In this week’s blog we’re showing off the concept art for a new mercenary character, Kara Mariasha.

Kara Mariasha

Kara Mariasha was born to wealthy parents on the core world of Kairo. Much of the original population of Kairo were descended from members of the Egyptian Republic of Earth. The planet’s name is a bastardization of Egypt’s capital, Cairo.

Kara attended the finest schools on Kairo, and when she was 16, having passed her school exams in the top 10% of her class, she was sent to the early enrolment college for the Alliance Officer program.

She excelled within the program, and graduated as a lieutenant in the Alliance Army. She was assigned to the 323rd Alliance Army, and joined their fleet en-route to border patrol manoeuvres on the southern fringes of Council space.

At aged 20, Kara was given the rank of Captain, and began leading ground actions against pirates and smugglers. By 22, she had advanced to the rank of Major, and was the rising star of the southern fringe. Higher ups in Alliance Strategic Command began to take notice of her success rate, and word of the incredible loyalty she inspired in her troops had reached them. Within a year she was promoted to Colonel, with her ceremony being overseen by a member of the Galactic Alliance Strategic Command.

The Second Nexus War

When the war broke out, the 323rd were still performing border patrol manoeuvres on the southern fringe. They were recalled, and tasked with holding the Alliance fringe world, Sapphire.

The Nexus eventually arrived at Sapphire, bombing the surface from orbit before invading en mass. Sapphire had no planetary defences to speak of, so the Nexus were able to gain a strong foothold within the first few days.

Colonel Mariasha requested assistance from GASC, but was denied. The Nexus had just razed an Alliance world name Aros, and were pushing deeper into Alliance territory. Afraid they would ultimately reach the core worlds, and perhaps even Earth. The 323rd were on their own.

The Nexus occupation of Sapphire lasted three months, and towards the end, what was left the population had taken to living underground, hiding from the Nexus.

This is another piece by Hokunin, one of our talented artists. I love the attitude of this piece. even though her pose is quite static, it conveys a lot about the character. You can see her sassy attitude in the way she stands, absent mindedly playing with her knife, head cocked as if she is half listening as someone tells her something.

If you’d like to learn more about Kara’s back story, including how she was betrayed by the Alliance and went on to form the Mercenary group, Anubis, check out our latest blog.

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