Shoot! Michael!
My, how magnificent! No wonder they say you're a fairy.
Can you look this way, Miss Sheryl?
Be it a documentary or whatever it is, why should it cut into our practice time?
I appreciate you and your friends giving up your practice time.
What?!
How can I not offer a hand, knowing that someone so beautiful is troubled, Miss Grace?
Oh my, aren't you good at flattery.
It's not flattery, you really are beautiful.
Um...
Michael. That's what my friends call me.
Michael Blanc...
I see, so you're her...
I'm honored that you know me.
Um... I'm sorry about what happened...
to your sister.
Hey, Michael. Why did you let Sheryl join our group?
Let's not go there, Alto-senpai. We're on a mission right now.
I'm fed up with this guy's loose way of dealing with things.
Answer me, Michael.
If you're just doing this to flirt with Sheryl's manager or some other half-assed crap like that, I'm gonna kill you!
Just shut the hell up!
Look who's talking!
The princess who ran away from home to play "war."
Damn you, Michael!
Mayday! Mayday!
This is Amber-3 of the NUNS!
We've encountered Vajra! Requesting backup!
I'll stall him!
Who the hell would play "war" for fun!
Luca, send me the ghost's data.
Roger.
I'll snipe that thing down while the idiot acts as bait.
Alto, immobilize that Vajra! I can't lock on.
I know, god damn it!
You're mine!
Just keep holding him right there.
I'll shoot it down.
I don't need your help!
I'll take him on myself!
Just leave it to me. I can take down anything in one shot, be it targets or girls.
I'm sorry about what happened to your sister.
Michael-senpai, the Vajra is...
Michael, you bastard!
What the hell were you thinking, shooting at your comrade?!
You keep bragging about doing it in one shot...
Was that on purpose?!
Of course not!
Did you say a Vajra nest?
Yes, there's a possibility that there is a small nest or a forward base in the vicinity.
But due to the constant battles, various resources have been depleted... especially water.
Our problems are not confined to the Vajra.
However, it is the Vajra that have caused all this poverty.
They are a threat not only to the Frontier, but to all mankind.
We must learn more about them.
Am I wrong, Mr. President?
It's really unsettling... what with all these deployments recently.
What are you talking about, Nene?
We're lucky that we're only up against the Vajra.
Our ancestors had to fight against our own race, the Zentradi.
Not everyone chose to coexist with mankind.
Friendly fire is no joke, damn it.
Were you trying to kill me?!
Stop ignoring me!
Say something!
Stop it, Alto-senpai! Everyone makes mistakes!
I'd be damned if I die from a mistake!
And this bastard isn't the type who makes mistakes!
He keeps bragging that he inherited his sniping skills from his elder sister!
Is inaccuracy part of that heritage too?
Why, you bastard!
Say that one more time!
I'll say it as many times as you want!
That sniping talent you're so proud of is all bullshit if you misfire!
Sis!
What did you say?!
Damn it! Don't you give me that shit!
Stop...
Please stop, Michael-senpai!
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
Michael...
Saotome-kun and the others were away today.
Apparently, they're really busy with work.
I see... that's too bad...
Yeah.
Ranka-san?
W-What is it, Nana-chan?
Are you working at Nyan-Nyan today?
Sorry, I have a strategy meeting.
A "strategy meeting"?
The manager said he just came up with an innovative promo idea.
Two weeks until complete recovery.
Did Michael do this?
Looks like you two had quite a fight.
He's just so irresponsible.
All he does is sneak around and snipe from the shadows, and he can't even do that properly.
If he just wants to make money and flirt with girls, he should just get a Class 2 license and fly a damn plane!
Why the hell is he working here?!
Does he need a reason?
Everyone here has their own demons to fight. Aren't you the same?
It's already time to sleep, you know.
Can't sleep?
Don't stick your nose into my business, Klan.
I'm not in the mood to deal with you.
I was just...
I just thought that you were hurt... about... Jessica.
That has nothing to do with it.
I probably can't sleep because lying in bed by myself is too lonely.
You and your jokes again...
Or is there something else?
