Yūsuf Topparol
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 Chief of Staff Tpalour (archival image) | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Affiliation: | Free Planets Alliance |
| Occupation: | Military chief of staff |
| Status: | Deceased |
Yusef Tpalour (Japanese: ユースフ・トパロウル) 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 (331 IC / 3440 CE).
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History
Yusef Tpalour served as Chief of Staff to Supreme Commander Lin Pao in the first battle of the FPA-Imperial War, against the Imperial fleet led by Grand Duke Herbert. This first battle ended with the overwhelming victory of the FPA fleet.
During the Battle of Dagon, Tpalour was still in his 30s, meaning that he was born in the mid-to-late 600s.
Tpalour was known as a stringent man who however strongly disliked to work hard, an constantly griped about work. In many ways a cold, to-the-point man, he was also a superb mind called by some a 'walking computer'.
Like Lin Pao, Tpalour was promoted to Fleet Admiral at the age of 40, a feat unrivaled until Bruce Ashbey was posthumously granted the rank in IC 437 / UC 746, at the age of 36.
Also like his former commander, Tpalour retired to a quiet life after retiring from the military. He never entered politics.
Personal Life
Yusef Tpalour 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 Private historical documents belonging to him--letters to lovers, written from the battlefield--are astonishingly spartan: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."
Appendices
Appearances
- LOGH:
(1)
- 'Julian's Journey, Mankind's Journey' (archival image)
Apocrypha
LaserDisc/DVD character-design differences
Yusef Tpalour, along with Lin Pao, saw a dramatic change in character design with the DVD re-release. Both characters were given larger and arguably more masculine facial features.
