Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden

- Season 2

(1999)

Before becoming a famous admiral and brilliant strategist Yang Wen-li was just a regular millitary officer. He displays leadership skills during the civilian evacuation that earned him the title, "Hero of El Facil.

On 19 September 788 UC, Yang Wen-li is promoted to Lieutenant for his efforts in evacuating the civilians of El Facil. Six hours after his promotion, he is promoted again to Lt Commander, making it effectively a double promotion.

Yang Wen-li reviews the history of the Year 730 Mafia known for its renonwed admiral Ashbey.

Yang Wen-li reminisces about his days in the Free Planets Alliance Officer Academy spent with Jean Robert Lapp and Jessica Edwards. He later meets with Alfred Rosas to discuss about the latter's past with the Year 730 Mafia.

The history of the Second Battle of Tiamat is chronicled. The Free Planets Alliance and the Galactic Empire clashed in the Tiamat Starzone. The Alliance Fleet under the overall command of Admiral Bruce Ashbey.

The history of the Second Battle of Tiamat continues to be chronicled. Having temporarily retreated and regrouped, the Alliance Fleet and the Imperial Fleet engages each other again.

Yang Wen-li attends the funeral of Alfred Rosas, and discusses the Year 730 Mafia with Alex Cazerne and Dusty Attemborough. Later, he reviews the fate of the Year 730 Mafia after the Second Battle of Tiamat.

Yang Wen-li travels to his new post on the planet Econia in the Thanatos Starzone. There, he makes acquaintance with Fyodor Patrichev as well as a number of veterans from the Second Battle of Tiamat.

A prisoner takes some Free Alliance officers hostage. Yeng Wen-li is ordered to turn himself in to the prisoner for the safe return of the hostages.

Captain Barnaby Costea orders the troops under his command to attack the rebelling prisoners, intending to kill both Yang Wen-li and Fyodor Patrichev in the crossfire as he fears they will expose his embezzlement of camp funds.

Murai, an agent of the Free Planets Alliance military police in Thanatos Starzone, is dispatched to Econia to ascertain the situation. He holds interviews with everyone involved, even peripherally, in the incident.

Yang Wen-li and Fyodor Patrichev, having received transfer orders out of Econia, accompany Christopf von Köfenhiller to Heinessen.

After Christopf von Köfenhiller's untimely death, Yang Wen-li and Fyodor Patrichev arrange the funeral and bid their farewells. Yang Wen-li continues his investigation.

Yang Wen-li's investigation finally comes to an end when he presents his information on the alleged murder of Free Planets Alliance war hero Bruce Ashbey.

Following their transfer out of Kapche-Lanka, Reinhard and Kircheis are posted to the destroyer Hameln II, currently docked in Iserlohn Fortress, as its chief navigator and security officer respectively.

Hameln II is ambushed and struck first by an Alliance squadron. The resulting damage injured the captain. Reinhard von Müsel gains command.

Lieutenant Bertram decides that there is no way to escape from the Free Planets Alliance ambush and plans to self-destruct the destroyer Hameln II and die an honourable death as an Imperial military officer.

Reinhard proceeds with the plan of using a predicted solar eruption to provide the destroyer Hameln II the necessary speed boost to escape from the rapidly closing in Alliance ambush squadron.

After their brief stint aboard, Reinhard and Kircheis are transferred to the Investigation Department in Odin. Although bored of clerical work assigned to both of them and frustrated over the atmosphere of corruption and decadence in Odin

As news of Reinhard's participation in the upcoming duel spread like wildfire within Imperial high society, both Count Herxheimer's agent and Reinhard train hard for the duel.

The duel between the respective agents of Schafhausen and Herxheimer families begins. Reinhard , sensing a malicious intent from Herxheimer's agent, decides to heed Kircheis's advice of leaping sideways the moment the first shot is fired.

Being pressured by Sussanna and wanting to uphold his pride, the assassin who duelled with Reinhard challenges him again to another duel. Reinhard, feeling equally dissatisfied with the outcome of the previous duel, accepts the challenge.

After receiving the appointment of captain of the cruiser Hässliche Entlein following his accolades from the Fifth Battle of Iserlohn, Reinhard is tasked by Imperial Military Intelligence to track down and apprehend Count Herxheimer.

The cruiser successfully infiltrates Free Planets Alliance space from the Iserlohn Corridor undetected. After an uneventful journey to the exit of the Fezzan Corridor, the cruiser finally catches up with Count Herxheimer's ship.

The cruiser manages to evade and destroy the pursuing Alliance patrol squadron through a timely usage of the captured directional Seffle particle generator prototype. However, the prototype locked digitally within Count Herxheimer's ship,

Margareta von Herxheimer accepts the deal proposed by Kircheis, in which she will reveal the access code for the directional Seffle particle generator prototype in exchange for her freedom to defect to the Free Planets

In December 794 UC, to commemorate the thirtieth year of the reign of Kaiser Friedrich IV, the Galactic Empire announces a large scale military campaign against the Free Planets Alliance comprising of 35,400 ships.

The Third Battle of Tiamat continues. The 11th Fleet under Willem Holland dominates the battlefield for a few hours with its wild "pioneer-like" tactics. However, Reinhard orders his fleet to conduct a long range pinpoint attack.