Alex Tylger

Template:UnderConstruction Alexander Tylger (Lord Tylger III of Arxian) (Alexander Tarix Tylger Arxianah) is a controversial Hapan nobleman, politician, businessman and retired military officer. Presently he is the Minister of Culture and also Archon of the Rim Worlds region. His political views are based on traditional ideals and policies from the Age of Queen-Mothers and is an avid promoter of Draconian and Tini'duranist values. He is the voice of the conservatives groups of the Hapes Consortium in Lorell Hall due to House Tylger's status in the dissolved Draconian Union of the Hapan civil war.

Within the Hapes Consortium he is most famous for his brief term as Prime Minister and Regent during the end of King Andrew's reign and start of the Golden Age, as well as his command of the 1st Hapan Fleet during the Black Sun Crisis.

Early Years

Childhood & Heritage

Alexander Tylger was born in 3990 and was the firstborn of the four (rumoured to have been 5) children of Lord Laz Tylger of Arxian and consort Lady Xalil Tylger (neé Zaarin). He had a luxurious and pampered childhood on Arxian Major, enjoying the benefits of being born in to the extended family of Princess Lana Da’tanah, the leader of the Draconian Union. Unaffected and unaware of the horrors of the Hapan civil war the Tylger children were part of the Draconian Royal Court and had the privilege of being potential heirs to the throne along with the children of House Ci'hani.

Due to Lord Laz Tylger's affection for the local religious movements of the Arxian system, Alexander and his siblings were all baptised in accordance with the Arxian-Dweian Orthodox movement and partially educated during their early years by the prophetesses of the religion, Dweia and Wendia. Much time was spent travelling across the Rim and Rifle World regions, visiting worlds of importance within Princess Da’tanah's government. Lorell, the Tylger family’s home before the elevation to Tarii, was one of the places frequented along with Selab, the cultural capital of the Hapes Cluster.

In 3995 Lady Xalil Tylger was shot and killed while giving a speech to a crowd in the capital of Arxian Major. Her parents and siblings were outraged and arranged the kidnapping of all the Tylger children as they were attempting to flee the Hapes Cluster. The Zaarins succeeded in capturing Jennifer and Kaninen Tylger, but ultimately failed with Alexander and Cordelia. The Zaarin family disappeared from the Hapes Cluster via a dangerous and uncharted conduit through the Transitory Mists and moved back to Alderaan where the Zaarins had lived before moving to the Hapes Cluster.

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Family portrait, ca 3997. Ynsin Ci'hani (left), Zalin Ci'hani (sitting), Cordelia Tylger (baby), Alexander Tylger (standing), Laz Tylger (sitting), Tami Ci'hani (right).

Princess Da’tanah, as the cousin of Lord Laz Tylger, became the guardian of the two remaining Tylger children and later arranged for a partial adoption of the two in accordance with ancient Hapan traditions as she had no children of her own. The Princess, viewed by many across the Hapes Cluster as a tyrannical and dangerous despot, cared for the Tylger siblings over the next few years and the two came to think of her as their mother. The upbringing by the Princess, along with tutoring by Dweia and Wendia on topics of philosophy and religion and in part his father on economic and political topics, had a major impact on his life and later choices.

The Princess arranged for Alexander to eventually marry his own second cousin Ynsin Ci'hani as soon as he would come of age. Advisors of the Princess revealed after the end of the civil war that Da'tanah planned to rule the Hapes Consortium herself if the Union won the day and that Ynsin would be Queen-Mother eventually with Alexander as the consort. While Tylger himself has rarely spoken in public about his conversations and discussions with the Draconian Princess, it has become clear that the monarch instilled a undying sense of loyalty in the boy from an early age on.

At the end of the Hapan civil war, Tylger observed first hand the despair and depression of the Royal Draconian Court from 3997 when House Olanji lost the Charu system, on to the signing peace treaty of 3999. Particularly bad was the period surrounding his eighth birthday in 3998 as Princess Da'tanah died in the second battle of Gallinore alongside one of the Olanji twins. A number of nobles committed suicides within the Royal Draconian Palace upon hearing the news of the battle. Tylger himself was left bitter and resentful towards the victors of the conflict, blaming them for the death of Da'tanah.

Teenage Years

House Tylger along with most noble houses of the defunct Draconian Union managed to hold on to much of their power following the re-unification of the Hapes Consortium in 4000, in part thanks to their massive contribution to the Royal Hapan Armed Forces and Hapan industry.

In 4006, Alexander was sent away from Arxian Major to Selab where he attended the Royal University of Selab in the Wilac province. Here he got involved with members of the “Tini’duranist” movement who were supporters of the ancient feudal governance system and era-specific culture that Queen-Mother Tini’duran III had introduced in 702 during the Antiquity Era. King Andrew had slowly begun to remove the authority and influence of local nobility at that point and the Tini’duranist cause was perfect for a child of one of the Consortium’s most important noble families. The Tini’duranists also saw that Alexander was a perfect front-figure for them as Da'tanah's former crown-prince.

As a spoiled and rich eligible bachelor and noble, Alexander was a popular figure among the young ladies of the Hapes Consortium. He was involved in frequent scandals and occasionally affairs with married women. Relationships with handmaidens and servants at the Royal Draconian Palace irritated his father endlessly and several of Alexander's flings were sent away from Arxian Major and sometimes even deported from the Hapes Cluster. Lord Laz Tylger started keeping his son on a short leash, taking him away on secret diplomatic trips to the outside galaxy as ordered by King Andrew.

Eventually he graduated from the university in 4011 with degrees in cultural understanding, history, politics and law; The makings of a true traditional Hapan noble. During his time at the university he wrote a series of books called The Power of Culture & The Culture of Power describing in detail what life had been like at the Royal Courts of many previous Hapan dynasties, including the Draconian Royal Court, though maintained a neutral point of view, resisting the temptation to go in to detail about Princess Da'tanah as a private person and motherfigure.

The same year his father arranged for him to marry Jasmin Darkblade, a rich young woman whose family had major investments in Arxian Major's economic projects. Reluctantly Alexander agreed to the marriage and they had Ayanna Tylger together. When his wife was killed in 4012 by political opponents of House Tylger, Alexander decided to get away from court politics and signed up for the Royal Hapan Navy.

Early Military Service

Royal Hapan Navy pt. I

In 4013 Tylger graduated from the naval academy of Hapes Prime with special diplomas within the fields of space command and naval tactics, receiving an assignment within the Royal Hapan Navy. As a privileged member of the nobility, he received the starting rank of Lieutenant and was a tactical officer in the starboard crewpit on the bridge of the Nova Battle Cruiser HRS Gallinore Star attached to the 1st Hapan Fleet.

He worked his way up through the ranks, eventually becoming the executive officer of the vessel. Following a series of pirate skirmishes in the Cloak of Alsace in 4018, he was promoted to Commander, becoming the commanding officer of the ship. The Nova Squadron was assigned to permanent patrol of the western quadrant of the Hapes Cluster, patrolling all space between the Lorellon Conduit to the Cloak of Alsace.

Eventually he became executive officer of the 1st Hapan Fleet under Grand Admiral James, receiving a promotion to Captain. He earned the Grand Admiral's respect and friendship as the fleet frequently engaged privateers and pirate forces near the Lorell system. In the late 4020 the HRS Gallinore Star was involved in a skirmish with a Dreadnaught Heavy Cruiser controlled by a foreign pirate force. The Nova Battle Cruiser was disabled and boarded by the pirates and Tylger lost half of his right hand in close combat with the invading forces. The 1st Hapan Fleet saved the day in the end, driving away the pirates and medics provided the noble with his characteristic artificial right arm. Bravery on the battlefield earned Tylger a promotion to Commodore.

Imperial Navy

As a member of the admiralty, Tylger was informed by King Andrew and Grand Admiral James of the Hapes Consortium's impending plans to partially open the borders of the Hapes Cluster as early as in 4021. The leadership of the Consortium felt it was wise for the Royal Hapan Armed Forces to have more detailed knowledge of the tactics and methods of both the Galactic Empire and Rebel Alliance which were major foreign powers at war, potentially posing a threat to the Consortium's security.

