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| name                = Misha Auburn
 
| name                = Misha Auburn
| birthdate          = ca. [[3008]]<ref name=20YUp92>''20 Year Update'', p. 92 - Misha Auburn personal profile</ref>
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| birthdate          = [[3009]]<ref name=20YUp92>''20 Year Update'', p. 92 - Misha Auburn personal profile</ref>
 
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| parents            = [[Thelos Auburn]] (father)<ref name=20YUp92/><br/>[[Cassandra Auburn]] (mother)
 
| parents            = [[Thelos Auburn]] (father)<ref name=20YUp92/><br/>[[Cassandra Auburn]] (mother)
 
| siblings            = Seven younger sisters,<ref name=20YUp92/> possibly including [[Melissa Auburn]]
 
| siblings            = Seven younger sisters,<ref name=20YUp92/> possibly including [[Melissa Auburn]]
| spouse              = [[Andrew Redburn]] (3030)<ref name=20YUp92/>
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| spouse              = [[Andrew Redburn]]<ref name=20YUp92/>
| children            = [[Thelos Redburn]]<ref name=20YUp92/><br/>three others<ref name=20YUp92/><br/>[[Kenneth Redburn]]<ref name=BMR1>''Black Mist Rising'', ch. 1</ref>
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| children            = [[Thelos Redburn]]<br>[[Theodore Redburn]]<br>two others
 
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'''Misha Auburn''' was [[House Steiner]]'s family historian, like her father [[Thelos Auburn]] before her, and a close friend of [[Melissa Steiner]] since their childhood.  
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'''Misha Auburn''' was [[House Steiner]]'s family historian, like her father [[Thelos Auburn]] before her, and a close friend of [[Melissa Steiner]] since their childhood.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
A report dated 7 January 3050 described her as 41 years old, suggesting her birth was in [[3008]] or very early [[3009]].<ref name=20YUp92/>
 
 
 
The eldest of Thelos Auburn's eight daughters, Misha was the only one to show any interest in history or politics, with her father training her in the discipline of historical research to succeed him as Court Historian of the Steiner family. Her father's position in the Lyran court gave her the unique advantage of growing up as Melissa Steiner's best friend.  
 
The eldest of Thelos Auburn's eight daughters, Misha was the only one to show any interest in history or politics, with her father training her in the discipline of historical research to succeed him as Court Historian of the Steiner family. Her father's position in the Lyran court gave her the unique advantage of growing up as Melissa Steiner's best friend.  
  
 
Probably her earliest attempt at working as a historian was ''[[Natasha Kerensky: A Biomedical Report]]'', which is undated but from the context was created in or shortly after [[3026]], when Misha Auburn would have been about 17 years old. Though she is commended in the document's annotations for her "schoolgirl approach" to get an interview with the famous [[Natasha Kerensky]], the transcript actually gives the impression that Kerensky was toying with her young interviewer and even suggests that Auburn might have interviewed a double instead of the real Black Widow.<ref>''Natasha Kerensky: A biomedical Report''</ref>
 
Probably her earliest attempt at working as a historian was ''[[Natasha Kerensky: A Biomedical Report]]'', which is undated but from the context was created in or shortly after [[3026]], when Misha Auburn would have been about 17 years old. Though she is commended in the document's annotations for her "schoolgirl approach" to get an interview with the famous [[Natasha Kerensky]], the transcript actually gives the impression that Kerensky was toying with her young interviewer and even suggests that Auburn might have interviewed a double instead of the real Black Widow.<ref>''Natasha Kerensky: A biomedical Report''</ref>
  
