E9 - Each Person's Star

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[00:03] Girl1
    Miss Edwards, are you really quitting?
[00:07] Girl2
    Please don't quit.
[00:10] Girl3
    Miss Edwards...
[00:11] Girl1
    Miss Edwards, don't go...
[00:13] Girls
    Miss Edwards...
[00:16] ---
    Miss Edwards...
[00:43] Julian
    Yes? Who is it?
[00:52] Jessica
    U-Um... Who are you?
SIGN    Legend of the Galactic Heroes
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Central Government Building
[02:29] Lebello
    This may be an unsavory way to put it,
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance High Council
[02:31] Lebello
    but for many years, both the
    Galactic Empire and our Alliance
[02:34] Lebello
    have fought this war only to the extent
    that it could be financially sustained.
[02:39] Lebello
    But now, the pensions for the families of
    the men lost at the Battle of Astarte alone
SIGN    Financial Secretary
    Joan Lebello
[02:44] Lebello
    require us to pay out ten
    billion dinars per year.
[02:47] Lebello
    On top of that, feeding the 500,000
    prisoners taken in the capture of Iserlohn
[02:53] Lebello
    will require an enormous budget.
[02:56] Guy
    It sounds like you're saying our hero
    has led us to financial distress.
[03:00] Lebello
    To remedy this, we can either issue
    more bonds or increase taxes.
[03:04] Lebello
    These have historically
    been our only options.
[03:06] Guy
    Increase taxes? What did you promise
    our people in the election?
[03:11] Lebello
    True, but I'm saying that expanding this war
    any further will bring economic destruction!
[03:16] Guy
    But if we don't win the
    war, we have no future.
[03:20] Lebello
    Then perhaps we should
    simply stop fighting.
SIGN    National Defense Committee Chairman
    Job Trunicht
[03:27] Lebello
    Admiral Yang's resourcefulness
    gained us Iserlohn.
[03:31] Lebello
    The Imperial Navy lost its base
    for invading the Alliance.
[03:36] Lebello
    Is this not an excellent opportunity to
    enter a peace treaty that favors us?
[03:40] Guy
    But this is a war for justice
    against a tyrannical government.
[03:44] Guy
    Exactly.
[03:46] Guy
    How wise would it be to drop out
    just because it's uneconomical?
[04:08] Yang
    Julian, I'm heading out.
[04:12] Julian
    Take care, Admiral.
[04:14] Yang
    Oh, by the way, Julian...
[04:17] Yang
    Why don't we eat dinner out for once?
[04:20] Yang
    I'll take you after school.
    Meet me at headquarters.
[04:23] Julian
    But... tonight?
[04:25] Yang
    Yeah. There's something
    I'd like to talk about.
[04:29] Yang
    See you then.
SIGN    Episode 9
SIGN    Each Person's Star
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy Integrated Tactical Operations Center
[04:41] Sithole
    You want to resign?
[04:43] Sithole
    But you're only 30, aren't you?
[04:46] Yang
    I'm 29.
[04:48] Sithole
    Don't you think it's a bit early
    to leave your life behind?
[04:52] Yang
    That isn't what this is, Chief.
[04:55] Yang
    My life was merely forced to
    take a prolonged detour.
[04:59] Yang
    I will be returning to the
    life I intended to live.
[05:02] Sithole
    To get a pension and use it
    to spend all day studying history?
[05:07] Sithole
    What our military needs isn't
    your knowledge as a historian.
[05:13] Sithole
    It's your skill as a tactician.
[05:15] Sithole
    And it's an extraordinary skill, at that.
[05:19] Sithole
    It sounds as if you're saying capturing
    Iserlohn was more than enough for you.
[05:24] Yang
    I wouldn't say that...
[05:27] Sithole
    The High Council is meeting today.
[05:31] Sithole
    They're debating the dispatch
    of troops to the Empire...
[05:34] Sithole
    a strategy to invade the Empire
    using Iserlohn as a bridgehead.
[05:39] Yang
    But that's the opposite of our
    intentions! Why Iserlohn?
[05:45] Yang
    Was it that national defense
    secretary's idea?
[05:48] Sithole
    The proposal came from within the military.
[05:52] Sithole
    A young officer from the planning division
[05:54] Sithole
    brought it to the National
    Defense Committee directly.
[05:59] Sithole
    I have faith that the council
    will come to a wise decision.
