These are the first R&D models, Prototype 0.
The Skyknight and the Firebrand.
The ones that produced numerous casualties.
The previous generation of machines to the Luxon and the Bradyon.
Wow...
Do they work?
That's hard to say.
They apparently still do regular maintenance work on them, though.
What are they doing here at the Hawaii Base?
Officially, they're here to be studied,
but they're more like archival research material.
The new Valiancers being developed will be complete soon.
These will never take to the skies again.
The machines that Doctor Fermi engineered...
It's sad, but...
Mayday! Mayday! This is Transport Airline Flight 507
Left engine on fire! Requesting emergency landing at Hawaii Base!
Roger that. Use Runway 2.
Hawaii Base
Fire Services Team, get moving!
What's that about?
Looks like a civilian ship.
Ya think everything's fine?
The alarms aren't going off, so I wouldn't worry.
Gate 5, Hawaii Base
Vajra Heavy Attack Cruiser Aeroship
It's time.
Wh-What was that?!
Explosions?!
V-Valiancers?!
Emergency alert! Emergency alert!
Enemy Valiancers have appeared in the base!
Reports of enemy infiltrators as well!
All units...
They're in a panic.
It's almost comical.
You should pretend to be a little panicked, too.
Don't count on it, sir.
Now, let's go help ourselves to the prize.
Fly
and put a light into the sky of our future
Don't buckle under the weight of sadness
and sing forevermore
Unisonia
What does the world you see
look like?
I don't want to get used
to the pain of losing loved ones,
but the stars are so beautiful tonight
We are like two sides
of a rusted coin
lost on the streets
Persevere
Turn your love into what unites us
Let us put color into this world
To that end,
I sing my symphony
Let the future be as we desire it
We can change destiny
Cross time
Unisonia
The Truth
Father.
This is your face, Father.
I drew it in class at school.
The teacher praised me for drawing well, too.
Is that right?
That's great.
Yup!
The military academy?
Yes, sir.
That is what I have decided.
That I will become a soldier,
who guards the motherland of Zogilia and protects her people.
Like you, Father.
Hina.
It's almost time.
Yes, sir.
Maintenance Building 7, Hawaii Base
Here we go.
What's the situation?
Give us details on what's going on.
It's just like you heard over the intercom.
We've got enemy troops making a mess all over the base.
Eight Valiancers have been confirmed.
Tarjim, it's about time.
Damn. I could've gone for more, but I guess not.
Of which, two broke away and took to the air.
A firefight seems to have broken out on the tarmac, but...
But?
I can't figure out what the enemy's after.
I mean, only eight Valiancers to take on a base of this size?
I asked Command how we should respond,
but all I got was, "Take out the enemy! Protect the base!"
So, what should we do?
With that said, I think it's time to take action on our own.
Elvira and Mayu, get back to the ship immediately.
Yes, sir.
Aoba and Dio,
go retrieve the Luxon and the Bradyon,
which we sent over to Maintenance Building 7.
Fromm, you'll be their escort.
Aye-aye, sir.
Now, let's begin.
There's no knowing where the enemy might be lurking.
If you don't want to die, defend yourself.
For real?
The hatches have been left open.
That's convenient.
How does it look? Will it work?
Yes, sir! It'll be no problem!
It looks like it'll take a while, though.
Make it as quick as you can.
Roger!
How are things on the other end?
Looks like they're meeting resistance,
but they'll hold the fort.
All right.
As soon as they get past the security we're moving out.
Roger.
You're going to contact them! To tell Zogilia that you're here!
Because otherwise, you'd have become our prisoner, right?
I don't like the idea of that, so...
Hina!
Father!
Lieutenant Commander!
Father!
They're on to us!
Oh come on, they're wrecking their own base!
This way!
Father!
I'm fine...
Hina! Lieutenant Commander!
Miss, you treat the Lieutenant Commander's wound.
We'll rendezvous with another detachment and secure a line of retreat.
I understand.
Well, then.
We need to stop the bleeding!
Father?
H-Hina... there's something... I need to tell you.
Don't talk! You'll aggravate the wound!
Listen...
to me, dammit!
Hina... You...
...are not... my real daughter.
What?!
Aoba!
I-I'm okay!
We've gotten split up.
We'll head to the target location using the corridor on this side.
You find a way around and head over as well!
Don't die!
What? Wait...
What?
It was ten years ago now...
I was stationed in the Zagreb war zone,
and I found you among the rubble.
Back then, you had no memories, could barely speak, and had only torn clothes.
The only thing that you remembered was the name "Hina."
I took you in as a war orphan
and thus, you and I became family.
You can't...
You can't suddenly tell me this and expect me to...
Can't believe it?
No one at death's door would joke about something like this.
Hurry!
Don't let Zogilia do any more damage!
Go, Hina.
What?
Get out of here before they find you.
Come with me!
I'm beyond saving already. Leave me behind.
I don't want to!
Hina...
No!
Hina!
Let me at least play the heroic father in the end.
But... But...
Go, Hina.
Father...
Go!
What about him?
Is he dead?
Guess I'll put a bullet in him just to be safe.
How boorish.
Right when I was pleasantly lost in memories of my daughter...
I swear...
I'll take you to hell with me.
Another explosion?
Man! I'm just a kid in high school!
I can't shoot this thing just because you tell me to!
And where the hell am I?
Father...
You...
...are not... my real daughter.
The only thing that you remembered was the name "Hina."
I... I...
Because you brought me here.
Like I said, you were my classmate!
