a respected name in the Galactic Empire.
The ducal family of Castrop,
the former minister of finance,
Duke Eugen Castrop,
to line his own pockets.
abused his authority in order
the return of his ill-gotten goods.
Upon his death, the Empire sought
Maximilian, was opposed to this,
However, Duke Castrop's heir,
he plotted a rebellion.
and with the backing of those assets,
Lord Maximilian...
destroyed before my very eyes.
As part of this family, I can't bear to see it
Destroyed?
As things stand, it will be.
are already en route to this world.
3,000 subjugation ships
is any match for the Empire?
Do you think a local jurisdiction
What of the Empire?
of complaint to my dear father.
They never uttered one word
to the other nobles, but they will not.
I suppose they intend to make an example of us
I'll show them just how powerful I am!
Lord Maximilian!
you mentioned has arrived.
It seems the subjugation fleet
can stand against the Empire.
Now I can show you proof that our nation
Enemy battle satellites in orbit over Labart!
All ships, commence attack!
What are they?
which protects the Alliance capital planet.
You may have heard of the Artemis Necklace
Are you saying...
Yes, they're the same thing.
See them getting their just desserts.
They're trying to escape?
The Empire is nothing to fear.
How did you get those things?
They were rather costly,
you'll find places to provide you with anything.
but in this galaxy, if you pay enough,
Fezzan!
you will be staying with us for a while.
Now that I've told you this much,
Take Count Mariendorf away!
Idiot!
You're letting Fezzan use you!
The Castrop affair is fine, then.
The Empire won too much at Astarte.
We need to chip away at their power a bit.
makes an appearance, then what?
Although, if that golden-haired brat
due to his victory at Astarte,
Reinhard, who was made a marshal
the consolidation of his camp.
opened a new admiralty and undertook
First, from the commoners and lower nobility,
he appointed fleet commanders.
Vice Admiral August Samuel Wahlen...
Vice Admiral Cornelius Lutz...
Vice Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff...
Vice Admiral Fritz Joseph Bittenfeld...
Vice Admiral Ernest Mecklinger...
Vice Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer...
Vice Admiral Oskar von Reuenthal...
Young and capable commanders, one and all.
in a single stroke to rear admiral,
And by promoting Siegfried Kircheis
added him to the ranks of his admiralty.
We've received orders to deploy.
That said, not for all of you.
You've heard of Castrop's rebellion, I assume.
Commodore Schmude
The 3,000 subjugation ships under
known as the Artemis Necklace.
were destroyed by the air defense system
The commodore also died in battle.
Rear Admiral Kircheis!
Sir!
By imperial decree:
and suppress Maximilian von Castrop,
You must take a fleet of 2,000,
who rises in revolt against the Empire!
Sir! I humbly accept this imperial decree.
I thought he would call on us, didn't you?
Well, we each now command a fleet.
what's at best described as a local uprising.
We can't just go running off to deal with
It's so constraining.
Still, giving a direct imperial decree to him...
It's almost too obvious, isn't it?
by getting an imperial command.
Kircheis gains importance
a smaller force than his predecessor...
And should he win with
vice admiral is assured, right?
Then his promotion to
If he wins...
Are you all right with this?
If even that red-headed brat distinguishes himself,
Count Lohengramm's influence will increase.
Count Lohengramm's confidant.
Rear Admiral Kircheis is
it may prove useful to us in the future.
If we offer him a favor now,
Still, you're such a worrier, Finance Minister.
All of this depends on whether or not he succeeds.
Sieg, come back safely.
Man, of all the lousy luck.
A deployment, right after being reassigned?
Quit complaining; this is our job.
Hey, hand me that, would you?
golden-haired admiral is so strong.
Still, it's because that
I felt safer on the flagship Brünhild.
You're one to talk.
Man, I guess my luck's run out, huh?
That's not necessarily true.
The red-headed admiral is pretty good, too, right?
Is he?
How do you know?
Life experience!
Bergengrün!
is a renowned commander.
Certainly, Count Lohengramm
You could even say he's a genius at war.
his adjutant will be a renowned commander?
However, is there any guarantee that
A substitute is, after all, only a substitute!
You're going too far, Bergengrün.
You're drunk.
Hell yes, I'm drunk.
Like I can take this sober?
than when we failed previously!
We've got even fewer forces now
Which is why...
Which is why this is no time to be drinking!
Leave me alone.
Hey, it's His Excellency!
confirm the fleet deployment.
Captain Bülow, I'd like to
Please come to the bridge.
Sir!
Your Excellency!
In this humble officer's opinion,
more of a problem than their deployment?
isn't the total number of our forces
Hey, cut it out!
than the fleet that lost last time...
