Planetes
Here we go...
Planetes
Tanabe, try lowering it a little bit on your side.
How's this?
No, give it some more. See? That side strut is caught...
It's slipping!
Chief, hang in there!
Yuri! Are you okay?
Yes, I think so...
Are you sure we shouldn't break it down any further?
If we strip it down any further, we won't be able to put it back together again.
Why the heck is this thing bigger than the door, anyway?
This is hopeless! Let's just forget about it!
We're gonna be on the moon for at least a month.
You expect me to go without a smoke for that long?
No, I just thought...
Sure, why not?
Excuse me?
It'll be good for your health. And besides, air is a precious commodity in space.
Y-Young master Colin?!
You're going to the moon to clear debris, right? I'm going to be tagging along.
Um, you're...
The moron son of the INTO chairman.
Fee! Watch your language!
This place hasn't changed one bit.
Did you get into trouble again? You can't always rely on your father to...
No, no. I'm here on the job this time.
I graduated from college a while ago.
I work for the INTO Development Inspector's Office now.
Thanks to my dad's connections, of course.
Soshite hito wa toki wo koeta yume wo miru, And people dream dreams that transcend time,
...seijyaku no umi ni idakarete. ...held in the arms of a still sea.
Tori ya kumo wo miagete wa... As they looked up at the birds and clouds,
...hakanai inochi moyashita... ...it set their ephemeral souls on fire...
...ikusen no asa ni. ...on a thousand mornings.
Hikari ga mukau basho e... I bet they're taking flight...
...habataku darou. ...to where the light is headed.
Negai wo hanatsu toki wa ima. Now is the time to launch your dreams.
Hatenaki yume wo noseta... Off into the frontier that is carrying...
...frontier e, ...boundless dreams,
...tooku tooku dive in the sky. ...farther and farther, dive in the sky.
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Phase 21: Tandem Mirror
Welcome aboard the Von Braun.
Phase 21: Tandem Mirror
For third round of testing,
Phase 21: Tandem Mirror
...you will be learning the Von Braun inside and out for the next six months.
It is for that reason that I have given each of you a Level 6 keycard.
It will open 94% of the doors on the ship.
Incidentally, the highest card level, Level 8,
...are in the possession of only myself and a handful of others.
If you pass the test and are chosen to be official members of the crew member,
...that is when I will be able to give you a Level 8 card.
Each of these six centrifugal crew blocks has an independent control room.
Also, the Von Braun is designed with a six-column, axisymmetric layout,
...and is pressurized from the central control room at her bow to the shield disk at her stern.
Passing through this area, we find our tanks of deuterium and helium 3 reaction masses,
...as well as our refrigerated propellant tanks,
...coming at last to the very heart of the Von Braun.
Yes, the tandem mirror nuclear fusion engine, the most powerful propulsion device ever built.
We're still testing the magnetic field units, so the reactor chamber is pressurized.
Your lives will be in the hands of this part, so it seems most fitting,
...as well as safest from a security standpoint, that you should be ones to conduct those tests.
Once online, this system will generate plasma, radiation, and a powerful magnetic field,
...making this a world of death that no human, much less any living organism, can get near.
We're finally here... ...making this a world of death that no human, much less any living organism, can get near.
Yeah... ...making this a world of death that no human, much less any living organism, can get near.
...making this a world of death that no human, much less any living organism, can get near.
In other words, after the chamber is depressurized,
...you won't have another chance to actually touch it.
I'd like you to exercise the utmost caution during your work...
I made it here...
I'd like you to exercise the utmost caution during your work...
I made it here...
...so as to avoid a repeat of that unfortunate incident the other day.
I'm amazed that you're conducting a simple debris hauler spot inspection, master Colin.
It's just because I'm new. I have to do a little grunt work.
Yes, of course. Grunt work is important, too.
Just so long as there isn't too much grunting involved, of course.
It may be presumptuous of me,
...but I've assigned some of our flight attendants to accompany you.
If you need anything at all, just let them know.
Now this is more like it! I really like this new division director of yours!
This one sounds like the reasonable type.
