:14] Paul
    How do you intend to deal with
    the young emperor going forward?
[19:23] Reinhard
    I won't kill him.
[19:26] Reinhard
    He's more likely to be useful alive.
[19:29] Reinhard
    Do you not agree, Oberstein?
[19:32] Paul
    Yes, that would seem to
    be true at the moment.
[19:37] Reinhard
    "At the moment," indeed...
[19:48] Paul
    He's right.
    He can't kill the young emperor.
[19:51] Paul
    If His Excellency were to kill a child,
    the people would turn against him.
[19:57] Paul
    But...
[20:08] Paul
    What is it?
[20:09] Officer
    Sir...
[20:12] Paul
    What is this?
[20:14] Officer
    I-It's not His Excellency's dog, so...
[20:19] Paul
    Does it look like my dog?
[20:21] Officer
    I-It isn't, then?
[20:24] Paul
    I see.
[20:26] Paul
    It looks like it should be mine, does it?
[20:36] Paul
    Drive.
[20:37] Officer
    Ah... Yes, sir!
[20:55] Fritz
    A dog?
[20:57] Fritz
    Oberstein took in a dog?!
[21:00] Müller
    Not only that, but it only eats chicken
    that's been boiled until it's tender.
[21:05] Müller
    Sometimes the chief of staff goes out in
    the middle of the night to buy it himself.
[21:10] Wolfgang
    Oberstein's doing that?!
[21:12] Fritz
    Hmph!
[21:14] Fritz
    So I suppose even if humans
    despise our chief of staff,
[21:18] Fritz
    at least dogs still like him.
[21:20] Fritz
    I guess dogs are drawn to other dogs.
[21:28] Paul
    No movement from Fezzan?
[21:31] Paul
    I highly doubt the Black Fox will
    continue to sit quietly and watch.
[21:40] Raabenard
    Pardon me, sir.
[21:46] Raabenard
    Your dinner is ready for you.
[21:49] Paul
    I'll eat later.
[21:51] Raabenard
    Understood, sir.
[21:53] Raabenard
    Shall we have your meal first, then?
[22:15] Reinhard
    Thank you. That'll be all for today.
[22:19] Hilde
    Yes, sir.
[23:10] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[23:13] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
SIGN    Episode 29
SIGN    The Geier Takes Flight
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Geier Takes Flight."

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E29 - The Geier Takes Flight

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SIGN    Imperial Capital Odin
    Imperial Navy Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[00:04] Na
    The head of the Galactic Empire's
    Science and Technology Department,
[00:07] Na
    Chief Engineer Anton Hilmer von Schaft,
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Science and Technology Department Head
    Chief Engineer Anton Hilmer von Schaft
[00:10] Na
    is a 56-year-old man with doctorates
    in engineering and philosophy.
[00:16] Na
    Even greater than his talent
    as a military scientist
[00:19] Na
    were his ambition and aggressive spirit
    that allowed him to oust his superiors,
[00:22] Na
    ruin his colleagues, and keep
    his subordinates under his thumb,
[00:26] Na
    elevating him to the
    position he holds today.
[00:33] Officer
    Chief Engineer Schaft requests an audience with Your Excellency.
[00:40] Na
    This man of science, who had
    no real accomplishments
[00:42] Na
    and maintained his position and privileges
    through political influence,
[00:46] Na
    was not favored by Reinhard in the least.
[00:51] Reinhard
    I will see him, but only
    for fifteen minutes.
[00:55] Schaft
    This strategy I present to you,
    based on highly elaborate analysis,
[01:00] Schaft
    will most certainly lead
    our navy to victory.
[01:05] Reinhard
    So you're saying we should
    build another fortress
[01:08] Reinhard
    in front of Iserlohn Fortress,
    one massive enough to oppose it?
[01:12] Schaft
    Correct, Your Excellency.
[01:15] Reinhard
    It's not a bad idea,
[01:17] Reinhard
    but one condition must be met
    in order to make it work.
[01:20] Schaft
    And that would be?
[01:22] Reinhard
    The condition that Iserlohn's
    rebel army will sit quietly
[01:25] Reinhard
    and watch while our army
    builds this fortress,
[01:29] Reinhard
    causing no interference in our plan at all.
[01:34] Schaft
    Please wait a moment.
[01:36] Schaft
    There is no need to take that
    condition into consideration.
[01:40] Schaft
    Because my idea is
[01:42] Schaft
    to move a fortress that
    has already been built
[01:47] Schaft
    to the Iserlohn Corridor.
[01:53] Schaft
    I have heard that the late
    Fleet Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
[01:59] Schaft
    was the one originally assigned
    to reclaim Iserlohn Fortress.
[02:03] Schaft
    In the Battle of Amritsar,
    Fleet Admiral Kircheis
[02:07] Schaft
    used the directional Seffle
    particles that I invented
[02:11] Schaft
    to the great gain of our navy.
[02:13] Schaft
    I feel a deep connection to him.
[02:19] Schaft
    I firmly believe that this
    strategy will bring Iserlohn
[02:24] Schaft
    back to our navy in
    Fleet Admiral Kircheis's stead.
[02:30] Reinhard
    If you so adamantly insist,
    I will hear out your plan to its end.
[02:34] Reinhard
    Speak.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[04:13] Paul
    Are you certain about this?
[04:15] Paul
    I assumed Your Excellency
    would get rid of that man.
[04:20] Reinhard
    Soon enough.
[04:21] Reinhard
    I just fail to see a suitable
    reason to do so at the moment.
[04:25] Reinhard
    I have men searching for someone to replace him.
[04:27] Paul
    Understood.
[04:28] Paul
    Then who will you choose
    to command this operation?
[04:32] Paul
    It is my opinion that Admiral Kempff is
    perhaps the best man for this mission.
[04:37] Reinhard
    Kempff, eh? Good idea.
[04:41] Reinhard
    I'll give him a chance to wash
    away the bitterness of his defeat
[04:45] Reinhard
    at the Iserlohn Corridor.
[04:47] Paul
    Understood.
SIGN    Episode 29
SIGN    The Geier Takes Flight
[04:59] Na
    Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[05:02] Na
    accomplished many tremendous feats
    when he was a Walküre pilot.
[05:06] Na
    Since becoming a warship captain,
    and then a fleet commander,
[05:09] Na
    he earned a reputation as an admiral
    of extraordinary courage and leadership.
[05:17] Isaac
    Dad!
[05:18] Franz
    Welcome home!
[05:20] Kempff
    Thank you, Isaac, Franz.
[05:23] Kempff
    Have you been good boys today?
[05:25] Isaac; Franz
    Yes!
[05:27] Wife
    Welcome home, dear.
[05:29] Wife
    Quickly now, come inside.
[05:32] Kempff
    Yeah.
[05:40] Franz
    What's this?
[05:41] Isaac
    It's called a medal.
[05:44] Isaac
    Dad got it after he beat a bunch
    of bad guys in his Walküre
[05:47] Isaac
    and became a fighter ace.
[05:50] Isaac
    Right, Dad?
[05:53] Kempff
    Right.
[05:54] Franz
    It's a reward?
[05:57] Kempff
    That's right.
[05:58] Isaac
    Hey, tell us the story again!
[06:01] Kempff
    Of course. It'll be tonight's bedtime story.
[06:04] Kempff
    Go on to your bedroom now.
[06:06] Isaac; Franz
    Okay!
[06:10] Wife
    They're both so happy that you
    get to come home every day.
[06:15] Kempff
    Yeah... Training my subordinates
    is certainly an important job,
[06:19] Kempff
    but I'd much rather be earning
    merits on the battlefield.
[06:26] Kempff
    In the battle against the
    high nobles last year,
[06:29] Kempff
    Reuenthal and Mittermeyer's
    achievements were so great
[06:32] Kempff
    that they were promoted ahead of me.
[06:35] Kempff
    It's just so disappointing.
[06:37] Wife
    What's so bad about it?
[06:39] Wife
    I love watching you be a
    father to your children.
[06:47] Na
    Kempff received an order to report
    to the Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[06:51] Na
    the very next day.
[06:55] Rücke
    Admiral Kempff!
[06:56] Kempff
    Sub-lieutenant Rücke.
[06:58] Kempff
    That's right. You're His Excellency's
    junior adjutant now.
[07:03] Rücke
    Yes. Right this way, please.
[07:06] Kempff
    Sure.
[07:15] Kempff
    You, too, Müller?
[07:17] Müller
    Yes, sir. It was very sudden, but I received
    an order to see the Fleet Admiral.
[07:42] Reinhard
    It appears everyone is here.
[07:44] Reinhard
    All right, Chief Engineer Schaft,
[07:46] Reinhard
    why don't you tell them your plan?
[07:48] Schaft
    Yes, sir!
[07:56] Schaft
    Our Galactic Empire is the one and only
    government body in human society,
[08:02] Schaft
    yet there are treasonous rebels
    who refuse to accept it,
[08:05] Schaft
    bringing naught but bloodshed and
    destruction for 150 long years.
[08:13] Schaft
    For the sake of universal peace,
[08:15] Schaft
    these rebels who call themselves the
    Free Planets Alliance must be annihilated.
[08:21] Schaft
    However, because the enemy's
    base is so far away,
[08:24] Schaft
    there is only one possible
    route we can use to invade it.
[08:30] Schaft
    Now...
[08:31] Schaft
    I'm sure you know what
    this is, Admiral Kempff.
[08:34] Kempff
    It's Iserlohn Fortress.
[08:36] Schaft
    Indeed.
[08:38] Schaft
    The navigable region of space
[08:40] Schaft
    cutting through the Milky Way
    between us and our enemies:
[08:45] Schaft
    the Iserlohn Corridor.
[08:46] Schaft
    This is the great fortress that
    lies roughly in its center.
[08:50] Schaft
    The sole reason our navy
[08:51] Schaft
    was previously able to infiltrate so deeply
    into the enemy's sphere of influence
[08:54] Schaft
    was because of Iserlohn Fortress being there.
[08:59] Schaft
    However, very regrettably,
[09:01] Schaft
    it now lies in enemy hands.
[09:05] Schaft
    In the end, if we are to
    subjugate these rebels,
[09:09] Schaft
    reclaiming the fortress is our
    navy's most pressing priority.
[09:13] Schaft
    If we can conquer it and kill
    our bitter enemy, Yang Wen-li,
[09:17] Schaft
    it will most assuredly deal a
    crushing blow to our enemy.
[09:22] Schaft
    However, this fortress is impregnable.
[09:27] Schaft
    In the past, our navy,
    with this fortress as its base,
[09:30] Schaft
    repelled six invasion attempts by the enemy.
[09:34] Schaft
    The enemy only succeeded in
    conquering the fortress
[09:37] Schaft
    not through external attacks,
    but through cunning schemes.
[09:41] Schaft
    If we cannot conquer it with our fleet,
[09:44] Schaft
    then what are we to do?
[09:46] Schaft
    The only way is to strike the
    fortress with another fortress.
[09:57] Schaft
    If we are to seek a fortress capable of
    opposing Iserlohn within the Empire,
[10:01] Schaft
    we need look no further than the one
[10:03] Schaft
    that became the noble coalition's
    base during last year's civil war:
[10:06] Schaft
    Geiersburg Fortress.
[10:10] Schaft
    We will repair this abandoned fortress,
[10:13] Schaft
    attach an engine to make it pilotable,
[10:15] Schaft
    and simultaneously use the
    warp system that I invented
[10:19] Schaft
    to transport the fortress
    ten thousand light years in one jump,
[10:23] Schaft
    making Geiersburg appear
    right in front of Iserlohn!
[10:29] Müller
    Is that even possible?
[10:31] Schaft
    No shortcoming in our
    technology prevents it.
[10:34] Schaft
    The success or failure of this plan will
    depend solely on the ability of its commander.
[10:43] Reinhard
    This is why I called all of you here.
[10:46] Reinhard
    I'm naming Kempff the commander
[10:49] Reinhard
    and Müller the vice commander
    of this operation.
[10:52] Reinhard
    Use this plan from the head of the
    Science and Technology Department
[10:56] Reinhard
    to conquer Iserlohn.
[10:58] Kempff; Müller
    Yes, sir!
[11:01] OfficerA
    Did you hear about the new operation?
[11:04] OfficerB
    Yeah. I heard Admiral Kempff and
    Admiral Müller are in command.
[11:08] OfficerA
    It's so strange. This is an
    incredibly large-scale operation,
[11:12] OfficerA
    but our Twin Pillars aren't
    the ones leading it?
[11:14] OfficerB
    Hey, not so loud.
[11:17] Oskar
    Don't be so disheartened.
[11:20] Oskar
    I'm sure His Excellency had his reasons.
[11:24] Wolfgang
    It's not that I think he
    doesn't trust our abilities.
[11:27] Wolfgang
    I just don't like that it was most likely
    Chief of Staff Oberstein's idea.
[11:44] Fellner
    The choice of leadership for this operation
    seems to have created a ripple within the navy.
[11:50] Paul
    Do you understand my intentions, Fellner?
SIGN    Captain Anton Fellner
[11:56] Fellner
    If either of the High Admirals,
    Reuenthal or Mittermeyer,
[12:00] Fellner
    were to lead this operation
    and come out successful,
[12:04] Fellner
    they would be rewarded with a
    promotion to fleet admiral.
[12:07] Fellner
    That would put them on the same
    level as Duke Lohengramm.
[12:13] Fellner
    But sending one who is only
    at the level of admiral
[12:17] Fellner
    offers the potential to promote him
    to high admiral if he succeeds,
[12:22] Fellner
    preventing Reuenthal and Mittermeyer from
    being promoted ahead of all others.
[12:28] Fellner
    Also, in the event that he should fail,
[12:30] Fellner
    it wouldn't be as if we had
    used our last trump card,
[12:33] Fellner
    meaning our side would take little damage.
[12:36] Paul
    Exactly.
[12:38] Paul
    Siegfried Kircheis died
    protecting Duke Lohengramm,
[12:43] Paul
    and he was rewarded with multiple honors.
[12:46] Paul
    It doesn't matter how many honors
    are awarded to a dead man,
[12:51] Paul
    but the same doesn't hold
    true for a living man.
[12:54] Paul
    With him gone, if either Mittermeyer or
    Reuenthal were to take over that position,
[12:58] Paul
    there would be no point.
[13:02] Paul
    We must remove the number two
    and keep several number threes
[13:06] Paul
    to ensure that Duke Lohengramm retains
    his position as number one.
[13:17] Paul
    Power can only be supreme when it
    is wielded by one person alone.
[13:37] Na
    At this time, within Reinhard's
    mental landscape,
[13:41] Na
    emotions best described as cold passion and
    parched nothingness were vying for dominance.
[13:47] Na
    Reinhard, unable to directly
    face the reason for this,
[13:52] Na
    had no choice but to pursue
    ambitions that were not his alone.
[13:58] Na
    He may have lost his shadow and
    had one of his wings ripped off,
[14:03] Na
    but surely he still had his fangs.
[14:06] Na
    Even if those fangs were
    doomed to break one day,
[14:11] Na
    right now, he had to keep
    them sharp and glistening.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Iserlohn Fortress
[14:19] Na
    Iserlohn Fortress is a man-made
    planet located roughly
[14:23] Na
    in the center of the corridor
    that shares its name.
[14:26] Na
    It has the shape of a sphere, with a
    surface covered in a sea of liquid metal.
[14:31] Na
    Inside, it is divided into
    several thousand strata.
[14:36] Na
    It includes all the functions
    necessary for a strategic base,
[14:40] Na
    with a spaceport that houses 20,000 ships
[14:44] Na
    and a service garage where 400
    ships can be repaired at one time.
[14:50] Na
    It is home to two million Alliance soldiers,
[14:53] Na
    along with their families,
    an additional three million,
[14:58] Na
    and is equipped with the social capital
    needed to support their lifestyles.
[15:04] Na
    It has schools,
[15:05] Na
    commercial facilities,
[15:08] Na
    sports and recreation facilities,
[15:10] Na
    a water supply and drainage system,
[15:13] Na
    factories to produce food,
[15:15] Na
    and hydroponic farms.
[15:18] Na
    A hydrogen-powered reactor,
    complete with freshwater generator,
[15:24] Na
    supplies ample energy to power them all.
[15:27] Na
    Iserlohn is a fortress,
    and at the same time,
[15:31] Na
    a large city housing a
    population of five million.
[15:36] Na
    In one corner of this military neighborhood,
[15:40] Na
    at the residence of
    Alex Caselnes and his family,
[15:43] Na
    a humble dinner was being held to celebrate
    Petty Officer First Class Julian Mintz's
[15:48] Na
    first campaign and first
    accomplishments in battle.
[15:59] Charlotte
    Uncle Yang! Big Brother Julian
    is such a good artist!
[16:04] Yang
    Is he? You can ask him to
    draw anything you want.
[16:08] Charlotte; Sister
    Okay!
[16:09] Julian
    Really? Oh, boy...
[16:15] Alex
    What's wrong? You don't look happy.
[16:17] Yang
    I'm wounded.
[16:19] Yang
    I wanted to be called "Big Brother
    Yang" for as long as I'm still single.
[16:24] Alex
    Asking a bit much, aren't we?
[16:26] Alex
    Look at you, still single
    after the age of 30.
[16:29] Alex
    Do you feel like you haven't
    contributed enough to society?
[16:31] Yang
    There are lots of people who stay single
    all their lives and contribute plenty.
[16:36] Yang
    Want me to list 40 or 50 of them for you?
[16:39] Alex
    I know even more who've contributed
    to society and have families.
[16:46] Alex
    Anyway, there's something more
    serious I wanted to discuss.
[16:50] Yang
    What?
[16:51] Alex
    For a member of a major organization,
    you're too lax on self-preservation.
[16:55] Alex
    In this case, that's a flaw, not a merit.
[16:59] Alex
    You have a responsibility not just to Iserlohn,
    but to everyone throughout the Alliance.
[17:04] Alex
    Why don't you put a bit more
    effort into protecting yourself?
[17:08] Yang
    I'm busy enough as it is.
[17:11] Yang
    If I spend time thinking about that, too,
[17:13] Yang
    I won't even have time to take a nap.
[17:15] Alex
    It's not about whether you have time or not.
[17:17] Alex
    You know how necessary it is.
    You just don't want to think about it.
[17:22] Alex
    Am I wrong?
[17:23] Yang
    I'm not that fastidious.
[17:27] Yang
    It's just too much of a hassle.
    That's all, really.
[17:33] Alex
    I'm telling you this because I'm
    concerned about our leader, Trunicht.
[17:40] Alex
    Laugh at me if you want,
[17:42] Alex
    but recently, he's been scaring me a bit.
[17:51] Alex
    I thought he was a politician with nothing
    going for him but sophistry and rhetoric,
[17:55] Alex
    but lately, I feel like there's
    something monstrous about him.
[18:02] Alex
    And that lively old man, Bewcock,
[18:04] Alex
    seems sick and tired of having
    him butting in at every turn.
[18:08] Alex
    At this rate, it won't be just civil officials.
[18:11] Alex
    Even the upper echelon of the navy is likely
    to end up among Trunicht's followers.
[18:16] Yang
    If that happens, I'll submit my resignation.
[18:18] Alex
    Don't sound so happy about that!
[18:20] Hortense
    Oh, dear.
[18:22] Hortense
    It's already bedtime.
[18:24] Hortense
    Why don't we call it a night?
[18:26] Hortense
    You, too, Charlotte.
[18:27] Charlotte
    Aw, but I want him to draw for me more!
[18:31] Hortense
    No.
[18:35] Julian
    Charlotte, don't cause
    trouble for your mother.
[18:39] Julian
    May I have your hand, Princess?
[18:47] Hortense
    Thanks, Julian.
[18:48] Julian
    Not at all.
[18:50] Alex
    He's a good boy, unlike his guardian.
[18:54] Yang
    I've been a bit worried
    about him lately, though.
[18:58] Yang
    His guardian has some bad friends,
    but he has none at all.
[19:03] Alex
    What do you mean?
[19:05] Yang
    At his age, he should have buddies
    to fight with, teammates, rivals...
[19:10] Yang
    You know, friends his own age.
[19:13] Yang
    But the only people Julian has
    around him are messed-up adults.
[19:19] Alex
    And despite that,
    he's grown up pretty decent.
[19:22] Yang
    I agree with that.
[19:25] Yang
    Well, I did break a promise
    to him, though, just once.
[19:31] Yang
    When we lived on Heinessen, we had a
    nightingale that a neighbor gave us.
[19:37] Yang
    I told him to feed it,
[19:39] Yang
    but he went out to play a
    flying ball practice match instead.
[19:43] Alex
    What did you do?
[19:45] Yang
    I very authoritatively ordered
    him to bed without dinner.
[19:49] Alex
    Is that right? I feel sorry for you.
[19:53] Yang
    Huh?
[19:54] Alex
    You're not the type to eat your
    fill while others go without.
[19:57] Alex
    I bet you skipped your meal in solidarity.
[20:00] Yang
    Well, I did feel hungry the next morning.
[20:04] Alex
    Oh, you were hungry, were you?
[20:08] Yang
    I'm aware that I'm not
    the perfect family man.
[20:13] Alex
    Kids don't grow up by
    observing perfect parents.
[20:18] Alex
    In fact, seeing bad examples
    set by imperfect parents
[20:20] Alex
    helps them develop an independent spirit.
[20:23] Alex
    Understand?
[20:25] Yang
    I understand that you're saying
    some pretty mean things about me.
[20:29] Alex
    If you don't want to hear things like
    that, why don't you get married?
[20:34] Yang
    When the war isn't even over yet?!
[20:37] Alex
    I figured you'd say that.
[20:39] Alex
    But what is the instinct that all creatures,
    including humans, are born with?
[20:44] Alex
    The need to pass on their own
    genes to the next generation.
[20:47] Alex
    Right?
[20:48] Yang
    Yes, which is why the greatest
    crime a human can commit
[20:52] Yang
    is to kill, or be killed by, another human.
[20:55] Yang
    And when you're a soldier,
    you do that for a living.
[20:59] Alex
    You don't have to think about it that way.
[21:03] Alex
    But even if you have committed a crime,
[21:06] Alex
    if you have five kids, at least one
    of them might be a humanitarian
[21:10] Alex
    and atone for his father's crimes.
[21:14] Alex
    One of them might even inherit your vision.
[21:17] Yang
    A kid doesn't need to be of my
    own blood to inherit my vision.
[21:21] Yang
    Assuming I have a vision, that is.
[21:25] Alex
    What? Running away?
[21:27] Yang
    This is a strategic retreat.
[21:29] Yang
    I'm going to use your restroom.
[21:31] Alex
    Sheesh...
[21:36] Alex
    Julian, sit down for a bit.
[21:38] Alex
    I need to tell you something important.
[21:39] Julian
    Sure.
[21:44] Julian
    What is it?
[21:46] Alex
    I'm telling you this because I recognize
    you to be Yang's most loyal retainer.
[21:50] Alex
    Your guardian knows very well
    what happened yesterday,
[21:53] Alex
    and what might happen tomorrow, too.
[21:55] Alex
    But people like him often don't even have
    a clear understanding of what's for dinner today.
[22:00] Alex
    Understand?
[22:01] Julian
    Yes, I think I do.
[22:04] Alex
    It's a rather extreme analogy,
[22:06] Alex
    but let's say our dinner
    tonight was poisoned.
[22:09] Alex
    If he doesn't realize that,
[22:11] Alex
    it doesn't matter how well he knows
    what tomorrow and the next day bring.
[22:17] Alex
    You understand that, too?
[22:19] Julian
    You're telling me to be his taster
    for poisoned food, right?
[22:23] Alex
    Precisely.
[22:26] Julian
    You do know how to choose the right man
    for the job, Rear Admiral Caselnes.
[22:30] Julian
    I'll do everything in my power.
[22:33] Alex
    Please do.
[22:35] Julian
    But is the position Admiral Yang
    is in really that dangerous?
[22:40] Alex
    He's still safe for now.
[22:42] Alex
    So long as the massive enemy
    known as the Empire exists,
[22:45] Alex
    Yang's talents will be needed.
[22:47] Alex
    But there's no telling how
    the situation could change.
[22:51] Alex
    Even I've noticed it after all.
[22:53] Alex
    I'm sure there's no way Yang hasn't,
    but then again, he is...
[22:58] Yang
    What ideas are you putting in
    this innocent young man's head?
[23:02] Yang
    You don't need to worry so much.
[23:04] Yang
    It's not as if I haven't given
    things any thought at all.
[23:08] Yang
    I have no interest in becoming
    Mr. Trunicht's toy,
[23:12] Yang
    and above all, I want to
    be secure in my old age.
SIGN    Episode 30
SIGN    A Single Fine Thread
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "A Single Fine Thread."

