▁Free ▁Plan ets ▁Alliance . ▁ ▁Within ▁the ▁Gal actic ▁Empire , ▁based ▁on ▁mid ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Pr uss ia , ▁an ▁am bit ious ▁military ▁genius , ▁Rein hard ▁von ▁M ü sel , ▁later ▁con ferred ▁Rein hard ▁von ▁L ohen gram m , ▁is ▁rising ▁to ▁power . ▁He ▁is ▁driven ▁by ▁the ▁desire ▁to ▁free ▁his ▁sister ▁An ner ose , ▁who ▁was ▁taken ▁by ▁the ▁Kaiser ▁as ▁a ▁conc ub ine . ▁Later , ▁he ▁wants ▁not ▁only ▁to ▁end ▁the ▁cor rupt ▁Golden baum ▁dynast y ▁but ▁also ▁to ▁defeat ▁the ▁Free ▁Plan ets ▁Alliance ▁and ▁to ▁un ify ▁the ▁whole ▁galax y ▁under ▁his ▁rule . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Free ▁Plan ets ▁Alliance ▁Star ▁Fle et ▁is ▁another ▁genius , ▁Yang ▁W en - li . ▁He ▁originally ▁asp ired ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁historian ▁through ▁a ▁military ▁a cademy , ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁tact ical ▁division ▁only ▁out ▁of ▁need ▁for ▁tu ition ▁money . ▁He ▁was ▁rapidly ▁promoted ▁to ▁an ▁adm iral ▁because ▁he ▁demonstrated ▁excell ence ▁in ▁military ▁strategy ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁decis ive ▁batt les ▁and ▁conflicts . ▁He ▁becomes ▁the ▁arch rival ▁of ▁Rein hard , ▁though ▁they ▁highly ▁respect ▁one ▁another . ▁Un like ▁Rein hard ▁he ▁is ▁better ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁under dog ▁vict ories ▁and ▁accomplish ments ▁in ▁over coming ▁seem ingly ▁impossible ▁odd s ▁and ▁mit ig ating ▁cas ual ties ▁and ▁dam ages ▁due ▁to ▁military ▁operations . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁historian ,