E25 - First Campaign

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[00:10] Na
    On that day, the Iserlohn garrison force,
    led by Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough,
[00:17] Na
    was making its way to Galactic Empire
    territory via the Iserlohn Corridor.
[00:22] Na
    Their objective was to patrol the front
    lines while training new recruits.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Dusty Attenborough
[00:28] Na
    The coup d'état in the
    National Salvation Military Council
[00:31] Na
    following their crushing defeat
    in the Battle of Amritsar
[00:34] Na
    led to the loss of many
    experienced Alliance soldiers.
[00:39] Na
    To preserve the strength of
    the Alliance's 1st Fleet,
[00:41] Na
    which was defending the Bharat Star System,
[00:44] Na
    the Iserlohn garrison force faced an urgent
    need to quickly train new recruits.
[00:58] Peter
    Julian Mintz.
[01:02] Peter
    I know about you.
    You were at the top of the class.
[01:06] Peter
    Even with the instructors
    picking on you so much...
[01:11] Peter
    I'm Peter Reamer.
[01:15] Julian
    Nice to meet you.
[01:18] Peter
    Nice to meet you.
[01:21] Peter
    You're so calm.
[01:26] Peter
    Even training scares me.
[01:28] Peter
    Space is terrifying.
[01:32] Julian
    I'm scared, too.
[01:35] Julian
    But all the people I respect
    and admire fought here.
[01:40] Julian
    Some of them are still fighting.
[01:41] Julian
    When I think about that, the fear eases up.
[01:46] Julian
    Just a little, anyway.
SIGN    Iserlohn Corridor
    Galactic Empire Side, Deep En Route
SIGN    Iserlohn Garrison Force
    Patrol Craft
[01:57] Observer
    Unidentified craft sighted ahead of us!
[01:59] Captain
    How many?
[02:00] Observer
    Roughly 2,000.
[02:01] Captain
    Contact Admiral Attenborough.
[02:04] Observer
    Transmission failed.
    The enemy is jamming the signal.
[02:08] Captain
    Retreat at full speed. Get
    out of their jamming range.
[02:12] Captain
    Continue trying to contact the main fleet.
[02:14] Captain
    Tell them patrol craft 08 has made
    contact with an enemy fleet.
[02:19] Operator
    Patrol 08 to main fleet.
    We have made contact with the enemy.
[02:22] Operator
    Repeat: Patrol 08 to main fleet.
    We have made contact with the enemy.
[02:26] Captain
    Why would the enemy show up here?
[02:27] Operator
    Repeat: Patrol 08 to main fleet...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Iserlohn Garrison Force Flagship
    Triglav
[04:01] Operator
    Contact with patrol craft 08 has been lost.
[04:04] Dusty
    Two thousand ships?
SIGN    Commander Lao
[04:06] Lao
    What is the enemy fleet's course?
[04:08] ObserverA
    Transferring the patrol craft's data to you.
[04:14] Lao
    If they follow the projected course,
[04:16] Lao
    they'll reach main gun range in 25 minutes.
[04:20] Lao
    They're too close.
[04:22] Dusty
    We'll have to deal with them.
[04:25] Kempff
    You're meeting them in battle, then?
[04:28] Kempff
    We'll send aid at once. Hold the front line.
[04:32] Eichendorff
    Yes, sir.
[04:33] Dusty
    How in the world could this be happening?
[04:36] Dusty
    Am I supposed to lead a bunch of
    Boy Scouts in battle against our enemy?
[04:40] Leo
    Then you'll have the trainees
     and new recruits join the fight as well?
[04:44] Dusty
    Obviously.
[04:57] Frederica
    Your Excellency.
SIGN    Admiral Yang Wen-li
[05:01] Yang
    What is it?
[05:02] Frederica
    Admiral Attenborough's fleet has
    encountered the Imperial Navy.
SIGN    Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill
[05:06] Frederica
    They have entered combat.
[05:09] Yang
    Never a peaceful day on the frontier,
    as spring always comes late...
[05:15] Yang
    This is a real mess, isn't it, Julian?
[05:21] Yang
    I sent him because I thought he'd be safe.
[05:25] Frederica
    I know he'll come back safe.
