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Earth Cradle
Shine: …..
Soldier: The link between the subject and the GEIM System is down 3.5%
Adler: No matter. Proceed with the link.
Soldier: B-But…if we continue…
Adler: …Can you hear me, princess? Will you do as I say…or shall I kill your chamberlain?
Shine: Uh…Uhhhh…
Adler: How stubborn. Just like Latune 11.
Adler: Heheh…well, we’ll do what’s necessary. …Prepare the inducing agent.
Soldier: B-But the side effects…! The experiment could fail!
Adler: I don’t care. The future is ours. Also…
Adler: Tempest has already been deployed. He’ll get enough data.
Alder: We’ll take our time brainwashing the princess. As much time as we need. Keheheheh…
Shine: …I can see your future…there’s…nothing…
Adler: Hmph, shut up…you can’t do anything. Now inject the drug!
Shine: (…Sir…Rai…Latune…I can’t…take…any…more…)
Tenzan: Well, well, interesting. I see you’ve begun.
Adler: Tenzan? This area is restricted.
Tenzan: Yeah, yeah. I’m the pilot for unit three now, so I have clearance.
Tenzan: Anyway, what are you doing? She’s just a kid.
Adler: This test is necessary to improve our mech technology.
Tenzan: Whatever, this stuff is your specialty. But, it’s still a waste of time.
Adler: What…?
Tenzan: Instead of Tempest, send me out in unit three…I’ll finish the Hagane and Hiryu.
Adler: (Hm…we can adjust the GEIM System after Tempest returns…)
Adler: Very well. But, unit three will need adjustments.
Adler: It won’t be ready until…the attack on Geneva, I’d say.
Tenzan: Alright, leave the rest to me!
Adler: (Kehehe…I wonder if Tempest will return in one piece…?)
Hagane – Bridge
Eita: Captain! There’s a message from Sevastopol Base!
Eita: They’re being attacked by the remaining DC forces!
Daitetsu: What…!
Tetsuya: Captain, Sevastopol is within our current course!
Daitetsu: (Are they tracking us…?)
Daitetsu: (If their objective is to slow us down…well, looks like they succeeded.)
Daitetsu: We have no choice. We’ll have to go right through them!
Chapter 27: GEIM System
Sevastopol Base
*Hiryu or Hagane arrives*
Tempest: Heheheh..I’ve been waiting for this!
Masaki: Th-That robot!!
Lune: Dad’s Valsion!?
Tasuku: Wh-What?
Giado: Commander Bian’s mech. It gave us a hard time when we fought him.
Tempest: …Enough. It’s time to take revenge…for what happened sixteen years ago!
Kyosuke: That voice…Major Tempest Hawker.
Lune: …Ugh!
Masaki: Huh!? Hey, Lune! Wait up!
Shiro: Masaki!?
Masaki: Shiro! Kuro! Let’s go!
*Valsione and Cybuster deploy*
Masaki: Lune! Wait for the rest of us!
Shiro: (You followed her alone, Masaki…)
Kuro: (Shiro, this is a bad move.)
Masaki: Lune!
Tempest: Commander Bian’s daughter…so you’re back from Jupiter.
Lune: …I don’t care about your revenge!
Lune: I won’t let you use the Valsion like that!
Tempest: I don’t need your permission. And you’re already too late…
Tempest: This is a customized, mass produced Valsion…the Valsion Kai!
Masaki: A mass-produced Valsion!?
Tempest: Exactly. These will make it easy to defeat the EFA!
Lune: In that case, we’ll destroy every one of those cheap copies!
Tempest: For my wife and daughter…I’ll kill every one of you!
Giado: Hard to believe dat dis revenge-obsessed maniac was once an Aggressor!
Tempest: Obsessed? That’s true…
Tempest: I…I’ll never forgive those terrorists who stole Giganscudo sixteen years ago…
Tempest: And I’ll never forgive the EFA for destroying the Hope Space Colony just to stop them!
Tasuku: The Gigan!? What’s he talking about!?
Leona: Giganscudo…
Leona: Back when they tried to contain the colonies’ independence movement…
Leona: The EFA built that super robot. But, it wasn’t used as a shield…it was used to oppress the colonists.
Tasuku: …!
Leona: But, the Gigan was stolen by terrorists from the colonies…
Leona: When the EFA sent special forces to take it back…
Leona: They ended up destroying the outer wall of the Hope colony along with the terrorists. That was the ‘Hope Incident’…
Leona: Like the ‘Elpis Incident’ from two years ago, it’s a haunting memory for us colonists…
Rai: (…..)
