JUST KEEP ON TRYING, KEEP ON FLYING.
I WILL BE THE LIGHT.
Yoake wo hitotsu no hajimari to suru nara...
Ima ga kitarubeki toki da to suru nara...
Kimi to no CLOUD AGE SYMPHONY...
...kumo no umi no mukou ni...
...hikari ga sasu hou e.
Ah, mahou no you na...
...isshun ni aeru no ka?
Tsumetai yoru wo hikikae ni,
...futari wa habataite...
...eien wo tsukamu sono hate ni wa.
Luft Vanship.
Father...
Lavie? Are you all right?
Where's the message tube?!
That was lucky...
The Answeller's Unit...!
Signal DX! The Answeller is starting to go down!
Damn it!
The Answeller has been destroyed!
The Goliath is retreating from the line of battle!
Claus...
The Asweller has been eliminated.
The Meath has been hit to port. Speed down 20%.
The Partholan has been crippled.
With this, Minagith will fall...
I am sure Maestro Delphine will be pleased by this.
Indeed.
Not only the Asweller, but the Partholan, too...!
Disith's breach of regulations...
...has resulted in our Mad-thane fleet being dealt a crushing blow.
Minagith is as good as lost.
There isn't a moment to lose...
Send it far away from the eyes of the Guild.
I will see to it right away, Majesty.
Take the cargo to the safest place in the world.
Give this to Duke Mad-thane!
We can't, Lavie!
Why?! Let's just go home!
The Meath has been hit! She's retreating!
We were asked to deliver it directly to him.
But...
Those two are a nuisance! Throw them out!
The message tube!
Duke Mad-thane!
Just two survival medals to go...
I'm going to crawl out of the cellar...
...and kiss this sorry life goodbye!
The Connaught is taking concentrated fire!
Send the Leinster to assist!
Commander, at this rate, our entire fleet will be...
Three stars, hm?
After all that, we couldn't give it directly to him...
We delivered it to the command deck!
I'm sure the Vanship Union will be proud of us!
We didn't get a receipt signature, either...
We couldn't help it! We got kicked out!
Still...
How about this, then?
We'll get something that'll prove beyond a doubt that we were really on this ship!
Wait, isn't that...
What should we do?
Claus...
I will hereby relay to you a message from Commander Mad-thane.
Everyone, listen closely.
Three Disith ships at one o'clock!
Elevation: 25 degrees! Distance: 1 mile!
Main batteries!
Due to the vicious sneak attack by Disith...
...that goes against the ways of chivalry, our fleet has...
Prepare to fire main batteries!
Load cannons!
Distance: 3/4 mile! Enemy fleet is dispersing!
Our fleet is preparing to fight the Disith fleet down to the very last ship,
...remaining true to the spirit of chivalry!
What's he talking about?!
At the very least...
That girl's feelings...
Let's at least tell him how she feels.
Lavie, give me the letter!
Right!
Excuse us.
That is the last thing we can do to preserve the glory and honor...
...of Commander Mad-thane!
Um... Testing, testing.
Nobody's coming... It's all right!
W-What is the meaning of this?!
Um, with your permission,
...we... Claus Valca and Lavie Head... will read a letter addressed to Commander Mad-thane.
Why the introductions?!
"To my dear father."
"Father, when are you coming home?"
In our garden, your beloved olive trees are abloom with flowers as white as clouds.
Olives, hm?
Olives?
They say that the white olive flowers carry the hopes of people who wish for peace.
That's something my mother told me when she was alive.
I figured.
Peace?! How dare they sully the Commander's good name!
C'mon, read the rest!
Yeah, sure.
Last Exile.
"In our garden, your beloved olive trees are abloom with flowers as white as clouds."
Olives?
They say that the white olive flowers carry the hopes of people who wish for peace.
Peace? These guys are gonna die...
If this ship goes down, we're going with it...
"Mother and our butler Worsley try to keep me from worrying..."
Lavie, take over!
Read the rest, Lavie!
Lavie!
"Father, they..."
Lavie, hurry!
Disith fleet is massing along our flight path!
Signal all remaining ships! Stay in formation!
"Mother and our butler Worsley try to keep me from worrying..."
"...by not going into detail regarding how dangerous your work is, Father."
"However..."
"H-However, the flocks of birds that come fleeing from the direction of Minagith..."
"...and the gossip of our servants fills me with unease."
Claus!
What's the big idea?!
Prisoners secured!
