1. D-YFI@AniDBCopy !req
2. In preparation for a siege of Geiersburg,
the hard pressed Lippstadt Alliance...Copy !req
3. LEGENDCopy !req
4. OF THECopy !req
5. GALACTIC HEROESCopy !req
6. intensified the exploitation
of the colonies in their control.Copy !req
7. But the populist
forces wisely perceived...Copy !req
8. that the yoke of rule by the nobility might slacken after the civil war.Copy !req
9. Westerland was one of
Prince Braunschweig's territories...Copy !req
10. but even there, the tide
of defiance was rising.Copy !req
11. Baron Scheidt, the Prince's nephew, tried to
suppress the resistance with military force.Copy !req
12. That brought on large scale riots, and
the Baron was killed by his own subjects.Copy !req
13. Prince Braunschweig was
enraged at the news.Copy !req
14. A citizens revolt?
They dared to kill my nephew?Copy !req
15. Those ungrateful bastards
living in my territory!Copy !req
16. They'll pay a heavy price
for such ingratitude!Copy !req
17. Launch a nuclear attack on Westerland!
Don't let a single soul survive!Copy !req
18. Your Excellency, your
anger is understandable...Copy !req
19. but using thermonuclear weapons
on a planet has been taboo...Copy !req
20. since the time of the "13 Day War" that
nearly exterminated the human race.Copy !req
21. Besides, isn't Westerland
your own territory?Copy !req
22. Killing all the inhabitants
is far too harsh!Copy !req
23. Isn't it better just
to punish the ringleaders...Copy !req
24. Silence!Copy !req
25. Westerland is my territory!Copy !req
26. I have the right to do
anything I want to my planet!Copy !req
27. Now the Goldenbaum
Dynasty is finished.Copy !req
28. How can it stand, when it
cuts off its own limbs?Copy !req
29. What?Copy !req
30. Ansbach said that?Copy !req
31. Yes, sir. He said, "The
Goldenbaum Dynasty is finished."Copy !req
32. Jakob HauptmannCopy !req
33. Those words are treason.Copy !req
34. Since he's your chief retainer,
Uncle, he should be put to death!Copy !req
35. Even Ansbach...Copy !req
36. Very well.
Arrest Ansbach.Copy !req
37. Throw him in prison until
I investigate further!Copy !req
38. By the way, Admiral Merkatz
is requesting an audience.Copy !req
39. Merkatz...?Copy !req
40. He wants to speak to
you about Westerland.Copy !req
41. I won't see him.
I'm too upset.Copy !req
42. I have a report from
our agent at Geiersburg.Copy !req
43. I see.Copy !req
44. So Merkatz is becoming
a thorn in their side.Copy !req
45. Yes. And Braunschweig's chief advisor,
Commodore Ansbach, is cut off.Copy !req
46. Yes, that much
is good news.Copy !req
47. We mustn't waste any time
in dealing with Westerland.Copy !req
48. We'll have to dispatch a fleet
immediately to prevent the attack.Copy !req
49. One moment, Your Excellency.Copy !req
50. We should allow that insane Braunschweig
to carry out his brutal attack.Copy !req
51. What?Copy !req
52. That way, by recording the act, we
demonstrate the brutality of the high nobles.Copy !req
53. No doubt the citizens and common soldiers
under their control will then abandon them.Copy !req
54. That will help our cause more
than preventing the attack.Copy !req
55. You want me to
leave Westerland to die?Copy !req
56. If the nobles win this civil war, that kind
of cruelty will be repeated many times.Copy !req
57. By showing the whole Empire
their true colors now...Copy !req
58. it will demonstrate they have
no right to rule the universe.Copy !req
59. But isn't the outcome
already clear for all to see?Copy !req
60. It is, but we don't have a definite
strategy to seize Geiersburg either.Copy !req
61. If the enemy intends
to wait out the siege...Copy !req
62. since our supply lines are long,
we'll eventually be at a disadvantage.Copy !req
63. I know that.Copy !req
