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	| name                = House Calderon		| name                = House Calderon
−	| titles              = [[Protector of the Realm]]	+	| titles              =
−	| founded            = [[2253]]	+	| founded            =
	| died out            =		| died out            =
−	| affiliation        = [[Taurian Concordat]]	+	| affiliation        =
−	| cadet lines        = [[House Bogdanovich-Calderon]]<br/>[[House Martens-Calderon]]	+	| cadet lines        =
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−	'''House Calderon''' was the dynastic ruling house of [[Taurus]], the Taurian Homeworlds, and the [[Taurian Concordat]].  From its founding in [[2335]] to [[3060]], the [[Protector of the Realm|Protectors of the Realm]] of the Taurian Concordat were all Calderons (with the exception of a single regent). The family crest is a pair of crossed rapiers on a field of stars.<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 68</ref>	+	'''House Calderon''' was the dynastic ruling house of [[Taurus]], the Taurian Homeworlds, and the [[Taurian Concordat]].  From its founding in [[2335]] to [[3060]], the [[Protector of the Realm|Protectors of the Realm]] of the Taurian Concordat were all Calderons (with the exception of a single regent). Despite its continued reign, the Calderon line was fair, egalitarian, and pragmatic in their decisions.{{cn}}
		+	However, frontier existence and surviving the depredations of the [[Inner Sphere]] also made the Calderons overly xenophobic.
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	==Quote==		==Quote==
−	{{Quote|Morals are one thing. Survival is everything.}}	+	{{Quote|Morals are one thing. Survival is everything.<ref>More than any other major Periphery realm, House Calderon and the Taurians have had to compromise to survive.
		+	</ref>}}
−	—[[Samantha Calderon]], October, [[2252]], reported in ''Modern Explorers''<ref name=FM:Pp47>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 47</ref>	+	-[[Samantha Calderon]], October, [[2252]], reported in ''Modern Explorers''<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 47</ref>
	==History==		==History==
	===Origins===		===Origins===
−	House Calderon are the descendants of [[Samantha Calderon]], the wealthy heiress-businesswoman turned pioneer.  Samantha decided to leave the Inner Sphere as a result of the brutality inherent in the nascent [[Inner Sphere]], especially during (and in the wake of) the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]].	+	House Calderon are the decendants of [[Samantha Calderon]], the wealthy heiress-businesswoman turned pioneer.  Samantha decided to leave the Inner Sphere as a result of the brutality inherent in the nascent [[Inner Sphere]], especially during (and in the wake of) the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]].
−	Samantha married a wealthy businessman who ran a Terraforming concern out of [[Vega]], and started a family on [[Aix-la-Chapelle]].  When Samantha's husband and two daughters were murdered by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] in [[2236]], Samantha suddenly found herself in possession of a sizable fortune.  However, assets dwindled due to the efforts of [[Marik]] pirates.  Rather than allow her wealth to erode, Samantha decided to seek the safety of the Periphery.  Samantha's call for pioneers to form a settlement expedition was answered by thousands of disaffected Spheroids.  With a fleet of 25 JumpShips, the Calderon expedition left Aix-la-Chapelle in [[2250]], traveling rimward around the Terran Alliance, then rimward.	+	Samantha married a wealthy businessman who ran a Terraforming concern out of [[Vega]], and started a family on [[Aix-la-Chapelle]].  When Samantha's husband and two daughters were murdered by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] in [[2236]], Samantha suddenly found herself in possession of a sizable fortune.  However, assets dwindled due to the efforts of [[Marik]] pirates.  Rather than allow her wealth to erode, Samantha decided to seek the safety of the Periphery.  Samantha's call for pioneers to form a settlement expedition was answered by thousands of disaffected Spheroids.  With a fleet of 25 Jumpships, the Calderon expedition left Aix-la-Chapelle in [[2250]], traveling rimward around the Terran Alliance, then rimward.