Tylger departed the Hapes Cluster and enlisted in the Imperial Navy, posing as an Alderaanian with experience from the private security sector, claiming to have previously commanded CR-90 corvettes for Alderaanian noble houses. Upon graduation from the Imperial naval academy, he was assigned to the 8th Imperial Fleet stationed at Kuat and was given command of a Lancer Frigate within the 81st Support Company.

Here he studied the naval tactics of both the Imperial Navy and its somewhat more disorganised Rebel opponents firsthand as the 81st Support Company frequently escorted more powerful Imperial cruisers in to contested areas of space.

After being promoted to Ensign, he had finished his year-long study of the Galactic Empire and set out to return to the Hapes Cluster.

Privateer

Returning to the Hapes Cluster proved initially difficult due to the reputation of the Royal Hapan Navy's relentless guarding of the Hapan borders. No ships dared venture anywhere near the Lorell system which was the only way in to the Cluster, putting Tylger in a difficult situation as his funds were limited, after a year of service in what was supposedly the most prestigious navy of the galaxy.

Instead of the conventional approach of trying to book a private freighter or passage with a transport liner he finally sought out more shady groups such as smugglers which only would go close enough to jettison him in an escape pod towards Hapan space. Finally he met Friar Blues, a former bounty hunter and shady pirate-like individual who had gone in to the mining business with his crew, forming Juganoth Mining Incorporated.

Blues agreed to take Tylger to Lorell in exchange for four months of service on board the pirate's flagship, a modified YV-666, which the Hapan reluctantly accepted. He worked onboard Blues' ship for a little over three months before being transported to the Lorell system where Tylger had to do a lot of sweet-talking to get past the Hapan patrols.

Once on the surface, Blues' was given a tour of the planet and a meeting was arranged with the diplomatic staff of King Andrew who then set up the first foreign business relation by hiring Juganoth Mining Incorporated for jobs on Lorell. Many of Blues' employees, particularly those of the company's security force, found themselves new jobs within the Royal Hapan Armed Forces.

Royal Hapan Navy pt. II

Tylger rejoined the Royal Hapan Armed Forces in the summer of 4022, briefly heading Royal Hapan Medical Operations, a shared army and navy command, as he was adapting to life in the Hapes Cluster once again. Upon returning to the Royal Hapan Navy, he was given command of the 3rd Hapan Fleet and assigned the Dreadnaught Heavy Cruiser HRS Thunderflare. The fleet was stationed in the Lorell system, working alongside the nationalized Juganoth Mining Incorporated which was setting up base on Lorell.

In 4023 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and was given the task of setting up a new set of defences within the Lorell system which could withstand an attack by the Galactic Empire or Rebel Alliance. A series of defencive space stations as well as upgraded planetary batteries were established in order to prepare for the opening of the Hapan borders.

Early Government Service

Governor of Lorell

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Anti-Tylger poster from 4024. The text reads "Alexander Duch'da Tylger Arxianah - Chume'da n Da'tanah" (Count Alexander Tylger from Arxian - Crown Prince of Da'tanah)

In 4024 King Andrew appointed Tylger as Military Governor of the Lorell system as the borders of the Hapes Cluster were partially opened. Foreign corporations were allowed to set up shop and foreign powers established embassies on Lorell. As Military Governor, Tylger retained command of the 3rd Hapan Fleet and was also in charge of working as an ambassador to all foreign parties settling on Lorell.

The choice was controversial to many Hapans due to Lorell's former role as the capital of the Draconian Union and Tylger's status as Princess Da'tanah's adopted heir. Protests were arranged and anti-Tylger posters and leaflest depicting the Hapan logo in flames along with burning ruins from the Hapan civil war underneath the banner of the Draconian Union. However the King chose to ignore the public outcry, pointing to Lord Laz Tylger's role in the re-unification of the Hapes Consortium.

