E8 - The Castrop Rebellion

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SIGN    Planet Castrop
[00:02] Na
    Lord Eugen Castrop, the ruler of the
    Castrop Starzone in the Galactic Empire,
[00:07] Na
    served as minister of finance
    under Kaiser Friedrich IV.
[00:11] Na
    He served for fifteen years,
[00:13] Na
    during which time he embezzled
    vast amounts of money.
[00:16] Na
    But when Lord Castrop unexpectedly
    died in an accident,
[00:21] Na
    the truth of his embezzlement
    came to light.
[00:23] Na
    The Empire's Ministries
    of Finance and Justice
[00:26] Na
    attempted to take away his
    unlawfully accumulated riches.
[00:30] Na
    However...
SIGN    Franz von Mariendorf
[00:37] Na
    Lord Castrop's son,
    Maximilian, pushed back.
[00:41] Na
    And thus the Castrop Rebellion began.
SIGN    Maximilian von Castrop
[00:53] Na
    Meanwhile, the Empire's new
    fleet admiral, Reinhard,
SIGN    Fleet Admiral's Mansion
[00:57] Na
    established the Fleet Admiral's Mansion,
[00:59] Na
    in which he assembled all of the Imperial
    Navy's top up-and-coming commanders.
[01:04] Na
    This assembly received an imperial
    order from Kaiser Friedrich IV...
[01:10] Reinhard
    Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis.
[01:13] Kircheis
    Sir.
[01:17] Reinhard
    You will depart for the Castrop Starzone
    to suppress a rebellion.
[01:21] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[01:24] Kircheis
    I humbly accept this assignment.
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
[02:59] Weitz
    There seems to be some bias in
    Count Lohengramm's appointments.
SIGN    Private Secretary Weitz
[03:05] Weitz
    All of the officers he's assembled are
    commoners and low-ranking nobles.
[03:10] Weitz
    And can Rear Admiral Kircheis really
    handle the matter with Castrop?
[03:15] Weitz
    Would Count Lohengramm
    not be a better choice?
SIGN    Minister of State and Acting Prime Minister of the Galactic Empire
    Klaus von Lichtenlade
[03:18] Klaus
    It was Count Lohengramm who requested that
    the order be given to Rear Admiral Kircheis.
[03:23] Klaus
    Is it such a bad thing?
[03:25] Klaus
    Rear Admiral Kircheis is the
    count's most trusted confidant.
[03:29] Klaus
    If we grant him a reward for success in
    this mission, he'll be indebted to us,
[03:34] Klaus
    which will be beneficial to us later.
[03:36] Klaus
    And if he fails,
[03:38] Klaus
    the responsibility will fall on
    Count Lohengramm for recommending him.
[03:42] Klaus
    If his subordinate fails, the count will
    have one less thing to brag about.
SIGN    Episode 8
SIGN    The Castrop Rebellion
SIGN    Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld
[03:54] Fritz
    Why would that upstart
    receive an imperial order?
[03:57] Kempff
    The count must have pulled some strings.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff
[04:00] Kempff
    Siegfried Kircheis...
    What sort of man will he prove to be?
[04:04] Fritz
    Many of the soldiers seem
    to have their doubts
[04:08] Fritz
    as to whether he's a man they
    can entrust their lives to.
[04:11] Lutz
    Why would Count Lohengramm be
    so close to someone like him?
SIGN    Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz
[04:15] Kempff
    The two of them have been
    friends since childhood.
[04:19] Fritz
    If that's true, then I was wrong
    about the count all this time.
[04:23] Fritz
    I thought he had great potential.
[04:26] Wahlen
    I wonder what those other
    two think of this.
SIGN    Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen
[04:29] Ernest
    You mean Vice Admirals
    Reuenthal and Mittermeyer?
[04:33] Ernest
    They fought under the count in the past.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger
[04:37] Ernest
    They probably know
    Rear Admiral Kircheis well, too.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer
[04:46] Wolfgang
    How much have you heard about
    the Castrop Rebellion?
[04:51] Oskar
    The rebellion is still ongoing.
SIGN    Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal
[04:54] Oskar
    If he can stop it, Kircheis will
    be promoted to vice admiral.
[04:58] Oskar
    That would put him at the same rank as us,
[05:01] Oskar
    and would no doubt put him
    well ahead of the pack.
