Yūsuf Topparol was chief of staff of the Free Planets Alliance fleet during its first battle with the Galactic Empire, in the Dagon Starzone in 640 UC.
History
History
Yūsuf Topparol served as Chief of Staff to Supreme Commander Lin Pao in the first battle of the Alliance–Imperial War, against the Imperial fleet led by Grand Duke Herbert. This first battle ended with the overwhelming victory of the Free Planets Star Fleet.
During the Battle of Dagon, Topparol was still in his 30s, meaning that he was born in the mid-to-late 600s.
Topparol was known as a stringent man who strongly disliked working hard, and constantly griped about work. In many ways a temperamental, to-the-point man, he was also a superb mind called by some a 'walking computer'.
Like Lin Pao, Topparol was promoted to Fleet Admiral at the age of 40, a feat unrivalled until Bruce Ashbey was posthumously granted the rank in 746 UC, at the age of 36.
Also like his former commander, Topparol led a quiet life after retiring from the military. He never entered politics.
Personal life
Personal life
Yūsuf Topparol was known to have been an extremely insular, reserved man. Private historical documents belonging to him — letters to lovers, written from the battlefield — are astonishingly spartan:
"Influenza is spreading. Since there have already been 1,000,000 patients, try not to be patient number 1,000,001."
"I'm an insensitive man, so it'll inconvenience me if you expect me to be sensitive to your feelings. If you have any complaints, you must speak up."
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