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.