	22 months after departing [[New Syrtis]], the fleet arrived in the [[Hyades Cluster]], a system of 8, mutually-orbiting stars, surrounded by no fewer than 37 planetoids, several habitable by humans.  However, the path from the jump point to the system required navigating a giant asteroid field occluded by [[Flannagan's Nebulea]].  Though the fleet lost 8% of its vessels, including one which bore Samantha's second husband, [[Victor Taurens]], Samantha decided that the Hyades asteroid field provided a fantastic natural barrier to invasion and piracy.  The expedition founded the first of the Taurian worlds, [[Taurus]], on 23 January [[2253]], and quickly commenced colonization efforts on the other habitable worlds within the system.		22 months after departing [[New Syrtis]], the fleet arrived in the [[Hyades Cluster]], a system of 8, mutually-orbiting stars, surrounded by no fewer than 37 planetoids, several habitable by humans.  However, the path from the jump point to the system required navigating a giant asteroid field occluded by [[Flannagan's Nebulea]].  Though the fleet lost 8% of its vessels, including one which bore Samantha's second husband, [[Victor Taurens]], Samantha decided that the Hyades asteroid field provided a fantastic natural barrier to invasion and piracy.  The expedition founded the first of the Taurian worlds, [[Taurus]], on 23 January [[2253]], and quickly commenced colonization efforts on the other habitable worlds within the system.
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	Samantha died in a freak accident in [[2268]], leaving her son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] as her sole heir.  Despising the hated, brutal, but democratic [[Terran Alliance]], Timothy and the Taurian people agreed that the Protectorship would remain a hereditary Calderon title, further distinguishing the Taurians from the heart of the Inner Sphere.  It was Timothy who established egalitarian Taurian social policy - food for work.		Samantha died in a freak accident in [[2268]], leaving her son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] as her sole heir.  Despising the hated, brutal, but democratic [[Terran Alliance]], Timothy and the Taurian people agreed that the Protectorship would remain a hereditary Calderon title, further distinguishing the Taurians from the heart of the Inner Sphere.  It was Timothy who established egalitarian Taurian social policy - food for work.
−	==Calderon Family Tree==	+	==Traits==
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		+	====Common====
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		+	Members of the Calderon dynasty willingly led the Taurian people, despite the hardship of life away from the Inner Sphere.  In order to get by, the leaders of House Calderon generally displayed the following personality traits:
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		+	* pragmatic
		+	* egalitarian
		+	* resolute
		+	* ernest
		+	* idealistic
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		+	However, as the Taurian people originated from Inner Sphere refugees, wide-spread fear of outsiders also pervaded society, only to be reinforced by (virtually all) later dealings with Inner Sphere powers.  Therefore, the Calderons (and the Taurian Concordat in general) also were:
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		+	* paranoid
		+	* xenophobic
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		+	====Less Common====
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		+	In times of conflict with the Inner Sphere, the leaders of House Calderon were forced into some grave circumstances.  Their actions given those circumstances allowed other traits to come to the surface:
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		+	* audacity
		+	* innovation
		+	* equanimity
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		+	====Summary====
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		+	Ultimately, House Calderon's actions always seemed intended to promote the greater good of the Taurian people.  Whether the consequences of their actions actually were beneficial to the Taurian Concordat is debatable, on a grand or microcosmic scale.
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		+	On a grander scale, two glaring examples present themselves.  The Calderon expedition chose to settle within the Hyades cluster in part because of the natural defense the Hyades asteroid field provided.  When war came to the Concord, though, hiding within the asteroid field allowed the far-flung colonies of the Concord to be depredated.  Further, while the military stance of the Concord may have indeed been necessary - especially given the early history of the Taurians with their two neighbors, the [[Federated Suns]] and the [[Capellan Confederation]], but this policy drew the unwanted attentions of the nascent [[Star League]].  Through the [[Reunification War]], the Taurian Concordat was transformed from a viable, powerful Periphery entity into a ravaged shell.