[05:27] Frederica
    He has plenty of both luck and talent.
[05:32] Yang
    It can't be easy for Attenborough, either,
[05:34] Yang
    with so many new recruits on board.
[05:36] Yang
    We'd better get out there to
    help out as quickly as we can.
[05:40] Frederica
    Yes, sir.
[05:42] Captain
    The enemy force consists
    of about 200 battleships,
[05:45] Captain
    between 400 and 500 cruisers,
[05:47] Captain
    and approximately 1,000 destroyers.
[05:51] Julian
    That's not a typical fleet formation.
[05:54] Julian
    Did both of our fleets just happen to
    bump into each other while patrolling?
[05:58] OldHandA
    What're you so afraid of?
[06:01] OldHandA
    You're gonna be reduced to space dust
    in an instant with that attitude.
[06:04] Bateman
    Stop it. I felt the same
    way on my first campaign.
[06:08] Bateman
    I pissed my pants and ran off back to base.
SIGN    Ensign Douglas Bateman
[06:11] Bateman
    So you kids can go ahead and
    piss yourselves all you want.
[06:19] Control
    All troops commence boarding Spartanians.
[06:24] Captain
    Okay, let's go!
[06:25] Julian
    Yes, sir!
SIGN    Episode 25
SIGN    First Campaign
[06:31] Frederica
    I shouldn't have to tell you
[06:33] Frederica
    that Iserlohn Fortress is
    a valuable, strategic base.
[06:37] Frederica
    The Galactic Empire and
    the Free Planets Alliance
[06:41] Frederica
    are separated by a vast non-navigable space.
[06:45] Frederica
    However, a single sliver of space that
    is safe to travel exists between them:
[06:50] Frederica
    the Iserlohn Corridor.
[06:53] Frederica
    To travel from the Empire to the Alliance,
    or the Alliance to the Empire,
[06:57] Frederica
    it is necessary to travel via this corridor.
[07:01] Frederica
    This is why Iserlohn Fortress,
    which militarily controls the corridor,
[07:05] Frederica
    is so critically important.
[07:09] Na
    The Free Planets Alliance has attempted
    to capture Iserlohn Fortress six times.
[07:16] Na
    In the Fifth Battle of Iserlohn,
[07:18] Na
    the Alliance Navy put up the best
    fight they had ever managed
[07:21] Na
    by using a parallel pursuit tactic.
[07:23] Na
    Still, all six attempts ended in
    defeat and massive loss of troops.
[07:28] Na
    Their capture of Iserlohn Fortress was
    finally successful on the seventh attempt,
[07:33] Na
    under Yang Wen-li, who was
    a rear admiral at the time.
[07:38] (Flashback) Frederica
    There is also the Fezzan Corridor,
[07:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    which passes through the Dominion of Fezzan.
[07:45] (Flashback) Frederica
    The Fezzan Corridor is a demilitarized
    zone due to the officially neutral status
[07:51] (Flashback) Frederica
    of the Dominion of Fezzan at its center,
[07:53] (Flashback) Frederica
    meaning military vessels cannot enter it.
[07:56] (Flashback) Frederica
    For this reason, the Iserlohn Corridor is the
    only way to reach the Empire from the Alliance.
[08:03] (Flashback) Frederica
    Can anyone think of any other viable routes?
[08:12] (Flashback) Julian
    Countless probes have been launched to
    search for routes other than those two,
[08:19] (Flashback) Julian
    but no new routes have been discovered yet.
[08:23] (Flashback) Julian
    One possible solution to this dilemma
[08:26] (Flashback) Julian
    is the development of long-distance warp
    technology that could bypass both corridors.
[08:31] (Flashback) Julian
    But a warp over that great a distance is
    not possible with current technology.
[08:36] (Flashback) Julian
    For that reason, both the Empire and the
    Alliance still need to use the Iserlohn Corridor.
[08:43] (Flashback) Frederica
    Very good. An exemplary answer.
[08:52] (Flashback) Julian
    Live ammunition training?
[08:54] (Flashback) Walter
    Half training, half hobby.
[08:57] (Flashback) Walter
    Anyway, I hear your basic
    education process has begun.
[09:01] (Flashback) Julian
    Yes, sir.
