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,
It's an impressive formation.
Nice thickness, nice depth...
It's splendid.
even for a diversionary operation.
I guess they don't skimp on anything,
How will you deal with it?
By not moving rashly.
The enemy is waiting for us to move.
Not even a shudder.
No reason it should.
is to be as showy as possible.
But part of our duty here
Let's give them as memorable a show as we can.
Contact Admiral Lutz.
as previously planned.
Tell him to take a half-encirclement formation,
Sir!
The fleet can launch any time.
Stand by.
But...
The enemy has already taken the initiative.
I want to see how things play out a little longer.
just at the very edge of the main gun's firing range.
Sir, one part of the Imperial military is deploying
half-encirclement formation.
They're clearly taking a
a blind spot from an unexpected direction.
If we leave them alone, they could push into
Well, I guess we have no choice, now.
Get me Rear Admiral Fischer.
Yes, sir.
I can't move from here.
to block the enemy's activities.
You two work together
Aye, sir!
Enemy fleet, exiting!
Now! All ships, charge!
Oh, no!
Enemy ships, approaching!
Fire the main guns!
Wait! They're too close!
Our own ships are inside our field of fire!
Break off the attack!
Concentrate on avoiding collision!
Sir!
Is this what they were after?
while we can't use Thor's Hammer!
Now we'll have to allow the enemy to close
I really fell for that, didn't I?
Sir?
In this situation, the enemy has the advantage.
that we can take advantage of?
Can we make an opening in there
Sir...
Now, then, how will the enemy sortie?
they can only send out reinforcements.
If they can't use the fortress' main gun,
If they do, we'll just send in the second formation.
if it just turns into a war of attrition,
It won't be very much fun
but our enemy is a man they call "the Magician."
He'll probably have some trick up his sleeve.
Battleship Oxana, destroyed.
Battleship Lyubyana, communications out!
Hold out, however you can!
Reinforcements are sortieing from the fortress!
They're coming?
But should we let this become a war of attrition?
Enemy reinforcements have sortied.
Lennenkampf's fleet, as well.
Good, now we'll send in
Wait. What's that?
Confirm that ship type!
Ship type collated.
It's the battleship Hyperion!
Hyperion?
Isn't that Yang Wen-li's flagship?
I'd heard he was a resourceful commander,
who leads on the battlefield, as well?
but he's also a brave warrior
All right, all ships, attack!
Your target is the enemy battleship Hyperion!
Your Excellency!
the state of the battle will turn instantly.
If we defeat Yang Wen-li,
in the fortress, but now it's a fleet battle.
We'd never have beaten him if he'd stayed
Don't let this chance slip away!
All ships, flank speed!
Twenty seconds to effective firing range.
Right, open all gun ports!
Enemy ship, closing fast!
What?!
Elevation, minus 50 degrees, bearing 1 o'clock!
What happened?!
has come alongside our lower hull!
It's the enemy! An enemy assault landing ship
Enemy forces, invading! Enemy forces, invading!
Enemy forces, invading!
Prepare for hand-to-hand combat!
Take emergency countermeasures!
I fell for a trick like this...
I'll take charge of repelling boarders.
Your Excellency,
Please, put on an armor suit as well, just in case.
Forget the small fry!
We're after the enemy commander!
Go for the bridge!
They seem to have succeeded in boarding.
Reuenthal is an exceptional commander.
tends to be more effective.
To trip him up, a second-rate trick like this
like this, do we get to celebrate?
If we can capture or kill the enemy commander
a chance to withdraw our ships, doesn't it?
Well, even if that's too much to ask for, it gives us
Understood? Don't let them leave the ship alive.
We'll flank them from the front and the rear!
Sir!
What?!
Who are you?!
Admiral Reuenthal?
Yes, are you an alliance hunting dog?
I'm Walter von Schönkopf.
Remember that for the short remainder of your life!
Rear Admiral Schönkopf!
Your Excellency, are you all right?!
Linz, pull out!
Sir!
Dammit, don't let them escape! After them!
Stop them!
Get them!
Don't let them escape!
Your Excellency, are you hurt?
What a farce to have acted out,
the fleet commander, fighting hand-to-hand.
They're the infamous Rosen Ritters?
Yes, so it would seem.
Have all ships abort the attack and withdraw.
