MaleJudah Yanakov was a Grayson citizen and an officer of the Grayson Space Navy.
Family[]
He was a nephew of Bernard Yanakov, who was considered one of the GSN's greatest heroes. (HH4)
He was also a third cousin of Zack Yanakov, a fellow officer in the GSN. (HH8)
Another of his cousins was Anastasia Yanakov, the first Grayson woman to complete armsman training. (HH13)
Biography[]
Holding the rank of Rear Admiral, he served as a division commander in the First Battle Squadron. (HH4)
After several irregular incidents aboard the heavy cruiser GNS Francis Mueller, Yanakov questioned the crew and had the First Officer removed from the ship. (HHA4.3: ASNF)
Promoted to full Admiral, he commanded the Grayson contingent of the Eighth Fleet from his flagship, GSNS Honor Harrington. When he ordered the fleet to open fire on the Havenite units that were attacking the Basilisk System in the Second Battle of Basilisk, his order to all GSN units was: "Lady Harrington and no mercy!" This battlecry was a reference to Honor Harrington, whom the Graysons believed to be dead at the time.[1] (HH8)
As the commanding officer of the Eighth Fleet's Task Force 82, he sprang the trap that destroyed Admiral Giscard's squadron in the Battle of Lovat. (HH11)
After Wesley Matthews was killed in the destruction of the Blackbird Yard during the Mesan Alignment Navy's Operation Oyster Bay, Yanakov was recalled to Grayson to become the new High Admiral. (HH12)
With the creation of Grand Fleet, Yanakov initally commanded Task Force 3, the Grayson contigent. He later relinquished command to Admiral Alfredo Yu in order to serve as a member of the Grand Alliance's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Yanakov was killed in the Beowulf Strike in January 1923 PD. (HH14)
Service Record[]
Promotions[]
- Rear Admiral - 1907 PD
- Admiral - 1913 PD
Posts[]
- Commanding Officer, Battle Division 13
- positions in the Eighth Fleet:
- Commanding Officer of a heavy task force (1913 PD)
- second in command when assigned before Operation Sanskrit (1921 PD)
- Commanding Officer, Battle Squadron 15
- Commanding Officer, Task Force 82 during Operation Sanskrit
- High Admiral, Grayson Space Navy
- CO, Task Force 3, Grand Fleet (temporarily)
- Member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Grand Alliance[2]
References[]
| Preceded by Wesley Matthews |
High Admiral of the Grayson Space Navy 1922 – 1923 PD |
Succeeded by — |