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		+	On a much smaller scale, the case of [[Amalthia Kincaid]] is another great example.  General Kincaid was successfully conquering the Taurian Concordat during the Reunification War, with a minimum of casualties on either side.  The Concordat, possessing a weapon which could only kill a seriously-ill person, assassinated the sickly Kincaid.  The void left by Kincaid's death allowed General [[Amos Forlough]] to conduct war against the Concordat.  General Forlough wasted did not waste any effort in destroying (literally burning) world upon world and slaughtering millions of innocents.
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		+	==Ability to Wage War==
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		+	The [[Taurian Concordat]] was essentially established as a mutual protection pact, fearing that larger Inner Sphere neighbors would depredate a defenseless Periphery state.  Though there is a much greater degree of freedom within the Concord relative to Inner Sphere powers, the Concord has always put an emphasis on and taken great pride in being able to protect itself.  All Taurian citizens must enlist in military service for at least 4 years, though most will never see a battlefield.  Frontline soldiers are also extremely capable fighters, given their extensive training and schooling.  The only exception to this lies within the Concord's Aerospace assets, a flaw the Concord tried to rectify in the 3040s with the help of the [[Outworlds Alliance]].
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		+	The military-industrial complex of the Concord is also capable of maintaining a healthy fighting force.  Indeed, before the [[Reunification War]], the Taurians were the second Periphery nation to field BattleMechs (after the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], who assisted the [[Lyran|Lyran's]] efforts to steal the original schematics), and boasted the largest Warship fleet beyond the Inner Sphere.  Lacking self-sufficiency and and having lost a majority of its territory after the Reunification War, including its entire capacity to construct and maintain Warships, the Taurians still maintained enough production to field a sizeable BattleMech army, supplemented with combat vehicles and infantry.
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		+	With advances in lostech, especially  after [[3060]], the pace of technological development within the Concord began outstripping the abilities of technicians to keep pace.  Combined with the succession crisis caused by the death of Protector [[Jeffrey Calderon]], and the thinly spread resources (gambling on colonization), the Taurian Concordat of the latter half of the 31st century has become a nation close to collapse.  Though traditionally the Concord was one of the most stable Periphery realms with a very capable army, the Concordat has become a mere spector of its former glory.
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		+	==Family Tree==
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	===Early Family Tree===		===Early Family Tree===
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−	{{familytree | | | |UN|-|SC|v|VT| |SC=[[Samantha Calderon]]|VT=[[Victor Taurens]]'''* '''|UN=Unknown (deceased)}}	+	{{familytree | | | |UN|-|SC|v|VT| |SC=[[Samantha Calderon]]|VT=[[Victor Taurens]]'''*'''|UN=Unknown (deceased)}}
	{{familytree | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |!| |}}		{{familytree | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |!| |}}
−	{{familytree | |UN| |UN| |TC| |UN=Daughter (deceased)|TC=[[Timothy Calderon]]'''* '''}}	+	{{familytree | |UN| |UN| |TC| |UN=Daughter (deceased)|TC=[[Timothy Calderon]]'''*'''}}
	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}}		{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}}
	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |SC|SC=[[Sandra Calderon]]}}		{{familytree | | | | | | | | | |SC|SC=[[Sandra Calderon]]}}
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−	* It is unclear if [[Timothy Calderon]] is the son of [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha Calderon's]] first husband, or [[Victor Taurens]], but it almost certainly is one of these two.  The young Samantha's first husband and two daughters were shot by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad in [[2236]].  [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha]] departed [[Aix-la-Chapelle]] in [[2250]] with [[Victor Taurens]].  [[Victor Taurens|Victor]] died in [[2252]], and [[Taurus]] was settled in [[2253]].  If Samantha had given birth to [[Timothy Calderon]] after landing on Taurus:	+	* It is unclear if [[Timothy Calderon]] is the son of [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha Calderon's]] first husband, or [[Victor Taurens]], but it almost certainly is one of these two.  (The young) Samantha's first husband and two daughters were shot by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad in [[2236]].  [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha]] departed [[Aix-la-Chapelle]] in [[2250]] with [[Victor Taurens]].  [[Victor Taurens|Victor]] died in [[2252]], and [[Taurus]] was settled in [[2253]].  If Samantha had given birth to [[Timothy Calderon]] after landing on Taurus:
	* One probably would not conceive a child during interstellar travel, meaning any child by a third husband would have ''probably'' been born in [[2254]] or later.		* One probably would not conceive a child during interstellar travel, meaning any child by a third husband would have ''probably'' been born in [[2254]] or later.
