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,
Universal Calendar 799,
Reich Calendar 490, April 6th:
the Imperial military had dispersed,
Knowing that the fleets of
towards the Gandharva star system.
Yang Wen-li headed his fleet
He's a frightening man.
Sir?
It seems that rather than his admirals,
for the Gandharva system himself.
Duke Lohengramm has taken off
He's heading straight for Heinessen.
I intended to wait till each fleet was further away,
fleet will arrive at Heinessen.
but if we wait that long, Duke Lohengramm's
we will inevitably have to start the battle
In order to prevent that,
for each fleet to make it back.
at a point where it won't take too long
Isn't that right?
Yeah...
We'll have to attack sooner than planned,
Duke Lohengramm within the time limit.
and we'll need to defeat
to hold the line until his allies get back.
And also, our foe only needs
into a one-on-one decisive fleet battle,
We just barely managed to drag him
but you couldn't really call it even at all.
Could I have someone else take my place?
May I come in?
I don't have any doors that are closed to you.
Come on in.
Well then, excuse me.
What is it?
Ah, nothing, good work.
Have a seat.
Am I intruding?
Don't be stupid.
More importantly, what is it?
Don't stand on ceremony.
Duke Lohengramm scattering his forces?
What do you think about
Even if you ask me what I think...
Then allow me to state my thoughts.
This is clearly a trap.
If you go, then you'll definitely be caught in a trap.
What sort of trap?
As our fleet approaches the enemy headquarters,
turn all their fleets around at once,
they'll gauge their timing and
and wiping us out.
catching us in a giant encirclement
That sort of trap.
You, of course, know this though, don't you?
I mean, even I could figure it out, after all.
right into that trap, right?
And yet you're saying you'll leap
Good grief.
while their elder has to hold them back,
Usually, it's the youth wanting to rush ahead
a complete reversal of that.
but this seems to have turned into
Do you think that I'll lose to Duke Lohengramm?
to try to shut me up is just cowardly!
Using that way of speaking
No, I'm sorry.
You're right, that was cowardly.
Sorry, I said something pretty audacious myself.
Listen, Julian...
a fight without any chance of winning,
I've made it my motto to never take on
doesn't go against that.
and this time around definitely
There's a chance of winning, right?
To be honest, there isn't much of one,
but this is our only chance.
read my intentions exactly,
Duke Lohengramm may have
but I'm the one who sent out the invitation.
to my impolite challenge.
As it is, he's come in response
you intend to fight head-on as well?
So in deference to his spirit,
No, I'm not that much of a romantic.
All I'm thinking of now
pride to try and win in any way possible.
is using Duke Lohengramm's romanticism and
I'd honestly love to win more easily,
so there's no helping it.
but this is the best method this time around,
In any case, you mustn't force yourself.
Yeah, no worries there.
Pushing myself isn't my style.
Thanks for worrying about me.
Also...
No, it's nothing.
Well then, please excuse me.
Sure.
April 11th,
final time before the battle
the Yang Fleet resupplies for the
at the supply base on the asteroid Lyudmila.
Message from the commandant:
You have liberty call until midnight tonight.
It's only half a day, but it's your final day off.
Try not to leave any regrets, everyone.
"Try not to leave any regrets," huh?
we're still stuck on this rocky asteroid.
Even if they say we have "liberty call,"
someone to spend the night with,
Well whatever, I'll look for
but what will you do?
Sleep in my own room.
do stupid things like that.
You're the sort of guy to brazenly
Is it stupid?
It would be stupid as a joke.
If it's the truth, then it's just all the more stupid.
That's just because you prefer jokes.
I can't live on nothing but jokes,
to live without them, you know?
but I certainly wouldn't want
Your whole existence is a joke, wouldn't you say?
on your spiteful expressions, Mr. Konev.
I don't think this is the sort of place to polish up
No, no, it's just the jealousy of an unpopular man.
Please pay it no heed, Mr. Poplin.
Ah, Lt. Commander.
What are you doing until midnight, Julian?
the dining hall or something.
I was thinking of going to
What about you, Ms. Frederica?
Admiral Yang has called for me.
I wonder what he wants?
Lieutenant...
Yes?
I mean, Lt. Commander...
Yes?
Miss Greenhill...
Yes?
Frederica...
Yes?
eleven years worth of time.
I feel like I've finally gotten back
my first name since El Facil, Admiral.
You haven't called me by
Do you remember?
Ah, thank you, Miss Greenhill.
Please call me Frederica, Sublieutenant.
Frederica...
Frederica, once this battle is over...
and how should I put it...
I'm seven years older than you,
I'm lacking in some ways as a person...
Thinking back on all sorts of things,
I'm even qualified to ask this...
I'm doubtful as to whether or not
I'm trying to use my position,
Really, it may look like
with the battle before us...
and it may be imprudent to ask this
than to regret saying nothing at all.
But it's better to regret saying it
my own circumstances this whole time...
What a mess, I've just been talking about
The point is... The point is...
I'd like to marry you.
Adding our two pensions together,
going hungry in our old age.
