Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, the end of July:
to relocate the capital to Fezzan
Kaiser Reinhard's order
was transmitted to Iserlohn Fortress as well.
Putting aside the future, for now,
the Iserlohn issue based on his personal feelings.
Kaiser Reinhard seems to be dealing with
At both the political and strategic level,
he seems to have lost his motivation.
ever since Admiral Yang passed away,
Doesn't it look that way?
It certainly does.
is just a pebble on the frontier, huh?
I see, so Iserlohn Fortress without Yang Wen-li
Except that's not actually true.
Free Planets Alliance was extinguished,
In the first place, at least since the
Iserlohn Fortress has lost its strategic value.
it will become all the more clear,
And if the capital moves to Fezzan,
centralized linking artery for the unified Empire.
but the Fezzan Corridor will become the new
will continue from the Fezzan Corridor,
The development into frontier sectors
will have Fezzan as its center, right?
and the expansion of human society itself
to move on without Iserlohn.
History and society will continue
situation is the kaiser's true plot.
I believe that building up that sort of
Well, it may be obvious for the kaiser to think that.
to see you're able to read that.
What's surprising for me is
Your strategic sense is fantastic.
In the first place,
Iserlohn was itself a product of his emotions.
the kaiser's personal military expedition to
Iserlohn Corridor was not because of the fortress,
The reason the kaiser was so stubborn about the
but because Admiral Yang was here.
Well, that's how it is.
to being a cool-headed strategist.
With Yang's death, the kaiser went back
So, how will things develop from now on?
This is more a hope than a prediction, but...
is becoming like Yang's.
Oh my, even your way of speaking
Admiral Yang always said
military powers at the ends of the Iserlohn Corridor
it was the existence of differing political and
that gave this fortress its strategic merit.
Right, I've heard that, too.
is because it lost that strategic value.
Ironically, the reason that Iserlohn is peaceful now
When that value returns...
appears in the Empire,
in other words, when a division
it will be a turning point for Iserlohn, right?
will change so quickly.
At any rate, I don't think the situation
of 10,000 light years took fifty years.
Ahle Heinessen's long march
that much time to pass.
We should be prepared for
In fifty years, I'll be about ninety.
If I'm still alive, that is.
taking on such disadvantageous roles.
Still, you and Mrs. Yang did well,
They're saying that Mrs. Yang
her own political position and authority.
is using her husband's fame to create
be met with a tempest of jeers,
If you fail, you'll of course
it was because of what Yang left behind,
and if you succeed, they'll say
and because you snatched up Yang's ideas.
I don't care what they say, as long as I succeed.
deserters departed from Iserlohn Fortress.
In this way, throughout July, all of the
The remaining personnel totaled 944,087 people.
and 331,181 women.
Among them were 612,906 men,
of the men, so there were few who were single.
Over half of those women were the families
which may be hard to avoid,
The sex ratio of our population is imbalanced,
but it will someday become an issue, right?
It definitely will.
About half the men are failures,
I want to work with losers like them.
and personally, I don't think
Who are you calling losers?
I wonder who I could mean?
a country in a single stroke.
Still, it's not like we can establish
leave behind an army organization.
In the end, we can't help but
Commandant, we'll need to think more on this.
Meanwhile,
Heinessen, the former capital of the Alliance,
Marshal Oskar von Reuenthal had arrived in
governor-general of Neue Land.
to assume his post as
the confiscated Eufonia Hotel
He established his new regime in
governmental and military affairs.
and began overseeing
was equal to that of each ministry director,
As the rank of Neue Land governor-general
totaled 35,800 ships
the forces under his command
and 5,336,400 soldiers and officers.
the Neue Land Security Forces,
These forces were officially known as
of the commander-in-chief,
but based on the personal name
as the Reuenthal Forces.
they were also unofficially referred to
divide the military and government affairs
Reuenthal used his authority to
among his various lieutenants.
of commissioner of the military,
Admiral Bergengrün, who had the position
was also given the position of governor proxy.
were dissatisfied with this assignment.
Grillparzer and Knappstein
beneath Bergengrün despite holding equal rank.
They were also admirals, but they were
Furthermore, though it was temporary,
under Reinhard's direct supervision,
they were at one point
of superiority to Bergengrün.
so they also had a sense
Vice Admiral Ritschel,
garrison fleet as secretary-general,
who had served under Steinmetz in the Gandharva
state of the former Alliance,
had bought information on the
and was made vice commissioner.
unrelated to the complaints of the admirals.
