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,
Geiersburg Fortress was making progress,
One day, as the operation to move
Reinhard and was known as the "Artist Admiral,"
Admiral Ernest Mecklinger, who served under
visited the mansion of Baron Heinrich von Kümmel.
who was the baron's first cousin.
He was invited by Hilda,
than a cousin to you, Fräulein?
So, Baron Kümmel is more like a little brother
and Heinrich was sickly from birth,
Yes, both my uncle and aunt died young,
to act as his guardian.
so my father took it upon himself
Besides, I don't have any siblings.
my public life with my private one, isn't it?
Asking you to do this is mingling
No, no, don't worry,
but is it really okay for me to intrude?
He's thrilled!
Heinrich admires you, Admiral.
Duke Lohengramm's private secretary,
Ever since I became
I haven't been able to visit as much as I used to.
I said I'd make it up to him,
to introduce him to you, Admiral.
and he practically begged me
Come in.
Heinrich...
As promised, I brought Admiral Mecklinger.
How do you do, Baron Kümmel?
Wow, you're really here!
Oh, please...
Please, sit down.
I'm so happy you came!
but I painted this.
I don't know if you'll like it or not, Baron,
This is for me?
Amazing! It's amazing, Hilda!
Good for you.
Now, thank the admiral.
Yes! Yes!
Admiral, thank you!
but for giving me this splendid painting!
Not only for visiting,
I'm moved, truly!
Seeing how much it pleases you is thanks enough.
Heinrich idolizes people like you, Admiral.
Yes, with this body of mine,
I couldn't do anything.
even if I spent my whole life trying,
things in many fields in one lifetime,
But that's why I idolize those who accomplish
like Leonardo da Vinci,
the Kingdom of Wei in ancient China.
and Cao Cao, who revived
Lazare Carnot, Tughril Beg...
to such great figures.
I'm not sure I'm worthy of comparison
No! In modern times, Admiral Mecklinger, it's you!
Even excluding your fame as a soldier,
from the Academy of Art!
this painting is worthy of a prize
In the past, you've won an award as a poet.
in a piano competition, didn't you?
And the year before last, you came in second
Good grief, I'm astonished.
You know so much about me.
It's almost embarrassing.
What are you saying?
you're a skilled front line commander,
Even in the military,
good at organizing troops at the rear,
an exceptional staff officer.
and I've heard that you're also
I only became a soldier reluctantly.
Except, to be honest,
I couldn't make a living doing the art I so love.
Because I'm a commoner,
you'd quit the military?
So, if you were successful as an artist,
Heinrich, that's rude.
No, I don't mind.
But I won't quit for a while.
I've encountered a work of art that I can appreciate.
Because being in the military,
Is there such a thing?
Duke Reinhard Lohengramm.
Yes, the living work of art called
Oh, now I'm the one who may be speaking rudely.
No, it's true.
everything about his life is artful.
Perhaps you can say that
If only this body of mine let me be more free...
Really, thank you so much for today.
It's all right.
Anyway, his over-excitement made him feverish.
Will he be all right?
Yes, if he just rests for a while.
I'm sure he feels it was worth it.
But seeing how happy he was,
I'm happy I could be of service.
By the way, Admiral, may I ask you one thing?
What is it?
you looked somewhat surprised.
When you entered the room,
Oh, was it that obvious?
You're as sharp as I've heard.
who were as sickly as him.
Well, I've known a number of people
as a sort of coping mechanism.
But usually, they have a healthy pet at hand,
So, when I didn't see one...
That's all it was.
It's true.
He seems to have no interest in that.
He loves to read books, but...
I see.
The two felt a vague sense of unease at the time,
into something more tangible.
but it was only much later that it manifested
standard drive navigation test.
Twenty-five seconds to
Engineering ships, clear the flight path at once.
Twenty seconds!
Course, clear of obstructions.
Fifteen seconds!
Final confirmation.
