"In the early 23rd century" "Due to an abnormal increase in the Sun's Nuclear fusion" "Mankind is at the risk of total annihilation" "The Yamato and the starforce leaves the Earth to outer space in a special mission" "To search a planet capable of supporting the humanity" "But as the trek unfolded" "The starforce became involved in a galactic war fighting in a series of battles against Dagon's ships" "The fiendish General of Galman Empire" "But the Yamato won every battle and now can return to its mission of finding an Earth like planet" "The Supreme Commander of the Galman Empire:" "The great Desslok" "Former enemy of the Starforce" "I heartily congratulate the Supreme Desslok on behalf of everybody" "Of the brilliant successes of our Western and Southern troops" "It is not with me that you have to congratulate" "The merit goes to the courage demonstrated by our soldiers" "Both General Histemberger and General Robel" "Who have acted with great tactical acumen" "Thanks Great Supreme" "Gaidel?" "Supreme?" "I heard that the space carriers commited to your command" "Have been completely destroyed" "I am deeply sorry, Supreme Desslok" "I have no justifications" "You absolutely should not be discouraged" "There are many developed planets in the eastern part of the galaxy" "I knew from the beginning" "That this was an area very difficult to conquer" "I have to consider the 80% efficiency results of your troops" "They are quite good and I congratulate you" "Thank you, Supreme" "I place much faith in your value, Gaidel" "And I'll grant you an even more powerful fleet" "I am your humble servant, Supreme" "Remember that It'll not be long before my birthday" "And It is my great desire" "To know the beautiful planet you've discovered" "The Sun has now doubled its size" "On Earth, the polar ice caps have melted" "And they have raised the sea level" "Over the whole surface all the signs of doom are evident" "Even after sunset the temperature keeps rising ever more" "And despite winter" "It seems that this extreme summer will last forever" "The Earth government has not yet informed the people of the impeding danger" "Nobody knows yet that the solar system has only a few days left" "Acknowledged, General" "Right" "We couldn't stop the increase in the sun's nuclear fusion" "But there is still one last hope" "The human race should evacuate soon to an Earth-like planet" "I agree sir" "In light of this, a study group was formed" "For planning our evacuation program" "And I want you both generals to take the command of this program" "This is a big responsibility" "And a very important task" "Are you sure there is nothing that I can do to help you, dad?" "Help me ?" "you ?" "Sure, you could make me your secretary" "Working from morning to evening, you'll see" "Fine, It is not a bad idea" "You might handle communications with the Yamato" "In the Yamato you'll talk to Spear, right?" "Look, it was not for this reason that I ..." "The search of a new planet will be limited to a radius of 15,000 light years from Earth" "As that is the mileage of our spaceships" "The space will be divided in 5 blocks" "And the 5 earth super-nations" "Are responsible for exploring each one" "Currently the space cruiser Yamato is already in outer space" "Exploring block A" "Heading towards the galactic center" "The research spaceships will be escorted from now on by military spaceships to be ready for unforeseen issues" "The new planet must have an atmosphere similar to Earth's" "Be abundant in water supply and with enough natural resources for human occupation" "And It must be located at a easily reachable distance" "The climate must also be appropriate" "And the gravity must not be higher than that of the Earth's" "Its star must not have harmful radiations to humans" "And It must have dimensions similar to our Sun" "Finally, and this is of the utmost importance" "There should be no Intelligent life form in its entire solar system" "These are the requirements" "After these conditions are met, then humanity can move out" "Under the leadership of the defense forces admiralty" "The research program is quickly put in place" "Within just over 7 months" "The spaceships are prepared in several sites around the world" "While military ships are prepared for armed escort" "Provided by the governments of super-nations" "And now they are heading to spaceports ready for departure" "Meanwhile, the Yamato" "Departing from the Earth 2 months before is currently in a sector 1,500 light-years away" "An area completely unknown to man" "A message, sir, from headquarters" "Very well, put it on the screen" "Right away, sir" "Calling the Yamato" "Mr. General" "Sorry, Wildstar, I learned you've had casualties" "As a result of unanticipated skirmishes, what is the situation?" "There is an ongoing interstellar war somewhere in the galaxy" "But now it seems that we are away from the danger zone" "I am saddened that young lives have been lost" "The federal government however has approved the emigration plan" "What?" "The President finally decided to evacuate?" "He charged me with the task of the whole operation" "Therefore, The Yamato mission now has official status" "Well General" "We have already examined 13 planets" "Unfortunately none have proved to be suitable for life" "Now we are heading to the 4th planet of the Bell Nebula" "Very Well" "Be aware that we've sent spaceships all over the quadrant" "Keep up the good job" "Thank you sir" "But keep in mind that humanity's future is resting on your shoulders" "Godspeed" "The government is finally aware of this plight" "It is now, but for us the commitment has become more severe" "Because they want the Yamato to discover a new planet" "God Bless this, we're at least doing something" "My Black tiger is in perfect condition" "This is not always the case if we are fighting" "Already!" "For me, however, this is when I work the most" "What is your task?" "Alimentary Schedule" "And with its many complaints I assure you I get the headaches" "It puzzles me why the commander insisted on assigning a soldier like you in the kitchen, at the school you were one of best students" "Alex, report to central food production" "Right away sir" "Hey, you have a great task to do" "Look" "We have fresh food for 2 days only" "Impossible, we have freezers filled with reserves" "The freezers were broken, and the food is not up to