General Daluma is a recurring character in Tenchi Muyo! GXP. He is the founder and head of the Daluma Pirate Guild, which is possibly the most powerful in the galaxy.
Background
General Daluma quickly formed his expansive guild after finding a used lucky daruma doll in a public flea market, which inspired him to take "Daluma" as his own name and guided the foundation of his pirate organization.
His ship and the top secret headquarters of the guild was The Great Daruma, a planet-sized ship that could support its own satellites. For a time, he contracted the Racepshi (itself a planetary class ship capable of housing 300 million people) to orbit it and provide entertainment to the guild members. The guild even had its own TV network and shows.
The Guild was more properly a unification of the smaller pirate guilds. the different groups and most powerful captains all had a say in the guild, but it was headed by General Daluma and his own private troops. Participating groups included the Shank Pirate Guild, Balta Pirate Guild, and The Grand Guild (essentially destroyed in the first pirate capture instigated by Seina Yamada). It is not known if Kyo Komachi led a guild of her own, but she was also a powerful force in the larger organization.
More often-than-not, General Daluma is accompanied by very beautiful women as he plots various capers throughout his reach.
In response to countering the bad luck Seina was having on his fleet, he created the The Good Luck Fleet, with each ship bolstered by good luck items. The first version of the fleet proved effective, even being able to escape Lady Seto and the Mikagami. But the first version was quickly destroyed when Seina and the Kamidake II encountered it. For the second version, they focused on one ship loaded with the most powerful good luck items they could find. The new ship was modeled off the Daidalos but covered by good luck items. After a search for the luckiest person in his fleet, he placed Seiryo in charge (and momentarily, Alan, Barry, and Cohen), ahead of a now-disgraced Tarant Shank. Seiryo named it the Unko (meaning "luck-bringer" (運呼, うんこ, "Unko") which could mean "Luck Bringer" in Japanese... but also a Japanese homonym for the word, "Poop" (うんこ)). It could, in fact, defeat the Kamidake II, even when bonded with the Mikagami.
The Great Daruma
The Great Daruma, and the guild as a whole, was defeated when the Kamidake II was bonded to the more compatible young 2nd Generation Royal Treeship, Mizuki. It was searching for the Unko, but instead jumped straight to the Great Daruma. Using a combination of Light Hawk Wings, Fuku's own mastery of the Kamidake II, and information received from the Racepshi (which is powered by a 3rd Generation Tree and must obey a 2nd Generation tree). The tiny in size ship completely defeated the gigantic one. The Unko never able to help because it was too lucky to join a losing battle.
Oddly though, after his defeat and his guild being temporarily absorbed into the Balta Guild, Daluma lost all the ambition he had previously and became a peaceful man. The Daluma Guild still exists (albeit in an extremely diminished state) after the General's defeat, and participates in the events of Paradise War.
Trivia
- When Seina met him after his defeat, he inspected the doll and found a sticker revealing it was formerly the property of Airi.