64. That's why we're working to cause
disruption inside the fortress.Copy !req
65. They're giving
us an opportunity.Copy !req
66. But there are 2 million
people on Westerland!Copy !req
67. Including women and children!Copy !req
68. Those...Copy !req
69. Your Excellency,
look at it logically.Copy !req
70. If you're worried
about 2 million lives...Copy !req
71. there will surely be far more
casualties if this civil war drags on.Copy !req
72. Please take that
into consideration.Copy !req
73. Human lives can't be
calculated like that!Copy !req
74. Your Excellency, you
must become ruler first.Copy !req
75. For the sake of the greater
good in the future...Copy !req
76. there are times when rulers must
accept the necessity of sacrifice.Copy !req
77. That's the fundamental
logic of Machiavelli.Copy !req
78. Even so, the
principles are true.Copy !req
79. Your Excellency,
you must decide now.Copy !req
80. Weigh the good of the 25 billion
citizens of the Empire.Copy !req
81. Your Excellency...Copy !req
82. When will the attack
on Westerland begin?Copy !req
83. In about 6 hours.Copy !req
84. Put the fleet on alert
for immediate dispatch.Copy !req
85. Your Excellency...Copy !req
86. Don't misunderstand.Copy !req
87. I'll wait to decide until the last
possible moment. Leave me until I call.Copy !req
88. Kircheis...Copy !req
89. when you're not here,
I'm afraid you'll never forgive me.Copy !req
90. Can this be
the path we chose?Copy !req
91. Send out a reconnaissance
probe to Planet Westerland.Copy !req
92. Secretly.Copy !req
93. Yes, sir.Copy !req
94. Make sure it arrives
within 4 hours, all right?Copy !req
95. Yes, sir.
4 hours.Copy !req
96. Planet WesterlandCopy !req
97. I'm glad we
drove the nobles out.Copy !req
98. But now what
will we do?Copy !req
99. I've heard that Marquis Lohengramm
is the people's friend.Copy !req
100. Let's ask him
to protect us.Copy !req
101. Yeah. Right.Copy !req
102. Mama, what's that?Copy !req
103. Hey... that's...Copy !req
104. What's this...?Copy !req
105. What does this mean?Copy !req
106. It seems the enemy attack
was earlier than we expected.Copy !req
107. I'm sorry to report that the fleet
you dispatched was not in time.Copy !req
108. What?Copy !req
109. Then where is this
image coming from?Copy !req
110. It's from the reconnaissance probe
I sent out ahead as a precaution.Copy !req
111. Oberstein...!Copy !req
112. We will beam these images
throughout the Empire.Copy !req
113. Even a child will understand that
righteousness is on our side.Copy !req
114. The nobles have
hung themselves.Copy !req
115. What's the matter,
Your Excellency?Copy !req
116. It's true I didn't give an
explicit order to intercept...Copy !req
117. However...Copy !req
118. Your Excellency did send a
fleet to intercept the attack.Copy !req
119. However, the enemy
attack was too swift.Copy !req
120. This is the result.Copy !req
121. Damn you,
you planned it.Copy !req
122. There's no sense complaining
about the deed after it is done.Copy !req
123. We must make the most
of the current situation.Copy !req
124. We must do justice to the
2 million lives sacrificed.Copy !req
125. "The conqueror can't succeed
without dirtying his hands?"Copy !req
126. Very well.Copy !req
127. We'll do as you say.Copy !req
128. I'm sorry to have taken
so long, Admiral Kircheis.Copy !req
129. Welcome back,
Rear Admiral Steinmetz.Copy !req
130. We've pacified 17 sectors
on the frontier.Copy !req
131. They are yours.Copy !req
132. By taking care of this for us, and with
Marquis Lohengramm's blessing...Copy !req
133. we'll prepare your
appointment to Vice Admiral.Copy !req
134. I am honored, but...Copy !req
135. there are many unsettling rumors
spreading about Marquis Lohengramm.Copy !req
