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Shine: …..
Joyce: …Here you are. The night breeze isn’t good for you. You should go back to your room…
Shine: No, thank you…I don’t feel like resting. Not while…not while Sir Rai is…
Joyce: …..
Joyce: …I just received word from Commander Laker.
Joyce: The Hagane and the Hiryu Custom have…begun the final battle…
Shine: I know. But I…
Joyce: …I understand. Then, I’ll stay and pray for their safety too…
Shine: Thank you…
Hagane – Bridge
Eita: Fleets three and four have been annihilated, along with troops fourteen and seventeen! The enemy has penetrated the third defensive line!
Tetsuya: Are we the only ones left from the first defense line…!?
Eita: Message from Ark 1! Their navigation is failing! Repeat, their navigation is failing!
Tetsuya: What!?
Eita: Oh no! The Great Ark is…!!
{Gone}
Eita: I-It’s going down!!
Daitetsu: Major General Norman…!!
Tetsuya: Captain! At this rate, the whole fleet is doomed!
Daitetsu: Grrr…! Eita, how far are we from the White Star!?
Eita: 58,000 sir!
Daitetsu: And the Hiryu, Shirogane, and PT troops!?
Eita: Still intact! There’s an enemy ship behind us!
Daitetsu: Then, have the Shirogane cover us! We’ll go for the White Star!!
Tetsuya: But, Captain! Our ship…even with the Hiryu, we don’t have enough firepower…
Tetsuya: We may not even be able to destroy the energy field around the White Star!
Daitetsu: I’m aware of that! We’re skipping to our last resort!
Eita: ! Y-You mean Phase 4…where the PT units will try to infiltrate…!?
Daitetsu: Yes. That’s why I’m counting on our Tronium Cannon…
Daitetsu: We’ve got to make an opening into the White Star!
Eita: …!
Tetsuya: Get ready, Eita. Kyosuke, Ryusei, and all the others have the hard job.
Eita: Y-Yes sir…I’ll start charging the Tronium Cannon to break through the energy field!
Tetsuya: OK, here we go! Flank speed! Hagane, charge!!
Chapter 39: Shoot through the Star
Neviim Exterior
{Hiryu and Hagane appear, Prep Screen, Units deploy}
Viletta: Hmph…the whole cast is present.
Viletta: Then, this will be the final act.
Daitetsu: Daitetsu here. We must be in position within five minutes…
{Area shown}
Daitetsu: We’ll use our Tronium Cannon to create an opening in the energy field.
Kyosuke: Create an opening…so, this is our final gamble?
Daitetsu: Yes. Sorry, but it’s all up to you…Lt. Kyosuke.
Kyosuke: Yes, sir!
Excellen: Ah boy…so, this is what it’s comes to.
Irm: It’s like we’re destined to have bad luck.
Excellen: I think my darling is attracting all the luck…
Kyosuke: Be quiet, Excellen. Also…stop it with that ‘darling’ stuff.
Excellen: But a mood change is healthy, y’know?
Lune: *sigh*…Healthy for whom?
Masaki: It’s like she never gets nervous.
Aya: No, and that helps ME relax.
Kusuha: You’re always trying to cheer us up, aren’t you, Excellen…?
Bullet: Uh…that’s giving her too much credit, Kusuha.
Excellen: Hey! That wasn’t the place to but in!
Kyosuke: …Enough games. I’m counting on all of you to clear a path for the Hagane.
Masaki: No sweat!
Daitetsu: Here we go, Tetsuya. We have to get into position within five minutes at any cost.
Tetsuya: Yes sir!
{Conditions shown, Battle starts}
{Hagane reaches target area}
Tetsuya: Captain! We’re in position!
Eita: Tronium Cannon charged to 90%!!
Daitetsu: Alright, prepare to attack the White…
{More enemies appear}
Gaza: Hyaaahahahaha!!
Viletta: Gaza!?
Gaza: I’ll liven up this battle!!
Gilliam: ! Is he aiming at the Hagane!?
