# 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
# E1 - In the Eternal Night
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G60XDQ47R/in-the-eternal-night)
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**[00:30] Voice**
An Atmospheric Navigation
Bureau alert is in effect.
**[00:32] Voice**
No threats observed in the area.
**[00:32] Voice**
Special berthing order
expected in twenty minutes.
**[00:35] Voice**
All personnel, be mindful of
carrier-based craft preparations.
**[00:43] Na**
If the events depicted here bear a
resemblance to anything you know,
**[00:49] Na**
or the people appearing here bear
a likeness to anyone you know,
**[00:54] Na**
it is but a fluke of history,
**[00:58] Na**
and an inevitability.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:34] Na**
In the year SE 796,
**[02:37] Na**
there were three opposing
powers in the Milky Way.
**[02:42] Na**
They were the Goldenbaum Dynasty
of the Galactic Empire,
***SIGN*** Goldenbaum Dynasty of the Galactic Empire
**[02:51] Na**
the Free Planets Alliance,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
**[02:56] Na**
and the Dominion of Fezzan.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[02:59] Na**
The Empire and the Alliance were
embroiled in a seemingly endless war,
**[03:03] Na**
and the Dominion of Fezzan upheld its
neutrality as a mere formality.
**[03:07] Na**
The three powers were
indisputably deadlocked.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire
**[03:23] Kircheis**
Doing some stargazing, Your Excellency?
**[03:30] Reinhard**
Yes. Stars are great.
**[03:36] Reinhard**
You've grown a bit taller, haven't you?
**[03:39] Kircheis**
I'm 190 centimeters, the same as
two months ago, Your Excellency.
**[03:43] Kircheis**
I don't think I'll grow any taller.
**[03:46] Reinhard**
I suppose seven centimeters
taller than me is tall enough.
**[03:51] Reinhard**
Anyway, was there something you needed?
**[03:54] Kircheis**
Yes, it concerns the rebel
force's formation.
**[04:01] Kircheis**
According to reports from
three of our patrol crafts,
**[04:04] Kircheis**
they appear to be approaching from
three directions, as we expected.
**[04:08] Kircheis**
The enemy's 4th Fleet is
directly in front of us,
**[04:12] Kircheis**
with an estimated 12,000 ships.
**[04:16] Kircheis**
Distance is approximately
2,200 light-seconds.
**[04:19] Kircheis**
At our current speed, we should make
contact in roughly six hours.
**[04:23] Reinhard**
Their navy has a total of 40,000 ships...
**[04:26] Reinhard**
That's twice what we have.
**[04:29] Kircheis**
And they're attempting to
surround us on three sides.
**[04:34] Reinhard**
Our doddering old admirals
must be turning blue now...
**[04:37] Reinhard**
No, perhaps red.
***SIGN*** Episode 1
***SIGN*** In the Eternal Night
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Expeditionary Fleet Supreme Flagship
Brünhild
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
Reinhard von Lohengramm
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
Siegfried Kircheis
**[05:18] Merkatz**
Your Excellency, we thank you for this
opportunity to voice our opinions.
**[05:22] Reinhard**
I know what you want to say.
**[05:25] Reinhard**
You want to warn me that our navy
is at a disadvantage, correct?
**[05:30] Staden**
That is correct, Your Excellency.
**[05:32] Staden**
The enemy force doubles ours in number,
**[05:34] Staden**
and they're trying to surround
us on three sides.
**[05:37] Staden**
This means the enemy already
has the edge over us.
**[05:41] Reinhard**
In other words, you're saying we will lose?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Vice Admiral Staden
**[05:44] Staden**
I am not, Your Excellency.
**[05:46] Staden**
But it is a fact that we
are at a disadvantage.
**[05:50] Staden**
Please have a look at this.
**[05:54] Staden**
Our situation resembles
the time many years ago
**[05:57] Staden**
when our proud Imperial Fleet suffered
a bitter defeat at the hands
**[06:01] Staden**
of the rebel force that called
itself the Free Planets Alliance.
**[06:05] Reinhard**
The slaughter at Dagon, yes.
**[06:07] Staden**
Correct. It was truly a regrettable loss.
**[06:11] Staden**
Should we repeat the same
mistake in this battle,
**[06:16] Staden**
it would most certainly trouble
His Imperial Majesty the Kaiser.
**[06:20] Staden**
As such, it is my humble opinion that,
**[06:22] Staden**
rather than act in haste, it would be
wise to make an honorable retreat.
**[06:27] Reinhard**
You speak with eloquence,
**[06:29] Reinhard**
but I cannot agree with your view.
**[06:33] Reinhard**
Retreat is unthinkable.
**[06:36] Staden**
But why? Please explain your reasoning.
**[06:41] Reinhard**
Because we have an overwhelming
advantage over the enemy.
**[06:46] Staden**
What?!
**[06:47] Fogal**
That's...
**[06:52] Reinhard**
The advantage I speak of lies
in the following points.
**[06:58] Reinhard**
The enemy is divided into three forces,
**[07:00] Reinhard**
but our navy is concentrated
in one location.
**[07:03] Reinhard**
The enemy's total numbers may exceed ours,
**[07:05] Reinhard**
but our navy outnumbers each of the
three forces they've divided into.
**[07:10] Reinhard**
If these are not conditions for
victory, what else are they?
**[07:15] Reinhard**
We are not in danger of being surrounded.
**[07:17] Reinhard**
We are in the ideal position to defeat
the enemy's forces one by one.
**[07:21] Reinhard**
You spoke of an honorable retreat,
**[07:23] Reinhard**
but where is the honor in retreating
without fulfilling the kaiser's orders?
**[07:29] Staden**
But that is merely
Your Excellency's personal belief.
**[07:32] Staden**
It does not align with common
tactical knowledge!
**[07:35] Staden**
If you cannot point to an
instance of success...
**[07:39] Reinhard**
By tomorrow, you will witness an instance
of success with your own eyes.
**[07:44] Reinhard**
Will that convince you?
**[07:46] Staden**
But is victory truly—
**[07:47] Reinhard**
It is possible.
**[07:49] Reinhard**
But only if all of you act in
perfect accordance with my plan.
**[08:00] Staden**
Impertinent brat!
**[08:02] Erlache**
His sister's relationship with
the kaiser has made him cocky.
**[08:06] Fogal**
Such a reckless strategy
couldn't possibly work!
**[08:11] Fahrenheit**
Are you sure about that?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Rear Admiral
Adalbert von Fahrenheit
**[08:13] Fahrenheit**
He is quite a clever man, and I
thought it was quite a clever idea.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Rear Admiral Erlache
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Vice Admiral Fogal
**[08:18] Staden**
Don't tell me you've been charmed
by that upstart's indiscretion!
**[08:21] Merkatz**
Fahrenheit, you are still young yourself.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Admiral
Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
**[08:25] Fahrenheit**
I beg your pardon.
**[08:29] Kircheis**
Was that really wise?
**[08:31] Reinhard**
Leave them. What can they do?
**[08:35] Reinhard**
Don't worry about it.
**[08:38] Reinhard**
They may complain now,
**[08:41] Reinhard**
but in a day, their attitudes will change.
**[08:43] Reinhard**
I'll give that incompetent Staden
the "instance of success" he wants.
**[08:47] Reinhard**
I'll even frame it for him.
**[08:52] Reinhard**
Care for a drink, Kircheis?
I have some good wine.
**[08:56] Reinhard**
It's a rare bottle, aged 410 years!
**[08:59] Kircheis**
I'd love to.
**[09:00] Reinhard**
Let's go, then.
**[09:04] Reinhard**
By the way, Kircheis...
**[09:06] Kircheis**
Yes, Your Excellency?
**[09:08] Reinhard**
That's exactly it.
**[09:09] Reinhard**
You don't need to call me
"Your Excellency" when no one is around.
**[09:13] Reinhard**
How many times have I told you?
**[09:16] Kircheis**
I know that, but still...
**[09:18] Reinhard**
If you know, then do it.
**[09:21] Reinhard**
Once this battle is over
and we return to Odin,
**[09:24] Reinhard**
you'll be called
"Your Excellency" yourself.
**[09:28] Reinhard**
You're being promoted to commodore.
**[09:31] Reinhard**
Look forward to it.
**[09:35] Kircheis**
I am honored.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet Flagship
Leonidas
**[09:52] Pastolle**
How credible is that report
from the patrol craft?
**[09:55] Voice**
Level A. Possibility of fraud is zero!
**[09:58] Pastolle**
What is the Imperial Navy trying to do?
**[10:01] Pastolle**
What are they thinking?
**[10:03] Pastolle**
They know we have them surrounded on
three sides, but rather than retreat,
**[10:07] Pastolle**
they're actually making
a move to approach us?
**[10:11] Pastolle**
Their commander has no
knowledge of tactics!
***SIGN*** 4th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Pastolle
**[10:14] Pastolle**
Who would fight a battle like this?
**[10:17] Reinhard**
An incomplete encirclement is no
more than a division of troops.
**[10:21] Reinhard**
That's why it's a perfect chance
to take them out individually.
**[10:25] Reinhard**
Have we jammed the enemy's data link?
**[10:29] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[10:30] Kircheis**
They weren't expecting us
to make the first move,
**[10:34] Kircheis**
so it should prove very effective.
**[10:39] Reinhard**
I can just see them running
around in panic now.
**[10:44] Reinhard**
Kircheis, we will win this war.
**[10:47] Reinhard**
I can see our victory.
**[10:50] Reinhard**
That's all there is to it.
**[10:52] Guy**
Your Excellency, what shall we do?
**[10:55] Pastolle**
Send an urgent message to the
2nd and 6th Fleet commanders!
**[10:58] Pastolle**
Tell them the enemy has engaged
us, and we need backup!
**[11:02] Guy**
There's no answer!
**[11:03] Guy**
The enemy's jammed our communications!
I can't make a connection!
**[11:08] Pastolle**
Dispatch liaison crafts to
the 2nd and 6th Fleets!
**[11:15] Kircheis**
We're within optical targeting range.
**[11:25] Reinhard**
Feuer!
**[11:35] Guy**
Optical signals confirm enemy fire!
**[11:38] Pastolle**
All ships, full shields!
**[11:40] Guy**
The enemy jam has severed our data link!
**[11:44] Guy**
Shields incomplete!
**[11:55] Reinhard**
Slow to react...
**[11:58] Reinhard**
I guess there are incompetents everywhere.
**[12:00] Guy**
Enemy fire is concentrated on
the center of our front line!
**[12:03] Guy**
Damages are severe!
**[12:04] Pastolle**
Data link off! All ships switch to manual!
**[12:07] Pastolle**
Left-flanked 5th Fleet, right-flanked
7th Fleet, defend our center!
**[12:11] Pastolle**
We'll move forward in the meantime!
***SIGN*** Fahrenheit Fleet Flagship
Heimdall
**[12:19] Guy**
Cruising range for carrier-based
fighter craft achieved.
**[12:22] Fahrenheit**
Trailing aircraft carriers are ordered
**[12:24] Fahrenheit**
to launch the Walküre squadron!
**[12:32] Guy**
Enemy carrier-based crafts approaching!
**[12:33] Guy**
Ready anti-aircraft weaponry!
**[12:49] Guy**
Continue the attack!
**[13:01] Staden**
*This is merely a fluke.*
**[13:07] Guy**
Transmission from the flagship *Brünhild*.
**[13:12] Fahrenheit**
The enemy fleet has lost its capacity
for organized resistance.
**[13:16] Reinhard**
*Good work.*
**[13:18] Reinhard**
*Isn't there something you'd like to say?*
**[13:20] Fahrenheit**
I don't believe so.
**[13:22] Reinhard**
* You're so much more tight-lipped*
* than the other admirals.*
**[13:25] Reinhard**
*There's no need for self-restraint.*
**[13:26] Fahrenheit**
Regardless of how anyone
behaves, a win is a win.
**[13:29] Fahrenheit**
I am aware that the victor is always right.
**[13:33] Reinhard**
I see.
**[13:47] Merkatz**
*Organized resistance has ceased.*
**[13:49] Merkatz**
* We're ready to begin combat*
* with the survivors.*
**[13:53] Reinhard**
There's no need.
**[13:54] Merkatz**
*What?*
**[13:55] Reinhard**
We've only finished one
third of the battle.
**[13:58] Reinhard**
Leave any surviving forces where they are.
**[14:01] Reinhard**
We need to save our strength
for the next battle.
**[14:05] Reinhard**
Orders to follow.
**[14:06] Merkatz**
*Understood, Your Excellency.*
**[14:11] Reinhard**
His attitude has changed a bit.
**[14:15] Kircheis**
Yes, I suppose it would have to.
**[14:19] Reinhard**
By the way, do you think we should strike
the left or the right fleet next, Kircheis?
**[14:26] Kircheis**
It would be possible to get around
to the rear flank of either.
**[14:29] Kircheis**
I believe you have made
up your mind, however.
**[14:31] Reinhard**
True enough.
**[14:34] Kircheis**
The one to the right, the 6th Fleet,
has smaller numbers.
**[14:39] Reinhard**
Precisely.
**[14:41] Kircheis**
The enemy may have foreseen our plan.
**[14:43] Kircheis**
That is the one thing I
find slightly concerning.
**[14:46] Reinhard**
No chance of that.
**[14:47] Reinhard**
If they knew, surely they wouldn't
continue to divide their offensive.
**[14:52] Reinhard**
If their two fleets merged
as quickly as possible,
**[14:54] Reinhard**
they would have a vast advantage over us.
**[14:59] Reinhard**
It proves they haven't yet
figured out our intentions.
**[15:03] Reinhard**
We'll go around to the right rear flank
of the 6th Fleet and attack.
**[15:07] Reinhard**
How long will it take?
**[15:09] Kircheis**
No more than four hours.
**[15:11] Reinhard**
You already had it all
worked out, didn't you?
**[15:19] Reinhard**
Order all fleets to attack the enemy's
6th Fleet from the right rear flank.
**[15:25] Kircheis**
Understood.
**[15:37] Moore**
From four-thirty?
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Flagship
Pergamon - Officers' Dining Hall
**[15:40] Lapp**
Yes, sir.
**[15:40] Moore**
I see. And which four-thirty?
Morning or afternoon?
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Moore
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Staff Officer
Lieutenant Commander Jean Robert Lapp
**[15:46] Lapp**
It is undoubtedly the enemy, sir.
**[15:50] Moore**
It can't be. The enemy is fighting
the 4th Fleet right now.
**[15:55] Moore**
We're rushing to the battle as we speak.
**[15:58] Moore**
There's no doubt the 2nd Fleet
is doing the same thing.
**[16:02] Moore**
Then we can attack the
enemy from both sides.
**[16:05] Moore**
We have every opportunity to win.
**[16:07] Moore**
No, we *will* win.
**[16:10] Moore**
The situation makes that clear.
**[16:11] Lapp**
But, Your Excellency, couldn't the
enemy have moved the battlefield?
**[16:15] Moore**
And left the 4th Fleet?
**[16:18] Lapp**
It pains me to say this,
**[16:20] Lapp**
but I believe the 4th Fleet
has already been defeated.
**[16:24] Moore**
That's a very bold, very unpleasant
guess, Lieutenant Commander Lapp.
**[16:28] Lapp**
We must rendezvous with the
2nd Fleet, and then—
***SIGN*** 6th Fleet Flagship
Pergamon
**[16:53] Guy**
Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
**[16:54] Moore**
Switch to manual operation!
**[16:56] Moore**
All ships, turn around!
**[16:58] Lapp**
Your Excellency, turning around
will only create chaos!
**[17:03] Lapp**
I believe we should move ahead at
full speed in a clockwise direction
**[17:07] Lapp**
so that we can come around
behind the enemy.
**[17:11] Moore**
Most of our men will have
been taken out by then!
**[17:14] Moore**
We will turn around and strike!
**[17:15] Lapp**
But—
**[17:16] Moore**
Shut up!
***SIGN*** Merkatz Fleet Flagship
Minerva
**[17:33] Merkatz**
Looks like that youngster didn't
just get lucky after all.
**[17:38] Merkatz**
"Old soldiers just fade away," then?
**[17:50] Guy**
Surveillance system showing damage!
**[17:52] Guy**
Unable to restore monitors!
**[17:57] Reinhard**
Halt the jamming and send them a message.
**[18:00] Guy**
Transmission from the enemy flagship!
**[18:02] Guy**
"Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
**[18:08] Moore**
Release the bridge from its armor.
**[18:11] Moore**
I want to see them with my
own eyes and fight back.
**[18:13] Lapp**
But—
**[18:13] Moore**
Surrender, you say?
**[18:16] Moore**
No, I may be incompetent,
but I will not be a coward.
**[18:28] Guy**
No response.
**[18:31] Reinhard**
Sink them.
**[18:34] Moore**
Shields at maximum output! Return fire!
**[18:37] Guy**
The enemy has fired
armor-piercing ammunition!
**[18:54] Reinhard**
Those without skill are destined to fall.
**[18:57] Reinhard**
This is a given.
**[19:00] Fahrenheit**
*Report from our patrol craft.*
**[19:02] Fahrenheit**
* The enemy's 2nd Fleet has left the*
* battle sector to aid the 4th Fleet.*
**[19:08] Fahrenheit**
* We would like to continue our*
* advance and attack the 2nd Fleet.*
**[19:13] Reinhard**
Very well.
**[19:14] Reinhard**
All fleets will proceed to annihilate
the enemy's 2nd Fleet.
**[19:25] Guy**
The 2nd Fleet is directly ahead of us!
**[19:29] Reinhard**
Feuer.
**[19:30] Fahrenheit**
Feuer.
**[19:31] Merkatz**
Feuer.
**[19:56] Guy**
The enemy craft is hit!
**[20:00] Kircheis**
I do hope we will be able
to annihilate them all.
**[20:03] Reinhard**
You really are a worrywart, aren't you?
**[20:06] Reinhard**
Do you have such difficulty trusting me?
**[20:09] Kircheis**
I have never once doubted you.
**[20:12] Kircheis**
It's just that, at times, I am afraid.
**[20:16] Kircheis**
What if the enemy has someone extraordinary
on their side, like we have you?
**[20:21] Reinhard**
You think of the strangest
things, Kircheis.
**[20:25] Reinhard**
If someone like that were to appear,
**[20:29] Reinhard**
I would love to fight them once.
**[20:31] Reinhard**
And if possible, I'd like
to see them face-to-face.
**[20:35] Reinhard**
I'm sure we'd have much to talk about.
**[20:38] Guy**
Analyzing enemy transmission.
**[20:39] Guy**
I believe it to be directed to all fleets.
**[20:43] Reinhard**
Play it.
**[20:44] Yang**
* I am Commodore Yang Wen-li, deputy*
* staff officer to Commander Paetta.*
**[20:50] Yang**
*Our flagship* Patroklos *has been hit,*
**[20:52] Yang**
*and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.*
**[20:55] Yang**
* Per the commander's orders, I will*
* take over command of all fleets.*
**[21:00] Yang**
* Do not worry. Obey my orders,*
* and you will be saved.*
**[21:05] Yang**
* Those who wish to survive,*
* remain calm and follow my directions.*
**[21:10] Yang**
* Our squadron is losing the*
* battle at the moment,*
**[21:13] Yang**
*but all that matters is that we win in the end.*
**[21:16] Yang**
*We will not lose.*
**[21:18] Yang**
* All ships, focus on destroying individual*
* crafts until I give further orders.*
**[21:23] Yang**
*That is all.*
**[21:26] Reinhard**
"We will not lose"...
**[21:29] Reinhard**
"Obey my orders, and you
will be saved," eh?
**[21:33] Reinhard**
I never knew the rebel forces had
such a braggart among their ranks.
**[21:38] Reinhard**
How does he intend to turn his
disadvantage around at this stage?
**[21:43] Reinhard**
Well, no matter.
**[21:45] Reinhard**
Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
**[21:49] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[21:51] Reinhard**
Reorganize the battle lines.
**[21:52] Reinhard**
Instruct all fleets to move
into a spindle formation.
**[21:56] Reinhard**
Do you understand why?
**[21:58] Kircheis**
You intend to break through their center.
**[22:01] Reinhard**
That's right. I knew you'd get it.
**[22:31] Guy**
Compiling data from patrol crafts.
**[22:33] Guy**
Operating in real time.
**[22:36] Reinhard**
It appears we've won.
**[22:38] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[22:46] Kircheis**
Is something the matter?
**[22:50] Mircheis**
Reinhard?
**[22:52] Reinhard**
It's strange. Something isn't right.
**[22:55] Reinhard**
We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
**[23:00] Reinhard**
But...
**[23:07] Reinhard**
No!
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Battle of Astarte
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode two: "The Battle of Astarte."
# E2 - The Battle of Astarte
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G6QWJ3V96/the-battle-of-astarte)
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year SE 796,
**[00:05] Na**
also known to history as IC 487,
**[00:08] Na**
a Galactic Imperial Navy fleet of
20,000 warships, led by Reinhard,
**[00:12] Na**
faced the Free Planets Alliance
Navy in the Astarte Starzone.
**[00:17] Na**
The Alliance, with its superior numbers,
**[00:19] Na**
attempted to surround the
Imperial Navy on three sides,
**[00:22] Na**
but the Imperials struck
each of their fleets individually
**[00:25] Na**
led to the loss of the 4th and 6th
Fleets, sealing the Alliance's defeat.
**[00:30] Na**
But then a voice heard in a message
transmitted by the Alliance said,
**[00:35] Na**
"Do not worry. Obey my orders,
and you will be saved."
***SIGN*** X Hours Earlier
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 2nd Fleet Flagship
Patroklos
**[02:55] Yang**
Yang Wen-li, reporting as ordered, sir.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Deputy Staff Officer
Commodore Yang Wen-li
**[03:00] Paetta**
I looked at the battle plan you submitted.
**[03:03] Paetta**
It was a very interesting proposal.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Paetta
**[03:06] Paetta**
But I fear it may be overly prudent,
perhaps even a bit passive.
**[03:10] Yang**
Is it, sir?
**[03:12] Paetta**
It's certainly hard to imagine
we'd lose if we used it,
**[03:15] Paetta**
but there's no point in
simply "not losing."
**[03:18] Paetta**
We have to *win*.
**[03:19] Paetta**
Our forces have surrounded
the enemy on three sides,
**[03:22] Paetta**
and we have twice their numbers.
**[03:25] Paetta**
With all these factors on our side,
**[03:27] Paetta**
why must we simply contrive to not lose?
**[03:31] Yang**
But, sir, our encirclement
is not yet complete.
**[03:35] Paetta**
In any case, I'm rejecting this proposal.
**[03:38] Paetta**
Just so we're clear, this is
nothing personal against you.
**[03:45] Yang**
Understood, sir.
**[03:47] Lao**
Commodore!
**[03:52] Yang**
And... you are?
**[03:54] Lao**
Lao, a staff officer.
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Staff Officer
Lieutenant Commander Lao
**[03:56] Lao**
It's an honor to be on the same
team as the hero of El Facil.
**[04:00] Yang**
Please, don't call me a hero.
**[04:04] Yang**
So, what did you need from me?
**[04:06] Lao**
From the look on your face,
**[04:08] Lao**
I would assume Vice Admiral Paetta
didn't accept the plan you proposed.
**[04:12] Yang**
You assume correctly.
**[04:15] Yang**
Did I look that depressed?
**[04:21] Lao**
Might I ask how Your Excellency
feels about our current situation?
**[04:27] Yang**
We do have a clear advantage,
**[04:30] Yang**
but if I were our enemy, I wouldn't
consider myself in dire peril.
**[04:38] Lao**
Commodore.
**[04:40] Lao**
I have the luck of the devil.
**[04:43] Lao**
In the past, I was one of three survivors
when my fleet was destroyed.
**[04:47] Yang**
I certainly wish I could
share that luck with you.
**[04:50] Lao**
As someone who's been through that,
I'm optimistic about this mission.
**[04:54] Lao**
Please, don't feel discouraged.
**[04:57] Yang**
Thanks...
***SIGN*** Episode 2
***SIGN*** The Battle of Astarte
**[05:06] Guy**
Patrol craft 371 to flagship *Patroklos*.
**[05:09] Guy**
The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
found in the anticipated sector.
**[05:12] Guy**
Repeat...
**[05:13] Guy**
The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
found in the anticipated sector.
**[05:17] Paetta**
What? That doesn't make sense.
**[05:20] Paetta**
It's inconceivable!
**[05:22] Paetta**
Urgent transmission to the
4th Fleet commander!
**[05:25] Guy**
No response. It appears the enemy
has jammed the radio waves.
**[05:28] Guy**
Unable to establish a
link to the 4th Fleet.
**[05:29] Lao**
It turned out just like you said.
**[05:31] Yang**
Not that I'm happy about that.
**[05:38] Yang**
*With our encirclement still incomplete,*
**[05:41] Yang**
* taking out our fleets individually*
* would be the logical strategy.*
***SIGN*** Meanwhile
Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet
**[05:48] Yang**
* So they're not making the same mistake*
* they made in the Slaughter at Dagon.*
**[05:59] Paetta**
Commodore Yang!
**[06:02] Yang**
Yes, sir?
**[06:03] Paetta**
How do you view our situation?
Tell me what you think.
**[06:08] Yang**
The enemy must be planning to take
out our fleets individually.
**[06:12] Yang**
The obvious choice would be to target the
4th Fleet first, as it's the smallest.
**[06:17] Yang**
They've exercised their right to choose
which of our scattered forces to confront.
**[06:23] Paetta**
Do you think the 4th Fleet can hold out?
**[06:27] Yang**
The side that has the greater numbers and
makes the first move has the advantage.
**[06:32] Paetta**
In any case, we need to rush to the
battlefield and aid the 4th Fleet.
**[06:36] Paetta**
If we're lucky, it's possible we could
strike the Imperial Navy's rear flank.
**[06:40] Paetta**
That will give us an instant advantage.
**[06:43] Yang**
I don't believe that's possible.
**[06:45] Paetta**
What do you mean?
**[06:47] Yang**
The battle will have ended
by the time we get there.
**[06:51] Yang**
The enemy will leave to strike the rear
flank of either the 2nd or the 6th Fleet.
**[06:59] Yang**
We've lost the initiative.
**[07:01] Yang**
In fact, they've taken it
from us at every turn.
**[07:03] Yang**
It's my opinion that there is no need
for us to play into the enemy's hands.
**[07:07] Paetta**
What do you suggest we do, then?!
**[07:10] Yang**
Change our procedure.
**[07:12] Yang**
Instead of departing to aid the 4th Fleet,
**[07:15] Yang**
we merge with the 6th Fleet
as soon as possible
**[07:18] Yang**
and create a new battlefield
in that sector.
**[07:21] Yang**
The two fleets combined
would total 28,000 ships,
**[07:24] Yang**
so we would face the enemy with higher
than fifty-fifty odds of victory.
**[07:28] Paetta**
You're suggesting we leave
the 4th Fleet to die?
**[07:32] Yang**
If we left now, we still
wouldn't reach them in time.
**[07:35] Paetta**
You can't be certain of that!
**[07:37] Paetta**
The 4th Fleet won't be so easily defeated.
**[07:41] Paetta**
If they can hold out...
**[07:44] Yang**
I've already advised you
that it's impossible.
**[07:47] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, reality doesn't
rely solely on your calculations!
**[07:52] Paetta**
The one leading their expeditionary
force is Count Lohengramm.
**[07:56] Paetta**
He is young and inexperienced.
**[07:58] Yang**
Commander, sir, you say
he is inexperienced,
**[08:01] Yang**
but his strategic ideas are—
**[08:03] Paetta**
Enough, Commodore!
**[08:05] Paetta**
Vice Admiral Pastolle is a veteran.
**[08:07] Paetta**
He will not go down easily!
**[08:25] Yang**
Jean, we were ordered to
halt communications.
**[08:28] Lapp**
* The enemy isn't in the area where*
* we expected to find them.*
**[08:31] Yang**
I know.
**[08:32] Lapp**
*No hope for the 4th Fleet, then?*
**[08:34] Yang**
Most likely not.
**[08:36] Yang**
The enemy will probably go
after the 6th Fleet next.
**[08:39] Lapp**
* If so, they'll increase the interference*
* on our communications.*
**[08:43] Lapp**
*That means this is the last time I contact you.*
**[08:46] Lapp**
*Let's both do everything we can.*
**[08:48] Lapp**
* I'll advise Vice Admiral Moore to*
* rendezvous with the 2nd Fleet.*
**[08:52] Yang**
I'll try advising Vice Admiral
Paetta again, as well, but...
**[08:56] Lapp**
* Yang, if anything happens to*
* me, take care of Jessica.*
**[08:59] Yang**
Don't start talking like that.
**[09:02] Lapp**
*And you call yourself a military man?*
**[09:04] Yang**
It's why I don't really fit
in with the military.
**[09:08] Yang**
Stay alive and go home to Jessica.
**[09:10] Yang**
I don't want to hear dying
requests from you.
**[09:12] Lapp**
*All right, Yang.*
**[09:15] Lapp**
*I wish you luck.*
**[09:19] Guy**
Signal lost.
**[09:20] Yang**
Don't die, Jean.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy 6th Fleet
**[09:23] Guy**
Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
**[09:25] Guy**
The enemy jam has severed our data link!
**[09:28] Guy**
Shields incomplete!
**[09:36] Guy**
Transmission from the Imperial Navy.
**[09:38] Guy**
"You are completely surrounded.
**[09:40] Guy**
You have no escape.
**[09:42] Guy**
Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
**[09:53] Lapp**
*Jessica...*
**[09:58] Yang**
Your Excellency.
**[10:00] Yang**
You can see the situation we're in.
**[10:03] Yang**
The enemy is certain to target
our own 2nd Fleet next.
**[10:08] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, do you have any
ideas that aren't passive?
**[10:12] Yang**
I haven't given any advice
that was not proactive.
**[10:16] Guy**
Radio signal jammed.
Scouting system partially offline.
**[10:20] Guy**
Optical signal detecting approaching ship.
**[10:22] Guy**
Analyzing image.
Most likely an enemy craft.
**[10:25] Paetta**
Type I order to all crafts!
Report to battle stations!
**[10:28] Paetta**
Now!
**[10:30] Yang**
*That was faster than I expected.*
**[11:03] Yang**
Your Excellency!
**[11:05] Yang**
Commander Paetta is wounded.
**[11:08] Yang**
Ready the sick bay immediately.
**[11:11] Yang**
Are any officers still alive in here?
**[11:14] Yang**
I'm all right.
**[11:15] Yang**
Lieutenant Commander Lao.
**[11:17] Lao**
I told you... I have the luck of the devil.
**[11:24] Paetta**
Commodore Yang, take command of the fleet.
**[11:28] Yang**
Me, sir?
**[11:30] Paetta**
It seems you are the highest ranked
among the surviving officers.
**[11:34] Paetta**
We need your skills as a tactician...
**[11:38] Lao**
I guess he really respected you, deep down.
**[11:41] Yang**
You think so?
**[11:46] Yang**
Message to all fleets.
**[11:48] Yang**
I am Commodore Yang Wen-li,
deputy staff officer to Commander Paetta.
**[11:53] Yang**
Our flagship, *Patroklos*, has been hit,
**[11:55] Yang**
and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.
**[11:58] Yang**
Per the commander's orders, I will
take over command of all fleets.
**[12:05] Yang**
* Do not worry. Obey my orders,*
* and you will be saved.*
**[12:09] Yang**
* Those who wish to survive,*
* remain calm and follow my directions.*
**[12:14] Yang**
* Our force is losing the*
* battle at the moment,*
**[12:17] Yang**
* but all that matters is*
* that we win in the end.*
**[12:21] Yang**
*We will not lose.*
**[12:30] Yang**
All ships, focus on destroying individual
crafts until I give further orders.
**[12:45] Reinhard**
"We will not lose"...
**[12:46] Reinhard**
"Obey my orders, and you
will be saved," eh?
**[12:51] Reinhard**
I never knew the rebel forces had
such a braggart among their ranks.
**[12:56] Reinhard**
How does he intend to turn his
disadvantage around at this stage?
**[13:02] Reinhard**
Well, no matter.
**[13:04] Reinhard**
Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
**[13:06] Kircheis**
Yes.
**[13:33] Lao**
The enemy is reforming into
a spindle formation.
**[13:37] Yang**
They must be planning to
break through our center.
**[13:40] Lao**
What will we do?
**[13:42] Yang**
I have a plan in mind.
**[13:44] Lao**
But how will you give the order?
**[13:47] Lao**
The enemy is still jamming
our communications.
**[13:51] Lao**
The data link isn't restored yet, either.
**[13:54] Lao**
How can we...
**[13:55] Yang**
Don't worry.
**[13:57] Yang**
Broadcast a compressed data transmission
across all frequency ranges.
**[14:00] Yang**
Tell each ship to open code C-4 on their tactical intel system.
**[14:04] Yang**
Even if the enemy's monitoring us,
they can't figure anything out
**[14:08] Yang**
if that's all we say.
**[14:15] Lao**
*Even then, he already...*
**[14:17] Yang**
I had hoped this wouldn't
be necessary, but alas...
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Squadron Flagship
Manannan Mac Lir
**[14:27] Fisher**
Chief engineer, reroute all output
except life support to the shields.
**[14:32] Guy**
Order from flagship *Patroklos*.
**[14:35] Guy**
It says to enable Code C-4 on the
tactical information system.
**[14:38] Fisher**
Do so at once.
**[14:43] Aide**
This is...
**[14:44] Fisher**
It's a strategic plan for countering
a breakthrough to our center.
**[14:48] Fisher**
Commodore Yang Wen-li
prepared this in advance?
***SIGN*** 2nd Fleet Squadron Commander
Commodore Edwin Fischer
**[14:54] Fisher**
In accordance with the
Code C-4 strategic plan,
**[14:57] Fisher**
we will henceforth move as a united fleet.
**[14:59] Fisher**
Don't rely on the data link.
**[15:01] Fisher**
All ships, commence retreat independently.
**[15:04] Guy**
Commencing retreat.
**[15:15] Lao**
It's working out so far.
**[15:16] Lao**
The rest depends on whether our
men act as we need them to.
**[15:20] Yang**
Yes, one misstep and we'll lose all control.
**[15:25] Lao**
What will you do if that happens?
**[15:29] Yang**
Pretend I was clueless.
**[15:40] Kircheis**
Is something the matter?
**[15:47] Kircheis**
Reinhard?
**[15:48] Reinhard**
It's strange. Something isn't right.
**[15:51] Reinhard**
We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
**[15:55] Reinhard**
But...
**[16:02] Reinhard**
No!
**[16:21] Guy**
The enemy has split up and is advancing on
us at high speed from both sides!
**[16:26] Reinhard**
They got us.
**[16:28] Reinhard**
They made it look like
they'd been broken up,
**[16:30] Reinhard**
then split into two forces
to come around behind us.
**[16:39] Reinhard**
Our strategy to break through
their center backfired!
**[16:47] Staden**
What?!
**[16:52] Kircheis**
What will you do?
Reverse course and intercept them?
**[16:55] Reinhard**
Don't make jokes.
Are you telling me to be incompetent?
**[16:59] Reinhard**
More incompetent than the
enemy's 4th Fleet commander?
**[17:01] Kircheis**
In that case, our only option
is to move forward.
**[17:04] Reinhard**
Precisely.
**[17:07] Reinhard**
All fleets, full speed ahead!
**[17:09] Reinhard**
Come right up their tails
as they turn back on us!
**[17:44] Lao**
I've never seen a formation
like this before.
**[17:46] Yang**
I'd imagine not. I haven't, either.
**[17:50] Yang**
*No, this isn't the first time I've seen it.*
**[17:53] Yang**
* This has happened in battlefields*
* everywhere since the dawn of time.*
**[17:59] Reinhard**
What a stupid-looking formation!
**[18:01] Reinhard**
This is going to turn into
a battle of attrition!
**[18:23] Yang**
The enemy should begin to pull back soon.
**[18:26] Lao**
Then are we going to pursue them?
**[18:30] Yang**
Let's not.
**[18:32] Yang**
We'll retreat when they do.
**[18:36] Yang**
We're already doing all we're capable of.
**[18:39] Reinhard**
Kircheis, what do you think?
**[18:42] Kircheis**
I think perhaps it's time to end this.
**[18:45] Kircheis**
Continuing this battle will only produce
more casualties on both sides.
**[18:49] Kircheis**
There is no strategic purpose to this.
**[18:53] Kircheis**
Does that frustrate you?
**[18:55] Reinhard**
Not especially, but I would
have liked more of a win.
**[19:00] Reinhard**
It's too bad we couldn't apply
the finishing touches.
**[19:04] Kircheis**
Despite being surrounded by
the enemy on three sides,
**[19:07] Kircheis**
you eliminated two of their fleets with
a strategy to strike them individually.
**[19:11] Kircheis**
Then, with the last of the enemy reversing
course to come up behind you,
**[19:13] Kircheis**
you fought on even footing.
**[19:15] Kircheis**
Is that not good enough?
**[19:18] Kircheis**
To hope for any more than that
would be a bit too greedy.
**[19:24] Reinhard**
I know that.
**[19:38] Reinhard**
The commander of their 2nd Fleet...
**[19:42] Reinhard**
The man who assumed
command during the battle...
**[19:44] Reinhard**
What was his name again?
**[19:46] Kircheis**
Commodore Yang Wen-li.
**[19:48] Reinhard**
Right, Yang.
**[19:50] Reinhard**
He just might be the kind of
person you spoke of earlier.
**[20:00] Reinhard**
Send a message to Commodore
Yang Wen-li in my name.
**[20:05] Kircheis**
Certainly.
**[20:07] Reinhard**
Now I have something new
to look forward to.
**[20:24] Lao**
Acting Commander Yang, there's a message
for you from the Imperial Navy.
