GINGA EIYU DENSETSU - WAGA YUKU WA HOSHI NO OUMI Legend of the Galactic Heros - My Conquest is the Great Sea of Stars (Anime Movie Ginga Eiyu Densetsu) The story for this animation was based on chapters 7, 8, and 9 of volume 1 of the "Ginga Eiyu Densetsu Gaiden - Hoshi wo Kudaku Mono" Tokuma Novels, Tokuma Shoten by Yoshiki Tanaka English Translation Script Version 3 Date 3/13/89 Translated by Yoshiyuki Karahashi Original Translation Script by Yoshiyuki Karahashi: 7/11/88 Special Thanks to Takayuki Karahashi and Tony Lane ----------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND (from the GED novel vol 1) In AD 2801, the human race transferred its political center from the third planet Terra of Sol to the second planet Teoria of Aldebaran and declared the establishment of the United Stars of the Galaxy (USG). Also, AD was replaced by Space Era (SE). A great exploration and expansion began into the unknown parts of the Milky Way Galaxy. The technologies that allowed interstellar traveling: subspace traveling, gravity control, and momentum control - advanced day by day. The human race headed for the unknown horizon and left for the great sea of stars. "Farther, and farther!" was the password of the time. It was the best of times. People were high in spirit and confronted the difficulties with enthusiasm. But there were bad sides too; the space pirates. They were the children born from the war between Terra and Sirius in the AD 2700's. In SE 106, the USG began to wipe the pirates out. In two years the pirates were mostly gone. For two centuries the prosperity continued. Only Terra was left out. It had used up all of its resources, and its population had dramatically decreased too. Because Terra was harmless, it was allowed to govern itself. Then, a shadow began to steal over mankind. Fatigue and laziness were beginning to dominate over hope and ambition. The political system became corrupt. In order to cure this, people decided to take a short term cure with many side effects, rather than choosing the long term cure which required patience and energy. It was a drug called "dictatorship." Rudolph von Goldenbaum was born in SE 268 of a military family. He entered the military and became an ensign at age 20. He began to wipe the space pirates out. The fatigued citizens of the USG welcomed this new, young, stimulating hero. In SE 296, at age 28, he became a rear admiral. Then, he retired and entered the politics. After being elected into the parliament, he lead a reformation. He soon had great powers in his hand and in SE 310, he declared himself the emperor of a holy and nonaggressive Galactic Empire. This was the beginning of the Imperial Era (IE) calendar and a winter for the republicans. Anyone in opposition was killed or imprisoned. In IE 164, 400,000 republicans managed to escaped from the concentration camp in Altair, using a space ship made of dry ice. They hid in an uninhabited planet and constructed 80 interstellar ships and traveled into the deep center of the Milky Way. It was a space full of danger with red giants, white dwarfs, and variable stars. After more than 50 years of traveling, they arrived at a group of stable, middle aged stars. This is called the "Long Voyage of 10000 light years" or the "Long March." This voyage ended in IE 218. These people abolished the IE and revived the SE. They considered themselves the true successors of the USG. Thus, in SE 527, the Free Planets (FP) was established with a population of 160,000, more than half had died on the voyage. Population and industry grew very fast. In SE 640, the first contact between the FP and the Galactic Empire was made. A great battle followed it. The Free Planets had an overwhelming victory, and because of this, many people fled to the FP from the Empire. And the war that continues over 150 years began here. After 150 years, there are three forces in the galaxy: the Empire, Phezzan Land and the FP. There also is a group of people who want to revive Terra. The Phezzan is officially part of the Empire but is, in practice, a completely independent governing body. Although the Phezzan is small in size and military power, they have great economic power and controls the Empire and the FP from behind. And the people dedicated to Earth control the Phezzan and make plans so the Empire and FP will kill each other and Terra can take everything over afterwards. Population is now: Empire 25 billion, Phezzan 2 billion, and FP 13 billion; a great decrease from the 300 billion in the golden age of the USG. The OAV series' story starts approximately 6 month from this story, in the beginning of IE 487, SE 777. ----------------------------------------------------- ABOUT RHEINHARD AND YANG (from GED novel vol 1) In IE 467/SE 776, Rheinhard von Museal was born in a very poor nobility home. His mother was killed in an accident when Rheinhard was very young. When he was 10 years old, he met Kircheis and ever since then, they have been the best friends. Shortly after this meeting, his older sister, Annerose, was taken by the Emperor, Kaiser Friedrich IV, as his mistress. Both Rheinhard and Kircheis cursed the Emperor, and Rheinhard blamed his father for selling his sister for money. At the age of 15, he became an ensign. Both Rheinhard and Kircheis acceleratingly received promotion from their own competence and the Emperor's affection for Annerose. Rheinhard is hated by most of the senior members of the Imperial military, because they think Rheinhard was promoted to his rank solely because of the Emperor's affection to Annerose. This is where the expression "admiral under the skirt" comes from. Kircheis also is highly ranked for his age and heritage, not one of nobility, but is hated because Rheinhard stands out far more than Kircheis and takes all the attacks. In SE 767, Yang Wenli was born as the son of a trade merchant. His mother had died when he was young, too. He spent most of his youth living in his father's ship, traveling through space. He entered the military at age 20, shortly after his father's death. He really never wanted to enter the military. Instead, he wanted to be a historian. He entered the academy only because he could study history at no cost, since his father's death had left him without much money. His grades except for strategic simulations and history were barely above failure, which averaged out to an average grade overall. Shortly after graduating, he was assigned to the Star Fleet base in El Facil. There, when Star Fleet lost to the Imperial Fleet and fled, Yang successfully lead the escape of 3 million civilians and became the "Hero of El Facil," and quickly became a lieutenant. After that, he was involved in more than 100 battles in nine years. He showed marvelous achievements once in two battles, and was promoted accordingly. At twenty-nine, he has become a commodore. ------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND FOR THE MOVIE In the fall of IE 486, a 19-year-old Admiral Rheinhard von Museal leads an expedition fleet heading for the Iserlohn Fortress. This Fortress borders the Free Planets and is where many battles were fought in the past. Rheinhard's mission is to fight against the Free Planets under Space Fleet Commander Admiral Muckenberger. --------------------------------------------------------- MISCELLANEOUS Walkure is a small, 25 meters long, one man fighter. It's fire power is not very strong but it has a high mobility and is very effective in close range dogfights. The Free Planets' equivalency of this is the Spartanian, which is larger, 40 meters. A Spartanian is more like a small destroyer than a big fighter. Attenborough is a junior colleague of Yang from the academy. He also is one of Yang's best friends. Also, Yang's advice and plans are usually not accepted by his superior because of their uniqueness. A space of un-navigatable space separates the Free Planets and the Empire, and there are only two possible routes between the two: the Iserlohn Corridor and the Phezzan Corridor. Both corridors are narrow holes of stable gravitational fields through the band of unstable gravitational fields lying between the Free Planets and the Galactic Empire. Because the Phezzan Land controls the Phezzan Corridor, and limits it to nonmilitary use. No one yet has succeeded in subduing the Phezzan Land yet, so naturally, all the battle fields are limited in or near the Iserlohn Corridor. Approximately thirty years ago, the Empire constructed the Iserlohn Fortress in the middle of the Iserlohn Corridor as an artificial planet of the Iserlohn System located approximately in the middle of the