E45 - Emperor Overthrown

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[00:02] Na
    In the year UC 798, or IC 489,
[00:07] Na
    the Free Planets Alliance granted
    asylum to Emperor Erwin Josef II
[00:13] Na
    and recognized the establishment of the
    Legitimate Galactic Empire Government.
[00:18] Na
    Duke Reinhard von Lohengramm
    declared war on the Alliance
[00:23] Na
    under the pretense of
    rescuing the emperor.
[00:27] Na
    The Alliance government's
    plans for a coalition
[00:30] Na
    with the Goldenbaum family shattered,
[00:33] Na
    forcing them into a crisis.
[00:37] Na
    In the midst of all this,
    Julian Mintz was assigned to
[00:40] Na
    the commissioner's office in
    Fezzan as a military attaché.
[00:44] Na
    Merkatz was invited to serve as
    Minister of Military Affairs
[00:48] Na
    in the Legitimate Galactic
    Emperor Government,
[00:52] Na
    so he and Julian departed Iserlohn
    to assume their new positions.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:35] Man1
    A hundred million men and a million ships?
[02:38] Man2
    It's to take out the remnants
    of the high nobility!
[02:41] Man3
    Yeah. If we allow them to come back,
[02:44] Man3
    the rights Duke Lohengramm gave to
    us commoners will be in jeopardy.
[02:50] Man2
    We have to take out the
    Free Planets Alliance!
[02:52] Man2
    They're the high nobility's
    partners in crime!
[02:55] All
    Yeah!
[02:58] Na
    Young commoner men signed up to join the
    military from all over the Empire.
[03:04] Na
    There were also many who had completed
    their service and returned home,
[03:08] Na
    but cast aside their peaceful
    lives to reenlist.
[03:15] Hilde
    The commoners must be scared.
[03:18] Rücke
    Of what?
[03:20] Hilde
    That the social and economic rights
    they've gained will be taken,
[03:24] Hilde
    and the privileged class will be reborn.
[03:28] Hilde
    But that fear is
[03:30] Hilde
    a combination of their hatred
    of the former nobility
[03:33] Hilde
    and their hostility toward
    the Free Planets Alliance,
[03:37] Hilde
    which have come together in a force
    that affirms the Lohengramm order.
SIGN    Episode 45
SIGN    Emperor Overthrown
[03:58] Wolfgang
    Müller!
[03:59] Oskar
    You're better already?
[04:02] Müller
    I got tired of lying around
    cuddling with that hospital bed.
[04:07] Müller
    I apologize for worrying you.
[04:10] Oskar
    Does Duke Lohengramm know?
[04:11] Müller
    Yes, I just received my
    notice of return to duty.
[04:17] Wolfgang
    You must have been awfully antsy
    to get out of the hospital.
[04:19] Wolfgang
    Did the people yelling about "a hundred
    million men and a million ships" motivate you?
[04:24] Müller
    It is quite a grand number.
[04:26] Müller
    But will it really be possible
    to mobilize that many men?
[04:31] Oskar
    The number shouldn't be a problem.
[04:34] Oskar
    The problem is keeping them supplied.
[04:36] Oskar
    It won't be easy to feed a
    hundred million people.
[04:40] Wolfgang
    It's easy to think about,
    but difficult to execute.
[04:45] Müller
    That's true.
[04:48] Oskar
    I'd love to celebrate your discharge from the hospital,
    but sadly, I have other plans today.
[04:53] Oskar
    You'll have to excuse me.
[04:55] Müller
    Of course.
[04:55] Wolfgang
    Sure.
[04:56] Oskar
    So long.
[05:00] Müller
    I hear he's found yet another new lover.
[05:03] Wolfgang
    Seems so.
[05:06] Müller
    I can't get a good woman because Admiral
    Reuenthal keeps hogging them all.
[05:30] Reinhard
    The reason I've called you all here today
[05:33] Reinhard
    is to hear your opinions about
    specific methods for punishing
[05:36] Reinhard
    the insurgents of the Free Planets
    Alliance using military force.
[05:43] Reinhard
    I'll state my own plan first.
[05:45] Reinhard
    Rather than fixate on capturing the
    Iserlohn Corridor as we have thus far,
[05:50] Reinhard
    I suggest we make a move
    on a different route.
[05:54] Reinhard
    In other words, we invade Alliance
    territory via the Fezzan Corridor.
[06:05] Reinhard
    Fezzan will renounce its political
    and military neutrality
[06:09] Reinhard
    and fall under our jurisdiction.
[06:28] Reinhard
    This is Nicholas Boltik,
    Fezzan's commissioner.
