E0 - PROLOGUE

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[00:18] ---
    Thrall to LF-03.
[00:22] ---
    Restarting Permet link
    connection test.
[00:25] ---
    Three, two, one.
[00:30] ---
    Interconnect established.
[00:32] ---
    Currently on layer 31.
[00:34] ---
    Please commence calling.
[00:35] ---
    Understood.
    Commencing call to layer 31.
[00:40] ---
    No abnormalities detected in GUND Format.
    Connect to layer 32.
[00:44] ---
    -Calling layer 32.
    -Callback confirmed.
[00:48] ---
    Connect to layer 33.
[00:50] ---
    Calling layer 33.
[00:53] ---
    Error. No callback.
[00:55] ---
    Fall back to layer 10.
[00:57] ---
    Calling from layer 10 to 33 again.
[01:02] ---
    Error. No callback.
[01:04] ---
    Calling layer 33.
[01:08] ---
    Error. No callback.
[01:10] ---
    LF-03 to Thrall.
[01:13] ---
    Requesting increase in
    GUND Format score.
[01:16] ---
    Negative. That's contrary to
    the test objective.
[01:19] ---
    We don't have time.
[01:20] ---
    -Executing now.
    -Hold on!
[01:23] ---
    Elnora.
[01:25] ---
    Let's end for the day.
[01:28] ---
    I'm not yet in the dangerous range.
[01:30] ---
    Let me increase the level and test layer 33--
[01:32] ---
    That's enough, Elnora.
[01:37] ---
    Yes, ma'am.
[01:39] ---
    Test concluded. Begin analysis
    of Permet influx values.
[01:43] ---
    -Understood. Beginning analysis.
    -Detected any abnormal fluctuations?
[01:47] ---
    -Look for tremors before the fluctuation.
    -Don't get too worked up.
[01:49] ---
    Dr. Cardo.
[01:51] ---
    If you can't clear this,
    then no one can.
[01:55] ---
    We need to prove the soundness of
    the GUND Format as soon as possible.
[01:59] ---
    Otherwise, the council will...
[02:02] ---
    Our success won't mean a thing
[02:05] ---
    if you're crippled for life.
[02:06] ---
    -But--
    -Besides, someone's here to see you.
[02:09] ---
    -What?
    -Mommy!
[02:16] ---
    Mommy!
[02:21] ---
    -Mommy!
    -Eri!
[02:28] ---
    Mommy! Daddy's waiting for you too!
[02:30] ---
    Let's have cake together!
[02:32] ---
    Haven't I told you that
    you're not allowed to come here?
[02:35] ---
    Is she still sleeping?
[02:42] ---
    Yes.
[02:45] ---
    You're right.
[02:48] ---
    What a naughty girl.
    It's time to rise and shine.
[02:51] ---
    Lfrith is still an infant.
[02:54] ---
    A baby?
[02:56] ---
    Yes. She doesn't even
    know how to turn over in bed.
[03:00] ---
    She's the child of
    all the staff members here.
[03:03] ---
    Now, your mommy is
    trying to teach her all sorts of stuff.
[03:08] ---
    I see...
[03:10] ---
    Then I'm her big sister!
[03:13] ---
    How old are you now, Eri?
[03:15] ---
    I'm four!
[03:32] ---
    As of the 20th,
    the Front 3rd Autonomous Sector
[03:34] ---
    has approved a budget to purchase
    Gundam-type mobile suits
[03:37] ---
    manufactured by Ochs Earth.
[03:40] ---
    Ochs Earth's weapon system
[03:41] ---
    has raised major concerns
    regarding bioethical issues for its pilots,
[03:46] ---
    and the accountability
    of the company as well as
[03:47] ---
    the Mobile Suit Development Council
    has been called into question.
[03:51] ---
    Originally, the GUND Format
[03:53] ---
    was a medical technology
[03:55] ---
    meant to assist with physical dysfunctions
    caused by the space environment.