Ten seconds to ignition.
navigation test is over,
As soon as the standard drive
9... 8...
navigation test is over,
As soon as the standard drive
9... 8...
we'll prepare for the warp test.
7... 6...
we'll prepare for the warp test.
to the warp test sector.
We're deploying a survey ship
7... 6...
5... 4...
to the warp test sector.
We're deploying a survey ship
3...
to the warp test sector.
We're deploying a survey ship
2...
1...
Ignition!
It moved! It moved!
Confirming ignition!
Velocity: 2,000 kilometers per hour...
5,000 kilometers...
8,000 kilometers...
Velocity vector is nominal!
Output curve error, plus minus 0.03%.
one ten millionth of a second.
Synchronization precision,
It's perfect!
The vulture has taken wing!
I got a report from Kempff at Geiersburg.
The standard drive test seems to have succeeded.
until completion of the warp test.
But we can't say it will be practical to use
If that succeeds, it will be soon, won't it?
Fräulein, you're still against this dispatch?
I haven't said anything.
When you look at me like that, I'm afraid to!
You have nothing to fear from me.
whether it's nations or organizations,
Your Excellency,
one thing is necessary to unite groups of people.
And that is?
An enemy.
That's true.
That's why I'm continuing to fight the Alliance.
And yet you're opposed to that?
Your Excellency knows perfectly well
you and the people who support you
that the enemy necessary to both
isn't the Free Planets Alliance.
It's the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
The kaiser is only seven years old.
He has no real power.
At this point, his age and powers aren't a problem.
As the successor to the Goldenbaum Dynasty,
that will rally the old guard.
Erwin Josef II can become a symbol
they're no match for us now.
Even if the old guard joined forces,
to brand me a murderer of children.
Besides, I don't want later generations
I won't kill the kaiser.
That's wonderful to hear!
But as you say, I need an enemy.
Which leaves me one road I must take.
I've received a summons.
I'm to appear on Heinessen.
For what?
For an inquiry, it says.
I don't remember offhand what that is.
Do you know about it, Lieutenant?
Unlike a court-martial,
Alliance constitution or Alliance military law.
an inquiry isn't based on either the
So, it's extralegal, huh?
with no legal basis.
In other words, it's an arbitrary process
So you say,
has a perfect legal right to summon me.
but the defense committee chairman
city of vanity and corruption.
There's no way I can't go to Heinessen,
temporarily recalled Admiral Yang to Heinessen
The Alliance government seems to have
to conduct an inquiry.
An inquiry?
Not a court-martial?
would require a public announcement.
Convening a court-martial
allowed defense counsel.
And the defendant would have to be
and conjecture is a more effective measure.
A psychological lynching based on suspicions
hold power in the Alliance.
A fitting method for those who presently
As they proclaim democracy,
ignoring laws and rules makes it a sham.
the fact that they are essentially
dangerous way of doing things.
It's a makeshift and
By not respecting the rule of law,
of the entire society.
those in power loosen the norms
Even so, that's their problem to deal with.
There's no need for us to worry about it.
without working for it must take on a suitable test.
Those who receive an inheritance
If it's too much for them, they perish.
That isn't limited to the Goldenbaum Dynasty.
Counselor...
than listen to you philosophize.
I've better things to do
Count Remscheid to lead our plan,
First of all, it's good that you got
but who is to actually carry it out?
Will you take care of that first?
I'm sorry.
I'm making progress in the personnel selection.
Concerning that, right now,
I'll be able to report to you within a few days.
So, at last, my fears have come true.
I can't tell you not to go, but please be very careful.
At any rate, don't give them any excuses.
Yeah, I know.
Keep an eye on things while I'm gone.
Should you take a security team?
I could take command.
We shouldn't go overboard with this.
We're not marching into enemy territory.
Recommend one man I can rely on.
How about smart and courageous me?
from the fortress will cause problems later.
Removing the defense commander
Advise Rear Admiral Cazerne.
I can't take Julian with me this time.
