Candace Liao

Candace Liao was the oldest daughter of Chancellor Maximilian Liao of the Capellan Confederation. She was an accomplished MechWarrior before injuries forced her into less active roles. She met Justin Xiang on Sian in 3027, whom she did not realize was a Davion spy. In 3029, at the end of the Fourth Succession War, she escaped with the rescue mission sent for 'Xiang' (Allard), broke off the St. Ives Compact from the battered Confederation, and married Allard.

Surviving the assassin that killed her husband in 3052, she secretly traveled to Sian while she was believed dead to kill her sister Romano. She allowed Sun-Tzu Liao to take the throne, because she saw him as the best option for the Confederation. This decision returned to haunt her when he manipulated a war between his Confederation and her Compact in 3060. She led the Compact in its re-integration into the Capellan Confederation as the St. Ives Commonality after the peace treaty in 3061.

She was killed when a Word of Blake WarShip bombarded the Capellan capital of Sian in 3068 as part of their Jihad.

She was survived by her four children, Kai, Cassandra, Kuan-Yin, and Quintus Allard-Liao.

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