{"id":27594,"date":"2018-11-06T22:25:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T06:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/?p=27594"},"modified":"2019-11-14T21:29:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T05:29:46","slug":"426a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/426a\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Yamato Resurrection<\/em> Chapter 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Resurrection!! Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Illustrations by Nobuyoshi Habara<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rather than an air car, Sanada boarded a high-speed space boat, heading into space. Kodai didn\u2019t understand what Sanada really meant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanada, where are we going\u2026?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even when Kodai asked, Sanada\u2019s expression didn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAquarius.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the Space Science Bureau, it was announced that Kodai had been given command of the third emigration fleet. It was said that he would board Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em>. Was there such a thing?<\/p>\n<p>They passed through the atmosphere and into space. Sanada\u2019s expression tensed and he went silent as they rushed to their destination.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a12.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When Kodai had passed Aquarius before returning to Earth, he\u2019d yearned for the the great Captain Okita and cursed himself. <em>Yamato<\/em> had sunk into the sea created by Aquarius\u2019 water column after severing it with a suicide bomb. Now this sea was an ice satellite that calmly orbited Earth. <em>Yamato<\/em> was supposedly asleep forever in that sea of ice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKodai, we\u2019ve arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The large, glittering ice mass floated in space overlooking the moon, the residue of what happened seventeen years ago when Aquarius threatened Earth with a cataclysmic flood. What had happened here since then?<\/p>\n<p>Sanada\u2019s space boat entered the sea of Aquarius and dove the last ten kilometers to a dock built into the ice. They stepped off the boat and an elevator door opened. What Kodai next saw was unquestionably <em>Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Yamato<\/em>!!\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s right. This is the new Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em>, Kodai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The fierce hull of Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em>, which had sunk here to save the Earth, now lay quietly in this mass of ice. Staring at the revived <em>Yamato<\/em>, Kodai felt as if a ghost had descended. The depths of his heart gradually felt like they were being uplifted. The 17-year gap filled in an instant.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a13.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Three years earlier, a reconstruction plan had been issued under Shiro Sanada\u2019s direction. The ship had ruptured at the first sub-gunnery room, the epicenter of a combined explosion of tritium and Wave-Motion Energy. The hull was perfectly restored by reinforcing this part and substantially strengthening it with new materials and technology.<\/p>\n<p>The Wave-Motion Engine had also been fully repaired with a new super charger, and there was a new second Wave-Motion Engine with six small core-type flywheels. With this, performance was powered up at each stage.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s aircraft had also been redesigned. There was the Cosmo Pulsar, a global defense fighter with pulse lasers on its nose and body. Missile pylons were standard on the top and bottom of its wings, and it could be converted to heavy bomber specs by installing twin bomb racks on its auxiliary wings. Its main wings could be folded to drastically reduce its airframe and improve shipboard storage capacity, like planes carried on old carriers.<\/p>\n<p>The ship was also equipped with Susumu Kodai\u2019s favorite plane, the Type-21 Cosmo Zero. In addition, a special heavy attack vessel called the <em>Shinano<\/em> was stored in the front of the ship, loaded with 24 Wave-Motion Energy missiles.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of armament, not only was conventional equipment strengthened for the main and secondary guns, but standard warheads were now augmented by missile launchers at the bow, stern, and flanks. These could also fire newly-developed barrier missiles, which created an expandable screen system to protect from enemy attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s strongest weapon, the Wave-Motion Gun, which released the tachyon energy of the Wave-Motion Energy all at once from the bow muzzle. Thanks to the remodeling of the six-core Wave-Motion Engine, the Wave-Motion Gun could now be fired up to six times. This powered-up Transition Wave-Motion Gun could destroy enemies across a wide range. During the time when energy was being routed to fill up the Wave-Motion Gun, the entire ship was at risk while its functions were rendered temporarily inactive. Therefore, the judgment of a calm captain was required for its use in battle.<\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s computer room greatly contributed to the ship\u2019s overall capacity while on a voyage. It was located inside the third bridge deck, the exterior color of which  was now changed to grey due to a coating that blocked electromagnetic waves. The computer room was now based around a spherical screen. Also known as EC1 (Electronic Control room 1), it could stream all manner of astronomical data with ultra-high speed image processing.<\/p>\n<p>When life and love were under threat in space, Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em> was reborn as a fighting ship to face the crisis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a14.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cKodai, <em>Yamato<\/em> is the flagship of the escort fleet for the third emigration fleet. Its captain is Susumu Kodai. You are the only one who can handle <em>Yamato<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanada\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you agree to this duty?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d Kodai answered with a salute. \u201cI asked for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanada shook Kodai\u2019s hand firmly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I have a favor to ask,\u201d Kodai said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like Kosaku Omura as my deputy captain, and Yoichi Sakurai. And Kamijo is still injured, but I\u2019d like to take him along.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kodai wanted to board <em>Yamato<\/em> with Omura, who had worked with him on their raggedy cargo ship without complaint. Sakurai was still a mercantile student, but was also an apprentice sailor with enough training to make the voyage to Amal. As for Kamijo, he had boarded the escort ship of the first emigration fleet only to watch his family be lost. He strongly wanted to know this enemy\u2019s identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll make Kamijo my combat chief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s good,\u201d Sanada nodded. \u201cThere\u2019s no problem if you recommend him. Let\u2019s go to the first bridge deck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a01.