Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489, November:
Despite having a large fleet of 36,000 ships,
to accomplish his goal
Senior Admiral Reuenthal was unable
of conquering Iserlohn Fortress.
from Hauptplanet Odin in response
The Mittermeyer fleet which quickly launched
meant to break the stalemate on the Iserlohn line.
was assumed to be reinforcements
Hey, don't you think this is strange?
the course for Iserlohn is different.
According to this data,
Yeah, I thought it was strange too.
is taking us further and further away from it.
Even if we're taking a detour, each warp
These coordinates aren't for Iserlohn...
The admiral's watching.
Attention fleet:
This is fleet commander Wolfgang Mittermeyer.
I will now make an important announcement.
All hands, listen as you are.
Our fleet isn't going to the Iserlohn Corridor,
but to the Fezzan Corridor!
I repeat:
is the Fezzan Corridor!
Our fleet's objective for invasion
doesn't stop with the occupation of Fezzan.
Our ultimate objective, of course,
pass through the corridor,
We will make Fezzan into a rear base,
the "Free Planets Alliance,"
conquer the rebels who style themselves
divisive resistance in human society.
and end centuries of
That is the objective of this deployment.
We're not here to just fight and conquer.
We're here to turn a page of history!
But achieving that goal won't be easy.
Alliance territory is huge,
and excellent commanders.
they have many troops in their ranks,
However, by controlling the Fezzan Corridor,
advantage for ourselves!
we can create an overwhelming
I fully expect that you will all fight well!
All ships, prepare to warp!
Destination: the Fezzan Corridor!
Almost time for my shift to end.
You look happy.
Got another date with your girlfriend?
We're going to check out a wedding hall.
Oh, you lucky dog!
What's that?
Unidentified ships detected!
They appear to have warped into the corridor.
Closing on Fezzan rapidly!
Number, approximately-
t-ten thousand!
No, number increasing!
There are over 20,000!
What's going on?
I-it's an Imperial military fleet!
What?!
Sound the alarm! This is an emergency!
Yes, sir!
Try broadcasting a warning to them!
Yes, sir!
Approaching fleet, please heave to.
Approaching fleet, please follow traffic control.
Breach of regulations will be punished.
What's the Imperial military doing here?
Follow traffic control!
was a demilitarized zone.
I thought the Fezzan Corridor
was a demilitarized zone.
I thought the Fezzan Corridor
Approaching fleet, please heave to.
was a demilitarized zone.
I thought the Fezzan Corridor
Approaching fleet, please heave to.
We've been completely taken in.
Breach of regulations will be punished.
We've been completely taken in.
Breach of regulations will be punished.
They pretended to be going to Iserlohn,
Please follow traffic control.
They pretended to be going to Iserlohn,
then rushed into Fezzan all at once!
Approaching fleet, please heave to.
then rushed into Fezzan all at once!
Approaching fleet, please heave to.
You mean they plan to occupy Fezzan by force?
Approaching fleet, please heave to!
You mean they plan to occupy Fezzan by force?
Approaching fleet, please heave to!
What else could it be?
Approaching fleet, please heave to!
Keep calm! This is an emergency!
Approaching fleet!
Keep calm! This is an emergency!
It's no use! They won't respond!
Contact the landesherr's office.
The Imperial military is invading!
Yes, sir!
How could we not have known this was coming?!
in the Empire doing?!
What the hell is our high commissioner's office
What's that?!
What is it?
Is it a meteor storm?
Maybe it was a satellite accident.
Emergency! Emergency!
We are under attack by the Imperial military!
It's an invasion!
All citizens, please seek safe shelter at once!
It's already begun.
Where do we find safe shelter?!
Have you heard, Landesherr?
I have.
a finger's length away.
Fezzan's final days seem to be
I never thought he'd come so far this year.
completely got the jump on us.
The golden-haired brat
been won over to his side.
It would appear that Boltik's
backed by the Imperial military.
Sooner or later, Boltik will probably come riding in,
and shoulder power that's too heavy for him.
To steal your position,
Your time is over.
the shortest-lived landesherr in history.
A four year reign,
Can you guarantee that my time is over?
I'm of the same opinion as Boltik.
On that point alone,
is finished is just a bother to those who will follow.
An actor who lingers on stage after his part
I must ask that you make your exit quickly.
You're of the same opinion as Duke Lohengramm,
to manipulate than Boltik.
on the point that I'll be harder
Should I consider that an honor?
I don't care how you intend to glorify yourself!