I let the enemy set the pace.
I was so eager for victory that
by enemy landing forces was idiotic.
Allowing the flagship to be invaded
I beg your pardon.
It's not your fault in particular.
I got too hotheaded.
Let's cool off for a bit and then try again.
Enemy fleet appears to be falling back.
Attenborough.
Go ahead.
How about it?
and turn it into an attack?
Can you follow up the enemy's retreat
No way with this guy.
He's left us no openings.
I see.
Well, I guess it can't be helped.
then return to the fortress for now.
Don't chase them too far,
Aye, aye!
Sir, Rear Admiral Schönkopf has returned.
It was mainly a success, but the big fish got away.
we don't get graded with a zero.
I suppose invading a flagship means
Sounds like you came close.
exactly the same thing.
The other guy might be thinking
and dodged my attacks repeatedly.
He was pretty skillful,
So, you didn't get to change history, huh?
So, the fleet battle was a draw, huh?
to press the attack, but...
I wish we could have continued
is a different sort of enemy.
The man they call one of the jewels of the Empire
excellent enemies to choose from.
We have a wide variety of
What do you think, Commandant?
The situation at present is that we hold the fortress,
fleet to fleet, can we beat him?
but if we engage Mr. Jewel out there
I don't know.
wasn't as tactically flexible as Reuenthal,
Kempff, whom we fought before,
taking them down might just depend on luck.
and since we only barely beat him,
Please don't say things that ruin my expectations.
you can beat Reinhard Lohengramm,
I've said in the past that I think
if you can't beat his subordinate?
so what will you do
but you can't win with confidence alone.
You're free to think what you like,
hasn't moved since retreating.
Nevertheless, the enemy
firing range of the fortress' guns.
They absolutely won't come within
And they don't respond to our provocations.
by repeatedly approaching and retreating.
Their goal is probably to exhaust us
you say we're safe in the fortress,
No matter how often
mental exhaustion will only increase.
our combatants' anxiety and
Man, if only I'd gotten my target before.
go back to your quarters and rest.
Sir, I think for the time being you should
Do I look that tired?
More like you seem somewhat depressed.
I see, then I think I'll take your advice.
Yes, sir.
I've never fought a battle this boring before.
When we sortie, the enemy won't approach;
when they attack, we don't get to go out.
It's a battle for our fortress' bulwarks to hold off.
Wouldn't you rather be safe?
That doesn't suit my personality.
I find the enemy's tactics hard to follow.
Leaving aside your tastes,
Are they really trying to bring down this fortress?
imply that they are?
Wouldn't their coming all this way
I wonder about that.
me think these guys are just playing with us.
When I look at their way of doing things, it makes
over one who takes it seriously.
I prefer an enemy who fights like it's a game
of your personal tastes,
Like I said, this isn't a question
intentions here instead.
but my worries about the Imperial military's
I'm well aware of that,
our commander already considered long ago.
but anything you're worrying over,
but as a strategist, he's second to none.
He may score a zero in the lover department,
That nerd.
The opposite of you?
I'm not that conceited.
After all, I just go for quantity.
become a negative in a lover.
That kind of generosity tends to
Is that how it is?
Yeah! And besides...
Talking to you reminded me:
often become really organized
my situation and thoughts
when I'm verbally sparring with someone.
But for that, I need to have someone to talk to.
a good, honest companion,
On that point, Julian really was
unlike a certain someone else.
Because you made each other think.
So, considering that's how he made you feel,
is even greater for Admiral Yang?
do you think Julian's absence
I suppose.
even greater than we ever thought.
The value of that kid being here may have been
So, you finally noticed.
with Julian not being here.
It must be hard on you too,
Maybe I should get Charlotte to take care of you.
Oh, great, you understand what I'm saying?
Well, listen.
deadlocking the front line at Iserlohn.
The Imperial military is intentionally
Rather, with that as their premise,
to make is to call in reinforcements.
the next nominal military movement they intend
the Iserlohn Corridor, but the Fezzan Corridor.
Except those reinforcements will be headed not to
is headed in this deployment.
To the contrary, that's where their main force
soup stock in creating a grand bit of camouflage.
You could say that they're using us as the
I understand that.
But so what?
It's just like the coup last year.
I can read Duke Lohengramm's strategic designs,
but I can't do anything by just knowing.