Your name is Yumihara Hina!
If that's true, then where did she go?
Hina...
Hina, what are you doing here?
Don't tell me the enemy soldiers who infiltrated the base were...
I turned out... not to be me...
What?
Who the hell am I? Am I the Hina that you knew?!
Answer me...
Hina...
Commander Ryazan?!
Yeah, while I was away.
What about Hina?
I don't know.
It doesn't look like she was caught in the blast, though.
Hey, cover me!
What?
Wait! Where do you think you're going?!
But our orders!
It'll finish the rest of the way on auto!
I'm going to go look for Hina!
H-Hey!
I see. So, Lieutenant Commander Ryazan is...
Yes, sir.
Is it possible to continue with the operation?
We're a bit behind schedule,
but we planned for this.
All right. Then as of now, I place you in command of things on site.
We will set things in motion on our end as planned as well.
Yes, sir.
Commander.
This will not be a problem.
Right now, let us make the success of this operation our top priority.
I see, so that's how it was.
Yeah.
It just may be that I'm the Hina that you were talking about.
If I am, the memory loss and stuff would kind of make sense...
I'm not sure how that all works out, but...
Hina...
Seriously, what's going on with me?
Tell me, what's going on?
Come to our side, Hina!
What?
Come join us aboard the Cygnus!
Wh-What are you say...
It'll be okay.
They accepted me, and I'm just some kid from the past.
You may be the enemy,
but they'll understand once we explain it to them.
And there's a guy I trust, too.
His name is Dio and he can be a little insufferable sometimes, but...
Anyway, it'll be all right! You have my word!
B-But I...
I don't even know who I am...
You're you, right?
I don't care if you're the Hina who's lived here her whole life,
or the Hina who was my classmate.
You're you.
I'm fine with either.
So...
Okay?
Th-Thank you...
But...
Hina!
Get away from him!
Bizon!
Hurry!
You're...
The new Valiancer's...
Hina, so you really are...!
No, you're wrong! You're wrong!
Then why defend him?!
That man is the enemy!
That's because...
Hold on! Listen to her—
Shut up!
Hina, aren't you our comrade and a soldier of Zogilia?
All this time, you've fought alongside us, so why?!
I-I'm...
Lieutenant Commander Ryazan didn't die so you could do this!
Do you mean to betray even your father?!
That's not...
Damn it... Damn it...
Damn it!
Bizon!
Aoba!
Damn!
Hina!
Don't!
But!
Fromm, get that idiot out of the way!
You got it!
Come on, just hurry up and take cover already!
We'll talk later.
We'll be done breaking the security soon.
Our mission is to seize the Confederation's new Valiancers.
Got that?
All right. Let's go.
Aoba!
Aoba...
Looks like things are settling down on the ground.
We're going to take out the two in the air!
Damn straight!
Gotta make sure they pay for raiding us!
What?!
Contacts on radar!
Multiple heat signatures!
Missiles!
Deploy NECTTAR Curtain!
Spread it out as far as you can!
Don't let them come down on the base!
Honestly! What in the world are they up to?
Do they plan on destroying the base instead of occupying it?
Dio! Aoba!
Took you long enough!
No!
The enemy is piloting them!
They've been taken!
What?!
Captain?!
Mm.
Shoot them down.
What?! B-But, sir...
Better than letting the enemy have them.
Please don't!
Hina's in one of them! You're going to shoot them down?!
That's enough already!
Don't you understand what's going on here?
It's not something Hina did willingly!
What?
Hina's struggling right now!
Her father just passed away and she doesn't even know who she really is!
She's not in any state to do these things!
But they definitely took the Coupling Valiancers...
I can't shoot down Hina when she's like that!
And I won't let you!
Aoba and Dio are...!
This is...!
They can't use the Coupling System.
We're settling this in one go!
Right!
Don't do this!
Those Valiancers are dangerous!
Come back to base immediately!
I'm sorry, Elvira.
Give me the Remote Access Priority to those two Valiancers over here.
I have to make it so they can't conduct a Coupling!
Y-Yes, ma'am!
You understand, right?
Our goal is to recover the Luxon and the Bradyon! Nothing more!
Yeah, I know!
Here we go! Connective, Dio!
Acception!
The Skyknight and the Firebrand have successfully conducted a Coupling!
That's impossible! How could they succeed with these settings?!
Damn it.
I had no idea a different cockpit would make piloting so much harder.
Bizon, hostiles headed your way!
Damn it! These bastards...
Hina, you're in there, right?!
This voice!
Stop this! It's not too late if you stop now!
Aoba...
Get away from Hina!
Aoba!
You! You, I'll kill you right here!
Damn it! Don't get in my way!
Let Aoba go!
Why you!
Their Emphatier Waveforms!
This is...?!
Bizon!
What was that... just now?
Mission accomplished.
We're recovering you.
All units, depart for the rendezvous point.
B-But, sir...
Engaging them any further would be pointless.
Let's go, Bizon.
Damn it!
Whoa!
Don't run away, you idiots!
Wh-What was that just now?
Aoba... you...
Our hearts call to each other from afar
I've forgotten the end of pain,
but still I know you,
and I look for you
My soul kissed the remnants of a powerful light
deep within itself
If doubt paves the way for a tomorrow full of hope,
then all my hesitation is sure to lead me to a wonderful dawn
I want to protect and shelter
our dream of peace
Please hold out your hand
to grasp the love
that we are sure to find
Next time on Buddy Complex:
Next Time: The Bond Between Them
"The Bond Between Them"