Aurelia Saelari
Knowledge Is Death
NAME: Aurelia Saelari
FACTION: The Republic
RANK: Chancellor
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 39
GENDER: Female
HEIGHT: 5’9”
WEIGHT: 140lb
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Auburn
SKIN: Pale.
FORCE SENSITIVE: No.
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:
SHIP: Aurelia uses whatever transport ship she needs when the situation arises. Mainly she uses a renovated Consular Class Cruiser with additional shielding and armaments. This is escorted by fighters as needed. The ship also contains a series of shuttles for her use, though she doesn’t actually fly them herself.
BIOGRAPHY: The Gulag Virus was a horrific blight upon the galaxy, leading to four hundred years of stagnation and disorder.
And yet not all places were equally affected. Planets with relatively low populations which had a mix of food production and basic manufacturing lasted better than the great cities or planets given over to industry. In those cases the populations could not be supported by local resources, leading to riots, famine and infection.
In other cases, planets which could support themselves, and which acted quickly, could mitigate the consequences.
One such world was Pylos, a planet in the colonies region of the galaxy. The planet had been terraformed centuries before so that by the time of the virus the atmosphere was breathable, if thin like it were high altitude. The rocky desert had been transformed into areas of growth and abundance contrasted with the stark red plains. By the time of the virus a considerable population of some fifty million lived on the planet, mostly living in large domes with farming domes and open field cultivation helping out. The planet was also fortunately blessed with iron, copper and tin deposits in the southern mountains, and so an industry to refine and smelt these metals was established.
When the plague hit the galaxy the governing oligarchic council ‘The Directory’ imposed an instant quarantine on the planet. People could leave, but no one was allowed to return. Supported by a few ships to enforce this, and the implementation of martial law on the surface, they rode out the initial crisis. That they did was due mainly to the actions of Titus Saelari, one of the Directory’s highest rank members. It was he who insisted on maintaining the quarantine even in the face of demonstrations and debates about it. Some wanted to help those of the galaxy, while others wanted to try and maintain trade with ‘safe planets’, but Titus insisted.
The inevitable result of this was isolation. While the galaxy fell into a profound slump Pylos endured, though civil strife, hunger and other diseases killed many. Without a steady trade offworld the planet soon began to run out of vital supplies of medicine, manufactured and luxury goods. Titus took the lead in developing a system which no longer looked to space for help, but to their own innovations. While the galaxy outside tore itself apart Pylos settled down to a long decline into isolation.
After four hundred years knowledge of space travel and of the stars had fallen away until the planet’s technology had regressed to just pre-space travel. Yet the planet had endured, and its population had grown to over seventy million, a rare increase in the galaxy over pre-viral populations. The planet was still run by an oligarchy, but the position of the Saelari family had become hereditary as ‘Consul’.
One fateful day, Carus Saelari, the Consul of the time, had the unexpected pleasure of receiving the first off-world visitors in centuries. Though suspicious, these people were Jedi Knights, still hailed in legend as defenders of the peace. They were on an outreach mission to rediscover worlds lost during the dark ages. They were pleasantly surprised to find a thriving population on Pylos, and reported that the virus had abated. Trade with local planets and technologies flooded into Pylos, causing something of a conservative reaction. In the ensuing strife Carus was assassinated, but his daughter Aurelia took command of the situation and restored order at the tender age of twenty. With the support of her family she left Pylos to be representative to the galaxy. In her absence, her uncle Marcian took over the position of Consul.
Arriving on Coruscant was a massive culture shock to Aurelia. Though rich and well educated for Pylos, she found herself overwhelmed by the massive city, which was still partly ruined in places. Nonetheless she set herself to the task of learning and understanding this new world. She returned to Pylos only once in the next nineteen years. She had no interest in returning home and leaving the technology and power she had in the galaxy.
Regardless, she likely would have remained only a minor player were it not for the fortuitous discovery that Pylos’ small moon Mystra was exceptionally rich in platinum. Immediately Aurelia seized on this and organised valuable mining contracts which diverted vast profits to many and Pylos, but especially to her and her family.
Using this windfall she set about buying, investing in the new galactic Republic which was beginning to form, and to gain influence with the great and powerful. Soon she had almost forgotten about Pylos and her years of obscurity and backwardness there.
Aurelia’s crowning achievement was to be elected provisional Chancellor of the Republic. Now in that position, it falls on her to make the Republic a power in the galaxy, and herself a woman of even more considerable resources.
FACTION: The Republic
RANK: Chancellor
SPECIES: Human
AGE: 39
GENDER: Female
HEIGHT: 5’9”
WEIGHT: 140lb
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Auburn
SKIN: Pale.
FORCE SENSITIVE: No.
STRENGTHS:
- As scion of one of the wealthiest remaining families in the core regions, Aurelia has a lot of influence and resources. Her elevation to Chancellor owes as much to her family’s influence as it does her charisma or policies. This wealth has allowed the Chancellor to help kick-start important areas of the new Republic regime, such as providing loans to restore the Senate building – at a profitable interest rate, of course!.
- Aurelia is highly charismatic and very well educated. A natural public speaker and talented debater, Aurelia is a formidable person to argue with, and can usually win her way in any discussion. Her intelligence and education gives her powerful mental resources to draw on when needed.
