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Revision as of 22:49, 25 October 2007
Description
The House Liao Sourcebook provides an overview of the history of the Liao family and of the Capellan Confederation up to 3025.
Contents
- Introduction
- Overview
- The Current Situation
- History
- Introduction
- Out of Chaos on Terra
- The First Liao, Elias
- New Beginnings
- Changing Times
- War of Independence
- The Other Shoe
- Queen of Hearts
- Off-the-Shelf War
- Governmental Turmoil
- Shades of Things to Come
- No Regrets, No Surrender
- A Precious Commodity
- Capturing the Markets
- The Capellan Renaissance
- Seeds of Destruction
- Blood and Gold
- A Condescending Ultimatum
- The Capellan-Supremacy War
- Enter Marik
- Arboris Secedes
- Loosening Up
- The Capellan Confederation
- Terra Resurgent
- The Tikonov Connection
- Diana's War
- Friends and Other Enemies
- Tucas Takes Over
- The Aris Crisis
- Tucas is Removed
- Caroline Calls the Question
- A Tiger by the Tail
- Hell on Capella Prime
- Liao Against Marik
- A Challenge from the Sheng
- Franco Liao: An Appreciation
- The Capellan Order
- Making the Best of a Good Situation
- The Ares Conventions
- One Step Back
- Sir Stephen's Army
- Tribulations
- 'Mechs and Rumors of 'Mechs
- The Good, The Bad, The Beautiful
- Edmund Salindar, Regent
- Hendrick Liao and the Lorixes
- Kalvin the Devourer
- The Fair Mesillia
- The Magistracy
- Mother and Daughter
- Detente with Davion
- Winning Hearts and Minds
- Mister and Missus
- A Time of Learning
- The Freebooters' War
- The Aris Chancellor
- Calm Before the Storm
- The Sundermanns
- Capellan Reforms
- Red Storm Rising
- Incident of Demeter
- Stefan the Usurper
- The Succession Wars
- First Succession War
- Blow and Counterblow
- Sandol Quinn Recoups
- A Proffered Hand
- Second Succession War
- Third Succession War
- Limits of Success
- Shift to AeroSpace
- Near Collapse
- Finally, A Turnaround
- Recent History
- Maximilian
- Warriors vs. Regulars
- Maximilian's Diplomacy
- Dealing with Marik
- The Davion Question
- McCarron's War
- Concord of Kapteyn
- Sociopolitical Structure
- The Capellan Government
- The Prefectorate
- The Chancellor
- The House of Scions
- The Capellan Ministerial
- Internal Organization
- Commonalities
- Duchies, Warrens, and Demesnes
- Capellan Nobility
- Diems and Refrectors
- The Legal System
- Edicts of St. Ives
- Capellan Concordal
- Courts and Judges
- Family Veneration
- Religion and Philosophy
- A Liberal Intolerance
- State Philosophies
- The Korvin Doctrine
- The Sarna Mandate
- The Lorix Order
- Thought Control
- The Philosophical Examinars
- Courts of Philosophical Inquiry
- The Ranks of the Dedicated
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- The Capellan Military
- Military Structure
- Capellan Ranks
- Uniforms of the Capellan Armed Forces
- BattleMech Regiments
- Capellan Hussars
- Northwind Highlanders
- Chesterton Reserves
- Liao Reserves
- Tikonov Reserves
- St. Ives Armored Cavalary
- Blackwind Lancers
- Capellan Reserves
- Sian Reserves
- Sarn Reserves
- McCrimmon's Light Cavalary
- MacGregor's Armored Scouts
- Mercenary Units
- Martial Training Academies
- Military Decorations
- Civilian Decorations
- House Liao BattleMechs
- The Vindicator
- Experimental BattleMechs
- Regimental Deployment
- Battlement Production[1]
- Culture and Arts
- Capellan Society
- Capellan Citizenship
- Native-Born Capellans
- Non-Native-Born Capellans
- A Citizen's Obligations
- Loss of Citizenship
- Capellan Castes
- The Directorship
- The Intelligentsia
- The Supporters
- The Artists
- The Entitled
- The Commonality
- The Servitors
- Rewards of Capellan Life
- Owning Property
- Social Security
- Family Life
- Free Education
- Free Medical Care
- The Education System
- Elementary and Secondary Indoctrination
- Special Schools
- Philiotechnique Institutes
- Sian University
- Capellan Science Foundation
- The Arts
- The Fine Art of Conformity
- Cultural Exchanges
- Quarterly 'Mech Games
- Tikinov Universal Exhibition
- Native Capellan Art Fair
- Confederation Life
- Socioeconomics
- The Closed Circle
- The Liaoist Doctrine
- Distribution of Wealth
- Funding the Confederation
- Taxation
- Import Duties
- Corporate Contributions
- Emergency Funding
- Corporate Relations
- Corporate Profiles
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Personalities
- A Brief Atlas
- Sian Commonality
- Tikinov Commonality
- Capella Commonality
- Sarna Commonality
- St. Ives Commonality
- Chesterton Commonality
- Map of the Capellan Confederation
- Liao Family Tree
- Index
Notes
- ↑ This should be BattleMech Production (and is in the actual text).
- Much of the information was intended as background material for MechWarrior role-playing game campaigns.
- A downloadable version (sans pictures) is available at House Liao Book