E23 - Farewell to the Days of Old

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[00:12] Guy
    Pardon me, sir.
[00:14] Kircheis
    What is it?
[00:15] Guy
    Weapons are not permitted beyond this point.
[00:17] Guy
    I must ask you to leave your blaster here.
[00:20] Kircheis
    I am High Admiral Kircheis.
[00:23] Kirchies
    Am I still forbidden to carry a weapon?
[00:26] Guy
    There are no exceptions,
    not even for you, sir.
[00:30] Guy
    These are our orders.
[00:32] Guy
    I do apologize.
[00:34] Kircheis
    Very well. No need to apologize.
[00:45] Hans
    Didn't Admiral Kircheis have special
    permission to carry weapons?
[00:53] Volker
    Seems the circumstances have changed.
[01:18] Kircheis
    I can put up with this for now.
[01:20] Kircheis
    Reinhard may have moments when
    he hesitates or makes mistakes,
[01:23] Kircheis
    but he'll understand in time.
[01:26] Kircheis
    He has all this time, for the past eleven years.
[01:30] Kircheis
    All this time? That has been
    the case all this time,
[01:34] Kircheis
    and I believed it would be forever.
[01:37] Kircheis
    But...
[01:39] Guy
    The highest commander in the Galactic Empire,
[01:41] Guy
    His Excellency Marquis Reinhard
    von Lohengramm, enters!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[03:35] Na
    In the year IC 488,
[03:38] Na
    a celebration of victory and
    audience with war prisoners
[03:41] Na
    was held on this day at Geiersburg Fortress.
[03:47] Reinhard
    Fahrenheit. It has been a long time.
[03:50] Reinhard
    Since the Battle of Astarte, I think.
[03:53] Fahrenheit
    Indeed.
[03:54] Reinhard
    Allying with the likes of Duke Braunschweig
    was a mistake unbefitting of you.
[04:00] Reinhard
    Why don't you follow me and live
    the rest of your life as a warrior?
[04:05] Fahrenheit
    I am a soldier of the Empire.
[04:07] Fahrenheit
    Now that you have seized authority
    over the Imperial military,
[04:10] Fahrenheit
    I shall humbly serve you.
[04:13] Fahrenheit
    I do realize I took the long way here...
[04:16] Fahrenheit
    but I intend to make up for the time I lost.
[04:20] Reinhard
    Then you should join my ranks as admiral.
[04:48] Fritz
    Imagine presenting your own
    master's body in surrender.
[05:11] Ansbach
    Marquis Lohengramm!
[05:15] Ansbach
    I will avenge my lord, Duke Braunschweig!
[05:49] Hans
    Physician! Call the physician!
[05:51] Kircheis
    It's... too late...
[05:59] Ansbach
    Forgive me, Duke Braunschweig.
[06:03] Ansbach
    I have failed to keep the
    promise I made to you.
[06:07] Ansbach
    It may be a few years before the
    blond brat follows you to Hell!
[06:13] Kempff
    What are you talking about, you fool?!
[06:16] Ansbach
    Though I am powerless...
[06:18] Ansbach
    I shall accompany you myself.
[06:21] Oskar
    Stop him!
[06:37] Reinhard
    Kircheis?
[06:41] Kircheis
    Rein...hard...
[06:45] Kircheis
    You're safe...
[06:49] Kircheis
    I don't think... I can be
    of use to you... any longer.
[06:59] Kircheis
    Please forgive me.
[07:00] Reinhard
    You idiot! What are you saying?
[07:03] Reinhard
    The doctor will be here soon.
    This little wound will heal in no time!
[07:06] Reinhard
    When it does, let's go inform
    my sister of our victory.
[07:10] Reinhard
    All right? Let's do that.
[07:13] Kircheis
    Rein...hard...
[07:14] Reinhard
    Don't talk until the doctor gets here!
[07:19] Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
[07:24] Reinhard
    I will.
[07:25] Kircheis
    And...
[07:27] Kircheis
    tell Annerose...
[07:32] Kircheis
    that Sieg kept the promise...
    he made so long ago...
[07:37] Reinhard
    No!
[07:38] Reinhard
    I'm not going to tell her that!
[07:40] Reinhard
    You can tell her yourself! In person!
[07:43] Reinhard
    I won't say it! You hear me?! We'll go...
[07:46] Reinhard
    We'll go see my sister together!
[07:48] Reinhard
    All right, Kircheis?!
[07:50] Reinhard
    Kir...
[08:01] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[08:03] Reinhard
    Answer me!
[08:06] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:08] Reinhard
    Why won't you speak?
[08:11] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:13] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[08:15] Wolfgang
    Don't. He's gone.
[08:18] Wolfgang
    We should let him rest in peace.
