E2 - The Battle of Astarte

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[00:02] Na
    In the year SE 796,
[00:05] Na
    also known to history as IC 487,
[00:08] Na
    a Galactic Imperial Navy fleet of
    20,000 warships, led by Reinhard,
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    faced the Free Planets Alliance
    Navy in the Astarte Starzone.
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    The Alliance, with its superior numbers,
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    attempted to surround the
    Imperial Navy on three sides,
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    but the Imperials struck
    each of their fleets individually
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    led to the loss of the 4th and 6th
    Fleets, sealing the Alliance's defeat.
[00:30] Na
    But then a voice heard in a message
    transmitted by the Alliance said,
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    "Do not worry. Obey my orders,
    and you will be saved."
SIGN    X Hours Earlier
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 2nd Fleet Flagship
    Patroklos
[02:55] Yang
    Yang Wen-li, reporting as ordered, sir.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Deputy Staff Officer
    Commodore Yang Wen-li
[03:00] Paetta
    I looked at the battle plan you submitted.
[03:03] Paetta
    It was a very interesting proposal.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Commander
    Vice Admiral Paetta
[03:06] Paetta
    But I fear it may be overly prudent,
    perhaps even a bit passive.
[03:10] Yang
    Is it, sir?
[03:12] Paetta
    It's certainly hard to imagine
    we'd lose if we used it,
[03:15] Paetta
    but there's no point in
    simply "not losing."
[03:18] Paetta
    We have to win.
[03:19] Paetta
    Our forces have surrounded
    the enemy on three sides,
[03:22] Paetta
    and we have twice their numbers.
[03:25] Paetta
    With all these factors on our side,
[03:27] Paetta
    why must we simply contrive to not lose?
[03:31] Yang
    But, sir, our encirclement
    is not yet complete.
[03:35] Paetta
    In any case, I'm rejecting this proposal.
[03:38] Paetta
    Just so we're clear, this is
    nothing personal against you.
[03:45] Yang
    Understood, sir.
[03:47] Lao
    Commodore!
[03:52] Yang
    And... you are?
[03:54] Lao
    Lao, a staff officer.
SIGN    2nd Fleet Staff Officer
    Lieutenant Commander Lao
[03:56] Lao
    It's an honor to be on the same
    team as the hero of El Facil.
[04:00] Yang
    Please, don't call me a hero.
[04:04] Yang
    So, what did you need from me?
[04:06] Lao
    From the look on your face,
[04:08] Lao
    I would assume Vice Admiral Paetta
    didn't accept the plan you proposed.
[04:12] Yang
    You assume correctly.
[04:15] Yang
    Did I look that depressed?
[04:21] Lao
    Might I ask how Your Excellency
    feels about our current situation?
[04:27] Yang
    We do have a clear advantage,
[04:30] Yang
    but if I were our enemy, I wouldn't
    consider myself in dire peril.
[04:38] Lao
    Commodore.
[04:40] Lao
    I have the luck of the devil.
[04:43] Lao
    In the past, I was one of three survivors
    when my fleet was destroyed.
[04:47] Yang
    I certainly wish I could
    share that luck with you.
[04:50] Lao
    As someone who's been through that,
    I'm optimistic about this mission.
[04:54] Lao
    Please, don't feel discouraged.
[04:57] Yang
    Thanks...
SIGN    Episode 2
SIGN    The Battle of Astarte
[05:06] Guy
    Patrol craft 371 to flagship Patroklos.
[05:09] Guy
    The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
    found in the anticipated sector.
[05:12] Guy
    Repeat...
[05:13] Guy
    The Imperial Navy fleet could not be
    found in the anticipated sector.
[05:17] Paetta
    What? That doesn't make sense.
[05:20] Paetta
    It's inconceivable!
[05:22] Paetta
    Urgent transmission to the
    4th Fleet commander!
[05:25] Guy
    No response. It appears the enemy
    has jammed the radio waves.
