Ican see what you feeling through the sea of stars.
Wherever you are, you are always close.
My soul and heart embraces you...
You shall always be with me.
You must believe. I am always here waiting...
My heart is here waiting for you.
Galaxy Calendar Year 796 Empire Calendar Years 487
The young strategist of the Empire, Reinhard von Lohengramm,
defeated an army twice the size of his in battle of Astate.
With that, he established his reputation in the Empire.
On the other hand, Yang Wenli,
who prevented huge casualties in this war,
became a soldier although he was interested in research.
Yang Wenli reformed the 13th troop
and took over lserlohn Fortress.
But the Alliance used the lserlohn Fortress as their HQ
to attack the Empire,
but was foiled by Reinhard.
The Alliance met with defeat in Amlitzer.
The second year, Reinhard consolidated his status
by fighting with the aristocrats.
He tried to instigate the rebels in the Alliance
to riot.
Yang Wenli knew of this ploy but was unable to stop it.
He could only suppress the people.
Then Reinhard's army attacked the aristocrats' base
in Geltsburg Fortress
The Empire became fully controlled by Reinhard.
Yang Wenli was ignored by the leader of the Alliance
and was delegated to guard lserlohn Fortress.
Galaxy Calendar Year 798 Empire Calendar Year 489
We discovered a fleet of unknown ships,
about 1000 of them.
We'll meet them in 50 minutes.
What's going on?
Don't tell me the enemies are patrolling this area?
Sir.
Inform everyone to stop training.
Go in to 2nd grade war mode.
Do we have to activate the trainees and new soldiers?
Of course. This is not a boy scouts activity.
I've no time to let them view a war game.
Yes.
Everyone enter 2nd grade war mode.
We'll meet them in lserlohn.
How people can live to come back?
Ask for assistance from lserlohn Fortress.
Quick!
What's happening over there? Quick!
What's going on?
Listen, I thought there was no need to tell everyone...
but I'm a genius in space wars.
The enemy will not have a genius like me.
You guys are lucky, you know?
People like you would be fired in the Empire.
What do you mean?
That's what I meant.
Follow what I've taught you.
Form a team with 3 ships.
One of then will surround the enemy and let's thrash them.
Don't forget. Yes.
All right everyone.
What are the officials thinking?
They took all the experienced men away. and left these new
soldiers to me. Only then,
can we resist Lohengramm's elite team.
You mean Reinhard von Lohengramm?
The revolutionary Reinhard?
To make the people trust you, you just have to do two things.
To have fair trials and a tax rebate system.
It's enough to have these 2.
All of you,
You are all aristocrats
but you're willing to give up your status
and assist in revolution.
I hope you'll stay by my side to help me.
The reason Lohengramm is so popular is because...
he knows how to please the people.
You mean please the people?
Look at what he did.
He did away with the aristocrats, implemented civil law,
change the tax system and protect the freedom of speech.
These are what we hoped for.
Maybe.
But these changes are not a result of democracy.
You call these changes too?
But you can't deny that...
it's better than before.
Rebuilding the economy is not a problem.
We just have to take back the wealth of the aristocrats
With that,
and the economy will no longer be in the red.
I feel sorry for these wealthy people,
whose riches will be confiscated now.
I really feel for them.
There's someone here to see you about this matter.
He's the retired soldier Arthur von Streit.
An aristocrat he was indebted to
got him to ask you for mercy.
Streit? It's him?
The enemy has 200-250 ships and 400-500 surveillance ships.
There're about 1000 warships and 30-40 ship bases.
They're all positioned at the 1 o'clock direction, 30 degrees.
Enter firing range. Ever base prepare to launch their ships.
There never was such a big team of enemies.
I wonder if we'll make it back alive.
Commander.
I heard anyone can predict their death.
Do you think it's true?
Julian...
Someone who has never risk his life at all said this.
Can you believe it?
Control room, 316 is now ready.
Please give your command.
Roger, 316.
You can take off when you've entered the gate.
Roger.
Iserlohn Fortress
Commander, get up please.
What is it?
There's some news.
Attembouroug will take charge of the trainees and the new soldiers.
We've met the enemy.
We're asking for emergency support.
Everyone is waiting for you at the meeting room.
Please go over now.
Border areas never have peaceful days and spring is always
Iate for the north. Julian is in trouble.
I thought it was safe before I sent Julian away.
I think he'll come back safely.
He's smart and lucky.
I think Attembouroug should have a hard time resisting.
Let's go assist him.
They dodged it.
We've got it.
Is it true?
Really?
I heard lserlohn's army is the strongest in the Alliance.
I never expect them to be so slow.
What's Yang Wenli thinking?
Inform all the ships to stop going after the enemy.
We must be careful.
There might be traps anywhere.
This is strange.
The enemy doesn't seem to attack fiercely.
Thank goodness for that or we'll suffer great losses.
Are they scared?
What?
They're scared when they heard Yang Wenli's name.
Continue to resist and wait for assistance.
I've no problem with increasing support.
But how much must we increase?
What do you think?
I think we must be fast when it comes to giving support.
We should give the most support.
Only then can we scare off the enemy.
We can give them a sudden attack,
and retreat quickly when we've recovered our troops.
I support his idea.
We'll lose our city if we increase the troops too slowly.
And we may make the battle worse.
Everyone act swiftly.