Gaza: Hyaaaaahahaha! Perfect! Bull’s-eye!!
Eita: Th-The bow’s been hit!!
Tetsuya: What!?
Eita: The Azimuth board’s dead, we can’t get any readings!
Tetsuya: Can we still fire the Tronium Cannon!?
Eita: With the damage we’ve sustained, not at this range!!
Tetsuya: Wh-What…!?
Daitetsu: Ugh, is this it? Retreat for now!
Tetsuya: Retreat!?
Daitetsu: Yes. Inform all units!
Tetsuya: But why, Captain!?
Daitetsu: I’m going to ram the Hagane into their energy field…
Daitetsu: And fire the Tronium Cannon at point-blank range!
Tetsuya: I object! You can’t man this ship alone!
Daitetsu: If I use auto-pilot, I might!
Tetsuya: But!
Daitetsu: Follow my orders, Vice-Captain! You’re needed for the next battle!!
Tetsuya: ! D-Does that mean…you’re going to sink the Hagane!?
Daitetsu: Not if I can help it…I’ll fight to the end…!
Daitetsu: For all the men who’ve died under my command…allow me to do this…!
Tetsuya: I…still object!
Eita: M-Me too…I don’t want to run when we’ve come this far!
Daitetsu: Y-You guys…!
Tetsuya: Besides, I have a plan!
Daitetsu: A plan…!?
Tetsuya: Yes! Using the special feature of this ship…! Captain, please!
Daitetsu: Alright…! Let’s see what you’ve got!
Tetsuya: Yes sir! Eita, what’s the Tronium Cannon’s current range!?
Eita: After that attack, it’s down to 6800!
Tetsuya: That’ll have to do! We’ll need every last drop of energy…
{New goal point shown}
Tetsuya: We must get into position!!
Eita: Understood!!
Lefina: Eun, what’s the Hagane’s status!?
Eun: They’re going to charge again, and use the Tronium Cannon!
Lefina: !? But if they do, the Hagane will be…!
Sean: …Wait, don’t forget about the feature all Noah-class ships…
Lefina: Feature!? You mean, the bow module!?
Sean: We should provide support for the Hagane. There may be reinforcements…!
{Conditions updated, Battle resumes}
{One turn after previous event}
Gaza: That completes Levi’s orders…
Gaza: So I can do as I please now! Hyahahaha!!
Viletta: What are you going to do!?
Gaza: What do you think!? Massacre the Earthlings!
Viletta: You’re going to kill the samples? That violates Levi’s orders.
Gaza: Shut up!! I told you that I completed Levi’s orders!!
Gaza: That’s why I can do what I want to now!!
Viletta: (Tch…he’s totally erratic. Did Atad do something to him?)
Gaza: Aaaannnd, the massacre starts with you!!
Viletta: !!
Gaza: Hyaha! Everyone knows that you’re a double agent!!
{Gaza shoots down Viletta}
Gaza: Bye bye! You deserve to die, traitor!
Viletta: (…Looks like now’s the time…)
{Viletta’s unit explodes}
Ryusei: Did he just take down an ally!?
Masaki: Maybe they had an argument!?
Ryusei: Who knows, but he’s not showing any remorse…!
Masaki: Yeah, just like that sorry idiot Tenzan…!
Ryusei: Could it be just like Colonel Kar-Wai…that the Aerogaters caught and used him…!?
Rai: Whoever he is, we still have to break through. If we don’t, the EFA is done for.
Ryusei: Y-Yeah…!
Ryusei: (If we’re captured…will they do that to us too…!?)
Gaza: You guys are next! Hyaha! Hyahahaha!!
{Several Hulehs appear}
Eun: Captain, the enemy fleet has appeared!
Lefina: They deliberately held back until now…!
Gaza: Die, die! Hyaaaaaahahahaha!!
Sean: This doesn’t look good, now we’re badly outnumbered.
Lefina: If worse comes to worse, we’ll lure the enemy fleet away!
???: Why don’t you let us give you a hand?
Lefina: !?
