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Line 4: | type = Sourcebook | type = Sourcebook | author = [[Blaine Pardoe]] | author = [[Blaine Pardoe]] − | development = [[Mike Nystul]],<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor),<br />[[Sharon Turner Mulvihill]] (Assistant Editor),<br />[[Diane Piron]] (Editorial Assistant) + | development = [[Mike Nystul]]<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Sharon Turner Mulvihill]] (Assistant Editor)<br />[[Diane Piron]] (Editorial Assistant) | primarywriting = | primarywriting = | pages = 112 | pages = 112 | cover = [[Tony Szczudlo]] (Cover art)<br />[[Dana Knutson]] (Back cover art) | cover = [[Tony Szczudlo]] (Cover art)<br />[[Dana Knutson]] (Back cover art) − | interiorart = [[Jeff Laubenstein]],<br />[[Scott Rosema]],<br />[[Nick Smith]],<br />[[Takehiko Itoh]],<br />[[Take Kasakura]] + | interiorart = [[Jeff Laubenstein]]<br />[[Scott Rosema]]<br />[[Nick Smith]]<br />[[Takehiko Itoh]]<br />[[Take Kasakura]] − | illustrations = [[Allen Nunis]],<br />[[Mike Jackson]],<br />[[Earl Geier]],<br />Dana Knutson<br />[[Rick Harris]] + | illustrations = [[Allen Nunis]]<br />[[Mike Jackson]]<br />[[Earl Geier]]<br />Dana Knutson<br />[[Rick Harris]] | publisher = [[FASA]] | publisher = [[FASA]] | productioncode = 1655 | productioncode = 1655 Line 17:
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Line 34: {{quote|''As the [[Star League]] was dying on the eve of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Great Houses|House Lords]] agreed on one final action. At the suggestion of General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky]] they appointed [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communications and charged him with repairing the damaged [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG network]]. This would prove a momentous decision.'' {{quote|''As the [[Star League]] was dying on the eve of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Great Houses|House Lords]] agreed on one final action. At the suggestion of General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky]] they appointed [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communications and charged him with repairing the damaged [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG network]]. This would prove a momentous decision.'' − ''Within a few short years after [[Operation Exodus|Kerensky's Exodus]], Blake and his followers had seized control of [[Terra]] and declared themselves neutral in the coming conflicts. The newly named [[ComStar]] evolved into a quasi-religious organization, with Blake as its divine founder, that positioned itself as the keeper of technology and the preserver of humanity's future.'' + ''Within a few short years after [[Operation Exodus|Kerensky's Exodus]], Blake and his followers had seized control of [[Terra]] and declared themselves neutral in the coming conflicts. The newly-named [[ComStar]] evolved into a pseudo-religious organization, with Blake as its divine founder, that positioned itself as the keeper of technology and the preserver of humanity's future.'' ''For nearly 300 years, ComStar watched as the Succession Wars ripped apart the [[Inner Sphere]] and technology was lost, waiting for the day when they would step in to save humanity from a new dark age. But the 31st century changed all of that.'' ''For nearly 300 years, ComStar watched as the Succession Wars ripped apart the [[Inner Sphere]] and technology was lost, waiting for the day when they would step in to save humanity from a new dark age. But the 31st century changed all of that.'' Line 41:
Line 41: ==Contents== ==Contents== − <div class="desktop-3-col"> + <div style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;"> *The ComStar Order *The ComStar Order ** Introduction ** Introduction Line 98:
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Line 110: * New Orders * New Orders ** New ComStar ** New ComStar − *** Reformation − *** United We Stand *** Organization *** Organization **** Rank Structure **** Rank Structure Line 117:
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Line 125: *** The Renegades *** The Renegades *** The Marik Alliance *** The Marik Alliance − *** Monkey Warfare + *** Monkey Warfar *** Organization *** Organization *** Current Doctrine *** Current Doctrine *** Politics *** Politics − *** Word Of Blake Personalities <!-- case sic --> + *** Word of Blake Personalities **** Precentor [[William Blane|Blane of Gibson]] **** Precentor [[William Blane|Blane of Gibson]] **** Precentor Martial [[Trent Arian]] **** Precentor Martial [[Trent Arian]] Line 140:
