E42 - The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government

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[00:01] Na
    Everyone was preoccupied with
    their own thoughts and schemes
[00:05] Na
    following the kidnapping of the
    young emperor Erwin Josef II.
[00:10] Na
    Meanwhile, at Iserlohn Fortress, the
    front line for the Alliance Navy...
[00:14] Na
    Someone was indulging in a
    long-awaited deep sleep.
[00:20] Julian
    Admiral Yang.
[00:22] Julian
    Don't you think you've been
    a bit too careless lately?
[00:26] Yang
    It's because of the cold I had not long ago.
[00:28] Yang
    It pulled me away from all military
    duties for one week,
[00:31] Yang
    and in that time I realized that I'm much
    more suited for sleeping.
[00:39] Julian
    What are you writing?
[00:41] Yang
    An essay. Want to read it?
[00:44] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[00:46] Julian
    "Liquor and Civilization."
[00:48] Julian
    "Human civilization began
    hand-in-hand with liquor,
[00:51] Julian
    and civilization's end will likely
    come alongside liquor, as well.
[00:56] Julian
    Liquor is the source of all
    intelligence and sensibility,
[00:59] Julian
    and could be called the one and only
    way to separate humans from beasts."
[01:04] Yang
    Like it? It's a pretty solid focus,
    if I do say so myself.
[01:08] Julian
    I think even cheap bars these days come
    up with better promotional slogans.
[01:14] Yang
    You're so harsh, Julian.
[01:18] Yang
    You mean that?
[01:19] Julian
    Yes.
[01:21] Yang
    I see...
[01:24] Yang
    Well, that's not good.
[01:26] Julian
    Yes.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:59] Alex
    Looks like you've finally realized that your
    intellectual biorhythm has deteriorated.
[03:04] Yang
    I've been like this ever since the inquiry.
[03:09] Dusty
    Hey, have you two heard about
[03:11] Dusty
    Rear Admiral Schönkopf and
    Lieutenant Commander Poplin?
[03:15] Alex
    What about them?
[03:17] Dusty
    Well, actually...
[03:35] Dusty
    Then, two days after that...
[03:49] Alex
    That's not possible.
[03:51] Alex
    At least, that's what I'd like to say...
[03:54] Yang
    That's certainly a problem.
    They're two of Julian's teachers.
[03:58] Dusty
    No need to worry.
[04:00] Dusty
    Julian wouldn't just do whatever
    his teachers tell him to.
[04:04] Alex
    Actually, you might want to worry
    about Julian a little more.
[04:24] Dusty
    He's the hero who took out a patrol
    craft on his first campaign.
[04:28] Dusty
    It's only natural.
[04:29] Alex
    Essentially, Julian can
    do all the things you can't.
[04:36] Alex
    Let's be serious for a bit.
[04:38] Alex
    What would you say if I said I'd like Julian
    to join my family as Charlotte's husband?
[04:44] Yang
    Charlotte is a nice girl...
[04:46] Yang
    but it's her father I'm concerned about.
SIGN    Episode 42
SIGN    The Legitimate Galactic Empire Government
[04:59] Julian
    These really are good, Captain Linz!
[05:03] Linz
    I started drawing instead
    of keeping a journal,
[05:05] Linz
    and before I knew it, I had a new hobby.
[05:14] Murai
    What's so funny?
[05:19] Julian
    Oh, nothing.
[05:21] Linz
    Just discussing the rumors
    about Rear Admiral Schönkopf.
[05:25] Murai
    Rear Admiral Schönkopf...
    What a troublemaker.
[05:34] Fyodor
    It would be nice if things stayed
    this way for the long term.
[05:39] Yang
    It sure would, but...
[05:41] Fyodor
    You know something?
[05:44] Yang
    No, it's not that...
[05:47] Yang
    But just because we've been
    napping away doesn't mean that
[05:50] Yang
    the Empire, Fezzan, and Heinessen
    are doing the same thing.
[05:55] Fyodor
    Good point.
[05:57] Fyodor
    Checkmate.
[06:03] Yang
    I just hope our situation with the Empire
[06:05] Yang
    doesn't end up with us in
    checkmate like this, too.
[06:09] Fyodor
    I'm sure you can overcome anything
    that stands in your way.
[06:12] Yang
    That's not very convincing after I just
    lost multiple 3D chess games in a row.
[06:21] Julian
    Admiral!