Lord of Arxian

Apparently pleased with his son's move in to the political realm, Laz Tylger approached King Andrew in 4025, seeking his permission to pass on title and authority to his son. The King agreed and Laz Tylger promptly stepped down as Lord of House Tylger, passing the title on to Alexander. If anything, it fueled the fire relating to the Governor position controversy, but it was a major political victory for the conservative parties within the Hapes Consortium.

Prime Minister & Regency

King Andrew's decaying health and the absence of Crown-Prince James was starting to leave a profound chaotic impact on the Hapan government in 4026. Tylger ventured to Hapes Prime where he met with the King and convinced him the re-instate Lorell Hall, though with a slightly different organisational structure. The titles Prime Minister and Minister were established and the old Lorell Hall reopened with Tylger becoming the first Prime Minister of the Hapes Consortium.

He established a small cabinet consisting of Grand General Harr as Minister of Defence, Chief Ambassador Molokh as Minister of External Affairs and eventually also Alex Smith as Minister of Finance. The first government faced enormous opposition, especially directed at Tylger and Harr due to their status within the conservative community of the Hapes Consortium.

Tylger became Regent in 4027 as King Andrew became too ill to rule the Hapes Consortium and Crown-Prince James was isolated, studying for his upcoming rule as King. Tylger ruled the Consortium in a transition period between the two monarchs, instating a number of changes which he felt would strengthen the government.

Upon Jessy James return to Hapes Prime in the late summer of 4027, Tylger stepped down as Regent but retained the position of Prime Minister for some duration in the Golden Age. Eventually the cabinet's policies conflicted with that of the new monarch, creating a crisis in the Hapan government which led to Tylger's resignation and self-imposed exile. He ventured out of the Hapes Cluster, abandoning his life, family and title while his supporters, led by Grand General Harr led a failed revolt against King James on Hapes Prime.

Miscellaneous

Quotes

• "News of Princess Inaq's suicide on Hapes Prime came in as we were watching a play in the old Royal Hapan Opera House on Lorell. I looked over at her and saw her break out in a wide and satisfied smile at the same time as a single tear rolled down her cheek. It proved to me that family is family and blood is thicker than water, no matter what disputes exist between family members" - On Princess Da'tanah.
• "To most she was a tyrant, a despot, the representation of the Pal'durath dynasty's corruption... To me she was aunty Lana." - On Princess Da'tanah.
• "I do not pretend to be a man of the people, but I do try to be a man for the people."

Hapan Service

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Nobility of the Hapes Consortium Tarii Arxian System
Preceded by: Lord Laz Tylger	Lord of Arxian 4029–present	Succeeded by:<br./>Incumbent
Preceded by: Lord Laz Tylger	Lord of Arxian 4025–4027	Succeeded by:<br./>Laz Tylger
Hapan Government
Preceded by: None Position Created	Archon of the Rim Worlds 4032–Present	Succeeded by:<br./>Incumbent
Preceded by: None Position Created	Minister of Culture 4030–Present	Succeeded by:<br./>Incumbent
Preceded by: None Position Created	Minister of Law 4029–4029	Succeeded by:<br./>None Eventually Zell Jaak
Preceded by: None Position Created	Prime Minister of the Hapes Consortium 4026–4027	Succeeded by:<br./>Jax Seer
Preceded by: None Position Created	Military Governor of Lorell 4025–4027	Succeeded by:<br./>None Later Kosh Naranek
Preceded by: None Position Created	Chief of Naval Operations of the Royal Hapan Navy 4029–4030	Succeeded by:<br./>Andrew Starfyre
Preceded by: Alex Smith	Commanding Officer of Royal Hapan Navy Command shared with Gane Lant 4029–4030	Succeeded by:<br./>Gane Lant
Preceded by: Liat Shiel	Fleet Commander of the 1st Hapan Fleet 4029–4030	Succeeded by:<br./>?
Preceded by: None	Fleet Commander of the 3rd Hapan Fleet ?–?	Succeeded by:<br./>?
Preceded by: None Position Created	Commanding Officer of Medical Operations ?–?	Succeeded by:<br./>?