# LoGH OVA Valley of White Silver, Episode 1
# Revision 0.5
# Translated by: Momopi
# E-mail: greyhawk@anime.jyu.fi
# Military rank info provided by: Galewolf, MrMerrow, & Gkun.
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# Disclaimer: I never took a Japanese class before in my life.
# Do not expect this translation to be perfect in
# any way. Use only if you're desperate.
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# German army rank info:
# http://www.uwm.edu/People//jpipes/ranks.html
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# The ranking system used in LoGH is a bit weird, I did the best I could
# to figure them out. Below is some examples:
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# Ranks: Private, Lance Corporal, Corporal, Sergeant,
# Master Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, Colonel, General.
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# For navy, "commander" sits between Lieutenant and Captain.
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# Lieutenant ranking: Lt. 4th Class (Supernumarie/Extra, like Army ROTC)
# Lt. 3rd Class (Junior)
# Lt. 2nd Class (Middle)
# Lt. 1st Class (Senior).
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# Nobility: Baron - Earl - Duke - King, not sure where "Count" fits behind King.
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# Note for episode 1: I have NO clue how to spell the base commander's name.
# The Japanese audio sounds like "Hierda", though I don't
# think that's right, and "Hilda" is not a man's name.
{German Title} Legend of Galactic Heroes
{Small Japanese Title} Legend of Galactic Heroes Side Stories
# Op song
{Japanese Title} Valley of White Silver
{German Title} Chapter I
{Susanna von Benemunde} Why?
{Susanna} Why can't I go visit?
{Man} His Majesty the Emperor only has a slight cold.
{Man} Please do not worry.
{Man} Countess Gruenwald is attending to his Majesty's needs.
{Man} His Majesty has instructed that it's not necessary to visit.
{Susanna} He says he doesn't need me?
{Man} No, no, it's not like that.
{Susanna} THAT women...
{Susanna} Everything started after that women arrived.
{Susanna} Poor noble's daughter calling herself Countess Gruenwald.
{Susanna} Deceiving his Majesty's heart.
{Susanna} If that women is not restrained, she will become the source of many ills.
{Man} I heard Countess Gruenwald did not request his Majesty of any favors.
{Susanna} You heard?
{Susanna} That women's younger brother's military rank.
{Susanna} Usually, graduates of Junior Military Academy should be Lieutenant 4th class.
{Susanna} His Majesty appointed him Lieutenant 3rd class (Junior Lt.)
{Susanna} Pardon me.
{Susanna} Must be because that women begged with his Majesty.
{Man} Yes, I have heard of this too.
{Man} Her younger brother requested to serve the in the front line himself.
{Man} I don't think he's after fame and fortune.
{Susanna} Only because he wants other people to think like that.
{Susanna} Deceiving little bastard.
{Man} Is it like that?
{Susanna} Oh yeah, that kid
{Man} Huh?
{Susanna} Kill that kid.
{Man} Eh?!
{Susanna} We can't go after that women in the palace.
{Susanna} But, her younger brother happens to be at the front lines.
{Susanna} Could die in battle at the front lines.
{Susanna} Then we can see the looks of that women's sadness and grief.
{Man} But, would it be so lucky for him to be killed by the enemy?
{Susanna} To think like that is right.
{Susanna} If not, bullets don't always have to come from the front.
{Susanna} It's like that.
# Note: Not sure about this guy's name
{Susanna} Kalisa.
{Susanna} Go investigate that kid's whereabouts.
{Susanna} Act accordingly.
{Susanna} Expenses are of no concern, understand?
{Man} Uh, yes.
{Susanna} A determined women can be so very scary.
{Susanna} Even those of same gender would be frightened.
{Man} No wonder, having been almost instated as the Queen.
{Man} But, the first child was born dead.
{Man} The second child was lost during pregnancy.
{Man} Recently, his Majesty is very affectionate toward Countess Gruenwald.
{Man} Only by hating Countess Gruenwald.
{Man} Can she comfort herself over her bad fortune.
{Secretary} But, she said she wanted to see the facial expression of that women in grief.
{Secretary} It makes me shiver.
{Man} Eleven years ago, when she first entered the palace,
{Man} she was a pitiful young girl.
{Man} Makes your heart go out for her.
{Man} Women can really change.
# Is she hinting that she knows this guy is responsible for Susan's loss of her first and second born?
{Secretary} It's the men's fault that women changes, doctor.
{Secretary} Lady Gruenwald's younger brother profile is ready.
{Man} Understood.
# Note: This is before he was granted the name of Lowengramm
{Secretary} The Countess's younger bother, Lieutenant 3rd class Reinhard von Musel.
{Secretary} Has been deployed to Kapche-Lanka's front line base.
{Secretary} Siegklien.
{Man} Kapche-Lanka?
{Reinhard} Lieutenant 3rd class, Reinhard von Musel reporting for duty.
{Siegfried} Lieutenant 4th class, Siegfried Kircheis reporting for duty.