**[20:27] Yang**
For me? Read it.
**[20:31] Lao**
"I offer my respect for
your bravery in battle.
**[20:33] Lao**
I pray for your good health
until we do battle again.
**[20:36] Lao**
Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
Reinhard von Lohengramm."
**[20:41] Lao**
That's all.
**[20:42] Yang**
Respect for my bravery in battle, eh?
**[20:45] Yang**
How humbling.
**[20:47] Lao**
What shall we do? Will you respond?
**[20:50] Yang**
I doubt he expects that of me.
**[20:55] Yang**
No matter. Just leave it be.
**[20:57] Yang**
More importantly, we must quickly
retrieve any survivors.
**[21:01] Yang**
I want to save as many as we can.
**[21:04] Lao**
Understood.
**[21:07] Lao**
Thanks to you, my life is spared yet again.
**[21:12] Yang**
You just have good luck.
**[21:28] Na**
And thus the Battle of
Astarte came to an end.
**[21:33] Na**
The Alliance suffered ten to eleven
times the losses of the Imperial Navy,
**[21:38] Na**
but they barely managed to stop the Galactic
Empire's invasion of the Astarte Starzone.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Palace
Neue Sanssouci
**[23:42] Official**
The leader of all mankind,
ruler of all the universe,
**[23:47] Official**
keeper of all order and
law under the heavens,
**[23:50] Official**
the holy and inviolable kaiser
of the Galactic Empire,
**[23:53] Official**
His Highness Friedrich IV!
***SIGN*** 36th Kaiser of the Galactic Empire
Friedrich IV
**[24:13] Official**
Count Reinhard von Lohengramm.
**[24:25] Na**
On this day, the high admiral
of the Galactic Imperial Navy,
**[24:29] Na**
Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
was named the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
**[24:34] Na**
However, this was but one minor
step toward his true destination.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** An Indomitable Prodigy
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode three, "The Indomitable Prodigy."
# E3 - An Indomitable Prodigy
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year CE 2801,
**[00:04] Na**
humanity relocated its political center from
Earth, the third planet in the Solar System,
**[00:10] Na**
to Theoria, the second planet
in the Aldebaran Star System...
**[00:13] Na**
and established the Galactic Federation.
**[00:16] Na**
It was declared the first year
of the Universal Calendar...
**[00:18] Na**
and heralded an era of
long-lasting growth.
**[00:22] Na**
However, this prosperity
would not last forever.
**[00:25] Na**
Humanity was engulfed in the gloom of
stagnation and uncertainty when,
**[00:30] Na**
in UC 310,
**[00:33] Na**
Rudolf Goldenbaum was elected President of
the Galactic Federation by popular vote.
**[00:39] Na**
The Parliament also named
him Prime Minister.
**[00:43] Na**
In addition, he gave himself the title
Emperor Rudolf I of the Galactic Empire,
***SIGN*** First Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Rudolf von Goldenbaum
**[00:48] Na**
at which point the Galactic
Federation collapsed,
**[00:51] Na**
and the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the
Galactic Empire was established.
**[00:56] Na**
This made him the first absolute
monarch of all humanity,
**[01:02] Na**
as well as its dictator.
**[01:06] Na**
Now a holy and inviolable entity,
**[01:09] Na**
Rudolf rebuilt the world
to suit his own ideals.
**[01:12] Na**
It was a world in which a subset of
the nobility ruled the populace.
**[01:18] Na**
A widespread outbreak of riots
followed Rudolf's death,
**[01:22] Na**
but the empire's foundation
was not shaken.
**[01:25] Na**
However, in the year IC 164,
***SIGN*** Arle Heinessen
**[01:29] Na**
a group of republicans succeeded
in escaping the empire's rule.
**[01:34] Na**
After a journey of half a century,
**[01:36] Na**
they reached a planet that would
later be named Heinessen...
**[01:40] Na**
and declared the establishment
of the Free Planets Alliance.
**[01:43] Na**
Believing themselves to be the true
heirs of the Galactic Federation,
**[01:48] Na**
they revived the Universal Calendar.
**[01:51] Na**
Incidentally, the year UC 527
coincides with the year IC 218.
**[01:59] Na**
The two forces would spend the next
150 years of their history at war.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:38] Kaiser**
For your success in subjugating the
rebel forces in the Astarte Starzone,
**[03:44] Kaiser**
I name you, Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
**[03:49] Kaiser**
I also name you Vice Commander
of the Imperial Space Fleet...
**[03:53] Kaiser**
and give you command of
half of our Space Fleet.
**[03:59] Kaiser**
This is the decree of Friedrich IV
of the Galactic Empire,
**[04:01] Kaiser**
given in this, the 487th year
of the Imperial Calender.
**[04:31] Ovlesser**
Hmph. A twenty-year-old fleet admiral, eh?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Gregor von Mückenberger
**[04:35] Ovlesser**
When did the lustrous Imperial Space Fleet...
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
High Admiral Ovlesser
**[04:37] Ovlesser**
sink to the level of a child's
plaything, Your Excellency?
**[04:42] Gregor**
That blond boy does have tactical skill.
I can't deny that.
**[04:47] Gregor**
He did defeat the rebels, after all.
**[04:50] Gregor**
His talent astonished even the
seasoned veteran Merkatz.
**[04:55] Ovlesser**
He does look as if he has lost his bite.
**[04:58] Ovlesser**
He did win, but it may well have
been an isolated coincidence.
**[05:02] Ovlesser**
If you ask me, it only seems as if
the enemy was incompetent.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** The Indomitable Prodigy
**[05:13] Guy**
Next, his rank will be raised
from count to marquis.
**[05:17] Guy**
He's done well for himself, even for having
a sister the kaiser's in love with.
**[05:21] Guy**
I heard his red-headed flunky is
getting promoted two ranks, too.
**[05:25] Ansbach**
Don't be shameless!
**[05:27] Guy**
Commodore Ansbach!
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Commodore Ansbach
**[05:28] Ansbach**
Their deeds have made them worthy
of the ranks they've earned.
**[05:33] Ansbach**
Watch your tongues.
**[05:34] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:42] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You're being promoted to commodore.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Look forward to it.
**[05:47] Kircheis**
* Every time Reinhard takes*
* a step up the ladder,*
**[05:51] Kircheis**
*I'm dragged up behind him.*
**[05:53] Kircheis**
*And at such staggering speed...*
**[05:56] Oberstein**
Captain Siegfried Kircheis, correct?
**[06:00] Kircheis**
Yes, and you are?
**[06:02] Oberstein**
I'm Captain Paul von Oberstein.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
Paul von Oberstein
**[06:05] Oberstein**
Pleasure to meet you.
**[06:08] Kircheis**
Do you have business with me?
**[06:13] Oberstein**
Forgive me.
**[06:14] Oberstein**
My artificial eyes seem to be acting up.
**[06:16] Oberstein**
I apologize for startling you.
**[06:20] Kircheis**
I don't mind.
**[06:21] Kircheis**
Did you lose your eyes in battle?
**[06:23] Oberstein**
No, it was a congenital issue.
**[06:26] Oberstein**
If I had been born in
Emperor Rudolf's time,
**[06:30] Oberstein**
I might have been eliminated under
the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
**[06:36] Oberstein**
You are blessed with a good superior.
**[06:39] Oberstein**
There are precious few superior
officers in the Imperial Army...
**[06:42] Oberstein**
who can make the most of their
subordinates' abilities.
**[06:45] Oberstein**
But Count Lohengramm is different.
**[06:48] Oberstein**
I'm sure it's something those magnates who
only care about lineage can't fathom.
**[06:53] Kircheis**
Which fleet do you serve in?
**[06:57] Oberstein**
I was with the intel processing
division at headquarters,
**[07:00] Oberstein**
but I've been appointed to the fleet
at Iserlohn Fortress as a staff officer.
**[07:06] Kircheis**
Congratulations.
**[07:11] Oberstein**
You seem rather guarded.
**[07:15] Guy**
Salute the fleet admiral!
**[07:25] Oberstein**
I am Captain Paul von Oberstein.
**[07:28] Oberstein**
Allow me to offer my congratulations.
**[07:31] Oberstein**
I'll be going now.
**[07:32] Kircheis**
Right.
**[07:34] Oberstein**
Please excuse me.
**[07:40] Reinhard**
Who's he?
**[07:41] Kircheis**
A walking enigma, I think.
**[07:46] Reinhard**
I see.
**[07:48] Reinhard**
He had criticism for
Emperor Rudolf, did he?
**[07:52] Reinhard**
It is always best to remain guarded.
**[07:55] Reinhard**
Of course, with so many enemies around,
**[07:58] Reinhard**
that can be difficult.
**[08:00] Kircheis**
Right.
**[08:03] Reinhard**
I'm seeing my sister tomorrow.
You'll come along, right?
**[08:06] Kircheis**
Are you sure I should?
**[08:08] Reinhard**
Of course. Why show restraint now?
**[08:16] Kircheis**
* Back then, the stars in the*
* sky seemed so far from me.*
**[08:21] Kircheis**
*They were beyond my reach.*
**[08:23] Kircheis**
*I never even considered reaching for them.*
**[08:26] Kircheis**
*And the reason that changed was...*
**[08:29] (Flashback) Friend**
Bye!
**[08:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
See you tomorrow!
**[08:38] Kircheis**
*The gate to the house next door is open...*
**[08:48] Kircheis**
*A noble?*
**[08:49] Mom**
*Yes, that's what I heard.*
**[08:52] Kircheis**
*He didn't look like one, though...*
**[08:54] Dad**
*There are many types of nobles.*
**[08:56] (Flashback) Dad**
Oh, right! The Baldr orchids
should bloom tomorrow.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Wow! Really?
**[09:10] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I'm going now!
**[09:27] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Who are you?
**[09:29] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'm Reinhard von Müsel. Who are you?
**[09:35] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Siegfried... Kircheis.
**[09:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Siegfried? That's a commoner's name.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Reinhard**
But...
**[09:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
"Kircheis" is a nice last name.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I like it a lot.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll call you by your last name.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You don't mind, do you, Kircheis?
**[09:53] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Huh?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[10:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard, there you are.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis, let me introduce you.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This is Siegfried Kircheis.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Annerose**
My name is Annerose.
**[10:18] (Flashback) Annerose**
Siegfried... Can I call you "Sieg"?
**[10:25] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg, I hope you'll be good
friends with my brother.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I will!
**[10:32] (Flashback) Annerose**
My, you have such energy!
**[10:39] (Flashback) Teacher**
I'll introduce him.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Teacher**
This is Reinhard von Müsel.
**[10:46] (Flashback) Kid**
A kid like him, with "von" in his name?
**[10:55] (Flashback) Kid**
Man, there's nothing likable
about that noble kid at all.
**[10:58] (Flashback) Kid**
You're sure you called him out here?
**[11:01] (Flashback) Kid**
He should show up soon.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Kid**
Let's bust him up nice and quick.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Have you seen Reinhard?
**[11:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Some of the older kids
asked for him earlier.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?!
**[11:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Bet that taught them a lesson.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This isn't good, though.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If my sister finds out, it'll make her sad.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I have a good idea.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Annerose**
How's that?
**[11:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[11:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
Have you warmed up a bit?
**[11:53] (Flashback) Both**
Yes.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Annerose**
I can't believe you fell in a fountain.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
I guess you have a little too much energy.
**[12:03] (Flashback) Annerose**
What?
**[12:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
You boys are so strange.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Annerose**
I made a Kelsey plum cake.
Get dressed and help yourselves.
**[12:19] (Flashback) Annerose**
Hey, I told you two to get dressed first.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Both**
Let's eat!
**[12:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
By the way, Kircheis,
**[12:30] (Flashback) Reinhard**
my sister said she's baking
another Kelsey plum cake today.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Really? I love those!
**[12:41] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That crest...
**[12:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Why are they at your house?
**[12:46] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?
**[12:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
What did you do with Sis?!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Dad**
We had no choice.
**[12:54] (Flashback) Dad**
His Highness wanted her.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Dad**
But this is an honor.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold her to the kaiser!
**[13:01] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold my sister!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Dad**
Reinhard, that's enough!
**[13:09] (Flashback) Dad**
The decision has been made.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Annerose**
It's all right. It's all right, Reinhard.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Annerose**
This is right.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg...
**[13:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
I didn't know you very long, but thank you.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Annerose**
Eat this if you'd like.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[14:07] (Flashback) Annerose**
Goodbye, Sieg.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[15:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It's been a while.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Where were you?!
**[15:33] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That uniform...
**[15:34] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I joined a cadet school.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Cadet school?
**[15:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll be a soldier.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I can become a real man faster that way.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, come with me.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
To be a soldier?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's right. We'll get
my sister back together.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Kid**
So that's Countess Grünewald's
younger brother?
**[16:20] (Flashback) Kid**
Did you hear about the
red-headed kid? He's a commoner!
**[16:23] (Flashback) Kid**
What's a commoner doing here?
**[16:25] (Flashback) Kid**
He got in because of the
sister's influence, too.
**[16:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those two are sons of magnates.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They always have servants around
them to do everything for them.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Can guys like that really
make it on the battlefield?
**[16:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They'll never go.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Even if they get into the military,
most of them get stuck in the rear services.
**[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They have no intention of going out
and dying on the front lines.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's how imperial nobles are.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Teacher**
Come on! Run! Run! Run!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Kid**
Go, go, go, go!
**[17:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Goal!
**[17:11] (Flashback) Kid**
Your horse is so slow.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Kid**
You can say that again. Pathetic.
**[17:16] (Flashback) Kid**
Come on, get up.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Kid**
You, too.
**[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those guys didn't earn their
standing on their own.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Reinhard**
There's no reason we should have
to stand downwind of them.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yeah.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Guy**
Representative of graduating students, Reinhard von Müsel.
**[17:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Yes, sir!
**[17:45] (Flashback) Guy**
Salutatorian, Siegfried Kircheis.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yes, sir!
**[18:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[18:29] Reinhard**
Sister!
**[18:30] Annerose**
I'm glad you came, Reinhard.
**[18:33] Annerose**
You, too, Sieg.
**[18:34] Kircheis**
And I am glad to see you
doing well, Annerose.
***SIGN*** Annerose von Grünewald
**[18:38] Annerose**
Thank you.
**[18:40] Annerose**
I've been waiting for
your arrival for days.
**[18:44] Annerose**
Come, let's go inside.
**[18:50] Kircheis**
*She hasn't changed at all since then.*
**[18:55] Kircheis**
*Not even the kaiser himself...*
**[18:57] Kircheis**
*can do anything to taint these two.*
**[19:04] Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[19:05] Annerose**
Hurry up, now.
**[19:07] Kircheis**
Of course.
**[19:11] Annerose**
Have some Kelsey plum cake.
**[19:13] Annerose**
I made it myself, so I don't know
if it will suit your tastes.
**[19:17] Reinhard**
I'll just make my tastes suit it.
**[19:19] Annerose**
Goodness, you're so mean.
**[19:23] Kircheis**
It's very good.
**[19:25] Annerose**
I'm glad to hear it.
**[19:27] Annerose**
So, Sieg, I'm sure Reinhard has put you
through all sorts of trouble, right?
**[19:32] Kircheis**
No, not at all.
**[19:33] Reinhard**
Go on, you can be honest.
**[19:35] Annerose**
Don't tease him!
**[19:38] Annerose**
Oh, right. I also have some delicious
vin rosé I received as a gift.
**[19:43] Reinhard**
I get the picture, Sister.
**[19:46] Reinhard**
You want me to go get it, right?
**[19:49] Annerose**
Thank you, Reinhard.
**[19:57] Annerose**
You have done so much for my brother.
**[20:01] Kircheis**
Not at all. He's the one
who has done much for me.
**[20:05] Kircheis**
To be a captain at my age...
**[20:06] Kircheis**
It's more than I deserve.
**[20:08] Annerose**
You'll be a rear admiral
soon, won't you? I heard.
**[20:12] Annerose**
Congratulations.
**[20:14] Kircheis**
Thank you.
**[20:17] Annerose**
My brother doesn't say it out loud,
or maybe he just hasn't noticed,
**[20:23] Annerose**
but he truly relies on you a great deal.
**[20:25] Kircheis**
You flatter me. I am nothing special.
**[20:29] Annerose**
Sieg...
**[20:30] Annerose**
You should really value
yourself a bit more.
**[20:34] Annerose**
My brother has talent,
**[20:36] Annerose**
but he isn't as mature as you.
**[20:40] Annerose**
He's like a wild goat that grows too proud
of its agility and falls from a cliff,
**[20:45] Annerose**
and he is in a place just as perilous.
**[20:48] Annerose**
So please, Sieg, I ask you...
**[20:52] Annerose**
Watch over Reinhard so that he
doesn't slip off of that cliff.
**[20:57] Annerose**
If you see him heading in that
direction, tell him so.
**[21:00] Annerose**
I know he would accept a warning from you.
**[21:04] Kircheis**
I will do everything I can.
**[21:08] Kircheis**
Please have faith in my
loyalty to Reinhard.
**[21:12] Kircheis**
I swear that I will not disappoint you.
**[21:18] Annerose**
Thank you, Sieg.
**[21:22] Kircheis**
Annerose...
**[21:25] Reinhard**
You should have put it
someplace easier to find.
**[21:29] Annerose**
Sorry to put you through that,
but it will be worth the effort.
**[21:33] Annerose**
I'll bring the glasses.
**[21:42] Kircheis**
So this is where you went.
**[21:46] Reinhard**
I've come this far from that night.
**[21:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[21:55] (Flashback) Reinhard**
The Goldenbaum Dynasty hasn't existed
since the dawn of humanity.
**[22:00] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It began with this arrogant
bastard, Rudolf.
**[22:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Rudolf started out as no more
than an ambitious upstart,
**[22:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
but the times were such that he managed
to become a holy and inviolable emperor.
**[22:15] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Hey, Kircheis...
**[22:18] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If Rudolf did it, do you think I could?
**[22:31] Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[22:37] Kircheis**
Reinhard, please...
make the universe your own.
**[23:01] Reinhard**
Let's go.
**[23:03] Reinhard**
We shall return to the battlefield.
**[23:08] Kircheis**
Understood.
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Unbeatable Magician
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode four, "The Unbeatable Magician."
# E4 - The Unbeatable Magician
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**[00:12] (Flashback) PilotA**
Returning to normal space.
**[00:14] (Flashback) PilotA**
Approaching El Facil.
**[00:16] (Flashback) Captain**
Good. Begin preparations to dock.
**[00:18] (Flashback) PilotA**
Understood.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Captain**
You two, prepare to unload the cargo.
**[00:22] (Flashback) PilotB**
Yes, sir.
**[00:23] (Flashback) PilotC**
Roger.
**[00:23] (Flashback) Yang**
Hey, was Rudolf really that evil?
**[00:28] (Flashback) Tai-long**
Are you reading history books again?
**[00:30] (Flashback) Yang**
Why would everyone obey such a bad guy?
**[00:35] (Flashback) PilotA**
Well, the thing is, Rudolf
was so good at being bad
**[00:39] (Flashback) PilotA**
that he fooled everyone.
**[00:42] (Flashback) Yang**
But why were they all fooled?
**[00:48] (Flashback) Tai-long**
You don't look satisfied with that answer.
**[00:54] (Flashback) Tai-long**
It's because the people wanted
their lives to be easy.
**[01:01] Na**
Yang Wen-li, who made a name
for himself as a tactician
**[01:04] Na**
and became known as the
"Unbeatable Magician,"
**[01:08] Na**
lived most of his life prior
to age 16 on a spaceship
**[01:13] Na**
with his father, who was a trader.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:58] Girl**
A soldier who likes to read?
**[03:00] Girl**
No way.
**[03:36] Jessica**
What is a cadet doing here?
**[03:40] Yang**
Are cadets not allowed at the city library?
**[03:44] Jessica**
Of course they are,
**[03:46] Jessica**
but I've never seen any
come here in uniform.
**[03:50] Yang**
Oh...
**[03:52] Yang**
This is embarrassing.
**[03:56] Jessica**
It's nothing to be embarrassed about.
**[03:58] Jessica**
You're pretty strange.
**[04:01] Yang**
How embarrassing...
**[04:03] Jessica**
You really are weird.
**[04:07] Jessica**
Wait, aren't you... "Empty-handed Yang"?
**[04:12] Yang**
How do you know that nickname?
**[04:13] Jessica**
I knew it! I was right!
**[04:15] Jessica**
You moved into your dorm with no
luggage, hence "Empty-handed Yang"!
**[04:20] Yang**
But how do you know who I am?
**[04:25] Jessica**
The answer to that will be along soon.
**[04:28] Jessica**
Let's wait for it together.
**[04:33] Yang**
There are many books here that
we don't have at the school.
**[04:36] Jessica**
Such as?
**[04:38] Yang**
Such as...
**[04:40] Yang**
books on the history of tea,
**[04:42] Yang**
and books on the origin of that
instrument you were playing.
**[04:45] Yang**
With a bit of searching, you can even
find the diary of Rudolf's cook.
**[04:49] Jessica**
For an "empty-handed" guy,
you're certainly diligent in your studies.
**[04:53] Jessica**
You just barely have passing grades in
everything except military history,
**[04:57] Jessica**
but the oddball Yang doesn't
let that get to him.
**[05:00] Yang**
You really do know everything about me.
**[05:03] Yang**
This wasn't what I intended, though.
**[05:07] Yang**
I'd planned to get into the
university's history department,
**[05:10] Yang**
but then my father died...
**[05:11] Yang**
So the only way to learn about
history without financial aid
**[05:14] Yang**
was the Fleet Academy's graduate
course on military history.
**[05:20] Jessica**
You really are unusual.
**[05:22] Yang**
I'm not "really" anything.
**[05:25] Yang**
But that aside—
**[05:26] Jean**
Yang?
**[05:28] Yang**
Jean?
**[05:29] Jean**
I wouldn't have expected
to see you two together.
**[05:33] Jessica**
You're late. We just met.
**[05:39] Jean**
This is Jessica Edwards.
**[05:41] Jean**
She's the Fleet Academy bursar's daughter,
**[05:44] Jean**
and she attends a music school.
**[05:46] Jean**
I've known her since we were kids.
**[05:49] Yang**
That explains it.
**[05:50] Jean**
Why the death glare?
**[05:52] Jessica**
Something terrible happened!
**[05:55] Jean**
What the heck does that mean?
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Unbeatable Magician
**[06:02] Jessica**
You certainly are different, Yang.
You're such a history buff.
**[06:05] Jean**
Come on, Jessica.
Don't tease Yang like that.
**[06:09] Jessica**
But I finally got to meet the
"Empty-handed Yang" you told me about!
**[06:14] Jessica**
Hey, tell me something interesting.
**[06:17] Yang**
Well, I can't guarantee
it'll be interesting...
**[06:21] Yang**
When I was a boy, every book I read said the
emperor Rudolf was a heinous villain.
**[06:27] Yang**
I wondered how he became the emperor,
**[06:31] Yang**
so I asked my father.
**[06:33] Jessica**
What did he say?
**[06:36] Yang**
That it was because the people
wanted their lives to be easy.
**[06:39] Jessica**
They wanted their lives to be easy?
**[06:42] Yang**
Rather than solving their
problems on their own,
**[06:45] Yang**
they were waiting for some
superhero or saint to show up
**[06:51] Yang**
and take it all on single-handedly.
**[06:53] Yang**
Rudolf took advantage of that.
**[06:56] Yang**
Now, remember this.
**[06:58] Yang**
It is the people who create the dictator
who have the greater responsibility.
**[07:04] Yang**
Even if they don't actively support him,
**[07:06] Yang**
standing by silently makes
them equally guilty.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy
**[07:22] Guy**
The head of the class will be
in the next combat simulation.
**[07:26] Guy**
It's Wideborn's turn, huh?
**[07:28] Guy**
Yeah.
**[07:29] Guy**
What poor sap got matched up with him?
**[07:34] Voice**
* The mock battle for combat simulation*
* number 39 will now begin.*
***SIGN*** Malcolm Wideborn
**[07:47] Malcom**
Reorganize the fleet into
a spindle formation.
**[07:50] Guy**
Reorganizing fleet into
a spindle formation.
**[07:52] Wideborn**
All ships, advance!
**[07:54] Guy**
All ships, advance!
**[07:58] Guy**
Wideborn's fleet is advancing.
**[08:01] Yang**
Execute Plan C.
**[08:03] Guy**
Executing Plan C.
**[08:05] Yang**
Deploy the left-flanked 2nd and
3rd Fleets to engage them,
**[08:09] Yang**
and the 6th Fleet to the alpha
sector as a detachment.
**[08:14] Guy**
They've sent a detached force.
**[08:15] Wideborn**
Continue our advance.
**[08:17] Wideborn**
Focus all attacks on the detached right flank.
**[08:22] Wideborn**
* What do you think such a*
* small, detached force can do?*
**[08:25] Wideborn**
* If they're trying to hit us from behind,*
* I'll take it out before they can.*
**[08:32] Guy**
Enemy fleet is focusing
attacks on our left flank.
**[08:35] Yang**
Return fire while falling back.
**[08:38] Guy**
The enemy is continuing evasive movement!
**[08:40] Wideborn**
Close the distance! Continue to attack!
**[08:50] Wideborn**
It's over now!
**[08:58] Wideborn**
Status report!
**[08:59] Guy**
The enemy's detached force has
attacked our supply unit.
**[09:02] Guy**
As far as the simulation goes,
that means we have ceased to function.
**[09:08] Guy**
You're kidding me...
**[09:10] Guy**
Wideborn lost?
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy Headmaster
Vice Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[09:16] Voice**
*Winner: Yang Wen-li.*
***SIGN*** Deputy Adjutant General's Office
**[09:23] Yang**
I would rather not transfer to the
Strategic Studies Department.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Fleet Academy Deputy Adjutant General
Lieutenant Alex Caselnes
**[09:30] Alex**
Didn't your instructor tell you?
**[09:32] Alex**
The moment you entered this
school, you became a soldier.
**[09:36] Alex**
You are to obey orders.
**[09:39] Yang**
Yes, he told me.
**[09:40] Alex**
Then there's only one thing I can tell you.
**[09:43] Alex**
If you don't want to do it,
you have the right to quit.
**[09:46] Alex**
But you'd need to repay all the student
loans you've received thus far.
**[09:54] Alex**
Don't be so disappointed.
**[09:56] Alex**
You defeated Wideborn, the head of your
class, in the strategic warfare simulation.
**[10:01] Alex**
This just means you've been
recognized for your achievements.
**[10:03] Alex**
There are many talented students in
the Strategic Studies Department.
**[10:06] Alex**
Many want to get in, but can't.
**[10:09] Yang**
I am honored, but I'm no talented student.
**[10:14] Alex**
Don't be cynical.
**[10:19] Alex**
Yang Wen-li.
**[10:23] Alex**
Come by to play chess with me sometimes.
**[10:27] Yang**
Yes, sir.
**[10:29] Yang**
I'd be honored.
**[10:36] Jean**
Hey, you sure you don't wanna come?
**[10:39] Jean**
My mom's cooking is pretty damn good.
**[10:42] Yang**
I appreciate it, but don't worry about me.
**[10:45] Jean**
I see.
**[10:47] Jean**
I actually invited Jessica,
too, but she shot me down.
**[10:51] Yang**
She's probably busy with schoolwork.
**[10:53] Jean**
Yeah.
**[10:55] Jean**
I'll have to enjoy this
break for the both of you.
**[11:15] Yang**
You're here to practice your violin again?
**[11:19] Jessica**
And you're here to read history books?
**[11:22] Yang**
Yeah.
**[11:23] Jessica**
You're a total history nut.
**[11:27] Jessica**
Hey, what is it you're looking at?
**[11:32] Jessica**
Your eyes are always fixed on the past.
**[11:34] Jessica**
Isn't there anything else you want to do?
**[11:44] Jessica**
I want to keep my eyes on the future.
**[12:22] Jean**
I worked up the nerve to confess
to Jessica before we leave here.
**[12:26] Yang**
Did you? That's good to hear.
**[12:30] Jean**
No, she shot me down.
**[12:31] Yang**
Why?
**[12:34] Jean**
She said she didn't want to
be a soldier's girlfriend.
**[12:38] Yang**
I see...
**[12:40] Jean**
She graduates next year.
**[12:42] Jean**
She's always said she wanted
to be a music teacher.
**[12:46] Yang**
I see...
**[12:51] (Flashback) Jessica**
I want to keep my eyes on the future.
**[12:57] Jean**
I guess it's goodbye to this town, huh?
**[13:00] Yang**
Yeah.
**[13:02] Yang**
It was a nice town.
***SIGN*** One Year Later
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Space Pier
**[13:37] Yang**
*Sheesh...*
**[13:39] Yang**
* Who knew I'd be assigned to*
* front-line duty so soon?*
***SIGN*** The Planet El Facil
**[13:57] TV**
*This is a special bulletin.*
**[13:59] TV**
* According to personnel affiliated*
* with Garrison Command Headquarters,*
**[14:02] TV**
*the Imperial Navy appeared to fall back*
**[14:05] TV**
* after contact with our forces,*
* only to attack us from behind.*
**[14:09] TV**
* Commander Lynch has ordered an*
* immediate retreat here to El Facil.*
**[14:15] Guy**
What? How can that be?
**[14:17] Guy**
Retreat?
**[14:19] Guy**
Weren't they out there
fighting to protect us all?
**[14:22] TV**
* The Galactic Imperial Navy has*
* already proclaimed that they*
**[14:27] TV**
* "will free El Facil from the*
* rebel forces within 24 hours."*
***SIGN*** El Facil Garrison Base - Command Room
**[14:33] Woman**
The enemy fleet has exceeded
2,000 in number!
**[14:36] Command**
Damn that Lynch! He turned tail and
led the enemy right back to us!
**[14:40] Command**
Does he want all three million people
on El Facil to be killed, too?!
**[14:44] Guy**
Commander, civilians are
rushing our space port!
**[14:50] Woman**
What's going on?!
**[14:51] Guy**
The Imperial Army is right on top of us!
**[14:54] Guy**
If the garrison is back, let us on it!
**[14:57] Guy**
Send out the shuttles already!
**[14:59] Guy**
Get whoever's responsible out here!
**[15:00] Guy**
Yeah! Get them out here!
**[15:07] Guy**
Who the hell are you?!
**[15:08] Guy**
Bring us whoever's responsible for this!
**[15:11] Yang**
I'm the one who's been assigned
responsibility for the escape plan.
**[15:15] Guy**
Huh? You?
**[15:24] Guy**
* Shuttle maintenance and inspections*
* are essentially complete.*
**[15:27] Yang**
Roger.
**[15:32] Frederica**
Here.
**[15:35] Yang**
Thanks.
**[15:45] Yang**
You're a big help.
**[15:47] Yang**
I don't like coffee, though,
so I wish you had brought tea.
**[15:55] Yang**
Yes.
**[15:57] Command**
*Sub-lieutenant Yang...*
**[15:59] Command**
*I don't want to believe it,*
**[16:00] Command**
* but the garrison fleet just*
* left port without us.*
**[16:04] Yang**
All right, understood.
**[16:07] Yang**
Then please send everyone
at command over here, too.
**[16:10] Command**
*"Over here"?*
**[16:11] Command**
* Sub-lieutenant, are you aware*
* of our situation? Hey—*
**[16:15] Yang**
Come on. We're leaving port.
**[16:22] Guy**
The garrison fleet left us behind.
Can we really make it out of here?
**[16:26] Yang**
There's no need to worry.
**[16:28] Yang**
The Imperial Navy is probably capturing
the garrison fleet as we speak.
**[16:33] Yang**
While they fight, we'll have plenty
of time to make an easy escape.
**[16:50] Guy**
Are you saying... you used
Commander Lynch as a decoy?
**[16:59] Yang**
Now, let's go.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[17:15] Jean**
*Hey, hero of El Facil.*
**[17:17] Yang**
Cut it out, Jean.
**[17:19] Jean**
*Congrats on the promotion.*
**[17:21] Yang**
You heard already?
**[17:23] Yang**
I was just promoted to
lieutenant this morning,
**[17:26] Yang**
but another notice came out at 1 PM that
I'm being promoted to lieutenant commander.
**[17:30] Jean**
* Moving up two ranks usually isn't*
* allowed unless you've died in battle.*
**[17:34] Jean**
*Must be a special exception.*
**[17:37] Jean**
* Well, it sounds like even heroes don't get*
* a break from writing reports and vouchers,*
**[17:42] Jean**
* but do you wanna ditch*
* for a bit and meet up?*
**[17:44] Yang**
What? Where are you?
**[17:53] Yang**
I'm no hero.
**[17:56] Yang**
I offered Rear Admiral Lynch my opinions,
**[17:59] Yang**
but he wouldn't even listen.
**[18:01] Yang**
He sent me off the ship
before the battle started.
**[18:04] Yang**
That's why I was able to
get the people to safety.
**[18:09] Yang**
Still, who would think to use Rear Admiral
Lynch's flight to save everyone?
**[18:16] Yang**
That's not something just
anyone could come up with.
**[18:19] Yang**
If I may put on airs for a moment,
**[18:21] Yang**
there's nothing more dangerous than being
too set on one's own rigid opinions.
**[18:27] Jean**
This reminded me of the
time you beat Wideborn.
**[18:35] Yang**
I learned from history, that's all.
**[18:39] Yang**
The basic nature of war hasn't changed in
the past three or four thousand years.
**[18:44] Yang**
Before you reach the battlefield,
it's your supplies,
**[18:47] Yang**
and once you get there, it's the quality
of your leader that determines victory.
**[18:52] Yang**
Yes... Fixing your eyes on past battles
**[18:56] Yang**
enables you to predict future battles.
**[19:00] Jean**
Hanging out with you like this reminds
me of being at the fleet academy.
**[19:05] Yang**
It does.
**[19:09] Yang**
How's Jessica?
**[19:11] Jean**
I haven't seen her lately.
**[19:14] Jean**
I heard she's teaching
music in Terneuzen now.
**[19:19] Yang**
Go see her.
**[19:33] Alex**
Cadet Yang Wen-li.
**[19:38] Yang**
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes!
**[19:40] Yang**
Thank you for arranging all this for me.
**[19:43] Alex**
I've been looking after you since your
Fleet Academy days. I'm used to it.
**[19:48] Alex**
Here. To celebrate your promotion.
**[19:50] Alex**
Welcome to Silverbridge Street.
**[19:52] Yang**
Thank you.
**[19:55] Alex**
Since we're neighbors now and all,
**[19:57] Alex**
I hope you'll work on your
chess skills a bit.
**[20:09] Alex**
Damn, talk about fancy digs.
**[20:12] Alex**
I've got two daughters, but my house
isn't much bigger than this.
**[20:16] Yang**
It's too big for me.
**[20:19] Alex**
I guess you'll have to either
get married or adopt a kid.
**[20:24] Yang**
Adopt?
**[20:27] Alex**
You're as clueless as ever.
**[20:29] Alex**
Just think about it.
**[20:31] Alex**
The Free Planets Alliance has been at war
with the Galactic Empire for 150 years.
**[20:37] Alex**
That's naturally going to bring about
a lot of casualties and war orphans.
**[20:44] Alex**
That's why we have the Special Provision for
the Welfare of Children of Soldiers Law,
**[20:49] Alex**
also known as Travers's Law after
the one who came up with it.
**[20:54] Alex**
Orphaned children can be raised
by other military families,
**[20:57] Alex**
and the government offers a loan
to aid in the expenses.
**[21:00] Alex**
If, when the child turns fifteen,
**[21:02] Alex**
they apply to become a child soldier
or attend a military school,
**[21:08] Alex**
the loan is entirely forgiven.
**[21:11] Alex**
It kills two birds with one stone
**[21:13] Alex**
by saving orphaned children and
securing future military personnel.
**[21:17] Yang**
I see.
**[21:19] Yang**
But I could hardly call a bachelor
such as myself a "military family."
**[21:25] Alex**
It still works if you're single.
**[21:27] Alex**
You can just think of it as a
medieval-style apprenticeship.
**[21:31] Yang**
You're telling me I should
take an apprentice?
**[21:36] Alex**
Even a guy like you would have a lot to
teach a kid, if you lived long enough.
**[21:42] Alex**
Actually, you might have even more
to learn from your apprentice.
**[21:53] Jean**
*Looks like your life's finally calmed down.*
**[21:55] Yang**
This town has a good library, too.
**[21:58] Yang**
I like it.
**[22:00] Jean**
*You never change.*
**[22:02] Jean**
* I just found out I'm being*
* sent on an urgent campaign,*
**[22:05] Jean**
*and...*
**[22:06] Yang**
What is it?
**[22:09] Jean**
*Jessica and I talked about this a lot.*
**[22:13] Jean**
*When I come back, we'll be formally engaged.*
**[22:29] (Flashback) Jessica**
What is it you're looking at?
**[22:48] Yang**
It's freezing...
**[22:57] Yang**
Yes?
**[22:58] Yang**
Who is that so early in the morning?
**[23:08] Yang**
Coming! One second!
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** Birth of the 13th Fleet
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode five, "Birth of the 13th Fleet."
# E5 - Birth of the 13th Fleet
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**[00:05] Julian**
Commodore Yang! Commodore Yang!
***SIGN*** Julian Mintz
**[00:08] Julian**
Commodore Yang, you'll be late!
**[00:12] Yang**
Late for what?
**[00:14] Julian**
Commodore Yang!
**[00:19] Julian**
What a way to start your morning.
**[00:21] Julian**
It's unbelievable that you, of all people,
would be late to a memorial service.
**[00:26] Yang**
I see...
**[00:28] Yang**
Yeah, you're right.
**[00:32] Yang**
Julian, what happened to those books?
The ones from the box I hadn't unpacked?
**[00:37] Julian**
I already put them away.
