LGH 17-18
TIMING: FIRST FRAME
0:00:28.80,0:00:35.80,~  LEGEND  of the  GALACTIC HEROES
0:00:35.80,0:00:41.00,~  Chapter XVII  "Before the Storm"
0:00:46.90,0:00:58.80,~ Subtitled by fans for fans.
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0:01:26.90,0:01:32.30,~ translation by Sue Shambaugh
0:01:50.80,0:01:57.60,~ Iserlohn Fortress is an artificial satellite situated on the border between the Galactic Empire and the Free Plants Alliance.
0:01:57.60,0:01:59.70,~ Its diameter is 60 kilometers.
0:01:59.70,0:02:02.20,~ The interior, divided into several thousand strata...
0:02:02.20,0:02:05.90,~ accommodate the 20,000 ships of the stationed fleet.
0:02:05.90,0:02:07.50,~ It includes a military space-port and arsenal.
0:02:07.50,0:02:10.80,~ It provides for all the functions of a large strategic base.
0:02:10.80,0:02:14.10,~ Iserlohn holds 3 million civilians.
0:02:14.10,0:02:16.80,~ A total of 5 million people resides inside, as in a large city.
0:02:16.80,0:02:21.20,~ As part of it's oxygen supply system, there is a large vegetable farm.
0:02:21.20,0:02:24.50,~ Hydroponics farms make complete self-sufficiency possible.
0:02:24.50,0:02:25.90,~ It includes food processing...
0:02:25.90,0:02:27.30,~ Hospitals...
0:02:27.30,0:02:28.80,~ Schools...
0:02:28.80,0:02:30.30,~ Sports facilities...
0:02:30.30,0:02:31.90,~ Entertainment facilities...
0:02:31.90,0:02:33.60,~ Shops and restaurants.
0:02:33.60,0:02:36.30,~ It lacks nothing that a large modern city should have.
0:02:36.30,0:02:39.00,~ The person in charge of Iserlohn...
0:02:39.00,0:02:41.90,~ is the greatest young Admiral in the history of the Alliance Army,...
0:02:41.90,0:02:43.80,~ Yang Wen-li.
0:02:48.80,0:02:50.70,~ Oh...  thanks.
0:02:51.20,0:02:53.20,~ What are you thinking about?
0:02:53.20,0:02:56.00,~ Ah, nothing worth talking about.
0:02:56.00,0:02:57.90,~ Just thinking about winning...
0:02:57.90,0:03:01.10,~ And the human race's unlimited capacity for depravity.
0:03:01.70,0:03:05.30,~ Soldiers kill their enemies and protect their allies.
0:03:05.30,0:03:08.10,~ Cheating and outwitting strangers, day in and day out.
0:03:08.10,0:03:09.60,~ It's a worthless business.
0:03:09.60,0:03:10.70,~ Admiral...
0:03:10.70,0:03:13.70,~ Julian, if you want to be a soldier, then it can't be helped.
0:03:13.70,0:03:15.30,~ Look, Julian...
0:03:15.30,0:03:17.70,~ The army is no more than a tool.
0:03:17.70,0:03:19.70,~ It's a tool that's neither good nor bad.
0:03:19.70,0:03:24.10,~ Remember that, and try to be as harmless a tool as possible.
0:03:24.10,0:03:25.20,~ Yes, sir.
0:03:25.20,0:03:28.50,~ I used to think on that all the time.
0:03:28.50,0:03:33.10,~ Since El Facile, 9 years ago, everything's gone crazy.
0:03:33.10,0:03:38.30,~ Really, when people are promoted half-heartedly, they rapidly become corrupt, I think.
0:03:38.80,0:03:39.90,~ El Facile?
0:03:39.90,0:03:40.80,~ Yes.
0:03:40.80,0:03:44.10,~ You were on El Facile then, weren't you, Frederica?
0:03:44.10,0:03:45.70,~ Yes.  Now that you mention it,...  
0:03:45.70,0:03:48.60,~ I was about the same age then as you are now, Julian.  
0:03:50.60,0:03:54.30,~ But we couldn't depend on the adult's confusion at the time.  
0:03:54.30,0:04:00.20,~ Although the Imperial Army was drawing near, the commander of the stationed fleet was Rear Admiral Lynch.
0:04:00.20,0:04:02.40,~ The senior military escaped quickly by themselves.
0:04:02.40,0:04:06.70,~ The civilians were left behind with a dropout novice officer.
0:04:06.70,0:04:09.90,~ Drowning their sorrows in alcohol, causing hysteria, crying and screaming.
0:04:09.90,0:04:11.60,~ It became a chaotic free-for-all.
0:04:11.60,0:04:15.00,~ It was Lieutenant Yang who was calm like an adult.
0:04:15.00,0:04:19.50,~ That impression, of a dropout novice officer, isn't different now.
0:04:19.50,0:04:22.60,~ Yes, he hasn't changed very much.
0:04:22.60,0:04:25.40,~ It's occurred to me...
0:04:25.40,0:04:30.40,~ If Lieutenant Yang hadn't become a hero in that battle...
0:04:30.40,0:04:33.60,~ wouldn't he himself have been happier?
0:04:33.60,0:04:35.00,~ Maybe so.
0:04:35.00,0:04:37.20,~ As Lieutenant Yang hoped...
0:04:37.20,0:04:38.60,~ No, that's not right!
0:04:38.60,0:04:43.10,~ If he hadn't, Lieutenant Yang would now be an Imperial prisoner, in a POW camp.
0:04:43.10,0:04:44.30,~ That's right!
0:04:44.30,0:04:48.20,~ In that case, maybe these days he'd by lying in a roadside ditch.
0:04:48.20,0:04:50.00,~ You're awful, aren't you...
0:04:50.60,0:04:54.20,~ But, although the person himself hasn't changed at all...
0:04:54.20,0:04:58.90,~ because of that one small event, his whole life has changed.
0:04:58.90,0:05:00.30,~ I suppose so.
0:05:00.30,0:05:05.40,~ Up until then, Admiral Lynch hadn't been an unpopular man.
0:05:05.40,0:05:07.00,~ Do you know him well?
0:05:07.00,0:05:12.10,~ Since he was my father's junior classmate from Officers' School, I saw him many times.
0:05:12.10,0:05:15.00,~ Now that you mention it, he was eventually captured by the Imperial Army.
0:05:15.00,0:05:17.40,~ After that, I wonder what happened to him...?
0:05:18.70,0:05:20.40,~ I didn't run away!
0:05:20.40,0:05:23.30,~ If we took the civilians, they'd have been a burden.
0:05:23.30,0:05:26.80,~ So, we escaped by ourselves.
0:05:26.80,0:05:29.10,~ If we had reinforcements from the escaping allies...
0:05:29.10,0:05:32.10,~ we could have taken back El Facile in short order.
0:05:32.10,0:05:34.30,~ That bastard Yang Wen-li.
0:05:34.30,0:05:37.40,~ He took advantage of our escape.
0:05:37.40,0:05:42.00,~ In short, he kept himself alive by sacrificing us.
0:05:42.00,0:05:45.00,~ And they call him the "Hero of El Facile!"
0:05:45.00,0:05:48.30,~ And that dropout Lieutenant is now His Excellency the Admiral?
0:05:48.30,0:05:49.90,~ Shit!
0:05:49.90,0:05:51.80,~ In exchange for that, I...
0:05:51.80,0:05:55.60,~ The coward? No sense of shame?  Even in the POW camp, I'm given the cold shoulder.
0:05:55.60,0:06:00.00,~ Rumor has it both my wife and children have been dropped from the family register.
0:06:03.60,0:06:07.90,~ Well, perhaps my decision then was a mistake.
0:06:07.90,0:06:13.20,~ But must I be degraded this much? Must I suffer this much?
0:06:13.20,0:06:15.50,~ The army is full of bastards who've done more brutal things...
0:06:15.50,0:06:18.80,~ and more self-serving cowardly mockeries.
0:06:18.80,0:06:21.70,~ Bastards who are praised as "national heroes."  
0:06:21.70,0:06:25.20,~ Isn't that just what they call people who've committed mass murder?  
