E28 - Reformer

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SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Iserlohn Fortress
[00:01] Na
    In the battle fought recently by
    Admiral Attenborough's trainee fleet
[00:05] Na
    and the Empire's border patrol fleet,
[00:08] Na
    the Alliance Navy took a significant
    number of war prisoners.
[00:13] Na
    The soldiers taken prisoner were
    temporarily transferred to Iserlohn.
[00:18] Young Guard A
    You were wrong for thinking
    you could beat Miracle Yang.
[00:23] Young Guard B
    I hope that blond boy will learn
    from this and leave Iserlohn alone.
[00:28] Young Imperial Soldier
    What did you just say?!
[00:31] Young Imperial Soldier
    You just called him
    "that blond boy," didn't you?!
[00:35] Linz
    Cool it! Keep still, all of you!
[00:38] Officer
    We will obey orders,
[00:40] Officer
    but allow me to say one thing.
[00:42] Officer
    Never, under any circumstances,
    insult Fleet Admiral Lohengramm.
[00:48] Officer
    For the good of both sides.
SIGN    Captain Kasper Linz
SIGN    Oh? That really happened?
[00:54] Linz
    Their loyalty to Duke Reinhard von
    Lohengramm is not to be underestimated.
[01:00] Baghdash
    We interrogated them to try to get
    information on the Empire post-civil war,
SIGN    Commander Baghdash
[01:05] Baghdash
    but all they told us was how
    wonderful their prime minister
[01:10] Baghdash
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm's reforms were.
SIGN    This is quite a grave situation.
SIGN    If our own ruler, Chairman Trunicht, were to lose in a popularity contest,
SIGN    there would be nothing left that the Alliance could beat them in.
[01:24] Alex
    We might really have something to worry about, there.
[01:34] Yang
    As a result of Duke Lohengramm's
    drastic reforms,
[01:37] Yang
    the Empire is quickly transitioning
    to a democratic state.
[01:42] Yang
    It's almost certain he'll usurp
    the emperor's throne eventually,
[01:46] Yang
    not by bloodline,
    but by pure strength and talent.
[01:50] Yang
    When that happens, a unique new form
    of imperial rule backed by the people,
[01:54] Yang
    which history will remember as
    "liberal imperialism," might come into existence.
[02:04] Yang
    And when the Imperials fall under the delusion that
    Duke Lohengramm's ambitions are their own,
[02:11] Yang
    the Free Planets Alliance will likely suffer
    attacks by a fanatical Imperial People's Army.
[02:20] Yang
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm...
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Imperial Capital Odin
SIGN    Neue Sanssouci Palace
[04:12] Na
    Hildegard von Mariendorf,
    also known as Hilde,
[04:15] Na
    had earned the title of Chief Secretary
    to the Imperial Prime Minister.
[04:26] Soldier1
    Here, eat up.
[04:27] Soldier2
    It's tasty.
[04:31] Soldier1
    It's not eating.
[04:43] Hilde
    Good morning.
[04:44] Soldier1/2
    Good morning.
[04:46] Hilde
    What's all this?
[04:48] Soldier1
    Oh... It seems to have found
    its way here somehow.
[04:52] Soldier2
    It looked like it was starving,
    so we tried to feed it,
[04:55] Soldier2
    but it won't eat.
[04:57] Hilde
    I see...
[05:05] Hilde
    I appreciate your efforts.
[05:06] Soldier1/2
    Yes, ma'am.
[05:12] Soldier2
    Could she be any more impudent?
[05:14] Soldier1
    This is the home of Imperial Prime
    Minister Reinhard von Lohengramm.
[05:20] Soldier2
    Frankly, though, it's hard to believe
    someone so important lives here.
[05:32] Guard
    Your Excellency, Chief Secretary
    Mariendorf has arrived.
[05:37] Reinhard
    All right. Tell her I'll be right there.
[05:40] Guard
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 28
SIGN    Reformer
[06:02] Reinhard
    So he is...
[06:06] Reinhard
    Very well. Let him in.
[06:09] Na
    Arthur von Streit.
[06:12] Na
    He once served under Duke Braunschweig,
    leader of the coalition of nobles,
[06:17] Na
    but then he suggested assassinating
    Reinhard to prevent a massive civil war.
[06:22] Na
    This earned the unexpected ire of the duke,
[06:24] Na
    who then cast him aside.
[06:28] Na
    But even after he was captured,
[06:30] Na
    he retained his sincere, confident attitude,
[06:34] Na
    so Reinhard took a liking
    to him and set him free.
[06:39] Na
    One of the reforms Reinhard was carrying out
[06:42] Na
    was the confiscation of unfairly
    accumulated noble assets.
[06:47] Na
    The reason Streit came to see him
[06:50] Na
    was to request an exemption from the
    seizure of assets for a certain relative,
[06:54] Na
    or for a portion of them
    to be left untouched.