Target bearing: 0-2-5! Elevation: Zero! Distance: 3/4 mile!
The Disith fleet is deploying right in front of us!
Twenty Reparation-class battleships!
All ships, fight to the last!
All ships, charge!
Let them finish.
Open fire!
They can continue, right?
The nobleman here has given you permission.
"Father, I do not understand the complicated things you speak of,
...such as the ways of chivalry and and the like."
"But on his birthday, I intend to bake a cake for my father,
...a man who loves olive flowers."
"Beneath the skies of Norkia, I pray for your safety, Father."
"Yours, Holly Mad-thane."
No child or commoner could understand the ways of chivalry!
And especially not Vanship pilots!
T-That's not true! We understand!
Hey, you!
Have you ever had a day where you couldn't sleep because you were too hungry?!
As far as I'm concerned, chivalry can kiss my ass!
Why, you little...
I don't care! Fire!
Lower your weapons!
Commander?
Both of you, lower your guns.
I see neither noble nor commoner.
Both are my beloved subordinates.
As fleet commander, I will not allow fellow soldiers to point their guns at one other.
The battle against Disith is just beginning.
All soldiers must hold their lives dear and prepare for the struggle to come!
Duke Mad-thane...
Are the two brave Vanship pilots still there?
Y-Yes, sir! We're here!
I have indeed received your message tube.
Yes, sir!
I would now like to hire you for a job.
A job?
I would like you to tell my daughter that I shall be sure to return home.
We'll tell her!
Name your price.
Your safe return.
We'll collect when we see you again!
Thank you!
I love idiots like you two!
Boy, that's good!
"Kiss my ass," hm?
Sir?
We will retreat from Minagith.
Fire the signals!
Concentrate the damaged ships in the center of the fleet!
We aboard the Claimh-Solais will act as the rear guard!
The Mad-thane fleet is turning around!
A retreat?
The Partholan is forming up!
The Fragarach is standing by to starboard!
Claus!
At this rate, the enemy fleet will catch up to them...
Distance to lead ships: 1/2 mile! Disith ships are flanking us on both sides!
The Brionac and Connaught will be in enemy range in 50 seconds!
Don't break formation!
We will break through the heart of the Disith fleet ahead!
W-Where are you going, Claus?!
I'm gonna make the Guild stop the fighting!
Lavie!
Roger!
Please, stop the fighting!
An Anatoray Vanship is requesting intervention in the battle.
Begging for mercy, are they?
Why?!
What good is the Guild if they don't stop situations like this?!
You jerks!
Let's go, Lavie!
But...
Let's see what we can do!
It's the Vanship!
They've come back?!
The Connaught is entering enemy range!
All ships, prepare to fire! Your target is the Disith fleet ahead!
We will concentrate our fire on the enemy behind us!
All cannons, target the Disith fleet behind us!
Open fire!
We'll use our smoke, Lavie! How much do we have?
Ten seconds of blue. That's all we've got!
Here we go!
You're in the way! Clear out!
Your Vanship is in the Silvana's line of fire!
A red Vanship?
Follow us!
- That's...! - That's...!
It's the Silvana!
This is a breach of regulations!
Stay out of this, Silvana!
Rudder amidships.
Rudder amidships!
Fire.
At which fleet?
The Silvana?!
It's the Silvana!
The Silvana!
So that's the Silvana...
Target, true bearing: 0-0-5!
Declination: 3 degrees. Distance:, 1/2 mile.
All main cannon elements, load shells.
Open fire.
Open fire!
The Silvana's surprise attack is throwing the Disith fleet into disarray!
Engines to full!
Maximum speed! All ships, break through!
Maximum speed!
Where's the Mad-thane fleet?!
Thank goodness...
Yeah, you're right.
What about Father?!
He's all right. He said he will be sure to come home.
Thank goodness...!
This is the best!
The best...
We didn't make it in time for the time attack.
Yeah...
I guess we're starting dead last.
Yeah...
Want some water?
Yeah.
This is good, huh?
Yeah, it sure is.
Yoru no jikan ga semari kuru.
Anata wa konna chikaku demo tooi.
Nani ni akogarete?
Dare wo omou no ka?
Inochi kakeru sugata...
...sukitouru utsukushisa ni...
...kotoba wo nonda.
Anata ga sora wo yuku nara,
...watashi wa tsubasa ni naritai.
Donna ni tsuyoi kaze ni mo,
...keshite orenai shinayaka na hane...
...itsuka kitto motsu kara.