[06:31] Reinhard
    He will cooperate with us.
[06:34] Reinhard
    Not for free, of course.
[06:37] Fritz
    You're saying he's going
    to sell out his homeland?
[06:41] Boltik
    With all due respect, I am only
    selling Fezzan's formal neutrality,
[06:47] Boltik
    which contributes absolutely nothing to the
    true meaning and benefit of Fezzan's existence.
[06:53] Boltik
    By casting aside meaningless formalities,
[06:55] Boltik
    Fezzan will gain far more
    that has actual substance.
[06:59] Fritz
    What you say matters.
[07:01] Fritz
    Whether you're selling your
    mother or your friend,
[07:03] Fritz
    there's a right way to
    express your reasons!
[07:06] Reinhard
    That's enough, Bittenfeld.
[07:09] Reinhard
    Without his cooperation,
[07:11] Reinhard
    our navy could never be passengers
    in the Fezzan Corridor.
[07:15] Reinhard
    I intend to repay his cooperation
    with the appropriate reward,
[07:19] Reinhard
    along with the utmost courtesy.
[07:22] Reinhard
    Of course, I still want to
    hear all of your opinions,
[07:25] Reinhard
    which is why I gathered you all here today.
[07:28] Reinhard
    Reuenthal, your thoughts?
[07:31] Oskar
    Personally, I can't trust such a highly
    resourceful Fezzani unconditionally.
[07:38] Oskar
    Say we do invade the Alliance
    via the Fezzan Corridor.
[07:42] Oskar
    If they have a change of heart and
    seal the corridor after we enter it,
[07:46] Oskar
    our navy will be isolated
    in enemy territory.
[07:49] Oskar
    We would have no way of procuring
    supplies or communicating,
[07:51] Oskar
    and of course, we would know nothing
    of the enemy's geography.
[07:55] Oskar
    Does it not seem like too great a risk?
[07:58] Fritz
    High Admiral Reuenthal, you have
    every right to be concerned,
[08:02] Fritz
    but if Fezzan were to resort
    to such cowardly measures,
[08:05] Fritz
    we need only teach them a lesson
    using military force, correct?
[08:09] Oskar
    You mean reversing our military's course
    and attacking the Fezzan Corridor?
[08:12] Fritz
    Yes. Fezzan's military
    might is not that great.
[08:16] Fritz
    We're more than capable of
    frustrating their plans.
[08:20] Oskar
    And what if the Alliance Navy strikes
    from behind when we turn around?
[08:25] Oskar
    We'd be at a disadvantage.
[08:27] Oskar
    I don't think we'd be defeated,
[08:29] Oskar
    but the losses would be more
    than we could ignore.
[08:33] Reinhard
    Reuenthal makes a valid point,
[08:36] Reinhard
    but in terms of the basic plan,
[08:39] Reinhard
    I have already decided that we will invade
    Alliance territory via the Fezzan Corridor.
[08:45] Reinhard
    If we assume the Iserlohn Corridor
    is our only invasion route
[08:48] Reinhard
    and limit the scope of our
    options for invading,
[08:52] Reinhard
    we would replay the foolish
    actions of the Alliance Navy
[08:55] Reinhard
    when they paved the path to Iserlohn
    Fortress with the bodies of their servicemen.
[08:59] Reinhard
    The idea that we wouldn't pass
    through the Fezzan Corridor
[09:01] Reinhard
    was concocted by humans for
    their own convenience.
[09:03] Reinhard
    It's not a law that has been in
    place since the universe began.
[09:06] Reinhard
    The people of the Alliance are
    free to think that if they want,
[09:10] Reinhard
    but we have no obligation to
    share in their delusions.
[09:15] Reinhard
    So, first, we will send men to the
    Iserlohn Corridor, just as they expect.
[09:21] Reinhard
    Even more men than we sent with
    Kempff and Müller in the spring.
[09:26] Reinhard
    But it goes without saying that
    this will be a diversion.
[09:30] Reinhard
    Once the Alliance's attention
    is focused on Iserlohn,
[09:33] Reinhard
    our main force will quickly pass
    through the Fezzan Corridor
[09:37] Reinhard
    and penetrate Alliance territory.
[09:39] Reinhard
    Yang Wen-li is at Iserlohn.
[09:42] Reinhard
    The rest of the Alliance Navy's
    commanders are not worth discussing.
[09:45] Wolfgang
    I do agree with you, but
    regarding Yang Wen-li...
[09:50] Wolfgang
    We should consider the possibility
    that he will respond to
[09:53] Wolfgang
    the mobilization of our main force by
    leaving Iserlohn, and intercepting us.