[06:22] Julian
    Chairman Trunicht is about to give a speech!
[06:25] Julian
    They say it's big news, and it's urgent!
[06:31] Yang
    Do I absolutely have to watch this?
[06:35] Frederica
    We were told that all men
    and officers must watch it.
[06:44] Trunicht
    People of the Alliance...
[06:47] Trunicht
    I, Job Trunicht, Chairman of the
    Free Planets Alliance High Council,
[06:53] Trunicht
    stand before you today to announce a
    major turning point in human history.
[06:59] Trunicht
    To be in the position to deliver
    this announcement to you
[07:03] Trunicht
    fills me with both joy and pride.
[07:06] Yang
    Whatever it is, I don't give a damn.
[07:09] Trunicht
    Recently, a certain defector came
    to the Alliance seeking sanctuary
[07:13] Trunicht
    and became a guest of our free nation.
[07:16] Trunicht
    In the past, many people have escaped the
    cruel clutches of despotism
[07:21] Trunicht
    and come here in search of freedom.
[07:23] Trunicht
    But even among these, this defector's
    name will ring differently in your ears.
[07:29] Trunicht
    His name is... Edwin Josef von Goldenbaum!
[07:36] Trunicht
    People of the Alliance,
[07:38] Trunicht
    Reinhard von Lohengramm
    of the Galactic Empire,
[07:41] Trunicht
    backed by massive military might,
    has purged all who oppose him,
[07:46] Trunicht
    and now he freely wields
    his power as a dictator.
[07:50] Trunicht
    He abused the seven-year-old emperor,
[07:53] Trunicht
    changed the laws to suit his own desires,
[07:57] Trunicht
    and installed his own men in key offices
[07:59] Trunicht
    in his plot to make the Empire
    his personal possession.
[08:01] Trunicht
    What's more, his evil ambitions
[08:04] Trunicht
    are being turned upon our
    own nation, as well.
[08:07] Trunicht
    He intends to rule over all
    the universe as its dictator,
[08:10] Trunicht
    extinguishing the light of democracy
[08:13] Trunicht
    and the freedom that humanity
    has defended all these years!
[08:17] Trunicht
    We cannot coexist with a man such as him.
[08:20] Trunicht
    Now is the time to do away
    with past circumstances,
[08:24] Trunicht
    join hands with all the unfortunate
    people he has banished—
[08:27] Trunicht
    the people of the Legitimate Galactic
    Empire Government who have hearts—
[08:32] Trunicht
    and protect all humanity from this
    impending threat with our own hands.
[08:38] Trunicht
    Only after we eliminate this threat
[08:40] Trunicht
    can humanity make eternal peace a reality!
[08:47] Trunicht
    I would now like to introduce all of you
[08:50] Trunicht
    to the prime minister of the
    Legitimate Galactic Empire Government,
[08:53] Trunicht
    Count Jochen von Remscheid.
[08:57] Remscheid
    I am Remscheid, prime minister of the
    Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[09:01] Remscheid
    Thanks to the humanitarian care of the
    Free Planets Alliance government,
[09:06] Remscheid
    I have been provided with the
    opportunity to restore justice
[09:09] Remscheid
    to my homeland, as well as
    a base from which to do so,
[09:12] Remscheid
    and I could not be more grateful.
[09:16] Remscheid
    Allow me to thank you on behalf
    of the following compatriots:
[09:21] Remscheid
    Our Minister of Internal
    Affairs, Baron Ratburg.
[09:25] Remscheid
    Our Minister of Finance,
    Viscount Schätzler.
[09:28] Remscheid
    Our Minister of Justice, Viscount Herder.
[09:31] Remscheid
    Our Minister of the Imperial
    Household, Baron Hohsinger.
[09:35] Remscheid
    Our Minister of Military
    Affairs, High Admiral Merkatz.
[09:39] Remscheid
    Our chief cabinet minister, Baron Carnap.
[09:42] Schneider
    Please don't misunderstand!
[09:43] Remscheid
    These men will serve as the cabinet ministers
    of the Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[09:45] Schneider
    Neither the admiral nor myself
    were told anything about this!
[09:49] Schneider
    We don't know why
    Count Remscheid said his name!
[09:53] Schneider
    We only wish we did!
[09:54] Yang
    I know.
[09:56] Yang
    No one actually thinks
    Admiral Merkatz applied for the position.