[04:00] ---
    However, when the Vanadis Institute,
    the lead researcher on the project,
[04:04] ---
    was acquired by Ochs Earth,
[04:06] ---
    the GUND Format was
    repurposed for military mobile suits.
[04:10] ---
    Physical damage to its pilots
    due to data storms then emerged as a problem.
[04:16] ---
    Just imagine.
[04:18] ---
    An 18-meter-tall giant frame
    moving with non-biological mechanisms,
[04:23] ---
    controlled by forcibly linking it
    to a human body.
[04:27] ---
    The burden placed on the pilot
    must be immeasurable!
[04:30] ---
    The recent mobile suit buildup may provide
    Earth with an excuse to expand its military
[04:34] ---
    and accelerate tensions
    between both sides...
[04:38] ---
    Say all you want about our products.
[04:44] ---
    Daddy, I'm home!
[04:47] ---
    Welcome back.
[04:48] ---
    This looks great.
    I'm sorry you had to do everything.
[04:53] ---
    It's fine. Eri helped out too.
[04:56] ---
    I did this part myself!
[04:58] ---
    You're amazing! It looks so pretty.
[05:01] ---
    Eri. Why don't you show Mommy
    your birthday hat?
[05:04] ---
    Right!
[05:09] ---
    Layer 33 again?
[05:10] ---
    If I don't clear that soon,
    it'll mean trouble for everyone.
[05:14] ---
    I'm sorry.
[05:16] ---
    This wouldn't have happened
[05:17] ---
    if the higher-ups weren't in a rush
    to roll out the Lfrith.
[05:20] ---
    We needed a sponsor, anyway.
[05:22] ---
    You helped us, Nadim.
[05:24] ---
    I just hope the council
    will stay quiet until the deadline.
[05:30] ---
    The press conference is in one hour.
[05:34] ---
    This is the end of Ochs Earth.
[05:37] ---
    This is what happens when
    Earthians get presumptuous.
[05:41] ---
    Hopefully, it'll be as easy as you say.
[05:44] ---
    We don't know if
    Dr. Cardo Nabo will comply.
[05:48] ---
    But are you sure this is okay?
[05:50] ---
    We may be overstepping
    the bounds of private enterprise...
[05:53] ---
    You say that at this stage of the game?
[05:56] ---
    What's wrong with overstepping them?
[05:59] ---
    We're not asking for your opinion, Delling.
[06:02] ---
    Once those guys at the Vanadis Institute
    complete their Gundam,
[06:06] ---
    it will be too late.
[06:08] ---
    As the Mobile Suit Development Council,
    we must make a decision.
[06:13] ---
    So that humanity can remain in peace,
[06:16] ---
    we must wield the hammer of witches.
[06:19] ---
    Cake!
[06:20] ---
    -Cake!
    -I'm putting in the candle lights now.
[06:25] ---
    Oh, my...
[06:27] ---
    Mommy?
[06:28] ---
    Sorry. Give me a moment.
[06:35] ---
    Your GUND always stops working, Mommy.
[06:39] ---
    Yes. But without this technology,
    Mommy wouldn't be alive right now.
[06:46] ---
    So Dr. Cardo is my teacher
    who saved my life.
[06:51] ---
    Granny's awesome!
[06:53] ---
    Eri.
[06:54] ---
    Dr. Cardo isn't one to fuss about
    what people call her.
[06:57] ---
    Even so, that's rude.
[07:03] ---
    Is that from headquarters?
[07:05] ---
    Yeah.
[07:07] ---
    Just a moment, Eri.
[07:09] ---
    What?
[07:10] ---
    Daddy has work.
[07:12] ---
    Sorry.
[07:15] ---
    No! I want to cut it now!
[07:18] ---
    -What's wrong?
    -Now!
[07:20] ---
    The council is holding a meeting now.
[07:22] ---
    But it's not even the deadline yet!
[07:23] ---
    It was Delling.
