Difference between revisions of "Aurigan Coalition"
Sarna News
m |
m (→Politics) |
||
| Line 65: | Line 65: | ||
{{main|Restoration War}} | {{main|Restoration War}} | ||
== Politics == | == Politics == | ||
| − | The Council of Founding Houses is the name given to the nobles who oversaw the Aurigan Coalition. The following Houses were members of the Founding Council.<ref | + | The Council of Founding Houses is the name given to the nobles who oversaw the Aurigan Coalition. The following Houses were members of the Founding Council.<ref name=BTVG/> |
* [[House Arano]] | * [[House Arano]] | ||
| Line 104: | Line 104: | ||
|} | |} | ||
{{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | ||
| + | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[:Category:Aurigan Coalition Companies|Aurigan Coalition Companies]] | * [[:Category:Aurigan Coalition Companies|Aurigan Coalition Companies]] | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 28 March 2022
 | This article or section is in a state of significant expansion or restructuring. You are welcome to assist in its construction by editing it as well. If this article or section has not been edited in several days, please remove this template. If you are the editor who added this template and you are actively editing, please be sure to replace this template with {{in use}} during the active editing session. Click on the link for template parameters to use.
This article was last edited by Talvin (talk | contribs) 2 years ago. (Update timer) |
 | This article needs to be updated with material from House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition). Once these titles clear the Moratorium period, or if they already have, please consider revisiting this article and updating it with the new material. |
 | |
| Aurigan Coalition | |
|---|---|
| State Profile | |
| Founding Year | 2910[1] |
| Capital world: | Coromodir VI[2] |
| Controlled system(s): | 22[3] |
| Official Language(s) | English (primary), Spanish, Samoan, Urdu, a dozen others.[2] |
| Government | |
| Head of State | High Lord |
| Military | |
| Army | Aurigan Coalition Military (ACM) |
The Aurigan Coalition is an interstellar nation located in the periphery region known as the Aurigan Reach, which borders on the Capellan Confederation and the Taurian Concordat, along with the Rimward Frontier space.[citation needed]
Contents
History
Early Years
The seeds of the Aurigan Coalition were planted when Coromodir VI, Guldra, Mechdur, and Itrom were colonized by a coalition of traders and industrialists originally from the Free Worlds League, inspired by the settlement of Taurus. The culture was predominantly Polynesian with elements of Spanish Catholicism and Pakistani Islam.[2]
The Reunification War and its aftermath saw significant growth in the Aurigan Reach: the SLDF built fortifications on planets across the region, the Taurian Concordat erected the fortress that would later become the Arano palace on Coromodir VI, and the Capellan Confederation built vast industrial works on Mechdur. At the time of the New Vandenburg Uprising, the worlds of the future Aurigan Coalition straddled the border between the Capellan and Taurian states.[4]
The Uprising, followed by the Amaris Civil War, followed by the First Succession War, led to the Capellans withdrawing their resources from the Aurigan Reach. The Taurian-Canopian War ended with the Concordat withdrawing as well.[5]
The Reach worlds were largely forgotten by the Inner Sphere, which believed them dead or abandoned. Guldra's HPG station was destroyed, and the Capellan base on the northern continent of Itrom was rendered a radioactive wasteland. Panzyr's orbit was filled with debris from the wars. Mechdur was written off by the Capellans due to mismanagement. The fortresses of Smithon were decommissioned and abandoned, while the world of Katinka suffered a strike from a Mass Driver.[6] Yet a few systems, such as Coromodir, Itrom, Tyrlon and Guldra were able to continue offering a decent standard of living to their people. [1]
Aurigan Trade Partnership
In 2870, House Arano and House Espinosa of the Coromodir system proposed a pact of mutual defense and trade with House Madeira and House Gallas of Guldra, House Karosas of Smithon, House Gallas of Itrom, and House Parata of Tyrlon. To defend against piracy and bolster their economies, they joined together in a new Trade Council under the leadership of Wiremu Arano. This was not a nation-state yet: they believed that the powers of the Inner Sphere and the Concordat would eventually return to reclaim their holdings there.[1]
Aurigan Coalition
At the beginning of the thirtieth century, amidst the Third Succession War, the hope of being rejoined with the great powers was abandoned. Keona Arano, daughter of Wiremu, proposed to the Trade Council that the partnership be remade as an independent nation: the Aurigan Coalition. In 2910, she became High Lady of the Aurigan Coalition, though recgonized as a state only by the Magistracy of Canopus.[1]