corridor. The Fortress is 60 kilometers in diameter and has a mass of 60 trillion ton. Its surface is covered with liquid metal. Its prime weapon, the Thor Hammer is capable of destroying an entire fleet with one shot. Ever since the construction of the Fortress, the Free Planets has never been able to intrude into the Empire passed the Fortress. Repeated attempts to capture the Fortress has ended in repeated failures, and the Empire boasts that the Iserlohn Corridor is paved with the dead bodies of the Free Plants' soldiers. Dinal is the unit of currency in the Free Planets. Also the Free Planets' republican government and the Empire's government are corrupted now. The members of the high council of the FP uses the war as a tool to gain popularity, while the nobilities of the Empire use war as the tool to gain power, or kill unfavorable persons. -------------------------------------------------------- NAMES AND RANKS OF THE CHARACTERS FREE PLANETS Yang Wenli - commodore (junsho) Dusty Attenborough - lieutenant commander (shosa) Paeta - vice admiral (chusho) Razall Lobos - fleet admiral (gensui) Dwight Greenhill - admiral (taisho) Nilson - commander (chusa), also the captain of the Ulysses Olivier Poplan - lieutenant junior grade (chui), pilot Ivan Korneff - lieutenant junior grade (chui), pilot Job Triunicht - Secretary of Defense (kokuboiincho) GALACTIC EMPIRE Rudolph von Goldenbaum - the founder and the first Emperor of the Galactic Empire Rheinhard von Museal - admiral (taisho) Siegfried Kircheis - commander (chusa) Wolfgang Mittermeyer - rear admiral (shosho) Oskar von Reuental - rear admiral (shosho) Gregor von Muckenberger - Space Fleet Commander Admiral (uchu- kantaishirei-chokan, gensui) Flegel - baron (danshaku) also a vice admiral (chusho) Ernest Mecklinger - commodore (junsho) Carl Robert Steinmetz - captain (taisa), and also the captain of the Brunhilde Paul von Oberstein - captain (taisa) Louise Helm - lieutenant junior grade (chui) Whin Vanderberg - ensign (shoi) Tonio - recruit, gun operator Kurt - chief petty officer, gun operator ---------------------------------------------------------- THE MOVIE Some sentences in German appear. Then a narration comes in. NARRATOR: The wars still continue even in these days. Even if we say that the history of man kind is the history of war, not many people will object. If there is such an expression as "progress" for man kind, no one now can say it is an overstatement to say "progress" was born from war. Perhaps man is a creature that will fight until the last is dead. (Here we start seeing bust sculptures falling into the back, and they make blue clouds, similar to stellar nebulas, in the background) In war, great amounts of blood, tears, and knowledge are consumed, and many people's dreams and ambitions burn up. But in any era, there are people who want to change the world in good or bad ways. We probably can only depend on the people of that era to evaluate how the world was changed by these ambitions. It is because such evaluations by historians change as the times in which the historians lived pass. But there were people with ambitions to change the world who left their names in history, and were smashed in the history of man. (Now, the last bust sculpture breaks up into pieces. The pieces change to a galaxy.) And people called such men "heros". (The title "Herdensagen Vom Kosmosinsel" appears with the galaxy in the background.) The title fades out and dots of light approach. They come closer. They are, in fact, battleships of the Galactic Empire. One of the battleships is colored bright white. This is the flag ship, Brunhilde, of Admiral Rheinhard von Museal's Expedition Fleet. The view point zooms into the bridge of the Brunhilde. OPERATOR: Admiral, the regular report. Our fleet will arrive at the Iserlohn Fortress as scheduled. Everything is as usual. RHEINHARD: Thank You. Request for permission to dock to the Fortress. OPERATOR: Yes, sir. The Fleet approaches the Iserlohn Fortress, which looks like a sphere of clear liquid metal floating in space. The scene changes to the inside of the Fortress. A statue of Rudolph von Goldenbaum stands. It is probably the main hall of the Fortress. In front of the statue is a spherical 3-dimensional display showing the Brunhilde. OPERATOR: Admiral Rheinhard von Museal's Imperial Expedition Fleet will arrive at Imperial time 3027 as scheduled. There is a request for docking. A wine glass raised. Muckenberger is drinking wine on a terrace looking down into the hall. MUCKENBERGER: At last the admiral fostered in the skirt is coming out. The Empire has dropped to the ground. Flegel comes onto the terrace, next to Muckenberger. FLEGEL: Very true. A boy without any ability is an admiral and commands a fleet using the Emperors affection for his sister. Something is wrong with the Empire's personnel management. A boy brings a glass of wine for Flegel. MUCKENBERGER: It's not new that positions within the Empire are determined by one's blood line or marriages. It's strange for a member of the nobility to say such a thing. Isn't it so, baron? FLEGEL: It seems that sir Fleet Admiral dislikes me. Then why do I get the privilege of keeping you company? MUCKENBERGER: I can't stay in the battle field forever. I will have to return to the Empire someday. Then your favorite diplomacy will become necessary. I'll just say it's for that time. FLEGEL: It seems that at least I am more important to you than that admiral. MUCKENBERGER: Why must I welcome a guy who got promoted by a woman's power, although she is his sister. I do not like that kind of a person. He is annoying. He must be gotten rid of. FLEGEL: You must be careful not to go too far. It is dangerous since he is your majesty's favorite. MUCKENBERGER: But here at least, he is only an admiral under my command. Isn't it so? (with an evil look) FLEGEL: So, that is ... I see, Fleet Admiral, sir. (with an evil smile) The scene changes to space. In the bridge of the Brunhilde, Rheinhard, Kircheis, and Mecklinger are looking at the main viewer. There are many dots visible, all of which are Imperial spaceships. RHEINHARD: Kircheis, finally we are here. KIRCHEIS: Yes, we are. RHEINHARD: But it's small ... KIRCHEIS: Yes, that Fortress is not even comparable to a stardust that shines in the sky. RHEINHARD: But people have been fighting for it for many decades. KIRCHEIS: Yes, sacrificing millions of lives. RHEINHARD: We are going to end this. KIRCHEIS: Yes, not only the fight for the Fortress, but also the end to the war of the galaxy that has lasted 150 years is not far. RHEINHARD: Yes, we will end that soon too. KIRCHEIS: Yes. OPERATOR: Iserlohn Fortress is directly ahead of us. We have located possible enemy fleet movement near the gaseous planet Legmiza. A side viewer displays the Legmiza system. RHEINHARD: Do not worry about it. Our first objective is to arrive at the Fortress. We can not waste any part of our precious fleet with any unnecessary battle. Kircheis nods to this. Meanwhile, in the great hall in the Iserlohn Fortress, Oberstein enters the terrace and reports to Muckenberger. OBERSTEIN: The intercept fleet is ready to leave. MUCKENBERGER: That is not necessary, it would be faster to use the fleet that is traveling now than to scramble a fleet from here. OBERSTEIN: But that fleet is on an expedition from the Empire to this Fortress. They are tired from a long journey, and there are many new men ... MUCKENBERGER: It is war right now, Oberstein. As long as they are part of the Imperial force, they exist for fighting. Order the Expedition Fleet to head for the planet, right away. OBERSTEIN: Yes. (He salutes and leaves) FLEGEL: So, are you testing the ability ... of the admiral in the skirt with this? MUCKENBERGER: No ... it is best if an uninvited guest is gotten rid of before he enters the door. Meanwhile the fleet continues on it's way. In the bridge of the Brunhilde, the main viewer displays the Iserlohn Fortress. OPERATOR: An emergency order! An order from Commander Muckenberger: "Expedition fleet, immediately head for planet Legmiza and destroy the enemy fleet." KIRCHEIS: So this is the gift from our Fortress for our arrival ... RHEINHARD: If it was you, how would you react to this order? KIRCHEIS: You must know my answer. RHEINHARD: (turning to Kircheis with a smile) Hmm. On the bridge of one of the Imperial battleships, Reuental and Mittermeyer are looking at the main viewer. Reuental turns to Mittermeyer. REUENTAL: How will he react? MITTERMEYER: The order must be obeyed. But it's an impossible order. We just arrived here, and don't even know the status