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User:Britfag

2012-03-10T17:49:59Z

Britfag:

I translate the Suomus Misfits Squadron novels and other material on the Strike Witches Wikia: http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Strike_Witches_Wiki

Novel translations will be uploaded [http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Suomus_Misfits_Squadron_in_Love here] and [http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Clash_in_the_Suomus_Misfits_Squadron here] before they are uploaded to Baka-Tsuki. This is because I leave difficult sentences out and work on them later.

If you have any questions about the novels, feel free to ask me here or on the Wikia.

Talk:Strike Witches

2012-03-10T17:42:40Z

Britfag: /* Translations */ Deleted previous comment, added new one

==Article discussion==
I moved the content that was here to the [[Strike_Witches:guidelines|Strike Witches Format Guidelines]] page as that is more appropriate for the subject matter. This page should be more for discussion on the content of the main page.

--[[User:Ulrezaj|Ulrezaj]] 09:09, 8 September 2008 (PDT)

==Project abandoned==

This project hasn't been updated in so long. Perhaps move it into abandoned projects?

Only if Oni or someone else with the power to decide, updates the {{[[Template:STALLED]]}}stalled tag from 12 to six month... --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 18:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

== Volunteer Translator ==

Hi,

I'm new and I would be willing to continue translating the Strike Witches novel series. I'm currently learning Japanese at the moment and this would be a perfect opportunity to apply what I learn as I go. So if anyone was willing to edit for me and point me in the right direction on where to get raws, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

-Leyana 18/08/2010

You could try to ask another of the translators of this project, if they would/could provide you with some raws for translation reasons here or in the [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/forums/ forum]. --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 16:35, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I would be willing to provide the first volume of "Misfits" (RAW). Simply show me where to send it. ~Mr Bystander

Wow~~ Someone willing to translate the Suomus version..?? I'll be waiting for it!! I really love the Suomus version~~ :)
Sadly, I can't speak Japanese, so I can't help you to translate it.... T__T --SWEnthusiast

....is this project has been in stalled state? 'cause it looks like it hasn't been edited for....more than 7 months...? O.o - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]] 22:35, 30 May 2011 (UCT)

Please... Anybody translate this. Even if its just the soumus part. I'm really looking forward to this. My japanese still isn't good enough to help translating.
T.T ANYBODY PLEASE... -- new guy YoshikuniKAITO

== Translations ==

Hello,

I am currently working on this novel and my translations can be found on the Strike Witches Wikia. It is my unfinished version of chapter 5 which is currently up on this site - I didn't give permission for it to be posted here. At first I was unwilling to post my translation, but I understand that there are probably many people who don't know that I'm working on this and that it can be found on the wikia. Not to mention chapters 1-4 are already here.

As of next week, I will be able to put up translations up to Volume 2 chapter 3.

Edit: There's no point having my full translations on two different sites, so I'm going to complete volume 1 here, and volume 2&3 will be on the Strike Witches wikia. It's nothing personal, that's just where I'm based.

Oh, I only know to read the translation here. OK, for volume 2, I'll go to [http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Translation_Statuses Wikia] to read it. And thanks for translating it~ :) - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]]

Ah, how could that happen? Wasnt the translation here before there was a translation in the wikia? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 02:11, 1 March 2012 (CST)

I don't know how to add pictures to the pages, can someone help me out here? --[[User:Britfag|Britfag]] 19:25, 4 March 2012 (CST)

To get the picture in the text you just have to write at the right place as an example <nowiki> [[Image:SW_vol1c04_01.jpg|thumb|''Below her short, cropped hair, she was blushing red up to her eyes.'']]</nowiki> if you want text below the image or just <nowiki> [[Image:SW_vol1c04_01.jpg|thumb]] </nowiki> without extra text. --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 01:47, 6 March 2012 (CST)

Thanks a bunch, I'll do all the pictures once I've finished these chapters of volume 2. If that page view thing below each of the chapters is to be believed, then there are a hell of a lot of people reading the translations on this site. So, I will put my translations for the final two novels on here too to avoid complications with people not knowing where to find them. However, I will put them on the Wikia first. There are often a few sentences I can't translate first time round, and I end up doing loads of editing on the Wikia - so I'll put it up here once I've edited it there. I realise there are also a few little differences from my translation to selkirk's (eg Neuroi names, Haruka always referring to Tomoko as shou-i), would you prefer it if I changed those details to make the translations match up better? --[[User:Britfag|Britfag]] 11:42, 10 March 2012 (CST)

Talk:Strike Witches

2012-03-05T01:25:51Z

Britfag: /* Translations */

==Article discussion==
I moved the content that was here to the [[Strike_Witches:guidelines|Strike Witches Format Guidelines]] page as that is more appropriate for the subject matter. This page should be more for discussion on the content of the main page.

--[[User:Ulrezaj|Ulrezaj]] 09:09, 8 September 2008 (PDT)

==Project abandoned==

This project hasn't been updated in so long. Perhaps move it into abandoned projects?

Only if Oni or someone else with the power to decide, updates the {{[[Template:STALLED]]}}stalled tag from 12 to six month... --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 18:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

== Volunteer Translator ==

Hi,

I'm new and I would be willing to continue translating the Strike Witches novel series. I'm currently learning Japanese at the moment and this would be a perfect opportunity to apply what I learn as I go. So if anyone was willing to edit for me and point me in the right direction on where to get raws, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

-Leyana 18/08/2010

You could try to ask another of the translators of this project, if they would/could provide you with some raws for translation reasons here or in the [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/forums/ forum]. --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 16:35, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I would be willing to provide the first volume of "Misfits" (RAW). Simply show me where to send it. ~Mr Bystander

Wow~~ Someone willing to translate the Suomus version..?? I'll be waiting for it!! I really love the Suomus version~~ :)
Sadly, I can't speak Japanese, so I can't help you to translate it.... T__T --SWEnthusiast

....is this project has been in stalled state? 'cause it looks like it hasn't been edited for....more than 7 months...? O.o - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]] 22:35, 30 May 2011 (UCT)

Please... Anybody translate this. Even if its just the soumus part. I'm really looking forward to this. My japanese still isn't good enough to help translating.
T.T ANYBODY PLEASE... -- new guy YoshikuniKAITO

== Translations ==

Hello,

I am currently working on this novel and my translations can be found on the Strike Witches Wikia. It is my unfinished version of chapter 5 which is currently up on this site - I didn't give permission for it to be posted here. At first I was unwilling to post my translation, but I understand that there are probably many people who don't know that I'm working on this and that it can be found on the wikia. Not to mention chapters 1-4 are already here.

As of next week, I will be able to put up translations up to Volume 2 chapter 3.

Edit: There's no point having my full translations on two different sites, so I'm going to complete volume 1 here, and volume 2&3 will be on the Strike Witches wikia. It's nothing personal, that's just where I'm based.

Oh, I only know to read the translation here. OK, for volume 2, I'll go to [http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Translation_Statuses Wikia] to read it. And thanks for translating it~ :) - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]]

Ah, how could that happen? Wasnt the translation here before there was a translation in the wikia? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 02:11, 1 March 2012 (CST)

Yes, you're right, it was. I started translating sections of the novel in 2010 before SW season 2 aired, then I decided to fully translate the novel. I just think that there's not much point in having the same translation of the same books on two separate sites, that's all. I know it started off here, but I'm going to finish it, and for me it's easier to have it on the wikia, as it's a community dedicated to Strike Witches, and I've been there since I started the translation. I started doing it for the people on the wikia - the reason I came here in the first place was just to let people know that the project isn't dead, because I know a lot of people probably don't know I'm working on the wikia. Is that ok? - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]

I don't know how to add pictures to the pages, can someone help me out here? --[[User:Britfag|Britfag]] 19:25, 4 March 2012 (CST)

Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter7

2012-03-05T01:24:17Z

Britfag:

Tomoko’s shoot-down count had begun to rise normally. It wasn’t long before Christmas arrived.

“Pilot Officer Anabuki. Flight Lieutenant Häkkinen would like to see you in the command room.”

Before noon…Tomoko, who was returning to base after finishing aerial patrol, had been informed of the arrival of an officer. It was unusual for her to be called all the way out to the command centre.

As she rushed off, wondering why she’d been called out, she noticed someone other than F/L Häkkinen – someone with a face that invoked nostalgia.

It wasn’t someone that she knew, however. Their face was one that was uncommon in a place like Suomus - the reason being that they were oriental.

F/L Häkkinen introduced her to the middle aged man: “A guest from your country, Pilot Officer.”

The man beamed at Tomoko.

“Wing Commander Sakuma, a military attaché.”

Tomoko saluted in a hurry. He wasn’t in uniform, so she hadn’t known he was with the military.

“Please excuse me. I’m currently on civil service related business.”

It seems like this man is a well-informed officer. What on earth could someone like that possibly want with me?

“You’ve done a great deal of good work. I’m very proud. Congratulations on your 50th shoot down. Currently, you are the top ace of Fuso’s European detachment.”

Tomoko bowed out of respect.

Surely he didn’t come all this way just to give me a pep talk?

Just as she thought it odd that a military attaché would use his free time to pay her a visit, the following words that came from his mouth shocked her thoroughly.

“Well then, we can’t afford an ace like that to go without proper recognition, can we? On this occasion, we’ve decided to give you the appropriate decoration. You will be awarded the fourth class Order of the Golden Kite. It is truly an honour, Pilot Officer.”

The Order of the Golden Kite is an award that carries a lot of honour along with it. It is even said by the Air Marshal you can’t receive it unless you demonstrate distinguished war accomplishments. It is the ultimate verification of one’s own potential.

“T-Thank you very much!” Said Tomoko, bowing once more with her utmost thanks.

Happiness was bubbling inside her.

“It’s likely that you will receive official directions from the higher officers shortly. The awarding ceremony is scheduled to take place in Paris. I’ve called for officers and officials alike. It’ll be a splendid party. I hope you’ll look forward to it.”

She was so overjoyed she was practically shaking.

Afterwards, she asked him briefly about current affairs in Fuso; and the war situation in Karlsland.

Looking at the war situation in Karlsland on a whole, it seemed that no matter how well the Karlsland detatchment were doing, nothing was changing for the better.

I wonder if Takeko is doing well?

Tomoko was filled with anxiety.

“How is the squad in Karlsland keeping up?”

“I hear that they’re still yet to report any victims.”

Tomoko was relieved. For now, it seemed like Takeko was safe.

Despite her relief, there was something that she was just itching to ask. There was no doubt that a high-ranking officer would know plenty of detailed information regarding the military.

“Wing Commander Sakuma, Sir. I’ve got something I would like to inquire about.”

“Go ahead.”

“Who was the one who made the decision to have me sent to Suomus?”

Wing Commander Sakuma was taken aback with surprise.

“You don’t know?”

“No.”

“It was your colleague, Pilot Officer Katou.”

The response drained all colour from her face.

“Takeko did?”

“Yes. We were in the middle of selecting the soldiers that would be sent to Karlsland. There was no doubt that we were going to be sending you off in the detachment. However, Pilot Officer Katou came along to the selection committee meeting one day. She had a request for us – quite simply that we shouldn’t send you to Karlsland.”

“Why would she…why…?”

Wing Commander Sakuma flinched at Tomoko’s growing fury.

“Well…I didn’t hear it from her firsthand, so I don’t know the details myself... but…she suggested that you tended to fall flat during fierce battle. However, looking at your military records and service history that doesn’t seemed to be a problem, so I myself, am a little confused as to why she would say something like that. In the end, the most senior officer present decided that you would be sent to Suomus instead - based on her insistence. It’s nothing to be disheartened by, given your military achievements.”

Tomoko was appalled.

The one that decided that I would get sent to Suomus was…Takeko.

Why? Tomoko whispered under her breath.

Even though Takeko and I could have been fighting together as rivals…

We could have been competing together for military achievements…

Tomoko shuffled back to her own room and let her body drop onto her bed. She knew she had to write up a report for the aerial patrol she was on earlier, but her hand wouldn’t budge.

Just…why?

If I think back…Takeko had been a little odd. I guess she was jealous of my military prowess after all. Of course! That’s why she sent me to Suomus – a place where it would be impossible to achieve military greatness. Even though we were such good friends, I’m just alone now.

Just as Tomoko's thoughts slipped further and further into depression, the siren roared throughout the base.

“Air raid warning! Air raid warning!”

It’s the Neuroi.

The enemy sure knows how to beat me when I’m down.

Tomoko stood up, biting firmly on her lip.

As she ascended into the sky, she could hear an announcement from F/L Hakkinen.

“The Neuroi bomber formation of 20 units is currently at co-ordinates B-3 with an altitude of 5,000 metres and rising. Be careful. Today’s Neuroi is unlike anything we’ve faced before.”

She spoke in her usual cold tone. However, Tomoko was off with the fairies and paid the warning no heed. She felt her body moving automatically to the assigned co-ordinates, and the correct altitude.

The 1st squadron, who by now would usually be attempting to take the enemy down - were instead circling in the air space above the enemy.

What on earth were they doing that for?

The reason hit Tomoko in the face in an instant.

The Laros were circling around a much bigger beast…

It wasn’t the usual Kefalas.

The silhouette was three times as big.

Despite being one single unit, it had an overwhelming presence.

“This is ‘Snow Woman’ to fighter squadron. The large Neuroi bombing unit approaching is a new model called Diomedia! It’s a monster that took down an entire naval aviation unit in Karlsland! It’s equipped with a weapon that shoots hedgehog-like spikes. Coming close to it without careful thought would be dangerous!”

Upon closer inspection, it stood out from the Kefalas in relief.

The shape of the four engines it was towing along resembled that of a huge aerial fortification. It was definitely very unusual looking. The wings that extended horizontally from the body gave off an aura of ill fate. Both the fuselage and the wings were thick, and powerful. It was very likely to be suitably fortified, and bombproof.

Understandably, it seemed even F/L Mika Ahonen’s experienced 1st squadron had no idea how they should go about attacking the thing. They drew close to it, shot at it with their machine guns, then made evasive maneuvers.

Tomoko focused her courage.

It was scary.

She had a gut feeling that she couldn’t win.

That didn't stop her from beginning her approach.

Elma yelled out over the wireless: “P/O Anabuki! It’s too dangerous – don’t get any closer!”

Tomoko didn’t stop her charge.

Next was Katharine's protest: “P/O! Don’t go any closer! That thing’s deadly!”

And finally she heard Haruka’s voice: “P/O! Please stop! Stop and think about what you’re doing!”

She didn’t listen, and steadily drew closer.

The Diomedia began to fire defensively from the infinite number of turrets attached to its huge body. Blue metal bullets that looked like ice-pops flew relentlessly in Tomoko’s direction.

F/L Hakkinen’s previous words were burned into her mind:

It took down a Naval Aviation unit in Karlsland huh? That means Takeko couldn’t defeat it. To put it simply, if I can take down this thing, then I’ll be one better than Takeko. That would be better than any award – better than getting praise from the people of this country.

Watch and learn, Takeko. Tomoko whispered to herself.

I’ll prove to you that you will never be better than me!

The distance between them was now 200 metres.

The Diomedia’s defensive turrets began to hit at Tomoko.

If this is all it’s going to do, then I can probably survive with a simple magic shield.

She spread around the figure of the large bombing squadron, keeping it in her sights all the while. She began firing at it with her 7.7mm machine gun.

It’s difficult to get that bulk out in the open.

Pa! Pa! Pa! The bullets dissipated across the surface of the Diomedia’s fuselage like fireworks but…it had as much impact as a small rock tumbling off a mountain.

It seems to be completely fortified against bullets and bombs. I’ll never take it down with just a 7.7mm machine gun!

“Get down already!”

Tomoko shouted at the top of her voice as she continued to pull on the trigger. The bullets just continued to ricochet off.

The relative distance between them was now only 100 metres.

I can’t get out of its line of sight…it looks like my magic shield is reaching its limit.

“Ah!”

In an instant her engine was hit. Smoke was pouring from her beloved Fuso made machine. She felt her body begin to fall down with rapid velocity.

If I don’t slow down soon I’m in big trouble!

Tomoko desperately tried with all her might to get out of the line of fire…but it was too late.

“Ugh!”

A bullet hit her in the arm. Next she felt excruciating pain in her leg.

Just as she thought there was no hope left…She could vaguely make out a brown shape fall down from above, spreading itself over her.

“Eh?”

The bullets that should have been hitting Tomoko were now hitting that shape instead.

“Beurling!”

Tomoko was gobsmacked. She had become Tomoko’s shield…taking all the fire by herself... with a pained look on her face, was P/O Beurling.

“What on earth are you doing? Let go!”

Beurling didn’t let go. Her shield was beginning to reach its limit from the battering…her body was dented with bullet fire, and Tomoko could hear the sound of padding as her shield started losing power.

“Do you have a death wish or something!?”

Even still, Beurling would not separate from Tomoko. As she continued to hold Tomoko in safety, she unsteadily began to fly closer to ground level.

Just when they were out of the range of the Diomedia… Tomoko felt a burst of strength from Beurling’s body. She collapsed, and began to glide straight towards the floor.

“Beurling!”

Tomoko screamed. She made an effort to chase after her, but her body wouldn’t do what she wanted out of sheer pain.

Her vision blackened out…and she lost consciousness.

When she came to, Tomoko was resting in a bed in the base’s medical bay. Next to her, F/O Elma, Katharine and Haruka were peering down at her with great concern.

“You’ve finally regained consciousness.” Katharine whispered.

“Thank goodness…you’ve been out for an entire day.” P/O Elma informed Tomoko.

As Tomoko whispered, “... Where am I?” Elma responded, telling her that she was in Kauhava’s medical bay.

She made a futile attempt to move her body, but agonising pain shot through her as soon as she tried.

“Ahhh! You really should rest!”P/O Elma suggested.

“But Beurling…Beurling is…”As Tomoko continued to mumble to herself, Katharine made a movement with her lips.

“Well um, about that…that is…”

Haruka and Ursula looked towards P/O Elma with pleading eyes.

She hesitated for a while, and then bit down on her lip. Eventually, she mustered up some courage and raised her head.

“…She took fire all over her body and her magic shield subsequently failed. And then-”

Tomoko’s skin became pale.

“No way…”

Before then, she’d been so scared that she couldn’t speak. After shivering for a while, Tomoko struggled to muster up the strength to squeeze out a few words.

“…Why? Why would she do that for my sake? Even though all I ever did was say horrible things to her…”

Elma continued her sentence this time in a more apologetic tone: “P/O Beurling said that P/O Anabuki is a very important person to this squad…that’s why…”

“That’s why she said she’d use herself as a shield!? What kind of reason is that!”

P/O Elma shook her head. Tomoko was completely inconsolable.

“Please just relax and let your wounds heal. Don’t worry about anything else.”

“But…but…without me and Beurling…”

“I-It’s totally fine!”Katharine nodded with an optimistic smile.

“Next time we’ll try out that new thing that Ursula made! Uh, what was that again, anyway…? Ursula?”

“Air-to-air rocket.”Ursula responded in a quiet voice.

“Yes! That’s it! That rocket! If we hit it with one of those, it’ll go down no matter how big it is…”

Tomoko was apprehensive.

A rocket, huh? You’d probably have no choice but to be fairly close to hit it with a rocket.

P/O Elma grabbed Tomoko’s hand.

“…P/O Elma.”

“Things will definitely work out! We’ll find a way. So please, just relax and let your wounds heal up.”

Haruka piled her hand on top of Elma’s.

“D-Don’t worry! The Neuroi definitely won’t come anywhere near here!”

Everyone hurriedly lowered their heads at Tomoko: “P/O Anabuki Tomoko, thank you.”

Tomoko stared at her bandaged arm.

I…I wonder if everyone will forgive me for what I’ve done?

…I’ve been nothing but selfish. I get the feeling that I’ve been far too enforcing.

That night… Just as Tomoko was about to succumb to tiredness after everyone had left, there was a knock at the door. As there was no answer, the door creaked open.

It was F/L Häkkinen.

“Flight Lieutenant.”

As she spoke, she was handed a single sheet of paper.

“…And this is?”

“It’s a leave order.”

“…A leave order?”

“Exactly. I received word from Wing Commander Sakuma that we couldn't possibly have a soon to be decorated ace die….”

“….”

“A ship has been called for - it’s due to arrive tomorrow. you should take it as far as Brest Naval Base in Gallia.”

After F/L Häkkinen had left, Tomoko lowered her face.

“We could’t possibly have you die…”

F/L Häkkinen’s words echoed in her mind.

They reminded her of the heavy burden she was carrying... Beurling's death.

Lowering her voice, she began to sob quietly.

Beurling’s death was…my fault. 'It’s all because I rushed in to get my glorious military victory…'All because I was pursuing the title of ‘ace’…'I killed an important comrade.

No, I killed a person who acknowledged me as a comrade.

I shouldn’t think of this as just another burden. 'But it looks like it’s become my scapegoat.

“Why did you have to protect me... Someone like me who is only interested in my shoot down count…”

Tomoko wept until morning.

The following morning…

Wing Commander Sakuma arrived in the medical bay, followed by a subordinate officer. This time was different – he was clothed in his Fuso Imperial Army uniform.

“Today I’m here to give you formal orders. Pilot Officer Anabuki Tomoko of the Fuso Imperial Army and the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron, I order you to return home.”

After that, he smiled broadly.

“You did a fine job. You’ll surely be greeted with enthusiasm from the people of Fuso as soon as you return.”

Tomoko lay down on the stretcher that had been prepared for her, and was wheeled outside. She looked out at the place she had been living for the past two months.

The tattered warehouse…

It’d taken a smattering of machine gun fire during the first air raid, and as such the wall had been left scored with bullet marks.

I used to wonder why they’d left the building in such a disastrous state… but as I’m passing by it on my way home, I can’t help but feel strangely nostalgic…and lonely.

“Where is the rest of the squad?”She asked the reserve officer who was beside her.

“Ah, they’re ready and waiting to go on a sortie.”They answered.

My war may have ended abruptly… but for them it still rages on. I wonder if they’ll be all right?

She began to feel worrisome feelings welling up insider her again.

But…perhaps I don’t even have a right to be worried about them anymore. 'I didn’t co-operate with them not even one single time. 'I called them hopeless, good-for-nothing nuisances… and completely disregarded them.

Just as Tomoko was about to get in the car that would drive her away from the base…

The siren began to sound.

It wasn’t long before F/L Häkkinen’s voice echoed from the speakers near the airfield.

“Air raid warning! Air raid warning!”

Wing Commander Sakuma’s subordinate, who had been pushing the stretcher up until now, tutted.

“And we’d just arrived! It would have been better if they hadn’t shown up right at this moment…”

Tomoko pursed her lips.

They just don’t give up…

“The approaching enemy is the exact same Neuroi bomber formation we saw a few days ago! Its altitude is 4,000 metres! It’s in the middle of preparing for an attack on the base!”

Tomoko bit her lips.

They really have come for us…

She could see witches flying up into the sky from the airfield one by one.

The smart looking units that were gradually propelling them upwards were the Messerscharf Striker units of the 1st squadron.

That tubby looking unit is Katharine’s Buffalo. That waddling flight is something I’m very familiar with.

That small girl next to her looks like Ursula. She’s clutching a large tube with both hands. I wonder if that’s this so called ‘rocket’?

The white unit that just took off was Haruka’s A6M3 Model 22. Hey, if you don’t look ahead of you whilst you fly you’ll get separated from the rest of the squad!

P/O Elma was the last one to take off. Even though you’re the squad leader? What are they supposed to do without you! 'Look, the G50 doesn't have a lot of acceleration power so you really ought to have taken off sooner…

It was as shaky as start as ever. Tomoko stared up at the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron.

A bunch of ‘misfits’ thrown out from their own countries… my friends.

My friends, who have nowhere but here to call home.

My friends that I’ve been nothing but a nuisance to.

My friends… that said ‘thank you’ to me…

I…I might have just lost those friends.

It’s not a contest. It’s co-operation. 'If I can co-operate…Then we can become truly good friends. Then I can…

Just like Beurling…

They told me I could count on them.

“B-But…” Tomoko muttered.

“There’s no way I can count on you lot to do this alone!”

“Eh?” The officer who was holding the stretcher mumbled to himself in confusion at her outburst.

Tomoko felt her body awaken, and she leapt from the stretcher. She grabbed her furoshiki wrapped katana from the officer who had been her chaperone.

“W-Wait! Pilot Officer! What are you doing!”

Tomoko ignored him and began to walk away.

My leg hurts. My arm hurts. 'But…that won’t stop me from continuing.

No, it won’t stop me from flying!

Tomoko forcibly started to run, hobbling awkwardly on one leg. Wing Commander Sakuma began to give chase.

“Oi! Pilot Officer, where do you think you’re going!”

“I’m going to where my friends are!”

“Now now, what do you think you can do with injuries like that? You were issued an order of leave!”

“Well then, I refuse to follow that order.”

“What do you mean you refuse!? It’s an order, you can’t refuse!!”

Wing Commander Sakuma drew closer, until Tomoko pointed her katana close to his nose.

“I’m sorry. This means I won’t be accepting that award.”

As she burst into the aircraft hanger, the maintenance crew looked at her with wide eyes.

“P/O Anabuki!? We thought you’d returned to F-“

“Just get my Ki-27 ready, hurry!”

Threatened by Tomoko’s demand, the maintenance crew gathered Tomoko’s recently repaired Ki-27.

They equipped it onto Tomoko’s legs as she rested on a chair. Tomoko felt her legs get sucked into the Ki-27.

They were soon engulfed in the glowing blue light of her magic field.

“Are you sure you can fly with those injuries?”One of the maintenance crew asked, looking at her bandaged arms and legs.

“It’s not a matter or can or can’t. I will fly.”Tomoko shouted.

As she took off from the airfield, all of her magical power pumped into the Ki-27’s magic engine. The engine roared, and Tomoko sprung off the airfield and into the sky.

“Ugh!”Her body rose up to the sky in the midst of the engine’s roar.

“I can’t believe an old thing like that can ascend so well.”A maintenance crew member murmured - watching the sheer power of the Ki-27’s ascent.

“It’s probably because of her fighting spirit. The magic engine moves with magical power – right now she’s got that in bucket loads.”

The maintenance crew watched as Tomoko’s figure got smaller and smaller, waving their hats at her disappearing shape.

“Take down the Neuroi, ace!”

It was the same huge Diomedia that had come a few days ago. Quite frankly, the members of the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron were shitting themselves as they stood in front of it.

When you look at it up close like this…this thing is huge.

It really is huge.

How is it even possible to have something this huge?

With its wings extended, it was about the size of an entire school’s grounds.

The massive four engine bulk was being pushed forwards by a gargantuan propeller - which was rotating with a horrible sound similar to a car revving up.

The grubby grey paintjob made it look like some kind of ferocious whale.

“Somehow… it’s like Moby-Dick.”P/O Elma murmured.
"Somehow... It's like Moby-Dick."
Added by Britfag
All the member of the ‘misfits squadron’ were in range of the huge bombing formation, staring at it.
On the opposite side of the Diomedia, the 1st squadron were doing the same thing, surrounding it at a distance.

The Laros who were guarding the Diomedia didn’t even come close to begin attacking. They were focused on staying by the huge figure instead.

If they could get in closer, they could sweep in…. But there was no window for opportunity with those Laros surrounding it.

“So, it’s like we’re Captain Ahab about to grapple with Moby-Dick, huh?”Katharine said with a touch of self-derision.

“Wasn’t it Captain Ahab who ended up dying in the end?”Haruka’s words did nothing to brighten the mood.

“Don’t go and say something scary like that!”

“But… is there really a way we can take that thing down without dying?”

They all stood in collective silence.

“Ursula, how’s the preparation for the rocket?”P/O Elma asked Ursula.

Ursula’s reply was short: “OK.”

In her hands she held two cylinders. Inside were air-to-air rockets that Ursula had developed herself. The weight of the explosives was about 20 kilograms.

“Can we shoot it at the same range as a machine gun?”

Ursula shook her head: “Impossible.”

P/O Elma let out a sigh.

“We’re not going to accomplish anything standing around like this… why don’t we at least try and launch some kind of assault?”

As soon as they got closer… the Laros reacted. The Suomus Misfits Squadron drew back as quick as a fly being swatted away by a cow’s tail.

It was impossible for them to get close.

It was the same for the 1st squadron. They would draw close, before being pelted with defensive fire from the Laros and would then have to make evasive maneuvers.

P/O Elma seemed to have reached a resolution. “Now that it’s come to this…”

“I wonder if we can at least do a body-count on the enemy…”

“What’re you talkin’ about!?”

“If things carry on like this Slussen will get bombed again… We’re witches. We’ve got to protect everyone. That’s why…”

After speaking, P/O began to move gradually closer towards the enemy.

“You shouldn’t go alone, P/O Elma!” Haruka added.

“Now you wait here! You’ll get fried!” Katharine shouted.

Suddenly…The voice of someone shouting could be heard over the wireless.

“What the hell do you think you’re doing!? Just stop trying to do a body count already!”

“Tomoko!”

“P/O Anabuki!”

She appeared from a gap within the clouds - her striker unit glowing with a magnificent white light. Tomoko surged in front of the members of the Suomus Misfits Squadron, both her hands outstretched.

“Pilot Officer…”Haruka had already started weeping.

“Why are you here? Shouldn’t you be sleeping in the medical b-“

None of them knew that Tomoko had been issued an order of leave. Right now, there was no time to explain anything.

“I couldn’t possibly leave this for you to do alone now, could I?”

“But…you’re injured…”

“The wounds don’t mean anything!” Tomoko shouted.

“I’m an ace. An ace can’t do anything if they’re asleep – can they?”

“Tomoko…” Katharine said. She grabbed her and hugged her from behind.

“You really are the best ace!”Having heavy Katherine hugging her, Tomoko lost balance and the two of them began spinning through the air.

“Why don’t we save the praise for later? Anyway, just follow my instructions.”

Tomoko called for the leader of the 1st squadron, Mika Ahonen, on the wireless.

“What is it? Shouldn’t you be resting in bed because of injury?”

“I’d like you to do me a favour. Please distract the Laros.”

“What are you planning to do about that damned Diomedia?”

“Leave that to ‘us.’”

After a brief while, she heard Mika Ahonen say ‘roger’.

“Follow me. I’ve got a strategy.”Tomoko told her comrades, who were lined up in front of her.

“So this is your idea of ‘tactics’ huh?”

“I can’t do anything about it! You’re the one with the toughest striker unit!”

Katharine was making a fuss, and Tomoko was trying to calm her down.

I’ve been thinking of this strategy since I started flying up here… We can go on the offensive in a single line.

The witches of the misfits squadron formed a single line behind Katharine which resembled a centipede; and facing the direction of the Diomedia; started their offensive.

The Laros who had been guarding the Diomedia were being kept busy by the 1st squadron.

However…if the Laros can so easily leave the Diomedia in the open by itself…then that means it’s got nothing to worry about without them guarding it.

Its bulk was covered in an infinite number of turrets. As soon as you drew close to it, it spewed out so many bullets it was similar to having a rather deadly shower.

The ‘misfits’ squadron drew close in their single line formation… and were soon pelted with the ice-pop like bullets. Katharine, who was at the front, was taking all the hits.

“I can’t take this!”

“Everyone! Focus your shields at the front!”Tomoko shouted.

They were all protected by their magic fields. The shields that protected them from bullets and the temperature now formed in front of Katharine. The shields that the five of them produced were now out there in front of Katharine, protecting her.

We really haven’t done anything like this before…

“Well then Haruka, I’m counting on you.”

“G-Got it!” Haruka whimpered nervously.

Tomoko’s plan was as follows:

They would leave Katharine safe behind the five magic shields, and the Diomedia would approach…then, they would use Haruka’s 20mm calibre motor cannon to take down its frontal defense turrets. As far as appearances went, it would seem to be lightly armoured at the front. Despite being lightly armoured, there was no way that anything less than a 20mm calibre weapon could rip through the Diomedia’s frontal defense turrets.

Within the misfits squadron, the only unit that came with a 20mm motor cannon was Haruka’s A6M3 Model 22.

“I’m counting on you. Everything in this plan is riding on your motor cannon.”

The Diomedia drew steadily closer. The intensity of the machine gun fire began to increase. It began to feel as if they were in the middle of a blistering storm. The only difference between this and a storm was that it was bullets flying at them as opposed to rain.

“Gah! I’m almost at my limit!” Katharine shouted.

“Now!” Tomoko cried out.

Haruka leant across with the motor cannon in tow. Even though there was an obvious target she was supposed to hit…her field of vision became blurry.

She couldn’t get a good shot in.

“Ah!”

She pulled the trigger…and the cannon fired went completely off track. It wasn’t even remotely close to the nose of the Diomedia. Within the blink of an eye, the five of them had passed over the top of the Diomedia.

It was a failure.

“How could you possibly miss it from that distance!?”
"How could you possibly miss it from that distance!?"
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Tomoko yelled in disbelief at Haruka.
“S-Sorry….” Haruka apologised tearfully.

“You better not miss the next one. It’s impossible to re-do this.”