[07:25] ---
    He's behind this.
[07:27] ---
    That ex-military guy?
[07:30] ---
    We don't know what he'll do.
[07:32] ---
    You be careful too.
[07:34] ---
    Folkvangr to transport ship Begavent.
[07:36] ---
    Control 173.
[07:38] ---
    This is Begavent.
    Communicating with 173.
[07:41] ---
    Distance to gate entrance is 22.
[07:43] ---
    Course confirmed.
    Please enter through Gate 3.
[07:55] ---
    The ship's here! Come help me move, Wendy.
[07:59] ---
    Tariff rates have increased
    so much recently.
[08:01] ---
    -It's pissing me off.
    -Transportation isn't free, you know?
[08:05] ---
    The Spacians are monopolizing it unreasonably.
[08:08] ---
    I'll treat you to something after this.
[08:10] ---
    Come on.
[08:12] ---
    That's cheating.
[08:16] ---
    I found it, Eri!
[08:18] ---
    This is the one, right?
[08:21] ---
    Eri?
[08:28] ---
    Just wake up already!
[08:30] ---
    Daddy and Mommy...
    Everyone only cares about you!
[08:34] ---
    It's supposed to be my birthday today!
[08:38] ---
    I'm sorry about that.
[08:43] ---
    Granny.
[08:44] ---
    You came here alone again?
[08:46] ---
    Didn't Elnora say
    you're not supposed to?
[08:49] ---
    But...
[08:53] ---
    -Is this child important to you too, Granny?
    -She is.
[08:57] ---
    Why?
[08:59] ---
    Then you don't care about
    the other two over there?
[09:02] ---
    This one is special.
[09:05] ---
    Special?
[09:07] ---
    In order for you, your daddy,
    and your mommy to live in space,
[09:11] ---
    you need to have an adaptable body
[09:15] ---
    and not a weapon like this.
[09:19] ---
    Lfrith is the future of GUND
    that we're aiming for.
[09:23] ---
    She is a new door that will
    open up new possibilities for humanity.
[09:29] ---
    I don't get it.
[09:31] ---
    Then, do you want to try talking to her?
[09:38] ---
    Come here, Eri.
[09:41] ---
    Place your hand here.
[09:48] ---
    Now Lfrith will recognize you.
[09:52] ---
    Tell her that this world isn't scary.
[09:57] ---
    My name is Ericht Samaya!
[10:01] ---
    Do you like cake?
[10:02] ---
    It's my birthday today!
[10:05] ---
    -I'm going to wear my birthday hat!
    -What's wrong?
[10:08] ---
    The council is about to
    hold a press conference.
[10:11] ---
    I wasn't told about this.
[10:13] ---
    Ochs Earth has been left out of this.
[10:16] ---
    Got it. I'm on my way.
[10:19] ---
    -Can you go back by yourself, Eri?
    -Yeah.
[10:22] ---
    -Don't make your mommy worry now.
    -Okay.
[10:27] ---
    The cake has strawberries on it.
[10:30] ---
    You see, Mommy...
[10:39] ---
    Deployment of Ulysses is complete.
[10:42] ---
    We can commence at any time.
[10:44] ---
    Raid it along with their headquarters
    according to the plan.
[10:47] ---
    Don't we need the council's approval?
[10:49] ---
    I'll assume full responsibility.
[10:52] ---
    We, the Mobile Suit Development Council,
    have just now made the decision
[10:56] ---
    to freeze all development of
    Gundam-type mobile suits.
[11:02] ---
    In addition,
[11:04] ---
    we will forcibly seize Ochs Earth,
    the company that developed them,
[11:08] ---
    under the authority provided
    by business administrative laws.
[11:12] ---
    -No way...
    -Are they planning to cut us off?
[11:16] ---
    Any ships scheduled to enter port?
[11:17] ---
    -There's one transport ship.
    -Stop it.
[11:20] ---
    Don't let it enter the port!
