E3 - The Soldier of Smiles

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[00:24] gail
    Finally sacked the place, eh?
[00:26] stel
    Has it been a month
    since the Battle of Grad?
[00:29] gail
    They held out longer than expected.
[00:32] gail
    First the border town of Grad, now Lorgeth.
[00:35] gail
    We've secured the strategic
    points in the north.
[00:38] gail
    But they've probably used the time
[00:40] gail
    to fortify their capital
    with forces from all over.
[00:43] stel
    We'll need to proceed carefully, then.
[00:48] gail
    Have to wonder how long this
    damned war will go on...
[00:53] stel
    I'll fight for as long as it takes.
[00:59] gail
    What the hell is she smiling about?
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[02:41] lil
    Hey, Stella.
[02:43] lil
    Do you know what our commander's doing here?
[02:46] stel
    He was transferred here, wasn't he?
[02:48] lil
    Well, I know that.
[02:50] lil
    But what I meant is—
[02:52] hu
    The rumor that he ignored
    an order from above, right?
[02:55] lil
    No one's talking to you, Huey!
[02:58] pie
    It's an entirely baseless rumor.
[03:01] pie
    Even before the war, our commander
[03:03] pie
    was assigned missions:
    VIP escorts, stamping out terrorists...
[03:06] pie
    He always carried out his
    orders to the letter.
[03:09] brea
    All the more reason for the rumors, I'd say.
[03:13] brea
    How'd a guy like him end up leading
    a squad like ours, y'know?
[03:16] pie
    What do you mean, "a squad like ours"?
[03:18] pie
    Warrant Officer Break, don't you
    have any pride in our squad?
[03:23] hu
    Don't forget, Pierce.
[03:25] hu
    The guy's been a real creep from the start.
[03:28] hu
    Always looking down his nose
    at us one way or another...
[03:31] brea
    Like "I'm way too classy to
    share a tent with you lot"?
[03:35] hu
    That's it! That's exactly how he—
[03:38] lil
    The point is, he's been
    assigned to us for a month,
[03:41] lil
    but we still don't know anything about him.
[03:44] lil
    I don't like putting my life in
    the hands of someone like that.
[03:48] pie
    You feel that way, too, Petty Officer Lily?
[03:51] lil
    What do you think, Stella?
[03:53] stel
    I don't know.
[03:56] com
    On the eastern edge of the State of Caldarth
[03:59] com
    lies a city called Azaria.
[04:01] com
    It's said to be a quiet place
     ruled by a local lord.
[04:04] gail
    What's its significance?
[04:07] com
    According to prisoners we took
    at the Battle of Lorgeth,
[04:10] com
    there's a chance some supplies have
    been left at the local forces' base.
[04:15] com
    But we can't afford to lose
    forces in another battle
[04:18] com
    with nothing to show for it in the end.
[04:21] gail
    You want us to perform recon?
[04:23] com
    It seems the local lord took
    the bulk of his army to guard Hariant.
[04:27] com
    Only a small local force should be present.
[04:30] com
    Infiltration shouldn't be difficult.
[04:34] gail
    That ends the briefing.
[04:35] gail
    We'll depart at 0800 tomorrow.
[04:38] gail
    Any questions?
[04:40] hu
    Sounds like a relaxing change of pace to me.
[04:42] pie
    Petty Officer Huey.
[04:44] pie
    People who say things like that
    tend to be the first to die.
[04:48] hu
    Scary.
[04:49] hu
    Pierce and Break, once we arrive,
[04:51] hu
    you'll stand by in theurgears
     on the city's east side.
[04:54] both
    Yes, sir.
[04:54] both
    Yes, sir.
[04:56] gail
    The rest of us will investigate the city.
[04:58] both
    Yes, sir.
[04:59] both
    Yes, sir.
[05:00] stel
    Yes, sir.
[05:16] gail
    After we scout the location,
    we'll rendezvous here at 2000 hours.
[05:26] hu
    For being out in the boonies,
    they've got some pretty nice stuff...
[05:30] lil
    I knew they were at a different
    phase of industrialization,
[05:33] lil
    but it's still a shock to see it up close.
[05:38] lil
    Hey, that one would look great on Stella!
