# E3 - An Indomitable Prodigy
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**[00:02] Na**
In the year CE 2801,
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humanity relocated its political center from
Earth, the third planet in the Solar System,
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to Theoria, the second planet
in the Aldebaran Star System...
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and established the Galactic Federation.
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It was declared the first year
of the Universal Calendar...
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and heralded an era of
long-lasting growth.
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However, this prosperity
would not last forever.
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Humanity was engulfed in the gloom of
stagnation and uncertainty when,
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in UC 310,
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Rudolf Goldenbaum was elected President of
the Galactic Federation by popular vote.
**[00:39] Na**
The Parliament also named
him Prime Minister.
**[00:43] Na**
In addition, he gave himself the title
Emperor Rudolf I of the Galactic Empire,
***SIGN*** First Emperor of the Galactic Empire
Rudolf von Goldenbaum
**[00:48] Na**
at which point the Galactic
Federation collapsed,
**[00:51] Na**
and the Goldenbaum Dynasty of the
Galactic Empire was established.
**[00:56] Na**
This made him the first absolute
monarch of all humanity,
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as well as its dictator.
**[01:06] Na**
Now a holy and inviolable entity,
**[01:09] Na**
Rudolf rebuilt the world
to suit his own ideals.
**[01:12] Na**
It was a world in which a subset of
the nobility ruled the populace.
**[01:18] Na**
A widespread outbreak of riots
followed Rudolf's death,
**[01:22] Na**
but the empire's foundation
was not shaken.
**[01:25] Na**
However, in the year IC 164,
***SIGN*** Arle Heinessen
**[01:29] Na**
a group of republicans succeeded
in escaping the empire's rule.
**[01:34] Na**
After a journey of half a century,
**[01:36] Na**
they reached a planet that would
later be named Heinessen...
**[01:40] Na**
and declared the establishment
of the Free Planets Alliance.
**[01:43] Na**
Believing themselves to be the true
heirs of the Galactic Federation,
**[01:48] Na**
they revived the Universal Calendar.
**[01:51] Na**
Incidentally, the year UC 527
coincides with the year IC 218.
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The two forces would spend the next
150 years of their history at war.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[03:38] Kaiser**
For your success in subjugating the
rebel forces in the Astarte Starzone,
**[03:44] Kaiser**
I name you, Count Reinhard von Lohengramm,
the Imperial Fleet Admiral.
**[03:49] Kaiser**
I also name you Vice Commander
of the Imperial Space Fleet...
**[03:53] Kaiser**
and give you command of
half of our Space Fleet.
**[03:59] Kaiser**
This is the decree of Friedrich IV
of the Galactic Empire,
**[04:01] Kaiser**
given in this, the 487th year
of the Imperial Calender.
**[04:31] Ovlesser**
Hmph. A twenty-year-old fleet admiral, eh?
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
Gregor von Mückenberger
**[04:35] Ovlesser**
When did the lustrous Imperial Space Fleet...
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Armored Grenadier Commander
High Admiral Ovlesser
**[04:37] Ovlesser**
sink to the level of a child's
plaything, Your Excellency?
**[04:42] Gregor**
That blond boy does have tactical skill.
I can't deny that.
**[04:47] Gregor**
He did defeat the rebels, after all.
**[04:50] Gregor**
His talent astonished even the
seasoned veteran Merkatz.
**[04:55] Ovlesser**
He does look as if he has lost his bite.
**[04:58] Ovlesser**
He did win, but it may well have
been an isolated coincidence.
**[05:02] Ovlesser**
If you ask me, it only seems as if
the enemy was incompetent.
***SIGN*** Episode 3
***SIGN*** The Indomitable Prodigy
**[05:13] Guy**
Next, his rank will be raised
from count to marquis.
**[05:17] Guy**
He's done well for himself, even for having
a sister the kaiser's in love with.
**[05:21] Guy**
I heard his red-headed flunky is
getting promoted two ranks, too.
**[05:25] Ansbach**
Don't be shameless!
**[05:27] Guy**
Commodore Ansbach!
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy
Commodore Ansbach
**[05:28] Ansbach**
Their deeds have made them worthy
of the ranks they've earned.
**[05:33] Ansbach**
Watch your tongues.
**[05:34] All**
Yes, sir!
**[05:42] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You're being promoted to commodore.
**[05:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Look forward to it.
**[05:47] Kircheis**
* Every time Reinhard takes*
* a step up the ladder,*
**[05:51] Kircheis**
*I'm dragged up behind him.*
**[05:53] Kircheis**
*And at such staggering speed...*
**[05:56] Oberstein**
Captain Siegfried Kircheis, correct?
**[06:00] Kircheis**
Yes, and you are?
**[06:02] Oberstein**
I'm Captain Paul von Oberstein.