[10:02] Yang
    If I were Count Remscheid,
[10:04] Yang
    I would have offered the
    admiral that position, too.
[10:08] Yang
    No one else even makes sense.
SIGN    I agree with that.
[10:18] Poplin
    So now we're the heroes
    who rescue the lost child emperor
[10:21] Poplin
    and fight the usurpers who
    are the embodiment of evil.
[10:26] Poplin
    Isn't that wild?
    We could be stars in some TV drama!
[10:30] Poplin
    And why do we have to be the ones
[10:33] Poplin
    to bleed in the name of protecting
    the Goldenbaum Dynasty?!
[10:37] Poplin
    Isn't the reason we've
    fought for over a century,
[10:39] Poplin
    since our great-grandfathers' generation,
[10:42] Poplin
    to overthrow the Goldenbaum Dynasty
[10:44] Poplin
    and restore freedom and democracy
    to all the universe?!
[10:49] Konev
    Yeah, but if it will bring peace,
    changes in policy are unavoidable.
[10:55] Poplin
    Peace?!
[10:57] Poplin
    Even if there's peace between
    us and the Goldenbaum family,
[11:00] Poplin
    what's gonna happen between
    us and Duke Lohengramm?!
[11:02] Poplin
    He'll obviously go mad with
    rage and invade us!
[11:06] Konev
    Still, it wouldn't be humane to turn
    away a seven-year-old emperor.
[11:12] Poplin
    Humane?!
[11:14] Poplin
    So you think the Goldenbaum family
    has any right to demand humanity?
[11:20] Poplin
    You need to reread all the history
    books that explain how many
[11:24] Poplin
    hundreds of millions of people Rudolf
    and his descendants have killed.
[11:27] Konev
    That child is not responsible
    for the sins of his ancestors.
[11:31] Poplin
    You sure are a logical one!
[11:33] Poplin
    Every point you make is absolutely right!
[11:35] Konev
    I wouldn't go that far...
[11:37] Poplin
    Don't be modest! I'm being sarcastic!
[11:45] Yang
    So this means
[11:47] Yang
    the Galactic Empire and the Goldenbaum
    family are no longer one body.
[11:53] Alex
    There's no way a seven-year-old kid
    would defect for want of freedom.
[11:58] Alex
    We should assume he was kidnapped
[12:00] Alex
    by people who would call
    themselves loyal subjects.
[12:03] Dusty
    I agree.
[12:05] Murai
    That said, I can't imagine how
    Duke Lohengramm will react to this.
[12:10] Murai
    If he demands the return of the emperor...
[12:13] Fyodor
    You heard the chairman's speech.
[12:16] Fyodor
    After all that big talk,
[12:18] Fyodor
    he can't return him now,
    even if he wants to.
SIGN    Well, if we were going to play nice,  we needed to start a century ago.
SIGN    We're supposed to be friendly with them
SIGN    just because they lost their effective  authority and fled to us?
SIGN    Seems pretty stupid to me.
[12:36] Yang
    When the enemy is divided,
    we join hands with one side.
[12:39] Yang
    Politically, that's enough.
[12:41] Yang
    But to do that, we need
    both timing and skill,
[12:45] Yang
    and we don't have either of those right now.
[12:51] Yang
    Here's what I think.
[12:54] Yang
    Duke Lohengramm has nothing to lose as
    a result of the emperor's defection.
[12:59] Yang
    In fact, there's a lot more that
    he stands to gain from it.
[13:04] Yang
    One is division in political
    opinions within the Alliance.
[13:08] Yang
    Another is the justification of
    military action against the Alliance,
[13:13] Yang
    under the pretext of the rescue
    and return of the emperor.
[13:16] Yang
    On top of that, by amplifying the
    hostility toward the Alliance,
[13:20] Yang
    he can foster greater unity
    within his own nation.
[13:24] Yang
    These are the ways in which Duke Lohengramm
    can profit from the emperor's defection.
SIGN    So you're saying Duke Lohengramm  let the emperor go on purpose?
[13:39] Yang
    It's entirely plausible.
[13:42] Yang
    The high nobles don't have that power.
[13:55] Yang
    But was this solely Duke Lohengramm's idea?
[14:00] Yang
    What scares me is the possibility
    that he's working with Fezzan.
[14:06] Yang
    Military might and financial power...
[14:07] Yang
    If they joined forces to share
    those mutual benefits...
