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,
Vessels closing from fore!
Number: approximately 700!
Heave to!
If you do not comply, we will open fire!
Wait! Those are ours.
Magnify image.
That's...
I see, so Kempff's dead?
and report to Duke Lohengramm.
You should proceed to the rear
Leave the battle to avenge Kempff to us.
Continue to advance, flank speed!
that followed Müller.
Counterattack the enemy vanguard
One quick raid, then an immediate withdrawal.
Any further battle would be meaningless.
Bayerlein! Bülow! Droysen! Sinzer!
Follow standard procedure. Is that clear?
Sir!
So, Kempff is dead?
What's wrong?
Are we still out of contact with the enemy?
One moment...
We've sighted them again. Maximum magnification.
Okay, don't lose sight of them this time.
Don't be beaten by novices!
Yes, sir!
bunch of pansies in Yang's fleet!
Don't fall behind that
Alliance soldiers ought to look!
Let's show them how
It's the enemy!
bearing aft, zenithward!
Additional enemy units detected,
What?!
This is for Kempff!
Send every last ship to Hell!
The enemy to fore is reversing course!
That's...
That's not the remnants of the routed enemy fleet!
That fleet's undamaged!
Well, I'll be! We've been tricked!
Dive! Escape to nadir!
Main guns, triple volley!
Are these guys really Yang Wen-li's subordinates?
They weren't like this when we fought at Amritsar.
Enemy fleet, annihilated.
New enemy units detected to aft!
Number: approximately 10,000!
Did you hear, Reuenthal?
has made an appearance.
It seems Yang Wen-li himself
What shall we do? I'll bet you want to fight.
it's meaningless.
Well, yes, but even if we fight now,
We'll withdraw here.
atoned for by this small victory.
Kempff and Müller's defeat won't be
It's best not to be greedy.
Even so,
on a journey of thousands of light years,
after moving a whole fortress and transporting it
all we've done is add to Yang Wen-li's fame.
It's frustrating.
don't mean a hundred victories.
Well, a hundred battles
That's what Duke Lohengramm would say.
will take Yang Wen-li's head.
At some point, either you or I
Müller wants it, too.
Well, well, the competition for it is heating up.
Did you see that, Julian?
That's how great commanders do battle.
and once that's accomplished,
They have a clear objective,
they withdraw without a second thought.
No hanging around.
Right.
of talent in the Imperial forces?
Nevertheless, how about the abundance
how would this have gone?
If that man Siegfried Kircheis had lived,
the fleet to return home.
Lieutenant, pass the order for
And Julian, I have missed your tea so much.
Would you make me a cup, please?
Of course!
Julian is something special.
the Imperial military's strategy.
He was the one who saw through
About Julian...
You know, don't you?
I don't want that boy to be a soldier.
even if I have to order him to do it.
The truth is, I want him to stop,
That's contrary to the spirit of democracy, isn't it?
now exceed 30% of their GNP.
Alliance military expenditures
is 18% during peacetime,
Since the limit on military expenditures
until their national economy collapses.
at this rate, it won't be long
complete control of the Alliance.
When that happens, Fezzan can take
acknowledge those interests,
Then, once we've made the Empire
we will gain de facto supremacy over the universe.
that plan we spoke of before into action.
To that end, it seems it's time to put
Yes, I'll have them depart at once.
Science and Technology Commissioner Schaft?
By the way, what will we do about Imperial Military
What should we do?
I'd like to ask your opinion.
We'll get no further use from him.
getting more and more one-sided,
His demands on us are
so I think now is the time to cut him loose.
in some natural-seeming way,
I'll pass the documents we spoke of,
to someone in their Ministry of Justice.
Actually, I've already got them ready.
you say to, Landesherr.
I'll transfer them as soon as
Very well, see to it at once.
before it clogs your sewers.
You need to flush waste away quickly,
Very good, sir. If you'll excuse me.
You can take tomorrow off.
It's the anniversary of your mother's death.
to be concerned about private matters.
Well, well, I didn't expect you
It's only natural,
seeing as you carry my blood in you.
