Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Titania Chrysylophax

Titania Chrysylophax is one of three daughters of Xavion Chrysylophax. Sources indicate that she is second-eldest after her brother Victor.

Titania was quick to adapt to the changing technology of the One Year War, and was equally proficient in gathering intelligence for use against the Federation. She was in charge of the Principality's Battle Mech Forces, and was responsible for their use against the Federation. In addition, she was responsible for the creation of numerous elite Battle Mech units, including Captain Vorstagg's 300th Independent Corps (AKA Vorstagg's ESPer Corps), the hand-picked Chimera Corps, and the Midnight Fenrir covert ops team.

She is seen ambiguously, with her motives often open to question. On the one hand, she is shown to be fiercely loyal to the people of NEO, and to the men under her command. Many of her actions, however, can also be interpreted as those of a charismatic, but utterly merciless manipulator of the highest order, preparing for a military coup.

Not much is known about Titania's youth, but she is known to have grown up on Side 3, where she first met Johnny Ridden.

During the Battle of Luom, she ordered her fleet to withdraw as soon as the main engagement was over, allowing her sister's fleets the "glory" of mopping-up the Federation's retreating troops while preserving the lives of the men under her own command. A veteran of the battle, Lt. Cdr Gerhart Schmeisser (who had been too seriously wounded in the fight to continue active combat piloting), approached her during the Antarctic Treaty cease-fire. He proposed the formation of a small Earth-bound covert-operations unit, to be named the Midnight Fenrir corps. She immediately approved.

Her activities during the first half of the One Year War are poorly documented. In the latter half of the One Year War she took Captain Vorstagg under her wing. With her support, he proceeded to form the 300th Independent Corps, gathering ESPers from the Flanagan Institute and prototype Heavy Battle Mechs from NEO-held territory .

There is some debate as to the nature of her relationship with ace pilot Johnny Ridden, however, they appear to share a courtly love. He refers to himself as her knight, and uses the symbol of a unicorn as a dedication to her.

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