**[00:39] Yang**
Then how about the Wanli porcelain
from the box beside it?
**[00:41] Julian**
I put them in the place
where they look best.
**[00:45] Julian**
Take care.
**[00:46] Yang**
Hey, Julian...
**[00:48] Julian**
Yes?
**[00:50] Yang**
Sorry to have you do so much.
**[00:52] Yang**
I'll act more like a real
guardian when I get back.
**[00:56] Yang**
See you.
**[01:00] Julian**
Commodore Yang!
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Capital Planet Heinessen
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy
Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[02:46] Alex**
Looks like you're not totally awake yet,
**[02:50] Alex**
hero of Astarte.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
**[02:54] Yang**
Who's a hero?
**[02:56] Alex**
The guy standing right in front of me.
**[02:58] Alex**
That's what all the press has
been writing about you.
**[03:02] Yang**
I'm the leader of a losing army.
**[03:05] Alex**
Yes, the Alliance Navy lost.
**[03:08] Alex**
That's exactly why we need a hero.
**[03:11] Alex**
There'd be no need for heroes if we'd won.
**[03:15] Alex**
After a defeat, you have to take the
people's focus away from what's going on.
**[03:20] Alex**
That's how it was at El Facil, right?
**[03:23] Alex**
By the way... why are you all wet?
**[03:26] Yang**
Oh, er...
***SIGN*** Episode 5
***SIGN*** Birth of the 13th Fleet
**[03:41] Trunicht**
To all citizens and soldiers in attendance:
**[03:44] Trunicht**
for what purpose have we
gathered here on this day?
**[03:49] Trunicht**
To console the spirits of the 1,500,000 heroes
who died in the battle at the Astarte Starzone.
**[03:55] Trunicht**
They nobly gave their lives to defend
the freedom and peace of our homeland,
***SIGN*** Alliance Central Government National Defense Committee Chairman
Job Trunicht
**[04:02] Trunicht**
and to tell us, those left behind,
**[04:04] Trunicht**
that there was something more
precious than their lives.
**[04:11] Trunicht**
What is that something?
**[04:13] Trunicht**
It is our homeland, and our freedom!
**[04:16] Trunicht**
Why did those 1,500,000 servicemen die?
**[04:20] Yang**
Because their leaders couldn't
command them well enough.
**[04:24] Trunicht**
They laid down their lives to defend
our homeland, and our freedom!
**[04:31] Trunicht**
I would like to make this abundantly clear!
**[04:35] Trunicht**
Our homeland and our freedom are
worthy of defending with our lives.
**[04:41] Trunicht**
You pacifists among us who advocate
for reconciliation with the Empire,
**[04:45] Trunicht**
awaken from your delusions!
**[04:47] Trunicht**
Peace does not come as easily
as you profess it will!
**[04:52] Yang**
*I don't know...*
**[04:53] Yang**
* I'd say it's just as easy to warmonger*
* from within your nice, safe haven.*
**[04:58] Trunicht**
Those who oppose this battle to oppose the
Galactic Empire's autocratic totalitarianism...
**[05:04] Trunicht**
have forsaken their homeland!
**[05:08] Trunicht**
We know the history.
**[05:11] Trunicht**
Our homeland, with its great history!
**[05:15] Trunicht**
Our homeland, with its freedom!
**[05:17] Trunicht**
We must stand and fight to defend...
**[05:20] Trunicht**
the one thing worth defending!
**[05:23] Trunicht**
Now is the time to fight for our homeland!
**[05:27] Trunicht**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:30] Trunicht**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:32] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:36] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:38] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:42] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:44] Crowd**
Long live the Alliance!
Long live our republic!
**[05:48] Crowd**
Defeat the Empire!
**[05:50] Christian**
Why aren't you standing?
***SIGN*** Captain Christian
**[05:53] Yang**
This is a free country.
**[05:56] Yang**
We have the freedom to not
stand if we don't want to.
**[05:59] Yang**
I'm only exercising that freedom.
**[06:03] Christian**
Then why don't you want to stand?
**[06:06] Yang**
I exercise my freedom
to withhold my answer.
**[06:09] Christian**
What are you trying to—
**[06:11] Trunicht**
Christian.
**[06:26] Trunicht**
Ladies and gentlemen, our greatest weapon...
**[06:30] Trunicht**
is the unity shared among us all.
**[06:36] Trunicht**
So long as we live in a free country
governed as a democratic republic,
**[06:40] Trunicht**
no objective, however noble,
can be forced upon the people.
***SIGN*** Jessica Edwards
**[06:49] Jessica**
Defense Committee Chairman,
my name is Jessica Edwards.
**[06:55] Yang**
Jessica?
**[06:58] Jessica**
I am the fiancée of Jean Robert Lapp,
**[07:00] Jessica**
an officer of the 6th Fleet who
died in the Battle of Astarte.
**[07:05] Jessica**
No... I *was* his fiancée.
**[07:09] Trunicht**
Goodness... My deepest condolences
to you, young lady.
**[07:13] Trunicht**
However...
**[07:14] Jessica**
I am not demanding sympathy.
**[07:18] Jessica**
Chairman, my fiancé died a noble
death in defense of our homeland.
**[07:24] Trunicht**
Of course...
**[07:26] Trunicht**
You are truly what every woman on the
home front should aspire to be.
**[07:32] Trunicht**
I am certain your commendable
spirit will be warmly rewarded.
**[07:38] Jessica**
Thank you, Chairman.
**[07:40] Jessica**
I am here because I wish to
ask you a single question.
**[07:46] Trunicht**
Ah, and what would that be?
**[07:50] Jessica**
Where are you at the moment?
**[07:54] Trunicht**
Er... Come again?
**[07:56] Jessica**
My fiancé went to the battlefield
to protect his homeland,
**[08:02] Jessica**
and now he is no longer in this world.
**[08:04] Jessica**
Chairman, where are you?
**[08:08] Jessica**
Where do you stand as you glorify death?
**[08:11] Jessica**
I gave my fiancé as a sacrifice!
**[08:14] Jessica**
Where is your family as you advocate
for the sacrifice of these people?
**[08:20] Jessica**
There is no fault with the
speech you just gave,
**[08:24] Jessica**
but are you living by that
same standard yourself?
**[08:27] Trunicht**
The young lady has lost her composure.
**[08:30] Trunicht**
Escort her out of the room.
**[08:33] Trunicht**
My speech is over.
The national anthem, please!
**[08:44] Yang**
Let's go.
**[08:45] Jessica**
Yang?
**[08:47] Yang**
This isn't where you should be.
**[09:17] Yang**
Jessica, hold on to something!
**[09:19] Jessica**
Right!
**[10:11] Jessica**
I'm sorry to get you involved in this.
**[10:14] Yang**
No, it's not your fault.
**[10:17] Jessica**
Yang...
**[10:20] Jessica**
You must have thought I was
an awful woman, didn't you?
**[10:23] Yang**
Why?
**[10:25] Jessica**
Most bereaved families are enduring
their grief in silence,
**[10:29] Jessica**
and I had to go and shout such things
in front of all those people.
**[10:33] Jessica**
It makes sense that you'd be disgusted.
**[10:36] Yang**
No, I don't think that at all.
**[10:39] Jessica**
I hear you were promoted, Yang.
**[10:43] Jessica**
Jean Robert always had such praise for you.
**[10:45] Jessica**
He said you were the pride of your class.
**[10:48] Jessica**
All the admirals in our navy who aren't
you ought to feel humiliated.
**[10:53] Jessica**
They let more than a million
people die in a single battle.
**[10:58] Jessica**
It's an ethical disgrace.
**[11:00] Yang**
I don't think that's quite right.
**[11:04] Yang**
True, it might have been foolish
to allow that many people to die.
**[11:08] Yang**
But what if we'd won and caused more than
a million deaths on the other side?
**[11:14] Yang**
Should we be praised for that?
**[11:19] Yang**
Ethics have nothing to do with
victory or loss in war.
**[11:26] Jessica**
You haven't changed at all.
**[11:28] Yang**
Sorry... I guess I got argumentative again.
**[11:32] Jessica**
I'll be going now, Yang.
Thanks for seeing me off.
**[11:38] Yang**
Take care.
**[11:40] Jessica**
Get further promoted to make
up for Jean Robert, too.
**[11:58] Julian**
Welcome home, Commodore.
**[11:59] Yang**
Thanks, Julian.
**[12:01] Julian**
I was beginning to think you
wouldn't be coming home,
**[12:04] Julian**
but I'm glad you did.
**[12:06] Julian**
I made some of the Irish stew you like.
**[12:09] Yang**
That makes me glad I came home hungry.
**[12:12] Yang**
What made you think that, though?
**[12:14] Julian**
Rear Admiral Caselnes contacted me.
**[12:17] Julian**
He told me you ran out of the ceremony
hand-in-hand with a pretty woman.
**[12:23] Yang**
That jerk...
**[12:28] Yang**
Your future plans? It's that time already?
**[12:30] Julian**
No, but there are some students who get
enough credits to graduate half a year early.
**[12:35] Yang**
I see... And are you planning
to become a soldier?
**[12:40] Julian**
Yes. I'm a soldier's son, after all.
**[12:43] Yang**
There's no law that says a son has
to inherit his father's job.
**[12:47] Yang**
My father was a trader, in fact.
**[12:50] Julian**
But if I don't, you'll have to repay
the loan you took to raise me.
**[12:55] Yang**
I'll repay it.
**[12:57] Yang**
Don't underestimate your guardian.
**[13:01] Yang**
I have enough saved up for that.
**[13:03] Yang**
Besides, you don't need
to graduate that early.
**[13:06] Yang**
Why not enjoy life a bit longer?
**[13:08] Julian**
I couldn't trouble you that much!
**[13:11] Yang**
Don't get smart. You're still a child.
**[13:14] Yang**
Children are supposed to live
by leeching off their parents.
**[13:19] Julian**
Thank you, but...
**[13:26] Yang**
Is it in style lately for groups of clowns
like those to visit people's homes?
**[13:31] Julian**
They're the Patriotic Knight Corps.
**[13:33] Yang**
I don't know any circus troupe like that.
**[13:36] Julian**
They're a radical nationalist group.
**[13:39] Julian**
They've recently become notorious for
harassing people who express anti-war views.
**[13:45] Julian**
It's strange, though.
Why would they come to our house?
**[13:54] Christian**
Commodore Yang!
**[13:56] Christian**
We of the Patriotic Knight
Corps condemn you!
**[14:00] Christian**
Out of arrogance over your own exploits,
**[14:02] Christian**
you have disturbed the unity of our navy
and compromised its will to fight.
**[14:08] Christian**
I know you're aware of what you've done.
**[14:11] Christian**
You disgraced a sacred memorial service!
**[14:16] Christian**
When everyone in attendance responded
to the chairman's impassioned speech
**[14:20] Christian**
by swearing to defeat the Empire,
**[14:22] Christian**
you alone refused to stand
**[14:25] Christian**
and behaved in a way that mocked
the citizens' determination!
**[14:30] Christian**
We condemn your arrogance!
**[14:34] Christian**
If you have anything to say,
step outside and face us.
**[14:38] Julian**
Did you really do that?
**[14:40] Yang**
Yeah, sort of...
**[14:42] Julian**
But why?!
**[14:43] Julian**
Even if you were opposed,
**[14:44] Julian**
you could have just stood and clapped,
and everything would be fine!
**[14:48] Julian**
Others only see how you react
on the outside, after all!
**[14:51] Yang**
You sound a lot like Rear Admiral Caselnes.
**[14:55] Julian**
You don't have to bring him into this.
**[14:58] Julian**
Even a child could have told you that!
**[15:01] Christian**
If you won't come out,
we have our own ideas!
**[15:05] ---**
Get down!
**[15:12] Yang**
Julian, which one is the
switch for the sprinklers?
**[15:15] Julian**
It's 2-A-4. What are you going to do?
**[15:19] Yang**
I just need to teach those
guys some manners.
**[15:23] Julian**
Oh...
**[15:25] Christian**
What's the problem?
Why don't you say something?
**[15:29] Christian**
If you don't respond,
prepare for another—
**[15:42] Christian**
Hey! All of you—
**[15:53] Yang**
Now do you see how scary things can
get when you anger a gentleman,
**[15:58] Yang**
you cowardly bunch of thugs?
**[16:03] Yang**
I'll help with that.
**[16:05] Julian**
No, you would actually just get in the way.
**[16:08] Julian**
I know. Why don't you sit
on that table there?
**[16:11] Yang**
The table? Come on...
**[16:20] Yang**
This is my Wanli porcelain.
**[16:23] Yang**
The one thing my father left me
that was actually genuine...
**[16:30] Alex**
* Hey there, son. Could you put*
* your guardian on for me?*
**[16:34] Julian**
He's over there.
**[16:38] Alex**
* Were you always into sitting*
* on tables in your own house?*
**[16:42] Yang**
Depends on the day of the week.
**[16:44] Alex**
Well, forget that. There's a matter
that demands immediate attention.
**[16:48] Alex**
* I need you to report to the*
* Integrated Tactical Operations Center ASAP.*
**[16:52] Yang**
Right now?
**[16:53] Alex**
*It's a direct order from Chief Sithole.*
**[16:57] Yang**
What does the chief want with me?
**[16:59] Alex**
*All I know is that it's urgent.*
**[17:03] Alex**
*I'll see you there later.*
**[17:13] Yang**
It looks like I'll be out late.
**[17:16] Yang**
You can go on to bed.
**[17:17] Julian**
Yes, Commodore.
**[17:19] Yang**
Julian, I think we'll be able to
laugh off what happened tonight.
**[17:24] Yang**
But before too long, that might
not be possible anymore.
**[17:30] Yang**
It looks like the times
are slowly turning bad.
**[17:34] Julian**
Commodore, I may be speaking out of turn,
**[17:39] Julian**
but please don't worry about that.
**[17:42] Julian**
I want you to walk the path
you believe is right.
**[17:46] Julian**
I believe you are right, above all others.
**[18:05] Sithole**
I see you haven't gotten
any better at chess.
**[18:08] Yang**
So, did you call me out here
at this hour to play chess?
**[18:13] Sithole**
Of course not.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[18:15] Sithole**
You're here because I needed
to inform you of something.
**[18:18] Sithole**
Officially, the personnel
change is set for tomorrow,
**[18:22] Sithole**
but you're going to be
promoted to Rear Admiral.
**[18:25] Sithole**
This is a formal decision,
not a tentative one.
**[18:28] Sithole**
You know why you're being
promoted, don't you?
**[18:31] Yang**
Because I lost, right?
**[18:33] Sithole**
You really haven't changed a bit.
**[18:35] Sithole**
You say the most scathing things
with such a benign expression.
**[18:39] Sithole**
Just like when you were a cadet.
**[18:41] Yang**
But that is the truth,
is it not, Headmaster...
**[18:45] Yang**
I mean, Chief?
**[18:48] Sithole**
What makes you think that?
**[18:50] Yang**
Ancient military science texts say that
the conferment of more rewards
**[18:54] Yang**
is a sign of desperation.
**[18:56] Yang**
They say it's done out of a need to
distract attention from a loss.
**[19:00] Sithole**
In a sense, you're right.
**[19:03] Sithole**
After our biggest loss in recent history,
**[19:06] Sithole**
both our servicemen and
our citizens are shaken.
**[19:09] Sithole**
What we need to calm them is a hero.
**[19:13] Sithole**
That means you, Rear Admiral Yang.
**[19:17] Sithole**
I suppose it wasn't your wish
to be a man-made hero, was it?
**[19:23] Sithole**
Let's change the subject...
**[19:25] Sithole**
to the strategy you proposed to Vice
Admiral Paetta before the battle began.
**[19:30] Sithole**
Do you think we would have won
if that had been implemented?
**[19:34] Yang**
Yes, I think so.
**[19:36] Sithole**
But might it not be possible to utilize
that strategy at another time?
**[19:41] Sithole**
When that time comes, perhaps we can
have revenge on Count Lohengramm.
**[19:46] Yang**
If this victory has made him arrogant,
**[19:49] Yang**
and he cannot resist the temptation to take
on a massive force with a smaller one again,
**[19:54] Yang**
perhaps the strategy I proposed
could be of use again.
**[19:58] Yang**
But...
**[19:59] Sithole**
But?
**[20:00] Yang**
But it's unlikely that will happen.
**[20:05] Yang**
Defeating a larger force with a
smaller one seems grand at first,
**[20:09] Yang**
but it strays from common
tactical practice.
**[20:12] Yang**
Rather than war strategy, it falls into
the category of sleight of hand.
**[20:16] Yang**
I'm sure Count Lohengramm knows that.
**[20:20] Yang**
He'll most likely attack with an
overwhelmingly large force next.
**[20:25] Sithole**
I see. You're probably right.
**[20:28] Sithole**
Incidentally, one more thing...
**[20:30] Sithole**
And this is a tentative
decision, not a formal one.
**[20:33] Sithole**
There'll be a change to
part of our formation.
**[20:36] Sithole**
The remnants of the 4th and 6th Fleets
will be reinforced with more men
**[20:41] Sithole**
and combined to make the 13th Fleet.
**[20:44] Sithole**
You will most likely be appointed as
the first commander of that fleet.
**[20:49] Yang**
Isn't command of a fleet only given to
those ranked Vice Admiral or higher?
**[20:53] Sithole**
The new fleet will be about
half the size of the others.
**[20:58] Sithole**
And the 13th Fleet's first mission will be...
**[21:01] Sithole**
the capture of Iserlohn Fortress.
**[21:05] Yang**
You mean we are to capture
Iserlohn with half a fleet?
**[21:11] Sithole**
Correct.
**[21:12] Yang**
Have you been listening
to anything I've said?
**[21:15] Sithole**
Of course. I'm saying this based on that.
**[21:20] Yang**
You believe it's possible?
**[21:22] Sithole**
I believe that if you
can't do it, no one can.
**[21:29] Sithole**
Do you think you can't do it?
**[21:33] Sithole**
If you successfully lead this new fleet
in the capture of Iserlohn Fortress,
**[21:39] Sithole**
Defense Committee Chairman Trunicht will
be forced to recognize your talents,
**[21:45] Sithole**
regardless of how he feels
about you personally.
**[21:52] Yang**
I will give it my best effort.
**[21:56] Alex**
The chief has about 70
days left in his term.
**[21:59] Alex**
Obviously, he's hoping
to win a second term,
**[22:02] Alex**
which means the capture of Iserlohn
will have to be completed by then.
**[22:09] Yang**
If I'm successful, the chief's standing
with Chairman Trunicht is reinforced.
**[22:14] Yang**
He's certainly a cunning man.
**[22:17] Alex**
The chief is a saint compared
to that bastard.
**[22:20] Alex**
The guy who's behind that
Patriotic Knight Corps is...
**[22:23] Yang**
Chairman Trunicht himself, right?
**[22:26] Yang**
I knew that right away.
**[22:33] Alex**
Rest while you can. You'll be busy soon.
**[22:36] Yang**
Honestly...
**[22:38] Yang**
Why would anyone ever want
to become a soldier?
**[22:50] Alex**
No matter how much you complain,
**[22:52] Alex**
the navy won't ever let go of you.
**[22:55] Alex**
Be ready, Yang Wen-li.
**[22:58] Yang**
Thank you, sir.
**[23:14] Yang**
I guess I won't get to drink the
tea Julian makes for a while.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of the
Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode six, "The Capture
of Iserlohn (Part 1)."
# E6 - The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
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**[00:04] Alex**
Imperial cruisers and
forty military uniforms?
**[00:07] Yang**
Yes. We do have some Imperial
ships we captured before, right?
**[00:12] Yang**
As for the uniforms...
**[00:14] Yang**
Just try to find them.
**[00:16] Alex**
Don't make it sound so easy.
**[00:17] Alex**
I realize it's to prevent
intelligence leaks,
**[00:20] Alex**
but still, making demands without even
telling me the plan you need them for?
**[00:24] Yang**
Now, now. I'll treat you
to a glass of cognac.
**[00:28] Alex**
Not good enough. Make it three.
**[00:32] Yang**
Consider it done.
**[00:35] Yang**
Oh, there's one other
thing I need to ask for.
**[00:39] Alex**
What is it?
**[00:40] Yang**
Given what's happened with
the Patriotic Knight Corps,
**[00:43] Yang**
I'm concerned about leaving
Julian alone while I'm away.
**[00:46] Yang**
Would it be possible to dispatch
the MP to the area?
**[00:48] Alex**
Well, of course. That's a simple matter.
**[00:51] Alex**
But is leaving him in someone
else's care out of the question?
**[00:56] Yang**
I did consider that option,
of course, but...
**[01:00] (Flashback) Julian**
I refuse.
**[01:01] (Flashback) Julian**
Without me, this house will fall to ruin.
**[01:04] (Flashback) Julian**
It'll get so dusty inside,
it'll be unlivable.
**[01:09] (Flashback) Julian**
While you're away, I will
assume the responsibility
**[01:13] (Flashback) Julian**
of protecting this house as the
commander in your absence.
**[01:16] Yang**
So... I just couldn't do it.
**[01:20] Alex**
That's one dependable kid!
**[01:22] Alex**
Got it. I'll arrange them right away.
**[01:25] Yang**
I appreciate it.
**[01:26] Alex**
Sure.
**[01:28] Alex**
Now... let's get to the topic at hand.
**[01:32] Yang**
The 13th Fleet Personnel
Distribution Plan...
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:07] Na**
Shortly thereafter, the officers
chosen by Yang and Caselnes
**[03:12] Na**
came together under the
banner of the 13th Fleet.
**[03:16] Na**
For vice commander, they chose the
seasoned veteran Commodore Fischer,
***SIGN*** Commodore Edwin Fischer
**[03:19] Na**
who fought bravely in
the Battle of Astarte.
**[03:22] Na**
For chief officer, they chose the
meticulous and orderly Commodore Murai.
***SIGN*** Commodore Murai
**[03:28] Na**
And for deputy chief officer, they chose
Captain Patrichev, known as the "Fighter."
***SIGN*** Captain Fyodor Patrichev
**[03:36] Fischer**
I humbly accept the position.
**[03:38] Fischer**
But why me?
**[03:41] Yang**
Your skillful fleet management was a
great help in the Battle of Astarte.
**[03:46] Yang**
Our fleet is comprised of the survivors
of the 4th and 6th Fleets,
**[03:50] Yang**
in addition to new recruits.
**[03:53] Yang**
This necessitates highly
elaborate coordination.
**[03:58] Fischer**
I see. That is a heavy responsibility, indeed.
**[04:03] Yang**
Good to see you again.
**[04:05] Fyodor**
Glad to see you're doing well.
**[04:07] Yang**
As well as ever.
**[04:09] Yang**
I haven't gotten any better at
three-dimensional chess, either.
**[04:13] Yang**
I haven't seen you since Econia.
**[04:15] Murai**
I didn't expect you to appoint
me to this position.
**[04:19] Yang**
I always wanted to call on
you if anything came up.
**[04:24] Alex**
He was completely enamored by you
after what happened on Econia.
**[04:29] Yang**
If I am to command a fleet, I need
a man like you on my staff.
**[04:35] Yang**
I humbly request your aid.
**[04:38] Murai**
With pleasure.
**[04:41] Alex**
By the way, as for your adjutant...
**[04:44] Yang**
Did you find anyone?
**[04:46] Alex**
I did.
**[04:47] Alex**
Graduated second-in-class from
cadet school, class of 794.
**[04:52] Alex**
A student far superior to you.
**[04:55] Alex**
He's assigned to the Integrated Tactical
Operations Center's Information Analysis Division,
**[04:58] Alex**
with a reputation for having an
extraordinarily strong memory.
**[05:02] Alex**
Things are busy over there right now,
**[05:04] Alex**
so I'll arrange an introduction later.
***SIGN*** Episode 6
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
**[05:19] Yang**
What to do...
***SIGN*** Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
**[05:25] Frederica**
I am Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill.
**[05:27] Frederica**
I have been appointed as adjutant
to Rear Admiral Yang.
**[05:32] Yang**
R-Right...
**[05:36] Frederica**
Rear Admiral Caselnes ordered me to come.
**[05:39] Yang**
Well, this is unexpected.
**[05:42] Frederica**
Unexpected? What is?
**[05:45] Yang**
Nothing. Never mind.
**[05:47] Yang**
Your name is Greenhill? Would that mean...
**[05:50] Frederica**
Yes, Admiral Dwight Greenhill is my father.
**[05:55] Yang**
You certainly are far superior to me.
**[05:58] Frederica**
Not at all.
**[06:00] Frederica**
I am young and inexperienced,
but I will rely on your guidance.
**[06:05] Yang**
I'm glad to have you here.
**[06:08] Yang**
Have you had a look at my strategy outline?
**[06:11] Yang**
I'd like to hear your honest opinion.
**[06:14] Frederica**
It will be successful.
**[06:17] Yang**
Why are you so confident?
**[06:20] Frederica**
You were successful at El Facil
eight years ago, as well.
**[06:25] Yang**
That's a rather flimsy basis
for such conviction...
**[06:29] Frederica**
But, at that time, you successfully planted
absolute faith in a young girl's mind.
**[06:39] Frederica**
I was at that airport on
El Facil with my mother.
**[06:45] Frederica**
I'm sure you've long since forgotten me,
**[06:48] Frederica**
as well as what you said after
you were saved by drinking
**[06:52] Frederica**
the coffee I gave you.
**[06:54] Yang**
What did I say?
**[06:56] Frederica**
"You're a big help.
**[06:58] Frederica**
I don't like coffee, though,
so I wish you had brought tea."
**[07:02] Yang**
I said something that rude?
**[07:05] Frederica**
Yes, you did.
**[07:08] Yang**
I see. I apologize.
**[07:11] Yang**
But I feel there must be far more beneficial
uses for that keen memory of yours.
**[07:20] Frederica**
Yes, sir. Thank you.
**[07:26] Guy**
Adding new soldiers to the survivors
of the 4th and 6th Fleets...
**[07:30] Guy**
Yang Wen-li is only in his
twenties and lacks experience.
**[07:34] Guy**
Can someone like that really
bring down Iserlohn?
**[07:38] Guy**
What was the chief thinking, anyway?
**[07:41] Guy**
It's been a long time since that former
soldier left the battlefield.
**[07:45] Guy**
Perhaps he's finally gone senile?
**[07:49] Bewcock**
I certainly hope you men
don't feel ashamed later.
**[07:53] Guy**
A-Admiral Bewcock!
**[07:56] Bewcock**
You may be making the mistake of laughing
at a tree sapling because it lacks height.
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
**[08:07] Alex**
Looks like the admiral's on your side.
**[08:10] Yang**
I won't thank him, though.
**[08:12] Yang**
He'd just laugh at me.
**[08:24] Yang**
It is reassuring, though.
**[08:30] Alex**
Oh, right.
**[08:31] Alex**
I finally got your strategy outline.
**[08:33] Yang**
Glad to hear it.
**[08:35] Alex**
It's a pretty reckless plan, though.
**[08:37] Alex**
I can't help feeling exasperated.
**[08:39] Yang**
I'm sorry about that.
**[08:41] Alex**
So...
**[08:42] Alex**
Who are you going to get to carry it out?
**[08:45] Alex**
It'll take a real daredevil
to pull that off.
**[08:48] Yang**
I actually do have someone in mind.
**[08:58] Frederica**
The Rosen Ritter, "Knights of the Rose."
**[09:01] Frederica**
A ground combat force comprised
of refugees from the Empire,
**[09:05] Frederica**
with tactical skills said to be among
the best in all the Alliance.
**[09:10] Frederica**
Its thirteenth regimental commander
is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
**[09:18] Yang**
His Imperial language won't
be an issue, will it?
**[09:20] Frederica**
No, but there are unfavorable rumors.
**[09:24] Yang**
Rumors?
**[09:26] Frederica**
Of all their past captains,
six defected back to the Empire.
**[09:31] Frederica**
There are concerns that he
may become the seventh.
**[09:34] Yang**
Based on what?
**[09:35] Frederica**
Because the number thirteen
is considered unlucky.
**[09:38] Yang**
So these concerns are basically
groundless, then.
**[09:45] Frederica**
Do you wish to meet him? I can
set up an appointment at once.
**[09:48] Yang**
No.
**[09:50] Yang**
I'll go see him myself.
**[09:53] Yang**
This is a tremendous favor I'm
asking of him, after all.
**[10:33] Guy**
All right. Looks like I win this one.
**[10:36] Guy**
That's what you said the other day, too.
**[10:44] Guy**
Looks like we've got a couple
of fish out of water here.
**[10:49] Frederica**
We are Admiral Yang Wen-li
**[10:51] Frederica**
and Sub-lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
of the 13th Fleet.
**[10:55] Frederica**
We have come to see Captain Schönkopf.
**[10:58] Guy**
You're Admiral Greenhill's
daughter, aren't you?
**[11:02] Guy**
The rumors were true.
You really are a beauty.
**[11:08] Frederica**
Not even a salute. They certainly are rude.
**[11:13] Yang**
Uh... Actually, we're here
on urgent business.
**[11:18] Yang**
We'd like you to introduce
us to Captain Schönkopf.
**[11:23] Guy**
I'd be glad to tell Sub-lieutenant
Greenhill where he is.
**[11:29] Frederica**
Rude behavior in front of an admiral
will only be tolerated for so long.
***SIGN*** That will be enough, Sub-lieutenant.
***SIGN*** How long are you going to keep up that act?
***SIGN*** You're all taking your horseplay too far.
**[12:00] Yang**
You are...
***SIGN*** Thirteenth Regiment Commander of the Rosen Ritter
Captain Walter von Schönkopf
***SIGN*** Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
***SIGN*** Seeing someone as beautiful as you makes them act like little boys again.
***SIGN*** The same goes for me.
***SIGN*** Please forgive us.
***SIGN*** So, what in the world could have brought the hero of El Facil here?
**[12:37] Yang**
I'd like to discuss something with you.
***SIGN*** I assume it's important.
**[12:42] Yang**
Most likely.
***SIGN*** Rosen Ritter Regiment
Commander Kasper Linz
***SIGN*** Rosen Ritter Regiment
Lieutenant Rainer Blumhardt
***SIGN*** Yes, I suppose there is no other way.
***SIGN*** Being in a strong fortress does make people careless.
***SIGN*** But if I become the seventh traitor, like the rumors say,
***SIGN*** it will be all for naught.
***SIGN*** What would you do then?
**[13:16] Yang**
I'd be stuck.
***SIGN*** Well, I'm sure you would.
***SIGN*** But would you stop at that?
***SIGN*** Surely you've already thought up some countermeasure.
**[13:27] Yang**
No, I couldn't think of anything.
**[13:30] Yang**
If you betray me, that'll be the
end. I'll have no further moves.
***SIGN*** Does that mean you place your full trust in me?
**[13:39] Yang**
The truth is, I'm not very confident.
**[13:42] Yang**
But if I don't put my faith in
you, this plan won't work.
**[13:47] Yang**
So I will trust you.
That's the first prerequisite.
***SIGN*** I see.
***SIGN*** May I ask one question?
**[13:58] Yang**
Sure.
***SIGN*** The order you've been given is impossible by its very nature.
***SIGN*** You have half a fleet, quite frankly a ragtag assembly of weaklings,
***SIGN*** with which you're supposed to defeat Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** No one would blame you for refusing to follow such an order.
***SIGN*** Did you agree to it because you already had this plan in mind?
***SIGN*** Even if that is the case, I would like to know your true motive.
***SIGN*** Is it honor you want? Or a promotion?
**[14:32] Yang**
I don't think it's for a promotion.
**[14:35] Yang**
It's enough to be called
"Your Excellency" before the age of thirty.
**[14:39] Yang**
Besides, if I return from
this mission alive,
**[14:43] Yang**
I intend to retire from the service.
***SIGN*** Retire from the service?
**[14:47] Yang**
Yes, well... I would receive
pension and retirement pay.
**[14:52] Yang**
Just enough to support myself
and one other, at least.
**[14:57] Yang**
I wouldn't be left wanting.
***SIGN*** You would retire in the current state of affairs?
**[15:02] Yang**
That's the thing. It's because
of the state of affairs.
**[15:06] Yang**
If our forces occupy Iserlohn,
**[15:08] Yang**
it would cut off what is essentially
the Empire's only route to invade us.
**[15:12] Yang**
So long as we don't attempt something
as stupid as a reverse invasion,
**[15:17] Yang**
neither force will be able
to confront the other.
**[15:20] Yang**
Not on a large scale, at least.
**[15:24] Yang**
It will depend on the Alliance
government's diplomatic skill,
**[15:27] Yang**
but if we can secure a location that
offers a militaristic advantage,
**[15:29] Yang**
perhaps we can forge a peace treaty with
the Empire that would satisfy both sides.
**[15:35] Yang**
And that would give me the
peace of mind to retire.
***SIGN*** But would that peace really be permanent?
**[15:46] Yang**
Permanent peace has never existed
in all of mankind's history.
**[15:50] Yang**
So I'm not hoping for that.
**[15:53] Yang**
But a few decades of peace gave
us an era of prosperity.
**[15:59] Yang**
If we must leave something behind
for the next generation,
**[16:04] Yang**
I would like it to be peace.
**[16:07] Yang**
And maintaining the peace handed to
them by the previous generation
**[16:10] Yang**
would then be their responsibility.
**[16:14] Yang**
If each generation can remember their
responsibility to future generations,
**[16:18] Yang**
perhaps we can have long-term
peace as a result.
**[16:24] Yang**
In short, my hope is for a few
decades of peace, at most.
**[16:30] Yang**
But even that would be tens
of thousands of times better
**[16:33] Yang**
than an era of war lasting
a tenth that long.
**[16:36] Yang**
I take care of a fourteen-year-old
boy back home,
**[16:40] Yang**
and I don't want to see him sent off to battle.
**[16:44] Yang**
That's all.
***SIGN*** Forgive me, Admiral,
***SIGN*** but you must be either the most honest man alive
***SIGN*** or the greatest sophist since Emperor Rudolf himself.
**[17:03] Fyodor**
That strategy sounds like a real gamble.
**[17:06] Yang**
I don't deny that.
**[17:08] Fischer**
There are no words.
**[17:09] Yang**
Perhaps not.
**[17:11] Murai**
And if it fails?
**[17:15] Yang**
We turn tail and run.
**[17:17] Murai**
But that would be...
**[17:19] Yang**
Please, don't worry.
**[17:21] Yang**
This was an impossible
mission to begin with.
**[17:23] Yang**
If we fail, the only ones who'll be
disgraced are myself and Chief Sithole.
***SIGN*** The admiral and I carefully examined this plan yesterday.
***SIGN*** I believe this is the only possible way.
**[17:35] Alex**
Are you sure about this? You would
have the most dangerous role.
***SIGN*** If I fail and get taken prisoner, it would just mean going back home.
***SIGN*** Pardon me.
***SIGN*** I may have taken that joke too far.
**[17:54] Yang**
It may appear foolhardy,
**[17:56] Yang**
but I've thought this through
as rationally as I could.
**[18:01] Yang**
I won't ask anyone to
trust me, by any means.
**[18:05] Yang**
I just want you to think
**[18:07] Yang**
about ways to conquer Iserlohn
with half a fleet.
**[18:12] Yang**
There may be a few possible methods,
**[18:15] Yang**
but I believe we would all arrive
at the same conclusion.
**[18:20] Murai**
Understood.
**[18:22] Murai**
We will begin preparations at once.
***SIGN*** 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
**[19:03] Na**
A nonnavigable sector of space exists between
the territories of the Empire and the Alliance.
**[19:08] Na**
Iserlohn Fortress is found on the one
and only passable route through it.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress
**[19:13] Na**
At this fortress are two Imperial admirals.
**[19:18] Na**
One is the fortress's commander,
Admiral Stockhausen.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Commander
Admiral Thoma von Stockhausen
**[19:23] Na**
The other is the commander of the
fortress garrison, Admiral Seeckt.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Garrison Commander
Admiral Hans Dietrich von Seeckt
**[19:29] Na**
The existence of two commanders
with identical ranks
**[19:34] Na**
has created a heated antagonism.
**[19:36] Na**
The two men scorn and curse one another,
**[19:40] Na**
but whenever the Alliance launches an attack,
**[19:42] Na**
their refusal to let the other have the glory
**[19:44] Na**
results in tremendous gains
in every battle they fight.
**[20:11] Hans**
I've heard that communications
in the vicinity of the fortress
**[20:14] Hans**
have been disrupted for the past two days.
**[20:17] Hans**
What is going on?
**[20:18] Thoma**
It's clear the enemy is present,
**[20:21] Thoma**
but we are unable to locate
them at the moment.
**[20:24] Hans**
If the enemy is present, we must deploy.
**[20:27] Thoma**
I just told you that we
don't know where they are.
**[20:29] Hans**
Precisely why we must mobilize.
**[20:32] Hans**
To find where the enemy is hiding, as well.
**[20:38] Guy**
Your Excellency, we have a
transmission on one of the lines.
**[20:42] Guy**
It is unstable and intermittent, however.
**[20:46] Hans**
What is it saying?
**[20:47] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[20:49] Guy**
"We are a force under secret orders to
conduct espionage within Alliance territory.
**[20:55] Guy**
During a mission, the rebels
detected us, so we left the area,
**[20:59] Guy**
but the Alliance fleet opened pursuit
and engaged us in the corridor.
**[21:04] Guy**
Requesting immediate backup from
Iserlohn." It ends there.
**[21:09] Hans**
We may not know where in the corridor
they are, but we must deploy now!
**[21:15] Paul**
Please wait, Your Excellency.
**[21:17] Hans**
Oberstein? Do you have something to say?
**[21:21] Paul**
Yes, sir.
**[21:22] Hans**
Very well. Speak up.
**[21:24] Paul**
Then, I will do so.
**[21:27] Paul**
I believe this is a trap.