{Base commander/Colonel} You're Lady Gruenwald's younger brother?
{Reinhard} That is correct.
{Colonel} Although your older sister has his Majesty's affection.
{Colonel} You are still just a newly appointed 3rd Lieutenant.
{Colonel} You must understand your own position.
{Colonel} Do not let others spread rumors of you, understood?
{Reinhard} Understood.
{Colonel} You graduated in top place from the Junior Military Academy.
{Colonel} But, real battles are not like academic theory.
{Colonel} You'll gradually understand.
{Reinhard} Yes, I shall keep this in mind.
{Colonel} You can go.
# Check spelling on the Colonel's name?
{Siegfried} What did you think of Colonel Hierda?
{Reinhard} There aren't many talents here.
{Reinhard} Totally un-constructive speech, pretending to be stern.
{Reinhard} Not worth respecting.
{Reinhard} It's just like that.
{Siegfried} What you said may be true.
{Reinhard} But...
{Reinhard} But, our first deployment to the battlefield is on a border planet.
{Reinhard} It's really not preferred.
{Siegfried} Isn't the front line better than being deployed to the rear, for our first assignment?
{Reinhard} Hmf! Rear assignment.
{Reinhard} A Lieutenant in the education department? Arrogant!
{Siegfried} The personnel department might have been influenced.
{Siegfried} Can't let Countess Gruenwald's younger brother risk danger in the front lines.
{Reinhard} That's the way a coward would think.
{Reinhard} We have great ambitions, how can we compare down to those common nobility's sons?
{Siegfried} But, we cannot let others know of this.
{Siegfried} For now, to be at the front line is still fortunate.
{Reinhard} That is correct.
{Reinhard} But, what is the purpose of fighting on this planet?
{Reinhard} Because there are rich natural resources, they're unwilling to let it fall into the enemy's hands.
{Reinhard} Both sides think like that.
{Reinhard} Every time when one side establish a base, the other attack, destroy.
{Reinhard} Endlessly repeating.
{Reinhard} No strategic goals, it's a worthless fight.
{Siegfried} What you've said is true.
{Siegfried} But, since it's the front line, there will be opportunity to earn merits.
{Siegfried} Please consider this as the first step toward our greater goal.
{Reinhard} Hmf. Kierchies, you're the type who can find attractive points from a trash pile.
{Reinhard} If you had not meet me and became a school teacher.
{Reinhard} Perhaps you'd have became a good teacher, bringing out the talents in your students.
{Siegfried} If I did not meet with Reinhard-sama and Lady Annerose.
{Reinhard} Siegfried is a commoner's name.
{Reinhard} But, Kierchies is a good family name.
{Reinhard} That's why I want to call you Kierchies.
{Annerose} Sieg, become a good friend with me and my younger brother.
{Reinhard} Father, you sold my sister.
{Annerose} My younger brother can no longer attend the same school with you.
{Annerose} Though it was for a short time, I wanted to thank you.
# Totally uncute "iyaaaaaa~" & commercial break
{Soldier 1} Be quiet!
{Soldier 2} Ah, it's the new kid.
{Soldier 2} We can let you have some.
{Soldier 2} If you can be patient for a bit.
{Soldier 1} It's difficult for him, because young men are impatient.
{Solider 1} Can't wait for long.
{Siegfried} Stop.
{Solider 1} Did our comrades hear that?
{Solider 1} This red hair kid is ordering us to stop.
{Solider 3} Ah, how admirable.
{Siegfried} I order you to stop.
{Solider 2} Here!
{Soldier 1} Bastard...
{Soldier 4} Don't think of this as a joke.
{Soldier 5} Bastard, we'll kill you.
{Soldier 6} Do him in.
{Reinhard} Don't move!
{Reinhard} Take one step forward and I'll break your boss's throat.
{Reinhard} Move if you dare.
{Reinhard} Kierchies, if anyone reach for his gun, shoot to kill.
{Reinhard} I'll assume full responsibility.
{Military Police} What are you doing?
{Reinhard} Although Lt. 4th class Kierchis is new,
{Reinhard} his rank is still higher than theirs.
{Reinhard} His order is reasonable.
{Reinhard} Everything is their fault.
{Reinhard} They are soldiers of the Imperial Empire.
{Reinhard} Yet, their action damages his Majesty and the Imperial Military's reputation.
{Reinhard} To correct their mistake, and restore civilian's trust for the military.
{Reinhard} The actions of Lt. 4th class Kierchies should be commended.
{Reinhard} Is there a reason to admonish him?
{Folken} But, fighting in the base is a fact.
{Folken} And, it was Kierchies who started it.
{Folken} The problem I said, is Lt. 4th class Kierchies disrupting order inside the base.
{Reinhard} Pardon me, you said order inside the base.
{Reinhard} The lack of military discipline enforcement is the problem.
{Reinhard} This base is supposed to protect the natural resource mining operation.
{Reinhard} Instead, civilian women are kidnapped for rape.