Tanabe, I have some good news. This is the number for the test site.
Call here, and they'll page the test applicants for you.
Apparently, they only give this out to family members,
...so he said to say that you are his sister or fiancée when you call.
I'm amazed that you got your hands on this...
You know that ferret I'm looking after? I used it as a bargaining chip with its owner.
Thank you, Yuri.
Don't worry about it. I owe you two my life, after all.
You've helped me way more times than I've helped you.
You're not going to call?
The job comes first. I'll call him after we reach lunar orbit.
Wouldn't you be better off sleeping in your bed?
Geez, you again?
That's pretty cold. Is that any way to greet your best friend?
If you were my best friend, you'd let me get a good night's sleep.
You can't sleep anyway, so don't blame me.
What's on your mind? The truth is, you're having regrets about coming here, aren't you?
You're lost and can't find your way back home?
If that's all you need, just have Tanabe reel you back in.
I think she'd make you a fine wife.
I can't do that.
I already made up my mind. I'm gonna get onto the Von Braun.
See you again soon.
Yeah...
Come visit all you want.
Attention, all personnel involved with the 3rd crew exam.
Individual guidance will begin tomorrow morning.
Please verify your time schedules at the information desk.
Sorry that took so long.
Please verify your time schedules at the information desk.
That's all right. I'm used to waiting.
Attention, all loader workers.
That's all right. I'm used to waiting.
Attention, all loader workers.
There has been a change to a section of the makeshift direct loading block.
Those workers whose shift data has not been revised...
Remember, Nono, you have a checkup at 2.
Okay!
I'm not very good with mechanical stuff, so I'm not sure if you'll be in focus.
That's fine. It'll be better if they can't get a good look at me.
So, shall we get started, Artemis?
It's been a long time, Hachimaki.
I've never been able to forget that time you punched me.
I guess I've got a masochistic streak in me.
Um, yeah...
Mister Clifford, your dinner is ready.
You made sure to give me one without mustard, right?
Yes, sir. We were told about that.
Ai, I'll talk to ya later, okay?
Sure.
You know Colin?
Yeah, we've met before.
What?
Just so we're clear this time, I'm issuing a declaration of war.
I'm going after Colin, understand?
I'm not trying for a wage slave this time, I'm gonna bag the Chairman of INTO!
Colin's his son.
It's the same thing!
He's got money, status, and power! He's got it all!
I'm gonna make my move while we're en route to the moon.
The minimum-B mirror coil's magnetic field control unit...
It wasn't a spaceship that I wanted. When I touched this thing, I figured that out.
What I wanted was to be on a ship that was faster, more powerful,
...and could go further than anything else.
Once I realized that, getting onto this ship was all I could think about.
Hoshino.
The whole human race isn't behind the Jupiter project, not by a long shot.
There are opposition movements all over, and even if the project succeeds,
...only a handful of first-world nations will reap the benefits.
The minority is about to be overshadowed and swept aside by this huge project.
Haven't you ever had any second thoughts?
None at all.
Space is never gonna be developed by guys who are afraid to put their own dreams first.
Sorry I asked, Hoshino. It was a stupid...
Shut the hell up!
I couldn't stand you from the moment I first laid eyes on you!
Those two idiots... Don't they know they're being watched?
The more rivals that get weeded out, the better it is for us.
Let's ignore 'em.
Yeah, I guess you're right.
You asked for it, momma's boy!
What, you can't fight with your bare hands?
All that counts in a fight is results!
Results, huh?
What the...?
Still feel like taking me on?
You're never gonna hit me with that thing!
All right, you asked for it!
Knock it off!
Don't use dangerous crap like this in a brawl!
You're gonna bust my ship, you dumb bastards!
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Excuse me. I have the inspection datalog for you.
I was expecting Ai.
She's taking a break right now. Is my job performance unsatisfactory?
Of course not.
I know that you're a capable girl, Claire. You used to be one of the elite, after all.
Tanabe? Are you on the moon?
A lot of debris was generated by the tandem mirror accident, remember?