0:06:25.20,0:06:30.10,~ And they say I did something "morally inferior?"  
0:06:35.50,0:06:36.60,~ What do you think?
0:06:36.60,0:06:39.90,~ Will he suit your purposes?
0:06:41.80,0:06:43.60,~ Who are you?
0:06:43.60,0:06:46.70,~ I'm Reinhart von Lohengramm.
0:06:46.70,0:06:50.10,~ So, you're the young hero of the Empire?
0:06:50.10,0:06:52.00,~ You really are young, aren't you?
0:06:52.00,0:06:53.80,~ Do you know about El Facile?
0:06:53.80,0:06:55.60,~ How many years ago would it be...?
0:06:55.60,0:06:57.70,~ Back then you were only a child.
0:06:57.70,0:07:00.10,~ I was a Rear Admiral.
0:07:00.10,0:07:01.90,~ Lynch - listen carefully.  
0:07:01.90,0:07:05.10,~ There is a mission I wish you to perform.  
0:07:05.10,0:07:08.60,~ It you succeed, I'll appoint you Imperial Rear Admiral.
0:07:08.60,0:07:10.50,~ Rear Admiral...
0:07:10.50,0:07:12.60,~ Rear Admiral isn't bad, is it?
0:07:12.60,0:07:14.70,~ So, what must I do?
0:07:14.70,0:07:18.10,~ Infiltrate your own country, the Free Planet Alliance.
0:07:18.10,0:07:20.60,~ Stir up the discontented elements within the army,...
0:07:20.60,0:07:22.70,~ and instigate a coup d'‚tat.
0:07:23.30,0:07:25.90,~ Ridiculous!  That'd be impossible.
0:07:25.90,0:07:28.30,~ Are you saying this sober?
0:07:28.30,0:07:29.70,~ It's not impossible.
0:07:29.70,0:07:31.20,~ Here is a plan.
0:07:31.20,0:07:33.30,~ If you follow it, you cannot fail.
0:07:33.30,0:07:36.50,~ But...  If I fail, I'll die.
0:07:36.50,0:07:38.20,~ Surely I'll be executed.
0:07:38.20,0:07:40.80,~ In that case...  die.
0:07:40.80,0:07:43.90,~ Do you think there's any value in your life now?
0:07:43.90,0:07:45.70,~ You're a coward!
0:07:45.70,0:07:47.30,~ You abandoned both the civilians you were supposed to protect,
0:07:47.30,0:07:50.30,~ and deserted the troops under your command, to save your own skin.
0:07:50.30,0:07:53.70,~ Nobody will support you, no matter what excuses you give.
0:07:53.70,0:07:56.60,~ Even so, you still think your life if precious?
0:07:56.60,0:07:57.80,~ You're right.
0:07:57.80,0:08:00.00,~ It's been so long, I can never clear my dishonor.
0:08:00.00,0:08:04.80,~ In that case, why not live thoroughly shamelessly in my cowardice?
0:08:04.80,0:08:09.10,~ The matter of appointment to Rear Admiral is certain?
0:08:11.80,0:08:19.80,~ Your Excellency, Admiral Kircheis doesn't appear to be very enthusiastic about this plan.
0:08:21.00,0:08:22.80,~ It's not like that.
0:08:22.80,0:08:28.00,~ Your Excellency, I will venture to say that Admiral Kircheis will have nothing to do with this plan.
0:08:28.00,0:08:32.20,~ I'm afraid he's best employed as second-in-command of the fleet.
0:08:32.20,0:08:36.20,~ I know he's your childhood friend, but to make him High Admiral?
0:08:36.20,0:08:40.70,~ Please consider a balance with Reuental and Mittermeyer.
0:08:40.70,0:08:44.40,~ That was uncalled for, Oberstein.
0:08:44.40,0:08:46.50,~ The matter is already settled.
0:08:50.20,0:08:53.20,~ Check...  Admiral.
0:08:53.20,0:08:55.70,~ Eh? So soon?
0:08:55.70,0:08:57.70,~ Sorry to bother you while you're relaxing.
0:08:57.70,0:09:00.40,~ What is it?  I'm busy now.
0:09:00.40,0:09:03.60,~ An Imperial Warship has come as an envoy.
0:09:03.60,0:09:07.00,~ They want to meet with you on important business, Admiral.
0:09:07.00,0:09:08.10,~ I see.
0:09:08.10,0:09:09.70,~ Come calling, have they?
0:09:09.70,0:09:11.50,~ I'll be right there.
0:09:12.40,0:09:14.00,~ Ah, well...
0:09:15.40,0:09:17.50,~ Admiral, you forgot your sidearm.
0:09:17.50,0:09:19.10,~ Needless, needless.
0:09:21.40,0:09:23.30,~ Admiral...
0:09:23.30,0:09:24.80,~ You can't go empty-handed.
0:09:24.80,0:09:30.90,~ Julian...  If I had a gun, do you think I could hit what I shot at?
0:09:30.90,0:09:31.80,~ no
0:09:31.80,0:09:34.40,~ Then, there's no point in giving it to me.
0:09:34.40,0:09:35.30,~ uh
0:09:35.30,0:09:39.10,~ Incidentally, Schenkopp tells me you're taking shooting lessons?
0:09:39.10,0:09:43.10,~ Yes.  According to the General, I have an aptitude for it.
0:09:43.10,0:09:44.60,~ He's a reliable man.
0:09:44.60,0:09:47.20,~ If the time comes, I'll get you to save me. 
0:09:47.20,0:09:49.90,~ Of course I'll protect you.
0:09:49.90,0:09:51.50,~ Good lad.
0:09:52.90,0:09:55.80,~ They've come in the name of Imperial Admiral Lohengramm.
0:09:55.80,0:10:00.20,~ They say they want to exchange 2 million prisoners of war on both sides.
0:10:00.20,0:10:02.10,~ What, at a time like this?
0:10:02.10,0:10:06.20,~ A POW exchange is something for peacetime, isn't it?
0:10:06.20,0:10:07.60,~ It's suspicious, isn't it?
0:10:07.60,0:10:13.10,~ Maybe with Irwin Josef II newly acceded to the throne, it's a mutual amnesty?
0:10:13.10,0:10:14.60,~ Indeed.
0:10:14.60,0:10:17.40,~ No, that's probably the official reason.
0:10:17.40,0:10:19.50,~ The true objective must be something else.
0:10:19.50,0:10:21.60,~ Which is...?  
0:10:21.60,0:10:26.10,~ Marquis Lohengramm is finally in an armed dispute with the nobility...
0:10:26.10,0:10:28.20,~ so he's decided to set sail.
0:10:28.20,0:10:33.20,~ In the end, it may just be a measure taken to prevent our Alliance army...
0:10:33.20,0:10:36.20,~ from engaging the Empire during this dispute.
0:10:36.20,0:10:37.60,~ And so...?  
0:10:37.60,0:10:40.90,~ Under the pretense of a POW exchange, he'll sneak his agents in...
0:10:40.90,0:10:43.00,~ seeking to split the Alliance Army.  
0:10:43.00,0:10:44.20,~ What's this?  
0:10:44.20,0:10:45.50,~ How could that...?
0:10:45.50,0:10:48.00,~ It should not be possible.
0:10:48.00,0:10:53.10,~ But it may be said that our Army's unity is not a stable thing.  
0:10:53.70,0:10:57.40,~ Then, will you refuse Marquis Lohengramm's offer?  
0:10:57.40,0:10:58.80,~ I can't do that.
0:10:58.80,0:11:01.70,~ The principle of the Alliance army is civilian control.
0:11:01.70,0:11:05.10,~ I have no real authority in the matter.
0:11:05.70,0:11:10.20,~ In that case, we should inform the government of the matter.
0:11:10.20,0:11:12.40,~ There's no proof.
0:11:12.40,0:11:14.80,~ There will probably be a general election soon.
0:11:14.80,0:11:18.80,~ POWs do not vote, but repatriated soldiers do.
0:11:18.80,0:11:20.60,~ 2 million voters...
0:11:20.60,0:11:23.50,~ No, if you count their families, it's probably closer to 5 million votes.
