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Aidoneus Island
Adler: Eh, what’s going on!? Finish of the Hagane already!!
Soldier: The mark has deployed a strong energy field, and is advancing rapidly underwater…
Soldier: Our weapons are unable to penetrate it!
Soldier: If we don’t do something, the Hagane will reach Elysium Bay!
Adler: Y-You fool! Where do you think you are!? The DC’s fortress is impenetrable!!
Adler: We cannot be defeated by just one battleship!
Soldier: Vice-Commander! The Hagane has crossed the second defense line!
Adler: What…!?
Soldier: Killer Whale No. 8 has been sunk! The 2nd mobile force is being pushed back!!
Adler: (O-Oh no…! If that’s the case, then I have no choice but to launch that one!)
Adler: (Our Space-Noah class battleship, just like the Hagane…!)
Soldier: The Hagane is crossing the 1st defense line!
Adler: W-W-What!?
Aidoneus Island – Bian’s Quarters
Bian: …The Hagane will arrive at Aidoneus Island shortly. How is your progress, Maier?
Maier: My UCC flagship fleet is getting ready to descend upon the Earth…
Maier: Our target is the Earth Federation HQ in Geneva.
Bian: What is the Hiryu Custom doing?
Maier: Just like the Hagane, where my son Raidiese is…
Maier: They are preparing to fight my flagship fleet alone.
Maier: And I am waiting here to administer their final test.
Bian: I see.
Maier: If they pass…this will be the last time we see each other alive.
Bian: True. In that case, we must trust that the next generation will be able to handle the coming trials.
Maier: Yes…they will inherit our aspirations…so I will say goodbye for now, Bian Zoldark.
Bian: Farewell…until we meet in Valhalla, my friend.
Hagane – Bridge
Eita: Uwaaaa!!
Tetsuya: Where were we hit!?
Eita: Moderate damage to the stern! The Tesla Drive has been damaged! The ship is slowing down!
Tetsuya: Captain, we must use the Overboost!
Daitetsu: Not yet! Keep her on this speed and bearing! Once we have crossed Elysium Bay…
Daitetsu: Start charging the Tronium Cannon!
Tetsuya: A-Aye! Same speed and bearing, and start charging the Tronium Cannon!
Chapter 18: Isle of Hades
Aidoneus Island
Soldier: The enemy ship is passing the final defense line!
*Hagane appears, Prep screen, Units deploy*
Eita: The third bridge is damaged! Blocks two and six are taking water! Seal the section!
Tetsuya: What’s the status of the Tronium Cannon!?
Eita: It’s 50% charged, sir!
Soldier: Vice-Commander! I’m detecting a large source of energy in the enemy’s bow!
Adler: The Hagane…they must be preparing to fire the Tronium Cannon…!
Adler: We must stop that ship before it fires the cannon!
Tenzan: The final boss, the Hagane, has an ultimate weapon.
Tenzan Ha ha ha…this is so thrilling! Seriously!
Tenzan: There’s nothing like this in ordinary life.
Thomas: (Hmph…that idiot Tenzan hasn’t noticed…)
Thomas: (Something’s just…not right. …I don’t like this one bit…)
Thomas: (Why isn’t the Valsion or the Granzon being prepped for deployment?)
Thomas: (Don’t tell me they’re gonna show up at the last minute like a couple of super heroes.)
Thomas: (Wait a second, it all makes sense now…)
Thomas: (I’d better get out of here, while I still can…)
Daitetsu: All hands! This is the final phase of our mission!
Daitetsu: We’ll surface after entering Elysium Bay…
Daitetsu: Then we’ll destroy the central area using the Tronium Cannon.
Tetsuya: Attention! This is our surface point!
*Point shown*
Tetsuya: All PTs must protect the Hagane until we reach this point!
Daitetsu: The future of the Earth depends on this battle! I’m counting on all of you!!
*Conditions shown, Battle starts*
{Masaki VS Thomas}
Thomas: …Jeez, I hate it when I’m right.
Masaki: Whaddya mean!?
Thomas: This war was nothing but a farce.
Masaki: A farce…!?
{Ryusei VS Tenzan}
Tenzan: Ha! This is the final stage for you, Ryusei!
Tenzan: I’m a little sad that this is the end…so let’s make it fun!
Ryusei: Have fun by yourself!!
Tenzan: What!?
Ryusei: This isn’t the final stage for me!!
Ryusei: And you won’t be my final enemy!!
*Move the Hagane close enough to the designated point, Enemy reinforcements appear*
Masaki: Wh-What kind of ship is that!?
Ryusei: It’s just like the Hagane…!
Rio: Even the model!?
Giado: Cha, is dis a joke? Do dey also have a Tronium Cannon!?
Latune: The bow section is different from the Hagane…it has a gigantic spiked drill located there…
Irm: A drill? Geez, mounted on a battleship…
Eita: Th-That’s the final Space Noah-class battleship, the Kurogane!
Adler: Huheeheehee…
Adler: The mighty Hagane…you’ve met your match, a battleship of the same class as you.
Latune: Ah…!
Garnet: What’s wrong!?
Latune: …That man is…!
Ryoto: …Adler…! Adler Koch…the Vice-Commander of the DC…
Ryoto: He was the one who recruited Tenzan and I…!
Ryoto: And he’s the founder of The School…!
Ryusei: Then, that old geezer was responsible for what happened to Latune!?
Adler: Huheeheehee…it’s been a long time. I heard all about it from Tenzan.
Latune: …..
Adler: What’s wrong? Don’t you recognize your foster parent?
Adler: After all, I took good care of you when you were in The School.
Latune: Adler…!
Giado: Y-You demon…!! We know what you did to Latune!