***SIGN*** Galactic Imperial Navy Captain
Paul von Oberstein
**[06:05] Oberstein**
Pleasure to meet you.
**[06:08] Kircheis**
Do you have business with me?
**[06:13] Oberstein**
Forgive me.
**[06:14] Oberstein**
My artificial eyes seem to be acting up.
**[06:16] Oberstein**
I apologize for startling you.
**[06:20] Kircheis**
I don't mind.
**[06:21] Kircheis**
Did you lose your eyes in battle?
**[06:23] Oberstein**
No, it was a congenital issue.
**[06:26] Oberstein**
If I had been born in
Emperor Rudolf's time,
**[06:30] Oberstein**
I might have been eliminated under
the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
**[06:36] Oberstein**
You are blessed with a good superior.
**[06:39] Oberstein**
There are precious few superior
officers in the Imperial Army...
**[06:42] Oberstein**
who can make the most of their
subordinates' abilities.
**[06:45] Oberstein**
But Count Lohengramm is different.
**[06:48] Oberstein**
I'm sure it's something those magnates who
only care about lineage can't fathom.
**[06:53] Kircheis**
Which fleet do you serve in?
**[06:57] Oberstein**
I was with the intel processing
division at headquarters,
**[07:00] Oberstein**
but I've been appointed to the fleet
at Iserlohn Fortress as a staff officer.
**[07:06] Kircheis**
Congratulations.
**[07:11] Oberstein**
You seem rather guarded.
**[07:15] Guy**
Salute the fleet admiral!
**[07:25] Oberstein**
I am Captain Paul von Oberstein.
**[07:28] Oberstein**
Allow me to offer my congratulations.
**[07:31] Oberstein**
I'll be going now.
**[07:32] Kircheis**
Right.
**[07:34] Oberstein**
Please excuse me.
**[07:40] Reinhard**
Who's he?
**[07:41] Kircheis**
A walking enigma, I think.
**[07:46] Reinhard**
I see.
**[07:48] Reinhard**
He had criticism for
Emperor Rudolf, did he?
**[07:52] Reinhard**
It is always best to remain guarded.
**[07:55] Reinhard**
Of course, with so many enemies around,
**[07:58] Reinhard**
that can be difficult.
**[08:00] Kircheis**
Right.
**[08:03] Reinhard**
I'm seeing my sister tomorrow.
You'll come along, right?
**[08:06] Kircheis**
Are you sure I should?
**[08:08] Reinhard**
Of course. Why show restraint now?
**[08:16] Kircheis**
* Back then, the stars in the*
* sky seemed so far from me.*
**[08:21] Kircheis**
*They were beyond my reach.*
**[08:23] Kircheis**
*I never even considered reaching for them.*
**[08:26] Kircheis**
*And the reason that changed was...*
**[08:29] (Flashback) Friend**
Bye!
**[08:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
See you tomorrow!
**[08:38] Kircheis**
*The gate to the house next door is open...*
**[08:48] Kircheis**
*A noble?*
**[08:49] Mom**
*Yes, that's what I heard.*
**[08:52] Kircheis**
*He didn't look like one, though...*
**[08:54] Dad**
*There are many types of nobles.*
**[08:56] (Flashback) Dad**
Oh, right! The Baldr orchids
should bloom tomorrow.
**[09:00] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Wow! Really?
**[09:10] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I'm going now!
**[09:27] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Who are you?
**[09:29] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'm Reinhard von Müsel. Who are you?
**[09:35] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Siegfried... Kircheis.
**[09:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Siegfried? That's a commoner's name.
**[09:43] (Flashback) Reinhard**
But...
**[09:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
"Kircheis" is a nice last name.
**[09:47] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I like it a lot.
**[09:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll call you by your last name.
**[09:52] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You don't mind, do you, Kircheis?
**[09:53] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Huh?
**[09:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard?
**[10:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[10:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
Reinhard, there you are.
**[10:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis, let me introduce you.
**[10:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This is Siegfried Kircheis.
**[10:16] (Flashback) Annerose**
My name is Annerose.
**[10:18] (Flashback) Annerose**
Siegfried... Can I call you "Sieg"?
**[10:25] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg, I hope you'll be good
friends with my brother.
**[10:31] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I will!
**[10:32] (Flashback) Annerose**
My, you have such energy!
**[10:39] (Flashback) Teacher**
I'll introduce him.
**[10:40] (Flashback) Teacher**
This is Reinhard von Müsel.
**[10:46] (Flashback) Kid**
A kid like him, with "von" in his name?
**[10:55] (Flashback) Kid**
Man, there's nothing likable
about that noble kid at all.
**[10:58] (Flashback) Kid**
You're sure you called him out here?
**[11:01] (Flashback) Kid**
He should show up soon.