−	* Timothy would have been ''at most'' fourteen years old when he took the Protectorship.	+	* Timothy would have been ''at most'' 14 years old when he took the Protectorship.
−	* Firing squads do not generally shoot infants (maybe Terran Alliance firing squads do, though...).  It is unlikely to have daughters old enough to be shot by a firing squad if you are not already 20 (reasonably, a young Samantha might have been 25 years old).  This means that Samantha would be ''at least'' 38 (probably closer to 45) if she gave birth to Timothy by a third husband.	+	* Firing squads do not generally shoot infants (may Terran Alliance firing squads do, though...).  It is unlikely to have daughters old enough to be shot by a firing squad if you are not already 20 (reasonably, a young Samantha might have been 25 years old).  This means that Samantha would be ''at least'' 38 (probably closer to 45) if she gave birth to Timothy by a third husband.
	===Family Tree, [[2570]] - [[3000]]===		===Family Tree, [[2570]] - [[3000]]===
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	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}}		{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}}
−	{{familytree |F|~|V|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|+|~|~|~|~|~|V|~|~|~|7| | |}}	+	{{familytree |F|~|V|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|+|~|~|~|~|V|~|~|7| | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | |AC | | | |:| | | |:|AC=[[Amalthia Calderon]]'''* '''}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | AC | | | |:| | |:|AC=[[Amalthia Calderon]]'''*'''}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |:| | | |:|}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | |:| | |:|}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:|KL|-|AC| | |!| | | |:| | | |:| ||KL=[[Kalvin Liao]]|AC=[[Ariana Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:|KL|-|AC| | |!| | |:| | |:||AC=[[Ariana Calderon]]|KL=[[Kalvin Liao|Kalvin "the Devourer" Liao]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | | |:| | | |:|}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |CC| | |:| | | |:|CC=[[Caterina Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |CC| |:| | |:|CC=[[Caterina Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | | |:| | | |:|}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |MC| | |:| | | |:| |MC=[[Mitchell Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |MC| |:| | |:| |MC=[[Mitchell Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| |:| | | |:|}}	+	{{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}}
−	{{familytree |:|HC | | | | | |MC| |AC|:| | | |:| |HC=[[Henry Calderon]]|MC=[[Marantha Calderon]]'''* '''|AC=[[Argento Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:|HC| | | | | | | |MC| |:| | |:| |HC=[[Henry Calderon]]|MC=[[Marantha Calderon]]'''*'''}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | |:| | | |:| |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | |:| | |:| |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | |CC| |RC |CC=[[Carlos Calderon]]|RC=[[Richard Calderon (27th c.)|Richard Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| |CC| |:|CC=[[Carlos Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |!|}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | |:|}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | |CC|CC=[[Consuelo Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | |CC|CC=[[Consuelo Calderon]]}}
	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | |}}		{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | |}}
	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |RC| | | | | |RC=[[Reginald Calderon]]}}		{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |RC| | | | | |RC=[[Reginald Calderon]]}}
	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}		{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}}
	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | |JC| |BC| | | |JC=[[Jentarra Calderon]]|BC=[[Brandon Calderon]]}}		{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | |JC| |BC| | | |JC=[[Jentarra Calderon]]|BC=[[Brandon Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | |HC| | | | | | |HC=[[Hampton Calderon|Hampton]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |UC| | |HC| | | |UC=Unknown|HC=[[Hampton Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | |NC| | | | | |NC=[[Nicoletta Calderon|Nicoletta]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |NC| | | | | |NC=[[Nicoletta Calderon]]'''†'''}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | |SC| | | | | | | |SC=[[Semyon Calderon|Semyon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |SC| | | | | | | |SC=[[Semyon Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}}
−	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | | |IC| | | | | | | |IC=[[Ignatius Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |IC| | | | | | | |IC=[[Ignatius Calderon]]'''†'''}}
−	{{familytree |L|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|V|~|~|~|J| | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree |L|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|V|~|J| | | | | | | |}}
	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF| | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}}		{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF| | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}}
	{{familytree/end}}		{{familytree/end}}
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−	'''* ''' - though not explicitly stated, it may be implied that the Calderon line did not experience a succession crisis until the death of [[Marantha Calderon]]<ref name=TPp44>''The Periphery'', p. 44</ref>	+	'''*''' - though not explicitly stated, it may be implied that the Calderon line did not experience a succession crisis until the death of [[Marantha Calderon]]<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 44</ref>
−	===Thirty-first Century Family Tree===	+	'''†''' - no information is about the parents of  [[Nicoletta Calderon|Nicoletta]].  For that matter, it is likewise unclear if the line of succession remained unbroken between [[Nicoletta Calderon]] and [[Zarantha Calderon]], and how many generations come in between.
