Akai...
Sorry, Momose.
Akai!
Akai.
Akai!
Signal lost
No, not Akai.
I'm going in.
Midorikawa, try to expose the core with the Heigus particle cannon.
Copy that. Preparing Heigus particle cannon.
What?
Momose!
How dare you?! How dare you do that to him?!
Let go of Akai!
Momose! Don't get any closer.
Watch for the tentacles! All Gardes scatter!
Momose!
Hang in there, Momose!
Damn it!
Stop, Midorikawa!
Oh, shit!
Momose!
Get out of here, Momose.
Midorikawa's Garde has sustained heavy damage.
Momose's in cardiopulmonary arrest.
Akai Squad Signal lost Cardiopulmonary arrest
We've lost the entire strike team.
Ta ga tame ni ware wa yuku Who do we fight for?
Ta ga tame ni chiri yuku nara Who do we die for?
Nani yue ni Tell me why
Uchikudake Break through
Toki michite When the time comes
Ikiru tame For your survival
Toki hanate Set yourself free
Sora no kouro wa kaze ni kie The path in space disappears in the wind
Anjuu wa iku oku kounen saki Peace is several billion light years ahead
Tsuki susumu nara madou na Take the plunge Do not waver
Iza yukan kishi yo Let's go, valiant knight
Uchikudake Break through
Knights of Sidonia Uchikudake Break through
Knights of Sidonia
Toki michite For your survival
Knights of Sidonia Toki michite For your survival
Knights of Sidonia
Ikiru tame For your survival
Knights of Sidonia Ikiru tame For your survival
Knights of Sidonia
Toki hanate Set yourself free
Katsuro wa kono te ni Your path is in your hands
Ta ga tame ni ware wa yuku Who do we fight for?
Ta ga tame ni chiri yuku nara Who do we die for?
Chikai tateru mamonaku As soon as you take your oath
Kono mi wo nagedase Throw yourself to the cause
Juuseki to konpai to Do not be daunted by responsibility and exhaustion
Sadame ni wa makeji to Face your destiny
Sacrifices
Akai Squad Signal lost Cardiopulmonary arrest
We've lost the entire strike team.
How... How could Akai's team fail?
Fire the heavy mass cannons now!
Roger. The target's Gauna 487.
Prepare the heavy mass cannons.
Target Locked
Fire.
The heavy mass cannon fire will reach the target in ten.
The Gauna won't be able to evade it at this short distance.
Even if it did, we just need to change its trajectory to get away.
Yes, ma'am.
Time till impact
Gauna 487
The cannon fire is approaching the target.
Change detected in Gauna 487.
It's evaded the heavy mass cannon fire!
What?
Annihilation failed. No change in target's trajectory.
Captain, permission to arm the defense squad with Kabizashis.
Denied. Put the Gardes on standby.
Prepare the thrusters.
Alternate the left and right thrusters and take the helm.
We'll accelerate at thrusters set to five.
A-accelerate diagonally?
The artificial gravity field is only effective up to 1G.
And that's only in the perpendicular direction.
If we accelerate diagonally at level five...
I'm pulling up a rough computer estimate of our projected casualties.
Don't make me repeat myself.
We absolutely cannot allow any Gauna to breach Sidonia.
Yes, ma'am.
This is an anti-gravity alert. This is an anti-gravity alert.
Sidonia will undergo emergency acceleration.
All hands, fasten your safety belts to a railing and prepare for acceleration.
Once again, all hands, fasten your safety belts to a railing and...
Please, let me on.
No! It can't support another person!
Nagate, hurry!
O-okay.
Not here. This one's full too.
Hey, you two, this way!
Hoshijiro.
What are you doing here?
Didn't you go home with Kunato earlier?
There's no time to explain! Hurry!
Uh...
Nagate, hurry!
Hand it over!
We have 10 seconds until ignition.
All hands, brace for acceleration.
Check all safety belts.
All thrusters ready for acceleration.
T-minus five, four, three, two, one.
Thruster Ignition
Ignition.
Heavy damage to residential tower.
Number of casualties increasing.
Captain, at this rate...
Not yet.
We're not far enough.
Gauna 487 has changed trajectory.
It's trying to pursue our new course.
Fire second thruster.
All engines to full power.
Gauna 487 is closing in.
Come on.
Gauna 487 will make contact with Sidonia in five seconds.
Warning
Three, two, one.
Gauna 487 is no longer on our trajectory.
We're all clear.
Cut thrusters immediately.
Cut the thrusters. Transition to cruise control.
Gauna 487 remaining on course.
It's departing our final security border.
What's the casualty report?
We're currently calculating the total number of casualties.
