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| name = House Steiner Sourcebook
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| name               = House Steiner<br />The Lyran Commonwealth
| Publisher = [[FASA]]
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| type                = Sourcebook
| Year = 1987
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| author              =
| Production Code = 1621
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| development        = [[Jordan Weisman]] (Production Manager)<br />[[L. Ross Babcock]] (Editor-In-Chief)<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Todd Huettel]], [[Tara Gallagher]], [[Robt. Wells]] (Editors)
| ISBN = ''Unknown''
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| primarywriting      = [[Boy F. Petersen, Jr.]]
| MSRP = ''Unknown''
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| pages              = 173
| Type = Source Book
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| cover              = [[Dana Knutson]]
| Primary Writing = [[Boy F. Peterson, Jr.]]
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| interiorart        = [[David R. Deitrick]]
| Product Development = [[L. Ross Babcock]]
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| illustrations      = [[Jim Holloway]]<br />[[Jeff Laubenstein]]<br />[[Todd F. Marsh]]<br />Dana Knutson<br />[[Dawne Wehrs]]
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| publisher          = [[FASA]]
*[[Jeff Laubenstein]]
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| productioncode      = 1621
*[[Todd F. Marsh]]
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| year                = 1987
*[[Dana Knutson]]
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| ISBN10              = 1555600336
*[[Dawen Wehrs]]
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| ISBN13              = 978-1555600334
| Pages = ''Unknown''
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| MSRP                = 15.00 US $
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| era                = [[Succession Wars era]]
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| agency              = [[ComStar]]
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| precededby          = [[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]
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| followedby          = [[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]
 
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==Description==
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'''''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)''''' provides an overview of the history of the [[House Steiner|Steiner family]] and of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] through [[3025]].
  
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==From the back cover==
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{{quote|''[[ComStar]] answers all...
  
==Description==
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: ''Who was [[Claudius Steiner|Claudius the Cruel]]?''
The ''House Steiner Sourcebook'' provides an overview of the history of the [[Steiner]] family and of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] up to [[3025]].  
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: ''What is the hottest rock group in the [[Inner Sphere]]?''
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: ''Which mercenary leader has a crush on [[Melissa Steiner]]?''
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''Precariously poised between the fierce eagle of [[Free Worlds League|House Marik]] and the voracious dragon of [[Draconis Combine|House Kurita]], [[House Steiner]] fights a desperate battle to protect the worlds, industries, and peoples of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. One of the five [[Successor States]] of the fallen [[Star League]], the Commonwealth is noted for having the strongest economy and the weakest military leadership of all the realms. Nevertheless, its clenched fist is a symbol of defiance to those who would swallow the Commonwealth whole.''
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''Compiled from ComStar records both ancient and modern comes this sourcebook on the Lyran Commonwealth and House Steiner. Included are dozens of full-color illustrations depicting Commonwealth rank insignias, unit crests, medals, personalities, and more. Classified documents on the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]]' deployment from the [[Tamar Theater]] to [[Tharkad]], military structure, and political intrigues are also provided. The extensive history section stretches from [[Terra]]'s first steps into interstellar space to Melissa Steiner's betrothal to [[Hanse Davion]].''
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''Discover the skeletons in the Steiners' closets...''}}
  
