"Suzumiya." "We are receiving a transmission from the advance scouting units." "Enemy fleet located." "Enemy fleet." "Altitude: 8 hours 20 minutes." "Distance: 6.3 AU." "Moving at approximately 60% velocity." "Advancing towards our fleet." "000 ships." "They're here." "We're going to wipe out the enemy!" "All ships to battle stations!" "ma'am!" "All ships to battle stations." "Controls responsive." "Assuming combat positions." "Thruster safety released." "First stage velocity." "Three." "Two." "One." "Ignition." "L-Load super graviton torpedoes into all launch tubes." "And then all super p-proton cannons..." "Um o-on standby for discharge!" "Initializing electron ray." "Electromagnetic booster at full." "All ECM and ECCM activated." "Okay!" "full speed ahead!" "Haruhi." "Shouldn't you stay back a little more?" "Your fleet's a little too far up." "too!" "When playing shogi or chess... do you?" "That's..." "That may be true." "Then you guys take care of it." "Find the enemy boss and bombard away!" "We're absolutely going to win." "Turn those impertinent Computer Society freaks... smoldering smithereens!" "Shouldn't we just raise the white flag already?" "guess we can't really do that." "71)}One Week Ago" "The season is autumn." "It was a few days after the cultural festival ended without incident." "Peace and quiet had returned to the school." "it was just another ordinary day... 112)}The Day of Sagittarius ...but when sitting in the SOS Brigade's base after school I should probably hold off on calling it just another ordinary day." "and an esper and yet I've managed to hold on to my sanity." "I must be someone special." "Maybe I'll be scouted for arhathood." "You seem to be quite troubled." "Not really." "I was just admiring how I've gotten used to this room of absurdities." "It's about time someone praised me." "Then shall I offer you words of admiration?" "It wouldn't feel good coming from you." "I'll just end up worried if there's a catch somewhere." "You are quite correct." "Sorry for the wait." "I bought this Karigane for the first time." "I think I was able to brew it well..." "Do not worry." "If it's been graced by Asahina-san's hands even tap water would taste better than thawing Alps snow!" "Drink it slowly." "where is Suzumiya-san?" "She has cleaning duty." "When she isn't here it truly is peaceful." "Coming right away!" "The Computer Society president..." "Is your chief absent?" "What do you need?" "I'd like you to take this." "You'll find game software inside." "It's an original we developed." "We published it at the cultural festival a while back." "Did you happen to see it?" "I don't remember." "The only memory I want to retain from the cultural festival would be Asahina-san's fried soba cafe costume." "I see..." "Maybe our display was in a bad spot." "So what did you want?" "That's right." "We challenge you to a contest at this game!" "A contest!" "A contest using this game!" "A serious contest!" "We want to have a contest with you!" "I'm begging you." "Contest!" "Contest!" "Stop yelling contest over and over." "We've been preparing long and hard to have this contest..." "If those words reach Haruhi's sharp ears..." "Prez!" "you say?" "Who are you people?" "You must be some secret organization or whatever come to interfere with my SOS Brigade." "I won't let you have your way." "Shining light on darkness and vanquishing evil is the duty of warriors of justice!" "Haruhi." "Why don't you listen to them before kicking them?" "Kyon." "The contest begins the second someone challenges you." "Anything the loser says otherwise is merely an excuse." "Wait." "Oh." "It's just our neighbors." "Why did these guys come here picking a fight?" "Like I said..." "They were just about to explain that." "So that's what it was!" "Craven SOS Brigade..." "I-In any case... the Computer Society are challenging the SOS Brigade to a contest!" "right?" "Prez!" "Hey." "I'd like to move on already." "So?" "What's this about?" "Let's have a battle using the game we made." "we'd like it returned." "Returned?" "Return what?" "give it back!" "I'm using it!" "The editing for the movie was done on this." "Except I'm the one who did it." "too!" "that was also me." "right!" "?" "So he was the bored person who racked up our access counter every day." "That explains the cave cricket incident." "But when I told you to give me it... didn't you?" "Kyon." "right?" "You sure?" "That stupid deal is invalid!" "I strongly object!" "I'm willing to forget the mental anguish I suffered during the computer extortion." "No..." "I want to forget..." "Let's all forget it ever happened... so fight with us!" "Very well." "I'll go along with it." "So?" "What are you wagering on this contest?" "That's right." "How about new computers for each member..." "I'll give you four of them." "You will?" "right?" "I won't let you say "forget it" later." "I won't." "I promise." "aren't you?" "Fine with me." "do you?" "If you win I'll give her to the Computer Society." "She'll definitely be useful right away." "Since you're betting four computers it'd be unfair if we only bet one computer." "No!" "That's..." "Uh..." "No." "There's a huge difference in specs between four computers and Nagato." "It should be her decision!" "So we can't take her!" "Not that you would know." "What?" "You would rather have Mikuru-chan?" "You be the prize." "why don't you bet your own body?" "Don't just say what you want." "What are you talking about?" "The SOS Brigade chief is a holy and sacred symbol!" "I have no intention of yielding this position to anyone else." "You plan on loitering