**[21:28] Hans**
A trap?
**[21:30] Paul**
Yes, one intended to draw our
fleet away from Iserlohn.
**[21:34] Paul**
We must not deploy.
**[21:36] Paul**
We should wait and see what happens.
**[21:39] Hans**
The enemy is waiting out there.
**[21:41] Hans**
Are you saying we'll lose if we attack?
**[21:44] Hans**
As soldiers, to fight is our duty.
**[21:48] Hans**
Rather than seek a moment's tranquility,
**[21:50] Hans**
we should be thinking about attacking
and defeating our enemy.
**[21:53] Hans**
Besides, how can we abandon our
own men when they're in trouble?
**[21:57] Thoma**
I don't know about that, Admiral Seeckt.
**[21:59] Thoma**
Your officer does have a point.
**[22:02] Thoma**
Since we don't know where they
are, the risk is too great.
**[22:05] Thoma**
Why don't we wait a bit?
**[22:07] Hans**
No! The entire fleet will sortie as
soon as preparations are complete!
**[22:22] Thoma**
I hope he comes back bloodied up a bit.
**[22:26] Guy**
Another message from the same force.
**[22:29] Guy**
"We will soon arrive in
optical range of Iserlohn,
**[22:32] Guy**
but the rebel force is still in
pursuit. Requesting backup."
**[22:36] Thoma**
Very well. Prepare to attack.
**[22:38] Guy**
Sir.
**[22:40] Thoma**
What is Seeckt doing?
**[22:42] Guy**
Ships detected on screen!
**[22:44] Thoma**
Enlarge it.
**[22:48] Thoma**
Prepare to return fire!
**[23:02] Thoma**
Very smart. Looks like they
know they're no match for us.
**[23:06] Guy**
Another transmission from the same force.
**[23:08] Thoma**
Fine. Put it on the monitor.
**[23:13] Laeken**
*This is Captain von Laeken.*
**[23:15] Laeken**
* I request an urgent audience*
* with the commander.*
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode seven, "The Capture
of Iserlohn (Part 2)."
# E7 - The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
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**[00:04] (Flashback) Frederica**
Its thirteenth regimental commander
is Captain Walter von Schönkopf.
**[00:11] (Flashback) Yang**
Rumors?
**[00:13] (Flashback) Frederica**
Of all their past captains,
six defected back to the Empire.
**[00:17] (Flashback) Frederica**
There are concerns that he
may become the seventh.
**[00:20] (Flashback) Walter**
If I become the seventh traitor,
like the rumors say,
**[00:23] (Flashback) Walter**
it will be all for naught.
**[00:26] (Flashback) Walter**
What would you do then?
**[00:32] Guy**
Sending our hull number and all crew
members' personal ID codes.
**[00:36] Guy**
Awaiting permission to dock.
**[00:42] Guy**
Confirmed. Permission to dock received.
***SIGN*** Do you guys have any memories of the Empire?
**[00:50] Linz**
I'm a second-generation refugee, so no.
**[00:53] Rainer**
My grandfather came under
suspicion and was killed.
***SIGN*** I see. That had to be rough.
***SIGN*** I grew up in the Empire until I was six.
***SIGN*** I spent much of my time with my grandfather.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:00] Frederica**
Ten minutes have passed since
the task force entered port.
***SIGN*** 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
**[03:03] Frederica**
There has been no request for rescue
as projected in the event of failure.
**[03:07] Fyodor**
It seems safe to assume they
succeeded in docking.
**[03:11] Frederica**
We've cleared the first hurdle.
**[03:14] Yang**
Yes.
**[03:16] Yang**
If we can clear all the rest of the
hurdles with the same success,
**[03:20] Yang**
we'll be in perfect shape.
***SIGN*** I am the captain, Lieutenant Commander von Laeken.
**[03:29] Mann**
I am Lieutenant Mann,
captain of the security force.
**[03:31] Mann**
What happened out there?
***SIGN*** We were carrying out an espionage mission
***SIGN*** in Alliance territory at Fleet Admiral Mückenberger's orders.
***SIGN*** But unfortunately, we were discovered and my unit was annihilated.
***SIGN*** Amid the chaos, I managed to obtain this,
***SIGN*** and only we survived to escape here.
***SIGN*** This contains plans for a certain project.
***SIGN*** It appears the rebels came up with an unbelievable plan
***SIGN*** to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress and pass through the corridor.
**[03:58] Mann**
Is that true?
***SIGN*** It doesn't stop at Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** It may also mean the life or death of the Empire itself.
***SIGN*** You must take me to the commander at once.
***SIGN*** Episode 7
***SIGN*** The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 2)
**[04:14] Thoma**
A way to neutralize Iserlohn Fortress
and infiltrate the Empire?
**[04:18] Adjutant**
Yes, sir.
**[04:19] Adjutant**
If it is true, the very purpose of
Iserlohn Fortress will be lost.
**[04:24] Thoma**
You don't need to tell me that!
**[04:27] Thoma**
Have you contacted the garrison?
**[04:29] Adjutant**
Our communications remain
hindered by jamming signals.
**[04:33] Thoma**
And times like these are precisely
when we need a garrison force...
**[04:37] Thoma**
That pig-headed Seeckt!
**[04:41] Thoma**
Ready the Thor Hammer and
all cannons for battle.
**[04:44] Adjutant**
Understood, sir!
**[04:45] Thoma**
First of all, bring that ship's
captain here at once.
**[04:49] Adjutant**
Yes, sir!
**[04:59] (Flashback) Walter**
Once we've made it into enemy
territory, what then?
**[05:03] (Flashback) Yang**
Our strategy has one objective:
**[05:06] (Flashback) Yang**
to occupy the Iserlohn
Fortress control room.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Yang**
The problem is that, since the Alliance's
map of the fortress is incomplete,
**[05:14] (Flashback) Yang**
we're unable to pinpoint the
central control room's location.
**[05:18] (Flashback) Yang**
There are five possibilities.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Walter**
So we need to have the enemy
take us to all of them.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Yang**
Yes, exactly.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Yang**
And if we can accomplish that,
**[05:30] (Flashback) Yang**
we can take down any fortress,
no matter how impregnable.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Walter**
The same could be said of a woman's heart.
**[05:37] (Flashback) Walter**
That's all very easy to say,
but difficult to do.
**[05:44] (Flashback) Frederica**
The nearest potential location is
approximately 7,300 meters from the port.
**[05:48] (Flashback) Frederica**
The farthest is 21,600 meters away.
**[05:52] (Flashback) Frederica**
We will have to cover that much distance
in a fortress full of enemies.
**[05:57] (Flashback) Frederica**
This will be the second hurdle.
**[06:00] (Flashback) Walter**
It's going to call for
some acting skill, then.
**[06:02] (Flashback) Yang**
Yes.
**[06:15] Grandpa**
*Walter,*
**[06:16] Grandpa**
*what do you want to be when you grow up?*
**[06:19] Walter**
*What do you mean? I'm a noble.*
**[06:23] Grandpa**
*A noble...*
**[06:25] Grandpa**
*True.*
**[06:26] Grandpa**
* And does that mean you*
* can't be anything else?*
**[06:33] Mann**
What's that on your arm?
**[06:36] Mann**
It appears to be a tattoo.
**[06:38] Mann**
Tattoos on Imperial soldiers are
strictly forbidden by military law.
**[06:42] Rainer**
No, this is...
***SIGN*** It's for our espionage mission.
***SIGN*** It was necessary in order to blend in with the rebels and gain information.
***SIGN*** Of course, it will be removed once this mission is over.
**[06:57] Mann**
I see. Please forgive my indiscretion.
**[07:01] Rainer**
Not at all.
**[07:10] Remler**
I am Lieutenant Commander Remler,
captain of the control room guard.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Control Room Guard Captain
Lieutenant Commander Remler
**[07:13] Remler**
I will take you to the commander from here.
**[07:18] Remler**
Firearms may not be carried
into the control room.
**[07:21] Remler**
You will leave any guns
you're carrying here.
**[07:24] Remler**
Then, you will be examined by the
full-body scanner over there.
**[07:28] Remler**
No exceptions, even if you're operating
under the fleet admiral's orders.
**[07:33] (Flashback) Frederica**
The third hurdle will be the body check.
**[07:36] (Flashback) Frederica**
It's impossible to carry any weapons
into the central control room.
**[07:39] (Flashback) Frederica**
You will be put through thorough checks.
**[07:44] (Flashback) Walter**
So, what do we do?
**[08:09] Remler**
Hold it!
**[08:13] Remler**
Pardon me.
***SIGN*** It belonged to my grandfather.
***SIGN*** I keep it on my person at all times.
***SIGN*** It protects me.
***SIGN*** Is that all right?
***SIGN*** Thank you.
**[08:35] Remler**
Finally, I'll need to see your IDs.
**[08:38] Remler**
We sent those to you when we entered port.
**[08:42] Remler**
These are the rules.
**[08:51] Remler**
Verification failure.
**[08:54] Remler**
I can't allow you to
enter the control room.
***SIGN*** That's odd. Could there be a problem with the machine?
**[09:00] Remler**
I'll check back home.
**[09:02] Remler**
Wait here for a bit.
**[09:04] Linz**
You would waste that much time?
**[09:06] Linz**
We don't know when the
transmission will even work!
***SIGN*** Very well.
***SIGN*** I'd be glad to wait a month or two.
**[09:19] Adjutant**
What are you doing?!
**[09:21] Adjutant**
His Excellency demands haste!
**[09:23] Remler**
But we have—
**[09:23] Adjutant**
Just bring them in at once!
**[09:28] Remler**
Understood.
**[09:34] Thoma**
Where are they?
**[09:36] Thoma**
Finally.
**[09:39] Thoma**
Explain what's going on!
**[09:41] (Flashback) Yang**
In order to take the commander hostage,
**[09:44] (Flashback) Yang**
you'll need to acquire a weapon
inside the control room.
**[09:48] (Flashback) Yang**
You'll borrow it from
the commander himself.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Yang**
In other words, you'll have only your
own strength to rely on at this stage.
**[09:58] (Flashback) Yang**
I hate to ask this of you,
but can you do it?
**[10:07] (Flashback) Walter**
Oh...
***SIGN*** I think I can work something out.
**[10:14] Remler**
You really are a rebel, aren't you?!
**[10:19] Remler**
You—
***SIGN*** Your Excellency Stockhausen, you are now our prisoner.
**[10:34] Adjutant**
Your Excellency!
**[10:37] Remler**
Who the hell are you people?!
***SIGN*** Pleased to make your acquaintance.
***SIGN*** I am Captain Schönkopf of the Rosen Ritter, a regiment of the Free Planets Alliance.
**[10:49] Remler**
The Rosen Ritter?
**[10:52] Remler**
I've heard of you.
**[10:54] Remler**
You're a band of traitors
who abandoned the Empire!
***SIGN*** I'm so honored to know you've heard of us.
**[11:00] Remler**
Don't put Imperial soldiers on
the same level as you bastards!
**[11:03] Remler**
Our commander fears dishonor
more than death!
***SIGN*** He doesn't seem to appreciate you overestimating him like that.
**[11:13] Remler**
What did you do?!
**[11:16] (Flashback) Frederica**
The last hurdle will be how thoroughly
you can occupy the control room.
**[11:20] (Flashback) Walter**
I doubt that just taking the commander
hostage will be enough to fully take it over.
**[11:26] (Flashback) Yang**
True.
**[11:27] (Flashback) Frederica**
Then, what should we do?
**[11:30] (Flashback) Walter**
Karl Seffle, a practitioner
of applied chemistry,
**[11:33] (Flashback) Walter**
invented a chemical for use in
mining and civil engineering on a planetary scale.
**[11:39] (Flashback) Walter**
It's something like a gas that combusts in
**[11:43] (Flashback) Walter**
reaction to heat and energy
exceeding a certain level.
**[11:47] (Flashback) Frederica**
Seffle particles?
**[11:49] (Flashback) Walter**
Yes, Seffle particles.
**[11:52] (Flashback) Walter**
I'll take some into the room.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Frederica**
But...
**[11:55] (Flashback) Frederica**
Using it in normal close-range
combat would be one thing,
**[11:58] (Flashback) Frederica**
but using it in a raid like this is
likely to produce unexpected results.
**[12:02] (Flashback) Frederica**
You could all be caught in
the explosion and die!
**[12:07] (Flashback) Walter**
If you have any other suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
**[12:11] (Flashback) Walter**
You have known all this time
that there is no other way.
**[12:16] (Flashback) Yang**
Well, I wanted to keep trying
to come up with a safer way
**[12:20] (Flashback) Yang**
until the last possible minute.
**[12:23] (Flashback) Walter**
I just pray that trusting heart of yours
doesn't claim your life one day.
***SIGN*** If you fire, the particles will ignite,
***SIGN*** and everyone in here will be blown to space dust.
**[12:37] Remler**
Seffle particles?
**[12:39] Thoma**
D-Don't do something so foolish!
**[12:41] Thoma**
Doesn't the blood of the Empire
flow through your veins, too?!
**[12:45] Thoma**
If you surrender now, we're willing
to make you an excellent offer!
***SIGN*** Oh? Do you mean that?
**[12:52] Operator**
Ninety minutes have passed since
the task force's infiltration.
**[12:55] Murai**
That's far longer than we anticipated.
**[12:58] Murai**
I hate to think it,
**[13:00] Murai**
but could he have become
the seventh traitor?
**[13:04] Yang**
If that were the case, the enemy
would have taken us all by now.
**[13:09] Yang**
Captain Schönkopf accepted the
most dangerous role of all.
**[13:14] Yang**
I will honor my own word and trust him.
***SIGN*** That is quite the attractive offer,
***SIGN*** but I'll have to refuse this time.
***SIGN*** I need to honor my word to a man who said he would trust me.
***SIGN*** Besides, there are still lots of girls in the Alliance that I haven't seduced yet!
**[13:34] Remler**
Then you'll die with us!
***SIGN*** Have it your way.
**[13:42] Thoma**
Don't, Remler!
**[13:44] Thoma**
Th-That's enough!
**[13:45] Remler**
But, sir...
**[13:47] Thoma**
You win. We surrender.
***SIGN*** You heard him.
**[13:55] Remler**
Damn it!
***SIGN*** A wise decision.
**[14:10] (Flashback) Grandpa**
There is nothing to be done. It's
meaningless to discuss it.
**[14:13] (Flashback) Grandpa**
A noble of fine lineage grew so
power-hungry that he used his wiles
**[14:18] (Flashback) Grandpa**
to steal our family's entire fortune.
**[14:21] (Flashback) Grandpa**
On top of that, he brought a warrant
for my arrest on the grounds
**[14:25] (Flashback) Grandpa**
of thought crimes against the emperor.
**[14:28] (Flashback) Butler**
What will you do?
**[14:30] (Flashback) Grandpa**
Now, there's nothing to worry about.
**[14:34] (Flashback) Grandpa**
We will seek asylum with the
Free Planets Alliance.
**[14:38] (Flashback) Walter**
Free Planets Alliance?
**[14:44] Rainer**
Captain.
**[14:46] Rainer**
I wiped off the blood, but...
***SIGN*** It's fine. Thank you.
**[14:51] Rainer**
It was important to you, wasn't it?
***SIGN*** Hey, come on.
***SIGN*** You have to throw at least one truth in with any false story.
***SIGN*** Men are one thing, but women will always catch you otherwise.
**[15:15] Murai**
Forgive me, Captain.
**[15:17] Murai**
I doubted you.
**[15:20] Murai**
I thought you might betray us.
***SIGN*** Hey, having people suspect me is part of my job.
***SIGN*** It doesn't bother me.
***SIGN*** Admiral, sir.
**[15:31] Yang**
Great work.
***SIGN*** As planned, we've pumped sleeping gas throughout the fortress
***SIGN*** via the air conditioning system.
***SIGN*** When they wake up, all 500,000 of them will be our prisoners.
**[15:43] Yang**
I guess it really did work out.
***SIGN*** It would seem so.
**[15:54] Seeckt**
What?!
**[15:56] Seeckt**
A revolt inside the fortress?!
**[15:58] Guy**
Yes, sir. A revolt has broken
out among some soldiers.
**[16:00] Guy**
Immediate aid has been requested.
**[16:03] Seeckt**
Can't he even keep his
subordinates under control?
**[16:06] Seeckt**
Stockhausen, you incompetent fool!
**[16:09] Seeckt**
We must first stamp out
the fire at our feet.
**[16:11] Seeckt**
We will return to Iserlohn at once!
**[16:14] Paul**
Please wait.
**[16:17] Seeckt**
I don't recall asking for your
opinion, Captain Oberstein!
**[16:21] Paul**
I am aware of that,
but I will give it anyway.
**[16:25] Paul**
This is a trap.
**[16:27] Seeckt**
It seems everything is a trap in your eyes!
**[16:31] Paul**
Your Excellency, please listen to me.
**[16:34] Seeckt**
Enough!
**[16:35] Seeckt**
All fleets, turn around!
**[16:37] Seeckt**
Head for Iserlohn at combat speed two!
**[16:40] Seeckt**
This is a good opportunity to make
those space moles indebted to us!
**[16:43] Paul**
* He isn't even suspicious about why*
* communications are working again*
**[16:47] Paul**
*after they'd been disrupted for so long?*
**[16:50] Paul**
* There's no talking to such*
* a small-minded bastard,*
**[16:53] Paul**
*full of anger and no courage.*
**[17:04] SoldierA**
Enemy fleet has entered firing range.
**[17:09] SoldierB**
Energy charge to the fortress's
main cannon is complete.
**[17:14] SoldierC**
Aim is set. Ready to fire at any time.
**[17:22] Yang**
Change the main cannon's angle.
**[17:25] Yang**
Elevation: seven degrees.
**[17:28] Murai**
Forgive me, but at that angle, the shot
will only graze the enemy's left flank.
**[17:34] Yang**
That's fine. Do it.
**[17:38] Yang**
Fire.
**[17:54] ImperialA**
Why are they firing on their allies?!
**[17:56] ImperialB**
No... It must be the rebels!
**[17:58] ImperialC**
What do we do?! We can't fire back!
**[18:00] ImperialC**
How do we escape the main cannon?!
**[18:04] Seeckt**
Have you gone mad?
**[18:06] Seeckt**
What are you fools doing?! Return fire!
**[18:08] Seeckt**
All fleets, salvo fire
from the main cannons!
**[18:22] Yang**
Change the main cannon's angle.
**[18:24] Yang**
Aim for the enemy fleet's right flank.
**[18:28] Yang**
Fire.
***SIGN*** This can't be called a battle, Admiral.
***SIGN*** It's a one-sided massacre.
**[18:45] Yang**
Yes. You're right.
**[18:48] Yang**
We don't need to do the evil things
that the Imperial Navy does.
**[18:52] Yang**
Advise them to surrender.
**[18:55] Yang**
If they refuse, advise them to flee.
**[18:58] Yang**
We won't pursue.
**[19:02] Guy**
Message from Iserlohn.
**[19:04] Guy**
"The Alliance has occupied Iserlohn."
**[19:06] Seeckt**
The Alliance...
**[19:07] Guy**
"Further bloodshed will benefit no one.
**[19:10] Guy**
Surrender."
**[19:11] Seeckt**
Surrender?!
**[19:13] Guy**
Also... "If you refuse to surrender,
then flee. We will not pursue.
**[19:18] Guy**
Alliance Navy Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li."
**[19:22] Guy**
Your Excellency!
**[19:23] Guy**
We've confirmed an Alliance
fleet behind us!
**[19:26] Guy**
We'll be caught in a pincer attack!
**[19:28] Seeckt**
A pincer attack?!
**[19:29] Guy**
Your Excellency, what shall we do?!
**[19:32] Seeckt**
We cannot surrender to the rebels!
**[19:36] Seeckt**
Facing the kaiser after losing the fortress
**[19:40] Seeckt**
would be a crime worse than
ten thousand deaths!
**[19:43] Guy**
"You fail to understand
the heart of a warrior.
**[19:45] Guy**
We know the path of dying
to preserve our honor,
**[19:49] Guy**
and we know not the path
of living in disgrace.
**[19:52] Guy**
All of our ships will henceforth
charge into an honorable death.
**[19:55] Guy**
This is the only way to repay
our kaiser's favor toward us."
**[19:58] Yang**
The heart of a warrior?
**[20:00] SoldierA**
All enemy ships are charging!
**[20:05] Yang**
Can you identify the enemy's flagship?
**[20:07] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[20:08] Yang**
Then focus all of our fire on it.
**[20:11] Yang**
This will be our final bombardment.
**[20:14] Yang**
If the flagship is lost, the others will flee.
**[20:22] Yang**
Fire.
**[20:37] SoldierA**
Enemy flagship destroyed.
**[20:39] SoldierA**
All other ships are turning
and leaving the front.
**[20:44] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant Greenhill.
**[20:46] Frederica**
Yes, sir?
**[20:47] Yang**
Contact the Alliance.
**[20:49] Yang**
Tell them, "It's over. If you ask
me to do it again, I can't."
**[20:54] Yang**
Take care of the rest. I'm beat.
**[20:57] Frederica**
Understood.
**[21:02] Yang**
The heart of a warrior, indeed.
**[21:05] Yang**
It's because of men like him
that this war won't end.
**[21:07] Yang**
I'm sick of being involved with that type.
**[21:21] Paul**
*Does this make me a cowardly runaway?*
**[21:24] Paul**
* I'll be the ideal target of blame for anyone*
* who's only interested in self-preservation.*
**[21:35] Paul**
*Now, then...*
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[21:41] Adrian**
Oh? So Iserlohn has fallen
into the Alliance's hands?
**[21:45] Boltik**
That is correct, Landesherr.
**[21:49] Adrian**
I never expected them to be successful.
**[21:53] Adrian**
Yang Wen-li is quite an intriguing man.
**[21:58] Adrian**
Contact Heinessen and collect
information on him at once.
***SIGN*** Nicholas Boltik
**[22:01] Boltik**
Sir.
**[22:02] Adrian**
It would seem wise to learn
what kind of man he is.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan Leader
Adrian Rubinsky
**[23:43] Julian**
"Recently, Iserlohn Fortress,
**[23:45] Julian**
for which we had resigned ourselves to
many long years of blood and tears,
**[23:49] Julian**
was brought down with zero
losses on our side.
**[23:53] Julian**
The brilliantly intuitive strategy
that brought us this result
**[23:56] Julian**
makes this man truly worthy of being called
'Magician Yang' and 'Miracle Yang'."
**[24:01] Julian**
Hear that?
**[24:03] Yang**
Honestly...
**[24:05] Yang**
They have no idea what I went through.
**[24:08] Yang**
Still, this means my work is done.
**[24:12] Yang**
Now I can proudly request to
retire from the service.
**[24:15] Julian**
Retirement aside, you've
earned everyone's praise.
**[24:22] Julian**
Why don't you just let yourself enjoy it?
**[24:26] Yang**
I'll only be praised as
long as I'm winning.
**[24:29] Yang**
If I continue to fight,
I'll lose eventually.
**[24:32] Yang**
From anyone else's perspective,
**[24:35] Yang**
it'd be fun to see how their
attitudes change then.
**[24:39] Yang**
By the way, Julian...
**[24:41] Julian**
Yes? What is it?
**[24:43] Yang**
Can't you at least let me drink
my brandy when I want to?
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** The Castrop Rebellion
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:54] Na**
episode eight, "The Castrop Rebellion."
# E8 - The Castrop Rebellion
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***SIGN*** Planet Castrop
**[00:02] Na**
Lord Eugen Castrop, the ruler of the
Castrop Starzone in the Galactic Empire,
**[00:07] Na**
served as minister of finance
under Kaiser Friedrich IV.
**[00:11] Na**
He served for fifteen years,
**[00:13] Na**
during which time he embezzled
vast amounts of money.
**[00:16] Na**
But when Lord Castrop unexpectedly
died in an accident,
**[00:21] Na**
the truth of his embezzlement
came to light.
**[00:23] Na**
The Empire's Ministries
of Finance and Justice
**[00:26] Na**
attempted to take away his
unlawfully accumulated riches.
**[00:30] Na**
However...
***SIGN*** Franz von Mariendorf
**[00:37] Na**
Lord Castrop's son,
Maximilian, pushed back.
**[00:41] Na**
And thus the Castrop Rebellion began.
***SIGN*** Maximilian von Castrop
**[00:53] Na**
Meanwhile, the Empire's new
fleet admiral, Reinhard,
***SIGN*** Fleet Admiral's Mansion
**[00:57] Na**
established the Fleet Admiral's Mansion,
**[00:59] Na**
in which he assembled all of the Imperial
Navy's top up-and-coming commanders.
**[01:04] Na**
This assembly received an imperial
order from Kaiser Friedrich IV...
**[01:10] Reinhard**
Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis.
**[01:13] Kircheis**
Sir.
**[01:17] Reinhard**
You will depart for the Castrop Starzone
to suppress a rebellion.
**[01:21] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[01:24] Kircheis**
I humbly accept this assignment.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:59] Weitz**
There seems to be some bias in
Count Lohengramm's appointments.
***SIGN*** Private Secretary Weitz
**[03:05] Weitz**
All of the officers he's assembled are
commoners and low-ranking nobles.
**[03:10] Weitz**
And can Rear Admiral Kircheis really
handle the matter with Castrop?
**[03:15] Weitz**
Would Count Lohengramm
not be a better choice?
***SIGN*** Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
Klaus von Lichtenlade
**[03:18] Klaus**
It was Count Lohengramm who requested that
the order be given to Rear Admiral Kircheis.
**[03:23] Klaus**
Is it such a bad thing?
**[03:25] Klaus**
Rear Admiral Kircheis is the
count's most trusted confidant.
**[03:29] Klaus**
If we grant him a reward for success in
this mission, he'll be indebted to us,
**[03:34] Klaus**
which will be beneficial to us later.
**[03:36] Klaus**
And if he fails,
**[03:38] Klaus**
the responsibility will fall on
Count Lohengramm for recommending him.
**[03:42] Klaus**
If his subordinate fails, the count will
have one less thing to brag about.
***SIGN*** Episode 8
***SIGN*** The Castrop Rebellion
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
**[03:54] Fritz**
Why would that upstart
receive an imperial order?
**[03:57] Kempff**
The count must have pulled some strings.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
**[04:00] Kempff**
Siegfried Kircheis...
What sort of man will he prove to be?
**[04:04] Fritz**
Many of the soldiers seem
to have their doubts
**[04:08] Fritz**
as to whether he's a man they
can entrust their lives to.
**[04:11] Lutz**
Why would Count Lohengramm be
so close to someone like him?
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
**[04:15] Kempff**
The two of them have been
friends since childhood.
**[04:19] Fritz**
If that's true, then I was wrong
about the count all this time.
**[04:23] Fritz**
I thought he had great potential.
**[04:26] Wahlen**
I wonder what those other
two think of this.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
**[04:29] Ernest**
You mean Vice Admirals
Reuenthal and Mittermeyer?
**[04:33] Ernest**
They fought under the count in the past.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
**[04:37] Ernest**
They probably know
Rear Admiral Kircheis well, too.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
**[04:46] Wolfgang**
How much have you heard about
the Castrop Rebellion?
**[04:51] Oskar**
The rebellion is still ongoing.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
**[04:54] Oskar**
If he can stop it, Kircheis will
be promoted to vice admiral.
**[04:58] Oskar**
That would put him at the same rank as us,
**[05:01] Oskar**
and would no doubt put him
well ahead of the pack.
**[05:05] Wolfgang**
Perhaps the count wants to let everyone
in his mansion and beyond know
**[05:09] Wolfgang**
that Kircheis is his number two.
**[05:13] Wolfgang**
Think it'll work out?
**[05:14] Oskar**
Who knows?
**[05:16] Oskar**
But if the count thinks he and Kircheis...
**[05:19] Oskar**
no, if he thinks we all need this to
happen in order to meet our goal...
**[05:23] Wolfgang**
Then we have no choice
but to trust and obey.
**[05:26] Wolfgang**
The count kept his promise by inviting us to
the Fleet Admiral's Mansion he established.
**[05:31] Wolfgang**
We should keep our promise, too.
**[05:33] Oskar**
Right. All we can do is remain loyal.
**[05:42] Reinhard**
*Kircheis...*
***SIGN*** Kircheis Fleet Flagship
Barbarossa
***SIGN*** Captain Volker Axel von Bülow
***SIGN*** Captain Hans Eduard Bergengrün
**[06:03] Guy**
The Imperial Navy is advancing
in our direction.
**[06:07] Maximilian**
I can see that!
**[06:09] Maximilian**
They only number 5,000.
We'll tear them apart!
**[06:13] Guy**
Castrop Fleet approaching.
**[06:14] Guy**
They number approximately 10,000.
**[06:17] Kircheis**
Commence the operation.
**[06:23] Guy**
The Imperial Navy is
approaching at high speed!
**[06:26] Maximilian**
Commence attack!
**[06:42] Adjutant**
The enemy is attempting to surround
us rather than counterattack.
**[06:46] Maximilian**
Using 5,000 ships to surround
10,000? They really are fools.
**[06:51] Maximilian**
They don't know basic strategy!
**[06:54] Volker**
We should counterattack.
**[06:55] Volker**
Our shields can't take any more!
**[06:58] Maximilian**
There's a gap in the enemy's
encirclement at eleven o'clock.
**[07:02] Maximilian**
Have all remaining ships charge into it.
**[07:04] Guy**
Wait, please. Basic strategy
is what the enemy is using.
**[07:08] Guy**
The enemy wants to lure us to that
point and take all of us out at once.
**[07:13] Maximilian**
Some sacrifices are unavoidable.
**[07:16] Maximilian**
To give one's life for his
master is a retainer's honor!
**[07:20] Maximilian**
Give the order to charge!
**[07:37] Guy**
Enemy fleet is relocating to five o'clock.
**[07:40] Hans**
Your Excellency, we need an all-out attack.
**[07:42] Kircheis**
Remain on the defensive.
**[07:44] Kircheis**
When they think we're faltering,
we'll let them pass through.
**[08:06] Kircheis**
Close the gap!
**[08:25] Kircheis**
Bring us in front of the enemy flagship!
**[08:43] Guy**
Message from the Imperial Navy.
**[08:46] Adjutant**
Open the line!
**[08:48] Kircheis**
*Message to all Castrop Navy fleets.*
**[08:50] Kircheis**
* I am Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis*
* of the Galactic Imperial Navy.*
**[08:56] Kircheis**
* Our objective in this mission*
* is to detain Maximilian Castrop,*
**[09:00] Kircheis**
*the leader of the rebellion.*
**[09:04] Kircheis**
* The officers and soldiers*
* of the Castrop Navy*
**[09:06] Kircheis**
* did no more than fight as their*
* leader instructed them.*
**[09:09] Kircheis**
If you resist no further,
**[09:12] Kircheis**
you will be given fair treatment
as prisoners of war,
**[09:14] Kircheis**
and I will give you my word that we will
not take your lives for pleasure.
**[09:19] Kircheis**
* The fact that I did not sink a single*
* ship should prove my sincerity to you.*
**[09:33] Maximilian**
The fool!
**[09:35] Maximilian**
Order the ships at the front line
to attack the enemy fleet!
**[09:39] Maximilian**
We'll catch them in a pincer attack!
**[09:52] Maximilian**
What are you doing?! Attack the enemy!
**[09:55] Maximilian**
We aren't the ones in danger! They are!
**[09:59] Maximilian**
Do you not understand?! A pincer attack!
**[10:02] Maximilian**
Fire the main cannons! Fire! Fire!
**[10:05] Maximilian**
Why won't you fire?!
**[10:07] Maximilian**
Fire! Fire!
**[10:10] Adjutant**
Our allies haven't returned.
**[10:12] Adjutant**
If we attack, we'll destroy our
forces within their encirclement.
**[10:16] Maximilian**
How dare you talk back to me?!
**[10:18] Maximilian**
You have some nerve for a former commoner!
**[10:20] Maximilian**
Fire now! Fire, I say!
**[10:22] Maximilian**
I am your master!
I am Lord Maximilian Castrop!
**[10:36] Adjutant**
You said it was a retainer's honor
to give his life for his master,
**[10:41] Adjutant**
but I believe it's a master's job to
give of his own life for his people.
**[11:04] Guy**
Message from the Castrop Navy flagship.
**[11:07] Guy**
"Maximilian Castrop is dead.
**[11:09] Guy**
We accept your recommendation
of surrender."
**[11:11] Volker**
Dead?
**[11:12] Hans**
It can't be...
**[11:15] Kircheis**
We will proceed toward Planet Castrop.
**[11:19] Kircheis**
Caution the men to handle
the prisoners with care,
**[11:21] Kircheis**
and not to engage in looting or other
activity that may harm civilians.
**[11:26] Kircheis**
Any violation of military regulations
will be severely punished.
**[11:32] Both**
Yes, sir!
**[11:34] Fritz**
He put down the rebellion?!
**[11:36] Fritz**
In just ten days?!
**[11:38] Lutz**
No, actual combat only lasted two days.
**[11:42] Lutz**
Proceeding to
Castrop took six days,
**[11:44] Lutz**
and follow-up procedures took two days.
**[11:47] Wahlen**
I guess he does deserve to
be at the count's side.
**[11:58] Guy**
Salute Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis!
**[12:05] Klaus**
Vice Admiral Kircheis.
**[12:08] Klaus**
Strive for ever greater loyalty to His Imperial
Majesty the Kaiser in gratitude for his favor.
**[12:13] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[12:17] Kircheis**
*For ever greater loyalty, huh?*
**[12:21] Kircheis**
*The one I swear my loyalty to is...*
**[12:38] Kircheis**
Enter.
**[12:42] Soldier**
We've received an urgent
message from headquarters.
**[12:45] Kircheis**
What is it?
**[12:46] Soldier**
Sir, Iserlohn has...
**[12:50] Soldier**
Iserlohn Fortress has fallen.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Military Chief of Staff
Fleet Admiral Ehrenberg
**[13:01] Ehrenberg**
What?
**[13:03] Ehrenberg**
Wasn't Iserlohn supposed to be impregnable?
**[13:07] Steinhof**
I can't believe it!
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Supreme Command Headquarters Chief
Fleet Admiral Steinhof
**[13:09] Steinhof**
Could the report have been mistaken?
**[13:12] Mückenberger**
Seeckt is dead,
and Stockhausen is in enemy hands.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
**[13:17] Mückenberger**
But someone has to take
responsibility for this defeat.
**[13:22] Mückenberger**
Which means...
**[13:27] Klaus**
Imperial territory must be kept
inviolable to outside invasion,
**[13:32] Klaus**
and until now, it has always been so.
**[13:34] Klaus**
The situation that troubles Your Majesty's mind
**[13:38] Klaus**
is entirely the result of my own failures,
**[13:45] Klaus**
and I am deeply ashamed.
**[13:51] Reinhard**
That's a funny argument, Kircheis.
**[13:54] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[13:55] Reinhard**
We aren't supposed to give even an inch of
Imperial territory to outside invaders.
**[14:01] Reinhard**
When did the rebels become an outside
force of strength equal to ours?
**[14:06] Reinhard**
Failing to see reality gives
rise to contradictions.
**[14:09] Reinhard**
And what is the name of the Alliance
commander who took down Iserlohn?
**[14:14] Kircheis**
The Free Planets Alliance
13th Fleet commander,
**[14:19] Kircheis**
Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li.
**[14:22] Kircheis**
It's the man from Astarte again.
**[14:28] Reinhard**
Yang Wen-li...
**[14:32] Kircheis**
Enter.
**[14:34] Soldier**
Someone requests an audience
with Your Excellency.
**[14:48] Kircheis**
We will take him from here. Wait out front.
**[14:56] Paul**
I can't go anywhere without
military police accompaniment.
**[15:00] Reinhard**
Captain Oberstein, correct?
**[15:03] Reinhard**
What business do you have with me?
**[15:06] Paul**
First, please clear the room.
**[15:10] Reinhard**
There are only three of us here.
**[15:12] Paul**
Yes, Vice Admiral Kircheis is here.
**[15:15] Paul**
This is why I asked you to clear the room.
**[15:18] Reinhard**
Vice Admiral Kircheis should
be considered the same as me.
**[15:21] Reinhard**
You don't know that?
**[15:23] Paul**
I do.
**[15:26] Reinhard**
This is something you still
don't want him to hear, then.
**[15:30] Reinhard**
But I'll just tell him later,
and the result will be the same.
**[15:33] Paul**
Of course, Your Excellency
is free to do so.
**[15:36] Paul**
However, achieving supremacy requires
a variety of different people.
**[15:42] Paul**
You tell A things that A needs to know,
**[15:44] Paul**
and you give B an assignment suited to B.
**[15:47] Paul**
I believe this is how certain
matters should be conducted.
**[15:50] Kircheis**
Your Excellency, perhaps I
should wait in the next room.
**[15:56] Reinhard**
Very well.
**[16:06] Paul**
The truth, Your Excellency, is that I
currently stand in a difficult position.
**[16:12] Paul**
I believe you are aware of this.
**[16:14] Reinhard**
You're a deserter from Iserlohn.
It's natural you would be condemned.
**[16:18] Reinhard**
Especially when Admiral Seeckt
died such an honorable death.
**[16:22] Paul**
I'm sure the many commanders see me
as no more than a cowardly deserter.
**[16:27] Paul**
But, Your Excellency, I do have
my reasons for what I did.
**[16:31] Paul**
I would like you to hear them.
**[16:33] Reinhard**
This is absurd.
**[16:35] Reinhard**
If you insist on explaining,
don't explain to me.
**[16:38] Reinhard**
Explain at tomorrow's court-martial.
**[16:40] Paul**
A court-martial is only for show.
**[16:43] Paul**
My punishment has been
decided from the start.
**[16:50] Paul**
Please look at this, Your Excellency.
