Trigun Maximum 98

01)
?: Protection hatch open!!!
?: Anti-Ballistic Field Activated!!
?: Cannon Preparations Complete.
?: The Legendary Warhead "Thor Hammer"...
?: Warhead Class "F"
?: Anti-Ballistic Protection System Initiated.
?: In just a few moments, Knives will be rocked to the very core by seven separate Class F warheads...
?: Easily the most intense temperature this level of reality has ever seen will now be created.
P: ...Shit!!
P: Please, wait...!!
P: If only you would wait just a little bit longer...!!!

02)
?: Captain Panse!! Returning transmission! Unfortunately, we must break communication with you now!! This is an order!!
?: At this point, there is no way to suspend the process and sacrifice thousands of lives in the process!!
?: This plan's priority is "SS" rank!!
?: Repeating once more!! From here on out, all communication will be severed!!

03)
P: Did it work...?
M: ..........No...
M: It's useless....!!!!
M: ....gh!!
M: Keep going!! Try once more!!!
M: Don't give up...
M: Never....
M: Until the...
M: end of the end...!!!!

04)
V: Where...
V: ...is this...

05)
V: Ah...
V: A
V: A
V: AAAAAAAAA
V: AAAAAAAHHHH

06)
V: ...Wolfwood...!!!
V: Sensei...!!
V: Emilio....!!

07)
V: Everyone...
V: Re...

08)
SFX: ...ch!!
V: ...Ahh...

10)
K: Useless!?
K: Fire again!!
K: We have to keep going!!
K: Once more!!!

11)
P: Look!!!
M: Ahh...!!
M: It's barely discernable, but it looks like the union is weakening...
P: Alright..let's go!!
P: Time for the next one....!!!

12)
P: Engaging maximum output!!
P: ....dammit!!
M: ...Impossible...
P: ...they didn't heed my warning...!!
P: The fact that they entered the Final Sequence is proof of this...
P: They made their..final decision...!!

13)
M: I'm sorry...Milly...
M: Please don't say that, senpai..!!
?: Five minutes remaining...
?: ...until we fire!!!
Thought: God...
Thought: Just now, I pulled the trigger of a deep sin...
T: This, however...
T: ...will be a defining moment that will shape history for the entire human race in the Milky Way Galaxy.
T: Please, somehow...
T: Your divine protection...
Shout: ...FIRE!!!!

20)
?: What...
?: What just happened...?!
?: This flucuation in energy...
?: It's like all the energy from the Thor Hammer is suddenly being returned all at once...!!
?: The moment the Gate was opened, that entrance was, with the ships' gunports...!!!
?: All seven ships...
?: At the exact same time...!!!
?: Because of the shells' strong directivity, the effect of the blast was felt effectively both ahead and behind the point of impact.
?: At this point the only ships still in tact are the ones protected by the Anti-Ballstic Field.
?: If only...if only the energy from the ships' release had been a bit stronger...
?: ...they wouldn't have all been vaporized like that!!

21)
C: We didn't get a break even for a second...
C: Our entire, thoroughly detailed, thought-out plan....
C: All the time, it was like trying to contain an avalache through a single straw.
C: Until the very end, all of our highest expectations...
C: ...were completely blown away.
23)
?: Ah...
?: Aahh...

26)
?: A
?: Ahh...
?: Ahhhhh
?: Ahhhhh
?: ...What...
?: on earth is that...!!
?: All seven ships of our fleet...at the exact same time...
?: ...It's over.

27)
SFX: Kata
M: ...No matter what happens.
M: We must remember that this sand-covered planet was the place where our ancestors fell and saw paradise.
M: Whatever happens....to this planet.
M: It seems like these overwhelming, pivotal moments have become everyday life to us..
M: Eventually, if we keep getting beat in and out like this, we might not survive...!!
M: Welcome, Panse-san..
M: Is this wonderful place still everything you expected it to be...?
M: If you survive through this, it might not be a bad topic to ponder.

28)
P: ...Hu...haha...
P: Hahahaha...
P: I give up.
P: How can you two be so strong?
M: ...isn't it obvious?
M: Because we fight together.
M: I'm talking about Vash the Stampede's fight.
M: No matter what happens...
M: we'll keep struggling to the very end.

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