House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
Description
The House Steiner Sourcebook provides an overview of the history of the Steiner family and of the Lyran Commonwealth up to 3025.
Contents
- Introduction
- History of the Lyran Commonwealth
- Introduction
- Dawn of a New Age
- Founding Fathers
- Hegemony, Prosperity, and Foundation
- Chaos and Corruption
- Marsden in Power
- Dawning of the Age of War
- The 'Social Generals'
- The Reluctant Archon
- The First Steiner
- Birth of a Dynasty
- Early Steiner Archons
- Steiner Family Background
- The Steiner Way
- The BattleMech Era
- Operation Prometheus
- The Bloodthirsty General
- Lyran Military Superiority
- Long March, Hard March
- The Dark Years
- Trial of Duke Reynolds
- Order of Magnitude
- Steven Steiner
- The Tharkan Witch
- Eagles Cry
- Repaying Old Debts
- The Star League Era
- Prelude
- Minor Adjustments
- Disillusionment
- Operation Mailed Fist
- The Archon Kidnapped
- Berserker
- Day of Rage
- The Good Years
- Decline and Fall of the Star League
- Babe Among Wolves
- Territorial Troubles
- Idealism and Villainy
- The Usurper
- Final Acts
- Exodus
- First Succession War
- Military Readiness
- Declarations of War
- Patterns of War
- Tigers and Stealths
- Attacks on Hesperus II
- The Military Realities
- Bella I
- Lams to the Slaughter
- Terms of Exhaustion
- The Second Succession War
- Reconstruction Efforts
- One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
- Rescue of the Chahar Profit
- State of War
- Tales of Grimm
- Claudius the Cruel
- Death of the Fourth
- Operation Praying Mantis
- The Triumverate
- "What, Me Worry?"
- Elizabeth Steiner
- The Third Succession War
- Lull
- Once More Into the Breach
- Hanging On
- Three Steps in the Right Direction
- The Battle of Skye
- Calling All Citizens
- The Cost of Freedom
- The Open Wound
- The Traitor Tertren
- The Reign of Giovanni Steiner
- The Battle of Loric
- Alessandro Steiner
- Hesperus Revisited
- The Policy of Concentrated Weakness
- Ouster
- Current Events
- Conclusion
- Sociopolitical Structure
- The Archonship
- The Commonwealth Council
- The Royal Court
- Nobility
- The Estates General
- Provinces
- The Federation of Skye
- The Tamar Pact
- The Protectorate of Donegal
- The Commonwealth Judiciary
- Internal Politics and Policies
- The Lyran Commonwealth Civil Service
- Overt Political Goals
- Interstellar Relations
- The Free Worlds League
- The Capellan Confederation
- The Federated Suns
- The Draconis Combine
- The Periphery
- ComStar
- Covert Political Goals
- The Archon
- The Lyran Intelligence Corps
- The Royal Court
- The Estates General
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Religion and Philosophy
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
- Hinduism
- Buddhism
- The One Star Faith and Other Beliefs
- Relations Between Religions
- Myths and Legends
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Military Forces
- Uniforms in the LCAF
- The Structure of the LCAF
- Military Education
- The Rep-Dep Corps
- The Judge Advocate General's Office
- The Quartermaster Corps
- Transport Division
- Military Intelligence
- The Strategies and Tactics Division
- The Commonwealth Navy
- The Commonwealth AeroSpace Force
- The Reserve Corps
- House Troops Liaison
- Mercenary Troops Liaison
- The Commonwealth Army
- The Commonwealth Medical Corps
- The Administrative Section
- The High Command
- Deployment of LCAF Forces
- Typical Commonwealth Units
- Weapon Industries
- Military Supplies
- Major Military Academies
- Medals and Decorations
- Strengths and Weaknesses of the LCAF
- Culture and Arts
- Education
- Research Universities
- The Arts
- Daily Life and Culture
- Public Media
- Societal Problems
- ComStar and the Lyran People
- General Relations
- Political Influence
- Commonwealth Threats to ComStar
- Socioeconomics
- Governmental Attitude
- Political Aims of the Economy
- Consumer Goods
- Corporate Profiles
- Other Major Commonwealth Industries
- Trade with Other Successor States
- Free Worlds League
- The Draconis Combine
- The Capellan Confederation
- The Federated Suns
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- Personalities
- A Brief Atlas
- The Protectorate of Donegal
- The Federation of Skye
- The Tamar Pact
- Map of the Lyran Commonwealth
- Index
Notes
- This was the first of the House books published by FASA. Much of the information was intended as background material for MechWarrior role-playing game campaigns.
- A downloadable version (sans pictures) is available at House Steiner Book