[09:59] Reinhard
    If he does, we will attack him from
    behind while he's on the move
[10:03] Reinhard
    and turn him into a martyr for democracy.
[10:14] Oskar
    Would that really work?
[10:22] Reinhard
    I would certainly like to make it work.
[10:25] Oskar
    That would be ideal.
[10:35] Paul
    It would be unwise to expect too much
    of this Boltik man.
[10:41] Reinhard
    Well, at the very least, he'll be easier
    to control than the Black Fox Rubinsky.
[10:46] Paul
    You are absolutely right,
[10:48] Paul
    but that does present a new problem:
[10:52] Paul
    the question of whether
    Boltik can control Fezzan.
[10:56] Reinhard
    You think he lacks the capacity
    to lead the masses?
[10:59] Paul
    If he is too capable, that would
    be problematic, as well,
[11:02] Paul
    but if he doesn't, at least, have the ability
    to beat the malcontents into submission,
[11:06] Paul
    he will only slow our navy down.
[11:09] Reinhard
    I think we can expect him to have
    that much ability, at least.
[11:13] Reinhard
    Even if he doesn't,
[11:15] Reinhard
    he'll have to try hard to hold up under
    the pressure of the malcontents
[11:18] Reinhard
    in order to protect his
    own power and standing.
[11:22] Reinhard
    Naturally, their hatred and animosity
    would be solely focused on him.
[11:26] Reinhard
    If I can pass judgment on him right
    before he reaches his limit,
[11:31] Reinhard
    it would be an efficient way
    to dispose of an old tool.
[11:38] Paul
    I see. You've thought this
    through quite thoroughly.
[11:42] Paul
    Forgive me.
[11:43] Reinhard
    I should be able to use this method when I
    subjugate the Free Planets Alliance, as well.
[11:48] Reinhard
    Don't you think so, Chief of Staff?
[11:51] Paul
    There will surely be someone who
    desires a governing position
[11:55] Paul
    in the former Alliance territory, backed
    by the New Empire's authority and might.
[12:06] Reinhard
    Yang Wen-li.
[12:08] Reinhard
    When a soldier so young accomplishes
    such immense deeds of valor,
[12:12] Reinhard
    those of smaller minds are bound to
    envy his talent and achievements.
[12:17] Reinhard
    If he has unwillingly resigned himself
    to the treatment he receives,
[12:22] Reinhard
    then when offered a governing
    position in the New Empire,
[12:26] Reinhard
    can he still remain unwavering
    in his loyalty to democracy?
[12:33] Reinhard
    I could provide him with the means to
    leverage his talents to the fullest.
[12:40] Reinhard
    But...
[12:43] Reinhard
    Even if I gain him,
[12:45] Reinhard
    he can't replace those I have already lost.
[12:52] Na
    That day, a certain man was summoned
    before Oberstein.
[12:59] Na
    Until six months ago, he was the head
    of the Ministry of Internal Affairs'
[13:03] Na
    Department of Social Discipline,
    also known as the secret police,
[13:07] Na
    but as a result of Reinhard's reforms,
    he was removed from the office.
[13:11] Na
    But because of his competence and
    readiness to obey the new order,
[13:17] Na
    his life was spared.
[13:20] Na
    He was a rare case among
    VIPs from the old order,
[13:23] Na
    one who did not abuse his power
    to line his own pockets,
[13:26] Na
    but devoted himself to his duties,
    earning himself the nickname "Hound Dog."
SIGN    Heydrich Lang
[13:33] Heydrich
    Chief of Staff, sir,
[13:35] Lang
    the way I see it, there is only
    one true form of government,
[13:39] Lang
    no matter what cloak it wears.
[13:42] Paul
    Oh? And what is that?
[13:45] Lang
    Minority rule over the majority.
[13:48] Paul
    Democratic republics extol majority
    rule as a product of free will.
[13:53] Paul
    I would like to hear your
    thoughts regarding that.
[13:58] Lang
    If you have a body of 100 people,
[14:00] Lang
    just 51 of them can rule by majority.
[14:05] Lang
    But when that majority is
    divided into several groups,
[14:10] Lang
    it only takes 26 of the 51 to rule all 100.
[14:16] Lang
    In other words, it only takes
    one quarter of the whole,
[14:19] Lang
    a minority, to rule the majority.
[14:23] Lang
    Of course, this is a highly
    simplified example,
[14:26] Lang
    but I'm sure an intelligent man
    such as yourself realizes
[14:31] Lang
    how meaningless the republican
    system of majority rule is.
