Kai Allard-Liao
Sarna News
Kai Allard-Liao (3030-3123) was the eldest child of Justin Allard and Candace Liao. As such, he stood to become the ruler of the St. Ives Compact, but his accession never came to pass because the Compact was forcibly reintegrated into the Capellan Confederation in 3063. He was the Solaris Champion for two years during the middle 3050s, prompting many observers to declare him the best MechWarrior of his generation.
Contents
Biography
Early Life
Kai grew up in a fiercely competitive family, his father having once been Solaris Champion himself and his mother was also an accomplished MechWarrior. He attended the New Avalon Military Academy, where he met Victor Steiner-Davion during an exchange program. The two there formed the basis of a firm friendship, rare among nobility from neighboring nations. Before graduating from NAMA, Kai became the first cadet to score a draw against the incredibly difficult "La Mancha" simulator program. His tactics served as the basis that Victor used to become the first cadet to defeat the scenario while he was at the Nagelring. During his time at the academy, Kai's lack of self-confidence first made itself evident.
Marriage and Children
Kai married Dr. Deirdre Lear, a pacifistic physician in the mid-3050s and is succeeded by at least one child, David Lear.
- David Lear was in the same reeducation camp as Devlin Stone and worked with him to liberate the camp and create the Kittery Prefecture. It was through Lear that Stone was able to meet Kai and other Inner Sphere leaders.
AFFC
Upon graduation, he joined service with the Federated Commonwealth's 10th Lyran Guards, a position he was in when Victor joined the unit and they both were on the team that came up with a strategy to strike back at the Clans during the Clan invasion. It was during that battle in 3050 that he engineered the destruction of the Falcon Guards on Twycross. He traveled with the other leaders and heirs of the Inner Sphere in 3051 to Outreach at the request of Jaime Wolf to learn about the Clans. On Outreach, Kai fought in a Clan-style Trial of Position and defeated an unprecedented five of his six opponents, including Prince Hanse Davion before falling to Jaime himself. He turned down Jaime's offer of the Daishi he had piloted to keep the CN 9AHCenturion that had been his father's 'Mech, Yen-Lo-Wang. Hanse Davion insisted on rewarding his performance, and upgraded Yen-Lo-Wang with Clan technology.
In 3052, Kai found himself trapped behind enemy lines on Alyina after he sacrificed himself to ensure Victor was alive and able to retreat. With the help of Clan Jade Falcon forces who had initially captured him, Kai struck back at ComStar troops who attempted to gain control of the Inner Sphere through Primus Myndo Waterly's Operation Scorpion. After aiding the Falcon troops, Kai was allowed to return home, only to encounter the news that his father had been assassinated by an agent sent by Chancellor Romano Liao.
Champion
In the mid-3050s, Kai became champion of Solaris VII, a world famous for its BattleMech tournaments. It was during this time that Kai mostly overcame his chronic self-doubt and married Dr. Deirdre Lear. Solarans widely speculated that Kai would go on to surpass Gray Noton's legendary seven-year reign as Solaris Champion, but Kai retired after only two, on top.
He also took control of his uncle Tormano Liao's Free Capella organization. Under Kai's aegis, Free Capella transformed from a revolutionary organization into an aid agency. Tormano was incensed at what his nephew had done, so he took back control of the organization he had founded to oppose tyranny in the Capellan Confederation.
St. Ives
In 3059, he led the First St. Ives Lancers during Operation Bulldog. After the end of the operation, he joined Victor Steiner-Davion for the Great Refusal on Strana Mechty in 3060, wherein he defeated Khan Vlad Ward of Clan Wolf and achieved a draw against the Wolf Binary.
He returned to the Inner Sphere to find that his home was under siege. In his absence, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao of the Capellan Confederation has instigated a war with the crescent-shaped St. Ives Compact. Kai quickly led his 1st St. Ives Lancers home to strike back at the Capellans. He thwarted Talon Zahn's every attempt to captured him, and even forced the Capellan military to divert forces to open a third front they termed the "Kai Allard-Liao front." He was effectively neutralized when Sun-Tzu tricked him into assaulting a world that was defended by troops from the nominally neutral Sarna Supremacy. He did not want to harm the forces of another nation that was resisting Capellan predations, so he disengaged, but took more serious losses doing so than he should have.
His mother attempted to introduce him to the world of politics during the 3061 Whitting Conference on Tharkad, where he pleaded St. Ives' case to the other members of the Star League. The election of Theodore Kurita as First Lord and his subsequent appointment of Victor Steiner-Davion as Commanding General of the SLDF helped St. Ives tremendously, as the peacekeepers that had been opposing St. Ives under First Lord Sun-Tzu Liao now defended the small nation. It was too little, too late, however, and St. Ives was formally reintegrated into the Capellan Confederation in a 3063 treaty that was largely negotiated by Kai's youngest sister Kuan-Yin and retired Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht.
FedCom Civil War
He was released on his honor by his cousin Sun-Tzu Liao to help Victor regain his throne from his sister Katherine and he led a portion of the 1st St. Ives Lancers to Victor's aid.
Jihad
In late 3067 he was rescued or possibly kidnapped by the Bounty Hunter and was sighted in the company of Duke George Hasek of the Federated Suns just prior to the Duke's assault against the Capellan Confederation. He was "rescued" by Death Commandos during the Capellan counterattack.
Death and Afterward
His subsequent actions currently remain unknown, however he was killed in 3123 on Liao during the Capellan Crusades while fighting for the Republic of the Sphere.[1] Kai left his legendary 'Mech, Yen-Lo-Wang, to his great-niece, Danai Liao-Centrella, who also went on to become a Solaris Champion.
Notes
- ↑ Stackpole, Michael A., Ghost War
References
- Stackpole, Michael A., Lethal Heritage, ROC
- Stackpole, Michael A., Blood Legacy, ROC
- Stackpole, Michael A., Lost Destiny, ROC
- Stackpole, Michael A., Assumption of Risk, ROC
- MechWarrior's Guide to Solaris VII, FASA
- Stackpole, Michael A., Grave Covenant, ROC
- Stackpole, Michael A., Prince of Havoc, ROC
- Coleman, Loren L., The Killing Fields, ROC
- Coleman, Loren L., Storms of Fate, ROC
- The FedCom Civil War, FanPro
- Dawn of the Jihad, FanPro
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3070, FanPro
- Stackpole, Michael A., Ghost War, ROC
- Bills, Randall N. & Hardy, Jason M., Principles of Desolation, ROC