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= Liao =
 
 
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| caption            = Liao neighbouring systems
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| caption            = Cynthiana [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]
 
| name                = Liao
 
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| class              = K5V<ref name=DARW108>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 108 - "Liao"</ref><ref name=HBHL74>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 74, "Planet Profile"</ref>
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| recharge            = 196 hours<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
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Originally known as the '''Cynthiana''' system,<ref name="HB:HLp11"/> the '''Liao''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Liao III''', and as at [[3145]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
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Originally known as the '''Cynthiana''' system,<ref name="HB:HLp11"/> the '''Liao''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Liao III''', and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Tikonov Commonality]] of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name=SFp102-103/>
  
 
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== System Description ==
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==System Description==
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The Liao system is located near the [[Aldebaran]] and [[Genoa]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class K5V primary orbited by at nine planets.<ref name=DARW108/> During the [[thirty-first century]] a recharge station was in place at the nadir [[jump point]].<ref name=HBHL74/>
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Liao is located near the [[Aldebaran]] and [[Genoa]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of a class K5V primary orbited by at nine planets.<ref name=DARW108/> During the [[thirty-first century]] a recharge station was in place at the nadir [[jump point]].<ref name=HBHL74/>
  
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== System History ==
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==System History==
 
The Liao system was settled in [[2189]] by [[Elias Liao]] and his followers<ref name="HB:HLp11"/> and became the capital of a number of minor states prior to the formation of the Capellan Confederation in the mid-[[twenty-fourth century]].<ref name="HB:HLp17"/>
 
The Liao system was settled in [[2189]] by [[Elias Liao]] and his followers<ref name="HB:HLp11"/> and became the capital of a number of minor states prior to the formation of the Capellan Confederation in the mid-[[twenty-fourth century]].<ref name="HB:HLp17"/>
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= Liao III =
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==Political Affiliation==
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| image              = Liao.jpg
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* [[2189]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HB:HLp11"/>
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| caption            = Orbital view
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* [[2202]] - Terran Alliance<ref name="HL(TCC)p9++"/>
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* [[2240]] - Independent world (under Victor Liao)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', pp. 10–11: "Queen of Hearts"</ref>
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| name                = Liao
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* [[2240]] - [[Liao Republic]] (under Irenna Liao)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11"/>
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| position            = 3rd<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
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* [[2315]] - [[Duchy of Liao]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p17"/>
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* [[2366]] - Duchy of Liao<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref>
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* [[2367]] - [[Capellan Confederation]]<ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
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* [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3030]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 57: "Operation Guerrero"</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="HB:HLp60"/>
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* [[3067]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=FMU33/><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Capellan Confederation<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Capellan Confederation<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', pp. 62–63</ref>
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* [[3084]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]] (late in the year)<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 18: "The Capellan Conflict"</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', pp. vi–vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map)</ref>
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* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 12</ref>
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* [[3134]] - Capellan Confederation (from August)<ref>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 20</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103</ref>
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==Liao III==
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| image              = Liao Orbital View.jpg
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| name                = Liao III
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| othernames         =  
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| position            = Third<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| distance            = 4.12 days<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| distance            = 4.12 days<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Elias' Promise)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| moons              = 1 (Elias' Promise)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
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| gravity            = 1.05<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| gravity            = 1.05<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
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| water              = 55%<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| water              = 55%<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| life                = Reptile<ref name=DARW108/> (10%)<ref name=HBHL74/>
 
| life                = Reptile<ref name=DARW108/> (10%)<ref name=HBHL74/>
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| date                = 2189<ref name="HB:HLp11"/>
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| continents          = 3 (Beilù, Nánlù, Anderia)<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4">''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', pp. 3–4: "Map of Liao"</ref>
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| year                = 3130<ref name=DARW108/>
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| colonized          = [[2189]]<ref name="HB:HLp11"/>
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* President [[Elias Liao]] (2189)<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
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* President [[Victor Liao]] (2202-2240)<ref name="HB:HLp12"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p9+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9, "An Audience With The Governor"</ref>
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| religion            =
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* President Irenna Liao (2240)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10-11, "Queen Of Hearts"</ref>
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| population          = 3,485,000,000 (3025),<ref name="HL(TCC)p141">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 141: "Liao" planet profile</ref><br>3,800,000,000 (3067),<ref name=HBHL74/><br>2,395,427,000 (3130)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=DARoSp10>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 10: "Prefecture IV"</ref>
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* President [[Martell Liao]] (2269)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 11, "Bitter Times"</ref><ref name="HL(TCC)p163">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 163, "The Capellan Confederation's Line of Succession and Partial Liao Family Tree"</ref>
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| ruler              = [[Duke of Liao]], [[Shonso of Liao|''Shonso'' of Liao]]
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* President [[Emile Falkner Liao]] (2308)<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p163"/>
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| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Liao|Planetary Governor]]
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* President [[Franco Liao]] (2356)<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p17"/>
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| commander          = Legate [[Andreas Kamali]] (3111),<ref name=TP:CCp3>''Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades'', p.3: "Atlas"</ref> Legate [[Kang Lo Den]] (3128),<ref name="DATPp5"/><br>Legate [[Viktor Ruskoff]] (3130)<ref name=DARW108/><ref name=DARoSp10/>
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* Lord August Liao (3025)<ref name="HL(TCC)p141">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 141 - "Planet Guide"</ref>
 
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* Shonso Hurtong Liao (3067)<ref name=HBHL74/>
 
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* Governor Anna Lu Pohl (3130)<ref name=DARW108/>
 
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* Legate Viktor Ruskoff (3130)<ref name=DARW108/>
 
 
| capital            = Chang-an (3111)<ref name="DATPp5"/>
 
| capital            = Chang-an (3111)<ref name="DATPp5"/>
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| population          = 3,485,000,000 (3025)<ref name="HL(TCC)p141"/><br>3,800,000,000 (3067)ref name=HBHL74/><br>2,395,427,000 (3130)<ref name=DARW108/>
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| hpg                = A (3025)<ref name="HL(TCC)p141"/>
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| USIIR              = B-C-C-D-A (3067)ref name=HBHL74/>
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| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Elizabeth Waite]] (3025)<ref name="HL(TCC)p141"/>
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| hpg                = A<br>[[Precentor]] Elizabeth Waite (3025)<ref name="HL(TCC)p141"/>
 
 
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Liao III - more commonly known simply as Liao - has one moon named Emile's Promise and has at various points served as a national capital, a Prefecture capital and a Commonality capital.<ref name="DATPp5">''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 5, "Liao"</ref>
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Liao III—more commonly known simply as Liao—has one moon named Elias' Promise and has at various points served as a national capital, a Prefecture capital and a Commonality capital.<ref name="DATPp5">''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 5: "Liao"</ref>
  
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== Planetary History ==
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===Planetary History===
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===Early Times===
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====Early Times====
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Originally an unsettled, backwater planet in the [[Aldebaran]] system, the planet was settled by [[Elias Liao]] and his followers in [[2189]]. First named for Elias' wife Cynthiana, the planet was renamed to honor Elias after his death in [[2202]], although Elias' son [[David Paul Liao|David Paul]] initially opposed the change.<ref name="HB:HLp11">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 11, "Elias Liao"</ref>
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Originally an unsettled, backwater planet in the [[Aldebaran]] system, the planet was settled by [[Elias Liao]] and his followers in [[2189]]. First named for Elias' wife Cynthiana, the planet was renamed to honor Elias after his death in [[2202]], although Elias' son [[David Paul Liao|David Paul]] initially opposed the change.<ref name="HB:HLp11">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 11: "Elias Liao"</ref>
  
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When it was first settled, Liao was an unremarkable planet with wide expanses of grassland and little else.<ref name=DARW108/><ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> Within the first month, four colonists committed suicide because of the monotony.<ref name="HL(TCC)p8">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8, "A Green Despair"</ref> Elias Liao turned things around and Liao quickly became a major producer of livestock for the local star systems such as [[Zion]], [[Zurich]] and [[Genoa]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8, "New Beginnings"</ref>
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When it was first settled, Liao was an unremarkable planet with wide expanses of grassland and little else.<ref name=DARW108/><ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> Within the first month, four colonists committed suicide because of the monotony.<ref name="HL(TCC)p8">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8: "A Green Despair"</ref> Elias Liao turned things around and Liao quickly became a major producer of livestock for the local star systems such as [[Zion]], [[Zurich]], and [[Genoa]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 8: "New Beginnings"</ref>
  