Why should I care?
would be eccentric, wouldn't it?
Showing interest in corpses
Now I see.
your chance has arrived.
You bare your fangs the moment
on being quick to seize the moment,
Well, while I'll compliment you
maybe you shouldn't push your luck.
Besides, there's no need to dirty your own hands...
Rupert.
I'll eventually take Boltik down,
to my becoming Fezzan's master.
but any way I do it, you're an obstacle
I can rally resistance against Boltik.
With you out of the way,
that will resurrect Fezzan!
You could say I'll become the star
But, Rupert-
Shut up! Don't use my name like we're friends!
I'm your father.
call you by your first name.
Surely you should allow me to
"Father", you say?
"Father"?
A father would be more... more...
It seems you underestimated me a bit, Rupert.
I knew you wanted to kill me,
in coming to this house tonight!
and that it was your objective
Which is why I made these preparations!
How?
That's why I said you were naive.
Did you really believe Dominique was your ally?
That whore...
You have too many of my worst traits.
ambition and greed a bit,
If you had just tempered your
my position and power to you.
I might have eventually turned over
except how to wait for your time to come.
You knew everything,
Don't assume I'll ask you to turn it over to me.
I'll take it from you!
I'll take everything from you!
That's what I decided.
I'll leave you nothing.
Not even me...
Landesherr, what do we do now?
The Free Planets Alliance Chairman Trunicht
until the coup d'état was over.
hid underground in safety
Let's take a cue from him and hide, as well.
It can't be helped.
Warrant Officer, let's get out.
Are we going to walk?
No, run.
are the landesherr's office,
Our primary targets for occupation
the Space Navigation Bureau,
the Alliance high commissioner's office,
the Central Communications Bureau,
the Public Broadcast Center,
the Supply Distribution Center,
the Orbital Elevator Control Center,
the Ground Traffic Control Center,
Police Headquarters,
and the Hydrogen Power Center.
the Alliance high commissioner's office,
The most important are the landesherr's office,
and the Space Navigation Bureau.
on travel routes within Alliance territory.
We need to seize their computer data
This is an absolute requirement. Understand?
Sir!
I'll also make this strict announcement beforehand:
or the assault of women is strictly forbidden.
The killing of civilians, pillaging,
and then execution by firing squad.
Violators will face summary trial
Is that clear?
will go back on his word!
Don't assume that Wolfgang Mittermeyer
who stains the honor of the Imperial military!
I will render appropriate punishment to anyone
Bear that in mind.
Sir! If you'll excuse us!
Imperial high commissioner's office.
There was a message from our
by rioters hostile to our forces' occupation,
The office is afraid of being assaulted
so they'd like us to send them a guard unit.
A request, right after we land, huh?
Fine, send a battalion of landing troops.
then they don't have to come greet us.
If they say they're afraid to walk the streets,
Can't you make contact with the home world?
It's no use, communications are being blocked.
Commissioner, if I may.
on the office's computer, don't we?
We need to erase all data
Erase?
being used by the Imperial military.
If we leave it, then all that data will end up
Please, make a decision!
The Imperial military will be here soon!
There's no time!
I don't take orders from you!
has merit and is worthy of consideration.
Orders aside though, your suggestion
Maybe we do need to erase the data, like you say.
But you'll take responsibility for it, right?
There is another way.
and surrender to the Imperial military.
Leave the computer data as is,
maybe they will be lenient with you.
If you offer them valuable information,
Right! I'll take responsibility.
Warrant Officer, give me a hand.
Let's get to the computer room.
the landesherr's office,
We've successfully occupied
but there's no sign of the landesherr himself.
We think he might be at his private residence.
We've finished erasing the data.
Oh, it's you! Please, take me somewhere safe.
What happened to the others?
Where's Captain Violla?
I don't know. Everyone's disappeared.
Great, you mean they've abandoned their posts?
We don't have much choice.
that are easy to move in,
For now, please change into clothes
and a gun for self-defense.
get as much cash as you can,
R-right!
What will we do?
but we can't abandon him.
To be honest, he'll just slow us down,
Anyway, give me a hand.
I want to try setting up a rifle auto-fire system.
Right.
A futile gesture.
That's strange. It's too quiet.
It might be an ambush.
Don't we know what's happening inside?!
Not with that fire burning.
Dammit, that was my blunder.
Second platoon, forward!
It may be an enemy ambush, so enter with caution!
Captain, there's nobody in the building.
