Nondi Steiner

Property "Update Needed From" (as page type) with input value "Era Report: 3062]], Historical: War of 3039, TechManual, [[Heir to the Dragon" contains invalid characters or is incomplete and therefore can cause unexpected results during a query or annotation process. Nondi Steiner (b. 2981 - d. 3067) was the younger sister of the original Katrina Steiner, but Nondi lacked her sister's interest in politics and largely stayed out of the discord between Katrina and Alessandro in 3005.

At Age of 79 in 3060

Character Biography

During the War of 3039

She embarked on a military career, like her elder sister and also became a Hauptmann-General. However she was a firm Lyran supremacist, highly skeptical of Katrina's peace proposals of the 3020s and hostile to the alliance with the Federated Suns. The Duchess of Gallery at the time, she considered retirement as early as 3025, the burden of command weighing heavily on her. As a General, she was known to occasionally physically abuse officers under her command for incompetence.

She remained distant from the political machinations of the Federated Commonwealth, but became enamored of her niece Katherine Steiner-Davion's "Steiner First" attitude. She became General of the Armies following Katherine's secession of the Lyran half of the Federated Commonwealth and ultimately served as Regent when Katherine was on New Avalon, but remained blind to her great-niece's megalomaniacal actions, supporting her to the very end. She was killed on April 2nd, 3067, at the age of 86, in single combat with her great-nephew, Peter Steiner-Davion, in Tharkad City.

BattleMechs

For much of her career, Nondi piloted a Zeus BattleMech. During the battle of Tharkad City at the end of the civil war, she used a Hauptmann OmniMech.

Marriage and Children

She married wealthy industrialist Jack Milby and they had three children together, Ivan, Lisa, and Richard. She was grandmother to no less than four grandchildren before she died.

Notes

• In one of the endings to the game MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, the player takes part in the battle and can kill her. An after-battle narration says that, regardless of who actually killed Nondi, history gives Peter the credit.
• Nondi Steiner held the title Duchess of Gallery.

Bibliography

• Endgame (Novel)
• Era Report: 3062
• FedCom Civil War (sourcebook)
• House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
• Operation Audacity (Novel)

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