Legend of Galactic Heroes Gaiden II (Mutineer)

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Chapter 1

REBEL

791 Space Age, 482 Imperial Calendar, August

In August 482 of the Imperial calendar,

... having achieved brilliant success in the battle of Captcha Lanka

... and having received recommendations from the Deputy Base Commander, Captain 2nd Rank Martel,

... Reinhard von Musel was promoted to First Lieutenant

Iserlohn

... and was assigned to the space fleet, as he wanted.

He was assigned to the destroyer Hamelin II.

...to the position of chief navigator.

Lieutenant Kircheis

Senior Lieutenant Musel

Kircheis also received a promotion to Lieutenant

... and the position of chief of security on the same ship.

Here he is.

This is Hamelin II.

Destroyer "Hameln II"

Exactly.

Captain 3rd rank Adenauer

Senior Lieutenant Reinhard von Musel and Lieutenant Siegfried Kircheis.

I see that Senior Lieutenant Myuzel graduated from the Cadet Corps with honors.

And he did an excellent job in Captcha Lanka.

Very impressive.

Thank you.

But there is no need to say that there is a difference between service in the ground and space forces.

To begin with, you were appointed chief navigator,

Lieutenant Commander Bertram

... but if you have questions, be sure to ask Lieutenant Commander Bertram for guidance.

Yes sir.

It's an honor for me to meet you.

I'm the second-in-command, Bertram.

Nice to meet you.

The lieutenant commander also graduated from the cadet corps with impressive results

... and has already gained a lot of experience on the battlefield.

He is a brilliant officer.

I leave all current affairs to him, so I have free time.

What is the captain like as a person?

BUT?

He is a reasonable person.

Despite the fact that he is the heir to the baronial family

... he is not arrogant and respects his subordinates.

He is an easy boss to deal with.

The heir to the baron and only a captain of the 3rd rank, at his age,

... he's certainly a slow promotion.

I guess that means he's not very competent.

He didn't start in the army.

A was the captain of a merchant ship and joined the army later.

I think that's why he listens to born military men like us.

I'll introduce you to the team.

Everyone stay where you are. Attention.

I present to you our new chief navigator and head of security.

Senior Lieutenant Reinhard von Musel and Lieutenant Siegfried Kircheis.

They are young, but talented and have real military merits.

Let's welcome them.

Senior Lieutenant Shamisso

Senior Lieutenant Dühring

Senior lieutenant, lieutenant, this is our ship's senior artilleryman, senior lieutenant Shamisso.

This is the head of our torpedo crew, Senior Lieutenant Dühring.

Together with the senior navigator, we call them the Three Field Commanders.

Usually the rank of senior navigator is higher than theirs,

... but on this ship, these two stayed longer.

Don't forget about it.

I understood you.

Lieutenant Emerich

Lieutenant Froebel

Lieutenant Gneist

Senior Navigator, Lieutenant Emerich.

Head of Communications, Lieutenant Froebel.

Head of reconnaissance, Lieutenant Gneist.

That's all the officers on duty on the bridge.

As for junior officers and other members of the team, I will introduce you later.

Let's go.

Oh, what a pity, the chief navigator is still a baby.

He's the notorious little brother of Countess Grunewald, isn't he?

I wonder what the hell the boss is thinking.

I think this is an extreme manifestation of favoritism in personnel management.

We have a reliable second-in-command, so the chief navigator can be just a decoration.

Yeah, with his cute face and stuff, he'd make a good set piece.

Senior Lieutenant Jongson

This is the ship's doctor, Dr. Jonson.

He is also a senior lieutenant.

Oh, I heard that you are young, but you are really too young.

This is very close to my specialty.

Specialties?

Before being called up for military service, I was a pediatrician in the village.

Now let's go take a look at our chief engineer.

I believe you know the structure of our ship, but the engine room is on the lower deck.

Basically, the upper deck is for officers, the lower deck is for privates.

And the chief engineer also usually works on the lower deck.

Here.

Alanus Seidel

How can I serve, deputy captain?

I'm showing the situation to the new master navigator.

Master navigator?

This is the chief navigator, Senior Lieutenant von Musel, and the head of security, Lieutenant Kircheis.

Why don't you welcome them?

Let's go.

Was it the main navigator?

Hey Rolf, he looks even younger than you.

Rolf Seidel

Why are we still sailors when such a jerk is already a senior lieutenant?

You are still a baby too.

But brother...

Of course, the whole point is that he is an aristocrat.

He has a background in front of his name, you know?

They get promoted faster than commoners.

Wundt

Schmidt

Even so, isn't his progress too fast?

This exemplary second-in-command is only a lieutenant commander.

Even if he is the best graduate of the cadet corps, he is still from the bottom.

They have a ten year age difference.

...but by the time that kid becomes a second-in-command,

... he might already be in the captain's rank or something.

In the captain's, huh?

Directly history from transcendental heights.

Aristocrats can be promoted simply for big names.

They make life easy!

Our captain is the best example.

He so obviously does not want to be on the battlefield,

... that he leaves everything to his second in command and lets him do all the work!

This is not the worst - at least he delegates everything to his deputy.

I heard that on other ships, captains who grew up in the service exclusively from the nobility

... intervene in matters in which they understand nothing, and destroy ships.

But of course we got the commoners' star of hope, second-in-command

... so we'll be fine, whoever is the main navigator.

This is our chief engineer, Senior Immermann.

First Lieutenant Immermann

Deputy Captain, have you heard anything about the parts I asked for?

Not yet.

Are they that bad?

Well, this time they'll probably hold up, but I can't guarantee anything on the next trip.

Go take a look at this.

The ship is so worn out.

Yes.

But it seems to be carefully maintained.

Right.

And this second-in-command seems to be trustworthy.

You heard?

This kid is the younger brother of Countess Grunewald.

Countess Grunewald?

Imperial favorite?

Well, that's what I heard.

Now everything is clear, isn't it?

Even for an aristocrat

... A 16-year-old kid who doesn't even have a title is already the main navigator.

Knew it was weird.

Understand.

Hey Schmidt, you've graduated from university

... you're probably more suitable for the main navigators, huh?

Your specialty is astrophysics, right?

Nothing to do about.

In the end, I was called from the university of liberal arts.

We become sailors after one year of service.

I guess we'll never get the chance to use our education.

Rolf, if you had a beautiful sister instead of such a brother

... you could also be a senior lieutenant now.

I'm sorry I'm such a brother.

As for me

...I wouldn't mind becoming the emperor's concubine, but he might not like it.

This is really unfair.

So how is the new main navigator?

A purebred colt not used to facing disappointment.

I feel this pride in him.

I can't judge his actual abilities until we've been in combat, but...

I expect a lot from you, second-in-command.

What are you thinking, Kircheis?