0:11:23.50,0:11:26.60,~ I don't have the persuasive power to overcome that lure.
0:11:26.60,0:11:27.30,~ Besides...
0:11:27.30,0:11:28.30,~ Besides...?
0:11:28.30,0:11:30.10,~ If it becomes public,...
0:11:30.10,0:11:35.50,~ it will just intensify the criticism of Chairman Truniht's army.
0:11:37.60,0:11:39.70,~ Then, shall we investigate the returned soldiers...
0:11:39.70,0:11:42.70,~ and intercept the agents?
0:11:42.70,0:11:44.20,~ That's impractical.
0:11:44.20,0:11:47.80,~ I doubt we can identify them if they're mixed in with 2 million people.
0:11:47.80,0:11:52.90,~ Besides...  This is also a decoy.
0:11:52.90,0:11:56.20,~ Then,...  what do you intend to do?
0:11:57.00,0:11:58.60,~ I have an idea.
0:11:59.90,0:12:05.50,~ Just as Yang foresaw, the Alliance government accepted the Empire's offer.
0:12:10.50,0:12:14.90,~ Faithful soldiers, captured amidst the enemy, bravely fighting in vain...
0:12:14.90,0:12:18.80,~ I promise you that I will forget the infraction of your having been captured...
0:12:18.80,0:12:24.40,~ and abolish the foolish custom of reproaching you for that.  
0:12:24.40,0:12:28.20,~ All of you repatriates will be given temporary funds and leaves of absence...
0:12:28.20,0:12:32.60,~ and those who wish may return to the Army by their own volition, without penalty. 
0:12:32.60,0:12:35.20,~ All personnel will be given first-class status.
0:12:35.20,0:12:38.00,~ Our soldiers,... and heroes... 
0:12:38.00,0:12:40.30,~ There is nothing for you to be ashamed of.
0:12:40.30,0:12:42.20,~ Come home with your heads held high.
0:12:42.20,0:12:47.00,~ Any dishonor belongs to the cowardly former army leaders who drove you by incompetence to the front lines...
0:12:47.00,0:12:50.20,~ and so to circumstances where your surrender was unavoidable.
0:12:50.20,0:12:54.80,~ I, Admiral Lohengramm, also thank you all, and I must apologize.
0:12:54.80,0:12:57.80,~ Lastly, I offer my gratitude to the Free Planets Alliance,...
0:12:57.80,0:13:02.10,~ for assenting to this POW exchange for humanitarian concerns.
0:13:02.10,0:13:04.90,~ Galactic Empire Space-Fleet Commander-in-Chief...
0:13:04.90,0:13:07.70,~ Admiral Reinhart von Lohengramm.
0:13:11.10,0:13:13.20,~ Flawless.
0:13:13.20,0:13:17.50,~ Marquis Lohengramm, that will fill the 2 million vacancies.
0:13:24.60,0:13:28.40,~ He's probably a genius.
0:13:28.40,0:13:31.80,~ I'm thinking, "Isn't he packing a bomb?"  
0:13:31.80,0:13:34.10,~ It's probably not that kind of petty trick.
0:13:34.10,0:13:36.70,~ Even if he recaptured Iserlohn with this opportunity...
0:13:36.70,0:13:39.80,~ there's no advantage in it for Marquis Lohengramm.
0:13:39.80,0:13:43.90,~ Instead, the effort of maintaining the fortress would only force him to divide his forces.
0:13:43.90,0:13:45.00,~ Indeed...
0:13:45.00,0:13:46.50,~ He's a handsome man, isn't he?
0:13:46.50,0:13:49.50,~ Yes, he's quite impressive.
0:13:49.50,0:13:53.00,~ Well, that's him, huh?  A guard for Marquis Lohengramm.  
0:13:53.00,0:13:54.30,~ He is.
0:13:54.30,0:13:56.80,~ And in 10 years, if he polishes his poise in depth and maturity,...
0:13:56.80,0:14:00.20,~ he might even be a rival for ME.
0:14:03.80,0:14:05.20,~ Amazing, isn't it?
0:14:05.20,0:14:08.30,~ He's only 6 years older than me.
0:14:12.90,0:14:17.20,~ I'm Galactic Empire High Admiral Siegfried Kircheis.
0:14:17.20,0:14:18.60,~ I'm Yang Wen-Li.
0:14:18.60,0:14:20.30,~ Thanks for coming such a long way.
0:14:20.30,0:14:24.60,~ I've been wanting to meet you, Your Excellency Yang.
0:14:24.60,0:14:28.10,~ I'm glad we could meet in this kind of tradition.
0:14:28.10,0:14:30.10,~ Quite right.
0:14:30.10,0:14:32.70,~ He's so handsome...
0:14:42.90,0:14:45.60,~ Perhaps this formality is necessary,...
0:14:45.60,0:14:50.10,~ but it seems such a silly thing,... Admiral Yang.
0:14:50.10,0:14:52.40,~ I share that opinion.
0:15:02.60,0:15:04.20,~ How old are you?
0:15:04.20,0:15:06.20,~ I'll be 15 this year.
0:15:06.20,0:15:07.20,~ I see.
0:15:07.20,0:15:10.80,~ I was also 15 when I was in my first campaign.
0:15:10.80,0:15:13.80,~ I'm not in a position where I can say "good luck."
0:15:13.80,0:15:17.10,~ Stay well.
0:15:22.20,0:15:23.20,~ Hey...
0:15:23.20,0:15:26.30,~ Don't be so impressed you join the Empire.
0:15:27.70,0:15:30.80,~ Siegfried Kircheis?
0:15:30.80,0:15:32.70,~ He seemed agreeable, didn't he?
0:15:33.60,0:15:34.90,~ Strange, isn't it?
0:15:34.90,0:15:39.20,~ Liking an enemy commander better than our own politicians.
0:15:39.90,0:15:42.40,~ I didn't want to meet him.
0:15:42.80,0:15:46.50,~ Marquis Reinhart von Lohengramm.
0:15:47.80,0:15:50.80,~ Well, Julian, I'm going back the Capital Heinessen.
0:15:50.80,0:15:54.10,~ I've got to attend a welcoming ceremony for the returning soldiers.
0:16:03.30,0:16:05.60,~ This, your return home, was made possible...
0:16:05.60,0:16:10.90,~ by our government's unbending humanitarian foreign policy.
0:16:10.90,0:16:14.00,~ I want you to keep in mind that we must again join in the holy liberation campaign.
0:16:14.00,0:16:20.00,~ All of you here, raise your spirits and rest your bodies.  
0:16:20.00,0:16:22.40,~ You have returned alive to your native country.
0:16:22.40,0:16:28.00,~ However, the memory is still fresh of our dead comrades, scattered at Amlitzer, in 10 times your numbers.
0:16:28.00,0:16:28.80,~ Do not forget!
0:16:28.80,0:16:30.40,~ Julian, are the preparations set?
0:16:30.40,0:16:32.00,~ We'll slip out soon.
0:16:32.00,0:16:33.90,~ Yes, Admiral.
0:16:36.80,0:16:39.10,~ ...an unrelenting evil Empire.
0:16:39.10,0:16:40.60,~ Long live the Republic!
0:16:40.60,0:16:42.40,~ Long live the Republic!
0:16:43.00,0:16:45.10,~ Are you tired, Admiral?
0:16:45.10,0:16:47.20,~ Yeah, really tired.
0:16:47.20,0:16:49.40,~ Tired of being forced to listen to Truniht's speeches.
0:16:49.40,0:16:51.60,~ And of being confronted with them at social appointments.
0:16:51.60,0:16:54.50,~ It's all part of the job, I suppose.
0:17:00.20,0:17:04.90,~ Oh, my, it's so inconvenient avoiding the public eye like this.
0:17:04.90,0:17:07.20,~ I enjoy it, actually.  
0:17:07.20,0:17:09.90,~ It reminds me of when I was at officer's school.  
0:17:09.90,0:17:13.90,~ It was a way to wring out wisdom without violating lock-up time.
0:17:13.90,0:17:15.10,~ Oh, thanks.
