Ginga Tetsudô Monogatari
(The Galaxy Railways)
Episode 21 “Haihan”

There is a faint SDF distress signal from Planet Coulon. However, there are no SDF-related vehicles in the area where the signal originated. A request for deployment is issued to the Big One to confirm the mysterious signal and protect those in need of rescue. Special Information Division Administrator Ivanov, who accompanies this operation, insists that this joint operation is not a request for cooperation but an order, and gives one instruction after another, superseding platoon leader Bulge. The mysterious SDF signal is emitted from a labyrinth city. With the orders given without explanation by the Special Information Division, questions and dissatisfaction are left unresolved. The Sirius platoon encounters a plant-type life form at the search location…