**[16:54] Paul**
As I believe Vice Admiral
Kircheis informed you,
**[16:57] Paul**
both of my eyes are artificial.
**[17:01] Paul**
Under Emperor Rudolf's rule,
**[17:03] Paul**
I would have been killed as an infant
under the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
**[17:10] Paul**
Do you understand?
**[17:12] Paul**
I despise him.
**[17:14] Paul**
I despise Emperor Rudolf, his descendants,
**[17:17] Paul**
and everything he created.
**[17:21] Paul**
I despise the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
**[17:26] Reinhard**
That's a very bold statement.
**[17:28] Paul**
The Galactic Empire...
no, the Goldenbaum Dynasty should fall.
**[17:33] Paul**
If possible, I would love to
bring about its demise myself.
**[17:37] Paul**
However, I lack the capacity to do so.
**[17:41] Paul**
All I can do is collaborate in the
establishment of a new supreme ruler,
**[17:45] Paul**
and that is all.
**[17:47] Paul**
I'm talking about you, Your Excellency the
Fleet Admiral, Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
**[17:52] Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[17:55] Reinhard**
Hand Captain Oberstein over
to the military police.
**[17:58] Reinhard**
He has made rebellious statements
toward the Empire.
**[18:01] Reinhard**
As an Imperial soldier,
I can't overlook this.
**[18:09] Paul**
I guess that's all there is to you...
**[18:12] Paul**
Fine. Depend on Vice Admiral Kircheis
as your only trusted confidant,
**[18:17] Paul**
and continue to walk down your narrow path.
**[18:22] Paul**
Vice Admiral Kircheis, can you shoot me?
**[18:25] Paul**
As you can see, I'm completely unarmed.
**[18:28] Paul**
Can you still shoot me?
**[18:31] Paul**
You can't, can you?
That's the kind of man you are.
**[18:35] Paul**
You're worthy of respect, but that
isn't enough to achieve supremacy.
**[18:41] Paul**
The shadow follows the light...
**[18:44] Paul**
But perhaps the young Count Lohengramm
doesn't yet understand this.
**[18:55] Reinhard**
You're a man who says
what he pleases, I see.
**[18:58] Paul**
Forgive me.
**[18:59] Reinhard**
Seeckt must have hated you. Am I wrong?
**[19:03] Paul**
Admiral Seeckt was not a man who
inspired loyalty in his subordinates.
**[19:16] Klaus**
Military Chief of Staff Ehrenberg,
**[19:18] Klaus**
Chief of Headquarters Steinhof,
**[19:21] Klaus**
and Space Fleet
Commander-in-Chief Mückenberger.
**[19:25] Klaus**
These three chiefs of staff have
submitted their resignations
**[19:29] Klaus**
to assume responsibility
for the loss of Iserlohn.
**[19:32] Friedrich**
Which position would you like?
**[19:35] Reinhard**
Any commendations I've received
were not the result of my own efforts.
**[19:39] Reinhard**
I could not take another's position.
**[19:44] Reinhard**
The loss of Iserlohn was...
**[19:46] Reinhard**
a result of mistakes made by
Admirals Seeckt and Stockhausen.
**[19:50] Reinhard**
In addition, Admiral Seeckt atoned
for his sin through death,
**[19:54] Reinhard**
and the other has been
imprisoned by the enemy.
**[19:57] Reinhard**
I do not feel that anyone
else should accept blame.
**[20:02] Reinhard**
I humbly request that Your Majesty find
no fault with the three chiefs of staff.
**[20:09] Ehrenberg**
I never thought I would owe a
debt to the blond youngster.
**[20:14] Steinhof**
I understand he requested
immunity for Oberstein
**[20:17] Steinhof**
along with his transfer to the
Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
**[20:21] Mückenberger**
We can hardly accept His Imperial
Majesty's generous favor
**[20:25] Mückenberger**
while allowing that man to
be so harshly punished.
**[20:29] Ehrenberg**
Still, to voluntarily give up
a chief of staff position
**[20:33] Ehrenberg**
was a surprisingly selfless act.
**[20:39] Klaus**
Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty.
**[20:42] Friedrich**
What is it?
**[20:44] Klaus**
I realize this will displease you, but...
**[20:48] Freidrich**
Is this about Lohengramm?
**[20:51] Freidrich**
You want to tell me I've given too much
prestige and power to Annerose's brother.
**[20:57] Klaus**
Your Imperial Majesty is aware of this?
**[21:00] Friedrich**
Since he is fearless,
**[21:03] Friedrich**
he will not simply be satisfied with
the position of senior statesman,
**[21:06] Friedrich**
but might get carried away and
plot to usurp me. Am I right?
**[21:12] Klaus**
I hesitated to put such
thoughts into words...
**[21:17] Freidrich**
I see no problem with this.
**[21:19] Klaus**
Pardon?
**[21:20] Friedrich**
The Goldenbaum Dynasty has not existed
since the creation of humanity.
**[21:26] Friedrich**
Just as no man is immortal,
no country is infallible.
**[21:31] Friedrich**
It would not be unreasonable for the
Galactic Empire to end with my generation.
**[21:39] Freidrich**
If it's going to fall anyway,
**[21:41] Friedrich**
I would hope that it has a magnificent end.
**[21:53] Reinhard**
You look like you want to say something.
**[21:55] Kircheis**
You know what it is. You're being cruel.
**[21:58] Reinhard**
Don't get mad. It's about Oberstein, right?
**[22:02] Reinhard**
You suspect he might be a
pawn of some noble family.
**[22:05] Reinhard**
I suspected the same, briefly.
**[22:08] Reinhard**
But he's not a man the nobles could handle.
**[22:12] Reinhard**
He's smart, but he's too peculiar.
**[22:16] Kircheis**
And could you handle him, Reinhard?
**[22:22] ---**
A good question.
**[22:24] Reinhard**
I don't expect friendship
or loyalty from him.
**[22:29] Reinhard**
He's only trying to use me
**[22:32] Reinhard**
to achieve his own goals.
**[22:38] Reinhard**
So I'm going to use his intellect in turn.
**[22:42] Reinhard**
I don't care what his motives are.
**[22:45] Reinhard**
If I can't control one man,
**[22:47] Reinhard**
how could I ever expect to
rule the whole universe?
**[22:56] Reinhard**
That's enough for today.
**[22:57] Reinhard**
You can go.
**[22:59] Kircheis**
Yes, sir.
**[23:05] Reinhard**
*Oberstein will be useful.*
**[23:09] Reinhard**
* He won't hesitate to take*
* any means necessary.*
**[23:14] Reinhard**
*But still...*
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** Each Person's Star
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode nine, "Each Person's Star."
**[24:58] ---**
# E9 - Each Person's Star
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**[00:03] Girl1**
Miss Edwards, are you really quitting?
**[00:07] Girl2**
Please don't quit.
**[00:10] Girl3**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:11] Girl1**
Miss Edwards, don't go...
**[00:13] Girls**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:16] ---**
Miss Edwards...
**[00:43] Julian**
Yes? Who is it?
**[00:52] Jessica**
U-Um... Who are you?
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Central Government Building
**[02:29] Lebello**
This may be an unsavory way to put it,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance High Council
**[02:31] Lebello**
but for many years, both the
Galactic Empire and our Alliance
**[02:34] Lebello**
have fought this war only to the extent
that it could be financially sustained.
**[02:39] Lebello**
But now, the pensions for the families of
the men lost at the Battle of Astarte alone
***SIGN*** Financial Secretary
Joan Lebello
**[02:44] Lebello**
require us to pay out ten
billion dinars per year.
**[02:47] Lebello**
On top of that, feeding the 500,000
prisoners taken in the capture of Iserlohn
**[02:53] Lebello**
will require an enormous budget.
**[02:56] Guy**
It sounds like you're saying our hero
has led us to financial distress.
**[03:00] Lebello**
To remedy this, we can either issue
more bonds or increase taxes.
**[03:04] Lebello**
These have historically
been our only options.
**[03:06] Guy**
Increase taxes? What did you promise
our people in the election?
**[03:11] Lebello**
True, but I'm saying that expanding this war
any further will bring economic destruction!
**[03:16] Guy**
But if we don't win the
war, we have no future.
**[03:20] Lebello**
Then perhaps we should
simply stop fighting.
***SIGN*** National Defense Committee Chairman
Job Trunicht
**[03:27] Lebello**
Admiral Yang's resourcefulness
gained us Iserlohn.
**[03:31] Lebello**
The Imperial Navy lost its base
for invading the Alliance.
**[03:36] Lebello**
Is this not an excellent opportunity to
enter a peace treaty that favors us?
**[03:40] Guy**
But this is a war for justice
against a tyrannical government.
**[03:44] Guy**
Exactly.
**[03:46] Guy**
How wise would it be to drop out
just because it's uneconomical?
**[04:08] Yang**
Julian, I'm heading out.
**[04:12] Julian**
Take care, Admiral.
**[04:14] Yang**
Oh, by the way, Julian...
**[04:17] Yang**
Why don't we eat dinner out for once?
**[04:20] Yang**
I'll take you after school.
Meet me at headquarters.
**[04:23] Julian**
But... tonight?
**[04:25] Yang**
Yeah. There's something
I'd like to talk about.
**[04:29] Yang**
See you then.
***SIGN*** Episode 9
***SIGN*** Each Person's Star
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[04:41] Sithole**
You want to resign?
**[04:43] Sithole**
But you're only 30, aren't you?
**[04:46] Yang**
I'm 29.
**[04:48] Sithole**
Don't you think it's a bit early
to leave your life behind?
**[04:52] Yang**
That isn't what this is, Chief.
**[04:55] Yang**
My life was merely forced to
take a prolonged detour.
**[04:59] Yang**
I will be returning to the
life I intended to live.
**[05:02] Sithole**
To get a pension and use it
to spend all day studying history?
**[05:07] Sithole**
What our military needs isn't
your knowledge as a historian.
**[05:13] Sithole**
It's your skill as a tactician.
**[05:15] Sithole**
And it's an extraordinary skill, at that.
**[05:19] Sithole**
It sounds as if you're saying capturing
Iserlohn was more than enough for you.
**[05:24] Yang**
I wouldn't say that...
**[05:27] Sithole**
The High Council is meeting today.
**[05:31] Sithole**
They're debating the dispatch
of troops to the Empire...
**[05:34] Sithole**
a strategy to invade the Empire
using Iserlohn as a bridgehead.
**[05:39] Yang**
But that's the opposite of our
intentions! Why Iserlohn?
**[05:45] Yang**
Was it that national defense
secretary's idea?
**[05:48] Sithole**
The proposal came from within the military.
**[05:52] Sithole**
A young officer from the planning division
**[05:54] Sithole**
brought it to the National
Defense Committee directly.
**[05:59] Sithole**
I have faith that the council
will come to a wise decision.
**[06:04] Yang**
I wonder about that.
**[06:06] Yang**
Well, whatever decision they
make, it no longer involves me.
**[06:14] Sithole**
What about the 13th Fleet?
**[06:18] Sithole**
It was created just for you.
**[06:21] Sithole**
What happens to them if you leave?
**[06:26] Huang**
Human resources that should
be devoted to social development
**[06:30] Huang**
going toward the military
instead is disconcerting.
**[06:34] Huang**
Our investments in education and vocational
training have been continually reduced.
***SIGN*** Secretary of Human Resources
Huang Louis
**[06:39] Huang**
As evidence that skill levels among
our laborers are dwindling,
**[06:42] Huang**
workplace accidents have
tripled since last term.
**[06:46] Huang**
This brings me to my proposal.
**[06:48] Huang**
I would like four million
of the technicians,
**[06:51] Huang**
as well as transportation and communications
personnel currently in the military,
**[06:54] Huang**
to be returned to the private sector.
**[06:56] Huang**
That number is the absolute minimum.
**[07:02] Trunicht**
Don't ask the impossible.
**[07:05] Trunicht**
If we remove that many people
from the rear services,
**[07:08] Trunicht**
our military, as an organization,
will collapse.
**[07:10] Huang**
So you say, but at the current rate,
**[07:13] Huang**
our society and economy will collapse
before the military does.
**[07:18] Lebello**
In other words, we need to allow our
human resources time to recuperate.
**[07:22] Lebello**
To force the people to sacrifice any more
would violate the principles of democracy.
**[07:27] Lebello**
They can't bear this burden any longer.
***SIGN*** Secretary of Transportation
Cornelia Windsor
**[07:31] Windsor**
There's no need to pander to
the selfishness of citizens
**[07:34] Windsor**
who don't understand the greater good.
**[07:37] Windsor**
When in history has anything great
been achieved without sacrifices?
**[07:42] Lebello**
The citizens have begun to question whether
they have sacrificed too much, Ms. Windsor.
**[07:47] Windsor**
Some things must be done,
no matter how great the sacrifice.
**[07:52] Lebello**
Politics doesn't work that way!
**[07:54] Windsor**
We have a noble duty...
**[07:57] Windsor**
to defeat the Galactic Empire...
**[07:59] Windsor**
and save all of humanity from
the threat of its tyranny.
**[08:03] Windsor**
Can forgetting that greater purpose
in favor of cheap humanism...
**[08:08] Windsor**
really be called taking the high road?
**[08:12] Lebello**
Are you sure you aren't the one
overtaken by cheap heroism?!
**[08:16] Huang**
Calm down.
**[08:18] Lebello**
But...
**[08:20] Chairman**
It appears we need another break.
**[08:23] Chairman**
But first, there are some things
I'd like you all to see.
**[08:31] Chairman**
This is our approval rating
among the citizens.
***SIGN*** High Council Chairman
Royal Sanford
**[08:36] Chairman**
We have 31.9% approval.
Certainly not a very good number.
**[08:41] Chairman**
And this is our disapproval rating.
**[08:44] Guy**
56.2%...
**[08:47] Chairman**
If nothing changes, it's unlikely
that we'll be re-elected next year.
**[08:51] Chairman**
Caught between the pacifists
and the hardliners,
**[08:54] Chairman**
it's likely we will lose our majority.
**[08:58] Chairman**
However, certain barometers indicate that
**[09:01] Chairman**
if we can secure a decisive victory against
the Empire in the next hundred days,
**[09:06] Chairman**
our approval ratings should
rise by at least 15%.
**[09:13] Lebello**
What do you mean by that?
**[09:15] Lebello**
You people want us to fight this
war so you'll be re-elected?
**[09:18] Windsor**
Chairman.
**[09:19] Windsor**
Let's put the military's
proposal up for a vote.
**[09:23] All**
Agreed.
**[09:25] Lebello**
Wait! We don't have that right!
**[09:29] Lebello**
We haven't been granted the authority
to dispatch troops in vain...
**[09:33] Lebello**
for the sole purpose of
maintaining political power!
**[09:36] Windsor**
My, such righteous statements.
**[09:49] Chairman**
Eight in favor, three opposed.
**[09:52] Chairman**
With a majority in favor,
**[09:53] Chairman**
it is hereby confirmed that our forces
will invade the Galactic Empire.
**[09:58] Guy**
This was quite a surprise.
**[10:01] Guy**
I didn't expect the national defense
secretary to vote opposed.
**[10:04] Trunicht**
I am a patriot.
**[10:07] Trunicht**
But that doesn't mean I will
always advocate for war.
**[10:12] Trunicht**
Let it go on record that I stood
opposed to the dispatch of troops.
***SIGN*** Well, hello, Your Excellency.
**[10:28] Yang**
Captain...
***SIGN*** Were you here to submit your resignation?
**[10:34] Yang**
Yeah, not that I expected the chief
to accept my letter with one hand
**[10:38] Yang**
while handing me my severance
pay with the other.
***SIGN*** The military isn't going to let you go.
***SIGN*** In all seriousness, I'd prefer to have a man of your caliber stay in our navy.
***SIGN*** You excel at assessing any situation, and you have strong luck.
***SIGN*** Under your leadership, we may not be hailed for distinguished service,
***SIGN*** but we have a good chance of staying alive.
***SIGN*** I've already made up my mind to die of old age.
***SIGN*** I plan to live to be about 150, grow frail,
***SIGN*** and die listening to
***SIGN*** my grandkids and great-grandkids cry for joy over being rid of me.
***SIGN*** Dying a heroic death in battle isn't my style.
***SIGN*** Please find it in your heart to help me live that long.
**[11:42] Waiter**
I'm sorry, but all seats are booked.
**[11:47] Yang**
Sorry, Julian. I should've
made a reservation.
**[11:51] Yang**
Let's try somewhere else.
**[11:52] Frederica**
Admiral.
**[11:58] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant?
**[12:01] Frederica**
I do own regular clothes, too.
**[12:04] Frederica**
My father has invited you to
sit with us, if you'd like.
**[12:08] Yang**
Admiral Greenhill? But...
**[12:12] Frederica**
Julian, you must be hungry, too, right?
**[12:16] Julian**
Yes, ma'am.
**[12:18] Greenhill**
Hello, Vice Admiral Yang.
**[12:22] Yang**
I'm a rear admiral, Your Excellency.
**[12:25] Greenhill**
By next week at the latest,
you'll be a vice admiral.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Navy
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[12:28] Greenhill**
You might as well get used
to your new title now.
**[12:32] Julian**
That's amazing! Is that what
you wanted to tell me?
**[12:39] Greenhill**
Ah, you must be the honor student Julian.
**[12:43] Julian**
Yes, sir. It's good to meet you.
**[12:46] Greenhill**
Have a seat.
**[12:47] Greenhill**
I hear you were the top scorer of the year
in the junior level of flying ball.
**[12:53] Greenhull**
How wonderful that you excel
in both academics and sports.
**[12:56] Yang**
Is that true, Julian?
**[12:58] Julian**
Yes, sir.
**[13:00] Frederica**
You were probably the only
one who didn't know.
**[13:03] Frederica**
Julian is quite a celebrity in this town.
**[13:12] Greenhill**
Your achievements have had a much
larger effect than expected.
**[13:16] Greenhill**
The capture of Iserlohn has divided the
people into pro- and anti-war factions,
**[13:22] Greenhill**
and the dispute has grown quite intense.
**[13:24] Yang**
I hope it's all just simple debate.
**[13:28] Greenhill**
Well, some have taken to
rather violent
**[13:31] Greenhill**
attacks out of hatred
for the anti-war side.
**[13:34] Yang**
The Patriotic Knight Corps, for example?
**[13:37] Greenhill**
Oh, they're just a bunch of clowns.
**[13:40] Greenhill**
They aren't even worth commenting on.
**[13:45] Greenhill**
This gelatin salad is fantastic.
**[13:47] Yang**
I agree.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[14:00] Boltik**
*We have now acquired 41.9% of the shares*
**[14:04] Boltik**
*in the Alliance's largest
interstellar shipping company,*
**[14:06] Boltik**
*the Santa Cruz Line.*
***SIGN*** Nicholas Boltik
**[14:10] Boltik**
*But their ownership has been divided
among twenty shareholders,*
**[14:12] Boltik**
*so this has not been discovered.*
**[14:14] Boltik**
*We have already surpassed
the largest shareholder,*
**[14:17] Boltik**
*a state-owned investment company.*
**[14:19] Rubinsky**
Good.
**[14:21] Rubinsky**
But we can't stop until
we own a majority share.
**[14:24] Boltik**
*Yes.*
**[14:25] Rubinsky**
What about the Empire?
**[14:27] Boltik**
*We have decided to invest in the agricultural
development of the seventh frontier starzone.*
**[14:33] Rubinsky**
What percentage are we contributing?
**[14:35] Boltik**
*Three of our government-owned shell
companies own a total of 84%.*
**[14:40] Boltik**
*We effectively have a monopoly.*
**[14:42] Rubinsky**
Good.
**[14:44] Boltik**
*You won't be returning to
your residence today?*
**[14:50] Rubinsky**
No, I will.
**[14:51] Boltik**
*Very well. Then I will see you soon.*
**[14:57] Dominique**
Sounds like all is going well.
**[14:58] Rubinsky**
Yes.
**[15:02] Rubinsky**
In both the Empire and the Alliance,
there are those who think...
**[15:06] Rubinsky**
that war is nothing but two fleets
shooting at one another in space.
**[15:10] Rubinsky**
But that's not true.
**[15:12] Rubinsky**
To rule the universe, you need...
**[15:15] Dominique**
Money.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan Leader
Adrian Rubinsky
**[15:17] Rubinsky**
The Dominion of Fezzan has bought nearly
half of both countries' war bonds.
**[15:22] Rubinsky**
Fezzan will financially rule over every part
of the universe that mankind has touched.
**[15:30] Dominique**
Yes, of course.
***SIGN*** Dominique Saint-Pierre
**[15:31] Dominique**
So long as a second Rudolf doesn't show
up and start a new Galactic Empire.
**[15:37] Rubinsky**
New Galactic Empire?
**[15:40] Rubinsky**
I see. You have some interesting ideas.
**[15:45] Rubinsky**
Going to work, Dominique?
**[15:48] Dominique**
Please enjoy your stay.
**[15:51] Rubinsky**
You don't intend to quit performing,
even with plenty of money?
**[15:56] Dominique**
I don't recall selling my freedom.
**[16:06] Rubinsky**
A new Galactic Empire, eh?
**[16:12] Yang**
Thank you for letting us
join you, Your Excellency.
**[16:16] Greenhill**
It's been a delightful evening.
**[16:19] Greenhill**
By the way, Vice Admiral Yang,
do you have any plans to get married?
**[16:26] Yang**
Not yet. I'll think about
it when we have peace.
**[16:32] Yang**
I had a good friend who passed
away and left a fiancée behind.
**[16:36] Greenhill**
I see.
**[16:45] TV**
*The representative who won the by-election
on planet Terneuzen last week,*
**[16:50] TV**
*Jessica Edwards, will give
her inaugural speech today.*
**[16:55] TV**
*Edwards is said to be the vanguard
of the anti-war movement.*
**[16:59] Yang**
Jessica?
**[17:00] Julian**
Oh, that's her!
**[17:02] Julian**
She's the woman who visited about
a month ago, while you were away.
**[17:06] TV**
*The actions of the anti-war
faction have gained attention.*
**[17:06] Julian**
She said she was an old friend of yours.
**[17:16] Julian**
Huh? What's going on?
**[17:19] Yang**
I'm not sure...
**[17:22] Yang**
Wait here.
**[17:29] Cop**
Goodness, if it isn't Admiral Yang Wen-li!
**[17:32] Cop**
I never thought I'd meet our national hero!
**[17:35] Yang**
Uh, that aside, what's going on?
**[17:37] Cop**
It seems the Urban Traffic Control Center's
control computer malfunctioned.
**[17:43] Yang**
Malfunctioned?
**[17:44] Cop**
I don't know all the details,
**[17:47] Cop**
but I heard it was a human
error involving data input.
**[17:50] Cop**
There's a shortage of experienced
workers in all workplaces lately...
**[17:54] Cop**
I suppose this isn't unexpected.
**[17:57] Yang**
So even this happened because of the war...
**[18:01] Cop**
For that reason, all traffic systems in this
district will be down for about four hours.
**[18:07] Yang**
Completely?
**[18:08] Cop**
Yes, completely.
**[18:11] Julian**
Admiral, what should we do?
**[18:13] Yang**
We'll have to walk.
**[18:16] Julian**
Yes, sir!
**[18:17] Yang**
It's good exercise every once in a while.
**[18:20] Cop**
The hero of Iserlohn, walking?!
I won't hear of it!
**[18:23] Cop**
I'll prepare a helicopter for you!
**[18:26] Yang**
Please, don't be dramatic.
**[18:28] Yang**
I can't be the only one to
receive special treatment.
**[18:30] Cop**
But...
**[18:32] Yang**
Let's go, Julian.
**[18:33] Julian**
Aye aye, sir!
**[18:50] Yang**
Jessica said she didn't
have a message for me?
**[18:54] Julian**
Yes, but she seemed a bit anxious.
**[18:58] Julian**
I thought she must have had something
she wanted to discuss with you.
**[19:04] (Flashback) Jessica**
I see... So Yang adopted a child...
**[19:09] (Flashback) Jessica**
Oh, I'm sorry to drop by without warning.
**[19:13] (Flashback) Julian**
Um, shall I relay a message
to the admiral for you?
**[19:18] (Flashback) Jessica**
Thanks, but it's all right.
**[19:20] (Flashback) Jessica**
It was nothing important.
**[19:22] (Flashback) Jessica**
I'll be on my way.
**[19:25] (Flashback) Julian**
Then let me at least give you an umbrella.
**[19:28] (Flashback) Jessica**
Hey, Julian... Do you want
to become a soldier, too?
**[19:32] (Flashback) Julian**
Yes.
**[19:35] (Flashback) Jessica**
I see.
**[19:36] (Flashback) Julian**
But the admiral says that we'll have
peace by the time I'm an adult.
**[19:47] (Flashback) Julian**
May I ask your name?
**[19:52] (Flashback) Jessica**
Just tell him an old friend stopped by.
**[19:57] Julian**
In the end, she just smiled and
said, "Take care of the admiral."
**[20:06] Yang**
*So you made up your mind...*
**[20:13] Julian**
Admiral.
**[20:14] Yang**
What is it?
**[20:16] Julian**
I was just looking at the same star as you.
**[20:20] Julian**
That big blue one.
**[20:23] Yang**
Yeah.
**[20:24] Julian**
What is that star called?
**[20:26] Yang**
It does have a name... I think...
**[20:33] Yang**
You don't have to look
at the same star as me.
**[20:38] Julian**
Huh?
**[20:44] Yang**
* Every person should take*
* hold of their own star,*
**[20:48] Yang**
*no matter how unlucky that star is.*
**[21:00] Jessica**
I've...
**[21:06] Jessica**
I've made a decision...
**[21:08] Jessica**
to never pretend I didn't see or hear,
**[21:13] Jessica**
to never remain silent.
**[21:15] Jessica**
I'm standing here today for that purpose.
**[21:20] Jessica**
I was undecided about my
candidacy for a long time.
**[21:25] Jessica**
As a simple teacher, I wondered
if I was truly qualified.
**[21:30] Jessica**
But I made up my mind, and I promised...
**[21:34] Jessica**
my late fiancé, who died
in the Battle of Astarte.
**[21:41] Jessica**
I used to think...
**[21:44] Jessica**
that "history" was just "the past"
with extra dust on it.
**[21:48] Jessica**
But that's not correct.
**[21:50] Jessica**
History is something that we create
as we live our lives in the present.
**[21:56] Jessica**
It doesn't only belong to the
people named in history books.
**[22:00] Jessica**
It's something each and every one of
us alive today must strive to create.
**[22:05] Jessica**
Every step we take leads
us toward the future!
**[22:15] Jessica**
Our history up to this point has
been accompanied by many wars.
**[22:20] Jessica**
Whether it will continue
to be accompanied by wars...
**[22:24] Jessica**
is for each of us to decide.
**[22:27] Jessica**
Some are adamant that this
is a war for justice,
**[22:32] Jessica**
that to throw away our lives
for justice is a noble act,
**[22:36] Jessica**
but what is justice? What is a noble act?
**[22:41] Jessica**
Each of us must decide that on our own.
**[22:45] Jessica**
You, who watch members of your family
depart for the battlefield...
**[22:48] Jessica**
You and I, who have lost family
members on the battlefield.
**[22:52] Jessica**
I don't want people who hide somewhere safe...
**[22:56] Jessica**
and never lose anything,
never feel any pain,
**[23:00] Jessica**
to make that decision.
**[23:04] Jessica**
I want to keep asking the
people in power this:
**[23:09] Jessica**
Where are you...
**[23:12] Jessica**
while you send soldiers to their deaths?
**[23:14] Jessica**
Where are you,
**[23:17] Jessica**
and what are you doing?
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Interlude
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode ten, "Interlude."
# E10 - Interlude
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**[00:12] Remscheid**
What?
**[00:14] Remscheid**
The Free Planets Alliance is planning an
all-out offensive against the Empire?
**[00:21] Rubinsky**
It seems their capture of Iserlohn,
the Empire's pride and joy,
**[00:24] Rubinsky**
has incited the Alliance's drive to fight.
**[00:30] Remscheid**
It is true that the insurgents now
possess the bridgehead of Iserlohn,
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire High Commissioner
Jochen von Remscheid
**[00:35] Remscheid**
but surely that doesn't mean they'll
launch an all-out advance right away.
**[00:40] Rubinsky**
But it is clear that the Alliance is making
preparations for a large-scale attack.
**[00:46] Remscheid**
How large-scale?
**[00:49] Rubinsky**
Thirty million men.
**[01:08] Dominique**
He seemed rather panicked.
**[01:11] Rubinsky**
That information was beyond a mere high
commissioner's capacity to handle.
**[01:15] Rubinsky**
He'll have no choice but to
request instructions from Odin.
**[01:18] Dominique**
How malicious you are.
**[01:21] Dominique**
When you received similar information in
the past, you didn't tell him, did you?
**[01:26] Rubinsky**
You mean when Iserlohn was attacked?
**[01:29] Rubinsky**
I just never expected that
campaign to succeed.
**[01:32] Rubinsky**
I was interested in seeing how
they would go about doing it.
**[01:36] Rubinsky**
But now that Iserlohn has
fallen, things are different.
**[01:40] Rubinsky**
The balance in this war has
shifted toward the Alliance,
**[01:43] Rubinsky**
and we need to shift it back in
the Empire's direction a bit.
**[01:47] Dominique**
You're enjoying this.
**[01:49] Rubinsky**
Does it look that way?
**[01:52] Dominique**
It does.
**[01:54] Rubinsky**
There are many ways to enrich one's life,
**[01:57] Rubinsky**
but nothing is more stimulating than using
whole nations and the very fate of humans
**[02:03] Rubinsky**
as intangible chips in a game
of politics and strategy.
**[02:06] Rubinsky**
Elaborately refined machinations
are an art form.
**[02:11] Dominique**
Unbelievable. You're calling
yourself an artist?
**[02:15] Rubinsky**
Please. It's not just me.
**[02:18] Rubinsky**
There's no doubt that the one
to meet the Alliance's attack
**[02:23] Rubinsky**
will be Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
**[02:26] Rubinsky**
I need him to win, but not
by too much this time.
**[02:31] Rubinsky**
I need both sides to keep fighting and
wounding each other for as long as possible.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[04:13] Klaus**
We've received word from
Count Remscheid of Fezzan.
**[04:17] Klaus**
It seems the rebels are planning
to invade Imperial territory...
***SIGN*** Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
Klaus von Lichtenlade
**[04:21] Klaus**
with approximately thirty million men.
**[04:24] Gerlach**
Thirty million?
That sounds extremely serious.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Minister of Finance
Viscount Gerlach
**[04:27] Klaus**
It is.
**[04:29] Klaus**
But it could also be called an opportunity.
**[04:32] Gerlach**
How do you mean?
**[04:33] Klaus**
We need to fight and win.
**[04:38] Klaus**
I'm told that a revolutionary sentiment
is growing among the commoners again.
**[04:43] Klaus**
It appears they're beginning to
figure out that we lost Iserlohn.
**[04:47] Klaus**
We must defeat the rebels and restore
the dignity of the Imperial household.
**[04:52] Gerlach**
Should we not allow the
blond boy to handle that?
**[04:57] Klaus**
If he succeeds, his popularity
will grow even greater,
**[05:01] Klaus**
and we will no longer
be able to oppose him.
**[05:05] Klaus**
But if he fails, we'll be forced to fight
the rebels at a tremendous disadvantage,
**[05:13] Klaus**
right in the middle of the Empire,
**[05:15] Klaus**
against a force of thirty
million men high on victory.
**[05:18] Gerlach**
The blond boy is not
completely incompetent.
**[05:22] Gerlach**
Even if the rebels defeat him,
they won't come out of it unscathed.
**[05:26] Gerlach**
We only need to be strong enough to
face them when they're wounded.
**[05:33] Klaus**
I see...
**[05:34] Klaus**
That will be fine if the boy
loses, but what if he wins?
**[05:38] Klaus**
He'll earn the kaiser's favor and the
credit for another heroic feat,
**[05:42] Klaus**
and he'll be beyond our control.
**[05:44] Klaus**
He'll grow even more arrogant.
**[05:47] Gerlach**
Why don't we let him be arrogant?
**[05:50] Gerlach**
We can deal with a single upstart anytime.
**[05:56] Gerlach**
When the rebels are gone,
the blond boy is done for.
**[06:01] Gerlach**
So long as we need him,
**[06:03] Gerlach**
why not make use of his talent?
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center
**[06:16] Sithole**
Rear Admiral Caselnes,
the chief of logistics,
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
**[06:20] Sithole**
will now go over the formation
of our expeditionary force.
**[06:23] Alex**
Yes, sir.
**[06:24] Alex**
First, the supreme commander of the force
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
**[06:27] Alex**
will be the Space Fleet commander-in-chief,
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[06:32] Alex**
The chief of staff will be
Admiral Dwight Greenhill.
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Chief of Operations
Vice Admiral Konev
**[06:35] Alex**
The chief of operations will be Vice Admiral
Konev, with three staff officers.
**[06:38] Alex**
The chief of intelligence will be Rear
Admiral Birolinen, with two staff officers.
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Chief of Intelligence
Rear Admiral Birolinen
**[06:42] Alex**
And the chief of logistics will be
myself, with one staff officer.
***SIGN*** Free Planets Alliance
Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
**[06:45] Alex**
Next, eight new space fleets will be
added to the force as combat units.
**[06:49] Alex**
Vice Admiral Lefebvre will
command the 3rd Fleet.
**[06:52] Alex**
Vice Admiral Bewcock will
command the 5th Fleet.
**[06:55] Alex**
Vice Admiral Hawood will
command the 7th Fleet.
**[06:57] Alex**
Vice Admiral Appleton will
command the 8th Fleet.
**[07:00] Alex**
Vice Admiral al-Salem will
command the 9th Fleet.
**[07:03] Alex**
Vice Admiral Ulanhu will
command the 10th Fleet.
**[07:06] Alex**
Vice Admiral Borodin will
command the 12th Fleet.
**[07:08] Alex**
And Vice Admiral Yang will
command the 13th Fleet.
**[07:12] Alex**
These, in addition to independent units,
**[07:15] Alex**
will bring the force's
total to 30,227,400 men.
**[07:23] Yang**
* Thirty million is about 60%*
* of our entire navy...*
**[07:27] Yang**
*Good grief. It's overwhelming.*
***SIGN*** Episode 10
***SIGN*** Interlude
**[07:36] Yang**
Maybe the price we paid for Iserlohn
wasn't high enough...
**[07:41] Julian**
Did you say something, Admiral?
**[07:44] Yang**
Hm? Oh...
**[07:46] Yang**
It's said that military victory has
an effect similar to a narcotic.
**[07:50] Yang**
Both the people and the press are openly
calling for an invasion of the Empire.
**[07:55] Julian**
In keeping with our current
momentum, I suppose?
**[07:58] Yang**
But just think about it.
**[08:01] Yang**
If the fall of Iserlohn had shed the blood
of thousands... no, hundreds of thousands,
**[08:07] Yang**
how would you and everyone else feel then?
**[08:10] Julian**
Well, they wouldn't have
an appetite for more war.
**[08:14] Yang**
But they didn't.
**[08:16] Yang**
They got the idea in their heads
that victory comes easy.
**[08:20] Yang**
Ouch...
**[08:22] Yang**
If I'd known this would happen, I wouldn't
have taken that kind of victory.
**[08:26] Julian**
But didn't it end up that way because you did
everything possible to minimize casualties?
**[08:32] Yang**
And the result of that is this
completely unjustifiable expedition.
**[08:37] Julian**
They why was this reckless
plan proposed to begin with?
**[08:45] Yang**
Because elections are coming up.
**[08:47] Julian**
Huh?
**[08:49] Yang**
There have been a lot of scandals
within the Alliance lately.
**[08:52] Yang**
The government needs to divert the
people's attention elsewhere.
**[08:57] Julian**
But that's...
**[08:59] Yang**
Just for the sake of staying
in for another four years,
**[09:02] Yang**
they send thirty million
men to the battlefield.
**[09:06] Yang**
I can't understand that
kind of thinking at all.
**[09:13] Sithole**
Gentlemen,
**[09:15] Sithole**
the decision to take our forces
into Imperial territory
**[09:17] Sithole**
was made by the high commissioner,
and it is final.
**[09:20] Sithole**
But no specific plan of action
has been established yet.
**[09:24] Sithole**
This meeting has been
called to decide that.
**[09:27] Sithole**
I look forward to a lively discussion.
**[09:30] Falk**
Chief, if I may.
**[09:32] Falk**
I am Commodore Falk,
an operations staff officer.
**[09:35] Falk**
I believe this expedition is...
***SIGN*** Expeditionary Force Operations Staff Officer
Commodore Andrew Falk
**[09:37] Falk**
the most ambitious undertaking
in the Alliance's history.
**[09:40] Falk**
I can think of no greater honor than to
participate in it as a staff officer.
**[09:53] Yang**
* He must be the one the chief*
* was talking about...*
**[09:56] Ulanhu**
I have a question for Your Excellency.
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
**[09:59] Ulanhu**
As soldiers, we will go anywhere
we are ordered to go.
**[10:03] Ulanhu**
We are even more glad to depart
if it means striking the heart
**[10:07] Ulanhu**
of the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
**[10:09] Ulanhu**
But before we endeavor to undertake
such a large-scale invasion,
**[10:13] Ulanhu**
I would like to know the strategic
purpose of this expedition.
**[10:17] Lobos**
Operations Staff Officer,
if you would explain.
**[10:19] Falk**
Yes, sir.
**[10:20] Falk**
We will advance deep into Imperial
territory with a massive force.
**[10:25] Falk**
That alone should strike terror into
the hearts of the Imperial soldiers.
**[10:30] Ulanhu**
Are you saying we'll retreat
without even fighting?