[06:04] Yang
    I wonder about that.
[06:06] Yang
    Well, whatever decision they
    make, it no longer involves me.
[06:14] Sithole
    What about the 13th Fleet?
[06:18] Sithole
    It was created just for you.
[06:21] Sithole
    What happens to them if you leave?
[06:26] Huang
    Human resources that should
    be devoted to social development
[06:30] Huang
    going toward the military
    instead is disconcerting.
[06:34] Huang
    Our investments in education and vocational
    training have been continually reduced.
SIGN    Secretary of Human Resources
    Huang Louis
[06:39] Huang
    As evidence that skill levels among
    our laborers are dwindling,
[06:42] Huang
    workplace accidents have
    tripled since last term.
[06:46] Huang
    This brings me to my proposal.
[06:48] Huang
    I would like four million
    of the technicians,
[06:51] Huang
    as well as transportation and communications
    personnel currently in the military,
[06:54] Huang
    to be returned to the private sector.
[06:56] Huang
    That number is the absolute minimum.
[07:02] Trunicht
    Don't ask the impossible.
[07:05] Trunicht
    If we remove that many people
    from the rear services,
[07:08] Trunicht
    our military, as an organization,
    will collapse.
[07:10] Huang
    So you say, but at the current rate,
[07:13] Huang
    our society and economy will collapse
    before the military does.
[07:18] Lebello
    In other words, we need to allow our
    human resources time to recuperate.
[07:22] Lebello
    To force the people to sacrifice any more
    would violate the principles of democracy.
[07:27] Lebello
    They can't bear this burden any longer.
SIGN    Secretary of Transportation
    Cornelia Windsor
[07:31] Windsor
    There's no need to pander to
    the selfishness of citizens
[07:34] Windsor
    who don't understand the greater good.
[07:37] Windsor
    When in history has anything great
    been achieved without sacrifices?
[07:42] Lebello
    The citizens have begun to question whether
    they have sacrificed too much, Ms. Windsor.
[07:47] Windsor
    Some things must be done,
    no matter how great the sacrifice.
[07:52] Lebello
    Politics doesn't work that way!
[07:54] Windsor
    We have a noble duty...
[07:57] Windsor
    to defeat the Galactic Empire...
[07:59] Windsor
    and save all of humanity from
    the threat of its tyranny.
[08:03] Windsor
    Can forgetting that greater purpose
    in favor of cheap humanism...
[08:08] Windsor
    really be called taking the high road?
[08:12] Lebello
    Are you sure you aren't the one
    overtaken by cheap heroism?!
[08:16] Huang
    Calm down.
[08:18] Lebello
    But...
[08:20] Chairman
    It appears we need another break.
[08:23] Chairman
    But first, there are some things
    I'd like you all to see.
[08:31] Chairman
    This is our approval rating
    among the citizens.
SIGN    High Council Chairman
    Royal Sanford
[08:36] Chairman
    We have 31.9% approval.
    Certainly not a very good number.
[08:41] Chairman
    And this is our disapproval rating.
[08:44] Guy
    56.2%...
[08:47] Chairman
    If nothing changes, it's unlikely
    that we'll be re-elected next year.
[08:51] Chairman
    Caught between the pacifists
    and the hardliners,
[08:54] Chairman
    it's likely we will lose our majority.
[08:58] Chairman
    However, certain barometers indicate that
[09:01] Chairman
    if we can secure a decisive victory against
    the Empire in the next hundred days,
[09:06] Chairman
    our approval ratings should
    rise by at least 15%.
[09:13] Lebello
    What do you mean by that?
[09:15] Lebello
    You people want us to fight this
    war so you'll be re-elected?
[09:18] Windsor
    Chairman.
[09:19] Windsor
    Let's put the military's
    proposal up for a vote.
[09:23] All
    Agreed.
[09:25] Lebello
    Wait! We don't have that right!
[09:29] Lebello
    We haven't been granted the authority
    to dispatch troops in vain...
[09:33] Lebello
    for the sole purpose of
    maintaining political power!
[09:36] Windsor
    My, such righteous statements.
[09:49] Chairman
    Eight in favor, three opposed.
[09:52] Chairman
    With a majority in favor,
[09:53] Chairman
    it is hereby confirmed that our forces
    will invade the Galactic Empire.
[09:58] Guy
    This was quite a surprise.