[07:01] Reinhard
    Very well. I'll ensure it's taken care of.
[07:04] Streit
    Thank you, Your Excellency.
[07:06] Reinhard
    But under one condition.
[07:09] Reinhard
    Join command headquarters in service to me.
[07:13] Reinhard
    I hold your insight and
    intellect in high regard.
[07:18] Reinhard
    I gave you your freedom for nearly
    a year, but a new year has begun.
[07:22] Reinhard
    Do you not think it's high time you closed
    the book on your loyalty to your former master?
[07:30] Streit
    I have no words to express my gratitude
    for Your Excellency's generosity.
[07:33] Streit
    To repay you for showing such
    kindness to one so unworthy,
[07:36] Streit
    I offer all of my loyalty to you.
[07:42] Kesler
    I hear Streit was made a rear admiral
[07:45] Kesler
    and appointed His Excellency's
    chief adjutant.
[07:48] Kempff
    What a bold move...
[07:50] Müller
    I can't believe Chief of Staff
    Oberstein allowed it.
[07:54] Wolfgang
    Have you forgotten that
    he has Fellner under him?
[07:59] Wolfgang
    He was captured trying and failing to
    assassinate His Excellency, just like Streit.
[08:05] Wolfgang
    If someone is useful, use him.
[08:08] Wolfgang
    That's the kind of thing
    Oberstein would say.
[08:11] Oskar
    It's not just that.
[08:13] Oskar
    The fact that a man of Streit's standing
    has bent his knee to His Excellency
[08:18] Oskar
    means he has a great deal of political
    influence over the nobility.
[08:23] Müller
    Most of the old nobles have only just
    been stripped of that privilege.
[08:29] Kesler
    Most of the ideological and political
    criminals, on the other hand,
[08:31] Kesler
    have been freed from prison after
    accepting His Excellency's orders.
[08:35] Kempff
    Making friends of his enemies and
    freeing those who were imprisoned...
[08:39] Kempff
    Just another component of
    His Excellency's reforms, I suppose.
[08:43] Müller
    I was worried about him after
    Admiral Kircheis died, but now...
[08:48] Kempff
    Perhaps our concerns were unfounded.
[08:57] Wolfgang
    What do you think about His Excellency?
[09:00] Wolfgang
    Do you think there's really
    no need to worry anymore?
[09:03] Oskar
    I don't know.
    All we can do is watch and see.
[09:07] Wolfgang
    We're rather useless off the
    battlefield, aren't we?
[09:13] Oskar
    By the way, wasn't a junior adjutant
    chosen to serve as Streit's aide?
[09:17] Wolfgang
    Oh, right. Who was it again?
[09:20] Wolfgang
    I think it was someone serving under Kempff...
[09:25] Hilde
    Understood.
    I'll see that it's taken care of.
[09:28] Rücke
    Please do.
SIGN    Sub-lieutenant Theodor von Rücke
[09:32] Hilde
    Are you still feeling nervous?
[09:34] Rücke
    It almost seems scandalous.
[09:36] Rücke
    I never dreamed that I—that is,
    a lowly officer such as myself
[09:41] Rücke
    would be chosen as a junior adjutant.
[09:44] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm chose you personally.
[09:47] Hilde
    You'll be fine.
[09:48] Rücke
    Yes, His Excellency is
    truly a remarkable man.
[09:52] Rücke
    Working in his service has impressed
    this upon me ever more deeply.
[09:57] Rücke
    I'm his age, but I fall far short of him.
[10:02] Rücke
    The battle against the coalition
    of nobles only just ended,
[10:05] Rücke
    yet he's already changed the laws and
    the tax system as part of his reform.
[10:11] Rücke
    Estates once controlled by nobles
    have been released to farmers,
[10:15] Rücke
    freedom of speech has been guaranteed,
[10:17] Rücke
    and newspapers and books that had
    been banned are being printed again.
[10:21] Rücke
    It's said that at any given moment,
    someone somewhere in town is celebrating.
[10:28] Crowd
    Cheers!
[10:35] Fritz
    The Schweinshaxe here is
    absolutely exquisite.
[10:39] Ernest
    I look forward to it.
[10:41] Ernest
    It certainly is lively here, isn't it?
[10:45] Proprietress
    Here you go.
[10:46] Fritz
    Ah, it's here!
[10:49] Fritz
    While you're here, ma'am, could you
    tell me why the crowd is so happy?
[10:52] Proprietress
    A local fellow who was arrested for
    some ideological crime was set free.
[10:57] Proprietress
    They're celebrating that.
[10:59] Ernest
    Ideological crime?
[11:01] Proprietress
    All he did was badmouth
    the nobility while drunk.
[11:04] Proprietress
    It makes me sick.
