Aldnoah.Zero (アルドノア・ゼロ)

Such a beautiful planet.

I catch my breath every time I see it.

Does seeing where you were born stir any memories in you?

Slaine?

Well, um--

I guess, yes.

No need to be embarrassed.

I've only been away for two months.

But I find myself missing many things about Vers.

Earth, the cradle in which all of humanity was born.

It's always been a dream of mine to see

it with my own two eyes.

Oh, I see.

Tell me, Slaine.

They say the atmosphere there

is blue, as well as the oceans.

I've always wondered about that.

Is it actually true that, on Earth, the air and the water

have a blue tint to them?

No, the air and water are transparent.

But in a thick enough layer, I understand they refract

the light reflected from them.

So they look blue to the eye.

I believe that is how it works.

Water and air, they're in such vast quantities

that they can bend light.

That's amazing.

I can't begin to imagine it.

You've been in here for some time.

Cruhteo.

The hour seems to be growing quite late.

Please make your way to your bedchamber now, if you would.

Princess Asseylum.

Oh, dear, that long has passed?

Seeing things from this veranda,

it is certainly easy to lose track of time.

Good night, Slaine.

Can we continue tomorrow

with my lessons about Earth?

Yes, of course, as you prefer.

The goodwill visit by Asseylum Vers

Allusia of the Vers Empire is now only three days away.

There is a growing sense of welcome,

but there are also tensions.

Political observers are divided on the underlying reason

for this visit by the Princess Royal.

Good morning, Naho.

Good morning, Yuki.

Which would you prefer, an omelet

or fluffy, scrambled eggs?

The omelet, I guess.

Sorry, but it's scrambled eggs today.

Aren't you eating anything, Naho?

I already ate.

Oh, Yuki, aren't you scheduled for drill instructor today?

Hey, I'm totally late now.

Why didn't you wake me?

I did, a dozen times, Warrant Officer Kaizuka.

Hang on a minute, you gotta wait.

Not to worry.

If you run really fast, you might still

make the next bus, maybe.

Just speaking from experience.

Oh, and make sure you put the dirty dishes in the sink, OK?

What a heartless jerk.

When the Apollo 17 mission to the moon

discovered an artifact belonging

to an ancient Martian civilization, the Hyper Gate,

"2: THE UNEARTHED HYPER GATE"

it paved the way for human colonization

and development of Mars.

"3: BEFORE SETTLING ON MARS"

However, this resulted in the emergence of the first empire,

which claimed ownership of the Martian relics in Aldnoah,

their ancient technology, thus giving rise

to a longstanding conflict.

Good morning, Inaho.

Good morning.

What's up?

Why isn't Yuki with you?

Dear sister overslept.

But if she picks up her feet, she should make

it in time for the drills.

Oh, no.

How dare you try to shirk your duty to escort

our goddess of Tuesdays?

Penivia.

Who's that?

Goddess of laziness.

Laziness is hot.

I mean, those of us planning on a college career

don't need to worry about making it to drills.

Planning on going to college, huh?

As I recall, Okojo, you flunked your midterm tests.

Calm, let's get something straight.

You're the one who got a C-minus

on the tactical exercises.

I've been taking good notes on every tiny fact I hear.

I'm going to take back my title as top student in the class.

You sure are primed to taking Inaho down a peg or two,

aren't you, Inko?

Disaster recovery.

Shinawara is still being put back

together like the other areas.

Heavens fall, 15 years ago.

Those damn Martians, the bastards really went off on us,

didn't they?

Take my word, things could be a lot worse, like where

Nina and I come from.

But aren't things getting back

to normal with Mars right now, with that goodwill

ambassador who's coming?

Oh, you mean that Vers princess.

What's her name again, Assay?

Issay?

No wonder you flunked.

Oh, bite me.

In 1999, the Vers empire

declared war against the United forces of Earth.

As a result of the conflict, the Hyper Gate

went out of control and destroyed the moon itself.

The astronomical body that had been Earth's satellite--

I apologize for being so late.

--but now continues

its format as millions of boulders in the satellite belt.

Hi, Warrant Officer Sleepyhead.

Lieutenant Marito, you're here.

Lieutenant, I believe I

asked you to refrain from drinking

on military training days.

This is only just a game.

No need to get so serious.

--but not return to Mars

when the Hyper Gate was--

We're using live fire today.

Master arms, switch on.

Fire control enabled.

Lowering dampers, lock on.

Target correction, and fire.

All right, let's switch pilots now.

Squad B, move to the bleachers.

You'll be the spotter, Warrant Officer.

Please, sir, take it easy on the drinking.

Students start to lose respect when the teacher

smells like alcohol.

Don't you worry about it.

I'm used to being disrespected.

No, sir.

Actually, I know that you're a fine soldier,

Lieutenant Marito.

I did warn you to cut back on the alcohol, didn't

I, Lieutenant?

Hello. Good to see you, Dr. Yagarai.

It's been a while.

Making a house call all the way out here, are you?

A patient of mine is being uncooperative.

Can't drink, I can't do my job.

For the students, it was just another drill day today.

You know that the work you're doing is important, right?

The KG6 Sleipnir, the cataphract developed by the UFV

to combat the coming Martian threat,

a piloted mobile weapon.

Military training is now part of their high school education.

They fire that 75 mil cannon like it's just a game,

and then we tell them they're ready to defend

the old homeland.

And you say I've got an important job

pumping their heads full of all this crap.

Give me a break.

Lieutenant?

15 years ago, the top brass hushed up everything

that happened in Tanegashima.

Nobody believes me.

But I know what I saw.

Aldnoah.

Out on Mars, they got their hands

on the power of the gods, relics of a 30,000

year old civilization.

Unbelievable power that reduced our moon to rubble.

Who are we kidding trying to stand against that?

No one's taking it seriously.

They believe that this temporary peace

is going to last forever.

So tell me something, what's going

to happen to those poor kids whose heads have been pumped

full of nonsense by all us adults when they face off

against those guys biding their time

in the wreckage of the moon?

What will we say to them when they all start