The Battle of Astarte (DNT episode)
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This article is about the Die Neue These episode. For the similarly titled OVA episode, see The Battle of Astarte (episode).
| 'The Battle of Astarte' (「アスターテ会戦」) | ||
| DNT: series 1, episode 2 released 2018/04/10 | ||
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| January 796 UC (487 IC / 3596 CE) | ||
| ← | 2nd of 48 released in DNT | → |
| ← | 167th of 213 released in all | → |
The Battle of Astarte (Japanese: アスターテ会戦) is the 2nd episode of Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These - Encounter.
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Synopsis
The Battle of Astarte is retold from the Alliance perspective. Commodore Yang Wen-li advises his superior, 2nd Fleet commander Vice Admiral Paetta, to abandon the Alliance's encirclement strategy and rendezvous with the 4th Fleet and the 6th Fleet immediately, fearing that the Imperial fleet under Reinhard von Lohengramm will counter it by picking off the fleets individually. Paetta, confident of the encirclement strategy, rejects Yang's proposal. The events then transpire exactly as Yang fears. As the Imperial fleet is routing the 4th Fleet, Yang tries to convince Paetta once again to rendezvous with the 6th Fleet but is rebuffed. His friend Jean Robert Lapp, a staff officer of the 6th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Moore, tries to convince the same to his superior, but to no avail as well. The 6th Fleet is then attacked and is quickly obliterated. Yang, fearing the worst, quickly draws up a plan and transmits it to the computers of all ships in the 2nd Fleet. After dispatching the 4th and 6th Fleets, the Imperial fleet turns towards the 2nd Fleet, and damages its flagship Patroklos in the initial salvo. Paetta is gravely injured as a result, and he transfers command to Yang before losing consciousness. Yang then instructs the rest of the 2nd Fleet to follow his plan. When Reinhard tries to finish off the 2nd Fleet with a central breakthrough, the 2nd Fleet gives way to the charging Imperial fleet. The 2nd Fleet then converges at the rear of the Imperial fleet and counterattacks. The Imperial fleet is forced to continue its advance while trying to catch the rear of the 2nd Fleet. Eventually, both sides are entangled in an awkward ring formation. Unwilling to waste time and lives in a pointless battle of attrition, Reinhard retreats from the Astarte Starzone, allowing Yang to do the same.
Upon his return to the Imperial capital Odin, Reinhard is promoted to the rank of Fleet Admiral.
Appendices
Cast
- Miyano Mamoru as Reinhard von Lohengramm
- Umehara Yūichirō as Siegfried Kircheis
- Suzumura Kenichi as Yang Wen-li
- Fukumatsu Shinya as Paetta
- Hatanaka Tasuku as Lao
- Ono Yūki as Jean Robert Lapp
- Sonoe Osamu as Edwin Fischer
- Mizuuchi Kiyomitsu as Staden
- Ōkuma Kenta as Operator
- Iwasaki Ryōta as Operator
- Takahashi Kōji as Operator
- Ogami Shinnosuke as Ceremonial officer
- Matsuda Shūhei as Fischer's subordinate
- Shimoyama Yoshimitsu as Narrator
Production staff
- Screenplay: Takagi Noboru
- Storyboard: Tada Shunsuke
- Episode director: Tada Shunsuke
- Animation director: Ishii Akiharu
| Previous episode: 'In the Eternal Night' |
Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Encounter |
Next episode: 'An Indomitable Prodigy' |
