Soukou Kihei Votoms: Kakuyaku taru Itan (Armored Trooper VOTOMS: Shining Heresy)

Du oste owagura cre yashidiro grazzi mit momendari.

Whereupon the holy war reaches its end, may your valorous light ne'er cease to shine.

Sixty seconds 'til assault. Second Provisional Force, get yourselves ready to advance.

Astragius Calendar Year 7247

32 years have passed since Chirico and Fyana laid themselves to sleep within the Cold Capsule.

Forces among both Gilgamesh and Baralant who broke a brief armistice are once again caught in a violent dispute.

The increasing ratio of exhausted military personnel spurred the speedy development of technology for the safekeeping and transport of injured soldiers.

That technology is the Cold Capsule.

In short, a device that allows casualties to immediately be put into hibernation, then treated after being sent to behind the battle lines.

However, rather than treatment, it might also be called a streamlined burial.

In truth, the cynical soldiers call it...

"...the Cold Coffin."

ARMORED TROOPER VOTOMS

Kagerou no kouya machi wa yake

The wasteland town bakes in a haze

Kaze ga hakobu ore no sadame

The wind moves my destiny along

Dare mo shiranai wake mo shiranai

I don't care about the reason no-one knows

Kinou made no ore ga doko he yukubeki nano ka

Did I have a destination yesterday?

Yureru shinkirou hateshinaku

An endless shimmering mirage

Kawaita kaze dake ga kasume

Only the dry wind floats by

Sabita manazashi miakita no sa

I'm tired of seeing that rusted form

Ashita no ore ga sagasu mono wa nanda

What will I be searching for tomorrow?

Dare mo shiranai wake mo shiranai

I don't care about the reason no-one knows

Kaze ga kitto hakonde kureru hazu sa

The wind will surely carry me along

Ore mo shiranai wake wa iranai

I can't give myself a purpose unknown

Kaze to tomo ni aruite yuku...

Only walk with the wind...

Timer: Gunlord, Typesetter: Sasword

BROHGAMIICHIROU

SHINING HERESY

Recurrence

Planet Manaura

...go on without fighting, go on without a course, go on without change, and there is no progress.

If man shall abide the beast, then the beast shall verily bear its fangs and fight the man.

Without conflict, the rejection of worldy things cannot come to pass.

Verily strife is, with love and faith, the mother of harmony,

whose principle is the holy foundation of the universe.

Walk the road towards God. Martial's will be done.

Martial's will be done.

Reach unto God.

Reach unto God.

Teitania Montewells...

Do you swear to devote your very blood to Martial,

lovingly to be confirmed thereby?

I swear.

Do you believe in the True Scripture...

And do you believe in the Book of Prognostication?

I believe.

The Thirteenth Rank of Martial, "The Shield of Order," has thusly been bestowed upon you.

Du oste owagura cre yashidiro.

It's a special envoy! A special envoy from the Holy Land of Alegium's Army has arrived!

Could it really be from the Holy Land, Alegium?

A special envoy?

Greetings, Cardinal Montewells. I am Inspector General Irin Noskowitz.

I'm here as an advisor.

Welcome. We were just in the middle of my daughter, Teitania, completing her advancement vows.

Oh my...

I have come to deliver a directive from the Council of Elders.

Actually... Chirico has been resuscitated!

Are you saying this man has been awoken?

They accidentally opened the Cold Capsule?!

Their chances were worse than one in a million, but still...

The fact of the matter is, it's happened.

While unexpected, Chirico's Capsule was recovered and he was revived by physicians.

The contract medics were fortunate enough to confirm his identity for us,

but that is all that Alegium knows at present.

The Council of Elders' decision is as thus:

Proceed to the recovery point, and, under the authority of Sector 9,

attempt to guide Chirico to the righteous path.

If he refuses, kill him.

Can such a thing be allowed?!

On that day 32 years ago, the Chief Scribes established Chirico as The Untouchable.

The scribes generally assumed that Chirico would sleep eternally.

Things are different now that he's awake.

The existence of Chirico, immune to all powers, is a contradiction to our faith.

That which must be told has been told. The rest is your problem now.

I'll be leaving things in the hands of the "iron woman."

Can you really call such an incident 'coincidence,'

coming just after Lady Teitania became a Shield of Order?

Lord Montewells, Alegium must have awoken Chirico!

What are you saying, Raht?

Leading Chirico to the path of faith is just a flimsy excuse!

Their real aim must be the confrontation between him and Lady Teitania.

No matter who defeats who, Alegium will consolidate their troubles and recover the winner.

This is a conspiracy!

I'll try and discuss this with Teitania.

Can you hear me, Teitania? No doubt you've heard what's going on.

As I am currently tuning, I will speak via my auxiliary brain.

However, as I am right now-

I have known this day would come.

Hearing Chirico's name makes my blood stir.

One day I will touch he who cannot be touched.

Even your auxiliary brain has become completely like Teitania.

The subsystems are one part of my whole.

Even while sleeping I will not forget what I have spoken.

I see.

Tuning has ended. Now awakening.

You said it yourself, Father...

that in order to exemplify the power of a Nextant,