**[11:02] (Flashback) Kid**
Let's bust him up nice and quick.
**[11:06] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Have you seen Reinhard?
**[11:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Some of the older kids
asked for him earlier.
**[11:16] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?!
**[11:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Bet that taught them a lesson.
**[11:35] (Flashback) Reinhard**
This isn't good, though.
**[11:37] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If my sister finds out, it'll make her sad.
**[11:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
I have a good idea.
**[11:49] (Flashback) Annerose**
How's that?
**[11:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Sis!
**[11:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
Have you warmed up a bit?
**[11:53] (Flashback) Both**
Yes.
**[11:54] (Flashback) Annerose**
I can't believe you fell in a fountain.
**[11:56] (Flashback) Annerose**
I guess you have a little too much energy.
**[12:03] (Flashback) Annerose**
What?
**[12:05] (Flashback) Annerose**
You boys are so strange.
**[12:08] (Flashback) Annerose**
I made a Kelsey plum cake.
Get dressed and help yourselves.
**[12:19] (Flashback) Annerose**
Hey, I told you two to get dressed first.
**[12:22] (Flashback) Both**
Let's eat!
**[12:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
By the way, Kircheis,
**[12:30] (Flashback) Reinhard**
my sister said she's baking
another Kelsey plum cake today.
**[12:34] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Really? I love those!
**[12:41] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That crest...
**[12:43] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Why are they at your house?
**[12:46] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard?
**[12:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
What did you do with Sis?!
**[12:51] (Flashback) Dad**
We had no choice.
**[12:54] (Flashback) Dad**
His Highness wanted her.
**[12:57] (Flashback) Dad**
But this is an honor.
**[12:59] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold her to the kaiser!
**[13:01] (Flashback) Reinhard**
You sold my sister!
**[13:03] (Flashback) Dad**
Reinhard, that's enough!
**[13:09] (Flashback) Dad**
The decision has been made.
**[13:17] (Flashback) Annerose**
It's all right. It's all right, Reinhard.
**[13:23] (Flashback) Annerose**
This is right.
**[13:47] (Flashback) Annerose**
Sieg...
**[13:51] (Flashback) Annerose**
I didn't know you very long, but thank you.
**[13:55] (Flashback) Annerose**
Eat this if you'd like.
**[14:02] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[14:07] (Flashback) Annerose**
Goodbye, Sieg.
**[15:22] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[15:26] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[15:28] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It's been a while.
**[15:30] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Where were you?!
**[15:33] (Flashback) Kircheis**
That uniform...
**[15:34] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I joined a cadet school.
**[15:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Cadet school?
**[15:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I'll be a soldier.
**[15:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
I can become a real man faster that way.
**[15:44] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, come with me.
**[15:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
To be a soldier?
**[15:51] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's right. We'll get
my sister back together.
**[15:57] (Flashback) Annerose**
Take care of Reinhard for me.
**[16:16] (Flashback) Kid**
So that's Countess Grünewald's
younger brother?
**[16:20] (Flashback) Kid**
Did you hear about the
red-headed kid? He's a commoner!
**[16:23] (Flashback) Kid**
What's a commoner doing here?
**[16:25] (Flashback) Kid**
He got in because of the
sister's influence, too.
**[16:31] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those two are sons of magnates.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They always have servants around
them to do everything for them.
**[16:36] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Can guys like that really
make it on the battlefield?
**[16:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They'll never go.
**[16:41] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Even if they get into the military,
most of them get stuck in the rear services.
**[16:45] (Flashback) Reinhard**
They have no intention of going out
and dying on the front lines.
**[16:49] (Flashback) Reinhard**
That's how imperial nobles are.
**[16:58] (Flashback) Teacher**
Come on! Run! Run! Run!
**[17:05] (Flashback) Kid**
Go, go, go, go!
**[17:08] (Flashback) Kid**
Goal!
**[17:11] (Flashback) Kid**
Your horse is so slow.
**[17:14] (Flashback) Kid**
You can say that again. Pathetic.
**[17:16] (Flashback) Kid**
Come on, get up.
**[17:17] (Flashback) Kid**
You, too.
**[17:21] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Those guys didn't earn their
standing on their own.
**[17:25] (Flashback) Reinhard**
There's no reason we should have
to stand downwind of them.
**[17:32] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yeah.
**[17:35] (Flashback) Guy**
Representative of graduating students, Reinhard von Müsel.
**[17:39] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Yes, sir!
**[17:45] (Flashback) Guy**
Salutatorian, Siegfried Kircheis.
**[17:48] (Flashback) Kircheis**
Yes, sir!
**[18:13] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[18:29] Reinhard**
Sister!
**[18:30] Annerose**
I'm glad you came, Reinhard.