		+
		+	===31st Century Family Tree===
	{{familytree/start}}		{{familytree/start}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DF|CF='''Calderon Family'''|DF='''Doru Family'''}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | |,|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | |,|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| | | |,|^|.|}}
−	{{familytree | | | | |ZC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |ZC=[[Zarantha Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree | | | | |ZC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!| |ZC=[[Zarantha Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|}}
−	{{familytree | | | | |TC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | |TC=[[Thomas Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree | | | | |TC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|TC=[[Thomas Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree | |,|-|-|v|^|-|v|-|-|v|-|-|.| | | | | | | |!| | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree | |,|-|-|v|^|-|v|-|-|v|-|-|.| | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|}}
−	{{familytree |EC|JAC|IC|FC|JEC|y|TM| |BC| |FC=[[Felix Calderon]]|IC=[[Ian Calderon]]|JAC=[[Janice Calderon]]|EC=[[Edward Calderon]]|JEC=[[Jeffrey Calderon]]|TM=[[Talia Martens]]|BC=[[Brenda Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree |EC|JAC|IC|FC|JEC|y|TM| |BC| |HD|!|FC=[[Felix Calderon]]|IC=[[Ian Calderon|Ian Calderon (deceased)]]|JAC=[[Janice Calderon|Janice Calderon (sickly expatriate)]]|EC=[[Edward Calderon|Edward Calderon (deceased)]]|JEC=[[Jeffrey Calderon]]|TM=[[Talia Martens]]|BC=[[Brenda Calderon]]|HD=[[Hadji Doru]]}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | |LoC|~|RiC| | |EMC| | | | | | | | | | | |LoC=[[Lorelei Centrella]]|RiC=[[Richard Calderon (31st c.)|Richard Calderon]]|EMC=[[Erik Martens-Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | |LoC|~|RiC| | |EMC| | | | | | | | | | |!|LoC=[[Lorelei Centrella]]|RiC=[[Richard Calderon (Civil War Era)|Richard Calderon]]|EMC=[[Erik Martens-Calderon]]}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | |}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
−	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |HMC| | | | | | | | | | | |HMC=[[House Martens-Calderon]]}}	+	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
		+	{{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |KD|KD=[[Kaff Doru]]}}
	{{familytree/end}}		{{familytree/end}}
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		+	==Notes==
	==References==		==References==
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	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==
		+	* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]''
		+	* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)]]''
	* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''		* ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]''
	* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''		* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
		+	* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
	* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''		* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
−	* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
−	* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
−	* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, 2nd Edition]]''
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{{refimprove}} {{Update Needed|[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]}} {{InfoBoxHouse | image = | name = House Calderon | titles = | founded = | died out = | affiliation = | cadet lines = }} '''House Calderon''' was the dynastic ruling house of [[Taurus]], the Taurian Homeworlds, and the [[Taurian Concordat]]. From its founding in [[2335]] to [[3060]], the [[Protector of the Realm|Protectors of the Realm]] of the Taurian Concordat were all Calderons (with the exception of a single regent). Despite its continued reign, the Calderon line was fair, egalitarian, and pragmatic in their decisions.{{cn}} However, frontier existence and surviving the depredations of the [[Inner Sphere]] also made the Calderons overly xenophobic. ==Quote== {{Quote|Morals are one thing. Survival is everything.