# E41 - The Die Is Cast
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**[00:01] Na**
At 3:30 AM on July 7th of the year IC 489,
**[00:06] Na**
an urgent report from Admiral Kesler,
the Chief of Military Police,
**[00:10] Na**
prompted Reinhard to get up
in the middle of the night.
**[00:40] Streit**
Is the report true, Madam Secretary?
**[00:43] Hilde**
Without question.
**[00:45] Streit**
Has a gag order been imposed?
**[00:47] Hilde**
I'm verifying that it's
been enforced on all involved.
**[01:01] Reinhard**
Thank you for coming so early.
***SIGN*** Legend of the Galactic Heroes
**[02:54] Kesler**
Insolent intruders have kidnapped
His Majesty the Emperor.
**[02:59] Kesler**
I am truly sorry.
**[03:01] Reinhard**
Kesler, fulfilling your duties
**[03:05] Reinhard**
is more important than apologizing to me.
**[03:07] Reinhard**
Continue as leader of the military police,
**[03:09] Reinhard**
and recover His Majesty.
**[03:12] Reinhard**
Do not let them leave the capital with him.
**[03:14] Kesler**
Yes, sir.
**[03:33] Reinhard**
Vice Admiral Molt.
**[03:34] Reinhard**
Today at noon, I will pass your sentence
as the one in charge of the guard.
**[03:39] Reinhard**
You will be confined until then.
Use the time to settle your affairs.
**[03:44] Reinhard**
Leave no regrets behind.
**[03:47] Molt**
Yes, sir.
**[04:14] Reinhard**
Rücke.
**[04:15] Rücke**
Yes, sir?
**[04:16] Reinhard**
Gather the admirals and high admirals here.
**[04:19] Rücke**
Yes, sir.
***SIGN*** Episode 41
***SIGN*** The Die Is Cast
**[04:33] Na**
At this time, the Galactic Imperial Navy had
**[04:35] Na**
three high admirals and ten admirals.
**[04:40] Na**
Excluding Kesler, the one leading
the search for the emperor,
**[04:44] Na**
and Müller, who was still recuperating after
his loss in the battle for Iserlohn Fortress,
**[04:50] Na**
eleven of these thirteen men assembled
at the Fleet Admiral's Mansion at dawn.
**[04:54] Reinhard**
There was a minor incident
at Neue Sanssouci tonight.
**[04:59] Reinhard**
Someone kidnapped a seven-year-old boy.
**[05:07] Reinhard**
I have Kesler searching
for the perpetrators,
**[05:10] Reinhard**
but as of yet, they have not been found.
**[05:12] Reinhard**
I would like to hear your opinions before
responding to any developments in this case.
**[05:16] Reinhard**
Speak without hesitation.
**[05:19] Wolfgang**
The perpetrators are remnants
of the high nobility.
**[05:21] Wolfgang**
Their goal is to rally the other nobles
and become a force in the galaxy once more.
**[05:26] Wolfgang**
That's self-evident.
**[05:28] Wahlen**
Even if that's the case, I can't
believe they'd kidnap the emperor.
**[05:33] Wahlen**
Their abilities to organize and
mobilize are not to be taken lightly.
**[05:37] Wahlen**
Who is the mastermind?
**[05:39] Oskar**
We'll find that out in due time.
**[05:42] Oskar**
If the perpetrators are found,
Kesler will make them talk.
**[05:45] Oskar**
If they're not found, they'll proudly
boast of their achievement.
**[05:50] Oskar**
After all, if they don't make it publicly
known that they have the emperor,
**[05:54] Oskar**
the purpose of kidnapping
him goes unfulfilled.
**[05:58] Lutz**
I agree with you,
**[06:00] Lutz**
but by doing so, they would
be inviting us to retaliate.
**[06:04] Lutz**
Are they prepared for that?
**[06:06] Fritz**
They wouldn't have done this
if they weren't prepared.
**[06:09] Fritz**
They may be planning to use the emperor
as a shield to deflect our attacks,
**[06:14] Fritz**
futile as that would be.
**[06:16] Fahrenheit**
Yes, they must have a plan in mind to
evade our pursuit for a while, at least.
**[06:22] Helmut**
What makes you so confident?
**[06:25] Helmut**
So long as they're within the Empire,
**[06:27] Helmut**
they can't avoid our navy's
searches and attacks for long.
**[06:32] Steinmetz**
Or is it possible they're planning to
secretly build a base in the borderlands?
