# E24 - Holy Ground
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**[00:11] アーシェム**
* I'm sorry for leaving so suddenly,*
* Yamato, but I must go to Xidol at once.*
**[00:18] アーシェム**
* I promise I will come back.*
* So please trust me and wait for me.*
**[00:24] 大和**
Arshem...
**[00:26] 坂東**
"She's not there"?
**[00:28] マーガレット**
We've received word she will return.
**[00:31] 坂東**
You can't trust these aliens one bit.
**[00:35] マーガレット**
Commander Balto of the White Knights
Order will follow our move.
**[00:42] マーガレット**
That means we were not betrayed!
**[00:44] 坂東**
Nonetheless, a leader who suddenly
disappears cannot be counted on!
**[00:48] マーガレット**
I still choose to believe!
**[00:51] マーガレット**
I have one more report.
**[00:55] マーガレット**
Contact has been established with Sanctuary.
**[00:59] 坂東**
What?!
**[01:01] マーガレット**
Play back incoming video
transmission from Sanctuary.
**[01:05] 坂東**
What?! What is this?!
**[01:09] 東山**
An incoming transmission
from an encrypted source.
**[01:11] マーガレット**
Here?! Where is it coming from?
**[01:14] 東山**
The signal's detection point is where
Sanctuary is believed to be located.
**[01:22] マーガレット**
Put it through!
**[01:24] ＡＩボイス**
* Welcome to Sanctuary! The official*
* name is Ortega, Home Base.*
**[01:29] ＡＩボイス**
* It is the largest of Earth's bases*
* utilizing all of its technologies.*
**[01:34] 北根**
It's... kinda cute?
**[01:37] 清夏**
Sanctuary's mascot perhaps?
**[01:40] 天堂**
But what's with the presentation?
**[01:42] マーガレット**
Using elements of earthen society
to prove it's not an alien...
**[01:47] ＡＩボイス**
* Great work collecting the pieces of*
* the counterattack plan. Congratulations!*
**[01:54] ＡＩボイス**
* Now we can complete the ultimate*
* Space Battleship Ameno-Murakumo*
**[01:58] ＡＩボイス**
*and defeat the Draktors!*
**[02:00] ＡＩボイス**
*Yay!*
**[02:01] 東山**
Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?
**[02:07] マーガレット**
We've intercepted the transmission.
They have all they will need now.
**[02:13] マーガレット**
They will be able to complete the
Space Battleship Ameno-Murakumo!
**[02:18] マーガレット**
We will, therefore, proceed
to Sanctuary airspace.
**[02:25] クロウゼード**
Arshem is gone?
**[02:27] デミル**
We have received a message stating
she will return, however.
**[02:31] クロウゼード**
Doubtful. She's fallen for Grieffas's scheme.
**[02:35] デミル**
Grieffas! You don't mean he...?
What shall we do?
**[02:39] クロウゼード**
Grieffas does not know the real Arshem.
**[02:43] クロウゼード**
If he awakens her true power,
Grieffas will doubtlessly fall.
**[02:48] デミル**
But isn't it dangerous to let it go on like this?
**[02:52] クロウゼード**
Let him show us whether she is
truly a vessel for the queen.
**[03:13] アーシェム**
What is the meaning of this, Grieffas?
**[03:16] グリファース**
Would you have returned any other way?
**[03:20] アーシェム**
You deceived me!
**[03:22] グリファース**
I wish to rebuild Xidol.
**[03:25] グリファース**
To turn it into a might nation
and restore its peace.
**[03:29] アーシェム**
Peace created from the
destruction of the Terrans?!
**[03:33] グリファース**
Princess, it is not the
Terrans that occupy my mind.
**[03:38] アーシェム**
What?
**[03:39] グリファース**
Those who destroyed Xidol...
I intend to defeat El Zeid.
***SIGN*** EPISODE 24
**[05:27] マーガレット**
Is that...?
**[05:28] 康太**
Sanctuary.
**[05:30] 東山**
Ixia. Shift to landing position.