{Reinhard} According to military law, we could've executed them on the spot for this serious offense.
{Reinhard} In the Junior Military Academy, what we learned was,
{Reinhard} a superior officer should deal breach of military discipline strictly.
{Reinhard} Therefore, should we not follow the same principal in the front lines?
{Folken} The Lieutenant's words are unacceptable!
{Reinhard} My apologies.
{Colonel} Anyway, we cannot listen to just one side of the story.
{Colonel} Lt. 4th class Kierchies's punishment will be notified later.
{Colonel} You can go now.
{Folken} Hmf! Boastful blonde kid.
{Folken} Does he think bullets only come from the front?
{Colonel} You think so, too?
{Folken} Colonel, to allow that kind of unreliable person to enforce discipline,
{Folken} especially affecting your leadership.
{Folken} Shouldn't we think of something to do?
{Folken} This is?
{Colonel} Take a look.
{Colonel} It's a secret letter from a very important person.
{Folken} Secret letter?
{Siegfried} Reinhard-sama, I'm very sorry to have troubled you.
{Reinhard} No need to apologize, what you've done is right.
{Siegfried} But, Reinhard-sama's position...
{Reinhard} If I saw that situation first, and did not save the women,
{Reinhard} would you not have think less of me?
{Reinhard} It's the same for both of us, so, don't worry about it.
{Siegfried} I'm unworthy.
{Reinhard} I told you not to worry about it.
{Reinhard} To apologize for this level of things,
{Reinhard} you'd end up walking on your head in the future.
{Folken} This is?
{Colonel} It's like that, Lieutenant (1st class, senior).
{Colonel} That person, hopes for the death of that blonde kid.
{Folken} But, Colonel...
{Colonel} Lieutenant, I dislike this planet.
{Colonel} I desire the opportunity to serve on less dangerous assignments.
{Colonel} What about you?
{Folken} Well...
{Colonel} The opportunity has arrived.
{Colonel} To rely on this gun will be fine.
{Colonel} Don't you think so, too?
{Folken} I'll consider, yes, I'll consider.
{Colonel} Then, this task will be easy. We're comrades.
{Folken} But, Colonel, that kid is the younger brother of Countess Gruenwald.
{Folken} We cannot take action directly.
{Colonel} Of course, if we did that, even if we had backing we'd be screwed.
{Folken} Then?
{Colonel} That kid wants to prove himself in battle and earn merits.
{Colonel} I think I'll give him the chance to make his wish come true.
{Folken} Is that so...
{Folken} There will certainly be an end that he did not wish for.
{Folken} It's like this, then?
{Colonel} Yes.
{Siegfried} Overall, the present commander is without talent, and he is not capable of correcting the laxed military discipline.
{Folken} Relaying the commander's orders.
{Folken} Lt. 3rd class Reinhard von Musel
{Folken} and Lt. 4th class Siegfried Kircheis,
{Folken} tomorrow morning at 0800, the two of you
{Folken} will operate an armored vehicle to scout for enemy information.
{Reinhard} Only 2 persons will go?
{Folken} Yes.
{Folken} Unsatisfied? Feeling unsafe?
{Reinhard} No, order received.
{Reinhard} We will prepare immediately.
{Reinhard} Useless provocation.
{Siegfried} We're unfamiliar with the surroundings,
{Siegfried} and they didn't assign us a guide.
{Reinhard} Obviously planning to punish us.
{Reinhard} But, if our luck is good and we encounter combat for real,
{Reinhard} we'd be able to earn merits.
{Reinhard} Just what we wished for.
{Siegfried} Reinhard-sama hasn't changed.
{Siegfried} Reinhard!
{Reinhard} I want to be a soldier, so I can become independent quickly.
{Reinhard} I want to be someone, and liberate my older sister.
{Reinhard} Hey, Kirchies, join me and enroll in Junior Military Academy.
{Reinhard} Okay?
{Reinhard} Kircheis
{Reinhard} Our battle has begun.
{Siegfried} Reinhard-sama...
{Reinhard} Battle, victory, we must win.
{Reinhard} I must take my sister back!
{Siegfried} Yes.
{Reinhard} Until that day, we shall not lose.
{Reinhard} No matter what kind of enemy we face.
{Siegfried} Yes, Reinhard-sama.
{Narrator} Space Calendar Year 791
{Narrator} Imperial Calendar Year 482, July
{Narrator} Reinhard von Musel and Siegfried Kircheis,
{Narrator} took their first step on their long road of battles.
{Narrator} The stage curtain will now be raised.
# End song
{Preview} Preview for next episode
{Preview} Colonel Hierda ordered Reinhard and Kirchies to scout the enemy
{Preview} No matter what happens, they look forward to their first battle with excitement.
{Preview} But, there is a foul trap waiting for them.
{Preview} Next episode, Legend of Galactic Heroes Side Stories
{Preview} Valley of White Silver, chapter 2.
{Preview} Friends, remember those days of battle?
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