E39 - Thunderclaps

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SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[01:43] Kesler
    Forgive me for taking up
    your time, Duke Lohengramm.
[01:46] Reinhard
    What is your business here today?
[01:48] Kesler
    I recently received word that two former
    members of the high nobility have arrived on Odin.
[01:56] Kesler
    I've come here to report this to you.
[02:00] Reinhard
    How did you find out about this, Kesler?
[02:02] Kesler
    The truth is, I received an anonymous tip.
[02:05] Reinhard
    Anonymous?
[02:06] Kesler
    I have them under surveillance now.
[02:10] Reinhard
    I've seen him before.
[02:12] Kesler
    One of them is Count Alfred von Landsberg.
[02:15] Kesler
    He took part in the Lippstadt Pact,
[02:17] Kesler
    and after losing the battle,
    he fled to Fezzan.
[02:21] Reinhard
    He's useless, but he's harmless.
[02:24] Reinhard
    I remember his awful poetry
    readings at parties.
[02:28] Reinhard
    And this man?
[02:29] Kesler
    Leopold Schumacher, another
    defector to Fezzan.
[02:33] Kesler
    He was a staff officer under Baron
    Flegel in the Lippstadt War.
[02:39] Kesler
    He wasn't born a noble, but he graduated
    second in his class at the military academy,
[02:43] Kesler
    and he reached the rank of
    captain in less than ten years.
[02:46] Reinhard
    Did I miss their potential?
[02:49] Reinhard
    They abandoned the safety of Fezzan
[02:52] Reinhard
    to infiltrate Odin, a planet
    ruled by their enemies.
[02:56] Reinhard
    Why?
[03:00] Reinhard
    What about their IDs? Were they fake?
[03:03] Kesler
    No, their immigration checks
    found nothing out of place.
[03:08] Kesler
    Though they used aliases, the IDs
    were legally issued by Fezzan.
[03:13] Reinhard
    Meaning...
[03:14] Kesler
    Yes. It seems quite clear that Fezzan
    has some involvement in this incident.
[03:21] Kesler
    I came here today to seek
    Your Excellency's political judgment.
[03:27] Reinhard
    Understood. My orders will follow.
[03:30] Reinhard
    Continue to observe them.
[03:32] Kesler
    Yes, sir.
SIGN    Episode 39
SIGN    Thunderclaps
[03:47] Reinhard
    Fraulein Mariendorf, what do
    you think about all this?
[03:51] Reinhard
    I want to hear your opinion.
[03:53] Hilde
    You mean regarding why those
    two men returned to Odin?
[03:57] Reinhard
    Yes.
[04:01] Hilde
    Count Landsberg, to my knowledge,
    was quite the romanticist.
[04:07] Reinhard
    I won't contest your observations,
[04:10] Reinhard
    but I find it hard to believe
    even a talentless poet like him
[04:13] Reinhard
    would find romanticism in the
    mere act of returning home.
[04:16] Hilde
    You're absolutely right.
[04:18] Hilde
    The reason Count Landsberg returned
    was likely far more serious
[04:22] Hilde
    and worthy of the personal
    risk to his well-being.
[04:25] Reinhard
    And just what might that be?
[04:27] Hilde
    As history has indicated,
    nothing lifts the spirits
[04:31] Hilde
    of an active romantic more than
    terrorism against the strong.
[04:35] Hilde
    I suspect that Count Landsberg went
    through with this infiltration
[04:40] Hilde
    simply to fulfill his sense of duty
    in an extreme way.
[04:43] Reinhard
    When you say "terrorism," do you
    mean he wants to assassinate me?
[04:47] Hilde
    No, I don't believe he does.
[04:50] Reinhard
    Why is that?
[04:51] Hilde
    If he assassinated you, who would
    inherit your position and power?
[04:57] Hilde
    If Fezzan is involved,
    as Admiral Kesler surmised,
[05:02] Hilde
    they wouldn't want social
    and political chaos.
[05:06] Hilde
    If Fezzan were to attempt terrorism,
[05:08] Hilde
    it would be via means more
    utilitarian than assassination—
[05:12] Hilde
    such as by kidnapping someone important.
[05:15] Reinhard
    Who would they kidnap?
[05:17] Hilde
    I can think of three candidates.
[05:19] Reinhard
    One would be me, obviously.
[05:22] Reinhard
    Who else?
[05:23] Hilde
    One is your sister, Countess Grünewald.