[11:06] Proprietress
    Well, enjoy your meal.
[11:08] Man1
    Those Ministry of the Interior jerks
    just wanted some brownie points!
[11:11] Man2
    Yeah, like you even have an ideology!
[11:14] Man3
    Do you even know what that word means?
[11:16] Man4
    Shut up!
[11:17] Husband
    Why don't you eat, since we're here?
[11:20] Wife
    There's too much I want to write.
[11:23] Wife
    Without the Ministry of the
    Interior's censorship,
[11:25] Wife
    I can finally write whatever I want!
[11:27] Wife
    And now I can finally publish my own book!
[11:30] Wife
    I don't think it's because of censorship
    that you couldn't publish one before.
[11:34] Wife
    It was because of censorship!
[11:36] Wife
    Long live Duke Lohengramm the Reformer!
[11:39] Man1
    I'll lead a cheer, too!
[11:41] Man1
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:44] Man5
    Long live Duke Lohengramm the Reformer!
[11:49] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:51] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:55] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[11:58] Crowd
    Long live Duke Lohengramm!
[12:02] Noble
    My beautiful garden has been trampled
    under the filthy feet of lowly commoners,
[12:07] Noble
    and muddy shoeprints are
    left on my plush rug.
[12:10] Noble
    Filthy, unsanitary children
    sleep on the canopied bed
[12:12] Noble
    meant for only the highborn to rest in,
[12:15] Noble
    leaving their drool all over the bedding!
[12:21] Noble
    This nation that was once so great
[12:24] Noble
    is now in the hands of half-beasts
    who know nothing of beauty or eminence!
[12:28] Noble
    I pray this shameful, disastrous spectacle
    is no more than one night's dream.
[12:34] Noble
    Damn you, Duke Lohengramm! Damn you!
[12:38] Ernest
    Did you hear that the noble residences
    are being released to the townsfolk?
[12:43] Fritz
    Yes, I hear they're being turned into
    hospitals and welfare facilities.
[12:46] Ernest
    Paintings and other works of art are
    quickly being moved to a public museum.
[12:53] Ernest
    What say I thank you for bringing
    me to this excellent restaurant
[12:57] Ernest
    by taking you to the museum sometime?
[12:59] Fritz
    Sure, someday.
[13:06] Fritz
    Oh, you know good food when you see it, eh?
[13:10] Fritz
    Here, eat up.
[13:18] Ernest
    It seems the dog has far more
    refined tastes than us.
[13:22] Fritz
    Infuriating mutt!
SIGN    Armored Grenadier Commander Offresser
SIGN    Retired Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
[14:10] Mückenberger
    You fool.
[14:34] Reinhard
    Come in.
[14:35] Hilde
    Pardon me.
[14:38] Hilde
    I've brought Karl Braque and Eugen Richter.
SIGN    Karl Braque
SIGN    Eugen Richter
[14:49] Na
    Karl Braque and Eugen Richter.
[14:52] Na
    Despite being nobles, these two did
    not take the noble "von" name,
[14:57] Na
    and they held leading roles in a group
    known as the Enlightenment Party.
[15:01] Na
    To solve the financial crisis
    brought about by many years of war
[15:05] Na
    and chaos in the Imperial court,
[15:08] Na
    Reinhard ordered them to draft a plan
    for socioeconomic rehabilitation.
[15:20] Hilde
    It appears the people are accepting
    of Your Excellency's reforms.
[15:25] Reinhard
    Getting the people to trust in a new
    system requires only two things:
[15:30] Reinhard
    fair trials and a fair tax system.
[15:35] Reinhard
    That's all.
[15:37] Hilde
    The reforms are certainly going well,
[15:39] Hilde
    and proceeding at an incredible speed.
[15:43] Hilde
    But it's as if he's being
    pursued by something...
[15:47] Hilde
    No, as if he's desperately
    pursuing something.
[15:59] Richter
    We can clean up this
    financial crisis easily.
[16:02] Braque
    Indeed.
[16:04] Richter
    Oh, they've announced the establishment
    of a farmers' finance corporation.
[16:07] Braque
    Lending agricultural funding to farmers
    with a low interest rate, eh?
[16:13] Braque
    Duke Lohengramm is skilled not only
    in battle, but in publicity stunts.
[16:18] Richter
    Yes, it might be a publicity stunt.
[16:21] Richter
    But the nobles in the old system
    never even bothered to do that.
[16:26] Richter
    All they did was bleed it
    dry for their own gain.
[16:29] Richter
    Compared to that, this is clear progress,
    and a definite improvement.
[16:34] Braque
    But can you really call a reform
[16:37] Braque
    that's not directed by the people
    themselves "progress"?
[16:41] Richter
    Progress is progress.
