Alfredo Yu
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Alfredo Yu was a former citizen of the People's Republic of Haven and officer in the People's Navy, who went into exile and later became a Grayson citizen.
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[edit] Characteristics
Yu was a tall and slender man and a prolong recipient. He was also a very punctual and precise individual who treated people with respect, and he never forgot the officers who impressed him.
Yu was a student of history and believed that Haven's economy was too fragile. (HH2)
He was very well respected among officers of many navies, even of the People's Navy he defected from. He was as much Thomas Theisman's mentor as Raoul Courvosier was Honor Harrington's. (HH10)
[edit] Biography
Yu's family had been Dolists since at least 1803 PD. He was able to leave the prole housing complex and the Basic Living Stipend behind when he entered People's Navy Academy. Not many non-legislaturists were able to become officers in the PN, but Yu was able to fight his away in, working his way through the ranks by merit, which was a rarity in the People's Republic era. During his time at the academy, he was almost caught with history tapes from the Pre-People's Republic era, which were illegal at the time. He considered it one of the most terrifying events in his life.
In 1903 PD, Yu held the rank of Captain and was in command of PNS Saladin. He went to Masada with the rest of his crew, where Saladin was transferred to the Masadan Navy as a gift. He helped press the issue of Operation Jericho with the Masadan Council of Elders, where he argued that the Star Kingdom of Manticore might possibly intervene, though it would probably not.[1]
Captain Yu was able to pick some of the more senior officers for Operation Jericho. He chose officers who displayed nearly the same qualities that he saw in himself.
During his assignment, Yu respected the rank of Sword of the Faithful Matthew Simonds, the Masadan liaison. He warned Simonds that the need to proceed with Operation Jericho was now, especially when Manticore and Grayson formalized their alliance. Yu does not agree on how his new superiors liked to keep their junior officers waiting to exercise their authority. He was confident that MNS Thunder of God and MNS Principality could handle any ship of the Royal Manticoran Navy, whether a destroyer or an heavy cruiser. Personally, he did not like covert operations, and believed that some higher officer underestimated the Masadans or lied to him.
During the First Battle of Yeltsin's Star, Yu was at the CIC on Thunder of God. During the battle, he got frustrated with the Masadans because they would not use the Havenite vessels to their full potential[2] and gave the advice that Admiral Ernst Franks should bypass the HMS Madrigal and go after the Grayson survivors, in response to which he was yelled at by Sword Simonds. After the battle, Yu argued for the invasion of Grayson, but it was decided to suspended it because of the battle losses.
At the time of the Battle of Blackbird, Captain Yu and Thunder of God were forty hours overdue. Afterward, Yu informed Ambassador Lacy about the defeat at Blackbird. They talked about their next possible move, and decided on pushing for a formal alliance, in which Masada became a protectorate of Haven. Yu went to talk to Simonds about this plan.
In the time before the mutiny on the Thunder of God, Yu was puzzled and somewhat relaxed by the relative silence from Uriel, Haven, Masada, and especially Sword Simonds.
However, he then received Commander Manning's message about the Masadan's plan to take over his ship; he declared Code: Bounty over the ship's intercom, and started to organize a strategy to retake the vessel. After receiving word of the failure to retake engineering, he ordered a Code: Bounty Four-One, which meant that the ship cannot be retaken. He led his crew to the ship's boat bay and on to the pinnaces to escape.
After the Second Battle of Yeltsin's Star, he and his crew in the pinnaces were picked up by the Royal Manticoran Navy fleet that conquered Masada, and he asked for asylum in the Manticoran Alliance. (HH2)
After the Manticoran Office of Naval Intelligence had debriefed him, the Manticoran Navy "loaned" Yu to Grayson, where the Office of Shipbuilding picked his brains about Havenite ship design. He later accepted a commission in the Grayson Space Navy and was given command of GNS Terrible – as Honor Harrington's flag captain.[3] (HH5)
Once promoted to Vice Admiral, he was the deputy commander of the Protector's Own Squadron. However, as Admiral Harrington was only the titular commander, he was the de facto commander of the squadron. (HH9)
Yu was eventually promoted to full admiral and continued in command of the Protector's Own. He brought the squadron to Sidemore Station and helped defeat the Havenite Second Fleet in the Second Battle of Sidemore. (HH10)
In 1920 PD, he attended the funeral of Howard Clinkscales. (HH11)
[edit] Service Record
[edit] People's Navy
[edit] Promotions
- Captain
[edit] Posts
- Commanding Officer, PNS Saladin
[edit] Grayson Space Navy
[edit] Promotions
- Vice Admiral
- Admiral
[edit] Posts
- Commanding Officer, GNS Terrible
- Debuty Commanding Officer, Protector's Own Squadron
- Commanding Officer, Protector's Own Squadron
[edit] References
- ↑ He came to regret that statement during the First Battle of Yeltsin's Star.
- ↑ He had planned the execution of the battle, briefing the Masadans on the missile technology of the RMN.
- ↑ She was initially unsure about him, but Mercedes Brigham's and Nimitz's opinion of him and his obvious competence changed her mind.