I'll take the minimum number of men,
and I won't use the Hyperion, just some cruiser.
What?
I was thinking how safe you're playing this.
Shouldn't I?
But why not take Julian with you?
a chance to make friends his own age.
Because, since coming here, Julian hasn't had
from all the housework.
I was thinking I'd set him free
He might do...
I have a candidate for you:
Warrant Officer Louis Machungo.
He's normally a quiet guy, but get him angry,
those wimps in the capital with one hand.
and he could handle a whole platoon of
He's stronger than you?
I could handle a whole company.
Right, right...
By the way, is Lieutenant Greenhill going with you?
What would I do without my aide?
Julian behind, the kid's gonna be jealous.
True, but if you take the lieutenant and leave
interested in Admiral Yang,
I know Lieutenant Greenhill is
but how does the admiral feel?
I don't know.
letting others know how he feels.
He's the type who hates
All things considered, he's pretty transparent.
He's smart, but simple and upright in his character.
At an individual level, he's kind of naive.
You can read anyone, can't you?
Hey, what do you mean?
Well, I have to make dinner, so please excuse me.
I have to make the Admiral's favorite, Irish stew.
those hard-won skills just making stew.
It's good to be diligent, but don't wear out
Geiersburg Fortress, under Müller's command,
is moving towards the scheduled warp test area.
Does it look like it will work?
I can promise you that I'll make it work.
It's been a while since you've been home.
Go spend tonight with your family.
Sir!
I appreciate your concern.
Your father is going far into space to kill bad guys.
so protect your mother, and be good.
You two are boys,
tell your father goodbye?
Go on. Aren't you going to
Goodbye, Father! Come back, soon!
Goodbye, Father. Bring me a present, okay?
Don't be stupid! Father's going to work.
He won't have time to buy you a present.
But...
I'll bring you a present next time.
I know.
to Grandma's house?
When I get back, why don't we go
Really?
Dear, should you really make that kind of promise?
If you break it, they'll blame you.
It will be fine.
I'm sure they'll give me leave.
Once I'm back from a successful mission,
And a promotion.
we can send more money to your family.
When they do,
to come home safely, Dear.
I'm more anxious for you
Please, come home safely.
That's all I want.
Of course I'll come back.
and not come back?
Have I ever gone to the battlefield
hard-line faction in the Lippstadt Coalition forces.
Baron Fregel had been the leader of the strongest
who served as his staff officer,
Leopold Schumacher,
after Fregel's death.
fled with his subordinates to Fezzan
he set out to spend the rest of his life as a pioneer.
Settling in the Assiniboia Ravine,
formerly of the Imperial military, I presume?
Captain Leopold Schumacher,
I'm Rupert Kesserling, counsel to the landesherr.
about your homeland, Captain.
I have something vital to discuss
Would you leave me be, please?
I'm not a captain or anything any more.
has nothing to do with me.
What happens to the Galactic Empire
planning a new life for me and my friends,
I've got my hands full,
think about a past I discarded.
so I don't have time to
It's all right to have discarded your past,
but you shouldn't do the same to your future.
end your life covered with dirt and fertilizer.
Captain Schumacher, you aren't meant to
Won't you consider trying to change history?
Please go away.
Please, won't you calm down and hear me out?
You might be able to grow crops here.
if they can't be sold in the city.
But, alas, there's no point
knows what I mean, Captain.
I'm sure a smart man like you
Is that how you do things in Fezzan?
Yes, that's how we do things.
achieve the best result.
If necessary, we play dirty to
I don't mind if you hate me.
as the loser's contempt for the victor.
But I think there's nothing in the world as futile
I'm sure you do, when you're winning.
Well, what are you telling me to do?
Assassinate Duke Lohengramm?
Fezzan doesn't like bloodshed,
because peace is the road to prosperity.
understand my noble literature!
As if these vulgar Fezzanese could ever
Count Landsberg?