Winning with a smaller force
If we succeed, we'll look like heroes.
the expectations of you and the marshal, sir!
But the truth is that it may not go according to
You're right, Captain.
Your Excellency!
even considered that we might lose!
Don't tell me you haven't
absolute numbers are, it'd be a small loss.
Although, seeing how small the fleet's
Captain, display the deployment plan.
Your Excellency!
Please look at this.
It's a strange formation, isn't it?
This is...
What are you thinking?
Concentrating nothing but engineering ships there?
think that this plan will succeed, of course.
Both I and Marshal Lohengramm
What?
The enemy numbers scarcely 2,000?
What are the Imperial forces thinking?
Don't they understand the power of our nation yet?!
Are they making light of me?!
They must have some sort of plan.
What, a plan?
What possible chance of victory do they have?
the Necklace is invincible?
Didn't Fezzan guarantee that
What kind of plan could they have?!
I'm faced with a rank of incompetent fools!
You're useless, the lot of you!
have little gravitational pull.
Fortunately, the military satellites in question
without affecting the main planet.
We should be able to take care of them
I see.
It's certainly a trick anyone could have thought of,
on such a grand scale before.
but nobody's ever used it
Basically, put the Necklace's jewels on a chain,
and in such an extravagant way, too.
when they lose their last ray of hope?
And what will the people of Castrop do
Give up and surrender, I hope.
May it be as easy as all that!
all it will take is one shot and "blam"!
Still, once the Necklace is dealt with,
You look very serious, don't you?
And you look as if you want to say I'm naive.
expect them to, Your Excellency.
No, I hope things go as you
It'd be nice if they made things easy for us.
Am I being naive?
Seeing as how you both aren't children anymore,
perhaps we should have had wine?
we'll be happy to try anything.
If it's made by you, Sister,
Oh, are you trying to flatter me?
so I just blurted it out.
No, no, Kircheis always says that,
Right, Kircheis?
Lord Reinhard, how could you do that to me?
Now, Reinhard, you mustn't tease Sieg.
Anyway, chose a wine you like from the wine cellar.
the Marshal to run an errand.
Although I'm sorry to ask His Excellency
Now you're teasing me, Sister.
for minor errands or otherwise.
Very well, I live to serve,
Sieg, my little brother owes you a lot.
No, it is I who am so very much in his debt.
That's not true.
but he really does rely on you.
Reinhard may not say it,
helping my little brother.
I'd ask that you please go on
about someone like me.
I'm grateful you feel that way
Sieg, you need to value yourself more.
In Reinhard, certainly, there is genius,
a genius that nobody else has.
But, Sieg, my little brother isn't as mature as you.
that he doesn't see what's at his own feet.
His eyes gaze so far ahead of him
Especially on the path of war Reinhard is taking,
if he should ever forget what's at his feet
or what led him onto that path, then...
Sieg, if that should happen, scold him.
Only you can challenge Reinhard like that.
And if Reinhard ever stops listening to you,
then that will be the end of my little brother.
That will be the day of Reinhard's ruination.
Lady Annerose...
Forgive me, Sieg.
All I do is make unreasonable demands on you.
But there's no one else I can depend on.
Please leave it to me, Lady Annerose.
If there's anything I can do, I'll do it.
Let's give this a try, for Lord Reinhard's sake.
As well as for...
There's still more than half left, isn't there?
Like you said, this is no time to be drinking.
Where are you going?
For a nap in a tank bed, to flush out the alcohol.
deployment of the engineering ships.
Your Excellency, we've completed
What is your next order?
Begin at once, please.
Dammit, what are they up to?
They haven't moved at all, have they?!
Can't you magnify it more?!
This is maximum, My Lord.
Go look.
I said, go have a look at the enemy!
Into the enemy's midst?
You do nothing to help me by staying here.
Go, and prove your loyalty.
You're being unreasonable!
What did you say?!
Where has your loyalty to me gone?!
You...
You ingrate!
Forgive me, I wasn't reprimanding any of you.
Why, you!
Why did you dodge me?!
Forgive me!
The enemy has moved!
What?
Ah, at last, they're coming.
Wh-what was that for?
by saying unnecessary things.
For needlessly worrying me
It's nothing.
They'll lose heart, soon enough.
I'll teach them a lesson!
Necklace's automatic defense function!
Let them realize the power of the
Come on, just a little closer.
That's it, like that...
Right! Fire!
What's wrong?
What's happened?! Somebody explain!
Look!
What is... What is that?!
Enemy battle satellites, eliminated!
We did it.
