Samantha Calderon
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- This article is about the founder of the Taurian Concordat. For the WarShip, see Samantha Calderon (Vessel).
Samantha Calderon | |
|---|---|
| Personal | |
| Died | 14 March 2268 |
| Affiliation | House Calderon |
| Profile | |
| Profession | Founder of the Taurian Concordat |
| Family | |
| Children | Timothy Calderon |
History
Samantha Calderon (b. 22??, d. March 14th 2268) of Aix-la-Chapelle was the founder of the Taurian Concordat and of House Calderon. She would lay the groundwork for the Taurian Concordat, the oldest unified interstellar nation, older even than the Inner Sphere with which the Concordat would later find itself at odds. [1] In 2236 Samantha lost her first husband and both her daughters to a Terran Alliance firing squad. This bloody act gave her control of her husband's immense terraforming concern based on the planet Vega as well as the vast financial fortune that supported it. By 2245 however Marik privateers and financial collapse spreading thoughout the Outer Reaches drained away half her fortune. Believing only a radical solution was possible to save her people and treasure, she converted what remained of her monies into a fleet of 25 JumpShips and support vessels. Samantha decided to leave the Inner Sphere as a result of the brutality inherent in the nascent Inner Sphere, especially during (and in the wake of) the Outer Reaches Rebellion. In 2250 Samamtha led more than 2300 volunteers away from Aix-la-Chapelle in what became known as the Calderon Expedition. The fleet avoided other Terran Alliance worlds to make brief stops at Robinson, Victoria and New Syrtis before departing known space.[2][3]
After 22 months the Expedition reached the edge of the unexplored Hyades Cluster. It proved to have a massive asteroid field obscured by dust and radiation. Two ships were lost penetrating the cluster. Once inside though the Calderon Expedition found no less than 8 star systems with a total of 37 planets, 10 of which were ideal for human habitation. Samantha decided that the Hyades asteroid field provided a fantastic natural barrier to invasion and piracy. On January 23, 2253 Samantha Calderon set foot on the world Taurus (named for her 2nd husband, Victor Taurens who died entering the now named Flannagan's Nebula).[4][5] For the next 15 years Samantha's dream of idyllic isolation beyond the reach of governments and social oppressors was a reality. Her colony soon doubled and redoubled in size. Her dream ended in a freak accident March 14, 2268 that claimed her life. But her visionary leadership and legacy of personal courage created a foundation from which a stable interstellar political state would grow and endure for over eight centuries. Despising the hated, brutal, but democratic Terran Alliance, her son Timothy Calderon and the Taurian people agreed that the Protectorship would remain a hereditary Calderon title, further distinguishing the Taurians from the heart of the Inner Sphere.[6]