The industrial system of Mechdur was first to join, and this heralded a period of expansion, bringing other independent worlds under the Aurigan Coalition banner. As the Coalition expanded into worlds that the Taurian Concordat had abandoned but still technically claimed, the Taurians began to take note. Taurian diplomats went to Coromodir to negotiate treaties, but the Aurigan representatives and the emissaries of Protector Thomas Calderon could not reach a compromise. Santiago Espinosa, High Lord Tamati Arano II's chief advisor, proposed dissolving the Founding Council and bringing all power under the High Lord, which would allow Tamati to negotiate with the Taurians directly.[7]
Aurigan Directorate
High Lord Tamati II and his wife Serena were killed in a JumpShip accident in 3022. Santiago repeated his proposal to Tamati's daughter and heir Kamea Arano, who rejected it immediately. After a bloody coup during which Kamea was presumed to have been killed, House Espinosa changed the democratic Coalition to an autocratic Directorate with Santiago Espinosa as Director. He kept the other Houses in line with bribes, threats, and hostages.[8] He dissolved the elected portion of the Council, restricting it to the noble houses.[9] All House military forces were brought under the Director's control,[10] and he formed a covert alliance with the Taurian Concordat for heavy and assault BattleMechs.[8] On the planet Weldry, a notorious prison that came to be known as the "Icebox" was built.[11][12]
Historical Maps
Aurigan Reach in year 2890
Aurigan Coalition in year 3022
Aurigan Reach in year 3025 (Apocryphal Source)
BattleTech Video Game
The following is from the BattleTech (Video Game). While it is an official product, it does not meet the criteria for Canon.
Aurigan Coalition
Under the rule of the oligarchic Founding Council and the High Lieges from their number, the Aurigan coalition expanded into the Frontier Reach, and fended off piracy. The Aurigan people enjoyed various political, personal and economic rights across the Coalition to the point that they were considered something to be championed by Kamea Arano when she led the Arano Restoration during the Aurigan Civil War. [13]
Directorate
High Lord Tamati Arano II and his wife Serena Arano (née Espinosa) were killed in an accident in 3022, leaving their daughter Kamea as heir. With Kamea refusing to listen to her uncle about how to rule the Coalition, Santiago Espinosa decided to take matters into his own hands. Along with his daughter, Victoria Espinosa, he would successfully stage a coup, forcing Lady Arano off Coromodir and taking the throne, installing himself as "Director" of the realm.
| “ | We are here today because if Lady Arano will not act, someone must. I know what I am asking of you. You will face former comrades or even loved ones on the battlefield. I take up arms against my own niece. But remember: today we sacrifice, so that tomorrow we can return our kingdom to its proper glory. To its proper strength! So should you fall tonight - know that you did so as true heroes of the Reach! To your stations! For the Directorate!" | ” |
- Lord Santiago inspiring his Directorate troops before deploying on Cormodir.
As ruler of the rechristened Aurigan Directorate, Santiago would form a brutal dictatorship in his wake, creating concentration camps on Weldry to hold possible dissident factions' relatives hostage including of the Founding Houses, and torturing and murdering political prisoners. His daughter, Victoria would slaughter anyone who did not support the Directorate, whether it be civilians or other House Lords of the Reach. Further, on Cormodir personal and political liberties were lost in exchange for increased economic luxuries under the police state in order to placate the population.[13]
Aurigan Civil War
Politics
The Council of Founding Houses is the name given to the nobles who oversaw the Aurigan Coalition. The following Houses were members of the Founding Council.[13]
Rulers
| Name | Reign | Descent |
|---|---|---|
| Aurigan Trade Partnership | ||
| Governor | Wiremu Arano | 2820[13] |
| Aurigan Coalition | ||
| High Lady | Keona Arano | 2910 - ****[13] |
| High Lord | Tamati Arano I | **** - 2988 |
| High Lord | Tamati Arano II | 2988 - 3022 |
| Aurigan Directorate | ||
| Director | Santiago Espinosa | 3022 - 3025[14] |
| Aurigan Coalition | ||
| High Lady | Kamea Arano | 3025 - |
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.11
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.21
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) pp.31-35
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.10
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) pp.10-11
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) pp.32-35
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) pp.11-12
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.12
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.17
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.24
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.47
- ↑ House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition) p.35 Weldry profile
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 BattleTech (Video Game)
- ↑ Harebrained Schemes LLC: Kickstarter Update #33: "Introducing the Main Characters"