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sanada led Kodai to the heart of the newly-rebuilt <em>Yamato<\/em>. Along with the captain\u2019s chair, the main crew seats were all gathered here to command the most important sections including navigation and combat. Kodai stared at a relief sculpture of the first captain, Juuzo Okita.<\/p>\n<p>Silently, Kodai settled into the captain\u2019s chair and felt a thousand emotions well up. The seat itself felt in complete harmony, as if it had been waiting for him. He closed his eyes and made a silent vow.<\/p>\n<p>(Yuki\u2026wherever you are, even in the depths of hell, I\u2019ll come for you. <em>Yamato<\/em> and I both. But first, we have to save the human race of Earth.)<\/p>\n<p>Sanada gazed at Kodai\u2019s profile for a moment, waiting before he said, \u201cKodai, it would be good to take an inspection tour of <em>Yamato<\/em>.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He wanted Kodai to get a feel for <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s new flavor. Kodai nodded and they started with a walk to the engine control room. When Kodai laid eyes on the Wave-Motion Engine, he reached for it without hesitation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The shout came from a man behind Kodai, startling him enough to withdraw his hand. It was a young man standing firm with a tool in his hand; Jun Kobayashi, a pilot for the Earth Defense Forces.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a02.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t touch <em>Yamato<\/em>, old man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd you are\u2026?\u201d Kodai asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re a spy, aren\u2019t you,\u201d Kobayashi spat out defiantly. \u201cBring it on!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, I\u2019m\u2014\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo excuses!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi jumped at Kodai, but was grabbed and flipped heavily to the deck.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOof! You won\u2019t get away with that!\u201d Kobayashi rose and squared off again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKobayashi, what are you doing!?\u201d A solidly-built man shouted as he came running up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Kodai?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi looked confused. \u201cCaptain?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain, former <em>Yamato<\/em> engineer Tasuke Tokugawa!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was the son of <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s first engineering chief Hikozaemon Tokugawa, who died a heroic death in the battle against the White Comet Empire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a long time, Tokugawa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tokugawa straightened up and saluted Kodai as they exchanged smiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m currently commanding the lunar base and working on the <em>Yamato<\/em> reconstruction project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re rebuilding <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was Tokugawa who answered, but an objection came from men standing nearby who were taking care of the engine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHold on there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA little!\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a03.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They were twin brothers whose faces and hairstyles looked exactly alike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re the ones who rebuilt <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s engine room,\u201d they bragged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks very reliable,\u201d Kodai replied. \u201cWhat are your names?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEngine section control chief Sou Tenma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Sho Tenma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After nodding to the twin brothers, Kodai smiled at Kobayashi, who had jumped him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat about you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarth Defense Force pilot Jun Kobayashi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He radiated the high pride of a pilot who believed himself unsurpassed, just like <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s previous pilots, the Kato brothers, Yamamoto, Sakamoto, and others. Kobayashi had been involved with <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s reconstruction from the start, and was convinced that the combat chief\u2019s seat would be his.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a04.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the new Wave-Motion Engine?\u201d Kodai asked Tokugawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. In the past, <em>Yamato<\/em> ran on one Wave-Motion core, but the new model has six.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSix! That means the Wave-Motion Gun also\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes! It\u2019s possible to fire it six times in a row!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s amazing. It\u2019s a real powerup.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tenma brothers smiled at Kodai\u2019s praise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at this supercharger,\u201d Tokugawa beamed. \u201cWith six consecutive shots from the Transition Wave-Motion Gun, you could blow away the moon! But those six shots would empty the engine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see. So there can be no failure in firing, and perfect maintenance is required\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After this conversation, Kodai made his way alone to EC1. EC1 had been an important factor in restoring <em>Yamato<\/em>. It was installed in the third bridge, and its interior was filled with a spherical screen that displayed a large expanse of space. Sanada was there, having come down earlier.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a05.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow about it, Sakurai?\u201d Kodai asked. \u201cHow do you like <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s computer room?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sakurai, who had been working at a control panel, turned and stood up with a polite salute. He was a man who could operate the huge screen on the first bridge\u2019s ceiling like it was one of his own limbs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain! It\u2019s amazing! This is definitely <em>Yamato<\/em>. It just keeps getting more exciting!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease bring out the capabilities of this EC1 to your heart\u2019s content. You\u2019re the only crew member experienced enough to fly us to Amal. I\u2019m expecting a lot from you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I\u2019ve only been on practice voyages, but I\u2019ll do my best! Maho, this is the captain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sakurai called out to a woman who was repairing an open switchboard panel from behind. She had the astonishing proportions and beautiful features of an idol, giving off a cute and refreshing impression. Brushing back her long, light-chestnut hair, she stood in front of Kodai and saluted.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a06.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain? I\u2019m Maho Orihara, chief navigator of the EC1 computer room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She had been referred to as a genius in warp navigation and the processing of critical data during combat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw you at the Space Science Bureau.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAren\u2019t you the Orihara who\u2019s been called the genius navigator? The wunderkind of EC1?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe something like that,\u201d she said, her cute smile gleaming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have an important duty. I\u2019m asking you to work in tandem with Mr. Sakurai.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her pretty face took on a dignified look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, captain!\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a07.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leaving EC1, Kodai looked around the ship and finally found his way to the medical office. There he met a beautiful woman in white, the ship\u2019s doctor Miharu Sasaki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCaptain Kodai, I heard about you a little while ago from Chief Sanada. I\u2019m Miharu Sasaki, ship\u2019s doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Miharu was a reliable female doctor with a confident personality. She greeted Kodai with a salute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctor Sasaki, may I ask you a question?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was wondering about the goggles she wore on her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d she said, \u201cbut please don\u2019t call me doctor, captain. It\u2019s a little too formal for my liking. It\u2019s fine to call me Miharu.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll right, I\u2019ll do that. I\u2019m curious, why the goggles?\u201d Kodai pointed to the goggles on her head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy main duty is as a pilot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In fact, she was as skilled and reckless as any male pilot. But her smile now seemed lonely for some reason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe goggles are a keepsake of my father. He couldn\u2019t become a pilot, but\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kodai\u2019s heart had been quickened by the new <em>Yamato<\/em>, and now he was determined as its captain to unify the circumstances and determination of every crew member. In addition, as he realized his obligation to lead the third emigration fleet, he could feel the hot blood of his youth begin to revive.<\/p>\n<p>On various parts of the Earth, preparations were underway for the third and final emigration convoy. Some people looked uneasy, some laughed innocently, and others carried tense, deadpan expressions. People boarded the emigration ships with both hope and anxiety as their luggage.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a08.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few days later, all the crew members who had received Sanada\u2019s orders gathered at <em>Yamato<\/em> inside Aquarius. Seated on the first bridge were Captain Susumu Kodai, Deputy Captain Kosaku Omura, Chief Engineer Tasuke Tokugawa, Combat Chief Satoru Kamijo, Helmsman and Chief Pilot Jun Kobayashi, Navigator Yoichi Sakurai, Comm Chief Ryohei Nakanishi, Second Engineer Saburo Kinoshita, Gunnery Chief Minoru Gota, and Maho Orihara in the EC1 seat.<\/p>\n<p>Tasuke Tokugawa, <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s third generation Chief Engineer, called out to his young crew: \u201cWe\u2019ll soon launch. Everyone do a systems check.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nakanishi unconsciously thought, &#8220;Launch\u2026the tension makes me hungry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maho, who had gone through space soldier training school with him, was right in sync.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nakanishi, you get hungry every time you open your mouth, don&#8217;t you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This helped to soften the mood a bit. On the other hand, Kobayashi looked over at Kamijo, who was checking the target scope with a tense look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you shoot it,\u201d he asked sarcastically, trying to get a rise out of the quiet Kamijo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m asking if they should have entrusted the Wave-Motion Gun to a guy who lost and came home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a09.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Kamijo stood up. \u201cWhat did you say?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop it, Kobayashi,\u201d Tokugawa ordered. \u201cThis is <em>Yamato<\/em> we\u2019ve revived. Not some imitation that\u2019s going to go down easily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Kamijo was not the type to be silenced. He reached for Kobayashi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2014!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStop! That\u2019s enough!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Omura\u2019s strong, dignified voice brought them both to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re Chief Pilot Kobayashi, right? That\u2019s Combat Chief Kamijo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi, who had wanted the Combat Chief position, was stunned by Omura\u2019s confirming words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho are you?\u201d he asked with obvious disdain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy Captain Kosaku Omura.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kobayashi was one who would lash out at anyone regardless of rank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you\u2019re the deputy captain or a mockingbird, but it was me and the Tenma brothers who rebuilt <em>Yamato<\/em> up until now. I want you to treat her right!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be insubordinate! <em>Yamato<\/em>\u2019s resurrection was realized through the wishes of the entire human race!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At that moment, Kodai began descending slowly in the captain\u2019s seat via the elevator on the rear wall. He stood up and surveyed his crew.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a10.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll hands, I\u2019m <em>Yamato<\/em> captain Susumu Kodai. Today I\u2019m taking charge of your lives. We will protect the humans of Earth with <em>Yamato<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone responded to Kodai\u2019s voice with a salute. After this long time, it seemed that <em>Yamato<\/em> hadn\u2019t changed at all, and yet everything seemed to be new.