The following is a translation of the narrative in this report installment.
(Episode 4)
Although the intercept at Palumpolum did not succeed, PSICOM's other group at the fallen city Nautilus captured two la’Cie’s, a girl named Vanille and Sazh Katzroy. An important source of information came from Sazh's son, Dajh. Dajh, being a la’Cie of the government, had a focus to capture Pulse la’Cie. Upon completing his focus -- to greet his father, which led to his dad's capture, Dajh was turned to crystal.
The two were detained on the airship Palamecia. They were to be sent to the capital of Eden and their execution was to be broadcasted all over Cocoon for all its citizens to see. Their captors wanted to bait the other hidden la’Cie. Because of the importance of these tactics, the leader of the Sanctum government, Galenth Dysley himself, would implement the plan from the helm of the Palamecia.
Just around that time, four including Lightning were thinking about fighting back against the government, with the air force of flying ships led by the Rear Admiral Cid Raines, a Sanctum Brigadier General in the Cavalry who did not trust the government. The Cavalry was a part of the government but did not take part in their errands. Actually the opposite. Human are not Fal’Cie's pets nor tools -- that was Raines' opinion. The government, a puppet of Fal’Cie, we intended to defeat. This had a good chance. Lightning rescuing her people would disclose the government's secret to everyone. Then Cocoon would be released from Fal’Cie's control. So, I took Lightning and her group to the Palamecia, where Sadz and Vanila were captured.
The military prepared well but the La’Cie overwhelmed them. The four of Lightning’s people could easily break the defense. They got together at the aiship base. It was unexplainable that they could come in so easily – was it only their skill and luck? There must have been a spy, they suspected. In any case, the La’Cie and Lighting’s people approached the bridge where Dysley was commanding.
Dysley was a hoax. We thought he was a puppet of fal'Cie – Eden, but he was indeed the puppeteer. He was not human. He was Cocoon fal'Cie ruler Barthandelus. A real fal'Cie ruling Cocoon! These guys, fal'Cie, think humans are just tools. They try to rule La’Cie as tools as well. According to Barthandelus, the focus of Lightning’s people is to be a monster called Ragnarok and destroy Cocoon. The leader of the Sanctum is Fal’Cie, the focus is a monster. Such an incredible story! Finally, all we could do was leave in his airship, without defeating Barthandelus.
An emergency news bulletin came to me about who got hurt at Palumpolum and receiving treatment in Eden the capital. In the sky near Eden, the flying ship Palamecia descended. It must have been caused by La’Cie. Right away I sortied on the maneuver plane and found it. I tried to attack but was unsuccessful. Their plane was just a small shuttle but moved a lot better than its expected capability. They fought well against the most advanced maneuvers. At the end of the hard battle, it looked like we got them but then an unbelievable thing happened. Suddenly, the defense shield of the capital Eden was released. It was as if the airship was invited into the capital. It flew into the city... and disappeared.
The two were detained on the airship Palamecia. They were to be sent to the capital of Eden and their execution was to be broadcasted all over Cocoon for all its citizens to see. Their captors wanted to bait the other hidden la’Cie. Because of the importance of these tactics, the leader of the Sanctum government, Galenth Dysley himself, would implement the plan from the helm of the Palamecia.
Just around that time, four including Lightning were thinking about fighting back against the government, with the air force of flying ships led by the Rear Admiral Cid Raines, a Sanctum Brigadier General in the Cavalry who did not trust the government. The Cavalry was a part of the government but did not take part in their errands. Actually the opposite. Human are not Fal’Cie's pets nor tools -- that was Raines' opinion. The government, a puppet of Fal’Cie, we intended to defeat. This had a good chance. Lightning rescuing her people would disclose the government's secret to everyone. Then Cocoon would be released from Fal’Cie's control. So, I took Lightning and her group to the Palamecia, where Sadz and Vanila were captured.
The military prepared well but the La’Cie overwhelmed them. The four of Lightning’s people could easily break the defense. They got together at the aiship base. It was unexplainable that they could come in so easily – was it only their skill and luck? There must have been a spy, they suspected. In any case, the La’Cie and Lighting’s people approached the bridge where Dysley was commanding.
Dysley was a hoax. We thought he was a puppet of fal'Cie – Eden, but he was indeed the puppeteer. He was not human. He was Cocoon fal'Cie ruler Barthandelus. A real fal'Cie ruling Cocoon! These guys, fal'Cie, think humans are just tools. They try to rule La’Cie as tools as well. According to Barthandelus, the focus of Lightning’s people is to be a monster called Ragnarok and destroy Cocoon. The leader of the Sanctum is Fal’Cie, the focus is a monster. Such an incredible story! Finally, all we could do was leave in his airship, without defeating Barthandelus.
An emergency news bulletin came to me about who got hurt at Palumpolum and receiving treatment in Eden the capital. In the sky near Eden, the flying ship Palamecia descended. It must have been caused by La’Cie. Right away I sortied on the maneuver plane and found it. I tried to attack but was unsuccessful. Their plane was just a small shuttle but moved a lot better than its expected capability. They fought well against the most advanced maneuvers. At the end of the hard battle, it looked like we got them but then an unbelievable thing happened. Suddenly, the defense shield of the capital Eden was released. It was as if the airship was invited into the capital. It flew into the city... and disappeared.
Editors' Note: The video title references FFXIII-2 but actually this report series seems to be a recap of FFXIII events and details.
Brilliant! However, the narrator kind of confuses me. The third paragraph says "So, I took Lightning and her group to the Palamecia, where Sazh and Vanille were captured.", from which I assumed Raines was speaking. But then in further paragraphs, there are obvious changes in the character who is speaking, like in the last paragraph,"Right away I sortied on the maneuver plane and found it. I tried to attack but was unsuccessful." which suggests that Rosch was speaking. Is the narrator quoting the different characters?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, the translation is much appreciated.
Good observation. The narrator never did identify himself; this ended up confusing us a little, too. I'll do some research and add a note of clarification if/when I can sort this out. Thanks for your comment.
ReplyDelete