Adler: …I see that unlike the other test subjects, you found friends who care about you.
Adler: So tell me, have you regained some semblance of humanity?
Garnet: How dare you say that to her!!
Adler: What, can’t I speak to my former test subject as I please? Hmm?
Masaki: …You have no respect for human life, just like all the others…!
Giado: You geezer! I won’t let ya live!!
Garnet: That’s right! We’re going to pay you back double for what you did to our Lat!!
Adler: My my, you’re all very spirited. It’s a shame your fates have already been decided.
Masaki: So you’re saying we should prepare to die!? That’s so cliché!
Adler: You’re right. In that case, instead of killing you…I’ll let you live and brainwash you.
Ryoto: Brainwash us…!?
Ryoto: No way! We won’t be test subjects for some experiment!!
Adler: As you wish. Either way, you will not sink the Kurogane, heeheehee.
Masaki: Ha! You think you can draw us here and then destroy us in one blow…
Masaki: But YOUR fates are the ones that have been decided!
Adler: W-Why you…! Eeargh, enough chatter! Prepare to die!
Latune: …Adler…
Latune: …I will defeat you…!
Latune: …And unshackle myself from the chains of my past!
Adler: Shut up, you failure of a test subject!
Adler: Elzam! Use the Kurogane to destroy the Hagane’s engine!
Elzam: …Affirmative.
Soldier: Major Elzam! Let’s charge into the Hagane!!
Elzam: We will hold our position until it draws closer.
Soldier: Huh? But, our orders…
Elzam: We only have one chance to strike. We can’t afford to make any mistakes.
*Battle resumes*
{Elzam VS Rai}
Rai: Elzam! This ends today!
Elzam: Yes, our fight does.
Rai: !?
Elzam: The winners of this fight will be the ones responsible for protecting the Earth…
Elzam: You must be prepared to shoulder that burden!
Rai: You don’t need to tell me that!
{Adler VS Latune}
Adler: You worthless defect…how dare you betray me!
Latune: …I haven’t just betrayed you…
Latune: …To protect the people you want to hurt…I’m going to kill you!
Adler: You make me laugh, Latune 11…the 11th member of the Latune class. That’s all you really are.
Latune: D-Don’t call me by that name! I’m not who I used to be!
Latune: Thanks to Garnet, Giado, Ryusei, and everyone, I’ve changed…!
Latune: And…I’ll show you just how much!
{Ryoto VS Adler}
Adler: Hmph…you couldn’t fight at all when you were in the DC…
Adler: But now that you’ve joined the EFA, you’re suddenly able to. What kind of adjustments did you recieve?
Ryoto: I-I’ll never forgive…never forgive you for the evil you’ve wrought!!
*Move the Hagane to the target area*
Tetsuya: OK, we’re ready!
Eita: We’re at the surfacing point! The Tronium Cannon is completely charged!
Daitetsu: Prepare to surface! Activate Overboost!!
Tetsuya: Yes sir! Auxiliary engine cluster, Overboost!!
Daitetsu: Hagane, to the surface!!
Soldier: Major Elzam! The Hagane has started its ascent!!
Elzam: Good…it’s time. Activate the Titanic Drill! Flank speed!
Eita: The bow is surfacing!
*The Hagane rises into the air*
Tetsuya: Tronium Cannon, T-minus ten seconds to fire!
Eita: Eight…Seven…Six…!
Tetsuya: Target locked on! All hands, prepare for impact!
Eita: Four…Three…Two…!
Elzam: Target the Hagane’s stern! Kurogane, charge!!
*Kurogane charges the Hagane*
Eita: Uaaagh! The Kurogane!!
Daitetsu: Never mind that! Fire the cannon!!
*Combat start*
Elzam: I can’t let you destroy the base yet!
*Kurogane smashes into the Hagane, Hagane fires Tronium Cannon but misses the Kurogane*
Elzam: Heh, now Hagane…the true ordeal starts…
*Combat end*
Eita: Th-The Tesla Drive’s been hit! Damage is heavy! We’re going down!
*Hagane sinks back into the water*
Tetsuya: Wh-What about the enemy base!? Did we destroy it!?
Eita: No, we failed! Our firing angle changed when we were struck, and we missed the fortress!
Tetsuya: What…!! I can’t believe it…
Daitetsu: Keep the ship at this position! Use it as a gun battery while the PTs enter the base’s central area!
Tetsuya: Y-Yes sir!
Ingram: Al PT units. Enter the enemy fortress, and destroy the center area. The entrance is located here.
*Entrance highlighted*
Ingram: All units must make it to the entrance intact. Over and out.
*Conditions updated, Battle resumes*
{Defeat the Kurogane}
Elzam: …We can’t fight anymore…!? They even managed to best our Space Noah…!
{Kurogane retreats}
{Defeat Tenzan}
Tenzan: W-Wait a sec! Where’s the reset, I mean, eject button!? I’m not done yet!
Tenzan: I’m still enjoying myself! War is the best kind of game there is!! I can’t die yet!!
{Barrelion explodes, Tenzan escapes}
*All units enter DC Headquarters*
Tetsuya: Captain! All of our PTs have stormed the fortress!
Daitetsu: Good, now we must hold this strongpoint until they destroy the central area!
Tetsuya: Yes, sir!
Daitetsu: (We’re counting on you…!)
DC HQ
Soldier: Enemy PT units have invaded the fortress!!
Bian: Heheheh…they’re here. I’ll be in my Valsion. If I cannot persuade them, then I will eliminate them…
Shu: Doctor Bian…I shall accompany you.
Bian: Are you sure?
Shu: My mission…was it not to observe this war until the end?
Bian: Very well…this battle will determine who will guard the Earth. And also…
Isle of Hades End
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