**[10:32] Falk**
I believe we should maintain a high degree
**[10:35] Falk**
of flexibility and adapt to
the situation as it unfolds.
**[10:38] Ulanhu**
That's far too abstract.
**[10:41] Bewcock**
Doesn't that mean we'd basically
be playing it by ear?
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Bewcock
**[10:47] Lobos**
The scale of this operation is unprecedented
in the history of the Alliance.
**[10:51] Lobos**
There's no doubt that such
an ambitious operation
**[10:55] Lobos**
will give hope to Imperial citizens and lead
to an overthrow of its tyrannical government.
**[10:59] Falk**
Thank you, Commander-in-Chief.
**[11:02] Yang**
I'd like to hear the reason for
invading at this particular time.
**[11:07] Falk**
In battle, there is always
an opportune time to act.
**[11:10] Yang**
You're saying right now is the opportune
time for an offensive against the Empire?
**[11:16] Falk**
A grand offensive, Rear Admiral Yang.
**[11:24] Falk**
The Imperial Navy is in a state of
confusion after the loss of Iserlohn.
**[11:29] Falk**
With a gigantic Alliance fleet attacking
in a massive line,
**[11:32] Falk**
under the banner of freedom and justice,
**[11:35] Falk**
how can it end in anything
but victory for us?
**[11:37] Yang**
But this formation takes us too
deep into enemy territory.
**[11:41] Yang**
Advancing in such a long line will hinder
the distribution of supplies, as well.
**[11:45] Yang**
Plus, if the enemy were to strike from the
side, they could divide our forces easily.
**[11:51] Falk**
I fail to understand why you only
emphasize the risk of being divided.
**[11:55] Falk**
Any enemy that enters the center of our
formation will be caught in a pincer attack
**[11:59] Falk**
between our front and rear
forces, crushing them.
**[12:01] Bewcock**
Wait a moment.
Vice Admiral Yang has a point.
**[12:05] Bewcock**
Do you want to repeat the grave
mistake we made at Astarte,
**[12:07] Bewcock**
when we gave up a chance
at a concentrated attack
**[12:09] Bewcock**
and our fleets were destroyed one by one?
**[12:12] Falk**
Such an idea could only come from
**[12:13] Falk**
a noted tactician such as yourself,
Vice Admiral Bewcock.
**[12:16] Bewcock**
What do you mean by that?
**[12:17] Falk**
Strategically speaking, if not tactically,
that battle was not a defeat.
**[12:23] Falk**
Ultimately, our forces
expelled the Imperial Navy
**[12:26] Falk**
and stopped them from invading the
Astarte Starzone, did it not?
**[12:30] Bewcock**
What did you say?
**[12:32] Falk**
This operation itself has a
very different significance.
**[12:36] Falk**
We will be the liberating force that saves
the oppressed people of the Empire.
**[12:43] Alex**
May I?
**[12:44] Sithole**
Rear Admiral Caselnes.
**[12:46] Alex**
As the logistics chief,
**[12:48] Alex**
I have misgivings with regard
to keeping our navy supplied.
**[12:52] Alex**
Having a long supply line
**[12:54] Alex**
on top of managing the territory
we occupy as a liberating force
**[12:57] Alex**
will quickly lead to a supply shortage.
**[13:00] Lobos**
Even if our supplies are delayed a bit,
**[13:02] Lobos**
could we not simply have the people of
the territory we occupy supply us?
**[13:06] Alex**
But I can't calculate such a possibility
into a supply plan...
**[13:10] Lobos**
It's your job to figure something out.
**[13:13] Yang**
But...
**[13:14] Yang**
The Imperial Navy will most likely be
under the command of Count Lohengramm.
**[13:19] Yang**
Taking his military talent into account,
**[13:22] Yang**
I don't think we can be too careful
in formulating our strategy.
**[13:27] Greenhill**
Rear Admiral, I understand that you
hold Count Lohengramm in high regard.
**[13:33] Greenhill**
But he is still young.
He's bound to make mistakes.
**[13:37] Yang**
Yes, of course.
**[13:39] Yang**
But in the end,
victory and defeat are relative.
**[13:42] Yang**
If we were to make a bigger
mistake than he does,
**[13:45] Yang**
it's clear what the result would be.
**[13:48] Falk**
That is mere speculation,
Rear Admiral Yang.
**[13:52] Falk**
To overestimate an enemy and
fear him more than necessary
**[13:55] Falk**
is the greatest disgrace
a soldier could commit.
**[13:57] Falk**
Worse yet, if it dampens
your own navy's morale
**[14:00] Falk**
and dulls its decisions and actions,
**[14:03] Falk**
it only gives the enemy an advantage.
**[14:06] Bewcock**
Commodore Falk,
that comment was disrespectful!
**[14:10] Falk**
How so?
**[14:12] Bewcock**
How dare you accuse someone of
aiding the enemy just because
**[14:16] Bewcock**
they disagree with your opinion
and advise caution?!
**[14:19] Falk**
I was only speaking in general terms.
**[14:22] Falk**
It upsets me tremendously
that you would conceive it
**[14:25] Falk**
as slander against an individual.
**[14:27] Falk**
This expedition is a noble undertaking
to rescue and set free
**[14:31] Falk**
the 25 billion people of the
Galactic Empire who are suffering
**[14:35] Falk**
under the oppression of a
tyrannical government.
**[14:38] Falk**
If we act as a liberating army in
the name of the greater good,
**[14:42] Falk**
the people of the Empire will
welcome us with jubilation,
**[14:45] Falk**
and they will assist us voluntarily.
**[14:48] Falk**
Any who oppose this...
**[14:48] Yang**
*What he's saying is the speculation here.*
**[14:51] Yang**
*It's just a one-sided expectation.*
**[14:53] Yang**
* What makes him say the people*
* of the Galactic Empire*
**[14:56] Yang**
* desire the illusion of freedom and*
* equality rather than real peace?*
**[15:00] Yang**
* The idea of this expedition itself*
* is irresponsible enough,*
**[15:03] Yang**
* but its execution is proving to*
* be irresponsible in extremes.*
**[15:06] (Flashback) Julian**
They should just not do it.
**[15:09] (Flashback) Julian**
Even if the government ordered
it, it's too reckless.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Yang**
The politicians in our government
were legitimately elected
**[15:17] (Flashback) Yang**
by the thirteen billion
citizens of the Alliance.
**[15:20] (Flashback) Yang**
No matter how reckless it is,
we can't just not do it.
**[15:27] (Flashback) Yang**
Not as long as we're a free
military in a free country.
**[15:36] Falk**
...a geographical advantage or
greater numbers than ours,
**[15:38] Falk**
or even if they have some
unimaginable new weapon,
**[15:41] Falk**
we cannot let such things discourage us.
**[15:58] Sithole**
I didn't think this through enough, either.
**[16:01] Sithole**
I thought that if we took Iserlohn,
**[16:03] Sithole**
the raging fires of war
would begin to recede.
**[16:06] Sithole**
I brought this upon myself,
**[16:09] Sithole**
but I'm sure it's a tremendous
hassle for you.
**[16:13] Sithole**
Let me just say this now.
**[16:16] Sithole**
I want this expedition to fail
with minimal casualties.
**[16:22] Sithole**
An overwhelming defeat would
cause too much bloodshed,
**[16:25] Sithole**
but what happens if we win?
**[16:27] Sithole**
The war advocates get cocky,
**[16:29] Sithole**
and they end up beyond the control
of the people and the government.
**[16:33] Sithole**
Eventually, riots break out,
**[16:35] Sithole**
and the country hits rock bottom.
**[16:38] Sithole**
There have been countless
countries that fell to ruin
**[16:40] Sithole**
because they won when they needed to win.
**[16:44] Sithole**
I'm sure you know all about that.
**[16:48] Yang**
Yes.
**[16:49] Sithole**
You have contempt for both
authority and military might.
**[16:52] Sithole**
I can't blame you, but no nation can
exist without the influence of both.
**[16:57] Sithole**
So instead of someone
incompetent and corrupt,
**[17:00] Sithole**
we ought to entrust those things to
people who aren't that way
**[17:02] Sithole**
and follow our conscience and good
sense in making use of them.
**[17:09] Sithole**
I'm a soldier, so I can't say
much about the government,
**[17:12] Sithole**
but as far as the military goes...
**[17:15] Sithole**
That Commodore Falk...
**[17:17] Sithole**
is a man who can't be trusted.
**[17:21] Sithole**
He's pushing this operation
in hopes of being promoted.
**[17:25] Sithole**
He probably wants to reach the
highest rank the military has,
**[17:29] Sithole**
but since he has a rival who's too strong,
**[17:32] Sithole**
he wants to do whatever he can
to accomplish something great.
**[17:35] Yang**
I see.
**[17:37] Sithole**
You can be so dense sometimes.
**[17:40] Yang**
Huh?
**[17:41] Sithole**
The rival I was talking about was you.
**[17:44] Yang**
But Chief, I'm...
**[17:47] Sithole**
It doesn't matter what
you think of yourself.
**[17:51] Sithole**
The issue is what Falk thinks of you.
**[17:54] Sithole**
You saw at today's meeting
what kind of person he is.
**[17:58] Sithole**
He'd rather display his talent through
words than accomplishments,
**[18:01] Sithole**
and he'll denigrate others to
make himself look better.
**[18:05] Sithole**
But he's not as talented
as he thinks he is.
**[18:09] Sithole**
It's far too dangerous to entrust the
fates of thirty million men to him.
**[18:14] Sithole**
I think you understand by now why
I rejected your resignation.
**[18:18] Sithole**
I didn't foresee this specifically,
**[18:21] Sithole**
but your presence in this navy
just became even more necessary.
**[18:29] Yang**
Are you telling me to
oppose Commodore Falk?
**[18:34] Sithole**
Not just him. If you earn the
highest rank in this navy,
**[18:38] Sithole**
it'll be possible to restrict
and eliminate people like him.
**[18:43] Sithole**
That's what I want to see happen.
**[18:49] Yang**
You always give me tasks that are
far too heavy a burden to bear.
**[18:54] Sithole**
No one but you can do it.
**[18:56] Yang**
I still consider myself a man of virtue.
**[18:59] Yang**
I don't want to involve
myself in any trouble.
**[19:02] Yang**
I just want to do a job I'm capable of,
**[19:05] Yang**
and then live an easy life.
**[19:08] Yang**
Is that a lazy way to think?
**[19:10] Sithole**
Yes, it's lazy.
**[19:19] Sithole**
I've been through some pretty
rough times myself.
**[19:23] Sithole**
If I'm going to entrust all this to you,
**[19:26] Sithole**
I need you to go through rough times
in proportion to your talent.
**[19:30] Sithole**
It'd be unfair otherwise.
**[19:34] Yang**
Unfair, eh?
**[19:37] Sithole**
Sorry to keep you. Let's go.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[19:54] Reinhard**
As I'm sure you're all aware,
**[19:56] Reinhard**
the insurgents of the frontier who call
themselves the Free Planets Alliance
**[20:00] Reinhard**
have hijacked and occupied the
Imperial outpost of Iserlohn.
**[20:05] Reinhard**
We have reports that the enemy is
amassing an enormous force there.
**[20:11] Reinhard**
We estimate that they have two hundred
thousand ships and thirty million men.
**[20:16] Reinhard**
They are planning to advance
toward the center of the Empire
**[20:20] Reinhard**
and launch an all-out attack.
**[20:22] Reinhard**
In response to this incredibly
troublesome act of rashness,
**[20:25] Reinhard**
I have been tasked with intercepting them.
**[20:28] Reinhard**
I'm expecting the Imperial
order at any time.
**[20:30] Reinhard**
I hope you will all put up a brave fight.
**[20:34] Reinhard**
In short, all the other fleets are just
ornamental puppets of the Imperial Palace.
**[20:39] Reinhard**
They can't be relied upon.
**[20:42] Reinhard**
This is a good opportunity to rise in
the ranks and earn some decorations.
**[20:52] Reinhard**
Now, I'd like to hear your opinions.
**[20:55] Reinhard**
Tell me how you think we should
intercept the insurgents.
**[20:58] Reinhard**
Hold nothing back.
**[21:00] Fritz**
We strike the moment they
exit the Iserlohn Corridor.
**[21:03] Fritz**
There can be no better strategy.
**[21:05] Wolfgang**
He's right. We can determine
where they'll appear from,
**[21:09] Wolfgang**
then either form a half-encirclement
or strike head-on.
**[21:13] Fritz**
The insurgents will turn tail and run before
they get an inch into Imperial territory.
**[21:18] Reinhard**
I like your spirit.
**[21:21] Reinhard**
But the enemy will expect us to intercept
them as they exit the corridor.
**[21:25] Reinhard**
It's likely they'll put their
best men at the front.
**[21:28] Reinhard**
If we attack them and the rest
never exit the corridor,
**[21:32] Reinhard**
we'll have no chance to
launch an offensive.
**[21:39] Wolfgang**
An offensive...
**[21:41] Wolfgang**
Are you saying that just forcing the
insurgents to retreat won't be enough?
**[21:46] Reinhard**
Obviously.
**[21:47] Reinhard**
Foolhardiness should be rewarded with
bloodshed in equal proportions.
**[21:52] Fritz**
But how?
**[21:55] Reinhard**
We'll draw the enemy deeper
into our territory.
**[21:59] Fritz**
You're saying we should allow the insurgents
to tread on Imperial territory?!
**[22:03] Reinhard**
Yes.
**[22:05] Reinhard**
Once their combat line and supply line
have been stretched to their limits,
**[22:08] Reinhard**
we'll launch an all-out attack.
**[22:10] Reinhard**
The enemy will send at least 60% of
its total forces to this battle.
**[22:13] Reinhard**
We will annihilate all of them
**[22:16] Reinhard**
and completely crush their rebellious will.
**[22:23] Reinhard**
Oberstein.
**[22:24] Paul**
Yes, sir.
**[22:33] Paul**
I will now give a summary of our strategy.
**[22:38] Na**
Three months after the fall
of Iserlohn Fortress,
**[22:42] Na**
the Galactic Empire and the
Free Planets Alliance
**[22:46] Na**
were preparing to face one
another in battle once again.
**[22:54] Na**
On August 22nd of the year UC 796,
**[22:59] Na**
the Free Planets Alliance
expeditionary force
**[23:01] Na**
established its command HQ
within Iserlohn Fortress.
**[23:05] Na**
Thirty million Alliance
soldiers formed a line
**[23:11] Na**
and began their expedition
toward Imperial territory.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 1)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode eleven, "The
Verge of Death (Part 1)."
# E11 - The Verge of Death (Part 1)
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***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 10th Fleet Flagship
Gesir Bogdo
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 8th Fleet Flagship
Jagannath
**[02:24] Guy**
All the nobles have fled.
**[02:26] Guy**
Only the ruling-class citizens remain.
**[02:29] Appleton**
The enemy is being cautious
after losing Iserlohn.
***SIGN*** 8th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Appleton
**[02:35] Guy**
We are a liberating army.
**[02:37] Guy**
You don't have to suffer under the
oppression of tyranny any longer.
**[02:41] Guy**
The Free Planet Alliance is
glad to welcome all of you.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 12th Fleet Flagship
Cernunnos
**[02:45] Connally**
Word is that the citizens are
accepting us without resistance.
**[02:50] Borodin**
I never dreamed the occupation
would be this easy.
**[02:52] Borodin**
Is it the same for the other fleets?
***SIGN*** 12th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Borodin
**[02:55] Connally**
It seems so... ah, but...
**[02:58] Guy**
You will be given complete political
authority over yourselves
**[03:01] Guy**
and begin your new lives as
citizens of a free city.
**[03:06] Citizen**
Excuse me... but before you give
us this political authority,
**[03:10] Citizen**
could you just give us some bread and milk?
**[03:13] Guy**
O-Of course. We'll arrange it right away.
**[03:17] Citizen**
We have no food. I don't even
have milk for my baby.
**[03:20] Citizen**
Please, just give us something,
anything, to eat.
**[03:28] Frederica**
Admiral.
**[03:30] Frederica**
Message from the ground force.
**[03:32] Yang**
What is it?
**[03:34] Frederica**
They've asked us to send food to
distribute among the citizens.
**[03:38] Yang**
All right. Take care of it at once.
**[03:41] Frederica**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Episode 11
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 1)
**[03:51] Alex**
Could you read that report
for me one more time?
**[03:55] Adjutant**
"To permanently save the
locals from starvation
**[03:59] Adjutant**
will require 180 days' worth of
food for fifty million people,
**[04:02] Adjutant**
forty artificial protein production plants,
**[04:04] Adjutant**
and sixty hydroponics plants.
**[04:06] Adjutant**
These numbers are expected to rise
**[04:08] Adjutant**
as the liberated territory
further expands."
**[04:12] Alex**
That's ten million tons of grain alone.
**[04:15] Alex**
That would take fifty cargo ships
in the 200,000-ton class...
**[04:18] Alex**
Who could come up with a supply plan to feed
twice as many people as our entire navy?
**[04:24] Adjutant**
Even if we emptied every
warehouse in Iserlohn—
**[04:27] Alex**
It wouldn't be enough.
**[04:29] Alex**
We'd run out in the blink of an eye.
**[04:35] Alex**
Forgive me for interrupting.
**[04:38] Lobos**
Ah, you're here.
**[04:40] Lobos**
I heard you had something
you wanted to discuss.
**[04:43] Lobos**
Keep it short, if you would.
**[04:44] Alex**
I'll be brief, then.
**[04:47] Alex**
Your Excellency, our navy is
facing a serious crisis.
**[04:51] Lobos**
What brought this on?
**[04:54] Alex**
You are aware of the request
from the front line, I assume?
**[04:57] Lobos**
I've heard, of course.
**[04:59] Lobos**
It is certainly an excessive request,
**[05:01] Lobos**
but our occupation policy
leaves us no other choice.
**[05:05] Alex**
We don't have that much
food in all of Iserlohn.
**[05:08] Lobos**
So forward the request to our home country.
**[05:11] Lobos**
The bureaucrats may complain,
**[05:13] Lobos**
but there's no way our politicians
won't send the food.
**[05:16] Alex**
Yes, I'm sure they would send it.
**[05:18] Alex**
But how long could they keep it up?
**[05:22] Alex**
The enemy's plan is to place a
massive strain on our supplies.
**[05:27] Alex**
Which means without question, our supply—
**[05:28] Falk**
Without question,
**[05:30] Falk**
they will attack our supply corps
**[05:32] Falk**
in an attempt to sever our supply line.
**[05:35] Falk**
Is that what you believe,
Rear Admiral Caselnes?
**[05:39] Alex**
Precisely.
**[05:42] Falk**
The entire region of space between
Iserlohn and the front line
**[05:45] Falk**
is under our control.
**[05:47] Falk**
We have nothing to worry about.
**[05:50] Falk**
Rear Admiral, we're fighting
this war for the greater good.
**[05:54] Falk**
What victory can be gained
without taking risks?
**[05:57] Alex**
That is not what I came here to discuss!
**[06:00] Lobos**
Enough. I don't have time to
cater to your cowardice.
**[06:04] Lobos**
Leave.
**[06:06] Alex**
I have said what needed to be said.
**[06:10] Alex**
I will take my leave.
**[06:12] Alex**
*Yang, please come back alive.*
**[06:15] Alex**
*This battle is too idiotic to die for.*
**[06:18] Na**
After receiving the massive request
for supplies from the front line,
**[06:22] Na**
the High Council was thrown into chaos.
**[06:25] Na**
Those who favored continuing the war,
represented by Councilor Windsor,
**[06:29] Na**
were locked in a fierce verbal
battle with Councilor Lebello,
**[06:32] Na**
who wished to withdraw the troops.
**[06:34] Na**
However...
**[06:36] Chairman**
I will now announce the
results of the vote.
**[06:39] Chairman**
Four in favor, five opposed,
with two abstaining.
**[06:42] Chairman**
With a majority opposed,
**[06:44] Chairman**
the motion to withdraw from the
current operation is rejected.
**[06:48] Na**
As a result, it was decided that the
invasion into the Empire would continue.
**[06:56] Na**
With the High Council's decision made,
**[06:58] Na**
supply ships departed for
Iserlohn from Heinessen.
**[07:02] Na**
However, it was already too late.
**[07:05] Na**
Supplies at the front line
were already running dry.
**[07:13] Ulanhu**
Ridiculous!
**[07:15] Ulanhu**
You expect us to acquire the
supplies we need locally?!
**[07:18] Appleton**
Are you telling us to go
out and start looting?
**[07:22] Borodin**
How are we supposed to
loot what isn't there?
**[07:26] Bewcock**
A failed supply plan is the
first step toward defeat.
**[07:31] Bewcock**
Whatever happened to all that
big talk from command?
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 13th Fleet Flagship
Hyperion
***SIGN*** They all seem rather angry.
**[07:39] Murai**
Of course they are.
**[07:41] Murai**
Our own fleet is running low on food,
**[07:44] Murai**
but we can't let all those
people starve now.
***SIGN*** If the Imperial Navy were to bring them food,
***SIGN*** everyone in the Empire would be singing their kaiser's praises.
**[07:54] Fyodor**
Why must we starve ourselves
to feed all those people?
**[07:59] Murai**
Patrichev.
**[08:03] Yang**
So that we don't become Rudolf, that's why.
**[08:07] Yang**
Sub-lieutenant, call Vice Admiral
Ulanhu at once, please.
**[08:10] Frederica**
Right away, Admiral.
**[08:15] Ulanhu**
* Ah, Yang Wen-li. I don't*
* often hear from you.*
**[08:18] Yang**
Vice Admiral Ulanhu,
I'm glad to see you're well.
**[08:22] Ulanhu**
* Like hell I am. I'm dealing*
* with the same problem as you.*
**[08:28] Yang**
Anyway, how are our supply
reserves looking?
**[08:31] Ulanhu**
*We have enough to last another week.*
**[08:34] Ulanhu**
*If we don't receive more by then,*
**[08:36] Ulanhu**
* we may have no choice*
* but to requisition...*
**[08:39] Ulanhu**
*No...*
**[08:40] Ulanhu**
*It's no use mincing words.*
**[08:42] Ulanhu**
* We'll have to loot it from*
* the occupied territory.*
**[08:46] Ulanhu**
*Some "liberating army" we are.*
**[08:51] Yang**
I have an idea concerning
that matter, if I may...
**[08:57] Ulanhu**
*Retreat?!*
**[08:59] Ulanhu**
*Before we even exchange the first fire?*
**[09:01] Yang**
Yes, while we still have reserves.
**[09:04] Yang**
The enemy is waiting for
us to starve as a result
**[09:07] Yang**
of the strain on our supplies.
**[09:09] Ulanhu**
* Are you saying they're waiting for the*
* right moment to shift to the offensive?*
**[09:13] Yang**
With an all-out attack, most likely.
**[09:16] Yang**
They have the locational advantage,
**[09:18] Yang**
and their supply line will be short.
**[09:20] Yang**
We are right in the heart of the enemy.
**[09:22] Ulanhu**
*Hmm... But if we retreat carelessly,*
**[09:25] Ulanhu**
* wouldn't it just invite*
* the enemy to attack?*
**[09:29] Ulanhu**
*We'd be stirring up a hornet's nest.*
**[09:31] Yang**
We would have to be fully
prepared to counterattack.
**[09:34] Yang**
That is essential.
**[09:37] Yang**
We could manage that right now,
but it'll be too late once our men starve.
**[09:41] Yang**
We have no choice but to
make an orderly retreat.
**[09:46] Ulanhu**
*Go on.*
**[09:49] Yang**
If the enemy interprets our withdrawal
**[09:51] Yang**
as a total rout, that will
work out just fine.
**[09:55] Yang**
We'll have several possible ways
to fight back if they pursue us.
**[09:59] Yang**
If they think it's too soon, or that
it's a trap, that suits us as well.
**[10:04] Yang**
We may be able to withdraw unscathed.
**[10:07] Yang**
The odds are not high,
**[10:09] Yang**
but with each passing day, they fall lower.
**[10:13] Yang**
The best route we could take
**[10:16] Yang**
would be to retreat as quickly as possible.
**[10:22] Ulanhu**
*I understand. I'm sure you're right.*
**[10:26] Ulanhu**
*I will have our men prepare to withdraw.*
**[10:29] Yang**
I'm glad.
**[10:30] Ulanhu**
* But how do we tell command and all*
* the other fleets about this?*
**[10:34] Yang**
I intend to ask Admiral
Bewcock to inform them.
**[10:37] Yang**
I think having him talk to all of them
**[10:40] Yang**
would be more effective
than doing it myself.
**[10:45] Ulanhu**
*Then I suppose we'd both better move quickly.*
**[10:51] Fyodor**
I agree with your proposal.
**[10:54] Murai**
I have no objections, either.
***SIGN*** I think it's an excellent decision.
**[10:59] Yang**
Please.
**[11:00] Yang**
Flattery will get you nowhere.
**[11:03] Guy**
Urgent report!
**[11:04] Guy**
A revolt has broken out in the territory
occupied by the 8th Fleet!
**[11:07] Guy**
It's a massive uprising!
**[11:13] Citizen**
Hey! There's food over here!
**[11:16] Citizen**
Do you know how to use a gun?
**[11:18] Citizen**
Yeah!
**[11:19] Guy**
Put the gun down! Refuse and I'll shoot!
**[11:22] Citizen**
He's next!
**[11:26] Guy**
How did this happen?!
**[11:50] Yang**
What a tragedy this turned out to be.
**[11:52] Frederica**
There's no way we can build mutual
trust with the people now.
**[11:57] Yang**
Yeah...
**[11:58] Yang**
The enemy has succeeded in getting
between us and the people of the Empire.
**[12:05] Yang**
*Even if I knew it would bring us victory,*
**[12:10] Yang**
* I could never bring myself*
* to be this thorough.*
**[12:15] Yang**
*Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.*
**[12:22] Yang**
Put me through to Admiral Bewcock.
**[12:24] Frederica**
Yes, sir.
**[12:26] Na**
Bewcock accepted Yang's
proposal to withdraw
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 5th Fleet Flagship
Rio Grande
**[12:29] Na**
and pushed for a retreat to Iserlohn.
**[12:31] Na**
To do so, he requested correspondence
with Supreme Commander Lobos.
**[12:37] Bewcock**
Where is the supreme commander?
**[12:40] Falk**
*Admiral Bewcock, how can I help you?*
**[12:45] Bewcock**
I didn't say I wanted to see you.
**[12:47] Bewcock**
Don't butt in where you
haven't been called.
**[12:49] Falk**
* All communications with Fleet Admiral*
* Lobos will be conducted through me.*
**[12:56] Bewcock**
I have no need to speak to you.
**[12:58] Falk**
*Then I cannot relay your message to him.*
**[13:01] Bewcock**
What?
**[13:02] Falk**
* No matter how high your rank, you are*
* required to comply with regulations.*
**[13:06] Falk**
*Shall I end this transmission?*
**[13:11] Bewcock**
All the commanders of the fleets at
the front line wish to retreat.
**[13:15] Bewcock**
I want to request the supreme commander's
understanding on this matter.
**[13:19] Falk**
*Retreat, you say?*
**[13:20] Falk**
*Admiral Yang is one thing,*
**[13:22] Falk**
*but to hear the brave Admiral Bewcock*
**[13:25] Falk**
* calling for a retreat without*
* even fighting is a surprise.*
**[13:29] Bewcock**
Spare me the snide comments.
**[13:31] Bewcock**
This wouldn't have happened if you people
hadn't proposed such a reckless operation.
**[13:36] Bewcock**
Why don't you try assuming
a little responsibility?
**[13:39] Falk**
*If it were me, I would not retreat.*
**[13:42] Falk**
* This is our chance to strike down the*
* entire Imperial Navy in one attack.*
**[13:45] Falk**
*What are you so afraid of?*
**[13:50] Bewcock**
Fine. Then I'll trade you places.
**[13:53] Bewcock**
I'm returning to Iserlohn.
**[13:56] Bewcock**
You can come to the front
line to take my place.
**[13:59] Falk**
* Please don't ask for what*
* you know is impossible.*
**[14:03] Bewcock**
You're the one proposing the impossible.
**[14:06] Bewcock**
And without taking a step from
that safe haven you're in.
**[14:10] Falk**
*Are you... insulting me?*
**[14:14] Bewcock**
I'm just sick of hearing your big talk.
**[14:18] Bewcock**
If you want to demonstrate your talents,
**[14:21] Bewcock**
do it through actual
achievements, not talk!
**[14:24] Bewcock**
Why don't you get out here
yourself and find out
**[14:30] Bewcock**
whether you're capable of
giving orders to others?!
**[14:41] Guy**
*Hey! We've got trouble!*
**[14:42] Guy**
*Commodore! Commodore Falk!*
**[14:45] Bewcock**
What the hell just happened?
**[14:49] Greenhill**
*Admiral Bewcock.*
**[14:52] Bewcock**
Well, this is quite an honor, Chief of Staff.
**[14:55] Greenhill**
* I'm sorry you had to see*
* that shameful display.*
**[14:58] Bewcock**
What happened to him?
**[15:00] Greenhill**
*Well, according to our physician,*
**[15:03] Greenhill**
* he was so overstimulated by his own*
* intense frustration that he had a seizure.*
**[15:08] Greenhill**
*Since it's caused by a mental condition,*
**[15:10] Greenhill**
*if that cause is not eliminated,*
**[15:12] Greenhill**
* he is likely to have more episodes*
* like this in the future.*
**[15:16] Bewcock**
*What should we do, then?*
**[15:20] Greenhill**
* Don't defy him, don't make*
* him feel frustrated,*
**[15:23] Greenhill**
* and make sure everything goes*
* his way, the physician said.*
**[15:29] Bewcock**
Are you being serious?
**[15:32] Greenhill**
* As far as treating him goes,*
* there is one natural course of action.*
**[15:36] Bewcock**
That's obvious. We should get rid of him.
**[15:40] Bewcock**
If they knew a man with the
mentality of a child was working
**[15:43] Bewcock**
as the tactician for a fleet
of thirty million men,
**[15:46] Bewcock**
the Imperial Army would have a field day.
**[15:50] Bewcock**
So, what do you say about
the proposal to retreat?
**[15:54] Bewcock**
The men at the front line are in no
condition to fight, mentally or physically.
**[16:00] Greenhill**
*Please wait for a bit.*
**[16:02] Greenhill**
* That would require the supreme*
* commander's approval.*
**[16:06] Greenhill**
* Understand that I can't give*
* you an immediate answer.*
**[16:09] Bewcock**
This is an urgent matter!
**[16:11] Bewcock**
I realize I'm being impolite,
**[16:13] Bewcock**
but can't you arrange an audience
with the supreme commander for me?
**[16:20] Greenhill**
*The supreme commander is currently resting.*
**[16:25] Bewcock**
Huh? What did you just say?
**[16:28] Greenhill**
*The supreme commander is currently resting.*
**[16:33] Greenhill**
* He has given orders not to wake*
* him unless the enemy attacks.*
**[16:37] Greenhill**
* I will relay your request*
* to him once he wakes up.*
**[16:40] Greenhill**
*Please wait until then.*
**[16:45] Bewcock**
Fine. I get it.
**[16:48] Bewcock**
Then, as the front-line commander,
**[16:51] Bewcock**
I am required to fulfill my obligation
to the lives of my subordinates.
**[16:55] Bewcock**
I apologize for taking up your time.
**[16:57] Bewcock**
When the supreme commander wakes up,
**[17:01] Bewcock**
please tell him that Bewcock
hopes he had pleasant dreams.
**[17:05] Bewcock**
Signing off.
**[17:06] Greenhill**
*Admir—*
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[17:12] Reinhard**
A supply fleet will be sent to
the front line from Iserlohn.
**[17:16] Reinhard**
That's the enemy's lifeline.
**[17:18] Reinhard**
Use all the troops I've
given you to strike.
**[17:23] Reinhard**
I'll leave it up to your talent
to work out the details.
**[17:27] Kircheis**
Understood.
**[17:29] Kircheis**
I'll be going.
**[17:31] Reinhard**
Wait.
**[17:36] Reinhard**
You don't seem to agree with this plan.
**[17:39] Kircheis**
No, that's not true.
**[17:43] Reinhard**
I can tell what you're thinking.
**[17:50] Kircheis**
I am aware that this plan has been
devised to assure our victory.
**[17:55] Kircheis**
But—
**[17:55] Reinhard**
You don't want a strategy that
puts a burden on the people?
**[18:00] Reinhard**
We're doing it to win, Kircheis.
**[18:07] Kircheis**
Yes. I know.
**[18:27] Paul**
While Admiral Kircheis wipes out
the rebel force's supply fleet,
**[18:32] Paul**
our navy will shift to a major offensive.
**[18:35] Paul**
In accordance with the existing plan,
**[18:37] Paul**
our goal will be to swiftly
mop up all the rebels.
**[18:41] Paul**
That is all I have to say.
**[18:47] Reinhard**
Our navy will take back
the captured territory,
**[18:51] Reinhard**
while delivering food to the people.
**[18:54] Reinhard**
Even if it was to counter
the rebels' invasion,
**[18:57] Reinhard**
it was not my wish to force
the people into poverty.
**[19:02] Reinhard**
We must win this battle
**[19:03] Reinhard**
and prove that we are the ones
worthy to rule the land.
**[19:09] Reinhard**
Do not let those arrogant
insurgents return home alive.
**[19:15] Reinhard**
Mittermeyer.
**[19:16] Wolfgang**
Sir!
**[19:17] Reinhard**
Reuenthal.
**[19:19] Oskar**
Sir!
**[19:20] Reinhard**
Bittenfeld.
**[19:21] Fritz**
Sir!
**[19:23] Reinhard**
Kempff.
**[19:24] Kempff**
Sir!
**[19:25] Reinhard**
Mecklinger.
**[19:26] Ernest**
Sir!
**[19:28] Reinhard**
Wahlen.
**[19:29] Wahlen**
Sir!
**[19:30] Reinhard**
Lutz.
**[19:31] Lutz**
Sir!
**[19:34] Reinhard**
I expect the best from all of you.
**[19:36] All**
Yes, sir!
**[19:37] Reinhard**
May the great god Odin bestow
his favor upon you.
**[19:43] Reinhard**
Prosit!
**[19:45] All**
Prosit!
**[19:48] All**
Prosit!
**[20:10] Voice**
Notice to the engine department.
**[20:12] Voice**
Transitioning to phase 3 of
preparation for departure.
**[20:14] Voice**
Traffic control report.
No threats observed in the area.
**[20:18] Voice**
Damage control personnel, shift observation
of major sectors to alert level 2.
**[20:23] Voice**
No warning signals or shutdown
notices given for our departure.
**[20:27] Voice**
Data link with control center is ongoing.
**[20:30] Voice**
Imperial transport authority
departure checklist
**[20:32] Voice**
for reactor and reactor control
systems complete.
**[20:38] Voice**
Our fleet's departure signal
has received the response,
**[20:40] Voice**
"Permission granted. Comply with
regulation departure speed."
**[20:49] Voice**
Brünhild is in in-port pilot mode,
**[20:51] Voice**
advancing at departure speed.
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 2)
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode twelve, "The Verge of Death (Part 2)."
# E12 - The Verge of Death (Part 2)
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**[00:02] (Flashback) Yang**
What a tragedy this turned out to be.
**[00:05] (Flashback) Frederica**
There's no way we can build mutual
trust with the people now.
**[00:10] Yang**
*Even if I knew it would bring us victory,*
**[00:12] Yang**
* I could never bring myself*
* to be this thorough.*
**[00:16] Yang**
*Well done indeed, Count Lohengramm.*
**[00:21] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Our navy will take back
the captured territory,
**[00:25] (Flashback) Reinhard**
while delivering food to the people.
**[00:27] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Do not let those arrogant
insurgents return home alive.
**[00:32] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I expect the best from all of you.
**[00:34] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Prosit!
**[00:36] (Flashback) All**
Prosit!
**[00:37] (Flashback) All**
Prosit!
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:31] Guy**
Enemy cargo ship convoy located.
**[02:34] Guy**
They're moving along the standard Imperial
route within possible warp range.
**[02:41] Scott**
Checkmate.
**[02:44] Nikolsky**
* Sir, please report to the*
* bridge immediately.*
**[02:56] Scott**
What is it? Did something
happen at the front line?
**[02:59] Nikolsky**
The front line? *This* is the front line!
**[03:01] Nikolsky**
Can you not see that?!
**[03:04] Guy**
Ships approaching detection range!
It appears to be the Imperial fleet!
**[03:07] Guy**
There are 8,000...
no, 10,000... no, 15,000...
**[03:11] Guy**
Over 20,000 ships!
**[03:13] Scott**
Impossible!
**[03:17] Scott**
They sent such a huge force
against a mere supply convoy?
**[03:21] Scott**
Why?!
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
**[03:26] Guy**
Message from Admiral Kircheis.
**[03:28] Guy**
The enemy's supply convoy is destroyed.
**[03:31] Guy**
Of our fleet, only one ship suffered damage.
**[03:37] Paul**
We've now succeeded in cutting
off the enemy's supply line.
**[03:42] Reinhard**
Connect me to all admirals.
**[03:49] Reinhard**
In accordance with the established plan,
**[03:51] Reinhard**
strike the rebels with full force.
**[03:54] all**
*Yes, sir.*
***SIGN*** Episode 12
***SIGN*** The Verge of Death (Part 2)
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 10th Fleet
**[04:12] Chen**
Unable to establish communication with
the patrol ship since it notified us
**[04:16] Chen**
that the enemy fleet was located.
**[04:18] Ulanhu**
They're coming.
**[04:20] Ulanhu**
Send a message to headquarters
and all fleet commanders.
**[04:23] Ulanhu**
Tell them we've encountered the enemy.
**[04:26] Guy**
Yes, sir.