Line 138: ** ComStar ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'' ** ComStar ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'' ** ComStar ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' ** ComStar ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' − ** Word of Blake ''[[Grand Crusader]]'' + ** Word of Blake ''[[Grand Crusader (Star Crusader)|Grand Crusader]]'' * Game Supplement * Game Supplement − ** Comstar Archetypes <!-- case sic --> + ** ComStar Archetypes </div> </div> ==Notes== ==Notes== − * The level of in-universe "accuracy" of ''ComStar'' varies as the book features frequent interjections from the Word of Blake supposedly to correct the "heretics' lies." For example, page 4's last paragraph has an italicized callout presented in a different voice, stating ComStar no longer represents Jerome Blake's vision, and that this version of the report will have corrections similarly interjected by the Word of Blake. The report's authors, [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]], and [[Adien M'Ripon]], on the same page, warn readers to report any such tampering by the Word. Later real-world sources and timelines (both in- and out-of-character) confirm that ComStar's version of events, while likely omitting details, is closer to what actually happened than the Blakist version, but some events play out as the Word of Blake, not as secular ComStar, indicate: + * The level of in-universe "accuracy" of the ComStar sourcebook varies book features frequent interjections from the Word of Blake supposedly to correct the "heretics' lies". For example, page 4's last paragraph has an italicized callout presented in a different voice, stating ComStar no longer represents Jerome Blake's vision, and that this version of the report will have corrections similarly interjected by the Word of Blake. The report's authors, [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], on the same page, warn readers to report any such tampering by the Word. Later real-world sources and timelines (both in- and out-of-character) confirm that ComStar's version of events, while likely omitting details, is closer to what actually happened than the Blakist version, but some events play out as the Word of Blake, not as secular ComStar, indicate: ** The opening fiction of the ''[[Second Succession War]]'', ''[[Intentions]]'', reveals that Toyama's deathbed meeting with Blake and the reception from him of "the Word" actually occurs as the Blakists indicate, not as the secular ComStar states. Towards the end of "Intentions", Toyama even comments on the rise of myths and rumors around Blake's death and his ascension that line-up match up with the secular ComStar background, indicating that secular ComStar either intentionally used these rumors to demonize Toyama or that they perhaps did not know the real truth of the meeting. ** The opening fiction of the ''[[Second Succession War]]'', ''[[Intentions]]'', reveals that Toyama's deathbed meeting with Blake and the reception from him of "the Word" actually occurs as the Blakists indicate, not as the secular ComStar states. Towards the end of "Intentions", Toyama even comments on the rise of myths and rumors around Blake's death and his ascension that line-up match up with the secular ComStar background, indicating that secular ComStar either intentionally used these rumors to demonize Toyama or that they perhaps did not know the real truth of the meeting. ** Repeated Blakist interjections are made downplaying Toyama's actions and playing up Jeannette Marik's role in the manipulations that led to the ComStar War, that Charles sent her to steal ComStar intelligence and that mind control drugs weren't used. The ''Second Succession War'' and the ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]'' relate the ComStar version, including the use of mind-control drug [[dilcostat]], as accurate. ** Repeated Blakist interjections are made downplaying Toyama's actions and playing up Jeannette Marik's role in the manipulations that led to the ComStar War, that Charles sent her to steal ComStar intelligence and that mind control drugs weren't used. The ''Second Succession War'' and the ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]'' relate the ComStar version, including the use of mind-control drug [[dilcostat]], as accurate. − ** One of the Blakist commentators interjects in the [["Black December" Incident]] that the evidence of Marteen and