expectations" "What?" "It probably became broken" "During the battles we've gone thru" "Broken?" "50,000 space kilometers to 4th planet" "Prepare the Cosmo Hounds immediately for take-off" "What's going on?" "Enemy carriers at 7 o'clock, but they're not alone, there is also a spaceship" "What?" "Stop taking off Cosmo Hounds" "Reverse engines, stop all motion" "Commander, Let's launch the Black Tigers" "Wait, Don't attack just yet I don't feel very confident" "Spear, signal the spacecraft" "Roger" "This is the space cruiser Yamato, of the Earth Starforce" "Copy, activating video screen" "Well" "This is the space cruiser Yamato of the planet Earth" "Third planet of a star system 1,500 light-years from here" "We have no aggressive intentions we come here in peace" "I repeat:" "We come in peace" "This is the defensive squadron of Planet Berth, captain Lebalus" "Allow me to offer my most humble apologies" "For having attacked without first knowing who you were" "I made a big mistake, sorry" "Offer an apology ?" "Yes" "Remember the fleet that you supplied," "But that was destroyed by the enemy" "In the vicinity of your solar system?" "The one coommanded by Captain Ram of the Legendra ?" "Right!" "Captain Ram told us about you before succumbing" "About the invaluable assistance you have provided" "We deeply appreciate your actions" "If there is anything we can do to help," "Do not hesitate to ask" "There are 2 things that we need:" "The first is to allow us to land for repairs" "And the second is to be able to resupply" "Granted, you can stay for 3 days on planet Berth" "So Derek, planet Berth is inhabited" "The temperature on planet Berth is pretty uncomfortable" "But its atmosphere, mining resources and vegetation is very similar to those on Earth" "We welcome the Starforce with great pleasure" "We are grateful for your help" "Our general governor, Mr. Boros has expressed the desire" "To meet you in person" "It has instructed me to invite all of you to the feast" "To be held later" "It will be a great honor for us to participate" "In my opinion the air here is very pleasant" "It's always up to me" "What are you are doing here?" "We are collecting food herbs" "With the permission of Commander Lebarus" "It is not allowed, this is a prohibited zone, you should go away" "What?" "Come on now Alex, the load is completed" "Do you want to know what's in that place ?" "I think it is a concentration camp" "You're right Nova they looked like prisoners" "They're all thin and impatient as if they were forced to hard labor" "I got the feeling that we have seen things that we were not supposed to" "I've read something about that on history books" "But I did not believe that it could still exists today" "Concentration camps" "This is not the Earth, the planet Berth civilization is perhaps a little backward" "Have you noticed that there is almost no population on the planet ?" "Perhaps all the people here is confined to labor camps" "Who knows where these prisoners come from ?" "What do you want to know ?" "In any case, I do not think there is another inhabited planet nearby" "why don't we take another look?" "Do you have something in your mind ?" "Not exactly" "But if this is really a prison planet, as it seems" "So I think that we should keep our eyes wide open" "We are all invited to the welcome feast" "Offered by General governor of the planet Berth" "Anyone of you are permitted to come" "It's been too long since I have drunk anything" "Who knows if there is any liquor in these parts" "Of course, it is impossible that there isn't on a planet this cold" "Hooray" "Gentlemen, thank you for having come to planet Berth" "I am General Boros governor of Planet Berth" "Planet Berth was until 10 years ago completely independent" "But it was constantly attacked by neighbouring worlds" "And it was also divided into nations that fought among themselves" "So my government:" "The Bolar Federation has stretched Berth a friendly hand and took it under its protection" "The Bolar Federation ?" "Perhaps the Bolar Federation is a new name for you" "Take a closer look at that screen, please" "On this map you can see that the Bolar Federation streches up to 35,000 light-years from Berth" "It's a huge interstellar empire" "Which occupies a vast sector of our galaxy" "Men of the Earth" "With your arrival at Berth" "I hope to forge a peace treaty and eternal friendship with the Earth" "Thank you all for being here today, now enjoy, please" "There's many talk about Berth been invaded" "You know what?" "I don't think that is truth" "Friends and brothers of the Earth, I invite you to toast our friendship" "To friendship" "Bolar Federation !" "I did not expect to find such an empire like this in our galaxy" "See anything?" "I'd like to talk to those prisoners" "Impossible with all those guards" "Planetary scanners are not picking up anything out of the ordinary" "What is that?" "It's a prison spaceship" "Heading to the forced labor concentration camp" "When we had to resupply our food stuffs we have seen many" "Is this planet a penal colony?" "That explains everything" "That is why I have not seen signs of the population" "Eh?" "Mother of the stars" "Fair Mother" "Do away with the forced labors and deprivations" "Summoning Meridia, Queen of Sherpard" "Which for years had ruled with Justice, purity and equanimity" "Seeding peace among our galaxy inner planets considered by many a goddess with supernatural powers" "Her power was then weakened" "And in its place now the central galaxy is governed militarily 2 super-stellar powers:" "Bolar and Galman" "But the queen of Sherpard" "Still remained the same in the minds, and hearts of many of her subjects" "As a symbol of hope and justice" "Stop!" "Do not move" "Who the hell are you?" "Silence or I'll shoot!" "What do you want from us, damned?" "What do you want?" "We are escaped prisoners, we want to flee the planet" "And you'll help us" "Why should we help?" "This is the engine room we are taken as prisoners, ah!" "Bridge, we leave in 10 minutes" "It's an order" "If you do not comply to our demands we'll be forced to kill the hostages" "Planet Berth is indeed a strange world" "What is the truth about the Bolar Federation ?" "Why have prisoners taken over the Yamato?" "The Starforce will have to find answers to all these questions" "And quickly, very quickly" "Because life on the Earth has only 228 days left"