Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden

- Season 1

(1998)

In July 791 UC, Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis, upon graduation from a military preparatory school, is posted to the planet Kapche-Lanka as their first assignment.

As a plot to kill both of them, Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis are dispatched by their superior to reconnoitre deep into the planet Kapche-Lanka for Free Planets Alliance activity all by themselves.

Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis successfully ambush a Free Planets Alliance tank advance unit and secure not only fuel, but also information about an upcoming Alliance surprise attack on their base.

Reinhard von Müsel, feigning ignorance of Captain Herder's plot to kill him, tries to convince him to attack the Free Planets Alliance base on Kapche-Lanka. Herder accepts Reinhard's suggestion, thinking it as opportunity to kill him.

In April 793 UC, Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis, while waiting for their next assignment, visits their alma mater in Odin. They are warmly welcomed by the students there, who respect them greatly.

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Reinhard von Müsel and Siegfried Kircheis attend Karl von Reifeisen's funeral. Reinhard notes that Moritz von Haase's eulogy for Reifeisen is formal, but lacking in emotion.

Reinhard and Kircheis revisit the location of Karl von Reifeisen's death to look for new clues. A falling bag of flour which almost crushed Reinhard gives him a brainwave and he quickly asks Kircheis to confirm something for him.

In November 795 UC, Kircheis arrives in the artificial resort satellite Kreuznach III for a vacation, as instructed by Reinhard, who had to remain in the Imperial capital Odin to prepare for his receiving of the countship of Lohengramm.

After his meeting with Superintendent Hoffmann, Kircheis returns to the hotel he is staying in, only to find an invitation by Michael von Keyserling to a dinner in a restaurant. Kircheis decides to take up the invitation.

Kircheis is introduced by Michael von Keyserling to his old friend Christoph von Basel, a retired Vice Admiral. Kircheis notes that Basel continues to claim that he and his wife have only just arrived instead of the day before.

Despite admitting to Kircheis his awareness of Christoph von Basel's role as the leader of a thyoxin trafficking organisation, Michael von Keyserling refuses to testify against him.

On 21 March 794 UC, Imperial forces under the overall command of Gregor von Mückenberger invade the Van-Fleet Starzone and engage with Alliance forces commanded by Lasalle Lobos.

The Battle of Van-Fleet Starzone continues with both sides locked in a stalemate. Mückenberger, viewing the Grimmelshausen Fleet as a liability, has ordered it to reorganise itself at the second satellite of the planet orbiting Van-Fleet.

Schönkopf, worried that his superior Wahnschaffe, the regimental commander of the Rosen Ritter who is leading the Alliance reconnaissance mission, might have encountered Imperial forces, sets off with his trusted subordinates to find him.

Hermann von Lüneburg and Reinhard von Müsel prepare for the ground assault on the Free Planets Alliance rear support base at Van-Fleet 4-2. Reinhard, who is assigned as vice-commander for this operation.

The Imperial attack on the Alliance rear support base continues. Despite inflicting heavy losses on the Alliance forces, the Imperial forces are unable to break through the Alliance defensive line easily due to unfavourable geography.

The Imperial forces attacking the Alliance rear support base succeeds in breaking into the base headquarters, inflicting heavy damage to it. Reinhard manages to capture the Alliance base commander, Sinclair Cerebrese, alive

Lüneburg pays a visit with his wife Elisabeth to High Admiral Ovlesser, the commander of the Imperial Army, ostensibly as a formality marking his promotion to Rear Admiral but is in fact trying to lobby for support against Reinhard.

Kircheis returns to his hometown for a short trip to visit his parents, whom he has not met for eight years since joining the military. During his trip, he reminisces about his childhood and unexpectedly meets up with an old acquaintance.

Reinhard attends a party celebrating Richard von Grimmelshausen's recent promotion to Admiral. In the party, he clashes with Hermann von Lüneburg and almost gets into a fistfight with him.

On 26 September 794 UC, Reinhard and Kircheis arrive at Iserlohn Fortress. Reinhard's squadron of over 1000 ships will be part of the forces facing the expected large-scale assault by the Free Planets Alliance on Iserlohn Fortress.

The Sixth Battle of Iserlohn begins. The Alliance forces proceeds with Holland's plan of using the main fleet as a diversion to keep the attention of the Imperial forces and allow Holland's squadron to close in to Iserlohn Fortress.

Battle of Iserlohn turns into a battle of attrition. Yang Wenli feels that the Alliance forces should have retreated by this point. His concerns however are not shared by the Alliance commanders, who still adopt a wait-and-see attitude.