[05:42] lil
    So would that one!
[05:44] hu
    And Soleil wants to keep all
    of this to themselves...
[05:50] stel
    Yuki Soleil?
[05:52] stel
    She really is still a child, isn't she?
[05:56] gail
    If you had to kill that princess...
[05:59] gail
    what would you do?
[06:02] stel
    I'd kill her if I was ordered to, of course.
[06:12] gail
    Appreciate the patronage.
[06:14] sol
    Thanks for coming by.
[06:19] gail
    So this is their food storehouse?
[06:23] stel
    I certainly hope they've
    left some behind, but...
[06:33] stel
    As I thought, it's all
    been taken out, hasn't it?
[06:36] gail
    Given the state of the conflict,
    it's not surprising.
[06:40] stel
    Are we struggling for other resources, too?
[06:50] gail
    Show yourself.
[06:58] gail
    What are you doing?
[07:00] al
    Mauli!
[07:02] mau
    Alan!
[07:03] al
    I told you not to come in here!
[07:05] mau
    I'm sorry.
[07:08] al
    Put it back.
[07:15] mau
    I'm sorry. We'll be going now.
[07:17] stel
    Wait. Who are you?
[07:21] al
    We live in the administrative building.
[07:24] stel
    Administrative building?
[07:25] al
    Since no one's using it at the moment.
[07:27] stel
    And you're living there, long-term?
[07:31] mau
    Hey. You guys work for a laundry, right?
[07:34] mau
    What are you doing here?
[07:37] gail
    A friend of ours works in this storehouse.
[07:40] gail
    We thought we'd drop in on him
    while we were on the job...
[07:43] mau
    They took all the food out of here yesterday.
[07:47] mau
    Your friend probably went with them.
[07:50] gail
    Most likely.
[07:52] al
    We'd better go.
[07:53] al
    We'll get an earful from
    the Order if they see us.
[07:56] stel
    The Order?
[07:58] al
    Let's go, Mauli.
[07:59] gail
    Wait a minute.
[08:01] gail
    The Order would be less likely
    to see you in a truck, right?
[08:10] kids
    One, two... three!
[08:15] ---
    Run!
[08:23] girl
    Mauli!
[08:24] boy
    Alan!
[08:26] girl
    Where have you been?
[08:27] mau
    The food storehouse.
[08:30] boy
    Who are they?
[08:31] mau
    They're the laundry guys.
[08:33] mau
    They gave us a ride in their truck!
[08:34] boy
    No fair!
[08:35] boy
    How'd things go at the storehouse?
    You find any food?
[08:37] mau
    I found some canned fruit, but...
[08:39] al
    You know we couldn't take it with us.
[08:42] boy
    But the old guy has it.
[08:45] boy
    Look! Look!
[08:50] gail
    I'm a sucker for sweets, that's all.
[08:52] al
    You...
[08:53] gail
    Besides, it's close to its expiration date.
[08:56] gail
    It would just spoil if we left it there.
[08:58] gail
    Better to share it among us, I think.
[09:00] gail
    How about you?
[09:07] al
    Let the children have some, please.
[09:12] gail
    All right!
[09:13] lan
    C'mon, Lana! Have some with us!
[09:21] al
    Here!
[09:23] girl
    So good!
[09:23] al
    Calm down!
[09:34] stel
    You're not going to join them?
[09:38] stel
    I'm Stella.
[09:42] lan
    Lana.
[09:45] stel
    That's a cute doll.
[09:47] lan
    Papa and Mama bought her for me.
[09:51] stel
    She's important to you, then?
[09:53] lan
    Yeah.
[09:54] lan
    They both died in the war.
[10:00] lan
    Everyone else is the same as me.
[10:02] lan
    They said they brought us
    here because it was safe.
[10:10] gail
    Did you like that?
[10:12] all
    Yeah!
[10:14] gail
    Speaking of which, that Order
    you mentioned before...
[10:18] gail
    Would that be Hariant's chivalric order?
[10:20] kid
    Yeah.
[10:21] gail
    I've never met them before.
[10:23] gail
    Have they been here a while?
[10:25] boy
    They have, right?
[10:26] boy
    Yeah.
