E7 - The Battle of the Fjord

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SIGN    Entente Alliance, Port Arnelus
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    Please understand, Mary.
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    It's only a matter of time until
    the war reaches the cities.
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    It's safer for you to leave
    the country while you can.
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    What about you, Dad?
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    I'm sorry.
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    I wasn't a good father, was I?
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    No, you're a good dad.
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    Oh, but you should shave your beard.
[00:37] ---
    Yeah, I should.
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    Mary, take care of your mother.
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    And stay healthy.
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    Okay.
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    I'm sorry.
[00:53] ---
    Good luck, sir.
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    Daddy!
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    It's a little early,
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    but take good care of your Christmas present!
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    Colonel Sue...
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    Major Gunner.
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    This is from your daughter.
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    What is this?
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    The latest model of submachine gun.
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    Why would my daughter
    give me something like this?
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    Perhaps she wants to help her father
    fight for his country?
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    "Anson Sue."
[01:45] ---
    Your initials, aren't they?
[03:28] Tanya
    Thus, we'll deliberately
    pull back the battle lines
SIGN    Imperial Army Northern Theater, Command Strategy Conference
[03:32] Tanya
    and reduce the distance supplies
    must travel to the northern army.
[03:35] Tanya
    I believe this will make it easier
    for us to mount a spring offensive.
[03:47] ---
    As always, the ideas front-line officers
    come up with are quite unique.
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    Well? What's the opinion of
    the northern theater's army?
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    Major Degurechaff, was it?
[04:03] Tanya
    Yes, sir.
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    You seem to plan on
    dragging this out beyond winter,
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    but we don't want the war to last any longer.
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    Our priority is to put an end to it
    as quickly as possible.
[04:13] Tanya
    But if we do attack, we'll run out
    of supplies almost immediately
[04:17] Tanya
    and quickly reach the limits
    of what we can do.
[04:19] Tanya
    We're under no obligation to please
    the enemy by wasting supplies and troops.
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    At minimum, we have enough
    for a three-week offensive!
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    We just need to take out
    their front-line forces.
[04:33] Tanya
    The interventions by the Republic
    and the Allied Kingdom
[04:36] Tanya
    have greatly strengthened enemy resistance.
[04:38] Tanya
    I see no way we can take them out
    in such a short time.
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    Enough!
[04:42] Tanya
    I am obligated to register
    my objections to this.
[04:46] Tanya
    At this rate, I believe we'll just put
    severe stress on our front lines.
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    That's enough out of you!
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    Are you saying we aren't concerned with
    the lives of our troops on the ground?!
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    Watch your mouth!
[05:00] Tanya
    I'm sorry, sir.
[05:02] Tanya
    Compared to when I was out west
    and saw our soldiers starving,
[05:08] Tanya
    Northern Command here
    seems to want for nothing,
[05:13] Tanya
    so I forgot myself.
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    Y-You bitch!
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    Return to the western theater, then!
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    We don't need cowards here!
[05:19] Tanya
    Is that the consensus of the northern theater?
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    Shut up!
[05:24] Tanya
    All right.
[05:30] Tanya
    Excuse me.
[05:40] Tanya
    Why won't you stop them?
[05:43] Tanya
    With our present supply situation,
    a full offensive is reckless.
[05:46] Tanya
    Its failure is obvious.
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    Major, I want you to tell me
    what you really think.
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    Without the formalities of a proper proposal.
[05:59] Tanya
    Sir, I humbly remind you that
    I am a strategy officer.
[06:05] Tanya
    I appreciate the request,
[06:07] Tanya
    but I believe that, out of courtesy
    for my hosts, I must remain silent.
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    That's a rather acrimonious way
    to express one's opinion.
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    Very well. I'll get to the point.
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    If, hypothetically, the theater forces
    were to proceed with their attack plan,
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    what benefits would it bring?
[06:33] Tanya
    It would bring some benefits to
    the western Rhine theater.
[06:39] Tanya
    It could blind the Republic to
    our coming offensive against them.
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    If it went well, isn't it possible it could
    reduce strain on the western front?
[06:48] Tanya
    I'm sorry, sir, but I believe
    that would be difficult.
[06:51] Tanya
    I can't see the Republic sending
    the north enough reinforcements
[06:54] Tanya
    to affect the Rhine front.
[06:58] Tanya
    If you wish to look at things that way,
[07:01] Tanya
    we should consider this full-out offensive
[07:03] Tanya
    nothing more than a decoy to
    distract the Entente Alliance.
