I'm a soldier, znatchit ya... I'm a soldier, and that means...
...i otvetchik i sud'ya ...that I am both defendant and judge.
Ya stoyu na dvuh kontsah ognya I stand at both ends of the fire.
Ogibaya virazhi, Leaning into the curves,
obgonyaya smert' i zhizn', overtaking life and death,
ya begu srazit'sya s ten'yu lzhi I'm running to fight the shadow of lies.
Skol'ko b nitej ne plyol obman, No matter how tangled the web of deception is woven,
pokazhet lik sveta istina... truth will always illuminate the outline of the light...
Save your tears for the day...
...when the pain is far behind.
On your feet, come with me.
We are soldiers, stand or die.
Save your fears, take your place.
Save them for the Judgment Day.
Fast and free, follow me.
Time to make the sacrifice.
We rise or fall...
The refugees are now completely isolated.
Now it's just a question of how the discomfort of those with no tolerance for solitude...
...will arrive at the ending that I've envisioned.
We just need to sit back and watch.
They won't stand for being ordered to hold their fire when their friends are being shot.
Reports from the Strategic Intelligence Bureau say that all the remaining nukes are in Dejima.
We should storm the place with armored units...
...and settle this in one stroke instead of waiting for that inspection team!
Perhaps, but we also have intel to the effect that if we send troops into Dejima,
they might try carrying out suicide attacks using nukes.
Surely we can afford to hold off on sending in troops...
...until after we've smashed the refugees' fortifications.
How about this, then? Why don't we try sending in those unmanned attack helicopters?
Prime Minister Kayabuki.
Moments ago, you were removed from your duties as Prime Minister.
What's the meaning of this? On what grounds?
Requesting a United Nations inspection team on your own authority...
...might be taken as an act of treason under the National Emergency Law System.
As such, you are to be taken into custody until this situation is resolved.
Chief!
I demand to know on whose authority you...
What's going on?
Chief Aramaki of Public Security Section 9, you are also under suspicion of instigating treason.
Please turn around and go back inside that office.
Hey, who the hell do you people think...
We have been out of contact with Chief Aramaki for the past six hours.
He's still under the Prime Minister's residence?
Yes.
I see. In that case, pass along this message when you get in touch with him again.
I think it's probably just CIS information manipulation,
but a rumor's going around that the refugees might try using nukes in suicide bombings.
I think it sounds fishy, so tell him to check into it.
Understood.
This is you we're talking about, so I think you've already found something...
It's just like that last time...
The government was planning to do this all along!
You SDA bastards, I dare you to set foot inside Dejima!
Put down your weapons! Lower them right now!
Kuze...
Don't take any action! If you keep your weapons down, they won't attack!
- Kuze? - That's really him?
That's him? That's Comrade Kuze?
This has gotten out of control...
Hey! Find me some men who are a good shot!
I'll hook everyone up to my cyberbrain again!
We're on it!
Gosh, it's exactly the same as the joint exercise that they conducted...
...in the Niihama refugee residential district, isn't it?
Once we enter Dejima airspace, our military IFF code will probably be useless.
Those Jigabachis will unconditionally open fire...
...on any machine with a different configuration than their own.
We don't have any choice. Borma, pick up the pace!
Roger that!
Okay, Borma, trade with me.
Looks like the attack's started.
Yeah...
Doesn't look like we'll be seeing any action, though.
There isn't gonna be a landing op until those nukes have been retrieved.
What's that, then?
That's got nothing to do with our guys.
I hear that the GSDA is secretly sending a special ops unit...
...into Dejima to retrieve the nuclear warheads.
Major, you're about to enter the jamming zone!
Leave a channel open even if the signal cuts out.
Also, keep an eye on the situation on the water.
Roger that!
The Jigabachis are circling at regular intervals for now.
Approaching at low altitude and circling around...
...behind those high-rises would be the best...
They were cut off, huh?
Let's do it!
A chopper with an incorrect IFF code is approaching from Dejima's north side.
It's disappeared into the ECM area.
That must be them. Take us in on the same course.
Roger.
So, our signal's finally been cut off, huh?
Yeah. I sure hope Mr. Batou is gonna be okay.
I know what you mean, those gloomy AI's were awfully vicious...
- Yeah, they sure were. - I'm worried...
- Right, right... - I was so scared...
That reminds me, do you think he's managed to meet up with Mr. Ishikawa yet?
Good question.
Hey! Did you manage to meet up with Mr. Ishikawa?
C'mon, I couldn't possibly be there already!
I'm going there physically on the ground, darn it!
Oops, you're right. Sorry!
So, how are things going on your end, Mr. Ishikawa?
I'm on my way there, too.
I can't drive too fast, or I'll get caught.
What happened with the Major?
We have visual confirmation, so they're okay for now.
Glad to hear it.
But those Jigabachis have air supremacy, so they're in a lot of danger.
And we can't get hold of the Chief, either.
Looks like we'll have to work under our own initiative from here on in.
The refugees and Kuze, the government and Gohda,
the Chief and the Major, and then there's us...
Looks like whoever can pull off the biggest grandstand play...
...is gonna win all the marbles here.
Representative, Section 4's helicopter entered Dejima a few moments ago.
Good.
This means we should be able to retrieve the plutonium, doesn't it, sir?
Retrieving the plutonium isn't the real reason I sent Section 4 in there.
How do you mean, sir?
You'll understand soon enough.
It's no use, I can't set us down!
There's rubble all over the place!
We have no choice, then. We'll go down one at a time by rope.
We're good to go, Major.
Shit!
Major!
The rudder's been hit!
How's it coming, Proto? Will we be able to get through to the Tachikomas?
Yes, somehow.
Really? I knew you could do it.
I never would've been able to do that myself.
Not at all, sir.