Tasuku: S-So…that’s what Major Sanger meant…
Tempest: Yes. And, that’s where my wife and daughter were killed!
Tempest: All because of the EFA!!
Tasuku: I guess I can sympathize with you…
Tasuku: But this isn’t the time for revenge!
Tasuku: We humans shouldn’t be fighting each other now!!
Tempest: Shut up! I’ve waited all this time…sixteen years! All for the moment where I could take my revenge!
Tempest: I won’t let you stop me!!
Latune: (How sad…he can’t escape his past…)
Tasuku: Y-You…
Kyosuke: Don’t listen to him, Tasuku. We’ve got our own reasons to fight.
Tasuku: Understood…! I’ll show him what we’re fighting for!
Kyosuke: Prepare for battle…!
*Prep screen, Units deploy*
Ingram: There must be more enemies than this.
Ingram: Watch out for an ambush.
Kyosuke: Yes, sir.
*Conditions shown, Battle starts*
{Tempest VS Giganscudo w/o Tasuku (Including Latune)}
Tempest: Anna and Leila were killed because of the Giganscudo!
Tempest: Prepare to die! And take that cursed shield with you!!
{Latune VS Tempest}
Latune: …You can’t bring them back by doing this…
Tempest: You still don’t get it! I’m not doing this to bring them back!
Tempest: I want to offer as many EFA lives as I can to my family!
{Tasuku piloting Giganscudo VS Tempest}
Tasuku: Your revenge is misleading you! The Aerogaters are right above our heads!
Tempest: That doesn’t matter to me!
Tasuku: You’ve lost it! If we don’t deal with them, a ton of people are going to die!
Tasuku: I’m going to break the Gigan from it’s bloodstained past!
Tasuku: And this time, it’ll be a shield to protect everyone!!
*Reduce Tempest’s HP to 60%*
Tempest: OK, I’m done warming up. The Valsion was designed by our original commander, and our new commander has made this one even stronger…
Tempest: I can defeat them AND the EFA! The outcome of this battle has…
*GEIM System overloads*
Tempest: Hn!? Wh-What? The System…!
*Enemy reinforcements appear*
Hans: Even with the Valsion…you seem to be having trouble, Tempest.
Tempest: A..aa…rgh…
Hans: (Hm…? He’s hurt that badly…?)
Kyosuke: Hans…!
Hans: So, you’re still alive, Kyosuke Nanbu. You’ve got some luck.
Kyosuke: …..
{If the Hiryu Kai was deployed}
Sean: Lt. Colonel Hand Weber…explain why you joined the Crusaders.
Hans: …The EFA can’t defeat the aliens, that’s why.
Sean: Yet, weren’t the DC and UCC were defeated by the EFA?
Hans: …Maybe so. But for now, surviving the alien attack is key.
Hans: Even with all of Earth’s military forces combined, we can’t defeat them.
Sean: I see. You and the DC want the Earth Cradle and the Moon Cradle.
Hans: Yes. With their hibernation chambers, strong outer shells and powerful defenses…
Hans: Compared to the “Earth Evacuation Plan” that the Feds and EOT council came up with…
Hans: They offer a far better chance of survival. That’s why I joined the DC.
Lefina: That’s the reason that you defected?
Hans: Correct. So why don’t you just forget about the DC and head to the White Star?
Sean: I don’t think so. You have a lot to answer for.
Lefina: Besides, we won’t leave mankind’s future in your hands!
Hans: Hmph…you know this war is futile, right?
{If the Hagane was deployed}
Daitetsu: Lt. Colonel Hans Weber…why did you join the Crusaders?
Hans: …The EFA can’t defeat the aliens, that’s why.
Daitetsu: But, the DC and UCC were defeated by the EFA
Hans: Maybe so. But for now, surviving the alien attack is key.
Hans: Even with all of Earth’s military forces combined, we can’t defeat them.
Daitetsu: I see…the DC wants the Earth Cradle and the Moon Cradle.
Hans: Yes. With their hibernation chambers, strong outer shells and powerful defenses…
Hans: Compared to the “Earth Evacuation Plan” that the Feds and EOT council came up with…
Hans: They offer a far better chance of survival. That’s why I joined the DC.
Daitetsu: You defected to save yourself, huh?
Hans: Correct. So why don’t you just forget about the DC and head to the White Star?
Daitetsu: Not so fast. You’ll pay for the mess you created.
Daitetsu: And I won’t leave mankind’s future in your hands.
Hans: You haven’t changed, Daitetsu. Always fighting the futile battles.
