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Sematia Aiakida
Data
Day of Birth Saturday, July 14th, G2040 / 558th day, 11 B.B.O.
Home Polis Ambrakia, Arrybia Province
Affiliation Posterity of the Sentinels, Eleutheroi
Race Human, Aiakida Hellenis
Mass 78 kg
Height 184 cm
Three Size 91(90AAA)-78-88
Titles Manufacturer-General of the Posterity of the Sentinels, Ktistes kai Architechnites of Phrourion, Kathegetes of Mechanical and Macroengineering at the Phrontisterion of Meizon Pella

Sematia Aiakida (Gk. Σημάτια Αἰᾰκῐ́δα) is a character in the Hekastos Allotrioi Barbaros Esti. Sematia is affiliated with the Eleutheroi, serving as its Manufacturer-General and also the founder and chief engineer of the Phrourion located on Polysiton's satellite of Euxeine. Sematia's notability in the story lies within her contribution to the First Lampardian War, most notably through the usage of her ship, the Molossos, with which Sematia contributed to decisive victories in the Battle of Telemantros and the Battle of Oxys.

Sematia is also the most important military figure in the Posterity of The Sentinels as well as its greatest engineering genius, having contributed to most of the infrastructure involving robots, and melding robotics into the doctrines and armaments of the Posterity of the Sentinels' forces, as well as providing designs for several units (albeit with modifications by the others). Sematia's contribution even extends to the dispatchment of prototypes to Arrybia during Areus's liberation campaign including what would be the Mobile Construction Yard - in essence, Sematia was always involved in the military technology of the Posterity of The Sentinels.

Background[]

While born to the once noble Aiakidai which claims as members the royalties of Epeiros such as Pyrrhos, Sematia was far from royal lifestyle, both in terms of personality and upbringing. Sentinels have landed around G2028 and by the time of Sematia's birth, the Sentinels have established sizable settlements throughout Polysiton. Nonetheless, the combination of somewhat rough life at the still underdeveloped frontiers, the anonymity of the Aiakidai, and the egalitarian mindset of the people, Sematia's upbringing was more fitting for a laborer. As the eldest child of the Aiakidai family of Alkuoneus and Lanassa, Sematia was expected to join the clearing efforts like all the others, and this left Sematia with quite a muscular, masculine build, particularly eccentuated by broad shoulders, in contrast to her younger and more feminine sister Noumenia Aiakida.

While physical labor was an integral part of Sematia's upbringing, the machinery was also a part of Sematia's identity as well. By the time of Sematia's birth, the Sentinels have established contact with the Lagikoi, and given the friendliness of the said species, Lagikoi machinery were still used, since the Sentinels did not have enough capital yet to build heavy machinery in a scale big enough for themselves. Given that such machinery allowed Sematia to be relieved from normal duties, Sematia appreciated engineering. As such, Sematia often visited locations of idle machinery nearby to inspect them, and if Lagikoi were nearby, learn about the science behind them. Sematia seemed to have an innate talent for engineering and science, since by the age of 14 Sematia attended prep school of mechanical engineering as the youngest of the class. The didaskaloi took note of her, rating Sematia's early inventions as fancy but often impractical contraptions. The didaskaloi's opinions were split, some seeing Sematia as a loon, others seeing her as a budding genius. However, the Evil Baby Corporation started to invade even the rougher terrain of the Arrybia province, thus the Sentinels were forced to hide. Little did the others know that Sematia had in possession a blueprint of engine capable of space travel given to her by Kallistrata when the Arche visited Polysiton to have a "homecoming" with the other exiles, and with the background knowledge acquired from the short schooling, Sematia managed to build a small ship with which to travel to space with. This crazy stunt had the side effect of drawing the infantids to the hiding place, although by a spark of miracle the Sentinels managed to slip away without human losses. Nonetheless, Sematia's sudden stunt would have ramification of having the Sentinels turn hostile to her and shaming the Aiakidai during her time on Euxeine.