What? Then who opened fire on us?
with an auto-fire device attached.
There was a rifle set up in the second story window
An auto-fire device?
Yes, sir, connected to a timer.
To buy time; somebody in there was clever.
Okay, extinguish the fire, at once!
Sir!
What about the computer?
No good, all data was completely erased.
What will we do now?
Do we have an objective?
If we don't, we'll be in trouble.
We'll look for an independent merchant.
And what will we do when we find one?
We ask him to provide a ship to escape Fezzan.
But will that work as well as you think it will?
I need to get back...
back where I belong.
Having occupied Fezzan,
as his temporary headquarters.
Mittermeyer commandeered the Hotel Vltava
he avoided intruding on the civilians.
But surprisingly, aside from that,
the day to day economy,
He did not impose controls on
a normal and unchanged life.
and ensured for the citizenry
Meanwhile, as leader of the Imperial forces,
against profiteering.
he issued edicts sternly warning
the excesses of the Fezzanese mercantile spirit
It was a swift and preemptive strike to reign in
that did not shame the name of the Sturm Wulf.
at 1500 hours, isn't he?
Müller is scheduled to arrive
Yes, sir.
at St. Theresa Square before then.
Well, then, let's take care of that matter
the execution, too?
Will Your Excellency be attending
Of course!
they raped and robbed a civilian woman!
Despite my express prohibition,
I almost want to shoot them myself!
Actually, Your Excellency,
leniency in their punishment.
their unit commander is pleading for
No! I said I wouldn't go back on my word!
Are you saying you weren't listening?!
Sir!
My name is Marinesk.
independent trade ship Beryozka.
I'm the acting captain of the
who employs specialists to run the ship,
Strictly speaking though, I'm an office worker
in offering my ship.
and I think I can be of use to you
I appreciate it.
Actually, Ensign, we're not complete strangers.
We're only separated by two people.
Two people?
and your guardian, Admiral Yang Wen-li.
My ship's captain, Boris Konev,
to be called best friends.
They were apparently close enough as children
Really? So, where's your captain?
Unfortunately, he's on Heinessen right now.
Hence my being the acting captain at the moment.
I see.
But I know other, very talented pilots.
You can rely on me,
because to a Fezzanese, a contract is sacred.
However, it will take money.
exchange for courage and expertise.
Think of it as appropriate compensation in
I don't think this is unreasonable by any means.
Neither do I.
You will be well-compensated.
Please hurry and find a talented person quickly.
Here's your advance, as we agreed.
Thank you very much.
but I promise that I'll make it happen.
It might take a little time before we depart,
Well then, I'll be off.
Can we trust him?
I think we can, but...
We can't afford to be so ambiguous!
That's my money!
We can't afford to waste it!
Ensign, if we're trusting him in this situation,
possibly kill him if we're betrayed.
we need to be prepared to
What do you think about that point?
to get back to Admiral Yang.
Come what may, I'll do whatever it takes
a public execution, it's meaningless.
It seems cruel, but without
of criminality from the bottom of his heart.
Yes, but Admiral Mittermeyer hates this sort
Do you know?
joined Duke Lohengramm's camp?
About what happened before the admiral
No.
Under the old order,
who'd killed a civilian he was robbing.
he executed a noble-born subordinate
Shot him dead, on the spot.
That's a matter of course under military law, isn't it?
But the admiral was born a commoner.
He earned the ire of the high nobility,
even tried to have him killed.
who had him thrown into military prison and
Wow...
sought help from Duke Lohengramm.
Then his best friend Admiral Reuenthal
He still went by the name of Müsel at the time
and was an admiral at the age of nineteen.
I see.
the criminals who raped a civilian!
We will now carry out the execution of
Take aim!
Fire!
You seem to have things under control.
I heard the occupation was nearly bloodless.
Well, so far.
Are you worried about something?
The Fezzanese were taken completely by surprise,
and you could say they're still in a state of shock,
troublemakers are going to appear.
but sooner or later,
Landesherr Rubinsky.
Especially because we failed to capture
If he organizes a resistance, things may turn sour.
antipathy and resistance into his calculations.
I'm sure Duke Lohengramm factored Fezzanese
Without a doubt.
Still, I get jumpy when I'm not fighting.
Fezzan had a lock on all information, huh?
I'm sick of hearing that!
the Imperial military was going to invade us!
They couldn't even guess that
high commissioner's office on Odin doing?
Yeah, what were those guys in the
and what the parties were like?