**[06:38] Ernest**
If so, that would make them a
second Free Planets Alliance.
**[06:45] Paul**
Not even a second one.
**[06:47] Paul**
We should consider the presence of the
Free Planets Alliance in this case.
**[06:52] Paul**
The former high nobles and the republicans
may seem like oil and water,
**[06:57] Paul**
but when it comes to hindering
Duke Lohengramm's supremacy,
**[07:01] Paul**
there's no guarantee they won't collude.
**[07:04] Paul**
If the perpetrators escape to the
Free Planets Alliance with the emperor,
**[07:09] Paul**
it won't be so easy to launch an offensive.
**[07:16] Reinhard**
Soon enough,
**[07:18] Reinhard**
we will find out where His Majesty is.
**[07:21] Reinhard**
I would rather not rush
to any decisions now,
**[07:24] Reinhard**
but if the insurgents who call
themselves the Free Planets Alliance
**[07:28] Reinhard**
have a hand in this insubordinate scheme,
**[07:31] Reinhard**
I will not fail to make them pay for it.
**[07:34] Reinhard**
They will be drown in regret
for making such a big mistake
**[07:38] Reinhard**
because they were consumed
by a moment's greed.
**[07:42] Reinhard**
We will cover the emperor's
absence by saying he is unwell.
**[07:46] Reinhard**
And since the imperial seal is being
held at the prime minister's residence,
**[07:50] Reinhard**
the state of our politics
should be safe for now.
**[07:53] Reinhard**
I make only two requests of all of you.
**[07:56] Reinhard**
First, speak to no one about
the emperor's kidnapping.
**[08:00] Reinhard**
Second, have your respective fleets
ready to mobilize at any time
**[08:05] Reinhard**
and prepare for urgent
orders at a later date.
**[08:08] Reinhard**
These are my two requests.
**[08:10] Reinhard**
Further orders will follow if
anything else becomes necessary.
**[08:14] Reinhard**
Thank you for coming before
the dawn had even broken.
**[08:17] Reinhard**
You are dismissed.
**[08:25] Wolfgang**
Reuenthal!
**[08:27] Wolfgang**
Why don't you come by
my place for breakfast?
**[08:31] Wolfgang**
Evangeline is cooking.
**[08:34] Oskar**
That's a good idea. I hate to impose,
but I'll take you up on that.
**[08:39] Wolfgang**
To be open and accepting is a good thing.
**[08:43] Oskar**
Once in a while, sure.
**[08:49] Wolfgang**
Duke Lohengramm isn't fazed by
this serious incident at all.
**[08:54] Oskar**
Indeed.
**[08:55] Wolfgang**
I wouldn't expect him to be... but...
**[09:00] Oskar**
Behind every crime is someone
who benefits from it.
**[09:05] Oskar**
Who stands to gain the most
from the emperor's kidnapping?
**[09:10] Wolfgang**
You're saying it's not
the former high nobles?
**[09:17] Wolfgang**
An unprecedented number of troops
might be dispatched soon.
**[09:21] Oskar**
Yes.
**[09:23] Oskar**
The time to challenge our enemy
face-to-face may be drawing near.
**[09:28] Oskar**
Yang Wen-li himself.
**[09:34] Reinhard**
Fraulein, it seems there's
something you want to say to me.
**[09:39] Hilde**
I said something to you the other day.
**[09:43] Hilde**
That if Fezzan was sending
spies into the Empire,
**[09:47] Hilde**
their goal was likely to kidnap someone,
**[09:49] Hilde**
and that we could determine their target.
**[09:52] Reinhard**
Yes, I remember.
**[09:54] Hilde**
You enhanced the guard around your
sister's residence to protect her.
**[09:59] Hilde**
But on the other hand, the guard
around the emperor was neglected,
**[10:03] Hilde**
allowing the infiltrators to
take him with no resistance.
**[10:05] Hilde**
I cannot help but find this strange.
**[10:09] Fraulein**
What is your conclusion?
**[10:11] Hilde**
My belief is that
**[10:13] Hilde**
you have joined forces with Fezzan and
allowed them to kidnap the emperor.
**[10:19] Hilde**
Am I wrong?
**[10:24] Reinhard**
No, you're not.
**[10:31] Reinhard**
But to be truly accurate...
**[10:35] Reinhard**
I haven't joined forces with Fezzan.
**[10:39] Reinhard**
I'm only using them.