**[04:27] Ulanhu**
* If only we'd made up our*
* minds to withdraw sooner...*
***SIGN*** 10th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Ulanhu
**[04:32] Ulanhu**
Message to all ships!
Prepare for fleet action!
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Black Lancers Flagship
Königstiger
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
**[04:51] Chen**
The enemy has started firing, most likely
from a blind spot behind the planet.
**[04:56] Ulanhu**
No geographical advantage
can triumph over unity.
**[05:00] Ulanhu**
The 13th Fleet will come
to rescue us soon enough!
**[05:03] Ulahnu**
This is Miracle Yang we're
talking about! Victory is assured!
**[05:08] Na**
At the same time,
***SIGN*** 7th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Hawood
**[05:10] Na**
the Imperial Navy was attacking
***SIGN*** 3rd Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Lefebvre
**[05:12] Na**
each of the Alliance fleets in turn.
***SIGN*** 8th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Appleton
***SIGN*** 12th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Borodin
**[05:17] al-Salem**
Go full defensive and retreat!
***SIGN*** 9th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral al-Salem
**[05:19] Morton**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** 5th Fleet Commander
Vice Admiral Alexandre Bewcock
**[05:21] Bewcock**
Did we miss our chance to retreat?
**[05:24] Bewcock**
Our line is stretched out so far,
we can't keep it supplied.
**[05:27] Bewcock**
How long can we hold out like this?
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 13th Fleet
**[05:31] Frederica**
Message from Admiral Ulanhu.
**[05:33] Frederica**
"My fleet will engage with the enemy
at 16:07 standard Alliance time."
**[05:38] Yang**
So it's time...
**[05:40] Murai**
Withdrawal from the occupied
territory is complete.
**[05:43] Murai**
Shall we start moving?
**[05:45] Yang**
No, we'll stay here.
**[05:48] Yang**
Due to heavy gases in this starzone,
the range for optical weapons is short.
**[05:53] Yang**
We'll confuse the enemy with close combat
and watch for our chance to break out.
**[05:59] Yang**
Have the get ready.
**[06:01] Murai**
Yes, sir...
**[06:03] Poplin**
This is our first battle since
joining the 13th Fleet.
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Olivier Poplin
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Warren Hughes
**[06:07] Hughes**
I was wondering what we'd do if
we ended up just going home.
**[06:10] Shakely**
I was getting out of shape.
This'll be the perfect workout.
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Saleh Aziz Shakely
***SIGN*** Lieutenant Ivan Konev
**[06:16] Poplin**
Let's show 'em what us guys from the 88th
Independent Air Combat Unit can do.
**[06:32] Poplin**
Let's get this over with fast.
**[06:34] Poplin**
Keep the champagne cold for us.
**[06:36] Guy**
*You know we don't have any.*
**[06:38] Guy**
* I'll, at least, have some*
* water ready for you.*
**[06:42] Poplin**
Not romantic at all, man.
**[06:50] Commander**
*Permission granted to launch.*
**[06:51] Poplin**
Roger. Launching.
**[07:19] Poplin**
Down you go!
**[07:26] Poplin**
Damn, what the hell?!
**[07:33] Hughes**
The output isn't increasing!
**[07:36] Hughes**
Crap!
**[07:45] Poplin**
Hughes!
**[07:47] Poplin**
Margin of error is seven...
no, eight degrees?
**[08:09] Shakely**
Th-The airframe is...
**[08:12] Ivan**
Shakely, don't push it! Return to base!
**[08:15] Shakely**
*They've locked on to me!*
**[08:30] Poplin**
My firing line was off by
nine to twelve degrees!
**[08:34] Poplin**
If my machine gun is useless in a
battle where lasers don't work,
**[08:38] Poplin**
I might as well be unarmed!
**[08:40] Toda**
I'm sorry.
***SIGN*** Engineer Lieutenant Toda
**[08:41] Toda**
Forgive me if the maintenance was faulty,
**[08:44] Toda**
but since our supplies were cut off,
**[08:46] Toda**
all of us mechanics have had
nothing to eat or drink,
**[08:50] Toda**
unlike you pilots.
**[08:58] Poplin**
Sorry. I honestly apologize for being rude.
**[09:01] Poplin**
I'd like you to adjust my
machine gun right away.
**[09:04] Poplin**
Will you do it?
**[09:06] Ivan**
Hughes and Shakely were killed.
**[09:08] Ivan**
This'll be a vicious battle.
**[09:10] Ivan**
We're counting on all of you.
**[09:12] Poplin**
We're going back out there once
the maintenance is done!
**[09:15] All**
Yes, sir!
**[09:17] Toda**
I won't mess it up this time.
**[09:20] Toda**
So please, Lieutenant, win this for us.
**[09:23] Poplin**
You got it.
**[09:25] Poplin**
We'll show those Imperial bastards
that the 13th Fleet Air Combat Unit
**[09:29] Poplin**
is a force to be reckoned with.
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Lutz Fleet Flagship
Herðubreið
**[09:42] Guy**
The enemy has fired a
high-output energy blast!
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 12th Fleet
**[09:45] Guy**
It's headed toward us!
**[09:48] Guy**
Destruction of enemy ship confirmed.
**[09:50] Guy**
Long-range attack successful.
**[09:52] Lutz**
Already, 80% of the enemy's
ships are immobilized.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
Tristan
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 5th Fleet
**[10:19] Bewcock**
Deploy all ships to the front
and go full defensive!
**[10:23] Bewcock**
Deploy all cruisers taking refuge
at the rear to both flanks,
**[10:27] Bewcock**
and strike the enemy from both directions!
**[10:29] Bewcock**
Hold formation and don't panic.
**[10:31] Bewcock**
Keep our escape route open!
**[10:34] Bewcock**
* This opponent doesn't look like one who'll*
* give up victory easily, though...*
**[10:43] Oskar**
Well...
**[10:45] Oskar**
The enemy certainly is cunning.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 9th Fleet
**[10:56] Guy**
Enemy fleet approaching from starboard!
**[10:59] Guy**
They're within physical firing range!
**[11:01] Morton**
What?
**[11:02] Morton**
Their data link shouldn't be
functioning. It's too soon!
**[11:08] al-Salem**
It couldn't be... Gale Wolf?
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
Beowulf
**[11:16] Wolfgang**
Don't rush and get too close.
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
**[11:18] Wolfgang**
They might counter when we least expect it.
**[11:21] Wolfgang**
Of course, that's assuming the rebels
can manage a fleet worth a damn...
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 3rd Fleet
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Wahlen Fleet Flagship
Salamander
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 8th Fleet
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Mecklinger Fleet Flagship
Gandharva
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
***SIGN*** Imperial Navy Kircheis Fleet
**[11:49] Guy**
The enemy fleet is leaving the theater.
**[11:52] Guy**
We've lost 90% of our ships.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy 7th Fleet
**[11:55] Guy**
Organized battle is no longer possible.
**[12:00] Hawood**
We're a flagship, and we were discarded
without being so much as a threat.
**[12:07] Eugen**
We have taken control of
this sector of space.
**[12:10] Eugen**
Dominion is entirely ours.
**[12:12] Fritz**
And you're telling me we still
can't annihilate them?
***SIGN*** Chief Adjutant
Captain Eugen
**[12:17] Fritz**
Close in.
**[12:19] Fritz**
Be thorough about it.
**[12:20] Eugen**
Yes, sir.
**[12:26] Chen**
We only have about a thousand ships left
that can fight, including this one.
**[12:30] Chen**
We can't continue this battle any longer.
**[12:33] Chen**
We'll have to choose between
surrendering and fleeing.
**[12:36] Ulanhu**
That's a disgraceful pair of options.
**[12:38] Ulanhu**
Isn't it?
**[12:40] Ulanhu**
Surrender isn't my style. We'll flee.
**[12:43] Ulanhu**
Are there any surviving fleet commanders
among the remaining ships?
**[12:48] Chen**
Commodore Attenborough is still alive.
***SIGN*** Commodore Dusty Attenborough
**[12:55] Ulanhu**
I'll open an escape route for us.
**[12:58] Ulanhu**
Commodore, you lead the ships that
can no longer fight in escaping.
**[13:03] Dusty**
*Admiral Ulanhu...*
**[13:05] Ulanhu**
I'm counting on you, Commodore.
**[13:08] Guy**
Bearing: two o'clock.
All ships, maximum battle speed!
**[13:17] Ulanhu**
Follow us! Stay close!
**[13:30] Fritz**
What?!
**[13:37] Chen**
We can get through!
The escape route is open!
**[13:43] Ulanhu**
What's the status of our allies?
**[13:46] Chen**
About half of our ships survived.
**[13:49] Ulanhu**
I see...
**[13:55] Na**
After receiving a fierce attack
from the Imperial Navy,
**[13:57] Na**
the Alliance Navy's expeditionary force was
left at an overwhelming disadvantage.
**[14:03] Na**
However...
**[14:14] Na**
The one exception was Yang's 13th Fleet.
**[14:19] Lubitsch**
The enemy air combat unit's torpedo
attack did immense damage.
**[14:22] Lubitsch**
We won't be able to hold formation.
**[14:26] Kempff**
Are you saying we should give in to
the rebel force's insolent tactics?
**[14:29] Lubitsch**
We should deal with the situation
before it ends in disgrace for us.
***SIGN*** Chief Adjutant
Lieutenant Lubitsch
***SIGN*** Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
**[14:34] Kempff**
We'll reorganize the unit
so we can attack further.
**[14:37] Kempff**
Prepare for the enemy's pursuit
and withdraw immediately!
**[14:42] Guy**
The enemy fleet is withdrawing!
**[14:44] Fyodor**
Admiral, this is a perfect
opportunity to pursue them.
**[14:47] Yang**
No.
**[14:48] Yang**
Even if we push ourselves and win here,
**[14:50] Yang**
we can't overturn the enemy's
overall dominance.
**[14:53] Yang**
There's only one path we can take right now.
**[14:57] Yang**
All fleets, retreat.
**[15:00] All**
Yes, sir!
**[15:05] Na**
Yang Wen-li's 13th Fleet, having
escaped the Kempff Fleet,
**[15:10] Na**
took a course to return to Iserlohn.
**[15:15] Frederica**
Report from the lead patrol ship.
**[15:17] Frederica**
Multiple ships with no call
signs sighted ahead.
**[15:22] Fyodor**
Vice Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet should
be garrisoned in that sector.
**[15:27] Frederica**
There are too many of them to be his.
**[15:29] Yang**
How big?
**[15:31] Frederica**
About three times as
large as our own fleet.
**[15:34] Yang**
That'd be the enemy.
**[15:35] Murai**
We have to assume the 7th Fleet
has already been defeated.
**[15:40] Guy**
Report. Communications with the
patrol ship have been cut off!
***SIGN*** So it was captured.
**[15:48] Guy**
Rebel fleet located.
They number approximately 10,000.
**[15:52] Bülow**
Comparing it with the report
from Admiral Kempff,
**[15:54] Bülow**
it's most likely the 13th Fleet.
**[15:57] Hans**
Yang Wen-li?
**[16:02] (Flashback) Reinhard**
He just might be the kind of
person you spoke of earlier.
**[16:10] Bülow**
We can't miss this chance. We will attack.
**[16:13] Bülow**
All ships, maximum battle speed.
**[16:15] Guy**
Command to all ships.
**[16:16] Guy**
All ships, maximum battle speed.
**[16:43] Murai**
We have no choice but to meet them.
**[16:47] Yang**
We're going to put the plan in motion now.
***SIGN*** Iserlohn Fortress Central Command
**[16:52] Greenhill**
Since we received word that they'd
encountered the Imperial Navy,
**[16:54] Greenhill**
none of the information we've received
makes any sense.
**[16:58] Greenhill**
The 3rd, 7th, 10th, and 12th Fleets
are unable to respond.
***SIGN*** Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
Admiral Dwight Greenhill
**[17:02] Greenhill**
The 5th, 8th, 9th, and 13th Fleets
appear to be alive and well,
**[17:07] Greenhill**
but we're unable to get detailed reports.
***SIGN*** Alliance Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Fleet Admiral Lassalle Lobos
**[17:12] Lobos**
It seems that the High Council doesn't want
this expedition to simply end in loss, either.
**[17:18] Greenhill**
What?
**[17:20] Lobos**
Reorganize the scattered fleets
and meet the enemy's attack.
**[17:25] Lobos**
Relay the message to the entire navy.
**[17:30] Lobos**
What is it?
**[17:31] Greenhill**
Well... I was just wondering if we have
enough forces left at the front line for that.
**[17:37] Greenhill**
Even if we reorganize, we can't overturn the
situation if the enemy still outnumbers us.
**[17:42] Greenhill**
In fact, we'd lose even more.
**[17:44] Lobos**
Have the entire navy rendezvous
at the Amritsar Starzone.
**[17:48] Greenhill**
Your Excellency!
**[17:49] Lobos**
That is an order.
**[18:05] Murai**
The enemy is pushing us back with mainstay
equipment in superior numbers,
**[18:09] Murai**
all while supplying their
forces from the rear
**[18:11] Murai**
and hitting with uninterrupted firepower.
**[18:18] Yang**
We'll use a good strategy without pretense.
**[18:21] Yang**
I hear Count Lohengramm has
a brilliant subordinate.
**[18:29] Frederica**
Urgent coded message from headquarters.
**[18:31] Yang**
Read it.
**[18:33] Frederica**
"Gather at point A in the Amritsar Starzone
on the fourteenth of this month.
**[18:38] Frederica**
Cease combat and relocate at once."
**[18:42] Bewcock**
Little late for that now!
**[18:45] Bewcock**
If we could retreat,
we'd have done it by now!
**[18:48] Yang**
He says that like it's so simple.
**[18:50] Murai**
What will you do?
**[18:55] Yang**
Reorganize the fleet into line ahead formation,
**[18:57] Yang**
deploy a concentration of dreadnought
battleships at the rear,
**[19:00] Yang**
and create a diversion while we
find a way to leave the front.
**[19:04] Yang**
Our goal is to turn the fleet around
to head to Amritsar.
**[19:09] Yang**
Assume that leaving the front is
our only tactical objective.
**[19:14] Yang**
Of course, the enemy has probably
guessed what we're going to do.
***SIGN*** If this doesn't work, nothing we try is going to.
**[19:21] Murai**
It's the best option available
to us at the moment.
**[19:25] Fyodor**
I agree.
**[19:26] Yang**
Still, the enemy has thrice our numbers.
**[19:29] Yang**
We will almost certainly
suffer damages ourselves,
**[19:31] Yang**
but I want to minimize them.
**[19:34] Yang**
I'm counting on you all.
**[20:22] Murai**
We've never experienced such losses before.
**[20:26] Fyodor**
But we're almost there...
**[20:41] Guy**
Search system has located multiple ships!
**[20:43] Murai**
What?!
**[20:44] Fyodor**
The enemy had a detached force?
**[20:47] Guy**
We've ID'd their call sign!
**[20:51] Guy**
It's Admiral Hawood's 7th Fleet!
**[20:55] Hans**
That's...
**[21:08] Hawood**
We will back up the
13th Fleet as they withdraw!
**[21:11] Hawood**
Don't worry about how much energy is left!
**[21:14] Hawood**
Fire all we've got at them!
**[21:33] Hawood**
Don't make the wrong choice, Yang Wen-li.
**[21:37] Fyodor**
We can attack if we act now!
**[21:40] Yang**
We'll continue to withdraw.
**[21:42] Fyodor**
But...
***SIGN*** It's a tough decision, but, Admiral...
***SIGN*** You're right.
**[22:06] Paul**
Even as they flee, the enemy is
maintaining order in its own way.
**[22:10] Paul**
It looks like they're headed
for the Amritsar Starzone.
**[22:14] Reinhard**
That's close to the Iserlohn
Corridor entrance.
**[22:17] Reinhard**
But I find it hard to believe
they're merely fleeing there.
**[22:21] Reinhard**
What do you think?
**[22:23] Paul**
I suspect they intend to gather
there and renew their attack.
**[22:27] Paul**
What will you do about it, Your Excellency?
**[22:30] Reinhard**
Obviously, our navy will gather
at Amritsar, as well.
**[22:35] Reinhard**
If Amritsar is the place they
want as their graveyard,
**[22:39] Reinhard**
I think we should grant their wish.
**[22:45] Na**
In the year UC 796,
**[22:48] Na**
or the 487th year of the Galactic
Imperial calendar, on October 14th,
**[22:53] Na**
the Galactic Imperial Navy set a
course for the Amritsar Starzone,
**[22:57] Na**
the place chosen by the Free Planets
Alliance for a decisive battle.
**[23:03] Na**
Yang Wen-li
**[23:05] Na**
and Reinhard von Lohengramm...
**[23:09] Na**
Both heroes will meet once again at Amritsar.
# Season 2
# E13 - Armistar
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR0X44MGY/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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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?"
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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
# E25 - First Campaign
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUG7588/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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# E30 - A Single Fine Thread
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GEVUZK7VG/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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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."
# 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
# E37 - Fortress vs. Fortress Akt IV: Conclusion
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**[00:02] Narrator**
After the Imperial fleet,
led by Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff,
**[00:06] Narrator**
sealed the Free Planets Alliance's Iserlohn
garrison fleet within the fortress,
**[00:11] Narrator**
they then launched a plan to destroy the
Alliance rescue fleet
**[00:17] Narrator**
before the garrison had a chance to deploy again.
**[00:23] Narrator**
But Yang's plan to attack using his
aerial fleet as a floating battery
**[00:28] Narrator**
caused more damage than the Empire expected.
**[00:32] Narrator**
Before the Empire had a chance to regroup,
**[00:35] Narrator**
the Iserlohn garrison fleet
appeared on the battlefield once more.
**[00:40] Narrator**
The Empire's plan to destroy
the rescue fleet first had backfired,
**[00:42] Narrator**
leaving them in a pincer attack between
the rescue fleet and the garrison fleet,
**[00:47] Narrator**
where they took immense damage.
**[00:50] Narrator**
Kempff determined that maintaining the
front line was no longer possible.
**[00:54] Narrator**
Left with no other choice,
he came to a decision...
**[01:05] Kempff**
Geiersburg Fortress.
**[01:08] Kempff**
We'll crash it into Iserlohn Fortress.
**[01:12] Kempff**
If we do that,
Iserlohn Fortress won't stand a chance.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:54] Leda II Radio**
Contact with flagship *Hyperion* is possible.
**[02:57] Yang**
Put me through.
**[03:02] Yang**
Admiral Merkatz.
**[03:05] Merkatz**
* I would like to receive your orders*
* for the next stage of the plan.*
**[03:10] Yang**
All right, I'd like you to intentionally
thin a section of our encirclement.
**[03:15] Yang**
We'll lure the enemy into
a retreat through there.
**[03:18] Yang**
As soon as the enemy enters
the path we've laid,
**[03:21] Yang**
all ships will concentrate
their fire on them.
**[03:23] Yang**
I want to do at least enough
damage to discourage them
**[03:26] Yang**
from starting another fleet battle.
**[03:29] Merkatz**
*Understood.*
***SIGN*** Episode 37
***SIGN*** Fortress vs. Fortress
Akt IV: Conclusion
**[03:54] Müller**
That's...
**[03:55] Lübeck Radio**
Message from flagship *Galdhøpiggen*.
**[03:58] Lübeck Radio**
"All ships, break through the
weak spots in the enemy line,
**[04:01] Lübeck Radio**
and retreat to Geiersburg."
**[04:03] Müller**
What?! Send a message to the
*Galdhøpiggen* commander!
***SIGN*** Kempff Fleet Flagship
Galdhøpiggen
**[04:07] Kempff**
I'm aware that it's a trap set by the enemy.
**[04:10] Kempff**
Even if it is a trap, I still believe
our best move is to retreat now,
**[04:14] Kempff**
while protecting ourselves
as best we can.
**[04:18] Müller**
But even if we disregard the danger
and return to the fortress,
**[04:21] Müller**
we will still be at a disadvantage.
**[04:24] Müller**
Do you have some kind of plan in mind?
**[04:26] Kempff**
*I do.*
**[04:29] Müller**
May I ask what it is?
**[04:33] Kempff**
I'm going to crash Geiersburg
into Iserlohn Fortress.
**[04:38] Kempff**
*I'll be doing this alone, of course.*
**[04:40] Kempff**
* If I can pull it off, the enemy*
* fortress won't stand a chance.*
**[04:43] Kempff**
*I may lose the battle, but as commander,*
**[04:46] Kempff**
* I can't return to my country without landing*
* at least one return blow on Yang Wen-li.*
**[04:50] Müller**
Your Excellency...
**[04:52] Kempff**
The position we're in has resulted
from my lack of resourcefulness.
**[04:56] Kempff**
I want to take responsibility for that.
**[04:58] Kempff**
Will you help me?
**[05:02] Müller**
*I can't offer much...*
**[05:06] Müller**
But every bit of strength I
have is at your disposal.
**[05:15] Narrator**
Under Kempff's command,
the Imperial Navy began its retreat.
**[05:19] Narrator**
Though the Alliance Navy
pursued them fiercely,
**[05:22] Narrator**
focusing on defense allowed them
to escape total destruction,
**[05:25] Narrator**
and they succeeded in
vacating the combat zone.
**[05:38] Narrator**
Upon arrival at Geiersburg Fortress,
the Imperial fleet
**[05:42] Narrator**
immediately began preparations
to return to Odin.
**[05:56] Kempff**
Well? Is it going to work?
**[05:58] Lubitsch**
Yes, sir.
**[06:01] Lubitsch**
You will be able to handle the bare minimum of
controls needed to move the fortress yourself.
**[06:08] Kempff**
That's enough.
**[06:10] Kempff**
Status on the evacuation
of the rest of our men?
**[06:13] Fusseneger**
It is nearly complete.
**[06:15] Kempff**
Good.
**[06:17] Kempff**
You two must quickly evacuate, as well.
**[06:24] Kempff**
You have both served me
well up to this point.
**[06:27] Kempff**
Return to Odin safely and continue
to give your all for the Empire.
**[06:33] Lubitsch**
Yes, sir.
**[06:34] Fusseneger**
We wish Your Excellency the best.
**[07:01] Drewentz**
All military personnel
have been evacuated.
**[07:04] Müller**
All right.
**[07:09] Müller**
We will henceforth return to Odin.
**[07:12] Müller**
Our flagship, *Lübeck*,
will bring up the rear.
**[07:16] Müller**
Full forward on both sides!
Set course for Odin!
**[07:24] Yang**
I can't thank you enough for all your help.
**[07:30] Merkatz**
* Allow me to introduce the one*
* who contributed the most.*
**[07:37] Julian**
*Admiral Yang, welcome home.*
**[07:40] Yang**
You—
**[07:46] Leda II Observer**
Reporting!
**[07:48] Leda II Observer**
The fortress...
**[07:50] Leda II Observer**
The enemy fortress is moving!
**[07:56] Murai**
* Admiral Yang, the enemy fortress*
* has begun to move again.*
**[08:01] Murai**
*An analysis of its course reveals*
**[08:02] Murai**
* that it is accelerating directly*
* toward Iserlohn Fortress.*
**[08:06] Fyodor**
* They're not planning to crash the*
* fortress itself into us, are they?!*
**[08:10] Yang**
You figured it out, eh?
**[08:14] Yang**
*Too late, though.*
**[08:18] Iserlohn Operator A**
The enemy fortress is getting closer.
***SIGN*** What are Admiral Yang's orders?
**[08:22] Alex**
He said to have the garrison
fleet attack the enemy fortress.
***SIGN*** The fleet?
**[08:27] Yang**
Yes. The ships' guns won't do anything
to the fortress itself, but...
**[08:33] Yang**
* If we can focus all fire on*
* the navigation engine here,*
**[08:38] Yang**
*we should be able to destroy it.*
**[08:40] Yang**
*We'll destroy this one on the left side.*
**[08:44] Yang**
This will require an
exquisitely-timed volley,
**[08:47] Yang**
along with highly precise aim.
**[08:50] Fischer**
Because of the jamming, we can't count on
our data link to move the fleet as one.
**[08:55] Fischer**
This is going to be a tough job.
**[08:58] Yang**
Well, I'm sure it'll work out.
**[09:00] Yang**
We'll all work together to make it a success.
**[09:04] Dusty/Nguyen/Fischer/Merkatz**
*Yes, sir!*
**[09:31] Kempff**
Did they really think ship guns would
be enough to stop this fortress?
**[09:39] Leda II Operator**
All squadrons have reached
their designated positions.
**[09:41] Leda II Operator**
Target locked.
**[09:44] Yang**
Fire.
**[09:56] Alex**
We're hitting it dead-on...
**[09:57] Fyodor**
Not enough firepower.
**[09:59] Fyodor**
Without more concentrated fire,
we can't break its shield.
**[10:03] Iserlohn OperatorA**
The enemy fortress is getting closer.
**[10:06] Alex**
Yang...
**[10:07] Yang**
All ships, adjust aim for the
target's projected course.
**[10:11] Operator**
Ships, bear in mind the expected
angle of the enemy's movement.
**[10:14] Operator**
Observation units, prepare
for combined observation.
**[10:15] Fischer**
Send the calculated
coordinates to all ships.
**[10:16] Operator**
Be aware of battery positions
and send all data promptly.
**[10:18] Operator**
Note the positions of friendly ships.
**[10:20] Operator**
Ensure that no allies are
in your line of fire.
**[10:20] Operator**
Establishing estimated
altitude and direction.
**[10:22] Operator**
Adjust for observation unit
data calculation errors.
**[10:23] Operator**
Command has sent basis point
for firing preparations. Confirm receipt.
**[10:26] Operator**
All ships, after the volley, continue
concentrated fire on the same target.
**[10:27] Operator**
V-28, refer to the manual for methods of
coordinating fire without a network.
**[10:31] Operator**
Repeat: All ships, after the volley,
continue concentrated fire on the same target.
**[10:31] Operator**
Rear line ships, use the position of the ships
at the vanguard to assist your targeting.
**[10:36] Leda II Operator**
All squadrons have completed adjustments.
**[10:38] Leda II Operator**
Target locked.
**[10:44] Yang**
Fire.
**[10:53] Kempff**
What?!
**[11:17] Kempff**
Impossible!
**[11:23] Triglav Observer**
Target destroyed.
**[11:24] Triglav Observer**
The enemy fortress is diverging
from its collision course.
**[11:28] Dusty**
Yes!
**[11:57] Kempff**
Yang Wen-li!
**[12:07] Fyodor**
It's too close!
**[12:09] Fyodor**
It may have diverged from
a collision course,
**[12:11] Fyodor**
but if a direct hit lands from this distance,
**[12:13] Fyodor**
we won't come out of it unscathed, either.
**[12:16] Yang**
All fleets, retreat behind
Iserlohn Fortress.
**[12:20] Yang**
Set the Thor Hammer's sights
on Geiersburg Fortress.
**[12:23] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A**
Thor Hammer's sights set
on Geiersburg Fortress.
**[12:27] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A**
Energy charge complete.
**[12:29] Alex**
Fire!
**[12:46] Iserlohn Tactical Operator A**
Thor Hammer energy recharge complete.
**[12:49] Alex**
Prepare to fire the second shot!
**[12:51] Alex**
Fire!
**[13:31] Alex**
Prepare to fire the third shot!
**[13:40] Alex**
Fire!
**[14:26] Müller**
Shock wave incoming!
**[14:27] Müller**
Hold on to something! Anything!
**[14:41] Orlau**
Your Excellency!
**[14:58] Hyperion Operator A**
He did it!
**[15:00] Hyperion Operator B**
Did you see that?!
That was Admiral Yang's magic!
**[15:38] Doctor**
You must be immortal, Your Excellency.
**[15:42] Müller**
I like that line. I want that
engraved on my tombstone.
**[15:47] Müller**
So how long will it take me to recover?
**[15:52] Doctor**
No less than three months.
**[15:56] Müller**
I see.
**[15:59] Drewentz**
Your Excellency, Vice Admiral Fusseneger
and Lieutenant Lubitsch are here.
**[16:05] Müller**
Let them in.
**[16:09] Müller**
I'm glad you two are safe.
**[16:11] Lubitsch/Fusseneger**
Yes, sir.
**[16:13] Müller**
How is Commander Kempff?
**[16:17] Müller**
He didn't get away, then.
**[16:20] Fusseneger**
Commander Kempff left us with a message.
**[16:23] Fusseneger**
This is what he said:
**[16:25] Fusseneger**
"Tell Müller I'm sorry."
**[16:35] Müller**
Bear witness, Great God Odin!
**[16:39] Müller**
I swear I will avenge Commander Kempff.
**[16:42] Müller**
I will clutch the head of
Yang Wen-li in my own hands.
**[16:47] Müller**
I can't do it right now.
I don't have the strength.
**[16:51] Müller**
The difference between us is too great.
**[16:53] Müller**
But just watch me in the next few years!
**[16:58] Müller**
Drewentz.
**[17:00] Drewentz**
Sir?
**[17:01] Müller**
Put me through to all fleets. And no video.
**[17:05] Müller**
I can't let our soldiers see me like this
while they're reeling from our defeat.
**[17:09] Müller**
It would damage their morale.
**[17:13] Müller**
* Our navy has been defeated,*
* but your commanders remain strong.*
**[17:18] Müller**
* Command promises to return all*
* of you back to your homes alive.*
**[17:24] Müller**
* We will return alive, and so long as we do*
* not lose our pride as Imperial soldiers*
**[17:29] Müller**
*or our drive for victory,*
**[17:32] Müller**
* we will surely make up for*
* this loss in the near future.*
**[17:37] Müller**
*Let us keep our pride and discipline*
**[17:39] Müller**
* and begin our return to Odin*
* in an orderly fashion.*
**[17:43] Narrator**
The Imperial fleet numbered 37,000
ships when it left its home base,
**[17:48] Narrator**
but it was reduced to a fifth of that number
as it continued its desperate flight.
**[17:54] Narrator**
However, it avoided total collapse and
maintained order as a group,
**[18:00] Narrator**
thanks to the diligent efforts of Müller
in giving orders from his hospital bed.
**[18:09] Lübeck Radio**
Ships approaching from our front.
**[18:13] Yang**
What is the meaning of this?!
**[18:15] Fischer**
The Nguyen fleet and the Alarcon fleet have
set out to eliminate the fleeing enemy forces.
**[18:22] Yang**
Of all the ridiculous...
**[18:24] Lübeck Radio**
The ships in front of us are getting closer.
**[18:30] Lübeck Radio**
ID codes confirmed.
**[18:32] Lübeck Radio**
It's *Tristan* and *Beowulf*!
**[18:34] Lübeck Radio**
The Reuenthal fleet and
the Mittermeyer fleet!
***SIGN*** Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
Tristan
***SIGN*** Mittermeyer Fleet Flagship
Beowulf
**[18:41] Wolfgang**
*I see... Kempff is dead, then?*
**[18:44] Müller**
Yes.
**[18:46] Tristan Operator**
Optical detection confirms approximately
8,500 ships approaching.
**[18:51] Tristan Operator**
Unable to verify ID codes.
**[18:53] Oskar**
They followed you?
**[18:55] Müller**
*It seems so.*
**[18:57] Wolfgang**
Continue on and
report to Duke Lohengramm.
**[19:02] Wolfgang**
Let us handle the battle to avenge Kempff.
**[19:08] Alarcon Fleet Operator**
Optical detection confirms enemy ships.
**[19:11] Alarcon Fleet Operator**
They number 24,000!
**[19:14] Nguyen**
24,000?!
**[19:16] Nguyen**
I thought there were fewer than
8,000 fleeing enemy ships!
**[19:29] Wolfgang**
Avenge Kempff!
Don't leave a single ship intact!
**[19:48] Nguyen**
That blue one must be the enemy flagship.
**[19:51] Nguyen**
We have to take that one out, at least!
**[19:53] Wolfgang**
Did you think you could beat
us by fighting so recklessly?
**[19:56] Wolfgang**
Don't hold back! Annihilate them!
**[20:08] Wolfgang**
Are these really subordinates
of Yang Wen-li?
**[20:12] Wolfgang**
They were nothing like this when
we fought them at Amritsar.
**[20:16] Oskar**
Victory may be achieved without
good reason, but not defeat.
**[20:20] Oskar**
Those who lose, lose because
they were meant to lose.
**[20:23] Oskar**
Sympathy has no place here.
**[20:27] Tristan Operator**
Reporting. New ships sighted in front of us.
**[20:29] Tristan Operator**
They number approximately 20,000.
**[20:32] Wolfgang**
*Did you hear, Reuenthal?*
**[20:34] Oskar**
Yes. Sounds like Yang Wen-li
himself has made an appearance.
**[20:38] Oskar**
What now? I'm assuming
you want to fight him.
**[20:42] Wolfgang**
You're right.
**[20:43] Wolfgang**
But our goal is to assist Kempff
in taking over Iserlohn.
**[20:48] Wolfgang**
If we can't achieve that,
there's no point in fighting.
**[20:52] Oskar**
*I suppose the correct route*
**[20:54] Oskar**
* would be to retreat with dignity before*
* the enemy's main force arrives.*
**[20:58] Wolfgang**
We mobilized not only a massive
army, but a fortress,
**[21:01] Wolfgang**
and traveled thousands of light-years,
**[21:04] Wolfgang**
but every part of it ended in failure.
**[21:06] Wolfgang**
All we did was add to
Yang Wen-li's reputation.
**[21:10] Wolfgang**
For crying out loud.
**[21:12] Oskar**
*You can't win 100% of all battles you fight.*
**[21:16] Oskar**
That's what Duke Lohengramm says.
**[21:19] Oskar**
One day, you and I will be the
ones to take Yang Wen-li's head.
**[21:24] Wolfgang**
*Müller wants it, too.*
**[21:26] Oskar**
Oh? It should prove to be
an exciting race, then.
**[21:42] Yang**
See that, Julian?
**[21:44] Yang**
That's how a great commander fights.
**[21:47] Yang**
Have a clear goal, and once you achieve
it, don't linger. Just leave.
**[21:53] Yang**
That's the way to be.
**[21:54] Julian**
Yes, sir.
**[21:56] Yang**
Lieutenant Greenhill, tell Attenborough
to hurry up with the rescue of survivors.
**[22:01] Frederica**
Yes, Admiral.
**[22:04] Yang**
Also, Julian...
**[22:06] Yang**
I'd like to have some of your
tea again. It's been a while.
**[22:10] Yang**
Would you make some?
**[22:12] Julian**
Of course, Admiral.
**[22:20] Merkatz**
Julian is the only one who figured
out the Imperial Navy's strategy.
**[22:24] Merkatz**
He is very impressive.
**[22:27] Yang**
Julian did that, huh?
**[22:29] Yang**
Did you know...
**[22:32] Yang**
that I don't want him to be a military man?
**[22:37] Yang**
Honestly, if I could order him
to quit, I would.
**[22:41] Merkatz**
That goes against the democratic spirit.
**[22:45] Yang**
Oh, uh...
**[22:50] Narrator**
In the year UC 798,
**[22:53] Narrator**
the fortress-versus-fortress
battle at the Iserlohn Corridor
**[22:59] Narrator**
ended with the Alliance Navy stopping
the Imperial Navy's advance.
**[23:05] Narrator**
Had the Imperial Navy won this battle,
**[23:09] Narrator**
it would certainly have changed
the course of human history.
**[23:15] Narrator**
And the one known as Julian Mintz,
**[23:18] Narrator**
despite being such a humble character,
**[23:24] Narrator**
made his first imprint on
history during this battle.
***SIGN*** Episode 38
***SIGN*** Determination and Ambition
**[25:01] Narrator**
Next time, "Determination and Ambition."
# E38 - Determination and Ambition
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GK9U3JXJQ/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] ---**
# 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."
# 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."
# 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?
***SIGN*** Episode 42
***SIGN*** The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
**[25:01] Na**
Next time,
**[25:03] Na**
"The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government."
# E42 - The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GPWUK7G7P/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.
***SIGN*** Episode 42
***SIGN*** The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
**[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."
# 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."
# 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."
# E45 - Emperor Overthrown
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year UC 798, or IC 489,
**[00:07] Na**
the Free Planets Alliance granted
asylum to Emperor Erwin Josef II
**[00:13] Na**
and recognized the establishment of the
Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
**[00:18] Na**
Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
declared war on the Alliance
**[00:23] Na**
under the pretense of
rescuing the emperor.
**[00:27] Na**
The Alliance government's
plans for a coalition
**[00:30] Na**
with the Goldenbaum family shattered,
**[00:33] Na**
forcing them into a crisis.
**[00:37] Na**
In the midst of all this,
Julian Mintz was assigned to
**[00:40] Na**
the commissioner's office in
Fezzan as a military attaché.
**[00:44] Na**
Merkatz was invited to serve as
Minister of Military Affairs
**[00:48] Na**
in the Legitimate Galactic
Emperor Government,
**[00:52] Na**
so he and Julian departed Iserlohn
to assume their new positions.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:35] Man1**
A hundred million men and a million ships?
**[02:38] Man2**
It's to take out the remnants
of the high nobility!
**[02:41] Man3**
Yeah. If we allow them to come back,
**[02:44] Man3**
the rights Duke Lohengramm gave to
us commoners will be in jeopardy.
**[02:50] Man2**
We have to take out the
Free Planets Alliance!
**[02:52] Man2**
They're the high nobility's
partners in crime!
**[02:55] All**
Yeah!
**[02:58] Na**
Young commoner men signed up to join the
military from all over the Empire.
**[03:04] Na**
There were also many who had completed
their service and returned home,
**[03:08] Na**
but cast aside their peaceful
lives to reenlist.
**[03:15] Hilde**
The commoners must be scared.
**[03:18] Rücke**
Of what?
**[03:20] Hilde**
That the social and economic rights
they've gained will be taken,
**[03:24] Hilde**
and the privileged class will be reborn.
