Original subtitles

A thief once said this:

"I may steal, but I'm not inhuman."

And those Outlaws who now roam the universe say this:

"Even if you don't break the law, don't be bound by it."

The vanity of the thief. The code of the pirate.

The pride of the Outlaw.

These may be merely a white lie to delude themselves and others...

...that they are, to some extent, upright people.

But be it fact or fiction,

the Outlaws have a code that they pride themselves on.

But on the other hand, it is another fact that...

...ruffians who have no code at all cause great calamities.

semenai de kesanai de makenai de

Don't make fun of it, don't destroy it, don't cheapen it...

dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono

...that one special thing that everyone has.

ai dake yume dake kimi dake

My love, my dreams, and you...

sore dake wa hanasanai donna toki demo

I won't let those go, no matter what.

doushi you mo naku ochitsukanai yoru

On those nights where you can't settle down no matter what you do,

nani mo kamo nagedashitaku naru

...you feel like throwing it all away.

tsube kobe iwazu ni sassato DOA o akena

Don't say a word, just open the door.

rikutsu nante koneteru HIMA wa nai

I don't have time to quibble with you.

juuou mujin tobi mawaritai youi shoutou mamori takunai

I wanna fly all over the place, I wanna throw caution to the wind!

nakushita wake ja nai mada hajimatte nai dakara

I haven't lost anything, I haven't even gotten started yet.

semenai de kesanai de makenai de

Don't make fun of it, don't destroy it, don't cheapen it...

dare datte motteru hazu yuzurenai mono

...that one special thing that everyone has.

ai dake yume dake kimi dake

My love, my dreams, and you...

sore dake wa hanasanai donna toki demo

I won't let go of those, no matter what.

nani ga hoshii nani ga shitai doko ni ikitai

What is it that you want? What'cha you wanna do? Where you wanna go?

Grab what you want and rip through the dark as you run through the night!

yami o saite hashiri nukete tsukamitore Through The Night

Gene! Are you sure you wanna do this?

Calm down. All I need to do is cut one of'em, right?

If you cut the dummy wire, it'll blow up in our faces!

So the odds are 50-50, then...

Hey, trust me!

You'd never guess it, but gambling's my specialty!

Liar!

Final Countdown

Dock 217, ready for entry.

Gorgeous Mitsuru, come in on route 7-A-12.

#382, hurry up with those preparations!

Unbelievable...

How come I'm stuck with this loser spaceport tugboat job?

I agree. This is no job for the galaxy's most advanced Grappler Ship.

What're you whining about?

You just got a request to do a catch-and-release on an ad ship!

It's heading your way on course 9C3, so haul it back to the spaceport!

I mean, you humans are big on working every day!

- Work for your daily bread! - Jim, close channel.

I mean...

Well, if we help out with that station job,

they'll give us a parking discount planetside.

Still, for the 1st-place Privateer in the space race to act as a tugboat...

Speaking of which, it looks like the race has been good advertising.

It's making us a laughingstock!

Damn it, why is this area so crowded?

I hear the jewelery stores on the station are having...

...some kid of big exhibition to celebrate their renovation.

That's it. That's the ad ship Aisha mentioned.

Mel! Display rendezvous course!

Sure.

An engagement ring costs three months' salary.

It's huge!

It's too big.

It'll get your attention, all right, but it can't make sharp turns,

so getting it into port is a problem.

That's why they need a tugboat, right?

Quit your yapping, and let's get to work.

Now matching relative velocities.

Okay, locking complete.

All right, I'll begin deceleration and put us on a docking course.

What the...?

"Gotcha"?

Virus penetration in progress.

Virus penetration in progress.

Unable to purge. System shutting down.

The virus got into the system through those anchors.

Gilliam is completely shut down.

Congratulations!

You've been selected to go on a tour of heaven!

Say what?

Aisha, we're busy! Call back later!

People who only have five hours to live don't have much of a "later."

Who the hell are you?

You can call me Crackerjack for the time being.

For the time being?

Calm down.

My name is the least of your problems at the moment.

The ad ship you're connected to is loaded with a high-yield bomb.

A bomb?

If our demands are not met, it and your ship will be blown up.

The time limit is five hours.

That's crazy!

What're these demands of yours?

Watch this.

I repeat, we, the People's Liberation Front, demand...

the immediate removal of the Viceroy of Heifong,

who is but a puppet of the Tempa Empire,

as well as the granting of total independence to Heifong!

- Down with the evil of colonial rule... - Independence?

- ...like that found on Old Earth! - No way!

You heard the man.

If our demands are met unconditionally, you will be set free.

Oh, right. The bomb is extremely delicate.

If you try to dismantle it, it will detonate immediately.

Please don't think of trying anything foolish.

Do enjoy yourselves, gentlemen.

- What now? - Is it gonna blow?

He's changed our orbit.

Mel! Calculate our orbit!

R-Right.

Jim, you put together a damage report.

I'm on it!

The demands of the terrorist bomber group, the People's Liberation Front,

which is responsible for the hijacking of a tugboat near the station,

is none other than the independence of Heifong!