Exile to Euxeine[]

While Euxeine was an inhabitable celestial body, Euxeine was completely devoid of both the Lagikoi and the Sentinels, since both did not have the ability to manufacture spacecrafts (former lacked technology, latter lacked capital). As such, Euxeine ended up becoming a survival ground for Sematia, where Sematia would have to test her skills to survive and to acquire the means of returning to Polysiton.

When Sematia first constructed transmitters powerful enough to send messages back to Polysiton, the cold shoulder the Sentinels gave to Sematia was a bit shocking. Nonetheless, Sematia set out to return to Polysiton in a fashion as to redeem herself. Here Sematia studied the art of military engineering with a hands-on basis, with only a few references such as the Art of War and some rudimentary blueprints of weapons. Here Sematia would stay for 4 years, all while Polysiton itself was swept by the winds of war when the Lagikoi were pitted against the Infantids in the actual First Lampardian War. Unfortunately, Sematia had no effective practice targets or opponents, as Euxeine turned out to be devoid of sentient life despite having good conditions for life, and pitting the machines against beast could only do so much. Artificial intelligence and more automated robots were required: Artificial intelligence to give some autonomy to robots (Sematia was well aware of the limitations of artificial intelligence so far), and eventually artificial intelligence to handle test opponents. Here Sematia learned all the art of industry, which included smelting of metal, which was fortunately accelerated by the presence of Areios crystal. Sematia had some contact with the Lagikoi, and proceeded to build AI based on information given to her, as Sematia had no experience in war and tactics whatsoever. While this meant Sematia's attempts at strategic AI was flawed given information bias and the strange nature of both Infantids and Lagikoi warfare, Sematia was more interested in automated machines that handles user inputs, which was less of a problem as beasts were enough of targets for that.

As her 22th birthday approaches, Sematia chose to return to Polysiton with a much larger ship: Sematia dubbed her second ship the Mikroteros Aiakides, and specifically had the ship armed to the teeth with automated weapons (a design inspired by the romance of heavily armed ships such as the Panokseon and later the dreadnoughts) to help retake Ambrakia and redeem herself. What was ahead was far larger.

Role in First Lampardian War[]

When Sematia returned, her arrival was not well-met by the Sentinel brethren, and when Sematia proposed the battle plan regarding the incoming EBC attack on Telemantros, she was immediately hooted down. While the Lagikoi were more receptive, they were more interested in keeping Sentinels happy, and initially wanted to go against the idea. Nonetheless, they saw no better alternative: historical lack of airborne threat meant Telemantros (or any Lagikoi Polis for that matter) was poorly defended against air attacks, and thus Areus accepted Sematia's proposal primarily out of desperation.

The desperate Lagikoi bet paid well, and Sematia through a series of good luck, preparation, and enemy's tactical blindness have delivered a decisive victory in the form of the Battle of Telemantros. Having restored some trust among the Sentinels (now the Posterity of the Sentinels), Sematia was frequently summoned into operations, and proved herself numerous times. While Sematia's military acumen was unimpressive, but the supremacy of Sematia's weaponries over the infantid ones was without question. While Sematia's success look overrated in retrospect given the difference in strength, it nevertheless contributed to the morale of the Eleutheroi troops. The Posterity quickly gave her amnesty, and the Aiakidai family which was at brink of ostracism was suddenly not only restored but elevated to point of respect. Sematia continue to contribute to the Eleutheroi war efforts, and Sematia's contribution to the victory of Battle of Oxys turned Sematia from a loony engineer wannabe to a war hero. Not only did Sematia completely restore her social position (and gained even more for the family), Sematia also had the moon base at Euxeine to work with. In addition, Sematia gained military experience as well, which meant Sematia could actually better design weapons, and perhaps her own wing as well...

Establishment of the Phrourion[]

During her exile to Euxeine, Sematia had in effect turned the entirety of Euxeine into an industrial base capable of producing munitions, equipment and robotic vehicles. Having such capabilities, Sematia established the Phrourion, a purely robotic force (with sentient operators), to supplement the Eleutheroi military forces. While the robotic army in itself was only as reliable as the sum of operator competence and AI, the robotic supplement was nonetheless a useful addition to the Eleutheroi forces. Asides the direct raw combat bonuses, it was Sematia who provided the original blueprint that was refined into the Petrites drone, and established robotics as a key feature in supplementary roles such as logistics.

