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Line 1: − − {{InfoBoxCorporation − | image = − | Founded = − | Dissolved = − | Previous Names = − | headquarters = [[Terra]] − | leadership = [[CEO of ComStar News Bureau|CEO]] − | products = News services − | Parent Corporation = − | Division = − }} One of [[ComStar]]'s methods of manipulating the [[Inner Sphere]], the '''ComStar News Bureau''' was one of the primary interstellar [[holovid]] news networks in the [[Succession Wars era]].<ref name=CS-21>''ComStar'', pp. 21–23: "History of ComStar - A New Order - The Word of Blake"</ref><ref name=SSW-14>''Second Succession War'', p. 14: "Crucible - Apocalypse - The Rise of the ComStar News Bureau"</ref><ref name=MM-209>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - ComStar News Bureau"</ref> One of [[ComStar]]'s methods of manipulating the [[Inner Sphere]], the '''ComStar News Bureau''' was one of the primary interstellar [[holovid]] news networks in the [[Succession Wars era]].<ref name=CS-21>''ComStar'', pp. 21–23: "History of ComStar - A New Order - The Word of Blake"</ref><ref name=SSW-14>''Second Succession War'', p. 14: "Crucible - Apocalypse - The Rise of the ComStar News Bureau"</ref><ref name=MM-209>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - ComStar News Bureau"</ref> ==Overview== ==Overview== − ===Origins===+ Following [[Primus (ComStar)|Primus of ComStar]] [[Conrad Toyama]]'s [[Purification]], many in the greater Inner Sphere were increasingly wary about the new ComStar Order, with public opinion ranging between it being a quasi-religious corporation at best, to a lunatic filled cult at worst. Despite the horrors of the ongoing [[First Succession War]], because of these perceptions many were unwilling to make a lifelong commitment to the ComStar Order and applications to join the organization dropped to a virtual trickle. Even on [[Terra]], where ComStar had effectively controlled the system's government since [[2788]], the ranks diminished after Toyama's rise to power.<ref name=CS-21/> − Following [[Primus of ComStar|Primus of ComStar]] [[Conrad Toyama]]'s [[Purification]], many in the greater Inner Sphere were increasingly wary about the new ComStar Order, with public opinion ranging between it being a quasi-religious corporation at best, to a lunatic-filled cult at worst. Despite the horrors of the ongoing [[First Succession War]], because of these perceptions many were unwilling to make a lifelong commitment to the ComStar Order and applications to join the organization dropped to a virtual trickle. Even on [[Terra]], where ComStar had effectively controlled the system's government since [[2788]], the ranks diminished after Toyama's rise to power.<ref name=CS-21/> [[Precentor]] [[Barnard]] and member of the [[First Circuit]] [[Judy Cheny]] came to realize that the mass media of the Inner Sphere and their demonization of the Order contributed to the decline. To combat this, In [[2825]] she proposed to the First Circuit that rather than suffering at the mercy of the media organizations operating in the Great Houses, ComStar should develop its own newsgathering and dissemination service to supplement its cornerstone Communications Branch, ensuring the Order could provide its own point of view and sway public opinion in its favor. Primus Toyama proved very receptive to Cheny's suggestion, backing the creation of the ComStar News Bureau in [[2826]] and naming her as its first head.<ref name=CS-21/><ref name=SSW-14/><ref name=MM-209/> [[Precentor]] [[Barnard]] and member of the [[First Circuit]] [[Judy Cheny]] came to realize that the mass media of the Inner Sphere and their demonization of the Order contributed to the decline. To combat this, In [[2825]] she proposed to the First Circuit that rather than suffering at the mercy of the media organizations operating in the Great Houses, ComStar should develop its own newsgathering and dissemination service to supplement its cornerstone Communications Branch, ensuring the Order could provide its own point of view and sway public opinion in its favor. Primus Toyama proved very receptive to Cheny's suggestion, backing the creation of the ComStar News Bureau in [[2826]] and naming her as its first head.<ref name=CS-21/><ref name=SSW-14/><ref name=MM-209/> Line 27:
Line 14: Behind the scenes, the ComStar News Bureau worked hand-in-hand with [[ROM]], the investigative and intelligence gathering efforts of both branches complementing the other. Additionally, CNB provided ROM a covert means of communicating with and disseminating information to local agents without them setting foot in an HPG compound. Examples of the combined efforts of ROM and CNB in the Second Succession War era include revealing details of [[Internal Security Force]] and Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery operations to the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] branch, as well leaking the unusual predilections of certain members of the Capellans' [[House of Scions]] to the [[MIIO]], allowing them in turn to blackmail these government officials.<ref name=SSW-14/> Behind the scenes, the ComStar News Bureau worked hand-in-hand with [[ROM]], the investigative and intelligence gathering efforts of both branches complementing the other. Additionally, CNB provided ROM a covert means of communicating with and disseminating information to local agents without them setting foot in an HPG compound. Examples of the combined efforts of ROM and CNB in the Second Succession War era include revealing details of [[Internal Security Force]] and Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery operations to the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] branch, as well leaking the unusual predilections of certain members of the Capellans' [[House of Scions]] to the [[MIIO]], allowing them in turn to blackmail these government officials.