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Liao
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Liao nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates34.27:-69.06[e]
Spectral classK5V[1][2]
Recharge time196 hours[1][2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1][2]
Planet(s)9[1]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0) Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard

Owner History

History

Early Times

Originally an unsettled, backwater planet in the Aldebaran system, it 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.[23]

Liao when first settled was an unremarkable planet with wide expanses of grassland and little else. Within the first month, four colonists committed suicide because of the monotony.[24] 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.[25]

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. 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 programme that had completely eradicated the Liao cougar by the early 24th century.[26]

Elias Liao founded the Liao Republic when he colonised Liao, and his grandson Victor would become president in 2202[26] and governor of the world under the Terran Alliance.[25] By 2212, Victor had formal diplomatic relationships with a number of neighbouring 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.[27]

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;[28] 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.[29]

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.[3]

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 unfavourably to his mother, Irenna.[30]

Liao remained the centre 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.[26][31]

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 it's ruler.[31]

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.[6][4]

The 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 haboring a palace on world for Chancellors, served as a training ground for Liao forces.[32]

The Fourth Succession War

In August 3028, House Davion forces led by the 33rd 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, the 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 mountain region, the 1st Confederate 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 21st 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 unders take a fighting withdraw from the ambush, at the cost of its commanding general dying fighting 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 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 would turn stalemate 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.[33]

The FedCom Era


Return to House Liao control

During Operation Guerrero in 3057, Chancellor Sun Tzu Liao would assign liberation of Liao to all of the Confederation's Warrior Houses. The planet's defender, Liao SMM would surrender to these forces without a shot fired. The Chancellor would make 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. The planet would experience an economic and cultural renaissance in result of its designation as the prefecture capital. Hurtong Liao would work hard to reestablish the Confederation's rule over the world, trying to bring its citizens who experienced freedoms during FedCom's rule under control.[34] [35]

The Jihad

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.[36]

Republic Era

Liao later became a contested world between the Republic of the Sphere and the Capellan Confederation. In 3111 the Capellans launched an attack on the world killing many Republic forces and civilians in what was called the Betrayal of Liao.

Planetary Garrison

3025

3028

3038

3067

3079

- At this point in time the Dynasty Guard is operating at 65% of full strength, with 100% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
- The 1st is operating at 35% of full strength, with 95% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

- At this point in time, the V Hastati was at 70% of full strength, with 87% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Genoa 9.26 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Aldebaran 9.90 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Gan Singh 14.40 1 TH CC FS FC FC SC SC
Zurich 14.77 1 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Arboris 18.56 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Nanking 19.62 1 TH CC TFR FC FC FC FC
Ningpo 20.35 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Pleione 21.34 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Zion 24.81 1 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Azha 25.58 1 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
New Canton 26.65 1 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Slocum 28.72 1 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Acamar 29.72 1 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Saiph 29.74 1 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Algol 31.03 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Styk 31.31 2 TH CC FS FC FC SC SC
Hsien 31.62 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Shensi 31.72 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Poznan 31.84 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Woodstock 32.66 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Tall Trees 33.66 2 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Menkalinan 34.57 2 TH CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Kansu 34.79 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Terra Firma 36.13 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Bharat 36.15 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Buchlau 36.27 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Elgin 36.86 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Capolla 37.26 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Hamal 39.39 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Halloran V 40.17 2 CC FS FS FC FC FC FC
Nopah 41.31 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
New Aragon 41.37 2 CC FS FS FC FC FC FC
Kawich 43.16 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Asuncion 45.14 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Tsitsang 45.20 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
St. Andre 46.11 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Fletcher (FWL) 46.14 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Sheratan 46.91 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Yangtze 48.26 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Berenson 48.39 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Second Try 48.77 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
Epsilon Eridani 49.32 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Suzano 49.98 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Outreach 50.08 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Basalt 50.55 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
Ruchbah 50.86 2 TH FS FS FC FC FC FC
New Hessen 51.51 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Ingress 51.71 2 TH CC TFR FC FC DS DS
Epsilon Indi 52.65 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Hall 53.89 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Alrescha 54.03 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Algot 54.38 2 CC FS FS FC FC FC FC
Wasat 56.05 2 TH FWL TFR FC FC FWL FWL
Tigress 56.09 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Achernar 56.17 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Demeter 57.93 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Bryant 58.70 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 105 - "World Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Liao, p. 74, "Planet Profile"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HL(TCC)p11
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 17, "Loosening Up"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  15. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 33, "Capellan Confederation Deployment Table"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  19. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - August 3079"
  20. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 11, "Elias Liao"
  24. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 8, "A Green Despair"
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 8, "New Beginnings"
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Handbook: House Liao, p. 12, "Cynthiana"
  27. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 9, "Changing Times"
  28. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 10-11, "War Of Independence"
  29. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 10, "The Other Shoe"
  30. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named HL(TCC)p11+
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 16-17, "Arboris Secedes"
  32. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 141 - Liao (planet) profile - Brief info on the planet as of 3025 in the original House Liao sourcebook.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 67 - Liao's Liberation by Capellan Forces and the surrender of the Liao Sarna March Militia.
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 74 - Planet Liao background as of 3067, background update from 3057 to '67.
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"
  37. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation, p. 105 - Unit assigned to Liao as of 3025.
  38. ↑ 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.
  39. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  40. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 8, "Capellan Hussars Regimental Status"
  41. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 18, "St. Ives Armored Cavalry Regimental Status"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 186, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"

Bibliography

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