around here after you've graduated?" "So?" "Which one do you want?" "Uh." "Well..." "If you insist... you can take me." "No!" "I most definitely pass on that." "This is a 5v5 online space battle simulation game." "The battle will commence one week from now at 4 p.m." "Polish up your skills until then." "It would be disappointing if you were too weak." "He already thinks he's won." "You're quite generous to give us our prize before it's begun." "It's all about having a computer per brigade member!" "Same goes for her!" "About this contest." "Let's avoid any cheating during this." "Cheating?" "future stuff or ESP is off-limits." "Fight honestly and accept the honest result." "That's best." "You're saying that it's okay for us to lose?" "That's right." "The only thing we'll lose is the computer we bet." "That won't hurt us." "Though I'll need to move the Asahina image collection somewhere first." "I'm not concerned about the computer." "Suzumiya-san does not like to lose at anything." "Mikuru-chan?" "If she feels that defeat is near... we're drilling hard at the game." "...she will produce closed space and those hidden things will rampage again." "{\an8\3cH000000}Learn the game while playing against AI." "Are you okay with that?" "I don't care." "She has to learn her lesson one of these days." "What?" "You're creeping me out." "No." "I was just feeling envious." "Of the invisible bond of trust between yourself and Suzumiya-san." "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Let's say that we lose the game next week." "you believe that Suzumiya-san will not produce closed space as a result." "That is because you trust her." "And Suzumiya-san believes that you will lead us to victory." "This is also trust." "She was willing to bet brigade members because she's confident that we'll win." "{\an8\3cH000000}I'll make Admiral Nelson pale in fear!" "You may never express it in words but the two of you are connected by an almost ideal bond of trust." "is it?" "The III would mean that there was also a I and a II." "Feels like they were going for something cool but ended up with something that doesn't make sense." "what about the name SOS Brigade?" "The game itself looks fairly simple." "Each one of the five people is given fifteen thousand spaceships." "You control those from your individual computer." "Destroy all enemies or destroy the enemy boss to win." "What's this bright spot?" "That would be your field of vision." "You can only see enemies and objects within this field." "You must send out scouting units and expand your field to be able to fire upon enemy ships." "Determining enemy position and predicted course quickly will probably be crucial for victory." "Um..." "So you can't see the enemy in the beginning?" "Kyon-kun." "Um..." "I'm not too good with this kind of stuff so I don't really understand..." "Don't worry." "It's just a game." "Just have fun and play around." "No playing around!" "We're going to beat up the Computer Society until they're completely wiped out!" "We'll be doing some hard training this week!" "The boss is obviously me!" "Now!" "All hands to battle stations!" "At least we can count on Nagato..." "I take that back." "This is hopeless." "120)}Drill 425)}First Day charge!" "120)}Drill 425)}Second Day charge!" "120)}Drill 425)}Third Day charge!" "120)}Drill 425)}Fourth Day charge!" "120)}Drill 425)}Fifth Day" "I got blown up again!" "Kyon." "This game is starting to piss me off!" "Because you keep charging in!" "Your strategy is fundamentally flawed." "Man..." "This is such a pain!" "I like things that are easier to understand!" "but you seem to be having fun." "Just to make sure... okay?" "276)}Day of Battle" "Today is an ideal day of clear skies and high waves!" "379)}SOS Brigade Space Force Her Excellency Haruhi Fleet 351)}☆" "350)}☆" "The fate of the Empire rests on this battle!" "This conflict is only the beginning!" "We will eliminate all obstacles... 379)}Same Koizumi-kun Fleet ...and the SOS Brigade will become known in the far reaches of the universe!" "379)}Same Mikuru-chan Fleet" "I'll negotiate with the Board of Education and create chapters of the SOS Brigade in all public high schools!" "379)}Same Yuki Fleet" "Even if we've all but won already nobody is allowed to hold back!" "379)}Same Kyon Fleet" "We must soundly defeat them!" "What is this confidence made from?" "Two milligrams will do." "Just share some with me." "Really?" "Want me to inject a bit into you?" "Well?" "right?" "What effect is staring at me supposed to have?" "I focused energy into my stare and sent it to you!" "Your body should be all warm or going through accelerated perspiration." "right?" "No." "My danger sense was tingling though." "It's going to start soon." "All ships full ahead!" "160)}1600 Hours 380)}Battle Start" "And so the game has begun and we just ran into an enemy fleet a moment ago... we've been able to gauge some of the enemy movements." "Scouting while engaging in battle." "That's some furious work." "Game-illiterate Asahina-san and charge-crazy Haruhi are completely useless." "It's already 5v3." "We're at a complete numerical disadvantage." "The enemy appears to be using a vee formation in attempt to draw us out." "I would suggest a defensive strategy here." "You would think... but what will Haruhi say?" "What?" "We're being attacked by a different enemy." "When did they get this close?" "Oh." "I'm also under attack." "It would appear that they have learned our position." "What are you doing!" "?" "Hurry up and fire back!" "Don't need you to tell me that!" "Ninety degrees to starboard!" "All