0:17:15.90,0:17:17.20,~ Take a look around.
0:17:19.90,0:17:22.10,~ Well, then, can I hear the story?
0:17:22.10,0:17:23.90,~ I think so.
0:17:23.90,0:17:27.90,~ In the near future, I think there's a possibility of a coup d'‚tat in this country.
0:17:27.90,0:17:29.30,~ A Coup d'‚tat?
0:17:29.30,0:17:36.00,~ Yes.  It's the Empire's Marquis Lohengramm's plan to eliminate us as a threat.
0:17:38.20,0:17:39.50,~ Indeed.
0:17:39.50,0:17:47.40,~ It is unclear whether the group instigating the coup d'‚tat will actually be controlled by Marquis Lohengramm.
0:17:47.40,0:17:48.70,~ Yes.
0:17:48.70,0:17:52.20,~ You've thought of a complicated plot, haven't you.
0:17:52.20,0:17:56.70,~ If they try doing it, it won't take that much effort.
0:17:56.70,0:18:02.30,~ Moreover, for Marquis Lohengramm's purposes, it doesn't matter whether the coup d'‚tat succeeds.
0:18:02.30,0:18:08.00,~ It's enough if it simply divides the Alliance while he consolidates his own power.
0:18:09.10,0:18:15.20,~ Well... I must try to nip this coup d'‚tat in the bud, mustn't I?
0:18:15.20,0:18:18.50,~ Things being as they are, don't talk carelessly to others.
0:18:18.50,0:18:21.40,~ It's a heavy responsibility.
0:18:21.40,0:18:24.30,~ There's one more thing I have to tell you...
0:18:27.10,0:18:28.80,~ Indeed.  Understood.
0:18:28.80,0:18:31.60,~ I'll transfer it tomorrow morning, then.
0:18:31.60,0:18:35.10,~ Even if we don't use it, what's done is done.
0:18:35.10,0:18:37.00,~ So, then, shall we go?
0:18:37.00,0:18:37.60,~ yes
0:18:39.20,0:18:42.10,~ Oh, yes.  There's one piece of good news.
0:18:42.10,0:18:46.80,~ As you hoped, the matter of Rear Admiral Cazellnu is going well.
0:18:46.80,0:18:50.70,~ Can Rear Admiral Cazellnu come to Iserlohn?
0:18:50.70,0:18:51.50,~ Yes.
0:18:51.50,0:18:53.30,~ Admiral, that's good news, isn't it.
0:18:53.30,0:18:56.20,~ Yeah, I'll rest easier when that's taken care of.
0:18:58.00,0:18:59.90,~ What's that?
0:18:59.90,0:19:02.60,~ It's the latest fashion in religious revival.
0:19:02.60,0:19:05.00,~ They're called the "Earth Cult."
0:19:05.00,0:19:06.20,~ Earth?
0:19:06.20,0:19:08.90,~ That's the planet where the human race was born?
0:19:08.90,0:19:13.50,~ Yes.  Worshipping the Earth as a Holy Land that is beyond the Empire.
0:19:13.50,0:19:18.00,~ They are very supportive of the current war...
0:19:18.00,0:19:20.50,~ Calling it a holy war to recapture that planet.
0:19:20.50,0:19:21.50,~ Fools.
0:19:21.50,0:19:23.60,~ Now, after so long, I'm afraid it's a crusade.
0:19:23.60,0:19:26.50,~ Yes.  It is an excessive anachronism, isn't it?
0:19:26.50,0:19:29.60,~ It's unmistakably a right-wing group.
0:19:29.60,0:19:35.80,~ I wonder if the PKC has simply changed its robes since it lost popularity in the last election.
0:19:36.70,0:19:39.70,~ As it is, the Free Planets will be destroyed.
0:19:39.70,0:19:44.30,~ The army is reduced to a tool for politicians who promote excessive personal rights.
0:19:44.30,0:19:46.10,~ We've lost the ideals of the founding state.
0:19:46.10,0:19:49.60,~ By our hands, it can be purified.
0:19:49.60,0:19:53.20,~ There are unavoidable obstacles to the reconstruction of the nation.
0:19:53.20,0:19:54.40,~ Yes...
0:19:54.40,0:19:56.90,~ There is one person who will prove a problem.
0:19:56.90,0:19:59.90,~ Admiral Yang Wen-li of Iserlohn Fortress.
0:19:59.90,0:20:03.70,~ Although right now he's in the capital, we can't count on him as an ally.
0:20:03.70,0:20:07.00,~ If you have any ideas concerning him, let's hear them.
0:20:07.00,0:20:10.10,~ His intellect and popularity could be very useful.
0:20:10.10,0:20:13.20,~ Also, the strategic value of Iserlohn can't be ignored.
0:20:13.20,0:20:17.60,~ No matter what, the greatest power is still the stationed fleet.
0:20:17.60,0:20:19.80,~ It would be disastrous if it turned to the enemy.
0:20:19.80,0:20:23.40,~ That's certain, but too much time remains to the decisive day.
0:20:23.40,0:20:26.00,~ Do you think we could persuade him now?
0:20:26.00,0:20:29.40,~ I don't think there's a need to win over a man like that as an ally.
0:20:29.40,0:20:32.30,~ It's not a matter of individual emotions.
0:20:32.30,0:20:35.40,~ We stand for righteousness.
0:20:35.40,0:20:38.20,~ At any rate, once we gain control of the Capital,...
0:20:38.20,0:20:41.30,~ I doubt "Miracle Yang" will interfere immediately.
0:20:41.30,0:20:45.20,~ At that point, I think we'll be able to persuade even him.
0:20:45.20,0:20:47.70,~ I approve!       Good idea!
0:20:48.10,0:20:49.30,~ Suggestion.
0:20:49.30,0:20:53.30,~ Let's place a confederate close to Yang to keep an eye on him.
0:20:53.30,0:20:58.00,~ If Yang takes action against us, we can do away with him.
0:20:58.00,0:20:59.40,~ Maybe that's best.
0:20:59.40,0:21:02.30,~ We can't do better than that in an emergency.
0:21:02.30,0:21:04.40,~ Any opposition?
0:21:04.40,0:21:05.70,~ Very well.
0:21:05.70,0:21:08.60,~ We'll adopt the suggestion.
0:21:08.60,0:21:11.60,~ I've got them dancing in the palm of my hand.
0:21:11.60,0:21:14.50,~ Can I make them dance until the last?
0:21:14.50,0:21:18.90,~ The rest is up to you.
0:21:22.10,0:21:26.60,~ If that succeeds, Yang Wen-li won't come out of Iserlohn.
0:21:26.60,0:21:27.80,~ Yes sir.
0:21:27.80,0:21:31.10,~ By the way, what kind of man was Yang Wen-Li?
0:21:31.10,0:21:32.30,~ Sir...
0:21:32.30,0:21:35.00,~ Honest, and close at the same time.
0:21:35.00,0:21:38.20,~ Awfully deep-hearted by nature.
0:21:38.20,0:21:41.40,~ Probably, he's seen through this operation, too.
0:21:41.40,0:21:42.20,~ What?
0:21:42.20,0:21:44.30,~ Then why did he take part in this stratagem?
0:21:44.30,0:21:45.50,~ I don't know.
0:21:45.50,0:21:47.70,~ Is he considering some trick?
0:21:47.70,0:21:52.10,~ Or, does he feel he can win the day no matter what the situation?
0:21:52.10,0:21:56.00,~ However, considering his personal depth...
0:21:56.00,0:21:57.20,~ Yes...
0:21:57.20,0:22:01.60,~ As an enemy, I've never known such a frightful opponent as this.
0:22:01.60,0:22:02.60,~ However...
0:22:02.60,0:22:04.70,~ However...?
0:22:04.70,0:22:08.80,~ If only we could be friends, there could be nothing better than that.
0:22:08.80,0:22:11.20,~ Yang Wen-Li?
0:22:12.30,0:22:14.60,~ I want to meet him.
0:22:15.20,0:22:21.60,~ Space year 797;  Imperial Year 488.
0:22:21.60,0:22:24.00,~ This year's curtain rose, apparently tranquil.
