Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden

銀河英雄伝説外伝

Fresh out of the military academy, Reinhard von Lohengramm and his devoted friend Siegfried Kircheis are posted to a brutal frontier world, then reassigned into the military police, where they uncover corruption inside their own ranks. A later assignment pulls them into a criminal investigation, and the arc closes with their first major fleet engagement against the Free Planets Alliance, the battle that begins turning Reinhard into the commander seen in the main series.