[08:20] Reinhard
    Don't lie to me, Mittermeyer.
[08:23] Reinhard
    You are lying!
[08:27] Reinhard
    Kircheis would never die and leave me behind!
[08:31] Reinhard
    Right, Kircheis?
[08:33] Reinhard
    Open your eyes.
[08:36] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
[08:43] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[09:00] Oskar
    It's been three days since
    he imposed the gag order.
[09:03] Oskar
    We can't keep this up any longer.
[09:05] Oskar
    It's not as if we can remain
    silent toward Odin forever.
[09:10] Lutz
    But to be honest,
[09:12] Lutz
    I never realized the marquis
    had such a fragile side.
[09:16] Wolfgang
    He wouldn't be like this if it
    had been you or me who died.
[09:22] Wolfgang
    Siegfried Kircheis is special.
[09:25] Wolfgang
    Was special.
[09:28] Wolfgang
    He has essentially lost half of himself.
[09:32] Wolfgang
    Because of his own mistake, no less.
[09:36] Oskar
    We have to hope
    Marquis Lohengramm will bounce back.
[09:39] Oskar
    No, we need him to.
[09:43] Oskar
    If he doesn't, we'll all end up singing
    an elegy into the galactic abyss.
[09:50] Fritz
    But what are we supposed to do?
[09:53] Fritz
    How do we get him back on his feet?
[09:55] Ernest
    If there's anyone who can offer a solution,
[09:57] Ernest
    it's him.
[09:59] Fritz
    Him?
[10:00] Lutz
    You know who.
[10:02] Lutz
    The man who isn't here right now.
[10:04] Wolfgang
    We'll have to seek out his wisdom?
[10:07] Oskar
    We have no choice.
[10:08] Oskar
    I'm sure even he is well aware that he is
    who he is because of Marquis Lohengramm.
[10:15] Wolfgang
    This would mean we'll owe him a favor.
[10:19] Wolfgang
    What if he demands that we grant
    him preferential privileges?
[10:24] Oskar
    All of us, including Oberstein,
    are aboard the ship Lohengramm.
[10:30] Oskar
    We have to save the ship if
    we want to save ourselves.
[10:35] Oskar
    If Oberstein tries to turn this
    crisis into his own profit,
[10:41] Oskar
    we'll just have to retaliate
    with the appropriate measures.
[10:49] Guy
    Vice Admiral Oberstein has arrived.
[10:55] Paul
    You've been in council for quite a long
    time to have not arrived at a conclusion.
[11:00] Oskar
    Well, with our navy's number one and
    number two absent, we do lack leadership.
[11:06] Oskar
    So, do you have any good
    ideas, chief of staff?
[11:10] Paul
    I just might.
[11:15] Paul
    Ask Marquis Lohengramm's sister to help.
[11:19] Wolfgang
    Countess Grünewald?
[11:22] Wolfgang
    We thought of that, but...
[11:24] Paul
    You can leave that part to me.
[11:26] Paul
    But there is something
    I'll need all of you to do.
[11:30] Paul
    I need you to capture the man who
    killed High Admiral Kircheis.
[11:35] Oskar
    What a strange thing to say.
[11:37] Oskar
    Wasn't Ansbach the killer?
[11:39] Paul
    He is merely a bit actor.
[11:41] Paul
    We will officially say that the
    principal offender is someone else.
[11:44] Paul
    Someone much more significant.
[11:47] Wolfgang
    Who?
[11:48] Paul
    The Imperial Prime Minister,
    Marquis Lichtenlade.
[11:55] Wolfgang
    I wouldn't want to have you as an enemy.
[11:58] Wolfgang
    There's no way I'd win.
[12:01] Paul
    Marquis Lichtenlade must be
    eliminated sooner or later.
[12:05] Paul
    Besides, it's not as if his
    heart is as pure as an angel's.
[12:11] Paul
    There's no doubt that he's been working on
    his own plot to eliminate Marquis Lohengramm.
[12:17] Oskar
    So you're saying it wouldn't
    be a completely false charge.
[12:21] Paul
    You must return to Odin as soon as possible,
[12:24] Paul
    capture Marquis Lichtenlade,
    and steal the state seal.
[12:28] Paul
    Then we can establish
    Marquis Lohengramm as dictator.
[12:33] Wolfgang
    But what if the one who steals
    the state seal stays on Odin
[12:38] Wolfgang
    and tries to become the dictator himself?
[12:41] Paul
    No need to worry.
[12:43] Paul
    Even if one of you has such an ambition,
[12:46] Paul
    the other admirals who are
    of equal rank will stop him.
[12:49] Paul
    None of you are the type to resign yourself
[12:52] Paul
    to being subordinate to
    someone who was your equal.