<ref>More than any other major Periphery realm, House Calderon and the Taurians have had to compromise to survive. </ref>}} -[[Samantha Calderon]], October, [[2252]], reported in ''Modern Explorers''<ref>''Field Manual: Periphery'', p. 47</ref> ==History== ===Origins=== House Calderon are the decendants of [[Samantha Calderon]], the wealthy heiress-businesswoman turned pioneer. Samantha decided to leave the Inner Sphere as a result of the brutality inherent in the nascent [[Inner Sphere]], especially during (and in the wake of) the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]. Samantha married a wealthy businessman who ran a Terraforming concern out of [[Vega]], and started a family on [[Aix-la-Chapelle]]. When Samantha's husband and two daughters were murdered by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad during the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] in [[2236]], Samantha suddenly found herself in possession of a sizable fortune. However, assets dwindled due to the efforts of [[Marik]] pirates. Rather than allow her wealth to erode, Samantha decided to seek the safety of the Periphery. Samantha's call for pioneers to form a settlement expedition was answered by thousands of disaffected Spheroids. With a fleet of 25 Jumpships, the Calderon expedition left Aix-la-Chapelle in [[2250]], traveling rimward around the Terran Alliance, then rimward. 22 months after departing [[New Syrtis]], the fleet arrived in the [[Hyades Cluster]], a system of 8, mutually-orbiting stars, surrounded by no fewer than 37 planetoids, several habitable by humans. However, the path from the jump point to the system required navigating a giant asteroid field occluded by [[Flannagan's Nebulea]]. Though the fleet lost 8% of its vessels, including one which bore Samantha's second husband, [[Victor Taurens]], Samantha decided that the Hyades asteroid field provided a fantastic natural barrier to invasion and piracy. The expedition founded the first of the Taurian worlds, [[Taurus]], on 23 January [[2253]], and quickly commenced colonization efforts on the other habitable worlds within the system. Samantha died in a freak accident in [[2268]], leaving her son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] as her sole heir. Despising the hated, brutal, but democratic [[Terran Alliance]], Timothy and the Taurian people agreed that the Protectorship would remain a hereditary Calderon title, further distinguishing the Taurians from the heart of the Inner Sphere. It was Timothy who established egalitarian Taurian social policy - food for work. ==Traits== ====Common==== Members of the Calderon dynasty willingly led the Taurian people, despite the hardship of life away from the Inner Sphere. In order to get by, the leaders of House Calderon generally displayed the following personality traits: * pragmatic * egalitarian * resolute * ernest * idealistic However, as the Taurian people originated from Inner Sphere refugees, wide-spread fear of outsiders also pervaded society, only to be reinforced by (virtually all) later dealings with Inner Sphere powers. Therefore, the Calderons (and the Taurian Concordat in general) also were: * paranoid * xenophobic ====Less Common==== In times of conflict with the Inner Sphere, the leaders of House Calderon were forced into some grave circumstances. Their actions given those circumstances allowed other traits to come to the surface: * audacity * innovation * equanimity ====Summary==== Ultimately, House Calderon's actions always seemed intended to promote the greater good of the Taurian people. Whether the consequences of their actions actually were beneficial to the Taurian Concordat is debatable, on a grand or microcosmic scale. On a grander scale, two glaring examples present themselves. The Calderon expedition chose to settle within the Hyades cluster in part because of the natural defense the Hyades asteroid field provided. When war came to the Concord, though, hiding within the asteroid field allowed the far-flung colonies of the Concord to be depredated. Further, while the military stance of the Concord may have indeed been necessary - especially given the early history of the Taurians with their two neighbors, the [[Federated Suns]] and the [[Capellan Confederation]], but this policy drew the unwanted attentions of the nascent [[Star League]]. Through the [[Reunification War]], the Taurian Concordat was transformed from a viable, powerful