May 9, 3052 Sian, Sian Commonality, Capellan Confederation Citizens of the Capellan Confederation waked today as their viewscreens were overridden for a sad announcement. The throne of House Liao was shown empty and bloodied, then the stern face of the Chancellor's son, Sun Tsu Liao, replaced it on the screen. "Citizens of the Confederation, your Chancellor is dead, slain by her own hand, worn with toil to the point of madness after decades of warring with that adder, her sister, beguiled by The Fox, Hanse Davion. Forty days of official mourning will be observed. I will not leave you like frightened and alone like fatherless children. I will put aside my grief for my mother to assume the duties of your Chancellor. The official Coronation will be held as soon as the days of mourning are ended. My sister Kali and I take comfort from your prayers." May 7, Sian, Sian Commonal Capellan Confederation Vid disk left in the mail slot of BattleTechnology's office: "I warned Romano not to seek harm to my dear ones. She has many times attempted our lives. I did not take action until her assassins slew my mate this January. Her life and the life of her mate were forfeit. I took them, as was my right. There was no squad of assassins. I did it with my own hand. "Ask not who I am or what the name of my beloved; my name is legion. Her crimes have cried out for revenge." The voice is still without a reliable ID; it may have been put through a voice modulator. The picture showed nothing else but a bloody knife. We will devote a more extensive coverage to House Liao' civil wars in our next issue. To show some of the hatred which Chancellor Romano has inspired over the years with her senseless acts of violence, BattleTechnology follows this announcement with four pages detailing what House Liao has done to just one unit, Khorsakov's Cossacks. If the new Chancellor is to be a viable political figure in today's war-ridden realities, let him take warning from the story of Gregory Khorsakov. BattleTechnology News From the Front Clans Duel ComStar: We Win a Truce Teniente: Fox's Child Saves Dragon's Heir! Tenth Lyran Guard Fights On Kai: Allard-Liao Survives Romano Liao Slain Back to BattleTechnology 19 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1992 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com