[14:37] Lang
    Because the true form of a government
    is minority rule over the majority,
[14:42] Lang
    I believe the presence of people like me
    is essential for maintaining stability.
[14:49] Paul
    Like secret police, you mean?
[14:52] Lang
    I mean people who can manage
    the system of public order.
[14:57] Paul
    Secret police may be convenient
    for those who hold the power,
[15:02] Paul
    but their mere existence makes
    them a target for hatred.
[15:06] Paul
    The Department of Social Discipline
    was recently dissolved,
[15:09] Paul
    but because you were in charge of it,
    many people called for your execution.
[15:14] Paul
    People like Karl Braque of
    the Enlightenment Party.
[15:17] Lang
    I'm sure Mr. Braque has his own ideas,
[15:20] Lang
    but I have endeavored to be nothing
    but loyal to the dynasty.
[15:25] Lang
    I have never used my authority
    to serve my own interests.
[15:29] Lang
    If loyalty makes one a
    target for punishment,
[15:33] Lang
    I cannot imagine a good ending for
    even Duke Lohengramm himself.
[15:38] Paul
    I don't think Duke Lohengramm is
    very fond of your type, either.
[15:45] Lang
    If Duke Lohengramm is a
    military man at heart,
[15:48] Lang
    it's only natural that he has the
    backbone to fight a grand battle
[15:52] Lang
    for dominion over the universe.
[15:55] Lang
    But, in certain circumstances,
[15:57] Lang
    a single rumor can be more powerful
    than 10,000 battleships,
[16:02] Lang
    and safeguards taken in advance can
    outdo the strongest offensive.
[16:05] Lang
    I have the highest hopes in Duke
    Lohengramm's discernment and magnanimity,
[16:09] Lang
    as well as your own, Chief of Staff, sir.
[16:13] Paul
    Myself aside, how do you intend to respond
    to Duke Lohengramm's magnanimity?
[16:21] Paul
    That will play a vital role.
[16:23] Lang
    Naturally, I will offer him all of
    my talents and my utmost loyalty
[16:28] Lang
    to contribute to the duke's
    military rule in any way I can.
[16:32] Paul
    A fine statement,
[16:34] Paul
    but now that the Department of Social
    Discipline has been dissolved, it can't be reopened.
[16:39] Paul
    You'd be criticized for
    reversing an enlightened policy.
[16:43] Paul
    You would have to give your
    organization a different name.
[16:47] Lang
    I've already thought about that, actually.
[16:52] Lang
    The Internal Security Department.
[16:55] Lang
    What do you think?
    Doesn't it have a nice ring to it?
[16:59] Paul
    It sounds like putting old
    wine into a new bottle.
[17:03] Lang
    I am thinking of making
    the wine new, as well.
[17:07] Paul
    Very well. Give it your utmost effort.
[17:11] Lang
    Yes, sir!
[17:15] Müller
    The Internal Security Department...
[17:18] Müller
    It may have a new name, but I suspect
    it's no different on the inside.
[17:23] Wolfgang
    Heydrich Lang...
[17:25] Wolfgang
    So the Hound Dog of the secret
    police has found a new master.
[17:33] Müller
    Admiral Reuenthal, what have you
    been thinking about all this time?
[17:39] Oskar
    Just...
[17:40] Wolfgang
    Fezzan again?
[17:42] Oskar
    And whether we can truly
    count them as an ally.
[17:47] Wolfgang
    You worry too much, Admiral Reuenthal.
[17:51] Wolfgang
    It's true that we're up against
    the old fox of Fezzan.
[17:55] Wolfgang
    No amount of suspicion could
    be considered excessive.
[17:58] Wolfgang
    For us, the best outcome would be
    to score a quick military victory
[18:02] Wolfgang
    before Fezzan has a chance
    to set any traps.
[18:06] Müller
    If, by some chance, we fail,
    our forces will be isolated,
[18:11] Müller
    just like Admiral Reuenthal said.
[18:13] Wolfgang
    In which case we'd have to procure
    supplies locally to feed our men.
[18:19] Wolfgang
    And if we succeed, it'll be in exchange
    for being branded as looters.
[18:24] Wolfgang
    I don't mind us being hated as conquerors,
[18:28] Wolfgang
    but being looked down upon as
    looters would be unpleasant.
[18:33] Oskar
    And even that only holds true
    if there are supplies to loot.
[18:37] Oskar
    If they undertake a scorched-earth campaign
[18:40] Oskar
    like we did two years ago,
    it'll end in tragedy.
[18:44] Müller
    But as far as that goes,
    what Duke Lohengramm thinks
[18:49] Müller
    is more important than
    what any of us may say.
