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1969: First Human Landing on the Moon

2111: Mars Colonization Begins

2191: Gamilas Invades Solar System

2199: Yamato Launches towards Iscandar

2199: Arrival at Iscandar

2199: Yamato Returns, Earth Rebuilding Project Begins

2201: Peace Treaty Signed Between Earth and Gamilas

2203: Battle of the Saturn Sector, Saturn Destroyed

2203: Gatlantis Invades Earth, Yamato Lost

2203: National Vote, Yamato Returns From Higher-Dimensional Space

2205: Galman War Begins

2205: Dezarium Destroys Planet Gamilas

2205: Iscandar Lost

2206: Founding of Galman-Gamilas

I never thought I'd get to see them this close.

Get data.

I am, but...

Meaning unknown! Meaning unknown!

Enemy IFF signal is using Earth's code.

Currently unable to recognize enemy ship as enemy.

They're totally surrounded.

What was that idiot Sakamoto doing?

We're not much better.

But we didn't surrender!

Command told us to put down our weapons, so we had to...

Yup. After telling us to evacuate Earth, too.

They're not taking us prisoner, either.

What are they even planning?

I can't believe this, Captain.

A buddy in the army sent me this.

It wasn't occupied.

They're acting like they're guarding our command center.

So the whole thing was a setup?

I never thought I'd see one of those in Earth's skies.

What is this?

This is the truth.

They are our—

Even so, they don't have the right to force this through!

They're our enemies! They destroyed Gamilas!

How can we accept them here?

This was explained.

They had no other choice.

If anything, our intervention made things more complicated.

How many died?

Not just soldiers. Many civilians died during their occupation of the capital as well.

Those were accidents.

They had no intention of attacking civilians.

They unexpectedly encountered evacuees on their advancement route.

I intended to have civilians remain in their homes, but you...

Shino, this was no accident.

There were those who were killed, and those who killed.

And it was the Dezarium who killed them.

Welcome to my Grand Reverse.

Please don't blame my sister.

She simply did all she could to accommodate our request.

Our wish, which we have stated many times, is to be made welcome in our homeland

for the sake of our shared future.

A human?!

Yes, I am human.

This was explained as well.

My name is Skulldart.

I was given the role of holy leader at the behest of Mother Dezarium.

I'd like to begin by speaking with your leaders.

But given the situation, I'm sure they've evacuated somewhere safe.

That's fine.

The idea of secret meetings between representatives

does not exist in the culture of Dezarium.

I shall speak to all who live on this Earth.

There exists within this spacetime,

a method to share information via an external network, I assume?

You mean to broadcast it?

It's dangerous! It could cause a panic—

I know this is difficult to accept,

But I believe that it's something the people of Earth will someday understand.

And this is the first step...

for both of us to start over.

That is why we are here.

Warp complete. Everyone, maintain alert.

We keep warping around in this tiny solar system.

Okay, we warp again in five hours.

Everyone, take breaks in shifts.

We seem to have lost our pursuers, but remain alert.

Even our allies may be working with the Dezarium.

Dr. Sado suggested counseling, but he said he didn't need it.

Anyone can see he's a mess.

Will Captain Kodai be okay?

Can he command the Yamato like this?

He'll be fine.

But...

He'll recover. If he doesn't...

I haven't thanked you yet.

For coming to save us.

Thanks to you, everyone survived.

Captain Kodai!

I'm sure the Hound's jet exhaust cushioned the fall!

Mori-san must be...

Thank you.

I'm the one who should be making way for you.

You're the captain of our fleet's flagship.

But...

We warp somewhere, then we warp somewhere else.

It's just like Commander Sanada to be overcautious, but we'll be there soon.

Get rest while you can.

I can't.

Captain Kitano, I was told nothing...

Captain Kodai, when we get to the Yamato, everyone's eyes will be on you.

There'll be no time left to process your feelings.

Sometimes in life, you're forced to deal with burdens greater than you can bear.

It's okay to fall to your knees when that happens.

Unless you're a captain.

Especially while your men are watching you.

When I'm off duty, I'll be thinking about my brother, who was taken prisoner on Earth.

I'm sorry, I didn't realize.

No, I shouldn't have said anything.

I'll call you if you're needed.

Please rest in your room and try to take it easy.

Those feelings won't be easy to process, I'm sure.

This is the key to a fragment of Iscandar.

I don't want to let anyone else handle it.

You don't need to let her stay in your own residence, though...

This place is too big for me to live in alone. It's fine.

I'm sure that Nanbu Heavy Industries wanted to put me up somewhere nice.

Th-The prisoner!

Where am I? Who are you?

You shouldn't judge people by their appearances.

Our bodies have been modified for combat.

Modified?

You managed to avoid losing your biological body.

You should take better care of it.

Let me tell you about our planet.

Like many intelligent humanoid lifeforms,

we are children of the Archelias civilization.

But the rate of our evolution was just slightly slower

than that of the interstellar civilizations around us.

We did not know how to cross the lightspeed barrier.

Or how to leave the star system we called home.

For many years, we didn't know that there were civilizations

other than our own in this universe.

And then one day, others pried open the closed gate

and forced their way onto our planet.

They came in search of a new home because their planet was dying.

And they invaded our own.

It was a long, painful battle.