***SIGN*** LARGE-SCALE TACTICAL BASE: ORTEGA, HOME BASE
**[05:33] 金田一**
It's incredible! I can't believe how big it is.
**[05:39] 康太**
We've gathered data on Sanctuary.
It's the largest base ever erected.
**[05:44] 康太**
Ortega, Home Base stretches out
over 25,000 square kilometers.
**[05:50] 康太**
On the city level, there is even a joint
shelter with multiple residential zones.
**[06:00] 龍吾**
We're like feudal lords or something.
**[06:02] マーガレット**
By the way, did I mention that all
Megaton pilots must be registered?
**[06:14] ディクセンベルグ**
Welcome to Ortega, Home Base.
**[06:17] ディクセンベルグ**
Sorry, you're all probably more
familiar calling it Sanctuary.
**[06:26] ディクセンベルグ**
General Margaret, it is an honor to meet you.
**[06:30] ディクセンベルグ**
I am the commanding officer of
this base, Dechart Dixenberg.
**[06:35] ディクセンベルグ**
Everyone calls me by my nickname DD.
It is a pleasure to meet you all.
**[06:40] マーガレット**
The pleasure is all mine, Commander
Dixenberg. Or shall I call you DD?
**[06:47] ディクセンベルグ**
Feel free. You did surprise me though.
I did not expect aliens in tow.
**[06:54] マーガレット**
They are not our enemies! They are
our comrades. They share our goals.
**[06:59] ディクセンベルグ**
Comrades, huh? Doesn’t make
the enemy any weaker, though.
**[07:04] ディクセンベルグ**
Now, where is Commander Minami?
I'd like to finalize our attack plan.
**[07:11] マーガレット**
Commander Minami has passed away.
**[07:14] ディクセンベルグ**
What?! This plan would never have
existed without her contributions!
**[07:20] ディクセンベルグ**
I wanted her to see the completed base.
**[07:23] マーガレット**
The counterattack was but a step to her goal,
which was to foster peace with the Draktors.
**[07:30] マーガレット**
That's why she has given us
the bargaining power to negotiate with them.
**[07:37] ディクセンベルグ**
Her death is a great loss.
**[07:40] ディクセンベルグ**
But it is comforting to know she managed
to see Ixia float before she passed.
**[07:49] ディクセンベルグ**
Oh, but where are my manners?
You must wish to rest after your trip.
**[07:55] マーガレット**
No. My grandfather... Would you grant me
a meeting with Commander Brecknen?
**[08:00] ディクセンベルグ**
I suspected you would make such a request.
**[08:02] マーガレット**
What?
**[08:03] ディクセンベルグ**
Now then, let's go pay a visit
to the commander-in-chief.
**[08:06] ディクセンベルグ**
This person here will give the
rest of you a tour of the base.
**[08:18] 輝**
Sayaka!
**[08:26] デューク**
No.
**[08:28] セイレーン**
I am Siren, an android tasked with guiding
everyone around Ortega, Home Base.
**[08:36] セイレーン**
Please let me know if I can be of assistance.
**[08:38] 大和**
Incredible. She looks just like the commander.
**[08:44] ディクセンベルグ**
Shocked? After all her contributions,
we built an android in her likeness.
**[08:52] ディクセンベルグ**
Now, I'll leave it to you.
**[08:54] セイレーン**
Understood.
**[09:00] セイレーン**
I will be assisting you from this point forward.
**[09:04] セイレーン**
Which area shall I show you first?
**[09:07] 大和**
Pfft, this android's blowing my mind.
**[09:11] 龍吾**
You're tellin' me. He said she was great
and all, but ain't this a bit much?
**[09:17] 輝**
It's thanks to Sayaka that we
were able to get this far at all.
**[09:22] 龍吾**
What're you talkin' about?
I wasn't really listening.
**[09:25] 輝**
Didn't you ever think it odd?
**[09:27] 輝**
With the staggering gap between
Draktors' advanced technology and ours,
**[09:32] 輝**
how we've managed to fight against them this far?
**[09:35] 大和**
Now that you mention it...
**[09:37] セイレーン**
Allow me. Preceding the Draktor invasion,
Minami Sayaka possessed certain intel.
