Editing Martin McAllister

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| image               = 
| caption             = Martin McAllister
| name                = 
| birthdate           = 4 July [[2474]]<ref name=HK:DCp36>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p.36: "Diplomatic Mission to Rasalhague"</ref><ref name=HKDCLS>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "The Draconis Combine's Line of Succession and Partial Kurita Family Tree"</ref>
| died                = [[2515]]<ref name=HKDCLS/>
| othernames          = 
| affiliation         = [[House McAllister]]
| rank                = 
| title               = 
| position            = [[Coordinator of Worlds]]
| profession          = Noble
| parents             = 
| siblings            = 
| spouse              = [[Illiyana Sorenson]]
| children            = [[Siriwan McAllister]]
}}
'''Martin McAllister''' became the tenth Coordinator of the [[Draconis Combine]] after his execution of the entirety of [[House Von Rohrs]].

==History==
===Early life===
McAllister was born in July [[2474]] on [[Echo]].<ref name=HK:DCp36/>

===Rasalhague===
Martin McAllister met, fell in love, and married [[Illiyana Sorenson]] when she was 15 years old in October [[2494]] on [[Rasalhague]]. Illiyana's father, [[Blaine Sorenson]], knew the legacy of Martin McAllister (a distant Kurita heir) and agreed to the marriage. Both men would make a bold two-stage plan: first the reunification of the [[Draconis Combine]] and the [[Rasalhague Principality]] and to overthrow [[House Von Rohrs]]. Within two years, [[Siriwan McAllister]] was born; Illiyana died a mere three years later (in [[2499]]) in a sports incident.<ref name=HK:DCp38>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p.38</ref>

He discovered his wife death nearly two years after that happened, and was devastated by the news. By [[2501]], the Von Rohrses gave up on a peaceful resolution with the Principality, and McAllister was transferred back to a military assignment, finding himself posted along the Combine/Rasalhague border where for seven years, he passed information to Lord Sorenson, who used it to better defend the Principality. During those years of service, McAllister rose through the ranks of the [[DCMS]] and made powerful friends within the military and the court.<ref name=HHKp27>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 27: "Crushing the Snake"</ref>

With help from his friends within the Imperial Court, McAllister orchestrated the imprisonment of [[Yama Von Rohrs]] in [[2508]]. Krüger
Von Rohrs took over shortly.<ref name=HHKp27/>

Blaine started an assault in the Combine and McAllister used the chaotic situation to kill the ruling Coordinator and his entire family in late November [[2510]] with the direct help of Blaine Sorenson's eldest son [[Jarod Sorenson]], who died during the coup.<ref name=HHKp27/>

Less than ten hours later, McAllister publicly broadcast the coup and the results of a genetic test, taken at the behest of Blaine
Sorenson before his marriage to Illiyana. He was, without any doubt, a direct blood descendant of [[Shiro Kurita]]. His sequestered
daughter Siriwan would be his heir. The Combine was once again under the proper rule of a Kurita.<ref name=HHKp27/>

With the McAllister ruling the Combine, an age of relative peace ensued. Combine commanders began a gradual, subtle campaign of conquest along both borders. Full-scale battles with the Commonwealth and the Federated Suns were infrequent, leaving the borders fairly quiet. Thus did the Age of War come to an end for the Combine.<ref name=HHKp27/>

He died young at, 41 years with no male offspring.<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p.38 "A FEMALE HEIR"</ref> McAllister had informed his daughter that she could not become Coordinator because she was a woman. He recommended she find a distant Kurita to marry so her son could be designated as heir. Her lady-in-waiting researched the Kuritan family tree to find a suitable mate.<ref name=HHKp27b>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 27-28 "GRACE UNDER SIRIWAN"</ref>

==Quotes==
{{Quote|''It's not the people who are freely called 'bastards' that worry me; it's those few who are that make me very, very nervous. Never trust a genuine bastard. You don't know where he's been.''|Attributed to Martin McAllister<ref name=HK:DCp32>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 32: "Turmoil And Treachery"</ref>}} 

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]''

[[Category:Draconis Combine Characters|McAllister, Martin]]
[[Category:Coordinators|McAllister, Martin]]