of the battle field. REUENTAL: To minimize casualties, he could patch up and fight lightly. MITTERMEYER: Patch up and fight lightly? Would he do that? REUENTAL: If he does, we will forever be called the staff officers under the admiral in the skirts. The Brunhilde is on the main viewer. MITTERMEYER: Maybe the staff caught in the stockings? The view on the screen changes to that of Planet Legmiza. REUENTAL and MITTERMEYER: !!! OPERATOR: Detailed information of Planet Legmiza has been sent from the admiral. Time for discussion is thirty minutes. It is urgent! MITTERMEYER: (with pride) Detailed information ... as we thought, our admiral is going to fight seriously. REUENTAL: I would do the same. MITTERMEYER: Me too. There's no time to patch around. (Turning around) OK, let's discuss the information. The scene changes to a view of the fleet. Then changes to Planet Legmiza, which resembles the Planet Jupiter. OPERATOR: Planet Legmiza, a typical outer gaseous planet of a stellar system. The outer atmosphere is composed mainly of flowing clouds of helium and hydrogen. The view of the bridge of the Brunhilde fades in, while the operator reports. RHEINHARD: Helium and hydrogen?! KIRCHEIS: Yes, the speed of the atmospheric flow is 2000 KM/hr. In this condition, any radar or tracking device is almost unusable. RHEINHARD: So it's literally feeling one's way through ... it's not strange to meet the enemy anytime. KIRCHEIS: Yes, but the enemy is in the same condition. The Imperial fleet moves through the thick clouds of the planet's outer atmosphere. OPERATOR: No sign of the enemy fleet. A gun operator, Tonio, stares at a radar screen filled with much interference. There are two of them in the room. Another, Kurt, is relaxing in his seat. KURT: What's the matter? TONIO: It's red alert, right now. KURT: The enemy hasn't shown up yet. If you are like that from now, you will only get tired. TONIO: You are used to it. KURT: Ha? TONIO: Used to battles. KURT: Used to or not, it's the same. We pull the trigger and fire the guns when the order comes. That's all. Kurt gets up and readies himself. TONIO: It's my first time. KURT: Everyone has a first time. The problem is when it ends. But we don't decide that. The person up there does. TONIO: Is it OK for us? Because isn't this the fleet of the admiral in the skirt? KURT: Hey, the background of a commander doesn't matter to us soldiers. A reliable commander is one who wins in battle and saves as many of us as possible. A person who knows the hard times of the expendables. TONIO: How is our commander. KURT: I've never spoken to him, but he must be better than the other commanders since I'm still alive, but most of my fellows who went to other fleets are already dead. TONIO: Then am I lucky being assigned to this fleet? KURT: After the battle is over, and when you are alive, then you can say that you are lucky. TONIO: Oh ... ya. KURT: Anyway, a soldier can't decide his life. It all depends on your commander and superior. Rheinhard, in his chair, fades in on top of Kurt. OPERATOR: Enemy fleet, not located yet. The Brunhilde and other Imperial battleships descend through the atmosphere. Elsewhere Freedom Planet's Star Fleet battleships appear out of the clouds. On the bridge of Second Star Fleet flagship Patoroklos, the search continues too. OPERATOR: Because of the strong discharge noise, the radar is completely unusable. PAETA: Isn't the enemy fleet located yet? YANG: Isn't that okay sir? Our mission is to hide from enemy eyes, approach the Iserlohn Fortress, and attack. In this case, shouldn't we ignore the enemy fleet? PAETA: (Turning to Yang, with a angry voice) Commodore Yang Wenli, I am the commander of this fleet! YANG: Sigh ... I know sir. But as an operation advisor, I must ... PAETA: Then please limit your advising to operation planning. This is already the battle field. Operations don't always go as planned! If the enemy appears, we will crush them. YANG: Yes, sir. If commander says so, my job here is over. PAETA: That is correct. I will show the difference between an operation advisor with little experience and the way to operate a real battle. YANG: Yes, sir. I WILL watch it closely. (Salutes) Now then ... now then ... (leaves) Yang enters a small room, with a sofa and a table and a window. Attenborough is sitting on the sofa and drinking coffee. Yang takes a seat on the table. ATTENBOROUGH: Mmm? Did you do it again with the commander? YANG: Not really. If the commander hates my advice, then let it be. I said what I should. I did a pay's worth work. ATTENBOROUGH: Then now time to just watch? I guess that's okay. But I wouldn't want to die keeping a commander like him company. (tries to hand a cup to Yang) Would you like some coffee? YANG: No. No thanks. Why do military men like such a tactless mud water? ATTENBOROUGH: I know you only like tea, but isn't it okay right now? It's part of the pay. YANG: (takes the coffee cup) Mmm, Oh ya! If it's so, then I'll have some. (Drinks the coffee) ATTENBOROUGH: Yes, there's no way we would do anything without drinking. He takes out a small brandy bottle and puts some in the coffee Suddenly there is an announcement. ANNOUNCEMENT: To the Second Fleet of the Alliance force. All ships rise above the cloud and concentrate on scanning. As soon as the enemy is located, begin fighting and concentrate on destroying the enemy fleet. Good luck! ATTENBOROUGH: We don't even have time to drink. Yang and Attenborough finishes their drinks and stand up. YANG: They are telling us to do a pay's work while on duty. Suddenly the ship tilts. YANG: Oops. What a bad driving. ATTENBOROUGH: We can get drunk before drinking. YANG: That's right. They throw away the cups and leaves the room. The scene changes, and the alliance battleships emerge out of the clouds. On the bridge of Patoroklos the mood is very tense. NAVIGATOR: The Second Fleet is coming out of the cloud. OPERATOR: A positive sign, confirm, confirm... NAVIGATOR: That...that's ... PAETA: What's wrong? In Brunhilde's bridge, a beep goes off, and arrows and triangles appear on the viewer. OPERATOR: This...this is a... a positive sign. Enemy signs! KIRCHEIS: What's their location? In Patoroklos 's bridge is a similar situation. OPERATOR: Many high thermal objects approaching. More readings. RADARMAN: Enemy! Enemy! PAETA: Calm down. Where are they? OPERATOR: ... radar readings ...? RADARMAN: There! (pointing at the screen) PAETA: What!? OPERATORS: Ohhhh.... Yang also looks at the screen. The Imperial battleships including the Brunhilde are directly ahead. On the Brunhilde's bridge, an operator reports. OPERATOR: Enemy ship readings. Directly in front of us. In front of us! Rheinhard looks at the viewer with interest. Patoroklos and Brunhilde approach each other. Rheinhard gets up from his chair and orders. RHEINHARD: Start firing. Avoid crashing into the enemy and fire at them. The Patoroklos and the Brunhilde are very close now. Paeta is emotionally barking his orders, while hitting the panel in front of him. PAETA: Start firing! Fire! Don't mind crashing into them! Yang and Attenborough look at each other in amazement at the order. Both fleets begin firing. Flashes of lightning start in the surrounding clouds. The Patoroklos and the Brunhilde pass close by each other while firing at each other. The Patoroklos is lightly damaged. On the bridge of the Brunhilde: OPERATOR: All ships have avoided crashing. No damage. The position for regrouping please. RHEINHARD: The current positions are fine. All ships continue fighting with each captain and commander's decisions. Aboard the Patoroklos : OPERATOR: Damage to our fleet is minimal. PAETA: Minimal damage!? Of course! The enemy is not even damaged! We are few times greater in number. So why don't you smash into them! Our fleet will win by the sheer number! Yang is disgusted at this, and turns to Attenborough. YANG: Would anybody do a suicide attack now a days? ATTENBOROUGH: Especially when that commander will get credited for it. One of the Alliance battleships makes a 180 degree turn and continues firing. Both sides continue firing and fighting. Again on the bridge of Patoroklos: OPERATOR: ... but ally and enemy fleet are barely damaged. PAETA: If they came to intercept us, why aren't they making a more aggressive attack? The battle continues. Aboard an Imperial battleship, Mittermeyer commands. MITTERMEYER: This is a waste of ammunition, but it's better than wasting lives. But he doesn't waste anything ... Aboard another Imperial battleship is Reuental. REUENTAL: He is planning something. But probably only that red-haired partner of his