**[09:44] セイレーン**
It outlined the invasion plan and the
technologies to be used in opposition.
**[09:51] セイレーン**
Our primary weapon, the tachyon engines
that power the Megaton-Class Rogues.
**[09:56] セイレーン**
They apply Draktor heterospectral
photon technologies.
**[10:02] 金田一**
Commander Minami was a marvelous woman.
**[10:06] 大和**
Sectoral? What the hell is that?
**[10:09] 輝**
But the credit should also go to the person
in charge of the Rogue R&D, Professor Haruma,
**[10:15] 輝**
who applied the technology
and created an innovative system.
**[10:18] セイレーン**
That is correct.
**[10:19] 大和**
Professor Haruma?
**[10:21] セイレーン**
He is the inventor and foremost
expert on Rogue technologies.
**[10:26] 大和**
Wow!
**[10:27] 輝**
I wanna meet him.
**[10:28] 龍吾**
I bet he could power up my
Rogue to be even tougher.
**[10:32] セイレーン**
In that case, allow me to guide you to him
in the main Rogue Hangar, "Shinden."
***SIGN*** ROGUE HANGAR: SHINDEN
**[10:48] ハルマ**
I'm Haruma Ryusei, the chief of Rogue development.
**[10:52] デューク**
Ryusei! Long time no see!
**[10:55] 金田一**
You know each other?! No way!
**[10:57] ハルマ**
Oh, but of course. How long has it been?
**[11:00] デューク**
I always knew you'd do great things,
but to think you'd take it so far.
**[11:06] 金田一**
Whoooooa! What is that?!
**[11:09] 金田一**
I've never seen a Rogue like that!
It's unlike anything in Ixia's database!
**[11:16] ヴィクト**
That type is certainly not like
anything in the development plan.
**[11:20] ハルマ**
Yes, that is Yoshitsune.
**[11:22] ハルマ**
This is in fact an improvement on Musashi's frame.
**[11:27] ハルマ**
You know your Rogues well.
**[11:29] デューク**
Huh?
**[11:32] ハルマ**
Yoshitsune is an all-purpose model
capable of both land and air combat.
**[11:37] ハルマ**
Additionally, we've developed a new
mechanism to overdrive its abilities.
**[11:43] ハルマ**
We've also adopted use of the Ogre Exhaust.
**[11:46] 金田一**
Amazing! That's all I can say. Amazing!
**[11:51] 金田一**
The artistry, the design concept,
every aspect is of the utmost quality!
**[11:56] ハルマ**
Kojiro, come here a moment.
**[11:58] 小次郎**
Yes, sir!
**[11:59] ハルマ**
I need to get these plugs connected.
Will you show our guests around for me?
**[12:04] ハルマ**
I can't imagine Siren makes
for the most stimulating host.
**[12:07] 輝**
Siren's been most accommodating actually.
**[12:10] 小次郎**
Leave it to me, Professor!
**[12:13] ハルマ**
Well then, excuse me.
**[12:16] 小次郎**
It's nice to meet you. My name is
Toyama Kojiro. I'm a test pilot.
**[12:21] 輝**
Kojiro...
**[12:23] 小次郎**
You're Ichidaiji Yamato, right?
**[12:25] 大和**
Huh? Uh, yeah.
**[12:26] 小次郎**
I can't believe I'm really talking to
Ichidaiji Yamato! You're like my hero!
**[12:30] 大和**
What the heck?
**[12:32] 小次郎**
I saw your Rogue combat footage that
the base's survey drones recovered.
**[12:36] 小次郎**
I'd never seen fighting like that!
I've been a huge fan ever since!
**[12:43] 大和**
Okay... No need to flatter me.
**[12:46] 龍吾**
And what did you think of Gaudia?
**[12:48] 小次郎**
Huh? Oh, I...wasn't really watching.
**[12:51] 龍吾**
Wha...!
**[13:04] マーガレット**
Where are we?
**[13:05] ディクセンベルグ**
Margaret, there is something that I must tell you.