**[10:41] Hilde**
You mean you're trying to keep
Fezzan under your thumb?
**[10:45] Reinhard**
They're the ones who tried
to get me under their thumb.
**[10:49] Reinhard**
So in exchange for letting
them kidnap the emperor,
**[10:51] Reinhard**
I demanded free passage
through the Fezzan Corridor.
**[10:55] Reinhard**
They had no choice but to agree.
**[10:57] Hilde**
Then you intend to take large-scale military
action against the Free Planets Alliance?
**[11:03] Reinhard**
Yes, but that was already
set in stone long ago.
**[11:08] Reinhard**
I'm only moving the schedule up a bit.
**[11:10] Reinhard**
This also gives me the perfect
justification to strike.
**[11:14] Hilde**
Then is sacrificing Vice Admiral Molt
a part of this greater strategy?
**[11:26] Reinhard**
What is it?
**[11:30] Rücke**
* Vice Admiral Molt has*
* just committed suicide.*
**[11:36] Reinhard**
I see.
**[11:42] Reinhard**
Rücke, I order you to take
care of the aftermath.
**[11:46] Reinhard**
Molt was a soldier. Do not
let his honor be sullied.
**[11:50] Reinhard**
And give his family our most
respectful protection, please.
**[11:54] Rücke**
*Yes, sir.*
**[11:59] Reinhard**
If you were to call this extreme
hypocrisy, you'd be right.
**[12:02] Reinhard**
If an action is worthy of punishment,
karma will one day deal it out,
**[12:06] Reinhard**
no matter who it is.
**[12:10] Reinhard**
I want you to assist Rücke.
**[12:13] Hilde**
Understood, Duke Lohengramm.
***SIGN*** Dominion of Fezzan
**[12:33] Rupert**
The group with the emperor has left Odin,
**[12:37] Rupert**
and is heading for Fezzan as planned.
**[12:39] Rupert**
After they arrive, plans will
be made with Count Remscheid
**[12:42] Rupert**
to defect to the Free Planets Alliance.
**[12:46] Rupert**
Once this all comes to light,
**[12:48] Rupert**
all of humanity, excluding us,
will surely be astonished.
**[12:53] Rubinsky**
Even with the emperor gone,
**[12:55] Rubinsky**
I doubt Duke Lohengramm will
assume the throne himself.
**[12:59] Rubinsky**
He's more likely to install a
puppet until the time is right.
**[13:03] Rupert**
I believe you are right.
**[13:05] Rubinsky**
Well, I think we can say it's
been successful thus far.
**[13:10] Rubinsky**
Looks like Boltik did his job well, too.
**[13:13] Rupert**
About that, Your Excellency...
**[13:16] Rupert**
According to the intel I've acquired,
**[13:18] Rupert**
it seems Commissioner Boltik may
not have been entirely successful.
**[13:23] Rubinsky**
But Duke Lohengramm didn't do anything
to prevent the emperor's kidnapping.
**[13:30] Rubinsky**
Can't we take that to mean Boltik's
negotiations were effective?
**[13:35] Rupert**
On the surface, that may be true,
**[13:38] Rupert**
but who was the one leading those
negotiations, and who was following?
**[13:44] Rupert**
This says he deliberately swapped
those roles in his report.
**[13:48] Rubinsky**
You're saying Boltik was the one
under Duke Lohengramm's thumb?
**[13:52] Rupert**
Correct.
**[13:53] Rupert**
Even though it hadn't happened yet,
he acknowledged the kidnapping plan
**[13:57] Rupert**
and handed Duke Lohengramm the
lead in the negotiations.
**[14:01] Rupert**
This cannot be called anything
less than a serious mistake.
**[14:04] Rubinsky**
We don't know that for sure yet.
**[14:07] Rubinsky**
Don't jump the gun.
**[14:09] Rupert**
But...
**[14:11] Rupert**
No, you are right.
**[14:16] Rubinsky**
Inform Count Remscheid that
the emperor has been rescued.
**[14:46] Remscheid**
Bear witness, Great God Odin!
**[14:50] Remscheid**
There truly is justice in this world!
**[14:55] Remscheid**
Hey, I need alcohol. Bring me wine.
**[14:57] Remscheid**
White, aged 80 years.
**[15:00] Rupert**
I humbly share in your joy, Your Excellency.
**[15:03] Rupert**
But please keep this confidential until
we make the Free Planets Alliance
**[15:09] Rupert**
acknowledge the emperor's defection.
