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."