**[13:13] マーガレット**
What?! It can't be!
**[13:15] ディクセンベルグ**
Commander Brecknen chose to be fused with
a machine in order to maintain his aging body.
**[13:22] ディクセンベルグ**
You can talk to him through a terminal,
but he's no longer mobile.
**[13:29] マーガレット**
Grandfather!
**[13:32] ディクセンベルグ**
Upon hearing Commander Brecknen's will,
the true elder of Earth.
**[13:37] ディクセンベルグ**
I am serving as his proxy
to oversee Earth's forces.
**[13:43] ブレクネン**
*Margaret...*
**[13:46] ブレクネン**
*You've made it.*
**[13:49] マーガレット**
Grandfather!
**[13:54] 小次郎**
Ortega, Home Base's main
hangar is called Shinden.
**[13:57] 小次郎**
In addition, there are three other
Rogue Hangars: Sword, Axe, and Lance.
**[14:03] 龍吾**
So there're four hangars?
**[14:06] 小次郎**
That's right.
**[14:08] 輝**
You don't seem to be in combat regularly,
so is it necessary to have so many?
**[14:14] 小次郎**
I've heard we are amassing forces for
a final battle with the Draktors.
**[14:20] 大和**
Stockpiling in advance, huh?
**[14:24] 小次郎**
This base has other more important
facilities than the hangars too.
**[14:28] 小次郎**
Arcadia, for example, a large-scale
dock where Ameno-Murakumo is built.
**[14:34] 九世**
I've heard rumors about
Ameno-Murakumo. Let's go see it!
**[14:37] 小次郎**
That is prohibited! No entry permitted
to anyone without a commander's pass.
**[14:41] 小次郎**
It's top secret!
**[14:43] 九世**
Tch!
**[14:44] 小次郎**
I will show you Ortega's downtown
area, Pumpkin City, instead.
**[14:50] 小次郎**
We have all kinds of entertainment.
**[14:53] 小次郎**
You're all VIP guests here, so we've
reserved our very best hotel for you.
**[14:57] ジュン**
For real?! Awesome! This is so exciting!
**[15:00] 萌々香**
Let's bring it down a notch, okay?
**[15:04] ブレクネン**
*Margaret, the time has come...*
**[15:08] ブレクネン**
* Use Ameno-Murakumo, humanity's last resort,*
* and the Dimensional Extinction Cannon,*
**[15:14] ブレクネン**
*to annihilate the aliens.*
**[15:17] マーガレット**
The cannon is out of the question!
Its axial distortion endangers the Earth!
**[15:24] マーガレット**
We cannot use it under any circumstance!
**[15:27] マーガレット**
You always told me there was value
in strength without violence!
**[15:32] ブレクネン**
* No! We cannot let the crimes*
* of those aliens unpunished!*
**[15:41] マーガレット**
We have to reconcile with the Draktors
for the sake of Earth's future!
**[15:46] ブレクネン**
*You would admonish me, Margaret?*
**[15:51] マーガレット**
This decision will impact the very future
of Earth! It can't be taken lightly!
**[15:57] ブレクネン**
* Don't you understand? 99.9% of humans*
* are now gone. There is no future.*
**[16:06] ブレクネン**
*Death begets death.*
**[16:09] マーガレット**
No! That will only create
a vicious cycle of hatred!
**[16:13] マーガレット**
I want to restore Earth and save
as many lives as I possibly can!
**[16:19] ブレクネン**
* I have made my decision*
* as the Chief Commander of Earth.*
**[16:25] ブレクネン**
* And I will not be swayed*
* even by my own granddaughter.*
**[16:32] マーガレット**
There are those among the aliens
who wish for the same thing.
**[16:37] マーガレット**
I will work in tandem with
them, and I will end this war!
**[16:43] マーガレット**
No matter what my grandfather
thinks, I will not give in.
***SIGN*** PUMPKIN CITY
**[16:55] 龍吾**
Security's super tight. Somethin' go down?
**[16:58] セイレーン**
Everyone's safety is of great concern to us.
**[17:02] 大和**
Is it for us?
