E5 - Birth of the 13th Fleet

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[00:05] Julian
    Commodore Yang! Commodore Yang!
SIGN    Julian Mintz
[00:08] Julian
    Commodore Yang, you'll be late!
[00:12] Yang
    Late for what?
[00:14] Julian
    Commodore Yang!
[00:19] Julian
    What a way to start your morning.
[00:21] Julian
    It's unbelievable that you, of all people,
    would be late to a memorial service.
[00:26] Yang
    I see...
[00:28] Yang
    Yeah, you're right.
[00:32] Yang
    Julian, what happened to those books?
    The ones from the box I hadn't unpacked?
[00:37] Julian
    I already put them away.
[00:39] Yang
    Then how about the Wanli porcelain
    from the box beside it?
[00:41] Julian
    I put them in the place
    where they look best.
[00:45] Julian
    Take care.
[00:46] Yang
    Hey, Julian...
[00:48] Julian
    Yes?
[00:50] Yang
    Sorry to have you do so much.
[00:52] Yang
    I'll act more like a real
    guardian when I get back.
[00:56] Yang
    See you.
[01:00] Julian
    Commodore Yang!
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Capital Planet Heinessen
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[02:46] Alex
    Looks like you're not totally awake yet,
[02:50] Alex
    hero of Astarte.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Deputy Adjutant General
    Rear Admiral Alex Caselnes
[02:54] Yang
    Who's a hero?
[02:56] Alex
    The guy standing right in front of me.
[02:58] Alex
    That's what all the press has
    been writing about you.
[03:02] Yang
    I'm the leader of a losing army.
[03:05] Alex
    Yes, the Alliance Navy lost.
[03:08] Alex
    That's exactly why we need a hero.
[03:11] Alex
    There'd be no need for heroes if we'd won.
[03:15] Alex
    After a defeat, you have to take the
    people's focus away from what's going on.
[03:20] Alex
    That's how it was at El Facil, right?
[03:23] Alex
    By the way... why are you all wet?
[03:26] Yang
    Oh, er...
SIGN    Episode 5
SIGN    Birth of the 13th Fleet
[03:41] Trunicht
    To all citizens and soldiers in attendance:
[03:44] Trunicht
    for what purpose have we
    gathered here on this day?
[03:49] Trunicht
    To console the spirits of the 1,500,000 heroes
    who died in the battle at the Astarte Starzone.
[03:55] Trunicht
    They nobly gave their lives to defend
    the freedom and peace of our homeland,
SIGN    Alliance Central Government National Defense Committee Chairman
    Job Trunicht
[04:02] Trunicht
    and to tell us, those left behind,
[04:04] Trunicht
    that there was something more
    precious than their lives.
[04:11] Trunicht
    What is that something?
[04:13] Trunicht
    It is our homeland, and our freedom!
[04:16] Trunicht
    Why did those 1,500,000 servicemen die?
[04:20] Yang
    Because their leaders couldn't
    command them well enough.
[04:24] Trunicht
    They laid down their lives to defend
    our homeland, and our freedom!
[04:31] Trunicht
    I would like to make this abundantly clear!
[04:35] Trunicht
    Our homeland and our freedom are
    worthy of defending with our lives.
[04:41] Trunicht
    You pacifists among us who advocate
    for reconciliation with the Empire,
[04:45] Trunicht
    awaken from your delusions!
[04:47] Trunicht
    Peace does not come as easily
    as you profess it will!
[04:52] Yang
    I don't know...
[04:53] Yang
    I'd say it's just as easy to warmonger
    from within your nice, safe haven.
[04:58] Trunicht
    Those who oppose this battle to oppose the
    Galactic Empire's autocratic totalitarianism...
[05:04] Trunicht
    have forsaken their homeland!
[05:08] Trunicht
    We know the history.
[05:11] Trunicht
    Our homeland, with its great history!
[05:15] Trunicht
    Our homeland, with its freedom!
[05:17] Trunicht
    We must stand and fight to defend...
[05:20] Trunicht
    the one thing worth defending!
[05:23] Trunicht
    Now is the time to fight for our homeland!