can understand it right now. (smiles) The Brunhilde continues firing. The thunder and lightning are getting heavier in the atmosphere. On the bridge: OPERATOR: From enemy and allied fire, the temperature of the atmosphere is rising. KIRCHEIS: If the atmospheric temperature rises, an ascending current will occur. RHEINHARD: I don't like leaving life to the wind... KIRCHEIS: It's a different story if we are making that wind. Suddenly the firing stops. Aboard the Patoroklos : PAETA: What is the matter? OPERATOR: There is no wind. Possibly because of the heat released from the battle. PAETA: Good. It will be easier fighting without the winds. We are in the advantage in number. YANG: (turning at Attenborough with a worried look) The wind has stopped!? In the Brunhilde's bridge, Rheinhard stands and orders: RHEINHARD: All ships ascend, rapidly! The Brunhilde ascends rapidly and other Imperial ships follow. On Patoroklos 's bridge: OPERATOR: Enemy fleet is ascending rapidly. PAETA: Are they running away, coming this far? Suddenly the ship gets shaken vigorously. PAETA: What now? OPERATOR: It is the wind! A strong wind. The gas clouds are being sucked up by the winds. OPERATOR: Wind velocity 6000 KM/hr. Cold atmospheric gas is coming into the heated atmosphere. Some of the Alliance ships smash into each other because of the strong wind. On Patoroklos 's bridge, a display, labeled "situation", explains the situation to Paeta. PAETA: For the time being, evacuate to the outside of the clouds. YANG: (taking a step forward, with a strong voice) No, sir. We should ascend. All ships should leave from the surface of the planet. PAETA: Shut up! If we ascend, we will be shot down by the enemy. Can't you even see that!? Stupid inexperienced guy! YANG: (Still with a strong voice) Yes, we probably will get shot, BUT ... (suddenly with a softer voice) No ... you were the commander of the fleet ... PAETA: Leave! You are annoying. OPERATOR: Enemy damage ... allies regroup around the flagship Patoroklos ... where's the left wing fleet... Yang salutes, with melancholy eyes, and leaves to the back of the bridge where Attenborough waits. ATTENBOROUGH: Why ascend? YANG: If I were the enemy commander, I could wipe out this fleet with one shot. ATTENBOROUGH: What ... ! YANG: What's the composition of this planet's atmosphere? ATTENBOROUGH: !!! YANG: Yup, helium and hydrogen. One match is the cause of a fire. But I don't think there's anybody in the enemy fleet that can think of such a dangerous fire play. Meanwhile in the Brunhilde's bridge: RHEINHARD: Fire the nuclear fusion missile. KIRCHEIS: Target, the surface of the planet. RHEINHARD: (Turns to Kircheis with a smile) That's right. Imperial fleet is leaving the atmosphere. A missile is shot from the Brunhilde. The missile passes right through the Allied fleet. On the Patoroklos bridge: OPERATOR: Enemy missile has passed by. No damage. PAETA: Hahahah, bad shooters, what are they aiming for!? Yang and Attenborough look at each other. Yang gestures to Attenborough. Attenborough nods and walks to the helm and pretends to loose his balance. ATTENBOROUGH: Ooooooops!!! (pushing several levers) HELMS: What are you doing? That's the ascending levers! (trying to get the levers back) ATTENBOROUGH: Oops, sorry, I just got dizzy. Attenborough cleverly pushes the helmsman back. The Patoroklos ascends rapidly through the atmosphere. Leaving the other ships behind. Suddenly there is a big explosion, many ships are destroyed. The screens are full of the views of the explosion. Paeta is shocked. OPERATOR: Damage to the Alliance forces is 4/5. PAETA: It can't be ... Such thing can't ... OPERATOR: Operation orders please. PAETA: (still shocked) All ships retreat promptly .... OPERATOR: All ships retreat promptly. YANG: Only this order is correct... Meanwhile on Brunhilde's bridge: OPERATOR: Enemy fleet is retreating. RHEINHARD: Operation completed. We will return to the Iserlohn Fortress. The Imperial fleet starts retreating too. Mittermeyer and Reuental talk to each other through a comm. MITTERMEYER: Beats me. Have you ever seen such a bold tactic? REUENTAL: I'm glad he wasn't my enemy. Meanwhile, in the gun room, Kurt stands up and walks toward soldier A who is still frightened from the battle. KURT: It's over. (helps B loosen his grip from the trigger) What's the matter...? We are lucky for today. Meanwhile in the orbit of Legmiza is the Alliance fleet. On the almost empty bridge, Yang talks with Attenborough. YANG: So there was a commander in the enemy who could think of the same thing as me. ATTENBOROUGH: If I didn't get dizzy, we would be dead. YANG: Yah ... But if I requested the ascending more strongly, the other ships might have been saved too ... ATTENBOROUGH: Please do not worry about it. This is the limit under a stubborn commander. In contrast the enemy ... YANG: Hmm ... I wonder who it was that could think of a plan like this. The commander of that white ship ...? The Brunhilde fades in. Directly in front of the fleet is the Iserlohn Fortress. FLEET OPERATOR: Iserlohn Fortress headquarters, expedition fleet has completed the mission. Please guide in docking sequence. Muckenberger sees the Brunhilde through a monitor while listening to the incoming request. MUCKENBERGER: Coming this far, I will have to let him in. FLEGEL: (with hate) He is quite lucky. MUCKENBERGER: But how long will his luck last? Right outside the Fortress, the expedition fleet awaits directions. FORTRESS OPERATOR: Expedition fleet, dock in sequential order using the 8661 hatch to 9754 hatch on the left wing of the Fortress. FLEET OPERATOR: Confirmed. Starting with the Brunhilde, the expedition fleet begins landing. The surface of the Fortress is covered with liquid metal, the ships first slowly touch and then submerge into the liquid metal. This looks like ships touching an image on a mirror, and dancing. The ships travel through the liquid metal. The ships docks. Rheinhard and Kircheis meet Muckenberger and Flegel in the main hall. MUCKENBERGER: I will credit you for defeating the enemy at Legmiza. But it is a fact that you were lucky with the weather. To classify it as a distinguished military service, the element of luck was too strong. In the real battlefield of space, remember by heart that there are no storms. RHEINHARD: Yes, I plan to show you the real battle in the real battlefield, sir ... then ... Rheinhard salutes and leaves. Kircheis follows. As they are leaving the door, Flegel and Muckenberger look at them with hatred. FLEGEL: There won't be any more winds strong enough to strip the skirt. Kircheis runs up next to Rheinhard, and looks into Rheinhard's face wanting to say something. They ride the moving platform through the corridors. A group of pilots passes by and salutes to Rheinhard and Kircheis. RHEINHARD: It looks like they are offended by the skirt around here too. KIRCHEIS: A good transfer student in any time or any gymnasium is always envied and beaten up. But an offense to our sister is not forgivable. RHEINHARD: No. There's no point in playing against the foolish seniors. Meanwhile, the Freedom Planet Star Fleet is regrouping for an attack on the Iserlohn Fortress. In one of the flight decks, while the maintenance personnel do their job, the Spartanian pilots make a bet on the winner of the next battle. POPLAN: Okay, who will win the next battle. The allies or the enemy. Make your bet. PILOTS: Hmm...I wonder which.... KORNEFF: (pointing to two helmets) This one's for the enemy Empire, and this one's for us allies. PILOT: I'll take this side. (tosses a coin into the Ally side) PILOT: I'll take this one. (tosses a coin into the Empire side) PILOT: Me too ...