Season 3 - Collision

E30 - A Single Fine Thread

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[00:01] Na
    There are only two safely navigable
    locations in the Milky Way
[00:05] Na
    in which the territories of the Galactic
    Empire and the Free Planets Alliance
[00:11] Na
    can directly interact.
[00:13] Na
    One is the Iserlohn Corridor,
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[00:16] Na
    and the other is the Fezzan Corridor.
[00:20] Na
    Fezzan, which claims dominion
    there, is quite a strange nation.
[00:25] Na
    To be precise, it is not even a nation,
    but a self-governing region.
[00:29] Na
    Although it is officially a unit of local
    government within the Galactic Empire,
[00:34] Na
    it has essentially maintained
    full independence.
[00:36] Na
    Monopolizing the exceptional instances of
    trade between the Empire and the Alliance
[00:42] Na
    has allowed it to surpass both
    nations in economic strength.
SIGN    Ballantine Kauf Memorial University of Commerce
[00:46] Na
    What allowed Fezzan to achieve
    this unique position
[00:50] Na
    was the extraordinary passion of
    the great merchant Leopold Laap,
[00:55] Na
    the dominion's first leader,
    who was born on Earth,
[00:57] Na
    along with his political and
    financial maneuvering.
[01:01] Na
    Since the days of his rule,
    Fezzan has been the center
[01:05] Na
    of the flow of people, goods, money,
    and information in the Milky Way.
[01:11] Na
    The economic activities of independent
    merchants seeking a quick fortune
[01:15] Na
    and corporate investments into
    both the Empire and the Alliance
[01:20] Na
    have made Fezzan a massive economy.
[01:23] Na
    If the Iserlohn Corridor is the
    front line for military activity,
[01:27] Na
    Fezzan is the front line in the battles
    for information and economic power.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:04] Na
    In Fezzan, information is more
    valuable than any precious gem.
[03:09] Na
    Even the whispered rumors at Delacour,
    a pub frequented by independent merchants,
[03:14] Na
    may be raw gemstones just
    waiting to be polished.
[03:19] MerchantA
    Lohengramm's so-called new order in the
    Empire is already showing results.
[03:24] MerchantA
    All the poor, starving nobles
[03:26] MerchantA
    are giving up their estates,
    their jewels, anything worth money.
[03:31] MerchantB
    Whenever the system is reformed,
[03:33] MerchantB
    the privileged class becomes a
    target for revenge overnight.
[03:36] MerchantB
    I guess I do feel sorry for them, but...
[03:38] MerchantA
    The ones I feel sorry for are the citizens
    they've been exploiting for 500 years.
[03:43] MerchantA
    Even if those nobles suffered
    the same way for 500 years,
[03:46] MerchantA
    I wouldn't have an ounce of pity for them.
[03:49] MerchantB
    Yeah, I get it.
[03:51] MerchantB
    Anyway, I heard a weird rumor from a
    bureaucrat at the dominion leader's office...
[03:55] MerchantA
    Do tell.
[03:56] MerchantB
    Some kind of weird priest has been
    visiting Landesherr Rubinsky's home.
[04:02] MerchantB
    A priest and the Black Fox...
[04:04] MerchantB
    Talk about a creepy duo.
SIGN    Episode 30
SIGN    A Single Fine Thread
[04:24] Guest
    Finally.
[04:26] Guest
    Huh? Ah...
[04:29] Rupert
    I apologize for the wait.
[04:31] Rupert
    The Landesherr will see you now.
[04:34] Rupert
    Right this way, please.
[04:37] Guest
    Um, I was... next...
[04:47] Adrian
    Bishop Degsby, thank you for
    taking the time to visit.
[04:53] Adrian
    This is tea from Assiniboia.
[04:55] Adrian
    I hope it is to Your Grace's liking.
[04:59] Degsby
    Is your proposal true?
SIGN    Earth Cult Bishop
    Degsby
[05:02] Adrian
    It is.
[05:03] Adrian
    Fezzan will change the policy
    it has upheld until now
[05:06] Adrian
    and tip the ratio of cooperation and
    aid it provides in the Empire's favor.
[05:11] Degsby
    That will damage the Empire's balance
    of power with the Alliance.
[05:15] Degsby
    Is it not Fezzan's policy to avoid siding
    with either the Empire or the Alliance?
[05:21] Adrian
    Not so weak as to be taken lightly,
[05:23] Adrian
    not so strong as to be feared.
[05:26] Adrian
    Past Landesherren skillfully
    managed the coexistence
[05:29] Adrian
    of the Empire and the Alliance
    using wealth and finesse,
[05:32] Adrian
    allowing Fezzan to remain independent.
[05:35] Adrian
    But the time has come to revisit that policy.
[05:39] Degsby
    What does this mean?
[05:41] Degsby
    What is your objective
    in backing the Empire?
[05:45] Adrian
    The unification of the entire Milky Way
    by Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[05:56] Adrian
    He will usurp the crown of
    the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[06:00] Adrian
    Then, after Reinhard becomes emperor,
    we will have him assassinated,
[06:05] Adrian
    and Fezzan will assume control
    over the new dynasty.
[06:10] Degsby
    Do you not find all this
    too good to be true?
[06:13] Degsby
    The blond boy should not be underestimated,
[06:17] Degsby
    and the actions of his tactician,
    Chief of Staff Oberstein, are unpredictable.
[06:23] Degsby
    I have my doubts that they will fall
    in line with our plans so easily.
[06:27] Adrian
    I see you are quite familiar
    with our circumstances.
[06:30] Adrian
    But there will surely be an opportune moment.
[06:33] Adrian
    If there is not, we can create one.
[06:36] Degsby
    Then what will you do about
    the Free Planets Alliance?
[06:39] Degsby
    The Earth Cult has deeply penetrated the
    upper echelon of power in the Alliance.
[06:44] Degsby
    Surely we need not allow such
    convenient pawns to die in vain.
[06:48] Adrian
    It would not be in vain.
[06:50] Adrian
    We will use them as the corrosive agent
    that destroys the Alliance from within.
[06:55] Adrian
    When a nation rots, it does so from
    the top, not from the bottom.
[06:59] Adrian
    There are no exceptions to this rule.
[07:05] Degsby
    Fezzan proclaims itself a dominion,
    but in truth, it is a nation.
[07:10] Degsby
    The top has not already
    begun to rot, has it?
[07:15] Rubinsky
    Now, that is harsh.
[07:17] Rubinsky
    I will bear in mind my
    responsibility as a statesman.
[07:22] Rubinsky
    Now, then...
[07:23] Rubinsky
    That will be enough formal discussion.
[07:25] Rubinsky
    I have arranged a feast for you.
[07:28] Degsby
    No need for that.
[07:45] Rupert
    Babysitting a bishop
    must be tiring, Your Excellency.
SIGN    Aide to the Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Rupert Kesserling
[07:49] Adrian
    Honestly, what pleasure do
    dogmatists find in living?
[07:55] Adrian
    For thousands of years, religions have
    indoctrinated those in power at the time,
[08:00] Adrian
    suppressing and stamping out other religions
[08:03] Adrian
    in order to control nations and cultures.
[08:06] Adrian
    It is, by far, the most
    effective form of invasion.
[08:09] Adrian
    I'm offering to let the
    Earth Cult recreate that history,
[08:13] Adrian
    but it seems these fanatical zealots
    can't keep up with the changing times.
[08:18] Rupert
    I've heard my predecessor was pleased
    that he didn't have to deal with them.
[08:23] Adrian
    Boltik is better suited to his
    commissioner work on Odin.
[08:27] Adrian
    I am having him report on the progress of
    the new Galactic Empire in full detail.
[08:34] Rupert
    Your Excellency, I support your
    backing of the Empire's new order,
[08:38] Rupert
    but the ultimate goal of the Earth Cult,
    as you say, is control over all humanity,
SIGN    Earth Cult Grand Bishop
[08:44] Rupert
    and the establishment of a theocracy.
[08:47] Adrian
    You do not intend to allow
    them to achieve that, do you?
[08:51] Rupert
    The moment any previous Landesherr showed
    signs of trying to escape Earth's yoke,
[08:56] Rupert
    they were rewarded with death.
[08:57] Rupert
    I pray Your Excellency
    does not walk that path.
SIGN    Fezzan Izmail Region
[09:11] Rupert
    Thank you for agreeing to
    see me, Count Remscheid.
[09:15] Remscheid
    No thanks necessary.
[09:17] Remscheid
    I would never turn away a
    representative of our Landesherr.
SIGN    Former Imperial High Commissioner
    Count Jochen von Remscheid
[09:21] Rupert
    You honor me.
[09:23] Rupert
    Now, I mean no disrespect,
[09:26] Rupert
    but Your Excellency is in an extremely
    difficult position at the moment.
[09:30] Rupert
    Correct?
[09:34] Remscheid
    That does go without saying.
[09:37] Remscheid
    I held a key position as the
    Imperial High Commissioner.
[09:40] Remscheid
    I can't swear my loyalty
    to that blond boy now.
[09:44] Remscheid
    That is why I asked the Landesherr
    to permit me to defect
[09:47] Remscheid
    so that I could shelter myself
    in a life of boredom.
[09:50] Rupert
    Please do not speak of it that way.
[09:52] Rupert
    The reason I have come here today
    concerns Lohengramm's new order.
[09:58] Remscheid
    What?
[10:00] Rupert
    The Landesherr wishes to propose a plan.
[10:04] Rupert
    Are you interested in hearing it?
[10:12] Remscheid
    That is a bold proposal indeed.
[10:16] Remscheid
    And an attractive one.
[10:18] Rupert
    Thank you for saying so.
[10:20] Remscheid
    But there are parts of it
    that I do not understand.
[10:23] Remscheid
    It is certainly a beneficial deal for me,
[10:26] Remscheid
    but what does Fezzan stand to gain from it?
[10:29] Rupert
    The reforms that Duke Lohengramm
    is advancing in Imperial society
[10:34] Rupert
    are both too radical and too dogmatic.
[10:38] Rupert
    Some of the interests Fezzan owns in
    the Empire have already been affected.
[10:44] Rupert
    Reforms are fine, but not when they
    turn in a negative direction.
[10:49] Rupert
    That is our stance.
[10:51] Rupert
    Of course, if this plan is successful
[10:54] Rupert
    and the Goldenbaum Dynasty is saved from
    the clutches of that loathsome usurper,
[10:58] Rupert
    Fezzan will be rewarded in kind...
[11:01] Rupert
    and you will earn your
    reputation as a great patriot.
[11:07] Rupert
    Is this not a profitable
    deal for both of us?
[11:12] Remscheid
    You Fezzani are using the very survival
    of a nation as a bargaining chip?
[11:17] Remscheid
    How very bold.
[11:20] Remscheid
    I see...
[11:21] Remscheid
    If that vitality and ambition can
    be restored to our nation...
[11:30] Rupert
    To the Alliance Commissioner's office.
[11:32] Driver
    Yes, sir.
[11:35] Rupert
    A wise man recognizes difficulty,
    but a fool sees no impossibility.
[11:40] Rupert
    I don't believe he's incompetent,
[11:42] Rupert
    but it may be a challenge to rid him
    of the idea that the Empire can never fall.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Commissioner's Office
[11:58] Rupert
    Fezzan currently holds over 500 billion
    dinars in Alliance-issued bonds.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Commissioner
    Henslow
[12:04] Rupert
    Bearing in mind your country's
    deteriorating financial situation,
[12:07] Rupert
    we have no choice but to pass on buying
    any of your newly-issued bonds.
[12:12] Henslow
    P-Please, no!
[12:14] Henslow
    That would cause the financial
    breakdown of our country!
[12:17] Henslow
    Please reconsider!
[12:20] Rupert
    Of course, personally, I would be
    willing to try to talk our Landesherr
[12:26] Rupert
    into continuing to buy your bonds as usual.
[12:30] Henslow
    P-Please, if you would—
[12:31] Rupert
    However, that will only last as long as
    your country remains a stable democracy.
[12:37] Henslow
    What... do you mean by that?
[12:43] Rupert
    The coup d'état that occurred
    in your country last year.
[12:46] Rupert
    A repeat of that fiasco would
    be highly problematic.
[12:50] Rupert
    It would denigrate the massive amounts
    of funding Fezzan has invested.
[12:54] Henslow
    Y-You are absolutely right...
[12:57] Rupert
    Fortunately,
[12:58] Rupert
    that coup d'état plot was halted
    thanks to the work of Admiral Yang Wen-li.
[13:03] Rupert
    He is truly remarkable.
[13:05] Rupert
    To this day, no one else in the Alliance Navy
[13:08] Rupert
    can match his talent,
    reputation, and capability.
[13:12] Henslow
    Indeed, he is an outstanding admiral.
[13:16] Rupert
    Now, Commissioner...
[13:18] Rupert
    Have you given any thought to how much
    longer Admiral Yang's allegiance
[13:23] Rupert
    to the current administration will continue?
[13:27] Henslow
    A-Are you saying...
[13:29] Henslow
    you think Admiral Yang might
    defy the Alliance government?!
[13:35] Rupert
    During his subjugation of the coup d'état,
[13:37] Rupert
    Admiral Yang destroyed Artemis's Necklace,
    the ring of attack satellites
[13:41] Rupert
    that protected the capital planet Heinessen.
[13:53] Rupert
    But was it really necessary to
    destroy all twelve satellites?
[13:58] Henslow
    When you put it that way...
[14:01] Rupert
    Did it ever cross your mind that
[14:04] Rupert
    perhaps Admiral Yang did so to remove
    an obstacle that prevented him
[14:07] Rupert
    from capturing Heinessen later?
[14:09] Henslow
    Y-You have a point...
[14:11] Henslow
    There were those in the government who felt
    he sent too may troops in that fleet...
[14:16] Rupert
    In which case...
[14:19] Rupert
    Perhaps it would benefit you to seek
    an explanation from Admiral Yang.
[14:30] Rupert
    And that is what both of them said.
[14:32] Adrian
    You seem dissatisfied, Kesserling.
[14:35] Rupert
    To see both Count Remscheid
    and the Alliance Commissioner
[14:38] Rupert
    so easily swayed feels unsatisfying.
[14:41] Rupert
    I was hoping for negotiations so
    intense that sparks began to fly.
[14:45] Adrian
    How extravagant.
[14:47] Adrian
    You'll eventually learn to
    wish for easier targets.
[14:51] Rupert
    Right...
[14:52] Adrian
    Anything else?
[14:54] Rupert
    Though it is a rather small detail,
[14:56] Rupert
    it seems complaints have been raised
    by the commissioner's office
[15:00] Rupert
    in the Free Planets Alliance
    about a man named Boris Konev.
[15:09] Rupert
    They say he shows a striking lack
    of cooperativeness and diligence.
[15:14] Adrian
    Oh?
[15:15] Rupert
    Wouldn't confining an independent
    merchant like him to government work
[15:20] Rupert
    be like forcing a nomadic
    tribe to cultivate farmland?
[15:24] Adrian
    You don't think he's cut out for the job?
[15:27] Rupert
    Of course, I'm sure Your Excellency made
    the decision after careful consideration.
[15:31] Adrian
    He may indeed be a man best
    left to his own devices.
[15:35] Adrian
    But there are some pieces in play that,
[15:38] Adrian
    while they may seem useless
    now, will be useful later.
[15:41] Adrian
    It takes hundreds of millions of years
    for oil to accumulate in the earth,
[15:45] Adrian
    but humans can show results
    in just half a century.
[15:48] Adrian
    There's no need to rush.
[15:51] Rupert
    It may not be a problem if nothing
    is done with Boris Konev,
[15:55] Rupert
    but we need the key figures in this
    plan to act according to our will.
[16:01] Rupert
    I feel as if that may be quite difficult.
[16:04] Adrian
    Nonsense. To make people do what you want,
[16:07] Adrian
    you need only simplify their circumstances.
[16:09] Rupert
    Meaning?
[16:11] Adrian
    Take away their freedom
    and limit their options.
[16:17] Adrian
    The goal of a first-rate power-wielder is
    to use that power to achieve something,
[16:22] Adrian
    but the goal of a second-rate power-wielder
    is simply to keep that power.
[16:27] Adrian
    It's clear which one the people
    in power in the Alliance are.
[16:31] Adrian
    In the case of the Alliance Navy's Yang Wen-li,
[16:33] Adrian
    he currently stands on a fine thread strung
    between the Alliance and the Empire.
[16:38] Adrian
    Fezzan only needs to wear
    that thread even thinner.
[16:42] Adrian
    Eventually, he will be forced to
    choose one path or the other:
[16:46] Adrian
    to be purged by those in
    power in his own country,
[16:48] Adrian
    or to overthrow them and take their place.
[16:52] Rupert
    There is a chance that Yang will lose to Duke
    Lohengramm in battle before it comes to that.
[16:58] Rupert
    The reverse is also possible.
[16:59] Rupert
    What will you do if either
    of those scenarios happens?
[17:03] Adrian
    My aide, it seems I've said too much...
[17:06] Adrian
    and you've heard too much.
[17:09] Adrian
    There is much to be done other
    than waxing philosophical here.
[17:14] Adrian
    Lifting up Count Remscheid as
    a leader is well and good,
[17:17] Adrian
    but you seem to lack a leader
    for the men that will do it.
[17:21] Rupert
    Forgive me.
[17:22] Rupert
    I will choose someone and report
    to you at a later date.
SIGN    The Assiniboia Ravine
SIGN    Former Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
    Leopold Schumacher
[17:47] Na
    Leopold Schumacher, former captain
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy,
[17:51] Na
    served as a staff officer for
    Baron Flegel's fleet in the Lippstadt War.
[17:57] Na
    When Baron Flegel became heated after being
    admonished for recklessly continuing the war,
[18:00] Na
    his men shot him dead.
[18:02] Na
    Schumacher took them all with
    him to defect to Fezzan.
[18:05] Na
    He then sold their weapons and
    the ship they flew in on,
[18:09] Na
    and used the money to lead a
    peaceful life running a farm.
[18:14] Leopold
    Could you please just leave us alone?
[18:18] Leopold
    Whatever happens to the Galactic
    Empire and the Goldenbaum Dynasty
[18:21] Leopold
    is of no concern to me.
[18:22] Leopold
    It's all I can do right now to
    build a good life for my comrades.
[18:26] Leopold
    I've long since thrown away my past.
[18:29] Rupert
    You're more than welcome
    to throw away your past.
[18:32] Rupert
    But there's no reason to throw
    away your future along with it.
[18:35] Rupert
    Captain Schumacher.
[18:40] Rupert
    This is a fine tea plantation.
[18:42] Rupert
    I can't imagine how hard you must have
    worked to reclaim this barren land.
[18:48] Rupert
    Sadly enough, though,
[18:50] Rupert
    it's all meaningless if you can't
    sell your produce at the market.
[18:53] Rupert
    I'm sure a wise man such as
    yourself understands this.
[18:56] Leopold
    And that's how Fezzan handles things?
[18:58] Rupert
    View us with contempt, if you like.
[19:00] Rupert
    But I personally believe there's
    nothing more meaningless
[19:03] Rupert
    than the loser's contempt for the winner.
[19:06] Leopold
    I'm sure it's easy to believe
    that while you're winning.
[19:10] Rupert
    You will cooperate with our plan.
[19:13] Rupert
    Please come with me.
[19:22] Alfred
    Fantastic!
[19:23] Alfred
    This is a plan befitting us, the legitimate
    heirs of the Goldenbaum Dynasty!
[19:29] Alfred
    We will serve Count Remscheid as our leader
SIGN    Count Alfred von Landsberg
[19:31] Alfred
    and make the whole universe see
    our loyalty to the Empire!
[19:35] Alfred
    It makes my heart dance!
[19:37] Alfred
    Good sir, I, Alfred, am prepared
    to lay down my life for this plan!
[19:42] Rupert
    Thank you, Count Landsberg.
[19:47] Rupert
    This is Captain Leopold Schumacher,
    the man who will take the lead
[19:50] Rupert
    in carrying out this plan.
[19:52] Alfred
    Yes, pleasure to meet you, Captain!
[19:55] Leopold
    Likewise...
[19:57] Rupert
    Count, Captain Schumacher fought as a member
    of the nobles' coalition in the Lippstadt War.
[20:05] Alfred
    Oh, you did?!
[20:07] Alfred
    I don't recognize you, but that
    makes you a comrade in arms!
[20:10] Alfred
    And from now on, we'll be on the same level!
[20:13] Leopold
    I look forward to working with you.
[20:16] Alfred
    Yes, yes! I expect great things, Captain!
[20:34] Spy
    Do you know anything about the aide
    Landesherr Rubinsky's been using?
[20:40] Spy
    His name's Rupert Kesserling.
[20:42] MerchantC
    I haven't heard anything
    in particular about him.
[20:47] Spy
    I'll pick up the check for tonight.
[20:51] MerchantC
    Hah. If I knew anything, I'd already
    have a hand in your wallet.
[20:58] MerchantC
    Good luck.
[21:06] Dominique
    Are you the one looking for
    information on Rupert?
[21:13] Dominique
    I'll tell you about him.
[21:14] Spy
    What do you know?
[21:16] Dominique
    There's only one way to determine
    how many carats a gemstone is.
[21:19] Dominique
    It depends on that.
[21:21] Dominique
    Let's talk in the back.
[22:12] Fellner
    Regarding Nidhogg, with whom we
    lost contact some days ago...
[22:16] Fellner
    It seems he "died in an accident" on Fezzan.
[22:20] Paul
    It appears the walls are
    thicker than I thought.
[22:24] Adrian
    I must not allow them to imagine
[22:27] Adrian
    a future ruled jointly by Fezzan
    and the New Galactic Empire.
[22:33] Adrian
    There's no need to draw borders.
[22:35] Adrian
    The Empire will rule
    militarily and politically,
[22:39] Adrian
    and Fezzan will rule economically.
[22:42] Adrian
    The Alliance will be the fertilizer for
    the soil this new order sprouts from.
[22:49] Adrian
    No one must be allowed to realize
SIGN    One Person Killed in Traffic Accident
[22:52] Adrian
    that the Free Planets Alliance's true
    enemy is not the Galactic Empire,
[22:56] Adrian
    but the Goldenbaum Dynasty...
[23:00] Adrian
    Or that when they recognize the
    Goldenbaum Dynasty as their shared enemy,
[23:05] Adrian
    Lohengramm's new order and the Alliance
[23:08] Adrian
    can, in fact, coexist.
[23:11] Adrian
    It doesn't need to last forever.
    A few more years is enough.
[23:16] Adrian
    Humanity will only learn after the
    flames of war have subsided...
[23:22] Adrian
    just who it is that controls the Milky Way.
SIGN    Episode 31
SIGN    What Was Lost
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "What Was Lost."