[05:27] Trunicht
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:30] Trunicht
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:32] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:36] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:38] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:42] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:44] Crowd
    Long live the Alliance!
    Long live our republic!
[05:48] Crowd
    Defeat the Empire!
[05:50] Christian
    Why aren't you standing?
SIGN    Captain Christian
[05:53] Yang
    This is a free country.
[05:56] Yang
    We have the freedom to not
    stand if we don't want to.
[05:59] Yang
    I'm only exercising that freedom.
[06:03] Christian
    Then why don't you want to stand?
[06:06] Yang
    I exercise my freedom
    to withhold my answer.
[06:09] Christian
    What are you trying to—
[06:11] Trunicht
    Christian.
[06:26] Trunicht
    Ladies and gentlemen, our greatest weapon...
[06:30] Trunicht
    is the unity shared among us all.
[06:36] Trunicht
    So long as we live in a free country
    governed as a democratic republic,
[06:40] Trunicht
    no objective, however noble,
    can be forced upon the people.
SIGN    Jessica Edwards
[06:49] Jessica
    Defense Committee Chairman,
    my name is Jessica Edwards.
[06:55] Yang
    Jessica?
[06:58] Jessica
    I am the fiancée of Jean Robert Lapp,
[07:00] Jessica
    an officer of the 6th Fleet who
    died in the Battle of Astarte.
[07:05] Jessica
    No... I was his fiancée.
[07:09] Trunicht
    Goodness... My deepest condolences
    to you, young lady.
[07:13] Trunicht
    However...
[07:14] Jessica
    I am not demanding sympathy.
[07:18] Jessica
    Chairman, my fiancé died a noble
    death in defense of our homeland.
[07:24] Trunicht
    Of course...
[07:26] Trunicht
    You are truly what every woman on the
    home front should aspire to be.
[07:32] Trunicht
    I am certain your commendable
    spirit will be warmly rewarded.
[07:38] Jessica
    Thank you, Chairman.
[07:40] Jessica
    I am here because I wish to
    ask you a single question.
[07:46] Trunicht
    Ah, and what would that be?
[07:50] Jessica
    Where are you at the moment?
[07:54] Trunicht
    Er... Come again?
[07:56] Jessica
    My fiancé went to the battlefield
    to protect his homeland,
[08:02] Jessica
    and now he is no longer in this world.
[08:04] Jessica
    Chairman, where are you?
[08:08] Jessica
    Where do you stand as you glorify death?
[08:11] Jessica
    I gave my fiancé as a sacrifice!
[08:14] Jessica
    Where is your family as you advocate
    for the sacrifice of these people?
[08:20] Jessica
    There is no fault with the
    speech you just gave,
[08:24] Jessica
    but are you living by that
    same standard yourself?
[08:27] Trunicht
    The young lady has lost her composure.
[08:30] Trunicht
    Escort her out of the room.
[08:33] Trunicht
    My speech is over.
    The national anthem, please!
[08:44] Yang
    Let's go.
[08:45] Jessica
    Yang?
[08:47] Yang
    This isn't where you should be.
[09:17] Yang
    Jessica, hold on to something!
[09:19] Jessica
    Right!
[10:11] Jessica
    I'm sorry to get you involved in this.
[10:14] Yang
    No, it's not your fault.
[10:17] Jessica
    Yang...
[10:20] Jessica
    You must have thought I was
    an awful woman, didn't you?
[10:23] Yang
    Why?
[10:25] Jessica
    Most bereaved families are enduring
    their grief in silence,
[10:29] Jessica
    and I had to go and shout such things
    in front of all those people.
[10:33] Jessica
    It makes sense that you'd be disgusted.
[10:36] Yang
    No, I don't think that at all.
[10:39] Jessica
    I hear you were promoted, Yang.
[10:43] Jessica
    Jean Robert always had such praise for you.
[10:45] Jessica
    He said you were the pride of your class.
[10:48] Jessica
    All the admirals in our navy who aren't
    you ought to feel humiliated.
[10:53] Jessica
    They let more than a million
    people die in a single battle.