0:22:24.00,0:22:27.30,~ But nobody could predict the storm that would come just after that.
0:22:27.30,0:22:31.80,~   "Before the Storm"                                      
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0:24:19.30,0:24:22.70,~  Next:  Chapter XVIII  "The Lippschadt Conspiracy"
0:24:25.20,0:24:28.30,~ Newly-crowned Emperor Erwin Josef II is supported by...
0:24:28.30,0:24:32.10,~ Marquis Reinhart von Lohengramm and Prince Lichtenlade.
0:24:32.10,0:24:34.90,~ Against them are two powerful families who vie for dominance at court...
0:24:34.90,0:24:41.40,~ Prince Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim secretly vowed to eliminate the Emperor.
0:24:41.40,0:24:47.30,~ Thus, events escalated towards a confrontation between the Lichtenlade-Lohengramm axis...
0:24:47.30,0:24:53.30,~ and the anti-emperor conspiracy of the Braunschweig-Littenheim Alliance.
0:24:53.30,0:24:54.70,~ What's going on?
0:24:54.70,0:24:58.10,~ Prince Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim have joined hands.
0:24:58.10,0:24:59.80,~ It can't be a reason for rebellion.
0:24:59.80,0:25:05.50,~ No matter what you say, Prince Lichtenlade is dedicated to supporting His Majesty the Emperor.
0:25:05.50,0:25:06.50,~ What?
0:25:06.50,0:25:10.00,~ The problem isn't His Majesty's authority, it's that Brat.
0:25:10.00,0:25:12.30,~ Isn't he considered a genius at warfare?
0:25:12.30,0:25:15.90,~ Moreover, I hear his subordinates are the cream of the crop.
0:25:15.90,0:25:17.70,~ Marquis Lohengramm...?  
0:25:17.70,0:25:19.90,~ He's become troublesome.  
0:25:19.90,0:25:23.30,~ Really!  Which side will you support?
0:25:24.90,0:25:28.10,~ Father, what are you thinking about?
0:25:29.80,0:25:31.30,~ Oh, nothing important.  
0:25:31.30,0:25:33.90,~ THAT inspires confidence.  
0:25:33.90,0:25:41.40,~ Do you mean the fate of the  Galactic Empire and the future of the Mariendorf family aren't important?
0:25:41.40,0:25:44.50,~ So, have you made up your mind?
0:25:44.50,0:25:47.80,~ I'll try to remain neutral, but when that becomes untenable,...,
0:25:47.80,0:25:49.60,~ I'll side with Prince Braunschweig.
0:25:49.60,0:25:51.70,~ As an Imperial noble, that is the logical...
0:25:51.70,0:25:52.80,~ Father!
0:25:52.80,0:25:55.30,~ Since the birth of human civilization on Earth,...
0:25:55.30,0:25:58.10,~ there has not been a single nation that has not been destroyed.
0:25:58.10,0:26:01.60,~ Do you expect that only the Galactic Empire will be an exception?
0:26:01.60,0:26:03.60,~ Hilda!  What are you suggesting?
0:26:03.60,0:26:07.70,~ The Goldenbaum dynasty has already lasted for over 500 years.
0:26:07.70,0:26:12.70,~ Moreover, an elite of the nobility rules the majority of the people.
0:26:12.70,0:26:14.10,~ Hilda!  Now, Hilda!
0:26:14.10,0:26:17.10,~ That came to be only because they are allowed to do as they like.
0:26:17.10,0:26:20.30,~ It stands to reason that the curtain will eventually fall.
0:26:20.30,0:26:24.20,~ So, in effect, you want to aid Marquis Lohengramm?
0:26:24.20,0:26:25.00,~ That's right.
0:26:25.00,0:26:25.60,~ But...
0:26:25.60,0:26:30.10,~ Besides...  Marquis Lohengramm has a just cause.
0:26:30.10,0:26:33.40,~ He's in the position of supporting the Emperor.
0:26:33.40,0:26:35.80,~ Compared to that, Prince Braunschweig and the others are openly ambitious.
0:26:35.80,0:26:39.80,~ It's like fighting a war about personal matters.
0:26:39.80,0:26:44.90,~ Furthermore, before long Prince Braunschweig and the others will probably turn on the majority of the nobles.
0:26:44.90,0:26:49.90,~ There won't be much room for the Mariendorf family then, will there?
0:26:49.90,0:26:54.40,~ However, for Marquis Lohengramm, there will also be political considerations.
0:26:54.40,0:26:56.30,~ I don't think it wrong to expect that we'd be treated well.
0:26:56.30,0:26:58.30,~ Maybe that's so, but...
0:26:58.30,0:27:04.10,~ And above all else, Marquis Lohengramm is going to win this struggle.
0:27:05.30,0:27:06.70,~ Yes, that's reasonable.
0:27:06.70,0:27:09.30,~ Since you've given it so much thought, I'll leave it up to you.
0:27:09.30,0:27:13.00,~ This family is your inheritance.
0:27:13.00,0:27:15.40,~ It's your life, please do as you thing best.
0:27:15.40,0:27:18.80,~ No matter what happens, I won't regret it.
0:27:18.80,0:27:20.40,~ Father.
0:27:20.40,0:27:22.80,~ You shouldn't consider only the Mariendorf family.
0:27:22.80,0:27:25.60,~ Rather, make the Mariendorf family your tool.
0:27:25.60,0:27:29.10,~ Please think of expanding your horizons.
0:27:29.10,0:27:31.10,~ All right?
0:27:36.20,0:27:37.90,~ Thank you, father...
0:27:37.90,0:27:42.70,~ for entrusting the fate of the Mariendorf family to me.
0:27:42.70,0:27:46.80,~ And, for letting me be born in such interesting times.
0:27:48.20,0:27:49.40,~ Miss...
0:27:49.40,0:27:50.90,~ Miss Hilda...
0:27:50.90,0:27:51.80,~ Ah!
0:27:51.80,0:27:54.00,~ Thanks for taking the trouble to meet me.
0:27:54.00,0:27:57.00,~ If you'll wait, the person who came to meet you at the gate...
0:27:57.00,0:27:57.90,~ It's OK.
0:27:57.90,0:27:59.90,~ The flight arrived earlier than I thought.
0:27:59.90,0:28:02.70,~ How is the ancestral territory?
0:28:02.70,0:28:04.90,~ Is the Count well?
0:28:04.90,0:28:06.50,~ Yes, quite well.
0:28:06.50,0:28:08.80,~ Other than that, it's the same as ever.
0:28:08.80,0:28:11.30,~ As it happens, there is somewhere I want to visit.
0:28:11.30,0:28:13.40,~ You won't be going directly to the upper manor?
0:28:13.40,0:28:14.70,~ Where to?
0:28:14.70,0:28:17.50,~ To Marquis Lohengramm's Admiralty.
0:28:22.50,0:28:24.40,~ Look at the confused state of the nobles!
0:28:24.40,0:28:26.50,~ Isn't this farce getting old?
0:28:26.50,0:28:30.30,~ If the ending is not a happy one, it cannot be called a farce, can it?
0:28:31.40,0:28:37.00,~ But if those nobles should unite, their combined arms and wealth are far greater than our own.
0:28:37.00,0:28:41.00,~ Therefore, we must provoke an outburst before calm logic can prevails.
0:28:41.00,0:28:44.20,~ So, isn't that report in yet?
0:28:44.20,0:28:48.40,~ Yes sir.  Prince Braunschweig is feigning a garden party...
0:28:48.40,0:28:52.00,~ but in truth he's rallying discontented nobles under Marquis Littenheim.
0:28:52.00,0:28:56.30,~ I think it is inevitable that there will be some action here.
0:28:57.00,0:29:00.90,~ While there are many thousands of Imperial noble families,...
0:29:00.90,0:29:03.30,~ there is no man of talent to be seen.
0:29:03.30,0:29:07.00,~ Even if they become our enemy, they will not be happy with their role.
0:29:17.60,0:29:21.20,~ I am Hildegarde von Mariendorf, Your Excellency.
0:29:24.20,0:29:26.60,~ It's a shame Kircheis isn't here.