[05:28] Guy
    Unable to establish a
    link to the 4th Fleet.
[05:29] Lao
    It turned out just like you said.
[05:31] Yang
    Not that I'm happy about that.
[05:38] Yang
    With our encirclement still incomplete,
[05:41] Yang
    taking out our fleets individually
    would be the logical strategy.
SIGN    Meanwhile
    Free Planets Alliance Navy 4th Fleet
[05:48] Yang
    So they're not making the same mistake
    they made in the Slaughter at Dagon.
[05:59] Paetta
    Commodore Yang!
[06:02] Yang
    Yes, sir?
[06:03] Paetta
    How do you view our situation?
    Tell me what you think.
[06:08] Yang
    The enemy must be planning to take
    out our fleets individually.
[06:12] Yang
    The obvious choice would be to target the
    4th Fleet first, as it's the smallest.
[06:17] Yang
    They've exercised their right to choose
    which of our scattered forces to confront.
[06:23] Paetta
    Do you think the 4th Fleet can hold out?
[06:27] Yang
    The side that has the greater numbers and
    makes the first move has the advantage.
[06:32] Paetta
    In any case, we need to rush to the
    battlefield and aid the 4th Fleet.
[06:36] Paetta
    If we're lucky, it's possible we could
    strike the Imperial Navy's rear flank.
[06:40] Paetta
    That will give us an instant advantage.
[06:43] Yang
    I don't believe that's possible.
[06:45] Paetta
    What do you mean?
[06:47] Yang
    The battle will have ended
    by the time we get there.
[06:51] Yang
    The enemy will leave to strike the rear
    flank of either the 2nd or the 6th Fleet.
[06:59] Yang
    We've lost the initiative.
[07:01] Yang
    In fact, they've taken it
    from us at every turn.
[07:03] Yang
    It's my opinion that there is no need
    for us to play into the enemy's hands.
[07:07] Paetta
    What do you suggest we do, then?!
[07:10] Yang
    Change our procedure.
[07:12] Yang
    Instead of departing to aid the 4th Fleet,
[07:15] Yang
    we merge with the 6th Fleet
    as soon as possible
[07:18] Yang
    and create a new battlefield
    in that sector.
[07:21] Yang
    The two fleets combined
    would total 28,000 ships,
[07:24] Yang
    so we would face the enemy with higher
    than fifty-fifty odds of victory.
[07:28] Paetta
    You're suggesting we leave
    the 4th Fleet to die?
[07:32] Yang
    If we left now, we still
    wouldn't reach them in time.
[07:35] Paetta
    You can't be certain of that!
[07:37] Paetta
    The 4th Fleet won't be so easily defeated.
[07:41] Paetta
    If they can hold out...
[07:44] Yang
    I've already advised you
    that it's impossible.
[07:47] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, reality doesn't
    rely solely on your calculations!
[07:52] Paetta
    The one leading their expeditionary
    force is Count Lohengramm.
[07:56] Paetta
    He is young and inexperienced.
[07:58] Yang
    Commander, sir, you say
    he is inexperienced,
[08:01] Yang
    but his strategic ideas are—
[08:03] Paetta
    Enough, Commodore!
[08:05] Paetta
    Vice Admiral Pastolle is a veteran.
[08:07] Paetta
    He will not go down easily!
[08:25] Yang
    Jean, we were ordered to
    halt communications.
[08:28] Lapp
    The enemy isn't in the area where
    we expected to find them.
[08:31] Yang
    I know.
[08:32] Lapp
    No hope for the 4th Fleet, then?
[08:34] Yang
    Most likely not.
[08:36] Yang
    The enemy will probably go
    after the 6th Fleet next.
[08:39] Lapp
    If so, they'll increase the interference
    on our communications.
[08:43] Lapp
    That means this is the last time I contact you.
[08:46] Lapp
    Let's both do everything we can.
