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| “ | I fought to save Earth. And you fought to save yourself. The planet deserves better than you. | „ |
| — Sadavir Errinwright, to UN Secretary-General Sorrento-Gillis | ||
Sadavir Errinwright is the former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN).
Once the second-most powerful individual on Earth, second only to Secretary-General Esteban Sorrento-Gillis, he served as one of the most prominent and influential officials of the UNSC (United Nations Security Council). However, when it was revealed that he had conspired with Jules-Pierre Mao to weaponize the Protomolecule, a powerful infectious agent of an extra-terrestrial origin, that later resulted in an unfounded war (UN-MCR War) between the UN and the Martian Congressional Republic (MCR), he was arrested and removed from his position.
The controversy caused in addition to his subsequent arrest also prompted the resignation of then Secretary-General Esteban Sorrento-Gillis, resulting in Under-Secretary-General for the EOSG Chrisjen Avasarala, whom was once his mentor, ascending to Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Biography[]
Background[]
Errinwright was elected Deputy Secretary-General on the same ticket as Secretary-General Esteban Sorrento-Gillis some time in the 24th century. Ever since, he had been trying to ensure the United Nations remains the dominant superpower in the Sol system and superior to its bitter rival, the Martian Congressional Republic, even if that meant compromising his position, or viewing the people closest to him, as enemies.
Because of his ambition, he reached out to Jules-Pierre Mao, proposing to fund his corporation and protect it from its competitors in exchange for an assurance that the UN will always be the superior power. Mao accepted and forged an alliance with Errinwright, the former of which immediately began studying the alien pathogen, the protomolecule.
Throughout the series[]
"The Big Empty"[]
Chastises Chrisjen Avasarala for using banned gravity torture on a belter, Heikki Sabong accused of smuggling contraband stealth technology for the belt.
"Back to the Butcher"[]
Confronts Chrisjen about extorting Carlos Davila to get access to his spy.
In "Salvage", Errinwright sends a team of Black-Ops operatives to eliminate Holden and his team, but fails, the latter of which comes into contact with Miller, a Ceres-based detective.
In "Safe", when a research station on Phoebe, a moon of Saturn, goes dark, Errinwright and co-conspirator Jules-Pierre Mao grow worried. Experiments involving the protomolecule that has taken over Eros originated there, and they fear their involvement will be discovered. However, in "Doors & Corners", After Phoebe station is destroyed, all of Errinwright’s fears of discovery are allayed. Blaming Mars for the destruction, he orders the Martian moon of Deimos destroyed.
In "Static", Errinwright defends his position of destroying the Martian moon Deimos to Avasarala: Mars may have superior technology to Earth, but the UNN is far bigger. If it came to war, the UN would destroy the MCR’s navy. Without their fleet, the battle for the Sol system would be over.
In "Godspeed", information leaks, which connected Errinwright’s co-conspirator Jules-Pierre Mao with the stealth ships that have been behind the conflict between Earth and Mars. Mao denies involvement, claiming that the Outer Planets Alliance infiltrated his company, and is responsible. He promises to track down the real culprits, while privately telling Errinwright he suspects Avasarala knows of their guilt.
In "Home", the news that Eros is traveling for a collision course with Earth ignites a frenzy of panic among the populace. Projections for loss of life range from disastrous to catastrophic. With no way to track the massive asteroid hurtling towards Earth, Errinwright fights against Avasarala’s pleas to UN leadership to hand off control of a horde of nuclear missiles to Fred Johnson, who, through the crew of the Rocinante, has eyes on the asteroid.
In "Paradigm Shift", Avasarala confronts Errinwright about his involvement with Jules-Pierre Mao. Having pieced together that Mao is connected to the incident on Eros, Avasarala gives Errinwright a message to deliver to Jules: Give her all the information he has on Eros, or she shall destroy his family and empire.
In "The Seventh Man", the conflict on Ganymede resulted in over 3,000 deceased and more injured, and the UN is taking the news as a war cry from Mars. Ever the rabble-rouser, Errinwright calls for a declaration of war or, at the very least, a retaliation strike. However, with so little known about the battle on Ganymede and cooler heads prevailing, a peace summit is called.
In "The Weeping Somnambulist", Avasarala and Errinwright discuss the Arboghast’s mission on Venus. Afterwards, Errinwright enters into negotiations with Mars at the Peace Summit. The MCR blames one of their soldiers for scuffle: a convenient scapegoat to avoid war. Errinwright decides to force the Martian government to pay as much damage as they can handle.
In "Cascade", Errinwright is feeling the noose tightening, and finally admits to Avasarala that the monster Bobbie Draper described seeing on Ganymede is part of Jules-Pierre Mao's experiments; experiments that Errinwright allowed to happen.
In "Here There Be Dragons", Errinwright approaches Avasarala with the knowledge that by using Jules-Pierre Mao’s daughter, Clarissa, as a bargaining chip, they may be able to flush him out and get him to reveal what he knows about the protomolecule. In return, Avasarala warns Errinwright that when the Eros post-mortem begins, the UN government will use him as their scapegoat because of his collusion with Jules-Pierre Mao. Avasarala suggests it would be the prefect moment for him to atone for his sins.
