Caught from behind by Kircheis' fleet
in the Amritsar Stellar Region,
while confronting the Imperial military
the Alliance forces faced annihilation.
Our allies are being routed.
What will we do, Admiral Yang?
Yeah, it's still too soon to run away, isn't it?
a 100,000 ship pursuit battle.
It's the first time I've ever seen
Shall we move up the flagship?
No, don't.
If I brazenly move in at this stage,
they'll say I was trying to steal my men's glory.
Admiral Bewcock, my fleet will take up rear guard.
for each fleet and fall back to Iserlohn Fortress.
Use that chance to reform the command structures
But what about you, then?
Don't worry.
glorious defeat are to my taste.
Unfortunately, neither self-destruction nor
Understood. Yang, don't die.
Sir...
It will be all right.
we should be able to escape easily.
As long as we don't mess up the timing,
while falling back.
All ships, assume a phalanx formation
Concentrate fire on the enemy's forefront!
Not bad!
his barrage on a good spot.
He's really concentrating
Typical of the 13th Fleet.
You thwart me again, Yang Wen-li?!
This time, we won't let him get away with it.
Stretch out both flanks and encircle them!
Yes, sir.
Admiral!
A little longer...
our allies can retreat to the Iserlohn Corridor.
If we can hold out a little longer,
Bittenfeld's fleet is spread too thin.
Your Excellency, it would seem
should cover this area.
Vice Admiral Kircheis or anyone else
Let's do it. Still, damn that Bittenfeld.
How long must I suffer that one man's failures?
Admiral!
This is it.
where enemy forces are weakest!
Forward starboard wing, concentrate fire
We'll try to break through at a single point. Hurry!
Hold fast! Counterattack!
The word defeat doesn't exist for my fleet!
Your Excellency! Your Excellency, it's too late!
Please, withdraw!
Please, wait for the chance of a rematch!
A rematch!
Damn them...
some impressive people of their own.
Looks like the enemy has
Yes, I look forward to meeting them again.
Lord Reinhard...
Message from Galactic HQ:
and mop up any remnants along the way.
Make for home,
Understood.
Sir...
Pardon me, acting like this in front of a lady.
It's all right. Shall I get you some tea?
with plenty of brandy, if you can.
That sounds lovely,
Yes, sir.
Sublieutenant...
Yes, sir?
I've studied a bit of history.
two tides of thought in human society.
And from that, I've learned that there are
more valuable than human life,
One says there are some things
and the other says that nothing is more important.
they use the former as an excuse.
When people go to war,
When they stop, they give the latter as the reason.
and thousands of years.
And that's gone on for hundreds
Sir...
No, never mind the human race as a whole.
all the blood I've spilled worthwhile?
Is there anything I can do that would make
Don't give it a second thought.
Sorry, that was a weird thing to say.
No, it's all right.
With a little bit of brandy, was it?
I'll go make tea.
With plenty.
Yes, sir, with plenty.
to become a second Rudolf?
Could Count Lohengramm be aiming
Well done, you fought splendidly.
Admiral Bittenfeld!
Sir!
We won the battle,
you fought well too, I cannot.
and while I'd like to say that
you charged recklessly,
Being too eager for success,
and caused our allies needless sacrifices.
we didn't form an effective encirclement,
Moreover, because of that,
which resulted in the enemy's escape.
Is there anything you wish to say?
Nothing, sir.
and punishing the evildoers.
A warrior clan is upheld by rewarding the good
there will be an inquiry into your responsibility.
As soon as we return to Odin,
Until then, you're confined to quarters!
Sir!
Dismissed!
seen as too privileged could be a problem.
Having his relationship with Count Lohengramm
Your Excellency!
Your Excellency, please reconsider!
Why?!
Bittenfeld didn't fulfill his responsibilities!
Doesn't he deserve to be punished?!
Your Excellency, are you angry?
Shouldn't I be?!
What I meant was, what are you angry about?
Your Excellency!
Speak your mind, Kircheis.
Enough with the "Your Excellency."
All right, then.
about Bittenfeld's failure?
Lord Reinhard, are you angry
Isn't it obvious?
I don't think so.
at yourself, Lord Reinhard.
Your anger is really directed
Admiral Yang's reputation.
At you yourself, for having secured
a hero of Admiral Yang?
Is it so awful to have made
It is! Of course it is!
Tiamat... Astarte... and now, Amritsar!
when I'm on the verge of complete victory?!
Why does he always show up to thwart me
I'm sure it must be unsatisfying to him, as well.
Count Lohengramm from the start.
He likely wonders why he can't face off with
by two strong enemies.
Lord Reinhard, you're surrounded
and the high nobles to the rear.
Admiral Yang to the front,
your own subordinates as well!
Don't make more enemies among
All right, I was wrong.
I won't seek redress against Bittenfeld.
Thank you very much.
No, it's I who should thank you.