“U-Understood…”

P/O Elma was the only one to notice something a little strange in Haruka’s doubtful speech. She placed the palm of her hand in front of Haruka’s eyes, and opened it, then closed it. Haruka started at it fixedly.

“Say…Sgt Haruka.”

“Y-Yes ma’am!”

“Could it be that…your eyesight’s a little off? As in, you’re short sighted?”

Everyone’s mouths dropped wide open at Elma’s realisation.

“Is that true, Haruka!?”

“Y-Yes…”She sighed, in a slightly troubled voice.

“For god’s sake Haruka, put some glasses on!”

“I can’t!” She yelled back.

“Why not!?”

“When I put glasses on… they make me look really ugly!”

Yet again, they stood there in awe of what Haruka was saying.

“Honestly…Do you have any glasses on you?”

Haruka fiddled around for a short while… “Yes, I’ve got some. I’m sorry,” she answered back.

“Put them on then!” Everyone shouted in time.

“I don’t want to!”

“Listen here, now’s not the time to worry about what you look like! This is a war you know, a war!”

“Be it a war or anything else, it’s simply unbearable to be ugly!”

Tomoko lost it completely at Haruka’s exclamation, and cried out at her: “Please put then on already! This is an order!”

Haruka shook her head in response.

“What the hell is wrong with you!? I’ll cut you if you don’t find a good reason! I really will cut you!”

Tomoko screamed as she gripped her katana with both hands. As she did so…

“Ah! Cut me! Please cut me! Ahh, It’s been a long-cherished ambition of mine to be cut by you, Pilot Officer!”

“Now you listen here…”

Just as Tomoko took a firmer grip on her katana to intimidate Haruka, she yelled suddenly.

“I-It’s because I like you!”

“Eh?”

“I like you, Pilot Officer Anabuki! Sorry, let me rephrase that… it’s more like love than like. I yearn for you; I respect you… I’m moving up to third dan with my love for you! Even so, the other day you stopped right in the middle of things, didn’t you, Pilot Officer? It was surely because you don’t find me attractive! Yes…that’s exactly it! If I put these glasses on, then that attraction will drop by half! You wouldn’t even want to look at me… I’d sooner die than have that happen!”

The members of the misfits squadron were bewildered by Haruka’s confession.

“Now you’re getting into lesbian territory!” Said Katharine.

“Y-You’ll go to hell!” P/O Elma added.

“You’ve got it all wrong! I am not a lesbian! Right Haruka? This a joke, right!?”

“I’m not joking… If you promise to sleep with me… I’ll put the glasses on!”

“Honestly you…”

As Tomoko stood trembling, Ursula drew close and spoke into her ear: “She told you to sleep with her.”

Tomoko’s trembling intensified.

Why does it have to be me…!? She felt frustrated.

“Just agree to it!” Katharine said.

“Well… given our current situation you can’t really do anything about it.” Elma was next.

“Fine, fine! I’ll do it! I’ll sleep with you!” Tomoko yelled.

“Really!?”

“I wouldn’t go back on my word to a girl.”

As she heard those words, Haruka reached into her pocket with a deep breath and pulled out a pair of gigantic glasses.

They were a pair of perfectly thick glasses.

She’s going to put those on? Goodness gracious, they really are huge… They’re so huge you could probably wear them underwater.

Tomoko snickered in a lowered voice.

“… Did you just laugh?”Everyone collectively drew closer to Tomoko.

“What! O-of course I-I didn’t laugh! Well then, let’s get moving!”

The five of them once again began their assault. It was the same plan as before – they would form behind Katharine and use her as a shield for Haruka’s weapon.

The Diomedia drew closer.

400 metres, 300 metres… when it reached 200 metres, Haruka raised her head and placed her 20mm motor cannon on Katharine’s shoulder.

The thick cartridge cases flipped out with a Don! Don! Don! The cannons had been sucked into the turret. The foremost shell entered into the turret, and then exploded.

“Good job!”

Haruka lined up her next shot, and that one hit too! She continued to shoot, and took down four of the turrets. There was now space to get above the Diomedia.

The distance was now 500 metres.

Haruka and Katharine withdrew.

“Ursula!” Tomoko shouted.

Ursula let out a sigh before launching the rocket she had been holding in both hands. The rocket launched with a dry ‘Schpon!’ noise. The rocket entered the Diomedia’s body with a plume of white smoke. It exploded violently with a Boom! Leaving a clear hole dead in the centre of the Diomedia.
The rocket launched with a dry 'Schpon!' Noise
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However… the Diomedia was indeed very hardy, and continued to fly.
“P/O Elma! Support me, full speed ahead!”

“Roger that!”

Tomoko grabbed onto Elma from behind, and used her to increase her acceleration.

“Uuuuoooooooooooooooooooooo!”

Tomoko flew towards the hole where the rocket had burst the Diomedia. She straightened her body up and made the plunge, her katana gripped tightly in both hands.

“P/O Elma, pull off!”

Elma separated herself from Tomoko. With her katana ready, Tomoko flew into the open hole on the Diomedia. In an instant, her figure had disappeared inside the Diomedia…

The bulk of the Diomedia broke off. It burst into flames as bright as strobe lighting. In an instant, the piece that had been broken off heaved, before exploding completely.

The inside of the body was wreathed in flames from the explosion. Afterwards… the space that the Diomedia had been in was empty. Debris flew haphazardly at Haruka and the others, who hadn’t been near the explosion.

“Tomoko!”

“Pilot Officer Anabuki!” Haruka and the others screamed.

The Diomedia had been split into four pieces – all leaving behind a trail of white smoke…

For a second, there was dead silence…Even though it was only for a second, it felt like it had lasted for all eternity.

What had happened to Tomoko?

Everyone stood stunned, staring longingly at the cloud of white smoke.

“No way… and just as P/O Anabuki had promised that she’d sleep with me…”In the instant that Haruka spoke… a white figure shone from within the smoke.

“I’m alright.” They heard Tomoko’s voice over the wireless.

During the explosion… Tomoko had protected herself with her magic field. The remaining misfits gave an exuberant cheer.

Tomoko headed towards where her friends were so that they could return to base in formation.

“Pilot Officer Beurling… we took down our true enemy.” Tomoko whispered as she stared absent mindedly at the trail of smoke.

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Talk:Strike Witches

2012-03-04T00:17:02Z

Britfag: /* Translations */

==Article discussion==
I moved the content that was here to the [[Strike_Witches:guidelines|Strike Witches Format Guidelines]] page as that is more appropriate for the subject matter. This page should be more for discussion on the content of the main page.

--[[User:Ulrezaj|Ulrezaj]] 09:09, 8 September 2008 (PDT)

==Project abandoned==

This project hasn't been updated in so long. Perhaps move it into abandoned projects?

Only if Oni or someone else with the power to decide, updates the {{[[Template:STALLED]]}}stalled tag from 12 to six month... --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 18:57, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

== Volunteer Translator ==

Hi,

I'm new and I would be willing to continue translating the Strike Witches novel series. I'm currently learning Japanese at the moment and this would be a perfect opportunity to apply what I learn as I go. So if anyone was willing to edit for me and point me in the right direction on where to get raws, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

-Leyana 18/08/2010

You could try to ask another of the translators of this project, if they would/could provide you with some raws for translation reasons here or in the [http://www.baka-tsuki.org/forums/ forum]. --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 16:35, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

I would be willing to provide the first volume of "Misfits" (RAW). Simply show me where to send it. ~Mr Bystander

Wow~~ Someone willing to translate the Suomus version..?? I'll be waiting for it!! I really love the Suomus version~~ :)
Sadly, I can't speak Japanese, so I can't help you to translate it.... T__T --SWEnthusiast

....is this project has been in stalled state? 'cause it looks like it hasn't been edited for....more than 7 months...? O.o - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]] 22:35, 30 May 2011 (UCT)

Please... Anybody translate this. Even if its just the soumus part. I'm really looking forward to this. My japanese still isn't good enough to help translating.
T.T ANYBODY PLEASE... -- new guy YoshikuniKAITO

== Translations ==

Hello,

I am currently working on this novel and my translations can be found on the Strike Witches Wikia. It is my unfinished version of chapter 5 which is currently up on this site - I didn't give permission for it to be posted here. At first I was unwilling to post my translation, but I understand that there are probably many people who don't know that I'm working on this and that it can be found on the wikia. Not to mention chapters 1-4 are already here.

As of next week, I will be able to put up translations up to Volume 2 chapter 3.

Edit: There's no point having my full translations on two different sites, so I'm going to complete volume 1 here, and volume 2&3 will be on the Strike Witches wikia. It's nothing personal, that's just where I'm based.

Oh, I only know to read the translation here. OK, for volume 2, I'll go to [http://strikewitches.wikia.com/wiki/Translation_Statuses Wikia] to read it. And thanks for translating it~ :) - [[User:RasteShelphyd|RasteShelphyd]]

Ah, how could that happen? Wasnt the translation here before there was a translation in the wikia? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 02:11, 1 March 2012 (CST)

Yes, you're right, it was. I started translating sections of the novel in 2010 before SW season 2 aired, then I decided to fully translate the novel. I just think that there's not much point in having the same translation of the same books on two separate sites, that's all. I know it started off here, but I'm going to finish it, and for me it's easier to have it on the wikia, as it's a community dedicated to Strike Witches, and I've been there since I started the translation. I started doing it for the people on the wikia - the reason I came here in the first place was just to let people know that the project isn't dead, because I know a lot of people probably don't know I'm working on the wikia. Is that ok? - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]

Strike Witches:Volume1 Epilogue

2012-03-03T23:24:18Z

Britfag: Added the epilogue

Dear Anabuki Tomoko,

Firstly, Happy New Year. I thought I’d start this with a New Year’s greeting. Tomoko, have you been keeping well? I’m sure you’re doing your absolute best. The battle in Karlsland today has been fierce. It was fierce yesterday, too. Despite the struggle, the Karlsland detachment I’m with have overwhelming fighting spirit. We were dispatched today to drive the Neuroi threat back. We managed to take down around 30 Neuroi of varying sizes. Even still, the Neuroi get stronger and stronger every day.

Well then… you probably hate me right now, don’t you? Of course. I’m the reason that you ended up getting sent to Suomus. I want you to know that I didn’t do that for my own gain. I thought that if you and I were together, you’d be too concerned about advancing your shoot-down count and would lose sight of the whole situation.

But… I have to say I’m relieved. I read the newspaper. I read about how you took down that huge Diomedia. We had no luck in taking it down, so it looks like that makes you number one. Congratulations. You must be really happy about it. I think it would have been impossible to take that thing down on your own. In other words, you must have made some special comrades. Friends that you can fly in line together with. I look forward to the day that we will be able to fly together again.

When that time comes, don’t hold back; give it all you’ve got.

Please keep trying your best.

Suomus really is a freezing cold place, so try not to catch a cold. Well then, see you. Stay safe.

Until the day that we can battle together again,

Katou Takeko.

Tomoko stroked the letter longingly. It was a letter from Takeko, who was in Karlsland. Tomoko was genuinely happy that Takeko had written to her so that she could ease her negative thoughts.

The day before… there was one more new friend. They were standing there drinking coffee elegantly.

“What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?”

It was Beurling.

“No… it’s nothing like that. It’s just that… well I thought you were dead.”

“No-one said that I was ‘dead’. That was just something you made up in your head.”

Beurling continued to drink coffee with her usual uninterested expression adorning her face. She’d been shot down by the Diomedia and sustained serious injuries… but it hadn’t proved fatal. It was definitely P/O Elma’s fault that Tomoko had thought her to be dead. Despite that, Tomoko was brought back to her senses remembering the sense of companionship she had felt fighting against the Diomedia…

“You really are a twisted person.”

“Whatever do you mean?”

“You’re Britannian, so you should be drinking tea right?”

“I drink tea too. I just think it tastes weak.”

Beurling drank the rest of her coffee down in one gulp. Tomoko lowered her head at Beurling.

“Thank you.”

Beurling said nothing. Then she spoke, shaking her head a little: “Well, I guess tea is good once in a while.”

Just then… The door slammed open suddenly, making a loud noise. Haruka stormed into the mess hall – where Tomoko and Beurling had been talking.

“Pilot Officer Anabuki! You are a liar!”

Haruka stood there, her body covered in nothing but a bedsheet.

“You promised to sleep with me so I… I was lying alone, shrouded in darkness in the bedroom to invite you! To think that you’ve found a replacement, I can’t believe it!”

Tomoko squealed in embarrassment, her cheeks flustered.

Suddenly, F/L Mika Ahonen appeared from behind, leaping towards Haruka’s naked body to embrace her.

“Oh my! Don’t worry, I’ll join you! Our playtime is just beginning!”

“Please let go! Unhand me!” And just like that, Haruka was taken away.

“Is that alright?”Beurling asked.

“It’s not like I’ve lied to you, is it? If necessary, please forgive me. After all, it’s said in the orient that: ‘the end justifies the means’.”

Tomoko’s words were soon followed by the appearance of Katharine.

“Tomoko! We've got trouble!”

“You always seem to be in trouble, Liberion.”

“Ursula’s making a mess again! This time it’s a 50 kilogram explo-“

As soon as she spoke, the sound of a huge explosion echoed throughout the room.

“Ah, this is the third day in a row that’s she’s blown up that room...”

Pertaining to the success of her rocket, Ursula had graduated from simply reading all the time. She spent all her time conducting new experiments on rockets instead. She’d changed her focus from education to experiments.

“If she does it inside then it’s perfectly safe. Now bugger off.”

Beurling said in a cool voice.

I wonder if that girl really is safe… Tomoko murmured in a worried tone. As she did so, Ursula entered the room, her face completely blackened. Without saying a single word, she drank some water and left again. Katharine followed her out.

“Oh geez! At least do this stuff outside!”

The sound that came from the adjacent room was… the siren.

“Air raid warning. Air raid warning. A Neuroi bombing formation of about 40 units, at an altitude of 400 metres. Prepare to intercept.”

F/L Hakkinen’s chilling voice announced.

P/O Elma burst in after the announcement.

“Hey you guys! You can drink tea afterwards! We’re dispatching! I’ll go on ahead, hurry up and get ready!”Elma rushed ahead in a flurry.

“Shall we get going?” Beurling said as she stood up.

Tomoko smiled broadly as she too stood up.

“Say, Tomoko.”

“What is it?

“What’s your shoot down count?”

Tomoko looked as if she were in thought for a while, and then answered. “The squad’s shoot down count is 217 units!”

“Individually…?”

“I forgot!” Tomoko said with a bright smile adorning her face.

Tomoko and Beurling looked up at the Suomus sky.

Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter7

2012-03-03T23:22:16Z

Britfag: Added the entire chapter

Talk:Strike Witches

2012-02-28T23:53:06Z

Britfag: /* Translations */

Strike Witches:Registration Page

2012-02-28T23:48:24Z

Britfag: /* Volume 2 - Suomus Misfits Squadron in Love */

To re-iterate the registration procedure:

*"First Come, First Served": please register your intended chapters here

*This is not some Binding Contract of "I must do the work I put down here". Choices put down here are negotiable between translators (including their own selves who signed up for it).

