- This article describes the planet Iscandar from Space Battleship Yamato 2199. For its counterpart in the original Space Battleship Yamato and Yamato: The New Voyage, see Iscandar (OS). For the similarly named half of the hive mind consciousness in the live action film, see Iskandar.
Iscandar (ISCANDAR, Iscandar),[6] sometimes spelled Iskandar (ISkANDAR, Iskandar),[7] was the fourth planet of the Salezar system, sitting on the third orbit around Salezar along with Garmillas, inside the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Overview[]
Iscandar lies one hundred sixty-eight thousand light years from Earth.[2] Eighty percent of Iscandar's surface is covered by water. Along with an atmosphere that is similar to that of Earth before the Garmillas War, at least part of the planet's landmass supports a moderately warm climate.[3] Iscandar's archipelago is the result of the mountain-building movement caused by the mentle's convection. Iscandar's sea level is higher than that of Earth. However, it's not at a constant height, possibly due to the tidal forces caused by Iscandar's double planet, Garmillas.[5]
Underneath the surface lied the Sanctel, a huge storage that stretches throughout the entire planet like a spider's web which contains the memories of the Iscandarians preserved in a crystaline form.[8]
Complex life has evolved on Iscandar, including forests and grasslands, Blue Crystal flowers, animals resembling terrestrial birds and fish, and a technologically advanced human species.[3]
History[]
- For more details, see Iscandarians (2199) and Iscandarian civilization
Iscandarian Wave-motion Guns attack an alien planet
Much like the planet Garmillas in recent years, Iscandar was once the center of a vast and aggressive interstellar empire that expanded throughout the Large Magellanic Cloud. The ultimate objective of the Iscandarians was to destroy as many civilizations as possible to crystalize them as Wave-motion Energy inside of the Sanctel underground vault. This, at least according to the Iscandarians, would gift them eternal life. The empire's population eventually fully underwent the same process, leaving only the royal family in the physical world to guard the Dezariam's.[8] The palace of Iscandar's ruler and the grounds surrounding it were kept in exemplary condition by the Iscandroids, robots similar to Gamiloids in service of the Great Garmillas Empire.[3]
Yamato recieves the CRS on Iscandar
Iscandar's isolation began to end when Garmillas leader Abelt Desler visited the planet and proposed a political union to Queen Stasha Iscandar. As the relationship between Stasha and Desler soured, the queen extended an invitation to the besieged planet Earth to send a ship that would take possession of a device that would enable their world to heal from years of Garmillas assaults. In early 2199, the space battleship Yamato began its attempt to reach Iscandar, and arrived months later, in July of the same year.[2][3][6][9]
In 2205, Iscandar became the object of desire of the mysterious faction known as Dezariam, that aimed at gaining control of the Sanctel. To obtain it, they sent the Magellan Dispatch Force to Salezar, and destroyed planet Garmillas to more easily move its twin planet. This attack would kickstart a conflict between Garmillas, aided by the Yamato's new fleet, and the invaders.[7][10]
Iscandar is destroyed
Dezariam began towing Iscandar away from its orbit, with the intention of bringing it to their eponymous homeland, and warped it away to the Vorzon system.[10] As the planet left its orbit around Salezar it began to cool and its ocean began freezing. However, residual heat remained in the ocean, and the difference in temperature between the land and the sea created wind that moved rapidly toward the land.[7][11] This caused a powerfull snow storm that hit the coast of the planet's capital Isk San Aria. The ocean began melting as the planet moved closer to the star Vorzon, giving rise to a dense fog.[12]
Eventually, Stasha decided to self destruct the Sanctel and Iscandar to destroy the enemy and allow the Garmillas survivors to escape.[1][7][10]
Gallery[]
Notes[]
- In Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Astronomical Research Professor Toshihiro Handa theorises that the graveyard seen on Iscandar isn't actually a graveyard, but that the Iscandarians are being stored as memories and that only a small number of people are allowed to maintain their physical bodies, perhaps on rotation, to surveil the AIs maintaining the planet. This theory, while unofficial, is strikingly similar to the function of the Sanctel and the Iscandarian royal family as revealed in Space Battleship Yamato 2205: A New Journey.[5][8]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hello Sasha"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Toward a Sea of Stars"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "The Distant Promised Land"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 up until 2198: Stasha Iscandar and Sasha Iscandar; 2199: Stasha, Sasha and Mamoru Kodai; 2199-2205: Stasha, Yurisha Iscandar, Melda Dietz
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Astronomical Research pp.158-161
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the Celestial Ark"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 "Save Iscandar! Rebellion of the Young Heroes!!"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Iscandar, the Dying Planet of Sorrow"
- ↑ "The Era of Space Battleship Yamato: Choice of 2202"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "The Last Day of Garmillas"
- ↑ Interview with Shinya Ogura on Star Blazers/Yamato fan club magazine issue 13 (archived on Cosmo Dna)
- ↑ "Immigrant Fleet Rescue Operation"
Japanese language information[]
イスカンダル Isukandaru