Relationships[]

Sematia is the eldest child of Alkuoneus and Lanassa of the Aiakidai, making Sematia the older sister of the second child Noumenia, the third Helenos, and the youngest Aither. Of the children, only Helenos has a name attested to be used as a name, and the others are named after a concept: Sematia named after the word for constellation, Noumenia named after the new moon, and Aither named after the sky/ether. With Noumenia, Sematia serves as a sibling rival of sorts: Kallistrata's tenets such as reverence of celibacy, sociocentrism in favor of intelligent, sentient industrial entities (and machines), and transhumanism is a major influence that Sematia has taken up with varying degree of enthusiasm, while Noumenia is more of a socialite who likes the idea of a dating partner. While Sematia's specialty is macro engineering and robotics with some autonomy, Noumenia specializes in hacking and vehicle engineering (with help from her brothers), which often results in humorous pranks between the two parties poking fun at each other's tenets (e.g. Sematia making fun of Noumenia's perceived obsession over boyfriends and Noumenia criticizing Sematia's callousness against dogs and cats).

As a war hero, Sematia is considered a friend of the Lagikoi, and has a good relationship with Areus Megas. Areus sees Sematia as an advisor in engineering field, and Sematia is glad to see Areus taking initiative unlike some others who constantly pester her at the smallest of problems, and also finds Areus to be a big bundle of fluff.

With the foreign powers growing increasingly more interested in Polysiton, Sematia was seen with great interest by the Arche Hellenike and its technocrat head of state Kallistrata Pellaia. Kallistrata has given up the imperialist stance and sought to have Sematia join the Arche's network of scientists and engineers: Sematia was not keen on leaving Euxeine, so Kallistrata made arrangements largely on on Sematia's terms: Sematia was made a special kathegetes at the Phrontisterion of Meizon Pella, but Kallistrata arranged for Sematia to teach in Euxeine, sending some of its most talented students there. In addition, the Sematia was recognized as a proxenos to the Arche Hellenike. Sematia had accepted Kallistrata's terms due to the Arche's technological advancement, and the two of the most talented scientist and engineer has become fast friends. To Sematia, this also had the added benefit of being connected to other STEM-specialized Strategoi such as Epicharis Keraunophora Alexandreiana, who played a chief role in advancing Areios technology and developing the Phaeinoi weapons and Heliotropa Euxeine, who was dispatched to Euxeine and helped improve Sematia's various projects aimed at harnessing stellar power such as the Very Large Stellar Screen of Euxeine, the Stellar Power Control and the Enopron Archimedous.

After the First Lampardian War, Sematia has made connections with fellow scientists and engineers. Many of them are Cadets, most notably Luna Argenta and Athena Lancaster. On the non-cadet side, Sematia has befriended Hebe Meteora, who is an aerospace engineer with a penchant for hover vehicles and rockets.

In-Game appearance[]

Ε.Α.Β.Ε: Commoners' Legion[]

Mikroteros Aiakides
Commoners' Legion (Prologue Campaign) Game Data
Hit points 10000
Armor Heroic Heavy Vehicle
Basic Weapon (clip/reserve ammo) Oistoi (no ammo), Portside Cannons(6/no ammo), Starboard Cannons(6, no ammo)

Sematia is to appear in the campaign covering the First Lampardian War as well as the main campaign covering the Second Lampardian War.

Sematia serves as the captain of her ship, Molossos. As a very heavily armored and armed ship, the Molossos gives Sematia the highest stat of all units in the First Lampardian War campaign. The Oistoi is a multiple launch weapon, effective primarily against aircraft, light vehicles and heavy infantry, but also useful against regular infantry and heavy vehicles. However, the bulk of Sematia's firepower is within the cannons at the either side of the Molossos, effective against nearly everything.

Sematia is also to appear on the Second Lampardian War main campaign, and despite the generally stronger foes, Sematia's ship continues to lend her significant strength not easily matched. The starboard and port cannons remain a powerful tool against hordes, and the oistoi only sees marginal decrease in lethality only due to the generally tougher foes.

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