0:29:26.60,0:29:29.10,~ He's had some dealings with the Mariendorf family.
0:29:29.10,0:29:29.80,~ You know him, do you not?
0:29:29.80,0:29:32.00,~ Yes, of course.
0:29:32.80,0:29:36.70,~ He rescued my father during last year's Kastrop revolt.
0:29:36.70,0:29:40.70,~ He was just here a short time ago;  you just missed him.
0:29:40.70,0:29:43.00,~ So, what is your business with me?
0:29:43.00,0:29:48.00,~ I came here to assure you that the Mariendorf family will side with you, Your Excellency,...
0:29:48.00,0:29:50.60,~ on the outbreak of this civil war.
0:29:50.60,0:29:52.60,~ Civil war, you say?
0:29:52.60,0:29:56.00,~ It will probably begin tomorrow morning, with Prince Braunschweig.
0:29:56.00,0:29:59.10,~ You're a bold person, aren't you?
0:29:59.10,0:30:02.90,~ Even if that were so, I might not prevail.
0:30:02.90,0:30:05.10,~ And yet you still wish to be my ally?
0:30:05.10,0:30:07.60,~ Your Excellency will win.
0:30:07.60,0:30:08.60,~ Oh?
0:30:08.60,0:30:13.20,~ Prince Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim have only just temporarily joined hands.
0:30:13.20,0:30:16.20,~ Their cooperation lacks volition.
0:30:16.20,0:30:19.30,~ They have not influenced the army's chain of command at all...
0:30:19.30,0:30:20.70,~ That will be fatal.
0:30:20.70,0:30:23.40,~ Even if their combined military force is greater than Your Excellency's...
0:30:23.40,0:30:26.40,~ it will likely be no match for Your Excellency's unified army.
0:30:26.40,0:30:29.80,~ Moreover, war cannot be waged just by noble officers.
0:30:29.80,0:30:32.50,~ In reality, it's the soldiers who do the fighting.
0:30:32.50,0:30:37.60,~ Who will the common soldiers and lesser nobles support, Your Excellency or Prince Braunschweig?
0:30:37.60,0:30:39.70,~ Isn't the answer obvious?
0:30:39.70,0:30:41.90,~ You have excellent discernment.
0:30:41.90,0:30:45.50,~ Fine.  As you say, I too want to be friends.
0:30:45.50,0:30:51.40,~ Of course I will treat the Mariendorf family kindly, as the family that made that recommendation.
0:30:51.40,0:30:56.90,~ Taking Your Excellency's generous words, I may not enter into friendship cheaply.
0:30:56.90,0:30:59.60,~ What, although you took the trouble to make an alliance?
0:30:59.60,0:31:01.30,~ I can't neglect you.
0:31:01.30,0:31:05.00,~ If you are of use to me, if there is anything you want,...
0:31:05.00,0:31:06.20,~ don't hesitate to ask for it.
0:31:06.20,0:31:09.50,~ Then I will take you at your kind word.
0:31:09.50,0:31:10.40,~ Please do.
0:31:10.40,0:31:14.10,~ The family credit and territory of the Mariendorf family -
0:31:14.10,0:31:17.60,~ I would like an official document to guarantee them.
0:31:17.60,0:31:18.60,~ Oh...  
0:31:18.60,0:31:20.60,~ An official document?
0:31:22.70,0:31:26.50,~ Very well.  I'll put it in writing for you today.
0:31:26.50,0:31:28.10,~ Thank you very much.
0:31:28.10,0:31:31.80,~ The Mariendorf family will swear absolute loyalty to Your Excellency.
0:31:31.80,0:31:33.60,~ As I would expect.
0:31:33.60,0:31:36.30,~ By the way, Fraulein Mariendorf,...
0:31:36.30,0:31:42.10,~ Will the same kind of documents be necessary for the other nobles you persuade, do you expect?
0:31:42.10,0:31:45.20,~ That is a matter to be decided by the members of each family.
0:31:45.20,0:31:48.30,~ Moreover, since Your Excellency is the means of writing them...
0:31:48.30,0:31:51.90,~ And there are so many, I would just be in the way.
0:31:58.60,0:31:59.80,~ Excuse me.
0:31:59.80,0:32:03.70,~ You're a grim person, despite outward appearance, Fraulein Mariendorf.
0:32:06.20,0:32:07.50,~ Excuse me.
0:32:07.50,0:32:11.20,~ Your Excellency, the dissatisfied nobles have finally moved out.
0:32:11.20,0:32:15.10,~ Fraulein Mariendorf, it was a pleasure to be able to meet you today.
0:32:15.10,0:32:17.60,~ One of these days I will invite you to dine with me.
0:32:17.60,0:32:19.10,~ Until then...
0:32:29.20,0:32:33.90,~ The nobles who oppose the rule of Marquis Reinhart von Lohengramm and Prince Lichtenlade...
0:32:33.90,0:32:37.50,~ gathered in a Lippschadt forest in Prince Braunschweig's village...
0:32:37.50,0:32:40.00,~ to conclude a secret pact.
0:32:40.60,0:32:43.30,~ They created the Lippschadt League.  
0:32:43.30,0:32:49.10,~ The military organization born from this was called the "Lippschadt Allied Forces."  
0:32:49.10,0:32:51.80,~ The leader is Prince Otto von Braunschweig.
0:32:51.80,0:32:54.40,~ The assistant leader is Marquis Wilhelm von Littenheim.
0:32:54.40,0:32:57.80,~ In addition to those, 3,760 nobles took part.
0:32:57.80,0:33:02.30,~ Their combined military forces, regulars and private troops, are roughly 25.6 million men.
0:33:02.30,0:33:06.20,~ The Allied Forces military commander is...
0:33:06.20,0:33:10.10,~ High Admiral Willibald Joachim von Merkatz.
0:33:14.20,0:33:16.00,~ That's a sad state of affairs.  
0:33:16.00,0:33:17.80,~ Admiral Merkatz...  
0:33:17.80,0:33:21.40,~ It's because he's a famous commander, both popular and experienced.
0:33:21.40,0:33:28.10,~ Indeed.  If Prince Braunschweig were leading, nobody would go with them.  
0:33:28.10,0:33:31.70,~ Even if Merkatz is leading them, in the end their just odds and ends. 
0:33:31.70,0:33:33.20,~ Nothing to be afraid of.  
0:33:33.20,0:33:39.50,~ They say a flock of sheep led by a lion will overcome a pride of lions led by a sheep.  
0:33:39.50,0:33:41.20,~ We mustn't be careless.
0:33:41.20,0:33:46.00,~ Still, Admiral Merkatz should acknowledge  Your Excellency's talent.
0:33:46.00,0:33:47.20,~ It's unexpected.
0:33:47.20,0:33:49.50,~ Merkatz...
0:33:50.30,0:33:52.50,~ I should have refused.
0:33:52.50,0:33:56.90,~ This kind of useless battle will just hurt the troops.  
0:33:56.90,0:34:01.80,~ It's not for me to side with either Your Excellency the Prince OR Marquis Lohengramm.
0:34:01.80,0:34:03.30,~ What are you saying?
0:34:03.30,0:34:05.90,~ "Useless" is insulting, isn't it?
0:34:05.90,0:34:09.10,~ Is that how you think of loyalty to the throne?
0:34:09.10,0:34:15.00,~ If that's your position, then there is no possible excuse for a revolt against His Majesty the Emperor.
0:34:15.00,0:34:16.70,~ That is only temporary.
0:34:16.70,0:34:21.10,~ We will liberate His Majesty from the Traitors Lichtenlade and Lohengramm.
0:34:21.10,0:34:25.10,~ We stood up in order to regain the traditional order.
0:34:25.10,0:34:28.30,~ Our sacred mission, to protect the Goldenbaum dynasty,...
0:34:28.30,0:34:32.40,~ is the duty given to us, those of the chosen classes.
0:34:32.40,0:34:34.90,~ The great god Odin is my witness!
0:34:34.90,0:34:37.70,~ Righteousness is ours!
0:34:38.40,0:34:40.90,~ No matter how you say it...
0:34:40.90,0:34:44.20,~ This is a direct request.