[10:01] Guy
    I didn't expect the national defense
    secretary to vote opposed.
[10:04] Trunicht
    I am a patriot.
[10:07] Trunicht
    But that doesn't mean I will
    always advocate for war.
[10:12] Trunicht
    Let it go on record that I stood
    opposed to the dispatch of troops.
SIGN    Well, hello, Your Excellency.
[10:28] Yang
    Captain...
SIGN    Were you here to submit your resignation?
[10:34] Yang
    Yeah, not that I expected the chief
    to accept my letter with one hand
[10:38] Yang
    while handing me my severance
    pay with the other.
SIGN    The military isn't going to let you go.
SIGN    In all seriousness, I'd prefer to have a man of your caliber stay in our navy.
SIGN    You excel at assessing any situation, and you have strong luck.
SIGN    Under your leadership, we may not be hailed for distinguished service,
SIGN    but we have a good chance of staying alive.
SIGN    I've already made up my mind to die of old age.
SIGN    I plan to live to be about 150, grow frail,
SIGN    and die listening to
SIGN    my grandkids and great-grandkids cry for joy over being rid of me.
SIGN    Dying a heroic death in battle isn't my style.
SIGN    Please find it in your heart to help me live that long.
[11:42] Waiter
    I'm sorry, but all seats are booked.
[11:47] Yang
    Sorry, Julian. I should've
    made a reservation.
[11:51] Yang
    Let's try somewhere else.
[11:52] Frederica
    Admiral.
[11:58] Yang
    Sub-lieutenant?
[12:01] Frederica
    I do own regular clothes, too.
[12:04] Frederica
    My father has invited you to
    sit with us, if you'd like.
[12:08] Yang
    Admiral Greenhill? But...
[12:12] Frederica
    Julian, you must be hungry, too, right?
[12:16] Julian
    Yes, ma'am.
[12:18] Greenhill
    Hello, Vice Admiral Yang.
[12:22] Yang
    I'm a rear admiral, Your Excellency.
[12:25] Greenhill
    By next week at the latest,
    you'll be a vice admiral.
SIGN    Free Planets Alliance Navy
    Integrated Tactical Operations Center Vice Chief
    Admiral Dwight Greenhill
[12:28] Greenhill
    You might as well get used
    to your new title now.
[12:32] Julian
    That's amazing! Is that what
    you wanted to tell me?
[12:39] Greenhill
    Ah, you must be the honor student Julian.
[12:43] Julian
    Yes, sir. It's good to meet you.
[12:46] Greenhill
    Have a seat.
[12:47] Greenhill
    I hear you were the top scorer of the year
    in the junior level of flying ball.
[12:53] Greenhull
    How wonderful that you excel
    in both academics and sports.
[12:56] Yang
    Is that true, Julian?
[12:58] Julian
    Yes, sir.
[13:00] Frederica
    You were probably the only
    one who didn't know.
[13:03] Frederica
    Julian is quite a celebrity in this town.
[13:12] Greenhill
    Your achievements have had a much
    larger effect than expected.
[13:16] Greenhill
    The capture of Iserlohn has divided the
    people into pro- and anti-war factions,
[13:22] Greenhill
    and the dispute has grown quite intense.
[13:24] Yang
    I hope it's all just simple debate.
[13:28] Greenhill
    Well, some have taken to
    rather violent
[13:31] Greenhill
    attacks out of hatred
    for the anti-war side.
[13:34] Yang
    The Patriotic Knight Corps, for example?
[13:37] Greenhill
    Oh, they're just a bunch of clowns.
[13:40] Greenhill
    They aren't even worth commenting on.
[13:45] Greenhill
    This gelatin salad is fantastic.
[13:47] Yang
    I agree.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan
[14:00] Boltik
    We have now acquired 41.9% of the shares
[14:04] Boltik
    in the Alliance's largest
    interstellar shipping company,
[14:06] Boltik
    the Santa Cruz Line.
SIGN    Nicholas Boltik
[14:10] Boltik
    But their ownership has been divided
    among twenty shareholders,
[14:12] Boltik
    so this has not been discovered.
[14:14] Boltik
    We have already surpassed
    the largest shareholder,
[14:17] Boltik
    a state-owned investment company.
[14:19] Rubinsky
    Good.
[14:21] Rubinsky
    But we can't stop until
    we own a majority share.
[14:24] Boltik
    Yes.
[14:25] Rubinsky
    What about the Empire?