So then, you know.
I think that I wronged your mother.
You worried about her, then?
Yes, all along.
to hear you say that,
Mother would have been so happy
but there was never any need to worry.
where the day's meal would come from,
A girl from a poor family who worried
controlled a percentage of known space?
or one from a wealthy family that
Even I...
choice as you, Your Excellency.
Yes, I would have made the same
a novice fresh out of graduate school,
So, did you choose me,
to be your aide simply out of parental affection?
Is that what you think?
I don't want to think that.
I have some confidence in my abilities,
so I'd like to believe that's what you purchased.
You take after me on the inside.
your mother on the outside.
Although, you take after
Thank you.
The position of Fezzan landesherr isn't hereditary.
not a bloodline.
My successor needs ability and popularity,
Take your time to cultivate them both.
I'll take your words to heart.
Ability and popularity, eh?
You went to a lot of trouble to acquire both.
when you never did is hypocritical.
To tell me to take my time
Don't forget, I am your son.
Rupert does take after me.
Whether by building it or stealing it,
is worthy of praise.
the first person to have something
That's common sense.
But for people who gain power, wealth, or honor
but simply by inheritance,
not by their own ability or effort,
what right have they to claim it?
hereditary dynasties disgusts me.
The very existence of
Power belongs to a single generation.
It shouldn't be transferred.
It should be taken!
station or power to your children?
Then, Prime Minister, you won't pass on your own
Children? My children, eh?
equal to or greater than mine,
My successor must have talents
and that needn't be only after I'm dead.
by stabbing me in the back
The person who thinks they can get everything
should try and make that happen.
However, they'd better imagine the result
if they should happen to fail.
Who is it?
It's Oberstein, Your Excellency.
Come in.
Sorry to interrupt your meal.
Admirals Reuenthal and Mittermeyer.
A report has come in from
I'm assuming it isn't good news.
The Geiersburg mobile fortress was destroyed.
Admiral Kempff shared its fate.
number nearly 15,000.
Destroyed and damaged vessels
Dead or wounded troops, more than 1,800,000.
You're saying we lost more than 90%?!
There are approximately 700 surviving ships.
under Admiral Müller's command.
They're on their way back,
Lord Reinhard...
You're right, a man like Müller is hard to find.
get him killed in futile battles.
I'll stop foolishly trying to
That will be all right, won't it, Kircheis?
imperial decree by Your Excellency,
Although I was given an
I was unable to carry out my duty.
Nor could I save our leader, Admiral Kempff.
and let the enemy triumph.
I lost many soldiers,
For this crime, I deserve death,
Your Excellency of the circumstances
but I shamelessly returned alive to inform
and humbly await your judgment.
If all guilt for this defeat is mine,
then I beg you show mercy to my subordinates!
You're guilty of nothing.
One lost battle may be atoned for with one victory.
For making the long journey home, I thank you.
Your Excellency!
I have already lost Admiral Kempff.
I can't lose you, as well.
Rest until you have made a full recovery.
I'll order you back to active duty as soon as I can.
Müller!
Kisling!
Take him to the hospital.
And Kempff is to be promoted.
Advance him to the rank of senior admiral.
By the way, Schaft...
Yes, sir?
If you have an explanation, I'd like to hear it.
my plan was flawless.
If I may say so, Your Excellency,
lies with those charged with carrying it out.
Responsibility for the operation's failure
Who asked you to assign blame for this defeat?
Commissioner of the Military Police!
Inform the suspect of the charges.
Sir!
Technical Admiral Schaft, you are under arrest
misappropriation of public funds,
for the crimes of graft,
tax evasion, aggravated breach of trust,
and disclosure of military secrets.
Wh-what proof is there?!
Take him away!
Scum.
Kesler...
Fezzan high commissioner's office.
Increase surveillance on the
I don't even care if it's obvious.
That in itself will put a check on them.
Sir!
Mecklinger...
There's something I want you to do.
Mother! Mother, don't cry!
I'll get revenge for Father!