[11:35] ---
    And to maintain order and ethics
    in the development of mobile suits,
[11:39] ---
    we will establish an auditing organization
    named Cathedra.
[11:45] ---
    Allow me to introduce...
[11:47] ---
    the supervising representative of Cathedra,
    Delling Rembran.
[11:53] ---
    They never planned to accept us!
[11:56] ---
    They aren't dealing with us
    financially, but by using violence--
[12:01] ---
    Yamaoka... Damn it!
[12:04] ---
    Spacians are so narrow-minded...
[12:09] ---
    Elnora? Eri?
[12:13] ---
    Headquarters to all Dominicus units.
[12:15] ---
    You are to seal off Folkvangr
    and its surrounding space at once.
[12:20] ---
    Don't let a single shuttle get away.
[12:34] ---
    -Nyla?
    -Run, Wendy.
[12:37] ---
    Hurry up!
[12:40] ---
    Nyla!
[12:42] ---
    -The alarm?
    -Elnora!
[12:45] ---
    The council has crossed the line.
[12:47] ---
    -I can't find Eri.
    -Eri's missing?
[12:51] ---
    You take care of Eri.
    I'm going out in the Lfrith.
[12:54] ---
    -It's too dangerous!
    -It'll be too late by the time they arrive!
[12:58] ---
    Believe in the GUND-ARM you made.
[13:03] ---
    You're going yourself, manager?
[13:05] ---
    I can't make contact with Wendy.
[13:07] ---
    Establish an escape route
    while I'm holding them back!
[13:10] ---
    What about reinforcements
    from headquarters?
[13:12] ---
    We shouldn't get our hopes up.
[13:17] ---
    LF-01, launching!
[13:28] ---
    GUND Format Permet score, two!
[13:35] ---
    Checking identification.
    Matched with target mobile suit.
[13:38] ---
    Roger that. Initiating action.
[13:44] ---
    So fast! So that's a Gundam?
[13:57] ---
    Permet score, three!
[14:02] ---
    He dodged it? Impossible!
[14:11] ---
    It's been a while
    since I felt like this.
[14:14] ---
    The opponents are using
    unfamiliar swarm weapons.
[14:17] ---
    Do not engage one-on-one.
    With numbers--
[14:24] ---
    Is that you, Wendy?
[14:26] ---
    I have to avenge Nyla.
[14:30] ---
    I see.
[14:31] ---
    I'm going to lure the enemy away.
[14:34] ---
    Second Gundam-type mobile suit detected
    to port side in travel direction.
[14:38] ---
    That matches our information.
[14:40] ---
    Remain on guard.
[14:42] ---
    Kenanji, deploy Beguir-Beu.
[14:46] ---
    Roger.
[14:51] ---
    Throughout my years of experience
    on countless battlefields,
[14:55] ---
    I've come to one conclusion.
[14:59] ---
    Weapons should only exist to kill people.
[15:04] ---
    There should be no excuses for this.
[15:06] ---
    Once someone holds in their hands
    a tool meant purely for killing,
[15:10] ---
    they have to bear the sin
    that comes with it.
[15:13] ---
    But the mobile suits of Vanadis
    and Ochs Earth are different!
[15:18] ---
    Not only do they take the lives of their opponents,
    but of their operators as well.
[15:24] ---
    This is not a tool.
    It is a curse!
[15:31] ---
    Wendy! It's too dangerous
    to raise the score further!
[15:35] ---
    The punishment for taking a life
[15:37] ---
    should be imposed upon us
    by humans, and not machines.
[15:41] ---
    Nyla... I'll avenge your death!
[15:44] ---
    People must kill or be killed by people.
[15:48] ---
    I believe that's the minimum courtesy
    in the foolish act of war.
[15:54] ---
    Get back, Wendy!
[15:55] ---
    That's no ordinary custom type!
[16:00] ---
    I can't move. Why?
[16:02] ---
    GUND Format link suppressed.