Yeah...
He's serious about this, isn't he?
Wh-what happened?
that went out before.
It was probably the engineering ships
They may have used directed Seffle particles.
Seffle particles? That explosive gas?
Explosive gas? Well, something like that.
were relying on has been destroyed.
As you can see, the Necklace you
useless resistance and surrender.
I advise you to please cease any further
I will take personal responsibility
co-conspirators are dealt with leniently.
in seeing that the instigator and any
So-
I was being naive, weren't you?
You were going to say
No, I was just thinking it...
if it had been Count Lohengramm.
and about what would have happened
it wouldn't have been easy, would it?
Still, in that situation,
No, I think it would wind up unexpectedly easy.
prediction wasn't entirely accurate.
At any rate, it seems Your Excellency's
It's a lie!
They can't let those who defy the Empire live.
for them letting anyone live!
In the first place, there's no precedent
This is a trap! It has to be a trap!
If I go out, I'll be killed.
Killed...
And all of you, too!
The whole family, the retainers, all killed.
I'm ruined!
It's your fault!
You encouraged me!
And you! And you!
And you!
I should have just quietly surrendered the assets!
Considering what's happened,
That's...
That's it, this is all Father's fault!
He was the corrupt one!
Right?!
And Fezzan!
Those misers, selling me those useless things...
Fezzan...
That's it, Fezzan!
I'll seek refuge in Fezzan!
Make preparations at once!
What are you doing?
Prepare to take just the jewels.
Oh, I'll take the ladies with me, too.
Even if you seek asylum,
I think escape is now impossible.
Yes, so it is.
Fine, you will be my substitute.
What?
Burn yourself to death.
we'll deceive them for a little while.
If you burn your face,
That should work...
Oh, yes! We'll take Count Mariendorf, too.
He can be a hostage!
Your Excellency!
There is a better way.
Oh, how clever of you; tell me what it is.
It would be...
to do this!
Have you lost your mind?!
What are you doing!
they might be willing to forgive us!
If we offer them your head,
Why, you traitor!
What are you doing?! Kill him!
Why, you...
Inform the fleet overhead
from our treacherous ruler.
that we have been liberated
We did it.
Yeah...
Captain...
Please direct the landing of our forces.
Sir!
Please pass the word to all our troops:
Any plundering or violence is forbidden.
Anyone who breaks this order will be executed.
Sir!
He's young.
Yeah...
But...
He's a truly great commander.
Father!
Oh, Hilda!
You were worried, weren't you?
...in scarcely two days.
And a bloodless occupation to boot.
Skill like that cannot be made light of.
Excellent, don't you think?
depends on how they are used.
They say a person's usefulness
He did it.
Yes...
Thank you for your service.
I'm sorry.
What are you apologizing for?
the new hero of the empire.
Everyone's saying that you're
A bloodless occupation in two days...
It's splendid!
Except blood was spilled.
The instigator was killed.
I'm very sorry.
That's true.
the Empire as it is now that killed Castrop.
But it was the shadow hanging over
It's not your fault.
Yes, sir.
Kircheis...
We don't do things that way, do we?
No, sir.
Kircheis...
You're a kind man.
So, Siegfried Kircheis...
Interesting.
under Count Lohengramm.
However, that man is content to serve
They've been best friends since childhood.
Best friends, eh?
At any rate, it's good to know.
It may open up some options for us.
Yes!
the Artemis Necklace affair?
By the way, how shall we handle
How?
The Alliance should be told there is a weakness.
How do you think he knew about that weakness?
Ah, I see!
of the uprising in the Castrop system,
For his distinguished service in the suppression
Siegfried Kircheis was appointed vice admiral.
the "Number 2" of the Lohengramm camp.
Because of this, everyone concluded that he was
the Free Planets Alliance,
Meanwhile, at the same time in
Iserlohn Fortress were proceeding steadily.
Yang Wen-li's preparations for the capture of
The Castrop Uprising
In their hearts, people amass
Tears of such magnificent warmth
You go on, though the way is blocked
By heavy futility as the war drags on
Don't kill your dreams
Follow your dreams
Follow the glimmer of the distant galaxy
With your cheeks wet with tears catching the light
Make for that happy day
Cross the bridge of light
Lay bare your heart
Cross the bridge of light
Set free your tears and love
NEXT EPISODE
The Rosen Ritter regiment,
as the best hand-to-hand combat unit,
known in the Free Planets Alliance
who may betray you at any time.
is said to be a dangerous group
and sets out to capture Iserlohn.
Yang adds this regiment to his own 13th Fleet
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"The Knights of the Rose"
Episode 6:
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