Ariadne Sonay

Ariadne Sonay was a female Tantaari officer of the Royal Navy of the Golden Empire.

Biography
Ariadne was born on Daispin during the reign of Genera Seithe, a dictator. She studied the traditional warrior arts of her people, but had no opportunities to employ her fighting skills or tactical knowledge on behalf of the government. She became a rebel instead, and had risen to command of her own unit by the 136 ABY Battle of Gantu, when Seithe's daughter, Aria Nikina, defected to the Tantaari side and led them to overwhelm the Human army.

During the two years of Aria's reign, Ariadne served in the Royal Army of Daispin. When Daispin joined the Golden Empire, however, rather than continue to serve in what had become the Royal Daispin Militia, Ariadne applied for and was accepted to the Royal Navy Officer Training Institute at Sileria. In the first generation of Daispin's natives to volunteer for service in the Armada, she was commissioned an ensign by the end of 138.

Due to her experience in command and what her seniors viewed as a natural mind for both leadership and tactics, Ariadne was promoted quickly, rising over many with longer periods of service. By the Nightmare War, only eleven years after her commissioning, she was the executive officer aboard an Iscandar-class frigate.

At the end of 156 ABY, Ariadne was captain of the Starhammer. When the Centurion Vos'elk'eetash was made a Legate and sent to command what became the First Stratos Contention, she selected the Starhammer as her flagship, and Captain Sonay became Selkee's primary space combat advisor and de facto second-in-command.