**[17:04] シズカ**
Even here in the base though?
**[17:06] 小次郎**
Security is certainly well-staffed today.
**[17:10] 大和**
Anyway, where're we going now?
**[17:12] デューク**
Wait, where are Kota and Taku?
**[17:14] 大和**
Said they had somewhere to be,
so they're showing themselves around.
**[17:18] 小次郎**
Now then, everyone, this way!
**[17:27] 九世**
* Knowing how diligent she is, she must be*
* checking the base's resources at the hotel.*
**[17:33] 輝**
What's wrong, Masamune?
**[17:34] 九世**
Sorry. I'm a bit tired, so I'm
going to head to the hotel for now.
**[17:39] 輝**
Hm?
**[17:43] 龍吾**
This is a club, ain't it?!
**[17:47] 大和**
Nice! Now we're talking!
**[17:49] 輝**
Nothing like this at Akagicho.
**[17:58] 小次郎**
C'mon, let's dance, Yamato!
**[18:02] 大和**
Yeah, I don't know how.
**[18:03] 小次郎**
What's to know? You just
have to shake your body!
**[18:30] 大和**
Wha—!
**[18:32] 小次郎**
Yamato!
**[18:38] 小次郎**
Brother!
**[19:05] ヴィクト**
I don't want to involve
any innocent people. Let's run!
**[19:08] 大和**
Okay!
**[19:12] 輝**
Everyone, split up and run!
**[19:22] ホテルマン**
*Room service!*
**[19:27] マーガレット**
I didn't order room service.
**[19:29] ホテルマン**
* This service is complementary*
* from management.*
**[19:41] マーガレット**
I'll call for someone!
**[19:43] ホテルマン**
You'll be dead before you get the chance.
**[19:53] ホテルマン**
Now let's end this, lady.
**[20:00] 九世**
Margaret!
**[20:01] マーガレット**
Masamune!
**[20:02] 九世**
Are you okay?!
**[20:12] 九世**
Who are you?
**[20:26] マーガレット**
Is anyone here? There is an intruder, help!
**[20:33] マーガレット**
Stay strong, Masamune!
**[20:38] 九世**
You look so lovely when you get like this.
**[20:41] マーガレット**
What?!
**[20:48] 大和・小次郎**
Is everyone all right?
**[20:50] 大和**
We're all tougher than that.
**[20:53] 大和**
What was that back there, Kojiro?
Are you specially trained or something?
**[21:00] 大和**
And why'd mention "brother"?
**[21:02] 小次郎**
Did I say that? I must've
summoned him unconsciously.
**[21:08] 大和**
Huh?
**[21:12] 小次郎**
In the chaos, my brother helped evacuate
a lot of people from the burning city.
**[21:19] 小次郎(12才)**
Brother!
**[21:20] 大吾**
Kojiro!
**[21:21] 大吾**
Kojiro, now's your chance. Run!
Mom and Dad should be in the shelter.
**[21:26] 小次郎(12才)**
If you're not going, I'm staying too!
**[21:29] 大吾**
Kojiro, listen to me. I'm here
to save you and everyone else!
**[21:34] 大吾**
You don't want to make this
harder for me, do you?
**[21:37] 小次郎(12才)**
Brother!
**[21:39] 大吾**
Now, Kojiro! Go!
**[21:44] 小次郎**
I lost them all that day.
**[21:48] 小次郎**
And I decided I wanted to
be strong and kind like him.
**[21:57] 大和**
They'd be proud.
**[21:58] 小次郎**
But that is most likely what
caused my sickness to develop.
**[22:03] 大和**
What sickness?
**[22:04] 小次郎**
I have my brother's personality inside
me now, and sometimes it possesses me.
**[22:13] 輝**
A dissociated identity disorder?
Generally known as a split personality.
**[22:20] 大和**
Teru...
**[22:22] 小次郎**
I guess whenever I want his help,
it causes me to summon his spirit.
**[22:29] 大和**
Interesting.
**[22:31] 小次郎**
Something about you reminds
me of my brother, Yamato.
**[22:35] 大和**
Me?
