was said to be impregnable.
Iserlohn Fortress, a key Imperial forces stronghold,
with a fleet only half the usual size,
Charged with its capture
Yang's plan began to unfold.
Hey, move it!
This is awful.
What's going on with the battle out there?
I'm Lt. Commander von Laken.
It's an emergency.
I'd like to see the fortress commander at once.
Lt. Commander, please, hang on!
I'm Ensign Ein of security.
What's this about?!
A huge enemy fleet is closing in.
to neutralize this fortress
They've come up with a way
the corridor in a single stroke.
and likely plan to break through
What?!
the only one who knows the details.
The lieutenant commander here is
This is a matter of absolute secrecy.
I need to inform the commander personally.
Lt. Commander!
I'm done for.
Get me to the commander, at once!
Lt. Commander!
What are you doing?!
Hurry up and tell them!
Sir!
Do we know the situation yet?
Radio jamming is increasing.
The enemy is definitely closing in!
We still haven't taken care of that?
Can't we contact the garrison fleet, yet?!
Still unable to make contact, sir.
Dammit, Seeckt, where are you wandering about?
Really?
I don't care, bring him to me at once!
Sir!
has succeeded in infiltrating, doesn't it?
It looks like Captain Schönkopf
Yeah, so far, it's all going to plan.
should begin noticing it shortly.
And the plan says that the enemy fleet
What?!
A decoy?!
As I thought...
Once the enemy fleet realizes it's a decoy,
but that should still take them two hours.
they'll turn back from that sector,
hour and a half to enter the port.
And it will take our fleet an
in the next thirty minutes,
So, if the port isn't opened
we risk getting caught on both sides.
Thirty minutes, huh?
Well, shall we get going?
Enemy, sighted!
So, they were there!
We've brought Lt. Commander Laken!
Hold it!
Just to be safe, show me your military IDs.
There's no time for that!
If we lose even a second, all may be lost!
But...
The enemy is moving strangely!
What?
the range of our main gun,
They're deployed just beyond
and then falling back.
and each one keeps thrusting in
What?
Oh, no, they've started!
It's all right, let them through!
Sir!
It's a fine bit of fleet movement, but...
What's the point of it?
Well, there's actually no point to it at all.
Huh?
I'm Stockhausen.
Explain this. What is that fleet movement?
How will it render this fortress powerless?
It...
It means this, Your Excellency.
Freeze!
One move, and your commander dies!
Why, you! You're with the rebels?!
I'm Captain Schönkopf of the Rosen Ritters.
I'd introduce myself properly,
my makeup and say hello.
but my hands are too full to take off
Spare us your jokes!
but we can't allow it!
You may have intended to take a hostage,
who fears dishonor more than death itself.
The commander is a man
He's not a shield to protect your life!
has gotten me into trouble.
Looks like my overvaluing the commander
What?!
Stop!
Your Excellency...
I surrender; you win.
But...
Your Excellency!
This is an order! Drop your guns!
Good, tie them up!
It should be soon.
What are you doing?!
Emergency! Emergency!
Computer lockdown in effect!
Iserlohn Fortress are frozen!
As of now, all functions aboard
Sealing all fortress bulkheads!
all floors, all sections!
Communications cut between
Dock, sealed. All cannons, sealed.
shelter in the nearest booth!
All personnel in transit,
25 seconds to lockdown!
What's up?
Everywhere we go is closed!
First the garrison fleet went out, and now this?
What the hell's going on today? Jeez!
15 seconds...
It's a drill, it's gotta be.
10...
9...
8...
7...
6...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1!
Well?
All fortress functions are now frozen!
I'll admit, the situation doesn't seem quite settled,
but then your compatriots behind you can't move.
Except you people are isolated, too.
the garrison fleet is on its way back.
And while we talk,
the shoe will be on the other foot!
Once they get here,
We'll take over the central computer before they do.
Captain!
it's only around fifty men.