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Yamato<\/em>, I ask this of you\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A nostalgic fighting spirit welled up in Kodai\u2019s chest. He would deliver the human race safely to Amal. That was the fate entrusted to <em>Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a22.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emigration ships all over the world started up with heavy engine sounds. Forest conservationists, watchmen in the far north, Buddhist priests of Tibet, and elderly couples caring for domestic animals watched in prayer as the third emigration fleet rose toward the moon. They were to join the escort fleet in lunar orbit, which was launching from the moon base. Together, they looked like a massive pod of whales.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a23.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Yamato<\/em> was set to start with its systems checks complete. The time for the new <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s launch had come. There was an air of tension on board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The seventh, eighth, and ninth escort fleets have left the lunar base to join the third emigration fleet,&#8221; Nakanishi said, \u201cwhich is currently on course for the moon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All hands, prepare for launch,&#8221; Kodai ordered.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Understood,&#8221; Omura answered. &#8220;Start Wave-Motion Engine!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a11.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll descend to EC1 and get ready,&#8221; Maho said. Her seat dropped, descending vertically to the third bridge. <\/p>\n<p>When she reached her position in the computer room, several crew members were making system adjustments. The spherical screen displayed celestial data in all directions in a constant scroll. When all the indicators flashed green to indicate normal system control, Maho&#8217;s voice rang out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No system errors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a15.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the engine room, the Tenma brothers and other crew members managed the engine systems. Sou and Sho announced their status in a sharp, unified voice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Engine room! Systems complete!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tokugawa concurred with, &#8220;Engine section deployment complete.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nakanishi, Sakurai, Goda, Konishita, and Kobayashi reported in one by one:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All communication circuits open. Transmission and reception status is good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No errors in the radar system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No errors in the fire control system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All ship&#8217;s systems in the green. No errors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Navigation group deployment complete. No errors in the navigation system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Launch preparations complete,&#8221; Omura announced. &#8220;Raise the dock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a16.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vibrations ran through <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s hull as it rose upward on its dock toward a mass of ice above. The time had come for <em>Yamato<\/em> to awaken from its slumber.<\/p>\n<p>Kodai&#8217;s voice sounded: &#8220;Start auxiliary engine!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s engine room, the Tenma brothers looked intently at the twin Wave-Motion Engines.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Auxiliary engine, power connected!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Power connection, switch on!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tokugawa shouted an order: &#8220;First flywheel, second flywheel, ten seconds to start!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sou and Sho responded, their movements perfectly synchronized.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a18.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First flywheel connected!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Second flywheel connected!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>the two flywheels began to turn. The Tenma brothers both raised their fists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The hull and keel rumbled heavily. Tension rose throughout the entire crew as <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s heartbeat grew stronger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Release gantry lock!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After seventeen years, it was time again for <em>Yamato<\/em> to launch into space.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Yamato<\/em>\u2026LAUNCH!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a19.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a20.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the command of Captain Susumu Kodai, Kobayashi pulled back on the control stick. Flames blasted out from <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s stern nozzle, and the ship slammed through the thick wall of Aquarius ice. Shattered fragments burst outward into space to catch the solar light and produce a rainbow in space. Space Battleship <em>Yamato<\/em>, which had been sleeping in Aquarius, had majestically revived.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a21.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Yamato<\/em>\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the ferocious sounds of launch, Kodai was wrapped in a feeling of oneness with <em>Yamato<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sanada, along with Shima, watched the launch on a large monitor at the Space Science Bureau.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ask this of you, <em>Yamato<\/em>. I entrust it to you, Kodai\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a24.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The escort fleet was formed up with the third emigration fleet, both waiting for <em>Yamato<\/em> to advance. Kodai addressed the relieved crew on <em>Yamato<\/em>&#8216;s first bridge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kobayashi, that was an excellent launch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Naturally,&#8221; Kobayashi responded, flashing a fearless smile at Kodai. He turned to face Kamijo with a provocative look, but Kamijo only gave him a quick glance. Kodai was watching them both.<\/p>\n<p>The third emigration fleet and the escort fleet departed for Planet Amal in the Sairam star system, a convoy of 3,300 vessels led by <em>Yamato<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault-images\/nov19\/426a25.JPG\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/427a'>Continue to Chapter 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/409a'>Return to the index<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27595,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27594\/revisions\/27595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ourstarblazers.com\/vault\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}