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[TRANSLATED] CODE GEASS: Lelouch of the Re;surrection (Chapter 3)
Original Scans: courtesy of Comic NewType
Invasion route of the armed group, confirmed.
The reason why we haven't heard anything from the airport for the last fifteen minutes is because their system was hacked.
NARRATION
In the Black Knights' Control Room
KONISHINA
We have a live feed from Squad Three.
Our main focus has been on searching for any identifying data about their KMFs...
KONISHINA
Updating the list of suspected armed group members—
NAME: Shin Bandou
SFX
<beep>
KONISHINA
—and we've got a hit!
<pshh>
ZERO
What's our status?
SFX
<clip, clop>
TOUDOU
Not good.
TOUDOU
Konishina, update Zero on the situation.
KONISHINA
Yes, sir!
An armed group calling itself the Japanese Revolutionary Army struck the Shinigawa Seaside Airport with more than 30 KMFs, seizing control of it from the local branches of the army, navy, and airforce.
They've barricaded themselves in with approximately 4,000 hostages made up of tourists and airport personnel.
TOUDOU
And that was an hour ago?
KONISHINA
Yes, sir.
They seem to have timed their attack to coincide with the UFN Supreme Council's meeting.
ZERO
Have we identified any of the perpetrators?
TOUDOU
Mjr. Bandou... I mean, Shin Bandou.
A survivor of the former Japan Liberation Front.
ZERO
?!
(Bandou1...)
Why...?
Why would he do this?
After all the progress we've made towards peace...
TOUDOU
Konishina was first assigned to Bandou's unit as a new recruit nine years ago, when Britannia invaded.
ZERO
...
TOUDOU
Zero once rejected Josui Kusakabe and his JLF; now, under Bandou's leadership, the JRA has raised their banner of revolution against him.
Zero, in this situation...
ZERO
I know.
There's no need to contact the Supreme Council.
This is a matter for the Black Knights.
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
RAKSHATA
I thought you might say that~.
A black...
...Lancelot Albion.
It was part of the Joint Strike Cavalry Program2 first advanced under Emperor Lelouch's rule.
We needed to conduct more R&D into KMFs produced in Britannia, so we had ourselves a 'pearl party'3.
KAGARI SAVITRI
Our work was based on Dr. Asplund's original data — with a few improvements.
In terms of performance, it now equals the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements.
ZERO
(Did Schneizel have a hand in this?)
(It has his finesse, that's for sure.)
(He probably knew something like this would happen and spoke to Rakshata beforehand.)
(Otherwise, why would you turn a machine whose very name means 'white'4... black?)
ZERO
Very well.
I'll use it.
SFX
<clop, clop>
ZERO
(Is this really happening?)
(Piloting this machine again, now that I'm Zero...?)
RAKSHATA
You take good care of our cute little Z-01Z0, now~...
<tremble>
SFX
<pssh>
SUZAKU
Z-01Z0.
0...
SFX
<beep, beep, beep, beep>
SUZAKU
...'Zero', huh?
SFX
<hummm>
SUZAKU
Roger that.
SFX
<grip>
SUZAKU
This is the Albion Zero, now sortieing!
<boom, boom, boom, boom>
<fssshhh>
<crack>
SFX
<thump>
<hssss>
SOLDIER
Here it comes again!
<rooooar>
SOLDIER
All units, raise your radiation shields!
OTHER SOLDIER
Roger!
SFX
<whoosh>
<vrrrr>
SOLDIER
Raise shields!
SFX
<rooooar>
<rip, plink>
SOLDIER
A phase-transition cannonball... that diffuses!
Take up a defensive posture!
SFX
<bang bang bang bang bang>
<whoosh, boom, whoosh, thump>
KONISHINA
A diffusion structure phase-transition cannonball—
SFX
<pow pow pow pow>
KONISHINA
Like one of the many independent weapons Zero's old Shinkirou was armed with...
Where could they have gotten such a device?!
Why are you doing this, Bandou?!
What do you hope to gain by endangering all of these lives?!
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Our second shot was a success!
Right, now don't forget to change the energy filler!
BADOU
How's the braconidae coming along?
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Almost there, sir!
BADOU
Good.
<beep, beep>
BRACONIDAE
92%
BADOU
(Just a little longer before it hatches...)
SFX
<bang, boom>
<whoosh>
<fwoosh>
BADOU
?!
Damage report！
<thump, bang, boom, whoosh, boom—>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
We're not picking up anything on radar...
But our units are being picked off one after another!
SFX
<boom, boom!>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Mjr. Bandou! It's—
SFX
<whoooosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
S, Suzaku Kururugi's machine—?!
