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Comstar V02.Pdf @1992 FfiSfi CORPORfiTIOfi TABLE 0 F CONTENTS THE COMSTAR ORDER 4 The Waterly Era 59 Introduction 4 Covert Operations 59 HISTORY OF COMSTAR 5 Rosebud 59 The Rise of Blake 6 Flush 61 Linking the Stars 6 Spread of the Com Guards 62 The Amaris Coup 7 War of 3039 64 long Road to Terra 8 Aftermath 64 Liberation of Terra 8 The Clan War 65 Hilton Head Complex 9 Year of Peace 66 Collapse of the Star league 9 Conflict Renewed 67 Reconstruction 10 Counterattack 67 Birth of ComStar 11 Battle for Tukayyid 69 Operation Exodus 11 Operation Scorpion 72 The First Circuit 11 NEW ORDERS 75 Operation Silver Shield 11 New ComStar 76 The Foundation Years 14 Reformation 76 Prosperity and Principles 14 United We Stand 77 Expansion Years 14 Organization 80 Mercenary Review Board 15 Rank Structure 81 Public Image 16 The First Circuit 81 Creation of ROM 16 Reformation-Era ROM 82 A New Order 18 Com Guards in the Reformation 82 Death of Blake 18 Com Guards-Deployment As of 3055 84 A Brotherhood Divided 18 The Sol System 86 The Purification 19 Relations with the Inner Sphere 87 The Word of Blake 20 ComStar Personalities 89 The ComStar War 24 Primus Sharilar Mori 89 Puppet of the Primus 24 Precentor Martial Anastasius Focht 89 Dance of Death 25 Precentor ROM Victoria Parrdeau 89 Dark Hours, Dark Deeds 25 Word of Blake 90 Marik Gives In 26 The Renegades 90 The Consolidation Years 28 The Marik Alliance 91 Karpov Ascendant 28 Monkey Warfare 92 ComStar Strikes 29 Organization 93 The Veddar Affair 31 Current Doctrine 95 War Renewed 32 Politics 95 Slow Change 33 Word Of Blake Personalities 96 Civil War 35 Precentor Blane of Gibson 96 Kurstin the Mad 35 Precentor Martial Trent Arian 97 Age of Enlightenment 39 Precentor Demona Aziz 97 Calm Before the Storm 44 Precentor ROM Alexander Kernoff 97 The Explorer Primus 44 NEW BATTLEMECHS 98 The Tripitz Affair 46 ComStar Nexus 98 The Jolly Roger Affair 49 ComStar Raijin 100 The Mysterious Dragoons 50 Word of Blake Grand Crusader 102 The Tiepolo Years 51 GAME SUPPLEMENT 104 Old Business 51 Comstar Archetypes 105 House of Cards 51 New Avalon Institute of Science 52 Circles Within Circles 53 Fourth Succession War 56 COM STAR 2 SOURCEBOOK COMSTAR Writing Blaine Pardoe Development Mike Nystul Editorial Staff Senior Editor Donna Ippolito Assistant Editor Sharon Turner Mulvihill Editorial Assistant Diane Piron Production Staff Art Director Jeff Laubenstein Project Manager Dana Knutson Cover Art Tony Szczudlo Back Cover Art Dana Knutson Cover Design Dana Knutson Jeff Laubenstein Illustration Allen Nunis Mike Jackson Earl Geier Dana Knutson Rick Harris Color Plates Jeff Laubenstein/Scott Rosema Nick Smith T akehiko ltoh Take Kasakura Layout Tara Gallagher Keyline and Pasteup Ernie Hernandez Author's Dedication: To Cynthia and Victoria with all my love BATTLETECH, 'MECH, BATTLEMECH and MECHWARRIOR are Trademarks of FASA Corporation, registered in the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office. COMSTAR is a trademark of FASA Corporation. Copyright © 1992 FASA Corporation. All Rights Reserved . Printed in the United States of America. Published by FASA Corporation P.O. Box 6930 Chicago, IL 60680 COM STAR 3 SOURCEBOOK THE C~NISTAR ORDER COMSTAR CLASSIFIED REPORT This classified document is an historical briefing for use by ComStar personnel ranked acolyte and higher only. As part of our blessed Order's Reformation, Primus Mori authorized this document covering the development of our Order from the fall of the Star League to the current schism resulting in the Word of Blake organization. This document provides the facts of each Primus' rise and fall, recounts ComStar's efforts to bring Jerome Blake's vision to the Inner Sphere, and illuminates the missteps certain members made over the years. Our Blessed Order's hopes and concerns for the future, and our understanding of events within the Word of Blake in the Free Worlds League appear in a separate section at the end of this document. This document was transmitted via a secure channel. Notify ROM immediately if any copy received shows signs of tampering by Word of Blake. -Nonda Toolippi, Adept XIX-delta Norash Murrilvellthiun, Adept XV-sigma Adien M'Ripon, Adept I-omega Research Team-chi/ComStar History ComStar Archives, Terra 26 May 3055 SANCTUM BETA LEVEL CLEARANCE CCHD 5263055 INTRODUCTION ComStar is dedicated to fulfilling a single, divine mission: of HPG transmissions could only be wielded by ComStar adepts, preserving the glorious Star League's technological legacy in order ensuring that no Successor State would attempt to take control of to prevent a new Dark Age. Founded in 2788 by the Blessed Jerome the Star League's technological legacy. One faction of ComStar Blake, Com Star guards and maintains the hyperpulse generator com­ gradually forgot the true meaning of Blake's vision, however, munications network and other valuable technologies developed convinced