Though this was a lower rank, it was
political recommendation,
Based on Kaiser Reinhard's
was given to the technocrat Julius Elsheimer,
the post of civil affairs director
the consecutive positions
who in quick succession had held
and vice minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
of vice minister of the Ministry of the Interior,
husband of Senior Admiral Lutz's younger sister.
While it was pure coincidence, Elsheimer was the
Finally, to serve under Elsheimer
circumstances of the former Alliance,
and give advice regarding the internal
Job Trunicht was dispatched as senior counsel.
The kaiser has made quite a strange assignment.
After Yang Wen-li's unforeseen death,
return home as an Imperial subordinate.
he's having the former sovereign of the Alliance
democratic republicanism, don't you think?
It looks ironic in light of
Don't you understand?
making this impudent man lose face.
The kaiser is simply having fun
Well, whatever.
and knowledge to use.
We can put Trunicht's ability
We'll put his personality out of bounds for now.
he would "use him without trusting him."
It's officially recorded that Reuenthal said
judgment on Trunicht
Reuenthal intended to pass prompt
if he did or said anything suspicious or turbulent.
And to create an excuse for judging him,
or so it was said.
he accepted this unpleasant assignment,
and officers who had deserted Iserlohn Fortress,
A greater problem at the time was the men
to return home to Heinessen.
and were now seeking
What are your thoughts?
to give an unconditional pardon to a group
They say they've deserted, but is it really all right
and opposed the kaiser?
that illegally occupied Iserlohn Fortress
but things can't be decided that easily.
I understand how you feel,
and detain more than a million men and women.
It would be a logistical impossibility to try
popular sentiment in the former Alliance.
We also need to take into account the
It would be foolish to increase their anxiety.
and non-combatants complete freedom,
In the end, Reuenthal granted the civilians
while the officers and soldiers
their names and identities registered.
were allowed to return home after having
Independent Government were fingerprinted,
But the military and public officials in the El Facil
a month before the Generalgouvernement
and had to make an appearance once
in order to have their registration cards renewed.
but what caused him to rethink them
Reuenthal had implemented these measures,
name on the list of senior officials.
was the discovery of Vice Admiral Murai's
Yang Wen-li's chief of staff,
While he is renowned as
he himself broke away and led the deserters.
many deserters as there are due to his actions.
It could also be said that there are as
now that it's lost Yang?
Has he given up on Iserlohn
eternal or anything of the sort,
I don't think that the human spirit is
but while I'm speaking for someone else,
to commit that sort of betrayal.
I can't imagine it would feel pleasant,
Do you think so?
the end of the Lippstadt war.
But try thinking back to
an assassin in before his eyes?
Why did the kaiser have you usher
Don't you think that fact is worth bearing in mind?
Th-then should we have Murai arrested?
No, there's no need to go that far.
Just keep him under surveillance for now.
Sir!
to severely punish the Iserlohn deserters.
In any case, Reuenthal did not want
Due to the praise for the deceased Yang Wen-li,
criticism of the former Alliance citizens
he also included the possibility of eliciting the
into his calculations.
towards those who discarded Yang
The new governor is a shrewd one.
Why do you say that?
"Memorial Service of Admiral Yang Wen-li," it says!
A Generalgouvernement supported
He's aiming for a two or threefold political effect.
coming to Heinessen from Iserlohn,
Among the influx of deserters
who purported to be virtuous civilians.
there was a group of three
former Fezzanese independent merchant,
This was the group of Boris Konev, who was a
and also Yang Wen-li's good friend.
the former nation of free merchants,
They say that even Fezzan,
of the Imperial government,
has fallen to being the stronghold
and I can't say it had a long life.
the political and military center
Still, to make Fezzan
as well as the link in terms of economic traffic...
just a simple military man.
Kaiser Reinhard certainly isn't
That's why I can't stand him.
and dole out his talents and abilities to others.
His face is so good he should be satisfied with that
What is it, Captain?
What's wrong?
Terra with Julian and the others, right?
Last year, I went to that good-for-nothing
gloomy underground temple while there.
I remember seeing that face in a
I think he was a bishop or maybe an archbishop...
You mean the Church of Terra?
And he should have been quite an elite at that.
that had Yang Wen-li assassinated.
Which means that may be the group
That's a very real possibility.
living murder weapons, after all.
The people on the scene were just
somewhere else raising a toast.
The ones pulling their strings were definitely
killed themselves without speaking a word,
And the Terraists we dragged back to Iserlohn
about the people behind things.
so we didn't learn anything
It's not that they didn't say anything,
didn't know anything in the first place, right?
but that the people responsible
used truth drugs on them.
And that's even after Colonel Baghdash
just executed them right away.
Yeah, then they should have
Julian lacks decisiveness.