[16:43] Richter
    Even if it's prompted by the
    heavy hand of those at the top,
[16:47] Richter
    once the rights of the
    people have been expanded,
[16:50] Richter
    it can't be taken back.
[16:53] Richter
    The best thing we can do is use
    Duke Lohengramm to propel the reform.
[16:59] Richter
    Am I wrong?
[17:01] Braque
    There's no guarantee that a
    duke who's obtained power
[17:03] Braque
    won't turn around and become
    a tyrannical dictator.
[17:11] Braque
    We need to propel the true reform
    in preparation for that.
[17:16] Braque
    In the event that Duke Lohengramm
    abandons his position as the reformer,
[17:21] Braque
    we'll need to nurture citizens with the
    ability to call him out and oppose him.
[17:29] Richter
    You are right about that.
[17:31] Richter
    But I really don't think
    Duke Lohengramm is going to do that.
[17:35] Richter
    Do you know about his house?
[17:38] Braque
    Yes.
[17:40] Braque
    A study, a bedroom, a bathroom,
    a living room, a dining room,
[17:43] Braque
    a kitchen, and rooms for his orderlies.
[17:46] Braque
    A guard house was built in the garden,
[17:49] Braque
    but it's a simple house that one
    would never expect a prime minster
[17:53] Braque
    who governs 25 billion people and
    thousands of planets to live in.
[17:59] Richter
    He's nothing like Emperor Rudolf
[18:01] Richter
    or the nobles who lived in marble castles
[18:04] Richter
    and lived up to their waists
    in gold and jewels.
[18:08] Richter
    Even the garden and half of the buildings of
    the Neue Sanssouci Palace have been closed,
[18:13] Richter
    and most of the lords- and
    ladies-in-waiting are being let go.
[18:17] Richter
    Nothing is sacred in the advancement
    of Duke Lohengramm's reforms.
[18:24] Woman
    Thank you so much!
[18:26] Woman
    Really? Oh, I don't mind. Take care, now.
[18:26] Man5
    Thank you for everything.
[18:27] Old1
    At your age, you can still do
    anything you set out to do.
[18:31] Old1
    Don't hesitate. Just dive
    straight into this new world.
[18:35] Man1
    I will.
[18:39] Old1
    We should just be grateful the
    Neue Sanssouci wasn't torn down.
[19:05] Paul
    The liquidation of the
    Neue Sanssouci is proceeding well.
[19:09] Reinhard
    I see.
[19:10] Paul
    There is one question I'd like to ask.
[19:13] Reinhard
    What is it?
[19:14] Paul
    How do you intend to deal with
    the young emperor going forward?
[19:23] Reinhard
    I won't kill him.
[19:26] Reinhard
    He's more likely to be useful alive.
[19:29] Reinhard
    Do you not agree, Oberstein?
[19:32] Paul
    Yes, that would seem to
    be true at the moment.
[19:37] Reinhard
    "At the moment," indeed...
[19:48] Paul
    He's right.
    He can't kill the young emperor.
[19:51] Paul
    If His Excellency were to kill a child,
    the people would turn against him.
[19:57] Paul
    But...
[20:08] Paul
    What is it?
[20:09] Officer
    Sir...
[20:12] Paul
    What is this?
[20:14] Officer
    I-It's not His Excellency's dog, so...
[20:19] Paul
    Does it look like my dog?
[20:21] Officer
    I-It isn't, then?
[20:24] Paul
    I see.
[20:26] Paul
    It looks like it should be mine, does it?
[20:36] Paul
    Drive.
[20:37] Officer
    Ah... Yes, sir!
[20:55] Fritz
    A dog?
[20:57] Fritz
    Oberstein took in a dog?!
[21:00] Müller
    Not only that, but it only eats chicken
    that's been boiled until it's tender.
[21:05] Müller
    Sometimes the chief of staff goes out in
    the middle of the night to buy it himself.
[21:10] Wolfgang
    Oberstein's doing that?!
[21:12] Fritz
    Hmph!
[21:14] Fritz
    So I suppose even if humans
    despise our chief of staff,
[21:18] Fritz
    at least dogs still like him.
[21:20] Fritz
    I guess dogs are drawn to other dogs.
[21:28] Paul
    No movement from Fezzan?
[21:31] Paul
    I highly doubt the Black Fox will
    continue to sit quietly and watch.
[21:40] Raabenard
    Pardon me, sir.
[21:46] Raabenard
    Your dinner is ready for you.
[21:49] Paul
    I'll eat later.
[21:51] Raabenard
    Understood, sir.
[21:53] Raabenard
    Shall we have your meal first, then?
[22:15] Reinhard
    Thank you. That'll be all for today.
[22:19] Hilde
    Yes, sir.
[23:10] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[23:13] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
SIGN    Episode 29
SIGN    The Geier Takes Flight
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Geier Takes Flight."