 
==Contents==
 
==Contents==
:Introduction
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*'''INTRODUCTION'''
:History of the Lyran Commonwealth
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*'''HISTORY'''
::Introduction
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: '''Introduction'''
:::Dawn of a New Age
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::Dawn of a New Age
:::Founding Fathers
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::Founding Fathers
:::Hegemony, Prosperity, and Foundation
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::Hegemony, Prosperity, and Foundation
:::Chaos and Corruption
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::Chaos and Corruption
:::Marsden in Power
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::[[Robert Marsden|Marsden in Power]]
:::Dawning of the Age of War
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::Dawning of the [[Age of War]]
:::The 'Social Generals'
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::The '[[Social General]]s'
:::The Reluctant Archon
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::The [[Alistair Marsden|Reluctant Archon]]
:::The First Steiner
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::The [[Katherine Steiner|First Steiner]]
:::Birth of a Dynasty
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::Birth of a Dynasty
::Early Steiner Archons
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: '''Early Steiner Archons '''
:::Steiner Family Background
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::Steiner Family Background
:::The Steiner Way
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::The Steiner Way
:::The BattleMech Era
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::The [[BattleMech]] Era
:::Operation Prometheus
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::[[Operation Prometheus]]
:::The Bloodthirsty General
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::The [[Geralk Marik|Bloodthirsty General]]
:::Lyran Military Superiority
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::Lyran Military Superiority
:::Long March, Hard March
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::[[Long March Offensive|Long March, Hard March]]
::The Dark Years
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: '''The Dark Years '''
:::Trial of Duke Reynolds
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::Trial of Duke Reynolds
:::Order of Magnitude
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::Order of Magnitude
:::Steven Steiner
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::[[Steven Steiner]]
:::The Tharkan Witch
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::The [[Margaret Olsen|Tharkan Witch]]
:::Eagles Cry
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::Eagles Cry
:::Repaying Old Debts
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::Repaying Old Debts
::The Star League Era
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: '''The [[Star League]] Era '''
:::Prelude
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::Prelude
:::Minor Adjustments
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::Minor Adjustments
:::Disillusionment
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::Disillusionment
:::Operation Mailed Fist
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::[[Operation Mailed Fist]]
:::The Archon Kidnapped
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::The [[Kevin Steiner-Dinesen|Archon Kidnapped]]
:::Berserker
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::Berserker
:::Day of Rage
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::[[Day of Rage]]
:::The Good Years
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::The [[Good Years]]
::Decline and Fall of the Star League
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: '''Decline and Fall of the Star League '''
:::Babe Among Wolves
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::[[Richard Cameron|Babe Among Wolves]]
:::Territorial Troubles
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::Territorial Troubles
:::Idealism and Villainy
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::Idealism and Villainy
:::The Usurper
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::[[Stefan Amaris|The Usurper]]
:::Final Acts
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::Final Acts
:::Exodus
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::[[Operation Exodus|Exodus]]
::First Succession War
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: '''[[First Succession War]] '''
:::Military Readiness
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::Military Readiness
:::Declarations of War
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::Declarations of War
:::Patterns of War
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::Patterns of War
:::Tigers and Stealths
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::[[Tamar Tigers|Tigers]] and [[The Stealths|Stealths]]
:::Attacks on Hesperus II
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::Attacks on [[Hesperus II]]
:::The Military Realities
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::The Military Realities
:::Bella I
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::[[Bella I]]
:::Lams to the Slaughter
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::Lambs to the Slaughter
:::Terms of Exhaustion
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::Terms of Exhaustion
::The Second Succession War
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: '''The [[Second Succession War]] '''
:::Reconstruction Efforts
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::Reconstruction Efforts  
:::One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
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::One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
:::Rescue of the ''Chahar Profit''
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::[[Rescue of the Chahar Profit]]
:::State of War
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::State of War
:::Tales of Grimm
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::[[Hendrik Grimm|Tales of Grimm]]
:::Claudius the Cruel
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::Claudius the Cruel
:::Death of the Fourth
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::[[4th Royal Guards|Death of the Fourth]]
:::Operation Praying Mantis
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::[[Operation Praying Mantis]]
:::The Triumverate
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::[[Triumvirate Regency|The Triumverate]]
:::"What, Me Worry?"
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::"What, Me Worry?"
:::Elizabeth Steiner
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::[[Elizabeth Steiner]]
::The Third Succession War
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: '''The [[Third Succession War]] '''
:::Lull
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::Lull
:::Once More Into the Breach
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::Once More Into the Breach
:::Hanging On
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::Hanging On
:::Three Steps in the Right Direction
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::Three Steps in the Right Direction
:::The Battle of Skye
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::The Battle for [[Skye]]
:::Calling All Citizens
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::Calling All Citizens
:::The Cost of Freedom
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::The Cost of [[Freedom]]
:::The Open Wound
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::The Open Wound
:::The Traitor Tertren
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::[[Mikhail Tertren|The Traitor Tertren]]
:::The Reign of Giovanni Steiner
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::The Reign of [[Giovanni Steiner]]
:::The Battle of Loric
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::The Battle for [[Loric]]
:::Alessandro Steiner
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::[[Alessandro Steiner]]
:::Hesperus Revisited
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::Hesperus Revisited
:::The Policy of Concentrated Weakness
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::The [[Operation Concentrated Weakness|Policy of Concentrated Weakness]]
:::Ouster
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::Ouster
::Current Events
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: '''Current Events '''
::Conclusion
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: '''Conclusion '''
:Sociopolitical Structure
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* '''SOCIOPOLITICAL STRUCTURE
::The Archonship
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: '''The Archonshlp '''
::The Commonwealth Council
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: '''The Commonwealth Council '''
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: '''The Royal Court '''
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: '''Nobility '''
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: '''The [[Estates General]] '''
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: '''Provinces  '''
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::The [[Federation of Skye]]
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::The [[Tamar Pact]]
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::The [[Protectorate of Donegal]]
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: '''The Commonwealth Judiciary '''
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: '''Internal Politics and Policies '''
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: '''The Lyran Commonwealth Civil Service '''
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: '''Overt Political Goals '''
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: '''Interstellar Relations '''
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::The Free Worlds League
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::The [[Capellan Confederation]]
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::The [[Federated Suns]]
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::The Draconis Combine
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::The [[Periphery]]
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::ComStar
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: '''Covert Political Goals '''
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::The Archon
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::The [[Lyran Intelligence Corps]]
 