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Having established that the biology of Cynthiana could support a number of species from off-planet, Elias aggressively imported a number of plant and animal species; the pride of his efforts was the importing of a number of breeding pairs of Eridani stallions, which he bred up during his lifetime into sought-after sport lines.<ref name="HB:HLp12"/> The inhabitants of Cynthiana had invested the last of their money into Elias' experiment with breeding up livestock species.<ref name=DARW108/> Although the Cynthiana colonists learned to domesticate the native Liao buffalo quickly, a deadly species known as the Liao cougar proved a major problem, inflicting heavy losses on the colonists' herds; the result was a massive hunting program that had completely eradicated the Liao cougar by the early 24th century.<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12, "Cynthiana"</ref>
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Having established that the biology of Cynthiana could support a number of species from off-planet, Elias aggressively imported a number of plant and animal species; the pride of his efforts was the importing of a number of breeding pairs of Eridani stallions, which he bred up during his lifetime into sought-after sport lines.<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref> The inhabitants of Cynthiana had invested the last of their money into Elias' experiment with breeding up livestock species.<ref name=DARW108/> Although the Cynthiana colonists learned to domesticate the native Liao buffalo quickly, a deadly species known as the Liao cougar proved a major problem, inflicting heavy losses on the colonists' herds; the result was a massive hunting program that had completely eradicated the Liao cougar by the early [[twenty-fourth century]].<ref name="HB:HLp12-3">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12: "Cynthiana"</ref>
  
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Elias Liao founded the [[Liao Republic]] when he colonized Liao, and his grandson [[Victor Liao|Victor]] would become president in 2202<ref name="HB:HLp12"/> and governor of the world under the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8+"/> By [[2212]], Victor had formal diplomatic relationships with a number of neighboring systems, to the advantage of all involved; while Victor refused to deal in Terran currency, he instead promoted trade by barter or exchange. It was very common for him to trade livestock and meat from Liao for goods from other worlds and for tracts of land on other, less well developed, colonies. Victor would then sell that land on to newly arriving colonists in exchange for more things to increase the power and prestige of Liao and his nascent kingdom; technology, ships, and most of all, weapons.<ref name="HL(TCC)p9++">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9, "Changing Times"</ref>
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Elias Liao founded the [[Liao Republic]] when he colonized Liao, and his grandson [[Victor Liao|Victor]] would become president in 2202<ref name="HB:HLp12-3"/> and governor of the world under the [[Terran Alliance]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8+"/> By [[2212]], Victor had formal diplomatic relationships with a number of neighboring systems, to the advantage of all involved; while Victor refused to deal in Terran currency, he instead promoted trade by barter or exchange. It was very common for him to trade livestock and meat from Liao for goods from other worlds and for tracts of land on other, less well-developed, colonies. Victor would then sell that land on to newly arriving colonists in exchange for more things to increase the power and prestige of Liao and his nascent kingdom; technology, ships, and most of all, weapons.<ref name="HL(TCC)p9++">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9: "Changing Times"</ref>
  
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===Independence===
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====Independence====
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When a number of colonies declared independence in [[2236]], the Terran Alliance demanded that Alliance worlds raise troops to support a campaign to conquer those worlds that had risen up in rebellion; Victor Liao's response was particularly pointed - he had the Terran Ambassador beheaded, and the head returned to Terra by first-class courier. The inhabitants of Liao waited for a response from Terra, but none ever came;<ref name="HL(TCC)p10">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10-11, "War Of Independence"</ref> after more than twenty years of preparation and buildup, Liao was suddenly independent when the Alliance issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]] and withdrew its borders to include only systems a single jump from Terra.<ref name="HL(TCC)p10+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10, "The Other Shoe"</ref>
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When a number of colonies declared independence in [[2236]], the Terran Alliance demanded that Alliance worlds raise troops to support a campaign to conquer those worlds that had risen up in rebellion. Victor Liao's response was particularly pointed: he had the Terran Ambassador beheaded, and the head returned to Terra by first-class courier. The inhabitants of Liao waited for a response from Terra, but none ever came;<ref name="HL(TCC)p10">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', pp. 10–11: "War of Independence"</ref> after more than twenty years of preparation and buildup, Liao was suddenly independent when the Alliance issued the [[Demarcation Declaration]] and withdrew its borders to include only systems a single jump from Terra.<ref name="HL(TCC)p10+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10: "The Other Shoe"</ref>
  
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===Independent Republic of Liao===
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====Independent Republic of Liao====
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After the death of Victor Liao in 2240, his daughter [[Irenna Liao|Irenna]] became the new President, promptly declaring Liao to be a sovereign nation - the Liao Republic - and starting major reforms of the planetary constitution. Various reforms set in place by Irenna strengthened her own position and allowed for the creation of a feudal dynasty, while at the same time moving Liao from being an independent agricultural backwater into a far more efficient and important polity.<ref name="HL(TCC)p11"/>
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After the death of Victor Liao in [[2240]], his daughter [[Irenna Liao|Irenna]] became the new President, promptly declaring Liao to be a sovereign nation—the Liao Republic—and starting major reforms of the planetary constitution. Various reforms set in place by Irenna strengthened her own position and allowed for the creation of a feudal dynasty, while at the same time moving Liao from being an independent agricultural backwater into a far more efficient and important polity.<ref name="HL(TCC)p11"/>
  
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As the colony worlds became increasingly balkanized and nations began to form in reaction to the Demarcation Declaration sporadic local wars began to break out, increasing in frequency as the vagaries of interstellar economies generated runaway inflation and planetary shortages. Liao suffered alongside other worlds during this period, being blockaded in [[2249]] - a blockade that disrupted their trade and dramatically reducing the standard of living on the world. These problems intensified under the rule of [[Martell Liao]], who compared unfavorably to his mother, Irenna.<ref name="HL(TCC)p11+"/>
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As the colony worlds became increasingly balkanized and nations began to form in reaction to the Demarcation Declaration sporadic local wars began to break out, increasing in frequency as the vagaries of interstellar economies generated runaway inflation and planetary shortages. Liao suffered alongside other worlds during this period, being blockaded in [[2249]], which disrupted their trade and dramatically reducing the standard of living on the world. These problems intensified under the rule of [[Martell Liao]], who compared unfavorably to his mother, Irenna.<ref name="HL(TCC)p11+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 11: "Bitter Times"</ref>
  
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Liao remained the center of a single-world nation until it re-emerged onto the interstellar stage during the closing years of the war between the [[Capellan Hegemony]] and the [[Sarna Supremacy]]. The nearby world of [[Arboris]] - a Protectorate of the Capellan Hegemony as well as the most [[coreward]] planets in the Hegemony - announced its' intention to secede from the Hegemony in [[2308]], unwilling to continue to contribute to the increasingly heavy burden of the war. Unbeknownst to the Hegemony, Arboris had applied for Protectorate status under the neutrality laws of the Liao Republic, which the ruler of the Republic, [[Emile Falkner Liao]], had granted. Emile had assembled a flotilla of hastily armed merchant vessels to defend the new Protectorate, and the Hegemony fleet sent to subdue Arboris ran straight into the Liao fleet. Emile goaded the Hegemony fleet into an ambush and mauled the fleet badly; while he was forced to retreat to Liao, he did so in good order, and the most the Free Worlds League forces could do in response was to impose a blockade on Liao until April [[2309]].<ref name="HB:HLp12"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p16">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 16-17, "Arboris Secedes"</ref>
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Liao remained the center of a single-world nation until it reemerged onto the interstellar stage during the closing years of the war between the [[Capellan Hegemony]] and the [[Sarna Supremacy]]. The nearby world of [[Arboris]]—a Protectorate of the Capellan Hegemony as well as the most [[coreward]] planets in the Hegemony—announced its intention to secede from the Hegemony in [[2308]], unwilling to continue to contribute to the increasingly heavy burden of the war. Unbeknownst to the Hegemony, Arboris had applied for Protectorate status under the neutrality laws of the Liao Republic, which the ruler of the Republic, [[Emile Falkner Liao]], had granted. Emile had assembled a flotilla of hastily armed merchant vessels to defend the new Protectorate, and the Hegemony fleet sent to subdue Arboris ran straight into the Liao fleet. Emile goaded the Hegemony fleet into an ambush and mauled the fleet badly; while he was forced to retreat to Liao, he did so in good order, and the most the Free Worlds League forces could do in response was to impose a blockade on Liao until April [[2309]].<ref name="HB:HLp12"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p16">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', pp. 16–17: "Arboris Secedes"</ref>
  
 
The Hegemony's pyrrhic victory cost them the support of the [[Free Worlds League]] in the war with the Supremacy, which allowed the nearby [[Tikonov Grand Union]] to impose an arbitrated peace. By [[2310]], Liao was no longer besieged, and had gained Arboris as a Protectorate. This was the beginning of a rapid expansion of influence in the region for Liao and its ruler.<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/>
 
