Kaiser Reinhard sent orders to Marshal Oberstein
arrested were not to be abused.
that the political prisoners he had
a singular catastrophe occurred.
But before they reached him,
It was late at night on April 16th.
suburbs of Heinessenpolis,
At Rugpool Prison in the
political prisoners were held,
where the more than 5,000
a riot broke out.
Don't let a single one get away! Get going!
As the riot grew worse,
were dispatched to suppress it,
Imperial forces stationed in Heinessenpolis
which caused a bit of chaos as well.
head out to suppress the riots! Hurry!
We of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter will also
Sir!
What?! The Schwarz Lanzenreiter?!
Yes, they've headed out.
caused by the riots to rescue Admiral Bittenfeld?
Are they perhaps planning on using the chaos
We can't pass judgment lightly.
we can't just let them run wild.
But as long as that danger exists,
Blockade the road and push them back!
Sir!
At this point, Bittenfeld was still confined,
control of the minister of military affairs
and so the military police regiment under the
the movements of the Schwarz Lanzenreiter.
needed to remain vigilant against
What's the meaning of this?!
Past this point, the military police have jurisdiction.
Please leave.
There's a riot going on right in front of us.
Do you expect us to just shut up and watch?!
It's the role of the military police to maintain order.
This is no place for amateurs.
How ridiculous to call us amateurs!
Don't those insurgents have weapons?
warriors who've long served as a landing force!
We're not just a space fleet, but also brave
military policemen who do nothing but desk work!
We'll be far more useful in a real fight than some
Just be silent and let us pass!
No matter what you say, we can't let you through!
You stubborn fool!
us to force our way through?!
If you won't let us pass, would you prefer
You leave us no choice!
Damn you!
thanks to the precise judgment and orders
The explosive situation was defused,
Ministry of Military Affairs, Rear Admiral Fellner.
of the chief cabinet secretary of the
At any rate, don't let the prisoners escape!
make it past our position
We mustn't let any runaways
other units are watching us!
while the Schwarz Lanzenreiter and
But there are too many rioters.
We can't contain them by ourselves.
Then we've no choice.
Shoot to kill anyone who resists or tries to escape!
Shooting them to death is rash.
be able to use them to negotiate with Iserlohn!
If we abuse the political criminals, we won't
But we can't take control of a mixed unit.
strengthen the perimeter to prevent escape.
Let's pull back for the moment and
That will force them to surrender.
Wait, they're allies...
Your Excellency! Your Excellency!
to direct the suppression operation,
With Fellner wounded, no one was left
spurring the chaos further.
each unit's suppression
In order to avoid criticism by their allies,
resulting in a great number of victims.
became even more vicious,
On the side of the political prisoners,
there were 1,084 dead, 3,109 wounded,
while 317 remained unharmed.
The rest either escaped or were missing.
158 were dead and 907 were injured.
On the Imperial forces' side,
Fellner had placed a medical unit on standby,
orders from reaching them,
but his own injuries prevented his
in front of the prison for three hours.
and so they stayed immobile
bled to death before they could be saved.
As a result, hundreds of the victims
The next day, on the 17th, at the break of dawn,
and indeed seemed to have amplified.
the situation had not yet been controlled,
alongside the riots at Rugpool Prison,
A temporary uproar occurred when,
broke out throughout the city,
arson and explosions
with fires spreading even to the residential area.
Send the citizens back to their homes!
Don't let the panic spread!
Your Excellency, it's a sniper!
It's dangerous! Please, get back to the APC.
I don't care!
More importantly, look into the shooting at once!
so where is the minister of military affairs?
It's an emergency,
can't meet with anyone right now.
His Excellency the minister
It's not just Rugpool.
There's terrorism breaking out all over,
full-scale anti-Empire riots!
and there's a risk of it turning into
of controlling the situation at Rugpool.