::The Royal Court
 
::The Royal Court
::Nobility
 
 
::The Estates General
 
::The Estates General
::Provinces
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: '''Strengths and Weaknesses '''
:::The Federation of Skye
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*RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
:::The Tamar Pact
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: '''Judaism '''
:::The Protectorate of Donegal
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: '''Christianity '''
::The Commonwealth Judiciary
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: '''Islam'''
::Internal Politics and Policies
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: '''Hinduism'''
::The Lyran Commonwealth Civil Service
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: '''Buddhism'''
::Overt Political Goals
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: '''The [[One Star Faith]] and Other Beliefs '''
::Interstellar Relations
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: '''Relations Between Religions '''
:::The Free Worlds League
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: '''Myths and Legends '''
:::The Capellan Confederation
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: '''Strengths and Weaknesses '''
:::The Federated Suns
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*MILITARY FORCES
:::The Draconis Combine
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: '''Uniforms in the LCAF '''
:::The Periphery
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: '''The Structure of the LCAF '''
:::ComStar
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::Military Education
::Covert Political Goals
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::The Rep-Dep Corps
:::The Archon
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::The Judge Advocate General's Office  
:::The Lyran Intelligence Corps
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::The Quartermaster Corps
:::The Royal Court
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::Transport Division
:::The Estates General
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::Military Intelligence  
::Strengths and Weaknesses
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::The Strategies and Tactics Division
:Religion and Philosophy
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::The Commonwealth Navy
::Judaism
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::The Commonwealth AeroSpace Force
::Christianity
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::The Reserve Corps
::Islam
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::House Troops Liaison
::Hinduism
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::Mercenary Troops Liaison
::Buddhism
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::The Commonwealth Army
::The One Star Faith and Other Beliefs
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::The Commonwealth Medical Corps
::Relations Between Religions
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::The Administrative Section
::Myths and Legends
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::The High Command
::Strengths and Weaknesses
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: '''Deployment of LCAF Forces '''
:Military Forces
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::Typical Commonwealth Units
::Uniforms in the LCAF
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: '''Weapons Industries '''
::The Structure of the LCAF
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::Military Supplies
:::Military Education
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: '''Major Military Academies '''
:::The Rep-Dep Corps
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: '''Medals and Decorations '''
:::The Judge Advocate General's Office
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: '''Strengths and Weaknesses of the LCAF '''
:::The Quartermaster Corps
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*CULTURE AND ARTS
:::Transport Division
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: '''Education '''
:::Military Intelligence
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::Research Universities
:::The Strategies and Tactics Division
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: '''The Arts'''
:::The Commonwealth Navy
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: '''Daily Life and Culture'''
:::The Commonwealth AeroSpace Force
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: '''Public Media'''
:::The Reserve Corps
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: '''Societal Problems'''
:::House Troops Liaison
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: '''ComStar and the Lyran People'''
:::Mercenary Troops Liaison
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::General Relations
:::The Commonwealth Army
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::Political Influence
:::The Commonwealth Medical Corps
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::Commonwealth Threats to ComStar
:::The Administrative Section
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*SOCIOECONOMICS
:::The High Command
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: '''Governmental Attitude
::Deployment of LCAF Forces
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: '''Political Aims of the Economy
:::Typical Commonwealth Units
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: '''Consumer Goods'''
::Weapon Industries
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: '''Corporate Profiles'''
:::Military Supplies
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::Other Major Commonwealth Industries
::Major Military Academies
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: '''Trade with Other Successor States
::Medals and Decorations
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::Free Worlds League
::Strengths and Weaknesses of the LCAF
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::The Draconis Combine
:Culture and Arts
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::The Capellan Confederation
::Education
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::The Federated Suns
:::Research Universities
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: '''Strengths and Weaknesses'''
::The Arts
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*PERSONALITIES
::Daily Life and Culture
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*A BRIEF ATLAS
::Public Media
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: '''The Protectorate of Donegal'''
::Societal Problems
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: '''The Federation of Skye'''
::ComStar and the Lyran People
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: '''The Tamar Pact'''
:::General Relations
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*MAP OF THE LYRAN COMMONWEALTH
:::Political Influence
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*STEINER FAMILY TREE
:::Commonwealth Threats to ComStar
 