<rooooar>
SFX
<whooosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Where the hell did it come from?!
SFX
<whoosh, roooar>
SFX
<swoosh, swoosh>
SFX
<boom, voom>
<bang, bang, thump, whoosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
No way—
A single machine, attacking from beyond the range of our radar, attacking so fast...?!
Waah—!
SFX
<boom, whoosh>
BADOU
All units, move on its position!
Stop that black KMF!
SFX
<zoom>
<whoosh, vroom, boom, boom, boom, boom<
<bang, boom, bang, boom<
>bam, bang<
SFX
<beeeeep>
BADOU
Impossible!
In an instant...?!
<whoosh, roooooar>
ZERO
This is Zero, of the Black Knights.
We have come to free your hostages.
ZERO
It's over, Shin Bandou.
Surrender.
<beep, beep!>
BANDOU
!
TEXT
Injection completed
100%
Emerged
BANDOU
<smirk>
SFX
<beep, beep>
SUZAKU
!
Our goal was never the realization of an ideology,
but, through our actions, to make sure our name goes down in history!
SUZAKU
What are you—?!
<crack>
<rooooar>
Damn it!
SFX
<bang>
SUZAKU
Why...?!
SUZAKU
...
SUZAKU
(Bandou's last words—)
(Something that he still...?)
SFX
<beep>
TOUDOU
Zero!
SUZAKU
!
TOUDOU
Bandou uploaded a virus to the control tower that overwrote the flight plans!
If you don't do something in the next fifty seconds, three passenger plans that were scheduled to land at that airport are going to collide in midair!
1 The use of -san from Suzaku (as well as Konishina) indicates their former familiarity with Bandou, but I'm reluctantly dropping both because the characters are all likely speaking Britannian here, not Japanese.↩
2 Very similar to the Joint Strike Fighter Program, a real-world program, but instead of 戦闘機 (fighter, as in a fighter plane), Neha says 装甲騎 (armor + the 'horse' half of 騎士, 'knight').↩
3 If you're not familiar with pearl parties, think of basically any other direct-marketing 'party', like Herbalife or Mary Kay. These groups tend to be made up entirely of women, which is the point of Neha's metaphor: the engineering team behind Lancelot Albion Zero was entirely female.↩
4 'Albion', although also a poetic term for historical Britain, is derived from Latin — among other things — and albus means 'white'.↩
Invasion route of the armed group, confirmed.
The reason why we haven't heard anything from the airport for the last fifteen minutes is because their system was hacked.
NARRATION
In the Black Knights' Control Room
KONISHINA
We have a live feed from Squad Three.
Our main focus has been on searching for any identifying data about their KMFs...
KONISHINA
Updating the list of suspected armed group members—
NAME: Shin Bandou
SFX
<beep>
KONISHINA
—and we've got a hit!
<pshh>
ZERO
What's our status?
SFX
<clip, clop>
TOUDOU
Not good.
TOUDOU
Konishina, update Zero on the situation.
KONISHINA
Yes, sir!
An armed group calling itself the Japanese Revolutionary Army struck the Shinigawa Seaside Airport with more than 30 KMFs, seizing control of it from the local branches of the army, navy, and airforce.
They've barricaded themselves in with approximately 4,000 hostages made up of tourists and airport personnel.
TOUDOU
And that was an hour ago?
KONISHINA
Yes, sir.
They seem to have timed their attack to coincide with the UFN Supreme Council's meeting.
ZERO
Have we identified any of the perpetrators?
TOUDOU
Mjr. Bandou... I mean, Shin Bandou.
A survivor of the former Japan Liberation Front.
ZERO
?!
(Bandou1...)
Why...?
Why would he do this?
After all the progress we've made towards peace...
TOUDOU
Konishina was first assigned to Bandou's unit as a new recruit nine years ago, when Britannia invaded.
ZERO
...
TOUDOU
Zero once rejected Josui Kusakabe and his JLF; now, under Bandou's leadership, the JRA has raised their banner of revolution against him.
Zero, in this situation...
ZERO
I know.
There's no need to contact the Supreme Council.
This is a matter for the Black Knights.
CODE GEASS
Lelouch of the Re;surrection
RAKSHATA
I thought you might say that~.
A black...
...Lancelot Albion.
It was part of the Joint Strike Cavalry Program2 first advanced under Emperor Lelouch's rule.
We needed to conduct more R&D into KMFs produced in Britannia, so we had ourselves a 'pearl party'3.
KAGARI SAVITRI
Our work was based on Dr. Asplund's original data — with a few improvements.
In terms of performance, it now equals the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N. Eight Elements.
ZERO
(Did Schneizel have a hand in this?)