When it comes down to it,
outside of the battlefield.
Well, it's pretty rough, killing someone
I think Julian has plenty of talent,
a little more cunning overall.
but he needs to become
with just ideals and good sense.
He can't beat the kaiser
made an appearance, Captain?
So, your pet theory's
Still, he's doing well despite being so young.
Admiral Yang's great exploits?
Isn't he praiseworthy for trying to carry on
What if he just keeps using Yang as a manual?
Yang is dead!
And Yang's a bastard himself.
that would be one thing,
If he fell in a decisive battle with the kaiser
but what's with that disappointing death?
It wasn't his fault.
The crime belongs entirely to the Church of Terra.
I know that.
And that's why we're tailing them like this, right?
If I remember right, that estate is...
of the prior council chairman,
It's the former residence
senior counsel, Job Trunicht.
and the soon-to-be-returning
Well, now...
interesting plays on Heinessen too, right?
It seems you're able to see some pretty
Should we stay and watch for a while?
pretty ridiculous, aren't I?
Admiral, I'm doing something
I know that more than anyone.
No matter how much I split up the roles,
I can't do the sort of things you could, Admiral.
to ask what you would do.
All I can do is dig through my memories
Still, I can't believe that you died so soon...
Good, fine people die pointlessly,
from war, and from terrorism.
That's the true crime of them both.
I know that.
No, I tried to understand that, but...
some pointless reactionary terrorism, Admiral!
I can't believe that you were killed by
If I think that I want your death to have meaning,
recognizing the benefits of terrorism?
does that mean that I'm
the dignity of the dead for political reasons?!
Do I become one of those survivors who violates
But we need you, Admiral.
democratic republicanism that you left behind,
To protect the modest sprout of
we need to ask for the cooperation of the dead.
Great, in the end,
that needs to rely on personal renown, huh?
it's a democratic republican government
It's ironic...
We were finally able to find
that you were seeking.
the personification of democracy
In other words, me, in death?
We can only make the ideals that you held reality
you hated while you were alive, Admiral.
by magnifying the pretenses that
unified space under his autocracy,
Now that Kaiser Reinhard has almost completely
the ideals of democratic republicanism
the hero Yang Wen-li championed"
must become the "democratic ideals that
of despotic government.
in order to survive inside the raging stream
At any rate, you died undefeated.
Even Kaiser Reinhard couldn't defeat you,
and he never will.
But I think I wanted you to live,
even if you lost again and again!
Admiral!
Come in.
You look tired.
A little.
But I'm surprised you noticed.
Carrying out your own plan
the authority you're given are completely different.
and dealing with things under the scope of
that govern our conduct by ourselves.
From now on, we'll have to create the principles
I will, and you will too, Julian.
Right, that's certainly true.
Drink this.
Th-thanks.
traditional fatigue restorative.
It's the Kreutzer family's
It's medicine, not food, so of course it tastes bad.
The ingredients and the formula are a secret.
It's meant to tranquilize the person who drinks it.
All the sensible people have left,
so now Iserlohn's just a big open space.
But you didn't leave?
Unfortunately, I don't like moving.
And also, I respect Mrs. Yang.
I want to be of use to her, I think.
I mean, that's obvious, right?
If I looked at her and didn't think that,
then I'd be a disgrace to all women.
It's the same for men.
and for my mom it was just three days...
For Frederica, it was a year,
That's all the time they spent with those men.
I asked Frederica a rude question.
"What do you like about Admiral Yang?" I asked.
on her face at the time.
I wasn't worthy of the proud look
She said,
to carry out the responsibilities given to him,
"Why don't you also try looking at the man trying
right before your eyes?"
I'd prefer it if I didn't have to carry them out.
But I also can't ask someone to take my place.
You seem to think of yourself as inexperienced,
but that's nothing to be ashamed of.
and that may be true for now,
unpleasant, trading in inexperience.
As for me, I'd say I haven't found it too
Vice Admiral Schönkopf's daughter.
She certainly is
Frederica really is remarkable,
but that may lead to men taking advantage of her.
I'm not talking about Admiral Yang,
of a woman's tolerance are the worst!
but irresponsible men who take advantage
and daughter making up,
Good grief, rather than father
ended up in a half-formed friendship.
things with those two seem to have
Just what's going on?
Is that girl just fickle?
but that's how the hearts of women work.
Certain boorish people may not realize this,
So pompous!
Well, you know,
even if I don't do anything,
while pretty women may come to me
Julian's definitely inherited Admiral Yang's fate.
a certain someone else...
Which is a big difference from
I'm telling you, you're all alone.
anything he can lay his hands on.
