Satania Karinxinsai

**Satanichi Karinxinsai** was a Martian pilot and war criminal, and later Supreme Commander of the Neo-Martian Empire. Initially an ace pilot and squadron leader for the Martian Navy, she was promoted to an Admiral and led her own rogue death squadron in the Outer Rim territories, killing millions of civilian Zerblings in neutral territory and rendering hundreds of planets uninhabitable. Following the Martian Military Reform she was tried for war crimes and was put in stasis prison indefinitely. After the Great Martian Thaw, Satania escaped her prison and used her status to unite the recently thawed Martians and bring their planets Navy back online. She was eventually stopped by the Earth's Trio and was killed in action.

## Early Life

Satanichia was born in a small Martian ethnic enclave on Nazar-VI in the Martian Outer Rim. She was born between the years 1570- 1565 BC to very poor Martian farmers on a planet otherwise populated by Zerblings. Though her town was under constant threat from Zerbling marauders, she found solace in her family and the small Martian post that was left to govern the town she lived in. Her town bestowed her the nickname of Nichia, and she excelled in her duties in Basic Education.

Nichia was no stranger to violence early on however; she would often get into scuffles with the Zerbling children at school and would be left bloodied and bruised. Still though, her family could not afford to move to a more Martian-centric planet, and pooled all their money to hope their daughter could get a decent education and move away. The ethnic conflict on Nazar-VI would reach its head when 3 Martian farmers were killed by Zerbling gangsters. This led to an all out ethnic conflict between the Zerbling natives and the fledgling Martian farmers as well as the all but abandoned Martian Government. In the end, Nichia's family were murdered by Zerblings, as well as the survivors of her town. Young Nichia was saved by a Martian trooper who managed to evacuate most of the town to the capital, Zar'aan, which was almost completely populated by Martians.

Nichia underwent intense psychological trauma and was kept at a children's hospital for at least 6 months. It was there that she would stop referring to herself as Nichia and only as Satanichia, and tried her best to forget her past entirely. After a Zerbling child was moved to the hospital, Satanichia devised a plan with the other Martian children to kill her - the plan was foiled and Satanichia was put under intense monitoring and was isolated from the rest of the children.

Satanichia eventually managed to escape the hospital and hitch a ride on a cargo freighter heading for Saint Mars #4, the largest Martian hub in the Outer Rim. Here she would enlist in the Martian Navy as a crewman and weapons operator.

## Naval Career

### Beginnings as a Pilot

Starting her career as a lowly munitions trooper on the E-Class Destroyer *Benevolent Miracle,* Satania did not have much prestige at first. She was not of noble blood, and was teased for growing up on an undeveloped planet. At one point she was referred to as a "flash-jumpover hick" by her commanding officer, something that Satania never forgot. Satania soon requested a transfer into the starfighter division, a bold move considering she already picked her profession and had no prior piloting experience. Eventually, due to an untimely dishonorable discharge of a pilot aboard the ship, Satania was considered and tried out for being a pilot.

Satania excelled at the simulations, particularly that of the Z-27 Interceptor. Scores like this were not seen in years, and Satania was accused of somehow cheating or hacking the system. Still though, she proved herself in a field exercise with live ammunition and was given an official fighter role in Delta Squadron aboard the *Miracle.*

 Soon after Satania's transfer, the *Benevolent Miracle* was called for duty in the campaign to take back the Lush Planets of Zerbling Sector IV in 1545 . The first battle the *Miracle* participated in was above Kartiik's orbit, in which it was engaged by a Zerbling supercarrier. The gigantic vessel, as well as the *Miracle*, immediately began scrambling fighters. It was looking bleak for the Martian side as reinforcements were days away, but the *Miracle*'s pilots were holding their own. Eventually, though, a Zerbling support ship joined the fray, and began to scramble M-1773 Fixed-Wings, some of the most deadly ships in the Zerbling arsenal.

Satania proved her worth to her squadron when she managed to take out 2 M-1773s singlehandedly within a matter of seconds. This morale boost was much needed for the thinning Martian forces, and eventually the tide of the battle began to shift. Eventually, Satania went one step further and shot a torpedo into the opening of the Zerbling supercarrier's aft-plasmavent, bringing a section of the massive ship's air-pressure system offline, killing about a quarter of those in the ships command deck. This forced the ship back, and won the skirmish for the Martians.

This was the first of many times Satania proved to be more than meets the eye. She was celebrated by her shipmates and fellow pilots, and was given accolades by the Fleet Admirals leading the campaign on the Lush Planets. After the battle over Kartiik she was made Squadron Leader of Delta - causing a rift between her and her noble blooded peers. In 1543 she was given the Ace Badge by the Martian Naval Award Committee - the first of ignoble blood to do so. Proving herself very useful throughout the successful campaign on the Lush, Satania was transferred to the Mars Royal Fleet and was told that she was being considered for a leadership position.

### As a Lesser Admiral

Due to her performance in the Lush Campaign, Satania was to attend Admiral's College on Mars and potentially be eligible to be a shipmistress of her own. Passing the academy's rigorous testing with flying colors, Satania graduated the college in 1539, being one of the 150 chosen to become a shipmistress. She was given command of an older vessel, the A-Class Enforcer *Whisper of Night*. Satania was assigned to the Outer Rim colonies, and her own homeworld of Nazar-VI was under her naval, but not governmental and overall military jurisdiction.