I don't think we'll have to worry about
Besides, my parents' ages were eight years apart.
I should have said that sooner.
If I had...
Um, is something wrong?
You haven't given your answer yet.
Well?
Yes, Sir.
My answer is yes, Sir.
Yes, gladly.
Thank you.
That is to say...
Um, what should I say?
What am I supposed to say?
I see...
screwed up a little bit of courage.
So that bastard Yang finally
Well, that's basically a happy thing.
Shall we give a toast?
Sorry, could you refill me first?
but what did you mean?
You said it was "basically a happy thing,"
Well, Yang is happy.
to be his wife, after all.
He's the one who wanted her
And she's certainly an extra special one.
And as for Lt. Commander Greenhill,
so she should absolutely be happy.
she's getting to marry the man she's liked from afar,
it takes two for a wedding, you know?
At any rate, while you can have a funeral alone,
Then why did you say "basically"?
you had a drink before toasting.
It's the same reason that
You were attracted to Miss Greenhill, weren't you?
I've given them both my blessing!
I really have!
and this was already a foregone conclusion.
I love them both,
I know.
How about another?
Yes, but make it weak.
Hey, Julian, I know this is me being meddlesome,
the mechanisms that drive people's hearts,
but you can't solve an equation for
even when it isn't about love.
It's not really rare that love for one person
respect for someone else.
may result in the loss of love and
It's certainly not about logic.
Things just end up that way,
and there's nothing you can do about it.
troubling that it happened to you.
To be honest, I think it's a little
an excellent personality.
You're smart, and you've got
of stuff like that, you know?
But the flames burn regardless
Yeah, I get it.
Well, it's good that you understand.
Even if it is just in your head.
each other "Admiral" and "Lt. Commander"
Still, I wonder if those two will keep calling
even after they're married.
Of course not! People just don't do that, right?
my wife called me "Lieutenant Cazerne."
No, when we first got married,
And each time she did, I felt like I needed to salute.
At any rate, assuming we make it through this,
what will you do after they get married, Julian?
Well, you can lodge at my place if you want.
with their lives as newlyweds.
I certainly don't intend to interfere
You know what they say...
"Don't interfere with lovebirds or you'll get pecked,"
and I'd hate to have that happen.
Setting jokes aside, there's a place I want to see,
so I was thinking I'd take a journey there.
Where's that?
Terra.
Terra?
that bishop from the Church of Terra?
You mean to check out the story of
Yes, that's right.
I've seen them married.
At any rate, that's a story for after
May you be happy.
What an inconstant star.
If we don't stop Duke Lohengramm here...
there'll be nothing left.
the Vermilion system into 10,000 sectors,
We'll split the 125 billion cubic light seconds of
and send out 2,000 scouting parties to cover that.
Duke Lohengramm
So we'll be able to quickly discover
invades this system from, yes?
regardless of where he
Right.
of this is Vice Admiral Murai.
Well, the one who's actually taking command
it comes to this sort of precise work.
At any rate, I'm weak when
Oh?
practical business eleven years ago
I used up all my diligence towards
in the evacuation of El Facil, after all.
This is advanced scouting party FO-2.
We've located the enemy's main force.
is from sector 00846 to sector 1227.
Based on position, expected direction
Distance from our fleet is 40.6 light seconds.
They're very close!
capture and destroy them?
Your Excellency, shall we
of little merit as firing on a mere scouting party.
We don't need to do something as petty and
the direction they use to return,
Wouldn't it be better to make note of
and learn the position of the enemy's main force?
Sir!
Your Excellency...
we've discovered the enemy's position.
in the Vermilion system.
We will make contact with them
It's to be here, then.
Streit!
Sir!
Order all troops to rest.
Sir?
We may have discovered their position,
the battle beginning suddenly.
but there's no concern of
nerves at ease for now.
It would be better to set everyone's
three hours of liberty.
They shall have no more than
I also give permission to drink alcohol.
Sir!
All hands, we shall now have three hours of rest.
Eat your meals and sleep in the tank beds in shifts.
It goes without saying at this point,
really is a genius without peer.
but Duke Lohengramm
we have no chance of winning.
If we fight head-on with the same military strength,
That may be so.
But even so, you aren't so bad yourself.
Since this year began,
in succession around by the nose, haven't you?
you've led three skilled Imperial tacticians
That was because I got lucky.
but either way, I got lucky.
Well no, that wasn't all of it,
At any rate, the scattered enemy fleets will return,
most likely with the Sturm Wolf leading the charge,
so we need to settle this before that happens.
and bulldoze through the enemy,
Therefore, we'll take a dense formation
forcing a decisive battle in a short amount of time.
to completely annihilate us,
Fortunately, the enemy needs
a single flagship, the Brünhild.
but we just need to bring down
That's where our advantage lies.
go without sleep or rest for a while.
And so, once the battle starts we'll have to
For now, everyone should rest.
Do you think we'll win, Vice Admiral?
If you really intend to win, then yes.
I want to win, from the bottom of my heart.
in things you don't believe yourself.