WEAKNESSES:
- Aurelia is a normal human woman physically. Though she carries a concealed blaster pistol she is no fighter. Any enemy engaging her in melee would likely prevail quite easily, as she simply doesn’t have the training for that. This is tempered by the fact that she has the money and connections to hire extremely talented security. Still, she is vulnerable personally as a politician rather than a soldier.
- Aurelia has a rather high opinion of herself, her family, and her policies. It’s not hard to see how this is only a step away from arrogance and aristocratic disdain of those who do not match her materially and mentally. Though able to project an aura of being a woman of the people, she is not, and though she is democratically elected, she looks mostly to her wealthy and powerful backers rather than the masses.
- As leader of the government wing of the Republic in its time of foundation, Aurelia has a lot of control over the formation of new offices and institutions. What this means of course is that there is a good deal of bribery, patronage and nepotism involved in building a new state. All of these things Aurelia gains from, and which diminish the claim that the Republic is a true democracy.
SHIP: Aurelia uses whatever transport ship she needs when the situation arises. Mainly she uses a renovated Consular Class Cruiser with additional shielding and armaments. This is escorted by fighters as needed. The ship also contains a series of shuttles for her use, though she doesn’t actually fly them herself.
BIOGRAPHY: The Gulag Virus was a horrific blight upon the galaxy, leading to four hundred years of stagnation and disorder.
And yet not all places were equally affected. Planets with relatively low populations which had a mix of food production and basic manufacturing lasted better than the great cities or planets given over to industry. In those cases the populations could not be supported by local resources, leading to riots, famine and infection.
In other cases, planets which could support themselves, and which acted quickly, could mitigate the consequences.
One such world was Pylos, a planet in the colonies region of the galaxy. The planet had been terraformed centuries before so that by the time of the virus the atmosphere was breathable, if thin like it were high altitude. The rocky desert had been transformed into areas of growth and abundance contrasted with the stark red plains. By the time of the virus a considerable population of some fifty million lived on the planet, mostly living in large domes with farming domes and open field cultivation helping out. The planet was also fortunately blessed with iron, copper and tin deposits in the southern mountains, and so an industry to refine and smelt these metals was established.
When the plague hit the galaxy the governing oligarchic council ‘The Directory’ imposed an instant quarantine on the planet. People could leave, but no one was allowed to return. Supported by a few ships to enforce this, and the implementation of martial law on the surface, they rode out the initial crisis. That they did was due mainly to the actions of Titus Saelari, one of the Directory’s highest rank members. It was he who insisted on maintaining the quarantine even in the face of demonstrations and debates about it. Some wanted to help those of the galaxy, while others wanted to try and maintain trade with ‘safe planets’, but Titus insisted.
The inevitable result of this was isolation. While the galaxy fell into a profound slump Pylos endured, though civil strife, hunger and other diseases killed many. Without a steady trade offworld the planet soon began to run out of vital supplies of medicine, manufactured and luxury goods. Titus took the lead in developing a system which no longer looked to space for help, but to their own innovations. While the galaxy outside tore itself apart Pylos settled down to a long decline into isolation.
After four hundred years knowledge of space travel and of the stars had fallen away until the planet’s technology had regressed to just pre-space travel. Yet the planet had endured, and its population had grown to over seventy million, a rare increase in the galaxy over pre-viral populations. The planet was still run by an oligarchy, but the position of the Saelari family had become hereditary as ‘Consul’.
One fateful day, Carus Saelari, the Consul of the time, had the unexpected pleasure of receiving the first off-world visitors in centuries. Though suspicious, these people were Jedi Knights, still hailed in legend as defenders of the peace. They were on an outreach mission to rediscover worlds lost during the dark ages. They were pleasantly surprised to find a thriving population on Pylos, and reported that the virus had abated. Trade with local planets and technologies flooded into Pylos, causing something of a conservative reaction. In the ensuing strife Carus was assassinated, but his daughter Aurelia took command of the situation and restored order at the tender age of twenty. With the support of her family she left Pylos to be representative to the galaxy. In her absence, her uncle Marcian took over the position of Consul.
Arriving on Coruscant was a massive culture shock to Aurelia. Though rich and well educated for Pylos, she found herself overwhelmed by the massive city, which was still partly ruined in places. Nonetheless she set herself to the task of learning and understanding this new world. She returned to Pylos only once in the next nineteen years. She had no interest in returning home and leaving the technology and power she had in the galaxy.
Regardless, she likely would have remained only a minor player were it not for the fortuitous discovery that Pylos’ small moon Mystra was exceptionally rich in platinum. Immediately Aurelia seized on this and organised valuable mining contracts which diverted vast profits to many and Pylos, but especially to her and her family.
Using this windfall she set about buying, investing in the new galactic Republic which was beginning to form, and to gain influence with the great and powerful. Soon she had almost forgotten about Pylos and her years of obscurity and backwardness there.
Aurelia’s crowning achievement was to be elected provisional Chancellor of the Republic. Now in that position, it falls on her to make the Republic a power in the galaxy, and herself a woman of even more considerable resources.
