Rifanid
To the Speaker for Mankind regarding your request for the release of the Terran Homestar Intelligence ring discovered in Olympus Mons I say this with all of the respect due your position and accomplishments. Eat shit and then die. Or if you like, reverse the order, I'm not picky. If you want them so badly come and take them from me.
Qualifications
Must be a member of the Martian Militia in good standing.
Must have been awarded at least three decorations for valor.
Appointment
Each of the five Fanids nominates a candidate for the position. As a formality, those candidates are approved by the Technocrat of Mars. Once the candidates have been chosen, they duel. While these duels are not strictly deathmatches, fatalities are common. In cases where the Fanids are replacing a sitting Rifanid, the winner of these duels earns the right to duel the Rifanid. This duel is always to the death, by tradition if not by law.
Duties
The Rifanid is the true executive ruler of Mars. While the Technocrat hands down edicts and enforces the laws of the PSC, if these are not approved by the Rifanid, they simply don't happen.
Additionally, they are an aspirational figure, someone that Martians look up to.
They keep order, inspire the people and soldiers of Mars, and enforce the collective will.
Responsibilities
The Rifanid is responsible for approving missions, assigning leaders of expeditionary forces, and making speeches at certain ceremonial inflexes of the year.
Benefits
The Rifanid is not a highly paid position, but it does come with the sort of deference and respect that makes money obsolete anyway. They receive everything they need from the state directly, from health care to room and board to travel expenses.
Accoutrements & Equipment
Rifanids wear professional attire on diplomatic missions but otherwise most wear their Martian Militia dress reds. They also carry the Key of Mars, a technological device with a Shackled AI that can commandeer any technology under a Martian Flag.
Grounds for Removal/Dismissal
A simple majority of Fanids, three out of five, is all that's required to set off a round of appointments. Technically the Technocrat could fire them but this order has been ignored both times that it was given.
History
Antimony Neamhan, fresh from her victory over the Kypriot, formulated the Martian Militia as a means to ensure her homeworld's independence in perpituity.
Cultural Significance
The Rifanid is the face of Mars.
Type
Civic, Military, Commissioned
Form of Address
Commander
Alternative Naming
Supreme Commander
Length of Term
Until Retirement or Death
First Holder
Current Holders
Reports directly to
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