[08:48] Lapp
    I'll advise Vice Admiral Moore to
    rendezvous with the 2nd Fleet.
[08:52] Yang
    I'll try advising Vice Admiral
    Paetta again, as well, but...
[08:56] Lapp
    Yang, if anything happens to
    me, take care of Jessica.
[08:59] Yang
    Don't start talking like that.
[09:02] Lapp
    And you call yourself a military man?
[09:04] Yang
    It's why I don't really fit
    in with the military.
[09:08] Yang
    Stay alive and go home to Jessica.
[09:10] Yang
    I don't want to hear dying
    requests from you.
[09:12] Lapp
    All right, Yang.
[09:15] Lapp
    I wish you luck.
[09:19] Guy
    Signal lost.
[09:20] Yang
    Don't die, Jean.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy 6th Fleet
[09:23] Guy
    Enemy attack from the right rear flank!
[09:25] Guy
    The enemy jam has severed our data link!
[09:28] Guy
    Shields incomplete!
[09:36] Guy
    Transmission from the Imperial Navy.
[09:38] Guy
    "You are completely surrounded.
[09:40] Guy
    You have no escape.
[09:42] Guy
    Surrender. You will be shown mercy."
[09:53] Lapp
    Jessica...
[09:58] Yang
    Your Excellency.
[10:00] Yang
    You can see the situation we're in.
[10:03] Yang
    The enemy is certain to target
    our own 2nd Fleet next.
[10:08] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, do you have any
    ideas that aren't passive?
[10:12] Yang
    I haven't given any advice
    that was not proactive.
[10:16] Guy
    Radio signal jammed.
    Scouting system partially offline.
[10:20] Guy
    Optical signal detecting approaching ship.
[10:22] Guy
    Analyzing image.
    Most likely an enemy craft.
[10:25] Paetta
    Type I order to all crafts!
    Report to battle stations!
[10:28] Paetta
    Now!
[10:30] Yang
    That was faster than I expected.
[11:03] Yang
    Your Excellency!
[11:05] Yang
    Commander Paetta is wounded.
[11:08] Yang
    Ready the sick bay immediately.
[11:11] Yang
    Are any officers still alive in here?
[11:14] Yang
    I'm all right.
[11:15] Yang
    Lieutenant Commander Lao.
[11:17] Lao
    I told you... I have the luck of the devil.
[11:24] Paetta
    Commodore Yang, take command of the fleet.
[11:28] Yang
    Me, sir?
[11:30] Paetta
    It seems you are the highest ranked
    among the surviving officers.
[11:34] Paetta
    We need your skills as a tactician...
[11:38] Lao
    I guess he really respected you, deep down.
[11:41] Yang
    You think so?
[11:46] Yang
    Message to all fleets.
[11:48] Yang
    I am Commodore Yang Wen-li,
    deputy staff officer to Commander Paetta.
[11:53] Yang
    Our flagship, Patroklos, has been hit,
[11:55] Yang
    and Commander Paetta is gravely injured.
[11:58] Yang
    Per the commander's orders, I will
    take over command of all fleets.
[12:05] Yang
    Do not worry. Obey my orders,
    and you will be saved.
[12:09] Yang
    Those who wish to survive,
    remain calm and follow my directions.
[12:14] Yang
    Our force is losing the
    battle at the moment,
[12:17] Yang
    but all that matters is
    that we win in the end.
[12:21] Yang
    We will not lose.
[12:30] Yang
    All ships, focus on destroying individual
    crafts until I give further orders.
[12:45] Reinhard
    "We will not lose"...
[12:46] Reinhard
    "Obey my orders, and you
    will be saved," eh?
[12:51] Reinhard
    I never knew the rebel forces had
    such a braggart among their ranks.
[12:56] Reinhard
    How does he intend to turn his
    disadvantage around at this stage?
[13:02] Reinhard
    Well, no matter.
