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."