**[15:10] Remscheid**
Yes, I know.
**[15:12] Remscheid**
On that note, I've made a list of cabinet
ministers for this government in exile,
**[15:17] Remscheid**
though it isn't perfect
since I made it in a hurry.
**[15:19] Rupert**
I appreciate your prompt action.
**[15:22] Rupert**
Would you mind showing it to me?
**[15:28] Rupert**
"The Legitimate Government
of the Galactic Empire."
**[15:35] Rupert**
Choosing these people must
have been challenging.
**[15:39] Remscheid**
Yes, there are many defectors,
**[15:42] Remscheid**
but few who have both loyalty to the
emperor and a certain degree of skill.
**[15:49] Rupert**
May I ask one question?
**[15:52] Rupert**
It makes sense for you to lead the
cabinet as the Minister of State,
**[15:56] Rupert**
but why did you not name yourself
the Imperial Prime Minister?
**[16:00] Remscheid**
I did consider that, of course,
**[16:03] Remscheid**
but it just seemed too audacious.
**[16:07] Remscheid**
I don't want to name myself
the Imperial Prime Minister
**[16:09] Remscheid**
until I bring His Majesty back
to the Imperial capital.
**[16:13] Rupert**
Please name yourself the
Imperial Prime Minister.
**[16:16] Rupert**
Would that not declare to the universe that
**[16:20] Rupert**
the "legitimate government" is,
indeed, legitimate?
**[16:24] Remscheid**
Well, yes, you're right, but...
**[16:27] Rupert**
I understand.
**[16:30] Rupert**
We can discuss that at a later date.
**[16:33] Rupert**
Incidentally, what will you do with
the ones who rescued the emperor,
**[16:37] Rupert**
Count Landsberg and Captain Shumacher?
**[16:41] Remscheid**
I haven't forgotten them, of course.
**[16:43] Remscheid**
For Count Landsberg, I have arranged the
position of Vice Minister of Military Affairs.
**[16:48] Remscheid**
As for Shumacher, I will give
him the title of admiral
**[16:51] Remscheid**
and have him advise Merkatz.
**[16:55] Remscheid**
They fought on the same battlefield
as the blond boy, after all.
**[17:02] Rupert**
Admiral Merkatz as Minister
of Military Affairs...
**[17:04] Rupert**
His skill makes him a natural
choice for the role,
**[17:07] Rupert**
but what will he and the Alliance want?
**[17:10] Remscheid**
What he himself wants will pose no problem.
**[17:14] Remscheid**
And if the Alliance is going to
acknowledge this government in exile,
**[17:17] Remscheid**
they'll let us have Merkatz.
**[17:19] Rupert**
I see.
**[17:21] Rupert**
And where is the military that the
Minister of Military Affairs will preside over?
**[17:25] Remscheid**
Well, of course...
**[17:27] Remscheid**
We'll have to bring defectors together,
then train and organize them.
**[17:31] Remscheid**
The main issue will be funding it.
**[17:33] Rupert**
No need to worry about that.
**[17:35] Rupert**
We will lend you any amount you need.
**[17:38] Remscheid**
I very much appreciate it.
**[17:45] Remscheid**
To a new dawn for the Galactic Empire!
**[17:49] Rupert**
It will come in two weeks, at dawn.
**[18:05] Sailor**
Ow, that's hot!
**[18:07] Sailor**
Have it your own damn way!
**[18:13] Sailor**
Tch!
***SIGN*** Fezzani Merchant Ship: Rocinante
**[18:17] Sailor**
What the hell is with that kid?!
**[18:19] Sailor**
I put his food down, and he flung
that scalding hot stew all over me!
**[18:24] Sailor**
I don't know what noble family
he's from, but he's insufferable!
**[18:29] Bomel**
Don't talk like that.
***SIGN*** Captain Bomel
**[18:30] Bomel**
The commissioner himself gave us this job,
**[18:32] Bomel**
and we're being paid the
full price in advance.
**[18:35] Bomel**
We don't pry into defectors'
backgrounds. You know that.
**[18:39] Sailor**
I know we *say* that, but—ow!
**[18:42] Sailor**
Anyway, you can get someone
else to take him his food!
**[18:56] Bomel**
For crying out loud...
**[19:04] Bomel**
I'm coming in.
**[19:05] Landsberg**
Oh, Captain, it's you!
**[19:09] Landsberg**
What can I do for you?
**[19:13] Maid**
I-I'm sorry!