[10:58] Jessica
    It's an ethical disgrace.
[11:00] Yang
    I don't think that's quite right.
[11:04] Yang
    True, it might have been foolish
    to allow that many people to die.
[11:08] Yang
    But what if we'd won and caused more than
    a million deaths on the other side?
[11:14] Yang
    Should we be praised for that?
[11:19] Yang
    Ethics have nothing to do with
    victory or loss in war.
[11:26] Jessica
    You haven't changed at all.
[11:28] Yang
    Sorry... I guess I got argumentative again.
[11:32] Jessica
    I'll be going now, Yang.
    Thanks for seeing me off.
[11:38] Yang
    Take care.
[11:40] Jessica
    Get further promoted to make
    up for Jean Robert, too.
[11:58] Julian
    Welcome home, Commodore.
[11:59] Yang
    Thanks, Julian.
[12:01] Julian
    I was beginning to think you
    wouldn't be coming home,
[12:04] Julian
    but I'm glad you did.
[12:06] Julian
    I made some of the Irish stew you like.
[12:09] Yang
    That makes me glad I came home hungry.
[12:12] Yang
    What made you think that, though?
[12:14] Julian
    Rear Admiral Caselnes contacted me.
[12:17] Julian
    He told me you ran out of the ceremony
    hand-in-hand with a pretty woman.
[12:23] Yang
    That jerk...
[12:28] Yang
    Your future plans? It's that time already?
[12:30] Julian
    No, but there are some students who get
    enough credits to graduate half a year early.
[12:35] Yang
    I see... And are you planning
    to become a soldier?
[12:40] Julian
    Yes. I'm a soldier's son, after all.
[12:43] Yang
    There's no law that says a son has
    to inherit his father's job.
[12:47] Yang
    My father was a trader, in fact.
[12:50] Julian
    But if I don't, you'll have to repay
    the loan you took to raise me.
[12:55] Yang
    I'll repay it.
[12:57] Yang
    Don't underestimate your guardian.
[13:01] Yang
    I have enough saved up for that.
[13:03] Yang
    Besides, you don't need
    to graduate that early.
[13:06] Yang
    Why not enjoy life a bit longer?
[13:08] Julian
    I couldn't trouble you that much!
[13:11] Yang
    Don't get smart. You're still a child.
[13:14] Yang
    Children are supposed to live
    by leeching off their parents.
[13:19] Julian
    Thank you, but...
[13:26] Yang
    Is it in style lately for groups of clowns
    like those to visit people's homes?
[13:31] Julian
    They're the Patriotic Knight Corps.
[13:33] Yang
    I don't know any circus troupe like that.
[13:36] Julian
    They're a radical nationalist group.
[13:39] Julian
    They've recently become notorious for
    harassing people who express anti-war views.
[13:45] Julian
    It's strange, though.
    Why would they come to our house?
[13:54] Christian
    Commodore Yang!
[13:56] Christian
    We of the Patriotic Knight
    Corps condemn you!
[14:00] Christian
    Out of arrogance over your own exploits,
[14:02] Christian
    you have disturbed the unity of our navy
    and compromised its will to fight.
[14:08] Christian
    I know you're aware of what you've done.
[14:11] Christian
    You disgraced a sacred memorial service!
[14:16] Christian
    When everyone in attendance responded
    to the chairman's impassioned speech
[14:20] Christian
    by swearing to defeat the Empire,
[14:22] Christian
    you alone refused to stand
[14:25] Christian
    and behaved in a way that mocked
    the citizens' determination!
[14:30] Christian
    We condemn your arrogance!
[14:34] Christian
    If you have anything to say,
    step outside and face us.
[14:38] Julian
    Did you really do that?
[14:40] Yang
    Yeah, sort of...
[14:42] Julian
    But why?!
[14:43] Julian
    Even if you were opposed,
[14:44] Julian
    you could have just stood and clapped,
    and everything would be fine!
[14:48] Julian
    Others only see how you react
    on the outside, after all!
[14:51] Yang
    You sound a lot like Rear Admiral Caselnes.
[14:55] Julian
    You don't have to bring him into this.