Periphery entity into a ravaged shell. On a much smaller scale, the case of [[Amalthia Kincaid]] is another great example. General Kincaid was successfully conquering the Taurian Concordat during the Reunification War, with a minimum of casualties on either side. The Concordat, possessing a weapon which could only kill a seriously-ill person, assassinated the sickly Kincaid. The void left by Kincaid's death allowed General [[Amos Forlough]] to conduct war against the Concordat. General Forlough wasted did not waste any effort in destroying (literally burning) world upon world and slaughtering millions of innocents. ==Ability to Wage War== The [[Taurian Concordat]] was essentially established as a mutual protection pact, fearing that larger Inner Sphere neighbors would depredate a defenseless Periphery state. Though there is a much greater degree of freedom within the Concord relative to Inner Sphere powers, the Concord has always put an emphasis on and taken great pride in being able to protect itself. All Taurian citizens must enlist in military service for at least 4 years, though most will never see a battlefield. Frontline soldiers are also extremely capable fighters, given their extensive training and schooling. The only exception to this lies within the Concord's Aerospace assets, a flaw the Concord tried to rectify in the 3040s with the help of the [[Outworlds Alliance]]. The military-industrial complex of the Concord is also capable of maintaining a healthy fighting force. Indeed, before the [[Reunification War]], the Taurians were the second Periphery nation to field BattleMechs (after the [[Rim Worlds Republic]], who assisted the [[Lyran|Lyran's]] efforts to steal the original schematics), and boasted the largest Warship fleet beyond the Inner Sphere. Lacking self-sufficiency and and having lost a majority of its territory after the Reunification War, including its entire capacity to construct and maintain Warships, the Taurians still maintained enough production to field a sizeable BattleMech army, supplemented with combat vehicles and infantry. With advances in lostech, especially after [[3060]], the pace of technological development within the Concord began outstripping the abilities of technicians to keep pace. Combined with the succession crisis caused by the death of Protector [[Jeffrey Calderon]], and the thinly spread resources (gambling on colonization), the Taurian Concordat of the latter half of the 31st century has become a nation close to collapse. Though traditionally the Concord was one of the most stable Periphery realms with a very capable army, the Concordat has become a mere spector of its former glory. ==Family Tree== ===Early Family Tree=== {{familytree/start}} {{familytree | | | |UN|-|SC|v|VT| |SC=[[Samantha Calderon]]|VT=[[Victor Taurens]]'''*'''|UN=Unknown (deceased)}} {{familytree | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |!| |}} {{familytree | |UN| |UN| |TC| |UN=Daughter (deceased)|TC=[[Timothy Calderon]]'''*'''}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | |SC|SC=[[Sandra Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | |RC|RC=[[Richard Calderon (Age of War)|Richard Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | |DC| |DC=[[Daniel Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | |AC| |AC=[[Amanda Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | |CF| |CF='''Calderon Family'''}} {{familytree/end}} Notes: * It is unclear if [[Timothy Calderon]] is the son of [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha Calderon's]] first husband, or [[Victor Taurens]], but it almost certainly is one of these two. (The young) Samantha's first husband and two daughters were shot by a [[Terran Alliance]] firing squad in [[2236]]. [[Samantha Calderon|Samantha]] departed [[Aix-la-Chapelle]] in [[2250]] with [[Victor Taurens]]. [[Victor Taurens|Victor]] died in [[2252]], and [[Taurus]] was settled in [[2253]]. If Samantha had given birth to [[Timothy Calderon]] after landing on Taurus: * One probably would not conceive a child during interstellar travel, meaning any child by a third husband would have ''probably'' been born in [[2254]] or later. * Timothy would have been ''at most'' 14 years old when he took the Protectorship. * Firing squads do not generally shoot infants (may Terran Alliance firing squads do, though...). It is unlikely