[12:55] Paul
    That's exactly the reason why I believe
    having a number two is unnecessary.
[13:02] Oskar
    Power is not determined by
    the means used to acquire it.
[13:06] Oskar
    It is justified by the manner
    in which one exercises it.
[13:10] Wolfgang
    Which means some scheming and
    swindling are inevitable.
[13:20] Oskar
    We will use this opportunity
[13:22] Oskar
    to purge the enemies of
    Marquis Lohengramm hiding in the palace
[13:25] Oskar
    and take back all political authority.
[13:32] Wolfgang
    Leave the deserters behind.
[13:34] Wolfgang
    All that matters is that
    they reach Odin eventually.
[13:37] Na
    The fleet that was 20,000 ships strong
    when it left Geiersburg Fortress
[13:42] Na
    was reduced in numbers with
    each warp it passed through.
SIGN    Capital Planet Odin
[13:45] Na
    By the time it reached
    the capital planet Odin,
[13:48] Na
    it was down to just 3,000 ships.
[13:52] Fritz
    The situation is urgent!
[13:54] Fritz
    Land wherever you can,
    even if it's in a lake!
[14:24] Klaus
    What's the meaning of this?
SIGN    Minister of State and Prime Minister of the Empire
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[14:26] Klaus
    Why are you riffraff making such a ruckus?
[14:28] Oskar
    Marquis Lichtenlade...
[14:32] Oskar
    We are here to arrest you.
[14:35] Klaus
    On what charges?
[14:37] Oskar
    The charge of being the principal
    offender in the attempted assassination
[14:40] Oskar
    of Marquis Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[14:44] Klaus
    You fool!
[14:45] Klaus
    What evidence do you have
    to prove such nonsense?
[14:49] Klaus
    I am the Imperial Prime Minister!
[14:51] Klaus
    I stand above all of you as the one
    who gives counsel to the emperor!
[14:55] Oskar
    And at the same time,
    you are an irreverent conspirator.
[15:00] Oskar
    Restrain him!
[15:04] Wolfgang
    Where is the state seal?
[15:06] Guy
    On what authority do you ask that?
[15:10] Guy
    This is the room where the prime
    minister keeps the state seal.
[15:16] Guy
    Stop this at once!
[15:17] Guy
    What do you perceive the power of the Empire,
    of the Imperial household, to be?
[15:23] Guy
    Your behavior is
    unbecoming of Imperial subjects!
[15:25] Guy
    You should be ashamed!
[15:27] Wolfgang
    The power of the Empire, eh?
[15:29] Wolfgang
    I suppose such a thing
    existed once upon a time.
[15:31] Wolfgang
    But in the end, power is
    determined by one's capability.
[15:35] Wolfgang
    Capability is not determined by power.
[15:37] Guy
    It's open!
[15:41] Guy
    This is it.
[15:44] Wolfgang
    This is the state seal?
[15:54] Maid
    What army is that, milady?
[15:57] Hilda
    Armies don't just appear out of nowhere.
[16:00] Hilda
    No army but Marquis Lohengramm's
    could have so many people.
[16:06] Hilda
    It looks like a very lively age is coming.
[16:09] Hilda
    It may be a bit turbulent,
[16:12] Hilda
    but that's far better
    than remaining stagnant.
[16:51] Reinhard
    Kircheis!
[17:12] Paul
    Your Excellency, it's Oberstein.
[17:15] Paul
    We've received a message from
    the Imperial capital Odin.
[17:20] Reinhard
    From whom?
[17:21] Paul
    From your sister, Countess Grünewald.
[17:29] Reinhard
    Damn you! You told her!
[17:32] Reinhard
    You told my sister about Kircheis!
[17:34] Paul
    Yes, I did.
[17:35] Reinhard
    How dare you?!
[17:37] Paul
    But you cannot remain in hiding forever.
[17:41] Reinhard
    Shut up!
[17:42] Paul
    Are you afraid of your sister?
[17:45] Reinhard
    What?!
[17:46] Paul
    If not, then please see her, Your Excellency.
[17:49] Paul
    I have not yet abandoned you.
[17:52] Paul
    It is admirable of you to blame yourself
[17:55] Paul
    and not try to force the
    responsibility onto me,
[17:59] Paul
    but if you continue to look only at the past
[18:03] Paul
    and refuse to face the future, then you
    are truly no more of a man than that.
[18:08] Paul
    The universe will fall
    into someone else's hands.
[18:11] Paul
    Admiral Kircheis must be
    feeling ashamed in Valhalla.
[18:35] Reinhard
    Sister...
[18:36] Annerose
    My poor Reinhard...
