E31 - What Was Lost

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[00:08] Na
    Admiral Ernest Mecklinger is a capable
    staff officer serving under Reinhard.
[00:13] Na
    He is also blessed with artistic talent,
[00:17] Na
    earning him the nickname of
    the "Artistic Admiral."
[00:28] Hilde
    Thank you very much for coming,
    Admiral Mecklinger.
[00:32] Hilde
    I'm very sorry to ask something
    like this of you.
[00:35] Ernest
    Please, think nothing of it.
[00:38] Ernest
    How is Baron Kümmel doing?
[00:40] Hilde
    He's feeling quite well today.
[00:43] Hilde
    He seems overjoyed by the
    news of your visit.
[00:47] Hilde
    I'm happy, as well.
[00:49] Hilde
    Ah... I don't have any siblings,
[00:53] Hilde
    so my cousin Heinrich is like
    a younger brother to me.
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[02:31] Heinrich
    Wow! He really did come!
SIGN    Baron Heinrich von Kümmel
[02:35] Heinrich
    You're truly amazing, Sister!
[02:38] Heinrich
    Oh, Hilde has always been very clever,
[02:41] Heinrich
    and very driven, as well.
    I've always looked up to her.
[02:43] Heinrich
    But still, I couldn't believe it when she
    became Duke Lohengramm's secretary!
[02:48] Heinrich
    So... that's when I made a
    selfish request of her,
[02:51] Heinrich
    by asking her to introduce me to you.
[02:54] Heinrich
    Please forgive my appearance,
    Admiral Mecklinger.
[02:59] Heinrich
    Ever since I was born, I've spent the
    better part of every day in bed...
[03:03] Hilde
    Heinrich.
[03:05] Hilde
    Try slowing down a bit.
    You're putting off the admiral.
[03:10] Hilde
    Please have a seat, Admiral.
[03:18] Heinrich
    I'm sorry, Sister Hilde.
[03:20] Heinrich
    I got a bit too excited.
[03:22] Ernest
    Baron Kümmel.
[03:24] Ernest
    The pleasure is mine.
    I am honored by your invitation.
[03:29] Hilde
    Let's have tea.
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SIGN    What Was Lost
[03:38] Ernest
    I see you have lots of books.
[03:41] Heinrich
    Yes...
[03:43] Heinrich
    I'm only here today thanks to my uncle,
    Count Mariendorf, and Sister Hilde.
[03:49] Heinrich
    I can't ask for much,
[03:51] Heinrich
    but because of my condition,
    I can't go anywhere,
[03:54] Heinrich
    nor can I do anything on my own.
[03:57] Heinrich
    So all I can do is read books and dream.
[04:01] Heinrich
    I love to read about the great
    people who wrote history.
[04:05] Heinrich
    In particular, I find myself drawn to those
[04:08] Heinrich
    who are in the military,
    but who also have a talent
[04:10] Heinrich
    for poetry, science, math, and the like.
[04:13] Heinrich
    People with two talents are true geniuses.
[04:16] Heinrich
    You yourself have accomplished
    many great military deeds,
[04:20] Heinrich
    but you've also won the
    Imperial Academy Award
[04:22] Heinrich
    for your prose poetry and
    watercolor paintings, right?
[04:25] Heinrich
    And your piano playing has earned
    rave reviews from critics, as well.
[04:29] Heinrich
    You are my ideal,
    Admiral Ernest Mecklinger.
[04:35] Ernest
    You honor me with such praise.
[04:39] Ernest
    Oh, yes...
[04:40] Ernest
    I brought one of my paintings.
    I'd like you to have it.
[04:45] Ernest
    My hope is that it brings you
    some degree of comfort.
[04:49] Heinrich
    This is... for me?
[04:54] Heinrich
    How wonderful!
[04:56] Heinrich
    This is truly a fantastic day!
[05:00] Hilde
    Heinrich!
[05:03] Hilde
    Heinrich... Are you all right?
[05:07] Hilde
    Heinrich!
[05:11] Ernest
    How is the baron now?
[05:13] Hilde
    His fever went down quickly.
[05:15] Hilde
    It appears he simply got a bit overexcited.