Casualty Estimate
I believe it will far surpass our original estimate.
Attention. All able-bodied pilots and cadets,
report immediately to the Garde hangars.
What happened? Does that mean Brother...?
I repeat: all able-bodied pilots and cadets, report immediately to the Garde hangars.
What's the trajectory status of the Gauna?
Gauna 487 is circling around.
It appears that it will try to pursue Sidonia once again.
Equip eight defense squad Gardes with Kabizashis.
Right away.
You cadets will be tasked with retrieving our lost Kabizashi.
The retrieval squad will be Norio Kunato,
Shizuka Hoshijiro,
En Honoka, and Nagate Tanikaze.
Those four people.
All other cadets on standby.
We have two Kabizashis drifting out there.
But only one of them can be retrieved.
And it's at the very outer limit from where you will be able to return.
If you even slightly mistime your acceleration, you will not be able to get back.
Sidonia won't slow down just so that you can return.
Do you have any questions?
Um, did Akai and his squad really...?
100 Sights of Sidonia: Small Size Factory Level
100 Sights of Sidonia: East-I346 Outer Environs Connecting Bridge
Defense squad, prepare for launch.
Get in position.
All right. Launch the retrieval team now.
Kabizashi retrieval team, all Gardes launch.
All Gardes loaded.
West Gate Four is ready for launch.
All members begin sequential launch.
Roger.
To think that that was the last time I'd ever see Akai and the others...
I'm Mochikuni Akai.
I'm a Garde pilot.
These are my squad mates: Aoki and Midorikawa.
And this is...
I'm Momose. Nice to meet you.
So how was it? What's your impression of your first real Gauna?
Brother!
Did you really go to the sea with Tanikaze?
Yuhata.
Akai told us: "After meeting Tanikaze the other day, my nervousness disappeared."
That's why we'll beat the Gauna for sure. Just you wait and see.
It would be nice if we could just get this over with already.
Yeah. It would.
We know that you're hungry, so we can continue another time.
O-okay.
Please tell me more the next time we meet.
Tanikaze!
What are you doing? Don't fall behind!
Yes, sir!
Clasp formation!
The Kabizashi retrieval team is en route to the search area.
Whoa. Look at all those gardes.
I heard there's 256 of them.
Nagate...
Twenty-seven.
What?
Kabizashis.
Even if we get this one back, we'll only have 27.
Oh.
Understood. Team, we're going to speed up the retrieval time.
As soon as we reach the vicinity of our destination, we'll head towards the search area at once.
Understood!
What's their status?
All Gardes will soon complete deployment.
What's the delay? Tell them to speed it up.
Yes, sir.
Has Defensive Squad Team 3 been deployed yet?
V-very soon.
Stop messing around. This isn't a drill.
Samari...
Even Akai's team wasn't able to defeat that Gauna.
Do you think we'll be able to?
Right now, we're the only ones able to protect Sidonia.
Don't think about anything else.
Live
You're right. Sorry.
Team 3 has finished deploying.
Good.
This is the defense squad. All units have been deployed.
Copy that!
What's the Gauna's position?
Nine thousand kilometers away.
Retrieval team, report your status.
We're about to arrive at the Kabizashi's estimated trajectory.
Good. Disengage clutch formation and begin your search at once.
Cut thrusters.
Team, head for the search area.
This is Hoshijiro. The Kabizashi's signal is weaker in this direction.
It's not over here either.
Searching
Tanikaze, what about you?
Kabizashi Detected
Kabizashi sighted.
Good.
Tanikaze and Honoka, rendezvous with Hoshijiro.
Prepare to return to base.
What?
Kunato to control.
We've found the Kabizashi. I'm proceeding with retrieval.
Okay. Good work.
Sir, bad news.
Gauna 487 has changed its course.
It's heading towards the retrieval team.
What?
Kunato, get that Kabizashi now!
This is Kunato. Mission complete!
We're heading back to base.
Prepare for clutch formation.
Roger! Roger!
Four-unit clutch formation!
Retrieval team is now on the trajectory for their return.
Good! There's no way it'll catch up to you while you're in the clutch formation.
Just stay calm and return.
Understood.
Warning
New movement detected with Gauna 487.
Sir, its Ena is morphing again.
What?
We're getting a picture.
Wh-what is that?
Retrieval team, disengage clutch formation.
Scatter now!
We're getting a Heigus particle reading from Gauna 487.
It's headed for the retrieval team.
Can't be.
Emergency disengagement!
What's going on?
Did the Gauna just fire a Heigus particle cannon?
No way.
En...
All units have sustained heavy damage.
Kunato and Honoka's comms are down.
Visuals are about to be restored.
