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Line 85: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Early Years==== ====Early Years==== − The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name=TP1Ep14-15>''The Periphery'', pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored [[Hyades Cluster]]; despite losing two ''[[Aquilla]]''-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas, and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the thirty-seven assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.<ref name=TP1Ep15/> + The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name=TP1Ep14-15>''The Periphery'', pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored Hyades Cluster; despite losing two ''[[Aquilla]]''-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas, and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the thirty-seven assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March [[2268]].<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Samantha Calderon's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as her successor and [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name=TP1Ep17/> Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March [[2268]].<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Samantha Calderon's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as her successor and [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name=TP1Ep17/>
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| − | The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name=TP1Ep14-15>''The Periphery'', pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored | + | The first colony on Taurus was established on 23 January [[2253]] by an expedition of colonists led by Samantha Calderon. A native of the world of [[Aix-la-Chapelle]], Calderon had lost a husband and two daughters in the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]]; this left her initially with access to considerable wealth from her husband's business ventures, only to then see half that wealth drained away in the aftermath of the Rebellion or at the hands of privateers from the [[Republic of Marik]].<ref name=TP1Ep14-15>''The Periphery'', pp. 14–15: "Calderon Expedition"</ref> Believing that a radical solution was needed, Samantha converted her wealth into ships and supplies and led an expedition of more than 2,300 people aboard twenty-five faster-than-light-capable ships to find a new, safe home. It took the expedition twenty-two months to travel from Aix-la-Chapelle to the unexplored Hyades Cluster; despite losing two ''[[Aquilla]]''-class transports in the attempt, the expedition became the first explorers to successfully navigate through the dust, gas, and asteroid fields that surrounded the cluster to discover the eight linked star systems within the cluster and the thirty-seven assorted planetary bodies orbiting or being pulled between the various stars.<ref name=TP1Ep15/> |
Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March [[2268]].<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Samantha Calderon's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as her successor and [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name=TP1Ep17/> | Calderon named the first world settled Taurus in memory of her second husband, Victor Taurens, who had died during the attempts to penetrate the Hyades asteroid field. Taurus proved to be a world rich in resources, and for the next fifteen years the colony grew inside the safety and obscurity offered by the cluster, until the death of Calderon in a freak accident on 14 March [[2268]].<ref name=TP1Ep15/> Samantha Calderon's son [[Timothy Calderon|Timothy]] was selected as her successor and [[Protector of the Realm|Protector]] of the Taurian Homeworlds. Avoiding the democratic processes that were the signature of the despised [[Terran Alliance]] responsible for the colonists leaving the [[Inner Sphere]], Timothy established a hereditary form of leadership on Taurus and armed with the sweeping powers granted to him proceeded to establish an orderly culture based on the simple and egalitarian principle that those who didn't contribute to the general welfare would in turn be denied access to that general welfare. Summed up as "no work, no food," this simple but effective system gave the Taurians the impetus needed to survive and prosper, with groups of geologists, scientists and settlers, from Taurus colonizing five additional worlds within the Hyades Cluster between [[2310]] and [[2320]].<ref name=TP1Ep17/> | ||