We were almost annihilated, and lost 70% of our population.

We only survived because a different civilization offered us their help.

Mr. President! Could they be...

Quiet!

With their blessing, we learned to cross lightspeed,

and took our first step as an interstellar civilization.

All so that we could survive.

And a new era began.

We formed a treaty with those who were once our hated invaders,

standing together against a common enemy.

A new era came,

one where we would learn of the alien other, and find ourselves in the sea of stars.

But it was also the beginning of our descent into hell.

What is this?

Humans are, in the end, human.

They wish for peace,

but always put their own country first,

and turn to violence if necessary.

There are many expansionist civilizations in the universe.

Threats arrived one after the other.

War brought more war.

2241 The Second Galactic War Begins

And our galaxy was split into two interstellar federations.

2255 Interstellar Ballistic Missiles Destroy Southern Hemisphere

An all-out war, with weapons that could destroy a planet or star used constantly.

2268 Death of Abelt Desler

2301 Galman-Gamilas Empire Fractures

We fought for centuries, never knowing when the war would end.

2322 Era of Aggressive Wave Motion Gun Diplomacy

We fought to survive.

When it became clear that we could not win by normal means,

we turned once again to the artificial intelligences we'd abandoned.

2384 Unlimited Strategic AI DEZARIAM Completed}

We devoured the bodies of our old foes

and accepted the ugly way in which our forms changed.

2435 Ban on Use of Gatlantis Resources Lifted

Even after we plunged ourselves into darkness,

2517 Final Proposal of the G3 Soldier Enhancement Project

we believed that there was a reason for us to live!

And the price we had to pay came without warning.

Once, centuries ago, we used a forbidden weapon against our enemy.

The wave motion gun.

We should have paid greater heed to the warnings

of the civilization which gave it to us.

They warned us that the wave motion gun had the potential to tear open space itself.

And on that day, the ancient warnings came true.

The universe was rent asunder.

2798 Spatial Rupture Occurs Near the Former Site of Saturn

A disaster that no human, no, no species descended from the Archelians had ever seen before.

Unknown matter poured from this rupture in the solar system

and crashed over all the planets like a tsunami.

This is what happened to our home.

Humans could not remain human in this environment.

We modified our bodies and entrusted leadership to artificial intelligence:

to Mother Dezarium.

A new race that artificially evolved from Homo Sapiens...

Homo Dezarium.

You understand now...

We are you.

We are humans from a thousand years in the future.

And this ugly planet is the Earth a thousand years from now.

Impossible!

Then how did you get here?

Did you travel through time or something?

If so, then why come to this era?!

You don't get to choose where spacetime connects.

It was a coincidence.

A coincidence?

We cannot control where we travel through time.

I doubt any civilization in the universe can.

Even Iscandar couldn't.

The spatial rupture that occurred near the former location of Saturn grows by the second.

We searched for a way to seal it, and found something else.

What?

A hole through time.

A connecting point between our universe and spacetime from a thousand years prior.

It seemed like a gift from heaven.

The hole near Saturn's ruin was connected to the center of this era's galaxy.

We had a way to reach the Earth a thousand years in the past.

How could we pass up such an opportunity?

People of Earth, ancestors of Dezarium...

There is still time to prevent this.

Let us start over.

We can do this if we work together!

The Grand Reverse is a fortress that makes this possible!

We apologize for forcing ourselves upon you.

As the Earth government was ignoring our messages, we had no other choice.

But there are those who decided to aid us.

Please, do not hate them.

There could be nothing more tragic than for us to fight.

First, we want time.

We're establishing an organization to work with the Earth government and provide advice.

We need to bring in the people to operate it, and give them a place to live.

To make this happen—

It seems we've been interrupted.

Comrade Bollows said that he saw the Light of Uralia.

It's difficult to believe.

Yes, but...

That light comes from the dwelling place of the Witch of Uralia.

It's never been spotted in such a remote place.

We've gathered all the ships we can.

Enter Earth's territorial space immediately and find out the truth!

Yes, ma'am!

High Commissioner Bemlarze has stated that if necessary,

you may engage the Earth forces.

I shall succeed!

Beshna Bemlarze!

Well done, sir!

Never have so many ships been gathered in such a remote area!

If this works, you may recover from your failure at Galman...

You don't know...

if that really is the Witch of Uralia.

It seems that thieves have entered our backyard again.

They shall not be allowed to violate our homeland!

Play with them.

That's not an Earth fleet!

Then who are they?

They're deploying too fast!

We'll temporarily withdraw!

Impossible! Commissioner Bemlarze gave us this fleet! We can't retreat!

Welcome, old ones.

Fire the Infinite Beta Cannon!

What? What's happening?

What's going on?!

Damage report!

How many did we lose?!

Signals have vanished for eight, no, nine ships!

And we've lost communication with the others!

That's...

It is... the Light of Uralia...

We can't win...

If that really is the Witch of Uralia, we can't win...

This is our power, and yours.

There's no need to fear an uncertain future anymore.

Wow...

Wow!

The Dezarium are incredible!

Let us start over!

Let us erase this future of destruction,

by working together!

Episode 3: Shocking! The Dezarium's Dark Millennium of History

Next Time Fire the Starting Gun! The New Battleship Yamato Comes To Life