136. Rumors...?Copy !req
137. This way, Admiral.Copy !req
138. What's that?Copy !req
139. The nobles' Allied Forces
massacred Westerland...Copy !req
140. and Lord Reinhard... Marquis Lohengramm
permitted it for the sake of propaganda?Copy !req
141. Is that what
they're saying?Copy !req
142. For his political campaign.Copy !req
143. But the official explanation is the
fleet sent to intercept wasn't in time.Copy !req
144. But the reconnaissance probe that
beamed back those images was in time.Copy !req
145. Isn't it strange that those
images were collected?Copy !req
146. There are persistent rumors.Copy !req
147. Admiral, in that case...Copy !req
148. I will personally confirm the truth
when I next see Marquis Lohengramm.Copy !req
149. Until then, let's prevent this rumor
from spreading further, shall we?Copy !req
150. Yes. Very good, sir.Copy !req
151. Well, then...Copy !req
152. What will you do when you
learn the truth, Siegfried?Copy !req
153. I hope the rumors
are false.Copy !req
154. But what if it's true?Copy !req
155. When your own justice, and Lord
Reinhard's justice are no longer the same...Copy !req
156. what will you do then,
Siegfried Kircheis?Copy !req
157. The massacre on planet Westerland...Copy !req
158. Planet OdinCopy !req
159. caused a big sensation
throughout the empire.Copy !req
160. It provided a clear view of
Prince Braunschweig's brutality.Copy !req
161. The expectations for Marquis
Lohengramm rose accordingly.Copy !req
162. The young hero of the Imperial Fleet is now becoming the hero of the Imperial citizens.Copy !req
163. Now, as each planet under the control of the
nobles' forces rebelled almost in unison...Copy !req
164. Geiersburg Fortress became
completely isolated.Copy !req
165. In Geiersburg, there was open
sabotage and defiance among the troops.Copy !req
166. There were many who deserted
and joined Reinhard's Fleet.Copy !req
167. There were many from the
nobles' side who surrendered.Copy !req
168. Many other nobles killed
themselves in despair.Copy !req
169. He's a worthless person.Copy !req
170. At the start of the war, there were
several thousand nobles in this fortress.Copy !req
171. Even now, he's still merry, as if we'd all
just transferred from Neue Sanssouci.Copy !req
172. I agree completely.Copy !req
173. All this false gaiety is just an
attempt to avoid facing reality.Copy !req
174. It's pathetic, isn't it?Copy !req
175. Soon the time will
come for us to choose.Copy !req
176. Choose...?Copy !req
177. To die fighting...Copy !req
178. or to take our own lives...Copy !req
179. or perhaps,
to flee to Phezzan...Copy !req
180. or else, to surrender.Copy !req
181. But if we try to surrender at
this late time, will that brat...Copy !req
182. No, I mean, Marquis
Lohengramm, forgive us?Copy !req
183. What's done is done,
I'm afraid.Copy !req
184. That's true. Empty handed,
we have little chance.Copy !req
185. But what if we
offered a present...?Copy !req
186. Present?Copy !req
187. Perhaps if we offered
Prince Braunschweig's head.Copy !req
188. Once, long ago, when a king
defeated a sworn enemy...Copy !req
189. they say he celebrated by
making cups of their skulls.Copy !req
190. That's just what we'll
do to that brat!Copy !req
191. That's a great idea!Copy !req
192. Listen, if we can take that
brat's head, all will be well!Copy !req
193. With that, history will change,
and past defeats be washed clean!Copy !req
194. Shall we not challenge
him to one final battle?Copy !req
195. There is no other way!Copy !req
196. Let's do it!Copy !req
197. That's it! Yeah!
Right! Let's!Copy !req
198. Uncle?Copy !req
199. Yes.Copy !req
200. All right!Copy !req
201. Let's use all the remaining troops,
and mount a final, decisive attack!Copy !req
