Larriech von Naydea

## Freiherr Larriech Nostoff von Naydea

Naydea in 1054

Baron **Larriech von Naydea** (*Freiherr Larriech Avan Konstantin Nostoff von Naydea*; 1002-1067) was a Fengelian nobleman, statesman and inventor of Keiniffian descent who served as Chancellor from 1055 to 1058. Prior to entering politics, he was an inventor who designed the P-39 airship propeller and E-36 exhaust pipe, the designs of which are still widely used by airships today

## Biography

### Family and background

Larriech was born in 1002 to Makzin Nostoff, a Keiniffian nobleman from Naydea who helped the country achieve and maintain independence in the First Medimarine War During the war, Makzin had opened several weapons and munitions factories, and became an arms merchant after the war. In 1000, Makzin moved his family and company's operations to Halsenburg, and opened several factories in Fengelia. To this day, Naydea Arms remains one of Fengelia's largest weapon manufacturers

Larriech was the first of Makzin's 4 children. Despite being destined to inherit the family's business, he was more passionate about airships and aviation, which was a relatively new thing at the time, instead of firearms. Upon his father's death in 1027, Larriech passed the inheritance to his younger brother and moved to Lansburg

### Airships

In Lansburg, Larriech became an engineer and designer for Rechtoff Air. He patented the E-36 exhaust pipe in 1036 and the P-39 propeller in 1039. He also participated in the design of the LR41 small airship, a common airship design still widely used today, that incorporated modified versions of his E-36 and P-39. Larriech quickly climbed up Rechtoff's corporate ladder, becoming a sort of executive in the production department by 1048

### The War

As the War broke out, Rechtoff Air's production lines were converted to only building military-grade ships. Larriech made connections with statesmen and military officers due to his position in the company, and was appointed a member in the Imperial Airship Service Committee in 1049, marking his entrance in state affairs. During and after the war, he held numerous air-related government posts, and was appointed a cabinet member in 1053 by the suggestion of Chancellor Georg von Reinerbach.

### Chancellery

In the post-war crisis, Larriech presented the new emperor with several suggestions on post-war rebuilding, and was appointed Chancellor in 1055 following Reinerbach's untimely death. He announced his policies on post-war reconstruction, a major element being the decommissioning and conversion of the country's massive Air Fleet, which had tripled in size during the war, to civilian and commercial use in order to lessen the Empire's financial burdens and rejuvenate the economy. This was widely criticized by the military, as the Chancellor theoretically had no say in military affairs, but passed with Franz August's support.

From 1055 to 1058, 31 military-grade large airships and 213 small airships were decommissioned, 52 of which were scrapped for parts and materials, and the others were disarmed and converted to commercial use. The Air Fleet's size was reduced in half, which lessened its burden on the wartorn economy and supply chain. In 1058, Larriech resigned from the Chancellorship and was succeeded by Edward von Kliffton-Eirollen. During his tenure, industries and enterprises that were nationalized for the war effort began to be privatized again, leading to his tenure (combined with Kliffton's) being known by some as *the Corporatocracy*

### Post-Chancellery

Larriech was created a Baron (Freiherr) by Franz August in 1058, after his resignation. He was also appointed a seat in the Bundesrat, the upper house of Fengelia's legislature, which he held until 1065 before willingly relinquishing it. Having fully resigned from politics, he toured Fengelia and his homeland of Keiniffia on his private airship, and died in his hometown of Naydea at the age of 65.

## Legacy

On the field of airships, Larriech designed the P-39 airship propeller and E-36 exhaust pipe, the designs of which are still widely used by airships today. He was also one of the contributors listed in the invention of the LR41 small airship, a common airship design still widely used today.

Politically, Larriech's post-war demilitarization and economic reconstruction policies helped rejuvenate the economy, but the severe decommissioning of the Air Fleet allowed Franzova to overtake Fengelia in air power in the 60s and 70s. Larriech von Naydea's tenure is not treated to be as significant as the war hawks who preceded him, or Edward von Kliffton-Eirollen, who succeeded him. Nonetheless, he made his mark in the country's post-war reconstruction.

In 1077, on the tenth anniversary of his death, the air cruiser *SML Larriech von Naydea*, built by Rechtoff Air, which he once worked for, was launched. The LvN recycled some parts and materials from decommissioned airships scrapped under Larriech's reconstruction policies