Rear Admiral Fellner is in charge
I was to hand this to you, Your Excellency,
As to the chaos throughout the city,
and ask you to bring things under control.
Do what you want, then!
I'll come again when the situation is under control!
Please tell the minister of military affairs that
victims expanded more than expected,
In this way, although the chaos and number of
retaken by the Imperial forces.
at 0940, the prison was completely
of the 1st Fleet of the former Alliance forces,
Among the dead were the commander
Vice Admiral Paetta,
the National Autonomous University.
and President Oliveira of
injured, but their lives were not in danger.
Marshal Sithole and Vice Admiral Murai were
Without even considering the list of victims,
since those imprisoned had a high average age,
were a spontaneous occurrence.
it was thought unlikely that the riots
the weapons brought into the prison,
Also, when considering
it was believed to be a plot by an outsider.
But whose?
the minds of the Imperial senior officers
Almost without exception, the first to come to
was the Church of Terra.
If this incident was a plot of the Church of Terra,
between our Imperial forces and Iserlohn.
then the goal was to prevent reconciliation
What are you implying?
If you think on it,
to Iserlohn, they may misunderstand
if this incident is inaccurately reported
trying to massacre their political prisoners.
and think the Imperial forces were
honorable dialogue with them,
The kaiser is finally trying to have an
but this could make it all for naught.
What then?
among the survivors,
If there's anyone with ties to Iserlohn
explain the situation clearly.
it may be helpful to have them
Have a look at the list of casualties.
Sir!
Murai's name on the list of casualties,
By doing this, Müller found
but he had not yet regained consciousness,
to foster friendship with Iserlohn.
so he was unable to be used
Before long, the chaos built,
the minister of military affairs
and the forces under the control of
moved to take control of the hospital,
leaving Müller frustrated by his lack of authority.
That same day, April 17th,
Frederica Greenhill Yang and Julian Mintz
Iserlohn Republican Government,
as representatives of the
had already left the corridor
patrolled by the Imperial forces.
and were in the process of entering a sector
in the surrounding sector!
No Imperial forces detected
What's going on here?
They're completely defenseless, aren't they?
the bulk of our fleet accompany us!
In that case, we should have had
This is too easy.
in case this is a sneaky trap.
We need to be cautious
But...
within our search range,
there really are no signs of the enemy
so this may be our chance, right?
What do you think, Commandant?
to come to a conclusion.
We don't have enough information
we advance and stay alert.
For now, let's drop our speed as
While trying to gather information,
they finally learned of the riots at Rugpool Prison
among the political prisoners,
and the great number of casualties
and that Heinessen was under virtual martial law.
Let's return to Iserlohn Fortress for the moment.
If we keep going to Heinessen,
advantage of the chaos to murder us.
it will be like asking them to take
We shouldn't willingly leap into the jaws of death.
the cruisers had an issue with its power,
The order was carried out at once, but one of
the calendar turned over to the 18th.
and during the delay for repairs,
Repairs on the Zagreus are complete.
We'll withdraw the work crew at once.
All right, head for Iserlohn Fortress, at once!
Enemy presence detected!
Declination, 24 degrees, bearing 8 o'clock.
Roughly 100 ships!
What, so they were here after all?
Message from the enemy ships!
"Heave to, or we'll be forced to fire"!
That's a phrase that brings back memories.
Don't worry, we're in the lucky ship Ulysses.
That's why we made it our flagship.
of its good luck in its service already?
But don't you think it might have used up all
a fixed amount of fate out there?
Oh, since when is there
may have something to say as well.
Well, hearing you talk, I figure fate
in the form of warships closing in on us.
Excuse me, but we have some very bad fate
Who cares?
Despite appearances,
Attenborough was of the rare sort
in the former Alliance forces.
to be promoted to admiral in his 20s
had become a self-styled revolutionary,
The Alliance crumbled and he
he may have become a marshal in his 30s.
but if it had continued on,
slightly different hue from Yang Wen-li,
In that case, he would've been a marshal of a
biographical records of the Alliance forces
and they might have gone down in the
as marshals balanced in hardness and softness.