202. You're mad!Copy !req
203. Clearly, the best policy is to
take advantage of this fortress!Copy !req
204. We must prolong the fight and wait
for the enemy to exhaust himself.Copy !req
205. What is the point of
launching an attack now?Copy !req
206. Won't it only hasten
our ultimate defeat?Copy !req
207. To begin with, we are comrades,
not master and slaves.Copy !req
208. As a military professional...Copy !req
209. I advise you not to
make a bad situation worse.Copy !req
210. What you think of as strategy,
is only wishful thinking!Copy !req
211. Prince Braunschweig, aren't you
mistaking one for the other?Copy !req
212. I have no use for cowards
who are afraid of death!Copy !req
213. I will return to the Empire
with brave, loyal men!Copy !req
214. Sir!Copy !req
215. Admiral Merkatz...Copy !req
216. Are you going to launch,
too, Your Excellency?Copy !req
217. Yes.Copy !req
218. Why? Surely you see
it's an undesirable battle.Copy !req
219. I have served the Goldenbaum Dynasty
as a soldier for over 40 years.Copy !req
220. If it's to be destroyed, then my
final duty is to share in its fate.Copy !req
221. However, I'm only
a worthless old man.Copy !req
222. Your Excellency...Copy !req
223. Admiral Fahrenheit,
you're still young.Copy !req
224. You shouldn't sacrifice yourself
for a dying dynasty.Copy !req
225. Live.Copy !req
226. And as long as you live,
carry out your duty.Copy !req
227. Admiral Merkatz...Copy !req
228. Farewell.
I doubt we'll meet again.Copy !req
229. Charge! We'll fight to the death!Copy !req
230. They've finally
come out, it seems.Copy !req
231. As we predicted.Copy !req
232. Mecklinger, Kesler and Mueller,
your 3 fleets will intercept.Copy !req
233. Your Excellency, there's no
chance to seize the advantage!Copy !req
234. Don't shrink! I don't
care what the sacrifice!Copy !req
235. Unexpectedly stubborn,
aren't they?Copy !req
236. Now they've become
cornered rats.Copy !req
237. Yes...Copy !req
238. This makes the enemy's
5th charge, doesn't it?Copy !req
239. Yes, sir.Copy !req
240. It'll be soon, then.Copy !req
241. The enemy has begun
another offensive.Copy !req
242. All right. Have the 3 forward
fleets push them back together.Copy !req
243. It looks like the enemy's
offensive has reached its limit.Copy !req
244. Now!Copy !req
245. All ships, charge!
Maximum battle speed!Copy !req
246. All fleets, follow me!Copy !req
247. Shall we join the pursuit, too?Copy !req
248. Regroup the fleet.
Protect the flank.Copy !req
249. Yes, sir.Copy !req
250. It seems Marquis Lohengramm will
be able to shine at the front lines after all.Copy !req
251. It's begun.Copy !req
252. We're men who've decided to
ally with Marquis Lohengramm!Copy !req
253. You men guarding
the main gun room...Copy !req
254. you saw Westerland,
didn't you?Copy !req
255. Think carefully about who you
should be pointing your weapons at!Copy !req
256. Don't shoot!
We'll cooperate!Copy !req
257. Understood.Copy !req
258. Our agents in the fortress have
occupied the main gun room.Copy !req
259. Fine. Send out boarding parties.
Have them seize the fortress.Copy !req
260. Yes, sir.Copy !req
261. Don't let
Braunschweig get away!Copy !req
262. We can no longer
return to Geiersburg.Copy !req
263. Call out the blonde brat!Copy !req
264. Open a comm line!Copy !req
265. What do you
plan to do?Copy !req
266. Challenge him to
ship to ship combat!Copy !req
267. Single combat?Copy !req
268. That's right!Copy !req
269. Our inferiority in
strength is irreversible!Copy !req
270. But if we could just get him,
at least, it would be worth it!Copy !req
271. It's no use.Copy !req
272. They're not accepting any messages
except unconditional surrender!Copy !req
273. That... Coward...Copy !req
274. If that's the way he wants it,