How will the Viceroy respond to such unheard-of demands?

Heifong will never be independent.

We can't give in to terrorists, not out here on the frontier.

Yes, sir.

Not even if it means sacrificing the lives of the hostages.

We now have confirmation of the captive tugboat's registry!

So, who are the morons?

It has been ascertained that the ship is the Outlaw Star,

and the hostages are her captain, Gene Starwind, plus two others.

Gene?!

I've purged the virus,

but the memory is pretty trashed, so Gilliam's still offline.

The oxygen circulation system's still working somehow,

but the temperature regulator's shot.

Weapons and navigation are pretty much shot, of course.

Attitude control is about all we can do.

The airlocks won't open, either!

So we couldn't abandon ship as a last resort even if we wanted to.

Is there anything that does work?

The Grappler Arms are about all that does.

Their system is linked directly to the cockpit.

I've finished calculating our orbit. I'll put it up on the screen.

We're circling above Heifong III's equator and losing altitude.

Oh, no! That means that even if the bomb doesn't go off, in five hours...

...we'll slam into the station carrying the bomb.

An evacuation order has been issued for this station.

Will everyone please calmly, orderly, evacuate the station.

I repeat, an evacuation order has...

My jewels!

Getting out of here is more important, ma'am!

They're insured, right?!

But...!

Please don't panic! Please remain calm!

There are more than enough spaceship seats for everyone.

Gorgeous Mitsuru, lifting off!

Head around to deck 28!

Exactly according to plan...

Commence operation!

Spaceships are fleeing the station one after another.

Calculations show that the station...

Gene! What's happening up there, Gene?! Calculations show that the station...

...will be hit by the bomb-laden ship.

Shut up! ...will be hit by the bomb-laden ship.

Jim! End transmission! The Viceroy, to avoid risking lives...

Who are you telling to shut up?! has issued an evacuation...

Huh?

Yelling at him here won't solve anything.

So what should we do, then?

I'll go ask the man who built the bomb how to disarm it.

Asking the man behind it is the most certain way.

H-Hey, wait up!

How are you gonna track down the bomber?!

I've got bad news, Viceroy!

What is it?

The simulation of the bomb ship hitting the station...

...predicts that the orbital elevator will crash to the ground!

What?!

We mustn't endanger the planet!

Before it comes near the station, we have to blow it and the hostages up.

But that's...

According to the terrorists, the ship is loaded with...

...large quantities of radioactive material.

Can't we do anything?

Gene, are you really gonna do it?

Do you have any other ideas?

No, but it's crazy for an amateur to try to disarm a bomb!

Show some backbone, will ya?!

Mel, you handle the scanning.

Roger.

Now beginning infrared scan.

All we need to do is cut the power to the fuse.

It's no different than cutting the cord to a spark plug plug, right?

An engine doesn't explode if you cut the wrong cord to the spark plug.

Infrared scan complete. I'll put it up on the screen.

What, it's mostly hollow?

It's camouflage.

Maybe that's how it passed inspection before it started a port-entry course.

So we can't tell what's in it unless we open it, huh?

What about the ad ship's shipowner registration?

W-We can only give out that information to the police!

Quit stalling and tell us what we want to know!

We'll have to take the chance. We have to get a look inside!

Don't do it, Gene!

It's too dangerous.

Is that it?

Let's do it...

Nammaida, nammaida, nammaida,

nammaida, nammaida, nammaida...

What the...?!

Gene!

I'm getting no response from the end of the right Grappler Arm.

Other than that, there doesn't seem to be any serious damage.

Damn, that scared the hell outta me...

This is why I said we should forget about it!

Jim, trace the signal!

I'm on it!

This is the Outlaw Star.

Didn't I tell you not to try anything stupid?

Bite me! That was just some stupid bluff!

Wasn't the whole thing supposed to go up?

We'd lose everything if an idiot like you set it off...

...before the Viceroy gives in to our demands.

Still, if you try anything else, you won't get off with just a warning next time.

So we may as well try to disarm this bomb you're so proud of, then?

No! You shouldn't aggravate the terrorist!

That's a good one! You blunder straight into the most rudimentary of traps,

and you say you're going to dismantle a bomb that I personally made?

Don't get cocky, tugboat pilot!

A mad bomber's got no right to talk so big, either.

If you insist, go ahead and give it your best shot.

Good luck, now.

That bastard sure likes to hear himself talk...

Did you trace him?

It's hopeless.

Normal radio waves don't have directivity.

But there was no time lag, so he's probably within 30,000 km or so.

30,000, huh?

I'm not picking up any spaceships within that radius.

It looks like they've all evacuated the area.

Are they on the surface, then?

Are you stupid? Do you think they'd hang around on the surface...

...when the orbital elevator might come crashing down?

Where do you suppose they are, then?

Jim! Can we send out a jamming signal?

A jamming signal?

The comm system's working, so I guess I can come up with something.

Looks like he has a brain, after all...

The pitch changed. This is the only part where the sound is different.

Okay, this is it, then!

Jim, can I use the torch gun?