The Hegemony's pyrrhic victory cost them the support of the [[Free Worlds League]] in the war with the Supremacy, which allowed the nearby [[Tikonov Grand Union]] to impose an arbitrated peace. By [[2310]], Liao was no longer besieged, and had gained Arboris as a Protectorate. This was the beginning of a rapid expansion of influence in the region for Liao and its ruler.<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/>
  
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===Duchy of Liao===
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====Duchy of Liao====
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Between 2310 and [[2320]] the worlds of [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]] and Genoa all applied to Emile Liao for Protectorate status on the same level as that enjoyed by Arboris; Liao's influence grew to the point that in [[2315]], it became the capital of Emile's new interstellar nation - the [[Duchy of Liao]], a realm that would survive intact until the formation of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="HB:HLp13"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p17">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 17, "Loosening Up"</ref>
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Between 2310 and [[2320]], the worlds of [[Zurich]], [[Aldebaran]], [[Gan Singh]], and Genoa all applied to Emile Liao for Protectorate status on the same level as that enjoyed by Arboris; Liao's influence grew to the point that in [[2315]], it became the capital of Emile's new interstellar nation—the [[Duchy of Liao]]—a realm that would survive intact until the formation of the [[Capellan Confederation]].<ref name="HB:HLp13"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p17">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 17: "Loosening Up"</ref>
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===The Early Succession Wars===
 
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Liao suffered a number of spoiling raids, which reduced the planet to a backwater world with no significant infrastructure worth attacking.  The planet remained important to House Liao, due to its historical importance to House Liao's ruling party. The world aside from harboring a palace on world for Chancellors, served as a training ground for Liao forces.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 141 - Liao (planet) profile - Brief info on the planet as of 3025 in the original House Liao sourcebook.</ref>
 
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===The Fourth Succession War===
 
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In August [[3028]], House Davion forces led by the [[Thirty-third Avalon Hussars]] launched the invasion of Liao in a surprise attack in First Wave of  the [[Fourth Succession War]].  The Hussars’ lead task force consisted of all three regiments of the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] and successfully made planetfall without meeting resistance from the Liao defenders.  The first regiment of the Irregulars, the 1894th Light Horse, landed in southern continent where it easily overwhelmed and destroyed the understrength BattleMech regiment, [[Vincent's Commandos]].
 
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The rest of the Davion forces made landfall in Liao's northern continent and made a push towards the Forbidden City. In a mountain region, the [[First Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the Warrior House LuSann made push an attempt to stop Davion mercenaries from making a push to the capital. In the following week after invasion force’s landing, the Cavalry would make its move against the Irregulars' third regiment, the Twenty-first Rim Worlds.  The Irregular regiment engaged the Cavalry in hope to prevent the Capellan forces from linking up with its Warrior House compatriots.  The Irregulars nearly completely destroyed the Cavalry until Prefectorate Guards sprung their ambush.  The Irregulars undertook a fighting withdraw from the ambush at the cost of their commanding general dying fighting a lance of ''[[Griffin]]s''.  In another part of the battle, the LuSann would be devastated by the Avatars of Painful Death's infantry, armor and Aerospace assets, losing a battalion worth of 'Mechs in the fighting. 
 
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House Davion forces progress towards the capital would end up being stalled by the Liao's defenders’ efforts.  It would not be until the arrival of [[Redfield's Renegades]] that the stalemate would turn into AFFS victory. The Renegades dropped behind LuSann's battlefield lines and entered the Forbidden City with no resistance.  With the fall of the Forbidden City to Davion mercenaries, the remains of the Capellan forces withdrew from the planet.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 16-17 - House Davion's successful invasion and conquest of Liao during the 4th Succession War.</ref>
 
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===Return to House Liao control===
 
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During [[Operation GUERRERO]] in [[3057]], Chancellor [[Sun Tzu Liao]] assigned the liberation of Liao to all of the Confederation's Warrior Houses. The planet's defending milita, the [[Liao Sarna March Militia]] surrendered to these forces without a shot fired.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 68, "The Sarna Invasion"</ref> The Chancellor made Liao the capital of the newly formed [[Liao Commonality]], with his cousin Shonso Hurtong Liao as its governor by [[3061]]. Earlier, as part of reestablishing control of the world, the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts would be established in [[3059]]. Liao experienced an economic and cultural renaissance as a result of its designation as the prefecture capital.  Hurtong Liao worked hard to reestablish the Confederation's rule over the world, trying to bring its citizens who experienced a higher standard of living during FedCom's rule under control.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 67 - Liao's Liberation by Capellan Forces and the surrender of the Liao Sarna March Militia.</ref>
 
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<ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 74 - Planet Liao background as of 3067, background update from 3057 to '67.</ref>
 
  
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===The Jihad===
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====Early Succession Wars====
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Liao was attacked by the [[Word of Blake]] on the 2nd of November [[3069]], but local [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] troops were able to repel the attack.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The Capellan forces on Liao were mysteriously well-prepared for the invasion, and when the Blakists invaded the CCAF struck first, hitting the invaders with massed artillery fire and chemical weapons. The Word of Blake forces were unable to capture Liao, but the planet paid a heavy price for the aggressive tactics of the defending forces - the island continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable, and the population of the planet suffered horrible casualties.<ref name=DARW108/>
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Liao suffered a number of spoiling raids, which reduced the planet to a backwater world with no significant infrastructure worth attacking.  The planet remained important to House Liao, due to its historical importance to House Liao's ruling party. The world aside from harboring a palace on world for Chancellors, served as a training ground for Liao forces.<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 141: Liao (planet) profile</ref>
  
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===Republic Era===
+
====Fourth Succession War====
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Incorporated into the [[Republic of the Sphere]] following the end of the Jihad, Liao remained a coveted target for the Confederation. Liao was one of the former Capellan worlds within the Republic that was embroiled in a grass-roots war that began in [[3101]] and which was intended to return the planet to Capellan control. In [[3111]] Capellan forces were able to land on Liao after a junior lieutenant stationed on the world was bribed to allow an unauthorised [[DropShip]] landing on the planet, only for the infiltrating forces to launch an attack that slaughtered Republican civilians, including the family of the officer who had assisted them in landing in the first place. The war ended soon after and Liao remained a member of the Republic.<ref name=DARW108/>
+
In August [[3028]], [[House Davion]] forces led by the [[Thirty-third Avalon Hussars]] launched the invasion of Liao in a surprise attack in First Wave of the [[Fourth Succession War]].  The Hussars’ lead task force consisted of all three regiments of the [[Blue Star Irregulars]] and successfully made planetfall without meeting resistance from the Liao defenders.  The first regiment of the Irregulars, the [[1894th Light Horse Regiment|1894th Light Horse]], landed in southern continent where it easily overwhelmed and destroyed the understrength BattleMech regiment, [[Vincent's Commandos]].
  
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===Dark Age===
+
The rest of the Davion forces made landfall in Liao's northern continent and made a push towards the Forbidden City. In a mountain region, the [[First Confederation Reserve Cavalry]] and the [[Warrior House LuSann]] made push an attempt to stop Davion mercenaries from making a push to the capital. In the following week after invasion force’s landing, the Cavalry would make its move against the Irregulars' third regiment, the [[Twenty-first Rim Worlds]]. The Irregular regiment engaged the Cavalry in hope to prevent the Capellan forces from linking up with its Warrior House compatriots. The Irregulars nearly completely destroyed the Cavalry until Prefectorate Guards sprung their ambush. The Irregulars undertook a fighting withdraw from the ambush at the cost of their commanding general dying fighting a lance of ''[[Griffin]]s''.  In another part of the battle, the LuSann would be devastated by the [[Avatars of Painful Death]]'s infantry, armor and aerospace assets, losing a battalion's worth of 'Mechs in the fighting.
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In 3126 and 3127 Capellan agitators increased tensions at the [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]]. These tensions burst in 3128, when the campus was seized by disgruntled cadets. Legate Kang Lo Den responded violently, and two students died. [[Paladin (rank)|Paladin]] [[Ezekiel Crow]] prevented a full assault against the protestors and pressured Legate Kang to resign. Things calmed down again, but a new insurgent group called Ijori Dè Guāng was formed.<ref>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 5</ref>
 
  
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After the [[Blackout]] the Capellan Confederation sent troops into the Republic. The [[Second McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment landed on Liao and faced the garrisoning troops. After six years of terrorist assaults by the Ijori Dè Guāng the garrison forces were on edge, and peaceful protests quickly exploded into violence. The Liao Standing Guard and [[V Principes]] faced multiple hit and run attacks from the Armored Cavalry across two continents while the protestors and Ijori Dè Guāng joined forces with dissident elements of the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts to cause more problems. Despite this, five weeks of fighting had slowed the Capellan forces. Then the [[Dynasty Guard]] arrived. They joined with the dissident forces and opened a new front against the Republic troops. The Republic forces might still have won, but one of their aerospace fighters shot down a medical transport [[DropShip]] filled with refugees thinking it was transporting [[CCAF]] reinforcements. Overnight all loyalty to the Republic disappeared and the citizens of Liao rioted against the Republic troops. A last minute attack against the Dynasty Guard failed, and the Republic forces surrendered. They were allowed to leave Liao, returning the system to the Confederation.<ref>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 6</ref>
+
House Davion forces progress towards the capital would end up being stalled by the Liao's defenders’ efforts.  It would not be until the arrival of [[Redfield's Renegades]] that the stalemate would turn into AFFS victory. The Renegades dropped behind LuSann's battlefield lines and entered the Forbidden City with no resistance.  With the fall of the Forbidden City to Davion mercenaries, the remains of the Capellan forces withdrew from the planet.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 16–17: House Davion's successful invasion and conquest of Liao during the Fourth Succession War</ref>
  
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== Political Affiliation ==  
+
====Return to House Liao====
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* [[2189]] - Terran Alliance <ref name="HB:HLp11"/>
+
During [[Operation GUERRERO]] in [[3057]], Chancellor [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] assigned the liberation of Liao to all of the Confederation's Warrior Houses. The planet's defending militia, the [[Liao Sarna March Militia]] surrendered to these forces without a shot fired.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 68: "The Sarna Invasion"</ref> The Chancellor made Liao the capital of the newly formed [[Liao Commonality]], with his cousin ''[[Shonso]]'' [[Hurtong Liao]] as its governor by [[3061]]. Earlier, as part of reestablishing control of the world, the [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]] would be established in [[3059]]. Liao experienced an economic and cultural renaissance as a result of its designation as the prefecture capital. Hurtong Liao worked hard to reestablish the Confederation's rule over the world, trying to bring its citizens who experienced a higher standard of living during FedCom rule.<ref>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 67: Liao's Liberation by Capellan Forces and the surrender of the Liao Sarna March Militia</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 74: Planet Liao background as of 3067, background update from 3057 to '67</ref>
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* [[2202]] - Terran Alliance <ref name="HL(TCC)p9++"/>
 
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* [[2240]] - Independent world (under Victor Liao)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11"/>
 
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* [[2240]] - Liao Republic (under Irenna Liao)<ref name="HL(TCC)p11"/>
 
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* [[2315]] - Duchy of Liao <ref name="HL(TCC)p17"/>
 
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* [[2366]] - Duchy of Liao <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"</ref>
 
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* [[2367]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp13">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"</ref>
 
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* [[2571]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp25">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
−
* [[2596]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"</ref>
 
−
* [[2750]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
−
* [[2765]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
−
* [[2822]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp31">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="HB:HLp39">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3025]] - [[Federated Suns]] <ref name="HB:HLp40">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HLp49">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - [[Chaos March]] {{cn}}
 
−
* [[3058]] - Chaos March <ref name="HB:HLp60">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3067]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=FMU33/><ref name="HB:HLp68">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Capellan Confederation <ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"</ref>
 
−
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere {{cn}}
 
−
* [[3130]] - Republic of the Sphere <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
−
* [[3135]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
−
* [[3145]] - Capellan Confederation <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
 
  
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== Planetary Rulers ==
+
====Jihad====
−
=== 2189 ===
+
Liao was attacked by the [[Word of Blake]] on 2 November [[3069]] but local [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] troops were able to repel the attack.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> The Capellan forces on Liao were mysteriously well-prepared for the invasion, and when the Blakists invaded the CCAF struck first, hitting the invaders with massed artillery fire and chemical weapons. The Word of Blake forces were unable to capture Liao, but the planet paid a heavy price for the aggressive tactics of the defending forces; the island continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable, and the population of the planet suffered horrible casualties.<ref name=DARW108/>
−
* President [[Elias Liao]]<ref name="HB:HLp12">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"</ref>
 
  
−
=== 2202-2240 ===
+
====Republic Era====
−
* President [[Victor Liao]]<ref name="HB:HLp12"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p9+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 9, "An Audience With The Governor"</ref>
+
Incorporated into the [[Republic of the Sphere]] following the end of the Jihad, Liao remained a coveted target for the Confederation. Liao was one of the former Capellan worlds within the Republic that was embroiled in a grass-roots war that began in [[3101]] and which was intended to return the planet to Capellan control. In [[3111]], Capellan forces were able to land on Liao after a junior lieutenant stationed on the world was bribed to allow an unauthorized [[DropShip]] landing on the planet, only for the infiltrating forces to launch an attack that slaughtered Republican civilians, including the family of the officer who had assisted them in landing in the first place. The war ended soon after and Liao remained a member of the Republic.<ref name=DARW108/>
  
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=== 2240 ===
+
====Dark Age====
−
* President Irenna Liao<ref name="HL(TCC)p11">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 10-11, "Queen Of Hearts"</ref>
+
In [[3126]] and [[3127]], Capellan agitators increased tensions at the [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]]. These tensions burst in [[3128]], when the campus was seized by disgruntled cadets. Legate Kang Lo Den responded violently, and two students died. [[Paladin of the Republic|Paladin]] [[Ezekiel Crow]] prevented a full assault against the protesters and pressured Legate Kang to resign. Things calmed down again, but a new insurgent group called ''[[Ijori Dè Guāng]]'' was formed.<ref>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 5</ref> On 25 July [[3132]], the [[HPG]] station on Liao underwent a mysterious shutdown that lasted four days, and may have been a herald of [[Gray Monday]].<ref name="ED:DAp10">''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 10: "Dark Age Timeline"</ref>
  
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=== 2269 ===
+
After the [[Blackout]] the Capellan Confederation sent troops into the Republic. The [[Second McCarron's Armored Cavalry]] regiment landed on Liao and faced the garrisoning troops. After six years of terrorist assaults by the ''Ijori Dè Guāng'' the garrison forces were on edge, and peaceful protests quickly exploded into violence. The [[Liao Standing Guard]], the [[Fifth Triarii Protectors]] and [[V Principes Guards]] faced multiple hit and run attacks from the Armored Cavalry across two continents while the protesters and ''Ijori Dè Guāng'' joined forces with dissident elements of the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts to cause more problems. Despite this, five weeks of fighting had slowed the Capellan forces. Then the [[Dynasty Guard]] arrived. They joined with the dissident forces and opened a new front against the Republic troops. The Republic forces might still have won, but one of their aerospace fighters shot down a medical transport [[DropShip]] filled with refugees thinking it was transporting CCAF reinforcements. Overnight all loyalty to the Republic disappeared and the citizens of Liao rioted against the Republic troops. A last minute attack against the Dynasty Guard failed, and the Republic forces surrendered. They were allowed to leave Liao, returning the system to the Confederation.<ref>''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 6</ref>
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* President [[Martell Liao]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p11+">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 11, "Bitter Times"</ref><ref name="HL(TCC)p163">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 163, "The Capellan Confederation's Line of Succession and Partial Liao Family Tree"</ref>
 
  
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=== 2308 ===
+
===Military Deployment===
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* President [[Emile Falkner Liao]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/>
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====2765====
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* [[First Liao Guards]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 11: "Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[Fourteenth "Zurich" Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 12: "Regimental Status"</ref>
  
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=== 2356 ===
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====2786====
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* President [[Franco Liao]]<ref name="HL(TCC)p16"/><ref name="HL(TCC)p17"/>
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* First Liao Guards<ref name="FSWp136">''First Succession War'', p. 136: "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"</ref>
  
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=== 3025 ===
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====2821====
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* Lord August Liao<ref name="HL(TCC)p141">''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 141 - "Planet Guide"</ref>
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* [[Fourth Liao Guards]]<ref name="FSWp136/>
  
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=== 3067 ===
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====3025====
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* Shonso Hurtong Liao<ref name=HBHL74/>
 
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=== 3128 ===
 
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* Planetary Legate Kang Lo Den<ref name="DATPp5"/>
 
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=== 3130 ===
 
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* Planetary Governor Anna Lu Pohl<ref name=DARW108/>
 
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* Planetary Legate Viktor Ruskoff<ref name=DARW108/>
 
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== Military Deployment ==
 
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===2765===
 
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* [[First Liao Guards]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 11, "Regimental Status"</ref>
 
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* [[14th "Zurich" Lancers|Fourteenth "Zurich" Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 12, "Regimental Status"</ref>
 