that its mission lay in conquering humanity rather than during humanity's golden age, guarding knowledge that might have protecting it. These apostates reached the zenith of their power been lostforeverwere it not for the foresight of our Blessed Founder. under Primus Myndo Waterly, who nearly succeeded in handing the Blake recognized two great responsibilities in the wake of the Inner Sphere to the Clans. Only Precentor Martial Anastasius collapse of the Star League: preserving as much of the currently Focht's intervention prevented Myndo Waterly from destroying available technological knowledge as possible, and preventing the humanity in order to save it. Focht, a true disciple of Blake and a Successor States from seizing the interstellar communications long-time opponent of Waterly, ended her misguided rule by forcing network and misusing it to destroy each other. In 2788, Blake took her retirementfrom the primacy. Waterly's successor, Sharilar Mori, control of Terra and declared it a neutral world. He offered secure has launched a much-needed reform of our blessed Order. Under interstellar communication to all Successor States that would the leadership of Primus Mori and the Precentor Martial, ComStar pledge to respect the neutrality of the hyperpulse generator stations has returned to fulfilling its original purpose as the enlightened and personnel. The Inner Sphere leaders recognized that open guardians of the Inner Sphere. communications were crucial to their survival, agreed to Blake's [ComStar no longer represents the word of Blake. Primus demands, and the blessed Order of ComStar was born. Blake Myndo Waterly carried Blake's true vision in her heart and in her created the First Circuit to administer ComStar's affairs and fos­ leadership, and the traitors Focht and Mori cut her down before she tered a "secret brotherhood" mentality among Com Star's members could bring to fruition Blake's grand design. This document is their in order to keep the secrets of the Star League safe. version of events from Com Star's inception, and they have rewritten After Blake's death in 2819, Conrad Toyama of Dieron took history to serve their ends. We have corrected the most blatant control of ComStar. He replaced its corporate structure with a rigid, revisions that the "New ComStar" presents here as truth, but read religious hierarchy, and shrouded its activities in mystic rituals. critically. We in the Word of Blake fight to preserve Blake's true Toyama declared himself Primus, the highest authority in Com Star, intent: we offer asylum to all who believe in Primus Waterly's vision bequeathing that august title and its responsibilities to every leader for humanity's future. Captain-General Thomas Marik will soon take of ComStar who followed him. her place, to lead us forward to our destiny. Join us, and help Initially, Primus Toyama's carefully crafted religious mystery redeem the Inner Sphere!] served Blake's vision by fostering the belief that the sacred magic COMSTAR 4 SOURCEBOOK STAR COMSTAR 5 SOURCEBOOK THE RISE ~F BLAKE LINKING THE STARS De Burke theorized that it would be possible to send radio transmis­ sions through hyperspace in much the same way as faster-than­ light ships traveled. Unlike matter, bundles of modulated energy, Interstellar communications play a pivotal role in the political, such as simple radio waves, could be transmitted at a feasible cost social, and economic survival of the human race. With mankind now and were well within the operational range of modest reactors. If inhabiting hundreds of far-flung worlds, rapid communications has hyperspace transmission of energy pulses could be converted into become the essential tie that binds. Through the use of hyperpulse practical technology, it would make possible _the inexpens!ve, generators (HPGs) mankind has the ability to communicate rela­ instantaneous transmission of messages to rece1vers up to 50 light tively easily and quickly across the vast reaches of space. Before years away. the invention of the HPG, such communication was possible only For the next 15 years, Professor DeBurke and her research through simple codes, and it took months for a message to travel team worked secretly and feverishly on her theories. The culmina­ across the stars. The history of ComStar is, of course, intimately tion of their work was the first HPG station, built just outside the bound to the history of interstellar communications. Court of the Star League. The hyperpulse generator was essen­ The Star League, which was the greatest achievement in the tially a large "gun" that fired an extremely high-frequency com­ history of the human race, could probably not have risen to the pressed pulse through Kearny-Fuchida space at a target world. heights of a glorious golden age if not for rapid interstellar commu­ The pulse traveled the immense distance instantaneously, just like nications.
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