Attack before their support arrives
and then retreat.
Prepare to take off.
Yes.
I'd like to invite Merkatz on board.
What do you think?
Yes sir.
I think it's fine.
Thank you.
But I've a condition.
I hope you'll become my man...
and be a part of Marshal's residence.
I admire your experience and talents greatly.
Since the dynasty is over,
I think your loyalty to the old king should end.
I'm grateful for your generosity...
I'm willing to work for you.
I'll do my best to repay your favor.
The second one.
That was close.
Reporting to base, this is Spartanian 316.
I'm Julian.
I request to return to the base.
Roger, 316, please land on B-17.
Any news from the command center?
I'm sorry,
but the disruptions are too strong.
We can't communicate with them now.
How about the contact ship?
We've sent it out.
There's no news till now.
There's no way to receive news about the war?
No.
The end of the 20th century is a time of advance in
electromagnetic weaponry. This is also a button period.
Using electromagnetic waves to absorb resources
and the improvement of preventing disruptions,
communications and surveillance are the same as in the past.
It's all right in normal times.
But it becomes worse when it comes to war.
That's why land war still depends on pigeons and dogs to communicate.
People fighting a war may be concerned
but war is just a comedy.
Don't lose your life because of such a stupid thing.
Julian.
Stop crying.
You're back safely?
Captain.
I don't want to die young in war.
that's right.
Besides piloting a ship,
there're still many things I want to teach you.
Don't teach this innocent boy the wrong thing.
Don't say such things.
How can people like you understand
the responsibility of being a man?
I heard you shot down 2 ships at one go?
I was just lucky.
You've a good teacher.
But you must be more careful the next time.
There're not many who survived. Things will get worse.
Yes.
Is that ship Ulysess?
That's right.
The one that was thrashed in Amlitzer?
You mean the time the toilet was struck?
Everyone, please learn from Ulysess
So what if you're ridiculed?
It's most important to come back alive.
Dominion Phezzan
Last year, both Alliance and the Empire had a civil war.
But rendered different results.
The Empire became stronger
and the Alliance became weaker.
Last year before battle of Astate,
the ratio of the power of the Empire, the Alliance, and Phezzan
was at 48:40:12.
This is a man-made result.
It's caused by Phezzan.
But according to statistics now,
the ratio is now 54:30:16.
This is not balanced.
We have to change our strategy.
Ah? We'll help the Empire
eliminate the Alliance and help Lohengramm get control.
We'll control this new Empire from behind.
But...
Is this really going to work?
Assistant Commander.
Yes.
I've told you clearly Phezzan's strategy.
I'm sorry.
The biggest problem is the lserlohn Fortress.
Baldic has sent back an interesting report from the Empire.
Damaged ships to retreat.
Don't let then enemy discover that we're heading for lserlohn.
Vice Captain.
Our side has suffered great losses.
The enemy has full control over the airspace now.
The war has been on for how long?
More than 7 hours.
So there're 2 hours left.
Trying to take advantage? This is my prey.
Get lost! I was the one who defeated this guy.
It's been hard on you.
Captain.
These fools are too busy chasing the enemies
and they didn't realize they're attacked from behind.
Thank God for your support.
Thank me with something more significant the next time.
Are you using up your energy?
Yes.
He's really meticulous.
All right, Julian. Return to your base.
Roger.
No. 22, How's it? Konev.
No. 23.
I can't believe more than half are new soldiers.
The enemy has enough time to retaliate because we hesitated.
Attack them.
Their support will come soon. We wasted too much time.
Have they discovered our tracks?
Faster!
Send more ships out. Faster!
Faster!
I'm sorry.
Faster! Faster!
We can't finish. It's only 20% complete.
You follow the rest.
Remember to be careful. Yes.
You must come back alive.
The mother ship has been struck.
How about the ships?
They seemed to have escaped.
Nothing must happen to you, Julian.
There's no more now. There's nothing a genius like me can do.
This is terrible.
I think we're here.
Commander, at this rate...
The support army is here.
They're here.
They're finally here.
You sure there're more than 10 000 ships?
It's not going to be easy to win them.
The enemy has lost the will to battle. They've retreated.
Should we go after them?
No, let them go.
This is what they mean by winning without a fight.
Can we call back our ships
and repair all of them
before going back?
Of course.
But the sake of the future,
we should set up some surveillance and communications satellites.
I'll go and do it.
And Julian Mintz...
is alive and well.
He has struck down 3 ships
and destroyed a surveillance ship.
Report is finished.
You said he destroyed a surveillance ship?
Is this is 1st war?
We can't look down on him.
He's a genius.
I wasn't that good when l went for my first battle
I'm looking forward to his future performance.
Don't say that.
in this one time. It's not good
for him to be arrogant at his first performance.
We'll wait and see his future performance.
Galaxy Calendar Year 798 Empire Calendar Year 489
The war at lserlohn Fortress was big
but it's just a tussle for territory.
Commander, Julian is back safely.
Haven't I told you many times
not to take risks?
But this war has resulted
in the Empire making a big attack on the Alliance.
First Reprieve
Will you call out to the new-born stars?
Under the heart-rendering glow,
You should feel how much I miss you.
Are you willing to walk with me through the majestic star cloud?
When you embrace me,
Do you feel the wonders of life?
Open up your heart and listen...
Listen to your overtures of striking forth.
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