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===3025===
 
 
* [[First Confederation Reserve Cavalry]]
 
* [[First Confederation Reserve Cavalry]]
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* [[Vincent's Commandos]]<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 105 - Unit assigned to Liao as of 3025.</ref>
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* [[Vincent's Commandos]]<ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation'', p. 105: Unit assigned to Liao as of 3025</ref>
  
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===3028===
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====3028====
 
* [[Prefectorate Guard]]
 
* [[Prefectorate Guard]]
 
* [[Warrior House LuSann]]
 
* [[Warrior House LuSann]]
 
* First Confederation Reserve Cavalry
 
* First Confederation Reserve Cavalry
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* Vincent's Commandos<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 11-12, 16-17, 102 - Noted Liao garrison forces as of 3028 during the failed defense of Liao at dawn of 4th Succession War.</ref>
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* Vincent's Commandos<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', pp. 11–12, 16–17, 102: Noted Liao garrison forces as of 3028 during the failed defense of Liao at dawn of Fourth Succession War</ref>
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====3038====
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* [[Liao Sarna March Militia]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138: "Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3038===
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====3050====
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* [[Liao Sarna March Militia]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 138 "Deployment Table"</ref>
+
* Liao Sarna March Militia<ref name=20yup24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24</ref>
  
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===3054===
+
====3054====
−
* Liao SMM<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 17, "Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>
+
* Liao Sarna March Militia<ref>''Objective Raids'', p. 17: "Deployment Table - 3054"</ref>
  
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===3067===  
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====3067====
−
* [[Dynasty Guard]]<ref name=FMU33>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 33, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"</ref>
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* [[Dynasty Guard]]<ref name=FMU33>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 33: "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"</ref>
  
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===3079===
+
====3079====
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* Dynasty Guard<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 8, "Capellan Hussars Regimental Status"</ref>
+
* Dynasty Guard<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 8: "Capellan Hussars Regimental Status"</ref>
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:- At this point in time the Dynasty Guard is operating at 65% of full strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- The unit was at 65% strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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* [[First St. Ives Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18, "St. Ives Armored Cavalry Regimental Status"</ref>
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* [[First St. Ives Lancers]]<ref>''Field Report: CCAF'', p. 18: "St. Ives Armored Cavalry Regimental Status"</ref>
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:- The 1st is operating at 35% of full strength, with 95% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- The First was at 35% strength, with 95% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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====3085====
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* [[V Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
 +
:- The unit was at 70% strength, with 87% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
  
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===3085===
+
====3145====
−
* [[V Hastati Sentinels]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
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* [[Holdfast Guard]]<ref name=FM3145p46>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 46: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
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:- At this point in time, the V Hastati was at 70% of full strength, with 87% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
+
:- The unit was at 95% strength with an "A" equipment rating.
 +
* [[Liao Conservatory Cadre]] (Battalion)<ref name=FM3145p47>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 47: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"</ref>
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:- The unit was at 90% strength with a "D" equipment rating.
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== Geography ==  
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===Geography===
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The planet Liao has three continents which settlers named Northern, Southern and Anderia. Anderia is an island continent, and all three continents are dominated by wide stretches of open grassland; some of the grasslands stretch across the entire of a continent. The continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable during the [[Jihad]] as a consequence of the use of chemical weapons.<ref name=DARW108/> At some point the Northern and Southern continents were renamed to Beilù and Nánlù. Various prominant mountain chains exist on Liao; Anderia is home to the Langtang Mountains, while Beilù is home to the Highwall Mountains, Northern Ranges and Du-Jin Mountains. The vast grasslands of the Southern Plains and the Great Northern Plains dominate the two major landmasses, although the Chengdu Plateau is a major geographical feature, seperated from the rest of Beilù by the Highwall Mountains. Major seas and oceans on Liao include the Northern Sea, the Cyntheryen sea and the Eastern Ocean.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
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The planet Liao has three continents which settlers named Beilù (Northern), Nánlù (Southern), and Anderia. Anderia is an island continent, and all three continents are dominated by wide stretches of open grassland; some of the grasslands stretch across the entire of a continent. The continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable during the [[Jihad]] as a consequence of the use of chemical weapons.<ref name=DARW108/> Various prominent mountain chains exist on Liao; Anderia is home to the Langtang Mountains, while Beilù is home to the Highwall Mountains, Northern Ranges and Du-jín Mountains. The vast grasslands of the Southern Plains and the Great Northern Plains dominate the two major landmasses, although the Chengdu Plateau is a major geographical feature, separated from the rest of Beilù by the Highwall Mountains. Major seas and oceans on Liao include the Northern Sea, the Cyntheryen Sea, and the Eastern Ocean.<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
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===Planetary Locations===
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[[File:Liao Planetary Map.png|right|450px|thumb|Liao World Map]]
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* Anderia (continent)
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:* Franco City: a ruined city<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
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:* Jaffa: a ruined city<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
* Beilù (continent)
 +
:* Chang-an: the planetary capital city,<ref name="DATPp5"/> located on the Cavalry River on Beilù close to Lianyungang and Thei<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
::* [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]]: a military academy<ref name="DATPp5"/>
 +
:* Hunnan: a major city located on the western coast of Beilù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Hussan: a major city on the eastern edge of Beilù, on the shore of the Eastern Ocean; located on a major river, on the opposite shore of which is a spaceport<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Kurnath Liao Memorial Naval Base: a military facility located south of the Highwall Mountains on the northern coast of the Cyntheryen Sea<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Lianyungang: a minor city and spaceport located close to Chang-an, but on the opposite side of the Cavalry River<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Overland: a minor city in the northern regions of the Great Northern Grasslands<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Thei: a major city near Chang-an<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Xiapu: a minor city in the Great Northern Plains<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
* Nánlù (continent)
 +
:* Desu: a major city on the northern shore of Nánlù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Duan: a major city located south and east of the Du-jín Mountains on the shore of the Eastern Ocean<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* HungLi Military Base: a major military base in the eastern regions of Nánlù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Jíla: a major city on the western coast of Nánlù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Mau-ti: a minor city located in the Southern Plains on Nánlù close to Shanto and Yulan<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Opskillon: a minor city located on the Murat River on the southern coast of Nánlù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Shanto: a minor city on the northern coast of Nánlù close to Yulan and Mau-ti<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Sovetskaya: a minor city located on the southern shore of Nánlù<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
 +
:* Yulan: a minor city in the Southern Plains close to Shanto and Mau-ti<ref name="DATP:Lp3-4"/>
  
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== Planetary Locations ==
 
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* Chang-an: the planetary capital city,<ref name="DATPp5"/> located on the Cavalry River on Beilù close to Lianyungang and Thei.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Desu: a major city on the northern shore of Nánlù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Duan: a major city located south and east of the Du-jin mountains on the shore of the Eastern Ocean.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Franco City: a ruined city on Anderia.<ref name="DATP:Lp30">''Dark Age Turning Points: Liao'', p. 30-33, "Map of Liao"</ref>
 
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* Hunnan: a major city located on the western coast of Beilù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* HungLi Military Base: a major military base in the eastern regions of Nánlù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Hussan: a major city on the eastern edge of Beilù, on the shore of the Eastern Ocean. Located on a major river, on the opposite shore of which is a spaceport.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Jaffa: a ruined city on Anderia.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Jila: a major city on the western coast of Nánlù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Kurnath Liao Memorial Naval Base: a military facility located south of the Highwall Mountains on the northern coast of the Cyntheryen Sea.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Lianyungang: a minor city and spaceport located close to Chang-an, but on the opposite side of the Cavalry River.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* [[Liao Conservatory of Military Arts]]: a military academy.<ref name="DATPp5"/>
 
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* Mau-ti: a minor city located in the Southern Plains on Nánlù close to Shanto and Yulan.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
−
* Opskillon: a minor city located on the Murat River on the southern coast of Nánlù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Overland: a minor city in the northern regions of the Great Northern Grasslands.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Shanto: a minor city on the northern coast of Nánlù close to Yulan and Mau-ti.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Sovetskaya: a minor city located on the southern shore of Nánlù.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Thei: a major city on Beilù near Chang-an.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Xiapu: a minor city in the Great Northern Plains.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
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* Yulan: a minor city in the Southern Plains close to Shanto and Mau-ti.<ref name="DATP:Lp30"/>
 