[05:29] Reinhard
    If that talentless poet lays
    a finger on my sister,
[05:33] Reinhard
    I'll make him wish he hadn't
    been born with a sense of pain!
[05:37] Reinhard
    I'll give him the cruelest death
    any human could possibly imagine!
[05:42] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm, I spoke too carelessly.
[05:46] Hilde
    Please forgive me.
[05:50] Hilde
    In this case, it is inconceivable
    that your sister could be kidnapped.
[05:55] Reinhard
    How can you be so sure?
[05:56] Hilde
    As I said a moment ago, he is a romanticist.
[06:00] Hilde
    Kidnapping a woman would
    violate his principles.
[06:04] Hilde
    I believe he would choose a method
    somewhat more difficult to pull off.
[06:09] Reinhard
    Of course. That talentless
    poet would, perhaps.
[06:13] Reinhard
    But what about Fezzan?
[06:15] Reinhard
    These people are realists in
    the worst possible sense.
[06:19] Reinhard
    It's entirely possible that they
    would force Landsberg to do
[06:22] Reinhard
    what would guarantee the most
    profit for the least work.
[06:26] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm, I thought of
    three people they might kidnap.
[06:32] Hilde
    But in the end, I believe the third of those
[06:35] Hilde
    is the only one who meets all the
    criteria for both the planner, Fezzan,
[06:40] Hilde
    and the executant, Count Landsberg.
[06:44] Reinhard
    And who is the third one?
[06:47] Hilde
    The one currently in possession
    of the revered crown.
[06:52] Reinhard
    So you think the talentless poet
    is going to kidnap the emperor?
[06:56] Hilde
    To Count Landsberg,
     it wouldn't be a kidnapping.
[07:00] Hilde
    It would be an act of loyalty,
    rescuing the young monarch from enemy hands.
[07:05] Hilde
    He would carry it out not with
    reservation, but with pleasure.
[07:10] Reinhard
    That's enough about the talentless poet.
[07:12] Reinhard
    So what about the other party involved?
[07:16] Reinhard
    What does Fezzan stand to gain
    from kidnapping the emperor?
[07:21] Hilde
    I don't know the answer to that yet.
[07:23] Hilde
    At the very least, I can't think of
    a way in which it would hurt Fezzan.
[07:28] Hilde
    What do you think?
[07:29] Reinhard
    So it's the Black Fox of
    Fezzan yet again, is it?
[07:33] Reinhard
    He never joins the dance himself.
[07:36] Reinhard
    He only blows his flute
    from behind the curtain.
[07:38] Reinhard
    That talentless poet dancing
    to his tune is the brazen one.
[07:45] Reinhard
    Fraulein Mariendorf, I suspect
    that the one who gave us the tip
[07:49] Reinhard
    about the two infiltrators was a
    spy from Fezzan. Do you agree?
[07:55] Hilde
    Yes, I believe your suspicion is correct.
[08:19] (Flashback) Hilde
    My friend...
[08:24] Reinhard
    Imperial historians compared Emperor
    Rudolf's angry shouting to thunderclaps.
[08:30] Reinhard
    Did you know that?
[08:31] Hilde
    Yes, I did.
[08:33] Reinhard
    It's a rather masterful analogy.
[08:39] Reinhard
    Thunder is essentially wasted energy.
[08:43] Reinhard
    It carries a lot of heat, light, and sound,
[08:46] Reinhard
    but it's no more than a violent
    outburst. It has no use.
[08:50] Reinhard
    Truly a fitting description of Rudolf.
[08:54] Reinhard
    I will not be like that.
[09:03] Reinhard
    Fraulein Mariendorf, I have
    a favor to ask of you.
[09:26] Petty OfficerA
    Ma'am, we can't go any farther by car.
[09:30] Hilde
    That's fine. I'll walk.
SIGN    Annerose von Grünewald
[09:50] Hilde
    You are Countess Grünewald, yes?
[09:53] Annerose
    And you are?
[09:55] Hilde
    My name is Hildegard von Mariendorf.
[09:58] Hilde
    I serve as Duke Lohengramm's secretary.
[10:02] Hilde
    May I request a bit of your time?
[10:08] Annerose
    Konrad.
[10:11] Konrad
    You called?
[10:12] Annerose
    Please show our guest in.
[10:15] Konrad
    Of course, Lady Annerose.
[10:25] Hilde
    Isn't that boy the son of Viscount Modell?
[10:28] Annerose
    Yes. I am his guarantor now.