No, it's hooked up to the power system.

The buzz saw has internal batteries, so you can use that, though.

Anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai, anokutara sanmyaku sanbodai...

Bingo! This is it!

Forget it! This is the real thing!

Here goes...

Hey, now... Why'd you have to go and do this?

That small, tube-like object seems to be the detonator.

Do you suppose there's explosives inside it?

One of those two wires carries the detonation signal!

What do you suppose the other one's for, then?

I grew up watching movies with bombs in 'em.

The instant the dummy wire is cut, it sets off a relay...

...that sends a signal to the real one, and BOOM.

What're we gonna do, Gene?

There's only one thing to do!

Gene, are you sure you wanna do this?

Calm down. All I need to do is cut one of'em, right?

If you cut the dummy wire, it'll blow up in our faces!

So the odds are 50-50, then...

Hey, trust me!

You'd never guess it, but gambling is my specialty!

Liar!

The red or the blue?

With this much explosives, if I screw up, we're all dead for sure.

Man, I can't believe you can laugh at a time like this.

You're a big man, all right.

When I'm scared... stupid things seem funny...

...and I can't stop laughing.

It's crazy, huh?

It'll be okay. I know everything will work out.

M-Mel...

So, what say we test our luck?

Let's do it!

What the? Didn't you send out a jamming signal?

It's a directional laser transmission! It's coming from the station.

The station? Someone's still there?

What do you think you're doing?!

Aisha?

We couldn't get you on the radio, so it wasn't easy to reach you!

What're you doing on the station?

I tracked the terrorist's scent, and it led me here!

His scent?

That's not true.

We tried to track down information on the shipowner,

but it was a dummy, so we found ourselves in a corner.

So we had Fred Luo tell us!

Fred, huh? I bet that cost you.

Not at all.

We was most cooperative when I told him it was to help you.

He even lent us a shuttle for free to get up here!

So, what did you find out about the terrorists?

According to Luo, the ad ship's registration is actually a fake...

...that was sold by pirates on the black market!

Pirates?

And so, we had Luo check into who the pirates sold it to.

Stop stringing me along, okay? Get to the end of the story!

The buyer was the boss of a notorious gang of robbers.

I can't sacrifice the lives of everyone on Heifong III.

The Viceregal of Hefong hereby agrees to your demands.

We recognize Heifong's independence!

What we're looking for is recognition by the Tempa Empire.

Any decision of the Viceregal is totally useless to us.

What?! Don't tell me you never had any intention to...

They're not terrorists, they're robbers?

Why would robbers demand Heifong's independence?

I have it! This bomb scare is a sham!

It was all a trick to empty out the space station!

But why?

I know how this guy thinks now.

I bet this is a dummy, too.

It'll explode no matter which cord I cut!

Where's the real detonator, then?

I'm gonna check inside that hatch that blew up first.

If my hunch is right, the detonator's inside there!

I get it... You wouldn't check someplace that you've already looked at.

There's a wall!

I'm picking up a faint mechanical sound.

That's it, all right...

Jim, can I still use the buzz saw?

If you're just gonna cut a small hole, it looks like the batteries will hold!

Okay, this time we're gonna do it!

But even if the real detonator's in there,

what will you do if there are two cords again?

This guy's real full of himself. I don't think he'd use the same trap.

Well, if he did, just trust my luck and intuition!

All right, it's time.

Let's do it!

Who're you?!

That's our line, Crackerjack.

Robbery in terrorism's clothing...

Yes, you must be a great man, all right.

H-How did you figure it out?

I really can't stand bastards like you guys...

...who plan out every little thing!

Kill them!

You're the only one left, Crackerjack.

W-What are you two after?

If you want part of the take, how does half sound?

W-We're almost out of time.

The ship with the bomb is heading for the station!

- Oh, that. - Don't worry about it.

What?

Hey! We meet at last, Crackerjack!

You?! That's impossible!

You better believe it.

We disarmed that bomb of yours and ditched it a long time ago.

Son of a...

That was a fun five hours, Crackerjack.

Bastard!

Countdown's over.

sora tooi sora

The sky, the distant sky...

tsubuyaita koe

A murmuring voice...

anata no yume wa ima

Your dreams

hoshi no sharin wo mawasu

...are now turning the wheel of stars.

watashi itsumo doko ni mo inai

I am always nowhere.

sou kanjite'ta

That is how I felt...

sono hitomi shiru made wa

...until I sensed your eyes upon me.

mune no katasumi

There is only one eclipsed moon

kaketa tsuki ga hitotsu aru dake

...in the corner of my heart.

demo donna ni hosoi michi mo

Shine down brightly enough to light up

terasu you ni hikaru

...the narrowest of paths.

Next Episode

Those Kei guys have finally started to get serious and try to crush us.

There's seven of'em?

Who do I look like, Snow White?

Anyway, looks like the story's finally gettin' interesting!

Doing this stuff isn't easy!

Get me more money for this gig, somebody!

Next time on Outlaw Star! "The Seven Emerge"!

You better get ready!

The Seven emerge