**[18:33] Annerose**
You, too, Sieg.
**[18:34] Kircheis**
And I am glad to see you
doing well, Annerose.
***SIGN*** Annerose von Grünewald
**[18:38] Annerose**
Thank you.
**[18:40] Annerose**
I've been waiting for
your arrival for days.
**[18:44] Annerose**
Come, let's go inside.
**[18:50] Kircheis**
*She hasn't changed at all since then.*
**[18:55] Kircheis**
*Not even the kaiser himself...*
**[18:57] Kircheis**
*can do anything to taint these two.*
**[19:04] Reinhard**
Kircheis.
**[19:05] Annerose**
Hurry up, now.
**[19:07] Kircheis**
Of course.
**[19:11] Annerose**
Have some Kelsey plum cake.
**[19:13] Annerose**
I made it myself, so I don't know
if it will suit your tastes.
**[19:17] Reinhard**
I'll just make my tastes suit it.
**[19:19] Annerose**
Goodness, you're so mean.
**[19:23] Kircheis**
It's very good.
**[19:25] Annerose**
I'm glad to hear it.
**[19:27] Annerose**
So, Sieg, I'm sure Reinhard has put you
through all sorts of trouble, right?
**[19:32] Kircheis**
No, not at all.
**[19:33] Reinhard**
Go on, you can be honest.
**[19:35] Annerose**
Don't tease him!
**[19:38] Annerose**
Oh, right. I also have some delicious
vin rosé I received as a gift.
**[19:43] Reinhard**
I get the picture, Sister.
**[19:46] Reinhard**
You want me to go get it, right?
**[19:49] Annerose**
Thank you, Reinhard.
**[19:57] Annerose**
You have done so much for my brother.
**[20:01] Kircheis**
Not at all. He's the one
who has done much for me.
**[20:05] Kircheis**
To be a captain at my age...
**[20:06] Kircheis**
It's more than I deserve.
**[20:08] Annerose**
You'll be a rear admiral
soon, won't you? I heard.
**[20:12] Annerose**
Congratulations.
**[20:14] Kircheis**
Thank you.
**[20:17] Annerose**
My brother doesn't say it out loud,
or maybe he just hasn't noticed,
**[20:23] Annerose**
but he truly relies on you a great deal.
**[20:25] Kircheis**
You flatter me. I am nothing special.
**[20:29] Annerose**
Sieg...
**[20:30] Annerose**
You should really value
yourself a bit more.
**[20:34] Annerose**
My brother has talent,
**[20:36] Annerose**
but he isn't as mature as you.
**[20:40] Annerose**
He's like a wild goat that grows too proud
of its agility and falls from a cliff,
**[20:45] Annerose**
and he is in a place just as perilous.
**[20:48] Annerose**
So please, Sieg, I ask you...
**[20:52] Annerose**
Watch over Reinhard so that he
doesn't slip off of that cliff.
**[20:57] Annerose**
If you see him heading in that
direction, tell him so.
**[21:00] Annerose**
I know he would accept a warning from you.
**[21:04] Kircheis**
I will do everything I can.
**[21:08] Kircheis**
Please have faith in my
loyalty to Reinhard.
**[21:12] Kircheis**
I swear that I will not disappoint you.
**[21:18] Annerose**
Thank you, Sieg.
**[21:22] Kircheis**
Annerose...
**[21:25] Reinhard**
You should have put it
someplace easier to find.
**[21:29] Annerose**
Sorry to put you through that,
but it will be worth the effort.
**[21:33] Annerose**
I'll bring the glasses.
**[21:42] Kircheis**
So this is where you went.
**[21:46] Reinhard**
I've come this far from that night.
**[21:50] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Kircheis, have you ever
thought of it this way?
**[21:55] (Flashback) Reinhard**
The Goldenbaum Dynasty hasn't existed
since the dawn of humanity.
**[22:00] (Flashback) Reinhard**
It began with this arrogant
bastard, Rudolf.
**[22:04] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Rudolf started out as no more
than an ambitious upstart,
**[22:08] (Flashback) Reinhard**
but the times were such that he managed
to become a holy and inviolable emperor.
**[22:15] (Flashback) Reinhard**
Hey, Kircheis...
**[22:18] (Flashback) Reinhard**
If Rudolf did it, do you think I could?
**[22:31] Kircheis**
Reinhard...
**[22:37] Kircheis**
Reinhard, please...
make the universe your own.
**[23:01] Reinhard**
Let's go.
**[23:03] Reinhard**
We shall return to the battlefield.
**[23:08] Kircheis**
Understood.
***SIGN*** Episode 4
***SIGN*** The Unbeatable Magician
**[24:50] Na**
Next time on* Legend of
the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
**[24:55] Na**
episode four, "The Unbeatable Magician."