Editing Alistair Marsden

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-| name                = Alistair Marsden
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-| birthdate           = [[2361]]<ref name=HSLC-fold>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "The Lyran Commonwealth's Line of Succession and Partial Steiner Family Tree"</ref>
+{{S-title|title=[[Archon]] of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]|years=[[2395]]-[[2408]]}}
-| died                = 31 January [[2408]]<ref name=HBHS-18>''Handbook: House Steiner'' p. 18</ref><ref name=HSTLCp16>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 16: "The First Steiner"</ref>
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-| affiliation         = [[House Marsden]]
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-| title               = [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]]
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-| profession          = [[Combat Vehicle|Armor]] Officer<br/>Politician
-| parents             = [[Simon Marsden]] (father)
-| siblings            = [[Robert Marsden]]<ref name=FM:LAp8>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 8</ref>
-| spouse              = [[Katherine Steiner]]
-| children            = [[Alistair Steiner]]<ref name=FM:LAp8/>
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-'''Alistair Marsden''' was a [[Lyran Commonwealth|Lyran]] nobleman, armor officer, and the second [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth]].
-==History==
-===Early Years===
-Younger brother of first Archon [[Robert Marsden]], Alistair was a junior officer in the Commonwealth's Tank Brigade at the time of his brother's death. The Lyran Military High Command convinced him that he was the only one who could fill the vacuum after his brother's demise. The [[Estates General]] confirmed him as his brother's successor.
-On 10 November [[2395]], Alistair was sworn in as second Archon of the Commonwealth.<ref name=HB:HSp17>''Handbook: House Steiner'' p. 17</ref> From there, he showed he had learned from his brother how to foster bonds between people.  He gathered advisers who were competent in their respective fields to help foster bonds with the Lyran people and the economic growth of the state.  Shortly after he made trade deals with the [[Terran Hegemony]] and helped to revamp the financial sector. In [[2398]], news of war between the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Free Worlds League]] reached Alistair.  Feeling that the conflict would spill over into his territory, he ordered a military buildup of the Lyran armed forces.<ref name=HSTLCp15>'' House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 15: "The Reluctant Archon"</ref>  During a lecture of the high command on Japanese customers in [[2399]], Alistair met associate professor [[Katherine Steiner]].  They quickly developed a friendship that turned to romance.<ref name=HSTLCp16/> A few years later in [[2405]], Alistair married the tall Nordic beauty.
-===Kurita Incursion of 2407===
-In January [[2407]], the [[Draconis Combine]] plunged into the borders of the Commonwealth between the Tamar and Skye regions. The Kuritan forces moved through the lightly defended regions towards the Commonwealth's capital of [[Arcturus]]. During the early fighting, Commonwealth forces infuriated Alistair as they destroyed industries on worlds the Kuritans were about to seize. Alistair dismissed his leading generals and assumed command himself. He then rallied his forces and fought the Kurita invasion force to a brutal standstill on the world of [[Morningside]]. The incursion opened many Lyran peoples' eyes to the fact the Kuritans were close to the nation's capital, so Alistair proposed to move the capital to his homeworld [[Tharkad]], located deep in the well-protected [[Protectorate of Donegal]] region. By September, the Estates General had agreed to the plan, with the move officially completed in December. Early the next [[2408|year]], Alistair realized where the Draconis Combine's next invasion would take place.   He assembled forces for a strike against what he suspected to be Kuritan staging base on [[Vega]].
-Shortly after assembling the strike force, Commonwealth aerospace assets struck Kurita's stockpiles of military supplies on Vega. This assault (later known as the ''Vega Strike'')<ref name=HSTLCp18>''Handbook: House Steiner'' p. 18: "Death and Rebirth: The Steiner Dynasty"</ref> devastated the Kuritan preparations for a second invasion into the Commonwealth and handed Alistair the Commonwealth's first large scale victory.<ref name=HSTLCp15/> However, shortly after, his campaign moved to [[Menkent]], where he learned that Kurita forces were conducting a heavy raid in a region near the Terran Hegemony Border. There he took command of a local unit, the [[311th Armored Skye Cavalry|311th Armored Skye Cavalry Regiment]] where he attempted to repel the raiders. Alistair and his unit arrived on January 8th, with his tank forces relieving the planet's capital of Blackstone from Kurita siege. The 311th and other forces were deployed to the arid world's Plain of Dust where they hammered the invaders.  However, the Archon was killed by Kuritan artillery fire during the third day of the fighting.<ref name=HSTLCp18/>
-His death sent shockwaves through the Commonwealth.  His body was returned to Tharkad, where he was buried. Soon after his wife would assume the throne, but reclaimed her maiden name. This marked the start of Steiner line of Archons.<ref name=HSTLCp16/>
-===Family and Legacy===
-During his brief marriage, he and his wife Katherine had one son, [[Alistair Steiner|Alistair]]. He died before his son's birth.
-Alistair, last of Marsden line of Archons, was principally responsible for revamping of early Lyran economy, and creation of Tharkad City.
-==References==
-<references />
-==Bibliography==
-* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
-* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
-* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
+[[Category:Characters|Marsden, Alistair]]
+[[Category:Minor Characters|Marsden, Alistair]]
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-[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Marsden, Alistair]]
+[[Category:House Steiner Characters|Marsden, Alistair]]