[14:27] Boltik
    We have decided to invest in the agricultural
    development of the seventh frontier starzone.
[14:33] Rubinsky
    What percentage are we contributing?
[14:35] Boltik
    Three of our government-owned shell
    companies own a total of 84%.
[14:40] Boltik
    We effectively have a monopoly.
[14:42] Rubinsky
    Good.
[14:44] Boltik
    You won't be returning to
    your residence today?
[14:50] Rubinsky
    No, I will.
[14:51] Boltik
    Very well. Then I will see you soon.
[14:57] Dominique
    Sounds like all is going well.
[14:58] Rubinsky
    Yes.
[15:02] Rubinsky
    In both the Empire and the Alliance,
    there are those who think...
[15:06] Rubinsky
    that war is nothing but two fleets
    shooting at one another in space.
[15:10] Rubinsky
    But that's not true.
[15:12] Rubinsky
    To rule the universe, you need...
[15:15] Dominique
    Money.
SIGN    Dominion of Fezzan Leader
    Adrian Rubinsky
[15:17] Rubinsky
    The Dominion of Fezzan has bought nearly
    half of both countries' war bonds.
[15:22] Rubinsky
    Fezzan will financially rule over every part
    of the universe that mankind has touched.
[15:30] Dominique
    Yes, of course.
SIGN    Dominique Saint-Pierre
[15:31] Dominique
    So long as a second Rudolf doesn't show
    up and start a new Galactic Empire.
[15:37] Rubinsky
    New Galactic Empire?
[15:40] Rubinsky
    I see. You have some interesting ideas.
[15:45] Rubinsky
    Going to work, Dominique?
[15:48] Dominique
    Please enjoy your stay.
[15:51] Rubinsky
    You don't intend to quit performing,
    even with plenty of money?
[15:56] Dominique
    I don't recall selling my freedom.
[16:06] Rubinsky
    A new Galactic Empire, eh?
[16:12] Yang
    Thank you for letting us
    join you, Your Excellency.
[16:16] Greenhill
    It's been a delightful evening.
[16:19] Greenhill
    By the way, Vice Admiral Yang,
    do you have any plans to get married?
[16:26] Yang
    Not yet. I'll think about
    it when we have peace.
[16:32] Yang
    I had a good friend who passed
    away and left a fiancée behind.
[16:36] Greenhill
    I see.
[16:45] TV
    The representative who won the by-election
    on planet Terneuzen last week,
[16:50] TV
    Jessica Edwards, will give
    her inaugural speech today.
[16:55] TV
    Edwards is said to be the vanguard
    of the anti-war movement.
[16:59] Yang
    Jessica?
[17:00] Julian
    Oh, that's her!
[17:02] Julian
    She's the woman who visited about
    a month ago, while you were away.
[17:06] TV
    The actions of the anti-war
    faction have gained attention.
[17:06] Julian
    She said she was an old friend of yours.
[17:16] Julian
    Huh? What's going on?
[17:19] Yang
    I'm not sure...
[17:22] Yang
    Wait here.
[17:29] Cop
    Goodness, if it isn't Admiral Yang Wen-li!
[17:32] Cop
    I never thought I'd meet our national hero!
[17:35] Yang
    Uh, that aside, what's going on?
[17:37] Cop
    It seems the Urban Traffic Control Center's
    control computer malfunctioned.
[17:43] Yang
    Malfunctioned?
[17:44] Cop
    I don't know all the details,
[17:47] Cop
    but I heard it was a human
    error involving data input.
[17:50] Cop
    There's a shortage of experienced
    workers in all workplaces lately...
[17:54] Cop
    I suppose this isn't unexpected.
[17:57] Yang
    So even this happened because of the war...
[18:01] Cop
    For that reason, all traffic systems in this
    district will be down for about four hours.
[18:07] Yang
    Completely?
[18:08] Cop
    Yes, completely.
[18:11] Julian
    Admiral, what should we do?
[18:13] Yang
    We'll have to walk.
[18:16] Julian
    Yes, sir!
[18:17] Yang
    It's good exercise every once in a while.
[18:20] Cop
    The hero of Iserlohn, walking?!
    I won't hear of it!
[18:23] Cop
    I'll prepare a helicopter for you!
[18:26] Yang
    Please, don't be dramatic.
[18:28] Yang
    I can't be the only one to
    receive special treatment.