[09:02] (Flashback) Walter
    So what're you gonna do?
SIGN    Rear Admiral Walter von Schönkopf
[09:04] (Flashback) Walter
    Where are you hoping to be assigned?
[09:07] (Flashback) Walter
    If all you want to do is "be a soldier,"
    it's not gonna be any help to Admiral Yang.
[09:12] (Flashback) Julian
    I want to be useful to Admiral Yang.
[09:15] (Flashback) Walter
    Uh-huh. And where in this universe could you
    find a soldier more resourceful than him?
[09:22] (Flashback) Walter
    If there is one,
    it's probably Duke Lohengramm.
[09:25] (Flashback) Walter
    Are you hoping to help
    Admiral Yang with resourcefulness?
[09:30] (Flashback) Julian
    But even the cerebrum can't function
    without the cerebellum, right?
[09:34] (Flashback) Walter
    Ah, of course.
[09:36] (Flashback) Walter
    The cerebellum is what controls
    motor functions, after all.
[09:43] (Flashback) Poplin
    I bet you'll end up in the air force.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Olivier Poplin
[09:45] (Flashback) Poplin
    I hear you've shown a knack for
    it in the basic education course.
[09:49] (Flashback) Poplin
    Daisy, you look even
    prettier than usual today.
[09:56] (Flashback) Poplin
    By the way, the guy doing the crossword puzzle
    there is the number two pilot in the Alliance.
[10:02] (Flashback) Poplin
    Might not look it, but he is.
SIGN    Lieutenant Commander Ivan Konev
[10:06] (Flashback) Margot
    Hello, Lieutenant Commander Konev.
[10:12] (Flashback) Konev
    And in case you wondered, Mintz,
    the number one pilot died in battle.
[10:24] (Flashback) InstructorC
    What's the problem?!
    You can't be tired already!
SIGN    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[10:29] (Flashback) Alex
    Even if we are short on men,
[10:31] (Flashback) Alex
    I can't believe we're keeping
    the old hands in the capital
[10:33] (Flashback) Alex
    and sending nothing but
    new recruits to Iserlohn.
[10:40] (Flashback) InstructorC
    Go back to high school!
[10:42] (Flashback) InstructorC
    Come back when you're out
    of diapers, at least!
[10:49] (Flashback) Yang
    Send that man back to Heinessen.
[10:52] (Flashback) Alex
    He's an experienced soldier who's
    accomplished a lot in battle.
[10:56] (Flashback) Alex
    You sure about that?
[10:57] (Flashback) Yang
    If a man who beats those unable to
    resist can be lauded as a soldier,
[11:03] (Flashback) Yang
    then soldiers are a disgrace
    to the human race.
[11:07] (Flashback) Yang
    Soldiers like that are not needed.
[11:10] (Flashback) Yang
    Not by me, at least.
[11:16] (Flashback) Alex
    I agree.
[11:21] (Flashback) TraineeB
    I heard that instructor's getting demoted.
[11:24] (Flashback) TraineeA
    R-Really?
[11:26] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Yeah. He pissed off Admiral Yang.
[11:29] (Flashback) TraineeC
    Wow...
[11:32] (Flashback) Bateman
    He was my comrade-in-arms.
[11:35] (Flashback) Julian
    Instructor Bateman.
[11:38] (Flashback) Bateman
    Admiral Yang ordered me not to give you
    special treatment as his adopted kid.
[11:43] (Flashback) Bateman
    I'll be following that order
    even more strictly from now on.
[11:47] (Flashback) Bateman
    You'd better appreciate the
    parental love he has for you.
[11:52] (Flashback) Bateman
    Don't think crying to the
    admiral will do you any good.
[12:06] (Flashback) Bateman
    Too slow! Go back and start over!
[12:13] (Flashback) Bateman
    Don't let your guard down!
[12:14] (Flashback) Bateman
    This is just training!
    It won't work like that in a real battle!
[12:19] (Flashback) Bateman
    Run! Run!
[12:20] (Flashback) Bateman
    If anyone drops out, you all get to start over!
[12:32] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Hey, did you hear?
[12:33] (Flashback) TraineeB
    Instructor Bateman put in a request
    to go to the front lines.
[12:37] (Flashback) TraineeA
    Really?