[05:05] Wolfgang
    Perhaps the count wants to let everyone
    in his mansion and beyond know
[05:09] Wolfgang
    that Kircheis is his number two.
[05:13] Wolfgang
    Think it'll work out?
[05:14] Oskar
    Who knows?
[05:16] Oskar
    But if the count thinks he and Kircheis...
[05:19] Oskar
    no, if he thinks we all need this to
    happen in order to meet our goal...
[05:23] Wolfgang
    Then we have no choice
    but to trust and obey.
[05:26] Wolfgang
    The count kept his promise by inviting us to
    the Fleet Admiral's Mansion he established.
[05:31] Wolfgang
    We should keep our promise, too.
[05:33] Oskar
    Right. All we can do is remain loyal.
[05:42] Reinhard
    Kircheis...
SIGN    Kircheis Fleet Flagship
    Barbarossa
SIGN    Captain Volker Axel von Bülow
SIGN    Captain Hans Eduard Bergengrün
[06:03] Guy
    The Imperial Navy is advancing
    in our direction.
[06:07] Maximilian
    I can see that!
[06:09] Maximilian
    They only number 5,000.
    We'll tear them apart!
[06:13] Guy
    Castrop Fleet approaching.
[06:14] Guy
    They number approximately 10,000.
[06:17] Kircheis
    Commence the operation.
[06:23] Guy
    The Imperial Navy is
    approaching at high speed!
[06:26] Maximilian
    Commence attack!
[06:42] Adjutant
    The enemy is attempting to surround
    us rather than counterattack.
[06:46] Maximilian
    Using 5,000 ships to surround
    10,000? They really are fools.
[06:51] Maximilian
    They don't know basic strategy!
[06:54] Volker
    We should counterattack.
[06:55] Volker
    Our shields can't take any more!
[06:58] Maximilian
    There's a gap in the enemy's
    encirclement at eleven o'clock.
[07:02] Maximilian
    Have all remaining ships charge into it.
[07:04] Guy
    Wait, please. Basic strategy
    is what the enemy is using.
[07:08] Guy
    The enemy wants to lure us to that
    point and take all of us out at once.
[07:13] Maximilian
    Some sacrifices are unavoidable.
[07:16] Maximilian
    To give one's life for his
    master is a retainer's honor!
[07:20] Maximilian
    Give the order to charge!
[07:37] Guy
    Enemy fleet is relocating to five o'clock.
[07:40] Hans
    Your Excellency, we need an all-out attack.
[07:42] Kircheis
    Remain on the defensive.
[07:44] Kircheis
    When they think we're faltering,
    we'll let them pass through.
[08:06] Kircheis
    Close the gap!
[08:25] Kircheis
    Bring us in front of the enemy flagship!
[08:43] Guy
    Message from the Imperial Navy.
[08:46] Adjutant
    Open the line!
[08:48] Kircheis
    Message to all Castrop Navy fleets.
[08:50] Kircheis
    I am Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis
    of the Galactic Imperial Navy.
[08:56] Kircheis
    Our objective in this mission
    is to detain Maximilian Castrop,
[09:00] Kircheis
    the leader of the rebellion.
[09:04] Kircheis
    The officers and soldiers
    of the Castrop Navy
[09:06] Kircheis
    did no more than fight as their
    leader instructed them.
[09:09] Kircheis
    If you resist no further,
[09:12] Kircheis
    you will be given fair treatment
    as prisoners of war,
[09:14] Kircheis
    and I will give you my word that we will
    not take your lives for pleasure.
[09:19] Kircheis
    The fact that I did not sink a single
    ship should prove my sincerity to you.
[09:33] Maximilian
    The fool!
[09:35] Maximilian
    Order the ships at the front line
    to attack the enemy fleet!
[09:39] Maximilian
    We'll catch them in a pincer attack!
[09:52] Maximilian
    What are you doing?! Attack the enemy!
[09:55] Maximilian
    We aren't the ones in danger! They are!
[09:59] Maximilian
    Do you not understand?! A pincer attack!
[10:02] Maximilian
    Fire the main cannons! Fire! Fire!
[10:05] Maximilian
    Why won't you fire?!
[10:07] Maximilian
    Fire! Fire!
[10:10] Adjutant
    Our allies haven't returned.
[10:12] Adjutant
    If we attack, we'll destroy our
    forces within their encirclement.
[10:16] Maximilian
    How dare you talk back to me?!
