Tupp

Professor Tupp was the Lurian scientist responsible for the creation of Project Heyerdahl.

History
Tupp was a Lurian scientist who worked in the Republic's illegal Dark Works prototyping division (known undercover as "TechnoDyne Industries"). He was commissioned to work on Project Heyerdahl, an experimental project that would turn the human David Dalton into an incredibly powerful cybernetic weapon to be used by Gabriel Ascheron himself. In 150,084 CMT, Tupp completed work on the project in the TechnoDyne facility on Oquro, but he was horrified by his creation, so he decided to defect to the Takemikazuchi Empire (specifically, the "New Order" that he heard Sefer Yetzirah planned to form the Empire into). He contacted agents of the Shinsengumi and informed them that he wanted to defect, but lost contact with them when the ghoul plague broke out on Oquro and TechnoDyne's contact with the outside world was disrupted.

Weeks after the initial breakout of the Ghoul plague, the coolant that kept David Dalton contained was depleted, so he was able to escape. Dalton slashed Tupp across the chest and mortally wounded him, but Tupp clung to life long enough to witness the arrival of Lucy Farr. Tupp guessed that Sefer had sent Lucy to "clean up" by destroying Dalton, and stressed that it had to be done before Dalton could exhaust the resources of Oquro and move on to other worlds. Lucy tried to help Tupp, but he succumbed to his injuries and died in her arms.