[12:38] (Flashback) TraineeB
    He was assigned to teach after getting hurt,
[12:41] (Flashback) TraineeB
    but apparently they're short
    on experienced soldiers.
[12:43] (Flashback) TraineeC
    You gotta be kidding.
[12:45] (Flashback) TraineeC
    Getting assigned to the same place
    as him is gonna be a nightmare.
[12:53] Control
    All troops commence boarding Spartanians.
[12:57] Captain
    Okay, let's go!
[12:59] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[13:16] Margot
    Airtight operations on Spartanian
    housing decks complete.
[13:19] Margot
    Catapult decks now exiting ship.
[13:25] ControlA
    No obstructive objects in the
    Spartanian launch course.
[13:29] ControlA
    No going back now, rookie.
[13:31] Julian
    Roger.
[13:32] ControlB
    Five seconds to launch.
[13:34] ControlB
    Four. Three. Two. One.
[13:55] (Flashback) Julian
    Is it true that everyone senses
    when their own death is coming?
[14:01] Yang
    Where's this coming from?
[14:03] Julian
    A veteran pilot was talking about it.
[14:06] Julian
    He said that's just what happens.
[14:08] Julian
    I thought you might know if it was true.
[14:13] Yang
    You'd trust someone who's never died
[14:16] Yang
    to talk about death as if he
    knew all about it, Julian?
[14:57] Julian
    I hit it... I really... I really...
[15:08] Julian
    Bastards!
[15:10] AideA
    The battle appears to be going in our favor.
[15:14] AideA
    However...
[15:15] Eichendorff
    What?
[15:16] AideA
    The enemy is behaving oddly.
[15:18] AideA
    All their movements seem haphazard.
[15:21] AideA
    They don't seem typical of
    the Alliance's elite forces.
[15:25] Eichendorff
    We're up against Yang Wen-li.
SIGN    Rear Admiral Eichendorff
[15:27] Eichendorff
    We can never be too careful.
[15:29] AideA
    Yes, sir.
[15:30] Yang
    There are no objections to
    sending reinforcements, then?
[15:34] Patrichev
    None.
[15:35] Murai
    The question is how many.
[15:39] Yang
    What does our guest admiral think?
SIGN    Guest Vice Admiral Willibald Joachim von Merkatz
[15:46] Merkatz
    If you're sending reinforcements,
SIGN    Lieutenant Bernhard von Schneider
[15:48] Merkatz
    I believe it would be best to send as many
    as possible, as quickly as possible.
[15:54] Merkatz
    In doing so...
[15:58] Merkatz
    In doing so, you can launch an attack
    that the enemy cannot counter,
[16:02] Merkatz
    gather up your allies,
    and then promptly withdraw.
[16:09] Yang
    I agree with the guest admiral's suggestion.
[16:13] Yang
    Sending in soldiers sequentially would
    lessen our opportunity to seize control,
[16:19] Yang
    allowing the battle to gradually escalate.
[16:22] Yang
    We should rush our entire fleet there
[16:24] Yang
    and finish the fight before the
    enemy can bring in reinforcements.
[16:28] Yang
    Begin preparations to mobilize immediately.
[16:30] Both
    Yes, sir.
[16:32] Yang
    Admiral Merkatz, I'd like you to ride
    with me on our flagship, Hyperion.
[16:38] Yang
    Would you mind?
[16:41] Merkatz
    Understood.
[16:53] Lao
    Petty Officer Second Class
    Julian Mintz has returned.
[16:58] Dusty
    All right.
[17:01] Lao
    You haven't eaten your meal yet, have you?
[17:04] Lao
    Please take a break.
    I'll handle things here.
[17:10] Dusty
    Thanks. I appreciate it.
[17:24] Dusty
    You're not going to eat?
[17:26] Julian
    Rear Admiral Attenborough...
[17:28] Dusty
    I hear you shot down two of their ships.
[17:30] Dusty
    That's impressive for your first battle.
[17:33] Julian
    What about the others?
[17:35] Dusty
    Not looking good.
[17:37] Dusty
    You saw the names on the board
    of those who aren't back yet.
[17:39] Dusty
    They're all kids who don't
    follow directions well.