Don't worry, their garrison looks like
"Only," you say?
Aren't they taking too long?
without them attacking,
Except we've gotten this close
so I don't think it's a complete failure.
Let's try waiting a little longer.
But the enemy's garrison fleet won't wait.
we may still pull this off.
For now, since there's no attack from the fortress,
That's no guarantee, sir.
betrayed us or failed,
On the off-chance that Captain Schönkopf
we may end up falling into a trap.
I believe in Schönkopf.
This operation is predicated on that,
so I'll try to believe in him to the very end.
Looks like we'll need these after all.
"learning to deal with adversity will pay off."
This is what they mean by
Still, is it safe to go out?
but all that's around us are enemies" scenario.
I'm not wild about the "the fortress is captured,
Attacks from the fortress are contained.
then they just about outnumber us 2-to-1.
If we're only dealing with the garrison fleet,
Yang Wen-li will think of something.
Count Lohengramm would be able to do it.
Anyway, we'll just do what we can.
You guys, stay here and get comms back online.
Sir!
Let's go!
So, the enemy's already here?
Your Excellency, message from the enemy.
What? Read it!
Sir, at once!
"Iserlohn Fortress is already occupied.
We hope you will surrender quietly.
the destructive power of Thor's Hammer."
Otherwise, you will personally experience
That is all.
Damn them! All ships, heave to!
Your Excellency, we must continue to advance.
What?!
And fall prey to our own gun pointed at our faces?!
No, the enemy is behaving too unnaturally.
I believe the fortress hasn't fallen yet.
on the enemy in front of them?!
Then why aren't they firing
That's true,
if the enemy had already taken the fortress,
but isn't it also true that,
they'd conceal that and draw us in,
to annihilate us in a single blow?
then use the main gun
the enemy numbers are less than half of ours.
From what we've seen,
the fortress is holding out,
If we attack while the inside of
I think they'll be beaten in a stroke.
Moreover-
Enough!
fortress' main gun and assess the situation.
We'll hold outside the range of the
Your Excellency!
the enemy fleet is exceedingly small.
Yes, as you say,
But it's too small!
From what we've seen before,
of at least two full fleets!
they'll be sending in a major force
the fortress is occupied, don't we?
In that case, we need to assume that
Up there, right?
Still no movement from the fortress?
Nothing yet!
You know the old saying for this situation?
"Wolf at the front door, tiger at the back."
I don't want to take on either of them.
Except the wolves have actually stopped.
Telling them "I've got a gun" is a terrible bluff.
If they figure it out, it's all over.
Or else it's "blammo!" from behind before they do.
I don't want to think about it.
It's making my stomach hurt.
Hi!
What's going on?
I have no idea.
We certainly know the power of Thor's Hammer!
to cower in its shadow.
And the enemy is counting on us
You're saying I'm cowering?!
What do you suppose has happened?
Looks like some sort of emergency.
You think it's another drill?
while we're still in the fortress.
Well, at any rate, we're safe
What was that?
What happened?!
Look!
Dammit!
Seffle particles!
Would you say that's fifteen people?
Captain...
Don't say it!
What's going on?! Is anybody here?!
Look! They used Seffle particles.
Don't use your guns!
Smart man.
Who are you? A rebel?
This is an enemy attack.
What?
Melee, ready!
Too late!
Don't crowd! Disperse and pursue!
Out of the way!
All right, your captain's dead!
We're the Rosen Ritters!
You're no match for us.
The Rosen Ritters!
Give up and surrender.
I see it!
It's the port entry indicator!
The buoys are floating up!
We've done it!
Congratulations, Sir!
No, this isn't over yet.
The port indicators are deploying.
What?!
Several enemy ships are docking!
Now what?
It would appear that we are too late.
So, this is Iserlohn Fortress.
They're taking refuge?!
All right, don't let this chance slip away!
Charge in and fly at the heart of the fortress!
Your Excellency...
Again?! What is it this time?
