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| name = Irina Tripolskaya
| birthdate = [[3036]]<ref name=SOHH6>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 6</ref>
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| affiliation = [[Holt's Hilltoppers]]<br>[[Magistracy of Canopus]]<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
| rank = [[Flight Captain]]<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
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| profession = [[Aerospace]] pilot<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
| parents =
| siblings = [[Sergei Tripolskaya]] (younger brother)<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
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Flight Captain '''Irina Tripolskaya''' was an [[aerospace]] fighter pilot, who served first the [[Magistracy of Canopus]] and later the [[Holt's Hilltoppers]] [[mercenary]] unit, during the mid [[thirty-first century]].<ref name=SOHH6></ref>

==History==
===Magistracy of Canopus===
A native of the Magistracy, who grew up in that nation together with her younger brother [[Sergei Tripolskaya]], Irina eventually became an elite aerospace fighter pilot with the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]]. In this role, she served alongside Holt's Hilltoppers in the late [[3050]]s in the [[New Colony Region]], during one of their first contracts after going mercenary.

Several years later, these connections served Irina well, after a dispute with her commanding officer became violent. Defecting from the Magistracy rather than face punishment, Irina together with supporters including her brother and the crew of an ''[[Invader]]''-class [[JumpShip]] and an ''[[Overlord]]''-class [[DropShip]], left to join the Hilltoppers.<ref name=SOHH6></ref>

===Holt's Hilltoppers===
Accepted into the Hilltoppers, their CO [[George Holt]] placed Irina in charge of his units' aerospace assets, and made her third in command of the Hilltoppers as a whole. Her aerospace contingent included the fleet assets she had defected with, which she had renamed the ''[[Pride of Hardcore]]'' and ''[[Vixen-Bound]].<ref name=SOHH6></ref>

On being appointed to his role, Irina replaced the previous Hilltopper aerospace CO [[John Hamrahan]], who accepted demotion to serve under her.<ref name=SOHH7>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 7</ref> During her tenure with the Hilltoppers, through to at least [[3068]], Irina commanded her aerospace forces from Arrow [[Flight]].<ref name=SOHH8>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 8</ref><ref name=SOHH9>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 9</ref>

==Vehicle==
Tripolskaya was known to have piloted a ''[[Lightning (Aerospace Fighter class)|Lightning]]'' medium aerospace fighter.<ref name=SOHH6></ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers]]''

[[Category:Mercenary Characters|Tripolskaya, Irina]]
[[Category:Magistracy of Canopus Characters|Tripolskaya, Irina]]

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