Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars

Set four months before the Battle of Astarte, *Legend of the Galactic Heroes: My Conquest is the Sea of Stars* looks back to when the future Count von Lohengramm was still known as Reinhard von Müsel. Already the youngest admiral in the Galactic Empire’s history, Reinhard finds his achievements overshadowed by contempt from fellow officers who dismiss him as merely the brother of the Kaiser’s concubine.

Assigned to Iserlohn Fortress with an expeditionary fleet, Reinhard is quickly handed a dangerous directive by Fleet Admiral Gregor von Mückenberger: intercept a Free Planets Alliance force in a nearby starzone. Sensing the order as a calculated move to have him eliminated, he nevertheless commits his exhausted crews to battle in the atmosphere of the gas giant Legnica—an engagement that becomes the first of his fateful meetings with Yang Wen-li, the “Hero of El Facil.”