 
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! colspan="8" | Closest 76 systems (74 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[Genoa]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Genoa]]
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| 10.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 10.0
−
| [[Aldebaran]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Aldebaran]]
−
| 10.4
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| class="lessthan30" | 10.4
−
| [[Gan Singh]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Gan Singh]]
−
| 13.3
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| class="lessthan30" | 13.3
−
| [[Bhaktapur]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Bhaktapur]]
−
| 14.0
+
| class="lessthan30" | 14.0
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Zurich]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Zurich]]
−
| 15.2
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| class="lessthan30" | 15.2
−
| [[Arboris]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Arboris]]
−
| 19.3
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| class="lessthan30" | 19.3
−
| [[Ningpo]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Ningpo]]
−
| 20.1
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.1
−
| [[Nanking]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Nanking]]
−
| 20.4
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.4
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Pleione]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Pleione]]
−
| 20.4
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| class="lessthan30" | 20.4
−
| [[Manennaia]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Manennaia]]
−
| 22.0
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| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
−
| [[Bex]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Bex]]
−
| 22.6
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| class="lessthan30" | 22.6
−
| [[Zion]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Zion]]
−
| 24.1
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| class="lessthan30" | 24.1
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Azha]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Azha]]
−
| 25.9
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| class="lessthan30" | 25.9
−
| [[New Canton]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[New Canton]]
−
| 26.4
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| class="lessthan30" | 26.4
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| [[Slocum]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Slocum]]
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| 28.9
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| class="lessthan30" | 28.9
−
| [[Saiph]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Saiph]]
−
| 29.7
+
| class="lessthan30" | 29.7
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Styk]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Styk]]
−
| 30.0
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| class="lessthan30" | 30.0
−
| [[Acamar]]
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| class="over30" | [[Acamar]]
−
| 30.5
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| class="over30" | 30.5
−
| [[Algol]]
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| class="over30" | [[Algol]]
−
| 30.6
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| class="over30" | 30.6
−
| [[Shensi]]
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| class="over30" | [[Shensi]]
−
| 30.9
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| class="over30" | 30.9
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Poznan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Poznan]]
−
| 31.0
+
| class="over30" | 31.0
−
| [[Hsien]]
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| class="over30" | [[Hsien]]
−
| 32.0
+
| class="over30" | 32.0
−
| [[Woodstock]]
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| class="over30" | [[Woodstock]]
−
| 33.3
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| class="over30" | 33.3
−
| [[Tall Trees]]
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| class="over30" | [[Tall Trees]]
−
| 33.6
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| class="over30" | 33.6
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Menkalinan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Menkalinan]]
−
| 34.4
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| class="over30" | 34.4
−
| [[Kansu]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kansu]]
−
| 34.6
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| class="over30" | 34.6
−
| [[Snailzar]]
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| class="over30" | [[Snailzar]]
−
| 35.4
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| class="over30" | 35.4
−
| [[Buchlau]]
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| class="over30" | [[Buchlau]]
−
| 35.8
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| class="over30" | 35.8
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Belluevue]]
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| class="over30" | [[Belluevue]]
−
| 36.1
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| class="over30" | 36.1
−
| [[Bharat]]
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| class="over30" | [[Bharat]]
−
| 36.5
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| class="over30" | 36.5
−
| [[Terra Firma]]
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| class="over30" | [[Terra Firma]]
−
| 36.9
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| class="over30" | 36.9
−
| [[Elgin]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Elgin|Chisholm]]
−
| 37.2
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| class="over30" | 37.2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Capolla]]
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| class="over30" | [[Capolla]]
−
| 37.8
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| class="over30" | 37.8
−
| [[Halloran V]]
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| class="over30" | [[Halloran]]
−
| 39.5
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| class="over30" | 39.5
−
| [[Hamal]]
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| class="over30" | [[Hamal]]
−
| 39.6
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| class="over30" | 39.6
−
| [[Sichuan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Sichuan]]
−
| 39.8
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| class="over30" | 39.8
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kyrkbacken]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kyrkbacken]]
−
| 40.2
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| class="over30" | 40.2
−
| [[New Aragon]]
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| class="over30" | [[New Aragon]]
−
| 40.3
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| class="over30" | 40.3
−
| [[Nopah]]
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| class="over30" | [[Nopah]]
−
| 41.7
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| class="over30" | 41.7
−
| [[Conwy]]
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| class="over30" | [[Conwy]]
−
| 43.5
+
| class="over30" | 43.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kawich]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kawich]]
−
| 43.6
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| class="over30" | 43.6
−
| [[Tsitsang]]
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| class="over30" | [[Tsitsang]]
−
| 43.7
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| class="over30" | 43.7
−
| [[Asuncion]]
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| class="over30" | [[Asuncion]]
−
| 44.1
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| class="over30" | 44.1
−
| [[St. Andre]]
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| class="over30" | [[St. Andre]]
−
| 44.9
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| class="over30" | 44.9
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Mandal]]
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| class="over30" | [[Mandal]]
−
| 44.9
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| class="over30" | 44.9
−
| [[Hunan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Hunan]]
−
| 46.0
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| class="over30" | 46.0
−
| [[Kristiandsund]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kristiandsund]]
−
| 46.0
+
| class="over30" | 46.0
−
| [[Fletcher (ROTS)|Fletcher]]
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| class="over30" | [[Fletcher (CC)|Fletcher]]
−
| 46.7
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| class="over30" | 46.7
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Second Try]]
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| class="over30" | [[Second Try]]
−
| 47.2
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| class="over30" | 47.2
−
| [[Sheratan]]
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| class="over30" | [[Sheratan]]
−
| 47.5
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| class="over30" | 47.5
−
| [[Brownsville]]
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| class="over30" | [[Brownsville]]
−
| 47.7
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| class="over30" | 47.7
−
| [[Yangtze]]
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| class="over30" | [[Yangtze]]
−
| 48.0
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| class="over30" | 48.0
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Berenson]]
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| class="over30" | [[Berenson]]
−
| 48.1
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| class="over30" | 48.1
−
| [[Suzano]]
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| class="over30" | [[Suzano]]
−
| 49.1
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| class="over30" | 49.1
−
| [[Epsilon Eridani]]
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| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Eridani]]
−
| 49.9
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| class="over30" | 49.9
−
| [[Outreach]]
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| class="over30" | [[Outreach]]
−
| 50.5
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| class="over30" | 50.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Basalt]]
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| class="over30" | [[Basalt]]
−
| 50.8
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| class="over30" | 50.8
−
| [[New Hessen]]
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| class="over30" | [[New Hessen]]
−
| 51.0
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| class="over30" | 51.0
−
| [[Ruchbah]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ruchbah]]
−
| 51.3
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| class="over30" | 51.3
−
| [[Ingress]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ingress]]
−
| 52.2
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| class="over30" | 52.2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Epsilon Indi]]
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| class="over30" | [[Epsilon Indi]]
−
| 53.3
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| class="over30" | 53.3
−
| [[Algot]]
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| class="over30" | [[Algot]]
−
| 53.4
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| class="over30" | 53.4
−
| [[Alrescha]]
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| class="over30" | [[Alrescha]]
−
| 53.8
+
| class="over30" | 53.8
−
| [[Hall]]
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| class="over30" | [[Hall]]
−
| 54.0
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| class="over30" | 54.0
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Ilmachna]]
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| class="over30" | [[Ilmachna]]
−
| 54.8
+
| class="over30" | 54.8
−
| [[Myrvoll]]
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| class="over30" | [[Myrvoll]]
−
| 55.7
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| class="over30" | 55.7
−
| [[Wasat]]
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| class="over30" | [[Wasat]]
−
| 56.0
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| class="over30" | 56.0
−
| [[Tigress]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Tigress]]
−
| 56.2
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| class="over30" | 56.2
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Achernar]]
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| class="over30" | [[Alpha Eridani]]
−
| 56.2
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| class="over30" | 56.2
−
| [[Demeter]]
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| class="over30" | [[Demeter]]
−
| 57.2
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| class="over30" | 57.2
−
| [[Palos]]
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| class="over30" | [[Palos]]
−
| 58.5
+
| class="over30" | 58.5
−
| [[Wei]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Wei]]
−
| 58.6
+
| class="over30" | 58.6
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Yunnah]]
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| class="over30" | [[Yunnah]]
−
| 58.9
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| class="over30" | 58.9
−
| [[Bryant]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bryant]]
−
| 59.2
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| class="over30" | 59.2
−
|
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| class="over60" | [[Elnath]]
−
|
+
| class="over60" | 60.7
−
|
+
| class="over60" | [[Menkar]]
−
|
+
| class="over60" | 61.1
 
|-
 
|-
 
|}
 
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== References ==
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==References==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
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== Bibliography ==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age Turning Points: Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age Turning Points: Liao]]''
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* ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: CCAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation]]''
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* ''[[Field Report 2765: CCAF]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
 
