Mobile Suit Crossbone Gundam Vol. 1 Episode 1 Translator: Kazunori Kushida Proof and rewrite: Evan Miller Artist: Yuuichi Hasegawa Author: Yoshiyuki Tomino ISBN: 4-04-713103-2 Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten Under the Kadokawa Comics A imprint, copyright 1995 This script translation is meant for free public use and is in no way meant to turn a profit or violate any established copyrights. It's intended to further the popularity and understanding of the targeted comic and artist, not to infringe on them. If at any time a US company translates this comic into english, this script will be removed from the web. This script is copyright 1998, Evan Miller and Kazunori Kushida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page7 MS: P Pirates! Space Pirates are Attacking!! All ships Prepare for Battle! Don't let them get near the cargo ship! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 8 Ship Captain: Don't bother with the pirate's Smaller crafts! We must defend our cargo at all costs! I... Its him! The pirate's gundam is now comming out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page9 Episode 1: Space Pirates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page10 Caption: Jupiter Caption: Earth to Jupiter Cruise ship Smashion Tobia: Woooow! Were Here! We're Here! (x5) We're finally Here!! Its Jupiter! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page11 Tobia: Yeah! Friend: Tobia! Tobia! Friend: Tobia Wait Up! We don't have to hurry this much! We'll make it to the reception in plenty of time! Tobia: We finally made it to Jupiter! I'm too excited to sit still! Tobia: Yahoo! Friend: Geez! How can he be so happy being transferred to place like this! Intercom: Attention all personel! This Ship is now preparing to dock at the midway station. I repeat Caption: Humanity... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page12 Caption: Has spent the last 100 years colonizing this new frontier... Caption: Their technology has allowed them build space colonies as far as the 5th planet in our solarsystem, Jupiter! Announcer: Welcome Transfer students! Jupiter welcomes you with all it's heart! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page13 Announcer: At present we are approximately 6 billion km from earth. However, while we Jupiterians are the farthest from mother earth, our feelings towards her are... Tobia's Thoughts: This conlony is still smaller than any "Side" on earth... It is the farthest from anything! Yet... Announcer: Second to none! Tobia's Thoughts: It's the cutting edge of human ingenuity! Announcer: With the help of your youthfulness and knowledge, earth and jupiter will enter a new era of understanding. This is the true path toward eternal peace! Tobia: So those are the Exchange students going to earth. I wonder if there are any cute girls on Jupiter. Announcer: And that of course... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page14 Announcer: Is the wish of our great leader Cracks Do'gach! Prof. Karasu: Hey Aronacks! Tobia: Prof. Karasu! Tobia: I thank you for all your help these past 3 months! Prof. Karasu: No, no... please Prof. Karasu: Your true education is still to come! I just merely prepared you for what lies ahead! Prof. Karasu: Please keep up the good work! Tobia: Yes Professor! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page15 Boy: Hey! Can you see the colony? Boy: You really can't see it from here because it's in Jupiter's shadow. Boy on right: Wow! Jupiter's athmosphere is awesome! Boy in middle: I don't think I've ever been this close to a planet! Even earth! Boy at bottom: Jupiter is a lot bigger than earth, stupid! Girl: I guess this is where we say goodbye. It's going to be lonely without everyone, right Tobia? Darkhaired Boy: Yeah... at our destination we'll be separated according to our major. Tobia: Well, I get excited just thinking about what's ahead... Girl: How insensitive! Friend: Ya know... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page16 Friend: We may be from earth, but most of us were born and raised on colonies. If you've seen one colony, you've seen them all. Girl: But the crew of this ship are all Jupiterians, right? There has to be some cultural differences... Boy: Well, for starters they're a lot more anal about water and air... Boy: And they all wear gloves... Girl: hey! I know about that! Girl: They all have a number on the back of their hand! Tobia: A number? The whole crew? Girl: The way I see it... it's some sort of rank. Girl: They great each other by showing their number... although they avoid doing it in front of us. It seems there are a lot of social classes in this society! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page17 Tobia: Ranks? But Professor Karasu is a teacher. Girl: But it's true! I saw it! Friend: Well, I don't care much for culture... Friend: My goal is to get hooked up with some foreign babe! Tobia: What a lech! Friend: Hey! You have no right calling me that! I saw you scoping out the chicks at the reception too! Tobia: Ahh! How did you notice that?! Boy: Hey guys! Check this out! It seems the space pirates strike again! Standing boy: Geez! News Boy: This is the sixth attack on a Jupiter based freighter! Boy: And it seems that the pirates... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page18 Boy: ...Have a Gundam type Mobile Suit! Voice: A Gundam?! Boy: Yeah, and they seem to have at least two! Girl: Huh? Friend: Wow! That's bad! Boy: These days, if it has two eyes and an antenna, the mass media automatically calls it a gundam! It couldn't be simpler! Underwriting: The director told me to include this dialog! Girl: Oh my! I wonder if this station is safe? Friend: Aww... it'll be all righ. There's nothing to steal here! Sound effect of a siren going off Various people: Huh? eh? Boy: What?! It can't be! Guard: Stowaway! Stowaway! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page19 Guard: It's a stowaway! Get her! Tobia: Waaah!? Friend: A stowaway? Tobia: This girl? Guard: I finally gotcha! Mystery Girl: No! Stop! Help me! Friend: Hey, hey... Mystery Girl: It's not true! I'm not a stowaway! Please help me... all I did was... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page20 Mystery Girl: I... was... in.. in the storage area... Friend: Wait a minute... I don't know what this is about, but there's no need for all of you to be chasing her... It's overkill don't you think? Friend: And what's with that siren? Figure coming through doorway: Pirates!! Friend: Wha? Shipman: Pirates! The Space Pirates are attacking! Girl: Aaaaahh! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page22 Voice: Enemy pirate mobile suit approaching! Launch station defense force! Voice: Launch Mobile Suit Batra! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page 24 A scream of terror Boy: What are they doing? They're only pirates!! They look like a standard type mobile suit! Why are they having so much trouble?! Tobia: No! You're wrong! Look! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page25 Tobia: The standard suits are pinning the defense force down! There's another suit that's destroying them! It's a... Tobia: That's a... Tobia: Gundam!!? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page28 MS: Aaaahhh! These guys are monsters! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page29 Tobia: Look out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page30 Tobia: Are you alright? Girl: A... a... PA Voice: What's wrong! Why hasn't it launched?! Worker: The pilot's dead! Boy: Tobia!! What are you doing?! Hurry and get over here! Tobia: This is horrible! Horrible! They're too strong! At this rate, everyone will... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page31 Tobia: Can you run to them? Girl: Y... yeah... Worker: Hey you! What are you doing! You're not a pilot! Tobia: I'm a mechanical engineering student! Tobia: I have a liscence for industrial grade mobile suits! I'll go out instead! Worker: Stop you fool! You can't fight them! Get down from there! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page32 Tobia: I can pull the trigger, can't I? I can at least be an extra gun! Tobia: I'm ready for you! Come on out! I'll take you on! Tobia: I don't know who you think you are Gundam... but I will not die here!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page33 Tobia: I will not be killed by you!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page34 Tobia: Yes! I hit h... Tobia: Huh? Tobia: Whhhhhaaaaaaatttt??!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page35 Tobia: I hit him! My beams hit him dead on!! Why? Tobia: Damn! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page36 Scream of fear ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page37 Scream of surprise ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page38 Tobia: (Screaming in terror) Radio Signal: Get out! Tobia: What? Radio: I'm going to smash the cockpit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page39 Tobia screaming again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page40 Tobia: What? Why? That pirate didn't kill me! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page41 Tobia: I'm not the only one he spared? The other pilots are safe too? So if they don't want to kill us. What are they doing then? Tobia breathing heavy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page42: Tobia: This is... Smashion's cargo bay? Tobia: I should get back to everyone... Caption: Poison Gas Tobia: What? Poison Gas? Tobia: What the hell is this?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page43 Tobia: Why is it on a ship carrying exchange students? Why is this on board?! Tobia: Wha? Prof. Karasu: It's nothing... it's mislabeled... a joke... if you think I'm lying, try opening the valve! Tobia: Professor Karasu? Karasu: It'll help you get to heaven faster! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page44 Tobia: Professor! Tobia: Professor! Professor! What's wrong with you? Please pull yourself together! Please stop! Karasu: Trust me Mr. Aronacks, I'm perfectly fine! However you have seen something you shouldn't have! So you will die! Karasu: Ten years! I've been exchanging students for ten years! All to earn the trust of the Federation and to sneak a little more gas each time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page45 Karasu: I can't afford to let you, or those pesky pirates, interfere with my plans! Tobia: Professor? Karasu: Everything is as Lord Cracks Do'Gach wishes! Karasu: We will exterminate the parasite that calls itself the Federation from the galaxy! Karasu: Then mother earth will be a part of the great Jupiter Empire!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page46 Tobia: Jupiter? Empire? Karasu: DIE!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page47 Karasu: (Screams in surprise) Tobia: Professor! (Screams in terror) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page48 Tobia screams again ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page49 Tobia: W...wha? Mystery Pilot: You alright? Can you understand what I'm saying? Tobia: What... Tobia: What the hell is going on here?! What the hell is going on behind our backs?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page50 Pilot: As I see it, you have two choices. One: go back to earth and forget this battle ever happened. Tobia: And two? Pilot: Join us... and learn the truth for yourself! Tobia: Who are you? Pilot: Space Pirate Crossbone Vanguard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Page51 Pilot: And my name is Kincaid. Underwriting: Universal Century 0133 Kincaid: Kincaid Nou Caption: No one on earth knew about this battle... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~