[18:40] Annerose
    There is no one left for
    you to lose, Reinhard.
[18:47] Reinhard
    No. I still have you.
[18:50] Reinhard
    Don't I, Sister? I still have you, don't I?
[18:54] Annerose
    Yes, the two of us now have
    nothing left but each other.
[19:01] Annerose
    Reinhard, I'm going to leave
    the Schwarzen mansion.
[19:05] Annerose
    Could you give me a small house somewhere?
[19:08] Reinhard
    Sister...
[19:09] Annerose
    Also, I think we should not
    see each other for a while.
[19:13] Reinhard
    Sister!
[19:15] Annerose
    It's better that I'm not beside you.
[19:19] Annerose
    We live very different lives.
[19:22] Annerose
    I have nothing but the past,
[19:25] Annerose
    but you have a future.
[19:29] Annerose
    If you ever get tired, come see me.
[19:34] Annerose
    But you must not get tired yet.
[19:40] Reinhard
    I understand.
[19:42] Reinhard
    If you insist, Sister,
    then I'll do as you wish.
[19:47] Reinhard
    I'll come for you after
    I make the universe mine.
[19:51] Reinhard
    But before you go, tell me one thing.
[19:57] Reinhard
    Did you... love Kircheis?
[20:17] Reinhard
    I'm aware of the situation.
[20:19] Reinhard
    I heard from Oberstein on the day you left.
[20:23] Oskar
    Yes, sir.
[20:24] Reinhard
    I'm sure your achievements
    will be generously rewarded.
[20:27] Reinhard
    I will soon return to Odin, as well.
[20:31] Oskar
    We have arrested and confined
    Marquis Lichtenlade's entire family.
[20:36] Oskar
    Please give us your
    judgment upon your return.
[20:38] Reinhard
    You don't need to wait for me to return.
[20:42] Reinhard
    I'm entrusting all of you to carry
    out their punishment. Understood?
[20:45] Oskar
    Then what shall we do with
    Marquis Lichtenlade himself?
[20:50] Reinhard
    We can't execute the Imperial Prime Minister.
[20:53] Reinhard
    Encourage him to commit suicide
[20:55] Reinhard
    in the most painless method possible.
[20:57] Oskar
    Understood.
[20:58] Oskar
    And what shall we do with his family?
[21:01] Reinhard
    Banish the women and
    children to the frontier.
[21:04] Reinhard
    Execute all men over the age of ten.
[21:08] Oskar
    Understood.
[21:09] Oskar
    We don't need to execute those under nine?
[21:12] Reinhard
    I was ten years old when I entered school.
[21:16] Reinhard
    Anyone younger than that is not fully a man,
[21:19] Reinhard
    so I will spare them.
[21:21] Reinhard
    If they want to try to strike me
    down when they grow up, let them.
[21:25] Reinhard
    It's only natural for an incompetent
    supreme ruler to be overthrown.
[21:31] Reinhard
    The same goes for all of you.
[21:33] Reinhard
    If you have the confidence
    and resolve to defeat me,
[21:36] Reinhard
    you can try it at any time.
[21:41] Oskar
    Surely you jest.
[21:43] Oskar
    Then, I shall take my leave.
[21:45] Reinhard
    You've done good work.
[21:49] Paul
    Your Excellency,
[21:50] Paul
    are you sure that's what you want
    to do with Marquis Lichtenlade's family?
[21:54] Reinhard
    I have shed a great deal of blood in my life.
[21:58] Reinhard
    I will surely shed more.
[22:00] Reinhard
    What will change by adding a few drops
    of blood from Lichtenlade's family?
[22:07] Paul
    If that is how you feel, very well.
[22:21] Na
    His heart was starved.
[22:24] Na
    He had lost both Kircheis and his sister.
[22:29] Na
    Even if he were to become
    the ruler of all humanity,
[22:32] Na
    would that satisfy the desperate
    hunger in his heart?
[22:36] Na
    No, it would not.
[22:39] Na
    This hunger in his heart could not be sated...
[22:43] Na
    likely for all eternity.
[22:46] Na
    But Reinhard was left with no other path.
[22:51] Na
    He had no choice but to counter
    the hunger in his heart
[22:56] Na
    by continuing to fight, win, and conquer.
[23:01] Na
    For that, he needed an enemy.
[23:04] Na
    The stronger and more competent the enemy,
[23:07] Na
    the more he could forget
    how starved his heart was.
[23:11] Na
    And in the Free Planets Alliance,
[23:14] Na
    he has the strongest, most competent
    enemy he could hope for.
SIGN    Episode 23
    Farewell to the Days of Old
SIGN    Episode 24
SIGN    My Friend
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:54] Na
    episode twenty-four, "My Friend."