E20 - Tragedy

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[00:04] Na
    With Reinhard's fleet away to
    subjugate the nobles' coalition,
[00:10] Na
    the Kircheis Fleet was acting as a detached
    force to subjugate a frontier starzone.
[00:17] Reinhard
    Littenheim of the traitor force
[00:19] Reinhard
    is leading a fleet of 50,000
    ships in your direction.
[00:23] Kircheis
    Littenheim, the vice leader
    of the coalition?
[00:26] Reinhard
    He probably hopes to claim the glory
    before their leader, Braunschweig, can.
[00:32] Reinhard
    Crush them.
[00:35] Kircheis
    Understood.
[00:37] Reinhard
    You're doing good work for me, Kircheis.
[00:40] Reinhard
    I've heard some referring to you
    as the King of the Frontier.
[00:47] Kircheis
    I only want to end this
    conflict as soon as possible
[00:51] Kircheis
    so that I can return to your side quickly.
[00:55] Reinhard
    I'm sure it won't be long at all
[00:58] ReinharD
    before you and I get to have some
    of my sister's Kelsey plum cake.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:40] Wahlen
    The final battle with Littenheim
[02:43] Wahlen
    will most likely be at the
    Kyffhäuser Starzone.
[02:47] Kircheis
    I will lead 800 ships as our main force.
[02:51] Lutz
    Only 800 ships?
SIGN    Littenheim Fleet Flagship
    Ostmark
[03:05] Guy
    Enemy signal detected!
[03:07] Wilhelm
    The red-haired boy is
    Lohengramm's right hand.
[03:11] Wilhelm
    Let us bring home the scoundrel's head
[03:14] Wilhelm
    and cement our honor as nobles.
[03:17] Wilhelm
    With this victory,
[03:19] Wilhelm
    I will usurp Braunschweig's position.
[03:23] Wilhelm
    Feuer!
[03:28] Na
    The first shots fired in this battle
[03:30] Na
    came in the form of a volley from the
    Littenheim Fleet's main artillery.
SIGN    Lutz Fleet Flagship
    Herðubreið
[03:37] Lutz
    Keep the counterfire to a minimum
SIGN    Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[03:39] Lutz
    until we receive the signal
    from Admiral Kircheis.
SIGN    Wahlen Fleet Flagship
    Salamander
[03:43] Wahlen
    Concentrate on defense.
[03:44] Wahlen
    Be prepared to counterattack
    immediately when the order is given.
SIGN    Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
[03:48] Adjutant
    The enemy is fighting defensively.
[03:50] Adjutant
    They have countered us only minimally.
[03:54] Wilhelm
    How absurd.
[03:56] Wilhelm
    Strike them down in one fell swoop!
[04:16] Kircheis
    We will continue into their center
[04:18] Kircheis
    and stop this conflict at its source.
[04:21] Guy
    Enemy's detached force
    approaching at high speed!
[04:24] Wilhelm
    What?! Recall our allies on the front line!
[04:28] Adjutant
    But they're deep in the enemy ranks!
    They won't get here in time!
[04:31] Wilhelm
    Then fall back!
[04:33] Adjutant
    Our supply fleet is on standby behind us.
[04:37] Wilhelm
    Nonsense! If they're on our side,
    why would they block my esca—
[04:40] Wilhelm
    I mean, my temporary retreat?!
[04:42] Adjutant
    But Your Excellency...
[04:51] Guy
    The enemy flagship has shot
    down its own supply fleet.
[04:54] Guy
    It's on the run.
[04:58] Kircheis
    What a foolish move...
SIGN    Episode 20
SIGN    Tragedy
SIGN    Littenheim Fleet Supply Ship
[05:19] Modell
    Oh, no!
[05:20] Modell
    Are you all right?
[05:23] Rinnesal
    What is a child doing here?
[05:26] Modell
    I'm a student.
[05:29] Modell
    I was dispatched to Garmisch
    to serve as a cabin boy.
[05:33] Rinnesal
    I see.
[05:35] Rinnesal
    What's the world coming to?
[05:37] Rinnesal
    Sending a child onto the battlefield...