[10:31] Hilde
    The Modells were part of the
    Nobles' Coalition, too.
[10:34] Hilde
    To Duke Lohengramm,
    he'd be the child of an enemy.
[10:37] Hilde
    There must be some reason
    he ended up in her care.
[10:41] Annerose
    Please, come this way.
[10:43] Hilde
    Right.
[10:56] Annerose
    You want to assign guards to me?
[10:58] Hilde
    Yes. Duke Lohengramm is concerned that you
    might become the target of terrorists.
[11:05] Hilde
    He would prefer to have you
    come back and live with him,
[11:09] Hilde
    but he believes you might not
    understand his reasoning.
[11:12] Hilde
    So he would at least like to assign
    guard soldiers around this villa.
[11:18] Hilde
    These are his wishes.
[11:23] Annerose
    I am neither necessary nor
    worthy of guarding, Fraulein.
[11:29] Hilde
    You are both necessary and worthy, Countess.
[11:33] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm believes
    so, if nothing else.
[11:37] Hilde
    We will endeavor to avoid disrupting
    your peace and quiet in any way.
[11:40] Hilde
    Would you please agree to let
    us guard the villa, at least?
[11:46] Annerose
    Allow me to tell you an old story.
[11:49] Annerose
    It was twelve years ago when our father
    used up the meager fortune he had
[11:54] Annerose
    to move into a small home
    in a poor part of the city.
[11:59] Annerose
    It seemed as if we had lost everything,
[12:02] Annerose
    but we gained some new things, as well.
[12:05] Annerose
    The first friend Reinhard
    ever had in his life
[12:09] Annerose
    was a tall boy with fire-red
    hair and a sweet smile.
[12:16] Annerose
    I once said to that boy:
[12:19] Annerose
    "Sieg, I hope you'll be good
    friends with my brother."
[12:24] Annerose
    The red-haired boy kept that promise.
[12:29] Annerose
    No, he did more than that.
[12:31] Annerose
    He went far beyond what I asked of him
[12:34] Annerose
    and did something no one else could ever do.
[12:37] Annerose
    And I took away Siegfried Kircheis's
    life, his soul... his everything.
[12:49] Annerose
    He died, and I still live.
[12:54] Annerose
    I am a terribly sinful woman.
[13:02] Hilde
    Countess Grünewald, please forgive
    me for what I am about to say,
[13:07] Hilde
    but I feel I must say it.
[13:09] Hilde
    If you were to be harmed by terrorists
    from the former high nobility,
[13:13] Hilde
    do you think Admiral Kircheis
    would celebrate that in Valhalla?
[13:17] Hilde
    Also, please think not only
    of those who are dead,
[13:20] Hilde
    but about those who are still alive.
[13:23] Hilde
    Countess, if you were to
    forsake Duke Lohengramm,
[13:27] Hilde
    he would be beyond salvation.
[13:29] Hilde
    Admiral Kircheis died far too young.
[13:34] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm is also far too
    young to suffer a spiritual death.
[13:39] Hilde
    Do you not agree?
[13:41] Annerose
    Are you saying I have forsaken my brother?
[13:45] Hilde
    Duke Lohengramm feels the need to
    fulfill his responsibility for you.
[13:51] Hilde
    If you would accept his wishes,
[13:53] Hilde
    he would surely feel as
    if you still needed him.
[13:58] Hilde
    And this is important not only to Duke
    Lohengramm, but to a great many people.
[14:11] Annerose
    When you say "a great many people,"
[14:14] Annerose
    do you mean yourself as well, Fraulein?
[14:17] Hilde
    Yes, I will not deny that.
[14:20] Hilde
    But the people it is most important
    to cover a much broader scope.
[14:24] Hilde
    The tens of billions of people
    in the Galactic Empire
[14:27] Hilde
    would not want to be led by a ruler
    who has given himself to emptiness.
[14:32] Hilde
    I promise you again that this will
    not disrupt your day-to-day life.
[14:38] Hilde
    Please grant Duke Lohengramm's...
    no, Reinhard's wish.
[14:44] Hilde
    He has made this offer for your own sake.
[14:52] Hilde
    It's true.
[14:53] Hilde
    This woman is the one who made
    the world what it is today.
[15:00] Annerose
    I must offer you my gratitude.
[15:03] Annerose
    Thank you for being so
    considerate of my brother.
[15:09] Annerose
    I leave this matter in your hands.