I swear, I'll kill that man Yang!
We'll kill him!
Fräulein Mariendorf...
Chief of Staff...
may I help you?
After that incident,
to be lenient with Müller?
Fräulein, did you advise the prime minister
decided for himself.
No, it's something His Excellency
I didn't say anything.
he's not someone to be persuaded, is he?
Besides, even if I had said something,
Isn't he?
No, he's not.
But if anyone cautioned him, it was him.
Admiral Kircheis told him to.
Fräulein, you're unexpectedly romantic, aren't you?
Well, excuse me.
Duke Lohengramm as a Machiavellian tool?
Does the Chief of Staff only see
If so, his still boyish sensitivity
might end up being destroyed.
the second coming of Rudolf the Great.
That might increase the danger of his turning into
I must fight to make sure that doesn't happen.
Hilda!
But do I have a chance of winning?
nobody would have to work hard.
If one could win by determination alone,
I know...
I'll find some way to meet with his older sister.
there'd be no need for me to meddle.
Although, if Admiral Kircheis were still alive,
will be held with military honors.
I hear Kempff's funeral
somebody who died in a losing battle.
It's unprecedented treatment for
And Müller wasn't punished.
talent really are impressive.
Duke Lohengramm's tolerance and
You think so?
Kempff may as well have been disposable.
Of late, I've begun to wonder if Duke Lohengramm
Siegfried Kircheis as merely disposable tools.
sees all his subordinates aside from
Hey! But the duke mourned Kempff's death!
That's just it, Mittermeyer.
Let's think of it this way:
Kempff is dead.
Once you give tears and glory to him, it ends there.
like wealth or power, to the living.
But you have to give more substantial things,
I wonder if he even can?
when Siegfried Kircheis died like that
You say that, but last autumn,
and the duke practically had a breakdown,
we had to get him back on his feet?
weren't you the one who said that
Didn't you mean that?
I did mean it, at the time.
But my life hasn't consisted
choices since the day I was born.
of exclusively correct decisions and
when I regret making that choice.
I haven't yet, but the day may come
Let's pretend that I didn't hear that.
You shouldn't say reckless things.
you might become the target of a purge.
If Oberstein were to get wind of it,
Duke Lohengramm is the hero of the age.
suitably rewarded, that's good enough.
If we work to do his bidding and are then
I think so, anyway.
I went and did it again.
Could I seize the universe?
Does a new age mean an age of new troubles?
things wouldn't have turned out like this.
If Siegfried Kircheis were alive,
Does our enemy have any troubles or anxieties?
What's that man named Yang Wen-li doing now?
Dancing with a beautiful girl at a victory party?
I'll make you some hot punch.
and cut it with hot water.
You put honey and lemon in wine,
It's the best thing for a cold.
Hold the honey, lemon, and hot water.
No!
It won't make much of a difference, will it?
Then why don't I hold the wine, too?
you were more obedient.
When you came to my house four years ago,
due to influences after I came.
Yes, and I'm like this now
Yeah, I suppose so.
role models around you.
You've grown up with no good
Should I thank Cazerne? Or Schönkopf?
Or Poplin, maybe?
Aren't you forgetting somebody?
Attenborough?
Somebody closer, the most responsible person.
Nothing's gone right with my life.
Pushed into a job I hate, no girlfriend,
and when I try to just get a drink, I get yelled at.
just because you have a cold.
Please don't vent your bad mood
You're a good kid.
Admiral Yang...
What?
I want to formally enlist.
Will you give me your permission?
If you're set on saying no, then I'll give it up.
Do you want to become one, no matter what?
Yes!
protects freedom and equality.
I want to be a soldier who
aggression or oppression,
Not a soldier who's the agent of
but one who protects the rights of the people.
but what would you do instead?
You said you'd give it up,
I don't know.
I mean, I'd be what you told me to be, Admiral.
I might say no, did you?
You never even considered that
That's not true!
Don't overestimate a 15-year age difference.
I can see through that much.
Sorry...
I can't say no, can I?