[05:18] Hilde
    Still, I haven't seen him enjoying
    himself so much in a long time.
[05:23] Hilde
    Thank you so much.
[05:26] Ernest
    So long, then.
[05:28] Hilde
    If I may...
[05:30] Hilde
    Earlier, you appeared surprised
    by something for a moment.
[05:35] Ernest
    Oh, my face gave me away, did it?
[05:41] Ernest
    It's nothing of any importance.
[05:44] Ernest
    Many people who are physically
    disabled have a pet of some sort.
[05:49] Ernest
    Such as a little bird, or a cat.
[05:51] Ernest
    They enjoy watching another creature
    moving around freely where they cannot.
[05:56] Ernest
    But I didn't see anything of that
    nature in Baron Kümmel's room,
[06:00] Ernest
    so I thought, perhaps, he disliked animals.
[06:05] Ernest
    That's all, really.
[06:09] Na
    Hilde found his words curious,
[06:12] Na
    but she would not recall this brief
    conversation until much later.
[06:22] Na
    There was one other thing
    that concerned her.
[06:33] Hilde
    Pardon me.
[06:37] Hilde
    The plan to warp Geiersburg Fortress
    seems to be progressing.
[06:42] Reinhard
    The first warp test will be conducted
    around the middle of next month.
[06:48] Hilde
    I see...
[06:50] Hilde
    Why dispatch so many troops
    at a time like this?
[06:53] Hilde
    Shouldn't he be tying up the
    loose ends of the civil war?
[06:57] Hilde
    Do you really think it's possible?
[07:01] Hilde
    Won't warping an object with as
    much mass as Geiersburg Fortress
[07:05] Hilde
    affect the rest of the
    universe in some way?
[07:09] Hilde
    Everyone is harboring such questions.
[07:13] Reinhard
    Warping is far more troublesome
    than one might expect.
[07:17] Reinhard
    Schaft insists that warping the fortress
[07:20] Reinhard
    will not be a problem in
    terms of the technology.
[07:24] Reinhard
    He says the only issue will be operating all
    that mass and the warp drive simultaneously.
[07:29] Hilde
    Still, no warp on a scale this
    massive has been conducted before.
[07:33] Hilde
    If even one step in the
    process goes wrong...
[07:36] Reinhard
    If it does, the more than one million
    men and officers in the fortress
[07:40] Reinhard
    will be atomized and scattered
    across the universe.
[07:45] Reinhard
    No matter how confident Schaft is,
[07:47] Reinhard
    the difficulty in this plan lies not in
    its conception, but in its execution.
[07:52] Reinhard
    He has no need for arrogance at this stage.
[07:56] Hilde
    And Admiral Kempff is the one running the
    tests to prepare for the execution, yes?
[08:01] Hilde
    He really is doing remarkable work.
[08:04] Reinhard
    He hasn't been entirely successful yet, though.
[08:07] Hilde
    I do hope he is successful.
[08:09] Hilde
    If he were to fail, we would suffer
    the loss of a competent admiral.
[08:14] Reinhard
    If he died doing that, it would mean
    that was all there was to him.
[08:18] Reinhard
    No matter how long he lived,
    he wouldn't be very useful.
[08:28] Hilde
    I wonder what Admiral Kircheis
    would say if he were still alive...
[08:47] Reinhard
    When I think about it, it's a strange thing.
[08:50] Reinhard
    It hasn't been long since I met you,
[08:52] Reinhard
    yet we dine together like this every day.
[08:55] Hilde
    You honor me.
[08:59] Reinhard
    No, I enjoy talking with you.
[09:02] Reinhard
    You have great foresight.
[09:05] Reinhard
    You did at the time of the battle with the
    nobles' coalition last year, as well.
[09:10] Hilde
    Duke Braunschweig lost to you in that
    battle because he lacked three things.
[09:18] Hilde
    His mind lacked balance,
[09:20] Hilde
    his eyes lacked insight,
[09:22] Hilde
    and his ears lacked input
    from his subordinates.
[09:26] Reinhard
    I see.
[09:27] Hilde
    You, on the other hand,
    possessed all three of those.