So in other words, find a chapter, register yourself as the translator, and then translate it. :)

== List ==

== Strike Witches, by Yamaguchi Noboru ==

=== Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up ===
::*Prologue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 1 - Shou-i Anabuki Tomoko - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Suomus, Northern Europe - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Training in the Azure Sky - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Tomoko's Depression - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Neuroi Invasion - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 6 - Ace - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]], [[User:Britfag|Britfag]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 7 - Showdown! Diomidia! - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Epilogue - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Postscript
::*Exposition

=== Volume 2 - Suomus Misfits Squadron in Love ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Dark Clouds over Suomus - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Chapter 2 - Mikkeli Temporary Air Base - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Chapter 3 - Stuka Squadron - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Chapter 4 - New Model Ki-44
::*Chapter 5 - Tomoko's Unrest
::*Chapter 6 - First Love under the Aurora
::*Chapter 7 - Recapture Slussen!
::*Chapter 8 - Showdown! Mobile Fortress!
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

=== Volume 3 - Clash in the Suomus Misfits Squadron ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Tomoko's Distress
::*Chapter 2 - Operation Bridges Down
::*Chapter 3 - Backup from Romagna
::*Chapter 4 - SEAD Mission
::*Chapter 5 - Giuseppina
::*Chapter 6 - Duel
::*Chapter 7 - Operation Rescue Haruka
::*Chapter 8 - Tsubame-gaeshi "Kai"
::*Epilogue

== Strike Witches, by Nanbou Hidehisa ==

=== Otome no Maki 1 ===
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - The Good Witch from the East
::*Chapter 2 - Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san
::*Chapter 3 - Exhibition, Mamma Mia!
::*Chapter 4 - Show of Courage
::*Epilogue
::*Comment

=== Otome no Maki 2 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - Swift, Gigantic, and Soft―or, A Midsummer Night's Ghost Story
::*Chapter 2 - Solidarity―or, the Chapter for Sanya, by Sanya, for Sanya
::*Chapter 3 - Disappearing Lucchini―or, the Pocket-Plugging Treasure
::*Intermission 1 - Sleeping Beauty
::*Chapter 4 - Special Operation Riceball!―or, the Maiden's Waistline
::*Chapter 5 - Memories of Fun Summer Days―or, Barkhorn in Wonderland
::*Intermission 2 - Sleeping Beauty, part 2
::*Chapter 6 - Escape Route―or, Low as the clouds, strong as the wind, high as the waves
::*Intermission 3 - Base Command, we have achieved total surprise!
::*Chapter 7 - Forget You Not―or, a Red Dress and Lili Marleen
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

== Strike Witches: Der Stern von Afrika, by Suzuki Takaaki ==

=== Der Stern von Afrika ===
::*Chapter 1 - Africa - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Romagna Logistics Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Karlsland - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Onward to the Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 5 - The Britannian Soldier - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 6 - Marseille - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 7 - Glory's Afterglow - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Epilogue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Original Plot Prototype - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*FAQ - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== The Eagle and the Moon and the Sun ===
::*Chapter 1 - Tobruk Revisited - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Africa Independent Flight Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 3 - Formation of the Katou Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 4 - Britannian Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Romagnan Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 6 - JG 27 - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 7 - Joint Fighter Wing "Afrika" - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== Owl Morn ===
::*Prologue - Fuso Army General Staff Office　- [[user:kuralulu|Kuralulu]]
::*Chapter 1 - Storm in Tobruk
::*Chapter 2 - Fuso Army General Staff Office
::*Chapter 3 - Africa's Skies
::*Chapter 4 - Owl Morn
::*Epilogue - Coming of a Goddess

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Strike Witches

2012-02-28T23:46:50Z

Britfag: /* Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up */

[[Image:SW vol1 cover.jpg|thumb|''Volume 1 Cover'']]

The ''Strike Witches'' series is also available in the following languages:
*[[Strike_Witches_~Spanish~|Español (Spanish)]]
*[[Strike Witches (German)|Deutsch (German)]]

== Story Synopsis ==

Strike Witches takes place in a world similar to Earth, but where magic exists. Magic abilities appear almost exclusively among young women, and usually disappears with age. However, these abilities are generally limited to raising a simple protective magic field, or moving objects slightly at a distance, or for some, flying on a broom. Then, in the 16th and 17 centuries, humanity entered into an age of discovery, highlighted by the Britannian witch Jamie Watt's invention of the magic engine, a steam-powered mechanical device which could boost a witch's natural magic powers several times over, which could then be used to drive all types of machinery. The magic engine was soon put to use in all forms of industry and transport, increasing production to levels previously thought impossible.

However, together with this huge increase in magic usage, sightings of the Neuroi, enigmatic lifeforms which had been spotted on scarce occasions for centuries, also began to increase exponentially. Appearing in countries all over the world, the Neuroi spread a noxious miasma, putrefying the land and consuming all types of metals, and they began encroaching on human territory. Normal soldiers could do nothing against that miasma, and humanity was on its last legs, with no choice but to retreat time and time again. It was then that it was discovered that a witch's protective field could block the miasma, and with the power of a magic engine, witches joined the battlefield. With the ability to easily wield weapons which would normally be far too heavy, imbue their attacks with magic, fly through the air freely, and block enemy attacks with magic fields, witches began to turn the tide against the Neuroi invasion. These witches, together with the Striker Units they wore, were known as "Strike Witches".

In 1939, as the European mainland faced the crisis of a Neuroi invasion of unprecedented scale, Imperial Army and Navy Witches from the far off Fuso Empire were sent to the battlefield as volunteer soldiers. One such Imperial Army Witch, Anabuki Tomoko, an ace and hero to the people after her outstanding service during the Neuroi raid known as the "Fuso Sea Incident", had been expecting to be sent to Karlsland, where the heaviest fighting was going on. However, she was instead deployed to the northernmost extreme of Europe, Suomus. There she meets the rest of her future fellow squadron members, none of whom had ever made a name for themselves in their former countries, instead being treated nearly like outcasts, half-baked witches without any talent or motivation. It's now up to the "Misfits Squadron", or officially the "Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron", to find out how they can stand up to the Neuroi menace.

== Information ==

This series was written by Yamaguchi Noboru, also known for the Zero no Tsukaima series of light novels. It was first published in October 2006, and there are currently three books, with a fourth scheduled for Spring 2009.

A separate light novel using the characters from the OVA and anime series was written by Nanbou Hidehisa, and published in August 2008. A sequel was published in February 2009.

A semi-official novelette/manga doujinshi was released during Comiket 74, also in August 2008. A sequel was released during Comiket 75, in December 2008. The novel section was written by Suzuki Takaaki, while the manga section was illustrated by Nogami Takeshi.

Also the animated series of [http://hubpages.com/hub/Strike-Witches-Character-Guide Strike Witches] was released in April 2010 in the United States. This version was completely in English.

== Progress ==
'''2009'''
* July 4th - Suomus Vol.1 Chapter 4 complete. To Do: Change F/S to F/Sgt
* March 5th - Afrika 2 Chapter 1
* March 1st - Afrika Chapter 7 and Epilogue complete. Commence :selkirkeffort:.
'''2008'''
* November 10th - Book 1 Chapter 3 TL complete.

Older updates can be found on the [[Strike Witches:Updates|Strike Witches Updates page]].

== Translation ==

=== [[Strike_Witches:Registration_Page|Registration]] ===

Those who wish to contribute are asked to first notify a supervisor beforehand.

'''Translators are asked to [[Strike_Witches:Registration_Page|register]] which chapters they're working on'''

=== Format Standards ===
'''Every Chapter (after editing) must conform to the agreed points highlighted in the below guidelines'''
*[[Format_guideline|General Format/Style Guideline]]
*[[Strike_Witches:guidelines|Strike Witches Format Guidelines]]

== Strike Witches: Suomus Misfits Squadron, by Yamaguchi Noboru ==

=== Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Prologue|Prologue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Shou-i Anabuki Tomoko]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Suomus, Northern Europe]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Training in the Azure Sky]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Tomoko's Depression]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - Neuroi Invasion]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - Ace]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Showdown! Diomedea!]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Epilogue|Epilogue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Postscript|Postscript]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume1_Exposition|Exposition]]

=== Volume 2 - Suomus Misfits Squadron in Love ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Introduction|Character Introduction]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Dark Clouds over Suomus]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Mikkeli Temporary Air Base]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Stuka Squadron]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - New Model Ki-44]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - Tomoko's Unrest]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - First Love under the Aurora]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Recapture Slussen!]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Chapter8|Chapter 8 - Showdown! Mobile Fortress!]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Epilogue|Epilogue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume2_Postscript|Postscript]]

=== Volume 3 - Clash in the Suomus Misfits Squadron ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Introduction|Character Introduction]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Tomoko's Distress]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Operation Bridges Down]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Backup from Romagna]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - SEAD Mission]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - Giuseppina]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - Duel]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Operation Rescue Haruka]] - 15%
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Chapter8|Chapter 8 - Tsubame-gaeshi "Kai"]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Volume3_Epilogue|Epilogue]]

== Strike Witches, by Nanbou Hidehisa ==

=== Otome no Maki 1 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Prologue|Prologue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - The Good Witch from the East]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Exhibition, Mamma Mia!]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Show of Courage]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Epilogue|Epilogue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume1_Comment|Comment]]

=== Otome no Maki 2 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Prologue|Prologue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Swift, Gigantic, and Soft―or, A Midsummer Night's Ghost Story]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Solidarity―or, the Chapter for Sanya, by Sanya, for Sanya]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Disappearing Lucchini―or, the Pocket-Plugging Treasure]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Intermission1|Intermission 1 - Sleeping Beauty]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Special Operation Riceball!―or, the Maiden's Waistline]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - Memories of Fun Summer Days―or, Barkhorn in Wonderland]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Intermission2|Intermission 2 - Sleeping Beauty, part 2]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - Escape Route―or, Low as the clouds, strong as the wind, high as the waves]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Intermission3|Intermission 3 - Base Command, we have achieved total surprise!]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Forget You Not―or, a Red Dress and Lili Marleen]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Epilogue|Epilogue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Postscript|Postscript]]

=== Otome no Maki 3 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Prologue|Prologue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Intermission1|Intermission 1 - Micchan Impossible]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Defend at All Costs-or, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Flowing Blood]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Trust and Friendship-or, Regret and Determination]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Intermission2|Intermission 2 - Micchan Impossible II]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - To the Sky...-or, Unhoped-for Partings]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Strike Witches-or, the Liberation of Gallia]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Intermission3|Intermission 3 - Micchan Impossible III]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Epilogue|Epilogue - Or Prologue?]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume3_Postscript|Postscript]]

== Strike Witches: Der Stern von Afrika, by Suzuki Takaaki ==

=== Der Stern von Afrika ([[Strike_Witches:Afrika|Full Text]])===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Africa]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Romagnan Logistics Base]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Karlsland]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Onward to the Base]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - The Britannian Soldier]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - Marseille]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Glory's Afterglow]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Epilogue|Epilogue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_Prototype|Original Plot Prototype]] - 25%
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika_FAQ|FAQ]]

=== The Eagle and the Moon and the Sun ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Tobruk Revisited]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Africa Independent Flight Squadron]] - 70%
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Formation of the Katou Squadron]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Britannian Armed Forces Headquarters]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter5|Chapter 5 - Romagnan Armed Forces Headquarters]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter6|Chapter 6 - JG 27]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika2_Chapter7|Chapter 7 - Joint Fighter Wing "Afrika"]]

=== Owl Morn ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Prologue|Prologue - Fuso Army General Staff Office]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Chapter1|Chapter 1 - Storm in Tobruk]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Chapter2|Chapter 2 - Fuso Army General Staff Office]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Chapter3|Chapter 3 - Africa's Skies]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Chapter4|Chapter 4 - Owl Morn]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:Afrika3_Epilogue|Epilogue - Coming of a Goddess]]

== Assorted short stories, by Nanbou Hidehisa ==
=== After the Sky (Official Fanbook) ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:SS_AftertheSky_SS1|After the Sky - Endless Stretch of Blue]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:SS_AftertheSky_SS2|After the Sky - The White Somethings Flapping in the Wind]]
::*[[Strike_Witches:SS_AftertheSky_SS3|After the Sky - Golden Soup]]

=== The Sneaker shorts ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:SS_Sneaker0409|Strike Witches]] (April 2009)

== Project Staff ==

=== Translators ===
::*[[user:selkirk|selkirk]]

=== Editors ===
::*[[user:Piroko|Piroko]]

== Series Overview ==

1. Strike Witches I - ストライクウィッチーズ壱の巻スオムスいらん子中隊がんばる - ISBN: 978-4044246051 - Released 2006.10.1

2. Strike Witches II - ストライクウィッチーズ弐の巻スオムスいらん子中隊恋する - ISBN: 978-4044246068 - Released 2007.3.1

3. Strike Witches III - ストライクウィッチーズ参ノ巻スオムスいらん子中隊はじける - ISBN: 978-4044246075 - Released 2008.7.1

4. Strike Witches Otome no Maki - ストライクウィッチーズ乙女の巻 - ISBN: 978-4044739010 - Released 2008.8.1

5. Strike Witches Otome no Maki 2 - ストライクウィッチーズ乙女の巻2 - ISBN: 978-4044739027 - Released 2009.3.1

6. Strike Witches Otome no Maki 3 - ストライクウィッチーズ乙女の巻３ - ISBN: 978-4044739034 - Released 2009.8.1

7. Strike Witches: Witch in Africa - ストライクウィッチーズアフリカの星　- Doujinshi - Released 2008.8.17

8. Strike Witches: Tiger in Desert - ストライクウィッチーズ砂漠の虎　- Doujinshi - Released 2008.12.30

9. Strike Witches: Tiger in Desert Vol.2 - ストライクウィッチーズ砂漠の虎　後編　- Doujinshi - Released 2009.8.16

10. Strike Witches Official Fanbook Complete File - ストライクウィッチーズオフィシャルファンブックコンプリートファイル - ISBN: 978-4048542968 - Released 2009.1.10

11. The Sneaker (April 2009) - ザ・スニーカー (21年4月号) - Magazine - Released 2009.2.27

Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter6

2012-02-28T23:46:18Z

Britfag:

The next morning.

A cold mist swept through the early morning air...

Tomoko was sitting on a chair in the warehouse, her eyes closed, her expression set in a look of pure concentration. A Striker unit was already equipped to her legs.

Her Ki-27... Tomoko's long-time companion, ever since the Fuso Sea Incident.

The magic engine was already finished pre-heating and running hot. Tomoko sat stock-still on the folding chair, in her miko flight uniform, grasping her katana in one hand.

"Tomoko, you look just like a samurai, wow!"

Katharine said, seated on a similar chair not too far off, also waiting for orders to sortie. Nearby, F/O Elma, Haruka, Beurling, and Ursula sat waiting as well.

An aura of harsh determination radiated from Tomoko, giving her the air of a master swordsman from medieval Fuso.

She would strike at the merest touch, so great was this determination.

"I wonder if P/O Anabuki was serious about what she said yesterday?"

F/O Elma said in a lonely voice to the group.

"Probably... She doesn't seem like the type that would say one thing and do another...

Haruka answered.

Was Tomoko serious when she said she'd fight alone? It was a lonely thought. Haruka put her hand into her pocket, and grasped the object there.

''If I use this... I might be able to help her.''

But... Haruka shook her head.

She could never show anyone how she looked when using it.

Especially the person she respected... the person she admired.

''The happiness of that one night. I want to see how it ends. But, if Tomoko were to see me with this, I just know that she will leave me forever. After all, it's unsightly...''

If only I never got this... Haruka thought, and raised her head.

"What's wrong, Haruka?"

Katharine was looking at her with a worried expression.

"N-Nothing, ma'am!"

Haruka blushed, and at the same moment... Tomoko's shoulder twitched almost imperceptibly.

The siren was wailing.

The speaker hanging from the ceiling began broadcasting an announcement in Suomish and Britannian.

"Air raid alert. Air raid alert. A Neuroi bomber formation numbering over sixty is advancing on this base. Fighter squadrons will intercept."

Tomoko sprang into action immediately, nearly charging out of the room.

Katharine, Beurling, and Ursula all stood and left the room as well. F/O lightly slapped her own cheeks nervously, and followed after them.

Haruka left the building and onto the airfield as well. She fired up the Sakae-1-1 magic engine to maximum, and began rising into the air.

The battlefield widened before her eyes.

It was the same sky she always flew in, nothing she could see had changed at all... and yet, something about it all was different.

Tomoko was the first off the runway.

Soon after, her Striker revved to max, and she shot into the sky.

The Ki-27, despite being an old model, lifted Tomoko into the air easily. Tomoko glanced behind her, and saw Mika Ahonen's 1st Squadron begin taking off one after the other. Even if her name was "aho", the precision of their movements left little doubt of her leadership. ''Guess she wasn't just being dramatic when she saved me yesterday.''

The Messerscharf Strikers lived up to their reputation as some of Karlsland's best engineering, climbing into the air powerfully.

In just moments, the lead Witches of 1st Squadron had caught up to Tomoko, passing her steadily. There was a remarkable difference in engine power between the two Strikers.

"Excuse me for going on ahead."

Mika Ahonen's voice came over the radio.

Tomoko rolled her wings slightly from side to side in acknowledgment.

F/L Häkkinen's voice came from the radio next.

"The enemy formation is currently at point A-4, altitude 4000 meters, and remains on course. ETI six minutes at maximum speed."

Tomoko maintained her pace, flying behind Mika Ahonen and 1st Squadron. As the monotonous flight towards the intercept continued, Elma, then Katharine and the rest of the squadron caught up at last.

However, perhaps in respect of Tomoko's wishes, they kept a constant distance away from her.

Tomoko noticed, but ignored the rest of the squadron as just another feature of the landscape.

She concentrated on the advancing enemy instead.

She glanced at her altimeter-watch. Just over 4000 meters. Maintaining that altitude, and five minutes of routine flying later, she saw small dots far off in the distance.

One, two, three...

'Neuroi'.

More and more dots appeared in the sky.

Tomoko watched as 1st squadron climbed higher. Heading into their blind spot... they were most likely going to dive in from above to break up the enemy formation as an opening attack. It was the best way to deal with an enemy when outnumbered.

