Immortal Ship Committee

The Immortal Ship Committee (不死の船員会 Fushi no Sen'in-kai) is a shadow group of individuals aboard the Sidonia who are deemed essential to the ship's mission and are kept alive indefinitely with biotechnology. The group has since become hubristic and corrupt; Kobayashi had all active members that opposed her executed to restore the original intentions of their mission.

Description & Characteristics

While certain members lived amongst Sidonia's populace, most of them lived inside bio-mechanical shells that protected their bodies from the ravages of time and disease. These members remain unnamed, and are referred to only by numbers. The only visible portion of their body are their faces, which are covered by skeletal masks and hide their youthful appearance. Physically, the members of the Immortal Ship Committee look as if they were in their late twenties.

The death of Member #5

Fearing for the survival of Sidonia, they try to remove Captain Kobayashi from her position, with Member #5 presenting himself as the next captain. However, shortly after he does so, the clone Ochiai uses a Toha Industries weapon to kill him and every other member of the committee present. After the murder of the committee members, only six immortals remain on Sidonia and Kobayashi rules as the leader of Sidonia unimpeded.

Known Members

• Kobayashi
• Lala Hiyama
• Hiroki Saitou (voluntarily ceased taking the anti-aging drugs and later died)
• Yure Shinatose
• Ochiai
• Nagate Tanikaze
• Sasaki

History

About 600 years before the story began, the core members of the Immortal Ship Committee (Kobayashi, Hiyama, Saitou, Hiroki, and Ochiai) took drugs that made them immune to aging and disease. As time went on, more members were added into the committee until (100 years before main events) there were 25 members in the committee. They were led by Kobayashi and ostensibly had the ultimate goal of delivering Sidonia to a safe and habitable star system. However, by the time the story began the committee save for the remaining core members had lost sight of their original devotion, only focusing on matters that would only threaten their influence and power.

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