**[22:36] 小次郎**
So when I saw you were hurt, I just...
**[22:40] 大和**
Well, you're strong enough in a fight.
I'll let you be my little bro for now.
**[22:46] 小次郎**
Oh, I... Okay!
**[22:49] 大和**
What?
**[22:54] 康太**
Look, Takumi! We've got a Sparkman here!
**[22:58] 金田一**
Yeah! An amazing Gaudia repro here too.
**[23:03] マーク**
Will this trash really do the trick for you two?
**[23:06] 金田一**
Huh? What do you mean "trash"?
**[23:08] マーク**
I know a place with much
rarer stuff. Intrigued?
**[23:13] 金田一**
I'm listening!
**[23:16] マーガレット**
The doctors said it missed any vital
organs, so he'll pull through.
**[23:22] マーガレット**
Right now he's undergoing medical
treatment and a thorough examination.
**[23:25] シズカ**
What a relief.
**[23:26] デューク**
Don't stress us all out like that.
**[23:28] 大和**
Why'd they try to kill Masamune?
**[23:31] マーガレット**
It was most likely an assassin targeting me.
**[23:34] 大和**
Same difference! And we almost died too.
**[23:38] マーガレット**
Masamune was wounded saving me.
**[23:41] 龍吾**
Another Draktor assassin, ya think?
**[23:44] 輝**
Or perhaps a traitor who has
aligned themself with the aliens.
**[23:48] マーガレット**
Was this really the work of an alien?
**[23:51] デューク**
What?
**[23:51] マーガレット**
Just a feeling I can't let go of.
**[23:53] 輝**
I doubt it's just a coincidence.
**[23:55] 龍吾**
What do you mean?
**[23:57] ヴィクト**
You mean to say Ixia's members
are being targeted, don't you?
**[24:01] 龍吾**
Huh?!
**[24:03] マーガレット**
I was already on edge after what
Dixenberg said about Commander Minami.
**[24:09] マーガレット**
He was aware of her sacrifice
to get Ixia to fly.
**[24:14] マーガレット**
How could he know of that if
he was not there to witness it?
**[24:18] デューク**
There's something bothering me as well.
**[24:23] ヴィクト**
This base is hiding secrets.
We should poke around.
**[24:28] マーガレット**
Yes, but stay vigilant.
**[24:31] 九世**
I guess the wound wasn't so deep.
I was talking with the doctor.
**[24:37] 九世**
Hm? What's wrong, everybody?
**[24:41] ディクセンベルグ**
You were unsuccessful?
**[24:43] ディクセンベルグ**
No matter. Activating this
will bury the whole base.
**[24:49] ディクセンベルグ**
How are the departure preparations?
**[24:51] オペレーターＡ**
Departure should be possible
tomorrow as planned.
**[24:54] ディクセンベルグ**
Good. Not a moment too soon.
**[25:03] 毛むくじゃらの男**
Status for Ixion and Cross?
**[25:05] 看守**
Delays will be inevitable, but we
will manage to make it in time.
**[25:09] 毛むくじゃらの男**
Make haste.
**[25:10] 看守**
Understood, Professor.
**[25:30] 輝**
Excuse me.
**[25:32] セイレーン**
Yes?
**[25:33] 輝**
There's an issue with the video system in my room.
**[25:37] セイレーン**
I will resolve it.
**[27:09] 輝**
Please look, Sayaka.
**[27:15] 輝**
This is our child.
**[27:18] 輝**
She's not so little anymore.
**[27:22] 輝**
I know she'll grow up to be just
as beautiful as you, Sayaka.
***SIGN*** HOLY GROUND
***SIGN*** THERE IS VALUE IN STRENGTH WITHOUT VIOLENCE
***SIGN*** PREVIEW
**[27:43] Narration**
* A new hero rises up to defeat an evil*
* that makes the very heavens tremble.*
**[27:50] Narration**
*Next time on Megaton Musashi: "Ameno-Murakumo."*
**[27:55] Narration**
*Cross will fly to the heavens.*
***SIGN*** NEXT EPISODE: AMENO-MURAKUMO