

The executed soldier had been of noble birth, which enraged Mittermeyer's superiors and very clearly made him a marked man. A man with a strong sense of morality, Mittermeyer became a target for assassination when he had the temerity to follow military regulations and execute a soldier who had murdered a civilian woman in order to rob her.

Wolfgang Mittermeyer was one of the youngest admirals in Imperial history, attaining the rank in his 20's -all the more impressive for a man of common birth.