Season 3 - Collision

E31 - What Was Lost

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[00:08] Na
    Admiral Ernest Mecklinger is a capable
    staff officer serving under Reinhard.
[00:13] Na
    He is also blessed with artistic talent,
[00:17] Na
    earning him the nickname of
    the "Artistic Admiral."
[00:28] Hilde
    Thank you very much for coming,
    Admiral Mecklinger.
[00:32] Hilde
    I'm very sorry to ask something
    like this of you.
[00:35] Ernest
    Please, think nothing of it.
[00:38] Ernest
    How is Baron Kümmel doing?
[00:40] Hilde
    He's feeling quite well today.
[00:43] Hilde
    He seems overjoyed by the
    news of your visit.
[00:47] Hilde
    I'm happy, as well.
[00:49] Hilde
    Ah... I don't have any siblings,
[00:53] Hilde
    so my cousin Heinrich is like
    a younger brother to me.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:31] Heinrich
    Wow! He really did come!
SIGN    Baron Heinrich von Kümmel
[02:35] Heinrich
    You're truly amazing, Sister!
[02:38] Heinrich
    Oh, Hilde has always been very clever,
[02:41] Heinrich
    and very driven, as well.
    I've always looked up to her.
[02:43] Heinrich
    But still, I couldn't believe it when she
    became Duke Lohengramm's secretary!
[02:48] Heinrich
    So... that's when I made a
    selfish request of her,
[02:51] Heinrich
    by asking her to introduce me to you.
[02:54] Heinrich
    Please forgive my appearance,
    Admiral Mecklinger.
[02:59] Heinrich
    Ever since I was born, I've spent the
    better part of every day in bed...
[03:03] Hilde
    Heinrich.
[03:05] Hilde
    Try slowing down a bit.
    You're putting off the admiral.
[03:10] Hilde
    Please have a seat, Admiral.
[03:18] Heinrich
    I'm sorry, Sister Hilde.
[03:20] Heinrich
    I got a bit too excited.
[03:22] Ernest
    Baron Kümmel.
[03:24] Ernest
    The pleasure is mine.
    I am honored by your invitation.
[03:29] Hilde
    Let's have tea.
SIGN    Episode 31
SIGN    What Was Lost
[03:38] Ernest
    I see you have lots of books.
[03:41] Heinrich
    Yes...
[03:43] Heinrich
    I'm only here today thanks to my uncle,
    Count Mariendorf, and Sister Hilde.
[03:49] Heinrich
    I can't ask for much,
[03:51] Heinrich
    but because of my condition,
    I can't go anywhere,
[03:54] Heinrich
    nor can I do anything on my own.
[03:57] Heinrich
    So all I can do is read books and dream.
[04:01] Heinrich
    I love to read about the great
    people who wrote history.
[04:05] Heinrich
    In particular, I find myself drawn to those
[04:08] Heinrich
    who are in the military,
    but who also have a talent
[04:10] Heinrich
    for poetry, science, math, and the like.
[04:13] Heinrich
    People with two talents are true geniuses.
[04:16] Heinrich
    You yourself have accomplished
    many great military deeds,
[04:20] Heinrich
    but you've also won the
    Imperial Academy Award
[04:22] Heinrich
    for your prose poetry and
    watercolor paintings, right?
[04:25] Heinrich
    And your piano playing has earned
    rave reviews from critics, as well.
[04:29] Heinrich
    You are my ideal,
    Admiral Ernest Mecklinger.
[04:35] Ernest
    You honor me with such praise.
[04:39] Ernest
    Oh, yes...
[04:40] Ernest
    I brought one of my paintings.
    I'd like you to have it.
[04:45] Ernest
    My hope is that it brings you
    some degree of comfort.
[04:49] Heinrich
    This is... for me?
[04:54] Heinrich
    How wonderful!
[04:56] Heinrich
    This is truly a fantastic day!
[05:00] Hilde
    Heinrich!
[05:03] Hilde
    Heinrich... Are you all right?
[05:07] Hilde
    Heinrich!
[05:11] Ernest
    How is the baron now?
[05:13] Hilde
    His fever went down quickly.
[05:15] Hilde
    It appears he simply got a bit overexcited.
[05:18] Hilde
    Still, I haven't seen him enjoying
    himself so much in a long time.
[05:23] Hilde
    Thank you so much.
[05:26] Ernest
    So long, then.
[05:28] Hilde
    If I may...
[05:30] Hilde
    Earlier, you appeared surprised
    by something for a moment.
[05:35] Ernest
    Oh, my face gave me away, did it?
[05:41] Ernest
    It's nothing of any importance.
[05:44] Ernest
    Many people who are physically
    disabled have a pet of some sort.
[05:49] Ernest
    Such as a little bird, or a cat.
[05:51] Ernest
    They enjoy watching another creature
    moving around freely where they cannot.
[05:56] Ernest
    But I didn't see anything of that
    nature in Baron Kümmel's room,
[06:00] Ernest
    so I thought, perhaps, he disliked animals.
[06:05] Ernest
    That's all, really.
[06:09] Na
    Hilde found his words curious,
[06:12] Na
    but she would not recall this brief
    conversation until much later.
[06:22] Na
    There was one other thing
    that concerned her.
[06:33] Hilde
    Pardon me.
[06:37] Hilde
    The plan to warp Geiersburg Fortress
    seems to be progressing.
[06:42] Reinhard
    The first warp test will be conducted
    around the middle of next month.
[06:48] Hilde
    I see...
[06:50] Hilde
    Why dispatch so many troops
    at a time like this?
[06:53] Hilde
    Shouldn't he be tying up the
    loose ends of the civil war?
[06:57] Hilde
    Do you really think it's possible?
[07:01] Hilde
    Won't warping an object with as
    much mass as Geiersburg Fortress
[07:05] Hilde
    affect the rest of the
    universe in some way?
[07:09] Hilde
    Everyone is harboring such questions.
[07:13] Reinhard
    Warping is far more troublesome
    than one might expect.
[07:17] Reinhard
    Schaft insists that warping the fortress
[07:20] Reinhard
    will not be a problem in
    terms of the technology.
[07:24] Reinhard
    He says the only issue will be operating all
    that mass and the warp drive simultaneously.
[07:29] Hilde
    Still, no warp on a scale this
    massive has been conducted before.
[07:33] Hilde
    If even one step in the
    process goes wrong...
[07:36] Reinhard
    If it does, the more than one million
    men and officers in the fortress
[07:40] Reinhard
    will be atomized and scattered
    across the universe.
[07:45] Reinhard
    No matter how confident Schaft is,
[07:47] Reinhard
    the difficulty in this plan lies not in
    its conception, but in its execution.
[07:52] Reinhard
    He has no need for arrogance at this stage.
[07:56] Hilde
    And Admiral Kempff is the one running the
    tests to prepare for the execution, yes?
[08:01] Hilde
    He really is doing remarkable work.
[08:04] Reinhard
    He hasn't been entirely successful yet, though.
[08:07] Hilde
    I do hope he is successful.
[08:09] Hilde
    If he were to fail, we would suffer
    the loss of a competent admiral.
[08:14] Reinhard
    If he died doing that, it would mean
    that was all there was to him.
[08:18] Reinhard
    No matter how long he lived,
    he wouldn't be very useful.
[08:28] Hilde
    I wonder what Admiral Kircheis
    would say if he were still alive...
[08:47] Reinhard
    When I think about it, it's a strange thing.
[08:50] Reinhard
    It hasn't been long since I met you,
[08:52] Reinhard
    yet we dine together like this every day.
[08:55] Hilde
    You honor me.
[08:59] Reinhard
    No, I enjoy talking with you.
[09:02] Reinhard
    You have great foresight.
[09:05] Reinhard
    You did at the time of the battle with the
    nobles' coalition last year, as well.
[09:10] Hilde
    Duke Braunschweig lost to you in that
    battle because he lacked three things.
[09:18] Hilde
    His mind lacked balance,
[09:20] Hilde
    his eyes lacked insight,
[09:22] Hilde
    and his ears lacked input
    from his subordinates.
[09:26] Reinhard
    I see.
[09:27] Hilde
    You, on the other hand,
    possessed all three of those.
[09:33] Hilde
    This is why you were able to triumph
    over such a powerful adversary.
[09:38] Reinhard
    It would seem there is something
    you wish to say to me.
[09:43] Hilde
    I am only making conversation over tea.
[09:45] Hilde
    It frightens me when you
    look at me that way.
[09:48] Reinhard
    I find it hard to believe
    you would ever fear me.
[09:52] Hilde
    A nation, an organization, a society...
[09:55] Hilde
    Whatever you may call it,
[09:57] Hilde
    if a group of people are
    to come together as one,
[10:00] Hilde
    there is one thing they absolutely need.
[10:02] Reinhard
    Oh? What is that?
[10:06] Hilde
    An enemy.
[10:08] Reinhard
    That is certainly true.
[10:10] Reinhard
    You are as sharp as ever, Fraulein.
[10:13] Reinhard
    And what is the enemy that
    my subordinates and I need?
[10:19] Hilde
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty, of course.
[10:23] Hilde
    The emperor is still only seven years old,
[10:26] Hilde
    but he is the head of the
    Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[10:28] Hilde
    As the descendant of Emperor Rudolf,
[10:31] Hilde
    he has the potential to rally and unify
    the old powers as their symbol.
[10:35] Hilde
    That is the one and only thing in your way.
[10:38] Reinhard
    That's exactly right.
[10:41] Reinhard
    Don't worry, Fraulein.
[10:44] Reinhard
    I would never murder a young child.
[10:47] Reinhard
    I will not kill the emperor.
[10:49] Reinhard
    As you said, I need an enemy.
[10:53] Reinhard
    And I want to do the best I can to be more
    righteous and magnanimous than my enemy.
[11:00] Hilde
    You are truly admirable.
[11:04] Hilde
    Killing the young emperor would surely make
    you a target of reproach in the future.
[11:10] Hilde
    What the universe needs now is
    your talent as an architect,
[11:15] Hilde
    not your talent as a conqueror.
[11:41] Na
    Before his warping experiments,
[11:43] Na
    Kempff temporarily returned from
    Geiersburg Fortress to bring a report.
[11:48] Reinhard
    Well? Can we expect success?
[11:50] Kempff
    I will make it a success
    by any means necessary.
[11:57] Wolfgang
    You're back, eh?
[12:00] Kempff
    Yes. I planned to return
    to the fortress today,
[12:03] Kempff
    but I've received the fleet admiral's
    permission to stay with my family tonight.
[12:09] Wolfgang
    Oh, really? That's great.
[12:34] Wife
    Well? Aren't you going
    to see your father off?
[12:41] Isaac
    Take care, Dad! Come back home soon!
[12:44] Franz
    Take care, Dad! Bring back gifts for us!
[12:48] Isaac
    You dork! Dad's leaving for work!
[12:51] Isaac
    He's not gonna have time to buy gifts.
[12:57] Kempff
    I'll buy gifts next time, okay?
[12:59] Kempff
    But instead...
[13:01] Kempff
    When I come back, why don't we
    go visit your grandma's house?
[13:05] Wife
    Are you sure you should
    promise them that, dear?
[13:10] Kempff
    Oh, it'll be fine.
[13:12] Kempff
    I'm sure I'll be granted a vacation
    once I come back successful.
[13:16] Kempff
    And a promotion, too.
[13:19] Wife
    Before you worry about all
    that, please just be safe.
[13:22] Wife
    Come home to us safe and well.
[13:25] Wife
    That will be more than enough for me.
[13:29] Kempff
    Of course I'll come home.
[13:37] Kempff
    In all the times I went off to battle,
    have I ever not made it back?
[13:56] Isaac
    Don't just sit there whimpering forever.
[13:58] Isaac
    We have to make an award.
[14:00] Franz
    An award?
[14:08] Isaac
    We're gonna give it to
    Dad when he comes back.
[14:11] Isaac
    Remember what he said?
[14:13] Isaac
    He's gonna go get rid of the
    bad guys far off in space.
[14:16] Franz
    Let's make his award!
[14:28] Wolfgang
    I hear we reached the execution stage,
[14:30] Wolfgang
    thanks to Kempff and Müller's efforts...
[14:33] Wolfgang
    But it just doesn't sit right with me.
[14:35] Wolfgang
    The troops being dispatched this time...
[14:38] Wolfgang
    I know we have to eliminate the
    Free Planets Alliance eventually,
[14:41] Wolfgang
    but sending troops for no reason and
    being extravagant with the military
[14:45] Wolfgang
    isn't something a healthy nation should do.
[14:48] Wolfgang
    And this guy named Schaft...
[14:50] Wolfgang
    Even if he did discover
    a new tactical theory,
[14:53] Wolfgang
    insisting on sending troops is putting
    the cart miles before the horse.
[14:58] Oskar
    Heh. That can't even be
    called a new theory.
[15:01] Oskar
    If you ask me, it's more
    like slapping fresh makeup
[15:05] Oskar
    on an outdated "big ship,
    big guns" philosophy.
[15:09] Wolfgang
    It's just a rumor, but apparently he's said
[15:11] Wolfgang
    that during the warp experiments,
    he wants to leave the fortress
[15:14] Wolfgang
    and watch the outcome by
    the fleet admiral's side,
[15:17] Wolfgang
    but his request was denied.
[15:20] Oskar
    That sounds plausible.
[15:22] Oskar
    Trying to watch a dangerous
    experiment from a safe distance
[15:27] Oskar
    is just like Schaft.
[15:29] Oskar
    Of course, if the experiment fails,
[15:32] Oskar
    his place next to His Excellency can
    hardly be called "safe" anymore.
[15:39] Wolfgang
    Anyway, Schaft's ostentatiousness aside...
[15:44] Wolfgang
    It's His Excellency I'm more worried about.
[15:48] Wolfgang
    I thought he had recovered
    from the death of Kircheis,
[15:53] Wolfgang
    but it seems as though he's changed a bit.
[15:57] Wolfgang
    Though I can't say exactly how...
[16:00] Oskar
    Yes...
[16:03] Reinhard
    The same goes for all of you.
[16:05] Reinhard
    If you have the confidence
    and resolve to defeat me,
[16:09] Reinhard
    you can try it at any time.
[16:12] Oskar
    It's only natural that someone would change
[16:15] Oskar
    after losing the one thing
    they should never lose.
[16:19] Wolfgang
    The one thing they should never lose...
[16:31] Hilde
    If Admiral Kircheis were still alive,
[16:34] Hilde
    would he advise against
    this dispatch of troops?
[16:38] Hilde
    No one can ever replace him.
[16:42] Hilde
    His Excellency seems to have
    closed off his heart,
[16:46] Hilde
    even to the most competent
    of his subordinates.
[16:49] Hilde
    Of course. There is one person
    who would find that convenient.
[17:02] Hilde
    I have yet to lose someone precious to me.
[17:07] Hilde
    I don't know what that's like...
[17:13] Hilde
    Perhaps Admiral Kircheis is still
    alive in His Excellency's heart,
[17:18] Hilde
    and his eyes and ears are attuned to
    the Admiral Kircheis he holds within?
[17:30] Destroyer Operator
    Ready to enter the subspace
    zone of influence.
[17:33] Destroyer Operator
    Guidance by the pilot fleet is complete.
[17:35] Destroyer Operator
    Repeat: guidance by the
    pilot fleet is complete.
[17:43] Na
    On March 17th of the year IC 489,
[17:48] Na
    the Geiersburg Fortress warp
    experiment was conducted.
[17:52] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generation sequence
    complete through 8.
[17:55] Na
    Aboard the fortress was Chief Engineer
    Schaft, the one who proposed the plan;
[17:56] Geiersburg Operator
    All divisions report zero issues.
[17:59] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generation sequence
    now in the final stage.
[18:00] Na
    Kempff, the commander of the operation;
[18:02] Geiersburg Operator
    Observe strictest precautions with
    regard to point of generation.
[18:02] Na
    and the vice commander, Müller,
    in addition to 12,400 officers and soldiers,
[18:05] Geiersburg Operator
    Countdown to generation:
    ten, nine, eight, seven,
[18:07] Na
    mainly those from the engineering division.
[18:10] Na
    Meanwhile, in the control room
    of the flagship* Brünhild*,
[18:10] Geiersburg Operator
    six, five, four, three, two, one...
[18:14] Na
    Reinhard was surrounded
    by Mittermeyer, Reuenthal,
[18:16] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generating.
[18:19] Na
    and Oberstein, among other staff officers,
[18:23] Na
    along with Chief Adjutant Streit,
    several vice admirals and rear admirals,
[18:28] Na
    plus the commanders of each fleet.
[18:31] Na
    All of the Imperial Navy's elite
    stood gathered together,
[18:34] Na
    holding their breath as they watched
    the large screen before them.
[18:39] Wolfgang
    It's impressive to see all
    these people together.
[18:41] Oskar
    A single bomb thrown into
    this room right now
[18:45] Oskar
    would change the future
    of the whole universe.
[18:51] Brünhild Operator
    Beginning countdown.
[18:53] Brünhild Operator
    Thirty... twenty-nine... twenty-eight...
    twenty-seven... twenty-six... twenty-five...
[18:55] Geiersburg Operator
    Rear support team, evacuate the
    warp gate axis immediately.
[18:59] Brünhild Operator
    twenty-four... twenty-three... twenty-two...
    twenty-one... twenty... nineteen...
[18:59] Geiersburg Operator
    Repeat: rear support team,
    evacuate the warp gate axis immediately.
[19:05] Brünhild Operator
    eighteen... seventeen... sixteen...
    fifteen... fourteen... thirteen...
[19:11] Brünhild Operator
    twelve... eleven... ten... nine... eight...
[19:16] Brünhild Operator
    seven... six... five... four...
    three... two... one...
[19:31] Geiersburg Operator
    This is Fox Acht.
[19:33] Geiersburg Operator
    Gravitational field at time of
    generation within acceptable range.
[19:35] Geiersburg Operator
    No objects of significance
    detected in nearby space.
[19:38] Geiersburg Operator
    All craft excluding the
    three authorized mega fleets
[19:40] Geiersburg Operator
    are to evacuate the subspace
    field generation point.
[19:56] Brünhild Operator
    Message from Fox Acht:
[19:58] Brünhild Operator
    Success!
[20:03] Reinhard
    I hereby officially declare war
    for the conquest of Iserlohn!
[20:28] Reinhard
    I'm going to pay a visit to Geiersburg.
[20:31] Reinhard
    I'll be right back.
[20:52] Reinhard
    Kempff, Müller,
    well done getting this far.
[20:56] Kempff
    Thank you, sir.
[21:00] Kempff
    We never imagined Your Excellency
    would come here in person.
[21:04] Kempff
    The men and officers are
    delighted to welcome you.
[21:09] Reinhard
    Go on ahead.
[21:11] Kempff
    Yes, sir... but...
[21:17] Reinhard
    I want to be alone for a while.
[21:21] Reinhard
    No one may enter.
[21:25] Kempff
    This is where we held the party to celebrate
    our victory in the Lippstadt War.
[21:33] Kempff
    In other words, it's where
    Admiral Kircheis died.
[22:01] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[22:05] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
[22:10] (Flashback) Kircheis
    And...
[22:12] (Flashback) Kircheis
    tell Annerose...
[22:18] (Flashback) Kircheis
    that Sieg kept the promise...
    he made so long ago...
[22:32] Reinhard
    You kept your promise, Kircheis.
[22:38] Reinhard
    So now, I'm going to keep
    my promise to you.
[22:43] Reinhard
    No matter what I must do,
[22:46] Reinhard
    I will make the universe mine.
[22:51] Reinhard
    But... I feel so cold, Kircheis.
[22:56] Reinhard
    There is no warm light in a world
    without you and my sister.
[23:02] Reinhard
    If I could turn the pages of time
    backward and return to those days...
[23:07] Reinhard
    And if I could do it all over again...
[23:12] Reinhard
    Would my world still be a little
    bit brighter and warmer?
SIGN    Episode 32
SIGN    The Inquiry
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Inquiry."