You made your point well, Kircheis.
Kircheis!
Yes, sir?
Do you believe that I can seize the universe?
Lord Reinhard?
Who else but you could make that come true,
30 million troops for this operation.
The Free Planets Alliance mobilized
leaving them the worst possible result.
Of those, 20 million were actually lost,
proffered their resignations,
The entire High Council
were persuaded not to leave.
but the three who had opposed the campaign
head of the interim government.
Defense Chairman Job Trunicht was named
And so, as the Alliance regime was changing,
an unforeseen situation occurred in the Empire.
The kaiser is dead?
A heart attack, apparently.
A natural death? What a waste for that man!
Another five years...
No, if he'd lived just two years longer,
suitable for his crimes.
I would have given him a death
Kircheis, gather the commanders of every fleet.
Yes, sir!
do you suppose will be the next kaiser?
Which of Friedrich IV's grandchildren
Amalie, who married Prince Braunschweig:
First, there's the daughter of the Princess Royal,
Elisabeth, sixteen years old.
the Princess Royal, Christine,
Similarly, the daughter of
while she was married to Marquis Littenheim:
Sabine, fourteen years old.
large probability of there being a kaiserin.
Between the two of them, there's a
who died suddenly a few years back?
Wasn't there a prince born to Crown Prince Ludwig,
but he's only five years old,
Yes, there is Erwin Josef,
maternal relatives backing him.
and he has no influential
Which makes him the one.
Pardon?
won't want to allow a tyranny of maternal relatives.
Minister of State Marquis Lichtenlade probably
will be easy to use,
That means that this prince royal
Prince Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim.
even if he's forcibly opposed by
I see.
So, who will they get to be his watchdog for now?
For the time being, that brat, right?
Yes...
we'll have to alter our plans.
At any rate, it would seem
the kaiser died without naming a successor.
Your Excellency,
Why are you so shocked?
to His Excellency Lohengramm.
I have only pledged loyalty
the honorific was undeserved.
Even if he was a kaiser,
the kaiser died without naming a successor.
Your Excellency,
the throne among the kaiser's three grandchildren.
Which means there will clearly be a struggle for
I can't see how we'll avoid seeing bloodshed.
No matter how it's settled,
What you say is correct.
will also decide my fate.
Whichever one among the three succeeds
you think it will be to come seeking my handshake?
So, which man behind the three grandchildren do
who doesn't have his own forces.
Probably Marquis Lichtenlade,
Then I'll make sure the price for it is high.
through on you, Rear Admiral Cazerne.
Still, they can't blame the failure to get the supplies
screwed up from the start!
The whole operation was
but don't say that.
I appreciate the outrage on my behalf,
Somebody's got to take responsibility.
doesn't hold anybody accountable.
It's fairer than a society that
But...
Attenborough...
but I'll be commanding Supply Base 14.
It may be on the frontier,
like Commodore Falk.
That's way better than being hospitalized,
Senior classmate Yang, look!
Marshal Sithole!
Hello.
Seeing Cazerne off?
Are you on the next flight, too, Director?
That's "Former Director", please.
to take up beekeeping.
I'm thinking of going back to the country
Sir...
Don't make that face. I was prepared for this.
I've no excuse for those who died.
Luckily, the next director will be Admiral Kublesree.
to be commander of the space fleet.
Admiral Bewcock is unofficially set
and who value you highly.
They're both people who understand
to welcome you as the next chief of staff.
Old man Bewcock is saying they even want
Chief of staff?
Admiral Greenhill has resigned, too?!
but as the director of field investigations.
No, he's staying in the military,
It's strange...
we in the military are being driven out,
While we were both opposed to this campaign,
while Trunicht is lauded.
It's as I told you before.
Your role in the military is even more vital now.
Don't forget that.
Sir...
Well, then...
Good luck, Headmaster.
We need to get going soon, too.
Senior classmate Cazerne!
command of the garrison at Iserlohn.
The truth is, I'm going to be accepting
Oh, that's great! Congratulations!
managing the fortress' civil functions
Which is why I'd like you to take on
commissioner of fortress operations.
and all rear line duties as
But I'm about to...
Yes, I know.
Which is why you probably can't do this right away.
to the post at the earliest opportunity.
But I intend to have the military appoint you
Will you come?
Yes! When you call, I'll be glad to work under you.
Until then...
Yeah! A temporary parting, right?
Take care.
And don't you overdo things.
You're not cut out for hard work, after all.
See you.
Okay, let's get going.
Yes!
Bye-bye!
Bye, Mister!
Bye-bye!
Attenborough, I want you to come to Iserlohn, too.
Aye, aye, sir!
It was Erwin Josef II,
Friedrich IV's directly-descended grandson,
of the Galactic Empire.
who became the 37th kaiser
who was newly made a marquis,
Duke Lichtenlade and Reinhard,
in order to make use of each other.
created a new order supported by an axis system
upon His Majesty Friedrich's death?!