[15:12] Annerose
    I have no intention of leaving this villa,
[15:14] Annerose
    but otherwise, you are welcome
    to do as you see fit.
[15:19] Hilde
    Thank you, Countess Grünewald.
[15:23] Annerose
    Please, call me "Annerose" from now on.
[15:26] Hilde
    All right. You're welcome to
    call me "Hilde," as well.
[15:35] Konrad
    This is where you will sleep tonight.
[15:42] Konrad
    Um...
[15:44] Konrad
    May I ask you something?
[15:46] Hilde
    Sure. Go ahead.
[15:49] Konrad
    Why won't you leave Lady Annerose alone?
[15:53] Konrad
    She only wants to live a quiet life.
[15:57] Konrad
    She has me and many others
    to take care of her.
[15:59] Konrad
    We are more than capable
    of keeping her safe.
[16:03] Hilde
    I'll make the same promise to you.
[16:05] Hilde
    This won't cause any disturbance
    in Annerose's life.
[16:08] Hilde
    I'll make sure the guards
    never enter this villa,
[16:12] Hilde
    nor will they try to do your job.
[16:15] Hilde
    So please understand that you aren't the
    only one who wants to keep Annerose safe.
[16:36] Hilde
    Everything is so nice and well-ordered...
[16:40] Hilde
    Did Annerose do all this?
[16:56] Hilde
    The daytime sky belongs to the earth,
[16:59] Hilde
    and the nighttime sky is of the universe.
[17:01] Hilde
    Who was is that said that?
[17:05] Hilde
    Beyond those stars, Annerose's
    brother continues his battle
[17:11] Hilde
    and is trying to expand
    the fight even further.
[17:23] Na
    Reinhard ordered Nicholas Boltik,
    Fezzan's commissioner in the Empire,
SIGN    Commissioner Nicholas Boltik
[17:28] Na
    to appear before him personally.
[17:36] Reinhard
    There's one thing I want to confirm first.
[17:39] Boltik
    Of course. What would that be?
[17:42] Reinhard
    Are you Landesherr Rubinsky's
    deputy plenipotentiary
[17:46] Reinhard
    or merely his errand boy?
[17:50] Reinhard
    Well?
[17:51] Boltik
    In form, I am naturally the
    latter, Your Excellency.
[17:56] Reinhard
    In form, eh?
[17:57] Reinhard
    I have never known a Fezzani
    to value form over substance.
[18:02] Boltik
    May I take that as a compliment?
[18:06] Reinhard
    I have no intention of meddling
    in your interpretations.
[18:10] Boltik
    Uh-huh...
[18:11] Reinhard
    What is it that Fezzan wants?
[18:15] Boltik
    With all due respect, Your Excellency,
    I'm not sure what you mean.
[18:20] Reinhard
    Oh, you're not, are you?
[18:22] Boltik
    Correct. You must forgive
    my lack of understanding.
[18:26] Reinhard
    Well, this is a problem.
[18:28] Reinhard
    The first-rate performance of a
    first-rate play is entirely dependent
[18:32] Reinhard
    on the presence of first-rate actors,
[18:34] Reinhard
    yet your acting is so
    transparent as to be boring.
[18:38] Boltik
    That's quite a harsh thing to say.
[18:41] Reinhard
    I suppose I should put it another way.
[18:44] Reinhard
    I'm asking you what Fezzan stands to
    gain from kidnapping the emperor.
[18:53] Reinhard
    I also think that job is too much
    for Count Landsberg to handle.
[18:57] Reinhard
    Am I wrong?
[18:59] Boltik
    I'm surprised. You've figured that much out?
[19:03] Boltik
    Then I'm sure you also know
[19:05] Boltik
    that the tip came from a member of
    Fezzan's autonomous government,
[19:09] Boltik
    and that it was intended as a signal to you.
[19:14] Boltik
    Then, Your Excellency, allow me to
    explain my full intentions to you.
[19:21] Boltik
    Fezzan wishes to cooperate with you
[19:26] Boltik
    in your great effort to take
    control of the universe.
[19:30] Reinhard
    You're saying this on Rubinsky's behalf, then?
[19:32] Boltik
    Yes.
[19:33] Reinhard
    Yet the first step in that cooperation
[19:36] Reinhard
    is having a remnant of the high
    nobility kidnap the emperor.
[19:41] Reinhard
    I'd say that requires some explanation.
[19:44] Boltik
    Here is what I personally think.