Are you Julian Mintz?
I'm Dusty Attenborough.
Pleased to meet you.
I don't want to reminisce about these people.
I want to reminisce with them.
For the sake of that...
April 18th:
While en route to Heinessen,
Eisenach, and Mecklinger,
accompanied by Mittermeyer,
of this series of incidents.
Kaiser Reinhard also heard
Minister of Military Affairs?!
What were you thinking,
democratic republicans behind your walls?!
Did you think it acceptable to lock up the
or wrong of taking hostages,
Putting aside the right
what purpose do they hold if you kill them?!
Understood.
six military doctors also accompanied him.
On this expedition,
Reinhard himself hated being seen as ill,
archduchess, he was unable to refuse.
but since this was the will of the kaiserin and
of course we would have noticed it.
"If the kaiser's weakness was clear to see,
to decline at all, at least on the surface.
But the kaiser's luster and beauty didn't seem
being forced in to bed rest,
Thanks to his repeated fevers and
compared to the time of the former dynasty,
the kaiser's illness without even knowing it.
perhaps we've all grown used to
he didn't seem to lose his clarity."
And even when he was feverish,
would note this later,
Though Senior Admiral Mecklinger
seriousness of the situation.
at this time, he hadn't realized the
Enemy ships, still approaching!
Not yet, keep drawing them in.
Are you having fun?
It's a shame that it's 12 ships versus 100,
but I was thinking I want to create a situation
about letting the enemy get away.
that makes them feel frustrated
Hell of a personality you've got there.
At this rate, we'll be half-surrounded!
the corridor at full speed!
All right! All ships, fall back into
rapidly retreating into the corridor!
The enemy ships are
Don't let them escape! After them!
I won't let them get away!
H-huge number of signals ahead!
It's a huge fleet!
What?!
Number, approximately 12,000!
R-ridiculous!
lurking around the exit?!
Were nearly all of the Iserlohn forces
What shall we do?
That should be obvious! Retreat!
This wouldn't even be a battle!
Imperial forces are retreating.
That's a relief.
What should we do now, Commandant?
For now, let's stop heading towards Heinessen.
Let's hold here and see what develops.
Frederica return to the fortress for the moment,
Thinking of her safety, Julian and the others had
before them while once more preparing for war.
and stared down at the former Alliance space
Meanwhile, on Heinessen,
in preparation for the kaiser's visit.
Oberstein was carrying out a certain matter
shall we wipe Heinessen clear of filth?
Before the kaiser arrives,
On April 29th,
of Heinessen" were officially announced.
the details of Oberstein's so-called "Cleansing
the former landesherr of Fezzan,
As of today, the Imperial forces have arrested
at his hiding place in Heinessenpolis.
the political criminal Adrian Rubinsky,
after which he shall serve out his sentence.
He will be sent to the capital of Fezzan to face trial,
If you knew Rubinsky's hiding place,
shouldn't you have at least let us know?
then putting aside the announcement,
I knew nothing about it.
That was the result of overwhelming work.
since Operation Ragnarök.
We've been looking for Rubinsky's hideout
However, this year,
appearing on medical charts throughout space,
there have been nonexistent patients
and we found him from those scraps.
a malignant brain tumor,
It seems Rubinsky is suffering from
and he has a year left, at best.
He must have panicked and left evidence behind.
Kaiser Reinhard landed on Heinessen.
On May 2nd,
which had shaken known space,
In response to the news of Rubinsky's arrest,
Reinhard was indifferent.
In the national art museum,
a temporary Imperial Headquarters,
which had once more been designated
and Senior Admiral Bittenfeld
Minister of Military Affairs Marshal Oberstein
awaited the kaiser's arrival.
Having been granted an audience with the kaiser,
Bittenfeld apologized for his own crime.