Shouldn't Lichtenlade have retired
How is he a marquis?!
Exactly! And besides, that brat!
a poor noble without court rank,
A jumped-up minor son of
His Majesty's favoritism for his sister?!
becoming a marquis because of
I dread him thinking that he's now our equal!
to monopolize the body politic?
Can we allow people like that
Admiral Mückenberger!
This is a rare sight, seeing you two together.
Retirement greetings?
of this reshuffling of personnel.
You were the primary victim
Victim?
It's that brat. We were talking about it just now.
of our glorious space fleet!
Naming him the commander-in-chief
It's the end of the world!
How about it?
If you take our side, it will encourage us.
Won't you join us?
You both seem to misunderstand.
I'm glad to retire at this opportunity,
caught up in a useless war.
to end my career without getting
I will give you one word of advice.
is unmistakably a genius at both politics and war.
That brat, or should I say, Marquis Lohengramm,
You make light of him at your own peril.
If you'll excuse me.
Coward!
There are other soldiers who fear for our nation!
into bankruptcy while Fezzan profits from it?
Drive both the Empire and the Alliance
Even Rubinsky isn't crazy enough to try that.
Which is why I said it's just a rumor.
I dunno who'd say that, though.
In the end, Fezzan is a parasite.
If the host dies, we die with it.
Captain!
Captain Konev!
I'll add it to my tab.
Oh, Purser, care for a drink?
to be drinking in a place like this!
Honestly, like it's any time
Work! There's work to do!
Oh, what is it this time?
Carrying passengers.
Some pretty, wealthy young lady?
It's a party of pilgrims going to Terra.
Great, the Church of Terra again?
Better the purse starve than the body.
Man, oh, man.
Don't let anyone in for a while.
It's me. Please answer.
Rubinsky?
Yes.
About what I reported to Your Holiness...
I know.
and the Alliance both are clear.
The various activities of the Empire
I'm afraid so.
History will accelerate in time.
to her rightful place.
And Terra will soon be restored
I will punish those who abandoned Terra.
Without waiting three years,
Will it be that soon?
It is for that purpose that we made Fezzan.
You've not been neglecting that, have you?
Of course not.
Rubinsky!
Yes?
Do not betray me.
So, who will survive this?
The Empire? The Alliance? Terra?
Or will it...
be me?
will withdraw as things stand.
I don't think Braunschweig and Littenheim
which divides the empire.
Before long, there will be a war
are forming a plan, but...
Mittermeyer, Reuenthal, and the others
There is just one worry.
How the Alliance may interfere, correct?
Yes...
After their crushing defeat at Amritsar,
firepower to spare, but...
I don't think they have much
Don't worry. I'm already formulating a plan.
Besides, my sister is there.
Let her see a smiling face, Kircheis.
Sister!
Reinhard, I'm glad you came. You too, Sieg.
Lady Annerose!
I apologize for making you wait these ten years.
I've come for you, Sister.
I'll let no one trouble you any more.
From now on, please be happy.
Reinhard...
Sister...
Yang Wen-li to full admiral,
The Free Planets Alliance military promoted
as well as its garrison fleet.
and appointed him commander of Iserlohn Fortress
His adjutant was Lieutenant Frederica Greenhill.
Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Murai...
Vice Chief of Staff, Commodore Patrichev...
Rear Admiral Edwin Fischer...
Fleet Deputy Commander,
Commodore Nguyen Van Huu
Squadron Commanders,
and Commodore Dusty Attenborough...
Lieutenant Commander Olivier Poplin
Fighter Corps Commanders,
and Lieutenant Commander Ivan Konev...
Commodore Walter von Schönkopf...
Fortress Defense Commander,
equivalent rank to lance corporal,
And finally, as a civilian contractor with an
his first step towards Iserlohn.
Julian Mintz also took
Empire and the Alliance established.
And thus was the new order of the
Universal Calendar 796,
Reich Calendar 487:
nor Yang Wen-li
Neither Marquis Reinhard Lohengramm
A New Tide
could completely predict their own futures.
Subarashiku atsui namida wo
Hito wa kokoro ni tameteiru
Kimi ga yuku michi wo saegiru
Omoku munashii ikusa tsuzukou to
Yume wo korosu na
Yume wo oun da
Haruka ginga no kagayaki wo
Utsusu namida de hoho wo nurashite
Yorokoberu hi wo
Hikari no hashi wo koete
Kokoro wo hadaka ni shite
Hikari no hashi wo koete
Namida to ai wo tokihanashite
NEXT EPISODE
for a prisoner exchange
Kircheis pays a visit to Iserlohn Fortress
and meets Yang for the first time.
Julian is present for this historic interview.
enormous intrigues begin to stir!
In the shadow of a fleeting peace,
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"Before the Storm"
Episode 17:
Before the Storm
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