[14:12] Yang
    But what would Fezzan gain from
    joining forces with Duke Lohengramm?
[14:18] Yang
    A monopoly over the financial
    interests of a new, united empire?
[14:23] Yang
    Or is it a trap to get Duke Lohengramm
    to agree and let his guard down?
[14:30] Yang
    Does Fezzan actually want
    something much bigger,
[14:34] Yang
    while they mask their true motive behind
    the facade of money-worshipers?
[14:41] Alex
    Apparently, knight syndrome
    is going around in Heinessen.
[14:45] Alex
    People say they'll fight for justice
    and protect the young emperor
[14:50] Alex
    from the tyrannical, nefarious usurpers.
SIGN    Bringing back the Goldenbaum family's  autocratic rule is justice?
[14:58] Alex
    Just the fact that he's a seven-year-old boy
[15:01] Alex
    seems to stop most of
    their thought processes.
SIGN    I bet they'd be even more riled up if it  was a seven- or eight-year-old girl.
SIGN    People do love princes and  princess and that sort of thing.
[15:15] Alex
    In fairy tales, princes and
    princesses are always good,
[15:18] Alex
    and cabinet ministers are always bad.
    That's just the norm.
[15:22] Alex
    But you can't make political decisions
    on the same level as fairy tales.
[15:28] Murai
    So...
[15:29] Murai
    What shall we do about Admiral Merkatz?
[15:32] Murai
    I'm sure the leader of
    the government in exile
[15:35] Murai
    wouldn't expect the admiral
    to refuse the appointment.
[15:43] Merkatz
    I do not share any ideals whatsoever
    with the government in exile.
[15:49] Merkatz
    I am no less faithful to
    the emperor than he is,
[15:54] Merkatz
    but I would prefer that the emperor live
    a quiet life as just another citizen.
[16:01] Merkatz
    Simply setting up a government in exile
[16:04] Merkatz
    will not give them a chance at overturning
    Duke Lohengramm's supremacy.
[16:08] Merkatz
    Because he has the backing
    of the people of the Empire.
[16:13] Merkatz
    What I fail to comprehend is
[16:17] Merkatz
    why the people who should be
    safeguarding the young emperor
[16:20] Merkatz
    seem to be placing him in the middle
    of political and military conflict.
[16:26] Merkatz
    If they want to make a government in exile,
[16:28] Merkatz
    they can do that on their own.
[16:30] Merkatz
    There should be no reason to
    involve an emperor so young
[16:34] Merkatz
    that he cannot even make decisions yet.
SIGN    When you think about it, supply  and demand are perfectly aligned here.
[16:41] Merkatz
    Supply and demand?
SIGN    Right.
SIGN    The basis of Duke Lohengramm's  power lies with the people.
SIGN    He doesn't even need the power  of the emperor at this point.
SIGN    Count Remscheid, on the other hand,
SIGN    has to do some recycling in order to  take control of a government in exile,
SIGN    even if that control has no real substance.
[17:03] Murai
    I understand your views, Admiral Merkatz.
[17:06] Murai
    But what I want to know is what choice you
    will make, and what action you will take.
[17:13] Yang
    Rear Admiral Murai...
[17:16] Yang
    I only wish we could make decisions and
    take actions as we personally see fit.
[17:23] Yang
    There's a lot I'd like to say to the
    higher-ups in our government, too.
[17:28] Yang
    What especially annoys me is how they 
    force decisions they made onto us.
[17:44] Yang
    Let's leave it at that for today.
SIGN    If there was something you wanted to say,
SIGN    this would've been a great time to say it.
SIGN    If you just shout that the  king has a donkey's ears,
SIGN    you'll feel a bit better.
[18:05] Yang
    An active military man can't speak out
    against the government in public.
[18:12] Yang
    Right?
SIGN    I think those morons on Heinessen
SIGN    did something that deserves  to be spoken out against.
[18:20] Yang
    You're free to think that, but don't
    assume you're free to say it.
SIGN    I see.
SIGN    So freedom of speech covers a smaller  territory than freedom of thought.
SIGN    Which of those does the "Free" in  "Free Planets Alliance" stand for?
SIGN    A free nation, eh?
SIGN    My grandparents defected here  with me when I was six.
SIGN    It was 28 years ago, but I still remember...
SIGN    how cold it was,
SIGN    and the contempt in the immigration agents'  eyes when they looked at defectors,
SIGN    as if we were beggars.