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
 
* ''[[Objective Raids]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]''
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Liao
← 3135
3151
Liao (system) 3151.svg
Liao nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates34.29 : -68.578[e]
Spectral classK5V[1][2]
Recharge time196 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[2]
Planet(s)9[1]

Originally known as the Cynthiana system,[3] the Liao system was home to at least one habitable world, Liao III, and as of 3151 was located in the Tikonov Commonality of the Capellan Confederation.[4]

System Description

Liao is located near the Aldebaran and Genoa systems[5][6] and consists of a class K5V primary orbited by at nine planets.[1] During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the nadir jump point.[2]

System History

The Liao system was settled in 2189 by Elias Liao and his followers[3] and became the capital of a number of minor states prior to the formation of the Capellan Confederation in the mid-twenty-fourth century.[7]

Political Affiliation

Liao III

Liao III
Liao Orbital View.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionThird[1][2]
Jump Point distance4.12 days[1][2]
Moons1 (Elias' Promise)[1][2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.05[1][2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1][2]
Equatorial temperature30°C[1][2]
Surface water55%[1][2]
Highest native lifeReptile[1] (10%)[2]
Landmasses3 (Beilù, Nánlù, Anderia)[34]
History and Culture
Colonized2189[3]
Population3,485,000,000 (3025),[35]
3,800,000,000 (3067),[2]
2,395,427,000 (3130)[1][36]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerDuke of Liao, Shonso of Liao
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderLegate Andreas Kamali (3111),[37] Legate Kang Lo Den (3128),[38]
Legate Viktor Ruskoff (3130)[1][36]
CapitalChang-an (3111)[38]
HPG ClassA (3025)[35]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Elizabeth Waite (3025)[35]

Liao III—more commonly known simply as Liao—has one moon named Elias' Promise and has at various points served as a national capital, a Prefecture capital and a Commonality capital.[38]

Planetary History

Early Times

Originally an unsettled, backwater planet in the Aldebaran system, the planet was settled by Elias Liao and his followers in 2189. First named for Elias' wife Cynthiana, the planet was renamed to honor Elias after his death in 2202, although Elias' son David Paul initially opposed the change.[3]

When it was first settled, Liao was an unremarkable planet with wide expanses of grassland and little else.[1][39] Within the first month, four colonists committed suicide because of the monotony.[39] Elias Liao turned things around and Liao quickly became a major producer of livestock for the local star systems such as Zion, Zurich, and Genoa.[40]

Having established that the biology of Cynthiana could support a number of species from off-planet, Elias aggressively imported a number of plant and animal species; the pride of his efforts was the importing of a number of breeding pairs of Eridani stallions, which he bred up during his lifetime into sought-after sport lines.[41] The inhabitants of Cynthiana had invested the last of their money into Elias' experiment with breeding up livestock species.[1] Although the Cynthiana colonists learned to domesticate the native Liao buffalo quickly, a deadly species known as the Liao cougar proved a major problem, inflicting heavy losses on the colonists' herds; the result was a massive hunting program that had completely eradicated the Liao cougar by the early twenty-fourth century.[42]

Elias Liao founded the Liao Republic when he colonized Liao, and his grandson Victor would become president in 2202[42] and governor of the world under the Terran Alliance.[40] By 2212, Victor had formal diplomatic relationships with a number of neighboring systems, to the advantage of all involved; while Victor refused to deal in Terran currency, he instead promoted trade by barter or exchange. It was very common for him to trade livestock and meat from Liao for goods from other worlds and for tracts of land on other, less well-developed, colonies. Victor would then sell that land on to newly arriving colonists in exchange for more things to increase the power and prestige of Liao and his nascent kingdom; technology, ships, and most of all, weapons.[8]

Independence

When a number of colonies declared independence in 2236, the Terran Alliance demanded that Alliance worlds raise troops to support a campaign to conquer those worlds that had risen up in rebellion. Victor Liao's response was particularly pointed: he had the Terran Ambassador beheaded, and the head returned to Terra by first-class courier. The inhabitants of Liao waited for a response from Terra, but none ever came;[43] after more than twenty years of preparation and buildup, Liao was suddenly independent when the Alliance issued the Demarcation Declaration and withdrew its borders to include only systems a single jump from Terra.[44]

Independent Republic of Liao

After the death of Victor Liao in 2240, his daughter Irenna became the new President, promptly declaring Liao to be a sovereign nation—the Liao Republic—and starting major reforms of the planetary constitution. Various reforms set in place by Irenna strengthened her own position and allowed for the creation of a feudal dynasty, while at the same time moving Liao from being an independent agricultural backwater into a far more efficient and important polity.[9]

As the colony worlds became increasingly balkanized and nations began to form in reaction to the Demarcation Declaration sporadic local wars began to break out, increasing in frequency as the vagaries of interstellar economies generated runaway inflation and planetary shortages. Liao suffered alongside other worlds during this period, being blockaded in 2249, which disrupted their trade and dramatically reducing the standard of living on the world. These problems intensified under the rule of Martell Liao, who compared unfavorably to his mother, Irenna.[45]

Liao remained the center of a single-world nation until it reemerged onto the interstellar stage during the closing years of the war between the Capellan Hegemony and the Sarna Supremacy. The nearby world of Arboris—a Protectorate of the Capellan Hegemony as well as the most coreward planets in the Hegemony—announced its intention to secede from the Hegemony in 2308, unwilling to continue to contribute to the increasingly heavy burden of the war. Unbeknownst to the Hegemony, Arboris had applied for Protectorate status under the neutrality laws of the Liao Republic, which the ruler of the Republic, Emile Falkner Liao, had granted. Emile had assembled a flotilla of hastily armed merchant vessels to defend the new Protectorate, and the Hegemony fleet sent to subdue Arboris ran straight into the Liao fleet. Emile goaded the Hegemony fleet into an ambush and mauled the fleet badly; while he was forced to retreat to Liao, he did so in good order, and the most the Free Worlds League forces could do in response was to impose a blockade on Liao until April 2309.[41][46]

The Hegemony's pyrrhic victory cost them the support of the Free Worlds League in the war with the Supremacy, which allowed the nearby Tikonov Grand Union to impose an arbitrated peace. By 2310, Liao was no longer besieged, and had gained Arboris as a Protectorate. This was the beginning of a rapid expansion of influence in the region for Liao and its ruler.[46]

Duchy of Liao

Between 2310 and 2320, the worlds of Zurich, Aldebaran, Gan Singh, and Genoa all applied to Emile Liao for Protectorate status on the same level as that enjoyed by Arboris; Liao's influence grew to the point that in 2315, it became the capital of Emile's new interstellar nation—the Duchy of Liao—a realm that would survive intact until the formation of the Capellan Confederation.[11][10]

Early Succession Wars

Liao suffered a number of spoiling raids, which reduced the planet to a backwater world with no significant infrastructure worth attacking. The planet remained important to House Liao, due to its historical importance to House Liao's ruling party. The world aside from harboring a palace on world for Chancellors, served as a training ground for Liao forces.[47]

Fourth Succession War

In August 3028, House Davion forces led by the Thirty-third Avalon Hussars launched the invasion of Liao in a surprise attack in First Wave of the Fourth Succession War. The Hussars’ lead task force consisted of all three regiments of the Blue Star Irregulars and successfully made planetfall without meeting resistance from the Liao defenders. The first regiment of the Irregulars, the 1894th Light Horse, landed in southern continent where it easily overwhelmed and destroyed the understrength BattleMech regiment, Vincent's Commandos.

The rest of the Davion forces made landfall in Liao's northern continent and made a push towards the Forbidden City. In a mountain region, the First Confederation Reserve Cavalry and the Warrior House LuSann made push an attempt to stop Davion mercenaries from making a push to the capital. In the following week after invasion force’s landing, the Cavalry would make its move against the Irregulars' third regiment, the Twenty-first Rim Worlds. The Irregular regiment engaged the Cavalry in hope to prevent the Capellan forces from linking up with its Warrior House compatriots. The Irregulars nearly completely destroyed the Cavalry until Prefectorate Guards sprung their ambush. The Irregulars undertook a fighting withdraw from the ambush at the cost of their commanding general dying fighting a lance of Griffins. In another part of the battle, the LuSann would be devastated by the Avatars of Painful Death's infantry, armor and aerospace assets, losing a battalion's worth of 'Mechs in the fighting.