You shouldn't try to get others to believe
That would have been effective at inciting me
who only thought of winning,
if you were a simple career soldier
who only wanted political power, though.
or an ordinary ambitious person
with unshakable faith
Incidentally, if you were a man
in your personal sense of justice and responsibility,
that really would have spurred me on.
to completely doubt how just you are
However, you're the type of man
even in the heat of battle.
if you fight, then you'll definitely win.
Even though you're lacking in faith,
pretty hard to forgive, wouldn't you say?
For a spiritual man, your existence must be
You sure are a troublesome fellow.
government is superior to an ideal autocracy.
I think that even the worst possible democratic
Duke Reinhard Von Lohengramm
That's why I'm fighting
for the sake of Mr. Job Trunicht.
I think that's some pretty magnificent faith.
When Rudolf founded the Galactic Empire,
he had the backing of the people.
he became the kaiser because
to see the end result
Don't you think it will be interesting
of the worst possible democratic government?
It's paradoxical, isn't it?
If you want to grow the ideal democracy,
or the ideal autocracy?
do you choose the worst democracy
Which serves as the best soil?
All hands, make preliminary preparations for battle!
Distance to enemy, 84 light seconds!
They're getting steadily closer.
Why would they get further away?
Of course they are.
the yellow zone!
Enemy forces are breaking through
They've fully entered firing range!
Fire.
in a rather ordinary manner.
The Battle of Vermilion began
the other had some clever scheme in place,
Both Reinhard and Yang assumed
and in order to decide how to deal with that,
in order to probe each other.
they started with extremely traditional tactics
However, once a battle has started,
of the predictions of either commander.
the chaos can magnify, regardless
on how they should move.
The front line is asking for instructions
Leave each to deal with their own station of duty!
intermediate commanders?!
What's the purpose of even having
Must I do everything myself?!
Ask the enemy about that.
We don't have any options here, after all.
Of course our transmissions are being jammed!
Send out a messenger.
just that purpose, do we not?!
We have a shuttle prepared for
Commandant,
this flagship has moved too far forward.
on us is a concern,
The enemy concentrating their fire
so I would like permission to pull back.
left to the captains.
Ship level commands should be
Just be a good commander.
Deal with our own stations of duty, is it?
All right, all ships, charge!
Your Excellency, is it wise to do so?
There hasn't been an order to charge yet.
changes in the state of battle due to jamming,
If the chain of command can't deal with
if we just sit around waiting for orders.
then we may lose our chance of winning
to deal with things on the front line.
The front line are the ones
But...
Look at that.
breaking through the first formation?
Isn't the enemy having difficulty
Rather than simply waiting here on standby,
and snuff out Yang's life with our own hands?
would it not be better to participate in the front
Why are we retreating so much?
Were my directions that hard to follow?
Sir...
The enemy's chain of command has been upset.
This is our chance.
Advance to a position that's easy to grab hold of.
Thurneysen think he's doing?
What does that damn
Now's our chance. Fire.
What in the world is Thurneysen doing?!
Thurneysen Fleet, please respond.
What a hero he is.
Thurneysen Fleet, please respond.
Though his voice carries far,
what's right in front of his eyes.
he can't see anything but
Thurneysen Fleet, please respond.
He's of the sort that we should avoid.
I'll certainly pay heed to your advice.
If we live through this battle,
his firepower in order to keep on living.
But for the time being, we require
to contact Thurneysen.
Send out a messenger shuttle
Fire!
Spectacular.
Mother...
Don't falter! Fire back!
Cruelty was not the goal of their battle.
to most prefer bloodshed in this world.
However, it is precisely justice and faith that tend
Abandoning Block E-7.
Open up! We're still here!
to most prefer bloodshed in this world.
However, it is precisely justice and faith that tend
I don't want to die yet!
to most prefer bloodshed in this world.
However, it is precisely justice and faith that tend
proclaimed by supreme leaders,
In order to bring about the justice
countless soldiers must be burned alive,
or lose their arms and legs.
in a safe location far from the battlefield,
But as long as those in power are
to be valued far more than life.
justice and faith will surely continue
If Reinhard von Lohengramm
commonplace and cowardly people of power,
was to draw a line between himself and those
at the head of his army.
he needed always to stand himself
And Yang Wen-li was always tormented
mass slaughter he had committed.
by the knowledge of the
the right to the joy of a family?
Did a person like him have
This thought
to respond to Frederica Greenhill's feelings.
was the primary reason he had hesitated
Though he appeared to have finally overcome it,
to completely put his heart in order.
it appeared he was still unable
Universal Calendar 799,
Reich Calendar 490, April 26th:
Reinhard von Lohengramm and Yang Wen-li
met amidst a melee neither could foresee.
To be continued next time...
Mortal Combat at Vermilion (Part One)
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
of both the Empire and the Alliance continues.
The battle resulting from the frantic efforts
having broken through Reinhard's formation.
Yang appears to have taken the upper hand,
once more reversing the flow of battle.
However, Müller's fleet returns,
Next time, on Legend of the Galactic Heroes,
"Mortal Combat at Vermilion (Part Two)"
Episode 52:
Mortal Combat at Vermilion (Part Two)
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