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Line 14: }} }} ==History== ==History== − '''Richard Calderon''' was the Protector who created the political entity that is now known as the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[2335]], the year he succeeded his mother [[Sandra Calderon]] as Protector of Taurus. By this time the nascent colony had expanded out of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and counted no less than 18 star systems and many millions of citizens. Richard announced his intention to form a new political organization, the ''Concordat''. This would be a commonwealth polity of the Taurian colonies and the local newcomers interested in accepting his technology and protection. Richard swore a "hands-off" local policy intending only to control the military and keep all trade within (and without) the Concordat regulated fairly and openly. Of the 18 worlds invited only [[Mandrace]] declined to join the Concordat.<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 17</ref> + '''Richard Calderon''' was the Protector who formally created the political entity that is now known as the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[2335]], the year he succeeded his mother [[Sandra Calderon]] as Protector of Taurus. By this time the nascent colony had expanded out of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and counted no less than 18 star systems and many millions of citizens. Richard announced his intention to form a new political organization, the ''Concordat''. This would be a commonwealth polity of the Taurian colonies and the local newcomers interested in accepting his technology and protection. Richard swore a "hands-off" local policy intending only to control the military and keep all trade within (and without) the Concordat regulated fairly and openly. Of the 18 worlds invited only [[Mandrace]] declined to join the Concordat.<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 17</ref> Calderon had organized the Concordat just in time. By [[2360]], the [[Federated Suns]] took notice of "somebody" operating in the [[Periphery]] on their borders when Taurian explorer [[Tracy Ashton Pendelton]] organized a revolt to free 15,000 captured Sarna Supremacy citizens on the [[House Davion|Davion]] world of [[Tentativa]] that same year. Pendelton and her crew had been mapping and surveying star systems for the Concordat when they found the captive Bellites. The prisoners had been taken captive during a [[Federated Suns]] assault on the [[Sarna Supremacy]] world [[Bell]] in [[2355]]. This act of compassion sparked a hostility between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]] that would span 700 years.<ref name=TP1Ep17 /> Convinced of the barbarism of the Inner Sphere, by [[2368]], the Taurian Concordat was prepared when it was inadvertently discovered by "Freicorps" retainers of the [[Tikonov Union]] noble Lord [[Tormassov]] fleeing the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Pursuing Capellan forces commanded by [[Anthony LeBlanc]] discovered the "Freicorps" in the [[Pinard]] system of the Concordat. Rushing to the scene at the head of the Taurian fleet Richard instead chose to open a dialog with Tormassov in the hopes of learning more about [[Inner Sphere]] weapons and tactics. The protracted dialog did not create any alliance but did allow [[Capellan]] General LeBlanc to catch up with Tormassov. In the ensuing battle several Taurian WarShips were captured and used to flee LeBlanc, who followed them... into a [[Federated Suns]] flotilla stationed at [[Sanurcha (FS)|Sanurcha]]. Though the Tikonov "Freicorps" were able to escape (and were never heard from again), the Capellan pursuit force also encountered the flotilla and was destroyed, but the distinctive Taurian WarShips confirmed the existence of another nation "involved" in attacking the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TP1Ep18 /><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24</ref> Calderon had organized the Concordat just in time. By [[2360]], the [[Federated Suns]] took notice of "somebody" operating in the [[Periphery]] on their borders when Taurian explorer [[Tracy Ashton Pendelton]] organized a revolt to free 15,000 captured Sarna Supremacy citizens on the [[House Davion|Davion]] world of [[Tentativa]] that same year. Pendelton and her crew had been mapping and surveying star systems for the Concordat when they found the captive Bellites. The prisoners had been taken captive during a [[Federated Suns]] assault on the [[Sarna Supremacy]] world [[Bell]] in [[2355]]. This act of compassion sparked a hostility between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]] that would span 700 years.<ref name=TP1Ep17 /> Convinced of the barbarism of the Inner Sphere, by [[2368]], the Taurian Concordat was prepared when it was inadvertently discovered by "Freicorps" retainers of the [[Tikonov Union]] noble Lord [[Tormassov]] fleeing the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Pursuing Capellan forces commanded by [[Anthony LeBlanc]] discovered the "Freicorps" in the [[Pinard]] system of the Concordat. Rushing to the scene at the head of the Taurian fleet Richard instead chose to open a dialog with Tormassov in the hopes of learning more about [[Inner Sphere]] weapons and tactics. The protracted dialog did not create any alliance but did allow [[Capellan]] General LeBlanc to catch up with Tormassov. In the ensuing battle several Taurian WarShips were captured and used to flee LeBlanc, who followed them... into a [[Federated Suns]] flotilla stationed at [[Sanurcha (FS)|Sanurcha]]. Though the Tikonov "Freicorps" were able to escape (and were never heard from again), the Capellan pursuit force also encountered the flotilla and was destroyed, but the distinctive Taurian WarShips confirmed the existence of another nation "involved" in attacking the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TP1Ep18 /><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24</ref>