In "The Monster and the Rocket", facing the impending wrath of the entire UN government, Errinwright makes his final gambit and arranges a meeting with Martian Defense Minister Pyotr Korshunov, who has made a deal with Jules-Pierre Mao to get a protomolecule sample. During the meeting, Errinwright poisons Korshunov and immediately orders the destruction of the Martian ship Karakum. The Karakum was on its way to collect the MCR-purchased sample of weaponized protomolecule from Ganymede. Back in control, Errinwright sends a message to Jules-Pierre Mao ordering his loyalty, as Errinwright is the only person on Earth that can help fund the protomolecule project. Errinwright also strands Avasarala on Mao's ship. As Avasarala is the only one that can expose his role in the protomolecule conspiracy, he leaves her to be murdered by Mao's men.
"Fight or Flight"[]
Errinwright pressures the Secretary-General to declare war on Mars. He also receives information that Avasarala has survived the attempt on her life, receiving a message 'mess not cleaned up'. Moreover, he attempts to frame Avasarala for his conspiracy with Jules-Pierre Mao: with that, he is able to get the Secretary-General's authorisation to apprehend her 'at all costs'. With that, the UN escort ship under Errinwright's command fires missiles on Mao's yacht. The attack fails: Avasarala flees on Mao's racing yacht, the Razorback.
"IFF"[]
Errinwright meets Anna Volovodov.
"Assured Destruction"[]
Errinwright proposes a plan to find and then launch preemptive railgun strikes against Martian first strike nuclear arms platforms. After Sorrento-Gillis initially calls off the preemptive attack, Errinwright argues to the Secretary General that destruction of the platforms would define his legacy and succeeds in getting authorisation to fire. However, the fifth planetary railgun launches late, permitting one of the Matrian platforms to get a missile off. Earth's planetary defences take down all but one of the Martian warheads, which impacts in the Amazon near Goiás Maior, killing two million people.
Errinwright blames the successful launch of the missile on Sorrento-Gillis' indecisiveness, as if the Secretary-General had fired earlier, the malfunction in railgun five would not have occurred. And if that had been the case, then the preemptive strike would have been successful at destroying the Martian platforms without a counterstrike.
"Reload"[]
Manipulates speech written by Anna for Sorrento-Gillis to justify war
"Immolation"[]
Doesn’t’ deny video evidence and criticizes Sorrento-Gillis; he’s arrested for treason.Personality[]
The Deputy Secretary-General of the UN, Errinwright is intelligent, dignified, and very ambitious. He is also duplicitous and manipulative, and he abuses Sorrento-Gillis's spineless and compliant nature to influence him into doing whatever he wants. It is often stated by other people that Sorrento-Gillis is a bobblehead who does whatever he is told to do, making Errinwright the real power within the UN.
A protégé of Avasarala, who mentored him in politics, Errinwright has deeply adopted her motto that "Earth must come first" and, much like her, is willing to do anything to protect his home. However, while Avasarala has a foul mouth and much shorter temper than Errniwright, her ultimate goal is peace. Errinwright, on the other hand, has formed an adversarial relationship with the other powers of the Solar System and wants to ensure the Earth maintains its dominance over them, even if it means mutually assured destruction.
For this reason, Errinwright gets entangled in Jules-Pierre Mao's plans with the protomolecule, as he wants to ensure that he will be in control so that this new alien threat cannot be used to harm Earth. Though his professed goal has always been to protect Earth and the UN, Errinwright's involvement in the protomolecule scandal highlights his desire for personal power, and his increasingly brutal and ruthless nature, as he orchestrates hundreds of thousands of deaths on Eros and tries to have his former mentor Avasarala assassinated to cover up his treason.
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Appearances[]
| Season One | |
|---|---|
| 1 "Dulcinea" | Absent |
| 2 "The Big Empty" | Appears |
| 3 "Remember the Cant" | Appears |
| 4 "CQB" | Absent (credit only) |
| 5 "Back to the Butcher" | Absent (credit only) |
| 6 "Rock Bottom" | Appears |
| 7 "Windmills" | Appears |
| 8 "Salvage" | Appears |
| 9 "Critical Mass" | Appears |
| 10 "Leviathan Wakes" | Appears |
| Season Two | |
|---|---|
| 1 "Safe" | Appears |
| 2 "Doors & Corners" | Appears |
| 3 "Static" | Appears |
| 4 "Godspeed" | Appears |
| 5 "Home" | Appears |
| 6 "Paradigm Shift" | Appears |
| 7 "The Seventh Man" | Appears |
| 8 "Pyre" | Absent (credit only) |
| 9 "The Weeping Somnambulist" | Appears |
| 10 "Cascade" | Appears |
| 11 "Here There Be Dragons" | Appears |
| 12 "The Monster and the Rocket" | Appears |
| 13 "Caliban's War" | Absent (credit only) |
| Season Three | |
|---|---|
| 1 "Fight or Flight" | Appears |
| 2 "IFF" | Appears |
| 3 "Assured Destruction" | Appears |
| 4 "Reload" | Appears |
| 5 "Triple Point" | Flashback |
| 6 "Immolation" | Appears |
| 7 "Delta-V" | Absent |
| 8 "It Reaches Out" | Absent |
| 9 "Intransigence" | Absent |
| 10 "Dandelion Sky" | Absent |
| 11 "Fallen World" | Absent |
| 12 "Congregation" | Absent |
| 13 "Abaddon's Gate" | Absent |
See also[]
- Chrisjen Avasarala
- Admiral Souther
- Jules-Pierre Mao
- Cotyar Ghazi
- Admiral Augusto Nguyễn
- Esteban Sorrento-Gillis
- Pyotr Korshunov
- Jefferson Errinwright
- Jodie Errinwright
- Anna Volovodov
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