Oh, well, when you make that face,
a good-for-nothing soldier.
Okay, if it's you, you probably won't end up
Be what you want to be.
Thank you!
Thank you, Admiral!
Still, you want to be a soldier that badly, huh?
Listen, Julian...
Not that I want to say anything too out of character,
there's something I want you to not forget.
but if you want to be a soldier,
and there are two types of violence.
The military is an instrument of violence,
Good violence and bad violence?
No, not that.
and violence as a means of liberation.
Violence to control and oppress,
What they call a national military...
of those already in charge.
...is fundamentally an organization
It's unfortunate, but that's borne out by history.
the military very rarely sides with the people.
When the powerful are confronted by the people,
Far from it, in any number of nations in the past,
of authority to violently oppress the people.
the military itself changed into an instrument
who tried to do that and failed.
Even just last year, there were people
and you opposed that, right?
But Admiral, you're a soldier,
I want to be a soldier like you, Admiral,
or at least try to be.
Hey, hey, don't lay that on me!
that I never wanted to be a soldier.
You know perfectly well
Historical research, right?
Exactly.
"The pen is mightier than the sword."
While this is hardly ever true in human society,
history is one of the few exceptions.
We couldn't topple Rudolf the Great by the sword,
but we knew of his misdeeds.
That's the power of the pen.
or a tyrant from thousands of years ago.
The pen can indict a dictator from centuries ago,
isn't that just affirming the past?
Yeah, but in the end,
The past...
Listen, Julian...
what we call "the past" accumulates endlessly.
If human history continues on,
History isn't just a record of the past,
going on continuously to the present day.
but evidence that civilization has been
the aggregation of history.
Present day civilization stands upon
Understand?
Yes!
Passing on their genes to their descendants
to their existence in the long flow of time.
is the only way that life forms can lay claim
Only humans possess "history."
different from other life forms.
Possessing history makes humans
That's why I wanted to be a historian.
I've ended up in this state.
And just because I pushed the wrong first button,
But without people to make history,
for people to write about it?
wouldn't there cease to be a need
Julian, hot wine-
another cup of hot punch?
Sorry, I mean, won't you make me
It was really good.
Sure, right away!
Well, things hardly ever go the way you think.
In my life, and in other people's, too.
a way to make Yang quit,
So, essentially, you're looking for
but you don't want him to then go into politics
and threaten your power base.
Is that about right?
I'm not speaking of Admiral Yang specifically!
from moving into politics!
We want to prevent soldiers in general
In that case, you should just pass a law.
What's power for, otherwise?
once you've made them.
Everybody has to obey the laws and regulations
for all the money you spend to gain power.
The pleasure of being able to do that makes up
Am I wrong?
As you say.
Dammit!
When I think about why he brings me along,
of military materiel or how to sabotage Yang.
it's either to discuss kickbacks on imports
any work for the government.
This is why I told him I didn't want to do
I've had it with this!
and soars through the vast skies.
"Without wings, it escapes gravity's palm
former days, is left behind.
The mother world, once green in
Now, the bird-"
Enough, leave me!
I haven't got long.
What's the point of my even being alive?
without producing anything,
Only to die and vanish away,
without creating any proof that I lived in this world?
No! I don't want to die like this!
proof to history that I lived!
I can't die before I've left some
Shall we go...
Captain?
Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489:
The first half of the year had just barely finished.
It would be another month until the incident
and the Free Planets Alliance.
that would rock both the Galactic Empire
Decisions & Ambitions
Won't you try talking
To the newborn stars?
Within their tremulous shine
You will feel warm feelings
Won't you try to cross
The heroically flowing galaxy?
When it's embraced in your heart
You will feel a deep sense of life
Open your heart, listen closely
And listen to the prelude
Of your journey
NEXT EPISODE
Having learned of Fezzan's plot,
Annerose's guard, just in case.
Reinhard must strengthen his sister
At Reinhard's request,
a secluded mountain retreat, but then...
Hilda calls upon Annerose at
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"Thunder"
Episode 36:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.
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