0:34:44.50,0:34:45.80,~ Admiral,...
0:34:45.80,0:34:49.60,~ Well, many of the young nobles are hot-blooded.
0:34:49.60,0:34:53.10,~ They resent us because they are not treated as equals.
0:34:53.10,0:34:55.40,~ They want revenge.
0:34:55.40,0:34:58.30,~ I will stop them.
0:34:58.30,0:35:01.60,~ Of course, some bloodshed is inevitable.
0:35:01.60,0:35:04.00,~ If we make the people who did this our scapegoats,...
0:35:04.00,0:35:07.70,~ they'll be perfect sacrifices to the great god Odin.
0:35:07.70,0:35:13.50,~ As they say, the price of a young daughter is a sacrifice to the gods.
0:35:13.50,0:35:18.10,~ Come to think of it, you have a daughter, too, don't you?
0:35:18.80,0:35:22.50,~ Well, then, shall I hear your answer again?
0:35:22.50,0:35:25.70,~ The preparation to restore the patronage of the throne...
0:35:25.70,0:35:28.80,~ I will give this my modest talents.
0:35:30.90,0:35:35.20,~ However, on one matter, I must have your consent, and that of the other lords.
0:35:35.20,0:35:40.00,~ I must have full authority with regards to the actual fighting.
0:35:40.00,0:35:47.40,~ If anyone disobeys my orders, even you, they must be punished according to military regulations.
0:35:47.40,0:35:49.50,~ That point is critical.
0:35:49.50,0:35:50.90,~ How did it go?
0:35:50.90,0:35:54.70,~ I assume you made Prince Braunschweig agree to those conditions.
0:35:54.70,0:35:55.30,~ Yes.
0:35:55.30,0:35:58.10,~ Then, I and the others think it is a warrior's dream come true...  
0:35:58.10,0:36:01.40,~ to lead a great army against a strong enemy!  
0:36:01.40,0:36:05.00,~ Lieutenant Commander Schneider, you're still young, aren't you?
0:36:05.00,0:36:08.80,~ Of course Prince Braunschweig accepted those conditions.
0:36:08.80,0:36:13.90,~ Despite that, he'll soon meddle in the operations. He won't accept military law.
0:36:13.90,0:36:17.80,~ Before long, he'll come to hate me more than Marquis Lohengramm.
0:36:17.80,0:36:18.60,~ Impossible.
0:36:18.60,0:36:21.60,~ Special privileges can make a person's soul corrupt.
0:36:21.60,0:36:26.50,~ Justifying themselves and harassing other people are almost instinctive to them.
0:36:26.50,0:36:29.80,~ Come to think of that, I never paid much attention myself...
0:36:29.80,0:36:32.80,~ to how the lower-ranking soldiers were treated in the army.
0:36:32.80,0:36:35.10,~ Your Excellency...
0:36:35.10,0:36:37.90,~ Commander, I'm sorry to be using you for a taxi...
0:36:37.90,0:36:40.50,~ but, could be possibly drop by my house?
0:36:40.50,0:36:43.10,~ That's fine, I don't mind.
0:36:43.10,0:36:46.40,~ I want to finish my good-byes.
0:36:51.90,0:36:54.50,~ It won't be necessary to engage in a wasteful, all-out conflict.
0:36:54.50,0:36:57.90,~ It's enough if we simply overthrow Marquis Lohengramm.
0:36:57.90,0:37:00.20,~ Are you saying you'll eliminate that brat?
0:37:00.20,0:37:03.50,~ Yes sir.  If you'll lend me about 300 troops,...  
0:37:03.50,0:37:05.50,~ I'll be able to dispose of him easily.
0:37:05.50,0:37:06.60,~ Imbecile!
0:37:06.60,0:37:10.00,~ Are you suggesting I'm not a match for that brat?
0:37:10.00,0:37:12.30,~ No, sir.  What I mean is...
0:37:12.30,0:37:14.70,~ The situation is becoming one that will divide the Empire.
0:37:14.70,0:37:18.10,~ Whether you win or lose, great wounds will remain.
0:37:18.10,0:37:22.50,~ Even if you discount the possibility that Marquis Lohengramm will bounce back after his destruction...  
0:37:22.50,0:37:25.40,~ Your Excellency's duty must be to maintain the Empire.
0:37:25.40,0:37:28.00,~ I don't think it's enough to just win the struggle.
0:37:28.00,0:37:30.00,~ I won't listen to this impudent talk!
0:37:30.00,0:37:32.40,~ Your Excellency, I have to remind you...  
0:37:32.40,0:37:34.70,~ Marquis Lohengramm is a genius at deploying his forces.  
0:37:34.70,0:37:36.20,~ As Captain Ferner says, even if we win such a conflict...
0:37:36.20,0:37:38.10,~ the sacrifices might be rather large, 
0:37:38.10,0:37:40.30,~ and cause great harm to the citizens.
0:37:40.30,0:37:43.00,~ So what, as long as we win?
0:37:43.00,0:37:45.90,~ I have no use for people who don't have faith in our certain victory.
0:37:47.20,0:37:48.60,~ By the way, Ansbach...
0:37:48.60,0:37:50.80,~ The escape plans are progressing well, I trust.
0:37:50.80,0:37:52.10,~ Yes, sir.  Without fail.
0:37:52.10,0:37:53.30,~ Good.
0:37:53.30,0:37:55.30,~ Don't think so much.
0:37:55.30,0:37:58.90,~ Assist Ansbach.
0:38:04.20,0:38:06.70,~ Ansbach...
0:38:06.70,0:38:10.40,~ Can't I get you to talk to His Excellency one more time?
0:38:10.40,0:38:17.40,~ Commodore Streit, His Excellency the Prince thinks there is a reason to destroy Marquis Lohengramm's army directly.
0:38:17.40,0:38:22.70,~ That will show the true power of Marquis Littenheim and the other lords.
0:38:22.70,0:38:26.20,~ And, that should come as a result of this battle.
0:38:26.20,0:38:28.80,~ It's important to winning then next battle (for the throne.)
0:38:28.80,0:38:31.10,~ Then, assassination is to be dismissed as cowardly?
0:38:31.10,0:38:31.90,~ Yes.
0:38:31.90,0:38:33.70,~ The next battle, eh?
0:38:33.70,0:38:36.50,~ What do I care about the next battle?
0:38:36.50,0:38:38.20,~ Well, it looks like we'll have to do it by ourselves.
0:38:38.20,0:38:39.10,~ Assemble the troops.  
0:38:39.10,0:38:40.00,~ Yes sir.  
0:38:58.60,0:39:00.50,~ The objective is to kill Marquis Lohengramm.
0:39:00.50,0:39:03.30,~ We'll take his sister, Countess Grunewald, hostage.
0:39:03.30,0:39:04.50,~ Don't forget your assignments.
0:39:04.50,0:39:05.20,~ Yes sir.
0:39:05.20,0:39:06.00,~ Move out.
0:39:16.20,0:39:17.80,~ Damn, he was expecting us.
0:39:17.80,0:39:18.60,~ Captain!
0:39:18.60,0:39:19.90,~ It can't be helped.  Retreat.
0:39:23.80,0:39:24.90,~ Dammit!
0:39:31.90,0:39:33.30,~ So, it's started.
0:39:33.30,0:39:36.10,~ Reinhart...
0:39:39.50,0:39:41.40,~ Don't worry, sister.
0:39:41.40,0:39:44.40,~ Kircheis is personally defending this mansion.
0:39:44.40,0:39:46.40,~ I'm not worried.
0:39:46.40,0:39:49.00,~ I have to go to the Admiralty.
0:39:49.00,0:39:51.30,~ But please, sister, go back to sleep.
0:39:51.30,0:39:52.30,~ Until later...
0:39:58.70,0:40:00.00,~ What happened?
0:40:00.00,0:40:03.20,~ Sir.  It appears Captain Ferner went out on his own authority.
0:40:03.20,0:40:06.80,~ WHAT?  Why that SELFISH ASS!
0:40:06.80,0:40:08.90,~ They'll probably be coming here soon.