However, Tomoko continued with her head-on flight, fearless of the enemy's superior numbers. Her Ki-27's speed and diving ability was not well suited to the boom and zoom tactics the Messerscharfs were capable of.

Tomoko, and the Ki-27, had another way to fight.

The distance to the enemy formation closed steadily.

Tomoko's pulse raced.

As the distance closed, the silhouette of the enemy formation sharpened.

The Neuroi looked far more crude than the elegant form of the mechanized air infantry Witches. Even if both sides flew in the air, their outward appearance was completely different.

The small, squat spots were Ralloses, the same class of flyers that strafed the car Tomoko was driving the previous day. They numbered over thirty.

As for the long and narrow ones below them... medium Kefalas bombers. The same ones that bombed Slussen. Again, over thirty. In total, that made for over sixty in the formation. So far, the report was accurate.

Facing off against them, their own forces consisted of the twelve Witches of 1st Squadron, and the six from the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron. Eighteen Witches in all. They were at a disadvantage... but it wasn't hopeless.

Tomoko noticed 1st Squadron begin their attack. Having used the clouds as cover to great effect, Tomoko watched as they entered a steep dive into into the unprepared enemy formation.

"Not bad," she said to herself.

The Neuroi bomber formation and 1st Squadron met.

''Boom! Babaam!'' Explosive shells from the 20mm cannons on the Messerscharfs rained down on the Neuroi from above. Several of the shells hit their targets, which burst into flames and began falling.

Nearly all of the ones that went down were Kefalas bombers.

Completely ignoring the escorting Rallos fighters, 1st Squadron's main target were the Kefalases. In terms of overall strategy, it was the best thing to do in the situation.

The enemy formation was scattered and in disarray from the surprise attack. Tomoko headed directly into the midst of the fighting, and started her own attack.

Tomoko maneuvered onto the tail of a flight of four Raloses banking towards the Messerscharfs. The Neuroi tactics were simple, and they single-mindedly followed the Messerscharfs. Tomoko moved into position undetected.

"Those Messers have a speed advantage... Those Neuroi would never catch up to them anyway."

Tomoko swung the 7.7 mm machine gun on her back into her hands. She pulled the cocking lever, loading the first round into the chamber. Ahead of her, the enemy weaved back and forth hopelessly after the quicker 1st Squadron, losing what little airspeed they had.

Tomoko adroitly placed her sights over the first Rallos, and pulled the trigger.

''Tatatatan!'' The gun rattled against her shoulder, as a stream of 7.7 mm rounds pounded into the stabilizing tailplane of the Rallos. The elevator on the stabilizer shuddered and broke, flying off into the wind. That Rallos tipped forward, and began drifting to the ground below. The 7.7 mm was weak, but it had no problems destroying the weak spots on the delicate equipment.

The Ki-27 moved like another part of Tomoko's body, pointing her directly at the next Rallos.

With a deft twist of her body, Tomoko took aim at the engine of the moving Rallos.

One burst.

Fragments splintered off of the nose of the Rallos. As smoke started pouring from the hole, that Rallos went down in an uncontrolled dive.

At last, the remaining two Ralloses began evasive maneuvers.

However, nothing in the world could escape from a Ki-27 hard on their tail.

Tomoko wiped out the remaining two Neuroi at nearly the same time.

As she turned towards her next target, she saw the Messerscharfs gaining altitude for another attack.

Thanks to Tomoko, they now had a chance to climb, unmolested by the enemy fighters.

Below them, the Kefalas formation was still flying in an unwavering line. The Suomish Witches most probably planning on swooping down on them again soon.

Tomoko turned her head towards her radio, and shouted.

"Flight Lieutenant Ahonen! Don't mind the Ralloses, I'll handle them!"

"Ah, thank you," Ahonen replied, in a slightly flustered manner.

"Now we're even for yesterday."

Tomoko glanced behind herself quickly, and spied six new Ralloses heading towards her.

After appearing out of nowhere and shooting down four Ralloses in no seconds, Tomoko supposed that the Neuroi found her to be a greater threat than the Messerscharfs.

"Truly an honor."

With a slight smile on her face, Tomoko dove away from the bombers. Her plan was to pull as many of the Ralloses away from 1st squadron as possible.

At that moment, F/O Elma's voice came in over the radio.

"P/O Anabuki! Are you alright!? Wh-whao, you've got six of them on your tail!"

Haruka chimed in.

"I-I'm coming into range now! Just hold on for a bit longer, ma'am!"
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Tomoko shouted in reply.

"Stay away! I'll be fine! Just go and get those other Ralloses away from 1st Squadron any way you can! You don't need to help me!"

"B-But..."

With six fighters hot on her tail, Tomoko　pulled hard into a sharp inward turn. The six fighters behind her attempted to copy the exacting maneuver.

As a result, the six Ralloses lost speed rapidly, barely gliding along at their stall speed.

Tomoko fired her machine gun, aiming at the weak spots on the engines. One by one, the Ralloses were hit and fell.

Level dogfighting... The specialty of the Ki-27, and it showed as the fight continued.

However, after the third Rallos spun out of control and went down, the machine gun went dry. Slinging the empty gun behind her back, Tomoko swiftly drew her katana from its sheath. The Hizen Osafune glowed bright as Tomoko's magic power was absorbed into the blade.

Tomoko adroitly cut through the wings of the last three enemies on her tail, as calmly as if she testing a cut on a target post.

Off balance, the three Ralloses fell to the ground in an arc, spinning in tight circles.

Tomoko checked on 1st Squadron's progress with the Kefalas formation. The Witches were launching a steady stream of attacks on the bombers. Thanks to Tomoko bringing down the number of Ralloses, 1st Squadron was able to attack with impunity. Without the support of the fighters, the bombers were nothing more than simple targets.

Boom, boom! Another Kefalas exploded in flames, and fell to the ground.

As Tomoko watched, the heavily damaged Kefalases that were still in the air dropped several large objects from their underbelly.

Bombs.

The only thing below them was miles of snow-filled forests.

As soon as the last bombs fell, the Kefalases began banking away.

F/L Häkkinen's came in over the intercom.

"All mechanized air infantry witches, good work. The enemy has abandoned the bombing run. The interception was a success."

Once the interception squadrons were within visual distance to Kauhava Air Force Base, Tomoko did ten loop-the-loops.

The sign for 'ten shot down'.

Below, the technicians and base sentries had assembled and cheered at the sign. The witches of 1st Squadron, who had returned earlier, were also waiting nearby.

Tomoko landed to a roar of applause.

"You had those damn Neuroi running away with their tail between their legs!"

"That was amazing! Ten down in one sortie!"

"A double ace here at Kauhava!"

Tomoko waved at the troops cheering for her. As the cheers went on, F/L Mika Ahonen of 1st Squadron walked up to Tomoko's side, and suddenly hugged her.

"My apologies for ever calling you useless. Because of you, we were able to concentrate on attacking those bombers. You have my thanks."

Beaming with pride, Tomoko nodded.

Further away, another group watched the exulted crowd around Tomoko. It was F/O Elma, Haruka, and the others, who had contributed nothing to the battle. They watched Tomoko blankly, as the members of the base surrounded her.

"She told us not to do anything, so I just watched, but is that what I should've done?" Katharine said quietly.

"I wonder."

Haruka replied.

Beurling simply stood, scratching one cheek, seemingly lost in her own thoughts.

F/L Elma fidgeted about nervously, and began pacing back and forth.

"F/L Elma, what's the matter?"

"Oh, well... I want to say congratulations to P/O Anabuki, but I was wondering if I'd be getting in the way if I go now..."

"My, you really are such a thoughtful person," Katharine said.

As the Neuroi attacks were pushed back time and again by the stalwart mechanized air infantry squadrons, Kauhava AFB soon became a prime target for the enemy, with attacks coming every two or three days.

Numbers as high as the first day were rarely seen, and smaller bomber formations of about forty Neuroi flyers became the standard.

Each time the attacks came, the girls of Kauhava AFB would fly to meet the attack, and fend it off.

Among the defenders, Tomoko's performance was stellar, and her score made up over 40% of the enemy fighters shot down.

However, as her own victory count increased higher and higher, the other members of the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron sunk ever deeper into the gutter.

Every time the SIVAS attempted to join in the fighting, Tomoko would refuse their aid vehemently. Even in the rare cases where an enemy got on her tail, she would merely say things along the line of "I don't need any help, I'll be fine. Don't get in my way."

True to her words, Tomoko was never showered in enemy rounds... but even with the squadron assertively offering their help. Tomoko merely looked at them icily each time it happened.

Before long, the only contact Tomoko had with the rest of the squadron were simple greetings on the few occasions they chanced on each other in the barracks.

Two weeks after the first attack... December was half gone. With a blizzard already blowing early in the morning, the analysts predicted that there would be no Neuroi bombing runs.

In other words, the first day off for the Witches in a long time.

Both 1st Squadron and the SIVAS were removed from standby, and given the chance to refresh their exhausted bodies after the consecutive sorties of the previous few weeks.

Tomoko found herself heading towards a facility that seemed out of place on an air force base... a sauna.

Constructed next to the barracks, the solidly built brick sauna was one of the favorite places to relax for the personnel working on base.

Heated rocks on stoves beside wooden boards for sitting, and pouring water over oneself after working up a sweat. That was a common type of sauna in northern Europe.

Tomoko was sitting on the boards, with only a single towel placed on her lap. Beads of sweat formed on her smooth skin, sliding down as they formed larger drops. Her wet, black hair clung to her body. The pale creaminess of her skin contrasted starkly with the black hair, like a well-made painting.

The sound of the door opening　made Tomoko turn around.

Standing at the doorway nervously was Haruka, wrapped in a towel.

"Um... do you mind if I join you?"

She asked, and Tomoko nodded.

"Does it even matter if I say yes or no? Come in."

Haruka stepped quickly over to Tomoko's side with a pitter patter of her small feet, and sat down.

The smaller girl glanced nervously at Tomoko sitting beside her, blushed, then lowered her gaze shyly.

"What is it?"

"Oh, u-um! Congratulations on shooting down forty Neuroi!"

"Thank you."

"I've heard that in this Neuroi war, only five other mechanized air infantrymen have shot down over Neuroi. Shou-i, you're really amazing. I'm as happy as if I had done it myself."

Haruka lowered her gaze again.

"Um... Shou-i Anabuki. There's something I'd like to ask for."

"What is it?"

"Well... could you make up with everyone else? P/O Katharine, and P/O Beurling, and Sgt. Ursula... they've all seen the error of their ways. We're all training up our skills seriously with everything we've got now. So that, maybe, we could actually be able to help...?"

"......"

"Sgt. Ursula has been developing new equipment this entire time too. She said that she's thought of some promising new designs. Once she's done, could you maybe review it for the higher-ups?"

"......"

Tomoko did not answer. A troubled look passed briefly across Haruka's face, but she continued.

"None of us are as skilled as you, Shou-i... well, maybe except P/O Beurling. But anyway, even though we're all weak, when we work together, we thought that maybe we could help you at least a bit. T-Teamwork, you know. So, um... if you could just work together with us as well..."

"I'm fine by myself."

Tomoko stood up.

"Shou-i Tomoko."

"It's... easier for me to fight alone. I'm sick and tired of being held back."

"But aren't we supposed to be a team!?"

Haruka shouted out loudly.

"I didn't come to Suomus to play house and make friends. I came here to fight."

With that final parting shot, Tomoko left the sauna room.

As she wiped her body off in the dressing room, she felt someone else enter the room, and stop near the wall.

"Who is it?"

Tomoko turned around. It was Beurling.

"What do you want?"

In reply, Beurling silently waved a hand through her silver hair, then said in her usual flat tone.

"Got a minute? We need to talk."

Beurling led Tomoko to the hangar, to where the squadron's Strikers were lined up in orderly rows.

"So? What did you want to talk about?"

Beurling did not reply.

Instead, she looked down at her own beloved Hurricane. She reached out and brushed one hand along its side, seemingly lost in thought.

"If you've got nothing to say, I'm leaving."

As Tomoko prepared to leave, Beurling finally answered.

"I was in Ostmark before."

Huh? Tomoko stared in puzzlement.

Ostmark was a country that was situated between Karlsland and the Neuroi. The reason it ‘was’ situated, is because around half a year ago, it was annihilated by the Neuroi invasion. These days it’s nothing more than a barren and desolate land - dominated by the Neuroi’s miasma.

Why had she been in Ostmark?

Beurling conducted herself in a manner which was as overbearing as ever, disregarding Tomoko’s puzzled facial expression and continuing her story.

“A short while before the Neuroi came to attack; my unit were dispatched to Ostmark… We were a wing dedicated to the observation of international Neuroi. We were carrying out routine work on the primary Neuroi from the Great War. When our half a year term of office had finished, we would probably return home to our country.”

Beurling continued her story with an air of indifference about her.

“Around then, I had someone who was something of a rival. She and I would compete to be the first and second most skilled in the unit; we’d have many sham battles, competing with skill. She was an unreasonable girl. She assumed that it was fine to put faith in your own skill, but even so, there would always be someone who could surpass you. She's to blame for the some of the times I've been mad here, too. Things like... quarrelling all the time. Anyway... back to the time when the Neuroi came to attack… We thought it was time to reach a conclusion. Which one will surpass the other? It was simple. We’d decided that the one who could shoot down more Neuroi would be superior. Every day, we would make an effort to compete in sorties. The Neuroi seemed to attack with an infinite number – the enemy had nothing to worry about. It was a lost battle, we would retreat one after another, yet our fighting spirit was strong.”

“…”

“We were as extremely unreasonable as each other. Our shoot down count was just about the same. Then… something happened. I went out on my own, pursuing the enemy to try and get one up on her. Suddenly I was surrounded by 10 enemy aircraft. It was a stalemate. There were 3 enemy aircraft to my back, I was receiving fire simultaneously. It was around that time…”

Beurling’s tone of voice dropped considerably.

“She threw herself into the line of fire. She received blows from large calibre machineguns, yet she was using her magic shield, which was degenerating slowly. Immediately after that, my ally provided covering fire, advancing against the enemy, and as the enemy began to back off... I was saved. It came at a price. As her body dropped next to me, her breathing had already ceased.”

Tomoko was at a loss for words.

Who would have thought that someone who as cranky as Beurling would have a past like this?

“This Hurricane was the piece of equipment that she used.”

Beurling murmured whilst she stroked her beloved machine.

“….So, is that all you want to say? Did you drag me all the way to here just so that I could hear your old story?”

Tomoko responded, biting down onto her lip.

Beurling shook her head.

“I came to Suomus to die.”

Tomoko felt as if all the blood had rushed from her face.

That time when Tomoko threatened her with her sword… She had said "kill me." That had been the real deal.

“It was my fault that she was killed… and now I even equip her striker unit. I thought that death was my only atonement.”

“It’s absurd to die on your own accord.”

“Ah. That’s right. But… back then… when I saw the orphanage that had been bombed in the town, I began to change my mind. Before I die, I want to do whatever I can to stop the amount of people left with nowhere else to go from increasing.”

“…”

“Say, Tomoko.”

It was the first time Beurling had called her by her name.

“….What”

“The real enemy isn’t the Laros. There’s no real meaning behind the number of them that are dispatched.”

“Well then, what is our real enemy?”

“The bomber formations. If we can take them down, it’d shut the Neuroi up. The Neuroi will probably… dispatch a large bomber formation. If a mid sized formation has no effect, then there are no doubts about it. The most important thing when taking down a large bomber unit ‘Co-operation’. The ability of an individual will be rendered useless against them.”

Beurling’s words made Tomoko feel re-assured and confident that she wouldn’t just have to rely on the strength of those with actual combat experience there.

She still shook her head.

“Your rival may have died…, but my rival still lives. And so, I’m waiting until the day when I can surpass her. I’ve still not had the chance to succeed her… ”

“Tomoko.”

“There is no reason for me to lose to her. I can’t lose to her, that’s all I thought up until now - and that is why I continue to fly. That is why…”

Beurling seemed to be lost in thought for a while.

"Is that so," she murmured in a lonely tone, before leaving the aircraft hangar. Tomoko stood motionlessly in the hangar - absolutely still.

Outside, the blizzard continued to rage on.

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Britfag: /* Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up */

To re-iterate the registration procedure:

*"First Come, First Served": please register your intended chapters here

*This is not some Binding Contract of "I must do the work I put down here". Choices put down here are negotiable between translators (including their own selves who signed up for it).