Season 3 - Collision

E32 - The Inquiry

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[00:00] Na
    An order from the Free Planets
    Alliance government was delivered
[00:04] Na
    to Yang Wen-li on Iserlohn Fortress,
[00:06] Na
    commanding him to return to the capital.
[00:10] Yang
    I just got a summons.
[00:12] Yang
    They want me to go to Heinessen.
[00:14] Frederica
    What could this be about?
[00:16] Yang
    They want me to appear at a court of inquiry.
[00:18] Yang
    I've never heard of such a thing,
[00:21] Yang
    but perhaps you have, Lieutenant?
[00:25] Frederica
    A court-martial would be one thing,
[00:28] Frederica
    but there is nothing in the Alliance charter
[00:31] Frederica
    or the military code allowing for courts of inquiry.
[00:34] Yang
    I suppose it's one of
    those extralegal things.
[00:37] Frederica
    That means it's arbitrary and
    has no basis in the law.
[00:41] Yang
    Still, the national defense committee
    chairman's act of ordering me there, by itself,
[00:46] Yang
    does have plenty of basis in the law.
[00:49] Frederica
    Do you think Operations
    Center Chief Cubersly
[00:52] Frederica
    and Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Bewcock know about this?
[00:55] Yang
    I've been told to keep it top
    secret from the two of them.
[00:58] Yang
    Contacting them would create discord
    between the government and the military.
[01:03] Yang
    I suppose I have no choice but to head
    to the city of vanity and corruption.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:41] Alex
    A court of inquiry, huh?
[02:43] Alex
    Well, above all, just try not to give
    them anything to use against you.
[02:47] Yang
    Yes, I know.
SIGN    Will you be taking an escort with you?
SIGN    I would gladly lead it.
[02:53] Yang
    No need for all that.
[02:54] Yang
    I'm not infiltrating enemy territory.
[02:57] Yang
    Just recommend one person I
    can trust to accompany me.
SIGN    How about someone both wise and brave, such as myself?
[03:03] Yang
    If the fortress defense commander
    leaves the front line, too,
[03:06] Yang
    we'll suffer for it later.
[03:07] Yang
    I need you to advise Rear Admiral Caselnes.
[03:10] Yang
    I won't take Julian this time, either.
[03:13] Yang
    And instead of Hyperion,
    I'll take a cruiser there.
[03:17] Alex
    To avoid unnecessarily
    intimidating the government?
[03:20] Alex
    That's pretty thoughtful, for you.
SIGN    Then you should take Warrant Officer Louis Machungo along.
SIGN    Those guys still in the capital are weak enough
SIGN    that he could wipe out a platoon single-handedly.
[03:30] Yang
    He's stronger than you, then?
[03:32] Yang
    I could handle a whole company.
[03:35] Alex
    By the way, will Gr—
SIGN    Will Lieutenant Greenhill be accompanying you?
[03:38] Yang
    Why wouldn't I take my adjutant with me?
SIGN    Good point, but if you take her with you,
SIGN    Julian will be awfully jealous that he was left behind.
SIGN    Episode 32
SIGN    The Inquiry
SIGN    I know Lieutenant Greenhill, with her bizarre tastes, is interested in Admiral Yang,
SIGN    but how does the admiral feel?
[04:09] Julian
    Who can say?
[04:10] Julian
    He hates letting other
    people know what's in his heart,
[04:14] Julian
    so he won't say or do anything that would settle the matter.
SIGN    He does have a surprisingly transparent side, though.
SIGN    He's smart, but he's simple and virtuous by nature.
SIGN    That can make him a bit naïve on a personal level.
[04:27] Julian
    I guess everyone is an
    expert on everyone else.
SIGN    Hey, what does that mean?
[04:33] Julian
    I need to start preparing dinner.
[04:36] Julian
    Please excuse me.
[04:37] Julian
    I must make Admiral Yang
    his favorite, Irish stew.
SIGN    It's great that you're so devoted, but don't waste your talents just making stew.
[04:57] Yang
    Julian, how tall are you now?
[05:02] Julian
    I'm 173 centimeters.
[05:04] Yang
    You'll be taller than me by next year.
[05:07] Yang
    When we first met, you didn't
    even come up to my shoulder.
[05:17] Na
    Yang's entourage, aboard the cruiser* Leda II*,
[05:21] Na
    left Iserlohn with a few
    ships serving as an escort.
SIGN    Cruiser Leda II
[05:25] Na
    The voyage to the Capital Planet Heinessen
    would take three to four weeks.
[05:31] Frederica
    What are you thinking about?
[05:34] Yang
    This trip takes so long, I have too much
    time to spend thinking about things.
[05:38] Yang
    That said, it's almost all
    about Duke Lohengramm.
[05:43] Yang
    Goldenbaum was an example of a government
    that was founded as a democracy
[05:47] Yang
    carrying out the most undemocratic
    political practices imaginable.
[05:51] Yang
    On the contrary, Duke Lohengramm's
    government was originally undemocratic,
[05:56] Yang
    but is now carrying out very
    democratic political practices.
[06:00] Yang
    It's not a government by the people,
[06:02] Yang
    but currently, it would be fair to
    say it's much more for the people.
[06:08] Yang
    Rather than acknowledge that
[06:10] Yang
    and unintentionally declare
    Lohengramm's government the enemy,
[06:14] Yang
    I think the best course of action is
    to avoid immediate military conflict.
[06:19] Yang
    On the other hand, what the
    Alliance needs to avoid
[06:22] Yang
    is collusion with the old Imperial order.
[06:26] Yang
    The moment we join hands with the old order
    as it seeks to restore its own authority,
[06:31] Yang
    we make an enemy of not
    only Duke Lohengramm,
[06:35] Yang
    but of the 25 billion Imperial
    citizens who support his reforms.
[06:42] Yang
    I'm sorry. I rambled too much.
[06:44] Yang
    I'm coming to conclusions a bit too quickly.
[06:47] Frederica
    Not at all. Might I suggest
    a little change of pace?
SIGN    Warrant Officer Louis Machungo
[07:01] Yang
    We can already pick up
    transmissions from Heinessen?
[07:04] Frederica
    Yes, since we've entered
    the Bharat Star System.
[07:07] Islands
    What we most need to
    protect most is our democracy.
[07:10] Islands
    For this cause, a temporary sacrifice or
    loss of lives...
[07:14] Yang
    This looks more interesting, at least.
[07:17] Boy
    Prepare yourself, Minister!
    Today's the day I avenge my father!
[07:21] Minister
    Fool! This kingdom already belongs to me!
[07:24] Boy
    Silence! I am the legitimate
    heir to this kingdom!
[07:29] Yang
    What is this?
[07:29] Boy
    You killed my father like a coward and
    stole this kingdom and its people from us!
[07:30] Louis
    Apparently, it's quite popular
    among children recently.
[07:33] Yang
    Who sponsors it?
[07:35] Louis
    I believe it's a company in Fezzan
    that produces synthetic food.
[07:36] Minister
    Wait, are you...
[07:37] Leader
    We are this kingdom's Four Musketeers.
[07:39] Yang
    Ah, I see.
[07:40] Leader
    We have remained in hiding, awaiting the
    perfect moment to restore the prince to the throne!
[07:41] Yang
    I thought it was more propaganda by
    backers of the old Imperial order.
[07:47] Louis
    Surely not...
[07:48] Frederica
    It could certainly be perceived that way.
SIGN    Capital Planet Heinessen
[07:59] Bay
    Admiral Yang, I am Rear Admiral Bay.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Bay
[08:03] Bay
    I am the head of High Council Chairman
    Trunicht's security service.
[08:08] Bay
    I have been charged with
    your personal protection.
[08:20] Frederica
    What?
[08:21] Bay
    My orders are to bring Admiral Yang alone.
[08:25] Frederica
    I am the admiral's adjutant.
[08:31] Yang
    Lieutenant Greenhill.
[09:00] Bay
    If you need anything,
    please let this man know.
[09:04] Bay
    Now, if you will excuse me.
[09:14] Yang
    I'm under house arrest here.
[09:26] Bay
    Admiral, the inquiry will
    commence in one hour.
[09:30] Bay
    Please prepare.
[09:42] Negroponte
    I am National Defense Committee
    Chairman Negroponte.
SIGN    National Defense Committee Chairman
    Negroponte
SIGN    National Autonomous University President
    Oliveira
SIGN    Admiral Rockwell
SIGN    Huang Louis
[09:52] Negroponte
    Admiral Yang, you may be seated.
[09:58] Negroponte
    No! You mustn't cross your legs!
[10:01] Negroponte
    Sit up straight!
[10:03] Negroponte
    You are the subject of an inquiry!
[10:05] Negroponte
    Do not forget the position you hold here!
[10:08] Negroponte
    Now, let us begin the inquiry.
[10:12] Na
    The first two hours of the inquiry were
    spent reviewing Yang's past exploits.
[10:19] Na
    His parents' names, his father's occupation,
[10:23] Na
    and his past leading up to his
    enrollment in the military academy
[10:26] Na
    were all examined in thorough
    detail with his introduction.
[10:32] Negroponte
    Your grades at the military academy...
[10:34] Negroponte
    Tactical Analysis: 92 points.
[10:37] Negroponte
    Marksmanship: 58 points.
[10:39] Negroponte
    Battleship Piloting: 59 points.
[10:42] Negroponte
    Mechanical Engineering: 59 points.
[10:47] Yang
    If I'd scored lower than 55 in even
    one course, I would have failed.
[10:51] Yang
    And if I'd failed and gotten
    kicked out of school,
[10:55] Yang
    where would I be now?
[10:57] Yang
    I guess Iserlohn would still be in
    Imperial hands and proudly impregnable,
[11:02] Yang
    but the Alliance would've avoided
    defeat in the Battle of Amritsar.
[11:07] Yang
    The Salvation Council's
    coup would've partially succeeded,
[11:11] Yang
    and the civil war between it and its
    opponents might still be going on.
[11:15] Yang
    In which case Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
[11:18] Yang
    would've taken the chance
    to send a massive force,
[11:20] Yang
    bringing his dream of being a
    supreme ruler closer to fruition.
[11:25] Yang
    And speaking only of my own personal life,
[11:28] Yang
    I never would have met Lieutenant Greenhill,
[11:30] Yang
    my mentor Caselnes, Julian,
    or Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
[11:36] Yang
    I might have been drafted and
    then killed on the front line,
[11:40] Yang
    or I might have dodged the
    draft and ended up a fugitive.
[11:44] Negroponte
    And now, you are the youngest
    admiral in the Alliance Navy,
[11:49] Negroponte
    as well as the supreme
    commander on the front line.
[11:52] Negroponte
    You have the sort of good fortune
    that would make anyone envious.
[11:56] Negroponte
    However, in our democratic republic,
[12:00] Negroponte
    no one can be permitted to violate
    our norms and act arbitrarily.
[12:04] Negroponte
    This inquiry was called to eradicate
    concerns regarding such behavior.
[12:09] Negroponte
    Now, the first question is as follows.
[12:14] Negroponte
    During the suppression of
    last year's coup d'état,
[12:17] Negroponte
    you destroyed all twelve satellites
    in Artemis's Necklace, correct?
[12:21] Yang
    Correct.
[12:22] Negroponte
    One cannot help feeling that this was a
    terribly hot-tempered, barbaric decision.
[12:27] Negroponte
    Was there no other way but
    to completely destroy
[12:31] Negroponte
    such a valuable national asset?
[12:33] Yang
    I did it because I believed
    there was no other way.
[12:37] Yang
    If you believe my judgment was in the wrong,
[12:40] Yang
    I would love to hear any
    alternative suggestions.
[12:42] Negroponte
    Very well.
[12:44] Negroponte
    Could you not have destroyed
    two or three attack satellites
[12:47] Negroponte
    and then begun your orbital descent?
[12:51] Yang
    If I had done that, the remaining
    satellites would have attacked us,
[12:55] Yang
    and many of our navy's men would
    have undoubtedly been lost.
[13:00] Yang
    If you say that some unmanned satellites
    are more valuable than our men's lives,
[13:04] Yang
    then my judgment was indeed wrong.
[13:07] Negroponte
    Those backing the coup d'état
    were confined on Heinessen.
[13:11] Negroponte
    Could you not have taken the time
    to dampen their will to resist?
[13:18] Yang
    I did consider that method,
[13:20] Yang
    but I had to discard it on two points.
[13:23] Negroponte
    I would love to hear them.
[13:25] Yang
    First, there was the risk that the coup
    d'état supporters, when backed into a corner,
[13:30] Yang
    would take key members of the
    government in the capital hostage.
[13:33] Yang
    If they had held a gun to
    your head and made demands,
[13:38] Yang
    we would not have had the luxury of choice.
[13:43] Yang
    The second is an even greater danger.
[13:47] Yang
    At the time, the unrest in the
    Empire was nearing its end.
[13:51] Yang
    If we had sat around waiting for the coup
    d'état supporters to self-destruct,
[13:55] Yang
    Reinhard von Lohengramm, the war genius,
[14:00] Yang
    may have used the momentum of his victory
    to invade us with a massive force.
[14:07] Yang
    For these two reasons, I had no
    choice but to resort to a method
[14:13] Yang
    that would quickly free Heinessen
[14:16] Yang
    and give the coup d'état supporters
    a psychological defeat.
[14:19] Yang
    You're free to feel that this was the wrong choice,
[14:22] Yang
    and I'm content to accept that.
[14:24] Yang
    But if you cannot provide a superior alternative,
[14:29] Yang
    the men who risked their lives fighting
    would be less easily convinced than me.
[14:40] Negroponte
    All right, we'll set that
    aside for now and move on.
[14:44] Negroponte
    Before fighting the enemy
    at the Doria Starzone,
[14:47] Negroponte
    you stood before every officer
    and soldier in the navy and said
[14:51] Negroponte
    that the rise and fall of a nation
    was trivial in comparison
[14:55] Negroponte
    to the people's rights and freedoms.
[14:57] Negroponte
    Several witnesses have testified that
    you said this. Is this correct?
[15:02] Yang
    I can't say whether those
    were my exact words,
[15:06] Yang
    but I did say something to that effect.
[15:09] Negroponte
    Do you not think it was a
    dishonorable thing to say?
[15:11] Yang
    What? Why?
[15:14] Negroponte
    You are a soldier, and it is your
    duty to protect your country!
[15:18] Negroponte
    Not only that, but you achieved the
    rank of admiral at a young age,
[15:21] Negroponte
    and you lead a military force
    the size of a major city!
[15:25] Negroponte
    Do you not find it dishonorable
    for a man in your position
[15:32] Negroponte
    to make light of his country
    and scorn his duty to it?
[15:36] Yang
    With all due respect, Chairman,
[15:38] Yang
    I believe that was actually an unusually
    honorable thing for me to say.
[15:43] Yang
    A country is not made by cellular division
    into its individual components,
[15:47] Yang
    but by the gathering of individuals
    with their own proactive wishes.
[15:53] Yang
    Thus, in a democratic society,
    which is the master
[15:56] Yang
    and which is the servant
    should be self-evident.
[15:59] Negroponte
    Is it really self-evident?
[16:01] Negroponte
    My idea of "honorable" seems
    to differ a bit from yours.
[16:04] Negroponte
    A nation possesses indispensable value.
[16:07] Yang
    Does it?
[16:09] Yang
    People can live without a nation,
[16:12] Yang
    but a nation cannot exist without people.
[16:15] Negroponte
    Well, this is a surprise.
[16:17] Negroponte
    It seems you are a rather extreme anarchist.
[16:20] Yang
    Incorrect. I am a vegetarian.
[16:24] Yang
    Although if I see a meat dish that
    looks particularly delicious,
[16:27] Yang
    I will very quickly violate that rule.
[16:30] Negroponte
    Admiral Yang! Are you trying
    to insult this court?!
[16:34] Yang
    Certainly not. I have no
    intention of doing so.
[16:44] Huang
    Why don't we all take a brief break?
[16:49] Huang
    I'm sure Admiral Yang is quite tired,
[16:51] Huang
    and honestly, I am bored—
    I mean, exhausted.
[16:55] Huang
    I would very much appreciate a break.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance High Council Building
[17:01] Trunicht
    Seems like Negroponte and the others
    on the court are struggling.
[17:04] Trunicht
    That's fine. Tell them
    they can take their time.
SIGN    High Council Chairman
    Job Trunicht
[17:08] Negroponte
    You have appointed Lieutenant Greenhill
    as your adjutant, correct?
[17:13] Yang
    Correct. Is that a problem?
[17:15] Negroponte
    She is the daughter of Admiral Greenhill,
[17:18] Negroponte
    a man who rebelled against
    our democratic republic.
[17:22] Negroponte
    I am certain you know this.
[17:25] Yang
    Oh? So in our free country,
[17:27] Yang
    are children responsible for their parents'
    sins, like in autocratic nations of old?
[17:32] Negroponte
    I did not say that.
[17:34] Yang
    But I see no other way to interpret it.
[17:36] Negroponte
    What I am saying is that, in order to
    avoid unnecessary misunderstandings,
[17:40] Negroponte
    it is vital to give careful consideration
    to your choice of personnel!
[17:44] Yang
    Could you explain in detail what you mean
    by "unnecessary misunderstandings"?
[17:51] Yang
    It's one thing to make such grave
    accusations based on concrete evidence,
[17:55] Yang
    but I feel no need to make considerations
[17:57] Yang
    for a concept as vague as
    "unnecessary misunderstandings."
[18:02] Yang
    As for my choice of adjutant,
[18:04] Yang
    my right as a military commander to appoint
    my own staff is guaranteed by the law.
[18:08] Yang
    And if you are ordering me to fire
    a competent, trustworthy adjutant,
[18:13] Yang
    I would have to assume you were
    doing so with the intention
[18:16] Yang
    of dealing a blow to the military by obstructing
    the optimal use of military faculties.
[18:22] Yang
    Is it fair to interpret
    your statement that way?
[18:30] Oliveira
    Admiral Yang.
[18:31] Oliveira
    It would seem you have some preconceived
    notions regarding this court,
[18:36] Oliveira
    but you are mistaken.
[18:38] Oliveira
    We did not summon you here to condemn you.
[18:42] Oliveira
    In fact, we convened this inquiry in
    hopes of improving your position.
[18:47] Oliveira
    Naturally, to do so required
    your cooperation,
[18:50] Oliveira
    and we intend to spare no effort
    in cooperating with you.
[18:54] Yang
    In that case, there's one
    thing I'd like to ask of you.
[18:58] Oliveira
    What is that?
[18:59] Yang
    If you have a list of desired responses,
    could you show it to me?
[19:02] Yang
    I would like to know what sort
    of answers you expect of me.
[19:07] Negroponte
    A warning to the questioned!
[19:09] Negroponte
    Any behavior that insults this court
[19:11] Negroponte
    or mocks its authority and
    dignity is strictly prohibited!
[19:21] Yang
    I'd like to go out for a meal.
[19:24] NCO
    Sir, we will provide your
    meals for you here.
[19:27] Yang
    I want to eat out, not in
    a dreary place like this.
[19:32] NCO
    You will need Rear Admiral Bay's
    permission to leave.
[19:35] Yang
    I don't even want his permission.
[19:37] NCO
    Whether you want it or not, it is necessary.
[19:39] Yang
    Then could I see Rear Admiral Bay?
[19:42] NCO
    He is out on official business.
[19:46] Yang
    When will he be back?
[19:47] NCO
    I do not know.
[19:49] NCO
    Is that all you wanted?
[19:57] Yang
    To hell with this!
[20:09] Yang
    I'm quitting.
[20:11] Yang
    This time, I swear I'm really going to quit.
[20:42] Frederica
    Rear Admiral Bay.
[20:45] Frederica
    As Admiral Yang's adjutant, I request
    an audience with my superior.
[20:49] Frederica
    Where is the admiral?
[20:51] Bay
    That is a matter of the
    highest state secrecy.
[20:54] Bay
    I can't allow you to see him,
    and I can't tell you where he is.
[20:58] Frederica
    I understand.
[20:59] Frederica
    So an "inquiry" is what you call
    a private mental torture session?
[21:04] Bay
    Lieutenant Greenhill,
    you'd best watch your tongue.
[21:07] Frederica
    If I'm wrong, then I also request
    that you make the inquiry public
[21:11] Frederica
    and allow his counsel to both appear
    with him and meet him elsewhere.
[21:15] Bay
    Such requests cannot be granted.
[21:18] Frederica
    Why can they not be granted?
[21:20] Bay
    I am not obligated to answer that.
[21:22] Frederica
    Then you don't mind if I inform the press
    that certain high-ranking government officials
[21:27] Frederica
    are subjecting Admiral Yang, a national hero,
    to unlawful and arbitrary mental lynching?
[21:33] Bay
    J-Just try it!
[21:35] Bay
    It would lead to the invocation of
    our state secret protection law,
[21:39] Bay
    and you would be court-martialed yourself!
[21:42] Frederica
    This matter does not meet the
    conditions for a court-martial.
[21:45] Frederica
    The state secret protection law says
    nothing about courts of inquiry.
[21:50] Frederica
    Therefore, making the proceedings
    of an inquiry public
[21:53] Frederica
    could not possibly constitute a crime.
[21:56] Frederica
    If you insist on ignoring
    Admiral Yang's human rights
[21:58] Frederica
    and refuse to yield on the
    secrecy of this inquiry,
[22:01] Frederica
    we will take whatever steps
    we are capable of taking.
[22:06] Bay
    Hmph! Like father, like daughter.
[22:16] (Flashback) Yang
    I'm a lazy man, you know.
[22:19] (Flashback) Yang
    I need a capable adjutant by my side.
[22:23] (Flashback) Yang
    I'd be lost without you.
[22:35] Alex
    I wonder how Yang's doing right now.
[22:37] Murai
    I just hope he's not unnecessarily
    provoking the inquiry committee.
[22:41] Fyodor
    He might actually be eating delicious
    food and having a great time.
[22:45] Murai
    Patrichev...
[22:46] Alex
    I sure hope so.
[22:51] Iserlohn Operator
    Gravity fluctuation detected
    in the Iserlohn Corridor.
[22:54] Iserlohn Operator
    Displaying alert.
[22:58] Iserlohn Operator
    Signs suggest a warp through space.
[23:00] Iserlohn Operator
    Distance is 300 light-seconds.
[23:02] Iserlohn Operator
    Mass is...
[23:03] Iserlohn Operator
    Mass is...
[23:05] Iserlohn Operator
    unspeakably huge!
[23:06] Murai
    Be more specific!
[23:08] Iserlohn Operator
    Mass is estimated at forty trillion tons.
[23:11] Iserlohn Operator
    This is no battleship.
[23:13] Iserlohn Operator
    It's coming!
SIGN    Episode 33
SIGN    War Without Weapons
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "War Without Weapons."

