As primeras 200 linias.
First unit to command craft. Landing completed.
The key sector has been secured!
Command vehicle to transport: Commence second landing!
Zero-one to command: Target sighted!
Direction zero-two, distance twelve-hundred...
Target confirmed!
Target heading direction zero-three. Velocity 40 kph.
We will commence air-to-ground engagement upon visual contact!
Ground force, be alerted!
Attack!
That's the Second Kisarazu Artificial Island.
450,000 square meters in total area.
That and the artificial island off the coast of Kawasaki...
are the key points of this project.
When it's done, the project will be in its final stage.
Then we'll construct a 15 km long dike...
to connect both islands to each other.
When the project is complete,
a dike that circumvents the metropolis is built.
It'll use tidal height differences to drain the water from the area.
By lowering the sea level and reclamation,
in ten years it'll have created 45, 000 hectares of new land.
Enough to eliminate our land
problems for the rest of the century.
Babylon is an eternal paradise.
Project Babylon is to make Tokyo like Babylon.
This is the biggest project of the century.
Given the difficulty of the
adjustments facing the participants...
it might not have been completed in this century.
But Labor systems made it possible.
The basic research was completed in the late 80's.
But if it weren't for the massive demand for this project...
it would never have developed this quickly.
As a matter of fact, we have a total of 3600 Labors working here,
large and small.
That's about 45% of the Labors working in the entire country.
A Labor is a machine that...
can do the work of ten men in less time...
and this ocean project is only practical
because of an intensive use of them.
An old fairytale is now coming true.
Mind you...
we're now getting things like Labor-crimes...
which we couldn't have imagined either.
Ah, that's your specialty isn't it?
Oh, over there. At 5 o'clock.
It's 500m in length, and 150m height from the waterline.
The platform handles maintenance for
all the Labors working on the project.
We call it the Ark.
Tell me... why's it called the Ark?
How should I know?
Deactivating systems 1 to 5.
Display functioning normally...
See? It's working perfectly.
There don't seem to be any problems yet.
Come on! There won't be any problems!
To begin with, we checked thoroughly
before we even brought it in here.
Was it Shige, from your place?
It's good to be careful, but he's too careful.
Anyway, there haven't been any problems with them, right?
The guys from Hachiouji have been pushing me to get the OK...
to roll out Unit 2 and start production of the others.
I'll start it up with the backup this time...
Oh, wait.
Two people from Division 2 are here to pick you up.
Division 2?
Great! Whaddya think Noa?
Wasn't it worth coming over?
I don't like this kid...
What?
You said you wanted to see it, so I made all the excuses to get here.
And this's the thanks I get?
Sorry, it just slipped out...
Okay, let's call it a day.
Rogen.
Officers Shinohara and lzumi reporting.
Here to pick up Chief Nagumo.
Well, that was pretty quick. I didn't know you two were coming.
We hitched a ride on a civilian chopper
that happened to drop by SV2, Ma'am.
The maintenance squad's speed ferry is on the way.
But if possible, while we wait for it... I was wondering...
You're Goto's men alright. I don't know how you sniffed it out...
but you can test it if you like.
Though, Officer lzumi doesn't seem to like it...
Looks like she heard us...
That's 'cause you didn't watch what you were saying.
Now she'll have it in for you.
But what I said was true. He looks a bit villainous.
That's a matter of opinion.
Once it's officially registered it'll be called a Type-O...
the final version of the Type-98.
It's also the first designed to be run entirely by HOS.
What's HOS?
You don't know a thing about software do you?
It's a system program that makes Labors run more efficiently.
Oh, it's just the Operating System...
HOS is the revolutionary OS that...
Shinohara released two months ago.
Even when installed in a conventional.
Labor it increases performance by 30%.
Hyper Operating System, "HOS".
Most Labors now have their mainframes re-written to HOS.
But no matter how good the vehicle is,
it all comes down to the pilot's...
brains and guts!
Good!
Chief Nagumo of SV2, your ferry has arrived.
Please go to deck A-12.
What? It's here already?
Come on, let's go.
Wow! Just like a world for giants!
It's all Labor sized...
I'm gonna leave you two behind if you don't hurry!
Okay...
Chief Nagumo, may I ask you a question?
If it's about this place, I doubt I know any more than you...
No, it's about the Type-O...
Why is it here?
You know that three of them were issued...
to the New York police as an experiment...
You mean that crazy story about Kanuka becoming chief of...
the first Labor unit over there?
Shige, who went over there to give technical assistance...
phoned me and asked...
if we could have it checked inside and out...
by someone from SV2.
Well, here we have access to Shinohara's Labor facilities...
and we're close to the second command station.
It's the perfect place to keep it secret.
Is there a problem then?
Certainly not.
If there was, it would've caused big trouble already.
It's just that it was Shige who asked, so I couldn't ignore it.
Extension of the training period?
But I had your word that we'd have everybody back this week!
Yes, but the situation has changed.
Division 1's training on the Type-O is being extended for another week.
I demand a complete explanation.
Division 2 have problems to begin with.
If we have to work them even harder,
there's no telling what kind of disaster we could have.
And I'm sure if we brought back Division 1 now,
they'd do just fine.
Nagumo, this decision came from the main department.
There's nothing I can do.
Then I'll report to the main department myself...
and I will personally ask the Guard.
Division Chief to return Division 1.
Wait!
I'll tell you what I think. Please keep this a secret.
In the early morning, the day before yesterday...
the JSDF 7th Sector's prototype heavy Labor...
suddenly ran away during a wind tunnel test.
It escaped from the base,
and it actually took the paratroop Labor unit...
to stop it.
They don't know what caused the prototype to run away...
and it was so heavily damaged that examinations haven't helped.
They must've been really panicked to have trashed it...
But what does that have to do with this?
The Labor in question was built by Shinohara Heavy Industries...
and it had the same OS as the Type-O.
Everyone is keeping it a secret...
but there was nobody in the Labor when it lost control.
You get the picture?
This could become a real problem.
We'll have to practice self-restraint, as of right now.
You're joking, right?
Seriously?
Darn it. I hope this'll be over soon.
That's a rotten attitude!
Until Division 1 comes back...
we're the only ones who can protect this city from criminals!
And who's gonna protect our human rights?
We don't have any!!
Shocking, isn't it, Shinshi?
Yeah... I've only been home three times this month.
It's a certified marriage crisis.
You shouldn't have gotten married, you idiot!
It is because you were stationed in
the middle of the reclaimed lands...
But hey, aren't we getting more dispatches these days?
Call from sector 7, 205 at Shitoya, Taitoh Ward!
Division 2 report to the site!
Repeat, 205 at Shimoya, Taitoh Ward...
As soon as you said it. Damn...
Let's go!
Roll out the trailer! Hurry up with that revolver cannon!
I'll personally murder any slow-pokes, so move it!
A dangerous Labor is out of control and moving this way!
Please evacuate the area!
Run!!
Didn't you hear me? I said run!
Oh, here it comes!!
This is Sakura Fubuki 12.
To SV2, Division 2.
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