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international relations

have become a delicate matter.

These days, even on Earth,

the usual frictions between

nations are heating up.

It wouldn't take much for trivial

troubles to develop into a war.

Your point being?

A word of warning. Don't meet that

woman from the Eurasian Colony again!

Forget it!

It's only come to this

because you soldiers have interfered

with the development of space!

If you want to have a war

so badly, go back to Earth!

Stripling...

What's this about, Mother?!

I'm forbidden from going out at night?!

This is an office.

Watch your tongue.

Let me ask you a question.

Where do you go every night?

I... go out to investigate

the ecology of the plankton.

And exactly when did

you become a biologist?

Do you understand what

a critical moment this is?!

We kept the radicals in check and have

finally managed to open up a dialogue.

Alena, before any strange rumors spread,

stop meeting the American.

That's an order.

Cutting power to the drive.

Plasma propulsion standing by.

--Entering the 5th planet's gravity in 24 hours.

--Has contact been made with the 5th planet?

It sounds like they're

looking forward to the supplies.

For my part, I hope we're soon able

to supply the Earth with resources.

Unfortunately, it seems like

that's going to take some time.

What?!

For the time being, we're not

allowed to go out at night?!

All stations have just received

the message from the commander.

Why?!

It's unfortunate for you two, but

I guess it was a request from the military.

Son of a b*tch! It was Beltin!

I think the restriction will be lifted

once the talks with the Eurasian Colony

and the members of the U.N.

mediation committee are over next week.

Next week?

Ion! Don't be discouraged!

Just do your best!

Whether or not this planet can become

colonized depends on your research!

That warmonger!

Alena...

Ion, what's wrong?!

What happened?!

There must've been an accident!

A sample of unknown fungus

leaked out and infected the lab!

What?! I'll be right there!

No one else comes in here!

We don't know anything yet about

its effects on the human body, so...

Ion, what is it?! Ion!

That huge plateau, "Europa,"

is suitable for residential dwelling.

The only potential problem

is the mold-like fungus

propagating over nearly the entire area...

I see. So the whiteness is due to fungi, eh?

That's the Eurasian Federation Colony.

You can see the American-Euro

United Colony on the other side.

They've both been living

here for four months now.

What's that balloon-like thing?

It seems to be a creature

evolved from a jellyfish or the like.

Normally, they live in flocks in the

high-pressure zones of the atmosphere.

Commander, the United Nations Mediation

Committee members have arrived.

So it appears.

What happened afterwards

with the laboratory shield incident?

We haven't been able to see inside yet.

But it appears that the

colony escaped contamination.

Should this matter be kept from

the members of the United Nations...

Naturally!

Not a word of this can be leaked outside.

Especially to the Eurasian Federation.

Welcome, Member Lange.

I'm Commander Kurt Mayer.

You must be tired from your long journey.

No, no, it was a comfortable trip.

This is Member Snaut.

I'm Snaut.

This starfish-like thing is a parasite

that lives off of a species of coral,

covering it like a suit of armor.

It's as hard as ceramic.

We had a hell of a time

getting rid of them from this area.

Samples of mineral resources are over here.

I assure you, when it comes to colonization,

you won't find a more

abundant planet than this.

Come what may,

our colony will do everything to...

You can't go in there!

At the moment, an unidentified

fungus is being cultivated, you see.

Commander Medvedeva and

Lieutenant Commander Guerin

have declined to use common English,

so I will interpret for them.

Regarding colonial expansion,

the Eurasian Colony will make a proposal

for a plan for the next five years.

First, all rampant fungi

and other harmful organisms

in the entire area known as

Europa shall be eradicated.

This land must be secured for

a giant granary and residential space.

The enormous store of buried groundwater

under the continent's bedrock

will be allocated for farmland.

There is a possibility that in the future,

this groundwater could obstruct

mineral mining operations.

Therefore, we have a plan

to pump out the water

and construct a giant lake to store it.

For location,

I think you'll agree the vast

wetlands in the north would be best.

From there, many

irrigation rivers can be drawn.

Perhaps we should call them, say,

the Volga River, the Rhine River and so on...

The "Rhine" River, eh?

Sounds to me like a line-- a border.

Great rivers are symbols of borders!

In other words, depending

on how the rivers are drawn,

territory can be split up however you wish!

This planet is an unknown world.

Enacting large-scale reforms on its surface

would have a considerable impact

on its climate and ecosystem.

The area surrounding our

colony lacks groundwater.

We need water!

That has nothing to do with us.

If you refuse to cooperate with us...

We'll have no choice but

to begin terraforming on our own.

Even if... Even if we have to use force!

Of all the high-handed...!

We won't let you!

Oh, excuse me. It's time for

me to take my heart medicine.

Anyway, it's impossible for one

country to develop an entire planet alone.

Why don't we take a break,

then hear this colony's proposal?

Picard, where's Ion in this colony?

Is that "heart medicine"

effective, Member Lange?

It's vintage 21 00 Bordeaux.

How could it not be effective?

So we've got a dispute

over water rights, eh?

And this is the front line

of the development of space!

No matter where humans go,

they always behave as they do on Earth.

We never change.

The United Nations sent

mediators into a no-win situation...

Eventually, it'll work out somehow.

That's always the way of it.

The human race as it stands

is like a pathogen or a parasite.

After fully infesting our host, the Earth,

we forge ahead into the cosmos.

Searching for a new host...

Just like fungi spores borne on the wind...

Don't you think?

I don't know about that...

I would say that thanks

to our scientific advances,

we put our stamp on space.

But perhaps that is the height of conceit.

Ion is calling for me?

I apologize for calling you

here in the middle of the night.

Here.

Ion is in here?

Alena! That is your voice, isn't it?!

Ion! Then you're safe!

I was worried that something

had happened to you. Open this.

I can't.

Why not?

Alena, calm down and listen carefully.

An unknown parasitic

fungus lives in this world's air.

It's infected me.

So if I open that door now,

you and the entire colony would...

You're sick? You're in pain?

It hurt at first, but the

pain went away quickly.

I've been doing nothing but

running tests on my body since...

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