(It has his finesse, that's for sure.)
(He probably knew something like this would happen and spoke to Rakshata beforehand.)
(Otherwise, why would you turn a machine whose very name means 'white'4... black?)
ZERO
Very well.
I'll use it.
SFX
<clop, clop>
ZERO
(Is this really happening?)
(Piloting this machine again, now that I'm Zero...?)
RAKSHATA
You take good care of our cute little Z-01Z0, now~...
<tremble>
SFX
<pssh>
SUZAKU
Z-01Z0.
0...
SFX
<beep, beep, beep, beep>
SUZAKU
...'Zero', huh?
SFX
<hummm>
SUZAKU
Roger that.
SFX
<grip>
SUZAKU
This is the Albion Zero, now sortieing!
<boom, boom, boom, boom>
<fssshhh>
<crack>
SFX
<thump>
<hssss>
SOLDIER
Here it comes again!
<rooooar>
SOLDIER
All units, raise your radiation shields!
OTHER SOLDIER
Roger!
SFX
<whoosh>
<vrrrr>
SOLDIER
Raise shields!
SFX
<rooooar>
<rip, plink>
SOLDIER
A phase-transition cannonball... that diffuses!
Take up a defensive posture!
SFX
<bang bang bang bang bang>
<whoosh, boom, whoosh, thump>
KONISHINA
A diffusion structure phase-transition cannonball—
SFX
<pow pow pow pow>
KONISHINA
Like one of the many independent weapons Zero's old Shinkirou was armed with...
Where could they have gotten such a device?!
Why are you doing this, Bandou?!
What do you hope to gain by endangering all of these lives?!
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Our second shot was a success!
Right, now don't forget to change the energy filler!
BADOU
How's the braconidae coming along?
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Almost there, sir!
BADOU
Good.
<beep, beep>
BRACONIDAE
92%
BADOU
(Just a little longer before it hatches...)
SFX
<bang, boom>
<whoosh>
<fwoosh>
BADOU
?!
Damage report！
<thump, bang, boom, whoosh, boom—>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
We're not picking up anything on radar...
But our units are being picked off one after another!
SFX
<boom, boom!>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Mjr. Bandou! It's—
SFX
<whoooosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
S, Suzaku Kururugi's machine—?!
<rooooar>
SFX
<whooosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
Where the hell did it come from?!
SFX
<whoosh, roooar>
SFX
<swoosh, swoosh>
SFX
<boom, voom>
<bang, bang, thump, whoosh>
RESISTANCE SOLDIER
No way—
A single machine, attacking from beyond the range of our radar, attacking so fast...?!
Waah—!
SFX
<boom, whoosh>
BADOU
All units, move on its position!
Stop that black KMF!
SFX
<zoom>
<whoosh, vroom, boom, boom, boom, boom<
<bang, boom, bang, boom<
>bam, bang<
SFX
<beeeeep>
BADOU
Impossible!
In an instant...?!
<whoosh, roooooar>
ZERO
This is Zero, of the Black Knights.
We have come to free your hostages.
ZERO
It's over, Shin Bandou.
Surrender.
<beep, beep!>
BANDOU
!
TEXT
Injection completed
100%
Emerged
BANDOU
<smirk>
SFX
<beep, beep>
SUZAKU
!
Our goal was never the realization of an ideology,
but, through our actions, to make sure our name goes down in history!
SUZAKU
What are you—?!
<crack>
<rooooar>
Damn it!
SFX
<bang>
SUZAKU
Why...?!
SUZAKU
...
SUZAKU
(Bandou's last words—)
(Something that he still...?)
SFX
<beep>
TOUDOU
Zero!
SUZAKU
!
TOUDOU
Bandou uploaded a virus to the control tower that overwrote the flight plans!
If you don't do something in the next fifty seconds, three passenger plans that were scheduled to land at that airport are going to collide in midair!
1 The use of -san from Suzaku (as well as Konishina) indicates their former familiarity with Bandou, but I'm reluctantly dropping both because the characters are all likely speaking Britannian here, not Japanese.↩
2 Very similar to the Joint Strike Fighter Program, a real-world program, but instead of 戦闘機 (fighter, as in a fighter plane), Neha says 装甲騎 (armor + the 'horse' half of 騎士, 'knight').↩
3 If you're not familiar with pearl parties, think of basically any other direct-marketing 'party', like Herbalife or Mary Kay. These groups tend to be made up entirely of women, which is the point of Neha's metaphor: the engineering team behind Lancelot Albion Zero was entirely female.↩
4 'Albion', although also a poetic term for historical Britain, is derived from Latin — among other things — and albus means 'white'.↩