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Klaus Hauptman
Male civilian
Full Name
Klaus Hauptman
Gender
Male   Male
Office
CEO, Hauptman Cartel
Family
 
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Klaus Hauptman was a Manticoran citizen and head of the Hauptman Cartel, a huge business conglomerate. He was widely known as the wealthiest man in the entire Star Empire.

Family

A direct descendant of the company founder Heinrich Hauptman, Klaus was the son of Eric and the father of Stacey Hauptman. (HH1, HH6)

Biography

In 1900 PD, Hauptman went to the Lords of Admiralty about Commander Honor Harrington's actions at Medusa. He went further; using a Royal courier as transportation, he went to Medusa to personally intervene with Harrington to stop her harassment (ie, inspections) of Hauptman freighters. He failed to convince her, even after threatening her and her parents, and returned to Manticore after being informed that Hauptman equipment had been discovered to be associated with the attack which had resulted in massive loss of life by native police personnel. (HH1)

He later led a move to have Harrington returned to active RMN service, hoping that she could either make a difference with the piracy in the Silesian Confederacy or be killed in the process, or both. After hearing of the loss of RMMS Bonaventure, he and his daughter traveled to the Confederacy aboard the luxury liner Artemis, manipulating the RMN destroyer assigned (unofficially) to convoy him. They were attacked, and when Harrington's Q-ship intervened, Klaus once again showed himself to be petty when it came to dealing with Harrington. However, his daughter severely lectured him and refused to talk to him again unless he apologized for his behavior. Seeing how Harrington handled the situation in Silesia and was willing to sacrifice her command to protect Artemis, Hauptman rethought his attitude and, like his daughter, became a close ally of Harrington on Manticore. (HH6)

Thereafter, he and Stacey kept an eye on Harrington's business affairs for her, expressed support for her when politically motivated false allegations of an affair between her and Earl White Haven were being spread, and even purchased a newsfax as additional support. (HH9, HH10)

Character

Klaus Hauptman was a proud man who did not think highly of hereditary privilege. Given his prominence and importance in the Star Kingdom, he could easily have made clear his willingness to accept a peerage, but chose not to, being proud of his family's zero-balancer heritage. (HH6)

Detesting any form of slavery, he was also a staunch supporter of the Anti-Slavery League, supplying them with up to date warships, built on a non-profit basis. (CS1)

References

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