[14:58] Julian
    Even a child could have told you that!
[15:01] Christian
    If you won't come out,
    we have our own ideas!
[15:05] ---
    Get down!
[15:12] Yang
    Julian, which one is the
    switch for the sprinklers?
[15:15] Julian
    It's 2-A-4. What are you going to do?
[15:19] Yang
    I just need to teach those
    guys some manners.
[15:23] Julian
    Oh...
[15:25] Christian
    What's the problem?
    Why don't you say something?
[15:29] Christian
    If you don't respond,
    prepare for another—
[15:42] Christian
    Hey! All of you—
[15:53] Yang
    Now do you see how scary things can
    get when you anger a gentleman,
[15:58] Yang
    you cowardly bunch of thugs?
[16:03] Yang
    I'll help with that.
[16:05] Julian
    No, you would actually just get in the way.
[16:08] Julian
    I know. Why don't you sit
    on that table there?
[16:11] Yang
    The table? Come on...
[16:20] Yang
    This is my Wanli porcelain.
[16:23] Yang
    The one thing my father left me
    that was actually genuine...
[16:30] Alex
    Hey there, son. Could you put
    your guardian on for me?
[16:34] Julian
    He's over there.
[16:38] Alex
    Were you always into sitting
    on tables in your own house?
[16:42] Yang
    Depends on the day of the week.
[16:44] Alex
    Well, forget that. There's a matter
    that demands immediate attention.
[16:48] Alex
    I need you to report to the
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center ASAP.
[16:52] Yang
    Right now?
[16:53] Alex
    It's a direct order from Chief Sithole.
[16:57] Yang
    What does the chief want with me?
[16:59] Alex
    All I know is that it's urgent.
[17:03] Alex
    I'll see you there later.
[17:13] Yang
    It looks like I'll be out late.
[17:16] Yang
    You can go on to bed.
[17:17] Julian
    Yes, Commodore.
[17:19] Yang
    Julian, I think we'll be able to
    laugh off what happened tonight.
[17:24] Yang
    But before too long, that might
    not be possible anymore.
[17:30] Yang
    It looks like the times
    are slowly turning bad.
[17:34] Julian
    Commodore, I may be speaking out of turn,
[17:39] Julian
    but please don't worry about that.
[17:42] Julian
    I want you to walk the path
    you believe is right.
[17:46] Julian
    I believe you are right, above all others.
[18:05] Sithole
    I see you haven't gotten
    any better at chess.
[18:08] Yang
    So, did you call me out here
    at this hour to play chess?
[18:13] Sithole
    Of course not.
SIGN    Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center Chief
    Fleet Admiral Sidney Sithole
[18:15] Sithole
    You're here because I needed
    to inform you of something.
[18:18] Sithole
    Officially, the personnel
    change is set for tomorrow,
[18:22] Sithole
    but you're going to be
    promoted to Rear Admiral.
[18:25] Sithole
    This is a formal decision,
    not a tentative one.
[18:28] Sithole
    You know why you're being
    promoted, don't you?
[18:31] Yang
    Because I lost, right?
[18:33] Sithole
    You really haven't changed a bit.
[18:35] Sithole
    You say the most scathing things
    with such a benign expression.
[18:39] Sithole
    Just like when you were a cadet.
[18:41] Yang
    But that is the truth,
    is it not, Headmaster...
[18:45] Yang
    I mean, Chief?
[18:48] Sithole
    What makes you think that?
[18:50] Yang
    Ancient military science texts say that
    the conferment of more rewards
[18:54] Yang
    is a sign of desperation.
[18:56] Yang
    They say it's done out of a need to
    distract attention from a loss.
[19:00] Sithole
    In a sense, you're right.
[19:03] Sithole
    After our biggest loss in recent history,
[19:06] Sithole
    both our servicemen and
    our citizens are shaken.
[19:09] Sithole
    What we need to calm them is a hero.
[19:13] Sithole
    That means you, Rear Admiral Yang.
[19:17] Sithole
    I suppose it wasn't your wish
    to be a man-made hero, was it?