<ref name=SSW-14/> − ===Succession Wars===+ During the [[Third Succession War]] the ComStar News Bureau would serve as Primus [[Allen Rusenstein]]'s primary tool in boosting recruitment efforts in the [[Periphery]] in [[3000]], touting that the Order was pouring billions of [[C-bill]]s into the expansion of the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, enhancing trade and bringing the outlying worlds of the Periphery into closer communications with the Inner Sphere. In truth this was the complete opposite of what was occurring, Rusenstein deflecting all funding for such an expansion and maintaining their isolation to make joining ComStar an enticing means of escaping the backwater of the Periphery.<ref name=CS-48>''ComStar'', p. 48: "History of ComStar - Calm Before the Storm - The Tripitz Affair"</ref> − During the [[Third Succession War]] the ComStar News Bureau would serve as Primus [[Allen Rusenstein]]'s primary tool in boosting recruitment efforts in the [[Periphery]] in [[3000]], touting that the Order was pouring billions of [[C-bill]]s into the expansion of the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, enhancing trade and bringing the outlying worlds of the Periphery into closer communications with the Inner Sphere. In truth this was the complete opposite of what was occurring, Rusenstein redirecting all funding for such an expansion and maintaining their isolation to make joining ComStar an enticing means of escaping the backwater of the Periphery.<ref name=CS-48>''ComStar'', p. 48: "History of ComStar - Calm Before the Storm - The Tripitz Affair"</ref> During the [[War of 3039]], as per the direction of then-Primus [[Myndo Waterly]], the reporters of the ComStar News Bureau largely focused their efforts on the newsworthy actions of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], while devoting little coverage to the actions of DCMS or the minor actions of the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation. By this stage both members of the future [[Federated Commonwealth]] knew ComStar's vaunted neutrality was a lie, but unwilling to impede CNB broadcasts without risking interdictions largely settled for lodging ignored complaints of biased reporting. For their part, the ISF, DCMS and even ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] reportedly monitored CNB broadcasts closely to aid their efforts against the Allied invasion.<ref name=Wo3039-68>''War of 3039'', p. 68: "Shadow Wars - The Irregular War - The Media Conflict"</ref> During the [[War of 3039]], as per the direction of then-Primus [[Myndo Waterly]], the reporters of the ComStar News Bureau largely focused their efforts on the newsworthy actions of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], while devoting little coverage to the actions of DCMS or the minor actions of the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation. By this stage both members of the future [[Federated Commonwealth]] knew ComStar's vaunted neutrality was a lie, but unwilling to impede CNB broadcasts without risking interdictions largely settled for lodging ignored complaints of biased reporting. For their part, the ISF, DCMS and even ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] reportedly monitored CNB broadcasts closely to aid their efforts against the Allied invasion.<ref name=Wo3039-68>''War of 3039'', p. 68: "Shadow Wars - The Irregular War - The Media Conflict"</ref> Line 36:
Line 22: Despite the claims of truly becoming neutral and unbiased, during the [[FedCom Civil War]], then Precentor [[Tharkad]] [[Gavin Dow]] kept tight control of the ComStar News Bureau and ensured a number of stories that would cast [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] in a bad light were quashed.<ref name=MM-209/> In the wake of that conflict, which tainted the Secular ComStar's professed neutrality even more, the organization set about creating something entirely new and truly neutral - the [[Interstellar News Network]]. Unlike the ComStar News Bureau's in-house funding and operating model, the Interstellar News Network was intended to be supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> Despite the claims of truly becoming neutral and unbiased, during the [[FedCom Civil War]], then Precentor [[Tharkad]] [[Gavin Dow]] kept tight control of the ComStar News Bureau and ensured a number of stories that would cast [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] in a bad light were quashed.<ref name=MM-209/> In the wake of that conflict, which tainted the Secular ComStar's professed neutrality even more, the organization set about creating something entirely new and truly neutral - the [[Interstellar News Network]]. Unlike the ComStar News Bureau's in-house funding and operating model, the Interstellar News Network was intended to be supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> − ===Dark Age=== The ComStar News Bureau would still exist during the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], but was largely overshadowed by the success of INN with most viewing CNB as little better than the mouthpiece of then-Primus Gavin Dow.<ref name=MM-210/> The ComStar News Bureau would still exist during the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], but was largely overshadowed by the success of INN with most viewing CNB as little better than the mouthpiece of then-Primus Gavin Dow.<ref name=MM-210/> − − ===Disappearance=== − Despite the [[Blackout]] almost bankrupted ComStar, the ComStar News Bureau managed to remain active until 6 July [[3152]], when it officially closed its doors.<ref>''Voices of the Sphere: ComStar'' </ref> ==References== ==References== Line 46:
Line 28: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[ComStar (sourcebook)|ComStar]]'' + * [[ComStar (sourcebook)|''ComStar'']] * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' − * ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]'' + * [[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|''Second Succession War'']] − * ''[[Voices of the Sphere: ComStar]] in [[Shrapnel Issue 14]]'' − [[Category:ComStar Corporations]] + [[Category:Companies|ComStar News Bureau]]
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One of [[ComStar]]'s methods of manipulating the [[Inner Sphere]], the '''ComStar News Bureau''' was one of the primary interstellar [[holovid]] news networks in the [[Succession Wars era]].<ref name=CS-21>''ComStar'', pp. 21–23: "History of ComStar - A New Order - The Word of Blake"</ref><ref name=SSW-14>''Second Succession War'', p. 14: "Crucible - Apocalypse - The Rise of the ComStar News Bureau"</ref><ref name=MM-209>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - ComStar News Bureau"</ref> | One of [[ComStar]]'s methods of manipulating the [[Inner Sphere]], the '''ComStar News Bureau''' was one of the primary interstellar [[holovid]] news networks in the [[Succession Wars era]].<ref name=CS-21>''ComStar'', pp. 21–23: "History of ComStar - A New Order - The Word of Blake"</ref><ref name=SSW-14>''Second Succession War'', p. 14: "Crucible - Apocalypse - The Rise of the ComStar News Bureau"</ref><ref name=MM-209>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - ComStar News Bureau"</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | + | Following [[Primus (ComStar)|Primus of ComStar]] [[Conrad Toyama]]'s [[Purification]], many in the greater Inner Sphere were increasingly wary about the new ComStar Order, with public opinion ranging between it being a quasi-religious corporation at best, to a lunatic filled cult at worst. Despite the horrors of the ongoing [[First Succession War]], because of these perceptions many were unwilling to make a lifelong commitment to the ComStar Order and applications to join the organization dropped to a virtual trickle. Even on [[Terra]], where ComStar had effectively controlled the system's government since [[2788]], the ranks diminished after Toyama's rise to power.<ref name=CS-21/> | |
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[[Precentor]] [[Barnard]] and member of the [[First Circuit]] [[Judy Cheny]] came to realize that the mass media of the Inner Sphere and their demonization of the Order contributed to the decline. To combat this, In [[2825]] she proposed to the First Circuit that rather than suffering at the mercy of the media organizations operating in the Great Houses, ComStar should develop its own newsgathering and dissemination service to supplement its cornerstone Communications Branch, ensuring the Order could provide its own point of view and sway public opinion in its favor. Primus Toyama proved very receptive to Cheny's suggestion, backing the creation of the ComStar News Bureau in [[2826]] and naming her as its first head.<ref name=CS-21/><ref name=SSW-14/><ref name=MM-209/> | [[Precentor]] [[Barnard]] and member of the [[First Circuit]] [[Judy Cheny]] came to realize that the mass media of the Inner Sphere and their demonization of the Order contributed to the decline. To combat this, In [[2825]] she proposed to the First Circuit that rather than suffering at the mercy of the media organizations operating in the Great Houses, ComStar should develop its own newsgathering and dissemination service to supplement its cornerstone Communications Branch, ensuring the Order could provide its own point of view and sway public opinion in its favor. Primus Toyama proved very receptive to Cheny's suggestion, backing the creation of the ComStar News Bureau in [[2826]] and naming her as its first head.<ref name=CS-21/><ref name=SSW-14/><ref name=MM-209/> | ||
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Behind the scenes, the ComStar News Bureau worked hand-in-hand with [[ROM]], the investigative and intelligence gathering efforts of both branches complementing the other. Additionally, CNB provided ROM a covert means of communicating with and disseminating information to local agents without them setting foot in an HPG compound. Examples of the combined efforts of ROM and CNB in the Second Succession War era include revealing details of [[Internal Security Force]] and Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery operations to the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] branch, as well leaking the unusual predilections of certain members of the Capellans' [[House of Scions]] to the [[MIIO]], allowing them in turn to blackmail these government officials.<ref name=SSW-14/> | Behind the scenes, the ComStar News Bureau worked hand-in-hand with [[ROM]], the investigative and intelligence gathering efforts of both branches complementing the other. Additionally, CNB provided ROM a covert means of communicating with and disseminating information to local agents without them setting foot in an HPG compound. Examples of the combined efforts of ROM and CNB in the Second Succession War era include revealing details of [[Internal Security Force]] and Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery operations to the Lyran Commonwealth's [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] branch, as well leaking the unusual predilections of certain members of the Capellans' [[House of Scions]] to the [[MIIO]], allowing them in turn to blackmail these government officials.<ref name=SSW-14/> | ||
