In every age,
in every place,
In every age,
the deeds of men
in every place,
In every age,
remain the same.
the deeds of men
in every place,
In every age,
against your will, you say?
So, you joined the Lippstadt Coalition forces
but never swore my allegiance to them.
Yes, I was forced to,
by blood to Marquis Littenheim.
I was obliged because I was related
Very well, you won't be charged.
the commissioner of the military police.
You may resume your post as
Your Excellency's generosity.
I have no words to thank
a small measure of my gratitude.
And so, I've brought you something to show
Gratitude?
It's a famous painting by Erlemeyer!
I've no eye for paintings.
and have it sent to an appropriate gallery.
Talk to Mecklinger,
Sir!
Your Excellency!
Um, I mean...
this painting is for you, Your Excellency.
Count Oppenheimer!
commissioner of the military police,
While you hold the post of
you must follow the law, as well!
you don't seem to realize
No...
Captain Kisling!
Sir!
Kisling, detain Admiral Oppenheimer!
The charge is attempted bribery.
Yes, sir!
Th-this is madness!
You even forgave Streit, didn't you?!
calm, and clear-headed.
Streit is eminently resourceful,
because I allowed him to join my ranks,
But if you're demeaning his loyalty
then I've no regrets about doing this to you!
Take him away!
Commodore!
Yes, sir?
Don't give me, "Yes, sir"!
Yes, sir!
What do you plan to do about this?!
all interviewees will be rigorously screened!
Yes, sir! From now on,
That's not what I'm talking about!
Publicize what happened here as an example.
a new commissioner of the military police.
And there's much to do in selecting
Y-yes, sir! I'll take care of it at once!
So, who will be the new commissioner?
Have Kesler do it.
director of capital defense.
But Admiral Kesler was named
an independent personnel system, so...
Besides, the military police have
I don't care.
handle concurrent posts.
A man like Kesler can probably
seems to need some new blood.
Besides, Military Police Headquarters
Yes, sir...
Go, and see that it's done!
Yes, sir!
Is this what it is to seize power?
who don't understand me at all!
I'm surrounded by people
That's right?
Shall I do that, Kircheis?
Enter.
Clerk 2nd Class.
Sublieutenant Theodor von Rücke,
I realize this breaches protocol,
an urgent communique for you.
but your aide left and I have
It's all right. What is it?
Yes, sir, on January 16,
Admiral Kempff of the Iserlohn area forces,
the Eichendorff Fleet, under the command of
training in the corridor, and engaged them.
made contact with the enemy while they were
And the battle situation?
It was developing in our favor,
ten times their number in reinforcements,
but when the enemy dispatched
they were forced to withdraw.
Damn you, Yang Wen-li.
Having lost Siegfried Kircheis,
for collecting men of talent.
Reinhard now showed an even greater motivation
despite having fought for the enemy,
Beginning with Fahrenheit, whom he'd forgiven
known as the "Silent Admiral,"
he promoted Ernst von Eisenach,
the days when Reinhard was a boy, to admirals,
and Helmut Lennenkampf, who'd been famous in
and added them to those under his command.
driven back by overwhelming odds,
While it was just a single fleet and we were
Your Excellency's reputation for invincibility.
I've no words to apologize for staining
can't be one hundred victories.
I'm afraid one hundred battles
You should make up for each defeat with a victory.
It's useless to apologize for each one.
Yes, sir.
After the death of Siegfried Kircheis,
and Oskar von Reuenthal
it was Wolfgang Mittermeyer
who became the twin stars of Reinhard's admiralty.
was thirty years old that year.
Senior Admiral Mittermeyer
The speed of his operational movements
nickname of the "Sturm Wolf."
earned him the incomparable
born to a middle-class family,
Mittermeyer was a commoner
the son of a landscape gardening engineer.
with your hands is the best thing in a rigid society.
From top to bottom, getting a job working
a "craftsman" in a certain sense,
However, while the son did aim to be
it wasn't in the way his parents had hoped for.
I'm home, Mom!
Welcome back.
You must be Master Wolf, right?
Oh, welcome back.
Ah, this girl...
This is Evangelin, a distant relative of mine.
She's just come to live with us.
Please call me Eva, Master Wolf.
S-sure...
I'm all set here. Will you take these, please?
Yes!
Excuse me!
Her father died in battle.
she doesn't have any other family.
We took her in because
Isn't she a cheerful, obedient girl?
Yeah...
Flowers! Flowers! Give me flowers!
Any kind will do!
No, not just any kind! Really beautiful!
I want some that will make a girl happy!
Yeah!
Those will do! I'll take all of them!
I mean, half of them.
Oh, well.
Master Wolf...
Eva...
Please, accept these.
