(Biography culled from the Imperial Lineage Archives at Achenar)
Summary: Erika Wagner Chanter is an imperial diplomat, industrialist, and explorer who, since April 3306, has been serving as Trade Ambassador for the Imperial House of Chanter. An honorary Graduate of An/Sqq-89a(V)15 from the 17th Massey Prismatic University in Cubeo 3, Lady Erika has distinguished herself in the field of Celestial Journalism after a long, scientific journey across 1/4th of the galaxy. She is also an accomplished diplomat, having served in the Aluriatian senate for 18 months and later as the 13th cabinet undersecretary of Agriculture from 3304 to 3305 for the Royal Colony of Eldwawa. Lady Erika is mother to one and resides in private villas in Aluriates, Cemiess and Novas. She is an advocate for better treatment of Imperial slaves and runs a private rehabilitation programme for displaced persons; free or indentured.
The Foreign Relations Office of House Chanter Imperialis manages all correspondence directed at the Trade Ambassador.
Biography:
She was born the 2nd child of Lord Leaglos Chanter Galashiels, Proconsul of Dzalak Mani while the family resided in Aluriates. Her mother is Nacrifa the Grand Duchess of Lamonia. Erika succeeded her great aunt as 2nd baronet (in 3303) and birthed Grand Duchess Olavial Chanter in 3304, after accepting an anonymous premium artificial insemination from the royal banks of Achenar. Erika is named after the first Lady Calliope Wagner who claimed the Wagner name in 3281 after gaining rights to the Wagner-Aravasten Zirconium Mines (now called Deep Gorge Mining). Erika was educated at the Chanter School of Science and Philosophy and was later enrolled at the 17th Massey Prismatic University, Cubeo III on 12 April 3302; studying Political Administration; course code An/Sqq-89a(V)15. She was seven when the House Chanter Corporation was established.
Public Service:
Erika Wagner's first administrative position was as assistant to the former Senior Support Specialist of the Ground Support Engineering Facility at Pashin Relay in 3304. Her interest in astronomy developed during her tenure and she was later invested as a Patron of Aluriates' Imperial Academy of Astronomy on 23 November 3305; a position she holds concurrently with that of the Trade Ambassador of House Chanter Imperialis.
She has briefly served as a Member of the Senate for Aluriates, representing the interests of the Aluriates Empire Consulate between 3305 and 3306 during the disastrous Aluriatian industrial civil war that nearly bankrupted the system. The war was triggered by a controlled recession instigated by the Aluriates Gold Allied Systems in an effort to seize economic control. Lady Erika was one of the parties responsible for averting the war after she successfully inducted Aluriates into the Allied Imperial Industrial Conglomerate, overseeing the construction and launch of two science mega-ships. House Chanter's control over the mega-ships ensured that the Aluriates Gold Allied Systems no longer retained a monopoly over metal recovery and refining and the industrial war, at last, came to a close with Aluriates shifting into a period of prosperous boom which has continued to this day. As a reward for her efforts in restoring peace, Lady Wagner was placed in the honorary position of High Steward to King Gavin Magnus of Bracada, one of the leaders of the conglomerate, in 3305. She was also considered for the position of Trade Ambassador of the House Chanter Imperialis, a position she was later appointed to in 3306 at the age of 21; the youngest person ever elected to that position.
Erika succeeded to the title of 1st Baronet Chanter of Sinnett Aluriates on the 6th of April, 3306 after her mother who previously held the title stepped down to assume the title of Grand Acolyte of Salamirror Temple in Dzalak Mani following the family's move to the system. The move was a result of Proconsul Leaglos Chanter assuming full control of House Chanter Imperalis' administration following his father's demise. During that time, she was serving as the 13th cabinet undersecretary of Agriculture of the Royal Colony of Eldwawa which was established by the Phalanx Imperial League in late 3304 in Kurichime; a title she held until May, 3306 when the colony fell to pirates who massacred 71% of the population.
Lady Erika primarily resides in the Aluriates system. Her time as an independent pilot is spent divided between collecting alien biological data and documenting and observing diverse and interesting geological formations.