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."