[05:41] Modell
    Enemies!
[05:45] Rinnesal
    Who are the enemies here?
[05:55] Modell
    You're going to surrender?
[05:58] Rinnesal
    Do you oppose that, little boy?
SIGN    Konrad von Modell
[06:00] Modell
    Please don't call me that.
[06:02] Modell
    I have a very good name.
    It's Konrad von Modell.
SIGN    Lieutenant Konrad Rinnesal
[06:08] Rinnesal
    What a coincidence.
[06:10] Rinnesal
    My name is Konrad Rinnesal.
[06:12] Rinnesal
    So, younger Konrad, if you don't want
    to surrender, then what would you do?
[06:18] Modell
    I don't know.
[06:21] Rinnesal
    Then let me handle this.
[06:24] Rinnesal
    I've been alive longer than you have,
[06:26] Rinnesal
    and I know a few things.
[06:29] Rinnesal
    Though that wasn't enough to tell me who
[06:32] Rinnesal
    the man I swore loyalty to
    really was, I suppose.
[06:37] Na
    Having escaped from the battlefield,
[06:40] Na
    Littenheim holed up in Garmisch Fortress.
[06:43] Na
    Kircheis quickly surrounded the fortress.
[06:51] Rinnesal
    Forgive me for saluting with my left
    arm, as I have lost my right.
[06:56] Kircheis
    I heard you were on that supply ship.
[06:59] Rinnesal
    I believe I can be of use to you.
[07:02] Rinnesal
    I am a living witness to the fact that
[07:04] Rinnesal
    Marquis Littenheim killed his
    own men to save himself.
[07:09] Kircheis
    I would appreciate your help.
[07:11] Kircheis
    Please send a message advising the
    forces at Garmisch to surrender.
[07:15] Rinnesal
    My arm was blown off by my own lord.
[07:19] Rinnesal
    I will inform those at Garmisch
    of this fact, as well.
[07:23] Rinnesal
    Of course,
[07:25] Rinnesal
    if there are even five people
    there who feel the same way I do,
[07:28] Rinnesal
    that may not be necessary.
[07:34] Wilhem
    Damn that red-haired boy...
[07:37] Guy
    Hold it!
[07:38] Guy
    Stop right there!
[07:40] Guy
    Have you lost your mind?!
SIGN    Commander Laudisch
[07:43] Wilhelm
    What is that filthy thing?!
[07:46] Laudisch
    Filthy?
[07:47] Laudisch
    This is the body of a man
    who was loyal to you!
[07:50] Laudisch
    One of your own men,
    who died so you could escape!
[07:53] Wilhelm
    Escape? How dare you?!
[07:56] Wilhelm
    Who do you think you're speaking to?!
[07:59] Laudisch
    Spaceman First Class Paulus...
[08:01] Laudisch
    This is Marquis Littenheim,
    the man you gave your life to protect.
[08:09] Wilhelm
    Look what you've done!
[08:12] Wilhelm
    Kill him!
[08:14] Wilhelm
    Kill this insolent fool!
[08:16] Wilhelm
    What are you doing?! Kill him!
[08:19] Wilhelm
    Fire at once!
SIGN    Seffle Particles Detected
SIGN    Weapon Use Prohibited
[08:23] Guy
    Don't!
[08:36] Volker
    What was that?
[08:37] Guy
    Confirmed that the explosion
    occurred in the command center.
[08:41] Kircheis
    It looks like there are indeed others
    who agree with you, Lieutenant.
[08:46] Na
    Meanwhile,
[08:47] Na
    the nobles' coalition, which hadn't
    yet learned of Littenheim's defeat,
[08:51] Na
    was engaged in battle
    with Reinhard's fleet
[08:54] Na
    in the starzone surrounding
    Geiersburg Fortress.
SIGN    Reuenthal Fleet Flagship
    Tristan
[09:00] Oskar
    Such vigor, as usual.
[09:03] Oskar
    But you're being masterfully controlled.
[09:08] Oskar
    Admiral Merkatz, eh?
[09:11] Schneider
    The enemy is retreating.
[09:16] Reinhard
    Damn that Reuenthal.