*Regardless of which battleship deployed*
Hans: In that case, I’ll be the one to finish you off instead of the Aerogaters.
Hans: Consider it an act of mercy.
Kyosuke: We’re going to end this my way, Hans Weber…!
Hans: Just try. Who do you think saved your life that day? Well?
Irm: You’re all talk…
Hans: If I had known things would come to this, I’d have blown you up with the Wildraubtier.
Kyosuke: Too bad. …But, don’t underestimate me. You’re done for.
Excellen: Wow…let’s not get too excited Kyosuke, alright?
Bullet: Uh…too late.
Hans: Go ahead and try…Major Tempest, attack!
Tempest: A-Argh…rgh..th-that’s right…revenge…r…revenge…
Hans: What are you doing, Major? Is your mech OK?
Tempest: H-Heh…heh…heh…
Ryusei: Hey…what’s with him?
Radha: Could it be…?
Tempest: H-Heheheh, revenge…revenge…revenge on the EFA…revenge…
Hans: What’s with you, Tempest!?
Tempest: Destroy…destroy the EFA…destroy them for killing Anna and Leila…destroy them completely…completely…
Excellen: What…is wrong with him?
Latune: …..
Radha: It must be the Valsion Kai’s user interface…
Radha: The additional functions must be affecting his mind.
Ryusei: What…!?
Bullet: But everything was fine a moment ago!
Kyosuke: Maybe a glitch…or the damage to the mech caused it to malfunction.
Latune: This…it seems like he’s losing his mind…
Latune: I’ve..seen this happen before at The School…
Latune: …Nothing can be done…except to finish him…
Hans: (Adler…he built a defective machine!)
Hans: (Bungler. Now we have to sacrifice Tempest…)
Ingram: All units, destroy the enemy and move forward.
Kyosuke: Yes sir…!
Hans: This was an unexpected turn of events, Kyosuke Nanbu…but I’ll still destroy you all.
Kyosuke: Wrong. You’re the one who’s dying today.
Hans: Hmph. I have data on each of you. You don’t stand a chance.
Rai: I have one more question, Hans…where’s the princess?
Hans: Princess? Oh yes, the girl…who knows?
Hans: I wonder, what could Adler be doing to her now? I do wonder, heheheh.
Rai: You…!
Excellen: Hey hey, easy. Don’t let this fleabag get under your skin, handsome.
Rai: This is no time for jokes…!
Excellen: …I understand how you feel, but getting mad won’t help save the princess.
Rai: What…!?
Aya: Rai, calm down. There’s no point in getting all worked up.
Ryusei: She’s right. At least we know the princess is alive.
Ryusei: We’ve sworn to rescue the princess…and that’s what we’ll do, right?
Rai: …Right. My apologies, Lt. Excellen.
Excellen: No problem. It’s fun to tease guys like you, y’know?
Kyosuke: Like who…? Let’s just start the attack.
*Battle resumes*
{Masaki VS Hans}
Masaki: There’s nowhere for you to run! Prepare to die!
Hans: You’re a fool if you think there’s a future after this war…you’ll face the same fate as Bian.
Masaki: Not gonna happen. I may not be as ruthless as you, but I’m no coward!!
{Lune VS Hans}
Hans: Even if you beat the DC, you can’t beat the aliens, Lune Zoldark…
Lune: Ha! You think you can use my father’s legacy to save yourself?
Lune: Don’t talk to ME about the future!
{Kyosuke VS Hans}
Kyosuke: You’ll pay for your treachery…!
Hans: You fool…! Even if you…
Kyosuke: I’m through listening to you…! Time to end this!
{If Kyosuke is piloting the Alteisen}
Hans: Hah, what can you do with that piece of junk?
Kyosuke: …I’ll take you down, that’s what…!
{Irm VS Hans}
Irm: I’ve always wanted to give you a beating. I won’t let this chance slip away.
Hans: Then I’ll get rid of you…just like I will Kyosuke.
Irm: Yeah right. If you want to live, then I suggest you run.
Irm: …If you can.
{Ingram VS Hans}
Ingram: That was quite an act, though the script left something to be desired.
Hans: What…?
Ingram: If you wanted to beat us…you should have launched an attack on the Far East much earlier.
Hans: Hmm…Why is it that you speak as though you’ve been considering something similar?
Ingram: Heh…
{Latune VS Hans}
Hans: So, you’re from The School? I’ll have to send you back to Adler to get readjusted.
Latune: I won’t dwell on the past…
Latune: …I’ll defeat you and rescue the princess…!