Season 3 - Collision

E33 - War Without Weapons

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SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:31] Iserlohn OperatorA
    Using optical observation,
    radio observation,
[01:34] Iserlohn OperatorA
    and surveillance satellite data
    to compile a real-time image.
[01:38] Iserlohn OperatorA
    Visibility: 90%.
[01:42] Schneider
    I'm almost certain that's
    Geiersburg Fortress.
[01:45] Schneider
    It was the home base for the nobles'
    coalition in the Lippstadt War.
[01:51] Schneider
    A manmade celestial object
    45 kilometers in diameter,
[01:54] Schneider
    with an interior of metal alloys and
    ceramic surrounded by liquid metal.
[01:58] Schneider
    Like Iserlohn Fortress,
    it houses a garrison force
[02:03] Schneider
    and is equipped with fortress artillery.
[02:06] Schneider
    But based on what our images show,
[02:08] Schneider
    this is not the Geiersburg
    Fortress that we know.
SIGN    So I guess it's not being used in the spirit of friendship and goodwill.
[02:18] Murai
    Still, what an extreme thing to do.
[02:21] Murai
    Warping an entire fortress?
SIGN    It's not exactly new technology.
SIGN    They're just using it on a larger scale.
SIGN    And an astonishingly large scale, at that.
[02:36] Alex
    Still, it's a fact that
    they caught us off guard.
[02:40] Alex
    At a time when Commander Yang
    isn't here, no less.
[02:43] Alex
    We'll have to see this through
    on our own for a while.
SIGN    A shootout between two fortresses, is it?
SIGN    That'll be quite the fireworks show.
[02:53] Alex
    Even if Yang rushes here
    as quickly as possible,
[02:56] Alex
    the trip will still take
    him at least four weeks.
[02:59] Alex
    And it's possible it'll be even longer,
[03:01] Alex
    but unlikely it'll be any shorter.
SIGN    Commodore Fyodor Patrichev
[03:04] Fyodor
    Looks like we have a fun future in store.
[03:06] Murai
    This is no joke.
[03:08] Murai
    Do you know what will happen if we
    lose the Iserlohn Corridor now?
[03:12] Murai
    After our defeat at Amritsar,
    we don't currently have
[03:16] Murai
    the forces to stand up to
    the Empire's entire navy.
[03:19] Murai
    This is our last stand.
[03:24] Alex
    We must pull through,
    whatever it takes.
[03:27] Alex
    Send this message to Heinessen:
[03:29] Alex
    "The Empire is invading the
    Iserlohn Corridor in full force,
[03:33] Alex
    using a massive mobile fortress.
[03:36] Alex
    Requesting immediate aid."
[03:39] OperatorA
    Yes, sir.
[03:41] Alex
    And one last thing...
[03:43] Alex
    We must not let the enemy know
    that Commander Yang isn't here.
[03:46] Alex
    If they find out, they will
    undoubtedly reinforce their offense.
[03:50] Alex
    Keep Yang Wen-li's absence
    under wraps until he returns,
[03:55] Alex
    no matter what.
SIGN    Episode 33
SIGN    War Without Weapons
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[04:13] ReceptionistA
    I cannot permit entrance to
    anyone without an appointment.
[04:17] Frederica
    It's an emergency.
[04:19] Frederica
    I must speak with Admiral Bewcock.
[04:21] ReceptionistA
    I understand, but you must
    follow the proper procedure.
[04:25] Frederica
    If we do that—
[04:26] Bewcock
    Lieutenant.
[04:27] Bewcock
    What are you doing here?
[04:29] Frederica
    Admiral!
SIGN    Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
[04:33] Bewcock
    How could this be?
[04:35] Bewcock
    I wasn't even informed that
    Admiral Yang was on Heinessen.
[04:40] Frederica
    I was deeply torn regarding whether
    or not I should inform you.
[04:45] Frederica
    If things go poorly, it could result in conflict
    between the government and the military.
[04:49] Bewcock
    That is a legitimate concern,
[04:52] Bewcock
    but also an unnecessary one.
[04:55] Bewcock
    Because it is now unthinkable
    that the entire military
[05:01] Bewcock
    would come together against the government.
[05:04] Frederica
    Are you saying the military
    is divided into two camps?
[05:08] Bewcock
    Yes, there are two camps.
[05:12] Bewcock
    If you'd consider the overwhelming majority
    and the minority to be on equal footing.
[05:16] Bewcock
    Of course, I'm in the minority.
[05:19] Bewcock
    Not that that's anything to brag about.
[05:21] Frederica
    What led you to that position?
[05:25] Bewcock
    It's difficult to say,
[05:27] Bewcock
    but if I had to name a reason,
    it would be last year's coup d'état
[05:30] Bewcock
    by the National Salvation Military Council.
[05:34] Bewcock
    It destroyed the navy's popularity,
[05:37] Bewcock
    and politicians took advantage of its
    diminished influence to intervene in military affairs,
[05:43] Bewcock
    placing their minions in critical positions.
[05:49] Frederica
    I don't know what to say...
[05:51] Bewcock
    Oh, I'm not particularly suffering from it.
[05:54] Bewcock
    It just irritates me to
    see them sneaking about and plotting.
[05:58] Bewcock
    The truth is, there may even
    be a bug in this room.
[06:03] Bewcock
    And the reason I told you
    all this in spite of that
[06:07] Bewcock
    is because there's no point in
    trying to hide my true colors now,
[06:10] Bewcock
    and because a recording made by wiretap
    won't hold up as evidence in court.
[06:14] Frederica
    The government can't openly trample on
    its supposedly democratic position.
[06:19] Frederica
    If it comes to it, we can sue them for
    violating human rights by wiretapping.
[06:24] Bewcock
    It makes me happy to hear that from
    such an intelligent lieutenant.
[06:31] Bewcock
    Now, as for Admiral Yang's situation...
[06:34] Bewcock
    Now that I know what's happening,
    I'll do whatever I can.
[06:38] Bewcock
    I would very much appreciate your help.
[06:42] Frederica
    But won't this be problematic for you?
[06:48] Bewcock
    No need to worry about that after
    you came to see me about this.
[06:52] Bewcock
    I like that young man, you see.
[06:55] Bewcock
    Oh... But don't tell him that.
[07:00] Bewcock
    Young folks let things go
    to their heads so easily.
[07:04] Frederica
    I am truly grateful.
[07:07] Frederica
    If I might make an appeal to your character,
[07:09] Frederica
    I quite like you myself, Admiral Bewcock.
[07:12] Bewcock
    I wish my wife could've heard you say that.
[07:15] Bewcock
    By the way, one more thing...
[07:18] Bewcock
    When you came here, did anyone follow you?
[07:23] Machungo
    We saw more than one suspicious vehicle.
[07:28] Bewcock
    Bay, you weasel...
[07:30] Bewcock
    Lieutenant, this is the present state
    of the headquarters of our democracy.
[07:35] Bewcock
    The rain hasn't started to fall yet,
[07:37] Bewcock
    but the clouds are hanging awfully heavy.
[07:40] Bewcock
    The situation is rapidly deteriorating.
[07:43] Bewcock
    Improving the weather is
    not an easy thing to do.
[07:48] Frederica
    I'm prepared for what is to come.
[07:50] Bewcock
    Good.
[07:52] Bewcock
    That means we're on the same side,
[07:54] Bewcock
    even if we hail from different generations.
[07:57] Bewcock
    Contact Councilor Lebello at once.
[08:00] Bewcock
    As a former member of the High Council,
[08:03] Bewcock
    he should be able to find out
    what's going on in the inquiry.
[08:05] Pfeifer
    Yes, sir.
[08:07] Bewcock
    You can stay at my home tonight.
[08:10] Bewcock
    The navy barracks pose dangers
    far greater than mere wiretaps.
[08:14] Frederica
    Are you sure it's all right?
[08:16] Bewcock
    Of course.
[08:18] Na
    Having earned Bewcock's favor,
    Frederica and her guard
[08:22] Na
    made his home the main base for
    their business on Heinessen.
[08:27] Na
    The next morning,
    after being contacted by Lebello,
[08:30] Na
    the two of them headed for his office.
[08:34] Frederica
    Wow...
[08:36] Machungo
    What is this?
[08:38] Machungo
    It's all lies! This is unforgivable!
[08:41] Frederica
    It's all right. It's not even
    worth getting angry over.
[08:45] Frederica
    But this is proof
[08:46] Frederica
    of the pressure that the government
    is putting on journalism in this country.
[08:51] Frederica
    I didn't realize the situation
    had reached this point.
[08:56] Lebello
    Lieutenant Greenhill, I share your concern.
[09:00] Lebello
    The government's interference in the press
SIGN    Joan Lebello
[09:03] Lebello
    is something no democracy should tolerate.
[09:06] Na
    Previously, when Joan Lebello worked as
    Financial Secretary of the High Council,
[09:12] Na
    he was known as an upright man who objected to
    the Alliance's invasion of Imperial territory.
[09:18] Lebello
    Are you familiar with the Edwards Committee?
[09:21] Frederica
    It's an anti-war group organized
    in memory of Miss Jessica Edwards.
[09:26] Frederica
    I heard they spilled blood
    in the recent conflict.
[09:30] Lebello
    That is not true.
[09:34] Lebello
    They complained about the
    unfairness of the draft.
[09:39] Lebello
    Among key figures in government, finance, and bureaucracy,
[09:42] Lebello
    less than 15% sent their
    children into the military,
[09:46] Lebello
    and less than 1% were
    sent to the front lines.
[09:53] Lebello
    But almost no journalists covered this.
[09:59] Lebello
    Sensing a crisis, the Edwards Committee
[10:01] Lebello
    took to the streets to
    appeal to everyday people.
[10:05] Lebello
    But their protest was violently thwarted
    by the Patriotic Knight Corps.
[10:13] Lebello
    And what made the whole ordeal
    seem even more bizarre
[10:16] Lebello
    was that the ones arrested
    and detained by the police
[10:19] Lebello
    were not the Patriotic Knight Corps,
[10:21] Lebello
    but members of the Edwards Committee.
[10:24] Lebello
    The prosecutors said they'd started attacking
    each other after an argument.
[10:29] Lebello
    The press reported that as the truth,
[10:31] Lebello
    and the Patriotic Knight Corps
    never even came up.
[10:36] Frederica
    I can't believe it. How could that happen?
[10:39] Lebello
    Unfortunately, it's the truth.
[10:42] Lebello
    Democracy in the Alliance
    is on the verge of crisis.
[10:48] Oliveira
    Admiral.
[10:50] Oliveira
    You are a fine man, but you are still young.
[10:53] Oliveira
    You don't seem to understand
    the true nature of war.
[10:58] Oliveira
    Listen closely.
    War is a product of civilization.
[11:03] Oliveira
    It is the most sensible method
    for resolving contradictions
[11:08] Oliveira
    both internationally and domestically.
[11:10] Oliveira
    Humans are animals that
    are prone to corruption.
[11:13] Oliveira
    And states of peace and freedom
    corrupt them particularly easily.
[11:19] Oliveira
    It is war that brings
    vitality and discipline,
[11:22] Oliveira
    and it is war that causes
    the human race to evolve.
[11:25] Oliveira
    War trains people, helping them improve
    both mentally and physically.
[11:30] Yang
    That is a wonderful opinion.
[11:33] Yang
    Anyone who hasn't lost their life
    or the life of a loved one in war
[11:39] Yang
    might be inclined to believe it.
[11:41] Yang
    It would be especially appealing to those
[11:45] Yang
    who use war to amass their own
    personal profits on top of
[11:49] Yang
    the sacrifices of others.
[11:51] Yang
    Or those who deceive others
    by appealing to patriotic instincts
[11:54] Yang
    that they themselves do not possess.
[11:57] Oliveira
    A-Are you...
[11:59] Oliveira
    Are you insinuating that
    our patriotism is fake?!
[12:04] Yang
    If national defense and self-sacrifice
    are as vital as you say,
[12:09] Yang
    then why don't you try doing so
    yourselves before forcing others to?
[12:15] Yang
    For example, advocates of war
    could start a Patriotic Regiment,
[12:19] Yang
    and when the Imperial Navy attacks,
[12:22] Yang
    they could be the ones
    to rush the enemy first.
[12:25] Yang
    Might I suggest you start by relocating
    your homes from the safety
[12:29] Yang
    of the capital to the
    front lines of Iserlohn?
[12:31] Yang
    There is plenty of space there.
[12:35] Yang
    What is the most cowardly,
    shameful thing a person could do?
[12:40] Yang
    It is when people who curry
    favor with those in authority
[12:43] Yang
    glorify war while they hide
    in their safe spaces,
[12:46] Yang
    forcing the concepts of patriotism
    and self-sacrifice upon others
[12:50] Yang
    before sending them off to the battlefield.
[12:52] Yang
    To achieve universal peace,
[12:54] Yang
    rather than keeping up a profitless
    war against the Empire,
[12:57] Yang
    should we not start by exterminating
    such malicious parasites?
[13:02] Negroponte
    Are you calling us parasites?!
[13:05] Yang
    Did it sound like anything else?
[13:09] Negroponte
    That is a baseless insult
[13:11] Negroponte
    and an unimaginable display of disrespect!
[13:14] Negroponte
    We may have no choice but to sanction you for your lack of character!
[13:20] Negroponte
    This court of inquiry will
    be prolonged yet again!
[13:27] Yang
    I have an objection.
[13:29] Negroponte
    The questioned is forbidden to speak!
[13:31] Yang
    On what grounds?
[13:33] Negroponte
    The court is not obligated to explain!
[13:36] Negroponte
    You will abide by the rules!
[13:39] Yang
    Could you just order me to leave already?
[13:43] Yang
    To be completely honest,
[13:46] Yang
    I can't stand to see or hear
    this farce continue any longer.
[13:49] Yang
    It's not like I'm paying money to be here,
[13:52] Yang
    but there's only so much I can—
[13:55] Negroponte
    What?!
[13:56] Official1
    Actually...
[14:01] Negroponte
    Is that true?!
[14:03] Official1
    Yes.
[14:07] Negroponte
    Admiral Rockwell, President Oliveira.
[14:11] Negroponte
    Come with me.
[14:14] Oliveira
    H-How could this be?
[14:28] Frederica
    Your Excellency?
[14:29] Bewcock
    Councilor Lebello has found Yang's location.
[14:32] Frederica
    Really? Then we should—
[14:34] Bewcock
    But we've also received other,
    much more serious news.
[14:40] Frederica
    What would that be?
[14:42] Bewcock
    Well, you see...
[14:47] Negroponte
    Admiral Yang!
[14:49] Negroponte
    Sit up straight!
[14:51] Negroponte
    There has been an emergency!
[14:53] Negroponte
    Iserlohn Fortress is currently under
    full-scale attack by the Empire!
[14:58] Negroponte
    It seems the enemy warped an entire
    massive fortress there to attack it!
[15:04] Negroponte
    Reinforcements must dispatch at once!
[15:08] Yang
    I see. And you're telling me to go?
[15:12] Negroponte
    Obviously!
[15:14] Negroponte
    You have a duty and an obligation as
    the commander of Iserlohn Fortress!
[15:20] Yang
    But, unfortunately, I have been called far
    from the front lines to undergo an inquiry.
[15:25] Yang
    What will become of that inquiry?
[15:30] Negroponte
    The inquiry will be called off!
[15:32] Negroponte
    Admiral Yang, I order you as the
    National Defense Committee Chairman!
[15:36] Negroponte
    Depart for Iserlohn Fortress to command our
    defense and counterattack immediately!
[15:45] Yang
    Very well.
[15:47] Yang
    I will return to Iserlohn.
[15:49] Yang
    My subordinates and friends
    are there, after all.
[15:54] Negroponte
    Very good.
[15:55] Yang
    And...
[15:57] Yang
    This means you'll guarantee my
    freedom to act as I please, yes?
[16:01] Negroponte
    Of course. You are free.
[16:04] Yang
    Then, I will now take my leave.
[16:08] Negroponte
    Admiral Yang!
[16:10] Negroponte
    We do have a chance of winning, right?
[16:12] Negroponte
    No, of course we do!
    After all, you are Miracle Yang!
[16:16] Negroponte
    I know you will live up to the
    confidence we have in you.
[16:20] Yang
    I'll do whatever I can.
[16:23] Yang
    Oh, right. I forgot something important.
[16:27] Negroponte
    What is that?
[16:28] Yang
    At some point, I will expect you to explain
    why you specifically chose
[16:32] Yang
    a time when the Imperial Navy was invading
[16:36] Yang
    to summon me away from Iserlohn.
[16:40] Yang
    Assuming Iserlohn survives
    this attack, of course.
[16:45] Yang
    Farewell.
[16:50] Negroponte
    That insolent little upstart!
[16:53] Negroponte
    Who does he think he is?!
[16:55] Huang
    Is he not the hero who saved this country?
[16:59] Huang
    If it hadn't been for that
    "insolent little upstart",
[17:03] Huang
    we would have surrendered to the Empire
[17:06] Huang
    and been thrown into prison as
    political criminals by now.
[17:09] Huang
    We certainly wouldn't have time
    to waste on this sham court.
[17:14] Huang
    He is our savior.
[17:16] Huang
    And we spent the last several days
    antagonizing him, forgetting our debt to him.
[17:21] Negroponte
    But did he not take an extremely
    rude attitude toward his superiors?
[17:26] Huang
    Superiors? Are politicians really
    that high on the ladder?
[17:31] Huang
    It's not as if we've contributed anything
    to the productivity of society.
[17:36] Huang
    We're just the ones who've been appointed
[17:40] Huang
    to redistribute the people's tax
    money fairly and efficiently,
[17:44] Huang
    and who get paid to do so.
[17:47] Huang
    Calling us parasites who feed on
    society is putting it nicely.
[17:52] Huang
    The air of importance that gives us
[17:55] Huang
    is just a hallucination resulting
    from a lot of publicity.
[17:58] Huang
    But aside from a silly dispute like this,
[18:00] Huang
    there's a fire burning much
    closer to us right now.
[18:03] Huang
    Why don't we worry about that instead?
[18:06] Huang
    As Admiral Yang said,
    responsibility for taking him
[18:10] Huang
    from the front lines in the
    face of an enemy attack
[18:12] Huang
    must be assumed by someone.
[18:15] Huang
    This will likely call for
    a letter of resignation...
[18:18] Huang
    and of course, I'm not talking
    about Admiral Yang's.
[18:30] Frederica
    Admiral Yang.
[18:35] Yang
    I'm sorry for all the trouble.
[18:38] Bewcock
    Oh, please. All I did was help.
[18:41] Bewcock
    It's Lieutenant Greenhill you should thank.
[18:44] Frederica
    No, in the end, I wasn't able to
    be of any help to you at all.
[18:50] Yang
    No.
[18:52] Yang
    You had to experience some
    terrible feelings on my account.
[18:56] Yang
    I guess... I don't know how I can
    express my gratitude, but...
[19:01] Yang
    Thank you.
[19:04] Frederica
    I only did what an adjutant
    ought to do, Admiral.
[19:09] Bewcock
    Now, there are some preparations
    we need to make,
[19:13] Bewcock
    but first, let's have dinner.
[19:15] Bewcock
    I think Iserlohn will hold out
    long enough to do that, at least.
[19:23] Negroponte
    Yes... Yes.
[19:25] Negroponte
    And... regarding my future
    in this position...
[19:29] Trunicht
    Hmm... I'm afraid I can't say.
[19:33] Trunicht
    But right now, I need Admiral
    Yang to return to Iserlohn
[19:37] Trunicht
    and take up command in
    defense of our country.
[19:41] Trunicht
    As a rule, the Free Planets Alliance
    Navy is under civilian control.
[19:45] Trunicht
    That the admiral has misgivings
    about this pains me greatly.
[19:51] Trunicht
    You understand what I'm saying, don't you?
[19:53] Negroponte
    Y-Yes, sir! Leave everything to me!
[19:57] Yang
    Thank you so much for all you've done.
[19:59] Lebello
    I only did what had to be done.
[20:03] Lebello
    But right now, Admiral Yang, as the people
    are losing trust in our government,
[20:09] Lebello
    there is a high-ranking officer in our
    navy who is both skilled and popular.
[20:13] Lebello
    I'm referring to you, of course,
[20:16] Lebello
    but this is the most dangerous position
    for a democratic republic to be in.
[20:20] Lebello
    One could call it the greenhouse for
    growing the seeds of dictatorship.
[20:24] Yang
    Does that mean I'm a flower
    growing in a greenhouse?
[20:28] Lebello
    If things go poorly, Admiral Yang,
[20:31] Lebello
    the future could see you go down in history
    as the second Rudolf von Goldenbaum.
[20:37] Yang
    Now, wait just a minute.
[20:39] Yang
    I have no intention of becoming
    an authority figure.
[20:42] Yang
    If that was what I wanted,
[20:43] Yang
    I had ample opportunities to do
    it in last year's coup d'état.
[20:47] Lebello
    That's what I think...
    what I want to think.
[20:51] Lebello
    But the reality is that people change.
[20:55] Lebello
    I have my doubts that Emperor Rudolf
    had ambitions of becoming a despot
[20:59] Lebello
    when he assumed the throne 500 years ago.
[21:03] Lebello
    Before he obtained power,
[21:05] Lebello
    he may have been a bit self-righteous,
[21:08] Lebello
    but he was a reformer,
    burning with ideals and convictions,
[21:10] Lebello
    and he may have been no more than that.
[21:13] Lebello
    But when he obtained power, he changed.
[21:16] Lebello
    He raced down the highway from pure
    self-affirmation to self-deification.
[21:22] Yang
    Do you think that I would change,
    too, if I obtained power?
[21:27] Lebello
    I don't know. All I can do is pray...
[21:33] Lebello
    that such a day never comes.
[21:42] Negroponte
    There was something I neglected
    to verify earlier.
[21:47] Yang
    What might that be?
[21:48] Negroponte
    Since you are in a position to defend
    our nation's honor as a public figure,
[21:53] Negroponte
    you won't say anything that might
    tarnish our government's image
[21:57] Negroponte
    with regard to the inquiry, right?
[22:00] Yang
    So you're personally admitting
    that this inquiry was something
[22:05] Yang
    that would tarnish the government's
    image if the public found out about it?
[22:12] Negroponte
    All I did was fulfill my
    obligation as a public figure.
[22:16] Negroponte
    But that's exactly why I
    believe that I have the right
[22:20] Negroponte
    to ask you to fulfill your obligation
    as a public figure, as well.
[22:23] Yang
    You're free to believe whatever you want.
[22:25] Yang
    But I don't even want to
    remember this inquiry,
[22:30] Yang
    and winning this battle comes
    first in my mind, anyway.
[22:35] Yang
    Farewell.
[22:38] Negroponte
    Don't forget what I just said!
[22:44] Negroponte
    Please remember this!
[22:47] Yang
    Our Alliance government
[22:49] Yang
    has a habit of tying up their own hands
    and forcing us to fight their battles.
[22:52] Yang
    It's quite a hassle.
[22:54] Bewcock
    You can say that again.
[22:56] Bewcock
    But regardless of what their plans are,
[22:59] Bewcock
    we have no choice but to fight this time.
[23:02] Yang
    You're absolutely right.
[23:04] Yang
    But whatever anyone may say,
    Iserlohn is my home.
[23:11] Yang
    Now, Lieutenant...
[23:14] Yang
    Ready to head back home?
[23:20] Geiersburg Operator
    Energy charge complete.
[23:25] Kempff
    Feuer!
SIGN    Episode 34
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt I: Cannon Fire
[25:01] Na
    Next time,
[25:03] Na
    "Fortress vs. Fortress Akt I: Cannon Fire."