You're a man who is capable of taking whatever action the situation demands.
I wonder if Prime Minister Kayabuki is all right...
She's probably being kept under house arrest somewhere.
They'll keep her ouster secret from the media until this situation is resolved.
To shift the blame for it onto her after the dust clears?
Right.
But until an official announcement is made,
she is still Prime Minister for all intents and purposes.
There will still be situations where they will have need of her services.
I'll bet.
Sir, I've established contact with the Tachikoma.
Apparently, the Major and the others have entered Dejima with the plutonium.
Dejima?
Well, well, that's a good idea. So, what's the situation down there?
Not good.
Apparently, there was a skirmish between the refugees and the Self Defense Army.
The SDA's attack helicopters have blasted Dejima's fortifications.
They said that the helicopter that the Major and the others were on was just attacked.
They were what? Are you telling me that the Major and the Big Man were...
They can't make contact because all of Dejima is being blanketed by an ECM field.
The Tachikomas can't ascertain whether they're alive or dead.
Tell the Tachikomas to continue to report in.
Understood.
You son of a...
Batou, I'm going on ahead.
Where are you, Kuze?
There's no need to rush. There's still time before their sentry aircraft comes.
Damn.
This is a problem. If we don't do something, the refugees will have us surrounded.
The targets should still be in the area! Move quickly!
What the hell? Those guys followed us in here?!
We can't use our comms! Don't use your optical camo!
There's a chance that you'll hit one of our own!
What unit are they?
We're in trouble. That's a GSDA special ops team.
I don't see Mr. Batou and the others...
A second helicopter is at the crash site... I wonder what that's all about?
It looked like some soldiers got out... I don't get it.
I don't see the Major, either. They might be using optical camouflage.
Hey, what you make of this?
Those Aegis cruisers and helicopter carrier that were surrounding Dejima...
...started backing away a few minutes ago...
And for some reason, a mine sweeper ship...
...has started dispersing radiation scrubber micromachines.
What? Show us!
He's right...
When a nuclear warhead has been used,
you can't minimize the effects of the radiation if you don't disperse them ahead of time, right?
Right, they take advantage of the blowback effect after the warhead goes off...
...to have the micromachines sucked into the blast area.
Still, I don't get the point.
Maybe it's just insurance in case the refugees use a nuke.
I doubt that.
Even assuming that the SDA thinks that there are nukes on Dejima,
if the reasoning of the Major and the others is right,
the Chief Cabinet Secretary, and Gohda at the very least, know there aren't any, right?
Maybe this is another performance to add to the sense of realism...
That might be part of it, but they sure seem to be going all-out.
Proto, how would you analyze this situation?
Me? Um, let me think...
Hey, everybody! What do you think this is?
What? Show us!
There's a huge metallic mass 370 kilometers east of the Okinawa reef...
...that's coming to the surface just barely inside Japan's exclusive economic zone!
You don't suppose this is a...
It's not one of the American Empire's nuclear submarines, is it?
An American Empire nuclear submarine?
What do you suppose it means that they're inside the 200 nautical mile boundary?
It probably means that they're here as a result of some intent on the part of the government.
Are you saying that they'd actually fire a nuclear missile at Dejima?!
Judging from the situation, I'd say that's probably the case.
Gohda's been controlling everything, assuming all along that this would happen.
You think that's also why the Chief Cabinet Secretary put such a rush...
...on the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty?
You're joking!
It's not beyond the realm of possibility.
Gohda's script probably ends with something along the lines of the refugees...
...being backed into a corner by the SDA and trying to blow themselves up with the nukes.
The money generated from bribes from Poseidon Industrial...
The public funds that vanished from the Foreign Affairs Ministry...
I think it's safe to say that it was all used to get...
...the American Empire to launch a nuclear missile.
All at the hands of people operating in complete secrecy...
...who have it in their heads to reset the world.
And now, the plutonium has been brought into Dejima by the Major and the others...
Chief! Let's bring Prime Minister Kayabuki back here!
Like you said earlier, she's still Japan's Prime Minister...
...as far as diplomatic relations are concerned!
She might be able to use her authority to stop the nuclear attack!
Yes, you're right...
I knew that they might frisk you or Proto, but they'd never dare to check me.
Proto, do you know where they're holding the Prime Minister?
I'll run a search right away.
Proto!
Hey, are you all right?!
Shit, an attack barrier?
Togusa...
Proto...
I found the Prime Minister's location...
Proto? You're an android?
No... I'm a bioroid prototype...
Here it comes!
Right.
Stay calm. These are heatseeking rockets.
These will hit your target even with your eyes shut.
I doubt they're expecting to be shot at with Stingers.
They got careless.
Fire!
You got 'em!
Their attack choppers will be here soon!
Let's clear out!
Kuze...
If we stay in here, we'll end up getting pinned down.
You guys head out first. I'll come out last with the plutonium.
We'll meet up in the buildings behind us. It's a maze in there.
We can still win this.
Here they come! Move it!
Two-man cells, two sets!
Shit!
They're using thermoptic camo!
Our target doesn't look like your average SDA unit!
What's going on here?
Our orders said that the people who made off with the plutonium...
...were five low-ranking soldiers!
Okay, split into two teams! We'll pursue using formation B!
Roger!
Finding out a galaxy...
...of planets and stars within me...
Listening to each of them...
...singing the same silent melody...
I've never seen such beauty...
In possibility...
No speck of doubt or fear...
Wake up!
I hear a voice,
hear a voice calling out to me...
I see inside,
see the light now ever holding me...
All the truth, all I need...
...to make of this reality, it's inside...
The beauty within the shell...
I hear a voice,
hear a voice calling out to me...
I see inside,
see the light now ever holding me...
All the truth, all I need...
...to make of this reality, it's inside...
Right here within the shell...