[10:27] boy
    In that building.
[10:28] girl
    Yeah.
[10:34] gail
    I see.
[10:35] gail
    Well, seeing as they're valued clients,
[10:36] gail
    we ought to stop by and pay our respects.
[10:39] gail
    Shall we?
[11:01] kids
    Go! Go!
[11:03] stel
    Hey, Lana.
[11:05] kid
    Not fair!
[11:07] kid
    Hey, let me try!
[11:09] stel
    If...
[11:11] stel
    If you feel like there's nowhere in
    the world where you belong, don't worry.
[11:17] stel
    You'll find your place someday.
[11:21] lan
    Really?
[11:23] stel
    I was the same as you.
[11:27] lan
    Did you find a place?
[11:30] stel
    Yes.
[11:39] lan
    Here.
[11:42] stel
    Thank you.
[11:46] stel
    Lieutenant.
[11:47] lieu
    I can't get in touch with
    Special Ensign Owens.
[11:51] lieu
    He's running an infiltration right now.
[11:53] lieu
    He'll be out of touch until
    his scheduled contact time.
[11:57] lieu
    What's going on?
[11:58] stel
    He learned that the Order are here
    in the base, so he's investigating.
[12:03] lieu
    The Order?
[12:04] stel
    Yes.
[12:05] lieu
    We've just received word from
    the Hariant scouting party
[12:08] lieu
    that the Soleil Army is heading for Azaria.
[12:12] lieu
    A battalion, it seems.
[12:13] stel
    A battalion? Coming here?
[12:16] lieu
    Yes.
[12:16] lieu
    It might be related to whatever
    the Order is doing there.
[12:32] gail
    This is...
[12:36] lil
    A food plant powered by the new chrars?
[12:40] hu
    Just one of 'em is enough
    to run a plant of that size?
[12:43] hu
    Talk about an exponential upgrade...
[12:45] stel
    I suspect the Royal Army is coming to
    carry these provisions to the front lines.
[12:52] Lieu
    Chief of Staff Fleet.
[12:53] Lieu
    What do you recommend?
[12:55] fleet
    At the moment, we can't spare
    the forces to engage the battalion.
[13:00] fleet
    Special Ensign Gail Owens.
[13:03] fleet
    Can you obtain the new chrars
    and destroy the plant
[13:06] fleet
    before the Royal Army arrives?
[13:10] lieu
    What's the matter?
[13:11] gail
    I can.
[13:12] gail
    But it might result in civilian casualties.
[13:15] fleet
    A necessary evil.
[13:17] fleet
    If the food produced by that new chrars
[13:19] fleet
    were to be distributed across Soleil,
[13:22] fleet
    the tide of battle would
    swiftly turn against us.
[13:25] fleet
    The longer the fighting drags on,
    the more our people will suffer.
[13:31] gail
    Understood.
[13:33] fleet
    Just in case, we're sending two
    twelve-gun batteries your way.
[13:38] gail
    You mean...
[13:40] fleet
    If you fail, we'll bombard the plant
    from long range and destroy it
[13:44] fleet
    before the battalion arrives.
[13:48] fleet
    We expect the enemy battalion to
    arrive in roughly three hours.
[13:52] fleet
    Thus, the battery will open fire
    two hours from now, at 2300 hours.
[13:58] gail
    Roger that.
[14:00] hu
    Two hours? Is she insane?
[14:03] gail
    I'll fill you in on the plan on the way.
[14:05] gail
    Though it's not exactly our speed...
[14:26] stel
    Those children are all war orphans, she said.
[14:31] gail
    I bet.
[14:37] gail
    We're starting the infiltration now.
[14:38] gail
    Follow the plan.
[14:40] pie
    Roger that.
[14:41] brea
    Just leave it to us.
[14:44] gail
    I'll be parting ways with you for now.
[14:46] hu
    Huh?
[14:47] hu
    What are you talking about?
[14:49] gail
    You guys just follow the plan.
[14:51] gail
    Get that new chrars and blow up the plant.
[14:54] stel
    And you, Commander?
[14:55] gail
    I've got an errand to run.
[14:56] gail
    You're in charge until I get back.
