Taun Liat Wei is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Ryccian Empire.

History

Taun was born to a poor family in the planet of Arshun, in the region of Chile. Her family was a mining one, with both her father and mother working in the mines of the planet. She was a bright student and earned a fully-funded scholarship to study at Kamino University, the most prestigious higher education institution in the Kaminoan areas of the Ryccian Empire. There, she studied diplomacy and was hired by Chile’s Diplomatic Corps.

Taun proved herself to be a capable negotiator in her first diplomatic encounter. It was a trade dispute between six worlds in her native region. She negotiated the matter with distinction, keeping the peace and efficiently restoring trade between all six planets. She would get involved in various negotiations with criminal gangs, worlds and the like. As a result, she quickly became the Diplomatic Chief of her region, Chile.

She served in this role for ten years. Noted for her skill, she was assigned as Diplomatic Chief of The Imperial Rim.

As Diplomatic Chief of The Imperial Rim

Taun was assigned to The Imperial Rim, the most dangerous and far-flung of all the regions of the Ryccian Empire. Here, criminal syndicates flourish and companies often get into heated disputes with the central government over regulations.

Taun negotiated various peace deals with prominent gangs in the region, ranging from amnesty to a peaceful surrender. Under her mandate, crime in The Imperial Rim fell by 47% due to these successful negotiations. Moreover, she spearheaded negotiations with companies over leases on planetary resources, gaining favour with the central government due to her effective mediation for them.

Taun then returned to Arshun in order to take care of her family, especially her aging parents, voluntarily demoting herself to being Diplomatic Chief of Chile. However, the retiring Senator encouraged her to run. Having his political backing and being popular in her own right due to her prestigious diplomatic position, Taun won her Senatorial seat with 62.5% of the vote.

In the Imperial Senate

Taun sided with agricultural interests, as Arshun is a rural world. As a result, she favours less regulation in the agricultural industry, as well as better standards for farmers.

In the Internationalist Question, she sided with the internationalists, believing that the Ryccian Empire must be safeguarded with an increased and cemented presence abroad. Doing this, she believes, would help secure the Empire’s independence and way of life from foreign powers by knowing about outsiders, and obtain contacts with them for peaceful negotiation as well in the future. Her background as the Diplomatic Chief of The Imperial Rim, a coveted position in the diplomatic corps, was not lost on her party, which won the elections in 1026. Further, she had been a rising star in PC party politics, favouring the current Chancellor and his allies. Seeing her as a good and loyal asset, she was brought into the government as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (and thus in charge of the nation’s internal and external diplomacy), a position which had been lackluster in power until internationalism rose in prominence.

As Minister of Foreign Affairs

Taun’s primary achievement in her tenure has been the recent but successful establishment of contact with the Treecu Star Empire. She sent her close ally, Lak Su, as the leader of the delegation, instructing her to connect with them. As Su is her protegé, the glory of this event has gone to both persons. As a result, Taun was given the peerage of the Baroness Liat for her contributions to the Empire.

Metagaming Facts

Taun would not have ran for the Senate if it were not for the fact that Daonlathas, the capital, has far better medical care and quality of life for her elderly parents. Moreover, she wished to educate her children in the capital, which has superb educational facilities compared to the backwaters she had been in. She still does her job, however.

Unlike many Kaminoans, she (privately) has a massive ego, something which arose from her natural intelligence and her rise to the top. She thus saw herself as incredibly successful and intelligent, inflating her self-esteem enormously.