[09:18] Reinhard
    He just gave me some homework to do.
[09:21] Paul
    Admiral Merkatz was a highly renowned
    soldier even before you were born.
[09:28] Paul
    It will make things rather difficult
    if he is allowed free rein.
[09:35] Reinhard
    Free rein, eh? That is the issue here.
[09:39] Reinhard
    I doubt that Braunschweig has the
    capacity to let him do that.
[09:45] Paul
    Understood.
[09:46] Paul
    Rather than taking on Admiral Merkatz himself,
[09:49] Paul
    it may be more prudent to deal
    with the one behind him,
[09:52] Paul
    who is the cause of all his problems.
[09:58] Reinhard
    Hear me, you ignorant, cowardly nobles.
[10:02] Reinhard
    Come out of that fortress and
    fight me like real men.
[10:05] Reinhard
    If you don't have the guts to do that,
[10:07] Reinhard
    then throw away your baseless
    pride and surrender.
[10:11] Reinhard
    Not only will I spare your lives,
[10:14] Reinhard
    I'll even let you keep enough of your
    wealth to keep yourselves alive
[10:17] Reinhard
    in spite of your incompetence.
[10:19] Reinhard
    Make use of what little intelligence
    you have to make the best choice.
[10:24] Otho
    Cut the image!
[10:27] Flegel
    That insufferable brat!
[10:29] Otho
    First, shoot down that insolent
    Mittermeyer's fleet!
[10:33] Ansbach
    But it's outside the fortress's firing range.
[10:37] Otho
    Hmph! Who's really the coward here?
[10:40] Flegel
    Uncle, please give me the
    order to deploy at once!
[10:44] Otho
    Oh! You'll do this for me?
[10:46] Merkatz
    You mustn't.
[10:51] Merkatz
    This is a clear attempt to provoke us.
[10:54] Merkatz
    I forbid anyone to deploy at this time.
[10:57] Flegel
    Are you giving orders to my uncle,
    the leader of this coalition?!
[11:00] Merkatz
    I have full authority in military matters.
[11:03] Merkatz
    That was our agreement.
[11:14] Alfred
    Lord Flegel!
[11:17] Guy
    Please wait, Lord Flegel!
[11:19] Guy
    Baron Flegel!
[11:26] Na
    Ignoring Merkatz's warning,
[11:28] Na
    Flegel and the other young nobles deployed,
[11:31] Na
    and the Mittermeyer Fleet quickly fled.
[11:36] Na
    Flegel was fully confident in his victory.
[11:46] Otho
    What?!
[11:47] Otho
    Garmisch Fortress has fallen
    into the enemy's hands?!
[11:51] Ansbach
    Yes, sir.
[11:51] Otho
    That damned Littenheim was a pain
    in my side to the very end!
[11:57] Otho
    However...
[11:59] Otho
    This means I alone am worthy to bear
    the future of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[12:06] Ansbach
    But we have lost half of our forces.
[12:13] Guy
    Lord Flegel!
[12:15] Guy
    Baron Flegel!
[12:20] Flegel
    Did you bear witness to our victory, Uncle?
[12:24] Otho
    You did splendidly, Flegel!
[12:27] Flegel
    They were certainly quick to run away.
[12:31] Flegel
    I guess that's what the nickname
    "Gale Wolf" truly meant.
[12:37] Merkatz
    I have a message for all of you.
[12:40] Merkatz
    Surrender your rank insignias and weapons
[12:42] Merkatz
    and prepare yourselves
    to be court-martialed.
[12:45] Merkatz
    Violation of orders will be judged in
    accordance with military regulations.
[12:49] Flegel
    As a proud noble, I would
    rather die in battle
[12:53] Flegel
    than be judged by a commander with
    no courage or self-respect!
[12:59] Flegel
    If I must be unjustly court-martialed,
[13:01] Flegel
    I'll just end my life right here and now!
[13:04] Flegel
    I do not fear death!
[13:08] Alfred
    We can't let Rear Admiral Flegel die alone!
[13:12] Alfred
    Let us all take our lives right here
[13:15] Alfred
    so that future generations will see
    our pride as Imperial nobility!