[10:18] Maximilian
    You have some nerve for a former commoner!
[10:20] Maximilian
    Fire now! Fire, I say!
[10:22] Maximilian
    I am your master!
    I am Lord Maximilian Castrop!
[10:36] Adjutant
    You said it was a retainer's honor
    to give his life for his master,
[10:41] Adjutant
    but I believe it's a master's job to
    give of his own life for his people.
[11:04] Guy
    Message from the Castrop Navy flagship.
[11:07] Guy
    "Maximilian Castrop is dead.
[11:09] Guy
    We accept your recommendation
    of surrender."
[11:11] Volker
    Dead?
[11:12] Hans
    It can't be...
[11:15] Kircheis
    We will proceed toward Planet Castrop.
[11:19] Kircheis
    Caution the men to handle
    the prisoners with care,
[11:21] Kircheis
    and not to engage in looting or other
    activity that may harm civilians.
[11:26] Kircheis
    Any violation of military regulations
    will be severely punished.
[11:32] Both
    Yes, sir!
[11:34] Fritz
    He put down the rebellion?!
[11:36] Fritz
    In just ten days?!
[11:38] Lutz
    No, actual combat only lasted two days.
[11:42] Lutz
    Proceeding to
    Castrop took six days,
[11:44] Lutz
    and follow-up procedures took two days.
[11:47] Wahlen
    I guess he does deserve to
    be at the count's side.
[11:58] Guy
    Salute Rear Admiral Siegfried Kircheis!
[12:05] Klaus
    Vice Admiral Kircheis.
[12:08] Klaus
    Strive for ever greater loyalty to His Imperial
    Majesty the Kaiser in gratitude for his favor.
[12:13] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[12:17] Kircheis
    For ever greater loyalty, huh?
[12:21] Kircheis
    The one I swear my loyalty to is...
[12:38] Kircheis
    Enter.
[12:42] Soldier
    We've received an urgent
    message from headquarters.
[12:45] Kircheis
    What is it?
[12:46] Soldier
    Sir, Iserlohn has...
[12:50] Soldier
    Iserlohn Fortress has fallen.
SIGN    Galactic Empire Military Chief of Staff
    Fleet Admiral Ehrenberg
[13:01] Ehrenberg
    What?
[13:03] Ehrenberg
    Wasn't Iserlohn supposed to be impregnable?
[13:07] Steinhof
    I can't believe it!
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Supreme Command Headquarters Chief
    Fleet Admiral Steinhof
[13:09] Steinhof
    Could the report have been mistaken?
[13:12] Mückenberger
    Seeckt is dead,
    and Stockhausen is in enemy hands.
SIGN    Galactic Imperial Navy Space Fleet Commander-in-Chief
    Fleet Admiral Mückenberger
[13:17] Mückenberger
    But someone has to take
    responsibility for this defeat.
[13:22] Mückenberger
    Which means...
[13:27] Klaus
    Imperial territory must be kept
    inviolable to outside invasion,
[13:32] Klaus
    and until now, it has always been so.
[13:34] Klaus
    The situation that troubles Your Majesty's mind
[13:38] Klaus
    is entirely the result of my own failures,
[13:45] Klaus
    and I am deeply ashamed.
[13:51] Reinhard
    That's a funny argument, Kircheis.
[13:54] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[13:55] Reinhard
    We aren't supposed to give even an inch of
    Imperial territory to outside invaders.
[14:01] Reinhard
    When did the rebels become an outside
    force of strength equal to ours?
[14:06] Reinhard
    Failing to see reality gives
    rise to contradictions.
[14:09] Reinhard
    And what is the name of the Alliance
    commander who took down Iserlohn?
[14:14] Kircheis
    The Free Planets Alliance
    13th Fleet commander,
[14:19] Kircheis
    Rear Admiral Yang Wen-li.
[14:22] Kircheis
    It's the man from Astarte again.
[14:28] Reinhard
    Yang Wen-li...
[14:32] Kircheis
    Enter.
[14:34] Soldier
    Someone requests an audience
    with Your Excellency.
[14:48] Kircheis
    We will take him from here. Wait out front.
[14:56] Paul
    I can't go anywhere without
    military police accompaniment.
[15:00] Reinhard
    Captain Oberstein, correct?
[15:03] Reinhard
    What business do you have with me?
[15:06] Paul
    First, please clear the room.