He expressed his regret for creating a gap
that led to friction within the Imperial forces
between himself and the minister of military affairs
that even outsiders could see.
and also publicly denounced Oberstein.
But Bittenfeld didn't stop at that,
He accused Oberstein
the Imperial forces for losing to Yang Wen-li.
of rudely mocking the various commanders of
to be angry about, Bittenfeld.
There's nothing for you
a tactical victory over Yang Wen-li.
Even We were never able to achieve
We think it regrettable, but do not feel ashamed.
Do you, Bittenfeld?
Sire! Um, no...
Then it's nothing to get angry over.
We'll end this matter here.
You're both fine with that, yes?
Sire!
His Majesty has changed.
obvious for him to scold me.
Before, it would have been
or unfortunate for the Empire?
Will this prove fortunate
of Iserlohn to Heinessen once again.
Call the democratic republicans
This is an invitation from the kaiser.
Müller, carry it out under your name.
As you wish,
but what shall we do if they refuse, Mein Kaiser?
What shall you do?
the responsibility for the bloodshed and chaos.
In that case, they'll be the ones who need to bear
Oberstein!
Yes?
It seems there are some insects wriggling about,
democratic republicans of Iserlohn.
trying to obstruct Our meeting with the
to exterminate them, can We not?
We can count on your ability
Well then, you're dismissed for now.
We wish to dine with you all tonight.
We'll meet again at 1830.
Sire!
I wonder if this is the end?
democratic republicans of Iserlohn.
Mein Kaiser is to meet with the
then peace will come to the universe.
If they reach some sort of compromise,
I'd like to think that's a good thing, but...
But you don't feel that way?
The way I see it,
there will always be a storm.
when there's a changing of seasons,
it will be a big one.
And when I think on that change,
Don't you think so, Marshal?
A storm?
Iserlohn's military might stands at over 10,000.
a storm that will involve all of space, but...
I don't think that's enough to create
Will the Church of Terra be the cause of the storm?
rather than a prediction?
Are you sure that isn't a desire of yours,
Perhaps it is.
It may not be your desire alone.
At the start of May,
the Iserlohn Republican Government.
Neidhart Müller began negotiations with
in the name of Kaiser Reinhard,
Furthermore, on May 20th, it was announced that,
Rugpool Prison would all be released.
the political prisoners held in
towards the minister of military affairs
This smoothly turned the animosity and anger
into a favorable impression of the kaiser.
calculate and plan all of this out?
Did the minister of military affairs perhaps
Still, the kaiser has compromised this far.
He won't want to compromise further.
have a conversation with the kaiser.
I want to head toward Heinessen again and
clever political maneuvering,
Even if we're caught in Marshal Oberstein's
we have no other choice.
Let's go to Heinessen...
not as prisoners, but as envoys.
under the present circumstances.
It's the best position we can hope for
With Julian's decision,
the path towards peace once more.
it was thought that history had started down
But bloodshed and chaos had not yet given up,
as the next incident broke out on Fezzan:
The Stehibalm Schlossbrand.
Planet in Turmoil
Is your sadness yours alone?
Is the solitude you shoulder all there is to your life?
It's true that life is born without permission
Without meaning or worth attached
Your whole life is just a minute grain in the universe
But that brilliance reaches all the stars
So, let's take these lives led in full
The suspension bridge of the age
And cast these lights in colors beyond the rainbow
NEXT EPISODE
on his meeting with Iserlohn,
While Kaiser Reinhard is focused
his absence from Fezzan,
someone plots to take advantage of
behind the Imperial forces.
as well as that of the brains
plot to murder Kaiserin Hilda,
Remnants of the Church of Terra
and assault her temporary home.
Kesler comes running after them resolutely.
The Stehibalm Schlossbrand
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"The Stehibalm Schlossbrand"
Episode 106:
Another page turns in the history of the galaxy.