Bio Kera Setorian

Kera Setorian
Affiliation	[2nd] Antarean Space Empire (ASE)
Titles	Fleet High Command, Offensive Branch
Homeworld	[Codename:] Imperial Nest III
Born	957 AE

Kera Setorian was born, to two Custodia, decedents of those who had accompanied Lucca in her flight from the United League of Planets. Her parents had taken on the familial duty of guarding and keeping the line of the Emperor both secret and safe. Kera was born only about a month after the child who would become Emperor, Marius Lucan Andromedeus XIV. Though Andromedeus grew up with a good deal of private tutoring and special care, the future Emperor spent a lot of his childhood with Setorian, one of the few children his age on the secret base. While Kera was trained in the methods of elite tactical forces, secrecy, and the greatest infantry fighting methods of the old Empire she was also allowed to accompany (by his request) Marius into some of his lessons, the ones that she took the most interest in were the tactical lessons that dealt with a space battles and wars on a grand scale.

While Marius became a master of politics and people, Kera learned the ways of war. In addition, her training as a Custodia turned her into an extremely formidable ground fighter. Kera both played and fought with the Emperor, because of her history with him, as he grew up she continued to treat him as (much to the dismay of her parents and the somewhat amused delight of Marius) nothing more or less then a childhood buddy. When Marius hatched his plan to escape to Lobos and go out into the real world it was Kera, with her training as a guard and Custodia, who figured out the more practical aspects of disappearing from the watchful eyes of his protectors. It was also Kera who went with him to escape and enroll in the Antarean Federated Naval Academy. Though she wanted to learn the methods and tactical teachings of the Academy as well, her primary cause (though she would never admit it) was to protect the Emperor, not just because he was her leader, but also because he was her friend. Throughout their time in the Academy Kera taught the Emperor the hand to hand skills and fighting abilities that had been taught to her, becoming his sparing partner in order to insure that he had the skills to defend himself. Seeing that Marius needed the opportunity to prove himself she realized that she could not follow him into the fleet (even if she had been able to manipulate the assignments, which she couldn’t); so, second in her class (right under the Emperor himself) she dropped out of the Academy right before graduation and disappeared from sight.

Using the same false name which she had enrolled in the Academy under, she spent the period of time between 978 AE and early 980 AE as a mercenary. Her training allowed herself to operate on her own and she came to trust deeply in herself. (Due to the nature of the self-reliance, both taught in her training and developed by herself, Kera is one of the few top rank ASE officers who harbor a dislike of the AI system.) Selling her skills to the highest bidder she explored the various sectors of the ULP, earning enough money in those two years to purchase a top of the line private vessel and become a top mercenary. During this period she was in constant communication with both the Emperor and the few remaining Imperial troops scattered throughout the galaxy. She scouted out the various key points of the ULP, knowledge that would be essential during her time as a military commander, and laid the foundations that would help the Federation transform into the Empire when the time came. She came to see how easily people could be manipulated and met many members of the dark underside of the Galaxy, it was during this time that she developed an extreme feminist viewpoint, as she saw that females in the mercenary game, due to their lesser amount, were the most together, efficient, and loyal of the people she met. (There was a very small group, including the Emperor Marius which she excluded from this view.) Developing contacts around the galaxy she was one of a select few who were responsible for ensuring that everything was in place for the Emperor to return) On Crowning Day, 980 AE, she was in the front of the crowd and was one of the first to call for Marius ascension as the new Emperor.

When Marius Lucan Andromedeus XIV was crowned Emperor his first move, while forming his council, was to appoint Kera as his top adviser and leader of the entire AE offensive military force. She is extremely competent and absolutely loyal to Marius. Kera often prefers to take a hands on approach, leading her forces into battle. Though a less then competent politician, she is a clever and intuitive tactician and an intractable and determined commander. Kera knows exactly how to inspire and drive her troops who are both slightly frightened and inspired by her.