[15:10] Reinhard
    There are only three of us here.
[15:12] Paul
    Yes, Vice Admiral Kircheis is here.
[15:15] Paul
    This is why I asked you to clear the room.
[15:18] Reinhard
    Vice Admiral Kircheis should
    be considered the same as me.
[15:21] Reinhard
    You don't know that?
[15:23] Paul
    I do.
[15:26] Reinhard
    This is something you still
    don't want him to hear, then.
[15:30] Reinhard
    But I'll just tell him later,
    and the result will be the same.
[15:33] Paul
    Of course, Your Excellency
    is free to do so.
[15:36] Paul
    However, achieving supremacy requires
    a variety of different people.
[15:42] Paul
    You tell A things that A needs to know,
[15:44] Paul
    and you give B an assignment suited to B.
[15:47] Paul
    I believe this is how certain
    matters should be conducted.
[15:50] Kircheis
    Your Excellency, perhaps I
    should wait in the next room.
[15:56] Reinhard
    Very well.
[16:06] Paul
    The truth, Your Excellency, is that I
    currently stand in a difficult position.
[16:12] Paul
    I believe you are aware of this.
[16:14] Reinhard
    You're a deserter from Iserlohn.
    It's natural you would be condemned.
[16:18] Reinhard
    Especially when Admiral Seeckt
    died such an honorable death.
[16:22] Paul
    I'm sure the many commanders see me
    as no more than a cowardly deserter.
[16:27] Paul
    But, Your Excellency, I do have
    my reasons for what I did.
[16:31] Paul
    I would like you to hear them.
[16:33] Reinhard
    This is absurd.
[16:35] Reinhard
    If you insist on explaining,
    don't explain to me.
[16:38] Reinhard
    Explain at tomorrow's court-martial.
[16:40] Paul
    A court-martial is only for show.
[16:43] Paul
    My punishment has been
    decided from the start.
[16:50] Paul
    Please look at this, Your Excellency.
[16:54] Paul
    As I believe Vice Admiral
    Kircheis informed you,
[16:57] Paul
    both of my eyes are artificial.
[17:01] Paul
    Under Emperor Rudolf's rule,
[17:03] Paul
    I would have been killed as an infant
    under the Inferior Genes Exclusion Act.
[17:10] Paul
    Do you understand?
[17:12] Paul
    I despise him.
[17:14] Paul
    I despise Emperor Rudolf, his descendants,
[17:17] Paul
    and everything he created.
[17:21] Paul
    I despise the Goldenbaum Dynasty itself.
[17:26] Reinhard
    That's a very bold statement.
[17:28] Paul
    The Galactic Empire...
    no, the Goldenbaum Dynasty should fall.
[17:33] Paul
    If possible, I would love to
    bring about its demise myself.
[17:37] Paul
    However, I lack the capacity to do so.
[17:41] Paul
    All I can do is collaborate in the
    establishment of a new supreme ruler,
[17:45] Paul
    and that is all.
[17:47] Paul
    I'm talking about you, Your Excellency the
    Fleet Admiral, Count Reinhard Lohengramm.
[17:52] Reinhard
    Kircheis.
[17:55] Reinhard
    Hand Captain Oberstein over
    to the military police.
[17:58] Reinhard
    He has made rebellious statements
    toward the Empire.
[18:01] Reinhard
    As an Imperial soldier,
    I can't overlook this.
[18:09] Paul
    I guess that's all there is to you...
[18:12] Paul
    Fine. Depend on Vice Admiral Kircheis
    as your only trusted confidant,
[18:17] Paul
    and continue to walk down your narrow path.
[18:22] Paul
    Vice Admiral Kircheis, can you shoot me?
[18:25] Paul
    As you can see, I'm completely unarmed.
[18:28] Paul
    Can you still shoot me?
[18:31] Paul
    You can't, can you?
    That's the kind of man you are.
[18:35] Paul
    You're worthy of respect, but that
    isn't enough to achieve supremacy.
[18:41] Paul
    The shadow follows the light...
[18:44] Paul
    But perhaps the young Count Lohengramm
    doesn't yet understand this.
[18:55] Reinhard
    You're a man who says
    what he pleases, I see.
[18:58] Paul
    Forgive me.
[18:59] Reinhard
    Seeckt must have hated you. Am I wrong?
[19:03] Paul
    Admiral Seeckt was not a man who
    inspired loyalty in his subordinates.