So in other words, find a chapter, register yourself as the translator, and then translate it. :)

== List ==

== Strike Witches, by Yamaguchi Noboru ==

=== Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up ===
::*Prologue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 1 - Shou-i Anabuki Tomoko - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Suomus, Northern Europe - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Training in the Azure Sky - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Tomoko's Depression - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Neuroi Invasion - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 6 - Ace - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]], [[User:Britfag|Britfag]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 7 - Showdown! Diomidia! - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Epilogue - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Postscript
::*Exposition

=== Volume 2 - Suomus Misfits Squadron in Love ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Dark Clouds over Suomus
::*Chapter 2 - Mikkeli Temporary Air Base
::*Chapter 3 - Stuka Squadron
::*Chapter 4 - New Model Ki-44
::*Chapter 5 - Tomoko's Unrest
::*Chapter 6 - First Love under the Aurora
::*Chapter 7 - Recapture Slussen!
::*Chapter 8 - Showdown! Mobile Fortress!
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

=== Volume 3 - Clash in the Suomus Misfits Squadron ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Tomoko's Distress
::*Chapter 2 - Operation Bridges Down
::*Chapter 3 - Backup from Romagna
::*Chapter 4 - SEAD Mission
::*Chapter 5 - Giuseppina
::*Chapter 6 - Duel
::*Chapter 7 - Operation Rescue Haruka
::*Chapter 8 - Tsubame-gaeshi "Kai"
::*Epilogue

== Strike Witches, by Nanbou Hidehisa ==

=== Otome no Maki 1 ===
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - The Good Witch from the East
::*Chapter 2 - Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san
::*Chapter 3 - Exhibition, Mamma Mia!
::*Chapter 4 - Show of Courage
::*Epilogue
::*Comment

=== Otome no Maki 2 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - Swift, Gigantic, and Soft―or, A Midsummer Night's Ghost Story
::*Chapter 2 - Solidarity―or, the Chapter for Sanya, by Sanya, for Sanya
::*Chapter 3 - Disappearing Lucchini―or, the Pocket-Plugging Treasure
::*Intermission 1 - Sleeping Beauty
::*Chapter 4 - Special Operation Riceball!―or, the Maiden's Waistline
::*Chapter 5 - Memories of Fun Summer Days―or, Barkhorn in Wonderland
::*Intermission 2 - Sleeping Beauty, part 2
::*Chapter 6 - Escape Route―or, Low as the clouds, strong as the wind, high as the waves
::*Intermission 3 - Base Command, we have achieved total surprise!
::*Chapter 7 - Forget You Not―or, a Red Dress and Lili Marleen
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

== Strike Witches: Der Stern von Afrika, by Suzuki Takaaki ==

=== Der Stern von Afrika ===
::*Chapter 1 - Africa - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Romagna Logistics Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Karlsland - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Onward to the Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 5 - The Britannian Soldier - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 6 - Marseille - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 7 - Glory's Afterglow - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Epilogue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Original Plot Prototype - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*FAQ - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== The Eagle and the Moon and the Sun ===
::*Chapter 1 - Tobruk Revisited - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Africa Independent Flight Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 3 - Formation of the Katou Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 4 - Britannian Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Romagnan Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 6 - JG 27 - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 7 - Joint Fighter Wing "Afrika" - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== Owl Morn ===
::*Prologue - Fuso Army General Staff Office　- [[user:kuralulu|Kuralulu]]
::*Chapter 1 - Storm in Tobruk
::*Chapter 2 - Fuso Army General Staff Office
::*Chapter 3 - Africa's Skies
::*Chapter 4 - Owl Morn
::*Epilogue - Coming of a Goddess

[[Category:Registration Page]]

Strike Witches:Registration Page

2012-02-28T23:44:52Z

Britfag: /* Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up */

To re-iterate the registration procedure:

*"First Come, First Served": please register your intended chapters here

*This is not some Binding Contract of "I must do the work I put down here". Choices put down here are negotiable between translators (including their own selves who signed up for it).

So in other words, find a chapter, register yourself as the translator, and then translate it. :)

== List ==

== Strike Witches, by Yamaguchi Noboru ==

=== Volume 1 - Suomus Misfits Squadron Moving Up ===
::*Prologue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 1 - Shou-i Anabuki Tomoko - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Suomus, Northern Europe - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Training in the Azure Sky - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Tomoko's Depression - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Neuroi Invasion - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Chapter 6 - Ace - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]], [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Chapter 7 - Showdown! Diomidia! - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Epilogue - [[User:Britfag|Britfag]]
::*Postscript
::*Exposition

=== Volume 2 - Suomus Misfits Squadron in Love ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Dark Clouds over Suomus
::*Chapter 2 - Mikkeli Temporary Air Base
::*Chapter 3 - Stuka Squadron
::*Chapter 4 - New Model Ki-44
::*Chapter 5 - Tomoko's Unrest
::*Chapter 6 - First Love under the Aurora
::*Chapter 7 - Recapture Slussen!
::*Chapter 8 - Showdown! Mobile Fortress!
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

=== Volume 3 - Clash in the Suomus Misfits Squadron ===
::*Character Introduction
::*Chapter 1 - Tomoko's Distress
::*Chapter 2 - Operation Bridges Down
::*Chapter 3 - Backup from Romagna
::*Chapter 4 - SEAD Mission
::*Chapter 5 - Giuseppina
::*Chapter 6 - Duel
::*Chapter 7 - Operation Rescue Haruka
::*Chapter 8 - Tsubame-gaeshi "Kai"
::*Epilogue

== Strike Witches, by Nanbou Hidehisa ==

=== Otome no Maki 1 ===
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - The Good Witch from the East
::*Chapter 2 - Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san
::*Chapter 3 - Exhibition, Mamma Mia!
::*Chapter 4 - Show of Courage
::*Epilogue
::*Comment

=== Otome no Maki 2 ===
::*[[Strike_Witches:OnM_Volume2_Illustrations|Novel Illustrations]]
::*Prologue
::*Chapter 1 - Swift, Gigantic, and Soft―or, A Midsummer Night's Ghost Story
::*Chapter 2 - Solidarity―or, the Chapter for Sanya, by Sanya, for Sanya
::*Chapter 3 - Disappearing Lucchini―or, the Pocket-Plugging Treasure
::*Intermission 1 - Sleeping Beauty
::*Chapter 4 - Special Operation Riceball!―or, the Maiden's Waistline
::*Chapter 5 - Memories of Fun Summer Days―or, Barkhorn in Wonderland
::*Intermission 2 - Sleeping Beauty, part 2
::*Chapter 6 - Escape Route―or, Low as the clouds, strong as the wind, high as the waves
::*Intermission 3 - Base Command, we have achieved total surprise!
::*Chapter 7 - Forget You Not―or, a Red Dress and Lili Marleen
::*Epilogue
::*Postscript

== Strike Witches: Der Stern von Afrika, by Suzuki Takaaki ==

=== Der Stern von Afrika ===
::*Chapter 1 - Africa - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Romagna Logistics Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 3 - Karlsland - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 4 - Onward to the Base - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 5 - The Britannian Soldier - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 6 - Marseille - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 7 - Glory's Afterglow - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Epilogue - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Original Plot Prototype - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*FAQ - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== The Eagle and the Moon and the Sun ===
::*Chapter 1 - Tobruk Revisited - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]] - '''Completed'''
::*Chapter 2 - Africa Independent Flight Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 3 - Formation of the Katou Squadron - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 4 - Britannian Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 5 - Romagnan Armed Forces Headquarters - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 6 - JG 27 - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]
::*Chapter 7 - Joint Fighter Wing "Afrika" - [[user:selkirk|Selkirk]]

=== Owl Morn ===
::*Prologue - Fuso Army General Staff Office　- [[user:kuralulu|Kuralulu]]
::*Chapter 1 - Storm in Tobruk
::*Chapter 2 - Fuso Army General Staff Office
::*Chapter 3 - Africa's Skies
::*Chapter 4 - Owl Morn
::*Epilogue - Coming of a Goddess

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2012-02-28T23:42:53Z

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Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter5

2012-02-28T23:39:26Z

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Two weeks had passed since Tomoko and the others had arrived at Kauhava Air Force Base. Tomoko had continued her training but Beurling, Katharine and Ursula hadn’t taken part. Even though she had F/O Elma and Haruka, they were useless. If it was any bonus at all, the two had an overwhelming sense of ‘fighting spirit’.

F/O Elma was cowardly, and Haruka was useless at flying. Recently she’d realised that her attentiveness to her surroundings had worn thin, and that could make aerial combat fatal.

If we carry on like this, we might become a specialist reconnaissance unit…, she murmured.

Tomoko was in the middle of a short break in the mess hall of the barracks. Haruka and Elma had received rigorous training throughout the morning and consequently were returning to their own rooms. She wasn’t sure what the remaining three were doing. They hadn’t shown themselves for the entire duration of mealtime.

If things continue the way they are, what will become of the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron, I wonder? Never in my time as a soldier have I been called by such a name. But now things are different, as the public dub us the “Misfits Squadron”. Well, it’s quite an appropriate name for us.

If I’m thinking absent mindedly…

Even though it seemed a little pathetic, Tomoko got depressed thinking about how radically the way she lived had changed since coming to Suomus.

I kind of…, feel like I’ve become nothing but a leftover. How is it acceptable to leave ME, the Tomoegozen of Fuso, who people go to length of calling an ace, to rot into obscurity in a place like this? Why is it that *I* have to endure such a hassle? This isn’t the right place to further my ability and achievements…

Tomoko picked up the newspaper lying beside her. It was the Britannia Times newspaper, put down for the use of the volunteer soldiers. On the front page, news of the war situation in Karlsland stood out. Upon seeing the large news report in the second column, her eyes widened.

‘The outstanding performance of the witches from the East’

Yesterday, a large scale Neuroi bombing raid formation manifested in München, Karlsland. The scale of the response was that of a large bombing operation with around 120 machines (a large number of them were the Tupolev Tu-2). In place of the Karlslander Air Force, which has been weakened by the rigorous fighting since the outbreak of war, the assault was carried out by militants from the United States of Liberion, Britannia and Fuso’s Volunteer Air Squadron. P/O Katou Takeko from the Fuso Imperial Army Air Service’s third squadron’s actions were particularly commendable as she shot down and destroyed a total of bomber units. In the results of the battle, 60% of the enemy units were hit. P/O Katou Takeko shot down 4 units on her own. (Giving her the highest individual rank for shoot downs). In commendation of this achievement, Karlsland have decided to award P/O Katou with the Iron Cross.

Tomoko’s shoulders dropped, she was crestfallen. She was glad for her friend’s achievement, but there was no way she could match it in a place like Suomus.

I can’t keep letting these high aspirations escape me.

But I’ve just got no willpower left.

We’re off duty after lunch. It seemed like a good idea to train…but it’s pointless.

Tomoko stood up unsteadily, leaving the mess hall.

Close to Kauhava Air Force Base, was a town called Slussen. It was around 30 minutes away by car. Slussen was a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. Tomoko had asked the base guards if she could head out there, and they had prepared her a car. It was difficult to drive on the streets layered with the slush caused by freshly fallen snow - from the base, it was one straight drive all the way to Slussen. It was Christmas in a month’s time, and Slussen had already begun preparations. The invasion of countries near the border by the Neuroi did nothing to stop the residents from having cheerful looks upon their faces.

As Tomoko got out the car, she realised that it must be unusual to see an Oriental person - people had stopped what they were doing just to stare at her. Curious children began to approach Tomoko, speaking a few words to her. No matter how hard she tried to speak it, Tomoko couldn’t understand Suomish, and had no idea what the children were saying.

“Sorry…I don’t understand your language. Um, Hyvää- Hyvää Päivää”

When she spoke the Suomish that she could remember the children burst into laughter.

“Hyvää Päivää!”

After that, the children continued to speak in Suomish. As Tomoko was in a spot of bother, an elderly person came to her aid.

“Are you a foreigner?”

The words were spoken in Britannian. As Tomoko nodded her head with a yes, the elderly person translated the words of the children.

“They’re asking if you’re a witch.”

“Huh? How did they know that?” Tomoko was bewildered.

“Well, a lot of cars come from Kauhava Air Force Base, not to mention you’re foreign, and a beautiful young girl. It adds up, doesn’t it? Aren’t the witches the ones that came here to fight the Neuroi? That’s what the children know you for.”

“Ah, I see. Your English really is impressive.”

“Ah, I used to be a university lecturer, although I’m currently retired…”

The children began tugging at Tomoko’s arm.

“Eh? Where do you want to go?”

“’Won’t you come to our house?’ - They’re inviting you.”

“Where is your house?”

As she asked, they didn’t understand her speech, but understood her gesture, and the oldest child pointed at the corner of the street. There stood a magnificent building made of brick.

“Wow! It’s big isn’t it? Don’t you live in such a wonderful house! Do all of you live in this house?”

As Tomoko enquired about the house, the elderly person answered her.

“This house it…how should I put it…it’s an orphanage.”

“An orphanage you say?”

Tomoko was a little taken aback.

“Unfortunately so, these children’s parents have passed away and can no longer raise them. They’re children with nowhere left to go.”

If Tomoko left suddenly, the children could get upset. The elderly person lent her a hand and guided them. The children began to look a little lonely, but they soon brightened up as they said something to Tomoko.

“Good luck fighting the Neuroi!”

The words lingered in her mind for a while, and then she smiled. As she did so, the children’s smiles began to fade away. She waved to them for a while, until the children had disappeared into the entrance of the orphanage. She let out a sigh. The words of the children weren't easy to swallow.

“Good luck fighting the Neuroi!” huh…

I wonder if I can finally reach the point where I can do my best…

“Is there a bar in this area?”

Tomoko asked the elderly person.

The elderly person pointed to a house they were facing. Beneath a barrel shaped sign was a building with a façade that resembled that of a bar. Tomoko was feeling miserable, and went to seek solace in drinking alcohol.

‘Giii’ the door creaked, as she opened it and entered. Despite the fact that it was lunchtime, the inside retained a gloomy atmosphere. Nevertheless, it didn’t seem shady. Meals were served alongside coffee for lunch, and half of the tables in the bar were filled. It was no surprise that an Oriental person would be easily noticed - all at once, the occupants of the bar began directing their attention towards Tomoko. However, it wasn’t anything to be concerned about, so Tomoko seated herself at the counter, and gestured towards the alcohol she wanted to order. She’d grown used to receiving attention when she was in her own country.

Even though she’d intended to order wine, she ended up with a washed out looking, transparent alcohol. Upon taking a mouthful of the drink, the strength activated her gag reflex. The middle aged bartender glared at her, saying ‘coss, coss’ with a pleasant smile. It seemed like it might be the name of the drink.

At any rate I should get this drink down. It feels like a burning sensation coursing through my throat, the inside of my stomach feels as if a fire is raging .I get it; this alcohol helps you forget the coldness.I guess they rely on strong alcohol like this instead of heaters in snowy countries. I can feel it in my heart too, but I don’t feel warm at all. Most of all…, it’s unforgiveable that I feel no joy for Takeko’s military gains. How could I possibly be jealous at the success of a close friend…

Tomoko caved in disgust.

It looks like I’m downing a large amount. After several drinks, when I asked the bartender for seconds, he shook his head. He brought over a bottle of alcohol, did a drinking gesture, and then made a cross sign. I…guess I’ve probably had a little too much to drink…

As she inadvertently turned her gaze to the bars interior, she recognised three all too familiar people. She hadn’t noticed up until now due to the hustle and bustle and dim lighting in the bar. For some reason or another, even though she was in their line of sight, they hadn’t noticed that Tomoko was seated at the bar either. Tomoko stood up and began to head in their direction.

“Well, that sure was fun! If we keep drinking like this, we might accidentally forget that we’re in the middle of a war with the Neuroi!”
Katharine had her back turned towards Tomoko. Seated around her, Ursula was reading a book. Next to her was Beurling with her usual pessimistic facial expression, drinking alcohol from a small glass.

“I thought that I hadn’t seen you around the base much recently, why doesn’t it surprise me that you were in this kind of place?”
The three of them turned around as they heard Tomoko’s unsympathetic voice.

“OH, Tomoko! Let’s drink together!” Katharine asked in a typically carefree voice, seemingly unbothered by Tomoko’s tone.

With a thump, Tomoko grabbed a chair and sat down. Katharine took the opportunity to fill the glass Tomoko was holding with wine. Not satisfied with the gesture, Tomoko grabbed the bottle of wine from Katharine and downed the remainder without so much as taking a breather.

“OH”

Tomoko brought the wine bottle up into the air, and vigorously slammed it down on the table. She then surveyed the scene with an intoxicated look about her.

“You lot don’t give a damn about your abilities. Understand?”

“What exactly is that supposed to mean?”

Beurling responded first, looking in Tomoko’s direction.