ROM's involvement in the bombing as false, where ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]''<ref name=IOH>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', pp. 104-105: "Witch Hunts"</ref> and ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''<ref name=JHST>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 154–155: "Terra under ComStar"</ref> back up the secular version. + ** One of the Blakist commentators interjects in the [["Black December" Incident]] that the evidence of Marteen and ROM's involvement in the bombing as false, where ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]''<ref name=IOH>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', pp. 104-105, "Witch Hunts"</ref> and ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''<ref name=JHST>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 154-155, "Terra under ComStar"</ref> back up the secular version. ** The Word of Blake interjections refute that the ComStar Civil War even occurred, insisting that it was peaceful transfer of power, where the ''Intelligence Operations Handbook'' relates violent event occurred after all.<ref name=IOH/> ** The Word of Blake interjections refute that the ComStar Civil War even occurred, insisting that it was peaceful transfer of power, where the ''Intelligence Operations Handbook'' relates violent event occurred after all.<ref name=IOH/> * The named authors of the ComStar report are [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], anagrams for [[Donna Ippolito]], [[Sharon Turner-Mulvihill]], and [[Diane Piron]]. * The named authors of the ComStar report are [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], anagrams for [[Donna Ippolito]], [[Sharon Turner-Mulvihill]], and [[Diane Piron]]. − * [[Wolf's Dragoons]] had obtained this in-universe document, prior to the alterations made by Word of Blake, on 5 June 3055 a mere ten days after its publication.<ref>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 85: "Field Agent Report CS 34562A"</ref> + * [[Wolf's Dragoons]] had obtained this in-universe document, prior to the alterations made by Word of Blake, on 5 June 3055 a mere ten days after its publication.<ref>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 85, "FIELD AGENT REPORT CS 34562A"</ref> ==References== ==References== <references/> <references/> − [[Category:Sourcebooks]] [[Category:Sourcebooks]]
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| type = Sourcebook | | type = Sourcebook | ||
| author = [[Blaine Pardoe]] | | author = [[Blaine Pardoe]] | ||
| − | | development = [[Mike Nystul]] | + | | development = [[Mike Nystul]]<br />[[Donna Ippolito]] (Senior Editor)<br />[[Sharon Turner Mulvihill]] (Assistant Editor)<br />[[Diane Piron]] (Editorial Assistant) |
| primarywriting = | | primarywriting = | ||
| pages = 112 | | pages = 112 | ||
| cover = [[Tony Szczudlo]] (Cover art)<br />[[Dana Knutson]] (Back cover art) | | cover = [[Tony Szczudlo]] (Cover art)<br />[[Dana Knutson]] (Back cover art) | ||
| − | | interiorart = [[Jeff Laubenstein]] | + | | interiorart = [[Jeff Laubenstein]]<br />[[Scott Rosema]]<br />[[Nick Smith]]<br />[[Takehiko Itoh]]<br />[[Take Kasakura]] |
| − | | illustrations = [[Allen Nunis]] | + | | illustrations = [[Allen Nunis]]<br />[[Mike Jackson]]<br />[[Earl Geier]]<br />Dana Knutson<br />[[Rick Harris]] |
| publisher = [[FASA]] | | publisher = [[FASA]] | ||
| productioncode = 1655 | | productioncode = 1655 | ||
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| MSRP = $15.00 | | MSRP = $15.00 | ||
| content = | | content = | ||
| − | | era = [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars era]] | + | | era = [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars era]]<br />[[Clan Invasion era]] |
| agency = [[ComStar]] (with [[Word of Blake]] annotations) | | agency = [[ComStar]] (with [[Word of Blake]] annotations) | ||
| universedate = 26 May [[3055]] | | universedate = 26 May [[3055]] | ||
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{{quote|''As the [[Star League]] was dying on the eve of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Great Houses|House Lords]] agreed on one final action. At the suggestion of General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky]] they appointed [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communications and charged him with repairing the damaged [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG network]]. This would prove a momentous decision.'' | {{quote|''As the [[Star League]] was dying on the eve of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]], the [[Great Houses|House Lords]] agreed on one final action. At the suggestion of General [[Aleksandr Kerensky|Kerensky]] they appointed [[Jerome Blake]] as Minister of Communications and charged him with repairing the damaged [[Hyperpulse Generator|HPG network]]. This would prove a momentous decision.'' | ||