{Kurogane and Grungust Type-0 appear}
Leona: The Kurogane! Major Elzam’s here!?
Excellen: Whoa! And the boss’s Grungust!
Elzam: This is Major Elzam V. Branstein of the Kurogane. We’re here to back you up.
Lefina: …..!
Rai: What in the world!? Why are they…
Elzam: Heh…I’m only doing my duty.
Rai: Your duty…!?
Elzam: So, just do what you have to do.
Rai: Elzam…!
Gaza: Hmph! The nerve of you, trying to upstage me…
Gaza: Well, I guess no game is fun without a challenge!
Gaza: This is gonna be quite entertaining! Hyaaaahahahaha!!
Sanger: Well, we’ll show you…
Sanger: …The pride and strength of humans…and!
Sanger: The power of my Colossal Blade!!
Bullet: Lt. Kyosuke! Major Sanger is…!!
Kyosuke: Yes…he’s a formidable enemy, but a reliable ally…!
Gilliam: Sanger, Elzam…
Elzam: Gilliam, I heard about Col. Kar-Wai…
Sanger: We can’t let that happen to any more humans…!
Gilliam: The Aggressors have been reunited…thanks to the Colonel.
Sanger: Let’s go, Elzam, Gilliam! Let’s fight to avenge Colonel Kar-Wai!
Elzam: I agree!
Gilliam: Absolutely!
Sanger: Then the Aggressors…shall enter the fray!!
{Battle resumes}
{Hagane reaches second destination}
Eita: Distance to target is 7000…6900…!
Eita: It’s almost in range!!
{Hagane strikes the energy field}
Eita: !! We’ve impacted against the energy field! We can’t proceed!!
Tetsuya: Just as we suspected! Use the AUX engine booster!!
Eita: Understood! Booster, on!!
Tetsuya: All hands, brace for impact! Release the gravity brakes!!
Eita: R-Release the gravity brakes!? If we do that, the reaction will tear this ship apart!
Tetsuya: Just do it! Detach the bow module the moment we fire!
Eita: U-Understood!
Gaza: You fools! Don’t think the same thing will work twice!!
Eita: E-Enemy units ahead! They’re targeting us!!
Tetsuya: Ignore them! Prepare to fire!!
Gaza: I won’t let you! You’re all going to die! Hyaaaaaahahahaha!!
{Hagane fires the Tronium Cannon, eliminating Gaza’s unit}
Gaza: Arr-Aaaaaarrrrggghh!!
{Gaza’s Ezekiel Adom explodes, the energy field around the White Star is pierced, and the Hagane is severely damaged by the blowback}
Hiryu Kai – Bridge
Eun: They did it! Part of the energy field is down! The interior is exposed!
Lefina: The Hagane!? What happened to the Hagane!?
Eun: I-It may have been lost in the explosion…!
Sean: No, look! It survived!
Lefina: !!
Eun: Confirmed! The Hagane is drifting away from the White Star!
Eun: B-But, how…!?
Sean: They separated the bow module when the cannon was fired…
Sean: They escaped using the recoil…!
Eun: Th-That’s crazy…!
Sean: Not really. It’s a bit rash, but completely logical…
Sean: Tetsuya Onodera…it’s no wonder he was selected as Daitetsu’s protégé.
Lefina: Yeah…!
Eun: Captain, a message from Major Elzam on the Kurogane!
Lefina: Put him through!
Elzam: This is Major Elzam V. Branstein of the Kurogane.
Elzam: We’ll accommodate some of the Hagane’s crew…
Elzam: And destroy the enemy’s hull with our Titanic Drill. Then we’ll proceed to enter with the PT units.
Lefina: Understood! Then, we’ll follow…
Elzam: No, we need you to assist the Shirogane.
Lefina: What!? You’re going to charge their fortress with the Kurogane alone!?
Elzam: Don’t worry…
Elzam: This ship was designed for a situation like this.
Lefina …!
Elzam: Besides…we need you to secure the area for our return.
Lefina: …Understood. We wish you luck…!
Shoot through the Star End
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