(tosses a coin into the Empire side) Only one person bets for the allies. All the others bet on the Empire. POPLAN: What? There's more for the enemy. Do you guys plan to die? KORNEFF: No, Poplan. They plan to be alive by yourself and take all the money. PILOTS: Hehehe (grin) POPLAN: (with somewhat of a astonished look) If everyone is that way and nobody dies, we will end up winning. I bet on this side. Poplan tosses the coin into the helmet for the allies. Then Yang stops by. Everyone, surprised, gets up in a hurry and salutes Yang. YANG: (with a smile) What are you guys doing? POPLAN: (jokingly) Would you like to join us, sir? The other guys reprove Poplan. Yang takes out a 500 dinal bill. YANG: Hmm. Is this enough? PILOTS: (surprised) Whew! That much!? POPLAN: (surprised too) !!! That much ... Which side, sir? YANG: Mmmmm. Which side should I? Oh, I have to look up some things so. Yang hands the bill to Poplan and leaves. The pilots salutes again. POPLAN: (wandering) What should I do with this? KORNEFF: Put it in the side you think will win. POPLAN: I'm confident that I, myself, will remain alive ... Hands the helmets to Korneff and rips the bill in half. PILOTS: (surprised) Ahhh!!! He puts one of the two halves into each helmet. POPLAN: I don't know who will win! Meanwhile, in the operation headquarters, the plan for the next action of the Free Planets Star Fleet is being discussed. PAETA: The sole cause of our loss was the rapid change in the weather. I do not believe there was any mistake in the operation execution. Thus, I believe we should continue the attack on the Iserlohn Fortress. Commander Star Fleet Lobos agrees to this with a nod. Meanwhile in a study room, Yang sits and is looking at records of fighting and battles, in which there are few records of people talking and discussing. Attenborough enters the room. ATTENBOROUGH: Are you studying the war again? YANG: It's a problem. Although I'm studying the history, this is on every page of the human history. It's full of fights and quarrels. I guess I can't argue that it's not the study of war. Yang gets up from the chair and closes the file. Attenborough and Yang leave the study room and walk through the corridors. ATTENBOROUGH: That loss at the planet was determined to be caused by the weather. YANG: The result of a battle, everyone wants to blame it on luck, battlefield, and on weather. They forget that the men are fighting. They enter the small room with the sofa and coffee. On the table are tons of letters. Attenborough takes a seat on the sofa. ATTENBOROUGH: (softly) So, men decide the results of the battles. YANG: Yes, and the enemy has that commander of that white ship. (looks at the letter) Ahug, they are here again. Yang pushes the letters aside and sits on the table. a few of the letters drop to the floor. Attenborough pick up one of them and reads it. ATTENBOROUGH: From a girl who loves you ... They never decrease to they? The letters of encouragement? YANG: The mail isn't free, and paper is an important resource, too. It's hard handling these fan letters. It will be cruel to throw them away. I can't do anything about them. ATTENBOROUGH: Isn't it okay? You don't have to avoid them. You were the hero at the battle of El Facile, seven years ago. YANG: That battle was a mistake for me. Because of one victory, I'm hated by the seniors and I can't retire. ATTENBOROUGH: So, the allies need a young hero. YANG: The wage is too low for a advertising talent. Well, I only have to do a pay's work ... in this kind of a foolish war. ATTENBOROUGH: Even in such a foolish war? YANG: Hahah ... Don't say it ... yes, since sometime, I keep thinking ... of a way to win this war. Although it's a plan that a stubborn commander will never approve. Attenborough silently listens to this. Suddenly an alarm goes off, and there is an announcement. ANNOUNCEMENT: An order to depart has been made. Starting this evening at 18:00,depart to conquer the Iserlohn Fortress. YANG: (depressed) Haaaa ... It's really foolish. Yang looks silently out of the window at the Free Planets Star Fleet battleships. Meanwhile at Iserlohn Fortress, the report of the Freedom Planets Star Fleet attack is coming in. REPORT: There has been a report of an enemy attack launch. Possible battle field is Iserlohn Corridor, Tiamat. Estimated enemy arrival time, tomorrow morning at 09:30. In the Iserlohn operation headquarters, the commanding officers meet to hear the plan for the battle. A spherical 3-D display in the center shows the plan. MUCKENBERGER: All the ships of the Space Fleet at Iserlohn Fortress will dispatch and completely destroy the enemy. Men assigned for tomorrow's battle will be granted free action inside the Fortress until tomorrow 06:00. I'll be counting on you. Good luck and rest well. I'll be counting on you. The display disappears and the commanders stand at once. Rheinhard stands up last. MUCKENBERGER: (coldly) Now, I assign Admiral Rheinhard von Museal's expeditionary fleet to the left wing of the attacking fleet, although he has just arrived. The commanders are surprised at this, and look at Muckenberger. COMMANDERS: What... the left wing...that's impossible ... RHEINHARD: (also surprised) The left wing ... !? MUCKENBERGER: Are you not satisfied? The left wing is the most important in attacking. But if you are scared, you may decline. RHEINHARD: No, if you order so, I will gladly accept it, sir. Rheinhard salutes and leaves. The other commanders also salute and leave. FLEGEL: Sir? Are you really going to leave the left wing to him? MUCKENBERGER: I, the commander, decide whether the left wing is the most important. Flegel bows. Meanwhile, in the downtown part of the Fortress, the soldiers take the advantage and are relaxing. Suddenly, the street monitor turns on. The soldiers walking by stop and listen. Tonio and Kurt are among this small crowd. ANNOUNCER: The battle that will take place at Tiamat, tomorrow morning, is planned to be named as "The Fourth Tiamat Battle." We wish you, on behalf of the Emperor, will do your best. As the announcement ends, everyone continues on their way. TONIO: Even the name of the battle is planned. Maybe even the winner is planned. KURT: No one will win. The war has been going on for 150 years and no one has won yet. Now .... Suddenly, as A and B pass by a bar, two soldiers come out fighting. A and B ignore the fight and continues walking. KURT: ... there's no way that one fight will decide it. It will be another light loss. It's almost planned. TONIO: A planned action.... KURT: There's something not planned. Which of us will die. We can't get it from reading the schedules ... so since we are planned to live today... Tonio and Kurt pass by another bar. Kurt spots nice women inside through the window. KURT: Wow, a nice woman. Let's go. TONIO: But I'm... KURT: Don't worry about it. They enter the small somewhat dirty bar. There are many soldiers inside. All of them are singing a song in German. Tonio is surprised at this. KURT: They are all assigned to go out tomorrow. Then, two women from the bar come up and invite the two to a table. WOMEN: Come on! KURT: Okay! Okay! Suddenly the scene changes to a nice big clean room with a beautiful chandelier and a nice classic live piano performance. It is the bar only for officers. They are having a nice quiet and relaxed time. At a corner, Reuental and Mittermeyer are having a game of pool. Reuental has just missed and Mittermeyer aims his shot. MITTERMEYER: Keep the most important left wing. It's fishy. REUENTAL: How do the guys of this Fortress think about Admiral Museal. Mittermeyer makes his shot. MITTERMEYER: Most of them... Enemy (shoots) Enemy (shoots) Enemy (shoots) and ally (hits but misses) REUENTAL: (easily makes his shot) We will knock off the enemies. (gets the last ball and wins the game) He will probably do the same thing. Mittermeyer tosses Reuental a coin. REUENTAL: This makes it even. MITTERMEYER: It's always a draw with you. Suddenly they hear disgusting laughs. Mittermeyer turns in wonder. Four low ranked officers are making jokes looking at a 3-D hologram of Rheinhard's sister, Annerose, in a magazine. OFFICER A: Picture magazines today don't worry even if it's about the Imperial household. Heheheheheh!!! OFFICER B: The favorite of the Emperor. OFFICER C: This is the older sister of that new admiral. OFFICER D: I can't stand it! Hehehe! She really hot! (turns the page, and a hologram of Annerose and the emperor appears.) Even if I'm the Emperor, in those wrinkled arms, they do the uffun, ahhan's. OFFICER A: (Stands up and makes gestures) Uffun, ahhan!!! And now the younger brother is wealthy and powerful. Thanks to the prostituting sister! FOUR OF THEM: Hehehehehehe! One of them turns the page back to the hologram of Annerose alone. Mittermeyer still looking at the four from a distance, holds up the pool stick, turns to Reuental. MITTERMEYER: Shall we do it? REUENTAL: You will be charged for over-protecting yourself ... holding that. FOUR OF THEM: heheheeeeh! OFFICER A: (Trying to look under the skirt) But is he really under there? OFFICER C: Hah? OFFICER A: That blond admiral under the skirt. OFFICER C: Hahah! Stupid, it's a 3-D hologram, nothing's in there! Hahahah!!! OFFICER A: Although I know, I wanna take a peek. Suddenly Officer A is punched an falls to the floor. The magazine goes flying away. The piano performance stops. OFFICER D: What do you think you are doing!? LOUISE: Don't ask for a fight!!! OFFICER B: Asking for a fight? What are you talking about!? WHIN: You dishonored our