“We’re the chosen witches, aren’t we? You lot, you don’t have any sense of responsibility! I mean come on, how is it acceptable to be skipping your training and duties to get drunk at lunchtime!?” Tomoko interjected sharply, forgetting her own hypocrisy. After she had spoken, Beurling downed the drink in her glass. She opened her mouth after speaking.

“Even mentioning something like ‘responsibility’ is a bother. Why should I care? I didn’t desire to be a witch. It’s like, just because you’ve got magical power, you should automatically become a witch, before you can even say anything against it. Not just anyone could long to be a witch. The girls who couldn’t become them ended up as actresses in Piccadilly. In other words, we were automatically made out to be ‘witches’. We didn’t have a choice in coming here either, did we? That’s what I mean.”

Uncharacteristically, Katharine let out a sigh.

“I definitely longed to be a witch! But, I just might not have any talent…Just because you’ve got magical powers don’t mean you’re gonna be any good with equipment. Even though you need magical power to be a witch, it doesn’t mean that everyone who has those kinda abilities is gonna have any skill in airborne operations.” Katharine said in a slightly solemn tone of voice.

“Even if you’re trying your best, it’s so easy to become a nuisance…It really doesn’t help any negatives feelings of being ‘useless’.”

Without uttering a single word, Ursula placed her book atop the surface of the table.

“Please be quieter. I can’t focus.”

“I see how it is. Well, just know that I expect nothing from any of you lot.”

Tomoko sighed. After that, she stood up, and left the bar.

The remaining Beurling group exchanged glances.

“’Expect nothing’ huh…It’s always the same words, being said over and over again.”

Katharine muttered with a feeling of self derision.

“Indeed so.” Beurling agreed.

“No matter where we go, we’re labelled as misfits.”

“I agree.”

From her book, Ursula nodded her head.

Katharine observed Beurling and Ursula’s reactions for a while, and then spoke in a tone of voice that suggested that she’d noticed something.
“Oh my, could it be that you two are going to put up with what Tomoko just said?”

There was silence from both Beurling and Ursula. Katharine took a hold of the glass in front of her, and gulped the contents down.

“I really think we oughta change a little from here on out. But if we carry on like this we’ll achieve nothing. The only way to stretch everyone’s legs is to take part in training. If we stay here, we are misfits.”

“Humph. For people like us, no matter what our whereabouts are, we’ll always be misfits. Of course we’d be misfits if we keep coming here like this, let’s just leave it at that.”

Beurling snapped back in disgust.

“We can’t give up hope. When it was decided that we would be permanently to Suomus there was a small amount of expectation, right? They might have thought that our skills might get better in a place like this. It’s not impossible for people to change.”

Beurling was silenced. Her lack of response suggested to Katharine that she might harbour the same feelings.

“Say, Ursula. Don’t you think that too?”

Ursula didn’t answer. She hung her head in shame with loneliness, biting on her lip.

Then there was that time.

Classical music flowed elegantly throughout the interior of the bar. The elegance was soon interrupted as it changed abruptly to a state broadcast from Suomus. After the crackle of the grating sounds had ended, the announcer’s peculiar voice reverberated from the speakers.

“This is a message for the people of Suomus. This is a message for the people of Suomus.”

People were talking amongst themselves; this definitely wasn’t a normal occurrence.

“Formations of ‘Neuroi’ are advancing across the national border. I will repeat. Formations of ‘Neuroi’ are advancing across the national border. Respective cities near the borders have sounded the air alarm as an official announcement. Please calmly follow the directions of the military, and seek refuge. This is not a drill. I repeat. This is not a drill.”

The occupants of the bar flew into a panic. It was frenzied, a commotion, people were dashing outside, hiding under tables, beginning to cry, the assortment of different reactions were all laced with fear.

Katharine and the others hadn’t understood the radio transmission. There was only one word that they had even remotely understood.

‘Neuroi’

When they stood up, they could hear the sound of explosions from outside. The three of them dropped onto the floor out of an act of instinct. The explosion sounds were intermittent - the sound of several more explosions reverberated, before stopping abruptly.

They exchanged confused glances as they dashed out of the bar. An eerie miasma had begun to spread outside. The Neuroi formation was dropping bombs. The sound of fire engine sirens drew closer. Several buildings had collapsed due to the bombing. If there was one good thing, it was that there wasn’t a huge number of enemy aircraft. Taking into account the number of bombs, it was likely that there was a place where most of the formation was.
Small enemy numbers or not, the peaceful town had been so brutally assaulted and then abandoned within the time frame of ten minutes. The bodies of people who had been injured or killed by fragments of the bombs were scattered all over. The survivors, who had up until now been walking with such peaceful faces, had been so suddenly thrown into such a terrible disaster, and were now nursing those who had been wounded.

A group of children were standing around a collapsed building, in tears.

“What is it? Are you alright? Have you got any injuries?”

Katharine got closer. The children responded, but it was no use. Katharine couldn’t understand what they were saying and shook her head.

Luckily, Ursula could understand Suomish, and listened carefully to what the children had to say.

“It seems like this was an orphanage for these children.”

She looked at the desecrated building solemnly. Katherine looked in the direction of the children, it seemed like they were going to cry.

“An orphanage, huh.” Beurling muttered in an uncharacteristically emotive voice.

“…Their house, it’s completely gone. Even though they live here because they have nowhere else to go…in the end it’s all gone.”

“All because of war”

Beurling murmured with a sigh.

Katharine nodded her head, “It’s terrible. They’ve got nowhere to go and only us for support. All in the space of ten minutes...”

After splashing her face with water to dissolve her drunkenness, Tomoko began to drive along the road that led back to Kauhava Air Force Base. After doing so for a while, she could hear the sound of explosions in the distance. She hastily turned on the radio, hearing the announcer cry out a repeat of the warning. She couldn’t understand Suomish, but there was one unpleasant word in that broadcast that made perfect sense.

‘Neuroi’

They arrived just now…Those guys…

“For god’s sake, they sure are good with their timing!”

At that instant, she thrust her foot onto the accelerator. In front of her was a small black mark. As she noticed it, it began to expand in size. Tomoko grasped onto the handle, sending a flurry of mud springing up from the wheels.

Machine gun fire!

Next to Tomoko, a black shadow began to roll past with a pyun!

Small wings protruded from its large torso. At the nose was a propeller that was similar to that of a Striker Unit. It was cylindrical, and seemed to be in the shape of a fly, a melee weapon Neuroi…It was the silhouette of the Neuroi she had fought in Fuso, the Laros.

Ku!

Tomoko chewed on her lip.

At the one time I’m not at the base, the enemy start an invasion! Witches are powerless on the Earth’s surface. If I return to the base quickly, they can’t ambush us! I can still see that Laros from before in the rear mirror. It’s turning from side to side, I wonder if it’s going to attack again.

Tomoko pushed onto the accelerator faster, but it was already in the 5th gear and wouldn’t go any further. All the while, the Laros continued to pursue her. In the rear mirror, the wings of the Laros started to glow. She quickly thrust her body down, and heard the sound of glass shattering into little pieces, pieces that scattered around the cars interior. As she raised her head, it wasn’t just the rear window that had been smashed; the glass of the front windscreen had also shattered. Fortunately, her body hadn’t been harmed, but…

In front of her, she could see the Laros rotating. It seemed like it had an intention of being persistent with its assault. Tomoko began to grind her teeth.
I don’t want to die like this! Without a striker unit I’m powerless…

The Laros pointed the tip of it’s nose in her direction…

Suddenly, the wings burst into flames, and it began to spin, flipping around sideways. From above, she could see something small do a nose dive.
It was a mechanised air infantryman.

Who could that be? Could it be F/O Elma, or Haruka? However, the silhouette is different from either of them. It’s probably one of those guys from the 1st Squadron.

She was relieved to have been saved, but she felt more frustration than anything else.

Flt Lt Mika Ahonen’s ‘darling’ face passed into her mind.

I can’t believe I was saved by a person like that…I barely made it back to Kauhava Air Force Base…Over there it must be a disastrous scene. The Neuroi’s surprise attack was clever. They destroyed buildings, and flames are spreading everywhere.

She ran towards the hanger where the Striker Units were, inside F/O Elma and Haruka were shaking, embracing each other.

“What are you doing!?”

Tomoko shouted, calling out to the aircraft men.

“Get out my Ki-27! Hurry up!”

They ran over, equipping Tomoko with the Ki-27. She idled along the runway, before flying up into the sky. From the earpiece attached to her ear, she could hear the voice of Flt Lt Häkkinen, who was in the base control centre.

“This is ‘Snow Woman’. This is ‘Snow Woman’. All units return to base.”

What’s she talking about? I still haven’t had a chance to fight!

“’Snow Woman’. Tell me the location of the enemy!”

“P/O Anabuki Tomoko. With the exception of an emergency, you should not answer like that to anyone above the Squadron Commander.”

“Is this not an emergency!? Now where is the enemy-“

“The enemy have already withdrawn. Today’s battle is over.”

Flt Lt Häkkinen’s voice resounded, as cold as ice.

That night…

In the mess hall of the barracks…

All the members of the Suomus Independent Volunteer Squadron were gathered and staring idly at the ceiling. The Neuroi had only attacked the base with a melee weapon; it was a blessing in disguise. There were bullet holes all over and the fuel tanker used by the base was done for - it would be no loss as it had almost filled its war potential.

Minor damage aside, there was one huge problem with the ambush.

Even with the 1st Squadron’s hard fighting, the Neuroi had still managed to pass over the borders…They hadn’t been able to prevent the Neuroi from bombing the nearby town Slussen, and now there was a flood of complaints from the townsfolk.

It wasn’t hard to see that Tomoko was fuming; she didn’t open her mouth once. Haruka, who was seated beside her, began to fidget uncomfortably.
When the Neuroi came and attacked…I was so frightened I couldn’t move.

She attempted to say something, but each time she was hindered by the harsh atmosphere of Tomoko, rendering her unable to speak at all. P/O Elma had returned from the control room.

“From tomorrow, it seems that we’ll be deployed alongside the 1st Squadron. We’ll do nothing more than offer the 1st Squadron support. Basically, we’re their back up. We’ll be the accompanying ‘objects’…”

Tomoko’s head dropped quickly.

“Pilot Officer Anabuki…, I’m sorry for today. I’m only cowardly…”

Katharine hit F/O Elma on the shoulder.

“It wasn’t just F/O Elma…We’re no good either. Today, we saw children who lived in the town and had lost the place that they called home. It’s unforgivable to let the number of children in that situation rise. That’s why, I’ll do my best. Ain’t that so, Ursula, P/O Beurling?”

Beurling murmured a “yes”. Ursula also nodded in agreement.

“For that reason, please, Tomoko.”

F/O Elma grabbed Tomoko’s hand.

“Not only in training, please take control over our aerial battle too…Just as I thought, as I don’t have any real combat experience, I can’t take control. And today, you saw me trembling…”
Tomoko stood up.

“Oh!”

Everyone stirred, waiting to see what she had to say.

“Understood. I’ll take control.”

“With this we’ll have tremendous strength!”

Katharine jumped up. Haruka smoothed down her chest. Beurling glanced at Tomoko and smiled. Ursula closed the pages of the book she was reading.
“If that’s been decided then, it’s a celebration! Good luck from tomorrow!”

Despite their trust in her, Tomoko spoke to the rest of the squad in a cold, disconnected tone.

“Well then, I’ll hand down orders.”

“Eh? Orders…?”

Everyone stared at Tomoko.

“I mean exactly as I say. For these past two weeks, I’ve kept a close eye on you all. And now I finally understand. You’re all useless!”

“U-Uh, I don’t think that might…”

“It’s alright. I’ll fight by myself. It’d honour me if you lot would pay close attention.”

Tomoko turned around and began to head towards her room.

“What the! Even though we went through such trouble to get motivated!”

Katharine shouted.

“Tomoko Shou-i…”

Haruka whimpered in a lonely voice as she stared at Tomoko’s back.

Tomoko got into her room and threw herself down, staring at the ceiling.

“Takeko…, it seems that the only one I can rely on is you. How can I be stuck with a load of powerless idiots? I can’t even have a decent discussion with them.”

Tomoko closed her eyes.

“Watch me, Takeko. I’ll take down all those who stand in my path. I’ll show you the power of one person. Even though you’ve been fortunate enough to be dispatched to Karlsland, I’m not going to give up. I’ll get my own war achievements.”

At the end of the day, each person is an individual unit. When you’re dead, and when you’re alive, you’re still an individual. Seeing as that’s the case, then you can take the challenge of winning and losing alone too.

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2012-02-28T23:29:54Z

Britfag:

Is the chapter complete now? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 17:19, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter6

2012-02-28T23:29:36Z

Britfag:

Is the chapter complete now? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 17:19, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

It's complete now.

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2012-02-28T23:29:22Z

Britfag:

Is the chapter complete now? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 17:19, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

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2012-02-28T23:29:04Z

Britfag:

Is the chapter complete now? --[[User:Darklor|Darklor]] 17:19, 2 October 2010 (UTC)

It's complete now.

Strike Witches:Volume1 Chapter6

2012-02-28T23:28:10Z

Britfag: Added the remaining 40% of the translation

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The next morning.

A cold mist swept through the early morning air...

Tomoko was sitting on a chair in the warehouse, her eyes closed, her expression set in a look of pure concentration. A Striker unit was already equipped to her legs.

Her Ki-27... Tomoko's long-time companion, ever since the Fuso Sea Incident.

The magic engine was already finished pre-heating and running hot. Tomoko sat stock-still on the folding chair, in her miko flight uniform, grasping her katana in one hand.

"Tomoko, you look just like a samurai, wow!"

Katharine said, seated on a similar chair not too far off, also waiting for orders to sortie. Nearby, F/O Elma, Haruka, Beurling, and Ursula sat waiting as well.

An aura of harsh determination radiated from Tomoko, giving her the air of a master swordsman from medieval Fuso.

She would strike at the merest touch, so great was this determination.

"I wonder if P/O Anabuki was serious about what she said yesterday?"

F/O Elma said in a lonely voice to the group.

"Probably... She doesn't seem like the type that would say one thing and do another...

Haruka answered.

Was Tomoko serious when she said she'd fight alone? It was a lonely thought. Haruka put her hand into her pocket, and grasped the object there.

''If I use this... I might be able to help her.''

But... Haruka shook her head.

She could never show anyone how she looked when using it.

Especially the person she respected... the person she admired.

''The happiness of that one night. I want to see how it ends. But, if Tomoko were to see me with this, I just know that she will leave me forever. After all, it's unsightly...''

If only I never got this... Haruka thought, and raised her head.

"What's wrong, Haruka?"

Katharine was looking at her with a worried expression.

"N-Nothing, ma'am!"

Haruka blushed, and at the same moment... Tomoko's shoulder twitched almost imperceptibly.

The siren was wailing.

The speaker hanging from the ceiling began broadcasting an announcement in Suomish and Britannian.

"Air raid alert. Air raid alert. A Neuroi bomber formation numbering over sixty is advancing on this base. Fighter squadrons will intercept."

Tomoko sprang into action immediately, nearly charging out of the room.

Katharine, Beurling, and Ursula all stood and left the room as well. F/O lightly slapped her own cheeks nervously, and followed after them.

Haruka left the building and onto the airfield as well. She fired up the Sakae-1-1 magic engine to maximum, and began rising into the air.

The battlefield widened before her eyes.

It was the same sky she always flew in, nothing she could see had changed at all... and yet, something about it all was different.

Tomoko was the first off the runway.

Soon after, her Striker revved to max, and she shot into the sky.

The Ki-27, despite being an old model, lifted Tomoko into the air easily. Tomoko glanced behind her, and saw Mika Ahonen's 1st Squadron begin taking off one after the other. Even if her name was "aho", the precision of their movements left little doubt of her leadership. ''Guess she wasn't just being dramatic when she saved me yesterday.''

The Messerscharf Strikers lived up to their reputation as some of Karlsland's best engineering, climbing into the air powerfully.

In just moments, the lead Witches of 1st Squadron had caught up to Tomoko, passing her steadily. There was a remarkable difference in engine power between the two Strikers.

"Excuse me for going on ahead."

Mika Ahonen's voice came over the radio.

Tomoko rolled her wings slightly from side to side in acknowledgment.

F/L Häkkinen's voice came from the radio next.

"The enemy formation is currently at point A-4, altitude 4000 meters, and remains on course. ETI six minutes at maximum speed."

Tomoko maintained her pace, flying behind Mika Ahonen and 1st Squadron. As the monotonous flight towards the intercept continued, Elma, then Katharine and the rest of the squadron caught up at last.

However, perhaps in respect of Tomoko's wishes, they kept a constant distance away from her.

Tomoko noticed, but ignored the rest of the squadron as just another feature of the landscape.