[19:16] Klaus
    Military Chief of Staff Ehrenberg,
[19:18] Klaus
    Chief of Headquarters Steinhof,
[19:21] Klaus
    and Space Fleet
    Commander-in-Chief Mückenberger.
[19:25] Klaus
    These three chiefs of staff have
    submitted their resignations
[19:29] Klaus
    to assume responsibility
    for the loss of Iserlohn.
[19:32] Friedrich
    Which position would you like?
[19:35] Reinhard
    Any commendations I've received
    were not the result of my own efforts.
[19:39] Reinhard
    I could not take another's position.
[19:44] Reinhard
    The loss of Iserlohn was...
[19:46] Reinhard
    a result of mistakes made by
    Admirals Seeckt and Stockhausen.
[19:50] Reinhard
    In addition, Admiral Seeckt atoned
    for his sin through death,
[19:54] Reinhard
    and the other has been
    imprisoned by the enemy.
[19:57] Reinhard
    I do not feel that anyone
    else should accept blame.
[20:02] Reinhard
    I humbly request that Your Majesty find
    no fault with the three chiefs of staff.
[20:09] Ehrenberg
    I never thought I would owe a
    debt to the blond youngster.
[20:14] Steinhof
    I understand he requested
    immunity for Oberstein
[20:17] Steinhof
    along with his transfer to the
    Fleet Admiral's Mansion.
[20:21] Mückenberger
    We can hardly accept His Imperial
    Majesty's generous favor
[20:25] Mückenberger
    while allowing that man to
    be so harshly punished.
[20:29] Ehrenberg
    Still, to voluntarily give up
    a chief of staff position
[20:33] Ehrenberg
    was a surprisingly selfless act.
[20:39] Klaus
    Forgive me, Your Imperial Majesty.
[20:42] Friedrich
    What is it?
[20:44] Klaus
    I realize this will displease you, but...
[20:48] Freidrich
    Is this about Lohengramm?
[20:51] Freidrich
    You want to tell me I've given too much
    prestige and power to Annerose's brother.
[20:57] Klaus
    Your Imperial Majesty is aware of this?
[21:00] Friedrich
    Since he is fearless,
[21:03] Friedrich
    he will not simply be satisfied with
    the position of senior statesman,
[21:06] Friedrich
    but might get carried away and
    plot to usurp me. Am I right?
[21:12] Klaus
    I hesitated to put such
    thoughts into words...
[21:17] Freidrich
    I see no problem with this.
[21:19] Klaus
    Pardon?
[21:20] Friedrich
    The Goldenbaum Dynasty has not existed
    since the creation of humanity.
[21:26] Friedrich
    Just as no man is immortal,
    no country is infallible.
[21:31] Friedrich
    It would not be unreasonable for the
    Galactic Empire to end with my generation.
[21:39] Freidrich
    If it's going to fall anyway,
[21:41] Friedrich
    I would hope that it has a magnificent end.
[21:53] Reinhard
    You look like you want to say something.
[21:55] Kircheis
    You know what it is. You're being cruel.
[21:58] Reinhard
    Don't get mad. It's about Oberstein, right?
[22:02] Reinhard
    You suspect he might be a
    pawn of some noble family.
[22:05] Reinhard
    I suspected the same, briefly.
[22:08] Reinhard
    But he's not a man the nobles could handle.
[22:12] Reinhard
    He's smart, but he's too peculiar.
[22:16] Kircheis
    And could you handle him, Reinhard?
[22:22] ---
    A good question.
[22:24] Reinhard
    I don't expect friendship
    or loyalty from him.
[22:29] Reinhard
    He's only trying to use me
[22:32] Reinhard
    to achieve his own goals.
[22:38] Reinhard
    So I'm going to use his intellect in turn.
[22:42] Reinhard
    I don't care what his motives are.
[22:45] Reinhard
    If I can't control one man,
[22:47] Reinhard
    how could I ever expect to
    rule the whole universe?
[22:56] Reinhard
    That's enough for today.
[22:57] Reinhard
    You can go.
[22:59] Kircheis
    Yes, sir.
[23:05] Reinhard
    Oberstein will be useful.
[23:09] Reinhard
    He won't hesitate to take
    any means necessary.
[23:14] Reinhard
    But still...
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    Each Person's Star
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode nine, "Each Person's Star."
[24:58] ---