These are for me?
Thank you very much.
Evangelin!
Yes?
Um...
I mean...
Get it together, you good for nothing!
What are you doing?
He did it!
Should we allow this?
What?
He won't distract Eva, will he?
What are you saying?! Our son is very handsome!
while the two were still childless,
In the six years following,
his devotion as a husband was well-known.
Senior Admiral Reuenthal, aged 31.
On the other hand, there was
in double-sided attack and defense,
Known for his calm and tenacity
nearly as famous a commander as Reinhard.
with equal parts wisdom and courage, he was
of his best friend Mittermeyer,
Reuenthal was the polar opposite
and was known for his coldness towards women.
seeking his favor.
In general, women approached him,
he would be the one to break it off.
And when the relationship ended,
who knew the reason behind it.
It was only his close friend Mittermeyer
Hey, are you still alive?
Yes, somehow.
How many did you get?
Dunno, I lost count at ten.
Looks like there are plenty more to get.
That's a shame.
I wish we had a gun.
I hate to say this, but I'll let you take these guys.
but I'm fine with what I've got.
I appreciate the thought,
What will we do? Surrender?
but I doubt they'd even let us.
"That's not my style!" is what I'd like to say,
Because we've killed too many.
Eva, I'm sorry.
To a miraculous return!
To not making your wife a widow!
All right, Mittermeyer, listen up.
You may be married,
given life in this world only to betray men.
but the creature called woman was
You can't just say that about all of them.
No, it's true. My mother's a good example.
Let me tell you.
nobleman in name only,
My father was a lower-class
but my mother came from a count's family.
Father was a bachelor until his 40's,
the finances to let him consider starting a family.
but he was successful in business and had
third daughter, my mother.
He was then introduced to Count Marlbach's
the Marlbach family fortune was in decline.
Thanks to the debauchery of the count,
In short, they were after my father's money.
If not, why would a count's daughter
nobleman twenty years her senior?
have consented to marry a lower-class
The marriage was an unhappy one.
from the constant inferiority he felt
He tried to use material goods to distract
over the difference in their ages and status.
But the age difference couldn't be ignored.
In the end, his wife took a young lover in secret.
I was born from that.
When a baby with different-colored eyes was born
to her blue-eyed husband and her blue-eyed self,
was her black-eyed lover!
all my mother could think of
Which is why, when I opened my eyes,
with her own hand!
my mother nearly gouged out my right eye
No!
My mother ended up taking her own life.
whenever my drunken father saw my face,
And from then on,
he'd repeat the same thing.
I wish you'd never been born!
became my childhood lullaby.
My father's cursing voice
Say, Reuenthal, I've been thinking...
and said things I shouldn't have.
Last night, I was drunk
Please forget it.
What do you mean? I don't remember anything.
I see, so much the better.
The two never spoke of it ever again.
the Imperial military, both together.
Well, well, the twin stars of
I guess the meeting's over.
Did the marshal go back to his office?
His Excellency has finished his business here,
but is headed over to the prime minister's office,
so you'd better hurry if you want to catch him.
Well, well, I'd best do that.
science and technology division,
When he's not shut up in the
maneuvering for his own benefit.
that vulgar man is constantly
I wonder what's gotten him so excited?
Did he make some big discovery?
He's been the sci-tech director for six years,
except directional Seffle particles.
and hasn't accomplished anything
He may be nervous about his future.
So, you're suggesting that
to capture Iserlohn Fortress?
we use another fortress as a stronghold
Exactly, Your Excellency.
one condition in order to succeed.
Not a bad idea, but it requires
Which is?
silently watch and never interfere
The condition that the Alliance military
while our army constructs it.
Please wait, Your Excellency.
There's no need for that condition,
the existing Geiersburg Fortress
because my plan is to transport
to the Iserlohn Corridor.
Shall we discuss it in detail?
on the circumference of the fortress,
So, by mounting twelve warp engines
to challenge Iserlohn with?
they'll make it a mobile fortress
Can we rely on this man Schaft?
"Rely"?
into an unavoidable situation,
No, but if you drive him
how reliable he is is no longer a problem.
Since Duke Lohengramm is seizing all the power,
as freely as he could before.
Schaft can no longer spend public funds
And you're taking advantage of that?
and information we bought from him.
We'll tie his hands with the technology
If Iserlohn Fortress falls,
in absolute troop strength.
the Empire will gain the overwhelming advantage
They could unify the galaxy in one fell swoop,
and we can usurp it.
But this alone isn't enough.
Sir?
the fall of Iserlohn Fortress!
We need to do something to ensure
Yes, and that would be...
even just temporarily.
To get Yang Wen-li far away from Iserlohn,
Yes, sir.
