Viktor Komarov

Viktor Komarov was born on Sadaph in the Aerasia star system on 13 June 3178. He had two brothers, Sergei and Ivan, who also rose to great heights in military service of the Protectorate, and later the Imperial Alliance during the Perth War. Viktor was the tallest and strongest physically of the three brothers, but also had great mental capability. He was educated in Bandorian military schools on Sadaph, and later in the Protectorate Military Academy of Darkstar. Unlike his brothers, Viktor pursued a career in the Protectorate Ground Forces, becoming colonel of a regiment of Bandorian Disruptorguards in the year 3197. He was promoted rapidly afterwards, becoming a Brigade General, in command of four regiments, in 3200, a Division General in command of eight regiments in 3203, and finally a Grand General in command of 32 regiments at the beginning of the Perth War in 3205. The Supreme Leader of the Protectorate at the time, Irina Sovkhan, awarded Viktor the Protectorate Medal of Honor for his consistent victories in ground battles against the Perth. Every ground battle to which Viktor was deployed was won by the forces of the Imperial Alliance. Because of this, he became somewhat of a legend to the ground troops of the Protectorate, with officers telling their troops after winning particularly difficult battles that "Viktor would be proud". Viktor was famous for his use of rocket artillery, destroying Perth positions with prolonged bombardments by rocket artillery units. His first major battle during the Perth War was the Battle of Aldebaran, when a massive Perth invasion force from Perth Dran attacked and deployed over 50,000 ground troops near a major city. The Perth also had air support which caused massive civilian and military casualties. The situation was exacerbated by the fact that Aldebaran was an independent system at the time, not relying on the military of any major faction; its military forces were quite small, and easily overrun by the Perth. Viktor faced near-apocalyptic levels of casualties in the system when his Disruptorguards arrived. Most of the humans who remained were hiding in underground shelters; it was estimated that at the time, over 25 million humans, over 75% of the population of the system, had been killed. Viktor, with 32,000 Disruptorguards and 20,000 soldiers in Rocket Artillery regiments, managed to destroy all the Perth ground forces in the system in under a month. It should be noted that in addition to these forces, a regiment of engineers were also deployed to construct flak batteries, which were then operated by volunteers. These batteries were crucial in preventing Perth reinforcements from reaching the surface of Hionki. Viktor went on to win many more victories in the Perth War, but Aldebaran remained his most impressive victory. After the liberation of Darkstar at the end of the Battle of Darkstar, he was awarded the title Hero of the Protectorate, the highest title given to a Bandorian citizen. Viktor was the only one of the three brothers to survive the war, and was not present in the closing stages of the campaign, as ground troops were not deployed to the six Perth systems. Viktor died on 19 April 3265 in the Darkstar system.