And the retrieval team? I want to know the pilots' conditions.
The pilots are unharmed.
But their Gardes have sustained heavy damage.
The only one that can be restored is Tanikaze's.
Communication Error
Shit.
The radio's damaged.
What about the others?
No use. It won't budge. Maybe I'll reboot it.
This is Hoshijiro.
There's an issue with my Heigus engine.
Hoshijiro!
Malfunction
Hoshijiro's Heigus engine has malfunctioned.
She's accelerating in the opposite direction from Sidonia's current course.
Kunato Squad Signal lost Signal lost
Hoshijiro, cut your thrusters now!
I can't. The controls aren't working!
Can you detach your rear thrusters?
Warning
No. There's no response.
Heigus Engine at Critical
No. There's no response.
Heigus Engine at Critical
Hoshijiro's Heigus engine is at critical.
This is bad! It's going to explode!
Pilot ejecting!
We've lost Hoshijiro.
Rebooting
Searching
All right!
Hoshijiro's Garde is out of commission.
Pilot status unknown.
The Gauna is 2,000 kilometers away.
Tanikaze, can you hear me?
Tow Honoka and Kunato and withdraw immediately!
It has a Heigus particle cannon... and a big one at that.
Tanikaze, can you hear me? It has a Heigus particle cannon... and a big one at that.
Tow Honoka and Kunato and withdraw immediately!
And the large red light appears to be from a Heigus accelerator.
If that's what it is, then...
Come in, Tanikaze!
Tanikaze has the Kabizashi and is heading towards the Gauna!
What is he trying to do out there?
Follow orders, Tanikaze!
Tow your squad and withdraw now!
Heigus particles detected in the Gauna.
Tanikaze, are you trying to become the target?
Hey, sounds like Tanikaze's heading for the Gauna. Tanikaze, are you trying to become the target?
Hey, sounds like Tanikaze's heading for the Gauna.
Really?
What is he thinking? Nagate, why would...?
Tanikaze, respond!
The Gauna has fired a Heigus particle beam at Tanikaze.
Heavy damage to Gauna 487's Ena!
Its core is exposed!
Was he trying to cause a Heigus explosion?
The Gauna and Tanikaze are still on a collision course.
Wait, is Tanikaze...?
Contact in five,
four, three,
two, one.
Contact!
Th-that can't be...
Incredible.
Gauna 487, kill confirmed.
Tanikaze has eliminated the Gauna.
Tanikaze is unharmed.
Nagate took down the Gauna!
Attention, defense squads: Tanikaze has eliminated Gauna 487. I repeat.
Attention, defense squads. That cadet in the Tsugumori is pretty good.
Tanikaze has eliminated Gauna 487. That cadet in the Tsugumori is pretty good.
Nagate Tanikaze
Nagate Tanikaze, huh?
All right, organize a rescue team for the retrieval team.
Yes, sir.
Uh... Um...
Tanikaze, are you all right?
Yes.
I'm okay.
Um, I'm going to go look for Hoshijiro.
I'll leave Kunato and Honoka to the rescue team.
What? Tanikaze, stop! Hey!
Get back here, Tanikaze!
Don't, Tanikaze.
Tanikaze's Garde unit has sustained heavy damage.
Heigus particle reserves low. Please keep an eye on it.
Tanikaze, if you go any further, you won't be able to make it back to Sidonia either.
I know Hoshijiro's trajectory when she ejected. You'll cross the point of no return! Do you understand that?!
Tanikaze is staying on course.
He's about to cross the point of no return.
Tanikaze.
I know. I'm sorry.
Communication lost!
Tanikaze has crossed the point of no return.
To be continued
Honnou tsukiru made To our dying breath
Honoo kareru made Until the fire burns out
Shoudou tsuranuite We will push on hand in hand
Shoui... Kono sora e Throughout this universe
Shizuka na hoshi The quiet star wanders
Samayotteru Vigilant space
Kunato no toki wo In the darkness
Deguchi no nai yami no naka de Without escape
Kaeru basho wa sono mune? Where to return? To you?
Soretomo sora no hate ni? Or to the end of the universe?
Kono itami wa doko ni tadoritsukeru darou Where does this pain lead?
Watashi ni shimitsuku kanjou no ryuushi These particles of emotions cling to me
Anata wo motome... It is you I seek
Kougousei My sustenance
Honoka na hikari ga nagaki michi izanau A faint light invites you down a long path
Mamoru beki asu ni To a tomorrow for you to protect
Tatoe kono mi ga saketemo tatakau ishi wo Even if my body dies the future will inherit
Tsugu mirai e My will to fight
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Adrift
Adrift.