Just sending useless reports on the weather
This is why you can't trust bureaucrats!
What do you expect?
I don't know how it works in other nations,
on their own who end up being bureaucrats.
but in Fezzan it's the guys who can't make money
It's a mistake to expect anything from them.
Exactly!
Useless bastards!
No good tax thieves!
That's right!
No good tax thieves!
Still, what's going to happen now?
What's going to happen?
History will change.
and the Free Planets Alliance will all disappear.
The Goldenbaum Dynasty, Fezzan,
kaiser of the universe.
And that golden-haired brat will become
the Goldenbaum Dynasty's territory?
Was that brat dissatisfied with just taking over
What a greedy, unlovable bastard!
Do "lovable" guys ever win?
are an even match for him!
On that point, the bigwigs in this nation
Listen, everybody.
We're a free people.
like the Free Planets Alliance.
We don't just give ourselves a fancy name
We ourselves are a free people!
And we don't need a benevolent kaiser!
I don't want to live long,
stomping around this city in jackboots.
if it means seeing the Imperial military
and so I thought it would go on forever.
This era has lasted a century,
there's no basis for that at all.
But when you think about it,
the Goldenbaum Dynasty after 500 years,
Even after seeing the pathetic state of
I never thought that Fezzan would perish as well,
but I was a fool.
Perish?!
Fezzan will perish?
Is our nation going to disappear?
Fezzan will perish?
but Fezzan may perish temporarily.
Yes, it's unfortunate,
But I swear that it will rise again!
rebuild the castle of a free people!
We free traders will
Is that clear?
Like I said before, we don't need a kaiser!
That was a good speech, Willock.
Well, if it isn't Marinesk.
Don't scare me.
get you to show your face?
So, what kind of scam would
I've come with work for you.
more than making speeches.
I figure you like running a ship
Great, I'm in.
knowing the details of the job?
Wow, you just accept without even
than sit here and smolder.
I'd rather take an offer from the devil
than the devil, right?
And I think you're a better option
Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489, December 30th:
Duke Reinhard Lohengramm arrived on Fezzan.
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
They're calling you "kaiser."
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
They're calling you "kaiser."
"Mein Kaiser"...
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
"Mein Kaiser"...
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
Our emperor!
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
They're being hasty.
Sieg Mein Kaiser!
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
Landesherr Rubinsky
I'm afraid we still haven't located
or Alliance High Commissioner Henslow.
in the Alliance high commissioner's office.
Also, we failed to get the data from the computer
Things rarely go perfectly.
probably impossible for anyone else, as well.
If you couldn't do it, it was
There's no need to apologize.
Sir.
I don't care about the Alliance high commissioner,
we captured the data from the navigation office,
and as far as the computer data goes,
so it's not a lethal failure.
But the matter of Rubinsky is a bit worrisome.
Agreed!
What do you think, Fräulein Mariendorf?
What are Rubinsky's intentions?
At this point, I think he's acknowledged defeat.
However,
won't be able to control Fezzan.
he likely anticipates that Commissioner Boltik
come again when Boltik fails,
He probably thinks that his time will
or with the people of Fezzan.
whether by siding with Your Excellency
That about sums it up.
Except...
Is something bothering you?
I can't put my finger on it,
are hiding something.
but I feel that both Rubinsky and Boltik
What is behind them?
Here's the computer room.
The security's already been disarmed.
Wait.
Everyone, wait here.
Yes, this is what I wanted.
Shall we go then, Kircheis?
To take our universe...
Universal Calendar 798,
Reich Calendar 489:
in chaos and confusion.
Thus did the year come to an end
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
in chaos and confusion.
Thus did the year come to an end
was overpowering all of space.
Now, the cry of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard"
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
was overpowering all of space.
Now, the cry of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard"
was overpowering all of space.
Now, the cry of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard"
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
was overpowering all of space.
Now, the cry of "Sieg Kaiser Reinhard"
Whether the sound would bode well or ill
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
Whether the sound would bode well or ill
would come with the impartial flow of time.
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
would come with the impartial flow of time.
Sieg Kaiser Reinhard!
And so Universal Calendar 799,
Reich Calendar 490, came to call.
The Fezzan Occupation
NEXT EPISODE
with the occupation of Fezzan.
Spirits are high in the Imperial military
Legitimate Government of the Galactic Empire
The Free Planets Alliance and the
are driven to crisis.
bold decision, will Yang accept it?
But when Director Bewcock makes a
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Episode 45:
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