Klan, are you saying you'll join me tonight?
Of course it's impossible. If I did anything to you while you're micronized, I'd get arrested for it.
What the hell was that for?!
Idiot!
So they won't forget about the Galaxy?
Yup, since people tend to forget things easily.
"Galactic Fairy takes up arms for her motherland!"
That's got impact, right?
Sure, for its stupidity.
Silence.
Besides, I wanted to go to school for once.
"For once"?
I-I meant in the Frontier.
What about you, then?
You're already in the military.
It's not the military.
It's the SMS.
They're both the same to me.
Why are you still going to school?
Why did you even join the SMS in the first place?
Look who's talking?
The princess who ran away from home, away from your father... to play "war."
I'm not running away...
I...
Alto.
Michael's not back yet?
Yeah.
It seems like he left for training, but who knows...
Alto,
do you like Michael?
My name's Ranka Lee.
I'm debuting soon.
I'm pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
I'm pleased to meet you.
Fabulous work! No wonder you're called the legendary makeup artist.
I'm Ranka Lee. I'm pleased to meet you.
What a surprise it was to find you knew Ranka-chan.
Pleased to meet you.
Still, this is a pretty dull performance.
I'm Ranka Lee.
There's got to be other ways to promote her.
Pleased to meet you.
I'm pleased to meet you.
At least make use of the Internet.
Pleased to meet you.
Actually, whenever we try to start a website or stream promotions on the website, for some reason, it gets hacked right away.
I'm Ranka Lee.
I'm pleased to meet you.
Remember this.
I'm Ranka Lee and I'm doing my debut.
She's the sister of someone important to me.
I'm pleased to meet you.
If you treat her badly...
Pleased to meet you.
I'll kill you!
I'm pleased to meet you.
Pleased to meet you.
Um...
According to our researchers, there's a high chance that there's some kind of Vajra nest in this sector.
Our mission is to find it, survey it, and if possible, bring it back.
We'll split up to do the search. Fastest one to find it wins.
Now, go for it.
Yes, Sir!
Michael...
Is it really okay to leave them alone together?
A wimpy sniper and attacker who can't trust his backup are both useless.
Purple-1, destroy the nest at coordinates Alpha 1104 and prevent sample retrieval.
Got it.
An abandoned ship?
Bingo!
I'm pleased to meet you.
I'm Ranka Lee. I'm pleased to meet you.
What?!
No one will interfere with us here.
Want to finish what we started yesterday?
Michael...
Klan!
I'm going in!
Cover my back!
Who are you?
That machine...
There's no doubt about it!
Klan!
Too slow!
Don't underestimate me!
There!
Got him!
Damn, he's too fast.
Klan!
Damn monster...
Easy.
I'll lure him over!
I heard the story.
You and your sister Jessica never missed your targets, right?
Klan... that meddler.
Damn, he's good at bringing them into target range.
Don't mess with me!
Eat this!
Michael!
Shoot!
Surpass your sister!
After losing his parents at a young age, Michael was raised by his older sister, Jessica.
They got along really well.
How do you know this?
We were childhood friends, Michael and I.
Jessica was a good sniper.
But on one mission, there was friendly fire.
She shot her own comrade.
He was her superior, and the man she had been having an affair with.
Had been?
It was horrible timing.
Just before the mission, he had broken off the affair.
Don't tell me...
Yeah, because of the suspicion that Jessica misfired intentionally, she was court-martialed.
Then she ended her own life.
Michael might have been searching all along...
for the truth behind that friendly fire.
S-Shoot...
Shoot, Michael!
You have to shoot!
Shoot!
Michael!
I still don't know... what my sister was thinking about when she pulled the trigger.
Michael-senpai!
Good morning!
I'm impressed you didn't run away.
That was a nice shot.
We're going to be late for class.
Let's get going, Michael.
Yeah.
Did he say "Michael" just now? He did!
But someday, I might know.
Isn't that right, Sis?
After half a century, the memories of mankind's first encounter with the Protoculture are about to be recreated.
Next time: Legend of Zero.
Song of legend, echo across the galaxy.