Gorppet

Gorppet was an infantrymale of the Race's Conquest Fleet. He became famous in the 1960s for capturing Ruhollah Khomeini.

During the Race's invasion of Tosev 3, Gorppet served in the Soviet Union. Here, developed a hatred of cold (always present in the USSR) and dogs (which the Soviets used to carry bombs at tanks). While he was not part of Ussmak's mutiny in 1944, he frequently expressed understanding of what drove Ussmak.

He was stationed in Basra|Basra after the Peace of Cairo, where he became close friends with fellow infantrymale Fotsev. The two frequently discussed the aspects of Big Uglies they found most confusing, particularly religion. Gorppet

Basra was a restive city, made more so by the majority of the populations' devotion to Islam. Gorpett participated in his fair-share of riot-control and putting down uprisings, particularly as the Race's Colonization Fleet arrived in 1962. Much of the anti-Race sentiment in Basra was attributable to one man: Ruhollah Khomeini. Gorppet, Fostev and their fellow infantry males were soon assigned the task of capturing Khomeini after a particularly violent round of rioting. They also assigned the task of protecting colonists who'd decided to settle in and around Basra. Fotsev and Gorppet both were horrified by the decision to settle colonists in the already unstable region. Additonally, both veterans found many of the colonists' ignorance exasperating.

After a period of relative peace in Basra, Gorpett and Fotsev inadvertantly helped touch off another round of rioting when a Muslim man demanded that Race females should go clothed, as commanded by Allah. When Fotsev thoughtlessly dismissed Allah, the citizens again rose in anger, and the Race responded violently.

When it was learned that females of the Race went into heat after tasting ginger, Gorpett and his unit had one more weapon to fend off, as the citizens of Basra began tricking females into ingesting ginger. With the odor of a female's pheromones in the air, Gorpett, Fotsev, and their comrades frequently had a difficult time maintaining vigilance as they were overpowered by the urge to mate. In one instance, the unit safely, if publically, mated with a female who'd been fed ginger in a drink provided by a human.

The Colonization fleet had begun building new towns in the meantime. Gorpett went to one a few times, but became disenchanted with the colonists, who clearly did not understand males of the Soldiers' Time.