Tadeo Amaris

This article is about the character. For the WarShip in his name, see Tadeo Amaris (Individual Aegis-class WarShip).


Tadeo Amaris
Character Profile
Affiliation House Amaris
Title(s) Regent of the Rim Worlds Republic
Position Minister of Military Affairs[1]
Profession Noble

Tadeo Amaris was the younger cousin of President Selanta Amaris.[1]

History[edit]

Military Buildup[edit]

In the late 2640s, Selanta Amaris was struck by a rare form of cancer and she spent much of the rest of her reign ruling from her sickbed. She relied upon her cousin Tadeo, who was the Minister of Military Affairs, to act as her regent starting in 2649. An ambitious man, Tadeo went to work strengthening the Rim Worlds Army at an alarming rate, supplied in secret by the Draconis Combine. By 2650, The Star League estimated that he had doubled the military in a mere three months, prompting First Lord Michael Cameron to issue the Council Edict of 2650 placing restrictions on the size of every state's military.[1][2][3]

By early 2651, Tadeo had garrisoned front-line, elite troops in a state of combat readiness along the entire border with the Lyran Commonwealth. He set about turning Apollo, Götterdämmerung, Erewhon, and several other worlds into armed camps. After Archon Sarah Steiner-Dinesen protested and the Star League sent five BattleMech regiments on extensive, well-publicized maneuvers complete with infantry, aerospace, and artillery support, Tadeo scaled back his forces.[1][2][4]

Two large orbital dry dock complexes had been built in the twenty-seventh century as a result of Tadeo's weapons program, located on Erin and Star's End.[5]

If Tadeo had entertained any notions of becoming the next president, his capitulation to the Star League's show of superior force had tarnished his political position, and never again would he have the popular support to become a potential rival to Selanta.[1] When Selanta died in 2687 and her son Bertram was assassinated before he could be sworn in as president, cousin Carl Siever was the only adult member of House Amaris or House Siever directly in line for the presidency,[6] suggesting Tadeo had already died or had lost all remaining political power to be considered.

Legacy[edit]

By 2766, the Rim Worlds Republic's so-called Secret Army had grown to be a force of fifty divisions, or roughly 450 regiments. While most of this was created through clandestine funding from financial institutions across the Inner Sphere, as much as fifteen percent had already been accumulated over the century, including the significant equipment stockpiles and WarShips that Tadeo had constructed during his time as regent.[7]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Periphery, p. 47: "Amaris Politics"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Star League, p. 56: "Council Edict 2650"
  3. Era Report: 2750, p. 26: "Honeymoon"
  4. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 29: "For Richer or for Poorer"
  5. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, pp. 107–108: "High and Low"
  6. The Periphery, p. 50: "The Crucial Year"
  7. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 100: "The Secret Army"
  8. House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 46: "Tigers and Stealths"
  9. Era Report: 2750, p. 62: "Third Amaris Legionnaires"
  10. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 18: "Imperial Divisions"

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