Sian, Capellan Confederation February 21, 3030 Acting Chancellor Romano Liao today explained to her people why she would not sign the peace treaty signed yesterday by the other four Successor Houses. "You are not cowards," she explained. "Only cowards would accept the wholesale ravishment of our territory. The homes of our ancestors are not bargaining chips to be cast to save us from the terrible Alliance and our less-than-terrible Allies. Our ancestors' graves demand the blood of enemies. Our enemies would exterminate their descendants. We shall not dignify their pretense of peace with a specimen of our calligraphy." Her subjects, required to attend the public vidcasts of her speech, cheered heartily each time they heard this somewhat confused sentiment. Despite the Lady of Highspire (Duchess Romano retains the title, though the planet has been lost), the Inner Sphere is now at peace. Her war-torn planets, her 'Mech Force hampered by useless "new-style" myomers, her hungry people preclude the warlike lady from taking the revenge she so ardently desires. BattleTechnology News Service Surprise, Chancellor! Kell Hounds - How Did it End? Romano Liao Refuses to Sign Sentencing in Northwind War Crimes Trial Sgt Holt After Sentencing Day of Thanksgiving Back to BattleTechnology 9 Table of Contents Back to BattleTechnology List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 1990 by Pacific Rim Publishing. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com