Miles Kempec
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Miles Kempec | |
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| Personal | |
| Affiliation | Lyran Commonwealth |
| Career | |
| Profession | General of the Armies |
Miles Kempec was the highest serving officer in the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces in 2843.
History[edit]
Emergency situation[edit]
In November 2843 Marcus contracted a virulent strain of meningitis on Loric[1][2] while campaigning on the Free Worlds League front. Marcus returned to Tharkad,[1][2] undergoing treatment at the Martin Luther Memorial Hospital,[2] but in February 2844 he slipped into a coma.[1][2] Melissa had not produced an heir and her husband had not appointed a successor, triggering an immediate power struggle in the Commonwealth for the position of Archon. Melissa believed she should become Archon-Designate while Marcus's younger brother Claudius[3] - then a Leutnant-General and commanding officer of the Second Lyran Guards[1] - automatically assumed the Archonship should be his, sending a brief and threatening communiqué to Tharkad that there was no doubt it should pass to him.[3][2] The Estates General assumed authority over the government and began debating the succession while General of the Armies Miles Kempec assumed control of the military.[1]
The Estates General ultimately selected Melissa despite her lack of political experience and Claudius's open threat,[3][2] with the General Speaker of the Assembly, Harlan Dinesen,[1] confirming her as Archon-Designate in December 2844. When Marcus died only a few short months later[3] on the 13th of March 2845,[1] Melissa took the throne immediately.[3][2]