admiral!! OFFICER D: So, the staff under that young guy, hah!? A severe fight starts. Tables and glassware breaks. MITTERMEYER: (now without the pool stick) Looks like we got out ran. REUENTAL: They seem to be from our fleet. MITTERMEYER: We can't leave them. We live under the same roof. Mittermeyer looks at Reuental for agreement. As Mittermeyer and Reuental are about to run up and enter the fight, a gun shot is heard and the chandelier is shot down. It breaks with a great noise on the floor. The fight is temporary stopped by the noise. Everyone turns to the entrance. KIRCHEIS: (Loudly) Stop it! (puts his gun away, and softly to the piano player) Please continue the performance. As the music gets going again, Kircheis walks up to Mittermeyer and Reuental, making a like acknowledgement to them, and walks up to Whin and Louise. Mittermeyer and Reuental follow. The fight has been stopped by the appearance of the superior officers. Whin and Louise salute Kircheis. Officers A, B, C, D just look in amazement. KIRCHEIS: Lieutenant Junior Grade Louise Helm and Ensign Whin Vanderberg, correct? I am Commander Siegfried Kircheis, under the immediate command of the admiral. Do not do any unnecessary fighting. The only opponent you must fight is tomorrow's enemy. WHIN: Yes, sir! ... But... KIRCHEIS: What. WHIN: How did you know our name, sir? We are only a crew of a cruiser... KIRCHEIS: As long as you are a member of our fleet, it is no surprise. Even the admiral knows your names. LOUISE: The admiral does!? KIRCHEIS: Although he might forget the names of other commanders of other fleets, he remembers the names of the members his own fleet. Admiral Rheinhard von Museal is such a person. MITTERMEYER: Yes, and that admiral is telling you not to have any unnecessary fights. REUENTAL: (looking at officers A, B, C, D) Those guys are not even worth fighting against. LOUISE and WHIN: Ohhh ... REUENTAL: This is the way. This is why our fleet is strong. Kircheis nods in agreement with soft kind eyes and a smile. The scene changes. Kircheis enters Rheinhard's room, and walks up to him. Rheinhard is resting in his chair. RHEINHARD: How are our fellow staff members doing? KIRCHEIS: As usual. RHEINHARD: Okay ... It's finally tomorrow. KIRCHEIS: Yes, it is tomorrow. Rheinhard quietly nods, then closes his eyes and rests. Kircheis bows lightly and leaves the room. The scene changes to a view of the Iserlohn Fortress. It looks like a sphere of liquid metal. Then some bright dots are moving. Each of the dots is in fact a Imperial battleship. Many of these bright dots travel through the darkness of space, among them is Rheinhard's fleet. On the bridge of the Brunhilde, Rheinhard, Kircheis, and Mecklinger watch the main viewer which displays a simplified tactical display of the entire fleet. The Imperial forces enter the Tiamat system. Muckenberger, aboard his fleet flagship, also looks at the tactical. The Tiamat system is displayed. Then the Free Planets Star Fleet is displayed in red color on the other side of the Tiamat system. Finally, the Imperial fleet is displayed in a pale greenish color. MUCKENBERGER: Left wing, advance. The left wing, in the tactical display advances toward the Freedom Planets Star Fleet. Reuental, aboard his ship, stands up in astonishment from his chair. REUENTAL: (in surprise) Advance !? RHEINHARD: (orders calmly from his chair) Left wing fleet, advance. Rheinhard's fleet begins advancing toward the enemy fleet. Mittermeyer, on his bridge, stands up in worry. MITTERMEYER: Why aren't the center or the right wing advancing? If we continue, our fleet will become the bait for the enemy! Meanwhile, Muckenberger is very calm on his bridge. MUCKENBERGER: How will the enemy eat this bait? On the bridge, of the Brunhilde, Rheinhard and Kircheis are very calm. KIRCHEIS: (calmly) Just as expected, the admiral fleet commander is going to make us the sacrifice. RHEINHARD: (somewhat disgusted) What a fool. If he wants it, we will have to deal accordingly. Continue advancing. MECKLINGER: (quietly) But, continuing this, we will only be waiting to get destroyed. KIRCHEIS: Chief of Staff, sir, the admiral has a plan. MECKLINGER: (surprised, but still quietly) !! Surely not the ... the plan!? RHEINHARD: Yes, chief. Well done, you have figured out my plan. MECKLINGER: But isn't the danger too big? RHEINHARD: I know the danger. But is there other way to save our fleet? MECKLINGER: Yes, you are correct, sir. Meanwhile in the cannon firing room, Kurt is ready and glares at his aiming display. He notices that Tonio is asleep. KURT: Too much playing around in the night? Tonio wakes up. KURT: Never mind. Go back to sleep. (Tonio sleeps again; Kurit murmurs to himself) If we are going to die anyway, it would he easier while asleep. Rheinhard's left wing fleet continues advancing. Meanwhile in the Freedom Planets Star Fleet side, they too wonder why only the left wing is advancing. On Patoroklos 's bridge, a tactical, Imperial fleet in blue and ally in orange. (Notice that the in the tactical, the Empire uses a Gothic style font and the Free Planets use a plainer SF style font.) Then a "satellite view" is displayed and shows the left wing of the enemy fleet (Brunhilde is also visible). OPERATOR: Enemy left wing fleet, still continues advancing. Distance 16000. The main force in the middle is not moving. Distance 14000 now ... velocity 500 per second ... distance now 12000... PAETA: Ridiculous! Are they willing to become bait for us? Or is this some kind of a trick? YANG: (quietly, stands in the back of the bridge with Attenborough) Even if it is a trick, that fleet is too precious for a bait. The commander of that white ship is commanding that fleet ... Maybe ... ATTENBOROUGH: !? YANG: If that is the bait, the Imperial force is trying intentionally to erase a capable person. ATTENBOROUGH: Then, it's ... YANG: There are many discords even inside the Empire. Rheinhard's fleet still continues advancing. Aboard one of the Imperial cruiser are Louise and Whin. They are operators on the bridge. LOUISE: (to Whin) It's a suicide! WHIN: Even if we know it, we can't disobey an order. LOUISE: Damn. The guys in the Fortress really hate the skirt. WHIN: Then, I should have hit them more. Still, the fleet continues advancing. Aboard the Free Planets Star Fleet flagship, Lobos watches the tactical showing enemy left wing closing in to them. LOBOS: All Alliance forces advance. OPERATOR: Fleet, advance. LOBOS: Aim for advancing enemy fleet. Meanwhile, in the Imperial flagship, Muckenberger sits calmly. MUCKENBERGER: As soon as the enemy fleet is in range, begin firing. There is no need to think about the damage to the left wing fleet in the foreground. The FP forces are ready to attack. Rheinhard's fleet is almost in range. OPERATOR: Enemy left wing fleet is 5000 away from effective firing range. YANG: They will be shot from both sides. ATTENBOROUGH: They will be wiped out for sure. YANG: But he doesn't stop advancing. What is he thinking of? The left wing still continues advancing. Rheinhard, Kircheis, and Mecklinger look quietly at the main viewer. Aboard the Patoroklos , "A telescope view" shows Rheinhard's fleet approaching. Paeta, Yang, and Attenborough watch the display quietly. Whin, Louise, Kurt are all worried. Only Tonio continues to sleep. As the left wing is almost in range, Muckenberger and Flegel smile. The tactical shows the left wing right in front of the Free Planets Star Fleet. The main fleets of both sides are also closing in on each other. OPERATOR: Enemy fleet will enter our firing range. MUCKENBERGER: Stand by to fire. Suddenly, Rheinhard stands up and orders with a sharp voice. RHEINHARD: Now! All ship turn to the right! The Brunhilde begins turning. MITTERMEYER: Fleet! Turn to the right! REUENTAL: To the right! The entire fleet begins turning. Muckenberger's tactical shows Rheinhard's fleet turn and cross through the two fleets. Muckenberger stands from his chair in astonishment. MUCKENBERGER: What!? FLEGEL: !!! ??? The Free Planets Star Fleet side is also surprised. "A telescope view" shows the Imperial fleet moving right in front of them. PAETA: What is the enemy thinking of!? They show their bellies as though they want us to fire at them. YANG: (realizes, exclaims to himself) That's it. PAETA: This must be a trap. There's something going on ... YANG: (steps forward) No, now! Attack now! PAETA: (sharply) What are you saying! This is a trick. Attack will be after we figure out what they are up to. YANG: (strongly) It will be too late then. PAETA: (angry) Keep quiet in the battlefield! I am the commander! Yang regretfully