[13:19] Otho
    Now, wait a moment.
[13:22] Otho
    Admiral Merkatz does have full
    authority in military matters.
[13:25] Otho
    But it is I, the coalition leader,
    who decides whether or not we fight.
[13:31] Otho
    I'm sure that makes sense to you, yes?
[13:35] Otho
    Your courage and self-respect
[13:38] Otho
    have shown everyone the true
    spirit of Imperial nobility
[13:42] Otho
    and dealt a crushing blow to
    those conceited peasants.
[13:47] Flegel
    Uncle...
[13:50] Otho
    There is no need to fear Lohengramm!
[13:53] Otho
    We will be victorious!
[13:55] Otho
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[13:58] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:02] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:03] Both
    Long live the Empire!
[14:05] Alfred
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:07] Flegel
    ...Empire!
[14:08] Flegel
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
[14:12] All
    Long live the Galactic Empire!
SIGN    Braunschweig Fleet Flagship
    Alvíss
[14:17] Na
    Braunschweig, having fallen
    for Reinhard's provocation,
[14:20] Na
    led the coalition's forces into battle himself.
[14:29] Paul
    This has gone exactly as we planned.
[14:32] Otho
    Crush those lowly peasants to dust!
[14:36] Otho
    Feuer!
[14:48] Flegel
    Look at that. They're running away again.
[14:52] Flegel
    Once you get used to running away,
    I suppose you feel no shame in it anymore.
[14:57] Flegel
    But I won't let them escape this time.
[15:01] Wolfgang
    I think it's time.
[15:03] Wolfgang
    Let's show those moronic
    nobles how to fight a war.
[15:10] Guy
    Enemy fleets have appeared
    on both sides of us!
[15:13] Flegel
    What?!
SIGN    Mecklinger Fleet Flagship
    Gandharva
SIGN    Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
SIGN    Kempff Fleet Flagship
    Galdhøpiggen
SIGN    Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
SIGN    Merkatz Fleet Flagship
    Minerva
[15:59] Wolfgang
    Is that...
[16:04] Wolfgang
    Admiral Merkatz!
[16:07] Wolfgang
    Fall back! We're going to regroup!
[16:13] Merkatz
    Don't pursue them too far.
[16:15] Merkatz
    We need to use this opening to get
    Duke Braunschweig to safety.
[16:19] Schneider
    Yes, sir.
[16:21] Guy
    Incoming transmission
    from flagship Alvíss.
[16:23] Guy
    Connecting.
[16:26] Otho
    Merkatz! Why didn't you
    come to help us sooner?!
[16:30] Otho
    What kind of commander-in-chief are you?!
[16:32] Otho
    You put your leader in danger,
    you useless fool!
[16:37] Otho
    Cut the transmission!
[16:41] Merkatz
    Don't be too angry,
    Lieutenant Commander Schneider.
[16:45] Merkatz
    Duke Braunschweig is a sick man.
[16:48] Merkatz
    His sickness was fostered by a 500-year
    tradition of noble privilege.
[16:54] Merkatz
    In truth, he is a victim.
[16:57] Merkatz
    A century ago, that might
    have worked, but now...
[17:01] Merkatz
    What an unfortunate man.
[17:07] Na
    To make matters worse for
    the routed Braunschweig,
[17:11] Na
    he then received some bad news.
SIGN    Planet Westerland
[17:16] Na
    A revolt had broken out in Westerland,
    the planet he ruled over.
[17:29] Na
    Dissatisfaction with the many years of
    tyrannical rule by the duke and nobles
[17:34] Na
    had finally come to a head.
[17:37] Na
    Braunschweig's nephew, Baron Scheidt,
[17:41] Na
    who had been ruling the planet in
    his stead, was gravely injured
[17:44] Na
    and died shortly thereafter.
[17:51] Otho
    Those lowly peasants...
[17:54] Otho
    How dare they harm a member of my
    family with their filthy hands?!
[18:01] Otho
    We will launch a nuclear
    strike on Westerland.
[18:05] Ansbach
    Your Excellency, no! Not that!
[18:08] Otho
    Don't let a single one of
    those peasants escape alive!
