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Line 24: After her father, Davis Avellar, died of a heart attack<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> having resigned shortly before<ref name="ER:2750p64">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 64: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref> Beatrice began her rule as President of the Outworlds Alliance; only fifteen years old at the time, for the first three years of her rule Beatrice's aunt [[Heather Avellar|Heather]] acted as regent,<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> with Beatrice becoming President on her eighteenth birthday in [[2709]].<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> Beatrice galvanized the citizens of the Alliance; she increased the funding of expeditions into the [[Deep Periphery]], both in search of those colony ships that had vanished in the centuries before she came to power and to find suitable worlds for the Alliance to develop and thereby improve its weak economic position. The additional funding for exploration proved a popular decision in the Alliance, and it also saw an increase in the number of opportunities for research as the expeditions brought back new creatures with unique properties that could be exploited pharmaceutically. As limited as technological industries in the Alliance were at the time, those that did exist saw large growth under Beatrice's policies.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Under Beatrice's policies the Outworlds Alliance would expand as far as three hundred light years spinward of [[Alpheratz]] and some high-tech industries such as [[Lushann Industrials Limited]] began exporting outside the Alliance.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> After her father, Davis Avellar, died of a heart attack<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> having resigned shortly before<ref name="ER:2750p64">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 64: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref> Beatrice began her rule as President of the Outworlds Alliance; only fifteen years old at the time, for the first three years of her rule Beatrice's aunt [[Heather Avellar|Heather]] acted as regent,<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> with Beatrice becoming President on her eighteenth birthday in [[2709]].<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> Beatrice galvanized the citizens of the Alliance; she increased the funding of expeditions into the [[Deep Periphery]], both in search of those colony ships that had vanished in the centuries before she came to power and to find suitable worlds for the Alliance to develop and thereby improve its weak economic position. The additional funding for exploration proved a popular decision in the Alliance, and it also saw an increase in the number of opportunities for research as the expeditions brought back new creatures with unique properties that could be exploited pharmaceutically. As limited as technological industries in the Alliance were at the time, those that did exist saw large growth under Beatrice's policies.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Under Beatrice's policies the Outworlds Alliance would expand as far as three hundred light years spinward of [[Alpheratz]] and some high-tech industries such as [[Lushann Industrials Limited]] began exporting outside the Alliance.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> − In contrast with her outward-looking policies on exploration, Beatrice was deeply conservative when it came to interstellar concerns and social programs due to her puritanical beliefs. Many of her political decisions were the result of seeking more advice from the various religious leaders on Alpheratz than those with actual experience of government.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Beatrice bought a focus on strong family values, ethics and morals as well as irreproachable etiquette to the Presidency, values that became a staple of Alliance society; although there were critics who chafed under this focus and decried the values as priggish and affected, the majority of the population were appreciative of her focus on values, even if they disagreed with certain tenets or directives.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> + In contrast with her outward-looking policies on exploration, Beatrice was deeply conservative when it came to interstellar concerns and social programs due to her puritannical beliefs. Many of her political decisions were the result of seeking more advice from the various religious leaders on Alpheratz than those with actual experience of government.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Beatrice bought a focus on strong family values, ethics and morals as well as irreproachable etiquette to the Presidency, values that became a staple of Alliance society; although there were critics who chafed under this focus and decried the values as priggish and affected, the majority of the population were appreciative of her focus on values, even if they disagreed with certain tenets or directives.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> Beatrice refused to give media interviews in any form other than print so that her picture would never be taken, something that was viewed as an odd quirk by the populace; she also insisted that everyone learn classical Spanish, which further raised eyebrows within the Alliance, particularly as Beatrice never became fluent in classical Spanish herself, despite a lifetime of study.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Ultimately, under Beatrice's rule the Alliance became much more the productive protectorate that the [[Star League]] intended it to be<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> but Beatrice failed to win the hearts and minds of her people because of her imposition of her conservative views on others; the Alliance's famed tolerance for religious beliefs and belief in freedom of religion would have made her religious beliefs unremarkable, if she hadn't sought to impose them on others.<ref name="H:LoTV1p65"/> Beatrice refused to give media interviews in any form other than print so that her picture would never be taken, something that was viewed as an odd quirk by the populace; she also insisted that everyone learn classical Spanish, which further raised eyebrows within the Alliance, particularly as Beatrice never became fluent in classical Spanish herself, despite a lifetime of study.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Ultimately, under Beatrice's rule the Alliance became much more the productive protectorate that the [[Star League]] intended it to be<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> but Beatrice failed to win the hearts and minds of her people because of her imposition of her conservative views on others; the Alliance's famed tolerance for religious beliefs and belief in freedom of religion would have made her religious beliefs unremarkable, if she hadn't sought to impose them on others.<ref name="H:LoTV1p65"/>