[19:48] Boltik
    Count Landsberg rescues the emperor
    from the hands of traitors—
[19:53] Boltik
    Ah, I speak from his perspective, of course.
[19:57] Boltik
    Then he flees to the
    Free Planets Alliance via Fezzan,
[20:00] Boltik
    where he establishes a government in exile.
[20:04] Boltik
    Of course, there is no substance
    to this supposition,
[20:07] Boltik
    but you would never allow such
    a thing to happen, correct?
[20:12] Reinhard
    Obviously.
[20:13] Boltik
    Which would give you just cause
[20:15] Boltik
    to take punitive action against
    the Free Planets Alliance.
[20:22] Boltik
    Do you not agree?
[20:24] Reinhard
    And what would you have me do, then?
[20:27] Reinhard
    Bow my head in gratitude
    for Fezzan's kindness?
[20:31] Boltik
    Now, there's no need for
    such a sarcastic tone.
[20:34] Reinhard
    Then tell me exactly what you want me to do.
[20:37] Reinhard
    Probing one another's intentions
    occasionally is fine,
[20:40] Reinhard
    but to do so every time will
    only cause a stomachache.
[20:42] Boltik
    Then I will get straight to the point.
[20:46] Boltik
    I want you to seize political
    and military supremacy,
[20:50] Boltik
    in addition to every form of worldly power.
[20:55] Boltik
    And for as long as Your Excellency rules,
[20:59] Boltik
    Fezzan will monopolize all financial
    interests in the universe,
[21:02] Boltik
    particularly trade and
    transportation between planets.
[21:07] Boltik
    What do you say?
[21:09] Reinhard
    It's not a bad deal, but you've
    missed just one detail.
[21:13] Reinhard
    What would be Fezzan's political
    position going forward?
[21:16] Boltik
    You will recognize Fezzan's
    autonomy under your suzerainty.
[21:20] Boltik
    In other words, the rulership
    changes, but life remains the same.
[21:25] Reinhard
    But if the Alliance refuses to
    accept the emperor's defection,
[21:29] Reinhard
    there will be no way to move forward,
    no matter how brilliant the play.
[21:34] Reinhard
    What do you say to that?
[21:36] Boltik
    As far as that goes, I ask you to
    trust in the workings of Fezzan.
[21:40] Boltik
    We have taken the necessary steps.
[21:43] Reinhard
    Commissioner, if Fezzan
    wishes to ally with me,
[21:47] Reinhard
    there is one additional thing
    they will need to offer.
[21:51] Boltik
    And... what is that?
[21:53] Reinhard
    It should go without saying.
[21:55] Reinhard
    The right to free travel
    through the Fezzan Corridor.
[21:58] Reinhard
    I'm telling you to give that
    right to the Imperial Navy.
[22:05] Reinhard
    What's the matter?
    Why are you so shocked?
[22:08] Reinhard
    Why don't you respond?
[22:10] Boltik
    I-I cannot give an immediate
    answer, Your Excellency.
[22:13] Reinhard
    You said you would help me gain
    full supremacy, did you not?
[22:19] Reinhard
    Then you should be more than
    happy to agree to my demands.
[22:23] Reinhard
    No matter how justified my
    invasion of the Alliance may be,
[22:26] Reinhard
    it's futile if the route by which
    I can invade is closed to me.
[22:31] Boltik
    Yes, but...
[22:32] Reinhard
    Wipe your sweat!
[22:34] Reinhard
    Or is what you people really want
[22:36] Reinhard
    the dumping of countless bodies along the
    Iserlohn Corridor by the Imperial Navy?
[22:40] Reinhard
    It could very well happen.
[22:42] Reinhard
    After both of the major powers fall,
[22:45] Reinhard
    Fezzan is the only one left
    standing to profit. Is that it?
[22:48] Boltik
    You are overthinking this, Your Excellency.
[22:51] Reinhard
    Very well.
[22:53] Reinhard
    Fezzan has its own interests and opinions.
[22:56] Reinhard
    But the same goes for both
    the Empire and the Alliance.
[23:00] Reinhard
    Say two of the three powers were to merge together.
[23:04] Reinhard
    There's no reason to believe one of the two
    would have to be Fezzan, is there?
[23:16] Na
    Reinhard's laughter was more piercing
    to Boltik's eardrums than any needle.
[23:24] Na
    It happened in June of the year IC 489...
SIGN    Episode 40
SIGN    Maze
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Maze."