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Leopold Schumacher rose to the rank of captain within the Galactic Empire's military, a significant achievement for a commoner indicative of notable talent. Initially serving as a staff officer under Baron Flegel during the Imperial Civil War, he prevented Flegel's suicidal charge outside Geiersburg Fortress by leaving the bridge, leading to Flegel's death by other officers. Schumacher then led the crew to flee to Fezzan. He sold their battleship, distributed the proceeds, and attempted to retire by purchasing farmland in the Assiniboia Ravine. However, the crew's continued reliance on his leadership compelled him to stay with them as they farmed.
In March 798 UC, Fezzani agent Rupert Kesserling, acting for Landesherr Adrian Rubinsky, coerced Schumacher into joining a plot to kidnap Kaiser Erwin Josef II. Threats against his crew forced Schumacher's reluctant compliance despite suspicions about Fezzan's motives. Using the alias "Ferdinand Locke," he traveled to Odin with Count Alfred von Landsberg. Imperial authorities detected them, but Reinhard von Lohengramm allowed the operation to proceed to justify invading the Free Planets Alliance. Schumacher coordinated with Fezzani diplomat Nicholas Boltik on smuggling routes and a diversion involving a fake republican arms factory. In July 798 UC, he and Landsberg infiltrated the palace via underground tunnels, abducted the young Kaiser, and escaped to the Alliance aboard the Fezzani ship *Rocinante*.
Upon reaching the Alliance, Schumacher helped establish an Imperial government-in-exile on Heinessen. This regime promoted him to commodore, and he continued as a caretaker for Erwin Josef alongside Landsberg. Count Remscheid promised him an Imperial noble title, though its conferral remains unconfirmed. After the Alliance fell to Imperial forces in 799 UC, Schumacher, Landsberg, and the Kaiser disappeared.
On July 8, 801 UC, Schumacher was arrested on Heinessen for forged identification following Rubinsky's suicide attack. Under interrogation, he revealed that Erwin Josef had escaped Landsberg's custody and that Terraist remnants planned to assassinate Reinhard. Pardoned two months later, he returned to Fezzan to find his farm dismantled and crew dispersed. Through Arthur von Streit's intervention, Schumacher was reinstated as a commodore in the Imperial Fleet. He was later reported missing in action during combat against space pirates, his ultimate fate unresolved.
In March 798 UC, Fezzani agent Rupert Kesserling, acting for Landesherr Adrian Rubinsky, coerced Schumacher into joining a plot to kidnap Kaiser Erwin Josef II. Threats against his crew forced Schumacher's reluctant compliance despite suspicions about Fezzan's motives. Using the alias "Ferdinand Locke," he traveled to Odin with Count Alfred von Landsberg. Imperial authorities detected them, but Reinhard von Lohengramm allowed the operation to proceed to justify invading the Free Planets Alliance. Schumacher coordinated with Fezzani diplomat Nicholas Boltik on smuggling routes and a diversion involving a fake republican arms factory. In July 798 UC, he and Landsberg infiltrated the palace via underground tunnels, abducted the young Kaiser, and escaped to the Alliance aboard the Fezzani ship *Rocinante*.
Upon reaching the Alliance, Schumacher helped establish an Imperial government-in-exile on Heinessen. This regime promoted him to commodore, and he continued as a caretaker for Erwin Josef alongside Landsberg. Count Remscheid promised him an Imperial noble title, though its conferral remains unconfirmed. After the Alliance fell to Imperial forces in 799 UC, Schumacher, Landsberg, and the Kaiser disappeared.
On July 8, 801 UC, Schumacher was arrested on Heinessen for forged identification following Rubinsky's suicide attack. Under interrogation, he revealed that Erwin Josef had escaped Landsberg's custody and that Terraist remnants planned to assassinate Reinhard. Pardoned two months later, he returned to Fezzan to find his farm dismantled and crew dispersed. Through Arthur von Streit's intervention, Schumacher was reinstated as a commodore in the Imperial Fleet. He was later reported missing in action during combat against space pirates, his ultimate fate unresolved.