[07:07] Tanya
    If we consider the front-line
    offensive a decoy,
[07:10] Tanya
    its true benefit would be in
    opening the rear to attack...
[07:17] Tanya
    The rear?
[07:19] Tanya
    The rear...
[07:21] Tanya
    Behind.
[07:22] Tanya
    Back?
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    What's wrong, Major?
[07:29] Tanya
    So the goal of this offensive is to
[07:33] Tanya
    create a diversion for our troops
    to land from sea?
[07:36] Erich
    Where did you hear that?
[07:38] Tanya
    Hear what?
[07:40] Erich
    About the landing!
[07:42] Erich
    Did General Zettour tell you?
[07:46] Erich
    I can't believe it.
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    Well, that's a surprise.
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    You guessed a plan that only
    a few officers know about.
[07:54] Tanya
    I simply realized that it would be
    an effective plan under these circumstances.
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    Then we'll use you, after all.
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    The 203rd Mage Battalion will go in
    advance of the rest of the landing force.
[08:09] Tanya
    Yes, sir. We'll do everything we can.
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    It goes without saying that, strategically,
    this is close to a surprise attack.
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    Thus, our landing point needs to be where
    the enemy would never expect it.
[08:22] Tanya
    Which means?
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    The Orse Fjord.
SIGN    Episode 7 The Battle of the Fjord
SIGN    Entente Alliance, Orse Fjord
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    Quite a view, huh?
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    A narrow, labyrinthine fjord,
    covered with capes and islands.
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    The cliffs are steep,
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    and twenty cannons in the area
    let us attack from any direction.
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    No navy in the world could
    pass through this sea.
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    Truly a natural fortress, isn't it?
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    Is there any real need for us to be here?
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    It does need defenders, though.
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    I don't like the fact that only our battalion
    was sent here as reinforcements.
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    But it's understandable, really.
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    The Empire has launched
    a winter offensive on the front lines.
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    So the brass has their hands full?
[09:20] Tanya
    Men, you have my gratitude for
    rising up to defend our homeland.
[09:24] Tanya
    With the help of youth like you,
[09:27] Tanya
    our victory is assured!
[09:29] Tanya
    You have already been promised honor.
[09:32] Tanya
    So I expect you to fight hard,
    not fearing death!
[09:34] Tanya
    Yes, sir!
[09:37] Tanya
    At this point, all our country can do
    is ask its youngsters to die.
[09:43] Tanya
    That's exactly why we adults
    have to keep fighting, too.
SIGN    December, Unified Year 1924
[10:01] Tanya
    I guess it's possible, huh?
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    Target point approaching.
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    Cutting engine and preparing to glide.
[10:09] Tanya
    Everyone, get ready to drop.
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    Yes, ma'am!
[10:12] Tanya
    Again, this plan relies on surprise.
[10:16] Tanya
    We have thirty minutes to capture the fjords.
[10:20] Tanya
    Second Lieutenant Serebryakov,
    you're a back-up officer.
[10:23] Tanya
    If you lose contact with me
    and the first lieutenants,
[10:26] Tanya
    command the retreat.
[10:28] Visha
    The retreat?
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    If the first lieutenants and I go down,
    the mission's a failure.
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    The rest of you can't beat enemies with
    the kind of equipment that can take us out.
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    Man, I feel like a canary in a coal mine.
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    Let's sing them a pretty song, then.
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    How does a canary sing, anyway?
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    "Chirp, chirp," right?
[10:50] Tanya
    I don't want to hear you guys sing.
[10:53] Tanya
    Get ready for work.
[11:00] Tanya
    All right, troops,
[11:01] Tanya
    it's time for us aerial mages
    to do what we do best.
[11:06] Tanya
    You're ready, right?
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    Yes, ma'am!
[11:08] Tanya
    Excellent.
[11:09] Tanya
    Jump!
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    What's going on?
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    I don't know.
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    For some reason, we've lost contact
    with a patrol ship.
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    Equipment trouble?
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    What about the other ships
    on the patrol line?
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    The same.
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    None of the three are responding.
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    What?
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    What was that?
[12:00] Tanya
    Next! Hurry!
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    Prepare artillery spell!
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    Fire!
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    Enemy attack...
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    Enemy attack!
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    Wh-Where did they come from?
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    They paradropped.
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    Damn it.
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    Let's get out there!
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    Coastal gun platforms are engaged.
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    They're requesting reinforcements.
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    Get them out there via rail!
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    Why are they only attacking
    the cannon emplacements?
