Handbook: House Liao

Handbook: House Liao
Product information
Type	Source Book
Author	Jason Schmetzer
Development	Herbert A. Beas II
Pages	167
Cover Artwork	Klaus Scherwinski
Illustrations	Jason Banditt Adams Justin Adams Stu Barnes Doug Chaffee Pat David Nate Furman Tariq Hassan Alex Iglesias Jason Juta David Kegg Chris Lewis Aaron Miller Mark Molnar Matt Plog Ryan Portillo John A. Schmidt Anthony Scroggins Chad Sergesketter Alex Tooth Hugh Vogt Christopher Wilhelm
Publication information
Publisher	Catalyst Game Labs
Product code	35204
First published	2011
ISBN-13	978-1-934857-73-1
Content
Era	Civil War Era
Timeline	3067
Series	Handbook
Preceded by	Handbook: Major Periphery States
Followed by	Handbook: House Kurita

Description

Handbook: House Liao is the fifth in the series of books detailing the nations of the Inner Sphere and is the definitive source book on the Capellan Confederation. This book provides information on culture, history, and faction information up to 3067.

From the back cover

“

Assailed for centuries by enemies on every side, House Liao’s Capellan Confederation faced its own oblivion time and again. Now, nearly forty years since the realm teetered on the very brink of collapse, the Confederation has returned, reclaiming the pride and unity lost when the armies of Steiner and Davion rolled across their worlds to shatter them. Led by the crafty and charismatic Sun-Tzu Liao, and embracing the spirit of Xin Sheng—rebirth—House Liao once again has become a political and military power to be reckoned with, defying those who would see them fail, and deadly to all who oppose them. Handbook: House Liao compiles the history, politics, and cultures of the Inner Sphere’s smallest—and perhaps least understood—Great House. This sourcebook also includes game rules for use with Total Warfare, Tactical Operations and A Time of War: The BattleTech RPG, including new support vehicles, equipment, creatures, and more! Handbook: House Liao™ continues the faction-based Handbook series that updates the political, economic, and historical details of the major realms in the BattleTech universe.

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Contents

• Aid and comfort
• Introduction
• History of the nation
  • Strength in belief
  • Confederation
  • Genesis
  • Capellan maturity
  • Dawn of the Succession Wars
  • Third Succession War
  • Fourth Succession War
  • The return of Kerensky
  • Ascendance
  • Xin Sheng!

• Touring the realm
  • The Capella Commonality
  • The Liao Commonality
  • The Sian Commonality
  • The St. Ives Commonality
  • The Victoria Commonality

• Government
  • The Chancellor
  • The Prefectorate
  • The House of Scions
  • The Ministerial
  • Capellan nobility
  • Sub-national governments
  • The Maskirovka

• Military
  • Structure of the CCAF
  • CCAF High Command

• Society

• Economy

• Rules
  • Creatures
  • Personal equipment
  • Support vehicles
  • Cost of living in the Capellan Confederation
  • Roleplaying in the Capellan Confederation
  • BattleTech Rules
    • New Unit Types
    • Minelayer Infantry
    • Katya Ground Assault Craft
• Index

• Record sheets