I'm not like you, who will take
You shouldn't be jealous, Admiral Attenborough.
the only thing below a one is a zero.
When it comes to women,
There's no such thing as decimals.
Who are you calling jealous?!
with different values than you.
There are people out there in the world
on nothing but style and capriciousness?
Like fellows who start a revolution
Well, whatever.
as that shows mental growth.
It's good the young folks are getting along,
to revolution would be dreary,
Seriously, a youth devoted solely
so that's just fine.
Hey, you!
if we take the name of a commonwealth,
In regards to our official name,
our relationship with the Imperial government.
we risk losing the path to compromise and mending
the nation, the government, and the military
And with that, the relationships between
will become that much more complex, right?
for a small organization like ours?
Isn't there a name suitable
The Iserlohn Commune!
Doesn't that have a nice ring to it?
Rejected!
Why?
when casting judgment.
Please don't use your poor taste
In terms of history,
of "commune" has failed half-way through.
every revolution that's taken the name
of democratic republican governments.
I don't want to add Iserlohn to the graveyard
a deliberately original name.
There's no point to just picking
Admiral Yang hated things like that.
It doesn't have to be permanent,
Iserlohn Republican Government?
but how about the
In the end, this extremely safe name was adopted.
would find it captivating,
As to whether or not the annals of history
would depend on what came next.
the El Facil Independent Government,
However, to differentiate it from
as the "New Government in August."
at the time, there were many who referred to it
Putting aside the departments of the organization,
still largely undecided.
the personnel assignments were
And yet, Julian was not all that pessimistic.
founder of the Free Planets Alliance,
Among the people that Ahle Heinessen,
roughly three hundred years ago,
brought with him on his long march
there was not a single noted politician.
With their anti-autocracy thoughts,
long years of abuse and repression,
these anonymous people had withstood
a half-century of suffering,
as well as a trip that lasted for
the great enterprise of founding a nation,
and yet they accomplished
renowned great men to begin with.
even though none of them were
will be hung side by side in four places:
Ahle Heinessen and Yang Wen-li's portraits
the Central Committee Room, the chairman's office,
the General Meeting Hall,
and the Revolutionary Forces Headquarters.
They'll be banned in other public places.
We mustn't let it become hero worship.
placed alongside the founder of the country, right?
Admiral Yang would feel embarrassed to be
He'd say he wasn't suited for it.
in Valhalla or the next world,
I'm sure he wants to sleep soundly
until we see the work he left behind through.
but we need to have him at least watch over us
And so, the date of Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, August 8th was reached.
since the death of Yang Wen-li.
It had been 61 days
You'll watch over us, won't you, Dear?
I, Frederica Greenhill-Yang,
based on the consensus of opinions
democratic republican government,
by the people supporting this
hereby make this declaration.
Iserlohn Republican Government.
We have established the
ideals that began with Ahle Heinessen,
Freedom, equality, and public sovereignty -
in order to realize those ideals.
and we shall continue to fight
and unfortunate situation,
I'm grateful that in this disadvantageous
a democratic republican government.
you are all helping to nurture this sprout of
Thank you.
And when everything is over,
I like to think that I'll be able to thank you again.
Long live the Iserlohn Republican Government!
Fuck Kaiser Reinhard!
Long live the Iserlohn Republican Government!
Fuck Kaiser Reinhard!
Liberty stands for freedom!
Oh, hail the flag that set us free!
Standing righteous symbolic of strength
Our hopes for freedom to be
My friends not so far away
Rulers will reunite hand in hand
Oh hail! Liberty bell!
True freedom for all men
Universal Calendar 800,
Neue Reich Calendar 2, August 8th:
The Iserlohn Republican Government was born.
of the Empire, it was 42 billion to 940,000.
In comparing their population to that
of the population of humanity
Meaning only 1/425,000th
flew the flag of democratic republicanism.
Fighting hard for the future
The promise of a better day
For tomorrow we drink from the cup
The wine we fought for today
My friends, let us sing a song
Sing along, ring a bell, liberty!
Oh, hail! Liberty bell!
True freedom for all men
had not completely united the universe.
The Lohengramm Dynasty's Galactic Empire
Whether Yang Wen-li's sudden death
had contributed by hastening or delaying this
New Government in August
remained unknown to any of the survivors.
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Universal Calendar 800, Neue Reich Calendar 2:
his longstanding foe Yang Wen-li,
Having annexed Alliance space and lost
future seems to have vanished.
Kaiser Reinhard's objective for the
Mittermeyer is tormented by a vague anxiety.
While recalling the old days with his master,
who has become the governor of Neue Land?
Is it the movements of his friend Reuenthal
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