[18:30] Cop
    But...
[18:32] Yang
    Let's go, Julian.
[18:33] Julian
    Aye aye, sir!
[18:50] Yang
    Jessica said she didn't
    have a message for me?
[18:54] Julian
    Yes, but she seemed a bit anxious.
[18:58] Julian
    I thought she must have had something
    she wanted to discuss with you.
[19:04] (Flashback) Jessica
    I see... So Yang adopted a child...
[19:09] (Flashback) Jessica
    Oh, I'm sorry to drop by without warning.
[19:13] (Flashback) Julian
    Um, shall I relay a message
    to the admiral for you?
[19:18] (Flashback) Jessica
    Thanks, but it's all right.
[19:20] (Flashback) Jessica
    It was nothing important.
[19:22] (Flashback) Jessica
    I'll be on my way.
[19:25] (Flashback) Julian
    Then let me at least give you an umbrella.
[19:28] (Flashback) Jessica
    Hey, Julian... Do you want
    to become a soldier, too?
[19:32] (Flashback) Julian
    Yes.
[19:35] (Flashback) Jessica
    I see.
[19:36] (Flashback) Julian
    But the admiral says that we'll have
    peace by the time I'm an adult.
[19:47] (Flashback) Julian
    May I ask your name?
[19:52] (Flashback) Jessica
    Just tell him an old friend stopped by.
[19:57] Julian
    In the end, she just smiled and
    said, "Take care of the admiral."
[20:06] Yang
    So you made up your mind...
[20:13] Julian
    Admiral.
[20:14] Yang
    What is it?
[20:16] Julian
    I was just looking at the same star as you.
[20:20] Julian
    That big blue one.
[20:23] Yang
    Yeah.
[20:24] Julian
    What is that star called?
[20:26] Yang
    It does have a name... I think...
[20:33] Yang
    You don't have to look
    at the same star as me.
[20:38] Julian
    Huh?
[20:44] Yang
    Every person should take
    hold of their own star,
[20:48] Yang
    no matter how unlucky that star is.
[21:00] Jessica
    I've...
[21:06] Jessica
    I've made a decision...
[21:08] Jessica
    to never pretend I didn't see or hear,
[21:13] Jessica
    to never remain silent.
[21:15] Jessica
    I'm standing here today for that purpose.
[21:20] Jessica
    I was undecided about my
    candidacy for a long time.
[21:25] Jessica
    As a simple teacher, I wondered
    if I was truly qualified.
[21:30] Jessica
    But I made up my mind, and I promised...
[21:34] Jessica
    my late fiancé, who died
    in the Battle of Astarte.
[21:41] Jessica
    I used to think...
[21:44] Jessica
    that "history" was just "the past"
    with extra dust on it.
[21:48] Jessica
    But that's not correct.
[21:50] Jessica
    History is something that we create
    as we live our lives in the present.
[21:56] Jessica
    It doesn't only belong to the
    people named in history books.
[22:00] Jessica
    It's something each and every one of
    us alive today must strive to create.
[22:05] Jessica
    Every step we take leads
    us toward the future!
[22:15] Jessica
    Our history up to this point has
    been accompanied by many wars.
[22:20] Jessica
    Whether it will continue
    to be accompanied by wars...
[22:24] Jessica
    is for each of us to decide.
[22:27] Jessica
    Some are adamant that this
    is a war for justice,
[22:32] Jessica
    that to throw away our lives
    for justice is a noble act,
[22:36] Jessica
    but what is justice? What is a noble act?
[22:41] Jessica
    Each of us must decide that on our own.
[22:45] Jessica
    You, who watch members of your family
    depart for the battlefield...
[22:48] Jessica
    You and I, who have lost family
    members on the battlefield.
[22:52] Jessica
    I don't want people who hide somewhere safe...
[22:56] Jessica
    and never lose anything,
    never feel any pain,
[23:00] Jessica
    to make that decision.
[23:04] Jessica
    I want to keep asking the
    people in power this:
[23:09] Jessica
    Where are you...
[23:12] Jessica
    while you send soldiers to their deaths?
[23:14] Jessica
    Where are you,
[23:17] Jessica
    and what are you doing?
SIGN    Episode 10
SIGN    Interlude
[24:50] Na
    Next time on* Legend of
     the Galactic Heroes - Die Neue These*,
[24:55] Na
    episode ten, "Interlude."