SIGN    All I'm saying is that I'm a man  who lost his homeland once.
SIGN    I won't be surprised or cry  if once turns into twice now.
[19:23] Merkatz
    Human imagination certainly
    doesn't amount to much, does it?
[19:27] Merkatz
    One year ago, I never would
    have dreamed fate had
[19:33] Merkatz
    a position like this in store for me.
[19:37] Schneider
    I suggested that you defect
    because, in my own way,
[19:42] Schneider
    I thought it would be best for you.
[19:44] Merkatz
    Oh? I thought you'd be happy about this.
[19:48] Merkatz
    For anyone who opposes Duke Lohengramm,
[19:51] Merkatz
    I would think there could be
    no more desirable position.
[19:55] Schneider
    Being the Minister of Military Affairs
    in a legitimate government sounds good,
[19:59] Schneider
    but in reality, you won't
    command a single soldier!
[20:05] Merkatz
    I'm not in a position that gives me
    command over anyone now, either.
[20:09] Schneider
    Still, you took command of Admiral
    Yang's fleet, even if it was temporary!
[20:15] Schneider
    Now you won't even have that chance!
[20:18] Schneider
    All you'll have is an empty title!
[20:20] Schneider
    There won't be a single
    gram of substance to it!
[20:23] Schneider
    Count Remscheid is one thing,
    since he was Fezzan's commissioner,
[20:27] Schneider
    but the rest have nothing going
    for them other than a court rank!
[20:32] Schneider
    I find it hard to believe
    there's anyone among them
[20:38] Schneider
    who can rally Duke Lohengramm's opposition.
[20:42] Merkatz
    But there is the emperor to consider.
[20:51] Merkatz
    There's no point in worrying
    so much about it.
[20:55] Merkatz
    I haven't received a formal request yet.
[20:58] Merkatz
    I'll take my time thinking it over.
[21:02] Julian
    Do you think Admiral Merkatz will
    join the government in exile?
[21:07] Yang
    He's an honest man. He probably will.
[21:11] Yang
    It's so selfish.
[21:13] Yang
    It's really just completely selfish.
[21:15] Yang
    They gave no consideration
    to what he wants at all.
[21:19] Yang
    Uniformed military personnel
    are so powerless.
[21:23] Yang
    There's nothing we can do where
    the government's concerned.
[21:28] Fyodor
    Your Excellency, Duke Lohengramm
    just came up on the comms screen!
[21:33] Fyodor
    It looks like he's going to make a speech
    to both the Empire and the Alliance.
[21:40] Reinhard
    I hereby declare
[21:42] Reinhard
    that the former high nobles who
    used illegal, cowardly means
[21:45] Reinhard
    to kidnap our young emperor and
    reverse the flow of history,
[21:50] Reinhard
    who are scheming to rob the people of the
    rights that were once established for them,
[21:54] Reinhard
    shall be punished in a manner befitting
    the vileness of their actions.
[22:01] Reinhard
    And the ambitious men of the Free
    Planets Alliance who collude with them
[22:05] Reinhard
    to insubordinately defy peace
    and order in our universe
[22:09] Reinhard
    cannot escape the same fate.
[22:13] Reinhard
    A decision made in error can only be
    corrected through the proper punishment.
[22:19] Reinhard
    It is neither negotiation nor
    persuasion that criminals need.
[22:23] Reinhard
    They lack the ability and will
    to understand such things.
[22:27] Reinhard
    The only thing that can
    enlighten them is power.
[22:32] Reinhard
    Henceforth,
[22:33] Reinhard
    no matter how much blood is shed,
[22:36] Reinhard
    know that all responsibility
[22:38] Reinhard
    lies with the foolish kidnappers
    and those who worked with them.
[22:43] Reinhard
    That is all.
SIGN    In other words,  Duke Lohengramm just declared war.
SIGN    Seems a little late for that now, but...
[22:56] Yang
    It just means that everything
    is in place now, I suppose.
SIGN    And this will be the front  line again, won't it?
SIGN    What a pain in the ass.
SIGN    The higher-ups do stupid things because  they think this fortress is here for them.
SIGN    That's something to think about.
[23:21] Alex
    Well, summer break is over.
[23:23] Yang
    Seems so.
SIGN    Episode 43
SIGN    Declaration of War
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Declaration of War."