Hydranis Arribal

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> "*Republican virtue in a soldier means taking nothing home but the pay and quiet satisfaction that you have done everything your country could ask of you. Military men who, from their positions, court publicity and recognition, do not embody republican virtue. They should be looked upon by all with suspicion.*"
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> **- Speech to the graduating class of the Kleitian Astronaval Academe, 21 NE**
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**Hydranis Arribal** is a serving Kleitian admiral and the Nuarch Majór (Grand Admiral) of the Kleitian Navy. A career line officer, Arribal descends from a family of Kleitian patricians who trace their origins to the middle imperial period.

He is seen by the patriarchal families of the Kleitian republic as the ideal military officer: discrete, competent, apolitical, and — above all — loyal to the Republic. With Galerius Vel Venetesh, he is one of the few remaining Kleitian figures with the standing to rise above the factional quagmire that is Kleitian politics.

With that said, Venetesh and he are bitter enemies, representing polar opposite responses to the present moment. Venetesh is a populist appealing to the patriotism of the common man to push Kleitos towards confrontation with the Adresaas Empire, and has a tendency to ignore civilian authority. Arribal is a traditionalist patrician with deep respect for Kleitos' republican system, attempting to maintain Kleitos' galactic interests and policy of neutrality in a galaxy increasingly defined by the conflict between the Rosokovo Accords and the Machtenpakt, even as he appears to quietly favor the Illarian Empire as working partners.

Arribal is well-regarded among the Kleitian elite, but is seen by Venetesh's supporters as a doddering old fool who will only protect the interests of wealthy elites, which includes trade with the Machtenpakt, and will only respond to the threat posed by the rising Agatrops when it is too late.

## Characteristics

### As a military leader

A traditionalist through-and-through, Arribal is by no means a visionary military thinker or reformer. He is, however, one of the most knowledgeable and meticulous practitioners of grand battle doctrine in the galaxy, and an able grand strategist on a galactic scale. He applies Kleitos' ancient traditions, systems, and doctrines with intent and purpose, understanding their history intimately, and iterating upon them as needed, even as other navies might look upon these techniques as hopelessly antiquated and holding Kleitos back.

### Foreign policy

With the Kleitian government paralyzed, Kleitos' foreign policy is effectively run out of the Nuarch Majór's office. The Nuarch appears to decide, without needing formal authorization or a declaration of war from the Senate, whether or not to deploy Kleitian forces into any number of foreign interventions which may occur at the extremities of Kleitos' trade empire. Arribal has tended to continue in the shoes of his predecessors in this, employing the Kleitian fleet and marine corps to keep the trade lanes flowing throughout the galaxy, and to defend Kleitos' possession of them.

Central to Kleitos' policy towards the ongoing cold war between the Machtenpact and Rosokovo Accords is a traditional policy of neutrality, emphasized especially by Arribal. This policy states that Kleitos belongs to neither alliance and must remain neutral ground — and that even in the case of war, its independence cannot be threatened by one of the parties without risking Kleitos aligning itself with the other faction. Any attempt to seize a lane operated by Kleitos or to force Kleitos to close them to one the factions will see Kleitos aligning with the opposite faction to open them again.

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 Head of the Kleitian Nuarchate

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