She concentrated on the advancing enemy instead.

She glanced at her altimeter-watch. Just over 4000 meters. Maintaining that altitude, and five minutes of routine flying later, she saw small dots far off in the distance.

One, two, three...

'Neuroi'.

More and more dots appeared in the sky.

Tomoko watched as 1st squadron climbed higher. Heading into their blind spot... they were most likely going to dive in from above to break up the enemy formation as an opening attack. It was the best way to deal with an enemy when outnumbered.

However, Tomoko continued with her head-on flight, fearless of the enemy's superior numbers. Her Ki-27's speed and diving ability was not well suited to the boom and zoom tactics the Messerscharfs were capable of.

Tomoko, and the Ki-27, had another way to fight.

The distance to the enemy formation closed steadily.

Tomoko's pulse raced.

As the distance closed, the silhouette of the enemy formation sharpened.

The Neuroi looked far more crude than the elegant form of the mechanized air infantry Witches. Even if both sides flew in the air, their outward appearance was completely different.

The small, squat spots were Ralloses, the same class of flyers that strafed the car Tomoko was driving the previous day. They numbered over thirty.

As for the long and narrow ones below them... medium Kefalas bombers. The same ones that bombed Slussen. Again, over thirty. In total, that made for over sixty in the formation. So far, the report was accurate.

Facing off against them, their own forces consisted of the twelve Witches of 1st Squadron, and the six from the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron. Eighteen Witches in all. They were at a disadvantage... but it wasn't hopeless.

Tomoko noticed 1st Squadron begin their attack. Having used the clouds as cover to great effect, Tomoko watched as they entered a steep dive into into the unprepared enemy formation.

"Not bad," she said to herself.

The Neuroi bomber formation and 1st Squadron met.

''Boom! Babaam!'' Explosive shells from the 20mm cannons on the Messerscharfs rained down on the Neuroi from above. Several of the shells hit their targets, which burst into flames and began falling.

Nearly all of the ones that went down were Kefalas bombers.

Completely ignoring the escorting Rallos fighters, 1st Squadron's main target were the Kefalases. In terms of overall strategy, it was the best thing to do in the situation.

The enemy formation was scattered and in disarray from the surprise attack. Tomoko headed directly into the midst of the fighting, and started her own attack.

Tomoko maneuvered onto the tail of a flight of four Raloses banking towards the Messerscharfs. The Neuroi tactics were simple, and they single-mindedly followed the Messerscharfs. Tomoko moved into position undetected.

"Those Messers have a speed advantage... Those Neuroi would never catch up to them anyway."

Tomoko swung the 7.7 mm machine gun on her back into her hands. She pulled the cocking lever, loading the first round into the chamber. Ahead of her, the enemy weaved back and forth hopelessly after the quicker 1st Squadron, losing what little airspeed they had.

Tomoko adroitly placed her sights over the first Rallos, and pulled the trigger.

''Tatatatan!'' The gun rattled against her shoulder, as a stream of 7.7 mm rounds pounded into the stabilizing tailplane of the Rallos. The elevator on the stabilizer shuddered and broke, flying off into the wind. That Rallos tipped forward, and began drifting to the ground below. The 7.7 mm was weak, but it had no problems destroying the weak spots on the delicate equipment.

The Ki-27 moved like another part of Tomoko's body, pointing her directly at the next Rallos.

With a deft twist of her body, Tomoko took aim at the engine of the moving Rallos.

One burst.

Fragments splintered off of the nose of the Rallos. As smoke started pouring from the hole, that Rallos went down in an uncontrolled dive.

At last, the remaining two Ralloses began evasive maneuvers.

However, nothing in the world could escape from a Ki-27 hard on their tail.

Tomoko wiped out the remaining two Neuroi at nearly the same time.

As she turned towards her next target, she saw the Messerscharfs gaining altitude for another attack.

Thanks to Tomoko, they now had a chance to climb, unmolested by the enemy fighters.

Below them, the Kefalas formation was still flying in an unwavering line. The Suomish Witches most probably planning on swooping down on them again soon.

Tomoko turned her head towards her radio, and shouted.

"Flight Lieutenant Ahonen! Don't mind the Ralloses, I'll handle them!"

"Ah, thank you," Ahonen replied, in a slightly flustered manner.

"Now we're even for yesterday."

Tomoko glanced behind herself quickly, and spied six new Ralloses heading towards her.

After appearing out of nowhere and shooting down four Ralloses in no seconds, Tomoko supposed that the Neuroi found her to be a greater threat than the Messerscharfs.

"Truly an honor."

With a slight smile on her face, Tomoko dove away from the bombers. Her plan was to pull as many of the Ralloses away from 1st squadron as possible.

At that moment, F/O Elma's voice came in over the radio.

"P/O Anabuki! Are you alright!? Wh-whao, you've got six of them on your tail!"

Haruka chimed in.

"I-I'm coming into range now! Just hold on for a bit longer, ma'am!"
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Tomoko shouted in reply.

"Stay away! I'll be fine! Just go and get those other Ralloses away from 1st Squadron any way you can! You don't need to help me!"

"B-But..."

With six fighters hot on her tail, Tomoko　pulled hard into a sharp inward turn. The six fighters behind her attempted to copy the exacting maneuver.

As a result, the six Ralloses lost speed rapidly, barely gliding along at their stall speed.

Tomoko fired her machine gun, aiming at the weak spots on the engines. One by one, the Ralloses were hit and fell.

Level dogfighting... The specialty of the Ki-27, and it showed as the fight continued.

However, after the third Rallos spun out of control and went down, the machine gun went dry. Slinging the empty gun behind her back, Tomoko swiftly drew her katana from its sheath. The Hizen Osafune glowed bright as Tomoko's magic power was absorbed into the blade.

Tomoko adroitly cut through the wings of the last three enemies on her tail, as calmly as if she testing a cut on a target post.

Off balance, the three Ralloses fell to the ground in an arc, spinning in tight circles.

Tomoko checked on 1st Squadron's progress with the Kefalas formation. The Witches were launching a steady stream of attacks on the bombers. Thanks to Tomoko bringing down the number of Ralloses, 1st Squadron was able to attack with impunity. Without the support of the fighters, the bombers were nothing more than simple targets.

Boom, boom! Another Kefalas exploded in flames, and fell to the ground.

As Tomoko watched, the heavily damaged Kefalases that were still in the air dropped several large objects from their underbelly.

Bombs.

The only thing below them was miles of snow-filled forests.

As soon as the last bombs fell, the Kefalases began banking away.

F/L Häkkinen's came in over the intercom.

"All mechanized air infantry witches, good work. The enemy has abandoned the bombing run. The interception was a success."

Once the interception squadrons were within visual distance to Kauhava Air Force Base, Tomoko did ten loop-the-loops.

The sign for 'ten shot down'.

Below, the technicians and base sentries had assembled and cheered at the sign. The witches of 1st Squadron, who had returned earlier, were also waiting nearby.

Tomoko landed to a roar of applause.

"You had those damn Neuroi running away with their tail between their legs!"

"That was amazing! Ten down in one sortie!"

"A double ace here at Kauhava!"

Tomoko waved at the troops cheering for her. As the cheers went on, F/L Mika Ahonen of 1st Squadron walked up to Tomoko's side, and suddenly hugged her.

"My apologies for ever calling you useless. Because of you, we were able to concentrate on attacking those bombers. You have my thanks."

Beaming with pride, Tomoko nodded.

Further away, another group watched the exulted crowd around Tomoko. It was F/O Elma, Haruka, and the others, who had contributed nothing to the battle. They watched Tomoko blankly, as the members of the base surrounded her.

"She told us not to do anything, so I just watched, but is that what I should've done?" Katharine said quietly.

"I wonder."

Haruka replied.

Beurling simply stood, scratching one cheek, seemingly lost in her own thoughts.

F/L Elma fidgeted about nervously, and began pacing back and forth.

"F/L Elma, what's the matter?"

"Oh, well... I want to say congratulations to P/O Anabuki, but I was wondering if I'd be getting in the way if I go now..."

"My, you really are such a thoughtful person," Katharine said.

As the Neuroi attacks were pushed back time and again by the stalwart mechanized air infantry squadrons, Kauhava AFB soon became a prime target for the enemy, with attacks coming every two or three days.

Numbers as high as the first day were rarely seen, and smaller bomber formations of about forty Neuroi flyers became the standard.

Each time the attacks came, the girls of Kauhava AFB would fly to meet the attack, and fend it off.

Among the defenders, Tomoko's performance was stellar, and her score made up over 40% of the enemy fighters shot down.

However, as her own victory count increased higher and higher, the other members of the Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron sunk ever deeper into the gutter.

Every time the SIVAS attempted to join in the fighting, Tomoko would refuse their aid vehemently. Even in the rare cases where an enemy got on her tail, she would merely say things along the line of "I don't need any help, I'll be fine. Don't get in my way."

True to her words, Tomoko was never showered in enemy rounds... but even with the squadron assertively offering their help. Tomoko merely looked at them icily each time it happened.

Before long, the only contact Tomoko had with the rest of the squadron were simple greetings on the few occasions they chanced on each other in the barracks.

Two weeks after the first attack... December was half gone. With a blizzard already blowing early in the morning, the analysts predicted that there would be no Neuroi bombing runs.

In other words, the first day off for the Witches in a long time.

Both 1st Squadron and the SIVAS were removed from standby, and given the chance to refresh their exhausted bodies after the consecutive sorties of the previous few weeks.

Tomoko found herself heading towards a facility that seemed out of place on an air force base... a sauna.

Constructed next to the barracks, the solidly built brick sauna was one of the favorite places to relax for the personnel working on base.

Heated rocks on stoves beside wooden boards for sitting, and pouring water over oneself after working up a sweat. That was a common type of sauna in northern Europe.

Tomoko was sitting on the boards, with only a single towel placed on her lap. Beads of sweat formed on her smooth skin, sliding down as they formed larger drops. Her wet, black hair clung to her body. The pale creaminess of her skin contrasted starkly with the black hair, like a well-made painting.

The sound of the door opening　made Tomoko turn around.

Standing at the doorway nervously was Haruka, wrapped in a towel.

"Um... do you mind if I join you?"

She asked, and Tomoko nodded.

"Does it even matter if I say yes or no? Come in."

Haruka stepped quickly over to Tomoko's side with a pitter patter of her small feet, and sat down.

The smaller girl glanced nervously at Tomoko sitting beside her, blushed, then lowered her gaze shyly.

"What is it?"

"Oh, u-um! Congratulations on shooting down forty Neuroi!"

"Thank you."

"I've heard that in this Neuroi war, only five other mechanized air infantrymen have shot down over Neuroi. Shou-i, you're really amazing. I'm as happy as if I had done it myself."

Haruka lowered her gaze again.

"Um... Shou-i Anabuki. There's something I'd like to ask for."

"What is it?"

"Well... could you make up with everyone else? P/O Katharine, and P/O Beurling, and Sgt. Ursula... they've all seen the error of their ways. We're all training up our skills seriously with everything we've got now. So that, maybe, we could actually be able to help...?"

"......"

"Sgt. Ursula has been developing new equipment this entire time too. She said that she's thought of some promising new designs. Once she's done, could you maybe review it for the higher-ups?"

"......"

Tomoko did not answer. A troubled look passed briefly across Haruka's face, but she continued.

"None of us are as skilled as you, Shou-i... well, maybe except P/O Beurling. But anyway, even though we're all weak, when we work together, we thought that maybe we could help you at least a bit. T-Teamwork, you know. So, um... if you could just work together with us as well..."

"I'm fine by myself."

Tomoko stood up.

"Shou-i Tomoko."

"It's... easier for me to fight alone. I'm sick and tired of being held back."

"But aren't we supposed to be a team!?"

Haruka shouted out loudly.

"I didn't come to Suomus to play house and make friends. I came here to fight."

With that final parting shot, Tomoko left the sauna room.

As she wiped her body off in the dressing room, she felt someone else enter the room, and stop near the wall.

"Who is it?"

Tomoko turned around. It was Beurling.

"What do you want?"

In reply, Beurling silently waved a hand through her silver hair, then said in her usual flat tone.

"Got a minute? We need to talk."

Beurling led Tomoko to the hangar, to where the squadron's Strikers were lined up in orderly rows.

"So? What did you want to talk about?"

Beurling did not reply.

Instead, she looked down at her own beloved Hurricane. She reached out and brushed one hand along its side, seemingly lost in thought.

"If you've got nothing to say, I'm leaving."

As Tomoko prepared to leave, Beurling finally answered.

"I was in Ostmark before."

Huh? Tomoko stared in puzzlement.

Ostmark was a country that was situated between Karlsland and the Neuroi. The reason it ‘was’ situated, is because around half a year ago, it was annihilated by the Neuroi invasion. These days it’s nothing more than a barren and desolate land - dominated by the Neuroi’s miasma.

Why had she been in Ostmark?

Beurling conducted herself in a manner which was as overbearing as ever, disregarding Tomoko’s puzzled facial expression and continuing her story.

“A short while before the Neuroi came to attack; my unit were dispatched to Ostmark… We were a wing dedicated to the observation of international Neuroi. We were carrying out routine work on the primary Neuroi from the Great War. When our half a year term of office had finished, we would probably return home to our country.”

Beurling continued her story with an air of indifference about her.

“Around then, I had someone who was something of a rival. She and I would compete to be the first and second most skilled in the unit; we’d have many sham battles, competing with skill. She was an unreasonable girl. She assumed that it was fine to put faith in your own skill, but even so, there would always be someone who could surpass you. She's to blame for the some of the times I've been mad here, too. Things like... quarrelling all the time. Anyway... back to the time when the Neuroi came to attack… We thought it was time to reach a conclusion. Which one will surpass the other? It was simple. We’d decided that the one who could shoot down more Neuroi would be superior. Every day, we would make an effort to compete in sorties. The Neuroi seemed to attack with an infinite number – the enemy had nothing to worry about. It was a lost battle, we would retreat one after another, yet our fighting spirit was strong.”

“…”

“We were as extremely unreasonable as each other. Our shoot down count was just about the same. Then… something happened. I went out on my own, pursuing the enemy to try and get one up on her. Suddenly I was surrounded by 10 enemy aircraft. It was a stalemate. There were 3 enemy aircraft to my back, I was receiving fire simultaneously. It was around that time…”

Beurling’s tone of voice dropped considerably.

“She threw herself into the line of fire. She received blows from large calibre machineguns, yet she was using her magic shield, which was degenerating slowly. Immediately after that, my ally provided covering fire, advancing against the enemy, and as the enemy began to back off... I was saved. It came at a price. As her body dropped next to me, her breathing had already ceased.”

Tomoko was at a loss for words.

Who would have thought that someone who as cranky as Beurling would have a past like this?

“This Hurricane was the piece of equipment that she used.”

Beurling murmured whilst she stroked her beloved machine.

“….So, is that all you want to say? Did you drag me all the way to here just so that I could hear your old story?”

Tomoko responded, biting down onto her lip.

Beurling shook her head.

“I came to Suomus to die.”

Tomoko felt as if all the blood had rushed from her face.

That time when Tomoko threatened her with her sword… She had said "kill me." That had been the real deal.

“It was my fault that she was killed… and now I even equip her striker unit. I thought that death was my only atonement.”

“It’s absurd to die on your own accord.”

“Ah. That’s right. But… back then… when I saw the orphanage that had been bombed in the town, I began to change my mind. Before I die, I want to do whatever I can to stop the amount of people left with nowhere else to go from increasing.”

“…”

“Say, Tomoko.”

It was the first time Beurling had called her by her name.

“….What”

“The real enemy isn’t the Laros. There’s no real meaning behind the number of them that are dispatched.”

“Well then, what is our real enemy?”

“The bomber formations. If we can take them down, it’d shut the Neuroi up. The Neuroi will probably… dispatch a large bomber formation. If a mid sized formation has no effect, then there are no doubts about it. The most important thing when taking down a large bomber unit ‘Co-operation’. The ability of an individual will be rendered useless against them.”

Beurling’s words made Tomoko feel re-assured and confident that she wouldn’t just have to rely on the strength of those with actual combat experience there.

She still shook her head.

“Your rival may have died…, but my rival still lives. And so, I’m waiting until the day when I can surpass her. I’ve still not had the chance to succeed her… ”

“Tomoko.”

“There is no reason for me to lose to her. I can’t lose to her, that’s all I thought up until now - and that is why I continue to fly. That is why…”

Beurling seemed to be lost in thought for a while.

"Is that so," she murmured in a lonely tone, before leaving the aircraft hangar. Tomoko stood motionlessly in the hangar - absolutely still.

Outside, the blizzard continued to rage on.

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