Your selfless dream
is like a prayer written on paper with old ink
Your fragile hands seek support,
and yet have nothing at all to cling to
But even so, I want to guard
the path you walk
in all my beauty
I can see our skies and seas in the stars,
before they fall to make a rainbow
Light tears through the night and you sing
How far will your voice travel?
This is the light of the blue planet I admire,
the light that we love helplessly
We sacrifice all we have at our disposal
for the only future we have left
Let us fly
into the blackened sky
The Deucalion? Why would they...?
They had no choice but to make a frontal assault?
Control! This is Mustang Leader!
Please respond!
Princess 1!
Highness!
Princess Asseylum confirmed alive!
Control to Mustang Platoon, do you copy?
Lt. Marito!
Amifumi?
Is the Deucalion okay? Is everyone on the bridge okay?
What about Nina and Calm? Are they okay?
Somehow.
Well, maybe "We're all okay" isn't quite honest...
This might be more of a
"Don't worry, go on without us!" kind of situation.
Inko, sorry...
Warrant Officer Kaizuka...
Princess 1, continue your mission.
Can you do that?
Yes, ma'am!
Amifumi... Kaizuka Junior...
I want you to cover Warrant Officer Kaizuka.
Roger.
Roger that.
Warrant Officer Kaizuka taking over as pilot.
Princess 1, continuing mission.
Kick their asses for us!
Mustang 22, roger!
You awake?
This is going to get a little rough.
Hold on tight, Highness.
You are... Inaho's older sister?
You didn't seem to be hurt,
but if I missed something, speak up.
Why?
You hate us, don't you?
Everything the Versians have done to Earth...
All the lives we've taken.
You hate us, don't you?
Seylum.
What does it take to end a war?
Do you know?
Well, if both sides wish for peace and set aside their hatred...
No.
Warfare is nothing but a means of negotiation between states.
Wars break out even when there is no hatred.
Territory, resources, or interests that you are determined to make your own.
Ideology, religion, pride.
Wars are fought over those objectives all the time.
Meaning that when those objectives are met, the war will end.
That, or...
the war will end when the human cost outweighs the gains.
Anger and hatred... those are nothing more than tools to tilt a war in your favor.
I'm not interested in those emotions.
Inaho...
So I wouldn't hate anyone just because they're Martian.
Oh? I would gladly hate a Terran for that fact alone.
All units, scatter!
Saazbaum of the Vers Orbital Knights' 37 Clans has arrived.
Please make your peace, Your Highness.
Count Saazbaum? It was you?!
How did he tap our encrypted comms?
All units, restrict further communications to laser comms!
Yuki.
Continue the mission.
Inko, provide support for Yuki.
I'll hold him off.
Don't be an idiot!
You don't know what his combat capability is! You can't win alone!
I don't need to win. I only need to slow him down.
Inaho!
You aren't planning to act as a human shield, are you?
That's an ineffective means of buying time.
Go already.
Inaho...
Good luck.
Thanks.
Let's go!
Yes, ma'am!
Inaho...
I admire your reckless bravado, warrior of Earth.
But you'll receive no mercy from me!
Decoys that confuse guided missiles.
Unguided rockets will be unaffected, though.
Mustang 11, path secured.
Don't get too full of yourself, Terran!
Light of Aldnoah!
What?
Milady...
Give me your strength!
Behold...
the Dioscuria!
My rounds...
Dimensional barrier, activated!
Energy joints, linked. Field generator, active.
Blade field, engaged.
Sword drawn.
That weapon...
Is the princess on that ship?
No...
This is Oldenburg Leader.
Stand by for assist, Mustang 22.
No! Fall back!
Fools.
Fly, my servant!
Count...
Surrender, Martian!
Put your hands above your head!
Come on!
Terran forces have entered the castle!
We need to bolster our defenses!
You saved me?
Even though I'm a Terran?
Who are you fighting against?!
Who were you pointing your gun at?!
I don't see anyone here who turned his gun on his own!
So stop asking stupid questions!
Shit, one of 'em got in.
It's powering up! Go contact the Cataphract platoon!
Starting auxiliary power system.
Will this work?
No luck, huh? Its Aldnoah drive is shut down.
It won't move unless someone grants it activation rights.
What should I do?
This is...!
The Aldnoah drive powered up?
But how?
I really wish they'd give it a rest with those things!
There is an inspection passageway.
It is a detour. It will take us to the Aldnoah chamber.
It is not designed for equipment access,
so we will have to abandon our Cataphracts and proceed on foot.
Mustang 11!
Roger!
Let's move!
Yes, ma'am!
Inaho?!
Princess Asseylum.
Your life, if you please.
Count Saazbaum!
Bastard!
He has a barrier, too!
Inko, get out of there.
Inaho!
Hurry.
No way, I can't just leave you!
Don't worry about me, just run!
Don't be an idiot!
Dodge it...
Mustang 11!
Like I thought, he has to lower the barrier when he launches his arms.
It's because the arm thrusters interfere with the barrier.
Hang on, did you just use me as a decoy?!
Is that so?
The barrier needs to have a gap.
If you watch the instant he raises the field, it's quite easy to spot.
The antenna that controls the flying arms!
You try my patience!
Nao, run!
No, I've been waiting for this.
You little...
Also,
they can't raise a barrier along contact surfaces.
Why, you...
Count Saazbaum?
I can't hit him!
How can it be that fast?!
It's like he knows where we're gonna shoot!
Princess, hurry!
Right!
You too, Inaho!
No.
You go on ahead. I'll be right behind you.
Lead the way.
Of course!
This way!
Filthy Terran!
You dare?!
Damn you!
Your kind could never understand...
You will never understand our envy and hatred.
A seething hatred that tarnished our souls and blinded us from living!
Living your lives of indolence in a bountiful land...
You could never understand how we feel!
The resentment at having that hatred ingrained in you!
The sense of futility when you realize what was done!
The regret of failing to protect the one you love...
You could never understand!
Count!
Orange!
Go! We'll hold them off here!
Hurry!
Optical seeker, down.
Routing auxiliary sensor feed to main monitor.
Right arm, power cut.
Left arm...
I will defeat all who hate...
I will break the cycle of hatred...
In the name of Asseylum Vers Allusia!
Count!
Sleep!
Milord...
Inaho...
Are you all right, Inaho?!
Princess Asseylum!
Seylum?
Inaho! Thank goodness...
I have shut down the Landing Castle's Aldnoah drive.
The operation was a success.
We should hurry and escape now.
Sorry... I can't see very well.
I have blood in my eyes.
I am right here, Inaho.
I am right here.
Count Saazbaum?
You saved me, Slaine...
Well done.
Don't.
That is far enough. Do not touch Her Highness,
...Orange.
Bat.
December, 2014.
Count Saazbaum's Landing Castle,
which had attacked United Earth's headquarters, had fallen.
The battle had ended in victory for the United Earth Forces.
Both sides suffered many casualties.
The whereabouts of Princess Royal Asseylum Vers Allusia of Vers
are still unknown.