Antares IIV

Antares IIV was a fleet admiral of the Imperial Martian Galactic Navy during the Martian Golden Age directly prior to the Great Freeze event that triggered the breakdown of the Martian Galactic Empire and the collapse of interstellar civilisation as a whole.

## Early Life and Career

Antares IIV was born in 15,052 BC on the Martian homeworld. Her parents belonged to the aristocratic clique of officers of the Martian Imperial Military, this upbringing contributed to her extreme contempt of species that the Imperial Administration deemed as lesser. The academic transcripts of her time in the Royal Military Academy in the capital city show that she had gone through her training with modest grades, some instructors noting of her unusual brutality in the treatment of her subordinates. Nevertheless, her familys position allowed her to rise quickly through the ranks, landing her in the position of fleet admiral, yet her reputation caused her mainly to be posted to the Outer Rim, where she would be left to her own.

### Massacre of Brip Ei'iv

Brip Ei'iv was a Martian colony situated on the outer rim the Tabve System. The inhabitants consisted of a large number of species imported from all corners of the empire to work hard labour. A large portion of the workers were convicts and prisoners from around the galaxy. A general uprising that transformed into a full blown coup took place in the years 15,045 that the ended in rebel control of the planet. The first assignment Antares IIV was given as admiral was to restore control to the planet in 15,040, to do so she was supplied with three Memes Class Imperial Dreadnoughts. Although a peaceful option to restore control was ordered by the High Council, Antares IIV immediately began an orbital bombardment causing a death toll that was documented as high as 50% of the planets population and leaving much of the urban centers in piles of rubble. After ground to space attack installations were annihilated on the planet, in a move that would prove to be popular with the Martian Imperial Infantry, Antares herself would command an assault on the plants surface. The following events would come to be known as the "Massacre of Brip Ei'iv" in which every last lifeform on the planet was killed.  While the Martian Empire was considered to rule with an iron fist, measures such as these were seen as extreme and inhumane. Antares would continue to maintain this reputation as she ordered several similar massacres in the sector.

## Recall to Mars and construction of Saint Martia

Several years into her unchecked reign in the outer rim, the Martian High Council decided to recall her back to the Martian capital in order to have greater control over her behaviour that many felt had gotten out of hand. Antares was ordered to return, leaving two out of three of her dreadnoughts stationed in the outer rim.

## Martian Military Reform

As fleet admiral, Antares would be the highest ranking officer ever tried during the Martian Military Reforms of 15,035. The Military Tribunal found her guilty of 72 accounts of unlawful conduct during her career, ranging from treatment of prisoners and torture measured outlawed in the 15,040 Phobos Conventions, to the attempted genocide of several species. Her trial came as a serious hit to the Martian Aristocratic establishment.

As a class 3 prisoner and due to the severity of her crimes, she was sentenced to 15 years in the maximum security prison at  Korolev.

## Personal Beliefs and Religion

Antares IIV was raised a devout Nandenkist by parents, one of the few Martian aristocratic families that still held to the beliefs. Growing up, she spent countless hours in the Imperial Archives studying Nandenkist literature and relics gathered from all corners of the Empire. Over time she became displeased with the answers presented to her by Nandenkism, and turned towards what she saw as a pathway to greater power in the dark arts of NZKism. Information on NZK was largely destroyed to dur When she was made Admiral, many Nandenkist monastaries in the outer rim were either pilfered or outright destroyed.