[09:33] Hilde
    This is why you were able to triumph
    over such a powerful adversary.
[09:38] Reinhard
    It would seem there is something
    you wish to say to me.
[09:43] Hilde
    I am only making conversation over tea.
[09:45] Hilde
    It frightens me when you
    look at me that way.
[09:48] Reinhard
    I find it hard to believe
    you would ever fear me.
[09:52] Hilde
    A nation, an organization, a society...
[09:55] Hilde
    Whatever you may call it,
[09:57] Hilde
    if a group of people are
    to come together as one,
[10:00] Hilde
    there is one thing they absolutely need.
[10:02] Reinhard
    Oh? What is that?
[10:06] Hilde
    An enemy.
[10:08] Reinhard
    That is certainly true.
[10:10] Reinhard
    You are as sharp as ever, Fraulein.
[10:13] Reinhard
    And what is the enemy that
    my subordinates and I need?
[10:19] Hilde
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty, of course.
[10:23] Hilde
    The emperor is still only seven years old,
[10:26] Hilde
    but he is the head of the
    Goldenbaum Dynasty.
[10:28] Hilde
    As the descendant of Emperor Rudolf,
[10:31] Hilde
    he has the potential to rally and unify
    the old powers as their symbol.
[10:35] Hilde
    That is the one and only thing in your way.
[10:38] Reinhard
    That's exactly right.
[10:41] Reinhard
    Don't worry, Fraulein.
[10:44] Reinhard
    I would never murder a young child.
[10:47] Reinhard
    I will not kill the emperor.
[10:49] Reinhard
    As you said, I need an enemy.
[10:53] Reinhard
    And I want to do the best I can to be more
    righteous and magnanimous than my enemy.
[11:00] Hilde
    You are truly admirable.
[11:04] Hilde
    Killing the young emperor would surely make
    you a target of reproach in the future.
[11:10] Hilde
    What the universe needs now is
    your talent as an architect,
[11:15] Hilde
    not your talent as a conqueror.
[11:41] Na
    Before his warping experiments,
[11:43] Na
    Kempff temporarily returned from
    Geiersburg Fortress to bring a report.
[11:48] Reinhard
    Well? Can we expect success?
[11:50] Kempff
    I will make it a success
    by any means necessary.
[11:57] Wolfgang
    You're back, eh?
[12:00] Kempff
    Yes. I planned to return
    to the fortress today,
[12:03] Kempff
    but I've received the fleet admiral's
    permission to stay with my family tonight.
[12:09] Wolfgang
    Oh, really? That's great.
[12:34] Wife
    Well? Aren't you going
    to see your father off?
[12:41] Isaac
    Take care, Dad! Come back home soon!
[12:44] Franz
    Take care, Dad! Bring back gifts for us!
[12:48] Isaac
    You dork! Dad's leaving for work!
[12:51] Isaac
    He's not gonna have time to buy gifts.
[12:57] Kempff
    I'll buy gifts next time, okay?
[12:59] Kempff
    But instead...
[13:01] Kempff
    When I come back, why don't we
    go visit your grandma's house?
[13:05] Wife
    Are you sure you should
    promise them that, dear?
[13:10] Kempff
    Oh, it'll be fine.
[13:12] Kempff
    I'm sure I'll be granted a vacation
    once I come back successful.
[13:16] Kempff
    And a promotion, too.
[13:19] Wife
    Before you worry about all
    that, please just be safe.
[13:22] Wife
    Come home to us safe and well.
[13:25] Wife
    That will be more than enough for me.
[13:29] Kempff
    Of course I'll come home.
[13:37] Kempff
    In all the times I went off to battle,
    have I ever not made it back?
[13:56] Isaac
    Don't just sit there whimpering forever.
[13:58] Isaac
    We have to make an award.
[14:00] Franz
    An award?
[14:08] Isaac
    We're gonna give it to
    Dad when he comes back.
[14:11] Isaac
    Remember what he said?
[14:13] Isaac
    He's gonna go get rid of the
    bad guys far off in space.
[14:16] Franz
    Let's make his award!
[14:28] Wolfgang
    I hear we reached the execution stage,
[14:30] Wolfgang
    thanks to Kempff and Müller's efforts...