Who are you?
your loyalty to the Goldenbaum Dynasty
Your Excellency, if you don't want
and patriotic zeal to waste away,
join in a plan led by Count Remscheid.
the Lippstadt Coalition forces, too?
I see! So, you were a member of
So, we're comrades in arms.
You can count on me!
Will this plan ever succeed?
And even if it does, what will be the point?
on the road to peace and progress?
Won't it just put obstacles
There's nothing original about Schaft's plan.
It's just dusting off the "All Big Guns" doctrine.
But it might be effective against Iserlohn.
no matter how dull.
Well, Kempff attacks any order with zeal,
Never mind about Schaft or Kempff.
It's Duke Lohengramm I'm concerned about.
He's changed a lot since Kircheis' death.
Although I can't say how or where...
people can't help but change.
When they lose what should never be lost,
Do you remember?
It was right here.
Duke Lohengramm still went by the name of Müsel.
When we first saw him and Kircheis, back when
Battle of the Wanfried Stellar Region.
Yeah, it was after the victory in the
Was it four years ago?
Who's that?
Oh, that's Commodore Reinhard von Müsel.
Or is it rear admiral?
so it's pretty impressive.
Whichever, he's just turned eighteen,
call the "golden-haired brat"?
I see, so, he's the one the high nobles
What do you think of the golden-haired brat?
There's an old saying:
"A baby tiger may be mistaken for a cat."
is he a tiger or a cat?
So, when you look at Reinhard von Müsel,
Probably a tiger,
because the enemy is under no obligation to lose
of the kaiser's favorite.
just because he's the little brother
He was definitely a tiger.
No.
He's a veritable lion.
I see, the king of the beasts.
powerful Kircheis was, as well.
But I never noticed how
If Kircheis were alive,
out of this troop dispatch.
he'd have talked Duke Lohengramm
If Siegfried Kircheis were alive...
Forty-five seconds to scheduled warp.
on the outskirts of the Valhalla system.
The main screen shows the planned warp out zone,
I don't see Schaft.
He's on Geiersburg with Kempff and Müller.
Oh? That's not like him, is it?
He was hesitant, as you'd expect,
ordered him to be aboard.
but Duke Lohengramm apparently
I see.
giant space fortress warp out in that sector?
But can a 45 kilometer wide,
It should be a dramatic spectacle.
That's assuming it's successful.
10 seconds...
9... 8...
7... 6...
5... 4...
3... 2...
1...
the outer sector, no abnormalities.
Fortress and all aboard have entered
Having successfully warped Geiersburg Fortress,
and two million troops,
which accommodated a fleet of 16,000 ships
the drive to capture Iserlohn was formally decided.
It was Reich Calendar 489, March 18th.
who had been recalled by the government,
On the same day, Yang Wen-li,
was preparing to leave Iserlohn Fortress.
Julian, about how tall are you?
173 centimeters.
You'll be taller than me by next year, huh?
my shoulder when we first met.
And you didn't even come up to
I'm going to go see Geiersburg.
I'd like to be left alone for a little while.
Let nobody in.
Was this where Admiral Kircheis...
Lord Reinhard...
Please win the universe...
And please tell Lady Annerose...
that Sieg kept his old promise.
Yes, Kircheis,
you kept your promise.
And so I will keep my promise to you.
No matter what I do, I'll win the universe,
and then I will go back to my sister!
But I'm cold, Kircheis.
without you and my sister.
The universe seems to lack warmth and light
and do it all over...
If I could go back to that time twelve years ago,
and warmer place for me?
would the world be a brighter
Kircheis!
only open his heart to the dead?
Can Duke Lohengramm
What a lonely existence.
the former empire and rule space?
For what purpose is he trying to destroy
He can't go on like this!
Lost Things
He can't!
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
NEXT EPISODE
the defense committee chairman,
Answering the summons by
Yang returns to the capital world Heinessen.
he faces the inquiry alone.
Separated from Frederica and the others,
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"The Inquiry"
Episode 31:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.
The Inquiry
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