Unfortunately, while her father maintained his factual objectivity despite his political loyalty to House Steiner, outside observers such as [[Anastasius Focht]] and [[Wolfnet]] view Misha's career as one of unprofessional adoration or outright propaganda for her best friend. Her books, including titles such as ''[[Twenty Years of Progress]]'', ''[[The Triumph of Right]]'', ''[[Freedom's Bloody Price]]'' and her eight-volume epic, ''[[The Inevitability of Enlightenment]]'', are full of half-truths, speculations, blithe generalities and irrelevant personal digressions, all of them intended to persuade the reader of the 'obvious' virtues and integrity of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s rulers.<ref name=20YUp92/> <ref name=HWo3039-5>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 5 "Introduction"</ref>
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Unfortunately, while her father maintained his factual objectivity despite his political loyalty to House Steiner, outside observers such as [[Anastasius Focht]] and [[Wolfnet]] view Misha's carrier as one of unprofessional adoration or outright propaganda for her best friend. Her books, including titles such as ''[[Twenty Years of Progress]]'', ''[[The Triumph of Right]]'', ''[[Freedom's Bloody Price]]'' and her eight-volume epic, ''[[The Inevitability of Enlightenment]]'', are full of half-truths, speculations, blithe generalities and irrelevant personal digressions, all of them intended to persuade the reader of the 'obvious' virtues and integrity of the [[Federated Commonwealth]]'s rulers.<ref name=20YUp92/> <ref name=HWo3039-5>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 5 "Introduction"</ref>
 
 
She met [[Andrew Redburn]] while he was visiting [[Tharkad]] in 3027. In [[3030]], Redburn and Misha married, and they had five children together.<ref name=20YUp92/><ref>''Black Mist Rising'', ch. 1</ref> At the time of Redburn's death, the couple had nine grandchildren.<ref name="J:FRp12">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 12, "Funeral For A Hero"</ref>
 
 
 
In [[3037]] she published [[Women at War]].<ref name=mtbwp4>''More Tails of the Black Widow'', p.4 "Introduction"</ref>
 
  
In [[3049]] she publised [[The Bleeding Edge of Technology]].<ref name=unboundp5>''Unbound'', p.5 "The story so far"</ref>
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She met [[Andrew Redburn]] while he was visiting [[Tharkad]] in 3027. In [[3030]], Redburn and Misha married, and they had four children together.<ref name=20YUp92/> At the time of Redburn's death, the couple had nine grandchildren.<ref name="J:FRp12">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 12, "Funeral For A Hero"</ref> One of their eventual descendants would be [[Damien Redburn]], an [[Exarch]] of the [[Republic of the Sphere]].{{cn}}
 
 
In ca. 3054 she authored ''[[Manifest Destiny: Humanity's Star Empires]]'', which was condensed into a first year curriculum text titled ''[[Humanity's Destiny]]'' by her in 3067.<ref>''Inner Sphere at a Glance'', p. 3 - epigraph for "A Time of War" chapter</ref>
 
 
 
Auburn also published ''[[A Complete History of the Succession Wars]]'' in 3054.<ref name=FSWp14>''First Succession War'', p. 14: "Hidden Agendas"</ref>
 
 
 
By [[3055]] she also published ''[[New States in the 31st Century]]''.<ref name=BCtRoW-76>''BattleTech Compendium: The Rules of Warfare'', pp. 76 "Wolfnet Archive File: 89664-KL9-88/4/2"</ref>
 
  
 
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According to the prologue of the ([[apocryphal]]) German-only novel ''[[Wahnsinn und Methode]]'', she would lecture history students at the [[Nagelring]] academy as of January [[3067]].
 
According to the prologue of the ([[apocryphal]]) German-only novel ''[[Wahnsinn und Methode]]'', she would lecture history students at the [[Nagelring]] academy as of January [[3067]].
 
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==Title and Positions==
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{{s-title|title=[[Countess of Tikonov]]|years=30??-[[3050]]-30??}}
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== References ==
 
== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
 
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
 
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Inner Sphere at a Glance]]''
 
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
* ''[[Natasha Kerensky: A Biomedical Report]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'' anthology)
 
 
* ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]''
 
* ''[[Shrapnel (anthology)|Shrapnel]]''
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* ''[[Natasha Kerensky: A Biomedical Report]]'' (in: ''Shrapnel'')
 
* ''[[Wahnsinn und Methode]]''
 
* ''[[Wahnsinn und Methode]]''
* ''[[Unbound]]''
 
* ''[[More Tales of the Black Widow]]''
 
  
 
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Auburn, Misha]]
 
[[Category:Lyran Commonwealth Characters|Auburn, Misha]]
[[Category:In-Universe Authors|Auburn, Misha]]
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[[Category:In Universe Authors|Auburn, Misha]]

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