Season 3 - Collision

E34 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt I: Cannon Fire

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[00:11] Na
    A poet in days long past once said:
[00:14] Na
    "April is the cruelest month."
[00:21] Na
    It was April of the year UC 798.
[00:24] Na
    For the men and officers of the
    Alliance Navy at Iserlohn Fortress,
[00:28] Na
    this April did indeed promise
    to be one rife with hardships.
[00:40] Fyodor
    Combining images from our
    satellites with measurement data
[00:44] Fyodor
    has given us a generally complete
    view of the enemy fortress.
[00:48] Alex
    Lieutenant Schneider, what did you mean
    when you said it wasn't the same?
[00:53] Schneider
    This image differs greatly from
    the Geiersburg Fortress I know.
[00:58] Schneider
    I would conjecture that it has undergone a
    drastic upgrade in preparation for this invasion.
[01:06] Alex
    So the enemy is coming into
    this invasion well-prepared.
[01:10] Alex
    Current distance?
[01:12] OperatorA
    Distance to enemy fortress:
    2.5 light-seconds.
[01:15] OperatorA
    It is rapidly moving closer.
SIGN    Well, what do we do now, Interim Commander?
[01:25] Alex
    Our basic plan of action is to keep Iserlohn
    safe until Commander Yang returns.
[01:30] Alex
    For the time being, our strategy
    will be to focus on defense
[01:34] Alex
    and deal with enemy attacks as they happen.
[01:37] Dusty
    Isn't that a bit too passive?
[01:39] Dusty
    Wouldn't it just make the enemy suspicious?
[01:44] Fyodor
    No, it might actually cause
    them to read too much into it
[01:47] Fyodor
    and conclude that Commander Yang is
    devoted to this fortress's defense.
[01:53] Murai
    We currently have no choice
    but to focus on defense
[01:55] Murai
    and come up with a plan to break
    the deadlock in the meantime.
[02:11] Alex
    Battle stations! Condition one!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:50] Patrol Ship Captain
    Destruction of known enemy
    surveillance satellites complete.
[03:53] Patrol Ship Captain
    Proceeding to next target.
[03:55] Geiersburg Operator
    Roger.
[04:00] OperatorC
    Surveillance satellites 5 through 36 lost.
[04:04] OperatorC
    All surveillance satellites
    have been destroyed.
[04:06] Fyodor
    They've blinded us...
[04:08] OperatorC
    Due to the lost satellites,
[04:10] OperatorC
    our only method of seeking the enemy
    is close-range optics.
[04:13] OperatorA
    Enemy fortress has drawn closer.
[04:15] OperatorA
    Interference increasing.
[04:17] OperatorA
    They're jamming both short and
    long-range transmissions.
[04:20] Alex
    Any response from Heinessen?
[04:22] OperatorB
    None.
[04:23] Alex
    I see.
[04:24] Fyodor
    We'll still continue to send
    them the data we acquire here.
[04:27] Alex
    Yes, do that.
[04:30] Alex
    The Empire will likely begin
    its attack at any moment.
[04:33] Alex
    Remain alert.
[04:34] OperatorC
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 34
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress Akt I: Cannon Fire
[04:42] Fyodor
    It'll be all right. Go on back
    to your post, and don't worry.
[04:48] Alex
    Julian.
[04:55] Voice
    Emergency evacuation order.
[04:57] Voice
    Citizens are to follow instructions and
    take shelter as quickly as possible.
[05:14] Hortense
    Oh, Julian. What's the matter?
[05:19] Julian
    Interim Commander Caselnes sent me.
[05:22] Julian
    I'm here to guide all of you to the shelter.
[05:25] Hortense
    I appreciate that, but...
    he's the interim commander?
[05:29] Charlotte
    Oh! It's Big Brother Julian!
[05:31] Sister
    Hello!
[05:32] Julian
    Hello.
[05:34] Julian
    Come, let's hurry.
[05:38] OperatorB
    Message from the enemy fortress.
[05:40] OperatorB
    They want us to open our lines.
[05:44] Alex
    It's only a message. Connect them.
[05:46] OperatorB
    Yes, sir.
[05:50] Kempff
    To the rebel army—
[05:51] Kempff
    I mean, to the Free Planets Alliance Navy.
[05:55] Kempff
    I am Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy.
[06:03] Kempff
    I wanted to address you before the
    first fires of this war are exchanged.
[06:09] Kempff
    I would prefer to see you surrender,
    but I don't suppose that will happen.
[06:13] Kempff
    I wish you the best of luck.
[06:16] Kempff
    See you on the battlefield.
SIGN    He's old-fashioned, but bold.
[06:23] Murai
    This is not something you
    should be impressed by.
[06:26] Kempff
    Any response from Iserlohn?
[06:28] Müller
    No, sir.
[06:30] Kempff
    It is somewhat regrettable.
[06:32] Kempff
    I had hoped to see the face
    of the man known as Yang,
[06:35] Kempff
    but I suppose true soldiers greet each
    other through the force of their actions.
[06:39] Müller
    Indeed.
[07:00] OperatorC
    Enemy fortress is within main
    cannon firing range.
[07:03] OperatorC
    It has stopped moving.
[07:14] Hortense
    Sorry to have you do this
    at such a busy time.
[07:17] Julian
    Not at all.
[07:18] Julian
    Part of my job is to make sure the
    interim commander can rest at ease
[07:22] Julian
    and do what he needs to do.
[07:25] Hortense
    Thank you.
[07:26] Julian
    Well, I'll be on my way.
[07:29] Sister
    Do your best, Big Brother!
[07:42] Kempff
    This battle is one worth
    risking our lives for.
[07:47] Kempff
    All those who contribute to our victory here
[07:50] Kempff
    will surely be rewarded by Duke Lohengramm.
[07:53] Kempff
    Give your all with this in mind!
[07:55] Kempff
    We will now fire the first shot in this
    war via the fortress's main cannon.
[08:01] Kempff
    Prepare to fire the Zweihänder!
[08:05] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Zweihänder online.
[08:08] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Energy charge in progress.
[08:14] Lower Operator
    Energy response from enemy fortress!
[08:17] Alex
    What?!
[08:20] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Zweihänder energy charge complete.
[08:26] Kempff
    Feuer!
[08:35] Lower Operator
    High-temperature heat source
    rapidly approaching!
[08:38] Alex
    This is it!
[08:39] Lower Operator
    Impact imminent!
[08:50] Lower Operator
    Block RU77 damaged!
[08:52] Operator1
    The enemy fire has pierced the fluid layer.
[08:52] Fyodor
    There are at least 4,000 men in that block!
[08:55] Operator1
    Outer shell armor completely destroyed.
[08:55] Murai
    We have no way to repair
    the outer shell right now.
[08:57] Operator2
    Air is leaking out of the
    blocks adjacent to RU77.
[08:58] Murai
    We have to abandon it.
[09:00] Alex
    Any signs of life there?
[09:01] OperatorA
    No, sir.
[09:03] Alex
    Then we have no choice.
[09:04] Alex
    Close the Block RU77 bulkhead.
[09:07] OperatorA
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Interim Commander, how shall we counterattack?
[09:12] Akex
    Counterattack?
SIGN    We have to, don't we?
SIGN    We can't just sit here and wait for them to fire a second shot.
[09:18] Alex
    That is true, but if both fortresses shoot
    each other with their main guns,
[09:22] Alex
    this ends with all of us dead.
SIGN    Exactly. If we strike that fear into the enemy now,
SIGN    they'll think twice about firing again.
SIGN    If we end up in a deadlock,
SIGN    we'll be able to buy some time.
[09:37] Alex
    Okay. You're right.
[09:41] Alex
    Bring the Thor Hammer online
    and prepare to fire.
[09:47] OperatorC
    Energy charge in progress.
[09:52] OperatorA
    Energy charge complete.
[09:54] OperatorA
    Target locked.
[09:56] Alex
    Fire!
[10:08] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Block 84 has been hit.
[10:10] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Bulkhead closed.
[10:11] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Damage minimal.
[10:13] Kempff
    Prepare the second shot.
[10:16] Kempff
    Feuer!
[10:26] Operator1
    Block RU66 damaged!
[10:26] Operator2
    No life signs detected in RU66.
    Closing bulkhead.
[10:26] Operator3
    Floating batteries 108
    and 106 damaged.
[10:26] Operator4
    Central sector housing civilian
    evacuees undamaged.
[10:28] Operator5
    Electrical systems, water circulation
    systems, and food plants undamaged.
[10:30] Alex
    Prepare the second shot.
[10:32] Alex
    Fire!
[10:39] Kempff
    Feuer!
[10:47] Alex
    Fire!
[10:50] Kempff
    Feuer!
[10:54] Alex
    Fire!
[11:16] Lubitsch
    Cease fire.
[11:22] Murai
    The attacks seem to have stopped.
[11:26] Julian
    Interim Commander!
[11:31] Alex
    Are they safe?
[11:32] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[11:34] Julian
    I got them to the shelter
    before the gunfire started.
[11:38] Alex
    Thanks. I owe you.
[11:44] Julian
    Is the enemy still attacking?
SIGN    Both sides have seen their opponent's true strength and paused to reflect.
SIGN    Get some sleep now, while you can.
SIGN    Pretty soon, we won't have time to.
[11:56] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[11:58] (Flashback) Yang
    The art of war, rule 1:
[12:00] (Flashback) Yang
    Sleep whenever you have the opportunity,
    even if you must do so in secret.
[12:05] (Flashback) Yang
    Got that, Julian?
[12:06] (Flashback) Julian
    Yes, I got it.
[12:12] Müller
    That's why their gunport is so widely
    renowned as the "Thor Hammer," I suppose.
[12:17] Müller
    Even with our preparations, we still
    took damage in multiple areas.
[12:20] Müller
    Still, that was all well
    within expectations.
[12:25] Müller
    They did fight fire with fire,
    as they needed to.
[12:28] Kempff
    We're up against Yang Wen-li.
[12:30] Kempff
    That much was obvious.
[12:32] Müller
    Magician Yang...
[12:34] Müller
    There's no telling what bizarre
    strategies he'll use.
[12:37] Kempff
    Don't worry.
[12:39] Kempff
    No matter what kind of strategy
    he tries to use against us,
[12:42] Kempff
    he can't get ahead of the
    strategy we've prepared.
[12:49] Kempff
    Müller, the day this corridor will be
    known as the Geiersburg Corridor isn't far off.
[12:57] Kempff
    Either that or the Kempff-Müller Corridor.
[13:00] Kempff
    I'd say it's entirely
    possible, wouldn't you?
[13:06] Müller
    Admiral Kempff?
[13:08] Müller
    He never would have spoken so
    pompously before, even as a joke...
[13:18] Kempff
    Well, greetings are out of the way.
[13:20] Kempff
    I suppose it's time to begin.
[13:23] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[13:29] Alex
    Well, what are they going to do next?
[13:32] Murai
    They'll probably use their
    highly mobile Walküres
[13:35] Murai
    to go after our floating
    batteries and the Thor Hammer.
[13:38] Alex
    We're in the middle of a staredown.
[13:40] Alex
    We can't just quietly slink away and hide.
[13:43] Poplin
    I suppose that means it's
    our turn now, doesn't it?
[13:46] Alex
    Yes, it does.
[13:50] OperatorC
    Optical detection has confirmed
    deployment of Walküres.
SIGN    Damn, they do act fast.
[13:56] Poplin
    Julian, let's go!
[13:58] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[14:16] Lower Operator
    Anvil Base rising.
SIGN    Floating Combat Vessel Arrival and Landing Base
    Anvil Base
[14:19] Lower Operator
    In position.
[14:21] Lower Operator
    Opening catapult decks.
[14:25] Poplin
    Listen to me. Don't suddenly start thinking
    about crap like defending your country.
[14:29] Poplin
    Just think about that girl you have
    a crush on, and nothing else.
[14:32] Poplin
    Pray you'll live to see her smile again.
[14:35] Poplin
    God's jealous as hell, so if
    you do that, he'll hate you,
[14:38] Poplin
    and a friendly devil will
    look out for you instead.
[14:43] Poplin
    Got that?
[14:44] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[14:46] Control
    Spartanians launching.
[14:51] Poplin
    Their goal is to destroy our artillery.
[14:54] Poplin
    Don't let a single one of them get close!
[15:11] Poplin
    Three of us to take out one. Nicely done.
[15:16] Poplin
    I don't think so!
[15:28] Konev
    Now, don't get any closer than that, please.
[15:36] Poplin
    Konev! They're...
[15:38] Konev
    Yeah.
[15:40] Alex
    The enemy isn't charging us?
[15:42] Fyodor
    That's what Lieutenant Commander
    Poplin said in his report.
[15:45] Alex
    Then why did they deploy?
[15:51] Alex
    What does our guest admiral
    think about this?
[15:57] Merkatz
    It's a diversion.
[15:59] Merkatz
    They intend to draw our attention
    toward the front of the fortress,
[16:02] Merkatz
    but behind it, they—
[16:06] OperatorC
    Optical detection has confirmed
[16:07] OperatorC
    enemy ships getting past Iserlohn
    Fortress's flank at ten o'clock.
[16:13] OperatorC
    There appears to be roughly 13,000 of them!
[16:16] OperatorC
    Flagship confirmed!
    It's the battleship Lübeck!
SIGN    Müller Fleet Flagship
    Battleship Lübeck
[16:19] Schneider
    Admiral Müller!
[16:22] Alex
    Looks like Admiral Merkatz
    was right on the money.
[16:25] Fyodor
    If they keep going,
    they'll get behind the fortress!
[16:29] Alex
    So this is why they destroyed
    our surveillance satellites.
[16:33] Murai
    But as long as we're occupied
    with their main gun,
[16:36] Murai
    we can't move the Thor Hammer.
[16:38] Murai
    Our only option is to move the floating
    batteries that are fighting the Walküres
[16:42] Murai
    to the fortress's rear.
[16:51] Lübeck Operator
    The enemy fortress's floating batteries
    are moving in our direction!
[16:55] Müller
    Don't be afraid of them.
    Keep moving forward.
[17:00] Fyodor
    The floating batteries can't keep
    up with the enemy fleet's advance!
[17:07] Müller
    Iserlohn Fortress was originally
    built by our empire.
[17:11] Müller
    We know its armaments and
    functionalities inside and out.
[17:16] Alex
    It'll take too long to move
    the floating batteries.
[17:19] Murai
    They probably knew that when
    they set this plan in motion.
[17:22] Murai
    There's no way they could have done
    something so drastic otherwise.
[17:26] Nguyen
    Now is the time to send out
    our fleet and intercept them!
[17:30] Nguyen
    El Facil is near the corridor's exit.
[17:32] Nguyen
    It could be attacked, too!
[17:34] Murai
    No, that's not a concern.
[17:36] Murai
    If they launched an invasion
    without setting up a supply base,
[17:40] Murai
    they'd soon run out of
    supplies and be overrun.
[17:42] Murai
    I'm sure the enemy knows that.
[17:44] Dusty
    So they're after something else?
[17:47] Murai
    The enemy may know this fortress very well,
[17:50] Murai
    but they also know it can't be
    easily brought down with a fleet.
[17:54] Murai
    Which means they can only
    be after one thing:
[17:56] Murai
    to take the fortress from within.
[17:59] Murai
    They'll probably send their infantry in
    before our floating batteries can begin to fire.
[18:04] Alex
    So we need to send our air
    fleet to the fortress's rear
[18:07] Alex
    and have them do all they can to
    stop the enemy's landing crafts.
[18:11] Alex
    We need to buy time to move
    the floating batteries.
[18:16] Alex
    That said, we're outnumbered.
[18:18] Alex
    I don't know if we can stop all
    of them from disembarking...
SIGN    I'd like a coffee, please.
SIGN    Have it sent to my regiment office.
SIGN    Half a spoonful of sugar. No milk.
SIGN    I'll take it a bit weak.
[18:33] Orderly
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    This might be the last cup of coffee I ever drink.
SIGN    Make sure it's the good stuff!
[18:42] Alex
    If you still feel like you can
    afford to send for coffee,
[18:45] Alex
    I guess you're still doing fine.
SIGN    Well, you know.
SIGN    When it comes to women and coffee, not even death can make me compromise.
[18:53] Alex
    But why should the defense commander
    personally take part in close combat?
SIGN    I'm just going to get a bit of exercise.
SIGN    I'll be right back.
[19:06] Alex
    Status of the enemy fleet?
[19:08] OperatorA
    They have stopped behind the fortress,
    at a distance of 40,000K.
[19:12] OperatorA
    They're changing course!
[19:19] Orlau
    All ships have finished turning.
[19:21] Müller
    Have you contacted fortress command?
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy
    Auxiliary Vessel for Electronic Warfare
[19:28] Lübeck Operator
    All electrical warfare fleet ships
[19:30] Lübeck Operator
    are in position at the relay point.
[19:32] Lübeck Radio
    Opening direct line to fortress command.
[19:36] Müller
    Put us through.
[19:39] Müller
    The fleet is in position.
[19:42] Kempff
    Then begin execution of the plan.
[19:44] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[19:46] Müller
    Time to begin.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Transport Ships
[19:49] Müller
    We will now begin the operation.
[19:52] Müller
    All of you will do what you must do
[19:54] Müller
    to restore this fortress and
    corridor to our possession.
[20:01] Müller
    Feuer!
[20:04] OperatorA
    The enemy fleet has opened fire!
[20:06] OperatorA
    They're solid shells!
[20:08] Alex
    Solid shells?!
[20:12] Fyodor
    But we have liquid metal armor.
[20:15] Fyodor
    It can't be harmed by solid shells.
[20:24] Female Lower Operator
    The solid shells have
    struck the fluid surface.
[20:27] Female Lower Operator
    Damage to floating batteries minimal.
[20:29] Female Lower Operator
    No shells have impacted the armor bulkhead.
[20:33] Alex
    Floating battery relocation status?
[20:35] OperatorA
    Floating batteries have
    completed their relocation.
[20:37] OperatorA
    Enemy fleet is within firing range.
[20:40] Alex
    Fire!
[20:52] Alex
    What?!
[20:55] Female Lower Operator
    Liquid armor experiencing high
    waves surpassing nominal values!
[20:58] Alex
    Waves? Did you say waves?!
[21:00] Fyodor
    We can't take aim at their fleet now!
[21:03] Alex
    They pulled one over on us!
[21:08] OperatorC
    Part of the enemy fleet has split
    off and is heading toward us.
[21:12] OperatorC
    They number 3,000!
[21:16] Murai
    There's no doubt that these
    are their landing crafts.
[21:20] Transport Craft Operator
    Armored grenadier troop
    97 is ready to charge.
[21:24] Müller
    Begin the charge at once.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Assault Landing Ships
[21:42] Poplin
    This is it!
[21:43] Poplin
    You've all got your friendly
    devils by now, right?
[21:46] Konev
    Had mine all along.
[21:56] Poplin
    We can't stop them if our
    floating batteries are useless!
[22:12] Female Lower Operator
    Enemy landing crafts have
    infiltrated the fortress!
[22:15] Female Lower Operator
    They're advancing from the port
    into the fortress's core!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Troop
[22:31] Female Lower Operator
    Enemy landing force has breached sector B17!
[22:34] Lower Operator
    Sector B13 has also been breached!
[22:36] Fyodor
    They'll penetrate the main shaft to the
    central command room at this rate!
[22:41] Alex
    Close the E15 and F16 bulkheads
    and disperse Seffle particles!
[22:45] Alex
    Stop them from using their guns!
[22:51] Armored SoldierA
    Okay! Forward!
[22:58] Armored SoldierC
    Bastard!
[23:08] Armored SoldierA
    Th-These guys are...
[23:18] Müller
    The Rosen Ritter...
SIGN    Episode 35
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt II: Fierce Fighting
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt II: Fierce Fighting."

