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-->'''Era(s):''' Clan Invasion, FedCom Civil War

Cousin of Katrina Steiner-Davion and Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth twice. He is best remembered in the animated series of Battle Tech. He also played a pivotal role near the end of the Federated Commonwealth Civil War.

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War, Jihad

Cousin of Katrina Steiner-Davion and eventual Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth twice. Commonwealth. He is best remembered in as the protagonist of the animated series of Battle Tech. He also series, but he played a pivotal role near both in the end of the Federated Commonwealth Fed-Com Civil War.War and the Jihad.



* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It took way more time and effort than it should have for Victor to convince someone as smart as Adam that Katherine Steiner-Davion couldn't be trusted.
** To clarify: Victor sent one of his best generals (and requested the aid of another ally) to assist Adam in taking back Lyran Alliance worlds from the Jade Falcons, who used the chaos of the civil war to expand their invasion corridor. And this was while Victor was on the ''losing'' end of the war. Katherine didn't even consider the Jade Falcons to be a problem and pretty much told Adam that he was on his own.

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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It Not usually, but it took way more time and effort than it should have for Victor to convince someone as smart as Adam that Katherine Steiner-Davion couldn't be trusted.
** To clarify: Victor sent one of his best generals (and requested the aid of another ally) to assist Adam in taking back Lyran Alliance worlds from the Jade Falcons, who used the chaos of the civil war to expand their invasion corridor. And this was while Victor was on the ''losing'' end of the war. Katherine didn't even consider the Jade Falcons to be a problem and pretty much told Adam that he was on his own.

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->''"There are three ways to do something: the right way, the wrong way and the Steiner way, which is the wrong way, but with more Assault 'Mechs."''
-->--'''Inner Sphere and Periphery historian Randolph P. Checkers, Esquire'''
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* AssassinOutclassin: He was targeted with assassination on nine seperate occasions, and in each case was able to escape without a scratch (and on at least one occasion personally killed the would-be assassin in the attempt). It seems that the most lasting effect of the attempts (outside of an understabdable paranoia) was... contracting lactose intolerance from a poison used on him.

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* AssassinOutclassin: He was targeted with assassination on nine seperate occasions, and in each case was able to escape without a scratch (and on at least one occasion personally killed the would-be assassin in the attempt). It seems that the most lasting effect of the attempts (outside of an understabdable understandable paranoia) was... contracting lactose intolerance from a poison used on him.



* WorthyOpponent: To Hanse Davion. The two corresponded regularly with well-wishes for their personal health, even as their realms remained at war.

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* WorthyOpponent: To Hanse Davion. The After the two corresponded regularly had met in battle face to face, they had a mutual interest in each other, and struck up a correspondance even though they were at war. At one point, when Takashi's wife Jasmine was deathly ill, Hanse wrote Takashi with well-wishes sincere wishes for their personal health, even as their realms remained at war.
her recovery.
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* AssassinOutclassin: He dealt with ten assassination attempts, and personally fought off several of them.

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* AssassinOutclassin: He dealt was targeted with ten assassination attempts, on nine seperate occasions, and in each case was able to escape without a scratch (and on at least one occasion personally fought off several killed the would-be assassin in the attempt). It seems that the most lasting effect of them.the attempts (outside of an understabdable paranoia) was... contracting lactose intolerance from a poison used on him.
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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He's shown to be careful not to overtax the CCAF, even with the Confederation's dominant position in the Inner Sphere. He refrained from continuing conflicts with both the Republic of the Sphere and the Federated Suns when he was concerned that doing so would overextend his forces.

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* KickedUpstairs: What his original assignment to the 1st Davion Guards was supposed to be, as he was in his uncle and then-First Prince Harrison's bad books due to getting declared ''persona non grata'' in the Lyran Commonwealth, and the 1st Guards were considered the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits poor relation of the Guards Brigade]] at the time; Julian turned it into ReassignmentBackfire by treating it as a real job rather than just a sinecure posting for the First Prince's no-good nephew.

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What his original assignment to the 1st Davion Guards was supposed to be, as he was in his uncle and then-First Prince Harrison's bad books due to getting declared ''persona non grata'' in the Lyran Commonwealth, and the 1st Guards were considered the [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits poor relation of the Guards Brigade]] at the time; Julian turned it into ReassignmentBackfire by treating it as a real job rather than just a sinecure posting for the First Prince's no-good nephew.nephew.
** In the aftermath of Operation CERBERUS, much of the AFFS's high command seriously questioned Julian's abilities as a general because of the high casualties the AFFS suffered and how many mercenaries he recruited. They forced him to give up command of the Federated Suns' war effort to Prince's Champion Erik Sandoval-Groell, although he remains First Prince and the Suns' overall ruler.
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* GeneralFailure: A subverted and downplayed example. He oversaw Operation CERBERUS, the effort to reconquer the Federated Suns' capital worlds, and it ended in success. Unfortunately, the heavy casualties the AFFS suffered and the number of mercenaries Julian used led much of the AFFS high command to question his abilities as a general. They forced him to yield overall command to Erik Sandoval-Groell. Their relationship is tense because of Erik's openly criticizing Julian's past mistakes and Julian noticing Erik's public popularity, which could potentially allow him to seize the Federated Suns' throne.

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->''"A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it: a factious populace; luxurious nobles; eluded laws and all the maladies of stinking states."''
-->--'''Dr. Creator/SamuelJohnson'''
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** This did backfire to an extent as the Capellans where able to address the flaws in the design and would be the first to successfuly produce Triple-Strength Myomer during the Clan invasion.
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* AntiHero: Played with, depending on the characters and the writer. But let's face it - as much as the Fed Suns can be a bunch of hypocritical, self righteous jackasses, they're surrounded by absolutely brutal, merciless police states that are surely a darker shade of grey.
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* PoliceState: Even at its most benevolent, the Confederation wants to make sure its citizens have "correct thoughts."

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* PoliceState: Even at its The Maskirovka might just be the most benevolent, feared intelligence agency in the Confederation wants Inner Sphere. The people must "earn" their right to make sure its citizens have "correct thoughts."be citizens, and they are under constant surveillance by the Maskirovka.

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