he can have it!Copy !req
275. Then try the Gale Wolf,
or Odd Eyes Reuental...Copy !req
276. or Bittenfeld and
his Black Lancers...Copy !req
277. Maybe we can incite one of them!Copy !req
278. Enough already!Copy !req
279. What's the point
of fighting with them?Copy !req
280. Let's try to escape, and be glad
if we can just stay alive!Copy !req
281. Shut up!Copy !req
282. I don't have
any love for life!Copy !req
283. I'll fall gloriously in mortal
combat with a famous enemy!Copy !req
284. What a magnificent end for
the great Imperial nobles!Copy !req
285. A magnificent end, is it?Copy !req
286. It's because of twisted thinking
like that that we will lose the war!Copy !req
287. I've had enough of it!Copy !req
288. Do it by yourself!Copy !req
289. There's no reason for us to die
for your self-aggrandizement!Copy !req
290. What's that?Copy !req
291. You bastard...!Copy !req
292. Long... live... the Empire...Copy !req
293. Captain, what do we do now?Copy !req
294. It's too late.
I'm fed up with war.Copy !req
295. We could escape to Phezzan,
even if it means plowing a field.Copy !req
296. Do you mind if
we go with you?Copy !req
297. Gentlemen, you've saved my life.Copy !req
298. Of course I don't mind.Copy !req
299. But please offer a chance
to those who wish to stay.Copy !req
300. Each man should
decide what to do.Copy !req
301. Please stop!Copy !req
302. Please don't throw
your life away!Copy !req
303. Lt. Commander Schneider...Copy !req
304. I hope you'll forgive me.Copy !req
305. I came in a little while ago and
removed the gun's energy pack.Copy !req
306. So you were prepared
for this eventuality.Copy !req
307. But when did you
find time to remove it?Copy !req
308. How could
I not notice you?Copy !req
309. You tricked me!Copy !req
310. Is this your way of
telling me to live on?Copy !req
311. Yes, sir.Copy !req
312. But as a soldier,
I know only shame.Copy !req
313. I think I'm too proud to surrender to
Marquis Lohengramm at this point.Copy !req
314. Marquis Lohengramm does not
control all of space.Copy !req
315. In this vast galaxy there are places even
Marquis Lohengramm's control doesn't reach.Copy !req
316. Please consider retreating there,
to fight another day.Copy !req
317. Flee the Empire?Copy !req
318. Yes, Your Excellency.Copy !req
319. Since you say "fight another day," I assume
the exile you advise is not Phezzan?Copy !req
320. Yes, sir.Copy !req
321. The Free Planets Alliance?Copy !req
322. But I've fought them for over 40 years,
calling them the Rebel Fleet.Copy !req
323. Do you think
they'd take me in?Copy !req
324. Let's rely on
Admiral Yang Wenli.Copy !req
325. I hear he's an eccentric,
but generous person.Copy !req
326. Yang Wenli?Copy !req
327. We have nothing to lose.Copy !req
328. If the time comes,
I'll go with you.Copy !req
329. Don't be silly.
You're still young.Copy !req
330. You're not even 30 yet.Copy !req
331. With your talent, Marquis Lohengramm
is sure to have use for you.Copy !req
332. It's not that
I hate Marquis Lohengramm...Copy !req
333. but I've decided that you alone will
be my commander, Your Excellency.Copy !req
334. Please, Your Excellency.Copy !req
335. Do as I suggest.Copy !req
336. Very well.Copy !req
337. Let's try trusting
in Yang Wenli.Copy !req
338. Anyone...Copy !req
339. Is anyone here?Copy !req
340. Your Excellency.Copy !req
341. It's me, Ansbach.Copy !req
342. Oh, Ansbach...Copy !req
343. you're out
here like this!Copy !req
344. Since you weren't in your cell,
I had assumed you escaped.Copy !req
345. My subordinates
let me out.Copy !req
346. Yes, that's fine.Copy !req
347. Since things have gone this way,
there's nothing else to do.Copy !req
348. Let's prepare
to make peace.Copy !req
349. Peace, you say?Copy !req