[18:11] Ansbach
    I beg you to reconsider!
[18:13] Ansbach
    That planet is your own domain!
[18:16] Ansbach
    If we just take out their leader—
[18:17] Otho
    Silence!
[18:18] Otho
    I decide what happens in my own domain!
[18:21] Otho
    When Emperor Rudolf executed
    hundreds of millions of insurgents,
[18:26] Otho
    he laid the foundation for
    the Galactic Empire itself!
[18:32] Ansbach
    In that case...
[18:34] Ansbach
    This is the end of the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[18:37] Otho
    What?!
[18:38] Ansbach
    How can one continue to stand after
    cutting off one's own limbs?
[18:43] Otho
    What did you say?
[18:45] Otho
    You dare insult not only me,
    but Emperor Rudolf, as well?
[18:51] Otho
    Is anyone there?!
[18:53] Otho
    This man is a traitor to the Emperor!
[18:55] Otho
    Throw him in prison at once!
[19:01] Reinhard
    Are you certain about that?
[19:03] Paul
    Yes, there is no doubt.
[19:06] Reinhard
    Send a fleet to Westerland
    right away and stop him.
[19:10] Reinhard
    I will lead it myself.
[19:14] Paul
    Please wait, Your Excellency.
[19:18] Paul
    We should allow Duke Braunschweig to carry out
[19:21] Paul
    this cruel plan he has devised in his madness.
[19:25] Reihard
    What?
[19:27] Paul
    We will film what happens and show
    it to everyone in the Empire.
[19:32] Paul
    By showing the Empire how evil they are,
[19:34] Paul
    we can declare that these people have
    no right to rule the universe.
[19:39] Paul
    That would be more profitable
    to us than stopping them.
[19:44] Reinhard
    Are you telling me to overlook the
    deaths of two million people?
[19:47] Reinhard
    There are women and children among them!
[19:49] Paul
    If this civil wars drags on,
    even more will die.
[19:53] Paul
    It is for the sake of the 25 billion
    citizens of the Empire, Your Excellency,
[19:57] Paul
    and for the swift assurance
    of our supremacy.
[20:25] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Ow!
[20:30] (Flashback) Annerose
    Goodness, Sieg!
[20:35] (Flashback) Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:40] Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:43] Annerose
    Sieg...
[20:45] Annerose
    Sieg!
[20:52] Guy
    We were set free,
[20:55] Guy
    but we have to think about
    what we're going to do next.
[20:59] Guy
    They say Marquis Lohengramm
    is an ally of the people.
[21:02] Guy
    We should have him protect us.
[21:05] Guy
    You're right. That would be best.
[21:08] Kid
    Mom, what are those?
[21:21] Na
    This image inspired tremendous shock
    and outrage throughout the Empire.
[21:29] Na
    Public sentiment rapidly turned away from
    the old regime of the high nobility.
[21:37] Wahlen
    It's truly heartbreaking...
[21:40] Kircheis
    How could he do such a thing?
[21:44] Wahlen
    Actually, a noble who came
    to us in surrender earlier
[21:47] Wahlen
    said something that bothered me.
[21:50] Wahlen
    He said Marquis Lohengramm had been
    informed that this was going to happen.
[21:57] Wahlen
    But he ignored it and let those people
    die to make a political statement.
[22:04] Kircheis
    It can't be...
[22:06] Wahlen
    I asked him if he had proof of this,
[22:09] Wahlen
    and he said the very existence of this
    footage was all the proof we needed.
[22:17] Kircheis
    Vice Admiral Wahlen,
[22:19] Kircheis
    impose a gag order with
    regard to this incident.
[22:23] Wahlen
    Yes, sir.
[22:38] Kircheis
    I'll be seeing Reinhard again soon.
[22:42] Kircheis
    When I do, I need only ask him for the truth.
[22:48] Kircheis
    But what good would that do?
[22:51] Kircheis
    If it does turn out to be true...
[22:59] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Ow!
[23:03] (Flashback) Annerose
    Goodness, Sieg!
SIGN    Episode 21
SIGN    Victory for Whose Sake?
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-one, "Victory for Whose Sake?"