House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)

Description

House Liao (The Capellan Confederation) provides an overview of the history of the Liao family and of the Capellan Confederation through 3025.

From the back cover

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Maximilian Liao offered Anton Marik two things: his daughter in marriage and the assassination of Anton's brother, Captain-General Janos Marik. To win the throne, Anton agreed, and the Free Worlds League plunged into a devastating civil war... His work done, Maximilian Liao just sat back and smiled. Although perceived as the weakest Successor State, House Liao's Capellan Confederation is still a wily, treacherous, and formidable foe. Ruthlessly dominated by the cunning Maximilian Liao, the Confederation schemes to pick up the pieces of the shattered Inner Sphere and declare itself leader of a new Star League. From their tremendous library containing the knowledge of the universe, ComStar has compiled this dossier on House Liao and the Capellan Confederation. Included are dozens of full-color illustrations depicting Confederation personalities, daily life, and military regalia. Classified documents on Confederation armed forces, the Warrior Houses, military structure, and political intrigues are also provided. In addition, the large history chapter stretches from Franco Liao's unification of the Confederation to Maximilian Liao's devious plotting to control the Inner Sphere. The rulers of the other Successor States do not consider Liao a threat—Maximilian Liao just sits back and smiles.

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Contents

• Introduction
• Overview
• The Current Situation

• History
  • Introduction
  • Out of Chaos on Terra
  • Shades of Things to Come
  • The Capellan Confederation
  • The Aris Crisis
  • A Tiger by the Tail
  • The Capellan Order
  • The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful
  • The Magistracy
  • Calm Before the Storm
  • The Succession Wars
  • Recent History
  • Maximilian's Diplomacy

• Sociopolitical Structure
  • The Capellan Government
  • Internal Organization
  • The Legal System
  • Family Veneration

• Religion and Philosophy
  • A Liberal Intolerance
  • State Philosophies
  • Thought Control
  • Strengths and Weaknesses

• The Capellan Military
  • Military Structure
  • Capellan Ranks
  • Uniforms of the Capellan Armed Forces
  • BattleMech Regiments
  • Martial Training Academies
  • Military Decorations
  • Civilian Decorations
  • House Liao BattleMechs

• Culture and Arts
  • Capellan Society
  • Capellan Citizenship
  • Capellan Castes
  • Rewards of Capellan Life
  • The Education System
  • The Arts
  • Confederation Life

• Socioeconomics
  • The Closed Circle
  • The Liaoist Doctrine
  • Distribution of Wealth
  • Funding the Confederation
  • Corporate Relations
  • Corporate Profiles
  • Strengths and Weaknesses

• Personalities

• A Brief Atlas
  • Sian Commonality
  • Tikonov Commonality
  • Capella Commonality
  • Sarna Commonality
  • St. Ives Commonality
  • Chesterton Commonality

• Map of the Capellan Confederation
• Liao Family Tree
• Index

Notes

• Much of the information was intended as background material for MechWarrior role-playing game campaigns.
• A downloadable version (sans pictures) is available at House Liao Book