Season 3 - Collision

E35 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt II: Fierce Fighting

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[00:01] Female Lower Operator
    Enemy landing force has breached sector B17!
[00:04] Lower Operator
    Sector B13 has also been breached!
[00:06] Fyodor
    They'll penetrate the main shaft to the
    central command room at this rate!
[00:10] Alex
    Close the E15 and F16 bulkheads
    and disperse Seffle particles!
[00:15] Alex
    Stop them from using their guns!
[00:20] Armored SoldierA
    Okay! Forward!
[00:27] Armored SoldierC
    Bastard!
[00:38] Armored SoldierA
    Th-These guys are...
[00:48] Müller
    The Rosen Ritter...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:45] Orlau
    The most elite of the
    Alliance Navy's ground forces,
[02:49] Orlau
    comprised of Imperial defectors
    and their children.
[02:53] Orlau
    We predicted that they would likely
    be stationed at Iserlohn Fortress,
[02:58] Orlau
    the Alliance's most critical base, but still...
[03:03] Armored SoldierA
    Th-They're too strong!
[03:06] Lübeck Tactical Operator
    Analyzing landing force's vital signs.
[03:08] Lübeck Tactical Operator
    Less than 40% of the force is still alive.
[03:11] Orlau
    More than half of them
    dead in just two hours?
[03:13] Drewentz
    Unbelievable...
[03:16] Müller
    Order the landing force to
    retreat as quickly as possible!
[03:20] Female Lower Operator
    Imperial forces in Blocks C15
    through D07 neutralized.
[03:24] Male Lower Operator
    Imperial forces in Block E16 are withdrawing.
[03:27] Alex
    Yes!
[03:31] Soldier
    Connecting the cable.
SIGN    What should we do next?
[03:37] Walter
    If you ask me, storming the enemy ship
    while we're on a roll is one option.
[03:42] Alex
    No, you can't do that.
[03:43] Walter
    Why not?
[03:45] Murai
    If they take any prisoners,
[03:46] Murai
    the fact that Commander Yang
    is absent could be leaked.
[03:49] Murai
    We can't take that risk.
SIGN    I get it.
SIGN    You can't tell your soldiers they should die before being taken prisoner.
[04:00] Walter
    But y'know, Interim Commander,
[04:02] Walter
    we can't let our fear of our weakness rob us of any chance of winning.
[04:06] Walter
    Besides, secrets always
    slip out sooner or later.
[04:10] Merkatz
    Interim Commander.
[04:15] Merkatz
    Please grant me temporary
    command of the fleet.
[04:19] Merkatz
    I believe I can make the
    situation a bit easier.
[04:25] Alex
    Would you do that for us?
[04:28] Alex
    Everyone?
[04:28] Fischer
    Admiral Merkatz has my support.
[04:31] Fyodor
    And mine, of course.
[04:34] Dusty
    I support Admiral Yang.
[04:36] Dusty
    Thus, since Admiral Yang supports
    Admiral Merkatz, so do I.
[04:42] Nguyen
    I also see no option but
    to support Admiral Merkatz.
[04:51] Alex
    Admiral Merkatz, command of the
    garrison fleet is in your hands.
SIGN    Episode 35
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt II: Fierce Fighting
[05:17] Chartian
    I did not expect to welcome anyone
    but Admiral Yang onto this ship.
[05:22] Chartian
    Still, of course, I am well
    aware of my responsibility.
SIGN    Flagship Hyperion Captain
    Commander Asadora Chartian
[05:29] Na
    Admiral Willibald Joachim von Merkatz.
[05:33] Na
    Formerly an Imperial high admiral who earned
    the respect of the entire Imperial Fleet
[05:38] Na
    with his leadership in commanding a
    fleet of tens of thousands of ships,
[05:42] Na
    he now leads no fleet
[05:44] Na
    and is accompanied only by his
    adjutant, Bernhard von Schneider,
[05:49] Na
    as he stands on the bridge of the Iserlohn
    garrison fleet's flagship* Hyperion*.
[05:56] Merkatz
    I am Vice Admiral Merkatz, a guest admiral.
[06:00] Merkatz
    I have received orders from the interim
    commander, Rear Admiral Caselnes,
[06:04] Merkatz
    to assume temporary command of
    the Iserlohn garrison fleet.
[06:09] Merkatz
    Our duty is to carry out the interim
    commander's basic plan of action
[06:13] Merkatz
    in a manner that is effective and
    reliable on a strategic level.
[06:19] Merkatz
    Remember, each of you,
    that victory awaits atop a foundation
[06:23] Merkatz
    built of layer upon layer of work done well.
[06:26] Dusty/Fischer/Nguyen
    Yes, sir!
[06:30] Imperial SoldierA
    Orders from landing force captain.
[06:34] Imperial SoldierA
    All troops, retreat immediately.
[06:36] Imperial SoldierA
    Return to landing craft.
[06:42] Linz
    Don't let a single one of them escape!
[06:44] Walter
    It's over, Linz.
[06:46] Walter
    We've got instructions from Admiral Merkatz.
SIGN    He says to let the enemy go.
[07:01] Linz
    We were only a step away from
    wiping out all of them.
[07:05] Rainer
    We were hoping to accomplish
    a bit more here.
[07:10] Walter
    Just be patient.
SIGN    Let's take a good look at what the great Admiral Merkatz is capable of.
[07:23] Schneider
    The enemy's landing force is retreating.
[07:28] Merkatz
    We will now carry out the operation.
[07:30] Merkatz
    All ships, launch!
[07:50] Escort Commander
    Recover the assault landing force!
[07:52] Escort Commander
    Quickly!
[07:54] Escort Command Operator
    Optical detection
[07:55] Escort Command Operator
    has confirmed approach of enemy fleet.
[07:58] Escort Command Operator
    They number about 7,000!
[08:00] Escort Commander
    S-Seven thousand ships?
[08:08] Merkatz
    Fire.
[08:23] Lübeck Radio
    Signal received from fortress landing force.
[08:25] Lübeck Radio
    "We are fighting the enemy
    fleet. Aid requested."
[08:29] Orlau
    They're targeting our recovery
    of the landing force.
[08:33] Orlau
    The transport fleet risks
    annihilation as well.
[08:35] Drewentz
    We have to give up on recovering
    the landing force.
[08:39] Drewentz
    Order the transport fleet
    to retreat at once.
[08:41] Müller
    No!
[08:42] Müller
    Our entire fleet will mobilize
    to rescue the landing force!
[08:47] Müller
    All ships, full speed ahead!
[08:50] Müller
    Get to the combat zone
    as quickly as possible,
[08:53] Müller
    and rescue as many of our men as you can!
[09:06] Escort Command Operator
    Over 70% of the force is lost.
[09:10] Escort Commander
    Halt the recovery of the landing force.
[09:13] Escort Commander
    Order the fleet to withdraw.
[09:14] Escort Command Operator
    Optical detection has confirmed
    multiple ships rapidly approaching!
[09:18] Escort Commander
    ID code confirmed!
[09:19] Escort Commander
    It's the flagship Lübeck!
[09:25] Escort Commander
    Admiral Müller!
[09:30] Hyperion Operator
    Enemy's main fleet approaching.
[09:32] Hyperion Operator
    They number about 10,000.
[09:34] Schneider
    It's Admiral Müller.
[09:36] Merkatz
    Yes.
[09:37] Merkatz
    The enemy is throwing
    their entire fleet at us.
[09:44] Drewentz
    Recovery of the landing force is complete.
[09:48] Müller
    Continue the assault and
    eliminate the enemy fleet.
[09:52] Drewentz
    Yes, sir.
[09:54] Müller
    What is this?!
[09:57] Lübeck Tactical Operator
    In addition to the fleet of 7,000 ahead,
[09:59] Lübeck Tactical Operator
    new fleets have appeared
    at the right and left!
[10:11] Lübeck Tactical Operator
    Our fleet has been drawn into
    the enemy's encirclement!
[10:14] Orlau
    What?!
[10:16] Orlau
    There's no way they could've formed
    an encirclement in such a short time!
[10:20] Drewentz
    Unless they knew we'd show up
    here and were lying in wait...
[10:25] Drewentz
    Y-You don't think—
[10:26] Müller
    That's exactly it.
[10:28] Müller
    They knew we'd show up to
    save our landing force.
[10:32] Orlau
    So they attacked our landing
    force after letting them escape
[10:36] Orlau
    specifically to lure us out?!
[10:38] Merkatz
    Allies in crisis should
    never be left behind.
[10:41] Merkatz
    That's what Neidhart Müller believes.
SIGN    If we know where the enemy will show up, we can make the first move.
[10:53] Müller
    They got us.
[10:56] Geiersburg OperatorA
    Müller Fleet losses have exceeded 40%.
[10:58] Kempff
    How could this happen?!
[11:00] Kempff
    How could we lose our chance at winning
    after all we did to set the stage?
[11:06] Kempff
    Put me through to Müller!
[11:10] Geiersburg OperatorG
    The intensity of gunfire in the combat zone
    has rendered communications impossible.
[11:19] Kempff
    Damn you, Yang Wen-li!
[11:31] Nguyen Aide
    Admiral Merkatz's plan has
    fallen into place splendidly.
[11:35] Nguyen
    Honestly... How can a man have that
    much expertise at his disposal?
[11:39] Lao
    Do you think the Empire still has
    many more capable leaders like him?
[11:46] Dusty
    There can't be too many
    others like this one.
[11:50] Merkatz
    All ships, utilize full
    firepower from all gun ports
[11:53] Merkatz
    and advance as a unit.
[12:00] Fusseneger
    Admiral Müller appears unable to
    escape the enemy encirclement.
[12:04] Fusseneger
    If this goes on...
[12:06] Kempff
    Put me through to Eichendorff and Patricken!
[12:09] Geiersburg OperatorG
    Yes, sir.
[12:11] Kempff
    You know Müller's situation, yes?
[12:14] Eichendorff/Patricken
    Yes, sir.
[12:15] Kempff
    We can't just let him die.
[12:17] Kempff
    We must not lose any more of our men!
[12:21] Kempff
    Attack at once and save Müller!
[12:25] Eichendorff/Patricken
    Understood.
[12:28] Eichendorff
    His Excellency seemed flustered.
[12:30] Patricken
    You can't blame him.
[12:31] Patricken
    If this plan is a success, the honors
    he'll earn will be unprecedented,
[12:35] Patricken
    but if it fails, he could be
    removed from his position.
[12:39] Eichendorff
    If that happens, the gap between him
[12:41] Eichendorff
    and the duo of Mittermeyer and
    Reuenthal will be insurmountable.
[12:46] Eichendorff
    He's in a terrible position.
[13:03] Müller
    Keep all surviving ships in close formation,
[13:05] Müller
    with ships lacking defensive
    capabilities in the center!
[13:08] Müller
    The ships with heavy armor
    will form the outer guard!
[13:12] Müller
    Regroup into a spindle formation
    with this ship in front!
[13:17] Müller
    We'll break through the enemy encirclement!
[13:19] Schneider
    The enemy fleet has begun to advance.
[13:22] Schneider
    It appears they intend to break through
    at the eight o'clock position.
[13:25] Merkatz
    It seems they've steeled their resolve.
[13:28] Schneider
    You held Admiral Müller in high regard
    for a long time before this, did you not?
[13:33] Merkatz
    Yes.
[13:34] Merkatz
    I never dreamed the day would come when
    he and I would exchange fire in this way.
[13:40] Merkatz
    But carrying out the duty directly before
    us at any given time is our job.
[13:47] Schneider
    Yes, sir.
[13:49] Merkatz
    Close the distance between our
    fleet and the Nguyen Fleet.
[13:52] Merkatz
    Stop the enemy from breaking through.
[13:54] Merkatz
    Pursue the Attenborough Fleet from the rear.
[13:57] Merkatz
    We want to whittle down the enemy's
    numbers while we have the chance.
[14:00] Fischer/Dusty
    Yes, sir.
[14:02] Order
    The enemy is responding to our movements.
[14:06] Müller
    They won't let us get away so easily.
[14:09] Müller
    If they keep shooting us down,
[14:11] Müller
    I'll never be able to face our
    commander, Admiral Kempff.
[14:14] Schneider
    The Müller Fleet is starting
    to punch a hole in our lines.
[14:17] Schneider
    But...
[14:20] Hyperion Operator
    Transmission from squadron
    flagship Manannan Mac Lir.
[14:24] Merkatz
    Put them through.
[14:25] Hyperion Operator
    Yes, sir.
[14:28] Fischer
    I present a report.
[14:30] Fischer
    Our fleet's patrol force has
    detected an enemy rescue fleet.
[14:35] Fischer
    What shall we do?
[14:39] Merkatz
    The enemy is tenacious, and with
    reinforcements on top of that,
[14:42] Merkatz
    we'll be unlikely to escape
    without incurring heavy losses.
[14:46] Merkatz
    We have achieved what we needed
    to achieve for the time being.
[14:49] Merkatz
    Now is the time to gracefully retreat.
[14:53] Fischer
    Roger that, sir.
[14:55] Merkatz
    I'd like to have someone serve
    as rear guard for our retreat.
[14:59] Fischer
    I know just the man for the job.
[15:04] Na
    Having received Merkatz's orders,
[15:06] Na
    the Alliance Navy began to retreat,
    despite its advantage.
[15:11] Dusty
    Our fleet is the rear guard.
[15:14] Dusty
    Make sure we get everyone out of here.
[15:16] Na
    The Attenborough Fleet,
    which formed the rear guard,
[15:20] Na
    skillfully changed its formation
    to evade the enemy's pursuit
[15:24] Na
    and completed the retreat to the fortress
[15:26] Na
    without waiting for the
    Empire's reinforcements.
[15:30] Na
    Although the Imperial Navy
    suffered heavy losses,
[15:33] Na
    it narrowly avoided total
    annihilation thanks to
[15:37] Na
    the diligent command and
    leadership of Neidhart Müller.
[15:46] Müller
    If all of you hadn't arrived,
[15:49] Müller
    Yang Wen-li would have finished us.
[15:52] Eichendorff
    No, we were only able to save
    so many ships in that situation
[15:56] Eichendorff
    because of Your Excellency's
    skilled leadership.
[16:00] Drewentz
    Pardon me for interrupting.
[16:03] Drewentz
    We have received news that we
    need your immediate judgment on.
[16:06] Müller
    What is it?
[16:08] Drewentz
    This information was leaked by a
    prisoner we captured in close combat,
[16:12] Drewentz
    who was near death and ravaged by fever...
[16:17] Müller
    That's fine. Let's hear it.
[16:21] Drewentz
    Yes, sir.
[16:23] Müller
    Yang Wen-li is absent from Iserlohn?!
[16:26] Eichendorff
    It couldn't be...
[16:28] Patricken
    That's rather hard to believe.
[16:31] Patricken
    Where is this prisoner now?
[16:33] Drewentz
    He died shortly afterward.
[16:36] Eichendorff
    What commander abandons a
    post like Iserlohn Fortress,
[16:40] Eichendorff
    their most important strategic base?
[16:44] Patricken
    Is any one person great enough for us to
    panic over whether he is there or not?
[16:50] Patricken
    Is Yang Wen-li really that amazing?
[16:54] Müller
    Do you think you could
    conquer Iserlohn Fortress
[16:57] Müller
    without shedding a single drop
    of your own men's blood?
[17:01] Müller
    And by using a method no
    one else even imagined?
[17:06] Patricken
    No, that isn't possible.
[17:08] Müller
    Then Yan Wen-li really is just that amazing.
[17:13] Müller
    And we should face such a brilliant
    enemy with the respect he is due.
[17:17] Müller
    For men like us, there is never
    any shame in such behavior.
[17:23] Patricken
    Understood.
[17:25] Müller
    If the information if correct,
[17:27] Müller
    Yang Wen-li should be planning
    his return to to the fortress.
[17:31] Müller
    We'll set up a watch-and-detect
    net throughout the entire corridor
[17:34] Müller
    and catch him upon his return.
[17:37] Müller
    We have little time.
[17:39] Müller
    I'd like to ask you two to do this.
    Can I count on you?
[17:43] Eichendorff/Patricken
    Yes, sir.
[17:52] Müller
    During the recent conflict,
    I saw the battleship Hyperion.
[17:57] Müller
    Did you see it?
[17:58] Orlau
    Yes. I've heard it's the ship
    that carries Yang Wen-li.
[18:02] Müller
    If he's gone, who's on that ship?
[18:05] Müller
    Whether he's there or not,
    he's causing us to agonize over this.
[18:11] Müller
    No wonder they call him Magician Yang.
[18:14] Müller
    But I won't lose a second time, Yang Wen-li.
[18:18] Müller
    As soon as communications are
    restored, connect me to command.
[18:22] Lübeck Radio
    Yes, sir.
[18:34] Alex
    I don't have the words to thank you.
[18:37] Merkatz
    I only did what I had to do as a soldier.
[18:41] Merkatz
    Besides, it's not as if we've won just yet.
[18:44] Alex
    Of course.
[18:46] Alex
    Still...
[18:47] Alex
    Admiral.
[19:04] Kempff
    Yang Wen-li is absent?
[19:08] Kempff
    You're saying you believed this information?
[19:11] Kempff
    And not only that, but you independently
    decided to redeploy our troops?
[19:15] Müller
    Yes, sir. Last year, the late
    Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
[19:21] Müller
    told me something upon returning
    from the exchange of war prisoners.
[19:25] Müller
    He said he had just seen
    Yang Wen-li for the first time,
[19:28] Müller
    and he didn't look like any kind
    of valiant soldier at all...
[19:31] Müller
    and that that's exactly what
    is so frightening about him.
[19:38] Kempff
    And?
[19:41] Müller
    I expect that he has learned
    of our navy's assault
[19:44] Müller
    and plans to hurry back to Iserlohn.
[19:47] Müller
    If we capture him on the way, it will
    deal a fatal blow to the Alliance Navy.
[19:51] Kempff
    Iserlohn Fortress is the Alliance's
    most important strategic base.
[19:55] Kempff
    Why would its commander leave his post?
[19:59] Müller
    But—
[20:00] Kempff
    There's no telling what bizarre
    strategies Yang might use.
[20:03] Kempff
    Were those not your own words?
[20:07] Kempff
    It's obviously a trick to make us think
[20:09] Kempff
    he's away from the fortress so
    that our troops will be divided!
[20:13] Kempff
    Müller, try to remember.
[20:17] Kempff
    You fought well in this battle,
[20:21] Kempff
    but that is all you did.
[20:23] Kempff
    You have nothing to show for it.
[20:27] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[20:28] Kempff
    The plan that we poured our bodies
    and souls into fell through,
[20:31] Kempff
    but my pride will not accept a retreat now.
[20:35] Kempff
    We can't go home until we achieve results!
[20:39] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[20:41] Kempff
    Leave the bare minimum amount
    of patrol crafts behind
[20:44] Kempff
    and return the fleet to its
    original position at once.
[20:47] Kempff
    We are formulating our next strategy.
[20:50] Kempff
    Your fleet is of utmost
    importance as a reserve force.
[20:54] Kempff
    Stay where you are until you
    receive further orders.
[20:57] Müller
    Understood.
[20:58] Kempff
    Over.
[21:05] Müller
    Should I just...
[21:07] Müller
    obediently accept the commander's
    wishes at face value?
[21:14] Orlau
    Your Excellency is a vice commander
    for this operation.
[21:19] Orlau
    Rather than insist on having your own way,
[21:22] Orlau
    should you not adhere to your superior's wishes?
[21:28] Müller
    Even if it means abandoning the possibility
    of seizing such massive prey?
[21:33] Orlau
    Yes, sir.
[21:37] Müller
    What you say is right.
[21:39] Müller
    A vice commander should adhere
    to his superior's wishes.
[21:43] Müller
    Very well. I will put my wishes aside.
[21:46] Müller
    I withdraw my previous order.
[21:49] Müller
    Put me through to Eichendorff and Patricken.
[21:52] Lübeck Radio
    Yes, sir.
[22:01] Lubitsch
    Your Excellency.
[22:03] Kempff
    What is it?
[22:05] Lubitsch
    Well...
[22:07] Lubitsch
    Odin is requesting a situation report.
[22:12] Lubitsch
    What shall I tell them?
[22:20] Kempff
    Our navy has the advantage.
[22:24] Lubitsch
    B-But...
[22:27] Kempff
    Our navy has the advantage.
    That's what you will tell them.
[22:35] Lubitsch
    Yes, sir.
[22:36] Lubitsch
    Pardon me.
SIGN    Episode 36
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt III: The Return of the Magician
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Fortress vs. Fortress Akt III:
    The Return of the Magician."