stops. The tactical shows the Imperial fleet finishing crossing and approaching the flank of the right wing of the Ally's fleet. OPERATOR: Enemy fleet is turning. They will be in the flank of our left wing. PAETA: Fleet, turn to the left. YANG: There is no time for that! PAETA: What? YANG: Enemy main fleet is right in front of us! PAETA: !!! Paeta looks at the main screen. "A telescope view" now shows Rheinhard's fleet finishing crossing and the Imperial main fleet is just beyond them. In Muckenberger's flagship, an operator reports. OPERATOR: Enemy force in close range! MUCKENBERGER: Begin firing! Paeta also orders to his fleet. PAETA: Begin firing! Both sides begins firing. The battle begins. Only Rheinhard's fleet is outside of the fighting. A tactical displays the two fleets in close range, and Rheinhard's fleet on the side. Both the Imperial and ally sides are being damaged. Notice that in the Imperial tactical, as fires are crossed, the image of the fleet gets eaten away. FLEGEL: How did this happen? MUCKENBERGER: Look. The fleet that was suppose to be the bait is now in the best position. The bait has become the main fleet. In his chair, Rheinhard smiles. MECKLINGER: (relieved from the pressure) But admiral, you are a very bold person. RHEINHARD: Only this time. After we win this battle, I will never use such an evil method. Rheinhard looks at the main viewer which shows the two fleets fighting. Meanwhile, Muckenberger is worried. MUCKENBERGER: That kid! FLEGEL: We will run into the enemy fleet, head to head! MUCKENBERGER: I know. A total power battle. The only way is a fight of the numbers. Both fleets advance, now trying to surround each other. An ally tactical warns, the enemy is starting to surround the Free Planets Star Fleet. A blue solid is on the side, which represents Rheinhard's fleet. As the battle continues, the 'suffer' counter quietly increases from 6113 to 6294. The ally tactical now shows the Imperial force and ally force both trying to engulf each other, but the blue solid on the side does not move. The "suffer" counter quietly continues to rise and is now at 12501. In the Ally operation headquarters, the main staff discusses the situation. GREENHILL: The losses on our side are: 18651 ships and 2280000 casualties. Disregarding the number of ships, our numbers of death are lower than the enemy's. LOBOS: The problem is not the number of personnel alive, but the number of ships capable of fighting! GREENHILL: The loss of ships also is lower for us. But there is an undamaged fleet in the enemy. (Everyone is very worried about this.) If that fleet starts attacking, we will be wiped out. LOBOS: Why didn't anyone attack when that fleet crossed the front of our fleet? Paeta is shamed and looks down on the table. Meanwhile in Muckenberger's flagship, Muckenberger is worried too. MUCKENBERGER: We can win by number only if we count that kid's fleet. FLEGEL: But would that fleet help us after trying to make them the bait? MUCKENBERGER: It's not the way of a Imperial military man to ask for help from a thrown away force. FLEGEL: Even if we win, you will not be able to avoid being charged for responsibilities. MUCKENBERGER: A military man does not avoid responsibilities. (stares at Flegel) We can't ask for help from that kid. Meanwhile, aboard the Brunhilde, Rheinhard and Kircheis watch the battle calmly. RHEINHARD: Everything will be decided by how we move. KIRCHEIS: Yes. RHEINHARD: The authorities of the military will only be displeased, even if I help them. KIRCHEIS: You must know, Rheinhard, sir, that the hate of ten commanders is totally outweighed by the gratitude of the several millions of soldiers who will be saved. RHEINHARD: Yes .... that is right. Aboard the Imperial flagship, an operator reports as the tactical shows Rheinhard's fleet attacking the FP fleet. OPERATOR: The left wing fleet has begun to attack. MUCKENBERGER: (without the tone of hatred as before) Helping us ... That kid thinks he's the cavalry. Rheinhard's fleet begins firing. Now, the Free Planets Star Fleet is in serious trouble. GREENHILL: (slamming the table) There is no time now! LOBOS: Do you have a plan? GREENHILL: A small number of ships will penetrate to the back of the enemy fleet, and pretend to attack enemy Fortress. (the 3-D display in the middle of the table shows this plan) In the meantime the main fleet will escape. LOBOS: A decoy! But the fleet going to the Fortress will probably never come back. Who will do the job for us? Everyone, including Greenhill, can not say anything. YANG: I will do it. (Everyone is surprised) PAETA: You ... are Commodore Yang Wenli! Yang and Attenborough walk through the corridors. ATTENBOROUGH: What's the matter. Volunteering... it's not like you. YANG: Then why did you volunteer too? ATTENBOROUGH: We will be waiting to be wiped out staying here. (They enter an elevator.) If I'm going to die, it will be better under your command. YANG: (pressing the buttons in the elevator) You overestimate me. (bit more seriously) I only want to pay my debts. ATTENBOROUGH: (surprised) Pay your debts? YANG: (seriously) At the Legmiza, too, if I had argued with the commander stronger, The casualties might not have been that high. This time too, if I had forced them to attack that fleet, the result might not been this bad ... ATTENBOROUGH: (seriously too) But would a commander who had thought up such an astonishing plan be caught with this kind of a plan? YANG: (lightly) If it was me, I wouldn't be. But I think this plan is worth trying. As the battle continues, Yang reports from the battleship Ulysses. YANG: The decoy fleet under the command of Commodore Yang Wenli is departing. LOBOS: (from his flagship) Good luck, everyone! GREENHILL: (At a phone in the rear) What? Is that true? LOBOS: (noticing Greenhill) What is it? GREENHILL: Yes, sir. Even if you say everyone, it is only the three people aboard the battleship Ulysses. The rest is unmanned remote control ships. LOBOS: (surprised) Only three! Yang's decoy fleet leaves. On the bridge, Yang looks at the tactical, which plots their path. YANG: I'm sorry captain. I wish I could navigate this ship but... NILSON: This ship is a restive horse. There's no way I can leave it to a layman. (there is a beep) We have penetrated the enemy zone of control! YANG: Well done! ATTENBOROUGH: Now, it's party time! (pushes a button) A vast number of dummies are shot out from the ships. In the Imperial flagship, a tactical shows enemy fleet, behind the Imperial fleet, heading for Iserlohn. OPERATOR: There is enemy sign in the flanks! They are advancing toward the Fortress! FLEGEL: (worried) Oh no! Our line to the Fortress will be cut! MUCKENBERGER: Main fleet, retreat and defend the Fortress! Meanwhile aboard the Brunhilde, Rheinhard and Kircheis are calm. OPERATOR: Main fleet is retreating. KIRCHEIS: They've been caught by an enemy diversion. RHEINHARD: Fools. In the Free Planets side, the tactical, labeled "THE ENEMY: THE MAIN FLEET STEP BACK", shows the Imperial forces retreating. It also shows the decoy fleet in the other side of the Imperial forces. OPERATOR: Enemy's main fleet is retreating. LOBOS: They went for it. All forces, full attack on enemy fleet. While keeping the enemy contained, retreat. GREENHILL: The problem is, how long we can keep the enemy fooled. The Free Planets Star Fleet advances, while the Imperial force retreats. The Imperial fleet is damaged heavily. Aboard, the Brunhilde, Rheinhard and Kircheis are still calm. OPERATOR: The main force in the middle is heavily damaged. KIRCHEIS: The main fleet has gone for the enemy decoy. RHEINHARD: We can't leave them. Rear Admiral Mittermeyer. (Mittermeyer appears on the screen) It's an unnecessary trouble, but please erase the enemy ghost. MITTERMEYER: The enemy decoy. Twelve fast cruising battleships are already on their way. RHEINHARD: (surprised) Only twelve ships. MITTERMEYER: Are any more necessary against an enemy decoy? RHEINHARD: (calmly) Of course. Twelve is enough. Imperial battleships head toward Yang's decoy fleet. YANG: It's a welcoming party. The unmanned cruisers and the dummies are destroyed. In the Imperial flagship, the tactical image of the Allies fleet heading for Iserlohn is quickly eaten up, and disappears. OPERATOR: From the left wing fleet: Enemy fleet attacking the Fortress is an enemy decoy. There is no need to retreat. MUCKENBERGER: Okay then, finish them. The Imperial forces begins advancing toward the Free Planets Star Fleet. A tactical, labeled "WARNING: ENEMY MAKE A COUNTERATTACK", in the ally flagship displays the situation. LOBOS: Ohhhh!!! The battle