House Davion forces progress towards the capital would end up being stalled by the Liao's defenders’ efforts. It would not be until the arrival of Redfield's Renegades that the stalemate would turn into AFFS victory. The Renegades dropped behind LuSann's battlefield lines and entered the Forbidden City with no resistance. With the fall of the Forbidden City to Davion mercenaries, the remains of the Capellan forces withdrew from the planet.[48]

Return to House Liao

During Operation GUERRERO in 3057, Chancellor Sun-Tzu Liao assigned the liberation of Liao to all of the Confederation's Warrior Houses. The planet's defending militia, the Liao Sarna March Militia surrendered to these forces without a shot fired.[49] The Chancellor made Liao the capital of the newly formed Liao Commonality, with his cousin Shonso Hurtong Liao as its governor by 3061. Earlier, as part of reestablishing control of the world, the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts would be established in 3059. Liao experienced an economic and cultural renaissance as a result of its designation as the prefecture capital. Hurtong Liao worked hard to reestablish the Confederation's rule over the world, trying to bring its citizens who experienced a higher standard of living during FedCom rule.[50][51]

Jihad

Liao was attacked by the Word of Blake on 2 November 3069 but local Capellan Confederation Armed Forces troops were able to repel the attack.[52] The Capellan forces on Liao were mysteriously well-prepared for the invasion, and when the Blakists invaded the CCAF struck first, hitting the invaders with massed artillery fire and chemical weapons. The Word of Blake forces were unable to capture Liao, but the planet paid a heavy price for the aggressive tactics of the defending forces; the island continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable, and the population of the planet suffered horrible casualties.[1]

Republic Era

Incorporated into the Republic of the Sphere following the end of the Jihad, Liao remained a coveted target for the Confederation. Liao was one of the former Capellan worlds within the Republic that was embroiled in a grass-roots war that began in 3101 and which was intended to return the planet to Capellan control. In 3111, Capellan forces were able to land on Liao after a junior lieutenant stationed on the world was bribed to allow an unauthorized DropShip landing on the planet, only for the infiltrating forces to launch an attack that slaughtered Republican civilians, including the family of the officer who had assisted them in landing in the first place. The war ended soon after and Liao remained a member of the Republic.[1]

Dark Age

In 3126 and 3127, Capellan agitators increased tensions at the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts. These tensions burst in 3128, when the campus was seized by disgruntled cadets. Legate Kang Lo Den responded violently, and two students died. Paladin Ezekiel Crow prevented a full assault against the protesters and pressured Legate Kang to resign. Things calmed down again, but a new insurgent group called Ijori Dè Guāng was formed.[53] On 25 July 3132, the HPG station on Liao underwent a mysterious shutdown that lasted four days, and may have been a herald of Gray Monday.[54]

After the Blackout the Capellan Confederation sent troops into the Republic. The Second McCarron's Armored Cavalry regiment landed on Liao and faced the garrisoning troops. After six years of terrorist assaults by the Ijori Dè Guāng the garrison forces were on edge, and peaceful protests quickly exploded into violence. The Liao Standing Guard, the Fifth Triarii Protectors and V Principes Guards faced multiple hit and run attacks from the Armored Cavalry across two continents while the protesters and Ijori Dè Guāng joined forces with dissident elements of the Liao Conservatory of Military Arts to cause more problems. Despite this, five weeks of fighting had slowed the Capellan forces. Then the Dynasty Guard arrived. They joined with the dissident forces and opened a new front against the Republic troops. The Republic forces might still have won, but one of their aerospace fighters shot down a medical transport DropShip filled with refugees thinking it was transporting CCAF reinforcements. Overnight all loyalty to the Republic disappeared and the citizens of Liao rioted against the Republic troops. A last minute attack against the Dynasty Guard failed, and the Republic forces surrendered. They were allowed to leave Liao, returning the system to the Confederation.[55]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

  • First Liao Guards[58]

2821

3025

3028

3038

3050

  • Liao Sarna March Militia[62]

3054

  • Liao Sarna March Militia[63]

3067

3079

- The unit was at 65% strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
- The First was at 35% strength, with 95% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

- The unit was at 70% strength, with 87% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3145

- The unit was at 95% strength with an "A" equipment rating.
- The unit was at 90% strength with a "D" equipment rating.

Geography

The planet Liao has three continents which settlers named Beilù (Northern), Nánlù (Southern), and Anderia. Anderia is an island continent, and all three continents are dominated by wide stretches of open grassland; some of the grasslands stretch across the entire of a continent. The continent of Anderia was rendered uninhabitable during the Jihad as a consequence of the use of chemical weapons.[1] Various prominent mountain chains exist on Liao; Anderia is home to the Langtang Mountains, while Beilù is home to the Highwall Mountains, Northern Ranges and Du-jín Mountains. The vast grasslands of the Southern Plains and the Great Northern Plains dominate the two major landmasses, although the Chengdu Plateau is a major geographical feature, separated from the rest of Beilù by the Highwall Mountains. Major seas and oceans on Liao include the Northern Sea, the Cyntheryen Sea, and the Eastern Ocean.[34]

Planetary Locations

Liao World Map
  • Anderia (continent)
  • Franco City: a ruined city[34]
  • Jaffa: a ruined city[34]
  • Beilù (continent)
  • Chang-an: the planetary capital city,[38] located on the Cavalry River on Beilù close to Lianyungang and Thei[34]
  • Hunnan: a major city located on the western coast of Beilù[34]
  • Hussan: a major city on the eastern edge of Beilù, on the shore of the Eastern Ocean; located on a major river, on the opposite shore of which is a spaceport[34]
  • Kurnath Liao Memorial Naval Base: a military facility located south of the Highwall Mountains on the northern coast of the Cyntheryen Sea[34]
  • Lianyungang: a minor city and spaceport located close to Chang-an, but on the opposite side of the Cavalry River[34]
  • Overland: a minor city in the northern regions of the Great Northern Grasslands[34]
  • Thei: a major city near Chang-an[34]
  • Xiapu: a minor city in the Great Northern Plains[34]
  • Nánlù (continent)
  • Desu: a major city on the northern shore of Nánlù[34]
  • Duan: a major city located south and east of the Du-jín Mountains on the shore of the Eastern Ocean[34]
  • HungLi Military Base: a major military base in the eastern regions of Nánlù[34]
  • Jíla: a major city on the western coast of Nánlù[34]
  • Mau-ti: a minor city located in the Southern Plains on Nánlù close to Shanto and Yulan[34]
  • Opskillon: a minor city located on the Murat River on the southern coast of Nánlù[34]
  • Shanto: a minor city on the northern coast of Nánlù close to Yulan and Mau-ti[34]
  • Sovetskaya: a minor city located on the southern shore of Nánlù[34]
  • Yulan: a minor city in the Southern Plains close to Shanto and Mau-ti[34]

Image gallery

  • Planetary map of Liao

  • Planetary flag of Liao

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 76 systems (74 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Genoa 10.0 Aldebaran 10.4 Gan Singh 13.3 Bhaktapur 14.0
Zurich 15.2 Arboris 19.3 Ningpo 20.1 Nanking 20.4
Pleione 20.4 Manennaia 22.0 Bex 22.6 Zion 24.1
Azha 25.9 New Canton 26.4 Slocum 28.9 Saiph 29.7
Styk 30.0 Acamar 30.5 Algol 30.6 Shensi 30.9
Poznan 31.0 Hsien 32.0 Woodstock 33.3 Tall Trees 33.6
Menkalinan 34.4 Kansu 34.6 Snailzar 35.4 Buchlau 35.8
Belluevue 36.1 Bharat 36.5 Terra Firma 36.9 Chisholm 37.2
Capolla 37.8 Halloran 39.5 Hamal 39.6 Sichuan 39.8
Kyrkbacken 40.2 New Aragon 40.3 Nopah 41.7 Conwy 43.5
Kawich 43.6 Tsitsang 43.7 Asuncion 44.1 St. Andre 44.9
Mandal 44.9 Hunan 46.0 Kristiandsund 46.0 Fletcher 46.7
Second Try 47.2 Sheratan 47.5 Brownsville 47.7 Yangtze 48.0
Berenson 48.1 Suzano 49.1 Epsilon Eridani 49.9 Outreach 50.5
Basalt 50.8 New Hessen 51.0 Ruchbah 51.3 Ingress 52.2
Epsilon Indi 53.3 Algot 53.4 Alrescha 53.8 Hall 54.0
Ilmachna 54.8 Myrvoll 55.7 Wasat 56.0 Tigress 56.2
Alpha Eridani 56.2 Demeter 57.2 Palos 58.5 Wei 58.6
Yunnah 58.9 Bryant 59.2 Elnath 60.7 Menkar 61.1

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 108: "Liao"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Handbook: House Liao, p. 74: "Planet Profile"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Handbook: House Liao, p. 11: "Elias Liao"
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  37. ↑ Operational Turning Points: Capellan Crusades, p.3: "Atlas"
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