350. Yes.Copy !req
351. Acknowledge the
brat's authority.Copy !req
352. The nobles who began with me
will support the brat completely.Copy !req
353. That's it!
Elisabeth!Copy !req
354. I'll give him my daughter's hand.Copy !req
355. That way the brat will
become a grandson-in-law...Copy !req
356. of the late
Kaiser Friedrich IV.Copy !req
357. Then he can assume the position of
Kaiser without accusations of usurpation.Copy !req
358. That's not a bad deal.Copy !req
359. It's useless.Copy !req
360. Marquis Lohengramm has no need of
the support of you and your nobles.Copy !req
361. Then...Copy !req
362. are you saying he'll have
me killed, no matter what?Copy !req
363. I'm the head of a distinguished family,
and respected by the Imperial nobles.Copy !req
364. Yes, sir.
But don't you understand?Copy !req
365. That's exactly why Marquis
Lohengramm can't allow you to live.Copy !req
366. He's made Westerland a symbol
of the brutality of the nobles.Copy !req
367. He's pledged to clear away the
Imperial nobles who exploit the people.Copy !req
368. That's a pledge he'll keep.Copy !req
369. I understand.Copy !req
370. I will die.Copy !req
371. But allowing that brat to take
the throne is unforgivable!Copy !req
372. Ansbach, whatever happens, don't
let that bastard usurp the throne!Copy !req
373. If you'll just promise me that,
I can die without regret!Copy !req
374. I understand.Copy !req
375. I swear to you that I will
send Marquis Lohengramm to Hell.Copy !req
376. Wait for him in Valhalla.Copy !req
377. You will?Copy !req
378. That's good.Copy !req
379. By the way...Copy !req
380. I want to die as
easily as possible.Copy !req
381. A drink of poison
would be good, I think.Copy !req
382. In fact,
I've already prepared it.Copy !req
383. Ansbach. After all...Copy !req
384. If I offer you all my territories and
wealth, can't you just save my life?Copy !req
385. I... I...Copy !req
386. I... I don't want to die...Copy !req
387. What are you doing?Copy !req
388. Insolent peasants!Copy !req
389. Please, as head of a distinguished
family, die a manly death.Copy !req
390. Stop!
Please stop!Copy !req
391. Take the Prince's
body to the infirmary.Copy !req
392. Yes, sir.
But he's already dead.Copy !req
393. Therefore, do as you're told.Copy !req
394. Now the Goldenbaum Dynasty
has truly ended.Copy !req
395. But it hasn't yet been decided that
a Lohengramm Dynasty will follow.Copy !req
396. Secure the works of art
that the nobles looted.Copy !req
397. We mustn't let
them be plundered.Copy !req
398. Yes, sir!Copy !req
399. I didn't expect the high
nobles to seem so pitiful.Copy !req
400. You could say this is the dawn
of a new age, couldn't you?Copy !req
401. Their old era has ended.Copy !req
402. They're pathetic.Copy !req
403. What a wretched end
for the nobility.Copy !req
404. Yes, their era has ended.Copy !req
405. Now it's our turn.Copy !req
406. Space Era 797;
Imperial Year 488, September...Copy !req
407. Geiersburg Fortress fell.Copy !req
408. Here, the Lippstadt
Alliance was defeated.Copy !req
409. Goldenbaum is FelledCopy !req
410. Preview of Next EpisodeCopy !req
411. The capital planet, Heinessen, is protected by the Artemis Necklace defense system.Copy !req
412. There are one billion people
being held as hostages.Copy !req
413. What strategy does Yang, who
wants to avoid continued bloodshed...Copy !req
414. take in order to force the coup d'etat faction surrender without further resistance.Copy !req
415. Next episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes, episode 24, "Victory for Whom?"Copy !req
416. Another page to the history of the Galaxy.Copy !req
417. Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Episode 24Copy !req
418. Victory for Whom?Copy !req