| − | ''Within a few short years after [[Operation Exodus|Kerensky's Exodus]], Blake and his followers had seized control of [[Terra]] and declared themselves neutral in the coming conflicts. The newly named [[ComStar]] evolved into a | + | ''Within a few short years after [[Operation Exodus|Kerensky's Exodus]], Blake and his followers had seized control of [[Terra]] and declared themselves neutral in the coming conflicts. The newly-named [[ComStar]] evolved into a pseudo-religious organization, with Blake as its divine founder, that positioned itself as the keeper of technology and the preserver of humanity's future.'' |
''For nearly 300 years, ComStar watched as the Succession Wars ripped apart the [[Inner Sphere]] and technology was lost, waiting for the day when they would step in to save humanity from a new dark age. But the 31st century changed all of that.'' | ''For nearly 300 years, ComStar watched as the Succession Wars ripped apart the [[Inner Sphere]] and technology was lost, waiting for the day when they would step in to save humanity from a new dark age. But the 31st century changed all of that.'' | ||
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
| − | <div | + | <div style="-moz-column-count:3; column-count:3;"> |
*The ComStar Order | *The ComStar Order | ||
** Introduction | ** Introduction | ||
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**** [[Operation Rosebud|Rosebud]] | **** [[Operation Rosebud|Rosebud]] | ||
**** [[Operation Flush|Flush]] | **** [[Operation Flush|Flush]] | ||
| − | *** Spread of the | + | *** Spread of the Com Guards |
*** [[War of 3039]] | *** [[War of 3039]] | ||
**** Aftermath | **** Aftermath | ||
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* New Orders | * New Orders | ||
** New ComStar | ** New ComStar | ||
| − | |||
| − | |||
*** Organization | *** Organization | ||
**** Rank Structure | **** Rank Structure | ||
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**** Reformation-Era ROM | **** Reformation-Era ROM | ||
**** Com Guards in the Reformation | **** Com Guards in the Reformation | ||
| − | *** Com | + | *** Com Guards - Deployment As of [[3055]] |
*** The Sol System | *** The Sol System | ||
*** Relations with the Inner Sphere | *** Relations with the Inner Sphere | ||
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*** The Renegades | *** The Renegades | ||
*** The Marik Alliance | *** The Marik Alliance | ||
| − | *** Monkey | + | *** Monkey Warfar |
*** Organization | *** Organization | ||
*** Current Doctrine | *** Current Doctrine | ||
*** Politics | *** Politics | ||
| − | *** Word | + | *** Word of Blake Personalities |
**** Precentor [[William Blane|Blane of Gibson]] | **** Precentor [[William Blane|Blane of Gibson]] | ||
**** Precentor Martial [[Trent Arian]] | **** Precentor Martial [[Trent Arian]] | ||
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** ComStar ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'' | ** ComStar ''[[Nexus (Star Python)|Nexus]]'' | ||
** ComStar ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' | ** ComStar ''[[Raijin (Fujin)|Raijin]]'' | ||
| − | ** Word of Blake ''[[Grand Crusader]]'' | + | ** Word of Blake ''[[Grand Crusader (Star Crusader)|Grand Crusader]]'' |
* Game Supplement | * Game Supplement | ||
| − | ** | + | ** ComStar Archetypes |
</div> | </div> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | * The level of in-universe "accuracy" of | + | * The level of in-universe "accuracy" of the ComStar sourcebook varies book features frequent interjections from the Word of Blake supposedly to correct the "heretics' lies". For example, page 4's last paragraph has an italicized callout presented in a different voice, stating ComStar no longer represents Jerome Blake's vision, and that this version of the report will have corrections similarly interjected by the Word of Blake. The report's authors, [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], on the same page, warn readers to report any such tampering by the Word. Later real-world sources and timelines (both in- and out-of-character) confirm that ComStar's version of events, while likely omitting details, is closer to what actually happened than the Blakist version, but some events play out as the Word of Blake, not as secular ComStar, indicate: |