Season 3 - Collision

E36 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt III: The Return of the Magician

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[00:04] Paul
    You don't seem pleased with the
    report from Admiral Kempff.
[00:10] Reinhard
    I expected a bit more from Kempff.
[00:13] Reinhard
    It seems harassing the enemy
    a bit was all he could do.
[00:17] Reinhard
    There's no actual need to take
    and occupy the enemy's fortress.
[00:21] Reinhard
    Speaking in extremes,
[00:23] Reinhard
    crashing our fortress into theirs
    would serve our purposes equally well.
[00:27] Paul
    But it was said that he used
    Geiersburg Fortress as a base
[00:30] Paul
    and introduced himself to them
    personally before challenging them.
[00:33] Reinhard
    Which is why I said that
    was all he could do.
[00:36] Paul
    In that regard, the one who selected him
    for this operation is equally to blame.
[00:40] Paul
    As the one who chose him,
    I regret my erroneous judgment.
[00:45] Reinhard
    Oh? How very admirable.
[00:48] Reinhard
    But in the end, it was I who
    chose to appoint Kempff.
[00:52] Reinhard
    Besides, at the root of the matter
[00:54] Reinhard
    is the useless proposal that
    Schaft made in the first place.
[00:58] Reinhard
    If it was simply unprofitable,
    that would be fine,
[01:00] Reinhard
    but because it was actually harmful,
    I don't know how to deal with it.
[01:04] Paul
    But even a man like him
    may still prove useful.
[01:09] Paul
    It will be difficult to make the universe
    yours by military might alone.
[01:12] Paul
    I believe it would serve you well to have
    as many pawns in play as possible,
[01:16] Paul
    even if those pawns are not as clean as—
[01:18] Reinhard
    Don't misunderstand, Oberstein.
[01:21] Reinhard
    I do not wish to steal the universe like a thief.
[01:24] Reinhard
    But to take it by force.
[01:27] Paul
    Yes, sir.
[01:42] Reinhard
    Is this what it means to grasp power?
[01:46] Reinhard
    The only ones left around me are people
    who don't even try to understand me.
[01:55] Reinhard
    Or is it that...
[02:00] Reinhard
    the sin lies with me?
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:36] Na
    The rescue fleet led by Yang was rushing
    to Iserlohn as quickly as possible.
[03:43] Na
    Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief Bewcock
    suggested mobilizing the 1st Fleet,
[03:49] Na
    but the government denied his proposal.
[03:52] Na
    In the end, the force granted to Yang
[03:55] Na
    amounted to a mixed fleet of only 5,500
    ships cobbled together from frontier guards.
[04:03] Yang
    Well, what to do about this?
[04:07] Frederica
    How are things looking?
[04:10] Yang
    Well, to make a guess based on the
    fragments of intel I've picked up,
[04:14] Yang
    it doesn't seem like Duke Lohengramm
    is commanding this offensive himself.
[04:20] Frederica
    Why did you conclude that it isn't him?
[04:23] Yang
    First of all, he needs to focus on running
    his country as its prime minister right now.
[04:29] Yang
    Also, the method of attack
    is too traditional to be his.
[04:33] Frederica
    What does that mean?
[04:36] Yang
    If I was Duke Lohengramm,
[04:39] Yang
    I would have just crashed the two
    fortresses into each other.
[04:43] Yang
    That would end it.
[04:46] Frederica
    That would be quite an extreme measure.
[04:48] Yang
    But it would work.
[04:50] Yang
    It's likely that whoever he put
    in command of the operation
[04:53] Yang
    couldn't see things from that angle.
[04:56] Yang
    Now that it's possible to warp a fortress,
[05:00] Yang
    the Imperial Navy has gained a new
    attack whose goal is to destroy—
[05:04] Yang
    one far more ruthless than
    their previous attacks,
[05:07] Yang
    which were only used to gain possession.
[05:10] Yang
    If the Imperial Navy attacked
    in the way I just described,
[05:13] Yang
    we wouldn't have had any
    way to deal with it,
[05:15] Yang
    but as of now, they haven't done that.
[05:19] Yang
    Which means we're still better off.
SIGN    Episode 36
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt III: The Return of the Magician
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[05:32] Henslow
    What are your thoughts on this situation?!
[05:35] Rupert
    Now, no need to get so
    worked up, Commissioner.
[05:38] Henslow
    You may say that as the Landesherr's aide,
[05:40] Henslow
    but we called a court of inquiry to question
    Admiral Yang based on your advice!
[05:45] Henslow
    But just look!
[05:46] Henslow
    The Imperial Navy targeted his absence
    to invade the border in full force!
[05:51] Henslow
    Could their timing have
    been any more perfect?!
[05:53] Rupert
    The tea is getting cold.
[05:55] Henslow
    This is no time for tea!
[05:57] Henslow
    We took your advice and—
[05:58] Rupert
    I was wrong to give you that advice.
[06:02] Henslow
    What?!
[06:03] Rupert
    I never had any right to
    speak of Admiral Yang.
[06:09] Rupert
    It amounts to interference in
    another country's affairs.
[06:12] Rupert
    But you did not reject my advice.
[06:15] Henslow
    If I had rejected it then,
[06:16] Henslow
    the Free Planets Alliance would lose
    its chance to gain Fezzan's favor.
[06:21] Henslow
    You can't blame me for
    thinking that, can you?
[06:24] Rupert
    Talking about what's in the
    past will get us nowhere.
[06:26] Rupert
    The question is what happens next.
[06:29] Rupert
    What do you intend to do
    henceforth, Commissioner?
[06:33] Rupert
    Oh, dear. You hadn't thought
    about it? That is a problem.
[06:37] Rupert
    Fezzan is deeply concerned right now.
[06:41] Rupert
    Between the current Trunicht administration
[06:43] Rupert
    and what may well be the
    future Yang administration,
[06:46] Rupert
    which would it prove more
    beneficial to befriend?
[06:49] Henslow
    What may well be the future
    Yang administration?
[06:53] Henslow
    You don't think—
[06:54] Rupert
    Then I ask you this.
[06:56] Rupert
    Had you predicted that the young man
    called Reinhard von Lohengramm
[06:59] Rupert
    would become the ruler of the
    Galactic Empire in the very near future?
[07:07] Rupert
    You should also try giving careful thought
[07:11] Rupert
    to just how much devoting your full
    loyalty to the Trunicht administration
[07:14] Rupert
    will contribute to your
    own personal well-being.
[07:20] Rupert
    The human race's present
    is important, of course,
[07:23] Rupert
    but instead of a present that
    has resulted from the past,
[07:26] Rupert
    perhaps a present that will bring about
    a future should be given more value.
[07:37] Leda II Operator
    Enemy patrol squad sighted
    at eleven o'clock.
[07:40] Leda II Operator
    Enlarging on monitor.
[07:44] Alarcon
    If the enemy has spotted us,
SIGN    Rear Admiral Sandle Alarcon
[07:46] Alarcon
    a surprise attack is no longer possible.
[07:48] Yang
    A surprise attack?
[07:50] Yang
    I never had any intention of doing that.
[07:53] Alarcon
    Huh?
[07:55] Yang
    I'm actually relieved that
    the Imperial Navy found us.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Lionel Morton
[07:59] Morton
    What do you mean?
[08:01] Yang
    Finding us limits the
    Imperial commander's options.
[08:10] Yang
    The problem we face,
    at present, is this fleet.
[08:13] Yang
    Will they continue to attack Iserlohn
    Fortress and keep their backs to us,
[08:18] Yang
    will they turn their backs
    on Iserlohn and fight us,
[08:22] Yang
    or will they split up their
    forces and face both?
[08:26] Yang
    They could also destroy one,
    and then the other after a time lag,
[08:30] Yang
    or they could decide that they have
    no chance of winning and leave.
[08:34] Yang
    Personally, I hope that's
    the one they choose.
[08:37] Yang
    If they do, there'll be no casualties,
[08:40] Yang
    and best of all, it'll be easier.
[08:45] Yang
    All right, we'll commence
    the operation as planned.
[08:49] Yang
    Stay safe, all of you.
[08:51] All
    Yes, sir.
[08:53] Geiersburg Operator
    The Müller fleet's patrol squad has
    confirmed the enemy fleet's approach.
[08:58] Fusseneger
    Is it the rescue fleet
    Admiral Müller's intel spoke of?
[09:01] Kempff
    We've cut off the enemy's long-distance
    communications through jamming.
[09:05] Kempff
    Those at Iserlohn Fortress most likely
    don't know that rescue has arrived.
[09:10] Kempff
    We'll use this opportunity
    to break the stalemate.
[09:13] Kempff
    Organize the staff officers at once.
[09:15] Fusseneger/Lubitsch
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
[09:26] Reinhard
    I want you both to head to
    the Iserlohn Corridor.
[09:29] Oskar
    We humbly accept your order...
[09:32] Oskar
    But if the two of us deploy
    at a time like this,
[09:36] Oskar
    will it not give Admiral Kempff the mistaken
    idea that we're trying to steal his glory?
[09:42] Reinhard
    There's no need for you
    to worry about that.
[09:46] Reinhard
    It would be one thing if Kempff
    had actually achieved something,
[09:49] Reinhard
    but there's no guarantee he's done so.
[09:53] Oskar
    Yes, sir...
[09:54] Reinhard
    Don't expand the war front any
    more than it needs to be.
[09:57] Reinhard
    Otherwise, I trust you two to
    handle this as you see fit.
[10:00] Oskar/Wolfgang
    Yes, sir.
[10:03] Oskar
    What could Duke Lohengramm be thinking?
[10:06] Oskar
    If the battle has fallen into a stalemate,
[10:09] Oskar
    there might be reason to send us there.
[10:11] Oskar
    But if Kempff is winning,
    there's no need for us to go,
[10:16] Oskar
    and if he's losing, it's too
    late for us to be of any help.
[10:19] Wolfgang
    I understand what you're saying,
[10:22] Wolfgang
    but whatever the case,
    we've accepted His Excellency's orders.
[10:27] Wolfgang
    Now all that's left is to do our best.
[10:31] Oskar
    Of course. You're right.
[10:34] Oskar
    So let's go do our best.
[10:44] Kempff
    I will now explain the details of the plan.
[10:47] Müller/Eichendorff/Patricken
    Yes, sir.
[10:48] Kempff
    First, the Müller fleet will once
    again attack Iserlohn with torpedoes.
[10:53] Kempff
    This will disable its floating battery.
[10:55] Kempff
    The Zweihänder will resume its
    bombardment simultaneously,
[10:58] Kempff
    keeping all enemy forces in check.
[11:00] Kempff
    At that time, I will lead
    a fleet out myself.
[11:04] Kempff
    I'll make it look as if my fleet is trying
    to join yours behind the fortress,
[11:08] Kempff
    acting as a decoy to lure
    the enemy fleet away.
[11:11] Kempff
    Then you will advance your fleets
    and begin a pincer attack.
[11:14] Kempff
    We'll unload our full firepower
    on them in a short span of time,
[11:17] Kempff
    shattering their morale and confining
    them within Iserlohn Fortress.
[11:21] Kempff
    Before the enemy fortress
    fleet can deploy again,
[11:24] Kempff
    our fleet will destroy their
    rescue fleet, ship by ship.
[11:28] Kempff
    Once that is complete, we will return our
    focus to capturing Iserlohn Fortress,
[11:33] Kempff
    firing the Zweihänder from the front
[11:34] Kempff
    and hitting them with the full firepower
    of our entire fleet from behind,
[11:38] Kempff
    overtaking Iserlohn Fortress
    in one fell swoop.
[11:44] Müller
    Might I offer my opinion?
[11:49] Kempff
    Go ahead.
[11:50] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[11:51] Müller
    The idea of destroying their forces one
    by one using a time lag is splendid,
[11:55] Müller
    but if they determine that your
    fleet's objective is to join ours,
[11:59] Müller
    the enemy will do everything
    they can to prevent that.
[12:03] Müller
    Please look at this.
[12:05] Müller
    I believe our fleet should make the enemy
    think we're returning to Geiersburg,
[12:10] Müller
    serving as a decoy to lure them away.
[12:13] Müller
    That would make them less
    keen to attack us.
[12:17] Müller
    Then, if your fleet surprises them
    by joining ours in a pincer attack,
[12:21] Müller
    confining them within the fortress
    will take less effort.
[12:26] Müller
    What do you think?
[12:29] Kempff
    Very well. I will incorporate
    your proposal into the plan.
[12:33] Kempff
    You will accompany me in annihilating
    the enemy's rescue fleet.
[12:38] Müller
    Yes, sir.
[12:47] Lübeck Operator
    The enemy fortress is now
    within firing range.
[12:51] Müller
    Feuer!
[13:05] Iserlohn OperatorC
    The floating battery is inoperable!
[13:08] Fyodor
    The enemy used the same move again?
SIGN    There shouldn't be enough men left in their landing force
SIGN    to attempt another infiltration.
[13:23] Iserlohn OperatorC
    Blocks B19 and C25 are hit!
[13:25] Alex
    Set the Thor Hammer's sights on
    the enemy fortress and fire!
[13:40] Iserlohn OperatorC
    Block S6 is hit!
[13:42] Alex
    What are they trying to do?
[13:44] Iserlohn OperatorB
    Optical detection
[13:46] Iserlohn OperatorB
    has confirmed that the Müller fleet is
    moving from our rear toward Geiersburg.
[13:50] Fyodor
    They're going back?
SIGN    It's obvious that they're laying some kind of groundwork,
SIGN    but the timing is perfectly aligned with Commander Yang's expected return.
[13:59] Murai
    It could also be a trap to make
    us think they're retreating
[14:02] Murai
    because our rescue fleet has arrived,
    inviting us to attack.
[14:06] Murai
    Their objective in moving after
    destroying the floating battery
[14:09] Murai
    could also be to launch a fleet in secret
    and trap us in a pincer attack.
[14:14] Alex
    Reinforcements? Or is it...
SIGN    What do you think, kid?
[14:22] Julian
    Maybe it's both.
SIGN    Both? Do tell.
[14:28] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[14:29] Julian
    Admiral Yang's reinforcements
    are indeed close.
[14:33] Julian
    Perhaps the enemy knows that
[14:35] Julian
    and is setting a trap to confine
    us in Iserlohn Fortress.
[14:42] Alex
    What makes you think that, Julian?
[14:45] Julian
    The enemy's movements are too unnatural.
[14:47] Alex
    That is true, but is that enough
    to base your judgment on?
[14:51] Julian
    Well... This is what I think.
[14:55] Julian
    If the enemy were to mobilize
    their fleet to set a trap,
[14:58] Julian
    what could their objective be?
[15:00] Julian
    We proved to them in the previous
    battle that infiltrating
[15:03] Julian
    and occupying Iserlohn would not be easy.
[15:06] Julian
    And they should know quite well
    that we are focusing on defense
[15:10] Julian
    and will not move far from the fortress.
[15:13] Julian
    So I believe they will assume they
    understand why we've chosen to defend
[15:17] Julian
    and try to confine us.
[15:19] Alex
    I see.
[15:20] Julian
    As Rear Admiral Murai predicted,
[15:23] Julian
    they could pincer our fleet when we
    go out to intercept Müller's fleet,
[15:27] Julian
    turning the tables and making
    us think it's a trap,
[15:29] Julian
    then confining us in the fortress.
[15:32] Julian
    Once they've done that,
[15:34] Julian
    they will then send all of their forces
    to eliminate Admiral Yang's fleet.
[15:38] Alex
    So it's trap to confine us within the fortress,
    then strike our reinforcements...
[15:44] Alex
    Is that it?
[15:45] Julian
    Yes. It's a far more reliable strategy
    than dividing up their forces
[15:49] Julian
    to attack from two sides.
SIGN    Well, now it's clear that the kid was Admiral Yang's top pupil
SIGN    long before he was a pupil to Poplin and me.
[16:00] Merkatz
    If that's the case,
    this won't be so complicated.
[16:03] Merkatz
    We'll just pretend to be
    confined in the fortress,
[16:06] Merkatz
    and when the enemy turns to leave,
    we'll strike their rear.
[16:10] Merkatz
    If we can align the timing with the
    return of Commander Yang's fleet,
[16:13] Merkatz
    we'll have a chance to execute
    the perfect pincer attack.
[16:17] Alex
    I entrust you to command the fleet.
[16:19] Merkatz
    Yes, sir.
[16:21] Merkatz
    Julian, I'd like you aboard the
    flagship Hyperion with me.
[16:25] Merkatz
    Right on the bridge.
[16:28] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[16:32] Na
    Just as Julian conjectured,
[16:34] Na
    Kempff's fleet appeared to catch the
    Alliance fleet in a pincer attack.
[16:41] Schneider
    As predicted, the enemy fleet
    has appeared behind us.
[16:45] Schneider
    Their flagship is Galdhøpiggen,
    which carries Admiral Kempff.
[16:49] Merkatz
    Right.
[16:51] Kempff
    Feuer!
[16:57] Hyperion Operator
    The enemy fleet at our
    rear has opened fire.
[16:59] Merkatz
    As planned, commence withdrawal
    of entire fleet to Iserlohn.
[17:03] Nguyen
    Commence retreat!
[17:05] Dusty
    Retreating!
[17:08] Lubitsch
    The enemy fleet is retreating
    into the fortress.
[17:11] Kempff
    Don't let up on the firepower.
[17:13] Kempff
    Seal them within the fortress!
[17:16] Na
    After determining that the Alliance fleet
    was confined within the fortress,
[17:21] Na
    Kempff set out to join the Müller fleet in
    annihilating the Alliance's rescue fleet.
[17:27] Leda II Radio
    Report from the patrol fleet.
[17:29] Leda II Radio
    Enemy fleet confirmed at eleven o'clock.
[17:31] Leda II Radio
    They number about 20,000.
[17:33] Yang
    Can we contact Iserlohn?
[17:35] Leda II Radio
    Comms are still down.
[17:37] Yang
    Check on the aerial force.
[17:38] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
[17:46] Mechanic
    Yes, we're working on it.
[17:48] Mechanic
    Don't worry. We'll get it done in time.
[17:51] Pilot
    Hey, are we really gonna use this?
[17:54] Pilot
    It's powerful, but it was scrapped in the testing
    stage because it tanked our aerial capabilities.
[17:59] Mechanic
    I know.
[18:01] Mechanic
    We were carrying it away to be disposed of.
[18:04] Pilot
    Damn...
[18:06] Pilot
    If this wasn't Admiral Yang's orders,
    I'd refuse to do this.
[18:10] Frederica
    Admiral, the aerial fleet is ready.
[18:14] Yang
    Status of the enemy fleet?
[18:16] Leda II Operator
    They will be within firing range shortly.
[18:18] Yang
    Commence withdrawal of the entire fleet.
[18:21] Yang
    Keep our relative velocity
    with the enemy at zero.
[18:23] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    The enemy has begun to retreat.
[18:25] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    Unable to close relative distance.
[18:27] Kempff
    They're just trying to buy time.
[18:29] Kempff
    We have them drastically outnumbered.
[18:32] Kempff
    Close the distance!
[18:33] Kempff
    By the time the garrison fleet confined
    in Iserlohn notices and deploys again,
[18:38] Kempff
    we'll have every last ship wiped out!
[18:42] Kempff
    Feuer!
[18:48] Yang
    Counterattack in moderation.
[18:51] Frederica
    Admiral, any moment now.
[18:53] Yang
    Yes.
[18:54] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    Relative distance gradually closing.
[18:57] Kempff
    Full firepower from all ship guns!
[18:59] Kempff
    Sink them in one fell swoop!
[19:01] Müller
    Full firepower!
[19:02] Lübeck Operator
    Yes, sir!
[19:03] Leda II Operator
    Enemy fleet drawing closer.
[19:20] Leda II Operator
    Enemy fleet has reached the
    expected coordinates.
[19:23] Leda II Operator
    No objects in firing range
    that would alter attack trajectory.
SIGN    Lancer Spartanians
[19:59] Müller
    An ambush?!
[20:00] Kempff
    Didn't the enemy have only a small force?!
[20:03] Yang
    The armored railguns may be powerful,
[20:05] Yang
    but they were to be scrapped because
    their size hindered their mobility.
[20:10] Yang
    But within the Iserlohn Corridor,
    where movement is restricted,
[20:15] Yang
    we can make the most of their power
    by using them as fixed batteries.
[20:19] Frederica
    That's looking from a new angle.
[20:22] Yang
    Anyway, this attack allowed us
    to chip away at the enemy,
[20:27] Yang
    but it's done no more than
    buy us a bit of time.
[20:31] Yang
    Now, if the people on Iserlohn read
    the situation and act accordingly...
[20:40] Yang
    I never wished for Julian
    to become a soldier.
[20:45] Yang
    It's so selfish to only expect so
    much of him at a time like this.
[20:51] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    Optical detection has found the
    source of the enemy fire.
[20:54] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    On display.
[20:57] Lubitsch
    They're using carrier-based
    crafts as fixed batteries?!
[21:01] Kempff
    How unorthodox.
    It's definitely Yang Wen-li.
[21:05] Kempff
    But we still have the advantage in numbers!
[21:09] Kempff
    We'll reform our line and
    turn the tables on them!
[21:12] Galdhøpiggen Operator
    Yes, sir!
[21:13] Leda II Operator
    The enemy fleet is reforming.
[21:15] Leda II Operator
    A detached force is heading
    toward our aerial squad.
[21:18] Yang
    Aerial squad, keep firing
    as you begin the retreat.
[21:21] Leda II Operator
    Yes, sir.
[21:23] Frederica
    Admiral.
[21:26] Frederica
    Look.
[21:32] Hyperion Operator
    Enemy fleet is within firing range.
[21:35] Merkatz
    Fire!
[21:42] Fusseneger
    Fire coming from behind us!
[21:44] Fusseneger
    It's the enemy's main fleet!
[21:46] Kempff
    How?! How were they able
    to re-deploy so quickly?!
[21:50] Yang
    Our fleet will now move forward
    and switch to offensive.
[21:56] Müller
    They don't even have reliable
    communication right now.
[21:59] Müller
    There's no way they could have
    coordinated such an elaborate plan!
[22:08] Müller
    Is this the end?
[22:11] Müller
    No!
[22:12] Kempff
    Do not pull back!
[22:14] Kempff
    Just one step... We're just one step away!
[22:17] Kempff
    We're one step away from
    making the Milky Way ours!
[22:23] Na
    The Imperial fleet led by Kempff
[22:25] Na
    devoted all its strength
    to escaping this crisis.
[22:30] Na
    But the fierce attacks of the Alliance Navy,
    led by Yang and Merkatz,
[22:34] Na
    surpassed the Empire's best efforts,
[22:37] Na
    and the Imperial Navy was slipping
    into the abyss of total defeat.
[22:45] Fusseneger
    Your Excellency.
[22:47] Fusseneger
    There is no point in resisting further.
[22:50] Fusseneger
    I hate to say it, but our only option now
[22:52] Fusseneger
    is to concentrate our
    efforts on retreating.
[23:05] Kempff
    Geiersburg Fortress.
[23:08] Fusseneger
    Geiersburg Fortress?
[23:11] Kempff
    We'll crash it into Iserlohn Fortress.
[23:14] Kempff
    If we do that,
    Iserlohn Fortress won't stand a chance.
SIGN    Episode 37
SIGN    Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt IV: Conclusion
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Fortress vs. Fortress
    Akt IV: Conclusion."

Season 4 - Intrigue

Season 4 - Intrigue

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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

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.
SIGN    Episode 38
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.
SIGN    Episode 39
SIGN    Thunderclaps
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Thunderclaps."
[25:04] ---
    

Season 4 - Intrigue

E39 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E40 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E41 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

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.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[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.
SIGN    Episode 43
SIGN    Declaration of War
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Declaration of War."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E43 - Declaration of War

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SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Capital Heinessen
[00:18] Maid
    Your Majesty, it's time for your medicine.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E44 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

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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.
SIGN    Episode 45
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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E46 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

E47 - 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."

Season 4 - Intrigue

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
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    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.