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| name = Sergei Tripolskaya
| birthdate = [[3040]]<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 = [[Captain]]<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
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| profession = [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]]ref name=SOHH6></ref>
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| siblings = [[Irina Tripolskaya]] (older sister)<ref name=SOHH6></ref>
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Captain '''Sergei Tripolskaya''' was a [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]], 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 his older sister [[Irina Tripolskaya]], Sergei eventually became a MechWarrior with the [[Magistracy Armed Forces]]. In this role, he 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 Sergei well, after his sister had a dispute with her commanding officer which became violent. Defecting from the Magistracy rather than face punishment, Sergei, Irina and her other supporters including 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 as a [[lieutenant]], Sergei fought with his new unit during the [[3063]] [[Battle of Ashio (3064)|campaign]] on [[Ashio]], during which he was promoted to command of Crusher [[Lance]] after the death of its former CO [[First Lieutenant]] [[Anunt Indrakosit]].<ref name=SOHH6></ref><ref name=SOHH8>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 8</ref> When the Hilltoppers later expanded, he was further promoted to [[captain]], and given command of their new Carnivore [[Company]] with whom he remained until at least [[3068]].<ref name=SOHH9>''Spotlight On: Holt's Hilltoppers'', p. 9</ref> Preferring mobility, Sergei drilled his Company in coordinated maneuvers, rather than ambush tactics used by some other Hilltopper elements.

Stationed in the [[Fronc Reaches]] in 3068, Sergei considered this location uncomfortable, and it put him and his sister too close to the Magistracy where they were still considered outlaws.<ref name=SOHH6></ref>

==BattleMech==
Tripolskaya was known to have piloted a ''[[Hunchback]]'' [[BattleMech]].<ref name=SOHH6></ref><ref name=SOHH8></ref><ref name=SOHH9></ref>

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

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

Sergei Tripolskaya - Revision history

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