** The opening fiction of the ''[[Second Succession War]]'', ''[[Intentions]]'', reveals that Toyama's deathbed meeting with Blake and the reception from him of "the Word" actually occurs as the Blakists indicate, not as the secular ComStar states. Towards the end of "Intentions", Toyama even comments on the rise of myths and rumors around Blake's death and his ascension that line-up match up with the secular ComStar background, indicating that secular ComStar either intentionally used these rumors to demonize Toyama or that they perhaps did not know the real truth of the meeting. | ** The opening fiction of the ''[[Second Succession War]]'', ''[[Intentions]]'', reveals that Toyama's deathbed meeting with Blake and the reception from him of "the Word" actually occurs as the Blakists indicate, not as the secular ComStar states. Towards the end of "Intentions", Toyama even comments on the rise of myths and rumors around Blake's death and his ascension that line-up match up with the secular ComStar background, indicating that secular ComStar either intentionally used these rumors to demonize Toyama or that they perhaps did not know the real truth of the meeting. | ||
** Repeated Blakist interjections are made downplaying Toyama's actions and playing up Jeannette Marik's role in the manipulations that led to the ComStar War, that Charles sent her to steal ComStar intelligence and that mind control drugs weren't used. The ''Second Succession War'' and the ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]'' relate the ComStar version, including the use of mind-control drug [[dilcostat]], as accurate. | ** Repeated Blakist interjections are made downplaying Toyama's actions and playing up Jeannette Marik's role in the manipulations that led to the ComStar War, that Charles sent her to steal ComStar intelligence and that mind control drugs weren't used. The ''Second Succession War'' and the ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]'' relate the ComStar version, including the use of mind-control drug [[dilcostat]], as accurate. | ||
| − | ** One of the Blakist commentators interjects in the [["Black December" Incident]] that the evidence of Marteen and ROM's involvement in the bombing as false, where ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]''<ref name=IOH>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', pp. 104-105 | + | ** One of the Blakist commentators interjects in the [["Black December" Incident]] that the evidence of Marteen and ROM's involvement in the bombing as false, where ''[[Intelligence Operations Handbook]]''<ref name=IOH>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', pp. 104-105, "Witch Hunts"</ref> and ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]''<ref name=JHST>''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', pp. 154-155, "Terra under ComStar"</ref> back up the secular version. |
** The Word of Blake interjections refute that the ComStar Civil War even occurred, insisting that it was peaceful transfer of power, where the ''Intelligence Operations Handbook'' relates violent event occurred after all.<ref name=IOH/> | ** The Word of Blake interjections refute that the ComStar Civil War even occurred, insisting that it was peaceful transfer of power, where the ''Intelligence Operations Handbook'' relates violent event occurred after all.<ref name=IOH/> | ||
* The named authors of the ComStar report are [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], anagrams for [[Donna Ippolito]], [[Sharon Turner-Mulvihill]], and [[Diane Piron]]. | * The named authors of the ComStar report are [[Adept]]s [[Nonda Toolippi]], [[Norash Murrilvellthiun]] and [[Adien M'Ripon]], anagrams for [[Donna Ippolito]], [[Sharon Turner-Mulvihill]], and [[Diane Piron]]. | ||
| − | * [[Wolf's Dragoons]] had obtained this in-universe document, prior to the alterations made by Word of Blake, on 5 June 3055 a mere ten days after its publication.<ref>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 85 | + | * [[Wolf's Dragoons]] had obtained this in-universe document, prior to the alterations made by Word of Blake, on 5 June 3055 a mere ten days after its publication.<ref>''Intelligence Operations Handbook'', p. 85, "FIELD AGENT REPORT CS 34562A"</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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[[Category:Sourcebooks]] | [[Category:Sourcebooks]] | ||