Episode Title:
Toll for the Brave.
Episode Description:
Both UFE and Vers forces prepare for battle on their respective asteroid bases. Magbaredge confirms with Inaho that it wasn't Asseylum's blood alone that gave him the ability to activate Aldnoah Drives, but something that was transferred when he gave her CPR. Meanwhile, other Counts of the Vers Empire show open contempt at Slaine for being Earthborn, but before they can harm him, Saazbaum abruptly announces that he is adopting Slaine as his son and legal heir. After a tense period of waiting, Trident and Marineros Bases are close enough that the two sides can begin their attacks. Inaho shoots down several enemy spacecraft and eventually runs into Slaine again, finally gaining confirmation that Slaine is somehow able to accurately predict the near future like himself. Saazbaum appears in his refurbished Dioscuria II to assist Slaine, and mentions that his shield's weak spot has changed as he chases Inaho through the debris field. Using smoke released from an explosion and help from Inaho, Inko is able to identify the new weak spot in Dioscuria II's shield, forcing Saazbaum to disable Dioscuria II's shield just as a micrometeoroid shower hits it, disabling the Kataphrakt. Slaine then tells Saazbaum that the shower was actually his own work, using Tharsis' precognitive systems to accurately pinpoint where Saazbaum would be two minutes in the future so he could destroy him as revenge for shooting Asseylum. After a second micrometeoroid shower finishes off Saazbaum, Slaine officially becomes a Count of the Vers Empire while Inaho is able to ascertain from Slaine's speech that Asseylum is still alive.