**[03:28] Hilde**
*But that fear is*
**[03:30] Hilde**
* a combination of their hatred*
* of the former nobility*
**[03:33] Hilde**
* and their hostility toward*
* the Free Planets Alliance,*
**[03:37] Hilde**
* which have come together in a force*
* that affirms the Lohengramm order.*
***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."
# 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."
# E47 - Invitation to a Requiem
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GQJUGJ2J5/invitation-to-a-requiem)
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***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[01:32] Reinhard**
It shall be called...
**[01:35] Reinhard**
Ragnarök.
**[01:37] Na**
Reinhard decided who would take
part in Operation: Ragnarök.
***SIGN*** Capital Planet Heinessen
**[01:43] Na**
The conjecture that the Empire would take
military action at the Iserlohn Corridor
**[01:48] Na**
had reached as far as Heinessen.
**[01:53] Soldier3**
It appears the Empire is making
preparations to invade.
**[01:56] Politician4**
They're wasting their time.
**[01:58] Rockwell**
Iserlohn is impregnable.
**[02:00] Politician3**
We have the great and undefeated
Miracle Yang on our side, after all.
**[02:06] Islands**
What is it, Commander-in-Chief Bewcock?
**[02:10] Bewcock**
The offensive against
Iserlohn may be a diversion
**[02:12] Bewcock**
that the enemy is using while their main
force breaches the Fezzan Corridor.
**[02:17] Politician3**
The Fezzan Corridor?
**[02:19] Politician2**
Commander-in-Chief Bewcock,
your concern is certainly original,
**[02:24] Politician2**
but it seems unlikely that
Fezzan would abandon
**[02:26] Politician2**
their political neutrality
to back the Empire.
**[02:29] Rockwell**
Besides, if they did that and
made the Empire even stronger,
**[02:33] Rockwell**
Fezzan's own continued existence
would come under threat.
**[02:36] Politician6**
Fezzan has invested an immense
amount of capital in our Alliance,
**[02:40] Politician6**
and they have many interests here, as well.
**[02:42] Politician6**
If our Alliance were annexed
by the Empire,
**[02:45] Politician6**
all of their efforts to
date would come to naught.
**[02:49] Politician6**
I highly doubt the Fezzani would
make such a disadvantageous choice.
**[02:53] Politicians**
That's right.
**[02:55] Bewcock**
Of course. It is true that Fezzan has
invested capital in the Alliance.
**[03:02] Bewcock**
But they've invested it in the
Alliance's chief industries,
**[03:06] Bewcock**
not in the Alliance government.
**[03:09] Bewcock**
In their minds, so long as the safety
of their invested capital is assured,
**[03:14] Bewcock**
structural failure within the Alliance
would amount to a mere ceiling collapse.
**[03:20] Bewcock**
It would not mean significant
suffering for them.
**[03:24] Bewcock**
Or is Fezzan, in fact, investing capital
in the Alliance government, as well?
**[03:32] Politician2**
Are you suggesting that we're
accepting bribes from Fezzan?!
**[03:36] Islands**
Admiral, I suggest you watch what you say.
**[03:48] Na**
The decision was made to simply
increase vigilance around Iserlohn,
**[03:53] Na**
and the conference was concluded.
**[03:58] Alex**
What's the word from Heinessen?
**[04:01] Yang**
An order to increase vigilance, it says.
**[04:04] Murai**
The surveillance satellites we had
put in place throughout the corridor
**[04:08] Murai**
haven't been replaced after being destroyed
in the Geiersburg Fortress assault.
**[04:13] Murai**
The most we have been able to do is
send ships out to conduct patrols.
**[04:17] Alex**
We requested additional funds,
but they haven't been granted yet.
**[04:21] Dusty**
Is the National Defense
Committee just bullying us?
**[04:23] Yang**
It's not bullying at all.
**[04:26] Yang**
That's just how tight money
is in the Alliance right now.
***SIGN*** Episode 47
***SIGN*** Invitation to a Requiem
***SIGN*** Battleship Ulysses
**[04:46] Crew1**
Did you see the captain?
**[04:47] Crew2**
Looked like he was in a foul mood again.
**[04:49] Crew3**
He's looked like that every day lately.
**[04:52] Crew2**
I heard he had a quarrel with his wife.
**[04:55] Crew4**
I heard he was cheated in a card game
with Lieutenant Commander Poplin.
**[04:57] Crew5**
No, I heard it was Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
**[05:01] Fields**
Actually, the captain was incredibly
taken with Julian Mintz.
**[05:05] Fields**
But as you all know,
**[05:07] Fields**
he took off for Fezzan to
be a military attaché.
**[05:11] Fields**
He's heartbroken after
losing his one-sided love.
**[05:15] Crew**
So that's why...
***SIGN*** Commander Nilsson
**[05:17] Nilsson**
*Damn it... Wisdom tooth pain at my age?*
**[05:22] Ulysses Operator1**
Optical confirmed.
**[05:24] Ulysses Operator1**
No ID code.
**[05:25] Nilsson**
Is it the enemy?
**[05:27] Nilsson**
Use the emergency frequency to contact them.
**[05:29] Ulysses Operator2**
Yes, sir.
**[05:34] Nilsson**
Stop at once.
**[05:36] Nilsson**
If you refuse, we will atta—
**[05:53] Fields**
What do we do? Should we fight them?
**[05:56] Nilsson**
You fool! The Iserlohn garrison
fleet is undefeated!
**[05:59] Nilsson**
And do you know why?
**[06:03] Nilsson**
Because we don't fight
enemies we can't beat!
**[06:06] Nilsson**
Get us out of here at once! No dawdling!
**[06:10] Bergengrün**
Should we pursue?
**[06:11] Oskar**
Let them go.
**[06:13] Oskar**
We need them to make the most
dramatic report possible.
**[06:20] Alex**
Their numbers were immense
when Admiral Kempff attacked,
**[06:23] Alex**
but this might surpass even that.
**[06:26] Fyodor**
The report from *Ulysses* said the
battleship *Tristan* was there.
**[06:31] Dusty**
So one of the Twin Pillars
has shown up, huh?
**[06:34] Frederica**
Do you think this is part of
Duke Lohengramm's large-scale operation?
**[06:40] Yang**
Probably.
**[06:42] Yang**
To battle stations, condition one.
**[06:51] Yang**
The real headache isn't the
enemies in front of us.
**[06:55] Yang**
It's the allies behind us.
**[06:57] Yang**
The high officials in Heinessen aren't
yet aware of the danger we're in.
**[07:02] Yang**
If the Imperial Navy violates the Fezzan
Corridor's neutrality by invading through it,
**[07:06] Yang**
they might ignore what's happening here
and order us to save the capital.
**[07:13] Yang**
And if they do, we'll have
no choice but to go,
**[07:17] Yang**
but we're facing High Admiral Oskar von
Reuenthal, one of the Empire's Twin Pillars.
**[07:22] Yang**
If we make one wrong move, he could
take back the Iserlohn Corridor.
**[07:29] Yang**
Send Heinessen a report on the enemy attack,
**[07:32] Yang**
and tell them that it's probably tied
**[07:34] Yang**
to Duke Lohengramm's plan
to attack the Fezzan Corridor,
**[07:39] Yang**
so they should reinforce
defenses around Fezzan.
**[07:42] Frederica**
Yes, sir.
**[07:43] Yang**
Just in case, that is.
**[07:46] Yang**
I'm sure Commander-in-Chief Bewcock
is fighting his hardest alone.
**[07:50] Yang**
It's the least we can do to back him up.
**[07:59] OperatorC**
The enemy fleet has expanded
over a broad range.
**[08:02] Murai**
They're outside the Thor Hammer's range?
**[08:04] Fyodor**
But their main artillery
can't reach us, either.
**[08:24] Oskar**
Feuer!
**[08:32] OperatorC**
Optical detection of long-range
missiles confirmed!
**[08:35] Yang**
Withdraw the floating batteries.
**[08:38] Murai**
If we sink the floating batteries,
we'll take no damage.
**[08:41] Murai**
What do you suppose they're planning?
**[08:46] Oskar**
Lutz Fleet, forward!
**[08:49] Lutz**
All ships, advance!
**[08:54] OperatorC**
The enemy fleet has begun to advance!
**[08:57] Yang**
Intercept them with the Thor Hammer.
**[08:59] OperatorA**
Thor Hammer activated.
**[09:01] OperatorA**
Preparing to fire.
**[09:05] OperatorA**
Energy charge in progress.
**[09:10] OperatorA**
Charge complete in ten...
**[09:12] OperatorA**
nine...
**[09:13] OperatorA**
eight...
**[09:14] OperatorA**
seven...
**[09:14] OperatorC**
Wait a moment!
**[09:16] OperatorC**
Look at this!
**[09:19] OperatorC**
According to trajectory analysis,
**[09:20] OperatorC**
all of the enemy's long-range missiles are
on course to strike the Thor Hammer's muzzle!
**[09:25] Fyodor**
The Thor Hammer's muzzle?!
**[09:29] Yang**
The enemy plans to enter our firing range as
soon as their missiles hit the Thor Hammer.
**[09:36] Yang**
They're targeting the exact moment before
it fires, when it's most vulnerable.
**[09:44] Frederica**
They planned out the timing
in that much detail?
**[09:47] Yang**
Call off the Thor Hammer.
**[09:50] Yang**
Have the garrison fleet intercept them.
**[09:53] Yang**
Contact Admirals Attenborough and Fischer.
**[10:26] Herðubreið Operator**
A fleet has been deployed
from Iserlohn Fortress.
**[10:29] Lutz**
All ships, advance at full speed!
**[10:37] OperatorC**
Enemy fleet approaching at high speed!
**[10:40] Yang**
Shit!
**[10:41] Garrison Fleet Operator**
Enemy ships advancing!
They're not losing speed!
**[10:44] Captain**
Evade! Evasive maneuvers!
**[11:01] Lao**
It's a melee!
**[11:03] Dusty**
They actually got us.
**[11:05] Fyodor**
Even if we wanted to back up our allies,
we can't attack through this!
**[11:13] Na**
Reuenthal's goal was to
create a melee situation
**[11:17] Na**
and drag the Iserlohn garrison
fleet into a battle of attrition,
**[11:20] Na**
then annihilate it.
**[11:24] Na**
Reuenthal, with his greater numbers,
would come out victorious in the end.
**[11:29] Na**
He did indeed put everything
on the line in this campaign.
**[11:34] Murai**
I can't believe it...
**[11:37] Yang**
But we still have a weapon that they don't.
**[11:47] Oskar**
*What will Yang Wen-li do now?*
**[11:51] Tristan Operator1**
A new fleet has been deployed from Iserlohn.
**[11:56] Tristan Operator1**
Flagship *Hyperion* confirmed!
**[12:08] Bergengrün**
*Hyperion*? That's the ship
Yang Wen-li commands!
**[12:12] Oskar**
I heard he was resourceful,
**[12:14] Oskar**
but I see he's a surprisingly
courageous leader, as well.
**[12:20] Oskar**
All ships, forward! Full speed!
**[12:53] Fire Control Operator**
*Hyperion* is within effective firing range.
**[12:57] Oskar**
Fire all artillery!
**[13:22] Oskar**
What was that?!
***SIGN*** Blumhardt! Stolz! Can you hear me?
**[13:47] Blumhardt/Stolz**
*Yes, sir!*
***SIGN*** You two come with me.
***SIGN*** Linz, lead the main force!
**[13:52] Linz**
*Yes, sir!*
**[14:00] Fire Control Operator**
The enemy's landing force
has boarded the ship!
**[14:03] Fire Control Operator**
They're breaching sector E5 via deck 15!
**[14:06] Reckendorf**
Sector E5?!
**[14:08] Reckendorf**
They're targeting the reactor!
**[14:10] Oskar**
Close the bulkhead!
**[14:11] Oskar**
Permission granted to arm the guards!
**[14:13] Bergengrün**
I can't believe they chose
close-quarters combat at this stage.
**[14:18] Oskar**
I thought it seemed ostentatious of them
to send a flagship to the front line...
**[14:24] Oskar**
So this is what you were up to, Yang Wen-li.
**[14:28] Murai**
Looks like it worked out.
**[14:30] Yang**
If you want to trip up a first-rate
opponent like Reuenthal,
**[14:34] Yang**
it's actually these second-rate
tactics that work best.
**[14:43] Linz**
Turn back!
**[14:50] ArmoredA**
The route to the reactor
has been closed off.
**[14:52] Linz**
Look for another way.
**[14:54] Linz**
We still need to keep their attention on us.
**[15:10] Bergengrün**
The route to the reactor has
been completely blocked.
**[15:13] Bergengrün**
As soon as all personnel have been evacuated,
the entire sector will be purged.
**[15:18] Oskar**
Is it really the reactor they're after?
**[15:21] Bergengrün**
Huh?
**[15:23] Oskar**
If their objective is to
stop the ship from moving,
**[15:26] Oskar**
they could just destroy
everything in their path.
**[15:28] Oskar**
So why aren't they doing that?
**[15:36] Oskar**
Is it me they're after?
**[15:39] Oskar**
Get me a weapon! Now!
**[15:41] Bergengrün**
Yes, sir!
**[15:47] Bergengrün**
Your Excellency!
***SIGN*** Admiral Reuenthal, I presume.
**[16:00] Oskar**
That's right. And you're
a dog of the Alliance.
***SIGN*** I'm Walter von Schönkopf, thirteenth regimental commander of the Rosen Ritter.
***SIGN*** Remember that for the brief time you have left before you die.
**[16:43] Tristan Operator1**
Don't! You'll hit His Excellency!
**[17:22] Imperial Soldier**
Your Excellency!
***SIGN*** Pull out!
**[17:36] Bergengrün**
Your Excellency! Are you all right?
**[17:39] Oskar**
So they're the Rosen Ritter
I've heard so much about?
**[17:42] Bergengrün**
It seems so.
**[17:44] Oskar**
Halt all combat and withdraw.
**[17:47] Oskar**
I can't believe I forgot myself and let
the enemy drag me into their game.
**[17:52] Oskar**
Allowing their landing force to board
this flagship was utter foolishness.
**[17:56] Bergengrün**
I'm very sorry, sir.
**[17:58] Oskar**
This isn't your fault.
**[18:01] Oskar**
I got too heated.
**[18:04] Oskar**
I'll be back after I've
cooled my head a bit.
**[18:09] Na**
An opening was created in the
Imperial Fleet's command.
**[18:12] Na**
Yang took advantage of this to
withdraw the garrison fleet
**[18:15] Na**
and hold them within the fortress.
**[18:18] Na**
The opening fleet battle
thus ended in a draw.
***SIGN*** I was so close I could taste it,
***SIGN*** but the big fish got away from me.
***SIGN*** But we did succeed in breaching their flagship,
***SIGN*** so I guess that's worth more than zero points, at least.
**[18:39] Yang**
Shame it turned out that way.
***SIGN*** Of course, they might be thinking the same thing right now.
***SIGN*** He was pretty skilled,
***SIGN*** and he repeatedly evaded my attacks.
**[18:51] Yang**
I guess this means we failed
to change history, huh?
***SIGN*** Anyway, the battle's basically fortress versus fleet now,
***SIGN*** but do you think we can win when it's fleet versus fleet?
**[19:06] Yang**
I don't know.
**[19:07] Yang**
Kempff, the one we fought last time,
**[19:09] Yang**
was probably less flexible
tactically than Reuenthal.
**[19:12] Yang**
But we still just barely
managed to beat him.
**[19:16] Yang**
Who knows where fate will leave us now?
***SIGN*** Don't disappoint me like that!
***SIGN*** I know I've said this before,
***SIGN*** but I believe you're capable of defeating Reinhard von Lohengramm.
***SIGN*** What good is that if you can't defeat his underling?
**[19:31] Yang**
You're free to think whatever you want,
**[19:33] Yang**
but there's no guarantee that subjective
faith will produce an objective result.
**[19:40] Na**
After that, the Imperial Navy kept
its distance from Iserlohn Fortress,
**[19:45] Na**
and the battle fell into a stalemate.
**[19:49] Poplin**
Damn it!
**[19:51] Poplin**
Just when I thought they came here to
do recon, they immediately pulled out!
**[19:55] Konev**
I think they're just playing around.
**[19:58] Poplin**
I prefer people who just play around in
battle over people who take it seriously!
**[20:04] Konev**
It's not your preferences
I have a problem with.
**[20:07] Konev**
I'm concerned about what they're planning.
**[20:10] Poplin**
I get that, but whatever it
is you're worried about,
**[20:15] Poplin**
you know the commander's
already thought of it.
**[20:19] Na**
Poplin was exactly right.
**[20:21] Na**
Yang had already dealt with every
aspect of Reuenthal's attack
**[20:25] Na**
and taken appropriate measures.
**[20:28] Na**
However, he did so not with the
creative methods of an artist,
**[20:33] Na**
but with the intentions of a career worker
doing nothing but the job entrusted to him.
**[20:42] Na**
Yang was clearly lacking much of his
fire and vitality during this time.
**[20:54] Yang**
* They're good leaves, but the hot water*
* was poured on them at the wrong time.*
**[21:00] Yang**
*I know that. I know, but...*
**[21:06] Yang**
*That's right... I know.*
**[21:09] Yang**
* I know what the Imperial*
* Navy's really after, too.*
**[21:12] Yang**
*Just like with the coup d'état before.*
**[21:15] Yang**
*But what good does just knowing do?*
**[21:19] Yang**
* Whatever happens to the Free Planets*
* Alliance now has nothing to do with me.*
**[21:24] Julian**
*Nothing good comes of being all depressed.*
**[21:34] Yang**
I knew it.
**[21:36] Yang**
I shouldn't have let you go.
**[21:40] Yang**
That's right. This isn't
the time to be depressed.
**[21:43] Yang**
The other side is about to make their move.
**[21:52] Oskar**
It's just about time.
***SIGN*** Galactic Empire Capital Planet Odin
**[21:56] Na**
High Admiral Reuenthal
**[21:58] Na**
complained to the capital about
Iserlohn Fortress's defenses and resistance
**[22:04] Na**
in an appeal to Fleet Admiral
Lohengramm for reinforcements.
**[22:10] Citizen1**
Looks like they're sending
reinforcements to Iserlohn.
**[22:13] Citizen2**
It's hard to believe Admiral
Reuenthal is struggling so much.
**[22:19] Na**
Reinhard expressed his regret
over Reuenthal's struggle,
**[22:24] Na**
and reached out to the Imperial Navy's
highest-ranking staff officers
**[22:28] Na**
with the goal of conquering
Iserlohn once and for all.
**[22:33] Reinhard**
You will head to the
Iserlohn Corridor as quickly as possible
**[22:37] Reinhard**
and fulfill your duties there.
**[22:39] Reinhard**
If you find yourselves in need of more men,
**[22:42] Reinhard**
I will leave the capital myself
and join your formation.
**[22:48] Wolfgang**
Understood. We will do all we can.
**[22:56] Na**
The admirals knew that the proper nouns
Reinhard used in his order were false.
**[23:03] Na**
The corridor they were heading for
**[23:06] Na**
had a name and location that
differed from Iserlohn's.
**[23:13] Hilde**
It's begun.
**[23:15] Reinhard**
Yes. This is the beginning
of the end, Fräulein.
***SIGN*** Episode 48
***SIGN*** The Occupation of Fezzan
**[25:01] Na**
Next time, "The Occupation of Fezzan."
# E48 - The Occupation of Fezzan
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***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[01:42] Na**
The fleet led by Galactic Imperial Navy
High Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
**[01:47] Na**
departed the capital Odin for the
Iserlohn Corridor... or so it appeared.
**[02:04] EnsignA**
Something's not right.
**[02:06] EnsignA**
Don't you think so?
**[02:08] EnsignB**
Yeah. It's obvious the fleet isn't
heading for the Iserlohn Corridor.
**[02:13] EnsignA**
You noticed that, too?
**[02:15] EnsignB**
It's heading in a different direction from
Iserlohn and outside Imperial territory.
**[02:19] EnsignB**
That can only mean one thing.
**[02:21] EnsignA**
You mean...
**[02:23] EnsignD**
There's a notice from
High Admiral Wolfgang to all fleets!
**[02:37] Wolfgang**
* Our destination is not*
* the Iserlohn Corridor.*
**[02:42] Wolfgang**
*It is the Fezzan Corridor.*
**[02:45] Wolfgang**
* Our ultimate objective, of course,*
* is not to stop at Fezzan,*
**[02:51] Wolfgang**
* but to use it as a rear base for*
* our passage through the corridor*
**[02:55] Wolfgang**
* and subdue the insurgents calling*
* themselves the Free Planets Alliance,*
**[02:59] Wolfgang**
* putting an end to the war that has*
* divided humanity for centuries.*
**[03:04] Wolfgang**
*That is the goal of this expedition.*
**[03:08] Wolfgang**
*We are not here simply to fight and conquer,*
**[03:13] Wolfgang**
*but to turn a new page in the book of history.*
**[03:17] Wolfgang**
* Of course, achieving this*
* goal will not be easy.*
**[03:21] Wolfgang**
*The Alliance territory is vast,*
**[03:23] Wolfgang**
* and their military boasts a great number*
* of troops and brilliant leaders.*
**[03:28] Wolfgang**
But by taking control
of the Fezzan Corridor,
**[03:32] Wolfgang**
we can give ourselves an
overwhelming advantage.
**[03:37] Wolfgang**
I know I can expect all
of you to fight bravely.
**[03:44] EnsignA**
This will change history!
**[03:46] EnsignB**
Yeah. I never even dreamed
I'd live to see the day.
**[03:52] EnsignB**
I thought we'd just keep serving
the nobility to stay alive,
**[03:55] EnsignB**
only to die in a battle we
had no hope of winning.
**[04:00] EnsignB**
But now, under Fleet Admiral Lohengramm,
**[04:03] EnsignB**
we get to fight in the battle
to unify the universe.
**[04:06] EnsignB**
I couldn't be more proud!
***SIGN*** Episode 48
***SIGN*** The Occupation of Fezzan
**[04:23] OperatorB**
Gravitational anomaly
detected in the corridor!
**[04:25] OperatorB**
What *are* these numbers?!
**[04:33] OperatorB**
That was dangerous, damn it!
Who the hell is that?!
**[04:37] Bomel**
This is...
**[04:39] Bomel**
Contact Central Space Port Control!
**[04:42] OperatorA**
Transmission failed!
They're jamming our comms!
**[04:45] Bomel**
Break off course! Get us out
of here before they take us!
**[04:49] OperatorA/B**
Right!
**[05:01] A**
What's that?
**[05:02] B**
It's kind of pretty.
**[05:06] Julian**
It's started. Just like the admiral said.
**[05:13] ControllerB**
Descending merchant ship *Leonov*, please
proceed along Central Space Port invasion route B.
**[05:13] ControllerA**
It's the Galactic Empire!
***SIGN*** Fezzan Central Space Port Control Station
**[05:15] ControllerA**
The fleet that just appeared in our
orbit is from the Galactic Empire!
**[05:18] ControllerB**
*Slavyanka* en route through sector 12, stand by
until you receive orders from *Kapustin* in sector 17.
**[05:19] Control Center Chief**
What?!
**[05:20] ControllerA**
This is the Fezzan Central
Space Port Control Station.
**[05:22] ControllerA**
Message to the Imperial fleet in our orbit:
**[05:26] ControllerA**
Please comply with all orders from control!
**[05:30] ControllerA**
*This is a demilitarized zone.*
**[05:32] ControllerA**
* Intrusion by military vessels will be*
* penalized for violation of the law.*
**[05:36] ControllerA**
*You are ordered to comply!*
**[05:43] ControllerA**
*Warning! This is a demilitarized zone!*
**[05:44] ControllerB**
The Imperial fleet is descending!
**[05:46] ControllerA**
* Intrusion by military vessels will be*
* penalized for violation of the law!*
**[05:46] Control Center Chief**
Contact the leader's office!
**[05:49] Control Center Chief**
Fezzan was supposed to be a neutral state...
**[05:53] Control Center Chief**
How did we not know about
this until it happened?
**[06:10] C**
Sorry! Outta my way!
**[06:14] Wolfgang**
Once again...
**[06:17] Wolfgang**
There are four targets in this
first stage of subjugation.
**[06:20] Wolfgang**
The Central Space Port Control Station,
**[06:22] Wolfgang**
the Navigation Bureau,
**[06:24] Wolfgang**
the Dominion leader's office,
**[06:26] Wolfgang**
and the Alliance commissioner's office.
**[06:28] Wolfgang**
We will rapidly subdue these four locations
**[06:31] Wolfgang**
and take control of the backbone of Fezzan!
**[06:35] Marinesk**
I can't find the outstanding
account vouchers!
**[06:38] Marinesk**
Hey!
**[06:39] Marinesk**
Take the second set of
books and get out of here!
**[07:14] Wolfgang**
* There is one thing I want you to keep in*
* mind while carrying out this objective.*
***SIGN*** Fezzan Dominion Leader's Office
**[07:19] Wolfgang**
*This order is absolute.*
**[07:23] Wolfgang**
* Any who cause harm to civilians*
* or engage in looting*
**[07:28] Wolfgang**
* will be executed by firing squad*
* following a summary trial.*
**[07:32] Wolfgang**
Know that Wolfgang Mittermeyer
does not go back on his word.
**[07:36] Wolfgang**
Anyone who sullies the
honor of the Imperial Navy
**[07:39] Wolfgang**
will receive punishment
befitting their crime.
**[07:42] Wolfgang**
Remember this.
**[07:45] Wolfgang**
Also...
**[07:47] Wolfgang**
What happened to the Empire's
commissioner for Fezzan?
**[07:50] Droysen**
Well... there are concerns that he may be
attacked by rioting locals,
**[07:56] Droysen**
so we were asked to provide
an escort force for him.
**[07:59] Wolfgang**
Making demands of us the moment we arrive?
**[08:03] Wolfgang**
All right, then.
**[08:05] Wolfgang**
Send him a battalion from our landing force.
**[08:08] Wolfgang**
If he's too scared to walk the streets,
**[08:10] Wolfgang**
he can hardly be expected
to come and greet us.
**[08:14] Louis**
Setup complete.
**[08:16] Julian**
Here, too.
**[08:18] Henslow**
What do we do now?
**[08:20] Henslow**
Don't you have some idea?!
I need you to have *something*!
**[08:25] Julian**
Let's get going for now.
**[08:28] SoldierA**
*Team 1 in position.*
**[08:30] SoldierB**
*Team 2 in position.*
**[08:32] SoldierC**
*Thermal images detected.*
**[08:34] SoldierC**
*There are at least three people inside.*
**[08:37] Glaeser**
Begin infiltration.
**[08:45] SoldierA**
*It came from the roof!*
**[08:47] Glaeser**
Subdue them.
**[09:03] SoldierA**
There's no one here.
**[09:05] SoldierB**
The three thermal images were a bluff.
**[09:07] SoldierB**
And the shots from the roof came from simple
turrets made by attaching sensors to rifles.
**[09:14] Glaeser**
They were buying time, and we helped them.
**[09:17] Glaeser**
And the data from the commissioner's office?
**[09:19] Soldierb**
We can't find it.
They've already wiped everything.
**[09:24] Glaeser**
I guess they have some talented personnel
outside of Yang's fleet at Iserlohn, too.
**[09:34] Rupert**
The Central Space Port has already
been occupied by the Imperial Navy.
**[09:40] Rupert**
Are you listening, Landesherr?
**[09:44] Rubinsky**
Yes.
**[09:45] Rupert**
It appears Fezzan's last day
is now within arm's reach.
**[09:51] Rupert**
Soon enough, Boltik will come barging in,
backed by the might of the Imperial Navy,
**[09:56] Rupert**
to steal your position and assume
power far greater than he can handle.
**[10:05] Rupert**
Your time is over.
**[10:07] Rubinsky**
Are you giving me your personal
guarantee that my time is over?
**[10:13] Rupert**
As far as that goes, I am of
the same opinion as Boltik.
**[10:17] Rupert**
If an actor occupies the stage
too long after his part is over,
**[10:22] Rupert**
he becomes a nuisance to
those who come after.
**[10:24] Rupert**
I would appreciate it if you
would make your exit with haste.
**[10:28] Rubinsky**
You agree with Duke Lohengramm,
then, with regard to the opinion
**[10:32] Rubinsky**
that I am more unmanageable than Boltik?
**[10:36] Rubinsky**
I suppose I should be honored.
**[10:39] Rupert**
You can try to glorify
yourself all you want.
**[10:42] Rupert**
I don't give a damn what you say.
**[10:52] Rubinsky**
I see how it is.
**[10:54] Rubinsky**
You bare your fangs the moment
an opportunity arises.
**[10:57] Rubinsky**
Well, I can't say you aren't
quick to seize an opportunity,
**[11:01] Rubinsky**
but don't you think you're
making it a bit obvious?
**[11:04] Rupert**
If I know I'll be given the
chance to make a correction,
**[11:07] Rupert**
there's no need to hesitate
on changing the initial plan.
**[11:11] Rupert**
That's my opinion, Landesherr.
**[11:15] Rubinsky**
Still, there's no need to get your
own hands dirty, is there, Rupert?
**[11:23] Rupert**
If I'm going to become Fezzan's leader,
**[11:25] Rupert**
you're in my way regardless.
**[11:28] Rupert**
Because you're the kind of man who can't stay
alive if you're not stabbing others in the back.
**[11:34] Rubinsky**
But you know, Rupert...
**[11:36] Rupert**
Keep my name out of your mouth!
**[11:40] Rubinsky**
I am your father.
**[11:43] Rubinsky**
I should be allowed to call
you by your first name.
**[11:46] Rupert**
My father?!
**[11:49] Rupert**
Let me tell you what a father is!
**[11:56] Rupert**
No. Enough talk.
**[12:14] Rubinsky**
This is something we haven't sold to
either the Empire or the Alliance yet.
**[12:18] Rubinsky**
It's called optical camouflage.
**[12:23] Rubinsky**
I knew you wanted to kill me.
**[12:27] Rubinsky**
I also knew why you came here tonight.
**[12:30] Rubinsky**
That's why I had these ready.
**[12:34] Rupert**
How... did you know?
**[12:38] Dominique**
I'm sorry.
**[12:40] Rupert**
You... bitch!
**[12:43] Rubinsky**
The bad parts of you are
too similar to my own.
**[12:46] Rubinsky**
If you were a bit less ambitious and greedy,
**[12:49] Rubinsky**
perhaps I could have entrusted my
position and authority to you one day.
**[12:55] Rubinsky**
You may have known everything,
**[12:57] Rubinsky**
but you didn't know how to wait
until the time was right.
**[13:02] Rupert**
I never wanted you to
entrust me with anything.
**[13:11] Rupert**
I'm going to steal it from you.
**[13:13] Rupert**
I'll take away everything you have.
That's the decision I made.
**[13:17] Rupert**
I won't let you keep anything...
**[13:21] Rupert**
Not even me!
**[13:31] BodyguardA**
Landesherr, what will you do now?
**[13:34] Rubinsky**
During the coup d'état,
Chairman Trunicht of the Free Planets Alliance
**[13:39] Rubinsky**
hid in safety until it was over.
**[13:42] Rubinsky**
I suppose we should follow
his shining example.
**[13:48] Rubinsky**
Let's go.
**[13:59] Dominique**
Farewell, Rupert.
**[14:05] Na**
The dominion leader,
Adrian Rubinsky, was never found.
**[14:10] Na**
All the Empire found was the body of
a young man who'd been shot to death.
**[14:34] Na**
Having subjugated Fezzan,
Mittermeyer was a very busy man.
**[14:39] Droysen**
I've stationed the second
infantry brigade in the city.
**[14:39] Na**
As one of only three men in the Imperial
Navy with the rank of high admiral
**[14:43] Wolfgang**
All right.
**[14:45] Na**
and a born-and-bred military man,
**[14:48] Na**
his knowledge of economics
was not especially strong.
**[14:53] Na**
Still, he did know that attempting to manage the economy
at a day-to-day level
**[14:58] Na**
would benefit the Empire in no way whatsoever.
**[15:02] Na**
Banking and securities continued
without interruption,
**[15:06] Na**
and the distribution of energy and everyday
commodities carried on as it always had,
**[15:10] Na**
so for now, the citizens could
breathe a sigh of relief.
**[15:16] Na**
On top of all this, Mittermeyer issued
a proclamation as a naval commander,
**[15:20] Na**
declaring that anyone who raised
prices or refused a sale
**[15:24] Na**
without a legitimate reason
would be severely punished.
**[15:32] Na**
Mittermeyer's record as a provisional
administrator was nearly perfect,
**[15:36] Na**
but it was not without its dark marks...
**[15:40] Na**
because there were some instances of
soldiers assaulting civilian women.
**[15:47] Na**
At the orders of a furious Mittermeyer,
**[15:49] Na**
the guilty parties were immediately found,
**[15:52] Na**
and after a summary trial,
**[15:54] Na**
they were publicly executed
at St. Therese Square.
**[15:59] Na**
While it may have seemed cruel,
**[16:01] Na**
this public execution was necessary
**[16:04] Na**
in order to prevent
distrust in the military,
**[16:07] Na**
as well as to ease the negative
emotions of the citizens
**[16:11] Na**
and avoid triggering a civilian uprising.
**[16:24] Na**
That same day, Neidhart Müller from
the second wave of Imperial forces
**[16:27] Na**
arrived on Fezzan.
**[16:29] Müller**
It's an honor, sir.
**[16:31] Wolfgang**
I've been waiting for you.
I've felt so helpless here.
**[16:35] Müller**
You jest, sir.
**[16:37] Müller**
Still, you managed to assume control
of Fezzan in just four days.
**[16:42] Müller**
Remarkable.
**[16:45] Wolfgang**
Either way, doing work that isn't
combat is making me stiff.
**[16:52] Na**
Then, two days later...
**[16:59] Na**
Reinhard von Lohengramm,
along with his closest officers,
**[17:04] Na**
set foot on Fezzani soil.
**[17:31] Soldier4**
Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:35] Soldier1**
Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:37] Soldier2**
Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:38] Soldier3**
Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:40] Soldiers**
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:46] Soldiers**
Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:51] Soldiers**
Mein Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
Mein Kaiser! Sieg Kaiser!
**[17:57] EnsignB**
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
**[18:00] Soldiers**
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard! Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
**[18:06] Soldiers**
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard! Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
**[18:08] Wolfgang**
They're calling you their emperor.
**[18:12] Wolfgang**
"Mein Kaiser," they say.
**[18:15] Reinhard**
They're being a bit hasty.
**[18:18] Soldiers**
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
**[18:26] Na**
Reinhard wouldn't declare himself emperor
**[18:30] Na**
and have his coronation
until the following year,
**[18:34] Na**
but this was the day his soldiers
began to openly address him
**[18:40] Na**
as "Mein Kaiser" and "Kaiser Reinhard."
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Temporary Fleet Admiral's Mansion
**[18:58] Na**
Reinhard set his his temporary Fleet Admiral's
Mansion in a requisitioned luxury hotel.
**[19:05] Reinhard**
On my name, I declare that
none of the civil rights
**[19:10] Reinhard**
that the Fezzani have been guaranteed
up until now will be taken away.
**[19:15] Reinhard**
My only wish is for the Empire and
the Dominion to be closely unified.
**[19:22] Wolfgang**
Understood.
**[19:25] Wolfgang**
Also, there are a few things
I must apologize for.
**[19:29] Reinhard**
Such as?
**[19:31] Wolfgang**
I failed to capture Landesherr Rubinsky
and Alliance Commissioner Henslow.
**[19:36] Wolfgang**
In addition, the data from the Alliance
commissioner's office was lost.
**[19:41] Wolfgang**
This failure falls upon me.
I sincerely apologize.
**[19:45] Reinhard**
I suppose it couldn't all go perfectly.
**[19:49] Reinhard**
If you couldn't do it, I'm sure
no one else could, either.
**[19:54] Reinhard**
You don't need to apologize.
**[19:57] Mittermeyer**
Thank you, sir.
**[20:00] Reinhard**
What are your thoughts, Fräulein Mariendorf,
**[20:03] Reinhard**
on what the Black Fox is planning?
**[20:06] Hilde**
Currently, I believe he has
acknowledged his defeat.
**[20:10] Hilde**
I suspect that's why he is hiding,
**[20:13] Hilde**
while also anticipating that Commissioner
Boltik is incapable of ruling Fezzan.
**[20:18] Hilde**
He believes that when he fails pathetically,
**[20:21] Hilde**
his turn will come again someday,
**[20:24] Hilde**
whether it's you, Duke Lohengramm,
or the Fezzani people who seek him out.
**[20:31] Reinhard**
You're probably right.
**[20:41] Streit**
You must be exhausted
after your long journey.
**[20:44] Streit**
You only arrived yesterday.
**[20:46] Streit**
Why not save your visit to the
Navigation Bureau for another day?
**[20:49] Reinhard**
I'm going now.
Rücke, tell Kisling that.
**[20:53] Rücke**
Yes, sir.
**[21:12] Reinhard**
Wait here.
**[21:14] Kisling**
Yes, sir.
**[21:58] Reinhard**
Let's go, Kircheis,
**[22:01] Reinhard**
to claim the universe for you and me.
**[22:32] Na**
The year UC 798, or IC 489,
**[22:38] Na**
so vanishes into the past
amidst chaos and confusion.
**[22:43] Na**
At this time, how many of
**[22:46] Na**
the forty billion people in the universe
truly know what they need to do
**[22:56] Na**
and what role they play in history?
**[23:00] Na**
Now, shouts of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard" are
poised to overwhelm the entire universe.
**[23:08] Na**
For both those who see this as a good
omen and those who see it as a bad omen,
**[23:13] Na**
the only thing that proceeds with fairness
and impartiality is the passage of time.