[14:33] Wolfgang
    But it just doesn't sit right with me.
[14:35] Wolfgang
    The troops being dispatched this time...
[14:38] Wolfgang
    I know we have to eliminate the
    Free Planets Alliance eventually,
[14:41] Wolfgang
    but sending troops for no reason and
    being extravagant with the military
[14:45] Wolfgang
    isn't something a healthy nation should do.
[14:48] Wolfgang
    And this guy named Schaft...
[14:50] Wolfgang
    Even if he did discover
    a new tactical theory,
[14:53] Wolfgang
    insisting on sending troops is putting
    the cart miles before the horse.
[14:58] Oskar
    Heh. That can't even be
    called a new theory.
[15:01] Oskar
    If you ask me, it's more
    like slapping fresh makeup
[15:05] Oskar
    on an outdated "big ship,
    big guns" philosophy.
[15:09] Wolfgang
    It's just a rumor, but apparently he's said
[15:11] Wolfgang
    that during the warp experiments,
    he wants to leave the fortress
[15:14] Wolfgang
    and watch the outcome by
    the fleet admiral's side,
[15:17] Wolfgang
    but his request was denied.
[15:20] Oskar
    That sounds plausible.
[15:22] Oskar
    Trying to watch a dangerous
    experiment from a safe distance
[15:27] Oskar
    is just like Schaft.
[15:29] Oskar
    Of course, if the experiment fails,
[15:32] Oskar
    his place next to His Excellency can
    hardly be called "safe" anymore.
[15:39] Wolfgang
    Anyway, Schaft's ostentatiousness aside...
[15:44] Wolfgang
    It's His Excellency I'm more worried about.
[15:48] Wolfgang
    I thought he had recovered
    from the death of Kircheis,
[15:53] Wolfgang
    but it seems as though he's changed a bit.
[15:57] Wolfgang
    Though I can't say exactly how...
[16:00] Oskar
    Yes...
[16:03] Reinhard
    The same goes for all of you.
[16:05] Reinhard
    If you have the confidence
    and resolve to defeat me,
[16:09] Reinhard
    you can try it at any time.
[16:12] Oskar
    It's only natural that someone would change
[16:15] Oskar
    after losing the one thing
    they should never lose.
[16:19] Wolfgang
    The one thing they should never lose...
[16:31] Hilde
    If Admiral Kircheis were still alive,
[16:34] Hilde
    would he advise against
    this dispatch of troops?
[16:38] Hilde
    No one can ever replace him.
[16:42] Hilde
    His Excellency seems to have
    closed off his heart,
[16:46] Hilde
    even to the most competent
    of his subordinates.
[16:49] Hilde
    Of course. There is one person
    who would find that convenient.
[17:02] Hilde
    I have yet to lose someone precious to me.
[17:07] Hilde
    I don't know what that's like...
[17:13] Hilde
    Perhaps Admiral Kircheis is still
    alive in His Excellency's heart,
[17:18] Hilde
    and his eyes and ears are attuned to
    the Admiral Kircheis he holds within?
[17:30] Destroyer Operator
    Ready to enter the subspace
    zone of influence.
[17:33] Destroyer Operator
    Guidance by the pilot fleet is complete.
[17:35] Destroyer Operator
    Repeat: guidance by the
    pilot fleet is complete.
[17:43] Na
    On March 17th of the year IC 489,
[17:48] Na
    the Geiersburg Fortress warp
    experiment was conducted.
[17:52] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generation sequence
    complete through 8.
[17:55] Na
    Aboard the fortress was Chief Engineer
    Schaft, the one who proposed the plan;
[17:56] Geiersburg Operator
    All divisions report zero issues.
[17:59] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generation sequence
    now in the final stage.
[18:00] Na
    Kempff, the commander of the operation;
[18:02] Geiersburg Operator
    Observe strictest precautions with
    regard to point of generation.
[18:02] Na
    and the vice commander, Müller,
    in addition to 12,400 officers and soldiers,
[18:05] Geiersburg Operator
    Countdown to generation:
    ten, nine, eight, seven,
[18:07] Na
    mainly those from the engineering division.