[16:06] ---
    This is the end of the Gundams.
[16:09] ---
    Nyla...
[16:14] ---
    Wendy!
[16:17] ---
    When we pull the trigger ourselves,
[16:20] ---
    we bear the burden of the life we're taking
[16:22] ---
    and of a sin we can never atone for.
[16:25] ---
    In war, or any form of murder...
[16:29] ---
    That's how it has to be.
[16:37] ---
    Dr. Cardo Nabo.
[16:40] ---
    You are going to die here.
[16:44] ---
    Humanity was born in the cradle of Earth.
[16:47] ---
    Our bodies are far too fragile
    for us to venture into space.
[16:52] ---
    Just as an infant
    has to put on clothes,
[16:55] ---
    humanity must don the GUND
    to truly go out into space.
[17:01] ---
    That's just an excuse for a technology
    that requires sacrificial victims.
[17:04] ---
    You don't understand.
[17:07] ---
    What all of you are taking away…
[17:09] ---
    is the future that the GUND will save!
[17:26] ---
    Eri!
[17:28] ---
    Mommy! Mommy!
[17:35] ---
    Mommy!
[17:36] ---
    It's okay now.
[17:38] ---
    It'll be all right.
[17:44] ---
    Headquarters to all units.
[17:47] ---
    We've successfully neutralized
    the lives of Cardo Nabo and all key members.
[17:51] ---
    Retreat as soon as preparations to
    blow up the front are complete.
[17:54] ---
    -Dr. Cardo...
    -I repeat.
[17:55] ---
    -Headquarters to all units.
    -Why did you have to die...
[17:57] ---
    We've successfully neutralized the lives of
[17:59] ---
    -Cardo Nabo and all key members.
    -Mommy.
[18:01] ---
    Retreat as soon as preparations to
    blow up the front are complete.
[18:09] ---
    A callback from layer 33?
[18:12] ---
    With whose authentication vitals…?
[18:15] ---
    Mommy...
[18:18] ---
    Did she wake up?
[18:25] ---
    Strong electromagnetic waves
    detected from within Folkvangr.
[18:28] ---
    It's an unregistered
    Permet identification code.
[18:30] ---
    They have another machine?
[18:52] ---
    One, two,
[18:54] ---
    three!
[19:15] ---
    Mommy, Mommy!
[19:19] ---
    They look just like candles!
    Isn't it pretty?
[19:23] ---
    You're right...
[19:35] ---
    Not bad. However...
[19:43] ---
    This is all a Gundam can--
[19:51] ---
    Is that you, Elnora?
[19:54] ---
    -Nadim!
    -Daddy!
[19:56] ---
    Damn you...
[19:57] ---
    Let go of me, damn Gundam!
[19:58] ---
    You have to run, Elnora.
[20:00] ---
    Don't be ridiculous! I'm coming--
[20:02] ---
    You're not the only one escaping here!
[20:05] ---
    Live. Both you and Ericht.
[20:08] ---
    For everyone's sake!
[20:18] ---
    I love you, Nadim.
[20:26] ---
    I love you too.
[20:30] ---
    Permet score, four!
[20:47] ---
    Daddy, I'm home!
[20:49] ---
    Welcome back.
[20:50] ---
    What's a birthday, Daddy?
[20:53] ---
    It's when we celebrate
    the day you were born, Eri.
[20:56] ---
    And what do we do to celebrate?
[20:58] ---
    Well...
[21:03] ---
    Happy birthday to you
[21:10] ---
    -Happy birthday to you
    -Daddy! It's Daddy!
[21:14] ---
    -Cut off the communication.
    -I can't.
[21:16] ---
    -The source appears to be the Gundam.
    -Happy birthday
[21:19] ---
    -What's going on?
    -dear Ericht
[21:32] ---
    Happy birthday to you
[21:43] ---
    And our Cathedra...
[21:47] ---
    shall deny
[21:50] ---
    all Gundams.