Editing Stanford Eckard

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Legate '''Stanford Eckard''' was the Planetary Legate of [[Skye]], for the [[Republic of the Sphere]], from at least [[3130]] to [[3134]].<ref name=RoS>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 20</ref><ref name=DARWp226>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 226: "Skye"</ref><ref name=BofI32>''Blood of the Isle'', ch. 32</ref><ref name=FotF35>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 35</ref>

==Personal Appearance==
Eckard was a tall man, of an Asian background, who had brown eyes and (as of 3134) graying salt and pepper hair.<ref name=FotF14>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 14</ref> Despite his thin build and age, he still had a bodybuilder's physique, with the physical strength to match.<ref name=BofI14>''Blood of the Isle'', ch. 14</ref>

==History==
On 2 May 3134, within the grounds of [[Sanglamore Military Academy]]], Legate Eckard along with other Skye leaders met with [[Tara Campbell]] as she warned about an impeding threat to the world from [[Clan Jade Falcon]].<ref name=FotF14></ref> While Eckard defended Campbell against some criticism by other Skye leaders, she considered him to be so introverted, that she was unsure as to his true feelings regarding her mission.<ref name=FotF15>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 15</ref>

By 25 June, Eckard was at another meeting with Campbell and senior Skye leaders, which heard the Jade Falcon threat had materialized with their conquest of the nearby [[Lyran Commonwealth]] world of [[Chaffee]].<ref name=FotF17>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 17</ref> On 2 July he again joined Campbell to interview a [[Clan Sea Fox]] merchant, [[Senna (Clan Sea Fox)|Senna]], who provided intelligence on the leaders of the Jade Falcon ''[[Desant]]''.<ref name=FotF20>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 20</ref>

In August 3134, he supported Campbell in resisting suggestions that [[Duke]] [[Gregory Kelswa-Steiner]] should suppress Skye's [[Chamber of Deputies (Skye)|Chamber of Deputies]], which had been debating offering surrender terms to [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Aleksandr Hazen]].<ref name=FotF25>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 25</ref>

Later in August, in the ensuing campaign fighting the Falcons, Legate Eckard however opposed Tara Campbell's intention to accept a formal [[Batchall]] from [[Galaxy Commander]] [[Beckett Malthus]]. He however eventually accepted that it was the preferrable strategic option<ref name=FotF29>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 29</ref>, and managed to survive the fighting with the Falcons, still being in place after their initial attack had been beaten off.<ref name=FotF35></ref>

In October prior to the Falcon's returning, Eckard only reluctantly supported the military assistance provided by Duke's Gregory Kelswa-Steiner son [[Jasek Kelswa-Steiner]], fearing his [[Stormhammers]] would stoke pro-Lyran sentiment on Skye.<ref name=BofI11>''Blood of the Isle'', ch. 11</ref> Despite this he worked with Jasek and other during the fighting against the Falcons through to December 3134.<ref name=BofI32></ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Blood of the Isle]]'' (novel)
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel)

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