[18:10] Na
    Meanwhile, in the control room
    of the flagship* Brünhild*,
[18:10] Geiersburg Operator
    six, five, four, three, two, one...
[18:14] Na
    Reinhard was surrounded
    by Mittermeyer, Reuenthal,
[18:16] Geiersburg Operator
    Subspace generating.
[18:19] Na
    and Oberstein, among other staff officers,
[18:23] Na
    along with Chief Adjutant Streit,
    several vice admirals and rear admirals,
[18:28] Na
    plus the commanders of each fleet.
[18:31] Na
    All of the Imperial Navy's elite
    stood gathered together,
[18:34] Na
    holding their breath as they watched
    the large screen before them.
[18:39] Wolfgang
    It's impressive to see all
    these people together.
[18:41] Oskar
    A single bomb thrown into
    this room right now
[18:45] Oskar
    would change the future
    of the whole universe.
[18:51] Brünhild Operator
    Beginning countdown.
[18:53] Brünhild Operator
    Thirty... twenty-nine... twenty-eight...
    twenty-seven... twenty-six... twenty-five...
[18:55] Geiersburg Operator
    Rear support team, evacuate the
    warp gate axis immediately.
[18:59] Brünhild Operator
    twenty-four... twenty-three... twenty-two...
    twenty-one... twenty... nineteen...
[18:59] Geiersburg Operator
    Repeat: rear support team,
    evacuate the warp gate axis immediately.
[19:05] Brünhild Operator
    eighteen... seventeen... sixteen...
    fifteen... fourteen... thirteen...
[19:11] Brünhild Operator
    twelve... eleven... ten... nine... eight...
[19:16] Brünhild Operator
    seven... six... five... four...
    three... two... one...
[19:31] Geiersburg Operator
    This is Fox Acht.
[19:33] Geiersburg Operator
    Gravitational field at time of
    generation within acceptable range.
[19:35] Geiersburg Operator
    No objects of significance
    detected in nearby space.
[19:38] Geiersburg Operator
    All craft excluding the
    three authorized mega fleets
[19:40] Geiersburg Operator
    are to evacuate the subspace
    field generation point.
[19:56] Brünhild Operator
    Message from Fox Acht:
[19:58] Brünhild Operator
    Success!
[20:03] Reinhard
    I hereby officially declare war
    for the conquest of Iserlohn!
[20:28] Reinhard
    I'm going to pay a visit to Geiersburg.
[20:31] Reinhard
    I'll be right back.
[20:52] Reinhard
    Kempff, Müller,
    well done getting this far.
[20:56] Kempff
    Thank you, sir.
[21:00] Kempff
    We never imagined Your Excellency
    would come here in person.
[21:04] Kempff
    The men and officers are
    delighted to welcome you.
[21:09] Reinhard
    Go on ahead.
[21:11] Kempff
    Yes, sir... but...
[21:17] Reinhard
    I want to be alone for a while.
[21:21] Reinhard
    No one may enter.
[21:25] Kempff
    This is where we held the party to celebrate
    our victory in the Lippstadt War.
[21:33] Kempff
    In other words, it's where
    Admiral Kircheis died.
[22:01] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Reinhard...
[22:05] (Flashback) Kircheis
    Make the universe... yours.
[22:10] (Flashback) Kircheis
    And...
[22:12] (Flashback) Kircheis
    tell Annerose...
[22:18] (Flashback) Kircheis
    that Sieg kept the promise...
    he made so long ago...
[22:32] Reinhard
    You kept your promise, Kircheis.
[22:38] Reinhard
    So now, I'm going to keep
    my promise to you.
[22:43] Reinhard
    No matter what I must do,
[22:46] Reinhard
    I will make the universe mine.
[22:51] Reinhard
    But... I feel so cold, Kircheis.
[22:56] Reinhard
    There is no warm light in a world
    without you and my sister.
[23:02] Reinhard
    If I could turn the pages of time
    backward and return to those days...
[23:07] Reinhard
    And if I could do it all over again...
[23:12] Reinhard
    Would my world still be a little
    bit brighter and warmer?
SIGN    Episode 32
SIGN    The Inquiry
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "The Inquiry."