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After her father, Davis Avellar, died of a heart attack<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> having resigned shortly before<ref name="ER:2750p64">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 64: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref> Beatrice began her rule as President of the Outworlds Alliance; only fifteen years old at the time, for the first three years of her rule Beatrice's aunt [[Heather Avellar|Heather]] acted as regent,<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> with Beatrice becoming President on her eighteenth birthday in [[2709]].<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> Beatrice galvanized the citizens of the Alliance; she increased the funding of expeditions into the [[Deep Periphery]], both in search of those colony ships that had vanished in the centuries before she came to power and to find suitable worlds for the Alliance to develop and thereby improve its weak economic position. The additional funding for exploration proved a popular decision in the Alliance, and it also saw an increase in the number of opportunities for research as the expeditions brought back new creatures with unique properties that could be exploited pharmaceutically. As limited as technological industries in the Alliance were at the time, those that did exist saw large growth under Beatrice's policies.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Under Beatrice's policies the Outworlds Alliance would expand as far as three hundred light years spinward of [[Alpheratz]] and some high-tech industries such as [[Lushann Industrials Limited]] began exporting outside the Alliance.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> | After her father, Davis Avellar, died of a heart attack<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> having resigned shortly before<ref name="ER:2750p64">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 64: "Outworlds Alliance"</ref> Beatrice began her rule as President of the Outworlds Alliance; only fifteen years old at the time, for the first three years of her rule Beatrice's aunt [[Heather Avellar|Heather]] acted as regent,<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> with Beatrice becoming President on her eighteenth birthday in [[2709]].<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> Beatrice galvanized the citizens of the Alliance; she increased the funding of expeditions into the [[Deep Periphery]], both in search of those colony ships that had vanished in the centuries before she came to power and to find suitable worlds for the Alliance to develop and thereby improve its weak economic position. The additional funding for exploration proved a popular decision in the Alliance, and it also saw an increase in the number of opportunities for research as the expeditions brought back new creatures with unique properties that could be exploited pharmaceutically. As limited as technological industries in the Alliance were at the time, those that did exist saw large growth under Beatrice's policies.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Under Beatrice's policies the Outworlds Alliance would expand as far as three hundred light years spinward of [[Alpheratz]] and some high-tech industries such as [[Lushann Industrials Limited]] began exporting outside the Alliance.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> | ||
| − | In contrast with her outward-looking policies on exploration, Beatrice was deeply conservative when it came to interstellar concerns and social programs due to her | + | In contrast with her outward-looking policies on exploration, Beatrice was deeply conservative when it came to interstellar concerns and social programs due to her puritannical beliefs. Many of her political decisions were the result of seeking more advice from the various religious leaders on Alpheratz than those with actual experience of government.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Beatrice bought a focus on strong family values, ethics and morals as well as irreproachable etiquette to the Presidency, values that became a staple of Alliance society; although there were critics who chafed under this focus and decried the values as priggish and affected, the majority of the population were appreciative of her focus on values, even if they disagreed with certain tenets or directives.<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> |
Beatrice refused to give media interviews in any form other than print so that her picture would never be taken, something that was viewed as an odd quirk by the populace; she also insisted that everyone learn classical Spanish, which further raised eyebrows within the Alliance, particularly as Beatrice never became fluent in classical Spanish herself, despite a lifetime of study.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Ultimately, under Beatrice's rule the Alliance became much more the productive protectorate that the [[Star League]] intended it to be<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> but Beatrice failed to win the hearts and minds of her people because of her imposition of her conservative views on others; the Alliance's famed tolerance for religious beliefs and belief in freedom of religion would have made her religious beliefs unremarkable, if she hadn't sought to impose them on others.<ref name="H:LoTV1p65"/> | Beatrice refused to give media interviews in any form other than print so that her picture would never be taken, something that was viewed as an odd quirk by the populace; she also insisted that everyone learn classical Spanish, which further raised eyebrows within the Alliance, particularly as Beatrice never became fluent in classical Spanish herself, despite a lifetime of study.<ref name="ER:2750p89"/> Ultimately, under Beatrice's rule the Alliance became much more the productive protectorate that the [[Star League]] intended it to be<ref name="ER:2750p64"/> but Beatrice failed to win the hearts and minds of her people because of her imposition of her conservative views on others; the Alliance's famed tolerance for religious beliefs and belief in freedom of religion would have made her religious beliefs unremarkable, if she hadn't sought to impose them on others.<ref name="H:LoTV1p65"/> | ||