They also say that INTO's Supreme Council will be meeting on the moon, so here we are.
Sempai? You don't look so good.
Are you getting enough sleep? Are you eating enough?
Don't be such a fussy eater. Make sure you eat your vegetables, too.
If nobody gets on your case about it, you don't eat anything but meat.
What do you want?
I've got on-the-job training this afternoon.
If this isn't important, I'm hanging up.
Wait, don't go!
There's so much that I want to ask you and talk to you about!
You decided all on your own to quit the company and to try out for the Von Braun.
I wanted you to tell me about it. To talk to me about it...
The thing is, I...
It was my decision, wasn't it? What's the point of talking it over with you?
I have my own life. And you have your own, right?
How can you...
We have work to do, people!
We've got a debris retrieval order from the Third Division.
They want us to collect a piece of debris that's in lunar orbit.
Pick up debris before we even get to port?
We've only just arrived, and already they are treating us badly.
Fee, do you read me?
And how may I be of assistance, Inspector Clifford?
We're retrieving some debris, right? Send out the inspection camera.
I'll be able to make my inspection before I even reach the moon. What a lucky break!
I copy...
Fee...
Sorry, Claire, I'm a little busy.
Could you show me the retrieval plans?
Sure, I'll put them up on monitor three.
This wording is something a bureaucrat would use. This didn't come from Control Section.
These recovery directions are strange, too.
I swear, Control Section sure can't find good help these days.
Claire, I can count on the fingers of one hand...
...the number of Control Section people who are as good as you were.
Thank you.
Hey. Was that call from your girlfriend?
No way.
Better be careful. All the phones on this boat are tapped.
Protecting company secrets, huh?
They're keeping an eye out for terrorists. Guys like the Space Defense Front, I guess.
Visual confirmation of target debris. I'm picking up some magnetic resonance.
My face monitor is a little garbled, but I can manage.
I copy. Tanabe and Yuri, give top priority to assessing the condition of the debris.
If you sense any danger, return to the ship and we'll revise the mission based on your data.
You copy?
I copy. Once we do a sweep to determine its condition, we'll return to the Fishbone.
This looks familiar...
This looks like a section of the tandem mirror engine.
So this is wreckage from the blast, huh?
So, there are chunks this big that are still intact...
That's why we came all the way to the moon to help.
Was there a part like that on it last time?
Illegal dumping again?
No, it doesn't look like a dumped part.
Tanabe, get some footage of it with your camera, too.
I copy.
I wonder what this is...
It now seems possible that the recent accident...
...involving the #2 tandem mirror engine was a deliberate act.
A civilian debris retrieval specialist recovered a section of the engine yesterday,
...and this debris showed signs of stress fractures caused by localized overloading.
The Meltdown Investigatory Committee seems to suspect...
...that the structural collapse caused by this is what led to the meltdown.
And you were the first to discover it?
Well, I wouldn't say "discovered"...
Tanabe? All I really did was follow instructions and recover some debris.
All I really did was follow instructions and recover some debris.
I wonder if it was the Space Defense Front.
Those guys have been quiet lately.
It's possible. Those guys have always been opposed to the Jupiter project.
It's strange.
If it was them, they should've made a claim of responsibility.
And I can't picture them leaving that kind of evidence lying around.
You sure know a lot about these guys, Hakim.
It's 'cause he used to work at the OSA. He knows all about this stuff!
So why the hell do you sound so proud about it?
This retrieval operation by a civilian salvage crew was recorded from beginning to end...
...by an INTO inspector who just happened to be aboard the ship.
Nicely done. Just as you planned.
...by an INTO inspector who just happened to be aboard the ship.
All footage and detailed data has been given to the Meltdown Investigatory Committee.
Being too clever can be a problem.
All footage and detailed data has been given to the Meltdown Investigatory Committee.
You see things that you're better off not seeing.
With suspicions having surfaced that the meltdown was a deliberate act,
Colin, are you hungry? There's an excellent restaurant near here.
...it appears that a detailed examination will now be carried out,
Colin, are you hungry? There's an excellent restaurant near here.