[18:57] Oskar
    So it's all up to Duke Lohengramm...
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[19:13] Customer1
    Did you hear?
[19:15] Customer2
    Yeah, the Empire's launching
    a large-scale mobilization.
[19:18] Customer1
    I hear it's soon.
[19:20] Customer3
    It's just more of the same.
    Nothing to do with Fezzan.
[19:24] Customer3
    Our Landesherr will take care of it.
[19:27] Customer3
    That's why we pay so much in taxes.
[19:31] Rubinsky
    Iserlohn is impregnable.
[19:34] Rubinsky
    It's also home to the
    Alliance Navy's most skilled leader.
[19:38] Rubinsky
    As an ordinary politician, I'd truly
    love to take comfort in that.
[19:43] Rubinsky
    But that kind of complacency
    robbed the Alliance's top brass
[19:48] Rubinsky
    of their good judgment and forced them
    to make the worst possible choice.
[19:52] Rubinsky
    Clear proof that successes in the past
    invite misjudgments in the present
[19:57] Rubinsky
    and take the future away entirely.
[20:00] Rupert
    Commissioner Boltik's actions have
    indeed become rather intriguing.
[20:06] Rupert
    That damned Boltik played
    his trump card too soon
[20:10] Rubinsky
    and let Duke Lohengramm use it against him.
[20:13] Rubinsky
    He was in too big a hurry to get results.
[20:15] Rupert
    He proved to be more incompetent
    than we expected.
[20:17] Rubinsky
    And this means Duke Lohengramm
    is a step ahead of us.
[20:21] Rupert
    What will you do?
[20:26] Rubinsky
    Incidentally, I hear an
    ensign named Julian Mintz
[20:29] Rubinsky
    is being assigned here from the
    commissioner's office in the Alliance.
[20:32] Rupert
    I hear he is Admiral Yang Wen-li's favorite.
[20:35] Rupert
    What special favor has
    he shown him, I wonder?
[20:40] Rupert
    Regardless, I highly doubt a
    sixteen-year-old boy is capable of much.
[20:46] Rubinsky
    By the age of sixteen, Duke Lohengramm had
    already accomplished enough in battle
[20:50] Rubinsky
    to reach the rank of lieutenant commander.
[20:52] Rubinsky
    Julian Mintz is just moving
    at a slightly slower pace.
[20:57] Rupert
    He isn't just benefiting from his
    adoptive father's position?
[20:59] Rubinsky
    Possibly, but he has accomplished
    some impressive feats.
[21:03] Rubinsky
    Personally,
[21:05] Rubinsky
    I would rather not foolishly mistake
    a tiger cub for a kitten.
[21:23] Hilde
    Is there no path of peace and coexistence
    between us and the Free Planets Alliance?
[21:29] Reinhard
    No. They blocked off that path themselves.
[21:33] Reinhard
    If they had returned our emperor
    and the kidnappers together,
[21:37] Reinhard
    there would have been no diplomatic
[21:39] Reinhard
    or military actions I could take
    against them, at least for a while.
[21:43] Reinhard
    They signed their own death warrant.
[21:51] Reinhard
    Fraulein...
[21:53] Hilde
    Yes, Duke Lohengramm?
[21:55] Reinhard
    Do you think my methods to be unscrupulous?
[22:02] Hilde
    If I said no, would that please you?
[22:10] Reinhard
    I am grateful to you. That's the truth.
[22:15] Reinhard
    If I had gone to the mountain villa myself,
[22:17] Reinhard
    my sister wouldn't have wanted to see me.
[22:20] Reinhard
    She accepted the security guards
    because you convinced her.
[22:27] Reinhard
    But even if my sister hates
    me now, I can't go back.
[22:32] Reinhard
    If I go back on my military rule now,
[22:34] Reinhard
    who will restore unity and
    order to the universe?
[22:38] Reinhard
    Am I to leave the future of
    humanity in the hands of
[22:41] Reinhard
    the insolent Free Planets Alliance or
    reactionaries from the old order?
[22:57] Reinhard
    Tomorrow, I will announce the
    dethronement of the emperor.
[23:06] Na
    The seven-year-old Emperor Erwin
    Josef II was stripped of his crown,
[23:11] Na
    and Katharin, the eight-month-old daughter
    of Viscount Pegnitz, became the empress.
SIGN    Katharin Kätchen I
[23:18] Na
    She would be the youngest monarch in the
    history of the Goldenbaum Dynasty,
[23:24] Na
    and most likely its last.
SIGN    Episode 46
SIGN    Operation: Ragnarök
[25:01] Na
    Next time, "Operation: Ragnarök."