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    Battalion Commander,
    enemy reinforcements!
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    Battalion-sized unit of mages
    is approaching fast!
[13:17] Tanya
    They responded fast.
[13:19] Tanya
    Company 1, prepare to engage!
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    Major, engaging with a single company
    is too dangerous.
[13:24] Tanya
    We can handle it!
[13:27] Tanya
    You silence those damn guns!
[13:28] Tanya
    You silence those damn guns!
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    Roger!
[13:30] Tanya
    Company 1, follow me.
[13:36] Tanya
    I don't like it,
[13:38] Tanya
    but it's better than having them
    take out my troops and trap me.
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    Incoming counterattack.
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    The enemy is company-sized.
[13:47] Tanya
    Company-sized?
[13:49] Tanya
    They don't see us as a threat, huh?
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    We're heading in.
    Prepare for close-range combat!
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    By now, the North Sea Fleet should have
    crossed the enemy patrol line.
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    If those gun emplacements can't be
    taken out in thirty minutes,
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    the fleet will have to turn back.
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    If that happens, we'll have performed
    the largest, most spectacular
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    "landing training exercise"
    in the history of man.
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    And our reputation will be ruined.
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    Trap them!
[14:34] Tanya
    Don't let them trap you!
[14:45] Tanya
    Maintain altitude! Take them out!
[14:48] Tanya
    Do they have those guns down yet?
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    Are we done?
[15:03] ---
    Not yet.
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    They're here!
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    Fire!
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    Enemy mages sighted.
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    We're running out of time.
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    Just keep firing.
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    Don't stop for a second!
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    Multiple casualties! We're being pushed back!
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    Hang in there till reinforcements arrive!
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    But at this rate—
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    Major Gunner!
[15:48] Tanya
    I'm dying from overwork here.
[15:51] Tanya
    But I can't bail just because
    this wasn't in the contract.
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    God...
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    Why?
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    Why... Why is she here?
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    Out of my way!
[16:35] Tanya
    If I run, there goes my career...
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    What?
[16:49] Tanya
    Wonderful.
[16:51] Tanya
    No overtime today.
[16:52] ---
    I repeat.
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    All companies have succeeded
    in silencing the guns!
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    Reporting!
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    Our defensive forces are losing the battle!
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    We will head to the coast
    and aid the defense.
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    Thus—
[17:40] Tanya
    Mission complete.
[17:42] Tanya
    Everyone, withdraw!
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    Not yet.
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    It isn't over yet!
[18:20] Visha
    Enemy pursuit.
[18:21] Visha
    One mage incoming.
[18:22] Tanya
    Damned fanatical patriots!
[18:27] Tanya
    With that speed, he has a lot
    of kinetic energy built up.
[18:31] Tanya
    Oh, Lord,
[18:32] Tanya
    in the Father and Son's name,
[18:34] Tanya
    bring down the lightning of judgment.
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    God, I pray you give me strength
    to destroy that devil!
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    I will never let my homeland fall!
[19:06] Tanya
    I've seen you somewhere before.
[19:15] Tanya
    Not that it matters.
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    M-Mary...
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    It's a little early,
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    but this will make a perfect
    Christmas present to myself.
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    Capture the railroads!
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    And the supplies!
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    Cheers!
[20:09] Tanya
    Quite a sight, huh?
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    It's not over yet.
[20:27] ---
    Our defeat isn't set in stone yet.
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    The North Sea Fleet's
    landing mission has succeeded.
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    Orse City railroads are under our control.
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    Now, we can use the enemy's railways
    to resupply ourselves.
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    Bold as ever...
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    So you kicked the enemy's ass
    from behind, huh?
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    We can attack from both front and rear now.
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    We can end a battle that's lasted too long.
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    It feels a bit early to say for certain,
[21:16] ---
    but we have landed a truly decisive blow.
SIGN    Unified Year 1925
    Unified States, State of Arkansas
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    And now, in world news,
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    an update on the Norden situation
    from DC Broadcasting.
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    Last December,
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    the Empire ran a successful
    landing operation at Orse Fjord,
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    in the Entente Alliance's northern region.
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    The coastal defense forces were wiped out,
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    and many casualties were incurred.
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    After occupying Orse City,
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    the Empire launched a large-scale assault
    from the north and south,
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    which resulted in the de facto occupation
    of the nation's capital.
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    It's believed to be only a matter of time
    before the Entente Alliance surrenders.
[23:33] ---
    The situation will continue
    to be monitored.
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