Santi Frolander
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Santi Frolander | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Star League |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
Santi Frolander was the commanding officer of the Star League Defense Force Twelfth Fleet for six months in 2775.
History[edit]
During the SLDF's push deeper into the Terran Hegemony during Operation CHIEFTAIN, the liberation of Dieron commenced on 27 May 2775. In the battle, the Combat Information Center of the Twelfth Fleet's flagship SLS Terra Nova was destroyed by a Space Defense System drone WarShip, killing the fleet's commander, Admiral Godman Lawrence. Vice Admiral Santi Frolander assumed command and led the SLDF naval forces to victory over Dieron, paving the way for the Twelfth Army to land on the planet.[1]
The SLDF then targeted Tyrfing for liberation in December that same year. Now-Admiral Santi Frolander, still in command of the Twelfth Fleet, was tasked with neutralizing the tough SDS defenses so that the Fifth Army could make planetfall. The initial invasion in-system took out many SDS drone ships but at a heavy SLDF cost, and when the admiral wanted to press forward with support from the Fifth Army's escorts, the Fifth's CO General Kim Solheim refused and took the matter to Commanding General Aleksandr Kerensky, believing the SLDF would take excessive losses in the attack. Kerensky agreed and replaced Frolander with Vice Admiral Els Cainero, a veteran of two previous SDS engagements. After transferring in with two squadrons of Fourth Fleet WarShips, Cainero shredded the SDS drone fleet, allowing the Fifth Army to land four days later.[2]