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Line 1: − {{InfoBoxCharacter+ '''Gavin Dow''' was [[ComStar]]'s Precentor [[Tharkad]], one of the members of the First Circuit that governed [[ComStar]]. Always known as a political schemer, Dow opposed [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s appointment as Precentor Martial in [[3061]]. Dow became Precentor Martial Pro-Tem in [[3062]] when Victor temporarily stepped down to lead the [[FedCom Civil War|civil war]] against his sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine]]. Victor reportedly gave the interim position to Dow because he knew Dow did not want it and would allow Victor to return, and because Victor was attempting to gain favor with a political rival. When Victor did return to the position in [[3067]], Dow maneuvered himself into a new position, First Precentor. Though the duties of the position were ill-defined, Dow was essentially the second-in-command of [[ComStar]], subject only to the Primus and above the Precentor Martial. − | image = Gavin Dow.jpg − | caption = Gavin Dow, ca. 3076 − | name = Gavin Dow − | birthdate = [[3007]]{{cn}} − | died = [[3091]]<ref name=ER3145-81/> − | othernames = − | affiliation = [[ComStar]] − | rank = − | title = − | position = [[Primus of ComStar|Primus]] − | profession = − | parents = − | siblings = − | spouse = − | children = − }} − '''Gavin Dow''' was the fourteenth [[Primus of ComStar]], holding the post during the second half of the [[Jihad]]. − ==History==+ During the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], Dow ordered [[Case White]], which was essentially an all-out assault against the [[Word of Blake]] capital, [[Terra]]. − ===Early life to First Circuit=== − Born into a rich white-collar family in the [[Lyran Commonwealth]], despite receiving an excellent education and everything he could want from an early age, the young Gavin Dow wanted more. In his early twenties Dow joined the largest corporation of all: [[ComStar]]. <ref name=TBD>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 75</ref> − Starting as an [[Acolyte]], Dow rose through the order as an [[HPG]] administrator until the [[3040]]s and the public unveiling of the [[Com Guards]]. Sensing a momentous shift in the direction of the Order, Dow joined the Guards and underwent [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] training, but his real talent was in logistics. Dow served in the Guards during the [[Battle of Tukayyid (3052)|Battle of Tukayyid]], though from a [[Mobile HQ]] far from direct combat. <ref name=TBD/>+ {{s-start}} + {{s-bef|before=Unknown}} + {{s-title|title=[[Precentor]] of [[Tharkad]]|years=???? – ????}} + {{s-aft|after=Unknown}} + {{s-bef|before=[[Victor Steiner-Davion]]}} + {{s-title|title=[[Precentor Martial]] Pro-Tem|years=[[3062]] – [[3067]]}} + {{s-aft|after=Unknown}} + {{s-bef|before=Unknown}} + {{s-title|title=[[First Precentor]]|years=[[3067]] – [[3068]]}} + {{s-aft|after=Unknown}} + {{s-bef|before=[[Sharilar Mori]]}} + {{s-title|title=[[Primus of ComStar]]|years=[[3068]] – ????}} + {{s-aft|after=Unknown}} + {{s-end}} − Having been drawn to the Order less for spiritual reasons and more for its corporate and political aspects, Dow remained with the secular Order after the [[ComStar Schism]], transferring back to the civilian branch. Trading on his Com Guards experience and previous HPG service, Dow slowly ascended the ranks, reaching the important position of [[Precentor]] [[Tharkad]], representing and commanding all HPG stations in the [[Lyran Alliance]] on ComStar's [[First Circuit]] in [[3060]]. <ref name=TBD/> <ref name=M&M>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 206</ref>+ [[Category:Characters|Dow, Gavin]] − + [[Category: ComStar|Dow, Gavin]] − ===Precentor Martial Pro-Tem to First Precentor===+ [[Category: ComStar Characters|Dow, Gavin]] − One of the most outspoken opponents of [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s selection as [[Precentor Martial of ComStar]] and [[Sharilar Mori]]'s reign as Primus, Dow became the ''de facto'' leader of the loyal opposition aligned against them. After Victor temporarily stepped down as Precentor Martial to fight in the [[FedCom Civil War]], Dow used seniority on the First Circuit and previous military experience to pressure Primus Mori into