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| − | ''There is no source that details Nicoletta's parentage. It is not stated if she was Hampton's daughter, although she was eighteen in [[2726]] and Hampton was at least in his mid to late 40's at the time of his death so it is '''possible''' (most likely) she was his child. Nicolette probaly was '''not''' [[Jentarra Calderon]]'s child as Jentarra was dying/incapacitated in [[2694]] and Nicoletta was born in [[2708]]; she '''could''' be Jentarra's granddaughter by a child earlier in Jentarra's life, but there is no record of either marriage or children for Jentarra. Furthermore it is doubtful an 18-year old distant cousin/kinswoman would have been picked to be Protector if there was a closer blood-tie to Hampton. | + | ''There is no source that details Nicoletta's parentage. It is not stated if she was Hampton's daughter, although she was eighteen in [[2726]] and Hampton was at least in his mid to late 40's at the time of his death so it is '''possible''' (most likely) she was his child. Nicolette probaly was '''not''' [[Jentarra Calderon]]'s child as Jentarra was dying/incapacitated in [[2694]] and Nicoletta was born in [[2708]]; she '''could''' be Jentarra's granddaughter by a child earlier in Jentarra's life, but there is no record of either marriage or children for Jentarra. Furthermore it is doubtful an 18-year old distant cousin/kinswoman would have been picked to be Protector if there was a closer blood-tie to Hampton. The records also fail to indicate if Nicoletta had a husband or children, or when she stepped down/died. Please see the family tree notes on the [[House Calderon]] page for further details.'' |
| − | The records also fail to indicate if Nicoletta had a husband or children, or when she stepped down/died'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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History
Nicoletta Calderon (b.2708, d.????) became Protector of the Taurian Concordat in 2726 with the assasination of Hampton Calderon. Nicoletta was only 18 years old at the time, but would go on to lead the Concordat through the death of the Star League and was one of the major architechs of its demise. Nicoletta spent most of her long tenure as Protector defending her nation from the increasingly severe burdens that the Star League was then aflicting the Periphery states. She also cultivated closer ties to those same states long before the Inner Sphere powers noticed her actions. The rest of her foreign policy was simply focusing on improving affairs within the Concordat to clear the way for her to sieze any opportunites the Star League and the Great Houses might give her to benifit her people. In this fashion Nicoletta was able to better prepare the Taurian Concordat for the break down of interstellar cooperation. No other nation or state was so well prepared as the Concordat when the Amaris Crisis arose. [1]
It was Nicoletta who initiated efforts to bring the Periphery nations together in a unified political block to counter further Star League depradations. She was often allied with Janina Centrella of the Magistracy of Canopus. But they could not slow Richard Cameron's Taxation Edict of 2763. After recieving tepid (at best) responses from the High Countcil for relief from unfair taxations and trade barriers she knew that her nation would have to one day fight for freedom. Nicoletta first carefully built up the TDF as well as the planetary militias. With the most of the 20 known weapons manufacturies outside of the Inner Sphere located in the the Concordat she was able to siphon off production to her own forces slowly and secretly. Janina was hiring every mercencary she could get. It was these efforts that gave Stephan Amaris the cover he needed to launch his coup. Though much of the New Vandenberg Uprising seems to have been solely Nicoletta's work, Amaris had convinced her that there was much greater opposition to Richard Cameron's rule among the Great Houses, especially after Cameron's Executive Order 156 in 2762. [2] [3]
The New Vandenberg Uprising was focus of the SLDF and General Kerensky. With the whole of humanity watching as 18 worlds 'succeeded' from the Taurian Concordat in 2765 Nicoletta did ...nothing. By allowing the Uprising to stand as an internal matter to be decided by the Concordat, Nicoletta tied up any political or military action by impling that Richard would send the SLDF into any Great House internal matter whenever he chose to intervein. Nicoletta met personally with Richard Cameron for the second and last time in 2765; her disdain for a man that kept both his sisters bound to incestious relationships made for a 'colorful' exchange that only infuriated the First Lord and amused the jaded High Council. Though the Civil war ravaged the Inner Sphere and the Rim Worlds Republic with over 100 million dead, the Taurian Concordat, Magistracy of Canopus and the Outworlds Alliance suffered very little. Nicoletta kept a strict neutrality to both Amaris and Kerensky, giving no aid or support to her old 'ally' in his battle with the Great General. [4] [5]
Nicoletta Calderon 's other great work was the establishment of Comstar in 2781. The ravages of the Civil War and the callous jocking for power among the High Countcil clearly showed that there had to be a neutral body to run the HPG network without bias. Lead by Nicoletta and aided by General Kerensky, the High Countcil appointed Jerome Blake to organize and opperate the newly created Comstar. This would be the last time the full High Countcil would meet; Nicoletta and Janina returned to their realms two days after that vote and, shortly after that with very little fanfare, declared independance from the Star League. Not much later the Great Lords voted to disolve the Star League that same year. [6] [7] [8]
Notes
There is no source that details Nicoletta's parentage. It is not stated if she was Hampton's daughter, although she was eighteen in 2726 and Hampton was at least in his mid to late 40's at the time of his death so it is possible (most likely) she was his child. Nicolette probaly was not Jentarra Calderon's child as Jentarra was dying/incapacitated in 2694 and Nicoletta was born in 2708; she could be Jentarra's granddaughter by a child earlier in Jentarra's life, but there is no record of either marriage or children for Jentarra. Furthermore it is doubtful an 18-year old distant cousin/kinswoman would have been picked to be Protector if there was a closer blood-tie to Hampton. The records also fail to indicate if Nicoletta had a husband or children, or when she stepped down/died. Please see the family tree notes on the House Calderon page for further details.
References