*Defeat Tempest*
Tempest: Revenge, my revenge, for revenge, I vowed to get revenge…
Latune: …I can’t speak for the dead…but I know they wouldn’t have wanted this…
Latune: …This path you’ve chosen is wrong…
Latune: Please…go back to your family…
Latune: Your battle ended…sixteen years ago…
Tempest: !!
{Defeat Tempest with Lune}
Tempest: Revenge, my revenge, for revenge, I vowed to get revenge…!
Lune: This is the end, Tempest Hawker!
Tempest: Anna, Leila…I will avenge you, the revenge that you want, the revenge…
Latune: …I can’t speak for the dead…but I know they wouldn’t have wanted this…
Tempest: …!!
Latune: Please…go back to your family…
Latune: Your battle ended…sixteen years ago…
Lune: Father…please guide his soul. To where it…belongs.
Tempest: …Anna…Lei…la…
*Valsion Kai explodes, Tempest dies*
{Kill Hans with Kyosuke}
Kyosuke: …Gotcha…!
Hans: But, how!? How did you…!
Kyosuke: I said I’d take you down…!
Hans: Curse you…curse it all! If only I finished you off back then…!
Kyosuke: You played your hand too early in the game…you lose!
{Regardless of who gets the kill}
Hans: F-Fools…! Th-The only way humans can survive is the Earth Cradle…!
Hans: B-But…for those of you who know only war…
Hans: Your fate will be the same as mine!
Hans: G-Go ahead and throw your lives away fighting the aliens!!
Hans: F-Forget…that…Aarrgghh!!
*Good riddance*
*Defeat all enemies*
{If the Hiryu Kai was deployed}
Eun: All enemy units destroyed!
Sean: It seems the DC are serious about stopping us.
Sean: That must mean it’s only a matter of time before Geneva is overrun…
Eun: Captain! The DC have changed course and are headed here!
Lefina: !
Sean: We’ll have to go right through them.
Lefina: Yes. We’re running out of time…
{If the Hagane was deployed}
Tetsuya: It’s over…
Eita: No, not yet! The DC have changed course and are headed here!
Tetsuya: What!?
Daitetsu: They’re trying to keep us pinned at this location…!
Tetsuya: What should we do, Captain!?
Daitetsu: We can’t escape! So we’ll go right through them!!
Earth Cradle – Command Center
Adler: So Tempest died in battle?
Soldier: Yes, sir.
Egret: Even an Aggressor couldn’t handle the GEIM System.
Adler: We have no choice. We must use Tenzan and Shine to make adjustments.
Adler: And what of Hans?
Soldier: Just like Major Tempest, he also died in the battle.
Adler: So in the end, he wasn’t much use except as a spy. Well, that and a diversion.
Lily: …How can you say such a thing about a fallen comrade?
Alder: You have a problem with that…Lily Junkers?
Lily: We had our differences, I won’t deny that. But we were comrades…
Adler: They paved the way for me. That’s all that matters.
Lily: …..
Adler: Back to the point, Lily. You’re expected to participate in the next mission.
Lily: …Understood…!
Egret: Is it time to attack EFA Headquarters?
Adler: Yes. Currently, the Hagane and Hiryu are at the Black Sea.
Alder: Once we take Geneva, the tides will turn in our favors…
Egret: Then, let’s see what you can do.
Adler: Heheheh…Egret. You wait here at the Earth Cradle with Sophia Nate.
Adler: Prepare for my return as the ruler of this world. Keheheh…
Lily: …..
Egret: (Heh…I look forward to seeing who will emerge victorious.)
Earth Cradle – Hangar
Pilot: Units one and three are ready! Install the cockpit modules!!
Soldier: It’s no use, the cores won’t stabilize! It can’t be used in this state!
Pilot: No matter! Those are our orders, we have no choice! Just do it!
Thomas: (These four units are our last resort…one down, three left.)
Thomas: (This may be the right time to…huh?)
Soldier: Major! I’ll adjust the Type-0 next! Please wait!
Sanger: Don’t bother. I’ll do it myself. Check the other mechs.
Thomas: (So, that’s Sanger Zonvolt.)
Thomas: (What a fool…there’s no way he can win this war.)
Lily: Major Sanger.
Sanger: Lt. Colonel Lily…you’ve been assigned to the mission, right?
Lily: …Yes.
Sanger: …Stay behind me. Commander Maier saved your life…don’t waste it now.
Lily: I can’t agree to that. But, I have a favor to ask.
Sanger: …..
Thomas: (We’re hitting them with everything we’ve got…this is it.)
Thomas: (Good luck, Divine Crusaders. I call it quits.)
GEIM System End
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