to have daughters old enough to be shot by a firing squad if you are not already 20 (reasonably, a young Samantha might have been 25 years old). This means that Samantha would be ''at least'' 38 (probably closer to 45) if she gave birth to Timothy by a third husband. ===Family Tree, [[2570]] - [[3000]]=== {{familytree/start}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}} {{familytree |F|~|V|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|+|~|~|~|~|V|~|~|7| | |}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | AC | | | |:| | |:|AC=[[Amalthia Calderon]]'''*'''}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | |:| | |:|}} {{familytree |:| |:|KL|-|AC| | |!| | |:| | |:||AC=[[Ariana Calderon]]|KL=[[Kalvin Liao|Kalvin "the Devourer" Liao]]}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |CC| |:| | |:|CC=[[Caterina Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | |MC| |:| | |:| |MC=[[Mitchell Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| |:| | | | | | | | | |!| | |:| | |:|}} {{familytree |:|HC| | | | | | | |MC| |:| | |:| |HC=[[Henry Calderon]]|MC=[[Marantha Calderon]]'''*'''}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | |:| | |:| |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| |CC| |:|CC=[[Carlos Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | |:|}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | |CC|CC=[[Consuelo Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |RC| | | | | |RC=[[Reginald Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | |JC| |BC| | | |JC=[[Jentarra Calderon]]|BC=[[Brandon Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |,|-|^|-|.| | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |UC| | |HC| | | |UC=Unknown|HC=[[Hampton Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |NC| | | | | |NC=[[Nicoletta Calderon]]'''†'''}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |SC| | | | | | | |SC=[[Semyon Calderon]]}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | | |:| | | | | | | |}} {{familytree |:| | | | | | | | | | |IC| | | | | | | |IC=[[Ignatius Calderon]]'''†'''}} {{familytree |L|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|~|V|~|J| | | | | | | |}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | CF| | | | | | | | | |CF='''Calderon Family'''}} {{familytree/end}} Notes: '''*''' - though not explicitly stated, it may be implied that the Calderon line did not experience a succession crisis until the death of [[Marantha Calderon]]<ref>''The Periphery (sourcebook)'', p. 44</ref> '''†''' - no information is about the parents of [[Nicoletta Calderon|Nicoletta]]. For that matter, it is likewise unclear if the line of succession remained unbroken between [[Nicoletta Calderon]] and [[Zarantha Calderon]], and how many generations come in between. ===31st Century Family Tree=== {{familytree/start}} {{familytree | | | | | | | CF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |DF|CF='''Calderon Family'''|DF='''Doru Family'''}} {{familytree | | | | | |,|-|^|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|.| | | |,|^|.|}} {{familytree | | | | |ZC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!| |ZC=[[Zarantha Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|}} {{familytree | | | | |TC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|TC=[[Thomas Calderon]]}} {{familytree | |,|-|-|v|^|-|v|-|-|v|-|-|.| | | | | | | |!| | | |!| |!|}} {{familytree |EC|JAC|IC|FC|JEC|y|TM| |BC| |HD|!|FC=[[Felix Calderon]]|IC=[[Ian Calderon|Ian Calderon (deceased)]]|JAC=[[Janice Calderon|Janice Calderon (sickly expatriate)]]|EC=[[Edward Calderon|Edward Calderon (deceased)]]|JEC=[[Jeffrey Calderon]]|TM=[[Talia Martens]]|BC=[[Brenda Calderon]]|HD=[[Hadji Doru]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | |!|}} {{familytree | | | | | |LoC|~|RiC| | |EMC| | | | | | | | | | |!|LoC=[[Lorelei Centrella]]|RiC=[[Richard Calderon (Civil War Era)|Richard Calderon]]|EMC=[[Erik Martens-Calderon]]}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}} {{familytree | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |KD|KD=[[Kaff Doru]]}} {{familytree/end}} ==Notes== ==References== <references /> ==Bibliography== * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' [[Category:Noble Houses|Calderon]] [[Category:Greater Noble Houses|Calderon]]

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