The rest is up to the talents of their commanders.
As you've heard,
and Müller as vice commander.
I appoint Kempff as commander,
science and technology director's plan,
In accordance with the
capture Iserlohn Fortress using Geiersburg.
Sir!
Admiral Karl Gustav Kempff was 36 that year.
who was seemingly carved from granite,
A frank and upright man
of the Lohengramm regime.
he exemplified the military personality
Admiral Neidhart Müller was 27.
the admirals under Reinhard's command.
He was the youngest among
to the careers of the other admirals,
While his experience and results couldn't compare
tenacity at defense were highly valued.
his diligence at attack and
but every soldier wants to be sent to the front lines.
To be honest, I was surprised,
But why Admiral Kempff and you?
but this is essentially a major operation.
It's not especially for me to say,
Shouldn't we send the two senior admirals?
Chief of Staff Oberstein's idea.
I'll bet it was probably
to get too much glory on the battlefield.
He doesn't want Reuenthal and me
Kircheis, we're back to our old problems.
Because if we become Number 2 in place of
So, among the admirals,
after that skirmish the other day, the commander.
you make Kempff, who's spoiling for a rematch
you end up as the vice commander, right?
And Müller, as the youngest,
By the way, along with all these personnel changes,
I heard the marshal got a new aide.
He shuffled out Ferdewelt?
I'm not sure you can call it that.
but it's technically a promotion.
He got shifted into a do-nothing job,
That's His Excellency being kind.
So, who's the replacement?
About that:
I hear he's going to appoint Commodore Streit.
What?!
Oh?
That's a bold move to make.
Oberstein won't keep quiet about it.
to have accepted it with no objections.
The strange thing is that he seems
loyalist to Duke Braunschweig,
So, even Streit, who was a known
bends his knee to Duke Lohengramm.
That must be the political result he's aiming for.
Did you hear about our chief of staff?
It was last year,
in front of the Admiralität.
but they say he picked up a dog
A dog? Oberstein?!
Yes, they say it's an old Dalmatian.
won't eat anything but soft, boiled chicken,
Apparently, it's fussy and
goes to the butcher shop every night for some.
and the chief of staff personally
but loved by a dog?
Our chief of staff is hated by people,
As fellow dogs, they probably get along well!
of this dispatch of troops?
So, Fräulein, you don't approve
to mobilize troops right now.
What I don't understand is why it's necessary
from last year's civil war,
Perhaps we've recovered financially
but popular sentiment still isn't settled.
on fixing our domestic issues now?
Shouldn't you concentrate
my subordinates, and I won't leave Odin.
That's why, this time, I'll leave it to
But, Your Excellency!
Fräulein, I can't allow myself to stand still.
Yes, Bittenfeld is definitely strong.
in the dominant position.
If he and I fought, he'd likely start off
However, in the end, the victor would be me.
Don't change the subject!
The problem is this dispatch.
of the discovery of a new tactic or weapon...
Recommending we mobilize troops on the pretext
cart before the horse with all this!
Schaft is really putting the
who decided on the dispatch.
Well, it was Duke Lohengramm himself
That's why I'm worried.
this dispatch will be futile and useless.
If the Alliance isn't destroyed,
on a whim and waste military power!
It's not healthy for a nation to dispatch troops
Logical, as ever.
Of course.
where I had to make the better argument.
I've always been in the position
more stupid than you really are!
Maybe you should stop pretending to be
Perhaps, although I don't think I am.
With half of Neue Sans Souci closed,
to have gone out, haven't they?
the lights literally seem
on a single seven-year-old child.
And yet, dozens of people are still waiting
is better than usurpation?
Does that mean hereditary inheritance
What is to become of the kaiser?
I won't kill him.
There's value in allowing him to live.
Isn't that so, Oberstein?
Certainly, for now, at least.
Yes, for now.
Amidst various speculations,
Geiersburg Fortress was officially announced.
the operation to capture Iserlohn using
it would bring to those involved.
At the time, nobody knew what fate
It was Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489, January.
the galaxy approached a time of upheaval.
And once again,
Portrait
Kimi yo katatte minai ka
Umareta bakari no hoshi-tachi to
Ozuozu to shita kirameki no naka ni
Kimi wa atsui omoi wo kanjiru hazu da
Kimi yo watatte minai ka
Ooshiku nagareru seiun wo
Sono futokoro ni idakareta toki ni
Kimi wa fukai inochi wo kanjiru hazu da
Kokoro wo sumase mimi sumase
Kimi no tabidachi no jokyoku
Kiite miyou
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brought about by Reinhard,
Foreseeing a new and mighty empire
a plot to have the Empire destroy the Alliance.
Fezzan changes its previous plans and unleashes
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