[17:42] Dusty
    Not that I can blame them...
[17:45] Julian
    Rear Admiral Attenborough...
    I was too arrogant.
[17:51] Julian
    I got too excited after
    shooting down two ships.
[17:54] Julian
    I let myself believe I was
    some great, seasoned hero.
[17:58] Julian
    I'm still just a novice, though.
[18:02] Julian
    I learned from Admiral Yang
    that fighting in battle
[18:07] Julian
    means taking responsibility for
    both yourself and your enemy.
[18:11] Julian
    But just because I shot down some enemies,
[18:14] Julian
    I forgot all that in the very next moment.
[18:19] Julian
    It made me disgusted with myself.
[18:23] Bateman
    The fact that you're even worried about that
[18:26] Bateman
    tells me you have what it takes
    to be an excellent soldier.
[18:30] Bateman
    Petty Officer Second Class Julian Mintz...
[18:37] Bateman
    Don't die out there.
[19:13] Dusty
    Isn't that...
[19:15] Lao
    Yes, it's the battleship Ulysses.
[19:18] Dusty
    It's the ship whose toilet
    was broken at Amritsar,
[19:20] Dusty
    so we had to fight the enemy and a flood!
[19:24] Dusty
    I'd sure love to borrow
    some of Ulysses's luck.
[19:27] Dusty
    Men, it doesn't matter
    if you look ridiculous!
[19:30] Dusty
    Just stay alive!
[20:31] Observer
    Reinforcements!
[20:33] Observer
    Reinforcements are here!
[20:38] Lao
    Didn't I tell you? I have the devil's luck.
[20:42] Dusty
    Yeah, let's go with that.
[20:47] AideA
    More than 20,000 ships?!
[20:50] AideA
    This isn't even a contest.
[20:52] Eichendorff
    We're retreating.
[20:54] Eichendorff
    Report to Admiral Kempff.
[20:57] Murai
    The enemy fleet is leaving the battle zone.
[21:01] Murai
    Shall we pursue?
[21:03] Yang
    Nah. Let them go.
[21:06] Murai
    Would it not be wise
    to set surveillance satellites
SIGN    Rear Admiral Murai
[21:10] Murai
    and communication satellites in this area in case they return?
[21:15] Yang
    You're right. Rear Admiral,
    make the arrangements.
[21:19] Murai
    Understood.
[21:24] Frederica
    Incidentally, regarding Petty Officer
    Second Class Julian Mintz...
[21:29] Frederica
    He has returned safely.
[21:32] Frederica
    He shot down three Walküres
    and destroyed one cruiser.
SIGN    He destroyed a cruiser? On his first campaign?
SIGN    Well, that's a surprise. I guess it's just natural talent.
SIGN    My first campaign wasn't nearly so exciting.
SIGN    It's almost frightening to think about how much he can still grow.
[21:56] Yang
    Oh, please. I'd say he just used
    up a lifetime of luck in one shot.
[22:02] Yang
    It won't do him any good to start
    taking war lightly because of this.
[22:08] Yang
    The true test of his
    ability has yet to begin.
[22:12] Control
    Port side catapult damaged.
[22:14] Control
    Rescue teams, assist in extricating the pilot.
[22:23] Peter
    I survived.
[22:24] Julian
    Peter?
[22:27] Peter
    Apparently, they died.
[22:30] Peter
    The old hands who made a fool of me...
[22:34] Peter
    They died, and I'm still alive.
[22:40] Peter
    They're dead. Is it fate?
[22:43] Peter
    Or is it pure skill?
[22:46] Peter
    I don't know.
[22:48] Peter
    But at any rate...
    At any rate, I'm alive!
[22:51] Peter
    And they're dead!
[22:52] Julian
    Enough.
[22:53] Julian
    Stop.
[22:58] Julian
    We should mourn all of
    the men who died here.
[23:02] Julian
    If we don't... If we can't do that,
    we'll end up useless.
[23:08] Peter
    Julian...
SIGN    Douglas Bateman
SIGN    Not Returning
[23:20] Na
    In the year UC 798,
[23:23] Na
    Julian Mintz was about to
    turn sixteen years old.
SIGN    Episode 26
SIGN    The Twin Pillars
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Twin Pillars."