| − | + | During the [[Third Succession War]] the ComStar News Bureau would serve as Primus [[Allen Rusenstein]]'s primary tool in boosting recruitment efforts in the [[Periphery]] in [[3000]], touting that the Order was pouring billions of [[C-bill]]s into the expansion of the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, enhancing trade and bringing the outlying worlds of the Periphery into closer communications with the Inner Sphere. In truth this was the complete opposite of what was occurring, Rusenstein deflecting all funding for such an expansion and maintaining their isolation to make joining ComStar an enticing means of escaping the backwater of the Periphery.<ref name=CS-48>''ComStar'', p. 48: "History of ComStar - Calm Before the Storm - The Tripitz Affair"</ref> | |
| − | During the [[Third Succession War]] the ComStar News Bureau would serve as Primus [[Allen Rusenstein]]'s primary tool in boosting recruitment efforts in the [[Periphery]] in [[3000]], touting that the Order was pouring billions of [[C-bill]]s into the expansion of the [[hyperpulse generator]] network, enhancing trade and bringing the outlying worlds of the Periphery into closer communications with the Inner Sphere. In truth this was the complete opposite of what was occurring, Rusenstein | ||
During the [[War of 3039]], as per the direction of then-Primus [[Myndo Waterly]], the reporters of the ComStar News Bureau largely focused their efforts on the newsworthy actions of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], while devoting little coverage to the actions of DCMS or the minor actions of the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation. By this stage both members of the future [[Federated Commonwealth]] knew ComStar's vaunted neutrality was a lie, but unwilling to impede CNB broadcasts without risking interdictions largely settled for lodging ignored complaints of biased reporting. For their part, the ISF, DCMS and even ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] reportedly monitored CNB broadcasts closely to aid their efforts against the Allied invasion.<ref name=Wo3039-68>''War of 3039'', p. 68: "Shadow Wars - The Irregular War - The Media Conflict"</ref> | During the [[War of 3039]], as per the direction of then-Primus [[Myndo Waterly]], the reporters of the ComStar News Bureau largely focused their efforts on the newsworthy actions of the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], while devoting little coverage to the actions of DCMS or the minor actions of the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation. By this stage both members of the future [[Federated Commonwealth]] knew ComStar's vaunted neutrality was a lie, but unwilling to impede CNB broadcasts without risking interdictions largely settled for lodging ignored complaints of biased reporting. For their part, the ISF, DCMS and even ''[[Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] reportedly monitored CNB broadcasts closely to aid their efforts against the Allied invasion.<ref name=Wo3039-68>''War of 3039'', p. 68: "Shadow Wars - The Irregular War - The Media Conflict"</ref> | ||
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Despite the claims of truly becoming neutral and unbiased, during the [[FedCom Civil War]], then Precentor [[Tharkad]] [[Gavin Dow]] kept tight control of the ComStar News Bureau and ensured a number of stories that would cast [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] in a bad light were quashed.<ref name=MM-209/> In the wake of that conflict, which tainted the Secular ComStar's professed neutrality even more, the organization set about creating something entirely new and truly neutral - the [[Interstellar News Network]]. Unlike the ComStar News Bureau's in-house funding and operating model, the Interstellar News Network was intended to be supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> | Despite the claims of truly becoming neutral and unbiased, during the [[FedCom Civil War]], then Precentor [[Tharkad]] [[Gavin Dow]] kept tight control of the ComStar News Bureau and ensured a number of stories that would cast [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner-Davion]] in a bad light were quashed.<ref name=MM-209/> In the wake of that conflict, which tainted the Secular ComStar's professed neutrality even more, the organization set about creating something entirely new and truly neutral - the [[Interstellar News Network]]. Unlike the ComStar News Bureau's in-house funding and operating model, the Interstellar News Network was intended to be supported financially solely through advertising and relying heavily upon the services of local freelance reporters.<ref name=FMU-81>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 81: "ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref><ref name=MM-210>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 210: "ComStar - Corporations of ComStar - Interstellar News Network"</ref> | ||
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The ComStar News Bureau would still exist during the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], but was largely overshadowed by the success of INN with most viewing CNB as little better than the mouthpiece of then-Primus Gavin Dow.<ref name=MM-210/> | The ComStar News Bureau would still exist during the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], but was largely overshadowed by the success of INN with most viewing CNB as little better than the mouthpiece of then-Primus Gavin Dow.<ref name=MM-210/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | * ''[[Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers]]'' | ||
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| − | [[Category:ComStar | + | [[Category:Companies|ComStar News Bureau]] |