# 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."