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Son of [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], Richard was surprised he and his family would survive the 11 August [[2599]] coup by [[Admiral]] [[Hakim Wbika]] a mere three years after the conclusion of the Reunification War. Instead, Richard was selected as the figurehead of Wbika's junta as a means of ensuring a peaceful transition, styled as President rather than his father's title of First Consul. Despite having fought for decades to restore his father to power, the [[Star League]] chose to view Gregory's removal as an internal matter, leaving Wbika and his junta to remain the new government of the Republic.<ref name=HRW-61>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 61</ref><ref name=HRW-164>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 164</ref><ref name=TPp45>''The Periphery'', p. 45</ref> | Son of [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]], Richard was surprised he and his family would survive the 11 August [[2599]] coup by [[Admiral]] [[Hakim Wbika]] a mere three years after the conclusion of the Reunification War. Instead, Richard was selected as the figurehead of Wbika's junta as a means of ensuring a peaceful transition, styled as President rather than his father's title of First Consul. Despite having fought for decades to restore his father to power, the [[Star League]] chose to view Gregory's removal as an internal matter, leaving Wbika and his junta to remain the new government of the Republic.<ref name=HRW-61>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 61</ref><ref name=HRW-164>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 164</ref><ref name=TPp45>''The Periphery'', p. 45</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:53, 26 April 2023
Richard Amaris | |
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| Personal | |
| Died | 2619[1] |
| Affiliation | House Amaris |
| Profile | |
| Rank | Colonel[2] |
| Title(s) | President |
| Profession | Noble |
| Family | |
| Parents | Gregory Amaris (father) |
| Children | Amanda Amaris Jeffrey Amaris |
Richard Amaris was the first president of the Rim Worlds Republic, overthrowing the military junta that deposed his father in the wake of the Reunification War.
History
By 2581, Colonel Richard Amaris was the commanding officer of the Republican Guards.[2]
Son of First Consul Gregory Amaris, Richard was surprised he and his family would survive the 11 August 2599 coup by Admiral Hakim Wbika a mere three years after the conclusion of the Reunification War. Instead, Richard was selected as the figurehead of Wbika's junta as a means of ensuring a peaceful transition, styled as President rather than his father's title of First Consul. Despite having fought for decades to restore his father to power, the Star League chose to view Gregory's removal as an internal matter, leaving Wbika and his junta to remain the new government of the Republic.[3][4][5]
While the Junta were safe from external attack, Richard Amaris had no intention of remaining a puppet of the Wbika and his handpicked staff. Though Amaris would dutifully carry out Wbika's "advice" at first, he was merely buying the time to study the weaknesses of the junta members and establish ties and support both in and outside the Rim worlds to launch a countercoup. Focusing on Wbika's chief aide General Samuel Macao, highly capable but also petty and unable to control his often violent temper, Richard slowly engineered obstructions and miscommunication among the members of the junta that ultimately triggered Macao to angrily and aggressively turn on Wbika in 2604. When Macao began shouting at Wbika, it was the signal to the guards loyal to Amaris to purge the palace of junta members. Amaris himself would shoot Wbika and his aide, returning the Republic to the control of House Amaris. He would later write in his memoirs that the most exquisite moment of his life was when he heard Macao himself unwittingly giving the signal for the coup and his execution.[4][6]
Ruling over the Rim Worlds Republic for fifteen years with an iron fist, Richard died of a brain fever in 2619 and was succeeded as president by his daughter Amanda.[1]