The science officer concludes that the phenomenon must be artificial. The ship has encountered the edge of a solar storm emanating from Gliese, but with energy levels several hundred million times beyond predicted norms. The admiral returns to the bridge as Shima rights Yamato, but some electronics have been temporarily incapacitated. Before Niimi can continue, Yamato shudders from an impact. She passionately argues that humanity needs every possible option, but Okita reminds her that Earth's previous plan to settle a new planet had been cancelled. Okita flatly turns down the request, telling her that there is no time. Lieutenant Kaoru Niimi enters and waits for Sado and Harada to leave before requesting permission to investigate a habitable planet orbiting Gliese. Daisuke Shima takes Yamato to warp, and the ship successfully jumps twelve light years ahead, to the red dwarf Gliese 581.ĭoctor Sakezo Sado and nurse Makoto Harada complete their examination of the admiral in his quarters, noting that the warp has had no ill effects but urging him to be cautious.
Okita reminds them that this is the reason they are out here. The bridge crew looks with awe upon Earth as it was more than eight years ago, a blue and white world as yet unharmed by the devastation of Garmillas planet bombs. On the bridge, Admiral Juzo Okita notes that their next warp will take them completely out of visual range of Earth, and asks chief science officer Shiro Sanada to call up an image on the main viewer from the ship's VLBI telescope.
They come upon a door at the end of a quiet corridor, and he tells Misaki about a rumor of a beautiful female ghost lurking behind the door Misaki reacts cheerfully by claiming to see ghosts all the time. Before Yamato makes its next warp, Yuria Misaki signs off from her latest YRA Radio Yamato broadcast and chats somewhat reluctantly with Toru Hoshina. The Earth battleship Yamato is now a true starship, crossing interstellar space and making its way through the Sirius system, more than eight light years from home. The spirits of Shultz and his Zaltzi crew are lifted, knowing that they can now be redeemed for their earlier defeat and return home.
He is interrupted with news that a resupply vessel from General Goer has arrived with new orders and a new weapon, the Dessler Torpedo. Major General Gremdt Goer sends a transmission to Dessler proudly reporting that everything has been prepared.įar away, aboard the Garmillas ship Le Chevalier, Colonel Walke Shultz watches a holographic recording of his daughter Hilde with longing and sadness. At that point, Dessler announces that live video of an impending battle will be presented to them: a trap has been set, and they will be able to watch with pleasure as an alien enemy enters it. Before an argument between Zoellik and Supreme Fleet Command Gul Dietz about the continuing threat from " barbarian invaders" can go further, Chief Staff Officer Ghader Talan assures Dessler and his guests that he has dispatched a general who will deal with the problem shortly. Minister of Defense Welte Talan speaks of the empire's openness to the contributions of conquered peoples, but Inspector General Herm Zoellik boasts the invincibility of Dessler and his military forces. Vice Leader Redof Hiss congratulates Dessler on a millennium of imperial history and more than a century under Dessler's leadership, and the building of an empire that now stretches across galaxies.
Seated in the palace throne room, Leader Dessler receives his ministers, military commanders, and other elites of the empire. Dessler withdraws to the palace, where he thanks Propaganda Minister Miezela Celestella for writing his speech and prepares for the evening's entertainment. As he concludes, the crowd-including a Zaltzi child, Hilde Shultz-roar in approval. Across the Garmillas capital city of Baleras, massive crowds gather around the royal palace to listen as Abelt Dessler, standing on a high balcony and with his holographic image projected for all to see, finishes a speech praising the loyalty of his citizens and the glory of the Great Garmillas Empire.