Editing Rebecca Simons

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'''Rebecca Simons''' was an officer within the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]/[[Lyran Alliance Armed Forces]], and would rise to the rank of [[General of the Armies]] during the course of her career.<ref name="J:FRp84">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 84: "Clashing Values"</ref>

==History==
Unlike many who would become senior officers within the [[LCAF]] or [[LAAF]] Simons was not a member of the Lyran nobility. Hailing instead from common origins, by [[3062]] Simons had risen to the rank of [[Hauptmann-General]] in command of the [[Donegal Province Militia]],<ref name="FM:LAp108">''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 108: "Regional Militias"</ref> and by [[3067]] Simons was the commanding officer of the [[Donegal Province]].<ref name="FM:Up178>''Field Manual: Updates'', 178: "Donegal Province"</ref>

Following [[Adam Steiner]]'s appointment as [[Archon]] of the [[Lyran Alliance]], Simons was appointed General of the Armies, a position she would continue to hold in the post-Jihad era. Despite the changes forced on the LAAF by the chaos of the [[Jihad]], the bulk of the Lyran High Command were still largely members of the nobility, a distinct contrast with Simons.<ref name="J:FRp83+">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 83–84: "Clashing Values"</ref> Ultimately the Archon favored her over other appointees for the high level of support she had shown for him, but also her strength of will to openly speak out about some of his poorer decisions.<ref name=FM3085-95>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 95: "The Lyran Commonwealth - Revitalizing the Military"</ref>

The damage inflicted on the LAAF due to the meddling of [[Social General]]s who constantly diverted supplies and matériel to politically favored units rather than those with the greatest military need had badly hampered the LAAF in the first half of the Jihad.<ref name="J:FRp83B">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 83: "The Supply Chain"</ref> This attitude had been partially replaced with a more practical, egalitarian approach during later years, but in the wake of the Jihad the old attitudes had begun to reappear.<ref name="J:FRp83+"/>

The clash between new practicality and old values became typified in the early 3080s in the clashes between Simons and Adam Steiner. Simons held staunch and outspoken views about the "spoiled elite" of the LAAF, an attitude that offended the bulk of the Royal Court and led to frequent confrontations between Simons and Steiner; prior to the Jihad, Steiner's views on the military had been similar to those held by Simons, but as the Lyran government attempted to rebuild and unify the realm again in the face of independent-minded [[Archonette]]s, Steiner had wisely chosen to favor a more inclusive path.<ref name="J:FRp83+"/>

Despite the strong difference of opinion between Simons and Steiner over the shape of the Lyran military, Simons determination to improve both the level of competence and the quality of the officers within the LAAF was considered a worthy goal.<ref name="J:FRp83+"/> While some questioned whether Simons' dedication to reforms would continue under pressure from the established old guard within the political structure of the Alliance,<ref name="J:FRp86">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 86: "The Political Landscape of the Lyran Alliance"</ref> by the renaming of the Alliance back to the Lyran Commonwealth in [[3084]] Simons continued to tread a moderate line with the Archon's support, reshaping the renamed LCAF as she wished, with the Social Generals with the lowest military ability assigned where they could do the least harm.<ref name=FM3085-95/> By [[3085]] Simons was also [[Margrave]] of the [[Coventry Province]]'s [[Melissia Theater]].

==Titles and Positions==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]''
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''


[[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Simons, Rebecca]]