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Line 12: | children = [[James McQuiston]] | children = [[James McQuiston]] }} }} − '''Ian McQuiston''' was the founder of the interstellar state known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10: "Founding Fathers"</ref> + '''Ian McQuiston''' (b. 2261 - d. 2333) was the founder of the interstellar state known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10, "Founding Fathers"</ref> ==History== ==History== − Ian McQuiston was a native of Scotland, on [[Terra]] and the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company. During the [[Exodus (2242)|Second Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]], and Ian was one such person. The Jumpship he took was the ''[[Albion (Individual JumpShip)|Albion]]''. + Ian McQuiston was a native of Scotland, on [[Terra]] and the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company. During the [[Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]], and Ian was one such person. − Ian's departure from Terra wasn't entirely voluntary; forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, Ian made for the world known as [[Skye]] because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye Ian began his own trading company and worked to acquire three of the largest trading companies on the planet; his mercantile efforts were so successful that in [[2282]], the population of Skye elected him [[President of Skye]],<ref name=FM:LAp6>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 6</ref> despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> + Ian's departure from Terra wasn't entirely voluntary; forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, Ian made for the world known as [[Skye]] because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye Ian began his own trading company and worked to acquire three of the largest trading companies on the planet; his mercantile efforts were so successful that in [[2282]], the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> Ian continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. Ian continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in [[2299]], a nation known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> Ian continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. Ian continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in [[2299]], a nation known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> − Ian was also indirectly responsible for the founding of a second interstellar state, the [[Protectorate of Donegal]]. Ian's most trusted adviser was a man named [[Seth Marsden]], who in [[2301]] quarreled with Ian, and whatever the reasons for their quarrel—some believed that Marsden had deliberately initiated the argument, to give himself a pretext to leave—Marsden departed Skye for the world of [[Donegal]]. Marsden planned on establishing his own realm in a fashion similar to that of his former employer. Beginning with the [[Donegal Freights and Goods]] company, Marsden took Donegal—a generally pleasant world with abundant resources and an amiable climate—and followed in Ian's footsteps, founding the Protectorate of Donegal a little over a decade later.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> + Ian was also indirectly responsible for the founding of a second interstellar state, the [[Protectorate of Donegal]]. Ian's most trusted adviser was a man named [[Seth Marsden]], who in [[2301]] quarreled with Ian, and whatever the reasons for their quarrel - some believed that Marsden had deliberately initiated the argument, to give himself a pretext to leave - Marsden departed Skye for the world of [[Donegal]]. Marsden planned on establishing his own realm in a fashion similar to that of his former employer. Beginning with the [[Donegal Freights and Goods]] company, Marsden took Donegal - a generally pleasant world with abundant resources and an amiable climate - and followed in Ian's footsteps, founding the Protectorate of Donegal a little over a decade later.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> ==Titles and Positions== ==Titles and Positions== {{S-start}} {{S-start}} {{S-bef|before=None}} {{S-bef|before=None}} − {{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Federation of Skye]]|years=[[2299]] - [[2333]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/><ref name=name=HSTLCpLOS&FT/>}} + {{S-title|title=[[President of Skye]]|years=[[2282]] - [[2299]]<ref name=FM:LAp6>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 6</ref> }} + {{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} + {{S-bef|before=None}} + {{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Federation of Skye]]|years=[[2299]] - [[2333]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/><ref name=HSLC/>}} {{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} {{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} {{S-end}} {{S-end}} Line 40:
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| − | '''Ian McQuiston''' was the founder of the interstellar state known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10 | + | '''Ian McQuiston''' (b. 2261 - d. 2333) was the founder of the interstellar state known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 10, "Founding Fathers"</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | Ian McQuiston was a native of Scotland, on [[Terra]] and the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company. During the [[ | + | Ian McQuiston was a native of Scotland, on [[Terra]] and the son of a man who owned a merchant-shipping company. During the [[Exodus]] from [[Terra]] in the years following the [[Demarcation Declaration]], many of Terra's best and brightest left the strife and intolerance present on Terra behind and took passage on [[JumpShip]]s destined for colonies outside the boundaries of the diminished [[Terran Alliance]], and Ian was one such person. |
| − | Ian's departure from Terra wasn't entirely voluntary; forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, Ian made for the world known as [[Skye]] because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye Ian began his own trading company and worked to acquire three of the largest trading companies on the planet; his mercantile efforts were so successful that in [[2282]], the population of Skye elected him | + | Ian's departure from Terra wasn't entirely voluntary; forced to leave because of a combination of his outspoken nature and his aggressive trade dealings, Ian made for the world known as [[Skye]] because he heard that Skye of all the colonies most resembled his homeland, Scotland. After arriving on Skye Ian began his own trading company and worked to acquire three of the largest trading companies on the planet; his mercantile efforts were so successful that in [[2282]], the population of Skye elected him President of Skye, despite him not having sought political office.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> |
Ian continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. Ian continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in [[2299]], a nation known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> | Ian continued to expand his trade empire until he had managed to combine and consolidate several disparate interplanetary merchant fleets into a single company, [[Skye Traders]], which went on to become the dominant trade company in the region of space demarcated by the border of the Terran Alliance and the worlds of [[Ford]], [[Clinton]] and [[Sakhalin (LC)|Sakhalin]] by [[2296]]. Ian continued to build on his political and mercantile success by announcing his intention to form an interstellar government in [[2299]], a nation known as the [[Federation of Skye]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> | ||
| − | Ian was also indirectly responsible for the founding of a second interstellar state, the [[Protectorate of Donegal]]. Ian's most trusted adviser was a man named [[Seth Marsden]], who in [[2301]] quarreled with Ian, and whatever the reasons for their | + | Ian was also indirectly responsible for the founding of a second interstellar state, the [[Protectorate of Donegal]]. Ian's most trusted adviser was a man named [[Seth Marsden]], who in [[2301]] quarreled with Ian, and whatever the reasons for their quarrel - some believed that Marsden had deliberately initiated the argument, to give himself a pretext to leave - Marsden departed Skye for the world of [[Donegal]]. Marsden planned on establishing his own realm in a fashion similar to that of his former employer. Beginning with the [[Donegal Freights and Goods]] company, Marsden took Donegal - a generally pleasant world with abundant resources and an amiable climate - and followed in Ian's footsteps, founding the Protectorate of Donegal a little over a decade later.<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/> |
==Titles and Positions== | ==Titles and Positions== | ||
{{S-start}} | {{S-start}} | ||
{{S-bef|before=None}} | {{S-bef|before=None}} | ||
| − | {{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Federation of Skye]]|years=[[2299]] - [[2333]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/><ref name= | + | {{S-title|title=[[President of Skye]]|years=[[2282]] - [[2299]]<ref name=FM:LAp6>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 6</ref> }} |
| + | {{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} | ||
| + | {{S-bef|before=None}} | ||
| + | {{S-title|title=Leader of the [[Federation of Skye]]|years=[[2299]] - [[2333]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p10"/><ref name=HSLC/>}} | ||
{{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} | {{S-aft|after=[[James McQuiston]]}} | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|McQuiston, Ian]] | [[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|McQuiston, Ian]] | ||