cannons on standby!" "You sound like you're getting into this." "Target enemy fleet!" "Fire all beam cannons!" "what!" "?" "Damn." "They got away." "Same on my side." "they disappeared." "huh?" "Oh." "They're back." "From the flank." "Such a pain!" "What are you dawdling around for!" "?" "The enemy's getting away!" "but I can't do anything about it!" "then on the right the next!" "Then send out the Gun***!" "I'm heading out!" "right!" "Um." "Um!" "Where am I right now!" "?" "I can't take this any longer!" "All ships full speed ahead!" "I'll find the enemy head and beat him to a pulp!" "I told you not to move up!" "Please leave this to us." "Forget that." "Get out of the way!" "I'll have a gunnery duel with the other big guy!" "We don't even know where the enemy is!" "I'll find him!" "Stupid!" "Stop it!" "Why don't we all calm down first." "the enemy is ambushing us." "Where did everyone go!" "?" "Get out of my way!" "I couldn't even if I wanted to!" "We've lost." "Er." "What is this!" "?" "I see." "Micromanagement." "Micromanagement?" "It was written in the back of the instruction manual." "You can divide your fleet into twenty groups and control them individually." "controlling so many at one time is beyond human ability so nobody was doing it." "Beyond human ability huh." "U-Um... it'll break..." "Advocates of defeat will be penalized with ten laps around the grounds!" "In the nude!" "Ten laps while screaming at the top of your lungs... {\an8\3cH000000}"Green Martians are chasing me!" "{\an8\3cH000000}No complaining allowed!" "Let's see..." "Nagato-san?" "What exactly might you be doing?" "Nagato!" "What?" "I'm pretty sure I told you not to cheat." "I'm not." "No special data manipulation is occurring." "I am abiding by the set rules." "R-Really?" "The actions of the Computer Society are what could be considered cheating." "They are?" "What do you mean?" "Their fog of war is off." "including our positions was visible from the beginning." "That was easy to understand for a Nagato explanation." "We can't see the enemies but they can see us?" "No wonder we can't win." "Yes." "Our only option was to lose." "I wish to revise that." "I understand that they pulled a fast one on us." "But still if we use that as a reason to use further bogus magic that'll make us no better than them." "we'd be below them." "I am not disobeying your instructions." "I only wish to apply alterations to the program while conforming to the current level of technology on Earth." "I am simply leveling the playing field." "Permission?" "Could it be that you want to win?" "Okay." "Do it." "I see." "good." "I was a bit worried when they started using micromanagement for scouting but we still hold the advantage." "the enemy is in plain sight." "It's about time to finish this." "Sink every ship!" "Obliterate the SOS Brigade!" "Fog of war has been turned on!" "Enemy fleet signal lost!" "Under attack from port!" "Unable to determine enemy movements!" "What are you doing!" "?" "Turn off fog of war at once!" "We can't!" "65)}Access Denied 60)}Access Denied" "56)}Access Denied 143)}Completely Locked" "126)}Completely Locked 110)}Completely Locked" "355)}Prohibited 338)}Prohibited" "320)}Prohibited 300)}No Changes Allowed" "279)}No Changes Allowed 256)}No Changes Allowed" "It's locked at the on setting!" "Access is denied!" "I-Impossible!" "Enemy found!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "dragonflies!" "Kyon!" "Those are mine!" "Two enemy fleets destroyed." "Remaining fleets are in chaos." "Thanks to Nagato-san's micro scouting the tide has quickly turned." "But the boss is still there." "How do we take it out?" "No problem." "We will corner it." "Damn!" "It's cornered real well." "Like a mouse in a trap." "Um." "Are we supposed to shoot this?" "but well done!" "All ships fire everything you have!" "Let the enemy commander taste hellfire!" "Don't let him get away!" "H-Honor to the Computer Society!" "We lost." "We were completely beaten." "I must accept it like a man." "My apologies." "I am sorry." "But who'd have thought someone could rewrite the game code in the middle of a match?" "I can't believe it." "What are you mumbling about?" "So?" "right?" "All of these computers are now ours." "I won't let you say that you forgot!" "you." "Who was the one who did that?" "The amazing superhacker who could probably crack anything in the world." "yeah." "I can guess who it was." "I have a proposition." "Just whenever you have free time..." "Would you be willing to participate in Computer Society activities?" "Please!" "And now the guy's trying to solicit her." "hey!" "You can't rent Yuki without my permission!" "Understood?" "She's the SOS Brigade's indispensable silent character!" "I saw her first!" "Just hold on." "Even Nagato has to have a few things she's interested in." "she looked like she was having fun as she pounded away on the keyboard." "If she's stuck observing Haruhi all the time even Nagato would get tired." "Even an alien-made organic life contact-purpose humanoid interface needs some recreation once in a while." "Do what you want." "Go next door when you feel like it and play around with computers." "I see." "Once in a while." "Really!" "?" "thanks so much!" "There you have it." "then fine." "one more thing!" "You people are the defeated remnants." "You have to do whatever the victor tells you to do." "All of you must pledge absolute fealty to me from now on!" "I won't treat you badly." "Depending on your performance I may even make you full brigade members!" "Koizumi-kun!" "Prepare the accords at once!" "Your Excellency."