Zarantha Calderon

History

All that is confirmed known about Zarantha Calderon is that in 3017 her son Thomas Calderon succeeded her as Protector of the Taurian Concordat. [1] She is briefly mentioned as supporting the Far Looker movement with hefty tax breaks as far back as 2990. [2]


Thomas’ predecessor, Zarantha Calderon, had expanded Taurian holdings through colonization efforts, financed by a public-private partnership between the Concordat government and the Far-Lookers. This influential sect used the tax breaks and subsidies to explore and settle several planets to the rimward of the Inner Sphere between 2990 and 3020. Some of these colonies failed to grow, but some few more succeeded to give the Taurian economy a boost of new resources. The larger benefits aided the industries involved in colonies; construction firms for high-tech space habitats in the Hyades Cluster, shipbuilders, zero-g construction firms, terraforming concerns and the companies involved in supplying the new colonists with everything they needed to sustain themselves throughout the early 3000's and 3010's. Intent on protecting their investments, factions of the Far-Lookerss entered government at all levels throughout this era. Political winds could change along with the occupant of the throne, but space colonization took generations to nurture and take root. To secure these long term goals, the Far-Lookers sought to sustain their projects beyond Zarantha Calderon's rule. [3]

Notes

Some few inferrences can be deduced about Zarantha. Thomas was 36 years old when he succeeded his mother; she would have had to still be able to bear children for his birth to occur, giving us a rough estimate of her birth, somewhere around 2960 or a bit later. She could not be Ignatius Calderon's child as he was Protector in the late 2800's. Also from the text given above from the Handbook: Major Periphery States, there are dates that might be Zaranatha's term as Protector. Concurrant information from The Periphery (sourcebook) regaurding the Far-Lookers movement gives similar dates (2990 and 3017) as the years of inception for that movement, but does not directly name Zarantha. Because of the information about Brenda Calderon in Field Manual: Periphery indicates Brenda was distant kin to Thomas Calderon, not a sister, it is probable that Zarantha had at least uncles/aunts. Deeppockets 03:57, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

References

  1. The Periphery (sourcebook), p.84
  2. The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook), p.12
  3. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p.46

Bibliography

Positions

Preceded by
Unknown
Protector of the Taurian Concordat
****-3017
Succeeded by