[19:23] Sithole
    Let's change the subject...
[19:25] Sithole
    to the strategy you proposed to Vice
    Admiral Paetta before the battle began.
[19:30] Sithole
    Do you think we would have won
    if that had been implemented?
[19:34] Yang
    Yes, I think so.
[19:36] Sithole
    But might it not be possible to utilize
    that strategy at another time?
[19:41] Sithole
    When that time comes, perhaps we can
    have revenge on Count Lohengramm.
[19:46] Yang
    If this victory has made him arrogant,
[19:49] Yang
    and he cannot resist the temptation to take
    on a massive force with a smaller one again,
[19:54] Yang
    perhaps the strategy I proposed
    could be of use again.
[19:58] Yang
    But...
[19:59] Sithole
    But?
[20:00] Yang
    But it's unlikely that will happen.
[20:05] Yang
    Defeating a larger force with a
    smaller one seems grand at first,
[20:09] Yang
    but it strays from common
    tactical practice.
[20:12] Yang
    Rather than war strategy, it falls into
    the category of sleight of hand.
[20:16] Yang
    I'm sure Count Lohengramm knows that.
[20:20] Yang
    He'll most likely attack with an
    overwhelmingly large force next.
[20:25] Sithole
    I see. You're probably right.
[20:28] Sithole
    Incidentally, one more thing...
[20:30] Sithole
    And this is a tentative
    decision, not a formal one.
[20:33] Sithole
    There'll be a change to
    part of our formation.
[20:36] Sithole
    The remnants of the 4th and 6th Fleets
    will be reinforced with more men
[20:41] Sithole
    and combined to make the 13th Fleet.
[20:44] Sithole
    You will most likely be appointed as
    the first commander of that fleet.
[20:49] Yang
    Isn't command of a fleet only given to
    those ranked Vice Admiral or higher?
[20:53] Sithole
    The new fleet will be about
    half the size of the others.
[20:58] Sithole
    And the 13th Fleet's first mission will be...
[21:01] Sithole
    the capture of Iserlohn Fortress.
[21:05] Yang
    You mean we are to capture
    Iserlohn with half a fleet?
[21:11] Sithole
    Correct.
[21:12] Yang
    Have you been listening
    to anything I've said?
[21:15] Sithole
    Of course. I'm saying this based on that.
[21:20] Yang
    You believe it's possible?
[21:22] Sithole
    I believe that if you
    can't do it, no one can.
[21:29] Sithole
    Do you think you can't do it?
[21:33] Sithole
    If you successfully lead this new fleet
    in the capture of Iserlohn Fortress,
[21:39] Sithole
    Defense Committee Chairman Trunicht will
    be forced to recognize your talents,
[21:45] Sithole
    regardless of how he feels
    about you personally.
[21:52] Yang
    I will give it my best effort.
[21:56] Alex
    The chief has about 70
    days left in his term.
[21:59] Alex
    Obviously, he's hoping
    to win a second term,
[22:02] Alex
    which means the capture of Iserlohn
    will have to be completed by then.
[22:09] Yang
    If I'm successful, the chief's standing
    with Chairman Trunicht is reinforced.
[22:14] Yang
    He's certainly a cunning man.
[22:17] Alex
    The chief is a saint compared
    to that bastard.
[22:20] Alex
    The guy who's behind that
    Patriotic Knight Corps is...
[22:23] Yang
    Chairman Trunicht himself, right?
[22:26] Yang
    I knew that right away.
[22:33] Alex
    Rest while you can. You'll be busy soon.
[22:36] Yang
    Honestly...
[22:38] Yang
    Why would anyone ever want
    to become a soldier?
[22:50] Alex
    No matter how much you complain,
[22:52] Alex
    the navy won't ever let go of you.
[22:55] Alex
    Be ready, Yang Wen-li.
[22:58] Yang
    Thank you, sir.
[23:14] Yang
    I guess I won't get to drink the
    tea Julian makes for a while.
SIGN    Episode 6
SIGN    The Capture of Iserlohn (Part 1)
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of the
    Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode six, "The Capture
    of Iserlohn (Part 1)."