[13:04] Reinhard
    Let's see what he's got, Kircheis.
[13:06] Kircheis
    Yes.
[13:33] Lao
    The enemy is reforming into
    a spindle formation.
[13:37] Yang
    They must be planning to
    break through our center.
[13:40] Lao
    What will we do?
[13:42] Yang
    I have a plan in mind.
[13:44] Lao
    But how will you give the order?
[13:47] Lao
    The enemy is still jamming
    our communications.
[13:51] Lao
    The data link isn't restored yet, either.
[13:54] Lao
    How can we...
[13:55] Yang
    Don't worry.
[13:57] Yang
    Broadcast a compressed data transmission
    across all frequency ranges.
[14:00] Yang
    Tell each ship to open code C-4 on their tactical intel system.
[14:04] Yang
    Even if the enemy's monitoring us,
    they can't figure anything out
[14:08] Yang
    if that's all we say.
[14:15] Lao
    Even then, he already...
[14:17] Yang
    I had hoped this wouldn't
    be necessary, but alas...
SIGN    2nd Fleet Squadron Flagship
    Manannan Mac Lir
[14:27] Fisher
    Chief engineer, reroute all output
    except life support to the shields.
[14:32] Guy
    Order from flagship Patroklos.
[14:35] Guy
    It says to enable Code C-4 on the
    tactical information system.
[14:38] Fisher
    Do so at once.
[14:43] Aide
    This is...
[14:44] Fisher
    It's a strategic plan for countering
    a breakthrough to our center.
[14:48] Fisher
    Commodore Yang Wen-li
    prepared this in advance?
SIGN    2nd Fleet Squadron Commander
    Commodore Edwin Fischer
[14:54] Fisher
    In accordance with the
    Code C-4 strategic plan,
[14:57] Fisher
    we will henceforth move as a united fleet.
[14:59] Fisher
    Don't rely on the data link.
[15:01] Fisher
    All ships, commence retreat independently.
[15:04] Guy
    Commencing retreat.
[15:15] Lao
    It's working out so far.
[15:16] Lao
    The rest depends on whether our
    men act as we need them to.
[15:20] Yang
    Yes, one misstep and we'll lose all control.
[15:25] Lao
    What will you do if that happens?
[15:29] Yang
    Pretend I was clueless.
[15:40] Kircheis
    Is something the matter?
[15:47] Kircheis
    Reinhard?
[15:48] Reinhard
    It's strange. Something isn't right.
[15:51] Reinhard
    We're winning. There's no doubt about that.
[15:55] Reinhard
    But...
[16:02] Reinhard
    No!
[16:21] Guy
    The enemy has split up and is advancing on
    us at high speed from both sides!
[16:26] Reinhard
    They got us.
[16:28] Reinhard
    They made it look like
    they'd been broken up,
[16:30] Reinhard
    then split into two forces
    to come around behind us.
[16:39] Reinhard
    Our strategy to break through
    their center backfired!
[16:47] Staden
    What?!
[16:52] Kircheis
    What will you do?
    Reverse course and intercept them?
[16:55] Reinhard
    Don't make jokes.
    Are you telling me to be incompetent?
[16:59] Reinhard
    More incompetent than the
    enemy's 4th Fleet commander?
[17:01] Kircheis
    In that case, our only option
    is to move forward.
[17:04] Reinhard
    Precisely.
[17:07] Reinhard
    All fleets, full speed ahead!
[17:09] Reinhard
    Come right up their tails
    as they turn back on us!
[17:44] Lao
    I've never seen a formation
    like this before.
[17:46] Yang
    I'd imagine not. I haven't, either.
[17:50] Yang
    No, this isn't the first time I've seen it.
[17:53] Yang
    This has happened in battlefields
    everywhere since the dawn of time.
[17:59] Reinhard
    What a stupid-looking formation!
[18:01] Reinhard
    This is going to turn into
    a battle of attrition!