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| − | '''Richard Calderon''' was the Protector who created the political entity that is now known as the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[2335]], the year he succeeded his mother [[Sandra Calderon]] as Protector of Taurus. By this time the nascent colony had expanded out of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and counted no less than 18 star systems and many millions of citizens. Richard announced his intention to form a new political organization, the ''Concordat''. This would be a commonwealth polity of the Taurian colonies and the local newcomers interested in accepting his technology and protection. Richard swore a "hands-off" local policy intending only to control the military and keep all trade within (and without) the Concordat regulated fairly and openly. Of the 18 worlds invited only [[Mandrace]] declined to join the Concordat.<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 17</ref> | + | '''Richard Calderon''' was the Protector who formally created the political entity that is now known as the [[Taurian Concordat]] in [[2335]], the year he succeeded his mother [[Sandra Calderon]] as Protector of Taurus. By this time the nascent colony had expanded out of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] and counted no less than 18 star systems and many millions of citizens. Richard announced his intention to form a new political organization, the ''Concordat''. This would be a commonwealth polity of the Taurian colonies and the local newcomers interested in accepting his technology and protection. Richard swore a "hands-off" local policy intending only to control the military and keep all trade within (and without) the Concordat regulated fairly and openly. Of the 18 worlds invited only [[Mandrace]] declined to join the Concordat.<ref name=TP1Ep17>''The Periphery, First Edition'', p. 17</ref> |
Calderon had organized the Concordat just in time. By [[2360]], the [[Federated Suns]] took notice of "somebody" operating in the [[Periphery]] on their borders when Taurian explorer [[Tracy Ashton Pendelton]] organized a revolt to free 15,000 captured Sarna Supremacy citizens on the [[House Davion|Davion]] world of [[Tentativa]] that same year. Pendelton and her crew had been mapping and surveying star systems for the Concordat when they found the captive Bellites. The prisoners had been taken captive during a [[Federated Suns]] assault on the [[Sarna Supremacy]] world [[Bell]] in [[2355]]. This act of compassion sparked a hostility between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]] that would span 700 years.<ref name=TP1Ep17 /> Convinced of the barbarism of the Inner Sphere, by [[2368]], the Taurian Concordat was prepared when it was inadvertently discovered by "Freicorps" retainers of the [[Tikonov Union]] noble Lord [[Tormassov]] fleeing the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Pursuing Capellan forces commanded by [[Anthony LeBlanc]] discovered the "Freicorps" in the [[Pinard]] system of the Concordat. Rushing to the scene at the head of the Taurian fleet Richard instead chose to open a dialog with Tormassov in the hopes of learning more about [[Inner Sphere]] weapons and tactics. The protracted dialog did not create any alliance but did allow [[Capellan]] General LeBlanc to catch up with Tormassov. In the ensuing battle several Taurian WarShips were captured and used to flee LeBlanc, who followed them... into a [[Federated Suns]] flotilla stationed at [[Sanurcha (FS)|Sanurcha]]. Though the Tikonov "Freicorps" were able to escape (and were never heard from again), the Capellan pursuit force also encountered the flotilla and was destroyed, but the distinctive Taurian WarShips confirmed the existence of another nation "involved" in attacking the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TP1Ep18 /><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24</ref> | Calderon had organized the Concordat just in time. By [[2360]], the [[Federated Suns]] took notice of "somebody" operating in the [[Periphery]] on their borders when Taurian explorer [[Tracy Ashton Pendelton]] organized a revolt to free 15,000 captured Sarna Supremacy citizens on the [[House Davion|Davion]] world of [[Tentativa]] that same year. Pendelton and her crew had been mapping and surveying star systems for the Concordat when they found the captive Bellites. The prisoners had been taken captive during a [[Federated Suns]] assault on the [[Sarna Supremacy]] world [[Bell]] in [[2355]]. This act of compassion sparked a hostility between the [[Taurian Concordat]] and the [[Federated Suns]] that would span 700 years.<ref name=TP1Ep17 /> Convinced of the barbarism of the Inner Sphere, by [[2368]], the Taurian Concordat was prepared when it was inadvertently discovered by "Freicorps" retainers of the [[Tikonov Union]] noble Lord [[Tormassov]] fleeing the [[Capellan Confederation]]. Pursuing Capellan forces commanded by [[Anthony LeBlanc]] discovered the "Freicorps" in the [[Pinard]] system of the Concordat. Rushing to the scene at the head of the Taurian fleet Richard instead chose to open a dialog with Tormassov in the hopes of learning more about [[Inner Sphere]] weapons and tactics. The protracted dialog did not create any alliance but did allow [[Capellan]] General LeBlanc to catch up with Tormassov. In the ensuing battle several Taurian WarShips were captured and used to flee LeBlanc, who followed them... into a [[Federated Suns]] flotilla stationed at [[Sanurcha (FS)|Sanurcha]]. Though the Tikonov "Freicorps" were able to escape (and were never heard from again), the Capellan pursuit force also encountered the flotilla and was destroyed, but the distinctive Taurian WarShips confirmed the existence of another nation "involved" in attacking the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=TP1Ep18 /><ref>''House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)'', p. 24</ref> | ||