:Socioeconomics
 
::Governmental Attitude
 
::Political Aims of the Economy
 
::Consumer Goods
 
::Corporate Profiles
 
:::Other Major Commonwealth Industries
 
::Trade with Other Successor States
 
:::Free Worlds League
 
:::The Draconis Combine
 
:::The Capellan Confederation
 
:::The Federated Suns
 
::Strengths and Weaknesses
 
:Personalities
 
:A Brief Atlas
 
::The Protectorate of Donegal
 
::The Federation of Skye
 
::The Tamar Pact
 
:Map of the Lyran Commonwealth
 
:Index
 
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
*This was the second of the House books published by FASA. Much of the information was intended as background material for [[MechWarrior (RPG)|''MechWarrior'' role-playing game]] campaigns.
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* This was the first of the House books published by FASA. Much of the information was intended as background material for [[MechWarrior (RPG)|MechWarrior role-playing game]] campaigns.{{cn}}
* A downloadable version (''sans'' pictures) is available at [http://sarna.net/files/filedownload.php/docs/products/house_books/house_steiner_text_only.pdf ''House Steiner'' Book]
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* A downloadable version (''sans'' pictures) is available at [http://cf.sarna.net/docs/products/house_books/house_steiner_text_only.pdf ''House Steiner'' Book]
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* The in-universe date of publication is un-stated, but based on one of the final pages of the historical section, it would be [[3025]] or later.
  
 
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[[Category:Sourcebooks]]

Revision as of 11:16, 20 June 2019

HouseSteiner-1621.jpg
House Steiner
The Lyran Commonwealth
Product information
Type Sourcebook
Development Jordan Weisman (Production Manager)
L. Ross Babcock (Editor-In-Chief)
Donna Ippolito (Senior Editor)
Todd Huettel, Tara Gallagher, Robt. Wells (Editors)
Primary writing Boy F. Petersen, Jr.
Pages 173
Cover Artwork Dana Knutson
Interior Artwork David R. Deitrick
Illustrations Jim Holloway
Jeff Laubenstein
Todd F. Marsh
Dana Knutson
Dawne Wehrs
Publication information
Publisher FASA
Product code 1621
First published 1987
ISBN-10 1555600336
ISBN-13 978-1555600334
MSRP 15.00 US $
Content
Era Succession Wars era
Agency ComStar
Preceded by House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
Followed by House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)

Description

House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth) provides an overview of the history of the Steiner family and of the Lyran Commonwealth through 3025.

From the back cover

ComStar answers all...
Who was Claudius the Cruel?
What is the hottest rock group in the Inner Sphere?
Which mercenary leader has a crush on Melissa Steiner?

Precariously poised between the fierce eagle of House Marik and the voracious dragon of House Kurita, House Steiner fights a desperate battle to protect the worlds, industries, and peoples of the Lyran Commonwealth. One of the five Successor States of the fallen Star League, the Commonwealth is noted for having the strongest economy and the weakest military leadership of all the realms. Nevertheless, its clenched fist is a symbol of defiance to those who would swallow the Commonwealth whole.

Compiled from ComStar records both ancient and modern comes this sourcebook on the Lyran Commonwealth and House Steiner. Included are dozens of full-color illustrations depicting Commonwealth rank insignias, unit crests, medals, personalities, and more. Classified documents on the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces' deployment from the Tamar Theater to Tharkad, military structure, and political intrigues are also provided. The extensive history section stretches from Terra's first steps into interstellar space to Melissa Steiner's betrothal to Hanse Davion.

Discover the skeletons in the Steiners' closets...