...it appears that a detailed examination will now be carried out,
I know all the good places on the moon.
...with these records providing the crucial data that will be the key to the investigation.
I know all the good places on the moon.
...with these records providing the crucial data that will be the key to the investigation.
Sure, why not? Anyway, it looks like they won't be showing any more of Ai on TV.
Excuse me?
Congratulations on your TV appearance.
All I did was pick up some debris, same as always...
Maybe, but you need big press events like this every once in a while.
It must be boring to do nothing but pick up trash...
...from the nooks and crannies of space day after day, isn't it?
I don't think it's boring at all.
It might not be a flashy job, but when we pick up debris,
...it helps the cause of space development, right?
When you look at it that way, doesn't it make you happy somehow?
If space development keeps advancing,
...our energy problems will be solved, and even wars and refugees will...
Do you seriously believe that?
The only people who will reap the benefits of space development...
...are a handful of first-world countries like America or Japan.
The space development that you're so happy about...
...is causing the gap between rich and poor nations to widen.
If you're a country that doesn't have the technology to go up into space,
...all you can do is look up at the first-world countries as they monopolize space resources.
Well, that's how capitalism is supposed to work.
And it's those first-world countries that both produce space debris and have it retrieved.
All we really are is lapdogs for first-world countries.
How can you say things like that? You're a member of Debris Section now, too, Claire!
I didn't come to Debris Section by choice.
Maybe, but this is your job now!
You should have a little more love and pride in your work!
You and your love again... Your "love" is shallow and meaningless!
Has this "love" of yours ever saved even a single person's life?
Don't talk to me about love if you can't back it up.
Break it up, you two!
Our work's done for the day.
Go on. You're dismissed.
In the end, you're just one of the fortunate few.
Love can't save them. Not El Tanika, and not Mananga.
Welcome, Mr. Hoshino.
You live up to your legends as an engineer.
You've done a magnificent job of stabilizing my engine.
You're not so bad yourself. That program update of yours was a fine piece of work.
It ought to be, I spent a whole week locked in my office writing it.
By the way, all this talk I hear about the Space Defense Front...
That's all a lie, right?
You're putting me in a bind... I've been told not to discuss that matter with anyone.
I thought so.
They've even added an emergency shutdown device, so please leave it at that.
Certain people would rather that the public believed that.
Anyway, I leave those matters for the President to handle.
President?
Why did you specifically have DS-12 do it?
Using them would make it a bigger news story, don't you agree?
They're the team of super debris haulers...
...who saved ISPV-7 from a terrorist attack and found that INTO mine.
They're Technora's pride and joy.
I'm sure you already understand this, but make sure that Locksmith keeps his mouth shut.
That accident was caused by the Space Defense Front.
Deliberations on the Space Peacekeeping Bill are about to begin, as well.
You don't need to spell it out for me.
You want to return to the head office, don't you?
This problem isn't limited to just our company. You understand that, don't you?
I understand.
Nighttime hours are currently in effect aboard the Von Braun.
Different security levels are in effect than during daytime hours,
...so test candidates should exercise caution while moving about the ship.
Oh, it's you, Hoshino. You startled me.
Sorry about that.
Hey, do you know where I can reach Gigalt Sensei?
I could find out if I went back to my place on the moon. Are you in a hurry?
No. It's just that I never told him that I was quitting Technora.
This is the Administration Center calling all night shift workers.
No. It's just that I never told him that I was quitting Technora.
This is the Administration Center calling all night shift workers.
Oh.
This is the Administration Center calling all night shift workers.
Forget about it. Sorry I bothered you.
The formatting of the datalogs that are required to be submitted during your...
Forget about it. Sorry I bothered you.
The formatting of the datalogs that are required to be submitted during your...
Out of the blue, they tell us to step up the security level around here.
They're kinda nervous now that they found out the #2 engine meltdown was really terrorism.
Oh, so that's why they even brought in that emergency shutdown device earlier?
Level 6 confirmed.
That last meltdown was an accident, but this one won't be...
Hey, Hakim.