It's not like I can be happy about guessing right.
an active participant than a prophet.
There's definitely far more value in being
It's times like this that I wish Julian were here.
Sir, I'm sorry for disturbing your much-needed rest,
but there's movement in the enemy fleet.
Right, gotcha. I'm on my way.
Um, Lieutenant?
It's not like it's your fault.
You don't have to be so apologetic.
Besides, my mood's changed for the better.
Thanks.
Yes, sir.
Okay, then...
What does the enemy have in store for us now?
A small group of about 500 ships
through repeated probing attacks.
is trying to engage us at close range
using the floating turrets.
We've been intercepting them
Good, ready Thor's Hammer.
Enemy fleet, retreating.
Block E27, Turret 538, heavily damaged.
Fighter Launch Port 52, damaged.
Turret 47, no response!
Fourth enemy wave, approaching!
Prepare to fire Thor's Hammer again!
Thor's Hammer, at full power!
Are they prepared to sacrifice themselves?
elevation 53 degrees, bearing 9 o'clock!
Fifth enemy wave,
In the blind spot of Thor's Hammer?
Areas 67B through 77 to Area 56.
Move the turrets from
Set up a beam barrage.
Shall we send out the Spartanians?
No, not now.
We'll deal with them using the turrets.
and have them prepare for damage control.
Just put work crews on stand by,
Thor's Hammer, firing preparations complete!
Fire!
At this rate, they're going to latch onto the hull!
the enemy's attack to unmanned mode
Switch the turrets around the area of
from inside of the hydrometal.
and fire the main guns
What?! That will destroy them!
And it will push the hydrometal back into place.
I see!
Oh, man, the cost...
Not bad,
he can't use the floating turrets.
but with the surface that disrupted,
Press the attack! This is our chance!
Fire Thor's Hammer a third time.
27 degrees, 50 minutes, bearing 8:30.
Target elevation,
Energy charge is at 70%!
We're preventing the enemy from massing.
It doesn't matter.
It's a feint.
Thor's Hammer, fire!
It's Thor's Hammer.
We're outside its firing range.
It's aimed at Group 6's assigned rally point.
Group 6, pull back for now!
and allied losses so far?
Chief of Staff, what are the enemy
We've destroyed two hundred enemy gun turrets,
but two hundred of our ships have been destroyed.
That should do it.
Make a temporary withdrawal.
Sir, but...
We've done enough for now.
The enemy's taken its share of losses.
any more of our own.
We shouldn't needlessly incur
Yes, sir!
It will begin soon.
Yes, the beginning of the great drama.
has ended in failure after all,
The attack on Iserlohn Fortress
back into Imperial territory.
and the Imperial military has retreated
The intelligence we received via Fezzan
given up on its invasion
states that the Imperial military hasn't
Senior Admiral Reuentahl
and that their supreme commander
from the homeworld.
is seeking a dispatch of reinforcements
Marshal Reinhard von Lohengramm
The Imperial military's supreme commander
Admiral Reuentahl's hard fight.
is expressing sympathy for
highest ranking officers
He has sent word to the Empire's
of his intent to capture Iserlohn in one fell swoop.
in Imperial border space...
Those who have been on standby
Admiral Karl Robert Steinmetz,
Senior Admiral Wolfgang Mittermeyer,
and Admiral Neidhart Müller,
Admiral August Samuel Wahlen,
have been ordered to sortie.
you can and carry out your duty.
Head for the Iserlohn Corridor as fast as
If you need still more firepower,
and join your ranks.
I will personally depart the capital
As you will! We will do what we can.
It's begun, hasn't it?
Yes, the beginning of the end, Fräulein.
Looks like I'll be going on a long journey.
I should pay Heinrich a visit before I go.
Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489, December 9th:
The second act of Operation Ragnarök began.
As Reinhard and Hilda saw the ships off,
that had to be conquered,
they gazed toward a sea of stars
The Gjallarhorn is Sounded
seeming to stretch out into infinity.
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
The Imperial forces launch from Hauptplanet Odin,
to take Iserlohn Fortress,
supposedly as reinforcements
Fezzan Corridor in a single stroke.
and charge into the
who is there as a military attaché.
Danger closes in on Julian
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"The Fezzan Occupation"
Episode 44:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.
The Fezzan Occupation
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