naming him Precentor Martial Pro-Tem. <ref name=TBD/> <ref name=M&M/> − − Hoping to trade on his past service with those disaffected by Victor's promotion from outside the Com Guards, his actions during the FedCom Civil War earned him few friends in the modern Com Guards but allowed him to springboard himself into the newly created position of [[First Precentor]] in [[3067]], second only to the Primus and above the newly returned Victor. <ref name=TBD/> <ref name=M&M/> − − After the [[Word of Blake]] attack on Tharkad in [[3067]] with Victor incommunicado, Dow pushed for immediate action and again took command of the Com Guards to launch the ill-advised [[Case White (event)|Case White]], successfully spinning much of the blame the disaster away from himself and toward Victor and [[Anastasius Focht]]. After the assassination of Sharilar Mori in [[3068]], as the most senior member on the First Circuit (and with Mori's supporters discredited by her unveiling as a [[House Kurita]] agent) Gavin Dow was elected Primus unopposed. <ref name=TBD/> <ref name=M&M/><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46</ref> − − ===Primus of ComStar=== − Upon his elevation to Primus, Dow has publicly pledged to a skeptical [[Inner Sphere]] that under his rule that ComStar would focus on the twin goals reestablishing the HPG net and defeating the Word of Blake. <ref name=M&M/> − − While generally supportive of [[Devlin Stone]]'s reforms and the formation of the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in public<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 6, "It is, as Primus Gavin Dow himself said, 'As if all of mankind can feel the kind of hope we long thought lost to the ages.'"</ref>, there is some evidence that Dow and other elements of ComStar rankled at the organization's loss of power and prestige in the wake of the Jihad and actively worked to circumvent the restrictions the Republic enforced upon it.<ref name=ER3145-81/> − − ===Death and Legacy=== − Dow would die in office in [[3091]], the First Circuit ultimately selecting Blakist war-hero [[Lisa Koenigs-Cober]] as his successor. <ref name=ER3145-81>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 81 "Factions - ComStar"</ref> − − <!-- − ==Philosophical and/or political views== − --> − − ==Portrait Gallery== − <gallery> − Gavin Dow JSTBD.jpg|At age 68 − </gallery> − − ==References== − <references/> − − ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' − * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' − * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' − * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' − − [[Category:ComStar Characters|Dow, Gavin]] − [[Category:Primus|Dow, Gavin]]
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| − | + | '''Gavin Dow''' was [[ComStar]]'s Precentor [[Tharkad]], one of the members of the First Circuit that governed [[ComStar]]. Always known as a political schemer, Dow opposed [[Victor Steiner-Davion]]'s appointment as Precentor Martial in [[3061]]. Dow became Precentor Martial Pro-Tem in [[3062]] when Victor temporarily stepped down to lead the [[FedCom Civil War|civil war]] against his sister, [[Katherine Steiner-Davion|Katherine]]. Victor reportedly gave the interim position to Dow because he knew Dow did not want it and would allow Victor to return, and because Victor was attempting to gain favor with a political rival. When Victor did return to the position in [[3067]], Dow maneuvered himself into a new position, First Precentor. Though the duties of the position were ill-defined, Dow was essentially the second-in-command of [[ComStar]], subject only to the Primus and above the Precentor Martial. | |
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| − | + | During the [[Word of Blake]] [[Jihad]], Dow ordered [[Case White]], which was essentially an all-out assault against the [[Word of Blake]] capital, [[Terra]]. | |
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| + | {{s-bef|before=[[Victor Steiner-Davion]]}} | ||
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| + | {{s-title|title=[[First Precentor]]|years=[[3067]] – [[3068]]}} | ||
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| + | {{s-title|title=[[Primus of ComStar]]|years=[[3068]] – ????}} | ||
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