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Line 21: Son of [[Ardan Liao]] and nephew of Chancellor [[Aleisha Liao]], Stephen Liao was Duke of St. Lorient when he came into power as Chancellor. The young Duke felt that his republican predecessor [[Arden Baxter]] had run the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] into ineffectiveness to undermine [[House Liao]], a potentially disastrous situation given the politically hostile relations between the Confederation and the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Federated Suns]] resulting from Baxter's blunders.<ref name=ISp52>''Inner Sphere'', pp. 52–53: "The Capellan Confederation - Origins and History - A House Divided - Liao Revival"</ref><ref name=HbHLp19>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 19: "History of the Nation - Confederation Genesis - The Time of Tribulations"</ref> Son of [[Ardan Liao]] and nephew of Chancellor [[Aleisha Liao]], Stephen Liao was Duke of St. Lorient when he came into power as Chancellor. The young Duke felt that his republican predecessor [[Arden Baxter]] had run the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] into ineffectiveness to undermine [[House Liao]], a potentially disastrous situation given the politically hostile relations between the Confederation and the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Federated Suns]] resulting from Baxter's blunders.<ref name=ISp52>''Inner Sphere'', pp. 52–53: "The Capellan Confederation - Origins and History - A House Divided - Liao Revival"</ref><ref name=HbHLp19>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 19: "History of the Nation - Confederation Genesis - The Time of Tribulations"</ref> − Steadfast in the belief war would happen in his lifetime, Stephen boldly committed to a complete reorganization of the CCAF to improve its morale and fighting skills. The reorganization, which he personally had a hand in, was a long and thorough process resulting in arguably the best-equipped and best-fed army the Confederation had yet seen. During the [[2430]]s Stephen's efforts led to preliminary designs for massive troop carriers, concepts that would see reality centuries later with the development of the familiar ''[[Overlord]]'' and ''[[Union]]''-class [[DropShip]]s, as well investing heavily into the [[Maskirovka]] to make it a more effective organization.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> + Steadfast in the belief war would happen in his lifetime, Stephen boldly committed to a complete re-organization of the CCAF to improve its morale and fighting skills. The re-organization, which he personally had a hand in, was a long and thorough process resulting in arguably the best-equipped and best-fed army the Confederation had yet seen. During the [[2430]]s Stephen's efforts led to preliminary designs for massive troop carriers, concepts that would see reality centuries later with the development of the familiar ''[[Overlord]]'' and ''[[Union]]''-class [[DropShip]]s, as well investing heavily into the [[Maskirovka]] to make it a more effective organization.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> While successful in rebuilding the CCAF, the massive financial investments into what many mockingly called "Sir Stephen's Army" cost the nobility of his era considerable wealth, while rest of his nation average citizen's quality of life suffered with poor education, heavy taxes and new universal ceiling for all wages paid to them. The expanded Maskirovka easily kept this popular discontent at a low boil. However, even those in the egotistical Stephen's "pet army" grew to resent him, the Chancellor's fondness for parades and ceremony often resulting in more focus on stylish but uncomfortable uniforms and parade marches than martial ability and combat exercises.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> While successful in rebuilding the CCAF, the massive financial investments into what many mockingly called "Sir Stephen's Army" cost the nobility of his era considerable wealth, while rest of his nation average citizen's quality of life suffered with poor education, heavy taxes and new universal ceiling for all wages paid to them. The expanded Maskirovka easily kept this popular discontent at a low boil. However, even those in the egotistical Stephen's "pet army" grew to resent him, the Chancellor's fondness for parades and ceremony often resulting in more focus on stylish but uncomfortable uniforms and parade marches than martial ability and combat exercises.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/>
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Son of [[Ardan Liao]] and nephew of Chancellor [[Aleisha Liao]], Stephen Liao was Duke of St. Lorient when he came into power as Chancellor. The young Duke felt that his republican predecessor [[Arden Baxter]] had run the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] into ineffectiveness to undermine [[House Liao]], a potentially disastrous situation given the politically hostile relations between the Confederation and the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Federated Suns]] resulting from Baxter's blunders.<ref name=ISp52>''Inner Sphere'', pp. 52–53: "The Capellan Confederation - Origins and History - A House Divided - Liao Revival"</ref><ref name=HbHLp19>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 19: "History of the Nation - Confederation Genesis - The Time of Tribulations"</ref> | Son of [[Ardan Liao]] and nephew of Chancellor [[Aleisha Liao]], Stephen Liao was Duke of St. Lorient when he came into power as Chancellor. The young Duke felt that his republican predecessor [[Arden Baxter]] had run the [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] into ineffectiveness to undermine [[House Liao]], a potentially disastrous situation given the politically hostile relations between the Confederation and the [[Free Worlds League]] and [[Federated Suns]] resulting from Baxter's blunders.<ref name=ISp52>''Inner Sphere'', pp. 52–53: "The Capellan Confederation - Origins and History - A House Divided - Liao Revival"</ref><ref name=HbHLp19>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 19: "History of the Nation - Confederation Genesis - The Time of Tribulations"</ref> | ||
| − | Steadfast in the belief war would happen in his lifetime, Stephen boldly committed to a complete | + | Steadfast in the belief war would happen in his lifetime, Stephen boldly committed to a complete re-organization of the CCAF to improve its morale and fighting skills. The re-organization, which he personally had a hand in, was a long and thorough process resulting in arguably the best-equipped and best-fed army the Confederation had yet seen. During the [[2430]]s Stephen's efforts led to preliminary designs for massive troop carriers, concepts that would see reality centuries later with the development of the familiar ''[[Overlord]]'' and ''[[Union]]''-class [[DropShip]]s, as well investing heavily into the [[Maskirovka]] to make it a more effective organization.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> |
While successful in rebuilding the CCAF, the massive financial investments into what many mockingly called "Sir Stephen's Army" cost the nobility of his era considerable wealth, while rest of his nation average citizen's quality of life suffered with poor education, heavy taxes and new universal ceiling for all wages paid to them. The expanded Maskirovka easily kept this popular discontent at a low boil. However, even those in the egotistical Stephen's "pet army" grew to resent him, the Chancellor's fondness for parades and ceremony often resulting in more focus on stylish but uncomfortable uniforms and parade marches than martial ability and combat exercises.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> | While successful in rebuilding the CCAF, the massive financial investments into what many mockingly called "Sir Stephen's Army" cost the nobility of his era considerable wealth, while rest of his nation average citizen's quality of life suffered with poor education, heavy taxes and new universal ceiling for all wages paid to them. The expanded Maskirovka easily kept this popular discontent at a low boil. However, even those in the egotistical Stephen's "pet army" grew to resent him, the Chancellor's fondness for parades and ceremony often resulting in more focus on stylish but uncomfortable uniforms and parade marches than martial ability and combat exercises.<ref name=ISp52/><ref name=HbHLp19/> | ||