**[19:15] Bomel**
What's going on?
**[19:16] Landsberg**
No, wait! It's nothing!
**[19:18] Bomel**
Doesn't sound like nothing to me.
**[19:27] Bomel**
He's not a wild cat.
**[19:29] Bomel**
Try do do *something* to keep
him under control, would you?
**[19:32] Landsberg**
I'm so sorry.
**[19:34] Landsberg**
Please, let's settle this amicably.
**[19:39] Bomel**
But really, please do something.
**[19:41] Shumacher**
Quiet!
**[19:46] Landsberg**
My apologies!
**[19:49] Bomel**
Looks bad. I'll bring medicine for her.
**[19:52] Landsberg**
No, that's all right.
**[19:55] Bomel**
Perhaps I'm overstepping my bounds,
**[19:57] Bomel**
but children need to be
strictly disciplined.
**[20:00] Bomel**
An undisciplined child is no
different from a wild animal.
**[20:18] Rupert**
Did Boltik really think
**[20:20] Rupert**
Duke Lohengramm would cry grateful
tears for the emperor's kidnapping?
**[20:24] Rupert**
My father has misjudged the
seriousness of that blunder.
**[20:34] Rupert**
The free passage that Duke Lohengramm
made him promise to grant them
**[20:39] Rupert**
was a right that needed
to be given eventually.
**[20:42] Rupert**
But the right time for it needed
to be chosen carefully,
**[20:46] Rupert**
and a price more than
suitable needed to be demanded.
**[20:50] Dominique**
So Imperial ships are going
to fly right over our heads?
**[20:53] Rupert**
They'll fill the whole sky.
**[20:55] Rupert**
And that day isn't far off.
**[20:57] Dominique**
How dreadful!
**[20:59] Rupert**
Our citizens, who believe
in Fezzan's neutrality
**[21:01] Rupert**
and take pride in their independent
spirits, are sure to be furious.
**[21:07] Rupert**
And what will the
Black Fox do then, I wonder?
**[21:11] Rupert**
I'm sure you must be concerned
about him falling from power.
**[21:16] Dominique**
Not at all.
**[21:17] Dominique**
You becoming the Landesherr would
mean the same thing for me.
**[21:23] Rupert**
If he falls from power, his dozens of
mistresses will be left out in the cold.
**[21:28] Rupert**
And despite living such
an unprincipled life,
**[21:31] Rupert**
he has no children.
**[21:33] Rupert**
How very prudent he must be.
**[21:36] Dominique**
Well, you're here, aren't you?
**[21:38] Rupert**
No, I'm not. That's the story.
**[21:42] Rupert**
On top of that, as an
agent for the Earth Cult,
**[21:44] Rupert**
he continues to deceive the
people of Fezzan to this day.
**[21:48] Rupert**
And he calls himself the
leader of a dominion?
**[21:50] Rupert**
He's human scum.
**[21:56] Rupert**
And in the end, I'm basically his excrement.
**[22:00] Dominique**
Stop that.
**[22:02] Dominique**
Though it's just like you to talk that way.
**[22:09] Rupert**
Can I ask a favor of you
before I lose all reason?
**[22:13] Dominique**
Sure. What is it?
**[22:16] Rupert**
There's a bishop in the
Earth Cult named Degsby.
**[22:24] Dominique**
I know him. His face is unnaturally pale.
**[22:28] Rupert**
I want dirt on him.
**[22:30] Dominique**
To get him on your side?
**[22:33] Rupert**
No, to make him my underling.
**[22:36] Rupert**
He may seem like the
embodiment of asceticism,
**[22:38] Rupert**
but I want to know if he really is.
**[22:41] Rupert**
If he's a fake, that gives me
a lot to take advantage of.
**[22:45] Rupert**
And even if he's the real deal, I can
change him, given enough time.
**[22:51] Dominique**
Between the Earth Cult and
these defecting nobles,
**[22:55] Dominique**
things certainly are lively as of late.
**[22:58] Rupert**
It's pandemonium.
**[23:00] Rupert**
In this country, there's always
someone trying to use someone else.
**[23:05] Rupert**
I don't want to be used by anyone.
**[23:11] Dominique**
That's enough "reason" for now.
**[23:15] Dominique**
You'll stay over tonight, won't you,
**[23:18] Dominique**
Rupert?
***SIGN*** Episode 42
***SIGN*** The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
**[25:01] Na**
Next time,
**[25:03] Na**
"The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government."