Contents

  • INTRODUCTION
  • HISTORY
Introduction
Dawn of a New Age
Founding Fathers
Hegemony, Prosperity, and Foundation
Chaos and Corruption
Marsden in Power
Dawning of the Age of War
The 'Social Generals'
The Reluctant Archon
The First Steiner
Birth of a Dynasty
Early Steiner Archons
Steiner Family Background
The Steiner Way
The BattleMech Era
Operation Prometheus
The Bloodthirsty General
Lyran Military Superiority
Long March, Hard March
The Dark Years
Trial of Duke Reynolds
Order of Magnitude
Steven Steiner
The Tharkan Witch
Eagles Cry
Repaying Old Debts
The Star League Era
Prelude
Minor Adjustments
Disillusionment
Operation Mailed Fist
The Archon Kidnapped
Berserker
Day of Rage
The Good Years
Decline and Fall of the Star League
Babe Among Wolves
Territorial Troubles
Idealism and Villainy
The Usurper
Final Acts
Exodus
First Succession War
Military Readiness
Declarations of War
Patterns of War
Tigers and Stealths
Attacks on Hesperus II
The Military Realities
Bella I
Lambs to the Slaughter
Terms of Exhaustion
The Second Succession War
Reconstruction Efforts
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Rescue of the Chahar Profit
State of War
Tales of Grimm
Claudius the Cruel
Death of the Fourth
Operation Praying Mantis
The Triumverate
"What, Me Worry?"
Elizabeth Steiner
The Third Succession War
Lull
Once More Into the Breach
Hanging On
Three Steps in the Right Direction
The Battle for Skye
Calling All Citizens
The Cost of Freedom
The Open Wound
The Traitor Tertren
The Reign of Giovanni Steiner
The Battle for Loric
Alessandro Steiner
Hesperus Revisited
The Policy of Concentrated Weakness
Ouster
Current Events
Conclusion
  • SOCIOPOLITICAL STRUCTURE
The Archonshlp
The Commonwealth Council
The Royal Court
Nobility
The Estates General
Provinces
The Federation of Skye
The Tamar Pact
The Protectorate of Donegal
The Commonwealth Judiciary
Internal Politics and Policies
The Lyran Commonwealth Civil Service
Overt Political Goals
Interstellar Relations
The Free Worlds League
The Capellan Confederation
The Federated Suns
The Draconis Combine
The Periphery
ComStar
Covert Political Goals
The Archon
The Lyran Intelligence Corps
The Royal Court
The Estates General
Strengths and Weaknesses
  • RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Judaism
Christianity
Islam
Hinduism
Buddhism
The One Star Faith and Other Beliefs
Relations Between Religions
Myths and Legends
Strengths and Weaknesses
  • MILITARY FORCES
Uniforms in the LCAF
The Structure of the LCAF
Military Education
The Rep-Dep Corps
The Judge Advocate General's Office
The Quartermaster Corps
Transport Division
Military Intelligence
The Strategies and Tactics Division
The Commonwealth Navy
The Commonwealth AeroSpace Force
The Reserve Corps
House Troops Liaison
Mercenary Troops Liaison
The Commonwealth Army
The Commonwealth Medical Corps
The Administrative Section
The High Command
Deployment of LCAF Forces
Typical Commonwealth Units
Weapons Industries
Military Supplies
Major Military Academies
Medals and Decorations
Strengths and Weaknesses of the LCAF
  • CULTURE AND ARTS
Education
Research Universities
The Arts
Daily Life and Culture
Public Media
Societal Problems
ComStar and the Lyran People
General Relations
Political Influence
Commonwealth Threats to ComStar
  • SOCIOECONOMICS
Governmental Attitude
Political Aims of the Economy
Consumer Goods
Corporate Profiles
Other Major Commonwealth Industries
Trade with Other Successor States
Free Worlds League
The Draconis Combine
The Capellan Confederation
The Federated Suns
Strengths and Weaknesses
  • PERSONALITIES
  • A BRIEF ATLAS
The Protectorate of Donegal
The Federation of Skye
The Tamar Pact
  • MAP OF THE LYRAN COMMONWEALTH
  • STEINER FAMILY TREE

Notes

  • This was the first of the House books published by FASA. Much of the information was intended as background material for MechWarrior role-playing game campaigns.[citation needed]
  • A downloadable version (sans pictures) is available at House Steiner Book
  • The in-universe date of publication is un-stated, but based on one of the final pages of the historical section, it would be 3025 or later.