[18:23] Yang
    The enemy should begin to pull back soon.
[18:26] Lao
    Then are we going to pursue them?
[18:30] Yang
    Let's not.
[18:32] Yang
    We'll retreat when they do.
[18:36] Yang
    We're already doing all we're capable of.
[18:39] Reinhard
    Kircheis, what do you think?
[18:42] Kircheis
    I think perhaps it's time to end this.
[18:45] Kircheis
    Continuing this battle will only produce
    more casualties on both sides.
[18:49] Kircheis
    There is no strategic purpose to this.
[18:53] Kircheis
    Does that frustrate you?
[18:55] Reinhard
    Not especially, but I would
    have liked more of a win.
[19:00] Reinhard
    It's too bad we couldn't apply
    the finishing touches.
[19:04] Kircheis
    Despite being surrounded by
    the enemy on three sides,
[19:07] Kircheis
    you eliminated two of their fleets with
    a strategy to strike them individually.
[19:11] Kircheis
    Then, with the last of the enemy reversing
    course to come up behind you,
[19:13] Kircheis
    you fought on even footing.
[19:15] Kircheis
    Is that not good enough?
[19:18] Kircheis
    To hope for any more than that
    would be a bit too greedy.
[19:24] Reinhard
    I know that.
[19:38] Reinhard
    The commander of their 2nd Fleet...
[19:42] Reinhard
    The man who assumed
    command during the battle...
[19:44] Reinhard
    What was his name again?
[19:46] Kircheis
    Commodore Yang Wen-li.
[19:48] Reinhard
    Right, Yang.
[19:50] Reinhard
    He just might be the kind of
    person you spoke of earlier.
[20:00] Reinhard
    Send a message to Commodore
    Yang Wen-li in my name.
[20:05] Kircheis
    Certainly.
[20:07] Reinhard
    Now I have something new
    to look forward to.
[20:24] Lao
    Acting Commander Yang, there's a message
    for you from the Imperial Navy.
[20:27] Yang
    For me? Read it.
[20:31] Lao
    "I offer my respect for
    your bravery in battle.
[20:33] Lao
    I pray for your good health
    until we do battle again.
[20:36] Lao
    Galactic Imperial Navy High Admiral
    Reinhard von Lohengramm."
[20:41] Lao
    That's all.
[20:42] Yang
    Respect for my bravery in battle, eh?
[20:45] Yang
    How humbling.
[20:47] Lao
    What shall we do? Will you respond?
[20:50] Yang
    I doubt he expects that of me.
[20:55] Yang
    No matter. Just leave it be.
[20:57] Yang
    More importantly, we must quickly
    retrieve any survivors.
[21:01] Yang
    I want to save as many as we can.
[21:04] Lao
    Understood.
[21:07] Lao
    Thanks to you, my life is spared yet again.
[21:12] Yang
    You just have good luck.
[21:28] Na
    And thus the Battle of
    Astarte came to an end.
[21:33] Na
    The Alliance suffered ten to eleven
    times the losses of the Imperial Navy,
[21:38] Na
    but they barely managed to stop the Galactic
    Empire's invasion of the Astarte Starzone.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Palace
    Neue Sanssouci
[23:42] Official
    The leader of all mankind,
    ruler of all the universe,
[23:47] Official
    keeper of all order and
    law under the heavens,
[23:50] Official
    the holy and inviolable kaiser
    of the Galactic Empire,
[23:53] Official
    His Highness Friedrich IV!
SIGN    36th Kaiser of the Galactic Empire
    Friedrich IV
[24:13] Official
    Count Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[24:25] Na
    On this day, the high admiral
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy,
[24:29] Na
    Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
    was named the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
[24:34] Na
    However, this was but one minor
    step toward his true destination.
SIGN    Episode 3
SIGN    An Indomitable Prodigy
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode three, "The Indomitable Prodigy."