Liao          
Star Type: K5V
Position in System: 3 (of 9)
Number of Moons: 1 (Elias� Promise)
Days to Jump Point: 4
Surface Water: 5%
Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
Surface Gravity: 1.05
Equatorial Temp: 30� C
Highest Native Life: Reptiles
Population: 2,395,427,000
Governor: Anna Lu Pohl
Planetary Legate: Viktor Ruskoff
The ancestral home of Chancellor Daoshen Liao, the planet was placid and completely ordinary, distinguished from its neighbors only by its immense grasslands, some stretching across each of Liao�s three continents: Northern, Southern, and the island continent of Anderia. Elias Liao settled Liao in 2189 after leaving Terra. He originally named the planet after his dead wife, Cynthiana. This 47-year-old former president proved himself an administrative genius. Within a year of settling the planet, Elias arranged for the importation of several dozen varieties of livestock, including several expensive Eridani horses. The planet�s inhabitants invested the last of their monetary reserves�and their gamble paid off. Cynthiana became a major supplier of livestock and processed meat to the local worlds. When Elias died, the people changed the name of the planet in his honor.

Liao has seen its share of war. Early during the Fourth Succession War, Davion captured the planet. When the Chaos March formed in late 3057, House Liao was able to regain control. To ensure that Liao would never fall again, a veteran brigade was garrisoned. When the Jihad came to Liao, the Capellans were mysteriously prepared. Unlike what happened on Outreach or Northwind, the Capellans struck first. Using chemical weapons and massed artillery fire, they hammered the Blakist units, and the Capellans were able to hold the planet. But their victory was Pyrrhic at best. Anderia was rendered uninhabitable, and the planet suffered horrible casualties.

After the defeat of the Blakists, Liao was forced to become a member of The Republic. The Chancellor, however, was not going to let that stand. In 3101, a �grass roots� war to take back all the worlds House Liao had lost to The Republic began, and escalated for several years. Then, in 3111, a junior lieutenant was offered a bribe to allow an unauthorized DropShip to land on Liao. This allowed the Capellan forces to launch an attack that slaughtered Republican civilians, including the young lieutenant�s parents. The violence from the previous nine years had escalated into a full-blown war. With the war over and order restored, Liao moved on, except for the young lieutenant. He simply disappeared, and is listed as missing in action.
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