0:40:08.90,0:40:10.80,~ We should escape from Odin immediately.
0:40:10.80,0:40:13.50,~ It's unavoidable, I'm afraid.
0:40:25.10,0:40:27.90,~ It's just what you'd expect of Marquis Lohengramm and his men.
0:40:27.90,0:40:31.00,~ He's not a man to be caught by any tricks of mine.
0:40:31.00,0:40:33.20,~ Well, then, what shall I do now?  
0:40:37.50,0:40:38.60,~ How's it going?
0:40:38.60,0:40:41.10,~ Sir!  All according to the prearranged plan.
0:40:41.10,0:40:42.40,~ Good.
0:40:43.00,0:40:44.90,~  (Ministry of War)  
0:40:48.30,0:40:51.10,~ What's the meaning of this!? I don't know what you're looking for.  
0:40:51.10,0:40:54.80,~ Doesn't that upstart greenhorn have any manners?
0:40:55.60,0:40:56.90,~ Excuse me.
0:40:56.90,0:41:00.80,~ What I am looking for is an acknowledgment of the changing times.
0:41:00.80,0:41:02.40,~ Your Excellency, Admiral.
0:41:06.60,0:41:09.10,~  (Imperial Palace)  
0:41:10.10,0:41:11.30,~  (Administrative Seat)  
0:42:03.80,0:42:06.50,~ You're Commodore Streit, aren't you?
0:42:06.50,0:42:10.30,~ You suggested to Prince Braunschweig that I be assassinated.
0:42:10.30,0:42:11.10,~ True?
0:42:11.10,0:42:12.20,~ It's true.
0:42:12.20,0:42:14.60,~ If I admitted that to my lord...
0:42:14.60,0:42:17.90,~ It was you who were to have been at gun point about now.
0:42:17.90,0:42:19.70,~ I did a regrettable thing.
0:42:19.70,0:42:22.40,~ Why did you suggest such a thing?
0:42:22.40,0:42:26.20,~ I felt that it would be preferable, even if it was dishonorable,...
0:42:26.20,0:42:31.20,~ than harming the citizens or the Empire with a useless civil war.
0:42:31.20,0:42:35.10,~ Yes, you're a man who regrets killing, aren't you?
0:42:35.10,0:42:37.80,~ I will let this pass; return to your lord.
0:42:37.80,0:42:41.00,~ You should fulfill your allegiance.
0:42:41.00,0:42:44.70,~ If you can permit it, I'd prefer to stay on Odin.
0:42:44.70,0:42:46.80,~ You can't go back to your lord?
0:42:46.80,0:42:48.90,~ Under the circumstances, even if I returned...
0:42:48.90,0:42:52.30,~ I'd only be doubted: "Why were only YOU spared?"
0:42:52.30,0:42:58.40,~ Prince Braunschweig is not a man to trust in the loyalty of his subordinates.
0:42:58.40,0:42:59.80,~ Indeed.
0:42:59.80,0:43:01.00,~ Well, then, how about this...
0:43:01.00,0:43:02.90,~ Would you rather become one of my subordinates?
0:43:02.90,0:43:04.60,~ It is a gracious offer...
0:43:04.60,0:43:08.20,~ But, I don't want to turn the man I served until today into an enemy tomorrow.
0:43:08.20,0:43:09.60,~ Please excuse me.
0:43:09.60,0:43:10.70,~ I understand.
0:43:10.70,0:43:12.50,~ I'll have you set free.
0:43:13.50,0:43:15.20,~ Admiral Wahlen!
0:43:15.20,0:43:17.60,~ A ship's ignoring our warnings and trying to escape.
0:43:17.60,0:43:19.80,~ What?  Fire on it.
0:43:19.80,0:43:21.80,~ But, don't hit it at first.
0:43:33.50,0:43:36.70,~ I'm Captain Ferner, a former subordinate of Prince Braunschweig.
0:43:36.70,0:43:37.50,~ Former...?
0:43:37.50,0:43:39.90,~ Yes, sir.  I gave myself up at the border today.
0:43:39.90,0:43:45.30,~ I'd like to become Your Excellency's servant.
0:43:45.30,0:43:49.10,~ Really? And what has swayed your loyal heart?
0:43:49.10,0:43:54.60,~ For a "loyal heart" to be meaningful, it must be devoted to people who appreciate it.
0:43:54.60,0:43:57.50,~ To give loyalty to a lord who has no eye for human character...
0:43:57.50,0:44:00.60,~ is like casting pearls before swine.
0:44:00.60,0:44:04.30,~ Don't you think it's a waste to society?
0:44:04.30,0:44:06.30,~ You're a blunt man.
0:44:06.30,0:44:07.40,~ Oberstein...
0:44:07.40,0:44:08.00,~ Sir?
0:44:08.00,0:44:10.40,~ I'll leave this man in your charge.  Make him useful.
0:44:10.40,0:44:11.90,~ Yes sir.
0:44:18.30,0:44:20.80,~ Admiral!  That ship is mixing with civilian ships.
0:44:20.80,0:44:22.30,~ What?
0:44:23.90,0:44:25.40,~ The cowards...
0:44:25.40,0:44:26.90,~ Admiral...?
0:44:26.90,0:44:28.30,~ It can't be helped...
0:44:28.30,0:44:30.30,~ All ships, cease fire!
0:44:33.50,0:44:41.80,~ Unfortunately, it appears Prince Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim have escaped.
0:44:41.80,0:44:50.00,~ However, we succeeded in detaining 625 of the 3,760 nobles
0:44:50.80,0:44:53.20,~ I guess we'll have to be satisfied with that for now.
0:44:53.20,0:44:58.30,~ Prince Braunschweig and the others who escaped the capital...
0:44:58.30,0:45:00.60,~ will make some fortress their base, to challenge us to a decisive battle.
0:45:00.60,0:45:01.40,~ Yes...
0:45:01.40,0:45:02.70,~ Where do you think they'll go?
0:45:02.70,0:45:06.10,~ Probably...  Geiersburg.
0:45:11.00,0:45:12.80,~ As Oberstein predicted...
0:45:12.80,0:45:17.90,~ the Lippschadt Allied Forces gathered at Geiersburg Fortress.
0:45:33.90,0:45:39.60,~ Against this, Marquis Reinhart von Lohengramm serves concurrently as all 3 Chiefs of the Imperial Army.
0:45:39.60,0:45:43.70,~ Along with receiving the title of Imperial Army High Commander from the Emperor,...
0:45:43.70,0:45:47.90,~ he was given a direct order to subjugate the Lippschadt Allied Forces.
0:45:47.90,0:45:48.80,~ Designation...?
0:45:48.80,0:45:52.10,~ Yes, sir. You must choose a designation for the enemy for official documents.
0:45:52.10,0:45:54.30,~ Ah...
0:45:55.70,0:45:57.00,~ Here's a good name!
0:45:57.00,0:45:58.50,~ We'll call them the "Rebel Army!"
0:45:58.50,0:46:00.40,~ "Rebel Army" ?
0:46:00.40,0:46:02.90,~ Exactly. And make it known throughout the Empire.
0:46:02.90,0:46:04.90,~ Make sure they can hear it, too.
0:46:04.90,0:46:06.90,~ "You are the Rebel Army!"
0:46:06.90,0:46:08.50,~ Yes sir!
0:46:08.50,0:46:11.70,~ Well, let's go to Geiersburg to meet the Rebel Army.
0:46:11.70,0:46:13.20,~ Yes sir!
0:46:14.00,0:46:17.60,~  ("Rebel Army" is the same name the   Empire uses for the Alliance Army.)
0:46:18.60,0:46:23.40,~ Space Year 797;  Imperial Year 488.  
0:46:23.40,0:46:25.90,~ Imperial Standard Calendar: April 6th.  
0:46:25.90,0:46:31.00,~ At last, the greatest civil war in history has divided the Empire.
0:46:31.00,0:46:33.80,~ And that would be the beginning of tragedy.
0:46:33.80,0:46:39.10,~  "The Lippschadt Conspiracy"                          
0:46:56.80,0:47:00.20,~  Next:  Chapter XIX   "Yang's Fleet Mobilization"