[14:59] hu
    You're crazy, old man!
[15:00] lil
    I completely agree!
[15:03] stel
    Understood.
[15:04] stel
    We'll carry out the mission ourselves.
[15:06] hu
    Oh, boy...
[15:07] lil
    Stella...
[15:08] stel
    Let's go.
[15:10] hu
    Freaking hell.
[15:11] hu
    Who gave that guy command?
[15:29] lil
    The chrars is still running,
    so we need to shut it down first.
[15:33] lil
    We'll need to use both this terminal
    and the one on the installation itself.
[15:39] stel
    Understood. I'll handle that.
[15:41] lil
    I'm counting on you.
[16:13] stel
    I've got one straight ahead.
[16:15] hu
    Same.
[16:17] stel
    Three, two, one...
[16:32] al
    Y-You...
[16:33] gail
    Round the others up quickly.
[16:49] hu
    Delicious!
[16:54] stel
    Lily.
[16:55] stel
    I've got it shut down here.
[16:58] lil
    Shut down here, too.
[17:00] lil
    Stella, behind you!
[17:02] kni
    You! What are you doing?
[17:06] kni
    Intruders!
[17:12] hu
    Perfect timing!
[17:20] gail
    C'mon! Hurry up, everyone!
[17:23] sec
    Stay where you are!
[17:27] gail
    Let's go.
[17:28] al
    Wait! Don't go with him!
[17:32] al
    I knew it.
[17:33] al
    That gun... the man who killed
    my father carried the same model.
[17:38] al
    You're a Grandiga soldier, aren't you?
[17:42] pie
    Be extra careful, okay?
[17:45] brea
    I am, chill out.
[17:55] brea
    Watch it!
[17:56] brea
    Are you people nuts?!
[18:06] brea
    Good job, Pierce.
[18:07] pie
    Much obliged.
[18:09] stel
    Commander, we have the new chrars
    and we've set the explosives.
[18:14] stel
    How are things with you?
[18:16] gail
    I'm in front of the administrative
     building. I'm still on base.
[18:20] hu
    Hey!
[18:21] stel
    Keep following the plan!
[18:24] gail
    I'll say this one more time.
[18:26] gail
    When the plant underground blows up,
    it'll kill everyone here.
[18:30] al
    So don't blow it up.
[18:32] gail
    I can't do that.
[18:37] stel
    What are you doing?
[18:38] stel
    Get in the truck!
[18:39] al
    Cancel the detonation!
[18:47] stel
    Each time you refuse, I'll kill one of them.
[18:55] stel
    Miss...
[19:00] al
    You...
[19:02] stel
    They're dead either way,
    so what does it matter?
[19:19] hu
    Hey, it's time to split!
[19:44] gail
    The Royal Army will be here soon.
[19:47] gail
    Keep them safe.
[19:49] al
    Don't expect us to thank you.
[19:51] kids
    I hope you all die!
[19:53] kids
    Murderers! Leave us alone!
[19:55] kids
    Murderers!
[19:56] kids
    Get away from us!
[19:57] kids
    Murderers!
[19:59] kids
    Go away!
[20:01] kids
    Murderers!
[20:02] kids
    Mama...
[20:07] stel
    Lana.
[20:08] stel
    I'm sorry about—
[20:15] stel
    Give back my papa and mama.
[20:19] stel
    My home... everything...
[20:25] al
    Let's go.
[20:38] gail
    This is the nature of what we're doing.
[20:41] gail
    Yet you're certain you can fight on,
    for as long as it takes?
[20:55] gail
    You did an excellent job.
[20:56] hu
    We were having a little talk, just now...
[21:00] hu
    What if someone had died while
    you were AWOL during the mission?
[21:06] gail
    It's a commander's job to
    trust his subordinates.
[21:10] hu
    Oh, clever.
[21:13] gail
    Where's Stella?
[21:15] lil
    I'm afraid I don't know.
[21:34] gail
    Looks like it got to you more than expected.
[21:37] stel
    What do you mean?
[21:39] stel
    If you mean the all-nighter,
    I'm used to night missions.
[21:44] stel
    I wonder when our next mission will be.
[21:50] gail
    She's gone mad.
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