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Line 15: | mintel = | mintel = }} }} − The '''Duchy of Liao''' was one of the [[Capellan Zone]] states in the [[twenty-fourth century]] and a founding member of the [[Capellan Confederation]]. + The '''Duchy of Liao''' was one of the [[Capellan Zone]] states in the 24th century and a founding member of the [[Capellan Confederation]]. ==History== ==History== − During the 2300s tensions between [[Sarna]] and [[Capella]] led to [[Capellan-Supremacy War|open war]] between their respective states. The economically powerful planet [[Liao]] and its [[House Liao|eponymous rulers]], hitherto neutral in Capellan Zone disputes, now acted against Capellan interests by backing anti-Capellan separatists on [[Arboris]] in [[2308]]. After a [[Free Worlds League]] fleet that attempted to intervene on Capella's behalf was beaten off, Arboris became a protectorate of Liao the following year.<ref name=HB:HLp13/><ref name=HBHLp12-13>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12-13</ref> + During the 2300s tensions between [[Sarna]] and [[Capella]] led to [[Capellan-Supremacy War|open war]] between their respective states. The economically powerful planet [[Liao]] and its [[House Liao|eponymous rulers]], hitherto neutral in Capellan Zone disputes, now acted against Capellan interests by backing anti-Capellan separatists on [[Arboris]] in [[2308]]. After a [[Free Worlds League]] fleet that attempted to intervene on Capella's behalf was beaten off, Arboris became a protectorate of Liao the following year.<ref name=HBHLp12-13>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12-13</ref> <ref name=HBHLTL>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12-13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> − Over the next six years [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]] and [[Genoa]] also fell into Liao's orbit, until in [[2315]] [[Emile Liao]] unified these worlds as a single state: the Duchy of Liao, with himself as its Duke. Over the next four decades Emile Liao turned his small realm into a major shipping power with over a thousand vessels, putting the Duchy on an equal footing with the much larger Capellan Zone powers.<ref name=HB:HLp13/><ref name=HBHLp12-13/> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 17</ref> + Over the next six years [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]] and [[Genoa]] also fell into Liao's orbit, until in [[2315]] [[Emile Liao]] unified these worlds as a single state: the Duchy of Liao, with himself as its Duke. Over the next four decades Emile Liao turned his small realm into a major shipping power with over a thousand vessels, putting the Duchy on an equal footing with the much larger Capellan Zone powers.<ref name=HBHLp12-13/> <ref name=HBHLTL/> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 17</ref> As a result, by [[2366]], when the Capellan Zone states were forced to unite in the face of [[Federated Suns]] expansionism, it was the Duchy of Liao that provided the ruler who merged them into a single nation. Duke [[Franco Liao]] was able to utilize his nation's massive fleet of armed trading ships, upon which most other Capellan Zone worlds now depended, to persuade the other Capellan states to accept his proposal for the [[Capellan Confederation]] with himself as its first [[Chancellor]].<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 15, "The Liao Fleet"</ref> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26-27</ref> As a result, by [[2366]], when the Capellan Zone states were forced to unite in the face of [[Federated Suns]] expansionism, it was the Duchy of Liao that provided the ruler who merged them into a single nation. Duke [[Franco Liao]] was able to utilize his nation's massive fleet of armed trading ships, upon which most other Capellan Zone worlds now depended, to persuade the other Capellan states to accept his proposal for the [[Capellan Confederation]] with himself as its first [[Chancellor]].<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 15, "The Liao Fleet"</ref> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26-27</ref>
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| − | | capital = [[Liao]] | + | | capital = [[Liao]] |
| systems = 6 ([[2366]])<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]" (Map)</ref> | | systems = 6 ([[2366]])<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]" (Map)</ref> | ||
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| − | The '''Duchy of Liao''' was one of the [[Capellan Zone]] states in the | + | The '''Duchy of Liao''' was one of the [[Capellan Zone]] states in the 24th century and a founding member of the [[Capellan Confederation]]. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | During the 2300s tensions between [[Sarna]] and [[Capella]] led to [[Capellan-Supremacy War|open war]] between their respective states. The economically powerful planet [[Liao]] and its [[House Liao|eponymous rulers]], hitherto neutral in Capellan Zone disputes, now acted against Capellan interests by backing anti-Capellan separatists on [[Arboris]] in [[2308]]. After a [[Free Worlds League]] fleet that attempted to intervene on Capella's behalf was beaten off, Arboris became a protectorate of Liao the following year.<ref name= | + | During the 2300s tensions between [[Sarna]] and [[Capella]] led to [[Capellan-Supremacy War|open war]] between their respective states. The economically powerful planet [[Liao]] and its [[House Liao|eponymous rulers]], hitherto neutral in Capellan Zone disputes, now acted against Capellan interests by backing anti-Capellan separatists on [[Arboris]] in [[2308]]. After a [[Free Worlds League]] fleet that attempted to intervene on Capella's behalf was beaten off, Arboris became a protectorate of Liao the following year.<ref name=HBHLp12-13>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12-13</ref> <ref name=HBHLTL>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12-13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> |
| − | Over the next six years [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]] and [[Genoa]] also fell into Liao's orbit, until in [[2315]] [[Emile Liao]] unified these worlds as a single state: the Duchy of Liao, with himself as its Duke. Over the next four decades Emile Liao turned his small realm into a major shipping power with over a thousand vessels, putting the Duchy on an equal footing with the much larger Capellan Zone powers.<ref name= | + | Over the next six years [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]] and [[Genoa]] also fell into Liao's orbit, until in [[2315]] [[Emile Liao]] unified these worlds as a single state: the Duchy of Liao, with himself as its Duke. Over the next four decades Emile Liao turned his small realm into a major shipping power with over a thousand vessels, putting the Duchy on an equal footing with the much larger Capellan Zone powers.<ref name=HBHLp12-13/> <ref name=HBHLTL/> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 17</ref> |
As a result, by [[2366]], when the Capellan Zone states were forced to unite in the face of [[Federated Suns]] expansionism, it was the Duchy of Liao that provided the ruler who merged them into a single nation. Duke [[Franco Liao]] was able to utilize his nation's massive fleet of armed trading ships, upon which most other Capellan Zone worlds now depended, to persuade the other Capellan states to accept his proposal for the [[Capellan Confederation]] with himself as its first [[Chancellor]].<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 15, "The Liao Fleet"</ref> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26-27</ref> | As a result, by [[2366]], when the Capellan Zone states were forced to unite in the face of [[Federated Suns]] expansionism, it was the Duchy of Liao that provided the ruler who merged them into a single nation. Duke [[Franco Liao]] was able to utilize his nation's massive fleet of armed trading ships, upon which most other Capellan Zone worlds now depended, to persuade the other Capellan states to accept his proposal for the [[Capellan Confederation]] with himself as its first [[Chancellor]].<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 15, "The Liao Fleet"</ref> <ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 26-27</ref> | ||