Leader of a major salvage gang on Sunsa, she lost her family to Red Shoulder atrocities during the last Sunsa campaign. When she learns of Chirico's true nature, she seeks to take her revenge upon him.
Over the course of the Hundred Years War, many men rose to power and took leadership roles in the Secret Society. One such man was Gilgamesh General Albert Killy, whose expertise in manipulating lives and military resources placed him in an ideal position to capitalize on his agenda of greed and deception. At the end of the war, Killy and his men launch "Operation Lido," the invasion of a Melkian research base hidden inside an asteroid on the galactic rim. There, they steal not only a strategic reserve of gold ingots, but also the top secret prototype of the Melkian Perfect Soldier Project. From that point on, they become the direct target of a Melkian investigation, but Killy has already taken many steps to make himself a force to be reckoned with. Ironically, the one element Killy does not foresee in this deadly game proves to be the most dangerous: Chirico Cuvie.
Twin brothers and co-conspirators under Albert Killy, they are scientists pursuing all that can be learned about the Perfect Soldier. They regard Ypsilon as a demigod and were instrumental in his creation. After observing his final battle with Chirico on Sunsa, they continue to work for Killy and wind up in the middle of the mysterious that unfold on planet Quent. As they become more and more captivated by the secrets there, Arron develops slightly more ambition, but until that point, they only prominent difference between them is the color of their clothing; Arron wears brown, Gurran wears green.
As the field commander of Lido raid, Oriya was direct responsible for the attempt on Chirico's life. Later, in Uoodo, he functions as Borough's bodyguard and is sent after Chirico when the Secret Society discovers he is still alive.
Lieutenant Conin
Serving along side Oriya on the lido raid, Conin also moves on to Uoodo and becomes Iskui's physical extension. He is ordered to kill Chirico in a Battling match and almost succeeds.
Despite the rise and fall of planetary and interstellar governments, the true powerbrokers of all worlds in the Astragius Galaxy for the past 3,000 years have been members of the Secret Society. In the beginning, they served the Quentian Overmen as a priest class who wielded power and considered themselves the Children of God. With the outbreak of the Hundred Years War, they infiltrated the militaries of both sides.
Shortly before the war's end, they developed the objective of creating an "Army of God." They would prepare for their god's second coming by building up a force to rule over the entire Astragius Galaxy. To support this goal (and line their own pockets) they began to operate a arms dealers rather than as a religious functionaries. Eventually few members of the Society truly believed that the Quentian Overmen were gods, or indeed anything more than a myth.
The current Secret Society may indeed have true links to the beliefs of their priestly origins, but if so, these beliefs are far overshadowed by their more secular ambitions.
Operation LIDO
The secret, illegal mission masterminded by Albert Killy of the Gilgamesh Army. In a raid on the Melkian Asteroid LIDO, AT pilots under his command stole both a huge gold stock and the freshly created Perfect Soldier Proto-One. The leaders of this operation then defected from the Gilgamesh Army and formed the Secret Society, each talking a responsible persona to hide behind (Borough becomes a holy man, Iskui a police Chief, etc.).
The Secret Society then went on to develop their own Perfect Soldier, Proto-Two, and pursue their own greedy interests in an attempt to stake their own claim on a galaxy destabilized by constant warfare.
Deadworld Sunsa
This segment of the story carries the pursuit of Chirico Cuvie across the Astragius Galaxy on board a mysterious space battleship. Along the way, Chirico's past in the infamous Red Shoulder Battalion returns to haunt him, throwing new light on both his own psyche and his growing relationship with Fyana. He barely has time to come to grips with his before the two find themselves grappling with a space fleet of the Balarant Union.
The Secret Society is also hot on their trail, and it is Ypsilon himself who pursues his nemesis to the airless desert world Sunsa, the graveyard of the bloodiest conflict of the Hundred Years War. Also involved in the pursuit is Jean-Paul Rochina, who makes a fateful decision concerning his involvement with the Melkian army.
These episodes offer the most intense personal view of the characters by paring down the scale of the storyline and concentrating on the questions that arise around Chirico and Fyana's decision to remain together. By the end of events on Sunsa, things have grown steadily toward the decisive encounter with Ypsilon...and a dramatic revelation that will change Chirico's life forever.