continues in the center of the Tiamat System. Now, the Free Planets Star Fleet is loosing badly. The battle is now in very close range. The allies dispatch the Spartanians. The Imperial fleet responds by dispatching the Walkures. A dogfight begins. Poplan, with the spade on his helmet, destroys an Imperial destroyer. An Imperial destroyer drops a bomb on an ally battleship and destroys it. Korneff, with a club on the helmet, destroys an Imperial destroyer. Rheinhard, Kircheis, Reuental, and Mittermeyer watches the enemy being conquered. A Freedom Planet's tactical, labeled "THE ENCLOSEING COMPLEATED" (it's misspelled in the movie itself), shows the Imperial fleet almost completely surrounding the ally fleet. Lobos is completely helpless and falls into his chair. As the Imperial ships are busy advancing and their victory seems close, a Freedom Plants Star Fleet battleship Ulysses sneaks in the Imperial fleet from the rear and stops directly under the Brunhilde. A screen in the bridge of the Brunhilde confirms this. Everyone is surprised. OPERATOR: Enemy ship! Location is immediately below us. RHEINHARD: (surprise) What!? Reuental hears the report. OPERATOR: Enemy ship is not firing. But if they do, the admiral's ship will be completely destroyed. REUENTAL: (To himself) Damn. It's like a hostage. (orders) Cease firing. Mittermeyer hears the same report aboard his ship. MITTERMEYER: Don't anybody attack! The Imperial fleet stops firing. Meanwhile, aboard the Free Planets Star Fleet flagship, the screen shows the Brunhilde directly in front. Paeta is talking to Lobos through a small screen. PAETA: Now is the chance for a full attack, sir. LOBOS: What are you saying. If we attack now and destroy the enemy flagship, the enemy will attack in wrath. (slamming the panel in front of him.) Meanwhile, a few Walkures fly by the Ulysses and the Brunhilde. YANG: It's very quiet. No one's attacking us. ATTENBOROUGH: He's precious. They don't want to kill the person up there. The Imperial fleet loosens their enclosure. The Free Planets Star Fleet passes right through the Imperial fleet, but no one fires. Rheinhard, Kircheis, and Mecklinger stand and wait quietly. WHIN: If someone fires now ... LOUISE: It's hell then. In a fire arm control room, Kurt is motionless. He takes a glance at Tonio, who continues to sleep. The Free Planets Star Fleet continues to escape. RHEINHARD: Kircheis, we can't let go the victory for my life and this ship. KIRCHEIS: (trying to stop Rheinhard) Please wait! RHEINHARD: (ignores Kircheis and continues) Attack! STEINMETZ: (stands up from his seat) Sir! Concerning the action of this ship, the authority rest on me. (Rheinhard looks at him in surprise) Admiral, please pursue your duty as the fleet commander. There is a short pause. Mecklinger looks at Rheinhard. Rheinhard's eyes soften. RHEINHARD: I am sorry. You have the right to command this ship. I will never interfere again. STEINMETZ: (nodding) We will go forward. Rheinhard nods. Mecklinger nods with a satisfaction. Kircheis looks at Mecklinger with a smile and returns his eyes to the main viewer. The two fleets move in opposite directions. In the ally flagship, the tactical, labeled "THE ENEMY: DIVIDEING STEP SIDE" (misspell in the movie), shows the Imperial fleet opening up a path. OPERATOR: There is an opening for retreat in the left. LOBOS: All ships, quickly retreat. Aboard the Ulysses, the tactical shows that the ally fleet has completed retreating. YANG: Okay, let's retreat. ATTENBOROUGH: Would we get attacked once we let go of the hostage? YANG: I don't know either. But if I was the person up there, I probably wouldn't. This battle, the Fourth Tiamat Battle, has ended. The Ulysses leaves the Brunhilde and quickly retreats. In the Brunhilde: OPERATOR: Enemy force has retreated. Shall we pursue them? RHEINHARD: There is no need for that. An unnecessary pursuit will only increase casualties. There are more battles to come in the future. KIRCHEIS: (quietly to Rheinhard) One battle has ended. RHEINHARD: Yes, it has ended. Louise and Whin relaxed in their posts. In the gun control room, Kurt is relaxing too. Tonio wakes up. TONIO: Did something happen? KURT: No. You and I are both lucky, for now. Reuental and his fellow staff toasts to their victory. Mittermeyer writes a letter to his girlfriend in the quiet bridge. Rheinhard relaxing looks at the main viewer. Several Spartanians fly through the wrecks from the battle. POPLAN: Korneff, we saved our lives again. KORNEFF: So, who won? POPLAN: I hope we did. KORNEFF: Oh? Since when did you become a patriot? POPLAN: No way! I just don't want to lose the bet! The Spartanians head for their fleet. Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Iserlohn Fortress, in front of Rudolph's statue, Muckenberger merits Rheinhard for his work. MUCKENBERGER: (proudly) Not only saving the Imperial fleet from the jeopardous situation, kept an eye on the enemy flank, you have brought an almost complete victory to us. This deserves recognition, and as the Space Fleet Commander, I ... The scene changes to the bridge of the Patoroklos. Muckenberger's voice fades out and Triunicht's voice fades in. The Free Planets Star Fleet personnel listens to his message. Only Attenborough and Yang look dissatisfied, especially Yang. TRIUNICHT: ... This is a holy war which we must continue regardless of the consequences. The only thing that will stop the invasion of an evil autocracy Empire is your devotion to your mother country. In order to defend the republic, although you might die in the war, you are pursuing the holy duty for the citizens. Being in the front line of that battle, you are the model for the democratic citizens. I, Job Triunicht, as the secretary of defense am proud of you ... Yang looks really dissatisfied with this. Meanwhile in Iserlohn, the ceremony is over. Rheinhard and Kircheis are leaving the hall. Muckenberger and Flegel look at them from the balcony. FLEGEL: He really is lucky. MUCKENBERGER: (without the hate as before the battle) Is he merely lucky? FLEGEL: Hah??? MUCKENBERGER: At least he is no longer the admiral inside the skirt ... (smiles) although he still is a conceited kid. Meanwhile in one of the Free Planets Star Fleet ships, Yang gets out of an elevator. Paeta follows. PAETA: Commodore Yang Wenli! I think I was misunderstanding you. How about a drink with me tonight. YANG: I only want to have a drink of a good tea, alone. Rheinhard, looks out from a window, in his room. Kircheis approaches him. KIRCHEIS: I have found out the name of the commander of that battleship. (Rheinhard turns to him) Commodore Yang Wenli. He once was called the Hero of El Facile. RHEINHARD: (quietly) It has become a problem, Kircheis. KIRCHEIS: Yes? RHEINHARD: Until now, I only had to think about four things. KIRCHEIS: (quietly) Yes. RHEINHARD: One, how I handle this Empire. Another, about my older sister. Then about my friends. Finally about the officers and soldiers of this fleet. But now, another that I can not ignore has appeared. Rheinhard turns to the window and continues looking at the stars. Meanwhile, in the small room with sofa, Yang sits on the table and quietly looks out of the small window, with a cup in his hand, drinking. Attenborough enters. ATTENBOROUGH: What's wrong? Don't you like the tea? YANG: (turning to him) I've found his name. ATTENBOROUGH: His? YANG: The commander of that white ship. His name is Rheinhard von Museal. Yang turns to the window again and continues looking. Meanwhile, Rheinhard repeats the name: RHEINHARD: Yang Wenli ... commodore ... Yang repeats it too: YANG: Rheinhard von Museal ... The faces of Yang and Rheinhard appears and cross with the stars as a background. Then, full images of the two separate. A narration comes in. NARRATOR: In the light of the heros that shine like star dusts, this is only the beginning of two small stars. The battle of the two heros begins here. Something in German appears. ("Herdensagen Vom Kosmosinsel" der Anfang) Then a galaxy appears and the credits scroll in. THE END --------------------------------------------------- NOTE FROM THE TRANSLATOR (Yoshiyuki Karahashi) Alteration of this script or any of the previous script versions are ABSOLUTELY forbidden without my permission. Also, spelling in this script were mostly created by Takayuki and by myself. When the OAV Ginga Eiyu Densetsu series came out, most of our guesses matched the OAV spellings. Most of the deviations are corrected in this version, but becasue some of the characters has not appeared as of the vol 10 of the OAV, their spellings still remains as our guess.