I don't want you doing any suspicious crap to my ship.
That you, Hoshino?
I have a wire anchor launcher pointed at you.
These things fire ropes into ship hulls.
If one of these hits you, you're dead.
How long have you known?
There was that brawl in here a while back, remember?
The Von Braun was in danger, so why didn't you do anything?
Just because of that?
No. Ever since we got here, you've lost your edge.
That intensity that said you were gonna get accepted, come hell or high water.
All you've got now is a content, philosophical look in your eye like some kinda monk!
Up until now, I thought that you and I were the same.
But I guess you're not like that anymore!
I haven't changed. My objectives are different now, that's all.
The only reason you fought your way though all those tests...
...was so you could get your hands on a Level 6 card?!
Hachimaki, have you ever heard of a country called Mananga?
It's my homeland.
What's that got to do with anything?!
It's a barren wasteland. Crops won't grow properly there.
But even so, we managed to get by because we could get oil out of the ground...
...up until my grandfather's generation.
But now...
Hakim! If you come any closer, I swear I'll shoot!
...all that's left in that utterly desolate wasteland are crumbling oil fields and pipelines.
Poverty triggered a civil war, and now our children die before ever reaching adulthood.
And all that the first-world countries will sell us are antipersonnel mines and small arms.
So what? You expect me to feel sorry for you and let you go?!
Just like what happened with the moon, Jupiter's resources...
...will belong to the countries that lead the pack in space development.
In the end, nothing will change for us.
I'm warning you! If you come any closer, I'll shoot, Hakim!
You remember what happened with Temara Poitier, don't you?
It's not just him.
As you were picking up your debris,
...you must have seen other people struggling in the shadow of space development.
Haven't you learned anything? Are you going to ignore it all and walk away?
Or do you think it's somebody else's problem? That it's none of your concern?
You have no imagination! You see the world through rose-colored lenses!
So what's that doing in your hands?!
Don't push me, Hakim! I can pull this trigger!
Are you sure about that? Those aren't the eyes of a man who's capable of killing.
You weren't able to kill during the second test, either.
In the end, you're just one of the fortunate few.
Don't talk to me about determination if you can't back it up.
I can back it up!
Shit! You turned around and stabbed me in the back!
You think you're the only one who's miserable in this world?!
I... I am, too!
So am I!
HAKIM!
Son of a bitch!
Gutto mizu wo nomihoshi, We gulp down some water...
...yuuyakegumo miageru no sa. ...and look up at the evening clouds.
Kyou mo ichinichi ga owatte, Let's wind our way home...
...gairoju no shita wo kaerou. ...under the roadside trees as another day ends.
Yaru koto darake de tenpatte, Even if life's so hectic that our tempers flare,
...muri wo shite, tsumazuite mo, ...we push ourselves too hard, and we stumble,
...nani ka kanarazu tsukanderu sa. ...I know there'll be something to grab hold of.
Kiraku ni ikou ze. Let's move on without a care in our hearts.
Subarashii jinsei dakara, It's a wonderful life,
...jibun wo aisuru yuuki wo motou. ...so let's have the courage to love ourselves.
Atarashii doa tataite... Let's take it one step at a time,
...hitotsu hitotsu aruite yukou. ...knocking on new doors on the way.
Subarashii jinsei na no sa. It's a wonderful life.
Kimi mo boku mo subete no hito mo... You and I and everyone else...
...yorokobi to kanashimi no imi... ...keep on searching for the meaning...
...sagashitsuzukete, so just on my way. ...of joy and sadness, so just on my way.
Next Time: Exposure
73% of the OSA's patrol vessels are gathered in lunar orbit,
Next Time: Exposure
...checking out any satellites and debris pieces that they come across.
Next Time: Exposure
It looks like our recent operation against ISPV-7 had an effect on them.
Next Time: Exposure
The work on Catnip is finished. They say it can cover all of lunar orbit for 40 minutes.
Next Time: Exposure
Don't do anything to raise their suspicions.
Next Time: Exposure
With our inferior numbers, our only chance of victory is with a sneak attack.
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