This is a trap.
Don't charge in.
You! Weren't you telling me to charge in before?!
The situation is changing moment by moment.
Don't you understand that?
Don't you understand?!
we can't slink back to the hautplanet alive!
If the fortress has fallen into enemy hands,
this chance to tangle with them
At the very least, we can use
and possibly press in on the fortress!
But, it's already-
Shut up! Away with you!
Sir, the enemy fleet has also begun to attack.
That was a close one.
Unbelievable, even though it's too late.
Let's use the main gun.
who are still outside.
They can damage our allied ships
I didn't really want to use it, but...
Thor's Hammer, energy charging, complete!
Target, locked!
Fire!
It's the Thor's Hammer!
Our allied ships have been annihilated!
annihilated in an instant.
Over a thousand enemy ships,
With just one shot.
What amazing destructive power.
Admiral, you can't call this war.
It's unilateral genocide.
You're entirely right.
And we don't imitate the evils of the Imperial forces.
Please advise them again to surrender.
and we won't pursue them.
If they don't like that, tell them to run,
Tell them to run?
Face the enemy and tell them to run away?!
You object?
No, how do I put it...
We think it's an honor to fight under you, Admiral.
A great one!
Admiral Seeckt!
Message from Iserlohn Fortress.
They again appeal to us to surrender.
Surrender?!
Yes, sir!
Additional: "Bloodshed beyond this is useless.
We will not pursue."
If you do not wish to surrender, then run.
Dammit!
Don't try and make a fool of me!
Like I can surrender to the rebel army,
much less run away?!
At this point, I doubt any of you wants to live.
The entire fleet will now attack Iserlohn Fortress!
Reply from the Imperial forces.
"You don't understand a soldier's heart.
only that of dying with our honor intact!
We don't know the path of living on in disgrace,
our compensation,
Therefore, with His Majesty's grace
and die an honorable death."
our only choice is to attack you
A "soldier's heart"?!
that the war never ends!
It's because of people like him
All enemy ships are attacking.
Can you identify the enemy flagship?
Yes, we can.
Concentrate fire on it!
This will be our last attack!
Target, locked!
Fire!
Long live the Empire!
Imperial flagship, annihilated.
How pointless.
If you live, you may get a chance for a rematch.
Enemy fleet is scattering and retreating.
Nobody ever really wants to die.
Sublieutenant, please contact Heinessenopolis.
Advise them my mission is now complete.
May 14th, Universal Calendar 7906:
Free Planets Alliance forces
The seventh attempt of the
"impregnable" Iserlohn Fortress.
succeeded in capturing the so-called
The 13th Fleet was greeted with a storm of acclaim.
Yang, who didn't lose a single ally,
"Yang the Magician" by the public.
was called "Miracle Yang" and
Resignation? You're quitting?
Yes, sir.
I think it's still too soon for you to abandon life.
I'm not; I'm getting back on my original path.
I was never cut out to be a soldier, sir.
Our military needs your talent as a tactician.
Besides...
what will happen to your 13th Fleet?
The 13th Fleet?
of defeated remnants and rookies.
The 13th Fleet is mocked as a collection
If you go away, what will become of them?
Admiral Yang!
officer we can really admire!
We want to work under a commanding
Please don't resign, Admiral Yang!
How'd it go?
What was Admiral Sitolet's reaction?
Of course.
I share the admiral's opinion.
if I serve under you.
I have a feeling I'll live a long life
With the capture of Iserlohn Fortress,
the Alliance, and Fezzan was changed.
the delicate balance of power between the Empire,
Just what the repercussions would be,
nobody knew at that point.
Iserlohn Captured!
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
as Reinhard fortifies his own camp,
Inside the Empire,
cybernetic eyes: Paul von Oberstein.
before him appears the man with
computerized eyes see?
What is it that those cold, shining
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"Cold Cybernetic Eyes"
Episode 8:
Cold Cybernetic Eyes
Next Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.